Who had taken Qi Jingwu away?
Ji Li had once believed it was Yu Guo, but judging from the current situation, it seemed there was someone else involved.
Given Yu Guo's temperament, even if he were facing a crisis, his first instinct might not have been to save someone, but he would never push someone else to die in his place.
In other words, knowing danger was approaching, Yu Guo had no motive to drag along Qi Jingwu, who was still sleeping soundly.
Combined with what was happening now, a vague answer slowly emerged in Ji Li's mind.
Perhaps a third party had appeared and taken Yu Guo away, intending for him to enter Room 1716 and retrieve the file.
And this person knew that the first person to enter Room 1716 would die. To ensure Yu Guo got the file, they had even brought Qi Jingwu along to die in his place.
Could that person have been Director Wang?
Ji Li had no time to think about it. The moment he entered Room 1716, he saw Qi Jingwu's corpse. His second glance landed on the safe behind the shelves piled with files.
Since Room 1716 was a projection of Room 1715 in E-1 and E-3, files still remained on the shelves here.
But through the gaps between the bookshelves, he could vaguely make out two blurred figures standing before the safe.
At the same time, the two Song Yitongs and Mo Lan rushed into Room 1716. They, too, were first startled by Qi Jingwu's corpse.
But the next second, they moved far faster than Ji Li, taking shortcuts straight toward the safe.
Mo Lan was the most extreme of them all. Disregarding everything, she took only the shortest route, knocking over shelf after shelf in her haste to win.