"Of course... Collaborating is beneficial for both worlds. However, I hope the progress on your end can speed up a bit, given that the emergency state can’t be maintained forever." General Hans paused, "Unless—"

"Sorry to interrupt." Suddenly, someone interjected.

"What’s going on?" Xiao Canong looked at the man.

The man leaned in close to Xiao Canong and whispered a few words.

After listening, Xiao Canong’s face broke into a peculiar smile, and he whispered something to General Hans.

Chen Xuan sensed something amiss, "Who is that guy? Do you know him?"

"I’ve found him. He appeared at the Dimensional Limit Mechanism’s recruitment fair. His name is Wang Qianduan," Lin Qing replied.

"Was he recruited as a newcomer?"

"No, he should be internal personnel reassigned; there’s no such person in the newly formed execution team."

At this moment, General Hans frowned and waved toward the outside, "Everyone, come in!"

As he finished speaking, a team of armed warriors stormed into the conference hall from the corridor, immediately blocking the only exit.

"Mr. Xiao said there’s something hidden here. Conduct a thorough search and don’t even let a fly escape," General Hans ordered expressionlessly.

"Yes!"

Chen Xuan was shocked; it was clear Lin Qing had been exposed.

Though surprised, he remained calm, "Head under the podium table!"

Lin Qing acted immediately, rolling silently from the center of the stage to under the table. Chen Xuan quickly took out a scan gun and selected the guest recall function.

The next second, Lin Qing’s vision instantly returned to the main shop.

Chen Xuan closed his laptop, intending not to stay there any longer. Once he left the room, the branch would be completely closed off, becoming a sealed chamber that no one could peek into.

In the main shop, Liu Shuyue was still there. Seeing Lin Qing suddenly appear, she was a bit surprised, "What’s wrong? Did something happen over there?"

The recall function can only be used once a day, so it’s not used unless absolutely necessary.

"Yeah, we got caught," Lin Qing scratched her head in confusion, "Even though the invisibility system was still working."

"He used his ability to find you," Chen Xuan said as he emerged from the elevator, "Since it’s an ability, maybe it’s not necessary to see you physically."

"Optical distortion, infrared sensing, sound pattern suppression, radar wave absorption..." Lin Qing listed her invisibility effects, "What other detection methods could there be?"

"I don’t know; maybe he can ’see’ things that ordinary people can’t detect," Chen Xuan shrugged, "Fortunately, we have countermeasures, so we’re not caught right away. We have to be careful of this Wang Qianduan guy in the future."

"Yeah..." Lin Qing nodded gently.

She knew it was tough to overthrow the Dimensional Limit Mechanism’s rule by herself, but with this person in front of her, the balance of power would shift. Even though they still couldn’t confront the organization head-on now, it at least gave her hope.

"By the way, how did Xiao Canong and the general from New Paris City get linked?" Chen Xuan was more concerned about the sudden presence of the organization at the Louvre Palace than the ability detection, "There was no news about another group of migrants."

Cameras were installed everywhere on the surface, and if someone approached the city, they would be immediately discovered by the underground city residents. Any uninvited guests from non-Paris areas were called migrants; Chen Xuan had even seen his own news on TV.

"I think you might have overlooked something," Liu Shuyue suddenly said, "You, I, Elorie... We were initially flung out from an invasion point, right?"

"Yeah."

"Then, once the Erosion Zone stabilizes, won’t it be very far from Paris City? For example... appearing at another human survival point?"

"Hmm..." Chen Xuan thought for a moment and realized he couldn’t rule out that possibility. The Chief Governor’s claim that they couldn’t contact other continents meant they couldn’t temporarily find another super shelter city like New Paris City, but that didn’t mean they were the sole survivors of the catastrophe. Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been any need to establish temporary shelters in the city.

It was certain that there must be other human survivors on the French or European continent, even if these people didn’t have the means to hide underground or were not all turned into bug monsters.

If the Dimensional Limit Mechanism first found these non-Paris survivors, they naturally wouldn’t be noted by Second New Paris City.

"I think Liu Shuyue is right." Lin Qing sighed, showing a hint of worry, "What we don’t know doesn’t mean General Hans is clueless. Now it seems they’ve clearly reached some cooperative agreement. Preparing acceptance... transferring work... What exactly are they planning to transfer!"

Chen Xuan pondered for a moment, suddenly feeling the hair on his back stand up, "Could it be population transfer?"

What’s the most lacking in the underground city?

Isn’t it just living space!

And now the organization controls the Erosion Zone, while this side is stable, indeed a highly attractive bargaining chip to use as a residence area.

Lin Qing thought and felt it was quite possible, "Where do you think they’ll move them to?"

"Certainly not Jiang City," Chen Xuan replied, "The world is vast, and going to a place with little oversight is best. Of course, sending them to Paris is also viable; the organization’s means and financial resources make accommodating tens of thousands more not difficult."

"If that is indeed true, we must prevent this transaction." Lin Qing said seriously, "The organization lacks manpower and desires technology, both of which New Paris City can provide."

This deep cooperation clearly has a crucial impact on the rapid expansion of the Dimensional Limit Mechanism.

"It seems visiting Elorie is inevitable."

Chen Xuan hadn’t anticipated the opportunity to break the transaction would be brought up by the Angel.

Lin Qing quickly guessed his thoughts, "Stop the Angel Alliance’s decline to change the future?"

"It’s not essential whether the Angel Alliance continues or not. The key is, according to Elorie, only when the Holy Temple Treasure Vault is destroyed will the lunar strike occur," Chen Xuan said, "If the world doesn’t face attacks, then there’s no need to move underground, taking away the organization’s biggest bargaining chip."

The difficulty of interfering on the other side is apparently much higher. General Hans has already teamed up with the organization, and knowing they will soon have a stable living space, this temptation can’t be eliminated by taking out a few key people.

"Makes sense." Lin Qing stood up and said, "Let’s set off immediately!"

...

This time the configuration was still 2+1. Chen Xuan left the main shop under Liu Shuyue’s watch, ensuring all functions of the store remained active while he and Lin Qing took the initiative to steal the key items from the secret treasury in advance.

Elorie’s room was empty, which was understandable as the Angel was surely making final preparations for the plan.

By evening, she finally returned to her residence.

Upon seeing Chen Xuan, she immediately took out a card and solemnly handed it over.

The latter hesitantly accepted it, discovering it was a bank card, "What’s this?"

"I mortgaged my house," she said earnestly, "The card contains all my assets; please use it as operational fund."

Uh... Chen Xuan was taken aback, "How much did you loan?"

"The house loaned 100,000 euros, plus Angel wages and living subsidies, roughly 150,000." Elorie answered honestly.

For ordinary people, this wasn’t a small amount. But she was an Angel, a Superpower User in this world, and having a total asset of merely 150,000 euros seemed a bit poor.

Chen Xuan couldn’t help but feel a bit sympathetic toward her.

But sympathetic as he was, he still had to take the money since the currencies didn’t interchange between the two worlds, and they had no time to gradually accumulate wealth.

He first went to check the bedroom door, finding the passage was still connected, which gave him quite the reassurance. It seemed mortgaging the house didn’t break the VIP room connection, perhaps only when a repayment failure led to the bank forcibly auctioning the house would the connection be severed.

"It’s in your hands," Chen Xuan passed the card to Lin Qing, "First, buy three tickets to the East."

It was May 30th, a day and a half before the demon attack.