Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 171: Chapter 87: Military Action, Chen Ming’s Response_2

The captain suddenly slowed down a bit while speaking.

”Although the military can’t make a move carelessly, others can do whatever, as long as it doesn’t affect the military side.”

”And, don’t you know how to create an accidental incident? Do I have to teach you?”

”Start a fire, cause some equipment failures, find a chance to kidnap the person, is it that hard?”

”And haven’t we already caught one?”

The captain glanced at Tian Jiwen next to him.

”Even if this Chen Ming is protected by the bureau unlike him, are you telling me you still can’t catch him?”

”As long as we’re fast enough and efficient, the bureau won’t catch us.”

After saying that, the captain made eye contact with each team member.

”Alright, no more nonsense, get ready to move. Follow the manager’s orders, preferably capture him alive.”

A few scattered voices of agreement sounded in the room.

The talkative Xia Chao suddenly pointed at the unconscious Tian Jiwen beside him and asked, ”What do we do with him?”

The captain glanced at Tian Jiwen and said, ”I remember there’s a place in the Pirate Space Station where low-level force can be used to settle problems privately, know where it is?”

The teammate with the computer quickly checked and said, ”Originally, the area behind the twentieth space arm was designated for that. It’s basically like a slum with people who have nothing but their lives, and nobody usually cares if someone dies there.”

”But now it’s not possible. The Space Station was hit by Dusk before, losing several space arms, so even after the twentieth arm, the rules are stricter. A maintenance worker dying there would definitely cause trouble.”

The captain considered for a moment and said, ”Then leave him for now, until we finish our business.”

”If things go smoothly, a little hush money will suffice. Sinda Corporation wouldn’t particularly care for an ordinary employee like him, he’ll know how to choose when the time comes.”

”If not... we’ll see.”

Xia Chao then suggested, ”Actually, I think we could try to control him long-term, didn’t you say we’re short on manpower, captain?”

”You mean using drugs?”

The captain seriously considered his suggestion again, then shook his head and said, ”No, I heard an important batch of drugs was lost recently.”

”And another batch seems to have caught the attention of the audit department, so we can’t mess with it. We don’t have any suitable drugs to use on him right now.”

”Forget it then, I was just mentioning it. Let’s stick to the captain’s plan.”

”Okay, get ready quickly.”

The captain suddenly called out to the two teammates who discovered Tian Jiwen hiding things earlier and said, ”You two wake him up again, and ask him if Chen Ming has any regular habits in his daily life.”

”Also, check if Chen Ming has built up any kind of network.”

”Being able to fly half a light-year on a broken ship without a Superspace Navigation System from an abandoned Mining Space Station, that’s not an ordinary skill.”

”I’m worried he might have already developed a network by the time he’s been here, so learn in advance to avoid any accidents.”

”Yes.”

The military squad on the Space Station got busy.

And after leaving the Star Realm Capital for a few hours, Chen Ming had returned to the edge of the Space Station’s Star System.

After exiting the Superspace Channel, he controlled the Iron Ore No., Mule, and Centurion towards the direction of the Space Station on the sensor.

The Warrior stayed as before, parked at the Dark Graveyard side.

Seeing the Space Station getting closer, the idly sitting Old Wu finally couldn’t hold back any longer.

He suddenly asked Chen Ming, who was playing with Little Rock in one hand and reading on the terminal with the other, ”Xiao Ming, don’t you consider buying a house on the Space Station? Spending a few million should be enough for a big one.”

Hearing Old Wu’s bored question, Chen Ming responded without looking up, ”I haven’t planned for that yet.”

”Still want to climb up?”

”Yes.”

”So determined?”

Chen Ming was silent for a moment.

He recalled the scene when the Space Station was attacked by Dusk, where the station, which could house an entire city, was tottering under Dusk’s attack.

And how the particle torrent from the Speed Particle Spear cut down a space arm just a few hundred meters away from Chen Ming.

And when the Dusk Cruiser instantly annihilated the two military ships with the Speed Particle Spear as the Refraction-class was targeted by military ships.

Chen Ming couldn’t help but sigh slightly, ”I have to be determined.”

”Let me ask you, Old Wu, have you ever seen a Cruiser up close?”

”Of course, I’ve seen Cruisers.”

”But have you ever been almost killed by the shockwave of a Cruiser attack?”

”Uh...”

”That’s why, I don’t just want to be a Maintenance Master who can only fix these Frigates and Destroyers; I want to get close to bigger Cruisers, even Main Ships.”

At that moment, Old Wu also sighed with a bit of melancholy, ”It must be nice, unlike me, my mind now is only filled with my sister’s white...”

”Stop.”

Chen Ming playfully tossed Little Rock towards Old Wu and said, ”Old Wu, if you’re bored, you can watch videos or sleep.”

Before Old Wu could catch Little Rock, it agilely adjusted its position in the air, landed on Old Wu’s head, and then darted back to Chen Ming’s hand.

Old Wu clicked his tongue and said, ”Oh, you mean...”

Before he could finish, Chen Ming waved his hand to signal him to stop talking.

”The factory manager sent me a message.”

Chen Ming clicked on the terminal twice, and the voice message began to play automatically.