Chapter 349: Pursuit

Although Bai Quan was not involved in the matters in Caimo Star Territory at all.

But the matter in the Caimo Star Territory was so big. Many important members of the Lud Zuo Path died, and the Zuo Path collapsed completely. He had heard of it at least.

Of course he also knew about An Wuping.

And after he told Chen Ming the information he had given before and received feedback, he already knew the connection between Chen Ming, An Wuping and the Zerg.

Therefore, he was not surprised that Chen Ming and An Wuping cooperated. He was not even surprised that Chen Ming took the initiative to betray An Wuping's information.

Because obviously this was a means that Chen Ming and An Wuping had agreed upon to achieve their goals.

But he was still surprised by the news about Zuo Jing.

Especially the most important person in Zuo Jing, the brainwashing psyker, Bai Quan was even more impressed.

The death of such a person is basically equivalent to a death sentence for Zuo Jing, but now Chen Ming told him that he was doing things to find out Zuo Jing, which obviously meant that Zuo Jing still existed and was lurking in the empire.

It even requires psychics like Chen Ming and An Wuping to personally sort out these matters related to Zuo Jing.

This made Bai Quan somewhat confused as to why.

Chen Ming could only say: "Brainwashed psychics are not that easy to die."

"Zuo Jing has been around for so many years. The empire has just started to take steps into the universe. It can't be that Zuo Jing can find a brainwashed psyker every hundred years, right?"

Bai Quan was very familiar with Zuo Jing's topic and said: "This statement has been mentioned a long time ago, but Zuo Jing did not have such a strong influence in the past."

"Only in the early days when the empire entered the cosmic era, the development of the left path was a little faster. In the subsequent pioneering era, the left path was at best disgusting in all corners."

"It wasn't until the years after the end of the pioneering era that the Left Path began to emerge again. According to this time, if more mechanical organ transplants are carried out, and the brains of psykers are strong enough, the earliest brainwashed psyker is It’s possible to survive until now.”

"An Wuping didn't leave any corpses before, and he didn't say he saw what the brainwashed psyker looked like. It's true that he couldn't see the brainwashed psyker after he turned into a monster."

"In addition, after the death of the psyker Zuo Jing, many people who were brainwashed, especially many people in many local governments and the military who were brainwashed by Zuo Jing, voluntarily surrendered, so it was basically regarded as a brainwashed psychic by default. The person is dead enough to see it.”

"How are you sure Zuo Jing is still alive?"

Bai Quan obviously has a very deep understanding of Zuo Jing's history, and there are basically no problems in his words.

But Chen Ming still believed what he saw with his own eyes: "I'm not sure, it's An Wuping who is sure."

"He said that when he was fighting against the brainwashed psyker in Zuojia, he sensed part of the psyker's memory due to the fusion of mental power."

"He discovered that there was something wrong with the memory of the brainwashed psyker. It was implanted by someone. Someone implanted the memory of the brainwashed psyker into him, making him think that he was the brainwashed psyker from Zuojia."

Chen Ming combined the appearance of the brainwashed psyker in Qianmen Mian's memory with the news that he finally saw the brainwashed psyker's head and confirmed that the dead brainwashed psyker was different from Zuo Jing's real brainwashed psyker. Take it out.

Bai Quan didn't know much about spiritual things, so he asked: "Is this useful? The spiritual nerves are all different, how can they have the same ability?"

"An Wuping said yes. He said that after any psionic person loses his original memory and experiences life again through false memories, his spiritual nerves will also change along with the false memories."

"You trust him so much?"

"Because he showed me something that proved it."

Bai Quan did not ask what An Wuping showed to Chen Ming or how he showed it to Chen Ming.

Thinking about the black mist psyker who became extremely deformed in the black mist but could control hundreds of thousands of Zerg cruisers, he could probably guess that An Wuping must have some important biotechnology in his hands.

Perhaps some kind of neural connection technology could allow An Wuping to share some memories with Chen Ming or something.

In his opinion, only in this way could Chen Ming believe An Wuping.

"Who is that?"

Chen Ming said in a very helpless tone: "God knows, An Wuping said that he only saw a moment's memory, and he roughly remembered what it looked like. If he could see it and recognize it, it wouldn't be enough."

"I also tried using software that draws pictures based on descriptions, but it was not very good. I couldn't draw the effect that An Wuping said or the precise appearance of the person."

"But I'm basically certain that there is that person."

Bai Quan thought about it seriously and said, "If we can't create this person, I feel like I have to go..."

"Don't."

Chen Ming interrupted directly: "There is a reason why An Wuping didn't publicly announce this news before."

"The empire has no way to eradicate Zuo Jing. The problem is that Zuo Jing is well hidden. He may even be hiding in a high position in the empire. A brainwashed psyker can be hidden anywhere."

"Of course the one at the top is definitely not the one. Otherwise, the Human Empire would have been renamed the Zuo Jing Empire. How could Zuo Jing be allowed to hide around like he is now and even kill important people."

Bai Quan nodded and agreed with Chen Ming's idea.

"So An Wuping and I plan to use our combined skills to disguise ourselves as Zuo Jing and do things in the name of Zuo Jing."

"It reminds the Empire that the left path has not completely died out, they are just like before and there are more of them."

"Then we can alert the left paths that are still hidden in the dark. Maybe those left paths will come directly to us."

Bai Quan said: "The forces that are hiding in secret and accumulating strength are disguised and exposed on the surface. It is indeed possible to go directly to the person who is pretending."

"But what about the specifics? Just rely on you to disguise yourself as Zuo Jing and attack the machine clan?"

"Of course not." Chen Ming immediately denied: "We will make new moves in the future. My fleet will fight with the Black Mist Zerg fleet, and then it will appear that I and these Black Mist Zerg are at odds."

"When the time comes, I need you to cooperate with me a little. Just send some ships out to show your attitude."

"Then I will ask An Wuping to send some Black Mist Zergs to the empire, and try to cause some losses that will not have such a big impact. At least it cannot be just a small fight outside the empire."

"At least to the extent that the empire will pay attention to the left path again."

"As long as we raise the news about Zuo Jing again, someone will do the rest, whether it's the Anti-Cult Bureau or Zuo Jing himself."

"Understood."

Bai Quan finally understood the reason behind Chen Ming's initiative to expose the Zerg clan and the Black Mist Zerg clan.

As long as these ideas can be completed, it is indeed, as Chen Ming said, something that is beneficial to everyone.

And Chen Ming's concern about concealment is indeed justified.

If there is someone in the upper echelons of the empire who has an affair with Zuo Jing, then this plan is a pure waste of resources.

It was not only a waste of Chen Ming and An Wuping's, but also a waste of the empire's resources.

Therefore, he only found An Wuping, a person who had a deep hatred for Zuo Jing, to cooperate with him to complete all of this.

That makes sense.

Bai Quan is not an unreasonable person, and he is willing to do the necessary evil.

Whether it was experiments on black mist psychics who were leftist elements, or he was helping Chen Ming hide some specific information from others.

"Then let's talk about something serious."

There are many people behind Bai Quan and other places who want to learn more about Chen Ming and An Wuping through his mouth, instead of going to investigate in person to avoid offending Chen Ming.

What Bai Quan just asked was what he wanted to know.

What he said next was what others wanted to know.

Bai Quan cleared his throat and returned the topic to a time when he didn't know a lot of more detailed information: "Last time you gave me a photo saying that an unknown Zerg occupied a planet, but An Wuping told many things about it. Accounted for it, including your contact and cooperation with him.”

Chen Ming said calmly: "Oh."

"What are you doing?"

"Just oh."

"You don't have anything to say?"

"No, it was originally planned like this, and it's not normal for the bullshit to be discovered. Look, no one dares to come to me to question it, right?"

Bai Quan held his forehead and said: "But the superiors are still worried about what you will do to An Wuping, so they just told me to ask about the relationship between you and An Wuping. If there is anything the empire can do, Help An Wuping carry it."

"It means I suspect that you are threatening An Wuping, asking you to let go, and the empire will compensate you."

"What? What can I do? How can serious cooperation be called a threat?"

"Stop for a moment."

Bai Quan felt that Chen Ming was talking nonsense again, so he asked in the way of private communication between the two: "How do you and An Wuping cooperate? How did he agree to cooperate with you?"

"Oh, it's his insect queen here."

"..."

Bai Quan was silent for a moment and said nothing more.

After discussing with Chen Ming, he needed to tell the public about the news, and he needed to hide the news for Chen Ming.

After asking these questions, he asked Chen Ming an irrelevant question: "Do you have any thoughts on the situation on the front line?"

"The front line of the Mechanical Tribe is almost completely undefended. Obviously, we have only sent out a few probing troops and have already almost made a concave shape in the defense line of the Mechanical Tribe's star field. To be honest, I feel more and more that this is It’s a trap for the machine race, but I have no clue.”

"Forehead……"

Chen Ming really wanted to say that this was not actually a trap. It was his movements behind the mechanical tribe that attracted the main force of the mechanical tribe to their rear.

But it was really hard for him to tell the news directly.

After all, these are what he really wants to hide, another part of his hidden strength.

Therefore, Chen Ming chose to guide the situation of the mechanical clan in other directions.

Such as the phase beast.

It just so happened that Chen Ming had actually come into contact with giant beasts many times.

He used this excuse to argue that the machine clan had no good means of dealing with the phase beasts, and was forced to tell him about the situation of stuffing cruisers and battleships into the phase space in order to drive away the phase beasts.

He spent some time explaining to Bai Quan the techniques for temporarily sending ordinary battleships into phase space.

Then, the mothership suspected of carrying the Destroyer appeared in the area where the Black Mist Zerg appeared, throwing a blame on An Wuping's head.

Then he talked about the possibility that the reinforcements from outside the Machine Tribe were still hidden somewhere, and helped Bai Quan confirm that there might indeed be traps set.

Chen Ming used this information to make Bai Quan and others ignore the losses of the mechanical clan caused by Chen Ming's power.

Chen Ming didn't know how much Bai Quan believed, but everything he said was true, he just deliberately concealed some information.

It's not that Chen Ming didn't trust Bai Quan, but there were some news that really couldn't be told to others.

After talking with Bai Quan, An Wuping's phone call happened to come in.

Then Chen Ming immediately prepared to ask and answer his own questions.

Answered An Wuping's call.

Chen Ming immediately asked: "What's wrong?"

An Wuping's voice sounded from the terminal: "Did you see the black fog?"

"I saw it, it shouldn't be you who made it."

"Yes, it's something else that is forcibly controlling my bugs."

"So?"

"So I think..."

An Wuping was interrupted by Minister Lu Han on the other end of the terminal in the hand of Minister Hou on his side just halfway through his words: "Director Chen Ming, can I talk to you?"

"?"

A question mark suddenly appeared above Chen Ming's head.

No, you didn't have this attitude just now.

Why is it that when he was talking to An Wuping, his tone was so commanding, but when he came to him, his attitude suddenly became better? He had the attitude of asking for help?

What does it mean?

He is a minister of the national level after all, why is there such a big difference between before and after?

Is he afraid of his psychic power?

But if you really want to say it, Chen Ming is only level 5, and An Wuping is already level 6 as he said himself.

Or is it because An Wuping can't find him even at level 6, and although Chen Ming is only level 5, his psychic threat is obviously greater?

It's really "prescribing the right medicine for the right disease", and it's easier to bully if you have a good attitude?

Chen Ming thought of the past again in an instant.

He has always maintained a humble attitude, but as soon as he arrived at the headquarters, someone gave him a "surprise", forcing him to act violently directly. The whole empire laughed at the legion, and the legion commander had to go out in person to solve the problem.

Since then until today, at least in the legion and the empire, everyone who knows him has smiled at him.

Just now, when he talked with Bai Quan last time, he would say that no one dared to ask him questions.

As a result, Chen Ming enjoyed the treatment he had once before, but he enjoyed it again from An Wuping. It was really a case of good people being bullied.

Minister Hou, who was standing by, saw that An Wuping's expression was getting more and more wrong because of his superior's words, and cold sweat ran down his heart.

He and An Wuping had met and known each other for a few times, and they tried to slow down their tone and communicate well, and An Wuping also cooperated.

As a result, the boss's attitude made it like this in a short while.

Even if he wanted to use the difference in attitude to affect the relationship between Chen Ming and An Wuping, it would not ruin his relationship with An Wuping.

But he had no choice, he was really not qualified to say more to his superior.

Chen Ming took in Minister Hou's expression, and did not let An Wuping directly show any performance that would destroy his character. At the same time, his legion's prosthesis responded on the terminal: "Who are you?"

Lu Han introduced himself as before, and mentioned his idea of ​​asking Chen Ming to help transport supplies with psychic energy.

By the way, he also asked Chen Ming to investigate the matter in depth and find out who was behind the black fog.

At the same time, he also specifically explained the matter of the black fog psychic that Chen Ming had killed before.

Of course, his attitude was on Chen Ming's side, and he expressed some people's suspicions in a very tactful way, hoping to help Chen Ming prove his innocence.

It's just that the Empire's fleet takes a lot of time to travel, so he can only ask Chen Ming to investigate it himself first.

After learning about the situation of the black fog, the Empire has already suspected the black fog psychic and Zuo Jing.

This is a good thing for Chen Ming, but Minister Lu's attitude made him completely unhappy.

It also gave him no reason to get angry, so he just exchanged information normally, and then talked about some things he had explained to Baiquan.

Then the communication ended.

But An Wuping was different. He took a last look at Minister Hou and the terminal on the table in front of him, and left with a dark face.

Minister Hou's face also darkened after An Wuping left.

But he still maintained a normal tone when he spoke: "Minister Lu, An Wuping is gone."

"It's okay. He is a psychic who can be easily controlled by Chen Ming, and another psychic has taken away so many Zerg warships. His ability should be just like that. Don't worry too much about him. Just do your work as before."

"Then I will send other psychics to investigate that area."

Lu Han seemed to realize the difference in his attitude when communicating with Chen Ming and An Wuping, but he had no intention of changing.

People in high positions don't care too much about what the people below think.

As for the specific definition of the people below, there are different opinions.

Minister Hou silently accepted the orders from his superiors, and he would not do anything else.

Time flew to the next day.

Chen Ming had basically arranged the affairs of An Wuping and the Zerg.

At the same time, through Baiquan, he also learned that most of the people in the empire who knew about it suspected that the ugly black fog prosthesis in the black fog Zerg incident was made by Zuo Jing.

Although this creature that is a mixture of humans, machines, and Zerg really looks like something that Chen Ming and An Wuping created together, it is also something that they took the initiative to expose.

An Wuping and Chen Ming had no reason to take the initiative to tell the Empire about such a thing.

And Chen Ming's statement that Black Mist psychics will die without a complete corpse is supported by Baiquan.

In addition, Zuo Jing also has a history of human experiments.

It's not impossible to make mechanical devices, and it's even easier for Zuo Jing to get the Black Mist Heart Spirit Pearl.

And there is another point that is not too critical, but it also affects many people's judgment.

That is, Chen Ming has been making all kinds of high-tech machinery, and the biological spacecraft made by An Wuping is also extremely biologically beautiful.

It is completely different from the ugly Black Mist prosthesis.

So after thinking about the difference between what Chen Ming and An Wuping made and the Black Mist prosthesis.

Although many people will not regard this situation as the main basis for judgment, they will subconsciously regard this situation as an important auxiliary basis for judgment.

Therefore, the situation in the empire is developing in the direction that Chen Ming wants to see.

No one will interfere with what he will do in the rear of the mechanical race later.

However, Chen Ming is not in a hurry to act so quickly, and the development of the Zerg still needs time.

And he has another thing to deal with.

That is the matter of the phase behemoth.

Chen Ming could only communicate very simply with the Phase Beast, and could not share his detailed ideas for the Phase Beast to understand.

If the Phase Beast ran away again like last time when they met next time, Chen Ming was really worried whether it could come back alive.

So it had to find a way to solve the problem of communication.

Chen Ming had started thinking about it since the Phase Beast left.

The first solution he thought of was to let the Queen of Worms absorb the three scales that the Phase Beast had left for him last time.

After thinking about it, he decided not to do it for the time being.

Because he felt that if the Queen of Worms absorbed the scales of the Phase Beast, it would most likely enter the evolutionary state again.

It was not a good thing for the Queen of Worms to suddenly evolve at this point in time.

So Chen Ming thought about it for a long time and thought of many ways to communicate.

The final choice was to let the Queen of Worms come up with the way to communicate with Chen Ming before it absorbed Chen Ming's condensed spiritual energy source, the neural connection.

Using a nerve derived from the body, try to communicate directly with the Phase Beast mentally.

It's not too difficult, but the Queen of Worms has to make this nerve thicker.

Today, after some simple tests, the nerve used to communicate with the Phase Beast has been made by the Queen of Worms.

And the time is almost up.

The Phase Beast went out for a few hours before and came back.

So now if the Phase Beast is still alive, it should be looking for his traces.

And the way of finding is definitely related to Chen Ming's use of the power of the Scarlet Dimension.

Therefore, Chen Ming's approach is to find a place outside the star field of the Mechanical Clan and use psychic energy to send a robot to the phase space of this place through the Scarlet Dimension.

Then wait, just wait.

After waiting for about half an hour.

The transition fluctuations of the Phase Beast appeared in this galaxy, and Chen Ming really waited for the Phase Beast.

And the Phase Beast that appeared in front of Chen Ming had many more scars on its body.

This time, there were not only the terrible scars of being bitten by the same kind, but also some traces that seemed to be whipped violently by the tails of other Phase Beasts.

The scales on these wounds were almost all broken, and some places were still slowly flowing with purple blood.

The injuries were more serious than the last time.

But the phase beast still came to Chen Ming's robot excitedly.

It pushed a larger piece of scarlet flesh in its mouth to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming did not touch the flesh, but used the scarlet dimension to send the nerve here again.

The phase beast sensed that Chen Ming used part of the power of the scarlet dimension, and suddenly seemed a little more excited.

But after discovering that Chen Ming only used the power of the scarlet dimension for a moment, the excitement dissipated, and continued to push the scarlet flesh towards Chen Ming.

Chen Ming still did not touch the flesh, but let the robot drag the nerve that was connected to Chen Ming's mental power to try to get close to the phase beast, and at the same time made a friendly and soothing voice.

But the phase beast seemed to not understand Chen Ming's idea of ​​accessing the nerve, and it was somewhat resistant to Chen Ming bringing this tentacle-like thing close to it.

It kept a distance from Chen Ming's robot and kept signaling Chen Ming to touch the scarlet flesh.

It went around in circles with Chen Ming.

The robot could not catch up with the Phase Beast, no matter how much Chen Ming accelerated.

The Phase Beast just wanted Chen Ming to absorb the scarlet flesh, but did not want to touch the nerve.

Chen Ming had no choice but to return to the flesh temporarily and completely absorb the larger flesh when the Phase Beast approached.

The Phase Beast immediately approached and observed Chen Ming carefully, while still avoiding the nerves on the robot's hand.

After observing for a long time, it suddenly seemed a little disappointed and took off again, as if it was going to continue to pick up Chen Ming to find the scarlet flesh.

No matter how Chen Ming called it, it did not move at all, and its goal was very clear.

Chen Ming was completely exhausted this time.

He really couldn't just accept the unreasonable kindness of others, even if this other person was not a human, but a phase behemoth.

It just so happened that he was not fighting with the mechanical race at the moment.

So Chen Ming chose to build a cruiser directly next to the robot and followed the position where the phase behemoth jumped.

If his calculations were correct, the location where the phase behemoth went should be somewhere inside the mechanical race star field.