flstandardbreds Chapter 1312 Interrogation Performance
Chapter 1312 Interrogation Performance
After the rain transformed from "melancholy" fell, many sounds of wailing and crying were heard from the originally quiet buildings in front.
The out-of-control emotional energy infected the entire town, making it impossible for anyone hiding inside to hide, and all of them were displayed under the detection equipment.
Huo Ming of Buyetian glanced at the display interface of the detection instrument and sneered.
"Sure enough, these people from the Great Wilderness originally planned to put up a desperate resistance and launch a surprise attack on us."
Afterwards, the combat personnel of the Seventh Detachment rushed in and confirmed that all the people of the Great Wilderness were indeed unable to resist. Then the vehicle that Lin Yu was riding in drove directly into the town, and at the same time, they continued to control those people of the Great Wilderness and knocked down and demolished large buildings blocking the road.
During this process, looking at the wailing and suffering people of the Great Wilderness, Huo Ming of Buyetian breathed a sigh of relief.
"These people are so bold... I don't know who gave them the courage to challenge my authority."
"It's probably because my mother hasn't been active in recent years, and the company has been emphasizing the need to relax controls on the Great Wasteland... Those guys simply don't understand that the people of the Great Wasteland are nothing but beasts who fear power but not morality."
After hearing what Huo Ming said, Lin Yu whispered, "Your Excellency, there may be more than just this reason."
Huo Ming looked at Lin Yu and said, "Director Arthur, what are your thoughts?"
Lin Yu looked at Huo Ming and said, "Do you know about the big explosion that happened in the outer city yesterday?"
Huo Ming nodded: "I know."
"That was caused when I was investigating the Turbine Gang," Lin Yu calmly glanced at the Nevernight Fire Apricot who thought he was hiding well in the crowd, and then continued, "The Turbine Gang, like these people from the Great Wilderness, has been influenced by a mysterious person—that mysterious person's goal is to stop my actions, and his methods are very cunning and changeable."
"And based on my experience with the Turbine Gang, I have reason to believe... that mysterious person has some ability to interfere with other people's thoughts. This may explain the abnormal behavior of these people in the Great Wilderness."
As Lin Yu spoke, Huo Ming frowned, "Interfering with thoughts? This is against the regulations of the City of Night and the company... Whether it's consciousness implantation or emotional suggestion, these are forbidden areas of exploration."
Of course, if we delve deeper into Truth Company's emotional alchemy, we might develop technologies that can manipulate other people's thoughts and cognition.
However, this technology was banned by the entire City That Never Sleeps - after all, it was a method that could threaten the nobles, and even other princes and nobles, and would naturally cause collective panic and opposition.
Even the Truth Company and the Buyetian Family were unable to withstand the united opposition from the other four royal noble families.
Even... even within the Buyetian family, most people are opposed to this technology.
After all, this technology poses far greater harm and potential threats to vested interests than to the general public.
The more powerful one is, the more he fears that his thoughts will be secretly interfered with.
Therefore, when Huo Ming of Buyetian heard this, he found it a little hard to believe.
but……
Lin Yu was not worried that the other party would not believe it.
After all, it is an indisputable fact that the guy hiding in the dark and hostile to himself has the ability to "interfere with cognition".
"I assure you, I'm absolutely certain that the Turbine Gang members' perceptions have been deliberately tampered with," Lin Yu said confidently. "This also explains why these people from the Great Wilderness suddenly changed their ways and dared to attack you."
"It also explains why those fifteen people couldn't even provide basic information about their employer. It's impossible for fifteen people to have no contact with each other and yet dare to carry out such a mission."
"It's also impossible that all fifteen people happened to forget their employer's information at the right moment."
"Even... the fact that he dared to hire these fifteen people from the Great Wilderness, who have absolutely no loyalty, to carry out this mission is enough to prove that he has someone to rely on!"
After hearing Lin Yu's analysis, Huo Ming of Buyetian mostly believed what he said.
But after believing it, what followed was Huo Ming's worry.
"Since they have the means to alter their perception, wouldn't it be easy for us to get nothing out of them?"
"Don't worry, even cognitive interference can be overcome," Lin Yu laughed. "After all, what they receive are just suggestions. We only need to use their most primitive emotions to help them regain their normal thinking."
"Of course... this may require you to cooperate with me and 'perform' a good show."
……
Half an hour later, all the residents of the entire town were detained and all the buildings were cleared.
The members of the assault team brought several of the highest-ranking and most powerful people from the Great Wilderness in the town to Huo Ming of the Nevernight City.
There were five people in the group, three men and two women, young and old, and they all looked somewhat similar, with small eyes and thin upper lips, and they looked like a family.
And their attire also showed that their status was indeed high - the five of them were wearing clothes from popular brands in the city that never sleeps.
Although these brand-name clothes are not particularly high-end in the city that never sleeps, and even some people with upper-middle-class living standards in the outer city can afford them, compared with other people in the wilderness who can only wear their own hand-woven clothes, being able to wear "city goods", and brand new "city goods" at that, is itself a manifestation of strong strength.
When the five men faced Huo Ming in the Nevernight Sky, even though they were kneeling on the ground with charged guns pointed at their heads, their hands and feet tied and their mouths sealed, they still held their necks stiff, as if they were a little unwilling to accept the defeat.
The captain of the seventh team reported the situation to Huo Ming of Buyetian.
"Report, Your Excellency, these five are the leaders of this vast settlement in Area K3. The oldest, bearded one, calls himself 'Baron Shaka,' and the remaining four are his children and nephews."
Huo Ming frowned: "Who dares to call himself a baron? Get rid of them all, they are an eyesore."
As she spoke, the captain of Team 7 responded without hesitation, standing at attention.
"Yes!"
As he spoke, he called on his men to drag these people out again.
Now the prisoner finally showed a panicked look. He didn't seem to have expected that Huo Ming of the Nevernight City would play by his own rules!
Seeing the two team members coming forward to hold him, Baron Shaka struggled violently, and his mouth, which was sealed by the pure black sealing ring, kept making whimpering sounds.
Lin Yu looked at the twisting figure and said, "He seems to have something to say - do we want to hear what he said?"
Huo Ming thought for a moment and said, "Since Director Arthur has said so...untie the 'silence restraints' and give him time to speak."
"Yes!"
The captain of the seventh team stepped forward neatly and removed the ring from the opponent's mouth. Baron Shaka immediately shouted.
"I confess, I confess—I confess everything!"
Huo Ming looked at the other party with some confusion: "What are you going to do?"
Baron Shaka looked at Huo Ming's confusion, which came from the heart and was not exaggerated at all, and was even stunned at this critical moment.
Then he said, "Aren't you going to investigate who hired the fifteen people who attacked you in our town?"
Huo Ming suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean... you were also involved in this?"
Then she looked at the captain of Team Seven. "We really can't just kill him. Drag him out and skin him alive. Make sure he suffers the most excruciating pain before he dies."
Baron Shaka was stunned when he heard this, and then he collapsed and shouted, "No, no, no, that's not the case. I was not involved in this matter, and I didn't know they would attack you! If I knew, I would definitely stop them. I just have some clues!"
Huo Ming of the Nightless Sky said with a lack of interest, "A clue?"
Bandy, the captain of the "Lingxi" detachment, immediately spoke up, adding to the words of his superior, Huo Ming, "We don't need your testimony—we will naturally investigate any clues about the mastermind behind this."
Upon hearing this, Baron Shaka quickly added, "Sir, the employer of those ungrateful fools in our town is a very mysterious man. Your investigation may not yield any clues!"
"As long as you are willing to give us a way out, we will naturally serve you wholeheartedly!"
Huo Ming of Buyetian didn't express his opinion. He just thought for a moment and said, "You don't look... like someone from the Great Wilderness."
Baron Shaka heard that Nevernight Huoming's attitude had softened and nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes, Your Excellency. I lived in Nevernight City until I was eight years old. My father was an employee of the Truth Company. My great-grandfather was even the son of a baron, but he didn't inherit the family business because he was born out of wedlock."
"I'm not from the Great Wilderness!"
He quickly revealed his identity, and Huo Ming sighed.
"Then you should understand who I am and what the crime of attacking me is."
"This isn't a capital crime you can pardon just for your meritorious service... You seem to have misunderstood one thing. This time, I'm here to investigate who dared to hire someone to attack me, but more importantly... I have to ensure that your town disappears forever."
"I believe you may not be fully aware of this attack... but that's not important - besides, you even planned to resist in this town and try to force me back, didn't you?"
"Although you weren't from the Great Wilderness before, you've been a local tyrant in this town for so long that you seem to have lost track of yourself."
Huo Ming of the Nevernight Sky spoke in a cold voice, and Baron Shaka lowered his head.
Some childhood memories came flooding back to me, just as Huo Ming had said...
Just now, he was indeed thinking about whether he could use the advantages of his town to negotiate with the invading Huo Ming of Nevernight.
After all, in the Great Wilderness, the people of the Great Wilderness sometimes often attack the mining strongholds controlled by the three major companies and even achieve certain results.
Now Baron Shaka finally realized...
That's only because the truly powerful nobles weren't offended and were too lazy to put in the effort to clean out these rats.
Now, he returned to reality.
Looking at the bright flames of the Nevernight Sky in front of him, Baron Shaka spoke with trembling voice and made up his mind.
"I...I can die, and the town can be destroyed."
"But my children... I want to save their lives."