Life Dungeon Game

Nock hesitated for a moment before looking up at the director in front of him.

He didn't know if the bureau chief would support him, because the bureau chief had clearly shown that he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Unlike him, who was all alone, the bureau chief had family and children, and was the support of his entire family.

After a brief moment of thought, he spoke, "Director, I'd like to see the case of the senator assassination forty years ago..."

"You want to leave the Major Crimes Department and go to the archives?"

The bureau chief looked up at him.

"what?"

Nock was stunned.

“This is a fitting punishment,” the director said, taking his hands off the keyboard and leaning back in his chair. “But you were first in your internship. If you go to the archives, your future is over.”

Before Knok could react, he continued, "How about this, I'll temporarily transfer you to the archives room. You can stay there for a while, and we'll see how you perform before deciding whether to transfer you back."

"I······"

Nock was speechless for a moment.

“If you have no objections,” the director said, opening a drawer beside him and taking out a card with the FBI emblem from a stack of cards, “this is the access card for the archives.”

He slapped the card on the table. "Remember, although this access card is valid 24 hours a day, there's no one on duty in the archives at night. It's best not to enter the archives alone without a colleague watching you, to avoid any leaks of files."

"Also, I'll grant your account access to the archives later."

"Remember, never download software from unknown sources online. This could allow hackers to steal your account and obtain your verification code through Trojan programs. This would allow them to log into your account and access online content."

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"Furthermore, if your wristband is implanted with a password and you forget to cover the camera when entering the archives, a hacker could see the paper files stored in the archives through the camera on your wristband."

Nock stared at the key card, listening in a daze.

"You must remember this: if the archives are found to have leaked information due to a mistake, and it is confirmed that you were the one who leaked it, then you will be suspended from your job and will be subject to disciplinary action."

"However, the archives have one advantage: there is a duty room in the archives. If you encounter any problems, you can stay there temporarily. No one dares to come to the FBI to cause trouble yet."

After saying this, the director stretched and continued working.

If discovered, they will be punished.

In other words, if it hadn't been discovered...

Nock reached for the access card on the table, looked at the director who was working diligently, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Thank you, Director."

This time, the director did not respond. He seemed not to have heard Knok's words and continued to concentrate on his work.

Nock glanced at the director, bowed slightly, and then turned and walked towards the office door.

As he walked to the door, the office door slowly opened automatically.

Just as Nock was about to step out of the room, he hesitated, turned back, and asked softly, "Chief, why..."

Helping me like this...

He didn't ask the next question aloud, but he knew the bureau chief would understand what he meant.

The only response he received was the clatter of keyboard keys and the quiet night outside the window.

The bureau chief seemed not to hear him.

Nock paused for a moment, then slowly turned around and left the office.

As the office door closed again, the director slowly stood up from his chair and stretched.

He turned around and looked out the window at the brightly lit city.

On the desk beside him, next to a family photo frame, were two silver medals.

The Federal Silver Star Medal is a Federal Medal of medium to high difficulty to obtain. It is awarded to warriors who have made significant contributions in fighting against alien beasts or cultists, or in any mission fighting for the Federation.

Next to the two silver medals was a storage chip with a young man's somewhat reserved face printed on it.

That was the chip that came with the FBI's propaganda documentary about Ender.

The dazzling neon lights were reflected in Thorin's eyes.

Many years ago, he was also a fearless young man.

Those years flew by in his life, leaving their mark on his destiny.

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"Judging from the degree of decay of this grass root, this grass has been dead for at least fifteen years."

Roger carefully observed the grass roots that Heo had brought out from Genos's underground garden, lost in thought.

"If my information is correct, this plant was completely neglected about forty years ago."

He Ao, sitting on the sofa next to me, said slowly.

“Unlikely,” Roger pondered for a moment, then shook his head. “This is a dream bellflower, a fairly common ornamental plant.”

Their lifespan is between seven and eight years; they cannot possibly live past ten.

He hesitated for a moment, then added, “It’s not entirely impossible. If a priest of the goddess of life were to bless it during its growth, it could potentially live for more than fifteen years.”

"In other words, with continuous nourishment from vital energy, the lifespan of this plant can be significantly extended?"

He Ao propped his chin on his hand, gazing at this ordinary man.

He recalled the intense life force he had felt in that underground garden and pondered, "What if we replaced the priestess of the goddess of life with the fountain of youth?"

"Then perhaps it can live longer."

Roger also fell into thought, "Based on the life force of the Fountain of Youth, even after being removed from the Fountain of Youth, this plant can probably still live for several decades."

He Ao sat on the sofa, lost in thought once again.

There was no trace of springs being dug out from the ground in that underground garden. If there really were fountains of youth there, then those fountains were transported from other places.

Did someone discover the Fountain of Youth as early as forty years ago in Limen?

What role did Genos's father play in all of this?

Judging from the life force of that underground garden, even if the Fountain of Youth was not stored there, other high-level beings with life force must have stayed there.

Of course, the most likely is the Fountain of Youth.

After all, the Fountain of Youth seems to be the highest-ranking life-related pathway in the inner city. Even if there are other high-ranking entities, they are likely to be related to the Fountain of Youth.

Furthermore, if Genos's father had truly summoned a high-ranking being, or if he himself was a high-ranking being, he wouldn't have died so easily.

Judging from the crimson bloodstains mixed in the sand, the initial scene of Genos's father's murder might not have been the crossroads where the body was discovered.

Just then, Heo's bracelet vibrated; it was an email from Nok.

He opened the email, which contained a large number of files related to the senator assassination case from years ago.

In addition, Nock sent him his account and password, as well as the gist of what the director had told him earlier.

In fact, Heo had already roughly guessed Thorin's attitude from Nock's narration.

Thorin also has his own sense of justice, but he is no longer alone. He needs to be responsible for his family, and as the head of an FBI field office, he also needs to be responsible for his superiors and subordinates.

He was not a solitary young man like Nok; he carried all sorts of responsibilities on his shoulders.

However, he will still help Nok to the best of his ability, or more precisely, help Heo, who is investigating the research institute case behind Nok.

This is why He Ao directly asked Nok for the case files; he wasn't actually asking Nok for the files, but rather Thorin.

The final result was as He Ao had expected; Nock successfully sent over the case file.

Heo instructed Eve to follow Thorin's instructions, disguise the hacker's clues, and then reply to Nock with an email.

Stay at the FBI and don't go out. I'll take care of the rest.

Nock is still too young and hasn't matured yet.

This was a consensus between Heo and Thorin, so Thorin arranged a job for Knox that would allow him to stay in the FBI, while Heo was responsible for admonishing him as a 'senior'.

Nock will definitely have a rebellious streak, but he will listen to the advice of Heo, who has just left a deep impression on him.

This was a tacit understanding between He Ao and the 'director' he had never met.

After sending the email to Knok, Heo turned his attention to the case files related to the senator's death years ago.

These files are extremely rich in content, filled with numerous photos of the scene and various eyewitness accounts.

Strictly speaking, He Ao did not have the authority to read these files, but this 'authority' was a gray area, because the person who could grant this authority was precisely the one behind the scenes who pushed for giving these files to He Ao.

He Ao is now standing in this gray area, granting authorization, but not complete authorization.

This is a peculiar kind of 'default', and whether this 'default' can be acknowledged afterward depends on how the final events 'develop'.

He opened the file and began reading from the very beginning of the dossier.

Soon, parts of the case file confirmed his earlier suspicions.

The scene of the senator's assassination was not at the three-way intersection, but in the underground garden.

Chapter 477 The Sacrifice Forty Years Ago

Genos was the first eyewitness to the incident, according to his account in the case file.

He received a message from his father, asking him to go down to the third floor and find his father in the underground garden.

He entered the underground garden and went inside. He was startled by his father, who was covered in blood. His father was also surprised to see him and quickly pulled him away, his father's blood splattering all over him.

After they went outside, his father hugged him tightly, but after only a few steps, his father collapsed to the ground and died while holding him.

The case file contains the autopsy report left by the forensic doctor at the time.

Genos's father was stabbed to death in the front with a sharp weapon. The weapon used in the crime was found in a corner of the underground garden; it was a sharp dagger with no fingerprints on it.

The investigation team discovered a destroyed magic circle in the underground garden, which appeared to be some kind of eerie ritual.

The file also contains an investigation report on this magic circle by an FBI occult expert.

The report's first page contains a warning, stating that it contains occult knowledge involving evil gods and urging readers to proceed with caution; ordinary people should avoid reading it altogether.