Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

The so-called energy source must refer to the seventh type of energy.

Jiuyue is different from other monsters. She is a very rare monster that has transformed into a human form. According to her, even in the Ruihu clan, it is extremely rare for someone like her to be born in human form.

Duan Mingyuan looked at the little fox who was sitting obediently beside him.

"September."

"Ok?"

"This could be a large-scale human trafficking incident."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 66: Monsters and Hunters

From this detailed text description, Duan Mingyuan understood the relationship between Liu and Dajiang, which involved the establishment of Wangxu and the turmoil that almost destroyed the entire organization several years ago.

". Before becoming a journalist, Liu was also a member of the organization.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that Duan Mingyuan has heard of the general name for people like them - hunters - since he entered this industry.

At least before the organization existed in name only, hunters also had a fairly large circle, with contact points across the country, clear job levels within the organization, and a coordinating organization called the "Imperial Hunting Court" above them.

Because they often have to deal with evil spirits and monsters, most hunters have no fixed place to stay and travel all over the world. The responsibility of the liaison stations established by logistics personnel like Oe is to provide funding and intelligence support for the hunters' local operations. These traditions have continued to this day even after the complete destruction of the Imperial Hunting Court.

It was also specifically mentioned that hunters originally had a complete self-sufficient system, and their industry form was completely different from the current state of generating electricity for love.

In addition to the funding and intelligence support provided by the liaison station, the Imperial Hunting Court will also pay the hunter a salary based on the difficulty of the commissions they solve. After the Imperial Hunting Court determines the difficulty of the commissions, it will publish them to liaison stations in various places. The name "hunter" also comes from this.

There is no need to go to work and no fixed performance targets. The hunter's remuneration depends entirely on his own choice.

The only requirement is that the hunter who completes the commission must eventually hand over the evil spirits and monsters to the Imperial Hunting Court for unified handling.

This tradition lasted for a long time. The aliens took root in this land and became an indispensable part of people's lives. The improvement of their cognition gradually caused some questions among the hunters.

For example, where did the evil spirits and monsters they handed over to the Imperial Hunting Court go?

Or why can the Imperial Hunting Court provide them with a steady stream of financial support?

Curiosity and suspicion arise from the bottom and radiate upwards.

In the end, all clues pointed to Universal Company.

The demarcation of the levels of entrustment, the continuous financial support, and even the establishment of the Imperial Hunting Court were all facilitated by the company behind the scenes. All these investments were for the seventh type of energy, which is of great strategic significance to the company. The company believes that this kind of life energy seems to be the core of completely eradicating the "cocoon".

Yunlong City, and even the entire Blue Star, is the company's most important life energy development site. This land is nurturing tens of millions of energy sources every moment.

Following this clue, the hunters discovered even more shocking facts.

The families that developed the life energy were suppressed, and the "forbidden" knowledge was completely lost over several generations through coercion and inducement. All of this was done to create a more stable farm that was easier to harvest.

It's like stripping the livestock on a farm of their wildness and letting them indulge in a "stable and happy" life.

The hunters realized belatedly that they, who claimed to be the freest people, had actually been laborers of the company from the very beginning, harvesting an endless supply of life energy for them without knowing it.

Yushouting originally thought that facing the immeasurable power of Universal Company, the hunters would choose to surrender. However, one day later, a spontaneously formed team of high-level hunters attacked Yushouting, killed all the senior executives, and set everything there on fire.

Since then, an evil organization called Wangxu was born.

Duan Mingyuan had to admit that the information Liu sent was indeed extremely dangerous.

This not only exposes the company's crime of extracting the seventh type of energy in Yunlong City, but also whitewashes the recognized terrorist organization.

Liu did not hide his identity.

When the Imperial Hunting Court was destroyed, Dajiang and Liu were still teenagers. They had the same ideals but embarked on completely different paths - Dajiang decided to stay in Yunlong City to rebuild the organization, while Liu decided to follow the predecessors who started the rebellion to find the truth hidden by the aliens.

Liu did not conceal or glorify what Wangxu had done since its establishment. Since the fall of the Imperial Hunting Court, most of Wangxu members continued to maintain their hunter lifestyle and scattered around the country. However, their actions changed from dealing with evil spirits and monsters to guiding them, guiding them to control the essence of life energy, and in this process, naturally many people died.

But in Wangxu's opinion, there has never been a concept of "innocent people" in this world.

The so-called stable and peaceful lives of innocent people are all built on invisible sacrifices. Wangxu does not have any personal feelings for them. Everything he does is to turn the times back to the era of natural selection and survival of the fittest.

The one with stronger life energy will survive and take away everything from the loser.

This is a necessary decision.

Because the piglets kept in captivity by the company have no way to resist the "gods".

"Mr. Mingyuan, what's written on it?"

September asked curiously.

The dishes on the table were served before they knew it, but Duan Mingyuan never picked up his chopsticks.

The steamed chicken at Yunxiang Pavilion is worthy of being the best in Yunlong City. She ate it with great satisfaction, and the corners of her mouth were stained with oil. This was supposed to be a night full of enjoyment, but Duan Mingyuan's expression always made her uneasy.

"I wrote a lot, but the most important part is probably the following paragraph."

Duan Mingyuan continued reading. At the end of the text, Liu hoped that after everything was settled, they could hand this text to Dajiang and express apologies to his former friend on Liu's behalf.

because……

Once the executives of Huanyu Company are assassinated by Wangxu in Yunlong City, it will inevitably cause unprecedented turmoil. At that time, they are very likely to carry out indiscriminate cleanup operations in Yunlong City. All those suspected of being related to Wangxu will be directly arrested by the company and subjected to torture - this is the company's usual method.

The company will definitely find out the relationship between Dajiang and Liu, and then every member of the Yunlong City organization.

The laws enforced by the aliens are meant to keep the piglets in line, and these regulations do not apply to corporations, who can take away every legal citizen at any time and anywhere.

Therefore, Liu hoped that after expressing their apologies on his behalf, they would take Dajiang away from Yunlong City, a place of trouble, as soon as possible.

Bai Kou must die.

He is the general manager of the seventh type of energy project. Once he dies, factional struggles will break out within the company. The company will then relax its control over areas outside Yunlong City, and Wangxu will take this opportunity to take further action.

"It seems that Liu was arrested on purpose."

Duan Mingyuan suddenly understood.

Being arrested as a suspected member of Wangxu in the eyes of the company might be a great opportunity to get close to Bai Kou.

"Mr. Mingyuan (Senior), what does this mean?"

Jiu Yue and Tang Qianqian said in unison.

"This means that in addition to human traffickers, terrorists have also come."

Not only are there terrorists, but there are also organizations behind the scenes that are opposed to terrorist organizations.

There were screams from the diners in the restaurant. The hovercraft roared and stopped at the door. Security personnel wearing uniform alloy combat uniforms jumped down from it. They broke into the restaurant and walked towards the three people aggressively.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 67 Certificate of Surrender

In his autobiography, Liu identified himself as an idealistic martyr who did everything to free this land from the control of the aliens, but the actual effect was no different from that of terrorists.

Moreover, they were so naive that they thought that after they were taken away, the company would ignore those of them who had the last contact with the suspected Wangxu criminal.

Duan Mingyuan guessed that the two followers reported Liu's contact with them to the top management as soon as they left. Within less than a meal's time, the company issued an order.

He returned the phone to Tang Qianqian, and the phone with a cartoon cat pattern on it turned into a pack of napkins.

"It can be changed back."

Duan Mingyuan said.

"Please come with me."

The words were polite, but the tone was unquestionable. The fully armed security personnel surrounded the table and did not seem to intend to give them time to finish dinner.

What is coming will come sooner or later. In order to avoid disturbing others, Duan Mingyuan stood up first and paid the dinner bill before leaving.

This was his first time to officially ride in a hover car, a military model filled with electronic projection screens.

The hovercraft went straight to the roof of the company building, and Fuling was already waiting on the helipad when it landed.

"I'll just take them there."

After Fuling gave the instructions, she led the three people into the elevator. She had a complicated expression on her face. After thinking for a long time, she said sullenly, "You didn't mention before that you had any dealings with Wangxu's people."

Although from a macro perspective, things were still developing in the direction she expected, the appearance of Liu turned the whole thing into an either-or choice.

“This is the first time we meet.”

Duan Mingyuan said that he did not want to be inexplicably classified as an accomplice of terrorists, and he did not think that the "survival of the fittest" plan that Wangxu wanted to promote was the only option at the moment.

However, the whole thing did become complicated because of Liu's sudden appearance.

On one side are the terrorists who planned to murder Bai Kou and cause unrest, and on the other side are the large-scale human trafficking organizations that regard them as a source of energy.

When everyone is a villain, it is indeed difficult to choose sides.

"I believe you, but what you need to do next is to convince Bai Kou, the general manager, of your position."

Fuling paused and reminded, "You only have two choices: friends of the company or Wangxu's accomplices. Please believe that it was not my intention for things to develop to this point."

"The reason you issued the commission to Dajiang was not to let me serve as a surprise soldier from the beginning."

This can be seen from Bai Kou's attitude towards them. With the members of "Changzhi" as personal guards, the company does not need these "country bumpkins" to fill out the staff. The gap between the two is from the rural to the cosmic level.

"not quite."

Fuling said, "I told you last time we met that the company is in need of talents like you. As for the specific details, Bai Kou will explain them to you later."

As they were talking, a group of people stood in front of the imposing office door. Bai Kou's personal bodyguard was still guarding the door like a door god. The light blue light swept over the few people. After Duan Mingyuan entered, he took a step sideways and blocked everyone else outside the office door.

In the office, Bai Kou, who had just finished his meeting, sat on the sofa with his legs crossed. On the glass coffee table in front of him was a bottle of champagne that looked very expensive. On the giant screen in front of him was a blue star map with densely packed data marked on it. In terms of the seventh category of energy output, Yunlong City ranked in the top three, and its increase in recent months ranked first.

In the eyes of the company, the city has become a "high-quality farm."

"I had no intention of talking to you, but Fuling recommended you to me again and again, thinking that you were the most suitable candidate."

Bai Kou said without even turning his head, "Apart from your personal abilities, your background is the cleanest."

Next to the expensive champagne is a thick stack of documents.

Duan Mingyuan was not unfamiliar with this. When Mr. Lu San and the drummer came into the company's sight, their experiences were also recounted in detail like now.

"She has been a loner since high school. After graduating from college, she worked in the company for four years. She was very capable at work. More importantly, she did not get involved with the people from Yu Shouting and Wangxu... But now it seems that Fuling made a mistake in her judgment. I didn't expect that she would make mistakes sometimes."

Bai Kou said, "I promoted Fuling from a subordinate department. I feel relieved to hand over the affairs of Yunlong City to her. Compared with primitive people, the elites trained by the company are more capable of this important task."

"The commission is for us to help you when Night Bane launches a surprise attack."

"I said, no need."

Bai Kou sneered. He had never taken the information received by the branch seriously from the beginning.

A few petty thieves who are still living in primitive society actually want to shake the heaven.

"Then, Fuling must have guessed your attitude, but even so, she still insisted on issuing the commission to Dajiang."

In Duan Mingyuan's opinion, Fuling is a shrewd person, and was promoted by Bai Kou, so it is most appropriate to describe her as a direct descendant. Fuling also knows Bai Kou's likes and dislikes, his standards for judging things, and his plans for the future very well.

When they first met, Fuling told this "stranger" that he was the talent the company needed.

When he was in Yunxiang Pavilion, he had been thinking about what role Fuling wanted him to play in this matter?

Uniformed Night Bane?

A third party force disrupting the situation?

The moment he saw the star map on the screen, Duan Mingyuan finally figured out the problem, "The real purpose of the company is to rebuild the Imperial Hunting Court."

The destruction of the Imperial Hunting Court and the disintegration of the hunters directly led to a sharp decline in the production capacity of the seventh type of energy in various places. It was for this reason that a big shot of Bai Kou's level would make a special trip to this "primitive society" that he looked down upon.

The purpose is to restore the production capacity of this gradually declining "farm".

Bai Kou said, "Finally you are on the right track. Keep going."

"The former Imperial Hunting Court, which had a favorable impression on the company, was destroyed. The original organization split into the Forgotten and Neutral factions. However, the Neutral faction certainly does not want the new Imperial Hunting Court to be managed by an alien, so they must elect a puppet as the leader."

Born in a clean family, a solitary person.

And the understanding of evil spirits and monsters.

In addition to his relationship with Oe, if the new Imperial Hunting Court is established, he will naturally be pushed to this position under the operation of the company.

"Everything is ready, but one thing is missing."

Bai Kou turned her head and glanced at Duan Mingyuan casually, "The name of the surrender, this is a term I heard from this planet - how can you prove that you are different from the previous group of losers and have enough ability to manage this planet?"