And we just enthusiastically reported a suspected spy organization, not expecting to accidentally dismantle an alien base, right?

Let's first clear ourselves of involvement, and leave the subsequent matters to Mr. Hu to worry about.

Engaging in shadow wars is really a professional's domain, and Meng Lang, an outsider, doesn't need to be concerned about the expertise involved.

If after obtaining so much intelligence on the Night Demon Clan, they can still trace back to him.

Then Meng Lang pretty much needs to consider whether this collaborator Mr. Hu is reliable and whether he should preemptively seek refuge on Mars…

"I always feel that kid is hiding some critical information…"

Of course, Mr. Hu wasn't entirely without suspicion regarding Meng Lang's "creating something out of nothing" rhetoric.

But first, over the phone, both parties kept things vague and stopped at a certain point.

Secondly…

There's the "pledge of allegiance" the other party presented to strengthen national power in the front, and the strange facts hidden in the orphanage at the back. Their stance on the same side is beyond doubt.

In Mr. Hu's eyes, as long as their positions are aligned, then the rest are just unimportant details.

And to obtain more intelligence from the other party, a deeper strategic trust would probably need to be established…

He repeatedly flipped through the materials in his hand, finally resting his gaze on a photo of a little girl.

"This certainly is yet another generous gift…"

Mr. Hu was naturally outraged at the foreign organization daring to use orphans from Country Hua as experimental subjects.

However, it was undeniable, the unparalleled research value the little girl herself held.

As long as reverse engineering could be conducted on this test subject, there was a high possibility of researching some technical details from the other side.

This was cutting-edge biotechnology involving the neural domain; even if it was just a dog, its research value would be incalculable…

The military's top-notch laboratory's analysis of "spoils of war" was not something the newly rising Changqing Biological could compare to.

To safely dissect the "Night Demon Clan", experimental equipment, professional talents—none could be absent…

The laboratory, no less, should reach P4 level!

This was also one of the reasons Meng Lang chose to hand the spoils of war over to the Demon Hunting Team to be taken back for research.

As for the research results…

Even if I can't get them, my brothers might be able to, no?

Mr. Hu naturally didn't know the little schemes Meng Lang was plotting.

He repeatedly analyzed the enemy's capabilities and characteristics, finally concluding that the key to action lay in confidentiality!

Everyone knows Uncle Sam eavesdrops globally, but who would have expected that he actually does "truly eavesdrop globally"!

Not just electromagnetic waves, now even sound waves aren't spared; this makes confidentiality work Hell Level tough…

Thinking of a few immature "suggestions" from Meng Lang yesterday, his expression became a bit strange, but he still urgently issued several orders…

...

"Xiao Yu, how did you find breakfast today?"

"Um… it was quite tasty."

"What did you find the tastiest?"

"Red bean bun…"

"So, you like sweet things, huh? Sweet foods can easily make people feel happy, right?

What do you want for lunch, then?"

Faced with one odd question after another, then seeing the "doctor sister" in the lab coat constantly recording on a file, the little girl finally couldn't hold back.

"Sister, I really don't have any psychological problems, I just want to know where my other little friends went?

And where's grandma? I miss grandma and want to go back to the orphanage."

"Xiao Yu, sister heard, oh, you were kidnapped by bandits yesterday, it was so dangerous, how could you not be afraid?

Don't worry, once you finish all the checks, we'll definitely let your grandma come to take you back.

The leaders specifically asked for you to receive special care, you know."

Special care? Are you sure it's not targeted attention?

By now, how could she possibly not sense that something was very wrong?

The first clue was the car ride's inconsistency.

Even if psychological treatment was needed, logically the police should coordinate with local civil affairs departments for nearby placement.

Yet yesterday, they took two or three hours just on the highway.

Besides being in a remote location, what's more peculiar was that there were no other patients here…

If all this could still be explained by the police valuing the "orphanage child abuse case" highly.

Then the inability to contact the Listener from behind, made her genuinely nervous.

With the Listener's tracking ability, overnight, it should have been more than enough time for it to arrive here and re-establish contact with her.

However, the reality was… her signal went unanswered, no response at all.

Maybe the nearby dog-catching operations caused an unexpected delay for the Listener…

She could only comfort herself that way.

"Alright, that's it for this morning. Someone will come by to draw blood for tests soon, Xiao Yu, you should cooperate well."

"What? Why do we need to draw blood?"

The little girl immediately looked puzzled.

"Hehe! Psychological therapy also needs to be accompanied by medical assistance. We need to first check your drug resistance; otherwise, what if you have an allergy?

Oh, and in the afternoon, there's a full-body CT scan. Look at the bruises on your neck, both internal and external injuries, we need to thoroughly check them."

Ugh… it sounds reasonable?

Watching the other person's departing back, the girl felt restless inside, unable but to listen closely.

[Xiao Mei, how did you find breakfast today?]

[What did you find the tastiest?]

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Listening to the identical psychological test from not far next door, she felt somewhat reassured.

The only good news was that this "hospital" had arranged individual rooms for all the children.

She wasn't being specially treated…

If it weren't so, she might have already been unable to resist looking for a chance to escape.

However… although ordinary checks couldn't detect the abnormalities in her body, the oddities revealed after being taken from the orphanage gave her a sense of uneasy urgency.

She patted the white-haired little dog in her arms.

Determined, if she still couldn't re-establish contact, for safety's sake, she'd have to find a way to escape first…

What she didn't know was that inside this "hospital", silent private communications were also ongoing…

[Have you confirmed the target?]

[Confirmed, the intelligence is accurate!

Since last night, mysterious infrasound signals appeared a total of three times. Our sound collection system finally locked onto the sound source through triangulation.

Indeed, it's coming from the single room where the girl is.]

[The frequencies of the three sound waves were exactly the same, and we have verified thoroughly, there isn't any other mechanical noise in the room, so we can be certain these three sound waves were not naturally occurring random events.]

[Unbelievable, with a human body…]

[Hmm… maybe it's that dog?]

[That possibility can't be ruled out either, although it's unclear why the higher-ups specifically requested the dog be left…]

[Let's not disclose anything for now, and we mustn't relax the checks on the other children. Oh, and the construction progress of the special laboratory must be sped up.]

[Speaking of this special laboratory, it's only because our military base here is well-equipped that it's possible to satisfy such peculiar demands…]

[Just worried the excuse won't hold for long given the time constraints, as ordinary checks don't take this long, and the target might become suspicious.]

[Hmm… then let the "police" come once more, citing the need to investigate the orphanage director's illegal acts and temporarily taking custody of these children.]

[That's not a bad idea, have the strategy team prepare the script well, and try not to expose the plan.]

[The opposing capabilities are strange, the top earnestly reminds us not to rule out the possibility of the other side sending rescue, the security work cannot slacken.

Moreover, all researchers at the institute are not allowed to leave the base range, everyone should prepare for prolonged isolation.]

[Everything else is fine, just being unable to engage in verbal communication is quite uncomfortable, it's anti-human…]

[Hmm… regarding this, due to the importance of this mission, the higher-ups have already officially renamed and established our special research institute.]

[Renamed?]

[Yes! The research institute codename… Silent Hill…]

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Hmm…

Quite an apt name.

Just a bit eerie…

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