Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 231 Missing Evidence

Although Chen Ming said he was studying the core of the synchrotron, in fact he had only been exposed to it once.

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

Simulation equipment is not very good at psionic and microscopic simulation, so Chen Ming will not waste time on this thing.

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

Overall there is no problem.

So Chen Ming continued to question Lou Wei when he had no idea how to handle this matter: "Let me ask you, how to solve this matter?"

"This……"

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

As Ogika's mentor and a fleet commander, he knows more about simulations in terms of combat.

In addition, this was just a simulation, and he thought that even if Chen Ming was really doing some research, he would definitely not be researching anything important.

A senior colonel sitting next to Hong Guanghong's mentor at the conference table leaned slightly closer to the position of Hong Guanghong's mentor and whispered: "Chen Ming has a research institute here now? Sure enough, Lieutenant General Bai is reluctant to bear the child." No wolf."

"Originally, the actual judgment cannot be determined by his words, but Lou Wei directly unplugged the power, resulting in the loss of all data, and Chen Ming has sufficient reasons to conduct these studies in the simulation, then it is difficult to say."

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

"But how can we calculate the seriousness of this matter that undermines the institute's research?"

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

And Cheng Xinghai's voice immediately appeared in his ears: "Hey, can you hear me?"

"When you were quarreling just now, I helped you ask an uncle of mine, a friend of Uncle Bai's, who works in the department responsible for the maintenance of analog equipment."

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

Let everyone see his embarrassment.

"Ah."

When Chen Ming saw this, he understood that Lou Wei had almost no understanding of research.

"Although this kind of large-scale simulation that requires deep consciousness has only one backup file due to the large amount of data calculation, and because it is a forced stop rather than a normal shutdown, the data in the last few days of the simulation may be somewhat disordered, but Xiu Yixiu should It can barely be used."

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

"I see you have been studying those things for a long time. It must be very difficult to lose them. This should be good news for you, right?"

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

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

"what's 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.

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

Immediately, he leaned directly on the conference table, leaned forward in the direction of Lou Wei, and said as if he wanted to eat someone: "I am not just studying the synchrotron core in the simulation, I also have other research to do. , how do you plan to compensate for the other ones?"

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 at the research institute tomorrow.

"Lou Wei and Uncle Bai knew each other before, but the relationship between him and Uncle Bai was not good. He just seized this opportunity, so he wants to use you as a breakthrough point to make a fuss."

Chen Ming simply showed some impatience, knocked on the table hard and said to Lou Wei: "Speak, hurry up."

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

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

Cheng Xinghai accepted Chen Ming's thanks, and then said: "One more thing, this Lou Wei is not actually targeting you, he is targeting Uncle Bai."

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

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

While everyone in the conference room was talking privately, Lou Wei still couldn't speak for a long time.

Cheng Xinghai sent him a request for a private chat.

Chen Ming immediately agreed.

Chen Ming said nothing and turned his gaze from Lou Wei to the side of the conference room.

"I understand, it looks like Lou Wei is going to suffer."

"Let me put it this way, I now have a research institute. I was responsible for everything in the previous research institute. I was the one who promoted all the research tasks. What I studied was what I studied."

"Thanks."

Chen Ming immediately picked up the main point in Cheng Xinghai's words and said: "To put it simply, you borrowed the knife to kill someone and borrowed it from me, right?"

Chen Ming was about to continue to put more pressure on Lou Wei, but a reminder suddenly appeared in the corner of his field of vision.

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

"He said that the simulation equipment will have record files that are regularly backed up during simulation."

"Okay, it's the first time I used this function and I didn't say what I was thinking."

"Yes, that's what it means."

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

"whats the matter?"

Cheng Xinghai's reaction seemed to be because Bai Quan didn't tell Chen Ming about the seemingly accidental and 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 step that was deliberately arranged by someone. He would have to go back and ask Bai Quan to find out.

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

"There's nothing wrong with him. He's just an ordinary classmate I met when I was in school. Although there are problems with the tutor, there should be no problems with him, at least not now."

"Oh, one more thing. Uncle Bai has been suppressed by the headquarters. Basically, this is what Lou Wei's faction is doing."

"Uncle Bai has been unhappy with him for a long time, and now he's causing me to lose a week of playing games. I can't bear it anymore."

Cheng Xinghai looked a bit like an internet-addicted girl, which made Chen Ming almost couldn't help but smile.

"So how do you deal with this kind of thing under normal circumstances? I'm talking about his situation that leads to unexpected research results."

"Normally, you will have to pay money and settle the matter. If the matter is more serious, you will be demoted."

"What about cheating?"

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

"of course not."

"That's good."

Cheng Xinghai breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment and said, "If it were on the scale of the first match you and I played, the most likely outcome would be that no one would play simulated battles with the cheater in the future."

"If this was the beginning, it wouldn't be a big problem if I just dragged people to play against each other. But Uncle Bai said that the results and performance of winning and losing should be sent to the respective schools, so the situation is different."

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

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

"Cheating can only be regarded as a violation of discipline. We will decide the final punishment based on the extent of the impact."

"If you were cheating, the most someone would scold you for is a few words. It would be nothing to you."

"But Uncle Bai seems to have guaranteed for you that you have not cheated. If you have cheated, this will be a stain on Uncle Bai's resume and may affect the future."

Chen Ming frowned slightly and said, "So, Lou Wei is ruining his future, right?"

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

"Then it doesn't matter how I punish him now, right?"

"Correct."

"That'll be easy."

Chen Ming suddenly thought of a way and stopped talking to Cheng Xinghai.

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

"Looking at it 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 he would send the records of this simulation to their respective schools, this simulation was no longer a private simulation. It’s a simulation competition organized by the Lieutenant General.”

"The consequences of cheating in a battle of this level are similar to mine, right? Lieutenant General Bai will vouch for you as a cheater. It's hard not to make people doubt something."

Hooked.

Chen Ming's face immediately showed an ugly expression, and he said: "How can you talk about the simulation that Cheng Xinghai privately invited me to come over to play with? You are also a talent."

"Why do we need to send evaluation results to our respective schools for private battles? Do you believe this?"

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

The more Lou Wei talked, the more confident he became: "In my opinion, this is a formal competition."

"Look at the people participating, five champions of the legion's internal simulation battle competition, three champions of the empire-level simulation battle competition, one runner-up, and you, you are also a psyker after all." "On this scale. Even if Lieutenant General Bai does not take the lead in organizing the competition, it is not considered a private simulation at all, this is a formal battle."

Chen Ming suddenly slammed the table, pointed at Lou Wei's face and said, "If you have the ability to declare 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 could indeed approve this matter in a very short time, even without the approval of the majority of people.

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

He slapped an approved document directly on the table and said angrily: "Why not?"

"I've already registered you, but I want to see what you have to say about cheating in a regular competition."

"Ha ha……"

Suddenly there was slight laughter from the corner of the conference room.

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

Hearing Cheng Xinghai's laughter, Lou Wei suddenly realized 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 in a formal battle and forcibly stopped the formal battle, then he would definitely bear a huge responsibility.

Moreover, there was another problem before this battle became a formal battle, a problem that he did not dare to mention to anyone.

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

He suddenly slammed the table and said with force: "Everything you say now is false. The people from the Psychic Research Institute will be here soon. You can tell him about your cheating yourself."

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

After Cheng Xinghai laughed, Chen Ming no longer had any unnecessary expression on his face. He knocked on the table again and said, "Hey, don't pretend to be stubborn and change the topic. How do you plan to compensate for the loss of my institute?"

Chen Ming's question did not receive a reply from Lou Wei. He just leaned on the chair with his eyes closed as if he didn't want to say anything.

Chen Ming really couldn't force him to do this.

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

He is a student from Cheng Xinghai's side.

After the private chat was connected, the student immediately said: "Lieutenant General Bai, I am Lin Sen, majoring in logistics support. I feel that someone is cheating on our side."

"When we started as the new rebels, there were many obvious problems with some of the logistical arrangements when I look back now, but I don't know why these problems didn't break out."

"Originally I thought it was luck, but later on we were in a hurry, so not only me, but also several of us who were still alive made mistakes in our work, and we all confirmed it to each other, but none of these mistakes led to problems. "

"We went back to check and found that it seemed that the NPCs under our command had corrected the problem for us."

"We consider it lucky to have one or two, but no problems have occurred. This situation is obviously not right. It is considered good if the NPC makes no mistakes. How can it be possible that it will help us correct almost all the mistakes?"

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

"I've probably 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 established before, he thought that the opponents' few little guys did a good job and could find a chance to breathe in a desperate situation.

Therefore, when the new rebels developed rapidly later, they did not have much suspicion and just regarded the abilities of a few little guys as good.

But now that people have come to talk about it in person, Baiquan has begun to think in this direction.

Now it seems that the speed of development of this new rebel army has almost caught up with Chen Ming's development speed of using psychic powers. Is this a bit too exaggerated?
But the matter of cheating cannot be concluded just by talking about it.

Lou Wei forcibly terminated this simulation, causing the simulation data to be damaged.

Not only the participants and simulated world data, but also the referee's data were affected.

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

But Bai Quan suddenly thought of something. Even if the simulated data is damaged, there will still be a place where the data will not be affected.

Bai Quan suddenly coughed and said, "Lou Wei, where did your administrator authority come from?"

"Please call out the administrator log now, immediately, immediately, and see if there is any record of you tampering with the data of 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 has not been decided yet."

"Slip of the tongue. When Lieutenant General Bai suddenly mentioned this matter, I feel like we should be inseparable."

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

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

When Bai Quan once again asked the question that he had just prevaricated, he knew that he had no way to escape, and he would definitely have to bear this crime.

But at least he wants to drag Bai Quan 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."

"But what about Chen Ming? Aren't his first words the same as admitting to cheating?"

Bai Quan couldn't help but laugh angrily when he looked at the records in the administrator's log: "You cheated and couldn't beat Chen Ming, and then you think Chen Ming cheated?"

"No, you probably felt that Chen Ming was cheating from the beginning, so you were angry and cheated, but found that you still couldn't win. In the end, you were so angry that you used the cheating permission to close the simulation, right?"

Lou Wei did not reply, and Bai Quan asked again: "Who gave you the administrator rights? You are not a relevant person in this simulated battle. Why can you get the administrator rights?"

"You, a major general, don't know the seriousness of cheating in a regular battle? You are a derelict bastard. Even your students will be jointly and severally held responsible by you, even if they don't know anything."

Lou Wei's face was dark and he said: "I take the blame myself. No other students know about my cheating. I just can't stand Chen Ming cheating and bullying my students."

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

"You elevated a private simulated battle to the level of a formal battle, so just accept it honestly."

"The rules are the rules. I have contacted the special inspection team to review you. Your cheating has been confirmed. I hope you are not in jail next time I see you."

Lou Wei's eyes crossed Song Pu and then turned to Chen Ming: "What about Chen Ming? Of course I can bear the responsibility. Chen Ming must also bear the responsibility if he cheats."

Chen Ming waved to him casually, squinted at him and said, "I've said it many times, where is your evidence? You'd better think about how I can compensate you now."

Lou Wei did not dare to say more about research matters that he did not understand at all. He just said as if grasping the last straw: "Wait until someone arrives."

The conference room was now filled with only the sounds of whispers between the onlookers and their respective instructors.

Bai Quan did not continue to force Lou Wei, but turned around and contacted his psyker friend who was also diving into deep consciousness, but was kicked out of the channel several times.

After the private chat was connected, Bai Quan's ear immediately heard his friend's voice: "Hey, do you think of me now?"

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

"Well... let's put it this way, Chen Ming's mental power has always been maintained at a certain level when using psychic energy, and the rate at which he recovers the consumed mental power remains unchanged each time."

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

"It means that Chen Ming has been controlling his mental power consumption in the simulation to never exceed a fixed upper limit. This fixed upper limit is the amount of mental power he actually has."

"However, the amount of spiritual 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 current empire."

"I can't figure out how he managed to achieve this level in one year. If we really go by Lou Wei's document, a normal psyker starts from the moment he awakens his psionic energy. Even if you exercise to the extreme, you won’t be able to reach his level.”

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

"Then just believe it."

After half an hour.

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

Bai Quan looked at Lou Wei, who had administrator rights, and thought for a while but said nothing more.

He just said after approving the newcomer's application to join: "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 everyone has the authority to use this simulation device?"

Cheng Xinghai said matter-of-factly: "The people from the Psychic Research Institute must have authority. This is the most important department in the Fourteenth Army. The person who comes here might be a psyker."

"Then which faction does this psychic research institute belong to in the Fourteenth Legion?"

"Pure neutrals, they are all people who no one dares to offend."

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 didn't expect that the documents I wrote casually would lead to this kind of thing. I'm really sorry."

"But it's about cheating and it's 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 power cannot reach this level?"

(End of this chapter)