Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 162 Undercurrents surging
  While Chen Ming was chatting with his boss about the future supply of materials.

Near the connecting lines between the Gallo Star Domain and the other two star domains, there is a galaxy that exists independently of the surrounding star domains.

It belongs to the Star Territory Joint Theater that the Gallo Star Territory joins.

And on a volcanic planet in this galaxy.

Under a dome that insulates the planet from the extreme heat.

Inside the headquarters building of the Star Territory Joint Theater.

In the office of the lieutenant general who had a conflict with Chen Ming.

Except the Lieutenant General is here.

There is also Zhang Feng, who was previously the deputy of the second generation who was shot dead by Baiquan, and actually commanded the fleet of the Fourteenth Legion.

And, the middle-aged woman who went to see the psychic in person to check whether Chen Ming was still alive.

The lieutenant general and the middle-aged woman sat around the coffee table in the office, while Zhang Feng stood behind the lieutenant general.

On the coffee table in front of them lay a paper record of what happened an hour ago, as well as a list of the personnel they had just lost.

The lieutenant general stretched out his index finger and tapped the erased personnel records on the terminal, and said to the middle-aged woman: "Tao Ying, do you still plan to continue at this time?"

"We are almost in a period of liquidation now, and there are still people under our command who are acting without permission, making us very passive."

The middle-aged woman, Tao Ying, was obviously ready to argue with the lieutenant general and said, "There will be no chance from now on."

"We have previously obtained information about the president of the Psychic Association. His location is in another galaxy close to the Gallo Star Field."

"The purpose of his trip has been determined to recruit a new psyker with tachyon technology, but after completing this, he did not leave, but was still waiting for someone."

"There is only one person he is waiting for at this location right now, and that is Chen Ming, who has just returned to the Xinda Company pirate space station in the past few days."

The lieutenant general waved his hand and said: "I know this, you don't need to repeat it to me."

"But you don't know that because of this incident, I have already deployed manpower on the hyperspace route to the president of the Psionic Society in the Gallo Star Region, and at the edge of that galaxy, ready to intercept Chen Ming."

Tao Ying placed several documents on the coffee table and pushed them to the lieutenant general.

The document contained exactly the arrangements she had made before.

"But just now, the president of the Psionic Association suddenly left by boat and canceled his meeting with Chen Ming."

"There is only one possible reason for this situation. The news that we were preparing to intercept halfway was leaked."

"We have an internal problem, and someone provided information to Chen Ming."

"No, it can't be said that it was provided to Chen Ming."

"Chen Ming's identity has been completely wiped out. He is just an ordinary person who was born as an orphan. He has no connections and only relies on his spiritual power to get up."

"Someone else must be helping him."

"Bai Quan, or Wu An."

"Just because they are here, as long as we continue to delay, it will be even less possible for us to kill Chen Ming."

"But Bai Quan needs to leave recently to attend his lieutenant general promotion ceremony. The response of the Fourteenth Army Corps staying here will be very slow."

"Chen Ming is protected only by Wu An. It is better for us to take action than when Wu An and Bai Quan are protecting him at the same time."

The lieutenant general persuaded again: "You have already told me that your news has been leaked, and Chen Ming has already taken precautions. Is this a good opportunity?"

Tao Ying obviously had no intention of giving up easily, and said, "Did you see those two ships at the Pirate Space Station?"

"A glorious afterglow, a new ship with an unknown name. Judging from its appearance, it is definitely an exploration ship."

"Chen Ming is very likely to leave the empire and go somewhere else. This is our last chance."

The lieutenant general suddenly took a photo on the table of Supreme Point just entering the space station dock.

"I received news when the ship first arrived at the space station. It was the design of the new psyker who joined the psionic society. It was obviously going to be taken to the Fringe Star Territory for testing."

"And Chen Ming has no reason to sail out for exploration now. This ship is temporarily used to transport Chen Ming to the president of the Psychic Association."

Tao Ying sneered: "You said the same thing last time that Chen Ming was dead."

The lieutenant general's face darkened and he said, "Then let's take it as your say. What are you going to do?"

"He is staying on the space station. Who knows when he will leave?"

"If he insists on waiting until the Baiquan promotion ceremony is completed and returns here before setting off, can you kill him when the Fourteenth Legion can jump to support at any time?"

"The two cruisers will jump away when he arrives. Do you still dare to follow the jump traces?"

"And you can guarantee that Bai Quan will not come to help him disturb the jump traces? What are you going to chase?"

Seeing that Lieutenant General Tao Ying showed signs of relenting, he explained: "So I have no intention of tracking him later. I want to force him out."

"You want to go to the space station? It's still reasonable for us to kill Chen Ming outside the space station before Wu An can react."

"You just crossed the line by going to the space station. Do you think we haven't suffered enough today?"

"Unless you want to bring about the revenge of another psyker on us, this must not be done."

"And besides Wu An's revenge, you might as well consider the revenge of those who have taken a fancy to Chen Ming's psychic abilities after we killed Chen Ming."

"He is no longer the Chen Ming who just escaped from the mining space station. He is not so easy to kill."

Tao Ying obviously had an idea and said: "Chen Ming has not yet controlled a battleship, and his abilities have not yet fully matured."

"Kill him now. We can afford the retaliation. As long as we can regain the relationship lost due to Chen Ming, we will have the capital to make a comeback."

The lieutenant general continued to pour cold water on him: "Then Wu An came to the door."

"Even if a psyker has violated an extremely serious law, as long as he has not crossed the real bottom line and is against humanity, the empire will not pursue it too closely."

"Other forces can also recruit him and provide him with a protective umbrella."

"What's more, Wu An is originally a member of the psychic association. Such a loose force does not restrict members from joining other organizations."

"Their internal members also have personal relationships. Who knows which psyker has a good relationship with which psyker among them in private? They can mess with several of them."

"What's more, there are only a few of us here, and it doesn't mean that the entire war zone is of the same mind as us."

"Retaliation would be very troublesome, so we shouldn't take action against Chen Ming."

Tao Ying didn't expect the lieutenant general's change of attitude so quickly, so he could only continue with a sullen face: "My previous preparations cannot be wasted."

"And like you said, it's really hard for us to take action on the space station, but Wu An can't come to the theater headquarters to take action against us."

"And there is no need for us to do it ourselves and let others bear Wu An's revenge."

"Then we must sacrifice people with enough weight before we can be picked out."

Tao Ying clicked on the terminal in front of him, displayed a person's file on it, and pushed it to the lieutenant general.

"Li De, this person is important enough. Let him contact Zuo Jing to provide them with funding and ask Zuo Jing to help us do things."

"Left path?"

"Chen Ming once had a conflict with Zuo Jing."

The lieutenant general waved his hand and said: "I know, when Zuo Jing attacked the capital of the Gallo Star Territory before."

"Even if Zuo Jing forces someone out, Wu An will definitely be able to react."

"After the fleet has passed, we still have to deal with Wu An's problem. What are your plans?"

"You have already seen the fate of the Afterglow Fleet that followed Chen Ming to the Pirate Space Station a few days ago."

Tao Ying placed the teacup that had just been put to her mouth heavily on the coffee table, making a crisp sound.

"Of course I saw it, but I also know that the people in the Psychic Association are not monolithic. Some people also hate him. Isn't that what we did last time?"

"Last time there was Sky Steel, what do you have this time?"

"We still don't have anything to ask the psykers to do?"

The lieutenant general rubbed his temples, suddenly exhaled and said, "Whatever you want."

"Then it's settled. Within two days, I will see Chen Ming forced out of the space station and sinking in space with his ship."

The lieutenant general warned for the last time: "After this, no matter whether we succeed or not, we must hibernate, and some external assets that could have been collected must also be given up. This is considered a price."

Tao Ying nodded and closed several files open on the terminal.

The wallpaper of her terminal desktop was revealed to be photos of the life of the second generation Tang Shi who was once killed by Bai Quan.

After seeing this photo, Tao Ying suddenly said hysterically: "It doesn't matter what the price is, I want Chen Ming to die!"

The lieutenant general shook his head invisibly.

Next to him, Zhang Feng, who had not said a word the whole time, was expressionless and his eyes were blank.

He had just seen the contents of that file. Li De, who was selected by Lieutenant General and Tao Ying, was a major general.

But in a few casual words from the two lieutenant generals, he was sentenced to death.

And before he died, he got into trouble with Zuo Jing.

He wondered if he would ever have such a day.

But he didn't show it, and he didn't dare to show it.

I can only think silently and alone.

Time flies.

Two hours passed quickly.

Chen Ming and his boss have already made plans for future material transportation.

Chen Ming only needs to send a gamma-level core to the boss's colony.

When the time comes, with the help of the gamma core to help control, there is no need for Chen Ming to make a trip in person.

Just before, Chen Ming took a few gamma cores with him when he ran out of Yuhui, which was very convenient.

And after leaving from the boss.

Chen Ming ran directly to the management office.

The fifth floor of the Administration Bureau is a specialized hospital, and Lao Wu's ward is here.

Originally, when Chen Ming heard that Lao Wu was hospitalized, he thought something had happened to Lao Wu. For example, he was hit by a stray bullet or ricochet before he built the second power armor.

As a result, the doctor handed him the examination report as soon as he came over.
  You can see that the doctor has basically checked Lao Wu's body from top to bottom, and there are no problems except that he drank too much and damaged his liver.

Moreover, with current technology, it is easy to treat alcohol-induced liver damage, and the doctor also prepared medicine for Lao Wu.

But Lao Wu just used this excuse to lie in the hospital and didn't want to go out.

Then the doctor hinted to Chen Ming that there was nothing wrong with Lao Wu and that he should get Lao Wu away quickly.

Chen Ming didn't know what to say, so he responded vaguely to the doctor and opened the door to Lao Wu's ward.

"Old Wu, how are you?"

Old Wu, who was sitting on the hospital bed and watching videos, immediately collapsed, looking like he might die suddenly at any time.

Chen Ming ignored this performance and slapped Old Wu on the shoulder. Then an exoskeleton power arm appeared directly on his arm and lifted Old Wu up.

"Stop pretending. If you keep pretending, I'll go find the factory director."

"Don't." Old Wu got up quickly.

Chen Ming shook his head uncontrollably and said, "I heard from the factory director that you should come over and take a look when you are hospitalized. It turns out that you are just faking it. Get out now and don't waste medical resources."

"The sky is very bright in this hospital every day. There is no waste. If I don't live there, it would be a waste."

Although Old Wu said this, he stood up honestly and seemed not to stay any longer.

After Chen Ming finished speaking, he looked around the ward and asked, "Where's the power armor?"

"I left it at the bar, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to take the ambulance here in this outfit. I asked the people at the bar to help take it to the dock. It should be at the warehouse where we usually stockpile goods."

"You can definitely see it when you look back."

Of course Chen Ming can see it, and he can dismantle the power armor and recycle those materials at any time.

However, when he mentions the power armor under his control now, it is definitely not to know where the power armor is, nor to get it back, but for other things.

Chen Ming said directly to Lao Wu: "I gave you that set of power armor to keep you safe."

"Although the assassination before the war zone was aimed at me, it may not be the next time. You can take it, and this thing is not valuable to me."

"Also, don't do anything about the pirate bounties yourself from now on, leave it to others."

"You need to find a way to arrange for someone you can trust, as long as it's someone who can get the money and won't run away with it."

There are basically two rewards from fighting pirates, the pirates' bounty and the ships they sail.

The ship Chen Ming can sail back directly, as long as his fleet brings an engineering ship and a gamma core.

In other words, sending pirates to collect bounties is the only thing that really requires people to do it.

It is not necessarily safe for Lao Wu to stay on the space station now because of Chen Ming, let alone go to other places.

Although the boss just said that the assassination was carried out by the people under the war zone in a fit of enthusiasm.

But the response from the war zone was so fast, Chen Ming was still not sure whether the high-level leaders of the war zone were involved.

So it's best to hold back and give Old Wu some means to save his life.

But Old Wu himself had to be careful, otherwise it would be as if he didn't have the power armor if he didn't have time to wear it.

Moreover, Chen Ming also planned to arrange something for the factory director to use for self-defense, but he had to talk about it the next time they met.

Old Wu naturally accepted Chen Ming's gift.

He immediately sent a message to the bar, saying with "I am very happy" written all over his face: "This is no problem, and I am always afraid of death, don't worry."

"Well, you'd better keep the terminal I gave you with you. If anything happens, contact me."

"I came here to talk to you about this. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Walk slowly."

Chen Ming turned around and walked out of the ward.

But as soon as he went out, he suddenly turned back and looked into the ward and said, "I have already sent the news to the factory director that you are fine. If you don't want the factory director to come looking for you, just leave as soon as possible."

After Chen Ming went out, Lao Wu suddenly stiffened when he lay down on the hospital bed. He clicked his tongue and began to change out of his hospital gown.

Then Chen Ming left with peace of mind and walked in the corridor of the hospital, continuing to think about what he would do next.

There are still too many things to deal with in these two days.

But if we don't finish all the matters, it would be really terrible if we have to turn back if we set off.

He would rather spend more time on these things than come back to make up for it later.

So Chen Ming's next plan is to find Bai Quan, who also has a lot of things to deal with.

It just so happened that it was almost time now, and it was about time that Bai Quan could rest.

Just after Chen Ming confirmed his idea, the elevator of the building in front of him arrived at his floor.

Chen Ming was stopped just as he was about to walk in.

The elevator was full of people, and they were all guards from the administration.

They were surrounded by a fat figure, the Director.

The guard who stopped Chen Ming said to Chen Ming: "Sorry, it's full. Please sit down."

Chen Ming is not wearing protective clothing now, just casual clothes and a mask.

He was wearing attire that was common in hospitals, so he wasn't recognized.

Chen Ming nodded silently and stepped aside.

Is this director so cowardly now?

Chen Ming suddenly felt a little funny and pressed the button of another elevator.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the director seemed to be carrying his computer with him.

Previously, Chen Ming asked the micro-robot to leave some scattered parts in the director's computer, taking this opportunity to determine the location of the computer.

Why does he carry a computer with him?
  Chen Ming did not look at the elevator that was not completely closed yet.

Instead, he paid attention to the director's position while waiting for another elevator to arrive.

At the same time, he also activated the micro-robot he left in the director's office.

Chen Ming looked around through the robot and found that the office seemed to have been tidied up in a hurry.

The entire office was a bit messy and quite empty.

Aren't you going to run away?

Chen Ming immediately hacked into the management office through the back door left earlier.

Through the elevator monitoring, it can be seen that in the elevator where the director is riding, the only thing on the elevator button that is lit is the top floor, not the floor where the director's office is.

Chen Ming immediately relied on the Trojan horse program that he had left in the director's computer and was transferred into his terminal without the director's attention.

I looked through the director's terminal data.

Inside, Chen Ming found a document that he had just edited.

This is the Director's schedule for the future.

He planned to take his cruise ship and leave the space station under the escort of the Administration, on the grounds that he would go home to visit relatives.

The reason is not important, what is important is that the director really plans to run away.

It's just that his cruise ship had always been used only by the director occasionally to rest, so it only maintained a very low level of ship status, and it was impossible to conduct interstellar voyages.

So the ship needs another day of maintenance to keep the ship in normal condition.

The director may not be afraid of Chen Ming, but he plans to live outside in advance. As soon as the boat is repaired, he will run away.

Then Chen Ming has nothing to say.

Originally, if he was in the bureau, Chen Ming would have to think of ways to kill the director.

But if it is on a spaceship, Chen Ming can make people die without knowing how.

Moreover, he has been carrying a few gamma-level cores with him recently, so it couldn't be easier to control a spaceship quietly.

Chen Ming followed the elevator to the outside of the administration building.

I randomly found an alley outside and built a micro-robot equipped with a gamma core.

Chen Ming's task for the microrobot was simple: go to the dock, find the cruise ship, and control it.

He is an employee of the repair shop, so it is too easy to contact a ship under maintenance.

Just at this time, a shuttle boat flew out from the top of the building, and the person on it should be the director.

But since he already had a plan, Chen Ming didn't care at all.

The director's matter can be considered settled.

Chen Mingze returned to the highest point all the way.

After finishing lunch, Chen Ming contacted Bai Quan.

The communication is connected.

"Hey?"

Bai Quan's tone of greeting was full of exhaustion, but it seemed to make him very excited, as if there was something happy that made him so tired.

So Chen Ming asked casually: "Are you okay?"

"It's good. I'm just a little busy these days with official duties, and I have to prepare to attend a promotion ceremony later."

"Promotion ceremony? Yours?"

"Correct."

"You're going to become a lieutenant general, right?

"Correct."

"By the way, how old are you?"

"Thirty-four."

"Is there a younger lieutenant general?"

"Yes or yes."

Although he said this, Bai Quan still looked in a good mood and explained: "In the early days of the empire's development, there were many more opportunities than now, and promotions were faster at that time."

"But you should be relatively rare now, right? Congratulations. When you are free, I will discuss something with you."

Bai Quan said with a heavy tone and an obvious smile: "Thanks to you, I was able to rise so quickly, so if you have something to do, I will be free anytime, just now."

"Then let's do it now. We have a lot of things to deal with between us."

"it is good."

Chen Ming flipped through the notepad in his mind.

However, he did not rush to get straight to the point. Instead, he mentioned other things first: "By the way, has there been any movement in the war zone recently?"

Bai Quan recalled for a moment and said, "I haven't noticed any movement from them recently."

"Maybe it's because of your relationship that they suffered heavy losses. Not only is Sky Steel gone, but a lot of their partners have fled."

"And they said you were dead but you are still alive, and your credit has basically been lost, and you basically can't make a splash."

"But I can't guarantee that I won't have any thoughts about you. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it's still possible that I want to mess with you."

"No action on the surface, right?"

"This is definitely not the case. I have been paying attention to them."

"Row."

Chen Ming agreed and said, "Then let's talk about what happened before, let's start with the earliest thing."

"What we talked about at the beginning about Cheng Xinghe."

(End of this chapter)