It looked as if the owner had just left - a cut cigar rested on the table, half-lit and extinguished on its own. There was also a glass of red wine on the table, but only a shallow bottom. Next to the glass was a container of ice cubes and bottles, but the ice cubes had turned into clear water, and the half bottle of wine was immersed in the water.

These things were rested on a large mahogany desk, along with a computer monitor, a few pieces of paper, and a fountain pen and an electronic pen.

As in most offices, behind the desk are bookshelves filled with books. On the other side, there is a sofa and coffee table, and on the left side of the bookshelf there is a safe.

The reason why he didn't rush to the office to search was because Li Zhen believed that the other party had been prepared. Either Xiao Heng had already put some things away before leaving, or after learning of Xiao Heng's death, some other people took care of the aftermath for him.

Even if he had come here an hour earlier, he would have gotten no more.

So he closed the door and walked to the safe first. Cutting this thing with the Lance of Longinus attached to it was like cutting butter, and after a few strokes, the door of the safe was opened.

Li Zhen looked inside.

He was a little disappointed in the result – a small bag of diamonds. A lot of gold dollars. A document that is useless after reading it. Fifteen Anyuan.

In the past, An Yuan could be regarded as one of the effective means for the empire to control B-level abilities. But Li Zhen hadn't dealt with this thing for a long time. When I saw it again today, I realized that even if the aurora came, even if the barrier came. B-level ability people still need An Yuan. In today's world of currency depreciation, this thing is out-and-out hard currency.

But the Anyuan in this ...... Li Zhen didn't think that Xiao Heng had hoarded it. Because there are so few of them. The number of capable people in Yuzhou will not be small, and the number of B-level will not be small. If Xiao Heng used such a few things to control them, it would be ridiculous.

So...... It's for his own use.

He was also a man of ability.

Li Zhen stood up and turned on the computer again. It turned out that the computer did not have a password set, and there was almost nothing on the desktop except for a few commonly used icons. The hard drive stored some information and data related to ordinary affairs, and he spent half an hour quickly and carefully looking at it, and saw that most of the content was memorized.

After the final conclusion, it seems that it was not someone who cleaned it up first, but Xiao Heng. I really don't like to use a computer to work. I don't like to use my computer to store some secrets.

Feeling a little disappointed, he went back to his drawer. But there was still nothing to be found—this man was originally going to cut off the alleged king, and he was unusually conservative when he cut the claimed king, and it seemed that he only wanted to unify behind closed doors.

But all such people have extremely strong private desires. But this guy ......

He looks like a strict disciplined person. It was as if there was no other hobby than cigars and wine on the table.

But I found something at the bottom of my desk—some photos.

There is a photo of Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan. There is also a group photo of a suspected family of three. But judging by such a dozen photos. Xiao Heng's wife has been dead for a long time.

Li Zhen frowned slightly. I took a closer look at the dozen or so photos.

The edges are all a little yellowed. It stands to reason that this thing won't be going to last long. It was taken about five or six years ago. But since this situation occurs, it means that these photos are often held in people's hands and viewed. That person should be Xiao Heng.

However, there is now a thin layer of dust on the top of the photo, and the top few have been pressed out by other miscellaneous objects, such as small ornaments, ornaments, and the like.

This shows that these photos have been pressed here for a long time after being viewed for a long time.

Li Zhen sat on the chair that Xiao Heng used to sit on. He let out a soft sigh.

Then that is to say, this Xiao Heng is indeed Xiao Heng - not impersonated by someone.

Maybe it was a few years ago that he was transformed into a disciple because of something, so his personality and emotions changed to a considerable extent. So he put away all the things he had before and discarded them in an inconspicuous corner. But perhaps there was still some nostalgia in his subconscious, and he did not completely destroy it, but only "let it go".

If it was an impostor, he wouldn't do it. He didn't want to reveal anything too out of the ordinary, and he wouldn't do anything suspicious—he would have put it in its place to show that he was no different.

Only a "remake" can be so justified.

Xiao Heng ...... Xiao Heng. Li Zhen closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. He began to think back to the information he had just read, the information he had recorded in his mind.

What has been the most unusual time in the past few years?

He searched for a few minutes.

Then I remembered a few of them.

Xiao Heng has been out of the country twice. Both times it was after the barrier came.

The first time was in 2018, when he went to the Philippines. In today's view, it should be an area of "South Luzon". It was that time that he brought back Pang Feihong. According to Pang Feihong's description, Xiao Heng still looked like a normal person at that time - although there was always some unruliness in his speech, it was also rebellious that belonged to human beings.

The second time was in January 2019, when Xiao Heng went to Siberia once. He also went to Siberia for a good reason - to order Anyuan. Siberia was once a sparsely populated area and was the main source of raw materials for the empire, and it was also one of the main production areas of Anyuan. Then the quarantine zone came, and the people there were even more confident than those in Southern Luzon. Because between Siberia and the Empire, the area beyond the Great Wall, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land were occupied by the barrier.

For the entire year from 2016 to 2017, it was completely cut off from the Imperial mainland, and it was not until half a year later that the barrier diverged again, and only then did the area that could be passed through with the "Gate" appeared, and at the same time, gaps began to appear at random, large and small.

Siberia has important resources in hand. So using these resources as bargaining chips, the place became "autonomous" in a practical sense. Much of the stuff was no longer supplied to the empire by order of the central government, and even free trade was restricted. As for "Anyuan", it has become a rarity among rarities. Only those who pay enough will be supplied.

Xiao Heng should have gone there for the "Anyuan" trade.

He stayed there for a month, and when he came back, he brought more than 400 Anyuan.

Four hundred......

Li Zhen recalled the number of capable people in Yuzhou at the beginning. The number of Class B is about thirty-three.

Four hundred is not what these people consume in a year. In the subsequent records, Xiao Heng did not go to Siberia again. There is also no official record of Yuzhou's trade with the Siberian side.

This means that the thirty-three B-level have never used Anyuan since 2019.

Two possibilities. One, those people are dead. Two, those people have all been promoted to A-level.

Obviously, both possibilities are slim.

So...... Li Zhen remembered the dozen or so "disciples" who used spatial abilities to imprison him. If those were converted......

This means that the change happened after Xiao Heng went to Siberia.

He encountered something in Siberia and was converted into a disciple.

He subconsciously took a cool breath. If the worst is the worst...... The mastermind behind it is hidden in Siberia. If everyone who went there suffered the same thing as Xiao Heng...... How many people look like him who look like human beings, but are actually "disciples"?!

He only wished that he had thought too much - he only hoped that the other party had predicted that he would fall on the territory of Yuzhou through some means, such as the prophet, and then transformed Xiao Heng in a targeted manner.

Xiao Heng didn't go to the meeting alone, he also brought guards. And those guards were the thirty-three B-class.

Li Zhen opened his eyes and looked around the room again, and remembered Xiao Heng's attitude when he was fighting him.

That guy was literally going to kill him himself.

For what Xiao Heng wanted to do like that, Li Zhen already knew the reason.

Then there is another question. He should have known that he would be hurt himself—perhaps he didn't expect to die, but he knew that he would be hurt. If it was Li Zhen, he would have taken care of this place in advance - in case the enemy took advantage of the situation and collected some information. But at the moment, Xiao Heng still left so many clues, and he deduced a lot of things from these clues.

For example, that person is in Siberia.

He laughed angrily. According to Xiao Heng's approach—which he could consider to be that person's idea—the current situation could not be more obvious.

The other party doesn't care......

Just as he didn't care about tempting and teasing himself at the cost of a Xiao Heng and a de facto controlled area of Yuzhou, he didn't care about letting himself know his hiding place now.

Everything that has happened since he landed has been like a game, a declaration of war.

The other person is telling himself...... There he is.

So cunning, vicious, and confident.

He took a deep breath, shook the spear of Longinus that he had carried with him all along, and cursed in a low voice.

Where is this species...... This is obviously the way of an arrogant human being!

He angrily stood up and paced around the room, realizing that there was another problem he had been trying to figure out that had never gotten a clue - the four little girls. No matter how you look at it, it looks like Kitagawa Harumi...... Where did they come from? Is it really a clone? And the one over there in Siberia made it too?

But it's late at night. Even if he wanted to get in touch with Yanjing and Ying Ran, he would have to wait until dawn. He had to forcibly suppress the resentment in his heart and calm himself down.

Calm down...... And then there's more to come.

There is also a big drama for him to play. (To be continued......)