Chapter 220 Escape?



When Chen Ming just rushed into the airport, Song Pu received the news that his men's pursuit of Cheng Xinghai had failed.

When the spaceship that Cheng Xinghai boarded took off, he knew that they could no longer continue to hunt down Cheng Xinghai.

The reason is the same as what Cheng Xinghai said.

It is because of the limitations of the rebels' current situation.

But he didn't tell the bad news just now.

After all, Chen Ming is also in an emergency situation, and telling him bad news will not be of any help.

Only now that Chen Ming was safe did he reveal the news.

Engineer Hong Guanghong immediately said in the communication channel: "This simulated battle that will last for a month has just begun. It is unlikely that a situation of inevitable death will be created at the beginning."

"Even if you gave the order in the first place, it's normal if the person escaped as long as he reacted quickly. There's no need to blame yourself. Since the psychic is back, just treat it as a normal start."

When Hong Guanghong said this, Chen Ming suddenly realized his problem and said, "If you look at it the other way around, if you delay too long, it may make it more difficult to escape, like what happened to me just now."

His sense of smell in this kind of warfare was not sensitive enough, and he reacted a little slowly, and was eventually blocked outside the airport.

If he could have set off a few minutes earlier, he might have been able to run away without any disturbance just like Cheng Xinghai.

Song Pu immediately said, "It's not your fault. I was too slow to remind you. I should have taken a look at the spy's file immediately after seeing it in such a conspicuous place. If I had seen Cheng Xinghai's intelligence, I would have reminded you immediately."

Hong Guanghong suddenly interrupted at this time and said, "Okay, stop arguing and discuss the plan after the psychic returns."

"good."

Song Pu agreed decisively and did not waste any more time on sharing the blame.

However, Chen Ming interrupted again at this time: "Wait a minute, I remember you said that Cheng Xinghai and I are in relative positions. We are both in a position where the enemy forces are close to our own territory, and the distance between us is not far, right?"

"right."

"Then I have an idea..."

Chen Ming's thoughts were obvious when combined with what he had just said.

The few people who had just seen Chen Ming's jump operation in hyperspace through the spy methods arranged by Song Pu also understood the situation instantly.

But Song Pu did not support Chen Ming's idea: "It is best not to attack civilian spaceships. Once you leave any traces on that spaceship, it will put us in a passive position."

Chen Ming knew Song Pu's concerns and said, "The spaceship is my home ground. I won't leave any traces."

Song Pu emphasized again: "If there is a problem with the people on the spacecraft, any small problem will be fermented by the government forces and will have a great impact on us."

“The risks are huge, but the rewards are not equal.”

"There is no way that Cheng Xinghai can compare to the most basic supporters of our rebels at present, unless... you are absolutely sure."

"Can you accurately find Cheng Xinghai on a spaceship with thousands of civilians, and kill or capture her without alerting anyone or leaving any traces?"

"It doesn't need everyone to keep silent. As long as there is no substantial evidence such as video, photo or audio recording, can you do it?"

Chen Ming gave an affirmative answer: "Believe me, there are still many things about my psychic powers that you don't understand."

Song Pu fell into thought again. After a moment of silence, he said, "The risk is still great, but I agree."

Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao responded quickly.

"I agree."

“No comment”

After a while, Cheng Xinghe also sent a message in the terminal: "1."

"Everyone agrees, so I'll send you the coordinates."

Chen Ming's special terminal soon received a series of digital coordinates, which were the route coordinates of the civilian passenger ship that Cheng Xinghai was on.

With a quick calculation, Chen Ming could tell the current location of the passenger ship. It had traveled about a quarter of the entire route, and it would not be long before it would be out of the area actually controlled by the rebels.

When the ship is about to reach the border between the areas actually controlled by government forces and rebel forces, it is time for Chen Ming to take action.

Hyperspace channel jump system is ready.

Chen Ming activated the hyperspace jump system, and a moment later, he appeared in the target alley, close to the rebel-occupied area.

All he had to do now was wait quietly for the prey to arrive at the predetermined location.

After all, Chen Ming had been a hunter for a period of time, so he had plenty of patience.

While waiting, some spaceships would pass through this route from time to time, but no spaceship could detect Chen Ming's spaceship.

On the one hand, the detection systems of those civilian ships are relatively weak. On the other hand, when Chen Ming was building his own spaceship, he used the isolation scanning materials from a spaceship he found at the airport that seemed to be engaged in smuggling business.

Since Chen Ming had turned off the engines and all systems that would cause the spacecraft to be discovered, it was indeed very difficult to be discovered by sticking to the edge of the channel and those rolling hyperspace clouds.

It was this scene that suddenly made Chen Ming feel a little familiar.

He seemed to have done this before.

But before, Chen Ming was targeting pirates, but now Chen Ming is targeting Cheng Xinghai.

Speaking of which, the last time Chen Ming went after pirates, it seemed that he was helping his boss to fight off a pirate who was so blind that he intercepted supplies from his colony.

It was after that incident that Chen Ming's relationship with his boss gradually became closer, and they began to have a relationship that was more than just based on interests.

Just as Chen Ming was thinking about some strange things while waiting.

Chen Ming's spacecraft's sensors finally discovered his target.

The civilian passenger ship, like other passing spaceships, completely failed to notice Chen Ming's existence and was heading towards its destination at the fastest speed it could reach on the route.

Chen Ming set off immediately and boarded a shuttle boat that was also made of isolation materials and could only carry one person, and approached the civilian passenger ship at the lowest power.

After adjusting the direction and gradually accelerating to the same speed as the civilian passenger ship, Chen Ming's psychic power was activated, and several mechanical arms instantly extended from the shuttle, hanging the shuttle on the bottom of the civilian passenger ship.

Chen Ming did not need the passenger ship to open the docking interface. He simply reached out and pressed on the top of his head. A layer of waves like the water surface instantly appeared on the bottom shell of the passenger ship.

Chen Ming jumped lightly and easily entered the semi-liquid hull.

The shuttle mounted on the bottom of the spacecraft turned into liquid metal after Chen Ming completely entered the passenger ship, drifting in the space, and was soon left behind by the passenger ship.

Chen Ming took over the entire spacecraft smoothly without affecting the functions of the spacecraft itself.

Through the monitoring system, the cabin where Cheng Xinghai, who was marked by Song Pu, was located was found.

Chen Ming needs a peaceful and tranquil life where nothing happens. It would be best if there is no trace left that could be recorded, so the impact would naturally be as small as possible.

So Chen Ming did not appear directly in the cabin where Cheng Xinghai was, but appeared in the bathroom separated from her cabin by a corridor.

In his hand, he had ready an electromagnetic pistol that could silently fire steel needles thinner than a hair.

This thing is perfect for assassination.

Chen Ming suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, because he never expected that there would be such a day.

In the past, others always tried to assassinate him, but he never expected that one day it would be his turn to assassinate others. For some reason, he even felt a little excited now.

However, the gun in Chen Ming's hand is only the last resort.

The most stable means of assassination still relies on Chen Ming’s own psychic power and the spaceship he controls.

Of course, Chen Ming was not referring to rough methods such as directly breaking the porthole of the spacecraft, which would definitely leave traces.

Instead, he used the tiny metal liquid under his control, which was refined to the level of atoms invisible to the naked eye, to penetrate directly into Cheng Xinghai's heart or brain, and kill her directly after condensing.

However, Chen Ming discovered a problem at this moment before taking action. It seemed that his idea could not be realized.

Because the simulation is not yet sophisticated enough.

Although this simulation has a lot of details, all NPCs have extremely human behaviors.

But it's a bit too much to expect atomic detail.

Chen Ming simply couldn't do this in the simulation.

Since this method is ineffective, if Chen Ming still wants to use psychic power to assassinate Cheng Xinghai, he can only choose to use a small amount of liquid metal.

But in small amounts it's a bit unstable.

Small amounts of metallic liquid cannot penetrate the skin directly like atoms can.

So Chen Ming had to make the metal liquid into something like a steel needle to kill people, which was almost the same as using a steel needle gun directly.

Moreover, Chen Ming's psychic power can only control the liquid metal to make certain things and make some changes to the shape and position of the liquid metal.

His spiritual power might not be able to control the metal liquid to accelerate to the point where it could kill Cheng Xinghai with one strike.

What's more, if Cheng Xinghai was a little more vigilant, he would always notice the changes in the surrounding environment.

Once Cheng Xinghai discovers the problem, any subsequent actions will most likely leave evidence in the eyes of others.

"Well...why not use this thing?"

Chen Ming turned off the safety of the electromagnetic needle gun, hid it inside his clothes, and walked out of the bathroom wearing ordinary casual clothes.

The corridor outside the bathroom is connected to a passenger cabin on each side, separated by a door.

There is a small window on the door through which you can see what the passenger compartment looks like.

Chen Mingneng could stick to the entrance of one of the doors and see Cheng Xinghai's location through the small window.

To be honest, if Song Pu hadn't reminded him in advance, Chen Ming would have also seen Xinghai putting on makeup on the surveillance camera.

Chen Ming almost didn't recognize that this ordinary-looking young woman with makeup on was the lively Cheng Xinghai.

After silently admiring the power of the evil magic, Chen Ming raised his gun and pointed it at the back of Cheng Xinghai's head.

But just before he pulled the trigger, Cheng Xinghai suddenly stood up.

But he calmed down immediately.

There was no way Cheng Xinghai would find him because all authority on the entire spacecraft was in his hands, and all communications on the spacecraft were monitored by Chen Ming at all times.

Except for a special terminal that Cheng Xinghai should also have, everything on the entire spacecraft could not escape Chen Ming's eyes.

Cheng Xinghai's sudden action now must be because he has something to do.

Just as Chen Ming was thinking this, Cheng Xinghai suddenly turned around and walked towards the corridor where Chen Ming was currently, holding a cosmetics box in his hand, as if he wanted to go to the bathroom to touch up his makeup.

This is simply divine help, which can completely minimize the impact on his future actions.

Chen Ming then stepped back and came to a small corner on the other side of the corridor where people could smoke.

I lit a cigarette that I had picked up while controlling someone else's spaceship on the planet, and prepared to pretend that I was just here to smoke.

However, something unexpected happened again to Chen Ming.

He had never smoked before, and had thought there would be no problem smoking in the simulation.

But when he took the first breath, the thick smoke and the burning sensation in his lungs instantly made Chen Ming cough violently.

When Cheng Xinghai appeared in the corridor, she immediately noticed the person coughing violently in the corner in front of her.

But she just frowned, didn't notice the appearance of the person with his back to her, and continued to walk into the bathroom.

Cheng Xinghai stood in front of the mirror and took out the terminal. She quickly broke an identity card that was ejected from the terminal and quickly inserted another card into the terminal in her hand.

Then she removed her makeup, untied the headband on her head, revealing her original appearance, and immediately put on a mask.

At the same time, with a gentle pull on her shoulders, her heavy outer clothes were taken off, leaving her in a lighter and more convenient sportswear.

Cheng Xinghai's movements were extremely quick; all these actions combined only took a dozen seconds.

After confirming that there was no problem, Cheng Xinghai casually threw his clothes onto the sink in a cubicle, turned around and prepared to leave the bathroom and walk towards another passenger cabin.

It seems that he wants to change to a new identity directly on the spacecraft to avoid being tracked as soon as he lands.

However, just as she turned around and left the mirror.

She suddenly noticed that the light from the passenger compartment behind her suddenly dimmed a little.

Cheng Xinghai turned around instantly and found that the small window on the door on the side she had just come from was covered with a layer of gauze-like texture, making it impossible to see the situation on the other side clearly.

Moreover, the isolation door itself seems to have become much thicker, and the wall also seems to have become a little bloated.

The same changes also occurred on the door in front that Cheng Xinghai was about to pass through.

There was only one person in the corridor besides her at this time.

Cheng Xinghai looked warily at the person coughing in the corner.

The body is tense and can explode at any time.

This is indeed what Chen Ming did.

He cut off the connection between this room and other rooms, temporarily turning the corridor into a closed place.

The sound won't get out, and people outside won't be able to open the door. If it's only broken for a few minutes it won't have any big impact.

While coughing, Chen Ming raised the electromagnetic steel needle gun, pointed it at Cheng Xinghai and said, "Cough... cough cough, you... cough... okay."

At this moment, after seeing Chen Ming's appearance clearly, Cheng Xinghai immediately thought of the situation when Chen Ming's spaceship jumped directly into hyperspace, and instantly figured out how Chen Ming got here.

Cheng Xinghai raised his hands, slowly leaned against the wall of the corridor, and said, "You've never smoked?"

“No… cough…”

Chen Ming turned the gun while coughing. After a long while, he finally recovered from the pain in his lungs caused by smoking.

"Do you surrender or..."

Before Chen Ming could finish his words, Cheng Xinghai finally walked to the wall.

She kicked her slender legs against the wall and instantly burst out in the corridor at a speed that was terrifying considering Chen Ming's physical fitness.

Before Chen Ming could even control the metallic liquid flowing out of the hull to restrict Cheng Xinghai, Cheng Xinghai had already dodged and pounced in front of Chen Ming in the long and narrow corridor.

"Fuck!"

Is Cheng Xinghai still a good person with this physical condition?

Chen Ming kept pulling the trigger while backing away, but Cheng Xinghai was always able to react the instant before Chen Ming fired.

Often, at the moment when Chen Ming's fingers had not yet been completely clenched, he would lean his body slightly, easily dodging several rapidly flying steel needles, and rush in front of Chen Ming, slapping the gun out of his hand with a slap.

At the same time, a punch with a sound of breaking through the air hit Chen Ming's face.

Chen Ming's thinking speed was indeed fast enough to see Cheng Xinghai's actions, but his body could not react in time.

The psychic energy that enhances physical fitness is obtained from the Queen of Insects. Although the prosthesis can have it, it will definitely not exist in the simulation.

This seemingly small fist can definitely give him a concussion with one punch.

However, Chen Ming's prosthesis is at least in line with Chen Ming's physical condition. Chen Ming himself carries tools weighing more than ten kilograms every day and has been exercising all the time.

Although the training is certainly not as strenuous as that in the military, Chen Ming's physical fitness is definitely better than that of most ordinary people.

It's not to the point that I don't even have the ability to survive a confrontation.

So Chen Ming can still do the fastest and most appropriate action he can at this moment.

Without saying a word, he just squatted down, held his head and rolled backwards.

Although Cheng Xinghai does not look tall and has no obvious muscles, his physical fitness is a level higher than Chen Ming. He will definitely not be able to win in a head-on fight, so he has to use other means.

Chen Ming stepped back to avoid him, but Cheng Xinghai continued to take a step forward, twisting his body flexibly.

The body that had just burst out with terrifying speed drove a seemingly slender but fiercely impactful whip kick towards the neck of Chen Ming who was half-squatting on the ground.

Chen Ming's current movements are just right for Cheng Xinghai's height.

If this kick had hit hard, Chen Ming might even have been kicked to death, and being knocked unconscious would be considered good luck.

Chen Ming stood there without any movement. He seemed to have not reacted and seemed to have given up struggling.

But in the next moment.

In the corridor, there was a sound of flesh and metal colliding.

Cheng Xinghai's kick hit Chen Ming's neck, who was covered in power armor.

Chen Ming's head tilted slightly under the impact, and at this moment he seemed to hear a crisp sound of broken bones.

Cheng Xinghai immediately fell to the ground with a bitter look on her face, but she still struggled to crawl towards the pistol that she had just knocked away.

However, liquid metal immediately flowed out from the ground of the ship, picked up the pistol that had fallen on the ground, and put it into Chen Ming's hands.

Along with some metal liquid that appeared out of thin air, a new electromagnetic javelin was gradually constructed.

Seeing that the situation was not right and there was no possibility of a comeback, Cheng Xinghai slowly raised his body to block the movement of his hand that was about to reach for the cosmetics box.

She pulled out a steel needle from the hinge of the box and pretended to stab herself.

However, the surveillance cameras in the corridor were always in Chen Ming's field of vision, and Cheng Xinghai's actions were visible to him.

The liquid metal immediately grabbed Cheng Xinghai's arm and turned into a piece of pure iron, handcuffing her like handcuffs.

Chen Ming didn't have time to react when he first saw Cheng Xinghai's sudden speed. Now that he has reacted, the problem can be solved.

He was wearing power armor and was facing Cheng Xinghai, who was almost unarmed and even had a broken leg, almost face to face.

If Chen Ming still can't win, he really will have to jump into space without wearing protective clothing.

Up to this point, Cheng Xinghai has completely lost the ability to resist, but the next step is a bit difficult.

However, Bai Quan's voice appeared in Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai's ears at this moment, reminding them: "There is no need to search the opposite sex in the simulation. Let her take out the special terminal on her body herself. There is nothing else except this."

This is easy.

After Cheng Xinghai reluctantly handed her special terminal to Chen Ming.

A large amount of metallic liquid instantly flowed out from the ground of the spacecraft, wrapping around Cheng Xinghai and putting a protective suit on her.

Chen Ming bent down, grabbed the belt of Cheng Xinghai's protective suit, lifted her up, and put her on his shoulder.

He took her directly through the hull of the spaceship next to him and into space.

The thickened doors on both sides of the corridor were restored to their original state after Chen Ming left, and the walls that were pierced by the steel needles also removed the steel needles, leaving no trace.

Chen Ming used technical means to forge this section of the corridor surveillance video, and all the records were deleted.

Even the clothes that Cheng Xinghai had just hung on the sink in the women's restroom were fished out by Chen Ming using his psychic power.

Apart from the fact that Cheng Xinghai had indeed disappeared on the spacecraft, there was no evidence left on the entire spacecraft that Chen Ming had been there.

Missing people are a very common occurrence. The disappearance of one person will not cause any waves in the entire star field, even if it is Cheng Xinghai.

Even if the government forces wanted to use this as an excuse for propaganda, it would be useless.

The disappearance of Cheng Xinghai, a civilian, would at most result in a comment that it was nothing special.

Isn't it reasonable that Cheng Xinghai, who is a spy, was captured by the rebels?

The government forces now have no choice but to swallow this loss.

(End of this chapter)


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