The satellite image on the main screen was switched out in an emergency.
A ripple appeared in the atmosphere directly above Xinghai City's eastern coastline, and a red dot was growing at a terrifying speed.
The energy reading exceeded the instruments' upper limits, triggering shrill alarms.
"Projected impact site: the eastern urban district!"
"Energy response... impossible to estimate! Far beyond C-Rank!"
"Activate the level-one city evacuation protocol!"
Deputy Director Liu sprang back up just after sitting down, his face ashen.
They hadn't even finished cleaning up the Echo Banshee's mess, and now another huge threat had fallen from the sky.
Liang Bing clenched her fists, staring at the red dot plummeting across the screen.
She was about to issue orders when the image suddenly flickered.
The red dot encountered an invisible obstruction in midair and abruptly stopped.
Then a purple-and-gold afterimage, familiar to everyone present, shot skyward against gravity.
Someone in the conference room shouted.
"It's her! Ziwei!"
Ziwei paid no attention to the chaos below.
The dark-gold Great Scythe in her hand traced an elegant arc through the air. Rather than extending its blade, she used its shaft to scoop up the falling object.
The Great Scythe displayed none of a weapon's deadly edge in her hands. She simply treated it as a net for fishing something out.
Boom!
A dull impact echoed through the sky.
On the Monster Hunting Bureau's screen, the red dot representing the unknown meteor and the purple dot representing Ziwei touched briefly, then stuck together.
The combined point of light changed direction and flew even faster toward the downwind side of the city.
Seconds later, it vanished from the radar.
Every instrument's alarm stopped at once, leaving only a single notification on the screen: [Target lost. Signal interrupted.]
The operations briefing room fell silent.