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Chapter 16

Obtaining a Cataclysm Creature: Silver Key Hive (10,000 Words, Seeking Subscriptions!)

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Thinking this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but take a deep breath, then tentatively inquired about Jia Shu's current mood.

He asked, "How's the Minister's mood today?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Liu Fuping supported her right elbow with her left hand, touched her chin with her right hand, pondered slightly, and then said, "It seems... I can't tell."

"When I saw him, he had just returned to the department from outside. When he saw me, he stopped me and asked if I had seen you."

"I couldn't lie, so I could only say I had."

"Then, he asked me to call you to his office."

After recounting the whole story, Liu Fuping glanced at Qiu Tu playfully, and asked with a smile, "I didn't expect our lawless superior to have moments of worry."

Qiu Tu glared at her upon hearing this, "This isn't worry, it's knowing yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

After speaking, he said, "Alright, lead the way."

Liu Fuping curled her lips upon hearing this, then turned around with a gloating expression, swaying her slender waist, and led Qiu Tu towards Jia Shu's office with grace and charm.

Walking on the road, Qiu Tu looked at Liu Fuping's swaying buttocks in front of him, pondered slightly, and then heavily patted it.

With a crisp "Smack!"

Liu Fuping was startled and cried out "Ouch," covering her buttocks and fleeing to the side.

She looked around, and only after seeing that no one had noticed them did she scold in embarrassment, "Are you trying to die!"

"Doing this in the corridor, be careful someone sees you!"

Qiu Tu said with an indifferent expression, "So what if they see us? An unmarried man and a widowed woman, what's wrong with a little ambiguity?"

Qiu Tu's words were harsh, and Liu Fuping glared at him reproachfully, opening her mouth as if wanting to exchange a few moves with him.

But as soon as her mouth opened, she seemed to think of something, paused, and then suddenly changed her tone, saying, "Sir, look at you. Always fooling around like this."

"If you really can't stand it, you can come to your subordinate's home. Then your subordinate will definitely help you relax~~"

"After all, this can also be considered assisting the superior's work."

Hearing Liu Fuping's ambiguous words, Qiu Tu laughed, "I'm afraid I won't be relaxing then, but being drained dry."

"Hurry up and lead the way, Sister Liu."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words that exceeded the speed limit, Liu Fuping curled her lips in embarrassment, and then continued to lead the way in front.

While leading the way, Liu Fuping was also secretly analyzing why Qiu Tu always rejected her.

She felt that Qiu Tu was definitely being stubborn.

These past few days, Qiu Tu had to plan, solve problems, and use his wits and courage to fight against so many big figures in New Realm City, so he must be under great pressure and in urgent need of venting.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked her to serve him with her mouth just now, and then teased her again now.

And... after learning from Qiu Tu for so long, Liu Fuping had long understood a truth: the best way to "control" a target is to figure out what he really wants...

As long as you figure this out, you can very effectively guide his emotions, influence his mentality, and thus... slowly take him down...

And now what Qiu Tu wants is some kind of venting... then she should continue to increase the guidance, constantly seduce him like igniting an erupting volcano!

Of course, in order to better "control" him, she would definitely back out when the time came and not really let him get it.

With this push and pull, she should be able to successfully hook her superior!

Hmm... If Qiu Tu could hear Liu Fuping's inner thoughts, he would definitely admire her learning ability and comprehension.

Liu Fuping was indeed right: manipulating a person's desires is the most powerful weapon.

But the problem is that you must accurately identify that person's desires.

Like Qiu Tu, she completely misanalyzed him.

The reason Qiu Tu made Liu Fuping kneel down before was to deliberately punish her, to let her know that she had to be careful when working in front of him, otherwise she could easily lose both the lady and the army.

As for Qiu Tu patting Liu Fuping's butt just now, it was because he was summoning a [Cataclysm Creature].

In last night's "Salvage Game," Qiu Tu arranged for his subordinate: A Kun.

And this time, A Kun finally did not disappoint Qiu Tu again, successfully salvaging a reward that Qiu Tu had never seen before: a Cataclysm Creature.

When he first got this reward, Qiu Tu was very surprised.

He didn't expect that this "Salvage Game" could actually obtain a Cataclysm Creature!

So, he also checked the information of this new reward.

「Cataclysm Creature: Silver Key Hive」 「Creature Introduction: This is a low-level Cataclysm Creature born from the Boundless Mind Sea. Its form is similar to a six-legged insect—a bee, but its size is like a grain of rice.」 「Its body surface is covered with a layer of deep-sea emerald-green shimmering carapace, which is covered with complex geometric runes that help it travel between the "Material World" and the "Boundless Mind Sea."」 「Each Silver Key Bee has three compound eyes composed of about 5,000 small eyes, which can directly monitor and record what happens in the real world in the "Boundless Mind Sea."」 「When you bring the Silver Key Bee egg into contact with an object, the Silver Key Bee will begin to hatch and record what happens around the object within 36 hours.」 「When the recording is complete, it will fly back to the hive. As long as you crush it, you can view the 36-hour video information recorded in its body.」 「Note: Each Silver Key Hive is only the size of a thumb and can store up to 8 Silver Key Bees. The birth and existence of each Silver Key Bee requires a certain amount of resources.」

After reading the introduction of this Cataclysm Creature, Qiu Tu suddenly gained a lot of understanding of the diversity of creatures in this world.

After transmigrating, he had been staying in New Realm City and had never been to the vast world outside, nor had he delved into the Boundless Mind Sea.

Therefore, he only knew the uniqueness of this world and the horror of Cataclysm Creatures from Qin Shuman and Jia Shu's words.

He had always thought that Cataclysm Creatures were the "villains" in anime, whose goal was to destroy the entire world. But now it seems that not all Cataclysm Creatures are disasters.

Some Cataclysm Creatures seem to have various magical abilities, and as long as they are used well, they can bring a lot of help to humans.

Accompanied by Qiu Tu's memories, in his sight, the "rice grain" attached to Liu Fuping's butt slowly cracked.

A tiny bee-like insect, so small that it was difficult to see even if you paid attention, spread its two pairs of wings, and then disappeared without a trace with a flap of its wings.

Qiu Tu looked around, and after confirming that he could not see the Silver Key Bee, he slowly retracted his gaze—he guessed that the Silver Key Bee had probably traveled to the Boundless Mind Sea, monitoring and recording Liu Fuping's every move in the spiritual world.

'I can see what Liu Fuping has been doing in the day and a half after tomorrow.'

Thinking like this, Qiu Tu slowly withdrew his thoughts.

He used the "Silver Key Bee" on Liu Fuping on a whim. His real targets were Yan Chen, Jia Shu, and Wang Xi.

But, just like he planned every move before making it, he would always experiment before using such sensitive methods to see if there were any drawbacks or if he would be discovered.

That's why he tried it on Liu Fuping first.

While thinking this, Qiu Tu, led by Liu Fuping, arrived at the door of Jia Shu's office.

Knocking on the office door, Liu Fuping first opened the door and reported to Jia Shu, "Minister! Section Chief Qiu has arrived!"

Jia Shu said "Thank you" with a fake smile, and then instructed, "You can go back to your work. I'll have a private chat with Section Chief Qiu."

"Yes!" Liu Fuping saluted Jia Shu and then walked out of the office.

As she passed by Qiu Tu, Liu Fuping's right little finger slightly hooked and gently brushed against Qiu Tu's palm.

At that moment, Qiu Tu felt an electric current run from his palm to his waist, a tingling sensation.

This woman... is too good at this!

While sighing inwardly, Qiu Tu also quietly retracted his hand and gently wiped it on his pants: it wasn't that he disliked Liu Fuping. It was... really itchy.

Itchiness was much more unbearable than pain, simply intolerable.

After Liu Fuping left, Qiu Tu closed the door behind him and looked at Jia Shu.

Today, Jia Shu looked a little tired for some reason, which made the smile on his face seem even more fake.

But Qiu Tu didn't let his guard down because of this. He tried his best to keep his brain running at its peak, not daring to relax for a moment.

He respectfully saluted Jia Shu, "Minister!"

Then waited for Jia Shu to make his move.

But Jia Shu didn't play by the rules.

He first adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, then looked at Qiu Tu with a fake smile, "Qiu Tu, I have a temporary case to assign to you."

As he spoke, he picked up a document on the table and gestured towards Qiu Tu.

Qiu Tu was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Yes! Minister!"

Saying that, he stepped forward and took the document from Jia Shu's hand.

Taking the document, Qiu Tu's gaze naturally fell on the title of the document.

Then he was stunned, because it turned out to be a [Cooperation Request] from the Public Security Department.

The [Cooperation Request] was a type of application issued between different departments within the Investigation Department when encountering tricky cases, in order to improve the investigation efficiency and speed up the case-solving process.

Generally speaking, this kind of application was issued by the weaker departments to the stronger departments. Then the stronger departments would send elite backbones to lead a team to the weaker departments to form an Investigation Team for investigation.

But... New Realm City had just been established, and all departments were relatively busy. In addition, no one cared about the case-solving rate in troubled times, and each department was minding their own business, so this kind of application was extremely rare.

This also led to the fact that as long as you saw this kind of application, you knew that a major case must have occurred.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu carefully read the case details on the document in detail.

After reading it, Qiu Tu raised his head in a daze, with only one thought in his mind: This is too coincidental!

Because the case for which this [Cooperation Request] document is requesting assistance is precisely the [Pharmacy Robbery Case] from over a month ago.

The [Pharmacy Robbery Case] caused a great uproar some time ago. The robbers not only stole medicines and herbs worth hundreds of Silver Coins, but also brutally murdered 16 people, including two official investigators and six temporary investigators.

Because of this, the Investigation Department received severe criticism from the Municipal Committee. The Public Security Department also received a serious demerit and was ordered to solve the case within a limited time.

However, a month and a half has passed, and there has been no news of any progress in the case. Now it seems... the Public Security Department really can't solve the case and is under too much pressure, so they came to the Political Department to ask for help!

But... that's not what Qiu Tu finds coincidental.

What he finds coincidental is that the Public Security Department doesn't know who the murderer is! But he knows!

It was his subordinate, Wang Xi, who held several positions and didn't forget to work hard after work!

Qiu Tu even "personally" participated in Wang Xi and the Suit Mask Man's actions.

So... is he finally going to deal with his subordinates after dealing with his superiors?

Thinking like this, Qiu Tu felt a little surprised.

However, he had been preparing to deal with Wang Xi and the Suit Mask Man since he discovered their brutality last night, so now it can be regarded as taking credit conveniently!

Thinking like this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but look up at Jia Shu, thinking about taking on the case.

As a result, just as he looked up and met Jia Shu's eyes, Jia Shu suddenly spoke.

"Qiu Tu, do you know the list of spies that our Investigation Department has in the Military Department?"

To be honest, Jia Shu is indeed a master of interrogation. He asked the question right at Qiu Tu's mental gap.

Therefore, Qiu Tu almost reflexively wanted to answer this question.

Fortunately, Qiu Tu had been vigilant during this period, so just as the words were about to come out of his mouth, he reacted.

He bit his left cheek hard, forcing himself to stop and wake up with the pain. Then he quickly pretended to be in a state of not having recovered.

After a moment, he asked with a blank expression, "What?"

"Sorry, Minister. I was too engrossed in the case and didn't hear what you said clearly."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Jia Shu smiled and waved his hand, "It's nothing. I just asked casually."

Qiu Tu played the whole act and continued to ask, "Did something happen?"

Jia Shu rested his elbows on the desk, crossed his hands at his chin, and looked at Qiu Tu with a burning gaze, saying with a smile that was not a smile, "A week ago, I used the Yin Caimei Case to fish out a large number of spies from the Military Department and the City Hall who were planted in the Investigation Department."

"Originally, I wanted to find an opportunity to wipe them all out."

"But who knew that just two days ago, a colonel from the Military Department found me and gave me a document."

"The document recorded the list and information of the spies I had painstakingly planted in the Military Department over the past year."

Jia Shu said with a smile that was not a smile, "So, I am very curious, who is so capable of getting the Political Department's list of spies, and who, what kind of things, leaked this list?"

Qiu Tu had long guessed that Jia Shu might test him today, or might attack him.

Today is still 3 chapters of 10,000 words, first send 2 chapters of 7,000 words, the 3rd chapter is estimated to be sent before 19:00 at the latest.

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