Chapter 3196: New Discovery

"Made a discovery?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen was happy in his heart and hurriedly asked her: "Did Detective Li say what the specific discovery is? Is it certain that a new dead soldier station has been found?"

"Yes!" Lin Wan'er nodded and said: "Detective Li said that the AI has locked on to a phosphate mine factory located in Morocco, saying that after Young Master goes back, he will meet with Young Master to discuss the details."

Ye Chen thought for a while and asked her: "If I remember correctly, Morocco should be an African country, right?"

"Yes, Young Master." Lin Wan'er said: "Morocco is in the northwest of Africa, separated from the Iberian Peninsula where Spain and Portugal are located by the sea. This country is rich in phosphate, accounting for about 70% of the global reserves."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said: "Since this country is rich in phosphate, there should be many phosphate mines in the country. It is relatively hidden for the Qinghui to put the dead soldier station there. It seems that it should be eight or nine out of ten."

Lin Wan'er asked him: "Young Master, since the matter is of great importance, let's hurry back now."

Ye Chen said: "Don't worry first. Don't you still want to see the aurora? I also want to see if the aurora will have any other changes tonight. If there is no other abnormality, we will drive back overnight."

Lin Wan'er nodded slightly: "The slave will follow Young Master'

While it was still light out, Ye Chen and Lin Wan'er drove out together, had a simple meal, and upon returning, he couldn't wait to start meditating again, practicing Qi by forming hand seals.

After practicing continuously throughout last night, Ye Chen had become thoroughly familiar with this set of hand seals and was now able to execute them with ease.

Several hours passed, and the Qi within his body had grown significantly, which gave him even greater confidence in these hand seals.

He meditated and practiced until nightfall, when the aurora appeared once more.

Ye Chen and Lin Wan'er went out together, walked over a hill, and arrived at the spot closest to the aurora.

The two stood under the aurora for a long time; the lights in the sky swayed slowly like waves, but the strange scene from yesterday did not happen again.

After waiting for a long time without seeing anything unusual, Ye Chen said to Lin Wan'er, "Miss Lin, I estimate that this aurora won't give me any new hints. Let's pack up and head back to Ousu City."

"Alright." Lin Wan'er agreed, saying, "Young Master, let me drive on the way back. If I drive, you can focus on meditating and practicing in the car."

Ye Chen asked hurriedly, "It's a drive of over ten hours, will you be okay?"

"No problem." Lin Wan'er smiled, "Although my physical fitness isn't as formidable as a cultivator's, it is definitely not something an ordinary person can compare to. Driving for over ten hours straight is nothing for me, Young Master, you can rest assured."

Ye Chen thought that was true, so he nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll trouble you with this long drive, Miss Lin."

For Ye Chen, he was like a loser who had just discovered the path to wealth; seeing that he had finally found a track to make money, he couldn't wait to keep running on it without stopping for a moment.

Furthermore, Lin Wan'er was no ordinary young girl; she had lived for three or four hundred years and could even fly a helicopter, so a long-distance drive was naturally nothing for her.

Thus, on the way back, Lin Wan'er was responsible for driving, while Ye Chen sat in the back seat and continued to practice.

When the two were about to arrive in Ousu City, the total amount of Qi in Ye Chen's body had increased by nearly twenty percent. He said to Lin Wan'er beside him, "Since these hand seals can continuously generate Qi, once I get back, I will try every possible method and spare no cost to activate the hidden functions of that ring."

Since they had passed the AI model's factory on the way, Ye Chen called Li Yalin. Li Yalin happened to be there, so Ye Chen headed straight for that location.

Upon meeting, Li Yalin couldn't wait to tell Ye Chen, "The model has locked onto a target with a very high degree of suspicion. According to the model itself, it can basically be confirmed with 99.99% certainty."

Ye Chen then said, "Then I'll trouble Detective Li to give a brief introduction of what the AI model discovered this time and its logic."

Li Yalin immediately opened the monitor, clicked on a few photos, opened satellite images of a certain area, and said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, look, this mining area is located in the central mining region of Morocco. This is one of the four major phosphate mining areas in Morocco."

Ye Chen asked him, "How many companies are mining phosphate in this area?"

Li Yalin replied, "Mr. Ye, according to our investigation, there are a total of 8 mining enterprises in this area."

As he spoke, he clicked on a satellite map. The satellite map clearly showed that in this mining area, which was almost like a desert, several mining enterprises were scattered sporadically. One could even see the approximate situation of vehicles and personnel working in the mining area through the satellite images enhanced by AI.

Li Yalin pointed to one of the areas and said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, this area is the phosphate mining enterprise that the AI strongly suspects. The name of this company is Duke Mining. This company has been established for 35 years, and in the past 35 years, its scale has expanded several times."

Ye Chen nodded and asked him, "On what basis does the AI determine that it is a dead soldier station of the Anti-Qing Society?"

Li Yalin said, "First, the AI ran a large list, searching globally for about 80,000 enterprises capable of meeting the requirements of a dead soldier station of the Anti-Qing Society, and then combined a massive amount of data and Skyline's information to conduct a multi-dimensional systematic analysis."

As he spoke, Li Yalin paused slightly, opened a second picture, and said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, the AI discovered that this enterprise meets our judgment of a dead soldier station in every aspect, and this enterprise also has the problem of excessive energy consumption. Therefore, ten years ago, they applied for permission to invest in wind power and built six wind turbine units in the mining area. In addition, ten years ago, they also quietly renovated all the roofs, changing all roofs to photovoltaic panels. It is likely because their energy gap is relatively large, but this place is not like Nigeria, which is rich in oil and can be used for power generation at any time, so they set their sights on wind and solar energy."

Ye Chen said, "These factors sound like they can only be suspicions, but they cannot confirm that the other party is really a dead soldier station of the Anti-Qing Society."

Li Yalin smiled, "So the most critical information is here. The Moroccan government banned underground phosphate mining as early as 20 years ago. All previous underground mining shafts and equipment were scrapped and sealed to carry out large-scale surface mining, that is, changing from underground mines to open-pit mines."

"However, in the satellite data of the past fifteen years, this mining company has been photographed at least a dozen times with large transport fleets entering, and the fleet was photographed transporting a large amount of supplies. The unloading area is at the entrance of the underground mine that should have been abandoned long ago. Moreover, Skyline also photographed trucks carrying a large amount of waste similar to earthwork from the old underground mine to the open-pit mining area for dumping."

As he spoke, Li Yalin added, "If the other party is still secretly using the underground mine for mining, then it is absolutely impossible to pour the mined phosphate back into the open-pit mine. This is completely redundant and unnecessary."

"Moreover, the AI has analyzed that due to the advancement of technology and the development of mining equipment, surface mining is higher than underground mining in terms of mining difficulty, mining cost, and mining efficiency. Now, if they continue to mine underground, it can only be laborious and thankless. Therefore, most mines have closed their previous underground shafts."

"Skyline's image data shows that the underground shafts of other mines have not shown any signs of being started in the past so many years. Only this Duke Mining, the conclusion given by the AI after analyzing the satellite data is that the Anti-Qing Society transformed this mine and used the underground facilities that should have been completely sealed as a dead soldier station, and this dead soldier station is still constantly expanding, which is why waste such as rock and earthwork are constantly being transported out, and those fleets full of supplies must be transporting supplies to the station!"