Chapter 1570: Chapter 1570

Chapter 1570: Chapter 1570: Abnormalities and the Association

“We are assisting the investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation—” Lily immediately said.

But before she could finish her sentence, Reid raised his hand, signaling that she need not say this.

Then Reid handed a new document to He Ao, “We are from the ‘Abnormal Investigation Association’.”

This document was about the same size as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s document, except the emblem on it was a simple shield, with a relief of an eye without pupils floating inside the shield.

At the moment He Ao gazed at this pupil-less eye, he seemed to feel the eye turning its ‘gaze’ onto him.

But soon, the entire emblem regained its calm, as if everything just now was a blurry illusion.

Reid unfolded the document, revealing his own photo and the ‘Abnormal Investigation Association’ seal inside.

“Abnormal Investigation Association?” He Ao knew this was a kind of probing, but he didn’t react further, instead naturally questioned in confusion, “I haven’t heard of this association? Is it an organization of Xiluo City’s City Government?”

“A civilian dynamic organization,” Reid put away the document and introduced calmly, “Our activity range is in the Northeast Federation, you can find our branches in twenty-six cities in the northeast, but we have cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and can carry out some investigations in the name of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

“Peripheral organization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?” He Ao asked with confusion.

Meanwhile, memories of past roles quickly flashed in his mind.

In Suote’s memory, it seemed there was no such peripheral organization.

Although Suote never came to the Northeast Federation, theoretically, such a large ‘collaboration organization’ involving multiple cities should be impossible for him, the Federation deputy chief of staff, not to know.

Either there was a special ‘confidential’ requirement, with the old director directly controlling this organization.

Or there was some special ‘influence’ that made people naturally ‘ignore’ these.

No matter which possibility, it implied some depth of secret hidden behind it.

Of course, it’s possible both possibilities are overlapping.

He began recalling other roles’ memories of the Northeast Federation cities, but it seemed there was no memory.

The entire Northeastern Federation area was very ‘ordinary’, plain, devoid of any characteristic memory points.

The only characteristic point seemed to be the Wilen’s smoked sausage.

Of course, in fact, most cities in the Federation were , ordinary, plain, devoid of any memory points.

“You can also consider us as a peripheral organization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Reid looked at He Ao and smiled, “In some sense, we could be considered a semi-official organization.”

“Then this ‘abnormal’ in your ‘Abnormal Investigation Association’,” He Ao looked at Reid and questioned in confusion, “What does it mean?”

“You’re very perceptive,” Reid gazed at He Ao, “I believe you’ve already noticed that the ‘boxing ring’ you’re in today is unusual.”

“Those gang members who wanted to kill me became hysterical right after entering the octagon,” He Ao looked at the man in front while calmly recalling, “Moreover, during that time, the octagon became especially hard, impossible to break.”

“This is the ‘abnormal’,” Reid explained, he looked at He Ao and, through He Ao’s performance of tearing the iron door, he could also guess that He Ao most likely noticed these.

However, he didn’t continue along this line; instead, he turned to explain in detail, “The so-called ‘abnormal’ is phenomena different from ‘normal’.”

He took out his Federal Bureau of Investigation document, touching its leather cover, “In the ‘normal’ world, apples naturally fall to the ground, light dispels darkness, leather is soft,

“In ‘abnormal’ phenomena, it might be completely different, apples might fly in the sky, light could bring darkness,”

He pressed the document in his hand, “Leather might be as hard as stone, or even turn into water-like ripples.”

“So the ‘abnormal’,” He Ao somewhat reacted, “means some regions show phenomena completely different from the original rules of the world?”

“You can understand it this way,” Reid put away the document and looked at He Ao, “For instance, what we just experienced was an ‘abnormal’ we discovered before, named ‘Life and Death Boxing Ring’,

“Once this abnormal activates, the ‘boxers’ in the ring must kill their opponent before they can leave.

“It originally didn’t cover this factory building, but for unknown reasons, its active range increased recently, and we received reports saying the mortality rate here was unusually high, only then did we discover this matter.”

At this point, he paused slightly, “Of course, not all abnormalities are manifested in reality,

“Some abnormalities exist entirely in another space; you will fall into it from reality. These abnormalities are often more bizarre, terrifying, and harder to survive,”

He looked at He Ao, “However, almost all abnormalities have their inherent logic and rules, these rules may seem unreasonable in the real world, but inside the abnormal, they are its normal operating core. If you can grasp these logic and rules, you could greatly increase the probability of ‘surviving’ in the abnormal.”

“For example, killing your opponent in the boxing ring?” He Ao asked.

“Yes, like killing your opponent in the boxing ring,” Reid shrugged, “Every time we discover a new abnormal, our association records it and explores its rules. Some rules may seem cruel, but they are the only way to leave the abnormal or end it.”

“Can’t use violence to break and escape?” He Ao looked at Reid.

“No,” Reid shook his head, “We tried breaking the rules of abnormality a long time ago, but all failed. These ‘rules’ are truth within the abnormal, akin to how you can’t stop the earth’s gravity or make one plus one not equal to two.”

“What happens if you don’t follow the abnormal’s end rules?” He Ao questioned in confusion.

“The abnormal continues indefinitely,” Reid looked at He Ao and paused for a moment, “For example, the ‘Life and Death Boxing Ring’, if the ‘boxers’ in the ring remain alive, then including the audience, everyone cannot leave this abnormal-covered area until everyone either starves to death, dies from exhaustion in jubilation, or a victor is decided in the ring.”

“Sounds a bit scary,” He Ao sighed.

“In a sense, you saved those spectators today,” Reid spoke softly, “Of course, not all abnormalities ‘end’, some abnormalities are persistent; you can always go to them, they will always be there, like most abnormalities in otherworldly spaces. They will always exist; you can only ‘leave’ them but cannot make them ‘disappear’.”

“Is the probability of encountering an abnormal high?” He Ao appeared somewhat puzzled.

“Actually, it’s quite high, but there are some very simple abnormalities without much harm, so people might not even realize they are in an abnormal,” Reid looked at He Ao, “However, within the large base of the city, this probability is decent; most ordinary people won’t encounter it.”

“Well, it appears I’m quite ‘lucky’,” He Ao shrugged.

“Some people have inherently higher intuition and are more likely to encounter abnormalities, more likely to fall into them,” Reid explained.

“Seems this constitution is also quite ‘fortunate’,” He Ao sighed heavily, “Feels like today is a day of refreshing my understanding.”

He thought the transcendent in this world was already quite bizarre, yet it turned out to be even more bizarre.

But this abnormal, most likely isn’t the ‘normal’ transcendent situation in this world.

According to He Ao’s past mysticism knowledge interpretation, creating rules and crafting domain mostly points toward some Higher Being’s powers.

It also needs to cover such a wide area as twenty-six cities.

Anyway, B-level and below mortals can’t achieve this.

Indeed, the system task isn’t simple, asking to investigate the cause for ‘abnormal’ activity proliferation.

Good news, the task leads with clues.

Bad news, afraid there are clues everywhere without head or tail.

At this moment, He Ao’s band vibrated.

He Ao lifted his head, looking at the street edge ahead, a bright yellow vehicle was parked by the roadside, with hazard lights flashing.

The vehicle had the conspicuous ‘Vidal Travel’ logo on it.

He Ao glanced at the car, then turned his head to Reid and Lily with a smile, “My cab arrived, I need to find somewhere for medical treatment, so I’ll take my leave now.”

“Ah… okay,” Lily instinctively nodded, then suddenly realized something and hurriedly reached out, “Wait a moment, we need you to come back with us today to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an inquiry.”

“Everything I did today was in self-defense,” He Ao shrugged, “All locations have recordings which you can review; if there’s anything needing my cooperation, you can also come find me.” Chapters fırst released on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⟡𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵

Then he looked at Lily, whose words were stuck, and smiled, “I need to find a way for treatment now, otherwise I’ll soon be dead; if I go with you, can you pay my medical expenses?”

Lily slightly opened her mouth and then closed it.

She looked at He Ao, dressed clean and neat, naturally chatting, momentarily almost forgetting the other’s previously blood-covered appearance.

Treating these injuries would cost quite a bit; the association’s funds have always been stingy, naturally unable to approve such expenses.

She lifted her head and looked at Reid.

But Reid merely looked at He Ao and smiled, “Can you leave a phone number and address? If any problems arise, we’ll contact you? Once you’ve encountered one abnormal, it becomes easier to encounter other abnormalities; having a contact would be safer.”

“Of course.” He Ao lifted his band and displayed an electronic business card.

Reid also lifted his band, scanned the card, and saved the information.

As he put away his hand, He Ao had already walked toward the taxi parked on the street side.