Zone Zero: I'm invincible now that the heavenly fire has killed Nineveh!

One morning.

Ding Ding Ding!

Su Chen, still half asleep with Baal in his arms, picked up his phone from beside his pillow and found it flooded with several long messages early in the morning.

[Cleta: The 1 billion Dinney project deposit has been paid. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, and I'll personally help you resolve them!]

[Zhu Yuan: The reward from the Public Security Bureau should have arrived by now, and the payment that Senior Qingyi and I promised you has also been sent over. Oh, and the bounties for the Most Vicious Boxer and the Dead End Butcher are included in that as well.]

Su Chen first glanced at the bank text messages: one transfer from Baiqi Heavy Industry's company account, one transfer from the Public Security Bureau's official account, and one transfer from Zhu Yuan's private account.

The total comes to exactly 15 billion dinney, which is already a huge sum of money.

"The money arrived first thing this morning, that's really efficient."

Su Chen sat up abruptly, leaning against the headboard, and flung the baby, Baal, who had been lying on his chest, aside.

The arrival of the large sum of money immediately dispelled his sleepiness.

However, Su Chen did not rush to draw the card, but instead replied to the two messages first.

Su Chen: Kreta, the funds have been received. I am very satisfied with the efficiency of Baiqi Heavy Industry.

Kreta replied instantly: Of course, our Baiqi Heavy Industry is the most trustworthy company!

Su Chen: Yeah, yeah, of course I know that. What happened to that project involving the associated cavities in Crete?

Kreta: The PowerPoint presentation is ready, and we're currently in a meeting to discuss it. Our chief technical specialist, Grace, will provide the most comprehensive technical support for this project! We expect to begin formal mining by the end of next month at the latest.

Thinking of that lecherous Iron Witch, Su Chen nodded secretly: Okay, then I'll leave it to you.

Kreta thought of yesterday's achievements and sincerely thanked Su Chen: "By the way, thank you so much for cracking the major case of Yuanjing Industry. Our Baiqi Heavy Industry has won another big project, and we won't have to worry about not having projects for the next few years."

Su Chen: You're welcome. I didn't think that much about it.

On the other side, Kreta was a little hesitant, but thinking of Su Chen's contribution, she finally suppressed her embarrassment and typed a message: Anyway, thank you..., Brother Su Chen.

Su Chen could almost see Koreta's embarrassed and proud expression from the bed, and couldn't help but smile: Can you send a voice message? I love listening to it.

Kreta bit her lip, her face showing struggle.

Typing the word "brother" was incredibly difficult for her; sending a voice message felt like a death sentence. Even with Grace, she never affectionately called her "sister" in the chat; at most, she would just call her "older sister."

However, considering that I had called Su Chen "brother" during the previous negotiations, it wouldn't make a difference if I called him that one more time.

Kreta sprang up from her office chair, furtively glancing around the office before closing the door and drawing the curtains. She then sent a message, utterly embarrassed: "Thank you, Su... Su Chen...! I have work to do, so I'll stop here for today!"

After she finished speaking, she ended the call and picked up a document on the table, looking at it with an air of importance.

If the ears aren't as red as the hair, it's perfectly normal for the documents to come out of the brown paper bag.

"It's like listening to fairy music and my ears are temporarily bright."

Su Chen couldn't help but smile as he listened to the arrogant little bear girl's voice.

Imagine hearing a shy voice from a female CEO early in the morning – that's what makes a true veteran rapper!

The girl next to her, who had been startled awake, laughed as if she wished her own sister could call her that too.

Su Chen patted Baer's head and replied to Zhu Yuan's message: Zhu Yuan, I've received the bonus. You're at work pretty early.

Zhu Yuan replied instantly: "There's nothing we can do. The Vision case involves too many things, and we're in a real bind right now. Moreover, Vision Industries' CEO, Perlman, is missing, making the situation extremely complicated."

Su Chen frowned slightly: "The police department let Perlman escape?"

In the original timeline, Perlman had to wait for the organization that retrieved the beasts to rescue him before he could escape. How come he wasn't caught at all now?

Zhu Yuan: "I'm sorry, it seems Perlman was prepared to be caught a long time ago. He prepared a secret passage at home. We arrived a step too late. According to the current intelligence, he should have hidden in the outer ring."

Su Chen: "Okay, will that affect the case in Canvas Alley?"

That makes sense, after all, Perlman isn't stupid, and he's the big boss of the simple and honest new Elidu.

While it's not accurate to say someone is as cunning as Nicole Kidman with three or four burrows, having three or four is quite normal, making them inevitably difficult to catch.

They weren't caught on the spot; it's not an easy task to catch someone like that in their territory.

Zhu Yuan explained earnestly, "It won't have a big impact. With Chief Bollinger's strong push, the trial of Vision Industries will continue, it's just that the trial date will be postponed. But at most two months, there will definitely be a result."

"Furthermore, the police department is currently searching for Perlman's whereabouts, and if he is caught, the case can be closed this month."

If Perlman is caught, the case should be tried directly as Perlman representing Vision Industries; that would be the fastest way.

If we can't catch them, we have to interrogate the entire company's senior management, which will take a lot of time.

Su Chen: "I understand. It seems the Public Security Bureau is quite responsible."

He knew that Bollinger was working hard to claim credit for his work, but no matter what Bollinger thought, as long as he got things done, that was fine.

Zhu Yuan felt somewhat ashamed: "You flatter me. It was our fault for not catching Perlman; we were just trying our best to make up for it. The only thing I'm sorry about is that the dinner I was going to treat you to may have to be postponed for quite some time."

Su Chen: "It's okay, it's never too late for a friend's meal, as long as they remember. See you later, I won't disturb your work any longer."

Zhu Yuan rubbed her throbbing forehead and smiled, "See you later, Su Chen."

At this moment, Qingyi, who was fiddling with tea sets on her desk, spoke up leisurely: "Zhu Yuan, have a cup of tea to wake up. You haven't slept all night."

"Hmm." Zhu Yuan finished her tea in one gulp, her spirits lifted. "Sometimes I really envy you, senior, for being able to multitask."

"This is one of the few advantages that Yu'ou has."

As Qingyi gently sipped her tea, the intelligent core was deducing clues about the case.

"The outer ring, the outer ring, a place where hidden talents abound. Perlman must not join Pompey's ranks."

Zhu Yuan sighed, looking somewhat melancholy.

The outer ring is basically a lawless zone, and the police generally do not deploy resources there; they have their own system of order.

Perhaps we'll need to ask Su Chen and the others for help then.

Given the salary and benefits of being an outsourced employee of the Public Security Bureau, it's likely that the somewhat money-loving Miss Nicole would be willing to help.

However, they will have to wait until they find out where Perlman is before making any plans.

And the other side.

Su Chen ended his communication with Zhu Yuan and quickly washed up to get rid of the bad luck.

He woke up the cat and stroked its head a few times to wish it good luck.

He then had Baal perform a sacred dance for him and receive the blessing of the Thunder General.

After confirming that everything was in perfect order, Su Chen solemnly began today's main event.

1.5 billion Dinis, a total of 150 gacha pulls, we can't be careless.