The capital of the empire, the Amiou Palace.
"…Can you say that again?"
Fan Xiu, who came to deliver the test report, shuddered: "Yes, it's just ordinary soil..."
"One billion." Xia Yuanhan's voice was as cold as ice. "One billion, and you only bought me a pile of mud balls?"
Fan Xiu didn't dare to say a word, cold sweat pouring down his face.
"Who sent the message?" Xia Yuanhan asked in a cold voice.
Fan Xiu replied: "It's a chess piece we inserted into the auction."
Xia Yuanhan snorted coldly: "Reward him with a special medicine."
Fan Xiu's heart trembled, but he still responded and passed on His Highness's order, his tone becoming more respectful: "Your Highness, we have recorded the video you requested. Do you want to watch it now?"
Xia Yuanhan raised his chin slightly and pointed to the large screen in front of him.
Fan Xiu hurriedly took two steps forward and connected the video to the huge light screen. The video content immediately appeared on the dim screen. It was the scene of signing backstage at the auction venue after purchasing the special medicine.
Fan Xiu explained to him: "The first person to get the medicine is one of ours."
Of the remaining two, one was wearing a loose robe, but it still couldn't hide his burly figure. There was a faint shadow on the half of his arm that was exposed.
"Looks like a space pirate." Fan Xiu said, "Maybe he's a little-known space pirate, or maybe he disguised himself twice."
Xia Yuanhan didn't notice anything.
There was still one person left whom they all knew. He had gray hair and an old figure. He was Shang Youyuan who had also purchased the special medicine last time.
"It's him again?" Xia Yuanhan sneered, "He really has a short memory. He spent 300 million last time and more than 800 million this time. He is really rich."
Fan Xiu seized the opportunity to flatter him: "No matter how rich he is, what does it matter? He will die sooner or later, and his money will eventually fall into your hands, Your Highness."
"Why did he buy medicine? I remember his health was still pretty good?" Xia Yuanhan suddenly asked.
"It's for Madam Shang." Fan Xiu said, "Madam Shang's condition doesn't seem good. I can understand why Shang Youyuan is so anxious."
Xia Yuanhan nodded and continued to stare at the video for a long time, but didn't see anything suspicious.
"Did you take the picture of the guy who sells the special medicine?" he asked.
Fan Xiu quickly played another video. The picture on the large screen changed, and the interstellar universal language with a strange accent came out from the video.
The person in the picture is wearing a black robe. The wide black robe covers his original body shape, but it is not difficult to see that this person is very tall, much taller than the staff walking side by side with him.
The video was very short, only less than a minute long. Xia Yuanhan stared at the video and played it back and forth several times, then he rubbed his brows and asked Fan Xiu to turn off the light screen.
Fan Xiu asked cautiously: "Your Highness, have you found anything?"
"He speaks with a Federation accent and his walking posture is disguised, but we can tell he has received military training, but not from the Imperial Army." Xia Yuanhan curled his lips, "He should be from the Federation Army. His specific intentions are unknown, but we can be sure he is not targeting us."
The most likely possibility is that the other party saw a business opportunity in the "special medicine" they launched last time, and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, so they disguised their appearance and identity and came to the auction in City C, where almost all the people were from the Empire, to sell the goods.
Xia Yuanhan was naturally not in a good mood after having ten billion yuan swindled away for nothing, but at least it was confirmed that they had not been exposed yet, which was also good news.
Fan Xiu's tone relaxed a little: "That's good, Your Highness has a keen eye, he will not be wrong."
Xia Yuanhan waved his hand and asked him to leave.
After Fan Xiu left, a cold mechanical voice rang out in the room: "You don't have to worry so much."
Xia Yuanhan didn't say anything, and the mechanical voice continued: "Without our help, none of you can make the real Alpha special medicine. Since you have chosen to cooperate, you should trust us more."
Xia Yuanhan chuckled: "Just in case, not because I don't trust you."
He has always been like this, there is nothing wrong in being cautious.
“Did you get it? Did you get it?”
"Don't be impatient, the boss is operating the mecha." Si Youlin gently nudged Xiong Yingjun with his arm, signaling him not to speak for the time being.
Lin Anan stared at the light screen in front of Feng Wu without blinking, and did not forget to hand Si Youlin a hot corn cob.
Feng Wuzheng was wearing a holographic helmet, concentrating on operating the micro-mech they had deployed.
The person he was monitoring was the one who spent 1 billion to buy the special medicine. This person was a key focus and was monitored by Feng Wu personally.
The micro-mech has been specially modified by Feng Wu and has an invisible function. Those with lower mental power than Feng Wu cannot sense its existence, so it is relatively safe.
At this time, this sugar-coated mud ball worth ten billion has passed through the hands of several people and is now on an interstellar express bound for the capital star.
The last person who handled it was very cautious. After sending the special effects mud away, he waited until he returned home and turned on the protection system at home before he finally started contacting his contact.
There was nothing special about the conversation between the two. They ended the call after a few brief words.
The micro-mech continued to follow the man until he changed his clothes and reintegrated into the life of Sin Star, then Feng Wu took back the micro-mech.
"This... I can't see anything!" Xiong Yingjun was a little annoyed.
Si Youlin also sighed: "He is too cautious. He used code words when reporting progress."
Feng Wu didn't say anything, but called up the video he had shot and watched it carefully frame by frame.
Lin Anan jumped along Feng Wu's arm to his shoulder, raised her little tentacle, and stuffed a small piece of cucumber into Feng Wu's mouth.
The little guy gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.
He is the most caring little guy in the universe, no doubt about it!
After a moment, the image on the light screen was paused at the part where the two parties were having a video call during the work report.
Feng Wu zoomed in and clicked on the video of the person he was contacting: "Here."
Xiong Yingjun came forward and wondered, "There's nothing special about him. This guy is in disguise. I can't see anything that can represent his identity."
Si Youlin observed for a moment and said, "That is——"
His eyes widened slightly, and Feng Wu used the holographic pen to circle the position of the person's wrist in the picture. When the other person raised his hand, the wide cuffs slid down slightly, revealing the watch on his wrist.
"This is a limited edition watch for the entire galaxy. I remember there were only ten of them?" Si Youlin murmured, "...I seem to have seen it somewhere."
Feng Wu: "The dial of this watch is customized, and the patterns and words engraved on each dial are different."
He took a screenshot of the wristband and sent it to his men for a detailed search.
The little kid standing by was stunned.
Is this the modern Sherlock Holmes? With just a few clues, Brother Wolf was able to figure it out! This is so amazing!!!
Lin Anan was so excited that she stuffed half a tomato into Feng Wu's mouth without noticing.
Feng Wu: “…”
The little guy's concern is a little too heavy.
A bit hard to chewjpg
Ten minutes later, the men handed over the information they had found.
"Yu Jin, Colonel Yu?" Si Youlin took a breath. "The deputy commander of the Second Legion? I remember that he has always been very close to the Second Prince."
Xiong Yingjun was a little confused: "But... why did the Second Prince release drugs that could trigger a supernatural riot?"
No one could answer his question.
Feng Wu held the information in his hand with a frown on his face.
The little kid lying on his shoulder suddenly stood up, Yu Jin?
This name sounded a little familiar, he seemed to have dreamed about it in the past few days.
The dream was very vague, and both the images and sounds seemed to be blocked by special effects.
Lin Anan only remembered that in the dream, he seemed to be rarely let out of the room and allowed to bask in the sun in his own back garden.
When passing by the fountain in the back garden, he saw a person in the distance, who was on the phone. The distance was quite far, and Lin Anan only vaguely heard words like "Yu Jin" and "Last time... was not bad" and so on.
At the end of the dream, the young man in the dream called out, "Second brother!"
The young man on the other side of the fountain heard the call, hung up the phone, and gave him a kind and gentle smile.
Second brother...he is the Third Prince, so his second brother should be the Second Prince as mentioned by Brother Wolf and the others.
After waking up from the dream, Lin Anan always felt that his second brother’s last smile was weird, but he couldn’t tell what was weird about it.
The little boy thought about a lot of random things and felt dizzy. He immediately fell on Feng Wu's shoulder like a little kid.
It’s such a mess. It’s really such a mess.
He is just a cute little cub, why should he use his brain?
I really want to play bad qwqjpg
There is no answer to the Second Prince's motives for the time being, so the few of them decided to skip this topic for the time being.
Feng Wu took out the herb that Xiaozai had asked him to take a picture of, and held it in front of Xiaozai's eyes: "Anzai, this herb?"
Lin Anan came back to her senses, her eyes lit up: [This herb is called Anshen Grass, it can repair and stabilize mental strength. ]
Xiong Yingjun asked curiously, "This grass grows in bumpy areas, but it can actually restore mental strength?"
Lin Anan: [Yes, but this one won’t work.]
The three people looked at the little boy with doubtful eyes. The little boy typed slowly: [The tranquilizing grass must be picked and used as medicine within three days after it matures. After three days, the medicinal effect will gradually decrease until it disappears. ]
[This one has been mature for at least a month, and is no longer useful. ]
Xiong Yingjun: "Ah, I was so happy for nothing."
Feng Wu held Lin Anan in his arms: "Do you have any other ideas?"
[Of course!] The little cub's dark face was beaming with joy, [All we have to do is extract the seeds and grow new tranquilizing grass!]
He is an expert in this matter, so you can't go wrong by asking him!
The little cub held his head high and chest puffed out, his eyes sparkling, as if waiting to be praised, looking very proud.
Xiong Yingjun couldn't help thinking, if he stuck a few peacock feathers behind Anzi...
I’m afraid the little cub can perform a peacock spreading its tail on the spot!
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