Chapter 303 - Just an Accident (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Meng Chao’s expression did not change. “When you add the mine exploration teams from Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation together, you get dozens of people. They encountered a major underground explosion from a crystal mine, but in the end, only three people managed to escape. It’s something that is really worthy of investigation. So, did you find anything?”

“We did find some clues, but they don’t support the theory of Lu Siya killing Shen Yulong in secret. Later, the case was taken over by the abnormal beast research department. Due to Lu Siya’s unique status, we have to be extra careful. After all, she has a position in both Sky Pillar Corporation and the abnormal beast research department. In the end, the records for this case have been locked by the secret police,” Shen Yupeng said. “That’s why you don’t have to worry, Meng Chao. Our cooperation won’t be affected by Shen Yulong’s death.”

“I’ve never been worried, anyway. My hands aren’t stained with the blood of innocents.” Meng Chao looked at Orchid, who was skilled in mind attacks while saying those frank words. Then, he changed the topic. “Since you came to me so early in the morning, is it because you gained progress with the case of the murderous pets in Blessed Paradise?”

“Based on our rules, we shouldn’t leak information, but thanks to you, after working for an entire night, we’ve successfully captured a higher-up from Heavenly Works Machines, who, we believe, is the mastermind. Today, at ten in the morning sharp, the Supernatural Tower will organize a briefing of the case and tell the media about the case. So, even if we tell you this now, it’s fine.”

Shen Yupeng ordered a bowl of congee for Meng Chao and started wolfing down his own congee without caring about his image.

It was likely because he was really hungry and had worked overnight. There was stubble on his face, which took away some of the fierceness from his hook nose and the noble air he had because he came from a powerful family.

His wrinkled trench coat dragged on the floor, and he looked like the uncle-next-door you could find anywhere.

While he ate the congee, he talked tirelessly about the case.

“Most of your guesses were correct. Heavenly Works Machines has been competing for the construction deal of Subway No.20 with Spirit Creation Creatures, but they ran into some technical difficulties; they aren’t able to find the way to carve an ancient runic symbol, so there’s a lot of noise and tremors from their new tunnel boring machine. If they dug the tunnel under the river, accidents could happen at any time.

“Meanwhile, the modification of Giant Sandworms at Spirit Creation Creatures’ side was going great.

“During the previous two technical tests, Spirit Creations won out in seven out of ten technical indices, and there was a high chance that they would get the tempting deal.

“The higher-up from Heavenly Works Machines in charge of the development of the new tunnel boring machine and the tendering of construction deals chose to take risk and looked for Jin Yongqiang to think of something.

“He picked Jin Yongqiang because he often went to Golden Tooth Lair and had numerous social relationships. He had ways to get unorthodox tools and drugs. The second reason is because Jin Yongqiang is not a core member of the higher management in Heavenly Works. The department where he is located has nothing to do with the tendering of the construction deal. Besides, his financial situation is pretty bad, so it was easy for him to associate himself with bad elements.

“After Jin Yongqiang received an order and promise from the higher-up, he remembered the underground pharmacist he got to know at Golden Tooth Lair, who is Mr. Liao, nicknamed Small Insect.

“At the end of last year, the two of them had offended Black Bone due to creating illegal drugs that cause monsters to go berserk just so that they could cheat during the monster fights. One of them had his legs broken, while the other came to owe a major debt. They could be said to be brothers facing the same distress, so they shared a great friendship.

“Jin Yongqiang spent a lot of money to buy a few of the drugs from Small Insect, and his first target was, naturally, the Giant Sandworms. He decided to attack them in Trash Site 4, because it was quite easy to sneak into that place.

“He managed to easily inject the drugs into five Giant Sandworms. But unexpectedly, the Giant Sandworms were too large, and the structure of their nervous systems was different from mammals, so they did not go berserk instantly. They just went out of control and fled underground.

“This result was not satisfactory to the higher-up in Heavenly Works Machines. He could not get the deal during the tendering in one go either. So, he asked Jin Yongqiang to cause something even more shocking and dangerous.

“Jin Yongqiang was forced into a corner, so he could only cast his sights on the pets in his residential area. He bought a Contest Tiger modified by Spirit Creation Creatures and began to mingle among the owners who had the same type of pets in the residential area. He also used his status as an employee in Heavenly Works Machines to surf the net and look for related information regarding Contest Tigers. It allowed him to successfully gain his neighbors’ trust.

“At the same time, he asked Small Insect for a method to silently and swiftly inject the drugs into a pet without it reacting.

“At this point in time, Small Insect had already become a full-time pharmacist for Black Bone. His daily job was to inject drugs into the incredibly fierce and violent monsters. Naturally, he had methods and tools for it.

“In the end, Jin Yongqiang found a chance and used the method Small Insect taught him to inject the drug containing mutated rabies virus into the ear canals of two Contest Tigers. He then created a terrifying and tragic case.

“Now, the truth is revealed. We’ve successfully destroyed the mental defenses of that Heavenly Works Machines’ higher-up, and he confessed to his crimes.

“Small Insect has also spilled the beans and told us everything. He said that he didn’t expect that Jin Yongqiang would do something so outrageous. He thought that he was just going to stimulate those biochemical pets a little so that they would injure their owners. He never thought that he wanted to kill them. Ever since he saw the news, he had been really scared, which is why he hid so many mechanisms in his mechanical legs.