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"..." Emil remained silent for a long time, his bright blue eyes gradually dimming. "No, not yet. Not only me, but also special envoys from other countries have not been received."

Even though they've already informed other countries' authorities about the missing meteorite, why are they still unwilling to answer the questions from the people they've sent?

Could there be another hidden story behind this?

Lu Zhao felt a chill run down his spine. He reached out and patted Emil's shoulder reassuringly, "So what are you going to do next? Are you going back home, or..."

“We will wait here!” Emil replied earnestly. “This is our mission. As special envoys, we must complete our mission before we can return home!”

Lu Zhao smiled helplessly, "Alright, since you insist... give me your phone."

Emil, puzzled, unlocked his phone and handed it over.

This completely unguarded behavior made Lu Zhao feel very gratified. He entered his phone number into the other person's contacts and put the phone back in his hand: "While you are staying here, you can contact me anytime if anything happens."

"Thank you, Lu!" Emil said happily, holding her phone.

The adoring, fanatical gaze made Lu Zhao think he had become some kind of big star, but since the other party hadn't done anything inappropriate to him, he decided to let it be.

After saying goodbye to her admirer, she didn't leave in a hurry as she had when she arrived. Instead, she stood there for a while, pondering, before dialing a number.

"Hey, do you have time? I need you to come over now."

Chapter 57 Neutron Star

"Let me make this clear first: the places I'm going to and the things I'm going to do next may be very dangerous. You can choose to leave now and pretend I never contacted you."

Lu Zhao looked at the woman in front of him and spoke seriously.

The other person's sharp brows furrowed slightly, and then they said, "Since I'm here, it means I agree with what you said on the phone. There's no need to ask me again."

She couldn't help but smile, and reached out to grab Chi Ying's shoulder. "Alright, then please take me to that place now, Minister Chi."

Although Chi Ying's ability is A-level, it also has certain limitations. She needs to know the coordinates of the destination in order to use her ability to teleport there. That's why Lu Zhao could only tell her the specific location.

However, for Lu Zhao, the more important significance of calling Chi Ying over went far beyond that.

Detention center.

At that time, Messiah was sitting in the monitoring room, eating snacks provided by the director while staring at the screen. Unexpectedly, two people suddenly appeared behind her, scaring her so much that she almost screamed.

"Alright, alright, it's us!" Lu Zhao looked at the shouting guy with some helplessness and couldn't help but call out to stop him.

Messiah cautiously turned around, dropping the potato chips in her hand to the ground: "Captain... Captain? What happened between you and... Minister Chi..."

"The situation is urgent, and we can't afford to waste any time." Lu Zhao winked at Chi Ying, signaling her to wait there for a while. He then turned off the monitor and solemnly instructed, "When I go in later, none of you are allowed to look at the surveillance footage, understand?"

Messiah let out an "Ah," then pouted in disappointment, "Fine, if I don't want to watch, I won't!"

This little one, I'm doing this for her own good!

Lu Zhao, both amused and exasperated, tapped her head, then strode out the door and headed towards the interrogation room next door.

Only Messiah, still munching on potato chips, and Chi Ying, standing there with his arms crossed and eyes narrowed, exuding an imposing aura, remained.

Sensing the menacing aura of the person behind him, Messiah finished chewing the last potato chip, turned around and gave her a dry laugh, then quickly turned back.

Good heavens! Why did the captain make her stay with this person?!

However, Lu Zhao had no time to care about Messiah's thoughts. For her, the most important thing was to pry out the exact time of the bomb's explosion from Zeng Ji.

"Well, Captain Lu, do you believe me now?" Seeing her rush into the interrogation room, Zeng Ji was not surprised but pleased. He just sat in the chair and watched her walk away.

Lu Zhao didn't want to waste any more words with her, so he grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up. "Even if the meteorite is unusual, you wouldn't necessarily go and blow up the research institute, would you?"

"Then why are you so nervous?" Zeng Ji smiled at her, completely unaware that his face was already flushed.

She narrowed her eyes slightly and released the other person: "I need to know the exact location of the bomb and the time it will explode."

"Heh," Zeng Ji rubbed his neck and couldn't help but chuckle, "Captain Lu, aren't you in a bit too much of a hurry? What makes you think I would tell you such important information?"

Lu Zhao nodded knowingly: "So, you really do know the time and place."

Zeng Ji's smile froze. "So what if you know? I don't want to say it, what can you do about it?"

"Now that we know it's in a research institute, all we need to do is find an expert in bombs to estimate how much explosives you would need to destroy the institute with precision, and where the explosives might be buried."

As she spoke, she straightened Zeng Ji's collar and smiled slightly at him: "Thank you for the information. I'll come back and continue interrogating you after I find the explosives."

As she was about to turn and leave, she heard a hysterical shout behind her: "You can't possibly find it! The bomb will detonate automatically if anyone gets close. There's no way you'll have time to look for it!"

Lu Zhao paused, turning around with a somewhat grim expression.

That icy gaze made Zeng Ji, who was almost driven to madness, involuntarily take a few steps back in fear. But soon, she remembered her mission again and used all her strength to mock her: "Lu Zhao! You can't possibly defuse the bomb in the hands of Lord Neutron Star. Give up on that idea!"

"Neutron Star?" She frowned, inexplicably recalling the bomb-wielding woman from that day. "So that's that person's codename? And what about you? What's your codename?"

Zeng Ji swallowed hard, his eyes darting around.

It's obvious you don't have a code name.

Lu Zhao ignored her and walked out.

The planted bombs would explode as soon as anyone approached the research institute, just as she had predicted.

The villainous organization went to such great lengths to find her here, and even had Zeng Ji, a discarded pawn, so "honestly" tell her everything. Their purpose is crystal clear.

First, by exploiting her past and the fact that she possesses the White Flame, making her emotions unstable, he will manipulate her into being dominated by anger and resentment. Next, as long as he believes Zeng Ji's words and goes to the research institute to investigate the truth, the research institute will explode.

Whether she went there herself or sent someone else, it was the same.

Immediately afterward, news of the research institute's explosion and the meteorite's disappearance will spread, and at the same time, she will definitely be summoned by higher-ups for questioning.

Now that she has been deceived by the higher-ups and was already emotionally unstable, she will definitely raise questions with them.

At this point, they might be accused of negligence in their investigation, and could be either locked up in a dark room or... suspended from duty for investigation.

She still didn't quite understand why the villainous organization was targeting her so much.

Is it because of... this serial number?

She took out a work ID from her pocket, looked at the silver-plated serial number NO.002, and fell into deep thought.

If, as Emil claims, her serial number actually represents her second-place position in the world, regardless of what that second place actually refers to, the only believable thing is that the villainous organization must be very wary of her.

The reaction of the bomb-wielding woman codenamed Neutron Star on the day of the explosion also proved that the villainous organization already knew her name.

Because of his fear, he went to great lengths to use her to uncover the clues about the meteorite's disappearance and to have the higher-ups in the Bureau of Spirits suppress him, preventing him from participating in their investigation for a short period of time.

Unfortunately, she wasn't Lu Zhao, and all her schemes targeting the original owner's personality were in vain.

Chapter 58 Taking the Initiative in Public Opinion

"Are we still going to that place next?" Chi Ying asked impatiently as soon as she saw her come out, standing at the door.

Lu Zhao stood there, a hint of conflict in his eyes as he looked at her.

She had called Chi Ying over to save time and find the bomb more quickly to defuse the crisis, but now that Zeng Ji had said so, she had to consider the feasibility of the matter.

If he still lets Chi Ying take him to the meteorite research institute, the moment they appear, the neutron star that is secretly manipulating and observing will probably detonate the bomb.

Even if she is confident that Chi Ying will not be injured, she will still drag her into the vortex of being blamed by the higher-ups.

But the current situation is that no matter who gets close to that place, the research institute will explode. People with stealth abilities who want to sneak in will also be detected by the spirit tube sensors on the bomb. Even if you tell everyone not to get close to that place, the neutron star that is being manipulated behind the scenes will still detonate the bomb.

In other words, regardless of the circumstances, this bomb is bound to explode, so the alien's bottom-line objective has at least been achieved.

And she could only try to find a glimmer of hope in this inevitable ending!

Only then did she come to her senses and realize that she had been staring at Chi Ying for a long time without realizing it, making the other person's face turn quite red with anger.

"Ah... um... this..." Not knowing what to say to make amends, she hurriedly turned her head away, then suddenly paused, remembering the question Chi Ying had asked her earlier.

Oh no, she almost forgot that she had told Chi Ying the address of the research institute to save time, and now Chi Ying would be dragged into this mess as well.

Tsk... How could I have suddenly done something so stupid as to tell her something so important!

Lu Zhao scratched the back of his head in frustration, his mind racing as he frantically tried to come up with a solution.

"Are you alright?" Chi Ying asked in a low voice as she stepped forward, her face slightly flushed.

"It's okay, I'll be fine," she replied casually, then her eyes suddenly lit up. She immediately turned to look at Chi Ying, excitedly grabbing her shoulders and exclaiming, "That's right! I know what to do!"

Chi Ying stared at her, puzzled. "Know what?"

"Hmm..." Lu Zhao hesitated for a moment before finally organizing his thoughts, "You should have the login method for the official account of the Spirit Management Bureau, right?"

She nodded. "Anyone at the ministerial level or above can log in to the official account at will, but that account rarely posts messages. Is there anything you need?"

“I want you to make it public,” Lu Zhao stared at her intently, speaking each word clearly, “Someone tried to steal the meteorite, but the Bureau of Spirits Management discovered it in time. In order to protect the meteorite, it has now been transported to a secret location for safekeeping. Please do not worry.”

Upon hearing this, Chi Ying's pupils contracted. "The meteorite was stolen? How is that possible?"

Although Lu Zhao had told her the location of the meteorite research institute, he hadn't told her the important news that the meteorite had disappeared, so that she would know less and be safer.

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Lu Zhao quickly pressed her shoulder and whispered to comfort her, "What I just said is true. Someone really wanted to steal the meteorite. The bomb planted in the research institute is the best proof."

"Then how can we tell them this..."

"If we don't say that, once the bomb actually explodes, public opinion will be beyond our control!" Lu Zhao shouted to stop her panic.

Chi Ying was taken aback; her face, which had been slightly rosy just moments before, now appeared exceptionally pale. "But is the meteorite really alright?"

“Absolutely safe!” Lu Zhao answered decisively. “Actually, I only dared to say this after I asked the relevant people and learned that the meteorite had been moved ahead of schedule. Otherwise, what do you think the Bureau of Spirits Management would do to me if I were to casually leak the information?”

Upon hearing this, Chi Ying's emotions finally calmed down a bit.

Seeing this, Lu Zhao pressed on, saying, "This message can only be released before the bomb explodes, and then you can take me to the vicinity of the research institute."

If the bomb explodes, we'll have the upper hand in public opinion, and whatever we say next will benefit the Bureau of Superintendents; if the bomb doesn't explode, the bomber won't have time to move it, and finding the bomb at the research institute will further corroborate our claims.

The aliens want people to know that the Bureau of Spirituality and its higher-ups are deceiving them, and that they want people to know that the meteorite has been lost, so that the credibility of the higher-ups will be greatly reduced.

She couldn't stop the explosion, but she could at least stop this.

and……

Lu Zhao subconsciously looked at Chi Ying, who had already logged into her account and was still trying to figure out how to phrase her words.

Regardless of the circumstances, it was my oversight to involve Chi Ying, so I have an obligation to ensure her safe extrication from this incident.

By releasing this information, she saved the Bureau of Spirituality from public pressure. Based on this achievement alone, the higher-ups would not take action against her.

"It's already been released." Chi Ying held her phone, trying her best to remain calm, but in Lu Zhao's eyes, she was much more nervous and lively than before.