The Trafford Trading Club
Chapter 2383

Palm, Chance Encounter, and the Second Corpse

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A transport aircraft bearing the Pingtian Group insignia slowly descended.

At the Little Forest Hotel project construction site in the central forest of Huoyun City, only the Pingtian Group's security force remained—a private army comparable to the Regular Army.

The place where the transport aircraft ultimately landed was the bottom of a deep pit dug at the construction site.

At that moment, a haggard man stepped off the transport aircraft. He wore a wrinkled white coat with a little rabbit plush hanging from his chest, along with cotton slippers.

He looked haggard, but his eyes were unusually lively.

The man gazed toward the mouth of the pit and said in surprise, "You wouldn't know without seeing it. They've already dug this deep. Sure enough, when you have money, you can really do whatever you want."

"Doctor Li, please come this way... We've already sealed off the place where the incident occurred. No one can enter or leave."

A stern-looking crew-cut man stood nearby, respectfully attending to him.

It wasn't as if they could afford not to. Doctor Li was Niu Daguan's honored guest, the big shot who could hole up on the Ninety-Ninth Floor of Pingtian Building. He was also the primary person in charge of the Pingtian Group's technical development department.

In addition, Doctor Li was responsible for another major source of revenue for the Pingtian Group: the recycling and restoration of discarded mid- and high-grade artifacts.

It could be said that Doctor Li was the duck that laid golden eggs in Niu Daguan's hands—an absolutely priceless treasure.

The group had specially invited Doctor Li from headquarters today because they suspected that a treasure had been dug up beneath the Little Forest construction site and hoped he could come take a look in person.

The cave that had collapsed

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