Li Pan can still excuse himself by saying that he's been hit by a nuclear bomb, the lighthouse is destroyed, and the signal is bad in the life pod.
But if someone else discovers that his Smart Chip is damaged, continuing to use the AG-RS7 Prosthetic Body would expose his cheat that allows him to switch bodies without going through QVN!
If Nana recycles RS7 and quietly switches out the chip, that might solve the problem, but RS7 is now stranded far outside the solar system in deep space. Not only is it uncertain when it can be recovered, there may be other attackers, and the end of the month settlement day is coming up.
Settlement Day! The Tax Bureau will conduct an audit on all citizens!
Therefore, if Li Pan doesn't want to risk exposing his bottom-line cheat, and he doesn't have a legitimate civil issue registered under his name to complete the debt audit for settlement day through the QVN deviation value authentication, and citizen identity system certification.