Star Ocean: Starting From the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 252 Explosion

Lou Wei's expression made Chen Ming no longer interested in talking to him.

He had provoked him for no reason in the beginning, so he had asked for this fate in the end.

Chen Ming returned to his seat and watched the driver drive the shuttle to the vicinity of the Stardust level soon after.

This place is now densely occupied by government and military spacecraft, and a large number of people are still busy here.

It should be busy for a few more days.

After all, Chen Ming's psychic power can only catch those who have left clear evidence related to the left path, and those left-path elements who have no evidence can still hide in the crowd.

Chen Ming cannot guarantee that all the people who continue to stay in the new residential area are people who have nothing to do with the left path.

Therefore, the government and the military still need to rely on the testimony of other people and some relevant evidence to find these left paths.

As of now, the number of people related to the left path in the colony has approached 70,000, thousands more than a few hours ago, and this number is still rising, with a trend of rising to 80,000.

It was fine for the people who really had no connection with Zuo Jing. They were all notified and knew that such a large-scale action was targeting the related elements of Zuo Jing.

So they usually hid in the new house to get familiar with the new environment and wait for the matter to end.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see how serious this matter was. The communication signals of the entire colony were blocked, and those metal liquids were definitely related to the rumored psychics.

Being the first bird to stand out at this time was simply a suicidal act.

But it was different for those who really had something to do with Zuo Jing.

Many of the originally hidden Zuo Jing elements wanted to do something at the end because they were worried about their identities being exposed, such as holding others hostage, causing destruction and chaos, etc.

Of course, Chen Ming had anticipated the occurrence of such a thing before, so all these Zuo Jing elements were controlled and arrested by the robots controlled by Yu Hui arranged by him at the first time, without any omission.

Because the entire colony was now under Chen Ming's control, there were not many people who dared to go out at will at this time, so it was easy to mark these people.

Once these people had any abnormal behavior, the robots controlled by Yu Hui Core would immediately descend from the sky on a shuttle.

Even if there are lucky left-handed elements who are not caught in the first time, and they really take hostages and want to continue to cause trouble.

The Yuhui core here can also notify Chen Ming and let Chen Ming use psychic power to solve these problems directly.

In front of psychics, hostages are meaningless.

All the left-handed elements exposed in the new residential area were handed over to the government and the army in the end.

At the same time, Chen Ming also opened up some of the rights of the colony to them, and gave them the interface to connect with Yuhui, who is responsible for public security here.

After he leaves here, dealing with the left-handed elements will be a problem for the government and the army.

Of course, most of these rights will be taken back later, and Chen Ming does not need the protection of the local military.

The safety of the colony must be in his own hands.

Next, as long as his mental power is almost restored, he should go to another heavy industrial colony in the same star system, where there are colonies and left-handed elements waiting for him to deal with.

But before leaving, he still has to meet with the government army and hand over some things to them.

After the shuttle landed near the Stardust level.

Before the shuttle stopped, Chen Ming jumped directly.

Several leaders who had met Chen Ming before immediately noticed Chen Ming and rushed over.

All of them were flushed, and they all greeted Chen Ming excitedly.

Chen Ming nodded and then stretched out his hand. Three data chips appeared in his palm again, storing all the evidence related to the left-handed elements that Huihuang had sorted out.

The representatives who had already received a piece of evidence looked at Chen Ming's palm eagerly, because this thing determined their future performance.

Chen Ming handed over the three chips and said, "Remember to keep them. If you accidentally lose them, I still have them. You can ask me for them at any time."

These are the basis for Chen Ming's arrest of colonial personnel.

With these, the arrested people can be sent to where they should go legally and reasonably.

Prison.

Or hell.

Dig out the rotten flesh and blood of this lifeless colony so that new flesh can grow again.

Everyone is very satisfied.

The government can see the colony in their jurisdiction regain its vitality and earn some performance for the subordinate security department.

The army can see a large number of left-wingers in the empire being killed, and take away some left-wingers as military merit.

Chen Ming even dealt with a large number of garbage people that he didn't need at all.

A win-win situation.

The military leader carefully took the chips and put them in a special storage container.

"Thank you for your trouble."

"Well, I have to go to the heavy industrial colony next door later, and I have to do similar things there, so I will trouble you then."

"Of course, of course."

Performance is never too much.

And this not only really solved a large number of left-handed paths, but also allowed them to freely publicize the arrest of left-handed paths in areas where there were a large number of left-handed paths.

The Empire has always been doing a crackdown on left-handed paths in public opinion, and they are naturally happy to see such a thing happen.

After several leaders said goodbye to Chen Ming, they dispersed and continued to do their own things.

They also had to assign the tasks at hand as soon as possible, so that they could continue to follow Chen Ming's footsteps to another colony.

The locals knew the situation of the two colonies very well. The number of left-handed paths in this colony was so exaggerated, so the other one would definitely not be much better.

Chen Ming looked at the busy crowd around him, and there was a slight satisfied smile on his face.

Just when he had seen enough and was about to go back to the shuttle.

Bai Quan came over at some point and said to him: "I feel that you have a talent for managing colonies."

"I learned it all."

"Where did you learn it?"

"Yuhui, the mechanical race, and the Empire."

Bai Quan shrugged, thinking that Chen Ming didn't want to say it.

He also stared at the people from several local departments who were busy nearby for a while, and suddenly said to Chen Ming: "In the previous simulation, the time interval between the first colony and the second colony was six hours, so we can go there six hours later, or go there now and wait for six hours."

"Let's do it here. Habitable planets are much more comfortable than unhabitable planets, and I can help deal with the left-path for a while here. I don't want my colony to have any left-path molecules left."

"Then I'll go to Stardust first. I just have work to do."

"Okay."

Bai Quan patted Chen Ming's shoulder and turned to leave.

At this time, another person asked Chen Ming not far behind him: "Don't you want to calm down and restore your mental strength? If you continue to help here, won't the mental strength of the next colony be insufficient?"

Chen Ming turned his head and saw that it was He Gu who asked this question, and he also left the shuttle.

He asked this question now because he just heard the conversation between Bai Quan and himself.

Chen Ming shook his head slightly and responded: "No, as long as I recover faster than I consume, there are not many left channels left now, and the consumption is not much, six hours is enough to recover."

"A genius is a genius, do you have time to chat now?"

He Gu came to Chen Ming, praised Chen Ming, and invited him again.

Bai Quan didn't say anything, nodded to Chen Ming and left directly, letting Chen Ming decide for himself.

Since this matter had been determined before, Chen Ming gave a quick answer this time.

"Okay."

It happened that there was no one nearby, so He Gu just talked about what he wanted to say to Chen Ming here.

However, unlike what Chen Ming thought, He Gu really just talked to him about some things, mainly about Chen Ming's core technology of Purgatory.

I want to ask Chen Ming about the specific manifestation of the practicality of this technology and the possibility of giving it to non-professional thermodynamic researchers.

Only at the last moment did he invite Chen Ming to visit the Psychic Research Institute when he was free to come to the headquarters in the future.

It was not a test for Chen Ming, but just to talk about some psychic technology.

It was quite decent and polite, so Chen Ming did not refuse.

We'll talk about it when we have a chance.

Anyway, he estimated that many people would not dare to let him run around, especially in a place like the Psychic Research Institute.

I don't know how He Gu will deal with this matter at that time.

Six hours passed after He Gu left Chen Ming.

Chen Ming's mental strength recovered again.

After notifying several people involved in the gambling agreement, Chen Ming boarded the Stardust level and went to another heavy industrial colony.

The heavy industrial colony also had Zuo Jing, and it must have maintained contact with Zuo Jing on the light industrial colony.

However, Chen Ming had decided to take action against Zuo Jing on both planets, so he had asked Bai Quan to talk to the people in the local departments before, and increased the blockade of planetary communications.

Of course, Chen Ming did not put everything on them, and he also used some means to block the communications of the entire colony.

Just open the back door for people in several local departments.

Anyway, with Lieutenant General Bai Quan staying by his side, Chen Ming can do anything as long as there is a reasonable reason.

So now, when Chen Ming rushed to the heavy industrial colony, it was not too long since Zuojing on the light industrial colony had completely fallen.

Everything in the entire heavy industrial colony was very "normal", at least it was still running normally as usual, which was almost the same as not running.

But at least Zuojing had not discovered that the neighboring planet had problems, and Chen Ming still had time to take over this colony and these Zuojing molecules without any accidents.

The Stardust class quickly arrived at the surface of the planet.

This heavy industrial colony was similar to what Chen Ming had seen in the simulation. It also started from the core earth furnace power tower and there was an industrial zone full of industrial buildings and industrial equipment expanding around it.

Compared with the industrial zone on the habitable planet, there were obviously fewer pollutant collection devices here.

After all, it was not a habitable planet, so there was no need to deliberately protect the environment if it was not necessary.

And the development level here is not high compared to the colonies I have seen in the simulation. After all, the simulation time is five years ago, and this place has been stagnant for more than ten years.

Ten years of stagnation also means that the level of automation in this place is not high, so it is not like in the simulation that only a small number of people are needed to work here.

A certain amount of manpower is still needed here.

Therefore, outside this large circle of industrial areas, there are a small number of residential areas that are kept at a certain distance from the industrial areas, which are used to accommodate people working here.

On non-habitable planets, residential areas are usually located under the dome, and this is no exception.

The dome limits the area where people can move, and it also facilitates Chen Ming's next work in disguise.

He only needs to replicate what he did in the light industrial colony.

The Stardust class landed in a dome far away from any dome where people still live soon.

In case some left-handed elements see this special cruiser and associate it with the lost left-handed ones in the light industrial colonies, and riot in advance.

Then Chen Ming chose to take the shuttle directly to land near the earth's core furnace power tower in the industrial area.

Since there was a problem with the warehouse in the light industrial colony before, Major General Song had someone check the warehouse in the heavy industrial colony.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of materials here. It was quite troublesome for non-habitable planets to steal things from the warehouse.

Chen Ming came to the warehouse now, and he could start his work in the heavy industrial colony smoothly.

Shortly after Chen Ming officially started, the spaceships of the heads of several departments also arrived on the planet.

With them, Chen Ming didn't have to worry too much about the next thing.

Three hours later.

The entire heavy industrial colony was completely rejuvenated.

The geocentric furnace power supply tower, which was also destroyed by the left-handed molecules, also began to operate normally.

The entire industrial zone has also undergone tremendous changes compared to before, from the original production of civilian spacecraft hulls to the production of fuel.

And the domes further out have been completely demolished and razed to the ground.

All the natives, whether they were left-handed or not, were all stuffed into the cryostasis chamber for forced hibernation.

Also through the evidence sorted out by Huihuang, Chen Ming handed over those who were confirmed to be related to Zuo Jing to the government and the army in advance.

The remaining people who had not yet been found out were transported by a Colossus-class cargo ship temporarily transferred by Chen Ming from outside and sent to the colony on the habitable planet.

This Colossus-class ship that Chen Ming had obtained from Yuhui before, although the military seemed to have found out that it was a Colossus-class ship that was captured by Yuhui in a battle.

But since this ship is in Chen Ming's hands, it is impossible to pursue this matter.

So they just notified Baiquan and asked Baiquan to tell Chen Ming to change an identification code.

The matter of the Colossus-class cruiser cargo ship was just a small episode.

For Chen Ming, relatively more important are those who have no clear evidence to prove that they are related to Zuo Jing, and after the joint inspection of the government and the military to confirm that their identities are no problem, they were locked up in the frozen hibernation chamber by Chen Ming.

They will arrive at the light industrial colony soon, wake up directly from the hibernation chamber, collect their belongings in the dome residential area of ​​the heavy industrial colony, and go to the new residential area of ​​the colony.

To be honest, this method is a bit excessive. If this matter is spread out at any time, it will be criticized.

Not only will it be criticized, but it should also be considered illegal in fact.

But it is different now. A large number of left paths exist in these two colonies, and special cases are treated specially.

And now the person with the highest position in the entire galaxy is Baiquan. With Baiquan's endorsement for Chen Ming, naturally no one will say anything.

The government and the military knew about this and chose to acquiesce. After all, it is also very beneficial to them.

And those ordinary people who were forcibly sent away by Chen Ming.

I can only say the same thing as before.

As long as the new conditions provided by Chen Ming are better than before, even if the means are a little more coercive, they will just curse a few words and it will be over.

The small, backward and dilapidated environment under the dome of the heavy industrial colony is compared with the new residential area on this habitable planet.

Most people should not have any subsequent problems.

So Chen Ming was relieved to throw everyone over, and completely completed the last step of work in the heavy industrial colony, that is, the installation of the afterglow core.

When the entire colony was completely operational again, Chen Ming's mission was completed.

The test of whether his psychic power could control the colony ended here.

Chen Ming returned to the shuttle with Major General Song and others, and prepared to sign the final agreement on the certification result of the gambling agreement.

After signing this document, the matter ended here.

And because He Gu accompanied him throughout the process, no one could have any doubts about it.

Otherwise, it would not only be questioning Chen Ming, but also questioning the Psychic Research Institute.

Lou Wei also signed tremblingly, while mumbling something in his mouth.

Chen Ming ignored him, and instead picked up the terminal to notify the companies that had cooperated with Chen Ming and had been waiting for a long time at the edge of the galaxy.

Let their spacecraft go to the two colonies that now belong to Chen Ming.

With Yu Hui in charge, most of the industrial facilities of the light industry and all the industrial facilities of the heavy industry can be put into operation directly.

The only thing that cannot be put into operation directly is the plastic product production line that Chen Ming specially sent out to people to work in the light industry colony.

It should take two or three days until the government and the army have investigated the left-wing elements before it can start.

After sending a few messages, Chen Ming put away the terminal with satisfaction.

He found that Lou Wei was still muttering something in the corner of the shuttle.

Chen Ming was also a psychic with keen perception. He could hear clearly what Lou Wei was muttering after a little difference.

However, at the moment when he heard it clearly, his face changed drastically.

He immediately looked at He Gu, who was also on the shuttle and had the same keen perception.

He found that He Gu's expression was almost the same as his, both of them looked like they had seen a ghost.

The two immediately understood each other's meaning, and tacitly did not express anything, and continued to pretend that nothing had happened.

Because what Lou Wei was muttering at this moment was exactly the teachings of the left-wing that Chen Ming had heard several times.

Chen Ming immediately put his hands behind his back, quietly released a little metal liquid to flow to Lou Wei's side, created a recording device, and began to record Lou Wei's mumbling.

To be honest, Chen Ming is very confused now, because although Lou Wei and him are in a hostile relationship, Lou Wei does not look like a person who would believe in Zuo Jing.

Otherwise, according to reason, Lou Wei should have been exposed when the supervisory department came down before. If he really believed in Zuo Jing, unless he believed in it to the deepest bottom, it should not be hidden.

Although Lou Wei is a problem for Chen Ming, everything is normal for their faction. He is conscientious and even personally goes out to fight Bai Quan.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like he has anything to do with Zuo Jing.

It's not that the supervisory department has handled the matter, and then Lou Wei's mentality collapsed and he believed in Zuo Jing, right?

Chen Ming couldn't say, but he couldn't think of any other explanation that could reasonably explain what Lou Wei was doing now.

And he couldn't directly expose Lou Wei now, otherwise Chen Ming would even think of an excuse for Lou Wei.

Lou Wei had only read those things related to Zuo Jing, and suddenly thought of it and said a few words casually.

So now he didn't even look directly at Lou Wei who was lowering his head in the corner, as if nothing in the outside world could disturb him.

He just kept signaling Bai Quan next to him with his eyes.

Soon, Bai Quan also noticed Lou Wei's strangeness, and he also tacitly did not express anything, just observing secretly.

Gradually, other people on the shuttle also noticed that the atmosphere inside the shuttle became strange.

The whole shuttle became completely quiet without knowing it.

It was so quiet that only Lou Wei's voice was left muttering the teachings of Zuo Jing.

At this moment, everyone heard clearly what Lou Wei was saying.

Confused and vigilant eyes were locked on Lou Wei almost at the same time.

Lou Wei suddenly raised his head, his voice was hoarse, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Why are you looking at me?"

His eyes were scary, and the whole person seemed to be on the verge of madness.

Chen Ming had only seen such eyes on the faces of those Zuo Jing elements who were about to use explosives to self-destruct.

Chen Ming took out the recording device, replayed what Lou Wei had just said, and said, "Explain it."

Lou Wei's expression twisted as if a string in his brain had broken.

Chen Ming immediately prepared the metal liquid and restrained him if he showed any abnormal behavior.

But in just a few seconds, although Lou Wei's whole person did not change much, it seemed as if he was no longer a human, but a monster who believed in a twisted doctrine.

The bloodshot in his eyes became more and more serious, and even some red marks like ruptured blood vessels appeared on his face.

Even Chen Ming felt a slight tingling of his scalp. Although he did not feel any danger, his vigilance in his heart had risen to the extreme.

"Bang!!"

Lou Wei suddenly exploded, shattered into a handful of blood mist and fragments, spraying on the entire shuttle.

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