Chapter 27 Echoes in the Noise
In addition to the countdown of "3, 2, 1", a piercing noise that was not there before appeared.
"What is this?" someone asked.
The discussion among the audience gradually grew louder, almost drowning out the loud explosion in the recording.
Gradually, some people realized that something was wrong.
Fuberna is an experienced investigator and has almost reached a conclusion.
He knew things might be about to turn around.
Ning Shuyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She quietly wiped her sweaty palms on her trouser leg.
She made the right bet.
Fuberna gestured to the guards in the courtyard. Two guards immediately stepped forward and restrained the technician.
In fact, there was no need for the guards to go.
The technician was already ashen-faced and swayed so much he could barely stand.
Loran, who was watching the play from the audience, sat up slightly and looked around at the diverse crowd in the audience with great interest.
Fuberna turned sharply to the technician: "Tell the truth! Why did you destroy the evidence? Why did you frame someone?"
This remark sparked even louder discussion among the audience.
The technician's lips trembled, and cold sweat soaked his collar. But he just shook his head in vain.
Just as everyone was waiting for him to confess, Ning Shuyin's voice came from the defendant's seat.
“Mr. Fuberna, perhaps I can answer this question for him.”
Ning Shuyin opened her mouth.
All eyes turned to her again.
Ning Shuyin pursed her lips, not looking at the distraught technician, but turning her gaze to the secretary Mu Ze beside her, whose face was filled with admiration.
“Mr. Mu Ze.” Ning Shuyin’s voice was not loud, but as soon as she spoke, the whole room fell silent.
"Please tell everyone what you did to the recording sample before you gave it out."
"Okay." Mu Ze walked to the front of the stage.
At that moment, Fuberna had a sudden and profound realization.
The fact that the marshal's personal secretary intervened in advance shows that although the marshal did not interfere with the trial, he had prepared a way out for this young girl.
The marshal seemed indifferent just now, probably not because he didn't care about protecting her, but because he was observing the situation. He was probably testing Ning Shuyin to see how far she could go, and... who would jump out.
At this moment, Mu Ze spoke up: "Before handing over the evidence, Miss Ning asked me to use a military terminal to embed a high-frequency marker track that is inaudible to the human ear into the original audio file."
"Mark the audio track?"
This technical term sparked another round of discussion at the scene.
At this moment, Ning Shuyin slowly stepped forward.
Her clear and melodious voice was amplified and delivered to everyone's ears.
"This marked audio track is silent in its original state; it will not produce any sound no matter how it is played."
Her gaze fell on the technician.
"But what this technician did was not the restoration or repair he claimed, but rather he tampered with the recording using my voice sample."
"This false modification directly undermines the authenticity of the audio track. As a result, the marked audio track is also destroyed at the same time."
"So, when I asked him to reverse the files back to their original state, the corrupted data link produced noise that couldn't be eliminated. That's the source of the noise you just heard!"
The moment the words were spoken, the truth was revealed to the world.
A cold glint flashed in Situ Linchen's eyes: "Technician, confess the mastermind behind this, and I can spare your life."
The Alliance Marshal spoke.
Under absolute pressure, the technician's psychological defenses collapsed.
He pointed at the audience in horror: "It was her! Colonel You Lingfei ordered me to do this. She... she threatened me with a job transfer. The real person in the recording is her, Colonel You Lingfei."
In an instant, all eyes in the room shifted from Ning Shuyin to the pale-faced chief navigator of the Alliance fleet.
The haughty and elegant expression on You Lingfei's face had vanished, replaced by an undisguised panic.
"No, that's not true, he's slandering me."
You Lingfei hurriedly stood up, trying to explain: "Why would I do that? I'm the chief navigator of the Alliance fleet. What benefit would I gain from destroying the space station?"
She backed away step by step, trying to leave the center of the courtroom: "You cannot convict me based solely on the testimony of one criminal!"
However, Ning Shuyin gave her no chance to catch her breath.
She did not argue with You Lingfei, but turned to Situ Linchen.
"Marshal, Colonel You's motive is that she wants to use this self-directed and self-acted drama to maintain her fake B-level navigator ability."
"You're slandering me!" You Lingfei shrieked. "You say my navigator abilities are fake? Where's the evidence?"
"The evidence lies in your proudest achievement."
Ning Shuyin responded and then turned to the presiding judge's seat.
"I request that the space station's chief technology officer be summoned and that I review the entire operational log from yesterday in the space station's command center."
Situ Linchen nodded in the direction of Fu Bernard.
The command was executed immediately.
Soon, the holographic screen unfolded in the center of the courtroom.
It clearly reproduces You Lingfei's every move in the command room at that time.
Ning Shuyin walked to the screen and waited for the video to finish playing.
"Gentlemen, this is the entire process of how we formulated the strategy to avoid the debris ring yesterday. The video shows that Colonel You Lingfei did not sense the debris ring of the meteorite swarm at all."
Ning Shuyin then pointed to the other end of the star chart. There was a faint point of light there.
"But strangely, Colonel You Lingfei accurately sensed the main snake in the Ghost Shadow Twin Serpent meteorite cluster. Colonel You, how did you manage to sense a needle in the grass but not see the wall blocking your way?"
“I…” You Lingfei was speechless. “At that time, there was signal interference.”
Ning Shuyin seemed to have anticipated that she would say that.
She turned around and looked at Lorraine, who had been watching the show from the audience.
Every time Ning Shuyin met his gaze, a chill would run down her spine as if by reflex.
Ning Shuyin steadied her breathing before speaking, "Dr. Loran, I need your testimony."
Loran raised her eyes, a playful smile on her lips: "Testify? Aren't we dating? Your testimony probably won't be accepted."
Ning Shuyin frowned.
This man was taking the opportunity to get revenge on her again.
She cleared her throat, her tone serious: "You participated in the entire operation of the space station yesterday. With the blessing of the Fountain of Life, you provided Colonel You Lingfei with supernatural abilities, all of which are recorded in the command video."
"I just want to know, to what extent can your enhancement improve the perception of a B-level navigator?"
Lorraine no longer refused to answer her questions.
He immediately gave a precise answer: "It can get infinitely close to Grade A."
"Infinitely close to Grade A."
Ning Shuyin repeated herself, then faced the audience and revealed her final trump card.
According to ancient records, capturing the 'Ghostly Twin Serpents' meteorite cluster requires at least the perception of an S-class navigator.
No one present was a fool.
After saying this, the entire logical chain is clear.
Ning Shuyin originally wanted to find a suitable opportunity to talk to Situ Linchen about this alone.
Unexpectedly, the truth was revealed in public because of a false accusation.
She continued, "How could a navigator whose abilities are boosted to near A-level, yet be able to sense a target that requires S-level to detect, while not being able to see a clear ring of gravel?"
She glanced at You Lingfei, who was already in a daze.
"There's only one answer. Someone fed you information about the meteorite cluster!"
"Your intelligence provider only considered the meteorite clusters that your B-level abilities couldn't detect, and assumed that you could at least detect simple 'rubble rings'. But I never expected that your true abilities were so laughable that you couldn't even detect the most basic dangers."
"This is irrefutable proof that your B-level perception is fake."
The color drained from You Lingfei's face instantly, and her body swayed precariously, as if everything was already set in stone.
However, just when everyone thought this was the final judgment—
In the audience, Situ Linchen slowly stood up.
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