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talking.

Professor Chen opened the locker in his office.

Take out a cardboard box and place it on the table.

The cardboard box wasn't big; inside were a few professional books, some draft paper, a pen, and a thick notebook.

Li Haotian's heart raced.

He recognized the notebook.

The black hard cover has a starry sky sticker in the corner.

In the original owner's memory, it was a birthday gift that the original owner gave to her older sister!

"This is the notebook." Chen Jianguo picked it up and stroked the cover.

He remarked with emotion, "Mingyue cherishes it very much and always carries it with her."

"It contains her research ideas, and some personal reflections as well."

"Do you want to take it with you?"

"Thank you, Professor Chen." Li Haotian took the cardboard box.

"Also, I'd like to ask if my sister exhibited any unusual behavior before she went missing?"

"Or, did she mention anything special to you?"

Chen Jianguo's eyes flickered: "She was under a lot of pressure during that time. Her experiments weren't going well, and she often stayed up all night."

"But I didn't expect her to..." Professor Chen sighed. "It's my fault for not taking good care of her."

"As her mentor, I should pay more attention to her mental state."

A very official answer, avoiding the main point.

Li Haotian asked for more details, but Chen Jianguo's answers were vague.

In the end, Li Haotian could only take the cardboard box and leave.

After leaving the office building, he did not go straight back to the bureau.

Instead, he found a quiet bench on campus, sat down, and eagerly opened his laptop.

The first few dozen pages are filled with physics formulas and research notes, written in neat handwriting.

But when you flip to the middle, the content has changed.

[October 15: The third experiment after frequency adjustment; the phenomenon cannot be explained by existing theories.]

The instrument detected a slight change in the curvature of the space, but it did exist.

Professor Chen told me to stop, saying it was too dangerous, but I feel this might open a new door.

[October 18: That pattern appeared in my dream again.]

It's still an inverted triangle, with three dots; I feel like it's calling to me.

I know this sounds crazy, but I don't think it's a hallucination.

[October 20: I found a strange book in the rare books section of the library called "A Collection of Strange Tales," a Qing Dynasty handwritten copy.]

The text mentions a similar pattern, described as a "mark of a door," but what kind of door is it?

[October 22: The experimental parameters have been finalized. Tomorrow night, I will conduct one last attempt.]

If successful, perhaps I will be able to see another world.

My notes end here.

October 23rd is the date of the laboratory accident.

Li Haotian turned the page, and the rest were blank pages.

But when he turned to the last page, he found a folded piece of paper hidden in the inner lining of the back cover.

He carefully took it out and unfolded it.

A complex pattern was drawn on the paper in red pen:

At the center is an inverted triangle with three dots, surrounded by layers of runes.

There is also a series of numerical coordinates: N31°14', E121°29'.

Below the image is a line of small print in the older sister's handwriting:

[Haotian, if you see this, it means I'm no longer here.]

Do not investigate further, do not delve into it, forget all of this, and live well — Mingyue

Li Haotian stared at the paper, his fingers trembling slightly.

What are the coordinates?

What does the pattern represent?

And what exactly did Li Mingyue discover?

Li Haotian took out his phone, opened the map app, and entered the coordinates.

The location is shown in the East China Sea, in international waters about 200 kilometers from the coastline.

There was nothing there; at least, it appeared as a blank ocean on the map.

Li Haotian's eyes flickered.

Li Mingyue wouldn't have left these coordinates without a reason.

Li Haotian carefully folded the paper and put it back into the notebook's inner compartment.

He picked up the cardboard box and got up to return to Bureau 749.

Just then, he felt someone watching him.

He turned around abruptly and saw a figure quickly disappear into the corner of the teaching building.

Although it was only a fleeting glance, he recognized the clothes.

Those are the uniforms of Bureau 749!

Is someone following him?

Li Haotian's heart sank.

Were they sent by the bureau to protect him?

Or... is he being monitored?

Chu Shanhe?

It should not be.

Chu Shanhe told him everything about Li Mingyue, so there was no need to send someone to monitor him.

Li Haotian didn't chase after them, but pretended not to notice and continued walking towards the school gate.

It was already 3 p.m. when I got back to the branch office.

Li Haotian went directly to Chu Shanhe's office and reported what he had discovered and about the coordinate paper.

Chu Shanhe looked at the paper, his brows furrowed.

"I've seen this pattern before."

He said in a deep voice, "Five years ago, similar markings appeared at the scene of an unusual incident in the East China Sea."

"That incident was classified as a Category A incident. We lost eleven men, and we finally managed to seal the crack by bombing the entire area with depth charges."

"A rift?" Li Haotian suddenly remembered the dimensional rift his sister had mentioned.

"That's right. In your sister's words, it can be called a dimensional rift, which is a channel through which abnormal energy surges out."

Chu Shanhe pointed to the pattern: "This inverted triangle with three dots is codenamed 'Seal of the Door' in the bureau's files."

"Based on our current research, it may be a coordinate anchor point used to stabilize or locate the fracture."

Li Haotian's heart skipped a beat: "My sister's experiment..."

"It seems you already guessed it."

"That's right, your sister's experiment may have inadvertently opened or touched a tiny crack."

Chu Shanhe's expression was serious: "And the coordinates written on this paper are very likely the location of another rift."

The office was so quiet you could hear your own heartbeat.

"Chief, I want to investigate these coordinates," Li Haotian said.

Chu Shanhe looked at him: "Do you know what that means?"

"Even the remaining areas at the scene of a Class A incident are extremely dangerous."

"You're just a trainee investigator now; going there would be suicide."

"But I need to know where my sister is."

"You can only know if you're alive." Chu Shanhe stood up.

"I understand your eagerness to find your sister, but you're just a newcomer right now and don't have the ability to handle A-level cases."

"When you've grown enough, I'll give you the opportunity to find the truth."

Li Haotian took a deep breath: "Okay."

"As for the matter of someone following you, I will investigate it myself."

A cold glint flashed in Chu Shanhe's eyes: "To pull such a stunt within Bureau 749, they've got some nerve."

Leave Chu Shanhe's office.

Li Haotian returned to his dormitory and locked his sister's laptop in a drawer.

Then I started looking through my sister's other belongings.

The draft paper was mostly filled with physics formulas and experimental data, which Li Haotian couldn't understand.

But one photo caught his attention.

It was a hand-drawn sketch depicting a complex device:

At the center is a spherical core, surrounded by six metal pillars, which are engraved with rune-like patterns.

The sketch has a label next to it:

Dimensional Stabilizer - Prototype!

Below the image is a line of smaller text:

"If successful, it might be able to close all the cracks."

"If it fails..."