Chapter 706 - Your Country Will Cover Up For You (2/2)

However, they could still be recognized as potted plants.

“By the estimation of our botanists, those plants couldn’t have been dead for more than four days.”

“Inside a hill that has absolutely no tunnels, there are a hundred flowers for decorative purposes. Ha!” The leader smiled. “Do you find it interesting?”

“It is!”

“So, your mission is to…”

However, exactly at this moment, some people broke into the conference room.

A dozen men and women, who looked grim, came in. One of them showed their certificate to the leader.

After a brief shock, the leader nodded.

The man put the certificate back and spoke to the microphone, “Okay, this is over. All the information you’ve heard is confidential. Now, you’re dismissed, but you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement before you go. Got it?”

The leader who just spoke voluntarily stood up and left.

The other people followed him, although they were rather regretful that they lost the research opportunity.

Later, the strangers conducted secret and detailed investigations.

They examined the footage from the cameras on streets and questioned persons of interest.

They even pestered Zhao Haitao and the Tai family for more than three days.

Finally, they locked on a target.

About six days later, Roland came to his new house again. Hardly had he closed the door when someone knocked on it.

Roland opened the door, only to see three young men. All of them wore warm smiles.

One of them said, “You must be Comrade Huang Wenwei. There’s something we’d like to talk about with you.”

Roland frowned. Normally speaking, those who called others comrade were from the government.

He was slightly confused. “I don’t know you.”

“It’s very important.”

Seeing that they were smiling and didn’t seem malicious, Roland let them in and closed the door.

He offered them a seat and poured water for them.

They all thanked him. It was obvious that they had manners.

“We’re all young people, so let’s just cut to the chase, comrade,” said Roland casually.

“It’s actually nothing big. We just want to invite you to talk more about the Mud to Rock spell,” said the young man with glasses carefully.

Roland instantly became vigilant.

Even his eyes had changed.

“Relax, relax. I’m a player of the game too. I’m Douglas, Roland.”

Douglas?

Roland was stunned. His friend in the Delpon Magic Tower? “You’re really Douglas?” Roland was quite shocked.

“I’ve finally met you. Yes, I’m working for the state now.” Douglas was excited to see that Roland admitted it. He grabbed Roland’s hand and shook it hard. “I’ve been your admirer!”

“Who are you exactly?” Roland knew that the game must’ve been backed by the state government, but he didn’t expect them to find and identify him so quickly. But on second thought, he remembered that he had left an address when he bought the virtual cabin, or it couldn’t have been delivered to him. “Why have you come to me?”

“The State Department of Geology reported that they found a weird rock. We were too concentrated on the game and didn’t realize it until the whole thing got big,” said Douglas rather awkwardly. “We’re terribly sorry that your daily life was almost affected.” “Are you also responsible for protecting the players?” “Of course, especially the talented ones like you.”

Roland was stunned. “Then can you tell me how involved the state government is with the

game?”

“It was launched by the state government in the first place,” said Douglas. “I don’t know about the details, but I do know the big picture.”

Roland opened his hands. “Please tell me about

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Douglas cleared his throat and told him everything he knew.

As it turned out, a genius developed this advanced technology five years earlier, and the government took it over for the purpose of grooming a batch of talents.

So, every person who joined the game had been screened by the state government.

A lot of factors were taken into consideration.

Not everybody who was smart got the qualification.

Certain “below-average” candidates were also chosen as specimens.

Some others were also chosen because of “luck.”

So, the half-million virtual cabins were given to people of various social classes.

But most of their owners were elites. After all, a price of fifty thousand yuan wasn’t trivial.

The state government had deployed this project to develop “supermen.”

The effect was quite obvious. The players in the game, after years of practicing, at least had their eyes opened, even if they didn’t get the supernatural abilities from the game.

In particular, all of them had seen bloodshed, which made them different.

Roland was surprised to hear that. “So the project is preparation for a war?”

“Sort of.” Douglas nodded and admitted it. “But it’s mainly meant to develop the people who are capable of special abilities.” “There must be a lot of them already.”

Roland thought that, since he could use magic, the players of other classes might be able to use their special skills too, like Sword Aura Slash.

After all, there were half a million players. He couldn’t be the only one who had special abilities.

“Not exactly.” Douglas sat straight. “You’re the only unique one so far.”

Douglas looked at him with passion and admiration, like a little fangirl who was sitting right next to her idol.

He was very close to screaming and fainting.

His companions, one male and the other female, also looked at Roland with respect.

After all, Roland was really good in the game.

Wait… He was just as good in reality, as the first person to bring his abilities out of the game.

Roland heaved a sigh. He already had a feeling that he couldn’t keep his abilities a secret for long. After all, the virtual cabin launchers were created by the state government in the first place.

How could he fool them?

“So, am I going to be contained and studied?”

“How is it possible?” said Douglas with a smile. “My superiors asked me to tell you that you needn’t worry about anything, just keep playing the game. If you need a place for experiments, just tell us. We’ll prepare one for you.”