After the eting ended, returning to the office, Zhang He imdiately said, "Wow, now you’ve really got your hands full!"
"Really?"
Ling Feng knew he was gloating and rolled his eyes at him, "I see you lounging around the office all day doing nothing, doesn’t seem like you’re that busy!"
"You’ll see when you officially take office!" Zhang He sneered.
"Hmph!"
Ling Feng rolled his eyes and continued, "By the way, I’m also the director now, as are you, we’re at the sa level, but don’t forget, my military rank is one level higher than yours!"
"..."
Zhang He was stung, rendered speechless.
Having gained the upper hand, Ling Feng chuckled, stood up, and said, "Alright, I’m done bickering with you, I have real work to do!"
He finished speaking and left Longyuan, teleporting directly back to his rented apartnt.
The entire trip took less than two hours, and it was only three in the afternoon.
After returning, Ling Feng scanned the area with his divine sense and saw Lin Yu resting asleep in the adjacent bedroom.
He didn’t move, instead lying down on the bed, expanding his divine sense to cover a range of kiloters.
Lin Chen and Sun Rui were chatting in the car, diligently keeping an eye on the Taoist temple.
In the temple, the Taoists were still chanting with their eyes closed, seemingly unmoved!
But this ti, there was soone in the kitchen, washing rice and preparing to cook dinner, it seed.
Ling Feng glanced over a few tis and thought to himself, this isn’t working, we can’t just wait around like this, right?
Otherwise, maybe when they send soone out for groceries tomorrow, I can catch one and ask?
Then again, he thought it might be off-putting, wouldn’t that be like alerting the target?
The point of watching would be lost.
Helplessly, Ling Feng took a deep breath and thought it over, well, let’s just do this for now, there’s nothing else anyway, I’ll shadow them for a few more days!
Just as he was thinking that, the phone started ringing.
Seeing that it was a local number, Ling Feng thought perhaps Lin Chen and Sun Rui had found sothing new, so he quickly answered.
It turned out the voice on the other end was unfamiliar, politely asking, "Hello, is this Director Ling?"
"This is Ling Feng, who am I speaking to?"
Ling Feng was taken aback, confusedly asking.
"I’m Tao Ziqian, the deputy director of the branch office. Director Ling, are you currently in Yin Province?" the voice asked.
"I am, I’m on a mission with Lin Chen and Lin Yu. What’s up?"
Hearing it was a new colleague, Ling Feng quickly inquired.
"Uh, it’s like this, we just received news that there’s been an ergency situation north of Yin Province in a place called Huangtu City. I’d like to report it to you," Tao Ziqian explained.
Ling Feng responded with an "oh", promptly saying, "Go ahead, I’m listening!"
"Alright!"
Tao Ziqian on the other end nodded and started reporting the recent occurrences.
Huangtu City falls under Yin Province’s jurisdiction, not very far, only about seventy kiloters away.
It’s an extension of the Loess Plateau, with a harsh environnt. There was significant soil erosion years ago, but after over a decade of reforestation, it’s improved a lot.
The incident took place in Lvliu Village, a reforestation demo site under Huangtu City.
At noon, after lunch and while preparing for the reforestation work, a sudden thunderclap echoed in the clear sky, and many saw a massive black silhouette atop the opposite loess slope of the village!
The black shadow flashed and then burrowed into the loess, vanishing.
One person seeing it might be a hallucination, but the whole village witnessed it, proving sothing strange had indeed happened.
This information was reported step by step, eventually reaching the security bureau.
After hearing Tao Ziqian’s report, Ling Feng pondered for a mont, "No need to mobilize bureau personnel, as I’m not familiar with everyone’s abilities yet, I’ll handle this investigation myself!"
"Director, is it convenient for you? If you don’t have ti, just sending two people should suffice!" Tao Ziqian said.
By usual protocol, directors are for command and control; they don’t need to rush in person.
But Ling Feng shook his head, "No need, I can go myself. See you at the bureau later!"
After hanging up, he thought it over and stepped out of the bedroom.
He saw Lin Yu at the door of the opposite bedroom and asked with a smile, "Did I wake you?"
"No, I was already waking up."
Lin Yu replied and went on, "Director, you’re going to investigate, right? Let drive you there!"
"No need, you stay and continue resting. Oh, but you could lend your car!" Ling Feng said.
"No way, I can’t let the director go on a mission alone; it would make our branch look bad. I must co along!" Lin Yu insisted.
To persuade Ling Feng, she continued, "Besides, I’m familiar with the area around Yin Province, it’ll help you find the place directly, won’t it?"
Hearing this, Ling Feng nodded, "Alright then, I’ll trouble you!"
"No problem!"
Lin Yu smiled, quickly packed up her things and they went downstairs together.
Lin Chen drove the sa car she had before, Ling Feng didn’t greet them, just alerted them by phone when they left.
Going to Lvliu Village now might an not returning tonight, so he still needed to hand over the surveillance tasks.
After making arrangents, Ling Feng sighed internally, "Being a director isn’t easy, so many things to worry about!"
On the way, Lin Yu drove quietly until they bypassed Yin Province and headed straight for Huangtu City. She then couldn’t resist glancing at Ling Feng, hesitating to speak.
"What do you want to say?"
Seeing her like this, Ling Feng asked with a smile.
"Uh, Director, I don’t know if it’s appropriate to ask, but when you were in the room, you disappeared in a flash of light. What was that?"
Lin Yu hesitated before asking.
Ling Feng chuckled, "That was using the Teleportation Array to pop ho for a bit."
Since he might be handling business around Yin Province often, he didn’t plan to hide his abilities, so he answered honestly.
After Lin Yu heard that, her eyes widened, "A Teleportation Array, the kind that can instantly send people far away?"
"Yes!"
Ling Feng nodded and continued, "Using formations, with Spirit Stones as a power source, you can transport people and things instantly."
"Amazing...."
Lin Yu murmured, her eyes filled with envy.
Even as a security bureau staffer who’d seen many strange things, she had never heard of sothing as incredible as Ling Feng’s abilities.
Since they weren’t well-acquainted yet and out of curiosity, she asked a few more questions about it.
Ling Feng didn’t hide anything, and shared detailed information about Ling Corporation, Lingyun Island, and such openly known information with her.
Chatting on the road, the journey didn’t feel lonely; they soon reached Lvliu Village at five in the afternoon.
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