The outcome of the emergency meeting is no longer in suspense.
The recorded evidence handed over by Pu Sicun finally provided the final word and thoroughly confirmed the nature of the whole incident.
Technicians from the Security Department analyzed the audio on site and confirmed that the evidence was reliable and there was no falsification or post-adjustment.
Wen Er's voice was recorded through the central microphone in the conference room, and every word was exceptionally clear.
"Wouldn't it be better if you just listened to me?"
"The hospital is lying to you. I asked them to lie to you."
"Your body has completely collapsed in the electronic storm... Your parents will know your true physical condition."
"We are worried about you."
"We can't guarantee what will go wrong with the experiment or whether we will be in danger."
…
Projected on the screen was still the photo of the three members of the Xi family in the pendant. The three members of the Xi family were sitting upright, all a little nervous, smiling at the camera with sparkling eyes.
The husband and wife huddled close to their son.
Wen Er's voice echoed in the quiet conference room, exuding a suffocating chill.
"Luo Ran, do you know?"
"You're going to die."
The next morning, the investigation team from the alliance headquarters and the arrest warrant arrived in Star City.
Wen Er had just woken up from being drunk, his head aching so much that it was about to explode. Before he could fully sober up, someone grabbed his arm and dragged him up roughly.
Not only were his handcuffs not removed, he was also put on an electronic anklet, a symbol of danger.
"What are you doing?" Wen Er asked sternly, "I told you, it's all a misunderstanding!"
The military's attitude was apparently quite mild last night. It was just a night, and I couldn't imagine what had happened to cause the situation to take a sudden turn for the worse.
"I wasn't drunk when you arrested me. Someone forced me to drink. Someone wanted to frame me!"
Wen Er hissed, "Do you have clear evidence of the time point? Why don't you let me do the alcohol metabolism dynamics test? This is against the regulations. Let me see your person in charge. I can explain-"
The military leader interrupted the hysteria: "Director Wen."
Wen Er raised his head, and the expression on his face froze in an instant.
The voice died in his throat, and uncontrollable fear rose from his eyes.
"Do you remember me?"
"My name is Zhuang Yu, and I was the leader of the military special forces team that was responsible for protecting your institute."
The military leader walked up to him and said, "Long time no see, Wen Er."
Wen Er stared with his eyes wide open. The intense fear made him unable to utter a word, and his clenched teeth began to tremble slightly.
Zhuang Yu didn't say another word and just looked at him.
Wen Er already understood what he meant.
…
The military's special operations team did not receive timely warning, and all of them fell into the electronic storm, except for the team leader who survived by reporting to the headquarters.
Those who disappeared in the electronic storm were all of Zhuang Yu’s comrades and subordinates.
Wen Er was very clear about Zhuang Yu's resume. After that action, Zhuang Yu never got promoted again.
Zhuang Yu refused all new tasks assigned by the military. He lived alone in the empty ranger group dormitories, where he lived, trained, washed, and rested. He never wanted to leave those dormitories. Some people said he was crazy.
Wen Er was completely relieved and no longer cared about Zhuang Yu's subsequent condition.
"You like drinking a lot, don't you?"
Zhuang Yu: "When the military asked you to explain why the surveillance data records were missing that night, you said it was because you were drunk and forgot to copy it down."
Zhuang Yu: "Why didn't you do the alcohol metabolism dynamics test that time?"
Wen Er was speechless.
He saw the cold murderous intent in Zhuang Yu's eyes, and he didn't want to know what made Zhuang Yu willing to walk out of the dormitory and lead a team to investigate him in person.
Wen Er even suspected that if there was no surveillance, Zhuang Yu would have killed him directly.
"I won't hurt you, Director Wen."
As if knowing what you were thinking, Zhuang Yu took a half step back and looked at you calmly: "Killing you is too kind to you."
"Among the 'experimental subjects' who were sacrificed before your eyes, there were children younger than you, only nineteen years old, who were led by their parents and handed over to me."
"My comrade who saved my life, if he hadn't died, he would be a military agent now."
"There is a couple who are preparing to retire and go home after completing their last mission. They are the seniors who led me into the Rangers and are the soldiers I respect the most."
Zhuang Yu: "When we were on a mission, they said we would discipline our son. But in recent years, we haven't been on a mission, and our son has been spoiled by the elders in the family... They are afraid that their son will not live up to expectations."
"Did you get any other evidence?"
Wen Er had figured it out, and didn't want to listen any more, so he interrupted Zhuang Yu in a hoarse voice: "Tell me, what else do you know? Tell me—"
Zhuang Yu shook his head.
Wen Er stared at him in despair. He had a severe headache, as if a knife was twisting his brain. "Why?"
"You don't need to know." Zhuang Yu said, "You have to see for yourself."
"Watch for yourself how your things are taken away, and how your high-sounding facades are exposed one by one."
"See how the people and things you care about are being taken away one by one."
"I've wanted to do it myself for many years. You can't die... Director Wen, it's not time for you to die yet."
Zhuang Yu: "You must find out for yourself what it feels like to have your fate manipulated at will and to be crushed by the wheel of fate."
Wen Er's face turned pale.
He felt cold all over and looked at Zhuang Yu, with hoarse, incoherent syllables coming out of his throat.
Zhuang Yu reached out, took off the badge of the head of the general research institute on Wen Er's clothes, and turned to leave the confinement room.
This seemingly insignificant data theft case directly caused an earthquake in the Central Research Institute and even the Ministry of Science.
For Wen Er to become the head of the research institute smoothly, apart from the Pu family who was kept completely in the dark, there must be people who protected his research results and turned a blind eye to paving the way for him.
This time, we conducted a thorough investigation and dug up all the lines.
Pu Ying did not resign. After submitting her leave application, she drove back to Xingcheng. She originally just wanted to continue the work of the investigation team. However, as soon as she got off the car, she received a notice to take over as the leader of the general investigation team for the vicious incident of illegal imprisonment of experimental subjects in the General Research Institute.
The Pu family did not contact him again, and Pu Sicun personally stepped forward and silently blocked all the pressure from all sides for him.
"There are huge disagreements on the Wen family side because of this matter."
The system was watching the movements of all parties and reported to Yu Tang: "Wen Er's parents wanted to protect him and even tried to put pressure on Pu Ying, but they were blocked by the Pu family."
Yu Tang nodded: "Not surprising."
As parents, it is inevitable that we will favor our own children. It is human nature.
However, partiality should not be a reason to indulge your children to hurt others.
“People’s growth has its own trajectory.”
Yu Tang closed the book "Human Behavior Research" and helped the system write the reflection homework for the quarter: "Wen Er did some things and came to this point. Of course, there are reasons for his personality, but it is definitely not because there is no expression in the growth process."
The Pu family has been overwhelmed by long-term guilt and feels that they owe Wen'er, so they are particularly tolerant of Wen'er, which is somewhat understandable.
Wen'er's parents turned a blind eye to these behaviors and indulged them. Now they want to use family affection to blackmail Pu Ying and let Pu Ying let Wen'er go out of their relationship.
…
We forget that those people who were casually sacrificed by Wen Er, the innocent people who were used as "experimental subjects", also had families, wives and children, and were children who were cherished by their parents.
"Yes."
Yu Tang was watching the system do homework when he suddenly remembered: "How is the column article for Little Red Card? Will it be published?"
The system happily raised a copy of World Geography: "Published, the response is very good!"
Yu Tang and his friends were busy with their own things and didn't pay much attention to Luo Ran. They just casually took out a book from the mountain of books carried by the system and opened it.
After all this commotion, the entire research institute was in chaos, and the person who was most idle was Luo Ran, the person involved.
The Pu family went to great lengths to protect Pu Ying, and the favors they had worked so hard to accumulate for her were now all cast aside on Luo Ran.
Pu Ying directly refused all inquiries and interviews. Except for a few necessary questionings, she just let Luo Ran rest and recuperate, and adjust his physical and mental state.
I have never come to see Luo Ran. When Luo Ran's health condition gets better, I will ask the security agents to escort Luo Ran back to the Luo family safely.
It was not until then that Luo's father and mother truly understood what kind of suffering their son had endured in the provincial research institute in silence for several years.
Yu Tang closed the journal in his sea of consciousness: "Where are we now?"
"Let's go to Luo Ran's home." The system said, "Luo Ran's mother just asked about Luo Ran's physical condition. The doctor said that he has recovered very well and just needs more rest..."
Yu Tang: “Oops.”
system:"?"
Yu Tang collected his thoughts and checked the environment around him.
These days Luo Ran has been recuperating, and the two sides have already made arrangements. When Luo Ran returns home, he is taken to his mother's bedroom to rest.
was lying in Luo Ran’s bedroom, on Luo Ran’s bed.
Luo's father and mother were outside, talking to the agent who brought Luo Ran here.
After the detective left, Luo's father and mother talked in low voices for a while outside. They seemed to be arguing about something, but it was unclear what they said.
Luo's mother pushed away Luo's father and walked towards Luo Ran's bedroom.
Luo's mother opened the door of Luo Ran's bedroom.
Yu Tang: "...Where's the little red card?"
The system was stunned for a moment, looking around for a while: "Just now I was here..."
Yu Tang: "Luo Ran."
The sea of consciousness was silent, without any movement.
The system turned the camera and was about to look in the sack when Yu Tangjing saw a red light from behind the pile of books. He quickly retreated from his sea of consciousness and stuffed the small red card into his body.
The next second, Luo's mother lifted up Luo Ran's quilt.
After checking Luo Ran's physical condition, Luo's mother spanked Luo Ran's butt with the greatest strength she had in recent years.
system:"… "
Little Red Card: “…”
"That was a close call." Yu Tang patted his chest, still feeling a lingering fear, "System, system, buy me a bag of popcorn."
Luo Ran received the worst beating in his life.
Afraid that Luo's mother would feel sad, she held her ground and kept silent at first. Later, her buttocks began to ache and become numb, and she belatedly realized the pain in her heart.
I haven't felt such pain in a long time.
After being taken away by Wen Er, I felt less and less pain. I just felt tired. An intense feeling of weakness enveloped me and made me sink deeper and deeper.
I don’t know when the pain stopped.
I’m just afraid. I’m afraid that my parents will worry about me. I’m afraid that Wen Er will use despicable means to target them. I’m afraid that my parents won’t have a good life.
I was afraid that my parents would be sad if they knew I was dead, so I tried my best to live. But living was too tiring, so tiring that I couldn't breathe.
is still alive, alive, dissipating bit by bit, being swallowed up bit by bit, and being swept into the bewitching and gorgeous aurora.
… Later, he was caught by someone.
I gradually regained consciousness and tried to find the feelings I had lost. I wanted to run in the wind and rain again. When I saw the big red motorcycle that Yu Tang gave me, it was so cool that I couldn't help but want to race around in my sea of consciousness.
But it wasn't until today that I finally learned to feel pain again.
It hurts so much and I feel so wronged.
I regret it so much that I want to eat my old self.
I shouldn't have listened to Wen Er, not a single word of her words. I should have ditched Wen Er three years later, quit my job at that crappy research institute, and gone home to hug my parents and cry my heart out.
"Mom." Luo Ran opened his mouth, and his voice couldn't help crying, "Mom, Mom..."
Luo's mother's hands were shaking so badly that she raised them high up and could no longer hit him.
Luo's father felt sorry for his son. After trying to persuade him for ten minutes, he said softly, "It's almost done..."
Luo's mother glared at him fiercely with tears in her eyes.
Luo's father shut up and made Luo Ran stand beside the bed as punishment.
Luo Ran's chest ached terribly, and he curled up his body. It was as if the pain that had accumulated over the past three years was coming back to him all at once, and his eyes went dark from the pain.
Luo's mother jumped with fear and hurriedly hugged her: "What happened? Did it hurt you? Mom shouldn't have hit you. Mom scared you..."
Luo Ran shook his head wildly in tears.
It was his fault and he deserved to be beaten.
I made the most fatal mistake. I was stupid enough to listen to a stranger.
Luo Ran struggled to get up, the pain was so severe that he couldn't speak clearly, and he uttered intermittently: "I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Luo's mother hugged her son tightly.
The investigation into Wen Er was completely open. In the news that terrified them, Luo's father and mother also heard all the contents of the recorder.
The time of recording was when Luo Ran pretended that everything was fine and even called us to ask if we would write a column.
Luo Ran stayed in the hospital and called us to let us know he was safe and not to worry. He said he was fine, except that his Chinese grades were not very good, and he wanted to ask his parents for help.
We were so happy.
Luo's father called all of his classmates and consulted many writers in professional fields. Finally, he helped Luo Ran revise his new column article and wanted to contact Luo Ran to let his son see if it was suitable.
Turning around, he heard the recording released on the news, in which the madman said to Luo Ran, "Your body has completely collapsed."
When Luo's mother saw the news, Luo Ran was still talking on the phone with his father and son, saying that he missed home and wanted to eat the fried prawns made by his mother.
…
The system held the popcorn and whispered to Yu Tang: "Host, host, it seems that this is our problem..."
"Of course it's our problem." Yu Tang said, "Otherwise why would I say it's terrible?"
system:"… "
Yu Tang also could not have anticipated the military's strength and determination to bring down Wen Er.
In the original novel, Wen Er was always able to handle things with ease. Even though he had several crises, he was never forced into a real loophole. In addition, the Pu family intervened from the country, so the military could not find a suitable opportunity to target Wen Er.
This time, the special operations team sent by the military was here to grind Wen Er to ashes.
Yu Tang and the system took great pains to intercept all possible channels that could contact Luo's father and mother, hiding the truth from Luo's father and mother, allowing Luo Ran to concentrate on making his parents happy.
… None of the three people expected that the results of the investigation would be made public in no time and quickly dominated all the news front pages.
Yu Tang felt that there was something wrong with the Human Behavior book, so he took out the book and turned to the page that the system had read before: "This is a reflection of the parents' nature. Their anger comes from love and will not turn into real punishment."
system:"… "
Yu Tang: "That was a real beating. Luo Ran's buttocks were swollen."
The system quietly reminded: "Host, it's your butt..."
Yu Tang: "After the swelling subsides, it's all Luo Ran's butt."
system:"… "
Yu Tang was not going to leave his sea of consciousness. He just held the small blanket with books on it and lay down on the 4D technology massage mattress that he had brought from Wen Er's clinic.
The system made a mistake in guiding the host's humanization process. Feeling guilty, it floated over with popcorn in its arms: "Host."
"That's not anger."
The system whispered, "Luo Ran's mother didn't hit Luo Ran because she was angry."
Yu Tang: "Why is that?"
"Fear." The system said, "They are too afraid of losing their children."
System: "If the host had not disrupted the plot, Luo Ran would have truly and completely disappeared forever in this book... For such a serious matter, for three whole years, you did not tell your parents, and you did not ask for help from your family."
"I want to do good for your parents." The system's mechanical voice sounded softly, "But your parents... don't need to be good to you."
Yu Tang rested his head on his arms, turned over and lay on his back on the bed.
"Little Red Card got beaten up, and he was very happy." The system called up Luo Ran's emotional value, "He has never been so happy."
"Human emotions need to be vented, host."
System: "You must cry as hard as you can. Once you have cried enough, you will have the strength to walk forward again."
Yu Tang looked at the light screen.
Luo Ran threw himself into Luo's mother's arms, holding her arms tightly and not letting go, crying and hiccuping.
"You're going to be great." Luo's mother wiped her son's tears. She didn't have time to take care of herself. She rubbed Luo Ran's newly dyed red hair, and finally a warm smile appeared in her eyes. "Come home, come home next time... It's my son who came."
Luo's mother patted Luo Ran's head gently and said, "Don't dye your hair all the time in the future. Any color will look good on you. Hair dye will damage the hair roots. Be careful not to become bald in the future."
Luo Ran sniffed and rubbed his nose hard against Luo's mother's palm.
Luo's mother wanted to teach her a lesson, so she suppressed a half-smile, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
The small bedroom is warm and quiet.
Father Luo was sitting beside the bed, his eyes red and a smile on his face.
The old lady, who was not good at talking, reached out her hand and gently touched her son's head. She stood up and asked Luo Ran to cook the fried prawns.
…
"Just walking towards here?"
After reading it, Yu Tang was still not satisfied: "Is the motorcycle I bought this morning such a waste?"
The system felt a little guilty: "No..."
The status of the little red card has been restored, but I have been itching to go for a spin on my motorcycle for a long time.
The all-terrain motorcycle was so powerful that the noise it made when running could shake the whole street. If anyone dared to race in Yu Tang's sea of consciousness, when the stunned host woke up, the system and the little red card would be punished to stand for a whole day.
"Who let you race in my head?"
Yu Tang: "I have been busy for a few days. After I recover to the point where I can be alive and kicking as a human, my body will be fine."
"I'm going to the electronic storm for a while." Yu Tang said, "I'll be there for a while, you two can stay at home..."
The system was stunned for a moment: "What is the host going to do?"
Yu Tang looked through the light screen at the person in charge sent by the military.
Luo Ran and Pu Ying were not the only victims involved in Wen Er's crazy experiments.
In the long tug-of-war between the military and the Ministry of Science, Zhuang Yu, who lost all his comrades and subordinates, has become a wandering soul with only his memories left.
In the original novel, Zhuang Yu did not live to meet Luo's father. In a hallucination, he saw his subordinates being swallowed by the storm, and he wanted to save them, but he fell from a terrace more than ten meters high.
Like Luo Ran's parents, the only thing that supports them is revenge on Wen Er.
Because of the changes in the plot, he saw more hope and walked out of the military dormitory building where he was trapped in his memory.
"Human Behavior" does not mention that if revenge is successful and the criminal gets what he deserves, how will these people survive after everything is over.
Yu Tang didn't intend to know the answer.
"Host, do you want to find something worth living for in Zhuangyu?"
The system hesitated a little: "But it's been too long... those people can't be found anymore."
It had been too long since the military special operations team had fallen into the electronic storm.
Many people may find a way out by accident, like Pu Ying and Luo Ran, who lose their memories and go to a new place with a new identity.
The missing persons detection mechanism established by the Ministry of Science at great expense can only monitor the pulses when they just enter and leave the electron storm, and still cannot find them.
"I know."
Yu Tang said: "Many people inside have lost their memories and are out of the electronic storm."
The system flashed a small red light: "Yes, so-"
Yu Tang: “I threw it out.”
system:"?"
Yu Tang: "I don't remember where I threw it, I have to go look for it... You and Xiao Hongka stay at home, I'll be back in two days."
The system was still in shock and wanted to ask again, but suddenly it remembered what Yu Tang had said to warn Pu Ying by using the poor student.
People who are repeatedly swallowed by the electronic storm will be completely assimilated by the electronic pulses and become a part of the storm.
The part of the storm that still has self-awareness.
"Host!"
The system chased after him: "The electronic storm will not affect you, is it because of one? Because you—"
"Because I have a will of steel," Yu Tang said, "and I'll protect my butt."
The system was stopped by an invisible barrier.
It was the first time it saw Yu Tang walk into the depths of the sea of consciousness.
The depths of the host's sea of consciousness were filled with quiet darkness, but wherever Yu Tang walked, the bright and mysterious aurora lit up along with his figure.
Yu Tang walked over, and his figure merged into the sea of light.