Chapter 3283

Hearing Ye Chen's teasing, Li Yalin couldn't help but laugh and said: "Originally I thought you really intended to give Wu Shuohang a Remolding Pill for free, and I felt somewhat regretful in my heart, but now it seems this pill truly gave Wu Feiyan a great stimulation, while not letting Wu Shuohang gain any benefit at all—truly a case of multiple gains."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Although the pill is precious, as long as it produces the desired effect, it is worth its value."

Li Yalin added: "This Wu Shuohang is truly unfortunate, having his hands chopped off three times in a row."

Ye Chen laughed: "Under Wu Feiyan's protection, the Wu family members either commit countless evils or aid tyrants in their wickedness; their ability to proliferate to this day is inseparable from the tens of thousands or even more enslaved death warriors and elite guards of the Broken Qing Society. Speaking of which, everyone bears original sin—I only chopped off Wu Shuohang's hand, which is already lenient toward him."

After speaking, Ye Chen added: "No, I actually gave him a hand first, then chopped off one of his—considering it even. If blame is to be assigned, it can only fall on Wu Feiyan."

Li Yalin laughed: "Indeed, I think he now hates Wu Feiyan more than he hates you."

After speaking, he couldn't help but ask Ye Chen: "By the way, Mr. Ye, how did you come up with this idea? You're so certain Wu Feiyan will definitely chop off Wu Shuohang's left hand again? If it were me, I might not do this—first chopping off his left hand was his punishment; he had already accepted and completed his penalty at that time. Afterwards, if someone gave him a pill and his left hand regrew, I'd have no reason to chop it off again. If I left his hand and let your pill become an established fact, it would not only demonstrate my fairness and justice, but also cause my enemy to lose a pill for nothing. But if I chopped off his hand again, wouldn't that just fall perfectly into the other side's trap?"

Ye Chen smiled: "Inspector Li, I previously said I wanted to give Wu Feiyan eye drops precisely to use this pill to humiliate her. Although Wu Feiyan has lived until now, her governance of the Broken Qing Society's organizational structure and underlying logic still follows Ming-era feudal monarch thinking. Feudal monarchs, whether wise or foolish, share one trait: they cannot tolerate humiliation. Zhu Di, the Yan King, in terms of achievements, counts as a wise ruler; Fang Xiaoru did not give him face, yet he could exterminate his nine clans. If Wu Shuohang paraded around with his left hand, Wu Feiyan would lose all face. She knows I intend to humiliate her with this pill, but she can only do this."

Speaking, Ye Chen sighed: "Actually, I hope Wu Feiyan does not chop off his left hand—then the core members of the Broken Qing Society would know this mysterious enemy possesses a heaven-defying Remolding Pill, making them more wary of me, while simultaneously reducing their confidence in Wu Feiyan."

Li Yalin pondered for a moment, lightly nodded, and said: "I hadn't considered this angle—criminal investigation thinking is still rather narrow."

Ye Chen said: "Expertise lies in specialization, so a team needs various professionals to complement each other. If Wu Feiyan had someone like you, Inspector Li, who is so skilled in criminal investigation, she would probably already know who I am."

Li Yalin nodded and smiled: "What you say makes sense, but the Broken Qing Society's underlying logic also determines they struggle to have true high-end talent—aside from controlled and enslaved members, most are essentially Wu family members themselves. Those enslaved people must always be guarded against by them, and due to their own resentment, they won't wholeheartedly serve her. If the Wu family could cultivate top talent, that would be fine; if they cannot, then they are truly a makeshift troupe."

Ye Chen smiled and said: "Just look at the late Qing—those palace nobles and Banner descendants enjoyed hundreds of years of ease and privilege; which one could still hold up a collapsing mansion? If not for the Four Heroes of the Late Qing prolonging the dynasty, the Manchu royal nobles would have long fled back to their old homes beyond the Pass. And those Four Heroes of the Late Qing were, without exception, Han Chinese. If Wu Feiyan continues to rely solely on kinship in the future, the Broken Qing Society's outcome might be even worse than the late Qing's—at least the late Qing had Four Heroes to sustain its fate, while she has not a single hero."

Li Yalin asked: "Then is Miss Song considered a hero? You didn't say her talent far exceeds ordinary people."

Ye Chen said: "Song Ruoyu's talent indeed far exceeds ordinary people, and possessing such strength at a young age is truly remarkable. But based on my current understanding of her, she is merely a martial officer—even if not captured by me, she would be unable to bring overall improvement to the Broken Qing Society. Now, the Broken Qing Society no longer needs warriors who can fight; it needs a modern mind."

Speaking, Ye Chen added: "By the way, given Wu Shuohang's strength, having both hands chopped off would not endanger his life, so there seems no need to go to the hospital for treatment. Moreover, he probably wouldn't dare openly run to the hospital—Inspector Li, what do you think the reason is?"

Li Yalin thought for a moment and said: "After the Remolding Pill incident, Wu Shuohang has been completely exposed; openly going to the hospital would make no difference whether he hides or not."

Speaking, Li Yalin added: "Moreover, I estimate he also fears you feeding him another Remolding Pill. Whenever we encounter a case, especially one with unclear motive and special method, our greatest worry is another occurrence before the case is solved, because such cases are unlike robbery, kidnapping, or revenge/emotional killings—robbery and kidnapping targets are random, while revenge/emotional killings mostly target a single person. But unclear motive and special method cases often easily become serial killings. Take Wu Shuohang: he now surely fears you using the same method on him again. This time, both hands regrowing—Wu Feiyan might, in anger, chop off both his hands again. Having learned from the first experience, the Remolding Pill should be something he never wants to take again in his life. Hiding in the hospital equals making his handless condition public—then you certainly wouldn't feed him another Remolding Pill."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "That makes sense, but this also proves he has no value left in the Broken Qing Society. The society knows he's exposed—can't kill him, can't let him return to the Right Military Governor's Office; sending him to the hospital is also a temporary arrangement."

Li Yalin asked Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, do you think Wu Shuohang still has any utilitarian value?"

Ye Chen said: "Hard to say. From an intelligence standpoint, what he knows is merely the Right Military Governor's Office information—I've already grasped the new developments there, and he himself has been excluded. Going forward, his understanding of the Broken Qing Society may not even surpass mine."

Speaking, Ye Chen added: "However, emotionally, he should bear a deep hatred for Wu Feiyan. If I promise him I'll give him another Remolding Pill after Wu Feiyan's death, letting him become a normal person, then between me and Wu Feiyan, he should lean more toward me winning, rather than Wu Feiyan."

Li Yalin said: "That's exactly what I mean—Wu Shuohang surely knows in his heart that if he can ever return to being a normal person in this life, only you can give him that chance. If you give him a promise, he might defect—but if he already has no value to the Broken Qing Society, then he has no value to us either, so naturally there's no need to invest too much in him."

Ye Chen said: "Whether he has value to us depends on whether he still has a chance to return to the Broken Qing Society—whether Wu Feiyan wants him to fend for himself in Morocco, or first leave him there, wait for the right moment, then have the Right Military Governor's Office people retrieve him."

Li Yalin smacked his lips: "If we communicated with him? Let him know that if he returns to the Right Military Governor's Office in the future and cooperates with you to provide more intelligence, then after Wu Feiyan's death, you'll let him become a normal person again."

Ye Chen said: "Whether this person has value remains unknown—for now, it's best to avoid direct contact with him."

Li Yalin said: "By the way, we can secretly observe—arrange some vending machines near the hospital to monitor the general situation, ideally installing them directly in the Zhuyuan Force."

Ye Chen said: "Having vending machines in the hospital is normal, and having them in the Zhuyuan Force is also normal—but the vending machines in the Zhuyuan Force can at most be one or two in public areas, impossible to place in patient wards, so we couldn't capture which ward Wu Shuohang is in, nor who enters and exits his ward."

Li Yalin nodded: "This is indeed difficult, but we've already gathered substantial facial information of Broken Qing Society members—if we install vending machines on the necessary route into the Zhuyuan Force, then once any of these people go there, we'll immediately receive an alert. If these people regularly visit him, we can summarize a pattern—but if no one ever goes, he's likely already been completely abandoned."

Ye Chen asked: "What if people from the Right Military Governor's Office come?"

Li Yalin added: "Personnel from the Right Military Governor's Office—last time, through surveillance at Naples Airport, we already basically determined quite a bit. These people are Level One alerts in Ai's system; wherever they're detected by our vending machines, Ai will immediately report."

Speaking, Li Yalin added: "However, the facial data collected that time might only be part of the Right Military Governor's Office—I can also have Ai constantly compare faces collected at airports and docks with those appearing at the hospital, so we can identify who flew or took a ship from elsewhere to Casablanca and then went to that hospital."

"Generally speaking, few people go straight to a local hospital upon arriving somewhere—and Wu Shuohang is in the inpatient area; even if someone feels unwell after disembarking and goes to the hospital for treatment, they wouldn't appear here directly—unless he came to Casablanca purely to visit a patient."

"So, if Ai detects someone who just arrived in Casablanca and immediately went to Wu Shuohang's hospital, that person's suspicion would be very high."

Speaking of this, Li Yalin recalled something and added: "Didn't the Right Military Governor's Office go to Spain? Then I'll have Ai add another filter: if someone flies or takes a ship from Spain to Casablanca and then immediately goes to that hospital, this person is likely from the Right Military Governor's Office—by then, even if Wu Shuohang has no value to us, we could still gain some information about other Right Military Governor's Office personnel. If the Right Military Governor's Office truly comes to see him, then he might still have value, and we could find a way to pass him some information later."

"Good." Ye Chen nodded and said: "Then I'll have someone urgently arrange the vending machines to be sent to the hospital."

Speaking, Ye Chen added: "By the way, Inspector Li, you need to have Ai focus on Nigeria—those three elders are currently in Nigeria and have already lost their significance; they're likely to leave, and they definitely won't take a nearby flight—they'll probably change cities, even countries."

Li Yalin said: "You can rest assured—I've already issued orders to Ai to monitor airports and docks in Nigeria and surrounding countries, focusing on all adult Asian males, especially elderly ones and groups of three Asian males traveling together."

Ye Chen nodded: "Also have Ai monitor people appearing at Argentina's Buenos Aires Airport or other Argentine airports in the near future, and compare them with those detected in Africa—if matched, flag them. The Broken Qing Society's headquarters is likely on some island within the Antarctic Circle, so no matter where these three depart from, they'll likely ultimately return to Argentina."

Li Yalin immediately agreed: "Okay, Mr. Ye!"

Ye Chen said: "With Ai, our greatest gain is increasingly mastering Broken Qing Society personnel—going forward, any movement of these people will not escape our surveillance, and the Broken Qing Society's territory will gradually become clearer under our watch."