An hour later.

Qianmian was the only one left in the basement of Zuojing stronghold.

He checked the time, picked up the terminal, found An Wuping's number and dialed it.

"To the port, we're ready to go."

A colony's port is usually located on a space station that is connected to the ground by a space elevator.

Chen Ming took some time and took the elevator to the space station.

As soon as they entered the port area of ​​the space station, someone from Zuo Jing came to take Chen Ming onto a civilian destroyer and sent him all the way to the captain's room of the spacecraft.

Qianmian is not here at the moment, but there is a lighted terminal on the table next to him, which shows Qianmian's appearance.

Chen Ming picked up the terminal and asked Qianmian, "What are you doing?"

"You'll know soon. Stay on the boat first. I'll be there soon."

"what you up to?"

“Let’s go see the scenery.”

"You called me here, are you just looking at the scenery? Or are you going to broadcast something to me in real time?"

“You’ll find out soon enough.”

Chen Ming watched the screen darken and Qianmian's figure disappear on the terminal, and his heart suddenly sank.

Although it can be roughly seen from the background that Qianmian is now a place with abundant greenery in the city.

But it is still impossible to know exactly where he is and track him down.

It’s still the same problem, no iron atoms can remain on Thousand Faces’ body.

So Chen Ming is not sure what Qianmian is doing or what he wants to do.

Suddenly, Chen Ming felt a slight vibration beside him.

He immediately looked outside alertly.

"Why did you sail?"

Chen Ming immediately rushed to the command room, but the left-wing elements here just lowered their heads and silently operated the spacecraft, and no one answered his questions.

Chen Ming's eyes swept across the command room.

What exactly did Zuo Jing want to do? At this time, Qianmian also hung up the video call with the terminal on the spacecraft and stood up from the bench in the park in front of the government department.

He contacted another person and said, "The person has left. We can start now. I hope the information is accurate."

"The news must be accurate. The real star domain leader of Caimo was arranged here by the Fifth Legion, while the star domain leader of Hongmo-1 is a fake one."

"good."

Qianmian let out a long breath: "By the way, I plan to take this opportunity to provoke An Wuping."

There was a questioning sound coming from the terminal: "You said before that he's been in good shape recently. This is not a good time to influence him."

"I know, the effect of that medicine is really good. I haven't seen An Wuping affected by berserker for a long time. I can't influence him with the spiritual power of the recipient."

"But precisely because of this, I want to take this opportunity to stimulate him, so that his violent disorder can at least show some initial symptoms, so that it will be easier for me to use the spiritual energy of the recipient to induce him."

"And the seeds left by the recipient when he came last time should be almost gone, right?"

The terminal immediately responded: "Yes, he said the seeds have taken root and can sprout at any time."

"That'll do."

In an empty corner of the park.

Qianmian's appearance gradually became like An Wuping's, and his height gradually matched An Wuping's.

In his pocket, he crushed the gray-green glass beads that had been condensed from the spiritual energy fluctuations scattered in daily life over the past few days.

Qianmian could feel his physical fitness improving.

When the effect of the psychic fluctuations took full effect, he pressed a button on a miniature monitoring device on his shoulder.

At this moment, on the spaceship that had just left the port, the terminal that Chen Ming had just placed aside suddenly lit up.

A screen appeared on the terminal.

Through the tiny corner of the government building revealed between the large green plants in front, Chen Ming finally realized that Qianmian was standing in that large park.

Due to the perspective problem, Chen Ming could not see Qianmian's appearance at this moment, but from the direction he was facing, he could tell what big thing Qianmian was going to do next.

"What do you want to do?"

Of course, Chen Ming's question would not get Qianmian's answer.

Qianmian just remained silent and walked step by step to the door of the government department.

Immediately, a security guard came forward and signaled Qianmian to stop: "What do you want? The government departments are under martial law recently. If you have nothing important to do, come back after this place is open for a while."

Qianmian did not respond, but suddenly reached out and broke the security guard's neck in front of his astonished eyes.

A shrill alarm sounded in front of the government office.

At that moment, all the security guards stationed at the gate opened fire on Qianmian without hesitation.

Chen Ming finally saw Qianmian's face at this moment through the surveillance video that was shot away by the bullet.

That was An Wuping's face.

"Asshole!"

When Chen Ming saw this scene, he couldn't help himself. He wanted to tear apart the hull of the spaceship he was on and land directly on the ground from space.

But he suppressed this impulsive thought when he thought of the orbital defense facilities on the planet.

After a brief thought, he chose to crush the Black Mist Heart Spirit Pearl in his hand.

Thick black fog instantly enveloped An Wuping.

Chen Ming, who had already been exposed to the black fog's psychic energy fluctuations and had a considerable understanding of the black fog, immediately mastered the use of the black fog.

His body lurked into the shadows.

And at the same time.

Qianmian has already torn apart the external defense line of the government department with the power from An Wuping.

The clothes on his body had long been torn to tatters by bullets, but he did not try to cover himself up at all. Instead, he openly exposed An Wuping's face in front of everyone.

He tore off the front armor of an armored vehicle parked in front of the government building, and smashed the torn armor plate directly at the tactical team that had just rushed out of the building on the other side.

He continued walking into the building as if nothing had happened.

The moment he walked into the building.

A wave of psychic energy swept over, and the harsh sound waves specifically surrounded Qianmian, directly tearing his eardrums that had been strengthened by An Wuping's psychic energy.

A psyker with sonic abilities.

Such a psychic can use sound to lock onto anyone who sneaks into a building, which is indeed a good way to prevent assassinations.

However, Qianmian's assassination plan this time was a frontal attack.

Qianmian covered his ears, and after confirming that he had lost his hearing, he locked onto the location along the direction of the psychic energy fluctuations.

He leaped out, punched through the second floor floor and the first wall, and pounced in front of the sonic psychic.

A fist hit his chest, causing a muffled sound that vibrated.

The sonic psychic flew out in response.

Even though he had a layer of sonic armor visible to the naked eye.

He was still seriously injured by this punch, but fortunately he was immediately dragged away by several fearless security guards.

Qianmian did not continue to chase the sonic psychic.

Because he knew why he came here.

While the smoke from the explosion had not yet completely dissipated, he rushed all the way into the depths of the government building.

Amid the shrill alarms and hail of bullets, Qianmian finally found the place he was looking for.

He kicked the ground hard, breaking three layers of ground in succession and going underground. His purpose was very clear.

Soon, he came to a closed heavy metal door.

"Inside is the safe house that protects the Star Domain Commander."

Qianmian turned his head and looked at both sides. The designer would definitely not make the wall thinner than the door when designing it.

Then this is the only way to enter.

Destroy the gate.

At present, the strength that An Wuping's spiritual energy brings to his body is not enough to tear the door apart, but there are other means.

Qianmian moved his body slightly and entered the insect state under the influence of An Wuping's spiritual power.

This time, the insect state he entered was obviously closer to An Wuping than before.

Not only did all the shells turn pitch black, but the body size also increased significantly.

This is completely different from the last time when only part of the body tissue showed the characteristics of the Thorn Zerg.

Qianmian was not sure at this time whether he had gradually become familiar with An Wuping's psychic power, or whether there was something unique about the psychic fluctuations that remained in An Wuping's normal state.

But that doesn't matter.

The important thing is that he can now use the plasma of the Aurora Wind Spirit to destroy the gate.

After the last explosion, Qianmian quickly evacuated to the other side after creating plasma on the gate.

It was not until his eardrums, which had recovered under the influence of psychic power, heard the sound of the explosion that he returned to the gate again.

The violent plasma has burned the surrounding environment into crystals.

The heavy metal door was completely twisted by the damage of the plasma.

Qianmian could already vaguely see the security guards inside who were ready to die, as well as the governor of Caimo Star Domain who was under heavy protection.

The hands covered with pitch-black shells clasped the twisted door, ready to tear it apart.

However, at this moment, a cloud of black mist suddenly exploded in the shadow below the gate.

Chen Ming finally arrived.

The moment he saw Qianmian, Chen Ming's anger reached its peak.

He grabbed Qianmian and swung him out, smashing him into another wall on the third underground floor, leaving a heavy human-shaped dent.

The dark shell on Qianmian's body cracked, and gray-green blood continued to flow out.

The next moment, Qianmian was pulled up from the ground by Chen Ming.

"You bastard!"

Qianmian could sense An Wuping's shock and anger, but he smiled instead: "Surprised? The remnants of your spiritual energy fluctuations can also be used by me."

Of course Chen Ming was surprised, but what surprised him was not this, but that Qianmian could transform into this appearance.

Neither the insect form nor the plasma ability are granted by psychic power, but are the results of the Queen's use of genes to shape the world.

How could Qianmian extract this ability from An Wuping? This is problematic.

What he was really anxious to solve was why Qianmian came here. Although Chen Ming already had a guess in his mind, he still asked knowingly: "Who is the person inside?"

Qianmian Zhaoshi said: "The star region chief of Caimo Star Region."

Chen Ming dragged Qianmian and smashed him against the wall again, growling in a low voice, "You want to kill him and put the blame on me."

"Yes, what? Any opinions?"

Qianmian was already actively provoking An Wuping with his words at this time.

Chen Ming also fulfilled Qianmian's wish, and the violent aura on his body emerged again: "If I stop you now, I can also completely clear myself.

"Yes."

Qianmian spoke the truth again and admitted it.

"But unfortunately, you were a step too late, and the black mist you brought actually helped me."

The moment Qianmian finished speaking, he turned into black mist.

In an instant, it disappeared from Chen Ming's hand and appeared in the opened safe house.

The black fog obscured everyone's vision.

Only the Star Domain Commander could see clearly that the facial shell in front of him had been broken, revealing the many faces of An Wuping's face.

In the face of death, no matter how noble a person's status is, he can only tremble with fear like an ordinary person.

Qianmian easily pierced the star domain leader's chest with his right hand.

But Chen Ming outside didn't make any move.

It’s not that he didn’t want to stop it, but at the current distance, even if he realized what Qianmian was going to do next, he couldn’t stop it.

Unless he can arrive before the gate is destroyed and stop Thousand Faces from destroying the gate.

Otherwise, once the door made of silent alloy inside is destroyed, the safe house filled with shadows inside will no longer be able to provide any protection for Qianmian.

It was also impossible for him to protect an ordinary person from Qianmian's hands.

What he just did was just venting his emotions.

No wonder Qianmian let him board the spaceship first and asked someone to drive the spaceship out.

If he comes, the black mist on his body will be taken as evidence that Zuo Jing is collaborating with An Wuping to assassinate the star domain chief.

If he doesn't come, the star domain leader will die.

It was not right to come, and it was not right not to come, so Chen Ming could only pretend to be like An Wuping.

The only solution to this situation is that he arrives early enough, and maybe he can save the Star Domain Commander.

Although this would cause Zuo Jing to become more suspicious of him.

But between the death of a star field commander and being suspected by Zuo Jing, Chen Ming would rather choose to be suspected.

Unfortunately, he had no choice.

Qianmian transformed into black mist again and came outside.

Chen Ming could see that the black shell on his body had almost recovered, and it seemed that he did possess some of the Queen of Insects' abilities.

When Qianmian saw An Wuping staying outside without any action, he said, "You are also a smart man. Things have already happened, and you can't change anything."

"Unless you want to be buried here with this man, let's go."

Shrouded in black fog, Qianmian disappeared underground, apparently trying to catch up with the spaceship that Chen Ming was on just now.

Chen Ming did not follow immediately, but turned back to look at the safe house where the black fog was gradually dissipating.

It has already happened.

Zuo Jing really dragged him into this.

The seriousness of the assassination of the star domain leader is really not comparable to the previous minor incidents.

Chen Ming felt that the evidence he left on the space station that An Wuping was a good person was not enough to extricate him from the assassination.

This can't go on.

He had to leave some evidence here, some evidence that couldn't be easily discovered.

Otherwise, once Zuo Jing obtained these evidences, he, as a person lurking in Zuo Jing, would definitely be targeted by Zuo Jing. If he encountered Qianmian or other Zuo Jing psychics at the same time, An Wuping would also have the possibility of being overturned.

Chen Ming still hasn't figured out the upper limit of Qianmian's psychic power.

Even though he had just smashed Qianmian against the wall, he couldn't say whether Qianmian's only ability was this.

You still have to use your own spiritual power.

Chen Ming looked towards the corner next to him, where he used his psychic power to create a surveillance device that was exactly the same as the one already in the government building.

A video was also recorded of the conversation between Chen Ming and Qian Mian. Although it was covered by black fog just now, the video still clearly showed that both of them were wearing An Wuping's face. This should serve as part of the evidence.

When Qianmian took photos to frame him, this time, Chen Ming also made a backup plan in advance.

But this thing is in no hurry to be discovered.

Chen Ming used a little spiritual power and buried this thing deeper underground.

At the same time, it also caused further damage to the wall next to it.

By the time the relevant personnel come to deal with it, it will take at least one or two days to dig this thing out from deep underground.

Then he also silently turned into black mist and returned to the previous spaceship.

The spacecraft entered the Caimo Star Domain before the chaos caused by the death of the star domain leader broke out completely.

Chen Ming ignored Qianmian in the captain's room and returned to the room alone, thinking about something.

The evidence he left in the basement of the government building was not enough. He needed another piece of evidence that other people could help prove.

The boss had told him before that he would not intervene directly, so Chen Ming had to choose someone else.

Then he actually has only one choice.

People from the Odan government.

The Odan government was the first person Chen Ming met under the identity of An Wuping.

Moreover, Chen Ming was able to confirm through the president that Odan had been looking for him and had some feelings about him, and seemed to have used some strange means.

Since the people in the Odan Star Region trust him so much, if he provides information to Odan now, Odan will probably selectively believe it.

And since Odan has such close contact with the president, Chen Ming can also share some information that only An Wuping knows without contacting the president.

Chen Ming is not worried about the boss, but he is still worried that An Wuping will directly contact the president and expose the situation. It would be best if there is an extra middleman.

After thinking it through, Chen Ming called the Anti-Cult Bureau again.

"I'm looking for your deputy director."

With the previous two experiences, Chen Ming directly called the operator of the Anti-Cult Bureau.

This time, the moment Chen Ming spoke, the voiceprint locking program installed in the communication equipment directly connected Chen Ming's call to the deputy director.

"An Wuping?"

"It's me."

Chen Ming responded and said, "You probably already know about my situation. It's normal for you to doubt me. I understand."

"So I'm just giving you a simple explanation. It's up to you whether you believe it or not."

"It was a psychic from Zuojing who interfered with my brain and triggered my berserker syndrome prematurely. I immediately went to the Zuojing Space Station that I had investigated before to solve the problem."

"However, when I had almost killed all of Zuo Jing, three cruisers with the local... Beniu star region government logo came over."

"They destroyed the station and pinned the blame on me."

"I sank two of the three cruisers, and one... is completely gone. You can check it out, you should be able to find something."

The deputy director believed what Chen Ming said. After all, they had already analyzed that there was something wrong with Bei Niu.

He immediately clicked a few times on the terminal next to him, issued an order, and asked Chen Ming a question he had been thinking about: "Why did you contact us now? If you need it, we can stand up and help you prove your identity."

Chen Ming explained: "Because I need to make Zuo Jing believe that I have nowhere else to go, and make them believe that I have no choice but to follow them."

"If someone else reveals his friendly attitude towards me, it is very likely that Zuo Jing will be unnecessarily wary of me."

The deputy director understood Chen Ming's meaning: "You want to solve the Zuo Jing issue by yourself? This is too..."

"Arrogant? Or crazy?"

The deputy director did not answer this question and asked again: "So why are you calling now?"

"Because Zuo Jing has caused such a big mess, I feel that the evidence I have left that I am a good person is a bit too much to cover up."

"What happened?"

"The governor of Caimo Star Territory was assassinated."

"who?"

The deputy director was stunned for a moment and tilted his head slightly, trying to hear more clearly on the phone.

"The head of the Color Ink Star Region who is staying in Red Ink-12."

"hiss--"

The deputy director took a deep breath, digested it, and asked, "Who assassinated him?"

"I."

Before the deputy director could even catch his breath, Chen Ming added, "I am disguised as a psychic from Zuo Jing."

"That psychic is codenamed Thousand Faces within the Left Path. He has the ability to acquire the abilities of other psychics, as well as the ability to disguise himself."

"I don't know your attitude, and whether you will continue to believe me after you confirm the news, but I'll say this."

"I only have one request next, don't spread this news."

The deputy director asked, "Do you still want to solve it alone?"

"I have been lurking for so long. Although I still haven't been able to gain enough trust from Zuo Jing, I don't want to give up all my efforts."

"I have some information that you don't know and I'm not in a position to tell you. I have a chance to end this matter."

The communication was disconnected.

The deputy director stared at the phone for a few seconds, then called his superiors who had direct contact with Liang Fei and Li Weiqi, who had arrived at Cai Mo two days ago and were on standby, and explained the matter.

Not long after, Liang Fei and Li Weiqi also learned the news.

"What should we do?"

Facing Li Weiqi's question, Liang Fei thought for a while and then said, "Let's cooperate first. What An Wuping did before is what a psychic who leans towards the empire should do."

"The empire is facing many internal problems right now. Hiding a person who is definitely a good person in the left path is what we should do."

"So what do we do next?"

"Following the pace of the Psychic Society's president, hasn't he already locked onto four star systems?"

(End of this chapter)