Chapter 285 The Final Calm

The news that Zuo Jing assassinated the head of Cai Mo Star Domain spread rapidly throughout the empire as if it had been connected to a jump engine.

Although on the surface, the head of Cai Mo Star Domain was in Hong Mo-1, and the head of Hong Mo-12 who was assassinated was fake.

But for some reason, the head of Hong Mo-1 has not come forward to prove this.

This has led to a sudden increase in the credibility of this news.

And soon, some people noticed that the empire was using various means to cut off the seedlings of information dissemination. After the news of the assassination of the head of the star domain spread to several star domains around, only some gossip remained.

But this also gave those who knew the news a hint.

Zuo Jing's assassination was real, and the assassin was also real.

This situation also led to the second wave of information dissemination hidden in the deeper network connecting the entire empire to surge more rapidly.

Soon, the whole process of the assassination was also placed in front of all forces.

Since Qianmian's original intention was to drag An Wuping into the water, he didn't care about disguise at all. When he rushed into the government building, he only symbolically destroyed some surveillance on the road.

An Wuping's appearance, the plasma released after entering the insect state caused the surrounding environment to crystallize on a small scale, and the whole process of the black fog coming and taking An Wuping away were basically recorded.

It was enough to completely label An Wuping as a Zuo Jing.

The governments of several star regions involved in the assassination immediately organized a joint meeting.

The Odan government, as the first to contact An Wuping, also secretly moved An Wuping's household registration, so of course it also joined the meeting.

Since the deputy director learned about An Wuping's actual situation through Chen Ming in advance, he remained silent throughout the meeting and did not join the topic of offering a reward for An Wuping raised by the Beniu star region.

After all, all the evidence is there. Pretending to be dead when the wind is against you is just to better show your face when the wind is favorable.

The joint meeting of several star regions ended quickly.

The final conclusion is to issue a wanted notice first and arrest the person first.

But this assassination will involve more than just a few star regions.

The consequences of the assassination will not only affect the Caimo star region.

After all, if even the highest leader of a star region cannot be protected, then this incident will also cause a great blow to the credibility of the empire and the government, and will make some people who are not up to the standard ready to move.

Under such circumstances, there is an undercurrent surging in the empire.

After the assassination, An Wuping, who was on the Zuojing spacecraft entering Caimo, soon felt the existence of this undercurrent.

Although Chen Ming did nothing at this moment, because although there were clues about Zuojing, it was still unclear, and it was not time to defect.

All An Wuping could do was wait for Qianmian to send him to the place next, and then wait silently.

Then, one of his fleets in Caimo was attacked the moment it entered hyperspace.

The patrol team that Chen Ming and the president mentioned before, which blocked his fleet from entering the galaxy for investigation, belonged to that galaxy.

They followed all the way, and after Chen Ming went to a space station for supplies, they launched an attack in hyperspace without making a sound.

Chen Ming's first reaction when he found out about this was not anger, but confusion.

Are they here to die?

Chen Ming left a total of six fleets in the empire. Although each fleet had only fifty ships, ten destroyers and forty frigates, it seemed that the combat power was very weak.

But these patrol teams were the same, all of which were mixed fleets of destroyers and frigates, without even cruisers.

Even if the number was three times that of his fleet, what would it matter?

Chen Ming was too lazy to look at them any more.

After providing psychic support, he gave full command of the battle to the Beta-class afterglow core in the fleet.

However, in more than ten minutes, the fleet that was three times larger was easily wiped out in the face of unlimited ammunition, unlimited shields, and unlimited energy.

Chen Ming had no losses at all.

As for what exactly is going on with this fleet.

You can figure it out with a little thought.

Blocking the door in front, attacking now.

It is obvious that the power of Zuo Jing's psychic has spread to these people.

Since Zuo Jing has already let these affected people take the initiative to attack, instead of choosing to hide behind and silently do things, secretly blocking or something.

That really shows that Zuo Jing's plan has reached the final stage.

That is the end that Qianmian mentioned when he was in contact with someone unknown before.

They should have found a suitable place to stay, most likely in the four places marked by the president.

The other people affected by Zuo Jing should also be moving soon, and Caimo Star Region may soon be in chaos.

Chen Ming did not go to clean up the battlefield, which was a pure waste of time.

Wasting time is equivalent to following Zuo Jing's wishes.

So Chen Ming simply stopped restraining himself and directly modified the hyperspace channel jump system for all his spacecraft in Caimo Star Region on the spot.

The six fleets were reorganized into four and headed for the four galaxies marked by the president.

When the hyperspace channel jump was over.

Chen Ming found that the situation of these four galaxies could not be said to be very similar, but could only be said to be exactly the same.

The four galaxies were surrounded by fleets.

The sensors could definitely block the edge of the entire galaxy without any blind spots.

However, the fleet outside was not in a hurry to go in at this time.

It may be because of the president's previous request.

It is said that they have to wait until they have the ability to directly raid Zuo Jing and completely end Zuo Jing before entering, so as not to give Zuo Jing a chance to struggle to death.

However, Chen Ming soon found that it seemed not to be the case.

Because the number of fleets around these galaxies has reached an outrageous level.

And even if you look at it with your naked eyes, in addition to the fleet of the Fifth Legion, there are some fleets that have never been seen in these fleets, which keep a safe distance from the Fifth Legion.

It seems that other organizations have intervened.

In addition to guarding against the possible left paths in the galaxy, the Fifth Army must also prevent these people from entering the galaxy earlier than them.

They are about to find the target, so they want to come over to share a piece of the pie?

If that's the case, then these people are too disgusting.

Chen Ming evaluated it in his heart and let his fleet approach the fleet cluster at the edge of the galaxy.

The arrival of the Yuhui Fleet naturally attracted most of the attention.

Among the four galaxies, the Fifth Army located in the Luxi Galaxy suddenly issued a notice to the surrounding fleet group, directly pulling Chen Ming's fleet into the category of friendly forces.

There was no movement in the other three places for the time being, and Chen Ming just asked the fleet there to stay at a safe distance for the time being and didn't care.

Anyway, the main force to solve the Caimo Star Region's affairs is the Fifth Army, and he is also happy to cooperate.

But just when he was about to take the initiative to contact the fleet commander of the Fifth Army that surrounded the Luxi Star Region.

The president suddenly called.

Chen Ming temporarily suspended the contact with the Fifth Army in the Luxi Star Region and turned to answer the president's call.

The president seemed to have something urgent to do, and asked Chen Ming quickly: "Do you know about the assassination?"

"I know about it. The news spreads very quickly."

"That's good. I have an important thing to do next, so I will tell you what I need to tell you first, and you can do it later."

The president didn't say what important thing he was going to do. If there was something necessary, the president wouldn't hide it.

So Chen Ming didn't ask any more questions and waited for the president to continue.

"Let's talk about the most important news first, about Zuo Jing's movements."

When Chen Ming heard Zuo Jing, he immediately asked expectantly: "Have you determined their exact location?"

The president shook his head and poured cold water on Chen Ming: "No, no matter how accurate it is, there is no way to pinpoint these four star systems. They are in these four star systems and they can't get away. At present, we are mainly dispatching manpower."

"Is the Fifth Army short of manpower?"

"It's because of what Zuo Jing did."

"Their people infiltrated the communication network management department of Caimo Star Region and released a video using the authority of the Caimo Star Region government."

"What video?"

"A video introducing their research results on dimensional infection, and the supporting research files were also transferred to an open academic resource exchange website."

"They directly explained their research on using the Mind Beast Project to make people resistant to dimensional infection and use resistance to gain power from dimensional infection."

"These things were basically blocked as soon as Zuo Jing came out. It's normal that you don't know, but many people have seen the content."

Chen Ming didn't expect Zuo Jing to throw out what they had researched.

He raised his thoughts to the president with some uncertainty: "Isn't directly disclosing the plan for manufacturing a nuclear bomb equivalent to directly releasing the manufacturing technology of this nuclear bomb? Moreover, the manufacturing technology of this nuclear bomb can be said to be a force with a little scientific research level, and even individuals have a certain ability to manufacture it?"

"You can think so, but it doesn't matter. What matters is the last sentence they said."

"The power of dimensional infection can be seized."

"And I have seen that their research results are fine. The power of dimensional infection can indeed be successful as long as it cooperates with Zuo Jing's research, and it can indeed be seized by others."

"Because this power does not come from the psychic himself, but from the flesh infected by the dimension."

"In any case, the consequences of Zuo Jing's success are definitely not what we want to see."

Can be seized.

When Chen Ming heard these words, he already understood what Zuo Jing wanted to do.

This is their open conspiracy, they want the Empire to be overwhelmed by the benefits of this power that can affect the entire Empire.

And the deeper reason for their doing this, Chen Ming estimated that it should be the meaning revealed by Qianmian's words when he called before.

They need time.

"They want to delay time."

Chen Ming directly said his thoughts.

The president immediately agreed: "They really want to delay time and want to muddy the waters."

"It's okay for them to release the entire process of the cloning experiment. The Empire can basically block the materials, and there is a cloning ban, so the situation can be controlled."

"Now it's mainly because Zuo Jing is about to produce a finished product that is about to be completed, and this finished product can be plundered by others."

"Many people have been fooled and started to have thoughts that they shouldn't have, wanting to intervene."

"But they don't understand how much risk a power from dimensional infection will bring."

Now Chen Ming knows why there are so many fleets that do not belong to the Fifth Legion near the four star systems marked by the president.

"In order to stop those people, the Fifth Legion obviously does not have enough manpower near those four star systems."

"And there is another question, who can guarantee that there are no people in the Fifth Legion who are affected by the left-path psychics?"

"You and the psychics in our association are the few people I can trust 100% now, so I will explain to you in advance, and your fleet may be able to play a role when the time comes."

The president is extremely troubled by the current chaos in Caimo and even in the empire, but he still has to do his best.

"Anyway, due to the assassination and the influence of Zuo Jing's psychic, the internal conflicts of the Fifth Legion have begun to accumulate, and they are generally in a crazy state. Try not to provoke them."

"As for the others... it's just those people anyway."

"It seems that the several star regions next door have the idea of ​​intervening. After all, the losses here are Cai Mo's, but the gains may belong to them. Even some companies have the intention of mixing here."

"It may be the influence of Zuo Jing, or it may be that they have such ideas themselves."

"The only good news now is that although the psychic of Zuo Jing may have brainwashed many people in the empire, there will always be some people with strong wills, and his mental strength is definitely not enough to support him to control all those he has influenced."

Hearing this, Chen Ming couldn't help but say: "I have a question. Didn't the Fifth Legion come here to deal with Cai Mo's affairs according to the wishes of the empire?"

"Those fleets that dare to come to block the galaxy, no matter who they are, can't they be forced to leave? If it doesn't work, just use Force, do these people dare to resist? "

The president explained: "First of all, force is not possible, because most of the fleets of the Fifth Legion were previously blocking the star field. "

"Although the star system has been completely locked, it will take time for those combat forces to transfer over."

"If a battle breaks out directly now, it will lead to unnecessary losses, and it may even cause the people of Zuo Jing to take the opportunity to escape from the star system."

"As for the forced order, I have to talk about another thing I was about to tell you."

"Inside the Caimo Star Field, some star regions that originally belonged to the Caimo Star Field jointly issued a statement,"

"They said that they opposed the nominal blockade of the organization headed by the Fifth Legion in the Caimo Star Field, and the actual separatist behavior, and condemned the Fifth Legion's behavior for causing heavy losses to the star field."

"Even some people from the original Fifth Legion came forward to support their actions."

"Ah?"

Chen Ming didn't react at all when he heard this. He thought that he had only been on the spaceship for a few hours, so why did so many things suddenly happen outside?

He confirmed again with some uncertainty: "They said the Fifth Legion's behavior was separatism?"

The president said affirmatively: "Yes."

"Aren't they really rebelling?"

"The rebellion also involved part of the Fifth Legion's energy, so those people near the four star systems should be the ones who got the news and came here. They are all fence-sitters, right?"

"They come here to take advantage of the situation when they see benefits, and they flee in all directions once the situation is not right."

"This must have been done by Zuo Jing. What is the attitude of the Empire?"

"The word rebellion cannot be said casually."

The president agreed with Chen Ming's point of view, and then asked him the last question: "What do you think?"

Chen Ming thought directly in the worst direction, which was also the most likely direction: "Is there going to be a civil war?"

"It's about the same. The scale should not be too large. It is only limited to the Caimo Star Region."

"After all, psychics are limited to mental power. It is unlikely that so many brainwashed people will be created in other places, but if the psychic of Zuo Jing succeeds, it is hard to say what the situation will be."

To be honest, Chen Ming is a little bit afraid to imagine the extremely bad situation if Zuo Jing really succeeds.

So even for his own sake, he must deal with Zuo Jing.

"Actually, I also feel that there are spaceships from the galaxy government attacking my fleet. Since it is said to be a rebellion, the empire should take action against these behaviors, right?"

The president hesitated for a moment, after all, Chen Ming's question was too straightforward.

After thinking for a while, he decided to say: "So what I am going to do next is related to these things that are happening. Just know it, don't talk nonsense.

"After Cai Mo's incident, it will definitely go through a major blood transfusion."

"And there will definitely be a lot of bloodshed before the blood transfusion,"

"The civil war must be fought. Not to mention winning, at least it must be delayed so that others can concentrate on dealing with Zuo Jing. "

Listening to the president's words, Chen Ming suddenly found the most ridiculous thing.

That is, up to now, the people belonging to the Empire don't even know who the target of the upcoming civil war is.

No one knows who will be exposed as brainwashed by Zuo Jing elements in the next moment and point the gun at his former comrades.

"Zuo Jing..."

Chen Ming muttered with emotion, and suddenly subconsciously determined the location of the cloaked man.

His perception was still as vague as before, but at least he could still be sure that the cloaked man was still inside the Caimo Star Region, and near the four star systems determined by the president before. At least the direction of dealing with Zuo Jing is correct now, so we have to start from these places. Then all Chen Ming can do now is wait. Wait for the combat power of the Fifth Legion to arrive. Wait for them to find the real location of Zuo Jing. Wait for the full-scale offensive against Zuo Jing to begin. Wait for the civil war to really break out. Wait until An Wuping arrives at the destination on Zuo Jing's spaceship. At least now An Wuping's spaceship is indeed heading towards the destination. Before ending the communication. Chen Ming asked the president the last question: "What should we do when the location of Zuo Jing is confirmed?" Chen Ming didn't know much about the Fifth Legion, nor did he know the president's style of doing things, so he asked this question. The president's answer was very simple: "It depends on luck. If you are lucky, it will be solved in about five minutes after the location is determined." "If you are unlucky... then there may be psychics who have to sacrifice. Not everyone can survive the dimensional infection. "

Ended the communication with the president.

Chen Ming had nothing to do for the time being.

Although he had fleets on standby in four star systems.

But he couldn't risk being attacked by fleets from all sides of the star system, and risking Zuo Jing being driven crazy.

He could only wait for the Fifth Legion to respond, and then wait for the president to finish his work before giving a final conclusion.

Chen Ming could notice that the fleets of the Fifth Legion were constantly entering the four star systems.

Even in hyperspace, more and more fleets of the Fifth Legion were on standby at any time.

The atmosphere in the four star systems was only one of killing.

Time passed faster than Chen Ming thought.

A few hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Although the situation in a star system seemed to be on the verge of breaking out, there was no suitable time for this "trigger".

Both the Fifth Legion and those fleets that dared to stay on the edge of the star system and whose strength was gradually reduced due to the Fifth Legion's fleet seemed to be waiting for something.

Chen Ming He felt as if his spirit was being stretched to the limit while waiting, and it could be disconnected at any time.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the spaceship An Wuping was riding on began to slow down, as if it was about to reach its destination.

Through the cosmic environment around the spaceship, Chen Ming could confirm that although he was no longer in the four galaxies at this time, he was near the four galaxies.

Zuo Jing really couldn't really send him to the most important place. At this time, he must be taken out as bait.

Chen Ming had nothing to say. He controlled An Wuping and picked up the terminal to watch silently.

Even if it was not Chen Ming's own terminal, he could see some scattered news about the Caimo Star Region.

However, these news were disappearing rapidly, and the Caimo Star Region was gradually becoming a world isolated from the outside world.

An Wuping's expression gradually became calm, but it seemed a little desperate.

Through the monitoring, Qianmian, who was spying on An Wuping, also took out a terminal, contacted his old acquaintance and said, "We are almost there, and An Wuping seems to have given up. "

The terminal immediately responded: "The recipient said he has used psychic power. Go and see him. Maybe there is a chance."

"Got it."

Qianmianzhan stood up and walked towards An Wuping's room.

Chen Ming was still flipping through the terminal at this time. After losing many sources of information, he was mainly looking at the evidence left by Qianmian before, as well as the various bounties flying around.

Chen Ming even paid a bounty for An Wuping himself.

When Qianmian came in, he happened to see the bounty information displayed on the terminal in An Wuping's hand.

Qianmian did not directly test An Wuping, but just said: "We are here, get ready to work, I hope you don't violate our cooperation regulations."

An Wuping also accepted his fate and asked: "What do you want me to do?"

"Come out and see for yourself."