Quick Transmigration: The Villain Always Ends Up with the Male Lead

Chapter 182 Human Leaders Are Blind to the Truth (35)

When it comes to clearing one's name, the first thing to do is to interrogate the "prisoners" who have been imprisoned.

“Sun Donghang, now that things have come to this, is there anything you want to say?” Zhong Liyu asked.

Sun Donghang remained silent, appearing quite smug, as if no one could do anything to him if he didn't speak.

Zhong Liyu wasn't worried at all that he wouldn't speak up: "Captain Sun, you'd better think this through. The person behind you has already fallen; besides, didn't you also break up with him?"

"One more thing to remind you, there's a difference between the death penalty and other crimes." Sun Donghang could see the corners of her mouth twitching under her black veil.

Sun Donghang's hands, which were handcuffed, clenched involuntarily. Despite his displeasure with Zhong Liyu's determined attitude, he had to admit that what Zhong Liyu said was true.

After a long silence, Sun Donghang resignedly loosened his clenched fist: "If I tell you, can you guarantee the safety of me and my teammates?"

Zhongli Yu did not soften his heart because of his words: "At least we will not kill you; but... you also know that if you do some things, the base will not tolerate you."

"Moreover, even if you destroyed the evidence, the base chief and I can still see that the former base chief's internal organs were severely damaged."

Sun Donghang: "Yes, I think you've guessed it too. Zhong Yihuan was indeed killed by my teammate who has infrasound abilities."

“However, you can’t put all the blame on him.” Sun Donghang was a man of honor, and his first action was to clear his teammate of responsibility.

"He was also acting under my orders..." Sun Donghang, who had been standing straight, bent down. "And I, on the other hand, made a deal with Li Wenshu..."

"The terms of the deal were: I would help him kill Zhong Yihuan and help him become the next base chief; once he became the base chief, he would then help me become the second-in-command of the base."

Zhong Liyu frowned, seemingly puzzled as to why Sun Donghang would agree to such an unequal deal: "If your team members are to kill Zhong Yihuan, why don't you take the opportunity to become the base commander yourself?"

Sun Donghang sighed: "I'm fairly aware of my own abilities, and I know I can't support such a large base; besides, I'm just jealous of He Chiyan..."

Turning to look at He Chiyan behind him, her eyes were full of malice: "He is clearly not much better than me, yet he can easily gain Zhong Yihuan's favor; I am just not convinced, I just want to see him trampled into the mud."

"Of course, I also can't stand that old bastard Zhong Yihuan's nepotism; so it's perfectly normal for me to agree to Li Wenshu's request, isn't it?"

He Chiyan could not hide the hatred in his eyes: "Just for such a ridiculous reason, you sent someone to kill the former base commander?"

Sun Donghang didn't take it seriously, tilting his head and saying, "Yeah! But... that's not a 'laughable reason' for me."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a sword appeared in He Chiyan's hand.

Zhong Liyu quickly raised her hand to stop He Chiyan's actions: "He Chiyan, don't be impulsive!"

Despite being intercepted by Zhong Liyu, He Chiyan still gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, as if he wouldn't rest until he killed Sun Donghang that day.

Bai Qingyun also chimed in, "Yes, Captain, there's no need to risk yourself for someone like that; besides, have you forgotten the former base commander's last wish?"

Zhong Yihuan entrusted him with assisting Si Yan, a task He Chiyan hadn't forgotten...

After a long standoff, He Chiyan finally sheathed his sword: "Let's go, let's go find Li Wenshu again."

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Li Wenshu was very relaxed in the cell, showing no awareness of being a prisoner; even when he saw the person who came, he only put on a calm demeanor.

As soon as Zhongli Yu entered, he said, "Sun Donghang has already revealed everything about your collusion. Li Wenshu, do you have anything to say in your defense or to add?"

Unlike Sun Donghang, who initially remained silent, Li Wenshu directly stated, "I don't need to defend myself..."

"So, you've admitted your guilt?"

Li Wenshu did not answer, maintaining his composed demeanor: "As for supplementary information... what do you want to know from me?"

"Why do you want to kill Zhong Yihuan?" Zhong Liyu asked bluntly.

Li Wenshu: "There are actually two reasons why I wanted to kill him. First, I was ambitious and wanted to take that position. Second, we disagreed on political views."

Before Zhongli Yu could continue asking, He Chiyan interjected, "But you've known each other for so many years, we've even come to consider you family!..."

As if he had heard a joke, Li Wenshu couldn't help but scoff softly: "Family?"

"That's just the thinking of a naive person like you. I've never considered you all as family!"

Zhongli Yu turned to He Chiyan and mouthed, "Don't get excited, leave it to me"; then she took over the conversation again:

"Why do you disagree on political views? Besides protecting the interests of humanity, what other personal motives do you have? Or do you have any organizational motives?"

This time, Li Wenshu did not answer immediately. After a moment of silence, he said, "Perhaps some of you have heard of the 'Breaking the Cocoon Project'?"

Upon hearing this, several people standing next to Jiang Weilan noticed that his body visibly stiffened; this included Li Wenshu, who was standing opposite them.

Seeing Jiang Weilan's reaction, Li Wenshu stared at him meaningfully for a few moments.

“I’ve heard this term before when I was working for the former base commander, but I didn’t know what it meant,” He Chi said.

Si Yan added, "I've heard of this before when I was in the army, but the missions related to this 'Breaking the Cocoon Project' are usually related to escorting death row inmates or prisoners of war."

“I know…” Compared to Jiang Weilan’s obvious reaction, Zhong Liyu, who was another person in the know, was much calmer.

"The so-called 'Project Breakthrough' is a crazy plan that pursues the evolution of all mankind; however... it is this plan that brought about the zombie virus, right?"

“That’s right,” Li Wenshu replied. “Moreover, I was one of the core researchers in City C on this project.” His words were tantamount to admitting that he was one of the culprits behind the zombie virus outbreak.

Upon hearing these words, Shi Qi's pupils trembled almost imperceptibly.

However, Li Wenshu continued, "Zhong Yihuan was one of those who refused to participate in the plan at the time. He believed that it was against the rules of nature for humans to pursue evolution on their own, and that it would eventually backfire."

"Of course, at that time I just thought he was stupid; he clearly had the best talent, but he didn't use it in a field that would truly help the development of humanity, which was ridiculous!"

Zhong Liyu: "Now that the zombie virus has broken out, do you still think so?"