Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

The one-hour extension of the recess quickly came to an end.

Compared to the normal court session an hour ago, the reopening of the court this moment had completely transformed everyone's mindset.

The audience in the gallery was unusually excited. The conclusion of the [Court Investigation] phase originally meant that the 'knowledge-based' part of the debate was over, and the general framework of the trial was set. The upcoming debate session would purely be a verbal battle of offense and defense.

However, the extended recess indicated that there were changes, a turning point, and a new explosive development in the courtroom.

This also meant that in the debate session to come, those lawyers in elegant suits would have more ammunition during their offensive and defensive maneuvers, making the tug-of-war more entertaining!

Some people who had initially planned to wander to other courtrooms returned, eagerly watching the plaintiffs and defendants who reassembled in the central seats.

However, compared to these spectators who enjoyed the thrill, the expressions of those in the central seats were much more serious.

The defense lawyer's expression was particularly tense.

The data compiled by Nan Zhubin were numerous—there was a certain degree of deliberation to this—so the recent recess was far from sufficient for the defense lawyer to fully assimilate these supplemental pieces of evidence.

Lawyer Zhan was distracted by outside factors, leading to his attention not being fully on the courtroom, and the defense lawyer seemed similarly affected; combined with the first half of the trial being mentally exhausting, even upon entering the defendant's seat, the defense lawyer was still quietly verifying the recently printed materials with leader Wang Zhenhai.

The entrance of the presiding judge and two associate judges stirred the stagnant air in the court.

With a "dong" sound, the gavel in the presiding judge's hand broke the brief respite, like a stone thrown into a still pond, the ripples being the suppressed whispers in the gallery and the tensed nerves in the defendant's seat.

After scanning the surroundings, the presiding judge's stern voice rang out: "The court will now resume. The prosecution submitted supplemental evidence during recess, which, upon panel review, is deemed relevant to the facts of this case and will be admitted."

The presiding judge looked towards the plaintiff's position: "Prosecutor, please present and explain the supplemental evidence."

...

In fact, not only were the people on the defendant's side a bit anxious, but even the prosecutor sitting in the plaintiff's seat felt a bit apprehensive.

Because the supplemental evidence was something Nan Zhubin discussed with Lawyer Zhan, and the prosecutor hadn't had these pieces of evidence for long either.

But due to his duty, he had to make an appearance and start the proceedings. This prosecutor indeed had high professional standards, for he still spoke with a calm and powerful voice in such circumstances: "Presiding judge, we submit two pieces of supplemental evidence."

The prosecutor, looking at the material in his hand, said: "The first piece is the early business registration information, copies of technical patent certificates, and related work descriptions of the defendant Wang Zhenhai."

At this point, the prosecutor glanced in the direction of the defendant's seat: "These pieces of evidence were originally collected by the defense."

The defense lawyer maintained a stiff expression. In the first half, he had used the plaintiff's provided chat records to counter Nan Zhubin, not expecting the opposition to "return the gesture" in the second half.

Lawyer Zhan also kept a stern face. In just those brief ten minutes, had Nan Zhubin used not only the evidence materials he collected but also those submitted by the defense?

And Lawyer Zhan hadn't noticed this before.

The prosecutor continued: "Evidence one includes proof of the defendant Wang Zhenhai's enrollment in the software engineering program at Beidu Engineering University, and the acquisition of a degree certificate and diploma. Additionally, the defendant held a 'Advanced Software Engineer' professional qualification certificate from 2009 to 2013, working as a senior engineer at a company named 'Beidu Future Technology'."

"From 2013 to 2015, defendant Wang Zhenhai founded 'Zhenhai Technology,' whose main business was the development and application of image recognition algorithms, and personally served as the technical director, earning a profit of 2.32 million yuan in two years."

The prosecutor stated: "These pieces of evidence can fully demonstrate that the defendant Wang Zhenhai has a deep AI technical background, which goes far beyond his claim of 'only understanding management frameworks.' Coupled with his core position in the fraud syndicate involved in this case, we have ample reason to believe he was deeply involved in the core guidance, model tuning, and technical strategy formulation to evade detection in AI face-swapping technology, essentially being the actual technical controller."

Evidence one was intended to counter the previous responsibility evasion by leader Wang Zhenhai.

Lawyer Zhan was secretly anxious, as this evidence was also the more reliable piece out of the two submitted.

The upcoming evidence two, from his professional lawyer's point of view, was full of loopholes.

In fact, Lawyer Zhan had heard from Nan Zhubin that he was originally prepared with a third piece of evidence, but that one was even more far-fetched, almost lacking any textual evidence to support it, so it was abandoned.

If possible, Lawyer Zhan hoped to use this evidence to directly knock down the opposition.

...

The defense lawyer listened intently to the prosecutor while cross-referencing with the materials in his possession.

Then, he exhaled, his body relaxing.

He glanced at the leader and noticed the other's tense expression, whispering comfort: "Don't worry, this evidence is easy to refute. You just have to say that technology updates quickly, the things you learned are outdated, and regarding new AI, you've lost the guiding influence, so in the company, you can just rely on the younger employees."

"This situation is quite common, I've handled similar cases before, trust me..."