Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1297 612: The Withered Oil Cultivator (Part 2)

With so many clues, yet unable to catch a trace, such ingenious methods are truly admirable.

The Steam Reduction Faction has heavily damaged the Special Action Team, and this case, which has always been unclear but can't be let go, has finally been placed in an urgent position.

The agents are all excited, including Chen Changrui.

Such magnificent methods of crime, such abundant investigation clues, make everyone who has studied investigation and deduction tempted to have a go.

Chen Changrui suggested suspending all work and fully dedicating to investigating the Steam Reduction Faction.

This approach is justified, as this case involves nearly a hundred lives of the Special Action Team, and its importance surely surpasses other cases.

After the meeting, Chuuni asked Light Bulb: "Are you still going to investigate that matter? I've arranged with the lab to conduct experiments tomorrow morning."

Light Bulb rubbed his face and said: "At this critical time, why still investigate that trivial thing, what are you thinking?"

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Li Banfeng hasn't systematically studied investigation, but seeing such a challenging case, he also has the intention to investigate.

He began to sort through clues from past cases, sorting until the next morning before realizing he hadn't slept all night.

Although he is a cultivator of Cloud Three Plus Two, under high-intensity mental exertion, Li Banfeng is still somewhat fatigued.

He took the case-related materials and returned to his Portable Residence to catch up on sleep, still eyeing the clue chain before resting, feeling he might have missed some things.

His wife watched him with concern and urged, "Beloved husband, sleep for a while; your eyes are all bloodshot."

Li Banfeng rubbed his eyes and lay down.

After sleeping for less than fifteen minutes, Li Banfeng turned over and sat up, murmuring to himself: "Something's not right, seems a lot is missing!"

After saying that, Li Banfeng continued examining the clues.

The Phonograph wondered: "What good thing is this, so captivating?"

"A case, would you, wife, like to take a look?"

"I don't have the time to look at this, besides pondering about the Tracking Device matter, better to show it to Hong Ying."

Hong Ying glanced at it and shook her head repeatedly, saying: "Qi Lang, don't make it difficult for me, I really can't understand this thing, just tell me where this He Yunfei person is, and I'll go out and help you eliminate him."

Li Banfeng smiled bitterly: "If I could find him, I would've eliminated him long ago."

His wife proposed: "Husband, why don't you take it to Bafang? He likes this sort of thing."

"Isn't Bafang an Arithmetic Cultivator?"

"Arithmetic Cultivators have clear thoughts, among higher-level Arithmetic Cultivators are many good at solving cases."

Li Banfeng took the materials to Bafang; Bafang looked through the materials, pondered for more than half an hour, and repeatedly exclaimed: "Indeed, it's this, really didn't expect to see this thing today."

Bafang truly saw some mysteries, which made Li Banfeng very happy.

Yet, Bafang didn't intend to reveal the mystery directly: "You come to me for advice, is it appropriate to come empty-handed?"

This was pointing out a breach of etiquette.

His statement had merit, seeking favors without offering anything isn't ideal.

Li Banfeng returned to the main room to find a gift for Bafang; upon understanding the situation, Hong Ying grabbed a stick and entered Bafang: "It's inappropriate to come empty-handed, I'm here with tools."

"I just figured it out myself, you can't beat people!" Bafang properly sent off Hong Ying, invited Li Banfeng back, and directly revealed the answer, "This is a Ten Thousand Solutions problem."

"What is a Ten Thousand Solutions problem?"

"Have you been to school?" Bafang has this disposition; as long as Hong Ying isn't around, he becomes a bit aloof.

Li Banfeng didn't mind: "Attended school for many years."

"In school, have you ever encountered such a problem that doesn't seem easy to solve, yet there are many ways to solve it, but ultimately can't be solved?"

Li Banfeng recalled for a moment, nodded: "Have encountered."

"Those types of problems are the precursors to Ten Thousand Solutions problems; the making of Ten Thousand Solutions problems is more sophisticated, as it incorporates the technique of an Arithmetic Cultivator, called Ten Thousand Solutions Entanglement,

This is a high-level arithmetic cultivation technique; I've seen it only twice before, these kinds of problems are definitely unsolvable, don't waste your energy on it."

Li Banfeng frowned: "Why say unsolvable when there are so many clues here."

"Clues are useless because the matter itself doesn't make sense; you all watch the elusive Steam Reduction Faction, trying to track their whereabouts, but haven't considered their purpose, is there any value in what they're doing?"

"How could it have no value?"

"Where's the value? You say they can use steam engines to create machine workers, if they truly had this technology, why would they start a mechanical processing factory? Do you think a mechanical processing factory could earn them much money? Could this factory recover their investment costs?

Amikan Country's even more laughable, using such advanced technology to run an underground clothing workshop, even disregarding how much profit they could earn, for mere showmanship, what reputation would an underground workshop earn them?

Advanced technology and elusive whereabouts are the guise of this Ten Thousand Solutions problem, causing ordinary people to overlook the root issue, miss their true objective; you're a high-level Home Cultivator, with High Pillow Worry-Free Skill, spend some time home to think through this entirely,

Regarding your recently encountered case, the Steam Sect heavily damaged the Special Action Team, seemingly achieving good results; yet, no matter how advanced the technology, how magnificent the methods, they cannot obscure one fact, that this incident isn't sufficiently beneficial to them,

A precious Hidden Form Space alongside a batch of highly intelligent mechanical equipment can do countless things; why would they choose to fabricate such an attack event? Definitely, don't say they're merely seeking fame, the cost is simply too high."