16 Investigation
◎Giving gifts is free, and receiving gifts is big news◎
Kong Wei was waiting for her downstairs in her accommodation building.
Her figure was hidden in the shadow of the tall power supply box at the door. She was wearing a dark blue uniform with her hat pulled down low, revealing only a little of her pointed chin, almost blending in with the dark color.
Yan Xunzhi was lost in thought and didn't notice him at all when he passed by. It was only then that she spoke, "...Yan Xunzhi."
"Huh?" She was startled and saw Kong Wei from the direction of the voice. "Instructor Kong? Why are you here?"
This is the student dormitory building! The instructor dormitory is still some distance away!
Kong Wei frowned. In the dim simulated lighting of the underground, her expression blurred into a blur. "I came to see you."
This was too direct. Yan Xunzhi was a little hesitant, not knowing what she was going to do, so Kong Wei took the initiative to take two steps forward.
Finally standing under the streetlight, Yan Xunzhi could clearly see the corners of her mouth slightly raised. Compared to the usual softness in her eyes, she seemed to be more genuinely happy at this moment. "The investigation team has corn candy. I got a few for you. You like it."
As he said that, he stuffed a handful of candy into her palm, with a look on his face that said: Open it quickly and try it.
...It's just another experiment. Yan Xunzhi, already deeply traumatized, took the candy corn and looked at it, feeling suspicious. "...But I've never eaten this stuff."
What's the point of liking or disliking?
"Hmm..." Kong Wei paused, as if correcting his mistake, "I think you will like it."
Yan Xunzhi stared at her for a few seconds. Kong Wei's eyes were a little hazy, but soon they became clear again, and she looked back calmly.
Under such a frank gaze, Yan Xunzhi tried to put the candy into his mouth.
It shouldn't harm her... She counted carefully that although Kong Wei had given her a lot of things that made her roll around in pain, they were all good for the body after all. She could only blame the federal research for being so poor that good things could actually torture people!
There was no pain, only a hint of mellow sweetness melting on the tip of his tongue. Yan Xunzhi had never tasted anything like it before, so he couldn't describe the flavor.
But she really likes the taste.
Silently putting the remaining candies in her pocket, she looked at Kong Wei, waiting for her next move. But she seemed to just come over to give her some candy corn, and when she saw that she accepted it, she turned around and was about to leave.
Yan Xunzhi's mind skipped a beat. Kong Wei's act of sending sweets from afar had revived a little of her narcissistic self-love that had been strangled.
If Kong Wei didn't treat her specially and made a special trip to bring her candy, then... this instructor is really too idle.
Suddenly he called out to her, "Wait!"
Kong Wei stopped, half-turned, and looked back at her. Yan Xunzhi felt a little embarrassed. He knew he shouldn't ask, but he was genuinely curious. After weighing the pros and cons, he realized there probably wouldn't be any consequences. So he gritted his teeth and said, "Instructor Kong, I heard you... were taken away for investigation these past few days."
The news of someone being taken away in broad daylight spread throughout Canxing. Kong Wei was not surprised that she asked about this, and even took the initiative to add, "He was detained and interrogated by the investigation team because of what happened on the ground."
"Is it... because of that foreign object?" Yan Xunzhi cautiously probed her expression. "Is the level above the standard?"
Kong Wei didn't answer directly, "This is not the right place to talk about this."
It was not time to rest, Yan Xunzhi was just lazy and wanted to come back early to lie down, there were not many people in front of the dormitory building.
But after all, there would be students coming and going, and there were so many corners that anyone standing anywhere could eavesdrop, so it was really not suitable for discussing private matters. Yan Xunzhi nodded in understanding, "Then where can we talk?"
"..." Kong Wei didn't expect her to be so persistent.
After a long silence, he said, "Let's go to the special education training room."
Some instructors have their own hidden secrets that can really save their lives on the ground. These are usually learned through trial and error. It's ok to teach one or two people who are compatible with you, but it won't work if too many people learn the skills.
Therefore, the special education training room has no surveillance cameras and does not record anything. Only instructors can enter by swiping a card, and there is a prompt when swiping the card. The room is well soundproofed to prevent eavesdropping.
Yan Xunzhi swiped his card to enter after familiarizing himself with the place. He was about to sit on the mental training chair when he thought of Kong Weizai.
The instructor hadn't even sat down yet, so how could she sit down... She immediately did a small squat.
Unexpectedly, Kong Wei didn't seem to have any intention of sitting down. He didn't even take two steps inside. He leaned against the door frame and closed the door. "The higher-ups think I deliberately lured high-level foreign objects into the White Pagoda area, so they sent an investigation team to question me."
"Can they come by deliberately luring them in?" Yan Xunzhi didn't quite understand. "Aren't there military areas outside? They can check the levels, so how could they let them in?"
Kong Wei rubbed his brows, as if he had a headache, "If I want to..."
Yan Xunzhi carefully captured her subtle changes, and his heart was lifted up.
Kong Wei seemed to feel better after rubbing it. He put his hand down and let out a long sigh, "I can deceive the machine."
Yan Xunzhi widened his eyes!
Her heartbeat quickened. As the saying goes, the more you know, the faster you die. She suddenly realized that she shouldn't have listened to these words, but she had already asked, "Are all S-level wizards okay?"
What responded to her was the grayish-yellow color in Kong Wei's eyes, as silent as a quagmire.
What a nasty mouth! Yan Xunzhi wanted to slap himself.
Aren't there enough cats killed by curiosity down there? Why did she have to dig into the matter? Now everyone is unhappy.
His hands were shaking. Yan Xunzhi turned his back and faced Kong Wei with a flattering expression and a fawning tone, forcing a stiff smile. "Instructor Kong... I haven't heard anything today. It's getting late. I'd better go back..."
Kong Wei looked at her for two seconds, his eyes falling on the corners of her mouth that were trembling uncontrollably. He smiled and asked knowingly, "What are you afraid of?"
"I did it on purpose." She spoke slowly, word by word, "I put the foreign object in on purpose."
Who cares how the foreign object came from! She didn't want to listen at all! Yan Xunzhi wanted to run, but Kong Wei was leaning against the door, holding it with one hand, so she couldn't even open the door and rush out.
She finally understood why she had chosen such a position to lean on.
So vicious!
If possible, Yan Xunzhi really wanted to cover his ears and then knock himself out with a stick, so that when he woke up he would have no memory and pretend that this day never happened.
Kong Wei moved her hands covering her ears away with amusement, "You are curious, but afraid to listen. Then why did you have to come to the special classroom? I don't believe you didn't guess it, you just wanted me to admit it. Now that I admit it, you don't want to listen anymore? There is no such thing as a good thing."
Yan Xunzhi had a sad face, "...can't I just come here to hear your denial?"
“…”
Seeing her pale face, Kong Wei knew she was really scared. He slightly suppressed his smile and said carefully, "...That can actually be denied."
"The investigation team is gone, and I'm still here. That's the best proof of my innocence," she said. "If I wanted to lure them, I could have just had them attack another team. Why must it be mine? If it was to record data, why would I open fire, interrupting my own experiment and inviting an investigation for nothing? Besides..."
This idea coincides with Yan Xunzhi's.
This is what puzzled her - it was completely a waste of time!
Kong Wei lowered his head and whispered, "The White Tower doesn't know that I can shield the detector."
Now the guide is just an interference detector. There will be obvious interference garbled codes in the detection records, but there is no such thing in the military district this time. The detector is so calm that it seems as if it has never detected the strange tiger.
This was also the main reason she was released. The technology was not feasible.
The Federation doesn't even have this technology. Although Kong Wei is an S-class guide, his level is not really the best among S-class, let alone a scientific research talent. He just participated in the EV transformation project with a group of people.
No one believed she could surpass current technology and directly shield the detector. This was a crucial line of defense against danger and safety, and the Federation regularly inspected and tested it annually, over thousands of times to ensure it was fault-free.
Once there is a technological breakthrough, there will be a major change immediately.
The losses are huge. The investigation team dare not report it just because of such an ambiguous matter. They cannot afford the loss.
Not to mention the death of a few students on the ground, even if the white tower on the edge was destroyed, they would probably not be affected.
Yan Xunzhi felt waves of chill rising up in his body.
She recalled Kong Wei asking her before going up to the ground, "What if you die?" She'd only been sincere about wanting to go up, mumbling some sweet words in reply. It turned out she'd already thought it through...
With both scenarios in mind, she could escape safely regardless of whether there were dead or alive people on the ground.
It’s just a little simpler now. I guess we’ll have to stay closed for two more days.
"Then why did you draw your gun anyway?" Yan Xunzhi calmed himself down and wanted to die with a clear conscience.
Anyway, she had heard everything she should and shouldn't have heard, and guessed everything she should and shouldn't have guessed. She decided to go all out and get to the bottom of it, thus satisfying her last bit of curiosity.
——It was this question that brought her such an unlucky night.
If you don't ask the whole question, you will die with regret.
The hesitation around this question lasted surprisingly long, so long that Yan Xunzhi couldn't help but look up at Kong Wei. From a slightly downward angle, her eyes were half-lidded, hidden by her high brow bones, making it difficult to discern her expression.
"Consider it a sudden surge of compassion on my part," she said.
A broken jar is always a prick. Yan Xunzhi thought her words were ridiculous and just a perfunctory response. "...You have mercy on us, but you're taking us to our deaths?"
Kong Wei suddenly felt calm.
She looked up, met Yan Xunzhi's gaze, and sneered, "Doesn't the Federation also let people die? They're all going to die anyway, so who's in charge doesn't matter."
Yan Xunzhi choked, "At least dying for the Federation is glorious..."
Although she is not very promising and does not have great ambitions, she does not want this glory.
Kong Wei's eyebrows twitched slightly, "Glory?"
I never thought Yan Xunzhi would actually talk to her about glory. It turns out she has such a high level of ideological awareness. How much is glory worth?
Her face was stern as she continued, "At least I asked each of you and you agreed to go above ground. If you feel it's dangerous this time and don't want to go above ground again, I won't force you to do the experiment."
"What about the Federation? Can you refuse the Federation? If the Federation asks you to go to the surface, can you refuse?"
No. What she said made sense, and Yan Xunzhi was speechless.
Kong Wei said, "At least dying in an experiment is useful. The Federation... You can't refuse, and you can't escape. Even if you know it's a meaningless death, you have to carry it out. When you eat people, not even a scrap is left. How noble do you think it is?"
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