This is really not mechanical ascension-Chapter 233 - 131 Two Birds with One Arrow, A Big Harvest Through Underhanded Tactics_2

Chapter 233: Chapter 131 Two Birds with One Arrow, A Big Harvest Through Underhanded Tactics_2

"According to one of the survivors, when he heard the groaning, he noticed that Sain was attempting to remove his gene inhibitor and didn’t see anyone else. Then, the killer entered,"

"As to what happened before the groaning, he didn’t know."

"This matches our review. Shortly after Sain entered, the killer immediately followed."

"What about the days before? Maybe someone was lying in ambush," Duke Bai Ye pressed.

The likelihood of Sain voluntarily wearing a gene inhibitor was too low for Duke Bai Ye to even consider it.

"If that’s the case, then the workload would be enormous. Besides, the surveillance footage of the star port is only retained for seven days before being overwritten," the other party said with difficulty:

"Your arrival was confirmed half a month ago. If someone has been hiding there for half a month, it’s possible."

"But he would have to leave at some point, right? Can’t you screen the identities of all life forms in the entire star port?"

"We can, it just requires some waiting," Ren Cangsong nodded.

Duke Bai Ye gave a rueful smile, "No problem, I have plenty of time. I hope your side can find the clues. First, it was Prince Youke, and now Sain. Torch seems to have free rein within your Blue Star territory."

He left with his people. Ren Cangsong’s face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. After waving everyone away, he turned to the corner.

There was actually someone there the whole time.

"Old Chen, what the hell is going on? Who is that person?" Ren Cangsong asked helplessly.

When he was screening everyone who went to that restroom today, Chen Jinglong suddenly appeared and made him hide the information of one person.

"Sain’s death, it has nothing to do with you, right?" Ren Cangsong pressed as Chen Jinglong remained silent.

"I didn’t have time to kill him," Chen Jinglong shook his head.

"Then who’s the person you’re making me erase?" Ren Cangsong asked again, "If you don’t tell me, don’t blame me for investigating on my own."

Chen Jinglong hesitated, sighed, and said, "It’s Li Ming."

"Li Ming!?" Ren Cangsong was taken aback, his mind racing, and he lowered his voice, "What exactly are you doing here!"

"Fishing," Chen Jinglong gave a rough explanation, also omitting some key details.

Still shocked, Ren Cangsong said, "You’re using him as bait? Wu Yanqing is going to fight you to the death."

"Plus, with such a promising seed, aren’t you afraid something might really happen to him?"

Chen Jinglong, resigned, "If the bait isn’t attractive, how can we expect to catch a big fish?"

"So, have you caught anything yet?"

The black metal energy blocks surfaced in Chen Jinglong’s mind, but he shook his head, "Not yet, he needs to make further contact."

"Stop fishing and let him focus on developing the gene seed," Ren Cangsong sighed, and then asked in a low voice, "So tell me honestly, Sain’s death has nothing to do with you, right?"

"I said it didn’t," Chen Jinglong frowned, "Do you think I’ve been hiding in the restroom for half a month, then forced Sain to wear a gene inhibitor and called someone from Torch to kill him?"

"Or did Li Ming, without having any contact with him, somehow coax him into wearing the gene inhibitor and then turned into a Dimensional God to guide Torch to take him out?"

"He went to the restroom just to adjust his Mimic Mask; he told me at the time."

Ren Cangsong gave an awkward smile and muttered, "It just feels too coincidental, as if there’s some connection between Sain and Li Ming."

"He was trying to assassinate Li Ming," Chen Jinglong said gravely, "The Mimic Mask only changes the appearance, other physical traits and habits do not change, those familiar can roughly tell."

"Perhaps, at that time, Sain had already spotted Li Ming and was contacting some people."

"He wanted to kill Li Ming!!" Ren Cangsong’s demeanor suddenly became stern, filled with a murderous aura, "These green algae, never changing their minds, deserve it!"

Chen Jinglong speculated, "Torch’s operations have been too frequent. I suspect that Sain might have stumbled upon a lead on Torch while investigating Li Ming. He followed the lead and was killed because of it."

Then he added regretfully, "I wanted to keep him alive until he made another big move, then draw him out to pin it all on the Sela Civilization, turning the tables on them."

Ren Cangsong stared at him, "What if your plan went awry?"

"Everything has risks," Chen Jinglong said calmly.

Ren Cangsong frowned. He had always disapproved of Chen Jinglong’s way of doing things. Everyone knew of Wu Yanqing’s ruthlessness.

But very few people knew that the always amiable Director Chen could outdo him.

Ren Cangsong snorted coldly, "You weigh the situation yourself. I’ll erase Li Ming’s traces cleanly."

Sain was dead, and the Sela were furious, with Duke Bai Ye cursing loudly.

The necessary ID checks on the surface were unavoidable, with the intelligence systems screening. With so many people’s identities to compare, it was difficult to complete in a short time, not to mention the life forms from other civilizations.

For a full five hours, the spaceport was in lockdown, causing many life forms to curse and become restless. Blue Star could only try to pacify them.

...

Close to one million metal energy!

Li Ming put the last piece of black metal back in place, his eyes filled with satisfaction and relief.

His balance of metal energy had reached a new peak, around one million two hundred thousand points.

"According to estimates, the metal energy contained in these black metal blocks could altogether reach one million five hundred thousand," he thought, more than his original prediction.

He didn’t expect that this black market trade would yield so much, and this was after he had restrained himself.

"Most of the metal energy has already been extracted by me. While the surface reveals nothing unusual, the original trait has been weakened a lot."

Li Ming covered the metal with the black velvet cloth again. No matter what Torch intended to do with these things, their effectiveness had been greatly reduced.

"And this fellow..." After tidying up everything here, Li Ming then opened the smart terminal, pulled up a picture, and enlarged it.

A fairly ordinary woman, with some freckles on her nose, curly pale golden hair, and somewhat sharp eyes.

During the process of absorbing metal energy, Li Ming had thoroughly investigated the surveillance footage and navigation logs of this spaceship for the recent period.

It indeed revealed something unusual: the recorded captain of the spaceship was named Li Bo’er.

His identity data was certainly flawless, born in the Saya Star system, and had been following an interstellar trade convoy before.

About five years ago, he bought this second-hand interstellar ship with his own money and started a starship rental business.

According to details from the surveillance footage, there were many times when this Captain Li Bo’er, in front of a crew member named -- Ling Lan --

subconsciously showed a respectful attitude, such as stepping aside when they met in the corridor, or frequently glancing at her during meetings.

This behavior was particularly frequent in the first few days, and only slightly decreased after a few days.

This Ling Lan’s identity was very special, definitely not a common crew member.

Coming out from the cabin, with the outside still under martial law, Li Ming called Xu Heng over to ask:

"Are the crew members still in the interrogation room?"

"Yes," Xu Heng said cautiously, glancing around. "The inspection isn’t over, and they can’t leave for now. You’d better wait a little longer."

"No matter, take me to see them," Li Ming said.

"This..." Xu Heng hesitated. It clearly wasn’t according to the rules, especially at such a sensitive time.

But remembering the orders from above, he bit the bullet and said, "Alright, follow me."

There weren’t many people in the interrogation hall, just basic security. The interstellar ship that had just arrived at the port and Sain’s time of death simply didn’t match up; they couldn’t be related.

"Sigh, that dead Sela, his identity seems to have been quite high-ranking. I heard that he used to be a teacher to some Prince, and he was demoted only recently for committing a crime," Xu Heng told him in a low voice on the way:

"It’s said the guy was a Grade C life form. Ended up dying in the toilet. There was someone doing their business at that time, and I heard they got so scared they were paralyzed there for half a day."

At this point, he couldn’t help but crack a smile.

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