Early the next morning, Yu Sheng received a message from Baili Qing—the "interrogation" on her end had produced results.
Although he had no idea how that director had managed it, she clearly did possess some unique technique for restoring other people's memories.
After cooking for Huli, Yu Sheng casually tucked an Eileen under his arm, pushed open the door, and headed to the Special Operations Bureau. He then followed Baili Qing through a winding route to a facility specifically for holding dangerous prisoners. The "Black Dot soldier" was no longer in the medical ward; he had been transferred to a solitary cell.
Inside the cell, separated by a force-field shield, the "Argraidean Elf" sat in a chair. He appeared to have no external injuries, but his mental state was terrible. When he saw Baili Qing enter the cell, he visibly shuddered. This fear was far more genuine than what he had shown while lying in the hospital bed yesterday. After that, he adopted a cooperative attitude.
"Repeat what you told me earlier," Baili Qing said, sitting across from the prisoner with her usual calm expression. "Start with the 'research project' in that laboratory. For example, the origin of that 'stone.'"
The Black Dot soldier on the other side of the force-field shield sighed softly. The struggle in his eyes lasted only a second. Then he looked up at Yu Sheng and Eileen sitting beside him before slowly speaking. "...That thing is called the 'Zolda Black Stone.' The people in the laboratory usually just call it the 'Black Stone.' It was given that name because it first appeared on a ruined planet called 'Zolda' in the Great Triangle Star Zone..."
"The local scavengers said the stone had fallen out of 'a black crack,' but its exact appearance date is impossible to