Chapter 584 A Gift from Heaven: A Companion for Thinking

Yu Sheng has a very good attitude.

Bai Liqing's feelings were rather complicated.

She looked up at the crystal tree and the spacetime rifts resembling "tree fruits" in its canopy, then looked down at Yu Sheng. Her light gray eyes revealed no emotion, but her mind was in turmoil.

The "legacy" of the two dark angels stood tall and imposing right in front of her, and they looked incredibly healthy. The world's only angel hunter said that these things were harmless, so she could only take it as truth. Now, Yu Sheng was telling her that she could observe the edge of the universe through the cracks in the tree canopy, and even the ancient Holy Spirit gathering place that had long been disconnected from the inner universe. If even half a word of this news leaked out of the border region, she couldn't imagine when she would have her next vacation.

After all, that was the Lost Home – the world's final and original ark.

"Besides that ship, did you see anything else?" Baili Qing suddenly asked.

"What else did I see..." Yu Sheng stroked his chin, thought for a few seconds, and shook his head. "Besides the starry sky in the background and the surrounding sea of ​​fire, I only saw that ship. Maybe the ship's 'presence' was too strong, and I couldn't focus on anything else..."

He paused, then suddenly seemed to remember something: "Ah, wait a minute, although I didn't see anything else, I did have some strange 'feelings' at the time. When I looked at that ship, I would inexplicably feel a 'pulling' sensation, as if my mind had crossed that rift and been pulled to the end of the universe. I also felt that the ship was pulling the entire starry sky, and even pulling everything in the world forward... Am I being a bit abstract? But I can't think of a suitable word."

Yu Sheng felt that his claims were quite far-fetched, but Baili Qing seemed to be deep in thought. After several seconds, the director broke the silence with a serious expression: "What you said... might not be an illusion. If that rift hadn't collapsed back then, you might have already crossed the stars and arrived at that ship."

Yu Sheng blinked, and after a couple of seconds, he asked, "Can I come back?"

“How would I know? Perhaps you can still open a door to go home once you get on the Lost Home? Or perhaps the Ancient Holy Spirits will personally send you back to the Inner Universe,” Baili Qing said, revealing a rare hint of uncertainty. “Of course, it’s more likely that… you will be stranded at the edge of the universe. After all, at the edge of the world, most of the laws of nature that people are familiar with are no longer reliable, and we can’t be sure what the situation is like on the other side of the border, or what the Ancient Holy Spirits’ attitude will be towards you.”

Yu Sheng twitched the corners of his mouth and remained silent for a moment, seemingly lost in thought. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "Alright, it seems we'll have to be more careful next time we observe these cracks."

He glanced at the canopy of the Crystal Tree again, then his gaze fell on Baili Qing: "You've seen the Crystal Tree, and you know about the situation at the Boundary Bridge. Is there anything else you'd like to know?"

Bai Liqing thought for a moment, her gaze sweeping over the distant corridor surrounding the courtyard, and the continuous, magnificent, and solemn church buildings outside the corridor.

"Would you mind if I wandered around here? I'm quite interested in this church—and that 'Soul Field' outside."

“Of course, no problem,” Yu Sheng smiled, raising his hand to beckon to Luna, who was waiting not far away. “Then let Luna show you around this place. She’s a great guide. Luna, you show Baili Qing around and tell her about your twelve-phase project plan.”

Luna immediately walked over with a bright smile.

Judging from her expression, Yu Sheng knew this girl had already started mentally drafting the compressed file...

...

Inside the Secret Service headquarters building, in the director's office.

After an unknown amount of time, Baili Qing suddenly opened her eyes, as if she had been startled awake from a dream. Her mind left the wilderness of the soul and returned to the dimension of reality.

Yu Sheng was sitting across the table, watching her with a smile.

Baili Qing blinked, her mind still buzzing a little. It took her two or three seconds to fully regain her senses. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke: "...So she's really good at talking?!"

Yu Sheng laughed when he heard this: "Given the chaotic environment of the hostel, coupled with Eileen's jumpy, noisy, cheeky, and rude style, Luna can handle things with ease and even outdo Eileen. Do you think it's possible for me to say that she is honest and simple?"

He shook his head and added, "It's just lucky that Luna's physical delay is high in the real world. If her delay were any lower, I'd probably have to sleep on the roof every day—the house would be uninhabitable."

Baili Qing didn't say anything, but rubbed her forehead wearily.

Yu Sheng felt that although Luna was eloquent, she didn't have that much power—this bureau chief sister probably hadn't had enough sleep.

However, Baili Qing quickly cheered up again.

"How is Luo doing with you?" she asked.

“She’s been quite well-behaved these past two days,” Yu Sheng said, recalling Little Red Riding Hood’s report. “She’s basically stayed indoors, or sunbathing at the door—though there’s no sun in my valley. I initially arranged for her to stay away from the valley, but I didn’t expect her to hardly even leave the house. According to Little Red Riding Hood, she has a rather…melancholy air about her now.”

"...That's exactly what I expected," Baili Qing said thoughtfully. "She's smart. She knows how to reduce her presence and threat in this situation, so as to leave some room for maneuver in future negotiations or interrogations—she's better than most cult members who can't see the situation clearly."

"Of course, she's not as docile as you think—I bet she's tried to bypass the communication blockade to contact the outside world, and if there had been even the slightest loophole in your 'detention' of her, she would have definitely tried to escape. The fact that she hasn't run away now only shows that she has a very clear understanding of the containment level of your 'valley'."

Yu Sheng stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then asked curiously, "What are your plans for Luo? You can't just keep him locked up like this, can you?"

"...To be honest, this is a tricky issue for the Secret Service, and even for the border region," Baili Qing said frankly. "If she were truly the kind of notorious warlord who has clashed with the border region, everything would be simple. But she's a 'moderate,' and in some ways, she's even 'cooperated' with the Secret Service. Moreover, her position within the Black Spot Group is quite delicate—neither high enough to exchange for huge benefits, nor low enough to be ignored..."

"She's unlikely to be executed, nor will she be released. The possibility of recruiting her is very low, and we need to be even more cautious about making deals with the Black Dot Group. At present, the most likely scenario is continued house arrest, long-term house arrest—until we need her to use her. Of course, the even lower probability is that she will be secretly executed someday after long-term house arrest...if she shows any threat to the border area again."

Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows: "I thought you two were on good terms."

"Friendship is friendship, and principles are principles. Besides, there wasn't much of a 'friendship' between us to begin with," Baili Qing said calmly. "The fact that I was able to secure her long-term house arrest is already out of consideration for our past collaborations and the fact that she was also a victim in this incident."

“If that’s the case…” Yu Sheng thought for a moment, then looked very seriously into Baili Qing’s eyes, “I have an idea.”

Baili Qing seemed to have guessed something quickly, and asked with some surprise, "You want to stay Luo?"

Yu Sheng nodded.

Bai Liqing asked in a strange tone, "Why would you leave a black mark on a warlord like that?"

Yu Sheng shrugged: "Didn't I just steal a space station...?"

Bai Liqing: "...There's no need to be so proud and frank."

“I’m not very good at using that thing,” Yu Sheng said, pretending not to hear, his expression still calm. “Mo Ran brought over a group of scholars from Alglade Star, but the experts said that even they have difficulty understanding the things that the Black Dot Group’s ‘tech freaks’ have made. Besides, the core system of that space station has layers of encryption—it’s much easier to have the original owner go there and enter the password than to organize a team to crack it.”

Baili Qing raised her eyelids, her light gray eyes looking at Yu Sheng earnestly: "Anything else?"

Those eyes seemed to see through everything, but Yu Sheng had gotten somewhat used to them. He just smiled and said, "On the other hand, I do need a 'smart person' to help me with some research."

There are many things he needs to study.

For example, Eileen's situation, Luna's "artificial saintess" technology, the Boundary Bridge, and that "star crystal tree".

As more and more strange things appeared around him, Yu Sheng gradually realized that some secrets could not be figured out by the few rascals living at No. 66 Wutong Road alone, and his own "thinking" was not enough.

The hostel needs to do some real "research".

One person's capacity for thought is limited—he needs to find a wise person to think with him.

Ideally, they should be the kind of unconventional people who usually deal with all sorts of weird and unorthodox things, and who are also somewhat tainted by dark psionic energy and the warp.

Of course, the Secret Service has research teams, and there are immortals in Shuji who are studying the Great Dao. Even academic organizations like Terra Academy and Alglade Astrological Society can help Yu Sheng through the connections of the Secret Service or the Flying Feather Star Region. But helping is helping, they are ultimately not part of the Inn.

Luo wasn't a member of the hostel, but she could be.

There's no need to feel pressured about poaching talent from Blacklisted Groups.

Moreover, Luo has an advantage that no one else can replace: she really does deal with all sorts of weird and unorthodox things in her daily life, and she really does have some dark psionic energy and warp energy, and more importantly, she was given a power-up by the Goddess of Omens—and she didn't die.

This means she has extremely high spiritual talent and is also very resilient (this is the most important point).

Yu Sheng felt that this was a rare talent, a perfect partner for brainstorming.

(End of this chapter)