When Professor Bai rushed into the conference room, Director Xue Jia had already disappeared.
More precisely, the oil painting no longer had that "alive" feeling. It had become a genuine painted portrait.
The Infiltrators tossed the portrait into a corner by the wall and ignored it. Instead, they formed a circle and looked at Lu Xin expectantly...
At that moment, Lu Xin had no time to pay attention to them.
Professor Bai charged into the conference room and glanced at the oil painting. His expression immediately turned frustrated and anxious. Almost at the same time, hurried footsteps came from the corridor. Minister Shen and Mr. Su also quickly made their way into the conference room. Unexpectedly, they were not alone. The various researcher representatives from Qinggang had arrived as well, along with several other grim-faced gentlemen who appeared one after another.
Clearly, they had all learned through various channels about what had just happened.
Everyone was extremely anxious and under tremendous pressure.
As soon as they entered the conference room, they looked up at the writing board in the corner.
"Mission Codename: Third Descent."
"Mission Level: World-Ending."
"Mission Reward... the continuation of human order and civilization!"
"..."
After Director Xue Jia had said everything he needed to say, he had already left, leaving only the writing board behind to give everyone that glaring reminder.
Everyone stood before the writing board, looking at one another.
An invisible pressure hung over every person present.
"Chen Jing, report on the situation Qinggang is facing."
Professor Bai remained silent for a long while before drawing a deep breath and suddenly turning to Chen Jing.
"Yes."
Chen Jing immediately took all the documents from Mizang beside her. Most were sheets that had just been printed. Without avoiding the others nearby, she said directly, "The intelligence