After Qu Jianlei and Paranoid came to Tianrui Star, they fell into a state of doing nothing.
Because Paranoid doesn't know that Pierre actually has a secret hiding place here.
He only knew that he and Pierre had been here several times, and later he chose Transit Star as the place to advance.
Pierre should have been here a few times, but he really didn't know what arrangements this guy had made here.
Qu Jianlei and Paranoid can only find a B&B to stay in first.
Fortunately, because Skyblade is very close to Transit Star, the logistics and passenger flow are relatively large, and many places do not check identities.
It's not surprising that if there is a demand, there will be a market. Moreover, they are willing to spend money, and the facilities of the B&B they rent are quite good.
For example, the network equipment is very good and suitable for Xiao Hu to search the entire Tianrui Star information.
Unfortunately, the three sets of Calculation Unit are not at hand, and Qu Jianlei can only provide it with Smuggling Interdiction Terminal plus Vortex.
Compared with the fast network, it is the terminal that is dragging down Xiao Hu's work efficiency.
Faced with this reality, Qu Jianlei was quite speechless. His current net worth is really not too little.
Not talking about Calculation Unit, not talking about cash, there are three starships alone.
However, none of these three starships, like the computing units, are currently docked at Tianrui Star! That's outrageous!
In the final analysis, it is because he does not have a base to settle down, cannot put all the good things there, and the resources cannot form a synergy.
Some people may find a wandering life romantic, but for a otaku like Qu Jianlei, he dreams of stability.
Unfortunately, even now, he has not seen any signs that he will one day stabilize.
Fortunately, Xiao Hu did not complain about the poor equipment this time, and went all out to search for relevant news.
It took three days to find more than 80 suspicious clues.
It is really not easy anymore. Many of the information it searches are from two hundred years ago, and the relevant information has long been stored in the database.
Of course it is not easy to break into the sealed and stored data. The battery has been used up a lot in the past two days, and the two terminals are always hot.
However, even these more than 80 items are only "suspects", and none of them are confirmed.
In addition, there are more than 2,000 pieces of information that cannot completely rule out suspicion.
However, Qu Jianlei felt that more than 80 pieces of information was still too much, and asked Xiao Hu to select some more key suspect information.
Then he took the "key points" screened out and started investigating with Paranoid.
I have to admit that artificial intelligence can really be of great help to mankind.
When they checked the third message, they found an obvious clue.
It was a relatively remote courtyard, not very eye-catching.
The owner bought the yard more than two hundred years ago, but rarely lived in it. Later, it was entrusted to a real estate agency for rental.
This kind of situation is not uncommon in the empire. In the interstellar Great Navigation era, it is very normal for houses to be unoccupied for a long time.
The real estate agency is responsible for taking care of the house and collecting rent, and then pays the corresponding amount into the account designated by the owner.
The owner's request is that no unauthorized changes to the structure of the house are allowed, otherwise heavy compensation will be required.
The real estate agent strictly fulfilled the agreement because the house was sturdy enough to last until more than sixty years ago.
They have continued to make payments to owners for more than 150 years.
Ordinarily, the upper limit of the life span of ordinary people is only 150 years, and bank accounts can be cancelled.
But in fact, this is not the case. There are many types of bank accounts in the empire. The detailed explanation... is skipped.
This information is buried deep in sealed databases, and it is really difficult to find out.
The reason why real estate agents stopped transferring money more than sixty years ago is because... they went bankrupt! This is still not unusual. For the empire, there are many century-old stores, but thousand-year-old stores are difficult to find.
So no one took care of the yard, and the owner didn't come back. It didn't take long for him to become a homeless Paradise.
There are actually not many homeless people in the empire. If people are found doing nothing, the authorities will forcibly resettle them, and the results will not be good.
Of course, it goes without saying that if caught by private forces, the consequences will be even worse.
Therefore, homeless people mostly borrow accommodation to save money, and most of them are not even willing to use their identities to stay in hotels, so they may not be short of money.
Later, someone discovered that the house was ownerless and simply renovated the house. Not long after, the person who renovated the house died unexpectedly.
Not long after, a high-level Awakened One came, sealed off the surrounding area of the small courtyard, and completely demolished the houses in the entire courtyard.
A year later, the demolishers rebuilt the house again, much like before.
Xiao Hu also checked the identity of the original owner, and found that there was only a birth record but no death record, so this should be a fake identity.
Qu Jianlei and Paranoid analyzed it and felt that this clue was very important.
Assuming the identity of Pierre, this operation is very reasonable and unobtrusive.
When nothing happens, the real estate agent helps to rent out the property to cover the eyes of others. If there is a need, he will come back to live as the owner.
Later, Pierre passed away and no one was in charge of it, but it was still maintained.
If the real estate agency hadn't gone bankrupt, it might still be rented out.
Even if Paranoid comes to find the back account, it is not difficult to obtain the half of the formation as long as he can find a place.
Later, the reformer died. The relevant information must have been leaked, and someone snatched it and silenced him.
Anyway, the relevant logic is consistent with the assumptions and deserves to be taken seriously.
For this reason, Qu Jianlei and Paranoid made a special trip to the small courtyard. Unfortunately, they found nothing.
But Qu Jianlei still told Xiao Hu, "Check the high-level Awakened One records of entry and exit when the house was demolished!"
Entry and exit records from more than fifty years ago... well, Xiao Hu said there was no pressure. It had checked more difficult information some time ago.
It didn't take long for it to give the answer and mark several key figures.
"Nalisha?" Qu Jianlei felt at first glance that this woman was the most suspicious.
As for the reason... she was the wife of Supreme Chiyang, Rank A Awakened One, who died more than ten years ago.
She didn't come alone Tianrui Star, she was accompanied by a Rank A and several Rank B.
It can be assumed that the murderer who killed the person who renovated the house had a high probability of discovering half of the formation as a treasure.
But this kind of treasure related to Divine Script is really not something that ordinary people can tolerate.
Even if it is Rank A Awakened One, once the information is leaked, it will never be saved, and it is very likely that it will be difficult to even save his life.
So instead of worrying about it all day long, it is better to sell it at a good price and maybe take the opportunity to grab a big deal.
Chiyang The Supreme is undoubtedly a good thigh - no one under the Supreme can tolerate such a treasure.
As for Nalisha coming to Skyblade, he obviously wanted to know if there were any other treasures in that small courtyard.
After all, as Chiyang is the Supreme Being, it is really not convenient for him to come openly.
But it's hard to tell whether he secretly accompanied Nalisha - it's really easy for the Supreme to hide it from ordinary people.
Qu Jianlei thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with his analysis. "I want to go to Sky Hook again."
Chiyang is Guardian Supreme of Celestial Hook Star, and has caused trouble for him before.
Qu Jianlei will not hate Chiyang because of this. After all, his duty is to protect and fulfill his responsibilities rather than deliberately making things difficult.
But even so, he still has a grudge in his heart, and now that he has the opportunity to take revenge, he is happy to take action.
However, Paranoid was a little hesitant when he heard this, "There is so much information, why don't you go through it all and then choose the one with the greatest suspicion?"
"Then you can investigate slowly yourself," Qu Jianlei shook his head, "Even if there is a more serious suspicion, I can't ignore this guy."
"Oh, let's go together then," Paranoid sighed helplessly, "I'm not worried if you go alone."
Strictly speaking, he was not only worried about it, but he was also worried about what if the other party got the formation and just ran away? Yes, Qu Jianlei is guarding against him, but Paranoid is also guarding against Hongjingtian - If you are going to run away, where can I find spiritual energy?
The two of them were wary of each other, and neither wanted the other to leave their sight.
However, this mutual restraint relationship left the two of them with little that they could not talk about.
Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes at him, "Don't worry... you think this mere Chiyang can Naihe defeat me?"
Paranoid snorted indifferently, "Sky Hook and Department of Anomalous Affairs and Divine Script Society are supreme. It's better to be cautious."
Qu Jianlei Thinking about it, it seems to be the same reason, "Okay, let's go together."
Six days later, Celestial Hook Star, a place with beautiful scenery, mountains behind and water, there is a manor covering an area of more than 100,000 square meters.
This was previously the private garden of the first Planet Governor, and the original ecology has been well maintained.
Today Chiyang held a banquet here to entertain Department of Anomalous Affairs's supreme Arc Light.
Guardian Supreme is treating guests, and idlers are not qualified to approach, not even to accompany the guests.
He didn't accompany the guest, and Arc Light naturally didn't bring anyone with him either. She still understood the principle that guests should do as they please.
In fact, Arc Light still needs help from Chiyang. Although Department of Anomalous Affairs has great power, Guardian Supreme is not bad either and belongs to the guardian camp.
Guardianship is not a system, but those who are willing to shoulder the responsibility of guardianship mostly have faith, and naturally have a camp.
Arc Light is still searching for Ran Bingluan, but she can't find it, which makes her a little impatient.
Department of Anomalous Affairs is directly responsible for the empire and has overwhelming power. No one can stop him from doing anything he wants to do.
However, top-down authority also has natural shortcomings - its limited ability to mobilize local governments.
But usually they would not consider mobilization, and forceful suppression would be enough.
But now if I want to find out the news about Ran Bingluan, strong pressure alone is not enough. The guy is hiding too secretly.
If you want to find someone, the best way is to offer a reward to the public and collect information widely.
However, the secrets involved in Ran Bingluan are too big to offer a reward.
In fact, Department of Anomalous Affairs doesn't think that bounties can play any role in society - you know, Ran Bingluan is also the highest!