Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 161 The Special Person
  The fleeing assassin completely ignored the shadow in the sky.

I didn't expect Chen Ming to fly at all.

He didn't expect that Chen Ming could lock his position so quickly in the chaos outside.

As the dull hammering sound that Chen Ming was so familiar with sounded, one of the assassin's calves separated from his body.

The blood sprayed from the severed limb extended several meters behind the assassin who fell to the ground due to inertia.

The bullets from the electromagnetic javelin continued to embed themselves deeply into the underground of the space station city after breaking the assassin's legs.

Although the space station was originally designed to support the construction of a city, the strength and support capabilities of the ground are quite strong.

However, the ultra-high penetration performance of the electromagnetic javelin modified by Chen Ming still allowed the projectile to easily penetrate into the ground.

It should take some effort to dig it out.

At this moment, the assassin who fell to the ground with a broken leg did not give up his struggle. He picked up the pistol just now with one hand and tried to support his body with the other.

But in the next moment, the gun in his hand and his palm were completely smashed with another hammer blow.

The assassin's face was full of pain, but he still managed to straighten his upper body by leaning on the elbow of his broken arm, and his other intact hand still wanted to reach out to his waist.

But Chen Ming would never give him any chance to resist.

The projectile of the electromagnetic javelin once again shattered his remaining palm.

This time, the violent impact even pulled his arm and threw him in a circle, causing him to fall directly on his back to the ground.

Blood spread all around the assassin, and he completely lost his ability to resist.

In his eyes, only Chen Ming was left flying in the sky.

There is also the electromagnetic javelin locked in Chen Ming's hand.

His last thought before he passed out was regret.

At this time, the bar security guard, led by Glasses, finally drove to the scene according to Chen Ming's instructions.

They managed to control the assassin before he bled out too much, bandaged him and stopped the bleeding, preventing him from dying.

But the chaos caused by the gunshot just now was not over yet.

After all, less than two minutes had passed from the time the gunfire rang out to the assassin being dispatched by Chen Ming.

No one from the space station administration had time to arrive.

And the current chaos is not only caused by the assassin shooting in the first place, but also has something to do with Chen Ming.

After the gunfire rang out, many people still saw Chen Ming wearing a set of obviously combat-type powered armor and flying swaggeringly in a no-fly zone like the space station.

He even used weapons to cut a man into a human stick.

This doesn't look like the chaos will subside quickly.

But the gunfire subsided as the assassin fell unconscious.

There are still many brave people gathering at the place where the accident occurred.

After all, he is also a person living on a pirate space station. Even if he is not a pirate, he is much bolder than people in serious places when facing this kind of thing.

Moreover, several of the bar security guards wearing glasses were still providing emergency medical treatment to the assassins. They did not look like they were about to go on a killing spree, which emboldened the onlookers.

I could still vaguely hear people who had been drinking in the bar talking about the scene they just saw.

Chen Ming, flying in the air, naturally became the main subject of discussion among the onlookers.

Chen Ming also knew that he could no longer attract attention in the sky, so he slowed down the output power of his jetpack and slowly landed around the glasses.

Upon seeing this, Glasses quickly stood up from the assassin, bowed his head slightly to Chen Ming and said, "Mr. Chen Ming, what do you think of dealing with this person?"

After all, this assassin had just clearly planned to assassinate Chen Ming, so he must ask Chen Ming for his opinion.

"Transfer it directly to Boss Wu."

Chen Ming doesn't know how to do interrogations, so he should leave this kind of matter to reliable people.

Relying on the deterrence of Chen Ming's power armor and the electromagnetic javelin in his hand that can be used as a small weapon for the ship.

The men in glasses quickly led the assassin to squeeze through the crowd outside and carried the person to the bar car.

But there was no time to leave.

A medium-sized shuttle boat with the logo of the Authority had already landed nearby.

Following it, a medical shuttle with red and white sirens flashing also landed nearby.

Because Chen Ming notified the factory director and boss in advance, people from the administration arrived at the scene about four minutes after the incident broke out.

It's fast enough.

A group of guards wearing more sophisticated equipment than before quickly came down from the medium-sized shuttle boat.

Several members of the guard team immediately approached.

They drove away the crowd just as quickly as they did when Yuhui deliberately released a ship and carried out a self-destructive terrorist attack, causing the dock to be blocked. and put up a blockade.

Only Chen Ming and Glasses were left, which made them feel uncomfortable and left immediately.

A man who was probably the captain of this team stepped forward and asked Chen Ming, who was wearing power armor, "Is this Mr. Chen Ming?"

"it's me."

After Chen Ming admitted, the captain said again: "The deputy director asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."

"We will help you block the news of this incident. Fortunately, it happened in this neighborhood and did not have time to spread. It should not have a large-scale impact. However, please keep this matter confidential."

"Okay, thank him for me."

The captain pointed to the medical shuttle boat next to him and asked, "Do you need medical assistance?"

Chen Ming didn't even need to turn his head to confirm the assassin's situation before saying: "Needed."

The captain greeted the doctor on the medical shuttle, then saluted Chen Ming and turned around to take his team members to deal with other matters.

They also need to confirm the assassin's journey here, as well as everything that happened at the bar in the first place.

Sort out the whole thing, write a report and submit it.

Then modify the report into a suitable form according to the arrangements from above.

After getting the captain's signal, several doctors and nurses dragged the assassin onto their medical shuttle.
  The assassin's injuries were treated urgently.

Broken hands and a leg are not minor injuries, and there is no way to treat them without professional medical equipment.

The casual treatment of the glasses just now only temporarily stopped the assassin's bleeding. If no follow-up treatment is carried out, the assassin may die at any time.

But fortunately, the management's own doctors' skills were relatively reliable, and the shuttle boat also had professional equipment, and they quickly rescued people from death.

But what awaits him may be something more terrifying than death.

The captain later checked with Chen Ming to see if he needed any other help. After confirming that there was no need, he let Chen Ming go.

There was only one security guard left who had followed him out, and he had to cooperate with the store manager who was still at the bar to handle the matter together.

I have to say that it’s really comfortable to do a lot of things if you have a connection with the boss.

If Chen Ming didn't have these connections, let alone taking the assassin away intact now, others might have to go to the bureau with the people from the bureau.

Fortunately, the hypothetical situation did not happen.

Chen Ming can still take the assassin who has escaped from danger with the powerful medical technology of this era in the glasses car.

Together with a few security guards, head to the boss's side.

When Chen Ming got into the car, he dismantled his power armor and sat in the co-pilot wearing casual clothes.

The driving glasses kept peeking at Chen Ming through the corner of his eye and the reflector next to him, but Chen Ming didn't pay attention.

He just touched his forehead, where the bullet had just hit him.

There isn't even a red mark left here.

His long hours of training in his psychic abilities were ultimately meaningful.

From the beginning, he only mastered the abilities of [Repair] and [Renovation], but now he can skillfully use the ability of [Manufacture] at will.

He is no longer the helpless little brat he once was.

Of course, there is also the reason for the spiritual enlightenment nerve he absorbed.

But this was also an opportunity that Chen Ming found by relying on everything he had at his disposal.

This sudden assassination incident is just a small episode for him now.

after an hour.

Chen Ming was sitting in his boss's hardware store, looking at the new star blueprint displayed on the terminal in his hand.

He was thinking about how to realize the value of this blueprint.

At this moment, the boss suddenly walked out of the room inside the hardware store and said to Chen Ming: "The results are out."

"It is indeed the subordinates of those people in the war zone who have enmity with you, but it is not a premeditated assassination. It is just something that people in the war zone did privately."

"This person is considered a spy. He has his own job, but he doesn't need to go to work today, so he just found a place to kill time, and then he noticed you."

"Your name still has a strong presence in the war zone."

"And it seems they have a reward for you internally."

"So when this person saw your head, he couldn't help it and wanted to take action directly."

"That's how it turned out."

Chen Ming turned off the terminal in his hand and asked, "Is it an accident?"

The boss nodded and said: "It was an accident."

"Then how should we deal with this matter?"

"How else to deal with it? In addition to him dying, there are many other people who have to accompany him on the road."

Chen Ming didn't understand, so he asked, "What do you mean?"

"It means that the people in the war zone took the initiative to expose all the people on the line related to him, so basically everyone on this line will die."

"The war zone took the initiative to do this, so this matter can only be an accident if not an accident."

After hearing this, Chen Ming became even more confused and asked: "Why do you say that? And don't they want me dead? Why are they willing to lose so many people even if the assassination failed? No contribution has been made yet?"

"Because they took action where they shouldn't have."

The boss looked at Chen Ming and patted his chest and said, "You are now the person I protect. If you go out, your life or death will depend on it."

"But if you are on my territory, no one can touch you. If you dare to touch, you must pay a price. It is not as simple as a human life."

"Just like now, you are alive and have captured your assassin alive. I have interrogated you again and the results have come out, and it's still on my territory."

"Then the person who did this will have to pay the price. If they don't pay the price, I will go to them personally to ask for it."

"But my territory on the space station is limited to this hardware store and that bar, oh, and half a repair shop, so this guy is unlucky."

After the boss finished speaking, he seemed to be lost in thought. After a while, he added: "Actually, there is another reason, that is, you are actually very special now." "Special people have accidents at times and places that should not happen." , someone also has to pay the price."

"Special people?"

"Bai Quan is a special person, because he is an imperial major general, and a very special imperial major general."

Chen Ming nodded slightly. He had just learned from the factory director what was special about Bai Quan.

"Do you know how many people died when Bai Quan was injured in an accident when the Fourteenth Army was in chaos some time ago?"

"As a reminder, there were only five people on the spaceship with Bai Quan when he had the accident."

Chen Ming thought about it for a moment and said, "I guess there are fifty."

"One hundred and thirty-two. Everyone involved in this matter needs to bear this responsibility, for their commander who was killed by Bai Quan."

Although he had almost made an estimate in advance, Chen Ming still felt that it was a bit outrageous when he heard this number.

Because these are not civilians outside, but people who definitely have military positions within the Fourteenth Legion.

"Human life is really worthless."

"It's worthless."

The boss agreed very much with Chen Ming's words, and then said, "And now you are considered a special person."

"Is that so? Is that second generation also a special person?
  "He's nothing. He's just a member of his family who took the initiative to put the duck on the shelves for their own benefit and took advantage of him."

"Those who died because of him were either idiots who participated in it, or they were poor souls who were trapped in it and couldn't escape."

"That second generation can only be regarded as a pitiful ghost."

The boss suddenly changed the subject and said, "But you or Bai Quan are different."

"You have a problem and you don't need to take revenge yourself."

"As long as you show some interest, someone will help you do what you should do."

"Like this matter now, even if I don't deal with it, someone else will help you and make the people over there pay the price."

Chen Ming asked again: "Why is this?"

"Because someone in the empire already knows about you, and your abilities are of very important value and significance to the empire."

"Some people will help you for profit, but some people will help you so that the entire human race can win the war against Yuhui."

"If I don't do this, others will do it, so I will definitely do it myself."

"There's just one thing you have to pay attention to."

"If you want to enjoy the help that others give you, you will have to pay the price in the future."

"The people in the front I just mentioned may just want you to make money for them, but for the people in the back, you may be busy."

Chen Ming nodded clearly, looked at the boss and said, "Boss."

"What's the matter?"

"You help me, what price do I have to pay?"

The boss paused for a moment, looked at Chen Ming and said, "To be honest, you have been paying the price."

"All right."

Before Chen Ming could think about what the boss meant, the boss reached out and patted Chen Ming on the shoulder.

"One day, if you really can't survive outside, there will be a lot of people on the street who will scream and keep you, give you a lot of benefits, and beg you to go to them."

"But remember to come to my place if you have a chance."

Chen Ming thought about it seriously and said, "I don't think such a day will happen."

"That would be the best."

"Okay, that's pretty much it. It's just a little spy who wants to do something unexpectedly."

"You said before that you still have something to do, right? You go and do your work. If there is anything else later, I will tell you."

Chen Ming said to this: "Actually, I planned to come find you after I found Lao Wu."

"Like this? That's okay, you say."

Chen Ming took out his "Ming" and said, "It's about psychic weapons."

"I tried it before, and it did have a good increase in my spiritual energy. When I use my spiritual energy, I can obviously feel that my mental energy consumption is reduced."

"But did you say before that you can inlay the ectoplasmic stone on it?"

The boss quickly understood what Chen Ming meant and said, "I told you before, but then you found that your ectoplasm stone was too big to embed in the gun, right?"

"Correct."

"This is easy to do. Just wrap the ectoplasm stone with your spiritual power and squeeze it."

"Spiritual stones are generally only composed of spiritual energy and ordinary stone materials, or some strange materials."

"You use your mental power to compress the spiritual energy inside it, and then wear away the ordinary materials on the outside of the stone to achieve the compression effect."

The boss took out his palm-sized Gentle Spirit Stone and exerted a huge amount of mental power on it in front of Chen Ming.

In the blink of an eye, all the water patterns outside the Gentle Spirit Stone dimmed, and the stone layer outside quickly turned into powder.

The boss blew a breath and revealed the densely patterned ectoplasm stone that had been compacted inside into a marble-sized shape.

"like this."

The boss put away the ectoplasmic stone and said: "Remember to pay attention when the time comes. The stronger the ectoplasmic stone itself, the more mental power it requires when compressed. If it cannot be compressed completely at one time, it can be obtained in multiple batches. "

"Also, during the compression process, you will also feel the properties of the spiritual stone itself for a long time. I remember that your stone has a negative effect, right? You have to pay attention to this."

The boss glanced at Chen Ming's pistol and said: "When the ectoplasm stone is affected by the psionic effect of the psionic weapon, the amplifying effect of the psionic weapon on you will be stronger because of the amplification of the ectoplasm stone."

"And the effect of the ectoplasm stone itself will also be enhanced by the influence of the psionic weapon, which affects each other."

"The ectoplasm stone can decide whether to exert an influence on the enemy or provide a bonus to yourself based on its own properties."

"If you can find more spiritual stones, it would be best to choose the right stone and get it yourself."

"Generally speaking, I think you are more suitable for adding spiritual stones to yourself. Of course, you can choose spiritual stones with negative effects for self-defense. You decide your own weapons."

"Anyway, if there is a better one, it can't be demolished."

Chen Ming listened silently and asked after digesting all the information; "Does this compression have any negative effects?"

"Have."

"What is it?"

"The ectoplasmic stone is too small and difficult to find if it is lost."

"..."

The boss smiled and said: "Just kidding, the compression of the ectoplasmic stone has no effect except consuming some of your mental energy."

"I must tell you about harmful things in advance, right? I can't give my own stone to do this."

Chen Ming nodded and said, "There is another question. Baiquan registered a psychic census network for me."

The boss waved his hand casually and said: "This website is of no use, just register it."

"This website will only be useful if you follow the official path and follow the government's path. You can just pretend it doesn't exist."

"As long as you don't go against humanity, no one will come after you."

Chen Ming silently crossed out a line on the notepad in his mind, and then said to his boss: "There is one last thing."

"It's the supply of materials you mentioned before, boss. I have to confirm with you the specific method."

Chen Ming had already agreed with his boss on the supplies he needed, and he had already said that the transportation method would be dependent on him.

However, if you want him to transport materials in large quantities over long distances, certain conditions must be met.

Chen Ming's spiritual power is not space teleportation.

Although it has a similar effect, it actually uses modification to transport materials indirectly over long distances in this way.

Therefore, Chen Ming needed some blueprints for something that could be attached to a large amount of materials to be transported without having much impact on the properties of the materials.

And when transporting materials, Chen Ming needs to concentrate the materials into the mechanical equipment he controls.

Only in this way can he influence these materials.

Just like the warehouse of the supreme spaceship, or a warehouse on the pirate space station.

The pirate space station itself is a giant mechanical device, and Chen Ming can naturally control part of it.

Of course, Chen Ming hasn't done this yet. After all, doing so is simply grabbing something and slapping the company in the face at the same time.

Chen Ming has no plans to completely break up with the company, so he definitely can't do this kind of thing.

But large-scale material transportation cannot lack mechanical equipment controlled by him.

It is impossible to say that a cruiser-level spacecraft was specially used as a material storage point for Chen Ming.

So although most things have been discussed in advance, it is best to ask the boss about such critical questions.

Chen Ming roughly explained the specific situation.

The boss was obviously a little surprised when he learned that his psychic powers were no longer limited to the spaceship, and he seemed to be very satisfied with Chen Ming's progress.

After thinking about it for a while, he said: "This is easy to handle. I can give you several warehouses in my colony for you to control. It will also be convenient for the transportation of materials to be concentrated in my colony."

"In the early stage of development, please remember to contact me regularly and tell me the situation there. If there are any problems, I can help to remedy them. If there are any defective materials, I can transfer them to you immediately."

"If you encounter anything interesting in the future, you can tell me. The universe is so big, and you will always encounter many things when you go out that you will never encounter in the empire."

Chen Ming immediately agreed: "Okay, definitely, and I have to provide the highest data regularly."

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot if you didn't tell me. I'll also send you a copy of the new guy's contact information. His name is Wang Qian."

Chen Ming registered Wang Qian, a former tachyon technology researcher, current psionic society psyker and spaceship designer in his address book.

Then he put away the terminal.

In fact, there is no need for the boss to tell me that he will definitely contact me frequently after he leaves.

In addition to the reason he just mentioned for returning data, there are actually other reasons.

Even now, Chen Ming still clearly remembers that he was unable to use hyperspace in the previous six months and could only make a lonely journey through the interstellar space through engines.

It was truly a fatal journey.

So Chen Ming knew that he had to keep in touch with other people, otherwise he would have psychological problems.

Even if those afterglow individuals accompany him.

They are not human after all.

Therefore, even if the colony develops in the future, its connection with people must not be broken.

(End of this chapter)