The Phantom Wolf Pack traversed the narrow slits of light and shadow, crossing blocks of the city, soaring over the skyscrapers that were disjointedly layered, and seemingly passing through roads that appeared to form out of thin air. The entire city in the world of reflections transformed into an extremely complex dislocated mapping structure, but the wolves knew how to find an exit from this dislocated world—soon, they reached their destination.

Yu Sheng felt a blur before his eyes, and the wolf he was riding on leaped from the stark black-and-white mirrored world into the colorful real space. The distant sounds of bustling traffic suddenly filled his ears as if someone had turned on a switch.

Hu Li appeared right after, jumping off the wolf's back. She touched the Shadow Wolf's head with a sense of curiosity and joy, and said to Yu Sheng, "Savior, this spirit beast that Little Red Riding Hood raised is quite something. Although lacking in spiritual wisdom, its ability to traverse shadows would be quite useful even in my hometown..."

The pitch-black Shadow Wolf made a confused murmuring sound, shaking its head and wagging its tail before Hu Li...

"Still wagging, huh?" Little Red Riding Hood patted the wolf's head with her palm, "She just called you not smart and you're still happy about it? Where was this subservience when I needed you to socialize with others!"

Erin, perched on Yu Sheng's shoulder, looked around at the lonely alley and muttered, "It's normal, all canines, easy to communicate."

Hu Li didn't react to the puppet's words, probably because she didn't understand, and continued patting the wolf's head.

Soon, Little Red Riding Hood collected her wolf pack and made a simple assessment of the direction before leading Yu Sheng and Hu Li forward.

"Wanxiang Mall is just ahead, a few minutes' walk," she said as they walked, "I have the wolf pack hidden temporarily, dispersing to check the surroundings. When my nephew 'fell' into the Exotic Realm, he said he was in Wanxiang Mall, but the activation of the Exotic Realm could disrupt one's judgment. He might have been sucked in from a nearby entrance and only saw a shadow of the mall at the moment of being drawn in…"

As she spoke, the group reached the main boulevard. Yu Sheng soon saw the most conspicuous large mall in their line of sight—along with several black Special Service Bureau vehicles parked at the entrance.

People were being organized for evacuation from the mall, and groups of people were exiting through various corridors in an orderly manner.

Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood quickly found the on-site Special Service Bureau lead—a tall, well-built man in his thirties with short, neat hair, looking only slightly smaller in size than Xu Jiali.

Little Red Riding Hood stepped forward to communicate, "Hello, we are Spirit Realm detectives commissioned by the client, working in cooperation with the Special Service Bureau—I'm Little Red Riding Hood from 'Fairy Tales'..."

Yu Sheng, as a "newbie," watched the scene from behind, watching the high school uniform-clad Little Red Riding Hood speak with a fully armed six-foot-three officer, resembling a middle school student lost and seeking directions from a police officer—her usual cool and composed image vanished...

The Special Service Bureau officer was momentarily taken aback, having received information from Li Lin but not expecting to see a school-uniformed girl approach him, blurting out in confusion, "…So you're a high school student?"

Little Red Riding Hood: "…I've been collaborating with your bureau for so long and you didn't know I was a high school student?!"

The brawny man awkwardly scratched his nose, "…I knew, just didn't realize it."

"I won't wear my school uniform out anymore," Little Red Riding Hood turned back to Yu Sheng with a face full of dejection.

"I'm in charge here, Liu Bing," the tall Special Service Bureau agent shifted the conversation upon seeing this, checked his gear, and led the group towards the mall entrance as he spoke, "I've got the gist from Li Lin. There was a distress call, right? The person calling for help used to be one of your 'clients'—but this incident is quite odd. The Spirit Realm detectives must cooperate with our bureau's actions, oh right, and you are…?"

He seemed to suddenly remember mid-way to ask for Yu Sheng and Hu Li's names (Erin, being motionless on Yu Sheng's shoulder, was likely perceived as an accessory), hurriedly turning back to ask.

"Oh, I'm Yu Sheng, from 'travel agency'." Yu Sheng was the first to speak.

Followed by the demon fox girl: "I, I'm Hu Li, from 'travel agency'!"

"Erin," the little puppet raised her head from Yu Sheng's shoulder, "from 'travel agency'."

Liu Bing halted in his tracks.

He rigidly scrutinized Yu Sheng and his team, muscles in his face twitching as he inhaled deeply.

"This incident is quite peculiar, we'll fully cooperate with your actions later..."

Little Red Riding Hood stared wide-eyed, "That's not what you said just now!"

"Honestly, we'll be cooperating with you," Yu Sheng waved his hand helplessly, "I don't know how your bureau relayed it, but I'm truly a newbie. Interacting with Dark Angels and handling Exotic Realm events are two different tracks, the latter I have no experience in, just treat the three of us as super soldiers."

"Super soldiers are tough to deal with..." Erin muttered softly.

Liu Bing thought for a moment, seeing that Yu Sheng was serious, he nodded reluctantly, "Alright then."

Little Red Riding Hood asked curiously, "You just said this incident is a bit strange, how is it strange?"

"The Exotic Realm unfolded extremely quickly, but the scope was very small. The entrance might have lasted only a moment before 'closing,' unlike the usual Exotic Realm leakage events that have a sustained 'expansion period.'"

When discussing serious matters, the expression of the Special Service Bureau Officer in front became very earnest.

"Specifically, when the Exotic Realm appeared, the boundary sensors we set in the urban area only detected a 'tremor' lasting for one second. The magnitude of the tremor did not even trigger the system's automatic alert. It was caught by the vigilant on-duty personnel who noticed the signal. That one second tremor was the only duration of the entrance. In other words, the person who called for help there was really unlucky. He just happened to stand in the 'right' spot in that very second..."

Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood exchanged a glance.

Both of them spoke in unison: "High Sensitivity Low Stability, indeed."

"And," Liu Bing continued, "We later reviewed the recorded data at that time and discovered that within the few minutes before and after that 'tremor' around the mall, there were hundreds of smaller, weaker tremors. Each tremor lasted less than a second."

Yu Sheng was shocked: "What? Hundreds of entrances? This is turning into a sieve!"

Liu Bing shook his head: "No, because each tremor was too weak, far from reaching the strength to open an Exotic Realm. So theoretically, only that one-second 'stronger tremor' opened the sole entrance. In fact, such faint signals are usually automatically filtered out by the background system. It was the short-term dense appearance that triggered the system's fuzzy logic and recorded it."

Erin sighed, looking up at the sky: "And that only entrance just happened to catch my nephew, right..."

"High Sensitivity Low Stability may no longer explain this situation," Yu Sheng pondered and whispered to Little Red Riding Hood, "I think after rescuing the person, we should advise him to find a place to give thanks... Is there a Holy Spirit who oversees luck?"

"There is one for good attitude," Little Red Riding Hood whispered, "Alice, the Puppet Progenitor governs good attitude. Or, worship the Star Thrower Lady, the Star Thrower and her hounds govern survival and resilience."

Yu Sheng: "..."

Are those ancient Holy Spirits somewhat strange in the head?!

He suddenly became curious about this world's 'faith system' where 'ancient Holy Spirits' are the 'real gods,' wanting to study what those ancient beings supposedly participated in the creation do, and how they influence this world—of course, now is clearly not the time.

"Is the tremor still ongoing?" Little Red Riding Hood suddenly asked.

"It has stopped," Liu Bing shook his head, "It ceased before we arrived here."

"Has this kind of thing ever happened before?" Yu Sheng also asked out of curiosity.

"First time on record," Liu Bing's expression was stern, "Normally, the opening of an Exotic Realm entrance will only experience a strong energy fluctuation once, lasting several minutes to several hours. After opening, it will constantly expand, and thus, when an Exotic Realm entrance appears, the immediate evacuation must be organized to prevent the risk from spreading... So even though this incident is peculiar, the risk is very small, at least it seems so now."

Yu Sheng slowly furrowed his brow. Although Liu Bing said the impact range of this incident is very small and the risk is not big, he still felt something odd.

The way the Exotic Realm entrance opened... made him feel particularly suspicious.

The Special Service Bureau clearly considered this 'suspicion,' so despite the Exotic Realm entrance seeming to have vanished, they still set up protection at a high level and dispatched reinforcements.

In front of the mall gate, Yu Sheng saw a 'node' device directly mounted on special vehicles, along with many monitoring and protective equipment obviously just brought to the scene.

Fully equipped Special Service Bureau officers had already sealed the main entrance and several side exits of the gate.

There are several other main gates in the mall, those are likely fully monitored too.

"Here is the location where we recorded the entrance opening," Liu Bing led Yu Sheng to a wall near the main entrance and pointed at a huge tempered glass window, "If not mistaken, the person entered the 'mall' he described through this glass."

Yu Sheng took a deep breath and came to the glass, glancing inside.

In the glass, there was only a reflection of the normal street view.

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