Although Chen Ming said that he was researching the synchrotron core, he had actually only touched upon it once.

Because this thing, as a relic of another civilization, must be a device with psychic powers, and Chen Ming discovered that the core of the synchrotron accelerator also seemed to involve some microscopic things.

The simulation equipment is not very good at simulating psychic energy and microscopic things, so Chen Ming would not waste time on this thing.

However, Chen Ming did get the synchrotron core, and conducted some simple experiments and recorded the data.

Overall there is no problem.

So Chen Ming continued to question Lou Wei when he had no idea how to deal with the matter: "Let me ask you, how do we solve this problem?"

"this……"

Lou Wei really didn't expect that Chen Ming would spend time in the simulation to study these things that he had basically never heard of.

As Ogi's mentor and a fleet commander, he knows more about the combat aspect of the simulation.

He was not a professional researcher and could not understand Chen Ming's research reports at all. He could only see Chen Ming staying with Cheng Xinghai in the research institute every day.

Plus, this was just a simulation. He thought that even if Chen Ming was really doing some research, it would definitely not be something important.

God knows Chen Ming actually had the leisure to do such a formal thing in the simulation.

So much so that he had no idea what to do when faced with Chen Ming's questioning.

Seeing this, Chen Ming realized that Lou Wei had almost no knowledge of research.

He immediately leaned on the conference table, leaned forward towards Lou Wei, and said with a look of wanting to eat someone: "I am not only studying the synchrotron core in the simulation, I also have other research to do. How are you going to compensate for the rest?"

"Let me put it this way. I now have a research institute. I was responsible for all the affairs in the institute before. I was the one who promoted all the research tasks. I was researching the same things that the institute was researching."

"What you are doing now is equivalent to directly unplugging the power supply of my institute, and even unplugging the backup power supply, resulting in the loss of data of the entire institute. How can you compensate me?"

A colonel sitting next to Hong Guanghong's instructor at the conference table leaned slightly closer to the instructor's seat and whispered, "Chen Ming now has a research institute here? It turns out that Lieutenant General Bai is not willing to sacrifice his son to catch the wolf."

"But how do we calculate the severity of this incident that disrupts the research of the institute?"

Professor Hong Guanghong also whispered: "Chen Ming just said that his is a small-scale research institute. It mainly depends on the importance of the ongoing tasks."

"Originally, the actual judgment cannot be based on his words, but Lou Wei directly unplugged the power supply, causing all the data to be lost. If Chen Ming has a good reason to conduct these studies in simulation, then it is hard to say."

"I see. Looks like Lou Wei is going to suffer."

While everyone in the conference room was talking privately, Lou Wei was still speechless for a long time.

Chen Ming simply acted a little impatient, knocked on the table hard and said to Lou Wei: "Speak, hurry up."

Lou Wei's face turned a little red. The high simulation accuracy of the simulation equipment for the human body allowed the changes in his body to be clearly reflected in the simulation.

Let everyone see his embarrassment.

Chen Ming was just about to continue putting pressure on Lou Wei, but a prompt suddenly appeared in the corner of his vision.

Cheng Xinghai sent him a private chat request.

Chen Ming immediately chose to agree.

Cheng Xinghai's voice immediately appeared beside his ear: "Hey, can you hear me?"

Chen Ming didn't say anything, and turned his gaze from Lou Wei to the side of the conference room.

Like him, Cheng Xinghai exited the conference room when the simulation was forcibly terminated, and she was now sitting on an empty chair against the wall of the conference room.

Although Cheng Xinghai's mouth did not move, the sound did reach his ears.

Chen Ming understood the situation instantly and said silently in his heart: "I can hear it."

"That's fine. I didn't even say what was on my mind the first time I used this function."

After Cheng Xinghai finished speaking, he stared at Chen Ming for a while, as if he was thinking about something.

It was not until Chen Ming couldn't help but ask her why she suddenly came to chat privately that Cheng Xinghai finally said, "I have something to tell you."

"What's up?"

"When you were arguing just now, I asked one of my uncles for you. He is a friend of Uncle Bai and works in the department responsible for the maintenance of analog equipment."

"He said that the simulation equipment would have regular backup records when it was simulating."

"Although this kind of large-scale simulation that requires deep consciousness to dive into has only one backup file due to the huge amount of data calculations, and because it was a forced termination instead of a normal shutdown, the data from the last few days of the simulation may be a little disordered, but after some repairs it should be barely usable."

"I see you've been researching those things for a long time. It must be very hard to lose them. This should be good news for you, right?"

Chen Ming never expected that he would receive an unexpected surprise from Cheng Xinghai.

Although using data to repair data that is only available in simulations and that was obtained in advance with higher permissions may not necessarily be obtained.

But at least a lot of his research data can be preserved.

"Thank you."

"Um."

Cheng Xinghai accepted Chen Ming's thanks, and then said, "There is one more thing. Lou Wei is not targeting you. He is targeting Uncle Bai."

"Lou Wei and Uncle Bai knew each other before, but he didn't have a good relationship with Uncle Bai. He just took this opportunity and wanted to use you as a breakthrough to make a fuss."

Chen Ming immediately picked up the main idea behind Cheng Xinghai's words and said, "To put it simply, it's like borrowing a knife to kill someone, right?"

"Yes, that's what I mean."

"Then do you know what happened to me a few days ago?"

"What is it?"

Cheng Xinghai's reaction seemed to be because Bai Quan did not tell others about the seemingly accidental but actually man-made things that happened after Chen Ming came to the branch.

Then Chen Ming was not sure whether Lou Wei's behavior was a new link deliberately arranged by someone, so he had to go back and ask Bai Quan to find out.

"Forget it, it's okay. Where is his student Dijia?"

"He's nothing special, just an ordinary classmate I knew when I was in school. Although his tutor has issues, he should be fine, at least not now."

"Oh, there is one more thing. Uncle Bai has been suppressed in the headquarters. It is basically the Lou Wei faction that is doing this."

"Uncle Bai has been upset with him for a long time, and now he has caused me to miss a week of gaming. I can't stand this any more."

Cheng Xinghai looked like an internet-addicted girl, which made Chen Ming almost unable to hold back his laughter.

"So how do you normally handle this kind of thing? I'm talking about situations like his that lead to unexpected research results."

"In general, the matter will be settled by compensation. If the matter is more serious, the person will be demoted."

"What about cheating?"

Cheng Xinghai did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked Chen Ming with a little uncertainty: "You didn't cheat, did you?"

"Of course not."

"That's good."

Cheng Xinghai breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment and said, "If the scale of the first match between you and I is the same, the worst that can happen if someone cheats is that no one will play simulated matches with cheaters in the future."

"If this match was at the beginning and I was the only one dragging people to fight, there wouldn't be a big problem. But Uncle Bai said that the results of winning and losing and the performance should be sent to each school, so the situation is different."

"So this battle is still a little bit formal, and cheating will definitely be punished."

Chen Ming asked again: "So what are the specific punishment measures for cheating?"

"Cheating can only be considered a violation of discipline. We will see how serious the impact is before deciding on the final punishment."

"If you were the one who cheated, at most people would scold you a few times, which would definitely not be a big deal for you."

"But Uncle Bai seems to have guaranteed that you didn't cheat. If you did cheat, it would be a stain on Uncle Bai's resume and might affect your future."

Chen Ming frowned slightly and said, "So, Lou Wei is now ruining people's future, right?"

Cheng Xinghai was obviously quite unhappy with Lou Wei, and said with a tone of suppressed anger: "Yes."

"Then it doesn't matter what I do to him now, right?"

"right."

"That's easy."

Chen Ming suddenly thought of a way and stopped chatting with Cheng Xinghai.

He stopped talking about the loss of his research results in the simulation and said to Lou Wei, who looked stiff and didn't know what to do: "Suppose, I mean suppose, I really cheated, then this is just a private battle, what can you do?"

"On the other hand, your behavior of directly destroying my research results is not ten thousand times more serious than cheating?"

Lou Wei suddenly seemed to have found the key evidence, and quickly grasped the pain point in Chen Ming's words and said: "When Bai Quan said that the record of this simulation would be sent to each school, this simulation was no longer a private simulation, but a simulation competition organized by the lieutenant general."

"The consequences of cheating in a battle of this level seem to be similar to mine, right? Lieutenant General Bai vouched for you, a cheater. It's hard not to suspect something."

Took the bait.

Chen Ming immediately showed a somewhat ugly expression on his face, and said: "How can you say this about a simulation that Cheng Xinghai privately asked me to play? You are also a talent."

"Why should the results of a private battle be reported to each school? Do you believe this?"

Chen Ming quickly regained his expressionless look, but his clenched fists on the table seemed to betray his thoughts: "Then why don't you compare this match with a formal competition?"

Lou Wei became more and more confident as he spoke: "In my opinion, this is a formal competition."

"Look at the participants. Five champions of the internal legion simulation competition, three champions of the imperial level simulation competition, one runner-up, and you. You are a psyker after all."

Chen Ming suddenly slammed the table, pointed at Lou Wei's face and said, "If you have the ability to report this battle, who would say it is an official battle?"

Chen Ming's words reminded Lou Wei, and he immediately contacted someone to do this.

With his authority and the connections behind him, he can indeed get the matter approved in a very short time, even without the majority's consent.

Lou Wei held his tongue until the people he arranged handled the competition approval matter at the speed of light.

He slammed a document that had been approved on the table and said angrily, "Why not?"

"I've already signed you up. I want to see what you have to say about cheating in a formal competition."

"Ha ha……"

A faint laugh suddenly came from the corner of the conference room.

It was Cheng Xinghai who was laughing. Seeing that everyone in the conference room was looking at her, she was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth.

Hearing Cheng Xinghai's laughter, Lou Wei suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Chen Ming's words seemed to be a trap for him.

If Chen Ming really did not cheat, but he suspected one of the participants of cheating during a formal battle and forcibly terminated the formal battle, then he would inevitably bear huge responsibility.

Moreover, there was another problem when this battle turned into a formal battle, a problem he didn't dare to mention to anyone.

Just thinking about it made Lou Wei's limbs stiff and cold.

He suddenly slammed the table and said with all his might, "Whatever you say now is false. The person from the Psychic Research Institute will be here soon. You can go and tell him about your cheating yourself."

After saying that, he closed his mouth, as if he didn't want to talk to Chen Ming any more.

After Cheng Xinghai laughed, Chen Ming's face no longer had any extra expression. He knocked on the table and said, "Hey, stop playing dead and changing the subject. How are you going to compensate my institute for its losses?"

Chen Ming's question did not get a response from Lou Wei. He just leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and looked like he didn't want to say anything.

Chen Ming really had no way to force him in this way.

Bai Quan, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly received a private chat request from a student.

He is a student of Cheng Xinghai.

After the private chat was connected, the student immediately said, "Lieutenant General Bai, I am Lin Sen from the Logistics Support major. I feel someone is cheating on our side."

"When we were starting out as a new rebel, there were a lot of obvious problems with some of the logistical arrangements. But for some reason, these problems didn't break out."

"I originally thought it was luck, but we were in a hurry at that time, so not only me, but also the few people who were still alive made mistakes. We also confirmed it with each other, but none of these mistakes turned out to be problems."

"We checked back and found that it seemed that the NPC under us had corrected the problem for us."

"We can just consider one or two of them as good luck, but all the problems didn't break out. This clearly shows that something is wrong. It's good enough that the NPC didn't make any mistakes. How could they possibly help us fix almost all of the mistakes?"

"Our commander-in-chief seemed to have guessed the reason later, but he didn't tell us. He just hinted that we shouldn't mention it."

"I think I've figured it out now. Maybe someone cheated."

Listening to Lin Sen's story, Bai Quan gradually realized that something was wrong.

When he saw the new rebel army being formed, he thought that the opponent's little guys were doing a good job and were able to find a chance to breathe in the desperate situation.

So when the new rebels developed rapidly later on, I didn't have too many suspicions and just thought that these little guys were quite capable.

But now that people have come to talk about this matter in person, Bai Quan began to think in this direction.

Now it seems that the speed of development of this new rebel army is almost catching up with the speed of Chen Ming's development using psychic energy. Is this a bit too exaggerated? But cheating is not something that can be concluded by just talking about it.

Lou Wei forcibly terminated the simulation, resulting in corruption of the simulation data.

Not only the data of the participants and the simulated world were affected, but also his data as the referee was affected.

He now has no way to retrieve the record files to confirm whether Lou Wei had tampered with the data.

However, Bai Quan suddenly thought of something else. Even if the simulated data was damaged, there would still be a place where the data would not be affected.

Bai Quan suddenly coughed and said, "Lou Wei, where did you get your administrator privileges?"

"Please, right now, immediately, retrieve the administrator log and check if there is any record of you tampering with the data in the simulation process."

The conference room immediately became a little lively again.

"Tampering? Lou Wei also cheated?"

"What do you mean? Chen Ming's situation is still undecided."

"Slip of the tongue. Lieutenant General Bai suddenly mentioned this matter. I feel that it is probably true."

"Shh, just watch and don't interfere."

Lou Wei opened his eyes amid the discussion of others in the conference room.

When Bai Quan once again asked the question that he had just evaded, he knew that he had no way of getting away from it and he would definitely be charged with the crime.

But at least he wants to drag Baiquan into the water.

Lou Wei was silent for a while, and sent Bai Quan the record of the administrator's log adjusting the strength of the new rebels in the simulation.

"I don't deny that I cheated, but this is just my personal behavior and has nothing to do with anyone else."

"But what about Chen Ming? Aren't those words at the beginning the same as admitting to cheating?"

Bai Quan couldn't help laughing when looking at the records in the administrator's log: "You cheated, but you couldn't beat Chen Ming, so you think Chen Ming cheated?"

"No, you probably thought Chen Ming was cheating from the beginning, so you got angry and cheated too. But then you found out you still couldn't win, so you got so angry that you used your cheating privileges to shut down the simulation, right?"

Lou Wei didn't reply, so Bai Quan asked again: "Who gave you the administrator privileges? You are not a member of this simulated battle, so how can you get the administrator privileges?"

"A major general, don't you know the seriousness of cheating in a regular battle? You are a dereliction of duty bastard. Even your students will be held jointly responsible by you, even if they know nothing."

Lou Wei's face darkened as he said, "I took care of my own questions. No other students knew that I cheated. I just couldn't stand Chen Ming cheating and bullying my students."

Bai Quan pointed at Lou Wei and said, "Whatever you say now is false. Someone will investigate how many people know about this matter."

"You yourself elevated a private mock battle to the level of a formal battle, so you better bear with it."

"Rules are rules. I have already contacted a special monitoring team to conduct an investigation on you. Your cheating has been confirmed. I hope that next time I see you, you are not in jail."

Lou Wei's eyes passed over Song Pu and turned to Chen Ming: "What about Chen Ming? Of course I can take responsibility. If Chen Ming cheated, he must also take responsibility."

Chen Ming waved his hand casually at him, squinted at him and said, "I've said this many times. Where's your evidence? You should think about how I'm going to compensate you now."

Lou Wei didn't dare to say more about the research he didn't understand at all, and just said as if grasping at the last straw: "Wait until someone arrives."

The only sounds in the conference room at this time were whispers between the students and their instructors.

Bai Quan did not continue to force Lou Wei, but turned around and contacted his psychic friend who was also infiltrating deep consciousness but had been kicked out of the channel by him several times.

After the private chat was connected, Baiquan immediately heard his friend's voice: "Hey, you remember me now?"

"Don't talk nonsense. You have been watching Chen Ming the whole time. How is his mental condition?"

"Well... let's put it this way. When Chen Ming used his spiritual energy, his mental power was always maintained at a certain level, and the rate of recovering the consumed mental power remained unchanged each time."

Baiquan didn't quite understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

"What this means is that Chen Ming has been controlling his mental power consumption in the simulation so that it never exceeds a fixed upper limit. This fixed upper limit is the amount of mental power he actually has."

"But the amount of his mental power is a bit exaggerated, and the recovery rate is also extremely exaggerated. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one genius in the empire right now."

"I just can't figure out how he managed to achieve this level in just one year. If we really look at Lou Wei's document, a normal psychic would not be able to achieve this level even if he started extreme training from the moment his psychic powers awakened."

"Chen Ming is not an ordinary person. I believe in Chen Ming."

"Then believe it."

Half an hour later.

Lou Wei suddenly said to Bai Quan: "The person I know at the Psychic Research Institute has arrived. Please give him access."

Bai Quan looked at Lou Wei who had administrator privileges, thought about it and said nothing more.

After approving the newcomer's application, he just said, "It's done."

As a figure gradually turned from virtual to real, Chen Ming suddenly said to Cheng Xinghai in the private chat channel: "Why does it feel like anyone has the authority to use this simulation device?"

Cheng Xinghai said as a matter of course: "People from the Psychic Research Institute must have the authority. This is the most important department in the Fourteenth Army. The person who came might be a psychic."

"So which faction does this Psionic Research Institute belong to within the Fourteenth Legion?"

"They are pure neutrals, and no one dares to offend them."

Chen Ming nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Soon, a researcher in a white coat appeared in the conference room, nodded slightly to everyone present and said, "Excuse me."

"I never thought that a document I wrote casually would lead to something like this. I'm really sorry."

"But this involves cheating and is of great significance, so I still have to confirm it."

"Mr. Chen Ming, do you have any explanation for Mr. Lou Wei's doubt that your mental strength could not have reached the current level?"

(End of this chapter)