At this time, Chen Ming was standing on the top of a suspended industrial building, watching the situation in the warehouse from a distance.

He said to Bai Quan, who was handling the matter near the warehouse and was on the phone with him, "It's a time like this, but this kind of thing still happens. I thought they would just do something small, but I didn't expect that they would directly unload a quarter of the supplies."

“I didn’t expect that.”

Baiquan's tone was also somewhat confused: "It's already like this, it should be enough to exit safely. I really don't understand what they are thinking."

"Maybe he doesn't want to live anymore."

Chen Ming said casually, and then asked Bai Quan: "So what will happen to Major General Song?"

Bai Quan automatically ignored Chen Ming's casual remark and responded to the second half of Chen Ming's sentence: "He is fine. He just couldn't handle it because of the sudden situation. He has been revived."

"The most he has in this matter is a joint liability. As long as I can protect him, he will still be a major general, and he will rely on me even more."

"Is that so? Then I'm curious about what you want this old man in his sixties or seventies to do."

"Because he has experience, I have figured out some things, but many things cannot be solved just by figuring them out. If I don't have experience, I might fall into some pitfalls. I need someone to help me in these aspects."

"oh."

Chen Ming responded again and stopped asking about Major General Song. Instead, he asked about what had just happened.

"I'm actually quite curious about how these people stole the supplies from such a warehouse. Even at a time like this, they can't be unable to keep an eye on such a big thing, right?"

Bai Quan was already used to Chen Ming's wild thoughts, and replied: "Don't even think about it. This was definitely instructed by someone inside, and the authority of the person who instructed is not low."

Chen Ming also agreed with Bai Quan's point of view and said, "I am very curious about who did this, and I am also curious whether these people are related to Zuo Jing."

"I don't know whether he has any connection with Zuo Jing, but I know that the lieutenant general in their faction has an illegitimate child."

"Although he had a child in his old age, the illegitimate child could not be exposed to the public, so his relationship with the illegitimate child was not very good."

Chen Ming asked in surprise: "You know about this kind of thing?"

"Since he's my opponent, of course I have to investigate."

Chen Ming asked again: "He is the illegitimate son of a lieutenant general after all, how could he come to such a remote place?"

"I don't know why he came, but he was definitely here. I just checked and his identity is registered in the colony's port registration."

"Don't forget the situation in these two colonies. The management of entering and leaving the colonies is still relatively strict, so he has indeed been here."

"And according to the testimonies of the security guards, he did give the group that came to the warehouse access to the warehouse, allowing them to take away a large amount of supplies."

"What do you want?"

"Maybe they're after the supplies? After all, they're used to repair and expand a medium-sized colony, so they're worth a lot."

"But this reason still doesn't seem to make sense. I need to check it out again."

"So what do we do with these missing supplies?"

"Such a large amount of supplies cannot be transported away in just a few days. It must be hidden somewhere in the colony."

"Either in abandoned industrial buildings or in abandoned residential areas outside industrial areas."

Listening to Bai Quan's guess, Chen Ming's eyes subconsciously swept across the surrounding industrial buildings.

He shook his head and said to Bai Quan: "The industrial zone can be ruled out. When I found out that the amount of supplies was not right just now, I went to control the entire industrial zone. There is no building with these supplies. They must be hidden outside."

"Outside? If it's confirmed that he's outside...if we focus our efforts on finding him, we'll get results in about three days."

“It’s a bit inefficient.”

"It is indeed low." Baiquan admitted: "The main reason is that there are relatively few manpower available. No one is willing to invest too much in such a place."

"Lou Wei and his faction are only willing to contribute manpower due to the situation. Otherwise, we might be the only ones handling things here."

Chen Ming smacked his lips and said unhappily, "Forget it, I might as well come in person."

Bai Quan also noticed Chen Ming on top of a building in the distance. He looked at Chen Ming's position and asked, "How are you going to do this? Are you going to take control of all those residential areas outside?"

"My ability is not so exaggerated that I can control any house... unless there is a mechanical structure like a warehouse used to transport goods."

"I just plan to build some robots to assist in the work, and let the Afterglow Core in my hand control these robots. The efficiency should be quite high."

"I'll help you apply for communication permissions."

"Need not."

Chen Ming did not bother Bai Quan: "I can be the communication base station myself."

"Just tell the others to take it easy next time."

"OK."

Baiquan agreed.

Chen Ming also soon noticed from afar that Bai Quan had suddenly attracted everyone's attention.

After the crowd dispersed again, Chen Ming felt at ease and used his own materials to build robots near the warehouse.

And relying on his psychic powers, he allowed Brilliance to quickly take over most of the robots.

Under the astonished gaze of those who were dealing with the theft of warehouse materials, the robots dispersed in all directions to search the abandoned residential areas.

Ten minutes later.

Huihuang suddenly informed Chen Ming: "Robot No. 972 encountered an emergency."

Chen Ming immediately put the vision of the robot that Huihuang mentioned in front of his eyes and saw the situation around the robot.

In front of a huge building, a dozen people were holding sticks and warily looking at the robot that Chen Ming was controlling that appeared near the building.

"Is it right here?"

Huihuang said: "The wheel tracks that left the warehouse had traces of dirt from the damaged road. The tracks passed through here, and then they faded."

"The weight of the car has become lighter, so it is likely that the cargo has been unloaded here, right?"

"I understand. Don't rush into a conflict. Wait for me to get over there."

"Understood."

Chen Ming immediately said to Bai Quan on the terminal: "I've found the approximate location. I'll send you the location and I'll go there first."

"good."

After Bai Quan responded, Chen Ming put away the terminal and the locust power armor was constructed on his body.

Chen Ming took a step directly into the air on the top of the building, and then the jet pack took him into the sky.

It flew in the sky for about two minutes.

Chen Ming locked onto the target of the brilliant report.

It was an abandoned place that was supposed to be a shopping mall.

Chen Ming adjusted his posture slightly, turned off the jetpack, and landed directly from the sky in front of the gate of the abandoned shopping mall, splashing a lot of dust with the roar of the machine landing.

The hooligans present, who were dressed in gangster style, were instantly frightened by the power armor that fell from the sky.

Some of them have already begun to turn their bodies quietly, as if they are ready to escape at any time.

After Chen Ming landed and stood up, he did not immediately pull out his gun and engage in conflict with these people.

Instead, he directly controlled the metal liquid to infiltrate into the shopping mall behind these gangsters from underground where no one else could see it.

After all, Chen Ming couldn't be sure whether these people were the ones who stole the goods before. What if they were just passing by, or were completely unaware of the situation? It would be bad if they were accidentally injured.

So now, Chen Ming even asked these hooligans in a friendly manner: "Is this your place?"

A thug bravely said, "Yes, what can I do for you?"

Chen Ming swept his eyes over the faces of these people and slowly said, "Six days ago, someone broke into the warehouse in the industrial zone."

The expressions of several of these gangsters changed.

Chen Ming saw it, but didn't say anything. He continued, "They used more than a dozen heavy trucks to take all the supplies out."

The expressions of more people changed.

Obviously not everyone present was involved in the previous incident, but most people definitely saw the heavy trucks unloading here.

"There aren't many places to store supplies, and this mall should be one of them. I need to go in and investigate."

Although the thug who just spoke was a little afraid of Chen Ming's power armor, he still said with all his strength: "This is not good, and we are just responsible for guarding the door. How about you talk to our boss in person?"

Chen Ming did not reply immediately.

Because at this moment he had discovered the lost supplies in the warehouse under the mall through the metal liquid that had penetrated in.

Also, explosives piled up in different locations in the warehouse.

When Chen Ming saw these things, he basically determined what the situation was.

However, just in case, he still used the metal liquid to penetrate deep into the explosive, took away a bit of its constituent substances, and delivered it to his hands.

After Chen Ming's personal analysis, he found that the ratio of these explosive materials was exactly the same as the materials commonly used by Zuo Jing.

It's confirmed that there are indeed traces of Zuo Jing's involvement.

Does this also mean that something is wrong with the lieutenant general's illegitimate son?

This question flashed through Chen Ming's mind, but he remained calm and continued to control the spread of the metal liquid throughout the shopping mall.

At the same time, he pretended to have considered it and said to the gangster: "No problem, where is your boss?"

"It's under the mall, follow me."

The gangster waved to the other people around him, asking them to put down the weapons in their hands that could not pose any threat to Chen Ming, and asked them to disperse and return to the abandoned shopping mall.

Chen Ming first asked Huihuang to arrange the robots to completely surround the mall, and then followed the gangster who had spoken before and walked into the mall.

Chen Ming noticed that there were some people following him from a distance, but he didn't care and continued to follow the gangsters into the depths of the mall.

While walking on the stairs covered with rubble and various waste, Chen Ming suddenly asked the thugs in front of him: "Are you considered a gang?"

The gangster turned around and gave Chen Ming a forced smile and said, "I guess so... It's just a group of people who are not doing well getting together to help each other so that no one person will have a hard time."

The tone of the gangster's words was very sincere. If Chen Ming hadn't seen it in advance, Chen Ming would still not have made any expression. He just nodded and continued walking in the somewhat stumbling passage in the mall.

As Chen Ming gradually went deeper into the underground of the mall, he noticed that there were fewer and fewer people following him, and the place he was heading to was becoming darker and darker.

But he still didn't make any special moves and just followed the gangsters to a small room in the basement of the mall.

The gangster stopped at the door and said to Chen Ming, "The boss is waiting for you inside. I won't go in. You guys chat slowly."

The thug outside immediately closed the door and turned around and lay on the ground.

A muffled sound of a violent explosion was heard from the small room.

"Haha! Stupid..."

The gangster had just gotten up from the ground and hadn't finished his sentence yet.

An arm wrapped in nanorobots directly shattered the fragile wall after the explosion, accurately grabbed his neck, and cut off the second half of his sentence.

While pinching the gangster, Chen Ming directly broke through the wall and walked out of the small room. There was no injury on his body except for a little smoke from the explosion.

Chen Ming threw the man into the air with his hand, and the metallic liquid that seeped out from deeper underground immediately trapped the gangster who had a wanton smile on his face.

And this scene also happened in the entire shopping mall at the same time.

If the metal liquid had not yet completely penetrated the entire mall and Chen Ming had not yet completely determined the situation of the entire mall, he would not have been idle enough to play with these thugs.

Otherwise, if there is some special arrangement somewhere, and he takes action in advance, it would be bad if someone becomes desperate and does something stupid.

So Chen Ming would rather endure it and delay the time so that the metal liquid can penetrate thoroughly.

The situation is different now.

Chen Ming has already determined the entire situation inside the mall.

Almost everyone in the mall was swept out of the mall by the metallic liquid, handcuffed and shackled, and then thrown on the ground outside.

Except one person.

After Chen Ming walked out of the small room in the corner of the basement, he looked at the direction, walked back to the previous stairs, and went all the way to the third floor of the abandoned shopping mall.

There is an office here that originally belonged to the mall staff, which has now been converted into a living space.

And there is another person in this room.

The lieutenant general's illegitimate son.

He was also trapped in the seat by the metal liquid.

He could only watch Chen Ming push the door open and casually rummage through the things on his desk.

Chen Ming quickly found a terminal in a secret compartment of a drawer and easily cracked the password. The message of contact with Zuo Jing naturally appeared in his eyes.

The situation is simple.

The illegitimate child who had a bad relationship with his biological father was discovered by Zuo Jing. After a successful missionary work, the illegitimate child believed Zuo Jing and cooperated with Zuo Jing to do this kind of business.

Although the illegitimate son has a bad relationship with his biological father, a bad relationship does not mean that his biological father does not like him.

After all, the illegitimate child is still the son of the lieutenant general. He should be given some things to allow him to live a good life, as well as some privileges that he should not have.

As a result, just a few days ago, he followed Zuo Jing's instructions and successfully stole that part of the materials.

He had no idea that these materials concerned his future.

His biological father has completely fallen, so how good can things be for him as an illegitimate son?

Chen Ming shook his head, put the terminal on the table, and said to the illegitimate child who was still struggling: "Okay, you can talk to others about the rest."

Chen Ming untied the metallic liquid restraints on his body, but he suddenly reached into his pocket and pressed a button on a remote control.

However, nothing happened.

"What? Something's broken?"

Chen Ming sneered.

On the way here, he used metal liquid to collect all the explosives and dismantled the detonator.

Even if it was not dismantled, when Chen Ming was controlling the lieutenant general's illegitimate son, he noticed the things on him and there was no chance for him to detonate it.

However, he did not respond to Chen Ming's words, but just kept pressing the buttons of the remote control in his pocket.

"Okay."

Chen Ming was too lazy to look at him. He just reached out and grabbed his neck, then threw him out of the window into the crowd of Bai Quan and others who had already arrived.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't go so far as to kill the man by directly throwing him to death. He instead used liquid metal to catch the man.

Chen Ming stood at the broken window and gave Bai Quan a thumbs up, indicating that the rest of the matters would be left to him.

Then he went back into the room and continued to check some content on the terminal.

Let’s take a look at how Zuo Jing preached in more detail to a young man who should have been living a very privileged life.

However, Chen Ming did not see the content he wanted to see, because this illegitimate child seemed to have the habit of deleting messages regularly.

There is no news from before a month ago.

However, Chen Ming did find a clue in a chat record.

This chat record seems to have exposed the location of a left-axis-related stronghold in a nearby galaxy, and it is a real stronghold.

All the people above are left-wing elements.

It was an ecological observatory in orbit around a habitable planet.

When Chen Ming first saw it, he almost thought it was the place where he had been ambushed by the Zuojing psychic before. He looked at the coordinates carefully and confirmed that it was not the place.

However, this observatory was built on a habitable planet that has not been developed by anyone.

Such a relatively isolated place was eventually infiltrated by the left path.

Chen Ming thought about it and deleted the record directly.

He had some ideas that required just such a place.

Then it is best not to expose this stronghold to other people's sight.

Chen Ming guessed that this illegitimate child would not be able to remember the complicated coordinates. Even if he did, by the time others got the results from this illegitimate child's mouth, what he wanted to do would have been done.

Two hours later.

The stolen materials in the warehouse in the basement of the mall have been counted.

Chen Ming also got together with Bai Quan again.

After chatting with Major General Song and others, Bai Quan turned around and slapped a document into Chen Ming's hand.

"Okay, the detailed list of lost supplies is here. Check to see if there is anything missing. If there is nothing missing, then we can start as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, if it's delayed for too long, this matter might be used as a handle by others."

"OK."

Chen Ming agreed and said, "Has the person I asked you to find come?"

"I'm here. We're giving you face. It's over there."

Baiquan pointed to an open space outside the shopping mall, where several spaceships belonging to different departments were parked.

There are the personnel and police departments of the government, as well as the local sector military.

The number of people was a little less than Chen Ming expected, but it was acceptable.

"I think it's your face."

Chen Ming casually put the face on Bai Quan's face.

I reviewed the colony structure I had thought of earlier in my mind and prepared to take action.

But Baiquan asked again at this time: "So why did you ask them to come?"

"You'll know soon enough."

Chen Ming's psychic power was activated, but it did not immediately take effect on the industrial area of ​​the colony.

Instead, it acted on the liquid metal that Chen Ming constructed using various materials.

As Chen Ming's spiritual power expanded, a thin layer of liquid metal suddenly appeared under everyone's feet.

With the advance warning, no one was panicked, but just curious about what Chen Ming was doing.

Chen Ming was actually controlling the metal liquids and spreading them towards areas outside the colony.

This huge amount of liquid metal became Chen Ming's eyes.

Let every place be within Chen Ming's sight.

Let Chen Ming observe everything in every place, including the traces left by those who believe in Zuo Jing hidden in every corner.

Various slogans, various doctrines, and various products of destructive technology are all traces and evidence.

Chen Ming can even use liquid metal to directly invade everyone's terminals.

The metal liquid can be constructed into data cables and signal receivers. Once inserted into the terminal, Chen Ming can be forced to connect to any electronic device.

Although it does not have the control effect like Yu Hui, Chen Ming himself has mastered a lot of hacking techniques, so it is not difficult to hack into these terminals.

What's more, there is brilliant assistance.

Although in terms of workload, Chen Ming was actually assisting Huihuang, but Chen Ming felt there was not much difference.

Chen Ming can directly retrieve data from these terminals to understand the situation of these terminal users and the people around them.

This method is actually not very good, but Chen Ming doesn't mind using it when facing Zuo Jing.

It's better than those remaining left paths continuing to revive in the future.

After all, this colony is not small in size.

Chen Ming now needs to use psychic energy to fully affect the colony, and the huge amount of psychic energy consumed is even more than what was spent in the previous simulation.

If those termites cannot be completely eliminated, then what Chen Ming is doing now will be meaningless.

While Huihuang uses Chen Ming's psychic power to help him investigate Zuo Jing, Chen Ming will also use liquid metal to control all these people based on Huihuang's investigation results.

One by one, they were led to the open space next to the shopping mall.

The people that Baiquan called over also had their own tasks to take charge of.

(End of this chapter)