Chapter 252 (251) Horror Movie

The notice on the official website of the Foreign Affairs Bureau caused a huge uproar as soon as it was released.

The central island of Baiyujing is only so big; the only way to get a sufficiently spacious sect residence is to build a new floating island.

This had been the case for centuries, but then Director Yan suddenly decided to limit the number of floating islands, which was unacceptable to most people.

Shu Yao, who had just stepped down as the city lord of Baiyujing, remained silent and submitted the materials immediately after the notice was issued.

Below the notification, the remaining number of floating islands available for application has quietly decreased by one.

In addition, Director Yan announced that he would personally oversee the Baiyujing Bureau of Foreign Affairs.

Considering her consistent behavior, regardless of whether they had any objections or not, and after weighing their own strength, they all remained silent.

Then, I hurriedly got up in the middle of the night, pinched my nose, downloaded the documents from the official website to compare with the samples, and started writing the application.

The entire Baiyujing, from the central island to countless floating islands, was brightly lit in the night sky.

Yan Shi was holed up in his office on the top floor of the branch office of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, playing a sorting game.

In detail, it means viewing the list of active members in the branch office system, which can be simply categorized into those who are just there for show and those who are actually doing the work.

Those who do nothing will be kicked out along with the extra floating islands of Baiyujing after dawn.

Those who were actually doing the work were divided into small groups with the execution team urgently dispatched by the General Administration to prepare for the mission of shooting down the floating island.

Sorting is a very enjoyable thing, at least that's what Yan Shi thinks.

Because she has plenty of time.

The relationships between the sects and families in Baiyujing are complex and intertwined. Yan Shi has given out eighty spots on the floating islands, and they are neither able nor able to unite the uncooperative forces.

If one of them actually comes to Yan Shi to protest, could it be that their so-called cooperating sect has already secretly submitted an application?

Doubt is the biggest trap.

So regardless of whether it's important or not, I'll stay up all night and finish writing it first.

Yan Shi leisurely sent the categorized list to Jie Sheng and stretched.

She can go home now!

Jie Sheng replied with a very long message.

[Jie Sheng: Director Yan, regarding the agreement you previously reached with Venerable Changming, Yaoque delivered the compensation payment six months ago. The compensation payment list is as follows.]

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, the secretariat has locked the compensation payment in the system, and you may need to make specific arrangements in the near future.

In addition, the General Bureau has completed the selection of candidates to go to Yaoque. Here is the list. Do you think it needs to be adjusted?

In addition, the annual work report, financial report, key implementation report of the Foreign Affairs Bureau for this year, special reports submitted by each branch, and next year's financial budget execution report have all been compiled and are as follows. You may need to give your instructions.

All documents and reports have been sent to your email address by the secretariat.

This message was followed by a long list of files.

Yan Shi's vision went black.

She had just joined the company last year, and Sheng Chunqiu was responsible for compiling the year-end and year-end reports.

Sheng Chunqiu was much more direct, summarizing each report into a single sentence.

Yan Shi glanced at it, compared it with the instructions in the work manual, made only minor adjustments to a few details, and left most of it unchanged, and that was it approved.

The General Administration has implemented many reforms this year, and the Secretariat has just been established. Unable to fathom Yan Shi's intentions, Xie Sheng sent over all the original documents.

Yan Shi: ...

It turns out there's no time to leave work.

She also needs to stay up late to review documents.

Human joys and sorrows are so similar.

[Yan: I understand.]

Reluctantly, she opened the file. While waiting for the download to complete, she suddenly thought of Sheng Chunqiu, a memory she hadn't had in a long time.

Yan Shi has been the taciturn but reliable head of the executive department since he joined the company.

Yan Shi always tries to forget Sheng Chunqiu's betrayal.

She has many documents to process and is busy every day; Yan Shi can handle things perfectly without Sheng Chunqiu.

But at this moment, Yan Shi was lost in thought, pondering:

Why does Sheng Chunqiu think that the shattering of the world barrier is a good thing for the surface world?

The inner world and the outer world are not power systems of the same magnitude.

Moreover, besides humans, the Otherworld also contains countless fantasy species and spirits. To them, humans are even considered outsiders.

Yan Shi couldn't understand it.

She couldn't help but ask the blazing sun crown: "If, I mean if, I have a friend who has a problem she can't figure out right now."

The blazing sun, which was diligently adjusting the jewels at the tip of its crown to be symmetrical, looked up upon hearing this: "Yanshi, what happened to you?"

Yan Shi: "He is my friend."

"Okay, you have a friend." The blazing sun crown played along perfectly. "I understand, you humans always use 'friend' to refer to yourselves."

Yan Shi: ...

“Okay,” she said, giving up, “I just don’t understand it. I have a colleague I trust very much, and given her background and connections, I thought she would work with me for a very long time.”

"But she betrayed me. Do you remember, Sheng Chunqiu?"

"Oh, it's her." Shaking his head in the blazing sun, he said, "I remember her. Why are you suddenly bringing her up again?"

Yan Shi: "Because after she betrayed me, she started working on the demolition of the World Barrier."

"So I don't understand why she did that?"

"I don't know either," said Crowned Sun. "If you can't figure it out, we can go ask her together!"

'Yan Shi, what are you running away from again?' It keenly sensed the key point and asked.

"I..." Yan Shi lowered his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "I'm afraid the answer won't meet my expectations."

"But I don't know what kind of answer I want to hear."

The blazing sun ignited a small flame: 'In that case, we should go find her and ask her clearly.' It sounded somewhat exasperated. 'Language is for communication; don't ignore a relationship.'

"In the melodramatic dramas Shan Fengyang used to watch, all the ridiculous and absurd events were based on a lack of communication." The more Lie Ri Guan Mian thought about it, the more serious the matter seemed. "Let's go, let's go now," it commanded, propping itself up.

Yan Shi: "Huh?"

"Go find her and get to the bottom of this," concluded the blazing sun. "She's destroying the world's defenses! She should be arrested according to the law; it's your job."

It spoke with great logic and reason.

Yan Shi nodded thoughtfully: "You're right."

She casually pulled a piece of official paper from her desk and wrote something simple on the back:

[Leaving to run errands, will be back soon. Send a message if there's anything urgent.]

He then stood up and said, "Let's go to where Sheng Chunqiu is."

The space quietly cracked open beside Yan Shi, revealing complete darkness behind it.

Under the blazing sun, a cheer erupted: "Wuhu, let's go on an adventure!"

Yan Shi took a deep breath and, without hesitation, stepped into the darkness beyond the crevice.

After entering, Yan Shi discovered that this unknown place was not completely dark.

Tiny specks of light flowed slowly through the space. More precisely, they flowed slowly along the pipes.

Very beautiful.

Under the command of the blazing sun crown, the fire spirits gathered around Yan Shi into small clusters of light, illuminating the surroundings.

Yan Shi then realized that she was standing in a corridor.

One side of the corridor is made of transparent glass. The glass is likely laminated, with the pipes located within the laminate.

Inside the pipe, an unknown liquid, shimmering with a faint light, flowed slowly.

The decorating style looks familiar.

Before Yan Shi could react, he suddenly heard a scream, and then a huge, dark thing was thrown at him.

Fire Spirit immediately stopped the unidentified object, and the air smelled of burnt fabric and cotton.

Yan Shi: ?

Before she could react, with a "snap," the corridor lights suddenly came on.

"Who goes there?" A familiar voice came from not far ahead.

Yan Shi looked in the direction of the sound.

They stared at each other, both dressed in pajamas and looking terrified.

"...Yanju?!"

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It breaks down in the morning, breaks down at noon, and breaks down at night.

This is Duan Yunchen's mood at this moment.

She sat on the corner of her sofa, still somewhat shaken, glancing at Director Yan and Sheng Chunqiu sitting beside her.

The two men were completely different from her style, who was dressed in pajamas and had messy hair. They were both dressed neatly and formally in uniforms, with the buttons on their shirts fastened to the top, looking like they could be heading to a meeting room at any moment.

Duan Yunchen, however, only felt that the world was truly absurd.

She was watching a horror movie in bed late at night, her heart pounding with fear, when she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the hallway outside her room, the exact same sound the protagonist in the movie heard.

Duan Yunchen felt a chill run down his spine.

The movie has become reality?!

However, since her home was on the top floor of the Weier Hub Management Bureau, Duan Yunchen couldn't completely ignore it.

So she hugged her pillow, carefully opened the door, peeked out, and saw a "ghostly figure" in the middle of the corridor not far away.

There were even specks of red light around the ghostly figure.

The ghostly figure slowly turned towards her.

Duan Yunchen: !

She instantly empathized with the horror movie character, screaming without thinking and throwing her pillow at the ghostly figure.

What happened next was even more terrifying: the pillow not only missed, but it also caught fire.

Duan Yunchen's beautiful, soft pillow suddenly emitted a burnt smell.

Her mind stopped thinking, and her hand, without her consent, quickly switched on the light.

Fear often stems not only from insufficient firepower, but also from darkness.

Then Duan Yunchen saw his immediate supervisor standing in the corridor, looking at him expressionlessly.

Before Yan Ju lay Duan Yunchen's charred corpse, a pillow-like body.

Duan Yunchen: ...

It wasn't a ghost after all.

It's better to be a ghost.

She forced a smile, looked at her charred pillow, and cried out, "Director Yan."

No, isn't it the middle of the night?

Why would Director Yan suddenly come to her house?

Yan Shi had no idea that Sheng Chunqiu would be at the Weir hub.

Duan Yunchen, as the owner of the branch office of the Weier Hub, was unaware that someone else had come to his home.

Sheng Chunqiu stayed in Guan Yunji's room.

Guan Yunji was detained by Yan Shi at the Weier Hub Branch of the Bureau of Alien Affairs. So much time had passed that Yan Shi had almost forgotten about it.

Outside of work, Duan Yunchen is addicted to games and anime.

Since the branch office of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs could order takeout normally and the deliveryman could take away the trash, she didn't care about Guan Yunji's affairs.

It had been a long time since we last met, but Sheng Chunqiu was still the same as before, as composed as ever.

She sat calmly on the sofa opposite Yan Shi: "Director Yan."

Yan Shi suddenly didn't know where to begin.

“Shengchu,” she finally spoke, feigning composure, “it’s been a long time.”

Sheng Chunqiu laughed and said, "I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

Yan Shi stared at Sheng Chunqiu: "Hmm?"

“I thought you would come to see the teacher soon,” Sheng Chunqiu said.

"Teacher?" Yan Shi was somewhat surprised, then lowered his eyes knowingly.

No wonder.

No wonder Sheng Chunqiu stayed in Guan Yunji's room.

Sheng Chunqiu: "Yes. Perhaps you'd be interested in hearing a short story?"