After leaving the orderly department, Han Xiao returned to the lab.
Qi Yuan found that the lab was not in a mess because of the explosion and casualties. The reconstruction work had already begun in an orderly manner.
Qi Yuan first went to see Tanqiu and expressed his gratitude for her help. He originally wanted to see Cao Yansheng, but he was told that he could not visit him, so he had to give up.
Although the explosion in the lab was so violent that the main building was destroyed, the Black Steel Shelter was not short on money, nor were they short on aptitude users. Therefore, the reconstruction of the lab was progressing very quickly.
In less than three days, the lab that was destroyed by the explosion was completely rebuilt. Other than some special equipment that could not be replaced, the reconstruction of the lab was basically complete.
On the day that Qi Yuan's own lab was rebuilt, the orderly department sent four tons of Asterite. As for the other lab materials that were lost in the explosion, they were all compensated by the lab.
As for the mutated energy weapon that was detained, Xue Hong sent it back the day after the lab was rebuilt.
Compared to the arrogance of the first time they met, Xue Hong was a lot more careful this time. However, this belated caution did not change his fate.
Xue Yuanqing was obviously tired of cleaning up after his son, who did not want to improve and only knew how to cause trouble. Xue Hong, like Tian Wei, was exiled to the wilderness.
Although the explosion this time made the entire lab sad, it also made the group of researchers angry. Under the joint request of all the researchers, the Black Steel Shelter officially declared war on the Mech King Court.
Although the Black Steel Shelter belonged to the Armaments of the Doomsday World, when it came to war, it had considerable autonomy. The head of the combat department even personally went to the frontline base where the Mech King Court was facing off against them.
The investigation team was still investigating the accident, but aside from confirming that the explosion was the work of the Mecha King Court, there was little progress. On the twelfth floor of the prison, Mecha Beast 12- 00055 had self-destructed, and the lab had been rebuilt. So, the investigation team was unable to find the spy hiding in the sanctuaries.
Although Qi Yuan did not conduct the investigation with the members of the investigation team, Le Shikun still sent a copy of all the investigation information to Qi Yuan. At the same time, he gave Qi Yuan the authority of the investigation team, which was considered as fulfilling his initial promise.
Due to Cao Yansheng's coma, Chief Mo Lin's project was delayed.
The Glory Mechanical Armament project team led by Le Huaizhou was also a victim of the explosion. One of the explosions happened in the project team's laboratory. At the time, there were 19 researchers in the laboratory preparing for the start of the project. This explosion killed everyone in the laboratory.
There were four Level 3 researchers, seven Level 2 researchers, and eight Level 1 researchers.
If this explosion had been delayed a few days and detonated after the official start of the project, the entire project team might have been wiped out.
However, this explosion obviously did not defeat Le Huaizhou. He decided to continue recruiting researchers and carry on with the project.
While Le Huaizhou was recruiting new members, Qi Yuan was also doing his own work in the brand new laboratory.
Seraph was animating the mutated energy weapon, while Qi Yuan was carefully studying the investigation information sent by Le Shikun, trying to find the information he wanted.
The source of the explosion was not difficult to find.
There were a total of eight explosions in the laboratory, including his own laboratory. All the laboratories that exploded had one thing in common, which was that there was a record of the samples taken from the prison.
And all the samples were taken from the Mecha Beast number 12- 00055 that was seized from the Mecha King Court.
Based on this, it was speculated that the cause of the explosion was the Veda hidden in the Mecha Beast number 12- 00055.
During the subsequent testing of the samples, the hidden Veda tampered with and seized control of the experimental equipment with the help of the detection port. In the end, the excessive energy absorption caused the explosion.
Looking at the investigation report, Qi Yuan fell into deep thought.
Although the Mecha King Court's achievements in the field of machinery were far superior to the other forces, it did not mean that they could easily tamper with the control of the experimental equipment through a hidden Veda.
If it was really that simple, not only would the Black Steel Shelter's laboratory be destroyed, but the entire Doomsday Munitions and even the laboratory at the Door of Truth would be destroyed in the same way.
Moreover, the power of the explosion of these experimental equipment was obviously too strong. If it was not for the early warning system of energy overload in every laboratory, the energy supply would be forcibly cut off when the equipment was overloaded. Otherwise, the explosion would have caused even more terrible damage.
Therefore, there must be something wrong with these experimental equipment that exploded.
Qi Yuan had a hunch that as long as he could find the common point among all the explosive experimental equipment, he should be able to find the spy hiding in the shelter.
Unfortunately, when the investigation team went to the database to check the experimental equipment data before the explosion, they found that when the Veda tampered with the experimental equipment and seized control of the experimental equipment, it blocked the upload of the data in the laboratory. Even the backup data in the database could not pinpoint which experimental equipment was the problem.
"That woman used the database to trick me!"
Qi Yuan shook his head gently and threw Ji Jun to the back of his mind.
Ji Jun was a pawn who did not even break through to Tier 4. After Xue Hong and Tian Wei's failure, she was directly executed.
Qi Yuan flipped through the list of experimental equipment destroyed in the explosion listed by the investigation team and fell into deep thought.
Many experimental equipment in every laboratory were destroyed because the data before the explosion was blank. Coupled with the fact that there were only a few survivors of the explosion, it was very difficult to pinpoint the problematic equipment.
Qi Yuan suddenly remembered the Elemental Oscillator in his laboratory. It was the only instrument that he could be sure of.
In his laboratory, there were a total of four experimental equipment that tested the 12- 00055 Android Beast samples.
However, only the Elemental Oscillator had a problem. Was this a cover-up by the spy, or were the rest of the experimental equipment fine?
After a moment of silence, Qi Yuan took out a pen and sketched out the list of equipment damaged in the explosion.
Qi Yuan found that five of the eight laboratories that exploded were equipped with Elemental Oscillator Instruments.
Then, Qi Yuan crossed out the instruments that obviously could not have come into contact with 12- 00055 Android Beast samples. Immediately, the remaining experimental equipment in each laboratory was reduced by more than half.
Let's not consider the spy's cover-up!
Qi Yuan then crossed out the experimental equipment that came into contact with 12- 00055 Android Beast fragments but did not explode. There were even fewer experimental equipment left in each laboratory.
In the eight laboratories, there were a total of 21 experimental equipment left. The scope that needed to be investigated was instantly narrowed to an acceptable range.
Subsequently, Qi Yuan began to use his investigation authority to enter the database of the Black Steel Shelter and began to search for the details of these 21 experimental equipment.
Qi Yuan believed that as long as he found a common point among these experimental equipment, he would definitely be able to lock onto the spy hidden behind the scenes.
For Qi Yuan, catching this spy would not bring too much direct benefit, but it could reduce a lot of hidden threats. He was already bound to the laboratory. If the spy used the same method to cause another explosion, the Biological and Mechanical Research Laboratory was very likely to collapse, and he would also be greatly affected.
More importantly, Qi Yuan had a vague guess about the hiding place of the spy behind the scenes. It was not a blind search. As long as he could find the corresponding clues, it was possible to complete the Sign In while catching the spy.
In the database, there were detailed records of the ins and outs of each experimental equipment. However, after carefully looking at the detailed information of the 21 experimental equipment, Qi Yuan did not find what he was looking for.
The background of these equipment was very clean. Except for a few that came from the Doomsday Munitions Headquarters, a few were produced by the Black Steel Shelter itself, and most of the rest came from other shelters. There were even a few that came from the Gate of Truth.
None of them could be related to the Mechanical Palace.
Qi Yuan frowned slightly. The investigation had reached a dead end without warning.
No!
No!
These experimental equipment can't be so clean, unless someone tampered with the data!
Since the spy was able to lurk in the Black Steel Shelter for so long, he should be very familiar with the rules of the shelter, so he must be very familiar with the database and would save all the information.
If I were the spy, I would find a way to erase the loopholes of these equipment!
The Mechanical Palace was able to create the Veda that could seize control of the experimental equipment, which meant that their technology in this area was more powerful than the Black Steel Shelter.
To other people, changing the data in the database was an impossible task, but to this spy who had the backing of the Mechanical King, it was not impossible.
With the direction of the investigation, Qi Yuan began to check the sampling records of the 12- 00055 Mecha Beast and selected three records that were recently sampled.
These three records corresponded to the laboratories of three Level 3 researchers. In addition to sampling the 12- 00055 Mecha Beast, these three laboratories had one thing in common, and that was, they were all equipped with an Elemental Oscillator Meter.
They took samples and were also equipped with an Elemental Oscillator Meter, but the laboratory was not detonated, which meant that the Elemental Oscillator Meter in their laboratory was not tampered with.
Qi Yuan checked all the data of the Elemental Oscillator Meter in these three laboratories and compared it with the one in his laboratory.
Looking at the data of his own Elemental Oscillator Meter alone, there was nothing wrong with it, but after careful comparison, Qi Yuan finally found a trace of abnormality.
The Black Steel Shelter could not make an Elemental Oscillator Meter, so all the Elemental Oscillator Meters in the laboratory were purchased from the Gate of Truth.
All experimental equipment purchased from the outside had to be strictly inspected, and this inspection was usually carried out by the staff of the Hazard Management Department.
For every inspection, at least two staff members would sign for review.
Although these four Elemental Oscillator Meters were all signed by two staff members of the Hazard Management Department for review, there was a slight difference in the date.
These four Elemental Oscillator Meters were purchased from the Gate of Truth in the same batch. According to common sense, these four Elemental Oscillator Meters should also be tested in the same batch.
Among the four Elemental Oscillator Meters, three of them were tested on the same day. Only the Elemental Oscillator Meter in his laboratory was tested three days later.
In the database, some data could be modified, but some things were basic rules that could not be modified even if one had the control authority, such as the date!
For the Elemental Oscillator Meter in his laboratory, if it was not because of some accident that the test was delayed, then someone deliberately hacked the database three days later and modified the signature.
Although the new signature could be modified to cover the previous signature, because the time could not be modified, the time displayed on the signature would be delayed by three days.
Qi Yuan vaguely guessed the means of the other party. There should be no problem with the Elemental Oscillator Meter purchased from the Gate of Truth. The real problem was with the tester. He took the opportunity of the test to tamper with the Elemental Oscillator Meter, and then signed the acceptance form of the test to let the tampered Elemental Oscillator Meter enter the laboratory.
In order to prevent someone from tracking him through the Elemental Oscillator Meter, he also modified his verification signature. Although this would also leave a loophole, it would delay the time of exposure.
The names left on the verification form of his Elemental Oscillator Meter were Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao.
These two people should be just bait to attract attention!
Qi Yuan resisted the urge to search for Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao's information in the database. Although his investigation team had the authority to access most of the data in the database, it did not mean that he could unscrupulously inquire about other people's information.
The database had a corresponding confidentiality system for personal information. Once a person's information was accurately searched, the database would automatically monitor the searcher and provide an early warning.
Doing so was very likely to alert the spy hidden in the dark.
In order to confirm his guess, Qi Yuan used the same method to check all the remaining 20 experimental instruments. In the end, he locked onto one experimental instrument in each of the eight laboratories that had exploded. They were the same as the Elemental Oscillator Meter in his laboratory. The date of the verification was the same as the one in his laboratory!
Moreover, the names left on the verification signatures of these eight experimental instruments were all Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao's.
Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao!
Qi Yuan looked at the two names deeply, then left the laboratory to find Tan Qiu.
Compared to the people from the Ministry of Order, Qi Yuan was more willing to trust Tan Qiu!
In the private parlor, after listening to Qi Yuan's explanation, Tan Qiu frowned. After a few seconds of silence, Tan Qiu suddenly said.
"Come with me, I'll take you to Xia Shixun!"