Chapter 19: Chapter 19: What Exactly Did He Xingzhou Do?
"I don't know, it must be something really important!"
"It's the first time I've seen this!" The students watched the car enter the school. Within a minute, they heard the school's broadcast from the PA system.
"Attention, attention, all students in Building No. 5, class time has been extended by thirty minutes. Students and teachers, please do not move around freely!"
"Building No. 5, they went to Building No. 5!" Some students followed to watch.
The special military jeep, escorted by SWAT, went straight to Building No. 5.
This was the building where He Xingzhou was having class. Professor Zhang Boyan shouted, "Students, we just received a notification, class time has been extended by thirty minutes. Don't worry, go ahead and read your books."
The students were puzzled. "Why the sudden extension?"
"What's going on? We won't be able to get food at the cafeteria now!"
"This is ridiculous, and we're told not to move around."
Just as they were dissatisfied, they heard orderly footsteps outside the classroom, strong and purposeful!
"What's happening?" Wang Jiahao, who sat next to He Xingzhou, curiously looked out the window, only to see a group of SWAT officers standing outside the classroom, upright and expressionless, holding guns.
The sight directly frightened the students.
"Whoa, what happened? The SWAT is here?"
"Are the guns loaded?"
"Could there be a criminal here?"
"Why did the SWAT come?" Feng Tao and Zhang Yang were also puzzled.
"They're probably here for me," He Xingzhou said, *because ten times out of ten, it was about his experiment report.*
"For you?" the surrounding students laughed. "He Xingzhou, you're so bold, be careful not to get taken away."
"Here we go again! You're making up stories again!"
They were about to continue teasing when they saw a SWAT captain standing at the door, saluting Zhang Boyan and saying, "Hello, sir, I am here to carry out a task and take He Xingzhou away!"
"You guys are fast. I just got the notice," Zhang Boyan said. His phone had just buzzed with a message from the principal, stating that the Security Bureau was coming to take He Xingzhou, and here they were.
Upon hearing them, the whole class was stunned!
The SWAT was indeed here for He Xingzhou!
One officer might have been enough, but a whole squad was overkill, even for capturing a most-wanted criminal!
Students by the window could see special vehicles parked below the building, blocking people from approaching!
"T-they're really here for you!" Wang Jiahao was dumbfounded. Could everything He Xingzhou said be true?
"Bro, this is too intense, my heart can't take it!" Feng Tao whispered.
As for Zhang Yang, when he saw the SWAT captain looking their way, he didn't even dare to speak!
Under the watchful eyes of all the students, He Xingzhou calmly stood up and said to his roommates, "Help me take my books back to the dorm."
Saying that, he walked to the classroom door and said, "Comrade, I am He Xingzhou."
"Hello, student He Xingzhou." The SWAT captain saluted and said, "Under orders from the higher-ups, you are requested to come with us."
"Alright," He Xingzhou nodded and followed him out of the classroom, with the surrounding SWAT officers regrouping to escort him away.
Throughout the entire process, in the large classroom with hundreds of students, there was pin-drop silence!
Nobody knew what to say; this scene was etched deeply into their minds. In all their years, they had never seen anyone escorted by the SWAT before!
The most critical detail: this person was their classmate. Not long ago, they were teasing He Xingzhou for joking!
"Classmates, do not be affected, and there's no need to worry about He Xingzhou. Please continue studying!" Zhang Boyan said.
"How can we not be affected?" Wang Jiahao was about to lose it, tugging at Feng Tao and Zhang Yang and saying, "Did you see? The SWAT took He Xingzhou away!"
"What the heck, why? We're all just people, how's he so special?"
"You're asking me? How would I know?" Feng Tao retorted.
"Was he telling the truth all along?" Zhang Yang said, astonished.
"Could He Xingzhou really be on a national secret mission?" Students recalled what He Xingzhou had said before, and goosebumps prickled their skin!
"He wasn't joking with us!"
"Was the joke on me all along?"
They looked out the window, only to see He Xingzhou getting into the "Special Pass" black military jeep to leave the campus.
"I witnessed the rise of an influencer firsthand!" a student said in awe and envy.
"Ugh, I regret it so much! If I had known, I would've confessed to He Xingzhou!" Some girls openly expressed their regrets, including the department beauty!
"Our department birthed a prodigy! This is so exciting!"
"Who has He Xingzhou's WeChat or QQ? I want to add him as a friend!" one student shouted out.
"I'm bowing to this authority!"
Zhang Boyan also looked out from the window at the jeep driving away. However, unlike the students' excitement and surprise, he felt more anxious.
*"The Security Bureau urgently taking away He Xingzhou implies that his previous report's analysis has been validated. Something big might be happening in our country!"*
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The commotion and rumors at school no longer mattered to He Xingzhou, who soon arrived at a secret research institution of the Academy of Sciences via special vehicle.
This place was marked as a military no-go zone, guarded by armed soldiers. Without a permit, entrance and exit were impossible!
Everyone here had to go through several layers of security checks to get inside, and He Xingzhou was no exception.
He met with the three leaders of the Zerg Disaster Response Team. As soon as they saw him, Kong Qing smiled and said, "Young friend, you weren't scared by them earlier, were you?"
"Don't be afraid, we just want to understand some situations."
He even chided Cui Weimin, "Making such a big scene just to pick someone up."
Cui Weimin quickly added, "My fault, my fault, I was in too much of a hurry. But don't worry, I've arranged for everything, and He Xingzhou's matter won't be reported or spread."
"I noticed this young man was very composed, not scared at all," Qin Peng assessed, looking at He Xingzhou.
He Xingzhou said, "You three are my seniors; I haven't done anything wrong, so of course, I'm not afraid."
"Haha, well said," Cui Weimin laughed.
Kong Qing said, "Don't stand on ceremony. Sit down. We read your experiment report and after thorough analysis and verification, we find your views incredibly insightful."
"You've alerted us; you could be considered a whistleblower for an apocalyptic disaster!"
Cui Weimin said, "Young man, today's purpose of bringing you here is to ask if you have any more information or thoughts on the Zerg genetics, Zerg crisis, and such. Feel free to share them with us."
Qin Peng also said, "Speak freely. Your viewpoints will be recorded and seriously considered."