Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 5 Joining the Ministry
Night, staff dormitory.

After completing the onboarding process, Xia Shou lay on the bed in the single dormitory. Behind him, Alice penetrated the bed like a ghost, her hands still gently pinching his neck.

He thought about what Dr. Modise had said to him during the day, and the more he thought about it, the more headache he got.

“Without the support of forbidden objects, the mortality rate of low-level extraordinary people in cross-level missions is almost 100%. Therefore, in order to increase the survival rate of low-level extraordinary people, the Control Bureau will equip you with a large number of forbidden objects.

But compared to the number of low-level extraordinary people, the number of banned objects held by the Control Bureau is pitifully small, and all the usable ones are in a state of requisition.

Therefore, low-level extraordinary people who can go on missions only account for 10% of the total number. The remaining 90% are on standby, and are generally responsible for the maintenance, testing, and patrolling of abnormal bodies within the bureau.

If you want to go on a mission, it will take at least ten days for your turn, and this is an optimistic estimate. After all, you are just a newcomer with nothing, you haven't even done basic training, and no one will guarantee you."

Xia Shou’s current problem is that he wants to start the mission immediately, but there is no suitable task to be assigned to him immediately.

According to Modise, apart from joining the three departments through the back door, the only way is to wait.

But the Death Notes said that Shangguan Yan was a very troublesome woman, and it felt like joining the Third Department would cause endless trouble.

As the night deepened, Xia Shou felt sleepy and closed his eyes unconsciously, his consciousness gradually becoming blurred.

When he was about to fall asleep.

In an instant, his body was suddenly immersed in the cold sea water.

In an instant, all the sleepiness was gone and the brain became extremely clear, as if waking up after a long, high-quality sleep!
When I opened my eyes, I saw the same hallucination again. In the dark and cold sea, there was only a deep green light flowing with the waves.

Looking at the sea water around, there is not a trace of impurities.

There are no fish swimming.

No algae.

There was deep darkness beneath him, and a dark green light explored in all directions before eventually disappearing into the endless darkness.

In the boundless darkness...it seemed like something was "looking" at him.

In fact, the word "look" is not an accurate description. Perhaps some existence that is "spying" on him is not observing him through organs such as eyes.

He felt like he was being watched, as if something would swim out of the surrounding water at any moment.

The ruler on the side showed 1195 meters, and the number was still increasing, but the speed was very slow.

“Kuh!”

A strange, light sound, transmitted to Xia Shou's ears through the sea water, was a bit like the sound of a door opening.

The next second, he saw the numbers on the ruler start to grow wildly!
The water pressure around me slowly increases, and a feeling of suffocation follows. The deep sea is quickly becoming real!
In the darkness below, a square black door appeared at my feet, and a long and narrow red light appeared in the center of the door frame, like the light leaking from the house when the door was open.

His lungs seemed to be filled with sea water, but his body had no strength to struggle.

The oxygen content in the blood has exceeded the dangerous value, the brain begins to lack oxygen! Consciousness begins to blur!
The madly beating heart vibrates the eardrums, and the hands and feet spasm and tremble uncontrollably.

The door under his feet was getting closer and closer, and he saw the scene inside the door... a shoe cabinet hanging upside down from the ceiling, an iron chandelier nailed to the ground like a hydrogen balloon, and an upside-down entrance.

Xia Shou tried his best to look at the ruler, and the depth was 1205 meters!
……

Xia Shou suddenly opened his eyes and felt a terrible force on his neck. He felt that his cervical vertebra was on the verge of being strangled!
The moment he woke up, Alice's hands, which were like iron clamps, suddenly relaxed and returned to their original tightness.

Xia Shou sat up from the bed, panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, his whole body drenched in cold sweat.

The pounding heart proved that the suffocation just now was not an illusion, and the expired alarm on the phone also showed that he did not wake up on time.

He was mesmerized by the illusion, and if it weren't for Alice, he would probably have entered that door.

"Thank you, Alice."

It seems that time is running out, I must devour something immediately!
Xia Shou pulled at his collar which was soaked with cold sweat, got out of bed, and opened his rote notes. The handwriting in the notes was still blurry.

Now, he has to make the decision himself.

If he doesn't let the black shadow devour something, he will probably die in a few nights, not even ten days.

Although joining Shangguan Yan's department might cause trouble later, it was better than death. Xia Shou thought for a while and made a decision immediately.

"Start the task right away."

After making up his mind, Xia Shou took out his cell phone, found Shangguan Yan's number, and sent a text message to explain his thoughts.

He originally thought that it was late at night and the other party should have fallen asleep, but the message was replied in seconds: [I'm in the office, you can come over now. ]

Xia Shou left the dormitory and followed the signs to Shangguan Yan's office.

The lights in the office were still on, and the sound of keyboard typing could be heard from inside.

Xia Shou pushed open the door and saw the other person working overtime alone in the office.

"Modis told me that you wanted to go on the mission quickly. But I told you that if you come to me now, you will have to pay more."

Shangguan Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Shou subtly.

"What do you want me to do?" Xia Shou asked.

Shangguan Yan opened the drawer, took out a bottle of blood-red liquid and placed it on the table: "After you come back, work overtime for a month in a row. If you agree, I can give you this as a gift."

"Ah?" Xia Shou was confused.

He thought the other party would make some extremely excessive demands, but it turned out to be just overtime?
"Of course, there is no overtime pay. Also, don't think it will be easy." Shangguan Yan raised his finger and added seriously.

"If that's all, no problem." Xia Shou picked up the bottle of red liquid on the table, "What is this?"

"It's special blood. After drinking it, it can raise the abnormality level to level 2, and the duration can last about an hour.

Then I happen to have a mission that I can assign to you. Although the danger is beyond the level that a Level 2 Transcendent can handle, this is the only mission that is suitable for you right now. Go ahead if you are willing."

Shangguan Yan took out a stack of documents from the drawer and pushed them in front of Xia Shou: "I know you are in a hurry, so I have prepared all the information for you. Take this bottle of blood and you can go."

Xia Shou looked at the information pushed by the other party and frowned.

This series of actions seemed as if she had known that he would come and join the department.

"I suggest you go to the scene immediately. This is an emergency mission." Shangguan Yan reminded.

Xia Shou picked up the document bag without saying a word, turned around and ran out of the office.

As the office door closed again, Shangguan Yan was the only one left in the office.

After a while, a deep purple crack appeared in the air behind Shangguan Yan, and a demon wearing a black windbreaker and a goat skull on his head walked out from the space crack.

The goat-headed demon stood behind Shangguan Yan, and a hoarse evil laugh came from its skull: "You haven't forgotten the price of our contract, have you?"

"Why do you think I would forget?" Shangguan Yan's tone was flat, without a trace of emotion.

"Hehe, I just wanted to remind you again.

[1. All interactions with others must be based on the concept of "transaction".]

[2. Do not allow others to regard your behavior as unrequited help.]

【3. If you have a crush on someone, do not let the other person know of your crush.】

These are the three taboos included in our contract." said the goat-headed demon.

"I know."

"Then since you helped so obviously just now, aren't you afraid of violating the contract?"

"I don't think he is that sharp." Shangguan Yan smiled coldly.

"But sooner or later he will realize how precious that bottle of blood is. By then, haha..."

The goat demon stretched out its slender, sharp black nails like daggers, and cut a void crack in the air like cutting paper. It pulled open the curtain of space like unveiling a curtain, and then stepped into the deep purple mist on the other side...

(End of this chapter)