"Related to an anomaly?!" Yang Lian froze.
She instinctively covered her abdomen and took two steps back.
Her suspicious movement immediately put the surrounding guards on alert. Two guards standing farther away had already raised their weapons and aimed them at her.
"Ma'am! Please do not make any resisting movements! Put your hands where we can see them!" one guard shouted, then turned to his colleague. "Hurry, contact the Field Operations Department and have them send people over!"
Facing those dark gun barrels, Yang Lian felt as though she had lost the ability to form words—she had no idea what to say. It was not until two guards in full protective suits roughly tackled her to the ground from behind that she cried out in panic, "No, don't! Don't press on my stomach!"
Tianfu City Anomaly Research Institute, Evernight Aftermath Office.
Yang Qi had just torn open a packet of instant coffee when the phone on her desk rang.
"Huh?"
Yang Qi glanced at the caller ID. It was a supervisor from the Field Operations Department. She then looked at the other phones on her desk, unable to suppress her confusion.
She had no personal dealings with this supervisor. If it was work-related, she was currently on duty, and the other party could have contacted her through the internal line. There was no need to call her private number...
But if it was not work-related... what could this person possibly need her for?
With that question in mind, Yang Qi picked up her phone. After hesitating for a second, she answered it.
"Hello?... Hello?"
After the call connected, the other party fell silent for a moment, seemingly choosing his tone and wording. He did not speak softly until Yang Qi said "hello" for the second time. "...Director Yang,