Chapter 368: A New Discovery (2/2)

”Someone from the high committee!” she whispered.

The High, or Supreme Committee office was usually short during times of war. It was the highest administrative office in the reconstruction area. As compared to the highest administrative office during the era of peace, this department had even bigger rights where the military administration was concerned. It managed everything in the reconstruction area while the office beneath it performed only with the permission of the highest committee during the war.

Luo Yuan paused and said, ”Wait, let me change.”

”Don’t take too long.” Chen Xinjie said. She was really nervous.

Luo Yuan nodded and walked into the bathroom in his office. He had a quick shower, grabbed some clean clothes, put them on and left.

Chen Xinjie was waiting anxiously at the door. Seeing Luo Yuan come out of it, she said immediately, ”Follow me!”

She turned around and led the way. While Luo Yuan followed her, he tried to guess what could possibly be the purpose of the meeting. Soon, they arrived at their destination. He shook his head, clearing his mind. The truth would be revealed soon anyway.

Two military police were guarding the entrance of the corridor, but there was nobody around. Chen Xinjie stopped before the conference room corridor and said,”The high commissioner is in the conference room, I will not be part of the meeting.”

Luo Yuan nodded, walked along the corridor and entered the conference room. He glanced inside to see two people seated inside.

One was young and looked unsettled. Luo Yuan assumed he was an assistant who was here for exposure, while the other person was a middle-aged man with a military vibe about himself. He was the person in charge.

As Luo Yuan approached, both of them stood up. ”Hi Major Luo, I’m Gao Yuanshan from the Information Division. It's an honor to finally meet you.”

Luo Yuan shook hands with the middle-aged man, smiled and said,”I have been swamped with work recently, sorry for making you wait.”

”We didn’t wait too long! Let’s cut to the chase. To avoid any possible disclosure of today’s meeting to the public, please place all your electrical devices on the table.” said the high commissioner.

Luo Yuan nodded. Looking at the situation, he knew what they were here for.

He obeyed and placed his personal messaging device and satellite phone on the table. The assistant took out a metal box from under the table. From the look of it, the box seemed to be made of lead. He opened the box, put the electrical devices in and closed it.

”I’m sorry Major Luo, to avoid any other possible threats, I’ll need to do a body scan.” the young man said.

”Understood, proceed!” Luo Yuan said. He did not mind.

The assistant took out a device and scanned Luo Yuan’s body. He then nodded to the high commissioner.

”Now we can talk in private.” The high commissioner said. ”Major Luo, I am sure you are aware of the extraterrestrial civilization. With such a high-level civilization in existence, cautiousness requires very serious considerations.

”So, I guess you have already witnessed their abilities?” Luo Yuan questioned.

”Unfortunately, until now we still don’t have any direct evidence. But through meticulous investigation and images we received from the satellite footage, we noticed some signs. That’s the reason why we have come to you.”

”Keep talking.” Luo Yuan said, a serious look on his face.

”After some comparisons with the satellite images, we noticed there was a sighting of artifacts on an island in the South China Sea. Although, in that same location a year ago, there was nothing there.” The high commissioner took out the two satellite images from his briefcase and showed them to Luo Yuan.

One was them was a picture of a forest. There did not seem to be anything odd about it. While in the other picture, there was a small part of the forest that had been cleared. In its place was a dark, crescent shaped building which looked like a giant rock at first glance. The trees around it were taller than the others. The building was concealed and would have been easily missed if one did not look carefully.

”The building is 202 meters wide and 105 meters tall. We suspect that it is an outpost of the extraterrestrial civilization on earth!” The high commissioner said with a noticeable tone of anger in his voice.