I write obituaries for the gods

“Louis, report the situation.”

"The subspace transformation of the main school buildings has been suppressed, but the underground structures are still falling into subspace. Holy crap... it took ten anchor points to hold them in place, that's outrageous..."

In the lobby of the teaching building, Marcus stared at the entrance leading to the underground, his brow furrowed.

Since the arrival of the first department, communications have been cut off.

He knew, of course, what this meant: the subspatialization of the underground structure was irreversible, and soon the entire exit would be sealed off.

"Can you estimate when the entrances and exits will close?" Marcus pressed his earpiece.

“It’s impossible to estimate,” Louis replied. “We’ll probably have to bring them back.”

"I'll go."

Marcus took the assault rifle from the soldier next to him and released the safety.

"Second Division, Dragon Squad, come in with me."

"Yes!"

Led by Marcus, a group of people headed towards the warp entrance that was on the verge of collapse.

Just then, footsteps came from below the stairs.

"Quick, this way!"

The first to appear was Li Zhanyi, who was carrying a student covered in injuries and panting as she climbed the stairs.

The rest of the students and teachers followed closely behind, turning the corner and rushing into the school building lobby, led by Lucy.

"Escort them to the medical tent!" Marcus shouted.

"Send the children there first, I'm fine..."

"Don't be confused, teacher, you're almost at the end of your life." Lucy helped her teacher walk past Marcus.

Marcus looked down at the stairs and saw Lin Chen being the last to emerge from underground.

He had just stepped onto the stairs when, with a piercing sound of shattering glass, the staircase leading to the underground disappeared.

Instead, there are four cement walls that are arranged in the shape of a "well".

“Louis, the underground structure of the teaching building has fallen into subspace and is now in ruins,” Marcus said into his headset. “Evacuate everyone.”

"Phew, thank goodness... the entrance wasn't damaged, was it?"

"It wasn't damaged. The underground structure is surrounded by concrete. After the space disappeared, the four walls came together and got stuck. Although it's not very aesthetically pleasing, it's still quite sturdy."

"That's good. The three subjects can prepare to enter now."

"..."

After finishing his report, Marcus looked up at Lin Chen.

He was checking his equipment when he noticed Marcus's gaze. He looked up and smiled.

"Thank you for your support, Marcus."

"Go to the medical tent and check for contamination," Marcus said calmly.

"it is good."

After saying that, Lin Chen hung the shotgun on his back and walked towards the exit.

He had only taken a few steps when Marcus called him back:

"Hey, newbie."

Lin Chen turned his head and looked at Marcus, who still had a calm expression.

"Handsome." Marcus nodded slightly.

Lin Chen smiled and nodded in response, then stepped out of the teaching building.

It was still drizzling outside, and the raindrops fell on his head, spreading a faint coolness throughout his body.

In the drizzle, Lin Chen stretched and felt the rain wash away the background noise of the subspace.

"I'm going crazy..." he muttered.

Yesterday, he fired a shot at Qingtian in front of the entire Yudu.

Less than 24 hours after he fled and was recruited by the Bureau of Investigation, he entered the subspace ruins and wiped out a large number of anomalous entities.

He felt like he had been thrown into a movie set, and was given the role of the main character.

Lin Chen took a deep breath of the moist air, the icy wind echoing in his lungs.

He strode toward the medical tent.

......

"With such a rapid rate of destruction and the constant generation of anomalous entities, this case can't be classified as Delta-level; it's at least Gamma-level."

Inside the small compartment of the medical tent, Professor Jürgen used a hairdryer-like device to blow on Lin Chen's body. Lin Chen felt a sticky substance being peeled off his skin—it must have been radiation from the subspace.

"To be honest, I thought you would back out first and wait for Section Chief Jiang to handle it."

“Then it will be too late,” Lin Chen shook his head, “and there’s a child down there.”

“Young man…” Jürgen laughed, “This is your first day on the job, and you can’t even tell the difference between injections.”

"Isn't it because you, Professor, are helping us?" Lin Chen scratched his head.

Jürgen smiled and looked at Lin Chen for a while, then put away the equipment and waved his hand:

"Alright, you haven't been in the warp for long, so there's not much pollution. You can go out now."

“Okay,” Lin Chen nodded. “Is that crystal I picked out from the remnants of the anomalous entity useful?”

“This stuff is a standard azure crystal, the pure kind,” Jürgen nodded. “You must know about azure energy, right?”

"I don't know," Lin Chen replied honestly.

"You silly child..."

Jürgen smiled helplessly: a newcomer who didn't even know about Azure Energy had already harmlessly neutralized a large number of powerful entities.

"Simply put, Azure Energy is a flow of energy that floats in the warp. It is a constituent element of anomalous entities and a source of warp erosion."

"I see..." Lin Chen nodded. "Then, do Awakened Spirits and Demigods also utilize this kind of energy?"

"Of course, that's why I find it strange. Aren't you also a psychic? Don't you understand this?"

Jürgen looked at Lin Chen in surprise, and Lin Chen felt that he was a zoologist studying chimpanzees.

"They usually explain it during the psionic spectrum test, right? What are your spectral data?"

"It seems to be unknown." Lin Chen said honestly.

“Unknown?” Jürgen blinked. “So you also remained unaware of all this, and then you showed up for duty?”

"I don't know, Zhanyi brought me here," Lin Chen scratched his head, "so I just followed her."

Looking into Lin Chen's clear eyes, Professor Jürgen smiled helplessly.

"I'll take this crystal and process it for you. Tomorrow I'll be at your Xiwang District headquarters. Just come to the lab in B4 and I'll give you a refresher while I'm at it."

"Okay." Lin Chen nodded gratefully.

"And take this."

Jürgen turned around and took a vial of medicine from a small iron box.

"This is the Azure Factor, which can replenish the consumed Azure Energy and drive the Azure Regeneration within your body."

"Just one injection before bed, thank you for saving those children."

"Thank you, Professor." Lin Chen nodded.

“Alright, hurry up and go out. Zhanyi is probably waiting for you to go to the victory celebration,” Jürgen nodded with a smile. “I’ll go check on the children.”

Lin Chen thanked them again and then walked out of the medical tent.

At the door, Jiang Zhengge, who had rushed over, was talking to Lucy, while Li Zhanyi stood aside in a daze.

Upon seeing Lin Chen, the girl approached him, holding an umbrella, and greeted him:

"You're here, action star! How's your health?"

"Professor Jürgen said it's nothing." Lin Chen smiled.

"Your reputation has already spread among those Second Division soldiers... What a super-strong rookie... You broke through the warp ruins on your first day on duty..."

Li Zhanyi looked Lin Chen up and down, sizing him up.

She noticed the small bottle in Lin Chen's hand, and upon closer inspection, exclaimed in surprise:

"Huh? Azure Factor? Where did you get that?"

"Professor Jürgen gave it to me," Lin Chen said, somewhat puzzled. "What's wrong with it?"

"Damn it, why is that old man so nice to you..." Li Zhanyi pursed her lips. "This thing costs more than 2500 yuan per injection! It can only be reimbursed three times a month, and I've already used up my monthly dose!"

"what?"

Lin Chen suddenly felt that he had been too frivolous in holding the Azure Factor, so he quickly grabbed it with both hands and held it tightly.

Is it really that valuable...?

He turned around and glanced at the tent entrance, where Professor Jürgen was looking down and asking about a child's injuries.

"Thank you for saving those children." The professor's words still echoed in my ears.

......

Chapter 40 Homecoming

After the situation at the scene was basically under control, Jiang Zhengge drove Li Zhanyi and Lin Chen directly towards home.

"You've entered a ruin on your first day in office. You're going to be famous now."

In the passenger seat, Lin Chen turned to look at the smiling Jiang Zhengge:

"I thought you arranged this on purpose..."

“Hey, I’m not that bad,” Jiang Zhengge glanced at Lin Chen. “When the case was reported, it was at the Delta level. Generally, it means one or two entities have emerged, and you can do whatever you want with them. But the situation worsened on your way there... We could have stopped here, but the situation worsened again after you went in.”

"I was originally thinking of letting you broaden your horizons and see unusual entities, so you wouldn't be like some newbies who get weak in the knees when they see an entity on their first day."

"I feel fine," Lin Chen smiled.

He felt that he was quite quick to accept this kind of thing, especially after his feud with Qingtian.

"That's quite an achievement. You recorded Captain England's filming, which is an unexpected bonus." Jiang Zhengge turned his head.

Li Zhanyi raised his hand in the back seat:

"I brought my DSLR camera, otherwise the picture wouldn't be this clear!"

"You've done a great job," Jiang Zhengge chuckled, "but I didn't expect you to stumble upon the target so unexpectedly..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen turned his head and looked at Jiang Zhengge:

"Shall we make an example of him next?"

“Of course, after all, he is Qingtian’s successor and also my elder brother’s… good friend,” Jiang Zhengge carefully considered his words, “and you actually stumbled upon his filming location and even managed to leave behind video evidence, so we have a card to play.”

"Should we announce it?" Li Zhanyi leaned his head between the two seats.

“No rush. It’s not convenient for the Investigation Bureau to always be in the spotlight,” Jiang Zhengge muttered. “It would be best to find a third party to help us. Besides, I don’t think it’s appropriate to play our cards so fast right now. You all know how good the Foundation’s media control is. We haven’t really had the upper hand over the years.”

"What surprised me was that they actually possessed the means to directly drag a section of space into subspace..."

"So, you believe this case was orchestrated by the foundation?" Lin Chen's expression turned serious.

"That's right. Based on the current situation, it's unlikely that they 'just happened to find a ruin to shoot footage.' They probably deliberately created subspace erosion for location scouting."

"That's really awful," Li Zhanyi muttered.

“They were even prepared to leave those children to die.” Lin Chen clenched his fists, thinking of Huihui and the landlord couple.

“And his London accent sounds so fake,” Li Zhanyi said, resting his chin on his hand. “His Chinese, on the other hand, is quite standard. What kind of British captain is this?”

“That’s their selling point,” Jiang Zhengge said. “Anyway, take a break first. You’ve done a great job. This case will definitely give you a lot of commission. Just wait to collect your money.”

"I'll order some takeout tonight and treat you guys." Lin Chen suddenly remembered his previous promise.