Chapter 00070: Standard Procedure
# Standard Procedure
Chapter 70
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 70: Standard Procedure
If someone were to suddenly jump out one day and say, "I'm a Kamen Rider from the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Your cat is a Flerken that violates the Time-Space Management Act. I need you to cooperate with my enforcement duties now."
This dense cluster of references and this nonsensical conversation was precisely what Li Chengxi was feeling right now.
As for Li Chengxi's distrust, Qian Sen expressed his understanding.
"I know you won't believe me. Based on my work experience, the vast majority of people, after we explain the situation, will appear very confused and perplexed. Being treated as a scammer or a lunatic is a normal part of our work."
So you guys are self-aware, huh?
Qian Sen didn't offer any more evidence.
He raised his hand, glanced at his watch, and then said:
"Hmm, the time is about right."
"What's about right?"
"When a transmigrator enters Earth, a spatial shift signal will appear. According to our department's regulations, an emergency plan is immediately activated the moment the signal appears, and the location of the signal is sealed off to prevent any accidents. It generally takes about five to fifteen minutes to respond. By my calculation, the lockdown should be complete by now."
This left Li Chengxi completely baffled.
Do you even hear what you're saying?
"You can check the surveillance camera outside the convenience store. See if it looks any different from usual."
Dubiously, Li Chengxi switched the surveillance feed from inside the store to the front entrance.
At first, he didn't notice anything wrong.
There wasn't a large group of men in black standing outside the door.
But a few seconds later, Li Chengxi suddenly realized.
Something was wrong.
Why was there no one on the street?
It was around ten in the morning.
At this time, the old men and women living nearby would usually be returning from the morning market or their morning walks.
The streets should have been bustling with people.
But now, there was not a single person on the street.
It was just like a street in the dead of night.
"You can also try making a phone call, or using the internet."
He picked up his phone and saw that the signal was completely gone.
Even the computer connected with a network cable showed it was disconnected from the internet.
Even if this guy was carrying a signal jammer, what about the network cable? Did he just cut it?
At this moment, Audel, who had been observing the small trinkets, suddenly piped up:
"It's a type of barrier. Although the magic consumption isn't high, the construction of the barrier is quite exquisite. A little interesting."
Li Chengxi once again looked toward Qian Sen, who smiled and said:
"This is a Human-Repelling Barrier. While the barrier is active, no ordinary person will approach this convenience store. They won't even realize they've been affected by the barrier. It can also block the transmission of wireless signals in and out of the barrier. As for the network cable, that was the work of my colleagues."
Li Chengxi was starting to believe him.
He asked:
"You just said you're responsible for managing transmigrators. Are you going to... her..."
He made a slicing motion with his hand.
"No, you're overthinking it. You should be able to tell from my attitude that transmigration isn't a rare event in our line of work. This young lady is far from the only transmigrator to have arrived on Earth."
These words really didn't sound very credible.
Then Li Chengxi turned his gaze to Lei Lei, who had been sitting on the chair with her head down, staring at her feet.
"Are you also part of this Ninth Division?"
Lei Lei opened her mouth, but for a moment, she didn't know how to explain.
It was Qian Sen who very considerately said:
"Miss Lei Lei is not part of our department, but she's in the know. She is a native cultivator from our Earth."
"A cultivator? The immortal cultivation kind?"
Li Chengxi looked at Lei Lei in astonishment.
"Then how old are you, really?"
"Seventeen."
"Seventeen years and a few tens of thousands of months?"
"Just seventeen!"
Li Chengxi had always felt that anyone who cultivated immortality had to be at least a few hundred years old.
After all, in those cultivation novels you read, a single session of closed-door cultivation could last for decades.
Putting aside the incorrect common knowledge in Li Chengxi's mind, the man had laid all her cards on the table.
Now, Lei Lei had no choice but to explain.
"I am a cultivator from the Lei family of Jingzhou. I am here to cultivate amidst the mortal world."
Li Chengxi suddenly remembered that Lei Lei had run out from the warehouse.
"Wait a minute, how did you get in just now? There's only a back door in the warehouse."
Connecting this to the loud bang he had heard earlier:
"Don't tell me you broke down the door? That's a double-layered steel security door."
"I didn't break it. Although I don't know how sturdy your security door is, the hinges might not have been sturdy enough. I just used a little, tiny bit too much force."
Li Chengxi stood up and peered toward the warehouse.
He immediately saw that the security door, which should have been shut tight, was now lying on the floor like a salted fish.
The doorway was wide open, basking in the sunlight...
A tiny bit?
You mean a ton of bits!
Are all cultivators this terrifying?
Li Chengxi pressed his forehead and sat down.
Qian Sen said:
"Rest assured, we will handle the repairs for this part. The repairman is already on his way."
Since he'd gone so far as to say that, there was no need to dwell on it.
"Alright, then why did you come rushing over?"
"Uh..."
What was Lei Lei supposed to say? That she had actually been monitoring Li Chengxi all this time?
Just now, while doing her homework at home, she had suddenly sensed an energy source.
Thinking she had finally caught Li Chengxi's slip-up, Lei Lei had immediately rushed over, only to find out that wasn't the case at all.
Qian Sen glanced at Lei Lei and once again smoothed things over:
"Miss Lei Lei was probably afraid something might happen to you. She must have sensed the spatial shift signal."
Although Lei Lei didn't much like people from the Ninth Division, she was very grateful for this save.
Hearing this, she nodded her head vigorously.
"If I had known you were this tough, I wouldn't have played the hero at the bank last time."
To be able to rip a security door right off its frame, just how much strength did that take?
"This relates to our policies."
Qian Sen said:
"Our department's main task is to maintain public order. These abnormal powers are generally hidden beneath what is normal, so Miss Lei Lei's actions in the bank were completely in line with regulations. And as for you, an ordinary person who dared to step forward, please do not belittle yourself. You are still a hero."
He felt like whenever this guy praised him, there was surely a catch coming.
"Regarding Miss Lei Lei's situation, you can ask her for details later. That part is not within the scope of my work."
He placed a stack of documents on the cashier counter and said:
"Everything I've said is standard procedure. As an ordinary person who has been drawn into this, this is all the intelligence I can reveal to you for now. Next, please sign this non-disclosure agreement. Everything I've just told you is not to be disclosed to outsiders, including but not limited to your parents and relatives."
Seeing Li Chengxi become a little nervous again, the man smiled.
"Actually, this is just a formality. The binding power of a non-disclosure agreement is limited. Besides, I think even if you told others about these things, they probably wouldn't believe you."
True.
This feeling was like if one day your good friend suddenly called and said, "My waifu from that mobile game came to life, and I'm going with her to Wakanda to save the world."
And you would most likely assume your friend had been scammed and sent to Myanmar to have his kidneys harvested.
Li Chengxi lowered his head to look at the document.
Lei Lei let out a sigh of relief for having fudged her way through.
Meanwhile, Qian Sen looked toward Audel, who was hiding behind the cashier counter.
He took off the necklace from around his neck and held the pendant in his palm as he asked:
"This young lady, can you understand what I am saying?"
Hearing this, Li Chengxi was taken aback.
Didn't she just speak to me? Why would she not understand?
Audel nodded, her expression still showing no change.
"You can put your magic item away. I will use a Comprehend Languages spell, so there will be no obstacle to verbal communication."
"Good. Your ability to remain calm is very beneficial for my work."
Only now did Qian Sen seem to be truly relieved, and his demeanor was completely different from when he had been speaking with Li Chengxi.
(End of chapter)