Chapter 237 The Golden Fifteen Minutes
【_alarm----】
[The interrogation network has been disconnected due to an unknown virus attack!]
The administrator's shrill alarm shattered the silence, echoing throughout the entire mental prison.
"What happened?"
Hearing the commotion outside the glass partition, Feng Caijun suddenly stood up, not bothering to listen to Wen Jingchen's confession.
He gestured to Lin Ying and the other armed men to keep an eye on Wen Jingchen and immediately leave the sealed-off office to check on the progress of the interrogation plan.
The engineers are already overwhelmed.
The data on the floating screen has now been transformed from real-time monitoring footage into complete darkness.
Lines of garbled text floated up on the screen, a sight that was shocking to behold.
"Sir, we just got the interrogation plan into place, how could such a major malfunction occur?" Feng Caijun's voice involuntarily rose. "How long will it take to restore the network connection?!"
“Assistant Feng, please don’t worry,” the engineer wiped his sweat. “What was disconnected was the broadcast network; the AI responsible for protecting Mr. Huo is still working normally.”
"It should be repaired in fifteen minutes."
Feng Caijun looked solemn.
Lin Ying overheard the gist of it in his office.
He had a vague feeling that this matter was related to Wen Jingchen.
Lin Ying turned around and met Wen Jingchen's gaze, who was staring at him in the darkness.
Wen Jingchen sat motionless in the shadowy corner, his expression blank and his aura restrained, staring straight at himself.
He had a strange feeling of dread.
It felt like being watched by a dead person.
"Lin Ying, it seems they'll be worried for a while longer..." Wen Jingchen's voice lowered considerably, meandering into Lin Ying's ears from the shadows, "Don't you really want to hear what I found out in the interrogation plan?"
Feng Caijun was busy supervising the engineers as they worked tirelessly to fix the network links for the interrogation plan, while Lin Ying's information request notifications kept popping up, making him very annoyed.
"Assistant Feng?" Lin Ying smiled broadly. "That kid Wen Jingchen has something he wants to tell you, you—"
Feng Caijun was preoccupied with Huo Fenglin's safety and had no interest in Wen Jingchen.
“You conduct the interrogation for me,” Feng Caijun waved his hand, “and send the interrogation records here simultaneously.”
Lin Ying received permission and immediately went to carry out the order.
The man detained in the office was not surprised by Lin Ying's return.
On the contrary, he knew perfectly well that Lin Ying would not miss such an opportunity to demonstrate his worth in order to surrender.
Lin Ying casually sat down across from the desk, glanced at his communicator, and said succinctly, "Speak."
Wen Jingchen smiled and confessed truthfully, "I felt something was wrong from the moment I came into contact with the serious criminal Xin Que in the interrogation plan."
"In my eyes, you are a traitor who climbed up the ranks by stepping over prison, and in your eyes, I am a villain who plotted to make you take the bullet for the prison... It's all too coincidental."
"But we were both blinded by hatred, and with the Huo family pressing us from behind, we had no room to exchange information."
"Until I met Xin Que, I used her trust in the control program to pry out some things, which further confirmed my guess."
...
Lin Ying's expression changed drastically when he saw the evidence Wen Jingchen presented.
He looked around and slowly raised his hand to end the interrogation and surveillance.
“Lin Ying,” Wen Jingchen softened his tone, “it is your freedom to choose to side with Huo Fenglin, but all indications suggest that Huo Fenglin is not a reliable person.”
"Why does he claim to be the heir, yet he hasn't even started the succession process for the Huo family?"
"Why is it that even though Xin Que killed so many members of the Huo family, Huo Fenglin was always wary of what she possessed and dared not kill her?"
"And then there's the clamor surrounding the Huo family, everyone's eager to bring Huo Fenglin down, but he's remained silent."
"Furthermore, the timing of Huo Fenglin's forced takeover and major overhaul of the prison coincided with the period after Xin Que's mental weaknesses were exploited..."
"What Xin Que said is very likely true."
"Huo Fenglin is not an heir at all, and he has no evidence to prove his identity."
Wen Jingchen pressed on relentlessly, speaking faster and faster, forcing Lin Ying to focus all his attention on the points he was making.
“I know you’re still dreaming that Huo Fenglin will support you to become the new warden after he takes office, but Lin Ying, you have to see reality.”
"If what Xin Que said is true, then Huo Fenglin simply does not have the ability to take over the Huo family and fulfill his promise."
"Those powerful figures in the Huo family who are related to Huo Tinghua are all eyeing the position of heir. Huo Fenglin can delay for a while, but can he delay forever?"
"Given the current public pressure and the increasingly uncontrollable people within the Huo family... once Huo Fenglin's lies are exposed, what chance do you, as Huo Fenglin's henchman, have of survival?"
"Both you and I are victims of the power struggle between Huo Fenglin and the Huo family. Even if Huo Fenglin eventually manages to secure his position as the head of the Huo family, why would he support someone like you, who has no core values, to take over as the warden?"
"Stop dreaming," Wen Jingchen sneered. "The Huo family has no shortage of assassins and spies. In terms of loyalty, you're nothing but a fence-sitter who switched sides halfway. In terms of ability, can you compare to those spies cultivated by the Huo family's iron-fisted methods?"
"Those engineers who were purged from prison serve as a cautionary tale for us all."
Lin Ying's expression grew increasingly grim.
Wen Jingchen wasn't in a hurry to continue attacking Lin Ying. Instead, he changed the subject, "Lin Ying, I know you can't accept this right away, but it's the truth... You can go and find out for yourself what Huo Fenglin's current situation is like."
"I won't force you to do anything, I just need you to turn a blind eye to one thing."
Lin Ying remained silent for a long time before finally asking Wen Jingchen, "You're nothing more than a pawn who'll be disposed of soon. Why should I risk my life to go easy on you?"
Wen Jingchen sighed.
"Why do you think I was able to get out of the interrogation plan smoothly?"
A hint of doubt flickered in Lin Ying's eyes.
“I made a deal with Xin Que… or rather, with the person behind Xin Que…” Wen Jingchen looked directly into your eyes, “a deal that allowed us small fry to survive.”
Lin Ying found it laughable, "This is ridiculous, they've even dragged in some kind of powerful backing..."
Wen Jingchen simply smiled meaningfully, "Is that so? You think she can block the network links of the administrator and the interrogation plan all by herself?"
Lin Ying fell silent.
"It'll probably be another five or six minutes before the broadcast network is fully restored, right?" Wen Jingchen coaxed patiently. "Then you'll see what kind of mess she'll make of the interrogation plan..."
"In this artificially created vacuum of more than ten minutes, how many trump cards will Huo Fenglin, isolated within the interrogation plan, lose in this game?"
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