Chapter 36: The One Who Stayed Awake All Night (Not Yu Sheng)
Regardless of whether he was used to getting along with her or not, Li Lin had to admit that Xu Jiali was indeed the best deep diver he had ever seen - the fact that he had a very capable guy coming to support him at this time at least showed that the bureau was still taking good care of him as a newcomer.
The prerequisite is that he has to tolerate this burly man's big mouth and boastful personality, especially after he comes back from each mission.
"I'm telling you, I really ran into something weird on this mission," the burly man on the sofa took a bottle of water from the coffee table next to him and said casually while unscrewing it, "I caught the angel believer who sneaked into Aimein, and finally blocked him in an unmanned area. But when I looked up while we were fighting, guess what happened?"
Li Lin rolled his eyes: "You big mouth, can you say this outside?"
"Yes, I've reported to the bureau, and this part of the intelligence is considered to be open to you," Xu Jiali waved her hand and continued talking regardless of whether Li Lin wanted to listen or not. "I looked up, and oh shit! There was a person standing next to me! Do you know what he looked like? He was wearing a shirt and pants, standing in the toxic hot air of Emain-IX. Oh, there was a door frame next to him. I was shocked at the time - I could have killed the angel cultist in the next second, but I was shocked and gave him a chance to catch his breath. But fortunately, I was more skilled in the end..."
Li Lin waved his hands impatiently, and walked towards the surveillance equipment he had placed in front of the window while casually saying, "Alright, alright, in the end of every story it's fortunate that you're one step ahead. Can't you think of a more novel twist?"
"But I am indeed more skilled," the sturdy man stared at Li Lin's actions, "Hey, aren't you surprised? I saw a man in the poisonous heat of Emain-IX! He didn't even wear power armor! Even the captain is not that strong!"
"Last time you saw a man suddenly appearing in the acid rain of Tata-V without a protective suit - he was a professor from the 'Academy' who came out to collect materials," Li Lin said without turning his head. "There is no shortage of strange people in this world, not to mention that you will have all kinds of hallucinations if you dive too much. I have heard similar horror stories from you eight hundred times, and now I don't believe a single punctuation mark. When you are sitting in a shuttle and you start on the starport orbit and you see someone standing outside the porthole flying with you, tell me again, at least it sounds a bit innovative."
"I've seen him before," the sturdy man grinned and sat down on Li Lin's bed. "He's the Taoist priest from Qianfeng Lingshan. Damn, when I was about to speed up, he shook a mirror in front of my monitor and said he wanted to overtake... Overtake, if he had the guts, he would jump into the physical body..."
Li Lin could not help but stop what he was doing. He turned his head and looked at Xu (Zhuang) Jia (Han) Li who were sitting next to him. After a long while, he sighed, "Your daily life on special field missions is really colorful."
"Why don't you get a deep diving certificate? Maybe next time you can work with me on special missions," the sturdy man urged. "What's so good about being in the border area? It's dangerous and troublesome, and you have to take heavy responsibilities no matter what you do."
Li Lin thought about it and shook his head. "There is always a shortage of manpower at the border. Someone has to guard this largest 'hub'. And to be honest, I don't think it's safer to wear power armor and fight the angel cultists on the wasteland planet than to stay at the border to deal with the alien world. Besides...you still have to deal with the 'foreign world' when you do special field work."
"That's different. The density of alien regions outside is not that high. It's not like the border area. Seven out of the 20 stops on my bus are alien regions..."
Li Lin looked back at Xu Jiali, thinking that 99.99 percent of people would only be able to see the thirteen normal train stations under normal circumstances. But when he thought of the strong man in front of him, whose information stated that he had mistakenly entered a foreign "platform" at the age of twelve, and had survived alone on the "platform" for six years. Later, he became a deep diver after completing psychological correction because he could not escape the pursuit of the foreign land. He did not say what was in his heart after all.
There are two types of frontline combatants in the Secret Service: one is those who come through the normal training and assessment process, and the other is those who are rescued from foreign lands.
Don't show off your knowledge in front of people who have experienced trauma - even if they don't care at all.
Li Lin lowered his head and carefully checked the various parameters recorded by the equipment.
The sturdy man next to him seemed a little bored. He was a thorough fighter who came here mainly to supplement the combat force and was not very interested in jobs like "surveillance".
"The bureau is in a mess right now," he suddenly said after a moment of boredom. "Several action team leaders have been called up to work overtime. I heard that even the director has gone."
"I know," Li Lin said without looking up, "this is the border after all."
"Is this kind of thing common in the border area?" The sturdy man scratched his head. "Has there been similar 'abnormal phenomena' before? I'm on special field missions all year round, so I don't know much about it..."
"If you're talking about the spatial dislocation phenomenon tonight, it has never happened before. But if you're talking about the 'abnormal phenomenon' itself, there is no shortage of such things at the border. This place... is a border after all."
"Well, this is the charming border. I love this place," the sturdy man stretched his arms and shoulders, then lay back on Li Lin's bed. His heavy body made the poor single bed creak. "Both those who want to destroy this world and those who want to protect this world love this place. Fortunately, I don't have to be on duty at the bureau. I heard that the captain and his men work overtime every day."
Li Lin did not answer him, but concentrated on performing the monitoring and recording tasks.
At this moment, the sudden ringing of a cell phone broke the silence in the room.
Li Lin glanced at the screen of his phone and immediately picked up the call: "I'm Li Lin... um, um? Okay, I understand."
The sturdy man sat up from the bed and looked at Li Lin curiously, "What's going on?"
Li Lin had a strange look on his face as he looked up at the peaceful night outside the window.
"I just received a call from the bureau saying that the fissure phenomenon...has stopped."
The sturdy man was stunned when he heard this.
"Stopped?" He stared, "Just stopped? There were no follow-up attacks, no angel believers or anything? Not even an alien world appeared?"
"No, it just stopped. Now all the monitoring nodes in the entire border area have gone quiet."
"Then I worked the night shift for nothing?"
"It's not in vain - and we have to keep adding. The people in the bureau haven't rested either." Li Lin shook his phone. "Everyone continue to monitor and see if the force that created the rift phenomenon has any follow-up actions. Go to sleep next door now. I'll ask you to get up and take my place in six hours."
"Okay," the sturdy man stood up immediately without saying a word, "Wake me up if anything happens."
Li Lin nodded and looked out the window at the night again.
"Another sleepless night..." he muttered softly.
…
I slept soundly at night after giving birth.
After successfully recreating a "gate" leading to a distant time and space, he remembered that feeling firmly and knew how to control the so-called "spiritual guidance" and how to give it a certain "frequency" when opening the gate, so that the gate could lead stably to the designated location.
He felt that most things in this world could be attributed to the saying "first time is unfamiliar, second time is familiar".
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After that, he kept practicing and strengthening the process of opening the door, successfully reproducing various passages until he was exhausted.
The sleep after exhaustion is always particularly sound. He felt that he had not slept so soundly in many years.
But he also felt a little regretful. During this good night's sleep, he did not dream about the fox - he didn't even dream at all.
It seems that the dream with the fox was not generated stably.
This made Yu Sheng feel uneasy and a little anxious again.
After waking up in the morning, he told Irene about the situation.
"It's okay, don't think too much. That fox has lived in a foreign land for so many years, it's not likely that something bad will happen in a day or two." Irene didn't talk trash this time, but comforted Yu Sheng seriously, "Dreams are inherently unstable, maybe you'll see her again next time you dream?"
"I hope so." Yu Sheng said casually, picking up a piece of meat from the table and putting it into the bowl.
This was the meat cut from the "local specialty". He had eaten it for three meals in a row and he hadn't finished it yet, nor was he tired of it.
However, he could no longer feel any physical strengthening from this kind of "eating". It seemed that the effect of this thing on him had reached its limit.
But it still tastes good regardless.
"What are your plans after dinner?" Irene's voice came from the side, "Continue practicing 'opening the door'? Or try to recreate the passage leading to the 'valley'?"
"I'm going to go out and buy some things first. When I come back, I'll start trying to build a road to the valley. This may take a long time. I can't remember the 'feeling' at that time," Yu Sheng said, and suddenly noticed the hesitant expression on Irene's face. "Hmm? Do you have any ideas?"
Irene stared at him intently. Miss Doll seemed to be hesitating. After several seconds, she spoke: "...take half a day and give it to me."
Yu Sheng was stunned. He rarely saw such a serious look on the puppet's face.
"I'll give you half a day...what do you want to do?"
"Make me a body," Irene said calmly but firmly.
(End of this chapter)
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