Witch Special

"Don't gather at the door! Even if you keep staring at me like that, I won't let you out, meow!" As a fellow catgirl, Yan Qing meowed... oh no, Yan Qing wasn't intimidated by a cat's gaze. Even under so many eyes, she still shouted with full energy to the cat-beastmen gathered at the door.

Lin Zhenxi noticed that these cat beastmen all had an open coil hanging around their necks. She guessed that it should be the company's latest model of translator, otherwise there was no way to explain how these cat beastmen could understand Yan Qing's words in just one day.

Although these cat beastmen seemed to be the same in Lin Zhenxi's eyes, because she lacked the ability to identify non-humans, even non-yellow and white people, she still recognized the two cat beastmen she sent to the company from among this large group of cat beastmen.

What were their names? Kanali and... Never mind. She wasn't the nanny of these cat beastmen anyway, so she didn't need to care about their information.

The reason why those two could be picked out from the cat beastmen who were almost carved from the same mold was because they all had the remnant of Lin Zhenxi's magical aura on their bodies, which showed that Lin Zhenxi's magic had once worked on them.

Magical auras are something very mysterious, and it's difficult for Lin Zhenxi to describe them from a scientific perspective. It's a feeling of "yes, that's it!" or even an indescribable but very clear intuition.

Perhaps this is the biggest difference between magic and science. Magic is subjective: if you wish, you will. If you are sincere, your wish will come true. Faith is the most powerful force. Science, on the other hand, emphasizes both theory and practice. Even the greatest scientist can't teach a pig to fly.

Although only a day had passed, or even less than a day, Yan Qing, as the head of the resettlement center, had already established her authority in the hearts of these cat beastmen. Under Yan Qing's scolding and urging, the cat beastmen who wanted to leave the resettlement center all left the gate with their heads hung and reluctantly.

Very good, none of the cat beastmen behaved irrationally, they all obeyed the orders.

After driving all the cat orcs back to where they belonged, Yan Qing turned her head and faced Lin Zhenxi.

Then he raised his head with great effort and looked at Lin Zhenxi's face with difficulty.

It has to be said that Lin Zhenxi's height of 172cm is already outstanding in the world of girls. She rarely wears high-heeled shoes, but even so, her peers still often need to look up when they see her if they are too close to each other.

Lin Zhenxi smiled and took two steps back. He was already used to Yan Qing's reaction.

"You are so tall, meow." Yan Qing stared at Lin Zhenxi's slim and tall figure and said enviously.

Lin Zhenxi knew that she would speak in a Versailles style as soon as she opened her mouth, so she simply nodded and changed the topic of her height.

"You haven't told me why there are so many here..." Lin Zhenxi didn't know what to call these cat beastmen, so he raised his hands and put them on both sides of his head to make a pair of cat ears.

"The Alien Tribe, that's what they call their race, meow." Yan Qing had indeed understood the origins of these cat orcs.

And this is what Lin Zhenxi least wants to hear.

Because this means that this is a systematic time travel. Among the thousands of different worlds, one of them is getting closer than ever to this world, so that large-scale time travel phenomena are beginning to appear.

"...How many aliens have come here? What is the level of civilization over there? Will it pose a threat to our civilization?" Lin Zhenxi asked the question that he should be most concerned about as a Blue Star person.

Yan Qing pursed her lips and pointed to the entrance of the resettlement center. She said, "Let's not block the door. Come to my office. I'll tell you everything I know, meow."

Despite her strange quirks, Yan Qing's descriptive abilities were quite good. In her office, which had been converted into a medical clinic, as Yan Qing continued her descriptions, Lin Zhenxi's understanding of the Alien Tribe, a time-traveling race, gradually became clearer.

First, the most fortunate thing is that although these aliens all originate from the same world and region, their population is actually quite large, potentially numbering in the millions. And so far, the total number of aliens discovered in this world is less than a hundred, indicating that the phenomenon of crossing into that other world hasn't completely gotten out of control. Whether this will continue to spiral out of control or gradually ease remains to be seen.

Then there's the question of the level of civilization in the other world, and whether it poses a threat to Earth civilization. Because the barrier between the two worlds still exists, the threat posed by the civilizations of the other world to Earth civilization is negligible. Furthermore, according to the descriptions of the Alien Tribe, they live in a relatively primitive world, dwelling in simple wooden houses and lacking the ability to smelt metal.

Very good, a civilization that has not developed metallurgy, their sharpest weapons are their claws, and their muscles are far stronger than those of humans.

Although the Alien Tribe's level of civilization was low, the company's physical examinations of them yielded some surprising findings. Nearly all of them were malnourished, likely due to a food shortage in their world. Yet, even so, their physical strength far surpassed that of ordinary humans. Not only did they resemble cats, but their movements were also swift and agile. In complex environments, even fully armed humans would struggle to withstand the unarmed Alien Tribe.

Furthermore, these aliens had perfectly adapted to Earth's environment without experiencing any adverse reactions, suggesting that the air composition of their world was extremely similar to Earth's.

A primitive and strong orc civilization, ignorant but dangerous.

"The Alien-Faced Tribe poses no threat to Earth, but we need to figure out why so many of them are traveling from their world. To do this, we need to locate their alien world, meow." Yan Qing concluded her introduction to the Alien-Faced Tribe with this summary.

Lin Zhenxi rubbed her head in annoyance. Honestly, she didn't want to get involved in this. While her days of slacking off were tedious, magical research itself required a significant amount of time. She already had a grand spell with only a framework waiting to be completed, so how could she possibly have the heart to go out and work? But she knew it was impossible. She was a special envoy for the company, and a special envoy's job was to follow the company's orders and travel to designated other worlds to complete specific missions. That was her job, so there was no reason to shirk.

The company's mission... I hope it won't take too long this time, and it would be best if I can come back right away.

Although this is probably just a beautiful expectation.

"So, my mission is to go to the alien race's original world and find out why such a large-scale time travel incident occurred in that world, right?"

"No, meow."

"Huh?" Lin Zhenxi was stunned for a moment. Did she actually completely misunderstand? "If I don't have to go, why are you telling me all this?"

"The company hasn't completed its work on locating that otherworld. The technical department has reported that there's still a lack of otherworldly aura. Even if we extract all the aura from the aliens currently in the resettlement center, we still won't be able to piece together a complete coordinate map, meow."

This... is really bad news.

The natives of each world bear the marks of their original world. When they cross over to another world, they are branded with the marks of the new world. These two marks clash, creating unusual fluctuations in the air. These fluctuations are known as the aura of another world. The company has a specialized method for detecting auras of another world, and these are used to identify human aliens who appear identical to humans.

Logically, every alien should possess a distinct otherworldly aura. By subtracting this aura from the temporal imprint of this world, one can obtain the temporal imprint of the otherworld, thereby locating the coordinates of the alien's original world. Many of the company's services are based on this, such as helping aliens relay messages to their homeland or retrieve important items. Aside from the inability to send aliens back, communication with their homeland is generally unimpeded. However, the alien aura of this group of aliens is so faint that it's impossible to condense a complete coordinate system. This can only mean that these aliens' journeys through time were a collective act, packaged together and imprinted with the temporal imprint of this world as a whole. Now that they have dispersed, the temporal imprint of the entire spacetime imprint has also dispersed, becoming so weak that even the company's equipment cannot detect it.

The aliens in the resettlement center were probably only a small fraction of all the aliens who had crossed over. To obtain enough alien aura to calculate the coordinates of the alien world, the company had to find more aliens.

"So my mission is to find all the aliens scattered around the world for the company?" Lin Zhenxi took two steps back, glancing at the office door behind her. If Yan Qing dared to nod, she would definitely turn around and run away. She wouldn't take this damned-for job no matter what.

A few dozen were only a small fraction. Who knew how many aliens there were who had traveled through time and space? If she really had to go around the world to capture them, how long would it take her to catch them?

You can't just throw the dirty work to her just because she caught two. She refuses to do it no matter what!

"Of course not, meow." Yan Qing's answer made Lin Zhenxi feel a little relieved, as long as she didn't have to go out and catch it herself.

"Because the Alien-Faced Clan are extremely vigilant, when they find the surrounding environment is very unfamiliar, they will generally hide nearby and will not show up easily. And if they hide, even the company will find it difficult to find them, especially those hiding in the woods, which are impossible to find at all. Therefore, the company needs you to make a 'radar' specifically for finding the Alien-Faced Clan, so that the company can find all of them, meow." After Yan Qing finished speaking, she raised her hand to her face, clenched a cat's paw, and meowed.

Well, this time she was definitely being malicious and cute, there's no way to excuse it.