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Two hours later.
Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute, "Killer Insecticide Plan" Command Center.
"Although we successfully reclaimed Factory 105, this can hardly be called a victory," said Yang Qi, with a serious expression. "We lost an experienced Hunter and all the staff inside Factory 105. The progress of the memetic reverse engineering has also been delayed..."
"I'm only concerned now about how long it will take for Factory 105 to resume operations," the military representative asked. "The losses we've incurred can't be undone, but we can't let those sacrifices become meaningless."
"We've just completed the inspection of the factory premises, and we need time to arrange managers, workers, and security personnel... restarting the production line will take at least four hours," Yang Qi replied.
"Is the overall impact on the plan significant?" the military representative asked again.
