Chapter 240: Sisters Full of Mysteries

Yu Sheng had originally planned to catch up on sleep as soon as he got home, but two bowls of "Fox Stew" completely derailed his plan—he wasn't sure if this "stew" concocted by the Cyber Fox Immortal was normal food, but its "medicinal effect" was truly fierce; he now felt full of energy and vitality, even capable of speed-running Nightfall Valley again...

Since he didn't plan to sleep, the rest was naturally to get some real work done.

"I have to go to the Special Operations Bureau," he said as he entered the living room to the doll sitting cross-legged on the coffee table watching a variety show, "You and Hu Li just wait at home."

Only then did Erin lift her head from the TV program: "Okay... will you be back for lunch?"

"Hard to say, might not make it back," Yu Sheng thought for a moment, turned his head, and happened to see Hu Li walking out of the dining room while wiping his hands on his tail, so he casually instructed, "If I'm not back for lunch, just heat up the leftovers in the fridge and eat..."

Hu Li blinked: "Already ate."

"... Do you still have 'stock' in your tail?"

Hu Li then laughed: "Still have some!"

"... Then just make do with a bite for now," Yu Sheng waved his hand, "Tonight Little Red Riding Hood and the others are planning a celebration in the valley; we'll go have a proper meal then—anyway, the Special Operations Bureau is footing the bill."

"Okay!"

Yu Sheng took out his phone, sent a message to Bai Liqing, and after making arrangements, let out a light sigh, then opened a door that appeared out of thin air.

Stepping over the threshold, he entered a vast and silent place.

A small floating island, like a broken fragment, drifting in boundless darkness.

Outside the "floating island" lay an endless void; above was that brilliant light stream crossing the entire space; an incredible "elevator" structure pierced through the center of the island, disappearing upward into the depths of darkness; this place was still the same as in his memory, magnificent and carrying a mysterious atmosphere, and as always, quiet.

One of the most mysterious floors in the Special Operations Bureau headquarters building, Floor N, or as Bai Liqing put it—the "roof" of the Borderland.

A good place suitable for discussing matters.

All around was silence; it seemed Bai Liqing hadn't arrived yet. Yu Sheng wasn't in a hurry; he took a look around this small, broken floating island, then came to the "rest area" beside that elevator, poured himself a glass of iced water, and sat on the sofa waiting silently.

Admiring the magnificent yet lonely scenery here, his thoughts unconsciously began to wander; beneath that brilliant and resplendent light stream, Yu Sheng thought of many things.

About the futures of those children in the "Fairy Tale" organization, about his own, about this incredible world, and also about... the ark named "Ankara," and the long journey that ark had experienced, as well as those ancient memories it had shown him.

Yu Sheng lowered his head, watching the ice cubes in the cup slowly rotate in the water, watching tiny bubbles seep out from the surface of the ice cubes; the bubbles rose unsteadily in the water; some collided and merged together, some stayed on the cup walls and other ice cubes, and some, upon touching the water surface, quietly shattered.

After quite a while, he suddenly felt a stir in his heart, as if sensing something, and instantly reined in his wandering thoughts.

He lifted his head and saw a pair of huge eyes quietly looking at him.

Only a pair of eyes—indifferent, faded pupils floating out of thin air in the void ahead, beautiful, yet possessing almost no "human" warmth.

Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly greeted the other party: "Uh, hello."

Of course he recognized the other party; he knew this was Bai Liqing's "sister"—but this was the first time he had seen the other party without Bai Liqing present.

"Hello." A monotonous, cold voice appeared directly in Yu Sheng's mind.

"I asked your sister to come discuss matters..." For some reason, when talking to this pair of eyes alone, Yu Sheng always felt a bit awkward and strange, and his tone even became somewhat hesitant.

"I know," the tone of those eyes revealed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever, even colder and more mechanical than Bai Liqing's, "She is still in a meeting; that is very boring."

Yu Sheng roughly understood where his strange feeling came from; the problem lay in the fact that the other party only had a pair of eyes—it is said that eyes are the windows to the soul, but this "sister" had only two windows all over her body; when he conversed with the other party, he felt those eyes were constantly scanning him like X-ray vision, and because there were no other facial features to provide reference, he couldn't confirm what "expression" the other party currently had, so he always felt he was communicating with a surveillance spirit that had true sight activated...

However, since the other party was after all Bai Liqing's sister, he couldn't display any rude attitude; he could only try to keep a straight face while searching for a topic: "By the way, I've never asked, what is your name..."

"Bai Li Xue," those eyes said indifferently, "Although I haven't used it for many years."

Yu Sheng was stunned.

A very nice name, and not very special either.

However, the first thought that popped into his mind was actually "So this pair of eyes actually has a name after all"...

Before he could even say that sentence, the pair of eyes opposite seemed to see through his thoughts and spoke up on its own: "My sister's name and mine were given to us by our mother."

Yu Sheng: "..."

"Yes, I was also born by mother." Yu Sheng: "Uh, I didn't say anything."

"I can tell."

"Oh."

Yu Sheng scratched his head, feeling the embarrassment of having his inner complaints seen through at a glance, and immediately afterward, more doubts surged into his heart—did this pair of eyes calling itself "Bai Li Xue" not look like this "only two windows" form from the very beginning? How did she become like this? Her "state" compared to Bai Liqing's also seemed a bit strange; what was going on with that? She seemed very interested in him? What was she doing here? Did she just come here because she felt her sister's meeting was boring?

Yu Sheng temporarily put aside these messy thoughts; he knew these questions couldn't be asked directly, and he himself wasn't very concerned about the purpose of these two windows to the soul right now, so he simply lowered his head and continued to sip the iced water.

Perhaps because his reaction was too cold, those eyes, after a moment of silence, spoke up again on their own.

"You killed a Dark Angel?"

Yu Sheng's action of sipping iced water stopped.

He recalled that withered, dead ecological pod, and Ankara's farewell before shutting down; after a moment of silence, he gently shook his head.

"It chose 'death' itself; I just accompanied it for a while in the final moments."

No mistake, one sentence, one release, one content, one look!

Yu Sheng felt that penetrating gaze staring at him—not carrying any malice, seemingly just simple curiosity.

"But this is still an incredible feat; you... can you understand the significance of this? A Dark Angel has 'fallen,' for the first time in history, the first time known to the entire world," she said slowly, "The news will spread quickly; countless people will be shocked by this—of course, no rash fool would dare to come directly to the Borderland to confront you, but in the near future, this impact will gradually manifest..."

However, the only response to her was a slightly dull "Oh" from Yu Sheng half a minute later.

Bai Li Xue was silent for a few seconds: "... You don't seem very concerned?"

Yu Sheng lifted his head: "What is there to be concerned about?"

This time Bai Li Xue finally seemed a bit surprised, even as if she was dazed for two seconds before speaking: "Uh, like disturbing your peaceful life and such; I've read stories like this where protagonists who achieve incredible feats choose to hide their names and return to normal life because they worry their peaceful lives will be broken..."

Yu Sheng was finally shocked: "You read this too?"

"... Besides reading all sorts of things, what else can I do?"

Yu Sheng: "..."

Damn, that actually makes sense too.

"Ahem, I haven't thought about all that much," Yu Sheng coughed dryly to break the awkwardness, "I mean 'peaceful life' and such—and honestly, my life isn't peaceful anymore; why worry about so much."

"Seems that is indeed the case; there are... many 'lively' people around you now."

"So it doesn't matter," Yu Sheng waved his hand, "Let them spread it however they want; I'm actually interested in Dark Angels right now; if we can draw out some useful intelligence because of this, that would be a good thing."

Baili Xue fell silent, and just then, Yu Sheng heard the soft sound of an elevator door sliding open nearby.

He turned his head and saw a figure with a gray-white ponytail stepping out of the elevator, walking with hurried steps.

"Sorry, I intended to end the meeting as soon as I received your message, but it still took longer than expected," Baili Qing said quickly, then spotted the pair of eyes floating opposite Yu Sheng and froze in place. "... Why are you here? When did you slip out?"

"When you stood up and said, 'Let me add two more points.'"

Baili Qing: "..."

Yu Sheng: "..."

He silently watched as Baili Qing approached and sat down opposite him, silently watched the giant pair of eyes vanish behind Baili Qing, and only after a long while broke the silence: "Your sister... is actually quite interesting."

"Interesting, but also dangerous," Baili Qing raised her eyelids to look at Yu Sheng. "Don't stare at her eyes for too long. You can surely tell that her current state isn't that of a normal 'human.' Perhaps she is friendly toward you, but there are some inhuman, irrational things... even she cannot control them."

Yu Sheng thought for a moment, thinking to himself that he actually felt nothing at all, but in the end, he swallowed those words.

He figured Baili Qing was probably warning him based on the standards of an "ordinary person," and since it was well-intentioned, he might as well appreciate the gesture.

But this only made him even more curious about the secrets of the two sisters, "Baili Xue" and "Baili Qing"...

(End of this chapter)