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Chapter 251 Destined Destiny

"Why don't you just call her and find out?" Lin Qing handed him her phone.

Since the incident at the Wuhuan Industrial Park, Jiang Siqi has lost contact with them, and the area has become a restricted zone, still guarded by police to this day.

Thanks to the intervention of the maintenance authorities and the generous compensation received by each victim's family, the public outcry quickly subsided. However, the fading of public opinion did not mean that people had forgotten the incident. The fact that many residents had moved out of Jiangcheng is proof of this. There are constant discussions online about whether the expansion of the intrusion point was a natural disaster or a man-made one, and whether the maintenance authorities can, as they claim, prevent such incidents from happening again.

In just two minutes, her post received more than a dozen comments.

Where did you go on your business trip?

"Not going home for Chinese New Year? Is work in an office really that busy?"

"When will the truth be revealed? The otherworldly invasion was nothing but a complete lie!"

"Busy my foot! How many superpowered criminals have you caught so far?"

"Sister Qi, ignore the trolls and get some rest!"

Surprisingly, she has quite a lot of followers.

Chen Xuan dialed an encrypted number for Jiang Siqi.

The phone rang twice before being answered.

"Hello?" Her voice was extremely respectful.

After all, this was the first time the client had taken the initiative to call her.

"You haven't sent any work-related messages in a long time," Chen Xuan said in a deliberately cold voice.

"I'm sorry! There's no internet over there... no, it's that we can't connect to the internet here!" Jiang Siqi immediately gave in. "I wanted to come back, but the captain wouldn't agree! He said that no member of the team can leave this place until the work is finished!"

Chen Xuan and Lin Qing exchanged a glance. Sure enough, her physical disappearance was because she went to New Paris World.

"I see. You passed through the eroded area, so that doesn't count as a dereliction of duty on your part," he replied emotionlessly.

"Phew... thank you for understanding." On the other side, Jiang Siqi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She was really afraid that the other party would withdraw her abilities at the slightest disagreement.

Since she has become more and more proficient in using her two newly acquired abilities, she has come to enjoy using them to solve problems and finds it completely unacceptable to go back to the past and become her ordinary self again.

At the same time, Jiang Siqi was quite impressed by the "World Ability Center's" profound knowledge and experience. She wasn't surprised at all when she heard about the other world, as if she had already experienced many time travels. After all, the organization's propaganda was just propaganda; very few people could actually cross the intrusion point themselves, and even now, a large number of people online still don't believe in the existence of other worlds.

"How's the situation over there?"

“Hmm…it’s very similar to our place, also called Jiangcheng, and the technology is quite advanced, it feels like we’ve arrived in the future,” Jiang Siqi said in detail. “We’re like country bumpkins, we can only hide in the suburbs. If it weren’t for the captain’s intervention, we probably would have been locked up as illegal intruders long ago.”

Jiangcheng?

Chen Xuan frowned slightly. Wouldn't that mean they were separated by a vast distance? The deviation caused by this fluctuation was far too great!

"Is the city above ground or underground?"

"Huh?" Jiang Siqi was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding. "Underground?"

Chen Xuan knew the answer without the other party needing to reply: Jiangcheng was an above-ground city, unlike the Second New Paris, which was built as an underground fortress.

The question is whether it belongs to the city after the changes of the future, or whether Asia has never experienced the crystal attack at all?
Have you heard any rumors about the end of the world?

"The end of the world? No... I've never heard of that here." Although Jiang Siqi didn't understand why the other party would ask such absurd questions, she answered honestly out of respect for the client.

They had no idea... that the future had changed? Chen Xuan was deeply shocked.

Does that mean only those who bring about change can remember everything that happened before the change?
The thought of this question, even if taken to a slightly deeper level, sent chills down his spine.

There's a saying that destiny lies within the cone of light, and this can also be applied to changing the future—those who don't initiate change can only accept the fate that follows the manipulation of time.

"Tell me what you did on your first day there?"

"At first, I appeared in a farmland, with two other team members in tow—"

Halfway through her sentence, Lin Qing suddenly reached out and pressed the hang-up button. "...Beep..."

All that was left on the phone was a dial tone.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xuan looked at Lin Qing in surprise.

"The signal has been hacked; it has triggered my anti-tracking system!" the latter said in a low voice.

"What?" He was genuinely surprised now. Jiang Siqi's phone had been hacked by Lin Qing, so its security level was self-evident. Theoretically, their conversations couldn't be eavesdropped on or tracked by any current technology; at most, the presence or absence of electromagnetic waves could be used to determine if information was being transmitted. "Our location has been exposed?"

“No, Xiao Lü alerted the police the moment the intrusion occurred, so it was impossible for them to find anything.” Lin Qing shook her head. “But I didn’t expect that a hacker could actually break in. With current computer technology, how could they possibly crack the firewall I set up?”

“Unless… the agency’s tracking technology has also advanced by leaps and bounds.” Chen Xuan suddenly realized the key point. If it was a desolate world with only ruins left, the Dimensional Agency might not gain anything even after spending half a month. But what if they went to a world where order still existed and technology was advanced? Then they could do a lot in half a month.

……

"Hello?" Jiang Siqi looked at her phone with some confusion. "Is the signal bad?"

She wanted to call back, but she didn't know the other party's number because she couldn't find the call in her call log.

I waited for half a minute, but the phone didn't ring again.

She did receive a call from Wang Baihu: "Captain Xiao wants you to go to his office."

"He contacted me? Alone?" Jiang Siqi pointed to herself.

"Yes," his colleague said with a gloating look. "You'd better reflect on whether you've made any mistakes recently."

"How could that be!" She glared at the other person and quickly went to the office to report for duty.

As Xiao Kanong entered the brigade's room, he handed over a red envelope with a smile, saying, "Happy New Year."

Wang Qianduan, standing behind him, also showed a rare smile.

"Ah? Ah! Thank you, Happy New Year to you too!" It took her a while to react before she quickly accepted the red envelope and thanked them. Judging from the thickness of the paper bag, there was at least ten thousand yuan inside.

"Don't worry, this is a personal incentive bonus I give to outstanding team members; it's not included in the year-end bonus." Xiao Kanong pointed to the seat in front of his desk. "Have a seat. You've worked hard these past few days."

"No! Seeing another world with my own eyes is an extraordinary experience for me, and I don't feel tired at all!" Jiang Siqi said, head held high. This was her first formal job, yet it gave her the illusion that she had fully grasped the hardships and insincerity of working people.

"Maintenance agencies are a very special industry. Working overtime on holidays and not being able to go home are inevitable. I hope you can maintain this fighting spirit in the new year and strive for a bright future for all mankind."

"Yes! I will definitely work hard!" Jiang Siqi replied without hesitation.

“Very good.” Xiao Kanong clapped his hands in satisfaction. “…By the way, who were you talking to on the phone just now?”

Faced with her boss's sudden change of topic, she was taken aback. "Uh...no, I...I just let my family know I'm safe."

“I see…” Xiao Kanong nodded. “Remember not to violate the organization’s internal confidentiality clauses. Any information involving the other world, or the abilities of the organization’s members, must not be leaked to outsiders, or the consequences will be very serious.”

"Of course, I remember everything!" Jiang Siqi felt her heart pounding.

"Alright, then you can go back to work. I have nothing else to tell you." The captain grinned.

Jiang Siqi quickly took her leave.

After she left, Wang Qianduan couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you take her phone back?"

Xiao Kanon tilted his head with interest. "Oh? It seems you sensed something different?"

“Even without me listening, you should be able to see that, right?” Wang Qianduan sighed. “How could a phone call to her family suddenly be cut off just as the intelligence team discovered something amiss? And her behavior just now was clearly unnatural. The answer is obvious: we’re being watched!”

"And what do you think of her personally? What role did Ms. Jiang Siqi play in this process?"

“I can only say… she’s not the mastermind.” Wang Qianduan considered for a moment. “She doesn’t have any obvious hatred or ulterior motives towards the organization. Just now, she was worried about whether she could keep her job.”

“Hahaha…” Xiao Kanong couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “That’s why I didn’t take her phone. Why should we cut off the lead of a spy who is not professional at all? As long as those people continue to keep in touch with her, they might give me a chance to catch the person behind the scenes someday.”

(End of this chapter)