Three hours later, three cars arrived at the entrance of the hotel where we were temporarily staying in town.
Xie Yi had arrived.
He came straight to my room. A Tai, who had been talking with me inside, tactfully went next door to Jiang Xiaohui's room.
"You finally got in touch. These past few days, your phone suddenly lost signal, and we were all worried something might have happened to you."
He meant the phone issued to me by Unit Nine. They could track my location through it at any time. Usually, unless something major happened, they did not contact me much, but they had always kept an eye on my whereabouts.
In the past, even if I disappeared for days and my phone's location signal vanished, they would not have been this worried. It seemed something had also changed in Great Xia.
I asked, "Has Great Xia also been attacked by outsiders?"
Xie Yi gave a hum, then said, "It wouldn't count as a large-scale attack. They appeared in small teams. We suspect they entered through some Spatial Node. Their numbers may not be great, but they should be infiltrating ahead of the main force."
"In other words, they're human too, or can they disguise themselves as humans?"
"Disguise themselves. We've fought them before and captured a few. We can confirm that they're silicon-based entities. They can transform into anyone's appearance. Their methods aren't particularly sophisticated—first, they find a target, kill them, transform into that person, then live under that person's identity while acting in secret."
The method really was not sophisticated, but it was absolutely effective.
Especially for Silicon-based lifeforms like them. They could turn into anyone at any time. Even with surveillance everywhere, it would be impossible to truly lock onto them.
"Is there any way to