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Everyone attending the meeting began voicing their opinions all at once. The more Pei Xianjue listened, the more muddled her mind became. Although quite a few people said the Nest Body should be protected, the phrase "destroy the Nest Body" was like a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.

Pei Xianjue did not know how she endured until the meeting ended. By the time she came back to herself, the big screen had already gone dark, and her back was drenched in cold sweat.

She left the conference room and found Baozi and Huangfu Miaomiao waiting for her outside.

The moment Huangfu Miaomiao saw her, she complained, "Zhengzheng won't let me go to Qingjiang. She said that before Meteor is caught, it's safer for me to stay in the Quarantine Zone."

Baozi said, "Lin Pengpeng has already led the team onto the plane. They're expected to arrive in Qingjiang in two hours."

Pei Xianjue's emotions were still trapped in that meeting from earlier, and for a long while, she did not respond.

Baozi studied her expression in confusion. "Are you feeling unwell? Do you need me to call a doctor over?"

"No..." Pei Xianjue's gaze fell on Huangfu Miaomiao's face. "I'll take Miaomiao back to her room first. If the Technical Department tracks down the Contaminant, notify me immediately."

Pei Xianjue led Huangfu Miaomiao back to their quarters to rest.

Huangfu Miaomiao chattered nonstop the whole way. "I want to go back and help too. Daoist Master turned into a yellow weasel and still got to go back to Qingjiang, so why won't they let me go back? Seriously. If I showed up, maybe it'd be even easier to catch Meteor... Hmph, if Feng Ling's Life Source Pillar didn't only have one, Meteor would never have gotten