Xia Chujian took the menu, pretended to flip through it a few times, and then asked, "Ms. Ning, you said they got a batch of fresh Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat. Where did it come from?"
"I heard before that the entire Mulan City hasn't had fresh Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat for a long time..."
Ning Sa wasn't very clear either, she just said, "I don't know exactly where it came from. Anyway, they said they had it, so I ate it. Chujian, do you also like to eat Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat?"
Xia Chujian said, "I had it once with a friend last year, it was very delicious, and I still miss it."
Of course, she wasn't telling the truth, so it was just "making up a friend."
Ning Sa didn't suspect anything. She knew that Xia Yuanfang was a very capable person with a wide network of contacts.
What's wrong with Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang's only niece, eating a meal of Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat? While Xia Chujian was chatting with Ning Sa, Xia Yuanfang had already finished examining A Zheng, gave A Zheng an injection on time, and also drew a tube of blood, saying she would take it back for blood tests to see the effect.
Ning Sa was used to it and didn't care.
A Zheng frowned, looking unhappy.
But when he turned his head and looked at Xia Chujian, he couldn't help but show a "toothless smile", calling out to her.
Xia Chujian smiled, took him over, and babbled "baby talk" to him.
While they were talking, the restaurant waiters began to serve the dishes.
Each dish was on an ivory-white porcelain plate with gold trim, in various shapes, arranged irregularly yet harmoniously according to the different dishes they held.
The waiters first served four cold dishes, then four hot dishes.
The presentation of the cold dishes was like works of art.
Ning Sa introduced them: "This dish is called Peacock Displaying its Tail, and these slices of meat are said to be Peacock Meat."
Xia Chujian: "..."
"This dish is called Bullfighting Arena, and it's Unicorn Cattle meat."
"This dish is Coral Fern, it's not actually coral, it just looks like coral."
Xia Chujian: "..."
This dish reminded her of the mutated marine plants on Senze Star, and her mood was a little subtle.
The other dishes were quite ordinary. Xia Chujian tasted each one, but she didn't touch the Coral Fern at all.
Xia Yuanfang ate a lot, and even drank a bowl of soup in the end.
Ning Sa noticed that Xia Chujian didn't eat much, and quickly said, "Doesn't it suit your taste? I saw you ate the most of this Stir-fried Wild Rhinoceros Pig with Little Chili Peppers, would you like another plate?"
Xia Chujian had already tasted that the so-called "fresh" Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat was not fresh, but thawed after being frozen.
Her tongue was already sensitive, and she had been with the Team in the Exotic Beast Forest, eating truly freshly slaughtered Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat, so she knew very well what truly fresh Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat tasted like.
However, she wouldn't spoil Ning Sa's mood.
Ning Sa was sincerely happy for her and specially invited her and Aunt to dinner.
Xia Chujian smiled and said, "No, it's very delicious. You see, I've almost eaten this plate of Stir-fried Wild Rhinoceros Pig with Little Chili Peppers, so you know how much I love it."
"I really can't eat anymore, if I eat more, I'll have to run two thousand meters tonight!"
Only then did Ning Sa stop persuading her, and said with a smile, "I'm glad you like it. The summer vacation is only a few days away, and you'll be going to Beichen Star for university, so you'll be far from home."
"Our Guiyuan Star's specialty, Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat, is many times more expensive on Beichen Star."
Xia Chujian laughed and said, "That's right! That's why I devoured it all, hahaha!"
After the meal, little A Zheng had been sitting quietly in the baby rocker, not crying or fussing, just smiling at Xia Chujian.
Ning Sa secretly marveled.
When Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang were about to leave, A Zheng pouted and wanted to cry.
But after Xia Chujian touched his head, he narrowed his eyes and calmed down.
By the time Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang got into the small Flying Vehicle and flew away, A Zheng had already fallen asleep.
Ning Sa looked at his well-behaved little appearance and said with a smile, "You know you're tired too, right? You kept your eyes open and looked at that Xia girl for several hours all night. If you weren't too young, I would have really thought you had a crush on her..."
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Xia Chujian drove her small Flying Vehicle and parked it on the helipad of her Manor.
The Teacup Dog, who had been watching from the terrace outside her bedroom's French window, jumped off the terrace railing, reached out with its little paws, and pushed open the French window to enter the bedroom.
The Little Chubby Bird flew to the top of the cat climbing frame next to the French window, buried its little bird head in its wings, and fell asleep again.
The Teacup Dog turned around, used its little paws to pull the French window shut, and then leaped up with a lightness that was completely disproportionate to its small body, onto the small wooden board protruding from the two-meter-high cat climbing frame.
The city-wide pressure dissipated little by little into the air.
At this moment, in a monitoring room of the Special Security Bureau's Mulan City branch, the on-duty personnel glanced at the Exotic Beast magnetic field curve chart for the night and were stunned by the peak value.
He hurriedly reported to his superior, saying, "Was there some particularly powerful big guy that descended on Mulan City tonight?"
"Why is there such a large anomaly in the Exotic Beast magnetic field monitoring curve?"
His superior was also surprised when he saw the magnetic field monitoring curve chart.
The Beichen Empire calls all animals that have evolved self-awareness Exotic Beasts.
Animals that have not evolved self-awareness and can only live by instinct are just ordinary beasts.
Because Exotic Beasts have a certain degree of self-awareness, their brains produce a different magnetic field when they are active than ordinary animals.
The Special Security Bureau's instruments can monitor the activity and distribution of this magnetic field.
However, after communicating with the local Punishment Department personnel on duty in the field, they came to a completely different conclusion.
The Punishment Department personnel on duty at various important locations in Mulan City tonight all said that this night was the most peaceful night in Mulan City in the last ten years.
Those Humanoids Lowly People and Slaves that they were focusing on monitoring, who had a tendency to be violent, were very quiet and peaceful tonight, and even had a tendency to "not fight back when hit, and not talk back when scolded."
And the Special Security Bureau outposts monitoring the Exotic Beast Forest outside Mulan City found that there was a large-scale migration of various Exotic Beasts and beasts in the Exotic Beast Forest.
In the past, as the Land of the Far North of the Exotic Beast Forest expanded southward, the various Exotic Beasts and beasts living in the Exotic Beast Forest migrated more and more to the south, and were already approaching the outskirts of Mulan City.
But after this night, all the Exotic Beasts and beasts turned their heads north and fled this place frantically.
It was as if something more terrifying than the Restricted Life Zone in the Land of the Far North had appeared in Mulan City.
These phenomena, on the surface, were contradictory and opposed to each other.
The people below couldn't explain it, so they had to report it layer by layer.
When it was reported to the Information Department headquarters of the Special Security Bureau on Beichen Star, the newly appointed Director of the Information Department, Lin Xianyou, after synthesizing various data from Mulan City, Guiyuan Star, knocked on Huo Yushen's office door.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon on Beichen Star, and also two o'clock in the morning on Guiyuan Star.
"Inspector Huo, please take a look at this data briefing, which was just reported from Mulan City, Guiyuan Star."
As Lin Xianyou spoke, he placed two different data briefings in front of Huo Yushen.
One was inside Mulan City, and the other was outside Mulan City.
He continued, "There is also a monitoring data curve from the bureau near the Exotic Beast Forest on Guiyuan Star for nearly a hundred years."
"According to this data curve trend chart, we originally predicted that within twenty years, the Exotic Beast Forest would spread to the entire Mulan City, turning Mulan City into a place unsuitable for human habitation."
"At that time, the ten billion residents of Mulan City will have to migrate."
Huo Yushen said lightly, "Ten billion residents cannot be evacuated from Mulan City overnight."
"Have we provided data support to the local government to urge them to formulate a migration plan as soon as possible?"
Lin Xianyou said, "We were originally planning to bring this up at the next regular meeting with the Governor's Office of Guiyuan Star."
Because the work of migrating residents is not carried out by the Special Security Bureau.
However, the Special Security Bureau needs to provide data support so that the local government departments can formulate a migration plan based on this.
Huo Yushen raised his eyes and looked at him coldly, obviously dissatisfied with his way of speaking.
Lin Xianyou felt a tightening in his heart, stopped beating around the bush, and hurriedly said, "But the abnormal situation that occurred last night has led to a second result in our data assessment."
Huo Yushen didn't even look at the two data briefings, but just looked at Lin Xianyou with a cold and stern gaze.
Lin Xianyou only felt his legs go weak, and he forced himself to say, "It's like this, last night in Mulan City, Guiyuan Star, an extremely powerful Exotic Beast magnetic field suddenly appeared."
"This magnetic field can not only appease those Humanoids Lowly People and Slaves who are manic and runaway on the night of the full moon, but also drive away the various Exotic Beasts outside Mulan City that are gradually moving south, trying to erode Mulan City."
"According to this second set of data, the southward trend of the Exotic Beast Forest has been cut off. We're currently unsure whether to propose this relocation suggestion."
Huo Yushen then lowered his head to look at the data briefing.
Three minutes later, Huo Yushen said, "Continue to observe."
"If the southward trend of the Exotic Beast Forest stops here, then there's no need to propose the relocation suggestion."
"If it resumes in a couple of days, we still need to prepare for both possibilities."
"At the same time, investigate whether there were any abnormal phenomena in Mulan City, Guiyuan Star, last night."
"If my guess is correct, a higher-level Exotic Beast should have descended upon Mulan City, Guiyuan Star, last night."
"I just don't know if it's passing through or settling down permanently..."
Huo Yushen pondered, his eyes narrowed slightly.
For no reason, he thought of Xia Chujian.
Although he knew she was neither a Humanoid nor an Exotic Beast.
But yesterday, wasn't it the day Xia Chujian returned to Mulan City? She had just returned, and there was a major change in the Exotic Beast magnetic field in Mulan City. Could it just be a coincidence?
However, Xia Chujian had also lived in Mulan City for eighteen years. If she really had a problem, why did it only appear last night?
That didn't make sense either.
So Huo Yushen's thoughts just habitually brushed past Xia Chujian.
Without any supporting evidence, he wouldn't draw a conclusion.
Of course, Huo Yushen didn't show any abnormality in front of Lin Xianyou.
But after Lin Xianyou left, Huo Yushen still took a look at the Special Security Bureau's daily report on providing special protection to Xia Chujian's family.
The result was that there didn't seem to be any abnormal phenomena there either.
The only difference was that Xia Chujian and her Aunt went out for a meal last night.
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