"Addiction? That's just awful..."

Lin Yu immediately expressed his dismay.

"It's not just about addiction," Li Hua sighed. "Because its addictive properties are so powerful, once someone experiences 'withdrawal symptoms' and can't get satisfaction, they're likely to develop almost 'crazy' aggressive urges."

"Even people with the strongest willpower would be destroyed... it can even affect animals."

"That's why we say if it gets out, it could affect tens of thousands of people—and that's actually a conservative and relatively optimistic estimate."

Lin Yu also nodded: "If it really has that kind of effect, combined with its infinite proliferation characteristic... theoretically in the worst-case scenario, this thing could even destroy the existing social order."

"But why not destroy something so dangerous?"

Facing Lin Yu's question, Li Hua quickly responded.

"We asked the same question to the people from the Player Mutual Aid Association, but the answer was... it can't be destroyed."

"Can't be destroyed?"

Lin Yu was stunned.

"Yes, Radish initially tried many methods, but even destroying this thing at the molecular level, even using various advanced weapons obtained from dungeons, the result was always... it would absorb energy from the surrounding environment to regenerate." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"At most within a week, it would completely restore itself."

As Li Hua spoke, Good Night came up with a new idea.

"Damn, then why not just throw it back into the dungeon world?"

"That still carries the risk of other players obtaining it again," Li Hua said calmly. "This thing's risk level is too high."

Hearing this, Lin Yu sighed: "That does sound quite troubling..."

This Super Genetically Modified Radish was practically like those SCP containment objects he'd read about back in middle school.

It seemed like aside from "containing" it to prevent others from accessing it, there really weren't any particularly good methods.

And now that this thing was lost...

It was indeed a bit frightening.

"Damn, we can only hope that no one has eaten it yet, or that the player who stole it doesn't have any intentions of taking revenge on society."

Good Night said while rubbing his temples.

Li Hua nodded: "These past few days we've also coordinated with other Order branches to operate, currently carrot sales in Haicheng are gradually being regulated... although it's probably futile, it should still serve some purpose."

Lin Yu quite agreed with this approach.

Although it sounded abstract, in the face of a crisis where once tragedy occurs the consequences are hard to reverse, as long as there's even a one percent chance of it having some effect, then no matter how troublesome the measure, it's meaningful.

"Regardless, I'll do my best to investigate the truth and find the lost Super Genetically Modified Radish."

"Returning to the case, from the current situation, how many suspects can the Order identify?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Li Hua thought for a moment.

"Since this event was hosted by the Hunters' Association with our Order assisting management, if we temporarily exclude the possibility of very high-level players using items that could deceive everyone to commit a perfect crime, currently there are actually only eight people with relatively high suspicion."

"Because only eight players could access Radish staying in the top-floor suite and know his identity."

"First are Cassia Seed and Lotus, the two accompanying personnel from the Player Mutual Aid Association."

Hearing this, Lin Yu nodded slightly.

These two were indeed quite suspicious—most of the information in the current report was organized based on their testimonies, only preliminarily cross-verified with on-site evidence, so the possibility of them lying couldn't be completely ruled out yet.

"Next are the three people staying in the top-floor executive suite with Radish... The Hunters' Association booked about half the hotel, and Radish being amiable, had greeted the other residents."

"Those three are Seagull from the Night Watchmen, the administrator of Liaoning Province's Fengcheng who also serves as chief of the Mountain and Sea Association, Hundred-Tempered Steel, and the bounty hunter Chris."

"These three are less suspicious, but still can't be completely ruled out."

Li Hua said while adjusting his glasses.

Lin Yu showed no particular reaction, just silently noted these three names.

Hearing this, Good Night frowned: "Damn, Chris is there? Then I think we don't need to investigate the murderer, it should definitely be that bastard!"

Li Hua coughed lightly: "Comrade Good Night, please don't make judgments based on personal emotions."

Good Night shrugged: "I'm not being serious, I'm just talking some trash behind his back."

Li Hua sighed helplessly, then continued looking at Lin Yu: "And the final three suspects, two are the Hunters' Association's responsible persons and higher-ups for this auction, Bright King and Phoenix."

"And one more... is Paper Kite from our Order who came to assist management."

Li Hua reported the last three names.

"Although these three even include one of our comrades, their suspicion is absolutely not small."

"And... aside from Cassia Seed and Lotus, none of the eight people mentioned can provide any alibi for the two hours around the time of Radish's death."

Hearing Li Hua's words, Lin Yu finished recording silently.

"Because everyone can't prove their own innocence, it actually prevents narrowing down the suspect range..."

Originally, such "murder cases" involving players already had many factors to consider because of the existence of items.

Now the eight most suspicious people can't provide effective alibis, which really adds insult to injury.

"Any thoughts, Comrade May May?"

Lin Yu shook his head.

"Not for now, I need to get to the scene and meet all the suspects first... before I can make a preliminary judgment."

As they talked, the car slowly came to a stop.

Lin Yu looked outside and saw the car had stopped at the entrance of a splendid, golden hotel lobby.

Before he could even get out after the door opened, Lin Yu saw a handsome man at the hotel entrance excitedly waving at him.

The man wore a sleeping cap and silk pajamas, looking quite ridiculous.

"Hey! Hey! May! Over here!"

A Henan Province accent sounded—the guy standing at the entrance was naturally Fu Luo!

Fu Luo, wearing hotel disposable slippers, hurried over with small steps, and seeing Lin Yu get out of the car, gave his shoulder a hearty slap.

"You finally came, brother... this case is really too tricky, so I quickly called you over to help."

"You've already looked at the materials on the way, right?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Briefly looked them over... what, you've seen the scene but still have no leads?"

Fu Luo shook his head: "Of course not, I already have preliminary ideas, but I want to hear your perspective... so before you finish examining the scene, I won't interfere with my thoughts."

"I believe although this case is troublesome, when our brothers team up, we're invincible!"