"Four days ago, the first Mi Go appeared in the suburban mountains northwest of Shangjing City. After killing a 'Mystery,' it headed straight toward the city and was ultimately killed in an office building on the outskirts."
"At noon today, four Mi Go appeared simultaneously, scattered across the northwest, due north, due west, and southwest..."
Inside the 006 Squad's office, Lin Qiye stared at the enormous map of Shangjing City on the wall, continuously marking each Mi Go's appearance with a red pen as he pondered aloud:
"It isn't hard to see from comparing these locations that, aside from their greater numbers, these four Mi Go were more widely scattered and closer to the city center. If we connect their points of appearance, they resemble a 'net' closing in on Shangjing City..."
Chen Han looked at the red lines Lin Qiye had connected. "You mean... their target is within Shangjing City?"
"That's right."
Lin Qiye nodded. "If the Mi Go truly are a race that reveres science and truth, as the intelligence says, then they must be highly intelligent themselves.
"The first Mi Go to descend upon Shangjing was more like a scout. It came here through a gap in space-time, likely to confirm whether the target was in this city. Before we killed it, it should have used some method to transmit a signal to the other Mi Go.
"After confirming that the target was in Shangjing, their next step was to narrow down the target's location. That was why these four Mi Go began spreading out from the location where the previous one had been killed, encircling the urban area and screening for the target's exact position... Their actions were highly logical and purposeful."
"But this time, we killed them before they had time to search much. Doesn't