Chen Ming had nothing to hide from his boss who had been guiding him and helping him, and said, "Burning this star field... is not it."

"It's within the empire. I don't want to go back for now, and it probably won't be easy to go back later."

"So I want to build a colony outside, but boss, I need to discuss the specific details of the colony with you."

"What are you discussing?"

"I want to try to build a colony myself"

"oh?"

The boss immediately understood what Chen Ming meant, and he was not angry because Chen Ming changed his mind. He just advised: "This will be difficult."

"I think I can."

"Then can you handle the personnel, materials, and technology?"

"It's all right. The personnel aspect is the easiest to solve, as is the technology. Only the supplies aspect may have some gaps."

The boss asked in surprise, "How many do you have already?"

"There are three star systems and scattered individuals throughout the star field. Many of them are only responsible for production and cannot fight."

"Besides, since one individual in Yuhui's place can control the operation of an entire production facility, the density is much lower than here, so the total number should only be around 50,000."

"There is also an Alpha-class Afterglow capable of industrial production and colonial management, and an Alpha-class capable of fleet command."

"But I just took control of the latter one, so I haven't actually understood it yet."

“That’s not bad either.”

For some reason, the boss suddenly seemed very satisfied and said, "This is what I want to see happen after your psychic abilities improve."

"So you need me to help you with supplies, right?"

"Well, as long as I'm the one who builds the colony in the end, we can talk about the rest slowly."

Chen Ming already has a large number of Afterglow individuals as the basis for the development of the colony, and he also has the technology and management experience of Glory, an Alpha-level Afterglow.

There is also the Alpha-class afterglow on the border planet where Gamma Z stayed before, whose ability must be in combat as a patrol.

Basically, all that is lacking for colony construction is supplies.

But that’s the problem.

There will be no profits in the early stages of colonial development, especially for an isolated colony like the one Chen Ming wants to build.

The investment is huge, and it is even more distant to see the benefits.

Fortunately, Chen Ming's ability has advantages in the transportation of materials that are difficult to match through normal channels, so that the colony will not encounter development problems in the future due to transportation difficulties caused by distance.

After listening to Chen Ming's general idea, the boss did not reject his request.

Instead, he said with some relief: "It's a good thing that you have a clear idea. It just so happens that I got some things back from my previous errand."

"What?"

"Something you'll definitely need, a Zenith-class exploration cruiser."

"The highest point?"

This was a type of spacecraft that Chen Ming had never heard of, but he still understood the words "exploration ship".

The boss explained: "I told you before that I am a member of the Psychic Society."

"I went out this time to help the Psychic Society recruit new members."

"He is a former researcher at Tachyon Technology. He didn't develop well in the company before and was not well received."

"And there is a guy in our society who is involved in Tachyon Technology. He discovered the psychic potential of this researcher and established a good relationship with him in advance."

"New members must be announced in advance within the association, and at least three elders must be present to witness it. I was pulled over because I was close, but it was basically just a formality and not a big deal."

"This newcomer made a request before joining us."

"He wants us to help him build and test the ship he designed earlier, the Zenith-class exploration cruiser I just mentioned."

"This time, in addition to completing the final procedures, we also need to bring the boat back."

"Everyone in the society knows that I have a psychic like you on the ship. It would be great if you could test the ship."

"It just so happens that we have talked about the colony before, and you also need to do a search like this. Can I help you with this?"

The boss asked this question, and then immediately added: "Of course I know that you are nominally dead, so I will definitely help you cover up this matter."

"Just say that I found out you were dead after I came back, so I went out of my way to find another driver to test you. Others didn't know before, right?"

With the boss's guarantee, Chen Ming wanted to agree directly, but after thinking about it, he said, "It's okay, but can I return the ship I controlled?"

"That's not a big deal. Since we've already built the first prototype, the cost of making the rest of the spacecraft can be reduced. It won't be difficult to build another one."

"Besides, the new guy just wanted to get the data of the spacecraft to confirm whether it is worth mass-producing. Even if you fly it out and it explodes, it will just explode. Just consider it as a test of its protective performance."

"OK."

Chen Ming agreed and asked, "What about this ship? Is the new model of ship reliable?"

"The theoretical design is fine. Our association also has other professional spaceship engineers who can verify it. Besides, the newcomer's psychic power is related to the brain. He has a good brain, so there will definitely be no problem with the spaceship design."

"He just wanted to test the spacecraft, and he insisted on conducting field exploration and testing in the fringe star region. Otherwise, it wouldn't be that troublesome."

The boss recalled the previous situation and said, "Actually, when he asked me to do this some time ago, I wanted to arrange for someone else to do it. After all, your situation was not very convenient before."

"But you said before that you were okay, so I took on this request at that time."

"Now that you've brought this up, there shouldn't be any problem in giving you this ship, right?"

Chen Ming must be very happy to do this now.

If you help record various data on the actual use of the spacecraft, you can get a cruiser as a reward. This deal is really a good deal.

When the time comes, he can leave the Afterglow Star Region and drive this Supreme Point directly to explore galaxies suitable for colonization.

Since the Psychic Society is the organization that wants to test the spacecraft, the supply can definitely be handled by the boss, and Chen Ming does not need to bear the additional material needs of a cruiser.

Moreover, if such a ship was designed by the association members themselves and manufactured by the association themselves, it would certainly not be recorded in any public accounts.

There is a high probability that Chen Ming will not be suspected if he pretends to be dead now.

But now that the boss mentioned this, Chen Ming couldn't help but ask, "Boss, this Psychic Society?"

"It's just a loose group of psychics helping each other, just like an ordinary small circle."

The small circle of psychics has nothing to do with ordinary people.

The boss understood what Chen Ming meant and said, "You want to ask me why I didn't mention it to you and invite you to join, right?"

"Um."

"I don't really want to interfere with your development directly unless you ask for it."

"And from my point of view, joining the association has no practical benefit for you at the moment, because you don't have any resources that can be mobilized within the empire, and Yu Hui and others don't count."

"You have been in the country for too short a time. You have no time to grow."

"And mutual assistance within a psychic society requires basic capital, just like that newcomer, who used the spaceship he designed as his capital."

"But the technology of spacecraft design alone is not enough to be called capital, so he wanted to verify the spacecraft to make the technology have practical application value."

"So, unless you can quickly use the technology you got from Yu Hui to create a valuable finished product, it's actually not very useful."

Chen Ming was stunned and glanced at the [Manufacturing] function on his panel.

This seems to be the way to quickly realize the value of technology.

However, the boss continued to say: "By the way, the psychic who interfered with my rescue of you before was also a member of the Psychic Society."

Chen Ming suddenly stopped thinking about joining the Psychic Society, frowned, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes, so if you don't want to be noticed too early, you'd better stay away from the association."

"You definitely don't want to expose your situation now, otherwise you should have found a way to contact the Fourteenth Legion to hold them accountable."

"Instead of quietly asking Lao Lu to send me a terminal."

Chen Ming’s main target now is not the psychic who lives in the prosperous star field of the empire, which is an extremely dangerous place for him.

Instead, they are the senior officials of the Fourteenth Legion located in the fringe star field, as well as the war zones composed of several nearby fringe star fields.

If he joined the psychic society now, he would definitely attract people he didn't want to meet.

So Chen Ming chose to accept his boss's advice and explained, "It's like this, I think it will be most helpful for what I will do later if I hide now."

"If I live, there is a high possibility that I won't get an explanation from the Fourteenth Legion and will instead face their revenge. But if I die, I will definitely get more opportunities."

"Whether it's a chance to survive or a chance to settle this account."

The boss nodded and said, "Yes, it is true, but the situation over at the Fourteenth Legion is actually a bit complicated. Would you like to hear about it?"

"I won't interfere with your decision, but I think you should make the decision based on more information."

"good."

The boss recalled briefly and said, "Bai Quan was seriously injured and unconscious during his previous inspection. The one who took over his task was a second-generation, accompanied by a subordinate with decent abilities."

The first news that came out was the breaking news that the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet was replaced before the war.

Chen Ming immediately asked: "Was Bai Quan's injury an accident or..."

"They said it was an accident, but I heard that more than 20 people in the 14th Legion had their hats plucked out, and they all held high positions."

"Then it's not an accident."

These two sentences were enough for Chen Ming to figure out the rest of the story.

"I guess the forces behind this second generation wanted to give him some credit, so they took the opportunity to deal with Baiquan once, and then let their capable subordinate help him complete this mission."

"Well... let's put it this way."

"This second generation is not from the Fourteenth Legion. He is from a large family in the empire and got into the Fourteenth Legion to gain experience."

"Promotions within the 14th Corps are based purely on merit. This is the foundation upon which the 14th Corps was reorganized and will never change."

"But when it comes to executing a mission, as long as the people above do nothing wrong and the people below perform well, then the people above can get some of the credit. This is a fixed part of the military command system and cannot be changed."

"Your guess is pretty much right in other aspects, but it's a little more complicated."

"This second generation actually entered the Fourteenth Legion through a legitimate path, but he used some background to get promoted."

"But these are all within the rules. You can't say there's anything wrong with a second-generation soldier who already has a military rank bringing a few guards he trusts, even if the guards are more capable than the second-generation soldier."

The boss suddenly showed a look of seeing something interesting and said, "In addition, since he is an internal member of the Fourteenth Legion, but his background is not related, a very coincidental thing happened."

"Do you know who was the source of the Sky Steel incident in the first place?"

Chen Ming immediately said, "I know."

"Old Wu told me before that some high-ranking officials in the war zone, including the Galo Star Region, had done this privately."

"They rely on the benefits gained from Sky Steel to maintain contact and exchange interests with many people."

The boss immediately confirmed Chen Ming's statement: "Yes, Sky Steel has gained a lot of benefits for them, but it also makes it easy for their information to leak out."

"So I heard about something a long time ago after the fleet that rescued you had an accident."

"The second generation who took over Baiquan this time has a background as one of the people who robbed the Sky Steel of Xinda Company in the war zone."

Chen Ming's expression suddenly darkened, and he said, "I am the culprit who caused the destruction of the mining space station and I have been lying in the freezer for thirty years. What a narrow road for enemies."

"So, the Combined Fleet had no intention of saving me from the beginning after being taken over by that second generation. Then where did their achievements come from?"

"Having lost my psychic powers, what else can be considered as sufficient merit?"

"Besides, I still have Cheng Xinghe in my hands. Baiquan values ​​him very much, and the Fourteenth Legion certainly values ​​him as well. Killing me is equivalent to killing Cheng Xinghe. What on earth do the people who take over think?"

"Wait, their target wasn't that place from the beginning? That Kletka? They just came to visit me and kill me by the way."

The boss agreed with Chen Ming's idea again and said, "That's right. If we destroy Kletka, the entire Afterglow Star Region will become our territory in the near future."

"The achievement of expanding the territory is indeed greater than saving you, even with Cheng Xinghe."

“No matter how much potential a person who has not grown up has, it is not actual ability.”

"If your psychic abilities have gained a reputation within the empire, and Cheng Xinghe has reached the rank of school officer, then they might need to think more before actually taking action."

“But now, obviously not.”

"But even so, the Fourteenth Legion didn't get anything in the end, and also lost a considerable number of fleets."

"I think something is going to happen in the Fourteenth Legion. It all depends on Baiquan's decision and skill."

"So, what do you think now that you know this?"

Chen Ming thought quietly for a while.

The boss didn't rush at this time and waited patiently for Chen Ming's answer.

After a while, Chen Ming said, "Not much difference."

"Looking at this matter as a whole, it was the Fourteenth Legion's own people who did these things, so they must bear this responsibility and give me an explanation."

The boss suddenly thought of something and asked, "Well, you're already dead, so how can I explain this to you?"

Chen Ming's brain froze for a moment, and then he realized that he had been led astray by his boss's leading questions.

So he immediately said, "The 14th Legion failed in its mission, and it failed because they gave up on me even though they could have definitely rescued me if they had cooperated with me."

"Then their own adequate punishment will be the best explanation for me."

"Their fleet also suffered heavy losses. It would be absurd if they could escape unscathed."

The boss raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He confirmed that Chen Ming was not blinded by hatred, and he still had the rationality to think calmly.

And Chen Ming continued: "Of course, their internal punishment alone is not enough. This is their own problem of mission failure."

"I wanted to cooperate with them before, but ended up being attacked by the rulers. When I have the ability, I will personally take revenge on this account."

"There is also a mining space station in the war zone. This so-called rescue operation is actually a murder operation. I will find a way to find a chance to repay these two grudges."

The boss suddenly said, "The main force of the 14th Legion is now on the other side. The 14th Legion here is just a small one. It's understandable that you have this idea."

"But you only have three star systems now. Do you want to seek revenge on the top leaders of a war zone covering three star regions?"

There was no doubt in the boss' tone about Chen Ming's excessive idea. Instead, he asked the question very seriously.

After hearing this question, Chen Ming said confidently: "My ability means I can do it."

The boss smiled and said, "To be honest, I really hope to see such a day. It will definitely be very interesting."

"Just tell me if you need anything. I'm so bored every day."

Chen Ming always felt that his boss had the potential to be a funny person.

However, if he had the ability and strength of the boss, he might have similar thoughts when the time came.

But now, he is far from that level, he needs to go further.

Shortly after Chen Ming finished talking with his boss.

Near the galaxy that intersects with the other two star fields, including the Galo star field.

Here is the headquarters of the war zone jointly formed by three star fields.

In the office of the lieutenant general who had previously given the order to Zhang Feng.

There are two other people here besides the lieutenant general.

One was the frosty-faced middle-aged woman from before, and the other was an ordinary man in casual clothes who looked to be in his thirties.

Although the middle-aged woman had a serious face, she said to the person she had found next to her with great respect: "Mr. Wang Yu, thank you for your help."

The man called Wang Yu nodded, and a wave of spiritual energy emanated from his body.

Then, a phantom figure appeared out of thin air in front of him.

It was Chen Ming who had just finished communicating with his boss.

Through this phantom, the three people present could only see Chen Ming himself, but not the environment around Chen Ming.

However, it can be analyzed from Chen Ming's actions that he is now sitting on a chair with something in his hand.

Judging from the distance between his hands, it should be a terminal.

The phantom Chen Ming suddenly raised his head and waved his right hand in the air.

The next moment, Chen Ming's shadow disappeared completely.

After completing the task, Wang Yu said goodbye and left.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman with a more serious expression turned her head to look at the lieutenant general and asked sarcastically, "Is Chen Ming dead?"

"A Tang is still being held captive today, and Chen Ming hasn't been killed. What use are you to? What use are your men to?"

The lieutenant general's face turned pale, but he had no objection and could only reach out to a terminal on the table.

And at this moment.

Chen Ming, who was in the Afterglow Star Region, frowned.

He just suddenly felt a sense of being spied on, so he instinctively reached out and released a wave of psychic energy.

The voyeuristic feeling is indeed gone.

But the meaning behind this feeling of being watched made Chen Ming realize that something bad had happened.

The fact that he is still alive has most likely been exposed by now.

This is definitely what a psychic with detection abilities would do.

It seems that he may need to face more directly some troubles that he could have postponed by playing dead.

Chen Ming quickly adjusted his attitude.

After all, he should have been prepared for this a long time ago.

Nothing goes smoothly, accidents are the norm.

Suddenly, Chen Ming noticed a subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy around him, and he once again felt a sense of being watched.

But it was different from what happened just now. Just now, someone was observing him.

And now, someone was trying to touch him.

Chen Ming was alert this time and directly extinguished the spiritual energy fluctuations that had just appeared.

It’s okay, it’s not difficult. As long as you are prepared, this kind of snooping can be completely stopped proactively.

But the pity is that he didn't react immediately when he was spied on last time, and the fact that he was still alive had been exposed, so there was no point in extinguishing the attack now.

And even if the emerging psychic fluctuations were extinguished, the other party at least knew that the investigation into Chen Ming was considered a failed intervention.

This means that there is a high probability that Chen Ming is still alive and some information will still be exposed.

This is inevitable.

So now comes the question.

Who is spying on him?

(End of this chapter)