"Inspection Department?" Ding Xiang and the others were a little surprised.
The Inspection Department was a famous yet rather covert department in District 025. Its jurisdiction covered everyone in the government—in simple terms, it was responsible for investigating whether government officials had broken the law or abused their power.
Its workplace and permanent staff were both kept secret, and few people knew about them. That might have been difficult in an ordinary Sub-district, but in a technologically advanced one, it was no problem. They could even move their entire Office Building at any time.
"Wasn't it said that people in the Inspection Department were secretly selected from other departments?" Na Wei said. "They kept their original jobs while hiding their identities, monitoring their own colleagues at all times. You actually know someone in the Inspection Department?"
"Pure coincidence," Old Duan said. "He was a friend I knew once..."
He paused, then changed his mind. "Though it might just be someone who looks similar. The corpse was a little disfigured, after all."
The others fell quiet. Some things were better left unsaid in public.
"Let's keep moving," Xu Huo said, breaking the silence. "While it's still cool."
No one said much. They continued in the same direction as before.
Over the next day, they encountered no other Players apart from a random arena match, and found no sign of the so-called "supply points." Fortunately, they had managed to get some food and water from the arena match. The sky remained dim, and the temperature was comfortable, so traveling wasn't as miserable as it had been before.
"We've all got nearly five thousand points by now," Two Heads said during a break. "If ten thousand points really is enough to cross into another Sub-district, we probably won't have to hold out much