Not only was Xia Shixun the head of the Public Order Department, he had the authority of M8, second only to the board members. At the same time, he was also a Tier 7 powerhouse, standing at the peak of the Black Steel Shelter.
With his identity and status, even if Qi Yuan wanted to see him, it would not be easy. However, after Tanqiu came out, Qi Yuan easily met Xia Shixun.
Xia Shixun was obviously surprised by their visit, but when Qi Yuan explained the purpose of their visit, Xia Shixun quickly became serious.
The Public Order Department was able to snatch the investigation authority of the laboratory explosion case from the Hazard Management Department, not only because the Public Order Department had higher authority, but also because some people suspected that the spy might be hiding in the Hazard Management Department. The investigation team had been secretly investigating these days, but they had not found any clues, causing the Public Order Department to bear a lot of pressure.
He did not expect that Qi Yuan would find such a hidden clue and break the deadlock of the investigation team.
"Qi Yuan, this time you have helped the investigation team a lot. When we find the spy, I will definitely ask the board of directors for a reward for you!"
Xia Shixun nodded approvingly, then called Ma Qin to his office.
As the Deputy Head of the Public Order Department, Ma Qin was a rare Tier 6 powerhouse of the mysterious realm. He was a powerhouse who took the position of Deputy Head after the turmoil of the Doomsday Saints.
Seeing Tanqiu and Qi Yuan in the office, Ma Qin was a little surprised, but he quickly thought of the explosion in the laboratory.
"Is there any progress on the investigation team's side?" Xia Shixun asked.
Ma Qin shook his head.
"The explosion was too powerful, not much was left behind. Plus, the database did not upload the data before the explosion, so we did not find many valuable clues."
Xia Shixun shook his head, seemingly a little disappointed.
"With the methods of the Mech Dynasty, since they made a move, they definitely would not leave you with too many clues. If you want to find the spy, you have to use your brain more."
Xia Shixun paused for a moment, then said, "Qi Yuan, tell me about the clues you found."
Ma Qin looked at Qi Yuan in surprise. In fact, Qi Yuan was also on his list of suspects. If it was not for the previous farce, he was even prepared to interrogate Qi Yuan again.
Now, although Qi Yuan was also a member of the investigation team, Ma Qin only regarded this as a condition for Qi Yuan to make peace. He did not expect Qi Yuan to be of much use.
However, Department Head Xia's words clearly told him that there was progress on Qi Yuan's side.
If it was just an ordinary clue, then it would not have alarmed Head Xia, but since Head Xia had called him, it meant that the clue found by Qi Yuan was very crucial.
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Qi Yuan nodded, indicating that he understood.
This matter was of great importance. The disciplinary department had just taken the investigation task from the Hazard Management Department, and now they were going to touch the people from the Hazard Management Department. If there was an accident, the Hazard Management Department would be in big trouble.
Ma Qin's actions were very fast. It only took a few minutes to complete the verification of the clue and confirm its authenticity.
Ma Qin took a deep look at Qi Yuan. With this key clue, he could almost lock onto the target.
"Since you've already found Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao, why don't you continue investigating? You're not far from locking onto the real target," Ma Qin said.
Qi Yuan shook his head.
"Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao should be just a cover. I can't be sure if the other party has set up an early warning Trojan horse. If I continue investigating, it'll be easy to alert the enemy."
Ma Qin nodded.
"You've made the right choice. Leave the rest to me. I'll definitely find the spy hiding behind the scenes!"
Qi Yuan didn't object. Although he had found the key clue, the disciplinary department was the professional in the follow-up work. This credit wouldn't be of much use to him, so he might as well use it as a favor to the disciplinary department.
"I want a list of all the inspectors from the Hazard Management Department, starting from the detection of this batch of faulty Elemental Oscillator Instruments until now, as well as their detailed information, including those who have resigned and transferred away!"
As the Deputy Head of the disciplinary department, Ma Qin had higher authority. Even if the other party had set up a data Trojan horse, Ma Qin would have a way to retrieve what he wanted from the backup data.
"No problem." Ma Qin nodded.
"I'll be able to retrieve the list soon, but because the scope of this matter is too broad, this information can't be taken out of the disciplinary department. Please forgive me."
The disciplinary department had used their authority to retrieve information from the Hazard Management Department on a large scale. If this were to spread, it would easily cause a dispute between the two departments.
Tan Qiu glanced at Qi Yuan. He didn't expect Qi Yuan to want him to continue working on this matter.
Ma Qin spent half an hour using his authority to retrieve the list of inspectors from the Hazard Management Department. At the same time, he also retrieved all their travel and work logs.
The data showed that Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao were no longer in the disciplinary department. Not long after the faulty instrument inspection, the two of them were exiled to the wilderness due to an accident. Not long after, they died in the wilderness and never returned.
Qi Yuan's eyes darkened. Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao's mishap was within his expectations. Since the mastermind had chosen to use the identities of the two of them as scapegoats, it was only natural that they would get rid of the two of them and cut off their connection with him.
However, before Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao's mishap, the two of them were both Grade 4 Mechanics. Since the spy behind the scenes was able to plan for them to be exiled, it meant that his identity and position were definitely not low.
After so many years, if he was still hiding in the Black Steel Shelter, he might even be able to climb to a higher position.
Apart from Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao, there were a total of seventy-eight people in the Hazard Management Department who had been in charge of equipment safety inspection for so many years. Everyone's travel records and work logs were huge, and it was not easy to go through them quickly.
Qi Yuan tried to search for keywords in the large amount of data to confirm his guess.
Qi Yuan tried entering White Elephant Street. When he saw the information that popped up, his eyes immediately narrowed.
Although 77 White Elephant Street did not appear as he expected, 76 and 75 White Elephant Street appeared multiple times.
Following the records that popped up, Qi Yuan locked onto two names — Hu Sha and Ning Jiajia.
These two people!
Qi Yuan could not help but frown.
These two people were not simple characters. If they were both spies, not only would the Hazard Management Department lose face, even the Order Department would lose face.
Hu Sha had already been promoted to Grade 5, and his authority had also reached M5. He was already considered one of the upper echelons of the Hazard Management Department. Furthermore, he had accumulated enough Achievement Points and could be promoted to Grade 6 at any time. Once he was promoted to Grade 6, he would even have the ability to compete for the position of Deputy Minister of the Hazard Management Department.
As for Ning Jiajia, it was even more interesting. This woman had already left the Hazard Management Department and entered the Order Department. The reason she could be transferred across departments was because she had climbed into the bed of one of the upper echelons of the Order Department.
This upper echelon of the Order Department was none other than the other Deputy Minister of the Order Department.
Coincidentally, Ning Jiajia had also joined the investigation team of this incident and was one of the members.
Ma Qin also noticed the two people that Qi Yuan had found. Although he was very curious as to how Qi Yuan had found these two people from so much information, he knew very well that since Qi Yuan had asked for the information of these people and found them, he definitely had clues that others did not know about.
"Is there a problem with these two people?" Ma Qin asked.
From the information, it was clear that these two people did not have any other interactions apart from being colleagues.
Qi Yuan nodded.
"I only have suspicions. I don't have any actual evidence."
Qi Yuan paused for a moment before continuing.
"I carefully looked through the information of these two people and found something very interesting. In the Hazard Management Department, the inspection of experimental equipment is not a very good job. If there is even the slightest mistake, you may be punished. Therefore, other people are not very willing to take up this position, but these two people took the initiative to apply for the position of equipment inspection."
"Moreover, when this batch of defective equipment was being inspected, there were only six groups of twelve inspectors in the Hazard Management Department. Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao were in one of the groups, and these two people were also in another group."
"In terms of inspection efficiency, Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao's group had the lowest inspection efficiency, while Hu Sha and Ning Jiajia's group had the highest inspection efficiency."
"The inspection task of this batch of Elemental Oscillating Instruments was quite heavy. Under such circumstances, the higher-ups arranged for Qiao Xuan and Chen Mao's group to conduct the inspection, but strangely did not arrange for Hu Sha and Ning Jiajia's group, which was more efficient, to conduct the inspection."
"Moreover, you see, when this batch of instruments was being inspected, the others all had inspection records. Only Hu Sha and Ning Jiajia did not have any inspection records."
Ma Qin's eyes darkened. All the information alone did not reflect anything, but when put together, it was very problematic.
Only those who were being inspected together had the opportunity to tamper with the instruments. However, it was not an easy task to inspect all the instruments together. It took a few hours to complete the inspection of an instrument.
There were many other instruments that were being inspected together with the defective set of instruments. Since the others had left inspection records at that time, it meant that they did not have time to commit the crime.
Only Hu Sha and Ning Jiajia had the ability and time to tamper with the experimental instruments during that period of time.
Ma Qin's face became a little ugly. Ning Jiajia had been found by Old Yan and entered the investigation team through the back door. The purpose was to increase Ning Jiajia's qualifications for promotion.
"Ning Jiajia's side is easy to deal with. Old Yan can do some work and control Ning Jiajia at any time. However, Hu Sha's side is a little difficult. He is about to step into rank six. If there is no conclusive evidence, we can't touch him at all." Ma Qin said with a frown.
After Ma Qin finished speaking, he looked at Xia Shixun. With the current situation of evidence, if they wanted to touch Hu Sha, a powerhouse who was about to step into rank six, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face to the Danger Management Department. Even if Xia Shixun personally came forward, it might not be effective.
Xia Shixun was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll think of a way to deal with Hu Sha. You go and work on Old Yan's side. With his awareness, he won't delay his work for such a woman."
Ma Qin nodded. If they wanted to touch Hu Sha, they had to get the approval of the board of directors. When Department Head Xia said to think of a way, he must be going to the board of directors.
"The two of them have been living at 76 and 78 White Elephant Street for a very long time and have not changed their residences. There must be a deeper reason for this. If we conduct a surprise check on their residences, we might be able to find something." Qi Yuan said.
"Number 76 and 78 are very likely just a cover. The real problem might be Number 77!" Ma Qin said.
Done!
I didn't expect the check-in point to have the function of solving cases!
Qi Yuan said silently in his heart.
Since Ma Qin had already locked onto Number 77, he only needed to wait. When the Public Order Department made their move and Number 77's hidden secret was dug out, he would go in as a member of the investigation team and complete the check-in while he was at it. No one would suspect him.
After achieving his goal, Qi Yuan stood up and said goodbye.
On the way, Tanqiu suddenly said with a faint smile, "You're so attentive to this matter.
"You're so concerned about this matter. Do you want to be transferred to the Public Order Department?"
"No, I just want to avenge Commissioner Cao, myself, and those dead researchers!" Qi Yuan said confidently.
Tan Qiu shook his head, obviously not believing Qi Yuan's nonsense.
"No matter why you're doing this, as the higher-ups have decided to go to war with the Mechanical King Court, the pressure we're facing is increasing. You've seen the Mechanical King Court's methods. The laboratory can't guarantee absolute safety. With your research ability, you'll soon be noticed by the Mechanical King Court. You have to quickly increase your strength to prevent being assassinated by the Mechanical King Court."
Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows.
"Is the battle situation that bad?"
Tan Qiu nodded.
"The Mechanical King Court is very powerful. Now, they're fighting on two fronts, the Doomsday Arms and the Gate of Truth, but they're still not at a disadvantage. If the Mechanical King Court goes crazy and targets us, the entire Black Steel Shelter might fall."
"If the investigation team really uses the clues you provided to find the Mechanical King Court's spy, I suggest you give up the credit. With your current strength, it's not suitable for you to be in the limelight. It'll only attract the Mechanical King Court's attention."
Qi Yuan nodded. What he needed was the check-in point at 77 White Elephant Street. The credit was secondary.
Of course, such a huge credit couldn't be given to someone else. If the Public Order Department wanted to take the credit, they would have to compensate him.
"Also, the New Humans seem to have some movements recently. They have some conflicts with Mo Sheng. Be careful and don't get involved."
"The Black Steel Shelter has already declared war with the Mechanical King Court. Why would they start an internal conflict at this time?" Qi Yuan was surprised.
The conflict between the New Humans and the Old Humans had always been covered up. If an internal conflict broke out at this time, it would definitely be bad news for the Black Steel Shelter.
"It's not to the extent of an internal conflict, but there will definitely be some small movements. With my understanding of them, they won't let Mo Sheng reach rank 7 so easily," Tan Qiu said.
Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows. Tan Qiu's words revealed two things.
First, Mo Sheng was in trouble.
Second, it was foreseeable that Mo Sheng would reach rank 7. Otherwise, the New Humans wouldn't cause trouble at this time.