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 away and looked at the "action record" in front of him.
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"Can you identify which one of them it is?"
"The names and key certificate numbers have been erased and cannot be restored. I am not sure whether it was intentional," Baili Qing said. "I can only judge that he is one of the twelve team members who performed the deep-diving mission seventy years ago.
...Perhaps we should exclude the two who successfully returned to the real world?"
Speaking of this, she suddenly paused, then 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 be there."
Trapped in a 'fairy tale' foreign land... just like ten other people."
Yu Sheng didn't speak. His thoughts were very chaotic 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,
It has been continuously overturned due to contradictions 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 at should not be the Black Forest, but this
I picked up this 'piece of paper' in the Black Forest, and the 'Hunter' is also an entity wandering deep in the Black Forest."
"This is also what I am 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 said.
One of the conclusions of this operation is that 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, and the little puppet said hesitantly: "Well, don't blame me for disappointing you. The 'Hunter' is not necessarily the deep-diving team member back then, nor is it.
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 spoke 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 "living creature" with human nature.
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 worthy of analysis 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 has obviously encountered difficulties, and the technicians on site have not yet fed back any valuable information.
But perhaps this "difficult" situation is what often 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 requested was delivered to the small room.
It was a pile of personnel files temporarily printed out from the database, a dozen thin sheets of paper, printed with simple information about the deep-diving team members back then - names, ages, photos, service status, and so on.
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 a group photo at the end of the file. Twelve people are wearing some kind of heavy protective armor with a rather "old school science fiction" style. They are standing neatly in front of a building. There is no shoulder-to-shoulder or anything else.
In a posture of victory or encouragement, 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 it or any other information."
"What are you going to do?" Bailiqing asked curiously.
"Show it to the 'hunter', if you have a chance."
Bailiqing 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, pushing 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 steel-faced person."
Yu Sheng: "I didn't say these words either..."
"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 us to do? We will do our best."
Yu Sheng suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Well, your help has been quite great..."
"As for the 'fairy tale' matter, the Secret Service has an old score," Baili Qing interrupted him with a calm look and tone, "On the other hand, you are the only one so far who can enter like those children.
'subset', unaffected 'adults', and you managed to rescue a child from deep within 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 may be exactly 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 fell directly behind the stage."
Baili Qing immediately understood the meaning of this sentence: "So, if the 'hunters' in the black forest are really the deep divers back then..."
"Then he will know how to get to the back of the stage," Yu Sheng nodded, "That team may have successfully penetrated the deep barrier of 'Fairy Tale' back then - but when they penetrated,
It has completely lost contact with the real world."
"But the '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 this is like a plot in a novel...
…will it work?”
Chapter completed!