Bureau 749
Yang Xiao recounted their encounters over the past few days to Lu Xun.
Hearing that Chen Ling had led them to fight their way out of a tight encirclent, a hint of surprise flashed across Lu Xun's face. Then, he breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
"It seems I really didn't misjudge the person..." Lu Xun stood up again and solemnly extended his hand to Chen Ling.
"Director Chen, our eting in Shennongjia previously was a bit rushed... Please allow to introduce myself again. My na is Lu Xun, a PhD in Astrophysics, and also one of the initiators of the Red Star Exploration project."
Seeing this, Chen Ling also stood up and shook his hand.
"I am Chen Ling."
Chen Ling's self-introduction was extrely simple. He didn't explain where he ca from, nor did he explain why he wanted to help Su Zhiwei and the others. His body seed to be full of mysteries everywhere, just like that profound and mysterious starry sky of the universe...
Lu Xun didn't dislike mystery. He only needed to know that Chen Ling's attitude towards them was friendly, and that was enough.
"Actually, this eting is also a bit rushed..." Lu Xun glanced at the ti on his wristwatch. "However, right now we still have at least half an hour. During this period, no one will disturb us."
"So, what exactly is going on? Who is tracking you?"
A hint of complexity flashed across Lu Xun's eyes. After a long silence, he still sighed heavily:
"... It's Bureau 749."
"Bureau 749?"
Chen Ling and Yang Xiao were both stunned.
"Bureau 749, full na is the Supernatural Events Investigation Bureau. It once belonged to the national defense departnt, and later beca independent to be specifically responsible for the exploration and investigation of civilian supernatural phenona... Because my work involves cosmic Observation, I occasionally deal with their people. My astronomical observation unit is under their supervision."
"There's actually such an organization?" Yang Xiao spoke in surprise. "I always thought Bureau 749 was just a rumor... Then are they an official organization, or an unofficial organization?"
"The situation of Bureau 749 is relatively complex... You can understand them as a semi-official organization. They have a certain official background, but none of the mbers have an official identity." Lu Xun paused for a mont and continued,
"The daily work of Bureau 749 is to search for and investigate so Divine Path Possessors, and register them on file, to prevent their abilities from affecting social stability. These registered personnel are called 'White Hand'. And personnel operating within our country's borders who haven't been registered yet are called 'Black Hand'."
After speaking, Lu Xun also glanced at Chen Ling.
Soone like Chen Ling, who possessed the Divine Pathways but hadn't had his background figured out by Bureau 749 yet, was naturally a mber of the "Black Hand".
"So... the authorities have long known of the existence of the Divine Pathways, and already possess an entire managent system aid at Divine Path Possessors?"
To be honest, Chen Ling wasn't surprised by this. After all, the Divine Pathways had existed since ancient tis, so it was impossible for the authorities not to know. Experts like Xiao Chunping in the country were definitely not just one either... That so-called intangible cultural heritage exchange forum was probably so kind of official 'White Hand' eting.
Soone like Nie Yu goes without saying. As a Fifth-Tier [Hunter], he had considerable fa on the dark web. There were people both dostically and abroad who knew of the existence of the Divine Pathways, it was just kept secret and not announced.
"Yes." Lu Xun nodded slightly. "The impact of this Red Star descent event was too great, and there were massive casualties over in the Imperial Capital. Bureau 749 had long attached high importance to it... So they found imdiately, wanting to lead a team to analyze the Red Star Fragnt and understand what exactly this thing is."
"And then, you gathered us?" Yang Xiao suddenly understood. "I was wondering why this exploration was so rushed..."
"Because we didn't know what the Red Star actually was, so we needed experts from various fields to hold the fort. But no one expected that kind of unforeseen event to occur in Shennongjia..."
Lu Xun smiled bitterly.
"After the exploration ended, Bureau 749 felt incredibly surprised about our encounter. Who could have thought that a fragnt from outer space would actually lt and disappear into our bodies... Thus, they proposed taking samples of my body to conduct experintal analysis."
Hearing this, Chen Ling's expression gradually beca subtle. He seed to have guessed the subsequent course of events.
"And then?" Yang Xiao asked closely.
"Later, they discovered so kind of unknown component in my blood. They were unable to analyze this thing, and my brainwaves had also completely broken away from the scope of humanity... This kind of discovery has never occurred in human history.
Thus, they proposed conducting a more detailed analysis on . I agreed... After all, this is a major discovery for humanity. If sothing could be cracked from it, perhaps human technology could welco another leap.
From my skin, to my blood, to organ slices, and finally they even took a portion of my bone marrow...
I cooperated with them in the laboratory to conduct all sorts of experints, but failed to make any progress. Until one day, I suddenly discovered that I seed to possess so kind of power, able to turn a portion of theoretical knowledge into reality... This made Bureau 749 increasingly shocked.
It was also from that ti that I noticed the situation was sowhat wrong.
Although I had been staying in the laboratory and hadn't contacted the outside world, I could feel that differences of opinion seed to start appearing within Bureau 749... The people coming to take samples from beca more and more nurous, and the daily experints also beca increasingly intensive. In the end, I even experienced symptoms of shock and coma due to frequent blood draws."
"Are they using you for Human Experintation?" Yang Xiao imdiately frowned and said, "Bureau 749 actually does this kind of thing??"
"No... This might not be the intent of Bureau 749, but the intent of certain individuals within it. Because later I was secretly transferred out of Bureau 749's laboratory to another location for secret experints... I'm afraid, soone wants to deceive the heavens and cross the sea, and take the secrets on as their own."
"... And then?"
"I noticed things were wrong, so I secretly borrowed a phone from Dr. Chu and started contacting other mbers who participated in the exploration... Because I felt that the changes on weren't an isolated case, and if things went bad, you guys might also beco targets of this group of people.
I first contacted Wu Tongyuan. At that ti, his plane had just landed, arriving in the Imperial Capital. I told him to buy a ticket for the closest flight and fly straight to Las Vegas.
As for the others, Dr. Ji and Dr. Lou have been in a missing state ever since the exploration ended. Dr. Chu is right beside . I didn't have Dr. Su's phone number, and no one answered when I called her workplace... I called your workplace, and they also said you were missing...
Ti was tight at the ti, and I had no way to contact more people. So I could only pretend to cooperate with the experints on the surface, while secretly looking for a chance to leave and then contact you guys."
"I have a question!" Chen Ling suddenly spoke up.
"Go ahead."
"Dr. Chu, who is that?"
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