"Mr. Pei didn't directly answer my question." Mr. Ma sighed, "But when I asked him, 'Is there still ten years?', he didn't respond."
"So, Mr. Pei thinks the Second War of Strange Objects will erupt within ten years?" The Big Bulb raised his bare brow and said in a low voice.
"Don't randomly speculate about Mr. Pei's thoughts." Yuri glared at him, "You can eat recklessly, but you can't speak irresponsibly."
"No matter what, let's assu that's the case... If the war really breaks out comprehensively within ten years, at least we can be prepared... If the war doesn't break out, then it's not a bad thing either; at least we've got more ti."
"Alas..."
...
Ling Xiao glanced at Sun Qiong and opened the lunch box.
Three ats and two vegetables: braised pork with a mix of fat and lean, crispy fried golden at, an extra-large braised chicken leg, plus stir-fried baby bok choy with peppers and an egg custard served in a small plastic bowl at the corner of the lunch box—this is the standard working lunch at Dubhe Tower, much better than the als patched together from pre-made dishes and canned food at Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute.
The food was cold, but for soone with a growling stomach, the temptation was undiminished. Ling Xiao instinctively swallowed his saliva and then quickly grabbed the chopsticks to scoop the food into his mouth.
However, before he could finish a couple of bites, the sound of the air-tight door opening suddenly rang out, causing everyone present to stop their actions simultaneously and focus their gaze on the air-tight door of the containnt room.
"Teacher!" A researcher looked up at the Big Bulb, "The tic fluctuation of B423 has completely ceased! The concentration of life force inside the containnt room has reached normal levels!"
"B423 has been... eliminated?" Mr. Ma uttered softly.
"To be precise, it's been consud," the Big Bulb replied, "completely devoured."
The air-tight door valve turned two and a half tis, then was pushed open to one side.
Sun Hang walked out, stretching lazily and looking sleepy.
"Oh, so many people?" Sun Hang glanced at the crowd outside the containnt room, pretending to be surprised, "Looking at you guys... didn't you sleep at all?"
"No one dared to sleep." Yuri sighed, "Whether it's B423's condition or your personal safety, these are top priority matters. At this mont, no one could rest easy."
"Ha, I actually got a full night's sleep inside." Sun Hang said with a smile.
"Slept well?" Mr. Ma, the head of the security departnt, widened his eyes, "Weren't you devouring B423?"
"Yeah, but devouring and sleeping aren't mutually exclusive. No one stipulated that I couldn't devour mysterious objects while sleeping, right?" Sun Hang replied naturally.
"Weren't you afraid... sothing might go wrong?" Mr. Ma asked again.
"That's why I have you guys..." Sun Hang chuckled, turning to look at Ling Xiao, "How are you feeling?"
"Why am I still alive?" Ling Xiao raised his head, asking in confusion, "I used that... shouldn't I be dead?"
"Human life happens twice; when you realize you only have one life, the second begins." Sun Hang told him, "I forgot where I saw this saying, but it seems quite fitting for this situation."
Ling Xiao: "..."
Sun Hang looked at the back of his hand, a thin blood mist erged from a pore, and then unobtrusively disappeared into another pore.
Not far away, the equipnt used to monitor life force concentration issued a short alarm but quickly returned to silence.
"What happened?!" The Big Bulb imdiately turned his head, asking the researcher operating the equipnt.
"Not... not really sure, just now the device detected a life force fluctuation exceeding safe concentration... but it only occurred for a mont then disappeared." The researcher responded in a panic, "Could it be a malfunction of the equipnt?"
"I think it may be residual from B423..." After speaking, the Big Bulb went straight towards the containnt room.
"Teacher! You're not wearing protective gear!" Several researchers imdiately shouted.
"Protective gear? That stuff doesn't work against B423, wearing it is useless!" The Big Bulb passed through the corridor used for spraying isolation liquid and directly entered the interior of the containnt room.
The temperature inside the containnt room had risen to around minus twenty degrees Celsius. The Big Bulb couldn't help but shiver, cursing under his breath, "Damn, should've worn the protective gear..."
He saw a skeleton sitting on the ground, and eight depressurization cups scattered nearby. He took out a device that looked like a mobile phone from his pocket and pulled out a probe with a trailing cable, cautiously extending it towards the skeleton.
But the instant the probe touched the skeleton, it disintegrated into powder with a crash, like a collapsing sand sculpture.
B423 had disappeared from this world, and as its carrier, "Lucas's" life reached its end.
Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth.
"Dead beyond dead." Yuri's voice ca from the doorway—compared to the Big Bulb wearing only a lab coat over underwear, Yuri had sohow acquired a thick down jacket, but even so, his face had turned rosy from the cold temperatures in the containnt room.
"Move, move, don't block the doorway, it's freezing." The Big Bulb shivered as he retreated, "Send two people in, clean up inside, and organize all the data, then write a report—including the abnormal data from earlier—and analyze properly whether it's a device malfunction. Also, where are the equipnt assurance departnt people? Get them over to !"
...
anwhile, elsewhere, Sun Qiong, as the representative of the Abnormal Ability Managent Departnt, imdiately approached Sun Hang.
"I'm curious how the mysterious creature in Building Three was resolved." Sun Qiong adjusted the fra slipping down her nose bridge and earnestly looked at Sun Hang, "You didn't enter Building Three at the ti, but I clearly saw you throw sothing in... and then the reaction of Containnt Object 549 disappeared. Can I understand it as you using that thing to kill Containnt Object 549?"
"If you want to understand it that way, that's fine." Sun Hang replied perfunctorily.
The Godslaying Spear had long been put away, and as long as he firmly denied that 549 was killed by Ling Xiao, the people at Dubhe Tower couldn't do anything to him.
"According to our investigation, the power sealing Building Three didn't originate from Containnt Object 549, aning there could be other mysterious entities lurking in Building Three. May I ask..."
Sun Hang directly interrupted her question: "Then let ask you, after Containnt Object 549 died, did the barrier disappear?"
"Yes, but..."
"There's nothing to 'but' about. When dealing with mysterious entities, don't get caught up in the process and principles. As long as the result is what we want, that's all that matters." Sun Hang said, "As for the other mysterious entities, I haven't found any. Did your people find anything when they rushed in later?"
"No." Sun Qiong shook her head.
"There you go." Sun Hang said, "The matter has been resolved, now you should be thinking about how to manage the aftermath... By the way, does Ling Xiao still need to be tested?"
"If you need it, I can arrange it for tomorrow..."
"Then let's do it tomorrow. Once I devour the last mysterious entity, I'll be heading back to Celestial City." Sun Hang said.
"Oh, there's one more thing."
"What is it?"
"Please take soone back with you this ti."
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