Chapter 160 Mission arrangement, sudden assassination
Chen Ming just said casually that he wanted to buy his own information.
However, there seems to be no doubt about the glasses. Instead, he said like normal trading information: "This person is quite popular recently, so what's the number."
Seeing the glasses holding out two fingers, Chen Ming didn't say much, and asked "Twenty thousand?" as if buying information normally.
"Yes."
"Okay."
Chen Ming paid the money, and the glasses directly sent him the information face to face.
Chen Ming stood up and leaned against the wall to take a look, and found that all the information on the intelligence was basically information that could be obtained through normal public channels.
Basically, it is an introduction to Chen Ming's life. At most, it contains more information about the pirate space station than Chen Ming's own resume, but it is also very rough.
Starting from the local corrupt sector military targeting Sindar Corporation's mining space station, and then relying on psychic powers that can control the spacecraft all the way to the pirate space station.
When he wanted to expose the corruption and greed of the sector military and obtained enough evidence.
In the end, he was forced to use spiritual energy to attract Yuhui because of the pursuit by the military in the sector, and saved his life.
However, the evidence has been handed over by him, and the sector military has been destroyed as a result.
Subsequently, the Fourteenth Legion conducted two rescues for him in the hinterland of Afterglow and successfully brought him out.
He also asked him to rely on his psychic powers to inflict heavy damage to Afterglow, taking away several of Afterglow's cruisers and several Alpha-class individuals.
The content can be said to be quite vague, and there are some errors and omissions.
There is no information that can be considered even remotely confidential.
The only thing that most people don't know is that the evidence of corruption within the sector's military was indeed obtained by Chen Ming.
Chen Ming remembered that he had given the information to both the company and his boss before, but he didn't know where it was leaked.
But overall this information cannot be said to be useless, it can only be said to be worthless.
So Chen Ming looked up at the glasses again and asked: "Are there more?"
The bespectacled hand clicked on the terminal next to him a few times, and asked casually: "Do you want to be so detailed?"
"Just tell me whether you want to sell it or not."
"Sell, of course, but it's not such a cheap thing."
"How much?"
While Chen Ming was waiting for his glasses to be counted.
The boss's voice suddenly sounded from the terminal in front of him: "Okay, Xiao Ming, stop playing."
"I've basically blocked all your information. No one knows about it. It's just the ones you just saw over there at the bar, and nothing else."
"If you want to know what kind of news about you is circulating outside, just come and ask me, and I will take the initiative to release the news that reflects your abilities."
This feels right.
Chen Ming asked why the intelligence dealer selling information in the bar funded by his boss would sell his information and he didn't even know him.
Moreover, the bartender outside obviously knew him and knew that he usually wore protective clothing, and did not connect him with Chen Ming in the intelligence.
It seemed that the boss had made arrangements in advance, and a lot of information was blocked tightly, not even to his subordinates.
Even his habit of wearing protective clothing was not leaked.
Of course, the Space Station Management Bureau may not be able to control someone like Chen Ming who has been there for a while.
So there are still people who know Chen Ming's habits, such as the guard captain Chen Ming just saw.
But there were factory directors there, and the company actively wanted to "renew their relationship" with Chen Ming, so it was basically impossible to leak it out on their own initiative.
In addition, not many people know about Chen Ming's habits, so they should take the initiative to protect him.
There are a few people in the administration who know about Chen Ming's habits and have the motive to leak them, such as the director.
It's hard to protect yourself now, and I'm afraid I don't have the time to think about Chen Ming's daily habits.
Therefore, Chen Ming's situation will basically not be noticed by anyone. Even if he is walking on the street openly now, he will not be recognized.
But he thought it was better to be careful. From now on, don't wear protective clothing or anything like that, just wear power armor and that's it.
After thinking about the current situation, Chen Ming said to his boss: "Okay, but actually I'm here to see Lao Wu, and I'm here to see if I have any information to sell."
"Well, you can take care of the rest by yourself. I still have something to do. If you need anything, come to me."
The boss hung up the communication.
The glasses next to him sat on the chair feeling a little embarrassed for a while.
He remembered that the boss happened to be here last time when Chen Ming came, and Chen Ming even chatted with the boss for a few more words and helped him with something.
But he didn't expect that they hadn't seen each other for a while. The relationship between Chen Ming and his boss seemed to be a bit good.
Did he just provoke Chen Ming?
Of course Glasses thought so, and Chen Ming obviously had no intention of pursuing his secret contact with the boss.
After all, although Glasses was just obeying his boss's orders, he was also protecting him.
So Chen Ming sat across from the glasses again, with no intention of mentioning what happened just now.
The glasses relaxed slightly, and a little nervousness and curiosity flashed through the eyes under the lenses.
He suddenly asked proactively: "Are you that Chen Ming?"
Chen Ming did not deny: "Yes."
"Then I will give you back the 20,000 yuan I just gave you."
I don’t dare accept the money for glasses now.
"It's not necessary, it's too much trouble. Just think of it as the money I paid for Lao Wu's drinks in advance. When he asks, just say, it doesn't matter."
"Okay."
After a few words, his glasses relaxed a little, and he looked at Chen Ming, waiting for Chen Ming's next move.
Do you want to buy or sell information or something else?
Chen Ming was thinking about what information was worth buying.
But seeing the look of the glasses, he suddenly thought of a question, so he asked: "You just said you wanted to sell me more detailed information, right? What if it's someone else?"
The glasses immediately replied: "I would also say it can be sold."
"That's what the boss asked for. He said that as long as someone buys your information, he will only give you the information he gave you at the beginning. If you want more information, just inform him directly."
"Then if you pay, I will tell you that the information is very important. You have to contact the boss and ask him to give it to you personally. I really don't have as much information as I have."
Chen Ming thought about what the glasses said for a moment and said, "That's it."
Anyone who wants to have access to Chen Ming's information will be personally questioned by the boss, and then he will decide whether to proactively leak part of the information.
At this point, Chen Ming did not continue to struggle with his information, as long as he knew that his information was well protected.
He said to the glasses: "Then help me check if there are any traces of pirates with a bounty of over 50 million recently."
"Are you sure?"
"OK."
The fundamental reason why Chen Ming suddenly wanted this information was that he had always had the idea of forming his own fleet and was currently implementing it.
At this time, Chen Ming used his spiritual energy to look at the dock of the space station. His ships were basically parked here.
That's why he was targeted by the new director before, and it was also one of the reasons why Chen Ming promised the factory director to kill the director.
The director knew the reason why Chen Ming was sweating profusely after he came back, except that Chen Ming had a good relationship with the factory director.
Another reason is that the director had previously set his sights on Chen Ming's things and really wanted to reach out.
Even if he was blocked by the factory director, he had no intention of giving up.
That's why he was afraid and went to the security department and network security department immediately after Chen Ming visited him.
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Chen Ming's current search for pirates.
The reason why Chen Ming wants to find pirates now is just to make some pocket money.
By the way, test his fleet.
Chen Ming used his spiritual power to personally control every ship parked in the dock, a total of eleven ships.
Diguang, Fighter Kai, Heavy Rain, and two military Centurion-class heavy frigates, which Chen Ming had specially bought for Lao Wu after making some money.
Also, as compensation for the severance of diplomatic relations some time ago, the company received one armor-piercing vessel and five hammerheads.
Seven destroyers and two escorts, this configuration is a bit strange.
Generally speaking, for a normal fleet, as long as it is not the main fleet, the number of ships is best to be one to two or one to three.
For example, ten destroyers are matched with twenty or thirty escort ships.
Therefore, Chen Ming has to continue to find ways to make up for this quantity.
It's just that the 7 billion he has on hand needs to be used to buy industrial equipment first and cannot be used casually.
Therefore, Chen Ming, Qian Ming of the new ship, planned to stick to his old job for the time being and find ways to make some money to supplement his income.
If you have any money left after buying the equipment, you can use it to buy a boat.
So if the strength of the fleet can be tested at the same time in the process of making money, it is obviously a more suitable approach for Chen Ming's current situation than purely making money.
Of course, this is what Chen Ming has always thought.
Although he already had a large number of Afterglow and Afterglow ships, forming a fleet seemed unnecessary.
But he didn't want to give up halfway.
In Chen Ming's mind, the colonies belong to the colonies, and what belongs to him belongs to himself.
Although they were all his, he felt it was best to distinguish them clearly.
In fact, he had previously thought about calling in a few ships from the Afterglow Fleet in his hand, and then returning them when he had enough ships.
But another reason why he didn't do this was that the main function of the ships in these fleets was to transport cargo.
Therefore, most of the ships in the fleet are cargo ships for transportation, and only a small part are combat ships.
Chen Ming's originally planned battle fleet was caught by Yu Hui's battleship when he finally evacuated, and the entire army was annihilated.
The colonies in the border system were basically in chaos before, so he had no choice. The lack of combat power was not something he could make up for now.
It is best for the remaining fleets stationed there to stay put and try to ensure their combat effectiveness.
What if the combat effectiveness of the warships taken away by Chen Ming caused something to go wrong.
Chen Ming will really regret it for the rest of his life.
These afterglows are his real wealth now.
Moreover, Chen Ming's own fleet only had to face pirates, and it really didn't lack a few Yuhui ships.
If the pirate fleet is weaker and he can use his hands and psionic powers, he can drive a Heavy Rain and overwhelm the entire pirate fleet.
Of course, if Chen Ming did this, there would be no testing value at all.
That's why he needs information about pirates with a bounty of more than 50 million, and he plans to only be responsible for commanding in the future and will not take action himself.
Unless you can't beat it. However, after eliminating the previous problems, there is still another problem waiting to be addressed.
Many of these pirates have people behind them to fund them. Very few people develop themselves from the grassroots and are still pirates.
That's why Glasses just asked Chen Ming if he was sure he was looking for these pirates, just to confirm whether Chen Ming knew about it.
Of course Chen Ming knew it.
But he doesn't care about other forces.
Anyway, it will basically be out of reach in the future, so there is no need to consider it at all.
And it is because of the funding of these people that these pirates have enough value.
If he can successfully capture these pirates alive, he can earn a bounty and exchange money with the people behind them.
As long as the people behind them can be told in advance about the capture of these pirates, those people will definitely be willing to pay.
Get him out of prison quickly and change his identity as a pirate. When he comes out, he will be a "kou" who can make the pirates respect themselves.
So Chen Ming finally decided to use this method.
Moreover, he has always been doing robbing pirates, but he stopped for a while because Yuhui's affairs were too important. Now it's time to start again.
The glasses quickly found out all the information about pirates that had recently appeared in and around the star area and met Chen Ming's requirements.
There are not many, three in total.
Their total bounty is less than 200 million, which is really just some pocket money to buy a spaceship.
If Chen Ming really wants to make money, he still has to rely on his psychic powers or colonies.
The former requires others to completely trust him, and the latter requires long-term investment.
Chen Ming left the glasses after getting the information.
As soon as he went out, he saw Lao Wu still drinking in the corner of the bar.
There was no one in the bar for most of the day, but Old Wu still didn't know where he found the girl he had his eye on. She looked like she might run to a hotel at any time with her flirtatious look.
Chen Ming originally didn't want to disturb him.
But Old Wu didn't look like he could solve it quickly, so Chen Ming went over anyway, greeted him in advance and shouted: "Old Wu."
"Hey, Xiao Mu, are you done looking for Lao Lu?"
Old Wu was very enthusiastic and pulled Chen Ming to sit on the sofa next to him. He didn't look the same as when Chen Ming said he wanted to find the factory director just now.
It was Chen Ming who almost didn't react when he heard this little Mu, and then he remembered that it was the pseudonym of Mu Shuikong he had used before.
Lao Wu was quite wary when he was outside.
After reacting, Chen Ming nodded directly and said: "The search is over."
"So you came here to drink? Do you want to help you find a good-looking one?"
"No, I have something to do with you. I have to start over what I have been doing some time ago, and you may have to go out twice more."
Chen Ming is not safe now, running around might cause problems, so he still plans to ask Old Wu to go out and help collect the bounty as before.
Of course, Chen Ming would definitely give Lao Wu less for the errand fees.
"Are you going to do it yourself for this matter?"
"Not only that, but one more thing, help me buy something."
Chen Ming sent the list compiled by Hui Hui to Lao Wu in person.
Upon seeing this, Old Wu pushed the girl who was leaning on him away and changed his attitude to a normal one.
Just like what he just said, if Chen Ming has a simple matter to contact him, he can just use the terminal to contact him.
I'm afraid it's not important to come here now.
Old Wu looked at the things on the terminal, opened his mouth slightly, and said with some surprise: "These things..."
"What's wrong? Is it easy to fix? If not, I can go find the boss."
"No, don't you go shopping with Lao Wu because you have nothing to do?"
"I know, that's why I came to you first."
"Tsk."
Old Wu, who was still trying to persuade Chen Ming, rolled his eyes and looked at him.
But Chen Ming ignored it and just asked: "Can you just say you can buy it?"
Old Wu shook his head slightly, nodded and said: "Some things are strange, but if you can accept the replacement, it will be easier to handle. They are all very basic things."
The list that Chen Ming gave to Lao Wu was made with Huihuang's help, because Huihuang knew what was needed for the initial construction of a colony.
Only some infrastructure is Yuhui's own internal model, which humans cannot buy here, and it is not easy to replace it with human equipment.
It is necessary to directly purchase raw materials and equipment that can produce these equipment, and let Huihuang manufacture them, or Chen Ming manufactures them.
Under normal circumstances, Lao Wu only needs to order according to the list given by Huihuang.
But apparently there was one thing that Hui Huang missed when he wrote this list.
Many things are only rich in the afterglow, but not necessarily on the human side.
Of course, this may also be because the list had been written before and was only shown to Old Wu by Chen Ming today.
Brilliant, it has been connected to the human network, and it should also know which things are relatively rare on the human side.
Just because Chen Ming didn't specify when this list would be used, Huihuang didn't ask Chen Ming to modify it.
Then the time is now.
Chen Ming asked: "Tell me what needs to be replaced."
Lao Wu casually clicked on the terminal a few times, sent a revised list back to Chen Ming and said: "That's it."
Chen Ming forwarded the list to Huihuang smoothly, and after getting an answer that Huihuang could replace, he said: "No problem."
Lao Wu clicked on the terminal again and said: "Well, I should be able to help you get it done in two days, but there are too many things. It may take several days to deliver them, and it will definitely cost a lot of money. The amount you need... …”
Chen Ming raised his hand to stop Old Wu from continuing: "You know what I want to do, and money is not an issue."
"I have made a lot of money recently. If I can buy it all and keep 10% as reserve, I can use the extra money to smoothen relationships and speed up efficiency."
"It's best to hurry up on this matter. I've been here for too long. If I continue, there might be something wrong."
Lao Wu put the terminal in his pocket and said, "Don't be so arrogant."
"This is not a crow's mouth, but an analysis. Two days ago, the factory director said that someone is trying to trouble you."
Lao Wu shrugged and reached out to hug the girl he had just thrown away.
"Okay, okay, I'll let you know when there's news."
"Okay."
Chen Ming did not continue to disturb Lao Wu and continued to have fun.
It can also be seen from Lao Wu's performance just now that although he is lustful and drunk, he is basically not ambiguous when doing business.
Chen Ming turned around and prepared to leave.
The moment he turned around, he suddenly felt a stinging sense of danger on his forehead.
Chen Ming reacted very quickly and condensed a combat-type power armor on his body in the first place. The streamlined and solid armor completely protected Chen Ming.
This was something Chen Ming mentioned intentionally or unintentionally when chatting with Bai Quan before.
Then Bai Quan heard what Chen Ming meant, and he was very interested in giving Chen Ming the blueprint of a type of combat power armor called Migratory Locust when he sent him anti-electromagnetic pulse technology.
So Chen Ming can create it directly now.
The moment Chen Ming created this power armor, a gunshot rang out in the bar.
What followed was a scream that instantly caused chaos around the bar.
And Chen Ming's forehead, which was protected by the power armor, also had sparks on it at the moment the gunfire rang out.
Someone fired a shot and hit Chen Ming in the head.
But it's obviously of no use.
And An Ren, who shot the gun, has also been targeted by Chen Ming
But he didn't move because Old Wu, who had no protective measures on his body, was still behind him.
Chen Ming took a step back slightly and reached out to grab the arm of Lao Wu, who had turned over behind the sofa.
At this time, Lao Wu was holding his head and holding a gun, shouting at Chen Ming: "I know you are a crow, someone is really causing trouble for you."
When Lao Wu was beeping, another set of power armor was constructed on his body.
Chen Ming retorted smoothly: "Stop talking nonsense, you knew this before, protect yourself."
He left these words and then took steps.
The man who fired the gun before jumped out of the window of the bar before anyone could react and disappeared into the chaotic flow of people outside.
However, Chen Ming had just hacked into the surrounding surveillance network and locked his location.
He can't escape.
The Locust Power Armor itself was designed with a jetpack in mind, while still maintaining very strong maneuverability.
It can be regarded as a special type of power armor that Bai Quan gave Chen Ming after considering that it was basically impossible for Chen Ming to actually use the power armor to fight head-on and was mainly used to save his life.
Chen Ming jumped out of the window where the previous assassin had smashed the glass. He activated his jetpack and flew high into the sky in an instant.
However, he immediately received the air control signal from the space station, but at this time he obviously would not care about it.
He quickly notified the boss and factory director, and then he followed the surveillance and found the assassin who had shot before.
You can see that he was running desperately in the direction of the dock just now, and it seemed that he wanted to leave directly.
The dock of the space station is the most difficult place to be blocked in the entire space station.
If it is blocked for one minute, the space station will lose a lot of money.
So it is a very reasonable idea for this assassin to do this.
But Chen Ming would not give him a chance to escape.
After getting close enough, Chen Ming controlled the jetpack to make him hover in the air.
A lot of pure white metallic liquid flowed through his hands.
A weapon most suitable for current use was condensed, the electromagnetic javelin of the mechanical family.
It didn't look bulky in the hands of the power armor Chen Ming was wearing, but seemed quite suitable.
Chen Ming raised the electromagnetic javelin.
The power armor visual sensor and the electromagnetic javelin sight were modified and connected together by him.
He almost instantly locked onto the assassin who was desperately escaping.
(End of chapter)