Unlucky Tingyun
Qingque carried Diting and walked at the front of the group.
As she casually stroked the cool, intricate patterns on Diting's back, she reported the situation to the Astral Express Crew behind her.
"According to the results of the Divination Commission calculations, our target for this trip is currently still stuck in the Returnstar Harbor area."
As Qingque recounted the information about the mission, she stealthily approached Bai Luoming.
Bai Luoming walked at the front of the group, somewhat absent-minded.
After leaving the Divination Commission, he felt uneasy, as if several pairs of eyes were watching him from behind.
This feeling of unease made him repeatedly look back, but apart from passersby, there was nothing unusual behind him.
"What's wrong?"
On March 7th, noticing his unusual behavior, she moved closer to Bai Luoming and asked him in a low voice.
"It's nothing, it's just that I always feel like someone is watching me from behind," Bai Luoming said softly. After saying that, he shook his head and continued, "Maybe I'm being too sensitive."
"Oh, it's alright. You've only just arrived at the Xianzhou, who would be watching you?" Qingque comforted Bai Luoming while subtly glancing at March 7th, who was standing between her and Bai Luoming.
Then, Qingque sighed helplessly and walked back to the front of the line.
Behind a pillar not far from them, Fu Xuan's figure flashed by.
She wondered if Bai Luoming had noticed something, as he kept turning around. It was only because she reacted quickly that she was able to avoid being caught by Bai Luoming.
Right behind Fu Xuan, Yaoguang leaned against the wall, watching Fu Xuan with a leisurely air.
Her junior sister clearly hadn't honed her tracking skills enough. Not only was she almost discovered by her target, but she also failed to notice that someone else was following her. How pathetic!
After blocking Bai Luoming's path on March 7th, Qingque realized she couldn't get anything out of him, so she quickened her pace.
Led by Qingque, the group quickly arrived at Returnstar Harbor.
However, the Returnstar Harbor that appeared before everyone was quite different from when they first arrived.
At this moment, within the Returnstar Harbor, countless Starskiff traced crisscrossing routes in the air, taking off and landing incessantly.
Meanwhile, at the port's berths, cargo ships of various shapes and sizes are orderly docked, and huge robotic arms are lifting and lowering standardized containers.
"Case solved!" March 7th exclaimed, looking at the mountain of containers. "The place where we got off the truck really was a cargo port!"
Bai Luoming looked at March 7th with amusement and said, "It's you again, Little March, only just realizing it now."
"I..." March 7th choked for a moment, then puffed out her cheeks in protest, "There was no one here last time, who knew it would turn out like this!"
"But to be honest," Bai Luoming looked around and couldn't help but sigh, "Nowadays, Returnstar Harbor finally looks like a proper port."
Qingque, who was walking at the front, turned around, smiled sweetly at Bai Luoming, and explained, "When you came last time, it coincided with the invasion of the Borisin. For safety, the Sky-Faring Commission carried out an emergency evacuation of personnel and control of the waterways at Returnstar Harbor. This is the normal state of Returnstar Harbor now."
"I see." March 7th nodded.
The star beside him, however, had eyes that were shining.
Her gaze swept rapidly across the crowds and cargo ships, trying to find something interesting in this bustling scene. To her, this largest logistics port of the Xianzhou was undoubtedly an undiscovered treasure trove.
She took a step and tried to break away from the group to embark on her own academic research.
Bai Luoming reacted quickly, grabbing her by the back of the neck.
Where do you want to go this time?
"Let me go!" Xing struggled, craning her neck and pointing to a distant metal box engraved with auspicious cloud patterns. "The civilization there is calling me!"
Bai Luoming dragged her back without any mercy, "After we finish our business, you can live in the trash can if you want."
Qingque watched them playfully bickering, her smile deepening. She cleared her throat, composed herself, and straightened her expression.
"Alright everyone, the wanted criminal is on his way Returnstar Harbor. According to regulations, we need to go to the duty room of the Sky-Faring Commission first, report to the personnel on duty today, and complete the handover procedures."
After she finished speaking, she led everyone toward the office building on the side of the harbor that had a distinctively Xianzhou design.
Sky-Faring Commission, duty room.
Tingyun lay sprawled on a mountain of official documents, its tail listlessly sweeping the ground, its whole body radiating resentment.
She felt like she was about to suddenly die.
Just a few days ago, she suddenly encountered some bad luck and was transferred from the Divination Commission Ship Bureau to the Divination Commission 'Master Diviner Fu Office by a decree from the Sky-Faring Commission, ostensibly to "assist in handling urgent official business."
The so-called "assistance" turned out to be treating people like slaves.
During those days, she was constantly busy, with endless calculations to read when she opened her eyes and endless debates among diviners when she closed them.
Even after finishing work each day, I would go home and fall asleep immediately, feeling completely drained.
She finally made it through her temporary assignment, and it was only Yukong took pity on her that he granted her two days off to rest properly.
And the result?
The first day of the holiday wasn't even halfway over, and the dispatcher who was supposed to be on duty Returnstar Harbor today had inexplicably taken leave.
She was just unlucky; she was the only one on leave available at the time, and then Lord Yukong her to fill in for someone else.
Tingyun sighed deeply, feeling that her fox life was bleak.
Then she shook her head, trying to clear her mind.
Oh well, that's just the life of a working person.
As Tingyun was thinking this, she picked up a brush and prepared to continue reviewing official documents when there was a gentle knock on the door of the duty room.
A voice came from outside the door, belonging to a Cloud Knights.
"Lord Tingyun, the officials of the Divination Commission request an audience."
Upon hearing the words "Divination Commission," Tingyun, and her beautiful fox ears on her head snapped back, pressing tightly against her hair.
It's the Divination Commission again!
Now, whenever she hears those three words, she thinks of the days a few days ago when she was seconded to be a black slave; those were some of the most unbearable days of her life.
Tingyun groaned inwardly, almost wanting to kick the person outside the door out.
But her professionalism allowed her to suppress this overreaction. She sat down in her chair, took a deep breath, and then spoke to the guard.
"... Let them in."
As Tingyun finished speaking, the door was pushed open from the outside, Qingque, carrying Diting, peeked in.
Upon seeing that the visitor was Qingque, Tingyun's tense nerves relaxed, and her flattened ears perked up again.
Fortunately, the visitor was Qingque from the Divination Commission in charge of divination).
Tingyun had a good impression of Qingque, the famous slacker of Divination Commission, at least Tingyun appreciated Qingque's attitude towards work.
At the same time, she also had some doubts. Even if the people from the Divination Commission) found out something, they rarely sent anyone to handle it personally. Instead, they would issue collaborative tasks directly through the Jade Abacus.
What's Qingque doing here?
Surely he didn't skip work to come and play cards with me, right?
As Tingyun was thinking, Bai Luoming and the others filed in behind Qingque.