High Martial Arts 2077: I Rely on Beast Taming to Cultivate While Lying Down

Chapter 119 He is the mastermind behind the demon tide! Interrogation Room - There's a spy!

Yang Gang and Feng Yujun both looked at Su Chen.

The bald, fat man trembled even more violently the moment Su Chen spoke.

His mouth opened, and his crotch quickly became wet.

Before Su Chen could continue, the bald, fat man pointed at Su Chen with all his might, his voice shrill with fear: "Him! He's the one who caused this demon tide! He's the mastermind behind this disaster! He's the one who clashed with our team! He attracted these demons to kill us!"

The entire room fell silent for about three seconds.

Feng Yujun and Yang Gang exchanged a glance, both momentarily stunned.

Yang Gang took a deep breath, looked at the bald, fat man, and said in a steady voice, "Calm down. Start from the beginning!"

"With our city guards here, no one dares to touch you!"

The bald, fat man swallowed hard.

Su Chen stood still, neither interrupting nor even looking at him.

Interrupting at this point would only arouse suspicion and make things unclear.

"We...we set off three days ago this morning, first arriving in the North City area, then fighting our way to the East City, and today..."

It's getting dark, and I'm looking for a rest area to spend the night.

"At first, we went to rest area 16 on the east side, but there was no one there, so we felt unsafe and found this place."

The bald, fat man spoke quickly: "Then we saw this group of students—we thought those girls were pretty, so we glanced at them a few more times and said a couple of things out of line. That's all!"

"And then... him!"

The bald, fat man's fingers were shaking like he had Parkinson's disease.

"He just opened fire on us! He even said he was incredibly powerful, had a powerful background, and possessed the Earthly Scripture, and that anyone who touched him would die!"

"He even turned off his energy protection device, letting us attack him at will, so he could kill us easily!"

"He also said that he wouldn't kill us himself. For the next three months, six months, or a year, our deaths would have nothing to do with him, and no one would be able to find out!"

"He's going to put our photos in blind boxes and kill them one by one! It's all demons killing them, it has nothing to do with him!"

"Those city hunters are in cahoots with them! They're just standing there watching, looking like they're ready to kill us at any moment!"

"Captain Yang, you can ask my teammates! Ask them if that's true!"

Yang Gang listened in silence.

He turned to look at Su Chen, his gaze filled with a businesslike scrutiny.

"Is what he said true?"

Su Chen scratched his head.

Feng Yujun saw this action and his lips twitched.

"It's half true, half false," Su Chen said calmly. "He took my boasting seriously and got scared out of his wits. That's all."

He paused, then changed the subject: "Also, I'm going to countersue them!"

"They were stronger adventurers, yet they deserted at the very first moment of battle. Later, they were so terrified by the monsters that they disrupted the battle and caused even greater casualties!"

"This must be thoroughly investigated!"

Feng Yujun stepped forward and put his hand on Su Chen's shoulder: "Captain Yang, please rest assured. Su Chen has an innocent background; his family is clean and can withstand scrutiny!"

Zhou Chengjie stepped out from behind: "I can testify."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhang He from Beishan University stepped forward: "We can also testify!"

Then there are the people from Nanhu University...

Everyone stepped forward.

The girl angrily rebuked the bald, fat man, repeating his foul language and various disgusting behaviors.

After listening, Yang Gang looked at the group of students in front of him, and then at the bald, fat man sprawled on the ground.

Having served as a city guard for twenty years, he can see through anyone's micro-expressions.

He saw fear, guilt, and evasiveness on the faces of these adventurers, but he didn't see the anger of being wronged.

I roughly understood what had happened.

Moreover... face reading is such an authoritative thing!

These adventurers are obviously shameless old foxes.

"Yes." He nodded. "But there have been casualties this time, and everyone will be giving statements later!"

He turned to Feng Yujun: "Then I'll go down and check the situation, and while I'm at it, I'll take the core of that demonic vine with me. This monster might be related to the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord!"

"it is good."

Yang Gang, along with two Spirit Martial Realm squad leaders, leaped off the building and disappeared into the depths of the ruins.

Feng Yujun stayed where he was.

The bald fat man's legs shook even more violently.

The bearded man remained calm.

He didn't say a word from beginning to end, leaning against the pillar in the corner, trying his best to make himself invisible.

The other adventurers huddled behind him, each looking at Feng Yujun as if they had seen a ghost.

Feng Yujun took in all of this and shook his head helplessly.

He turned to Su Chen, a helpless smile playing on his lips, and said, "You've changed quite a bit, kid!"

"Now they can scare these seasoned veterans who've been around for decades to death."

Su Chen scratched his head and smiled: "When you're out in the world, you give yourself your own identity."

"And they're not just making empty threats; they're downright disgusting! If we don't teach them a lesson, they won't understand the rules and might push their luck, leading to an even bigger conflict."

"I'm a kind-hearted person and didn't want to use entrapment to legally take their lives. So I spoke up beforehand to stop them from doing anything even more disgusting, which saved their lives!"

Feng Yujun was stunned for a moment, then looked up and laughed.

The laughter startled the adventurer underlings, causing them to shrink back another half a foot.

These two are definitely in cahoots!

They're in cahoots! All crows are black!

A treacherous society!

"Haha~ That's how it should be! You've got a lot of social experience, kid. Not bad! Not bad!"

The bearded man in the corner finally stopped pretending to be invisible.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exerted so much force that his lungs ached.

Hey!

I got tricked by a kid!

It's all bullshit from beginning to end!

What a load of rubbish, the Earthly Element Book!

What kind of murder by lottery is this!

It's all fake!

This feeling of frustration is even worse than being killed by the demonic vine. At least if I were killed by the demonic vine, I wouldn't have to put up with this humiliation.

He was terrified by a student using a fake identity and even had to kneel down in front of all his underlings. This incident will haunt him for the rest of his life!

Su Chen ignored the few people in the corner with their interesting expressions.

He walked to the edge of the third floor and looked down at the corpses scattered on the ground below.

The ground was littered with the corpses of red phosphorus rats, fragments of black moon demon wolves, ruins blasted out by hellfire... and the remains of several warrior-level alien demons!

In just a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, the amount of things that could be salvaged from these ruins was by no means small!

"Well... we're not in a rush to leave anyway. While we're at it, could you perhaps have the Spirit Armor Army protect us?" He turned to Feng Yujun, grinning, "Let's go down and loot the spoils. We probably killed a few general-level alien demons just now. Even though many valuable parts were destroyed, they can still fetch a good price!"

Feng Yujun looked at his face.

Having just survived a near-death battle, with death looming close, this kid's only thought now is stealing...

Spoils of war.

He nodded: "Haha~ Okay! You guys go ahead!"

The Spirit Armor Army formed ranks in the ruins, with ten two-meter-tall ancient soldiers patrolling the area.

Su Chen immediately looked at the others and said in a deep voice, "The dead cannot be brought back to life! Making money to improve your strength and making a name for yourself is the only way!"

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"Let's all go!"

Three hours after the battle.

Dark as ink.

On the wall surrounding the Dongcheng District outpost, eight high-powered searchlights slowly rotated, their thick beams of light cutting through the darkness and sweeping back and forth among the broken walls and ruins.

Inside the outpost.

Inside a temporarily requisitioned office.

The fluorescent lights illuminated the entire room.

A metal desk, a few folding chairs, and two unopened boxes of supplies piled in the corner.

There were three tablet computers on the table, with densely packed text of statements on the screens.

Yang Gang sat behind the table. After finishing the last page of the statement, he pushed the tablet aside and looked up at Su Chen across from him.

"Let's talk in detail about how the conflict between you and the adventurers of the 7th Squad of the 3rd Regiment of the East Tiger Gang started, and how you threatened them afterwards."

Yang Gang's voice was steady, and he had the air of an interrogator: "As for the battle that followed, although there is a recording of this part from the energy protector, you can still share your thoughts from your perspective."

Su Chen took a USB drive out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Yang Gang.

"I wasn't there when they first entered the rest area and started swearing on the first floor."

He said calmly, "The relevant information was all heard from my classmates. As for the scene where I threatened them... here is the complete video, from my personal perspective, you can take a look."

Yang Gang reached out and took the USB drive, then twirled it between his fingertips.

He didn't immediately insert the tablet, but instead stared at Su Chen.

Why did you record the video beforehand?

Su Chen calmly said, "This is a recording temporarily stored by the energy protection device."

"The energy protector can only save the contents of one hour." Yang Gang's gaze remained fixed on the screen. "Did you save it in advance because you knew you would eventually clash with that group of adventurers, or was there some other reason?"

Su Chen met his gaze: "You could say it's a guess that a conflict might break out."

"What constitutes 'can be considered'?"

Yang Gang frowned.

He first glanced at Feng Yujun sitting to the side, then turned his gaze back to Su Chen: "Don't think that just because your teacher is backing you up, you can act like this. This incident is no longer limited to your school's internal training; it's now under the full responsibility of our City Guard. Every detail must be controlled."

Su Chen looked at Yang Gang's face.

He was in his early forties, with rough skin and an old scar on his brow bone.

When he spoke, his chin tightened slightly, and his eyes held a scrutinizing look that came from having seen countless people.

It certainly had the demeanor of an interrogator, but ultimately it was unpleasant.

Su Chen thought about it for a moment.

He began, "I saved the video because of something else. It's related to the training mission we've taken on, and I'd like to discuss it with Teacher Feng first."

Yang Gang put down the USB drive in his hand.

He looked at Su Chen with piercing eyes.

After a moment, his expression turned serious: "I said, this incident is entirely the responsibility of our city guards."

The atmosphere grew even more somber.

Su Chen nodded slightly.

"Yes, I'm not denying that. But what I want to say is that I didn't do anything wrong in this incident. I'm not a suspect; I'm just cooperating with the statement I'm giving."

"Under federal law, I have the right to remain silent."

The office was silent for a second.

"Captain Yang Gang, I'm not one to take pressure."

Su Chen looked up at him, her eyes calm: "You are a decent city guard captain, but you are far from adept at friendly communication with a hot-blooded young student."

"Young people prefer to share their secrets with people they feel comfortable with."

Even if I possess a wealth of intelligence, with a familiar and reliable elder by my side, I would naturally prefer to consult with...

We communicated with the professors at our school.

"This is the right choice based on a sense of inner security."

Yang Gang was stunned for a moment.

He... definitely has some occupational hazards.

But most students are good kids.

He sat down across the table, lowered his gaze, and answered whatever was asked, without even daring to use interjections.

Occasionally, he would encounter a few spoiled brats who tried to intimidate him by bringing up their family background, but he could easily deal with them in a few words.

But this kid in front of me is different.

He wasn't being aggressive.

It's like...negotiation! Like someone with leverage, calmly choosing who to trade with.

Yang Gang remained silent for a moment.

interesting!

He chuckled softly.

"Haha, okay. Then you should talk to your advisor first."

He stood up and turned to look at Feng Yujun: "Professor Feng, if you have any information related to this incident, please let me know."

Feng Yujun nodded: "Yes!"

Yang Gang led two deputies out of the room.

The equipment switches were turned off one by one, and the red light on the surveillance camera in the corner went out.

The door closed.

Only two people remained in the office.

The fluorescent tubes emitted a faint electrical hum.

Feng Yujun leaned back in his chair, looked at Su Chen, shook his head, and smiled helplessly: "You've got a bit of a troublemaker about you!"

He casually raised his hand and waved it, and a very faint blue spiritual energy fluctuation spread out from his palm.

The vibrations passed silently through the walls, forming a thin, soundproof barrier outside the room.

"Speak! What is it that you want to talk to me about in private?"

The three hours following the battle were enough for Su Chen to mentally rehearse all the contingency plans.

He didn't rush to speak.

He took a deep breath and said, "There's a spy in our team."