"Have you seen this photo?"

"Yes..."

"I need his information."

"I can give it to you, but I have a condition..."

The cramped, narrow interior room, the vague conversation – all of this was deliberately obscured, making it seem very private and mysterious. A moment later, the light screen playing the recording went dark. Chen Mei, sitting on the other side of the interrogation table, was dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the fabricated interrogation room surveillance footage, not knowing what to say.

He had completely underestimated the old fox's methods and the thickness of his skin.

This was the dignified Grand Judge of East洲 (Dongzhou).

"You are... fabricating the truth." After a long silence, Chen Mei managed to squeeze out these words.

"Oh... really?"

Zhou Jiren shrugged and countered, "The truth... who knows?"

"I said that I would let some people in the council see the contents of the interrogation, and this is the content of the interrogation. You understand the big picture, assess the situation, and are willing to shed blood for the Special Operations Group," Zhou Jiren said. "So I promoted you... Combined with Councilor Chen San's reaction that night at the Jiangtan, I believe most people will think that the images in this recording are the truth."

"Young man, smile."

Zhou Jiren earnestly comforted him, "You really are a member of the Special Operations Group now. I've already reported it to the council in advance. That should be good news, right?"

"I underestimated your shamelessness... But so what?" Chen Mei quickly calmed down and said, "I won't cooperate with your work. I don't recognize the so-called Special Operations Group at all."

"I know what kind of person you are."

Mr. Shu said nonchalantly, "You are a loner, indifferent to other things. I was like that at your age. It's just that you are more capable than I was then."

Chen Mei simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

This time, Zhou Jiren didn't use the wooden vines to lock him up. Instead, he continued, "You are very strong, young, and at the eleventh layer of the Deep Sea... But do you know what price you paid?"

"If you continue to cultivate this body technique, it won't be long before I attend your funeral and watch your father shed tears before your coffin," the old man said faintly. "The person who taught you this body technique has ulterior motives. He doesn't really want to save you."

"Then who is?" Chen Mei suddenly opened his eyes. He said expressionlessly, "Anyway, it won't be some hypocritical politician who abandons his wife and children."

Still too young.

From the moment Chen Mei spoke, Gu Shen knew... the old fox had won this game.

"Is that so? You admitted the existence of 'that guy'."

Zhou Jiren raised his hands, supporting his chin, and looked at Chen Mei meaningfully.

In fact, this interrogation was a gamble from the beginning.

枭 (Xiao, Owl) exists.

枭 (Xiao, Owl) is the person who taught Chen Mei the body technique.

Both of these points were just guesses... A person never recorded in the files. If Chen Mei stubbornly refused to speak, no one would be able to identify him.

"Now, I think we need to have a good chat," Zhou Jiren said in a relaxed tone. "Do you know the price you pay for cultivating this body technique?"

"..." Chen Mei narrowed his eyes.

"Your bones are being eroded little by little by a powerful external force... Now is your golden age, and the side effects have not yet fully manifested, but if I'm not mistaken, bone pain will occur from time to time, with a diminishing effect, and even painkillers will become less and less effective."

Zhou Jiren tapped the table lightly with his finger. Several wooden vines, like insects with life and consciousness, jumped on Chen Mei's body, transmitting the true situation inside his body. "This body technique has given you unparalleled power... but it has also overdrafted your original great potential. You possess the top-level ability of 'time slowing'. If you proceeded slowly, you could have become a title-holder admired by the world. But what about now? If you stop now, you can still make it. If you continue to cultivate, you will only be able to stop here for the rest of your life. Moreover, your life will be very short."

"I don't care."

Chen Mei said lightly, "It's fine if it ends."

He's already started disregarding his own life...

Seeing this response, Gu Shen only felt fear in his heart. Even with 枭's (Xiao, Owl's) teaching, it would be extremely difficult to reach the eleventh layer of the Deep Sea in such a short time.

Chen Mei is a genius with extremely strong will and talent.

And such a genius is gradually transforming into a fanatic of the "Longevity Foundation."

"You don't care... very good... you don't care..."

Zhou Jiren laughed softly, "Do you think he cares?"

Chen Mei was stunned.

"I'll tell you now... what good deeds the people we are wanted for have done," Zhou Jiren slammed a stack of files heavily on the table. These were the evil deeds committed by the Longevity Foundation in recent years.

The wooden vine shackles were unlocked.

Chen Mei hesitated for a moment. He didn't try to escape from the interrogation room. Instead, he opened those files... These files erased the organizational name of the Longevity Foundation and instead summarized them directly with losses and brief descriptions of the cases.

New Calendar 629, the Qinggang Building exploded, 67 people died.

New Calendar 630, the Yinghai District subway loop encountered transcendent invasion, 183 people died.

...

...

So on and so forth.

All were atrocities committed by the Longevity Foundation.

Among them were some famous disaster events that he had heard of before.

After reading them all, Chen Mei still didn't say a word. He put the files back on the table. The next moment, the wooden vine shackles re-clasped his hands...

Chen Mei was indifferent and fell into a trance.

It was obvious that these files had a significant impact on him.

"This is an extremely dangerous psychic transcendent who has developed many followers." Zhou Jiren took out the yellowed photo again and said, "This is the Tribunal's genius judge... Zhou Yu. He died in a fire. Also a genius, I don't want you to become a sacrifice either."

Seeing that photo, Chen Mei's dazed expression changed.

He frowned and murmured, "You said... what?"

Zhou Jiren narrowed his eyes.

He repeated, "Genius judge Zhou Yu, died in a fire."

"That's impossible."

Before the words could finish, they were interrupted.

Chen Mei quickly adjusted his state. He took a deep breath, shook his head, and said, "From this moment on, I will not believe these files, and I refuse to communicate with you."

Gu Shen opened Zhou Yu's file and handed it over. Chen Mei only glanced at it before withdrawing his gaze.

"This reaction... is very strange."

Gu Shen was a little puzzled.

Zhou Jiren, on the other hand, was not in a hurry at all.

"It doesn't matter, you want to stall... we'll stall with you," he said lightly. "I don't know what kind of connection you have established between you, you seem to trust him very much."

"But will he trust you?"

Chen Mei was still expressionless.

"The surveillance room recordings, as well as the member list of the Special Operations Group, will all be released by me. This can be easily verified," Zhou Jiren said lightly. "I think he couldn't sit still from the moment you were detained... If he finds out that he has been betrayed, what measures will he take?"

The next moment, Chen Mei's pupils contracted slightly.

"Perhaps killing you is the safest and simplest way to do it."