Level 53.2 Employee (Please keep following~)

On the airplane heading to East New State.

Xiang Yudi relaxed, reclining in a spacious single-seater armchair. A closed notebook rested on the table before him, containing detailed records of the tasks he needed to complete upon landing.

Before that, however, he still had to submit the material he had gathered this week to Marr.

He still did not intend to mention anything about his own cult; when it all came down to it, he still harbored some distrust toward this abruptly appearing organization.

Xiang Yudi closed his eyes.

A white light gradually crept over his eyelids.

Marr sat at the head of the table, watching the two people who had appeared before him.

Both Xiang Yudi and Ellie were gazing at floating screens visible only to themselves.

"From now on, you only need to submit the information you've gathered right here. You can do this at any time while in reality, and I will summarize, categorize, and enter it into the database." As Marr spoke, the two screens before him updated in real-time with the content they were writing.

"Once the entry is completed, I will assign a rating based on the value of the intelligence you provide, and once you meet the requirements, you can raise your employee rank."

The content Xiang Yudi provided mainly described basic common knowledge among the three races: for instance, that Seraphim and Archdemons are both Tier V entities, that only Devils engage in transactions, the animosity between Demons and Devils, the different types of Devils, and methods to summon them.

Meanwhile, the primary information Ellie submitted concerned the situation in Atlantis.

The initial Four Wise Kings who led the Sunken City to establish a civilization in the ocean; the Three Wise Kings who inherited their names and titles and currently rule the ocean; the distinctions among the royal family, nobility, and commoners; a brief introduction to Atlantean magic; as well as their temples, culture, history, and religion...

The volume of text she submitted was dozens of times larger than that of the former, yet it was crystal clear. Marr could easily find the topics that interested him, and a few points particularly caught his attention.

Atlantis currently made all major agendas through the joint decisions of the Three Wise Kings. These were three powerful Tier V mages who also wielded several legendary divine artifacts. One of these, an ancient stele, was the reason they were able to build cities beneath the sea and manipulate the ocean currents. These items possessed a strength of at least Tier V to VI.

Most importantly, royal family members like Ellie typically had the opportunity to come into contact with three of these artifacts. They were displayed in temples or certain special venues accessible only to royalty, used as ritual sacred vessels.

Atlantis also worshipped a sea god. In Ellie's description, this deity was somewhat like the personification of the ocean itself, possessing several so-called avatars but no specific physical form, and they had also recorded the existence of quite a few surface deities.

However, from their perspective, the Destined Returner—the Holy Son designated by the church—was by no means an avatar of any deity, but rather a powerful reality bender, an individual capable of altering reality with their own will.

Legend had it that the initial Four Wise Kings—the rulers of Atlantis when it was still on land—had once encountered this Holy Son. Even back then, he had already proclaimed himself to be the manifestation of a deity's will in the mortal world and had produced numerous miracles.

However, after receiving updated intelligence regarding the land, Atlantean theologians were somewhat unclear as to whether a deity truly stood behind him after all, since mortals were often incapable of accurately speculating about gods.

The several ancient deities currently slumbering in the ocean proved this point. The people of Atlantis had waged wars against the dependents and believers of these ancient gods on several occasions, ultimately succeeding through religious rituals in forcing multiple deities into continuous deep sleep.

At the very end of these materials, Ellie also mentioned a very important matter.

Marr spoke up to ask:

"Is Atlantis planning an invasion of the land?"

Under Xiang Yudi's astonished gaze, she replied:

"That's right. For now, only the royal families are aware of this, but the sea clans in various cities have already begun military exercises. According to intelligence brought back by spies, the royals believe they can profit from this war...

"And I want to stop it."

Ellie looked at Marr with a resolute expression.

Marr lowered his gaze to the area marked in red on the strategic map, then compared it to the world map on the alternate screen. If he was reading this right...

The cities they intended to submerge included East New State.

Yet, rather than chalking this up to mere bad luck, Marr was inclined to believe this was likely the normal state of the world today. Just as Qin Luan had said, collapse could arrive at any moment.

At this very moment, there were undoubtedly many events akin to the Atlantean invasion happening simultaneously, and precisely for this reason, the world he currently inhabited was destined to be utterly crushed.

"Our job is to maintain the persistence of reality, and your intelligence is exceptionally important," Marr nodded affirmatively. "You are already eligible to apply for Tier 2 employee status; I will submit the application."

And then he would casually approve the application himself.

Ellie's eyes lit up:

"Are we going to stop the war?"

Marr said:

"Yes. Our primary duty is to contain dangerous anomalous entities. Whether it's ambitious rulers or divine artifacts capable of submerging cities, they are all our targets.

"And after becoming a Tier 2 employee, you will obtain an employee dormitory, be able to request in-place teleportation, and reside within our department's public space. In other words, no matter what dangers you encounter in reality, you will have a final fallback option.

"Furthermore, although our department lacks abundant resources, we have deployed a channel allowing travel between reality and this place, meaning you can return to the real world at any time.

"In addition, you can bring successfully contained, harmless anomalous entities into the containment sector here. The organization we belong to possesses the technology to transfer the powers of anomalous entities onto employees.

"Employees at Tier 2 and above can apply to use this technology on containment items they have submitted. As I said, the exact duration depends on what you intend to do and how long you can endure."

And once they finished using them, Marr could freely utilize the traits of these high-tier items.

Ellie asked in disbelief:

"You mean, if I bring the stele in, I can acquire divine power capable of controlling the sea to submerge cities?"

How could that be possible?

Marr nodded:

"Yes. If your rank is high enough, you can even apply for the traits of containment items submitted by others or other departments.

"For instance, the appearance-disrupting cognitive filter I'm currently using, basic memory-wiping functions, or turning into an angel or a demon..."

Both Ellie and Xiang Yudi suddenly realized something—the number of Tier V anomalous items this organization possessed was equivalent to the number of Tier V ability users it commanded. Moreover, employees wielding these abilities would not diminish the organization's total number of high-tier powerhouses even if they perished in action.

Viewed in this light, Marr's assertion that he wanted to ensure the survival of the world...

Seemed very likely to be true.

Because it appeared they genuinely had the capability to do so.

Having listened to Marr's explanation of Tier 2 employee privileges, and contrasting it with what Ellie had just said alongside the information he had withheld, Xiang Yudi spoke up rather sheepishly and belatedly:

"Actually, I also have some intelligence to share..."