Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 310 Strategy
Cheng Xinghai's eyes gradually turned cold.

She took Chen Ming's wrist and walked in a direction in the school.

"Where to?"

"The solitary room. I saw on the forum that Xinghe was taken to the solitary room by his teacher in the end. I want to go find him to find out what happened."

"..."

Cheng Xinghai wanted to see Cheng Xinghe in a hurry.

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

Because Chen Ming always believed that judging from his performance when he communicated with Cheng Xinghe in the simulation last time, it was impossible for him to directly beat people to that extent for the reasons currently circulating on the forum. Such rumors are also rumors. No, it’s nothing at all.

On the other hand, why was Liao Hongsheng's injury so serious? Is the injury really that serious? These two questions are the key.

However, we should be able to get some clues to find people from Cheng Xinghe, so there's nothing wrong with going there.

"Who?"

"This...is not possible in principle, please be considerate."

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

It's really hard for him to directly use psychic energy to detect it now.

Chen Ming glanced deep into the guard room.

"I'm looking for someone."

He is now at the headquarters of the Fourteenth Legion, so there is still such a place.

This actually surprised Chen Ming.

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

It is indeed possible that Cheng Xinghe is still here.

The students sitting in class muttered something vaguely, not sure whether it was considered an answer to Chen Ming's question.

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

Chen Ming followed Cheng Xinghai.

The backup guard room here is not usually open to the public, and is basically used as a confinement room. If there is anything happening inside the school, you will usually go to a fully functional police station near the main entrance of the school.

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

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

Some are eager to use their psychic powers.

According to Cheng Xinghai’s explanation.

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

"Is he still in solitary confinement?"

soon.

"He can't see people during lockdown."

Although there was no problem at the time, now that he was in school and still in the school's security room, once he used his psychic powers, he would definitely be noticed by the psychic.

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

After all, this headquarters is not a military base, but a complete comprehensive colony.

So Chen Ming didn't say much.

The expression of the student who was lowering his head changed slightly. He immediately raised his head and saw Cheng Xinghai who came in just after Chen Ming. His expression changed even more obviously.

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

He looked up when Chen Ming opened the door and came in.

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

It was obvious that there was more than one room here. It wasn't really a "room" at all, but it was more like a police station.

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

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

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

At this time, in the hall of the guard room, there was a person who looked very young, who should be a student, sitting in the hall.

"Cheng Xinghe."

But he only saw Chen Ming, not Cheng Xinghai who was blocked by Chen Ming.

Cheng Xinghai took Chen Ming to the destination.

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

But the psychic wave that had locked onto him long ago is still locked onto him. The psychic wave was briefly active when he was building the shuttle boat just now.

"Can't even meet family members?"

"Will do."

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

The student looked embarrassed: "This..."

"?"

"Confinement is a form of confinement, and the belongings of the imprisoned people are not well preserved? Is this considered dereliction of duty?"

Faced with Chen Ming's doubts, the student's lips wriggled and he couldn't say a word.

Chen Ming also wanted to see if Cheng Xinghe would leave any records on the terminal, but it looked like there was no hope.

"What about the person on duty here? It's impossible for a student like you to stay in the guard room forever, right?"

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

Has the interrogation already begun? Right?

Chen Ming was now standing in the lobby of the guard room. The psyker's perception ability allowed him to clearly hear the sounds of the entire building.

Although the breathing could not be heard, if someone was talking, it would definitely not escape his ears.

Chen Ming felt more and more that something was wrong.

Cheng Xinghe has been in solitary confinement for less than two hours, and there is only this student who seems to know nothing left in the solitary room looking at the door? This is very unreasonable.

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

"This, can you let me see someone?"

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

It's not a colonel because even though Bai Quan was an external tactical instructor who was equivalent to a colonel when he gave Chen Ming his identity.

But after Chen Ming officially joined, thanks to his important contributions to scientific research for less than two consecutive months in a row, Chen Ming was promoted one level higher to a senior university.

This is already the highest military rank he can obtain currently.

The next higher level is the general level. It is impossible to be promoted to the general level without staying in the Fourteenth Army for a few years.

But the rank of a major is enough for a student.

If it were a teacher or some other veteran sitting here, Chen Ming would definitely not use his military rank badge to pressure people with his status, because it would not be effective. Rules are rules, and Chen Ming would have to abide by them even if he was a general. The rules are, if you can't see people, you can't see people.

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

And obviously the student in front of him knew the headquarters of the Fourteenth Army. No one dared to forge such things. He was convinced 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 also a person who has survived a lot of battlefields. Even if he has a prosthetic body, the pressure he brings to the students who are still in school when he gets serious is huge.

Sweat was pouring from the student's forehead. After repeatedly confirming what Chen Ming slapped on the table several times, he finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"I'll take you in."

He stood up and walked out of the front desk with a bunch of keys, 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 here.

"what happened?"

The student who pushed open the door of the solitary room at the front said in a 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 people come to the back and drive them away, especially those who want to see Cheng Xinghe."

"The teacher said they were all journalists and the like, and asked me not to let them in."

"But then I heard there was a lot of movement here."

As the students spoke, their tone became less confident.

In fact, he had already spilled the beans. He must have seen the police take the person away with his own eyes, otherwise he would not have said that he was taken away by the police right away.

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

The student quickly replied: "I really don't know. I've always been in front. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes. I'm just guessing. If you think that person was beaten like that, he must be sent to the police station." "

"Then why was he sent to solitary confinement in the first place?"

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

"Why not send it directly to the police station? Why was the injury so serious that it was not noticed at first? Instead, it was sent here first and then sent to the police station?"

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

Chen Ming did not ask the question a second time, but continued to the next question: "Who saw him fighting?"

"Did you really see it? People from other places heard the movement and saw Cheng Xinghe standing there and the other one lying there. Then someone called the security guard."

"The surveillance camera captured Cheng Xinghe's hand moving first, so we took him to the solitary room first."

"If there is a fight, he is usually detained for six hours. He can be released in more than four hours."

"But I had only been locked up for more than an hour when I heard a loud noise from behind. Then the teacher came out to explain the matter to me. He also walked around the place where the things were stored. It should have been that he took the person away at that time. ”

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.

People left through the back door.

"Is there surveillance here?"

"Only the guard room on the other side of the gate can see the surveillance. There is a database backup here, but you need the school administrator's permission to bring it out. I don't have this permission, so I can't show it to you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ming subconsciously wanted to use his spiritual energy, but he immediately remembered the spiritual energy wave that locked him.

There are really restrictions everywhere in the legion headquarters.

Normally, things can be handled directly by adjusting the spiritual energy, but it has to be done step by step in the normal way, which is really troublesome.

But there is nothing we can do.

On the territory of the legion, you must act according to the rules of the legion.

Anyway, it seems that someone at the school made a smooth little combo and sent Cheng Xinghe, who was supposed to be released from confinement in a few hours, to the police station, as if he wanted to put a case on his head. . You can only find the specific police station one by one.

Without psychic assistance, things can only be done through serious means.

Fortunately, Chen Ming still has a choice.

He directly 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 feel that we have to go to the police station where Xinghe is detained and the hospital where Liao Hongsheng lives to find out what happened behind them. Do."

"Ah."

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

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

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

Dial again and the result is the same.

Cheng Xinghai also used his terminal to make a call, but also couldn't get in touch.

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

"I think it shouldn't be the case. Even if someone wants to stir up trouble, it won't be able to affect Bai Quan now. It should be because he has something to do."

Although Chen Ming said it should be, his tone was very sure.

Cheng Xinghai chose to believe him.

And at this time.

We are in a teaching building in the teaching park of the military base.

Bai Quan, who was learning tactics against the machine race from a retired old general specially found by the legion, suddenly shook the terminal created by Chen Ming's psychic energy.

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

He set the ordinary terminal to mute during class. After all, the person who taught him alone was an old general, so he had to maintain some necessary respect.

And because the old general is not in good health, the time he can give him lessons every day is not fixed. Bai Quan also specifically mentioned this to Chen Ming before.

Therefore, if Chen Ming could not contact him at ordinary times, he would usually choose to call him at another time.

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

Bai Quan opened the terminal, lowered his head, and saw a series of things that had just happened written by Chen Ming on the terminal's notepad.

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

He didn't know the news.

But it’s impossible for other people in the department not to know.

Even if he is in class now, there are many people and many ways to spread the news.

The only one who can stop the flow of information to him is 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 information 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 this message sent to him, Chen Ming complained that he was restricted everywhere in the headquarters, but while being restricted, there would of course be other more convenient places.

For example, what he now wants to hand over to Chen Ming is connections.

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

Chen Ming got Baiquan's reply about the current situation, and he had a rough idea.

This matter will definitely not develop in the worst direction, as long as he does 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 which is the most suitable place to start, so I want to ask you what you think?"

Cheng Xinghai did not necessarily say that he would solve this problem by himself.

This is good. If you have the ability to do things, you can do it by yourself. If you are not able to do things, you can notify the capable people to do it as soon as possible.

This is the most appropriate approach.

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

at the same time.

In an online conference room on the 14th Legion headquarters network.

No. 2 asked No. 1: "Cheng Xinghe has been taken to the police station, what's behind?"

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

"what?"

"What do you think our purpose is?"

Before No. 2 could answer, No. 1 said to himself: "Based on the conflict between Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming, we tried to instigate the relationship between Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming, and took the opportunity to let the conflict between Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe break out. Xinghe and Cheng Xinghai’s relationship ruined the marriage.”

"A simple provocation is just the beginning. After all, Cheng Xinghe was raised by Bai Quan and his brain is not too bad. It is impossible for him to get into conflict with Chen Ming just because of provocation. He can figure out who is causing trouble. "

"It's us."

"So how do we find ways to create conflict?"

Although this was No. 1's question, he was not in a hurry to continue, but waited for someone to make some comments.

No. 9 asked: "Really convict Cheng Xinghe?"

No. 1 responded: "It can indeed be determined, but it doesn't mean much. If there are no real dead people, there is absolutely no way to determine someone's death. The people over at Baiquan are not fools and can't see what we are doing."

"But if someone is really dead, then 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 methods are unlikely to be effective enough, so we have to use some indirect methods."

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

"How to fill it?"

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

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

"To despise him, to ignore him, to give him the feeling of not being respected, not being taken seriously, or even being seen as a real human being."

"We need to let him know that we are not targeting him, and everything we do there is to target Chen Ming."

"Only in this way can Cheng Xinghe become bored with Chen Ming even though he knows that we are the ones doing the work."

"We want to give him the feeling that he did nothing and did nothing wrong. All mistakes are because of Chen Ming's existence."

"Of course, it doesn't really mean that you are doing nothing. Remember to send two people near him occasionally to talk more about Chen Ming, as long as you don't talk about Cheng Xinghe himself."

"Also, remember to delay for a while. Young people will always think about writing as long as they are free. Let them be free for a while. Only after they are free for a long time will they think enough."

Just after a brief discussion in the online conference room.

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

He had been locked up for a while.

But no one came to him.

It was as if everyone had passed him by.

Except for occasionally hearing people outside talking about Chen Ming, he couldn't hear anything.

The anxiety in his heart was gradually growing.

at the same time.

Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai have already boarded the shuttle boat.

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

"And if the situation is true, then there is no need to send the slanderer to prison. There is indeed no need to send the person who is already dying. If the situation is not true, let's talk about it differently."

"Those rumors..."

A blush appeared on Cheng Xinghai's face.

“It’s also easy to solve.”

"The key is that the mastermind behind the scenes follows people to find him."

"I know which faction Liao Hongsheng belongs to, but I don't think it's necessarily someone from his faction who did it. There shouldn't be anyone who would involve his own faction so openly. We have to start investigating from the people around him. ”

Cheng Xinghai's thoughts were 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 it over immediately. Instead, she blinked uncertainly and asked with a hint of confusion in her eyes: "Where did this come from?"

"Someone in the faction gave it to me."

"Which faction?"

"Our faction."

Cheng Xinghai suddenly fell silent.

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

"Those uncles and uncles basically treat me as a child... Even if I have been on the battlefield... it will be the same."

There was a hint of sadness and loneliness in Cheng Xinghai's eyes that he was not taken seriously by others.

Chen Ming put down the terminal, put his hand on her clenched fist on his knee and said, "But I can't."

Cheng Xinghai pursed his lips, and his disappointed expression gradually disappeared.

"Ah."

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

Chen Ming reminded from the side: "At present, we don't know whether Liao Hongsheng is dead or not, so let's treat him as if he is really dead."

"But now we can also confirm that it is impossible for Xinghe to beat people to death, because he was in a solitary confinement room before, which means that Liao Hongsheng's condition was definitely not that serious at that time. It was definitely after Xinghe was taken to the solitary room that he Something went wrong."

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

"We need to figure out what made him do that."

“Knowing that clears up everything.”

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

"So let's go find Cheng Xinghe first. His location has been determined."

(End of this chapter)