By this point, the three people in the monitoring room understood perfectly well what was happening.
The second thing Ji Ting intended to strip from Qin Zaiye was his sense of honor and duty as a soldier.
Without those things, a soldier was unworthy of shouldering the burden and responsibility of defending his country.
Qin Mingzhong could no longer sit still. He could not let Ji Ting destroy his son like this, so he stood and headed for the door.
Only then did the Commander finally speak for the first time. "Major General Qin, even if you go over there now, you won't be able to get inside, much less stop anything."
Qin Mingzhong's fury instantly surged. He pointed at the monitor. "You keep saying Zaiye violated military discipline during that interrogation. Are you telling me what Ji Ting is doing now is legal and within regulations?!"
Shen Lin answered him. "Ji Ting is simply having a face-to-face conversation with Qin Zaiye, not interrogating him. Besides, he earned this opportunity from the higher-ups through his own abilities."
Qin Mingzhong laughed in his rage. "Is that so? Then I'd like to know just how capable he is, to be able to..."
"The latest news is that the new solid-powder-fueled supersonic-combustion Ramjet Engine developed by the Aerospace Engineering Institute has successfully passed its third round of testing." Watching Qin Mingzhong's expression abruptly freeze, he smiled faintly again. "Now that's truly something worth celebrating, wouldn't you say, Major General Qin?"
It felt as though every last breath had been squeezed from Qin Mingzhong's lungs. He stared at Ji Ting on the screen with eyes that looked ready to burst, then, several seconds later, closed them in desolation.
Wrong. This had been wrong from the very beginning.
But what good did realizing that now