Chapter 27: Becoming Increasingly Complicated
Yu Lanfeng’s expression was displeased. “Destroyed? Why was it destroyed?”
“Marshal, we specifically looked into it and found that its operational lifespan had been reached. It was a standard disposal.”
Was it really such a coincidence?
Nan Yu suddenly thought of something, causing his expression to turn a bit strange. Yu Lanfeng noticed his look. “What is it? Do you have something to say?”
Nan Yu hesitated slightly but voiced his thoughts anyway.
“I’ve been wondering about something. We still don’t even know for sure if this dirt actually came from the third basement level you mentioned. Why are you all so certain it wasn’t brought in from the outside?”
“Furthermore… if your guess is correct, then the trail ends here. Can’t we just go down to the third basement level to investigate? Or is it a restricted area? If we aren’t allowed to go there, then just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
He wasn’t entirely familiar with the rules here, so he knew he shouldn’t overstep. Otherwise, if he broke a taboo, it would be his own fault for being careless.
Hearing Nan Yu’s words, everyone present had a sudden realization. He was right; they had been trapped in a blind spot. Wasn’t it exactly as he said?
While it was highly probable that the dirt had been brought out from the third basement level, they couldn’t be one hundred percent sure. It wasn’t completely unprecedented for someone to accidentally or intentionally bring in soil from the outside.
Although their previous intentions had been good—taking dirt to conduct experiments in order to find a cure for the toxin—they were ultimately discovered and punished, weren’t they?
However, the nature of this current situation was entirely different.
In the past, the soldiers who broke the rules had acted out of good intentions. This time, from the very beginning, the situation had deviated from the norm, and Yu Lanfeng officially began to take the matter seriously.
“Investigate it. Start from the third basement level. The total weight of the dirt there is carefully documented, so if any is missing, we’ll definitely know. Go check it right now. If nothing is missing…”
Then it would truly be as Nan Yu had suggested—brought in from the outside. That would completely change the severity of the situation. Who would have thought things were becoming increasingly complicated?
Fortunately, when they went to check the total weight of the dirt on the third basement level, they found that a portion was indeed missing. The weight of the missing dirt closely matched the amount found inside the portable cleaning robot.
Upon hearing this news, everyone, including Yu Lanfeng, let out a sigh of relief.
“Since that’s the case, go and find out exactly who broke the rules. We will handle it according to the pre-established military law.”
Yu Lanfeng thought for a moment and directly handed the task over to Liu Cheng. “I’ll leave this matter to you. Is that a problem?”
Liu Cheng straightened his posture and saluted. “Yes, Marshal! No problem!”
Yu Lanfeng then turned his attention to Nan Yu. “Regardless of whether this incident was specifically targeting you or not, we still need to be cautious concerning your safety. There is an empty resting room right next to mine; you can stay there from now on.”
Yu Lanfeng’s reasoning was simple: to prevent Nan Yu from encountering any further accidents. He had previously promised Major General Nan that he would take excellent care of Nan Yu, yet the boy had barely arrived before running into all sorts of trouble.
He didn’t have any ulterior motives, but that didn’t mean others wouldn’t overthink it. Fortunately, this military base was strictly closed off, and all information here was classified as top secret. Nothing could be leaked. In fact, even the communication channels with the outside world were heavily regulated, let alone anything else.
Therefore, at most, only the personnel within this military base would know about this arrangement. Whether anyone outside would ever find out was highly unlikely; after all, as soldiers under Yu Lanfeng’s command, they strictly adhered to the rules.
Military matters were only discussed within the military. Even if they ran into former comrades outside, they would never discuss base affairs. Anyone caught breaking this rule would be dishonorably discharged, and whether another legion would take them in was uncertain.
After all, they would have been kicked out.
Nan Yu didn’t overthink the arrangement. He had already found these recurring troubles to be quite annoying. Such issues might not be a big deal elsewhere, but here, they were incredibly tricky to handle. If he had to deal with things like this frequently, wouldn’t he die of annoyance?
Moreover, they still didn’t even know who was behind this.
When he had followed them here, someone had explained the situation to him. Only then did he realize that assigning Liu Cheng’s team—the group suffering from the most severe mental pollution—to him from the very beginning…
It didn’t even require much thought: someone was deliberately making trouble for him.
It had absolutely nothing to do with targeting Captain An Mi or anything of the sort. After all, if a Jingshenli Zhe overexerted themselves, the only one in danger was the user. What did that have to do with An Mi?
Even if An Mi were punished for negligence, would that magically restore Nan Yu’s depleted mental power?
The damage caused by mental power depletion couldn’t be healed in a short amount of time. In severe cases, it could permanently prevent a user from ever advancing their rank, or even cause irreversible damage to their mental sea!
When Nan Yu first arrived at the base, having been personally escorted by Marshal Yu Lanfeng and being within a military environment, he hadn’t kept his guard up around anyone. After all, this was a military base under the command of the legendary Yu Lanfeng; surely nothing could go wrong.
Yet, despite his assumptions, massive problems had surfaced right from the start.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was seriously wrong. Across both his past and present lives, this was his first time ever visiting this base. Why would someone specifically target him?
Could it really be An Mi?
But if it were An Mi, wouldn’t that be far too obvious?
Nan Yu said, “Thank you, Marshal. Then I’ll stay there. To be honest, if things like this keep happening, I’ll be quite distressed as well.”
Yu Lanfeng nodded without any further elaboration and simply gestured for someone to escort Nan Yu to rest.
“It’s very late now, and you’ve already expended a lot of mental power. Make sure you go back and get some good rest. The base still has many soldiers suffering from severe mental pollution who need your help.”
Although Nan Yu had rested for a short while earlier, his previous mental power expenditure had been massive—leaving his reserves nearly empty. Even with that brief rest, it was far from enough. He desperately needed a good night’s sleep to guarantee he could handle the upcoming workload.
“I understand. I’ll go rest now.”
He hoped there wouldn’t be any more issues this time.
Yu Lanfeng glanced at an officer standing behind him, who slowly stepped forward. “Hello, Nan Yu. Please follow me; I’ll take you to the resting room.”
Nan Yu looked at the tall, handsome officer. He didn’t know why, but simply being in this army and seeing any random officer made him feel like he had been completely blind in his past life.
Honestly, if he picked any random person here—even just an ordinary soldier—they would likely be leaps and bounds better than Bai Zhouyun. After all, the selection process to join Yu Lanfeng’s legion was extraordinarily rigorous.
At the very least, they all had upright characters and clean records.
The angrier he got thinking about it, the more his frustration showed on his face. Unexpectedly, the officer leading the way, who had his back turned to Nan Yu, seemed to have eyes in the back of his head.
“Are you angry?”
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