When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 499 - 378: Truths and Lies (Third Update)

He Caiwei's expression was extremely unpleasant.

Many professors and teachers from Liangzhou University were staring at him with doubtful and suspicious eyes, wondering if he indeed had a guilty conscience.

He immediately used a Sound Transmission Talisman, preparing to connect with Zhu Yiji, secretly communicating with him to ask what was really going on.

However, he soon discovered that his communication abilities had been blocked by Zhu Yiji!

Zhu Yiji wasn't responding to him at all!

"Zhu Yiji, you bastard! How could you betray me without even discussing it with me?"

He Caiwei was furious, thinking that Zhu Yiji had changed sides and was even refusing to communicate with him!

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Zhu Yiji's expression was even darker.

They had a special communication ability between them, the Sound Transmission Talisman, which belonged to He Caiwei. Each possessed one, and they could communicate telepathically through it.

He tried to contact He Caiwei using the talisman to ask what was happening.

But He Caiwei wasn't responding to him either!

"He Caiwei, what are you doing! How dare you not respond to me?"

Zhu Yiji was also very annoyed with He Caiwei!

However, Sun Heshun spoke again, "Minister Zhu, to clarify the truth of the matter, please help by interrogating Wu Shixuan, and give everyone an explanation."

Everyone was waiting.

With so many people present, Zhu Yiji could not refuse Sun Heshun's request!

He had already guaranteed that there was no possibility of falsification in his assessment; it was already confirmed that Wu Shixuan had framed Professor Guo, and everyone was aware of it.

Thus, it wouldn't make sense for Wu Shixuan and He Caiwei to refuse the assessment.

If they were to assess Wu Shixuan and He Caiwei next, he could actually tamper with the rules within the Square and Round Rules, allowing them to defend themselves by saying they didn't direct Huang Yuwen and the other two to give false testimony.

However, the issue was, once Wu Shixuan said this, it would mean there was a conflict between the testimonies of Wu Shixuan and that of Huang Yuwen and the other two!

That meant one side had to be lying!

Therefore, Zhu Yiji's previous statements that his assessments could not be falsified would become a joke!

More importantly, Zhu Yiji couldn't say that his assessment was influenced by some Unrestrained Awakener, or that there was a glitch in his system.

Because he was a minister of the Su Alliance!

And a Supreme UR Awakener!

If an assessment by a Su Alliance UR-level minister could be interfered with, how could they credibly investigate a difficult organization like the Unrestrained? If he said that, he wouldn't be able to continue in the minister's position either.

For his own reputation, he had no choice but to act as an "incorrupt official"!

And since Huang Yuwen's statement came first, his words had to be treated as fact!

This meant that in assessing Wu Shixuan, they had to make Wu Shixuan admit to what Huang Yuwen had stated!

Keeping the testimonies consistent was the only way to ensure that Zhu Yiji's "assessment abilities were fair and unbiased."

Even if Wu Shixuan wanted to argue, Zhu Yiji had to reset the Square and Round Rules to make it impossible for Wu Shixuan to argue!

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Zhu Yiji was extremely annoyed! He found that not only was He Caiwei not responding to him, but Wu Shixuan wasn't either!

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The three of them couldn't communicate secretly, but by now he was in too deep to back out.

Now, he could only sacrifice the pawn to save the king and throw Wu Shixuan, the fool, under the bus!

As for He Caiwei, since Qian Li had only heard these words from Wu Shixuan and had not seen He Caiwei face-to-face, there was still some room for maneuver.

"Okay, however the truth may be, I will surely uncover it. I will not let any wrongdoer escape, nor will I wrong a good person."

Though Zhu Yiji was furious inside, he could only pretend to look just and upright. He waved his hand, and immediately a black circular line of Spiritual Power appeared under Wu Shixuan's feet!

[You have set the current Square and Round Rule as: Wu Shixuan must admit to framing Professor Guo!]

Upon seeing that he was enveloped by Zhu Yiji's systemic power, Wu Shixuan looked desperately towards Zhu Yiji for help.

— Minister Zhu, you must save me!

Zhu Yiji still pretended to be unhurried, as if he had everything under control, and said, "Wu Shixuan, did you, as Huang Yuwen and the other two claimed, manipulate three witnesses to frame Professor Guo with false testimony?"

Wu Shixuan's heart trembled; it was true, how could he possibly admit it?

— Of course not! It's all nonsense from Huang Yuwen and the others!

Wu Shixuan thought about this line, wanting to say it, but when the words reached his lips, they became, "Yes, I admit it, I instructed Huang Yuwen and the other two to give false testimony to frame Professor Guo."

Hiss!

As soon as these words were uttered, even Wu Shixuan took a sharp breath, and then he looked terrified and widened his eyes!

— No! No! That's not what I wanted to say, why would I say that?

Wu Shixuan was roaring inside; he wanted to deny it, but he couldn't resist Zhu Yiji's Square and Round Rules at all; he had to act according to the rules set by Zhu Yiji!

"What a bold move, Wu Shixuan, to actually dare to frame Professor Guo!" Sun Heshun barked angrily.

The other university leaders in the meeting room were also in an uproar!

Now the truth had finally come out!

Professor Guo was innocent; it was all Wu Shixuan's scheme! Maliciously schemed!

—

Wu Shixuan felt his heart go cold!

He clearly wanted to deny it, but why did he confess instead?

Soon, he suddenly realized why things had turned out this way! He recognized that it was Zhu Yiji who had deliberately made him confess using his system powers.

That is to say, for his own name, Zhu Yiji was kicking him to the curb!

He had unexpectedly become a disposable pawn!

Wu Shixuan felt the world spinning; he had never imagined things would escalate to this point.

He had loyally run errands for them; how could they treat me this way?

Wu Shixuan's heart was bleeding!

Sun Heshun scoffed coldly, glanced at He Caiwei, and then asked, "Qian Li said that you were instructed by He Caiwei; is this true or false?"

Zhu Yiji immediately and silently altered the circular rules under Wu Shixuan's feet:

[You have set the current Square and Round Rules as follows: Everything Wu Shixuan has done is unrelated to He Caiwei, mentioning He Caiwei because he wants to shirk responsibility; this matter is unrelated to He Caiwei]

Zhu Yiji could only go this far.

Between He Caiwei and Wu Shixuan, Zhu Yiji naturally chose to save He Caiwei, as He Caiwei was also a UR-level Awakener, in his camp.

As for Wu Shixuan, even if he got into trouble, framing someone else wouldn't amount to a death sentence, at most a stint of detention as punishment. Moreover, Wu Shixuan was an SSR, and the Su Alliance was very lenient towards SSRs. Once he intervened, leniency was likely.

It wouldn't be too much to say he was merely punishing himself with three cups of wine.

If all else failed, Zhu Yiji could still have Wu Shixuan change his identity and start anew, just like he once changed his grandson Zhu Xinjue, who had committed a capital crime, to Zhu Pengfei.

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Wu Shixuan felt extremely suffocated, but he was helpless; he realized his boss was pushing him out as a scapegoat to bear all the criminal evidence, and he dared not go against it.

However, Zhu Yiji would surely save him.

Forget it, no matter what he thought, he would speak according to Zhu Yiji's wishes; even if he told the truth, Zhu Yiji would twist it into a lie, so he might as well just say anything.

"It's true; indeed, He Caiwei instructed me."

Wu Shixuan thought this, given everything that had happened before, he knew what he said wouldn't match what he intended.

However, he was soon shocked!

Because while he thought this way, it also came out exactly as he intended!

The voice was even emphatic, clearly echoing to every corner of the meeting room!

The Square and Round Rules of Zhu Yiji had, unbeknownst to when, become ineffective!