323 A Murder? (1/2)

Chapter 323: A Murder?

Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi

The explosion in the tent area had caused the camp to panic. A lot of people were yelling that they wanted to return to the fallout shelter and there were even signs that it would evolve into conflict with the patrolling soldiers.

But Wang Zhaowu was rather decisive as he led the camp soldiers to defend the elevator entrance. He fired machineguns into the air to suppressive the signs of unrest and controlled the situation with his forceful action.

As the director of the camp, Xu Lu didn't sit around. She used her charisma and positive image among the fallout shelter residents to gradually stabilize the residents' emotion.

At the same time, the investigation for the cause of the explosion was rapidly in progress.

Not long after, a report was placed on Jiang Chen's table.

21 wounded, five died, 17 tents destroyed.

The center of the explosion was close to Academician Qin; only two to three meters away. Further away, the soldiers managed to find the wreckage of a drone. Based on the pieces of evidence, it could be concluded that someone controlled a drone with a bomb towards Academician Qin's tent before remotely detonating it.

It was a blatant murder, and the murder came from outside the tent.

But why?

Jiang Chen's eyes were closed shut as he went into deep thought.

He couldn't understand what would make an elder, who was already half a step inside his coffin, so hateful. Especially an elder that just came out of the fallout shelter.

Suddenly, he seemed to have caught onto something as he took out the black metallic sphere Academician Qin gave to him.

”Is it because of this?”

With a bomb, the person obviously didn't want this thing. Someone wanted to destroy the communication coordinate with Zhenghe Ship? Of course, that was only a possibility. Another possibility was based on the consideration of Academician Qin's identity. Someone wanted to eliminate the experimenter at Fallout Shelter 027...

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.

Someone knocked gently on the office door.

After throwing the ”golden apple” into the storage dimension, Jiang Chen said, ”Come in.”

Xu Lu pushed open the door and walked inside.

”The residents' emotions have all been stabilized. New tents and supplies were provided to the residents that suffered losses. To the residents that suffered more severe wounds, they are transported to the fallout shelter for medical aid.”

”Great, you did well.” Jiang Chen nodded, validating her work.

Xu Lu humbly smiled as she waited for further instruction from Jiang Chen.

”Where is Wang Zhaowu?”

”He is personally patrolling with the team. Do you need me to find him?”

Jiang Chen shook his head, ”No need. Tell him there is no need to be so anxious. I won't blame him on this since no one would have thought of using a drone to detonate a bomb. However, I hope the same thing won't happen a second time.”

”Okay.” Xu Lu nodded and left the office, gently closing the door behind her.

Jiang Chen leaned on his chair again as he tilted his head to face the ceiling. Slowly closing his eyes, he tried to sort through the listless evidence inside his head.

To be honest, if it were just a few irrelevant fallout shelter residents who had died, he wouldn't be bothered by it at all. What made Jiang Chen unsettled was the feeling of being in a bigger conspiracy.

Someone killed people in his territory and used an unexpected method. However, he had no clue about the motive behind the killing.

There were two possibilities. One was to destroy the golden apple, and another was to kill Academician Qin…

Wait!

Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes as he realized he entered into a logical error.