Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 284 Assassination, Framing

after an hour.

Only Qian Mian was left in the basement of Zuo Jing's stronghold.

He checked the time, picked up the terminal, found An Wuping's number and dialed it.

"Go to the port, we're ready to go."

A colony's port is usually on a space station connected to the ground by a space elevator.

Chen Ming took some time and took the elevator to the space station.

As soon as he entered the port area of ​​the space station, someone from Zuojia came over to take Chen Ming to a civilian destroyer, and also sent Chen Ming all the way to the captain's cabin of the spacecraft.

Qianmian is not here at this time, but there is a lighted terminal on the table next to him, and Qianmian is displayed on it.

Chen Ming picked up the terminal and asked Qianmian, "What are you doing?"

"But because of this, I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to stimulate him so that his violent disorder can at least show some early symptoms. This will make it easier for me to use the recipient's spiritual energy to induce it,"

"That's fine."

"And when the recipient came last time, there should be almost enough seeds left behind, right?"

What exactly does Zuo Jing want to do?
At this time, Qian Mian also hung up the video call with the terminal on the spacecraft and stood up from the bench in the park in front of the government department.

When the effect of the psychic energy fluctuations had fully taken effect, he pressed the button of a miniature monitoring device on his shoulder.

Although you can probably tell from the background that Qianmian is now a place with abundant green plants in the city.

The terminal immediately responded: "Yes, he said that the seeds have taken root and can sprout at any time."

Chen Ming immediately rushed to the command room, but all the leftists here just lowered their heads and silently operated the spacecraft, and no one answered his questions.

In his pocket, he crushed the gray-green glass beads that had been condensed through the psychic energy fluctuations scattered in daily life in the past few days.

Qian Mian let out a long breath: "By the way, I plan to take this opportunity to stimulate An Wuping."

Qian Mian did not respond, but suddenly stretched out his hand and broke the security guard's neck in astonishment.

Qian Mian could feel his physical fitness increasing.

The problem is still the same, Qian Mian cannot leave any iron atoms on his body.

"What do you want to do?"

"it is good."

Through the slight corner of the government building exposed among the large green plants in front, Chen Ming finally saw that Qian Mian was standing in the large park at the moment.

"What do you want to do?"

On the spaceship that had just left the port, the terminal that Chen Ming had just put aside suddenly lit up.

Therefore, Chen Ming is not sure yet what Qianmian is doing and what he wants to do.

Qian Mian just remained silent and walked step by step to the door of the government department.

"The news must be accurate. Cai Mo's Star Territory Chief was placed here by the Fifth Legion. Hong Mo-1's Star Territory Chief is actually a fake."

"I know that the effect of that medicine is indeed very good. I haven't seen An Wuping affected by violent disorder for a long time. I can't influence him with the recipient's spiritual energy."

Due to viewing angle issues, Chen Ming couldn't see Qianmian at this time, but from the direction he was facing, he could tell that Qianmian was probably going to do something big next.

"Go and see the scenery."

Some doubts came from the terminal: "You said before that he has been in good condition recently, and it is not a suitable time to influence him."

In a deserted corner of the park.

"You'll find out soon enough"

Suddenly, Chen Ming felt a slight vibration around him.

"Why did you sail?"

Qianmian's appearance gradually changed into that of An Wuping, and his height gradually matched An Wuping's.

"Call me here. Are you watching the scenery by yourself? Or are you going to broadcast something to me in real time?"

The piercing siren immediately sounded from in front of the government department,

He immediately looked outside alertly.

Immediately, a security guard came forward and asked Qianmian to stop: "What do you want? The government departments are under martial law recently. If you don't have anything important, please wait until the place is opened again."

But where exactly, and trying to track him down is still impossible.

Chen Ming watched the screen dim and the Qianmian figure disappear from the terminal, and his heart suddenly sank.

Of course Chen Ming's question will not be answered by Qianmian.

He contacted another person and said: "The person has left, we can start. I hope the news is accurate."

Chen Ming's eyes swept across the command room.

"You'll know soon. You stay on the boat first. I'll be there later."

A screen appeared on the terminal.

At the moment when all the security guards stationed at the gate opened fire on Qianmian without hesitation.

Chen Ming finally saw Qianmian's face at this moment through the surveillance camera that was shot away by the bullet.

That was An Wuping's face.

"Bastard!"

When Chen Ming saw this scene, he couldn't help it anymore and wanted to tear up the hull of his spacecraft and land directly from space to the ground.

But when he thought about the orbital defense facilities on the planet, he still suppressed this impulsive thought.

After a brief thought, he chose to crush the Black Mist Heart Gathering Bead he had on hand.

Thick black fog instantly enveloped An Wuping.

Chen Ming, who had already been exposed to the spiritual energy fluctuations of the black mist and had a considerable understanding of the black mist, immediately mastered the use of the black mist.

His body slipped into the shadows.

And at the same time.

Qianmian has relied on the power from An Wuping to tear apart the external defense lines of government departments.

The clothes on his body had long been torn by bullets, but he did not cover up at all. Instead, he openly put An Wuping's face in front of everyone.

He conveniently tore the front armor of an armored vehicle parked in front of the government department building into pieces, and smashed the torn off armor plate directly into the tactical team that had just rushed out of the building on the other side.

He continued to walk into the building as if nothing was wrong.

The moment he walked into the building.

A wave of psychic energy swept over, and the harsh sound waves surrounded Qianmian in a targeted manner, directly tearing his eardrum that had been strengthened by An Wuping's psychic energy.

A psyker with sonic abilities.

Such a psyker can rely on sound to target all people sneaking into the building, which is indeed a good way to prevent assassinations.

However, the assassination plan Qianmian chose this time was a frontal attack.

Qian Mian covered his ears, and after confirming that he was deaf, he followed the direction of the psychic energy fluctuations and locked his position.

He flew out, penetrated the floor and wall of the second floor, and threw himself in front of the sonic psyker.

A punch hit his chest, making a muffled sound that vibrated.

The sonic psyker flew out in response.

Even though he has a layer of sonic armor visible to the naked eye.

He was still seriously injured by this punch, but fortunately, he was immediately dragged away by a few security guards who were not afraid of death.

Thousand Faces did not pursue the sonic psyker any further.

Because he knew the purpose of his coming.

Before the smoke and dust from the explosion completely dissipated, he rushed all the way into the depths of the government building.

Amidst the blaring sirens and hail of bullets, Qian Mian finally found the place he was looking for.

I saw him kicking the ground hard, breaking three layers of ground in a row, and entering the underground. His purpose was extremely clear.

Soon, he came to a heavy, closed metal door.

"Inside is the safe house that protects the Star Territory Chief."

Qian Mian turned his head and looked at both sides. The designer would definitely not make the wall thinner than the door when designing.

Then this is the only way to enter.

Destroy the gate.

At present, the power brought by An Wuping's spiritual energy to his body is not enough to tear the door into pieces, but there are other means.

Qian Mian moved his body slightly and entered the insect state under the influence of An Wuping's spiritual energy.

This time, the insect state he entered was obviously closer to An Wuping than before.

Not only did all the carapace turn into a pitch black color, but the size also increased significantly.

It is completely different from last time when only part of the body tissue showed the characteristics of the Thorn Zerg.

At this time, Qian Mian didn't know whether he was slowly becoming familiar with An Wuping's spiritual energy, or whether there was something unique about An Wuping's remaining spiritual energy fluctuations in his normal state.

But this is not important.

The important thing is that he can now use the plasma of Aurora Wind Spirit to destroy this door.

Following the experience of being bombed last time, this time Qianmen quickly evacuated to the other side after creating plasma on the door.

It wasn't until his eardrums, which had recovered under the influence of psychic energy, heard the sound of the explosion that he returned to the door again.

The violent plasma has burned the surrounding environment into crystalline form.

The heavy metal door was also completely distorted by the destruction of plasma.

Qian Mian could vaguely see the security guards inside who were prepared to die, as well as the Caimo Star Territory Chief who was under heavy protection.

The hands covered by the pitch-black carapace clasped on the twisted door, about to tear it apart.

However, at this moment, a black mist suddenly exploded in the shadows under the door.

Chen Ming finally arrived.

The moment he saw Qian Mian, Chen Ming's anger reached its peak.

He grabbed Qianmian and threw him out, hitting another wall on the third underground floor, leaving a heavy human-shaped depression.

The dark carapace on Qianmian's body cracked, and gray-green blood continued to flow out.

The next moment, Qian Mian was directly pulled up from the ground by Chen Ming.

"You bastard!"

Qian Mian could feel An Wuping's shocked and angry emotions, but he smiled instead: "Are you surprised? The remnants of your psychic fluctuations can also be used by me."

Of course Chen Ming was surprised, but what surprised him was not this at all, but the fact that Qian Mian could transform into this.

Whether it is insect form or plasma abilities, they are not given by psychic energy, but are the result of genetic shaping by the insect queen.

How could Qianmian extract this ability from An Wuping?
There's something wrong with this. But this is not a problem that is urgent to be solved now.

What is really urgent to solve is why Qianmian came here?
Although Chen Ming already had a guess in his mind, he still asked knowingly: "Who is that person inside?"

Qianmian Zhaoshi said: "The Star Territory Chief of Caimo Star Territory."

Chen Ming once again dragged Qianmian and smashed it against the wall next to him, shouting in a low voice: "If you want to kill him, put the blame on me."

"Yes, what? Do you have any opinions?"

Qian Mian was already actively stimulating An Wuping with his words.

Chen Ming was also very much like Qian Mian's wish, and the violent aura on his body emerged again: "If I stop you now, then I can completely clear your name.

"Yes."

Qian Mian once again told the truth and admitted this.

"But it's a pity that you were a step too late, and the black mist you brought actually helped me."

The moment the words fell, Qian Mian turned into black mist.

In an instant, it disappeared from Chen Ming's hands and appeared in the safe house that had been opened.

Black fog obscured everyone's vision.

Only the Star Territory Chief could see clearly that the carapace of the face in front of him had been broken, revealing the thousand faces of An Wuping's face.

In the face of death, no matter how noble a person is, he can only tremble with fear like an ordinary person.

Qian Mian easily passed his right hand through Xingyu Chang's chest.

Chen Ming outside made no move.

It's not that he doesn't want to stop it, but because of the distance now, even if he realizes what Qian Mian is going to do next, he can no longer stop it.

Unless he can arrive before destroying the gate and stop Thousand Faces from destroying the gate.

Otherwise, once the door with the silent alloy inside is destroyed, the safe house filled with shadows inside will no longer have any protective effect on Thousand Faces.

It is impossible for him to protect an ordinary person from the hands of Qian Mian.

What he just did was just to vent his emotions.

No wonder Qianmian asked him to get on the spaceship first, and also had people drive the spaceship out.

The black mist on his body will be used as evidence that Zuo Jing cooperated with An Wuping to assassinate the Star Territory Chief.

If he doesn't come, the star field leader will die.

It doesn't matter if he comes, or if he doesn't come, so Chen Ming can only act a little bit like An Wuping's character.

The only solution to this situation is that he comes early enough, and maybe he can save the Star Territory Leader.

Although this will lead Zuo Jing to deepen his doubts about him.

But between the death of a star field leader and him being suspected by Zuo Jing, Chen Ming would rather choose him to be suspected.

It's a pity that he has no choice.

Qian Mian turned into black mist again and came outside.

Chen Ming could see that the jet-black carapace on his body had almost recovered, and it seemed that he did possess some of the insect queen's abilities.

When Qian Mian saw An Wuping standing outside without any action, he said, "You are also a smart man. Things have already happened and you can't change anything."

"Unless you want to be buried here with this man, let's go."

Shrouded in black mist, Qianmian disappeared underground, apparently trying to follow the spacecraft that Chen Ming was on just now.

Chen Ming did not follow immediately, but looked back at the safe house where the black fog was gradually dissipating.

Things have happened.

Zuo Jing really dragged him into the water.

The seriousness of the matter of assassinating the captain of the Star Territory is really not comparable to the previous trivial matters.

Chen Ming felt that the evidence An Wuping left behind on the space station was evidence of a good person and was not enough to remove him from the assassination incident.

This can't go on like this.

He had to leave some evidence here, some evidence that couldn't be easily discovered.

Otherwise, once Zuo Jing obtains these evidences, as a person lurking in Zuo Jing, he will definitely be targeted by Zuo Jing in the opposite direction. If he encounters Thousand Faces or other Zuo Jing psychics at the same time, neither will An Wuping. No chance of rollover.

Chen Ming still hasn't figured out the upper limit of Qianmian's spiritual power.

Even if he just smashed Qianmian against the wall, he couldn't say whether Qianmian only had this ability.

Then you still have to use your own spiritual energy.

Chen Ming looked at the corner next to him, where he used his psychic powers to create a surveillance device that was exactly the same as the surveillance equipment in the government building. .

They also took a video of the conversation between Chen Ming and Qian Mian. Although the darkness had just shrouded the scene, the video could still clearly see the faces of the two people holding An Wuping's face. This should be used as part of the evidence.

Qianmian took photos to frame him, but this time, Chen Ming also prepared a backup plan in advance.

But this thing is in no hurry to be discovered.

Chen Ming used his spiritual power a little and buried the thing deeper underground.

At the same time, it also caused another damage to the wall next to it.

When the relevant personnel come to deal with it, it will take at least a day or two to dig out this thing deep underground.

Then he remained silent and turned into black mist and returned to the previous spaceship.

The spaceship completely entered the Caimo Star Territory before the chaos caused by the death of the Star Territory Chief completely broke out.

Chen Ming ignored the thousands of faces in the captain's room and returned to the room alone, thinking about something.

The evidence he left underground in the government building was actually not enough. He needed another piece of evidence, evidence that others could help prove.

The boss had previously told him that he would not intervene directly, so Chen Ming had to choose someone else.

Then he actually has only one choice.

People from the Odan government.

The Aodan government was the first person Chen Ming knew with the identity of An Wuping.

Moreover, Chen Ming was able to confirm through the president that Aodan had been looking for him, had some thoughts about him, and seemed to have used some strange methods.

Since the Aodan Star Territory believes in him so much, then if he provides information to Aodan now, Aodan should also selectively believe it.

And since Ao Dan has such a close connection with the president, Chen Ming can share some information that only An Wuping knows without contacting the president.

Chen Ming is not worried about the boss, but Chen Ming is still worried about An Wuping directly contacting the president and exposing the situation. It would be best to have an extra middleman.

After thinking clearly, Chen Ming called the Anti-Cult Bureau again.

"I'm looking for your deputy director."

With the previous two experiences, Chen Ming directly called the operator of the Anti-Cult Bureau.

This time, the moment Chen Ming spoke, the voiceprint locking program installed in the communication equipment directly connected Chen Ming's call to the deputy director.

"An Wuping?"

"it's me."

Chen Ming responded and said, "You probably already know about my situation. It's normal for you to have doubts about me, and I understand."

"So I'm just going to give you a simple explanation. It's up to you whether you believe it or not."

"It was because there was a psyker on the Left Path that interfered with my brain and triggered my berserk disorder in advance. I immediately went to the Zuor Path space station that I had investigated before to solve the problem."

"However, when I had almost killed the left path, three cruisers came over with the logo of the local... Beniu Star Territory government."

"They destroyed the space station and blamed it on me."

"Two of the three cruisers were sunk by me, and one...is completely gone. You can check it out. You should be able to find something."

The deputy director believed what Chen Ming said. After all, they had already analyzed that there was something wrong with Bei Niu.

He immediately clicked a few times on the terminal next to him. After issuing the order, he asked Chen Ming a question he had been thinking about: "Why are you contacting us now? If you need it, we can stand up and help you prove your identity."

Chen Ming explained: "Because I need to make Zuo Jing believe that I have nowhere to go, and make them believe that I can only follow them."

"If someone else exposes his friendly attitude towards me, it is very likely that Zuo Jing will be unnecessarily wary of me."

The deputy director understood what Chen Ming meant: "Do you want to solve Zuo Jing's matter alone? This is too..."

"Arrogant? Or crazy?"

The deputy director did not answer the question and asked again: "So why are you calling now?"

"Because Zuojiao has made things a bit big, I feel like the evidence I left behind that I am a good person is a bit out of reach."

"What happened?"

"The Star Territory Chief of Caimo Star Territory was assassinated."

"Who?"

The deputy director was stunned for a moment and tilted his head slightly, trying to hear more clearly on the phone.

"The Chief of Caimo Starfield who stays at Hongmo-12."

"hiss--"

The deputy director took a breath, digested it for a while and then asked: "Who assassinated?"

"I."

Before the deputy director could almost catch his breath, Chen Ming added: "The psyker from Zuojiao pretended to be me."

"The psyker's internal codename is Thousand Faces in Left Path. He has the ability to acquire the abilities of other psykers, and also has the ability to disguise himself."

"I don't know your attitude and whether you will continue to believe me after confirming the news, but this is what I said."

"I only have one request next, don't spread this news."

The deputy director asked: "Do you still want to solve it alone?"

"I have been lurking for so long. Although I still haven't gained enough trust from Zuo Jing, I don't want to waste all my efforts."

"I have some information on hand that you don't know and that I can't tell you. I have the opportunity to end this matter."

Communication was hung up.

The deputy director stared at the phone for a few seconds, and then called his superiors who had direct contact with Liang Fei and Li Weiqi, who had arrived in Caimo two days ago and were on standby, and explained the matter.

Soon after, Liang Fei and Li Weiqi also learned the news.

"what should we do?"

Facing Li Weiqi's question, Liang Fei thought for a while and then said: "Please cooperate first. What An Wuping did before was all what a psyker who favors the empire should do."

"There are frequent internal problems in the empire. Hiding a person who is definitely a good person is what we should do."

"Then what's next?"

"Follow the steps of the president of the Psychic Association. Hasn't he already locked four galaxies?"

(End of this chapter)