Kang Shanxing also knew that Marshal Huo had said this snack called "Bring in Wealth and Treasure" still had room for improvement, so he hadn't brought it out for Xia Chujian to eat yet.
But he thought it was already delicious enough. How much better could it get? So, he took the opportunity when Huo Yushen wasn't around, wanting to give Xia Chujian a "stunning" surprise.
After all, he knew that with Xia Chujian's background, she might not even have seen what a cake was before...
But this result made him understand a little why Marshal Huo didn't bring this thing out for Xia Chujian to try.
Maybe Marshal Huo, like Xia Chujian, also felt that the taste still had room for improvement?
Kang Shanxing pondered, unknowingly finishing the plate of Golden Fruit "Bring in Wealth and Treasure" cakes.
He then drank some water, feeling his taste buds greatly soothed, and his mood improved a lot.
He said with a smile, "Let's look at the Instructor's side first."
"But before we look at the living, let's first take a look at the surveillance footage of the three deceased Instructors before their deaths."
Xia Chujian had already been reminded by Seven Lù, and at this time, she just pretended to be surprised: "...There's surveillance in these three people's Airship? I remember they turned it off..."
Kang Shanxing said with a smile, "Military surveillance is the same as the surveillance in schools. The real switch is in the hands of the Special Security Bureau."
Xia Chujian showed an appropriate expression of surprise: "Then we must take a good look!"
Soon, Kang Shanxing had his men connect to the Special Security Bureau Intelligence Division's surveillance big data database.
Using the computing power of Mechanical Intelligence, they searched according to time and Airship code, and quickly found the surveillance footage of this Airship.
Kang Shanxing pulled up the virtual display screen and watched it with Xia Chujian.
The time of this surveillance video was five minutes before the deaths of the three Instructors, about thirty-five minutes ago.
At the beginning, the three Instructors acted almost simultaneously, turning off the surveillance in their Private Rooms.
But what they didn't know was that on the surface, the surveillance cameras were turned off, but in fact, these cameras had hidden programs.
Unless they cracked the hidden programs or physically damaged these cameras, the surveillance would continue to operate.
It's just that ordinary people can't see it. Only specific personnel of the Special Security Bureau can see it with specific permissions.
Xia Chujian was supposed to have no permission.
But her current identity is still the Captain of the Fourth Interstellar Fleet's Starry Sky Cruiser.
Also, this case happened on her Cruiser, so she has permission to watch it.
When she saw these people's identical actions, she felt something was very wrong.
"Colonel Kang, do you think they are... normal?"
Kang Shanxing said, "Of course not normal."
Three people, in three different rooms, made the same movements at the same time.
From their perspective, the three people's steps, the range of their raised hands, and even the time they turned off the surveillance were exactly the same.
It was like copy and paste.
Xia Chujian suddenly realized: "...Have they been controlled by the Son of Forrest?!"
Kang Shanxing nodded slowly: "That's the only explanation. Because as long as the Son of Forrest successfully parasitizes on a human, it can release Mental Strength Spores and exert its Ability to control thoughts."
"Look at the location of their Airship. It's next to Pei Zijing's Airship."
"At such a close distance, and you didn't turn on the electromagnetic interference in that place at the time, so the Forrest's Mental Strength Ability could control whoever it wanted."
"As long as its Mental Strength level is higher than the person it wants to control."
Xia Chujian sighed: "It's my fault. I forgot about this."
"If I had turned on the electromagnetic interference in the Fifth Floor Warplane Warehouse earlier, wouldn't the Son of Forrest have been unable to control the Instructors in the Airship next door?"
Kang Shanxing said, "A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. Next time, take a closer look at the driving outline I gave you and understand the various performance characteristics of the Starry Sky Cruiser."
Xia Chujian nodded repeatedly: "This time was indeed too rushed. After I return to the Flying Base, I will definitely take another look."
Kang Shanxing even said, "Our Special Security Bureau can simulate driving the Starry Sky Cruiser. It's all a three-dimensional holographic virtual system. I'll send you an account."
Xia Chujian was even happier: "Thank you, Colonel Kang! Colonel Kang is so beautiful..."
"Shut up!" Kang Shanxing said, his head aching, not wanting to hear Xia Chujian's insincere "flattery."
Xia Chujian smiled, made a gesture of sealing her lips, and then continued to ask, "Colonel Kang, this Son of Forrest, can it really only affect those with Mental Strength lower than its own?"
"Chief Instructor Pei's Mental Strength level is higher than its, but resisting its parasitism almost killed him."
Kang Shanxing said, "Those are two different things. When the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores parasitize, the Mental Strength required to resist its parasitism is very high."
"But if you only need to resist the Son of Forrest's Mental Strength control, the Mental Strength required isn't that much."
Xia Chujian understood, "So, the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores have stronger control abilities."
"At the time, it had already landed on Chief Instructor Pei, attempting to parasitize him. It just didn't expect its level to be insufficient, and it failed."
"Then, before it failed, it transferred its target, parasitizing a young Instructor in the same cabin as Chief Instructor Pei, and successfully grew."
Xia Chujian finally connected the dots.
But she still had some things she couldn't understand.
"Colonel Kang, but this Son of Forrest thing, doesn't have any vested interest with us... does it need to kill people to silence them?"
"As long as it doesn't actively expose itself, who would know which young Instructor it's parasitizing? — Can it be detected?"
"If it just needs more energy to grow, then it should hide and quietly eat people..."
Kang Shanxing: "..."
This girl is not old, but she is really brave!
He looked at Xia Chujian, thinking, This girl is really suitable for their line of work...
Kang Shanxing couldn't help but praise, "Chujian, you are really brave! If you were also a Gene Evolver, you would definitely be Marshal Huo's number one in the future!" Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Thank you for the compliment, Colonel Kang! But my goal is not to be Marshal Huo's number one..."
"Oh? Do you want to be on equal footing with Marshal Huo?!" Kang Shanxing joked, "That goal is impossible to achieve!"
Xia Chujian smiled noncommittally, "I don't want to be on equal footing with Marshal Huo either..."
"I want Marshal Huo to be my number one!"
"How about it? Isn't this goal very ambitious?"
Kang Shanxing was amused by Xia Chujian and laughed heartily, completely believing that Xia Chujian was bragging.
He pointed at her with his finger and said, "You're exaggerating a bit too much!"
"Don't say these kinds of things, even when you're bragging."
"If someone reports you to Marshal Huo, you'll be in big trouble!"
Xia Chujian said, "As long as Colonel Kang doesn't say anything, Huo Yushen won't know."
The implication was that if Huo Yushen knew, it must be Kang Shanxing who had snitched!
Kang Shanxing smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lips are sealed!"
He also made a zipping gesture by his mouth.
Xia Chujian nodded, feeling that Kang Shanxing was someone she could work with.
Their gazes returned to the surveillance video.
They saw that after the three Instructors turned off the surveillance almost in the same motion, they returned to their beds in the Private Room with the same movements and speed.
Then, they took out a pill from their pockets and put it in their mouths.
The following scene was different.
After taking the poison, the process of their deaths varied due to their different physiques and Mental Strength levels.
But the video clearly showed that the three of them committed suicide by taking poison while under mind control.
Xia Chujian crossed her arms and said, "These three Instructors were temporarily sent by the Flying Base."
"Before that, they went to the Governor's Office of Shaofu Star to help the Governor's Office guard members install Brain-Computer Interfaces."
"So their Airship was carrying Handheld Brain-Computer Interface Installers and chips."
"If these three people were not bought off by the mastermind, then they were the chosen sacrifices and scapegoats."
Kang Shanxing put his hands behind his back, put away his smile, and acknowledged Xia Chujian's reasoning: "You're right, that's what I think too."
"I've already sent someone to the Kanli Star base to see who sent them to the Shaofu Star Governor's Office to carry out the mission."
Xia Chujian praised, "Colonel Kang lives up to his reputation, this move is too right!"
Kang Shanxing smiled wryly: "Don't have too high hopes. Do you think we're the only ones who would think of this? The other side wouldn't think of it?"
"If I'm not mistaken, the person who assigned the mission to them at the base should have an accident soon after they left the base, maybe even die earlier than them."
Xia Chujian's heart stirred, remembering that before she came here, Huo Yushen had told her that something had suddenly happened at the base on Kanli Star, and it was said that someone was trying to seize power.
Then it was quickly suppressed.
At that time, Xia Chujian felt inexplicable.
Because at that time, the news about the accident of the warplanes and airships flying from the base to the Asteroid Belt seemed to have just spread, and the Military's search and rescue operation was brought forward.
So now that she thinks about it, someone deliberately provoked the incident, and the purpose was to kill the people in the base who were related to this matter, right? Xia Chujian asked, "Colonel Kang, do you know that something happened at the Flying Base on Kanli Star a few days ago? It is said that someone seized power..."
Kang Shanxing said thoughtfully: "Yes, I know, but it was quickly resolved. I personally inquired about the news."
Xia Chujian looked at him: "Resolved quickly? Then there must have been armed conflicts at the base, and people died?"
Only then did Kang Shanxing connect the two things together.
He suddenly realized and said, "Yes, there were indeed armed conflicts, and more than a dozen people died... The corpses were burned into coke by the Chi Yang Fire..."
"So among the dozen or so dead people, there must be the person who assigned the mission to these three Instructors!"
Xia Chujian nodded slowly: "Colonel Kang and I thought of the same thing."
Kang Shanxing said with emotion: "Chujian, your mind works so fast! You thought of this result one step earlier than me."
He thought, the background check they did knew that Xia Chujian was a "loser" in school, but looking at her current performance, how could she be a "loser"?
At most, she's just not well-rounded...
This is the second update. The second update is at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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