Chapter 26: The Marshal Is Angry
This was the first time Nan Yu had seen such a serious, even somewhat frightening expression on Yu Lanfeng's face. Coupled with the guilt in his heart, he didn't dare look directly at him and shifted his gaze elsewhere.
Yu Lanfeng's attention was currently fixed on the lump of soil, so he didn't notice Nan Yu's abnormality for the time being. Moreover, Nan Yu quickly adjusted himself and soon returned to his usual state. After all, he had lived through one lifetime already, so naturally he could regulate his emotions in a short amount of time.
Yu Lanfeng said, “You two, come to the command room immediately. I want to see you both in a moment. Bring that robot with you as well. I'll personally examine the surveillance footage. Whoever is responsible for this must be caught.”
He had only gone to the Capital Star for a short time, and yet someone had dared to do something like this behind his back.
When the captain and Nan Yu arrived at the command room, both of them felt somewhat uneasy. The captain smoothly recounted everything that had happened, but some details were known only to Nan Yu, so Yu Lanfeng questioned him directly.
“An Mi was the one who brought you there?”
Nan Yu nodded. Everything could be seen in the surveillance recordings anyway, so he answered naturally. Everything he said was true, and there was no need to lie.
Yu Lanfeng asked, “You only opened the door after An Mi left, correct?”
That was what the surveillance footage showed. He was merely confirming it.
Nan Yu nodded.
“That's right. Captain An Mi left first, and only then did I use my optical brain to scan and unlock the door. When I opened it, I saw thick dust everywhere. The floor was covered with it. I didn't even step inside, I just stood at the entrance and looked for a while.”
“Then I wanted to go find someone in the ward to tell them about it, but after thinking about it, I felt something was wrong, so I recorded a video. Before leaving, I locked the room again. I never expected there to be a portable cleaning robot hidden inside.”
“Very well. Then let me investigate.”
This matter was truly serious. For its sake, Yu Lanfeng postponed everything else. Right now, no matter what, this issue had to be resolved first.
However, as he traced the surveillance footage further back, the more strange it became.
At first glance, nothing seemed wrong. The cleaning robot entered to clean at fixed times every day, and no one else had entered during those periods.
Either this was one enormous misunderstanding, or someone had tampered with the surveillance recordings.
“Liu Cheng, you're good at data recovery, aren't you?”
Liu Cheng nodded.
Only then did Nan Yu realize the captain standing beside him was called Liu Cheng. They had known each other for quite a while, and yet he only learned his name now.
Liu Cheng...
He wasn't sure whether this was the Liu Cheng he knew from his previous life, but it didn't matter. Whether it was or not, this man's future was certainly bright.
Nan Yu watched as Liu Cheng walked over, sat down, and began rapidly analyzing the surveillance data. In the end, he actually found a breakthrough.
“Marshal, here. This section of the surveillance footage has been tampered with. The method is ordinary, but the execution is excellent. If I hadn't...”
He stopped there.
Because what mattered now was restoring the original data as quickly as possible. The process itself wasn't important. What mattered was finding the culprit.
Once they found them, everything would become clear.
Liu Cheng's speed was astonishing. Even Nan Yu, standing to one side, couldn't help admiring his ability.
He had never imagined that Liu Cheng was not only powerful but also so proficient in data analysis.
Look at that.
This was the difference.
This was the gap.
The more talented and capable people were, the harder they worked. Meanwhile, the more ordinary people were, the more likely they were to use their lack of talent as an excuse not to put in any effort.
Just like Bai Zhouyun.
Far away on the Capital Star, Bai Zhouyun suddenly sneezed.
Without caring much, he rubbed his nose and continued chatting with Yun Feiyu beside him.
As for what they were talking about—
“Feiyu, Nan Yu seems angry. Do you know how I can coax him back?”
Yun Feiyu blinked.
“That's easy. He likes you so much. As long as you take the initiative and apologize, it'll be fine. In the past, even when you didn't apologize, he would come looking for you first. Now that you're taking the initiative, he might not show it on the surface, but he'll definitely be overjoyed inside. So what's difficult about that?”
Yun Feiyu genuinely believed this.
Because before now, Nan Yu had always acted exactly like that.
So not only Bai Zhouyun, but even Yun Feiyu, who was always around them, thought this was perfectly normal.
Bai Zhouyun also felt that there was no need to lower himself and curry favor with Nan Yu.
An apology was enough.
He could bend when necessary and regain his dignity later. He wasn't such a petty person.
“You really are the best. Having you by my side is wonderful.”
Yun Feiyu was equally satisfied.
Recently, he had no idea where Nan Yu had gone, and that had provided him with an excellent opportunity. For some reason, Bai Zhouyun had distanced himself from him for a while before, but now, after seeing his efforts, their relationship had returned to normal.
He had tried both openly and secretly to find out what had happened back then, but Bai Zhouyun had refused to say anything. Since that was the case, he simply stopped asking.
After all, in Bai Zhouyun's eyes, Yun Feiyu was perfect.
About two hours later, Liu Cheng finally restored the deleted footage.
The culprit had replaced that segment with footage from the same time on different dates, and the traces had been erased in an extremely professional and flawless manner. Liu Cheng had only discovered it after noticing a tiny inconsistency and following the clues.
Now, the restored recording appeared before everyone.
In the previously ordinary-looking footage, Nan Yu suddenly saw a cleaning robot appear at a time when it absolutely shouldn't have been there.
Because it was a cleaning robot, it easily entered the room that had been assigned to him and then exited one minute later.
The timestamp showed that this had happened four hours earlier.
In other words...
Someone had done this one or two hours before An Mi brought him there.
But they still had no idea who it was.
There were simply too many cleaning robots responsible for maintaining the military base.
If they couldn't identify the exact robot, they wouldn't know who had issued the command, and they wouldn't know who had orchestrated all of this.
Nan Yu himself didn't understand why.
He had thought this wasn't a big deal, but somehow things had escalated to such a degree.
His heart felt heavy.
Maybe it really was because of his arrival that so much trouble had appeared.
In his previous life, without him coming here, those Mental Power Users would probably have merely suffered for a period of time...
But the moment he arrived, all these problems emerged.
He must have caused them trouble, right?
Suddenly, Yu Lanfeng raised his hand and tapped the screen.
The image froze at a certain frame.
He pointed to a spot.
“Enlarge this.”
Liu Cheng immediately complied.
Soon, they clearly saw what was there.
It was actually the serial number on the cleaning robot.
That's right.
They had all forgotten that the robots had identification numbers.
Probably because they had long grown accustomed to seeing these identical cleaning robots everywhere and subconsciously ignored them.
“Bring me the cleaning robot with this serial number immediately.”
As long as they found that robot, they could examine the recordings stored in its chip.
Every cleaning robot came equipped with recording capabilities. Their actions were recorded twenty-four hours a day.
Therefore, whoever had issued the command would definitely be discovered.
But for some reason, Nan Yu couldn't shake the feeling of impending doom.
And sure enough, after a while, the people sent to retrieve the robot returned with bad news.
The robot could not be found.
Because it had already been destroyed.