Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 881 - 513: Who Stole Human Energy? (Part 2)

In the process of analysis, he suddenly caught a scent, a very peculiar scent.

Human energy?

Li Banfeng picked up a magnet, opened the Hundred Flavors Delicate Skill, and indeed smelled a hint of human energy in the magnet.

Is Big Head collecting human energy?

Why is he collecting human energy?

Could it be that his cultivation level has reached Above the Clouds?

There is a commonly accepted saying in the Public Security Team, among all members, Big Head is the strongest in combat.

Because he is Above the Clouds, does that make him the strongest member?

This doesn’t quite make sense; why would a Cultivator Above the Clouds serve as a member of the Public Security Team? Does he not have better options?

Is this really human energy?

It can’t be judged solely by scent; it’s necessary to use Above the Clouds methods to examine it carefully.

Li Banfeng placed the magnet above his head.

After a tremor, Li Banfeng took the magnet down from his head.

This is truly human energy! A massive quantity and very pure human energy!

Big Head shouldn’t be underestimated!

The key question is how the magnet stores human energy? Can Luo Zhengnan figure out this principle?

Other things look even stranger than the magnet. Of course, just because there’s human energy in the magnet doesn’t mean these things also contain it.

Take this circuit board, for instance. Is there really human energy inside it?

Again, it can’t be judged solely by scent; this needs to be tested too.

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"Over there too, that needs to be checked!" Xiao Zhenggong pointed at a rock among the bushes, asking Da Boyins to dig it up.

Da Boyins frowned: "Do you find this amusing?"

Xiao Zhenggong laughed: "What’s wrong? Tired already? I’m not tired yet! I have just a few places where I habitually hide things, now I’ve told you all of them, so aren’t you supposed to put in some effort?"

This is an Unnamed Mountain in the New Land of Medicine King Valley, and Da Boyins has been digging stones here for two full days.

Da Boyins used a corpse to resurrect Xiao Zhenggong, but after resurrection, Xiao Zhenggong lost two months of critical memories.

These two months of memories can’t be recovered, but Xiao Zhenggong has a habit of hiding things, with several fixed hiding places, this Unnamed Mountain being one of them; here might lie very crucial clues.

The current Xiao Zhenggong has almost no cultivation level, his physique just slightly better than a normal person. If they don’t find anything valuable today, Da Boyins will be very upset, and if Da Boyins decides to do something, Xiao Zhenggong wouldn’t be able to resist.

But their luck was good today, Da Boyins dug up a sealed bag. Such bags are rare in Puluo State, clearly brought back by Xiao Zhenggong from the Outside Provinces.

Opening the bag, there were over a dozen notebooks inside, each notebook filled with numerous numbers. Da Boyins spent a long time examining them but couldn’t decipher their meaning.

"What use is this?"

Xiao Zhenggong took the notebook, glanced through it: "This has significant use, but I need to ponder over how to use it specifically."

Da Boyins threw aside the shovel, grabbed Xiao Zhenggong by the collar: "Do you want me to help with the thinking?"

Despite being without combat power, Xiao Zhenggong wasn’t daunted at all: "What, want to kill me? Go ahead!"

Da Boyins pulled out a web from his sleeve, hung it between two trees, and tossed Xiao Zhenggong onto it: "I’m not saying I want to kill you, but I can make your life a living hell."

Xiao Zhenggong laughed: "Making me wish I were dead, what good would that do for you?"

Da Boyins bared his sharp teeth: "Let’s see if it does any good, shall we?"

Xiao Zhenggong showed no fear: "I can yield and submit to you, then together we can plot, and in the end, neither of us will gain anything; what’s the point?"

Da Boyins shook his head: "I never intended to plot against you; I have always cooperated with you in good faith."

"What does good faith mean?"

"I brought you back to life! I gave you a second chance at life! That’s sincerity!"

"Is that sincerity?" Xiao Zhenggong chuckled bitterly, "I used to have a cultivation level near Above the Clouds, now I’m practically a White Lamb; I’m forced to talk humbly before you. Do you truly think you’re sincere to me?"

"About cultivation, I’ve told you before, there are remnants of your cultivation in your blood, but fully restoring it is not something that can be done overnight."

Xiao Zhenggong said: "I’m not asking to be immediately restored to Above the Clouds, but at least let me regain a level or two, at least let me use my physique as a weapon, so that when you decide to discard me, I’ll have a way to fight back. Do you think that’s reasonable?"

After a moment of thought, Da Boyins took Xiao Zhenggong off the web: "Tomorrow I will contact Inner State, get you some potions, besides, I’m running low on money, I need some financial turnover."

"That’s easy to address; I have plenty of money, it’s right here on this mountain. You take the money first, I’ll take the cultivation level, then we can talk business once the cultivation is in place, how does that sound?"

Da Boyins freed Xiao Zhenggong from the web, took a break, and continued to dig.

...

Li Banfeng returned to the Dark Star Bureau, Chuuni reported the first phase of investigation results.

The main task in the first phase was to review the battle situation.

Chuuni brought a map of the Ruirong Textile Factory, densely marked with many symbols.

"According to the witnesses, there were four groups of people who entered the Ruirong Textile Factory that night, they are individuals with unknown identities wearing gas masks, which we temporarily refer to as Masked Men, individuals with unknown identities wearing wide-brimmed hats, which we penalize as Wide-Brimmed Hat Wearers, and known individuals such as Bureau Chief Li and others, along with known Public Security Team members,

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