After the people of Oulos embarked on the path of intermediaries, they quickly recognized a principle within the industry—that in the Cyberpunk era, there are no secrets, only differences in channels, costs, timeliness, and price.

From the moment she discovered that the experimental Igdrasir Prosthetic Body she invested heavily in developing was perfectly compatible with John's body...

Oulos began to be curious about him.

She then utilized the resources of Eden City to investigate John's last incident at Tiebang Logistics.

The transport report Kuang Xin obtained was just an official polished version.

Even the aftermath video shot by news drones wasn't strictly first-hand information, and it could even have been tampered with or disguised.

Oulos delved deeper and more specifically into the investigation.

"How could such a large transport order, with Grade A security configuration, leave no trace?"

Oulos's cybernetic eyes flickered.

The projection on the wall turned into a data backend.

A series of account passwords swiftly flashed by.

The glowing screen illuminated both their faces.

The screen unfolded a series of paper documents, seemingly scanned by commercial spies through internal channels.

"The recipient of the order was Serum, the shipper a secret laboratory of Gaia Cells, and it was located over 300 kilometers away from Eden City and has since been burned to ashes."

Oulos scrutinized the investigation results with her arms crossed.

She nodded slightly.

She was quite surprised when she first discovered this and hadn't expected John to be involved in such significant trouble.

"Do you know what's interesting?"

Gaia Cells had no knowledge of the laboratory's existence; its research projects and funding sources were both untraceable.

The authorization code belonged to the former CEOs.

Even their ashes would be hard to locate by now.

Tiebang Logistics had no information either.

When the convoy passed through the Border Wall, the Eden City branch only then received the task signal, and by that time, including John, dozens of people had already collected the goods and returned according to the "standard process".

Both companies were conducting internal investigations for moles.

"Is this a ghost order?"

John had learned from Kuang Xin that the entire investigation of the incident site was classified—he couldn't even contact any of the other survivors.

Oulos reminded him.

"You've been here a long time; Tiebang Logistics' standard operating procedures, don't they leave a lot of evidence?"

According to company policy:

From the transportation echelon to the combat group, everyone, and every piece of equipment will be equipped with monitors.

"Can you access internal data?"

"I've tried; it's all destroyed. An EMP bomb was used at the site, and all the wreckage and recovered equipment are gone... Tiebang Logistics' current CEO is already alarmed, and Europe's headquarters is preparing to send people to Eden City to investigate the matter thoroughly."

Oulos answered truthfully, showing a smile, appearing quite interested in the company's shadowy dealings.

"F*ck! The clues are f*cking cut off again!"

John punched the air.

"Are there?"

Oulos motioned for him to look at the screen.

The image switched to a satellite map of Eden City.

From a bird's-eye view, the accident site and its distance from the Border Wall were marked, and then the camera zoomed in on the coastline.

"This place is called Silver Port."

Eden City's most significant freight port is in the northwest direction, while Silver Port is located at the end of the land reclamation project.

It has no surrounding infrastructure or living facilities.

It's an area pending development.

"Tiebang Logistics' video is transmitted on dual channels; as long as it's within the signal range, it automatically backs up to the company server. The video from before the on-site EMP explosion still has hope of being found."

"Is the main server in Silver Port?"

John asked.

Oulos laughed.

"How could it be."

The incident location is very subtle.

It wasn't fully integrated into Eden City's local area network, and the video wasn't synchronized to the company's headquarters at the city center.

Orbital servers transmit once a week, so specific data wasn't retained either.

But there's an abandoned server in Silver Port that might have received the video transmission signal at the time of the incident.

Silver Port is desolate nowadays.

Back then, it was heavily contested during the corporate and independence wars, and it was because of residual radiation and soil pollution that it has been abandoned to this day.

"The circled waters collapsed afterward..."

In the early city planning, this was designated as the main port.

Tiebang Logistics spent a fortune to build a backup server here, which was later destroyed during the war, with road facilities turned into ruins and everything buried with landslides into the bay.

"When I investigated Tiebang Logistics, I discovered through background checks that data signals hadn't been severed for decades; they just hadn't been updated or maintained for a long time."

Oulos ran her fingers through her short hair, forming a U-shaped pillow with her arms, and posed in a thinking posture in a relaxed state.

The satellite map marked the exact coordinates.

John, however, was greatly astonished.

"Those hunks of iron submerged at the bottom of the sea can still be used?"

"Back when Tiebang Logistics was built, they spent astronomical sums, maxing out on undersea cables and various protections, and the buildings were missile-proof grade..."

"Then why was it destroyed?"

"Because the war used something more egregious than missiles, causing varying degrees of collapse over two miles of land."

"If it's still intact, why not restart?"

"The costs are too high; cleaning the pollution, digging up relics, even if a new area were rebuilt, it wouldn't become a trade port, so the company let it go its own way, not caring if the server eventually shuts down one day."

Oulos's expression became even more intriguing.

"During your surgery, I attempted to investigate here to see if there was any possibility of underwater infiltration. If the server still worked, commercial secrets would have been extracted, but the tapes for minor incidents like yours should still be there."

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