Chapter 133 The First Shot
Chen Ming quickly figured out the answer to this question.
Currently, there are only a few forces that will explore his existence.
There is a slight possibility on the government's side, but it is not very likely. After all, they are only responsible for logistics in this operation.
Then the fourteenth legion will be left.
I just don’t know if it’s Bai Quan or the person in the war zone behind the second generation.
Chen Ming has never been shy about thinking the worst about things.
So now he would rather believe it is the latter.
However, Chen Ming is already prepared to face different situations, and even if such a situation occurs, he will not feel discouraged.
He will definitely do what he wants to do. Unexpected changes are nothing more than whether it is difficult to achieve the goal, not whether it can be achieved.
Even if the people in the war zone know that he is still alive, no matter how deep they are on guard.
As long as Chen Ming's spiritual energy is used, there will still be no spiritual energy fluctuations.
Then Chen Ming is the most fatal to them, a key risk factor that cannot be offset.
In an era like this, who would want to be restricted and unable to touch a spaceship for the rest of his life?
What's more, Chen Ming can actually control not only the spacecraft, but also various mechanical equipment.
Even if he only controls a terminal, Chen Ming can directly cause an explosion by activating the terminal battery.
It is still possible to stay away from spaceships for the rest of your life, but to stay away from mechanical equipment for the rest of your life is to go out and become a savage.
Therefore, if the news that Chen Ming is still alive reaches them, then Chen Ming will definitely become a serious problem for them.
I just don’t know what they will do after knowing the specific circumstances of this matter.
Did he send some kind of psyker with super long-distance attack capabilities? Or is there a more practical approach?
Chen Ming first ruled out the previous idea that psykers with this kind of ability should not exist.
Even if it were available, this ability would be countless times more dangerous to the empire as a whole than Chen Ming's ability. A psyker with such an ability would definitely die quickly.
But as for what they will actually do, Chen Ming is really unsure.
After all, he didn't know exactly what was in the war zone, and he only had a rough estimate of the resources they could mobilize.
Thinking of this, Chen Ming suddenly had a strange idea in his mind.
He began to try to use his own spiritual energy fluctuations to restore the spiritual energy fluctuations that appeared when the sense of voyeurism appeared.
If we could trace the past backwards, we might be able to find some clues.
But he tried for a while, and it seemed that because everyone's spiritual energy fluctuations were different, he couldn't find that spiritual energy fluctuation.
If the feeling of peeping before was still there, and the psychic energy fluctuation was still there, he might really be able to track it back.
But now Chen Ming could only sigh a pity, and at the same time, there was a little more gloom in his heart.
If he is disgusted by people in the war zone again, it will definitely have a great negative impact on what he will do next.
Because he may be forced to expose some situations in order to protect himself.
So now, Chen Ming didn't hesitate at all and called his boss directly to ask for some opinions.
As soon as the communication was connected, the boss said directly: "Xiao Ming came just in time. Bai Quan just called me and asked me if you are still alive."
"I mean I don't know, but it seems like he doesn't quite believe it. You called again suddenly. Let me make a blind guess. Is it related to Bai Quan?"
"I'm not sure, but it's possible."
Chen Ming said this and told his boss about the situation just now.
While Chen Ming and his boss were retelling what happened.
It was when Bai Quan had a splitting headache.
After knowing everything Tang Shi had done in the past few days, his head almost exploded, and his whole body felt like it was cracking.
He had no idea that someone could be so stupid.
It was obvious that he only needed to make a surprise attack to rescue the people and attract Yuhui's attention.
Is it difficult to forcefully clear the system's defenses and send marines to take away people when Yuhui has to be distracted to face the Sindar fleet that has also launched a surprise attack on Yuhui's other galaxy?
Then just act like you are retreating after completing the mission, and jump to the nearby Kletka before Yuhui reacts.
Isn't it a very simple process to rely on the weapons provided by Tachyon Technology to destroy the planetary shield generator and destroy Kletka?
Even if any link fails, the fleet's strength is definitely enough to delay the warp engine cooling down and retreat with very little damage.
As a result, he laid out a plan and someone came to take the opportunity to pick peaches.
If it's really just picking peaches, forget it.
The peach pickers did not want the best peaches growing on the peach tree. They took the initiative to smash the best peaches that could be eaten as long as they were brought back and left for a while.
Then be greedy and pick the biggest peach that grows on the top of the tree.
Not only did he not catch any peaches in the end, he also fell from the tree and was beaten up.
A well-laid and well-laid plan can be turned into something like this.
And more importantly, it was actually destroyed by a completely incompetent second generation.
Bai Quan had never paid attention to Tang Shi before, but he only had some basic understanding, such as that he was a second-generation waste, and his background was somewhat related to a war zone.
He didn't even bother to look at it before him.
After what happened before, he went out of his way to check Tang Shi's information.
Then I discovered all the things that happened in the war zone and Chen Ming's past.
Now he understood that the problem with the plan was not just Tang Shi's greed, but also hatred and stupidity.
But knowing this didn't affect Bai Quan's continued headache and inner madness.
Because when Chen Ming died, not only did he die alone, but Cheng Xinghe was still in Chen Ming's hands. This was no different from killing two people with one corpse.
However, Bai Quan never believed that Chen Ming died so casually.
So he chose to forcibly detain Tang Shi and tried to find the possibility that Chen Ming was still alive.
From the second day after he imprisoned Tang Shi, in addition to the headquarters of the Fourteenth Army on the other side of the empire, all parties continued to put pressure on him.
It took a week to release anyone, but the desk was already filled with documents of various complaints.
Forcing him to make a decision immediately.
But Bai Quan knew that he had to consider all factors comprehensively in order to discern what kind of approach was truly worth doing.
So he chose to believe in himself.
Today he found a psyker with exploratory abilities.
Then, he discovered that the psyker's detection of Chen Ming was directly interrupted instead of failing to detect it.
He knew exactly what this meant.
Either Chen Ming took the initiative to cut it off, or someone helped Chen Ming cut it off.
And both mean the same thing.
Chen Ming is still alive.
At this time, Bai Quan's detention of Tang Shi had reached its limit, but fortunately he succeeded in delaying it until the moment he discovered that Chen Ming was not dead.
So he contacted his boss directly.
He needs to talk to Chen Ming.
He needs to use Chen Ming's attitude and Chen Ming's situation to decide his final treatment of Tang Shi.
As for Chen Ming, since he was sure that the fact that he was alive was exposed, he might as well stop pretending to be dead.
He directly controlled the terminal he gave to his boss and connected to the terminal his boss usually used to communicate with Bai Quan.
After the communication was connected, Chen Ming came up directly and said in a very shameless manner: "I will give you three sentences. If I can't hear what I want to hear, I will leave directly."
Bai Quan was not angry because of Chen Ming's attitude. Instead, he was slightly relieved because Chen Ming was still willing to communicate with him.
He thought for a moment and said: "I had an accidental coma before executing the mission. This accident was man-made."
"I can compensate you for all your losses caused by this mission."
"Also, I do not represent the Fourteenth Legion now, I only represent myself."
"That's all?"
Chen Ming did not hang up the call directly, which calmed down the slight anxiety caused by uncertainty in Bai Quan's heart. He asked: "What else do you need?"
"The price."
"It's been a week since that mission. I think you should already know the whole thing."
"I abided by the regulations I made with you before, and sent out the positioning signal as promised. At the same time, I tried to contact you when you came over in advance."
"When I couldn't contact you, I didn't expect you to do anything. I just needed to grasp the means of retreat that I arranged, a Afterglow cruiser, and I could leave by myself."
Chen Ming deliberately lengthened the interval between his words so that Bai Quan could listen and think about what he said.
"As for the result, I don't know if you didn't receive my message or what. In short, you killed the cruiser."
"That was my only chance to save my life. You had two cruisers to force it out of the protection range of the attached shield."
"Finally, it was destroyed by an offensive-level thermal pulse laser."
"They want to kill me, so...can you kill all these people to pay for my life?"
Bai Quan said hesitantly: "Is this a bit..."
Of course Chen Ming knew that he was talking nonsense, but wasn't that what negotiation was all about?
Since Bai Quan wanted to talk to Chen Ming, Chen Ming, as the victim, had to express something.
Anyway, he was just talking casually, and he also knew that those soldiers were always just accepting orders and executing them.
If he really asked tens of thousands of people on these three spaceships to pay for his life, he might have psychological problems.
But on the surface, Chen Ming definitely has to pretend.
"Do you think I'm extreme? Or do you think I'm trying to make things difficult for others?"
"Let me think about what the imperial law says. Intentional murder is punishable by death, right?"
"But..."
"But what? But I'm not dead?"
Chen Ming's last few words were already a bit strong, but he didn't need to act rational now.
Even taking the initiative to throw away some rational speeches is more in line with his current interests.
Anyway, it's not him who is at fault in the end, so he is naturally qualified to do so.
"Bai Quan, this is not a conflict between us, it is a conflict between me and the Fourteenth Army." "You can't deny one thing, it is the commander's problem caused by your own internal affairs, not me."
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"The responsibility for the fact that I was almost killed because of this problem cannot be borne by me, the victim."
"Mr. Chen Ming..."
Chen Ming interrupted again impatiently: "Someone should pay the price for your internal struggles, right?"
"If you, a major general, are seriously injured, then at least all those directly involved must receive the punishment they deserve, from prison to death, right?"
Bai Quan hesitated for a long time before saying: "Yes."
"What about me?"
Bai Quan was silent.
Chen Ming continued: "Let me ask you a question, has the commander-in-chief received the punishment he deserves?"
"Actively attacking the target of the rescue mission, ultimately leading to the failure of the mission, the loss of at least one-third of the fleet and huge casualties. What kind of punishment should he receive?"
"Did he suffer?"
Bai Quan's silence allowed Chen Ming to know the answer to his question.
"So, someone has to pay the price."
"Don't stop me. You can't stop me. You never know which part of the spacecraft around you has been touched by me."
"If this matter has nothing to do with you, you'd better distance yourself."
Bai Quan suddenly let out a long breath. He had already thought clearly from the moment he found out that Chen Ming was still alive.
This was indeed the fault of the Fourteenth Legion, and he could not deny it.
As the current supreme commander of the Fourteenth Legion in the Gallo Star Territory, he is willing to bear the responsibility of doing wrong things.
Not only did he want Chen Ming to be alive, he also wanted Cheng Xinghe to return safely.
So when facing Chen Ming, he was willing to lower his stance.
There is no shame in putting down a psyker with the ability to subvert the Afterglow.
Therefore, after Chen Ming said these words, Bai Quan took the initiative and said: "That commander is still forcibly controlled by me. I... can make him receive the punishment he deserves."
"In addition to the losses you caused due to the Fourteenth Legion, I will also give you additional compensation."
Chen Ming was very surprised that Bai Quan could say such a thing.
Because these words were submissive and catered to his demands, and were not something a member of the Fourteenth Legion would say.
And if he does this, he will offend many people. Does Bai Quan really dare?
Chen Ming was not sure, but he would not question it, because no amount of words could compare to the fact.
"Then let me see it."
If Bai Quan said these words sincerely, and Chen Ming also saw what he did.
So what's the problem with him reconciling with Bai Quan instead of the Fourteenth Legion?
The boss who had been listening silently suddenly said: "I received an express delivery notice here."
Chen Ming asked in confusion: "Express delivery?"
"For Baiquan's express delivery, the courier must have been waiting outside for a long time. Let me take a look."
"An anonymous card with...two billion in it. It should be given to you."
Chen Ming thought for a moment. The cheapest destroyer usually costs more than 100 million, while a better destroyer usually costs 4 to 500 million.
The price of a cruiser must be at least ten times higher than that of a destroyer, seventy to eighty, or nearly ten billion is normal.
A battleship is something out of specification.
The purchasing power of these two billion can only be said to be barely sufficient.
At least it is definitely not comparable to the Afterglow cruiser that Chen Ming lost.
Bai Quan also knew this, so he immediately said: "These are just the most basic compensations. They are compensation for the ship you usually drive, and there are others."
"I can directly compensate you with a cruiser and an Alpha-class afterglow core. You can decide the specific model."
"I know that you have been checking various spacecraft technical papers when you were on the space station some time ago."
"The Fourteenth Legion has its own spacecraft engineer, and I can give you a series of spacecraft component technologies."
"I will also personally apologize to you at that time."
Bai Quan had made enough gestures, but he still had no intention of stopping and continued: "There is also an additional compensation that I will give you."
"A psychic weapon."
The boss suddenly said unexpectedly: "Oh? There's a lot of bleeding."
His words were ostensibly addressed to Bai Quan, but they were actually reminding Chen Ming that the psychic weapons Bai Quan mentioned were of high value.
As the person who took the initiative to bring up psychic weapons, Bai Quan certainly knew the value of psychic weapons, but it was nothing compared to Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe.
He introduced: "A psychic weapon is a weapon that can increase the psychic ability of a psychic as long as it is held in hand."
"It has only symbolic meaning as a weapon, and is actually equivalent to an amplifier."
"Whatever shape you need, I can customize it."
At this time, the boss interjected and said: "The appearance doesn't matter. It's impossible for Xiao Ming to actually use the knife to kill people. As a firearm, there is no difference in combat function between psychic weapons and ordinary firearms. You can choose whatever you like. ”
"Then the revolver will do."
"Xiao Ming is very tasteful, and he also likes retro style, right?"
"Yeah."
Chen Ming responded casually.
To be honest, he now feels that what Bai Quan just said is enough as compensation.
There are a total of these four things as apology. If he wanted more, Chen Ming would feel a little sorry.
"So be it."
"But more than these, I want to see something happen."
Bai Quan immediately responded: "Yes, the remaining things will be sent to Mr. Wu immediately."
"The apology of the Fourteenth Legion will also be placed in front of you in the future."
"I hope so."
"One more thing, Mr. Chen Ming, I have an idea."
"I hope to cooperate with you again, not as a member of the Fourteenth Legion, but as myself."
"I know you don't want to hear it now, so please wait a day or two and I will contact you then."
Bai Quan didn't waste any more words and hung up the communication.
He actually wanted to mention Cheng Xinghe, but he also knew that now was not the right time to mention Cheng Xinghe.
So, he had to do something first.
A second generation, a second generation with a war zone background.
and a psyker, a psyker with the ability to subvert Afterglow.
Who to choose? Bai Quan already has the answer in his heart.
Bai Quan opened the drawer in front of him, and there was a gift box inside.
Inside the gift box was a vintage-style exquisite revolver engraved with gorgeous patterns.
This was the time when he was promoted to rear admiral after he had commanded a small surprise attack fleet on the battlefield of Afterglow and made achievements that could affect the battlefield.
A gift given to him by a big shot, a big shot with a very special status.
Baiquan loaded the six bullets in the gift box, which were also engraved with subtle patterns and would have no impact on actual use, into the magazine.
He tightened his grip on the revolver, turned the magazine, stood up and left the office.
Privilege must be dealt with with privilege.
One day later.
The boss has received some subsequent compensation, such as a memory card that stores a series of technical blueprints and professional guidance books for the extremely thick armor of the Fourteenth Legion ships that Chen Ming needs.
And Chen Ming's blueprint for the design of psychic weapons. Chen Ming can make some requests for this blueprint.
After the boss gave these two things to Chen Ming through Chen Ming's terminal, he also told Chen Ming that there was unrest within the Fourteenth Army.
It's just that the boss gave a rough overview of the situation, and when the boss told him the news, the situation in the Fourteenth Legion had stabilized.
Bai Quan also contacted Chen Ming again.
Although Bai Quan's face couldn't be seen, Chen Ming could tell there was a hint of fatigue in Bai Quan's voice just by listening to his voice.
So he didn't waste any more words and asked Bai Quan directly: "What did you do yesterday?"
Bai Quan did not answer directly, but said to the boss: "Mr. Wu, please tell me something. I may not be convincing."
"Okay, yesterday Baiquan killed the second generation with his own hands."
Chen Ming waited for a while, but did not wait for the boss's second sentence.
"This is gone?"
As if to highlight the contrast between the front and the back, the boss deliberately waited a few rows before saying: "There is more."
"He eliminated interference from all aspects, forcibly suppressed the voices of opposition within the entire legion, arrested several high-level officials who had objections, and monopolized power."
"And afterwards, he took the internal military regulations of the Fourteenth Legion and read them over the person's body one by one, all the crimes he had committed, and announced the entire scene to everyone in the entire Legion."
Chen Ming already believed Bai Quan's sincerity after hearing this.
But isn’t this approach a bit too exaggerated?
Chen Ming couldn't help but ask: "Won't this have an impact on the Fourteenth Army Corps?"
Bai Quan denied: "No, this is a reassurance for the rest of the Fourteenth Legion."
"If there is a heavy loss in a battle because of the commander, and the commander just pats his butt and runs away, it will be a huge blow to morale and military morale."
"But correspondingly, although I have gained the support of the lower-level soldiers, some of the higher-ups, that is, those people behind Tang Shi, are no different from crazy."
"That's why a large number of voices opposed to me suddenly appeared within the legion, but I suppressed them all."
"I can only suppress it temporarily, and people in the war zone are still adding fuel to the flames. I still have a lot of things to do."
"Now I can barely spare some time to talk to you."
In this case, Chen Ming said simply: "Then go ahead. I think you can tell me now what you didn't say yesterday."
"I need to cooperate with you and make a sufficient contribution."
(End of chapter)