Chapter 498 What exactly do all these measures include?

The next morning, sunlight pierced through the mist.

Inside the departure hall of Baishui City International Airport, boarding announcements played over the loudspeaker.

Long Aoao, carrying a custom-made small black backpack, walked between his parents.

He was dressed in a crisp children's casual outfit, with limited-edition sneakers on his feet.

The kid showed no signs of fatigue from the long journey; on the contrary, he looked full of energy.

In his chubby little hands, he clutched the transformation wand tightly.

He treated that metallic, tube-like object as if it were a priceless treasure, unwilling to let go of it even for a moment.

Long Dagui yawned and handed the boarding passes to the ground staff in front.

Mother Long wore oversized sunglasses and muttered complaints about how exhausting early morning flights were.

The family of three successfully passed through the security checkpoint and boarded the international flight to Country A.

It was a direct luxury flight, and the first-class seats were spacious and comfortable.

Long Aoao sat by the window, carefully placing the transformation wand on his lap.

Watching the runway recede outside the window and feeling the push of the seatback as the plane ascended.

The mischievous kid's eyes sparkled with excitement; he was already mentally rehearsing his moves for fighting the foreign devils.

...

Meanwhile.

On the campus of a famous university in Country A, trees shaded the grounds, creating a rich academic atmosphere.

In a spacious, tiered lecture hall.

A professor of anti-gravity physics from Eastern Country was standing on the solid wood podium.

This professor was named Professor Liu; his hair was already slightly gray, but he was still full of vigor.

He had been invited here to teach the local students about some cutting-edge knowledge in gravity physics.

The blackboard behind him was covered with complex derivation formulas that an ordinary person could not understand at all.

He held a marker in his hand, clearly analyzing the physical significance of each parameter.

The hall was filled with top students from all over the world, listening with rapt attention.

Time ticked by, and the lecture reached its conclusion.

As Professor Liu wrote the final derivation result on the whiteboard.

After he finished, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

The prolonged applause echoed in the conference room, expressing respect for this academic titan from Eastern Country.

Professor Liu nodded with a smile, then turned around.

He expertly packed up his teaching materials and neatly placed them into his briefcase.

Then, he walked out of the classroom and onto the corridor outside.

He raised his wrist and looked down at the time on his watch.

He had to catch a flight back home soon; the ticket had already been booked.

Because of his high academic standing and the brilliant lecture he had just given.

As he walked out, some students who were still eager for more followed him with their notebooks, wanting to ask questions.

Among the crowd, there was a studious male student from Eastern Country who was studying abroad there.

To seize this rare opportunity, he moved quickly.

He squeezed out of the crowd in a few steps, caught up, and arrived in the spacious corridor.

Seeing the familiar back ahead, the male student quickened his pace.

He shouted just once in the corridor, "Professor Liu."

...

Hearing the shout from behind.

Professor Liu had actually noticed this very studious male student during the lecture.

Professor Liu slowed his pace, turned around, and was about to say something with a smile.

However, just at this moment.

Several burly men in black suits suddenly walked over quickly from the side.

These people moved in unison, their actions carrying a sense of well-trained tactical discipline.

They quickly spread out, forming a surrounding formation, directly sealing off the escape route in the corridor.

These individuals, clearly with CIA backgrounds, walked straight up to Professor Liu.

The lead agent blocked the way with an expressionless face.

"Professor Liu, you cannot leave yet. There are some matters that require your cooperation with an investigation."

The lead CIA agent said, his voice devoid of any warmth.

This blunt notification sounded particularly jarring in the quiet corridor.

Hearing these impolite words, the authoritative professor of anti-gravity physics immediately frowned.

He keenly sensed that something was wrong.

He was just a scholar here for academic exchange and had not broken any laws.

This sudden encirclement was definitely not some routine official inquiry.

Professor Liu just opened his mouth to question the other party's identity and reasons.

However, the other party did not give him any chance to argue.

Shortly after, without any justifiable reason, this Professor Liu was forcibly taken away.

Two men in black suits, one on each side, grabbed his arms and roughly walked him toward the end of the corridor.

In the back, the Eastern Country student who had just been preparing to ask for advice was completely terrified by this scene.

He subconsciously took two steps back and hid behind a pillar at the corner of the corridor.

Watching the professor being taken away violently, his heart pounded like a drum.

But he forced himself to calm down, trembling as he took his phone out of his pocket.

He adjusted the focus and aimed it in that direction.

Click. Secretly, this male student from Eastern Country took a photo of Professor Liu being taken away.

In the photo, the professor's slightly thin back contrasted sharply with the burly men in black suits.

The student swallowed hard and immediately sent the photo to his media friends back home via an encrypted email.

...

Some time later, news reports covering the same incident exploded online.

The servers of major portals faced unprecedented traffic surges.

Pop-up windows from news apps were continuously pushed to the screens of every netizen in Eastern Country.

Various bold, red headlines scrolled across the homepage, shocking to behold:

Eastern Country Anti-Gravity Authority Professor Liu Detained by Country A

Professor Liu, the Leading Expert in Anti-Gravity Physics Theory of Eastern Country, Detained》

《Simply Shameless Banditry, Country A Kidnaps Our Eastern Country Professor in Broad Daylight!》

《The Hegemon Tears Off Its Mask, Eastern Country Academic Titan Imprisoned in Country A!》

In addition to these serious reports from official media.

Major self-media platforms also followed up, digging into the details of the incident.

That photo secretly taken by the student went viral across the entire network.

Looking at the scientist being forcibly taken away in the photo.

Netizens of Eastern Country first felt disbelief, then became furious.

Public opinion instantly boiled over, and public grievances soared to the heavens.

Countless people left frantic comments in the comment sections below the news, their emotions like a volcano about to erupt.

"Damn, is this real? Has Country A gone crazy?!"

"He was just there to give a lecture, on what grounds did they arrest him!"

"Is there no law? Is there no international convention!"

"Too shameless, they saw we had a breakthrough in anti-gravity physics, so they just moved to snatch the person, right?"

"We must get an explanation, this absolutely cannot just be let go!"

The public indignation on the internet rapidly converged into a massive force.

...

Faced with this sudden and vicious incident, the official response was extremely fast.

Not long after, Eastern Country also urgently held a press conference.

The spacious press conference hall was packed.

News agencies from all over the world sent their most capable teams.

Facing countless cameras, the sound of shutters rang out like a chorus, and flashes intertwined into a sea of light.

Under the tense gaze of everyone.

The spokesperson walked onto the podium with steady steps.

Without unnecessary pleasantries, they cut straight to the point.

Regarding this infuriating detention incident, the official side responded strongly to the matter.

The spokesperson spoke clearly and forcefully, their voice spreading throughout the venue via the microphone.

They strictly ordered Country A to release Professor Liu immediately.

Furthermore, they severely condemned this thuggish behavior of privately detaining another country's citizen.

Foreign reporters at the scene looked at each other, all able to feel the determination in Eastern Country's stance this time.

The atmosphere at the entire press conference was solemn and murderous.

Finally, the press spokesperson looked serious, their eyes burning like torches.

They scanned the media representatives from Country A in the audience, their eyes filled with an inviolable majesty.

When summarizing the statement, they were also hard against Country A:

"Country A has no position, no reason, and no authority to detain our Eastern Country citizen."

This sentence was resonant and powerful.

As the press conference was about to end, the sense of oppression at the scene reached its peak.

The spokesperson placed their hands on the podium and leaned forward slightly.

Looking at the camera, they stated even more forcefully:

"The current Eastern Country is no longer the Eastern Country of the past. Faced with actions that do not comply with international law, Eastern Country reserves the right to take all necessary measures."

These words echoed throughout the press hall, lingering for a long time.

The reporters in the audience gasped, frantically taking notes on their notebooks.

This was definitely as hard as it could get, every word carrying immense weight.

Because anyone who wasn't a fool understood exactly what the spokesperson meant by the so-called "all necessary measures."