Chapter 1 Mysterious Organizations

Mysterious organizations. Namely, organizations unknown and concealed from the public.

In many rumors, they are groups that possess both power and beauty, tinged with mythological colors.

There are even many strange tales hinting that the decisions of many great historical figures were influenced by mysterious organizations.

Do you know...

How strong are mysterious organizations?

Compared to associations formed by ordinary people, compared to official extraordinary teams organized by the authorities...

How strong are they?

You say the answer is already determined?

Are you referring to the recent encirclement and assault incidents?

Indeed, some globally known mysterious organizations have been completely annihilated in recent official encirclement operations, and I was one of the participants in those operations.

Yes, they all ended in disastrous defeats.

But...

They are not true mysterious organizations.

Rather, they are retired mysterious organizations.

There is a big difference between them and active mysterious organizations.

The conditions for becoming a mysterious organization are very harsh. First, they must remain mysterious to the public, unknown, and even their names cannot be known.

Once their names are known, their deterrent power will be greatly reduced.

Just like Jiangling Society, although on the surface, it gained a lot of attention for its publicity and occupied a large territory, attracting many people to join, it was exposed and jointly encircled by many countries. Unable to withstand attacks from multiple directions, it collapsed immediately.

In mysterious organizations, mystery is the real core, and the organization is merely an accessory.

The abilities, deterrent power, beauty, and strength of a mysterious organization all exist to remain unknown.

If a truly mysterious organization with completely unknown information confronts an official team in an unfamiliar place...

Can it withstand the rocket artillery barrage of the official team?

Can it withstand the official supernaturalists leveling mountains and destroying temples?

Can the authorities withstand the sudden attacks from mysterious organizations that come from nowhere?

Can the official elite demon hunters who have completed all preparations find the lair of the mysterious organization and carry out a decapitation strike?

Mystery...

Why can't they expose their names? Why must they hide themselves? Why can't they hide among the masses? Why can't members understand each other? Why must they hide their glory in the cracks of history?

"Into the Extraordinary," the latest issue of the column, 'Special Edition on Mysterious Organizations'!

Renowned commentator, renowned analyst, renowned host, Professor Su Zhou!

Will lead everyone across the mysterious rainforests of Southeast Asia, explore the secrets of mysterious organizations, and unravel the truth behind the many veils!

Thoroughly understand the behemoth hidden behind the historical background—the true essence of mysterious organizations...

Thereby entering the density of the extraordinary!

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"Good! End! Thank you, Professor Su. Your lines are truly extraordinary, and the momentum is there!"

"Oh, you flatter me, you flatter me. It's all thanks to your guidance, Mr. Director, and I really like the selection of this episode. You have a good understanding!"

"You're too kind. Professor Su, would you like to have a drink with the crew tonight? My treat!"

"If you're offering, I would definitely go, but not tonight. My department has an operation tonight. You know, this isn't convenient to talk about..."

"Right, right, I forgot. I should be saying Minister Su now—then I won't disturb your business. Let's cooperate again next time!"

Walking out of the recording studio, Su Zhou and a ruddy-faced, bald director exchanged pleasantries and said goodbye. It's strange, even though spiritual energy has been revived, the world still has its share of hair loss. There are even those whose bodies are so perfect inside and out that new hair can't grow.

The "Into the Extraordinary" program team and Su Zhou are old acquaintances, and the producer in charge is a well-known official representative. The programs they cooperate on are usually national tasks, just like this special program, "Into Mysterious Organizations," which is being promoted by the Zheng Nation government to remove the veil of mysterious organizations in the minds of the general public. It can be considered a political task.

Outside the recording studio, Tang Yuan, who was waiting outside, hurried forward and handed Su Zhou a newly received notice. Tang Yuan is now Su Zhou's secretary. Because Su Zhou is constantly running around and can't be found, Tang Yuan helps Su Zhou receive and forward any notices or meeting preparations.

"Minister... this program is blowing things way out of proportion..."

Standing beside Su Zhou, Tang Yuan couldn't help but look back at the crew. The pale-faced young man scratched his head. "Jiangling Society is one thing. When we cleared out domestic and Southeast Asian strongholds, it did take a lot of effort, but the other Jiangling Society... they aren't that strong! When we eliminated them, we mostly cooperated with civilian police, like catching petty thieves, but listening to this program, it's like storming heavily fortified bunkers..."

In response, Su Zhou, who was scanning the official notice in his hand, shook his head slightly. He clicked his tongue and wagged his finger. "Tang Yuan, you're too young."

(—You're a few years younger than me, okay? Although Su Zhou is now half a head taller than Tang Yuan, he couldn't help but feel a little grumbling in his heart when he heard this.)

And Su Zhou, who could hear his thoughts, naturally didn't care about this little thing. He continued to click his tongue and said, "The Spring Festival is coming soon, and the end of the year is approaching. If we don't take this opportunity to hype up the enemy, how can we ask the higher-ups for funding?"

"Look at the military. They're bringing out tanks from eighty years ago! What 'Happy New Year to all the people of Zheng Nation'? I can't see through what they're thinking? Isn't it just crying poor!"

"And look at the navy. Look at how this camera is filming. A perfectly good aircraft carrier, and a missile destroyer fleet, look just like a big fishing boat taking a bunch of small fishing boats out for a trip. They even added a picture of the ancient customs house from two hundred years ago, talking about not forgetting their original intentions and continuing to work hard. Every word is full of 'We're out of money!' 'If you don't give us money, we might even lose to Zhu Nation!'"

Minister Su Zhou of the New World Exploration Department criticized this behavior and then nodded. "We can't lose in this game. First, hype it up, blow those mysterious organizations up to the heavens and down to earth, and then cry poverty, such as our emergency response units lack the corresponding equipment, are seriously understaffed, and the leader is a young and inexperienced kid, in urgent need of a large number of high-tech equipment to maintain the suppression of the enemy!"

"But we're the New World Exploration Department... not armed patrolmen."

Tang Yuan, who didn't quite understand social skills, said somewhat cautiously, which immediately drew an unhappy gaze from Su Zhou. "Little Tang, have you forgotten that I also serve as the captain of the Security Bureau's Special Operations Team? These are all my troops, and I definitely have to ask for funding!"

"As for the New World Exploration Department, do I need to spend money on that? When the country starts promoting it, you can earn so much in advertising fees alone that our future uniforms might be covered in ads, and we can only drink green tea. Bear with it."

And Tang Yuan thought about the dense advertisements on the bodies of the contestants in the "Point to Stop" program that aired some time ago and couldn't help but nod. "I have to say, that's true."

Even Tang Yuan started talking like that, which was probably Su Zhou's infectious effect.

The current time is January 19, 2017, the eve of the Little New Year, a day of light snow and rain.

In the urban night scene with neon lights all over the sky, cold rain and sparse ice points fell, and humid water vapor seemed to seep into the bones, filled with chill.

Now, two months have passed since Su Zhou returned from the Divine Wood World.

The information about the Divine Wood World submitted jointly by Shao Qiming and Su Zhou attracted high attention from Craftsman Sage and Artificer Sage. Although a large number of technologies were slightly backward, their design concepts and ideas were very different from the current ideas held by Earth civilization, which was of great reference value. Naturally, they were very concerned about where these materials came from, but Su Zhou and Shao Qiming had only one answer.

"Remnants of Immortals and Gods."

Saying so, the two repeated in unison, and Su Zhou added, "Don't ask, it's just remnants of Immortals and Gods anyway."

"...We didn't plan to ask."

Anyway, one day, when Su Zhou himself sits in this position, he will say it himself.

For Shao Qiming, the Zheng Nation government could reward him, but for Su Zhou, there was really no reward left—it was impossible to let him enter the Sage Seats now, right? That was too exaggerated.

But fortunately, Su Zhou himself didn't care. Anyway, this kind of thing was just done casually, and it could be regarded as doing a good deed every day. He didn't ask for anything in return.

In these two months, because the Jiangling Society was wiped out, almost all organizations, large and small, around the world disappeared, hiding tightly, or even simply disbanded on the spot, and many surrendered—most of their superior organizations were the Jiangling Society, and they were very clear that their superiors had been wiped out, and no matter how they hid, they couldn't hide anywhere. Those with fewer crimes directly became informants, pointing out other people and organizations.

In these two months, in addition to normal cultivation and improving his spiritual power, Su Zhou also fulfilled his responsibilities as a professor, teaching and training people, nurturing talents, and could be described as a model teacher.

In addition, he also filmed some programs to complete the official propaganda tasks.

"Speaking of which, Tang Yuan, the New Year is coming soon, where are you planning to spend it?"

Surrounded by warm storm winds, dispelling the rain and moisture, Su Zhou nodded thoughtfully after reading the notice in his hand, and then turned his head and looked to the side, and Tang Yuan was stunned for a moment, he thought, "I should spend the New Year with Xiao Leng and her family... They have few family members and need me to take care of them."

"Well, not bad, you are indeed an emotional person."

In response, Su Zhou nodded, expressing his appreciation, but then he continued, "But Tang Yuan, are you interested in going back to the Tang family as the head of the family?"

"Ah? This..."

His voice stagnated, and Tang Yuan obviously didn't react, and Su Zhou said calmly, "The verdict of the Tang family has come out—basically the main family can be said to be completely destroyed. They colluded with the Jiangling Society to create evil corpses, catalyze Celestial God Factors, and even secretly hunted vagrants as materials for human experiments... But even so, most ordinary Tang family members did not participate in these things, and although the inheritance of the Tang family is low-end and backward, it is not without its merits."

"Just like the supernatural power you awakened—the bloodline of the Tang family's ancestors is indeed good, and this is also a kind of property that cannot be discarded at will. So Tang Yuan, would you like to consider going back to be the head of the family? With my support and the support of the Security Bureau, you can definitely sit firmly in that position."

"Not interested. I still want to follow Captain you." This was Tang Yuan's answer without hesitation.

Although he was very clear that this was probably an opportunity that Su Zhou had won for himself, Tang Yuan understood very well that if he went back to be the head of the family, then he could be said to have ascended to the sky in one step—the Tang family's assets were frozen because they were the property of criminals, but if he went over, it would be the property belonging to Su Zhou, the property of Su Zhou's side.

Moreover, although human experiments are evil, sometimes, the soul indeed needs human experiments, and the information recorded by the Tang family through criminal actions can now be used for treatment—the use of knowledge depends on the person, and that is indeed a valuable legacy.

But Tang Yuan really wasn't interested in these things. Even though he had already taken the cadre training courses arranged by Zheng Nation and was no longer like he was at the beginning, only knowing how to use supernatural powers and not knowing extraordinary knowledge, he still preferred to continue to study his supernatural powers and develop new abilities, rather than taking the old path of manipulating resentful spirits.

Of course, the most important thing was that Tang Yuan wasn't stupid—if he didn't express his position at this time, he wouldn't have a chance in the future!

Although Su Zhou seemed to be a lone commander now, it was only because he himself hadn't shown any tendency to 'form a team'—if he showed even a little, who knows how many people would recommend themselves and jump ship to work under him.

"Okay, then you can follow me in the future." Su Zhou didn't make much comment on this, he continued to walk forward, and Tang Yuan raised his wrist and called on the agent terminal.

Soon, with the lights on, an unremarkable black unmanned car started from the other end of the road and drove to the two of them, and Tang Yuan opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat.

"Where to next?" he asked.

"Go to the airport." And Su Zhou sat in the back seat, he recalled the notice he had just read, and couldn't help but frown slightly, saying somewhat strangely, "The notice just told me to go to the United Nations General Assembly."

"I heard that there was a big mess within the American Federation, related to Antarctica, and now the United Nations is arguing about it, and this matter is directly related to one of the three major mysterious organizations, the New Dawn Society."

Speaking of this, even sitting in the driver's seat, Tang Yuan could still directly feel that Su Zhou behind him was revealing a strong sense of 'interest'.

Su Zhou, who had long wanted to achieve the grand slam of 'destroying the three major mysterious organizations', revealed an eager smile, "Well, this is my area of expertise, and Wen Sheng asked me to go over, find an excuse to criticize the Federation, and listen to their explanation to see what happened."