9: Chapter 9 Super A-level Anomaly: A Figure in the Meteorite?

The mysterious authorities.

Military bigwigs and local bigwigs took their seats in the conference room.

They were all big shots who could trigger an earthquake just by stamping their feet. Usually, seeing just one or two of them attend the news was enough for the people below to sense that something was amiss.

Today, however, these heavyweight figures had gathered together.

Moreover, their usually unfathomable faces all carried a bit of solemnity.

"I suppose all of you have heard about the incident in the Hongdu Suburbs."

The deep voice of the middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table sounded, breaking the deadlock in the room.

Thanks to the characteristics of the 001 Mechanical Snail, the live-streaming meme had infected an unknown number of electronic devices, and even among the people present, there were lucky ones who had been forced to take the hit.

Not to mention hearing about it, quite a few had even witnessed it with their own eyes.

However, before the murmur of discussion could rise from below,

he continued to speak, reaching out to introduce a man in casual clothes on his right, "This is the special operations commissioner dispatched by the Imperial Capital, fully responsible for handling this incident!"

"He arrived in the early hours of this morning. Commissioner Zheng will be in charge of hosting the rest of this meeting..."

After introducing the new figure,

the senior official of the provincial department sat back down in his seat, saying nothing.

However, the information he mentioned in just a few words

made the clever folks present constrict their pupils, instantly grasping the key point.

The Imperial Capital?

Specially dispatched?

Fully responsible?

Isn't this just like an imperial envoy carrying the Shangfang Sword in ancient times?!

Hiss, since when have the higher-ups reacted so quickly?

In less than a day, they had already formulated an action plan and sent a special envoy down?

Quite a few of them also knew about the matter in the Hongdu Suburbs. Weren't they just a bunch of Gu Martial Arts monsters parasitized by bugs? They might have the upper hand against small reconnaissance units.

If they really brought out rifles, cannons, and heavy armored divisions, they truly didn't believe these ancient swordsmen could cause any trouble. No matter how bizarre their power was, it couldn't escape the limitations of flesh and blood.

Whether it's bugs or people, they all have to bow down before the truth of cannons.

Is there any need to make such a fuss?

In the conference room,

apart from a few high-ranking officials whose brows twitched slightly as if thinking of something, the majority of the others still held onto humanity's inherent arrogance, especially some young and ambitious factions from the military.

The atmosphere was inexplicably a bit strange.

As if seeing through the doubts of everyone in the conference room,

Zheng Fei!

Commissioner Zheng also took the initiative to stand up. His sleepless eyes were still bright. With a wave of his hand, he turned on the hanging LCD screen behind him, opening remote video communication, and the faces of several imperial high-ranking officials appeared on the screen.

The expressions of everyone present tightened.

One of them nodded slightly toward Commissioner Zheng.

Having received the order, Zheng Fei opened the video playback at the first moment.

Several long and short videos popped up from within.

Although they seemed unrelated to the current incident, the bizarre and grotesque content instantly attracted everyone's attention.

The images flashed alternately, and a few segments left a deep impression.

One was on the boundless sea, where a fishing boat encountered a storm. After finally breaking through, it discovered a mountainous island shrouded in colorful light. Amidst the interlacing light and shadow, immortals seemed to shuttle through it, resembling a celestial mountain overseas.

But when the shaking camera zoomed in, it was discovered that these immortals were all monsters holding white bones, devouring flesh and blood with their mouths, growing beast heads, wearing scale armor and feather garments, and waving bloody long banners.

In the corners of the fairy mountain, quite a few bone remnants suspected of being gnawed upon could be found, which made one's hair stand on end.

Another segment was

above the head of the Statue of Liberty in the United States, a huge black hole as if the sky was splitting open.

Unknown mechanical debris fell from it from time to time. The Authorities dispatched combat companies to rush inside, but nothing came of it. The pitch-black cave entrance was like an abyss swallowing everything.

Looking down through the shooting angle, one could also see countless beggars lying on the ground outside the restricted area of the Statue of Liberty, ragged and expressionless, like walking corpses.

The city touted as the beacon of democracy was at this moment covered in dust, painted over and weathered to dilapidation.

...

During the video playback,

everyone present watched quite attentively. Although thanks to the development of the internet, various information and remarks were rampant, and even video silhouettes had appeared quite a bit,

the images circulating on the internet were obviously inferior to the high-definition and specific ones of The Authorities.

It wasn't until the video playback ended that Commissioner Zheng continued to speak,

"Through comparison, have you all found the problem?"

"The ending, the ending is different! A group of mysterious people appeared in the incident in the Hongdu Suburbs!"

Zhao Jinlong's voice rang out, instantly harvesting countless gazes of attention.

Being watched by so many high-ranking officials,

even as a king of soldiers, he couldn't help but stiffen his expression, not even knowing where to put his hands.

His cramped appearance looked as if he was about to shatter.

Fortunately, Commissioner Zheng came to the rescue in time, "Captain Zhao is right!"

"That group of... mysterious people!"

"It was they who solved the monsters about to go berserk."

"And judging from their performance, there is a high possibility of a strict organizational structure behind them, and they have a deep understanding of these anomalous events."

"At least above us."

Commissioner Zheng said with certainty.

Under his encouraging gaze, Zhao Jinlong bit the bullet and continued, "Those people claim to come from the Pan-Human History Guardian Association. This title also seems to have been certified by the Gear Live broadcast room."

Commissioner Zheng nodded.

Next was everyone diverging their thinking and having a round of discussion about this Pan-Human History Guardian Association.

After sufficient discussion,

finally, under the instruction of the imperial higher-ups, Commissioner Zheng made the final decision personally, finally concluding the matter.

"For this incident, I propose to seal it as a Class A event, codenamed 'Association'!"

Commissioner Zheng's voice fell.

The surrounding bigwigs either acquiesced or nodded, clearly having coordinated beforehand.

With the appearance of one anomalous event after another,

people of insight could all discover that the world was undergoing a heaven-shaking transformation in places they couldn't see, which could be called an unprecedented change in ancient and modern times. According to the importance of the events, there naturally were corresponding classifications.

Class A!

It represented the arrival of a natural disaster, a threat that could potentially affect an entire province.

Although the strength displayed by the 'Association' was not too strong, not reaching the level of destroying heaven and earth,

it was suspected to be of the lawful camp, and there was a possibility of negotiation. Even without a natural disaster-level threat, the higher-ups could not ignore it.

However,

compared to this,

Commissioner Zheng's true purpose was still the suddenly appeared Gear Live!

"Elevate the original Class C event 'Gear' to the Super A-class category, keep the codename unchanged, and still maintain the name 'Gear'."

As soon as his voice fell,

there was an uproar in the silent conference room.

Super A-class events

were still a hypothetical state to this day, without an official conclusion stamped, and only circulated in a small circle.

Suspected to be an existence dealt with by the entire nation, although the Gear hadn't shown any combat power, its popular science analysis of anomalies was enough for them to pay attention to it no matter how much they did.

Others were shocked by the Empire's emphasis on the Gear, but Commissioner Zheng, who knew the inside story, still felt it wasn't enough.

Unlike the high-ranking officials in the venue,

as a special personnel in charge of the project, he knew much more about anomaly-related intelligence.

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