Chapter 72

"Xiao Wu, inform Xiao Liu to start monitoring all the phone calls and pagers in Wuhexian from now on. I won’t believe we can’t catch that murderer!"

"Brother Jie, monitoring all the phone calls and pagers in Wuhexian requires a lot of energy. Are you sure you want to do this?" Xiao Wu appeared in front of Yang Jie after hearing his call.

"We are now at the distillery. There’s plenty of white wine here. I want to try to catch the murderer before leaving Wuhexian. Otherwise, I will be uneasy even if I go to Rongcheng."

Yang Jie looked at the somewhat desolate back of Yang Xinhua and knew that Wang Guixi, as his most capable assistant, had taken on most of the trivial matters of the distillery. Although Yang Xinhua appeared calm on the surface, Yang Jie knew that this was just a facade.

Yang Xinhua had seen many comrades fall in battle, but that didn’t mean he could be indifferent to life and death.

Wang Guixi had helped the newly retired Yang Xinhua bring the nearly bankrupt Wuhexian Distillery back to life, and now the distillery was thriving. Wang Guixi’s contribution was immense. How could Yang Xinhua not care about his departure?

Yang Jie knew that Xiao Wu could contact Xiao Liu through wireless signals, although it would consume more energy. However, Yang Jie, being at the Wuhexian Distillery, was not worried about running out of energy.

"Alright! Since you are determined, I will let Xiao Liu monitor the phone calls and pagers in Changyang area 24/7. Xiao Liu will automatically filter out useful information for solving the case. Plus, the weak wireless signal I use to connect with him requires a lot of energy. It will consume about one-thousandth of the energy storage every two hours. I hope you can replenish the system energy in time." After saying this, Yang Jie looked at the energy display bar above his line of sight.

The system had three-thousandths of energy left. If Xiao Liu started monitoring phone calls and pagers, it would consume half a thousandth of energy per hour, which was quite a significant loss.

"Last time you monitored all the phone calls and pagers in the city, it only consumed one-thousandth of energy in one night. Why is the loss so high now?" Yang Jie asked Xiao Wu, puzzled.

"At that time, it was night, and the volume of phone calls and pagers was only one-tenth of what it is during the day. Moreover, I am now far from Xiao Liu, and there are no communication base stations nearby. The energy consumption is high when I relay signals through pagers to Xiao Liu, hence the significant loss." Xiao Wu shrugged, looking quite aggrieved.

"Alright, as long as we can catch the murderer soon, I’ll just go to sleep in the distillery’s technical room!" After saying this to Xiao Wu, Yang Jie followed Yang Xinhua into the distillery.

"Father, you go back to the office first. I’ll come to see you later!" Yang Jie called out to Yang Xinhua, who was ahead, and without waiting for a response, he walked directly into the distillery.

The distillery had only one place where a lot of freely drinkable wine was stored, and that was the technical room.

The technical room was the laboratory where the distillery developed new varieties of wine. It had all kinds of tools for blending and adjusting wine, and the distillery’s raw wine, white wine, and mountain spring water, as well as small brewing tools, were all available.

The last time Jimmy came, Yang Jie made the blood pressure-lowering wine and the aphrodisiac wine in the distillery’s technical room.

Walking familiarly to the technical room, he found that the few technicians inside were not focused on their work, but were discussing Wang Guixi’s murder. They stopped talking when they saw Yang Jie come in.

"Master Zhao, you all go back to the dormitory first! I need to use the technical room."

Yang Jie looked at the few technicians, who were rare outsiders in the distillery. They were technical personnel that Yang Xinhua had recruited from other state-owned distilleries, responsible for developing new varieties of Wuhexian Liquor. They lived and ate in the distillery’s dormitory.

"Alright! Remember to lock the door when you leave." Master Zhao knew that Yang Jie was Yang Xinhua’s son and had often come to the distillery before. After reminding Yang Jie, he and the other technicians tidied up and left the technical room.

After Master Zhao and the others were far away, Yang Jie closed the door of the technical room and went to the underground wine cellar in the inner room of the technical room. He found the large wine jar storing the raw wine, used the wine-drawing tool to draw out nearly ten pounds of raw wine, and then carried the wine bucket back to the technical room.

Wuhexian Liquor is made from grains, and the raw wine is much more fragrant and smooth than the blended wine, with a better taste. However, it should not be consumed in large quantities, as it can easily cause intoxication.

Yang Jie didn’t need to worry about getting drunk, but he didn’t want to waste the raw wine. Using the blending tools, he blended the raw wine and then picked up the blended Wuhexian Liquor, drinking nearly twenty pounds of it in large gulps.

As the white wine entered his body, the smart brain began to rapidly absorb it. The crystal energy display bar in his line of sight quickly rose. When Yang Jie finished drinking the large bucket of white wine, the energy display bar showed 0023.

One pound equals 500 grams, which is approximately 500 milliliters. This could replenish one-thousandth of the system’s energy. Twenty pounds of Wuhexian Liquor could replenish two percent of the system’s energy.

With so much energy, Yang Jie felt a surge of confidence.

Since Xiao Wu had parasitized Yang Jie, this was the first time he had converted energy so smoothly. After absorbing and converting all the white wine Yang Jie had consumed, Xiao Wu said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Brother Jie, do you want to solve this case?"

Yang Jie, seeing Xiao Wu’s earnest attempt to persuade him, nodded and said, "Of course. Wang Guixi helped the distillery a lot, and his death has deeply saddened my father. I want to do my part to bring justice to the deceased as soon as possible."

"Then you only need to drink another thirty pounds of wine to replenish the energy to five percent. Xiao Wu can then activate the system’s built-in detective assistance system, which can help you solve this case." Xiao Wu’s words were like a timely rain, stirring Yang Jie’s heart.

"Detective assistance system?"

"Xiao Wu is a Level 1 work and life assistance intelligent system of the Federation. Unlike other Level 2 and Level 3 designated assistance systems, Xiao Wu comes with over a hundred auxiliary systems for various human routine jobs. The detective assistance system is a system generated based on the comprehensive military and police investigation experience collected by the Federation over the years. Since it is a built-in system, it only requires five percent of the energy to be activated from the system storage for the host to use." Xiao Wu then gave Yang Jie a detailed introduction to the system.

The detective assistance system is a specialized system developed for future military and police, equipped with all the professional skills that criminal investigators and special investigators should have. It can give the user sharp insight, accurate judgment, superb reasoning ability, an excellent memory, and a rich imagination. Of course, as a detective, one also needs broad knowledge, proficiency in various laws, and various professional skills such as driving, photography, interrogation techniques, and self-defense, all of which Yang Jie can obtain through the detective assistance system.

After listening to Xiao Wu’s introduction, Yang Jie’s eyes lit up. This was the first time he had heard about such work assistance systems. He looked at the smug Xiao Wu and asked, "Is there a civil servant work assistance system? If there is, I’m interested too!"

Xiao Wu, who had just finished explaining the detective assistance system, was taken aback by Yang Jie’s question. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Federation officials are protected by Federation law, and commercial institutions cannot influence them through smart brains. Therefore, Xiao Wu does not have a civil servant work assistance system."

Yang Jie wasn’t too disappointed. He smiled and said to Xiao Wu, "I was just curious. Since there isn’t one, activate the detective assistance system for me!"

"Sure, please continue to replenish the system energy. When the system energy is greater than five percent, Xiao Wu can activate that system!" Seeing that Yang Jie had made his decision, Xiao Wu nodded and asked him to continue drinking.

The wine cellar in the technical room stored thousands of pounds of raw wine brewed over the years, as well as Wuhexian Liquor of different alcohol levels blended by Old Zhao and others.

This time, Yang Jie didn’t touch the raw wine but went to the laboratory and found the substandard wine that Old Zhao and others had failed to develop this year. He used a water ladle to scoop up the wine and started drinking it in large gulps.

(Thank you, old friend 'Guzhu Yujian', for the 200起点币 support! Thanks!)

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