Chapter 60
by"The trial begins now."
The procedure at the beginning of the trial is the same, read out the discipline of the military court, check the identities of the trialee and other participants, the presiding judge reads out the case, and then enters the stage of court investigation.
The public prosecutor spoke first, and the one who made the statement was the representative of the military department. After introducing the situation of the Moston City tragedy, he looked at Huo Chengyuan who was on the trial seat: "...we conducted an in-depth investigation and collected aWith a series of detailed and complete evidence, it is basically certain that Duke Huo Chengyuan has an unshirkable responsibility for the tragedy in Moston City, and he is the first person responsible for this case."
Under the direction of the presiding judge, the representative of the military department presented relevant personal and physical evidence in court, which proved that Huo Chengyuan had contact with the deceased at source zero, and had used mental power during the interrogation of the other party. In the end, the militaryMinistry representatives showed a document on the projection screen in the courtroom, which was the autopsy report.
"...This report has been reviewed and inspected by the inspection office for the second time. The results are authentic and credible. According to the conclusions drawn from the autopsy report, there are traces of Duke Huo Chengyuan's mental power in the body of the ten samples, and the details are completely consistent.Based on this, it can be determined that Duke Huo Chengyuan is directly related to the tragedy in Moston City, and he is the first person responsible for the tragedy in Moston City."
When this conclusion came out, there was a commotion in the hearing auditorium, and the barrage in the live broadcast room also exploded: this evidence is very fatal and critical, and it almost killed the Moston City tragedy. Huo Chengyuan caused it, whether he was subjective or indirect.Unintentionally, nothing can change that he committed the crime of slaughtering millions of lives.
"Silence!" The presiding judge knocked on the gavel, and when the silence in the trial hall was restored, he turned his attention to the military representative.
"Does the prosecution have any other evidence to add?"
"there is none left."
The presiding judge nodded, and turned his gaze to Huo Chengyuan and the others: "Now the court debate begins."
Huo Chengyuan stood up from his seat, and said calmly and calmly: "I have objections to the autopsy report just shown by the accuser." He said, "That report can only prove that the mental power data in the deceased's body matches mine, but it cannot prove thatThat is my mental power residue, there is an essential difference between the two."
Many people in the hearing area showed a look of sneer, thinking that Huo Chengyuan was making trouble out of no reason, forcing sophistry: the mental power data is the same as a person's gene fragment, unique, as long as the data match, it can prove that it is his own mental power, where does the essential difference come from?
The corners of Qiu Cheng's eyes twitched unnaturally for Qiu Cheng who was sitting in the hearing bench. He changed his previous relaxed expression and stared at Huo Chengyuan in the trial bench with a tense expression.
Under Huo Chengyuan's signal, his lawyer presented the certificate of appraisal to the judge, and at the same time released a photocopy of the certificate of appraisal on the large projection screen.
"We identified the source of the residual mental power in the deceased's body, and concluded that although the data are consistent, these residual mental powers are artificially synthesized products in the laboratory, not from Duke Huo Chengyuan's own mental power."
With a "coax", the hearing area was blown up.
Except for insiders like Ye Bai and Qiu Cheng, everyone else was extremely shocked, including the family members of the victim who had already identified Huo Chengyuan as the culprit due to the evidence of the previous autopsy, and they also looked bewildered——
How can such a thing happen?How is this possible?!
Except for high-level bosses like Qiu Cheng, other people don't even know the existence of the "God-making Project", let alone the birth of artificial technology that can store and synthesize spiritual power. In their view, this is completely a fantasyTan, only exists in fantasy, who would have thought that such a technology really exists in reality?
Qiu Cheng in the hearing seat was also in shock. Judging from the evidence submitted by Huo Chengyuan, the other party obviously came prepared.Now that Huo Chengyuan knew some information about the "God-making Project", he would definitely doubt where the data that copied his mental power came from during the investigation process - those data are not as simple as just measuring a few indicators at random, they areIt needs to go through a lot of tests and calculations to be sure, and the owner of the mental power must cooperate enough to provide samples in various situations. The process is so complicated that it is definitely not something that ordinary laboratories can do.
And the Military Research Institute happened to have Huo Chengyuan's full set of mental power data.
Qiu Cheng was almost 100% sure that Huo Chengyuan had already investigated the possibility of data leaking from the research institute, so what was the result of his investigation?Did he find traces of data being stolen?Will he know that this matter has something to do with me?
While Qiu Cheng was trying to think about whether he had made any omissions, the appraisal report had already been circulated by the three judges, and they had a brief exchange. Judge No. 2—the judge who seemed to have a royal background, said with a blank expression.Said to Huo Chengyuan and the others.
"This testimonial is invalid evidence and will not be accepted by the court."
What?!
Ye Bai almost cried out, and Huo Mingxi who was beside him was so angry that he almost stood up: Why?!How can such evidence with clear data and clear facts become invalid evidence that cannot be accepted??
"The Noah Imperial Research Institute that issued the identification results is not a judicial identification institute that has a cooperative relationship with us," Judge No. 1 added slowly, "We have no way to determine the authenticity and fairness of the identification results, so this identificationThe book is invalid evidence."
"Noah Imperial Academy has the qualifications of a first-level appraisal institution recognized by the entire interstellar." Huo Chengyuan's defense lawyer immediately showed the relevant qualification documents, "Even if they have not established a cooperative relationship with us, the appraisal certificate they issued has legal effect and is true.believable."
"Having the qualifications of an appraisal institution does not mean that all the appraisal opinions issued by this institution meet the certification standards that are universal across the planet." Judge No. 2 said indifferently, "We can accept their appraisal results in the traditional field, but whether the appraisal of mental powerOriginated from artificial synthesis, is there a universal and recognized identification standard in the whole interstellar?"
of course not.
The "God-making Project" is a secret experimental project, and it has disappeared for decades. Even the identification equipment took a lot of effort to find out from the warehouse and restore it.Only the Royal Research Institute of the Noah Empire was identified, but the military court of the Grimm Empire did not recognize the results issued by the other party, and the institutions they recognized did not have the ability to identify the source of spiritual power, which formed a deadlock.
Ye Bai's heart hung high, he always believed that this evidence was Huo Chengyuan's best hope for a comeback, but the court actually refused to accept it, so it was hard to say the final result of the trial.
Huo Chengyuan's eyes flicked across the faces of judges No. 1 and No. 2, and he was not too surprised by the two people's harmony. The presiding judge has not spoken, obviously tacitly acquiescing that there is something wrong with this evidence and cannot be accepted.
That being the case, retreat as an advance, destroy the other party's key evidence, and both are out.
Huo Chengyuan nodded to his defense lawyer. The latter understood and presented a batch of new evidence—that was some old information that Huo Chengyuan asked for from the senior researcher that could be made public, which could demonstrate the possibility of artificial synthesis of mental power, and has a record of successful cases.
"These data come from a multinational joint program decades ago. Although the program has been suspended due to some reasons, we can draw a conclusion from the evidence of these old materials: the situation of artificially synthesized mental power isIt is entirely possible, and this is a proven technology."
The defense lawyer looked at the military representative of the public prosecutor: "Under this premise, the residual data of mental power detected in the autopsy report, apart from being from Duke Huo Chengyuan himself, cannot rule out the possibility of artificial synthesis, unless you can do it like Noah, the Imperial RoyalLike the Institute, do a more in-depth analysis and testing of the source of spiritual power to prove that it comes from the body, not a copy."
The representative of the military department opened his mouth, but couldn't speak, because he really couldn't produce such evidence.
The presiding judge on the judge's bench also nodded and agreed.
"The defense's challenge is valid. The autopsy report does have flaws in the results, and it cannot prove the uniqueness of the source of spiritual power."
Ye Bai heaved a sigh of relief, this round was considered a tie, and they both resorted to big moves to win with one blow, but in the end neither of them gained the upper hand.
However, if you really want to study it carefully, the current situation is more beneficial to Huo Chengyuan, because after obtaining the key evidence, the military department obviously believed that Huo Chengyuan's conviction was a certainty, and did not make too many second-hand preparations.To deal with various possible emergencies, multiple sets of plans have been prepared, and the tactical reserves are more sufficient.
Sure enough, after a brief exchange, the representatives of the military department and the inspection office no longer insisted on killing Huo Chengyuan as the direct perpetrator of the Moston City tragedy, but started the next topic.
"According to Article 329 of the "Imperial Mental Power Control Regulations", for extremely dangerous mental power that will cause heavy losses to the empire and bring extreme panic to the society, the holder of the mental power needs to consciously submit to the control of relevant institutions, when necessary, the person involved must accept a certain period of detention and isolation."
The representative of the military department took a look at Huo Chengyuan on the trial seat: "The previous assessment of the harmfulness of Duke Huo Chengyuan's mental power only existed in theoretical data and deduction models, but the death of millions of people in Moston City has proved that: G347The harmfulness of No. 1's mental power is far beyond the original assessment, and Duke Huo Chengyuan has always had the problem of overflowing mental power, which is very likely to cause a major tragedy like Moston City again. Therefore, we believe that it is necessary to punish Duke Huo Chengyuan.Carry out the highest level of control, before he solves the problem of mental energy overflow, he is obliged to obey the control regulations, and consciously accept a certain period of detention and isolation in the institute."
"Objection." The defense lawyer immediately said, "First of all, Duke Huo Chengyuan did not cause the tragedy in Moston City, and what the accuser said was 'very likely to trigger another major tragedy like Moston City' is completely fabricated and subjective.The assumption is inconsistent with the facts; secondly, when Duke Huo Chengyuan first awakened his spiritual power thirteen years ago, he had experienced a year-long detention and isolation in the research institute. After reaching the safety standard for controlling mental power, the research institute has determined thatThe danger of his mental power was 'controllable'. For the next twelve years, Duke Huo Chengyuan has been wearing a mental power sealing device on a daily basis in accordance with Article 119 of the "Imperial Mental Power Control Regulations", and regularly went to the research institute for review and testing.The results have never been out of the ordinary."
After the lawyer finished his speech, he showed Huo Chengyuan's test records in the research institute for twelve years, and the conclusions were all lined up with "low risk" green signs, which proved that Huo Chengyuan could control his mental power very well and didn't need toReceive additional detention and isolation.
The representative of the military department was not to be outdone, he also showed Huo Chengyuan's test records in the research institute for twelve years, but he focused on his mental power dissipation data that had never improved in the past twelve years. The representative also cited some other cases, which proves that even if the mental power test results are normal for several years, there is still a risk of sudden distortion. With the danger of Huo Chengyuan's mental power, once this happens, the consequences will be completely unimaginable.
So the two sides began to fight with each other, and debated about "whether Huo Chengyuan should accept the highest level of control again".
Seeing that the situation was clearly stalemate, Ye Bai was secretly worried, his palms were sweating.
Something is wrong.
Whether Huo Chengyuan can control the risk of mental power, the accuser thinks he can't, but the defense thinks he can. This is entirely a question of the benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom, and there is no clear quantitative standard.At this time, the judge's judgment becomes crucial: if they believe that Huo Chengyuan is a dangerous person, he will be imprisoned in the research institute and accept the highest level of control, which is no different from going to jail;With enough control ability, he can return to society like a normal person and continue to live his previous life.
Yes or no, judgment or non-judgment, all in the judge's mind.
Ye Bai glanced at the three judges on the trial bench. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect. He always felt that except for the presiding judge who was listening carefully to the arguments of both parties, the other two judges had a kind of indifference -It seems that there has been a preset conclusion for this case, and no matter what the outcome of the debate in court is, their inclination will not change.
Ye Bai bit his lip, and touched the small pocket of his coat quietly.
In this small pocket, there is a folded note, which he and Huo Chengyuan discussed to use to deal with and restrain Qiu Cheng - just like Huo Chengyuan once said, the cards in your hand don't need to be disposablePlay them all, but if the situation is unfavorable, and there is even a risk of losing, you must not hesitate to play the cards that should be played, and must be resolute and decisive.
Ye Bai didn't hesitate anymore, he quietly looked around, everyone was paying attention to the debate in the court, including Huo Mingxi, who was also watching intently.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Ye Bai slipped off the girl's shoulders without a sound, flapped his wings, and flew under the table.
Using the cover of the table and chairs, he carefully avoided all obstacles along the way, and soon came under Qiu Cheng's seat.Ye Bai took out the note from his small pocket, then he accelerated suddenly, slapped the note on the opponent's leg, then turned his head and ran away.
When Qiu Cheng noticed the strangeness and lowered his head, he only saw the note on his leg and the afterimage of the little Flower Immortal's wings when it flew away.
That wild species from the Huo family?
Qiu Cheng frowned. Frowning, he opened the note under the table, and saw a string of dates and a name written inside.
"!!!"
Qiu Cheng's pupils shrank suddenly, and his expression almost changed.He tried his best to stabilize his emotions, looked at Huo Chengyuan on the interrogation seat, then turned his head to look at the little Flower Immortal who had flown back to Huo Mingxi's side, and slowly clenched the hand holding the note, so hard that his fingertips were wetWhite.
This simple message was like detonating a nuclear bomb in Qiu Cheng's mind - the name on the note was the code name of the member of the organization suspected of restarting the "God-making Project".He paid a huge amount of remuneration, and the price he paid was to steal Huo Chengyuan's mental power data from the research institute; and the date on the note was the day when he stole the mental power data.
Just now Qiu Cheng was worried that Huo Chengyuan would investigate the leakage of mental power data, but he thought that the other party had made no progress, otherwise he would not be able to sit here safe and sound. Unexpectedly, only ten minutes later, his cognition was overturned——It turns out that Huo Chengyuan has already investigated it clearly!The opponent just held back and didn't show his cards until now.
In fact, if Qiu Cheng reviewed the case carefully under a calmer situation, he would find that Huo Chengyuan did not have sufficient evidence of the information leak: the date was indeed investigated by Huo Chengyuan, but the code name was read by Ye Bai."I didn't know until the spoiler of "The Book Inside My Brain".They conveyed this "threat" message to Qiu Cheng, but it was actually a risky move, a standard "coward's game" - see who can deceive the other, and whoever is afraid first loses.
Fortunately, this really hit Qiu Cheng's pain point, he was afraid.
Qiu Cheng was not from aristocratic background. For him, it was not easy to climb all the way to the position of Marshal as a commoner. He was far more paranoid about power and status than others, and could not bear any risk of falling from a height.
So when he saw that the royal family was going to kill chickens to get eggs, he could pull himself off and discuss cooperation with Huo Chengyuan, a junior; in order to hide the leak of mental power data, he could rush to Moston City to destroy the evidence in person as soon as possible.Now, it is obvious that the data leak cannot be hidden, but Huo Chengyuan did not directly report it to the royal family or the censorship office.
Once the opponent loses the court trial and confesses to himself, with the determination of the royal family to reform the military, his fate will definitely not be better than Huo Chengyuan's.
Qiu Cheng quickly cleared his mind. Although he was a little unwilling, he didn't dare to bet.Qiu Cheng slightly adjusted his sitting posture, folded his hands casually on the table, but quietly made a secret signal with his fingers.
Judge No. 1 sitting on the trial bench would look towards Qiu Cheng from time to time. When he saw Qiu Cheng's signal, he couldn't help being startled. Qiu Cheng nodded lightly and winked again.Although the judge was puzzled, he would not disobey the teacher's wishes, so he nodded slightly, expressing that he would do so.
At this time, the court debate has gradually come to an end. Both parties have no new evidence to present, and they have fully expressed their views and opinions. After the presiding judge confirmed that both parties have no new content to add, he announced to enter the next session.
"The interrogatee is invited to make his final statement."
Everyone's eyes focused on Huo Chengyuan, including the live broadcast footage, which also focused on Huo Chengyuan.
Facing everyone's attention, Huo Chengyuan stood up from his seat, he saluted the presiding judge and everyone in the hearing seat, and began his final statement.
"I awakened my spiritual power at the age of 15. After the test in the institute, it was judged that 'the mental power is too dangerous and needs to be detained and isolated indefinitely', my father once said something to me."
"He said that there is no difference between good and bad mental power. Normal mental power is a tool, and dangerous mental power is a sharp blade. Being detained and isolated in the institute is not to make the sharp blade dusty and see the light of day, but to make yourselfBecome a "scabbard" in self-control training again and again, and seal the dangerous sharp blade in the sheath. The sharp blade is scary, but with the sharp blade of the sheath, it will become a powerful tool, which can protect what you want to protectFamily, friends, and millions more."
"I have always kept these words in mind. In the twelve years since I was allowed to leave the institute, I have been fulfilling my duties as a 'scabbard' without any omissions. The tragedy of the Moston City tragedy is obvious to all, butWhat is terrible is not the sharp blade, what is really terrible is the sharp blade without a scabbard."
"Put the sharp-edged tool with the scabbard in the cage, but the sharp-edged weapon without the scabbard is still wandering outside. When the sharp-edged weapon is slashed at us again, who can resist and deal with it? And how should we resist and deal with it?That is the more important and critical issue.”
"My statement is over."
Huo Chengyuan bowed to the presiding judge and sat down again. There was a moment of silence in the courtroom. After a long time, the presiding judge tapped the gavel lightly.
"The court is adjourned now, and the results of the trial will be announced later."
The three judges left one by one and went to the review room for deliberation.They will discuss the final trial result here. If it is difficult to reach a consensus, an internal vote will be conducted. The result of the judge's vote will be the final result of the trial.
Twenty minutes later, the Supreme Military Court finally made a verdict on the case——
Huo Chengyuan was not directly responsible for the Moston City tragedy and was not guilty.
Huo Chengyuan's control of mental power has reached the safety standard, and there is no need for detention and isolation.
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