Chapter 200 Information
After Baili Qing arranged the matter, Yu Sheng began to tell the female director in front of him about his investigation in detail.
Including how Lao Zheng might have obtained the "angel umbilical cord", the "unsuccessful advent" that happened a long time ago, the fairy tale book that was sent away, and Ankaela's possible current state.
Even Baili Qing's steely face could hardly remain calm from beginning to end in the face of this series of information.
She frowned tightly, and when she heard Yu Sheng talking about his memories of "Squirrel", she finally couldn't help but interrupt him: "You mean, a child living in an orphanage, who has not received any spiritual talent development, directly heard the voice of the Dark Angel and even established communication with the other party - and was mentally normal from beginning to end?"
"At least the 'squirrel' thinks so," Yu Sheng nodded. "It is possible that it was actually under the influence of the angel and had auditory hallucinations, but the fairy tale book it handed out must be related to the current 'fairy tale' foreign land. The influence of the book on Ankaela is real."
"A fairy tale book affected the process of the angel's advent. Even if you told me this yourself, I still find it hard to believe," Baili Qing said slowly, "But if this is true, it may mean that the 'Dark Angels' are not as 'invulnerable' as we imagined, or, in other words, at least in the early stages of their first advent, their 'operation' is actually very fragile and can be influenced in some way..."
She paused for a moment, then spoke thoughtfully, "What's even more surprising is that if the information provided by the 'squirrel' is true, then Ankaela is even rational. This overturns our understanding of the Dark Angels."
In this world, there has never been a rational and communicative dark angel, so many scholars even regard them as some kind of "natural disaster". Without Baili Qing's reminder, Yu Sheng also knew how much impact the information he brought this time would have on those who studied the phenomenon of angel advent.
Then after a while, the topic returned to the "fairy tale" foreign land itself.
"According to the squirrel, the 'stage' of the Black Forest has been growing and changing. Each generation of Little Red Riding Hood has brought some new 'things' and even 'rules' to the forest. The whole thing is very much like a process of gradually building up a 'story' from an outline," Yu Sheng said as he thought, "First, there is the most basic world view and 'big map', then the characters and objects are introduced, and then the connection between the story elements... I think this reflects the dynamic nature of 'fairy tales'.
"On the other hand, based on the situation of Snow White and the seven... er, Thunder Titans, and the situation of the 'Wolf Grandma' that Xiaoxiao faced before, we can confirm that the subset of fairy tales has another dynamic characteristic, that is, each 'main character' will cause the 'subset' to produce a corresponding 'distorted copy'. When two Little Red Riding Hoods with obvious differences in strength appear at the same time, two different 'versions' of the Wolf Grandma will even appear in the Black Forest.
“All of this is just like what the first Little Red Riding Hood said in her last words, ‘This forest is alive’, and in fact it’s not just the Black Forest that’s alive, the entire ‘fairy tale’ is alive, and it’s highly ‘interactive’ with the ‘characters’ trapped in it.
"This may help us understand the current state of Ankaela."
Baili Qing listened thoughtfully, and suddenly spoke softly to herself: "It is still 'reading' the book."
"Yes, it is still 'reading' the book and trying to 'understand' it, but it is obvious that the 'understanding' process of the Dark Angel is completely different from human reason and cognitive patterns," Yu Sheng nodded gently, "On the other hand, 'Fairy Tale' is a foreign land, its existence form, birth method and 'association status' with 'Ankaela' are also completely different from what we previously understood.
"As a 'cage', it was actually 'woven' by Ankaela herself. The entire 'fairy tale' is most likely built on that dark angel, just like it is some kind of ..."
Yu Sheng frowned, thinking of a more appropriate word, and after a moment he continued: "It's like some kind of 'shell' of it."
"So, the deep-sea diving team that had the accident at that time most likely accidentally touched the real body of 'Ankaela' while breaking through the fairy tale shell," Baili Qing immediately thought of something, "Then the 'corpses' mentioned in the operation records that suddenly stood up after the facility was blocked..."
"It may be that Ankaela 'leaked' to the real world," Yu Sheng curled his lips, "Feel lucky, now it seems that the 'leak' back then was probably unconscious, and Ankaela didn't really wake up."
Baili Qing didn't speak for a while, but her faded eyes flickered slightly, and outside the large floor-to-ceiling window behind her, the hazy and blurred eyes also quietly emerged.
A mechanical and indifferent voice sounded in her mind: "I didn't expect that after seventy years, the action record of that year could still be updated."
Yu Sheng had just seen those eyes, but he already knew that this was Baili Qing's sister, so he didn't seem surprised. He just smiled and waved to her as a greeting.
The pair of eyes blinked, as if a little panicked - perhaps they were not used to being easily discovered by "outsiders" and suddenly forgot that they were not invisible in front of Yu Sheng...
At this moment, the phone on the oval desk suddenly rang.
Baili Qing picked up the phone, listened to a few words, and nodded: "Very good, send it directly."
Then she put down the phone, her expression finally relaxed a little, and looked up at Yu Sheng: "We found the information about the orphanage back then."
Yu Sheng was a little surprised: "So fast?"
Baili Qing smiled faintly. "It went more smoothly than expected. Although the records are from nearly a century ago, they are indeed included in the archives of the Council. The archives of the Secret Service and the Council have a coordinated access mechanism."
A moment later, the secretary on duty knocked on the office door and handed several freshly printed documents to Baili Qing's desk.
Yu Sheng immediately came over and looked through the documents with Baili Qing.
A photo soon caught his eye.
It was a child who looked about seven or eight years old, wearing a skirt that looked a little ill-fitting, standing in front of the blackboard a little nervously.
She was very thin, a little dark, with rustic braids, and ordinary in every way. She couldn't be called cute, and even looked almost stiff when taking the photo - it was as if she was suddenly asked by the teacher to stand on the stage to take a photo, and the photo was taken before she figured out what was happening. There was even a bit of helplessness and fear in her eyes.
"He disappeared before the initial outbreak of 'fairy tales' and was old enough to read fairy tale books independently. This is the only one who meets the requirements," Baili Qing's voice came from the side. "It has been eighty-six years since then."
Yu Sheng's face was gloomy. He looked at the photo for a long time, and then saw her name - Zhao Lele.
Even the name is ordinary.
So ordinary that it seemed like it shouldn't appear in such a tortuous story - but one night eighty-six years ago, just like the beginning of every story, "that moment" found her.
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"She disappeared at night, and the orphanage called the police afterwards. Of course, there was no follow-up. There aren't many records left of the incident itself. The only information about the child left is this photo and her age and name when she disappeared. As for why she became an orphan and where she came from, there's nothing there," Baili Qing said slowly. "If the board hadn't stipulated that any child disappearance case must be reported and the case will never be closed if the person is not found, I'm afraid this photo would hardly have been kept."
Yu Sheng quietly put the information away, and Baili Qing did not stop him.
"In addition, we are still checking the situation of the 'fairy tale book' at that time," Baili Qing continued, "Now we have a rough idea of the scope. If we are lucky, we may be able to find an old copy of the same edition..."
"Can it really be found?" Yu Sheng asked curiously, "If a book was lost nearly a hundred years ago, will there really be a record?"
"There may not be any lost records, but it is possible to find out what books were in the orphanage back then," Baili Qing nodded, and then paused for a moment, "How many books do you think the children in the orphanage at that time had?"
Yu Sheng: “…”
"In theory, even if the orphanage's management was lax back then, it should have had basic asset registration and private donation records. During the brief period when the Secret Service took over the orphanage, we also took over all of this information and sorted and archived it. However, back then, this type of information usually didn't have a further indexing mechanism, so it's hard to check the detailed accounts now, and we have to look for them manually."
Yu Sheng nodded slightly.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"It's my job," Baili Qing said calmly, and then pointed to the documents on the table. "In addition, these are the various surveillance records of the orphanage and its surrounding areas recorded by the Secret Service. Judging from the records alone, there is no abnormal energy explosion or the like, and there is no eyewitness report of the 'silent falling of the luminous object' you mentioned."
"Ah," Yu Sheng sighed, "this is within expectations."
"From an optimistic point of view, not recording any 'phenomenon' was actually the greatest luck of the Junction on that night eighty-six years ago," Baili Qing said with emotion, "A dark angel silently pierced through our world - if the advent really happened, then every piece of 'data' we recorded would probably have been filled out with tens of thousands of lives."
(End of this chapter)
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