407: The investigation team arrived

After Ou Ben left, Li Yang immediately pulled up the authorization interface of the government management system, his fingertips rapidly sliding across the light screen, retrieving all personnel files from the Minister of Energy down to the grassroots specialists.

A dense stream of information continuously scrolled across the light screen; he carefully reviewed every word and sentence, from years of service and projects responsible for to reward and punishment records, not even missing seemingly irrelevant training experiences.

Although he initially judged that the Minister of Energy was highly unlikely to be suspicious, Li Yang knew the principle of 'the more impossible it seems, the more thoroughly it must be investigated' and still included him in the scope of scrutiny.

As the data was continuously sorted, a clear list gradually formed in his mind, finally settling on four individuals.

Topping the list was the Minister of Energy—as the highest Person in Charge of the department, he could single-handedly control the Kolos Planet project.

Following closely was the Vice Minister, and like the Minister, his power could easily control a Kolos Planet.

The third was the Person in Charge of the Ministry of Energy's mining project investment, as the mining rights for Kolos Planet were distributed through his hands, and the approval process was the most likely place for problems to occur for Dongyuan Company to obtain the qualification.

However, in Li Yang's view, the most suspicious was the Director of Mining Safety Inspection of the Ministry of Energy.

This individual was directly responsible for frontline inspections, and the A-level safety report for Kolos Planet last week was his responsibility.

More importantly—it was declared A-level safe with no hidden dangers just last week, yet within less than a week, a major safety accident like a planetary explosion occurred; such a contradiction is difficult to explain as a 'mistake'.

Li Yang separately encrypted and archived the four individuals' data, his fingertips pausing for a moment on the name of the 'Safety Inspection Director,' his gaze growing cold.

The A-level rating on the report seemed more like a 'time bomb' planted for the accident.

“This is just the tip of the iceberg of this incident...”

For Dongyuan Company to get the mining project with a green light all the way, it would have been impossible to pass the approval without the 'cooperation' of other departments.

He rubbed his throbbing temples; the clues he currently had were too scattered.

“No need to rush.”

Li Yang murmured to himself, encrypting and backing up all suspicious documents.

“These people have managed to hide so deeply under layers of supervision; they must be deeply entrenched. Acting rashly now would be a minor issue of alerting them, but if they destroy core evidence, it will be difficult to uproot them.”

Li Yang closed the light screen, looking at the nebulae passing outside the window.

This far-reaching corruption case was like an airtight net, with each node connected to hidden Transfer of benefits.

He must be patient and wait for the Investigation Team to arrive before he can find a way to tear apart this dark net woven by selfish desires...

Six hours had passed since the meeting ended, time quietly slipping away in tense waiting and data sorting.

When the Virgo Supercluster Investigation Team's starship slowly sailed into the docking port of The Administrative Center Department of This Galaxy Cluster, Li Yang, Ou Ben, and An Cheng were already waiting at the pier.

This five-person Investigation Team, each dressed in a uniform dark gray uniform, had badges on their chests that gleamed with a cold light under the illumination, and their eyes showed professional caution and sharpness.

Led by Ou Ben, the group quickly entered a private conference room that had undergone special encryption; the heavy door slowly closed, isolating all external sounds.

Soft light filled the room, clearly illuminating several faces.

“Chairman Ou, what are you doing?”

One of the Investigation Team members looked around and couldn't help but ask.

After all, generally speaking, shouldn't important officials from The Administrative Center Department of This Galaxy Cluster be gathered to hold a meeting and discuss before going to the incident site to investigate?

“It's like this, we have something very important...”

Li Yang stepped forward and slowly explained the results of his and Ou Ben's previous discussion.

“So, Secretary Li means that this accident on Kolos Planet is not a simple accident, but involves collusion between officials and businesses and official corruption?”

The Investigation Team Leader pushed up his glasses, his tone calm but with an undeniable scrutiny, his gaze sweeping over Li Yang and the other two.

“That's right.”

Li Yang nodded, and with a gentle swipe of his finger in front of him, a pale blue light screen unfolded, suspended in the center of the group.

On the light screen, the registration information, qualification documents, and project approval process records of Dongyuan Resource Mining Company... a series of key data were neatly arranged chronologically, with annotations such as 'no large-scale mining qualification' and 'illegally taking over projects during a crackdown period' specifically enlarged, the glaring red text pointing directly to the core issues.

The five members of the Investigation Team all looked at the light screen, their expressions gradually changing from initial calm to surprise.

Several of them had personally participated in the previous crackdown and vividly remembered the storm that swept across the entire Supercluster—the corruption cases uncovered then are still a warning today, and they had thought that after such a cleansing, the governance of various Galaxies would have been clear, but they never expected that someone would dare to commit crimes against the wind on such a major project as energy mining.

“When we first received the report, we also assumed it was an accident caused by a mistake.”

The Vice Minister of the Investigation Team said with emotion, his fingertips tracing the illegal records of Dongyuan Company on the light screen.

“After all, companies that can obtain mining projects have quite mature mining technology, and normally, this level of accident should not occur. Before coming here, we even prepared to 'follow the regulations, complete the process, and submit a routine report'...”