"Ning Shen, first of all, I am deeply happy for your recovery." He had just returned to the military region when he was taken to the headquarters.
Looking at the headquarters chief's slightly narrowed eyes, one could tell that the visitor was not friendly.
"Thanks."
Ning Shen replied politely.
How is your mental strength right now?
The general manager asked again.
"I'm fine now."
"Would you like a guide to help you with this?"
"I don't think I need it. I feel fine now," Ning Shen said, declining the offer from the headquarters director.
He knew very well what the headquarters chief's purpose was: to see just how strong his mental power really was.
Or perhaps we can try to uncover the secret behind his sudden breakthrough in mental strength.
But now he doesn't need a guide anymore.
His brother was there, and there was medicine.
The guide's mental energy manipulation was no longer of any use.
"Yeah?"
The headquarters chief's mental pressure surged over in an instant, but Ning Shen easily countered and suppressed him.
The headquarters chief's mental strength is S-level, while Ning Shen's is SS-level.
Only now did the headquarters chief truly realize that things were different now.
Ning Shen is no longer the person he could control.
His strength has far surpassed his.
The power of an SS-class weapon far surpasses that of an S-class weapon.
"Very good." The commander awkwardly withdrew his mental energy. "I just wanted to see how your mental energy is now. It seems that your mental energy is quite stable now."
Ning Shen smiled but remained silent.
"Then, Chief of Staff, when will I be able to regain military power?" That's the most important thing.
"This matter is a bit difficult to handle, after all, you've been gone for two years, and these matters are now in Cheng Zi'ang's hands—"
The headquarters chief's meaning is very clear.
This power cannot be returned to him in the short term.
"How about this, why don't you first serve under Young Master Cheng as his adjutant? Once things are settled, Young Master Cheng can return the position to you, how about that?"
"There's no need for that. If they can't give me back my spot right away, then forget it. I'll just stay home and rest."
"Ning Shen—"
“I don’t want to work under Cheng Zi’ang. Otherwise, not only will he steal my credit, but he will also make me take the blame. He was the one who deserted at the last minute, but in the end, it became me who deserted at the last minute.” Ning Shen said casually, but his words made the department head’s face change instantly.
"Ning Shen, you really love to joke around."
The headquarters director's surname is Cheng, and he is also a member of the Cheng family. Naturally, he doesn't want to see the Cheng family being talked about like that, even if it's true.
"hehe--"
Ning Shen gave a dry laugh, a forced smile.
"Then, General Manager, I'll head back now."
Ning Shen had just returned to the army when a large crowd gathered at the entrance to watch.
Ning Shen knew this, which is why he spoke up about it.
How we climbed to the top by stepping on him is how we'll pay him back, bit by bit.
"Chief Ning, when will you resume work?"
"I'm not quite sure." Ning Shen smiled gently at the person who asked, her smile clean and beautiful, but her eyes held a hint of disappointment.
"Why am I not quite sure? Haven't you already returned? Now that you're back, it's only natural that this position should be returned to you."
One person asked.
He was originally a supporter of Ning Shen, but because of Ning Shen's desertion, he was somewhat disappointed in Ning Shen. But now he heard that Ning Shen did not desert, and that it was Cheng Zi'ang who really harmed people.
His feelings suddenly became very complicated.
Between Ning Shen and Cheng Zi, he naturally sided with Ning Shen.
"The headquarters is worried that my mental state hasn't recovered yet, so he told me to wait until Young Master Cheng has finished handing over the reins before I can come back and take over. Otherwise, he'll let me temporarily serve as Young Master Cheng's adjutant." Ning Shen chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I'm a bit vain, and I'm not willing to be—an adjutant."
After saying this, Ning Shen sighed and left.
The moment he left, the entire army erupted into chaos.
"Did you hear what the leader just said?"
"I heard that, they said it's Chief Cheng—"
If that's really the case, then Chief Ning is in a terrible predicament.
What are you talking about?
These people wanted to discuss it a few more times, but then the headquarters chief came out, his brows furrowed and his eyes filled with gloom.
These people immediately dispersed.
However, a slight resentment towards the Cheng family lingered in everyone's hearts.
Ning Shen wasn't in a hurry. Anyway, his mental strength was very stable now. If his brother helped him sort it out a few more times, he might be able to break through to the next level. If one day he could break through to the SSS level, then he could walk sideways in the entire Huaxing, no, even the entire Federation.
The Ning family no longer needs to fear anyone else.
Faced with overwhelming force, nothing is to be feared.
Of course, this is difficult.
But it's not impossible.
After all, even someone in his condition could recover and even break through—
This delay resulted in a full six months being wasted.
In the past six months, Qiao Yu and Cheng Ziang got married. The wedding was quite a sensation, which made Qiao Yu proud for a long time.
After getting married, perhaps to prove to the outside world that he was not the kind of person who would desert his post, Cheng Ziang led his men to many battlefields in the past two years and fought many victorious battles.
However, a month ago, most of the men he led perished on their way to eliminate the space pirates.
They encountered an SSS-class space pirate leader.
Star pirates of this caliber are rare even in the Federation, yet Cheng Ziang never expected to encounter one.
Cheng Ziang once again fled under the other party's intimidation.
However, this time he couldn't escape, after all, there was no other Ning Shen to support him.
He was quickly caught up.
He was crippled and thrown into the spacetime turbulence. If it weren't for a loyal Cheng family retainer who risked his life to put him into an escape pod, he would have been saved.
This time, he will likely die in this battle.
However, even though he survived.
His actions were recorded by a smart device and uploaded to the Internet, sparking a wave of condemnation online. Some even connected this incident to Ning Shen's previous predicament.
Combined with the previous news circulating online, it further confirms that Cheng Ziang deserted at the last minute and blamed everything on Ning Shen.
Just as Cheng Ziang had thought, Ning Shen was scolded so badly that he suffered twice as much.
Of course, the worst thing is that his hands and feet are crippled.
He's in a worse situation now than Ning Shen was back then.
The Cheng family has completely given up on him.
The Cheng family has quite a few offspring. The reason they protected him in the first place was because he had the best talent. But now he is a cripple and has no further use to the Cheng family.
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