407: Critical genocide warning? (5k words, thanks to Big Brother Shuoye for 20,000 coins reward!)

"Apologies, Host. The preliminary results analyzed by the System cannot yet be verified. To avoid causing you unnecessary trouble due to inaccurate information, please wait a moment, Host. The relevant information module is currently accelerating its loading process!"

"Alright, then about how much longer will it take to finish loading the new information module?" Lin Yang sighed.

"Answering, Host, it will take about one day."

Lin Yang was immediately taken aback: "One day? Does it take that long to load an information module?"

He was surprised. With the System's capabilities, it actually takes a full day to load an information module?

"Host, this information module is being loaded in advance. Originally, this module required a System upgrade to complete. However, due to the current special circumstances and the fact that you are in a relatively dangerous environment, the System has chosen to load it online to prevent you from being unable to use the System during a sleep-mode upgrade. Therefore, it will take a little longer," the System explained.

"Oh, oh… I understand… then go ahead and load it." Lin Yang immediately ceased further questioning.

Every time the System upgrades, it takes a long time; the last upgrade took one or two years.

Compared to the time spent on upgrades, taking only one day to load an information module could be considered very fast.

Plus, it was very thoughtful not to choose a sleep-mode update, so it would be inappropriate for him to rush it further.

The night passed without incident.

Lin Yang did not sleep; instead, he spent the night fusing with space extraordinary characteristic material.

In the morning, the System finally spoke: "Host, the relevant information module has finished loading, and the analysis results are currently being accelerated and processed for comparison. Given the data fed back during the processing, the System suggests that you immediately request reinforcements from the Alien Management Bureau, and this reinforcement request must be at the Critical-level emergency level!"

"It's finished loading?"

Lin Yang had been pleasantly surprised that the System finished loading early, but upon hearing the latter part of the System's statement, his expression immediately changed sharply!

"System, what did you say? You want me to request Critical-level emergency reinforcements from the Alien Management Bureau? Are you sure??"

Lin Yang was stunned.

The Alien Management Bureau's reinforcements are also categorized by level: Ordinary, Moderate Danger, High Danger, Deep Danger, and Extreme Danger.

Ordinary-level reinforcements are essentially without danger. This type of reinforcement is generally needed because a member on a mission cannot continue due to personal reasons and requires a replacement.

However, from the Moderate Danger level onwards, it is different. When the Alien Management Bureau receives a distress signal, it makes a comprehensive assessment of the mission's difficulty based on the preliminary information provided and tries to match members of equivalent strength to the task. Therefore, it can be said that Alien Management Bureau missions generally do not require support.

Issuing a request for Moderate Danger-level reinforcements means that the mission's difficulty has increased by at least one full tier compared to the initial comprehensive assessment provided by the Alien Management Bureau!

For the first batch of members on the mission, this already poses an initial threat to their lives, requiring reinforcements from members with a higher tier of strength, or a larger number of members with strength equivalent to the original team.

High Danger level is even worse! For the members accepting the mission, the level of threat to their lives rises sharply by at least three tiers! Reinforcements at this level can no longer be completed simply by dispatching more members of equivalent strength to the original team. A High Danger-level reinforcement request requires the dispatch of members whose strength is at least one major tier higher than the original mission's assessed difficulty to have a better chance of completion, and it also poses a certain degree of life-threatening risk to the reinforcements themselves.

As for the Deep Danger and Extreme Danger levels, it is not as simple as merely dispatching members with strength two or three tiers higher. It requires specific analysis based on the actual situation, followed by the selection of the most suitable high-level members to provide reinforcements in batches. When a reinforcement request reaches these two levels, the number of reinforcement members is no longer just one or a few; it requires multiple people to provide support simultaneously to ensure safety while completing the mission. Moreover, these two levels of reinforcement are usually accompanied by a certain mortality rate. Yes, that is correct. Even with multiple reinforcements, there is still a very high risk of death! These two levels of distress reinforcement occur very infrequently within the Alien Management Bureau.

Because the Alien Management Bureau's comprehensive mission assessment System has undergone years of upgrades, it can be said to be quite accurate, and such major errors in judgment rarely occur. Such situations generally only arise when the person seeking help deliberately conceals critical information about the danger, which might cause the mission assessment System to provide a difficulty rating that does not match the actual situation. Therefore, this occurrence is extremely rare; after all, having already called for help, unless one is intentionally trying to sabotage others, almost everyone truthfully reports the dangers of their current environment.

Of course, one cannot rule out the possibility that some people might deliberately conceal information. For such individuals who intentionally hide critical information about dangers, the Alien Management Bureau will deal with them directly. If the situation is extremely severe, it may even lead to collateral liabilities. Consequently, after years of perfecting the punishment mechanism, almost no one dares to intentionally file false distress calls to sabotage members of the Alien Management Bureau.

As for the Critical-level danger now mentioned by the System… it is one level higher than the Extreme Danger-level request! It is also the highest level of distress request possible within the Alien Management Bureau! This means the current mission is completely out of control and is not something that can be resolved by simply dispatching more members for support. A reinforcement request of this magnitude means that the current mission requires the entire Alien Management Bureau, and perhaps even the entire Human Universe Alliance, to handle it together! It is the highest level of distress request and the highest level of warning, second only to the Genocide-level!

Throughout the entire history of the Alien Management Bureau, there have only been two such distress calls. Those two Critical-level distress calls required the mobilization of the entire Alien Management Bureau, and even the search for a large number of other human powerhouses for support, with a heavy price paid before they were barely resolved. It can be said that every Critical-level mission signifies an earth-shattering upheaval; one can only imagine how many people must die to deal with such a crisis. A mission of this level is one that, by its very nature, poses a threat to the entire human race, which is why it can be judged as Critical-level. The nature and significance of the entire mission are completely different!

Yet now, the System was actually telling him to issue a Critical-level distress request to the Alien Management Bureau! How could Lin Yang not be shocked?! Once issued, it would be the third Critical-level mission in the entire history of the Alien Management Bureau. This was no honor! It meant disaster, catastrophe!

"System! Are you sure this mission's difficulty has reached the Critical-level?! This is no joke!" Lin Yang suppressed the shock in his heart and confirmed it repeatedly. Issuing a distress request was simple—it only required sending a message. But once this request was issued, the consequences would be unimaginable. Before the System could answer, Lin Yang followed up: "What if we change it to Extreme Danger-level instead?" Critical-level meant too many things. Once issued, it would no longer be just a simple mission.

However, the System replied with unprecedented seriousness: "Host, the complete analysis results have not yet been produced. Based solely on the data matching during the analysis process, the System believes this mission's difficulty has already reached the Critical-level. And this is the System downplaying it; if it weren't for the fact that the data matching information requires further verification, the System believes that even issuing a Genocide-level warning would not be an exaggeration."

"???" "!!!" Lin Yang was dumbfounded. What did the System say? What had he just heard? This mission had even reached the point of requiring a Genocide-level warning???

"Sys… System, are you… serious?" Lin Yang's throat bobbed a few times, and he felt a sense of terror. A normal rescue mission had now actually reached the point where it required a Genocide-level warning??

"Regrettably, Host, that is the reality." The System gave a definitive reply, then continued: "Of course, a Genocide-level warning does not need to be issued for the time being, but the Critical-level distress request cannot be downgraded any further."

"…" Lin Yang fell silent. After a moment, he spoke solemnly: "System, what exactly have you detected? If you don't tell me the results, it will be very difficult for me to issue this distress request!" This was no ordinary request; for a Critical-level distress request, the Alien Management Bureau would certainly need to know the cause in order to formulate a response.

"Host, please wait a moment. The final result comparison will take approximately fifteen more minutes. After fifteen minutes, the System will provide you with the complete detection results."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief: "Fifteen minutes? That's not bad, it's fast enough!"

He could afford to wait for a dozen minutes or so.

However, the System spoke up again:

"Host, the System still advises you to immediately issue a request for reinforcements. Ask the Alien Management Bureau to dispatch a large number of armed forces to blockade this entire planet immediately, intercept all outbound interstellar flights, track all spaceships that departed this morning, and arrest all target individuals at the tavern right now."

"Although fifteen minutes is not a long time, it is enough for the target individuals to leave the planet ahead of schedule."

The System's words made Lin Yang's pupils constrict: "You mean, the people at the tavern might already be suspicious and are preparing to evacuate?"

"Yes, Host. Therefore, please issue the request for reinforcements immediately!" the System emphasized.

"Fine! I'll send the request now!" Lin Yang's eyes flashed, and he immediately began connecting to the Alien Management Bureau's mission System.

He was not an indecisive person. Since the System had already described the situation as so serious, he certainly would not hesitate any longer.

Even though the results weren't out yet, he trusted the System!

Soon, the Critical-level request for reinforcements was drafted.

Before finally sending the request, the mission System asked him to provide supplementary information:

"Respected Your Excellency Lin Yang, a Critical-level request for reinforcements is not a simple request. Please be sure to provide some relevant information so that the mission System can make a judgment!"

"Please also note that a Critical-level request is a matter of great importance. If you release false or exaggerated information, you will be severely punished!"

Seeing this, Lin Yang couldn't help but sigh.

Request information of other levels could be sent instantly, without wasting a single second. Even for an Extremely Dangerous-level request, it would be sent in seconds; the mission System would race against time to save precious survival time for the requester.

But for this Critical-level request, the Alien Management Bureau's mission System required him to provide supplementary information for confirmation, which went to show that a mission of this level was indeed incredibly significant!

However, providing supplementary information... Lin Yang had a headache.

The Alien Management Bureau's mission System monitored mission progress at all times. Generally speaking, for other levels of requests, the mission System would naturally make a judgment based on the danger level of the monitored environment.

But right now, the mission System could not detect the danger in the external environment, and he hadn't engaged in direct combat with anyone. Coupled with the fact that a Critical-level mission was of great importance, he had to provide some concrete evidence before the mission System could judge whether this request could be elevated to the Critical level.

This might seem like a delay, but in reality, it was because missions that could reach the Critical level often involved major crises concerning the entire human race.

Therefore, missions of this level could not be easily judged and issued.

The impact was too great.

But he currently couldn't provide concrete evidence!

After a moment, Lin Yang said to the System: "System, the Alien Management Bureau's mission System is asking me to submit some evidence before I can send a Critical-level request. How am I supposed to get this evidence?"

This time, the System didn't reply instantly. Instead, it was silent for a rare two seconds before replying: "Host, please authorize the System to connect to your mission System. The System will modify some permissions of the mission System so that it can make the judgment and issue the Critical-level mission."

"Fine, I authorize this action!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yang did not hesitate and immediately gave the System authorization.

A dozen seconds later, the System's voice came: "Done, Host."

Following the System's voice, before Lin Yang could even respond, he saw the Alien Management Bureau's mission System pop up another notification:

"Respected Your Excellency Lin Yang, the mission System has completed the collection of mission information for this request. According to the preliminary judgment of the mission System, this mission fully meets the Critical-level standard. Please be sure to protect your own safety before reinforcements arrive. The Alien Management Bureau's mission System salutes you!"

The next second, after the notification popped up, the Critical-level request was directly transmitted by the mission System to the Alien Management Bureau headquarters.

Meanwhile, inside the Alien Management Bureau headquarters building in the Land of Endless Mist.

The mechanical synthesized voice of the Alien Management Bureau's mission intelligence System suddenly resounded throughout the building:

"Attention all members of the Alien Management Bureau!"

"Warning!"

"Warning!"

"Attention all members of the Alien Management Bureau!"

"The mission System has received a Critical-level request for reinforcements from a mission member. After confirmation and judgment by the mission System, this mission fully meets the Critical-level standard. All standby members of the Alien Management Bureau, please enter combat readiness status immediately!"

"From this moment on, the mission System will automatically obtain the highest authorization and will comprehensively allocate tasks based on mission progress. This mission is a mandatory mission; no member may refuse, otherwise, they will be treated as guilty of treason!"

"Repeat! All members, please enter wartime status immediately and stand by!"

"..." The mission System's warning sounded three times in total.

In an instant, everyone throughout the Alien Management Bureau building was stunned!

"Holy crap, what the hell did I just hear? Someone issued a Critical-level request for reinforcements??"

"Oh my god, since the founding of the Alien Management Bureau, a Critical-level mission has only appeared twice, and both happened in the distant past. This time, is it our turn to witness history?"

"Screw that, I'd rather not witness this kind of history. This is a Critical-level mission, for crying out loud! If things go wrong, we're dead!"

"Do you still have the mood to discuss this here? Hurry up and prepare for support! Get everything you can ready, bring out all your trump cards, and try your best to ensure your own safety during the mission. Now is not the time to hide your strength!"

"Right, right, hurry and prepare. Dammit, this is a Critical-level mission, it cannot be refused. Those two times in history, each one was a bloodbath. This time, we need to minimize casualties as much as possible!"

"..."

The members of the Alien Management Bureau who were on standby in the building, after hearing the warning issued by the mission System and getting over their initial shock, all became incredibly serious and began to frantically arm themselves!

High-level weapons they were usually reluctant to buy? Buy them!

Escape equipment they were usually reluctant to equip? Equip it!

Critical-level missions, as history shows, are successes built on mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

No one was thinking about slacking off at this moment!

It was not just for their own lives, but more importantly, for the entire human race!

Because, at this level, a Critical-level mission is almost a matter of life and death for the entire human race!

This is a mission fought for oneself, and also for the entire human race!

On the eighteenth floor, in Song Qingfeng's office, Song Qingfeng was also incredibly solemn at this moment.

He hadn't even experienced a Critical-level mission before!

But as the director, he naturally understood even better what a mission of this level meant!

The fact that it could be received and issued by the mission System proved that the mission had been judged and had indeed reached the Critical level.

This was not a good thing!

Xiaoquan Assistant was also standing by with a solemn expression, quickly tinkering with a portable device in his hand, and said:

"Director, this request... was issued by Your Excellency Lin Yang. It seems he is facing an unimaginable situation over there. He requests that the Bureau immediately blockade the neutral planet he is on and track all spaceships that have departed today."

"The evidence information received by the mission System also indicates that this mission has nearly reached the level of a genocide-level warning. We need to immediately provide reinforcements to Your Excellency Lin Yang and fulfill the requirements stated in his request!"

Song Qingfeng's eyes changed: "It has reached the level of a genocide-level warning?"

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