Lu Xin watched in bored silence as a little girl tirelessly fiddled with small plastic blocks.
At that moment, an emergency meeting was also being held in the Special Purity Department's emergency operations room in Qinggang.
Those attending included Su Xinzhong, chairman of Qinggang's General Administrative Hall; Professor Bai, director of the Research Institute for Special Pollution; Shen Lei, minister of Qinggang's City Defense Department; Professor Chen Lixue, a brain neurology professor at the Research Institute; Ms. Yuan Qinqin, a professor of mysticism; Mo Yi, a new-generation expert on Mental Mutants who liked wearing wigs; Ms. Jia Mengyi, an expert in psychology; and many other senior experts and specialists of Level Five or higher from Qinggang City.
As the temporary liaison responsible for the specific information concerning the incident, Chen Jing joined the meeting from the command vehicle beside Donghai Hotel.
Many of them had merely heard that something this serious had happened, then hurried over after dropping whatever work they had been doing.
"Kid came to Qinggang at the age of six and has lived here for twelve years. Nothing like this has ever happened before."
At the head of the conference table, Mr. Su usually wore a round face full of amiability. Now, however, he revealed a rare solemnity as he seriously surveyed the surrounding experts and professors. "So please give me an answer. What exactly is causing Kid's current abnormal state? And could this bring terrifying turmoil and danger to Qinggang?"
The atmosphere in the conference room was oppressive. Everyone felt inexplicably tense.
"There is no standard answer. For now, we only have hypotheses."
At this moment, Professor Bai spoke softly. "Kid's unusual closeness to the Solitary Soldier may be related to their similar mental levels."
"When mental levels are close, people can sometimes develop the