Chapter 176 Changes in the Investigation Bureau

In the afternoon, Li Yi took a shower on the top floor of the building, drank a glass of golden nutrient solution, and put on his flying fish suit made of Qionglong skin again. After a brief rest, he took the elevator with his sniper rifle and prepared to go out.

And Lu Jue, who brought him here, had left long before.

After walking out of the building, he prepared to take a taxi to the Investigation Bureau.

After trying for a long time, there was no taxi available. I don't know if there were no drivers, or if for some reason many people were unwilling to go out and earn that little money and chose to temporarily close their businesses and stay at home. In short, under some special circumstances, there have been some problems with the operation of this society.

At this time, Li Yi missed the second-hand car he bought for 100,000 yuan. It was stolen after he drove it only once. He was annoyed just thinking about it.

"It seems like I need to buy a few more second-hand cars as backup, so I can't be inconvenienced every time I go out." He thought to himself.

The reason why he bought several cars was that if he had to go to some dangerous place, the damage to the cars would be very high. It was not cost-effective to buy expensive ones, and he would not feel too sad if he lost the cheap ones. Now that he had some financial resources, he could afford to spend a little money.

"Li Yi, are you going out? It's not convenient to take a taxi now. Where are you going? I'll take you there." At this time, Zheng Lan, who was supervising upstairs, saw that Li Yi couldn't get a taxi and immediately came out.

"I'm going to the Investigation Bureau. Are you free now?" Li Yi asked.

Zheng Lan smiled and said, "I am free anytime now. I am just a supervisor. It's okay to leave for a while. I will drive the car over and take you to the Investigation Bureau."

"Okay." Li Yi nodded and did not refuse.

Soon, Zheng Lan drove a Lao Toule. She said a little embarrassedly, "My last car was damaged and the insurance didn't pay much, so I could only buy a Lao Toule to make do. Don't mind it. Although it's a little small, it's very convenient for transportation. Besides, I don't need to register it or buy insurance. Now, people won't catch this thing."

The reason why she didn't change her car was because she had invested too much money in helping Li Yi with the renovation, and now her pockets were almost empty, so she couldn't bear to do it.

"As long as it can be used for transportation, I'm not particular." Li Yi got on the car and squeezed in with difficulty.

Zheng Lan said as she drove, "You definitely don't like Lao Tou Le. I remember that you, Li Yi, like to drive big cars, right?"

"Well, I prefer big cars. They are crash-resistant, safer and less likely to cause accidents." Li Yi nodded.

"Then don't you plan to get a private car?" Zheng Lan gave a meaningful smile.

Li Yi said: "After I get out of the investigation bureau, I plan to go to the second-hand car market to have a look, otherwise it is really inconvenient to go out."

"Most second-hand cars are not good. Just buy a new one. It won't cost much. Besides, new cars have better performance and won't suddenly break down and leave you on the road. Every time you go out, it must be for something important. If the car breaks down, it will be terrible. Moreover, many second-hand cars are not safe. The previous owner has a spare key. What if it is stolen?"

Zheng Lan smiled and said, "If you believe me, I can use some of your renovation money to buy you a new car. It can be done in one day, and it won't interfere with your business."

"Okay, if you don't mind it being too much trouble, you can help me make the trip. But one bike is not enough, so buy a few more." Li Yi said.

"Several? That's right, you are young and in good health, you can handle it, and you have money, so you can afford it. It's normal to drive a few more." Zheng Lan said with a smile.

Li Yi looked at Zheng Lan with a strange expression: You'd better talk about the car, not anything else.

The two were chatting, and soon the investigation bureau arrived.

"Li Yi, I'll go buy a car for you. Remember to meet Engineer Zheng. He has something else to talk to you about." Zheng Lan saw Li Yi get out of the car and reminded him out of concern.

"Don't worry, I have a good memory and I haven't forgotten it." Li Yi said, then walked into the Investigation Bureau without looking back.

Compared to more than 20 days ago, the Investigation Bureau seemed to have changed a bit, but he couldn't tell exactly where the changes were.

There seems to be a lot of personnel changes.

Some familiar faces have disappeared, and now all the people entering and leaving the Investigation Bureau are strangers, which makes Li Yi feel a little strange.

However, when Li Yi entered the Investigation Bureau carrying a sniper rifle, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"I'm here to return the sniper rifle and bullets that I requested last time. Is Engineer Zheng here? I want to see him." He put the sniper rifle on the front desk and spoke directly.

Although Li Yi likes this sniper rifle very much, he has to return it after borrowing it and not make things difficult for the person who helped him.

The front desk staff was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Please show your ID, or tell me your name, and I will check it for you."

"Li Yi."

"Okay, please wait." The staff began to use the computer to retrieve Li Yi's identity information.

But at this moment, a tall investigator strode over here. He seemed to recognize Li Yi and immediately said, "Hey, isn't this Li Yi?"

"Are you Lu Yue?" Li Yi's expression changed and he immediately recognized this person.

He had defeated this man before at the training base and lost himself some money for it.

"Haha, Li Yi, you actually still remember me. Where have you been recently? You disappeared for a long time. I haven't seen you for a month. I thought something happened. Later I asked Zheng Gong and found out that you applied for a sniper rifle and went to the dangerous area for training." Lu Yue said with a smile, and then said: "How is it, nothing unexpected happened."

"Fortunately, everything went well. By the way, where is Engineer Zheng?" Li Yi asked.

"He is in charge of equipment at the Equipment Department."

Lu Yue said, at this time he patted the front desk and said: "Li Yi's sniper rifle does not need to be returned for the time being, just register it as not lost. You may need it later, and then you will have to apply for it again, which is very troublesome."

"Okay, I understand. I will cancel the application for return." said the staff member.

Lu Yue then took the sniper rifle and put it in Li Yi's hand, and then said: "You want to find Engineer Zheng, right? I'll take you there. A lot of things have happened recently. I'll let Engineer Zheng tell you later."

Li Yi was a little surprised after taking the sniper rifle.

He didn't expect that Lu Yue would become an investigator. It seemed that he had indeed changed a lot recently.

Soon, the two arrived at the equipment department inside the Investigation Bureau.

At this time, Lu Yue shouted: "Engineer Zheng, I have good news for you. Li Yi is back."

Hear this sound.

The door of the equipment department opened immediately, and Zheng Gong appeared immediately. When he saw Li Yi, his face suddenly showed a bit of surprise, and finally gave Li Yi a big hug: "Thank God, you are finally back."

Li Yi was a little puzzled: "Didn't I say before that I would be away for a while? Why, do you have a mission for me?"

"No, it's not just a simple mission, but the Investigation Bureau has recently encountered a big change. There is a shortage of personnel and the losses are heavy. After Wang Jian and Chen Hao died last time, there were only a few people left in the team. I reluctantly pulled He Xiong into the team and added a newcomer to serve as a sniper."

At this point, Zheng Gong's expression was a little gloomy: "But during a mission, they encountered an accident. My ability is limited. I can't lead a team well and complete the mission. Sometimes I think, if you were here, maybe some things would not have happened."

Li Yi also fell silent after hearing this.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jian’s partner He Xiong also died. The last time he went on a mission, he only had one arm left and was seriously injured. Unexpectedly, when he came back this time, he heard the news of his death.

"Engineer Zheng, Li Yi, you guys chat slowly. I have to go on a mission, so I'll leave first. Contact me when you have time." Lu Yue said hello and left.

The two nodded.

After Lu Yue left, Li Yi asked, "A lot of things seem to have happened in the Investigation Bureau recently. Can you tell me about them?"

"You see it too?"

Engineer Zheng looked up at him, then smiled bitterly and said, "A lot of things happened. After you left, things happened one after another. I'll make it short. The first thing is that a few days after you left, Captain Zhang Lei led a team on a mission. A supernatural incident in the old city almost wiped out Captain Zhang Lei's elite team."

"Zhang Lei is dead?" Li Yi's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"No, no, Captain Zhang Lei is not dead, but he has been in a coma and his consciousness has been damaged. To put it in a more mysterious way, his soul has been damaged. He is now recuperating." Zheng Gong said, "But Captain Zhang Lei's coma is just the beginning. Because the Investigation Bureau lacks a powerful spiritual master like the captain, the training base was attacked the next day."

"A group of people rushed into the training base, led by Wei Bin. That guy had been hunted by Li Shaoqing, the vice president of the Cultivator Association. We thought he had escaped into the danger zone, but he actually broke into the training base to retaliate against the Investigation Bureau. Many investigators and foreign combatants who participated in the training died, and even several instructors died. Wei Bin's goal was to snatch the rare bone mural."

"Fortunately, he failed. At that time, Lin Yue was practicing in the rare item practice room. With the help of the rare items, he successfully broke through to the spiritual perception level. He fought with Wei Bin and killed him with his own hands. This stopped the loss."

"Sister Lin has broken through and become a master of spiritual perception?" Li Yi's eyes showed some surprise when he heard that.

But he soon realized that Sister Lin's breakthrough in spiritual perception was a natural result, because Sister Lin had been stuck in the spiritual perception realm for some time, but she had not been able to break through due to insufficient cosmic energy. Now, with the help of the Wonderful Object Training Room and abundant cosmic energy, she naturally took that step and successfully opened up her spiritual perception, becoming a master.

"Yes, all this is thanks to you, Li Yi. If you hadn't lent the rare training room to Lin Yue for training, it wouldn't have been such a coincidence that Wei Bin rushed into the training base and ran into Lin Yue, who had just broken through a few days ago." Zheng Gong was somewhat relieved at this moment: "And Lin Yue is very strong. It seems that she has learned your boxing skills. In the end, she defeated Wei Bin. Otherwise, she might not be able to defeat him."

"How is Lin Yue now? Is he injured?" Li Yi asked.

Engineer Zheng said, "She was injured, but nothing serious. She is now recuperating at the training base. The Investigation Bureau also hopes that she will stay at the training base for a while to help stabilize the situation. After all, the captain is unconscious. The Investigation Bureau is eager for a spiritual master to show up and stand on our side."

Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Lin Yue was fine. At the same time, he was also somewhat fortunate that he had taught Sister Lin boxing at that time. Otherwise, he would have no advantage in fighting Wei Bin. You know, Wei Bin was a master of spiritual perception who had learned the art of guidance, and he had practiced the art to a relatively advanced level.

Although Sister Lin also has the guidance technique, she had learned it for a very short time, and just like herself, she had no time to practice it. If it weren't for the boxing technique that made up for the deficiency, Sister Lin might have been in real danger at that time.

"Hearing what you said, the situation is really bad." Li Yi said at this moment.

Engineer Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "That's not all. With the captain in a coma, the investigators suffered heavy losses, and the training base was damaged. Then the defense line of the abandoned city was lost, the beasts rioted, and the extraordinary creatures left the danger zone and migrated towards the city. Some people speculated that there were even more terrifying mythical creatures deep in the danger zone, and that thing drove all the extraordinary creatures and beasts out."

"Although the authenticity of the information cannot be confirmed, the satellite did capture a group of light green clouds floating deep in the danger zone, and also detected a violent energy reaction. However, this matter has been reported. If everything goes well, the experts in the Golden Academy will come to help investigate."

"This is really a case of rain pouring down on a leaking roof. All kinds of bad things are happening at once." Not to mention Zheng Gong, even Li Yi felt a headache after hearing this.

Now he understood why the Investigation Bureau and the Practitioners Association forced the practitioners to hunt ferocious beasts and hunt extraordinary beasts. It turned out that the ferocious beasts were rioting and the defense line was breached.

This is the only thing we can do for the safety of the city. We hope to gather the strength of all practitioners in Tianchang City to stabilize the situation.

Otherwise, once the ferocious beasts enter the city, order will be destroyed, which is something no one wants to see.

"In order to deal with this special situation, the Investigation Bureau had no choice but to issue another order, which is to release the prisoners and let them do tasks and reduce their sentences by meritorious service. Some dangerous people were forced to be released." When Zheng Gong said this, he didn't know whether he was ashamed or helpless.

"Let the prisoners complete the mission and get their sentences reduced for meritorious service?" Li Yi was startled, then realized, "So, Yang Yilong was also released?"

"That's right. There was no evidence to convict him in the first place. He reached an agreement with the Investigation Bureau and was naturally released." Zheng Gong said, "Not only Yang Yilong, but also the woman named Ning Wu who failed to assassinate you before was released. She is now completing the tasks assigned to her by the Investigation Bureau. As long as she completes each task successfully, she can get an appropriate reduction in sentence."

"But the missions they were sent out were very dangerous, and many prisoners died during the missions. Not many prisoners were able to successfully escape punishment. But no matter what, Li Yi, you have to understand this approach. The Investigation Bureau is out of manpower, and the loss of the defense line actually led to the deaths of many of our investigators. It's just that this important news has not been spread, for fear of causing panic."

Li Yi nodded and said, "I understand. The overall situation is more important. This is also for the safety of everyone in the city."

"As long as you understand."

Zheng Gong said angrily, "I am not willing to accept this. You know, Wang Jian's death was related to Yang Yilong and Ning Wu. They killed at least 20 innocent people and bribed wanted criminals to kill people. These scums should have been executed on the spot to avoid the long-term process. They finally let them go when they got the chance."

"Ning Wu is nothing to be afraid of. He is just a criminal in the spiritual realm. If he dares to look for me, he will die. But that Yang Yilong is a big threat. By the way, where is Yang Yilong?" Li Yi asked.

"He has gone to the dangerous area to hunt supernatural creatures. He has a hunting target of ten supernatural creatures. Only after completing the task can he clear his suspicion. Before completing the task, he will be in trouble." Engineer Zheng said.

Ten extraordinary creatures?

Yang Yilong has a heavy task on his shoulders.

However, Li Yi also understood that the Investigation Bureau could not hold Yang Yilong back for long, and that he would have to fight him sooner or later. He just didn't expect that he would be released so soon, and was thinking of locking him up for a few months. By then, as long as he successfully broke through his spiritual perception, Yang Yilong would no longer be a problem.

(End of this chapter)