Witch Special

Lin Zhenxi had clearly prepared to be selected as a member of the advance team to explore the other world, but she waited and waited, but there was no notification from the company. She had originally thought that the time had simply not come yet, but unexpectedly, after a few days of settling in, the company suddenly released a list of personnel for the advance team to be sent to investigate the situation in the other world of the Alien Tribe. The list included ten special envoys, both experienced and new, but Lin Zhenxi's name was not on it.

It seems that the company really has no intention of letting Lin Zhenxi participate in this mission.

If there was no such thing, then there was no such thing. Lin Zhenxi certainly wouldn't volunteer to go. She just happened to be the person involved in this matter. Lin Zhenxi didn't really care what happened in the world of the alien tribe.

However, this incident has caused a great response in the company, and many people have been discussing it recently. After all, this is actually the first time that the company has openly explored a different world. In the past, the company kept it secret and did not let others know that it had the ability to send people to different worlds.

Time travel is uncontrollable. Aside from some socially incapable otakus or those who have completely lost hope in life, no one would want to leave the place they've lived and grown accustomed to for years and venture alone into a completely unfamiliar environment. However, one must accept reality. Even if one travels through time, life must go on. After all, no matter how reluctant one is, one can't go back.

Now, suddenly someone tells you that your time travel is not one-way, and there is actually a way to send you back. Will you ask how to go back?

The answer was obvious. So, upon learning that the company was planning to send a special envoy to a designated alternate world, those aliens with connections within the company went crazy. They began to inquire about the alternate world through various channels. Even Lin Zhenxi, who had almost no social connections, encountered some aliens who came to her hesitantly to inquire about this matter.

Initially, they were just inquiries and requests. When the company didn't respond, the contrast between their unfulfilled expectations and the turbulent emotions they experienced led some of the more impulsive foreigners to think, "You're the ones who won't let me go home!" Because of this incident, the once harmonious relationship between the company and the foreigners seemed to be frayed.

Fortunately, the company's secrecy remained strong. Those aliens who had been sent out into the world could not return to the company. They didn't even know the company's specific location, so naturally they couldn't cause trouble. Furthermore, the aliens within the company were all under the company's management and could not cause any major trouble.

Lin Zhenxi didn't understand why the company had to publicize this matter so publicly. Why not keep this matter confidential when it's so obvious it could incite social conflict?

However, the company's decision-making level has always been very mysterious, and no one knows what the company's leaders are thinking.

Even a ten-year veteran like Lin Zhenxi had never met the company's top leadership. For a long time, the person who dealt with them internally was a simulated personality of the company's central processing unit, nicknamed "White Princess." "White Princess" sent everyone's assigned tasks to their personal computers. If any disobedient employees tried to cause trouble, the super-intelligent robots under "White Princess's" command would deploy armed suppression.

From beginning to end, the company seemed to be run by the "White Princess." However, this was impossible, as the White Princess's true form was the large white ball of light suspended in the air in the center of the reception hall. This was clearly a man-made artifact, so the "White Princess" must have had one or more creators, who were the true owners of the company.

Yet, they have never made a public appearance. Ten years have passed, and the company is still shrouded in mystery, unknown to anyone.

It was in this extremely turbulent environment that the ten special envoys collectively set off for that otherworldly world. On that day, many employees of sufficient rank in the company came to observe the company's first large-scale orienteering expedition.

Lin Zhenxi was a senior special envoy, and Yan Qing was the director of the placement center. Although they were still employees of the company, they undoubtedly stood above the rest. Therefore, they both joined in the fun, becoming two of the many onlookers.

In truth, Hayashi Maki didn't want to come. While the company's business was light, she had already completed six commissions. Plus, she occasionally had to return to other worlds she'd visited before to handle matters. This place, where special agents traveled through time and space, wasn't new to Hayashi Maki at all, and she had no expectations.

But Yan Qing was different. The resettlement center's duties didn't include sending unqualified outsiders back home. This room, capable of transporting people to other worlds, was a secret to all employees within the company who weren't special envoys. If the company hadn't announced the existence of this room, they wouldn't even have known it existed. Now that they had a rare opportunity to visit, how could Yan Qing, this lively cat girl, be absent?

Lin Zhenxi was dragged here by Yan Qing, but for her, it was just a matter of staying here for a while. Anyway, she had no urgent work to complete, so there was no need to reject her only friend in the company.

Because the company doesn't have executives present, the typical speeches often seen at other companies aren't common here. Employees are simply required to complete specific tasks at specific locations and times. If they aren't assigned work, they're on standby, free to do whatever they want. As long as they respond to the company's call within the allotted time, the company doesn't impose any restrictions on what they do during their standby time.

So, Yan Qing, who had originally expected to witness a spectacle, only saw the teleportation portal open at the appointed time, and the ten special envoys assigned to the advance team step through the portal. As the special envoys entered, the portal closed.

Although the vast starry sky behind the portal was incredibly dreamy the moment it opened, the information contained within was also immense, so much so that the image, which should have been incredibly shocking, felt overwhelming. Even staring at the starry sky behind the portal for an extended period of time could cause severe dizziness, and if one didn't quickly look away, it would place a heavy strain on the body and brain.

I heard that there was a fool in the past who insisted on looking directly at the star map and ended up burning his head off. I don't know if it's true or not.

When the light gate opened, all light sources within the teleportation room ceased to function, leaving only the dazzling and mysterious glow of the star map behind the gate. It was as if the ray of light peeking through the cracks was the only hope in an abyss of infinite darkness. As the light gate slowly closed, light, in a broader sense, returned once again, and everyone felt as if they had awakened from a dream, their expressions inevitably filled with a hint of realization.

Because of her work, Lin Zhenxi had to face the star map more often than anyone else in the room, so she was also the most immune to it. Recovering quickly, Lin Zhenxi looked around, startled by the way those around her stared at the light gate with fascination. Had she, when she was engrossed in the star map, also looked like them?

Probably, there is no difference, right?

Just as Lin Zhenxi was lamenting that she had learned some truths that she had never known before, someone suddenly called her name from behind her.

"Lin...Maki,."

Lin Zhenxi didn't feel anyone coming from behind her at all. She turned her head suddenly, and then saw a pure white girl who seemed to be bathed in a layer of faint milky white fluorescence. She crossed her hands in front of her lower abdomen and stood quietly behind her like a tall snow peony.

Although the girl's face seemed to be covered by a veil, and it seemed as if one could see her features clearly but not clearly, Lin Zhenxi still let down his guard after recognizing her identity, relaxed his body, and asked with a professional smile, "Princess Bai, what do you want to talk to me about?"

That’s right, the pure white girl who suddenly appeared behind Lin Zhenxi silently was the “White Princess” that Lin Zhenxi was just talking about in her heart, the simulated personality of the central processing unit, and the company’s “Grand Eunuch”.

At the same time, she is also Lin Zhenxi's immediate superior. To be more precise, she is the only leader with a clear identity in the company, and everyone in the company can be said to be her subordinate.

The tasks received by Lin Zhenxi's personal terminal were issued by the "White Princess" in front of him.

In the company, the White Princess controls almost everything. However, although she possesses enough force to suppress everyone in the company, the White Princess manages the company not through violence, but through her own unique charm.

Even the self-important and often lazy senior male special envoys would become pure-blooded lickers in front of Princess White, each of them eager to kneel down and lick Princess White's silk-wrapped feet, not to mention their obedience. Among the female special envoys, Princess White was equally popular. While not as explicit as the male counterparts, they all treated her like their most beloved sister.

Lin Zhenxi was known for being reserved in her expressions of emotion, but she also had a fondness for White Princess. More importantly, with White Princess in control of everything at the company, she had no need to hide anything; she could just speak her mind. After all, White Princess was a highly advanced AI, not a human, so she didn't have the human intrigue and wouldn't gossip behind others' backs. Whether as a communicator or a listener, White Princess was an excellent choice.

Who doesn’t like a tree hole that can respond to their own thoughts?