Ellen was stunned for a rare moment, and it took her nearly ten seconds to react.

The process was really... too fast.

Based on her experience in handling thousands of academic disputes since she started working, it would be very difficult to conduct an on-the-spot confrontation and determine that the winner of the first prize of the Roentgen Prize was an academic fraud.

But she didn't expect, no, or most people didn't expect that Qi Yan only used five questions to make the hidden truth public.

As the architect of the work, it is impossible for him not to answer questions related to the core of the architecture. If it was just one question, it could be blamed on others, but the fact that five consecutive questions could not be answered could only mean that the five people standing on the award podium had no involvement in the architecture of the work.

Ellen started to speak: "This academic inquiry——"

"Wait!" Jiang Qi suddenly interrupted Ellen. He held the trophy tightly in his hand, tried to ignore the various looks from the audience, and turned to Ellen, "I have something to say."

Ellen made a "please" gesture.

Jiang Qi knew very well that once he was found guilty of academic fraud, from then on, not only in Turan, but also in all the schools in Leto, he would no longer have a place to stand. His

future would also be completely ruined, and he would never be able to get rid of this stigma in his life.

Everything had just begun. He was brought back to the Qi family. He had just come of age. He had already entered Turan. Whatever he did in the future would be smooth sailing. He would also take over all the business of the Qi family...

He had to stop what was about to happen!

Jiang Qi showed his most appropriate smile, appearing humble and polite: "Hello, I am Jiang Qi, a freshman at Turan Academy. I have only been enrolled for less than a month and a half."

Ye Pei heard this, frowned and whispered: "What does he want to express?"

"I admit that out of vanity, I found the participating team composed of four seniors from Turan's third and fourth grades and expressed my desire to join. But because I was only a freshman, I basically knew nothing and couldn't help at all, so they rejected me."

Jiang Qi blushed at this, "But I really wanted to participate and wanted my family and friends to praise me, so I proposed that as long as I joined, I could pay a certain amount of compensation, and they agreed."

Stanley, who was standing on the stage with Jiang Qi, had already realized Jiang Qi's purpose and his face turned ugly. When

a freshman joins the participating team, anyone with a discerning eye will know that it is just to garner resumes. Most of them come from well-off families and want to gild themselves - such situations are not uncommon in Leto, and they are not encouraged, but are tacitly allowed.

Compared with academic fraud, describing oneself as a vain rich kid who uses money to get ahead is almost painless! Even in the future, when joking, I can still say a few words "I almost got tricked because I didn't know people well".

"After joining the team and being sure that I would appear on the list of winners if I won the award, I never participated in the structure of the work again. This is why I can't answer questions." Jiang Qi was ashamed and a little helpless, "I was just too vain and too impatient. I... I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. Academics are noble and cannot tolerate even the slightest fraud!"

At the same time, on the page of the Star Network live broadcast of the Roentgen Award Ceremony, different voices appeared in the anger of the crowd.

"——Although I don't quite agree with spending money to gild your resume, it seems to be a common practice for the rich kids in Leto? This freshman is a bit miserable. He obviously didn't expect that he spent money and ended up losing money!"

"——Eighteen years old is indeed an age of vanity and face, but he still knows that academic fraud cannot be tolerated."

"——I hope he will learn a lesson and study hard in the future."

Jiang Qi finally said: "But no matter what, I will still be responsible for my own actions."

After speaking, he bowed deeply.

Stanley couldn't help sneering in his heart.

With just a few words, you want to get yourself out of it easily?

They were convicted of academic fraud, but Jiang Qi was simply implicated? Well, within a month, when the matter is over, Jiang Qi can still go back to Turan to study.

But what about them?

Jiang Qi has been removed, so they will naturally be completely regarded as abandoned.

Stanley looked in the direction of Jiang Yunyue in the audience. He didn't need to guess that the woman must be looking at them with a warning, asking them to protect Jiang Qi, otherwise, they will definitely be retaliated.

However, if the academic fraud is established, it will be impossible for them to stay in Leto or even in the Central Administrative District in the future.

Stanley looked at the people next to him, and when Ellen asked, "Is the situation explained by Jiang Qi true?", he glanced at Jiang Qi's calm expression and said, "Of course not."

Jiang Qi turned his head suddenly, and his eyes could not hide his disbelief.

Stanley smiled wickedly and revealed everything in a few seconds: "My three teammates and I had prepared another work, which was above average and we didn't expect to win any prizes. Half a month into the new semester, Jiang Qi approached us to discuss cooperation. The conditions he offered were very tempting, and he guaranteed that we could win the first prize of the Roentgen Prize, absolutely safe. After discussing it, we agreed. Afterwards, someone gave us the finished work, yes, It was the one that won the first prize. The person also explained it to us from beginning to end and asked us to remember it in case someone asked questions about the work. "

He looked at Qi Yan, "I didn't calculate those two fixed quantities at all, so of course I don't know what's going on. And what about the Appleton-Hellmann function? I've never heard of it."

Jiang Qi didn't know how to react for a moment, and could only stiffly refute: "You slander!"

"Slander?" Stanley sarcastically said, "I'm a student from Kepler Region, with an ordinary family and no power or influence. How dare I slander you? Oh, everyone must be confused, why is Jiang Qi so sure that he can win the first prize, and it is foolproof? Because Jiang Qi's mother, Ms. Jiang Yunyue, injects a large amount of star coins into the Roentgen Foundation every year. These are the original words."

The whole audience burst into laughter, and the comments on the Star Network live broadcast page were blank for a moment.

Stanley gave up and looked at Ye Pei again: "By the way, do you know why you didn't win the award? Because your work was deleted by the people from the Roentgen Foundation the day after you successfully submitted it."

Jiang Qi was trembling, but he knew that he couldn't admit this: "You have no evidence--" "

I'm so sorry, I do have evidence." After seeing Jiang Qi's expression change suddenly, Stanley called up a recording from the personal terminal.

First, a female voice with a slow pace said: "This is a small matter. I won't let those people's works appear in the selection list. Just wait patiently, the first prize will only go to you."

Then Stanley's own voice came: "But--"

The female voice asked slowly: "Why, are you worried?"

The recording was very short, as if it was recorded in a hurry. At this point, Stanley had no scruples: "I was afraid that Jiang Qi and his mother would go back on their promise, so I found an opportunity to secretly record it. It's better to be prepared. You can use it for voiceprint comparison to see if it is Ms. Jiang Yunyue's voice!"

The people at the scene and those watching the live broadcast on Star Network had almost the same reaction.

"——The development of this incident is beyond my imagination... Jiang Qi's passionate speech just now was all an attempt to whitewash his lies? I was suffocated."

"——Is this a dog-eat-dog fight?"

"——I just want to know what the truth is! Not only did they commit academic fraud and pre-select the first place, but they also used their power to delete other people's submitted works? Who gave them the power!"

Nowadays, information spreads extremely quickly. In just five minutes, the Star Network was abuzz with news. The Roentgen Award Jury had to pause halfway and said that they would give a clear explanation after rigorous discussion.

During this period, Jiang Qi stood on the awarding podium with empty hands - the trophy had been taken back by the staff.

Every second seemed to be delayed.

He thought, how can he turn the tables, how can he lose here? How can he be stepped on by Qi Yan?

But the reality is that he can't do anything.

Stanley did not speak again, and stood with the other three people, waiting for the final result.

On behalf of the Academic Arbitration Committee, Ellen personally supervised the discussion process and found someone to restore the deleted work data of Qi Yan and the other two as quickly as possible.

Half an hour later, the discussion of the Roentgen Award Jury came to a conclusion.

It was decided to revoke the awards and trophies awarded to Jiang Qi and the other five people, and to ban Jiang Qi and the other five people from participating in the Roentgen Award selection for life.

At the same time, after repeated reviews, the jury re-evaluated the works of Qi Yan and the other three as the first prize of this year's Roentgen Award.

As soon as the jury representative finished speaking, Qi Yan spoke on behalf of the three people: "Sorry, we voluntarily give up the Roentgen Prize."

The scene was silent.

Everyone's eyes were focused on these three people.

Lu Fenghan stood in the corner of the venue, looking at Qi Yan who was as firm as a green bamboo.

He thought that this was a temporary decision, but also a completely expected decision.

Qi Yan is obviously coquettish and confused in daily life, but he is very firm and has clear principles in his heart. One of his bottom lines is scientific research and academics, no, it should be said that it is the truth.

Lu Fenghan has been mixed in the front line composed of gunpowder and blood for many years, and rarely has the leisure to understand and think about things that seem far away from him.

But at this moment, he suddenly understood why so many people throughout history have spent their entire lives calculating the answer to a formula and verifying whether a conjecture is true or not.

Why after the great destruction of science and technology, there are still so many scientific researchers who fearlessly join the "Technology Renaissance Plan" and spend their entire lives on it.

Why, even though the rebels' blades are everywhere and the blacklist is in everyone's heart, there are still so many people who don't care about life and death.

On the awarding stage, after Qi Yan said that he would give up the Roentgen Prize, Ye Peijin's eyes lit up: "We don't think that an organization that would delete our successfully submitted works at will, and would give us perfunctory feedback like 'You didn't submit your works on time, so you are not in the selection' when we inquired about it, would have much respect for academia."

Mondrian continued: "Similarly, we do not recognize that everything will be "Scholarship" is a stepping stone, a door-knocking stone, a tool for saving money, and a behavior to improve one's social status and reputation. Scholarship should be pure. Scholarship is also the perseverance of countless people who work day and night and exhaust their energy. Scholarship is the truth that countless people pursue throughout their lives without asking for rewards. It is the land under our feet and the starry sky above our heads. "

Mondrian stood straight: "We don't accept the first prize."

The whole audience was silent.

At this time, four young people walked up to the awarding platform. Compared with the bookish air, their military spirit was more obvious.

After returning the trophy in his hand, one of the thin boys said with a smile: "We are students of the First Military Academy. Although we are happy to receive the award and the prize money is very high, but... let's just consider it as we don't deserve it."

Then, another team walked up to the award platform.

A young girl with short black hair stood in front of the team, her back straight, and said, "We are students from Bergson College on Woz. Bergson College is not well-known and it's very small, with only a few thousand students in the whole school. We are lucky enough to get the second prize this time, and we will probably be written into the school history."

She raised her shoulders and said nonchalantly, "Now we will return all the trophies. The reason is... we don't deserve it."

"We are students of Turan College," the third and fourth teams walked up to the award podium, one of them facing the audience, "In front of the Turan College History Exhibition Hall, there is a stone tablet that has stood for two hundred years, with a line of words engraved on it, 'Glory to Truth'."

His eyes were clear and his words were distinct: "We pursue glory, and we pursue truth even more!"

Ellen looked deeply at the young people in front of him.

We pursue glory, and we pursue truth even more.

From them, she vaguely glimpsed the future of the alliance.

That night, countless news headlines with "We pursue glory, and we pursue truth even more" appeared on the Star Network, reporting on the Roentgen Award controversy and academic fraud.

Shortly after the Roentgen Award ceremony, Turan Academy issued an official announcement to expel Jiang Qi, Stanley and five others from their academic status and would not admit them for life. Several other jury committees also announced that Jiang Qi and five others were banned from participating in academic selection indefinitely.

"——I was watching the live broadcast at that time! Now I am looking at the stone tablet in front of the Turan Academy History Exhibition Hall through the holographic mode! The original words of the person who erected this tablet were, 'The glory of this place belongs to the truth'! So passionate! I want to apply to Turan! May I ask if there is any follow-up to the incident!"

"——What follow-up do you want? Those who should be expelled have been expelled, and according to the laws of the Alliance, the relevant personnel will also be held criminally responsible! In addition, it is useless for the Roentgen Award jury to hold a meeting overnight. Not only the Academic Arbitration Committee, but the entire network is investigating them. Everyone suspects that they have cheated more than once, and may have done so before, otherwise they would not be so skilled!"

"—— Sequel 1. The real architect of the work submitted by the team that won the first prize has been found out. It is said that he received 3 million star coins! He has been deprived of his scientific research qualifications for life!"

"—— The executive director of the Roentgen Foundation was dismissed because he personally deleted the work submitted by the real first prize. Jiang Qi's mother Jiang Yunyue also lost her membership in the foundation. Everyone is happy!"

"—— Sequel! The Roentgen Award will not be held next year. The qualification has been revoked! All the above-mentioned people will be held criminally responsible!"

"——Is this probably one of the sequels? In the First Army intranet exchange area, people are collectively reflecting on why the strongest losers in the alliance are so talkative. When they threw the trophy, how come they could only utter less than ten words!"

After leaving the Lishe Music Hall, Qi Yan and the other two no longer cared about how much of a stir this incident had caused on the Internet.

Ye Pei and Mondrian each fell into the suspension car that was waiting for them, closed their eyes, waved to Qi Yan and Lu Fenghan, and fell asleep in less than two seconds.

The black suspension car stopped in front of them, and the two got in. Lu Fenghan put his hand on the joystick. Seeing that Qi Yan was not asleep, he said, "If you are hungry, remember to tell me. I brought nutritional supplements."

Starting from the 18th, Qi Yan, Ye Pei, and Mondrian carefully deduced all the works submitted by the winning teams from beginning to end.

After focusing on the works of Jiang Qi's team, Qi Yan found all the papers and related materials that Stanley and others could find since they entered school. After reading them all, he came to a very rigorous conclusion - the core points involved in the structure of the work were not within the scope of knowledge mastered by Stanley and others.

Qi Yan also made a temporary search tool, which searched and compared the logic and structural habits revealed in the first-prize works, and finally identified the real architect of the work.

This was not only because their works were maliciously deleted and they did not get the first-prize Roentgen Prize, but also for academic fairness.

For these four words, Qi Yan slept only four hours a day for three or four days, did not eat a single bite of food, and relied on nutritional supplements to support himself.

To this day, because he was too tired, he did not even swallow the nutritional supplements.

Lu Fenghan did not persuade him - everyone has their own bottom line that cannot be touched, and the principles that they firmly defend.

Qi Yan was a few seconds late: "I'm hungry."

With a slight smile on his lips, Lu Fenghan took out the orange-flavored nutritional supplement, tore open the seal, and fed it to Qi Yan's mouth.

Qi Yan was listless and held it loosely.

Lu Fenghan was patient. He waited for Qi Yan to finish drinking it in small sips before putting the empty package aside. He even poked Qi Yan's cheek out of pity.

Qi Yan only half glanced at him and didn't dodge.

Holding the joystick, Lu Fenghan was satisfied.

When the scooter stopped at the door of his house, Lu Fenghan tilted his head and saw that Qi Yan had fallen asleep. His

cold and clear eyes were closed, his eyelashes were straight, soft and harmless, and the layer of light shadow that fell was in sharp contrast with the fair skin under his eyes.

As fragile as white porcelain.

After watching for an unknown amount of time, Lu Fenghan suddenly came back to his senses.

He got out of the car, walked around the front of the car, and stopped by the door. After the door slid open to the sides, he leaned over and carefully released the safety protection of the seat.

After making sure that Qi Yan showed no signs of waking up, he put Qi Yan's arm on his shoulders and held him horizontally in his arms.

The door of the suspension car slowly closed behind him. Lu Fenghan held the person in his arms, his hands on his thin waist, and lowered his eyes to look at the sleeping Qi Yan, thinking helplessly -

he has lost weight again.

The author has something to say:

When I wrote the sentence "We pursue glory, and we pursue truth even more", I almost shed tears. My idle tear point is indeed a negative number...