Then let the witch offer her loyalty

"Captain Yang, if the outside world finds out we brought back such an extraordinary person, won't that have a negative impact on our department...?"

Yang Jie said helplessly, "If we hadn't captured that calamity weapon this time, no one would have wanted to bring her back. But now is the time to use people. We need future capabilities, so we have to prioritize the overall situation."

"Moreover, what I just mentioned happened more than 20 years ago, and the impact has long since faded away."

At this point, his expression turned serious: "But I must remind you that the matter of your future return must be kept strictly confidential."

"She returned to the position of chief engineer and head of the technical department, but she was not given a formal position and no written record will be kept."

"Any act of leaking secrets will be severely punished by the court. Please take this seriously."

This is a serious matter, and everyone will naturally take it seriously.

After giving his instructions, Yang Jie opened his briefcase and took out a stack of red envelopes.

People were a little curious. There weren't any holidays recently, so why were they suddenly giving out a bunch of red envelopes?

"Captain Yang, is there good news at home?"

"Go away, stop being so glib." Yang Jie explained seriously, "As I just told you, the future will have an independent personality. Apart from her special physiological structure, she is not much different from humans and has her own unique personality."

"Although I don't know how she developed her personality, she definitely loves money. You have to slip her some money no matter what you want her to do."

"Let me state in advance that giving money is absolutely prohibited in the bureau, as it violates relevant disciplinary regulations."

"However, this time she will not be a formal employee, and strictly speaking, she will not be considered a person within the system. In the future, everyone will inevitably have to come into contact with her at work, so let's make an exception for this matter."

Yang Jie took the red envelopes and distributed them to everyone one by one.

"These red envelopes are prepared by the bureau for you. There aren't many, just 2000 yuan each."

"Later, everyone take some time to greet each of you in advance, and give each of you a small red envelope as a token of your appreciation, so you can get acquainted with us. Trust me, this will be very beneficial for your future work."

Chapter 130 Cube

After the meeting, those who had things to do went about their business, while those who didn't went to the technical department one after another to greet the future chief engineer.

Chen Moxin didn't have anything urgent to do at the moment, but instead of rushing to find the future, he went out for a while and came back carrying a suitcase.

He had just put his suitcase down at his workstation when Alexander suddenly stormed back, his face filled with anger and grievance.

Alexander sat down, still cursing under his breath: "This is bullying! This is outrageous! This damn electrode head is going too far!"

"What's wrong?" Chen Moxin asked.

While patting Alexander on the back to calm him down, Lei Lie quietly explained to Chen Moxin.

“Zhongguo and I just went to the technical department to say hello. As soon as the future chief engineer saw Zhongguo, he asked why there was a foreigner in the bureau.”

"Well, then what?"

"Zhongguo said he wasn't a foreigner, but the chief designer said he was. Zhongguo insisted he really wasn't a foreigner, and the chief designer said, 'Then let's do a genetic test,' and they drew his blood on the spot... and then..."

Chen Moxin knew the outcome without Lei Lie needing to finish speaking.

That's only natural, okay?

Dude, you can only fool yourself.

Are you trying to scam me out of the equipment?

You can't expect someone to think they're an Imperial citizen all day long and end up with a genetic mutation, can you? That's just ridiculous.

Mentioning this made Alexander furious. He slammed his fist on the table in frustration: "Brother Chen, isn't this bullying?! They actually laughed at me for being a foreigner... and even asked me to say a few words of English! Ugh, I'm so angry!"

Chen Moxin asked with a smile, "Did you give her a red envelope?"

Alexander pulled out his wallet and slammed it on the table: "Of course I didn't give her one! She said I'm a foreigner, would I give her a red envelope? Wouldn't that be despicable?"

"Haha, you..." Chen Moxin laughed helplessly, "Saying a few words to you won't hurt you. We'll definitely have a lot of work to do with the future, so work is the priority."

Alexander curled his lip: "That won't do, this is a matter of principle. She can call me an idiot, but she can't call me a foreigner."

"...6." It has to be said that sometimes Chen Moxin really admires Alexander's perseverance.

Regardless of whether he's being stubborn or not, he has the ability to delve into things from childhood to adulthood, and he's prepared to do so for a lifetime. That's his belief and dedication, and no one can say anything about it.

"You two rest, I'm going to visit someone." Chen Moxin patted Alexander on the shoulder to comfort him, then picked up her suitcase and headed to the technical department.

It was nearing evening, and everyone else from the Ninth Division of the Demon Hunter had greeted Wei Lai one after another; Chen Moxin was the last.

Upon arriving at the chief engineer's office, Chen Moxin finally saw the legendary future, which, like the image displayed in the conference room, was full of bizarre and grotesque elements.

In the future, he sat in front of a giant multi-screen computer, facing more than a dozen screens at the same time, each of which was displaying data at an extremely fast speed.

She just stared at the screen leisurely, the electrodes on both sides of her head crackling intermittently, as if performing some kind of calculation.

Those hands, covered in stitches, were still counting the banknotes they had just pulled from stacks of red envelopes, and every now and then they would pick up a bottle of premium engine oil from the table and take a few sips.

"Hello, future chief engineer," Chen Moxin greeted him.

Future glanced at him, her gaze falling on the briefcase he was carrying, and let out a sneer: "Oh? You little brat, you're quite the ritualist. Everyone else gives red envelopes, but you insist on carrying a briefcase."

Chen Moxin smiled mysteriously, picked up her briefcase, and asked, "Where do I put this little gift for you?"

Future casually gestured towards the table next to her with her lip.

Chen Moxin placed the suitcase on the table and stood there without moving.

Seeing that Chen Moxin hadn't left, Wei Lai asked in confusion, "Is there anything else?"

Chen Moxin coughed lightly: "Chief Engineer, won't you open it and take a look?"

"Tsk, it's all just 2000 yuan, what's so interesting about it?" Despite saying that, Wei Lai still walked over and impatiently opened the suitcase.

Upon seeing the dazzling golden light inside, she abruptly closed the suitcase again.

Then it stood still and crashed for a full ten seconds.

She jogged over and closed the office door. When she returned to Chen Moxin, she was already bowing and scraping, her face full of a fawning and ingratiating smile.

"Sir, what is your surname?"

"No, sir. My surname is Chen. Just call me Chen Moxin."

"If you don't mind, I'll be your foster father!"

"Let's just forget about it. That doesn't sound very auspicious, haha."

In the future, he rubbed his hands together like a hamster hoarding grain, his smile filled with barely suppressed excitement and greed: "Mr. Chen, do you own a mine?"

Chen Moxin thought for a moment and answered honestly, "Oh, I think there were a few mines. My dad was young and didn't know any better, so he bought them for fun."

Upon hearing this, gold coin symbols truly appeared in the bionic eyes, and they were even glowing.

Chen Moxin smiled politely and said, "I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm a newcomer who joined the Twin Cities Witch Management Bureau at the end of last year, and I just became a witch hunter two months ago."

"I am new here, and I hope that the Chief Engineer will take care of me if I need anything in the future."

Wei Lai quickly helped Chen Moxin sit down: "What are you saying, Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen is a young talent, and he will surely rise to prominence and become the director in no time. When that happens, please take good care of me!"

After saying that, she picked up the bottle of premium engine oil and handed it to Chen Moxin in a flattering manner.

"Oh dear, look at my brain, I got so excited I forgot you guys don't drink this."

She put the oil bottle back in her pocket and grinned, "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, if you need any help in the future, just let me know."

Chen Moxin smiled and said, "Yes, it will happen. It could be business or it could be personal."

“If it’s official business, in addition to the remuneration the organization gives you, I will personally give you ten times that amount.”

"If it's a private matter, it'll be even easier. Just name your price, don't be shy."

Future was so happy her smile was twisted, and the stitches extending from the corner of her lips to behind her ear seemed to split into a gaping maw as they were pulled: "No problem, no problem! If it's business, I'll give you priority! If it's personal, I'll sneak in and help you out!"

In just three minutes, the two had become as close as family, almost hugging each other.

As they chatted, Wei Lai seemed to remember something, and his smile became mysterious: "By the way, I heard from Xiao Yang that you brought back a 'cube' on this mission."

"You haven't been a witch hunter for long, so you probably don't know about 'cube resonance,' right? How about I tell you about it in advance?"

When Wei Lai mentioned "Xiao Yang" earlier, Chen Moxin was still wondering who it was when she realized it was Yang Jie.

Honestly, given Yang Jie's seniority, not to mention newcomers like Chen Moxin, even veteran agents have to address him by his official title, "Captain Yang."

Only high-ranking leaders in the bureau are qualified to call him "Old Yang".

Even someone like Director Yue Zhenyun, who is in charge, would at most be addressed by his first name.

The fact that someone would call Yang Jie "Little Yang" is probably a rarity in the entire Twin Cities Witches' Administration Bureau.

As for the "cube" mentioned in the future, Chen Moxin was naturally very interested.

No one had ever mentioned this to him, neither during his special training nor after he became an active witch hunter; he knew nothing about it.

The purpose of the last raid was to obtain this cube from the illegal psychics of the Witch Alliance.

To this end, the Administration dispatched several witch hunters, including Yang Jie, as well as dozens of elite special forces members, which shows that they attached great importance to the matter.

When the future mentioned the previously unheard-of term "cube resonance," Chen Moxin quickly became interested: "If it's convenient for the chief engineer to tell me, please do."

Future waved her hand: "There's nothing inconvenient about it. You're an active witch hunter, so this is something you're entitled to know. They'll tell you sooner or later. I'm just telling you earlier."

"Come on, let me show you the treasure."

In the future, she will take Chen Moxin's sleeve and lead him away from the office to a deeper part of the technology department.

There were many technical staff members and patrolling sentries along the way.

Chen Moxin had only recently become a hunter, and some people didn't recognize him, but no one dared to ask him any questions.

They might not know who Chen Moxin was, but they all recognized the person who swaggered along, holding onto his sleeve.

That's the newly appointed chief technical officer, who was reportedly appointed directly by the Upper House.

Upon reaching the deepest point, standing before Chen Moxin and Wei Lai was a heavy metal door embedded in the concrete wall, its surface seamless, with only the scanner on the side emitting a faint blue light.

This is the highest-level storage room in the technical department. To enter, one must undergo triple encryption authentication using a password, ID card, and biometric information. If any one of these authentications fails, the system will lock the room and simultaneously transmit an abnormal signal to the security center.

In the future, he shook his head, entered the password, swiped his ID card, and underwent an iris scan by a detector. Soon, the metal isolation door opened.

In the center of the room was a tall storage device, and the mysterious creation cube that Chen Moxin and others had previously seized was suspended in mid-air by a magnetic field.

As he walked up to the storage device, he squinted slightly at the cube and said, "As the Buddhist saying goes, 'One flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi.'"

"If I told you that there's a world hidden inside this tiny cube, would you believe me?"

Chen Moxin shook her head: "Whether you believe it or not is another matter, I don't understand what you mean."

Future slowly said, "This creation called a cube was unexpectedly found by a geological exploration team deep in the Earth's crust last year."

"Scholars have discovered through research that under certain special conditions, psychics can resonate with the cube in some form of brainwaves, and then their consciousness will be projected into it."

She paused for a moment, then asked, "You young people probably all play video games, right?"

Chen Moxin nodded.

Future snapped his fingers: "Great, that makes it easier to explain. You can think of the cube as a dungeon key in a game."

"When a player uses this key, their consciousness will enter the dungeon world, complete a series of tasks within, and finally obtain the dungeon rewards."

This metaphor is easy to understand, but precisely because of this, it seems a bit too fantastical.

Chen Moxin asked doubtfully, "Is it really that amazing? With today's technology, we shouldn't be able to create something like this, right?"

Future smiled slightly, her gaze becoming profound: "I never said that this was a creation of our human world."

"The technology contained in the cube is something that humanity doesn't even have a theoretical model for today."

"We have only discovered the existence of this creation, but no one knows where it came from."

Chen Moxin said in a half-joking, half-serious tone, "Perhaps, there was a very advanced ancient civilization in our world, and this is the technological legacy they left behind. Or perhaps... aliens."

Future smiled and shook his head: "The former can basically be ruled out. With today's advanced geological exploration technology, if our world really had so-called ancient civilizations, we would definitely be able to find more evidence, but the fact is there is nothing."

"As for aliens... I can only say that, emotionally, I'm willing to believe in their existence, but rationally, I haven't seen any evidence to prove their existence."

"The origin of the cube, like psionic energy and madness, is currently a mystery. We only know that it exists, but we know nothing about its nature."

Chen Mo pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and looked at the future with great interest: "I'm very curious, the information about the cube must be highly classified."

“You just said that the cube was discovered last year, but you left more than 20 years ago.”

"So here's the question: after all these years away, how do you know about the cube?"

Future's eyes darted around, he coughed awkwardly twice, then turned his head away and said dryly, "Don't let my hiding in the sewers fool you, I'm not just wasting my time every day, okay?"