Chapter 321 Whereabouts
Deep inside the Secret Service, in the director's office, Baili Qing had just activated the projection device in the room.
Accompanied by the buzzing sound of a large number of small devices originally hidden in the walls and roofs, dozens of projection images instantly replaced the original walls of the office. The images showed the scenes in various places in the "City in the Fog".
Part of the screen shows streets and buildings shrouded in thick fog, while part of the screen shows the "contaminated area" covered by strange purple-black crystal clusters. You can also see deep divers wearing heavy power armor moving around in the crystal cluster, collecting samples and setting up environmental monitoring equipment.
"The fact that the Saint Cult would appear in the City of Mist makes this already strange foreign land even more suspicious. The Secret Service has now sent out a large number of elite deep-diving teams. They are not only focusing on checking the land where the 'high tower' was once rooted, but are also continuously expanding the scope of their exploration of the City of Mist," Baili Qing said. "So far, we still haven't found the boundary of this thick fog."
Yu Sheng was amazed at the high-tech in Baili Qing's office. After hearing what the other party said, he subconsciously asked, "Are these all real-time images?"
"Yes, real-time transmission, part of which comes from the recorders on the divers' power armor, and part of which comes from monitoring devices installed in various places. Through shifts, there are now at least three teams active in the Fog City 24 hours a day. Their 'umbilical cord' devices can provide additional bandwidth to maintain real-time communication between the real world and that foreign land," Baili Qing said. "Next, we plan to set up a semi-permanent signal transmission device deep in the fog to build a more stable channel between reality and the foreign land, so that we don't need to rely on the divers to provide bandwidth."
She paused for a moment, then turned to look at Yu Sheng and said, "We should thank Miss Hu Li for her help."
Yu Sheng: "Ah? Thank her? Why?"
"The Secret Service's 'deep dive' technology can only send living people with souls or machines with machine souls into the alien world, and the 'umbilical cord' device used to maintain communication between reality and the alien world must also be connected to an individual with a soul or machine soul. This is a complex 'psychic resonance' technology. Although it solves the communication problem between reality and the alien world, its use is very limited," Baili Qing explained patiently, "and the 'black iron' provided by Miss Hu Li...solved the most troublesome part."
Yu Sheng immediately understood what was going on.
The Secret Service's "machine soul"... can now be mass-produced on a small scale! "It's still in the testing phase," Baili Qing noticed Yu Sheng's expression and continued, "If everything goes well, we will be able to mass-produce 'submersible communicators' that can be connected to the 'umbilical cord' in the near future. By then, we will be able to get signals in those discovered foreign lands. This is not only of great significance to the Secret Service's operators and deep divers, but also can greatly reduce the risks of spirit world detectives and investigators when operating in foreign lands."
Listening to Baili Qing's calm narration, Yu Sheng felt that it was a little unreal. He didn't expect that the "iron lumps" that Hu Li casually threw out would actually come in handy so soon, and in the foreseeable future, this use might even be enough to change the fate of countless foreign explorers - but in addition to being amazed and sighing, he thought of a very practical question: "Is her output enough?"
"We only need it to stimulate the machine soul. In theory, the amount used in one device is very small, but frankly speaking... it is still not enough for mass production," Baili Qing said frankly, "So we are also doing some other research to try to figure out the principles behind those 'Spirit Fox Black Iron'."
Yu Sheng blinked, feeling that this was incredible: "This can be researched to a point? That thing might be related to the black technology of another world..."
"But it can exist stably in our universe," Baili Qing said seriously. "It exists for a reason. There is no black technology in this world, only mysteries that we don't understand yet."
"Well, that's true," Yu Sheng scratched his head, agreeing with Baili Qing's statement, and then turned his attention back to the surveillance footage. "So now, what have you discovered about the 'City in the Mist'?"
Baili Qing nodded: "The biggest progress is that we have discovered some of the safety mechanisms of the Fog City -
"The concentration of fog in that foreign land is uneven. In most cases, the concentration of fog is proportional to the danger level. In any area with visibility below 20 meters, there is a probability of encountering entities, but it seems that only one entity will appear in the same area at the same time, at least for now. In the areas with the thinnest fog, there are no reports of entity sightings. Based on this, we plan to mark the explored areas of the Fog City according to the degree of danger, and mark several 'safe areas' and 'no-go areas'.
"In addition, we are also trying to figure out the mechanism of entering and exiting this alien world, and we have made some progress. At present, it is basically certain that there should be a 'safe exit' that can return to reality in the place where the fog is the thinnest, but the conditions for opening the exit still need to be carefully tested. Now we can only roughly determine that it is related to the 'mirror'.
"Another point is that the 'scope' of the City in the Mist is huge. So far, the area that has been explored has almost reached a quarter of the Boundary City, and its border has not yet been found. So although we cannot make a conclusion yet, many people in the bureau believe that the foreign land may really be as large as a Boundary City, or even as large as the entire border area."
Yu Sheng spoke thoughtfully: "The connection between the people of the Saintly Hermitage and this 'City in the Mist'..."
Baili Qing shook her head. "We haven't found any clues yet. We can only confirm that they may have lurked here a long time ago. The crystal samples collected from the contaminated land showed signs of long-term growth. However, how long they have been lurking there and what their purpose is depends on the results of the interrogation of the cultists.
“In short, according to the intelligence we have now, they have been lurking very low-key for a long time. They may not even have stepped out of the tower. Coupled with the barrier of the foreign land, no one has noticed their existence.
"In fact, if the existence of the 'Mist City' had not been suddenly exposed, and you had not stumbled upon that 'Artificial Saint', the Priory would probably have continued to hide."
Yu Sheng frowned slightly, and quickly reacted: "They have been lurking there for a long time - that is to say, the 'City in the Mist' has existed for a long time? It's not a foreign land that was recently generated?!"
Baili Qing nodded gently: "I'm afraid it's like this - right under the noses of the people of Jiecheng, there has long been a foreign land that is almost like a 'replica of Jiecheng', and a group of cultists discovered it earlier than us. I have to say, this is very shameful."
Yu Sheng listened and stroked his chin thoughtfully, but just as he was about to speak, he seemed to feel something again and his expression changed slightly.
Baili Qing noticed immediately: "What's wrong?"
Yu Sheng did not answer immediately, but frowned as if he was carefully sensing something. After two or three seconds, he suddenly exclaimed: "Oh my God! The saint I put in the coffin is gone!"
Baili Qing was stunned by what she heard, but Yu Sheng obviously didn't have time to explain to her - as soon as he finished speaking, he had already opened a door leading to the holy coffin room, and when he slipped in, he only had time to say a few words: "I'll talk about it later. I'm going to find someone first! The artificial saint is gone!"
The next second, the illusory door slammed shut, and Yu Sheng had arrived in the holy coffin room.
The "iron coffin" in front of me was standing quietly on the platform base, with the coffin lid open and nothing inside.
Yu Sheng stared at the scene in amazement. It took him several seconds to react. He immediately began to try to find the trace of the artificial saint within his perception range.
After a moment, he seemed to sense something, and immediately reached out to open a door beside him and walked in.
He came to an open space near the town in the center of the valley, where the aura of the artificial saint had stayed briefly.
However, when he walked out of the gate, he only saw a few kid-heads running around on scooters - a group of children stared at him.
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"Hello Uncle Yusheng!" Several children came over happily and greeted him.
Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment: "Have you seen a... um, very tall person with a veil on his head and a body covered in black..."
He had just asked casually, but he didn't expect that before he could finish, a child raised his hand happily and pointed in a certain direction: "See! A very tall big sister is going over there!"
Yu Sheng was startled when he heard this, and almost at the same time, he indeed sensed that familiar breath again - for some reason, the breath gave him an intermittent feeling, and even with the connection established by blood, in his perception it seemed vague and fuzzy as if separated by a thick curtain. The moment before, he could not find any trace of her, but at this moment he discovered that she seemed to be nearby.
"Thanks - be safe when you play!"
Yu Sheng said this to the doll-heads, then quickly opened a door and urgently teleported to the direction he had just sensed.
The next second, he stepped out of the door, and as soon as he came out, he heard Xiaoxiao's crying voice -
"Big sister, this is our labor class homework... The teacher asked us to do it by ourselves and no one is allowed to help..."
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the noise, then he looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xiaoxiao and a few other children of the same age standing next to the vegetable patch he had opened earlier, and the artificial saint who ran out of the holy coffin room...
Weeding the land.
Yu Sheng: “……?”
(End of this chapter)
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