His gaze immediately fell upon Mingzhao, who was standing in front of the test bench, adjusting an old spectrometer.

Everyone in the lab stopped what they were doing, held their breath, and stared intently at Zhang Mingyuan, their hearts pounding in their throats.

Zhang Mingyuan remained silent.

He simply took an envelope out of his inner pocket, very slowly.

The envelope was unsealed. With trembling hands, he pulled a thin piece of paper from it.

That's neither a file nor a command.

It was an extremely simple special pass with a bright red header and embossed seal.

Below the pass, there is only one line of handwritten, powerful characters:

"At the discretion of the authorities, this is a special approval. Complete safety is paramount."

At the end of the signature was a code name that only Zhang Mingyuan and Mingzhao recognized, representing the highest decision-making will.

Zhang Mingyuan's gaze passed over the light yet incredibly heavy pass and landed on Mingzhao's face. His voice was hoarse and trembling with excitement and immense pressure:

"Comrade... Report... Approved."

He took a deep breath, as if using his last ounce of strength, and said, word by word:

"The stardust residue sample... will be personally escorted by Comrade Jiang Feng... and will arrive tomorrow night!"

boom!

A suppressed gasp and gasps filled the laboratory!

It's approved! The highest levels actually approved it! Despite such terrifying risks!

Sun Gong and the others trembled with excitement, their eyes filled with awe and a hint of indescribable fear as they looked at Ming Zhao.

Wang Tiezhu leaned against the door frame, his face ashen, completely speechless.

Mingzhao finally stopped adjusting the spectrometer.

She slowly turned around, her cold gaze falling on the pass in Zhang Mingyuan's hand, which represented the highest level of permission, her face still expressionless.

However, her fingertips unconsciously and very slightly... curled up on the cold, metallic outer shell of the spectrometer.