Chapter 243 Hidden Dangers and Trade-offs
The person on the other end of the phone was speaking quickly, and Baili Qing's expression was particularly solemn. Yu Sheng couldn't interrupt or disturb them, so he just leaned over and eavesdropped carefully. He heard several key words such as "settlement", "missing", "traces", and "surrounding energy reaction". Then when he heard the words "angel wreckage", he instantly perked up.
After waiting for a while, Baili Qing began to explain some things to the person on the other end of the phone, including emergency blockades of certain "traffic nodes" and access to surveillance, scanning of walls and boundary markers, etc. After she finished the call, Yu Sheng took a half step back and asked curiously: "Listen... something happened?"
"It's the wreckage after the angel fell," Baili Qing took a long breath. Although the matter was confidential, Yu Sheng was originally involved in the angel's fall, and he would have to cooperate in the future, so she had nothing to hide. "You should have seen the video recording of the fall at that time. Let me tell you straight, the main structure of Ankaela disintegrated and disappeared during the "fall and ascension", but there were still a few fragments with entities that fell to the surface when they passed over the boundary city. The Secret Service sent several recovery teams for this purpose. Just now, one of the teams sent a report that some of the wreckage may be... missing."
Yu Sheng felt a dull pain in his back teeth.
"There is only an impact crater at the scene, and the crater is empty," Baili Qing said with a gloomy face. "The Secret Service is still searching the nearby area, but the situation is not optimistic."
"... Well, if you think optimistically, maybe it just 'evaporated' out of thin air," Yu Sheng said, not believing it himself. "After all, it's a dark angel, right? When it fell into our world, its properties were already very strange. It's normal for some of the fragments to disappear after falling to the ground."
"I really want to think so," Baili Qing sighed, "but I have long been accustomed to ruling out all optimistic options at the first opportunity."
"Okay," Yu Sheng scratched his head, "Did you find any suspicious traces at the scene? Did someone get there first or something like that..."
"This is what we are most worried about now. The fragments of the Dark Angel must not fall into the hands of lunatics like the Angel Cult or the Saint Hermitage. But from the reports from the scene, the recovery team did not find any traces of other people around the crash site," Baili Qing said in a deep voice, "but this does not rule out the possibility that someone secretly took the fragments away - this world is big, there are always some tricky guys who can leave no trace."
Yu Sheng's eyes widened slightly when he heard this: "So amazing, how could he steal things right under the noses of your Secret Service and come and go without a trace?"
Baili Qing didn't say anything either, just looked at him silently.
Yu Sheng reacted after being stared at for two seconds, and immediately shrank his neck awkwardly: "Hey, don't look at me, I didn't take it..."
"Of course I know it wasn't you," Baili Qing said with fatigue in her tone. After a few seconds of silence, she continued, "It happened in the 'suburbs'. The wilderness outside the boundary city is not as stable as the urban area. Occasionally, lawless people will sneak in through the gaps near the boundary markers to do some sneaky things, such as black market transactions and petty thefts. Among them, there are some 'capable' guys... But this is a border area after all. Those rats never dare to make any big moves under the noses of the Secret Service, let alone take away dangerous items such as angel fragments that require a separate room in the core containment area."
"That's only if they know what it is," Yu Sheng spread out his hands. "It's not uncommon for people to see a shiny thing in a pothole on the side of the road and put it in their pockets. This world is just a huge collection of random things..."
Baili Qing didn't say anything, just pursed her lips. After a moment, she took out her phone and contacted a subordinate, quickly explaining some things to him.
Yu Sheng watched the other person busying himself cautiously from the side. After a few minutes, he tentatively spoke again: "How serious can this matter be?"
"Frankly speaking, nothing can be confirmed right now," Baili Qing glanced at Yu Sheng, "The severity of the situation depends on who took the angel fragments away, and what the angel fragments themselves are. Now the first batch of recovered debris is on the way back to the city. When they return to the headquarters, they will be quarantined for observation. The fragments will be sent to a high-risk laboratory for further analysis after a preliminary risk assessment. We have to first figure out what the nature of that thing is. As you said, if we are optimistic, it may just be some stones with special meanings, but if we are not optimistic..."
She didn't say anything else, but Yu Sheng understood.
"Come on, just wait," he sighed, and slowly returned to the sofa and sat down, staring at the sky in a trance. After two seconds, he muttered, "Ankaela, you said you were gone, but you still left such a big mess..."
"Some things will always go beyond your plan," Baili Qing also returned to sit opposite him. The director's reaction was much calmer. "You'll get used to it."
"It seems that you are more open-minded than me," Yu Sheng reached out and took the remaining half cup of drink on the coffee table, picked it up and drank it all, then waved his hand, "It seems that this matter will not be resolved for a while, so I will go back first, I have a lot of things to do at home."
"Okay," Baili Qing stood up, "Then I won't see you off."
Yu Sheng nodded, but just as he was about to open the door and leave, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Baili Qing: "Oh, there is one more thing."
"you say."
"The children of 'Fairy Tale' are going to hold a celebration tonight," Yu Sheng said seriously, "The location is in the valley. I know the Secret Service has always taken good care of that orphanage... so do you want to come?"
He paused for a moment and added, "Well, of course I know you're very busy, especially with all this trouble now. If you don't have time..."
Before he could finish his words, Baili Qing interrupted him and said, "Is the 'hunter' here?"
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he nodded gently after realizing what was happening: "Yes, 'they' are here too, and the squirrel too."
"I have time," Baili Qing said with a hint of a smile on her face, "Please come pick me up when the time comes."
"Okay, that's settled then. The tentative time is set to start at six o'clock. I'll call you in advance," Yu Sheng smiled and waved to Baili Qing, "See you in the evening."
"See you tonight."
The illusory door closed silently and then disappeared quietly.
Baili Qing stood there, watching Yu Sheng leave and thought quietly for a while. Then she let out a faint sigh and turned back to the bar.
She poured herself a half glass of liquor and drank it slowly while sitting on the bar stool.
Huge, colorless eyes slowly emerged from the air behind her, watching in silence.
"If you want to go, just say so. Do you have to make it seem like you're going there just because of those deep divers?"
"Just asking casually," Baili Qing listened to the voice in his mind without turning back, "What about you? What did you talk about with him?"
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"I asked about some things about the Dark Angels, and the rest was just idle chat," the eyes said slowly, and then casually mentioned, "Also, I told him my name."
"Name?" Baili Qing suddenly stopped holding the wine glass, with a hint of surprise in his tone.
"Is it necessary to be so surprised?" The pair of eyes came to Baili Qing, floating a few meters away from the latter. "I just told you my name. I still remember the basic courtesy."
Baili Qing didn't say anything, just looked at the eyes opposite her. After a long while, she spoke: "I mean...what's your full name?"
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"It's just a joke," Baili Qing pulled the corner of her mouth, "I'm always tense, I need to relax."
"I forgot that you can joke around." There was no emotion in the tone of his voice, but his eyes seemed to be a little gentler. "Let's not talk about this - when are you going to announce this 'Angel Fall'?"
"We will announce it once the batch of 'fragments' that have been found so far are safely sent back to the headquarters," Baili Qing said. "As for the specific situation of Ankaela, we will only communicate with the top leaders of Terra Academy, Algrad Astrology Society, and Balmossa Hermits for the time being. The information that 'Dark Angels can communicate' is not suitable to be fully announced for the time being."
"Oh?" Those eyes were somewhat puzzled. "Why? Isn't this an exciting new discovery? After all these years, we have finally made a breakthrough in our understanding of the Dark Angels..."
"Then, many inexplicable 'rational and objective' and 'philanthropic and progressive' groups will emerge from the corners, waving small flags to call on all forces to establish a communication and understanding mechanism for the Dark Angels, and discuss the possible tragic fate behind each Dark Angel and the possibility of 'saving' them. Within a few months, they will shout slogans such as 'love and understanding', 'reflection', and 'tolerance', and point their spearheads at the troops who have been fighting the angel invasion on the front line."
Baili Qing paused for a moment and sighed, "Having a group of angel believers is already a headache. Can you imagine what it would be like if dark angel protectionism appeared in this world?"
The pair of eyes floating in the air trembled visibly.
"...If I still had skin, I'd have goose bumps right now," she said.
"Yes, such an outrageous situation will occur. The wisdom and stupidity of the group are the most incredible things in this world," Baili Qing shook the wine glass in his hand. "I hate this situation, so at least I have to postpone its occurrence. Even if one day in the future, we really master more secrets of the Dark Angels, and even confirm that they are really individuals who can communicate like Ankaela, then this process must be carried out under the premise of reasonable control and step-by-step. Most importantly, we must ensure that the interests of this world are prioritized. In the final analysis, I don't like stupid things. It has always been like this."
(End of this chapter)
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