Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1406: The Truth of That Year, Dark Lizard Returns? (Long - , Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 1406: Chapter 1406: The Truth of That Year, Dark Lizard Returns? (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

"The largest rare earth mine owned by the Kevort Group is in the Slorx Grand Canyon," the hurried footsteps echoed in the hallway, and as He Ao quickly walked through the corridor, he asked Vigina beside him, "What did you think of?"

Behind them was the Federal Bureau of Investigation meeting room.

The meeting had concluded, but He Ao didn’t allow those executives to go home; instead, he had them ’wait’ here temporarily.

"Dark Lizard." Vigina, walking behind He Ao, took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling, her heartbeat was so intense.

She realized that she was gradually approaching the truth she had been investigating for years.

"If your previous deduction is correct, the Dark Lizard eventually returned near Denno City, but no one observed traces of it on the wilderness," He Ao walked to the elevator, pressed the up button, and continued, "then it most likely hid, and the most probable place it hid is..."

"The Slorx Grand Canyon, which no one goes to, and which is very likely already secretly sealed off by the Kevort Group," Vigina quickly interjected, "That’s its old lair."

She paused slightly and looked at He Ao, "But if it returned to the Slorx Grand Canyon, and the Kevort Group’s mining site is there, wouldn’t it clash with the Kevort Group’s mining team and mercenaries?"

At this question, He Ao didn’t answer immediately; he paused momentarily and then led Vigina into the elevator.

Not until the elevator door completely closed did he let out a long sigh, slowly saying, "Initially, there might have been a conflict."

Upon hearing this response, Vigina was slightly taken aback, not understanding why He Ao would say that, but soon, she seemed to think of something, and her expression suddenly changed.

She looked up at He Ao and voiced the guess that had surfaced in her mind, "So, initially, the Dark Lizard was driven out by them?"

The elevator swiftly ascended, emitting a humming sound.

"Before the Dark Lizard incident erupted," He Ao stood inside the elevator cabin, gazing at the clean metal wall, watching the reflection on the wall, seemingly recalling something, his voice lowered, "I did terrain exploration for the Kevort Group for a long time, responsible for collecting terrain data of the southern wilderness of Denno City, assessing the danger level, and mapping."

He slightly raised his head, gazing at the slightly haggard man in the reflection, "Our tribe was among the best of all such exploration teams, and because of this, we received a lot of ’support’ from the Kevort Group."

His voice elongated slightly, like a sigh from the past, "I also received many benefits from it, which led the whole tribe to develop rapidly; many regions near the Slorx Grand Canyon were topographic maps drawn by us."

This was the truth of the Dark Lizard incident back then.

The Kevort Group, by recruiting Wilderness Wanderers and caravans as ’pioneers,’ figured out the detailed situation of the southern wilderness of Denno City and discovered a huge rare earth mine in the Slorx Grand Canyon on the wilderness border.

But this mine had an ’owner.’

The huge mining site was very likely the habitat of the Dark Lizard.

To successfully mine, the Kevort Group used some method to ’drive away’ the Dark Lizard.

This was the reason Paxiu got from the city government regarding the Dark Lizard ’awakening.’

Awakened from its slumber, expelled from its home, the enraged Dark Lizard rampaged across the wilderness.

All of this was not a natural disaster but a man-made calamity.

Hearing this, Vigina fell silent, having investigated the Dark Lizard incident for so many years, she knew all the public details.

Accompanied by He Ao’s words, she quickly understood the matter.

She glanced at He Ao and softly said, "Was that when you met my brother?"

She paused slightly, her originally upright posture seemed to slump a little, and she bowed her head, "I’m sorry."

"Your brother knew nothing at that time, you don’t need to say that," He Ao shook his head slightly, "I understand him; he was a righteous person, and what he did was only fulfilling his duties; he knew nothing about the cause of the Dark Lizard incident and did not get involved in the core planning."

"If it weren’t for him, my wife would have died in the wilderness long ago, and without his support later, we would have struggled to get through the hardest initial period."

If Vigina’s brother had not died back then, Paxiu’s later life wouldn’t have been so miserable.

But someone like Vigina’s brother had no chance of a good ending in the consortium.

He Ao shook his head, looking at Vigina, "And this is just my speculation at present, not necessarily the real situation, after all, this information doesn’t quite match up with what I previously got from the city government."

The city government’s information was that the old President knew about the Dark Lizard’s awakening but suppressed the information for his political campaign, delaying evacuation and rescue, ultimately leading to the deaths of people on the wilderness.

But if the Dark Lizard’s awakening and rampage were purely man-made, then the matter inside wouldn’t be that ’simple.’

Vigina lifted her head and looked at He Ao.

She actually leaned more towards the speculation that the Dark Lizard incident was engineered by the Kevort Group.

She opened her mouth.

"Even if this speculation is correct, to find a party at fault," He Ao looked at the elevator door in front, and with a soft ding, the elevator reached its destination, and the doors opened to the sides, "then they should find the people back then who orchestrated these things and created all this, and, incidentally,"

He Ao paused his words slightly, walking outwards, "Your brother’s ’death’ back then, perhaps, wasn’t so simple either, and this also requires finding those people from back then to know."

Hearing this, Vigina was slightly stunned, then gently nodded, "Mm."

The people who might have led or known the truth about these things back then had mostly been ’promoted’ away.

The Mayor of that time became a Senator, staying in Ains long term, and the CEO of the Kevort Group’s Denno City branch was also promoted to one of the helmsmen of the entire Kevort Group.

Vigina lifted her steps and quickly followed He Ao, not continuing this topic but instead returning to the current situation, "If the Dark Lizard returned to the Slorx Grand Canyon, and the Kevort Group is mining here, why didn’t they clash?"

"I don’t know," He Ao shook his head, "but the Extraordinary World is unpredictable. If our previous speculation is correct, then since the Kevort Group could initially drive away the Dark Lizard, they might later have grasped a method to make the Dark Lizard ’calm down,’ or even made this mighty exotic beast a ’bodyguard’ for their mining site."

"Possibly," Vigina nodded slightly, then turned her head, asking with some confusion, "Since Kailuo might be a corporate spy for Kopes Mining, could he be eyeing the mining site inside the Slorx Grand Canyon?"

"We’ve searched all the places where Kailuo might be hiding," He Ao turned his head and glanced at Vigina, "and we haven’t found Kailuo."

"You mean," Vigina realized, "Kailuo has fled the city?"

She paused slightly, "Indeed, Kewort Group has a large number of convoys entering and leaving Denno City every day. And because these convoys bear the Kewort Group’s emblem, the inspections are not strict. As long as he finds an opportunity, it’s still easy for him to slip out."

The initial ’temptation’ offered to He Ao by that security minister was to smuggle him out through the convoys.

And at this point, Vigina’s thoughts had obviously expanded to other places as well. She slightly widened her eyes, looking at He Ao, "So when you asked me to send people to search the wilderness this morning, was that what you meant? Did you think of this back then?"

Indeed, the most feared thing among people is comparison. She originally thought she was quite smart.

"Not exactly. At that time, I only had a vague hypothesis, not as clear as it is now," He Ao shook his head, stopping at the door of the rooftop passage. He covered his mouth and lightly coughed, "But if Kailuo had left last night, we couldn’t have waited for the information from the wilderness to return before making a decision."

Click—

Vigina opened the door to the rooftop, looking at He Ao with some doubt.

"Kailuo didn’t leave alone," He Ao looked at Vigina, lowered his hand, and clenched the bloodstained palm, "He took with him the chief executive officer of Kewort Group’s Denno branch, the person with the highest authority in the Denno branch, who is likely to know all the secrets of the Kewort Group,"

He crossed the rooftop door, the howling wind carrying dust swept through his hair, "including secrets related to the ’Dark Lizard’."

"Could Kailuo use these secrets to attempt to seize the Slorx Grand Canyon? With the addition of Kopes Mining’s strength, could he possibly achieve a military capture?"

Upon hearing He Ao’s words, Vigina pondered aloud, "But how would he deal with the Dark Lizard? If that chief executive officer has a method to influence the Dark Lizard and secretly interfere with it, then the people coming from Kopes Mining might not be strong enough to fight this powerful exotic beast."

Then, she seemed to realize something, her pupils suddenly constricted, "Do you think Kailuo might attempt to repeat what Kewort Group did in the past, directly driving away the Dark Lizard, leaving the mines in the canyon completely unaffected by this powerful exotic beast’s interference?"

She stopped walking, muttering, "Then, the incident with the Dark Lizard from back then would play out again?"

"So," He Ao stopped in his tracks, looking at the woman in front of him, "I hope you can coordinate with the City Government to announce the news, evacuate the residents near South Gate and the wilderness wanderers outside of it, and try to spread this news."

The wind on the rooftop grew fiercer, revealing the appearance of two large armed helicopters beside them.

He took a light breath and said earnestly, "But all of this is just my hypothesis, not necessarily true, and there’s even a possibility that once Kailuo gets the news, he changes his plan."

"Even if there’s only a one in ten thousand chance," Vigina took a deep breath and quickly said, "this involves the lives of countless people,"

She glanced at the drone next to her, seemingly understanding, "Is this why you asked me to prepare the helicopters?"

She nodded gently, smiling, "I’ll go coordinate immediately."

He Ao gazed into her gray-brown eyes, pausing briefly.

He wasn’t completely certain, which is why he needed to spend some words to make Vigina understand his thoughts.

However, he didn’t expect Vigina to agree so quickly.

He looked at Vigina and softly said, "Thank you."

His voice was long, as if it traversed time.

"It should be me saying thank you," Vigina shook her head, "You originally didn’t need to worry about these matters; this is not your duty."

As she spoke, she looked at the other helicopter, "Aren’t you coming with me to the City Government?"

He Ao looked at Vigina’s somewhat puzzled eyes and said softly, "The best time to resolve a crisis is before it arises."

Vigina was slightly taken aback. She looked at He Ao, paused briefly, and then nodded firmly, "Alright."

With that, she picked up the walkie-talkie on her chest and quickly walked towards the helicopter on the right.

He Ao watched her leave, then turned and entered the helicopter on the left. He looked at the helicopter pilot and quickly said, "To the South Gate."

"Alright." The pilot glanced at He Ao behind him, clearly stunned for a second, but still lifted the helicopter.

At this time, He Ao opened his bracelet and began reading the contents inside.

This was the data extracted after Eve deciphered and cracked the storage chip left by the man in glasses.

This information was very detailed, even more so than what He Ao had collected. It not only confirmed the locations of the three assassins but also confirmed that these assassins and collaborators had infiltrated through channels of the City Government.

In a sense, Denno City Government can be synonymous with Kewort Group.

The whole data essentially reflected the ’speculation’ in the man in glasses’ report, that Kewort Group was highly likely to be involved in the assassination of the old President.

But the question is, from Paxiu’s memory, the relationship between the old President and Kewort Group had always been good, and the Kewort Group perhaps contributed substantially to the old President’s successful election.

Why would the Kewort Group assassinate the President they supported?

Because the old President became disobedient? Or did some fundamental conflict arise, escalating their relationship to a point of unending hostility?

But if their conflict reached such a peak, why did the old President specifically go to Denno City?

Or, was this incident not involving Kewort Group? Did someone deliberately do this, leaving clues on purpose to frame Kewort Group for the President’s assassination?

From the fact that the second-in-command of the Denno branch is a spy for Kopes Mining, such a scenario is not impossible.

Perhaps, that chief executive officer of the Denno branch could provide some ’answers.’

Unfortunately, he was ’kidnapped.’

He Ao shook his head, dispelling the thoughts.

The helicopter’s rotor blades emitted a violent hum, rapidly slicing through the sky.

He Ao closed the bracelet and turned his gaze to the city beneath the sky.

The weather today was not good, the Firmament under a mist covered in haze, turned white by sunlight, where rows of tall buildings stood undulating amidst this mist, like a deep forest in dense fog.