Chapter 37

Thank that five-digit white-haired witch; the ample funds she provided allowed Hao Ren to enjoy a life of wealth in a foreign land—of course, he couldn't compare to real tycoons, but at least for Hao Ren, being able to book a suite with two bedrooms, a living room, and a bathroom in a hotel of this caliber already put him in the category of the wealthy. After completing the check-in procedures with some difficulty, the three of them were led to the room they had booked two days ago by a hotel attendant. When the three entered, Lily was so exhausted that she had completely lost her humanity—she entered on all fours.

Hao Ren could only explain to the stunned hotel attendant beside him, "Sleepwalking, sleepwalking..."

The hotel attendant's face was strange; he probably had never seen someone who could sleepwalk to this level in his life. But his good professional ethics made him smart enough not to ask more. He just used a somewhat strange but still clear Chinese to explain the facilities of the suite and the hotel services, then bid farewell and left.

"This hotel's advertisement is right. Look at their Chinese—it's much better than your English," Hao Ren said while dragging Lily to the small living room, not forgetting to turn and tease Vivian, "Check if the door is locked, then use your superhuman senses to make sure there are no cameras or anything in the room. I don't want to alert any scientists."

Vivian pouted, checked the door, and then muttered something, drawing some symbols on the door before turning around, "Done. I'll know immediately if anyone approaches."

Hao Ren nodded, threw the already deeply asleep Lily onto the sofa in the living room, and then took the time to look around. To be honest, this was the most luxurious hotel room he had ever stayed in. The living room was covered with a thick light yellow carpet, and the warm lighting on the walls gave a sense of comfort and warmth at first glance. On one side of the living room was a liquid crystal TV and a small wine cabinet, and on the other side were sofas, a coffee table, and chairs for entertaining guests. At both ends of the living room were two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. The last point was essential because Hao Ren knew he couldn't share a room with the two girls, but he also didn't dare let these two unreliable superwomen out of his sight, so he booked a suite with two bedrooms, one for himself and one for the two superwomen.

Actually, there was a hidden danger: whether Lily and Vivian would fight if they stayed together. But when booking the hotel, they couldn't find a more suitable one, so they had to make do. Before they left, the two superwomen had solemnly promised to get along during the trip, but their credibility was questionable.

Hao Ren, like a country bumpkin, looked around the suite, which he found quite luxurious (though in the eyes of real tycoons, it might only count as getting out of poverty). At this moment, Lily suddenly opened her eyes, the werewolf girl sat up with a flip, stretched vigorously, and shouted, "Landlord, we've arrived?"

Hao Ren looked at the energetic Lily with a strange expression, the bright morning light slanting onto her face through the floor-to-ceiling window: it was 6:30 AM local time, and Lily's biological clock had just ended her afternoon nap, and the magical werewolf girl was awake on the dot.

"I have a feeling this mission is going to be a mess," Hao Ren sighed, taking out his data terminal from his pocket, activating it smoothly, and finding the task details given by Raven 12345, "We leave the day after tomorrow. The destination is almost a full day's drive from London, even on the highway. So our main task tomorrow is to figure out the route and understand where this place called 'Jofford' is. Raven 12345 said something about testing newbies... Is this how you test them? At least give us a more precise map!"

"Jofford... can't find it on the map," Lily was already fully awake, leaning over to look curiously at the image projected by the data terminal, "Hey, landlord, we haven't had lunch yet, right?"

Hao Ren looked at the sky outside: "It should be breakfast... around breakfast time. We'll go down to eat later. Also, don't call me landlord after we go out, just call me by my name, it sounds weird otherwise."

"Okay, landlord, got it, landlord."

Hao Ren: "..."

Vivian first enthusiastically toured all the rooms in the suite, even visiting the bathroom, and then returned with an even more country bumpkin-like appearance. She glanced at the holographic image floating in front of Hao Ren and reminded him, "Didn't you say you needed to report to Raven? See if you can get more details."

"Oh, right, almost forgot," Hao Ren slapped his forehead and then, following his memory, pinched one edge of the data terminal, trying hard to find Raven 12345's communication channel in his mind, "I hope she's at work today; that guy is rarely reliable."

This time, Raven 12345 didn't let Hao Ren continue to be depressed: the holographic projection above the data terminal flickered a few times, and the beautiful woman with striking silver hair appeared in front of Hao Ren, "What's up?"

"I've arrived in the UK," Hao Ren's expression was a bit strange because he noticed that the background behind Raven 12345 was clearly space, "Where are you?"

"UK? What are you doing there... Oh, right, I asked you to pick someone up. How's it going?"

"Not great," Hao Ren didn't bother to figure out why there was a huge explosion-like flash behind Raven 12345, "Vivian is unreliable, Lily was sleeping like a dead dog a few minutes ago, the 'Jofford' you told me about doesn't exist on the UK map, and... none of us speak English. How can we find a local translator for this confidential mission? What if they notice something strange about us?"

"Don't speak English? That's a small problem," Raven 12345's mouth didn't move, but her voice came from the image, clearly she was using some other method to communicate with Hao Ren while in space. At this moment, another bright flash appeared in the background of the holographic image, and Raven 12345 turned her head and threw a blinding blue-white light ball, then turned back, "I told you to study your data terminal properly, why don't you listen—go to the app list and find the translation program."

Hao Ren watched as Raven 12345 threw a ball of lightning in space, becoming more and more curious about what she was doing, but he still answered his own question, "I looked for the translation program, but it's either some alien language or a universal dictionary of some universe. I think it would be useful even for a trip to another world, but there's nothing that works on Earth..."

Raven 12345 paused, then slapped her head, "Oops, I installed the wrong one... You know I'm not good with this kind of tech. Wait a moment, I'll have someone send you a proper translation program. I'll deal with this guy here quickly."

As she spoke, Raven 12345 turned her head and threw another bright blue "arc" out. Hao Ren couldn't see how big the arc was on the holographic projection, but it almost filled the entire screen in an instant, and he was amazed, "What are you doing? It looks so lively."

"Oh, cleaning the room," Raven said casually, "A bunch of crazy people felt their fate was tragic and decided to destroy the world. They even made a math-based weapon. I have to clean them up before they hurt anyone..."

As Raven 12345 spoke, Hao Ren saw a huge, mountain-like strange wreckage covered in blue flames slowly passing through space, disintegrating as it flew. Many small ship-like objects detached from the wreckage, but all were destroyed by blue beams from an unknown source.

Hao Ren immediately knew he shouldn't delve deeper into this—what Raven 12345 was doing was clearly not very harmonious...

"Alright, where were we?" Raven 12345's voice snapped Hao Ren out of his daze, "Oh, right, I'll upload a new translation program to you. Sigh, you newbies are so troublesome. Once you're official, things like translation systems can be directly implanted into your spiritual world, and you'll have instant translation wherever you go."

"..."

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