On the same floor, in Du Zhiyuan's office, which is three rooms away from Yu Wanling's.
Du Zhiyuan shed his usual approachable and amiable facade, and instead glared at his subordinates with a cold and stern expression, his eyes filled with wolfish ambition, making him appear cunning and treacherous.
He sat with his legs crossed in the black leather chair in front of his desk, while the bald man standing opposite him reported respectfully.
"The weapons area behind is said to be in the final, critical stage of a project, so entry and exit are prohibited these days."
He cautiously glanced up to peek at Du Zhiyuan's reaction before continuing hesitantly:
"Our people can't get out, and the situation inside is currently unclear."
Outsiders may not know, but as one of Du Zhiyuan's "own people," he was very clear about Du Zhiyuan's methods.
If he's not careful, he might not see the sun rise tomorrow.
Sure enough, Du Zhiyuan's face instantly darkened, turning as black as ink.
He grabbed a metal pen holder from the table and smashed it towards the bald man's forehead.
"He just banned it like that, did he get my permission?"
The bald man dared not move an inch, standing still to take the blow, his forehead dripping with blood, his head bowed and not daring to utter a word.
Damn it, if it weren't for his family being completely controlled by that bastard Du Zhiyuan, sometimes he really wouldn't want to serve him anymore!
Those behind him are all Lu Zheng's people, the territory of the armed forces. How much face does Du Zhiyuan have? Would they care about his opinion?
However, the bald man only dared to think about these things secretly in his heart.
Having vented his anger, Du Zhiyuan's focus was still on Yu Wanling, so he didn't pursue the matter further. He waved his hand dismissively, leaned back casually in his leather chair, and...
"Find a way to get more people in, especially regarding Lu Zheng's satellite restart plan. Report any developments immediately."
The bald man breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied, "Yes, I'll have someone keep an eye on it."
Whether it's possible or not is one thing; let's deal with it first.
Du Zhiyuan was so disgusted that he didn't even want to look at the bald man. "Get lost."
You idiot, you're completely useless. You have to talk about everything.
He takes one step with every whip crack, and I don't even know how I got to that position before.
The bald man hurried away with small, anxious steps, as if a dog were chasing him.
Immediately following him, a young man wearing a black wool coat entered. This man was Du Zhiyuan's assistant, Xin Yue.
He walked closer and placed the tablet in front of Du Zhiyuan.
"Chief Du, this is what we just found out."
Du Zhiyuan hated being called the deputy base commander. Everyone around him called him Base Commander Du, deliberately blurring the distinction between the positive and negative.
Du Zhiyuan, on the other hand, really liked this approach and felt very comfortable every time he heard it.
He believed that it wouldn't be long before he would become the rightful and sole base commander.
Du Zhiyuan flipped through the tablet, his eyes growing increasingly excited, his breathing becoming rapid.
How is she now?
He had already arranged for a person with X-ray vision to monitor Yu Wanling's every move from the room next door.
He deliberately left Yu Wanling alone there to see if she would do anything underhanded.
Xin Yue pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses.
"No action is being taken at the moment."
Du Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes, a determined glint in them.
"Keep an eye on it, and go tell the medical department that Yu Wanling has stayed with me."
He'll find out sooner or later whether the person was brought right under his nose or if there was some hidden spatial ability all along.
Xin Yue was assigned to Du Zhiyuan's side after the apocalypse. Even though they hadn't known each other for very long, he understood Du Zhiyuan quite well and was very clear about Du Zhiyuan's current purpose.
He nodded slightly. "Okay, I'll go ask the Minister of Health for a secondment. Our research project team is short-handed."
Du Zhiyuan did not object, and the matter was settled. After a moment's thought, he continued to give instructions:
"Go and call Huang Fei back. He will take turns with Chen Da to monitor Yu Wanling 24 hours a day."
Huang Fei is a psychic ability user. Although he is only level 1, he can still monitor people very well when the distance is not far.
Xin Yue nodded and then asked, "What about the people outside the base? Should we continue or...?"
Du Zhiyuan had previously sent out an operation to intercept the batch of satellite equipment and supplies that Lu Zheng had purchased, but after waiting for several days, there had been no progress whatsoever.
Although many teams go out to do missions now, and many often go out for long periods of time, the team sent out this time was Du Zhiyuan's subordinate, which has attracted a lot of attention.
A few days is fine, but if it goes on for a little longer, it might attract attention.
After Xin Yue's reminder, Du Zhiyuan thought about it and decided to transfer the person back first.
"Keep watch for another day tomorrow, and come back if there's nothing there."
If there's any progress with Yu Wanling, he won't care about those supplies at all.
In addition, the Lan family should also do their part; his men should be withdrawn so that the Lan family can arrange for people to guard the area.
"Yes, Chief Du."
After Du Zhiyuan finished arranging everything, Xin Yue found Yu Wanling and said politely:
"Dr. Yu, they have some urgent business to attend to, and the test results probably won't be available tonight. Commander Du sent me here. Let me take you to rest first, and we can talk about everything tomorrow."
Yu Wanling had thought that if they couldn't find anything out by the time the results came out, she would be fine.
Who would have thought we'd have to wait another night?
She was unwilling in her heart, and that's why she said it.
"No need to make arrangements for me, I can go back to my dorm..."
She wanted to say that she could go back to her own dormitory and come back when she had a result.
But before she could finish speaking, Xin Yue interrupted:
"Don't worry, Dr. Yu. Director Du has arranged your accommodation. For your safety, we will need your cooperation for the time being."
He didn't give Yu Wanling any chance at all, and his tone even carried a hint of threat at the end.
Despite his slender and short stature and seemingly gentle appearance with his glasses, Xin Yue actually possesses a completely different, sharp and ruthless aura.
Yu Wanling felt that his eyes behind his glasses carried a sense of oppression when he looked at people.
Her way of speaking made people unconsciously feel inferior, especially given her current guilty conscience.
Yu Wanling opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't dare say anything more. She stood up from her chair.
"Okay, alright, then I'll trouble Secretary Xin."
Besides Lu Zheng, Du Zhiyuan is the one who calls the shots at the base. What can she do...?
Xin Yue, with a polite yet distant smile, stood sideways in the doorway and gestured for him to enter.
"Dr. Yu, you're too kind. It's all I should do."
Yu Wanling walked out the door first, not seeing what was behind her. Xin Yue's smile vanished quickly, and a meaningful look flashed in his eyes.
Yu Wanling was thus effectively detained by Du Zhiyuan under the pretext of being seconded for a project.
Not long after Lu Zheng and the others left, You Su brought them crystal cores.
Unlike at the S City base, no one carried the boxes over one by one. They only brought two space-type ability users and got it all done in one go.
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