"Are they heading towards the base?"
He muttered, "The research base is garrisoned with thousands of troops. If it were just a routine theft from the archives, the base could handle it itself without alerting the local authorities. How come this time..."
"They even mobilized local police forces?"
As he spoke, Professor Ross subconsciously turned his head to look at Yu Mingxiang.
Their eyes met.
Yu Mingxiang: "Hehe."
An awkward yet polite smile.
She knew what Professor Ross wanted to ask.
Professor Ross simply wanted to know what she had done to cause such a commotion.
Yu Mingxiang: ...
I really wanted to answer him, but...
She can't.
Because the researcher driving the car was just an ordinary researcher in Professor Ross's research lab, and not one of them at all.
Yu Mingxiang wouldn't be so foolish as to expose her shortcomings in front of outsiders.
The dust kicked up by the police cars outside Yu Mingxiang's car window gave Professor Ross a reassuring look before she turned back to watch the outside world warily.
soon.
They noticed that there were more police cars on the road.
There were even police officers setting up checkpoints on the road.
"Routine inspection!"
"Please cooperate."
When the car was stopped, Yu Mingxiang couldn't help but panic for a moment.
Fortunately, it was a close call.
The police officers at the road checkpoints seemed to be particularly strict in checking large transport vehicles, while for these small private cars, it was just a routine check.
After a quick check to make sure there was nothing smuggled, they were allowed to pass.
Yu Mingxiang: "Whoa!"
After being stopped three or four times in a row, she breathed a long sigh of relief after each close call.
Doing underground work is really mentally taxing!
Someone with a weak mental fortitude like her really couldn't do it.
She was so scared the whole way that her heart almost jumped out of her chest!
Yu Mingxiang was quite startled, and Professor Ross was equally shocked.
Because the commotion was too great!
It's really too big!
It's much bigger than Professor Ross had anticipated!
As Professor Ross had anticipated, Yu Mingxiang was merely stealing a document from the archives. As far as she knew, that document was a joint development between Xia Guo and another country. This task was neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy.
With his cooperation, as long as Yu Mingxiang manages to evade the inspection and successfully smuggle out the document, the mission will be considered a complete success.
Moreover, it's just one file missing; the archives don't even know when they'll discover it, so...
Their mission wasn't actually that dangerous, but...
To Professor Ross's surprise, the commotion seemed to be much bigger than he had anticipated.
Professor Ross: ...
Looking at the endless checkpoints along the way, I felt completely numb.
This...
Is this enough to warrant a citywide curfew?
Is it really necessary for a single file to trigger a citywide lockdown?
Professor Ross couldn't help but turn his head again to look at Yu Mingxiang.
But this time, Yu Mingxiang didn't even have time to look him in the eye, because...
We've arrived at the hospital.
She was going to meet up with her older brother who was waiting there.
Professor Ross snapped out of his daze and realized they had arrived. He immediately followed the original plan, sending away the research staff who were driving, while he accompanied Yu Mingxiang into the hospital.
Upon arriving at the hospital and seeing her eagerly awaiting older brother, Yu Mingxiang hadn't even had a chance to speak when Yu Chengping rushed over.
"younger sister!"
He asked anxiously, "What commotion have you caused? Do you know that the entire state of California is under martial law?"
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