Interstellar Farming: I Make Potions and Climb to the Top

The D618 Star Regulatory and Investigation Department was located in the planet’s central region, a considerable distance from Xingluo Bay, the residential area in Zone D where Ning Xuan lived.

Chen Nan and Ning Xuan took an auto-piloted Flying Car to the central region. The Regulatory and Investigation Department was responsible for regional security and possessed law enforcement authority.

Ning Xuan’s house was equipped with a security system. Although it wasn’t a high Level, the system was monitored by the regulatory department. In theory, if the system were breached, it should have automatically sent an alarm to the department.

But last night, an assassin had clearly broken in, yet the security system hadn’t reacted at all. Ultimately, the D-level security system was just too low-grade.

After parking the Flying Car, Chen Nan dragged the assassin into the lobby of the Regulatory and Investigation Department and threw him on the floor. He hadn’t slept all night, and he wasn’t entirely sure if the assassin’s origins were related to his father, so his expression was grim.

Chen Nan was a War General with a Comprehensive Combat Power of S+, forged on the battlefields against Exotic Beasts. His sullen face put immense pressure on the uniformed investigators who came out to greet them.

"Who’s in charge here?" Chen Nan swept his gaze over the investigators. "This fiend broke in and attempted to commit murder yesterday. My Contractor was nearly killed by him. I want you to find out his identity as quickly as possible! Does he have accomplices? Who sent him?"

"Major General, please calm down. We’ll investigate immediately!" A middle-aged male police officer in a black uniform, wearing a police cap and holding a black baton, recognized Chen Nan and was extremely polite.

"Chief Xie, take the culprit in at once and collect his genetic information!" he ordered his subordinate.

"Police Chief Zhao, his Superpower Body too—this Black Snake. Collect its information as well." Chen Nan held up the Black Snake’s corpse and handed it over.

Zhao Shilin had already noticed the Black Snake, which was over a meter long and as thick as an arm. He had initially thought it was an Exotic Beast that Chen Nan had killed, but to his surprise, it was the culprit’s Superpower Body.

A Superpower Body that had already taken solid form possessed extremely tenacious Life Force. Even if it was severely injured and on the verge of death, it could immediately return to its Spirit Controller’s body to recuperate. Therefore, it was quite rare for a fully formed Superpower Body to be killed outright.

Zhao Shilin took the Black Snake. Its skin was covered in fine patterns, while its belly and flanks were protected by dense scales. There was a clean wound on its abdomen, surrounded by dried blood.

Zhao Shilin gave it a cursory glance before handing the Black Snake to Xie Yi, instructing him, "Examine it carefully!"

"Police Chief Zhao, I was attacked in my home in the early hours of last night. Could you please help me check if my home security system’s defensive alarm is intact?" Ning Xuan had felt a bit dizzy when she got out of the car, so she had let Chen Nan go on ahead. She entered a moment later.

Zhao Shilin’s name and position were on his work badge, so Ning Xuan asked him politely.

When Zhao Shilin saw Chen Nan’s anger subside as soon as Ning Xuan entered, with the man obediently standing behind her, he guessed that she was the Contractor Chen Nan had mentioned was almost killed.

"You’re too kind. It was our dereliction of duty that we failed to detect the security system anomaly in time, putting you in danger. I’ll send someone to investigate immediately. If you’d like to know the details, please come to the Sky-Eye Surveillance Room to review the recordings with us!" Zhao Shilin said to Ning Xuan with a respectful attitude.

Ning Xuan hadn’t expected this Police Chief Zhao to be so accommodating. Since he was making a gesture of goodwill, and she wasn’t one to be unreasonable, she immediately nodded with a smile. "Then I’ll have to trouble you. Last night was too dangerous, and I really want to know how the assassin got inside!" Ning Xuan knew that a D-level security system could only withstand attacks from C-level Spirit Controllers or below; it couldn’t stop anyone stronger. However, even if it couldn’t block the attack, it should have at least triggered an alarm or shut down. But last night, the house’s security system hadn’t been attacked at all, so naturally, no alarm had sounded.

"Miss Ning, your house’s security system was not attacked, and there are no signs of any changes to the property’s authorization!"

"Wait, look here!"

"He used a Star Concealing Stone! No wonder he could evade the security system’s detection! That’s a natural jammer!" The three investigators pulled up all the surveillance footage from around Ning Xuan’s house last night. After analyzing it scene by scene, frame by frame, they finally found a single image that captured the assassin entering the house.

"Miss Ning, just who have you provoked? A Star Concealing Stone is an incredibly precious resource. A single one is worth as much as a house on an A-level Star!" one of the investigators said, looking at Ning Xuan with sympathy.

’It’s that valuable?’ Ning Xuan looked at the sparkling stone clutched in the assassin’s hand in the picture. That stone was now in her possession. She had only thought it looked pretty yesterday; she never imagined it was so valuable!

The fact that the house’s security system was undamaged proved that the Regulatory and Investigation Department hadn’t been derelict in its duties. Rather, the assassin had spared no expense.

Meanwhile, after the genetic information was collected, Chen Nan found that the half-dead, black-clad assassin was, as expected, not in the gene bank. The assassin wasn’t carrying a Light Computer either, making it impossible to investigate his identity.

After Chen Nan told Ning Xuan about this, she turned to Zhao Shilin. "Police Chief Zhao, do you have any advanced interrogation techniques that could get some useful information out of him? Something like hypnosis!"

"Miss Ning, we can try! However, his Superpower Body is dead. He most likely won’t be able to withstand harsh interrogation or hypnosis. If he dies, the trail will go cold. You..." Zhao Shilin glanced hesitantly at Chen Nan. In truth, even without harsh interrogation, the assassin wouldn’t live much longer.

Ning Xuan was skilled in Alchemy, so she naturally understood medicine as well. Especially after last night’s assassination attempt, she had custom-ordered a set of Golden Needles on the Star Network overnight. The Golden Needles had been delivered this morning before she left.

"Police Chief Zhao, I can treat him first." Ning Xuan took the set of Golden Needles out of her Space Button. Back on Earth, she had learned a Rejuvenation Needle Technique from her mother that stimulated the acupoints. It could unleash a person’s final reserves of Life Force, allowing them to rapidly recover their energy and stamina for a short period, lasting up to three days at most. It was a life-saving emergency technique that she had spent a long time mastering, and today, she would use this assassin to practice her skills.

"Alright, please go ahead!" Zhao Shilin readily agreed and led Ning Xuan to where the black-clad assassin was being held.

The black-clad assassin had already woken up. He was cradling his dead Superpower Body, the Black Snake, and crying with hopeless despair. When he saw Ning Xuan and Chen Nan approach, his bloodshot eyes looked as if they were about to spew fire. "Bitch, don’t get cocky! Even if I die today, you won’t live for much longer!"