I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 471 The Murderer’s Purpose

It was no wonder Wang Lan was so shocked. No energy fluctuations could propagate across spaces. Even Wang Lan’s Space Phoenix Form could only move instantaneously within a single space. A Different Dimensional Space belonged to another time-space. Even if this space was at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion, the blast’s energy might not penetrate it.

"Eld Di, I haven’t even broken through to the Star Sea Realm, let alone the Star Soul Realm, but I did sense this energy fluctuation."

"Eld Di, what brings you here?"

"President He, let me introduce you. This is Wang Lan, Little Phoenix’s child. And this is President He Yuanzhong, Director of the Haotian Research Institute. Wang Lan came to inquire about something."

"Hello, Wang Lan. May I ask what you want to inquire about?"

"I want to ask what Dr. Wen Wen was researching recently."

"We are all researching the same thing, but our specific directions differ. Each invited doctor has their own research team. If you ask what we are collectively researching, I can only say it’s how to destroy the Time-Space Gemstone. But as for what a specific individual is researching in detail... I’m not at liberty to say.

By the way, I heard Dr. Wen Wen had an accident? Has the murderer been caught?"

"No. I came here precisely to identify the murderer."

"Wasn’t Dr. Wen Wen killed during a burglary?"

"That’s not the case! I speculate his death is related to his research. Now that I know you’re researching the Time-Space Gemstone, I suspect the murderer could be a Demon Clan spy or someone from Paradise Bird. This means all of you could be in danger."

"Is that so?" He Yuanzhong did not show any sign of panic, responding simply with an acknowledgment.

"It seems I should step up the security level of the research institute. Wang Lan, do you have any confidence in apprehending the mastermind behind this?" Eld Di asked with some concern.

"I can’t say with one hundred percent certainty, but I will do my utmost. I already have a general idea. The Haotian Research Institute is researching the Time-Space Gemstone. Spies from the Demon Clan or Paradise Bird likely don’t want this research to continue, which is why they killed Dr. Wen Wen, who lived in Modu City..."

"President He, send out a notice. From now on, no researcher is allowed to leave the institute. Any necessities should be delivered to the research facilities, and communication with family should be conducted online," Eld Di hastily said.

"Professor Dai from Modu Engineering College isn’t part of the institute, is he?"

"He’s not. Originally, we also planned to invite him, but he declined and recommended Doctor Wen Hua instead," said He Yuanzhong.

"But Professor Dai was also murdered. And I discovered that Dr. Wen has been frequently contacting Professor Dai in the past month, which might be the reason Professor Dai was killed. Could it be that Doctor Chen has discovered something?"

"It’s possible." Upon hearing Wang Lan’s words, He Yuanzhong suddenly said, "During the last quantum collision, Dr. Wen seemed to have discovered a pan-dimensional energy conduction wave. However, the detection equipment at the time was not precise enough, so it picked up too many impurities and couldn’t extract the wave frequency.

Since then, Dr. Wen has tried to persuade me multiple times to conduct another quantum collision, using more precise instruments to extract the wave. Could I agree to that? One collision would wreck a Quantum Collider.

Do you know, a Quantum Collider costs tens of billions. Even if they sold me, I couldn’t afford to replace it."

"President He, you jest. But what is a pan-dimensional energy conduction wave?"

"So-called ’pan-space’ doesn’t just refer to our three-dimensional space. While the energy of any given space can typically only propagate within that space, Dr. Wen discovered an energy wave that could travel across spaces, and even dimensions."

"Could Dr. Wen have already extracted this wave? Is this wave so important to the Demon Clan that they killed him for it? And Dr. Wen’s frequent visits to Professor Dai—could he have told the professor about his findings, leading to Professor Dai also being murdered?"

"I really don’t understand these investigation matters. Truthfully, I don’t know what stage Wen’s research had reached. Why don’t you ask Dr. Wen’s team? He has his own research team at Zhongzhenhua University."

"Okay, thank you, President He."

"You’re welcome."

After bidding farewell to Eld Di and President He, Wang Lan immediately had Li Yan investigate Dr. Wen Wen’s research team. That same evening, Wang Lan learned that Dr. Wen Wen supervised seven graduate students. He brought them to the police department for individual interviews.

"Do you know what the primary research topic Dr. Wen was recently working on was?"

"I know. The extraction of pan-dimensional energy wave frequency."

"How was the progress? Did you make any significant discoveries?" Wang Lan asked again.

The young woman in front of him looked at Wang Lan with confusion, then shook her head. "No."

"Miss, we’re asking these questions to find Dr. Wen’s killer. We hope for your cooperation," Li Yan said coolly, his fingers laced as he supported his head.

"Our professor was killed, and instead of looking for the murderer, you’re asking us about our research progress? What does our research have to do with your case?"

"Of course, it’s related. Dr. Wen was killed because of your research. Your answers are crucial for us to further pinpoint the murderer’s identity."

"No! The wave the professor recorded was too fuzzy. It had too many impurities, and the waves interfered with each other, causing uncertainty once interference occurred.

To be honest, extracting the correct wave from such a chaotic and fuzzy band is like finding a needle in a haystack. The only way is to conduct another collision experiment and use more precise equipment to detect a clearer wave."

"Sir, to what extent has Dr. Wen’s research on the extraction of pan-dimensional energy waves progressed?"

"We’re still at the ’finding a needle in a haystack’ stage. If you ask whether it’s possible to extract it, all I can say is, ’It’s a legacy project for our children, and their children’s children, and so on, ad infinitum...’"

"You’re quite sassy, huh?"

"Can’t help it. Our professor is even sassier. He’s always talking about ’staying true to our original aspiration to achieve our ultimate goal,’ even when it’s obviously impossible..." This student seemed to have some complaints about his professor, though it could also just be his personality.

"Lately, Dr. Wen has been frequently seeking out Professor Dai from Modu Engineering College—do you know anything about that?"

"Not a clue. I have to test over a hundred wavebands a day for my professor... Who has time to care about that?"

Each student was questioned individually. Although their attitudes varied, they all shared the same message: there had been no breakthroughs in Dr. Wen Wen’s research on pan-space energy transmission waves. One might even say the research had hit an endless impasse.

Could we have been looking in the wrong direction? Could the murderer have killed Dr. Wen Wen and Professor Dai for a reason other than their discovery of something? If not, what were the ashes in the basin at Professor Dai’s murder scene? Those ashes must have been some kind of paper document...

Just as Wang Lan felt completely at a loss, Li Yan knocked on the door to Wang Lan’s office.

"Boss, this is the latest information sent by Modu Engineering College."

"What is it?"

"It’s a reply fax from God’s Country. It turns out that before Professor Dai was killed, he had contacted God’s Country, hoping to borrow their Quantum Collider for a quantum collision experiment. They agreed."

A quantum collision experiment? A spark of inspiration flashed through Wang Lan’s mind. He remembered President He saying that Dr. Wen Wen had requested to conduct another quantum collision experiment more than once. But each experiment would render a Quantum Collider useless; how could President He agree? Could it be that Dr. Wen Wen’s frequent contact with Professor Dai this month was in hopes of conducting another quantum collision experiment abroad through Professor Dai’s influence?

"Li Yan, in the files on Professor Dai, is there any request document related to this?"

"None found. We wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for the reply from God’s Country."

Then I think I know what the burned documents in the basin were. They were the application materials to use the Quantum Collider. The murderer killed Professor Dai to stop this quantum collision experiment.

"But, Boss, I still don’t quite understand. Quantum collision experiments are conducted countless times every year. Why would the murderer want to stop this specific one? Besides, Jade Country has two Quantum Colliders. Why bother using someone else’s?"

"The underlying reason involves classified information; I can’t tell you. But one thing is certain... Dr. Wen Wen must have only told someone very close to him about conducting the quantum collision experiment. Even President He didn’t know, so how could the murderer?"

"Then it could only be one of Dr. Wen Wen’s students. If the people at the institute didn’t know, and only his students did... Professor Dai was murdered because he knew. And Professor Dai’s only student was also murdered.

But we checked the security footage. Dr. Wen Wen always went to visit Professor Dai alone, without bringing anyone else. If the murderer learned the details from one of Dr. Wen’s students, how did they know it was Professor Dai?"

"First, the murderer could have secretly followed Dr. Wen Wen. Since he visited the Engineering College multiple times within a month, the murderer could have guessed Professor Dai was assisting him. Second, have you forgotten Dr. Wen Wen’s condition when he died? He was dispirited, without pain or fear... It’s suspected to be Spirit Engraving."

"I get it now. The information was extracted from Dr. Wen Wen’s memories."

"Boss, let’s not dwell on it for now. It’s dinnertime," Li Yan said, pointing to the clock on the wall. Wang Lan looked and saw it was nearly six o’clock.

It was still late August, so it got dark late. At 6:00 p.m., it was still dusk, and the sky might not even be dark at 7:00 p.m. Only after 7:30 p.m. would it become completely dark.

"Alright, I’m getting hungry anyway."

"Shall we eat at the cafeteria or go out?"

"Are you treating?" Wang Lan joked.

"My treat, then. Let’s go."

"Forget it. There’s no need. Going out would just waste time."

"Come on! If it weren’t for you, Boss, my promotion wouldn’t have come so quickly. I haven’t had a chance to thank you properly."

"Since you’ve invited me so earnestly, I’ll graciously grant your wish. Let’s go. Eight Immortals City, across the street."

"Great!"

Eight Immortals City was a comprehensive shopping mall, most famous for its gourmet food floor. As a celebrity hot-spot, many foodies flocked from afar to dine there every day.

Wang Lan had eaten at Eight Immortals City twice: once with Jiang Xinyu and once with Xie Sisi. Thinking about it, he felt a bit like a scoundrel...

"Are you kidding me? There’s a line at every single restaurant!"

"Forget it. Let’s just eat at that noodle shop downstairs. Their noodles smelled really good to me."

"No way! I finally get a chance to treat you to dinner. How can we just settle for a bowl of noodles? Let’s queue. The investigation isn’t so urgent it can’t wait for one meal..."

Before Li Yan could finish speaking, Wang Lan’s phone suddenly rang.