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Xiang Sheng was taken to the Academy of Sciences and placed in a very clean house to rest. Because she looked very bad, although Guo Changming had many questions to ask her, he held back.

Before entering the room, Xiang Sheng handed the large comb in his hand to Guo Changming, "This is what I use to comb the hair of my pets in the Beast Taming World. The hair on it may be of some help to you."

Guo Changming took it solemnly and nodded, "It is indeed very useful. Thank you for your hard work. Have a good rest. We will talk about anything tomorrow morning." After a pause, Guo Changming added, "You go home."

Xiang Sheng's eyes were a little red. He nodded and went into the room to rest.

She was so tired that she almost fell asleep.

The next morning, when many people rushed to the cemetery where Tu Ran appeared to find out the truth, Xiang Sheng was awakened.

It was a very young female police officer, with a smile on her face and a plate of food in her hands. "Although I am sorry to wake you up, this matter is a bit too unusual. The superiors are very anxious. I can only do this. I hope you can forgive me."

Xiang Sheng rubbed his messy hair and shook his head, "It's okay."

"Have some food first. You'll be busy today."

"Okay." Xiang Sheng took the plate from her, ate an egg and drank a bowl of porridge.

After a simple tidying up, she was taken to a meeting room.

The conference room was already full of people, all wearing clothes that Xiang Sheng had only seen on TV before. Everyone sat upright with a serious expression on their face.

Each of them had a strong aura. As soon as Xiang Sheng came in, they all looked at her. Xiang Sheng felt so much pressure that her footsteps became heavier.

At this time, Guo Changming came up from behind her, led her to sit on the left side of the first row, and he sat down next to her.

Guo Changming noticed Xiang Sheng's nervousness and spoke gently to ease her tension. "Don't be nervous. They are all people like you who hope that our world will become stronger. Just tell them everything you know. Be sure to be detailed and don't leave out any details."

Xiang Sheng pursed her lips, her hands clasped together nervously on her knees. She raised her eyes and glanced at everyone in the conference room, then lowered her eyes and looked only at the water cup on the table in front of her.

"I'm a junior student at the College of Physical Education at Bunkyo University. I'm going with my roommates Li Rui and Song Bai..."

Xiang Sheng recounted all her experiences over the past month in greater detail. She talked for more than an hour before she talked about seeing the "door" and returning to this world.

During the meeting, no one disturbed her or asked questions. Everyone in the conference room listened quietly, and from time to time there was the sound of pens rubbing against paper.

After finishing the whole story, Xiang Sheng looked up at Guo Changming. Guo Changming smiled and nodded, giving him an approving look.

"Drink some water first to moisten your throat." Guo Changming handed the cup of water on the table to the person behind him. The female police officer who had been guarding behind him poured a cup of warm water that had been prepared long ago. Guo Changming took it and handed it to Xiang Sheng.

Xiang Sheng took a few sips to ease the dryness in his throat.

Next came the question-and-answer session, which was hosted by three people in suits sitting opposite Xiang Sheng, two men and one woman. They asked questions about the plot of the story told by Xiang Sheng, and asked questions repeatedly to ensure the authenticity of what Xiang Sheng said.

Their questions were somewhat sharp, but Xiang Sheng answered them accurately, in accordance with the logic of the story, and there was nothing suspicious about them.

Two hours later, the three stopped asking questions and sent a message to the computers of everyone present, with only two words: reliable.

These three people merely judged the reliability of Xiang Sheng's words. The ones who really played a decisive role in this incident were the other people who had remained silent from beginning to end.

The lady in military uniform whom Xiang Sheng met last night stood up from her seat, holding the notes in her hand, and walked to the front of the conference table.

The screen in the conference room was turned on and a picture was displayed on it.

These are photos of the area near the hotel taken last night.

It's very blurry, it must have been captured from surveillance.

In the photo, you can see the six of them getting in the car. Not long after they went away, a person appeared where they left.

The man was wearing a sweatshirt, sunglasses and a mask, and his eyes were fixed in the direction they left.

"Do you know her?" asked the female officer.

Xiang Sheng looked at the figure for more than a minute and shook his head, "I'm not sure if it's her."

She had never seen Tu Ran wearing a sweatshirt. Inside the threshold, Tu Ran always wore combat uniforms, and her figure could not be seen at all. She couldn't see the face of the person in the photo, so she was not sure.

"What about this one?" The female officer changed another photo.

This photo was taken by the cemetery’s surveillance camera. Tu Ran’s face was enlarged, but her facial features are still not visible.

Xiang Sheng still shook his head. "Can't you tell from the body shape?" the officer asked.

Xiang Sheng shook his head.

"She can run very fast, which is consistent with your previous description. She appeared in the cemetery yesterday afternoon. Her name is also Tu Ran, and the name engraved on the tombstone she visited is also Tu Ran."

Xiang Sheng paused, "Are you saying she's dead?"

The female officer nodded. "Her body was found half a year ago. The autopsy report confirmed that she died suddenly. The director of the orphanage where she lived as a child collected her body and buried her in the cemetery there. We investigated yesterday and determined that before she went to the cemetery, she visited the director of the orphanage and donated a sum of cash. This is where the cash came from."

The female officer changed another photo. On the left side of the photo was the exterior of a jade shop, and on the right side was a photo of a glowing stone.

"She exchanged this stone for 100,000 yuan in cash. Our specialized technicians examined the stone and found that its composition is somewhat complex and has hardly been found in our world."

Xiang Sheng listened to her and looked at the stone in the picture again.

So that person is really Sister Tu Ran? She is back too?!

"Based on this series of evidence, we speculate that the person who appeared in the jade shop, the cemetery, and the hotel you stayed in was Tu Ran. Her situation is different from yours. Your bodies entered the other world, but only her soul entered the other world. Her body is dead."

Xiang Sheng's mouth opened in shock. So, Sister Tu Ran was a so-called... soul traveler? "Through your narration, we have gained a basic understanding of other worlds, but this is far from enough. We need Tu Ran's help to be truly prepared for attacks from other worlds." The female officer said seriously.

Xiang Sheng: "Sister Tu Ran should be willing to help you."

"But she hasn't come to see us." The female officer said, "She has been wandering outside today. Every time we found her trace and sent people to look for her, she appeared in another place. She took the initiative to come to the hotel to find you, which means you are special to her, so I hope you can contact her on our behalf."

"I don't have her contact information." Xiang Sheng looked at the female officer and said helplessly.

"That's not a problem, we can help you contact her."

Xiang Sheng nodded in agreement.

Guo Changming stood up and took in a mobile phone from outside.

He dialed a number, pressed the speakerphone button, and handed the phone to Xiang Sheng.

Xiang Sheng put his phone on the table and waited for the call to be connected.

She was a little nervous, and she actually didn't understand what Sister Tu Ran meant now.

The beeping sound of the phone waiting to be connected echoed in the conference room. Everyone hoped that the person on the other end would answer it quickly. However, the "beep" sound only sounded twice and then the call was hung up.

Xiang Sheng was stunned and looked up at the female officer. The female officer's eyelids also twitched and she looked at Guo Changming.

Guo Changming felt a little embarrassed and dialed the original number again.

This time the phone rang only once and then was hung up.

You can see that the other side is a little impatient.

In fact, Tu Ran was just very impatient.

What a lousy phone number. So many scam calls came in. Sometimes they were selling real estate, sometimes they were asking her to pay back the money. Didn't she see she was busy? The phone didn't have much battery to begin with, and now there was another call from another province. She hung up without a second thought.

Facing everyone's gaze, Guo Changming gritted his teeth and dialed the number for the third time.

He prayed silently in his heart that he would definitely accept the call this time.

The phone rang once and then connected.

Just as Guo Changming breathed a sigh of relief, a sinister voice came from the opposite side.

"who?"

The voice was truly furious, and if sound had been lethal, those present had no doubt that they would have fallen to the ground.

Xiang Sheng didn't know how to start for a moment. She felt that Sister Tu Ran was very resentful. The clean and neat method of Sister Tu Ran killing the monster appeared in front of her eyes, and she couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing that Tu Ran was about to hang up impatiently, Guo Changming immediately spoke up, "Hello, Ms. Tu, we are from the Academy of Sciences. Please don't hang up yet. We would like to ask you for help. You can state the conditions and we will try our best to meet them."

There was no sound on the other end of the phone. Guo Changming thought the other party had hung up, so he turned on the screen and found that the call was still going on.

(End of this chapter)