The First Signs of Anomaly

(No supernatural powers! No supernatural powers! No supernatural powers!)

Thinking of Weixi's personality, Yuan Jingsong's face twitched!

Yuan Jingsong took out a brand-new ID card and handed it to Li Zhou, saying, "I understand, I understand."

"Hmph! ╭(╯^╰)╮"

Weixi's voice came from above. Li Zhou shrugged indifferently.

"Come on, give me a hand, let's get the Photon Supercomputer onto the cart."

The Photon Supercomputer wasn't too heavy, weighing less than two hundred pounds.

With the combined effort of Li Zhou and Yuan Jingsong, they easily lifted it onto the cart.

However, looking at the Photon Supercomputer in front of him, Yuan Jingsong felt something was off, like something was missing.

Taking the elevator back to -10F, Yuan Jingsong still couldn't figure out what was wrong.

The two special forces soldiers waiting at -10F saw their mission target and immediately stepped forward to steady it, afraid of any bumps.

Wang Yuan, holding the dark "cabinet" in front of him, raised an eyebrow.

"Squad leader, why isn't this thing packaged? It should at least have some protection, right? How are we supposed to transport it like this?"

Wang Yuan's words made Yuan Jingsong finally realize why he felt something was missing.

They all looked at Li Zhou simultaneously, as if asking, "You didn't bring any packaging, did you?"

Li Zhou was also stunned. Packaging? He had been incredibly busy all week and hadn't even thought about needing packaging.

Seeing Li Zhou struggling to say anything for a long time, Yuan Jingsong understood.

This guy didn't pay attention to details, so he'd never find a girlfriend.

"Ahem, Zhou Song, go to the procurement department and get the packaging from an air conditioner."

"Got it, boss."

Less than five minutes later, Zhou Song returned carrying an air conditioner box.

After they carefully packaged the Photon Supercomputer, they were surprised to find that the box was the perfect size.

At the main entrance, Li Zhou watched the five military vehicles slowly drive away and was about to return to his office.

However, when he looked up, Li Zhou saw many heads peeking out from the windows.

The moment Li Zhou looked up, all the heads vanished like phantoms.

Li Zhou watched the disappearing heads and stroked his chin, lost in thought.

"Am I that scary?"

"Woof!"

A dog bark interrupted Li Zhou's thoughts. Li Zhou looked down and saw Big Black wagging its tail at his feet.

"Big Black, are you here to mooch food and drinks from Xiao Nuonuo again?"

After Yuan Jingsong got the "cargo" onto the national highway, his entire being was on high alert.

"Everyone stay alert! Report any abnormalities immediately!"

"Roger!"

"Roger!"

"Roger!"

All the way, Yuan Jingsong and his team remained highly focused. Fortunately, the entire process of transporting the "cargo" to the military airport was uneventful.

After a brief stop at the military region, to avoid any further complications, the "cargo" was loaded onto the plane. Yuan Jingsong immediately set off to transport this batch of goods back to the research institute. Only when they reached their own territory could Yuan Jingsong finally relax a little.

Just past 8 PM, as soon as the Photon Supercomputer arrived at the research institute, a group of old men in white lab coats rushed over.

Looking at the dark "cabinet," everyone's eyes lit up.

"Quick, let's power this thing up and test it!"

"Yes!"

After receiving permission from Yuan Jingsong, a soldier plugged the external power cord of the Photon Supercomputer into the power source.

Seeing the Photon Supercomputer showing no reaction, the old men frowned.

Why no response? Is it broken?

Zhang Aiguo pushed up his reading glasses and blurted out, "You didn't even turn on the switch. Which computer turns on just by plugging it in? We're getting senile."

At Zhang Aiguo's words, everyone's faces flushed.

They were too excited and had forgotten such a basic detail.

Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Aiguo pressed the only button on the photon supercomputer in front of him.

The next second, indicator lights lit up one by one. Seeing that no red lights were on, Zhang Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Yuan, connect the screen."

Yuan Jingsong nodded and connected the signal cable for the large screen on the console to the photon supercomputer's interface.

Everyone turned to look at the large screen. Staring at the blank screen, everyone's minds were filled with question marks???

"What's going on, Xiao Yuan?"

"Ahem, the software hasn't been installed yet," Yuan Jingsong said, pulling out a USB drive and raising it high.

Zhang Aiguo was furious, his eyes widening.

"Then hurry up and get it done!"

The moment Yuan Jingsong plugged in the USB drive, if Li Zhou were present, he would have noticed that the scene on the large screen was exactly the same as when Weixi was born.

In this little-known research institute, tonight was destined to be a sleepless one.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Zhou had just gotten into bed and was playing on his phone when Weixi appeared within the phone.

Seeing Weixi with a furrowed brow on his phone, Li Zhou was confused.

At this time, unless there was something urgent, Weixi wouldn't easily disturb him while he was playing on his phone.

"Boss, within the last hour, Weixi has detected multiple unusual natural disasters occurring globally.

In one hour, five dormant volcanoes revived with a tendency to erupt; a portion of the Antarctic ice sheet suddenly accelerated its melting, then returned to normal; 107 minor earthquakes occurred worldwide, with 50 of them not located in seismic zones."

Looking at the serious and prim Weixi, Li Zhou thought it was some earth-shattering event.

"Were there any major earthquakes?"

"No, all the earthquakes that occurred were minor, with the largest only causing a slight tremor."

"See? Aren't major earthquakes globally normal? It's just a little more than usual."

Weixi frowned. Although what his boss said made sense, based on the data analysis, there was still something abnormal about it.

After Weixi fell silent, Li Zhou continued to open his battle royale game and started matching with teammates.

At this moment, Li Zhou had no idea that this anomaly was the beginning of all the disasters.

After playing two games, Li Zhou unknowingly fell asleep.

After Li Zhou fell asleep, Weixi continued to collect global data for analysis, but soon Weixi discovered that the world had returned to normal.

The dormant volcanoes that had shown signs of eruption once again fell silent, and the frequent minor earthquakes around the globe disappeared without a trace.

If not for the recorded data showing what had happened, it would have seemed as if none of it had occurred.

Unable to deduce any results, Weixi gave up on the analysis. As Li Zhou slept, Weixi also entered hibernation.

At this very moment, no one noticed, and no one realized that subtle changes were occurring within Earth.

Unfortunately, humanity's research into the Earth's interior is extremely limited, let alone observing it.

Everyone continued their lives as usual, feeling no different, staying up late and engrossed in their phones.

Even in the research institute where Yuan Jingsong was, everyone was still planning for "Nuwa's" education.