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Counselor Pei remained composed upon hearing Li Xie's words, still smiling as he said, "I'm sorry, but as I recall, most contamination testing by the Crisis Affairs Center has to be submitted through our Defense Department. Even if you were the ones who discovered it, it still needs to be verified and assessed by the Defense Department.

After all, we are the ones who face these dangerous things firsthand.

At present, I have not seen any similar new contaminant in the Defense Department's records, so whether such a thing even exists remains to be confirmed. Until then, we do not acknowledge it. If you have objections, you may first submit a discovery and verification report to the Defense Department."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to glance at his watch. "My apologies, but we have matters to attend to and cannot stay here long. Please clear the passage now and do not obstruct us."

Li Xie immediately felt things had become troublesome, but he did not want to give up so easily. Besides, their main purpose today was to keep this group outside, so they needed to stall for more time.

But just as he was about to say something else, Captain Lu stepped forward from behind. He reached out and shoved Li Xie aside, making him stagger.

"Why the hell are you talking so much? Screw your Crisis Affairs Center! When I was up front risking my life, where the hell were you? Now that I'm back, you want to investigate me? Get the hell out of my way!"

The moment he made a move, the armed personnel grew tense, their hands immediately moving to the holsters at their waists. But that action instantly brought dangerous looks into the eyes of the squad members behind him who had