The frenzied noise and the sudden silence that followed formed a stark contrast.
"What happened?"
Tie Cui also noticed the sudden disappearance of the noise over the channel. Her voice tightened as she asked anxiously.
Not far from Lu Xin, Gecko held a ball of iron wire in his hand. He froze for a moment before answering in a low voice:
"The secondary Pollution Source has been cleared..."
Tie Cui was even more shocked than when she had first heard there was a secondary Pollution Source. "Was it him..."
"No!"
Gecko swallowed before answering in a low voice, "I can't explain the exact situation for now, but it wasn't what you think."
"Switch back to the original channel!"
Although Tie Cui was clearly confused as well, she quickly made a decision. When their channel switched back to the same one Lu Xin was on, Tie Cui's voice sounded again: "Mr. Lone Soldier, has the secondary Pollution Source been eliminated?"
At that moment, Lu Xin stood before the pile of toppled shelves, watching Mom's figure disappear into the red moonlight with Sister. Even he was astonished and somewhat puzzled by what had happened, but it was obvious that the Pollution Source had indeed been dealt with this time. The little girl seemed to have vanished, and the terrifying sense of danger surrounding them had disappeared as well.
So, hearing the question in his earpiece, he could only slowly answer, "Yes!"
"Well done."
Tie Cui clearly had many questions, but when she spoke, she merely offered him a word of praise.
When her voice sounded again, she was already speaking to another channel: "The support team can enter!"
Thud, thud, thud, thud...
Only a few minutes later, a series of heavy, forceful footsteps rang out. The factory doors were slammed