Chapter 269 Afterwards
A group of people filed through the door leading to the real world. Yu Sheng stayed at the end of the team as usual. Before entering the door, he looked back for the last time and took another look at the "neighborhood in the mirror" covered with thick fog.
The self-repair properties of the alien world began to take effect. The streets destroyed by the battle were slowly recovering in the fog. No new entities had yet appeared. Everything around was quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if the strange and noisy cluster of entities and the fierce battle before were just an illusion.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Sheng bit his finger with great force and splashed a few drops of blood on the road nearby. At the same time, he confirmed the coordinates of the door in this strange "foreign land" again, and then passed through the door and returned to reality.
In front of the Vientiane Market, the special "ambulance" sent by the Secret Service has arrived at the square. As soon as the young man who escaped was lucky enough to pass through the gate, he was sent to the car by several Secret Service agents.
First, there was an emergency check to confirm whether there was any residual mental pollution or other "sequelae" of contact with the alien world. At the same time, a security scan was carried out to prevent anything that should not enter the real world from following him out. Then, they helped him clean up the remaining "resin" on his body, and professionals provided some psychological counseling, explaining some precautions after the first contact with the alien world and entities...
The biggest thing to note is to have an open mind.
Obviously, the Secret Service has a very professional process in place for this.
This means that it was an hour later when the few people saw the young man again.
He was holding a cup of medicinal tea that was said to have a "mild calming effect" and sipping it slowly in the carriage, his eyes looking a little dazed. It was not until Yu Sheng's trio and Little Red Riding Hood sat opposite him that he finally woke up from his distracted state and forced a smile towards them - still looking frightened and exhausted.
"How do you feel now?" Yu Sheng asked casually.
"I'm still sticky all over because the resin can't be wiped off. I want to take a shower when I get home," the young man sighed. "Also, I'm tired, as tired as if I ran 3,000 meters...ah, I ran for a long time, more than 3,000 meters, and a bunch of messy things were chasing me in the fog..."
"A bunch?" Yu Sheng subconsciously raised his eyebrows. "What kind?"
"I didn't see it clearly, and I can't remember it," the young man said with a sad face, "I don't dare to think about it now, it was too scary... I just remember that I was caught up by a big tree with legs running around. The tree looked like an old lady. It came up and hit me to the ground with a branch, and then vomited all over me - when I opened my eyes again, I saw you guys... and at that time, the girl next to me was a three or four meter tall fox..."
As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Hu Li again, his eyes still a little frightened, as if the memory and emotions at that time were still imprinted in his mind like a "residual image", but then he reacted and apologized quickly: "Ah, sorry, I didn't mean anything else, I just got scared at the time..."
Hu Li didn't care at all - she was busy taking out some biscuits from Yu Sheng's pocket.
Although there is a lot of food stored in her tail, the fox girl's favorite thing to do has always been to pick snacks from her benefactor.
"It seems that he still has some speech and behavior disorders and short-term mental paralysis," Little Red Riding Hood came over and whispered to Yu Sheng, "It should be that the effect of the drug has not worn off yet - although the rational treatment drugs used for ordinary people who are first exposed are reduced in dosage, after all, this is his first time using the drug, and the impact will last for a while."
Yu Sheng nodded in understanding, then looked at the young man opposite him and said, "Nephew, do you remember how you 'fell' into the other side?"
"The two Secret Service guys in the car just now asked me about it, but I really can't remember the details," the young man apologized, "I don't even know when things started to go wrong around me - I'm often distracted and confused, and I didn't pay attention when I came here this morning..."
He paused for a moment, then continued while trying to recall: "I just remember entering a side door of the mall... The side door seemed to be newly opened, so I walked in directly, lowered my head and thought about something. As I was walking, I noticed that it was very quiet next to me. When I looked up, I saw that the people in the mall had turned into blurry shadows, and there was fog around. Then, in the blink of an eye, even the shadows of those people disappeared. I was the only one left in the mall all of a sudden. The phone signal was not working, and I couldn't make several calls..."
Yu Sheng listened attentively, and at this time, Irene asked, "Nephew, do you remember knocking on the window at the entrance of the mall? Did you hear the sound at that time? Besides the sound, what else could you see?"
"In fact, I didn't hear anything clearly. Everything that happened in the fog was like an illusion. I just felt that the glass moved, so I went over and knocked on it. I couldn't see anything in the glass, but I could see the fog on the street." The young man said this and tried to recall for a long time, but still shook his head regretfully, "I can't remember more."
"Then my nephew..."
"Well, I do have a name," the young man was finally a little overwhelmed by the "nephew" all the time. He raised his hand and pointed at himself awkwardly, "My name is Zheng Zhi..."
It would have been fine if he didn't say his name. As soon as he said it, the car suddenly became quiet and the atmosphere became even more subtle than before.
"...But you're still the eldest son!" Irene stood on the chair, with her hands on her hips, and said, "Who gave you this name?"
"My grandmother," the young man opposite said innocently, "she hopes that I can become an upright person..."
"Ahem," Yu Sheng finally couldn't help coughing twice, interrupting this meaningless topic, "Zheng Zhi, right? Okay, I'll remember it. Looking at your current state, I guess you can't recall any useful details. Then we won't ask. You should go home and rest first. The Secret Service said they will arrange a car to take you back. If you remember anything at home later, contact us as soon as possible."
"Okay," the young man named Zheng Zhi nodded immediately, and then he had a strange expression on his face. He hesitated for two or three seconds before speaking cautiously, "Also, since you saved me, I have to pay you, right? I heard that you are professional 'spiritual detectives', and spiritual detectives get paid for their work..."
He paused at this point, probably fearing that Yu Sheng and the others might misunderstand him, and quickly added: "I have money, I do, but it may not be much, and I don't know the charging standards of your industry..."
He seemed nervous and at a loss, and his confidence was lacking when he spoke.
Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood looked at each other, both of them were a little bit amused.
"Don't even think about it," Little Red Riding Hood said helplessly, "The ghost detective is not a money-making machine without blood and tears. Unless someone has signed a paid commission with us in advance and asked us to rescue someone in a foreign land, otherwise, for someone like you who is trapped accidentally, according to our rules, we will rescue people first regardless of whether there is any profit or not. The Secret Service will reward us later. They have a special incentive system for this."
Zheng Zhi then said "oh", scratched his head and smiled a little awkwardly.
"But I have a few words to remind you," Little Red Riding Hood said again, "I don't know if those people from the Secret Service just told you...you should be 'careful' in the future."
Zheng Zhi's expression changed obviously, and then he smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "They reminded me."
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"After dealing with the 'other side', you have established a connection with things beyond the boundaries of reason. This connection is irreversible," Little Red Riding Hood said seriously. "In the future, you will have a higher probability of seeing things that ordinary people cannot see, such as those hidden entrances and hidden 'foreign objects'. And since you have a 'high sensitivity and low stability' physique, this situation may be more serious for you. There is a high probability that you will fall into the foreign land again."
"...the Secret Service also told me so," Zheng Zhi clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turning white, "They said they would arrange for the community to register me, and I can go to the 'alien doctor' to get medicine in the future. After the adaptation period, I can use a reduced dose of sanity blockers, which can weaken my connection with the 'other side'. They also said they would arrange follow-up 'training' for me, mainly to teach me some basic knowledge of the mysticism, so that I can do simple self-protection when encountering abnormal situations..."
As he was talking, he sighed, "Alas, this is what my uncle feared the most when he was alive, and now it has finally happened to me."
"It's OK as long as you know everything," Little Red Riding Hood nodded gently, "Then I won't put pressure on you. Don't think too much when you go back. Take a shower, have a good sleep, eat and drink as you should. There's no point in being nervous and anxious. Trust the Secret Service and the Board of Directors. If you encounter any problems, call the number they left for you first, or you can contact us directly."
Zheng Zhi left with a sad face and went home in the Secret Service car.
Yu Sheng walked out of the car and couldn't help muttering softly after watching the other party leave: "Alas, this is so unlucky..."
"He is unlucky," Liu Bing's voice came from the side, "but in the border area, there are many unlucky cases like him."
As he said this, he turned his head and looked at Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood.
"I have already reported the basic situation to my superiors, and also submitted an application for a reward. You saved a person, and in addition to discovering a new alien world and collecting raw data in the new alien world, the reward will not be small, at least three or four hundred thousand, and it will be directly transferred to the accounts of Fairy Tale and Inn later."
When Yu Sheng heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face from the bottom of his heart.
He is such a simple and pure person.
(End of this chapter)
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