A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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"Report! An unusual situation has occurred in residential area A in Yunnan!"

An emergency call came through the communicator in the First Military Region's operations duty room, and the duty officer captain abruptly looked up from the monitor screen.

"The exact location?"

Area A is where high-ranking officers reside, and the captain's finger was already hovering over the emergency alarm button.

"Major General Gao Tian's newly assigned residence, A-117, the entire building has disappeared." The voice on the other end of the communication channel trembled noticeably.

The captain's throat tightened abruptly, his voice trembling: "What? Gone? What do you mean by gone?"

It's like nothing happened at all, as if it was suddenly wiped off the face of the earth.

The surveillance footage shows that what used to be the location of the villa is now just an empty space.

This house was newly assigned to Major General Gao Tian.

General Gao Tian is the bond of friendship between humans and the Zerg.

The newly crowned Zerg Crown Princess may even be Commander-in-Chief Qi's future successor, and if something happens to her, the entire Human Federation will be thrown into chaos.

"Activate Level 3 alert immediately. I'll report right away." The captain pressed the alarm button while dialing the security minister's hotline.

Three minutes later, the SUV of the First Military Region's security chief braked suddenly downstairs.

The car door slammed shut, and the security minister strode in and walked briskly toward the monitoring screen.

"This is impossible..." the security minister muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the monitor screen.

Under the sunlight, where a two-story white villa should have stood, only a perfectly flat lawn remains. There are no remnants of the foundation, no exposed pipes, and not even any signs of the surrounding flowers and grass being trampled, as if the building had never existed.

"Have you retrieved the surveillance footage?" the security minister asked, turning to the technical officer beside him.

"It's in, Minister." The duty captain handed over the data panel and opened the surveillance footage: "At 9:58:14 AM, the building was still there; at 9:58:15 AM, the image showed static for less than a second, and then..."

At 58 minutes and 16 seconds, after the snowflakes flashed by, the house was no longer visible in the footage.

There was no explosion, no bright light, and no warning. The fifteen-ton reinforced concrete structure vanished into thin air right before the eyes of the surveillance cameras.

"Has it been reported?" the security minister asked.

This is no longer something that he, as the Minister of Security, can handle; it may need to be reported to the Commander-in-Chief.

"It's been submitted, but there's been no reply yet."

"it is good."

Just then, the Minister of Security's communicator rang.

The call connected to Commander-in-Chief Qi's adjutant: "Minister Wang, the Commander-in-Chief requests that you go to see him immediately."

"receive."

After hanging up the call, the Minister of Security's temples throbbed.

The disappearance of Major General Gao Tian's residence was too clean and too complete; it was definitely not a simple technical malfunction or natural phenomenon.

An unexpected disaster, a truly unexpected disaster.

No matter what the problem is, if it occurs during his tenure, he cannot escape responsibility.

......

Commander-in-Chief Qi's office.

General Manager Qi was still annotating documents behind his desk, his shoulders and back ramrod straight.

"Report!" The Minister of Security stood at attention at the door.

"Come in." Commander-in-Chief Qi said without looking up.

The Minister of Security walked in and stood at attention in front of General Qi's desk.

"Have you made contact with Major General Takagi?"

The Minister of Security replied, "Report! We haven't been able to make contact yet. Major General Gao Tian's communicator is switched off. We don't yet know if it was switched off intentionally or because it was switched off after a prolonged period without signal."

Commander-in-Chief Qi finally raised his head. There were obvious shadows under his eyes, but his gaze remained sharp.

"Minister of Security, do you know what's in Major General Gao Tian's residence?"

The security minister was a little flustered. Why would he care about the renovation of a house that a colleague he didn't know well had just been assigned?

"Well... according to the standard configuration, there should only be basic furniture and daily necessities. Major General Gao was only recently assigned this house, so he shouldn't have many personal belongings."

"I have a detailed report here. Major General Gao Tian donated the furniture left by the previous owner to the orphanage. The new furniture hasn't been delivered yet, so the house should be empty. There's only a pet dog that Major General Gao Tian bought a few days ago. Major General Gao Tian didn't make any major changes to the house, only replaced the flowers in the courtyard. Now tell me your initial assessment."

The security minister took a deep breath: "No organization has claimed responsibility for this. No explosive residue or energy fluctuations were found at the scene. Surveillance footage shows that the disappearance was instantaneous. The technical department has not been able to identify any known weapon that could achieve this effect."

He paused for a moment. "Commander-in-Chief, this doesn't seem like an attack; it's more like... that house was wiped from reality."

The site that should have been a residence is now just an empty space.

"This does not conform to any known physical laws, we are really..." the security minister stammered.

"Have you sent anyone to the site to investigate?"

"Not yet. The technical team hasn't arrived yet. We're afraid of damaging the evidence at the scene, and we're also afraid that the Zerg might misunderstand and think we did it. After notifying the Zerg, we've just put up a cordon around the area and are waiting for the Zerg to arrive so we can jointly investigate."

"Hmm, well done. Notify the technical team to proceed to the scene immediately." Commander-in-Chief Qi turned off the projector and turned to the Minister of Security: "From now on, report directly to me on this matter."

"yes!"

"Now, I want you to investigate three things: First, all personnel who have approached Major General Gao Tian's house in the past 72 hours; second, the new landscaping contractor and maintenance records for Gao Tian's residence; and third, any recent reports of spatial anomalies."

The Minister of Security nodded and was about to leave when Commander-in-Chief Qi called him back.

"There's one more thing," President Qi's voice suddenly softened, "Investigate everyone Gao Tian has recently been in contact with, especially those who have connections with the administrative departments."

The Minister of Security was startled.

You mean...?

If there is some connection between them...

"Conduct a secret investigation without alerting anyone."

"Understood, Commander-in-Chief."

The Minister of Security left General Qi's office.

The empty meadow lingered in his mind.

A terrible thought came to his mind: what if not only the house disappeared, but also General Gao Tian and the Zerg Crown Prince?

Will the Zerg still maintain peace with humans?

......

The troops sent to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance quickly prepared to depart.

"Attention all personnel! Emergency mission, Level 3 alert! Repeat, Level 3 alert!"

At lunchtime, in Yunnan, at the special operations unit's base, alarms blared throughout the camp.

Well, I guess I won't need to eat lunch.

Because Major General Chen Feng's residence was not far from Major General Gao Tian's, and he was also a special forces instructor, he was specifically summoned to handle this incident.

Major General Chen Feng hung up the phone, ripped off his combat uniform from the office coat rack, changed into it within thirty seconds, and rushed to the assembly area.