Chapter 878: Chapter 883: Interrogation (1)
After waking up Lin Guodong, Ling Chen placed a chair in front of him, rested his hands on the backrest, and stared directly into Lin Guodong’s eyes, asking, "I don’t need to tell you; I believe you’re already aware of your current situation. So, you have only two choices now: either cooperate obediently and tell us all the intelligence related to the God Organization, or I’ll beat you first and then get the information I want out of your mouth."
Lin Guodong looked at Ling Chen without fear, his lips slightly curled in a half-smile, and said, "I don’t want to choose either of those. Is there a third option?"
"Lin Guodong!" Ling Chen’s tone instantly rose eight degrees, saying, "Don’t think I’m joking with you. Let me tell you, if you don’t clarify everything, you’ll never have a good day again."
Pausing for a moment, Ling Chen continued, "Since you know my previous job nature, you should be aware that I’m quite experienced with interrogation techniques, so you’d better not force me. Otherwise, the one to suffer will be you."
Hearing this, Lin Guodong replied indifferently, "Ling Chen, I’m a senior member of the God Organization, involved in all kinds of things. No matter what you want to know, I can tell you. But the problem is, I don’t want to disclose these secrets to you."
"You..."
Before Ling Chen could finish speaking, Lin Guodong continued, "You don’t have to force me or use those methods to threaten me. As a senior member of the God Organization, I’ve already come to terms with my fate. For me, there are only two choices: death or life, that’s all. So, you don’t need to waste words here, just kill me."
Ling Chen frowned slightly and said, "You’re really not afraid of death?"
Lin Guodong laughed and said, "Afraid? Who isn’t afraid of death? But any grand scheme requires sacrifice. As a Ling Family member, if I don’t even have this awareness, then it’s a waste of the Ling Family’s teachings and training." After speaking, Lin Guodong changed the topic and looked at Ling Chen, "Ling Chen, I’ll say it again, you’re talented. As long as you face your identity and cooperate with the Ling Family, joining forces, I can assure you, the rewards will exceed your expectations very soon."
"Enough!" Ling Chen said impatiently, "Don’t bother me with these. Let me tell you, I don’t have ambitions as big as yours. For me, a plain life is already enough. To be honest, sometimes I can’t understand, the Ling Family is big and influential, with money, power, and prestige; why not enjoy a stable life and instead fund the God Organization? Isn’t everything you have now sufficient?"
"You’re wrong." Lin Guodong countered, "Whether money or power, those are superficial things, the Ling Family disdains those. Many years ago, the Ling Family stopped pursuing those things you’ve mentioned. Our goals are far greater; actually, before the Ling Family took over the God Organization, we had already clarified the family’s objective. Funding the God Organization and bringing its power under control was merely to speed up achieving the goal."
"What’s the goal?" Ling Chen immediately asked.
Faced with Ling Chen’s inquiry, Lin Guodong smiled without speaking.
Seeing the other party remain silent, Ling Chen sneered slightly and said, "Even if you don’t say it, I can guess."
"Really?" Lin Guodong asked meaningfully, "Then tell me, what do you think the God Organization’s ultimate goal is?"
"I’ve watched videos of Yang He and those people, and their transactions with the God Organization. Over the years, Yang He and others have been secretly funding the God Organization. In return, the God Organization regularly provides them with a kind of medicine. That medicine can delay human aging and make people younger and younger. I must admit, you’re quite a team, being able to develop this medicine. If it were a medical invention, you’d be worthy of a Nobel Prize, shocking the world. Unfortunately, your success is built on the lives of countless people."
After listening to Ling Chen’s words, Lin Guodong chuckled softly and said, "Do you think that’s the God Organization’s ultimate goal? If that’s what you think, then I can only say, you don’t understand the God Organization, and you don’t understand the Ling Family."
"No matter." Ling Chen said indifferently, "Sooner or later, when all those encrypted documents are decrypted, even if you don’t say it, I can figure out your purpose."
"Please go ahead." Lin Guodong said carelessly, "However, I’d like to make a small request. Since you don’t intend to kill me, please prepare breakfast for me with bread and eggs, plus a glass of milk. I want steak for lunch, and Chinese cuisine for dinner. Besides these, the accommodation must have air conditioning, and must be clean. I’m a clean freak; if the room isn’t clean, I won’t be able to sleep."
"Ha!" Ling Chen said coldly, "Your requests aren’t many. Unfortunately, I can’t satisfy a single one." With that, Ling Chen didn’t bother with Lin Guodong anymore and got up to walk out of the interrogation room.
"Wait!"
Hearing Lin Guodong’s voice come from behind, Ling Chen turned around and asked, "Do you have any other requests?"
"Not really, just wanted to remind you not to forget those requests because you’ll need them soon."
"Alright, I’ll remember them. But I’ll remind you as well, this is not the God Organization, nor the Ling Family, you’d better behave and not force me to take action against you." After speaking, Ling Chen left the interrogation room without looking back.
"Fatty!"
Hu Fei, who had been waiting outside the door, quickly approached Ling Chen and asked, "What happened?"
"Take him down and treat him well." When saying ’treat,’ Ling Chen emphasized the tone.
"Got it!" Hu Fei rubbed his hands, a sinister smile on his lips.
Leaving the interrogation room, Ling Chen went straight to the control center.
At this moment, it was already past five in the morning, but the staff at the control center were still working overtime; none of them were resting.
In front of three computers placed side by side, three technicians were striking the keyboards, eyes fixed on the screens, a stream of code flowing from their fingertips.
Behind the three, Tang Guolun was watching the screens seriously, occasionally giving pointers for the technicians to make corrections.
"Boss Tang."
Ling Chen walked up to Tang Guolun and asked, "How’s it going? Have those encrypted documents been decrypted yet?"
"It’s somewhat tricky." Tang Guolun said, "These encrypted documents use a special encryption method, for instance, inputting specific words or phrases is the only way to make sense of the gibberish. Otherwise, it might take a long time and still not succeed."