Chapter 111 Protective Formation
Yan Shi: ...?
She sized up Lin Cai, who was sitting on the ground. Lin Cai was carefully observing Yan Shi's expression, her hands unconsciously clenching the hem of her clothes.
“Director Yan,” Lin Cai raised her hands to her ears, a standard gesture for being interrogated, “I really don’t know what happened!”
This statement is quite credible.
After all, at five in the morning, as a freshman, Lin Cai could only travel from Zhanzhou to the Summer Palace using her own transportation. She also had to navigate through layers of security imposed by the Bureau of Foreign Affairs to enter the closed Summer Palace.
Although the Bureau of Foreign Affairs is a sieve from top to bottom.
If Lin Cai had this kind of strength, she wouldn't need to be the protagonist of a shonen manga's coming-of-age story; she could just be an invincible protagonist.
So when did Lin Cai arrive?
Yan Shi asked in a deep voice, "How did you get in?"
"I'm not quite sure either," Lin Cai said with a mournful face. "I think I had just left the dormitory to go for my morning exercise when I fell down."
Yan Shi: ...
No wonder he's the protagonist of the comic.
But this would seem like taking the conventional route from Zhanzhou to the Summer Palace. In the middle of the night, because she didn't have a helmet, her head was blown into mush by the night wind, which was very unlucky for her.
Guan Yunji slowly walked around the bookshelf and stared at Lin Cai.
The library was dimly lit, making her expression appear obscure.
Lin Cai, Su Jiefan's child, is the predetermined "child of destiny".
Guan Yunji had learned a lot about Lin Cai's growth from photos, but this was the first time she had actually seen Lin Cai.
Guan Yunji looked away and glanced at Director Yan, who had his back to her.
Director Yan's tone was calm and even: "Get up first. Come with me to the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs."
Speaking of which, the idea of the "chosen one" was first mentioned by Yanju.
Does she know something?
Guan Yunji didn't know. She also couldn't see through Lanlan's older sister.
Upon hearing this, Lin Cai breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay!"
She dusted herself off her pants, stood up, picked up the ancient book that had fallen to the ground, and put it back on the bookshelf.
Yan Shi continued walking towards the door, glancing at the bookshelf as he passed by.
The spine of the book reads "Ancient Gods and Power".
So, how did the book fall down?
The bookshelves in the library were made of high-quality solid wood, very heavy, and filled with books on every shelf. Even if Lin Cai fell and happened to hit the bookshelf, it shouldn't have been so precise that only one book was hit.
She calmly led Guan Yunji and Lin Cai out of the library, then stopped and said, "Lin Cai."
Lin Cai was taken aback: "Here!"
“These are serious criminals detained by the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs,” Yan Shi said, turning around. “I’m going in to get something. You can keep an eye on them for now.”
"Okay, okay!" Lin Cai said, her gaze firm. "Director Yan, I will complete the mission!"
Yan Shi nodded, then retreated back to the library and quickly walked to the bookshelf where Lin Cai had just fallen.
"Ancient Gods and Power" lies quietly on the bookshelf.
Yan Shi took the book out and put it into her spatial bracelet. At the same time, she walked back to the table and put the ancient book that she couldn't understand at all into her bracelet as well.
"Once I finish all the work I did during the day, I'll use Lingwang to take photos and translate them," Yan Shi thought.
As long as the text in this ancient book ever existed, the Spirit Network has a record of it, and she can understand its meaning.
After all, it's the year 7318 in the world calendar, and technology is advancing.
The Summer Palace was bustling with activity even though it wasn't open yet in the morning.
Yan Shi swayed and staggered back to the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs with Lin Cai and Guan Yunji.
Countless cultural relics, who had come out for a stroll in the middle of the night, were now rushing hurriedly along the path, their whispers echoing through the air:
"Hurry up, hurry up, we're going to be late for work!"
"Your locker is on the other side; you've come to the wrong place."
"We can't be seen by the humans! We can't be late! Otherwise, Director Yan will destroy us all."
Yan Shi: ?
She can destroy this artifact right now.
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The east gate is open, but not yet open to the public. Those waiting for inspection at the gate are all staff members from inside the Summer Palace.
Seeing unfamiliar faces emerging from the Summer Palace, they looked over with curiosity.
The security guard at the door saluted Yan Shi and said respectfully, "Hello, we need to see your identification."
Yan Shi nodded, took out a work card from his pocket, and was about to hand it to the guard when he felt that the work card was a bit unfamiliar, so he stopped.
Yan Shi looked down.
Yan Shi: ...
She was in such a rush changing clothes last night that she grabbed the wrong work card!
Life is full of surprises.
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Before Yan Shi could figure out what to do, Gui Ge Mu walked out from behind, looking haggard: "Director Yan."
As she spoke, she routinely took out her work card from her pocket and handed it to the guard.
Yan Shi silently held Yan Lan's teacher card in his hand.
Upon seeing Gui Gemu's work card, the guard saluted, saying, "Director Gui." He then looked at Yan Shi with even greater respect, "Director Yan."
Yan Shi put the teacher's card back in his pocket: "Hmm. The ones behind are serious criminals and interns from the Household Registration Department."
A path opened at the entrance, and the guard asked, "Director Yan, do you need someone to escort the prisoner?"
Yan Shi: "No need, I'm here."
They walked towards the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
Gui Ge Mu looked unusually haggard. The last time the Summer Palace's world barrier shattered in the middle of the night, Gui Ge Mu presided over the deployment of the formation for most of the night—a large and complex combined formation—and he wasn't as listless as he is now.
Yan Shi: "How is it?"
“Director Yan, you don’t know,” Gui Gemu said dejectedly, “this formation has no flaws at all! The weak barrier there is a problem with the original design.”
The original design had a designated empty doorway, and changing this doorway would require modifying the initial prototype of the formation.
The design of this empty gate was ingenious. Gui Gemu spent an entire night walking around the entire perimeter of the Yi Guan Bureau and the Summer Palace, carefully analyzing all the visible array lines before deducing this conclusion.
She tried other methods that night, such as adding another layer of concealing array, but before she could finish drawing the basic structure, the protective array provided by the Bureau of Alien Management erased all the draft patterns.
The protective measures are very comprehensive. No external modifications are permitted.
The one who set up the formation was truly a great master.
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Even the Guige Pavilion has come to this. Yan Shi thought with amusement as they walked along the long palace path.
The outer walls of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs were still intact. As soon as Yan Shi stepped inside, he frowned slightly.
The interior buildings were almost all damaged to some extent; the roofs showed signs of being scorched by spirits, the walls were mottled and uneven, and dark bloodstains were still visible. But overall, the damage was not significant.
The formation at headquarters was set up by several powerful figures from the inner world during the relocation. Although Yan Shi didn't understand formations, he could deduce that the buildings must have had protective measures in place.
Then, her gaze fell on the southeast corner. There used to be a two-story corner tower there, but now it was badly damaged, with all the windows and door frames shattered, revealing the empty interior.
This should be the General Administration Archives room mentioned in Sheng Chunqiu's report. Why is it that this particular room is so badly damaged?
Author's note: I've finally published it.
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