The office building of MI9 is ​​located on Bellotto Street in the West District. It is an inconspicuous three-story building.

There is no sign on the door to identify itself, just a simple doorplate:

"9"

The core part of this office building is underground, and the upper part is mainly occupied by civilian staff. Of course, most of the extraordinary people affiliated with MI9 would not go underground unless necessary. The environment there is not good and the atmosphere is depressing. Accidents may occur at any time due to improper care of the sealed objects.

Xio is currently the deputy leader of the "Domestic Security and Counterintelligence Group", directly managing a not-so-small team of Beyonders, responsible for handling espionage cases related to the Backlund region and Intis.

"Here is a mission." Her immediate superior, Lieutenant General Pantek, Deputy Director of MI9 and Head of the Domestic Security and Counterintelligence Group, picked up a document and handed it across the desk.

"Is it urgent?" Xio asked cautiously as he took it.

Lieutenant General Pantek was a typical Loen old man, with a severely receding hairline. He picked up the white glazed porcelain coffee cup, took a sip and said:

“No emergency, low risk.

"In fact, this task will be assigned to all members, hoping that someone can complete it by luck."

This description was somewhat beyond Xio's expectations, but she did not open the document bag on the spot. Instead, she responded directly:

"I'll tell my team members."

After leaving Lieutenant General Pantek's office, Xio returned to his own room.

When she threw her body into the seat, her whole body seemed to be hidden.

After quickly browsing the documents in his hand, Xio roughly understood why the deputy director said that:

The utopia that needed to be investigated did not seem to be anywhere in the northern or southern continents, nor on the known islands of the five seas.

In the past two weeks, many people have entered the so-called utopia, but the ways and locations of their entry were all very different: some arrived in the area of ​​the Turbulent Sea and the Sonia Sea during a terrible storm, some arrived in the middle section of the railway from Desi Bay to Backlund and mistakenly stopped in that city due to heavy rain, and some entered in Sivellas County because they got lost...

So far, no one has been hurt or suffered any mental effects from entering Utopia... No wonder Deputy Director Pantek said the danger level is very low... In addition, it is impossible to summarize any patterns in the current cases, and it is difficult to find the true location of Utopia. It is also impossible to send people in to investigate. Well... I can only inform all members of the specific situation of the matter, and hope that some of them can collect some intelligence carefully and covertly after accidentally arriving in Utopia... Xio put down the documents in his hand, stood up with a little regret, and prepared to inform his subordinates, the extraordinary people.

Her regret was that the task was extremely difficult to complete and there was almost no hope, which prevented her from accumulating further merits.

Over the past six months, in order to cope with the doomsday in the trailer, Xio has been very busy every day, handling the affairs of MI9 while completing various tasks given by Mr. Fool, accumulating contributions on both sides, in preparation for exchanging the "Lawmaster" potion formula and extraordinary characteristics, and realizing his wish to become a demigod.

Up to now, Hugh is still a little short of both aspects, especially within MI9. If he doesn't make any outstanding contribution, Hugh can't see any hope at all.

If it weren't for the fact that he could receive a generous salary from MI9, enjoy all kinds of benefits, and rely on his status and identity to obtain a large amount of intelligence to help him complete the tasks given by Mr. Fool, Xio would have wanted to resign directly and become a bounty hunter again, so that he would have more free time.

I can ask about this case at the next Tarot Club. Maybe Mr. World and the others will have some clues... While thinking, Xio pushed open the door of the room where the team members were.

After explaining the Utopia's mission, Xio specifically reminded:

"If the situation is not right, even if there is a chance to enter Utopia, you can just give up. The town that is not sure whether it is real or fake did not show any harm, perhaps because it was not stimulated."

After a busy period, Xio finally finished a tiring day and returned home before 7:30. He had dinner with his mother, brother, and Fors, enjoying some limited relaxation.

In the early hours of the morning, she finished washing up, walked to the bedroom window, pinched the curtain, and prepared to close it.

During this process, Xio naturally looked outside and found that the crimson moon in the sky had become rounder and bigger at some point, and its color had obviously deepened, like flowing blood.

"Blood Moon"...Xiu turned his head suddenly and looked towards the next room with concern, somewhat worried about the condition of his friend.

However, she quickly remembered that Fors was already a Sequence 4 demigod and was no longer afraid of the influence of the "Full Moon Whisper".

…………

In the next room, Fors was lying on the bed, admiring the "blood moon" outside the window, enduring the pain of being pricked by a needle in the head, and listening to Mr. Door talking:

“Although the transition from Sequence 3 to Sequence 2, from an incomplete mythical creature to a true mythical creature, is indeed a qualitative change, I believe that there is also a qualitative change to some extent from Sequence 4 to Sequence 3. It can even be said that Sequence 3 is the most beautiful level in the Extraordinary Path.

"At this level, one does not need to rely on external forces to fight against the tendency of madness and loss of control, nor does one need to endure torment every moment. One also has extraordinary abilities that completely surpass those of ordinary people, more like a god than a human. In addition, one can also harvest anchors in small amounts to further stabilize one's mental state.

“If it weren’t for the fact that most Sequence 3 beings don’t have a long enough lifespan and it’s hard for them to live past 500 years old, I don’t think many Saints would be motivated to be promoted to Angels…”

"Yeah." Fors nodded repeatedly, indicating that she understood.

At the same time, she yawned slightly and quite covertly.

She had become somewhat accustomed to the pain of having direct conversations with Mr. Door.

Mr. Door continued:

"Sequence 3 of the Apprentice pathway is called Wanderer. This means that the spirit world can no longer trap you. You can enter the starry sky, travel through the astral world, and go to different planets to experience true silence, true desolation, true grandeur, and civilizations that are completely different from your local world.

"Only when you experience this yourself can you realize how small the world you live in is..."

Mr. "Men" briefly talked about his own experiences to show the majesty and beauty of the starry sky, and the depth and charm of different civilizations.

This made Fors listen attentively. If it weren't for the stabbing pain in her head reminding her, she would even forget that the narrator was a dangerous angel king.

"As long as you help me out, I will give you the potion formula and extraordinary properties of 'Wanderer' and help you complete the ritual. Of course, this can all be paid in advance." At the end of "Full Moon Whispering", Mr. "Door" once again made a promise.

"It's really exciting." Fors praised sincerely.

When Mr. Door's voice gradually weakened and disappeared, Fors suddenly pulled away the pillow from her waist and lay down.

In less than three minutes, she fell asleep peacefully.

To her, the vast starry sky is indeed full of charm, but there is also the danger of being polluted just by understanding it, and she has no motivation to explore it at all.

“I’ll consider it after I’ve traveled to all the places in the northern and southern continents and the five oceans…” Fors muttered to herself almost silently in her sleep.

At this time, the blood-red moon outside the window had long faded, returning to a lighter crimson, and became incomplete.

…………

A huge blood-red full moon hung on the edge of the cliff, illuminating the swamp below.

The swamp was dark red and bubbles were constantly coming out of it, and it seemed that there was magma at the bottom cooking everything.

At first glance, the swamp has no boundaries at all, like a vast ocean.

Bang!

A rock fell from the edge of the cliff and crashed into the swamp.

The next second, a bubble emerged and burst silently, giving birth to a baby covered in blood.

The baby staggered and swam closer to the cliff, trying to climb up.

Bang!

The rocks under Emlyn White's feet broke, and he fell off the cliff and into the swamp.

The vampire count suddenly woke up from his dream and looked around in fear and confusion.

After confirming that this was his room, and surrounded by many familiar puppets of all sizes, Emlyn exhaled slowly and said to himself with a serious expression:

"The dream just now was not a simple one."

As a "Witch King", he has sufficient understanding of the realm of dreams.

Is this the so-called "divine revelation"? But I didn't get any revelation... Emlyn thought for dozens of seconds, but couldn't find the answer. Then he decided not to care about this question anymore and planned to ask Father Utravsky when he had time.

…………

The blood-red color had faded, and the moon, no longer full, illuminated the garden of the Church of the Waves dimly.

Alger reached out and caught the note "delivered" by Kuangfeng, unfolded it and took a look:

"Verdu is looking for a pirate ship or smuggler ship going to Bansi."

——The Bansi Port has not yet been rebuilt, and there are no passenger ships going there. Verdu, who cherishes the opportunity of "teleportation", can only rely on unconventional methods.

Go to Bansi? Alger frowned immediately.

He knew exactly what Bansi meant, but he had no idea why Verdu wanted to go to Bansi.

There should be nothing there!

No, even if the church razed Bansi, there were still some abnormalities there. Moreover, the church did not find out what problems Bansi was hiding at the time... As a cardinal, Alger was qualified to review some confidential documents, including the records of the Storm Church's actions against Bansi.

In addition, he also learned more from Mr. Fool and Gehrman Sparrow.

After thinking about it, Alger made a quick decision and prepared to have his shadow guards arrange a pirate ship for Verdu.

In this regard, Alger knew many key people and did not need to show up himself or in his own name.

Of course, in the Rorsted Archipelago, smuggling ships are often equivalent to pirate ships.

PS: I found that there was no update, it turned out that the time was wrong.