She took Chen Ming's wrist and walked towards the school.

"Where are you going?"

"The detention room. I saw on the forum that Xinghe was taken to the detention room by the teacher. I want to find him to confirm what happened."

“…”

Cheng Xinghai was in a hurry to meet Cheng Xinghe.

But Chen Ming felt that finding Cheng Xinghe was not the first priority. The first priority should be to find the person that Cheng Xinghe beat.

Because Chen Ming always believed that based on his performance when communicating with Cheng Xinghe in the simulation last time, it was impossible for him to beat people to that extent directly because of the reasons currently circulating on the forum. This rumor is just a rumor and it is nothing at all.

On the contrary, the key questions are why Liao Hongsheng's injury was so serious? Is it really that serious?

However, we should be able to get some clues about finding someone from Cheng Xinghe, so it won’t be a big deal if we go there.

Chen Ming followed Cheng Xinghai.

The detention room is also located in a corner of the school and is also one of the school's backup guard rooms.

According to Cheng Xinghai's explanation.

The backup guard room here is usually not open to the public and is basically used as a detention room. If there is any incident inside the school, people usually go to a fully functional police station near the main entrance of the school.

However, it also has almost all the functions of a normal police station except for external reception.

This surprised Chen Ming a little.

Of course, what is surprising is not the function of this guard room, but the fact that there is a police station here.

He is now at the headquarters of the 14th Legion, and there is actually such a place.

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it.

After all, the headquarters is not a military base, but a complete integrated colony.

The powers of the military and those of local administrative departments should be appropriately separated.

In fact, before coming here, Chen Ming wanted to confirm whether Cheng Xinghe was not here.

After all, there was news on the forum that the man beaten by Cheng Xinghe had a broken skull and could die at any time.

This means that the situation has escalated from a physical conflict to a bloody conflict, and Cheng Xinghe may no longer be in the confinement room.

But since Cheng Xinghai said that this guard room has all the functions it should have, it should also have things like an interrogation room.

It is indeed possible that Cheng Xinghe is still here.

So Chen Ming didn't say much.

soon.

Cheng Xinghai brought Chen Ming to the destination.

It was called a guard room, but Chen Ming saw a two-story building from a distance.

It is obvious that there is more than one room here. It can't be called a "room" at all. It can be called a police station at the very least.

At this time, there was a young-looking man, probably a student, sitting in the hall of the guard room.

He looked up when Chen Ming pushed the door open.

However, he only saw Chen Ming and did not see Cheng Xinghai who was blocked behind Chen Ming.

So he lowered his head again, waved his hand to Chen Ming and said, "This place is not open to the public, please go out."

"I'm looking for someone."

"who?"

"Cheng Xinghe."

The student who was lowering his head had a slightly changed expression. He immediately raised his head and saw Cheng Xinghai who followed Chen Ming in. His expression changed more obviously for a moment.

Chen Ming walked a few steps to him and asked the person sitting behind the front desk condescendingly: "Is he here?"

“He can’t see anyone during lockdown.”

"Is he still in detention?"

The student in the class hummed twice ambiguously, and it was unclear whether it could be considered as an answer to Chen Ming's question.

“Even the family members can’t meet?”

"This...is not allowed in principle. Please understand."

Chen Ming glanced into the depths of the guard room.

Some of them are eager to use their spiritual powers.

But the psychic energy fluctuation that had locked onto him long ago was still locking onto him. That psychic energy fluctuation had been briefly active when he was building the shuttle just now.

Although there was no problem at that time, he was now in school and in the school guard room. Once he used his psychic power, he would definitely be noticed by the psychic.

It is not easy for him to use psychic power to explore directly now.

Chen Ming could only turn around and ask Cheng Xinghai, "Will your belongings be confiscated when you are in solitary confinement?"

"Yes."

After receiving a positive answer, Chen Ming turned to the student again and asked, "What about his things?"

The student looked embarrassed: "Well..."

"?"

"Solitary confinement is one thing, but why can't you keep the prisoner's belongings properly? Does this count as dereliction of duty?"

Faced with Chen Ming's questioning, the student's lips moved but he couldn't utter a word.

Chen Ming still wanted to see if Cheng Xinghe would leave any records on the terminal, but it seemed hopeless.

"Then where are the people on duty here? It's impossible for a student like you to stay in the guard room all the time, right?"

The student's voice became softer and softer: "The teachers just went in... Let me stay here for a while..."

The interrogation has already begun, right?

Chen Ming is now standing in the lobby of the guard room. His psychic perception ability allows him to clearly hear the sounds of the entire building.

Although he couldn't hear the breathing sound, if someone was talking, he would definitely hear it.

Chen Ming felt more and more that something was wrong.

Cheng Xinghe had just been put in solitary confinement for less than two hours, and this student who seemed to know nothing was the only one left in the solitary confinement room, watching the door? This was irrational.

Chen Ming was too lazy to talk nonsense with this student, so he simply took something out of his pocket and slammed it on the table.

"Hey, can you let me see someone?"

The thing Chen Ming slapped on the table was a military rank badge, colonel level.

He is not a colonel because although Bai Quan had previously arranged an identity for Chen Ming, he was an external tactical instructor, equivalent to a colonel.

But after Chen Ming officially joined, thanks to his important contributions in scientific research twice in less than a month, Chen Ming was promoted to the rank of colonel.

This is the highest military rank he can obtain so far.

The next level up is the general level. It is impossible to be promoted to the general level without staying in the 14th Legion for a few years.

But the rank of colonel is enough for a student.

If it was a teacher or some other old-timer sitting here, Chen Ming would definitely not use his military rank badge to pressure him, because it would not have any effect. Rules are rules, and Chen Ming has to abide by the rules even if a general is here. He cannot see people.

But the person sitting in front of him was just an ordinary student.

And it was obvious that the student in front of him knew the headquarters of the 14th Legion. No one dared to forge such a thing. He was sure that what Chen Ming was taking out now was the real thing. Chen Ming had already seen his calves shaking.

After all, Chen Ming is a person who has survived many battlefields. Even if he has a prosthesis, when he gets serious, the pressure he brings to the students who are still in school is enormous.

Sweat kept dripping from the student's forehead. After repeatedly confirming what Chen Ming had slapped on the table, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"I'll take you in."

He stood up, took a bunch of keys and walked out of the front desk, taking Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai to the back.

However, when the three of them arrived at the confinement room, it was empty and Cheng Xinghe was not there.

"What's going on?"

The student who pushed open the door of the detention room at the front said in great panic: "I... I don't know, maybe... maybe the person was taken away by the police just now."

"A teacher told me not to let anyone come to the back and to drive them all away, especially those who wanted to see Cheng Xinghe."

"The teacher said that they were all reporters and asked me not to let them in."

"But then I heard a big commotion over here."

As the student spoke, his tone began to become less confident.

He actually let the cat out of the bag. He must have seen the police taking the man away with his own eyes, otherwise he wouldn't have said right away that he was taken away by the police.

But Chen Ming was too lazy to argue with him about this matter at this time, and asked: "Which police station?"

The student quickly replied: "I really don't know. I was always in the front and don't know what happened in the back. I'm just guessing. You can imagine that the man was beaten like that, so he must have been sent to the police station."

"Then why was he sent to the detention room in the first place?"

"If there's a fight, then you have to send it over. That's the rule."

"Why didn't you send him directly to the police station? Why wasn't it apparent at first that his injuries were so serious? Instead, he was sent here first and then to the police station?"

"Um... this... I don't know..."

Chen Ming did not ask the question a second time because he could not find an answer. He continued with the next question: "Who saw him fighting?"

"No one really saw it. People from other places heard it and went over. Then they saw Cheng Xinghe standing there and the other one lying there. Then someone called the guards."

"The surveillance camera captured Cheng Xinghe making the first move, so we took him to the confinement room first."

"If there's a fight, it usually takes six hours to be locked up. He could have been released with more than four hours left."

"But I heard a loud noise in the back after being locked up for just over an hour. Then the teacher came out to explain the situation to me. He also walked around the place where the things were kept. I think that's when he took the person away."

Chen Ming glanced at the other end of the corridor outside the confinement room. Around the corner there was the back door of the guard room.

The person left through the back door.

“Is there any surveillance here?”

"The surveillance footage can only be viewed by the guard room at the gate. There is a database backup here, but it requires school administrator privileges to access it. I don't have that privilege, so I can't show it to you."

Hearing this, Chen Ming subconsciously wanted to use psychic power, but he immediately remembered the psychic energy fluctuations that were locking onto him.

There are really restrictions everywhere at the legion headquarters.

Normally, I can just use my spiritual energy to handle things directly, but I have to do it step by step in the normal way, which is really troublesome.

But there's nothing I can do.

When you are on the legion's territory, you have to follow the legion's rules.

Anyway, it seemed that someone at the school had come up with a smooth little combo and sent Cheng Xinghe, who could have been released from solitary confinement for a few hours, to the police station, as if they were going to file a case against him.

Without the assistance of psychic powers, things can only be done through legitimate means.

Fortunately, Chen Ming still has a choice.

He took out the terminal and called Bai Quan.

Cheng Xinghai immediately came to Chen Ming's side and whispered, "In addition to contacting Uncle Bai, I think we have to find the police station where Xinghe is being held, and the hospital where Liao Hongsheng is staying. Only after we find them can we do the rest."

"Um."

Chen Ming responded and waited for the call to be connected.

However, a minute later, a busy tone sounded on his terminal, indicating that no one was connected.

I couldn’t get through to Baiquan. I don’t know if he was in class or busy with other things.

The result was the same when dialing again.

Cheng Xinghai also used his terminal to make a call, but was unable to get through either.

She suddenly asked Chen Ming with some concern: "Could this be...related?"

"I don't think that's the case. Even if someone wants to cause trouble, it can't affect Baiquan now. It should be that he has something wrong."

Although Chen Ming said it was a should, his tone was very affirmative.

Cheng Xinghai chose to believe him.

And at this time.

In a teaching building in the military base teaching park.

Bai Quan, who was learning tactics against the mechanical race from a retired admiral specially found by the legion, suddenly felt the terminal created by Chen Ming's psychic power vibrate.

Bai Quan's face changed and he immediately took out the terminal given by Chen Ming.

He set his ordinary terminal to silent mode during class. After all, the person who taught him private lessons was an old general, so he had to maintain some necessary respect.

Moreover, since the old admiral's health was not very good, the time he could take classes was not fixed every day. Bai Quan had specifically mentioned this to Chen Ming before.

So if Chen Ming couldn't contact him at normal times, he would usually choose to call him at another time.

Well, since Chen Ming chose to use a special terminal to contact him, something must have happened.

Bai Quan opened the terminal and when he looked down, he saw a series of things that had just happened written by Chen Ming in the notepad of the terminal.

His expression was serious at first, but soon calmed down.

He didn't know the news.

But it is impossible for other people in the headquarters not to know.

Even if he is in class now, there are many people and many ways to pass on the message.

The only person who could stop the news from reaching him was his old boss.

In other words, the faction behind him must have started to take action, so he doesn't need to worry too much.

So he directly gave Chen Ming a contact method and asked Chen Ming to contact the people in their faction. It was also time for Chen Ming to contact other people in his faction in the headquarters.

In the message Chen Ming sent to him, he complained that he was restricted everywhere in the headquarters, but at the same time, there were certainly other more convenient places.

For example, the connections he is now going to hand over to Chen Ming.

At this time, Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai had already walked out of the guard room and were heading towards the parking lot.

Chen Ming received a response from Bai Quan regarding the current situation, and he had a rough idea in his mind.

This matter will definitely not develop in the worst direction, he just needs to do what he should do.

He then glanced at Cheng Xinghai who was thinking about something: "What do you think?"

Cheng Xinghai shook his head slightly and said, "I'm not sure. I feel like there are many places to start, but I'm not sure where is the best place to start, so I want to ask what you think?"

Cheng Xinghai did not necessarily boast that he would solve the problem himself.

This is a good thing. If you are capable of doing something, do it yourself. If you are not capable of doing something, notify capable people to do it as soon as possible.

This is the most appropriate approach.

As for the question about Cheng Xinghai, Chen Ming answered quickly: "My idea is very simple, take Cheng Xinghe away from the police station, send the slanderer to prison, completely erase the rumors, and find out the mastermind behind the scenes."

at the same time.

In an online conference room on the Fourteenth Legion headquarters network.

No. 2 asked No. 1: "Cheng Xinghe has been taken to the police station. What's next?"

"Didn't I tell you not to do anything?"

"ah?"

"What do you think our purpose is?"

Without waiting for No. 2 to answer, No. 1 said, "It is based on the conflict between Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming. They want to sow discord between Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming, take the opportunity to make the conflict between Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe erupt, and rely on the relationship between Cheng Xinghe and Cheng Xinghai to destroy the marriage."

"A simple provocation is just the beginning. Cheng Xinghe was raised by Baiquan after all, so he shouldn't be that stupid. It's impossible for him to get so angry as to have a conflict with Chen Ming just because of a provocation. He can't figure out who is the troublemaker."

"It's us."

“So how do we find a way to create conflict?”

Although this was a question from No. 1, he was not in a hurry to continue speaking, but waited for someone to offer some opinions.

Number 9 asked, "Are you really going to convict Cheng Xinghe?"

No. 1 responded: "It is indeed possible, but it is not very meaningful. If there is no real death, there is absolutely no way to determine the death of a person. The people over at Baiquan are not stupid and can't see what we are doing."

"But if someone really dies, the supervisory department will come down."

No. 9 spread his hands and said no more.

Others also put forward some ideas, but they were all refuted by No. 1.

After confirming that no one had any new ideas, he said, "All direct means are unlikely to have sufficient effect, so we have to use some indirect means."

"We need to instill in Cheng Xinghe the feeling that what he encountered was because of Chen Ming."

"How do you do it?"

"Like I just said, don't do anything."

"Ignore Cheng Xinghe the whole time and leave him there. He is nothing. He is just a tool used to target Chen Ming."

"Disdain him, ignore him, and make him feel that he is not respected, not valued, and not even regarded as a real person."

"We need to let him know that we are not targeting him. Everything we did there was to target Chen Ming."

"Only in this way can Cheng Xinghe feel annoyed with Chen Ming even though he knows that we are the ones who are doing it."

"We want to give him the feeling that he did nothing and did nothing wrong, and all the mistakes were due to Chen Ming's existence."

"Of course, it doesn't mean we should do nothing. Remember to send two people to talk to him occasionally to talk more about Chen Ming. Just don't talk about Cheng Xinghe himself."

"Also, remember to delay it for a while. Young people will always want to write about random things when they have free time. Let them have some free time. After a long time, they will have enough time to think."

Just after a brief discussion in the online conference room.

Cheng Xinghe was still locked in the interrogation room of the police station.

He's been locked up for quite a while.

But no one came to see him.

It was as if everyone had forgotten him.

Apart from occasionally hearing people outside talking about Chen Ming, he could hear nothing else.

The anxiety in his heart was gradually growing.

at the same time.

Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai have already boarded the shuttle.

After the shuttle set sail, Cheng Xinghai already had a rough idea. She said to Chen Ming, "It shouldn't be difficult to get Xinghe out of the police station."

"If the situation is true, then there is no need to send the slanderer to prison. The person is almost dead, so there is no need to send him to prison. If the situation is not true, that is another matter."

"Those rumors..."

A blush appeared on Cheng Xinghai's face.

“It’s also easy to solve.”

"The key is to find the person behind the scenes."

"I know which faction Liao Hongsheng belongs to, but I don't think it was necessarily someone from that faction who did it. No one would openly involve their own faction in this. We have to start with the people around him."

Cheng Xinghai’s idea was similar to what Chen Ming had just thought.

After she finished speaking, Chen Ming immediately handed over his terminal: "This is Liao Hongsheng's message."

Cheng Xinghai saw the content on the terminal, but she did not take the terminal immediately. Instead, she blinked uncertainly and asked with a hint of confusion: "Where did this come from?"

"Someone in the faction gave it to me."

"Which faction?"

"Our faction."

Cheng Xinghai suddenly fell silent.

Chen Ming sensed something from Cheng Xinghai's silence and asked, "Didn't you think of contacting people in the faction just now?"

"Those uncles basically treat me like a child... even though I've been to the battlefield... it's the same."

There was a hint of sadness and loneliness in Cheng Xinghai's eyes, which came from not being taken seriously.

Chen Ming put down the terminal, reached out and pressed his hand on her clenched fist on her knees and said, "But I won't."

Cheng Xinghai pursed his lips, and the lost expression gradually disappeared.

"Um."

She grabbed Chen Ming's hand, picked up the terminal, and studied the information on it.

Chen Ming reminded from the side: "We still don't know whether Liao Hongsheng is dead or not, so let's just assume he is really dead first."

"But we can now be sure that Xinghe would not have beaten someone to death, because he was in the detention room before. This means that Liao Hongsheng's condition was definitely not that serious at the time. It must have been after Xinghe was taken to the detention room that something went wrong."

"The teacher who sent him away, the doctor in the infirmary, and the doctor in the hospital can all go check it out."

"We need to find out what caused him to become like that."

“If you figure this out, you figure everything out.”

“But with so many people it will be a bit time-consuming.”

"So we have to go find Cheng Xinghe first. His location has been determined."

(End of this chapter)