Chapter 157: All Strangers
The Nth floor, the "roof" at the junction, the most special observation deck of the Secret Service Headquarters Building - even though he had seen many incredible scenery through those doors, Yu Sheng was still deeply shocked by this small island floating in the void and the magnificent stream of light across the sky on the island. This nothingness and the light at the end of nothingness even made him have some associations, associations to... the end of the world.
But it is also possible that this association does not come from the scenery in front of us, but from the current topic.
Yu Sheng shook the ice in the cup, watching the crystals collide in the water. After a long while, he spoke: "I heard that the world outside the border is huge. I did see many distant landscapes on the other side of those 'doors'. Li Lin and his friends told me that even with the influence of the Secret Service, it is far from reaching the end of the world. Beyond the galaxy, no one knows how many landscapes there are in the vast universe."
"You're right. This world is really big. Although most people living in the borderland have never thought about this, people like us always need some 'long-term' thinking," Baili Qing said slowly, "But even so, we are still more than 80% sure that we can determine that 'Hu Li' came from 'outside' rather than some distant, undiscovered place in this universe."
Yu Sheng couldn't help but frowned: "Why?"
"The reasons are comprehensive," Baili Qing said patiently. "We analyzed her hair samples, and some of the components were beyond our understanding. We evaluated the civilization level of the 'homeland' in her memory. If a civilization of that level really existed, then the universe should be full of traces of them. The ripples caused by their navigation in the starry sky would even be reflected in the background radiation, permeating the entire space and time. We also used some mystical methods... Are you interested in listening?"
"No need. I just know that you have come to this conclusion carefully." Yu Sheng waved his hand and then said nothing, but pondered for a long time.
Hu Li's hometown was far away, he knew it from the beginning, but he didn't expect that it could be so far away from the world.
In fact, in the room before, when Baili Qing told him the current results of the investigation and asked Hu Li a series of questions, he vaguely guessed the answer - this answer may be hard to imagine for ordinary people, but for Sheng, it is not so unacceptable.
Because he knew that he also came from a "distant" place - in terms of being "strangers", he was actually very similar to Hu Li.
Yu Sheng pondered, which one is farther away, his hometown or Hu Li's hometown? Which one is harder to return to? Is the peaceful seaside town in his memory really behind a certain door? Can Hu Li's distant hometown also be returned through a "crack"? Hu Li's hometown is outside the world, so what about his own? Is that town really in this world? In the end... this "world", this "world" including the border, is it still what he understands? Yu Sheng is actually a little confused.
Baili Qing didn't say anything. She just sat quietly opposite Yu Sheng, her colorless eyes staring at the "person" in front of her, never moving her eyes away for a moment.
And in her field of vision, there was another pair of illusory eyes slowly opening in the distance. Those eyes, like hers, were colorless and ethereal, as if reflected in nothingness. And they were watching Yu Sheng, who was in deep thought, from another angle together with her.
A voice lacking emotion sounded in Baili Qing's mind: "It's incredible... I just stared at him like this, but I still couldn't figure out what he was. It's like he's... not here at all, but he exudes a strong sense of presence. This is indeed a very interesting guy, sister."
Baili Qing's expression did not change, she just responded in her mind: "Don't mess around, don't cause misunderstandings."
"It doesn't matter. No one can see a 'gaze'," the eyes said calmly, "I just satisfy my curiosity."
Yu Sheng turned his head to take a look, then turned back to look at Baili Qing, raised his hand and pointed behind him: "Is this your friend?"
Baili Qing: “……?!!!”
Yu Sheng was immediately shocked - the main reason for his shock was that he had always thought Baili Qing really had a paralyzed face, he didn't expect that this sister could actually make her eyes so round.
The next second, Baili Qing blurted out: "Can you see her?!"
"Uh... I shouldn't be able to see?" Yu Sheng was a little confused when he heard this. He pointed at himself in surprise, but he was sure that the pair of big eyes that suddenly appeared from behind and stared at him were really Baili Qing. Then he turned his head and greeted the pair of eyes in the void, "Well, my name is Yu Sheng. You..."
The eyes disappeared in an instant.
Yu Sheng was very surprised.
In fact, he had noticed the eyes that appeared behind him from the very beginning. After all, that thing did not conceal itself at all and occupied a large area. He could see it with the corner of his eye. To be honest, Yu Sheng was surprised and nervous for a moment at first, but he soon noticed that there was no change on Baili Qing's face, and he judged from her eyes that she also saw the pair of "big eyes" - so he calmed down instantly.
After all, he had seen a lot of weird things in Jiecheng, so he immediately regarded the big eyes as a normal "phenomenon" here - but now looking at Baili Qing's reaction, Yu Sheng felt that he might have made a wrong judgment...
Baili Qing was stunned for the longest time since she became the director of the Secret Service. It took her a long time to adjust her expression. Then she ignored the noise in her mind and said to Sheng: "You are the first one to see her - except me."
Yu Sheng opened his mouth, wondering how he could have thought of this, with an awkward expression: "Then I don't know either, he's just floating there... Is he really your friend? An invisible friend? Who is he?"
Baili Qing looked very conflicted. After struggling for a long time, she finally sighed and said, "She's my sister."
This time it was Yu Sheng's turn to not know what to say: "......?"
He wanted to say, "Your sister is indeed very beautiful," but after hesitating for a long time, he didn't say it.
He also noticed that Baili Qing didn't seem to want to discuss this matter with outsiders, so he quickly coughed twice and said, "Well, it seems that there is a lot of hidden secrets, so I won't ask any more questions. But what did she want to do by suddenly appearing just now? And she left as soon as I said hello... Did I scare her?"
Baili Qing sighed: "Yes."
"...Then can you apologize to her on my behalf?"
"good."
Yu Sheng felt that the director in front of him seemed a little tired.
He shook his head, drank the ice water in the cup in one gulp, then took a long breath and stood up from the sofa.
"I'm going back."
"Don't you want to ask more?" Baili Qing looked at him puzzledly.
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"Ask more? About what?" Yu Sheng spread his hands, "About Hu Li, or about your sister?"
He laughed and shook his head gently: "I already know everything I need to know. I won't ask about your private affairs. As for Hu Li... unless we really find her hometown and find a way to send her home, I don't care much about anything else."
As he spoke, Yu Sheng had already walked towards the "elevator" not far away. But after taking a few steps, he seemed to suddenly think of something and stopped abruptly. He turned his head and looked at Baili Qing: "Wait, it seems that there is something... According to what you said just now, Hu Li and those "Dark Angels" all came from the "outside", right?"
"Yes," Baili Qing did not evade the question, and her subsequent supplement was also very frank, "But now we only know that there is an 'existence' outside the world. As for what is 'outside', we know nothing. Whether it is the origin and purpose of the Dark Angel or the hometown of 'Hu Li', we have no clues."
"Well," Yu Sheng didn't seem to care much about the second half of Baili Qing's answer. He just nodded and continued thoughtfully, "Then if you have any information related to the Dark Angel in the future, can you tell me as soon as possible?"
Baili Qing was a little surprised. She looked at Yu Sheng and hesitated for two seconds: "You want to..."
"I promised to send her home, even though she keeps saying she doesn't care... but I think I should at least give her a chance to choose," Yu Sheng said seriously, "I don't care where those dark angels came from, or what their purpose is in getting in, but I'm very interested in how they made the 'hole'... In addition, if Hu Li and her parents really crashed into the Night Valley because of the influence of the dark angels, then I still have a score to settle with them."
Baili Qing looked quietly at Yu Sheng who had a serious face. No one could tell what she was thinking at the moment. After a moment, she nodded.
"Okay, since you took the initiative to ask, the Secret Service will give priority to sharing this information with the 'Hotel'."
"Thank you very much."
"Let me add one more thing," Baili Qing thought for a moment and then said, "You seem to care about the people around you? You should know that dealing with the Dark Angel... is a very dangerous thing."
"I know. Someone has warned me several times." Yu Sheng laughed, but there was some helplessness in his smile. "But what can I do? She calls me her benefactor - she doesn't have any other family in this world."
"I see."
Baili Qing nodded and asked no more questions.
But he didn't know if it was an illusion, but Yu Sheng always felt that the female director in front of him seemed inexplicably... a little relieved after getting his answer.
(End of this chapter)
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