Hao Ren never thought he would be so lucky. However, he frowned when he heard what the two little green men were talking about. Things were not as simple as they seemed. The two little green men were stunned when they heard his question. One of them scratched his shiny green scalp and said, "Ascetic monk? What do you mean? "
"Oh, nothing." Hao Ren quickly stepped forward. "Tell me more about the orb and the four people. I'm interested. Maybe I can help you investigate them."
The two little green men looked at each other. They did not know why an inspector would be interested in this kind of thing, but they were obviously happy about it. The little green man who mentioned the orb said, "It happened a few months ago. There was an explosion near a mine on our planet. It might have something to do with the teleportation accident. After the explosion, we found four... strangely dressed humans at the scene. Hmm, similar to you. According to our classification, they are Main Sequence Humanoid Beings of the Second Family. We don't speak the same language, and they didn't have anything on them that could identify them. We only found the gravitational anomaly after the teleportation. But... our investigation was fruitless. We don't know where they came from. They couldn't even explain themselves. "
The little green man paused, as if recalling the details. "As for the orb, it appeared with them. It seemed to be something important, but it looked like a metal ball. They called it the 'Orb'. We wanted to study it, but we almost got into a fight with the four of them. They valued the orb as much as knowledge. "
The most important thing in the Kerbalians' worldview was exploration and the knowledge that came with it. That was why they were used to saying "something is as important as knowledge", not "as important as life". In their culture, life was a consumable … Anyway, the people on Earth couldn't understand it.
"Is it called the Orb of the Holy Synod?" Hao Ren listened to the little green man's description and knew that he was close to the truth. He immediately adjusted his translation plug-in and used the standard Kerbalian pronunciation to translate the strange word from the Plane of Dreams. "Orb of the Holy Synod. Is it this thing?"
The little green man thought for a moment and nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes, yes, that's it. It was really hard to communicate with the four humans, especially when it came to some of their strange words … We rented a data link of the Empire to translate them. The word they mentioned the most was the Orb of the Holy Cathedral. "
Hao Ren leaned over the table and asked, "Where are they now? Are you and the pearl safe? "
The little green man was startled by Hao Ren's action. He tilted his head back and almost fell over. "It's safe, it's safe. We have specially prepared a center for them... Mr. Inspector, do you know where those people came from?"
Hao Ren nodded. "Yes, this matter is a little complicated to explain. Some of the details … Sorry, they are classified and involve the stability of this universe. I would like to meet them and maybe bring them away. Can you arrange this? "
At first, Hao Ren thought that he would need a meeting to discuss the matter, but he did not expect the word 'confidential' to have such an unexpected effect. The little green man's face immediately turned green (Kerbalians were less expressive and used colour to make up for it. A green face signified seriousness). "I understand, Your Excellency. I will inform the relevant departments in my territory to make arrangements."
He then asked carefully, "Sir, there is another thing I want to ask. There are a lot of ordinary staff who have not undergone confidentiality training who have come into contact with the four humans and their orbs … Do these people need to undergo memory wiping or any other confidential treatment?"
Upon hearing this, Hao Ren quickly waved his hand. "No need, no need. Don't be too nervous. This secret is not that serious."
To many civilized races in this universe, the Plane of Dreams was not a secret. The Xi Ling Celestials had even outsourced some research work on the Plane of Dreams to the mortal races in this universe. However, the deteriorating stability of the Plane of Dreams and the hole in the Wall of Reality were more sensitive. Of course, this sensitive topic was not classified and the upper echelons of the civilizations were still aware of it. The real secret was the possible consequences of this deteriorating phenomenon — the end of the world. This last part could not be disclosed to the public. Hao Ren had been studying the work manual these days and learned a lot about confidentiality agreements and the weighing of various situations. But now it seemed that although he was effective, he still had a long way to go.
The MDT did not say a word throughout the whole process. It just quietly watched. This was the first time that Hao Ren was negotiating with the representatives of other civilizations alone. If something really happened, it would have warned Hao Ren. However, it did not say a word, which was a good sign for Hao Ren.
Kabala and his two chief ministers quickly finished their discussion. At this time, Hao Ren stood up and brought up the matter of the Orb of the Holy Synod. He said that the plan to go to the Plane of Dreams might be delayed for a while. Before moving the ship out, he first had to retrieve the Orb.
And the four lucky ascetics who had survived the disaster.
The little green men expressed their understanding and said that they did not mind wasting a little time. To them, this was a rare opportunity to visit the Plane of Dreams with authorization. A few more days was nothing compared to this joyous occasion.
Hao Ren and Kabala agreed on a time to meet the next day and then left. The little green men stood up and said goodbye to him. "May you die as far as you can, Mr. Inspector!"
Hao Ren accepted the sincere blessing under great mental pressure. He also wished the little green men, "... May you all die as far as you can."
Everyone was happy.
After that, Hao Ren decided to go home, at least to bring Becky over. After that, he would go to the Kabala Commonwealth to look for the ascetics.
On the way to the teleportation area of the space station, Hao Ren discussed with the MDT, "What do you think is going on?"
Back when he was in the Plane of Dreams, he had guessed that the Orb of the Holy Synod had come to the Surface World. But at that time, he thought that the Orb should have been sent into space. The wrecked spaceship at the bottom of the blood lake was obviously involved in space distortion. If a two-way portal had been opened at that time, there was no doubt that the people in the chapel and the bead had also been thrown through the portal to the place where the spaceship was before the accident. Because of this, Hao Ren did not spend any effort to find the Orb. Looking for such a small thing in the vast universe, and one that no one had ever seen before, was like looking for a needle in a haystack. But now, it seemed that the four ascetics and the Orb had landed on a planet — and they were unharmed. This was incredible.
"Perhaps there is a mapping error between the Plane of Dreams and the Surface World," the MDT speculated. "The teleportation portals between the two worlds are not two-way. Or maybe there is something special about the Orb itself. It chose a mass point as the teleportation point. You should be glad that it did not fall directly into the sun. Anyway, when the Arcturus 4 crashed, it was near the Kerbal Civilization Sphere. It is understandable that the Orb landed on a planet near there. "
Hao Ren nodded and did not say anything. He came to the teleportation area of the space station and returned home in a flash of white light.
As soon as he returned to the living room, a white figure rushed up to him happily. "Mr. Landlord, you're back!"
Hao Ren looked at Lily's energetic face and could not help but laugh. "You're back?"
Lily hugged Hao Ren's hand and licked it. Then she turned around and wagged her tail to show off. "I've cut my fur twice! Battie said that the drug effect is almost gone. My resistance to it is very strong! Do you think my tail looks good? "
Hao Ren had no idea where he should put his sense of beauty at this moment. It was rare for a girl to ask him the classic question of "does it look good?" But the girl wanted him to judge her tail... Hao Ren could only cough and put on a sincere face. "It looks good. So can you stop using your tail to hit people?"
Lily cheered and rushed to the box of biscuits to reward herself. Hao Ren looked at the husky who had fully recovered... or even overrecovered. He sighed helplessly. "Sigh, I guess it's a good thing."
Vivian was making clothes for Lil Pea. She looked up at Hao Ren and asked, "Did it go well? Was the alien easy to talk to? "
"Well, it went better than I thought. I thought the meeting would last until night." Hao Ren nodded and called out to Becky. "Becky! Come with me to the space station tomorrow. We've found the Orb of the Holy Synod. "
(By the way, Xi Ling's physical book is out too. The publisher is currently shipping it everywhere. It should arrive in the country within a few days. The details should be posted on Tieba when it arrives.)
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