As soon as Aries 1 lost its link, the Alliance's press service cut off the suspended camera signal and interrupted the long-awaited return live broadcast.

No one knew exactly what had happened, except that the Aurora, which they had been waiting for twenty years, did not arrive at the airport on time, and not even the Alliance soldiers sent out to meet them returned.

There is a burning atmosphere in society, and everyone is speculating whether there is an accident or not.

It wasn't until ten days later that the "Lighthouse", the highest military and political command organization of the Hope Star Alliance, released a message through the General Information Administration that the anti-gravity space jump ship Dawn, which was full of kyanite, was attacked on the way back to the Hope Star Field through the giant lion No. 1 wormhole, and the cabin was seriously damaged, resulting in hundreds of millions of tons of precious azurite resources leaked in space and could not be recovered.

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

Outside the Wright Star courtroom in the administrative capital, there was a crowd of people, and countless slogans and leaflets fluttered several meters high in the wind, and the shouts almost lifted the roof.

"Investigate the truth! Punish the criminals! ”

Agitated protesters climbed up the flagpole and waved their arms to attract thousands of echoes.

"The blood and sweat of taxpayers cannot be trampled on! We need the truth! Give us back the truth! ”

"We need the truth!"

"Give us back the truth!"

The stained glass window on the top floor of the courtroom trembled slightly from the sound waves, and Shu Yungui walked slowly with the two prison guards as if he couldn't hear it.

A display on the wall was showing the scene of the state funeral, and a total of 146 people died in the incident, excluding the 15 students of the Alliance Flight Academy who escaped through the lifeboat, and the Union government held a state funeral for them.

The ceremony was solemn, the families of the victims cried, Shu Yungui stopped and looked at the screen, and saw his teacher in more than 100 black and white photos.

In the past, everyone thought that this teacher was indifferent, no one remembered his name, and only called the teacher in and out of class.

Now I know the name, but I can't call a teacher anymore.

Human beings always seem to be like this, and they only know how to cherish when they lose it.

Shu Yungui's eyes were red, and he didn't have time to grieve, so he was pushed by the prison guard on the shoulder first.

"Let's go, the court is open!"

The coalition government accused Shu Yungui of illegal driving and ultra vires manipulation, causing heavy losses to state property, and Zhu Xinyue said that Shu Yungui had just woken up from the huge shock wave of the explosion of the Dawn, and before he could taste half of the happiness from the rest of his life after the disaster, he first received a complaint, and then went to prison.

In prison, he thought a lot, such as whether the laboratory full of monsters before leaving was real? For example, are those overwhelming strange insects still roaming around the Giant Lion No. 1 wormhole?

For example, if you break away from the backup energy compartment at the last moment, the energy compartment collides with the weapon compartment that broke away first, causing an explosion.

He seems to have not only dragged mankind back, but also become a human sinner.

Today was his first time in the league court, but fortunately the trial was not broadcast live, otherwise his grandfather, who had been a soldier all his life, was cured of Alzheimer's disease, jumped up and broke his leg with a cane.

As soon as I entered the courtroom, I saw Zhu Xinyue sitting in the family area and a few classmates with a good relationship, Shu Yungui's grandfather didn't know anyone a few years ago, and it was useless to come, and his sister Shu Xin was still in high school, and she was timid, if she knew that her brother had gone to court, she would probably be able to cry out of the sea.

Zhu Xinyue anxiously glanced him up and down, and Shu Yungui hurriedly waved his hand at her, signaling that he was fine.

Several people on the judgment seat had solemn faces and frowned.

"It's so lively outside."

The woman in military uniform retracted her gaze, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Are you here to wait for the outcome of this trial?" ”

"What is this? The first two days were even louder, and the defense forces came several times. ”

The presiding judge sitting in the center was an old man in his sixties, and the wrinkles on his face showed how many cases he had experienced in his life, but none of them were more difficult than the one in front of him.

"The people of Litestar have always prided themselves on being highly qualified, and I thought they would express their demands rationally, rather than marching in groups."

The woman shook her head: "It seems that the so-called high quality is only compared with the other five administrative stars. ”

The presiding judge disagreed.

"There is a lack of resources in the star field, and in order to build the Dawning anti-gravity space jump ship, the government charged a high construction tax to the people, and returned it in the form of resource redemption tickets, promising to exchange azurite ore at a price of three percent off the market price after the Dawn returns."

"It takes 20 years for the Dawn to go back and forth, and in these 20 years, the redemption tickets have been speculated at sky-high prices on the black market, and how many entrepreneurs have a huge amount of bills in their hands to get this batch of azurite ore at a low price."

"Now the baby that I have been looking forward to for 20 years can't be fished up in space, the tickets in my hand have become waste paper, the market crashed overnight, the company went bankrupt instantly, and the government's approval rate plummeted.

There was silence, and a moment later a voice rang out again.

"As a taxpayer of the Union, it is difficult for me to have the confidence to support a government that refuses to release the results of its investigation for 10 days."

The door was opened, and the tall man hurriedly walked in, nodding to everyone on the judgment seat: "I'm sorry, there are too many people outside, and the traffic is delayed for a while." ”

There were a total of ten inquisitors in the Coalition Judgment Bench, and with the arrival of this man, everyone arrived, and the trial officially began.

"Shu Yungui, male, 23 years old, a senior student in the command department of the Alliance Flight Academy, has passed the graduation assessment and plans to be assigned to the heavy firepower ship group of the Xihe Military Base, and the current ordnance control level is C."

The judges had consulted his information before the trial, and the life of this young man could probably only be described as lackluster.

He didn't have any friends, not even a girlfriend, and before he went to college, he went from home to school at two o'clock every day, and after entering college, he was three o'clock and one line from the dormitory, classroom, and cafeteria.

He's like a programmed robot, day after day, and if there's anything to talk about, it's probably just that he's kept the first in his grade since he was a child.

"Shu Yungui, according to the black box of the Iron Guard, you drove the sword-wielder in violation of the law, do you admit this?"

Shu Yun didn't raise his head, and nodded in a daze.

He was still deeply immersed in the sad atmosphere of the state funeral, stubbornly linking the deaths of more than 100 people to his failure to close the wormhole, feeling guilty and a mess in his mind.

The Inquisitor asked, "Based on the real-time footage from the hovering camera, you manipulated the sword-wielder into the Aurora, please give a truthful account of your actions after entering the Aurora." ”

"Don't you all know?"

Shu Yungui leaned on the armstool and said slowly: "The Dawn also has a black box, you waited for ten days before you interrogated me, didn't you just go to the black box to crack the operation record?" ”

The female inquisitor frowned slightly and said, "I want to remind you that if you don't defend your actions, you will face life imprisonment if you are convicted." ”

Shu Yun turned a deaf ear, it would be better to arrest me, he thought silently.

The terrible memories that seem like dreams, the bloodthirsty monsters that fall from the sky, and the current group of aggressive inquisitors, he has not yet officially graduated, and he has felt the danger and malice of this world in advance.

"The role of the court is not to punish, but to investigate the truth clearly, so that the wronged can be vindicated, the guilty will not escape, and the wronged will rest in peace."

"Shu Yungui, your teacher shouldn't want what he thinks is the best student to spend his next life in prison, right?"

Shu Yungui suddenly raised his head, and the male inquisitor who had been late was looking at him condescendingly, and the long golden hair under the military hat fluttered slightly with the indoor fresh air system.

It's him?!

Shu Yungui's eyes widened, he got up suddenly, and was pressed down by the prison guards again.

Isn't that a dream?!

Why is the man in his lab coat who shot him sitting in the Union Judgment Bench?!

Who the hell is he?!

What the hell is he going to do?!

Shu Yungui stared at him and saw the big words "Third Judge, Cheng Sikong" written on the identity card in front of his desk.

Isn't he an experimenter? How did you become an inquisitor?

Even if he didn't know the truth of the matter, his keen sixth sense told Shu Yungui that he was caught in a great conspiracy.

Cheng Sikong unfolded a document to him, which was a letter of recommendation for outstanding graduates of the Alliance Flight Academy, with Shu Yungui's name written on the head, and the three words Ang Siqi written on the recommender's signature.

With this letter of recommendation, Shu Yungui can go to the alliance's most elite Xihe military base for an internship.

Cheng Sikong held the document, and his voice was still light.

"Sitting in prison or becoming an elite of the alliance, have you figured it out now?"

Shu Yungui gritted his teeth and remained silent.

The alliance's military law stipulates that if the chain of evidence is complete and the motive for the crime is clear, the defendant can be convicted without a confession, but in the interrogation a few days ago, Shu Yungui insisted that the purpose of his doing this was to close the wormhole and prevent the strange worm from attacking the Hope Star Field.

The reasons are sufficient, reasonable, even to the point that he should be awarded the Medal of Honor.

As for the evidence......

The Dawning Black Box had already broken away from the hull of the ship due to the final explosion and fell into the Giant Lion No. 1 wormhole, which was more difficult to fish for than the azurite ore floating in space.

There is no confession, no evidence, whether this trial can be convicted or not even the presiding judge has no bottom in his heart, the two sides are fighting psychological warfare, as long as Shu Yungui can't hold on and confesses, there will be a place to vent the monstrous anger of the citizens of the whole alliance.

But Shu Yungui was more difficult to conquer than they thought.

Shu Yungui stared at Cheng Sikong, his ears buzzed, like the whistling sound of old-fashioned radio equipment being interfered with, and in a sharp sound, a clear word came into Shu Yungui's brain.

"Want to see Ang Siqi?"

Shu Yungui frowned suddenly, because he saw that Cheng Sikong, who was sitting on the judgment seat, did not move his lips, but he clearly heard his voice!

Everyone around him was silent, and no one heard this.

He replied from the bottom of his heart: "Where is my teacher?" ”

"You apply to the trial court for special bail, and I will be your supervisor, and I will take you to see Ang Siqi."

Union military law also provides that if the chain of evidence in the case cannot be closed, and the defendant has no criminal record and refuses to admit guilt, he can apply for special bail, with a judge as his supervisor, and if the trial court is unable to find evidence of conviction during the one-year surveillance period, the defendant can be acquitted.

"Why should I trust you?"

"You can choose not to believe it, choose to plead guilty in court, and then go to serve your sentence."

Cheng Sikong smiled indifferently on the trial seat and handed over the choice to Shu Yungui.

Could this man be mind-reading?

It is not a pleasant feeling to be controlled by others, Shu Yungui glared at him fiercely, raised his hand and said, "I want to defend, I am not guilty!" ”