Yu Sheng truly experienced the charm of the Boundary Land – and now the Special Service Bureau is feeling the presence of talents from the "travel agency."

In the No. 2 cafeteria of the headquarters building, several Special Service Bureau employees who had just finished their night shifts were ready to have breakfast before heading back. They were shocked to hear the bad news that breakfast egg noodles and buns were temporarily unavailable. Then, they saw several neatly stacked piles of plates and bowls on the table closest to the serving window. Sitting among the bowls and plates, Hu Li, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, was eagerly eating noodles and gnawing on chicken legs.

The fox girl ate with her face glowing. In the Special Service Bureau, she didn't need to hide anything. Her big tails swayed behind her as she ate, and there were two chefs standing nearby just to serve her food. They were sweating bullets, with hands shaking uncontrollably while holding the serving spoon.

Seeing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox finished another bowl of noodles and took bite after bite of large buns dipped in noodle soup, one of the serving chefs finally whispered with a shaky voice to the person beside him, "Should we call the police?"

"Call the P," the other serving chef's face turned green, "If the headquarters of the Special Service Bureau calls the police saying their cafeteria was robbed, we'd be laughed at until this date next year. Besides, the director said this girl can eat as much as she wants here, no restrictions…"

"But didn't say she'd eat this much! I mean, where is she putting all of it? Even two elephants would be stuffed to death…"

"You've seen a lot working at the Special Service Bureau!"

"This, I haven't seen before..."

"Oh no! She's almost finished the buns! Hurry, go to the kitchen!"

"Crap, I forgot to notify them to steam more—wait, I'll grab a couple of baskets of mantou!"

When Yu Sheng and Baili Qing arrived at the cafeteria, this is exactly what they saw.

Hu Li from home was busy resupplying her ammunition.jpg.

To be honest, Yu Sheng himself was shocked, even doubting whether he had been starving this girl at home.

Of course, he only doubted for a moment, as he knew Hu Li's "specialty"—she could eat, but she also had a limit. However, from the perspective of ammo reserves, her "appetite" could be limitless... most people couldn't imagine this.

When Baili Qing readily agreed to let Hu Li eat her fill in the cafeteria, Yu Sheng knew this would happen, but he didn't warn them—after all, the Special Service Bureau's wool was fair game to pull.

Especially after knowing how large and affluent the Special Service Bureau's backing was. Using up their resources became even less of a burden.

At this point, Hu Li, holding up a bowl of noodles and drinking soup, heard footsteps nearby. Her big ears twitched, and she put the bowl aside, grabbed a tail to wipe her mouth vigorously, then happily turned to look at Yu Sheng: "Savior! You're here!"

"Yeah, here I am," Yu Sheng smiled warmly and walked up, then familiarly grabbed Hu Li's tail to wipe the spot she missed, "Are you full?"

Hu Li beamed (with a bit of greasy glow): "I'm full! I was full a while ago!"

Then Yu Sheng turned around and saw Baili Qing approaching. On the Ironclad Expression's face, he even saw a hint of shock—Baili Qing stared wide-eyed at the table full of bowls and plates (which had obviously been partially cleared), and finally spoke after a long while: "I initially thought... she just had a big appetite."

Yu Sheng chuckled: "Eye-opening?"

Baili Qing hesitated for two seconds: "... I'm more curious how you usually manage to feed her?"

Yu Sheng laughed: "If I said I couldn't afford it, would you agree to let me open a portal from No. 66 Wutong Road straight to this cafeteria? Every mealtime, Hu Li could come here to scrounge food."

He said it casually, but unexpectedly, the female director seriously considered it for a second or two, then solemnly nodded: "Sure, we can afford that."

"Uh, I was kidding," Yu Sheng felt awkward suddenly, quickly waved his hand, and explained a bit, "Hu Li usually has a 'large appetite,' it's manageable. It's just these days, to solve the 'Fairy Tales' incident, her ammo consumption was high, so she's eating more to replenish her arsenal... if you don't stop her, she really could empty out this cafeteria."

Baili Qing: "...?"

Baili Qing, an excellent Exotic Realm counter-expert, experienced warrior, legendary leader of the Special Service Bureau for a hundred years, had, for the first time in her life, encountered the puzzle of "What the heck does this mean" through a sequence of words.

At this point, Hu Li herself seemed a bit embarrassed too. She probably finally noticed the piles of bowls and plates on the table and the two chefs whose sweat had reached the floor. She shrank her neck, and her voice lowered: "Sorry, I seem to have overeaten..."

Before she finished, the two chefs said in unison: "Not at all! As long as you enjoyed it!"

Hu Li still blushed, then suddenly stepped forward and pulled out a large item from her tail: "This... this is a thank you gift."

Yu Sheng hadn't even seen what it was when he heard a loud "bang" sound. A huge, heavy, metallic object that looked like a counterweight was thrown by Hu Li onto the ground, causing several nearby tables to shake.

Even Erin on Yu Sheng's shoulder was startled: "Mother of God! What is that?!"

Then Hu Li pulled Yu Sheng to go home. Seeing that her face was already red to the neck, Yu Sheng could only awkwardly smile at Baili Qing. He said while casually opening the door to No. 66 Wutong Road, "I'll take her home first... Don't forget to notify me immediately about any new information on the Ankaela Crystal or that 'rag'. I'll be waiting at home for news... and the orphanage placement fees!"

As they stepped through the door, the familiar home scene immediately made Hu Li relax. She contentedly flopped onto the sofa, her tail swishing back and forth, letting out a happy, satisfied sigh after being well-fed and well-watered.

Erin jumped off Yu Sheng's shoulder immediately, like a small rocket, darting to the coffee table, grabbing the remote control and taking the best viewing spot—although no one was competing with her for that spot.

Yu Sheng helplessly glanced at the little puppet already searching for various dumb variety shows. After casually hanging his coat on the coat rack, he walked to the sofa and curiously asked the demon fox girl, "So, what exactly did you leave them? It looked pretty heavy..."

Hu Li lifted her head from the sofa cushion, stretched her limbs, and explained with a yawn, "Nothing much, just the remnants after loading the tail and firing the Fox Fire. It's the byproduct from the reaction core. I saved some—materials that aren't worth much, but they contain more Spiritual Essence than any mortal items."

Then she stretched again and collapsed onto the sofa. "Savior, I'm sleepy, going to sleep."

Yu Sheng: "..."

He didn't really understand—but the fox girl had already fallen asleep instantly.

...

"It seems to be just a piece of iron, at least in terms of material composition. The main detectable element is iron," the technician who was called in for testing held the equipment over the black "block" with its metallic sheen for a long time before looking up to report to Baili Qing, "The specific purity may require the lab equipment to figure out."

Baili Qing's tone was somewhat peculiar, "Iron? You're saying this is... a cast iron ingot?"

"Yes," the technician nodded, "But it still has some strange energy reactions that I haven't seen before. It's hard to say what's going on exactly. Where did you find this?"

Baili Qing, expressionless: "...The fox paid the bill after eating."

Technician: "...?"

Forming coherent words became a challenge as the "WTF" syndrome spread contagiously in the Special Service Bureau.

"Send it to the lab later, find... a cart to haul it away," Baili Qing didn't bother with the technician's bewildered face, just waved a hand and said, "It shouldn't be harmful. Handle it as a Type II unidentified substance, that's all."

After a while, Baili Qing returned to her office.

She sat behind her massive desk, rubbing her forehead, sorting her thoughts.

Dealing with Yu Sheng and his group... team members was really an extraordinary experience. Sometimes it was physically and mentally exhausting, sometimes it kept her nerves taut, but most of the time, it primarily boosted her imagination.

But overall, things were heading in a good and controllable direction.

So the question remains... what will happen next?

With an inexplicable and subtle feeling she hadn't experienced in many years, Baili Qing hesitated for a moment, then opened her desk computer and clicked on a special communication interface.

A low humming sound came from under the desk, different from the normal operation noise of a regular computer.

After a brief wait, the screen lit up, displaying a landscape of continuous pavilions and terraces with fog-shrouded Immortal Mountains and Spirit Peaks in the distance. The interplay of light among the clouds created a stunningly beautiful scene.

An elderly voice came from off-screen, "Director Baili, what brings you to me?"

Baili Qing: "...True Man, your camera is reversed."

"Huh? Oh, I didn't notice."

The screen wobbled slightly, then a bit of lag followed by the appearance of an old man with white hair and beard, wearing a simple Daoist robe. His face was calm yet exuding a faint sense of authority.

The background behind the old man appeared to be a pavilion, seemingly built directly on the clouds, with two immortal cranes frolicking in the mist around the pavilion.

"Director Baili, what brings you to me?"

Baili Qing thought for a moment, then decided to get straight to the point, "True Man Yuanling, is your name 'Wayward Disciple Three Thousand' on 'Border Communication'?"

"How did you know?"

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