The Pollution Control Bureau's Operation
By the next afternoon, the time had quickly reached 2:30 p.m., when the N City Pollution Control Bureau's afternoon shift began.
In Meeting Room Three on the third floor of the N City Pollution Control Bureau building, ghastly white LED tubes brightly illuminated the conference room, whose curtains had been drawn. The central air conditioner vents wafted the faint scent of sulfur talisman incense—the bureau's specially made incense for warding off evil. It was said to help disperse and neutralize eerie energy and certain strange contaminations.
As for its exact effectiveness, that was a matter of opinion.
In any case!
When the meeting time arrived, more than twenty people entered Meeting Room 303 one after another, including Captain Huang and Captain Cen, who led the field operations department, as well as Ming Wan'er from the technical department and staff members Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhou.
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After everyone found a seat and sat down, Captain Huang stood and walked to the end of the long table in front of the large screen. He first rapped his knuckles hard against the tabletop, making everyone quiet, then said in a deep voice:
"Is everyone here?"
"Then let's skip the formalities and get started!"
After checking that nobody was absent, he tossed a file bag onto the table. Without opening it, he rubbed his face while turning on the projector and the large screen behind him.
From his bluish complexion and the two heavy dark circles beneath his eyes, it was not hard to tell that he had either slept poorly the night before or gotten up far too early.
"Now!"
"Let me explain the situation first..."
"Last night... Hmm, should I say the night before last? A high-risk target checked into the Strange