Chapter 133 The First Shot

Chen Ming quickly figured out the answer to this question.

There are only a few forces that will investigate his existence.

There is a possibility that the government is involved, but the possibility is not great. After all, they are only responsible for logistics in this operation.

Then the remaining ones are the 14th Legion.

I just don't know if it is Baiquan or the people in the war zone behind the second generation.

Chen Ming has never been reluctant to think of the worst.

So he would rather believe that it is the latter.

However, Chen Ming has been prepared to face different situations, and he will not have any discouraged thoughts even if such a situation occurs.

He will definitely do what he wants to do. Unexpected changes are nothing more than whether it is difficult to achieve the goal, not whether it can be achieved.

Even if the people in the war zone know that he is still alive, even if they are deeply alert.

As long as Chen Ming's spiritual power will not emit spiritual power fluctuations when it is used.

Then Chen Ming is the most fatal and critical risk factor that cannot be offset for them.

In this era, who would want to be restricted and unable to touch the spacecraft in this life?

Moreover, Chen Ming can control not only spacecraft, but also various mechanical equipment.

Even if he controls only a terminal, Chen Ming can directly cause an explosion by stimulating the terminal battery.

It is still possible to avoid contact with spacecraft for a lifetime, but if you don't touch mechanical equipment for a lifetime, you have to go out and become a savage.

So if the news that Chen Ming is still alive gets to them, then Chen Ming will definitely become their biggest worry.

I just don't know what they will do after knowing the details of this matter.

Will they send out some psychic with super long-range attack ability? Or is there a more practical approach?

Chen Ming first ruled out the previous idea. There should not be psychic with such ability.

Even if there is, this ability is countless times more dangerous to the empire as a whole than Chen Ming's ability. Psychic with such ability will definitely die quickly.

But as for what they will actually do, Chen Ming is really a little uncertain.

After all, he doesn't know what is in the war zone, and they can only have a rough estimate of the resources they can call.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming suddenly had a strange idea in his mind.

He began to try to use his own psychic fluctuations to restore the psychic fluctuations that appeared with the feeling of peeping before.

If this could be traced back, maybe some clues could be found.

But after trying for a while, it seemed that because everyone's psychic fluctuations were different, he couldn't find that psychic fluctuation.

If the feeling of peeping was still there, and the psychic fluctuation was still there, he might really be able to track it back.

But now Chen Ming could only sigh a pity, and at the same time, there was a little more haze in his heart.

If he was disgusted by the people in the war zone again, it would definitely have a great negative impact on what he was going to do next.

Because he might be forced to expose some situations in order to protect himself.

So now, Chen Ming didn't hesitate at all, and called his boss back directly to ask for some advice.

As soon as the communication was connected, the boss said directly: "Xiao Ming came at the right time. Bai Quan called me just now and asked me if you are still alive."

"I said I don't know, but it seems that he doesn't believe it. You called me suddenly again, and I guessed that it was related to Bai Quan?"

"I'm not sure, but it's possible."

Chen Ming said this and told the boss about the situation just now.

While Chen Ming and the boss were repeating what happened.

Bai Quan was having a splitting headache.

After knowing everything Tang Shi did a few days ago, his brain almost exploded, and his whole body seemed to be split apart.

He never thought that someone could be so stupid.

It's obvious that they only need to raid to rescue the people and attract Yu Hui's attention.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that Yu Hui has to be distracted to face the Xinda Company fleet that also launched a raid on Yu Hui's other star system, forcibly clear the defense of the star system and send the Marines to take people away.

Then, just pretend to have completed the mission and retreat, and jump to the nearby Kletka before Yuhui can react.

Isn't it very simple to use the weapons provided by Tachyon Technology to destroy the planetary shield generator and Kletka?

Even if there is a failure in one link, the strength of the fleet is definitely enough to delay until the jump engine is cooled down and retreat with minimal combat damage.

As a result, someone took the opportunity to pick peaches according to his plan.

If it was just picking peaches, it would be fine.

The peach picker didn't want the best peaches on the peach tree, and smashed the best peaches that could be eaten after being brought back and left for a while.

Then you must be greedy and pick the biggest peach growing on the top of the tree.

Not only did he not get any peaches in the end, but he also fell from the tree and was beaten.

A well-planned plan could be ruined like this.

And more importantly, it was ruined by a completely incompetent second generation.

Bai Quan had never paid attention to Tang Shi before, but he had some basic understanding, such as he was a useless second generation, and his background had some connection with the war zone.

He was too lazy to even look at it in front of him.

After the previous incident, he went to check Tang Shi's information.

Then he found out about the various things that happened in the war zone and Chen Ming in the past.

Now he understood that the problem with the plan was not only due to Tang Shi's greed, but also hatred and stupidity.

But knowing this did not affect Bai Quan's headache and inner madness.

Because Chen Ming's death was not just one person's death, but Cheng Xinghe was still in Chen Ming's hands, which was no different from one corpse and two lives.

But Bai Quan never believed that Chen Ming died so casually.

So he chose to forcibly detain Tang Shi and try to find the possibility that Chen Ming was still alive.

From the second day he detained Tang Shi, in addition to the headquarters of the 14th Legion on the other side of the empire, various parties continued to put pressure on him.

After a week, he still hadn't released him, and the documents of various complaints had piled up on his desk.

Forcing him to make a decision immediately.

But Bai Quan knew that he had to consider all factors comprehensively to distinguish what kind of approach was really worth doing.

So he chose to believe in himself.

He found a psychic with the ability to detect today.

Then, he found that the psychic's detection of Chen Ming was directly cut off, not that he failed to detect.

He knew very well what this meant.

Either Chen Ming took the initiative to cut it off, or someone helped Chen Ming cut it off.

And the meaning of these two is the same.

Chen Ming is still alive.

At this time, Bai Quan's detention of Tang Shi had reached the limit, but fortunately he successfully delayed until the moment when he found that Chen Ming was not dead.

So he contacted the boss directly.

He needed to talk to Chen Ming.

He needed to decide his final treatment of Tang Shi based on Chen Ming's attitude and situation.

As for Chen Ming, since he had already confirmed that his survival had been exposed, he simply stopped pretending to be dead.

He directly controlled the terminal he gave to his boss and connected it to the terminal that his boss usually used to communicate with Bai Quan.

After the communication was connected, Chen Ming came up and said very unceremoniously: "I'll give you three sentences. If I don't hear what I want to hear, I'll leave directly."

Bai Quan was not angry because of Chen Ming's attitude, but was slightly relieved because Chen Ming was still willing to communicate with him.

He thought for a moment and said, "I was unconscious before the mission. This accident was man-made."

"I can compensate you for all the losses caused by this mission."

"Also, I don't represent the 14th Corps now, I only represent myself."

"That's all?"

Chen Ming did not hang up the call directly to calm down Bai Quan's slight anxiety caused by uncertainty. He asked, "What else do you need?"

"The price."

"It has been a week since the mission. I think you should have known the whole thing."

"I abided by the rules I set with you before, sent out the positioning signal as promised, and tried to contact you when you came in advance."

"When I couldn't contact you, I didn't expect you to do anything. As long as I grasped the means of retreat I arranged, a Yuhui cruiser, let it come over, and I could leave by myself."

Chen Ming deliberately prolonged the interval between speaking so that Bai Quan could listen and think about what he said.

"As for the result, I don't know whether you didn't receive my message or not, anyway, you killed the cruiser."

"That was my only chance to save my life. First, you had two cruisers to force it out of the protection range of the combined shield."

"Finally, it was destroyed by the offensive-level thermal pulse laser."

"They want to kill me, so... can you kill all these people to pay for my life?"

Bai Quan said hesitantly: "Is this a bit..."

Chen Ming certainly knew that he was talking nonsense just now, but isn't that what negotiation is like?

Since Bai Quan wanted to talk to Chen Ming, Chen Ming, as the victim, had to express something.

Anyway, he was just talking casually, and he also knew that those soldiers were always just accepting orders and executing orders.

If he really let tens of thousands of people on these three spaceships pay for his life, he might have psychological problems.

But on the surface, Chen Ming must still pretend.

"Do you think I'm extreme? Or are you forcing me?"

"Let me think about how the imperial law judges. Intentional murder is punishable by death, right?"

"But..."

"But what? But I'm not dead?"

Chen Ming's last few words were a bit far-fetched, but he didn't need to act rational now.

Even actively abandoning some rational speeches is more in line with his current interests.

Anyway, he is not the one who is wrong in the end, so he is naturally qualified to do so.

"Bai Quan, this is not a conflict between us, but a conflict between me and the 14th Corps."

"You can't deny one thing, it was the commander's problem caused by your own internal affairs, not me."

"The responsibility for the fact that I was almost killed because of this problem cannot be borne by me, the victim."

"Mr. Chen Ming..."

Chen Ming interrupted again impatiently: "Someone should pay the price for your internal struggle, right?"

"You, a major general, are seriously injured, so at least all those who directly participated in it should be punished, from imprisonment to death penalty, right?"

Bai Quan hesitated for a long time before saying: "Yes."

"Then what about me?"

Bai Quan was silent.

Chen Ming continued, "I just want to ask you a question. Has the commander-in-chief received the punishment he deserved?"

"He took the initiative to attack the target of the rescue mission, which ultimately led to the failure of the mission, the loss of at least one-third of the fleet and a huge number of casualties. What kind of punishment should he receive?"

"Did he receive it?"

Bai Quan's silence let Chen Ming know the answer to his question.

"So, someone must pay the price."

"Don't stop me. You can't stop me. You never know which part of the spaceship next to you has been touched by me."

"If this matter has nothing to do with you, you'd better clear yourself."

Bai Quan suddenly let out a long breath. He had thought it through from the moment he found out that Chen Ming was still alive.

This matter was indeed the 14th Corps that did something wrong first, and he couldn't deny it.

And as the current supreme commander of the 14th Corps in the Galo star field, he was willing to take responsibility for this wrongdoing.

He not only wanted Chen Ming to be alive, but also wanted Cheng Xinghe to return safely.

So when facing Chen Ming, he was willing to lower his posture.

It is not shameful to lower your posture to a psychic who has the ability to subvert the afterglow.

So, after Chen Ming said these words, Bai Quan took the initiative to say: "The commander is still forcibly controlled by me. I... can make him receive the punishment he deserves."

"In addition to the losses you caused by the Fourteenth Legion, I will give you additional compensation."

Chen Ming was very surprised that Bai Quan could say such a thing.

Because this was a way of giving in and catering to his requirements, which was not something that someone from the Fourteenth Legion would say.

And if he did this, he would offend many people. Would Bai Quan really dare to do it?

Chen Ming was not sure, but he would not question it, because no matter how many words he said, it would not be better than the facts.

"Then let me see it."

If Bai Quan said these words sincerely, and Chen Ming also saw what he did.

Then what's the problem with him reconciling with Bai Quan instead of the Fourteenth Legion?

The boss who had been listening silently beside him suddenly said, "I received a courier notification."

Chen Ming asked in confusion, "Courier?"

"Baiquan's courier, the courier should have been waiting outside for a long time, let me see."

"An anonymous card, with... 2 billion in it, it should be for you."

Chen Ming thought about it, the cheapest destroyer usually costs a little over 100 million, and a better destroyer is also normal for 400 to 500 million.

The price of a cruiser must be at least ten times higher than that of a destroyer, 700 to 800, or nearly 10 billion is also normal.

The capital ship is something out of the standard.

The purchasing power of these 2 billion can only be said to be barely enough.

At least it is definitely not as good as the Yuhui cruiser that Chen Ming lost.

Bai Quan also knew this, so he immediately said: "These are just the most basic compensations, which are considered compensation for the ship you usually drive, and there are other things."

"I can directly compensate you with a cruiser and an Alpha-class afterglow core. You decide the specific model."

"I know that you have been looking up various spacecraft technology papers when you were still in the space station some time ago."

"The Fourteenth Legion has its own spacecraft engineers. I can give you a series of spacecraft component technologies."

"I will also apologize to you in person when the time comes."

Bai Quan has already made enough gestures, but he still has no intention of stopping, and continued: "There is also an additional compensation I will give you myself."

"A psychic weapon."

The boss suddenly said unexpectedly: "Oh? A big bleed."

On the surface, he said this to Bai Quan, but in fact he was reminding Chen Ming that the psychic weapon Bai Quan mentioned was of high value.

As the person who took the initiative to bring up psychic weapons, Bai Quan certainly knew the value of psychic weapons, but compared with Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe, it was nothing.

He introduced: "Psychic weapons are weapons that can amplify the psychic power of psychics as long as they are held in hand."

"It only has symbolic significance as a weapon, and is actually equivalent to an amplifier."

"Whatever appearance you need, I can customize it."

The boss interrupted again and said: "The appearance doesn't matter. Xiao Ming can't really take a knife to chop people. As a firearm, psychic weapons have no difference in combat function from ordinary firearms. Just choose one you like."

"Then a revolver will be fine."

"Xiao Ming has good taste. He also likes retro style, right?"

"Yeah."

Chen Ming responded casually.

To be honest, he now feels that what Bai Quan just said is enough as compensation.

There are a total of four things as apology. If Chen Ming wants more, he will feel a little guilty.

"That's it."

"But compared to these, I want to see something happen more."

Bai Quan responded immediately: "Yes, the remaining things will be sent to Mr. Wu soon."

"And the apology of the Fourteenth Legion will also be placed in front of you later."

"I hope so."

"There is one more thing, Mr. Chen Ming, I have an idea."

"I hope to cooperate with you again, not as the Fourteenth Legion, but as myself."

"I know you definitely don't want to hear it now, so please wait a day or two, and I will contact you then."

Bai Quan didn't say much nonsense and hung up the communication.

He actually wanted to mention Cheng Xinghe, but he also knew that now was not the right time to mention Cheng Xinghe.

So, he had to do something first.

A second generation, a second generation with a war zone background.

And a psychic, a psychic with the ability to subvert the afterglow.

Who to choose, Bai Quan already had the answer in his heart.

Bai Quan opened the drawer in front of him, and there was a gift box in it.

The gift box contained a vintage revolver with gorgeous patterns.

This was when he was promoted to major general as the commander of a small surprise fleet on the battlefield of Yuhui, and made achievements that could affect the battlefield.

A gift from a big man, a big man with a very special identity.

Bai Quan loaded the six bullets in the gift box, which were also engraved with subtle patterns and would not affect the actual use, into the magazine.

He clenched the revolver, turned the magazine, stood up and left the office.

Privileges should be dealt with with privileges.

One day later.

The boss had received some subsequent compensation, such as a series of technical blueprints and storage cards for the extremely heavy armor of the 14th Corps ships that Chen Ming needed.

And the blueprint of Chen Ming's psychic weapon design, Chen Ming could make some requests for this blueprint.

After the boss gave these two things to Chen Ming through Chen Ming's terminal, he also told Chen Ming that there was unrest in the 14th Corps.

The boss just gave a general account of the situation, and when the boss told him the news, the situation of the 14th Corps had stabilized.

And Bai Quan also contacted Chen Ming again.

Although he couldn't see Bai Quan's face, Chen Ming could hear a hint of fatigue in Bai Quan's voice.

So he didn't say much nonsense and asked Bai Quan directly: "What did you do yesterday?"

Bai Quan didn't answer directly, but said to the boss: "Mr. Wu, please help me tell it, I may not be convincing."

"Okay, Bai Quan killed the second generation with his own hands yesterday."

Chen Ming waited for a while, but didn't wait for the boss's second sentence.

"That's all?"

The boss deliberately spoke several rows slower, as if to highlight the contrast between the two, before saying, "There's more."

"He eliminated interference from all sides, forcibly suppressed the voices of opposition within the entire legion, arrested several high-level officials who had opinions, and monopolized power."

"And afterwards, he took the internal military regulations of the 14th Legion and read out all the things he had done to the corpse one by one, and made the whole scene public to everyone in the legion."

After hearing this, Chen Ming believed in Bai Quan's sincerity.

But isn't this a bit too exaggerated?

Chen Ming couldn't help asking, "Will this have no impact on the 14th Legion?"

Bai Quan denied, "No, this is a reassurance to the rest of the 14th Legion."

"If a battle suffers heavy losses because of the commander, and the commander pats his butt and runs away without causing any trouble, that would be a huge blow to morale and military spirit."

"But correspondingly, although I have gained the support of the lower-level soldiers, some of the upper echelons, that is, those behind Tang Shi, are no different from crazy."

"So this led to a sudden emergence of a large number of voices against me within the legion, but I suppressed them all."

"I can only suppress them temporarily, and the people in the war zone are still fanning the flames. I still have a lot of things to do."

"Now I can only barely spare some time to talk to you."

In this case, Chen Ming also said very straightforwardly: "Then tell me, I think you can now tell me the thing you didn't say yesterday."

"I need to cooperate with you and make enough achievements."