Bruno refused to budge, and the investigation fell into a stalemate, making it difficult to continue.
According to the middle-aged man's plan, he could still threaten him with Bruno's life, but now that the LSD incident had been exposed, Bruno knew that he was out of the game and couldn't survive the main mission. The only difference was whether he lived a few more days or not, so he didn't intend to cooperate at all.
In a situation like this, violence was no longer effective against him. Not to mention, with the LSD incident, the original plan of killing him and pretending it was an accident was no longer necessary. If they wanted to hand him over to NASA, they couldn't force him to confess now.
After a night of wrangling, the middle-aged man didn't get the answer he wanted. He got up from his chair, went to the bathroom, and turned on the tap to wash his face.
"So, did we catch the murderer?" Jia Lai stood by the bathroom door. His legs were numb, and he couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know," the middle-aged man said, wiping the water off his face with a towel.
"Err … What does that mean?"
"As you can see, he may or may not be the murderer," the middle-aged man said. After a sleepless night, his face showed a hint of exhaustion. "We can't get an answer out of him. Continuing would only be a waste of time."
"So … that's it?" Jia Lai's eyes widened.
"Unless you have a better way to make him speak honestly." The middle-aged man looked at the time on his watch. In less than half an hour, they would assemble for morning training. It was time to wrap things up.
"Hmm, what should we do next?"
"Clean up the room and hand him over to NASA. There should still be some LSD left in his blood. That should be enough to nail him to the death row."
"What about the two game items? What should we do with them?" the high school student suddenly asked.
The middle-aged man frowned. "We don't know what to do with them. We can't identify them until we leave the quest. So, we can find someone to keep them. We can discuss how to distribute them when the quest is almost over."
"Who's going to keep them? You?" Zhen Xiong asked.
"Or do you have a better suggestion?"
"David is the least suspicious among us. I think he's the most suitable person to keep it," Zhen Xiong said.
The high school student was eager to try, but he had to admit that this was the most suitable solution at the moment. It might also be the only solution that everyone could accept.
"I have no objections." Said the middle-aged man, handing the fork and the suspected feline tooth to Zhang Heng. "Be careful. These things haven't been identified, and they might have some side effects. It's best not to carry them with you."
Zhang Heng nodded and wrapped the two items in a towel. After that, everyone waited until six o 'clock. The captain appeared and handed the bottle of LSD to him along with Bruno.
The captain was a little numb. In less than 24 hours, there had been two accidents, followed by a scandal of drug abuse among the astronaut candidates. Such a disaster was one of the worst in NASA's history, and there was only half a month left before Apollo 11's liftoff.
But it was too late to say anything now. The United States had already invested more than 20 billion dollars into the moon landing project, which accounted for 0.57% of the country's GDP at the time. It involved 20,000 companies, 200 universities, more than 80 research institutes, and nearly 300,000 people. Considering the competition with the Soviet Union, unless a meteorite fell from the sky and razed the entire space center to the ground, there was no way the project would be stopped.
So, the morning training went on as usual. During the break, the captain announced the results of the previous training session.
Without a doubt, Zhang Heng was at the top of the list. In all the training subjects, the worst was a B-. He had no obvious shortcomings, and he even got an A in three subjects. The multi-axis trainer and psychological test even got an A +.
The evaluation given by NASA's candidate evaluation team was that he was a natural-born astronaut with excellent psychological quality and strong mental strength. There was still room for improvement in terms of hardware conditions, but all he lacked was time to grow. At present, he was fully deserving of being the best candidate in the same batch.
In sharp contrast, the fat Jia Lai's training results were the lowest among all the players. The evaluation team's comment on him was straightforward — he was not mentally or physically prepared. If he did not want to broadcast the space accident to the world, it was best not to let him take on any space missions.
Other than that, the rankings of the others were about the same as expected. Excluding Bruno, the middle-aged man was ranked second, the high school student third, and then Zhen Xiong. She had performed quite well in the mental test, but she had failed in the physical test and gender test.
Now that everyone's results were out, the competition between each other was even clearer. The initial seven candidates had been reduced to five, which meant that everyone's chances had increased significantly. Among them, the happiest was the high school student. His results were supposed to be behind Anthony and Bruno, but the two of them were eliminated one after the other. Now, he was on the list of three candidates. As long as he could survive until he boarded Apollo 11, he would be able to successfully complete the main mission.
Now, they had less than ten days to go before the launch. However, he had to be wary of Jia Lai and Zhen Xiong. Considering that the two of them had formed an alliance, the high school student was still a little unsure of what to do in a one-versus-two situation. So, he decided to find himself an ally.
He did not think about Zhang Heng anymore. Basically, no one would make a move on him. Other than the fact that he was one of the best in all the tests, and as a teammate, he could guarantee the success rate of the moon landing mission. Also, he had escaped an assassination attempt in a near-hopeless situation and returned unscathed. This made it even more difficult to figure out how strong he was.
Under such circumstances, as long as he did not target anyone, no one would make a move on him.
Hence, the high school student was left with only one option.
Bruno's words had affected him a lot. Deep down, he suspected that the middle-aged man was the real murderer. However, given the current situation, Jia Lai and Zhen Xiong didn't need one, but two. Hence, he wasn't the only one who would be targeted. The middle-aged man would also be in danger.
Now that the two of them were on the same side, the high school student suddenly felt that the middle-aged man was not so bad after all.
Shuke Ju:
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
