The Return
"It's so comfortable at home!"
Back in the Tower of Babylon, Feng Xue stretched vigorously. Although his income far exceeded his expenses, the sharp drop in his living costs upon returning to the Infinite City still invigorated him.
He took out his employee ID and glanced at the date, only to find it was already early May. A slight smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.
In May, it's not just the devils who cry!
"Mr. Feng, it's been a long time!" At the entrance of the Beishan District Office of China Unicom, Wang Xin, who had met Feng Xue once before, greeted her with a smile.
Feng Xue responded with a smile:
"Long time no see. I just got back and am planning a trip to the Eastern Kingdom. I'll also bring you some local specialties."
Upon hearing Feng Xue's words, a glint of light flashed in Wang Xin's eyes. "Oh? I'll have someone inform them first."
"Of course." Feng Xue nodded, then tried to take out the high-tech equipment he had brought back from the Cyberpunk World. However, as soon as he opened the Bundle Cloth, his expression changed slightly, then he grinned as if nothing had happened and said—
"Sorry, there were too many packages... I took the wrong one."
As he spoke, he pulled out more than a dozen identical-looking Bundle Cloth, opened them one by one, and finally took out the local specialty he had brought for this trip. It seemed to be a machine...
"A microwave oven?" Wang Xin looked at the thing that looked as big as a shipping container, his expression somewhat subtle. Feng Xue shook her head and said:
"This is a Phantom Object, or as you would say, a Magical Item. I brought it back from a Cyberpunk World. Hmm, you know Cyberpunk, right?"
"Of course I know that, but I don't know what this Phantom Object is? It looks like a large microwave oven?" Wang Xin nodded, and his expression became more serious as he looked at the "microwave oven." Putting aside the fact that it was a product brought from a world that seemed to be high-tech, the fact that it was a "Magical Item" was enough to attract attention.
"This thing is an Air Fryer, and it also has the ability to kill ghosts, but those are secondary. The main thing is that this thing is an appliance with [Perpetual Motion Machine] properties. I think it should be quite useful for scientific research, right?"
At first, Wang Xin thought the idea of Air Fryer that could kill ghosts was a bit absurd, but after hearing the last sentence, he understood the key point.
While extracting energy from Magical Item is a topic that requires further research, a "Perpetual Motion Machine" is definitely something worth paying attention to.
"Um, is there anything we can do?"
Wang Xin's expression turned serious. Although he felt he probably wasn't qualified to handle such a large project, asking in advance would give the back-end more time to prepare.
"I already said it's a local specialty, so I don't really need it. But if possible, I'd like a legitimate identity that allows me to move around in Dongguo, the kind that allows me to enter through normal channels."
Feng Xue casually stated her needs, and Wang Xin immediately replied:
"Now? But it's almost June! That's the peak time for Eastern Weird Tale. Wouldn't it be too dangerous for you to go there now?"
"That's why I went there, and it's not good for my door to be blocked; it needs to be resolved as soon as possible." Feng Xue's tone remained unchanged. Upon hearing this, Wang Xin hesitated slightly before replying:
"I need to report this, after all, this timing is too dangerous, and we need to consider the operational risks."
"Of course," Feng Xue said, then followed Wang Xin to a nearby guesthouse to await a reply from above, but she began to think about it in her mind.
Although the Air Fryer was indeed intended as a gift for Yan Country, the local specialty he mentioned was not actually that thing, but rather the mecha he had packed back from the Cyberpunk World.
The power of [Mech World] needs to be compared with its peers to be fully realized, so he also had the idea of having Yan Country research some mech technology. However, when the Wrapping Cloth was opened, he found that those mechs had actually turned into False Thing!
The problem is that when he stuffed them into the Bundle Cloth, these mechs were indeed True Thing; in fact, they were all True Thing in Infinite City as well.
"Why did it become False Thing? If it's due to changes in the world, why are things from this world still True Thing when taken to other worlds?"
Feng Xue sat on the sofa in the guesthouse room, a thoughtful expression on her face. As she thought about it, she took out a Bundle Cloth from her waist pouch. As the package was opened, several weapons that looked rather exquisite were revealed.
"No problem, everything Xuanjun brought from that world is True Thing!" Feng Xue felt there must be some inside story she hadn't yet learned, and her first thought was to call Old Li to ask. But then she remembered that Old Li was still running an inn in Xuanjun's world, and she couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Suppressing the urge to directly use Xuanjun's Descent Rule to go and ask Old Li, Feng Xue took out a few more packages. Then he discovered that even though they were all products of the Cyberpunk World, not all of them had become False Thing.
For example, the chocolate (not Phantom Object) Preservative Film he stuffed into his pocket to perform the ghost-fighting act didn't turn into False Thing.
"Is it a matter of technological gap? But electrical appliances from this world can also be used in the Xuanjun World!"
Feng Xue scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. He had always thought that True Thing were items from the Real World, while False Thing were items from the Fantasy World, but now it seemed that this understanding was not entirely correct.
At least, things that were True Thing in the Infinite City become False Thing here.
If everything had changed, he could explain it by the idea that "the Cyberpunk World is also Fantasy World in the context of the real world." But now that high-tech products like mechs, cybernetic bodies, and virtual terminals have become False Thing, he has become quite curious about the rules governing this transformation.
Although he had no evidence, he had a vague feeling that he might have violated some kind of special "rule".
"The residents of the Tower of Babel, who frequently travel between different worlds, should be familiar with this kind of thing. Let's ask Old Li first, and if he doesn't know, we can ask the other residents."
Feng Xue muttered to himself, but there was a sudden knock on the Room Door. He turned his head slightly:
"Please come in, the door is unlocked."
With a soft click of the Door Lock, the Room Door was pushed open, and a familiar face appeared before him.
"What brings you here?" Feng Xue was quite surprised to see Chen Xiyao appear at the door. Chen Xiyao smiled and took two steps forward, placing a file folder on the coffee table. She spoke in a serious tone, like a contact in a TV drama:
"Your request has been approved. Here is your identification information for this operation. I'm your partner, responsible for providing you with everything you need along the way. Well, although I'm not on a mission, if you need to take care of your physiological needs, I can do that too!"
Someone asked about the relative strengths of Ghost Catching Master and Qigong Master.
First of all, talking about power without discussing knowledge is just being irresponsible.
Secondly, without considering [knowledge/insight], no supernatural Weird Tale can surpass the Qigong Master.
To put it simply, the Weird Tale of the Qigong Master is an extremely unique case born in a special period and under special circumstances. It belongs to the kind of super Weird Tale that is hard for Weird Tale to surpass. You can understand it as "omniscient and omnipotent".
Of course, as I said before, the prerequisite is sufficient knowledge.
Furthermore, the supernatural genre is all about restraint. Even Qigong Master can be Weird Tale by Trait like "Qigong Nemesis." This is a characteristic of Weird Tale; no matter how powerful someone is, they can still be restrained. Even if the protagonist currently possesses the power of "Unbreakable Fate," they can still be countered by powers like "Supreme Fate" or "Shattered Star."