Chapter 82 Baili Qing's Judgment
Irene felt that Yu Sheng always had countless strange ideas, and he was always motivated to realize those outrageous ideas - she was sure of this when he took out the two lotus roots from the drawer.
Compared to "cutting some meat from the entity to taste the saltiness" and "trying to use lotus root to make a body for the doll", trying to grow vegetables in a calm alien space does not seem so outrageous.
After walking around the valley for a while and confirming the existence of the "space boundary" from the other side of the valley, Yu Sheng and his three companions decided to return to the real world temporarily.
Walking through the door, the familiar living room and the warm, bright lights came into view. The night outside the window was still deep. Standing in front of the living room window, Yu Sheng felt a little dazed for a moment.
"It's still daylight over there," Irene climbed onto the windowsill and peered out for a while, "I forgot it's still dark here."
"After the 'Angel of Darkness' left, it seemed as if the entire valley had always been daytime," Yu Sheng nodded, "We stayed there for such a long time, but we didn't see any changes in the light of the sky."
"There's not even the sun over there. It's a mystery where the sunlight comes from." Irene jumped from the windowsill onto Yu Sheng, then nimbly crawled down Yu Sheng's thighs to the ground, saying casually as she crawled, "If that's the case, it should be called 'Daytime Valley'..."
Yu Sheng's eyes twitched twice as he watched Irene climb skillfully and naturally: "I say, aren't you climbing a little too skillfully?"
"Yes, really?" Irene looked up, not at all ashamed. "Perhaps practice makes perfect?"
The corner of Yu Sheng's mouth twitched, and he seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, the sudden ring of a cell phone interrupted his thoughts.
He took out his cell phone and saw Baili Qing's name, not surprisingly.
"I'm going to take a call." Yu Sheng waved to Irene and Hu Li beside him, then walked to the restaurant with his cell phone.
As soon as the call was connected, before he had time to say hello, he heard Baili Qing's calm voice coming from the receiver: "Are you back?"
The voice was so calm that it even gave Yu Sheng a momentary illusion, as if the other person was sitting in the living room at that moment, looking at him with a pair of eyes.
"Um, I'm back," Yu Sheng felt awkward for no reason, "There's... 'movement' over there again, huh?"
"Yeah, I'm used to it," Baili Qing said calmly, getting straight to the point, "So, have you seen the 'Nightfall Valley'? What's its current situation?"
"Yes," Yu Sheng immediately calmed down and asked before continuing to answer, "It sounds like you don't seem to be able to grasp its situation - doesn't the Secret Service have the technical means to search or enter various foreign lands?"
There was silence on the other end of the receiver for two seconds.
"It failed." To Yu Sheng's surprise, Baili Qing answered his question directly after a period of silence. "We actually tried to send out investigators after the 'Hunger' incident, but they didn't find the Night Valley."
"Didn't find it?" Yu Sheng instinctively noticed this statement. "What does 'didn't find' mean? Not that I couldn't get in, but that I couldn't find it?"
"Yes, just as the name implies, according to all the 'conventional detection methods' used by the Secret Service, Night Valley has actually disappeared," Baili Qing said, "So when I heard that you could not only find it, but also enter that foreign land at will, I was very surprised."
Yu Sheng thought about it and felt that he had never felt any "unexpected" emotions from the expressionless woman, but he approved of Baili Qing's frank attitude: "Then let me tell you what I found here - first of all, I think that place should be renamed. After the thing you call the 'Dark Angel' left, the entire valley has not seen 'night' until now. I think this may be its original appearance.
"Secondly, based on my observations, the entity-hunger has disappeared, which should be permanent."
Yu Sheng was certain that he heard an obvious breathing and a suppressed exclamation from the other end of the receiver.
He sensed the other party's "surprise".
The next second, Baili Qing's hurried voice reached his ears: "I want to confirm, what you just said was 'permanent disappearance'? Do you... understand the operating rules of entities and alien realms? Don't get me wrong, I just have a simple question."
"I know that if the alien world continues, the entity will last forever, but the entity - Hunger is indeed gone, and from what I have observed, the nature of the valley has also changed. I don't have professional equipment like you, but I think... from a broad definition, the alien world of 'Nightfall Valley' should actually be considered to have disappeared. Now there is only a peaceful alien space. Do you understand what I mean? It's like..."
Yu Sheng was suddenly a little stuck when he said this, not knowing how to describe the situation to the other party, but soon, he heard Baili Qing's voice coming from the receiver -
"An empty shell, isn't it?"
Yu Sheng blinked. Even he himself did not expect there would be such a precise expression.
He actually concealed a lot of things, including the details of the "feast" he had caused, the connection between him and the valley, the various changes his blood could cause, and the "vitality" that was gradually emerging in the valley. The information Baili Qing could get basically came from the reports sent back by Li Lin and Xu Jiali, but it was obvious...
The Secret Service chief has exceptional acumen and judgment.
"Regarding this 'empty shell'," at this moment, Baili Qing's voice came again, "The Secret Service hopes to send someone to conduct an on-site investigation. Of course, this requires your help and consent."
Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment.
He actually had no resistance or wariness towards the Secret Service. After all, at least so far, he had not had any unpleasant experiences when interacting with anyone from the Secret Service. It was just that people always had the instinct to keep secrets, and that valley was now very closely connected to him.
Baili Qing certainly noticed Yu Sheng's brief hesitation.
"You can take your time to think about it. We won't force you. If you are willing to open the door, we can also accept your designation of investigators, the number of people to be investigated, the time limit, and supervision throughout the process," Baili Qing said patiently. Although she still had that distant and calm tone, she sounded as if she was trying to show her sincerity and friendliness. "We just hope to collect some key data. After all, this has never happened before. It is the first case of an alien domain and entity being truly 'eliminated' in history. I don't need to emphasize it. You can understand what it means to us."
The other party had already said this, and Yu Sheng couldn't refuse directly: "Okay, I'll think about it in the next two days."
…
Looking at Baili Qing standing in front of the window and talking on the phone, Song Cheng couldn't help but whisper to the slightly balding and fat middle-aged man next to him: "Hey, Director Wu, do you think the director was so easy to talk to before?"
"You ask me? You usually deal with the director more than I do," the middle-aged man called Director Wu lowered his voice, "You know our Information Center is usually like a transparent department. We only have a sense of presence during the summary meeting. You guys in the Operations Department even call us 'computer room cavemen'..."
Song Cheng was immediately amused: "You know what, it's quite impressive."
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Director Wu glanced at him, then carefully looked up at Baili Qing who was still on the phone: "Then again... This is indeed the first time I've seen the director talk to someone so patiently, and have the patience to talk for so long - is that 'Yu Sheng' really that important?"
"It's not important, it's weird," Song Cheng shrugged, "Your entire department has been working non-stop until now, don't you have a deep understanding of it?"
“…Don’t mention it.”
Song Cheng pulled the corner of his mouth and was about to make a few more teasing remarks, but suddenly he felt a shiver on his back and his whole body straightened instantly.
A calm and intimidating gaze had fallen on him.
"The entity-hunger is gone forever."
Baili Qing's calm words made all the random thoughts in Song Cheng's mind disappear with a buzzing sound, and in an instant, only the word "Ah?" was left, echoing in his heart like a huge bell.
He opened his mouth, but for a long time he couldn't think of what to say.
"When your two operators come back from vacation, arrange for them to have more contact with Yu Sheng," Baili Qing didn't care about Song Cheng's daze, and continued, "Yu Sheng has human emotions and behavioral logic. His emotional reactions are very real. We need someone to establish a relatively solid trust and friendly relationship with him. Your two operators have performed well. In addition, send someone to No. 66 Wutong Road tomorrow to deliver the registration form. Also, pay attention to the selection of people. Don't look for the kind of person who is bitter and hateful when talking about aliens and entities. Find someone who is smart and likable."
Song Cheng finally reacted: "Ah, yes, Director."
Baili Qing nodded and his eyes fell on the middle-aged man next to him who was a little balding and fat.
That's the head of the Secret Service Information Center.
"How's the situation over there?" she asked.
"We have checked all possibilities. At least from the system level, there is no reason for such a loophole to occur." Director Wu quickly adjusted his stance. "We also tried to delete Yu Sheng's profile and re-register, but all the operations were ineffective. Those entries seemed to be 'floating' in the database, not accepting any calls or modifications, and not generating any errors. To be honest... if the system doesn't alarm me, I'm going to call the police."
"It's better to ask the professors of the academy to come and take a look than to call the police. The incense and binary prayers they use to soothe the machine spirits are very suitable for dealing with this kind of weird problem," Song Cheng said on the side. "The last time a transport truck of the Fourth Brigade was depressed, it was they who cured it."
"I'll contact Terra and ask them to send someone to take a look," Baili Qing nodded gently, "but if the professors at the 'College' can't do anything about it, then this matter ends here. In short, from today on, don't try to change any of Yu Sheng's data in the archive system."
"Yes, Chief."
(End of this chapter)
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