Chapter 1167 - 1033: Grievances

Chapter 1167: Chapter 1033: Grievances

The government’s request is to grasp all the movements of the Supreme and conduct a detailed investigation.

Before this, Qu Jianlei could remain unrestrained on Dream Star, partly because he took advantage of this policy.

After hearing the Nutrient Injection’s explanation, the other three fell into silence.

The issue with Qu Jianlei’s identity was undeniable, and in fact, the Koros siblings also hid their identities to come here.

After a long time, Koros finally asked, "Did the organizers agree to the government’s inspection?"

The Nutrient Injection responded calmly, "Negotiations are ongoing."

The situation was indeed delicate, so he didn’t want to say much more.

He was confident in protecting this Supreme, Qu Jianlei, but handling the siblings, whose cultivation level was slightly lower, posed comparatively greater difficulty.

Qu Jianlei suddenly had a wild thought, "Could it be a crisis intentionally created by the government aimed at the auction?"

This was a genuine conspiracy theory, but he had seen too much of the government’s ways to have any good feelings about it.

Moreover, according to the logic of "the greatest beneficiary is the most suspicious," it would not be easy for the government to clear its name.

The Nutrient Injection nodded slightly, "We can’t rule out this possibility... but what do they want to gain?"

Qu Jianlei also couldn’t figure it out, and after pondering, he asked, "Is there a list of the starships that were attacked and extorted?"

"There should be," the Nutrient Injection said, touching his wristwatch to arrange something, and shortly afterward, the list was sent over.

Little Lake spent twenty minutes analyzing it, but found no pattern.

"...It’s very scattered, with at most three starships belonging to the same large consortium, but even then, under different subsidiary forces."

Qu Jianlei pondered for a long time, then murmured softly, "Could it be they want to create chaos and panic?"

The possibility was very high. The number of dead around the small courtyard where Qu Jianlei and others were staying had exceeded thirty.

But the key question was, "What’s the purpose of doing this?"

Koros pondered briefly and proposed his own insight, "Could it be aimed at most of the precious treasures?"

This guess... seemed a bit far-fetched, but it wasn’t impossible.

To create civilian death cases so crazily, the motive should not be small.

However, the Nutrient Injection shook his head decisively and snorted disdainfully, "That’s wishful thinking!"

Clearly, he had great confidence in the strength of the organizers, even facing such a predicament.

With him saying this, Koros didn’t dare make rash guesses, "So what do we do now?"

In truth, he was a bit worried that the previous Supreme might take advantage of the chaos to find him, but he couldn’t say this out loud.

"Change places to stay," the Nutrient Injection said expressionlessly.

Meanwhile, the government investigation team was carefully scrutinizing various clues.

Suddenly, an electronic synthetic voice issued an alert, "Abnormal situation detected... abnormal situation detected."

A staff member came over to glance, just about to turn away but stopped abruptly.

"Wait, replay it at one-third speed... no, lower it to one-tenth..."

He scrutinized it for a long time, then reported, "There are two people here... moving very fast!"

It turned out a passing satellite had captured Qu Jianlei and the Nutrient Injection instant-flashing out of the courtyard.

Upon this discovery, the higher-ups were quite surprised, "Check what kind of people are living here and the surrounding surveillance."

Considering the situation, ninety percent of the surveillance that could capture this courtyard was dysfunctional.

The remaining ten percent could rotate their cameras, but the images were very blurry.

It became clear, "Check the backend data, see if it was blurred deliberately."

Not only was it blurred, but it was covered at all times with random passwords, making it unrecoverable.

Such treatment was generally for those with the top-level secrecy clearance of the Imperial government.

—Of course, this was also commissioned by relevant official personnel.

If it were someone of overwhelmingly high status, they would simply have turned off the surveillance.

However, since it was the peak auction period, the person’s status might not really be low.

Just to avoid drawing attention, the images were blurred, hiding neither sky nor ground.

Soon after, traces of the lodger were also discovered—indeed related to someone above the Supreme.

But further investigation was impossible, at least not through official channels.

By regulation, information about anyone above the Supreme wasn’t within the jurisdiction of the planet or Star Domain Government.

However, the body technique of these two people was so peculiar, especially towards the direction of starship impact.

Could there be another explanation? The officials specifically invited a Supreme to assess this.

The person in charge of the assessment examined it several times and finally stated that even a Supreme couldn’t have such a rapid body technique.

Of course, this might be some explosive Secret Technique—as starships had fallen, trying every means to escape was sensible.

After all, there were too many Secret Techniques among the Awakened, many of which were unbeknownst to others, and no one dared say they knew them all.

Considering the Awakened participants of this auction had considerable backgrounds, this occurrence wasn’t too unusual.

The authorities reviewed other satellite data and found only one satellite had recorded this scene.

Investigation had reached its limit, but news of the two individuals with swift body techniques had spread within a small circle.

——It’s not that someone covets their secret techniques. Nobody would have the guts; it’s just discussed as gossip.

In the surveillance footage, both of them appeared quite blurry, even their figures seemed distorted.

Unless someone is really interested, it’s almost impossible to pay much attention to them—victims indeed!

However, there was someone who memorized their vague information.

Qu Jianlei and the other three were unaware of this. Although Little Lake was skilled in hacking networks, it wasn’t very convenient at the moment.

First, the equipment here is quite advanced, with high sensitivity from the officials, and some people have very high-level authority.

Most importantly, computing power is severely lacking now, especially after this incident.

Thus, Little Lake’s computational power was primarily focused on ordinary networks and several key areas.

Nutrient Injection thought everything was arranged well, so there was no need to worry.

It’s not that he wasn’t cautious; he simply didn’t expect something like this could happen.

The four were driving to the new station, but were stopped and checked midway.

Normally, facing such inspections, Nutrient Injection might have used some other methods to deal with it.

But now, with such a big incident on the planet, he straightforwardly took out the invitation card.

Compared to ID proofs, at this moment, this was the most effective item.

The other party just needed to recognize it, realize they can’t afford to provoke, and should let them pass—no need for verbal wrangling or time-wasting.

Indeed, after a check, the other party let them go directly.

However, not long after they passed, a watch on one of the inspection staff rang.

An inquiry came from his superior, requesting the inspection footage from this period.

Identity authentication was directly linked to the database for immediate data verification, but inspection footage might not be live.

The inspection staff didn’t think much and directly forwarded the footage.

After the superior reviewed it, he found a secluded corner and used his watch to make a call.

"Sir, I’ve found the people in Room 112. Should I send the related images over to you?"

The auction guests had invitations not corresponding to the bidding rooms, but chose them based on divided floors.

This was to allow invited guests to conceal their identities.

However, at the same time, ensuring service quality was also necessary.

There were three main auction venues, and usually, they chose the same room for the second and third times as the first.

Due to auction house rules, no one could trace the identity of the guests in the rooms from the room numbers.

But tracing forward is easy; just recognize the invitation, and you’ll know which room the holder went to.

Knowing someone was investigating the VIP in Room 112, this person particularly linked a reminder service.

As soon as the inspection staff checked, the superior received the message immediately, knowing the main subject had reached which checkpoint.

Now he just needed to contact the other party and send the relevant information over.

Recently, there were many Supremes arriving, but truly formidable ones were scarce, so it’s worth currying favor with one.

Moreover, he was just delivering a message, not getting involved in anything else, so the danger wasn’t significant.

He connected with an Earth Attribute A-level on the other side, who was in an independent estate.

After receiving the image data, he walked out and knocked on another room’s door.

"Sir, the person you’re looking for... there’s news."

The automatic door slowly opened, revealing three women tending to a man.

All four were scantily clad, with at most some accessories on them.

The man was exceptionally burly, fitting the Imperial aesthetic, with thick eyebrows and a gaze full of masculinity.

Yet there was a somewhat sinister aura between his brows.

The A-level was used to the lord’s demeanor, directly ignoring all scenes inside the room.

He drooped his eyelids and raised his watch in hand, "The data has been received."

"Alright, you all may leave," the burly man waved off a woman in front of him.

After the three women left, he took the watch and swiped it twice, a sneer forming at the corner of his mouth.

"I thought they were well hidden... turns out they’re just showpieces."

"Get people to investigate this invitation card holder immediately," he pointed at the avatar of Nutrient Injection.

The Earth Attribute A-level hesitated but mustered the courage to speak.

"Sir, this person is very thin, seemingly the one who had a conflict with Ike of the Divine Text Association at the night market."

Ike’s full name was Aikberg, but being an A-level, he couldn’t casually mention his full name.

Their boss wasn’t afraid of Aikberg, but that didn’t mean he could be reckless.

"Ike..." the man pondered for a moment; he didn’t much care for everyday rumors but knew about this incident.

Aikberg was indeed troublesome, but he didn’t regard him highly.

At these words, his face darkened, "What do you mean, just because he could make Ike suffer, you think I’d suffer too?"