Chapter 1,256 Just "Caught" Like This?

"The person who sneaked into the Sky Island power furnace was a local woman." The Atlantis guard who was kneeling on one knee stood up under Sandora's order, with a confused look on his face, "She and I We met head-on, so we could see her very clearly. She was relatively petite, only about two and a half meters tall. She was a small woman... wearing the most common white-on-gold-patterned 'Talia' gauze in Atlantis. skirt, long lavender hair, and a tattoo like the imperial emblem on her arm. Her appearance shows that she is an Atlantean..."

Half of my attention was focused on "being a small woman"...

"How did you report to Monster Town?" I glanced at Artemis, and the blond girl nodded immediately: "When your fox came to report, he brought a hand-drawn portrait of the monsters, here."

As she said that, she took out a crumpled piece of paper from her arms and handed it over. I unfolded it and looked at it, and I was shocked: "This was drawn by my sister?"

Artemis: "...it's really hard to identify, the monsters are drawn a bit broadly. In short, according to the description, the woman who appeared in Monster Town is a slender girl about 1.6 meters tall, wearing clothes that are very common in the town. , wearing a slightly antique green dress, about sixteen or seventeen years old in humans, with long straight black hair, similar to the 'invaders' that appeared in Atlantis, that is, they also have tattoos similar to military emblems on their arms. . In addition, it can be confirmed that the woman who appeared in Monster Town is not a human: she at least has the ability to teleport through space and super strength, which the monsters have confirmed with their own eyes."

The mysterious women who appeared in Monster Town and the invaders who appeared on the sky island of Atlantis are obviously different in appearance. They may be two people, but there is one thing that makes people particularly concerned: the arms of these two people. There are tattoos similar to the imperial emblem on people’s faces. Is this a coincidence? Or some kind of organized mark? I turned to Sandora in confusion: "There are two possibilities, either there are two intruders. Or... this is a guy who can disguise himself in various forms. Regardless of the possibility. Anyway, she has free access to the military zone. Ability."

Although there are two possibilities. But in my heart I am more inclined to believe the second scenario. Because the Atlantis race is a special ethnic group, new monsters from other worlds may appear in Monster Town, but the entire Atlantis race is a unique being created by the old empire. Each of them is registered On file. Theoretically, it is impossible for a new member to suddenly appear from other worlds that no one knows. Therefore, the invaders who appeared on the empty island must not be real Atlanteans. Since they came in disguise, then naturally There are reasons to be skeptical, too. Intruders can also disguise themselves as monsters.

Of course, more importantly, I don’t want to believe that invaders who can bypass the Empire’s sentinel system can actually appear in groups...

"You mean, mimicry?" Sandora mentioned a word to explain the reason why if there was only one intruder, she showed two appearances in different places. I instantly thought of the slime at home who was treated as a pet by the naughty children. That guy can also mimic. It will randomly change into the shape of the person it has been in contact with recently. Qianqian has been training that slime these two days. Turn into a bicycle. Obviously, the slime's mimicry is not the same as the situation we are encountering now. This time the intruder is really too powerful.

Sandora and I were quickly analyzing the existing information. Trying to summarize some of the characteristics of the intruder, an imperial officer at the scene suddenly had an idea: "Your Majesty, the intruder does not seem to have the ability to accurately mimic."

"Huh?" I raised my head and looked at the officer, and the other officer continued: "That's it. Let's assume that there is only one intruder, who transformed into different appearances through mimicry. Then she appeared twice, even though both She disguised herself as a local, but presented a stranger's face, so that she was quickly recognized by others. If she could accurately mimic the form, she could become one of the exact local people, such as a power furnace Guard, but she didn't do this. If she didn't have other intentions, it might not be possible."

"It's a possibility," Sandora agreed, "This is the best. From this point of view, she can only look like a local based on general characteristics, but will not exactly copy a specific person, which makes it much easier to identify. , under martial law, she will not sneak into key facilities so easily, but maintaining martial law is not a long-term solution."

I felt something was wrong: "And we all assume that there is only one intruder now, so I guess she will transform. What if there are really two people? Or there may be more people, even active in the Shadow City but haven't been discovered yet... …”

"All military areas in the capital world are under martial law," Sandora said simply and neatly. "Special situations will be dealt with specially. As for the civilian area... Look at that guy just eating, drinking and having fun in Monster Town for two days. Maybe her target is not civilian facilities. , so it’s good to temporarily strengthen surveillance. And to be honest...it is unrealistic to raise the martial law level in all civilian areas to the military level, and will instead cause chaos."

"I'm just worried about her sneaking into the Imperial Army." I couldn't help but sigh with a headache. "She has the right of passage and may appear as a local person. Once she sneaks into the Imperial Army headquarters, don't worry about it. The incident itself is serious enough to cause harm."

"It's very serious now," Sandora smiled bitterly with confusion, "I'm not worried about her pretending to be a Xiling apostle. The apostles authenticate each other based on the soul and authority system. Even if she pretends to be the same, There's no way to copy these things. What I'm worried about is...this intruder suddenly appeared out of thin air and infiltrated everywhere. How could there be such a big loophole in our security system?"

Shandora has begun to doubt the security measures of the capital world. In theory, she should not lose confidence in the empire's security measures so easily, but the situation in front of her makes people really can't help but wonder: What happened to our sentinel system? ? Is there really a loophole that no one has discovered, which allows an intruder to swagger like this under everyone's nose?

"I always think that guy may be related to the empire." I said casually.

"Indeed, she has a tattoo similar to the imperial emblem," Sandora's expression was quite tangled. "With this symbol, it looks like someone from the empire, but there is no record of similar people. Then The way people move is also mysterious. It makes people suspicious. Even I am a little confused now. This situation is really unprecedented..."

Sandora was confused. Of course I'm not much better. The only action I can think of now is to find the mysterious person as soon as possible: it would be best if I could meet her head-on, but I estimate that the chance of this is very low.

soon. Including the shadow space and the celestial city, all military facilities in the capital world have entered varying degrees of martial law. All private circulation channels are closed. This is the first time since the founding of the new empire. I feel that things are really getting into trouble.

at the same time. Although martial law has not yet spread to civilian areas, more patrols and reconnaissance aircraft have begun to appear in those areas. I think citizens will soon feel that the surrounding atmosphere is abnormal. Perhaps this will not cause too much commotion: after all, those who can settle in the capital of the empire are all special figures from various worlds. World leaders who have retreated to the second line or famous racial heroes are everywhere in the Shadow City. They will not because This change in the atmosphere caused riots, and wars broke out frequently in the empire on weekdays. There were large-scale military mobilizations in Shadow City every now and then. It is estimated that for those people, this level of increase in soldiers has long been a normal phenomenon. This should be considered a place where I and Sandora can feel a little more at ease.

For one (or maybe two, or maybe a group of) mysterious people, so many military units were placed under martial law. This may seem like a bit of a fuss, but to Apostle Xiling it's actually nothing. They are accustomed to a militarized life from top to bottom. The state of martial law will not have any psychological impact on them like it does for ordinary races, nor will it interfere with the normal operation of these military facilities. At the same time, considering that the mysterious person may have obtained the right of access to important places in the empire, under the premise that the other party's purpose is unknown, imposing a certain degree of martial law is the method we have to adopt.

Sandora decided to stay in Avalon and take charge personally. She felt that the "invaders" might not have left this space yet, and wanted to try to use her mind scan to examine the entire territory of Avalon. I later returned to Shadow City, thinking See if you can find any clues from the data center monitoring system. Of course, my sister and Qianqian at home also knew what was going on here. When I returned to the Shadow Fortress, a group of people from my family had already gathered here, including the five-person group of protoss slivers. Qian Qian was jumping up and down with a restless look. When I appeared, she couldn't wait to rush up: "Arjun, Arjun! What big thing happened? The whole city is under martial law?"

"Avalon discovered a second mysterious person, this time it was an Atlantean woman." I patted Qian's head and comforted the slightly excited girl, "Because the situation is too weird, Sandora and I I suspect this is an intruder with mimicry abilities."

After all, a gang of invaders whose members include monsters, Atlanteans, and various other possible races, and who can also run around in the imperial war zone, is... too nonsense. I would rather believe that there is only one person on the other side.

"Where did Bubble go?" I suddenly found that the mother of a child who would be very active at this time did not appear in front of me. I couldn't help but curiously asked. My sister immediately replied: "Oh, she has already gone to the data center. She said she would connect herself to the direct connection port of the database and screen all the information in and out of Shadow City in the past few days. She also called more than 300 mass-produced hosts."

"That guy finally managed to hold on at the critical moment," I exhaled and turned my gaze to Lin Xue, "Girl, what do you think?"

The prophet rubbed her eyes. It seemed that she had already made prophecies in this area before. I didn't expect that just to track down a few mysterious people and do so right under my nose would make the prophet look so tired. She sighed. His tone seemed quite depressed: "I can only judge that there will be no catastrophic incidents in the foreseeable future, but that mysterious man... Mu, this is a bit strange. I targeted the intruder for a fuzzy search." , who do you think appears in the field of vision?"

Everyone looked at the eldest lady.

"Pandora, Viska, Sandora, Sikaro, Sivis, Tavel... there are many unknown but memorable faces. As long as they are the Xiling apostles I have seen, almost all of them are in the prophecy screen. Appeared once,” the eldest lady couldn’t laugh or cry, “even including the two sentries standing guard in front of the headquarters. Now I see a double shadow around you, you know...”

I know why the eldest lady rubbed her eyes just now.

"Anyway, the prophecy ability seems to have no effect on that mysterious person. She will interfere with my vision. I guess she has blocked the results." The eldest lady crossed her arms in anger. "So what I saw were all kinds of random, subconscious faces."

It seems impossible to exploit the prophet's power for opportunistic purposes. So I turned my attention to the few guys at the scene who usually just ate for free and should do something at this time.

"Don't look at us, we're just here to help as coolies." Bingtis quickly waved his hand before I could say anything, and then slapped Yilsin forward. "Well, let's get him out. Okay, let's go back first."

"Are you really going back?" I raised my eyebrows and watched Bingtis turn around in a circle and come back. Still looking like an old society person: "Damn, I'm not on your data network, and I don't know what happened in Shadow City. I just came here to see the excitement, but why can't I leave as soon as I arrive!"

Dingdang came out of my pocket. The little thing was with me and Sandora the whole time, so she knew what was going on. At the critical moment, Dingdang was still unambiguous. She waved to her four team members in an imposing manner: "Everyone, go help patrol!"

Several protoss should be able to play a big role at this time. Needless to say, the protoss have a very wide sensory field and spiritual field. What's more important is that they don't mix with the Xiling Apostle's network. If the intruder bypassed the empire's network monitoring, he was able to act at will. Then the "third pair of eyes" of the Gods should play an unexpected role.

Because they are not sure what characteristics of the intruder are fixed (the appearance is uncertain, and there is no identification code), it is impossible for the five-person group of protoss to accurately capture the target. They can only help in the military zone Patrol around to prevent suspicious elements from approaching the blockade at this time. Under martial law, the military zone of Shadow City only allows Xiling apostles to enter and exit. They only need to use this as a standard to help set up defenses. Although they are all a bunch of unreliable guys, they still won't have any problems with such a simple task.

"The most troublesome thing now is that the intruder may be mimicking. We are not sure what she looks like, and there is no characteristic that can clearly identify her. The empire's identification system does not work on that guy for some reason. Such an aimless search throughout the city can only make her hide temporarily, but it cannot solve the problem at all." After several protoss set off under the leadership of their imposing captain, and even Bingtis left with resentment, my sister was quite disappointed. Said a little worriedly.

What my sister said makes sense, and I can think of this too, but now there seems to be no other good solution besides intensifying patrols and searches. In addition to the previous methods, it seems that the only thing left is to wait and see when the clues can be discovered by Bubble, or to see if Sandora's mind scan has any effect.

At this moment, a slow and soft voice suddenly came from behind, interrupting our conversation: "Hey, everyone is here. Are there any activities today? There are many soldiers outside."

The appearance of this voice was so unexpected. I turned around and saw that it was indeed Sylvia: Her speaking habits are difficult for ordinary people to copy, and those with a reflex arc shorter than twenty meters cannot use her kind of racquet.

"Sylvia? Why are you here? Don't you usually like being inside the base?" My sister said hello to the slow, silver-haired mole, and then asked curiously.

"Oh, because Bellavera has to assign tasks to the ravens and has to go to the headquarters for a meeting, so I came out," Sylvia thought for a while and slowly said to us with a smile. I was almost dying of anxiety. , she finished the second half of her sentence, "I'm rushing back now. There's a new customer in the store. I've been waiting for a long time."

Normally, I would be happy to talk to this slow-moving silver-haired mole. The tone of her words was enough to adjust my mood, but now was obviously not the time, so I finally waited for Sylvia to finish speaking, and I quickly put it aside. He waved his hand: "Oh, you go ahead and do your work first. We are dealing with an unexpected situation here. Don't worry, it's not a big deal..."

Sylvia thought for a while, nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but I finally came to my senses and quickly shouted: "Wait!"

The silver-haired mole thought about it again, with a bit of surprise on his face: "What's wrong is shocking..."

"There is a new customer in your store? A new acquaintance? A face that has never appeared before?" I asked a series of questions, then patted Qian Qian's shoulder: "Speed ​​her up!"

So Sylvia skipped the talking CD time and immediately replied: "Yes, the new customer seems to be a female soldier at the base, but I don't know him. I suddenly came to the store two days ago and bought a lot of cakes this afternoon. Here we are, waiting in the store now..."

"Take us... no, we'll go there right now!"

I was about to say let Sylvia lead the way, but then I looked at her stupid face, which had a ping value of at least four digits in the real world, so I decisively decided to go ahead with a group of people, and let this slow-moving person slowly react here. Bar.

A group of people rushed to Sylvia's shop in a hurry. Fortunately, her shop was within the military cordon. If the mysterious man had entered her shop and waited for a period of time, he should not be able to leave the military zone now. For the first time, I was so glad that Sylvia was an idiot and opened a shop in a military restricted area. Of course, there is no evidence to prove that the new guest mentioned by Slow Ban Pai is the "intruder" we are looking for, but a strong intuition tells me that he is right. Why do you think it is?

Will the store opened by Sylvia's idiot normally have new customers? ! Her social circle has not changed in two and a half years!

The only thing we need to worry about is whether the mysterious person is still waiting in the store after such a long time. No matter why she is still wandering around the military zone without any psychological pressure as an "intruder" , no matter why she suddenly went to Sylvia's cake shop to buy something, these are not important. What is important is that she must wait patiently for the silver-haired mole... I hope that in two days She had already understood Sylvia's rhythm during the relationship, so it was better not to leave in a hurry.

Sylvia's small shop appeared in everyone's sight. It looked as deserted and quiet as usual, but all of us stopped a few meters in front of the shop door and looked at the door, as if it was closed inside. Catching scourges.

There is an energy reaction in it.

"Don't go in together to prevent the target from being scared away," Miss Lin seemed to be very professional in assigning tasks, "She seems to be very good at escaping. Well, we are guarding outside, Mu Mu, you and Qianqian go in, you two can either Fighting, one can drag, best suited for this."

Everyone said they had no objection, so a group of No. 1 to No. 1 people in the world stood guard around this small shop as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Qianqian and I carefully opened the door and walked into the shop.

I didn't dare to use space teleportation to flash in directly, because I was afraid of irritating the target.

However, the expected fierce fight, or the scene where a white shadow flashed in front of me and Qian Qian used his skills to determine the person, did not appear. The store was quiet, Qian Qian patted my arm and pointed to the window seat: " Arjun, there."

A girl wearing an imperial uniform and with long, straight pale golden hair was lying on the table, already asleep.