: It smells so good!

On her way home today, Tu Shanlin sat quietly in the vintage brass hovercar that the butler had brought. A faint melancholy appeared in her eyes, as if she had something on her mind. The image of Qiao Yuan from earlier kept replaying in her mind.

He didn't mention it... he didn't say anything.

But he clearly noticed!

Even if he knew, he didn't say anything...

"So it's all just my wild imagination, all just my own assumptions," Tu Shanlin murmured to himself, a rare hint of joy welling up in his golden eyes.

The shadow that had lingered for years melted away at this moment, like winter snow melting, never to return.

The old red fox steward sitting opposite Tu Shanlin stroked his beard slightly: "It seems that Miss Lin's university life is none of this old servant's concern."

Tu Shanlin blushed again upon hearing this.

……

At that time, inside the automated slaughterhouse on the 39th floor of the Donglin Fresh Food Market.

Qiao Yuan watched quietly from the side, gradually calming down from his earlier shock.

He did remember that Simon, the manager of the Twilight Group, had mentioned that the Twilight Group couldn't show its face, but could provide support secretly. Caesar would have to figure out the specific manpower needed. So, the first stop in the main city was the Rodel Assassin Hotel.

He had always thought that Caesar would be more well-behaved recently, and that he would be recruiting soldiers in the fourth main city. He really didn't expect that the other party would actually come here.

Either the merchandise at the assassin's hotel was too cheap for Caesar's taste.

Either the other side has bigger ambitions and is no longer satisfied with the small territory of the assassin hotel, but wants to recruit "elites" scattered throughout the main city.

For example, this symbiotic female PhD, Lin Xuan.

At this moment, Caesar, who had implanted his will into Xia Linfei's body, did not speak to Lin Xuan again, but simply stood quietly in front of the freezer door and glanced at the time.

Lin Xuan snorted coldly and turned her head, staring intently at Caesar: "He is just the deputy leader of the 12th Biological Research Group under the Legalist Heavy Industry Technology Department. He is not a high-ranking official, but you can't kill him."

"Interesting." Caesar said with a half-smile, "He approached you in the name of love and stole all your research results. Given time, a guy like that will climb to a high position sooner or later."

"If it weren't for his fondness for Legalist heavy industry and the trouble he causes, he would be far more valuable to me than you are. At least he's clean!"

"Besides, you're already injured, and your mist beast from the lab is in the same boat."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan's expression changed drastically, turning extremely grim: "His value is greater than mine? What a joke! He doesn't deserve to live!"

"So, come with me." Caesar extended his hand again, his face radiating intense confidence.

Lin Xuan was startled for a moment: "You...you bastard! What a despicable way to provoke me!"

"You only have one chance to choose your destiny, and that is to join my revolution." Caesar's expression was calm and increasingly inscrutable.

Lin Xuan gritted her teeth slightly: "Fine, I'd rather he suffer than die!"

Long before the curtain fell, she had heard of Caesar's great name on the island of Joy outside the city. His courage to openly challenge the Legalist Heavy Industry time and time again, regardless of success or failure, was truly outstanding.

They're just a bit weak; these guys are nothing to Fajia Heavy Industry.

But the thought of that bastard using his research to climb the corporate ladder and even share his success with his new girlfriend made her completely unforgivable!

"Going with you is fine, but you must promise to catch him first. I want to personally peel off all his flesh, piece by piece, fry it in oil and roast it over a fire, and feed it to the stray dogs on the roadside."

"I want to hear his screams for three days and three nights straight!"

"After that, my life is yours. I'll do anything you want."

Seeing that Lin Xuan's anger had reached its peak, Caesar finally smiled and said, "No problem."

Everything went as he expected.

Upon seeing this, Qiao Yuan's desire to kill Caesar intensified; this guy certainly had a knack for winning people over.

But most importantly, Caesar's existence significantly impacted his rebirth!

Having grown up in Huanxi Prefecture, he has experienced a fair share of ups and downs, though not many.

I've even encountered cult members.

The more this was the case, the stronger Qiao Yuan's yearning for a better life became.

People always need something to look forward to in life.

I want to be rich, I want to breathe fresh air every day, I want to go to the main city, I want to become a strong person...

These were his dreams when he was in the orphanage, especially the dream of going to the main city.

In the past, to put it nicely, Yan Baobao had a sense of belonging to a family. To put it bluntly, they were two orphans who depended on each other for survival. They saved every penny, relying on scholarships and grants, plus endless studying and working day and night, just to barely live like human beings.

Now I've finally realized my dream and started a wonderful university life, with no worries about food or clothing.

He had only one thought: to enjoy himself, to enjoy himself to the fullest. What did it matter if it was the end of the world, an invasion of the multiverse, or a monopoly by giant corporations and tycoons manipulating the lives of ordinary people?

Those are not things he needs to consider right now.

He was just a college student.

So whoever interferes with his enjoyment deserves to die!

Caesar was the first.

Lin Xuan was the second.

Qiao Yuan watched the time as Lin Xuan packed her things after making her decision, and soon left the slaughterhouse with Caesar, boarding the floating vehicle outside.

He frowned slightly, watching Caesar's hovercar disappear into the distance. He then activated his jetpack and followed, but soon sighed in resignation.

This jetpack really needs replacing.

It's too slow.

He remembered that when he was chasing Zhao Hu's henchman named A Bao, he almost lost track of him.

Traffic is indeed quite congested in the main city at night, but it's normal during the day. Caesar's hovercar increased its speed slightly and left him far behind.

Even exhaust fumes can't be inhaled~

grandma's!

He had no choice but to return to reality ahead of schedule and appear next to the baby in the floating taxi.

Yan Baobao was sucking on a lollipop, gazing out the car window at the location of the Caesar hovercar. She gradually narrowed her eyes, as if she had noticed something.

Qiao Yuan's eyes crinkled with amusement. He was used to the baby's keen observation. He pursed his lips and asked, "You noticed something amiss too?"

"Hmm? You mean that car?" Baby wrinkled her pale nose. "Those two guys look like assassins, like they're waiting for someone."

"Shh!" Qiao Yuan put a finger to his lips and lowered his voice, "I think I just saw Caesar, the real Xia Linfei, and Lin Xuan. You should notify the bureau right away, and we'll quietly take them all down in one fell swoop."

"You'll have made a great contribution then, and you'll definitely be promoted to a permanent position."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Yan Baobao's pupils shrink, her energy surging like a resurrected dragon.

They were as restless as a cat spotting a mouse.

Qiao Yuan coughed and said, "Listen to me, just tell the bureau about Lin Xuan's whereabouts. Don't mention Caesar. These two incidents combined are too big. You're new to the main city and haven't fully established yourself in the bureau yet. If the clues are leaked, other colleagues will inevitably try to steal the credit, which is not worth it."

Yan Baobao listened attentively, her eyes filled with a gentle smile: "Silly boy, don't worry, I'll just call Master and report to him privately."

"Master? Head of Academic Affairs?"

"No, it's the director of the Tiandu branch," Yan Baobao said with a smile. "Just now, when Director Wei and the others wanted to take me as their apprentice, I ultimately chose Yu Jin."

"I didn't tell you before, but the person who greeted me this morning was the branch bureau chief, so don't worry."

"Sure," Qiao Yuan quickly understood: "Anyway, you're still a student in the Heavenly Palace Class, representing Galaxy University. Even if you don't become an apprentice, it won't affect anything. Choosing Ember is a perfect way to have your cake and eat it too."

"What do you mean, 'eating from both sides,' you idiot?" Yan Baobao raised her hand and tapped Qiao Yuan's forehead.

"Speaking of which, Qiao Yuan has really grown up and can share my burdens now. But it's okay. I'll tell Master that you provided the clues, and I'll handle the arrest. We'll both get credit then, and it'll definitely boost your credit score a lot."

She spoke with utmost seriousness and believed Qiao Yuan's words wholeheartedly. They had relied on each other since childhood and were blood-bound siblings.

"Okay, hurry up and call them. Tell them to come quickly, or those two beasts will get away."

Qiao Yuan remembered that three minutes had passed in the previous timeline. He hesitated for less than a minute, then spent another five minutes searching through the hidden compartments. Finally, Caesar and Lin Xuan appeared one after another, spoke for two minutes, and then spent another minute or two tidying up.

It took no more than 15 minutes from start to finish!

He's already wasted a minute talking to the baby, and with the baby making a phone call, he only has a maximum of 13 minutes left. He doesn't know if he'll make it in time.

These are two Tier 3 criminals, and their strength is not that of ordinary Tier 3 criminals; they are comparable to Tier 4 wanted criminals. The Tiandu Branch will definitely have to mobilize all its forces again, and the preparation time will probably be quite long.

But the arrow is already on the string and must be released; if necessary, we can secretly follow behind first.

He could have kept quiet and gone to arrest him alone, but judging from Caesar's actions just now, he might not stay at the Rodel Assassin Hotel forever.

If we give up today, we may never meet Caesar again, let alone track him down.

However, it's quite reliable that the baby called the branch director alone, which eliminates the possibility of a leak. Let's wait and see.

He leaned back with his hands behind his head.

"Master said he'll drive over personally later to stabilize the situation, and then the main force will gradually assemble." Yan Baobao told him directly as soon as she hung up the phone.

"That's great," Qiao Yuan said with a smile.

"Master also said he wanted to see you," Yan Baobao murmured. "This morning, Sally, the former captain of the third squad, who was my original captain, also mentioned your contributions to Master."

Qiao Yuan was slightly surprised. Could it be that he had already been admired by Captain Sally...?

A short while later, less than five minutes later, a black private car sped up and stopped next to them.

In the passenger seat was a capable-looking woman with her hair tied up, around forty or fifty years old, dressed in a gray casual outfit. She kept her demeanor completely under control, simply looking quietly at the baby with a smile.

The driver, a burly man with a long face, was also lifeless, waiting for something just like the woman with her hair tied up.

After responding with her gaze, Yan Baobao turned to Qiao Yuan and said, "That is my master, Director Fan."

Qiao Yuan also looked over, nodded slightly to Director Fan, and then continued to wait.

This is a large fresh food market, and all sorts of cars are parked nearby. Their car and Director Fan's car are inconspicuous, which is a good thing.

Over the next five minutes, a large number of Ember Aircraft flew by, sealing off the area around the Donglin Market and rapidly closing in.

The two guys in the Caesar hovercar had just realized something was wrong when they were taken down by nearby Ember members. Yan Baobao even dashed out of the car like lightning and headed straight for the cold storage in the slaughterhouse.

Qiao Yuan just mentioned it specifically.

At the same time, Director Fan also made his move, and a powerful fifth-order aura suddenly spread out.

It is a rare spacetime sequence!

In an instant, Caesar's figure flashed in the aquatic product area on the left side of the slaughterhouse. Just as he was about to rush into the warehouse door in front, Director Fan suddenly raised his hand and squeezed him, quickly compressing him into a wall and directly rewriting space!

Qiao Yuan sat in the car watching. This spacetime sequence was indeed domineering, but it was just as rare as the pioneers, extremely difficult to obtain, and the higher the level, the more difficult it became.

Clearly, Director Fan's personal intervention this time was specifically to deal with Caesar.

"Fuck you! You old hag!"

Caesar roared in fury, "Who betrayed me! I will tear you to pieces!"

With Bao Bao already holding Lin Xuan back, and with the large number of Ember members surrounding them from behind, they were already trapped like turtles in a jar, easily captured.

Lin Xuan was heartbroken and, instead of letting Caesar escape, she chose to perish together with him!

"Baby, be careful!"

Without hesitation, Qiao Yuan used his last entry into the timeline that day to watch Lin Xuan's final, desperate move.

The river of time before her eyes changed rapidly, quickly coalescing into a frenzied attack by Lin Xuan, but it was a feint, as the opponent was summoning the black mist beast!

It seems they intend to repeat their old tricks, using the mist beasts to pull them away and escape.

It really is the same old trick, the only difference being the speed comparable to the fourth tier and the advance planning thanks to the symbiotic sequence.

He looked carefully for a long time before returning, and immediately relaxed, because he already knew from the future that the Fog Beast was also under Director Fan's vigilance and would eventually be trapped.

At this moment, Yan Baobao had already put on the electric shock gloves and threw out a series of fast and fierce punches. For a moment, electric sparks flashed as she fought back and forth with Lin Xuan.

Although he quickly fell behind, his kingly aura only increased, making the baby more and more courageous in battle.

As time went on, the mist beasts that had rushed over from afar were trapped by the two shockwave vehicles.

The wounded Lin Xuan let out a bitter laugh: "You dogs raised by Legalist Heavy Industry have the patience to keep scratching me, but you don't dare to bring Wang Yubin to justice!"

"Pah!"

"I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Under the barrage of dense energy projectiles and the specific interference bands within a certain range, Lin Xuan's high-speed evasion was futile. Her ability, similar to a fog sequence, was ultimately riddled with holes.

Yan Baobao looked at Lin Xuan, who was riddled with holes and covered in blood, and hesitated for a moment, but still coldly delivered the final punch.

With a snap, Lin Xuan's head exploded, and she breathed her last amidst flying flesh and blood.

Qiao Yuan didn't pay attention to this. Just because Legalist Heavy Industry is rubbish doesn't mean that this woman is right to kill people everywhere. She's the same kind of person as Caesar, both of them like to vent their anger on innocent people.

He made a statement and then received a credit score reward.

[Provided crucial clues to help Yu Jin solve the Symbiotic Female PhD's serial murder case, earning +80 credit points.]

[Provide crucial clues to help Ember solve the case of Caesar, the mastermind behind the End of Days; credit score +200.]

It smells amazing! It smells so good!

One Caesar gave him a 200-point boost.

It wasn't a waste of time.

One moment it was 420 points, the next it has skyrocketed to 700 points. That's amazing!

In less than a day, he had already accumulated several hundred credit points.

Moreover, this time it wasn't just a credit score increase, but also two generous bonuses: 50,000 yuan for the Caesar case and 10,000 yuan for the Lin Xuan case.

He was just hoping to make more money, this is truly a windfall.

There's 90,000 yuan in the account now. With this starting capital, we can really make a fortune in the Golden Autumn Cup finals. Qiao Yuan was overjoyed.

At this moment, he sat in Director Fan's Ember Floating Vehicle. Director Fan, with his hair neatly tied up, patted him on the shoulder with a pleasing expression: "Thanks to you today. You are indeed worthy of being Yan Bao's younger brother. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can call me."

Qiao Yuan was taken aback when he saw Director Fan's contact information pop up on his phone. He then scratched his head and shook his head, saying, "Nothing, just luck."

Director Fan laughed and said, "Even if it's just luck, it's still your advantage. Sometimes, what we lack when solving cases is just that little bit of luck."

Yan Baobao, who was undergoing the formal procedures for becoming a full-time employee next to her, also smiled and said, "My master originally said that I would become a full-time employee next month, but thanks to your luck, I became a full-time employee today. Don't be modest."

Qiao Yuan coughed twice: "Alright, cheers to my good luck," he said, and downed the coffee in his mug in one gulp.

Today is truly a day of great joy. Thanks to this event, the babies have all been promoted ahead of schedule, which is indeed a good thing.

Inside this floating vehicle, besides them, is Yan Baobao's new boss, the sixth team captain who made that promise last night.

Oh, and there's Caesar, bound hand and foot, in the containment pod; supposedly, he's going to be tried publicly.

At that moment, the captain of Team Six hurriedly said to Director Fan, "Director, please rest assured, Yan Baobao will be the core of our Team Six from now on."

He didn't intentionally try to curry favor with the bureau chief or Yan Baobao; it was just that Yan Baobao's appearance was very timely, sweeping away all his gloom and making him feel triumphant.

Just last night, he was humiliated by Lin Xuan's trickery, feeling like everyone in the bureau was laughing at him and watching him make a fool of himself.

Especially since he had previously made a promise that he would resign if he couldn't catch Lin Xuan that night...

He was late again this morning, which meant that the handover of Yan Baobao's duties fell to the bureau chief, making him feel awkward all morning. He really wanted to resign.

I'm so ashamed.

If it weren't for the urgent mission just now, he probably would have already submitted his resignation to the bureau chief.

I don't want it to be a super case! Especially the Caesar case, he was the mastermind behind the curtain day, and he lost hundreds of billions of assets of Legalist Heavy Industry outside the city.

To his surprise, the case was ultimately won by Yan Baobao, a newcomer from their sixth team.

As the captain of the sixth team, he naturally received the favor, after all, it was a collective honor.

Yan Baobao is practically his benefactor!

Making a mere statement is nothing; he even wanted to invite Yan Baobao and Qiao Yuan to dinner.

On the way back to the station, Yan Baobao said to Director Fan, "I just came with Qiao Yuan to look at rental apartments, but we still haven't found one."

Director Fan nodded: "It's alright, go ahead, come back when you're done, no rush."

The captain of the sixth team immediately said solicitously, "Oh dear, I almost forgot. You two don't even have a place to stay. That won't do. I know the Sunset District very well and know a lot of people there. If you don't mind, I can take you to see it. It will definitely save you a lot of money."

Director Fan smiled and said directly, "Well, Yan Baobao, you can go with Captain He. He really knows the area well, especially around Galaxy University."

Yan Baobao nodded upon seeing this.

Qiao Yuan got off the car first, hailed a taxi, and the three of them rode back to school together.

It was only on the bus that he learned that Captain He was born in the Emerald Garden residential area near Galaxy University.

What a coincidence!

What he didn't know was that although Caesar was inside the containment pod and couldn't hear the outside world, the other party could read lips.

Through the containment chamber glass, Caesar watched as Director Fan patted Qiao Yuan on the shoulder, and he learned of the brief but crucial conversation.

"It was this kid who tipped me off? How is that possible? How did he recognize me?"

"No! I exhausted all my efforts, only to be defeated by a mere brat in the end..."

"Even if I'm doomed, I'll drag you down with me. Just you wait!"