My carefree life in space

Chapter 160 The Manipulator Behind the Scenes

She had just spread her divine sense throughout the entire palace and discovered a suspicious man. After careful observation, Lin Shushu had a gut feeling that the mutations of the people in the banquet hall were inextricably linked to him.

She noticed that after the man pressed a switch on some device, these people suddenly mutated. Afterwards, his eyes kept glancing towards the Han Guang Palace, and he even wore a smug smile.

The two arrived at a place not far from Hanguang Hall in an instant. Their sudden appearance startled the man, whose smile had not yet faded.

Upon seeing the two people who suddenly appeared, the man instantly recognized them. A hint of panic flashed across his face, but he quickly calmed down and pretended to have sneaked in.

"What a coincidence, are you also here to find some peace and quiet? I'll be going now, so as not to disturb you."

After saying that, he wanted to turn around and leave, but found that he couldn't move his body at all. He was shocked and tried to move his feet again, but still couldn't budge them.

Even the slow-witted man knew that his current situation was related to the two people who had suddenly appeared. He regretted his decision to stay and see how things would develop.

"Marshal Mo, what do you mean by this? Even if you are a marshal and His Majesty's nephew, you cannot arbitrarily attack citizens of the Empire." The man questioned Mo Ze, feigning anger.

Ignoring his bluster, Mo Ze took a delicate instrument from his hand.

The man was startled. After pressing the switch, he had faintly heard screams coming from the banquet hall, concluding that things had succeeded. Overjoyed, he had been clutching the device tightly in his hand. Now that the device was in Mo Ze's hands, hopefully he didn't know its specific function.

"Marshal Mo, isn't it inappropriate to take other people's things without permission?" The man's voice trembled slightly.

"Save your words for His Majesty!" Mo Ze said his first words since arriving here. At the same time, he picked up the man, exchanged a glance with Lin Shushu, and returned to Hanguang Palace together.

It took them only a short time to leave and return. Not all the people in the banquet hall had left yet, and they all looked over curiously when they saw them carrying someone back.

Upon seeing this, someone immediately exclaimed.

"Isn't this the president of the Eternal Merchant Guild? What are you doing here...?"

Upon hearing this, the others realized who it was. Indeed, this person was Jiang Zhong, the president of the Eternal Merchant Guild.

Yongheng Chamber of Commerce is a broad-based chamber of commerce with businesses in multiple fields, such as the buying and selling of various daily necessities, luxury goods, and scarce resources; the transportation, warehousing, and distribution of goods; the collection, organization, and transmission of various information; as well as catering, accommodation, and intermediary agency services.

"How did Marshal Mo manage to arrest him?" Some people were still confused.

"Are you stupid? You've already forgotten what just happened here," someone immediately reminded him.

"You mean... he's involved in what just happened?" The speaker looked incredulous.

"Otherwise, why arrest him when no one else is being arrested, especially at this critical juncture?" the person who answered confidently.

"They really should be arrested. If it weren't for Marshal Mo and Miss Lin here today, there would have been countless casualties!"

"Yes, yes, everyone was a little frightened, but thankfully no one was injured or killed."

Jiang Zhong hadn't spoken since being brought into the hall, but his ears were perked up; he wanted to hear what had just happened.

But the more he listened, the more alarmed he became. What was going on? Had someone stopped what had just happened? But he clearly heard screams!

It's important to know that this drug is an enhanced version. After those people are injected, they will also be implanted with a chip. As long as a switch is pressed nearby, it can be used to control the drugged people and make them go crazy.

The whole process happened in an instant, and no one had time to stop it. Especially in such a crowded place, they estimated that the casualties would be significant.

However, from what he heard, it wasn't hard to guess that no one was injured at all, and even those who had been given the drug were unharmed. How could that be? Even they themselves didn't have the antidote.

Could it be that they received false information before, and that the Empire was not helpless against mutants?

Jiang Zhong glanced subtly at Mo Ze and Lin Shushu. If there was any major variable tonight, it was these two. Right, someone did say earlier that it was fortunate they were there tonight.

He composed himself and secretly encouraged himself. All he could do now was to deny that tonight's events were related to him.

Unfortunately, in the face of the strong, some insistence is a joke, and he will soon realize how naive his ideas were.

Jin Hongyu dismissed the banquet attendees, leaving only Cheng Tianhua and a few other key personnel. Without changing locations, he began interrogating Jiang Zhong on the spot.

"The gene serum was developed by your Eternal Chamber of Commerce? Tell me, when did you start researching it, and who did you use it on?" Cheng Tianhua once again acted as the interrogator.

"Minister Cheng, what are you talking about? I don't understand. What gene-based drugs? Isn't that something that's strictly prohibited from being researched?" Jiang Zhong asked innocently.

"You!" Cheng Tianhua was a little angry, but he also knew that Jiang Zhong would not admit it easily.

“It’s no use denying it,” he said, showing Jiang Zhong the instrument that Mo Ze had given him. “This is yours, isn’t it? You use it to control people who have been drugged, right?”

"What are you talking about? You're just like Marshal Mo, always suspecting citizens of the Empire. That's not the quality of a head of the Ministry of Public Security. This thing is just a gadget; I usually just play with it." Jiang Zhong was determined to play dumb to the end.

He's not so worried now, because the instrument will become unusable once it's been used, and they won't be able to find anything from it.

"Then why were you alone near Hanguang Palace?"

“Minister Cheng, I am also one of the invited guests today. Isn’t it normal for me to be there? Is this something to be suspicious about?” Jiang Zhong grinned, his tone full of disbelief, as if mocking Cheng Tianhua for asking such a low-level question.

Lin Shushu listened to the two arguing and was getting impatient. She had thought she would see a thrilling interrogation where the two would go back and forth, pressing each other step by step, until the two finally had to confess to the crime!

Seeing her adorable eye-rolling, Mo Ze wanted to laugh, but it was really inappropriate in this situation. He cleared his throat and said, "No need to waste your breath on him."

Everyone looked at him curiously, wondering if he had some way of getting Jiang Zhong to confess.

"Marshal Mo, why didn't you say so sooner if you had a solution?" Cheng Tianhua was the first to protest. He had asked like a fool for so long, only to find out that he was just providing everyone with something to laugh at.

Mo Ze ignored his complaints and looked at Lin Shushu. Lin Shushu didn't hesitate either, and a pill appeared in her palm.

This familiar scene excited everyone. Here she comes again, Miss Lin with her invincible elixirs.

They could almost see Jiang Zhong confessing everything under the influence of the elixir.

Indeed, under the influence of the elixir, Jiang Zhong quickly became able to answer any question.