Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

"Master Qi, Zhao Jian'an is looking for you. It seems he wants to buy something on behalf of the Mysterious Special Operations Bureau."

Zhao Jian'an? The captain of the Red Kite Squad?

Qi Xie was puzzled for a moment.

What should I buy from myself? I don't think I have anything to sell.

After thinking for a moment and eliminating possibilities one by one, Qi Xie gradually formed a guess.

"Okay, have Zhao Jian'an call me and we can talk."

Li Song replied with an "OK" emoji.

Qi Xie didn't give his phone number because Jiang Zhengyi knew it was one of his many black SIM cards, so Zhao Jian'an should be able to find it without much effort.

As for what the other party wanted to buy, Qi Xie had a clear idea, so he started calculating the price while waiting.

"There's not much the authorities know about what I can sell. The only known sealed items are the Blood Axe of the Dismemberer, the Singularity, and the Gaze of the Shadow."

These are all important components of my current combat strength... well, except for the current [Singularity]...

But judging from my performance in the dungeon, the official team probably wouldn't notice. They would just think that these things are all important, so it's probably not about buying sealed items.

The only things I could buy were the "Li Chenggong" diary I brought with me and the two textbooks from that world.

I've basically finished reading the former, and I don't understand the latter, so it doesn't matter if I sell them both. The important thing is, how much is appropriate to sell?

This kind of knowledge-based stuff is really hard to value. And I suspect the authorities have ulterior motives for buying this..."

As Qi Xie was pondering, a clean, slightly childish voice rang out from the side.

"Hey bro, we're having a promotion today: spend 79 and get a free drink! Beer or something else?"

A short girl with a ponytail approached, carrying a case of canned beer and asking questions at each table. She happened to ask Qi Xie.

Qi Xie snapped out of his thoughts and smiled at the little girl:

"Beer will do."

"Okay, enjoy your meal!"

The little girl smiled shyly in response, took a can of beer from the box she was carrying and placed it on the table, then walked to the next table.

"She must be the shop owner's daughter. She looks like she's just turned 18. She's either a senior in high school or a freshman in college."

Qi Xie watched the little girl's retreating figure, opened an ice-cold beer, took a sip, and felt the bitter yet sweet foam bursting on his tongue in the cool summer night breeze, gradually relaxing his mood.

"This is life..."

Qi Xie curled his lips and sighed.

At that moment, he saw his phone screen light up, and an unknown number was dialing in.

When the call connected, a somewhat rough but unrestrained voice came from the other end of the line, belonging to a middle-aged man from Northwest China:

"Mr. Qi, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

"Captain Zhao, how have you been?"

Qi Xie exchanged a few simple pleasantries before getting straight to the point:

"Li Lao Er told me that your Weird Special Operations Bureau wants to buy something from me. I'm guessing it's those books I found in the last instance?"

Seeing that Qi Xie had brought up the main point, Zhao Jian'an stopped beating around the bush and said directly:

"Yes, since you've already guessed it, I won't beat around the bush. Name your price?"

Qi Xie did not respond immediately. He held the phone in his right hand and tapped his left fingertips on the table, as if he had thought of something.

"Brother, your skewers, a saury, and a serving of grilled honey bread will be served shortly."

The owner's young daughter brought a plate of grilled skewers to the table.

Qi Xie nodded to the little girl, and after she went to busy herself at other tables, he said in a deep voice:

"I have a few questions to ask first, otherwise it will be difficult to give an estimate."

"Hmm? Please go ahead. I will answer anything within my scope of duty."

"My first question is, did you already know about the existence of these fallen worlds?"

Although Qi Xie's sentence is a question, its tone is closer to a statement.

After all, when he first saw these things, he even suspected that he had been set up and wondered if someone had deliberately sent him to access this information.

But after thinking it through, he realized that this possibility was unlikely.

Then things took a different turn.

In other words, he was not the only one who had access to information about these fallen worlds, but for some reason, it was not made public.

And which organization has the capability to do this is not even a question.

"Yes."

Zhao Jian'an also directly admitted:

"We already knew about the existence of the Fallen World from the gains of some participants in the instance, and we have collected a lot of information about the Fallen World."

This gave us some inspiration to combat the supernatural and we quietly shared it in the travel community or combined it with our world's technology to create special weapons.

You can probably guess why it hasn't been made public.

Qi Xie nodded:

Humanity cannot bear the despair brought about by the existence of an entire world of eeriness.

Not to mention the world that has fallen into chaos.

If people realize the fact that "the world has already been completely invaded and swallowed up by the supernatural," it will do no good except cause social panic and collapse of order.

"The official agencies in various countries that deal with strange things are consciously concealing this matter. Even within our department, apart from the highest-ranking officials, only two types of people know that the Fallen World exists."

Zhao Jian'an said:

"One type is people who have come into contact with information within the instance that can clearly prove the existence of the Fallen World, and the other type is a group of members at the level of action captain or above. I belong to the former."

"The action team leader?"

Qi Xie raised an eyebrow:

"Isn't Jiang Zhengyi the action team leader? Why doesn't he know?"

"There will be a personality assessment before informing him. Does he seem like he'd keep his mouth shut?"

A helpless voice came from the other end of the line.

"Too……"

Qi Xie expressed his full agreement.

After all, when the official top-tier walkers were quietly clearing out the Black Saint Guild's gathering point in Shenzhen, Jiang Zhengyi was able to tell them exactly what skills they used when he asked them.

"You're telling me all this now... because I, like you, belong to the former group?"

Qi Xie seemed to be deep in thought.

"Yes, we will contact those who learned of the existence of the Fallen World within the instance and hope to obtain the information in exchange for a certain price. Of course, keeping the truth secret from those who are unaware of it is a condition."

Zhao Jian'an said frankly.

"It's a secret..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Qi Xie, almost causing him to blurt out a question that made his pupils shrink.

However, a sudden shout interrupted his question.

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