Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1129 573: Old Man, Calm Down! (2)

Du Wenming didn't have time to move the things in the warehouse, but those things weren't really worth moving anyway.

The third hideout, an underground basement.

This basement was in an urban village, rented out to someone before, but later taken over by Du Wenming.

As he entered the basement, although no useful information was found, Li Banfeng could see the purpose of the basement.

It was a meeting room, with a long table, leather chairs, white porcelain cups, a warm water kettle; just seeing these things made Li Banfeng feel sleepy.

Du and his team probably held meetings here often, but Du Wenming definitely won't be in the mood to have meetings for a while, making this meeting room virtually useless.

The first three hideouts had no value whatsoever. Li Banfeng dusted off his pant legs and continued on.

Thank goodness he's a Traveling Cultivator; if he were a Lazy Cultivator, not only would he be unable to visit all five hideouts, even thinking about their locations would be exhausting.

The fourth hideout was a fish pond.

Du Wenming leased a fish pond and hired a worker to tend to the fish.

According to the rules, Du Wenming's position strictly prohibits engaging in business activities. Isn't fish farming a breach?

No, not entirely. According to the worker at the fish pond, Du Wenming never sells the fish, he just does it for fun.

Even if it is a violation, Li Banfeng doesn't bother with it; he's interested in the fish pond because the Gloves sensed something good.

At night, after the worker left, Li Banfeng sneaked into the fish pond, and based on the Gloves' judgment, dug up something very valuable from the mud at the pond's bottom.

This valuable thing turned out to be money.

A whole eight million in cash, sealed in waterproof bags, buried at the pond's bottom as emergency funds that Du Wenming hadn't managed to retrieve.

"Ah Tao, we spent the whole day and all we got was just this money?"

"Keep it, better than nothing. Isn't there still one more place?"

The last hideout was at a factory in the far suburbs.

This factory produced cement panels; upon arriving, the workers had long gone home, and after walking around the factory, nothing was discovered. Li Banfeng couldn't even think of what purpose this factory served.

Something made a connection, the Begging Bowl.

There's a Dark Dimension Space here.

Behind the workshop, Li Banfeng found the location of the Dark Dimension Space, he turned the spoon inside the Begging Bowl, opening the entrance to the Dark Dimension Space.

This was the most sealed type of Dark Dimension Space, completely isolated from outside sight. Both inside and outside could not see each other.

Entering the space, Li Banfeng used the Projector's light to see the entire view of the space.

Spectrometer, Resonator, Interferometer...

For a moment, he wondered if he'd arrived at the wrong place, feeling like he'd entered Yu Yaoming's laboratory.

The layout of equipment here was almost identical to the laboratory.

Finally found the most crucial hideout; it was Du Wenming's own laboratory!

But where was the power source for this laboratory?

As far as Li Banfeng knew, there were several pieces of equipment in this laboratory that consumed a staggering amount of electricity.

"Ah Tao, is there anything valuable here?"

"Yes, it seems very valuable!" Ah Tao was estimating the value, unable to give a specific number for the moment.

"Are all the valuable things in these machines?" Li Banfeng thought the situation might mirror the previous laboratory.

The Gloves shook their index finger: "Nothing in the machines, they're similar to those in the laboratory, but nothing valuable inside."

The crucial components might have been removed, or were never installed.

Not installing them could be positive, showing that Du Wenming hadn't returned yet. If they were removed, this place would be a waste visit.

Passing through various experimental devices, Li Banfeng first saw a wall, then saw a door.

A wall and a door?

Du Wenming had renovated this Dark Dimension Space.

The cement wall was almost dust-free, proving he had visited not too long ago and was diligent in cleaning.

What's behind the door?

The Gloves spent ten minutes unlocking the door, pushing open the heavy iron door, and Li Banfeng saw a deep corridor, with rows of identical iron doors on either side.

The Gloves unlocked the first iron door, behind it were arranged two rows of iron cabinets, each about as big as an elevator entrance's trash bin, with screens displaying various parameters on top.

An outsider might think these were advanced lab equipment; Li Banfeng had seen them in university; these were DC battery packs, the lab's power source.

From the parameters, it seemed the battery packs' power was fully discharged, likely exhausted by Du Wenming before he left.

Leaving the battery room, the Gloves opened the next room, it was a power distribution room.

In the next room, Li Banfeng entered a bedroom, with a bed that still had bedding left.

This should be Du Wenming's living quarters.

The Projector suddenly spoke: "My friend is here."

Li Banfeng followed the flicker of light, above in the bedroom ceiling was a ceiling light, beside it a surveillance camera.

The Projector and camera stared at each other for a while, then said to Li Banfeng: "My friend said a middle-aged man lived here, and he was taken away last night."

"Taken away by whom?"

"He said it was the owner here."

The owner here is Du Wenming, so who lived here?

"Can you let me see what the middle-aged man looks like?"