Holding the broken camera in his hand, Li Xingkong activated the divination Hexagram and began to deduce the damaged parts. While deduce, he used his Divine Sense to restore the deduced fragments to their original places.
For Li Xingkong, this level of destruction was like a slightly more difficult puzzle piece. As long as it wasn't damaged at the particle level, restoring it using his Divine Sense wouldn't be a problem.
Let alone repairing a broken camera, Li Xingkong could even mend a broken mirror so that most people couldn't tell it was ever broken.
However, despite Li Xingkong's strong repair skills, the original parts of the camera were still needed. Without the original parts, even if it was repaired, a lot of data would be lost. Fortunately, as an important piece of evidence, most of the camera's fragments were preserved.
Within minutes, the camera in Li Xingkong was basically restored to its original state. He tossed the repaired camera to Tang Cheng.
"Well, it's about 95% fixed, but the files inside should be exportable and viewable now."
"Quick, go get a computer."
Tang Cheng immediately sent someone to bring over a computer and connected the repaired webcam.
After asking about the approximate time when Zhang Ru was discovered to be missing, Tang Cheng pulled the data from the camera to the corresponding time.
The camera footage isn't very clear; after all, this thing didn't benefit much from the promotion of cultivation, and there weren't any major technological breakthroughs—it's still the same as before.
Rewinding to noon, we can see that Zhang Ru is still in his cell, sitting with his legs crossed by the door, seemingly lost in thought.
As the monitoring progressed, a new character soon appeared in the frame: the guard who had just been locked up.
Under the surveillance camera, instead of guarding the designated area as he had previously stated, he walked directly to Zhang Ru's cell, looked around a few times, and stared at the camera, as if he was about to sabotage it. But then, something Zhang Ru said inside made him refrain from doing anything and instead opened Zhang Ru's cell door.
Zhang Ru simply swaggered out without making any attempt to avoid them.
He walked right up to the camera lens, looked up, made a gesture towards the camera, and waved as if saying goodbye to the people in front of the camera.
Only after Zhang Ru left the camera's range did the man return, grab something, and smash the camera.
Normally, with the cameras broken and the server under maintenance, their actions would be impossible to detect. But no one expected Li Xingkong use such methods.
"Hiss, I knew it! How could this guy possibly come back with us?"
Tang Cheng gritted his teeth. He had considered the possibility of traitors during the Inspection Department's operations. Moreover, during the siege of Zhang Family Village, he not only sent Li Xingkong with him, but also mobilized a group of military personnel as backup to prevent problems from arising within the Inspection Department's team.
Unexpectedly, they didn't launch their attack during the operation, but rather after the operation was completed and everyone had lowered their guard.
The investigation into Zhang Ru began after it was discovered that he had escaped, but there has been no news of him since.
Tang Cheng didn't know how many of the people being investigated were colluding with the forces behind him, nor did he know how well the entire Inspection Department had been infiltrated. However, he always considered the worst-case scenario: finding this person was probably hopeless.
After a busy day, the only clue left is the guard who's been locked up; it seems like everything has come full circle.
No, the timing of this victory celebration banquet is also problematic. There must be some of their people among those who hosted the banquet.
Tang Cheng was a little overwhelmed. This situation was quite different from when he was dealing with the Star-Absorbing Cult. Although the Star-Absorbing Cult had a lot of members, they were not very bright. Even if they took any action, it was nothing more than taking hostages. They were straightforward and easy to deal with.
This operation was quite complicated. Although on the surface, he seemed to be invincible in leading the team to capture people and conduct reconnaissance, in reality, he had not obtained much of what he wanted, or rather, the intelligence he had obtained was very limited.
Judging from the current situation in Dragon City, the force behind Zhang Ru is probably deeply entrenched within the Dragon City government and has quite a few members.
It's obviously unrealistic to bring a large number of people from the Imperial Capital to investigate; Tang Cheng and the two small teams he brought are simply too few in number.
Considering the current situation, Tang Cheng thought for a moment and concluded that the breakthrough point was still the guard; there was no solid evidence to take down the others at the moment.
"Hey, Brother Li, let's go check on that guard again."
After making a backup copy of the surveillance video, Tang Cheng got up.
Tang Cheng followed him to the cell where the guard was being held. The man was resting in the cell. Since his current crime was only negligence, his confinement was quite lenient. There wasn't even any equipment to restrict his Magic Power. At this moment, he was lying on the bed watching the television hanging next to him.
Seeing the man's expression, Tang Cheng was naturally a little angry. He had gone to so much trouble to capture the person, only to have him released, and the man was still so relaxed. How could he not be angry?
"Bang!"
Tang Cheng pushed open the door to the detention room, his face ashen.
"You've made it big!"
The man, who had been quite relaxed, was somewhat startled by Tang Cheng's appearance, but he only paused for a moment before recovering.
"Captain Tang, are you kidding me? What could possibly happen to me?"
The man sat up in bed, completely unfazed. With no evidence left, how could his affair possibly be discovered?
Tang Cheng placed the camera on the table. Although the camera was almost repaired, Li Xingkong hadn't dealt with the broken marks on the casing.
"You're the one who let Zhang Ru go, aren't you? You thought we couldn't check just because the camera was broken?"
"No, that's impossible, I clearly already..."
He had initially intended to remain defiant, but seeing Tang Cheng's unwavering conviction, and even the evidence he had presented, the man naturally panicked.
"Tell me, who gave you permission to do this?"
Tang Cheng had already learned about this person's background when he came over. He was just an ordinary person who had been working in the Inspection Department for several years. He was quite ordinary in his dealings with others, and the background check revealed nothing about him.
"Who are you talking to? I..."
The man scratched his head, and before he could finish speaking, he suddenly lunged at the camera on the table, clearly intending to destroy the evidence right in front of him.
But the difference in cultivation level was obvious. Without Li Xingkong, Tang Cheng simply raised his leg and kicked the man in the stomach, sending him flying. He landed hard on the bed, clutching his stomach and rolling around.
"Hmph, still not behaving yourself at a time like this."
Tang Cheng stepped forward, formed a hand seal, and then pressed it against the man's Qi Sea, Qi Sea it off.
Sealing the Qi Sea is not something everyone can do. Generally speaking, it is only effective when a person of a higher cultivation level is using it on a person of a lower cultivation level. You need to ensure that the Magic Power power or spells you leave in the other person's body are stronger than their own magical Magic Power in order to have any chance of intercepting it.
If the two people are of similar strength, then there is naturally no need for any operation to seal the Qi Sea.
"Now you can tell me, who told you to do this?"
"I can't say, or I'll die."
The man endured the pain and managed to utter a single sentence.
"You're afraid of dying, aren't you afraid I'll beat you to death right now?"
Tang Cheng threatened.
"Of course you can't kill me, because you're from the Imperial Capital, a high-ranking official. Your every move represents the Divine Land, and you can't break the law."
Although the man was hit, it was ultimately his own fault. He understood Tang Cheng's threat perfectly well. As long as Tang Cheng was a member of the Imperial Capital Inspection Department, he couldn't take action against him privately. Especially within the Dragon City Inspection Department, as long as he didn't leave the premises, Tang Cheng could only deal with him according to the law.
This is the inconvenience of modern society. Because everyone is equal, even criminals have human rights. As a result, there are fewer wrongful convictions. But it is also because of this that there is nothing that can be done if many people do not cooperate.
Tang Cheng's raised fist was already imbued with Magic Power, but he couldn't bring himself to strike. There was no way around it; after all, that was indeed his identity.
"Go and apply for permission; I want to use the Truth-Telling Formation on him."
After a long while, Tang Cheng withdrew his fist and spoke to one of the men who had come with him.
"But Dragon City doesn't have the array formations yet, right? The Truth-Telling Formation is still in the verification stage..."
"It's alright, I'll have it checked in my name, and see if it works."
Tang Cheng was determined to get something out of him this time, and he had already decided that this person would never leave his sight.
"Wait a moment, let me try. It'll take you a long time to go back and forth like this."
At this moment, Li Xingkong spoke up.
This incident caused quite a stir, but Li Xingkong didn't have many opportunities to intervene. In Zhang Family Village, Tang Cheng only sent Li Xingkong to oversee the operation in order to test the Inspection Department's capabilities. Judging from the results, the Inspection Department's methods were indeed quite effective, and Li Xingkong really only served as a figurehead.
As for the subsequent interrogations and other matters, Li Xingkong was even less inclined to interfere. These were originally matters for the Inspection Department, and this incident also involved the Divine Land's own system, Li Xingkong naturally avoided getting involved if possible.
After all, his relationship with Divine Land is still somewhat delicate. Overall, the two sides are cooperating happily, but that's because Li Xingkong only cares about cultivation matters and doesn't interfere much in other things. Once he starts interfering, his relationship with Divine Land will change.
Therefore, the operations over the past few days have basically been led by Tang Cheng, while Li Xingkong only intervenes when Tang Cheng asks for his help.