"No matter what—"
Ye Xian suddenly spoke up, as if she had accidentally interrupted Duan Mu. She said to Ji Jue, "—You acted on your own and caused such a huge mess. To uphold the Association's position, as your teacher, I have to make a statement."
"Don't even think about getting involved in any other work. Starting today, you'll report to the Recycling and Processing Department."
Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Ye Xian declared decisively, "Don't come back until you've processed four batches."
The atmosphere in the room grew heavy once more, as though the sound of people swallowing could be heard.
The looks directed at Ye Xian shifted from horror to confusion and shock. The victims who had still wanted to keep wailing immediately fell silent upon hearing this, not daring to make a sound.
Only Ji Jue looked utterly bewildered. "What's the Recycling Department?"
"Sealing off Quancheng is a matter of great importance. Over the years, the Security Bureau's craftsmen and the association worked together to produce a batch of isolation facilities to be used up in the process.
"After they are used, to prevent these Alchemy Creations that have absorbed 'Fiendification Pollution' from spreading and causing contamination or destruction, they must be collected and dismantled by craftsmen.
"The Recycling Department is responsible for handling that work."
Professor Ye cast Ji Jue a cold glance. "Do you understand now?"
Working for extended periods in places filled with Fiendification Pollution was, for a Chosen One, like an ordinary person spending every day beside a reactor in a highly radioactive environment. It was practically gambling with one's life!
Besides, though they were called isolation facilities, the way those Alchemy Creations isolated contamination was by absorbing the Fiendification Pollution leaking out of Quancheng into themselves.
To ensure that they