Alien Hotel.

Chapter 658 Yu Sheng's "Food Delivery" Plan

After dropping Hu Li and Eileen off at No. 66 Wutong Road, Yu Sheng didn't delay. He sent a message to Baili Qing to confirm she was in her office, and then went straight to the Special Operations Bureau.

Behind the large desk, Baili Qing, who was flipping through documents, raised her sleepy eyes and looked at Yu Sheng, who was pushing the door open and entering: "I heard that you guys have done something big again?"

As Yu Sheng casually pulled over the chair he was used to sitting in from the side, he said casually, "Yeah, I ran into a pervert, so I had to act as a righteous judge..."

Then he suddenly realized something, looked up at the humanoid dragon opposite him with some surprise: "Wait, how did you know? I haven't told you yet..."

"The staff stationed in Fairy Tale Valley reported that the Fairy Tale army suddenly assembled, half of the 'parents' went out to fight, and then a large number of Irene dolls suddenly teleported on the spot and disappeared into the spatial rift. Later, a large number of dolls missing arms and legs were teleported back one after another, and they smelled of gunpowder," Baili Qing said calmly. "We can get the gist of it by asking Little Red Riding Hood and the others. What's more, there is an excited snake demon over there who is grabbing people everywhere to hear her stories of sweeping across the battlefield."

"Oh right, I forgot about that," Yu Sheng slapped his forehead, "Then I'll have to go back to the valley later..."

“I feel like you’re getting busier and busier,” Baili Qing said with a touch of emotion, though her face remained unchanged, “—you’re only a little more free than me.”

Yu Sheng: "..."

Was that expressionless dragon just joking with himself?

However, Baili Qing didn't wait for his reaction and quickly continued, "Now that you're back, tell me what happened—all I know right now is that you encountered a warlord with a black spot and fought him. The children in the fairy tale all know that the fight was very exciting, and the snake has no idea who it was fighting."

Yu Sheng coughed twice, quickly composed himself, and looked at the other person very seriously: "The warlord we caught is the guy who secretly stole data from Luo's laboratory and sold it to the Chong Sheng Hermitage. His nickname is 'Old Joe'—we got a lot of intelligence from him..."

Over the next period of time, he told Baili Qing everything that had happened in the Dark Current Starfield, including the situation of the victims rescued from Old Joe's laboratory (after all, they would have to go through the Secret Service to get their identity certificates, and many of them had already cancelled their household registrations), and... what had happened to Luo.

Bai Liqing remained silent for a long time after hearing this.

"...I always knew she was an outlier among the black-spotted warlords, but I never imagined she had gone through all this," she said slowly after a long pause. "This...can explain a lot of the special things about her."

“In a sense, Luo is very powerful,” Yu Sheng thought for a moment and commented with emotion, “I don’t know if there are any other people in the Black Dot Group who are in a similar situation to her, but the fact that she has managed to persevere to this day is something that most people can’t do—you should probably stop messing with her so much in the future, she’s reformed and turned over a new leaf…”

Baili Qing raised an eyebrow.

"When have I ever made things difficult for her?"

"Those two times my stomach was pumped last time..."

"The medical department acted arbitrarily."

Yu Sheng: "..."

“Let’s talk about the Order of the Holy Spirit,” Baili Qing changed the subject expressionlessly. “You mean, they built a large rift device called ‘Gate of Eden’ on their capital planet, and possibly placed the Dark Angel ‘Shadowless Skeleton’ on that planet as well? Just to open a passage to a ‘New World’?”

"It sounds a bit far-fetched, but the intelligence is mostly true—unless Old Joe has the time to make up a fake story specifically for his 'lab animals'."

“No, it’s not far-fetched at all. It’s exactly what I know about those Hermits,” Baili Qing simply shook her head calmly. “They’re different from the Angels. The latter is a kind of mental derangement, while the Hermits… they are a highly organized, goal-oriented madness. This kind of group plans everything meticulously, but every plan is full of destructive intent—the only good news is that this time they might really be destroying themselves.”

"The premise is that they don't drag everyone down with them—a Dark Current Starfield can't stop an awakened Dark Angel, and who knows what kind of monsters might run out after that door collapses," Yu Sheng stroked his chin. "What do you think about my concerns? I mean, the possibility that they might act desperately if the Secret Service forces are pressing in..."

This time, Baili Qing did not speak immediately, but pondered for half a minute.

“They will definitely do it, there’s no doubt about that,” she said slowly, “but to destroy the Secret Order, we must assemble a large army—so the operation must be surprise, seizing control of the Gate of Eden before they can react. Perhaps we can split our forces? One force can attack their borders, but without putting too much pressure on them, just to divert attention, while a small elite force can infiltrate the ‘Holy Land’ planet…”

Yu Sheng nodded in agreement: "My view is also to deal with the threat of the Gate of Eden first, and then launch a formal attack on the entire territory of the Hermitage."

“It sounds like an almost impossible task…” Baili Qing raised her eyelids to look at Yu Sheng, but before she could finish speaking, the latter laughed.

"Digging a planetary parasite out of the Earth's core and blowing it up is an impossible task—we'll have to go and see for ourselves to know how feasible it is."

Bai Liqing said thoughtfully, "That's right. After all, we know almost nothing about that 'Gate of Eden' right now, let alone how to take control of it or shut it down... What did Luo say? After all, it originated from her technology."

“I did ask, but there’s too little information, so she doesn’t dare to make any judgments right now,” Yu Sheng admitted. “Mainly because the Secret Order wouldn’t reveal this kind of information to Old Joe. But Luo also said that the principles are the same, and with the data collected by the Secret Service before, she can try to reconstruct some of the key parameters of the Gate of Eden… This is the most she can do at this stage.”

Bai Liqing rubbed her forehead: "In the end, we still need to get direct information about the Gate of Eden..." Yu Sheng didn't speak for a moment, then suddenly asked after thinking for a while: "How's the news about the Angelic Catalyst spreading? Is there any movement from the Hermitage?"

"The news spread smoothly, and it's certain that the Secret Order has taken note of this intelligence," Baili Qing nodded. "The Special Operations Bureau's early warning system recently detected some unusual detection signals in the border area and near several special space jump pads, which are very likely the Secret Order's spies observing."

At this point, she shook her head again: "But the bad news is that they are more cautious than we thought—although the situation with Eden's Gate may be bad, they are not so reckless as to dare to break into the Secret Service's territory and forcibly seize it... The most crucial thing is that we can't openly send this thing out, because that would make our purpose too obvious."

Yu Sheng stroked his chin: "I don't think so."

Baili Qing: "...?"

“The key to this isn’t how it’s delivered, but who’s delivering it,” Yu Sheng said, pondering. “If I were a petty thief, and you, a cop, suddenly came up to me one day carrying a bag of stuff and said you wanted to see some treasure, I’d definitely turn around and run. But if you’re a scarred guy with one eye and two fish tattoos on your arms, and you tell me you have some good stuff, then I’d at least have to go and take a look…”

Bai Liqing's eyelids twitched visibly, perhaps amazed by Yu Sheng's remarkable way of describing things: "You mean..."

“Old Joe,” Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow, “he has ‘business’ with the Hermitage.”

"But Old Joe is already dead."

“The Secret Order doesn’t know,” Yu Sheng said with a smirk. “At least not for the time being. And on the other hand, Old Joe has good reason to approach the Secret Order to discuss a new deal—because he just messed up his last one.”

Baili Qing seemed to be deep in thought.

"Can you hide it from them? What do you think the success rate is?"

“It can’t get any worse than it is now,” Yu Sheng said, spreading his hands. “The Secret Order is still hesitant and indecisive, but we don’t have much time to waste with them. Who knows when their Gate of Eden will blow up? After all, those cultists might do something ruthless like wiping out their entire clan at any time.”

Bai Liqing thought Yu Sheng made sense.

So she casually pulled out a few packets of instant coffee from a drawer next to her, poured them into her mouth with warm water to swallow, and after refreshing herself, said seriously, "Then we should discuss a more secure implementation plan."

……

Fairy Tale Valley, Teleportation Hub Hall.

A door leading to the Black Rock Space Station was quietly pushed open, and two seconds later, a head cautiously peeked out—a furry cat ear and a mechanical cat ear twitched twice in the air at the same time, and Momo looked at this unfamiliar place with great caution.

A hint of surprise appeared in the cat-headed girl's vertical pupils.

The huge hub hall was filled with doors, but the hall still seemed somewhat empty. Occasionally, some doors could be pushed open, and people from Shuji, Qianfeng Lingshan, or the Special Operations Bureau would appear in the hall. Apart from that, the most numerous people to be seen here were the mass-produced dolls that were pushing miniature mops or carrying brooms and running around.

The cat let out a soft gasp.

Momo finally mustered her courage and stepped out of the door, as if someone was urging her from behind. Then, Luo's figure passed through the door behind her.

"Impressive, isn't it? This is the real headquarters of the 'Inn.' You'll be even more shocked when we get outside," Luo patted Momo on the shoulder, his tone tinged with pride. "By the way, don't mess with these red-eyed dolls here. They're responsible for maintaining order at headquarters, and it'll be very dangerous if you provoke them..."

Momo nodded hurriedly.

"Also, don't mess with an old man who's out for a stroll with a back scratcher; it can be very dangerous if you do!"

"Uh-huh."

"Don't provoke a giant female snake demon... it's dangerous anyway."

"Uh, um."

"And don't mess with anyone who looks like a child... well, a child, it's dangerous to mess with them too..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)