Chapter 92 Accidents Come Faster Than Tomorrow

Chen Ming actually took less than a minute to deal with the armor-piercing issue.

It will arrive near the pirate space station after a few hours of sailing.

When Chen Ming shifted his attention from armor-piercing back to the present.

The director was still contacting the company's senior directors through a system built into his power armor.

He sent the evidence of military smuggling that Chen Ming gave him and the actual cargo list he had just checked.

After waiting for about two minutes.

The director finally stopped talking to the director and turned to Chen Ming and said, "The efficiency of the military is very high. It won't be long before the report will be sent to the Star Region Government and transferred to the military."

"Then the upper military district will start investigating the situation at the lower level. This process doesn't take too long."

"Only when someone goes down in front of the outpost can someone come up behind."

"If they don't want to go down, someone will help them go down."

"This period is the best time for us to send you to the Star Region capital without interference from the military."

"At the same time, the company can also take advantage of the time when the military personnel are changing to make preparations in other aspects. Once you arrive, you can start to take back control of the galaxy."

The last sentence the director said sounded a bit like what the director who was talking to him asked him to tell Chen Ming.

Chen Ming naturally had no objection to this. He nodded to the director and said nothing.

The director soon left the lounge. He should have work to deal with within the management bureau.

The only people left in the lounge with Chen Ming were three guards and a patrol member arranged by the factory director, as well as the factory director and Lao Wu who had been accompanying Chen Ming.

Although the two of them did not look too tired, they still chose to close their eyes and sit on the sofa to rest.

After all, there might be some troubles waiting for them before sending Chen Ming safely to the spaceship.

As Chen Ming's direct superior, the factory director could also be regarded as the person who introduced Chen Ming back to the company, so he had to stay with Chen Ming.

Although Lao Wu looked like he had run away a long time ago, and he was actually just an ordinary maintenance employee, he was still here.

It might be because of the factory director, or it might be because of Chen Ming, or it might be both.

But no matter what the reason was, Chen Ming was very happy to see the two of them staying here.

Chen Ming did not disturb them too much, and also leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes.

But he was not resting, but contacting the two Gamma AIs to make some preparations for the worst in advance.

At the same time, he was also paying attention to the situation of the armor-piercing class to ensure that it could arrive safely near the pirate space station.

Eleven hours later.

It was three o'clock in the morning of Earth time.

The director was still wearing his heavy power armor. He suddenly pushed open the door of the lounge, knocked on the door and said, "The spaceship has arrived and is parked at the patrol dock. We have to leave."

Although the military personnel had been dealt with almost in the time just now, the Administration's vigilance against military infiltration had not been relaxed.

So Chen Ming, under the guidance of the director, came to the roof of the Administration building.

As before, he directly used the shuttle to reach where Chen Ming should go at the fastest speed.

The shuttle itself was not big, and Chen Ming and three others plus a director wearing heavy power armor were almost full.

Arrived at the patrol dock.

This place was a little different from when Chen Ming came to send the pirate leader before.

The broken space arm had been completely connected, and the function of the space arm closer to the space station was restored more perfectly.

The space arm should be completely repaired in a few weeks.

In the docks that have been repaired, in addition to some combat ships that Chen Ming had seen before when fighting with Yuhui's ships.

There is also a small fleet with the Xinda company logo engraved on the outside of the spacecraft.

There are a total of 28 ships.

Nine destroyers and 19 escorts.

Eight of these nine destroyers are Hammerhead class, which has a very good reputation among destroyer-class ships.

It has moderate firepower, moderate armor strength, moderate ship shield performance, and a very suitable price compared to other destroyers.

It is the king of cost-effectiveness among the spacecraft designed by Xinda Company.

Although it has a high cost-effectiveness, it does not mean that the ability of the spacecraft is very poor.

Otherwise, a spacecraft with only cost-effectiveness but no ability would not be welcomed by the three places of civilian, government and military for the Hammerhead class spacecraft.

The remaining destroyer is a destroyer-class aircraft carrier, the Cowherd, which is the flagship of this fleet.

The Bulldog class has a length of 443 meters, which is extremely outrageous among destroyers, and a beam that is almost as wide as the length, as well as a height brought by the multi-layered flight deck that can carry a large number of fighter planes.

It can almost be used as a mobile war fortress.

In addition to the fighters equipped with point defense weapons and small shields, the Cowherd itself also relies on its huge body to carry a large number of medium and small point defense weapons.

In exchange for the strong cover ability in actual combat with external attack means.

Chen Ming once saw on the Internet that someone who had driven a civilian-grade Cowherd said that driving this kind of ship was boring, but the sense of security given by the Cowherd was difficult to get from other spacecraft.

After seeing the appearance of this spacecraft with his own eyes, although Chen Ming had not actually seen its combat capabilities, he also had some such feelings in his heart.

Generally speaking, the type of destroyer itself determines that the length of the spacecraft is usually between 100 and 300 meters when it is designed.

And this Cowherd, which is 400 meters away, is obviously wrong in design.

But the reason is relatively simple, that is, it was designed earlier.

It already existed when humans were in the early space age.

After generations of updates, the Cowherd has not been eliminated, so this ship that is larger than an ordinary destroyer has been preserved until now.

In fact, Chen Ming thinks that the company has a reason for sending this Cowherd.

First of all, he can be sure that the Xinda Company must have its own cruisers or even battleships.

However, the significance of ships above the cruiser level is different from that of ordinary destroyers and escorts. Sending them out definitely requires a lot of approval procedures.

Not only the company, but also the government knows about the company's mobilization of spacecraft.

So cruisers cannot be mobilized easily.

But the Cowherd is different. It is a destroyer, and it happens to be the largest type of destroyer.

Although it is not as good as a cruiser, its actual escort and combat capabilities have reached the peak of destroyers.

So the company chose the Cowherd as the flagship when it needed to send Chen Ming to the capital of the star region as soon as possible.

And if Chen Ming remembers correctly, the mobilization of a cluster of ten or more destroyers or twenty or more frigates needs to be reported to the government.

Therefore, the fleet specifications of nine destroyers and nineteen escorts are the maximum number of ships that Xinda Company can mobilize in a short period of time.

From here, Chen Ming once again saw the importance that Xinda Company attached to him.

However, because this Cowherd-class ship could not be parked in the destroyer-level dock designed for ordinary destroyers, it was finally parked in the only two cruiser positions on the dock.

That's where the shuttle Chen Ming was going to land.

In order to facilitate the landing and reorganization of the fleet after takeoff, the other ships of the fleet were also parked nearby.

The nineteen escorts were all parked at the positions next to them that were supposed to be docked for destroyers.

Seventeen of the nineteen frigates are unified Sentinel-class frigates.

Although Chen Ming was a little disliked by the Sentinel in his hand, it was because the civilian Sentinel itself was a bit too castrated.

But the military Sentinel still has a place in combat.

The other two frigates are a professional cargo ship called the Buffalo class, and the other is a Drum class fuel transporter that Chen Ming had seen before.

The Buffalo transports some supplies that are difficult to store on combat ships, while the Drum class is used to transport logistical supplies and fuel to the fleet.

Although the pick-up mission actually only takes a few hours, the standard configuration of the mission arrangement is still needed.

With such a fleet of 28 ships, it is definitely a force that cannot be underestimated in the marginal star field.

It is definitely not a problem to escort Chen Ming back to the capital of the star field.

However, even though Chen Ming has seen such a fleet and has such a fleet to protect him, he still feels that the danger is not over yet.

And the source of danger seems to come from all directions, and he has no idea what is still threatening him.

So in the last period of time before the spacecraft lands.

Chen Ming took the initiative to ask the factory manager next to him: "How many people are there in our maintenance plant now?"

"You, me, Old Wu, Baldy, Tian Jiwen, three newcomers, and a deputy factory manager."

The factory manager gave the answer in an instant, and at the same time guessed Chen Ming's thoughts, and said: "You want to ask who the traitor is, right?"

"Yes, I can rule out Baldy first. He mentioned to me before that the military was investigating me. He can't be the traitor."

"Then the others..."

"No need to guess."

The director who had been constantly giving orders to people outside through the communication equipment installed in the helmet suddenly interrupted the conversation between Chen Ming and the factory manager.

"My men had found the body of your Tian Jiwen in a hotel before. The military kidnapped him and killed him. The kidnapping took place the day before."

"But there were no signs of abuse on his body, which means that he cooperated with the military and it was him who leaked your identity."

"As for the person who opened the door of the workshop, he was one of the three newcomers arranged by the company to enter the maintenance plant. His body was also confirmed in the high-rise corridor."

"In addition."

The director looked at the factory director and said, "Although the deputy factory director is a bit of a beast, he is not a traitor."

The factory director frowned slightly when he heard the director mention the deputy factory director, but he didn't say anything.

Chen Ming summarized it briefly and said, "In other words, it was Tian Jiwen who leaked my information, and then the military relied on the relationship of infiltrating the space station to kill me, right?"

"Yes."

"I understand."

Chen Ming nodded clearly.

Since the person is dead, it means that the sense of danger he still feels now is not from the inside, but from other places.

It means that the military has not completely given up the idea of ​​​​taking action against him, and must be waiting for him somewhere.

However, Chen Ming has done everything he can, and the rest depends on whether the company's preparations and his own preventive measures are enough.

The shuttle quickly approached the location of the cowherd.

It directly docked on the flight deck where the cowherd parked the fighter.

The director got off the ship first, and the huge heavy power armor almost completely covered the hatch of the shuttle.

After Chen Ming got off the ship, other people immediately surrounded him and led him to the interior of the spacecraft.

From the flight deck to the hatch of the spacecraft next to it, it was only less than 20 meters away.

However, on this road, Chen Ming suddenly felt something slightly strange near his temple.

It was like the feeling when the barber was cutting his hair with a blade next to his neck.

Chen Ming knew that his perception of danger had reached a very sensitive level, so this feeling made him raise his arm and block it next to his temple.

The next moment he raised his arm, a ball of sparks suddenly burst out from his arm armor.

Chen Ming's arm couldn't help but tilt to the side, and he could clearly see a flattened bullet embedded in the armor plate.

This was a bullet from a sniper rifle similar to an electromagnetic javelin.

The guards next to him immediately surrounded him to protect Chen Ming.

But the second shot hit Chen Ming's temple before everyone had time to react.

Chen Ming's head tilted like his arm.

However, he did not receive any damage from the shot.

Not only was the top-level protection provided by the pure white cloud steel armor plate, but also the multi-layer buffer structure installed inside the armor plate when he modified the armor plate absorbed most of the impact of the bullet.

Although Chen Ming was somewhat unable to maintain balance due to the impact of the bullet, his mind was not thinking about the bullet, but about the feeling he had just had.

The subtle feeling of someone holding a knife to his neck just now was not the danger sensed by the danger perception, but the upcoming attack he felt.

Chen Ming knew very well that his danger perception ability could not detect those attacks that did not pose a threat to him before, but now it can.

Perhaps because he has been sensing danger all the time, his danger perception ability has evolved.

Just like he could only control the frigate before, and broke through the limit when controlling the refractive level.

His psychic power seemed to have many effects that did not exist on the panel.

A bunch of thoughts suddenly appeared in Chen Ming's mind, but he did not forget his current situation.

He immediately controlled his posture, hid behind the director, and turned his head to look in the direction where the bullet came from as if nothing had happened.

Chen Ming's eyesight was still good, and he could see that in the corner of the dock, a man was pinned to the ground by a group of patrol members.

Chen Ming had never seen him before, but his eyes were full of resentment when he looked at Chen Ming.

Chen Ming ignored him and walked into the cowherd's cabin under the protection of others.

As for the military man just now, he might have been able to escape from the space station, but now he has completely lost the possibility of escape.

Chen Ming will probably never see him again in his life.

Although Chen Ming doesn't care much about a dead person, or a person who is about to die.

However, the director is very concerned about this. His face in the helmet box was as dark as ink, and he immediately contacted the guard team he had arranged to track the military team.

"The one you let go has now run to the patrol team dock. You must explain to me how you let him go."

The voice of the team leader came from the communication channel: "I'm very sorry, Chief. We just received the wrong intelligence instructions and haven't found his trace for a long time."

The chief frowned and said, "You go back to the management bureau and you will be punished later."

The captain on the other side didn't expect that the chief didn't scold them as usual, and immediately agreed as if he was relieved: "Yes!"

Then hung up the communication.

The captain didn't know the change of the chief, but the chief knew what was going on.

The patrol team dock has been completely closed for twelve hours since the order from above to take Chen Ming away. The only ones who have the right to enter and exit are the patrol team's captain and deputy captain.

There are only two situations in which people can be let in. One is that the military personnel have been squatting here twelve hours ago without being discovered, and the other is that there is a traitor in the patrol team.

The director knows which probability is higher.

Moreover, the guard team he sent out just now and the patrol team cooperated together, and the information was also communicated.

In other words, the source of the wrong information is the patrol team.

Since the captain of the patrol team is standing next to the dock below, the situation of the deputy captain who was also responsible for the pursuit of military personnel in the space station before can be explained.

"Where is the deputy captain?"

"I can't contact him."

"That means he is a traitor."

The director directly announced the result to the deputy captain and contacted the management bureau at the same time.

"Cancel all the rights of the deputy chief of the patrol team on the space station. Issue a wanted notice first. I will deal with him after I finish the important things here."

When the director was explaining the matter of dealing with the traitor.

Chen Ming had already entered the interior of the Cowherd.

The factory director and Lao Wu did not follow in.

However, they had escorted Chen Ming for so long, which made him feel that it was enough. From now on, it would be his own way.

The captain of the Cowherd even came to greet him in person.

After seeing Chen Ming, he took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Welcome, Mr. Chen, please follow me."

Chen Ming extended his hand and shook hands with him, followed him, and went to a lounge inside the spacecraft.

On the table in the lounge were some fruits, a terminal, and a card.

After taking Chen Ming in, the captain took the initiative to open the terminal, handed it to Chen Ming and said, "Mr. Chen, this is the general structure of our spacecraft."

"These red-marked areas are areas inside our spacecraft that only professionals can enter and exit. You can enter and exit other unmarked areas at will."

"This card is an authority card that can be used on the ship. This card is required to ensure access between different areas."

"I still need to be responsible for this mission. If you need anything, you can contact me directly through the terminal, or find someone else."

Chen Ming put away the terminal and the card and nodded to him.

Although it was only a four or five hour journey, the attitude of doing things was very responsible.

The captain quickly left the lounge, and Chen Ming was the only one left in the lounge.

So Chen Ming immediately took off his gauntlet and reached out to press on the cabin of the spacecraft.

Here, Chen Ming also got a prompt that he could control the spacecraft.

But he was not in a hurry to control the spacecraft directly.

Because he almost fainted when he controlled the 200-meter-long Refractive Class spaceship last time, he had to be prepared before controlling the spaceship that doubled in length and several times in size.

At least not now when he couldn't even guarantee safety.

What if he couldn't bear it and passed out, and something unexpected happened during the voyage of the spaceship.

That would be a big problem, and the countermeasures he prepared before couldn't be implemented on his own.

It would be better to wait until we reach the capital of the star region and try to control it when we get off the ship.

Anyway, even if Chen Ming fainted directly, someone from the company would definitely send him to the hospital safely.

While the spaceship was still connected at the last moment away from the space station, Chen Ming thought about it and simply called his boss.

The call was connected after a while.

After all, it was past three in the morning, and the boss's voice was full of sleepiness: "Xiao Mu? What's the matter?"

"Boss, I have to go out again later, and it may take some time to come back this time."

"So urgent?"

"Yes, it might be a few days later, but the military acted too quickly on me, and the company's ship to pick me up is ready, so I plan to leave."

The boss suddenly became a little energetic and said, "Are you going to follow the company's path in the future? That's not bad, keep in touch when you have time."

"I'm still very interested in how you will develop in the future."

"Yeah."

While talking.

The Cowherd also started the engine and prepared to set sail with its fleet.

When Chen Ming was in the lounge before, he had already told the director in advance that he wanted to bring his own ship.

So now, Chen Ming's Iron Ore and Centurion are flying behind this fleet.

Although Chen Ming only has two spacecraft control positions, one of which is still on the armor-piercing class.

But Chen Ming only needs to temporarily switch the control position and give the Iron Ore and Centurion a follow-up command.

With the autopilot system, this is not a problem.

The fleet left the space station and soon arrived at the edge of the galaxy and entered the hyperspace.

When the fleet entered the hyperspace channel.

Although Chen Ming was on another spaceship, he subconsciously scanned the surroundings with the sensor of the Centurion that followed him.

Then he found that a large number of military fleets appeared on the edge of the area around the space station that was closer to the galaxy's star gravity well, and on several major hyperspace routes leading to other galaxies.

Chen Ming couldn't help but whispered: "The army... is this going to overturn the table?"

"What's wrong, Xiao Mu?"

The boss's voice came from the terminal that had not yet completely disconnected the communication signal.

Chen Ming immediately said: "The army has blocked the hyperspace route to other galaxies, and we are blocked."

"What the hell?"

As soon as the boss's words fell, the military spacecraft sent a message to the fleet of the Xinda Company for routine inspection.

In the marginal star field, whether it is the government or the military, their power is relatively greater than that of the prosperous star field.

So to be honest, it is not excessive to conduct routine inspections on passing spacecraft.

The army occasionally lacks performance, and will also block people in the channel passage. Whoever is blocked will be unlucky.

This has always been an unspoken rule in the marginal star field.

However, this is the first time that the army has directly blocked the entrance of the pirate space station.

As for the reason, Chen Ming knows it very well.

The four routes around the galaxy leading to different galaxies are all blocked by the military fleet.

It seems that he has no way to escape.