Molan stood at the top of the Appalachian Mountains, with a vast view that included the mountains on the other side.

Two helicopters hovered about a hundred meters above Molan, with several cameras pointed at her. The surrounding tourists had been dispersed in advance.

The association made full use of the services provided by Organization K.

Molan was assigned an important task by the president: to steal bugs.

The desire for exploration in humans is endless, and so it is with authors.

A long time ago, authors discovered some ways to exploit bugs in order to gain advantages that other authors didn't have, by using a bit of cleverness and taking risks.

After multiple explorations, the Destruction Association discovered a bug: change your identity with a bizarre event, then go to the customer service page to ask a question. At that time, the issue of "no permission" might change to "permission granted". Because once an author enters a bizarre event, they are no longer an "author", but are simply referred to as a "non-author" by Horror Novel Web.

"Non-authors" cannot enter Horror Novel Web, but if you use the God of Destruction to eliminate the presence of a few bizarre events, you can delay the time it takes for the "author" to switch to a "non-author". Taking advantage of this time difference, Molan can enter the customer service center and wait for the identity switch, allowing her to ask questions.

Although this method is feasible, the failure rate is also very high. The appearance of bizarre events is irregular, and many events do not occur in the real world, but rather have their own places. Authors may be pulled into these strange worlds again, thereby losing the opportunity to ask questions.

Moreover, this method carries great risks. Bizarre events in customer service consultations often mutate into terrifying forms, increasing the difficulty of the events.

Authors will experience both mental and physical torture. Apart from Molan, who has some mental issues, no one else in the association can do such crazy things.

After Molan enters the bizarre event, the God of Destruction uses the camera to eliminate the presence of some bizarre events. The association has conducted many experiments and has confirmed that bizarre events, like the real world, are also affected by their presence, although the presence of bizarre events is as vast as the universe.

Although the God of Destruction cannot erase the bizarre events themselves, they can delay their arrival in the real world.

This is an abstract concept. The presence seems to be a bridge from "bizarre" to "reality". The God of Destruction cannot eliminate the bizarre and reality, but they can destroy the bridge, prolonging their convergence.

The lengthening of time is unpredictable. Some bizarre events are as light as a feather and can be infinitely prolonged, until the end of the universe. Some are as heavy as Mount Tai and can only be delayed for a few microseconds, their momentum unstoppable.

Fortunately, this time the God of Destruction delayed the bizarre event by two seconds, and Molan only needed half a second to enter the customer service center.

The first step of the bug was smooth, and now it depends on whether the bizarre event will forcibly change the author's position. If not, then it would be a success.

After 32 seconds, Molan suddenly died.

With Molan's death, the bizarre event disappeared.

The resurrection item that was set on Molan took effect automatically, and soon the girl's figure appeared in front of the members of the association, gradually becoming clear from being blurry.

Molan curled up on the ground, with a pale face and a vacant expression. The mental trauma before her death seemed to have not completely disappeared.

"So many crabs... so many crabs... don't come near..." Molan muttered anxiously to herself, seemingly not realizing that she had returned to reality.

Josiah squatted beside her, pinching her chin, and fed her a potion containing Zenplex and a little bit of sedative. "Calm down, Miss Molan, you are back in the real world. You are safe! Is the mission complete?""Ah, it's you." Molan's eyes regained some focus. "I succeeded, I completed the mission assigned by the chairman."

"What questions did you ask? Before you forget, tell me."

"I only had time to ask four questions," Molan weakly replied. "Customer service answered two."

"Which two?"

"The upgrade code for the Controller and the origin of the demon."

"They didn't answer the method to defeat the demon, the Eye of All-Seeing, and the origin of Horror Novel Web?"

Molan shook his head.

"Well, it's better than nothing."

Molan relayed the upgrade code truthfully to Jelut, who listened eagerly and exclaimed, "With this, the Controller can..."

"Wait, Mr. Jelut." The chairman smiled and interrupted him. "Please tell me this part later."

Jelut paused, nodded, and said, "Alright, Lord Velley."

"So, our enemy -- Xu Fang, what exactly is his origin?" The chairman looked at Molan. "What does that website explain?"

"It comes from the sun."

"Just that?"

Molan thought for a while before nodding heavily. "Yes, the sun in the sky."

"From the sun... that is useful information. Xu Fang is different from the God of Destruction. He is a native resident of this world and his abilities must adhere to the rules of this world. He cannot use the abilities of other worlds like the God of Destruction. This works in our favor."

The chairman looked at Molan and said, "You've worked hard, go rest."

"Yes."

After Molan left, Velley dismissed the other members, leaving only Jelut and the elf.

"Please, Mr. Jelut, tell me what upgrades the Controller has made this time."

"Detection range." Jelut looked very pleased. "The detection range of our Controller has greatly expanded, reaching a radius of at least fifteen kilometers."

Fifteen kilometers, three times the original range.

This upgrade could be considered a timely help.

The association was most afraid of the demon's attack range. According to Josiah's information, the demon's energy beam could spread in the air for ten kilometers. If the demon had an unmarked duplicate, it could launch an attack before being detected by the Controller, which would be very deadly.

But now, this risk had been eliminated.

"Jelut, keep the increase in the Controller's detection range a secret for now and tell others that only the number of markers has increased... I want to change tactics and eliminate Xu Fang in advance."

"My lord, I am willing to fully cooperate with your actions."

...

November 9th.

Internal conference room at the base.

"We stopped the cooperation between ABC TV and Xu Fang. A small team from the K organization also launched a tentative attack on Xu Fang, but he was very alert and quickly destroyed the remote monitoring equipment. Fortunately, we had no casualties, the protective suits were effective." Josiah reported to the chairman and the others.

"Could it be that he doesn't want to kill anyone?" Nagi questioned. "Maybe Xu Fang has a saintly personality?"

"Don't think too naively about the enemy. That guy just doesn't want to waste energy." Anri smiled. "After all, its real enemy is us."

"There's bad news, the US government is meddling. According to the Controller's display, Heize Rengatsu and Ma Youcai were taken by the FBI to the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. They have been avoiding surveillance along the way." Jelut said gravely. "Should we communicate with the government and have them hand over those two?"

"No." Josiah shook his head. "The government already knows that they are authors. They may already be suspecting the K organization. Xu Fang wants to muddy the waters and get the US government to eliminate us."

"He might even be cooperating with the government!" Kana exclaimed.

"Even if he's not cooperating, he can still use the government to promote himself. He has too many possible maneuvers... We cannot give him that opportunity." Josiah looked at the chairman and said, "Sir, I suggest taking further action -- whether to send more people to attack Xu Fang or to assassinate Ma Youcai and Heize Rengatsu first.""The two newcomers controlled by the government can no longer stir up trouble, the main threat is still on Xu Fang...Tonight, I will go to Boston alone to eliminate him. You guys stay at the base, be on guard for possible dangers."

"Sir, 'Apollo's Mercy' has been activated, everyone enters protection mode!" Josiah responded to the president's words with action.

'Apollo's Mercy', Josiah's ultimate life-saving item. When used, it can designate any number of individuals to enter protection mode. Once in protection mode, individuals who die will automatically resurrect at a pre-set location. When all protected individuals die or after 24 hours, the item enters cooldown, the length of which depends on the number of protected individuals and the location of resurrection.

Most resurrection items are one-time use, and the ones that can be used multiple times are extremely rare. A tool like 'Apollo's Mercy' that can be repeatedly used for a group, can be called a divine artifact.

Under the protection of this tool, not a single person in the association has died from a bizarre event.

It is precisely because of the unlimited resurrection that cautious individuals like Josiah dare to cooperate with monsters like Gust.

"Sir, please be careful." Kana said worriedly.

"Don't worry, just like all of you, I am also in protection mode." Velley smiled and looked around at the members of the association, "After all the infighting for so long, it's time to settle things with the enemies."

The president boarded the US military helicopter and left Twinyo under the dim moonlight.

Josiah and the others looked up at the helicopter's rotor traces left behind, filled with confidence in each other.

Although some people may not agree with Velley's outlook on life and values, it has to be said that the president is a principled person. He will not betray his teammates nor surrender to the enemy.

It feels safe to be united with the president.

If the president's goal is not to change the world, perhaps the association is a perfect haven, free from the dangers of other authors and unafraid of bizarre events.

...

The helicopter flew away from the outskirts of Twinyo and got closer and closer to Boston. Soon, they had covered half the distance. Velley stared at his phone screen, which marked Xu Fang's location.

There was still an hour left until he officially faced off with Xu Fang. He would calmly face all the demon's attacks and erase his existence.

He had already eliminated countless enemies, Xu Fang was just slightly more special.

Suddenly, Velley received an urgent communication from Josiah.

"Sir, the controller detected that an author is approaching our location!"

"The demon's duplicate?"

"I think so."

"I understand."

Velley hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and the smile on his face faded slightly.

Xu Fang was indeed able to remove the controller's mark, and he knew the association's location and understood their actions. Just as Velley left, Xu Fang's duplicate approached the base...

Are there such coincidences in the world?

The truth couldn't be any clearer.

Velley took out his handgun and aimed it at his own temple.

"Sir?!" The pilot in the cockpit happened to catch a glimpse of this scene and was stunned.

"Bang!"

The gunshot rang out, and the pilot was shocked to see the head of his superior splatter with bright red blood, and then...the superior disappeared.