Chapter 68 Upgrading the Explosion Shield, Silver Ash Mother Ore
The next day, Li Ming and others were called to the conference room, where Qin Xiao was already waiting.
His eyes fell on Li Ming for the first time, and the smile on his face suddenly became stronger, "I can't believe that we have such a great genius here."
He seemed to be in a good mood. Very good, it just seemed that he learned about this not long after yesterday's banquet.
But he was not happy, because Professor Wu's different treatment might make Li Ming have thoughts that he shouldn't have.
Originally, he was the biggest person Li Ming could come into contact with, but now that he has Professor Wu, will Li Ming still be afraid of him?
"The minister is joking." Li Ming said seriously.
The rest of the people have mixed feelings. If they say they are not jealous, that would be a lie.
Qin Xiao laughed "haha" twice and got to the point: "At eight o'clock, you will follow reporter Xu and several Star Alliance staff to inspect and interview the Xingchuang company branch. Protect her safety and make sure nothing goes wrong.”
Going to steal something, Li Ming understood and listened to Qin Xiao’s arrangements.
This time we went to Xingchuang Company for a routine investigation. The core members of the interstellar review team were scattered. Some stayed in Silver Gray City, while others went to Star Dome City.
"Yes!" Wang Zhiheng nodded. There were sixteen of them, divided into two teams, with Wang Zhiheng and Zhao Xiong as the leaders.
Unfortunately, Li Ming happened to be assigned to the team led by Zhao Xiong, and Wang Zhiheng took a few glances at him.
I don’t know how many people from Qin Xiao are in this entire team, Li Ming thought to himself.
The transport spaceship is ready. There are nearly forty people in total, and the cabin seems quite crowded.
"Li Ming!" Xu Wei greeted him excitedly, politely communicated with the colleagues around Li Ming, and exchanged places with him.
Xu Wei sat down, pulled the safety belt across his body, buckled it on his abdomen, and asked in a low voice: "Are your injuries okay?"
"It's okay. It's just a skin injury." Li Ming glanced at her, and because of the safety belt, Xu Wei's chest was forced to rise, which was shocking.
"That's good..." Xu Wei nodded, and said excitedly: "I heard that you are still the rookie city guard of Silver Gray City."
"Yes." Li Ming nodded, Seeing that Xu Wei had already taken out the recording pen, he clicked on the smart terminal and a virtual screen popped up.
"I also heard that your father died not long ago, and you had not been to school for two years due to campus bullying." Xu Wei's demeanor changed slightly, he raised his head and asked:
" That's what prompted you to kill a heinous criminal just a few days after joining the city guard?"
"You..." Li Ming looked at her up and down, "Are you interviewing me?"
"Oh..." Xu Wei, whose eyes were still sharp, suddenly reacted and hurriedly explained: "I'm just asking a few questions."
After a moment of hesitation, she added: "I I do want to do an exclusive interview for you. I am a single-parent family, my father has just passed away, and it touches on the sensitive topic of school bullying. It should be very topical.”
"Can I refuse?" Li Ming looked calm.
"Of course." Xu Wei nodded and whispered: "I know your concerns, but don't worry, I will beautify some aspects that are not good for you."
"You are a regular city guard. You are from a law enforcement agency. You have a positive reputation, which will be of great benefit to you."
The transport spacecraft has taken off, and several people are looking at them casually.
Maybe she wants to reciprocate? But now is not the time. Li Ming shook his head and said: "Reporter Xu, let me think about this matter."
Xu Wei was a little regretful, but she didn't force it. She was a reporter from Blue Star Times, and being able to come here with the Interstellar Review Team also meant something.
Logically speaking, such a trivial matter would not be included in the news of Blue Star Times, but she can handle it.
However, Li Ming seemed a little resistant.
Do you not want to expose your unbearable past to the public?
She guessed that after all, Li Ming was now a majestic city guard, but in the past he was a pitiful young man who was bullied and did not dare to speak out.
Many famous people have this idea, not to mention that Li Ming is still at an age where he needs to save face.
But the past is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. If you can make profits from it, you will be worthy of the grievances you have suffered.
There is still time, I will make him change his mind, Xu Wei thought.
Li Ming, who seemed to be in a daze, opened the control bar.
In the past two days, when he had nothing to do, he would activate the [Gene Radiation] ability. After hard work, the development progress has reached 3%, but his physical strength is also consumed all the time.
With it turned on at all times, it would be difficult for him to last for a day. He planned to upgrade the explosion-proof shield to increase physical strength and extend battery life.
Three thousand metal energy points are consumed, and the explosion shield icon becomes wider and seems to become a cone shape.
[B-11 high-energy explosion-proof shield--D level: advanced explosion-proof shield with extremely strong impact resistance.
……
Control effect: physical strength blessing--100%
Control ability - Strong Wall: Increases defense by 150%. 】
The physical strength bonus is doubled, the bonus is doubled, and the defensive ability after using [Strong Wall] is probably no worse than the gene seeds of the same level that are good at defense. Li Ming was satisfied in his heart. Outside the porthole, the Silver Gray City gradually shrank and was left behind. This voyage took an extremely long time, and it was also the first time that Li Ming was truly far away from the Silver Gray City.
There is almost no change on the surface of the planet, vast deserts, barren rocks, and almost no vegetation.
The mountain-like black mining machines look even more depressing and gloomy under the dark clouds.
Xu Wei took many photos for records.
Five hours later, they landed at the Xingchuang branch. Before they even got off the ship, they could see the towering building through the porthole.
The exterior walls are made of black metal and glass, reflecting the desolate surroundings, with almost no windows visible, making people feel irrepressible.
Chen Songnan has sent people to wait here. Rows of black suspension vehicles are waiting. He is very enthusiastic and speaks in a high-pitched tone: "On behalf of the Silver Gray Star Branch of Xingchuang Company and all my colleagues, welcome everyone!"
No one paid any attention to him. The highest-ranking person in the group was Sandra, a short green-skinned man with a blue hooded robe embroidered with purple patterns, like some kind of flowers.
"Let's go, I want to review Xingchuang Company's mining records in recent years, as well as other data..." His voice was dull.
"This is natural, please." Chen Songnan's attitude was calm, and he asked everyone to get in the car and head towards the huge building.
Buzz--
The glass door is open, the floor and walls are all gray-brown, and except for the central glass booth, there is almost nothing on the first floor.
A group of gray particles like some kind of particles were suspended in the center of the glass booth, which continued to evolve into various irregular shapes, which was quite strange.
"This is the silver gray mother mine..." Chen Songnan introduced it appropriately and sighed: "I have been in charge of the silver gray star affairs for many years. Only three pieces of this mother mine have been found. The other two pieces were given away, leaving only this piece for cooking. For exhibition."
Mother Mine? Li Ming suddenly became energetic, the kind that contains special energy?
Xu Wei took two photos, "As expected of Xingchuang Company, which has a lot of money, such a precious thing is put in this exhibition."
"Reporter Xu was joking, we can't talk about preciousness. "Chen Songnan chuckled: "The mother ore is non-replicable, which means that all creations using it as raw materials cannot be mass-produced. It is more used as research material."
Li Ming took a closer look. Only then did I realize that this was just a virtual projection. According to Chen Songnan, the real thing was in his office.
"There are 256 floors here and 9,752 employees. Most of them are local residents of Silver Gray Star." On the suspended elevator, everyone ascended slowly. Outside the glass cabin, there were busy employees on each floor.
Chen Songnan introduced with a smile, "There are more than 500,000 mining workers in the entire Silver Gray Star. Their food, clothing, housing, transportation, food, drinks and entertainment bring hundreds of millions of star coins to Silver Gray Star every year."
"Really..." Xu Wei said while taking photos: "But as far as I know, it is almost impossible for them to go to Silver Gray City or Star City. All consumption is completed at the nearest station."
"The station is run by your Star Venture Company itself, squeezing the wages of the mining workers while making money from them."
"Furthermore, on the Silver Gray Star, non-natives commit crimes. The rate is increasing year by year, don’t tell me, those are just stowaways.”
Chen Songnan's face was a little confused and he forced a smile: "People are unpredictable. Before we accept every mining worker, we will conduct a strict review, but it is inevitable that there will be omissions."
Ding!
The elevator opened, and Chen Songnan said at the right time: "Everyone, please, I have prepared everything you need to check, and the accommodation has been arranged."
"Tomorrow, I will accompany you in person. Everyone, please go to the front line for investigation. Don’t worry, our Xingchuang company strictly abides by the Interstellar Discipline Law and Blue Star’s local laws, and there will be no violations.”
The most important thing for Li Ming and others is to stand guard. Sentries and censorship have nothing to do with them.
"No, if Xingchuang Company has violated any regulations, you can tell at a glance. Why do you need to investigate? It's something that even a child knows." Wang Zhiheng was dissatisfied and spoke in a low voice to Li Ming.
“That’s not the case.” Xu Wei couldn’t help but shake his head when he heard this, and explained: “It is an established fact that Xingchuang Company has over-exploited, but it is still within the scope of the contract.”
“Interstellar The review team wants to investigate whether Xingchuang deliberately concealed the dangers of over-development and bribed the Blue Star officials responsible for the matter when signing the contract. "What do you mean?" Wang Zhiheng was confused. .
Li Ming shook his head: "The meaning is that if Blue Star knows the dangers of over-development and still chooses to sign a contract with Xingchuang Company without any insider operations, then Xingchuang Company will have no problem."
"Not bad." Xu Wei nodded.
Wang Zhiheng was in a daze, "The interstellar review team is not here to support us?"
"Them?" Xu Wei paused, "We are not the same race, why should they give us support?" Do we support it?”
“What about gray sand disease?” Wang Zhiheng asked.
“It’s time to pay and pay, that’s the only way.” Xu Wei also sighed.
Wang Zhiheng was stunned for a long time and cursed angrily: "What a stupid bureaucrat!"
"Li Ming, come over to discuss tomorrow's maintenance plan." Zhao Xiong called to him.
The group asked for a conference room. After closing the door, Zhao Xiong took out a metal plate the size of a palm.
After placing it on the table, the base popped up around it, cracked in the middle, and the bright blue light pillar slowly rose, electromagnetic waves surged, covering them.
(End of this chapter)