There were many reasons why Professor Nan temporarily changed his mind.

Now that the Beast King has awakened, Miao Yu's primary task is to focus on defense – that's what's most important!

Moreover, Professor Nan currently holds no official position. His request to Miao Yu for troops was already an overreach of authority. If Professor Nan were to do this under Chen Sihai's nose, both he and Miao Yu would surely be marked down in Chen Sihai's little black book...

Most importantly, Professor Nan's active pursuit of the bullet's user was primarily motivated by a desire to redeem himself; he viewed it as a personal matter.

If this personal endeavor distracted Miao Yu and hindered the defense of Nancheng, Professor Nan felt his guilt would only deepen.

Professor Nan wasn't aware of the extent of the chaos caused by the bullet's owner at the border, nor did he realize the uproar his finding the bullet's owner would cause among the higher-ups.

The Song Zhibin incident was considered an "accident" and a "stain" by the upper echelons. Even now, they were making every effort to conceal the truth and prevent its spread.

Although Miao Yu had revealed some information about the matter to Professor Nan, it was only a small amount, insufficient for him to grasp its true significance.

In reality, the higher-ups didn't hold much hope of finding the "criminal from the border."

Firstly, they were in a time of war, and the military commanders' main task was to defend against attacks, leaving little energy to spare for finding criminals.

Secondly, Song Zhibin had already fled to the border, a location that led the higher-ups to believe that even if the "criminal" had taken Song Zhibin, they would never return to Yanhuang to turn themselves in, but would flee abroad!

Therefore, although the incident was serious, the investigation wasn't as thorough as one might expect; the higher-ups were even intentionally concealing it!

All these reasons combined led Professor Nan to change his mind.

"Anyway, no one has touched anything in the evidence room... I can spend some time looking for it myself," Professor Nan thought, slowly retreating from the doorway.

...

*Whoosh!*

*Whoosh!*

Professor Nan struggled to move some of the evidence boxes, carefully identifying the words on the packaging bags with his cloudy eyes, trying to find the names of Li and Guo.

In the end, he didn't tell Miao Yu about this, but instead entered the warehouse being used as a record room, painstakingly searching for the clues he wanted.

The massive warehouse contained at least tens of thousands of files, a huge undertaking.

More importantly, Professor Nan couldn't confirm whether those two bullets were actually stored here; they might have been lost during the relocation.

He exerted all his effort, but the chances of him ultimately finding nothing were high.

But he had no time for complaints or rest. His position had been revoked, and his entry into the record room was already a favor from the guard. If Chen Sihai of the Military Supervision Office saw him, he would probably arrest Professor Nan on the grounds of "illegally entering a military area."

With Professor Nan's movements, file after file saw the light of day again.

Time passed, and the sky gradually darkened.

Professor Nan's clothes were soaked with sweat, and his limbs and waist were exhausted. He moved a cardboard box in the corner and casually picked up a stack of files to fan himself. At that moment, his eyes suddenly stopped.

The file in his hand clearly read "Evil Cult Case, Joint File on the Shooting of Assemblymen Li and Guo"!

"Truly... what I sought after searching far and wide was right here!" Professor Nan was ecstatic. His hands trembled as he opened the file and began reading the records in the dim light of his flashlight.

Because the evil cult case and the shooting of Li and Guo were so close in time and had obvious connections, the military police bureau investigated them jointly.

As for the murderer who killed Li and Guo, the military police focused their suspicions on the families of the victimized girls, but before they could investigate in detail, the world underwent its second mutation, and the case was put on hold.

Professor Nan carefully read the files, and his eyebrows gradually rose.

He was angered by the evil deeds of the cult, officials, and wealthy people recorded in the file!

Professor Nan read through the entire file, and his mood was very complicated.

He was both angry at the depravity of the criminals and saddened by the plight of the victims.

He slowly reached into the evidence bag next to him and slowly pulled out the sealed bag containing the two bullets.

He had previously wanted to find the owner of the bullets as soon as possible, but now, he was afraid to look at the two bullets.

He didn't want these two bullets to be the same type as the bullet Miao Yu had given him!

"According to the records in the file, the person who killed Li and Guo was simply the embodiment of justice... I find it hard to imagine that such a person would cause trouble at the Modu Company and on the border line," Professor Nan murmured to himself. He held the bullet Miao Yu gave him in his left hand and the bullets in the evidence bag in his right hand. "Please! Don't let you be the same person!"

*Whoosh!*

Professor Nan gritted his teeth and directly spread out his hands!

Under the glaring light of the flashlight, three identical bullets were displayed in his left and right palms!

*Thump!*

A heavy sound came from the dark warehouse, as if someone couldn't support themselves and their body slumped heavily to the ground...

...

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Late at night, Li Tianran's room door was knocked on.

Hanhan pushed open the door, pitifully holding a stuffed bear and a small quilt, and said softly, "Big brother, I had a nightmare! Can I sleep with you tonight?"

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows.

Ever since Hanhan started sleeping in separate rooms from Li Tianran when she was four years old, Little Black had been with her. Later, Little Black's size soared, and it could no longer act as a sleep companion, so Hanhan was inevitably a little unaccustomed.

After all, she was still just a child...

"Come on in!" Li Tianran smiled and said softly.

Hanhan beamed with joy, and carrying her little quilt she hopped onto Li Tianran's bed, snuggling into the innermost corner of the bed, as if that would make her feel more secure.

"Big brother, I can't sleep." Hanhan stared at the ceiling, her eyes rolling around. "The nightmare I just had was so scary... I dreamed that a lot of planes and cannons were besieging our house, and a lot of monsters were staring at us."

"There were explosions and raging fires everywhere, the fish pond was flattened, and the farm was gone..."

"Little Black was covered in blood, and Ding Lu and big brother's hands and feet were broken..."

"In the end, we survived miserably."

Hanhan hugged Li Tianran's arm, her voice a little scared, and said tremblingly, "Big brother, will these things come true?"

Li Tianran laughed, he patted Hanhan's head, and said, "Silly! I told you a long time ago, things in dreams are the opposite!"

"The opposite?" Hanhan was stunned when she heard this, and then she pondered in silence for a moment, and asked with an extremely solemn expression:

"Does big brother mean..."

"We will die peacefully?"