Chapter 235 The Secret Passage

You Sisi was shocked, covering her mouth with her hand, her eyes wide with disbelief as she looked at Captain Wu walking towards her.

This madman actually survived and returned after chasing the group of anomalies into the wild?!

What... what is his strength level?!

Judging from the black bloodstains, which were now even darker than before he left the city, this madman really did kill another batch of anomalies after leaving the city!

Too terrifying... too terrifying!

For the first time, You Sisi felt that a human could be more terrifying than an anomaly!

"Captain Wu!"

Jing Yan immediately shouted in surprise after the shock.

He knew Captain Wu's strength. If Captain Wu helped, Brother Ye would definitely be much safer!

Moreover, since Qing Si refused to leave the city to help Fang Yue, Jing Yan and the others could only rely on Captain Wu, one of their own!

"Captain Wu, are you really willing to go to Ningguang Mountain for us to help Brother Ye?"

"Yes, I heard everything you said outside. Since Qing Si won't help, I will! Captain Ye, in a sense, avenged my blood feud; he is my benefactor! I can't sit idly by when my benefactor is in trouble!"

"No..."

Captain Wu wiped his face, revealing his dirty features: "I should say, I'm determined to handle this matter!"

Seeing Captain Wu's firm attitude, Jing Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

With Captain Wu leading the team, plus the White-Clad Qing Wei dispatched by Qing Si, this force was already very strong and should be enough to support Brother Ye.

After regaining her senses, You Sisi naturally had no objections.

While ordering people to prepare the Qing Si horses, she also had people check the archives.

Soon, the results were out.

The answer was... nothing!

"Nothing?! How can there be no records of these materials entering or leaving the city gate?!" You Sisi's eyes widened on the spot, and she was completely shocked.

Qing Si's archives were managed very strictly, and only high-level officials could access them.

Could it be... that there are internal spies within Qing Si?!

You Sisi couldn't accept this.

There was indeed some infighting within Qing Si for promotion opportunities.

But to betray the entire Qing Si, the entire Qingsi County, for personal gain, and erase all the records in the archives!

This is simply... this is simply unforgivable!!

Rage burned in her heart, and You Sisi trembled with anger, almost gritting her teeth to squeeze out two words.

"Investigate! Thoroughly!"

The entire Qing Si immediately became busy again.

Under the strong personal will of the chief Qing Yi, all the institutions of Qing Si served You Sisi alone!

Since the things being searched for were internal to Qing Si, the efficiency was raised to the highest level.

Only half an hour later, there were new results.

"No... no traces of file deletion?!" You Sisi was confused again.

She found that since Jing Yan brought his guess, and after repeated in-depth investigations, she had become more and more confused.

Moreover, things were constantly exceeding her expectations and beyond her control, and she didn't know how to deal with them at all.

"No traces of file deletion?! How is this possible?!"

Jing Yan didn't believe the answer either.

But the veteran White-Clad Qing Wei responsible for the report was willing to guarantee it with his life, and vowed that there was absolutely no operation to delete archive records!

"If everything is really as you said, doesn't that mean... that this batch of materials purchased by Old Ning never left Qingsi County from beginning to end?! No! Where did the fluorescent bracelets come from? Could it be that Old Ning personally came to Qingsi County, refined the fluorescent bracelets, and then left? Or is it not Old Ning's problem at all? Is there someone else who can refine the fluorescent bracelets, manipulating everything?"

Jing Yan threw out one question after another.

He was simply throwing out questions subconsciously, but he didn't expect that the people present all had the ability to answer these questions.

"These materials haven't left Qingsi County; this is entirely possible based on the archive records. However, I have also checked, and no one has a record of hoarding these materials, and it is also... a true record, with no traces of file deletion," said the veteran White-Clad Qing Wei who was responsible for the report earlier.

Old Jue also frowned: "I didn't want to say this originally, but since things have developed to this point, I won't hide it from you. Actually, the incomplete fluorescent bracelet you gave me earlier was actually a strange object that Old Ning and I developed together back then.

This involved significant optimization and modification of the ordinary fluorescent bracelet.

So... not to mention whether other places can imitate this technique, but in the Black Green Mountain Range, only Old Ning and I have the ability to do it!

Later, we had differences. I believed that the fluorescent bracelet should serve the Qing Wei and humans to resist anomalies. But Old Ning... he was a bit extreme. In any case, after that, I never made fluorescent bracelets again. So this fluorescent bracelet must have been made by Old Ning.

Moreover, because of that incident, I actually always wanted to reconcile with him, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I just always had people pay attention to whether Old Ning had returned to Qingsi County, and the answer is... no! He never came back!"

Everyone spoke with conviction, logically and convincingly, making it impossible to raise any objections.

This confused Jing Yan.

His train of thought seemed to stall all of a sudden, and he couldn't figure out how to explain this.

Could it be that the organization's accumulated materials, which were completely replenished every three years, all disappeared into thin air?

Neither refined nor used for anything, they just evaporated naturally?

Is this possible?

This is impossible!

Jing Yan's frown gradually deepened, his brain working at high speed. Finally, he carefully considered his words, looked around at everyone, and slowly said.

"Among us refugees, there is a very famous saying. That is, if you eliminate all the impossibilities, the remaining possibility, no matter how unbelievable, is the only truth!"

Everyone was a little confused when they heard this.

"Jing Yan, what do you mean by this?"

"What I mean is..."

Jing Yan pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

"Is it possible that there is a passage that leads directly from Qingsi County to the outside! Then Old Ning had people use this passage to purchase materials and transport materials without attracting your attention, and finally refine the fluorescent bracelets without anyone knowing?"

This idea was bold, but not without possibility.

But if such a passage existed, shouldn't anomalies have invaded the inside of Qingsi County?

Nothing has happened for so many years... people didn't quite believe that such a passage could exist.

"Investigate! Investigate every inch of the ground! If this hypothesis is true, and this passage really exists, it is a threat to our Qingsi County that is huge enough to destroy the city!"

You Sisi clearly knew what such a passage would mean if it existed.

So, in an absolutely authoritarian way, she once again used all the power of Qing Si.

Even if it meant digging three feet into the ground, she would find the truth. If they couldn't find the non-existent passage, it would give them peace of mind!

If they found it...

You Sisi didn't dare to think about it.

However...

An hour later.

While searching for the possible secret passage, starting from those material purchases and spreading outward.

There was feedback.

The Jade-Clad White-Clad, who was originally sent to be in charge of this matter, ran over panting, his face full of anxiety and terror.

While running, he wiped his cold sweat and shouted at them with all his strength.

"Found it! We really found a secret passage!!"

A moment of astonishment.