Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 722: Chapter 217 Dangerous Zone_3

Engineer (Hong Guanghong): ”Recently, I was conducting inspections on equipment at an industrial colony captured from the Government Army. My identity seems to be a chief weaponry expert from somewhere else.”

”The scale of this colony is large. People around me mentioned there are two similar-sized industrial colonies in the star system, apparently all taken from the Government Army.”

”Not sure if it will become our main industrial output colony in the future.”

Chen Ming just finished reading the words of his teammates, and Song Pu immediately asked, ”What about the Psychic?”

Glancing around, Chen Ming said on his terminal, ”I’m in a cafe.”

”?”

Logistics Dong Miao sent a question mark, clearly unable to comprehend Chen Ming’s current situation.

Fortunately, Chen Ming had already found the hidden folder on his terminal containing the documents, and as he was browsing through the information, it showed:

”I am currently in a Galo-2 Star Zone, at a comprehensive colony in the Okan Star System, and it seems there’s a task for me to carry out.”

Song Pu immediately said, ”Galo-2 is a star zone actually controlled by the Government Army. The Gallo Star Realm has twelve star zones, the simulation opened the first four star zones.”

”Both Galor-1 and Galor-2 are completely under Government Army’s control. Galor-4 is under our control, surrounded by the other three star zones. Galor-3 is the ceasefire location between us and the Government Army.”

”The star system you are in, if I remember correctly, should be at the junction of Galor-2 and Galor-4.”

Song Pu quickly provided a wealth of useful information for Chen Ming.

Giving Chen Ming some guesses about his task.

”Hmm... Seems like there’s an encrypted text in my personal terminal, let me translate it.”

Chen Ming learned how to decipher encrypted texts while studying command techniques with Bai Quan. After finding the correct reference book on the terminal, Chen Ming quickly translated the content of the encrypted text.

”I apparently need to meet a contact in this cafe within the simulation, Earth Time at 3 PM, now it’s 2:45 PM.”

”Do I need to meet someone?”

Song Pu hesitated for a moment, his eyes passing over the document he just glanced at.

His expression changed quickly, and he hurriedly said on the terminal, ”No, don’t meet, retreat quickly.”

”Alright.”

Chen Ming chose to trust his teammate’s judgment and immediately got up and left the cafe, simultaneously asking, ”Should I figure out how to escape?”

”Exactly.”

”Since we have confirmed that you are acting as a spy within the area controlled by the Government Army, it very likely means there is someone from the Government Army acting as a spy on our side as well.”

”There happens to be a dossier of spy clues sent over on my desk, pointing towards the Government Army, surely belonging to one of their members.”

”If the spy on our side is you, then the spy on the other side... should be Cheng Xinghai.”

”Since I have these clues, the Government Army over there must also have a dossier that could trace you, you must evacuate quickly.”

Chen Ming exited the cafe, casually hailed a taxi, and instructed the driver to head to the nearest civilian space airport.

As the taxi started moving, Chen Ming replied on the terminal, ”It’s this thrilling right off the bat?”

Song Pu quickly responded, ”Although we have currently ceased hostilities with the Government Army, the surface-level ceasefire is only preparing for the underwater and upcoming second war. You are now right at the center of that underwater conflict.”

”This is the first confrontation at the beginning. If either side fails, it will directly lose a Psychic, which significantly impacts the entire situation.”

”Quickly move to a safe location, I’ll arrange your rescue.”

”Understood, but what about Cheng Xinghai? Surely we can’t miss this opportunity, right?”

Song Pu’s glance swept over another terminal on his desk with complete details of Cheng Xinghai’s simulated identity.

”I will arrange to capture her, but your situation is more urgent.”

”Alright, so what counts as a safe place?”

”Any place you consider safe is fine, then send me the location.”

”The star system you’re in is near the border, far from the original battle zone, as long as you can evade capture temporarily, we can rescue you soon.”

Suddenly, metallic-hued liquid flowed from Chen Ming’s fingertips.

”A safe place? I understand.”

Chen Ming replied, then shaped the liquid metal into a bracelet and wore it on his wrist.

This was all he’d managed to take from a small bell used for ordering in the cafe, the only material that allowed him to wield control, and currently the only metal material he possessed.

Wait, there’s also the taxi he’s riding in.

That’s all he has.

Apparently, due to Chen Ming acting as a spy externally with no contact with Rebel Army headquarters, frontlines, or relay station’s resource warehouses.

This results in Chen Ming currently lacking sufficient materials to operate.

This was a means to limit Chen Ming’s capabilities.

Previously, when Chen Ming and Bai Quan discussed this rule, he thought it was quite normal; not being able to use materials or warehouses he hadn’t encountered was acceptable, this limitation was nothing.

However, after entering and encountering the current situation of acting as a spy externally, he realized this was undoubtedly Bai Quan’s deliberate setup.

Bai Quan surely knows the full background of the simulation, waiting for him to fall into the trap.