I write obituaries for the gods

“The relationship between Captain England and ‘Eldest Brother’ is confirmed,” Jiang Zhengge said, rubbing his forehead. “How should I put it… both Qingtian and him are ‘Eldest Brother’s’ favorites, which means…”

"I understand what you mean, no need for detailed explanation." Hua Molan had a bit of a headache.

Jiang Zhengge's lips curled slightly, revealing a playful smile.

"In short, after Optimus Prime died, Captain England took over."

"Just imagine, two enemies vying for the same man's favor... what a tragic love story..."

"So you decided to use him as a breakthrough point because you felt he was closer to his 'eldest brother' and closer to the center of the incident?"

“That’s right,” Jiang Zhengge nodded. “Anyway, let’s send someone to keep watch first. It’ll be a good opportunity for the new recruits to get some experience…”

Just then, Jiang Zhengge's phone rang.

He took out his phone, glanced at it, and said:

"Ah... a job more suitable for young people has come up."

Hua Molan also took out her phone and glanced at it, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Are you sure you want to send that newcomer? We haven't confirmed his psychic abilities yet. You've seen the experimental results; it's not some kind of mimicry or super hearing. What if something goes wrong?"

"It's precisely because we don't know that we should let him go."

Jiang Zhengge tapped the table lightly with his finger:

"How can we find out if we don't let him go?"

......

The vibration of the phone interrupted Li Zhanyi's further questioning of the "elbow flip".

She picked up her phone, glanced at it, and said:

"We've got work to do, Lin Chen."

"So fast?" Lin Chen was somewhat surprised.

This is only my first day on the job, and I'm already getting tasks?

“An unusual erosion phenomenon has occurred at a secondary school in Xiwang District. The subspace readings at the site are rising. The entity must be contained or destroyed immediately, or the school will be in danger.”

As he said this, Li Zhanyi stood up, picked up the black coat from the coat rack, and put it on.

Lin Chen put on his coat, picked up the pistol on the table, and put it into the holster inside his coat.

The two walked together toward the door of the department, where Lucy was already waiting.

"Here you are, little brother, a latte."

Lin Chen took the latte from Lucy and watched as the short woman put on her coat and sunglasses.

"Is Lucy-senpai coming with us too?" he asked.

“Of course,” Lucy glanced back at Lin Chen, “Can you drive?”

Five minutes later.

As the elevator doors opened, the three men, dressed in black trench coats, walked into the Bureau of Investigation lobby in unison.

Lucy, who was walking ahead, raised her hand, and a white dove flew down and delivered a letter to her.

She opened the envelope, reading it quickly as she walked:

"Intelligence from the front line indicates that the anomaly is tentatively classified as Delta-level, but there are a considerable number of them, and their type cannot be determined, making it unsuitable for 'police officers' to be on duty."

"Another new guy?" Li Zhanyi straightened his bow tie as he walked.

"It seems so, and it's very purposeful."

Lucy tore the letter into pieces and tossed them aside; the pieces were instantly burned to ashes by the flames.

She adjusted her sunglasses, concealing her eyes which gleamed with a deep blue light, and said softly:

"Looks like it's another trick by the foundation."

"Om-"

The sunlight had disappeared sometime earlier, and the rain had once again soaked into the faint rain stains.

The black van drove into the rain and headed towards the scene of the incident.

Lin Chen sat in the back row, loading bullets into the pistol magazine one by one.

"Can we solve the anomaly with just firearms?" Lin Chen asked.

“Most structures in the real world can be destroyed by firearms,” Li Zhanyi said, pointing and gesturing on his tablet. “If not, then the firepower is not enough.”

"That makes sense..."

After Lin Chen finished loading the magazine, he put it into the magazine pouch inside his black coat and took out his phone.

"Looks like I'll have to postpone asking about Huihui's school enrollment until tomorrow..."

Lin Chen sent Huihui a message saying that he had to go out to work in the afternoon.

A few seconds later, Huihui replied immediately:

"Brother, be careful."

Lin Chen's lips curled slightly as the car pulled up to the side of the road.

"We've arrived."

“Let’s go,” Li Zhanyi said, “Let’s find out what happened at the scene from the Second Division.”

Lin Chen nodded, opened the car door, and opened the umbrella.

After Li Zhanyi arrived under the umbrella, he walked towards the school gate not far away.

At this moment, large groups of teachers and students were evacuating from the school, and the scene was being cordoned off.

At a glance, Lin Chen spotted a familiar face: Marcus, the head of the Second Section, was standing in the pouring rain, dressed in a black uniform with his arms crossed.

His wrist was bandaged, and it looked like he was injured.

What a small world... Lin Chen thought to himself as he walked towards Marcus:

"Hello comrade, I'd like to understand the situation."

"Why are you acting like a salesman..." Li Zhanyi muttered from the side.

Marcus turned his head and saw Lin Chen, his face expressionless.

“The situation is deteriorating,” he said. “The dimensional anchor has failed, and the dimension is falling, expected to reach D-1 in half an hour.”

......

Chapter 33 First Attendance (Second Update)

Lin Chen had read about the "dimensional stability anchor" in the onboarding handbook.

He couldn't remember the complexities, but in short, this instrument could anchor a space to the real world.

When a region experiences subspace erosion, as the spacetime structure is destroyed, space will continue to sink until it completely falls into subspace.

The indicator used to describe this degree of depression is subspace depth, abbreviated as D.

When Marcus said they would arrive at D-1 in half an hour, Lin Chen understood the gravity of the situation.

Generally speaking, D-1 is the standard subspace depth, which means the entire school would disappear.

"Is anyone still not out?" Lucy asked Marcus, who was holding an umbrella alone.

“Everyone who could be evacuated has been evacuated, but the subspace lens shows there are still a few classrooms that haven’t been evacuated,” Marcus lit a cigarette. “The evacuation teams we sent in haven’t responded yet, they…”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a shout came from inside the blockade:

"Wounded! There are wounded here?"

Lin Chen looked over and saw two investigators from the Second Division carrying an injured person and running towards the school gate, staggering.

Marcus frowned and immediately went to meet him.

Lin Chen and his group exchanged glances and followed.

Inside the makeshift medical tent, they met the wounded soldier.

He looked as if he were trapped in some kind of nightmare, his eyes tightly closed and his whole body trembling.

"...The interior of that school has begun to subspace," an investigator from the Second Division explained to Marcus. "At first, the anomalous entities we encountered were relatively conventional Delta-level entities, which were easy to deal with. But as we went deeper... things started to go wrong."

"He first collapsed to the ground, convulsing, and then something crawled out of his shadow..."

"That thing looks like a praying mantis, it's huge, and conventional firepower can't destroy it, so we can only take it with us and retreat first."

After the investigator finished his description, Marcus asked further questions:

Do abnormal entities share common characteristics?

“Absolutely none, cannot be categorized.” The investigator shook his head.

“A classic case of a difficult problem,” Lucy said.

“The Delta class may be a misjudgment,” Li Zhanyi concluded. “A large number of entities without commonalities... new individuals born from the shadows... these entities are probably just derivatives of some larger entity.”

"In the worst-case scenario, gamma-level."

After hearing Li Zhanyi's assessment, Marcus glanced at Lin Chen and then spoke:

"I suggest you let your section chief handle it. It's not wise to act rashly in the current situation."

“There are still people inside,” Lin Chen blurted out instinctively. “Time is life.”

Li Zhanyi gave Lin Chen an approving look, then turned to Marcus:

"Are the backup teams from the three departments in place?"

“They’re in position, right next to the tent,” Marcus said.

"Let's go then, get our things, and then go inside."

After Li Zhanyi finished speaking, he decisively walked towards the tent entrance.

Lin Chen and Lucy followed, and the group crawled out of the tent and entered the tent next door.

Lin Chen couldn't help but admire the efficiency of the rapid response team: after receiving the alarm, each department performed its duties, the second department sealed off the scene and investigated, and the third department transported support supplies to the site.

Just when the situation became unmanageable, Section 1 arrived.

At a small white table in the center of the tent, an elderly white man with short, neat hair was unpacking packages and separating different injections.

The moment Li Zhanyi saw the old man, he beamed with joy and went to greet him:

"Professor Jürgen! What brings you here?"

The old man looked up and, upon seeing Li Zhanyi, a kind smile appeared on his face.

"Zhanyi," he nodded slightly, "happened to be at the Investigation Bureau, so I came over to help out."

"Let me introduce you!" Li Zhanyi turned to Lin Chen with a smile, "Professor Jürgen Eisenberg, our expert in anomalies, subspace analysis, and anti-anomaly countermeasures!"

“I don’t have that many official titles…” Professor Jürgen waved his hand, and Lin Chen even caught a glimpse of shyness on the old man’s face.

“Hello, Professor Jürgen,” Lin Chen nodded slightly, “I am Lin Chen, a new investigator from Section One.”

“You’re so young,” Jürgen smiled. “Well, I suppose you’ve read the ‘Warspace Exploration Guide’?”

"Actually, I just took office today and haven't had a chance to..." Lin Chen scratched his head.

"I'll prepare the injection for you this time, but you'll have to take care of it yourself next time."

As Jürgen spoke, he began loading the syringes into the syringe pouch.

Lucy and Li Zhanyi, on the other hand, skillfully selected injections from different small baskets and stuffed them into their own injection kits.

"Here, take it."

Professor Jürgen quickly prepared the needles and handed the bag to Lin Chen.

"First, inject the blue one. That's a sanity stabilizer. Inject it before entering the subspace. For every 1 unit of depth, the injection dose doubles every half hour."

"You can get one injection now, just an intramuscular injection. If it's not out after half an hour, give it another injection."

Lin Chen took out a "rationality stabilizer" from his syringe, inserted it into the syringe's reservoir, rolled up his sleeve, and injected it into his arm.

The syringe was needleless, so it didn't hurt. As my arm swelled slightly, a cool sensation spread throughout my body.