In the small dessert shop, a young girl with long, light blonde hair was lying on her stomach. She looked like she had been waiting for a long time and had fallen asleep. My gaze was first attracted by the other party's attire. It was an Empire's military uniform, a light uniform worn by ordinary soldiers when they weren't in combat. This type of uniform could be seen everywhere in the base. Based on its style, it should be the military uniform of Pandora's subordinate combat regiment. Of course, the other party's identity definitely wasn't like that. I targeted the unfamiliar girl in front of me and pulled up the data network. The result was as expected: No records. She was not registered in the Empire database.
However, when I ignored the fact that the other party didn't have an ID number and requested the data network to continue searching for the other party's information, the system responded with a shocking piece of information: This stranger who didn't even have an ID number had the authority to travel anywhere in the Empire. Take note, anywhere, including the command center and the control center of the Departed Garden! In these places, her authority was displayed as permanent!
I was glad that Sandora had made the decision to put all military areas in the capital under martial law. Otherwise, if we had done it normally and raised the restrictions, it would not have had any effect on this stranger. Her permanent authority could not be restricted by the access control system!
However, after calming down from the data network, I looked at the blonde girl who was sleeping soundly. I was still dumbfounded. No information was found, permanent authority, she appeared and disappeared mysteriously, she was suspected to be an intruder, and she might even have a heaven-defying camouflage ability (such as turning into a soldier in the Empire base). All these shocking circumstances were placed on an unsuspecting girl who was left hanging in the dessert shop for an entire afternoon and was even sleeping soundly in the end … What were we working so hard for?
"Ah Jun, what should we do? Wake her up? " Shallow Shallow poked my arm lightly. This girl usually had indestructible nerves, but at this moment, she was a little dazed. In the real world, there were also sharp turns that Shallow Shallow couldn't handle.
"Whatever it is … Freeze the time and space around us." My lips twitched as I decisively gave up on trying to straighten out my thoughts. Once Shallow Shallow activated her ability, I knocked on the table. "Hey, wake up! The community is here to send you warmth!"
The blonde woman on the table shook her head and smacked her lips. "Boss, cake, whatever. I'm so hungry … where is my house … "
"... I suddenly feel like our city-wide martial law is about to become a dark piece of history …"
Shallow Shallow nodded silently. Her voice was cold and her expression was stiff. "I feel the same. It's too late to lift the curfew now."
"Wake up, wake up." I knocked on the table hard, then patted his shoulder twice, "The community is sending warmth!"
Amidst such a huge commotion, the girl finally raised her head slowly. A face that couldn't be considered too beautiful but could be considered delicate was finally displayed in full HD in front of me and Shallow Shallow. The golden-haired girl woke up from her daze and saw two strangers in front of her. The first thing she said to us was, "Boss? Did you split? "
What kind of miraculous way of thinking is this!
I was speechless at her words. The moment she opened her mouth, I knew that the city-wide martial law that I had imposed for half a day was about to become a dark piece of history in the New Empire. This was an invader? This person had played the Empire's authority system?
"We …" Qian Qian opened her mouth. In her current personality, her mental capacity seemed to be slightly weaker. She was usually eloquent, but this time, it took her a while to respond. "Forget it, let's not talk about us. Do you know where we are? Why are you here? "
The golden-haired girl stretched her back casually. She didn't seem to feel the pressure of being caught in the act at all. She didn't look like an invader at all. After that, she calmly said, "I'm not sure where this is. I should be at my house. But I went on a long trip and when I came back, I couldn't find the way. But this really should be my house, because the authority is still there … Hmm, I tried many places over the past two days, and it's true that I can move freely. "
It would have been better if she didn't answer. Qian Qian and I were even more confused after hearing what she said. However, there was one thing we could be sure of: from her point of view, she didn't think that she was an intruder at all. On the contrary, she thought that she was walking around in her own house. To think that the capital of the Empire was her home. What kind of deity was she? And she even mentioned that she went on a long trip. I don't remember the Shiring Apostles having …
Wait a minute!
A flash of light flashed across my mind. It was as if a corner that I had neglected was illuminated. My thoughts came to an abrupt halt, and I quickly retraced my memories, trying to grasp the image that flashed through my mind when the lightning flashed. To think that the capital of the Empire was her home. She had the authority to travel anywhere. She thought that she was a native of this place. But she didn't record her name in the database. And she had gone on a long trip …
That crystal! That crystal that had been lost in the fifteenth sky, and had only recently returned after drifting in the void for 70,000 years! That was the only thing that fit the description — except for the fact that the stone had suddenly turned into a blonde girl.
"Did you come back with that big rock?"
Although this was an illogical conjecture, I felt that there weren't many things around me that were logical anyway. So, I connected the dots. Besides, there was a precedent of something coming out of a stone. It was just that back then, it was Monkey Sun and Xia Qi. The stone I brought back had a girl … I felt that the big stone in my house was of a much higher quality than the other two.
"A stone?" The blonde girl frowned in confusion, and then nodded in realization. "Oh, you mean that memory crystal? Hmm, I remember that I was in the crystal when I left … Seems like that's the reason. The crystal's performance wasn't good enough, causing my memory to be a mess … I feel much weaker than when I left, as if I'm missing half of my body. So, when I felt that I was brought back from the crystal, those people were you? "
"Err, that's what happened." I felt that the mystery seemed to have been solved. Even though I couldn't explain the identity of the person in front of me, I could finally rule out the possibility that she was a "dangerous person". If she really came back with the crystal, then she was most likely one of the Shiring Apostles in the fifteenth sky. It seemed that she was an incorporeal creature, and had been stored in the crystal in the form of data or spirit. Now, for some unknown reason, she had been released. This should also explain why she had the ability to change forms. I could basically confirm that the monster girl that appeared in Monster Town and the Atlanteans that appeared on Sky Island were all this blonde girl in front of me.
If she was a spirit and happened to have the relevant talent, it would be easy for her to carry out that degree of mimicry.
"Thank you." The blonde girl nodded. "Although I can't remember why I left, it's always good to be brought back. But your expressions just now were strange … Did I cause any trouble for you? "
Shallow Shallow and I were instantly speechless. Did she not realize how much panic she had caused by wandering around for the past two days?
"Are you really a Shiring Apostles?" This time, even Shallow Shallow couldn't help but retort normally. "How can you be so muddle-headed? At least Silvia knows to report to the military frequently to show that she's still alive! You haven't even reported to anyone yet! "
"Shiring Apostles? What's that? Report? Who should I report to? "The blonde girl looked surprised." I don't understand what you mean. I'm just staying at home, why do I have to inform others? "
… She even forgot the words "Shiring Apostles" and the Imperial Army's rules! What kind of a weirdo did she meet! How many things were left in her memory bank!
In that instant, I felt that the person before me was definitely the most inconceivable person from the Imperial Army that I had ever met. Perhaps only Silvia who had lost all her memories could compare to her. But the problem was that Silvia had no memories of that time, while the one before me not only remembered part of the situation in the Empire's capital, but also knew how to use her authority to unlock the military zone. She even retained her own abilities, but the only thing she had forgotten was the awareness of being a member of the Imperial Army. What had she encountered in the past tens of thousands of years?
"Err …" Qian Qian was taken aback. In the end, she could only ask, "Then do you remember who you are?"
"You mean my name?" The blonde girl frowned and thought for a moment. "Yeah, I was alone back then, and no one gave me a name. But I do have a name … I'm Schilling."
There was a moment of silence. Both Shallow Shallow and I were speechless.
"Can you … say that again?" Shallow Shallow was the first to react. She looked curiously at the blonde girl who called herself Schilling. "What's your name?"
"Schilling. My name is Schilling," the other party said matter-of-factly. "That was my name when I was born. Ever since I was conscious, I've known myself as Schilling. Is there something wrong with this name? "
Just as I came back to my senses and was filled with curiosity about this girl who called herself Schilling, I suddenly heard my sister's voice in my head. "Ah Jun, what's the situation inside? Why aren't you guys out yet? "
"Forget it, there's no need to be on guard … It was a mistake to put the entire city on lockdown," I said helplessly through the mental link. "The intruder is here. She doesn't even know that we're here to capture her, let alone escape. Now that there's a girl here who calls herself Schilling, I'll call Sandora over to broaden her horizons … "
Very soon, everyone had entered the shop, including Sandora who was far away in Avalon. She had also teleported over through the Space Portal. The small dessert shop was filled to the brim in no time. Sandora grabbed my shoulder the moment she entered. "Where is she? Where is she? Did you capture the intruder?" "Not yet.
She's sitting over there. "I felt that this was a situation that was hard to explain. I extended my hand and pointed at the seat by the window. 'Schilling' was still sitting there calmly. She looked curiously at the large group of people that had suddenly entered the shop, as though the entire world had nothing to do with her." Oh yeah, let me give you a friendly notice. Shallow Shallow and I have already gotten some information about her. She said that her name is Schilling and that she lives in the Empire. She doesn't know what a military zone is, nor has she heard of the Shiring Apostles. She ran around because she couldn't find a place to sleep. She came here because she's hungry … "
Sandora was about to walk towards the intruder when her body froze in mid-air. She turned her head and said to me in a daze, "Huh?"
Everyone surrounded the golden-haired girl who came out of nowhere and whose identity we couldn't figure out. She answered every question, if she could answer them. This girl who called herself 'Schilling' was quite patient. She seemed to be abnormally calm no matter what happened. She didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being surrounded and "interrogated" by so many people. She only expressed that she was hungry halfway through the interrogation. After her sister handed her a piece of cake, she didn't even protest. However, after a long period of questioning, we didn't get any more information. This girl only knew a few things:
"My name is Schilling. I was born at home. I live at home. I should be at home right now."
That's all …
"She isn't lying." Sandora shook her head lightly. She had been monitoring the mental state of this' Schilling '. "What's strange is that I can't tell which branch she is from. I can confirm that she has the authority and unique code of the standard Shiring Apostles. However, her life form doesn't belong to any branch. I just checked the database of the 15th Heaven's mystical and technological side, but there is no such person. "
"The 15th Heaven … Oh right." I smacked my head and pulled Pandora over to face Schilling. "Do you know her?"
Then I pointed at my sister. "And her. Do you know her?"
"I don't know her." Schilling shook her head decisively. "I said that I have always been alone. It's so strange … What happened to my family? Why are there so many places that I can't find? My home has become so narrow now … "
It seemed that she still didn't know that the Old Empire had fallen. Although the Capital World was prosperous now, it shouldn't be as big as the 15th Heaven back then. Also, the most confusing thing was the few words that she kept emphasizing: I have always been alone. How could there be such a Shiring Apostles? Could it be a forgotten alien?
"Anyway, the city's martial law can be lifted. If the so-called invader is such a strange person …" Sandora let out a sigh of relief. There were countless mysteries that couldn't be solved for the "Schilling" in front of us, including her identity and permanent authority. However, at least it had been confirmed that she was harmless. "The 15th Heaven's database is also incomplete. We can't find any records of her. It might be because of the Concept Separation. There might be a portion of the Shiring Apostles whose identities were permanently erased. She was separated from Gaia by you in the state of Concept Separation. Maybe that's the reason. As for her own memories … She will figure out what happened when the time comes. "
I pouted. "So it's my fault?"
"F * ck! Who else should I blame?!" Icetis finally found an opportunity. The female pervert who had taken a stroll outside was now furious. She came up to me and gave me a bear hug. Then, she pinched my neck and shouted, "I took a stroll outside! Only now did I find out that she had been sleeping right under your noses for the entire afternoon! What are you doing? "
While I was trying my best to resist the female pervert, a teleportation door suddenly appeared in the shop. Then, Bubble jumped out from it. She had been busy in the main engine room. The moment she appeared, she shouted excitedly, "Child's father! Child's father! I found it! I found an anomaly … Huh? "
I looked at the tragedy in silence. I raised my hand and pointed at Schilling who was chatting with her sister in a low voice. "We found it."
Child's mother … I mean, Bubble's expression instantly became very interesting. It was as exciting as when you got your first piece of green equipment in a game and wanted to show it off to your friends, only to find out that everyone else who entered the game with you was at least at the epic level. I could understand how she felt. After all … this person named Schilling gave me the feeling of a trilogy. She was mysterious at the beginning, scary in the middle, and a trap at the end. No one could accept the fact that we had mobilized the army and even asked the Protoss to help, only to find out that the invader was sleeping in a dessert shop less than 500 meters away from us. Bubble wouldn't be able to accept it even if she told her.
"This … this doesn't make sense!" Bubble looked as if she had lost her parents. "My daughters and I overloaded for a long time before we found an anomaly in the spiritual network. In the end …"
"Wait, did you say spiritual network?" Sandora suddenly realized something and interrupted Bubble's rambling. "What's in the spiritual network?"
"Let me start from the beginning." Bubble pouted. "Otherwise, you won't understand. The situation is quite strange. At first, I followed the usual procedures. I checked the sentry reports, the staff registration forms, and the teleportation records between several realms. However, there was no problem with the data. Then, I began to screen the spiritual network to see if there was any abnormal data. The first time I screened it, there was no abnormality. During the second time, I took a snapshot of the spiritual network of all the Shiring Apostles in the New Empire. At the same time, I calculated the traffic of the entire network … "
"This is really a huge project." Sandora couldn't help but sigh.
"Yeah, the workload was huge. Two out of three hundred daughters are still talking nonsense," Bubble muttered. "However, I finally found something wrong. The actual traffic of the spiritual network is exactly one more person than the theoretical traffic."
When Bubble said the last sentence, her tone suddenly became very serious. Although I didn't understand, I felt something in my heart. Well, I still didn't understand after feeling it.
"In other words, in the spiritual network of the Shiring Apostles, there is a spirit individual." Sandora glanced at me. "The total installed capacity of the network is exactly one more person. However, we don't know where this extra person is connected to, and we don't know who provided it. This is the spirit individual."
"That's not all," Bubble's gaze fell on Schilling. The latter was currently observing everyone without feeling anything. His face was filled with curiosity. "There is an extra person's data flow. However, this is the result after the entire network was summarized. There was no abnormality when the statistics were done. The extra data wasn't provided by a specific individual, but by a whole group of people. Instead, it comes from the entire network? Network? Network! "
Bubble raised her arm and pointed at Schilling, who had a confused look on his face. Now that our intelligent host had quickly reorganized the information it had, it finally grasped the key point of the problem. "In other words, her reflection in the spiritual network isn't a complete individual. Instead, it is distributed throughout the entire system. It is very possible …"
Bubble pointed at her own head and said slowly, "It is very possible that in the process of connecting to the network, I have provided the extra spirit individual with a trillionth of the resources …"
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