"You're right."
Lu Siya flipped through the information she gathered in the morning and said, "Even though Jin Yongqiang isn't part of the core management of Heavenly Works Machines and it's impossible for him to get a lot of benefits from the deal for Subway No.20, he owes a lot of gambling debts. If he doesn't think of something, he'll soon be chased out of Blessed Paradise. At this critical juncture, as long as someone is willing to give him some money, he might be willing to do anything.
"I just don't get it. How did Jin Yongqiang become the third victim? Regardless of whether it's money or his loyalty to Heavenly Works Machines, it's not enough for him to sacrifice himself, right? "
"That's right. Based on what Ms. Zhou said just now, it's clear that Jin Yongqiang doesn't intend to sacrifice himself. Instead, he wants to pay off his gambling debts and continue enjoying his life." Meng Chao sank into deep thought.
He gathered all the clues together, but he felt that it was a little awkward. "Do you remember me saying that the third biochemical pet's attack pattern is slightly different from the first two biochemical pets? Even though they're all infected with mutated rabies, I think that the biochemical pet that attacked Jin Yongqiang is calmer and more fatal.
"In other words, we might not be facing one case, but two. The first two victims were indirectly killed by Jin Yongqiang, but Jin Yongqiang was killed by another mysterious person."
"That's right. The third biochemical pet doesn't have a needle in its ear canal. Jin Yongqiang shouldn't have injected the virus into it," Lu Siya said.
"If Jin Yongqiang hadn't died, it wouldn't have been so easy to link this matter to Heavenly Works Machines.
"Let's say that one of the higher-ups in Heavenly Works Machines planned this whole thing in a frenzy to fight for the deal and attack their competitors, and he was worried that Jin Yongqiang would leak the secret, so even if he wanted to kill him to silence him, he shouldn't have chosen this moment.
"He could have waited until he got the deal and the limelight was over. Then, he would have used other methods to make Jin Yongqiang die quietly. It wouldn't be strange for someone who's addicted to gambling and indulges in debauchery to die in any sort of accident. Why would he have to let his pets bite him to death?
"Three cases of pets killing each other practically happened at the same time. This isn't killing him to silence him. This is practically inviting trouble to himself. The higher-ups in Heavenly Works Machines wouldn't be so stupid."
"I agree with Big Sis Ya."
"The problem is, Jin Yongqiang is already dead. Dead men tell no tales, and it's impossible for us to enter Heavenly Works Machines to gather evidence.
"Everything is just our speculation. Without solid evidence, there is no way to find the person who killed Jin Yongqiang."
"We don't have to go to 'Heavenly Works Machinery' to find the evidence.
"Just now, Ms. Zhou mentioned that there were a few days half a month ago when Jin Yongqiang came home with the stench of trash on him. You were stunned. Why?"
Meng Chao was slightly stunned. He thought about it for a while before he said, "I think I know where Jin Yongqiang went at that time."
"Oh?" Lu Siya's eyes lit up.
Meng Chao brought out his phone and opened the search bar. He typed in a few keywords and soon found a piece of news.
Lu Siya took the phone and looked at it. It was news about Spirit Creations Creatures signing a partnership with the waste treatment center.
Dragon City was a 3D city with tens of millions of people crammed into a narrow space. The buildings were built in a honeycomb style, and while it greatly increased the number of people who could live in a single unit of land, it also created a lot of trash from daily life and industry.
How to deal with the trash was a major problem that concerned life and death.
On one hand, if the trash that piled up like a mountain was not cleaned up in time, it might spread all sorts of bacteria and viruses. It was also a breeding ground for pests and other small monsters. If they were the slightest bit careless, they might end up with a plague.
On the other hand, Dragon City had limited resources. Practically all the trash had to be recycled to satisfy the daily needs of the citizens. It was impossible for them to use simple and crude methods like burying the trash or burning it.
Right now, there was a large comprehensive waste treatment center in the north, south, east, and west of Dragon City.
The amount of trash they took in and spat out every day was astronomical.
Based on the news, the fourth comprehensive waste treatment center in the south of Dragon City had signed an agreement with Spirit Creations Creatures to use the Giant Sandworms modified by Spirit Creations to deal with the trash. Every day, they ate a lot of trash that could not be recycled or even degraded and turned it into natural fertilizer that was rich in nutrients. Meng Chao estimated that they could save a lot of money, create a lot of profit, and other things.
"I heard that half a month ago, the Giant Sandworms created by Spirit Creation Creatures to eat trash also went out of control. The Giant Sandworms that went out of control didn't hurt anyone. They just crawled underground and fled. Jin Yongqiang's body is covered in a stench, and he seems to have been rolling around in a trash pile. It matches perfectly," Meng Chao explained.
"Let's go."
Lu Siya stood up and put on her sunglasses. "Let's go to Trash Site 4."
…
In the south of Dragon City.
Comprehensive Waste Treatment Center 4.
It was far away from the commercial and residential areas. It was surrounded by factories that had been invaded by monsters and were in ruins. They were currently being renovated and upgraded.
Once they passed through the factories, they saw "mountains" that rose and fell. They exuded all sorts of auras and dull colors.
The trash piled up like a mountain. Due to the invasion of the Other World's microorganisms, they breathed out their stench like living creatures. Dark red, faint purple, and grayish-white smoke covered the sky. Greasy, dirty water shone with a rotting, iridescent light. Compared to the most dazzling central commercial area in Dragon City, it was like a completely different world.
Even if Meng Chao was used to the noise and mess in Blessed Heavenly Garden and was a harvester who was in charge of recovering resources, he could not help but frown a little when he faced such a terrible environment.
Before he entered university, he rarely came to the urban and rural fringe areas that were close to the fog.
Even though he knew that there were countless places in Dragon City that had a living environment that was one hundred times worse than Blessed Heavenly Garden, he did not have a clear understanding of it.
When he saw the large trash site that looked like a ghost town, he came to a vague realization that a short half a century was not enough to heal the wound that tore a city apart from its mother planet and transmigrated to the Other World. It was also far from enough to help Dragon City completely walk out of the bloody and dark era when order had collapsed.
Right then, it was time for the trash to be dumped.
Countless heavy crystal trucks carried the stinky trash to the trash site. They dumped the fresh trash onto the conveyor belt and sent it to the sorting center.
The sorting center was the basin at the center of the trash mountain.
The stench was the signal. In the depths of the garbage mountain, countless "recyclers" wearing goggles and simple filter masks, wrapped in cloaks, and armed with steel drills and pincers appeared without a sound. They rushed toward the garbage in a hurry.
They staggered and shoved each other like a group of hungry hyenas as they ran toward the prey that had long since rotted but was even more delicious than before. Very soon, they began sorting the food in their respective areas without caring about the stench and filth.
Even though Dragon City's level of automation was continuously increasing, Dragon City's population was still growing.
But there were plenty of jobs that the industrial robots with runic symbols carved on them and superbrains installed in them could not complete.
Garbage sorting and recycling was one of them.
Since Dragon City practiced frugality, before the normal citizens threw away their trash, they would take the initiative to recycle it and reuse it. Only when they squeezed out all of its value would they throw it into the trash can.
If he wanted to squeeze the last drop of oil out of the dregs, he would have to have the eyes, fingers, and brain of all living creatures like human beings.
When the "recyclers" carefully sorted through all the trash and found that there was really no value in it, they would enter the next stage and put it into the biochemical treatment plant for the Giant Sandworms to eat.
Meng Chao stared at the magnificent sight of thousands of recyclers sorting the trash together, and a complicated light shone in his eyes.
Lu Siya was already striding into the depths of the trash site.
She was wearing a silk suit and high heels, which did not match the stinky and horrible environment around her.
Even though she was walking on a trash pile filled with dirty water, she still gave off the feeling that she was walking on Walk of Fame.
Her presence that did not fit in with the environment soon attracted attention.
"What are you doing?"
A burly man with tattoos on his arms came out from behind the garbage with a sharp steel drill in his hand. He looked at the two of them with vigilance.
There were a few men with strong presences peeking their heads out from behind him.
Lu Siya stared at them expressionlessly.
Perhaps it was because he sensed the dangerous presence of a Heaven Realm superhuman that Lu Siya released, but the tattooed man took half a step back, lowered his posture, and added, "This is a dangerous area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for you."
Lu Siya brought out a large bill from her bosom and wrapped it with her spirit energy. Then, she flicked it at him, and it floated in front of him. It swayed, but it did not fall to the ground.
The tattooed man's eyes protruded. He hesitated for a moment before accepting the money. He squeezed out a smile from his ferocious face. "Madam, what can I do for you?"
"Have you seen this person before?"
Lu Siya brought out a photo of Jin Yongqiang and handed it to him. Then, she brought out a thick stack of cash and split it into two stacks. She placed them on her palms and said calmly, "Don't be in a hurry to answer me. If you've never seen him before, you can ask your recycler. I'll give you half an hour.
"If your answer is' no 'after half an hour, the money in my left hand will be yours.
"If your answer is' yes', as long as you say the correct time, the money in both of my hands will be yours.
"If your answer is' yes', but you can't tell me the correct time, or you make up a wrong time to fool me, I'm sorry, but I can only take back all your money. Do you understand?"
The tattooed man stared at the money in Lu Siya's hands for a long time.
Then, he cast a glance at her attire and temperament to be certain that she would not lie for the money.
He gulped and carefully folded up Jin Yongqiang's photo. Then, he found a thin teenager to serve the two of them while he led his subordinates into the depths of the trash pile.
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