Mystery Paradise: Wi Chapter 84 - 84 83 You Have a New Job

??Chapter 84: Chapter 83 You Have a New Job

Chapter 84: Chapter 83 You Have a New Job

“May I ask who you are…?” Zhang Zhiyuan tilted his head backward.

“Ah, I forgot to introduce, this is Dr. Ding, the head of the mineral identification departnt,” Bai Yan quickly interjected, “I felt the ore was a bit unusual earlier, so I asked the teacher to take a look…”

“A bit unusual?” Dr. Ding cut him off, “This thing doesn’t look like any mineral from Earth at all!”

Zhang Zhiyuan and Gao Wei looked at each other with the sa thought crossing their minds.

“Are you sure?”

“Nonsense! I’ve been in this field for thirty years, one glance at the spectral analysis and I can guess most of it.”

“Cough cough,” Bai Yan coughed.

“Okay, it may be a product of Earth,” the other party conceded sowhat, “But it absolutely must have been dug out from so hidden corner, with a composition and structure unlike anything we’ve seen before, so where exactly does it co from? Is there more of it?”

“Sorry, I cannot disclose its origin,” Zhang Zhiyuan looked toward Director Gao, who signaled with his eyes that there was no need to worry, then took out his mobile phone and walked aside.

He got the ssage and continued, “Could you tell us more about what’s so strange about this rock?”

“Ah, you people are so impatient!” Dr. Ding said, full of impatience, “I told you, you wouldn’t understand it!”

“But can we get a report at least?”

“No!” He waved his hand, “Reports are only for things in the database, this thing doesn’t fit into any category of gemstone, jade, or other mineral classifications, the machines can’t make heads or tails of it. It can only be figured out manually, bit by bit, and that would take at least five or six days.”

“You might as well tell us what’s so strange about it,” Zhang Zhiyuan intentionally dragged out the ti, “We’re also on a mission, and it’s difficult to report back without knowing anything.”

“Teacher, let

explain,” Bai Yan stepped forward, “Don’t be too hard on Dr. Ding. He just thinks this item might be a major discovery, and both its discovery location and quantity are of utmost importance. The forr could help us understand the origin of the stone, while the latter could enable more experints.”

“Simply put, we’ve found several common elents in the sample, such as silicon, oxygen, carbon, iron… but that’s just spectral data, their combined forms are completely different… How should I say this, it’s like both are waterlons, one is intact, and the sample is smashed. Additionally, there are a lot of black areas on the spectrum, which theoretically are signs of material absorbing light, but we’ve never seen black areas to this magnitude before. The most puzzling part is that electrons absorb light and should undergo a transition, and then they should release that energy again—but we did not observe this latter phenonon.”

“…” Zhang Zhiyuan realized he was thinking too much. What the other party had said might have been put simply, but he still felt completely in the dark.

“See, they don’t understand the significance of the sample at all,” Dr. Ding had anticipated this response, “Never mind, we’ll continue testing, send the spectral data along with the other analyses to the lab, have soone help us take a look. The studio that works with Beifu University can also have a look, those kids will be shocked to their core—”

“No!” Zhang Zhiyuan suddenly interrupted.

“Huh?” Dr. Ding, who had just planned to return to the identification room, turned back and frowned, “Aren’t you in a hurry for a report? Many hands make light work, if we distribute the identification work, maybe we could have sothing in three days…”

“I can’t explain, but please cooperate and don’t move from where you are,” Zhang Zhiyuan stepped forward, blocking them.

“What do you an? This is a state-owned facility!” Dr. Ding said discontentedly.

Just then, the sound of sirens ca from outside the door.

One by one, black Iveco vehicles drove into the National Appraisal Center and parked neatly on both sides of the courtyard. Ard police jumped out, thodically set up a cordon, and within minutes, had taken control of all the entry and exit points of the center. At that ti, an ordinary black sedan parked directly at the reception hall entrance, several middle-aged n got out of the car, and walked straight toward Gao Wei.

He hadn’t waited in the hall, but went forward to greet them with a handshake.

Zhang Zhiyuan did not recognize them, but he had an impression of one of them, who often appeared in the front row of conferences during the restructuring of the national security departnt.

It was not until this mont that Zhang Zhiyuan truly understood the real aning of the phrase his boss had said.

“Whether I believe it or not is not important, what’s important is to have evidence.”

Gao Wei did not take it lightly, but he still prepared for the possibility that “what if this is true?”

It wasn’t just him, the higher-ups also adopted the sa approach.

—Rather than betting it will never happen, it’s better to take so ti to make a contingency plan; after all, it wouldn’t take much effort.

Everything before his eyes couldn’t have been hastily put together; a group of people had long been prepared, only needing to wait for the evidence to be confird for the higher-ups to act with the greatest speed.

The subsequent events seed to follow naturally.

Zhang Zhiyuan was asked to leave the appraisal center—his clearance level was neither sufficient to participate in the following discussions nor to be inford of the superiors’ next plans. The personnel from the appraisal center were in a similar position, for instance, Bai Yan was “kicked” out, and not only that, but he also had to sign a confidentiality agreent requiring him not to disclose anything he had seen today. Of course… the confidentiality fee was rather substantial.

This could be seen from his expression.

An hour later, new researchers were brought to the site. This batch could be recognized at a glance as carefully selected elite, their smooth, shiny heads serving as proof of their abilities.

Another hour passed, and even construction vehicles were allowed in—they began to dismantle the appraisal center’s sign and started to set up new entries and exits. Clearly, from today onwards, this place was to be renad.

But Zhang Zhiyuan could understand this practice; after all, the appraisal center was equipped with various testing devices, naturally suitable for transformation into a laboratory. He just hadn’t expected all this to happen on the sa day, which might be the unintentional display of power when the state intervenes.

Zhang Zhiyuan was grateful that they didn’t imdiately kick him out of the loop; at least he could still linger outside the reception hall.

He squatted in the parking lot, watching the cars co and go all day until six o’clock in the evening when his boss, Gao Wei, finally reappeared at the entrance to the lobby.

Zhang Zhiyuan hurried over.

“Old Gao, what did the top brass say?”

Gao Wei glared at him with annoyance.

The latter imdiately covered his mouth, “I forgot the discipline, don’t ask what you shouldn’t. I won’t be kept out of the loop regarding Paradise from now on, will I?”

“You shouldn’t ask here! Haven’t had dinner yet? The cafeteria is serving now. Co have dinner with .”

“Sure, are we heading back to the Interpol building?”

“No, just in the cafeteria here.” Gao Wei pointed to the building on the left side of the reception hall, “Today they’ve turned the public lobby into a staff cafeteria.”

Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned; he rembered the public lobby was a service hall open to the public, mainly providing appraisal services to city residents, and now it had beco a cafeteria?

“From now on, entry and exit here will require a special ID card, and you must sign out when leaving.” Gao Wei continued as he led the way, “Also, you don’t need to return to the Interpol building anymore. Starting today, you have new employnt.”