The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 236 - 175: The Change of the Investigation Bureau_2

Chapter 236: Chapter 175: The Change of the Investigation Bureau_2

"All is well, everything went smoothly. By the way, where’s Zheng Gong?" Li Yi asked.

"He’s managing equipment at the equipment department."

Lu Yue spoke, and at this moment, he patted the front desk and said, "Li Yi’s sniper rifle doesn’t need to be returned for now. Just register it as not lost. We might need it later, and it would be troublesome to have to apply for it again."

"Got it, I’ll cancel the return application on my end," the staff member said.

Lu Yue then handed the sniper rifle to Li Yi and said, "You’re looking for Zheng Gong, right? I’ll take you to him. A lot has happened recently. Let Zheng Gong tell you about it later."

Li Yi was somewhat surprised as he took the sniper rifle.

He hadn’t expected Lu Yue to have become an investigator, indicating that much had indeed changed recently.

Before long,

the two arrived at the equipment department of the Investigation Bureau.

At that moment, Lu Yue called out, "Zheng Gong, I have some good news for you—Li Yi is back."

Upon hearing this voice,

the door to the equipment department immediately opened, and Zheng Gong appeared. When he saw Li Yi, his face instantly showed a hint of surprise, and he gave Li Yi a big hug: "Thank heavens, you’re finally back."

Li Yi was somewhat puzzled: "Didn’t I say that I would be leaving for a while? What’s the matter, is there a mission for me?"

"No, it’s not just a mission. It’s that the Investigation Bureau has recently undergone some significant changes... We’re short on personnel, the losses have been severe. After Wang Jian and Chen Hao died, there have been only a few people left in the team. I barely managed to bring He Xiong into the team and added a new member to serve as a sniper," Zheng Gong said, his expression dimming: "But on one mission, they encountered an unexpected disaster. I don’t have the capability to lead a team well, to complete missions, and sometimes I think that if you had been there, some things might not have happened."

Li Yi fell silent upon hearing this.

He had not expected that He Xiong, Wang Jian’s partner, had also died. The last time He Xiong went on a mission, he was left with only one arm and was severely injured. This time when he returned, he was greeted with the news of his death.

"Zheng Gong, Li Yi, take your time to talk. I’ve got a mission and need to go now. We’ll stay in touch when there’s time," Lu Yue said as he left.

The two nodded in acknowledgement.

After Lu Yue had left, Li Yi finally asked, "It seems a lot has happened recently at the Investigation Bureau. Can you tell me about it?"

"You noticed, didn’t you?"

Zheng Gong looked up at him and then said with a bitter smile, "A lot has happened indeed. After you left, things just started happening one after another. I’ll cut a long story short, let’s start with the first event. A few days after you left, Captain Zhang Lei led a team on a mission regarding a supernatural event in the old district, which almost wiped out his elite squad..."

"Zhang Lei died?" Li Yi’s eyes suddenly narrowed.

"No, no, Captain Zhang Lei didn’t die, but he has been in a coma, his consciousness damaged. To put it in more fanciful terms, his soul was injured, and now he’s in recovery," Zheng Gong said, "But Captain Zhang Lei’s coma was just the beginning. Because the Investigation Bureau lacked such a strong Spiritual Perception Master, the training base was attacked the very next day."

"There was a group of people who stormed into the training base, led by Wei Bin. That guy has always been hunted by the vice-president of the Cultivator Association, Li Shaqing. We thought he had escaped into the danger zone, but to take revenge on the Investigation Bureau, he actually stormed the training base. Many investigators and external combat staff died during the training, even several instructors. Wei Bin’s goal was to seize the Mysterious Object, the Bone Mural."

"Fortunately, he failed. At that time, Lin Yue was in the Mysterious Object Cultivation Room, and she managed to have a breakthrough to Spiritual Sense by utilizing the Mysterious Object. She fought Wei Bin single-handedly and killed him, which stopped further losses."

"Sister Lin became a Spiritual Perception Master?" Li Yi’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.

But soon he understood that Sister Lin’s breakthrough to Spiritual Sense was inevitable since she had been stuck in the inspiration realm for some time now, only lacking Cosmic Energy which prevented her breakthrough. Now, by utilizing the abundant Cosmic Energy in the Mysterious Object Cultivation Room, she naturally took that step and became a master of Spiritual Perception.

"Yes, all of this was thanks to you, Li Yi. If you hadn’t lent the Mysterious Object Cultivation Room to Lin Yue for her Cultivation, it wouldn’t have been such a coincidence that Wei Bin broke into the training base just as Lin Yue had her breakthrough. And Lin Yue is powerful, it seems she learned your Boxing techniques. She managed to defeat Wei Bin in the end; otherwise, it might not have been possible to subdue him," Zheng Gong said with some relief: "And Lin Yue is strong, having apparently learned your boxing, and that’s how she barely won against Wei Bin. Otherwise, it really might not have been possible to take him down."

"How is Lin Yue now? Is she injured?" Li Yi inquired.

Zheng Gong said, "She did sustain some injuries, but nothing serious. She’s currently recuperating at the training base. Moreover, the Investigation Bureau hopes she’ll stay at the training base for a while longer to help stabilize the situation. After all, the captain has been in a coma, and the Investigation Bureau is eager to have a Spiritual Perception Master show up to stand on our side."

Relieved to hear that Lin Yue was okay, Li Yi also felt fortunate that he had taught Sister Lin boxing techniques. Otherwise, fighting Wei Bin wouldn’t have been easy, considering Wei Bin was a Spiritual Perception Master who had learned the Guiding Skill and practiced it to an advanced level.

Although Sister Lin too had the Guiding Skill, she acquired it only recently and, like Li Yi himself, didn’t have enough time to cultivate it. If not for the boxing compensating for the deficiency, Sister Lin might have truly been in danger.