With a thunderous boom, a burst of light exploded like a waterfall, and the intense Holy Light instantly vaporized the entire door, leaving only the trembling door frame hanging in the doorway.
Zheng Zhi almost jumped out of his skin on the spot; instead of worrying about the door, he immediately recalled that directly opposite was No. 66 Wutong Road—this blast of the Light Cannon would undoubtedly strike the residential area across the street, even if it missed the "invisible" No. 66 Wutong Road!
He didn't have time to confirm with Freyia what was going on, but reflexively dashed toward the door.
The trembling door frame fell right in front of him, and now the door of the delivery station truly had just a gaping hole left.
However, the anticipated horrifying scene of a trench outside the door, with the distant residential area being pierced by the Light Cannon, did not materialize.
There was merely a scorching pit at the entrance, radiating heat waves, with black smoke rising from it, as if something had been burned to ashes here. The power of the Light Cannon ceased here, without a trace of outward dispersal.
Rain swept in through the doorway, wetting the floor inside. In the cold wind, Zheng Zhi shivered, quickly grabbed an umbrella from the door, boldly walked out of the delivery station, and arrived at the pit.
Feeling appreciative that Freyia knew how to restrain her power, he bent down to inspect the heap of ashes at the bottom of the pit. Just as he was about to take out his phone and snap a photo, a surge of heat suddenly came from behind.
With no time to turn his head, he saw Freyia pass through his body, float directly to the other side of the pit, and then turn around, swinging the flaming Holy Light Greatsword into the pit furiously numerous times, before stomping heavily several times. Only then did she contentedly retract the sword, clapped her hands, emitting a string of wind chime-like spiritual energy sounds.
This time there wasn't any black ashes left in the pit, and the soil had sunk down more than half a meter.
Zheng Zhi was left agape: "Hey, wait... I haven't taken samples yet... So, what was that? What's going on? How am I supposed to write my report?"
Freyia circled around in mid-air twice, suddenly floated over, and patted Zheng Zhi's shoulder heartily, with a radiant smile on her face.
Then she floated higher and higher, until she rose into the clouds to battle lightning.
With his head raised, confusion was written all over Zheng Zhi's face like never before: "No... What do you mean? It's no use patting my shoulder, can you speak human language..."
Clearly, Miss Angel floating in the clouds couldn't answer. Zheng Zhi stood in the heavy rain with an umbrella, disoriented for a full two minutes, before finally realizing and turning to look at the wide-open delivery station. Tears almost came to his eyes: "Where will I live now..."
Fortunately, No. 66 Wutong Road was just across the way, and Yu Sheng and the others had already noticed the commotion here—Erin climbed onto the window sill to watch the rain, and happened to see the dazed nephew standing in the rainy clearing with an umbrella.
Now, Yu Sheng and several others stood by Zheng Zhi, dumbly staring at the pit on the ground.
A moment later, Erin raised her head: "So what you're saying is, Amidst the chaos, she blew up a pit here, threw a fit at the bottom, and then flew away?"
Zheng Zhi thought about it, feeling that some details might be a bit off, but couldn't find anything to correct, so he just nodded, "Yes."
Yu Sheng pondered: "Freyia is free-spirited, but she knows what's right and wrong... Did anything happen before she 'opened fire' at the door? Did you see or hear anything?"
Zheng Zhi frowned, carefully reminiscing, and uncertainly said, "There was a moment I felt extremely cold, but clearly, the wind hadn't blown in yet. Ah! Also, when I first ran out, I saw there was a pile of half-burned ashes in the pit. I couldn't make out what it originally was..."
Yu Sheng and Hu Li exchanged a glance instinctively.
"If I'm not mistaken, she probably saved your life," Yu Sheng hesitated, his gaze became somewhat subtle looking at his nephew, "Although given your usual antics, you might not really need saving..."
Zheng Zhi: "..."
Erin: "Wow! You don't even try to refute?"
"I think Brother Yu is right."
"Alright, there's no point analyzing here. Freyia blew away everything in the pit," Yu Sheng said, glancing back at the delivery station with its doors wide open, "Your door's gone, I'll have Hu Li cast a spell to put up a barrier for now, later we'll get Sun to send someone to fix it. You should go to my place, take a shower, change into dry clothes, and stay in the valley for the night."
"Okay," Zheng Zhi nodded, then curiously asked, "What about the pit?"
"Later we'll ask Sun to fill it up too," Yu Sheng said while taking out his phone, "But I need to inform Baili Qing about this... Something seems off."
Thunder echoed from the horizon, and the flashes of lightning lit up the sky.
Yu Sheng raised his head, through the Spiritual Qi Barrier that the fox girl put up against the wind and rain, he saw a faint light flickering erratically in the clouds, being struck by lightning at times, sometimes striking back.
"...Hu Li, go call Freyia down, tell her not to chase after the lightning and thunder's power up there—don't make it so someone takes a snapshot."
"Okay~"
The fox girl agreed, raised her hand to summon a luminous spiritual light beside her, transforming into a vague white silhouette, and then rushed straight up into the sky through the rain curtain.
Yu Sheng finished sending the message and headed back to No. 66 Wutong Road with his companions.
The rain was getting heavier, accompanied by gusts of wind.
The streets were now completely devoid of pedestrians, and even the cars had become particularly sparse.
Erin (blonde) once again climbed up on the window sill, stretching her neck and gazing at the rain outside.
"Ah! It's pouring cats and dogs—"
Yu Sheng ignored the musings of this illiterate puppet and just swiped through the messages on his phone at lightning speed.
On Border Communication, some were discussing this sudden downpour, others were talking about a strange new option called "Dark Meteor Domain" suddenly appearing in overseas account login information, and someone mentioned that recently during operations in the Exotic Realm, they occasionally encountered Special Service Bureau officer teams accompanied by peculiar puppets—the third topic was surprisingly popular.
Many were speculating about the origins of those puppets. Some said it was a new cooperative project between Alice's Cottage and Boundary Land, while others marveled at how those dolls in their little dresses clashed with the serious professional atmosphere of the Special Service Bureau officer teams. Some were curious about what use these dolls, which would walk into pillars, could serve in the Exotic Realm...
However, the general consensus was—those puppets were small and quite cute.
...Luckily, Erin usually didn't bother reading the content on Border Communication.
Another flash came from outside, and this lightning seemed even stronger than the last, followed by rolling thunder. After a while, there was the sound of the door opening from the entrance.
Yu Sheng looked up from the phone screen and saw Freyia float into the living room, followed immediately by Hu Li.
The Great Demon Fox's nine tails were flared out behind her, resembling a massive, astonishingly large ball of fluff.
Luna, who was watering the succulents by the window sill, looked up and tilted her head in confusion, "Did you get struck by lightning?"
Hu Li didn't respond, looking rather annoyed, took off her shoes, ran quickly to Yu Sheng, and rested her head on his leg, starting to whimper—on the spot, causing electric sparks to crackle on Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng nodded to Luna, "She did get struck by lightning."
"She was actively chasing lightning up there, charging herself up like a bulb about to explode," Hu Li started complaining, "I went up and told her to hurry home, and she flew over to shake hands with me..."
Yu Sheng instantly realized what caused that frightening thunder outside just now.
Erin (Mysterious Iron) immediately rushed over, burying her head into Hu Li's tails, "Then don't waste it here, let me charge up, let me charge up."
The living room at No. 66 Wutong Road instantly overflowed with the lively noise reminiscent of a New Year celebration, with crackling sounds.
Yu Sheng quickly moved away from these two high-powered batteries and fast charging, and at that moment, he heard a phone ringing.
It was a call from Baili Qing.
He waved his hand to shush the little puppets, then brought the phone to his ear, "Hello?"
Through the receiver came Baili Qing's distinctively cool voice, "Open the door, I'm outside."
Yu Sheng was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that after sending a single message, Baili Qing would come directly to his door, and so quickly at that. He immediately realized that the scorched things in the pit at the nephew's door might be something extraordinary.
Thinking this, he quickly got up to open the door.
The door opened, and Baili Qing, with her gray-white long hair covering her shoulders, stood at the entrance. A vehicle was parked on the open ground in front, with no accompanying personnel otherwise.
"If you were in a hurry, you could have let me know," Yu Sheng said casually, "I could have opened a door right from the Special Service Bureau and picked you up."
"I was just nearby," Baili Qing replied lightly, "Where is that 'pit'?"
"Oh, it's over here, let me show you..."
As Yu Sheng spoke, he glanced at the rain outside, intending to get an umbrella from the house or ask Hu Li to open a Spiritual Energy Shield for him. He quickly realized that no rain was falling in front of the door—Baili Qing seemed to be surrounded by an invisible force field, and as the rain fell, the raindrops would detour several meters away, as if shunning the awe of a dragon.
Yu Sheng shrugged, "…I really envy you all with superpowers, no need to carry umbrellas in the rain."
Baili Qing's eyelid seemed to twitch slightly, but she didn't say anything.
A pair of illusory eyes emerged from the air beside her, swaying in front of Yu Sheng, "Good afternoon, Yu Sheng!"
"Good afternoon, Little Xue," Yu Sheng greeted back with a smile. Having interacted several times, he was now quite familiar with her, "You look even brighter than a few days ago."
"My sister put eye drops on me before going out..."
Baili Qing's eyelid genuinely twitched this time—but still, she maintained her composure and stayed silent.
Yu Sheng then led her to the large pit in front of the courier station entrance.
"Here it is," Yu Sheng pointed to the pit and said, "There was some ash left originally, but unfortunately Freyia scattered it."
"No worries, as long as it existed before being scattered," Baili Qing said as she bent over next to the crater, "The time is short, there should still be plenty of useful information."
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