This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 131 Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Big Harvest

"Everything is going according to plan, but this incident has happened. I'm afraid we will be stranded for a while."

Li Ming thought about it, took a photo of the black metals, and sent it to Chen Jinglong: "Dean, what kind of interstellar precious metal is this? How come I have never seen it before, and I can't find it on the interstellar Internet."

Chen Jinglong did not respond.

Li Ming frowned, feeling more and more that something was wrong, and stared at the boxes in front of him.

This thing seems very unusual. If the Torch absorbs it all, will it go crazy?

Li Ming was pondering, but his hands did not stop moving, absorbing these black metal blocks.

However, he did not absorb it until it completely disappeared. After reaching a certain limit, he stopped and put it aside.

This cycle starts over and over again.

If these things really disappeared and the Torch went crazy, he would be the first suspect.

Torch is not a government civilization, it must follow procedures and evidence.

They are a terrorist organization and they do things without regard for the consequences.

To be on the safe side, Li Ming decided to leave them a shell to absorb most of the metal energy, but no clues could be seen on the surface.

At the same time, the toilet where Saiyin died was under martial law, with people from all departments including the City Guards, the Intelligence Department, the Privy Council, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coming.

In the temporary experimental cabin built outside, Sein's headless body was placed in the center, with his head on top, his eyes wide open, and he died with his eyes open.

Duke Bai Ye and Guyat stood on one side, while Ren Cangsong and the others stood on the other side.

The atmosphere was tense and everyone had different thoughts.

Duke Bai Ye was the first to break the silence, saying bluntly: "This is the security that Blue Star is proud of. A C-level life form died here silently and was not discovered until more than ten minutes later."

"How ridiculous!"

Ren Cangsong looked grim, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Your Excellency the Duke. We are already screening the surveillance video. After Saiyin entered, everyone who entered and left this toilet will not be spared."

Duke Bai Ye snorted coldly, "First it was His Highness Yuko, then it was Sain, they are all important figures in Sera, what on earth do you want to do in Blue Star!"

Ren Cangsong frowned and was about to speak when someone hurried in, holding a document and handed it to him.

Ren Cangsong took a look and was shocked, but also confused and puzzled.

"But what did you find out?" Duke Bai Ye asked immediately.

"We caught the murderer." Ren Cangsong's tone was indescribable, without any excitement.

"Hmm?" Duke Bai Ye walked quickly over to check the information, and Ren Cangsong did not stop him.

"Torch's people?" Duke Bai Ye frowned and shouted, "E-level life form? Are you kidding me?"

"Please tell me, how can an E-class life form kill a C-class life form!?"

"Lord Sain's blood was detected on his body, and the murder weapon was found. He also confessed to killing Lord Sain." Ren Cangsong's men responded immediately.

"In addition, according to the autopsy, we found that the activity of Lord Sain's gene cells was extremely low. According to the data model, it is likely suppressed by the gene inhibitor."

"We found tiny pinholes on his chest and spine to prove this. Although his muscles were highly tense before his death, there were no obvious signs of resistance."

Duke Bai Ye's expression did not change when he heard this. Instead, he asked, "Then explain to me, who put the gene suppressor on him?"

"There are no signs of resistance detected on him. He either volunteered or was forcibly brought here by someone who is much stronger than him." Ren Cangsong took over the conversation, popped up a virtual screen, called up the video, and then zoomed in -
"This is all the surveillance footage of your people after they entered the star port. At 8:22, Sein seemed to have discovered something and was operating on the smart terminal."

"However, we checked his smart terminal and found that no information was sent to anyone."

"But he anonymously reported a suspicious person, who was quickly arrested after being discovered by security members on the scene. After verification, it was found to be the person who had the torch."

Duke Bai Ye frowned and looked at Sain on the screen, looking left and right with a look of surprise and excitement. What on earth was he doing?
And report the torch person?
So Torch killed him? That's too far-fetched.

Guyat hesitated and said, "I have a clue. He asked me for the mental barrier."

"Spiritual Field Barrier?" Ren Cangsong was slightly shocked. He quickly took the information, looked through it carefully, and frowned, saying, "I didn't find it on him."

"What does he need a mental barrier for? To defend against mental attacks? Psychics? Is he secretly communicating with psychics?"

"He was controlled?" Ren Cangsong made multiple speculations in an instant.

Ren Cangsong's men added, "After committing the crime, the murderer left in a hurry, but his route was very clear and we quickly captured him. However, we did not find any mental barrier on him. We will go and verify his route now."

"Did he say why he killed Saiyin?" Duke Bai Ye questioned.

"He said..." The man hesitated again, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Duke Bai Ye was dissatisfied: "What are you trying to hide from me?"

"He said it was the guidance of a certain dimensional god." He said through gritted teeth, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became quiet.

Duke Bai Ye looked puzzled. Was this the guidance of the gods from this dimension?

The excuse is so ridiculous that it sounds like because.

Ever since the civilization that came into contact with dimensional creatures was destroyed more than a hundred years ago.

The remaining survivors were absorbed into the Torch, and using dimensional creatures to cause trouble became an extremely important means for the Torch, with great destructive power.

"According to one of the survivors, when he heard the wailing, he found that Lord Sein was trying to remove the gene inhibitor from his body. He did not see anyone else, and then the murderer went in."

"As for what happened before the wailing, he didn't know."

"It is consistent with our investigation. Not long after Lord Sein entered, the murderer followed him in."

"What about the previous few days? Maybe someone was lying in ambush." ​​Duke Bai Ye asked.

The possibility that Sein would voluntarily wear the gene inhibitor was too low, and Duke Bai Ye didn't even think about it.

"If that's the case, then the workload is too heavy. Besides, the surveillance footage at the Starport will only be kept for seven days before being overwritten." The other party said in embarrassment:

"The news of your arrival was confirmed half a month ago. It is possible that someone has been lurking in there for half a month."

"But he has to leave eventually. Can't you screen the identities of all the life forms in the entire starport?"

"It can be done, but you just need to wait." Ren Cangsong nodded.

Duke Bai Ye smiled wryly: "It's okay, I have plenty of time. I hope you can find clues. First it was His Highness Yuko, then it was Sain. The torch is really unimpeded in your Blue Star."

He took his men away. Ren Cangsong's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He waved his hand to disperse everyone and looked towards the corner.

There was always someone there.

"Old Chen, what's going on? Who is that person?" Ren Cangsong asked helplessly. When he was screening all the people who had been to that toilet today, Chen Jinglong suddenly showed up and asked him to conceal the relevant information of a person.

"Sain's death has nothing to do with you, right?" Ren Cangsong saw that Chen Jinglong didn't say anything and continued to ask.

"I don't have time to kill him." Chen Jinglong shook his head.

"Then who is the person you asked me to erase?" Ren Cangsong asked again, "If you don't tell me, don't blame me for checking it myself."

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

"Li Ming!?" Ren Cangsong was stunned, thinking a lot in his mind, and deliberately lowered his voice: "What on earth are you doing here!"

"Fishing." Chen Jinglong gave a general explanation and also concealed some key matters.

Ren Cangsong was still surprised and said, "You use him as bait? Wu Yanqing will fight you to the death."

"Besides, with such a good seedling, aren't you afraid that something might happen to him?"

Chen Jinglong was helpless, "If the bait is not sweet, how can we catch big fish?"

"Did you catch it?"

Chen Jinglong saw those black metal blocks in front of his eyes, but he shook his head: "Not yet, he needs to make further contact."

"Don't fish for him anymore. Let him develop the gene seeds honestly." Ren Cangsong sighed and asked in a low voice: "Then tell me honestly, Saiyin's death has nothing to do with you."

"It doesn't matter what I said." Chen Jinglong frowned, "Do you think I lurked in the toilet for half a month, forced Sai Yin to wear a gene suppressor, and then found a torch man to kill him?"

"Or did Li Ming trick him into wearing the gene inhibitor without even touching him, and then turned into a dimensional god to guide the torch to kill him?"

"He went to the bathroom just to adjust his mimicry mask, and he told me at the time."

Ren Cangsong smiled awkwardly and muttered, "It just feels too coincidental. Saiyin and Li Ming seem to have some kind of connection."

"He is trying to assassinate Li Ming." Chen Jinglong said in a deep voice, "The mimicry mask only changes his appearance, and other physical characteristics and behavioral habits have not changed. People who are familiar with him can roughly tell."

"Perhaps, Sai Yin had already discovered Li Ming's whereabouts and was contacting certain people."

"He wants to kill Li Ming!" Ren Cangsong's expression suddenly became stern, and murderous intent filled his eyes. "These green algae are stubborn and stubborn, they deserve it!"

Chen Jinglong speculated: "The Torch Action was too frequent. I suspect that when Sein was investigating Li Ming, he accidentally discovered the clues of the Torch, and was killed after following the investigation."

Then he said regretfully, "I wanted to keep him and catch him when he makes another big move, and then pin the whole thing on the Sera civilization, thus turning the tables on them."

Ren Cangsong glared at him, "What if you get carried away?"

"Everything has risks." Chen Jinglong said calmly.

Ren Cangsong frowned. He always disliked Chen Jinglong's style of doing things. Everyone knew how cruel and ruthless Wu Yanqing was.

But few people know that this usually amiable Dean Chen is even more amiable.

Ren Cangsong snorted coldly, "You decide for yourself, I will wipe out all traces of Li Ming."

Saiyin died, Sera was furious, and Duke Bai Ye cursed.

Of course, surface verification is inevitable. The intelligent system is screening, and it is difficult to complete the identity comparison of so many people in a short time, not to mention that there are life forms from other civilizations.

For a full five hours, the star port was in a closed stage. Many lives were cursing and restless, and Blue Star could only appease them.

.........

Close to one million metal energies!

Li Ming put the last piece of black metal back to its original place, with satisfaction and comfort in his eyes.

The metal energy balance reached a new high, around 1.2 million points.

"According to calculations, the total metal energy contained in these black metal blocks may reach 1.5 million." This is more than he originally estimated.

Unexpectedly, this time the harvest from the robbers was so huge, and this was the result of his restraint.

"I have extracted most of the metal energy. Although you can't see any signs of it on the surface, its original properties have been greatly weakened."

Li Ming covered it with black velvet again. No matter what Torch wanted to use these things for, their effectiveness had been greatly reduced.

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

A fairly ordinary woman, with some freckles on her nose, curly light blonde hair, and sharp eyes.

In the process of absorbing metal energy, Li Ming conducted a detailed investigation of the spacecraft, recent surveillance videos and navigation logs.

He actually noticed some clues. The apparent captain of this spaceship was named Libert.

There was naturally no problem with his identity information. He was born in the Sayarth galaxy and had been following a certain interstellar caravan.

About five years ago, he bought this second-hand interstellar spacecraft at his own expense and started an interstellar spacecraft leasing business.

According to the details shown in the surveillance video, there were many times when Captain Libert faced the crew member named Lily of the Valley.

I always subconsciously display a respectful attitude, such as subconsciously turning sideways when meeting her in the corridor and looking at her frequently during meetings.

This situation is particularly common in the first few days, and only decreases slightly after a few days.

The identity of this Lily of the Valley is very special, she is definitely not an ordinary crew member.

After getting off the cabin, the outside was still under martial law. Li Ming called Xu Heng over to ask:

"Are the crew members on board still in the review room?"

"Yes." Xu Heng looked around cautiously, "The review is not over yet, so we can't leave for now. Why don't you wait a while?"

"It's okay, take me to see them." Li Ming said.

"This..." Xu Heng hesitated. This was obviously against the rules, especially at such a sensitive moment.

But remembering the order from his superiors, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, follow me."

There weren't many people in the inspection hall, only basic security, because the time of the interstellar spacecraft that had just arrived at the port and the time of Sein's death did not match at all, so it was impossible for it to be related to them.

"Alas, the deceased Sera man seemed to be of high status. It is said that he was a teacher of some prince before. He committed a crime and was only recently arrested." On the way, Xu Heng whispered to him:

"I heard that this guy was a Class C life form, but he died in the toilet while someone was defecating at the time. I heard that he was so scared that he collapsed there for a long time and didn't get up."

At this point, he couldn't help but grin.

(End of this chapter)