“Why do we have to have codenames?”
As soon as this was said, Xin Nan noticed that the expressions of the other four people in the field became a bit strange. Especially Yan Yu, the resentment and annoyance on her face disappeared instantly, replaced by a kind of expectation.
Then, as if she felt that having such an expectation was not good, Yan Yu couldn't help but stick out her tongue shyly.
The Head Chef, who had been burying his head, looked up and looked at Xin Nan with a hint of amusement.
Even the Secretary, who had been wiping cold sweat, couldn't help but put down the handkerchief in her hand.
With an unspoken tacit understanding, the four of them called out his name in unison.
“Xin Nan.”
Xin Nan~
Xin Nan~~
Xin Nan~~~
The invisible response turned into a whisper calling his name, and through the directness of his True Name, it instantly echoed in his ears like delirium.
Noisy, irritating, driving one to madness.
Although it was only a trace, and it sounded incredibly illusory, Xin Nan did indeed hear it.
So that's how it is!
After stepping into the Transcendent realm, does such a phenomenon occur?
Just calling a name can form an annoying delirium. No wonder everyone needs a codename.
And this is only Zero Order. If his Element were to sublimate and enter the rank of delirium, or even higher, the echo from such calls would likely become more and more terrifying, right?
Truly terrifying.
Although he thought this in his heart, no trace of shock, bewilderment, or horror appeared on his face.
This left the four people around him greatly disappointed.
“Heh, a rather uninteresting young man.”
The Head Chef resumed his work, and the Dean pouted.
“I thought you would be scared.”
“I was indeed a little scared.”
“Damn it, what’s the difference between a shocked expression and nothing happening? You know, Miss Night Cat over there was terrified when playing this little game. It’s a rare form of entertainment to bully newcomers. Disappointing.”
Over there, Yan Yu’s face suddenly turned red, and she said irritably:
“Not everyone is like you, able to watch a slaughter and still eat. Even now, I still feel nauseous. How could you eat Hot Pot after seeing that kind of thing?”
Xin Nan glanced at the background painting behind Yan Yu, which had turned deep purple. Red fingers were occasionally emerging from the suction cups of the octopus tentacles, wriggling and probing the air as if digging for something. He thought to himself:
If you had a pair of eyes like mine, you would understand that this is nothing.
“Alright, everyone has met each other, so let’s welcome our newcomer.”
The Female Dean clapped her hands, but no one in the field responded.
Xin Nan also shook her off and sat down in front of Yan Yu.
“I’m glad we’re all still alive, Classmate Night Cat.”
Yan Yu nodded, saying with lingering fear:
“Yes! It’s really lucky. Also, thank you. I only found out later that if you hadn’t thrown an explosive at the Hot Pot Restaurant, Brother Ye Lan wouldn’t have been able to get in there.”
Mentioning this, for some reason, a strange expression appeared on the faces of the Dean and the Secretary.
However, the two people who were talking did not notice this.
The Dean leaned on the seat next to Xin Nan, tapping the table, and said, “Alright, I’m starving. Head Chef, I want ramen!”
“No problem.”
While waiting, the Dean said almost boastfully:
“I have already judged that the Little Boy has the potential to join the Materialist Bureau and have extended an invitation to him. You can all rest assured in considering him a teammate from now on.”
After this statement, Xin Nan began to clearly feel that the Secretary and the Head Chef were showing him a sense of goodwill. It seemed they also approved of the Dean’s decision made by intuition.
Intuition is more important than reason.
Xin Nan was lost in thought.
Yan Yu was genuinely happy for him.
“Classmate Xin, I knew you would definitely become an Agent of the Materialist Bureau, and our salary is one hundred thousand per month! One hundred thousand!”
Xin Nan smiled.
The Dean continued:
“Also, I’ve decided to have the Little Boy help JK. Regarding the supernatural event involving Mirror Images, we don’t have any experts on our side, so we’ll have to rely on luck. I have a premonition that his eyes will yield some results for us.”
“Huh? He’s going to be involved in such a tricky case so soon?”
The Secretary was a little surprised, because the usual training method for newcomers like Yan Yu was to train, accumulate knowledge, and learn about the Transcendent at the Materialist Bureau headquarters for a period of time within the Auxiliary Analysis Team, before being dispatched after sublimation.
“It’s fine. This guy, as long as he’s equipped with a weapon, he possesses a certain Combat Power. He once broke the record for the Youth group in Yangcheng at the tactical shooting competition.”
This time, it was the Head Chef’s turn to be surprised.
“Tactical shooting? This Kid broke the record for the Yangcheng division of such a world-class competition! Amazing, what was your score?”
The so-called tactical shooting is a field combat shooting event. Each participant has two magazines, a total of 24 rounds of Ammunition, and must accurately hit 25 targets in a complex Maze environment of 100 square meters filled with obstacles.
Then, the score is calculated based on the number of rings hit, the number of targets struck, and the completion time, with a perfect score of one hundred.
Achieving a score of 95 or above already qualifies one as a world-class shooter.
Xin Nan was not surprised that the Dean knew this information, because participation in such a competition required real-name registration.
He said calmly at this moment, “91 points.”
“Very impressive.”
After the Head Chef praised him, he didn’t ask how a student like him had so much Time and Energy for training, nor where he trained.
This was because everyone present more or less understood that Xin Nan’s Eyes possessed a certain Specificity.
The matter of him regaining Reason from Mutation before was quite a significant piece of gossip within the Materialist Bureau.
So, for a Child who had lived his entire life in a World where everyone was a Monster, how could he find a sense of Safety amidst Fear?
Naturally, by continuously arming himself.
Whether it was in terms of knowledge, psychology, or combat power, they would desperately find ways to make themselves stronger.
If a person lived in a world full of monsters and still behaved like an Ordinary Person, attending classes and living peacefully, that would be the real oddity.
Besides his excellent shooting ability, Xin Nan believed they had also gathered more Information about him.
Don’t forget the mercury fulminate salt from before.
During the three days he was in a Coma, the Materialist Bureau had likely thoroughly investigated his background, including who provided him with the mercury fulminate salt, and they would have found out everything.
And that guy didn’t just make explosives.
As a crafting genius verified by my Time, with me as his patron providing funds, he had created multiple inventions, including but not limited to mercury fulminate salt, fully automatic and semi-automatic rifles, and even tanks.
If it weren’t for the limitations of raw materials and equipment, that guy would probably have dared to think about nuclear weapons.
As for bullets and the like, it goes without saying. In the secret base they built after hitting it off, the Ammunition they expended over the past three years is enough to assemble a regiment.
He trained himself with professional skills comparable to special forces.
Although he wasn’t like the protagonists in those novels who were not only omnipotent but also surpassed elite soldiers, he was at least up to the standard of a special forces unit.
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