This is not my hand; I don't remember my skin being so delicate.
Moreover, I had never seen that thumb ring before.
My gaze shifted downwards again. The clothes I was wearing were not the ancient attire from before.
These clothes fit extremely snugly, yet they didn't feel constricting.
The fabric was as soft as if I were wearing nothing at all.
...Ahem.
The elder's one-sided narration below had evolved into several people discussing.
Yet, even so, no one questioned Lu Heng.
This meant that his current appearance was one they were all familiar with.
How could this be possible?
Lu Heng dared not speak. His ears buzzed with the voices of the people below, but he couldn't quite make out what they were saying.
Their figures gradually blurred.
However, what had the elder just said?
Emperor?
Chi Yan?
Immortal Lord...
So these people were cultivators, immortal beings?
Lu Heng felt a tightness in his chest, a pressure that made it difficult to breathe.
There seemed to be some fur tickling his nose... fur?
He suddenly opened his eyes and saw the Director pressing down on his chest.
When had this guy returned to the space?
He remembered seeing it outside the space yesterday.
He pushed the Director, who was pressing on his chest, aside and patted his clothes.
Looking down, he noticed that a thumb ring had appeared on his thumb at some point.
It was the same style as the one in his dream, but now, he couldn't discern the boundless power contained within.
He tried to pull it, but the thumb ring seemed welded to his finger. No matter how hard Lu Heng tried, he couldn't remove it.
However, the thumb ring on his hand didn't feel constricting or cause his finger to swell. Lu Heng glanced at it dismissively and didn't think about it further.
He had dreamt of being like ancient immortals before, but this was the first time that after waking up, an item he had seen in his dream had appeared on him.
"Master, you're awake."
After being pushed aside by Lu Heng, the Director also woke up. It walked to Lu Heng's side, constantly rubbing against him.
"Mm, when did you return to the space?"
"Before I went to sleep last night. I looked for you outside, and you summoned me back. However, when I returned, I was in my own room."
"Then why are you in my room now?"
Previously, to prevent these contracted animals from disturbing him, his room had specific restrictions.
Unless he agreed, these animals could not enter without permission.
"You agreed, right? I just walked in."
The Director was not lying, and it was also very strange. It didn't understand why it had walked directly into Lu Heng's room.
Originally, it just wanted to tell Lu Heng about some things it had seen around Lin Yu yesterday.
But after entering, it had ended up lying on Lu Heng's chest without him waking up.
Later, it boldly fell asleep on Lu Heng until it was nudged awake by him just now.
After listening to the Director's explanation, Lu Heng walked to the door and looked.
The door was closed. Although it wasn't locked, the Director didn't have human hands, so it couldn't open this kind of door.
"Lu Bai, come to my room."
Lu Heng called Lu Bai over with his thoughts, but in his consciousness, he hadn't granted Lu Bai permission to enter.
A moment later, Lu Bai walked over but was intercepted at the door.
Lu Heng looked at the Director.
"Lu Bai can't get in. Why don't you try again? How come you could get in?"
The Director nodded, and then Lu Heng tossed it out the door.
However, this time, the Director couldn't get in smoothly.
"Huh? Why isn't it working?"
"I came in like this last night."
Lu Heng looked at the thumb ring on his thumb. This thing, along with everything that happened last night, was too strange.
However, he couldn't figure out for the moment whether the dream was him transmigrating or just his imagination.
Unable to figure it out, Lu Heng stopped worrying about it.
The Director had mentioned Lin Chongshan earlier, but many specific details were not clearly described. Lu Heng still needed to ask Lin Yu about it.
After changing into different clothes and coming out of the space, the sky outside had already brightened.
He glanced at the electronic clock in the room; it showed eight in the morning.
At this time, Lin Yu had probably gone to his office or was out patrolling the city.
Seeing this, Lu Heng ate breakfast by himself before going out to find Lin Yu.
He eventually encountered Lin Yu in the inner city.
"Brother Lu."
"Mm, do you have time now?"
"It's alright. Nothing too urgent. Come, let's go back to my office to talk."
Lu Heng nodded and walked beside Lin Yu towards his office.
Along the way, everyone in the inner city who saw Lu Heng and Lin Yu greeted them.
The people in the inner city were also orderly, attending to their own tasks.
Upon returning to Lin Yu's office, Lu Heng found a seat and sat down.
"Your father has been brought back."
"Mm, yesterday, my father did go to find you.
He followed you all the way near Luocheng, and I even found the lost projector on him."
As he spoke, Lin Yu took out the metal sphere from his storage ring.
"It's good that it was found. It wouldn't be of much use to anyone else."
"Mm, but my father chasing you was related to this metal sphere. He seemed to have learned about the aliens, and then..."
Lin Yu combined the information he had recently investigated with what he had learned from Lin Chongshan yesterday, summarizing Lin Chongshan's intended actions.
With everything straightened out, Lin Chongshan's little trick was exposed.
Fortunately, Lin Chongshan had not succeeded this time, and Wuming City had not suffered any losses.
Based on the information obtained from Lin Chongshan, Lin Yu had arranged for people to go to those two bases this morning.
Since this matter was clarified, there was no need to delay any further. Some people needed to be eliminated sooner rather than later.
The people of Wuming City were not afraid to kill, but in some situations, they needed a reason to act.
"You can handle these matters as you see fit. However, your father should not go out anymore. Find a place for him to live out his retirement."
"Mm, I've kept him in the inner city. He won't be allowed out again."
Lin Yu spun the metal sphere in his hand, a hint of loss flashing in his eyes.
During his most difficult times, how he wished he had a father standing by his side.
But back then, in his helplessness, there was no one to help him.
It wasn't until he met Lu Heng that he found salvation.
Therefore, the current arrangement for Lin Chongshan was the best outcome he could offer.
With Lin Chongshan's matter resolved, Lin Yu should be able to let go of the burden in his heart.
"Yesterday, I took Sun Qiang around the base. I have an idea, perhaps we can let Sun Qiang..."