"...You saw it?" Huo Yushen's expression remained unchanged as he said coldly.
"I saw it, but that place was completely destroyed. When we went in, we found wreckage everywhere. The experimental hall was a mess, all the equipment and instruments were smashed to pieces. Tsk tsk, what a pity..."
Huo Yushen's expression turned slightly stern: "You said, when you went in, the base there had already been destroyed?"
"Yeah, I was wondering... You know, our Empire forbids any research in genetics, but that place was doing all kinds of genetic research. Even an amateur like me could see that so many humanoid and human bones couldn't have accumulated in a short time... It must have been going on for many years. What is your Special Security Bureau doing? You didn't even hear a peep..."
"Isn't this a major case? Doesn't your Special Security Bureau investigate?"
"Of course, that place has been completely destroyed. Probably even if you want to investigate, you won't find anything."
At this time, Xia Chujian didn't say "our Special Security Bureau," but "your Special Security Bureau," as if she was ashamed to be associated with them.
Only then did Huo Yushen completely understand what Quan Yuxun meant by sending him a big gift...
However, Huo Yushen didn't show it at all, still as cold as ice, and said: "The Special Security Bureau is not omnipotent. We are directly under His Majesty the Emperor. We do what His Majesty tells us to do. Do you think we are all-powerful?"
Xia Chujian hesitated for a moment, frowning and saying, "...Aren't you?"
"Thank you for your confidence in our organization, but too much is not good." Huo Yushen said lightly, "Remember, our Special Security Bureau is only responsible to His Majesty the Emperor, and only works for His Majesty the Emperor. The Cabinet, the Senate, and the military are on equal footing with us."
Xia Chujian gave an "oh" sound as if she understood, and then asked: "But why did Chief Quan blow up that place? And said it was sending you a big gift..."
Huo Yushen had already obtained the information he wanted, his expression becoming even more indifferent and solemn, his voice cold as he said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't inquire so much. What are you going to do knowing about it? What can you do?"
Xia Chujian thought about it carefully and felt a little discouraged.
She really was just a little curious. What could she do even if she knew? Huo Yushen's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on her head.
But did she not even have the right to know the truth?
When something happened, these people only knew to call her to go and die...
When nothing happened, it was none of her business...
Did the common people at the bottom only have the right to wait for death, without the right to know why they were dying?
Xia Chujian snorted coldly in her heart, and said lightly: "Yes, it really has nothing to do with me. That Quan Yuxun was looking for some Jia Fruit, and ended up finding this base..."
Huo Yushen's pupils suddenly contracted: "...What did you say? What was Quan Yuxun looking for?!"
Xia Chujian's expression remained unchanged, but she cheered in her heart.
She knew that mentioning this matter would make Huo Yushen interested! That's right!
Xia Chujian coughed lightly and said seriously: "This matter has nothing to do with Inspector Huo, so don't inquire so much. What are you going to do knowing about it? What can you do?"
She simply repeated Huo Yushen's words to her just now, throwing them right back at him.
Huo Yushen was slightly stunned.
This girl was really quite vengeful.
However, this time, she really had a hold on his curiosity, his few curiosities.
Huo Yushen's mind raced, his expression becoming even more solemn, his voice cold and filled with bone-chilling chill: "Xia Chujian, did Quan Yuxun tell you that he was looking for Jia Fruit?"
Xia Chujian raised her head slightly, continuing to act coy: "Inspector Huo, I've already said that this is a matter between Chief Quan and me. We signed a confidentiality agreement and can't just tell people about it. I'll have to pay money if I do."
As soon as Huo Yushen heard the words "pay money," he believed half of it.
With Quan Yuxun's style of doing things, he would indeed sign confidentiality clauses with his partners.
He tentatively asked: "...How much do you have to pay?"
Xia Chujian was still proud: "...Pay one hundred million."
As if she had one hundred million...
Huo Yushen: "...You've been deceived by Quan Yuxun. According to Empire law, the upper limit of compensation for confidentiality clauses cannot exceed one hundred thousand Beichen Coins. You don't have to pay the excess."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
After her initial surprise, she asked suspiciously: "Really? There's such a clause? Are you trying to trick me again?"
Huo Yushen had openly tricked her last time, and she still held a grudge about it.
Huo Yushen's expression was very serious, and he said: "Believe it or not. It's fine if you talk about the Jia Fruit matter here with me, but you must never mention it in front of others. If you do, I'm afraid even I won't be able to protect you, let alone Quan Yuxun."
Xia Chujian had also been instructed by Quan Yuxun, and she subconsciously felt that the thing was probably very precious.
But she had already told Quan Yuxun a huge lie, and what was even more outrageous was that Quan Yuxun actually said there were two Jia Fruits!
In fact, this was the real reason why Xia Chujian mentioned the word "Jia Fruit" to Huo Yushen.
If Huo Yushen hadn't called her for a video chat at four in the morning, she would have taken a nap and then taken the initiative to discuss this matter with Huo Yushen.
Seeing Huo Yushen being so cautious, Xia Chujian stopped joking with him and quickly said, "Inspector Huo, I was just about to talk to you about this. You must help me!"
"Speak." Huo Yushen was no longer in a hurry. He poured himself a cup of tea and sipped it slowly, but his expression remained indifferent.
Xia Chujian first talked about the Tentacle Seaweed Ball monster with the Black Goat head, "...That thing looks a lot like a Remnant Species, but it's not just one Remnant Species, but like many Remnant Species gathered together, wrapped into a ball, which is very disgusting. But what's even more disgusting is that in the middle of this Tentacle Seaweed Ball, there is a Black Goat head!"
Huo Yushen's eyebrows twitched slightly: "...Is it a Bunis?"
Xia Chujian widened her eyes: "Inspector Huo really knows about this thing! Chief Quan said the same thing! He said that Bunis is known as the Mother of Procreation, with infinite repair and reproduction abilities..."
"Moreover, this thing is really good at repairing and reproducing! I saw with my own eyes that it could repair its eyes that were damaged by the Submachine Gun, and then it could divide into two, two into four, and four into eight!"
Huo Yushen's brows gradually furrowed: "...Only you and Quan Yuxun were there at the time?"
"Yes."
"Then you knocked Quan Yuxun unconscious and killed all eight Bunis by yourself? Did they not continue to reorganize and split after they died?"
"No. Anyway, the ones I killed didn't continue to reorganize and split. Only the last Bunis was a bit troublesome. It might have been the original mother that split, because it seemed to have evolved intelligence and played dead to lure me in. At that time, I had no choice but to use the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha's special bullet..."
Xia Chujian's voice gradually faded.
She curled up on the bed, hugged her knees, and looked a little nervous: "I didn't expect that bullet to be so powerful, beyond my imagination. It not only killed the Black Goat head, but also dissolved it, and all the tentacles!"
"Not only did it dissolve this Bunis, but it also dissolved everything on the ground that came into contact with the dissolved liquid..."
"A third of the entire underground laboratory hall was completely dissolved by it."
"I didn't know how to explain it to Quan Yuxun, so I made up a... story..."
Huo Yushen was very surprised and asked with interest: "...You actually lied to Quan Yuxun? How did you lie?"
Xia Chujian stammered for a while, then lowered her head and said, "I just made up a story, saying that something fell from the dome of the laboratory and chased after those Bunis to eat them. In the end, the Bunis fought back and ate that thing, but after eating it, the Bunis dissolved, and then, it could also dissolve many things on the ground..."
"As a result, Chief Quan asked me what it looked like. I was so anxious at the time that I said it was a long strip, with one end rounded and the other end sharper, a golden thing."
"Chief Quan said that it was a Jia Fruit..."
Huo Yushen couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard this.
He said coldly, "A long strip, golden, one end rounded, one end sharp, aren't you just combining the shape of the Sniper Bullet with your favorite fruit color? - You're really good at making things up..."
Xia Chujian was surprised: "...Inspector Huo is really insightful! You can even guess this!"
Huo Yushen was too lazy to pay attention to her and said, "Jia Fruit is exactly a golden eggplant fruit, so it just so happens that you said it was a long strip, golden, and it would be strange if Quan Yuxun didn't believe it."
Xia Chujian was dumbfounded: "Ah? Is it such a coincidence?! Eggplants are indeed long strips, but the long strip I said isn't as big as an eggplant!"
At most, it's the size of a Destroyer 1 Sniper Bullet.
"You didn't specify the size, who would have thought you were talking about the shape of a Sniper Bullet?"
"...But Inspector Huo, how could you have thought of it?" Xia Chujian looked at Huo Yushen with a hint of admiration.
Huo Yushen was speechless for a moment, directly ignored the question, and said, "Since Quan Yuxun believed it, that's also a good thing. The Jia Fruit was eaten by the Bunis and then dissolved, which is reasonable. You're lucky, you should..."
Before he could finish his words, Xia Chujian said timidly again, "But Chief Quan said there were two Jia Fruits... How would I know?! If I had known, I would have made up that two things fell down and were all eaten by that disgusting Black Goat head!"
Huo Yushen closed his eyes: "...Two? He actually knew there were two?"
Xia Chujian tentatively asked at this time, "So Inspector Huo, you also know what this Jia Fruit is? Where did it come from?"
Huo Yushen glanced at her indifferently and said, "Didn't Quan Yuxun tell you?"
Xia Chujian shook her head dejectedly and muttered, "Chief Quan only said that this thing contains high energy and is not produced here. As for where it is produced, he didn't say, and he didn't say where he knew it from... I also asked him if there were any fruit pits. If this fruit is so good, why not plant one yourself... Is it necessary to search all over the world?"
Huo Yushen: "..."
This is not a bad idea.
But the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is cruel.
After only a minute of consideration, Huo Yushen decided to tell Xia Chujian the whole truth.
Not for any other reason than that she was already his official employee, and moreover, she was already deeply involved in this matter.
Quan Yuxun had even told her the name of the Jia Fruit. The extent of her involvement far exceeded that of an ordinary Special Security Bureau employee, placing her on the same level as Quan Yuxun.
Therefore, she had the right to know the truth.
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