"Ding-ling-ling"
Standing on the sidewalk beside Jinxiu Road, Dai Yuxing trembled and quickly connected the wireless communicator on his chest strap.
"This is the command center. Twelve minutes have passed since the scheduled contact time. What happened? Over."
"This is snh013. Nothing unusual. I failed in my duty. Over."
A moment later, Dai Yuxing's phone rang. She looked at the incoming call message, answered it and said, "Captain Mei, are you still awake?"
"I'm on duty tonight." Captain Mei said sternly, "Why didn't you report in at the scheduled contact time just now?"
Dai Yuxing: "Because my brain was a little tired, I was distracted and took a short nap, and missed the time."
"Dai Yuxing!" Captain Mei said sternly, "You are currently working, please take this seriously! If this happens again, your end-of-month assessment will be affected!"
"There won't be a next time." Dai Yuxing said, "I am not used to night operations. I will apply to be relieved of my night duty tomorrow and return to normal countermeasure operations."
Captain Mei on the opposite side was silent for a moment, and Dai Yuxing heard the sound of him flipping through documents.
"We are short of manpower now. You should stay on duty for a few more days." Captain Mei's voice became noticeably gentler.
"No." Dai Yuxing said, "I don't have the ability to work at night. My behavior habits over the past 24 years have destined me to be inefficient at night."
"Please seek help from someone else. As an awakened one, I think I should work at a more appropriate time. In addition, I will apply for a day off in the morning. The past two days of night duty have made me mentally exhausted, and the cyclone is not in good working condition."
The application for and reason for the adjustment of leave were both very legitimate. Cyclones were extremely important to the countermeasure monks, and Dai Yuxing had been on duty for two days, so it was time for him to take over. Captain Mei had no choice but to say, "Please return to work as soon as possible."
"I will."
After hanging up the phone, Dai Yuxing let out a breath and tucked her hair behind her ears.
She suddenly felt how stupid she was in the past. Why did she take on such a night shift job? Reversing day and night is a woman's biggest enemy.
And why did she appear on the side of Jinxiu Road? Her patrol area was not here at all.
As a countermeasure monk and awakener, Dai Yuxing is almost responsible for the entire Century Park area alone. Not only is there a shortage of countermeasure monks, but also because although the countermeasure system believes in the existence of the Fairy Palace Food God, it has also dispatched a night watch team to the park.
But that was the decision of the entire countermeasures system, and when it came to the countermeasures bureau of each city, almost every countermeasures bureau would not think that it was they who happened to encounter the Immortal Palace Food God, so they were only willing to follow the instructions from above and send out a minimum number of monks to stand guard at night. Everyone had a lot of work to do during the day.
Dai Yuxing shook her head and was about to continue patrolling along the original route when she suddenly saw an SUV parked on the side of the road. As for the brand, Dai Yuxing couldn't tell that she was a girl who had never taken a license plate test and had no interest in four-wheeled machines.
A man in a suit got out of the car, looking a little haggard. He was slightly startled when he saw Dai Yuxing, and seemed to notice the black vest on Dai Yuxing. His expression changed slightly, and then he nodded to Dai Yuxing and walked into Century Park.
Are you still coming to the park so late?
Dai Yuxing felt something was strange, but she didn't think much about it, nor was she interested in following him because she was not a police officer.
As they continued patrolling around Century Park, Dai Yuxing came to the Li Bai Memorial Statue and saw an old woman walking with a cane. She hurried over to ask, "Grandma, why aren't you home so late? Where are your family members?"
The old lady stammered, "Oh, I was sleepy at night, so I went out for a walk."
Dai Yuxing looked around and although the park was a little quiet at night, it was still quite safe, so he took the initiative to approach and asked, "Do you want me to help you walk?"
"What's the use? Just go about your business."
Watching the old lady walk towards the fountain, Dai Yuxing shuddered and touched his hands: "No wonder she wears so many clothes, her hands are so cold."
After walking for a while, Dai Yuxing saw a dog with shiny hair running on the road and thought, don’t dogs sleep at night?
The dog seemed to have noticed Dai Yuxing's gaze. It turned its head to look at her, its eyes lively, its gray fur white, and it ran away at a very fast speed.
Next, while on patrol, Dai Yuxing suddenly discovered that there were quite a lot of people walking around in Century Park at night, including men, women, young and old, but they were all in a hurry. Occasionally, someone would see Dai Yuxing and take a detour to avoid her.
However, Dai Yuxing had no doubt about this: in a park at three o'clock in the morning, normal people would be cautious when seeing other people, even if the other person was a girl who dared to show off in the middle of the night, and she was not a drunk girl, either her overall combat power was stronger than that of a man, or her penis was bigger than that of a man.
Just when Dai Yuxing felt something was wrong, she happened to walk to the lakeside and saw a food cart next to the music fountain opposite. Many customers were sitting on the chairs in front of the food cart, quietly eating supper, and some were even queuing.
Dai Yuxing was stunned for a moment, but she didn't feel anything was wrong, so she just walked away. She wasn't an urban environmental manager, and she felt full, so she wasn't interested in going there for a midnight snack.
"Is this food stall really famous?" Dai Yuxing thought, "So many people are willing to come here specially for a meal at night?"
At this time, she saw strange movements happening across the street. A diner walked to the open space, and the female owner of the food cart also walked across from the diner.
Then the female owner slapped the diner twice at a speed that left an afterimage. The diner knelt down, took out something from his arms and handed it to the female owner.
"A free meal? How could someone so weak as to be a free meal?" Dai Yuxing thought.
However, she was attracted by the female shop owner at this moment. For some reason, she inexplicably developed a favorable impression of her: "She is so beautiful and cute. She is also cute when she beats people, when she collects money, and even cuter when she cooks!"
Although he thought so, Dai Yuxing still had no plans to go there for a midnight snack.
It was a very strange feeling, like when you're full at a buffet and don't want to go to the food supply area, no matter how many delicious foods are there.
Dai Yuxing felt that he was not just full, but felt very satisfied wholeheartedly.
Her heart told her that she didn't need and didn't need to go there.
After patrolling for another half an hour, the watch on Dai Yuxing's left wrist vibrated slightly, reminding her that it was already 4 a.m. and it was time for the scheduled contact. Dai Yuxing took the initiative to dial the wireless communicator:
"This is snh013, over."
"This is the command center. Is there anything unusual on patrol? Over."
"Patrol is nothing special..."
Dai Yuxing paused while speaking and turned to look in the direction of the musical fountain.
Memories surged up like a tide, she was stunned for a long moment, took out her flare gun, and found that a flare was indeed missing.
"Snh013, please continue reporting. Over."
Dai Yuxing took a deep breath and quickly ran to a position where he could see the musical fountain. However, the food stall that was crowded with people half an hour ago was now gone, and there was not even any garbage on the ground.
"I met the Asgardian God of Food, but she's gone. Over."
"What?" The command center was also unable to react. After three seconds, they asked, "Please describe the specific situation."
"I encountered the food truck of the God of Food at the Century Park Music Fountain location on Jinxiu Road and sat down to eat. But I ignored this memory until she left."
Dai Yuxing raised his head and looked at the night sky. Although there was a lot of light pollution in Shenhai City and almost no stars could be seen at night, only the moon was still clearly visible.
Tonight is the waning moon. Dai Yuxing looked at the bright moonlight and said, "Just like the notice said, the God of Food is a beautiful woman with black hair and Asian appearance. The food she provides is not restricted by tools and materials."
Dai Yuxing said with a longing tone:
"She is a kind, thoughtful, considerate, elegant and approachable woman with a strong affinity. Her smile can warm the barriers of people's hearts, her food can make people let go of all their burdens, and she can make people let go of their defenses like the moon."
“Behind her beautiful appearance, I saw a fairy with a pure heart and noble character.”8)