Clutching his phone with a loud ringtone, Lin Feng was extremely excited, his heart trembling, his thoughts trembling, and he even felt his hands trembling—Nokia's vibration was indeed extraordinary. Lin Feng believed that if he threw his old phone with the vibration mode on the ground, it could at least run twenty miles per hour...
Of course, a normal incoming call would not be like this, but when Raven 12345 called, it seemed that the eccentric fellow had used some special power to make the phone almost as noisy as a tractor. This could ensure that Lin Feng would not miss her call—Muyun across the street should have heard the noise.
"Hello?" Lin Feng answered the phone, cautiously saying hello, afraid that Raven 12345 might scare him with some other trick.
"Oh, Lin Feng, still alive? Taking care of your new guests?" Raven 12345's casual voice came from the receiver, still as energetic as a few days ago. "Hey, last time I made a mistake in my investigation. Your house doesn't just have a werewolf, there should also be a vampire... How is she over there? Doing well? No unusual incidents these days? I've been on a business trip recently, let me tell you about the scenery of the Bluehorn Star System..."
Lin Feng was bombarded by Raven 12345's words like popping beans, almost being overwhelmed by her. Fortunately, he interrupted the somewhat neurotic woman in time, "Wait a minute! I need to talk to you about something!"
"Something? What's up?" Raven 12345 was puzzled, "Salary? Wait, I haven't figured out how to pay you yet. Oh, you mean this month's benefits? It's not the end of the month yet..."
"Can you let me speak first!" Lin Feng finally couldn't help but shout, but as soon as he did, he quickly shrunk his neck, thinking he had done something wrong—this "goddess" clearly had a somewhat abnormal personality. If he dared to shout at her like this, perhaps the thunder would strike him in the next few seconds.
As it turned out, Lin Feng waited for a few seconds with his neck shrunk, but there was no thunder outside. Raven remained silent for a few seconds, then spoke somewhat sheepishly, "Oh, you go ahead, go ahead, I came back from the business trip and was a bit excited, hehehe..."
Lin Feng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, not expecting the other party to be so easy to talk to. He then carefully explained, "Here's the thing, you left in a hurry, and there are a lot of things I haven't figured out yet. Also, a few days ago, I had a strange experience, I had a strange dream..."
Lin Feng then roughly recounted the nightmare that had invaded reality a few days ago. Raven was unusually quiet this time. It wasn't until Lin Feng finished speaking that she made a suspicious snoring sound on the other end, "Oh... slurp... you had a strange dream? Slurp... the situation might be a bit complicated... slurp, why don't you come over? Slurp..."
Lin Feng felt that the voice on the other end was a bit strange, couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing over there?"
"Eating instant noodles." Raven continued to slurp, "I forgot to eat breakfast this morning, just remembered."
It turned out that the reason she was quiet and listened to Lin Feng quietly was because she went to eat instant noodles! And it seems that she usually eats instant noodles?
After instructing Raven not to forget to feed the cat at noon, Lin Feng left home and took the bus to the god-like workplace: the Wang Batuo Branch of the Time Management Bureau.
The white villa hanging in the sky was still the same as a few days ago. The blue servants in the villa were maintaining the cleanliness of the place while the master was away. Lin Feng ran all the way from the southern suburbs under the scorching sun. As soon as he arrived at the fountain square in front of the villa, he couldn't help but sigh in relief: although Raven 12345 was not very reliable, she did have some strange abilities. The house was in a marvelous space, neither cold nor hot, with fresh air. Lin Feng felt like staying here forever.
"Oh, you're here?" Raven 12345's voice suddenly came from behind. Lin Feng quickly turned his head and saw the strange silver-haired woman coming out of the botanical garden in front of the villa, carrying a huge and strangely shaped machete on her shoulder. Seeing the grass and dirt on her, it seemed that she had just finished tidying up her garden.
"I was trimming the landscape trees just now." Raven 12345 raised the two-meter-long silver-white machete on her shoulder. She noticed Lin Feng's gaze being attracted by the machete and smiled proudly, "Pretty imposing, right? This is meaningful—it's unique. Other ravens don't have it, I have the only one. Anyway, come in and tell me about your situation, let's go inside."
Lin Feng nodded and followed Raven 12345 into the villa, the same office as last time, with the same furnishings as last time. However, the pancake fruit that was placed on the shelf behind the desk a few days ago was now replaced by an empty instant noodle cup. Lin Feng's gaze couldn't help but fall on the red and green instant noodle cup, wondering whether to continue to believe Raven 12345's claimed identity: whether she was a god or not, it was not the point, but a grassroots worker supposedly sent down by the highest ruling body of the multiverse management agency, who normally eats this, is it appropriate?
Raven noticed Lin Feng's gaze and shrugged indifferently, "I'm done eating, it's really gone, there's no food here."
Lin Feng: "..."
Sighing, Lin Feng sat opposite Raven 12345 and carefully took out a small box of chewing gum from his pocket, then took out the black wolf hair from the box. "This is what I told you about. After waking up from that strange dream, I found this in my hand. Muyun smelled it and confirmed that the scent was not like something brought out of a human city."
Raven 12345 took the clump of wolf hair and lightly snapped her fingers. Countless bright blue and white lines appeared in the air, rapidly assembling into a three-dimensional array at a dazzling speed. The black wolf hair floated in the midst of these lines, slowly evaporating into a gray mist.
Lin Feng watched in astonishment at this miraculous scene: it seemed that Raven 12345 was not just good at talking nonsense. Setting aside everything else, just this skill was definitely stronger than Vivian's unreliable blood magic. Look at the straight lines she drew in the air...
"It's permeating from that world..." Raven 12345 looked at the wolf hair evaporating slowly and murmured to herself.
Lin Feng was stunned, "Permeating from where?"
"The Dream Plane, but it's not directly related to you—at least not now, you're still not at the level to handle this kind of problem." Raven 12345 shook her head, unusually serious, "I'll report this situation to the Shadow City headquarters. This world is notoriously difficult to manage, and the Bureau has been
waiting for new information for many years."
Seeing the confusion on Lin Feng's face, Raven 12345 took out a hexagonal silver-white object and threw it over, "You obviously lack common sense. Here, this is for you, a personal data terminal, a specialized version for Reviewers. I just applied for it for you. You can use it to query anything, including the Code of Conduct for Employees, the schedule of space-time node routes, and your permission allocations... Well, you're still in the probationary period, so you won't need most of these things yet, but it's good to get familiar with it in advance."
Lin Feng only saw a silver light coming towards his face and barely caught it in time. He then heard Raven 12345's words and suddenly became excited: this could be considered as receiving some welfare!