Leaving his office, Professor Shen immediately issued a directive to all staff and researchers, suspending all public guided tours and external visits for the foreseeable future. Since word of the asset's disappearance had already leaked internally, the personnel understood the severity of the situation and obeyed without complaint.
Naturally, wild speculations began to circulate among the staff. Many suspected that a rival organisation, envious of Shenxie Research Centre's breakthroughs, was behind the sabotage. Tiantang Research Centre, the top-tier facility owned by Yu Qi, quickly became one of their prime suspects, though they lacked a single shred of concrete evidence to back up their claims.
