Beside the street lamp, Yu Sheng was on the phone, listening to Baili Qing describe the absurd situation where the iron ingot Hu Li had taken out was casually used to make a hammer, and then a Mechanical Soul appeared.

Not far away, the demon fox girl was crouched by the green belt, seriously digging a hole, seemingly wanting to bury a stone she picked up from somewhere.

Yu Sheng couldn't remind the fox girl not to damage the green belt—because the situation Baili Qing revealed was indeed extremely absurd.

"Originally, the laboratory was going to manufacture a series of items to test the... 'Spirit Possess' characteristics of that material, but considering that this material might be very precious, I stopped their tests," Baili Qing explained seriously, "The material's characteristics are puzzling to us. Its components aren't special, yet after simple processing, it showed incredible energy activity. So we're very curious what it is, and—whether Miss Hu Li can provide more samples."

She paused for a moment and added, "Of course, it's compensated."

Yu Sheng rubbed his forehead, recalling as he spoke: "That thing... Hu Li just said it's a product of some core reaction. It seems quite worthless, at least in her hometown it's quite worthless."

After he said this, there was silence from Baili Qing for at least ten seconds, before finally a response came: "Reactor?! You mean, Hu Li has a reactor in her belly?!"

"Seems like it?" Yu Sheng realized this belatedly, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, "Doesn't this sound quite absurd?"

"... 'Quite' absurd?!" For the first time, Yu Sheng heard this faintly crazed tone in Baili Qing's voice, the usually calm and indifferent female director's voice directly rose three degrees. "Do you think this is just a bit absurd?"

Yu Sheng's lips twitched involuntarily, looking at the demon fox girl digging a hole in the green belt, his expression was quite brilliant—unfortunately, Baili Qing couldn't see this on the phone: "Let me put it this way, when I first saw her launch her tail, my surprise at her was almost exhausted for life. My ability to reshape my worldview right now is so high that even I'm scared, you know..."

The other end of the phone was silent again for two or three seconds, Yu Sheng clearly heard Baili Qing take a deep breath.

"So, what you're saying is, Hu Li can always make more similar 'cast ingots', but she needs time to accumulate, right?"

"Yes, that's what she said, but maybe has some stock, I'll ask her later—though she's busy right now."

"What's she busy with?" Baili Qing asked casually.

"Busy digging holes in the green belt."

Baili Qing: "....?"

Silence fell again on the other end of the phone.

Yu Sheng also felt a bit awkward, coughed twice, then walked to the demon fox girl's side: "Hu Li, stop digging, got a question."

The fox girl finally lifted her head from her enthusiastic hole digging, her eyes sparkling in the night: "Savior, what's up?"

"The kind of metal block you left behind after eating in the Special Service Bureau cafeteria last time," Yu Sheng tried hard to think of a way to describe the thing the demon fox girl pulled out but ultimately didn't come up with a better term, "Do you still have it? Also, how long does it take you to 'make' one of those?"

"Depends on the type of food consumed and the reactor's daily output power, can't say for sure," Hu Li blinked, "About seven or eight days per block? Though I do have a few saved now... Do they still want it?"

Yu Sheng nodded, hadn't had a chance to speak before Baili Qing's voice came through the phone: "Tell her, the Special Service Bureau can build her a cafeteria—have the door open directly to the serving window."

Yu Sheng: "..."

Hu Li continued to blink, seemed like she didn't understand what was happening.

Yu Sheng then told the demon fox girl about the discovery made by the Special Service Bureau.

Though normally Hu Li seemed silly, she was smarter than anyone else, and within those few words, she understood the situation perfectly and clapped happily: "It's just 'Spiritual Essence', 'Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron' is the basic material for creating Artifact Spirits in my place, this phenomenon is normal..."

Yu Sheng opened his mouth, thinking that Hu Li indeed deserves her reputation—so this is also the 'normal condition' she's seen!?

Meanwhile, the phone on the other side continued with Baili Qing's voice: "We could seriously discuss it, about setting up a special 'designated cafeteria' for the travel agency at the Special Service Bureau, and under the bureau's name, officially entering into a long-term contract to purchase... what is it again?"

Hu Li leaned over: "Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron."

"Yes, a long-term contract to purchase 'Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron'..."

...

Erin stared with crimson eyes at Yu Sheng, who sat comfortably on the sofa facing the puppet.

Next to him, Hu Li had placed a heap of treasures she collected during her walk on the coffee table—a very straight stick, a very round stone, and a strangely shaped screw.

The demon fox girl tinkered happily, not caring at all about the commotion beside her.

"Are you saying the Special Service Bureau is willing to spend a fortune or regularly provide all sorts of supplies in exchange for those iron blocks Hu Li throws away?! To ensure production, they're even seriously considering building a cafeteria just for the silly fox—which is so absurd they would let you open the door right at the meal dispensing window?!" The puppet stared wide-eyed, "Wait, are they crazy?"

"What iron block, that thing is now called 'Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron,'" Yu Sheng corrected seriously, "In Hu Li's homeland, it's considered a spiritual treasure material, and in this world, it's even more of a treasure that can steadily produce Mechanical Souls, you know..."

The puppet listened dumbfounded, then plopped onto the sofa: "Really, really oh?"

But then she quickly reacted, stood up, and continued glaring at Yu Sheng: "No, why?! Why is it that the residue she spits out after eating becomes a treasure that the Special Service Bureau buys at a high price, while I spent all day testing crystals with them and only came up with an 'Anti-Erin Crystal'... I'm telling you this world is biased against me!"

Yu Sheng sighed, reached out, and patted the puppet's head: "Hey, I sympathize too."

Erin tilted her head and thought for a moment, then generously waved her hand: "Alright then, I'm not mad."

This time it was Yu Sheng's turn to be dumbfounded: "..."

Does this puppet have such a good mindset?

After muddling through with Erin, Yu Sheng, chuckling with tears, came to Hu Li next to the coffee table, who was playing with "spoils of war": "Not done organizing yet?"

The demon fox girl looked up, happily showing Yu Sheng the two sticks in her hand: "Savior, look! Don't these two sticks look like two swords?"

Yu Sheng lowered his head and looked, rubbing his chin: "You know, they really do look quite like..."

"Then these two are the Female and Male Dual Swords, Savior takes one, I take one." Hu Li generously stuffed one stick into Yu Sheng's hand, then began shoving the mess of things on the coffee table into her tail, and quickly tidied everything up.

Yu Sheng hadn't even reacted, and suddenly an extraordinary stick was in his hand...

Then he involuntarily looked at Hu Li's storage tail, rubbing his chin and muttering: "I'm really curious how your tail stores things. I usually see you just throw stuff in without ever organizing, yet when you take things out, they're not messy at all?"

"I do organize!" Hu Li immediately said earnestly, "Though, though not very well, it's actually not too messy inside... Hey, Savior, would you like to come in and take a look?"

Yu Sheng was pondering the differences between Hu Li's storage tail and his usual door-opening retrieval method, and when he heard this from her, he didn't react for a moment. Once he did, he was a bit dumbfounded: "...What?"

"Savior, would you like to come see inside my tail?" Hu Li said cheerfully, "I haven't invited anyone in yet! Ah, except last time when I stuffed Erin's picture frame inside..."

Yu Sheng: "..."

Yu Sheng pondered for a long time, ultimately admitting his imagination was slightly inferior to the Nine-Tailed Fox's worldview. But just as he began to take interest in this proposal and was about to respond, a sudden exclamation from the window direction interrupted his exchange with Hu Li—

"Hey! Yu Sheng! Quickly look outside! It's foggy!"

It was Erin exclaiming.

Perhaps due to the recent rescue experience from the fog-filled Exotic Realm, upon hearing the word "fog," Yu Sheng shivered and immediately jumped up, looking towards the living room window.

Erin was standing at the windowsill, hand pointing outside the glass.

Outside the glass window, mist enveloped, thick white fog flowing like viscous "fluid," not only covering the entire street but even causing the distant street lamp's light to appear unsettlingly jittery and tilted as if the whole world was viewed through a strange lens, appearing deceitfully mysterious.

"WTF?!"

Yu Sheng exclaimed, got up, and rushed to the window, joining Erin in observing the foggy street.

"When did it become like this?" He looked down at the puppet, asking urgently.

"I don't know, just now, when I looked up, it was already like this," Erin looked bewildered, "But surely not for long—just when the sky was getting dark, I glanced out the window, there was no fog then."

"Savior, this fog looks…" Hu Li came over too, speaking with slight hesitation, "It looks like the thick fog that trapped Zheng Zhi before, but seems denser, heavier, and the atmosphere even more ominous."

Yu Sheng frowned, and then turned and headed to the front door, opening it.

He wanted to check the situation on the street outside.

Outside, Wutong Road's old street was serene under the night, the street lamps bright, the night sky clear.

Where was any thick fog?

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