Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 314: Legion Commander

Bai Quan has already stated the conditions that the Legion is willing to give.

This is indeed the result that Chen Ming wants to see, but it is not a result that he can accept.

Legion still didn't back down enough and still wanted to bargain.

Simply put, it’s just two words.

That's it?

"I do not accept."

Chen Ming said to Bai Quan: "It's not against you, it's purely that what the legion has to do is not enough for me."

Bai Quan spread his hands and said: "I got these promises before I came here. Anyway, I am just a messenger now. If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Chen Ming did not rush to state his request, but asked: "Who is responsible for handling this matter now?"

"Qiu Boyen, general, is the psyker who was chasing you before."

"general?"

"Correct."

"I'm very curious about his general attitude towards this matter. I mean his attitude before I did it."

Bai Quan recalled what he just said: "He himself said that he knew about this matter, but he chose to acquiesce because he thought it would be a competition of conscience, so that Xinghe Xinghai and you can experience the filth of political struggle. , and said that he misjudged your psychological bottom line."

After hearing this, Chen Ming said with a tone full of disgust: "A general, he started monitoring me on the first day I came here and found out that someone was planning an action against me."

"You didn't stop it, but you let it go. You want to take this opportunity to let me experience the filth of political struggle?"

"What is he?"

"If this matter hadn't been investigated and had nothing to do with that general, I really doubt what he would have done."

"You also said that you misjudged my psychological bottom line. I have never seen someone directly go to the road roller to test the spring when testing it."

"Anyway, I think he is testing my bottom line now to see how far I can endure it, and then he will jump on the side that presses my bottom line."

"When I work in the legion, I must have to pay something. Now that I have tested my bottom line, can I pay as little as possible in the future?"

"Let me see the darkness of politics, bullshit."

"You want him to come to you for the troublesome things I see every day?"

"And he also took advantage of Cheng Xinghai and Cheng Xinghe."

Chen Ming said, with a hint of questioning in his tone, questioning Bai Quan's attitude towards his adopted son and daughter.

Bai Quan's expression suddenly became a little downcast.

He pulled Chen Ming to the corner of the lecture hall and said, "You and I look at things in different directions."

"In my opinion, this is a very targeted and disgusting little move that will not succeed."

"Xinghe will definitely come out soon. No one will remember the rumors spread for two or three days at most. The rumors may even be refuted in less than a day."

"Even if this matter is purely left to me to handle, the most I can do is arrest a few people, and finally reach some exchange of interests. We will take a slight advantage. After all, they were the ones who made the move first, and the matter will be over."

"Of course, I completely understand your thoughts. It's normal for you to feel sick, and it's normal for you to think that I didn't care about the galaxy and the sea."

"But I have to say, if it weren't for the fact that he would be responsible for commanding the mechanical race's star field war, I would have turned against him long ago."

"If I lost my identity, speaking for myself, I would just beat him up."

“Identity limits me.”

"I can't just think about myself and my family."

"I have an entire faction to consider surviving."

"My old boss is retiring. He raised me and trained me. Protecting his faction is the responsibility that comes with my identity."

identity……

Chen Ming has already felt the pressure brought by his identity.

He is now just a colonel of the Fourteenth Legion, and he has to face various complex problems and is restricted by various rules.

Bai Quan had already begun to experience this situation earlier.

"Is this what you want?"

"Of course it's not what I wanted, but it's what I had to do and I tried my best."

Bai Quan's voice seemed to reveal his fatigue: "Look at the sea of ​​stars."

"Why have I been hinting to you about Xinghai some time ago?"

"The most important thing is that Xinghai must choose a marriage partner, just in the past few years."

"This is a fate she cannot escape, so I must find the best one within such restrictions."

"You are the best."

"Secondly, I don't know if Xinghai has ever talked to you. She likes the battlefield."

Chen Ming nodded: "We talked and she asked me if I minded such a thing, and my answer was that she could do what she wanted."

"You can say that, but I can't."

Bai Quan sighed: "I am actually more resistant to letting Xinghai fight on the battlefield, but I can't stop her."

"She will be a senior soon, and the war between the mechanical tribes will begin soon. Gallo will be her next battlefield location."

"I can't guarantee that she will survive on the battlefield unless she stays at the rear."

"But Xinghai won't be willing to stay behind."

"The last time she went to the battlefield, I did a lot of secret protection."

"But only small-scale battlefields can take protective measures."

"The main battlefield between the Gallo Star Territory and the Machine Tribe is the real battlefield without any protection measures."

"I can't protect her, but I hope someone can protect her for me."

"You can protect her."

"You are a psyker."

Listening to Bai Quan's words, Chen Ming's tone also lowered subconsciously: "Psychics are not invincible."

"But protecting one person on the battlefield is enough."

"The reasons behind these are the interests."

"My relationship with you no longer needs Xinghai to marry you to make it closer."

"But if you marry Xinghai, it will be good for you, me, and our entire faction."

Although Chen Ming was disgusted by others on the first day he came to the headquarters, he really couldn't deny that the marriage was indeed beneficial.

The faction's manpower is not only in the headquarters, but also in other places where there are people from the Baiquan faction, Chen Ming can get help.

Because after the marriage, Chen Ming is completely one of the Baiquan faction.

At the same time, he is also a member of the Legion.

Even if other factions of the legion are targeting him, they must regard him as a legion member.

Therefore, when Chen Ming exposed the actions of other factions, the Legion had to take responsibility for it.

“It’s the combination of these factors that drives me to do these things.”

“I think about family and faction in everything I do.”

"I'm protecting my family and shouldering my responsibilities."

"But I can't be the best at everything and balance both."

"I didn't receive any news about this matter today."

"I only found out about the situation from you. At that time, I knew that this matter was for you, not for the stars and the sea."

"I originally thought you would find it troublesome to come back to me and let me handle it, but I didn't expect you would do this directly."

"You are indeed disgusted. The cruiser has taken out its main guns and pointed them at civilians today."

"But to be honest, I don't think you're going to fire."

"You haven't really been cornered yet, and your personality prevents you from killing civilians."

Although Bai Quan said the same thing as the water vapor psychic in front of Chen Ming at this time, Chen Ming did not refute this in front of familiar people.

He really would not attack those unarmed civilians, especially after he controlled An Wuping and saw what Zuo Jing did in Yun Luoxing.

But he still had to say something tough: "Actually, I killed someone in what happened today."

"Who?"

"Well... it's not quite accurate to say he killed someone. To be more precise, he seriously injured someone."

"Liao Hongsheng."

"His information is the best to check, and then whatever is written on his emergency diagnosis certificate will be what he becomes."

Chen Ming had previously released twenty shuttle boats and twenty robots.

Two of them were intercepted by Qiu Bowen, and the number of people left was not enough for the eighteen robots.

So one of them went to the place where Chen Ming discovered Liao Hongsheng and helped him realize what should have happened in reality.

"The best outcome for him would be that he is in a vegetative state. Of course, there is a high probability that he will be unable to get on and off the operating table."

"It's good. Xinghe will probably be very happy to hear it."

Bai Quan said and suddenly let out a long sigh: "Let's leave the quarrel between the parents here. We still have business to do now."

"Okay, if it's business..."

Chen Ming thought about it for a moment, and responded to Bai Quan's question: "Is this the general's ability? Is this the only resource he can mobilize?"

"these people……"

He pointed to a dozen people in the audience not far away and said: "Everything they did, all the evidence, I have obtained a complete chain of evidence, and they can all be verified by each other."

"It's enough to send them all to prison, and at least remove their positions. Do you need the position of a servant in the future?"

"As for the compensation, where is it? I only saw empty words. Cheng Xinghe is still in the police station and has not been released."

"I need to see a sincere attitude. As for this, I can only say that the general came up with this solution because I pushed him into a corner."

Chen Ming could not easily agree to Qiu Bowen's conditions.

Because the current situation is that someone else came to cause trouble, and he resisted.

Finally he solved the problem and arrested all those who dared to cause trouble for him.

Then someone came over and offered some casual favors. They didn't even bother to prepare an apology, and just wanted him to go back wagging his tail? What about dreaming?

If the general doesn't know what's going on, then forget it, but he has been paying attention to Chen Ming since he entered the space port of the headquarters and knows the whole thing. If he still allows the people below to do this, then he There is no way to clean up the relationship for yourself.

Chen Ming is a psyker, a level 5 psyker, a psyker with top-notch psychic abilities.

He is not an ordinary person. If he is not respected, then he will not be able to accept this result.

"Okay, I'll go outside and ask again."

Bai Quan must be facing Chen Ming at this time. After writing down Chen Ming's words, he left the building blocked by Chen Ming again.

He was quickly brought to General Qiu Bowen by shuttle boat who was nearby.

Qiu Bowen is located in a temporary command post on the roof of a nearby building. From here, he can see the building where Chen Ming is located next to him.

Although the entire building has been sealed by metallic liquid, you can still see the entire building next to it.

He was smoking a cigarette at this time, and there were many cigarette butts accumulated in the ashtray next to him.

When Bai Quan came back, he asked, "What does Chen Ming want?"

"He didn't say anything specific and let the legion look at it, but he said he wanted to see the attitude."

"Attitude? I've already shown him the attitude."

Qiu Bowen directly skipped the topic of attitude, took a deep breath of cigarette, and said: "He asked us to watch it... This is actually the most troublesome."

"Can you think of a way to calm down Chen Ming first? Let's not communicate in a place like this and sit at the negotiating table to discuss compensation?"

Qiu Boyen raised his head slightly and looked to the other side of the building, where Chen Ming's cruiser was hovering.

Bai Quan knew very well what Qiu Boyen meant, which was to delay first.

Let Chen Ming drive away the spacecraft first to avoid further negative effects.

After all, if an ordinary military cruiser were parked in the city center, the impact would not be that big. The headquarters had many excuses saying it was an exercise or something.

But the crux of the problem now is that what Chen Ming created is a Brilliant-class cruiser model belonging to the Yuhui class.

A Yuhui cruiser appeared in the sky above the headquarters of the Fourteenth Army Corps, which had been fighting with Yuhui's large forces all year round. This had an unprecedented impact on the headquarters.

Even if Chen Ming didn't actually fire, the existence of this cruiser was the biggest trouble.

As a general stationed at the headquarters, Qiu Bowen must bear pressure from all sides.

It’s not like a general in the Legion can make the right decisions.

The only person in the entire legion who has the right to make a decision is the legion commander. He must deal with this matter as soon as possible. That's why he rushed to let Bai Quan persuade Chen Ming to restrain the spacecraft.

But at this time, it is obviously impossible for Bai Quan to completely fulfill Qiu Boyen's wish: "With the spacecraft taken away and the negotiation table, Chen Ming will no longer have the advantage he has now. Do you think he is stupid?"

Qiu Boyen lit another cigarette for himself, put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and crushed it repeatedly, as if to vent his dissatisfaction: "How can someone who is not stupid do such a thing in the headquarters?"

"Forget it, I..."

Qiu Bowen was about to say something when he suddenly noticed a shuttle boat approaching the top of the building.

While noticing the painting painted on the outside of the shuttle, everyone present, whether it was Bai Quan or Qiu Bowen, all stood up.

Qiu Boyen quickly put out his cigarette butt, and Bai Quan also put away his indifferent expression.

Everyone stood up straight and looked at the shuttle boat.

The shuttle's hatch opens.

A man wearing the uniform of the Fourteenth Legion came down from the top, but there was no military rank badge on his chest.

Everyone present raised their right hands at the same time and saluted the person who had just come down.

But the people who came down did not accept this trick at all and scolded Qiu Boxen: "More, keep dragging, and then go home and drag."

"Legion Commander..."

"What are you doing, commander of the army? I'm the grandma who wipes your butt."

Qiu Boyen lowered his head, not daring to continue talking at all.

"I have said some time ago that we should protect Chen Ming and not touch Baiquan. At least everyone should restrain themselves before the battle against the mechanical clan is over and stop thinking about internal fighting every day."

"If I don't come back for a fucking period of time, all my words will be treated as farts, right? It's fun to make Chen Ming angry, right?"

"Without Chen Ming, why don't you ride up on your horse and take an iron rod to fight the machine clan?"

"You must force me to open a star gate and come back."

Bai Quan whispered next to him: "Is there actually a star gate on the front line?"

"I grabbed the Yuhui some time ago. It can be used after some modification."

"This is not important."

After the legion commander scolded him, he knew that the top priority now was to deal with Chen Ming's matter.

He didn't know how many people in the entire empire coveted Chen Ming, but the people below were all stupid because of their own interests.

Fortunately, he responded in time, and there were no too important matters on the front line for the time being, allowing him to take the time to come back.

"From now on, I have full authority to take over this matter. I have four hours to deal with the matter here."

"Bai Quan, take me to see Chen Ming, and I will apologize to him in person."

"I've read all the news on the way here. Chen Ming has caught everyone who should be caught, right? By then, all these people related to him will be punished."

"As long as it's relevant, everything will be taken into account. Chen Ming must be appeased."

"it is good."

Bai Quan decisively agreed.

The words of the legion commander can always be trusted, and he will do whatever he says.

And this is the attitude you should have when you have done something wrong.

Although this is not the legion commander's fault.

But since someone in the legion made a mistake, he is willing to solve the mistake for his subordinates and give the person who made the mistake the due punishment.

This is how the Legion Commander does things.

They all go in the direction of solving the problem in the simplest way, and act vigorously and resolutely.

The shuttle boat quickly landed at the door of Chen Ming's building.

Bai Quan and the legion commander stood outside the building.

But at this moment, the metallic liquid at the door did not disperse automatically, and the terminal in Bai Quan's hand suddenly rang.

Chen Ming's message was sent: "Who is next to you?"

"Legion Commander, he wants to talk to you personally."

Chen Ming, who was in the building at this time, hesitated in his movements.

To be honest, he didn't want to let the legion commander in.

The legion commander is a legend.

A legion that can reorganize the garbage legion that was near the edge of the star field and reorganize it into the largest and most powerful legion in the entire empire.

He rose from obscurity to a well-known figure throughout the empire.

Such people are terrifying.

And he's also a psyker, at least level 6.

Although the danger sense did not jump, Chen Ming could already feel the heavy pressure.

After thinking about it for a while.

Chen Ming still opened the way for Bai Quan and the legion commander.

The two quickly arrived at the lecture hall.

Chen Ming finally saw the legion commander with his own eyes.

The legion commander looks to be in his early forties, which can be said to be quite young considering his status.

He didn't have a beard and kept it very clean.

If he were not wearing a military uniform, but other clothes, he might look younger.

But it was such a young face that gave Chen Ming a heavy feeling.

The legion commander was the first to greet Chen Ming: "Hello Chen Ming."

"Hello. Legion commander."

"First of all I have to apologize to you for what happened today."

As he spoke, the legion commander put a hand on his chest and bent down towards Chen Ming, not caring at all about the gap in status between him and Chen Ming.

"There is a problem within the Legion, and I must take full responsibility."

Chen Ming nodded slightly.

The legion commander has already done enough.

Then he was all ears to hear what the legion commander would say later.

He doesn’t want empty promises, he wants something of real value.

"Everyone involved in this incident will be dealt with in the strictest manner."

Chen Ming was not interested in the follow-up of these people, but he still listened to the legion commander's arrangements for everyone's follow-up.

Anyway, anyone involved in this matter will basically have to go to jail for a few or more years.

Then, it comes to the specific compensation plan.

"As for the specific compensation plan, let's talk about the less material ones first."

"The Legion may compensate you for your status as an honorary member of the Ship Institute."

"Oh?"

Chen Ming's eyes suddenly lit up. He was quite interested in the ship research institute.

Because here, there are many battleship-level technologies.

Although Chen Ming could learn from Chaofan, Chaofan only mastered part of the battleship, that is, the design blueprint of the Afterglow battleship.

The technology of human capital ships is completely unknown.

But capital ships are not the most important thing.

The manufacturing technology of the giant shipyard was also developed by the Ship Research Institute.

After all, the researched ship must study how to build such a behemoth.

There is another thing that is more important than the capital ship and the giant shipyard.

Stargate.

The design of the stargate also came from the ship research institute.

If he could join the Ship Research Institute, it would bring benefits to Chen Ming that were unmatched by other places.

but……

"Isn't this just a nominal member?"

"Of course you are not a nominal honorary member. The Legion gives you an identity with extremely high authority. You can participate in any research projects and laboratories at will."

"As long as you don't pretend to understand and give guidance, or leak the results of some researchers."

The legion commander spoke very bluntly, but Chen Ming didn't think his tone was irritable. It would be better to say that it was normal.

“All the academic questions you need to ask can be asked in this capacity.”

"They will cooperate with you."

Chen Ming confirmed: "This is equivalent to putting all the legion's technology in front of me."

"Aren't you from our Fourteenth Legion?"

The legion commander asked rhetorically and continued: "In addition, there are honorary members of the Psychic Research Institute and honorary members of the Shining Civilization Research Institute. The legion can give them to you."

Shining civilization.

That is the real name of the destroyed civilization that Chen Ming has been in contact with. That is what they call themselves.

A research institute that studies shining civilization...

Chen Ming couldn't imagine how many things he was interested in inside.

As for the Psychic Research Institute, although Chen Ming had a relationship with He Gu, it would definitely be okay for him to wander around a few times.

But being an honorary member can obviously avoid many problems.

Together, these three honorary memberships cover technology, psychic powers, and another civilization.

Quite tempting to be honest.

But Chen Ming was not in a hurry to agree and continued to look at the legion commander.

The legion commander did not disappoint him.

"Do you have the list of supplies for the Psychic Research Institute? Choose any three items from it."

"Just choose?"

"Pick whatever you want."

"Fairy tree species."

"You have to go get it from the Psychic Research Institute later. I don't have anything like this with me."

The legion commander smiled at Chen Ming: "Okay, that's all."

"I don't think you're interested in anything else. I wonder if these satisfy you?"

Chen Ming pretended to think about it and replied: "That's it."

Chen Ming's words fell.

The metallic liquid covering the entire building disappeared into the void in an instant.

The legion commander glanced around with interest, and finally turned his gaze back to Chen Ming.

"That's good. I have to go then. I still have things to do. This matter will be dealt with under supervision later, and they will handle everything by then."

"If they don't handle it well..."

The legion commander took out the banknotes from the pocket of his military uniform, wrote a small line on it and handed it to Chen Ming.

"Call this phone directly and I will handle it personally."

"By the way, I heard that you are getting engaged in two days?"

"Correct."

"I will definitely not be able to attend your engagement party in time, but I have to give you a gift."

He touched his pocket again and took out something that must have been prepared in advance and handed it to Chen Ming.

This is a box made of silent alloy.

In this box are placed two spiritual stones that look extremely special.

They have an inexplicable connection with each other.

The characteristics of these two spiritual stones are love.

(End of this chapter)