Chapter 174: Cooperation

Based on everything they just said, they didn't avoid mentioning Willie, Jason, and Maya at all.

"Their objective is quite simple: they hope to gain our ability to trigger awakening in ordinary people, helping them cultivate transcendent warriors," Su Xiaoke analyzed calmly. "At the same time, they neither want nor are able to let us get too close to their secrets, so we don't need to worry about that aspect!"

"However, do we even possess such an ability?"

"Didn't they say that the awakening of extraordinary individuals is completely random and disorderly?"

"Although Second Lieutenant Zhou and those three special forces soldiers today all awakened right beside us," Bai Yuxi worried aloud, "how can we be certain that wasn't just a coincidence?"

"What's there to worry about?"

"It's not like we're begging to join them."

"Rather, they are the ones suspecting we have this ability and pleading for us to join."

Xia Xiaoxiao said dismissively, "Even if it ends up having no effect, the blame won't fall on us, right?"

No one paid any attention to this quirky little sister. When dealing with matters concerning the nation's highest levels, things were hardly as simple as she made them sound.

"Although it's not entirely certain, given the circumstances that have occurred, I actually have a few hypotheses."

"This is likely related to the 'frequency-harmonic resonance effect' generated between Little Bai's biological strong magnetic field and the dimensional space force field!"

"I've explained this to you before: a certain degree of cross-space, cross-dimensional fusion has taken place between Little Bai's physical body and the dimensional overlap anomaly point."

"This causes him to act essentially like a mobile anomaly point activated at any moment, or perhaps a set of coordinates connecting two spaces."

"In other words, Little Bai's body is continuously releasing pheromones. Any organisms within the range of his biological strong magnetic field are likely to be affected by the 'mutual harmonization and resonance effect,' carrying an extremely high probability of being contaminated with high concentrations of pheromones, which in turn triggers awakening..."

Su Xiaoke hesitated before saying, "But this is just a hypothesis of mine. Without adequate equipment and materials for research, it's probably hard to determine the exact cause."

"In other words, the 'troop-spawning cheat device' the other party is coveting is actually just Little Bai?"

Seeing the female genius scholar start spouting incomprehensible jargon again, the group decisively ignored her, and Luo Fei directly steered the discussion back to how to handle the situation.

"Then we need to start considering whether we agree to join them, what benefits it would bring us, and what the implications would be."

With that, the group brushed the female genius scholar and the focal person, Bai Yuxi, aside, and began discussing all at once.

"...Overall, cooperating with them is beneficial to us."

In the end, Luo Fei brought the discussion to a close, setting the tone for the upcoming negotiations, and then looked to the two of them for their opinions.

Bai Yuxi hesitated for a moment and nodded.

After some brief consideration, Su Xiaoke also nodded in agreement.

Indeed, no matter how one looked at it, this matter held advantages for them.

The small and weak Seventh Squad could receive the protection of the military, and everyone could gain access to abundant extraordinary resources.

Moreover, the female genius scholar could leverage the military's background to delve deeper into extraordinary information that normally required high-security clearance to access.

"Officer Xie! Second Lieutenant Zhou!"

Seeing that the members had agreed, Luo Fei raised her voice and called out.

Hearing their names, the two men who had been smoking outside the military tent tossed away their cigarette butts and re-entered.

Zhou Hao observed the expressions on everyone's faces and immediately broke into a relaxed smile, "How did the discussion go?"

"We don't plan to join you."

Unexpectedly, Luo Fei's opening sentence froze the expressions on the faces of Zhou Hao and Xie Long.

"After all, even we aren't entirely sure whether we can accomplish the kind of thing you mentioned, so we cannot make any promises to you in this regard."

Luo Fei calmly raised a small hand, making a wait-a-minute gesture to block Second Lieutenant Zhou, whose face had grown anxious and who looked ready to speak.

"However, we can start with tentative cooperation. If it proves viable, we can discuss subsequent matters later!"

Luo Fei's pretty face was filled with sternness. "Regardless of whether it can be achieved, we do require you to agree to a few conditions..."

"First, we only wish to cooperate, not join your so-called special forces team."

"After all, what you want is simply for us to trigger the awakening of ordinary people and cultivate a transcendent combat squad for you that has no background issues."

"Therefore, you don't have to tell us about matters involving classified secrets, and we don't intend to get involved in them, so as to avoid bringing trouble upon ourselves that we can't handle."

"As you know, we are just students from ordinary backgrounds, and we don't wish to be dragged into too deep a whirlpool, lest we become innocent victims of a disaster. We also hope that the 'protection' you provide will focus primarily on the families we leave behind!"

Luo Fei said earnestly, "If you feel you can accept our terms..."

Hearing this, both Xie Long and Zhou Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

"No problem!"

"All intelligence concerning you ends right here with me."

Xie Long stated decisively, "I will erase any and all information about you within the entire system!"

"As for the families behind you... although I don't know how you managed it, it's clear there are experts within your team."

"All traces of you on the internet have been completely wiped without a trace, and even scrambled so thoroughly that it is virtually impossible to find your real resumes and social connections..."

"Perhaps due to certain limitations, while some paper documents and interpersonal relationship records still remain, you have protected yourselves very well and acted with extreme caution in your daily lives."

"Therefore, unless someone accesses the underlying database of the Transcendent Management Department's multidimensional hyper-net, it is practically impossible to find any clues about you. You can rest assured on that front—we will help you clean up any remaining loose ends."

Xie Long glanced pointedly at the group and extended his hand, saying, "So, a pleasant cooperation?"

"A pleasant cooperation!"

Luo Fei looked at her companions and, acting as their representative, reached out to shake Xie Long's hand.

"Very well. Then, starting from now... the eight of you are officially the 'Extraordinary Affairs Consultants' of the 'Yanlong Transcendent Special Combat Unit'—a special operations agency under the Ministry of National Security's Special Security Bureau for Unconventional Supernatural Events."

"Consultants?"

Everyone nodded. While they wouldn't blindly believe everything the other side said, under the current circumstances, this was the best possible outcome they could strive for.