A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 212 New clues about the suspect

"To be precise, it's a chimera formed by combining the cells of a certain fungus and a herbivore." Perhaps knowing they weren't competitors, the man in the white coat didn't hide anything and briefly introduced his work. "You're from the security forces, so you should know that STUDY R&D is developing the next generation of power armor. My technology can be used to mimic artificial muscles, which can help reduce the weight of the power armor and lower energy consumption..."

After saying this, the man in the white coat seemed to suddenly remember that the person standing in front of him was the security force - the main client of STUDY Company - so he quickly took out his business card from his pocket.

"If you have time, you are welcome to visit my research institute! My research and development results are really useful!"

The security teachers were speechless at this man who suddenly started to go into sales mode, and could only deal with it politely.

But in reality, unless this man is involved in a case in the future and needs to be investigated, they will probably never visit his research institute, right?
However, after listening to the description, Lin Wuming became somewhat interested in the man's research and development results.

The reason was simple, I just felt that the description of the man in the white coat seemed familiar - according to his introduction, this "artificial muscle" cultivated from a combination of fungi and herbivore cells was very similar to the prop used by the robot clone of Ryoko Sochi in the original work.

In the original work, Ryoko Sasaki's robot clone used it to imitate "soul attachment", creating a very exaggerated scene.

However, it now seems that the "artificial muscles" that can only survive in laboratory environments are still a long way from being practical.

"A lifespan of less than an hour is a bit too short, isn't it?" Lin Wuming asked.

"The lifespan issue can be improved by adjusting the corresponding genome," the man explained. "Also, my artificial muscle cells multiply very quickly, and sufficient numbers can be generated in a short period of time, so practical application won't be delayed too much. From this perspective, its short lifespan is actually an advantage..."

"...Hello, hey, hey? Where are you? Come here quickly, we've found something new!"

Just as the man in the white coat was talking, a call came from the security teacher's communicator.

"Sorry, we have to leave because of police duties!" The security teachers, who were already fed up, found an excuse and immediately said goodbye and left.

Gufa Meiwei and Hufeng Toumi, who were also impatient with the man in the white coat's sales pitch, took the opportunity to leave as well.

Lin Wuming was interested in learning more about the specific technical details of "artificial muscles" from him, but was still dragged away by Tiger Bee Toumi.

"There are too many individual researchers like this in this city..." a security teacher complained, "and nine out of ten of them only do some inexplicable research, trying to get investment by taking unconventional approaches."

There was a hint of disgust in his words.

Lin Wuming understood what the security teacher meant. These wild researchers were probably what other places would call "amateur scientists." However, given the overall quality of Academy City, even amateur scientists needed to have some real talent to make it big there.

Lin Wuming is not a professional researcher, so he can't even tell whether someone is a "folk scientist" or not.

After figuring this out, Lin Wuming stopped worrying about it. Whether the man's research results were the "artificial muscles" he knew about was still unknown, so there was no need to waste too much time and energy on it.

The group returned to the "Silver City Insurance Company" building, and based on the feedback from the guards who stayed there, they made new discoveries.

"What's going on with these three children?" The guard who stayed behind saw Lin Wuming and the others who followed them at a glance.

"Uh..." The security guard scratched his head. "They're the discipline committee members cooperating with the investigation. They made some discoveries just now, so they joined the investigation."

In fact, Gufa Meiwei also wanted to get rid of the entanglement of the man in the white coat as soon as possible, so she subconsciously chose to leave with the security teachers.

The security guards didn't object, so they just followed along...

The male security guard who stayed behind at the insurance company frowned, then suddenly looked at the three discipline committee members. "Are you Lin Wuming?" He recognized the boy.

"It's me." Lin Wuming nodded.

"Alright, come along and take a look," the male guard nodded and warned, "but don't mess around."

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Lin Wuming promised.

Gufa Meiwei happened to be very interested in the case, and he nodded and urged Lin Wuming to follow in.

The group came to the monitoring room in the basement, from where they could see the images from all the surveillance cameras in the entire building.

"Haven't we already checked the surveillance footage?" Lin Wuming whispered, "Any new discoveries?"

"Some of the camera footage was missed," explained a security instructor operating a computer. "The following is the footage we obtained from the robot's memory."

Bucket-shaped robots are a unique sight in Academy City. Besides their usual role as sweepers, they also serve as valuable assistants to security forces in critical moments. Strictly speaking, they're also considered "police equipment."

What most people overlook is that the robot’s “eyes” are essentially cameras.

Insurance companies are privately owned, so bucket robots generally aren't allowed inside. However, they do have their own sweeping robots.

With a search warrant, guard forces can also inspect the robots' storage.

It is these sweeping robots that are so ordinary that they almost blend into the background environment, so they are ignored from the beginning - even by prisoners.

So, even though he was careful enough along the way, he was still "seen" by two passing sweeping robots.

And what was seen was the most crucial scene...

"Our investigation has been misdirected," the male guard said, "because the prisoner is probably not human."

On the computer screen, the man in black robe who was suspected to be the suspect in the previous surveillance was seen walking stealthily along the wall.

His movements were very strange. One side of his body was almost completely pressed against the wall, and he used his clothes as a disguise - he put his original black clothes on inside out, and it turned into a silver-white color very similar to the wall.

A primitive but surprisingly effective method.

"What kind of superpower is this?" asked Tiger Bee Toumi, pointing at the suspect's movements in the video.

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