Chapter 9 : Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Are There Actually Surveillance Cameras Here??
Red-Hair’s shrill cry, coupled with his bloodshot eyes, really did make him look deeply wronged.
The officer looked toward Li Mu.
But before Li Mu could speak, Xiao Lingtong suddenly shouted from the crowd, “That’s not true! Sir, this instructor was the one beating our students for no reason!”
“He tried to hit Li Mu too. Li Mu dodged, but he kept pressing him! That’s why Li Mu fought back!”
One stone sent a thousand waves crashing upward.
All the students of Blackwater High School erupted at once.
“Yes!”
“That’s right! He was the one bullying people first!”
“Sir, please investigate clearly!”
“Shut up! All of you shut the hell up!!” Red-Hair roared furiously.
He had not expected the wall to fall and everyone to start pushing. So many students actually dared to step on him now.
SLAP!
The Senior Wolf Guard officer backhanded him across the face.
“What kind of disgraceful yelling is this?!”
Then the officer turned to his adjutant. “Pull up the surveillance footage from this area for me!”
“Yes, sir!” The adjutant immediately took out his phone and began operating it.
Red-Hair was instantly horrified.
There were surveillance cameras here?
How did he not know that??
Otherwise, he never would have dared to pull this kind of stunt.
The reason he had dared to do this in the first place was because he had heard that some officers did the same thing.
And the female students they had toyed with never dared to speak out at all.
Partly because they wanted to protect their reputations, and partly because they were afraid of the power of the Abyss-Suppressing Army.
Even the students of Blackwater High School began looking around everywhere, but they could not spot any cameras.
They had originally been worried.
If it came down to mere words, with both sides insisting on different stories, they would have no proof at all.
If that officer had chosen to side with Red-Hair, there would have been nothing they could do.
But after watching the surveillance footage, the officer’s eyes erupted with surging fury.
He turned to Red-Hair and said coldly, “Find out who approved this piece of trash to serve as an instructor!”
One of the patrol guards answered and jogged off at once.
Red-Hair, meanwhile, was trembling all over in terror.
“No matter how much I clean house, I can never wipe out garbage like you completely!”
“Drag him away. Send him, along with this surveillance footage, straight to the Enforcement Department!”
the officer ordered coldly.
The moment he heard the words “Enforcement Department,” Red-Hair’s remaining left leg went weak on the spot.
An unidentified liquid came rushing out through his pants.
The two assistant instructors answered at once and prepared to take him to the Medical Department first.
The medical capabilities of the High-Martial World were extremely advanced. As long as it was within a certain time limit, even severed limbs could be reattached.
“You are not taking him to the Medical Department. Send him directly to the Enforcement Department!”
the officer barked coldly, and the last bit of hope in Red-Hair’s heart died completely.
They were not even going to treat his leg??
But there was no helping it. Medical resources were scarce too.
So many good soldiers fighting on the battlefield were already hard to save and hard to treat.
How could anyone possibly waste even the tiniest bit of medical resources on trash like this?
After the instructors were taken away, the officer finally turned toward Li Mu.
“What’s your name?”
“Li Mu!”
The officer clearly did not know Li Mu, so he showed no surprise.
“I’m asking you: was what you used just now the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock?”
“Yes,” Li Mu nodded.
“Then why were there five shocks?” the officer asked directly.
“I broke through it through self-study,” Li Mu answered, neither servile nor overbearing.
The officer nodded, then turned toward the students of Blackwater High School.
“Take out your phones and turn on video recording!”
The students of Blackwater High School were all confused, but they still did as they were told.
Once everyone had turned on their cameras, the officer faced Li Mu solemnly and said in a clear voice,
“I am Qin Zhanye, Senior Wolf Guard of the Abyss-Suppressing Army! I need your help with something. Would you be willing to come with me?”
Li Mu had been confused at first as well.
But he quickly understood.
Qin Zhanye had told all the students to take out their phones and start recording.
Then he had openly stated his identity and asked Li Mu to come with him.
This was his way of reassuring both Li Mu and everyone else that he was not trying to retaliate over what had just happened.
He had some other matter to discuss.
If anything happened to Li Mu, they could expose him publicly.
Since the man had already been this open and aboveboard, Li Mu naturally found it hard to refuse.
“Alright,” Li Mu nodded.
“Good. Reassign instructors for them. You, come with me!”
Qin Zhanye nodded. The first half was directed at his subordinates, and the second half at Li Mu.
Then he strode ahead to lead the way.
His entire person radiated a kind of upright and open authority.
From the moment he had appeared until now, Li Mu realized that the man had not spoken a single unnecessary word!
Following Qin Zhanye, Li Mu arrived in front of a steel fortress.
A sign above the fortress bore a single line of words.
【Major Techniques Research Department】
The guards at the entrance immediately stood at attention and saluted.
“Wolf Guard Qin!”
Qin Zhanye nodded. “I’ve brought someone to see Director Song and Professor Xu.”
“I’ll report it for you right away.”
One of the guards quickly ran inside.
Li Mu was inwardly startled. He had no idea what this Major Techniques Research Department actually did.
But Qin Zhanye’s status as a Senior Wolf Guard clearly carried weight.
And yet even here, he could not enter directly. He still had to report in and wait!
Not long after, the guard came hurrying back.
“Wolf Guard, please go in. Director Song and Professor Xu are currently in a meeting. They asked you to go in and wait a moment. The meeting will end shortly.”
“Good.”
Qin Zhanye beckoned to Li Mu and led the way inside.
The moment he entered the research department, Li Mu immediately understood Qin Zhanye’s purpose in bringing him here.
People coming and going throughout the department were all civilian staff dressed in ordinary clothes.
And on the walls, one technique name after another was listed, all of them common Mortal-Grade techniques.
Blade types, spear types, sword types, staff types...
Li Mu casually glanced through the spear-and-staff section, and there it was—Flowing Cloud Triple Shock.
All of these techniques had been produced through people recording and passing on their own comprehension and understanding of them.
And this place was where the Abyss-Suppressing Army mass-produced Mortal-Grade techniques on a large scale.
Qin Zhanye brought Li Mu to the door of a meeting room.
A man dressed like an assistant had already come up to greet them.
He gave Qin Zhanye an apologetic smile and lowered his voice.
“Wolf Guard Qin, the Director is in a meeting. Please wait a moment.”
Qin Zhanye nodded.
Then he simply stood there like a stone tablet.
It left Li Mu speechless.
“Wolf Guard Qin, aren’t you going to ask for my opinion first?” Li Mu asked.
“Hm? Didn’t you already agree?” Qin Zhanye froze.
“I agreed to come with you. I didn’t agree to let you do whatever you wanted without explaining anything!” Li Mu said helplessly.
“Uh...”
Qin Zhanye was speechless for a moment. “That’s actually true!”
The assistant beside them looked back and forth between the two of them with a completely baffled expression.
“Then I’ll ask you first. Do you know what this place is?”
“Only vaguely,” Li Mu shook his head.
Qin Zhanye nodded and drew a deep breath.
“In the war against the Abyss, the casualty rate has remained high year after year.”
“Students like you can at least fill yourselves with learning at school before going down into the Abyss.”
“But many martial artists leave school for all kinds of reasons.”
“Some of them, when they join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, only know inner cultivation and nothing else!”
“That’s why the Abyss-Suppressing Army has to distribute a large number of low-level techniques for free.”
“This place is the Technique Research Department of the Abyss-Suppressing Army.”
“There are many technique researchers in this department. Their comprehension is extremely high, their mastery of techniques is profound, and they keep improving without end.”
“They mass-produce Mortal-Grade techniques, laying them nonstop like hens producing eggs.”
“They nourish the fresh blood of the Abyss-Suppressing Army.”
Qin Zhanye spoke in an exceptionally grave tone.
But the assistant beside them could only roll his eyes.
What kind of terrible metaphor was that?
If you didn’t know how to use metaphors, you could have just spoken plainly. Who exactly was the hen supposed to be??
“So the reason you brought me here is...?” Li Mu prompted him to continue.
“Among Mortal-Grade techniques, spear techniques are a major category.”
“And within spear techniques, the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock is one of the most widely spread.”
“I want you to share your understanding with them and see whether it might help them improve it even further.”
“Of course, if this works, merit will be rewarded accordingly. I absolutely won’t let you help for nothing.”
At last, Qin Zhanye had understood Li Mu’s meaning and took the initiative to mention a reward.
“Let’s talk in detail about that reward...” Li Mu cleared his throat.