Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 259 Clues
play cards?

Chen Ming turned his chair and looked at the person who had just spoken to him.

There was someone missing at his table. He just opened the door and went out not knowing what he was doing.

Although playing cards is a bit of a waste of time for Chen Ming now,

But he has nothing to do now.

The research on office equipment is almost done.

As long as he has the opportunity to wander around the office twice, Chen Ming can directly use the materials on hand to transform the equipment that receives and responds to distress signals into equipment that seals the signal of the entire space station.

But this alone is not enough. Chen Ming also needs to conduct a more in-depth investigation of this space station.

But now he has also made it clear that metallic liquid cannot penetrate the silent alloy, and destroying the silent alloy film will also lead to unpredictable results.

If he wanted to conduct a more in-depth investigation, he would either directly choose violent means, find other ways to infiltrate, or rely on his relationships with insiders here.

But even so, Chen Ming is still not sure. Uncle Mao has noticed that there are left paths on this space station but it is difficult to leave, so he chose to ask him, an outsider, for help? Or is it a leftist temptation?

But now that Lou Wei has happened, the dimensional infection has occurred, and the president can provide clues about the Caimo Star Territory in real time, Chen Ming can use these clues to connect the two sides and let An Wuping used a reasonable identity and reason to participate in the affairs of Caimo Star Territory.

How many left paths are there on the space station, and how many ordinary people are there?

Playing cards is obviously a way to get closer.

When Chen Ming reached out to shake his hand away, the paper ball had already appeared in Chen Ming's hand.

It doesn't have to be a particularly good relationship, as long as it's the kind of relationship where you can be alone for a while without being suspected.

It was time for lunch, and the card game ended accordingly.

But there is one question that Chen Ming is still unclear about: whether these people in the office are leftists and whether they can enter the space station.

Then Chen Ming must first look for valuable clues from this space station, a clue that can connect An Wuping and the president's clues.

Therefore, at this time, a peaceful approach is obviously more appropriate than a violent approach.

Chen Ming grew up like this because of An Wuping, while the others grew up like this because they lost too much.

No need to take it out, just use the metal liquid to see what's on it.

"Young man is quite wise."

That's why Chen Ming is now unsure about the personnel distribution of this space station.

There were only three words on it, "Take me away."

It can only be said that if Lou Wei's death had not happened, the situation might be a little different. After An Wuping arrived at the space station, he might have directly used violent means to clean up the leftist elements on the space station.

Chen Ming was 100% sure that this space station was directly connected to Zuo Jing. As a clue related to Zuo Jing that he had only grasped after the conflict with Zuo Jing for so long, there was no way he could cut it off so easily.

Chen Ming reached out and pressed on the pocket of his clothes.

Everyone has a tense face.

Find ways to enter the interior of the space station through your relationship with the space station personnel.

The only person who won was Chen Ming.

It's normal for a psyker's brain to produce such results.

But what if?
So Chen Ming only thought about it for a moment before standing up from in front of the equipment.

After saying this word, Chen Ming took out a few packs of cigarettes from his pocket and distributed them to several people present.

The Psychic Power and the Queen's abilities can be used on An Wuping at will. As long as he can have individual contact with people, Chen Ming has various ways to obtain other people's genes.

He can only choose the latter two.

The violent method had just been rejected by Chen Ming in his heart.

He even now has some doubts that the staff on the periphery of the space station are probably ordinary people, and only the inside are all leftist elements.

When Uncle Mao put his hand on his shoulder and begged him to take over so he could play cards, he hid something in his hand. The touch of this thing was obvious, it was a ball of paper.

Others in the office took the cigarettes one after another and asked Chen Ming to sit down.

"beat."

Although gambling depends on luck, it also depends on calculation ability.

Because his goal in coming to this space station is no longer to destroy, but to find clues,

Two hours later.

Chen Ming doesn't smoke himself, but it's very unusual for An Wuping, a security mercenary, not to smoke.

With the genes, Chen Ming can naturally disguise himself as them and enter the interior of the space station.

If you want to penetrate the space station, it is obviously not possible to rely on metallic liquid alone. No other suitable penetration method can be thought of for the time being.

Because Uncle Mao's behavior just now raised a huge question mark in his eyes.

So Chen Ming specially prepared some, and the brand was also very good.

It seems that Chen Ming only has the third method left to use.

So Chen Ming was a little doubtful whether the people sitting in the office had the authority to enter the space station.

It's just that other people are a little unhappy.

However, Chen Ming now has an An Wuping face, a fierce look, and a very tall figure. This means that no one dares to say anything, but they feel a little uncomfortable.

One watchman was left, and the others greeted each other and went to the canteen.

When he walked into the cafeteria, although he already knew the rules, Chen Ming still asked knowingly: "Do I have to spend my own money here?"

"Of course, and it's not cheap."

"Then today is my treat, you can eat as much as you like."

Several people who came out of the office together instantly let out a small burst of cheers, and the tense expressions on their faces melted instantly. They all enthusiastically patted Chen Ming on the back and dispersed.

Now it looks like they are just a group of ordinary idle employees.

Except for them, Chen Ming felt that almost everyone he had come into contact with on the entire space station seemed like normal people, not left-wingers.

Although it is actually a good thing that Zuo Jing is not around, the current situation is not a good thing for Chen Ming's thoughts.

How could he enter the space station without the left path?

Of course, Chen Ming was still somewhat uncertain in his heart.

So in the process of settling lunch, he decided to give it a try.

Chen Ming returned to the office with others soon after.

In addition to equipment and several tables for playing cards, the office also has a display screen connected to a communication base station, which can play various programs.

Chen Ming did not join the game again, but sat in front of the device and turned his chair, holding the remote control in his hand and switching programs at will.

Soon, Chen Ming cut the program to a news program, which was playing a piece of news from other star regions.

"On May 5602, 5 in the Gregorian calendar, the leftist elements entrenched in the industrial colony of the Qiyun Galaxy in the Sullun-2 star sector in the Sullun star field were completely annihilated by the local government and the army. The number of leftist elements arrested exceeded 6. The following is Please read the reports sent back by local reporters.”

The place where the news was currently being broadcast was the two colonies that Chen Ming had just acquired.

However, the location of these two colonies and this matter were some distance away from where Chen Ming was now, so the people in the office basically didn't pay attention when they heard the place names in front of them.

Except for one person, Chen Ming remembered that this person seemed to be called Brother Shi by others.

When he heard that the left diameter of his arrest was more than 80,000, his arm suddenly stiffened when he touched the card.

Chen Ming's attention at this time was all on the people in the office, so he easily noticed such a small movement.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't show much other than discovering this, and continued to switch the program channels pretending to be casual.

Soon, the program on the display screen was switched to the local travel channel, which happened to be playing an interview about the development of the tourism planet.

The interviewee was the official who had just arrived at the space station in the morning, Ye Lirong.

This time, the person who appeared on the screen attracted the attention of everyone playing cards nearby.

"Isn't this the one who just came to our place?"

"They also talked about developing a tourist planet. We have been here for so long and we haven't seen anything interesting on the planet below. It's boring."

"I think they're cheating me out of money again."

After a few comments, everyone went back to playing cards.

Chen Ming also looked a little bored and switched channels.

Only Brother Shi's eyes froze on the display screen just now, and then glanced at Chen Ming again, with an indescribable vigilance.

Chen Ming continued to switch programs here and there, and finally switched back to the news channel.

The news channel is still playing the news just now.

The person speaking on the screen at this time was the person in charge of the military whom Chen Ming had met before.

He was describing the results of the operation.

At the same time, Chen Ming once again noticed that Brother Shi suddenly took a heavy breath, but he immediately adjusted it back and could not see the slightest difference.

But since there have been three anomalies, Brother Shi's behavior must not be a coincidence.

The people playing cards together were so focused on the game that they couldn't tell, but Chen Ming, who had been silently observing from the side, could see it clearly.

Chen Ming suddenly turned off the screen, shook his head and said, "It's all rubbish, nothing interesting to watch."

Someone who was playing cards immediately echoed: "Nonsense, I see you're bored, why don't you come and play for a while?"

The person next to me immediately cursed: "You want to run away after winning?"

"how come……"

Chen Ming waved his hand at the person who spoke to him and said, "It's okay, you guys fight, I'll go take a look at my spaceship."

Uncle Mao suddenly said: "It won't be fixed so soon." "I just took a look."

Chen Ming said something, looked across Uncle Mao's eyes, and then walked out of the office.

Just as he stepped out of the office, some metallic liquid suddenly appeared on the soles of his shoes and seeped into the office floor.

Then it gradually penetrated the entire office, seeped under Scott's seat, and stuck to the soles of his shoes.

No one noticed this.

Chen Ming ran to the maintenance site by familiar routes.

After staring at the spacecraft for a while, he bypassed the robot and looked for a few tools on the tattered spacecraft. He also removed some usable materials from the damaged parts that had been removed by the robot.

Then he squatted next to the equally worn-out Ju Yong power armor that he had passed on, and pretended to maintain the power armor.

Soon, just as Chen Ming thought, Uncle Mao also appeared at the maintenance station under the hint from his eyes just now.

Chen Ming didn't make any extra moves. He just reached out and patted his clothes, as if dusting them.

But Uncle Mao knew that Chen Ming was taking pictures of the note he had just quietly slipped into Chen Ming's hand.

Chen Ming did not turn around. He just moved the tools towards the power armor in the corner and said, "I just checked. The monitoring system at the maintenance site does not have recording. What do you mean?"

Uncle Mao looked around, and after confirming that no one was nearby, his expression relaxed slightly and said, "I want to wait until your spaceship is repaired and take me away with you."

"You may not know this, but this space station is not a place where people can stay for long."

"I'm afraid you'll get involved if you talk too much. Just go and take me with you. As long as you're not here, you can just find a place to put me down. I won't drag you down."

Chen Ming did not agree immediately: "Why should I take you away if you don't make it clear?"

"Hey."

Uncle Mao gritted his teeth and said as if he had made up a lot of determination: "I'm telling you, listen carefully, but be mentally prepared first and don't make any obvious moves."

"On this space station, everything is a left path."

Chen Ming's hand movements stopped for a moment, not because of Zuo Jing's news.

It's because he is now basically certain that Uncle Mao is indeed an ordinary person.

Because the managers of the space station are absolutely leftist and cannot escape.

The management staff came over and told Uncle Mao that the outsider Chen Ming should leave as soon as possible.

Uncle Mao did indeed explain this to Chen Ming, and said what the management asked him to say.

So this means that Zuo Jing really treats him as an ordinary person who had to come here because of an accident.

Even if Uncle Mao is actually a Zuo Jing element, this is really just to test Chen Ming's intentions. There is no need to tell Zuo Jing directly. After all, if Chen Ming didn't come here specifically to target Zuo Jing, it would only be There are branches out there for no reason.

It's not necessary at all.

So Chen Ming can be sure that Uncle Mao is really an ordinary person.

Of course, Chen Ming couldn't show Uncle Mao that he already knew about Zuo Jing, so he just asked Uncle Mao, "What about you? What are you?"

"I'm just an ordinary person trying to escape."

"Then why are you here?"

"Because I was lied to."

Uncle Mao looked around and explained to Chen Ming in a low voice: "I have heard a piece of news before."

"It is true that Zuo Jing wanted the entire space station to be composed of Zuo Jing elements. It will definitely not work at the beginning, but they can recruit people and slowly spread the word."

"There are more and more people behind us. There are so many places on the space station, so we have to move people out of the left path."

"If this person moves out, he will have to recruit new people. There is no point in recruiting those who believe in Zuo Jing. People who do not believe in Zuo Jing will definitely be recruited."

"Then you have to train them to work after you've been summoned, and you have to teach them after training. When the number of people in the back is full, you have to send them away. It would be too troublesome to do this."

"So Zuojie changed its policy later."

"Technical positions that are more difficult to train, and some less important positions that require communication with outsiders, are left to ordinary people who don't believe in left-wing methods."

"For example, I and several other people in the office can use us as shields when necessary."

"I thought I had found a good job just a few days after I came here, but I felt something was wrong after just a few days."

Uncle Mao felt a little scared when he talked about Zuo Jing, and said to Chen Ming extremely anxiously: "So we will leave when your spaceship is repaired. Don't get involved."

"I think you are only in your thirties at most, and you still have a lot of life to live. Don't go up there to report the crime or anything like that. Don't waste your time. Don't get involved with Zuo Jing. Just run away."

Uncle Mao quickly explained to Chen Ming, and then quickly turned his head again to observe the surroundings. It could be seen that he was indeed very nervous.

"I've given you information. You can take me away now, please."

Chen Ming still didn't give a clear response and asked, "Why do you know so much detail?"

"Because I have a fellow countryman who came here with me. He felt something was wrong with this place when he first came here. He told me what he just said and said he wanted to leave."

"But just a few days after he said that, he had an accident while doing field work and disappeared. He has not been found yet."

"It's been almost three years. Just because of him, I still dare not leave directly."

"What field service?"

"Clean up approaching asteroids."

Chen Ming frowned slightly. He knew that there were small weapons and traction devices on the outer surface of the space station for cleaning asteroids. There was no need to use manpower to do the work.

I'm afraid the field mission is just an excuse.

I'm afraid Uncle Mao's fellow countrymen are gone.

But Chen Ming still did not agree clearly. Instead, he continued: "It's hard for me to believe you. I want more substantial evidence."

Uncle Mao took a deep breath and said, "If you look at the equipment in our office, you can see outside the space station, right?"

For such a device that receives emergency signals and calls for help from the spacecraft, it is strange that it cannot see the outside.

Seeing that Chen Ming didn't speak, Uncle Mao took it as Chen Ming's acquiescence, and then said: "Every night at midnight, a spaceship leaves the space station. I will find a reason in a few days to ask you to help take over the night shift. You can see it with your own eyes." You will know the corners of the spaceship."

Chen Ming actually believed that Uncle Mao was an ordinary person, so as long as there were no logical flaws in what he said, Chen Ming could basically believe it.

Especially for this kind of spacecraft to set sail in the middle of the night, it is really strange.

But Chen Ming still has a question: "Why do you believe I can save you? Don't tell me what you look like."

Uncle Mao gave a bitter smile: "To be honest, I'm really afraid of you, but I have no choice but to seek medical treatment in a hurry. No outsiders will come to this ghost place for several years. I can only rely on is you."

As Chen Ming said, he was clearly pretending to be a good person, so how could he be remembered as a good person every day?

"I remember you said that I was the first person you saved in half a year. What about going forward?"

Uncle Mao immediately recalled the previous situation, and a trace of fear suddenly flashed in his eyes: "Last time, there was a distress signal from the nearby hyperspace, and I was the one who brought the person back. I was disturbed by the virtual spirit in the hyperspace and rushed like you. After entering the clouds, a total of seven or eight people survived, and the final injury was only a broken arm. "

"Then they all died. It was said that the air pressure of the spacecraft leaked. They didn't have time to put on protective clothing. They all had internal injuries. They all died of the air pressure disease."

"The higher ups asked me to get rid of the spaceship."

"Do you know how scared I was?"

"I'm afraid that after I finish dealing with the spacecraft, I will be the next one to be dealt with."

"Fortunately not, but I'm still afraid. I don't dare to do anything. I haven't been back home for several years. I only have a little money left every month for eating and playing cards. The rest is all sent back."

"So please, let me go back."

Uncle Mao's voice had a hint of crying.

Chen Ming was silent for a moment and said: "Let me think about it. If you escape and are discovered, we will all be dead. Maybe it will be safer for you to stay here."

"No, I feel like there's something wrong with my brain these days."

"I have been here for a few years. Although I have always told myself that Zuo Jing is crazy, sometimes when I watch the news, at that time, I even felt that Zuo Jing was right. After a while, I woke up and I just feel like there’s something wrong with my brain.”

"I have to go. I can't stay any longer. If I stay any longer, I..."

Uncle Mao swallowed and did not dare to continue.

Hearing this, Chen Ming suddenly thought of the conjecture raised by Bai Quan that Zuo Jing had the ability to brainwash. I am afraid that this matter is as real as Zuo Jing's dimensional infection.

But the purpose of Chen Ming's visit this time was not to save people, but to investigate Zuo Jing's clues.

Now there is a clue, it is the spaceship that Uncle Mao mentioned.

So Chen Ming still didn't reply, but just said: "The spacecraft will be repaired for another week. I will reply to you on the sixth day at the latest. At least let me see the evidence, right?"

Uncle Mao immediately began to adjust his emotions and said: "Okay, then you go back first, otherwise the deputy general manager may come to us."

"Where are the others? How many are like you?"

Uncle Mao's eyes flashed with hesitation and struggle.

After a moment he shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Time passed in the blink of an eye and it was night.

Chen Ming still treated people in the same office to a meal as he did at noon.

Then he was the first to finish eating and the first to return to the dormitory arranged by Uncle Mao.

I live with a few people from the distress signal management office.

Since Chen Ming is just an outsider, at least on his first night at the space station, it is definitely impossible for him to help on duty.

So there was no need for Chen Ming to go to the office and he lay down on the bed in the dormitory to rest early.

But just as he closed his eyes, his attention was entirely focused on the metallic liquid that he had separated and stuck to the soles of Shi Ge's shoes.

Just when Chen Ming turned his attention to these metallic liquids.

He happened to see Brother Shi come out of the cafeteria and walk towards the inner area of ​​the space station.

(End of this chapter)