Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 616 - 486: Disgusting Scum

Very united? Qu Jianlei sneered disdainfully; he really didn't believe this. Where there are interests, how can there be no disputes?

However, there was no need to argue this point. He switched topics, "Was the Daisis family's massacre done by the Cleaners?"

"It's being verified," Aunt Liu replied in a deep voice, "There's over a ninety percent chance that it was them."

But in the next moment, her voice became somber.

"But you should know, we can never find evidence... Cleaners are a unified body; any betrayer will be despised by all!"

Zi Jiu Immortal could no longer hold back upon hearing this, "But the Daisis family were also people from the government... was the whole family killed?"

Aunt Liu glanced at her and shook her head helplessly, "The government you speak of and the government we're talking about are not the same."

"We speak of factions, and you speak of individuals... Do you think there are no conflicts within the military?"

"One important function of the Cleaners is to clear paths; they kill anyone blocking the way, whether they're soldiers or officials."

"Those killed are just individuals and do not represent anything; the Cleaners safeguard the interests of the government faction."

Qu Jianlei suddenly spoke up, "So, it's okay to occasionally take on military jobs?"

"Yes," Aunt Liu nodded without hesitation, "A few small orders, it doesn't matter where they come from; those are just minor issues."

"What's important is, they innately belong to the government faction, and no one would be foolish enough to abandon their faction."

"Even if someone defected to the military, what would they gain? Would the military allow a Cleaner system that they cannot control?"

After Aunt Liu finished speaking, there was a silence at the scene; her words were very frank, but also very harsh.

It was Qu Jianlei's voice that broke the silence, "So, did the Cleaners take on a task this time or act on their own?"

"There's a ninety percent chance it's a task," Aunt Liu replied solemnly, "If they didn't take on a task and just assassinated officials... that would be internal strife."

"Besides, with the current situation on Star No. 4, a change of leadership is imminent, and if the Cleaners made a move on their own, it would be self-destructive."

Qu Jianlei's brow furrowed slightly, "So, you're saying they were hired?"

Upon hearing this question, Aunt Liu felt a chill down her back, but finally nodded with determination.

"Yes, but... it's hard to ask which family's commission they accepted."

Qu Jianlei's face immediately darkened, "Heh, still unwilling to show themselves?"

This mastermind is really unusually crafty, even hiring unrelated professionals for a cover-up.

Zi Jiu Immortal and Xiang Xue also sensed the implications, and their expressions did not look good.

After a while, the female professor spoke up, "Why not still look for that Guard Captain?"

"Tsk," Qu Jianlei clicked his tongue in frustration; he had already made up his mind not to seek out Hertman.

But now, he had no other choice; the archaeology enthusiast had already expressed that it was inconvenient to ask the Cleaners for information.

The key is that Hoyel is the planet's second-ranking officer; if he can't represent the government, then very few people can represent the government.

Qu Jianlei sighed, shook his head helplessly, and sent a message to the Guard Captain, "Is it convenient for you to come over?"

Shortly, the Guard Captain replied, "Not convenient for now, should I send someone?"

"You come!" Qu Jianlei responded without hesitation. Sending an ordinary guard wouldn't really help in getting information.

Two hours later, Hertman rode a motorcycle over. As soon as he entered the room, he was startled, "So many people?"

He thought Panda had something important to discuss with him, but with so many people present, how could they talk?

"They're not outsiders," Qu Jianlei smoothly put away his wristwatch, "Is there a risk of your watch being bugged?"

"Impossible," the Guard Captain replied arrogantly, "If mine was bugged, then there's no safety left on this planet."

"Alright," Qu Jianlei nodded, and began to ask, "Do you know much about the Cleaners?"

"Cleaners?" When Hertman heard this, his expression changed, "How did you end up dealing with those disgusting things?"

"Disgusting things?" Qu Jianlei looked at him in amazement, "I thought the government would have a slightly better opinion of them."

"Better? Only marginally," Hertman replied indifferently.

"This is a new planet, and those guys act recklessly, and some don't even interact with the local government."

So, some Cleaners represent the interests of other planet governments?

Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, understanding why the other party's attitude was so poor, "You haven't had much interaction with them?"

"I know a bit," the Guard Captain nodded, and then asked directly, "Go on, what do you want to find out about them?"

Qu Jianlei spoke in a deep voice, "The Daisis family's death should have been done by the Cleaners."

"Done by the Cleaners?" Hertman's face changed, "No wonder our informants have mysteriously disappeared."

After a moment of contemplation, he snorted coldly, "It's quite possible. This group is indeed lawless!"

Then he looked at Qu Jianlei, thoughtfully speaking, "Do you think they accepted a commission, causing you to end up being passive?"

Qu Jianlei did not directly answer but said, "Without going through the government, it's difficult to find out whose commission they accepted."

The Guard Captain nodded; he knew quite a lot about the Cleaners and understood the way these guys operate.

He also knew that Panda had been avoiding speaking up around him, trying to avoid something, but now, he had no choice but to approach him.

So he nodded, "Alright, I will look into this information. Is there a time requirement?"

Qu Jianlei raised two fingers, "Two days. I can only give you two days at most."

"No problem," Hertman nodded without hesitation. Others saw scavengers as monsters, but he wasn't really concerned.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, he saw those three female teachers again and couldn't help but ask.

"Do all three of them know about the scavenger's information?"

The three women didn't answer him, only Qu Jianlei nodded.

"No wonder," the Guard Captain turned and walked towards the door, "Anyhow, try to talk about these guys as little as possible."

"Hmph," Qu Jianlei sneered, "If they hadn't affected me, I really wouldn't care."

The Guard Captain turned back to look at him, shook his head with a smile, "I really hope you can teach them a profound lesson."

Qu Jianlei raised an eyebrow and then nodded, "I will consider that."

After Hertman left, Aunt Liu, rarely, spoke up.

"Panda, you have to be cautious in dealing with scavengers. You need to consider that the government might be using you as a tool."

"I know," Qu Jianlei nodded. Someone like Hertman, isn't scheming just normal for him?

But he was also a bit resentful of the scavenger's actions, so he sighed.

"A tool? It must have value to be used... Anyway, accusing me without reason, this matter needs to be properly addressed."

Aunt Liu pursed her lips, said nothing, but silently sighed in her heart, such a temper.

Hertman's efficiency was high, and the next morning, he sent people with the scavenger's information.

Indeed, it was the scavengers who killed the Daisis family.

They had blocked the information flow in the district at the time, which wasn't actually a major impact.

But backtracking the information and sieving key information to hunt down potential leakers, that kind of operation was too easy to investigate.

The Little Lake couldn't find it because it was no longer real-time data, and the numbers the scavengers used were all fake identity numbers.

However, for Hertman, checking this was too easy.

The action was taken by a scavenger team called "Blitz," a team from the Star of Hope scavengers.

According to their origin, they represented the interests of the Star of Hope, but upon arriving at Star No. 4, they also presented goodwill to the local government.

The organization of scavengers can develop continuously, and reaching into every corner of the Imperial is greatly facilitated by localization.

Blitz's arrival at Star No. 4 was somewhat similar to the Pioneer Team in planetary development.

In the early stages, they strive for some benefits for the Star of Hope, but gradually they become localized until they are fully rooted.

After all, the Star of Hope was originally the central star of the Star Realm; it's normal for someone to come and seek benefits.

But so far, Blitz hasn't been very cooperative with the local government, which is why the Guard Captain is dissatisfied with the scavenger.

Hertman did find the people, but when he asked them for the employer's information, he was refused.

The Blitz team stated, indeed, we did the case, but the information is inconvenient to disclose, and besides... it's for the good of Star No. 4!

This response really made the Guard Captain feel like swearing, however, scavengers have always been like this.

Hertman provided the information about the Blitz team to Panda, indicating that what you want to do next is unrelated to us.

Qu Jianlei was quite speechless, the Guard Captain was clearly intending to use him as a tool. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

If not for Aunt Liu's hint, he wouldn't actually mind making a move.

No matter if you're a scavenger or a cleaner, dare to mess with me, just wait to face my thunderous wrath.

But now he felt a bit hesitant, knowing he was being used but still insisting, did not feel so good.

Nevertheless, he still ordered Little Lake to gather intelligence on the Blitz team.

The core members of this team were about twenty people, mostly B-level Warriors, with some C-level and A-level as well.

As for ordinary members and the peripheral ones, they were more numerous, and the Guard Captain didn't have information on them.

In fact, scavengers protect the information of their ground-level and peripheral members rather well.

The two A-levels who acted that day were named Krieg and Camille, Krieg had an Ice Attribute, and Camille had a Sand Attribute.

It's said that Qu Jianlei shouldn't let these two who framed him off, however, Daisis was the earliest and the most direct one targeting him.

Avenging his enemy, this matter... why does it feel so absurd?

Little Lake's ability to gather information is quite formidable, but short-term filtering out the backstage instigator isn't quite realistic.

However, Qu Jianlei had already promised Cheng Qingshan to give a reply in three days.

As time was running out, he couldn't help but sigh gloomily, "Little Lake, give me the video."

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