Chapter 13 Headquarters of the Thirteenth Bureau, Intelligence Department

Director Gu Hui and the Intelligence Minister looked solemnly at the phone on the table, still connected to the call. Feng Jun stood to one side, uneasy.

"Can you trace the location?"

The technician, sweating profusely, said, "I can't crack the other party's anti-tracking program. The other party is a top hacker."

A vein popped out on Gu Hui's forehead. When did that guy become a hacker again? I didn't know that!

After a moment, Gu Hui picked up the phone and said in a deep voice, "Han Xiao, you left the Thirteenth Bureau without authorization, violating the code of confidentiality, and the impact is extremely bad!"

Han Xiao chuckled and directly revealed Gu Hui's thoughts, "Are you trying to ask me when I'm going back?"

"You should know that yourself!" Gu Hui shouted.

"I'm not going back."

"You want to defect?" Gu Hui's eyes narrowed, his tone becoming extremely serious.

Han Xiao said slowly, "You misunderstood. I still want to continue to cooperate with you, but the method needs to change."

Gu Hui frowned. "What do you mean?"

The others perked up their ears, waiting for what he would say next.

Only to hear a snap, and Han Xiao hung up the phone.

The Intelligence Minister was expressionless, but the twitching corners of his eyes showed that his heart was not calm.

Gu Hui took a deep breath, repeatedly chanting in his heart: "I am the Director, I can't flip the table, I am the Director, I can't flip the table..."

*Ding*, the sound of a text message arriving rang out.

Gu Hui narrowed his eyes, opened the text message, and a dense stream of information poured out like a waterfall. He was immediately shocked by the content.

It was all information about the Germination's (Meng Ya) branch bases in the Southern Continent, very detailed and complete!

"Is this the method of cooperation he was talking about?" Gu Hui was suspicious, and the dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared immediately.

This was the intelligence they had always wanted. Han Xiao had handed it over so readily.

Too sincere!

Gu Hui fell into deep thought. Han Xiao had shown unexpected sincerity. The question now was how to deal with Han Xiao's identity. To say he had defected, his current actions satisfied the interests of Xing Long. To say he was returning, Han Xiao had said with his own mouth that he would not come back.

After thinking for a while, Gu Hui made a decision.

"Stop searching for Han Xiao's whereabouts, retain his official special agent status, and move his information to the Outgoing Agent Archives."

Feng Jun was shocked. The Director's decision represented the Thirteenth Bureau reconciling with Han Xiao, tacitly agreeing to Han Xiao's behavior of being alone outside, and still treating him as one of their own.

The Outgoing Agent Archives belonged to the Thirteenth Bureau, but they could move freely. Only some meritorious special agents and retired special agents could receive this treatment.

Although he hadn't spent much time with Han Xiao, the relationship between the two was very good. Feng Jun was a little happy that at least the two sides would not become enemies.

Having obtained the required information, Gu Hui was in a good mood. He encouraged the Intelligence Minister a few times and was about to leave when suddenly the Intelligence Department's bespectacled female secretary stumbled in, panting, and hurriedly said, "Director, Minister, the Sea Xia Military Intelligence Agency, the Red Maple Caroma, the Odyfenna, the Tirius, and the Ruilan intelligence agencies have simultaneously sent us communication requests!"

Gu Hui's expression suddenly became extremely serious.

Only in the event of a very urgent incident would the intelligence agencies of various countries contact other countries. It had been many years since the six-nation intelligence agency meeting had been held. What major event had occurred?!

With a heavy heart, Gu Hui came to the conference room. Five split screens appeared on the large screen, each showing a different-looking person, all heads of intelligence agencies from the other five countries, with the same status as Gu Hui in their respective countries.

"What happened?" Gu Hui asked in a deep voice.

As soon as he spoke, he noticed that the heads of the intelligence agencies of the other five countries were all looking at him with very strange eyes, making him feel a little uneasy.

The Odyfenna side spoke first, "Ahem, Director of the Thirteenth Bureau, do you... know Germination's number one wanted criminal, Zero?"

Gu Hui's eyes widened suddenly, and an ominous premonition arose.

"The thing is, all five of us have received intelligence from Zero, which includes the distribution map of Germination's secret bases in the Southern, Western, and Northern Continents. We have always been very cautious about intelligence from unknown sources, but he added a sentence at the end of the intelligence—'The Xing Long Thirteenth Bureau can vouch for my intelligence'—so we came to ask you."

Damn you! You actually sent the intelligence to all the countries and want our Xing Long to act as witnesses. Han Xiao, you are still such a pit!

Gu Hui's vision went black, and he felt ten thousand of Han Xiao's smirking faces rushing through his mind!

...

The Ghost Gauss Sniper Rifle (Damaged Version), Electromagnetic Skates, Mimic Mask, and Magnetically-Controlled Extension Armor evolved to its complete form. This set of equipment supported his stealth sniper + kiting combat mode, a very popular tactic in the early stages of the Mechanic class. Moreover, the equipment he created had attributes that surpassed the average level of his level, and his combat power was conceivable.

With the bonus of the equipment, his current combat power level reached around 1100, which was in the upper-middle level on Planet Aquamarine. Moreover, Han Xiao also had the template specialty [Low-Level Tough Life], making him particularly resistant to beatings.

[Willpower Burning] was raised to Lv5, and the minimum multiplier increased to 138%. Although he was basically unlucky, combined with the double quadruple critical hits of sneak attacks and vital points, even the minimum bonus could greatly improve his damage.

As long as he didn't encounter monsters of Bennett's level, Han Xiao could cope with most situations, and the Blood Pact Society's assassination missions were naturally no problem.

Time passed as Han Xiao constantly won bounties, earning massive amounts of experience and wealth, and leveling up and becoming stronger step by step. The name of Black Mr. was feared by more and more underworld forces, and his ranking on the killer list also came to tenth place, finally earning him a little bit of legend.

At the same time, the underworld gave Han Xiao a new nickname:

——Black Phantom!

There are only wrongly taken code names, and no wrongly taken nicknames.

[Planet Legend (Planet Aquamarine): Black Phantom (Dark Web Killer List) - "Legend says he is a ghost from the night, as if he has a thousand faces, coming and going without a trace. No one knows when he comes, no one knows when he leaves. When you see the back of him turning away, the kiss of death has already been imprinted on your brow, leaving a bloody bullet hole mark. Pay a bullet, take away your life."]

"Sounds pretty cool..."

In fact, when he first learned that he had been given this nickname, Han Xiao's mood was very subtle.

Black Phantom... why not call him White Yaksha?

Han Xiao was the most active figure in the underworld during this period. His Blood Pact Society's faction relationship reached Respect, and they regarded him as a new sign. According to the statistics department of the Blood Pact Society, since the rise of the Black Phantom, business had finally stopped its downward trend and even rose by six percentage points against the trend, driving the commissions of other killers, and the transaction volume was far ahead.

However, two months later, the attention of the entire world was drawn to another major event!

As the last civilized countries on Planet Aquamarine, the actions of the six nations affected the nerves of everyone in the world. Whether it was the underworld, wandering warlords, or various organizational forces, they were all paying attention to the actions of the six nations, especially military actions.

After the wars of the Old Era, the order and chaos of Planet Aquamarine coexisted, and open and secret wars were constantly taking place. The six nations no longer needed to whitewash peace.

On this day two months later, the still stable world situation suddenly changed, and the six nations simultaneously mobilized troops on a large scale, sweeping across the three continents and sweeping away secret bases of Germination, their determination to fight shaking the entire world.

War came without warning!

The world格局 (ge ju, situation) was turbulent, and everyone was in danger, fearing that the nightmare of the Old Era wars would once again descend on this planet. The wounds caused by the war had not yet healed, and no one wanted to be swallowed by disaster again.

Even within the six nations, there were a large number of anti-war protesters, but the six nations turned a deaf ear. In their eyes, Germination was the root of the disaster, a terrorist organization that was constantly trying to subvert the regime. The conflict could be traced back to the wars of the Old Era. Germination gathered the remnants of the fallen countries, and until now, the two sides had generally been in a stalemate. They couldn't miss such a good opportunity.

More savvy people were not shocked by the six nations' tough attitude, but were surprised by the source of the six nations' intelligence: Why would the six nations act simultaneously and accurately strike Germination's hidden branch bases!

There was only one possibility—someone provided a large amount of intelligence!

It could be said that the mysterious person who provided the intelligence was the mastermind behind the war!

After much investigation, the name of this person was revealed within the six nations.

Zero!

The traitor of Germination!

The underworld was shocked.

Among the remnants of the fallen countries absorbed by the Germination organization, there were warriors who adhered to their ideals, and there were also scum who committed crimes. The organization was a mixed bag, and there had been traitors in the past, but they all hid like rats crossing the street, afraid of being hunted down. Only Zero had retaliated against Germination and made such a big commotion.

Why did Zero have so much intelligence? Was he a high-level member of Germination before he defected?

Countless people were puzzled by this.

All of this was a mystery, impossible to know, but it did not prevent all forces from adding the name "Zero" to their threat list.

...

"The war is coming..."

Bennett looked worriedly at the hazy sky, his mood as gloomy as the sky.

Wang Yuan was by his side and said in a low voice, "It seems that the shelter plan needs to be brought forward."

"There are still many things that haven't been prepared..." Bennett shook his head, and after a few seconds of silence, he continued, "Nothing can be completely prepared. Plan ahead, contact some allied forces, and absorb some lone powerhouses. We must gather all our strength."