Why did you provoke me?

Yu Meng looked at Granny Hua, who had closed her eyes on the bed. She never expected that the first person she would see off in this world would be this Granny, whom she had only met a few times.

Their meeting was a complete accident, but it was in this seemingly accidental encounter that she plotted against him, making his first impression of her not good.

The second time, Granny Hua took the initiative to help her take on the matter of Dali waking up.

The third time was when she sat by the river, and one of her sentences resolved Yu Meng's inner conflict.

Perhaps they were truly destined for each other. This time, Yu Meng's demand for a formal title was to ask Granny Hua to protect her once more; clearly, Granny Hua understood her meaning.

Having become Granny Hana's personal disciple legitimized all her actions. Therefore, she agreed to Granny Hana's request to continue her work and protect those Granny Hana left behind.

Qingyuan confirmed Yu Meng's identity as a direct disciple. In the days that followed, Yu Meng mechanically followed Qingyuan, kneeling when told to kneel, kowtowing when told to kowtow, and offering incense when told to offer incense.

Yu Meng spoke very little, but signed many documents in front of everyone.

This series of actions took half a month to complete.

Yu Meng lay exhausted on the bed, but strangely, she couldn't fall asleep.

After resting for two days, Yu Meng found Qing Yuan and told her that she wanted to go to the archives.

Yu Meng began to actively engage with things. Qing Yuan was very happy. However, she was also worried, "Big Sister, what are you going to do about the aliens in the barrier?"

Yu Meng glanced at Qing Yuan. "Aunt Qing, I need to go to the records room to get a better understanding of the situation before I can make a decision. But don't worry, I've already made arrangements for those aliens; they won't pose any danger."

Qingyuan stared at the string of strangely shaped creatures hanging from the thin thread. Her lips twitched. People really couldn't be compared. In their eyes, those incredibly dangerous creatures were like toys in Yu Meng's hands, tossed and turned at will.

Qingyuan looked at Yu Meng and suddenly asked, "Yu Meng, do you believe in fate?"

Yu Meng nodded, "I believe you."

"If my elder sister had met you ten years earlier, perhaps she wouldn't have left us like this." Qingyuan's eyes reddened whenever she thought of Granny Hua.

"Aunt Qing, do you know how old I was 10 years ago? Even if I met Granny Hua, she couldn't have changed this fate." Yu Meng's words were heartbreaking.

The cycle of life and death. When you do something to someone, you'll find that one day, they'll do the same to you. As people often say, a boomerang will eventually hit you.

Listening to Yu Meng's words, Qingyuan felt an urge to slap her.

"Okay, I'll take you to the archives first. You need to take a good look at all these documents, and at the very least, you need to sort out your interpersonal relationships," Qingyuan reminded her from the side.

"Aunt Qing, how many bases like ours are there nationwide? Where do we rank?" Yu Meng really wanted to do something serious. Her talent was quite high.

"Aunt Qing, I mean, if we kill the alien and want to do research, should we report it to our superiors, or should we do it ourselves?" Yu Meng asked Qing Yuan in a low voice.

"Of course we'll do it ourselves. Why should we give it to others?" Qingyuan nodded affirmatively. "There are eight major research bases across the country, and they're all in competition. Everyone keeps their research results to themselves; no one would willingly share them."

Yu Meng forced a smile and said, "Don't we advocate for sharing resources and helping each other?"

Qingyuan's expression turned serious. "Yu Meng, you really need to go to the archives and take a look at these. Here, we've never helped each other or shared resources. Everyone's just desperately trying to squeeze resources into their own pockets. Although the country has set up towns, counties, cities, and other regions of varying sizes, these are just for ease of management. Our base covers four provinces and all the cities, counties, and towns below those four provinces, all of which fall under the overall jurisdiction of our base."

Yu Meng didn't quite understand. Qing Yuan also knew that Yu Meng couldn't possibly sort out these relationships so quickly.

Qingyuan was a little anxious. She wanted to hand over everything to Yumeng at once, but she also knew that this was unrealistic.

Yu Meng couldn't help but laugh at Qing Yuan's anxious expression. "Aunt Qing, I'll learn all of this slowly. Now I'll find you a job." With that, she pulled something off one of the lines and tossed it to Qing Yuan.

"Aunt Qing, this alien just died. You should find some trustworthy people to study it."

"Ah, really dead? Yu Meng, how did you do that?" Qingyuan took out a box she carried with her and put the alien inside.

"Aunt Qing, what are you mainly researching when you study this alien?" Yu Meng asked curiously. What could they possibly be researching about such a small thing?

Qingyuan thought for a moment, then organized her thoughts, "Do you remember your soldier?"

A person who has been parasitized by an alien will have a more fully developed brain; in simpler terms, they will become smarter. Such a warrior would have a much higher chance of survival on an alien battlefield.

"Don't be fooled by our peaceful situation now; the battles on the front lines are incredibly fierce."

Yu Meng learned a new term: Alien Battlefield.

Qingyuan smiled and held the box carefully in her hands. "If we can figure this out, we'll have a huge advantage on the battlefield."

"I really don't know anything about this, so I'll have to trouble Aunt Qing then," Yu Meng said politely. "Just make sure it's someone you trust. Don't let your hard-earned research results be leaked."

Qingyuan smiled, "You can rest assured about that. Everyone who can get into this base has gone through rigorous tests and has been strictly selected from four provinces and cities."

Yu Meng entered the archives room and couldn't help but twitch her lips as she looked at the shelves that reached the ceiling. How long would it take to finish reading all this?

There were staff members in the archives room, of course. He walked up to Yu Meng and asked cautiously, "Sir, what kind of information do you need? I'll get it for you."

Yu Meng sat down at the table naturally. "Give me the information about the mask revealer that Granny Hua left me."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Yu Meng has already made up her mind. She will just focus on doing what she is good at, and as for the rest, someone else will take care of it.

Yu Meng spent seven whole days in the archives room, reading through all the materials that Granny Hua had left her about the mask revealer.

I also learned that there are very few bone artists these days. And this title was given specifically to Alien Flower.

Every mask revealer who has cultivated to this level must confront the alien flower and transform it into a flower bone.

To put it bluntly, at this point, the mask-undressing expert is the main tool for eliminating the alien flower.

All soldiers are considered qualified only after being parasitized by an alien and then having the alien removed. During this period, they have no names, only code names.

Liu Wei had expressed his gratitude to Yu Meng for giving him the opportunity to have a name again. It was only then that Yu Meng truly understood the profound meaning of a name.

Granny Hua has extracted aliens for many warriors, and of course, there have been failures. These warriors, whether successful or unsuccessful, were all assigned to Granny Hua's name, and now they have been transferred to Yu Meng's name.