Alien Hotel.

Chapter 512 Oh no, it's coming straight for us!
Born from an exploration activity hundreds of years ago, and spearheaded by a group of unconventional Alglade Star Nobles, the Black Dot Group started as a "scholarly group" but has completely transformed over the centuries. Regardless of its original purpose, it has now become a behemoth that cannot be ignored and is impossible to control.

A tech giant, an independent armed group, an extremist organization, a black market trader, and the de facto controller of vast illegal star sectors—the Black Dot Group is no longer an "academic organization." Although rumors suggest it is still led by the original group of Alglade scholars, it has clearly gone too far in pursuing those scholars' initial grand goals, and has become entangled with too many other things in the process.

Anyway, according to Baili Qing, Yu Sheng felt that the organization's composition was now as complicated as a stew made by a fox...

"The Black Dot Group is a behemoth with a vast and mysterious organizational structure, the details of which are unknown to outsiders. All we know is that its top level is still firmly controlled by the 'Board of Directors' composed of the former Star Aristocrats, while countless 'project departments' are responsible for executing the group's will. Research and development, trade, investment, espionage, intrusion, sabotage, kidnapping, assassination... they have done everything over the years, all for the sake of achieving that 'lofty and rational goal'."

"Their reach extends beyond lawless zones; the Black Dot Group's businesses span the entire cosmos, encompassing both legal and illegal activities. Through layers of shell companies or clandestine financial and personnel channels, they control countless industries that infiltrate major civilizations. Some operate openly, while others are long-established commercial lines running seemingly ordinary private businesses, but behind them may lie the shadow of the Black Dot Group..."

"This is also the biggest difference between them and the Angel Cultists or the Secret Order of Saints—although many civilized circles generally list them all as 'dangerous elements,' it is undeniable that compared to the Angel Cultists whose minds have been completely burned by the Dark Angels and the fanatical and closed-minded Secret Order, the Black Dot Group at least still has some... elements that are closer to civilized society."

Listening to the voice coming from the other end of the receiver, Yu Sheng's expression was thoughtful. This was the first time he had such an in-depth understanding of this mysterious "Black Dot Group," and many details were quite different from what he had previously remembered. Perhaps it was because he had dealt with too many crazy Angel Cultists and fanatical and fanatical Confessions of Saints that he had a preconceived notion. He had always thought that the Black Dot Group was a similar group of madmen, but now it seemed that... this huge business and extreme technology organization was far more complex than those two cults.

After a moment's thought, he suddenly became curious: "Since the Black Dot Group has such a wide influence, are there also influences in the border areas...?"

He didn't continue. After a moment of silence, Baili Qing's voice came from the other end of the receiver: "The 'umbilical cord' technology used by deep-sea divers."

"Wow—" Eileen exclaimed exaggeratedly, then began to whisper to Yu Sheng, "I knew this thing had a weird vibe, it looked like it had some dark energy and warp stuff in it, its origins were definitely questionable, and you see, it really does seem to have some shady dealings involved..."

“It’s not some kind of ‘shady deal’,” Baili Qing said calmly after hearing the doll’s whispers. “Black Dot Group’s various alien detection devices are available on the black market, so it’s not a problem for us to use them for reverse engineering. Technology itself has no bias; it’s good as long as it’s useful. At least the ‘umbilical cord’ technology has reduced the mortality rate of deep-sea divers by nearly 50%.”

Hearing the explanation over the phone, Yu Sheng didn't say anything, but it was clear that the Black Dot Group's "contribution" to the border area was probably far more than just this one technology. After all, according to what Bai Liqing had just said, this extreme technology giant had created countless "good things"—dangerous technology is dangerous technology, but there are many things in this world that are more dangerous than those technologies.

Furthermore, he did not press further on whether the Secret Service or the Border Council also had any "private connections" with the Black Dot Group.

This question obviously has no answer, or rather, even if it did, it wouldn't make any sense.

“Now these people are extending their reach to the border area,” Yu Sheng said, stroking his chin with his phone on speakerphone and propped up on the table. “They’re after ‘knowledge’… But then again, I saw Sun Chen’s body back then, and even talked to him after he died, but I didn’t notice anything unusual about him at the time.”

"That's because before his 'death,' 'Sun Chen,' an infiltrator of the Black Dot Group, had already separated from his original self using the personality materialization mechanism in the sanatorium and gone into hiding. This might have been planned for several years, and there might have been more than one infiltrator. Even the initial mission of this infiltrator named 'Sun Chen' might not have been related to the knowledge of that tower..."

"Black Dot Group agents are like cockroaches, burying eggs everywhere to hatch and using many dubious technologies to control these infiltrators or set various 'activation' conditions for them. These eggs are so well hidden that even they themselves don't know the identities of their employees or the tasks they are tasked with. Only when the conditions are right will these cockroaches suddenly crawl out of all sorts of unbelievable places and onto your face..."

Bai Liqing was halfway through her sentence when Yu Sheng finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Stop, stop, stop! I understand what you mean, but this analogy is a bit disgusting..."

After catching his breath, he changed the subject: "So what are your plans next? How do you deal with those 'black spot agents'?"

“The Secret Service will follow up on this matter. Their target is the ‘knowledge’ about the Goddess of Omens, and the ‘knowledge’ that Sun Chen took away probably won’t meet the KPI requirements of his department. They will definitely have follow-up actions,” Baili Qing said. “I’m contacting you just to remind you that your current investigation activities overlap with the targets of those Black Spot agents, so please be careful.”

“I will compile some information about Blacklist agents and send it to you, including their operating style and some commonly used tactics and abilities. But this is only for reference. If you really encounter them, you still need to be flexible and adaptable. Of course, I believe that with your abilities, dealing with those agents will not be a big problem, but in any case, it is always better to be cautious.”

“I understand, thank you for your concern—also, if I find any clues about those black-spot agents, I will contact you immediately.”

"it is good."

After ending his call with Baili Qing, Yu Sheng put away his phone, rubbed his temples, and frowned slightly. Hu Li, standing beside him, also placed his bowl, now gleaming from being licked clean, on the table, his expression equally serious.

Luna, who had come up the stairs at some point, stood quietly to the side, her expression... just as usual.

Eileen's arms had healed by then. She looked up at Yu Sheng, then down at herself, resting her chin on her hands and emitting a lotus root fragrance. She also looked thoughtful. After a few seconds of thought, she suddenly clapped her hands: "Damn it! It's coming for me!"

Yu Sheng: "..."

"Hey, what a mess this is! I'm a perfectly elegant, powerful, beautiful, and charismatic Alice doll, and just because I fought with some alien god who fell in here back then, now I'm being targeted by the evil forces!" Eileen stood up from the table, hands on her hips, eyes gleaming. She had something to brag about, but her face was smug. She kept complaining, her head practically drooling. "These people are obviously after me—what am I going to do?!"

Yu Sheng stared at the little doll that had suddenly become smug for no reason and didn't know what to say. But in that moment of distraction, Luna suddenly broke the silence: "No, it's for you."

Erin Gabah suddenly turned her head, her scarlet eyes fixed on Luna: "Why?"

“They are here for the Omen Goddess’s knowledge, the emphasis is on ‘knowledge’,” Luna paused for two seconds, then forced out the longest sentence she had ever uttered, “Dwarf Lin, there is no knowledge.”

Eileen stood there for a moment, then yelled and pounced on him: "C-shaped button!! You son of a bitch—"

Then there was a clattering and clanging noise from the attic. When Yu Sheng saw this, he quickly grabbed Hu Li and hid by the window. At the same time, he looked at Luna with great admiration as she casually swung her arms and slapped Eileen back to the ground. He couldn't help but sigh, "Even with such a big delay, she still has to say a few words to Eileen. Luna's addiction is really something."

“Eileen brought it on herself,” Huli squatted down next to Yu Sheng, her hands on the ground and her tail wagging back and forth as if she were watching a show. “She always tries to cause trouble for Luna whenever she gets the chance… although she usually gets easily slapped back.”

Just then, Yu Sheng saw Luna dodge Eileen's desperate pounce with a graceful, dance-like movement. The latter then flew over from the air, waving her arms and legs. He stepped forward and caught the little doll, waving his hand and saying, "Alright, alright, it's the middle of the night and you're making a racket like you're demolishing a house."

Luna gracefully lifted the hem of her nun's gown and bowed, then quietly retreated to a corner of the attic, as if nothing had happened.

Eileen could only snarl at her from afar.

“Jokes aside,” Yu Sheng quickly diverted the attention of the two dolls, one big and one small, “In any case, those Black Dot agents have already infiltrated, and such a large force. For them to dare to do something like this in the border region, the ‘knowledge of the Goddess of Omens’ must be incredibly attractive to them. There can’t have been just a few of them infiltrating. We’ll most likely have to deal with them…”

Yu Sheng paused briefly, and Hu Li, who was standing next to him, tilted her head and asked Eileen, "Why don't you lay low for a while?"

Upon hearing this, the little doll perked up, crossed its arms, and glared: "I'm avoiding their limelight? That would be an embarrassment for the entire inn—besides, I have four regiments under my command, who am I afraid of? As long as the painting isn't lost, I'll smash it to pieces with my clones..."

The little guy was arrogant, but his arrogance was quite justified. Yu Sheng nodded repeatedly as he listened, but halfway through his nods, he suddenly realized: "...Wait! Four regiments?! When?!"

“At 2:30 last night,” Eileen shrank back, “you used up all the blood you had stored up, and this time you even used up all the black iron that the silly fox left behind…”

After saying that, she scratched her head, thought for a moment, and then gave Yu Sheng an awkward and rather rude laugh: "Hehe—"

(End of this chapter)