Chapter 89: Pursuit, Escape, Promise

The shuttle with the logo of the Space Station Administration landed more than ten meters away from the door of the hardware store.

The hatch opened quickly, revealing two fully armed space station patrol-like people inside the shuttle.

Chen Ming retreated slightly cautiously, ready to return to the hardware store at any time.

But soon another head popped out from the side of the shuttle hatch, the head of Old Wu.

He was also wearing a set of tactical equipment that looked very professional, but it was completely inconsistent with his usual temperament and looked a bit out of place.

Old Wu was completely unaware of this, and waved to Chen Ming, "Xiao Mu, why are you dressed like this? Forget it, come here quickly, we have to go."

At the same time, on the phone that had not yet been hung up, the factory director also confirmed the identities of the two on the shuttle.

Then Chen Ming had nothing to hesitate about, greeted the boss of the store, stepped out, and rushed onto the shuttle.

During the whole process, Chen Ming did not feel that the sense of danger that had always existed had increased or decreased. He did not know whether the military had lost his trace or was just holding it in.

But it did not matter. As long as he could successfully reach the Administration Building, his safety would be guaranteed.

Unless the military and the space station were completely at odds, there was absolutely no way to deal with him.

Chen Ming was dragged onto the shuttle by two patrol members.

The hatch closed instantly, the engine started immediately, and the shuttle flew vertically into the air.

The driver turned the bow of the shuttle and drove straight to the Administration Building in the center of the space station.

Old Wu took Chen Ming to find a place to sit inside the shuttle so that Chen Ming could easily see the environment inside the shuttle.

However, the shuttle itself was not big, and the interior looked like a space similar to that of a troop transport helicopter, without too many interesting things.

Instead, the outside was more worthy of Chen Ming's attention.

The shuttle passed through the gate of the No. 2 space arm in less than half a minute, and arrived at the edge of the city inside the space station safely and quickly. It would take at most three or four minutes to reach the space station administration. However, Chen Ming had not forgotten the military. They had already set their sights on him before, and it was impossible for them to let him go. Just as Chen Ming thought. Just as the shuttle flew into the sky above the city, it suddenly shook violently, and the red emergency light inside lit up. The sense of danger that Chen Ming felt suddenly became obvious. The voice of the driver came from the front of the shuttle: "The shuttle has a malfunction, the operating system has failed, and I can't continue to control it." "And it hasn't crashed yet, it's still flying in another direction." The driver was seen trying desperately to regain control of the shuttle, but it seemed to have little effect. "The communication device is also broken, and I can't contact the administration here." "Our shuttle has been hacked." Chen Ming immediately lowered his head and found that his communication with the factory director had been cut off at some point. Not only the shuttle's communication equipment, but also the terminal's network was cut off.

"Damn it, they actually dared to do this on the space station."

The faces of several people on the ship were not good. They quickly checked their equipment and prepared for a fight at any time after landing.

Chen Ming looked at their actions and asked, "Are we the only ones?"

At this time, Old Wu was also checking the gun with an automatic locking system that he had spent a lot of money to get. Hearing Chen Ming's words, he said, "How is it possible? This is our space station."

"The guards have been contacted in advance, but they can't determine the specific target before the actual accident, so they can only stand by."

"As long as we open fire, they will come to support us as soon as possible."

"From our current position, it will take at most three minutes."

"If they hold on for three minutes, they will be finished."

Just as the shuttle gradually deviated from the original route.

At the farthest point in the shuttle's deviation direction, in an uninhabited vacant house.

All five members of the military team gathered here.

Xia Chao is now next to the team member in charge of electronic equipment.

While watching the shuttle outside staggering towards them, he said to his teammates: "Your electronic warfare skills are as good as before."

But his teammates said unhappily: "What a shit, if I were good, would I be assigned here?"

"At least it's enough for now."

The captain coughed slightly at this time, interrupting the team members' chat, and said: "Get ready, wait for the shuttle to land and take the people directly, and be prepared for armed conflict."

"Yes."

On the shuttle.

Sitting in the corner, Chen Ming watched the other team members prepare anxiously, feeling the increasing shaking of the hull, and couldn't help frowning.

However, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly stretched out his hand and bent the wrist of his left hand a few times, removing the hand armor of the exoskeleton armor.

Then he pressed his left hand, which was only wearing a protective suit glove, on the cabin of the shuttle.

Chen Ming's mind immediately appeared the option of whether to control the shuttle, which was not available when he just boarded the ship.

"This... is really difficult."

Chen Ming just thought that the shuttle was not at the level of a frigate, and it was not considered that the shuttle could not be controlled.

In the end, it was just because Chen Ming was wearing hand armor, and the distance between him and the cabin of the shuttle was too large, and the panel did not determine that he had touched the shuttle.

Obviously, he could touch and control the shuttle when he was wearing a heavy space suit of similar thickness before. Could it be a problem with the material?

Chen Ming couldn't figure it out. It seems that he can only pay more attention to this aspect in the future.

But at least the shuttle can be controlled by him, so things will be easy.

Chen Ming put the hand armor back on his hand again.

His consciousness focused on the shuttle panel that had just appeared in front of him.

In a few seconds, the emergency lights inside the shuttle were turned off, and everything on the shuttle equipment returned to normal.

The external control signal was completely blocked by Chen Ming, and the shuttle returned to the control of the driver again.

"Hey? What's going on?"

"I don't know, the shuttle suddenly returned to normal, I'm re-adjusting the route."

Old Wu subconsciously glanced at Chen Ming and said nothing more.

However, Chen Ming opened the map of the space station on the terminal and said to Old Wu next to him: "The guards have to block that side."

He pointed his finger at a location on the edge of the city on the space station map and said: "The location where the shuttle was about to land is here, and their people must be nearby."

"Ah? Oh, I'll... Wait, the communication signal is still cut off."

"I know."

"It seems that they don't rely on hacking into the system to cut off communication. It should be a high-intensity signal jammer."

"Unless you kill them directly, you can only go to the city first and exceed the range of their jammers before you can re-enter the city. Restart the communication equipment. "

"So I was thinking..."

Chen Ming turned his head and looked at the electromagnetic weapons equipped by the patrol team members next to him, and asked: "Do you have tracer bullets?"

The teammate asked by Chen Ming immediately answered: "Yes, when the electromagnetic bullet was designed, some bullets were indeed traced for the convenience of aiming, and they can be seen during the day."

Chen Ming showed him the terminal screen and said: "Do you see this position? Shoot a shuttle in that direction."

"Attract the guard troops over, and then it depends on whether their leaders are smart enough. "

At the same time, in the eyes of several members of the military team.

The shuttle suddenly shook violently, and then resumed its normal trajectory.

And they also saw the hatch suddenly opened, and someone stuck out a gun and fired dozens of shots in their direction.

Several conspicuous tracer bullets flew over their heads in an instant and fell somewhere unknown.

The captain suddenly felt a vague sense of uneasiness in his heart.

The hacker next to him suddenly said in a panic: "Something seems to have gone wrong here. I suddenly can't control the shuttle."

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I'm still trying. Just now, all the permissions I controlled were suddenly cleared. There are people on the ship who are more powerful than me."

The hacker typed frantically on the computer, but all his attempts were in vain.

"No, I can't get in at all. The equipment on the shuttle was basically unprotected just now. All the systems were completely locked in an instant. I can't find any loopholes."

The hacker's movements gradually slowed down, and his expression gradually became stiff.

"Is there no other way?"

The hacker shook his head and said; "There is no way. This shuttle is now like a steel plate cast in one piece, without any holes or gaps. I don't know how he did it."

The captain did not blame him at this time, but comforted him and said: "If hacking directly doesn't work, then try another method, Xia Chao."

"Here it comes."

Xia Chao stood at the window and raised a square device that looked like a cannon.

This thing is a military BZ-19 directional electromagnetic pulse generator, and its actual effect is already written in its name.

Xia Chao held up the electromagnetic pulse generator and immediately pressed the launch button after locking the shuttle.

There was no visible fluctuation when the generator was started.

But the interior of the shuttle was instantly plunged into darkness.

All the buttons and signal lights that were flashing in the cab were extinguished, and even the emergency lights could not be turned on.

Old Wu rushed to the door of the cab and said: "What happened this time?"

Without waiting for the driver to speak, Chen Ming said directly: "It's an electromagnetic pulse. The electronic components and circuits of the shuttle have been melted."

The driver had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead at this time, and he immediately said: "The shuttle has stopped working and we have to make an emergency landing, otherwise..."

The driver was stunned halfway through his words, because all the equipment of the shuttle was gradually recovering, as if the electromagnetic pulse just now did not exist.

And Chen Ming's voice also sounded: "Keep driving, don't worry about anything else."

The driver glanced at Chen Ming sitting in the corner of the shuttle on the monitor next to him, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

He didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately started the shuttle's engine again in the air and continued to fly into the city.

However, just a few seconds after flying out, the interior of the shuttle fell into darkness again.

Seeing this, Chen Ming continued to choose to repair the shuttle on the panel.

The damage caused by the electromagnetic pulse was directly and completely repaired.

The damage caused by the electromagnetic pulse to the shuttle equipment was basically melted, and the amount of material itself was not lost too much.

In other words, Chen Ming can completely dismantle some of the damaged parts and recycle them for reuse.

With just a little bit of wear and tear, the shuttle can keep going.

If there are really missing materials, he can just use the materials on the tools he carries with him.

If that doesn't work, other places on the ship can also be used to patch up the gaps.

The signal light of the shuttle suddenly lit up again.

But then it fell into darkness again.

The driver couldn't help but curse, "This is fucking..."

"Don't talk nonsense, speed up."

Chen Ming didn't hesitate at all and repaired the shuttle again.

This method of patching up the gaps will eventually cause some damage to the shuttle's equipment.

The performance of the shuttle will also be reduced to a certain extent, but at least it will be enough to last until the Administration.

The shuttle, which has recovered again, has approached the central ring of the space station city, where some high-rise buildings have appeared.

Under the operation of the driver, the shuttle flexibly moves between the high-rise buildings, avoiding the electromagnetic pulses that constantly attack the spacecraft, and breaking out of the coverage of the signal jammer.

Disappeared from the eyes of the military team.

Xia Chao watched the shuttle disappear behind a tall building, looked at his teammates and asked: "Will such a shuttle be equipped with electromagnetic pulse protection equipment?"

The hacker team member said: "As far as I know, there is no."

"But they do."

The atmosphere of the team gradually became depressed.

At this time, the captain said as if summarizing: "Chen Ming's reaction was too fast."

"From the time he noticed that someone was paying attention to him on the spacecraft, to him coming to this place we dare not enter, and then there was a shuttle from the Administration to pick him up."

"The only time we can take action against him is when he just got off the shuttle to the No. 2 space arm."

"But we were not well prepared at the time, and the success rate of direct action was very low."

"The team member who was responsible for supervising the dock and monitoring Chen Ming showed a painful expression on his face and said: "Just an unexpected look found something wrong? This is all my problem."

"I don't have time to blame you here, the mission must continue. "

"But he has already entered the Administration, and the Administration has specially arranged a shuttle for him that only their internal personnel can use. The attitude of Xinda Company should be very clear. Can we really take him away?"

The captain hammered the wall next to him and said firmly: "The mission has not completely failed."

"Xinda Company can't let Chen Ming stay here for the rest of his life. They must take him away."

"Before Chen Ming is taken away by Xinda Company, we still have a chance."

"Let's leave here first. I have to report the situation to the stationmaster."

The team members stood up and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, the hacker team member suddenly said: "Wait a minute, Captain, we seem to be in trouble."

"The people on the shuttle just now should have noticed the location where I let the shuttle land when they kicked me out of the shuttle control authority."

"The tracer bullets were used to locate the guards before. Several guards have surrounded us."

"What about the original escape route? "

"No problem, the surveillance we set up did not find any trace of the guards."

"Then follow the previous plan."

"Yes."

The military team quickly left the uninhabited residential area where they were, and followed the previously planned escape route to bypass the guards.

Entered the underground sewage system of the space station city.

The signal blocking device they left behind caused all the equipment in the large area around the residential area where they had stayed to fail.

They successfully got rid of the guards, changed their disguises, and reappeared at the hotel they had booked before.

After knocking Tian Jiwen, who had already woken up, unconscious again, the captain contacted their superior, the stationmaster of the military outpost.

"Stationmaster, Chen Ming's identity and location have been confirmed, and the first attempt to capture him failed."

"He got the help of Sinda Company and entered the Space Station Administration Building. It is difficult for us to get in."

"We have not yet discovered our specific identity, and we are preparing for a second capture operation."

The other end of the terminal was silent for a while before saying: "I don't care what you did or how you do it."

"The result I want is very clear, either bring him back or kill him directly. If you can't do the former, then do the latter."

"In addition, I can give you the informant you asked me for before. Even if he is lost, the mission must be completed."

"Yes."

The captain put down the terminal and said to the team members next to him: "Did you hear that? If we fail to complete the mission, the fate of this informant will be our fate."

While the military team contacted their superiors.

The shuttle Chen Ming was riding had landed on the rooftop of the building.

Under the protection of two guards, he was quickly escorted to the basement of the Administration Building, the workshop belonging to the maintenance plant.

This is definitely one of the safest places in the entire space station.

When Chen Ming arrived at the basement of the Administration Building, the factory director had already been waiting at the door with several guards.

The anxious look on his face was relieved after seeing Chen Ming in person.

"Xiao Mu, you are here. Why are you dressed like this... Forget it, it's okay. It's good to be dressed like this."

"Let's go into the studio first and talk to the person I contacted before."

"Who is it specifically?"

The factory director whispered in Chen Ming's ear: "The company's board member, chairman, Xu Lin, he was sent by the company, and he immediately asked me to contact you after knowing your situation."

"Chairman?"

"Yes, although the chairman cannot represent the entire board of directors of the company, he cannot represent the entire company, but at least he can guide the overall direction of the company."

"With his help, as long as you can get the opportunity to initiate a vote in the board of directors first, the company will definitely protect you."

Chen Ming nodded and walked into the workshop.

"Oh, and your stuff."

The factory manager picked up a box with an ID card on it.

"Someone just brought it over. It was scanned by security when it came in. It should be yours, right?"

"Yes."

He put away the card with more than 14 million yuan in it and walked into the workshop with the box.

The workshop was empty at this time. There were basically only a few equipments needed for maintenance work, a large workbench and a few tables and chairs for rest and work.

On the large workbench opposite the workshop door, there was a lit terminal.

Chen Ming was the first to walk in, followed by the factory manager and Lao Wu. The two patrol team members who had escorted Chen Ming before also followed in and closed the door.

There were five people in the workshop, including the four guards outside.

It was enough in a relatively small place like the underground.

Chen Ming sat down next to the workbench, put the box aside, and clicked the terminal in front of him.

The terminal automatically initiated a video call.

Soon a somewhat old face appeared on the screen.

"Hello, Chen Ming, I am the chairman of Xinda Company, Xu Lin."

"Hello."

Xu Lin stared at Chen Ming for a while and said: "I have known you before, and I know what you want."

"As long as you are willing, you are still an employee of our Xinda Company."

"So, let's talk about cooperation directly."

Chen Ming said directly: "No problem, otherwise I don't need to contact Director Lu specifically, so what is the content of the cooperation?"

"We need you as evidence that the DG-C-9527 mining space station was not destroyed by bugs thirty-two years ago."

"Just confession and physical evidence are not enough, or these two are not important."

"What really matters is that you, who was in the space station thirty years ago, People who have worked there. "

"With you, we have a way to solve the problem."

"Why do you say that?"

"The mining space station and all your information can be found in the government."

"Your existence proves that everything the military said is nonsense, and what happened thirty-two years ago will be completely revealed."

Chen Ming has actually been looking forward to this for a long time, and asked: "So what are you going to do?"

"The reason why the military blocked the galaxy thirty-two years ago was that there was an insect plague on the space station that carried a deadly virus and had a strong ability to spread."

"And since you have survived from the space station, it means that the galaxy is safe enough. We can ask the government to let the military lift the blockade of the galaxy and return the development rights of the galaxy to our company."

"And this requires you to go to the Star Region Capital, where you can verify your identity as evidence so that we can submit an application to the government."

"..."

"I just came back from the Star Region Capital."

"..."

Xu Lin chose to ignore Chen Ming's words and said, "We will arrange a special ship to take you to the Star Region Capital."

"When this matter is completed, we will directly use the star gate there to send you to the star system where the company's headquarters is located."

"I heard from Xiao Lu that you want a special armed ship license and continue to climb up along the promotion path?"

"Do you want to take the management route or the research institute route? No matter which one, I can arrange it for you, assign you a special mentor, and arrange special teaching for you."

"As long as it is what you need, I can help you solve things in the company."

"So what do you think?"

Chen Ming first silently complained in his heart. Whether it was the factory director, Lao Wu, the boss, or even the current chairman of the company, they all liked to add a small word when calling people. It was almost like hereditary.

Then he thought about it carefully and said, "Okay."

Chen Ming actually doesn't have too many ideas at the moment. He must try to walk a stable path that can satisfy him and realize his own value.

He is still young now. Even if he makes a mistake, he may still regret it.

"Very good, the ship that picks you up will arrive at your place in about twelve hours."

"As long as you reach the star region government, the military and government of your star region will no longer have the power to control you."

The communication was hung up.

Chen Ming raised his head and asked the factory director next to him: "Factory director, did you say I was that?"

"I said that originally, Lao Dong... cough, the old chairman was a little unsure whether to help you. After knowing your situation, he asked me to contact you directly."

"The conditions given to you are also the best ones, but how high you can climb at that time is your own business."

"Okay."

Chen Ming lowered his head again, took out his terminal, and clicked on it a few times.

"Oh? There's still some."

Old Wu, who had been hanging up the phone next to him, came over curiously and asked, "What's there?"

"My thirty-two years' salary."

Chen Ming put the terminal on the workbench in front of him so that Old Wu could see it.

The terminal had opened Chen Ming's own savings card interface.

In the card, thirty years' salary was placed in it, not a penny less.

"My salary during my previous work was 30,000 yuan a month, and 5,000 yuan a month during the dormant period, 60,000 yuan a year, and almost 2 million yuan in 32 years."

"Including what I had in my own card before, it's almost 3.2 million yuan."

Although the money is not much compared to Chen Ming's current amount.

But Chen Ming is very happy to see that there is still this amount of money in the card.

Because this is the attitude of the company.

Chen Ming turned off the terminal, leaned back in his chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

Joining the company and climbing up along the company's internal promotion path is indeed one of the paths he wants to take.

If the company's attitude can be maintained like this, then he may not regret his current decision in the future.

Chen Ming didn't think much about what would happen in the future.

Because he knew that the military's pursuit might not end here, he had to make some other preparations.

Chen Ming closed his eyes, but the scene seen by the spaceship over the dark cemetery appeared in front of him.

After explaining something to the two Gamma AIs, Chen Ming returned to the space station.

Since the spaceship that Sinda Company came to pick him up would take another twelve hours to arrive, he actually had nothing to do for the time being.

So Chen Ming simply carried the box to the workbench and began to count the materials he had bought from the owner of the Eryang Recycling Shop.

Old Wu, who had already taken out the terminal to watch the video, said with a look of complete surprise: "You still want to work at this time?"

"Yeah."

Chen Ming nodded and said: "I think it should be useful."

As soon as Chen Ming finished speaking, he heard a noisy sound coming from outside the door of the workshop.

The sense of danger that had been silent suddenly sounded in Chen Ming's mind like an alarm.

The door of the workshop was suddenly opened.

A grenade rolled in through the crack in the door.