Even though Lin Xue's inexplicable nightmare a few days ago was very concerning, and the inexplicable voice that might be related to that nightmare was also worrying, these two matters were obviously not something that could be solved in a short period of time. First, I had to find a way to reconnect with the voice, and then … and then there was no then …
It wasn't like this was a human station, where someone would pick up the call whenever I made a call. No matter who the source of the voice was, I was in a state of random connection with him. God knows when the other party would be able to contact me again. Perhaps the missy would have already given birth to a lively Xiaoxue No.2, err, not exactly No.2 … Anyway, this problem was not important. What was important was that no one could grasp the exact pattern of the voice's appearance. Even though Tawil had been working hard, things related to the Void Creatures could not be solved with just hard work. So far, everything related to the voice and the civilization on the other side had been classified as an 'unsolved mystery' by the researchers.
I pulled Lin Xue to the headquarters and found Sives. It was around two in the afternoon, and Sives was busy dealing with daily affairs in his office. Although it was called an office, this place looked more like a well-equipped tactical center. This rather spacious circular room was made of the most common material in Schilling construction: a special silver-gray alloy. There were holographic projections on the walls of the room at regular intervals, displaying forms and documents that I could not understand. There were also things that looked like military maps, densely packed star charts and Void Simulation Territory Maps. On the large semi-circular table in the middle of the room was a fixed data terminal and holographic projection generator. Other than that, there were only a few neatly arranged daily tools: Sives' personal data terminal and a few other small devices. At the corner of the table was the only thing that could be considered a decoration in the room, a small crystal bottle with a small white flower in it. The biggest value of the flower was that it made the room look even more empty and shabby.
Sives himself did not care about such decorations. This flower came from the Asida sisters' Gemini Flower Shop. Since it could not be sold, Sives, who occasionally took care of the flower shop, would occasionally bring back withered flowers and place them anywhere.
This was Xi Weisi's office. It was clean and simple, without any unnecessary furnishings or furniture, just like the owner's personality. At first glance, most people would not expect the owner of this place to be the second-in-command of the imperial army. This was not the first time I came to Sives' office. Every time I came, I would sigh. She had developed the 'absolute military style' of Schilling soldiers to the extreme. Even Tawil wore a pair of glasses out of personal interest as a small accessory. Sives, on the other hand, had a row of 27 identical military uniforms in his wardrobe. If not for the need of a mission or orders from his superior, he would not have changed his attire. From what I could remember, ever since she left the surface world and ended her mission as a teacher, she had not taken off her uniform.
Standing in front of me and Lin Xue, Sives, who was wearing a well-ironed women's military uniform, reported his work meticulously.
"… In summary, we have transferred all the goods brought by the Fairy people to the third warehouse in the city. There are a total of 1225 kinds of solid minerals and 364 kinds of liquid substances, three bottles of compressed gas sealed in containers, and two rabbits from another world. One of the rabbits has been eaten by Her Majesty Sandora. The rest will be sent to the analysis room in batches. If the samples have specific energy radiation or any traces that may record information, they will be sent to you."
I blinked. It had only been three hours since Phyllis had given us the goods for free. In such a short time, Shadora had accurately located the rabbits and eaten them. Her Majesty the Queen's foraging skills had indeed been maxed out.
"Stones, water, air …" Lin Xue sat on Sives's office chair, her mouth trembling a little. "Those Fairy people really dare to sell everything. I didn't believe you when you said that Phyllis was a stone seller …"
"That's how cross-world trade works. You don't know if something will be useful in another world, so you just stuff it into the warehouse no matter what you see. You can always exchange it for the treasure you want. This kind of trade is actually a kind of gamble. You take something that you don't know what it can do in another world and exchange it for something you don't know what it can do. Then you go to the next world and repeat the process several times until you feel that you have finally got the treasure you want. In general, this kind of gamble has a very high rate of profit because there are too many multiverses. The probability of meeting a sucker is as high as the probability of running naked on the street and bumping into the police … "
Lin Xue rolled her eyes and looked at me. "Can't you use a normal analogy occasionally?"
I twitched the corner of my mouth and regretted not bringing Shallow Shallow here. If that girl was here, she would definitely make everything in the world look normal …
"But speaking of which," Lin Xue rolled her eyes and looked at the ceiling. Suddenly, she clapped her hands and summed up a rule. "Blockhead, why do you pick up some strange people every few days? And there must be at least one girl among them … "
I suddenly broke into a cold sweat. "You put people like Phyllis on the list of warning targets?"
Missy's expression was very serious. "Walking upright, not ugly, no husband or female. As long as they meet these four conditions, they are all warning targets. You beast, your hunting range is too wide. Look at all the people in the house who are not girls. The two birds in the yard laid eggs and you took them home to raise them as little girls. How can I not be on guard? I've just been eaten by you, and now I'm in a sensitive period. Oh, by the way, you also have a fox. That silly furry ball has learned to lie on your feet and take care of the children. If that's the case, you have to remove the words' walking upright '… "
I was speechless. It seemed that this little hedgehog had recovered. The thorns on her body were slowly recovering. I don't know why, but I felt that her venomous tongue was quite warm now. After confirming that Missy was just having a venomous tongue, I decisively threw her into the mute list and continued to discuss national affairs with Sives. It was not often that I had to do something serious, so I had to perform well.
Sives remained expressionless as she watched me interact with Missy. Her ability to remain indifferent should be one of her specialties. Then, she cleared her throat and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's not easy to find the target in the Fairy warehouse. We lack a clear and distinguishable feature. Now, no one knows what the thing that led the Fallen Apostle here is. It may even be the most inconspicuous stone in a large pile of stones that the Fairy people dug up. I've talked to Vincent Carlo. I've talked to Carlo, and he doesn't know much about these things. He's just a pure military commander. "
This was indeed a problem, especially when I knew that the Fairy people's merchant ships were really full of stones that they dug up from all over the world. I was even more convinced that this was a huge challenge. God knew what the inducement of the Fallen Apostle to hunt the Fairy people in the four quadrants looked like. It might really be just a meteorite fragment or something else with no special features. Now, it was as if we had come to a place with a population of 20 billion, and then received a mission: Go, find that person …
In this mission, the word 'that person' was the only description of the mission target …
Anyway, if this mission was given to me, I would definitely go berserk on the spot. The only reason why Sives did not go berserk was that her loyalty was maxed out.
I thought for a moment and sighed in my heart: I hope it's not the two rabbits from the otherworld that Sandora ate. Anything that entered Sandora's mouth was like falling into a black hole. There was no way to find it …
"Let's look around. If we really can't find anything, we'll just collect everything that looks different from the other stones." I smacked my lips and my gaze landed on Lin Xue. "Girl, can you help this time?"
"Yes," Lin Xue answered straightforwardly. "But I won't help."
I almost fell to the ground. "Why?"
"First, it's a secret. Second, I don't need to do anything. I'll find that thing soon anyway," Missy lay on the table and fiddled with the MDT. "That thing is like the shining point of Liliana's humanity …"
"You mean you can't find it even if you die?"
"… I mean, if it really exists, it will definitely be very conspicuous …"
"… Don't use such ambiguous metaphors in the future."
"Finally, is there anything else to report?" I silently erased the guilt that I felt towards Liliana and looked up at Sives. The latter nodded. "There is one thing that I can't confirm for now, but I feel that I should report it in advance. Regarding the whereabouts of Halland and the remnants of her troops, I can confirm that they have not returned to the Abyss Empire. They have already escaped into the void, and we don't know where they went. The spy stations and scouting spaceships that we have deployed around the borders of the Abyss Empire have yet to discover any traces of Halland's troops passing by."
Halland had yet to return to her base. Perhaps this meant that this powerful enemy had already been removed from the Fallen Apostle's camp. However, I wasn't too sure about this. "Maybe he's still on his way? Or maybe he's been delayed by something else? "
Lin Xue rolled her eyes at me. "How is that possible? This dog's brain is about to be smashed out by you. Shouldn't he hurry home and apply some medicine? Is he going to wander around outside? He might encounter the Protoss's patrol team at any time. "
I thought about it and felt that Milady's conclusion was spot on.
"That actually makes me feel even more depressed." I spread my hands and explained my worries. "If he had returned to the Abyss Empire, then at least we would still be able to track his whereabouts. But now that he has disappeared, this means that a ticking time bomb has disappeared into the depths of the void. Indeed, he doesn't have many troops on hand right now, but don't forget how many people we had when we started from scratch. A living emperor and a basic army would be able to grow to the size of several armies in no time. Halan is the biggest military threat we've ever encountered. Judging from the chaotic battles between the legions, this guy can almost fight against half of the New Empire's forces alone. If we let him go, he'll definitely be a hidden danger. "
Lin Xue agreed with my analysis. That Halland might have been the most unfortunate Fallen Apostle who had fought against the New Empire, but he was undoubtedly the one who had caused the greatest losses to the New Empire. He was a hardline King of War, possessing an unprecedentedly powerful army and the ability to summon troops. Once such an enemy disappears right under your nose, it's hard to be sure that the next time you meet him, he won't appear in front of you with another army of underlings. But now, he had indeed disappeared. After fleeing from the Empire's borders, he didn't return to the Fallen Apostle camp, nor did he appear within the range of any of our surveillance stations. It was as if he had evaporated into thin air and disappeared without a trace.
"Continue the search. That's the only thing we can do." I looked at Sives. "Send out as many Void surveillance ships as possible and follow the last signal of Halland's troops disappearing into the depths of the Void. If they encounter an enemy … Don't fight. Do everything possible to follow them secretly. "
"Yes, your humble servant understands."
From the looks of it, that Halland was indeed problematic. Judging from the various signs, he was problematic even before the invasion. The battle a few days ago didn't feel like a meticulously planned war at all, but more like a mad dog's assault amidst despair. Halland seemed to have been exiled, which was why his army had turned out in full force and charged at the Empire's borders. Now, he had suffered heavy casualties, but he didn't return to his lair. Why?
The only possible explanation was that he couldn't go back. Perhaps' that lord 'forbade him to return?
In any case, I couldn't figure it out. But based on the core belief that the enemy's misfortune was our own fortune, I felt that Halland's current predicament could be considered good news for us, although it might not be a good thing if he continued to disappear.
By the time I returned home with Milady, it was already five in the afternoon. Unknowingly, we had spent an entire day in the City of Shadows. But today wasn't too busy. My interaction with Phyllis, the Void peddler, could be categorized as a leisure activity, because I really couldn't find the feeling of having a national meeting with the ruler of another civilization. I felt that the mood of being with that lady was similar to buying discounted eggs in the market. The only difference was that she was even more difficult to deal with than the egg peddler …
The moment I entered the living room, I saw a glowing white figure floating towards me. It was Anveena, who was preparing dinner in the kitchen. She noticed the commotion in the living room and came to greet her master. The well-educated maid gently lifted the corner of her skirt and bowed to me and Lin Xue, "Master, Mistress, you've worked hard."
Milady had a weird expression as she accepted Anveena's daily courtesy. In the past, the little ghost would greet her family like this every day. But this time, Milady's mood was obviously different. She shuddered and blinked as she looked around, "Why does the word 'Mistress' sound so weird this time?"
I glanced at Anveena. The ghost maid lowered her head and the light on her body flickered. It wasn't easy for her to answer the question. But there was a cold female rogue behind her, so it was easier for her to answer the question. Icetis's voice was so loud that the entire house could hear her, "Nonsense. In the past, it was the mistress who failed. Now, it's the mistress who failed. Anveena's attitude is completely different when she greets you and when she listens to you …"
Anveena was stunned. Then, she passed through my body and floated to the kitchen with a weird expression. This little ghost was really convenient when she moved around the house. If she wasn't passing through walls, then she was passing through people.
Milady was stunned on the spot. The thorn that had just risen in the City of Shadows didn't last long before it was extinguished by Milady's words. Then, she ran to the second floor, "I'm going back to rest. Call me when dinner is ready!"
"Take advantage of the fact that her guard is low these days to flirt with her." Icetis leaned over and patted my shoulder, "This little girl is quite fun when she's shy. You won't be able to flirt with her in two days, unless you're energetic and your taste changes … "
I looked at Bryndis inexplicably. The expression on this female pervert's face was as wretched as it could get. She didn't have much of a holy aura to begin with, but now it was all gone. I couldn't understand why she had such an expression of "I've been through it all". I couldn't help but feel curious, "Can you not be so unhealthy? If I remember correctly, you haven't even been in a relationship for tens of millions of years, right? "
Sis Bing's evil smile disappeared in the blink of an eye. She was almost stabbed to death in her sore spot. At that moment, Sandora sneaked out from the kitchen. It seemed that she had heard what I said earlier. She decisively added the final blow, "Her? Even her chest can be seen. When she doesn't speak, she really is like a girl. But back in the day, she was known as the number one female rogue who could scare off two thousand men in a day. Her nickname was' Lady Mirror '. "
I communicated with Sandora through the mental connection for a long time. After confirming that it was' Lady Mirror 'and not' Thorn ', I was surprised, "Eh, this nickname sounds nice. It's different from this female rogue's aura. It sounds dreamy …"
Icetis looked at me and Sandora discussing the heaviest topic of her life with a pained expression. Her tone was on the verge of breaking down, "Dream your head, full reflection …"
Sandora was still explaining, "There are two meanings. One is that it can reflect the opposite sex like a mirror. The other is like a mirror. When a man stands in front of Icetis, he will also see a man …"
Icetis finally couldn't take it anymore and went berserk. The female rogue broke the sound barrier and charged at Sandora, "Stop right there, Sandora! I'm going to kill you! You think getting married is amazing! Someone wants to be amazing! Do you dare to compare breasts with me? Do you dare to compare fists with me? Stand there and don't move! You've been single for billions of years. Who are you going to pretend to be Dream of the Red Chamber! Even if I get married next year, I'll just be a thread later than you in life! "
I was speechless, "…"
It seemed like the house became noisy in the blink of an eye. As expected of the First Family, they had to exercise before eating.
Pandemonium broke out in the living room. Even the Demonic Fox girl who was waiting for her meal by the door ran to the top of the cupboard. The atmosphere reached its climax after Shadora's words.
"Icetis will die without a man!"
I'm afraid I won't be able to have a good meal tonight.
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