There were three people wearing black protective suits. When they saw Song Zhixian, their frowns relaxed a little. "Captain Song, you're finally back."
Song Zhixian asked, "Did anything happen while I was away?"
The man didn't speak immediately, but glanced at Xie Xuan and the others.
"They're Team 18, here to rest and resupply," Song Zhixian said. "They have high authority, so just tell them directly."
The man then said, "There seem to be traces of new human activity near the black line."
Song Zhixian frowned, but he said first, "Explain this matter to me in detail later. Let me help you first. There is a wounded soldier in Team 18 who needs to recuperate here."
The man immediately said, “No problem.”
Xiao Yao and Chongming supported Ding Qiaoyun as they walked over. The man looked at Ding Qiaoyun and asked, "Severe sequelae of infection? Any other injuries?"
"No external injuries." Xiao Yao replied.
The man nodded, called another teammate behind him and said, "Take them to the infirmary."
Then he pointed to another person and said, "Find someone to inspect and maintain their car, and replenish the supplies in the car."
After the other two teammates left, only Xie Xuan and the other three were left.
Song Zhixian said, "Xie Xuan, come with me."
Xie Xuan had no problem, but the man looked at Song Zhixian hesitantly.
Song Zhixian said: "They plan to play the black line, and they have the ability to do so."
The man had no doubt about Song Zhixian's words, and the way he looked at Xie Xuan was a little different. "I see. Let's go, after we received your message, the relevant personnel are waiting for you in the conference room."
When Xie Xuan went upstairs with them, she asked Song Zhixian and Xiao Yao to tell them.
She ate her communicator and now she can't contact Xiao Yao and the others. She wonders if there are any extra communicators here.
After Xie Xuan casually asked, Song Zhixian shook his head and said, "Communicators are strictly controlled. We don't have extra ones here."
The meeting room is on the second floor. The base is also different from the all-white furnishings in the Ecological Bureau. Apart from the walls, there are only necessary furnishings and some simple furniture made of special materials.
Xie Xuan was walking at the back. When she was almost at the door of the meeting room, a person came hurriedly from behind. When he walked behind Xie Xuan, he suddenly screamed.
When Xie Xuan and the others turned around, they saw a man looking at Xie Xuan's feet as if he had seen a ghost.
"What's wrong?" Song Zhixian's subordinates asked, following the gaze of the person who came.
The floor on the second floor is also a somewhat old-looking white. It is afternoon now, and the sunlight shines in from the west windows. In order to save energy, the lights are not turned on yet.
But the shadow under Xie Xuan's feet was strangely like a circle, and it was unreasonably dark, as if Xie Xuan was standing on an abyss.
And now a gap appeared on the circular black shadow, as if to avoid the feet of the person who just walked up.
"Sorry, did I scare you?" Xie Xuan said calmly, "She doesn't like being stepped on."
The person who came up looked at Xie Xuan as if he had seen a ghost, and stammered, "Who are you?"
"Xie Xuan, the captain of Team 18," Song Zhixian said, "Are you here for the meeting? Let's go in together."
Song Zhixian finished speaking and nodded slightly to Xie Xuan, "Let's go in first."
The person who was about to open the door at first consciously took two steps behind and briefly explained the situation to the person who had just arrived.
Song Zhixian opened the door and saw several people wearing black protective suits sitting inside.
The spore concentration in the base is not much different from that outside, but due to resource issues, it is too expensive to maintain a low concentration here, so everyone is still accustomed to wearing protective clothing at all times.
The people inside were all completely unfamiliar to Xie Xuan, but when the few people sitting there saw Song Zhixian, they all stood up and called out "Captain Song!"
There was a round table in the conference room. Song Zhixian didn't care about the seat. He found an empty seat and pulled Xie Xuan to sit down. He introduced her using the same words as at the beginning.
"This is Xie Xuan, the captain of Team 18. He has high authority, sufficient to attend this meeting. Furthermore, his team plans to venture beyond the Black Line and has the ability to get out and back."
Song Zhixian coughed after he finished speaking, probably realizing that he had said too much, and added on to help Xie Xuan, "If it wasn't so unlucky."
Xie Xuan nodded slightly under the curious gazes of the others, "Hello everyone, I'm Xie Xuan."
Xie Xuan's name is a frequent name among the top leaders of District 6 and the ecological organization, but she is not yet well-known in the garrisons outside the wall.
However, everyone trusted what Song Zhixian said and nodded politely.
The meeting officially began after the two people who were whispering outside the door came in.
The man who gave the presentation was a man who looked to be around 30 years old. He stood up and turned on the projector in the conference room. "This video was captured by our drone. We were near the red line at the time. This type of drone can transmit real-time footage up to about 100 kilometers away. We were flying the drone in a straight line toward the black line, and we captured this footage when we were approaching the 100-kilometer limit."
The man pulled down the curtains, leaving only the light from the projector in the conference room.
The video was shot during the day, and at the beginning you could see the bright white sunlight, but about five seconds after the video started, the sky suddenly and unreasonably darkened.
The drone hovered for ten seconds before continuing to move forward. Xie Xuan guessed that the operator was probably hesitating whether to continue moving forward.
After the drone flew into this suddenly dark area, the picture began to freeze and drop frames. After about five seconds, the picture flashed and turned black.
The man rewound the video to the last second. The image that occupied the entire wall looked like a huge brown ring with a slightly darker circle in the middle.
It seems nonsensical, but it makes people feel uncomfortable for some reason.
The man shrank the image, shrinking it again and again until the entire image became the size of a palm.
Now Xie Xuan could see that it was an eye, a human eye, and it was the brown-black eye that most people in District 6 had.
There are indeed humans moving around near the black line.
The man said, "This is a human eye. After capturing this image, the drone lost contact. To prevent the new humans from obtaining our information through this drone, we immediately programmed it to self-destruct. But the problem now is..."
He paused, his face serious. "We later used the same drone camera to shoot many similar images, and none of them produced the effect shown in the picture."
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