Chapter 24

“Currently, it seems that this is the only way to save Miss Huang.” Ji Fu looked at Huang Peilan. “My request is the same as before. Once the materials are gathered and the potion is made, I will take a portion.”

The people from the Huang family took the material list she had prepared long ago. After just one glance, their faces turned pale. “S+ Wu Hai Beast Heart, S-level Phantom Sea Ethereal Cloud…”

Every material on this list was a top-grade, sky-high priced material!

“Even that S+ Wuhai Beast Heart belongs to the category of priceless treasures! Many of those present are from the Huang family, and the Wuhai Beast Heart is considered a top-grade material that even they haven’t seen before.

How could she say such things!

“These materials are indeed precious,” Ji Fu’s expression remained calm. “But it remains to be seen whether in the eyes of the Huang family’s head, your only daughter can surpass this Wuhai Beast Heart.”

Huang Peilan’s eyes sank.

As long as she could save her daughter, let alone a Wuhai Beast Heart, even if it required star-grade materials, she would find a way to obtain them.

But Huang Peilan also understood that the person in front of her was clearly using the Huang family, using her.

This Wuhai Steaming Cloud Recipe was made to save people, and apart from Huang Yuwen, there was also Ji Fu.

Huang Peilan really didn’t like being used like this.

Moreover, the person in front of her was just a girl who was still studying, yet she dared to command one-fourth of the major family clans as if it were nothing.

What did she think the Huang family was?

“The head of the Huang family can take their time to consider,” Ji Fu also understood that Huang Peilan was unwilling to be so blatantly used, but she had no other choice.

It had been ten years, and they had tried everything they could. At this point, they were just one step away from success, and no one would willingly give up now.

So far, apart from Ji Fu, no one else could be sure of curing the incomplete talent.

Qin Chu Yue clicked her tongue, “An S+ Wuhai Beast Heart, it’s a material of at least a thousandth rank, right?”

This thing wasn’t particularly expensive, but the Wuhai Beast was too fierce, making it not easy to obtain its heart.

Even if the Huang family made a move, it would probably require a significant investment, at least sending out S+ level mech soldiers to have a chance of obtaining the beast’s heart.

“If only Wei Lan were here,” Qin Chu Yue sighed lightly.

Ji Fu paused slightly. She had tried to invade the system of the star-level prison, but where Wei Lan was being held used a closed system.

Similar to a medical chamber, the security performance was extremely high, it was not connected to the network, and it was highly closed.

Forcibly invading it would pose significant risks.

In the past, she could have directly invaded with the Cloud Recipe. However, the Cloud Recipe had been completely destroyed before she was imprisoned.

The Cloud Recipe was the set of tools she used before.

In fact, the reason Ji Fu, although new to pharmacology, could easily adapt was her extreme mastery of materials.

The most vivid embodiment of her mastery of materials was the Cloud Recipe.

At the core of the Cloud Recipe was an energy engine composed of three top-grade materials she had combined.

With this energy engine, she could use the Cloud Recipe to produce many machines that could only be made with talent.

The Black Mech, the mech controlled by Wei Lan, and most of the machinery they used at that time were made by Ji Fu using the Cloud Recipe.

In simple terms, while talented individuals made mechs with their talents, she used material properties to give herself an external talent.

When others directly produced, she had to rely on this medium.

Unfortunately, this artificial talent had some differences from true talent, the Cloud Recipe had its limits, and the energy engine was prone to malfunction.

She had spent more than a year repairing it.

Before being captured by Fang Yanli, the Cloud Recipe was also close to the brink of damage.

And one of the original materials used in the Cloud Recipe grew only on the Hai Lan Star, the material itself had already depleted and could not be regenerated.

This external talent tool, utilized with materials, was ultimately limited by materials and could no longer be replicated.

Without the Cloud Recipe, Wei Lan wasn’t by her side.

Given their current situation, dealing with a species like the S+ Wuhai Beast would probably only end with Ji Fu sacrificing herself along with it.

Fortunately, Huang Peilan’s desire to save her daughter was particularly urgent.

Before Ji Fu and the others left G-730, she had already taken the initiative to find Ji Fu and agreed to Ji Fu’s request.

“…These materials are difficult to gather, it will take some time, wait for my message,” Huang Peilan’s expression was complicated.

“The time for treatment and recovery should not be too long,” Ji Fu said calmly. “Head of the Huang family, as soon as possible.”

Huang Peilan nodded.

Because she needed to make many preparations, she didn’t say much more, just hurriedly went to make arrangements.

“It’s strange,” Sun Yiming frowned on the side. “The head of the Huang family didn’t even ask her, what if everything is gathered but she’s not sure, wouldn’t that be a waste?”

The people beside him couldn’t be bothered to respond to him.

The Panyun Tian Xing Formula concocted by Ji Fu, as well as Huang Yuwen’s condition in the past few days, were the best evidence.

The facts were in front of them; there was no need for further questioning.

But after this incident, the members of Special Class A looked at Ji Fu with some complexity.

However, this emotion didn’t last long and was abruptly interrupted by the sudden appearance of the highest-ranking official.

The Nebula Summit had ended, and the members of Special Class A intended to return to school today.

Unexpectedly, just as they left the gates of the Huang family, they were intercepted by Cheng Hao.

Cheng Hao looked at Ji Fu, “Regarding the Anping case, there are still things that need to be investigated. Miss Ji, please.”

His attitude was still polite, but he forcibly detained the members of Special Class A without any doubt.

He took them to an experimental base where Wen Fang was waiting.

As soon as Ji Fu arrived, she was directly taken to the genetic testing room.

Ji Fu remained silent throughout, her expression calm, without panic or anger.

The genetic testing process was also quick, and results appeared within half an hour.

When Ji Fu came out of the genetic testing room, she saw Wen Fang holding the results and handing them to Fang Yanli.

The genetic comparison showed that Ji Fu and Yun Chi were not the same person.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yanli’s eyes darkened slightly.

Seeing the genetic testing room, Ji Fu knew what they were going to do.

But what was stored in the gene bank were the genes of all interstellar citizens during their childhood.

Yun Chi was a real person, her genes must be different from Yun Chi’s.

As for the tests she underwent after being imprisoned, that would have to be asked of the person who extracted the talents.

“Miss Ji.” Fang Yanli met her gaze, his eyes pitch black.

He looked at the light brain she wore on her wrist and said coldly, “Please cooperate with our investigation, remove the light brain for testing.”

Ji Fu’s light brain contained two systems, one of which was private and could not be opened without her authentication, and that system was installed discreetly. Even if they took it for testing, they might not be able to detect it.

But.

She wasn’t willing to cooperate.

“The reason for cooperating with the investigation?” Ji Fu looked at him. “Is the director suspecting me of having some other identity, or have I committed a crime?”

There was silence around.

Fang Yanli raised his gaze. “The highest office investigation shows that you don’t know An Ping. Why did you kill him?”

To be precise, it was Qin Chu Yue who had a grudge against An Ping, and Qin Chu Yue was Yun Chi’s companion.

If she wasn’t Yun Chi, why did she kill An Ping?

Unexpectedly, when Ji Fu heard his question, she said directly, “Then why did you arrest the culprit?”

This question stunned not only Fang Yanli but also Wen Fang and Cheng Hao on this side.

Arresting a criminal was definitely because the other party had committed a crime.

But if Ji Fu was acting out of justice… it didn’t seem likely, especially that day when she was arrested.

Under that circumstance, she seemed more like a fearless criminal.

Fang Yanli just looked at her with deep eyes.

The person in front of him kept overlapping with the girl from several years ago, yet there was a great sense of disconnect.

“Ji Fu.” Fang Yanli took a step forward. He was tall, almost able to envelop Ji Fu entirely.

Because of his long-standing position, his imposing manner was compelling. He stared at her, just like three years ago.

His eyes were full of cold scrutiny. “During the magnetic storm, Yan Cheng was shot by someone. The one who killed him used a sniper rifle, one shot, one kill.”

“After An Zaiyang died, the prison system was infiltrated, and several fugitives were released. They were all caught by Yan Cheng, except one who is still at large.”

“Somebody saw this fugitive, Qin Chu Yue, at the beginning of the Star Nebula Summit.”

Because wearing headphones was too conspicuous, Ji Fu had replaced them with a silver bone stud earring these past few days. Fang Yanli’s voice came through the earpiece embedded in the stud.

Qin Chu Yue’s expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

Just a few days and Fang Yanli had such a clear understanding of Qin Chu Yue’s appearance at the Star Nebula Summit. This person was indeed troublesome.

And because of this, she and Ji Fu had hardly met in front of anyone.

But because Ji Fu killed An Ping, it made him suspicious.

Qin Chu Yue couldn’t face Fang Yanli directly. Even just listening, she felt nervous.

However, she could hear Ji Fu’s voice, calm and almost emotionless.

“So you suspect I’m an accomplice of Qin Chu Yue and repeatedly interrogate me?” Ji Fu paused, meeting Fang Yanli’s eyes directly.

In those cold black pupils, there was impatience. “Some things can be tolerated once or twice, but not thrice.”

“Since I boarded the Wan Family Starship, you’ve summoned me three times in total. I don’t know what the director, with such a high position, wants to achieve, whether you’ve caught the culprit or not.”

“Or perhaps…”

Ji Fu said calmly, “Do you think catching this person will bring peace to the world?”

Facing all the cops present, she showed no expression. “In theory, you should have dealt with An Ping a long time ago. But now, you’re asking me why I killed him.”

“Director.” Her tone was light, but inexplicably, everyone present felt suffocated.

“You can’t even clean up your own messes, yet you have the nerve to keep interrogating people here endlessly?”

When Zhou Lu Hai entered, he heard this sentence.

He immediately looked over there.

Fang Yanli’s highest office was one of the major judicial departments of the Alliance, and Fang Yanli had always been known for his fair law enforcement.

Never had anyone been so straightforwardly insulting to him.

“Ji Fu, you…” Even Cheng Hao was shocked.

He wanted to explode, but was stopped by Fang Yanli.

Though Fang Yanli’s emotions were relatively stable, he still said, “An Ping deserved to die, but it should have been the law enforcement agency that executed him.”

Zhou Lu Hai paused. “The military academy is also one of the law enforcement agencies.”

As soon as he spoke, everyone looked over.

But he didn’t come over to support Ji Fu. He said calmly, “I don’t know who called for advanced assistance, but the Alliance regulatory department has surrounded this place.”

“Oh.” Ji Fu raised a hand. “It was me.”

With this statement, the room fell silent.

Everyone present, especially Cheng Hao, turned incredulously towards her.

They suspected her of being a criminal, yet she called the police?

This person…

Even Wan Feng’s complexion changed. No wonder Fang Yanli was so concerned about her; her actions were completely unexpected.

The so-called advanced assistance referred to the legitimate rights exercised by individuals with advanced titles in the interstellar realm.

Originally, Ji Fu didn’t have it, but after she killed An Ping and the Huang family proved that Anping was a first-class wanted criminal, everything related to An Zaiyang was now under intense scrutiny. So the Alliance rewarded her for this matter.

With this commendation, Ji Fu directly became a senior pharmacist.

Anyone with the prefix “senior” can receive advanced assistance protection.

This was an edict laid down when the Alliance was just established long ago to protect these individuals.

However, after so many years, this function was hardly used by anyone.

But today, coincidentally, with the recurring incidents of G-730, the Alliance couldn’t afford to ignore it.

The people who came were still senior members of the Alliance’s regulatory department.

However, even though they were senior officials, their position was completely insignificant in front of Fang Yanli.

When the senior official who received advanced assistance arrived here and saw Fang Yanli, he was stunned for a moment.

He quickly stepped forward and whispered, “Director.”

Advanced assistance generally applies to personal protection. He looked around but didn’t see anyone suspicious, feeling confused, and asked Ji Fu, “Miss Ji Fu, when you issued the advanced assistance, you said someone was threatening your life. Where is the culprit?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ji Fu lightly raise her right hand and point to the person in front of her.

Gao Jian:…

She reported to the police that the highest executive officer threatened her life?

This?

Zhou Lu Hai lazily leaned against the wall, watching this absurd and ridiculous scene, finally amused.

Knowing that someone from the regulatory department came here, he guessed it was Ji Fu’s doing, but he didn’t expect her to be even more absurd than he thought.

In theory, it wasn’t wrong, finding a judge to sue a superior official.

Reasonable.

Ji Fu crossed her arms confidently. “If I remember correctly, even students from military academies, even if they haven’t graduated, belong to the third-class military rank within the Alliance.”

“The highest office has investigated me three times in a row, each time without evidence, but it has had a detrimental effect on my life, studies, and work.”

“So,” she said softly, “I’m going to sue the Alliance and demand that from today onwards, the highest office is not allowed to conduct any illegal investigations on me without evidence.”

“If possible…” she raised an eyebrow and glanced at Fang Yanli, “I hope Fang Yanli won’t appear in my sight in the future.”

“Any questions?”

Gao Jian:…

There were no questions.

But the other party was one of the highest law enforcement departments of the Alliance, and many procedures were not within the Alliance’s jurisdiction.

Cheng Hao had never heard of such an absurd thing in his life.

Really, even when Yun Chi was around, this never happened.

At least Yun Chi openly opposed the entire Alliance at that time, unlike Ji Fu…

She was just about to say that from today onwards, the Alliance should restrict Fang Yanli’s personal freedom and forbid him from approaching her.

And the way she said it made it seem like Fang Yanli had been harassing her all along.

Cheng Hao turned his head to look at their young and handsome executive director with a completely bewildered expression.

“Miss Ji Fu, the highest office has independent investigatory powers, so it’s not within the Alliance’s jurisdiction, and…”

Ji Fu interrupted him directly: “Just say whether you’ll resolve it or not.”

“If the Alliance doesn’t resolve it,” she continued, “I will start a live broadcast to expose this matter to the public.”

Gao Jian’s eyes twitched at the mention of exposing it to the public.

But the other party wasn’t a wanted criminal, secondly, she was a student of the military academy, and thirdly, she was a senior pharmacist.

Despite being a niche profession in the interstellar community, pharmacists are well-liked by citizens.

After all…

They control the important profession of treating everyone’s illnesses.

Fang Yanli’s expression turned cold as he looked at her. “You can accuse me, but before that, you must prove that you have no connection with Qin Chu Yue.”

Qin Chu Yue muttered softly, “Persistent ghost.”

Ji Fu just smiled at the remark. “If you want to catch a wanted criminal, it’s your business. If you want me to prove it, then instead of being the executive director, why not let me take over directly?”

Fang Yanli’s expression cooled down in an instant.

Just then, everyone’s neural implants beeped.

Wen Fang was slightly stunned, lowered his head, and opened his neural implant.

Just as he opened it and glanced at it, his expression turned unusually grim.

It was a secretly filmed video.

The video was taken on the day the Star Nebula Summit had just begun, presumably from the perspective of one of Yan Cheng’s subordinates.

But who the video came from didn’t matter; what mattered was the content inside:

Yan Cheng asked coldly, “Have those criminals been captured?”

The subordinate responded affirmatively.

Yan Cheng sneered, “Prepare to use these bait tomorrow to lure them out. Remember, after marking them, shoot them in front of their eyes.”

“I want to see if that person can sit still while watching so many people die slowly in front of him.”

The video was short, ending abruptly here.

But even in such a short ten or twenty seconds, it was enough to cause turmoil throughout the galaxy.

After that day, everyone knew that those criminals were innocent civilians who had been falsely accused by Yan Cheng of crimes they didn’t commit or who had been blamed for settling in their homes.

In the first video released by the slaughterhouse, everyone’s attention was on Yan Zai Yang, ignoring the news of shooting prisoners behind the scenes.

Today, with this video, the concept was completely different.

In other words, Alliance law enforcement officers were using innocent civilians as bait, intending to kill thirteen citizens in order to achieve some goal.

The video didn’t mention what the goal was, but through the list of over a hundred corruption cases released a few days ago, the implication behind it was self-evident.

Not only that, after the end of this video, the slaughterhouse issued a lengthy “Letter to Citizens”.

It reads:

“After the black hole, interstellar life became difficult. Some people lingered on the brink of poverty, some struggled to study, and some did their utmost to protect their small homes.

Yet, there are those like An Zaiyang and Yan Cheng, who manipulate citizens for their own gain, disregarding human lives for the benefit of their interest groups.

Despite their blatant misconduct, the Alliance remains inactive.

The Department of Justice is like an empty shell, even colluding with the other party to cover up crimes.

The role of judicial supervision is crucial, but those who betray their duty are not worthy to speak of law enforcement.

Those spared by the Alliance are slaughtered by the slaughterhouse.

Respectfully submitted by the slaughterhouse.

Silence fills the room.

What’s even more serious than this article is the content of the video.

The Highest Office has indeed been investigating Yan Cheng’s affairs in recent days and found that Yan Cheng’s people have been evasive.

They neither confirm whether they are aware of the innocence of those prisoners nor do they plead innocence themselves.

Even Yan Cheng’s key subordinates are exercising their right to remain silent, making it impossible to pry open their mouths, which infuriates me with their arrogant attitude.

Cheng Hao has been particularly frustrated these days.

What surprised him even more is that they dared to do this.

Moreover, this crucial evidence came from the hands of criminals.

It was at this moment that he suddenly remembered what Ji Fu had said.

Ji Fu said, “Will everything be peaceful once that person is caught?”

Even if that person is caught, it doesn’t mean everything will be peaceful.

This video was obtained by Ji Fu at great risk before the onset of the nebula phenomenon by hacking into Yan Cheng’s subordinates’ recording device.

Yan Cheng and his team are usually very careful in their dealings, hardly ever mentioning that special drug or An Zaiyang’s matters.

If there are important arrangements, they would first check if there are surveillance devices in the room before speaking.

So when they said these things, they were either not wearing recording devices or had turned them off.

They had prepared for G-730 in advance, and Ji Fu had already invaded the system, but only recorded this segment of conversation.

Other things about drugs or marking other people were not recorded.

Or it happened during the magnetic storm period, when those devices were all malfunctioning, and this article couldn’t capture it naturally.

But even this alone is enough.

Ji Fu looked calmly at Fang Yanli and smiled faintly, “Do you want to continue as the Executor? As interstellar citizens, we will not question your dereliction of duty.”

“Do you still expect me to investigate the case for you?”

“The billions of interstellar citizens support you, what are you doing?”

For the first time in his life, she saw embarrassment on Fang Yanli’s face.

He stood in the shadow, unable to speak for a long time.

And after this incident, regardless of what suspicions he may have towards Ji Fu now, he had to temporarily set them aside.

The situation at the Imperial Star Alliance headquarters had already descended into chaos.

The internet was flooded with criticism, almost collapsing the Alliance’s system.

When Ji Fu walked out of the Huang family villa, she saw that everyone from the Highest Office was urgently summoning starships and heading towards the Imperial Star.

Fang Yanli stood on the starship, his expression indiscernible, only his gaze fell on her.

In her earpiece, Qin Chu Yue said, “That dog’s nose finally left.”

“But after this incident, he’s probably going to be more suspicious of you.”

Ji Fu remained silent.

Given Fang Yanli’s speed in investigating cases, it was only a matter of time before he exposed her identity.

She had never intended to conceal it for a lifetime, let alone use Fang Yanli like she used the Huang family.

She just couldn’t stand Fang Yanli’s self-proclaimed righteousness.

There was still a score between her and him. At that time, she lacked talent, so she fell into his hands, but afterwards…

“The people behind Yan Cheng underestimated us this time and sent out a fool,” Ji Fu’s voice was faint, “If they strike again, it will probably be a professional team.”

This was also why she needed to repair her talent as soon as possible.

But before that.

“Fang Yanli is also a good dog for the Alliance.” She was dazzled by the sun outside, blinked, and covered her eyes with her hand, smiling lightly:

“Perfect, let them bite each other.”

The bigger the commotion they caused, the more internal strife there would be, and she would have more time to repair her talent and rescue her comrades.

From this perspective, Fang Yanli was quite useful, wasn’t he?