The person who identified themselves as "Ren Wenwen" from the Special Service Bureau had left.
Erin, leaning on the window watching the person walking away, turned her head to look at Yu Sheng, who seemed a bit dazed, and asked curiously, "What is that 'Blizzard Mystery' she mentioned?"
Yu Sheng made a weird face: "...It's a novel I wrote, serialized on a media platform."
"And who is 'Lin Qi' she mentioned?"
"The male protagonist in the book."
"And 'Ye Ren'?" Erin blinked, but before Yu Sheng could answer, she showed a realization, "Oh, I know, is it the female protagonist?"
Yu Sheng remained silent, looking up at the ceiling.
Seeing his reaction, Erin seemed to guess something, her tone suddenly becoming cautious, "...Could it be another male protagonist?"
Yu Sheng sat back in the chair, leaning back, "If it were another male protagonist, I could understand."
Erin: "...Then, the villain? Although I don't remember many things, I vaguely remember that there are such combinations in the world..."
Yu Sheng quietly glanced at her and muttered that her already minimal memory should spare some space for useful things, then he sighed deeply, "It's the male protagonist's motorcycle."
Erin: "..."
The little doll was greatly shocked, even more shocked than when she first saw a giant eye covering the sky.
She immediately jumped down from the windowsill and stood on the floor, pointing at Yu Sheng: "You actually wrote such bizarre stuff!"
"I didn't write it like that in my book!" Yu Sheng was completely upset, "Could it be because the people working at the Special Service Bureau are under too much pressure, so their perception of norms is a bit off?"
At this time Ren Wenwen had left, but if she was still there, Yu Sheng really wanted to exclaim in front of her—Girl, you're being too narrow-minded!
Hu Li, who had been listening for a while, finally couldn't help but join in out of curiosity, "Savior, Erin, what are you all talking about?"
"You shouldn't listen—this is not even something bad kids should hear." Exhausted both physically and mentally, Yu Sheng waved his hand, his gaze returning to the laptop beside him.
His plan to rush the draft hadn't even started, but now he couldn't write at all.
"You're not writing today, right?" Erin looked eagerly at Yu Sheng's computer, asking out of curiosity.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow," Yu Sheng sighed, then noticing Erin's gaze, asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Can I play with this," Erin pointed at Yu Sheng's computer, "Just watching TV every day is quite boring."
Yu Sheng fell silent for a moment, and the little doll quickly added, "I won't check your browser history!"
"That's not what I'm worried about!" Yu Sheng immediately glared, "I'm afraid you'll break it—do you know how to use it?"
"I do!" Erin said confidently.
"...Where did you learn it from?"
"I don't know, but I can use it. I can even type!"
Yu Sheng looked at her skeptically for a moment, then after some hesitation, finally waved his hand dismissively, "Go ahead, just don't break it. I need to check out this new phone."
After he finished speaking, he ignored Erin and sat down, taking out the new phone that Ren Wenwen had given him.
A "gift" personally given to him by Special Service Director Baili Qing.
Yu Sheng carefully examined it, noting that its appearance didn't seem much different from a normal phone, except it felt a bit heavier in his hand—whether it had a bigger battery or some different function inside, Ren Wenwen didn't provide special instructions for its use; she just mentioned that it starts up like a normal phone. As for the specific "guidelines" for special people, everything was integrated into the system.
After examining its appearance for a while, he unlocked the smartphone screen.
A large red diamond logo appeared in the center of the screen, looking like a vertical, alert one-eyed—probably the symbol of the Special Service Bureau. The logo then faded, revealing a simple desktop—as it was a new device, there were very few icons, the most conspicuous being "Border Communication" located first at the top of the screen.
The logo, a red diamond, opened quickly without much loading process, Yu Sheng then saw its simple and clear user interface.
Communication tools, data lookup, a series of preset public channels, newsfeed, and an emergency support option.
A sense of novelty surged in his heart. Yu Sheng curiously explored this "Integrated Platform", reportedly built by the Special Service Bureau and specifically made available to all registered Spirit Realm detectives and Independent Investigators in Boundary Land. Soon, he found that the software was already logged in—under the username "Yu Sheng".
The registration time was just this morning.
"Was it the Director who arranged it beforehand? Or was the device pre-registered to the user, with registration info written in when handed to the user and it can't be changed? Seems like many special devices with security features are set up this way..."
Yu Sheng pondered to himself, found the chat function of "Border Communication," and suddenly had an idea, typing "Little Red Riding Hood" in the search bar.
An avatar with a red cloak appeared on the screen, showing online.
Yu Sheng thought about it and sent his first message to her: "Are you there?"
In just two or three seconds, he saw the avatar suddenly flash, and then a string of symbols popped up on the screen: "???!?"
"I am Yu Sheng, Special Service Bureau just gave me a phone," Yu Sheng typed in the message box, "I've seen you use this app, now I have it too."
This time, Little Red Riding Hood took a while before replying: "You really did it! I thought you were joking!"
After a while, she sent another message: "I'm in class now."
Yu Sheng: "Will the teacher notice?"
"No, I let my wolf handle the phone on the roof—using the wolf's eyes, claws, and sense sharing. I'm sitting in the classroom looking very serious."
Seeing the messages from Little Red Riding Hood, Yu Sheng was slightly dumbfounded: "…Can you really do that?"
"I've been practicing for over two years. At first, I could only send a simple emoji when I received urgent messages, but now I can play duo combat games by sharing the wolf's senses," Little Red Riding Hood quickly replied, a tone of pride evident in her message, as if only in these moments, the chat's youthful easiness returned, "What about you? You really became a Spirit Realm detective... What about the two at your home? Did they register too?"
"I registered them too," Yu Sheng looked up and glanced at Erin, who was fiercely typing on the keyboard and doing who knows what, and at Hu Li wandering around the room looking for food, "But there's only one phone..."
As he said this, he paused, then sent another message: "And speaking of registration, once the novelty wears off, I don't know what we'll actually be able to do."
"You should discuss it with that puppet, what's her name, Erin, right? She seems to know a lot about the Extraordinary Domain."
"She'd probably just suggest I go post ads on the streets," Yu Sheng quickly replied, "It's better to ask you than her."
"…Actually, that's not a bad idea," Little Red Riding Hood responded, but quickly turned the conversation, "Of course, for now you might not want to think about 'starting a big business' or anything. If you have time, you should read more materials. There's a massive amount of files shared by the Special Service Bureau to the Spirit Realm detectives and investigators, including many special locations in the Boundary Land, intel about some Exotic Realms where entry and exit are stable, or check out the public channel to see if there are any new messages, where some Spirit Realm detectives and investigators share intel they got from recent incidents. You might find it interesting. If you're looking to make money, you could also check if anyone has posted SOS messages, and if you're worried about being scammed or aren't sure about the price, you can ask me."
Little Red Riding Hood responded with a long, detailed message, patient and meticulous.
Even through the phone screen, Yu Sheng could feel that the girl who always hung out with wolves was sincerely trying to help.
"Thanks, those are some really helpful suggestions," he sincerely expressed gratitude.
"No biggie, just a lift of a finger for me. Oh, since you've registered as a Spirit Realm detective, I guess you also registered a team? What's it called?"
"Travel Agency."
Yu Sheng typed out the name seriously, then added: "But you probably can't find any information on it right now. The documents were just taken this morning."
"That sounds awesome," Little Red Riding Hood quickly replied, though it was unclear if she was being sincere or just polite, "Maybe it will soon become a well-known name in the Boundary Land?"
"Ah ha, I hope your words come true," Yu Sheng laughed and typed quickly, "I won't keep you from your class any longer, I'm going to dig into that database."
"Alright, bye~"
After ending the communication with Little Red Riding Hood, Yu Sheng let out a sigh of relief, then soon noticed the noisy typing from Erin.
He couldn't help but go over: "What are you up to? So lively... Don't break it."
"Playing games, someone called me slow and I'm talking back," Erin looked visibly frustrated. She was sitting cross-legged in front of the keyboard, swinging her entire body with her arms as she typed, "This keyboard is so large, it's so annoying to operate!"
Yu Sheng curiously glanced at the screen, and saw that Erin was fiercely battling everyone, from teammates to opponents, none of their parents were spared—not even the relatives of the game developers and the advertisers on the battle map.
She wasn't slow at typing at all!
Yu Sheng was instantly amazed.
The puppet's gaming skills were terrible, but her trash-talking was truly something… Usually, Yu Sheng would stop her from cursing, but online she was truly unrestrained!
However, her arrogance didn't last long.
Just a few minutes later, her account was banned, and she was kicked out of the game, with a huge temporary suspension warning popping up in the middle of the screen.
"See you getting all arrogant," Yu Sheng saw Erin angrily bounce up from the table and couldn't help but laugh, "You fell flat this time?"
Erin was in the midst of furiously spewing curses when she suddenly paused upon hearing Yu Sheng, then hesitantly turned her head: "…Uh, about that, it's your account."
Yu Sheng: "…?"
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