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No matter what unprecedented disasters may occur next, the "crisis contract" will continue to build a hidden network in the shadows.

All of this is for the sake of more lives.

In his previous life, as a player, Bai Ye knew about this organization. Indeed, in the mid-to-late game, players became the main partners and largest customer group of Crisis Contract.

Most of the commissions are completed by players; other organizations or individuals simply cannot compete with them.

The players are all hardcore gamers and completionists, who regularly keep an eye on the commissions posted on the platform. They are also highly reputable, have a high completion rate, and are very popular, enjoying a great reputation in the Contingency Contract.

Moreover, players are not afraid of death and cannot be infected, making them very suitable for various contracts, such as "Originium Environment: Erosion" and "Originium Environment: Revitalization". Sometimes they even have to go deep into disaster areas and face natural disasters and broken urban geothermal pipes.

Ordinary people simply don't have the resources to venture into these areas, and even with the best precautions, they are easily infected. Players, on the other hand, feel right at home; these places are perfect for them.

Therefore, players jokingly refer to this organization as an adventurer's guild established by the game's official team to satisfy players, similar to a guild that issues daily quests.

In this context, Bai Ye, in his previous life, also had in-depth contact with the Crisis Contract. This gave him a sufficient understanding of the organization.

Before joining Rhodes Island, Bai Ye had planned to become a Scourge Messenger. This profession was very advantageous to his operations; like messengers, Scourge Messengers could travel to many places, and many political entities would not offend or persecute this group without reason.

The Scourge Messenger is a whistleblower for civilization; aside from the savage forces in the wilderness that are hostile to civilization, few dare to provoke or harm the Scourge Messenger. Even the most vicious thugs and bandits will let the Scourge Messenger go.

Because they know that these people might save their lives next time.

Few are willing to become Cataclysmic Messengers. This profession requires traversing the wilderness and venturing into dangerous Originium environments. Cataclysmic Messengers have a high infection rate and an alarmingly high mortality rate. Perhaps these infected individuals are among the few who will not face discrimination or unfair treatment.

Even after joining Rhodes Island, Bai Ye was still preparing for and applying for the assessment of the Catastrophe Messenger.

Previously, he wasn't joking with Skadi; ​​he genuinely could impersonate the Cataclysmic Messenger and Guardian with Skadi because he possessed professional certificates, documents, and identification.

Last month, he also successfully joined the Crisis Contract. This is Bai Ye's fifth identity after Supervisor, Messenger, Pharmacist, and Scholar.

The Crisis Contract has very few restrictions on its members; in fact, most Cataclysmic Messengers can become members of the Crisis Contract. It wasn't particularly difficult for Bai Ye to join.

Chernobog's disaster warning was the first disaster warning he issued after joining the team.

“At first I thought you would use the natural disaster to destroy Chernobog and take over the city in the chaos…” Talulah said, looking at the city in the distance.

“You certainly wouldn’t agree to that kind of behavior… Countless people would lose their lives because of this decision. That’s not good.” Bai Ye shook his head. “Besides, what I want is a complete core city, not some ruins and rubble. Moreover, city ruins after a natural disaster are simply not suitable for human survival, and the symptoms of infected people will worsen due to the high activation of Originium.”

Although Bai Ye didn't consider himself a good person, he wasn't a demon either. He wouldn't do something like personally causing the deaths of an entire city.

That would be too anti-human, pure human evil, and something he abhorred.

After all, he was also a messenger of natural disasters.

"Everything is for the sake of more lives."

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Chapter Seventy-Six Imperial Decree

For the first time, players witnessed how a mobile city works.

An entire city cannot be moved at will. Even though mobile cities were originally created to escape natural disasters, the entire process was extremely difficult.

First, the city needs to send messengers and experts to plan new evacuation routes.

This land has mountains, rivers, and forests, all of which hinder the movement of cities.

The city needs to find a new waterway and notify the other cities to avoid getting stuck on the new waterway or causing a "traffic accident".

In addition to these, there are two things that need to be done first before a mobile city can be evacuated.

First, assess the Originium reserves. Originium reactors operate at high power during evacuation, consuming large amounts of refined Originium. This is why mobile cities need to immediately return to the Empire's heartland for resupply after evacuation.

The resources consumed in a single movement are simply too great.

Second, evacuate and relocate residents from the surrounding area.

The mobile cities are inhabited by citizens, but each mobile city is surrounded by numerous satellite cities and villages.

Farmers rely on cities to cultivate farmland and establish pastures, and their output supplies the consumption of mobile cities.

Near the city, various mines and worker towns were established. These people would be urgently taken into the city and taken away with it before the mobile city was evacuated.

“This is our opportunity. Right now, Chernobog is at its most chaotic moment ever, with countless institutions working overtime and they are too busy to pay attention to us.”

"Players will enter the city along with the evacuees, while the infected can infiltrate the mobile city through secret passages."

In the previous life, the Reunion Movement was able to infiltrate Chernobog only because of the deliberate permission of a mole within the army group; otherwise, they would have been discovered long ago.

Now, taking advantage of the chaos and cover brought about by the natural disaster warning, the Reunion Movement can also infiltrate the city.

“We’re not familiar with this city… Infiltrating it won’t be an easy task.” Talulah looked at the towering city walls, somewhat troubled.

"How are the tunnel preparations going?" Bai Ye asked.

"We're almost through. Those undead are really strong; they've taken care of most of the work." Talulah spoke highly of the players.

Bai Ye nodded.

He originally planned to break the Reunion Movement into small teams and sneak into the city by blending in with the crowd, but this method was far too inefficient. So Bai Ye came up with a new idea—to dig a tunnel from below directly to the base of the Chernobog mobile city.

After emerging from the tunnels, they will access the lower infrastructure. They will then open the maintenance windows and waste disposal outlets at the bottom of the mobile city-state and infiltrate Chernobog from there.

This was the inspiration that Dr. Kal'tsit of Rhodes Island gave to Bai Ye in her previous life.

That's exactly what they did; the method is simple and easy to copy.

Digging tunnels would prevent them from being discovered by the city's defense personnel and avoid alerting the enemy. This was the most difficult part of the plan, as the entrance to the tunnels had to be far enough away from Chernobog to avoid detection.

Of course, this part isn't actually that difficult, especially after there are more players in the White Night area.

Players are highly motivated. Although they reject the 996 work schedule in real life, in the game, even if the process is like being in prison, they will be happy to do it as long as the rewards are sufficient.

The whole process is similar to playing Minecraft. These players constantly dig tunnels, reinforce them with wood to prevent them from collapsing, and store sand and rocks in their inventory before taking them out.

A month is more than enough time for players to complete the tunnel excavation; it's far too easy for them.

Players who participated in the tunnel excavation were also awarded a new title by Bai Ye, and received an entrenching tool as a reward.

Some civil engineering enthusiasts have found a place to use their knowledge, although using it to dig tunnels seems a bit strange, but it can be considered putting their skills to practical use...

perhaps.

……

"The infected in Azazel provided us with the structural diagrams and design drafts of the entire city, which is the most valuable thing, equivalent to a map."

As Bai Ye spoke, he scanned and uploaded the data to the terminal, sharing it with the various cadres of the Reunion Movement.

The mobile city has a highly complex structure, unlike traditional city maps. It possesses a three-dimensional structure and intricate passageways. Without the intelligence provided by the Azazel Clinic, even Bai Ye would not have been able to successfully infiltrate it.

“The underlying industrial structure can connect to secret passages known only to infected individuals in black market clinics. Through these passages, we can reach any corner of the city and then quietly infiltrate.”

Bai Ye then showed the route plan to Talulah and the others.

Then, he looked at the massive Patriot beside him: "Don't worry, even Big Daddy can easily pass through the pipes. In fact, although they sound like very narrow passages, they are actually wide enough for two Apocalypse Tanks to walk side by side."

Fortunately, the mobile city needed to receive the surrounding residents and had to temporarily stop; otherwise, the White Night tunnel plan would have been impossible to realize.

“This kind of battle is beyond our experience,” Patriot said in a deep voice. “In the past, we only knew how to fight head-on.”

“Yes, that was in the past… ‘Five shield guards could slaughter a squad of knights, four inner guards could sweep through a settlement, three Wendigos could conquer a small town, and two army groups could destroy a duchy.’”

"However, we don't have many people right now, and most of the infected people haven't received complete military training, so it's impossible to confront them head-on."

Patriot nodded, then sighed, "This time, we can have it a little easier. Hopefully, everything goes smoothly."

Because of Bai Ye's existence, even Daddy began to believe in that slim possibility; perhaps this time, they could really succeed.

Froststar then looked at White Night and asked, "Does the Yeti Squad have any missions?"

"Um...you should ask Big Daddy or Talulah. I'm not the Commander."

"Haha, you devised the whole plan, so who else should we ask if not you?"

Just then, familiar laughter rang out outside the makeshift command post, and W opened the door and walked into the conference room.

"You've already dealt with the Sarkaz mercenaries?" Bai Ye raised an eyebrow.

Besides players and guerrillas, the Sarkaz mercenaries are the third combat-capable armed force under his command.

“Of course, after all, you’ve already dealt with the disobedient ones.” W nodded, then casually found a seat and sat down.

"Now, you are our commander. We hope you can make good use of every chip you have. Our lives are in your hands."

As he spoke, W crossed his legs, casually resting his left foot on his right leg and dangling it, looking at Bai Ye with a half-smile.

Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Players

"The current situation is that I've inexplicably become the commander of the Reunion Movement..."

Even the eldest father seems to have handed over command to Bai Ye.

However, Bai Ye knew that he simply didn't have that talent. In his previous life, his greatest skill was solo assault; he would usually just attack whoever the raid commander told him to attack.

Bai Ye's main stat allocation is physical, leaning towards agility, and he has an amazing reaction speed. Therefore, Bai Ye is also very good at dealing with bosses. He usually plays the role of pulling the monsters in the "Libertine's Tea Party".

Before the first wipe, Bai Ye was able to figure out at least a few of the boss's normal attack methods, as well as some special skills, and sometimes even help the team achieve a kill on the first encounter.

Bai Ye was used to this mode, and he was really not used to being asked to command the battle.

“I’m only responsible for making plans; let Big Daddy handle the battlefield command…” Bai Ye shook his head, then suddenly turned to look at W, “However, Miss W, your Sarkaz mercenary squad should stay with me.”

"Mr. Baiye, do you not trust me?" W's face was full of mocking smiles.

“Sorry, I’ve never been able to handle crazy people, so keeping them under my nose is the safest option.” Bai Ye did not deny W’s statement.

In fact, even after the purge, Bai Ye was still not entirely at ease with this armed force composed of Sarkaz, especially W, whom he couldn't see through due to his past life's fickle nature.

It's safest to leave it aside, since he happens to have tasks to assign anyway.

Just then, an infected warrior from the Reunion Movement informed Bai Ye: "Mr. Bai Ye, someone is looking for you outside. It seems to be an Undead."

Bai Ye nodded and then walked out of the temporary meeting room.

……

"You are?"

Outside the Reunion camp, Bai Ye spotted a group of players.

Bai Ye initially thought it was another visit to upgrade and purchase equipment. Only players who met certain contribution and reputation standards could request to meet with Bai Ye through the Reunion Movement; this was a privilege.

However, when Bai Ye met these players, he found that he did not recognize them.

"Hello Mr. Bai Ye, we are the 'Alice Fantasy Orchestra', a band that wanders this land. I am the conductor and leader of the orchestra, Aisha."

The person negotiating with Bai Ye was a young woman who was very polite and well-dressed. If it weren't for the NPC panel, Bai Ye would have had a hard time associating her with the player group.

In fact, it's rare to hear players speak such complete sentences anymore.

Normally, the words he hears are muted. After all, to prevent players from speaking carelessly, and with the addition of the Green Game Monitoring System, the system thoughtfully mutes or automatically replaces words when dealing with sensitive issues or profanity, making it easier for the "NPCs" to understand.

Yes, of course, there are also players who can use the censored "beep" to swear without being blocked by the system, which is truly ingenious.

However, Aisha, the leader of the guild, is quite different from most of the players that Bai Ye encountered. She seems to be truly integrating into this world, playing a role, and experiencing life in the game.

Therefore, her behavior was very similar to that of the native inhabitants of Terra, and there was no sense of incongruity.

Following behind the band leader, Aisha, was another group of players, all dressed in matching outfits and carrying black instrument cases on their backs.

"Are you an orchestra?"

Bai Ye could barely make out the shapes of several musical instrument boxes.

"Yes, we are from Letania. We heard that something big is about to happen here, so we wanted to come and witness it."

"May we stay near your camp for a while? In return, we'll put on a show."

“Of course.” Bai Ye nodded.

During their subsequent casual conversation, he learned that these players had all chosen Letania as their starting point, and that they were actually in the same band in real life. After discovering that Letania was also a land of music, they were practically in the same boat.

These players roam the Terran lands, driving a dilapidated, large motorcycle across the wilderness. They visit cities in different countries, playing various musical pieces. If anyone tries to harm them, these musicians can instantly transform into Letanian battle mages, using magic and staff-wielding swordsmanship to teach the thugs a lesson.

……

Bai Ye naturally wouldn't refuse such a group of players, but he didn't let the band perform for the time being, because that would reveal the location of their camp.

Besides Elsa's band, players from all walks of life gradually gathered here.

The poor player who missed Bai Ye's "I will always love Mitsuya Ayase" finally arrived; the journey had been far too difficult for him.