At PDC headquarters, in Secretary-General Sai's office, with its enormous floor-to-ceiling window doubling as a screen, PDC rotating chairman Galning was giving a work report:
"Secretary-General Sai..."
"The screening and elimination of the ETO remnants are proceeding in an orderly fashion."
"Following the leads we've obtained—including the trail left by the person who tried to assassinate Professor Luo Ji—we've arrested at least 130 people. Among them, we've also rooted out two ETO infiltrators within the PDC."
"Our people have subjected them to intensive interrogations, but I hear things aren't going well. Some of them are tight-lipped and won't say a thing... while others can't provide much useful intelligence at all?"
"Because of the Sophons, it's difficult to trace their connections and catch their superiors or subordinates. There's simply no way to track them down!"
"..."
"Next, there's the matter of the Wallfacers..."
"So far..."
"The plans of Rey Diaz and Tyler are underway. Thanks to the use of the 'neutron interference device,' the intelligence we have indicates that the Sophons have been forced to halt their 'Wallbreaker progress' for several days. They can no longer update their logs as recklessly as before."
"However, I hear the neutron interference device has adversely affected some of Tyler's experiments, forcing him to slow down and prepare to find a way around it?"
"Although we advised him not to do that, who knows if he'll listen."
"As for the third Wallfacer, Bill Hines, he doesn't seem to have done anything at all. I don't know why."
"As for Luo Ji..."
"He's currently with Annie, our fifth Wallfacer. To be honest, I'm worried about their safety, especially... Well, you know that Annie has now openly declared war on the ETO to some extent. She even spends her days mocking them?"
"So I think Professor Luo