Chapter 63 The Beginning
Because Libertas was waiting, Yan Shi didn't have time to read the comic carefully. He quickly flipped through a few pages and glanced at the page numbers.
It's very thick, roughly equivalent to the thickness of two previous chapters in one, and according to the comments, it's two chapters released consecutively.
Yan Shi remembered that the day she discovered the comic, which was also the first update of the comic, the progress of the comic was basically in line with reality.
So she even wondered if this might be a prophetic comic.
Why did she stop pursuing the comic afterward?
The prophecy comics must have had a significant impact on her work. How come she reads comics every week as if it were just for fun?
Yan Shi realized something was wrong in an instant.
The comic's update schedule has been slow ever since, and has even become slower and slower, now lagging far behind reality.
The fleeting moment of wariness that Yan Shi initially felt when he first saw the comic had vanished without a trace.
She gripped her phone tightly.
For the first time, I felt a completely unfamiliar sense of bewilderment.
What happened to her before?
And this comic, updating so much at once, feels like it's trying to catch up on all the backlogs at once.
Did this manga really originate from Kirina?
Yan Shi was unaware.
She carefully reflected on this period and suddenly realized that there were a lot of emergencies at the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, which kept her busy dealing with these emergencies to avoid working overtime.
But even with extra shifts, the emergency still hadn't been resolved.
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However, sudden events are not entirely sudden events.
From the General Administration's Household Registration Division to the special appropriations for the Giant E Plain, these have all been long-standing issues within the Bureau of Different Management and the Underworld.
If she had pretended from the beginning that she hadn't discovered the problems within the General Bureau's Household Registration Department because of the Wood Elf, none of the subsequent events would have unfolded.
Why did she suddenly intervene in the Household Registration Department?
Did you start to feel something was wrong one day?
However, Yan Shi had actually been in office at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs for half a year.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and Yan Shi suddenly grasped a beginning.
The beginning of the comic is also the beginning of all events and curiosity.
One afternoon, on her way home from get off work, she encountered Lin Cai feeding cats by the roadside.
Later, out of curiosity, she followed them and broke Lin Cai out of prison.
So why did she go there, and why did she take Lin Cai away directly?
This is strange.
Yan Shi is not a very curious person.
She knew that her classmates from school would sometimes talk about her as if they had no feelings for her.
She is indifferent to the suffering and joy of others.
In her eyes, everyone was no different from a stray cat on the street or a bench by the roadside.
Yan Shi will give others a stroke of luck within her ability.
But these gifts were nothing special to Yan Shi.
I just did it because I felt like it.
When did she start to change again?
He will gradually begin to feel curious, lazy, and frustrated. He will frown because there are too many people with connections in the General Administration of Household Registration. He will also feel sorry for the cubs on the Giant E's Plain and hope that he can become a qualified director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
And the curse—it never failed her in the six months since she took office.
It all started with the beginning of comics.
Her spells frequently failed, and the laws often responded but were ineffective.
She began to pay attention to the affairs of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, which she had never noticed before, and began to think about the current situation within the Bureau.
She learned from Wuming that the main source of her spell's power was faith and anchor.
The frequent failures were actually due to some unknown problems within the device itself, not problems with the rules.
Invalidate.
This was because her spell had failed at the time, so she just said it offhand.
It's very suitable.
However, Lin Cai seemed very surprised at the time, but upon closer reflection, this surprise was not because she knew she had the ability, but rather...
He was surprised to learn that his ability was actually nullified.
Lin Cai's mother is Su Jiefan, a professional agent who bombards the gates at midnight.
Did Lin Cai really have no idea about the existence of the Otherworld?
If she knew, then...
What exactly are Lin Cai's abilities?!
Yan Shi quickly switched to Yan Lan's account on the spirit communication platform and added Lin Cai directly through the spirit communication account sent by Yan Ju's account.
[Yanlan: I am Yanlan.]
[Yanlan: Lin Cai, what are your abilities?]
Lin Cai had not yet replied. Yan Shi closed his eyes slightly, then opened them again to look at Libertas.
“Before you add your spiritual message,” Yan Shi glanced at Libertas, sensing his curiosity, “answer one question for me first.”
"Back at the Cloud Journey Tower, was it you who told the Bureau of Alien Affairs that I was on the Mithril Merchant Guild's airship?"
Yan Shi recalled the temporary martial law that coincided with the timing of the Cloud Journey Tower, as well as the people from the Bureau of Eccentricity and Libertas that he had met on the airship, and suddenly remembered a crucial question.
How did the Bureau of Extraterritorial Control know that she had made a deal with the Mithril Company involving contraband and that she was scheduled to leave by airship that morning?
She and Wei Ning negotiated their deal on the black market, where there was no surveillance from the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.
It can only be Libertas.
Libertas must have taken her to the Cloud Journey Tower. She had barely left when he notified the Bureau of Alien Affairs.
Libertas remained silent.
“Yanlan,” she said, spreading her hands after thinking for a moment, “I just don’t want you to be scammed by the Mithril Merchant Guild. Who knows if they’ll knock you out and sell your organs.”
"Humans are very valuable in the Otherworld. Every part of a human's body is expensive, especially the innate vessel that can sense spirits. After selling their bodies, a human's soul can also be sold to demons."
I'm very worried about you.
"Sorry, I was the one who notified the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs."
Just as I expected.
Yan Shi calmly said, "This is not your excuse. You can tell me directly and let me judge for myself. All the consequences are the result of my wrong judgment."
Libertas squatted on the ruins, looking at her innocently.
Yan Shi stood up: "Let's add each other as friends. You can leave after that."
"You don't need to say you'll help me find it. I think you'll find it, keep it for a while, and then give it to me."
"After all, this is the same hairpin as Yanju's."
Libertas seemed hurt, remaining silent with his lips pursed.
Yan Shi: "Are you leaving on your own, or should I see you off?"
The water spirit coalesced in her palm, eager to fling Libertas directly out of the ruins.
"I'll count down from three, three, two." Yan Shi paused.
Libertas said no more and jumped off the top of the ruins.
"Yanlan, see you next time!" After she landed smoothly, she seemed to remember something, turned around and gave Yanshi a big, hearty laugh, calling out.
"I made a mistake last time, but I've learned my lesson. I promise I won't do it again, so please don't be angry. Can we still be friends?"
Presumably guessing that she wouldn't get a reply from Yan Shi, she waited a while after she finished speaking, then called out, "Next time I'll bring you specialties from our Kesai territory!"
With that, Libertas walked out of the ruins.
Yan Shi felt that he was somewhat angry, but also speechless, like punching cotton.
This emotion was peculiar; she gathered the eager water spirit in her palm and struck the ruins.
"boom!!"
Waves rose.
The ruins exploded in the center, completely exposing the dilapidated altar formation underneath.
Yan Shi felt relieved.
The nearby enforcement teams and patrols heard the loud noise and looked towards the ruins.
Yan Shi ignored them and jumped into the giant pit in the middle.
"God said, 'The scepter of life appears and shines.'"
The ruins remained completely still.
Even the laws didn't respond to her.
All right.
Yan Shi pouted. She had long thought that the Scepter of Life, as the authority of the spirit, probably wouldn't be sensed by the laws.
Otherwise, according to Wuming, with the world barrier shattered and the power of the laws unprecedentedly strong, why didn't He shatter the world barrier himself?
If this law is so determined to eliminate her, it's impossible that it wouldn't have considered breaking down the world's barriers to make itself even stronger.
It's simply that the laws of nature cannot do it.
Either you can't act against the world's barriers, or you can't perceive the authority of the spirits at all.
This is human authority, and naturally, it can only be perceived by humans.
Since the shortcut was blocked, Yan Shi had no choice but to resort to the most primitive method.
The altar formation has been blasted out, so we started manually searching for stones in the vicinity.
The altar was very large, and Yan Shi could no longer discern where she had made her move against the unknown wild god. She could only slowly search along the edge of the altar.
Just as she was getting frustrated with her search, a voice suddenly came from beside her, "Yanlan, is this the wooden hairpin you're looking for?"
At the same time, the wooden hairpin she had accidentally lost was handed to her by a hand.
Yan Shi was startled and turned his head to look.
It was the height of spring and autumn.
She had arrived at some unknown time and seemed to have been searching through the rocks for a long time, her hands covered in dust and grime.
“Yanlan,” Sheng Chunqiu nodded to her, “I am Sheng Chunqiu, the director of the Executive Division of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.”
Yan Shi: ...
She knew, of course she knew Sheng Chunqiu.
But why would even Sheng Chunqiu recognize her as his younger sister?
However, considering that everyone, including the high priest, thought the same way, Yan Shi felt somewhat strange and speechless.
What exactly is the difference between her, Yan Shi, and Yan Lan?
Yan Shi first took the wooden hairpin and examined it carefully.
It has the familiar feel and appearance; though it has been buried under the rubble for a long time, it is still free of dust.
It's not like we knew in advance how important this wooden hairpin was, so it would be difficult to make a fake in such a short time.
It should be her wooden hairpin, the scepter of life.
Yan Shi vigorously wiped the wooden hairpin on her clothes, pulled off the hair tie, and re-tied her hair with the hairpin before looking at Sheng Chunqiu.
How did you know I was looking for this?
Sheng Chunqiu: "I overheard what you and Ms. Lorenz were saying before."
She arrived long before Libertas. To be precise, she arrived when Yanlan stepped out of the spatial rift, seemingly looking for something.
She also ordered the surrounding enforcement teams and patrols not to disturb Yanlan.
She arranged for all personnel in the vicinity, while simultaneously handing over to the headquarters, suppressing the unrest in Cloud City regarding the sudden appearance of another city in the suburbs and the giant light in the sky.
Suddenly, a woman who looked very much like Director Yan was seen standing in the restricted area of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, looking for something.
Has Director Yan returned?
Sheng Chunqiu was a little puzzled. He was about to go up and ask Director Yan if there were any new arrangements when he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
The people on the ruins resembled Yanju, yet were not entirely the same.
Gui Ge Mu had just returned from setting up a complex, integrated array for insulation and cleaning, which she had been tasked with doing. Following her gaze, he exclaimed, "Hey? Isn't that Yan Lan? What's she doing here? Director Yan just left."
"No, it seems Yanlan doesn't want to see Director Yan."
Sheng Chunqiu: "Yanlan?"
“Hmm, you weren’t at the Will Hub last time, so I didn’t see you.” Gui Gemu said lazily, leaning on her back. “Yan Ju’s sister. Her hobby seems to be demolition.”
Sheng Chunqiu glanced at her again and gestured for Gui Gemu to get off her back: "I'll go take a look."
She only realized it when she heard Yanlan was looking for a wooden hairpin just like the one Yanju had.
Yan Lan was likely present when Yan Ju extinguished the divine power.
Moreover, because she was in such a hurry to leave, she left her hairpin (the same one worn by Yanju) at the scene.
Only now are they rushing back to look for it.
Do you really not want to see Director Yan?
Yan Shi fell silent after Sheng Chunqiu finished saying what she and Libertas had said.
So, Sheng Chunqiu is now even taking the initiative to help her find a wooden hairpin. What kind of script is this?
Just as they were both silent, Yan Shi's phone rang.
Yan Shi lit up the screen and glanced at it, then stopped.
Lin Cai replied to the message.
[Lin Cai: Lanlan, let's talk face to face when you come back.]
Author's Note: An extra 500 words is still an extra chapter (feeling guilty).
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