Chapter 569: Three Axes

Shen Shen Jingye organized the materials page by page and came to Li Qi's office.

"Li Ju, Du Du Wenming has gone on leave."

"When did he go on leave?"

"Yesterday. Starting from Monday—actually, starting from last weekend, he requested a week's leave. That is to say, when Yu Yu Yaoming was abducted, he had no alibi!"

Li Li Banfeng said, "Wasn't it Du Du Wenming who called you today and asked you to attend the meeting?"

"That's because something happened at the Research Laboratory. Those above suspended his leave. When he called me, he had just returned to the office."

Li Li Banfeng said earnestly, "Comrade Little Du is quite familiar with us. Is it a bit inappropriate to list him as a suspect just because he took two days off?"

Shen Shen Jingye looked at Li Li Banfeng. This kind of talk clearly wasn't something Li Li Banfeng should be saying; this kind of talk should come from those above.

Li Li Banfeng was helping Shen Shen Jingye make a response. If he wanted to formally investigate Du Du Wenming, or even arrest Du Du Wenming, someone would definitely come forward to obstruct it. These were all problems he had to face.

"I don't just have an alibi; I have clues from other aspects."

"No matter how many clues you have, you can't wrong a good person," Li Li Banfeng's tone grew deeper. "Colleagues all know that Little Du is not a Dark Energy user and cannot use Dark Energy!"

Shen Shen Jingye gave Li Li Banfeng a document: "According to his official resume, although Du Du Wenming is not a Dark Energy user, he worked in the Security Hall for a long time. Most of his work experience comes from Like Puluozhou, which gives him the conditions to become a Craft Cultivator."

"Having the conditions isn't enough. What about evidence?"

Shen Shen Jingye took out another document: "Du Du Wenming is a radio enthusiast. He joined two radio enthusiast groups."

A radio enthusiast?

Li Li Banfeng wanted to ask, but didn't open his mouth, because this question might expose his age.

Radio enthusiasts were a special group active in the 1980s. They mastered a certain degree of communication knowledge and used radio equipment they assembled themselves to communicate with other enthusiasts through different radio frequency bands.

In an era when the internet was not yet popularized, this method of communication, while not allowing face-to-face meetings, allowed one to hear each other's voices, which was clearly superior to traditional pen pals. However, because the threshold for the radio circle was too high, the scope it covered was very limited.

Li Li Banfeng looked at the relevant materials: "It's this era, and there are still people playing with radios?"

Shen Shen Jingye said, "This circle has always been very active. We feel it's strange because we know too little about them.

Last month, Du Du Wenming even purchased a batch of components through a radio enthusiast organization. This is the list."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the list: "They're actually still using vacuum tubes? These devices could go into a museum."

Shen Shen Jingye said, "I also just learned that in the radio circle, there is this retro fashion of using primitive equipment.

The radio enthusiast group Du Du Wenming joined is legal, and the components he purchased are also legal.

But many of these relatively primitive electronic devices are not mass-produced, and the difficulty of using and assembling them is very high. This proves from one side that Du Du Wenming understands a certain degree of craftsmanship."

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "Little Shen, this is too far-fetched. You can't just say someone is a Craft Cultivator because they can assemble a radio device, right?"

This tone was exactly like some of Shen Shen Jingye's superiors. Li Li Banfeng was right; if he wanted to launch an investigation into Du Du Wenming, these doubts were unavoidable.

But Shen Shen Jingye could only do this much: "Given the current situation, these are the only clues we can grasp. With Du Du Wenming's status, arresting him for interrogation is unrealistic, and searching his home is impossible to get approved.

Including the investigation into the people around him and relevant organizations, we can only go this far. Du Du Wenming is an insider; if we continue to investigate deeply, we will inevitably alert the enemy."

Li Li Banfeng scanned the equipment list again.

Du Du Wenming liked radios—was it really just out of hobby?

Did this have any inevitable connection to his abduction of Yu Yu Yaoming?

Relying on Li Li Banfeng's own thinking, he couldn't figure it out. This kind of matter had to be handled by professionals.

The Dark Star Bureau also had communication professionals. Shen Shen Jingye called over Cheng Cheng Zhiyuan, a backbone member of the Communication Section.

Cheng Cheng Zhiyuan held the list and looked at it for a long time, introducing the functions of each component: "The main role of a rectifier tube is to convert alternating current into direct current. The role of an amplifier tube is to amplify audio signals. The role of a frequency converter tube is—"

Shen Shen Jingye frowned: "Who told you to say that? Did I come to listen to your lecture? I'm asking you, what can the components on this list form?"

Cheng Cheng Zhiyuan looked for a moment longer, shook his head, and said, "I can't tell."

Li Li Banfeng asked, "You really can't tell, or you don't dare to say?"

Cheng Cheng Zhiyuan shook his head, a bitter smile on his face: "Li Ju, you're making things difficult for me."

Both Li Li Banfeng and Shen Shen Jingye could understand this technical backbone.

It was like someone buying a few pieces of glass and a box of glue. He might be making a handmade fish tank, but he might also be making a handmade mirror. It was also possible he wasn't making a mirror or a fish tank, but just wanted to stick a piece of glass on the table.

Usually, when everyone was chatting idly, giving a deduction didn't matter, but in the Dark Star Bureau, a wrong deduction could bring about serious consequences. Therefore, before receiving a formal order, Cheng Cheng Zhiyuan wouldn't say anything.

But in the current situation, Shen Shen Jingye couldn't give a formal order. Li Li Banfeng simply took the list and went to find his own channels.

He also had experts. They might not be very familiar with the advanced equipment of the Outer Continent, but for this kind of antique-level equipment, Luo Zhengnan was an expert among experts.

Returning to his residence, Li Li Banfeng called Luo Zhengnan and told him the contents of the list.

After hearing it, Luo Zhengnan was also a bit troubled: "Seventh Brother, the things this person bought are a bit fragmented. I can only roughly deduce that

these things can be used to make television antennas, or they can be used to make radios. If you want to play with something more advanced, you can also make a radio telescope.

But if I go by my experience, the probability of making a radio is higher. I have such a radio on hand; I'll bring it for you to see another day."

"Don't wait for another day. I'm quite anxious here. I'll go over and see it today." Li Li Banfeng went through Tiemenbao to Green Water City, and Luo Zhengnan had already prepared the radio.

In the eyes of young people, a radio was either installed in a car or held in the hands of an old man in the park—it was just a palm-sized thing.

The radio Li Li Banfeng saw this time was taller than him and about the same size as the wardrobe in his house.

Luo Zhengnan opened the back cabinet door of the radio and introduced the components one by one.

"The electrical signals in Like Puluozhou are very weak, and the semiconductor materials from the Outer Continent don't work. Vacuum tubes have good response characteristics in the high-frequency band, and this thing has good stability and isn't picky about the environment, unlike those new devices from the Outer Continent that are so delicate.

Vacuum tube equipment is also easy to repair; if one tube breaks, you just replace it, unlike those high-end devices where if one part breaks, you have to replace a whole large section."

Li Li Banfeng roughly understood. He turned on the cell phone switch, but only heard a series of static.

"Seventh Brother, don't be anxious. Relying solely on electronic equipment, the signals received are still very limited. To listen to the radio in Like Puluozhou, you need some special materials." Luo Zhengnan took a wooden box, took an antenna out of the box, and connected it to the radio.

This antenna was very special; it was the one he usually stuck in his brain.

After plugging in the antenna and carefully turning the knob, the radio finally found a station.

Amidst a cheerful sound of gongs, drums, and flutes, Li Li Banfeng heard an advertisement:

"Brother, why haven't you harvested your sorghum yet?"

"I don't dare to harvest it. Two days ago, I just chopped up Sixth Uncle at the entrance of the village. The corpse is still lying in the field. If I harvest the sorghum, the corpse won't be able to be hidden. Sixth Uncle definitely won't forgive me!"

"Just hiding it like this isn't a solution. Haven't you used Ma Ling Lao San's Corpse-Dissolving Spirit? One spoonful, and it's clean and tidy, not even a residue left. A little bit of soup and water is left, which seeps directly into the soil, so you don't even have to clean it up!"

"Is it really that effective?"

"Old brand, old signboard. I'm a regular customer of his; could I lie to you!"

Li Li Banfeng's mouth hung wide open after hearing this advertisement: "Can this kind of medicine be advertised publicly?"

Luo Zhengnan laughed: "In our Like Puluozhou, this is the style. Whatever you do, you pay attention to being straightforward."

Li Li Banfeng was very angry: "This isn't a question of being straightforward; it's that this kind of medicine itself is unreasonable. Do you know how precious a corpse is? He dissolves it with one spoonful of medicine. Making this kind of medicine is ruining things; it's wasting resources!"

Luo Zhengnan was a bit puzzled: "Then after killing someone, how should the corpse be disposed of—"

"You hand it over to me for disposal. I have plenty of good methods. Tomorrow, let's also put out an advertisement—"

Before he could finish speaking, a sweet voice appeared on the radio.

"Dear listeners, I am Ah Hui. It's that time of year again for farming. First, I want to say 'thank you for your hard work' to all our farming cultivator friends."

Hearing this voice, Li Li Banfeng was stunned for a long time.

Luo Zhengnan laughed: "Seventh Brother, is this voice sweet? This is the best broadcaster in all of Like Puluozhou."

"The best?"

"Isn't it? Listen again."

The sound quality of the radio was a bit rough, but it couldn't hide the sweetness of the voice: "In a busy season, one's state of mind easily changes. When conflicts occur with others, you must think three times before acting.

Wait another two months, and it will be the season for snow. Whether it's new hatred or old grudges, it's best to resolve them in the snow, so as to facilitate the handling of corpses and other aftermath matters—..."

Li Li Banfeng carefully looked at the antenna on the radio: "With this antenna, can I also receive this radio station in the Outer Continent?"

Luo Zhengnan nodded: "You can also call me from the Outer Continent; it's the same principle."

"What material is this antenna made of?"

Luo Zhengnan hesitated for a moment.

Li Li Banfeng said, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to say; I won't force it."

This antenna was the foundation of Luo Zhengnan's livelihood, but since Li Qi asked, Luo Zhengnan still said: "Iron, manganese, nickel—those materials don't need to be mentioned. The most critical material is Heart-Sky Stone.

When refining this antenna, a small piece of Heart-Sky Stone was melted into it—just a small piece the size of a fingernail. Without this piece of Heart-Sky Stone, this antenna would only be worth sixty Da Huan Kingdom notes. With this piece of Heart-Sky Stone, six thousand silver dollars might not even be enough to exchange for it."

Heart-Sky Stone had a guiding function; Li Li Banfeng knew this very well. Back then, it was by relying on Heart-Sky Stone that Chu Shaoqiang sent the Knife-Ghost Ridge to the Sage Peak.

Perhaps this thing could also guide electromagnetic signals.

If Du Du Wenming also had a set of equipment similar to a radio in his hands, did he also have Heart-Sky Stone?

Of course, he had invested so much capital; he definitely wasn't just doing it to listen to the radio. He should have been engaged in research in other areas as well.

His abduction of Yu Yu Yaoming proved that Yu Yu Yaoming had some overlap with his research, and Yu Yu Yaoming might even have already obtained the achievements he wanted.

Achievements—definitely not limited to theory. What else had Yu Yu Yaoming researched?

Li Li Banfeng immediately returned to Yuezhou, arrived at the Dark Star Bureau, and called for Shen Shen Jingye: "Who is currently responsible for guarding Yu Yu Yaoming's laboratory?"

"Currently, it's still people from the Dark Matter Research Laboratory responsible for guarding it, but the task of finding Yu Yu Yaoming falls on us. We can take over the Research Laboratory at any time." Shen Shen Jingye prepared to call the Research Laboratory.

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "Don't take it over yet. Such a big thing just happened. Even if the Research Laboratory is useless,

they will definitely strengthen their vigilance at this time and won't easily leave an opportunity for their opponent."

Shen Shen Jingye said, "Do you have a way to lure him over?"

"I do," Li Li Banfeng thought for a while, and a rough thread of thought appeared in his mind. "Communicate with the people from the Research Laboratory; I want to go investigate Yu Yu Yaoming's students."

Shen Shen Jingye said, "If necessary, we can take over his students."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "No need to take them over, just arrange one investigation. Only then will someone send a message to Du Du Wenming. When the time comes, Du Du Wenming will call you. You must handle it properly."

Shen Shen Jingye went to arrange a residence near the laboratory, and Li Li Banfeng went to the hospital to visit his classmate from high school and university, Fang Fang Yufei.

Before going, Li Li Banfeng specially put on makeup, stuck on a fake beard, and besides that, he had his wife stick some clay on his face to make his face look much rounder.

Confirming that he wouldn't be easily recognized, Li Li Banfeng went to the hospital, showed his credentials to the agent sent by the Research Laboratory, and entered Fang Fang Yufei's ward.

The Research Laboratory agent didn't see Li Li Banfeng's credentials clearly, chased him to the door, and asked, "Could you trouble yourself to do a registration?"

Li Li Banfeng turned his head and looked at the agent with an expressionless face.

The agent felt a chill and didn't dare to ask more, quietly closing the ward door.

Actually, there was no need to ask more. Those above had already given the word, saying that someone from the Dark Star Bureau was coming. This was arranged work, so why should he meddle in other people's business?

The agent comforted himself a few times and sat back at the ward door.

Li Li Banfeng pulled up a chair and sat opposite Fang Fang Yufei.

Fang Fang Yufei truly didn't recognize Li Li Banfeng, because her glasses had been confiscated by the Dark Star Bureau. She looked nervously at the bearded man in front of her and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his credentials in front of Fang Fang Yufei: "I am the investigator responsible for this case, here to ask you a few questions."

Fang Fang Yufei shook her head and said, "I've already said everything I can say. What else do you want to ask?"

"Don't be nervous; just a few simple questions. You were also at the scene on the day of the incident. Were you trying to provide help to your mentor at the time?"

Fang Fang Yufei lowered her head and said, "At first, I had such an idea, but later, seeing the teacher arrested, we were all scared."

Prejudiced, yet very real.

After spending a long time with Yu Yu Yaoming, it seemed everyone would develop similar changes.

Li Li Banfeng asked again: "After your teacher was arrested, did you have any thoughts of rescuing him?"

"No, absolutely not!" Fang Fang Yufei denied it flatly. "After the teacher was arrested, we were all arrested too.

We didn't have such ability, nor did we have such guts."

"Besides you few students, are there other members in Yu Yu Yaoming's organization?"

"What organization are you talking about?" Fang Fang Yufei shook her head repeatedly. "We don't have an organization; we are just a normal teacher-student relationship."

"Still quibbling!" Li Li Banfeng deepened his tone. "At the scene of the academic report meeting, who was the person sitting beside you?"

Fang Fang Yufei said, "It was Han Han Yuelong, from the same school as us, with a somewhat similar professional direction, but he is not our mentor's student."

"Besides him?"

"The one sitting on the other side was a man; I don't know him."

"You don't know him?" Li Li Banfeng frowned. Is she intentionally shielding me? She seemed to have said she would absolutely never forget me.

"I really don't know him. I seem to have spoken some words with him, and he also seemed to have some research on wormholes, but what exactly was said, I really forgot!"

She didn't seem to be lying.

It seemed someone had erased part of her memory.

What method did that person use?

The purpose of that person doing so should be to protect me. If Fang Fang Yufei's memory hadn't been erased, during the investigation process, both the Dark Star Bureau and the Dark Matter Research Laboratory could have reached a conclusion: Li Li Banfeng is Li Qi.

Li Li Banfeng looked at Fang Fang Yufei, a bit of power surging on his body: "I know your organization is still trying to rescue Yu Yu Yaoming. You can continue to quibble, but if you keep not cooperating with the investigation, you, like Yu Yu Yaoming, will face the most severe punishment!"

Fang Fang Yufei sat on the bed, her body convulsing in bursts.

Li Li Banfeng stood up and left.

Not long after walking away, he heard Fang Fang Yufei screaming loudly: "I didn't, I didn't lie! I told the truth!

It really was the truth..."

The agent outside heard the shouting, rushed in hurriedly, called the doctor, and controlled the emotionally agitated Fang Fang Yufei.

Li Li Banfeng turned his head and looked at Fang Fang Yufei.

She was very beautiful and very excellent.

Hopefully, she could remember this fear and not, like Yu Yu Yaoming, go and touch power she couldn't control.

Would Du Du Wenming know about the situation in the hospital?

Li Li Banfeng firmly believed he would definitely know.

Because the agent responsible for guarding the door had already taken out his phone to report to his superior.

Shen Shen Jingye had just selected a residence near the laboratory when he immediately received a call from Du Du Wenming.

"Director Shen, what's your situation? You just arranged one interrogation, and you drove the witness crazy?"

Shen Shen Jingye hurriedly apologized: "We sent a newcomer over; he might have been a bit impatient in his work."

"Fortunately, this was in the hospital, and Fang Fang Yufei's condition was controlled by the doctor. If this were at your Dark Star Bureau,

I'd like to see how you'd end up."

"Director Du's lesson is correct; I will handle this matter seriously."

"I really don't know what you are thinking. You suspect Yu Yu Yaoming was abducted by Fang Fang Yufei? Do you think she has this ability?"

"Director Du, we feel that Yu Yu Yaoming has more than just Fang Fang Yufei under him. There is an organization of considerable scale under Yu Yu Yaoming. Yu Yu Yaoming is the head of the organization, and Fang Fang Yufei and others are important members of the organization.

This organization carried out a rescue operation and abducted Yu Yu Yaoming from the Research Laboratory. Fang Fang Yufei and the other students must have key clues about Yu Yu Yaoming!"

Du Du Wenming thought for a moment and said, "I agree with your point of view, but pay attention to the methods and ways during the investigation process.

Tomorrow, I will transfer these few students to the Dark Star Bureau. I will take the responsibility for this matter for you. Hurry up and investigate."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Shen Jingye wiped his sweat. He recalled the content of the call and confirmed that he hadn't revealed any flaws.

Du Du Wenming sat behind his desk, his fingertips tapping lightly on the desktop.

Shen Shen Jingye had aimed his spearhead at those few students.

When all is said and done, the Dark Star Bureau still only has these three axes.

In the evening, Li Li Banfeng arrived at the residence Shen Shen Jingye had arranged.

Yu Yu Yaoming's laboratory was very remote, with two faculty dormitories nearby, both of which had been cleared out by the Research Laboratory. A bit further away, there was a warehouse. The warehouse management personnel had all been evacuated, but the warehouse had no one guarding it. A suitable residence

was only here.

Li Li Banfeng wasn't picky; he lived in the Leaving Suishenju anyway.

Shen Shen Jingye also arranged a helper for Li Li Banfeng, a special personnel named Geng Geng Congyi.

This person was around fifty, physically strong, and very polite to Li Li Banfeng: "Li Ju, I am a Splitter. In Like Puluozhou, I am called a Blade Cultivator, and I have a certain restraining ability against Craft Cultivators."

"Blade Cultivator?" Li Li Banfeng had heard the name but didn't know much about this sect. "What means do you use to restrain Craft Cultivators?"

Geng Geng Congyi replied: "By cutting off the connection between the Craft Cultivator and their weapon. Blade Cultivators are good at slashing; they can slash through matter, and they can also slash through the ties between energies."

Shen Shen Jingye helped explain: "To put it plainly, if we encounter a marionette again, Old Geng can slash the strings,

and the puppet naturally won't be effective!"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "This is indeed a good helper. Old Geng, you have to suffer a bit while keeping watch here. Can you handle it?"

Geng Geng Congyi stood straight: "Rest assured, Director, I guarantee to complete the mission."

That day, Li Li Banfeng let Old Geng stand by in the warehouse, while he went to the laboratory to conduct a preliminary investigation.

Avoiding the guards, opening the door lock, and using a projector to control the surveillance equipment, Li Li Banfeng began the investigation work.

He took out the glove and asked, "Is there anything valuable?"

"Yes, there are good things!" The glove turned around every piece of equipment, took an iron box out of the resonance instrument, took a glass tube out of the spectrometer, and took a resistor out of the interferometer—

After dismantling more than thirty parts back and forth, Li Li Banfeng asked the glove: "What is the use of this?"

The glove said: "I don't know what the use is either, but these things are all very valuable."

Li Li Banfeng took away all the paper materials in the laboratory and copied all the data on several computers. The glove then cleaned the scene. The data boxes and folders were all restored to their original state, filled with white paper inside. From the outside, no flaws could be seen.

Everything was handled properly. Li Li Banfeng left the laboratory and sent everything into the Leaving Suishenju.

The wife looked at these components and didn't feel they had any use, but she was quite interested in the experimental data Li Li Banfeng brought back.

The glove was a bit aggrieved: "Mistress, take a closer look; this thing is very valuable."

The Leaving Suishenju trembled, and the Old Man spoke: "Ah Qi, bring them to the Third Room and let me see."

The glove shook its index finger: "Old Man, we can look, but you must say something before you move your hands."

The Leaving Suishenju was impatient: "Bring them quickly. A pile of junk, yet you treat it like a treasure."

Li Li Banfeng and the glove entered the Third Room with a pile of parts, placed them on the ground, and waited for the Old Man's appraisal.

The Old Man didn't express an opinion. Li Li Banfeng only saw the pile of parts disappearing one by one.

When the last circuit board disappeared, the Old Man sighed: "You kid has a conscience; you finally brought good things home. These are all priceless treasures."

The glove let out a long breath: "Master, listen to that. I said I couldn't have misjudged it.

Old Man, you've taken all the good things; you might as well tell me the origin of these treasures!"

The Old Man said: "These are all Heart-Sky Stones."

The glove was shocked: "All Heart-Sky Stones? Can Heart-Sky Stones grow like this?"

"Not complete Heart-Sky Stones. These things have Heart-Sky Stones melted into them. I don't know too much about Outer Continent electrical craftsmanship. After I study them for a few days, I should be able to see some clues."

The glove nodded: "If you can't see clues, perhaps you can see a train station. Old Man, Heart-Sky Stone is a good material for building big train stations, right?"

Slap!

A broom flew over, slapping the glove to the ground. The Leaving Suishenju earnestly exhorted: "Ah Qi, this thing must have an extraordinary origin. Handle the aftermath well; don't let others trace it back to us.

We are not greedy people, but things that have reached our hands must absolutely not be let others take back!"

Li Li Banfeng remembered the Old Man's teachings, took the glove, and returned to the laboratory.

He had stayed in the laboratory for so long, yet the Dark Matter Research Laboratory agents didn't react at all. This wasn't because they weren't diligent, but because their abilities were truly limited.

Li Li Banfeng handed the newly arrived lens oil to the projector: "Next, I have to rely on our new friends."

"Seventh Director, do you also believe they have life?"

"I believe it. As long as they are my friends, they will enjoy blessings and never suffer losses."

The projector was very confident about this mission: "Seventh Director, from now on, dozens of eyes will work together to complete the mission you entrusted to us."

The next evening, the puppet man wearing a large brown hat, yellow hair, blue eyes, and a long nose walked into the laboratory.

He still walked sideways among the equipment, his body without undulation, his footsteps surprisingly steady.

He first opened the resonance instrument, raised his left arm, and groped around in the spectrometer for a moment.

He didn't find the resistor he wanted.

He took out a blueprint from his bosom and compared it. He hadn't found the wrong equipment, but the key parts inside were missing.

He checked the spectrometer again and also didn't find the parts he wanted.

He crawled under the resonance instrument again. Just as he opened the bottom cover, he heard someone shout outside the door: "Someone has entered the laboratory. All personnel, take your positions. Prepare for battle."

The Research Laboratory agents rushed to the scene first, followed by Li Qi and Geng Geng Congyi.

The puppet man was still under the resonance instrument, his feet unable to stop trembling.

PS: Little Shen, you really think Li Qi doesn't want a reward? He's only just started to make his move! ===== CHAPTER 570 =====

The investigators from the research lab were the first to rush into the scene, with Li Qi and Geng Geng Congyi arriving shortly after.

The puppet was still under the resonance instrument, its feet unable to stop trembling slightly.

PS: Little Shen, do you really think Li Qi doesn't want any reward? He has only just begun to make his move!