Chapter 279 President’s Request
The friendly exchange Qian Mian said made Chen Ming a little nervous for a moment, and he asked: "Does friendly exchange mean to accuse me of massacring civilians?"
After hearing this, Qian Mian shrugged and said: "We did not take the initiative to shirk the blame. In fact, we were just doing what we have been doing, causing damage to a space station of the empire."
"It just happened that you chose to destroy us first and collided with our target. Aren't we still helping you? Help you kill all the left paths on the space station that you didn't kill."
"As for what the empire will think of you in the future, isn't it your own actions that have led to the current situation?"
"If you don't come to attack us, then there won't be so many things."
What Qian Mian said does not sound problematic at first glance for someone who doesn't know the whole story.
Zuo Jing is a villain, he is causing damage to the empire, and he has indeed helped Chen Ming kill all the Zuo Jing he wanted to kill.
It is even true that the current situation was caused by Chen Ming's choice of this space station.
It's all true.
But telling only half the truth can sometimes even lead to greater errors than lies.
Of course, for Chen Ming, who knew that the guy in front of him had put seeds that induced berserk disorder into An Wuping, and also launched an attack on his own spiritual weakness.
Everything this bastard just said was bullshit.
Moreover, Chen Ming never believed that Zuo Jing would be kind to others and would truly engage in friendly communication.
Because the source of his distaste for Zuo Jing came from seeing Zuo Jing’s heinous actions with his own eyes
But at this time, Chen Ming still pretended to think seriously and said: "I have never heard that madness can be treated. It can only be relieved."
Qian Mian stretched out his index finger and shook it at Chen Ming: "No, no, no. In fact, there is a drug that can directly act on your brain and neutralize the substances secreted in your brain that trigger the rage during a mania attack."
"As long as you take it for a long time, these substances can be completely eliminated and your brain can be protected."
"There is another quick way, which is to directly extract the substance through surgery. What do you think?"
Qian Mian's words were indeed tempting under normal circumstances, but Chen Ming continued to consider An Wuping's reaction and said: "Why can you do something that the empire can't do?"
"The Empire doesn't have as many experiments as we do."
"..."
Chen Ming was silent for a long time and finally said: "Where is the medicine?"
With a smile on his face, Qian Mian took out a small bottle of medicine that he had prepared long ago from his pocket. There was no label on the bottle.
Since they had prepared the certificate of surrender for An Wuping, they would naturally prepare the things they should give after the certificate of surrender was handed in.
"Just take it orally. The medicine will take effect in about an hour. If you can speed up the blood flow and promote absorption, it will be faster."
Chen Ming took the medicine bottle, stuffed the entire bottle into his mouth, and swallowed it directly.
The stomach tissue immediately extracted and stored the medicine in the glass bottle, and handed it over to the queen to extract and analyze the ingredients of the medicine.
As for the avatar of the Fourteenth Legion, Chen Ming also immediately inquired about the drugs related to these ingredients through the authority of the Fourteenth Legion.
The results came quickly.
As expected.
This drug is not a drug developed by Zuo Jing at all, but a drug developed by the Empire.
And the organization that developed this drug is Fanchao Research Institute.
This is not Zuo Jia's patent at all, nor is it a research result obtained by Zuo Jia based on bottom-line human experiments.
It is a suppressive drug developed by the Fanchao Research Institute in recent years by relying on various animals infected with violent disease.
Zuo Jing secretly obtained the drug.
I don’t know if they stole the finished product, or if they stole the ingredient list and copied it themselves.
Finally got it in front of him to deceive him.
It can only be said that just a few hours ago, when Chen Ming called the Anti-Cult Bureau of the Aodan Star Territory, the deputy director said that they could help with treatment.
Although Chen Ming hung up the phone before he finished listening, the treatment the deputy director mentioned was obviously the treatment of mania.
It was precisely because of the deputy director's words that Chen Ming immediately tried to ask the fake person to check the information.
Finally, I found something.
The empire has been penetrated into many places by Zuojia.
Although it is not necessarily the Fanchao Institute, but the people who conducted drug trials at the Fanchao Institute or some other relevant collaborators who were infiltrated, this is indeed a problem.
That kind of brainwashing psychic power that works on ordinary people and is difficult to detect by psykers is really a troublesome thing.
Of course, Chen Ming does not need to consider the internal affairs of the empire now, he only needs to consider the present.
What the glass bead psychic in front of him gave him was indeed the medicine to cure rage disorder.
According to several occasional reports published by the Fanchao Research Institute, it may be seen that this thing is indeed effective. After it has achieved results on animals, small-scale approved clinical trials have begun.
It just hasn’t started to be used on a large scale yet.
And through the inspection by the Queen of Insects, the ingredients of the potion he just took were indeed fine. Zuo Jing did not do anything small, and the ingredients were the same as those disclosed in an archive that requires certain permissions to view. .
After all, An Wuping was still a physical psyker in Zuo Jing's eyes, and what he was least afraid of was targeting the physical body, whether it was poison or something else.
There is no need to cause trouble in a place like this.
After Chen Ming confirmed that the medicine was completely fine, he let An Wuping's body begin to absorb the medicine.
There is some concentration and meditation material in the material of this medicine. There is no harm in absorbing it...but there is no good in it either...
After Chen Ming absorbed it, he discovered that this medicine completely acted on the brain, and all the ingredients were used to protect the brain after being absorbed.
However, An Wuping's brain was just a decoration, so taking this medicine was of no use.
But it's not a big problem, he doesn't suffer from violent disorder, so it doesn't matter if he lacks this thing.
Just install it when it's time to install it.
As An Wuping's body absorbed the potion, the violent aura on his body gradually subsided.
After feeling that An Wuping was no longer in a violent state, Qianmian repeated what he had just said: "We just need you to cooperate with us temporarily, just treat it as a temporary cooperation."
"We treat you, you contribute, and when you are done with the treatment, you leave. It's a simple deal, right?"
Of course, it is actually impossible for Qianmian to let An Wuping go casually, and there are various means waiting for him later.
That’s just what I’m saying now.
Chen Ming knew this very well.
Qian Mian actually knew it well and Chen Ming knew it well.
It's just that he has the confidence to keep An Wuping completely after An Wuping joins.
And Chen Ming is also confident that after joining Zuo Jing, he will turn Zuo Jing upside down from the inside.
Both of them have their own agendas, it just depends on who is more capable.
Anyway, for Chen Ming, since Zuo Jing had misjudged him, they would soon realize what pain was.
Chen Ming stopped thinking about it here and asked directly: "What do you want me to do?"
Qian Mian did not rush to say, but stepped forward and extended his hand: "Happy cooperation? Just call me Qian Mian."
Chen Ming withdrew from his insect form, gradually returned to his human form, and reached out to hold it.
But just when he held Qianmian's hand, he suddenly exerted force and swung it, trying to smash Qianmian onto the wreckage of the space station.
Halfway through the swing, a cloud of black mist exploded from Qianmian's body.
Qian Mian escaped from Chen Ming's hand and quickly emerged from the shadows next to him, unscathed.
An Wuping was obviously still hostile to Zuo Jing, but the violent aura on his body had indeed completely subsided.
Qian Mian felt this, so he just patted the protective suit, shook off the ashes that had just been stained, and asked: "Have you calmed down? You can see my ability. I want to walk very easily, really violent There is no point in threatening me.”
Chen Ming leaned against the collapsed wall that had not been destroyed, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Qian Mian did not wait for Chen Ming's reply and was not angry. Instead, he said: "Just calm down."
"Then listen to the content of our cooperation. We need you to go to the Caimo Star Territory."
Chen Ming turned his head and looked at Qianmian again: "That's where I originally wanted to go."
"But originally you went to fight us, now you can help us."
"What do you want me to do?"
"There is a very important laboratory. Watch it carefully and don't let anyone get close to it."
"..."
Chen Ming accepted it silently.
But there was a problem in his heart.
Is this the lab really important? If it was really important, he shouldn't have been casually told about the existence of this place, nor should he, a psyker who had just been forced to join Zuo Path, guard it.
Chen Ming thought this, but of course he didn't say a word.
He even followed Qian Mian aboard his shuttle boat.
Arrived at a left-path destroyer that came to pick it up, and left the galaxy.
And in this galaxy with only debris left, for some reason no one from the government has arrived.
One day later.
The president's phone call suddenly came to Chen Ming's hand.
Chen Ming answered the phone using the fake body of the 14th Legion as usual.
The president's voice came out immediately: "The update data for the new week has been sent, please accept it." "The impact of the sequelae of the dimensional infection is still expanding, and several scattered galaxies have appeared in the Caimo star field. The birth malformation rate is 100%, and the obstetrics and gynecology and psychology departments of the hospital will probably be overcrowded for at least the next eight or nine months.”
Before Chen Ming had time to read the data given by the president, he could already feel trouble just by listening to what the president said: "The situation is still very bad, what about the others?"
"It's not ideal either. Although we are cooperating with the empire to mass-produce new equipment, there are also many people who are using the equipment to find the source of the dimensional infection."
"But it has never been found. Several galaxies with 100% distortion rate have also been searched for. They are not the source of development."
"Are we still the same as before?"
"Yes, we just have to do our own thing, and others can do whatever they like. The pace of our association has always been consistent with that of the empire, focusing on maintaining stability and handling incidents."
"By the way, have I told you about that person before?"
"Which one?"
"An Wuping."
Chen Ming's expression became more serious: "An Wuping? Who?"
"It's the psyker I mentioned before who wiped out the beginning of a dimensional infection on the Left Path space station."
"Oh, what's wrong with him?"
"He is suspected to have joined Zuojia."
Chen Ming deliberately pretended to be stunned for a second: "Ah? Didn't he say two days ago that he had solved the dimensional infection and massacred the Zuojia space station? Why did he join Zuojia now?"
"The situation is a bit complicated."
The president explained: "Not many people know the specific information. I also know some scattered information from the Beniu Star Territory Government."
"It was said that a space station there was massacred. It was a space station full of ordinary people."
"The culprit, judging from the traces left at the scene, is An Wuping."
"However, they also said that there are traces left by other psychics. They are also investigating themselves and will not allow any outsiders to intervene for the time being."
"They gave me an explanation later because of my face."
"It is said that An Wuping was suspected of having a violent episode, so he launched the indiscriminate massacre."
"Then there was a leftist who had been tracking An Wuping. After he finished the massacre, he took him away as a criminal."
"To be honest, I didn't believe it until now, but they also showed me a photo of An Wuping talking to people from Zuojing."
The president immediately sent a photo.
It was the scene where Chen Ming was talking to Qianmian on the wreckage of the space station.
This photo cleverly avoids the angle of the two cruisers that still have wreckage in the galaxy, and perfectly captures An Wuping's face. It also captures a little of the black mist on Qianmian's body, which is a disguised form. Qian Mian’s identity was proven.
As for An Wuping's identity, it can be determined when An Wuping does not enter the insect state and acts like a normal person in a vacuum.
This photo should have been taken by Qian Mian who quietly placed a camera in the dark fog. Otherwise, if it is the wreckage of the space station, Chen Ming still maintains control over it, and it is impossible not to know the existence of this photo.
But the impact is not big. Anyway, Chen Ming has more critical evidence in his hands.
But Chen Ming still has a question to ask: "Has the Beniu Star Territory government explained how the space station became like this? Is it already in ruins?"
"They said they didn't know, and it was like this when they came."
"They also said that An Wuping showed large-scale destructive capabilities last time, and it is normal to use it on the space station this time."
"This is indeed the case, there is nothing to refute."
After sending the photos, the president's tone was mixed with a little regret: "So this is an indiscriminate massacre after all, and it is also a serious crime to put it on the heads of psychics."
"It is not impossible for An Wuping to follow the left path out of fear of crime."
"But that's not good news for us."
Chen Ming immediately agreed and said: "It is indeed not good news for a potential friendly force to become an enemy."
"But since it was a manic disorder? Then the last time he massacred the Left Path space station, he shouldn't have massacred because of a manic disorder, right?"
"People from the Bei Niu government think so, but I don't agree with it."
"The people in the Audan Star Territory are more active in communicating with me. The evidence from their side shows that An Wuping is only in the early stages of berserk disorder and is fully capable of self-control. The massacre of Zuojing Space Station also deliberately avoided targeting civilians. It’s impossible to say that your temperament will change drastically within a week if you cause harm.”
"Something must have happened in the past time."
"It's a pity that I have never had contact with this person, so my say in An Wuping is not as big as that of the governments of Audan and Beniu."
"I have seen more or less other photos of the scene over there. The traces that were preserved when the space station was destroyed are basically the same as the last time. It can be confirmed that the massacre was indeed carried out."
"Until there is no more evidence of the situation, we can only deal with it according to what the Benu Star Territory said."
Chen Ming summed it up and asked: "You mean to be on guard against An Wuping first, right?"
"Yes, he will definitely follow Zuo Jing next, and Zuo Jing's latest move is Cai Mo."
"However, it is unlikely that An Wuping will go directly to Caimo. There is currently a legion in the Caimo Star Territory responsible for the hidden blockade."
"Any outsider must first go through review before entering, and cruiser-level jumps are now completely prohibited."
"Which legion is in charge?"
"Fifth Legion."
"Fifth? Isn't the local army and war zone responsible?"
The president shook his head slightly and said where Chen Ming couldn't see him: "To avoid suspicion, the local troops can only stay in their own camps now, and they will be blocked when they come out."
"So the matter of galaxy blockade must be left to the nearest legion that has no direct interest in the local government."
"Oh,"
Chen Ming responded and asked: "Then what did the Fifth Army do before? I don't think I've heard of it much."
"I've never heard of it. The main direction of the Fifth Army Corps is not the main branch of the Fourteenth Army Corps, but another direction."
"The machine tribe not only blocks the empire in one direction, so the fifth legion is responsible for dealing with other machine tribes and maintaining a confrontation with the machine tribe."
"Then there is a cooperative relationship between the Fifth Army and the other Seventh Army, and they take turns guarding each other. It is different from the situation where the Fourteenth Army alone handles the main force of Afterglow."
"Originally, when the Seventh Army Corps came back recently, the Fifth Army Corps should be allowed to take over for the shift. Since this happened, it was already too late for the temporary rotation."
"So we suspended the rotation and left the matter of blocking the galaxy to the Fifth Army. They have the ability to go to the front line after all."
After listening to the president's narration, Chen Ming had a general understanding of the legion responsible for sealing off the star field.
Out of curiosity, Chen Ming asked again: "When was the last rotation?"
"Five years ago, it was rotated every five years."
"This five-year shift is quite special because it happens to be the time for technology iteration."
"I heard that you seem to have developed a few technologies, right? Technologies like yours will usually be taken by the legions on shift to the place where they confront the machine tribe for small-scale, low-intensity war testing."
"Also, the anti-matter technology that has been much discussed in the empire recently was originally going to the front line with the Fifth Legion, but now it seems that it will have to be delayed for a while."
"That's too far."
The president coughed and brought back the topic that Chen Ming had strayed away from: "The border of Caimo Star Territory is now fully under the surveillance of the Fifth Army."
"But there will still be loopholes in some places, and it is possible for some frigates or smaller spacecraft to pass through the blockade."
"So I hope you can help, use psychic energy to assist our current work, and try to arrest An Wuping once we find traces of him."
"He must not be allowed to come into contact with those left paths in the Caimo Starfield who may have experienced dimensional infection."
After hearing this, Chen Ming said in a questioning tone: "I understand the truth, and I can handle it, but in such a large star field, how can you find An Wuping when you are looking for a needle in a haystack?"
"We are not looking for An Wuping, we are looking for the source of the left path that triggers the dimensional infection."
"Although the empire has been providing support now, it is too slow to rely solely on ordinary people with equipment to investigate."
"Although the empire also has psychics sent out, they have no experience in experiencing dimensional infection. They cannot quickly confirm whether a dimensional infection has occurred in a place, and they are also prone to accidents and low in efficiency."
"Both you and I have experienced dimensional infection, and neither of us can handle it personally."
"I don't have the ability to remotely control the spacecraft like you, nor can I remotely perceive psychic fluctuations like you."
"So, only you can help in this regard."
"I have a lot of gathered clues on hand right now, but I lack professional manpower to investigate them."
"I need your help to investigate the clues inside that have great potential."
The president actually told Chen Ming before that he hoped that Chen Ming could participate in dealing with the dimensional infection incident.
Chen Ming had made it clear that he was willing before, but the president had been handling it by himself and did not ask him to do anything other than synchronizing news with him.
Now that the president has taken the initiative to mention this matter, it seems that the situation in Caimo Star Territory is really not good.
Then Chen Ming would definitely not refuse.
Under the concerns of Zuo Jing, the Machine Tribe, Yu Hui and even the dimensional infection, the empire and all normal people suffered both prosperity and loss, even Chen Ming was no exception.
Chen Ming decisively agreed: "No problem, I will directly send the Afterglow Core to deal with it when the time comes, but there are two things: supplies and proof that the Afterglow Core is allowed to operate within the empire..."
"This will definitely make it up to you."
"If you find the source then, don't go in directly. Just tell me and help stop the outsiders in that galaxy."
"Especially don't let An Wuping enter that galaxy. He is the person we need to worry about the most now."
Chen Ming confirmed: "Is it just investigating and stopping people?"
"Yes, since Zuo Jing has clearly mastered the ability to create dimensional infections to a certain extent, it's best not to push them into a hurry. Even if they find out, they have to take care of it slowly. There is absolutely no rush."
"Okay, I get it."
(End of chapter)