I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

After a comprehensive check, Ma En and Shen Zhihe determined the number of their members parasitized by Moon Sprouts. Among them, only Feng Shaoying was at Tier IV, while all those at the lowest Tier II were safe. However, three ability users at Tier III were parasitized, and without exception, their mental strength was not much stronger than ordinary people.

The three Tier IV ability users who had already left the Abnormal Control Bureau had employee status, but Feng Shaoying had no way of realizing this.

After discussing with Shen Zhihe, Ma En and Qin Lan decided to have Shen Zhihe secretly arrange the parasitized individuals around him and use his mental abilities to monitor them, preventing the Children of the Moon from contacting them or the things in their brains again. At the same time, they ensured that they would not be able to know the most important information.

Then, Ma En would periodically cleanse and suppress the memories of the parasitized individuals. According to the information they summarized, as long as the Moon Sprouts were not directly removed, there would be no immediate disturbances. At most, the Children of the Moon would feel that the efficiency of the influence was lower than expected.

In addition, Shen Zhihe had to ensure that the parasitized individuals did not engage in direct mental communication with others, to prevent the mature offspring of those Moon Sprouts from infiltrating the minds of other Salvation Alliance members.

Shen Zhihe's figure suddenly appeared in the living room.

He said to the front:

"Leave that matter to me and Lao He."

As he spoke, a woman in a white flowing robe of light also appeared in the corner of the room, a hazy veil of silver moonlight concealing her exquisite face from the dusty mortal world.

The woman tilted her head slightly, looking curiously at the space in front of Shen Zhihe.

There was nothing there.

In the eyes of the Moon God, Shen Zhihe was talking to the air.

In the past few days, she had built a perfect shell in Shen Zhihe's brain, capable of extending mental "tentacles" to capture passing thoughts and ideas without him being fully aware.

Therefore, she already knew that the name of that "air" should be Ma En.

"Mm," Ma En said, "This is very important to us."

They were talking about capturing mental ability users.

If they wanted to thwart the secret conspiracy of the Children of the Moon, having a mental force belonging to the Salvation Alliance was an essential prerequisite, and if they wanted to achieve this goal, the Salvation Alliance had to solidify the mental aspects of their abilities.

And entrusting this matter to Shen Zhihe was the most appropriate choice. No one was better than him at subduing low and mid-tier mental ability users.

Shen Zhihe paused and said:

"About the previous matter…"

Ma En said:

"Don't worry about it. If I were in your position, I would probably do something similar, or even do it more excessively.

"In times of war, taking chances is handing a knife to your enemy."

Shen Zhihe said with some surprise:

"Thank you for your understanding."

Shen Zhihe took the initiative to mention that matter to eliminate any possible resentment with Ma En. Many ability users he encountered could not tolerate the questioning and hostility of others, and they would also feel far greater anger than ordinary people when their privacy was violated.

When your identity has dragged you into danger, the exposure of important information is an unacceptable thing. For many ability users, this matter has seriously endangered their lives.

In his younger days, before he understood this principle, Shen Zhihe had improperly used telepathy on his best friend, which led to their permanent separation.

Since then, he had almost stopped casually exploring the privacy of others, and he had trained his telepathic skills to the point where he could identify much important information without touching the depths. This was why he could directly "see" whether others were lying. He could also piece together the outline of the "iceberg" buried underwater by collecting the outermost thoughts.

But even so, he had to be careful not to reveal the information he obtained and inferred, otherwise, it would directly cause a serious crisis of trust.

After all, anyone who heard a telepath say their secrets would suspect that all the secrets in their hearts had been seen through by the other party.

Therefore, Shen Zhihe also learned to lower his position and apologize to others after offending them.

But Ma En interrupted him before he could explain, and the words that followed dispelled Shen Zhihe's intention to continue speaking. The other party not only knew very well the vigilance that members of the Salvation Alliance should have now but also possessed the ability to think from another's perspective.

An ability that people always claim to possess but actually completely lack.

Ma En continued:

"Qin Lan should have already told you what to do specifically, right?"

Shen Zhihe nodded:

"Yes, I know what to do. We plan to entrust the collection to Lao Tao first. His power is also very suitable for doing this kind of thing."

The abnormal entities they captured could be locked in the containment room, or they could be exchanged for corresponding anomaly values, and then they could be used for various things, including the advance preparation and solidifying abilities that were necessary for building a force.

In Ma En's initial plan, the consumption of anomaly values would be doubled when dealing with organizations under the Abnormal Control Bureau, which meant that he would extract at least half of them. But at that time, he did not have the idea of forming the Salvation Alliance.

They were now in a "wartime" situation. For the Salvation Alliance, Ma En planned to give them the anomaly values they collected for their own use before things stabilized, but of course, it still had to be approved by him.

The purpose of the Salvation Alliance was not to collect energy for Ma En. Even if considering benefits, increasing the speed of development was a more sensible choice, not to mention that they were in a situation where they could be attacked at any time.

If all went well, they would soon have a team with only telepathic abilities, and these members themselves would have at least Tier III other abilities.

This was also the prerequisite for permanently maintaining Tier III characteristics. They themselves had to be of the same tier.

Xiang Yudi, who was still in the Eastern Federation as a Tier III Devil Follower, could only use Tier IV characteristics higher than his own for a short time. Now he was also trying to use various knowledge and techniques he had mastered to try to improve his ability to bear characteristics.

The abilities that Ma En could now permanently bear were Shadow Walker, Memory Erasure, and Appearance Perception Obstruction. The existence of these three abilities had already brought his body to a balance, and there was no way to additionally use characteristics above Tier III.

He used the Shadow Blade temporarily, and fortunately, these characteristics themselves could not be used for a long time, and he did not need anyone's approval when he used it as the director of the Abnormal Control Bureau. Therefore, in actual performance, it was basically no different from having the Shadow Blade.

But after his research these days, Ma En was certain that normal ability users of the same tier could basically only permanently use one or two characteristics of the same tier, and he had not found any employees who could use characteristics higher than their own tier for a long time.

His permanent use of Shadow Walker seemed like some kind of privilege, but Ma En still did not particularly understand what determined it. He also did not find "instructions for use" in the Control Bureau.

Ma En did not yet know whether he could bear Tier V or stronger characteristics for a long time, or whether there was any way for low-tier ability users to hold high-tier abilities for a long time.

"If you need my help, contact me through the Salvation Alliance at any time, or have Qin Lan assign me tasks. However, she has also given me some other tasks, and I probably won't have much free time until you are ready," Ma En said, looking at Shen Zhihe. "I'll leave first if there's nothing else."

In addition to the establishment of the mental force, Ma En actually had a second plan.

After obtaining the Titan's relics, he had the idea of entering the basement of the Viter Castle. Based on the existing evidence, the Titan sealed underground was not a monster that would harm the world, but a human civilization that had been in a mutual defeat with the gods in the past.

That spider showed the function of detecting friend or foe, and it had already classified Ma En into the friendly camp.

If he could build a Salvation Alliance force that would not be mind-controlled and could retreat into the Control Bureau at any time, then he might be able to send a team to the bottom to carry out a long-term exploration plan and try to find weapons or knowledge that could be used to fight against the Federation and the gods, and then transform it into his own power through the characteristics of the Abnormal Control Bureau.

Although it was still unclear what the world inside the seal was like now, whether the people of the past had established a defense system, whether there were still living creatures below, and whether ordinary ability users might encounter danger when exploring the interior, these were still questions.

But its potential technology and wealth were an irresistible temptation for any enemy of the gods.

However, there were some new changes to the Viter Castle now. First, the members of the "Ma En Pursuit Squad" who had just arrived were ordered to monitor and control it. According to the records of the Investigation Department, this was his former residence, so he had to deal with this problem first if he wanted to obtain the relics of the lost civilization.

Fortunately, the one responsible for the surveillance work was his mole inside the Federation.

Ren Shizhi's report mentioned that he was trying to make the surveillance here nominal. He would use his work experience and ability to bribe the local Investigation Department members responsible for this plan and "corrupt" them into his own people.

Shen Zhihe nodded to Ma En:

"Goodbye. If you encounter any difficulties, you can contact us as well."

Ma En nodded slightly and then disappeared into thin air in front of him.

About a few minutes later, the woman in moonlight confirmed that the mortal she could not see had left.

How interesting.

The reason why Shen Zhihe couldn't see the Moon God was that she possessed Tier V mental abilities, and she herself was the incarnation and master of secrets.

Secrets, a concept highly related to the mind, in many legends and myths, she was the guardian of the night and dreams, and she "guarded" their deepest secrets during the time when the human mind was least prepared.

But the fact that secrets became one of her main components was only about a hundred years ago. Under her command, the Children of the Moon began to spread various conspiracy theories related to the moon.

Including what secret bases existed on the dark side of the moon, and that the moon landing was just a lie by the federal government, and that the federation wanted to cover up the truth and not let civilians know.

These kinds of conspiracy theories do seem difficult to believe, but under the guidance of her powerful mental power, they already have an astonishing number of supporters in today's modern society.

And the so-called secret is a piece of information that is unwilling to be spread and known.

For example, the appearance of some creatures cannot be understood, and the existence of some creatures cannot be perceived and realized. Before she became a "secret," there were other secret entities, and they should have other words to describe this characteristic.

But the Moon God did not know how to call secret entities to other creatures, because she had almost never contacted any secret entities, but only knew that such individuals existed.

According to her speculation, she should have met a secret entity in the past, although she did not remember the existence of the other party or any other information, she did not know what method she used to retain the information of "what a secret entity is."

And in the past when she could not remember the time, she had the idea of wanting to obtain this power, and then various conspiracy theories related to the moon appeared, and she also secretly controlled scientists to publish papers that could intensify these ideas, secretly guiding the changes and development of the semantics of several words, as well as various large and small events…

This was not a simple matter, but when she obtained the title of Mental Guardian a long time ago, it was destined that she could now directly influence mortals' perception of herself in a way that other gods could not reach.

She was the brightest light in the dark night, and she was the dark night itself. She was the guardian of secrets and dreams, and also the god closest to them.

Although her secret concept was likely not completely the same as other secret entities, and had not reached the most rational level.

But with decades of active shaping, she had been able to actively cover up her existence, which was why she was able to stay in Shen Zhihe's mind without being noticed.

She was a secret.

It was easy for normal other Tier V telepaths to kill Shen Zhihe, but even achieving her current level was difficult.

Especially under the premise that Shen Zhihe maintained caution when contacting her people, he always made sure not to disconnect from his companions.

If she wanted to forcibly control Shen Zhihe, he would definitely have time to tell his companions about the attack he encountered, and the Moon God would have to jointly control or kill these dozens of ability users, but that would be meaningless.

She was trying to create her own eyes inside the Salvation Alliance. The purpose was not to transform a few Children of the Moon, nor was she trying to do anything to her people's current allies. She didn't care about the information that the Salvation Alliance had.

She just wanted to keep the fact that there was a mole in the Salvation Alliance—the existence of this matter had already satisfied all of the Moon God's needs.

This was also why she couldn't kill or control other Salvation Alliance members, after all, if there were no hidden secrets…

Then it wouldn't be a secret.