165: Chapter 165: The Familiar Yet Strange Homeland 165: Chapter 165: The Familiar Yet Strange Homeland Qiao Hongyi asked many questions, very detailed ones, sometimes even uncovering things that Li Mumu had not thought of or did not know herself.
Twenty minutes later, aside from the secret of the transmigrators, Li Mumu felt as though even the color of her underwear had been exposed to others.
This was definitely not any normal interrogation technique.
Li Mumu had studied this field, and there was nothing this exaggerated; just by sitting down and chatting, he could dig out information from your brain that you yourself weren’t even aware of.
“What do you think the purpose of these people smuggling themselves over is?”
How could I possibly know that?
I’m not part of their group!
Looking at Li Mumu’s clear yet perplexed eyes, Qiao Hongyi quickly wrote down line after line in his notebook.
So what exactly are you writing?
Watching his movements, Li Mumu’s curiosity involuntarily swelled.
“Actually, you have thoughts in your mind, but you think those ideas are too absurd.
Voicing them would not only be meaningless, but they might even be ridiculed,”
Qiao Hongyi said in an even tone, “You think that Miasma Giants—these elemental bodies with hardly any Spirit Intelligence—could not possibly conceive the idea of ‘smuggling’ themselves, so they are not smugglers, but rather smuggled goods.
However, such goods seem to have no value because you can’t imagine what use they could possibly serve.”
“No one would intentionally conduct a business at a loss.”
“As a product, they are worthless.
But as a weapon, that’s another matter.”
“Once these Miasma Giants are released, they can create a fog that obscures vision in a certain area, a mist that is hard to dispel by ordinary means…”
Each sentence spoken by Qiao Hongyi sent chills down Li Mumu’s spine.
These ideas had merely flashed through her mind, lacking a complete logical reasoning process; mentioning them would only invite ridicule.
She indeed thought so.
In this world, there really are some people who speak without thinking; sometimes they themselves can’t even remember what they said.
Then there are those who think carefully before they speak, ensuring each word they utter is as unambiguous as possible, avoiding disputes to accurately communicate all the information they intend to convey.
This filter is known as “rationality.”
However, Qiao Hongyi’s gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the filter in her mind, dragging out the ideas hidden in her subconscious.
[You realize this is a very frightening person.]
[He seems to have used some kind of special ability to see into your thoughts.]
[You vaguely recall that at some important event in the past, you received a manual on brain sealing training, exclusively used by the second group of the Special Affairs Bureau.]
[You start recalling the contents of the manual]
After obtaining the information he wanted, Qiao Hongyi did not continue to probe Li Mumu for more privacy details.
Everyone has their privacy, which is normal.
Now was not a good time to delve deeper into her past.
If everything was as she said, then the issue this time might be quite serious.
Every single minute and second that followed couldn’t be wasted.
“Miss Li, given your current physical condition and the various aspects involved in this case, we can’t let you move freely for the time being.
I’ll take you back to the Special Service Bureau shortly and arrange a safe place for you to stay.
If you need anything, I’ll try my best to accommodate you.”
Qiao Hongyi closed his notebook and said seriously, “As for the situation with your parents, I will investigate and notify you as soon as I have any news.
As for other issues, let’s wait until this matter is resolved, okay?”
“Okay, okay!”
Li Mumu wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, thinking to herself that it was finally over.
As for the future, she hadn’t even had time to think about it.
Given her current state, it was questionable how long she could survive.
As she walked out of the police station, the bright sunlight made her feel uncomfortable all over, so she quickly put on her eyeshade, face mask, and gloves, fully equipping herself.
Luckily she had this gear, otherwise she might have melted away like ice cream after just a few steps in the sun.
She was unable to say goodbye to that old grandpa, which left Li Mumu feeling somewhat regretful.
However, fortunately, the bigwigs at the Special Service Bureau were very understanding and didn’t just throw her into some sort of Demon-Suppressing Tower.
Maybe she would even see her senior sister tonight and ask her for some advice on sun protection.
Sitting in the truck, Li Mumu curiously looked outside.
This was the first time she had clearly observed the domestic landscape since arriving in this world.
It wasn’t much different from what she had imagined; there were old earthen houses everywhere, and some new high-rises had been built.
It looked rustic and lacked the clean and orderly cityscape of Saifu City.
This was quite normal, as Saifu City was a city newly built on the coast, starting from scratch.
Tianmen, however, had thousands of years of historical heritage and had only embraced modern culture for a few decades.
In this city that was both familiar and strange, Li Mumu saw no traces of the supercity of the future.
Tianmen was not the Capital, with not so many famous historical sites; due to the geographical factors of the estuary, those exquisite pavilions and heavy city walls and palace walls were hard to preserve.
The cultural depth of Tianmen lay not in these tangible things but in the unique commerce and trade culture formed over thousands of years, along with the atmosphere of the Jianghu World that was bred from it.
Here, there were the most cowardly rogues and loafers, as well as heroes willing to sacrifice themselves for righteousness.
Which category did she belong to?
Sitting among these soldiers in grey military uniforms, listening to their quiet laughter, Li Mumu, who finally found a sense of safety, couldn’t help but ponder this question.
As a transmigrator from a future era who retained most of her memories and excellent qualities, was it too humble to only aim to survive and wait for death?
But without that kind of convenient and quick system that hands out benefits for every task completed, without any background or connections, relying only on her own two hands, it was not easy to stand out…
At that moment, Li Mumu suddenly remembered something she had just forgotten to tell Qiao Hongyi.
It was not her identity as a transmigrator or that notebook, but an incident that had happened in the police station that morning.
Though she had no evidence, her intuition told her that the other party was likely to be searching for her.
But it had been interrupted by Old Master He.
She had escaped from underground and encountered her senior sister Zuo Yan, who then reported to the City God’s Office and contacted the Special Service Bureau.
Logically, there should have been no information leak during this process, so how could someone have found her?
Could there really be a mole?