Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Li Ming town was too far from Blackwater City; even if they sought help at the first sign of trouble, it would take at least an hour for the adults to reach them in their mechas.

Only by the military camp next to Blackwater City could they truly feel the peace of being under the adults' protection.

Looking at the almost entirely injured team, Xu Ruoguang's eyes were full of surprise, "Goodness! What kind of mission did you undertake to end up in such a state?"

"Don't even talk about it; we ran into those vengeful, petty intelligence machines. Luckily, the adult mecha pilots came to support us; otherwise, we would have been completely done for." After the incident, every surviving participant had the right to discuss it casually, "Mecha! It was my first time seeing a real mecha in this game! Damn! It was so cool!"

"Mecha?" Xu Ruoguang's eyes narrowed slightly.

Last night, someone on Black Street said they heard a huge commotion in the direction of the military camp, reportedly having seen a "giant" flash by that was dozens of meters tall.

Following that, an entire convoy drove out from the military camp.

The military camp was in an uproar all night, with blinding laser lights brightly illuminating half of the sky.

Could that commotion have been caused by the adult?

Hearing Xu Ruoguang's feedback, Gu Lan nodded thoughtfully, "Probably, the so-called officers in the camp asked us a barrage of questions. The adult seems to have acted on his own this time and might be in some trouble when we get back. But for the first time, we found out about the adult's real identity in the camp. Who would've thought that besides being the special forces captain, the adult is also a mecha pilot."

With a carefree wave of his hand, he said, "Hey, leave it be, let's hurry and fit them with prosthetics... These are players who followed us from Grey Iron City to fight the revolution, and this time the entire resistance against the intelligence machines has been crippled. We can't let them down."

The adult's identity in the camp wasn't important. No matter what position the adult held in the NPC world, in Gu Lan's eyes, the adult was their leader, possessing such strength that even a low status in the military camp would be akin to a hidden dragon in a well, deliberately concealing its edge.

The attitude of the camp's investigating officers indicated that the adult alone, piloting a mecha, annihilating the entire intelligence machine's army of vengeance, was an unimaginable miracle.

As long as the NPC's in the camp weren't stupid, the adult's exposure of his strength this time would probably result in him being assigned an even more significant position and responsibilities upon his return.

The adult had nothing to worry about; it was they, his player brothers, who should be more concerned.

"Prosthetics, huh..." Xu Ruoguang hesitated.

He had just thought of this, and now it seemed they were immediately getting involved.

The channel for prosthetics lay in the hands of the old veterans behind him; while they treated him with utmost respect on the surface, whenever it came to their private "connections," these veterans were deeply secretive, each more silent than the last.

Seeing Xu Ruoguang's troubled expression, Dai Lian asked curiously, "Is it difficult to handle? Black Street should be quite wealthy now, right?"

"The money is alright, but some things can't be resolved with money..." Xu Ruoguang glanced at the line of old veteran guards behind him and then moved closer to Dai Lian, whispering, "Let's not talk about this now, let's get them settled and rest. For the prosthetics, I'll talk to you guys in private later."

Dai Lian didn't waste words and agreed at once, "Okay."

The convoy entered Black Street, and every player who came from Grey Iron City took in the scenery along the way.

The buildings of Black Street might be old, and the people mostly ordinary.

Yet, that thriving and vibrant vitality was something they had never felt in Grey Iron City.

How fortunate were Kuang Xin and his friends to have been born in such an environment and to have such a boss to watch over them...

Arriving at a new area of prefab buildings, Xu Ruoguang gestured, "This area was originally intended to provide a better living environment for those in poor conditions, but since they're here, let's have them recuperate here for now. Once we figure out a solution, we'll fit them with prosthetics."

As he spoke, Xu Ruoguang turned to look at the guards who had been following him and said, "You go on patrol first, I need to arrange various matters for these newcomers."

The vice-captain at the lead saluted and replied with composure, "Yes, sir!"

Watching the guards jog away, Xu Ruoguang faced the gazes of Kuang Xin and the others, then shook his head with a wry smile, "These veteran soldiers have never fully submitted to me. They alone have access to the channels for installing prosthetics. If we hurry to find our own, it will only result in us being severely overcharged. Even being overcharged isn't the worst; my fear is that even if we spent all of Black Street's spare cash, we still wouldn't be able to provide safe and reliable prosthetics for all these brothers."

"Then what do we do?"

"We did promise these brothers that we'd definitely help them get prosthetic limbs that are stronger and more useful than their original bodies."

With a faint, wry smile, Xu Ruoguang shook his head, "We can't rush it. We must catch them in a compromising situation so they will offer the solution themselves; otherwise, they won't budge."

"Do you have any leads?"

"It's hard to say..." Xu Ruoguang's eyes lost focus, looking into the distance, "Some of them maintain a feeble link with the outside world. I don't know who the other party is yet. If we could find any solid evidence, it wouldn't be impossible to force them into compliance."

With a slight gleam in his eyes, Xu Ruoguang continued, "But now that you've returned, it will be much easier to handle. Before it was just me, and I always had to lead the team in public, so it was easy for them to avoid me. Now that you're back, you can track and investigate secretly; I think there's hope."

"Alright!" Kuang Xin was visibly delighted. As long as there was something to do, he was happy, "We'll go and be your spies!" Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire

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After a day's work, the sun slowly set behind the distant mountains.

In the twilight of Black Street, everything seemed quite languid, and the veteran guards shifted shifts again.

The old soldiers returning to their barracks couldn't help but feel irritated when they saw the silhouette swaying back and forth on the rocking chair inside the camp.

"Song, you sure are something! Where did you go again today, letting us scold that kid for you?"

"Scold?" The rocking chair paused, and the tall, thin veteran lying on it turned his gaunt face, which was somewhat frightening to look at, but his eyes shone like two bright black gems, "He will soon lose the right to scold us anymore!"

"What!" The soldiers hadn't caught what Song had said, but they were startled by his current, somewhat horrifying appearance, "Song, what happened to you?"

"What happened to me?" Song contorted his neck exaggeratedly to the right, at an almost unbelievable 90-degree angle, "What have I become?"

The eerie tone of his voice, coupled with his strange movements and expressions, made the soldiers watching Song feel a chill.

"Song, are you alright?"

"Alright? What could be wrong with me?" Song's mouth corners stretched into an exaggerated arc, unnaturally stretching to the root of his ear, "The one with problems should be the master of Black Street, that mysterious... sir."

"Sir? What happened to our sir?" asked one of the curious old soldiers.

No matter whether they still harbored their own ulterior motives, they all shared a mutual reverence for the mysterious sir who had completely changed Black Street.

Knowing that the sir also came from a military camp, they had always intended to recruit him into their ultimate plan privately.

Song slightly nodded his head, his voice haunting, "Today... I met with Ge Lan from the military camp. Guess what he told me?"

"What did he tell you?" One of the soldiers responded instinctively, then paused abruptly, realizing the logical connection in Song's words, "You mean... it's related to our sir?"