Global Weirdness: People Survive in Ultra

Chapter 269: Blasting Plan

When the words "two hundred years" were spoken, Meng Yao and Poshui were both shocked.

The captain, on the other hand, remained calm. He slowly said, "Mr. Poshui, don't be too surprised. This isn't the first time you've experienced something like this."

He had obviously looked up information about Pashui and knew that he had experience in time travel.

Poshui rubbed his temples and calmed down. He stared at the captain in front of him and said, "Then let's go to the base first. What do the higher-ups say?"

Pashui was testing the attitude of the top management.

The captain smiled slightly and said, "We're still discussing it, but don't worry. As long as you're truly Po Shui, we won't do anything to harm you."

After saying that, the corners of his mouth sank, and he said to Pingye as if he had become a different person: "And you, Pingye!"

"You acted without authorization. How many times have I told you to treat this statue with rigor!" He pointed at Pingye, who had a bitter look on his face. "When you go back, no matter what the higher-ups say, you must submit a ten-thousand-word self-criticism!"

Pingye became even more dejected when he heard this.

So under the captain's order, the cordons surrounding the stone statue were removed, and Meng Yao and the other three returned to the Phoenix Nest in a car.

In the temporary reception room, Ping Ye was sitting beside him, writing furiously, while Meng Yao and Poshui were at the other end of the table.

They were arranged here, waiting for arrangements from higher-ups.

Poshui was holding a cup of coffee, standing by the window overlooking the people coming and going in the Phoenix Nest, while Meng Yao was looking at the piles of information in his hand.

That was the information of all the GUYS team members that Xiao Meng was a member of two hundred years ago.

"Is it really... two hundred years?" Meng Yao suddenly realized, as if in a dream. "By now, they've all passed away."

"But there's no information about Hibino Mirai in this file." Meng Yao glanced at Sasui's back, "How are we supposed to find anything about the future?"

"Not only has the memory been erased, but so many years have passed."

Time is a ruthless thing.

Even if there were any traces of Xiao Meng's existence back then, I believe it would be gone now.

Shingo Sakumui had a blank expression on his face, as if he had not heard Meng Yao's sigh, but there was a faint sense of sadness all over his body.

He took a sip of coffee, which was still bitter even after two hundred years.

"Take your time to look for it. The Phoenix Nest Base will be where you'll spend the most time in the future."

Pa Shui left the window and stopped looking at the scenery outside: "——We can always find it."

The electronic door opened, and the captain walked in quickly. He first glanced at Heiya, who was writing a self-criticism, and then said to Sasui, "Mr. Sasui, please move to the conference room."

"The higher-ups want to see you."

Poshui nodded, while Meng Yao stared and asked, "What about me?"

"you......"

The captain was at a loss for words. Meng Yao had no identification and was a complete illegal immigrant. If it weren't for Shingo Sakumui's testimony, Meng Yao probably wouldn't even be able to enter the Phoenix Nest base.

"Meng Yao, you wait here first." Po Shui turned around and rescued Meng Yao.

Then he ignored the captain and walked out of the temporary meeting room alone.

Since Shingo Sakai had specifically instructed him, the captain stopped harassing Meng Yao. He then went over to Heiya, placed a hand on his shoulder, and said, "The plan to demolish the statue has been finalized."

"It's expected to be the day after tomorrow. Don't act rashly then."

Pingye adjusted his glasses and stopped writing. "Are we really going to blow it up? Why did the higher-ups change their attitude so quickly? I've only just started my research—"

The captain clearly didn't want to hear Heiya's rebuttal, so he raised his hand and interrupted, "Because the risk is too great. You know what the defense team has to deal with."

"An unknown stone statue like this is a potential risk," the captain explained patiently. "We didn't touch it until now because we were actually assessing its danger."

"So the result of the assessment is explosion?"

Meng Yao couldn't help but interrupt.

The captain frowned and glanced at Meng Yao without explaining. In fact, if it weren't for Sakami Shingo's sake, he wouldn't have discussed this matter in front of Meng Yao.

Meng Yao knew he was overstepping the bounds, but the statue of Mebius was too important.

At that moment, regardless of the captain's attitude, he said, "It is really important that this stone statue cannot be blown up!"

"Where's the evidence?"

The captain's attitude was firm and cold, even a little angry. "The expert team has conducted more than a dozen risk assessments over the past few years. If you say you don't allow it, can't you at least provide evidence?"

Meng Yao touched his nose and finally collapsed in his chair.

He couldn't produce any evidence, so he could only remain silent.

Seeing Meng Yao shut up tactfully, the captain was about to continue speaking when he heard Ping beside him retort, "I don't agree with blowing up the statue either!"

Ok? !

The captain raised his eyebrows and said, "Add another 10,000 words to the self-criticism."

Pingye simply threw down his ballpoint pen, clearly getting angry: "Even if you write another 100,000 words, I still object, Captain!"

"And what about your evidence?"

"me......"

Heiya's stammer earned him a sneer from the captain, but he still patted him on the shoulder. "Heiya, I know you've put a lot of effort into your research, but this is a decision from above."

"Besides, don't forget, GUYS's purpose is to protect the Earth."

The captain advised earnestly, "Three generations of your family have worked at GUYS. You must understand this principle."

When talking about his family, Ping fell silent.

"Three generations?" Meng Yao pricked up his ears. "Did Pingye's elders also stay at GUYS?"

This kind of thing is not a secret, on the contrary it is an honor.

The captain simply introduced openly, "Hiraya's father and great-grandfather both worked as logistics analysts at GUYS."

"His great-grandfather was the monster doctor back then—Tetsupei Kusase."

Meng Yao was shocked.

The captain wasn't surprised by Meng Yao's performance. After all, the members of Teppei Kusase's generation of GUYS were legendary, a defense team that grew up amidst a monster outbreak.

The captain patted the silent Pingye one last time and walked out of the meeting room.

After the captain left, the temporary meeting room fell into silence for several minutes.

Finally, Meng Yao slid his chair over to Pingye and asked, "Are you really Zheping's descendant?"

"That is indeed my great-grandfather." Ping was a little dissatisfied with Meng Yao's casual address, but he quickly remembered that the other party was probably from that era, so he didn't dwell on it.

Meng Yao took a closer look and realized that their facial features were indeed strikingly similar. "Your family is quite wealthy, but I didn't expect that after Zheping, two generations of people would join the defense force."

Meng Yao couldn't help but admire him.

Pingye uttered a muffled "hmm," crumpled up his several-hundred-word self-criticism, and threw it into the trash can. "Isn't that strange? My grandfather always told me, since I was little, that people should do what they want to do."

Maybe this sentence stimulated him.

Ping fell silent again, but Meng Yao noticed that his left hand was clenched tightly.

There seemed to be a fire smoldering in his chest.

Pingye slammed his hands on the table and said, "No, I absolutely cannot let them destroy the statue!"

Meng Yao was startled by Pingye's action of slamming the table. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Pingye - even if he had put a lot of research effort into the stone statue, he shouldn't react so violently, right?

"Why...do you object?"

Meng Yao asked softly.

But Pingye was speechless again. He looked up and met Meng Yao's gaze, his eyes etched with confusion behind his glasses. "I, I don't know either."

"I only know that there seems to be a voice in my heart telling me that I must protect the statue." Pingye put his right hand over his heart, "And this matter is related to my great-grandfather."

Zheping?

Meng Yao was surprised and felt that he seemed to have found a breakthrough.

[Too much going on today, I'll update one chapter for now]