Chapter 369 The First Fire
"Huh? Wasn't he in the underground cabin before..."

Xing blurted out, and took out his cell phone without believing it, intending to contact Yao Luo.

“[Hello, there is no response from the other party at the moment. Please try again later. Sorry…]”

"Damn it... Yao Luo, he didn't come when he was supposed to."

Xing turned off her phone angrily and sighed. Fortunately, she was used to Yao Luo's sudden appearances. Now that she had just recovered from a serious illness, she wanted to stretch her muscles. Otherwise, she would definitely not do such a troublesome thing.

It would be fine if it was under normal circumstances, after all, there was a reward, but the current situation......

"Okay, let's set off now before the situation becomes irreversible."

Latio acted decisively and planned to take action immediately, but Xing was still confused at the moment.

"Let's go, what for? To beat up that Grand Duke?"

Xing subconsciously raised the bat, but this earned him a look of contempt from Latio.

"You immediately thought of using violence to solve the problem. Are you from the Antimatter Army?"

Latio held his forehead with his hand, with a helpless expression on his face. It was not very lethal, but extremely insulting.

"........."

Xing was silent. After being with Yao Luo for a long time, she did develop a bad habit of wanting to solve everything with her strength.

Latio ignored Xing's expression and turned to look at Esta and asked her for a report.

"Ms. Ester, can you let me see the list of officers who have gone missing in the space station due to the "spontaneous combustion incident" so far? This may be helpful in the investigation of the case."

"It's possible, but..."

Ester looked a little embarrassed, as if she had something to hide.

"Don't worry. I promise in the name of the Knowledge Society that I will not use the list of names from this incident as a threat in the future."

In order to dispel Estella's worries and concerns, Latio took the lead in making a promise, and Xing also patted his chest and promised not to spread the news.

"I do believe in the character of Professor Latio and Ms. Xing, but if this document is passed to other people in the space station, it will inevitably cause unnecessary misunderstandings. This is what I am most worried about."

Esta sighed and sent the contents of the tablet to the two people's data terminals.

There are dozens of names on the list, big and small, male and female, from all departments, covering almost all walks of life in the space station.

It is no wonder that it caused an uproar in the space station. After all, each department colluded with each other, and it is very likely that the incident would be spread to an outrageous extent.

The information recorded on the list was very detailed, and of course included the online names that could be found. Looking at these online names, Xing felt more and more familiar with them.

"These people seem to be from the Black Tower Patrol and other gossip groups, right?"

Xing showed a look of shock. Many people here were netizens she had communicated with before, and they were also the leaders who had made various "dangerous" remarks about the space station on a daily basis.

"So, the people affected by the "spontaneous combustion incident" all have one thing in common. They are all people who are dissatisfied with the top management of the space station on a daily basis?"

Latio quickly summarized and made the following judgment based on the information provided by Xing.

"First, they arouse suspicion and cause civil unrest, and then expand the chaos to sweep across the entire space station. This is indeed a method that the Annihilation Gang can use."

"Yes, that's why I didn't want to take it out before."

Esta's face was serious. It was difficult for her to control the current situation by herself. After all, all this was too coincidental.

The disappearance of the Black Tower, the declaration of war by Duke Hellfire, and the fact that the first person to disappear in this silent "suspicion" was actually someone who usually had opinions about the management, it is hard not to imagine.

"So, I beg you two to find the source of the incident as soon as possible. The top priority is to ensure the safety of the missing officers."

Esta crossed her arms, feeling the burden on her shoulders, which was even heavier than when the antimatter army invaded. At least at that time, facing the invasion of foreign enemies, everyone in the space station was united, but now, if everyone inside was in disarray, there would be no hope.

"So, I will try my best to search for the spread of information here, and the rest will be left to you two."

Xing nodded solemnly, but soon looked embarrassed.

"But we don't even know what methods the Underworld Lord used. Where should we start looking?"

Before he could finish his words, Xing Latio was dragged out of the conference room door.

“A thousand useless thoughts are not as good as one effective action.”

"Hey, be gentle, I can walk by myself!"

At the last moment before walking out of the door, a hint of imperceptible disappointment appeared in Latio's eyes.

Originally, in his thinking, if such an incident happened in the space station, there should be at least one "genius" involved, and the most likely person would be the leader of the Screw Star and the lord of inorganic life - Screw Goum.

However, until now, they have not shown any signs of appearing, which makes Latio, who has always wanted to meet the genius, very disappointed.

The reason for his disappointment was not because he wanted to "compete with a genius", but a deeper reason.

Watching the two people walking away, the solemn expression on Estelle's face finally relaxed a little, but in the next moment she became cautious again.

"The current situation has not been resolved yet, I can't relax."

Just as Ester was muttering to herself, in the corner of the room, a faint but real blue flame was burning in the shadow, and its posture was like a pair of eyes staring at Ester's back.

...............

In a secret room that cannot be detected by any surveillance equipment.

On the huge display screen, there are many scenes from completely different fields and worlds. If others see them, they will probably be stunned for a moment.

"Mr. Yao Luo, thank you for the opportunity you provided me. I have seen many forms of inorganic life on other worlds. Now I have a good conversation with the leader from Cybertron, and we have both gained many new inspirations."

Countless rivers of information flashed across Screw Gumm's gem-like green eyes. It was obvious that while talking with Yao Luo, he was also multitasking and focused his mind on other planes.

"It's okay. The establishment of the "Infinite Space" and the system that simulates the universe provide unimaginable conveniences. Moreover, the establishment of diplomatic relations with other intelligent machine civilizations is also thanks to the charm of Mr. Screwgum himself."

Yao Luo and Luoshi Gumu sat side by side on chairs floating in the air, watching the contents on the screen with calm expressions.

Among them, the actions of Latio and Xing have always been under the observation of the two.

“Question: Your Excellency Yao Luo, how do you think this dispute will end?”

Facing ScrewGum's question, Yao Luo was calm and composed, as if he was not worried at all about the unrest inside the space station, nor about the safety of Xing and Latio.

It was obvious that the two of them might become the prey of Duke Hellfire in the next moment, but Yao Luo's intuition told him that there seemed to be a hidden story behind all this.

"Tsk, how much trouble can a mere "Phase Spirit Fire" cause? If they can't even handle this, I think the Defense Department is a bunch of losers."

The disappeared black tower now appeared intact behind the two of them, with information flowing through its eyes. It was probably connected to some other world where experiments were being conducted.

Even so, after only a moment's thought, she revealed the tricks of Duke Minghuo.

"Just wait and see. Latio wants to do more than just resolve the crisis on the space station. He must have deeper ideas."

Yao Luo smiled and came to the rescue, looking at the arrogant look of Duke Minghuo in the video, as if thinking about something.

"How about we take care of this Sheep-Headed Duke before we go to Pinocchio?"

(End of this chapter)