Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 285 The final peace
The news of Zuo Jing's assassination of Caimo Star Territory Chief spread rapidly throughout the empire as if it was riding on a jump engine.

Although on the surface, the Caimo Star Territory grows in Hong Mo-1, the one growing in the Star Territory where Hong Mo-12 was assassinated is fake.

But for some reason, the star field leader of Hong Mo-1 has not come forward to prove this.

This also caused the credibility of the news to suddenly increase a lot.

And soon some people noticed that the empire was using various means to cut off the spread of information. After the news of the assassination of the star field leader spread to several surrounding star fields, only some gossip remained.

But it also gave a hint to those in the know.

Zuo Jing's assassination was real, and so was the assassin.

This situation also caused the second wave of information dissemination hidden deeper in the network connecting the entire empire to surge more rapidly.

Soon, the entire process of the assassination operation was laid out in front of all parties.

Since Qianmian's original intention was to drag An Wuping into trouble, he didn't care about the disguise at all. When he rushed into the government building, he only symbolically destroyed some surveillance on the road.

The sensor can absolutely seal off the edge of the entire galaxy without any blind spots.

As for what is going on with this fleet.

Chen Ming's first reaction when he discovered this was not anger, but confusion.

It was enough to completely label An Wuping as a Zuojia.

The consequences of the assassination operation will not only affect the Caimo Star Territory.

Just use your brain a little and you will know.

They followed Chen Ming all the way, and after Chen Ming went to a space station to replenish supplies, they launched an attack directly and silently in hyperspace.

After all, all the evidence is there. Pretending to be dead when the wind is going against you is just to show off your face when the wind is going down.

The six fleets were reorganized into four, and each went to the four star systems marked by the president.

Several star domain governments involved in the assassination immediately organized a joint meeting.

But these patrols are also the same. They are all mixed fleets of destroyers and escorts, and they don't even have cruisers.

Chen Ming did not clean up the battlefield, which was a waste of time.

This is the final stage that Qianmian mentioned before when he was in contact with someone who didn’t know who he was.

Wait until the hyperspace channel jump is over.

Apparently the power of the psyker from Zuojia has spread to these people.

Are they here looking for death?
Chen Ming left a total of six fleets in the empire. Although each fleet only had fifty spaceships, ten destroyers and forty frigates, they seemed to be very weak in combat power.

They should have found a suitable place to stay. There is a high probability that it will be in the four places marked by the president.

In just ten minutes, three times the fleet was easily wiped out in the face of unlimited ammunition, unlimited shields and unlimited energy.

Under such circumstances, there were even more undercurrents surging within the empire.

The Aodan government was the first to contact An Wuping and secretly moved An Wuping's household registration, so of course they also joined the meeting.

Chen Ming discovered that the conditions of these four galaxies cannot be said to be similar, they can only be said to be exactly the same.

Block the door in front, attack now.

So what if the number is three times greater than his fleet?
Chen Ming didn't even bother to look at them.

So Chen Ming didn't hold back at all, and directly modified the hyperspace channel jump system for all his ships in the Caimo Star Territory on the spot.

Since the deputy director learned about An Wuping's actual situation in advance through Chen Ming, he remained silent throughout the meeting and did not join in the topic of a reward for An Wuping raised by Beniu Starfield.

After the assassination operation ended, An Wuping, who was staying on the left-path spacecraft entering Caimo, soon felt the existence of this undercurrent.

Although Chen Ming did nothing at the moment, because although there were clues about Zuo Jing, they were still unclear and it was not yet time for a rebound.

The joint meeting of several star regions ended quickly.

The four galaxies were surrounded by fleets.

After providing psychic support, the battle command was handed over to the Beta-level Afterglow Core in the fleet.

After all, even the supreme leader of a star field cannot be protected, so this incident will also cause a great blow to the credibility of the empire and the government, and will make some unworthy people ready to take action.

That really shows that Zuo Jing's plan has reached the final stage.

All An Wuping could do was wait for Qianmian to send him to the place next, and then wait silently.

Now that Zuo Jing has allowed these affected people to take the initiative to launch attacks, instead of choosing to hide behind and quietly engage in trouble, secretly blocking or something.

Wasting time is equivalent to following Zuojia's wishes.

Chen Ming had no losses at all.

The final conclusion is to put the person on wanted list first and then arrest the person.
But this time the assassination operation will involve more than just a few star fields.

Then, one of his fleets in Caimo was attacked the moment it entered hyperspace.

The patrol team belonging to that galaxy that Chen Ming and the president mentioned before blocked his fleet from entering the galaxy for investigation.

An Wuping's appearance, the plasma released after entering the insect state causing small-scale crystallization of the surrounding environment, and finally the arrival of black mist, taking An Wuping away, were basically recorded.

The other people affected by Zuojia should be taking action soon, and the Caimo Star Territory may soon become chaotic.

However, the fleet outside was not in a hurry to enter at this time.

Maybe it's because of the president's previous request.

It is said that we have to wait until we have the ability to directly attack Zuo Jing and completely terminate Zuo Jing before entering, so as not to give Zuo Jing a chance to struggle to the death.

However, Chen Ming soon discovered that this was not the case.

Because the number of fleets around these galaxies is already ridiculous.

And even with the naked eye, in addition to the fleets of the Fifth Legion, there are some unseen fleets in these fleets that maintain a safe distance from the Fifth Legion.

There appear to be other groups involved.

In addition to guarding against possible left paths in the galaxy, the Fifth Legion also needs to prevent these people from entering the galaxy earlier than they do.

We've almost found our target, so want to come over and get a share of the pie?
If that's the case, then these people are so disgusting.

Chen Ming commented in his heart and asked his fleet to approach the fleet cluster at the edge of the galaxy.

The arrival of the Afterglow Fleet naturally attracted most of the attention.

Among the four galaxies, the Fifth Legion located in the Luci galaxy suddenly sent a notice to the surrounding fleet groups, directly pulling Chen Ming's fleet into the category of friendly forces.

There was no movement in the other three places for the time being. Chen Ming just asked the fleet there to stay at a safe distance for the time being and left it alone.

Anyway, the main force in solving the problems in Caimo Star Territory is the Fifth Legion, and he is willing to cooperate.

But just when he was about to take the initiative to contact the fleet commander of the Fifth Legion that was surrounding the Luci star field.

The president suddenly made a phone call.

Chen Ming suspended contact with the Fifth Legion in the Luci Star Territory and turned around to answer the call from the president.

The president seemed to have something urgent, and he asked Chen Ming quickly: "Do you know about the assassination?"

"I guess I know. News spreads quickly."

"It's good that you know. I have something important to do next, so I'll tell you what needs to be explained to you first, and then you can figure it out."

The president didn't say what important things he wanted to do, and if he needed to say something, he wouldn't hide it.

So Chen Ming didn't ask further questions and waited for the president to continue.

"Let's talk about the most important news first, about Zuo Jing's movements."

Chen Ming heard Zuo Jing and immediately asked expectantly: "Have you determined their precise location?"

The president shook his head and poured cold water on Chen Ming: "No, no matter how accurate it is, there is no way. These four galaxies have been accurately exported. They are in the four galaxies and they absolutely cannot escape. Currently, they are mainly still dispatching manpower."

"The Fifth Army actually doesn't have enough manpower?"

"It's because of what Zuo Jing did."

"Their people infiltrated the communication network management department of Caimo Star Territory and used the authority of the Caimo Star Territory government to release a video."

"What video?"

"A video introducing their research results on dimensional infection, as well as supporting research documents, were also transferred to a public academic resource exchange website."

"They directly explained clearly the research they are doing on using the Mind Beast Project to make people resistant to dimensional infection, and using the resistance to gain power from dimensional infection."

"These things are basically blocked as soon as they are spread out. You don't know it's normal, but many people have already seen the content."

Chen Ming also didn't expect that Zuo Jing would throw out what they had researched.

He put forward his thoughts to the president with some uncertainty: "Is direct disclosure equivalent to directly releasing the manufacturing plan of the nuclear bomb? Moreover, the manufacturing technology of this nuclear bomb can be said to be a slightly scientific research level force, or even Everyone has the ability to make it?”

"You can think so, but it's not important. What's important is their last words."

"The power of dimensional infection can be captured."

"And I have read it. Their research results are correct. The power of dimensional infection can indeed be successful as long as it cooperates with Zuojia's research, and it can indeed be captured by others."

"Because this power does not originate from the psyker itself, but from the flesh infected by the dimension."

"In any case, the consequences of Zuojiao's success are definitely not what we want to see."

Can be captured.

When he heard these words, Chen Ming already understood what Zuo Jing wanted to do.

This is their upright conspiracy, they want the empire to be dazzled by the interests of this power that can affect the entire empire.

As for the deeper reason why they did this, Chen Ming estimated that it was what Qian Mian revealed in his words during the phone call.

They need time.

"They want to delay time." Chen Ming said his thoughts directly.

The president immediately agreed: "They really want to delay time and muddy the water."

"It's a good thing that they released the whole process of the human cloning experiment. The empire can basically block the materials, and there is a cloning ban, so the situation can be controlled."

"The main reason now is because Zuojia is almost finished with a finished product, which can still be plundered by others."

"Many people have been fooled and have begun to have unwanted thoughts and want to get involved."

"But they simply don't understand how much risk a power from dimensional infection will bring."

Now Chen Ming knew why there were so many fleets that did not belong to the Fifth Legion near the four galaxies marked by the president.

"In order to stop those people, the Fifth Legion obviously does not have enough manpower near those four galaxies."

"And there's another question. Who can guarantee that there are no people in the Fifth Legion affected by left-path psykers?"

"You and the psykers we have formed with us are the few people I can trust 100% now, so I will tell you in advance now. Your fleet may have some effect by then."

The president is extremely troubled by the current chaotic situation in Caimo and even the empire, but he still has to do his best.

"In short, under the influence of the assassination incident and the psyker from Zuojiao, the internal conflicts of the Fifth Legion have begun to accumulate. They are generally in a state of madness. Try not to provoke them."

"As for the others...it's just those people anyway."

"It seems that several star regions next door have the idea of ​​​​getting involved. After all, the loss here is Cai Mo's, but the gain may belong to them, and even some companies have plans to come over and have a bit of fun."

"This may be due to the influence of Zuojia, or it may be that they themselves have such thoughts."

"The only good news now is that although the psyker from Zuojia may have brainwashed many people in the empire, there will always be some strong-willed people, and his mental strength is definitely not enough to support him to conquer all the people in the empire. He controlled everyone he influenced.”

Hearing this, Chen Ming couldn't help but said: "I have a question. Didn't the Fifth Legion come to deal with Cai Mo's matter according to the empire's wishes?"

"Those fleets that dare to come to besiege the galaxy, no matter who they are, can't they be forced to leave? If we can't use force directly, do these people still dare to resist?"

The president explained: "First of all, force is not enough, because most of the fleets of the Fifth Legion were blocking the star field before."

"Although it has been completely locked into the galaxy now, it will take time for those combat capabilities to be transferred."

"If a battle breaks out directly now, it will cause unnecessary losses, and may even cause people from the left path to take the opportunity to run out of the galaxy."

"As for the forced order, I have to talk about another thing I was planning to tell you."

"Within the Caimo Star Territory, some star districts that originally belonged to the Caimo Star Territory jointly issued a statement,"

"They said they opposed the nominal blockade and actual separatist behavior of the organization headed by the Fifth Army in the Caimo Star Territory, and condemned the actions of the Fifth Army for causing heavy losses to the Star Territory."

"There were even some people from the former Fifth Army who came forward to support their actions."

"what?"

Chen Ming didn't react at all when he heard this. He was thinking that he had only been on the spacecraft for a few hours, so why did so many things suddenly happen outside?
He confirmed again with some uncertainty: "They said that the actions of the Fifth Army were separatist?"

The president said firmly: "Yes."

"Then aren't they really starting a rebellion?"

"The rebellion also involved part of the Fifth Legion's energy, so those people near the four galaxies must be the ones who knew the news and came together. They are all just grassroots who can take advantage of the situation, right?"

"When you see something beneficial, come here and have a good time. Once the situation goes wrong, run away."

"This was definitely done by Zuo Jing. What is the empire's attitude?"

“The word rebellion is not something to be thrown around lightly.”

The president agreed with Chen Ming's point of view, and then asked his last question: "What do you think?"

Chen Ming thought directly in the worst direction, which was also the most likely direction: "Is there going to be a civil war?"

"About that. The scale shouldn't be too big. It's only limited to the Caimo Star Territory."

"After all, psykers have to be limited to their mental power. It's unlikely that there will be so many brainwashed people in other places. But if the psyker on the left succeeds, it's hard to say what will happen. ”

To be honest, Chen Ming is a little bit reluctant to imagine the extremely bad situation if Zuo Jing really succeeds.

So even for his own sake, he had to deal with the left path.

"Actually, I also feel it here. There are spaceships from the galaxy government attacking my fleet. Since they are said to be rebellions, then the empire should take action against these actions, right?"

The president hesitated for a moment. After all, Chen Ming's question was too straightforward.
After thinking for a while, he decided to say: "So what I am going to do next is related to these things that are happening. Just know it and don't talk nonsense.

"Caimo will definitely have to go through a major change after things like this happen."

"And there will definitely be no shortage of bleeding incidents before exchange transfusion,"

"The civil war must be fought. Not to mention winning, at least it must be delayed so that others can concentrate on solving the problem."

Listening to the president's words, Chen Ming suddenly discovered the most ridiculous thing.

That is, so far, people belonging to the Empire do not even know who the target of the upcoming civil war is.

No one knows who will be exposed as having been brainwashed by left-wing elements in the next moment and point the gun at his former comrade-in-arms.

"Zuojiao..."

Chen Ming muttered with emotion, and suddenly subconsciously determined the location of the cloaked man.

His perception was still as vague as before, but he was still able to confirm that the cloaked man was still inside the Caimo Star Field, and at the approximate location near the four galaxies determined by the president before.

At least the direction of dealing with the left path is correct now, and we have to start from these places.

Then all Chen Ming can do now is wait.

Wait for the combat power of the Fifth Army to arrive.

Wait until they find the true location of the left path.

Waiting for the start of the all-out offensive on the left path.

Wait until the civil war really breaks out.

Wait until An Wuping arrives at the destination on Zuojia's spaceship.

At least now An Wuping's spaceship is indeed heading in the direction of its destination.

before ending the communication.

Chen Ming asked the president the last question: "What will happen when the location of the left path is confirmed?"

Chen Ming didn't know much about the Fifth Legion and didn't know the president's work style, so he asked this question.

The answer given by the president was very simple: "It depends on luck. If you are lucky, it will be solved in about five minutes after confirming the location."

"If you're not lucky...then some psychics may have to sacrifice themselves. Not everyone can survive the dimensional infection."

The correspondence with the president ended.

Chen Ming has nothing to do for the time being.

Although he has fleets on standby in four galaxies.

But it was impossible for him to break in at the risk of being surrounded by fleets from all sides in the entire galaxy and risking being driven crazy.

He could only wait for the response from the Fifth Legion, and then wait for the president to finish his work and come to a final conclusion.

Chen Mingneng noticed that the fleets belonging to the Fifth Legion were entering those four systems.

Even in hyperspace, more and more Fifth Legion fleets are on standby at any time.

The only atmosphere left in the four galaxies was one of chilling.

Time passed faster than Chen Ming thought.

A few hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Although the form of a galaxy seems to be on the verge of breaking out, there has never been a suitable time to "touch" it.

Whether it is the Fifth Legion or those fleets that dare to stay at the edge of the galaxy as the fleet strength of the Fifth Legion is gradually reduced, it seems that they are waiting for something.

Chen Ming felt as if his spirit was being stretched to the extreme while waiting, and might be disconnected at any time.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the spacecraft An Wuping was riding began to slow down, as if it was about to reach its destination.

Through the cosmic environment around the spacecraft, it can be confirmed that although he is not in those four galaxies at this time, he is in the vicinity of those four galaxies.

As expected, Zuo Jing couldn't really send him to the most important place. At this time, he must be taken out and used as bait.

Chen Ming had nothing to say. He controlled An Wuping, picked up the terminal and watched silently.

Even if it wasn't Chen Ming's own terminal, he could still see some scattered news about Caimo Star Territory.

However, these messages are disappearing rapidly, and the Caimo Star Territory is gradually becoming an isolated world.

An Wuping's expression gradually became calm, but there seemed to be some despair.

Through the surveillance, Qian Mian, who was spying on An Wuping, took out a terminal, contacted his old acquaintance and said, "We are almost there, and An Wuping seems to have given up."

A response was immediately sent from the terminal: "The recipient said that he has used psychic powers. Go and see him. Maybe you have a chance."

"understood."

Qian Mianzhan stood up and walked to An Wuping's room.

Chen Ming was still flipping through the terminal at this time. After losing a lot of sources of information, he was mainly looking at the evidence Qian Mian had left before and the various bounties flying around.

Chen Ming even paid for a reward for An Wuping.

When Qian Mian came in, he happened to see the reward information displayed on the terminal in An Wuping's hand.

Qian Mian did not directly test An Wuping, but said: "We are here, get ready to work. I hope you will not violate our cooperation regulations."

An Wuping looked resigned and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Come out and see for yourself."

(End of this chapter)