The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

On the very night Zhang Lin reported the incident, staff from the Psionic Embassy went to Zhang Li's home. Under the pretext of assisting with the investigation, they brought Zhang Li back.

Zhang Li seemed very confident that he wouldn't be discovered, and he came over nonchalantly, with an expression that said, "You're just wasting my time and taxpayers' money," while pointing and gesturing at the place where he was being entertained.

"Hey, hurry up! I'm not a criminal. Isn't this illegal detention?"

While complaining, he swayed around with his big beer belly sticking out. It could be said that during the twenty minutes of observation, he showed no signs of being inhuman. In fact, he portrayed humanity better than many actors.

"Hello, Zhang Li."

Sounds came from all around the room; they were from the room's speakers.

"Oh, finally someone's here. What do you want to investigate? I still have to go to work. You guys are eating taxpayers' money, but I don't. How am I going to support my family if I don't have money?"

In the room next door, separated by a wall, were seven or eight people who were watching Zhang Li through a one-way window and talking amongst themselves.

"It looks like there's no flaw in it."

"Moreover, the instruments aren't responding. If he really is an alien, then the problem is serious, and our instruments need to be upgraded."

"So, Captain, you said there's a way to verify this? What way? If there's no evidence, we can only detain him for a day at most."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the man standing at the very front, the one who had taken the card.

The man who took the card ignored the team members' discussion, took out the card, and infused it with psionic energy.

The card emitted a glow, which gradually coalesced into the sentence: "{Thinking about whose thoughts I want to see.}"

The man silently chanted the name Zhang Li, and then a beam of light pierced through the wall and entered Zhang Li's body.

In that instant, everyone witnessed the strange change. As the light entered Zhang Li's body, it was as if Zhang Li was being X-rayed. People could clearly see a monster with hands, feet, and a tail curled up inside his fat belly.

The monster was almost entirely curled up inside its belly, but its long neck passed through Zhang Li's lungs, down the middle, and into his head, completely replacing Zhang Li's brain.

Although it only lasted a few seconds, everyone present was extraordinary, and everyone saw it.

!!!

Everyone was shocked. Even more surprisingly, Zhang Li seemed oblivious to anything amiss, continuing to mutter complaints after the man's question. Then, a small screen appeared behind him, gradually displaying some words.

Human society is such a hassle. Even the smallest thing requires everyone's help and assistance. Ugh, if it weren't for the recent cataclysmic changes in the world, I would have eaten everyone here long ago! No, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Should I sneak over tonight and eat them all? But this building has shielding; what if there's a powerful human among them? Should I call my underlings over to try? No, my underlings are all connected to this body; they might get me in trouble. Maybe I should just trick that idiot from the West District into coming over; he's really good at running away…}

Seeing the densely packed words on the screen sent chills down everyone's spine. A large part of the reason humanity is so fortunate is that most of the alien races lack intelligence comparable to humans, allowing people to defeat them through mechanisms and strategies. While considerable force is still required in many cases, this gives humanity a significant advantage.

Now, they have discovered that a previously known alien race possesses intelligence comparable to that of humans, which is extremely unsettling.

"Don't think about that now. What we need to do now is report this matter and then resolve it."

The man glanced at his teammates and gave the order in a serious and swift manner.

“Lingji. Take them with you to deal with Zhang Li and his tribe, and go to the West District to find that fool he’s thinking of and take care of them.”

"Yes!"

Wearing black-rimmed glasses, the mature woman with long, straight black hair, who had been fiddling with the equipment, received the order.

"Yes!"

The others saluted and accepted the order.

"Report to the captain!"

A blond-haired man shouted, "Then what are you doing, Captain?! I want to go with you! Their missions are so boring!"

"Me? I'll go see what kind of person the shopkeeper who gave me this card is. If you want to go, let's go together tomorrow."

"Yes!"

"Hey hey hey!"

……