Alien Hotel.

Chapter 421 Xu Jiali and his "Psychic Servant"

Xuan Che controlled the expression on his face and did not let himself show any abnormality.

He simply quickly focused his spiritual sense, carefully scanned the entire city lord's mansion again, and "looked around" the entire room.

There are really only him and Mo Ran here, and there is no third party mind lurking here - and no external magic is creating any illusions.

The expression on Mo Ran's face was normal, his breathing was steady, and there was nothing unusual in his intelligence.

But she obviously thought that she had brought the "Elder Daoheng" here, and now the Elder Daoheng was standing next to her.

Xuan Che nodded slightly without changing his expression and did not stop Mo Ran from leaving. The latter did not have any doubts and just bowed and left the room.

The room fell silent.

Xuan Che stood quietly in front of the window, keeping his spiritual awareness outward, facing the silence, but his mind was not as calm as his face.

He thought quickly, and for a moment, he even had some ridiculous self-doubt - he suspected that the "Elder Daoheng" was really standing in the room, but there was something wrong with his observation, so he couldn't see him.

But he immediately shook his head, throwing aside this strand of self-doubt that came from nowhere, and at the same time secretly increased his vigilance against his inner demons. He then quietly took out the spiritual mirror and began to contact various places...

……

On the surface of Garrison-3, the engineering team led by Engineer Sun was digging the thick layer of soil under the guidance of Yu Sheng. The large equipment temporarily transferred from the Black Forest was extremely efficient. It quickly expanded the big hole made by Hu Li when he smashed down by half, and then began to dig all the way down.

And near this "main excavation pit", there are several other smaller "collection points".

Those were the crystal cluster outflow points that Engineer Sun and his team had found that were more suitable for sampling. The inactive crystalline branches were stuck lifelessly in the cracks between the soil and the rocks. Fortunately, they were not completely crushed into powder by the impact when the fox fell. The shallow crystal material below the cracks was intact and uncontaminated.

The civil engineering guys wearing heavy yellow engineering power armor used small excavation arms to carefully enlarge the cracks around the crystal branches, and then peeled off the underlying crystals as completely as possible and sent them to a temporary stacking platform at the edge of the excavation area. Around the stacking platform was the recovery team that had just been dispatched from the Secret Service.

These "hazardous materials experts" who specialize in handling strange substances wear white protective armor with the Secret Service's conspicuous logo on the armor. They work in groups of three, with two people responsible for handling samples at any time, and another person responsible for observing the mental state of the operator. There is also a "leader" with red patterns on the armor who is in charge of directing the work and confirming whether there is anything unusual in the words and deeds of all three teams.

Near these recovery teams, there were several "deep divers" wearing heavy combat armor. Each diver was fully armed, and followed by their walking tactical robots. Each of them looked tense as if facing a powerful enemy.

There is an acquaintance among the divers.

Xu Jiali opened the metal armor on the outer layer of his helmet, revealing his big bearded face under the transparent mask. Among all the divers, he seemed to be the most relaxed one - he even ran out from the team to chat with Yu Sheng, and he did not feel any urgency to lead the team to deal with the "suspected angel matter".

"They are all new recruits. When they heard that the samples they were going to retrieve might be related to the Dark Angels, they got really nervous," Xu Jiali glanced back at the deep-sea divers she brought with her, then turned to Yu Sheng and said, "But you... We haven't seen each other for a long time, and you're making a big deal when we meet?"

"You're saying it as if I did it on purpose," Yu Sheng spread his hands, "How could I have known that something like this would suddenly emerge from the ground..."

Xu Jiali curled her lips, turned her head and looked around at the devastated "battlefield", and couldn't help but sigh: "I wouldn't believe it even if you told me. Could this be the scene caused by Miss Fox? It looks like she was hit by a round from the Atlas Nova Cannon... Fortunately, she is one of us."

"She told me she had a big trick, but I didn't expect it to be so big," Yu Sheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and then his eyes couldn't help but fall behind Xu Jiali, "...What is this girl who has been following you doing?"

He was referring to an inconspicuous figure behind Xu Jiali - a petite girl who looked to be only about 1.5 meters tall. Compared with the two-meter-tall Xu Jiali, she looked like a child. Although she was also wearing a protective suit similar to power armor, the armor was obviously several times thinner than the equipment of a deep diver. She did not carry any weapons, but only held a strange round ball with mechanical patterns and blue lattices on the surface in her hand, and no one knew what it was used for.

Wherever Xu Jiali went, this strange petite girl followed.

Yu Sheng also discovered that every deep diver at the scene was followed by such a figure - both men and women, tall and short. The common point was that they were wearing light armor that looked very thin and did not even look like combat equipment, and they were holding a "mechanical ball" in their hands.

Wherever the divers go, these figures holding mechanical balls follow.

"Oh, this is my psychic attendant. I forgot to introduce her to you," Xu Jiali patted her helmet, then raised her hand and pointed at the petite figure behind her and introduced her to Yu Sheng, "Her name is Lingdang."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Remember what I told you? Every deep diver's 'full complement' when on the move includes a fire support shuttle, two walking tactical robots, several light drones, and a psychic attendant. So strictly speaking, every deep diver is a fully equipped tactical team when they go out. What you see now is our 'expedition state'... Of course, because the situation was rather sudden, we didn't bring the shuttle this time..."

Yu Sheng was stunned by Xu Jiali's explanation. It took him a few seconds to realize that this was indeed the case. His eyes then fell on the girl named "Lingdang". The latter also looked up at him and suddenly said, "Are you friends with the boss?" "Yes, he is a friend," Xu Jiali said cheerfully, "His name is Yu Sheng, he is the 'Angel Counterattack Expert' in the Borderland, he is a big shot."

"Oh, hello." Lingling nodded, continued to hold the mechanical ball in one hand, and extended the other hand towards Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng stretched out his hand and shook hands with this "psychic servant", and then suddenly noticed that there was something strange about the other person's eyes - her pupils were standing upright, like... a cat.

Perhaps noticing the curiosity on Yu Sheng's face, Xu Jiali took the initiative to explain before he could speak: "Lingdang is a Gypro - most of the psychic servants are Gypro. The Secret Service has a long-term cooperation agreement with this alien race. They provide us with the most talented psychics, and we supply them with the strongest catnip in the universe."

Yu Sheng's expression suddenly looked a little confused: "...Ah?"

Then he noticed that the two vertical spikes on the bell helmet didn't seem to be decorations...

"The Gypro people are a Terran race. You've heard of Terra, right? The 'Academy' is there, and the Sen'jin's hometown is also there," Xu Jiali continued to introduce cheerfully, "The Gypro people have some feline characteristics, and they are very sensitive - especially in terms of psychic power.

"We deep divers are good at fighting, but not good at magic. Psionic servants can make up for our shortcomings in this area. Moreover, if we encounter an attack specifically targeting the mind, psychic servants are also our first mental barrier. Of course, this refers to when we are on an 'expeditionary battle' outside. Carrying out a foreign 'diving' mission at the border is a different process. The 'umbilical cord' can replace the role of the psychic servant to a certain extent..."

Yu Sheng listened to Xu Jiali's explanation very carefully with some surprise - this was all "knowledge" that he had heard a little bit before but had never understood in depth.

During this process, the psychic servant named "Bell" stood quietly behind Xu Jiali without saying a word. She only occasionally fiddled with the mechanical ball in her hand, and seemed to have no interest in what was happening in the outside world.

Just as Yu Sheng and Xu Jiali were chatting while waiting for the excavation progress from Engineer Sun, a cell phone ring suddenly interrupted their conversation.

Yu Sheng took out his cell phone and saw on the screen a fox head with squinting eyes and a mouthful of white teeth smiling.

He answered the phone, and Hu Li's happy voice came from the other end of the phone: "My benefactor! I'm full~ Open the door, I want to go back~~"

……

Jiecheng, Secret Service Building.

Li Lin, who had just finished his mission leave and returned to the bureau on his first day at work, stood at the door of employee cafeteria No. 2 with his meal card in hand and a dazed expression on his face.

The canteen door was locked, and a line of subtitles was scrolling on the electronic screen at the door:
"Due to special circumstances, Canteen No. 2 is not open today. Employees who need to eat are requested to go to the large canteen on the third floor."

Li Lin blinked. This was the first time he had seen such a situation since he started working at the Secret Service.

He curiously tilted his head to take a look behind the glass window on the door, but found that there seemed to be nothing unusual inside - it was clean and empty.

Several Secret Service agents passed by in the corridor behind him, and the sound of their conversation faintly reached Li Lin's ears:

"What's going on? Why is it suddenly closed?"

"I don't know. The door was still open when I came this morning."

"I heard that he was attacked by a fox..."

"……what?"

"The fox from the 'inn' - I don't know what that means."

Li Lin listened silently, looked down at his meal card, looked up at the cafeteria, and felt like crying but had no tears.

"... Then who will make up for the special price chicken legs I'm missing?"

(End of this chapter)