The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 973 Two Golden Crows (Part 20)
"Don't worry, don't worry!"

Yang Lingfeng hurriedly raised his hand to stop Yu Meng's barrage of questions.

"First of all, the first question is that if they say this, the authorities haven't stopped them, which means they've tacitly approved of it to some extent."

"Think about it, how sensitive is this? Are you really going to be pushed out?"

“I didn’t say it was me…” Yu Meng frowned slightly.

"In short, this is something that will incur the hatred of the First Empire!" Yang Lingfeng sighed. "Although they will eventually find out that these kids are just trying to gain fame, as long as the Eastern Empire doesn't acknowledge who they really are, they'll be safe."

"But if it's not a good thing, why would these kids be willing to take it on?" Yu Meng was still puzzled.

"Sigh, I only understood it after talking to my daughter on the phone about it."

Yang Lingfeng shook his head, mimicking his daughter's high-pitched and impatient tone:

"Do you really think that LB, that Federation kid, can become popular all over the Federation just because he has that name? You have no idea how popular the idols in the entire Federation, especially in the First Empire, are! Not to mention that new generations are constantly emerging. It would be good enough if LB could maintain his market share in the Eastern Empire!"

Yu Meng was stunned. "So, they want to maintain their market share with this...war bull image?"

"you do not say!"

"Before, some people criticized them for being too effeminate and not masculine enough, calling them pretty boys and young heartthrobs. Now, with the heroic image of protecting cultural relics established, a large number of haters have immediately become fans."

Yang Lingfeng proudly threw out this technical term, while humming an off-key tune.

"I have to say, when I listen to their songs now, I find they're actually pretty good!"

Yu Meng interrupted with a look of disgust: "So the official stance is also supportive?"

“That’s right, that answers your second question—the authorities need a shield to avoid triggering a conflict between the two countries…” Yang Lingfeng lowered his voice, “You know, if a war really breaks out, how could the Eastern Empire possibly stand a chance?”

"Releasing this footage is also evidence, showing that the Eastern Empire was acting in self-defense, and the First Empire didn't dare to break ties because the plan failed."

"But won't the First Empire be furious because it has lost face?" Yu Meng couldn't understand.

“That’s something for their upper management to negotiate,” Yang Lingfeng shrugged. “At worst, they can blame it on special effects or something, saying it was all faked by the production team.”

"Anyway... it's a win-win situation, I guess." Yang Lingfeng then said in a sly voice, "From now on, 'Federal Boys' should be renamed 'Federal Eastern Boys,' and they'll be officially recognized. I overheard their agent saying that on the phone."

"Look, you'll be staying in the next ward..."

Yu Meng wasn't concerned about that, and asked, "What's the third question?"

"I can't answer that." Yang Lingfeng spread his hands.

"What do you mean?"

"Nobody knows what happened."

"In short, by the time the military arrived, everything had settled down. The mountain was still there, but the warships had long since disappeared."

Yu Meng frowned.

“If it weren’t for the ground cracking, the black water flowing, and the entire mountain being burned bare and even vitrified, and everyone being delirious, waving their arms and legs incoherently, if it weren’t for the cameras as evidence, we would have almost thought it was some kind of mass possession!” Yang Lingfeng muttered to himself, “But… it’s not that different.”

Seeing Yu Meng glare at him, he quickly shut up.

Continuing on, when the military saw that eerie scene, they resolutely decided to enter the exposed ruins to investigate.

The place was empty; the people and equipment were gone, and there was bright red blood everywhere. The walls were made of some unknown material, and strange tentacles and vines were growing rampant. I heard that seeing it was quite terrifying.

The only discovery was that deep inside the underground palace, there was an unconscious survivor.

"He Tao!"

Yu Meng blurted it out.

Yang Lingfeng nodded slowly, his gaze meaningful:

"Yes, it's her."

……

When Yu Meng, whose injuries had mostly healed, and Yang Lingfeng, who had finally gotten rid of his crutches, arrived at the special care ward of "He Tao," they unexpectedly saw someone.

"Director?"

"Director!"

The two called out one after the other.

"Oh, Xiaoyu, you're finally awake?"

The only person who could address Yu Meng in this way was the former director of Qingyang City.

The forty-three-year-old "Xiao Yu" chuckled twice and nodded in agreement.

"Director, what brings you here?"

"Someone from above has come." The bureau chief's tone was meaningful, yet he also looked proud. "Of course, I have to go with them."

"What? You're here to see He Tao?"

Yu Meng looked inside through the glass with suspicion.

He Tao was chatting with two people in military uniforms. It was unclear what they were talking about, but they both looked very serious.

He Tao, however, did not show any fear and seemed to handle the situation with ease.

"Of course, the higher-ups value her highly. The reason..." the bureau chief smiled slightly, "aren't you the one who knows best?"

Yu Meng's gaze sharpened, and she turned to look at Yang Lingfeng.

Seeing him touch his nose with an embarrassed expression, I understood.

"You know everything?"

"How could I not know about such a strange incident?" The bureau chief raised an eyebrow. "The key point is that you, who are always cautious, actually brought a young girl into such a dangerous place at that time. Isn't that very suspicious?"

"So..." He glanced at Yang Lingfeng, who was standing to the side with an expectant look on his face, and then added with a smile, "You guys have made contributions and gained experience. That's why the higher-ups are willing to let our local system participate."

"Participate in what?" Yang Lingfeng asked anxiously.

The bureau chief nodded, gesturing for the two men to look inside.

Just then, the older female officer extended her hand and solemnly shook hands with "He Tao," as if they had reached some kind of consensus.

The bureau chief was overjoyed.

"That works!"

"What's done?"

"Hehe, of course..."

The director lowered his voice and revealed, "Special Bureau."

Yu Meng and Yang Lingfeng's eyes widened immediately.

……

He Tao had just finished dealing with the leaders from the Eastern Empire's military when the director of the Qingyang City Federal Police Bureau came in with Officer Yu and Officer Yang to offer their condolences.

She could tell that the two officers were genuinely concerned, but because their superiors were present, they couldn't say much. Once they confirmed that everything was alright, they left.

It's okay, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet again later.

At this moment, He Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he asked, "Do you need to switch it back?"

"No, Sheng Sheng, I'm still working on my thesis!"

"We'll be almost done with the conclusion!"

In the depths of her heart, the real He Tao spoke.

His voice was filled with immense excitement.

The body had been unconscious for about a week, and for He Tao in the dream world, it was an unknown amount of time that had passed in a state of confusion.

He Tao has already gotten used to this kind of life.

But it's just like before, staying huddled up in the house.

More importantly, this time is different.

She has things to do.

And Sheng Sheng was there too.

He sat right next to her. After the turmoil in Zhengjia Village, her body was no longer resilient enough to support such high-intensity activities, so she could only force herself into a dormant state to recover her physical functions. Even Sheng Sheng could only return to the dream space.

This also caused the doctors a lot of distress.

"This child is in exceptionally good physical condition, with all indicators exceeding those of a normal person, but he just won't wake up."

"Furthermore, the brainwaves are unusually active, as if the person is engaged in some high-intensity mental activity..."

This greatly worried He Tao's parents, who thought she had some rare brain disease.

Little did they know, He Tao's brain was indeed running at full speed every day.

Fortunately, He Tao finally woke up not long after.

As a result, several unexpected groups of people came to visit.

At this point, the thesis was almost finished, and Liu Sheng felt that He Tao should be able to handle it.

He Tao really didn't know how to deal with these people, so Liu Sheng temporarily took over the body.

Most of the visitors wanted to find out exactly what happened that day.

Although many people initially thought of her as "just a little girl," the Eastern Empire's military was not stupid.

After learning about the events of that day, it was quickly realized that the girl named He Tao had played a crucial role in the entire incident.

Furthermore, Yang Lingfeng did not hide anything.

All the clues quickly pieced together a rough truth.

Of course, under normal circumstances, no one would think this way; they would just think that Yang Lingfeng has lost his mind.

But now, seeing the scene and the recording, not to mention that even the First Empire is concerned—it shows that there must be an extraordinary force behind all of this.

After much deliberation, Liu Sheng finally recounted the events of that time—though with some embellishment, of course.

Because her roommate Zheng Qiran participated in the excavation of the ruins and mastered some kind of ancient technology, she gained a strange ability. And since then, strange events have been constantly happening around her.

She panicked and decided to investigate the truth herself.

As the investigation deepened, she gradually mastered that "ability," and it was with this ability that she successfully rescued her parents and Officer Yang.

At this point, Liu Sheng recalled that the room fell silent for a while.

Only Yang Lingfeng kept nodding.

"That's it!"

In their pursuit of the culprit, they went to Zhengjia Village, only to witness the First Empire's utterly unbridled actions.

Everyone was naturally furious upon hearing this.

But what I heard next was even more surprising.

"So you used that ability... to bypass the electromagnetic barrier and the warship's defense system, get inside, and then... interfere with the operation of their warship's systems?"

The leader looked incredulous.

Liu Sheng looked completely bewildered.

“I don’t know how I did it… but it was possible at the time.”

"Later, the warship went out of control, and Professor Shen also seemed to have a problem, unable to suppress the ancient ruins at all. Our army arrived in time, and the First Empire had no choice but to give up and retreat back to its country with all the archaeological data and team."

To the other party, the whole story, though bizarre and unbelievable, seemed not impossible when considered together.

Not to mention, just this girl sitting quietly on the bed.

You can send messages to everyone's mobile phone with just a glance.

It's hard not to believe it.

This greatly excited the officials of the Eastern Empire.

However, after some discussion, it was decided to handle the matter discreetly.
On the one hand, they protected He Tao and "hid" her; on the other hand, they used this as an opportunity to establish a brand new secret department.

That is, the "Special Bureau".

Its full name is the Special Events and Anomalies Investigation Bureau, and it is temporarily affiliated with the Federal Police Department.

This was also in line with Liu Sheng and He Tao's expectations.

They had originally considered pretending to know nothing, glossing over the matter, and pretending that they had simply fallen into it by accident and didn't remember anything.

But considering that this is just the beginning—it's impossible to count how many "weird things" are invading the real world through that space.

In that case, we might as well take this opportunity to sound the alarm and make the authorities take seriously the fact that extraordinary forces do indeed exist in this world.

Moreover, it can help them obtain legal status, thus avoiding the need to hide their abilities and worry about being labeled "OOC" when exercising their skills in the future.

In this way, if any strange events do occur again, "He Tao" can participate legitimately and avoid causing greater casualties—after all, in this world, there is probably no one who understands the supernatural better than them, especially Liu Sheng.

Ultimately, he still has to embark on the path of saving the world!

Not to mention, there are also people from "Seven Mysterious Mountains".

Many of them were originally ordinary citizens of the Eastern Empire, but were unknowingly drawn into this catastrophe.

They need a place to stay, and they also need to be supervised.

That's perfect.

……

Qingyang City.

"From now on, we are the heroes of the opening!"

Having just returned home from the celebration banquet for the establishment of the Special Bureau, He Tao stroked the "Intermediate Investigator of the Special Bureau" badge on her chest and excitedly said in her mind.

At this moment, Liu Sheng was still studying the mathematical model in front of him.

Forcibly pulling himself out of his reverie, he replied with a smile, "From now on, you're a government employee. Now Mom and Dad won't have to worry about our jobs anymore."

“However… I refused when the director asked me to work there.” He Tao changed the subject. “Although it meant I wouldn’t get a stable salary, but would instead get bonuses based on assigned tasks.”

"Because I still want to continue with our original plan."

"I have already submitted the paper to Frontier History."

Liu Sheng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

She recently returned to the dream world, and she was either teaching the members of "Seven Mysterious Mountains" how to cultivate—many of whom would be among the first members of the "Special Bureau" in the future—or organizing the large amount of data and information obtained from that space warship, and she also had to completely complete the energy regulation model of that [Golden Crow]. She was extremely busy.

Therefore, she doesn't pay much attention to He Tao's life in reality.

Anyway, the paper is finished, all I need to do is choose an auspicious day to submit it.

At the very least, one shouldn't publish a paper the moment they wake up.

Sufficient preparation time is needed.

But He Tao herself wasn't idle either.

Since she had time to wait, she decided to take advantage of it and finish writing her graduation thesis as well.

Compared to that core paper, this undergraduate thesis in the Federal Language was nothing, so Liu Sheng didn't participate in it.

Moreover, the current development is somewhat unexpected.

He Tao, who originally couldn't find a job, somehow acquired this identity. Although it can't be openly acknowledged, it comes with all six types of insurance and one housing fund, and her future prospects are not a worry.

This makes the motivation to go to the First Empire seem much smaller.

"But Sheng Sheng, you want to go!"

Sensing Liu Sheng's thoughts, He Tao said.

"Moreover, our entanglement with Professor Shen is far from over. Whether it's the hatred between my parents or... that thing on her body."

He Tao paused, her eyes turning colder.

“I know you’re thinking, Sheng Sheng, that you might try to use the same trick again, like last time, to catch her online.”

"But ever since she returned to the First Empire, it's as if she's completely vanished from the face of the earth—no internet access, signal jamming, layers of isolation, there's no way to find her anywhere."

"To find her, we must get physically close."

(End of this chapter)