After more than 20 hours of flight, Lin Yan finally returned to the embrace of her motherland. At the Imperial Capital Airport, as soon as the two got off the plane, they were invited into the car by the uniformed law enforcement team and rushed all the way to the official headquarters.
Although she was mentally prepared, the tense atmosphere still made Lin Xi a little uneasy. She didn't dare to talk much to Chen Chu on the way and arrived at the headquarters in silence.
As soon as the car arrived, someone was waiting at the door. As soon as the two got out of the car, they were led inside.
Are the people at the headquarters so indifferent? They didn't even say what they were doing, they just kept leading people in.
Lin Xi followed behind, mumbling inwardly. Halfway through, someone suddenly stretched out his hand to block her way.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yan was stunned for a moment and asked.
Chen Chu heard her voice and turned to look over.
"Director Guan wants to see Chen Chu, and the person who wants to see you is in another meeting room." The law enforcement team member who stopped her was a female psychic who was about twenty years old. She spoke politely but had no expression on her face.
Lin Xi subconsciously looked at Chen Chu.
Chen Chu nodded at her.
"Okay." Lin Yan had no choice but to follow the female law enforcement team member to another meeting room.
The huge office building was so quiet that it was almost eerie. Apart from the sound of their footsteps, there was no other sound. Apart from the law enforcement team leading the way, Lin Xi didn't even see any other psychics.
While they were thinking, the two had already arrived at the door of the conference room. The law enforcement team member who led the way stepped forward and opened the door of the conference room, motioning Lin Yan to go in: "Go in."
Lin Yan walked in nervously, and as soon as she entered the room, she saw that there were already people waiting in the conference room. At one end of the long conference table, there were three psychics sitting upright, two men and one woman, and all three of them looked at her.
"Lin Yan, right? Please take a seat." The female psychic sitting in the middle nodded slightly at Lin Yan, motioning her to sit down.
Lin Xi said "oh" and sat down at the other end of the conference table.
This scene seems familiar. It is very similar to the scene in the interrogation room of the city criminal police team last time.
"Don't be nervous, it's just routine. I have some questions for you." The female psychic who spoke earlier smiled gently at Lin Yan, "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ling Congtong, and I'm the leader of the Suzaku Team of the Imperial Capital Psychic Action Team."
Suzaku Team? Lin Yan had read the information on the official website. This team leader Ling Congtong was an S-level fire-type ability user and the only female team leader among the four major ability teams in the imperial capital.
She had always thought that people who had awakened fire abilities tended to have a more aggressive personality, but this team leader seemed quite gentle and had a pleasant voice.
"Hello, my name is Lin Yan, and I'm the accountant of Jin City Group 6." Lin Yan unconsciously relaxed at the other party's gentle tone.
"Accountant?" Ling Congtong was slightly stunned.
"Yeah." Lin Xi nodded.
Seeing Lin Xi's serious expression, Ling Congtong subconsciously flipped through the information in front of her, which was the information about Lin Xi that had been collected.
"If I remember correctly, your spatial ability has reached S-level." How could an S-level psychic be an accountant in the department
"That's actually not my special ability, it's one of my props." Lin Xi said.
Ling Congtong was not too surprised by Lin Xi's answer. Before they talked to Lin Xi, they had already investigated and found that Lin Xi's ability was very special. Her spatial ability came from a wig, and this form of existence was indeed more like a prop. She not only had this one prop, but also a wooden fish that could fight against the necromancer, and a prop that could summon the Calabash Brothers. It was said that the Calabash Brothers summoned were 2D versions. These were just what was revealed on the surface, and she might have more props.
Ling Congtong continued to ask: "The information submitted by Jin City Group 6 shows that your ability is only F-level, and it only has spatial ability. But according to our understanding, your ability or props seem to be more than just spatial ability."
This is to understand her supernatural properties.
"When we return home, we will go to the headquarters first. The people at the headquarters will definitely ask you some questions, mainly about what happened after we brought the geomantic map into the Miao village. I have basically told them everything about it, so just tell them the truth when the time comes. Don't panic. Also, you stopped the mass sacrifice ceremony at the concert before, and the special nature of your ability must have attracted the attention of the headquarters. They will also ask about this. If you don't want to reveal too much, it's best to think of the answer in advance."
The seniors have guessed it all.
After the plane took off, Chen Chu anticipated that they would be invited to have tea by the headquarters after returning home, so he gave many instructions in advance. At that moment, Lin Yan responded calmly: "My ability is to exchange props."
"Your ability is to exchange items?" Ling Congtong asked with a strange look on his face, "Then why is it written in your profile that you have a spatial ability?"
"Because at that time I also thought that my ability was a spatial ability." Lin Yan explained, "My ability was suddenly awakened. At that time, I didn't know anything. I only had a spatial item on me, so I naturally thought that I had a spatial ability."
Ling Congtong asked patiently: "So what exactly is your ability like?"
Lin Xi hesitated and didn't speak, as if she had some concerns.
Ling Congtong seemed to know what she was worried about, and said gently: "You don't need to tell me the specific properties of your props, just tell me how you exchanged the props."
Lin Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's the energy stone. If you absorb a certain amount of energy stones, you can exchange them for items."
This was the first time Ling Congtong had heard of this kind of power, and she immediately became more curious: "How many energy stones can be exchanged? Are the items exchanged random or can they be selected?"
Lin: “I don’t know.”
Ling Congtong frowned.
Lin Yan: "I really don't know. My ability is really tricky. Sometimes I can draw an item after absorbing a dozen energy stones, but sometimes I may not be able to draw even after absorbing hundreds of energy stones."
Ling Congtong: "Draw?"
Lin Yan nodded: "Yes, this is why I don't know what props are. Every time I exchange props, I use a lottery mode, and nine out of ten times I fail. The props I draw also depend on fate, and their effects are average."
Ling Congtong smiled: "But your wig and wooden fish are both of very high quality."
Lin Yan: "What's the point of being tall? None of them can help you fight! And it's very expensive."
Ling Congtong looked at Lin Xi's angry expression and was a little surprised. These were two S-level props, and many people had never seen them.
Lin Yan simply took out Sadako's long hair from the inventory, and the snow-white hair spread out on the conference table: "Look, I've only used it three times, and now it's broken. It will take 20,000 energy stones to repair it."
"Twenty thousand energy stones?" Even Ling Congtong was shocked when she heard this number. Twenty thousand energy stones were enough to turn an F-level psychic into an A-level one. This item was too expensive.
Ling Congtong: "Besides taking people through space, does this item of yours have any other uses?"
Lin Yan shook her head: "No, my props have very simple functions. The space props can only be used for space travel."
Ling Congtong: "Then the cost-effectiveness of your repair is not high."
Lin Yan got anxious when she heard this: "But I destroyed the item when I was trying to send the geography map to the sub-space. Senior Chen Chu said that the headquarters would definitely reimburse me."
Ling Congtong smiled awkwardly: "You are right. You have made a great contribution in transferring the geography map to the sub-space. You will not be held responsible for the loss. The energy stone will definitely be reimbursed."
Lin Yan was immediately happy: "That's good."
Ling Congtong turned his head to glance at the subordinate sitting on his left. The subordinate was wearing thick glasses that blocked the green light in his eyes. He held a pen in his right hand and quickly wrote two words on the notebook in front of him: The truth.
Ling Congtong understood, looked at Lin Yan and continued to ask: "I also want to know about the transfer of the geography map. Why didn't you go to the designated location arranged by the headquarters in advance, but went to the border instead?"
Lin Yan said a little embarrassedly: "I didn't get the location right."
Ling Congtong frowned. Even in such an important matter, he could still make a mistake. He must be lying. She couldn't help but look at the subordinate on the left. The subordinate quickly wrote down two words: the truth.
It's actually true
It can only be said that Lin Xi's luck was really good. Even if the positioning was deviated, it still appeared within the coverage of the subspace. No, it should be China's luck that was good. With the blessing of China's destiny, it avoided a disaster. Ling Congtong only thought that if Lin Xi's positioning was a little more deviated and left the coverage of the Miao Village, the current international situation would be complicated.
Ling Congtong collected his thoughts and continued to ask, "What happened after entering the Miao village?"
"A lot of things happened. Let me tell you, there..." Lin Xi immediately described in vivid detail what happened in the Miao village, using an exaggerated tone to highlight the difficulty of their journey and the life-threatening disasters they had endured, trying her best to make the people opposite her feel that the 20,000 energy stones were worth the money.
At the same time, in another meeting room on the third floor, the Director of the Privy Council, Guan Zeyang, and some official leaders were there.
"Tell us what happened in the Miao village again. We need more information." Guan Zeyang said.
Chen Chu was mentally prepared and immediately repeated what happened in the Miao village.
After hearing this, several people in the conference room frowned. It was exactly the same information as what was said on the phone last time, without any further details.
"The high priest can travel through the turbulent space. Does Miao Geyun have this ability as well?" Someone worriedly said, "Although Miao Village is closed now, other subspaces are still open. If she really wants to come to Earth, she can change to another subspace. As long as she finds an outsider with special abilities, she can get out."
"I had a guess a long time ago that the high-level spirits in the subspace all have self-awareness. After so many years, maybe someone has come out?" A gray-haired old man suddenly spoke.
"Mr. Hua, do you have any basis for this?" Guan Zeyang looked at the director of the institute.
"No, it's just a reasonable inference. Just like whether aliens exist or not, no one can be sure, but people still believe that there may be aliens on Earth, not to mention the subspace that does exist." said Mr. Hua.
"Whether there are spirits from the subspace on Earth is not the most important thing. The most important thing is their purpose for coming to Earth." The leader of the Xuanwu team said, "If they just want to leave the dead world and live in a new world, then there is nothing wrong with that. What we are afraid of is that they have other purposes."
"What's the purpose?" Guan Zeyang asked.
"I don't know." The leader of the Xuanwu team shook his head.
"I do have a guess." Old Hua spoke again.
Everyone looked over.
"If we are spirits in the subspace, and we have finally walked out of the subspace and started a new life on Earth, then what reason would make us do something that is detrimental to the Earth?" asked Mr. Hua.
Everyone pondered for a moment, and after a moment their faces all changed: "Invasion!"
"Yes, I had this guess a long time ago, but I never dared to say it." Elder Hua sighed, "Why did the subspace appear? Why did it devour the mutants? Why is the energy stone the way to open the exit?"
"Because the subspace is absorbing the energy of the earth." Tang Tianyuan said.
This was the conclusion reached by the Subspace Research Institute a long time ago.
"What is the purpose of the subspace absorbing energy?" Old Hua continued to ask.
"Resurrection?!" Everyone's face changed.
"And those spirits." Elder Hua asked, "Why are there so many spirits in a dead and falling apart world? Why don't such spirits appear after people die on Earth? And why is every copy in the subspace cyclic and unchanging?"
"Because they are not completely dead?" Guan Zeyang followed what Mr. Hua said and said a conclusion that he himself could not believe.
"Yes." Elder Hua said with great certainty, "Not only are those high-level spirits not dead, but the entire world is not dead. I have always felt that the subspace is shrouded by a powerful force of rules. This force of rules allows the people in that world to survive as spirits in the hope that they can be resurrected one day."
"The reason why the copies are cyclical is because the force of rules has fixed that time and space. In that time and space, spirits can only repeat the life during that period. The reason why their memories cannot be retained continuously may be because the energy of the world is not enough. This also indirectly verifies that the connection between the subspace and the earth is to absorb the energy of the earth."
The leader of the Xuanwu team asked, "If your guess is true, how will the subspace invade the Earth? Will it suck the Earth's energy to revive their world? If so, then we don't have to worry at all. At the current speed, they may not be able to suck it all out in thousands of years. If they had that much time, we would have already thought of a way to destroy the subspace."
After hearing the analysis from the leader of the Xuanwu Group, everyone felt a lot more relaxed. Indeed, although many psychics die in the subspace every year, they also bring out a lot of energy stones from the subspace. If you really compare the energy loss, the difference is actually not that big.
"Have you forgotten?" Old Hua sighed again.
"What did you forget?" Everyone looked at Old Hua, but Old Hua looked at Chen Chu who was standing aside and listening to their analysis in silence.
Chen Chu's heart moved slightly and he had some guesses.
"Disastrous props." Hua Lao said, "It takes tens of millions of years to build human civilization, but it only takes a huge disaster to destroy it. The leyline map, the plague, and perhaps something else. What if these high-level spirits come to Earth with catastrophic props? What if their purpose is to use these catastrophic props to absorb the energy of the Earth and feed back to the subspace?"
An earthquake means tens of millions of lives.
Chen Chu's heart was shocked. He turned sideways and met Tang Tianyuan's gaze that was fixed on him.
(End of this chapter)