Chapter 258 Partition

After arriving at the maintenance site.

Chen Ming looked around at the entire surrounding environment again.

There are no people here, just some robots doing basic work.

And as Chen Ming came to the maintenance site, he could also see that this place was also an independent module. Like the port, it was separated from other modules on the space station.

It seems that all the parts of this space station that are open to the public should be partitioned, making it easier to uninstall this module at any time.

It is also convenient to launch attacks directly on the uninstalled module after uninstallation.

At this time, Chen Ming looked back and saw that the direction of the port he had just come over was clearly visible from this position. The design was similar to that of the pirate space station.

It is obvious that the space station was definitely not separated as it is now. Before the transformation, it was definitely the same integrated design as the pirate space station.

There is definitely something wrong with this design.

"What are you looking at? I'm the only one working here."

When Chen Ming heard this, he withdrew his gaze, looked at Uncle Mao who was walking in front, and asked, "Are you a maintenance engineer?"

"It's just a part-time job. Did you see the robots here? They are the ones doing the work. We usually work at the search and rescue team. If we see any distress signals, we will report them. You are the first person I have rescued in the past six months. One is really rare.”

"You said you were a security guard, right?"

"I used to be, but now I'm working as a bounty hunter, causing trouble for pirates."

"Hunter, hunter is good. It would be good to catch more criminals."

Chen Ming felt that the Uncle Mao in front of him did not look like Zuo Jing based on his current performance, but it was difficult for anyone to say without evidence.

So he chose to remain silent.

Uncle Mao also saw An Wuping's character, and he had no objection to An Wuping's lack of answer.

He just went to a device and clicked a few times, calling Chen Ming over.

Chen Ming's three-dimensional structural diagram of the damaged sentinel was currently displayed on the equipment panel he had just controlled.

"It was just scanned. Your spaceship has been dragged here and no robot has been on it."

"Everything on the spaceship has been sorted out for you. Take a look for yourself. If there is anything missing, it must have fallen out while you were in the clouds. Don't rely on me."

"Won't."

Chen Ming knew very well what was left on the spacecraft after experiencing the baptism of the hyperspace lane cloud.

They are all worthless things anyway, so naturally they won’t be idle and cause trouble.

After roughly looking at it, Chen Ming nodded to Uncle Mao.

Uncle Mao then debugged the equipment and said, "The maintenance report has also come out. Take a look."

"The conditions here are not that good. We can repair the shell and main controller of your spaceship. As for the armor, you will have to go back and find a solution yourself. As long as you don't rush into the clouds again, it should be enough for you to fly as close as possible. of the colony.”

"Can you see the price? If you have any questions about the material cost, labor cost, and machinery cost, you can talk about it now."

Just as Chen Minggang was about to reply that he had no problem, he suddenly heard the roar of an engine behind him.

He immediately turned his head and looked behind him. At the port, a destroyer suddenly landed.

Judging from the model and painting of the spacecraft, it seems to be a government spacecraft.

The cabin door of the spacecraft opened quickly, and a man in a suit and tie who looked to be in his thirties came down from the top, surrounded by several people.

He looked at the crowd greeting him at the port of the space station with a smile on his face, and he seemed to have some status.

"Who is that person?"

Uncle Mao, who did not urge Chen Ming to answer the price question and was also looking at the port, said: "It seems to be a government official. He has been here several times in the past few days. He is mysterious and has no idea why he is here. "

government?

Chen Ming was thinking about the relationship between this ecological observation space station and the government. Can it come several times in a few days?

I'm afraid this government official has some unclear relationship with Zuo Jing.

Chen Ming first wrote down the appearance, remaining suspicious in his heart.

But after all, the person who said this is Uncle Mao who works on this space station. I still can’t believe everything I say, so let’s take another look.

"Hey, stop looking."

Uncle Mao suddenly reached out and knocked on Chen Ming's power armor and said, "Let's settle the bill first."

Chen Ming took one last look at the man and turned his head, taking out the terminal and preparing to pay.

While paying, he asked in passing: "Can the power armor be repaired?"

Uncle Mao quickly denied it and said: "How can this be repaired? Who dares to repair it for you?"

"What about the charging place?"

Uncle Mao pointed to the corner.

Chen Ming said nothing and silently paid the money needed for spacecraft maintenance.

Then he went to the corner of the maintenance site and jumped out of the power armor, plugging in the cables to the power armor like an ordinary power armor owner.

Uncle Mao saw Chen Ming's actions and felt slightly relieved, so he didn't say much about Chen Ming's military power armor.

It was his eyes that subconsciously focused on Chen Ming's height of 1.9 meters and nearly 2 meters, An Wuping's prosthesis.

But I just paid attention to it and didn't say much.

Just when Chen Ming was looking at the port next door at the maintenance station.

At the port, the man in suits and leather shoes who got off the spacecraft also noticed the situation at the maintenance site.

After all, the military power armor Chen Ming just wore was too dazzling.

He immediately whispered to the people around him: "Who is that person?"

A space station manager immediately responded: "We just received a distress signal and a person was rescued. He said that he encountered a malfunction in the spacecraft's autopilot system in hyperspace, and then rushed into the channel cloud and barely escaped."

"He is the only one alive?"

"His spacecraft has been modified and can only be driven by one person. He is the only one on the spacecraft."

"What is his identity?"

"He said that he used to work for a security company. Recently, he has been a bounty hunter in the marginal star field, hunting pirates in nearby galaxies."

The official learned the general situation from the administrator, and then looked at the secretary beside him and asked: "What is the actual situation?"

The manager was slightly dissatisfied with the official's question, but did not express it obviously.

The secretary clicked a few times on the terminal and said, "I checked with your authority. He is indeed fine, but he concealed that he had joined the army and retired, and then followed the security company to work and disappeared for several years."

The official's heart tightened and asked, "When did he retire? Why did he disappear later?"

"I retired fifteen years ago and have been working as a security guard since then. He disappeared because he participated in a security mission for an independent colony. It has nothing to do with us. It is probably an accident."

The official relaxed after hearing the time and the reason and nodded slightly.

But he still pointed to Chen Ming's direction and said to the manager, "Don't let anyone ruin our business. Let him go as soon as possible."

"I understand."

The government official walked into the interior of the space station, those areas that were not specially isolated, surrounded by a group of people.

The managers of the space station quietly left the vicinity of the team and rushed to the maintenance station as soon as possible.

But he didn't intend to really drive Chen Ming away directly.

Because there was nothing wrong with An Wuping's coming, although the military power armor made him a little worried, but the old appearance of An Wuping's power armor, combined with the background they investigated, basically led to many reasonable conclusions that had nothing to do with them.

But since the superiors had spoken, and An Wuping really came here for no reason when a big shot came, it might indeed cause trouble.

So he had to explain what he should explain.

But he couldn't really drive people away directly. After all, if he really drove away the people who had just received the distress signal and rescued them just because an important government figure arrived at the space station.

If Chen Ming was a thorn in the side and exposed the matter, it would attract more unnecessary attention.

But when he came to the maintenance station.

He noticed that there was only Uncle Mao here, operating the equipment to repair the damaged spacecraft.

When he saw the spacecraft that could disintegrate at any time, he once again confirmed his idea that An Wuping's arrival was really just a coincidence.

Uncle Mao soon noticed that someone had come to the maintenance station, and after seeing who it was,

He immediately stopped, ran to the manager, and said with a little restraint: "Deputy Manager Chang, what's the matter with your visit?"

Deputy Manager Chang looked around the maintenance station and asked: "Where is the person who just came?"

"He went to buy supplies. He's next door. Do you want me to call him back?"

"No. But you saw it just now, right? The big government official who just came will stay on the space station for a few days. Just don't let the kid who just came run around."

"Okay."

Uncle Mao agreed decisively, and Deputy Manager Chang left the maintenance station full of metal and oil smell.

Chen Ming was buying supplies with the person in charge of the space station's material management at this moment.

After all, he is now playing the role of An Wuping. As a person who just sent a distress signal, he obviously needs to buy enough supplies for the next journey.

It just so happens that the space station is also obliged to provide people who send distress signals with supplies that can sustain a week of spacecraft navigation at market prices.

So Chen Ming naturally asked Uncle Mao to help introduce it, and then asked Uncle Mao to arrange the robot to repair the spacecraft, and he ran to the Material Management Office alone.

In this way, he could observe the situation of the space station more on the way.

Unfortunately, there was nothing worth noting in the outer area of ​​the space station, so he could only come here honestly to buy supplies.

While buying supplies, he was also thinking.

How should he sneak into the core area of ​​the space station, infiltrate it, obtain information, and conduct an investigation on the left-handed elements.

Chen Ming originally wanted to find someone to ask indirectly, but An Wuping's character is not a talkative person, and if he asked too much, others would definitely be suspicious.

This is a place where Chen Ming's design is not good.

However, Chen Ming originally created An Wuping for fighting, and his abilities were designed in this direction, so his personality was also matched.

Otherwise, the contrast of the whole person would be particularly large, and it would be easier to be suspected, which was also unavoidable.

After thinking for a while, Chen Ming still wanted to use a decisive plan, such as directly removing the restrictions of the prosthesis and rushing into the core of the space station with the monster in his body.

But what if the space station is actually divided into more partitions, and we have to force our way directly into the core area to achieve our goal?

The space station is not small. Even if Chen Ming controls An Wuping and transforms, he may not be able to suppress Zhengege Space Station in a short time.

If he really wants to do this, it will be very troublesome to safely save some information of the space station. If he forcibly uses psychic power to save the data without deleting it, it will be more likely to expose the connection between An Wuping and Chen Ming himself.

It's quite a headache.

If Chen Ming's purpose of coming here this time is just to destroy Zuo Jing's space station, then he could have started directly a long time ago.

But he came here this time to get more clues about Zuo Jing, so he can't do it this way.

He must be fully prepared before he can start, at least he must first understand the general situation of the space station.

It just so happens that it will take about a week to repair his spaceship, after all, the damage is too thorough.

He still has time.

It just so happens that there is a "big man" on the space station now, and he should know a lot of information.

Maybe he can find a way to start with him.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking about the next plan, Uncle Mao suddenly appeared beside Chen Ming and said; "Hey, An Wuping, someone specifically asked me to tell you not to run around on the space station these two days."

"We saved you, you have to respect us, right?"

The space station really only has the obligation to rescue. As long as the person is rescued, it is okay to call a tugboat to tow Chen Ming to the nearest colony.

Uncle Mao is willing to give Chen Ming the opportunity to choose, although it may be to make a little money, but it is indeed true.

But someone specifically asked Uncle Mao to explain?

Why did Uncle Mao mention this point specifically when he could just say no?

Chen Ming was a little confused, but An Wuping, who he played, would not resist this and said, "I will leave when the spacecraft is repaired."

He agreed and said so, but how to actually do it is a matter for the future.

And when Uncle Mao said that someone had explained this matter, Chen Ming felt that there should be something wrong.

So he simply used his psychic power to call up the monitoring system of the maintenance station of the space station that he had already controlled.

The appearance of the person who had just come to explain the matter immediately appeared in front of him.

Chen Ming had some impression of the space station manager. It seemed that he was next to the government official just now.

The government official had already noticed him.

And Chen Ming had just found out the identity of the government official directly through the local public government website. His name was Ye Lirong, the director of the local star-level cultural and tourism department.

The reason for coming here this time happened to be explained by an announcement on the government website.

It was said that in order to develop the star-level tourism industry and allow some backward star systems to develop, they would cooperate with this ecological observation space station to conduct field investigations.

It sounded like there was no problem. Such people came, and it was actually no problem to clear out the idle people like An Wuping.

Everything looked normal, but this space station was related to Zuo Jing, and everything was not normal.

However, although Chen Ming now knew who arranged it, he still did not take any action.

Anyway, it would take another week to repair the spacecraft, so there was really no rush.

The president's investigation into Zuo Jing and the dimensional infection could not produce results within a week.

Zuo Jing had been hiding for so long, and Chen Ming did not find out until Lou Wei died unexpectedly. This matter could not be solved simply.

Moreover, Chen Ming came here to hide his identity and the connection between An Wuping and Chen Ming himself.

Many small actions in the psychic field must be done after they are completely safe and no one will find out.

Chen Ming quickly agreed to Uncle Mao, but Uncle Mao did not leave.

Instead, he waited until Chen Ming's payment for the purchase of materials was almost complete, and waved to Chen Ming and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see where you can go these days."

"Originally, our space station was not open to the public, but you were rescued by us, so we also arranged some places for you to visit."

"Okay."

Chen Ming agreed again, without showing any specialness.

Uncle Mao then took Chen Ming to three places.

A place to eat, a small cafeteria, which seemed to be specially provided for people working in these peripheral areas. Ordinary employees seemed to need to pay for meals here.

The accommodation is an ordinary centralized dormitory, with four people in one room, which is not too crowded.

There is also a work place, which is the place where the space station receives distress signals.

There is a distress signal management office hanging at the door of this place.

When you open the door, you can see that there are six or seven people here besides Uncle Mao, all of whom are in their forties or fifties, all gathered in front of two tables in the office.

Everyone stared at Chen Ming and Uncle Mao who had just come in.

Uncle Mao wanted to reach out and pat Chen Ming's shoulder, but he couldn't reach him. In the end, he patted Chen Ming on the back and said, "It's okay, this kid was just rescued by a distress signal, you take care of yourself."

He explained, half-pushed Chen Ming to the workbench in the room, and pressed Chen Ming to the seat.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't resist, otherwise Uncle Mao would definitely not be able to push him.

But at this point, Chen Ming finally couldn't help asking, "Why did you bring me here?"

Uncle Mao said as if reciting a text: "While enjoying rights, if conditions permit, the rights holder should also bear some of the obligations of the rights enjoyed."

Chen Ming said nothing, and there was a little confusion on his slightly fierce face.

"You may not know that this article is written in the "Imperial Code of Rights and Obligations of Distress Signals,"

Of course Chen Ming knows this, which means that the person who sent the distress signal has been rescued. He must take the initiative to provide assistance to the rescuers to a certain extent, which means that he must cooperate.

If conditions permit, providing rescue assistance to rescuers is equivalent to asking the rescued person to save other people.

Although this rule seems to exist or not, after all, everyone has asked for help, who is still qualified to help.

But Chen Ming is in really good condition now, and no one needs help, but the code of obligations does stipulate this.

So Uncle Mao pressed Chen Ming onto his seat and asked Chen Ming to help him look at the distress signal equipment.

Chen Ming glanced at the equipment in front of him, then turned back with a fierce face.

"Do I look good enough to talk?"

Uncle Mao looked a little embarrassed and said, "It's not about your face that matters whether you're good or not, it's about other things... Please."

After he finished speaking, he patted Chen Ming's shoulder hard, and even after patting him, he didn't take his hand away, as if he wouldn't take it away unless he agreed.

Chen Ming immediately reached out and grabbed Uncle Mao's hand and threw him away, looking very disgusted.

At the same time, he stared at Uncle Mao's face with confusion.

But the confused expression quickly disappeared.

Chen Ming thought about it carefully. After all, this was a distress signal management department, and the equipment here seemed to be of use.

Therefore, Chen Ming did not refuse in the end. He just put the hand that had just grabbed Uncle Mao's hand into his clothes pocket and took out a tissue to wipe it with.

"How to do it?"

"When this device receives a distress signal, it will automatically alarm. If the alarm occurs, just send the communication signal and leave the rest to me."

In other words, in fact, no one needs to look at this device at all. Someone can just answer the phone after asking for help.

Uncle Mao patted Chen Ming's shoulder again and said, "You have to pretend."

"OK."

Chen Ming sat upright where Uncle Mao had been working, holding the instruction manual that Uncle Mao had just thrust into his hand, and pretending to check how to use the equipment.

Then he heard several employees in the office behind him immediately take out some coins and playing cards from their pockets.

The whole office suddenly became noisy.

Everyone was noisy about the card game that was suddenly stopped just now.

"..."

Now Chen Ming knew why everyone in the office was staring at him when he just came in.

Forget it, it's okay, they are playing their own game, Chen Ming still plans to use the equipment of the distress signal management office first.

The equipment here has good ability to receive and send signals. It can be overclocked and modified to be directly used for signal shielding.

Of course, Chen Ming could not directly use psychic modification at this time, but had to use the technology that he had actively reduced to modify.

Then you must first understand the direction of the line.

Although the overall design of the space station has been changed, the style is definitely the same. This fact shows that the current technical level can definitely do it.

Understanding part of the space station is equivalent to understanding the entire space station.

It will be more convenient to block the signal then.

And this place in front of the workbench is not bad. With his back to everyone, no one will notice him.

Chen Ming quietly released a large amount of metallic liquid from the palm of his hand that was pressed on the instrument in front of him. It penetrated into the structure of the space station along the structure of the equipment, and gradually penetrated into the surroundings.

Metallic liquid is also Chen Ming's eyes.

Although it is not his hand and cannot be controlled indirectly like Yuhui, he can definitely use this thing to see what is on the space station.

However, Chen Ming's metallic liquid had just spread out not far.

The metallic liquid was suddenly blocked.

There is an extremely thin metal film made of silent alloy that blocks each space station module.

The Silent Alloy is a psychic metal material that even Chen Ming's psychic powers cannot control.

To be precise, it is not a psychic metal material, but a metal material that blocks psychic energy. It is also the material of the box that Chen Ming usually uses to place the portable psychic wave generator.

Now Chen Ming really had to suspect that Zuo Jing was really targeting him.

If he wants to let the metal liquid pass through the partition membrane, he must either destroy it directly, or he must be exposed to the surrounding environment.

Destroying the metal film is definitely an act of seeking death. Chen Ming has already seen some induction lines mixed in the metal film.

Once the metal membrane is damaged, an alarm will immediately sound throughout the space station.

The external environment is full of surveillance, even outside the space station. It is impossible to handle this matter without being exposed to the environment.

Chen Ming searched for a long time and did not find any blind spots around the space station module where he was now.

This...is a bit troublesome.

That's when.

Chen Ming suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

"Hey, that young man over there, three are short of one, can he play cards? Can he play?"