"Early this morning, there was a fire in the residential area next to yours. We are investigating the cause of the fire and the identity of the resident involved."
"And this morning, you were followed again."
"After our research, we believe that the tracking case involving you is related to the fire investigation case we are currently handling. Both cases have now been consolidated for investigation."
"If you have time, could you please come to our Jiangcheng Garrison?"
Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Tang Li's heart settled a little.
She asked, "This morning, at the security brigade of Shelter No. 3, haven't all the necessary questions been asked?"
"Yes, we would like to ask you for some more details," the voice on the other end replied.
Upon hearing this, Tang Li said, "Then I'll come to your place after lunch."
It was already lunchtime, and she still needed to go back and explain some matters to Tang Guo. She planned to visit the Jiangcheng Garrison before heading to the Mercenary Guild.
After hanging up the phone, Tang Li called Song Pinxuan back.
"Miss Tang, I heard you were being followed? Do you know who was following you? Do you need my help?"
As soon as the call connected, Song Pinxuan asked impatiently.
Hearing Song Pinxuan's rapid-fire questions, Tang Li didn't answer but instead asked curiously, "How did you know I was being followed?"
After hearing Song Pinxuan's explanation, Tang Li understood.
It turned out that the former security brigade, now the Garrison, had not only called her but also called Song Pinxuan.
Because she had previously mentioned participating in Song Pinxuan's experiment and suspected that these R-country people were following her to obtain information related to the brain-computer interface experiment.
Upon learning of this situation, the military had also increased the security at Song Pinxuan's laboratory.
Tang Li felt a mix of amusement and helplessness, never expecting that her intention to draw official attention to the Sacred Light organization would yield such results.
She immediately told Song Pinxuan about being followed and monitored in the past few days, as well as her suspicion that these followers were related to the R-country people, omitting the details of how she dealt with them.
"What? There are people monitoring you even in the Mercenary Guild?"
Upon hearing Tang Li's words, Song Pinxuan became even more worried.
"This is just my guess, not confirmed," Tang Li emphasized.
Although she was absolutely certain about her "guesses."
The two spoke a little longer about the R-country people.
After probing, Tang Li discovered that even Song Pinxuan, who had memories of the next 30-plus years, did not know about the mysterious force known as the Sacred Light organization.
It seemed that this mysterious force was indeed deeply hidden.
"If you need anything, feel free to ask me anytime. I will definitely help."
Tang Li did not refuse Song Pinxuan's offer.
"Okay, thank you."
After all, the Sacred Light organization was too mysterious, and she had to unite all available forces to deal with them.
"You're welcome."
"The reason you're encountering these things is ultimately because you participated in my experiment and were seen by those R-country people at the research institute. I should take responsibility for you."
Before the call ended, Song Pinxuan said this to Tang Li.
One had lived in the apocalypse for four years, and the other was engrossed in scientific research. Neither of them realized that there was anything wrong with these words.
After finishing her conversation with Song Pinxuan, Tang Li went home for lunch.
Upon returning home, she saw the discarded items piled at the bottom of the stairs.
Tang Li stored these discarded items in her spatial dimension, removed them, and obtained another batch of spatial energy.
After several months of expansion, Tang Li's spatial dimension had become very large.
It might be an exaggeration to fit the entire Jiangcheng into it, but it was possible to fit everything from Shelter No. 3 of Jiangcheng into the dimension.
However, at present, Tang Li had enough items in her dimension and did not need to store more.
These spaces were merely reserve spatial energy, a preparation for the potential large-scale replication of supplies in the future.
During lunch, Tang Guo said to Tang Li meaningfully:
"Lili, this morning, as you told me, I went to the residential area to the east where the fire occurred last night, and indeed, many people needed appliances."
"It's one thing for a fire to occur, but the fact that all the appliances around the house where the fire broke out were damaged by an electromagnetic pulse is quite strange..."
Tang Li's expression remained unchanged.
She put a piece of food on Tang Guo's plate and said with a smile, "No matter how strange it is, it has nothing to do with us. We were at home sleeping last night, weren't we?"
Hearing this, Tang Guo also smiled and said, "Yes, we were at home sleeping last night."
Tang Li then slowly explained to Tang Guo, "Guo Guo, I'm going to the Garrison later."
"I was followed this morning, and those people have been handed over to the security brigade. However, this tracking case has been consolidated with last night's fire case, and I need to go again to explain the details."
"You also need to be careful when you go out with Yixuan recently..."