I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Chapter 146 145. Scheduled Inspection

At the Abnormal Control Bureau, Mann sat at his desk watching the video in front of him.

The anomaly he detected was Shen Zhihe's unusual wakefulness at night. In the first few days of his employment, his life had been very regular. Even when he had to work overtime, he would maintain eight hours of sleep, and there were no phenomena that Mann observed.

But in the past few days, Shen Zhihe would occasionally wake up briefly at night, and then immediately fall back asleep.

Normally, such an anomaly would not arouse Mann's suspicion, but according to the information they had collected, the moon was not only a deity of the mind, but also had a strong connection with dreams. Therefore, after learning about this, he listed Shen Zhihe as a key observation target.

However, in the first test not long ago, they were able to confirm that there was no Moon Bud in Shen Zhihe's body, and the concentration of divinity was maintained at a safe level. Before leaving, he even deleted all known information about the moon from Shen Zhihe's mind.

And after that, he had no chance to contact the Moon Child. Logically speaking, Shen Zhihe should not have been affected in any way.

There was also a very important question, which was that if the Moon God had the ability to influence Shen Zhihe, and had already learned that the Salvationist Alliance was preparing to deal with her, then she should have attacked them all long ago.

So, there were three possibilities why she didn't do this: either she couldn't eliminate all the members of the Salvationist Alliance, or she wasn't aware that the Salvationist Alliance was already preparing to deal with her.

Or she had other plans—this possibility was likely the highest.

Because the Sea God had once found Mann and tried to do something to him. Although what she said at the time sounded like nonsense, Mann still understood the meaning—there was something about him that attracted the other party.

And it was something that the Sea God hadn't encountered in Gowin State for decades.

If this was the case, then no matter what the Moon God's purpose was, she shouldn't have been able to achieve it smoothly. In other words, even if she now had the ability to destroy the Salvationist Alliance, she would likely remain patient and wait.

Mann stood up, walked out of the office into the corridor, and turned to head towards the agreed-upon location.

Before he walked into the containment department, Shen Zhihe and Tao He were already standing here chatting—they had received a message from Qin Lan.

"Hi," the old wizard looked at Mann and gave a friendly smile. "Do you know why she called us here?"

Mann walked to a position not far in front of them and said:

"Scheduled inspection."

[Ability in Use: Telepathy III-2]

Shen Zhihe nodded and said:

"As long as we maintain this cautious attitude, the Moon God will have no way to do anything to us."

As they were talking, Qin Lan walked in from the other direction. She looked at the three of them and said:

"Who wants to go in first?"

Tao He said:

"I'll go first."

He walked into the containment room.

In theory, only Qin Lan could see the information of the Salvationist Alliance members, but in fact, Mann also had corresponding information in front of him, and even Qin Lan couldn't see his information.

Given the possibility that the Salvationist Alliance might be infiltrated, maintaining the secrecy of information was an understandable approach for other members.

Moreover, Qin Lan, as the leader of the Salvationist Alliance, would not leave this dimension at will, which could ensure that she had no possibility of being influenced.

Tao He had no problems.

Mann walked in second, and then came out smoothly.

Finally, it was Shen Zhihe's turn. Mann was ready to subdue or even kill the other party at any time.

If Shen Zhihe really had a problem that could be detected by the containment room, he would likely attack before entering.

But Shen Zhihe did nothing.

He just walked in normally, and the result on the screen was no different from what Mann had seen last time.

Everything was normal.

There was no Moon Bud in his mind, nor was he a Moon Child.

Shen Zhihe walked out again.

No problem at all?

No, Mann didn't think it was a misjudgment.

The current situation wasn't good news either.

This meant that the Moon God had not only already taken action against Shen Zhihe, but also had a way not to be detected. Maybe Shen Zhihe had actually started cooperating with her, maybe she had mastered some magical technology that he didn't understand.

The Sleep Spider quietly crawled out of Qin Lan's shoulder, poking its head to look at the Salvationist Alliance members.

In its eyes, none of the four people present had any problems.

Qin Lan didn't know what Mann was thinking. She asked according to the agreed-upon procedure:

"How are your current tasks going?"

Shen Zhihe said:

"Lao He and I have already collected nine points of Tier III anomaly value. It won't be long before we can complete the normalization of telepathy, but we haven't found any other characteristics that can be used to fight the Moon God."

Mann continued:

"My task here has been hindered, and I need some new reinforcements."

Qin Lan looked at him and asked:

"What do you need?"

Mann said:

"I need a few prisoners who still possess anomalous characteristics, and I have to consume anomaly values to extract their characteristics to ensure that these prisoners can always be under our control.

"It's best to have a strength in Tier III, the main members must be good at combat, and if we can find one, I also need someone with the ability to perform special tracking. I will list the requirements and submit them to you."

Shen Zhihe asked in confusion:

"But this way, we will not only consume the anomaly values we have already collected, but also delay the task of continuing to collect anomaly values. Is your task worth us consuming so many resources?"

He wasn't just asking Mann.

Qin Lan answered for Mann:

"It's worth it.

"The importance of the task he is performing is comparable to yours, and the speed at which he achieves results should be faster than your current plan."

But this was just the reason Mann asked her to say it.

In fact, the reason he put the task of exploring the sealed land before forming a team was precisely Shen Zhihe's abnormal behavior.

Before figuring out what was going on with him and whether it was possible to contaminate other team members, Mann didn't plan to recruit other members.

Mann planned to let Shen Zhihe collect anomaly values for the Salvationist Alliance first.

The Moon God hadn't realized that they had been exposed, and this was precisely their current advantage. He could use the information and actions obtained from Shen Zhihe to mislead the other party, and use the Salvationist Alliance's detection to explore Shen Zhihe's situation.

If the Moon God's danger level was far beyond their tolerance, then they would have to rely on the Control Bureau to lurk in the shadows, and all members would have to stay away from reality. Before that, Mann would also trick Shen Zhihe into the containment room under the pretext of "testing".

And in the worst case, he might have to abandon all the progress of this branch base and start over.

But if all went well, he would find a way to deal with her before the Moon God achieved her goal, or search the sealed land for weapons that could deal with the current problem.