Last time I visited, the He Shan Road base was in a state of war. The interior walls were made of dark gray alloy bricks, the windows facing outwards were piled with machine gun turrets, and the floors and ceilings were covered with mysterious and complex array patterns.

Now, the dimly lit hall is furnished with old items, and there are no armed facilities to be seen.

Several rows of benches were placed in the corners on both sides of the hall, with ordinary-looking people sitting on them.

Special Affairs Bureau members in black suits hurried back and forth between the corridors.

A liquid crystal screen hanging from the hall ceiling displayed rows of scrolling subtitles, which, in conjunction with the broadcasting system, reminded personnel to report to various floors.

The He Shan Road base is now in a semi-public state. In addition to the Special Affairs Bureau staff and bounty hunter Wan Jia Xiong Meng,

personnel from other departments can also enter the base to cooperate with the Special Affairs Bureau's work.

As for the ordinary people in the hall,

some came to report eyewitness accounts of anomalous events,

some had come into contact with anomalies and came for physical examinations,

and some were clearly in the midst of anomalous events and had come for protection.

Li Ang, like an ordinary teenager, scanned the hall back and forth with a mixture of nervousness and curiosity. His hands were somewhat uneasy at his sides, fidgeting.

Chu Yin took the two to the reception room next to the hall. Soon, Wei Linglan, wearing a black suit, walked in. After a few words with the two, she asked Li Ang to sit down and rest for a while.

She took Wang Congshan to take a statement and undergo a full set of mental examinations.

Two hours later, the two returned.

"How did it go?"

Li Ang stood up and asked.

Wang Congshan raised the examination report in her hand with a dazed expression, and said with a frown, "It should be fine. It says all the indicators are normal."

"To be precise, the mimetic infection level is very low."

Wei Linglan crossed her arms in front of her, frowning as well. "Most anomalous memes have this concept of infection level.

Anomalous memes, such as the Sheng Nan King urban legend itself, can infect ordinary people on a large scale and are a level one source of contamination.

And those ordinary people who see the urban legend and repost it,

are secondary, tertiary, or even quaternary sources of contamination.

Generally speaking, the higher the level of contamination, the greater the impact of the anomalous meme.

Other bases have also accepted some ordinary people who have received and been infected with the Sheng Nan King meme,

but Shanshan's anomalous meme contamination level is much lower than theirs—the Sheng Nan King story she describes cannot cause secondary meme contamination."

Wang Congshan's eyes widened immediately. "Is that strange?"

"It's just relatively rare."

Wei Linglan shrugged and said, "Our understanding of anomalous memes is not deep enough. Sometimes, special cases occur.

For example, people with firm minds and high rationality values have slightly higher resistance to anomalous memes than ordinary people.

It's not particularly rare."

"Eh?"

Wang Congshan blinked. "Shouldn't that be a good thing?"

"Of course, it's a good thing."

Wei Linglan, taking advantage of her height, affectionately ruffled Wang Congshan's hair, and chuckled in the latter's protest, "I didn't realize you had some talent, kid.

How about joining the Mobile Task Force?

Your big sister is about to become a squad leader, and I can get myself an obedient and clever little secretary or something, specifically responsible for answering the phone."

"Pfft~"

Wang Congshan stuck out her tongue and said askew, "Forget it, if I were your secretary, I might have to take care of your daily life and clean up your pigsty-like bedroom."

"Who are you saying has a pigsty-like bedroom!"

The older literary young woman was hit in a sore spot, glared, gave Wang Congshan a light chop on the head, and said to Li Ang, "In short, according to the Anomalous Meme and Information Hazard Department,

this Sheng Nan King anomalous meme doesn't seem to have any particularly great hazards.

And they already have colleagues handling it over there.

They should be able to find a solution before the anomalous meme mutates and becomes hazardous.

So Shanshan is relatively safe."

"That's good."

Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gratefully to Wei Linglan.

"However,"

Wei Linglan grabbed Wang Congshan with a mischievous smile, pulled her close with her arm,

and lowered her head amidst the latter's resistance, making a domineering CEO-like expression, "To be on the safe side, you'll stay in the base's employee dormitory tonight and sleep with your big sister.

Don't worry, my single room is super big.

There are a lot of good things inside, game consoles and stuff."

Wei Linglan teased Wang Congshan for a while before letting her go and explaining to Li Ang, "Safety is the most important thing.

In the next few days, Shanshan may have to stay with me.

She can return to normal life only after the Anomalous Meme and Information Hazard Department has resolved the issue."

Wei Linglan's expression was very serious when she said this. Wang Congshan also understood that this was not a joke and stood there in silence.

"Understood."

Li Ang nodded, looked at Wang Congshan with a smile, and said, "Cheer up. What's wrong with having a few days off? You stay here for now, and I'll come find you when I have time."

"Okay."

Wang Congshan nodded silently, clutching the test record, still looking a little nervous.

Wei Linglan sighed in her heart. In the eyes of Wan Jia Xiong Meng, it may just be a slightly troublesome anomalous event, but for ordinary people, it is a catastrophe.

Ordinary people are just too vulnerable in the face of anomalies.

But then again, even Wan Jia Xiong Meng are just slightly stronger reptiles in the Killing Game.

They can barely protect themselves.

Wei Linglan pursed her lips and looked at Wang Congshan with a bright smile again. "Don't be sad. A few days without your little boyfriend won't kill you.

Just treat it as a way to build up our relationship. It's been so long since we slept together."

Before Wang Congshan could retort with a blushing face, Wei Linglan turned her head, picked up a paper document, and handed it to Li Ang. "This is a confidentiality agreement. Your school should have organized a study of it, right?

After signing the agreement, you cannot disclose information related to anomalous events,

nor can you spread memes about the Sheng Nan King on the internet—that will be considered a public endangerment.

But I think you should understand."

Li Ang took the paper document, glanced at it, confirmed that there were no problems, nodded, and signed his name on the agreement with a pen.

"Alright."

Wei Linglan took the agreement. "Then I'll take Shanshan away first. Do you want me to call you a car?"

"No, I'll just take a taxi myself."

Li Ang shook his head, said goodbye to Wang Congshan, and walked out of the Special Affairs Bureau's base building.

Like an ordinary person, he took a taxi back home, and after confirming that no one was watching around the house, he sent a chat request to the information broker Mule through the Killing Game friend system.

"Help me collect all information about 'Sheng Nan King'."