While Chen Ming transformed the gadgets he left in the director's office into micro robots.

They also hacked into the Administration's surveillance signals through its internal network.

Although the Administration has strengthened internal security after the recent incident, the security of the internal network has naturally improved.

But these security technologies are nothing to Chen Ming now.

Although Chen Ming studied engineering before, he still knows some programming skills, and he certainly cannot avoid these aspects when flying and building spacecraft.

He had been learning it when he was in Yuhui's territory some time ago, and he had just learned some very useful techniques from a member of the special operations team of the 14th Legion.

Of course Chen Ming didn't learn directly from him.

But it was after the electronic technology teammate hacked into Yu Hui's factory.

Chen Ming used the afterglow entity they installed to restore the hacking method of that team member, which was a technique he learned secretly.

Even though I learned it secretly, I may not have learned it all.

But Chen Ming is now inside the administration, and he also has the help of authority provided by the factory director, the "insider". The security system of the pirate space station is almost indistinguishable from being unguarded in front of him.

So Chen Ming easily forced a small program into the administration's system.

However, Chen Ming's goal was to become a bureau chief, and he also had a relationship with the factory director, so he didn't go too far.

They even took the initiative to package and record several vulnerabilities and sent them to the network security department.

After he leaves, the file package will be automatically unpacked.

Of course, this was not the loophole that Chen Ming used to hack into the Administration, but another loophole he found and used as an excuse.

He still left a back door in the administration, which might be useful in the future.

After Chen Ming inserted the program into the administration's network and ran it.

He successfully gained control of the entire floor of the Director's Office of the Administration, including surveillance authority over the office.

The images from the surveillance equipment in the office began to loop, and only time passed normally.

By doing this, his little robot would be able to climb directly onto the desk and connect to the director's computer.

At this time, Chen Ming said to the factory director: "Before you said that the new director did all kinds of disgusting things, so there must be something left in the computer, right?"

"It's very possible, but I think it's more likely to be in the terminal he carries with him."

"It's okay, let's check it first, and then we'll talk about it if we can't find anything."

Chen Ming searched in front of the factory director.

As a result, he actually found a hidden encrypted file in his computer.

Then there's nothing much to say.

Place one's own people in the position to collect empty salaries.

Choose junk supply companies to get kickbacks.

They are still forming cliques and suppressing dissidents in private.

All kinds of corruption and bribery.

He even used various means to obtain a valuable escort-class cruise ship.

This is a civilian ship specially designed for wealthy people, and is often equipped with a large number of leisure and entertainment facilities that are not available on combat or work ships.

Generally speaking, it is only used in prosperous star fields or places close to prosperous star fields to allow some wealthy people to experience the space environment.

In the fringe star field, this type of ship clearly represents two words: fat meat.

But the director does have some brains after all. At least according to the file records in his computer, he has never issued a document casually.

It seems that he only goes there occasionally to stay for a day or two and experience the entertainment facilities there.

After all, they are luxury goods sold specifically to wealthy people, and are definitely better than those in pirate space station cities.

In short, all the things mentioned above combined are definitely not something a director can get under normal circumstances, and it is impossible to explain the amount of money just for a cruise ship.

Although this is done in the Pirate Space Station, the Pirate Space Station is just a name used by the company to gain profits in the gray area.

If someone really does commit such corruption, someone in the company will take the initiative to deal with it.

Moreover, the fact that the new director has committed corruption and bribery is there, so under normal circumstances it would definitely be much easier than just firing him directly.

However, although Chen Ming saw enough evidence to bring him down, he still confirmed with the factory manager: "What do you think of this person?"

The factory manager thought about it and said, "It's better to kill him."

"He was arranged to come here because of the exchange of interests within the company. Even if we have this evidence, we may not be able to kill him."

"Besides, this is a previous relationship. Even if the current director leaves, there will be a new one to take his place. It might be even more troublesome if someone else comes."

"It's best to kill him directly, so as to deter those who come later."

"And I don't like him very much."

"good."

Chen Ming nodded, and completely sentenced the current director to death in his heart.

Since he had already promised the factory manager, he had to do everything well.

At this time, Chen Ming noticed through the surveillance outside the office that the director who had just gone out had returned and was approaching the office.

He quickly restored the director's computer, and then had the micro robot hide in a secret corner.

The director, who looked a little sweaty, came into the office with someone half a minute later.

This man is the captain of the guard.

Chen Ming had seen this person before when the star zone military infiltrated the space station to cause trouble. He followed the former director and he had some impression of him.

Although the captain of the guard put on a normal look towards the director, he couldn't hide the disgust in his eyes, but of course it was also possible that he didn't even want to hide it.

The director also knew that most people in the administration disliked him, but he could use his status to pressure others, otherwise the captain of the guard would not have followed him here.

After closing the door, the director said to the captain of the guard nervously, "Are you saying that the person who came to my office before was the Chen Ming who has been making a lot of noise recently?"

The captain of the guard replied in all seriousness, "That's how it's registered at the gate, but no one knows who's under his power armor."

The director suddenly became anxious, and his voice unconsciously rose, as if questioning, "Then why was such a person allowed in?"

"He just came to my office! If he is not Chen Ming, then what kind of person is he who has a grudge against the company? Do you know what responsibilities you will bear?"

"He killed you?"

"you!"

The captain of the guard team choked the director, then responded normally: "You have already seen the surveillance video just now. He came to find the director and asked you to confirm that the director was not there before leaving. Is there any problem with this?"

The director pointed in the direction of the deputy director's office on the same floor and said, "I pointed him in the direction, but he didn't go there. What does that mean?"

"The deputy director is not in the building today. Maybe Chen Ming saw that you were in the office and called to ask about it? It's okay not to go to the office when you know he's not there, right?"

"And Chen Ming's entry was actually arranged by the deputy director. As long as you have his ID card, he will be let in directly."

"Also, Chen Ming has always been an employee of the company. Is there any problem in letting him in?"

The director raised his voice again, with obvious doubt in his tone, and said: "Can a psychic like him be an employee of the company?"

"Are you suspicious of the psychic? Or are you suspicious of Chen Ming? Or are you suspicious of the company?"

The director knew he had said the wrong thing, and quickly made amends: "Who in the fringe star region doesn't know that psykers are real? And I never said I doubted the company."

"I mean, is he really Chen Ming?"

The captain of the guard did not answer directly, but said in a roundabout way: "Chen Ming was like this before, going in and out wearing protective clothing all day long, and never taking it off."

"It's no problem to change into power armor after not seeing it for a while. It's not a big deal to run around in civilian power armor."

"If our shipyard hadn't been unable to afford it, we would have already arranged for all the civilian power armors to be deployed there."

"By the way, he used a pseudonym in the company before, Kong Shuiji, oh no, it was Mu Shuikong."

"It wasn't until the military attack that his real name and his deeds became known. You probably didn't know them, so you thought Chen Ming was new."

The director's face became even gloomier when he heard this.

"Oh and, when he first came over wearing his power armor, he was indeed stopped by the guard at the door. He was not allowed to pass until an old employee of the company brought his ID card to him."

"There is no problem with the whole process. If you think there is a problem, you can ask the deputy director, or ask why the company has formulated the rules and regulations in this way."

Every word the captain of the guard team said was leading the director into trouble.

At this point, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with the director, and finally said: "Then Director, if everything is fine, I will leave. I still have a lot of things to do."

"Wait a moment."

The director stopped him again and said, "I need you to check if there is any problem with the security system, especially my floor. Send me the report back."

Although the captain of the guard was a little annoyed, he still said, "I understand."

After he left.

The director looked around nervously, picked up the terminal, and made a phone call.

"The Cybersecurity Department? Where's the director of your department? Ask him to come over."

At this point the director returned to his desk.

Chen Ming and the factory director, who were watching him, could probably tell what the director was going to do next.

So I didn't continue to stare at him.

At this time, Chen Ming still said casually: "He is anxious."

"Do you think he knows that you and I have a good relationship?"

The factory manager immediately replied, "Of course he knows, otherwise your name wouldn't have given him such a big stimulus."

"Then he doesn't know your name?"

"I know, but it's because of my name that he can do whatever he wants, and I can't just kill people."

"Yeah, never mind him then."

The director can do whatever he wants now, he can't escape the final outcome anyway.

Chen Ming sat up straighter, restrained his expression and said, "I have something else to tell you. It happened a long time ago."

Chen Ming's sudden serious attitude made the factory director serious as well: "Go ahead."

"It happened when I first crawled out of cryostasis and was still on the mining station."

"When I woke up, I found the body of a doctor in the room, and then I took a pistol and a terminal from the body."

"It was with these two things that I was able to land from the space station to Ramu below, and survive to this day."

"So I said before, if I can come back alive and have the ability, I will go back to collect the doctor's body and let him rest in peace."

"The doctor's name is... let me think, Ding He."

The factory manager showed an understanding expression on his face and said, "Then you don't have to worry too much about this."

"The 14th Legion has already returned the Sky Steel to the company, and the galaxy has been reopened."

"The company took over the space station some time ago and is already handling it."

"Every employee who died will receive a pension."

"Although more than 30 years is a bit late, it's better than nothing."

"And generally speaking, after 30 years, their family members are likely still alive, so the money will always come to them. The same goes for the doctor you mentioned."

"Although the company has been a bit of a rip-off, this kind of thing will definitely be handled."

Chen Ming nodded and said, "Okay, then help me add some money. Two hundred thousand should be enough. Just consider it as a gift from me to his family."

"No problem. If you find your family, I'll give it to you. If not, forget it."

"Um."

Finally completing something he had remembered for a long time, Chen Ming couldn't help but lean back in his chair and relax a little, his mind flashing back to the things that had happened to him on the mining space station.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and asked the team director curiously, "Are those bugs difficult to deal with?"

"What bug?"

"There are a large number of Zerg on the mining space station. I remember their name is the Thorn Zerg. They have strong adaptability and evolution capabilities and can survive in a vacuum. They are very abnormal. I didn't dare to provoke them before."

The factory manager recalled for a moment and said, "No, I didn't. When the company took over the space station, I went to check it out because of you. There was nothing movable in the entire mining space station."

"There are only some worthless organic growths left, but those are dead too."

“There are indeed bugs, but they are all dead bodies.

"If you are sure that there are bugs still alive, is it possible that the military of the original star zone has discovered your whereabouts before?"

"And when they went back to the space station to look for your records, they cleaned out the bugs?"

"Are there any signs of intense fighting on the space station?"

The factory manager tried to recall the situation but couldn't come up with any result, so he took out a terminal and said, "Let me check. I happen to have some records on hand."

The factory manager opened the terminal and retrieved the investigation record file he had specifically requested.

Found the section on space station damage assessment.

After looking at it for a while, he said, "Yes, there are, but they were all damaged thirty years ago."

"Many of them were obviously man-made attacks that damaged the structure of the space station. In addition, the self-defense weapons of the space station were basically destroyed by human external forces. This also proves that the destruction of the space station is not just a problem of bugs."

"It should be that the military destroyed the space station's ability to resist and then simply abandoned the space station there. They are only responsible for blocking the outside and not giving the spacecraft inside a chance to escape."

"Then let the bugs develop on their own inside, and it would be best if their movements could be completely concealed."

"But we did not find any signs of large-scale damage in recent times. There are some small-scale damages, such as some in the dock and living quarters, which are all left by deep-penetrating live ammunition."

Chen Ming suddenly coughed and said, "I did this."

"oh."

The factory manager silently recorded the incident and planned to pass the information back so that those who were investigating on the spot would not waste their energy on it and avoid making any mistakes later.

Chen Ming continued the previous topic and said: "But there is no large-scale damage and stability issues. I feel that this is not right."

"Because according to my estimation, the entire power generation area of ​​the entire mining space station must be densely packed with bugs. It is impossible for the military to deal with them without leaving any traces."

"But what about bugs? Can they grow wings and fly? Even if they have strong evolutionary abilities, it's useless to grow wings in space, unless they can grow engines on their buttocks."

"Maybe?"

The factory manager said this jokingly, and then wrote down what Chen Ming said.

"I'll help you pass on this information to the people who are handling the matter over there. They are still dealing with the space station's affairs recently."

"The space station is beyond saving, but the equipment on it can still be salvaged. The people over there should be able to help you confirm whether there are any traces of bugs. See what they say."

"But I think it's better not to hold out hope. I feel like the real situation may have already been rotten in the stomach of the sector's military."

"Or you could ask the 14th Legion. You have a good relationship with them now. Maybe they have archived records that they can show you."

"Yes, indeed."

Chen Ming immediately thought of Bai Quan. It just so happened that he would need to find Bai Quan to deal with something later, so he could ask him then.

Chen Ming didn't have any more issues that he needed to discuss with the factory manager, so he chatted for a few minutes and then stood up to say goodbye.

"Then I have to leave soon. I have a lot of things to deal with in the next two days."

"OK."

The factory manager opened the office door and escorted Chen Ming out of the office.

Chen Ming is not in a hurry to find Bai Quan now, as he still has some things of his own to deal with.

For example, he needs to use the money he has.

Chen Ming now has quite a lot of money on hand.

Baiquan gave 2 billion before, and the company gave 3 billion this time.

And the factory manager estimated that he would get 5 billion yuan after signing the documents.

Normally, there wouldn't be that many, but the main reason was that Chen Ming gave up some research patent ownership in passing.

These patents are the big ones.

Chen Ming also thought about making a long-term living by relying on patents.

But he won't be in the empire for a long time, so it's not good for him to keep doing this kind of thing.

Unless someone helps watch over it.

So Chen Ming just asked the factory manager, but the factory manager did not agree directly because he felt that this was a difficult sum of money to take.

Because there are too many people involved in the institute.

Although Chen Ming provided the antimatter shock wave, which enabled the institute to achieve a breakthrough in technology, Chen Ming was not directly involved in many of the research projects.

Therefore, it would be very troublesome for Chen Ming to get a share of the money.

It would be better to sell them all at once and sell them to other people so that you can make more money.

So, Chen Ming just signed a patent ownership transfer document.

He also gave up most of the other benefits within the empire.

If all these things were added together, their value would be around 5 billion.

Of course, there is only one key patent that Chen Ming has not sold, which is the patent for the antimatter reactor.

Chen Ming saw the value of this thing very clearly.

No matter how complicated the situation is or how many troubles there are, Chen Ming will never give up on this thing.

The factory manager also expressed his understanding.

Anyway, Chen Ming's name had been written on various papers, published in various top scientific research newspapers and journals, and the government had also taken note of it.

You can't get away from this patent.

That is, the other patents and the 5 billion yuan that Chen Ming gave up and sold did not reach Chen Ming’s hands so quickly.

It will take time for the company to transfer the funds later, so we still have to wait for a few days for the 5 billion yuan.

However, Chen Ming now checked the 2 billion that Bai Quan had promised to give him for the second time and found that it had already arrived in his account.

He now has a total of 7 billion in cash on hand, if the subsequent 5 billion is included.

That's 12 billion.

Chen Ming had already decided what to do with the money. He wanted to use the money to buy industrial equipment.

When Chen Ming moved their home from Yu Hui before, he took the initiative to discard a lot of large, difficult to carry, or low-value, common equipment for the sake of efficiency.

Although they were lost, they were still needed in the early stages of colonization.

In other words, Chen Ming, who was lost before, now has to find a way to make up for it.

The way to make up for it is to buy it with your own money.

Although the value of the equipment that Chen Ming lost was lower than the value of the equipment he asked Huihuang Huiyao to take away, that was only relative.

Industrial equipment for building a colony is never cheap for an individual.

The 12 billion he has on hand may seem like a lot, but if he wants to buy equipment for building the colony,

It may not be enough.

But we'll talk about it when it's not enough.

In any case, Chen Ming should go to see Old Wu first, as Old Wu’s connections are relatively broad.

And Chen Ming also knew where to find him.

That must be the bar that Old Wu took him to last time.

Chen Ming changed into a new set of protective clothing on the way and soon arrived at the bar.

Although there were basically no people around during the day, the bar was still open.

When Chen Ming leaned over to the bar and asked for a glass of orange juice, the bartender suddenly said, "I recognize you. You were brought here by Old Wu some time ago."

"Oh? How did you know that?"

"The sound, and the protective suit. Are you here to drink or do business this time?"

Chen Ming silently took note of the fact that his voice was also recognizable, and he would have to pay more attention to it in the future.

Then he glanced at Old Wu who was drinking in the corner of the bar, and ignored him for the time being.

He could actually buy some intelligence and stuff.

So he responded, “Doing business.”

"Then go this way."

Chen Ming bypassed the bartender and followed the direction he pointed to enter the room he had visited last time.

The man with the same glasses as last time was sitting in the room. He raised his head and looked at Chen Ming, as if he was reminiscing.

Soon, he also remembered that Chen Ming was the person brought here by Old Wu.

"Long time no see, what information do you want to buy?"

"Well... I need information about Chen Ming."

(End of this chapter)