Chapter 78 Deception and Gain

The pirate leader silently recited the name of the Psychic, which he once thought was just a legend.

At the same time, he also used the remaining power after the ship's engine was destroyed to use sensors to look at the scene outside.

All the ships belonging to him were now like the Mule-class ships he was in, with their engines destroyed and paralyzed in space, completely losing the ability to resist.

Moreover, there was even a Yuhui frigate wandering on the edge of the battlefield on the opposite side, without actually attacking them.

They were completely defeated before they even fully exerted their strength.

The pirate leader was almost left with despair in his heart at this time.

But he didn't want to die yet.

He tried again to send a communication request using his personal terminal that he could still start.

This time, the communication was connected.

The pirate leader asked in a trembling voice: "What do you want? We can give you everything on our ship. I still have 3 million in my savings card. As long as you let us live, these are all yours."

Chen Ming relied on a simple text-to-speech conversion device installed on the spacecraft and said in a very mechanical tone: "Don't you want to die?"

"Yes, as long as you are willing to let us go, we can do anything for you."

"Well..."

Chen Ming responded meaningfully, but did not rush to give a definite answer.

Instead, he hung up the communication directly.

The pirate leader felt nervous when he heard the busy tone, and the atmosphere in the captain's room suddenly stagnated.

But what they were worried about did not happen afterwards. The ships surrounding them did not open fire to destroy them.

Instead, a period of time passed quietly.

After more than ten minutes, the Iron Ore suddenly approached from the other end of the hyperspace channel.

It flew directly to the rear of the Mule class and aimed the hatch at the engine nozzle of the Mule.

This allowed Chen Ming to reach out and press on the hull of the Mule-class ship to control it.

The whole process went very smoothly and was not noticed by anyone.

After all, the pirates were now completely blind.

After the engine was paralyzed and the power accumulated in the power grid was exhausted, most of the equipment on their spacecraft had completely stopped working.

The sensors and external cameras were naturally the same.

Before the battle just now broke out, their porthole shields must have been opened.

After the battle ended and the engine was paralyzed, these shields would naturally not be closed again.

Chen Ming deliberately left them here for a while, just to be able to come here in person and control this destroyer-class Mule-class.

Even if it is a merchant ship, a destroyer is still very valuable.

After controlling this Mule-class.

Chen Ming took the initiative to send a communication request along the previous communication code.

The communication was connected almost instantly, and the pirate leader's anxious voice came out from it: "Hello?"

Chen Ming's goal at this time was to keep the pirate leader alive so that he could bring the person to the boss, so he had already thought of a set of words on the way here just now.

Chen Ming brewed a little bit of how to perform, and said: "I won't kill you."

The pirate leader said with a little excitement: "Really?"

"Why should I lie to you? If I really want to kill you, why do I waste so much time talking to you? I just need you to do one thing."

"I know you probably don't believe my words, but believe it or not, if you don't believe it, I will kill you."

The pirate leader had no other choice at this time and could only say: "Believe it, of course I believe it, just say it."

"Are there other people around you now?"

"No, I just asked them to disperse to prepare for the funeral, and I am staying in the room now."

"Okay, Soothing your men, don't let them cause any movement. "" Okay, what about it? " I do n’t care about it. I can get your bounty with your head. "So since you are still alive, it is naturally that some special people have special requirements. Chen Ming has directly attacked him, showing a considerable hostility, and the probability is the latter, but he still has such a trace of luck.

A lot of his bounty increased when he was doing these things.

After he had a certain reputation, or notoriety.

Some people did come to him to do things.

Some were sincere, and some were malicious.

Whether it was sincere money or malicious threats, he would selectively accept them to avoid offending people he shouldn't offend.

Under such circumstances, he was still defeated by someone who came to his door and almost crushed him. There must be something wrong with what he usually did.

So, the first thing he thought of was the small caravan he had just robbed two days ago.

When he chose the target, he specifically confirmed with the intelligence dealer who had been cooperating with him for a long time that this caravan should not have a backer.

And the intelligence dealer has always been a trustworthy person to him, and there has never been any problem.

So after thinking about it, the pirate leader temporarily ruled out this possibility and did not think of the problem with the intelligence dealer.

Unable to come up with a conclusion, he finally couldn't help asking, "Who is that big shot?"

Chen Ming said with full doubt in his tone, "Do you think I will tell you?"

The pirate leader also knew that he asked a stupid question and fell silent.

Chen Ming suddenly felt that he had overacted, and said in a slightly relaxed tone, "Are you worried about your own safety in the future? Then you might as well worry about whether you will die now if you don't cooperate."

"That big shot has already made it clear before arranging the task. It's best if the person can be brought back alive. If not, the worst that can happen is to change another one."

"Change another one?"

The pirate leader keenly caught the key words in Chen Ming's words.

He seemed to understand what Chen Ming meant.

The big shot Chen Ming mentioned needs a pirate like him who has a certain bounty, has been a glove for others, has experience in doing things, and has been in the marginal star field for many years.

There are not too many people like him in the marginal star field, and there are not too few people, so it seems that there is no problem in changing one.

Several thoughts flashed through the pirate leader's mind.

Could it be that there was something special that he needed to do?

Then there was no need to attack him directly, right?

They even used Yuhui's ship.

Wait, Yuhui's ship?

The pirate leader seemed to realize the key to the problem.

He knew that many forces had been acquiring Yuhui's AI cores.

And it was easy to guess where these acquired cores were used.

For example, the AI ​​core in front of him was originally installed on ships to control unmanned ships.

But it is impossible for such Yuhui ships to be used casually, even in the marginal star field.

Not to mention using them against a little pirate like him.

One or two professional military destroyers and two or three frigates would be enough to destroy the small fleet he brought with him.

There was no need for this unknown force to use Yuhui's ship to find him within the scope of the human empire.

There should even be a psychic on that Centurion-class ship that looked like a military ship.

Using the Afterglow Ship and the Psychic to find him, could it be that there is really a special purpose? Or is it foreshadowing something?

The thoughts in the pirate leader's mind were gradually led to the ditch because of Chen Ming's ship configuration and words, as well as his own luck in his heart

He asked hesitantly: "Can you... tell me more? At least... let me know a little bit about the situation."

Chen Ming knew at a glance that the pirate leader had been tricked, so he naturally would not tell the truth, but instead planned to lead the pirate leader deeper into the ditch.

"I can only tell you that the big shot has a good temper and is very generous."

Although the pirate leader had some problems with his thinking, his brain was still intact. He asked, "Why did you attack us? As long as you contact us, we will definitely be willing to help you. Why do you do this?"

Chen Ming asked back with preparation, "You just finished a deal, right?"

"Well..."

"So you are planning to repair the spacecraft and sell the stolen goods?"

"Yes."

"What will you do after selling the stolen goods?"

"Repair the spacecraft, replenish supplies, spend money, and then go out to work again."

Chen Ming suddenly sneered and said, "So, do you think the big shot will wait until you finish spending money before looking for you? Can you call back the people under your command after they spend the money?"

"But your sudden attack on us is a bit... too much, and how do you think we will... that... help you?"

Chen Ming had read the information of the pirate leader before.

His logic of action is to make decisions based on whether he can be provoked or not.

He would provoke those he could afford to provoke, and avoid those he couldn't afford to provoke.

However, he had a problem only with his boss.

He didn't seem to think that his boss was someone he couldn't afford to offend, or rather, he didn't realize it.

This was different from his previous performance.

Chen Ming felt that it was not his personality that had changed, but that there was something wrong with his intelligence.

So Chen Ming now said with a look of knowing him very well: "You are a man who knows the times, aren't you?"

"If you don't do it, you will die. If you do it, you may not die. This is the simplest truth."

"Of course, I can't be sure whether you will deliberately sabotage when you do things in the future."

"So-I don't know if you noticed, except for the ship that rushed up and self-destructed, did any of you die?"

The leader was obviously stunned for a moment.

It was not until this time that he realized that in his fleet, except for the self-destructing ship.

The other spacecrafts basically only had their engines and weapons destroyed, and at most only a few people were injured on the ship, and absolutely no one died.

He even took the initiative to start the self-destructing ship.

In other words, there was actually no life-and-death conflict between him and Chen Ming.

Or, he was not worthy of having such a conflict with Chen Ming.

Two destroyers and six escorts were defeated by one destroyer and two escorts, and the defeat was humiliating, as it only destroyed the spacecraft's operating ability.

It was not a life-and-death battle.

What's more, even if many people really died, as long as the benefits were enough in the end, the contradiction could also be written off.

"So do you understand?"

The pirate leader didn't dare to say more now, and said honestly: "I understand, but you have such ability, why do you want us to do things?"

"Some things must be done by people with the right identity. You are the closest and the most suitable person, that's all."

"Okay, you've asked enough questions, it's time to tell me your ideas. If you do it, follow me. If you don't do it, you will die here."

The pirate leader answered without hesitation: "Do it."

"Very good."

After Chen Ming's words fell, the engine of the Mule-class destroyer where the pirate leader was suddenly restored to normal and began to power the entire spacecraft.

Some equipment on the spacecraft also began to restart.

In the shocked eyes of the pirate leader, Chen Ming's voice continued to sound: "I restored your ship, but the control of the spacecraft is in my hands."

"I will secretly send you to where you should go, and it's none of my business afterwards."

"Tell your men on other ships to be quiet, and then I will restore other ships and send them all away."

The pirate leader calmed down his accelerated heartbeat and said: "I see, can I ask you one last question?"

"Go ahead."

"Is what that big shot wants me to do related to Yu Hui?"

Chen Ming's mouth twitched slightly. He didn't know how the pirate leader came up with such an idea just now, so he simply said something repetitive: "You can think so."

The pirate leader's thoughts in his mind became more complicated. He thanked Chen Ming, hesitated a little after pressing the terminal, and still closed the communication.

The pirate leader walked out of his room with the terminal, and grabbed the unskilled maintenance technician who could only do some simple maintenance work on the ship and asked, "What happened?"

The maintenance technician said with sweat on his forehead, "I don't know. The ship's engine suddenly recovered, but our control over the ship was completely lost."

"Is there any equipment on the ship that can still be used?"

"No, nothing can move. We are still trying to solve it."

The pirate leader's hand trembled unconsciously, and he said, "Don't do it. Call everyone to the captain's room. I have something to say."

Although the maintenance technician was very confused, he still did it.

A few minutes later, the pirate leader roughly explained the situation Chen Ming said to his men in the captain's room, and notified other ships through the communication channel.

After the explanation, everyone on the Mule class could feel that the ship suddenly started to move, but there was no one on the bridge.

With the leader's advance vaccination, no one dared to say anything about it.

The pirate leader suddenly sighed, with a complex meaning in his eyes.

He knew that he would not die for the time being, but it was not certain after he finished helping the big man.

He could only hope that the big man would take a liking to him and continue to assign him other tasks.

At least he could live a little longer.

If his performance was really appreciated, he might live a better life than being a pirate.

The leader sat on the chair in the captain's room in confusion, imagining the possible future.

He had no idea that he was actually walking into the deep pit that Chen Ming had dug.

Chen Ming could roughly guess what the pirate leader was thinking, but he didn't care at all.

Anyway, all he said was nonsense. He just wanted to hold the pirate leader back until he could hand the pirates over to the boss intact and alive. The rest of the matter had nothing to do with him.

As long as the pirate leader could come back, it would be fine. It didn't matter whether he was alive or not.

If Chen Ming hadn't been worried that the other people on the pirate ship would choose to drag the pirate leader down after knowing that they were going to die.

Or the pirate leader might have realized that it was wrong that he was the only one to do the work. Chen Ming even wanted to leave the pirate leader alone.

Otherwise, Chen Ming would have taken action directly and would not have said so much to him.

Now they could only let the pirates on the Mule-class ship that had already set off live for a while longer.

But the pirates on other pirate ships were not so lucky.

The Mule-class was sent away, which meant that the communication between the pirate leader and the pirates on other ships was disconnected.

The remaining people could no longer affect the pirate leader, but they would affect what Chen Ming was going to do next, so they all had to die.

Chen Ming controlled the Iron Ore and controlled all the remaining pirate ships one by one.

He could observe the situation of these pirate ships through the three-dimensional imaging of the panel.

Although he could not see the people on the ship, he could see the items on the ship, and even saw a complete set of protective clothing moving inside the ship in the three-dimensional imaging.

Originally, Chen Ming wanted to replace the Iron Ore with an electromagnetic javelin, relying on the high penetration of the weapon to kill one by one through three-dimensional imaging.

But he thought about it carefully and found a more useful method.

Disassembly.

This is the new ability added to the panel after Chen Ming controlled the refractive level and his mental power broke through the limit.

It has an effect on any component on the ship, and the same is true for the ship itself.

Chen Ming set his sights on a most ordinary frigate.

He first unloaded its weapons, and then chose to disassemble the ship itself.

The frigate suddenly began to melt from the connection between the various structures of the ship.

Countless liquids composed of various materials escaped and approached the Iron Ore where Chen Ming was.

Part of the liquid material directly penetrated the hull and flowed into the storage compartment of the Iron Ore, condensing into a solid again, becoming the most convenient shape for each material to use.

There is no shortage of precious metals and high-grade metal materials in it, and these materials that should have been scattered throughout the spacecraft were all gathered together by the panels after disassembly.

It made Chen Ming, who had a little obsessive-compulsive disorder, very comfortable.

However, the storage compartment of the Iron Ore was soon completely filled up, and the remaining space on the spacecraft, such as the engine compartment and the central aisle, was almost filled with materials.

Only a small path was left for Chen Ming to pass through.

The remaining extra materials were all condensed around the Iron Ore.

When a frigate was completely dismantled, Chen Ming roughly estimated that the cost of dismantling a complete frigate was about twice that of transforming a frigate.

It was acceptable.

For Chen Ming at present, it was not a problem to dismantle all the frigates.

As for the pirates who could only wave their limbs helplessly in space with fear and despair in their eyes because their ships were dismantled.

Without the protection of the ship, they would soon die in space.

So Chen Ming very kindly gave everyone another shot so that they could end this pain quickly.

Their bodies would then be affected by the gravity well of the large star and drift into the stars of the normal cosmic environment under gravity.

There was no need for Chen Ming to bother to deal with them.

Chen Ming was not in a hurry to dismantle the remaining five frigates of the pirates, but first went to the Mule class.

Chen Ming did not intend to dismantle the Mule class, which was controlled by the Refraction class from the beginning.

Although it was just a cargo ship forcibly converted into an armed ship, the conversion was extremely rough, and there were various damages.

But it was a destroyer after all, and it would not be wrong to drive it back.

Since the Mule class could not be dismantled, Chen Ming chose to do it himself.

He compared the protective clothing that appeared on the three-dimensional imaging and completely killed all the pirates inside the spacecraft.

After confirming that there were no living people on the Mule, Chen Ming personally went up and threw all the bodies into the hyperspace channel.

There was a lot of cargo in the cargo hold of the Mule at this time, almost filling it up, but this had little impact.

After all, there was still a lot of space in other parts of the spacecraft.

Chen Ming once again controlled the remaining five frigates and dismantled them all into the most basic materials.

All the space inside the Mule was basically filled up.

But even so, there were still a lot of materials overflowing.

In the end, Chen Ming could only use the Refraction Class, after putting the Gladiator, Glimmer and Centurion in first, and then relying on the electromagnetic device and his own movement to stuff all the materials into the capture cabin.

At this point, the only dead pirate bodies were left on the battlefield.

Chen Ming reconfirmed that there were no survivors left, and no pirates were wearing protective clothing with recording functions.

Then it was almost time to go back.

Chen Ming slightly controlled the speed of the Mule-class ship that had left in advance so that his ship could catch up.

He brought out five ships this time, the Refraction, the Glimmer, the Fighter Kai, the Centurion and the Iron Ore.

He also brought back two more Mule-class destroyers.

The fleet consisting of three destroyers and one escort accelerated to the fastest speed again.

Under Chen Ming's control, they did not return directly to the pirate space station, but went to the dark cemetery first.

After parking several ships and leaving a considerable amount of materials.

Chen Ming returned to the galaxy where the space station was located with two Mules, the Iron Ore and the Centurion.

In the process of jumping out of the hyperspace channel and gradually approaching the space station.

Chen Ming took out the terminal and prepared to contact the boss in advance so that he could hand the person over.

Although he had revealed a little too much information to the pirate leader before.

However, during the previous period of interaction, Chen Ming felt that the boss should be able to give a certain degree of trust, just like Lao Wu and the factory director.

Unlike the factory director Lao Wu, the boss does not belong to Sinda or the military.

Although Chen Ming is not sure which faction he belongs to, it is definitely not a force that is hostile to Chen Ming.

Therefore, Chen Ming did not care too much about the exposure of his own "psychic power". He opened the terminal without hesitation and began to contact the boss.