Information Bulletin

The satellite phone rang three days later, while Lu Xin was busy in the office.

The phone rang out, and everyone in the office suddenly turned to look at Lu Xin. The atmosphere was silent and oppressive.

Calmly, Lu Xin took the phone from the light-brown bag he carried with him and walked outside the office.

This was not the first time he had encountered such a scene.

Three days earlier, after dealing with that Special Pollution Event, the same thing had happened.

At the time, seeing that Chen Jing had not contacted him again, Lu Xin had assumed the matter was over. So the next day, he had dutifully gone to work at the company as usual, only to be greeted by strange looks and an office that had suddenly become unnaturally quiet.

Lu Cheng, his face bruised and swollen, raised his head from behind the partition. The way he looked at Lu Xin was practically as if he had seen a ghost.

"What's wrong?"

With his new bag on his back, Lu Xin looked curiously at the others. "Is something wrong?"

With a loud bang, everyone immediately scattered, burying their heads in their work as if nothing was wrong.

Seeing this, Lu Xin ignored them and returned to his partition to handle his usual work. He was still thinking about the new project he had taken on: purchasing a batch of suitable roughly processed glass-fiber filter cloth from Satellite City No. 2, then having Sifang Transportation Company ship it to Bogu Technology in the Main City. It was a major order, and if he handled it well, the commission would be quite high.

It was a full half-hour later before the Director came to Lu Xin's partition and cautiously asked, "Little Lu, want to go smoke?"

Lu Xin looked up at the Director, whose head was covered in sweat, and said, "Sure!"

Although he currently had plenty of work to do, the man was his Director, after all...

They went to the stairwell partition. The Director hurriedly handed Lu Xin a cigarette and even lit it for him himself.

"Little Lu, I heard that yesterday, at Sifang Transportation Company..."

The Director barely managed to remain calm as he cautiously asked, "You got into some sort of conflict?"

"Yes!"

Lu Xin said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, Director. Those people were too savage. They hit Princess Xiaoqing and Lu Cheng..."

Then he added sincerely, "But we didn't lose out either. I hit them too!"

"Hey... Don't say things like that. You weren't fighting for us..."

The Director nearly lost his soul from fright. His entire body shuddered as he hurriedly denied it.

Only after realizing that he had overreacted did he cautiously ask, "Um, you fired a gun... and nothing happened?"

Lu Xin looked at him strangely. "Nothing happened!"

The Director's face twisted terribly. "The Guard Department didn't come looking for you?"

Lu Xin thought for a moment and said, "I did go to the Guard Department yesterday..."

The Director grew nervous. "Then you..."

"I drank a cup of coffee and came back!"

Smoking, Lu Xin looked at the Director and said, "Their coffee tastes better than ours!"

"That's right, that's right..."

The Director nodded repeatedly, on the verge of tears.

He really could not understand how, in a satellite city where gun control was so strict, someone could shoot people and then simply drink a cup of coffee at the Guard Department before coming back. Even more incomprehensible was how someone like that had become his subordinate. And what he understood least of all was how this person had worked obediently under him for two or three years, remaining so honest and plainspoken the entire time.

"Director, you don't need to worry!"

Seeing what the Director was thinking, Lu Xin looked at him earnestly and said, "I have connections!"

"I can certainly tell that you have connections..."

The Director's smile looked worse than crying. "I just didn't expect your connections to be... that powerful!"

Looking at the Director's expression, Lu Xin felt quite happy inside. He knew that his work would probably go more smoothly from then on.

From that day onward, Lu Xin returned to his dull work. Since someone was paying him, however, he was still full of motivation. That day, although Princess Xiaoqing and Lu Cheng had taken a beating, they had ultimately brought back a contract, and the price and other terms looked quite suitable. Thus, all Lu Xin had to do for the rest of the project was ensure that the order was completed successfully.

Of course, Lu Xin had no idea how Chen Jing and the others had dealt with the matter involving Sifang Transportation Company. In any case, the company had closed its doors for two full days. On the third day, everyone suddenly reappeared and continued doing business as if nothing had happened.

Moreover, during their subsequent interactions, no one brought up Qin Ran again, as if they had completely forgotten him.

He was puzzled, but business was business. Lu Xin knew how to keep the two separate.

He handled the order meticulously and even picked two people in the office to help him.

One was Sister Sun, who, aside from being a little too talkative, a little too greedy, and a little too petty, had no major faults.

The other was Brother Zhang, who, aside from being a little lazy, fond of drinking, and fond of shirking responsibility, had no other faults.

Princess Xiaoqing had not come to work for the past few days because her face was swollen from the beating. Lu Cheng, on the other hand, had come to work despite being covered in injuries. At first, he had wanted to continue completing the order with Lu Xin. After all, he had already taken the beating, and the project was about to get on track. Besides, with Lu Xin's powerful background, he might even be a valuable ally. How could he fail to cling to him at such a crucial moment?

The only problem was that Lu Xin sometimes looked at him strangely.

He always felt that Lu Xin was intentionally or unintentionally looking behind him.

Sometimes, he clearly felt that Lu Xin was watching him, but when he secretly turned his head, he found Lu Xin handling his own affairs.

That feeling always made Lu Cheng's scalp crawl.

He could barely endure all that, but then one day, when Lu Xin picked up his bag, a gun suddenly fell out.

With a smack, Lu Cheng completely broke down on the spot.

After thinking it over again and again, he finally could not take it anymore and voluntarily withdrew from the project.

Lu Xin thought he had pretty good judgment.

If he had not withdrawn voluntarily, Lu Xin would have kept worrying that Sister might do something to him...

Because of the buildup over the past few days, when Lu Xin's satellite phone rang this time, everyone in the office merely stopped in unison and glanced at him before doing nothing else. They seemed to have developed some resistance to strange incidents.

"Hello, Mr. Lu Xin. I'm Han Bing from the Information Analysis Team of the Special Pollution Cleanup Department!"

"I'm calling to inform you of the handling method and analysis results for Special Pollution Source - 041!"

When he answered the phone, Han Bing's somewhat soft, sweet voice came through.

"Hello, hello. Please go ahead!"

Lu Xin hid in the corridor, holding the phone and speaking very politely.

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing how polite he was, Han Bing became even more polite. Her voice was soft and gentle. "This is actually standard procedure. After every Mental Pollution incident is handled, a corresponding analysis and resolution are carried out, and the results must be reported to the Special Investigation personnel involved!"

Lu Xin hurriedly responded politely again. "Thank you, thank you. Sorry for the trouble. Please go ahead!"

"It's no trouble, no trouble. It's all part of the job..."

Han Bing exchanged another round of pleasantries with him before saying, "The current handling result for Special Pollution Source - 041 is as follows: Special Pollution Source - 041, meaning the corpses of Qin Ran and Cui Wang, have both been transported to the Qinggang City Special Pollution Source Containment Center and sealed in storage!"

"No residual Mental Pollution was detected in the area where Qin Ran's corpse was found, but the area was sealed off according to regulations regardless. No living organisms will be allowed to enter that area for one year. As for the three members of the Special Investigation Team stationed in City No. 2, they have also undergone a series of examinations and psychological evaluations. No signs of contamination were found, and they are currently on leave to recuperate!"

"Oh, right. They asked me to convey their thanks to you for saving their lives!"

"..."

"Uh, they're too kind. It was what I should have done!"

Lu Xin thought for a moment before asking, "Was that Pollution Source not destroyed?"

Han Bing said, "It still needs to be studied. But please rest assured. Controllable Pollution Sources with low threat levels are generally transported to special containment centers for storage. Those places have the most professional facilities and can ensure that pollution incidents do not occur again!"

"Oh, that's good!"

Lu Xin did not dwell on the matter. Instead, he asked about what concerned him most:

"So, how exactly did this incident begin?"