Alien Hotel

The small room was a little quiet for a while. Yu Sheng and Baili Qing were lost in thought at the same time. Although Hu Li and Irene didn't quite understand the situation, they also noticed from Yu Sheng's reaction that things seemed a bit complicated, and No one dared to speak casually.

After a while, Yu Shengcai raised his head again, his eyes fell on the "document" on the screen, and after staring at it for a few seconds, he looked back and looked at the "action record" in front of him. ".

"Can you identify which one of them it is?"

"The names and key ID numbers have been erased and cannot be restored. I am not sure whether it was intentional," Baili Qing said. "We can only judge that he is one of the twelve team members who performed the deep-diving mission seventy years ago. "

Perhaps the two who successfully returned to the real world should be excluded? "

Speaking of this, she suddenly paused, frowned and shook her head slightly: "No--according to the records in the file, the two deep divers who returned to the real world most likely only returned physically, and their souls should Still trapped in a "fairy tale" foreign land - just like the other ten people. "

Yu Sheng didn't speak. His thoughts were in chaos at this time. Countless guesses and clues connected with known information were surging in his mind like a whirlpool. He kept coming up with conjectures one after another, but because they were obvious, Continuously being overturned due to objections or unexplained loopholes.

After a while, he frowned deeply, and finally hesitantly broke the silence: "Do you remember what we just discussed? The twelve deep divers back then——"-The place they arrived should not be dark. Forest, but this 'piece of paper' was picked up by me in the Black Forest. The 'Hunter' is also an entity wandering deep in the Black Forest. "

"This is what I'm wondering about," Baili Qing did not hide her confusion. "The deep dive team seventy years ago did not enter any known subset of the "fairy tale" foreign land." This is what the Secret Service has always faced. One of the conclusions of this operation, it stands to reason that even if the deep divers of that year really left any "relics" in a foreign land, these items should not appear in the Black Forest, unless——"

Yu Sheng raised his head: "Unless?"

"Unless after the accident, those deep divers were still operating deep in the Fairy Tale - and finally found the path to the Black Forest."

Yu Sheng's eyes froze for a moment, and then he slowly spoke: "Then, they, or one of them, became a 'hunter' in the black forest——"

At this moment, Eileen, who had been silent next to him, suddenly tugged on his sleeve. The little doll hesitated and said, "Well, don't blame me for disappointing you." The hunter may not be the deep-diving team member back then, but Maybe those team members were still killed, and that certificate was the trophy of the 'Hunter'. After all, the 'Hunter' itself is an entity in the Black Forest, right?"

The eyes of Yu Sheng and Bai Liqing fell on Irene at the same time, and the latter shrank her neck subconsciously: "I told you, don't blame me for disappointing you, this is just a guess."

Baili Qing was silent for a moment and then said softly: "Yes, this possibility cannot be ruled out."

Yu Sheng did not respond. He just couldn't help but recall his experience in the depths of the black forest, recalling the scene where he came face to face with the ethereal figure in a hunting coat in the dim wooden house covered with red cloaks.

The hunter has no face, no words, behaves strangely, and moves stiffly and stiffly. From every aspect, he looks more like a strange entity generated from a foreign land than a human "living creature".

But when Yu Sheng told him that the child devoured by the wolf grandmother had been safely returned to reality, the empty hood did nodded slightly.

Is that imperceptible nod his remaining humanity?

"Do you have more detailed information?" Yu Sheng suddenly broke the silence and pointed to the list of names in the file on the table, "About this group of twelve people."

"Yes," Baili Qing nodded immediately, "I'll have it delivered, and it will arrive soon."

With that said, she picked up the phone on the table and gave some instructions to a subordinate.

For the next short period of time, Yu Sheng waited patiently while paying attention to the situation on the other side of the large window.

The laboratory opposite is still busy - although the technicians have successfully restored the original appearance of the "piece of paper" and confirmed its origin, there is still a lot of information worth analyzing on the piece of paper - physical and chemical Changes in properties, the composition of the stains on the paper, the soil particles carried - these small and inconspicuous clues may become chips for "ordinary people" to fight against foreign lands.

In another part of the window, you can see the situation in another operation room - the mysterious metal device that "emerged" from the room at No. 66 Wutong Road is undergoing a new round of instrument scanning. Compared with According to the information quickly obtained from that "piece of paper", the analysis of this sample obviously encountered difficulties. The technicians on site have not yet fed back any valuable information.

But perhaps this "difficult" situation is what happens when analyzing exotic samples.

However, most of Yu Sheng's attention is no longer on that "iron lump". He is more concerned about things related to "fairy tales".

Less than ten minutes later, the information Yu Sheng asked for was delivered to the small room.

It was a personnel file that was temporarily printed from the database. It was a dozen thin pieces of paper, with simple information about the deep-diving team members of that year printed on it - name, age, photo, service status, etc. .

Yu Sheng turned over them one by one, gradually matching their names with the list on the action file, and then looked at the black and white portraits.

Twelve people, some men and women, some elite veterans who looked middle-aged, and some young people who looked about the same age as him.

There is also a group photo at the end of the file. Twelve people wearing some kind of heavy protective armor with a rather "Japanese science fiction" style are standing neatly in front of a building. There is no shoulder-to-shoulder or posing. No matter what kind of victory or encouragement gesture, he stood straight and solemnly, took off his helmet and stood at attention to take a group photo.

"This is a group photo taken before they set off," Baili Qing said at the side. "This is the rule of the Secret Service. Before each team performs a deep dive mission, all members of the team participating in the dive must take a group photo."

"Well," Yu Sheng nodded slightly and quietly looked at the group photo printed on A4 paper in front of him. After a while, he suddenly said, "Can I take this with me? Just take it with me. , I won’t take any other information.”

"What are you going to do?" Baili Qing asked curiously.

"Show it to the 'hunter', if you have a chance."

Baili Qing was silent for a while, seeming to be thinking.

"In principle, this batch of information cannot be taken out, not even a piece of paper." She said calmly.

Yu Sheng: "...-well, good--.-·

"But the principle is in my hands," Baili Qing continued, and pushed the piece of paper in front of Yu Sheng, "Take it away, don't spread it outside, and destroy it at the appropriate time after the incident is over."

Yu Sheng was in a daze for a moment:

“…—.?

Baili Qing looked at him: "Is there any problem?"

Only then did Yu Sheng react. He took the piece of paper, folded it and put it away while muttering in a strange tone: "Well, I didn't expect you to have a sense of humor."

"I'm not a steelhead."

Yu Sheng: “I didn’t say these words————

"I'm just used to being serious." Baili Qing remained expressionless, as if she didn't care about what Yu Sheng was saying at all, and followed the change of topic, "Tell me about your plan, how are you going to deal with "Fairy Tale"? In addition to this information, what else do you need from us?"

Yu Sheng suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Well, your help has been quite great -"

"On the 'fairy tale' matter, the Secret Service has an old debt," Baili Qing interrupted him with a calm look and tone, "On the other hand, you are the only one so far who can be like those children. Access to the 'subset', unaffected 'adults', and the fact that you successfully rescued a child from the depths of the Black Forest - every reason for us to continue to help."

Those colorless eyes were calm and firm. Yu Sheng looked at them for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm trying to find out the 'storyteller' behind the black forest," he said slowly. "Based on my observations of the black forest and my perception of the wolves, I can now basically determine that each of the 'fairy tales' A subset, all controlled and driven by a "story source" It's moving, and this source is most likely what the original deep dive team encountered. But the problem I encountered is that I can enter the black forest, but I can't find the way to the 'back of the stage'. It’s probably the opposite of what that team encountered back then.”

Having said this, he paused and looked seriously into Baili Qing's eyes: "They most likely landed directly on the back of the stage."

Baili Qing immediately understood the meaning of this sentence: "So, if the 'hunter' in the black forest is really the deep diver back then..."

"Then he will know how to get to the back of the stage," Yu Sheng nodded, "That team,

Perhaps they had successfully penetrated the deep barrier of 'fairy tale' back then - but when they penetrated it,

It has completely lost contact with the real world. "

"But 'Hunter' can't communicate and has no sense.'

"So I need this," Yu Sheng pointed to his pocket, where he put the photo close to his body, "this thing might work."

"Using a group photo to influence the soul that has turned into an entity and exchange for his empty humanity?" Baili Qing looked at Yu Sheng with a strange look, "Do you really think that this kind of thing is like a plot of a novel - ----Will it work?”

"If it doesn't work, think of other ways." Yu Sheng was very open-minded, with a smile on his face, "Let's try it anyway."