"Hello, Brother Lie."

A man who looked to be in his thirties, wearing a floral shirt and holding a cigarette, walked through the vegetable market.

From time to time, small vendors greeted him, and he responded by raising his hand with a natural smile on his face. Occasionally, he would pinch the face of a child running by on the roadside. He looked like a native of Bixing.

I am Poseidon, my real name is Fan Lie, I am 34 years old, I am the manager of Hongxing Vegetable Market, I have a son and a daughter, but I divorced my wife three years ago and I am still single...

…

Along the way.

Nalan Li collected all the information related to Fan Lie, including his daily consumption, communication records, etc., to identify whether there were other alien warriors joining him and analyze what his keywords were.

Most of the emails Fan Lie exchanged were invitations from the army group, as well as normal exchanges between members of the Poseidon Gang he created on Battle.net. There was nothing wrong with it.

The only anomaly was that in Yuxi City where he was, several police mechas were damaged. Some lost their weapon systems, some lost their energy systems, and some lost their radar systems...

These bizarre cases gave Nalan Li the feeling that Fan Lie wanted to use the stolen police mecha parts to assemble a mecha himself.

But this doesn't make sense. Mecha manufacturing requires huge industrial equipment, and it is basically impossible for one person to assemble a set of mecha.

Anyone can buy parts and assemble a mecha, so the mecha is no longer worthy of representing Bixing's most advanced equipment.

It is far easier to just steal one than to assemble one manually.

Previously, Fan Lie formed the Poseidon Gang on the battlefield. Doug speculated that his keywords might be aggregation, integration, unity and leadership.

What he did in reality did not match these keywords, and now Doug couldn't figure out what these keywords were.

However, it is most likely not a mental keyword, and that is enough.

…

Fan Lie just walked out of the vegetable market.

Nalan Li's car came up to him. She lowered the window and showed her ID to Fan Lie: "Fan Lie, I want to talk to you."

"National Strategic Defense Bureau?" Fan Lie was obviously stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I know the battle network is not broken. Who is behind you? Kill one person every ten steps?"

"Fan Lie, the country has launched a cleanup against you gamers. Join the National Strategic Defense Bureau and give you a chance to survive." Nalan Li said.

"What if you don't want to join?" Fan Lie asked with a smile.

"Death." Nalan Li said.

Fan Lie looked around and fixed his gaze on Nalan Li's face again, asking, "Are you the only two? Wasn't your recruitment a bit hasty?"

"So, you rejected the recruitment of the Homeland Defense Bureau?" Nalan Li raised his eyebrows and slowly raised the car window. "Then I wish you good luck. I hope you can survive the pursuit of other Homeland Defense Bureau players next time."

"..." Fan Lie was stunned for a moment, "Wait, you guys are really so careless, you turned against me after just two sentences, and I didn't say I wouldn't join!"

"What are the keywords?" Nalan Li lowered the car window again, activated the microcomputer, looked at Fan Lie again, and asked.

“……”Fan Lie was stunned.

"Fan Lie, I need to remind you that the information you provide had better be true." Nalan Li said, "If you provide false information and it is eventually discovered, you will still be judged."

Fan Lie frowned and looked at Nalan Li with a changing expression.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with the native's attitude.

"You can attack me, or even kill me." Nalan Li looked at him and said calmly, "But everything here will be transmitted to the headquarters of the National Defense Bureau. Next, your Battle.net account will be banned, all your credit systems will be frozen, and your coordinates will be publicly available to all gamers. So, I suggest you think carefully before making a decision..."

Threat? Fan Lie pursed his lips and asked, "How many people have joined you?"

"Confidential." Nalan Li said, "All information between players who join the National Defense Bureau will be kept confidential. The Defense Bureau will give you some tasks and ask you to go out and eliminate some rebellious players so that you can grow..."

"You came too hastily. Can you give me some time to think about it?" Fan Lie asked.

"No." Nalan Li said, "We have already locked the locations of nearly 800 players. The Strategic National Defense Agency has a lot of things to do and will not waste too much time on one person. We know what you have done on other planets. You are not welcome on the Green Star."

Nalan Li's dominance made Fan Lie unsure how much information the other party had.

But he had to consider the threat from the other party. He made a high-profile appearance on the battle network to improve his attributes. He had thought that the country would send someone to contact him, but he never thought it would be in this way.

"What are the benefits of joining you?" Fan Lie asked.

"If you join us, you will be an official member and can enjoy the convenience brought by the Battle.net, which allows you to brush up your attributes and skills." Nalan Li said, "But at the same time, you must also contribute your obligations to Bixing, such as using your abilities to go to the front line to fight against the Hill civilization."

"Since you call us players, do you know the rules of the game?" Fan Lie smiled.

Nalan Li glanced at Fan Lie and said, "I know that there will only be three winners in the end. Our initial solution is to recruit you and then let you decide the winner in the final stage of the game."

This was the countermeasure that Duger and Nalan Li discussed on the way here.

This strategy does not need to be comprehensive, it is enough to give them hope temporarily.

…

Arena?

What a good plan!

But with more than a thousand alien warriors, more than a thousand supermen, and more than two thousand skills, is it that easy to control? Too naive!

But now, he really couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse.

Because he couldn't guarantee whether others would agree to join the Strategic Defense Agency. In a world with highly developed technology, having help from other countries and not having help from other countries are two completely different concepts.

Apart from anything else, cutting off his Battle.net account would be enough to seriously damage him.

"Fan Lie, since you have come to this planet, you must obey the laws and regulations of this planet. Having a formal organization will only benefit you and not harm you." Nalan Li reminded him, "Join early and enjoy early."

"Okay, I'll join." Fan Lie took a deep breath. He couldn't find a reason to refuse. With his current strength, he couldn't fight against a country.

"Key words." Nalan Li said in a businesslike manner.

"Fusion." Fan Lie said.

Nalan Li glanced at Fan Lie, made a note on the microcomputer, and continued to ask: "Skills?"

"It's an integrated whole." Fan Lie said.

"Skill effect." Nalan Li asked.

"I can fuse two different objects together to form a completely new object." Fan Lie said.

Nalan Li recorded the skill effect, turned around and asked, "Can you explain it in detail?"

Fan Lie looked at Nalan Li, smiled slightly, and suddenly stretched out his hand. Then, under Nalan Li's nose, his arm turned into a police machine gun, with the black muzzle pointing at Nalan Li's forehead.

Nalan Li remained calm and said, "Put the gun away."

Fan Lie smiled, and instantly the machine gun turned back into an arm.

Doug glanced at him. It was a humanoid Gundam. Without other alien warriors, this skill was quite amazing. Now, if it was just a fusion like this, it would undoubtedly lock his upper limit.

Seeing that Nalan Li was about to continue questioning, Doug suddenly interrupted and asked, "Can it be used on other people?"

Fan Lie looked at Doug, who was sitting in the driver's seat. He didn't sense any strong aura from him, so he thought he was a staff member of the Homeland Defense Bureau and shook his head, saying, "No."

Douger glanced at him and said to Nalan Li: "Skills can be used on other people."

"..." Fan Lie's eyes twitched a few times, "Brother, I said no."

"Fan Lie, I'm doing this for your own good," Doug said, "Otherwise, if you reveal abilities that you can use on others in the future, you'll be put on the untrusted list."

Fan Lie was stunned for a moment, smiled awkwardly, and did not refute.

"What about the second skill?" Nalan Li looked at him and asked.

"It hasn't awakened yet." Fan Lie shrugged and said, "This time it's real."

"Where is your home planet?" Nalan Li continued to ask.

"Is it necessary to say this?" Fan Lie frowned.

"It is necessary." Nalan Li said, "When we carry out missions in the future, we will try our best to separate people from the same planet. Besides, when we have a competition in the future, you don't want to fight to the death with people from your own planet, right?"

Having said so much, he no longer cared about a planet. Fan Lie said, "Zhongtian Star."

"Okay, get in the car." Nalan Li recorded his place of origin, shook his head at him, and said, "Fan Lie, when you awaken your second skill, report to me in time."

"Is that all?" Fan Lie was quite surprised.

"What else?" Nalan Li glanced at him and said, "You outsiders, do you still need to say goodbye to your families? The organization will help you with your food and accommodation. Get in the car, we're going to carry out the next mission."

Fan Lie laughed dumbly, opened the car door, sat in the back seat, and asked, "What's the next mission?"

"Recruit Luoye Zhihua." Nalan Li said, "If he resists, you are responsible for killing him."

"..." Fan Lie was stunned and asked in astonishment, "Didn't you just say that the information between players is confidential?"

"Your information is kept confidential to those who join later, and it is kept confidential to people in other departments." Nalan Li looked at Fan Lie through the rearview mirror inside the car and said, "Remember, you joined the secret department of the National Strategic Defense Bureau, which is different from the open National Defense Bureau. Our information does not overlap."

"Fuck!" Fan Lie couldn't help but curse, then suddenly realized what was happening and asked, "I'm not the first person recruited by the Anbu!"

"That's right." Nalan Li looked at him again and said.

"Fuck." Fan Lie cursed again, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "I give in."

"You just made the most correct decision." Nalan Li said, "Fan Lie, if you have any questions, you can ask on the way. If you have any good suggestions, you can also put them forward. I will help you to get credit for them as appropriate."

"I just want to know one question, who revealed this information to you, Doug?" Fan Lie asked.

"No." Nalan Li said without turning his head, "All my information was given to me by the people above. I don't know where the specific information came from."

(End of this chapter)