According to the information, Li Xiaoxiao's parents were both out of town. She was studying in the dance department at a local university and didn't have many friends. That night, out of panic, she directly chose to call the police.
Following closely, faced with such an unbelievable case, the Materialist Bureau quickly intervened and took over, and all personnel involved were required to maintain secrecy.
For the past half month, the Bureau has not dared to let her leave that classroom, fearing it might cause some uncontrollable consequences. During this period, she has maintained a normal psychological state and has not shown any signs of contamination.
Her functions such as communication, eating, and excretion were all normal.
Including three days ago, the incident at the Hot Pot Restaurant caused Ye Lan to be severely injured. JK, who was in charge of the case, was prioritized to confirm the situation at the Hot Pot Restaurant.
After the events of the moon's rotation and the moon's color turning red occurred consecutively that night, she did not show any signs of deterioration.
After reading the information, Xin Nan was stunned.
“There’s such a thing? When she went to practice at the dance school, her own mirror image came alive, and then it ran off somewhere?”
“But according to the information, she hasn't even stepped into the Transcendent realm yet. If she hasn't even reached Zero Order, how could her shadow escape? This is clearly a supernatural event, isn't it? What a strange matter.”
The Dean said with a smile, “Take a look at the time the incident occurred?”
Xin Nan didn't look at the document. After the Dean reminded him, the date he had just memorized immediately came to mind.
“July 11th?”
On July 12th, that bloody ritual occurred in the Americas, which was the day after the moon's rotation.
Therefore, July 11th was naturally the night of the moon's rotation!
At such an abnormal time, anything is indeed possible.
“So that’s how it is.”
Xin Nan immediately thought of another question.
“Dean, if Li Xiaoxiao could have such a mutation due to the moon's rotation, then could it be that other people also had accidents because of the moon?”
“That’s right. After the moon's rotation, for some reason, more and more people are descending into madness. In their loss of control and collapse, they have touched upon the elements. In the future, such things may become more and more frequent. This world is becoming increasingly dangerous.”
Xin Nan thought of his Younger Sister.
“Then, as members of the Materialist Bureau, can our family members receive special care and protection?”
“You still say you’re not a sister complex? We do have such benefits, but little boy, the care and protection we can provide is at most letting them stay within the interior of the Materialist Bureau. But if they realize the world of Transcenders because of it, it means the pollution has also begun to pour in. Curiosity will become a fatal toxin, making them unable to resist peeking too much into the world we inhabit.”
“So sometimes, so-called protection might do more harm than good, and the final result might be completely contrary to your original intention.”
Xin Nan struggled for a while, but still felt the outside world was too dangerous:
“I want to know more.”
“Next time. You can slowly learn this knowledge. We’ve arrived at the cafeteria. I’ll introduce you to your teammates first.”
Saying this, the Dean pushed open the Great Door of the cafeteria, revealing a particularly clean dining room, so clean that the metal floor was reflecting light.
Everything seen was made of metal, exuding a sense of hardness.
“What? There are only three people here today?”
In the dining room, there were actually four people sitting. However, one of them was Yan Yu, whom Xin Nan already knew.
So, the Female Dean saying there were only three people referred to the other members of the Materialist Bureau whom he didn't know.
One of them was the young man in the grey suit that Xin Nan had seen. From the Female Dean, he learned his codename: Ye Lan.
Still wearing a grey suit, he sat alone on a chair, looking sickly, and listlessly ate a steamed bun.
To Xin Nan's surprise, his arm, which had been bitten off whole that night, had already recovered completely!
Such a severe injury, and it had only been three days.
Was this super healing ability something he possessed naturally, or did all Transcenders have it, or did the Materialist Bureau have some special treatment methods?
Xin Nan instinctively began to observe, analyze, and organize.
Seeing Xin Nan at this moment, Ye Lan merely glanced at him lazily, which was considered a greeting. Then, he finished his steamed bun, got up, and left.
“Hey, hey! How many times have I told you, take your dirty dishes with you!”
The second person in the kitchen was a man wearing a chef's hat. He was short and sturdy, with a standard square face.
Xin Nan saw a huge head behind him. Countless fiery red long hairs, obscuring the face of the head, cascaded down from the top of the head like a waterfall, flowing and intertwining with each other.
It was obvious that this chef was also a Transcender.
Seeing Ye Lan brush past him, Xin Nan said earnestly:
“Thank you.”
“No need to thank me, you saved her life.”
Ye Lan rarely managed a smile, then seemed to remember something and said:
“I hope you don’t become ugly because of being a Transcender.”
After saying that, ignoring the companion's scolding, Ye Lan left without looking back, not bothering with the chef.
The chef immediately jumped up in anger.
“You lazy bum, don’t expect me to refine any more magic potions for you!”
A robot, who was assisting in the kitchen, came out of the kitchen and began to tidy up the plates left by Ye Lan.
This harmonious action, unseen in the market, and the ability to act autonomously without being instructed, made Xin Nan unable to help but look at it a few more times.
The Female Dean pointed to the chef and introduced, “Codename ‘Head Chef’, the head butler of the Materialist Bureau's Yangcheng Branch.”
The chef was not in a good mood at the moment. After nodding slightly at Xin Nan, he lowered his head and continued cooking, as if he couldn't see the Female Dean standing next to Xin Nan.
This added another layer to Xin Nan's perception of the Female Dean.
“Oh my, what an unfriendly big family. Little boy, you’ll need to get used to these aloof guys slowly.”
Hearing this, the Head Chef and another member of the Materialist Bureau in the room, a middle-aged man who ate while holding a briefcase, both twitched their mouths strangely.
“This is the Secretary. He really likes handling text work and is currently responsible for guiding your old classmate. Also, her codename is Night Cat. You must also think of your own codename. How about ‘Little Boy’? It sounds quite cute.”
The middle-aged man, who was sitting there and constantly wiping cold sweat, gave Xin Nan a somewhat fearful smile. Next to him sat Yan Yu, who was currently giving Xin Nan a resentful, even slightly angry, gaze.
At this moment, Xin Nan suddenly realized a problem.
That was, throughout the entire conversation, the Dean had never called him by his name, and all the Transcenders he had encountered so far only had codenames.
He subconsciously asked this question.
“Dean, why do we all have to have codenames?”
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