82: Chapter 82 Official Deduction

Inside the conference room.

It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhao Shoucheng.

Zhao Shoucheng himself was a bit bewildered.

He was the only one who could buy a storage ring?

What kind of situation was this?

"I... let me double-check."

He hurriedly took out his phone and reopened the lifespan treasure store.

His fingers scrolled down quickly.

Soon, the familiar page appeared before his eyes.

[youth-preserving pill]

[beauty pill]

[inedia pill]

[human serum]

[gale boots]

And...

[storage ring]!

[Price: 100,000,000 Yuan.]

[Description: Contains ten cubic meters of storage space.]

Status: [For Sale]

Zhao Shoucheng looked up, his face full of confusion.

"It's there."

"And it's still listed for sale."

The conference room fell silent for a moment.

General Lu Zheng reached out his hand, "Let me see."

"Okay."

Zhao Shoucheng handed over his phone.

General Lu Zheng took it and examined it carefully.

His expression gradually turned serious.

It was indeed different from their version of the store.

The extra item was precisely the storage ring!

A moment later, he passed the phone to the person next to him.

It was passed from one person to another.

Soon, everyone had seen it.

The expressions on their faces became increasingly strange.

Why?

Why was it that only Zhao Shoucheng could buy it?

The conference room fell into silence.

After a while, a person in charge from the technical department frowned.

"Could it... be a software bug?"

As soon as he spoke, someone next to him immediately shook their head.

"A bug?"

"Can something like this have a bug?"

This single rhetorical question immediately silenced the man.

That's right.

lifespan could be bought and sold!

Purchased items could appear out of thin air!

Even something like a storage ring, which severely violated the laws of physics, could be produced and sold as a commodity. Would an entity of this level really let a bug cause a product to be available to only one person?

No matter how they thought about it, it seemed unlikely.

General Lu Zheng tapped the table lightly without speaking.

Clearly, he didn't believe it was a bug either.

After all, this was no longer software in the ordinary sense.

Whether it could even be considered a technological product was questionable.

How could such an existence make such a low-level mistake?

At this moment, another military official spoke up.

"Could it be a matter of permissions?"

"Permissions?"

Everyone looked at him, and he nodded.

"For example, just like this software, some people had it installed on their phones for no reason, while others had to buy an invitation code."

"By the same logic, could it be that for items in this store, some people are able to buy certain goods, while others are temporarily ineligible?"

"And if you want to buy them, you need some kind of qualification, like an 'invitation code'?"

The eyes of everyone in the conference room lit up slightly.

This line of reasoning seemed more plausible than a bug, right?

Immediately, Zhao Shoucheng couldn't help but look at the young police officer beside him.

"Xiao Jiang, go to the evidence room and check if those robbers' lifespan treasure stores have the storage ring."

"Yes!"

Police officer Xiao Jiang acknowledged the order and ran out quickly.

The others didn't continue speaking.

Instead, they waited quietly.

A few minutes later.

The door was pushed open, and Xiao Jiang walked in quickly.

But his expression didn't look very good.

Seeing his expression, everyone already had the answer in their hearts.

City Bureau Chief Director Qin Weidong asked in a deep voice, "How was it?"

Xiao Jiang took a deep breath, "Report, they don't have it either!"

As these words fell, the conference room fell into complete silence.

They didn't have it either!

You have to realize, how many users does lifespan treasure even have?

And with so many people here, yet none of them had the qualification?

Could this still be called random?

A Ministry of State Security official slowly let out a breath.

"Could this... be intentional?"

Once these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone shifted slightly.

General Lu Zheng looked up, "Continue."

The man nodded, "Hypothetically, I'm just saying hypothetically."

"Behind lifespan treasure, someone is controlling it. And the other party knows what consequences would arise if the storage ring flowed into society."

"And coincidentally, the other party knows Comrade Zhao's identity, so are they trying to use Comrade Zhao's hand to tell us about the storage ring?"

As soon as this was said!

Boom!

The conference room suddenly went quiet.

Everyone's breathing subconsciously slowed down a bit.

This line of reasoning... actually seemed to hold up?

If there really was someone controlling lifespan treasure.

Then the fact that only Zhao Shoucheng could see it wasn't because he was special, but because the other party had chosen him.

Did they want to pass the message to the country through him?

General Lu Zheng's gaze narrowed slightly.

"So you mean... the other party is warning us?"

"Yes." The Ministry of State Security official nodded.

"Or even..."

"They are giving us time to prepare in advance."

A single sentence.

Made the conference room completely quiet.

Everyone fell silent.

Because this deduction... actually seemed quite reasonable?

After all, the impact of the storage ring was too great.

Smuggling.

Theft.

Illegal transport.

Black market trading.

And even some more serious problems!

If the storage ring were fully opened overnight.

Then the entire society would be caught off guard!

By then, the whole country would be in chaos!

But now, the country knew in advance!

They could completely formulate countermeasures in advance!

The more they thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.

It's just that a chill inexplicably rose up their backs.

Because if this were really the case, it would mean... an unknown existence was standing behind the scenes, quietly watching all of this?

Or even... guiding all of this?!

General Lu Zheng leaned back in his chair, remained silent for a long time, and then spoke slowly.

"We can continue to push forward along this line of reasoning."

Everyone immediately began to brainstorm.

Soon, another Ministry of State Security official took over the conversation.

"Since the other party is warning us in this way, doesn't that at least show that they don't have much hostility toward us?"

"At the very least, they don't want to see this land beneath our feet fall into chaos and ruin?"

Speaking of this, he even felt a bit fortunate?

But while feeling fortunate, he also felt a bit absurd.

This feeling was like there was a pair of eyes, always up high.

Silently looking down on everyone.

A ministry official smiled bitterly.

"But the question is, this person..."

"Who exactly are they?"

That's right.

Who is it?

Everyone fell silent again.

Some speculated it was some hidden secret organization.

Some speculated it was a technological civilization far beyond the current era.

Some even suspected... could it be an alien civilization?

But no matter which speculation, there was no evidence.

The conference room fell into dead silence again.

And Zhao Shoucheng sat there blankly.

He was a bit dazed.

Was he... chosen?

But why?

He was just an old criminal police officer.

He had seniority, but to say he was special... it didn't really seem so?

At the very least, anyone picked from the scene had a higher status than him.

So, why was it him?

Could it really be a matter of his profession?