Chapter 162 Undercurrent

While Chen Ming was talking to his boss about the future supply of materials.

Near the connecting line between the Galo star field and the other two star fields, there is a galaxy that exists independently of the surrounding star fields.

It belongs to the star field joint war zone that the Galo star field has joined.

And on a volcanic planet in this galaxy.

Under a dome that isolates the planet's extreme high temperature from the outside.

Inside the headquarters building of the star field joint war zone.

In the office of the lieutenant general who had a conflict with Chen Ming.

In addition to the lieutenant general here.

There is also Zhang Feng, who was previously the deputy of the second generation who was shot dead by Bai Quan, and actually commanded the fleet of the 14th Corps.

And the middle-aged woman who personally went to the psychic to check whether Chen Ming was still alive.

The lieutenant general and the middle-aged woman sat around the coffee table in the office, and Zhang Feng stood behind the lieutenant general.

On the coffee table in front of them were the documents of what happened an hour ago and the list of people they had just lost.

The lieutenant general extended his index finger and pointed at the lines of personnel records that had been erased on the terminal, and said to the middle-aged woman: "Tao Ying, do you still plan to continue at this time?"

"We are almost in a period of liquidation now, and some of our subordinates have acted on their own and made us very passive."

The middle-aged woman, Tao Ying, was obviously ready to argue with the lieutenant general and said: "There will be no chance in the future."

"We have already obtained information about the president of the Psychic Society. His location is in another star system near the Galo star field."

"The purpose of his trip has been determined, which is to recruit a A new psychic of Atomic Technology, but he did not leave after completing this task, but was still waiting for someone. "

"There is only one person he is waiting for at this position, that is Chen Ming who returned to the pirate space station of Sinda Corporation a few days ago."

The lieutenant general waved his hand and said, "I know this, you don't need to repeat it to me."

"But you don't know that because of this matter, I have already arranged people on the hyperspace route from the Galo star field to the president of the Psychic Association, and on the edge of that galaxy, ready to intercept Chen Ming."

Tao Ying put a few documents on the coffee table and pushed them to the lieutenant general.

The documents were exactly the arrangements she had made before.

"But just now, the president of the Psychic Society suddenly left by boat and canceled the meeting with Chen Ming."

"There is only one possible reason for this situation. The news that we were going to intercept him halfway leaked out."

"There is a problem within us. Someone provided information to Chen Ming."

"No, it can't be said that it was provided to Chen Ming."

"Chen Ming's identity has been completely exposed. He is an ordinary person who was born as an orphan. He has no network of relationships and has climbed up purely by relying on psychic power."

"It must be someone else who is helping him."

"Bai Quan, or Wu An."

"It is because of them that as long as we continue to drag it out, it will be even more impossible for us to kill Chen Ming."

"But Bai Quan needs to leave for a while to attend his Lieutenant General Promotion Ceremony, the 14th Legion left here will react very slowly. "

"Chen Ming is only protected by Wu An, which is more suitable for us to take action than if he is protected by both Wu An and Bai Quan."

The Lieutenant General persuaded again: "You have already said that your information has leaked, Chen Ming has been prepared, is this a good opportunity?"

Tao Ying obviously had no intention of giving up easily, and said: "Did you see the two ships in the pirate space station?"

"One is the Glory of Afterglow, and the other is a new ship whose name is unknown. From the appearance, it can be determined that it is an exploration ship."

"Chen Ming is likely to leave the empire and go somewhere else. This is our last chance."

The Lieutenant General suddenly took a photo of the High Point just entering the space station dock on the table.

"I received the news when the ship just arrived at the space station. It was designed by the psychic who just joined the Psychic Society. It is obviously to be taken to the edge star field for testing."

"And Chen Ming has no reason to sail out for exploration now. This ship is temporarily used to send Chen Ming to the president of the Psychic Society."

Tao Ying sneered: "You said so last time that Chen Ming is dead."

The lieutenant general's face darkened and said: "Then take your say, what are you going to do?"

"He is staying on the space station. Who knows when he will leave?"

"If he just waits Baiquan will come back here after the promotion ceremony. Can you kill him when the 14th Corps can jump to support at any time? "

"When he jumps away with the two cruisers, do you dare to chase the jump traces?"

"And can you guarantee that Baiquan will not come to help him disrupt the jump traces? What can you use to chase him?"

Tao Ying saw that the lieutenant general had shown signs of loosening up, and explained: "So I didn't plan to track him later, I wanted to force him out."

"You want to go to the space station? It's barely reasonable for us to kill Chen Ming outside the space station while Wu An hasn't reacted. "

"You went to the space station purely to cross the line. Do you think our losses today are not enough?"

"Unless you want to attract another psychic's revenge, you must not do this."

"And in addition to Wu An's revenge, you might as well consider the revenge of those who have set their eyes on Chen Ming's psychic power after we killed Chen Ming."

"He is no longer the Chen Ming who just escaped from the mining space station. He is not so easy to kill."

Tao Ying obviously had an idea and said, "Chen Ming has not controlled the main battleship yet, and his ability is not yet fully mature."

"If we kill him now, we can afford the revenge. As long as we can get back the relationship lost because of Chen Ming, we have the capital to make a comeback."

The lieutenant continued to pour cold water: "Then Wu An came to the door."

"Even if a psychic violates extremely serious laws, as long as he does not cross the real bottom line and is anti-human, the empire will not pursue it too much."

"Other forces can also recruit him and give him "Besides, Wu An is originally a member of the Psychic Society. Such a loose force does not restrict members from joining other organizations." "Their members also have private relationships. Who knows which psychic has a good relationship with which psychic in private? If we provoke them, we will offend several of them." "Besides, there are only a few of us here. It's not like the entire war zone is on the same side with us." "It will be very troublesome if we really retaliate. We shouldn't have taken action against Chen Ming." Tao Ying didn't expect the lieutenant general to change his face so quickly. He could only continue with a stern face: "My previous preparations cannot be wasted." "And as you said, it's really not easy for us to take action on the space station, but Wu An can't come to the war zone headquarters to take action against us." "And we don't need to do it ourselves and let others bear Wu An's revenge." "Then we must sacrifice enough people to be picked out." Tao Ying clicked the terminal in front of him, displayed a person's file on it, and pushed it to the lieutenant general. "Li De, this person is important enough. Let him contact Zuo Jing to provide them with funding and let Zuo Jing help us do things."

"Zuo Jing?"

"Chen Ming once had a conflict with Zuo Jing."

The lieutenant general waved his hand and said, "I know, when Zuo Jing attacked the capital of the Galo star field before."

"Even if Zuo Jing forced the person out, Wu An would definitely react."

"After the fleet goes there, we still have to deal with Wu An's problem. What are your plans?"

"You have seen the fate of the Yuhui fleet that tracked Chen Ming to the pirate space station a few days ago."

Tao Ying put the teacup that had just been put to his mouth heavily on the tea table, making a crisp sound.

"Of course I saw it, but I also know that the people in the Psychic Society are not monolithic. There are also people who hate him. Didn't we do that last time?"

"Last time we had Sky Steel. What do you have this time?"

"Can't we come up with something to ask the psychic to help?"

The lieutenant general rubbed his temples and suddenly exhaled, saying, "Whatever you want."

"Then it's settled. Within two days, I want to see Chen Ming forced out of the space station and sink in space with his ship."

The lieutenant general warned for the last time, "After this, whether we succeed or not, we must lie dormant. Some assets that could have been collected outside must also be abandoned. It's the price."

Tao Ying nodded and closed several files that were open on the terminal.

The wallpaper on her terminal desktop was revealed, which was a photo of the life of the second generation Tang Shi who was once killed by Bai Quan.

After seeing this photo, Tao Ying suddenly said hysterically, "It doesn't matter what the price is. I want Chen Ming to die!"

The lieutenant general shook his head slightly.

Zhang Feng, who hadn't said a word the whole time, was expressionless and dazed.

He had just seen the contents of the file. Li De, who was chosen by the lieutenant general and Tao Ying, was a major general.

But he was sentenced to death in a few casual words from the two lieutenant generals.

And before his death, he got into trouble with Zuo Jing.

He was wondering if he would have such a day.

But he didn't show it, and didn't dare to show it.

He could only think silently alone.

Time passed quickly.

Two hours passed quickly.

Chen Ming and the boss had already figured out the subsequent material transportation plan.

Chen Ming only needed to send a gamma-class core to the boss's colony.

At that time, with the help of the gamma core to control, Chen Ming didn't need to go there in person.

It happened that when Chen Ming ran out from Yu Hui before, he also brought a few gamma cores with him, which was very convenient.

And after leaving the boss.

Chen Ming ran directly to the management bureau.

The fifth floor of the Administration is a special hospital, and Old Wu’s ward is here.

When Chen Ming heard that Old Wu was hospitalized, he thought something had happened to Old Wu, such as being hit by a stray bullet or a ricochet before he built the second power armor.

As a result, the doctor handed him the examination report as soon as he came.

It can be seen that the doctor has basically checked Old Wu from head to toe. Except for the liver damage caused by drinking too much, there is no problem.

Moreover, the current technology can easily treat this kind of alcohol liver damage, and the doctor has also prescribed medicine for Old Wu.

But Old Wu just used this excuse to lie in the hospital and didn't want to go out.

Then the doctor hinted to Chen Ming that Old Wu was fine and he should get rid of him quickly.

Chen Ming didn't know what to say. He responded to the doctor ambiguously and pushed open the door of Old Wu's ward.

"Old Wu, how are you?"

Old Wu, who was originally sitting on the bed and watching videos, immediately collapsed, looking like he could die at any time.

Chen Ming ignored such a performance and slapped Lao Wu on the shoulder. Then an exoskeleton power arm appeared on his arm and lifted Lao Wu up.

"Stop pretending. If you keep pretending, I'll go find the factory manager."

"Stop."

Lao Wu climbed up quickly.

Chen Ming shook his head and said, "I heard the factory manager said you were hospitalized and came to see you. You are just pretending. Get out quickly and don't waste medical resources."

"This hospital is empty every day. There is no waste. If I don't stay, it will be a waste."

Although Lao Wu said this, he stood up honestly and didn't seem to plan to stay any longer.

After Chen Ming finished speaking, he looked around the ward and asked, "Where is the power armor?"

"I left it in the bar. Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to take the ambulance here wearing this. I asked the people in the bar to help send it to the dock. It should be in the warehouse where we usually store goods."

"You will definitely see it when you turn around."

Chen Ming can certainly see it, and he can dismantle the power armor and recycle the materials at any time.

But he mentioned the power armor under his control now, not to find out where the power armor is, nor to get it back, but for other things.

Chen Ming said directly to Lao Wu: "I'll give you that power armor to keep you safe."

"Although the previous assassination in the war zone was aimed at me, it may not be the case next time. It's better for you to take it, and this thing is not valuable to me."

"Also, don't do the pirate bounty yourself in the future, let others do it."

"Try to arrange a trustworthy person, as long as he can get the money and won't run away with the money."

There are basically two kinds of gains from fighting pirates, the pirates' bounty and the ships they drive.

Chen Ming can drive the ship back directly, as long as his fleet brings an engineering ship and a gamma core.

Only sending pirates to collect bounties is something that really needs people to do.

Because of Chen Ming, Lao Wu may not be safe staying on the space station now, let alone going somewhere else.

Although the boss just said that it was the people under the war zone who got hot-headed and assassinated.

But the war zone reacted so quickly, Chen Ming still couldn't say whether the high-level officials of the war zone were involved.

So it's better to keep a hand and leave Lao Wu some means to save his life.

But Lao Wu himself has to pay attention, otherwise if he doesn't have time to wear this power armor, it's like he doesn't have it.

And Chen Ming also plans to arrange something for the factory director to use for self-defense, but we'll talk about it next time we meet.

Lao Wu naturally accepted Chen Ming's gift.

He immediately sent a message to the bar, and said with a happy face: "That's no problem, and I'm always scared, don't worry."

"Well, you'd better carry the terminal I gave you with you, and contact me if anything happens."

"I came here to talk to you about this, and I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first."

"Have a good time."

Chen Ming turned and walked out of the ward.

But just as he left, he suddenly turned back and looked at the ward and said: "I have sent the news that you are fine to the factory director. If you don't want the factory director to come to you, leave quickly."

After Chen Ming left, Lao Wu's action of lying on the bed again was stiff. He sighed and began to change his hospital gown.

Then Chen Ming left with peace of mind, walked in the corridor of the hospital, and continued to think about what he would do next.

There are still too many things to deal with in the next two days.

If you don't finish all the things, it will be really terrible if you have to come back after leaving.

He would rather spend more time on these things than come back to make up for it later.

So Chen Ming's next plan was to go to Bai Quan, where he also had a lot of things to deal with.

It happened that the time was about the same, and it was time for Bai Quan to rest.

Just after Chen Ming made up his mind, the elevator of the building in front of him arrived at his floor.

Chen Ming was stopped just as he was about to go in.

The elevator was full of people, and they were all guards from the Administration.

They surrounded a fat figure, the director.

The guard who stopped Chen Ming said to Chen Ming: "Sorry, it's full, please take the next one."

Chen Ming was not wearing a protective suit now, but casual clothes and a mask.

He was dressed in a very common outfit in the hospital, so he was not recognized.

Chen Ming nodded silently and stepped aside.

Is the director so timid now?

Chen Ming suddenly felt a little funny and pressed the button of another elevator.

But at this time, he suddenly noticed that the director seemed to carry his computer with him.

Before, Chen Ming asked the micro robot to leave some broken parts in the director's computer, taking this opportunity to determine the location of the computer.

What was he doing with the computer?

Chen Ming did not look at the elevator that had not yet completely closed.

Instead, he paid attention to the director's location while waiting for the arrival of another elevator.

At the same time, he also started the micro robot he left in the director's office.

Chen Ming looked around through the robot and found that the office seemed to have been cleaned up, and it seemed to be cleaned up in a hurry.

The whole office was a bit messy and there was a lot of empty space.

Is he going to run away?

Chen Ming immediately hacked into the Administration through the backdoor he had left behind.

Through the elevator monitoring, it can be seen that in the elevator that the director took, the only button on the elevator that was lit was the top floor, not the floor of the director's office.

Chen Ming immediately relied on the Trojan program that he had left in the director's computer and was transferred to his terminal without the director's attention.

He looked through the director's terminal data.

In it, Chen Ming found a file that had just been edited.

This was the director's schedule for the future.

He planned to take his cruise ship and leave the space station under the escort of the Administration, on the grounds of going home to visit relatives.

The reason was not important, what was important was that the director really planned to run away.

It was just that his cruise ship had always been only used by the director occasionally to rest, so it only maintained a very minimal ship state and could not carry out interstellar navigation at all.

So the ship needs another day of maintenance to keep it in normal condition.

The director is afraid of Chen Ming and plans to live outside in advance. As long as the ship is maintained, he will run away.

Chen Ming has nothing to say.

If it was in the Administration, Chen Ming would have to think of a way to kill the director.

But if it was on the spaceship, Chen Ming could kill people without knowing how.

Moreover, he has been carrying several gamma-class cores with him recently, so it is very easy to control a spaceship quietly.

Chen Ming took the elevator to the outside of the Administration building.

He found an alley outside and built a micro robot with a gamma core installed.

The task Chen Ming gave the micro robot was very simple, go to the dock, find the cruise ship, and control it.

He is an employee of the maintenance plant, so it is too easy to contact a ship under maintenance.

It happened that a shuttle flew out from the top of the building at this time, and the person on it should be the director.

But since there is already a plan, Chen Ming doesn't care at all.

The director's matter has been settled.

Chen Ming returned to the top.

After lunch, Chen Ming contacted Bai Quan.

The communication was connected.

"Hello?"

Bai Quan's greeting was full of fatigue, but it seemed to make him very excited, as if something happy had made him so tired.

So Chen Ming asked casually: "Are you okay?"

"Very good, just a little busy with official business these days, and I have to prepare to attend a promotion ceremony later."

"Promotion ceremony? Yours?"

"Yes."

"You are going to become a lieutenant general, right?

"Yes."

"By the way, how old are you?"

"Thirty-four."

"Are there any younger lieutenant generals?"

"Yes, there are."

Although he said so, Bai Quan still explained in a good mood: "In the early days of the empire's development, there were many more opportunities than now, and promotions were fast at that time."

"But now you should be considered relatively rare, right? Congratulations, when are you free, I will discuss something with you. ”

Bai Quan said with a serious tone and obvious smile: "Thanks to you, I was able to be promoted so quickly, so if you have something to do, I am free anytime, now is fine."

"Then let's do it now, we have a lot of things to deal with."

"Okay."

Chen Ming flipped through the notebook in his mind.

However, he did not rush to get straight to the point, but mentioned other things first: "By the way, is there any movement in the war zone recently?"

Bai Quan recalled and said, "I haven't noticed any movement from them recently."

"It may be because of you that they suffered heavy losses. Not only did they lose Sky Steel, but many of their partners ran away."

"And they said you were dead before, but you are still alive. Your credit has basically been lost, and you can't make any waves."

"But I can't guarantee that they won't have any ideas about you. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. It's still possible for them to mess with you."

"No action on the surface?"

"Definitely not. I've been keeping an eye on them."

"Okay."

Chen Ming agreed and said, "Then let's talk about what happened before, starting with the earliest thing."

"The thing about Cheng Xinghe that we talked about at the beginning."