F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chapter 383 The Smoke Dragon's Code Appears

"The previous candidate for Dragon Head."

As Bai Zhi finished speaking...

The long staff in Shenhou's hand stopped in mid-air.

The six black-armored enforcers from the Penal Department, who were originally cleaning up the wreckage of the mutants, all turned around at this moment.

Chen Yifan leaned against the dock, his chest rising and falling steadily.

The previous candidate for Dragon Head.

Wang Qingyun?

wrong.

I can't think about it.

He immediately pressed those three words into the deepest part of his mind.

The surface thoughts re-emerge.

As a newly promoted Chen-level unit, the Star Official knows the title of the previous Dragon Head Candidate, but should not know what that person looks like.

The star officials are only responsible for escorting.

The star deity has been corrupted.

The star official wanted to live.

These thoughts, like an old cassette tape, kept replaying in my mind.

The mouse is in the communication link above.

Who knows if that rat was eavesdropping through the device?

Bai Zhi's finger was still on the screen when she was startled.

"Lord Shenhou, the record is correct."

She amplified the data.

[Restricted Records Within the Rotten Star Sea]

[Start Time: 3 hours ago]

[Authorization Permissions: Old Dragon Head Candidate Sequence]

Codename: Smoke Dragon

[Permission Status: Enclosed]

[Note: Ghost channel invocation]

Shenhou stared at the two characters "Yanlong" without saying a word for a long time.

Bai Zhi added in a low voice.

"The Smoke Dragon Files... I don't have permission to open them."

"nonsense."

Shenhou slammed his long stick into the ground.

"It would be a miracle if this file were freely accessible."

Chen Yifan coughed twice, pretending to have just recovered from the impact of the pollution.

"Lord Shenhou, who is Yanlong?"

Shenhou glanced at him sideways.

"You're asking me?"

Chen Yifan lowered his head.

"The subordinates do not have enough authority."

Even if you have the necessary permissions, you might not be able to see it.

Shenhou raised his hand and tapped the screen.

"Bai Zhi, bring out everything you can. For those you can't, use the Rabbit's privileges."

Bai Zhi immediately connected to the offline box.

The application is in progress.

A few seconds later, the projection of the Rabbit popped up from the side of the dock.

She didn't ask any unnecessary questions and went straight to the data.

"Smoke Dragon?"

Shenhou, carrying a stick, spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.

"What? You knew all along?"

The Rabbit did not answer this question.

She pulled out a layer of gray seal.

[File Name: Smoke Dragon]

[Original candidate for the twelve zodiac animal positions: Chen (辰) was the first candidate]

[Dragon Head Succession Assessment: Level A or Above - Confidential]

[Status: Retired due to serious injury]

[Current Permissions: Freeze]

[File downgraded: Implemented]

[Final Record: Missing]

Bai Zhi stared at the last line, her finger pausing.

"The final record is missing? That's impossible."

Shenhou sneered.

"There are many impossible things in the sky."

Chen Yifan lowered his head, his fingernails digging into his palms.

The first candidate for the Chen position.

He was forced to retire due to serious injury.

The archives were downgraded and sealed.

Wang Qingyun's carefree face almost popped out again.

He quickly thickened the outer layer of thought.

Who is Yanlong?

The star official didn't know.

The star deities shouldn't know.

The sound of a mouse came through the communication.

"Star Official".

Chen Yifan's back tensed up.

"exist."

Your heart was racing again.

Shenhou immediately turned his head.

"Are you bored? Listening from this far away?"

The rat spoke in a lazy tone.

"I can't hear clearly through the device; I can only get the rhythm."

"Then shut up."

Shenhou cursed and then looked at Chen Yifan.

What are you doing?

Chen Yifan clutched his chest and gasped for breath.

"I believe... that the Chief is also involved."

That reason is acceptable.

On the surface, the star official has always belonged to the Chenlong line.

It's normal to feel flustered when you hear that the former Dragon Head candidate is involved.

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the line.

"Hmm, that's a plausible reason."

Chen Yifan almost couldn't help but reply: Thank you for your approval.

The Rabbit ignored this little incident.

She continued to browse the permissions structure.

"Smoke Dragon's access is theoretically frozen, making it impossible for him to open the Rotten Star Sea access control."

Bai Zhi immediately took over.

"Unless someone has reserved a hidden permission outside of the primary permissions!"

"Ghost passage".

The Rabbit clicked on those four words.

The screen flickered, and a string of erased data popped up.

Most of them are black blocks.

Only a few fragments of the markings remain.

[Old wartime permissions]

[Dragon Head Candidate Plan]

[Emergency Response to Stargate Outage]

[Manual takeover]

Shenhou looked at the words and suddenly muttered a curse under his breath.

"The old man really did have a trick up his sleeve."

Chen Yifan caught it.

Old man.

Shenhou had already cursed him once before.

He wasn't cursing Chenlong.

So, Yanlong is the person behind it all?

The Rabbit looks at the Monkey.

"You know about ghost tunnels?"

Shenhou slung the stick over his shoulder.

"I've heard of it."

"Who left it?"

"The previous generation of the tribunal."

"Why wasn't it registered?"

Shenhou laughed.

"You're asking me? I'm not the secretary from the previous generation."

Rabbit didn't press the matter further.

She sealed the Smoke Dragon file again and instead opened the energy record from three hours ago in the Rotten Star Sea.

The video feed was intermittent.

Before the isolation layer, a golden causal line remained at the access control point.

There was also dark purple pollution nearby.

Further on, the screen goes straight to static.

Bai Zhi acted quickly.

"Someone forcibly erased the images."

Shenhou raised his stick and pointed at the snowflake.

"Was this Chenlong's doing?"

Rabbit did not immediately draw a conclusion.

"The causal line resembles him, but it's incomplete."

The sound of a mouse interrupted.

"Incompleteness is what causes trouble."

Shenhou frowned.

"What do you mean?"

"Chenlong's causal relationship has been messy lately. Someone is grafting things onto him based on his contamination. The results will resemble him, the Council of Order, and even things from outside the Star Gate."

The mouse paused for a moment.

"This job is not something an ordinary person can do."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yifan quickly pieced together the dots in his mind.

Chenlong opened the door.

The Holy Lord waited for the container to mature through the star gate.

The Order Council's mechanical fire was used as a smokescreen.

Smoke Dragon's privileges allowed him to enter the Rotten Star Sea three hours ago.

And there's the person sending the message from the shadows.

Beneath this sky, there is more than one hidden knife.

He had to continue pretending to be a star official.

Keep drilling in.

Chen Yifan coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked up.

"Lord Utu, Lord Shenhou."

Shenhou looked at him.

"They were saved again?"

"I can still say a few words."

"explain."

Chen Yifan paused deliberately, as if he was considering his options.

"If Yanlong's authority allows him to enter the Rotten Star Sea, then Lord Chenlong... the Chief Elder couldn't possibly be unaware of it."

Shenhou narrowed his eyes.

"continue."

"But the chief has been trying to take his subordinates away, and even initiated the purification."

Chen Yifan's voice was hoarse, and his sentences were broken very naturally.

"If my subordinates are truly purified, no one will check this record."

Bai Zhi paused, her fingers moving slightly.

The projection of the Rabbit also paused for a moment.

Shenhou suddenly laughed.

"You're about to die, but you're still pretty sharp."

Chen Yifan lowered his head.

"I'm just afraid of dying."

"Being afraid of death is good."

Shenhou slapped the stick.

"A man who is afraid of death knows who wants to kill him."

The Rabbit (卯兔) gave the order directly.

"White Gardenia, replicate all the forbidden residues."

"Yes."

"Shenhou, lead the team back to the temporary data bay. It's not safe here."

"I want to keep going."

Shenhou looked deep into the isolation layer.

Black pollution kept slapping against the glass, and occasionally human-shaped silhouettes would emerge from within.

"Not now."

The Rabbit speaks faster.

"Chenlong has already made his move."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the red warning lights on the ground floor lit up simultaneously.

The communication channel was forcibly inserted.

Chenlong's voice was lowered from the public address system.

"The Rotting Starry Sea exploration team appears to have been contaminated."

"All personnel are placed under lockdown."

"The star official is transferred to the core review area."

"Shenhou, immediately cease your illegal investigation."

Shenhou looked up and immediately retorted with a curse.

"Illegal my ass."

The broadcast paused briefly.

Bai Zhi's face turned pale.

She estimated that this was the first time in her life she had ever heard someone insult Chenlong.

Chenlong's voice remained unchanged.

"Shenhou, you're obstructing the capital's efforts to control pollution!"

"Pollution, pollution, you keep using all sorts of nonsensical words. Don't try to label me like that."

Shenhou raised his long staff and pointed it upwards.

"You blocked the evidence as soon as it came out; you acted even faster than the mutants."

I'll say it again.

Chenlong lowered his voice.

"The star official is transferred to the core review area."

At that moment, another voice came in.

Rat.

"Rejected by the review authority."

The public channel went quiet for a moment.

Shenhou was stunned for half a second.

"Oh, did the mouse take its medicine today?"

The rat ignored him.

"The Star Official is currently under the highest level of witness protection. Any unilateral transfer is invalid before the joint authorization of the adjudication committee."

Chenlong spoke in a cold voice.

"Rat, will you bear the consequences?"

"I'm in charge of the review area."

The mouse replied lazily.

"If you want to take people away, first remove me, the head of the review area."

Shenhou clapped his hands on the spot.

"pretty!"

The Rabbit (卯兔) will connect immediately.

"Chenlong, your non-essential privileges have been frozen. The investigation into the Rotten Star Sea has been taken over by the temporary adjudication team."

Chenlong did not respond immediately.

A few seconds later, the ground floor door began to close.

Bai Zhi called out.

"The elevator shaft is locked!"

The monkey raises a stick.

"Smash it open."

"Don't smash it!"

Bai Zhi's voice changed from anxiety.

"This area connects to the stargate isolation layer; forcibly destroying it will cause contamination to backflow!"

Shenhou clicked his tongue.

"trouble."

Chen Yifan looked at the access control console.

He can now steal access using the All Things Stealer.

But it cannot be exposed.

The star deity doesn't know this.

However, Star Officials have the authority of the Chen level.

There are also data fragments left behind by the recycling process.

Chen Yifan leaned against the wall and walked to Bai Zhi's side.

"I'll give it a try."

Bai Zhi glanced at him.

"you?"

"The Star Official's privileges have not been revoked."

"Chenlong has locked your access."

"He locked the master privileges."

Chen Yifan placed his hand on the recognition panel.

The psychic frequency simulated by the deception mask was applied.

The aura, fingerprints, and authority marks of the star officials are all complete.

The panel first showed a red light.

Then a line of text popped up.

[Chen-level unit: Star Official]

[Permission error]

[Pollution Status: High Risk]

Should the contingency plan for evacuating personnel from contaminated areas be activated?

Gardenia jasminoides reacts very quickly.

"Yes! The evacuation plan for contaminated personnel will not use the Chenlong main chain, but rather the medical isolation chain!"

Chen Yifan spoke in a low voice.

"start up."

[The contingency plan is being activated...]

[Requires confirmation from the review area]

The sound of the rat immediately rang out.

"confirm."

[Requires confirmation from the Ministry of Penalties]

Shenhou pointed the stick at the control panel.

"confirm."

[Requires technical officer confirmation]

Bai Zhi pressed down on the palm lines.

"confirm."

Evacuation route opened

The door was only halfway down when it abruptly stopped.

Shenhou looked at Chen Yifan.

"Fine, at least your dog life is somewhat useful."

Chen Yifan coughed as he replied.

"Thank you, Lord Shenhou."

"If you mimic me again, I'll really slap you."

The group quickly retreated to the elevator platform.

As the platform ascended, Chenlong's broadcast sounded again.

"You are letting the source of pollution go."

The rat replied casually.

"The source of the pollution just helped us activate the evacuation plan."

Shenhou delivers the finishing blow.

"More useful than you."

The broadcast was abruptly cut off.

Bai Zhi held back her laughter for a long time, not daring to let it out.

Chen Yifan leaned against the edge of the platform, keeping his thoughts firmly in check.

The game is temporarily under control.

The more the Dragon tries to suppress the "Star Official," the more the Rabbit, Monkey, and Rat will pursue it.

But the "Smoke Dragon" line is too close.

So close that if he thinks for even a second longer, the rat might smell it.

The lifting platform returned to the temporary data bay.

Bai Zhi immediately connected the offline box to the isolation terminal.

The image of the Rabbit (卯兔) is projected and enlarged.

"Remains at the scene of the Xia family incident."

Chen Yifan immediately looked up.

coming.

This is what he's been waiting for.

Shenhou looked at him.

"What are you trying to say?"

Chen Yifan suppressed a cough.

"Since the chief is questioning his subordinates' testimony, then investigate the Xia family."

"The avatar of Lord Si Snake has been destroyed, and there must be karmic residue left at the scene."

"And that mechanical spark carrier."

He deliberately avoided mentioning the name "Chen Yifan".

"As long as we bring back the evidence from the scene, we'll soon know who's lying."

He spoke very steadily.

The truly fatal traces of the Xia family had long been shattered by the collapse of the Heaven-Sealing Array, the void-traveling, and the subsequent intervention of Chenlong.

The more detailed the investigation, the more it will seem like someone is covering it up.

Rabbit opens the taskbar.

"feasible."

Shenhou stroked his chin.

"Chenlong will definitely stop him."

"The more he tries to stop it, the more it proves there's something there."

The rat chimed in.

"I suggest sending someone who is not from the Chenlong line."

The Rabbit was quickly finalized.

"The Ministry of Penalties will send personnel, the review area will provide backup, and the technical team will accompany them."

Shenhou looked at Chen Yifan.

"You shouldn't go."

Chen Yifan lowered his head.

"Understood."

Of course he can't go.

The scene at the Xia family's house was full of traces left by him.

If we let him go, the risks would be greater.

The Rabbit continued to issue orders.

"In addition, the smoke extraction dragon is completely sealed and numbered."

Bai Zhi has access to input permissions.

The gray seal peeled off layer by layer.

An old-fashioned police badge icon pops up on the screen.

Below the icon is a string of incomplete numbers.

[Old Yanlong Archives: J-07-Qing...]

It was covered by a black block behind it.

The blood on Chen Yifan's palm was pressed open by his fingernails.

green.

The "Qing" in Wang Qingyun's name.

Suddenly, there was silence on the other end of the mouse's side.

Shenhou also fell silent.

Mao Tu stared at the string of numbers for a few seconds before speaking.

Why is this file numbered using the old system?

Bai Zhi shook her head.

"The Sky Dome has long since stopped using this numbering system."

Shenhou took the long staff down and tapped it on the ground.

"Some people are worried that the new system isn't clean."

As soon as he finished speaking, a hissing sound suddenly came from inside the data cabin.

The isolation communicator on Chen Yifan lit up by itself.

That was a short-range communicator assigned to the star officials, which had previously been sealed away by the Department of Punishments.

Logically speaking, it should not be able to receive external information.

But at that moment, a string of garbled text appeared on the screen.

Bai Zhi immediately reached out her hand.

"Don't move! This might be a pollution signal!"

Chen Yifan didn't move.

The garbled text flashed three times before automatically converting into a string of old-fashioned coded text.

Those were old police codes that Wang Qingyun had taught him before.

very short.

They're also really annoying.

Kid, don't look back, keep acting.