Chapter 1250 - 429: The Irretrievable Ancient Dream, Special Potion (5k)

The General Director was speechless, but Wen Yan’s words, though blunt, were correct.

"Then tell me, why are they doing this?"

"It’s not like they’re just stupid, right?"

"Hmm, if it were just a single person, a single case, you could indeed speculate that the person had some problematic thoughts and did some mysterious operations.

The Scorching Sun Department once solved a case where a Professional committed murder, and it took three years to finally catch the murderer.

We investigated the victim’s relationships, looked into everyone who might have grudges or emotional disputes, but couldn’t find any suspect in any direction.

Not until this Professional killed another person, and this time was caught on a store’s camera, did we catch him.

Both times he killed, he didn’t know the victims, had no dealings, and no grudges.

Just because he was too short, and the other person was tall, and when they walked toward him, they looked at him, he felt humiliated.

This kind of reason was something we couldn’t think of even if we cracked our brains.

But this time, the people involved are, decades ago, capable of pulling the sons or relatives of a bunch of powerful people onto a pirate ship.

When trouble arises, they don’t even need to act, those powerful people, whether for their children, their status, or their reputation, will proactively suppress the matter.

At that time, I had far less influence than now, not even getting military support, the Three Mountains and Five Ridges were basically in seclusion.

At that time, it was a struggle for the bigger picture, almost every meeting erupted into fierce disputes, even among those looking in the same direction, there were different ideas.

For the Scorching Sun Department to continue existing, I could only retreat, Qidong Assembly retreated, also because I persuaded him.

All these years have passed, those people back then have retired, fallen, died, I used to think it was almost over.

Unexpectedly, this time it’s been dug up again, the real puppet master behind it all is actually still around.

Those people from back then may still be alive.

No, they’re definitely alive."

Wen Yan, hearing this, immediately recalled previous events.

"Gold Coin Chocolate?"

Wen Yan felt that this operation seemed familiar, wasn’t it what that Nanyang guy wanted to do before?

So, that Nanyang guy tried to rope people in, connect with those who control resources, but not directly rope them in, but have a local person mediating?

Yes, if they use that kind of direct method, roping in the grassroots of the Scorching Sun Department wouldn’t be much of a problem, hitting their soft spot, even if it fails, the other party most likely won’t say anything.

But dealing with those truly controlling resources, it’s hardly possible to be so rash, having a reliable local middleman who can talk to both sides is the best approach.

And that Nanyang guy indeed has extremely scarce resources in hand, some wouldn’t care how those Gold Coins came about.

"Yes, they definitely have them in hand, so some people from back then are definitely still alive.

This time, they made a huge mistake summoning that Skeleton Archway, causing resonance with the Virtue City Funeral House.

Now this matter has been classified as top priority, all related issues are within the same sequence.

Times have changed."

"What’s their motive?" Wen Yan didn’t quite get it, the General Director called him over, he could actually guess, the General Director was going to tell him some things, likewise, there would definitely be tasks for him.

Since they aren’t doing this out of stupidity, there must be a purpose, right?

"There’s only one possibility left, that is deliberately showing it to the Scorching Sun Department, making them step into the pit.

Once the Scorching Sun Department sees it, they can’t pretend they don’t know, they must uphold bold hypotheses and cautious verification to figure it out.

Ensure whether there’s a threat, how big the threat is, can it be eliminated, and what the cost is.

Currently, it can be confirmed that they probably didn’t know that the Skeleton Archway could resonate with the Virtue City Funeral House.

And based on existing information, it can be reasonably deduced that it’s not the first time they’ve summoned that Skeleton Archway.

They must have experimented many times, paid a huge price, knowing that summoning that door can completely silence someone.

But they probably aren’t very familiar with what’s behind the door."

"Am I supposed to listen? I remember, the matter of the Virtue City Funeral House, it’s top secret, right? Doesn’t this breach protocol?" Wen Yan didn’t expect the General Director to tell him directly.

"The matter of the Northeast Ma Family Ancestral Hall was dug up by you, the Ghost Wealth God issue too, you’re also an official employee of the Virtue City Funeral House, a standard related personnel, after the priority is set, you have the authority to know necessary information related to the event."

"What is it there?"

"We call it, an Ancient Dream from which you can’t return."

Wen Yan heard the name, but didn’t quite understand what it was, just felt the name was surely coined by modern people.

The General Director knew Wen Yan wouldn’t understand just by the name, he thought for a moment and said.

"Have you heard the story of ’a mortar without a pot’?"

"No..."

"What about the story of Liu Youshou meeting his wife, have you heard it?"

"I have heard of this story." Wen Yan immediately nodded, he had indeed heard it, some days ago while learning the Dream-Entering Technique from his grandma, scrolling through the phone for related Scorching Sun Department material, he happened to see this story.