The scientific research department was actually a city within a city.

It was a small town with a radius of less than four kilometers that slowly expanded outwards around the experimental building of the headquarters.

The outermost part of this city within a city was a series of exhibition halls that were open to the public three days a week.

The area behind the exhibition halls was the forbidden area of the scientific research headquarters.

The small town of the scientific research headquarters had parks, restaurants, entertainment facilities, and cold drink stores. Other than the fact that there wasn't much communication with the outside world, everything seemed normal here.

After the three high-level officials and one minister were removed, the scientific research department was able to calm down a bit and resume operations.

The scientific research department stood at the forefront of the world's scientific research. Every minute and second wasted was a huge waste of resources.

The overall appearance of the scientific research headquarters laboratory building was hemispherical. It was silver-gray, and it refracted a beautiful light under the sun.

At night, there was even a slight light source. The hemispherical appearance made of special materials would constantly refract the light, giving the entire building a sparkling light.

Therefore, at night, the scientific research headquarters laboratory building was as bright as day.

Many people wearing lab coats of different materials walked on the spacious and empty streets.

Most of them walked alone with a contemplative look on their faces. A small number of them walked in groups of two or three, quietly discussing something.

The scientific research department now had a temporary acting minister. Other than two groups losing one or two senior members, the outside world didn't seem to have any impact on the scientific research department.

If there was any change, it was probably the hallways, halls, and lounges that were divided into public areas. There were holographic projections of white kittens running and sleeping everywhere.

After the people from the scientific research department vaguely guessed the reason why they were constantly being blacklisted, they stopped struggling.

It was normal for the Marshal Ji to be angry. After all, he was a normal human being, and it was normal for him to have a temper.

However, there were policies, and there were countermeasures!

If you don't let us watch the livestream, are you going to stop us from spending money to download the holographic projections?

The acting minister of the scientific research department was very generous.

With a wave of his hand, he bought all the holographic projections in Yue 'an in the name of public construction and threw them into the Scientific Research Department without hesitation.

Work in the research department was very stressful, and there was very little social interaction with the outside world. It was impossible to raise a pet to relax.

After all, even the slightest bit of other smells could cause the experiment to fail. If it failed, it would mean that the entire team leader's efforts would go down the drain. No one dared to take such a huge loss lightly.

However, this did not stop them from messing around with holographic projections.

Many people bent down to pet the cats on the way back. Many people chose to relax their constantly operating brains in the lounge. After stroking the cats to clear their minds, they went back to the dormitory to sleep.

When the Yue An sneaked out without Ji Xiuyun's knowledge, it bypassed the Science Museum, Museum, and Achievement Exhibition Hall outside the Science Research Department and followed a supply truck into the Science Research Department's headquarters, it immediately saw the three of them.

Yue An: "…"

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hat？？

Yue An stared at the three of them who were playing and dozing leisurely. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was a holographic projection.

Yue An walked further in and realized that he could see one or two projections of himself every ten meters or so.

The holographic projections here seemed to have been modified. Some behavior patterns and intelligent operation patterns had been added.

For example, when these projections saw people or other projections, they would be curious and take the initiative to approach them. They would even run around the corridors.

The researchers who passed by in different outfits were not surprised by this.

Yue An thought about it and decided to deactivate his invisibility mode. He walked into the building with his four short legs.

No one noticed anything unusual. The people walking around here were straightforward and innocent. They did not suspect anything at all. Some people even bent down to pet Yue An's head occasionally.

There were many entrances to the building. The structure and corridors inside were quite complicated.

Every experiment had to be conducted in a different laboratory. It was impossible for a team of dozens of people to focus on one experiment. Therefore, there were various laboratories built in the building to meet the needs of scientific research.

If one had to give a reference to the structure of this building, the most suitable one would be the ant nest.

Yue An walked around the corridors for a long time but did not find anything. He could not even find a proper laboratory.

Yue An was confused by the various forks and corridors. He lay down and rested for a while. Then, he casually followed a researcher into a lounge. He jumped on the table and looked at the snacks on the table. He sat down next to the snacks and stuck his head into the snack bag.

The little white ball of fur ate everything in the snack bag. Then, he licked his paws and shook his fur. He thanked the researcher who came out of the bathroom with a "meow". Then, he shamelessly turned around and left through the gap in the door.

The researcher who heard Yue An's meow was stunned.

His partner walked in and picked up the snack bag on the table. When he realized that it was empty, he looked up and asked, "Did you eat my snacks?"

"…" No, I didn't. Don't talk nonsense.

The researcher who was questioned was stunned for a while. He turned to look at his partner and asked, "In our institute, those holographic projections don't have sound, right?"

"Yeah, otherwise, it would be noisy."

"… I just saw a meow."

"What??"

The two of them looked at each other for a few seconds. They recalled that a few of their seniors had been suspended and investigated for stealing cats. Their expressions changed at the same time.

"The f * ck?"

"Did someone do something stupid again??"

"Are the idiots who stole cats stupid???"

"Yeah."

"What should we do?"

"I don't know."

The two were dumbfounded for a while. They finally reacted.

"… Let's report it."

"Report it, report it, don't do anything stupid."

Yue An did not realize that he had been exposed. He finally wandered into a spacious hall.

The hall was an arched structure. The surrounding walls were hollowed out into small lattices. There were various trophies placed in the lattices.

There was a circle of elevators neatly arranged near the ground. They were operating non-stop. From time to time, people would come out of one of the elevators and hurriedly enter another one.

They were like busy worker ants.

There were some chairs for resting at the side of the hall. There were a few people sitting on them. Each of them had a cat projection in their hands. They were rubbing their fur and massaging their paws. It was rare that they were chatting.

Yue An thought for a while and ran over with his short legs. He squatted next to a nearby projection and pricked up his ears.

"I wonder if the Marshal Ji incident is true," one of them said.

Another person replied, "He even brought a D41 to steal cats. It's not surprising that he would do something like that to the Marshal Ji."

"The temptation of an SS-level gene body is great. It's normal for him to want to do something like that."

"He probably did it a long time ago. Does anyone remember when the Marshal Ji started giving us a hard time?"

"When I joined the station, the Marshal Ji was still a lieutenant general. He was already …"

"How long ago?"

"I've been in the station for more than thirty years."

"… What a sin."

"God knows what the seniors are doing under the first elevator. Other than the minister … No, the former minister and a few hundred years of experience, no one else has the right to restrict them."

Yue An flicked his ears and looked around. He then went straight to the elevator with the number "1" hanging above it.

It sounded like all the shameful experiments were under the first elevator.

Yue An stretched his head and looked around. He then flicked his fingernail and drew a small circle in the corner of the first elevator door. It was big enough for a cat to pass through. He then pushed the small piece he had cut into the door.

His sharp claws were sharp claws that could even scratch energy crystals!

Opening the elevator door was as easy as pie.

The white furball got into the elevator, turned around, and pushed the perfectly cut small piece of steel back into the elevator. It perfectly blocked the hole.

He stood in the elevator and turned his little head in a big circle. He looked for a long time but could not find any buttons.

The furball was stunned for a while. He was very impatient with the high-tech technology of the research department. He stretched out his claws again, scratched the floor under the elevator, and got in.

As soon as he got in, all the cat projections outside were cleared.

The acting minister had worked hard all day doing experiments. He was woken up in the middle of the night by someone yelling at him. He felt a headache coming on.

When he was told that someone might have stolen the cat again and successfully brought the cat back to the research department, he wanted to kill himself in front of Ji Xiuyun's house.

'Please, Marshal Ji, take good care of your cat!

How could it be stolen again!!!

The research department can't afford to stop operations for a second time!! '

The acting minister had a headache and was about to break down.

"Turn off the projections!

Check!

Check the surveillance cameras!

Also, check if there are any traces of air in your lounge. Track them down! "

The acting minister was so angry that his head was about to explode.

Who the hell was it!!

Why did they have to be thieves instead of researchers?!!

Was the experiment not exciting enough?!

Or was the salary not enough?!

Did water get into their brains?!

"Hurry up!

Which group hasn't had their communication accounts blocked by Marshal Ji?

Hurry up and give me one. "

Researcher A: "… There's nothing else."

Acting minister: "…"

What the hell …

Ah!!!

Why did I watch the live broadcast!!!

Are you trying to piss me off so that you can inherit the position of acting minister?!

It was chaos outside, but the white furball, who was slowly floating down the first ladder, knew nothing about it.

After about a hundred meters, the Yue An finally reached the bottom.

He used the same trick and dug a hole in the door.

What he saw was a dim color. There were many organs and strange deformed life forms in cylindrical containers. Some of them were even moving, as if they were still alive.

The Yue An glanced at these things. He raised his little head and sniffed around, trying to smell some familiar scents in the air.

For example, catmint, catmint, and catmint.

However, the air in this hall was quite clean. There were no traces of any smell.

The Yue An looked around and saw that there were laboratories with signs on both sides. There were different words written on the signs, such as human science, spiritual power exploration, genetic science, and so on.

He wagged the tip of his tail and walked to the door of one of the laboratories, hoping to find the words "catmint science" on it.

Of course, he didn't find it.

However, he found the plant science laboratory. It was right next to the genetic science laboratory. Under the experiment record column, there was a column that said "Ancient Earth Plant Research".

It was full of the smell of catmint at first glance!!

The Yue An raised his claws and tore open the door of the laboratory without hesitation.

The smell in the laboratory was cleaner than the smell outside.

The little white furball looked here and there, sniffing around, and actually smelled a familiar scent.

It was on the side of a wall.

After so long, the Yue An had seen Ji Xiuyun pull out hidden drawers and cabinets from a flat wall after identity verification.

The little white furball drew out its fingernails and scratched out five lines. After seeing an obvious gap inside, it exerted force with its claws and forcibly pulled out the hidden drawer that had not been authenticated.

There were ten neatly arranged light green test tubes inside, exuding a very attractive color.

At the same time, an alarm suddenly sounded in the headquarters of the Scientific Research Department.

"Alert, alert, the laboratory of Ladder One has been invaded by an unknown person."

"Alert, alert …"

The acting head, who was holding his head that was throbbing because of lack of sleep, was looking for the cat thief and the cat. He was stunned for two seconds when he heard the alarm. When he heard that it was the laboratory of Ladder One, which he had no right to enter, he felt his vision go black.

… F * ck!

The bosses of Ladder One, please do me a favor.

I'm begging you.

Can't you give us, the healthy and ordinary researchers, a way to live?

The acting head frowned.

He felt that he was going bald on the third day of his appointment.