Chapter 240 Mysterious Sisters
Yu Sheng had originally planned to catch up on some sleep after returning home, but two bowls of "fox stew" disrupted his plan. He wasn't sure if the "stew" made by the cyber fox fairy was a normal meal, but the "medicinal effect" of that thing was really strong. He now felt full of energy and could even speedrun Night Valley again...
Since I don't plan to catch up on sleep, the only thing left is to do some serious work.
"I have to go to the Secret Service," he said to the puppet who was sitting cross-legged on the coffee table watching a variety show in the living room, "You and Hu Li can wait at home."
Irene then looked up from the TV show: "Okay...will you be back at noon?"
"It's hard to say, he might not be able to come back," Yu Sheng thought for a moment, and turned his head to see Hu Li wiping his hands on his tail while walking out of the restaurant, so he casually said, "If I don't come back at noon, you can heat up the leftovers in the refrigerator..."
Hu Li blinked his eyes and said, "I have already eaten it."
"…Is there any 'stock' in the tail?"
Hu Li laughed: "There's more!"
"...Then we'll just have a bite to eat first," Yu Sheng waved his hand, "Little Red Riding Hood and the others are planning to hold a celebration in the valley tonight, we can go there and have a good meal then - the Secret Service will reimburse us anyway."
"good!"
Yu Sheng took out his cell phone and sent a message to Baili Qing. After making the appointment, he breathed a sigh of relief and then opened a door that appeared out of thin air.
He lifted his leg and stepped through the gate, entering a vast and quiet place.
A small floating island, like a broken island, floating in the endless darkness.
Outside the "floating island" is an endless void, and above the head is a brilliant stream of light that spans the entire space. The incredible "elevator" structure passes through the center of the island and disappears into the depths of darkness. This place is still the same as in memory, spectacular and mysterious, and as quiet as ever.
One of the most mysterious floors in the Secret Service headquarters building, the Nth floor, or as Baili Qing puts it - the "roof" of the junction.
A good place to talk about things.
It was quiet all around, and Baili Qing seemed not to have arrived yet. Yu Sheng was not in a hurry. He looked around the small broken floating island, then came to the "resting area" next to the elevator, poured himself a glass of ice water, and sat on the sofa waiting silently.
He admired the magnificent and lonely scenery here, his thoughts drifting unconsciously. Under the brilliant and colorful light, Yu Sheng thought about many things.
It's about the future of the children in the "Fairy Tale" organization, about himself, about this incredible world, and about... the ark named "Ankaela", the long journey that the ark has experienced, and the long-lost memories it has shown to himself.
Yu Sheng lowered his head and watched the ice cubes in the cup slowly spinning in the water. He watched tiny bubbles seeping out of the surface of the ice cubes and rising shakily in the water. Some of the bubbles collided and merged together, some stayed on the wall of the cup and other ice cubes, and some quietly shattered when they touched the water surface.
After a long while, he suddenly felt something in his heart, as if he had sensed something, and instantly put away the random thoughts in his heart.
He looked up and saw a pair of huge eyes looking at him quietly.
There was only a pair of eyes - indifferent and faded pupils floating in the nothingness in front of him, beautiful, but almost without the warmth of a "human".
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly greeted the other party: "Um, hello."
Of course he knew the other person, he knew that this was Baili Qing's "sister" - but this was the first time he saw the other person without Baili Qing being present.
"Hello." A monotonous and indifferent voice appeared directly in Yu Sheng's mind.
"I've made an appointment with your sister to discuss something..." For some reason, Yu Sheng always felt a little awkward and weird when talking to these eyes alone, and his tone became a little hesitant.
"I know." There was no emotion in the tone of his eyes. He was even colder and more mechanical than Baili Qing. "She's still in a meeting. It's boring."
Yu Sheng probably knew what was wrong with his feelings. The problem was that the other person only had a pair of eyes. It was said that eyes were windows to the soul, but this "sister" only had two windows on her body. When he talked to her, he felt that the eyes were constantly scanning him like a perspective. Moreover, due to the lack of reference from other facial features, he could not confirm what the other person's "expression" was at the moment. He always felt like he was communicating with a surveillance camera with real vision turned on...
But the other party was Baili Qing's sister after all, so he couldn't show any rude attitude, so he could only try to keep a straight face while looking for a topic: "By the way, I haven't asked you before, your name is..."
"Bailixue," those eyes said calmly, "although I haven't used it for many years."
Yu Sheng was stunned.
It's a nice name, and not very special.
But the first thought that came to his mind was actually "These eyes actually have a name"...
In the end, before he could even utter the words, the pair of eyes opposite him seemed to see through his thoughts and took the initiative to say, "My sister and I were named by our mother."
Yu Sheng: “…”
"Yes, I was also born by my mother."
Yu Sheng: "Uh, I didn't say anything."
“I can tell.”
"oh."
Yu Sheng scratched his hair, feeling embarrassed that his inner complaints were seen through by others, and then more doubts came to his mind - the eyes of this person who called herself "Bai Li Xue" didn't seem to have "only two windows" from the beginning? How did she become like this? The "status" between her and Bai Li Qing seemed a little strange, what was going on? She seemed to be very interested in him? What was she doing here? Just because she felt that her sister was bored in the meeting, she just happened to come here?
Yu Sheng put all these messy thoughts aside for the time being. He knew that he couldn't ask these questions directly, and he himself didn't really care about the purpose of the two spiritual windows in front of him, so he simply lowered his head and continued to sip the ice water.
Perhaps his reaction was too cold, and after being silent for a moment, those eyes spoke again.
"You killed a dark angel?"
Yu Sheng stopped sipping the ice water.
He recalled the withered and dead eco-capsule, and Ankaela's farewell to him before shutting down. After a moment's silence, he shook his head slightly.
"It chose to die on its own. I just stayed with it for a while at the last moment."
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Yu Sheng felt that penetrating gaze was staring at him - there was no malice in it, it seemed to be just pure curiosity.
"But it is still an amazing feat. Do you... understand the significance of this? A dark angel has 'fallen'. This is the first time in history, the first time in the world," she said slowly. "The news will spread quickly, and countless people will be shocked by this. Of course, no reckless man would dare to go directly to the border to verify with you, but in the near future, this impact will gradually show up..."
However, the only response she got was Yu Sheng's slightly slow "Oh" half a minute later.
Baili Xue was silent for a few seconds: "...You don't seem to care much?"
Yu Sheng raised his head: "What's the matter?"
This time Baili Xue finally seemed a little surprised, and even seemed to be stunned for two seconds before she spoke: "Well, for example, it disturbed my peaceful life. I have read such stories. The protagonist who made amazing achievements was worried that his peaceful life would be disturbed, so he chose to hide his identity and return to normal life..."
Yu Sheng was finally shocked: "You are still looking at this?"
"…Is there anything else I can do besides looking at things?"
Yu Sheng: “…”
Damn, that seems to be right.
"Well, I haven't thought about it so much," Yu Sheng coughed dryly to break the awkwardness, "I meant 'peaceful life' and so on - and to be honest, my life now is not peaceful anymore, why should I care so much."
"It seems to be true. There are a lot of 'lively' people around you...right now."
"So it doesn't matter," Yu Sheng waved his hand, "Spread it however you want. I happen to be interested in the Dark Angel now, so it would be a good thing if I could really get some useful information for it."
Baili Xue remained silent, and at this moment, Yu Sheng heard the sound of the elevator door sliding open quietly not far away.
He turned his head and saw a figure with a gray ponytail walking out of the elevator in a hurry.
"Sorry, I was ready to end the meeting after receiving your message, but it took me a little longer than expected," Baili Qing said quickly, and then she saw the eyes floating opposite Yu Sheng, and froze in place, "...Why are you here? When did you run away?"
"When you stand up and say, 'I have two more things to add.'"
Baili Qing: “…”
Yu Sheng: “…”
He silently watched Baili Qing walk over and sit down opposite him, and silently watched the huge eyes disappear behind Baili Qing. After a long time, he broke the silence: "Your sister... is actually quite interesting."
"Interesting, but also dangerous," Baili Qing raised her eyelids and looked at Yu Sheng, "Don't stare into her eyes for too long. You can definitely tell that she's not a normal 'human' in her current state. She may be very friendly to you, but there are some inhuman and irrational things about her... She can't control it herself."
Yu Sheng thought about it and said to himself that he actually didn't feel anything, but in the end he swallowed the words back.
He thought that Baili Qing was probably reminding him based on the standards of an "ordinary person". It was well-intentioned anyway, so he might as well appreciate it.
But this also made him more curious about the secrets of the two sisters "Baili Xue" and "Baili Qing"...
(End of this chapter)
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