"The one who sneaked into the Sky Island's power reactor was a local woman," the Atlantean guard who was kneeling on one knee stood up under Sandora's command. He looked confused. "I met her face to face, so I saw her very clearly. She was petite, about 2.35 meters tall. She was a small woman. She was wearing the most common Atlantean dress with white background and gold patterns. She had long lavender hair and a tattoo like the Imperial Army emblem on her arm. Her physical characteristics showed that she was an Atlantean …"
Half of my attention was on the "it's a small woman" part …
"What was the report on Monster Town?" I glanced at Artemis, and the blonde girl nodded. "When your fox came to report, he brought a hand-drawn portrait of the monsters. It's here."
As she said that, she took out a crumpled piece of paper from her arms and handed it to me. I unfolded it and was shocked. "This was drawn by my sister?"
Artemis said, "… It's not easy to recognize. The monsters were drawn a little too broadly. In short, according to the description, the woman who appeared in Monster Town was a slender girl about 1.6 meters tall. She was wearing a green dress that was common in the town and looked a little antique. She was about 16 or 17 years old and had long black straight hair. She was similar to the 'invaders' who appeared in Atlantis. That is, she also had a tattoo similar to the military emblem on her arm. In addition, it can be confirmed that the woman who appeared in Monster Town was not human. She at least had the ability to teleport and great strength. This was confirmed by the monsters with their own eyes. "
The mysterious woman who appeared in Monster Town and the invader who appeared on the Sky Island of Atlantis were obviously different in appearance. They might be two people, but one thing was particularly noteworthy. Both of them had tattoos similar to the Imperial Army emblem on their arms. Was this a coincidence? Or was it some kind of organized mark? I turned to Sandora in confusion. "There are two possibilities. Either there are two invaders, or … this is a person who can disguise herself in various forms. Either way, she has the ability to pass through the military zone at will. "
Although there were two possibilities, I was more inclined to believe the second one. Because the Atlantean race was a special race, there might be new monsters from other worlds in the Monster Town, but the entire Atlantean race was a unique life created by the old Empire. Each of them was registered. In theory, it was impossible for a new member to suddenly appear from another world that no one knew. Therefore, the invader that appeared on the Sky Island was definitely not a real Atlantean. Since it was a disguise, there was naturally reason to suspect that the invader could disguise as a monster.
Of course, more importantly, I was unwilling to believe that invaders who could bypass the Empire's Sentinel System could actually appear in groups …
"You mean, mimicry?" Sandora came up with a phrase to explain why if there was only one intruder, she would appear in two different places. I instantly thought of the slimes at home that were treated as pets by the naughty children. That fellow could also mimic. It would randomly change into the appearance of the person that it had recently come into contact with. Shallow Shallow had been training that Slime to change into a bicycle for the past two days. Obviously, the Slime's mimicry was different from the situation we were facing now. This time, the invader was much more powerful.
Sandora and I were quickly analyzing the available information, trying to summarize some characteristics of the invader. Suddenly, an Imperial Army officer at the scene had an idea. "Your Majesty, the invader doesn't seem to have the ability to mimic accurately."
"Huh?" I lifted my head and looked at the military officer. The other party continued, "It's like this. Let's assume that there was only one intruder and that she had used a mimicry method to change into different appearances. Although she had disguised herself as a local, she had appeared with a stranger's face. Thus, she was quickly seen through by the others. If she could mimic accurately, she could change into one of the local personnel. For example, she could become the guard of the power reactor. However, she didn't do that. Unless she has other intentions, it could only be that she couldn't do it. "
"That's a possibility," Sandora agreed. "That would be the best. From the looks of it, she can only change into the appearance of a local according to the general characteristics, but she can't precisely copy a specific person. That would make it much easier to identify her. Under martial law, she wouldn't be able to sneak into the key facilities so easily. However, maintaining martial law isn't a long-term solution. "
I felt that it wasn't appropriate. "Plus, we are assuming that there is only one invader. So, we are guessing that she can change her appearance. What if there are two of them? Or, there might be more of them. They might even be active in the City of Shadows but haven't been discovered yet … "
"All military zones in the capital world are under martial law," Sandora said straightforwardly. "Special cases will be dealt with in a special way. As for the civilian zones … Seeing that she had only been having fun in Monster Town for two days, her target might not be the civilian facilities. So, we can just strengthen the surveillance for now. Plus, to be honest … it isn't practical to raise the martial law level in all civilian zones to military level. It might cause chaos instead. "
"I'm just worried that she will sneak into the Imperial Army." I couldn't help but sigh. "She has the authority to pass through, and she might appear as a local. Once she sneaks into the headquarters of the Imperial Army, regardless of whether she will cause any harm, the incident itself is serious enough."
"It's already very serious now." Sandora smiled bitterly with confusion. "I'm not worried that she will disguise herself as the Shiring Apostles. Apostles use their souls and authority system to authenticate each other. No matter how well she disguises herself, there's no way for her to copy them. What I'm worried about is … this invader suddenly appeared out of nowhere and went everywhere. How could there be such a huge loophole in our security system? "
Sandora had already begun to doubt the security measures in the capital world. In theory, she shouldn't have lost confidence in the security measures of the Empire so easily. However, the situation before her eyes made her wonder: What's wrong with our Sentinel System? Was there really a loophole that no one had discovered that allowed an intruder to swagger around under everyone's noses like this?
"I have a feeling that this person might be related to the Empire," I said casually.
"Indeed, she has a tattoo that looks like the emblem of the Imperial Army." Sandora's expression was rather conflicted. "With this emblem, no matter how you look at it, she looks like someone from the Empire's side. However, there are no records of such people. That person's movements are also very mysterious, which makes people suspicious. Right now, even I'm a little confused. This situation is really unprecedented … "
Even Sandora was confused. Of course, I wasn't any better. Right now, the only action I could think of was to find that mysterious person as soon as possible. It would be best if I could meet her face to face, but I reckoned that the probability of that happening was very low.
Soon, including the shadow space and the cities in the heavens, all the military facilities in the capital world entered a state of varying degrees of martial law. Since the establishment of the New Empire, this was the first time since the establishment of the New Empire. I felt that the situation was really getting out of hand.
At the same time, even though the martial law hadn't affected the civilian areas, there were more patrols and surveillance drones in those areas. I reckoned that the citizens would soon feel the abnormality in the surrounding atmosphere. Perhaps this wouldn't cause too much of a commotion. After all, those who were able to settle in the capital of the Empire were all special characters from their respective worlds. World leaders who had retired to the second line or famous race heroes could be found everywhere in the City of Shadows. They wouldn't cause a commotion just because of this change in atmosphere. Furthermore, the Empire had frequent wars on a daily basis. Every now and then, there would be large-scale military movements in the City of Shadows. I reckoned that the citizens were already used to this degree of increase in soldiers. This should be something that would make me and Sandora feel slightly more at ease.
Putting so many military units into a state of martial law for one (or maybe two, or maybe a group) Unknowns might seem like making a mountain out of a molehill, but to the Shiring Apostles, it was actually nothing. They were used to a militarized lifestyle from top to bottom. The state of martial law wouldn't have any psychological impact on them like it would on ordinary races, nor would it interfere with the normal operation of these military facilities. At the same time, considering that the Unknowns might have already obtained the right to enter and exit the important places of the Imperial Army, under the premise that the other party's goal was unknown, a certain degree of martial law was something we had no choice but to do.
Sandora decided to stay in Avalon on her own. She felt that the "invaders" might not have left this space yet. She wanted to use her own mind to scan the entire territory of Avalon. I returned to the City of Shadows later, wanting to see if I could find any clues from the surveillance system in the data center. My sister and Shallow Shallow obviously knew about the commotion here. When I returned to the Shadow Fortress, a bunch of my family members had already gathered there, including the five Protoss cops. Shallow Shallow was jumping around restlessly. When I appeared, she couldn't wait to jump up to me. "Ah Jun, Ah Jun! What happened? Why is the entire city under martial law? "
"A second Unknowns have been discovered in Avalon. This time, it's an Atlantean woman." I patted Shallow Shallow's head and comforted the excited girl. "Because the situation is too strange, Sandora and I suspect that this is an invader with mimicry abilities."
After all, a group of invaders that included monsters, Atlanteans, and various other possible races, and could still run around in the Empire's military zone, this was … too ridiculous. I would rather believe that there was only one person.
"Where did Bubble go?" I suddenly realized that the mother of a certain lively child wasn't in front of me. I couldn't help but ask curiously. My sister immediately replied, "Oh, she went to the data center. She said that she wanted to connect herself to the direct port of the database to screen all the incoming and outgoing information in the City of Shadows. She also called over three hundred mass production mainframes. "
"That guy didn't drop the ball at such a crucial moment." I exhaled and turned to look at Lin Xue. "Girl, what do you think?"
The prophet rubbed her eyes. It seemed that she had already made a prophecy in this regard. I didn't expect the prophet to look so tired just to track down a mere Unknowns, especially under her nose. She sighed, seemingly depressed. "I can only predict that there won't be any catastrophic events happening in the foreseeable future, but that Unknowns … Blockhead, this is a little strange. I did a vague search with the invader as the target. Guess who appeared in my field of vision?"
Everyone looked at Missy in unison.
"Pandora, Visca, Sandora, Sicaro, Sives, Tawil … There are many faces that I don't know but have an impression of. As long as it's the Shiring Apostles that I've seen, they all appeared in the prophecy at least once." Missy didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Even the two sentries that are standing guard in front of the headquarters. Do you know that there are double images around you now … "
I knew why Missy was rubbing her eyes earlier.
"In short, the prophecy power doesn't seem to work on that Unknowns. She interferes with my vision. I guess she blocked the results." Missy crossed her arms in annoyance. "So, what I see are all kinds of random faces of people that I've seen subconsciously."
It seemed that it was impossible to make use of the prophet's power to take advantage of the situation. Thus, I turned my gaze to the few people who were usually freeloading and should be contributing now.
"Don't look at us. We're just here to help out." Icetis didn't wait for me to speak before she quickly waved her hand. Then, she slapped Ellson to the front. "There, he's the one. Alright, we'll head back first. "
"You're really going back?" I raised my eyebrows as I watched Icetis turn around and return. She had an old-fashioned expression on her face. "Damn it, I'm not on your data network and I don't know what's going on in the City of Shadows. I'm just here to watch the show. Why can't I just leave?"
Jingle crawled out from my pocket. The little thing had been with me and Sandora the entire time, so she knew what was going on. She wasn't vague at such a crucial moment. She waved at her four team members. "Everyone, go and help patrol!"
The few Protoss should be able to play a big role at this moment. The Protoss's perception and mental field were very wide, needless to say. More importantly, they didn't mix with the Shiring Apostles' network. If the invader had bypassed the Empire's network to move freely, then the Protoss's' third pair of eyes' should be able to play an unexpected role.
Since we weren't sure what the invader's characteristics were fixed (their appearance was uncertain, and they didn't have an identification code), the five Protoss cops couldn't accurately capture the target. They could only help patrol around the military zone to prevent any suspicious individuals from approaching the blockade. Under martial law, only the Shiring Apostles were allowed to enter and exit the Shadow City's military zone. The few of them just had to help set up the defense. Although they were a bunch of unreliable fellows, they wouldn't have any problems with such a simple mission.
"The most troublesome thing now is that the invader might be able to mimic. We aren't sure what she looks like, and we don't have a clear way to identify her. The Empire's identification system doesn't work on her either. This kind of aimless search will only make her hide temporarily, but it won't solve the problem at all." After the few Protoss set off under the leadership of their imposing captain, even Icetis left with a face full of resentment, the elder sister said worriedly.
What the elder sister said made sense, and I could think of that as well. However, other than strengthening the patrol and search, there didn't seem to be any better solutions. Other than the previous methods, it seemed like the only thing left was to wait and see when the Bubble would find clues, or if Sandora's spirit scan was effective.
Just then, a soft, slow voice suddenly came from behind us, interrupting our conversation. "Hey, everyone's here. What's going on today? There are so many soldiers outside. "
The appearance of this voice was really unexpected. I turned around and saw that it was indeed Sylvia. Her speaking habits couldn't be replicated by ordinary people. Those with a reflex arc shorter than twenty meters wouldn't be able to use her voice.
"Sylvia? Why are you here? Don't you usually dislike the inside of the base? "The elder sister greeted the slow silver-haired mole and asked curiously.
"Oh, because Belavilla had to assign tasks to the Ravens. She also had to go to the headquarters for a meeting, so I came out," Sylvia thought for a while and slowly explained to us with a smile. I was about to die from anxiety before she finished the second half of her sentence, "I am on my way back now. There is a new customer in the shop who has been waiting for a long time."
If it was any other time, I would be happy to talk to this slow silver-haired mole for a while. Her tone was enough to adjust my mood, but now was obviously not the time. Thus, after Sylvia finished speaking, I quickly waved my hand and said, "Oh, then you go ahead with your work. We are dealing with an unexpected situation here. Don't worry, it's not a big deal …"
Sylvia thought for a while and nodded. Just as she turned around to leave, I finally reacted and quickly shouted, "Wait!"
The silver-haired mole thought for a while and looked surprised, "What's wrong? You scared me …"
"There is a new customer in your shop? A new acquaintance? A face that has never appeared before? "I asked a series of questions and then patted Shallow Shallow's shoulder," Speed her up! "
Thus, Sylvia skipped the cooldown time for her to speak and immediately replied, "Yes, a new customer. I think she is a female soldier from the base, but I don't know her. Two days ago, she suddenly came to the shop and bought a lot of cakes. She came this afternoon and is now waiting in the shop … "
"Bring us … No, let's go there now!"
I was about to ask Sylvia to lead the way, but after looking at her silly face, which had a ping value of at least four digits compared to the real world, I decisively decided to set off with a group of people first and let this slow-paced person slowly react.
A group of people rushed towards Sylvia's little shop. Fortunately, her shop was within the military perimeter. If the mysterious person had entered her shop and waited for a while, he should still be in the military zone. This was the first time I was so glad that Sylvia was such an idiot to actually open a shop in the military zone. Of course, there was no evidence to prove that the new customer that Slow-Paced person mentioned was the 'intruder' we were looking for. But my strong intuition told me that I was right. What do you think?
Would the idiot Sylvia's shop have a new customer under normal circumstances?! Her social circle hasn't changed in two and a half years!
The only thing we had to worry about was whether the mysterious person would still be waiting in the shop after such a long time. Regardless of how she could wander around the military zone with the identity of an 'intruder', and regardless of why she suddenly went to Sylvia's cake shop to buy things, none of that was important. What was important was that she had to be patient and wait for the Silver Mole … Hopefully, she had already understood Sylvia's rhythm during these two days and wasn't in a hurry to leave.
Sylvia's shop appeared in everyone's field of vision. It still looked as quiet as usual, but all of us stopped a few meters away from the shop. We stared at the door as though there was a ferocious beast locked inside.
There was an energy reaction inside.
"Don't go in together, in case the target runs away." Miss Lin seemed to be very professional in assigning tasks. "She seems to be an expert in escaping. Mm, we will stand guard outside. Blockhead, you and Shallow Shallow go in. One of you can fight while the other can stall. You are the most suitable for this job. "
Everyone expressed that they had no objections. Thus, the group of Number One to Number Nth in the World guarded the small shop as though they were facing a great enemy. Meanwhile, Shallow Shallow and I cautiously pushed open the door and entered the shop.
I didn't dare to use teleportation to directly flash in, as I was afraid of agitating the target.
However, the scene of an intense battle that we expected or a white shadow flashing before our eyes and Shallow Shallow activating her martial arts didn't appear. The shop was quiet. Shallow Shallow patted my arm and pointed to the seat by the window. "Ah Jun, over there."
A young girl wearing the Imperial Army uniform with light blonde straight hair was sprawled on the table. She had already fallen asleep.
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