The project Lu Jinwen had been working on hadn't been underway for very long.
According to Gao Jiayu and the others, Lu Jinwen had only begun seriously researching the project about six months before the Era of Strangeness began.
And he'd been held up by plenty of other work along the way. If Lu Jinwen hadn't finally lost his temper and pulled rank, the research would have been delayed even further.
"Senior Gao, did you and the others work on this project too?"
"We did some basic work, mostly in the school laboratory. For field research and sample collection, Professor Lu only took Zuo Yongqiu along. She was his assistant for professional matters."
Zuo Yongqiu?
Jiang Yue had only seen the woman on Professor Lu and the others' computers—and those were uncensored images.
It seemed that, compared with students like Gao Jiayu, the person Lu Jinwen trusted most was still Zuo Yongqiu. At least, he'd trusted her most before discovering her true nature.
It was likely that Zuo Yongqiu had later let something slip in the details, and Lu Jinwen had seen through her.
That was probably why Lu Jinwen had hidden the flash drive near the Ecological Park.
Both of them were now out of contact and missing.
Obviously, there was no chance of getting any more clues from them.
Gao Jiayu and the others hadn't been involved in the fieldwork or sample collection, so there was clearly no hope of finding new leads through them.
"Old Man, is there really nothing we can do with the information we have?" Jiang Yue asked gloomily.
"Kid, are you questioning my judgment?" Kangaroo Old Man said, displeased. "I've considered all sorts of possibilities. Without more clues to back them up, there's no way to make any progress."
"Damn it, it's just