Mission: Translation, Translation

Mission ⑧ · Translation, Translation

Preface:

The moon isn't that far away. The greatest distance we have to travel is the one between us.

— Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle

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"Director Su Xingchen!"

In the rainy night, a member of the Special Operations Group for Supernatural Affairs from the mundane world called out to the short man hurrying ahead. The man looked no taller than five foot three, yet he charged into the forest without hesitation.

"Director Su! Don't go into the mountains! You don't have any supernatural powers, and you didn't bring a weapon! Are people from Bureau 749 all this brave?"

Two things needed explaining here—

—Bureau 749 was the predecessor of Tianshu. This psychic force had been assembled by Chen Xin, Qian Xuesen, and others, and was also a branch of the 507 Institute of Paranormal Research. The Philosopher Foundation took the lead on all anomalous events in China, as well as the supernatural forces that frequently appeared in the international community. The An Li Hui coordinated everything, then passed it on to the relevant departments of each country.

For instance, the Nine Realms Railway in Hong Kong and the Tianshu authorities were sister organizations under national security. They were at the same level, each with its own independent command system. Their participation in the Autumn Harvest operation was another form of armed assistance.

The team member accompanying Su Xingchen came from TRG, a sub-branch of the Department of Homeland Security under the United States of America's Pentagon. It was similar in nature to Tianshu, and handled supernatural affairs in the mundane world.

Mr. Birmingham Andrew had traveled with this team the whole way, climbing over the Nanling Mountains and fighting monsters. Now Director Su Xingchen had received a new assignment and was about to