Luo City.

Xie Biqi was startled by a series of loud knocks on the door.

Bang bang bang!

The location was her office, and she looked towards the door with displeasure, "Who is it?"

The door swung open, and a line of black-clad people walked in, the leader of whom bowed to her, "Senior Inspector Xie Biqi, we are from the Imperial Internal Affairs Office, and this is your reassignment order! Please come with us, and bring Li Ziluo as well, all the office supplies here will be sealed, please cooperate with our work."

Imperial Internal Affairs Office?

It was a department even more daunting than the Discipline Inspection Department, not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet or the Prime Minister, but directly responsible to the Emperor of Daxia.

Xie Biqi took the reassignment order, caressing the complex textured paper and patterns, and the clear embossed seal, knowing without a doubt that it was genuine.

"I've been reassigned to...the Special Game Review Bureau? A newly established department?"

As an Imperial bureaucrat, she was acutely aware of the difficulty of establishing a new department, even if it took years of preparation work, it wasn't strange.

And to transfer someone across departments, especially without her knowledge, required an unimaginable amount of power.

"Yes, the Special Review Bureau, a newly established organization as of last night, please come with us."

The expression on the faces of the black-clad personnel from the Imperial Internal Affairs Office was as cold as ice, as if this was a task that could not be refused.

"I understand, this is exactly what I want."

Xie Biqi pondered for a moment, nodded, and followed the personnel from the Internal Affairs Office out of the office, where everything outside had already been turned upside down, with a great number of black-clad personnel sealing all the documents.

She glanced at Li Ziluo, who looked quite innocent, sending him a consoling look, and followed the black-clad people out of the building, getting into a stretched black limousine.

"Although the Special Review Bureau is a new department, it has been unanimously authorized by both the cabinet and the Emperor, and in urgent times can even mobilize stationed troops to assist in operations..."

Ahead, an emotionless voice came through, "Captain Xie Biqi, please do not disappoint the expectations of the Empire, now, there are two people who wish to meet with you!"

The back of the limousine seat directly opened, revealing a screen.

The man on the screen was very familiar to Xie Biqi.

She had often seen the image of this old man on television, and couldn't help but exclaim with excitement, "Prime Minister..."

...

Xie Biqi got out of the car, feeling slightly dizzy, she sensed she was at some secret base in the suburbs.

She was still immersed in the meeting that had just taken place.

As a low-level bureaucrat, she had never dreamed she would speak a few words with the Imperial Prime Minister, and the Emperor himself.

But just then, all her dreams had come true!

And the other party had even encouraged her to let go of her mental burdens and work hard.

"What's the structure of the Special Review Bureau like?"

After getting out of the car, Xie Biqi was already full of drive.

"The Special Review Bureau has only one director, named Shen Mo, with several special operations teams and logistics teams under him, currently there are nine captains, and you are one of them."

One of the black-clad people bowed and said, "The Director is waiting for you!"

Xie Biqi entered the Special Review Bureau and came to the outside of a conference room.

An intense argument reached her ears:

"It's inconceivable... with all these cases combined, we can be certain that everyone has been influenced by a mysterious force, rendering them completely oblivious to the initial signs of crisis."

"What is this? Some kind of widespread hypnosis?"

"No one can hypnotize the entire world unless they're a god!"

"I suspect there's a problem within our own ranks. The officials who have come into contact with the reports must be investigated..."

"Given the current state of the unknown, I believe it's highly irresponsible and extremely dangerous to rashly investigate such phenomena! It's likely to provoke the entity behind the game, leading to unpredictable consequences!"

"Everyone here is an elite in their respective fields, and I care about nothing else. Before today is over, we must come up with a plan. We cannot let down the trust of the Prime Minister and the Emperor!"

...

As the words fell, the door to the meeting room opened, and a middle-aged man emerged: "Captain Xie, hello, I'm Shen Mo!"

"Director Shen, hello!"

Xie Biqi recognized the voice of the last speaker and quickly shook hands.

"Come to my office, let's talk. Captain Xie, your earlier work attitude has been commendable, especially the establishment of those one hundred profiles, which are now classified top secret and have greatly aided our efforts in profiling the players..."

Shen Mo spoke and acted with a decisive air.

Wherever he went, whether ordinary staff or the cloaked agents of the Internal Affairs Office, they all bowed their heads in respect.

The two spoke as they walked towards the office.

At the door, an efficient-looking woman, who seemed to be a secretary, quickly reported: "Director... the small factory that makes the glasses has been located. To date, a total of 99,527 VR glasses have come off the production line. Thirty thousand of them have been sequestered in storage, while another forty thousand in transit have been detained by customs authorities across regions. The 15,368 units distributed through retail and dealer channels have also been urgently recalled... We are currently tracing the remaining 14,159 units that have been sold..."

"The sequestered devices have undergone sample analysis and the materials match the gaming devices, confirming they are from the same batch... The factory owner and workers have been detained, blueprints secured, and these glasses are identified as knockoffs. The designer is located within the Star Ring Alliance, and currently, our overseas departments are in negotiations..."

Xie Biqi suddenly felt a bit breathless.

The power of the state is indeed overwhelming and indomitable!

And from the magnitude of these actions, it was clear that the determination from above was beyond belief!

"Continue to follow up."

Shen Mo listened to the report with an unchanged expression, dismissed the secretary, and then personally poured a cup of tea for Xie Biqi: "Now, we can have a proper talk about this game."

"What? Its developers haven't been found?" Xie Biqi asked in surprise: "I remember it came from a small company backed by overseas funds..."

"That was nothing but a shell company, with no traces to be found..."

Shen Mo sat down and began, "Firstly, welcome to the team, and as we all know, we're investigating a game of miraculous nature, one that might bring hope or could lead to a crisis that destroys the world... It's not just about supernatural powers, but something more akin to a set of rules. You filed a report previously but received no response, right? In fact... on this game, all high officials of every country in the world have been forcibly dumbed down, or rather, instinctively chose not to believe."

"Then, last night, that force mysteriously disappeared..."

"Disappeared?" Xie Biqi felt a chill down her spine.

"Regarding this game, let's just call it a game for now, its miraculous aspects, you know more about than I do. I'll just share some of our current investigation results. It has not passed inspection; it has no approval number and has been in beta testing... But its official website is like a ghost, even the best hackers can't find a trace, and the location of its servers is actually an empty lot!"

Shen Mo said solemnly, "This might be a game of the gods, or it could be the devil's temptation."

"So, what is the purpose of our Special Review Bureau?" Xie Biqi took a deep breath and asked the most critical question.

"To cautiously uncover the secrets behind the game, and... to address the completely different domestic and international situation after the players acquire supernatural abilities!"

Shen Mo replied gravely.

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