When Cheng Maoguan and Zhou Yunsheng returned to the Central Astronomical Observatory, some of their colleagues were also rushing back.
Since it was mealtime, many people were eating in the internal canteen, while others, like the two of them, went out to eat and get some fresh air.
Back in the lobby, a young staff member immediately came to greet me.
"Director, you're back just in time. The data has been preliminarily analyzed."
"So fast?"
"Yes, because this was a single magnetic field, and its impact was limited to the upper atmosphere beyond the ozone layer, many devices on the ground were not affected, making it easier to compare data before and after."
Zhou Yunsheng nodded and then gave the instructions.
"Put the parsing process directly on the central screen."
A moment later, a distribution map of various colors appeared on the screen, along with a computer simulation demonstrating the gradual change of the magnetic storm.
Cheng Maoguan and several others picked up a pile of more professional and complex paper documents and went to a side table to study them.
Zhou Yunsheng looked at the changes on the screen and asked the staff member next to him.
"Has the notification reached the higher-ups?"
"Not yet, because the results just came out. Do we need to report immediately?"
Zhou Yunsheng pondered for a moment.
"Improve the infographic and then submit it; this is a key area of concern."
"OK."
Half an hour later, several people wearing black coats arrived at the observatory.
Zhou Yunsheng thought that the personnel coming would be the same military personnel as last time, but he didn't expect it to be a department he had never heard of before. If it weren't for the high-level pass and security barcode, he would have thought that it was a scam.
Upon closer reflection, I realized that no one else would know about this once it was reported.
...
The visitors were Li Liwen and He Zhongze, along with several subordinates.
Li Liwen is no longer with the Security Department of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; he has been transferred from his post.
He Zhongze was no longer the captain of the criminal investigation team of the Sichuan Public Security Bureau, and was also transferred from the position he had worked in for ten years.
The two are now under the direct leadership of senior officials in the National Security Agency and have joined a newly established special department.
The fifth special operations group, officially known as the National Security Stress Response Fifth Special Operations Group.
Nominally affiliated with the military and possessing honorary ranks, they are actually only under the command of high-ranking national security officials.
Although it is a newly established department, it wields considerable power.
In terms of power, they possess the highest level of immunity in emergency cases, which Li Liwen jokingly refers to as a "get-out-of-jail-free card." They can also request the cooperation of local public officials, including the police and fire departments, in the event of an emergency.
On the positive side, Li Liwen's original rank of major was directly transferred to colonel, and He Zhongze was re-enlisted in the military with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
They do not have to serve in regular military service, but they can enjoy officer allowances, as well as high national subsidies and salaries, and have the best social security. All medical expenses are borne by the state.
Such power and such great benefits are naturally not so easy to obtain.
Just from the name of the department, you can tell that it's dealing with far more than ordinary events.
The fifth category here refers to a fifth type of force excluding the four branches of the armed forces: navy, army, air force, and rocket force. The intention behind this is quite ambitious, and it also implies a friendly communication with supernatural forces.
It all stemmed from a mission report and the evidence submitted more than a month ago.
The report they submitted that time was truly appalling.
When the samples arrived at the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, they really startled the provincial leaders. They held a discussion there for a whole week, and the most advanced monitoring agency in Sichuan Province monitored the samples that were sent to the province.
The results were even more shocking: the samples were actually biological tissues, but their properties were so powerful that they far surpassed those of synthetic materials.
After repeated discussions, the province still chose to continue reporting.
There's no way around it. This kind of thing could easily turn into something like SARS back then. Not reporting something you know about is no small matter, and besides, this isn't something the local authorities can handle.
The report jointly submitted by the Sichuan Provincial Committee was naturally of considerable weight.
This caused quite a stir even within the central government, though only among high-ranking officials and some security departments.
There's no need to alarm others, especially those in the financial sector.
After repeatedly monitoring the limited samples at each level, the authorities finally confirmed the authenticity of the report, or at least its partial authenticity.
Li Liwen and He Zhongze, as key figures in this incident, were subjected to a series of secret investigations.
As it turned out, both men had impeccable backgrounds and were outstanding soldiers of the People's Republic of China. Having served as bodyguards in the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, their loyalty was naturally guaranteed.
Seventeen days after submitting the report, the two were arranged to board a private plane to Kyoto and enjoyed celebrity treatment, but this treatment made them nervous throughout the entire journey.
They were received by high-ranking officials from the National Security Bureau, who allowed them to verbally recount the events that had been repeated countless times over the past period.
But the people they were facing were different now. The two patiently described the whole story in detail: how they met the strange uncle and nephew on the overpass, how they got to Temple Street, how they encountered the werewolves disguised as foreign girls, how they met the uncle and nephew again, and then the subsequent conversations and various supernatural battles.
They didn't even hide the fact that they were driving under the influence when they went to Temple Street.
Li Liwen's specific mention of his dream and events that may have occurred more than a decade ago has attracted particular attention, and it is said that a special person was even sent to Russia.
After waiting at the guesthouse for a while, the two finally received an appointment letter.
Thus, the fifth special task force for national security emergency response was established.
Their task is to deal with all kinds of unconventional and supernatural events, and to investigate the "Immortal Abode" and other possible organizations.
Furthermore, there is a bias towards organizations such as the Immortal Abode, with the mainstream opinion being to make friendly contact, since they are currently seen as forces protecting ordinary people.
However, they have clearly not registered their religious or organizational information with the relevant domestic authorities, making them nominally illegal. But there are always exceptions, and besides, their existence may well predate that of the state.
As the team leaders, the two naturally couldn't be commanders without a team. They had the green light from above, allowing them to choose any person outside the command system.
This includes military elites and national agents.
They also arranged a week-long special "competition".
Li Liwen still remembers the reactions of those young men when the finalists were being selected.
Once the selected individuals learned which department they were joining and understood its functions, their excitement was almost unbearable.
They're all young people; who hasn't read a few novels?
Knowing about the situation of the Fifth Special Police Group, it's like joining the "Dragon Group," they must be ecstatic.
And when they learned that it was newly formed and that there was solid evidence, their excitement did not diminish in the slightest.
Being a veteran of the "Dragon Group" isn't that awesome.
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