Chapter 159 The Disappearing Bugs

While Chen Ming transformed the gadgets he left in the director's office into micro robots.

He also hacked into their monitoring signals through the internal network of the Administration.

Although the Administration has strengthened its internal security after the incident some time ago, the security of the internal network has naturally improved.

But these security technologies are nothing to Chen Ming now.

Although Chen Ming studied engineering before, he still knows programming and other things. Driving and building spaceships are definitely not free from these aspects.

He has been learning when he was in Yuhui's territory some time ago, and he has just learned some very useful techniques from the member of the special operations team of the 14th Corps.

Of course, Chen Ming did not learn it directly from him.

But after that electronic technology teammate hacked into Yuhui's factory.

Chen Ming used the Yuhui individual they installed to restore the hacking method of that team member, which can be regarded as a stolen technology.

Although it was stolen, it may not be learned completely.

But Chen Ming is now inside the Administration, and he also has the help of the authority provided by the "insider" of the factory director. The security system of the Pirate Space Station is almost the same as being unguarded in front of him.

So Chen Ming easily forced a small program into the Administration's system.

However, Chen Ming's target is a director, and the relationship with the factory director is also here, so he did not do too much.

He even took the initiative to package and record several vulnerabilities and threw them to the network security department.

After he left, the file package will be automatically unpacked.

Of course, this is not the vulnerability that Chen Ming used to hack into the Administration, but other vulnerabilities he found, which he used as an excuse.

He still left a backdoor in the Administration, which may be useful in the future.

After Chen Ming inserted the program into the Administration's network and ran it.

He successfully mastered the authority of the entire floor of the Director's Office of the Administration, including the monitoring authority of the office.

The images of the monitoring equipment in the office began to loop, and only time passed normally.

Doing so allows his little robot to climb onto the desk directly and connect to the director's computer.

At this time, Chen Ming said to the factory director: "You said before that the new director did all kinds of disgusting things, so there must be something left in the computer, right?"

"It's very likely, but I think it's more likely in the terminal he carries with him."

"It's okay, let's check it first, and we'll talk about it if we can't find it."

Chen Ming searched in front of the factory director.

As a result, he really found a hidden encrypted file in his computer.

Then there's nothing to say.

Place your own people to eat empty salaries.

Choose rubbish supply companies to take kickbacks.

Privately forming gangs and suppressing dissidents.

Various corruption and bribery.

Even relying on various means, he got a valuable escort-class cruise ship.

This is a civilian ship specially used by rich people, often equipped with a large number of leisure and entertainment facilities that combat or operational spacecraft do not have.

Generally speaking, it is only used in prosperous star fields or places close to prosperous star fields to let some rich people experience the space environment.

In the marginal star field, this kind of ship clearly represents two words, fat meat.

However, the director is at least a bit smart. At least according to the file records in his computer, he has never taken it out casually.

It seems that he only occasionally stays there for a day or two to experience the entertainment facilities on it.

After all, it is a luxury product sold specifically to rich people, which is better than the ones in the pirate space station city.

In short, all the above things added together are definitely not something a director can get under normal circumstances. It is impossible to explain it just for a cruise ship.

Although this is in the pirate space station, the pirate space station is just a name for the company to roam in the gray area to grab profits.

If this kind of corruption is really done, someone in the company will take the initiative to deal with it.

And the fact that the new director is corrupt and accepting bribes is here, and under normal circumstances it is definitely much easier than just killing him directly.

However, although Chen Ming saw enough evidence to bring him down, he still confirmed with the factory director: "What do you think of this man?"

The factory director thought about it and said: "It's better to kill him."

"He was arranged by the company because of the exchange of interests. Even if there is this evidence, it is not certain that he can be killed."

"And it's a previous relationship. Even if the current director leaves, there will be a new one to replace him. It may be more troublesome to change someone."

"It's best to kill him directly, which can deter the newcomers."

"And I don't like him very much."

"Okay."

Chen Ming nodded, and completely sentenced the current director to death in his heart.

Since he had promised the factory director before, he had to do everything well.

At this time, Chen Ming noticed through the surveillance outside the office that the director who had just left had returned and was approaching the office.

He quickly restored the director's computer, and then let the micro robot hide in a hidden corner.

The director looked a little sweaty and came into the office with someone half a minute later.

This person was the captain of the guard team.

Chen Ming had seen this person before when the star zone military infiltrated the space station to do things. He followed the former director's buttocks, and he had some impression of him.

Although the captain of the guard looked normal to the director, he could not hide the disgust in his eyes, of course, it might be that he didn't want to hide it at all.

The director also knew that most people in the management bureau disliked him, but he could rely on his status to pressure people, otherwise the captain of the guard would not follow him here.

After closing the door, the director said to the captain of the guard nervously: "Are you saying that the person who came to my office before was the Chen Ming who has been making a lot of noise recently?"

The captain of the guard replied seriously: "That's how it's registered at the door, but no one knows who is under his power armor."

The director suddenly became anxious, and his voice unconsciously rose, as if questioning: "Then why can such a person be allowed in?"

"He just came to my office! If he is not Chen Ming, then what kind of person has a grudge against the company? Do you know what responsibility you will bear!"

"He killed you? "

"You!"

The captain of the guard team choked the director, and then replied normally: "You have already watched the surveillance video just now. He came to find the director and asked you to confirm that the director was not there before leaving. Is there any problem with this?"

The director pointed to the direction of the deputy director's office on the same floor and said: "Then I pointed him in the direction, but he didn't go there later. What does it mean?"

"The deputy director is not in the building today. Maybe Chen Ming saw that the office was yours and called to ask? It's okay not to go to the office when he knows that the person is not there, right?"

"And Chen Ming's entry was actually arranged by the deputy director. As long as Just let him in if you have his ID card."

"Also, Chen Ming has always been an employee of the company. Is there any problem in letting him in?"

The director raised his voice again, with obvious doubt in his tone: "Can a psychic like him be an employee of the company?"

"Are you suspicious of the psychic? Or are you suspicious of Chen Ming? Or are you suspicious of the company?"

The director knew he had said the wrong thing, and quickly made amends: "Who in the marginal star field doesn't know that psychics are real? And I didn't say I doubted the company."

"I mean, is he really Chen Ming?"

The captain of the guard did not answer directly, but said in a roundabout way: "Before, Chen Ming was also In this case, he goes in and out wearing protective clothing all day long, and never takes it off. "

"It's okay to change into power armor after not seeing him for a while, and it's not a big deal to run around in civilian power armor."

"If we can't afford it, we would have arranged all the civilian power armor at the dock."

"By the way, he used a pseudonym in the company before, Kong Shuiji, oh no, it was Mu Shuikong."

"It wasn't until the military attack that his real name and his deeds became known. You may not know that so you thought Chen Ming was new."

The director's face became even gloomier when he heard this.

"Oh and, when he first came in wearing power armor, he was indeed stopped by the guard at the door, until an old employee of the company helped him deliver his ID card and let him go."

"There is no problem with the whole process. If you think there is a problem, you can ask the deputy director, or ask why the company has formulated rules and regulations in this way."

The captain of the guard team was leading the director into a ditch with every word.

At this point, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with the director, and finally said: "Then Director, if everything is fine, I will leave. I still have a lot of things to do."

"Wait a minute."

The director stopped him again and said: "I want you to check if there is any problem with the security system, especially my floor, and send the report back to me."

Although the captain of the guard was a little annoyed, he still said: "Got it."

After he left.

The director looked around nervously, picked up the terminal, and made a call.

"The director of the network security department? Where is the director of your department? Let him come over."

At this point, the director returned to his desk.

Chen Ming and the factory director who were watching him could probably see what the director was going to do next.

So they didn't continue to stare at him.

At this time, Chen Ming still said casually: "He is anxious."

"Do you think he knows that I have a good relationship with you?"

The factory director immediately replied: "Of course he knows, otherwise your reputation would not give him such a big stimulus."

"Then he doesn't know your reputation?"

"Yes, but it is because of my reputation that he can do things unscrupulously, and I can't kill people casually."

"That's right, then forget about him."

The director can do whatever he wants now, anyway, he can't escape the final outcome.

Chen Ming sat up a little straighter, restrained his expression and said: "I have something else to tell you, it happened a long time ago."

Chen Ming's sudden serious attitude made the factory director a little serious: "You tell me."

"When I first crawled out of the cryostasis chamber, I was still in the mining space station."

"When I woke up, I found a doctor's body in the room, and then I took a pistol and a terminal from the body."

"It was with these two things that I was able to land from the space station to the planet Ruimu below, and I have lived to this day."

"So I said before that if I can come back alive and have the ability, I will go back to collect the doctor's body and let him rest in peace."

"The doctor's name is... Let me think, Ding He."

"Is that so."

The factory director showed a look of understanding on his face and said: "Then you don't have to worry too much about this."

"The 14th Legion has already taken the sky The steel has been returned to the company, and the galaxy has been reopened. "

"The company took over the space station some time ago, and it has been dealt with."

"Every employee who died will receive a pension."

"Although it's a bit late after more than 30 years, it's better than nothing."

"And generally speaking, their family members are likely not dead after 30 years, so the money will always reach them, and the same goes for the doctor you mentioned."

"Although the company cheated a little, it will definitely handle all such things."

Chen Ming nodded and said, "Okay, then help me add some money, 200,000 should be about right, just as I give it to his family."

"No problem, I'll give it to you if you find your family, and forget it if you don't."

"Yeah."

Finally completing something that he had remembered for a long time, Chen Ming couldn't help but lean back in his chair and relax a little, and his mind flashed back to the things that happened to him on the mining space station.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and asked the factory manager with some curiosity: "By the way, are those bugs difficult to deal with?"

"What bugs?"

"There are a large number of Zerg on the mining space station. I remember the name is Thorn Zerg. They have strong adaptability and evolution ability. They can survive in a vacuum. They are very abnormal. I didn't dare to provoke them before."

The factory manager recalled a little and said: "No, I also went to find out because of you when the company took over the space station. There is nothing moving in the entire mining space station."

"There are only some worthless organic growth creatures left, but those things are dead."

"There are indeed bugs, but they are all corpses.

"If you are sure that there are bugs still alive, is it possible that the original star zone military discovered your whereabouts before."

"Then when they went back to the space station to find your records, they cleaned up the bugs on it?"

"Are there traces of fierce fighting on the space station?"

This time, the factory manager recalled but didn't recall a result, so he took out a terminal and said: "Let me check, I just happen to have the records on hand. "

The factory manager opened the terminal and called up the investigation record file he had specifically requested.

I found the part about the damage assessment of the space station.

After looking at it for a while, he said, "Yes, there are, but they are all damages from thirty years ago."

"Many of them are obviously man-made attacks that damage the structure of the space station, and the self-defense weapons of the space station are basically destroyed by man-made external forces. This also proves that the destruction of the space station is not just a problem of insects."

"It should be that the military destroyed the space station's ability to resist and then directly abandoned the space station there. They are only responsible for blocking the outside and not giving the spacecraft inside a chance to escape."

"Then let the insects develop inside by themselves, and it is best to completely cover up their movements."

"But we did not find any signs of large-scale damage in the recent period. There are some small-scale ones, some in the dock and living area, all of which are traces left by deep-penetrating live ammunition."

Chen Ming suddenly coughed and said, "I did this."

"Oh. "

The factory manager silently recorded this incident and planned to send this information back so that the people who were investigating on the spot would not waste their energy on this and avoid making mistakes later.

Chen Ming continued the previous topic and said: "But there is no large-scale damage and stability problems. I feel that this is not right."

"Because according to my estimation, the entire power generation area of ​​the entire mining space station must be full of densely packed bugs. The military cannot deal with it without any traces."

"But what about the bugs? Can they still grow wings and fly? Even if they have strong evolutionary abilities, it is useless to grow wings in space unless they can grow engines on their buttocks."

"Maybe?"

The factory manager said casually as if joking, and then recorded what Chen Ming said.

"I will help you pass the information about this matter to the people who are handling the matter over there. They are still dealing with the space station recently. "

"The space station is already beyond saving, but the equipment on it can still be salvaged. The people there should be able to help you confirm whether there are any traces of bugs on the spot and see what they say."

"But I think it's better not to hold out hope. I feel that the real situation may have been rotten in the stomach of the star region military."

"Or you can ask the 14th Legion. You have a good relationship with them now. Maybe there are records and archives that can be shown to you?"

"Yes, it is true."

Chen Ming immediately thought of Bai Quan. It happened that he would need to find Bai Quan to deal with things later, so he could ask him by the way.

Chen Ming then had no more problems to deal with the factory director. He chatted for a few words and then stood up to say goodbye.

"Then I have to leave soon. I have a lot of things to deal with in the next two days."

"Okay."

The factory director opened the blockade of the office and sent Chen Ming out of the office.

Chen Ming was not in a hurry to find Bai Quan now. He still had some things of his own to deal with.

For example, he needed to use the money in his hand.

Chen Ming had a lot of money on hand now.

Baiquan gave 2 billion before, and the company gave 3 billion this time.

And the money he can get after signing those documents just now, the factory director estimated that it should be 5 billion.

Normally, it is not that much, but it is mainly because Chen Ming gave up some research patent ownership.

These patents are the big part.

Chen Ming also thought about relying on patents to make a long-term living.

But he will not be in the empire for a long time in the future, so it is not easy to do such things all the time.

Unless someone helps to watch.

So Chen Ming just asked the factory director, but the factory director did not agree directly. He felt that this was a difficult sum of money.

Because there are too many people involved in the research institute.

Although Chen Ming provided the antimatter shock wave, which made the research institute's technology a breakthrough, many studies were not directly participated in by Chen Ming.

So it is very troublesome for Chen Ming to get a share of the money.

It is better to sell it all at once and sell it to others, and you can make more money.

So Chen Ming just signed a patent ownership transfer.

And he also gave up most of the other benefits within the empire.

If all these things are added together, the value is about 5 billion.

Of course, there is only one key patent that Chen Ming has not sold, the patent for the antimatter reactor.

Chen Ming sees the value of this thing very clearly.

No matter how deep the water is, no matter how many troubles there are, Chen Ming will never give up this thing.

The factory director also expressed his understanding.

Anyway, Chen Ming's name has been written on various papers before, and various top scientific research newspapers and journals have also published it, and the government has also taken note of it.

This patent cannot be escaped.

It's just that the other patents and the 5 billion that Chen Ming gave up his rights and interests and sold them did not reach Chen Ming so quickly.

It will take time for the company to transfer the money later, and the 5 billion will have to wait for a few days.

However, Chen Ming now looked at the 2 billion that Bai Quan promised to give him for the second time and found that it had already arrived in his account.

He now has a total of 7 billion in cash on hand, if the subsequent 5 billion is counted.

That's 12 billion.

Chen Ming had already decided on the use of this money before, and he wanted to use this money to buy industrial equipment.

When Chen Ming moved their home from Yu Hui before, he took the initiative to discard a lot of large, difficult to carry, or low-value, common equipment for the sake of efficiency.

Although they were thrown away, they must be used in the early stage of colony construction.

In other words, Chen Ming now has to find a way to make up for what he had thrown away before.

The way to make up is to spend his own money to buy it.

Although the value of the equipment Chen Ming threw away is lower than the value of the equipment he asked Huihuang Huiyao to take away, that is only relative.

Industrial equipment for building colonies is never cheap for individuals.

The 12 billion he has on hand looks like a lot, but if he wants to buy those equipment for building colonies.

It may not be enough.

But when it is not enough, we will talk about it.

In short, Chen Ming still went to find Lao Wu first. Lao Wu's way is still relatively open.

And Chen Ming also knows where to find him.

That must be the bar that Lao Wu took him to last time.

Chen Ming changed himself into a new protective suit on the way and soon arrived at the bar.

Although it was broad daylight and there were basically no people around, the bar was still open.

When Chen Ming leaned over to the bar counter and asked for a glass of orange juice, the bartender suddenly said, "I recognize you. You were brought here by Old Wu some time ago."

"Oh? How did you know?"

"The voice, and the protective clothing. Are you here to drink or do business this time?"

Chen Ming silently noted that his voice was also recognizable, and he would have to pay more attention to it in the future.

Then he glanced at Old Wu who was drinking in the corner of the bar, and ignored him for the time being.

He could actually buy some intelligence or something.

So he replied: "Doing business."

"Then go this way."

Chen Ming bypassed the bartender and followed the direction he pointed to enter the room he had been to last time.

The same man with glasses from last time was sitting in the room. He looked up at Chen Ming, as if reminiscing.

Soon, he also remembered that Chen Ming was the person Old Wu had brought here.

"Long time no see, what intelligence do you want to buy?"

"Well... I need information about Chen Ming."