Although on the surface, the Colorful Ink Star Field grew in Hongmo-1, and the star field that was assassinated in Hongmo-12 was fake.

But for some reason, the star field commander of Hongmo-1 has not come forward to prove this.

This also caused the credibility of this news to increase a lot.

And soon, people noticed that the Empire was using various means to cut off the spread of information. After the news of the assassination of the star domain commander spread to several surrounding star domains, only some rumors remained.

But it also gave a hint to those who knew the news.

Zuo Jing’s assassination was real, and the assassin was also real.

This situation also led to a second wave of information dissemination hidden deeper in the network connecting the entire empire, which surged even faster.

Soon, the entire process of the assassination was laid out before all parties.

Since Qianmian's original intention was to drag An Wuping into the water, he didn't care about disguise at all. When he rushed into the government building, he only symbolically destroyed some surveillance on the road.

An Wuping's appearance, the plasma released after he entered the insect state causing small-scale crystallization of the surrounding environment, and the entire process of the black fog arriving and taking An Wuping away were basically recorded.

It is enough to completely label An Wuping as a Zuo Jing.

Several star region governments involved in the assassination immediately organized a joint meeting.

Since the Odan government was the first to come into contact with An Wuping and had secretly moved An Wuping's household registration, they naturally also joined the meeting.

Since the deputy director learned about An Wuping's actual situation through Chen Ming in advance, he remained silent throughout the meeting and did not join in the topic of offering a reward for An Wuping raised by the Beniu Star Region.

After all, the evidence is there. Playing dead when the wind is against you is just to put on a better face when the wind is in your favor.

The joint meeting of several star fields ended quickly.

The final conclusion is to issue a wanted notice first and arrest the person first. However, this assassination operation will involve more than just a few star regions.

The consequences of the assassination will not only affect the Caimo Star Region.

After all, if they can't even protect the supreme leader of a star field, then this incident will also deal a great blow to the credibility of the empire and the government, and will make some people who are not worthy of being in the spotlight ready to make moves.

Under such circumstances, there were even more undercurrents surging within the empire.

After the assassination operation was over, An Wuping, who was on the Zuojing spacecraft that entered Cai Mo, soon felt the existence of this undercurrent.

Although Chen Ming did nothing at this moment, because although he had clues about Zuo Jing, they were still unclear, it was not the time to defect yet.

All An Wuping could do was wait for Qianmian to take him to the place and then wait silently.

Then, one of his fleets in Caimo was attacked the moment it entered hyperspace.

The patrol team belonging to that galaxy that Chen Ming and the president mentioned before, which blocked his fleet from entering the galaxy to investigate.

They followed all the way, and after Chen Ming went to a space station for resupply, they launched an attack silently in hyperspace.

Chen Ming's first reaction when he discovered this was not anger, but confusion.

Are they here to die? Chen Ming left a total of six fleets in the empire. Although each fleet only had fifty spaceships, ten destroyers and forty frigates, it seemed that the combat power was very weak.

But these patrols were the same, a mixed fleet of destroyers and escorts, without even a cruiser.

Even if the number was three times that of his fleet, so what? Chen Ming was too lazy to even look at them.

After providing psychic support, the command of the battle was handed over to the Beta-class Afterglow Core in the fleet.

In just over ten minutes, the three times larger fleet was easily destroyed in the face of infinite ammunition, infinite shields and infinite energy.

Chen Ming suffered no losses at all.

As for what exactly is going on with this fleet.

Just use your brain a little and you will know.

Block the door in front and attack now.

It was obvious that the power of the psychic from Zuo Jing had spread to these people.

Since Zuo Jing has already let these affected people take the initiative to launch attacks, instead of choosing to hide behind and do things silently or secretly block them.

That really means that Zuo Jing’s plan has reached the final stage.

That is the end that Qianmian mentioned when he was contacting someone unknown before.

They should have found a suitable place to stay, most likely at the four places marked by the president.

The others who were affected by Zuo Jing should also be taking action soon, and the Caimo Star Region will probably be in chaos soon.

Chen Ming did not go to clean up the battlefield, which was a pure waste of time.

Wasting time is equivalent to following Zuo Jing's wishes.

So Chen Ming simply stopped restraining himself and directly modified all his spaceships in the Caimo Star Region with hyperspace channel jump systems on the spot.

The six fleets were reorganized into four, and headed for the four galaxies marked by the president.

Wait until the hyperspace channel jump is completed.

Chen Ming discovered that the situations of these four galaxies cannot be said to be very similar, but can only be said to be exactly the same.

All four galaxies were surrounded by the fleet.

The sensors are absolutely capable of completely blocking the edge of the entire galaxy without any blind spots.

However, the fleet outside was not in a hurry to go in at this time.

Maybe it was because of the president’s previous request.

It is said that we have to wait until we have the ability to directly attack Zuo Jing and completely end Zuo Jing before going in, so as not to give Zuo Jing a chance to struggle to death.

However, Chen Ming soon discovered that this was not the case.

Because the number of fleets surrounding these galaxies has reached an outrageous level.

Moreover, even if one looked with the naked eye, in addition to the fleets of the Fifth Legion, there were also some fleets that had never been seen before, keeping a safe distance from the Fifth Legion.

It seems that other organizations have intervened.

In addition to guarding against possible left paths in the galaxy, the Fifth Legion must also prevent these people from entering the galaxy earlier than them.

Are they about to find their target, so they want to come over and get a piece of the pie? If that's the case, then these people are really disgusting.

Chen Ming evaluated it in his heart and ordered his fleet to move closer to the fleet cluster at the edge of the galaxy.

The arrival of the Afterglow Fleet naturally attracted most of the attention.

Among the four galaxies, the Fifth Legion located in the Lusi galaxy suddenly sent a notification to the surrounding fleet groups, directly pulling Chen Ming's fleet into the range of friendly forces.

There was no movement in the other three places for the time being. Chen Ming just asked the fleets there to stay at a safe distance for the time being and left them alone.

Anyway, the main force to solve the problems in Caimo Star Domain is the Fifth Legion, so he is happy to cooperate.

But just when he was about to take the initiative to contact the commander of the Fifth Legion's fleet that surrounded the Lusi star field.

The president suddenly called.

Chen Ming temporarily stopped contacting the Fifth Legion in the Luxi Star Region and turned to answer the president's call.

The president seemed to have something urgent to do, and asked Chen Ming quickly, "Do you know about the assassination?"

"I think I know. News spreads quickly."

"That's good to know. I have something important to do next, so I'll tell you what I need to tell you first, and you can handle it later."

The president didn't say what important thing he was going to do. If there was something necessary, the president wouldn't hide it.

So Chen Ming didn't ask any further questions and waited for the president to continue.

"Let me tell you the most important news first, about Zuo Jing's movements."

Chen Ming immediately asked expectantly when he heard Zuo Jing: "Have you determined their exact location?"

The president shook his head and poured cold water on Chen Ming: "No, no matter how precise it is, there is no way to pinpoint these four star systems. They are in these four star systems and they definitely can't get away. Right now, we are mainly dispatching personnel."

"The Fifth Legion is actually short of manpower?"

"It's because of what Zuo Jing did."

"Their people infiltrated the communication network management department of Caimo Star Region and used the authority of the Caimo Star Region government to release a video."

"What video?"

"They uploaded a video introducing their research results on dimensional infection and the supporting research files to a public academic resource exchange website."

"They explained directly that they were conducting research on using the Mind Beast Project to make people resistant to dimensional infection, and use the resistance to gain power from dimensional infection."

"These things were basically blocked as soon as they were released. It's normal that you don't know about them, but many people have already seen the contents."

Chen Ming didn't expect that Zuo Jing would just throw out what they had researched.

He raised his thoughts to the president with some uncertainty: "Wouldn't it be equivalent to directly releasing the manufacturing plan of a nuclear bomb if it was made public? Moreover, the manufacturing technology of this nuclear bomb can be said to be a force with a little scientific research level, or even an individual has a certain ability to manufacture it?"

"You can think so, but it doesn't matter. What matters is the last words they said."

"The power of dimensional infection can be taken away."

"And I've seen it. There's nothing wrong with their research results. The power of dimensional infection can indeed be successful as long as it cooperates with Zuo Jing's research, and it can indeed be seized by others."

"Because this power does not originate from the psyker itself, but from the dimensionally infected flesh."

"No matter what, the consequences of Zuo Jing's success are definitely not what we want to see."

Can be captured.

When he heard these words, Chen Ming already understood what Zuo Jing wanted to do.

This is their blatant conspiracy, to make the empire blinded by the benefits of this force that can affect the entire empire.

As for the deeper reason why they did this, Chen Ming estimated that it was probably what Qianmian had revealed in his words during the previous phone call.

They need time.

“They want to delay.”

The president immediately agreed: "They really want to delay time and muddy the waters."

"It's not a big deal that they released the entire process of the cloning experiment. The Empire was able to basically block the materials, and there is also a cloning ban, so the situation can be controlled."

"Now it's mainly because Zuo Jing is almost done with a finished product, and this finished product can be plundered by others."

"Many people have been fooled and have started to have inappropriate thoughts and want to get involved."

"But they simply don't understand how much risk a force from dimensional infection would bring."

Now Chen Ming understood why there were so many fleets that did not belong to the Fifth Legion near the four galaxies marked by the president.

"In order to stop those people, the Fifth Legion obviously does not have enough manpower near those four star systems."

"And there is another question. Who can guarantee that there are no people in the Fifth Legion who have been affected by the Left Path Psyker?"

"You and the psykers in our association are the few people I can trust 100% right now, so I'm going to tell you in advance. Your fleet may be able to play a role when the time comes."

The president feels extremely troubled by the current chaotic situation in Caimo and even in the empire, but he still has to do his best.

"Anyway, due to the assassination and the influence of the psychic in Zuo Jing, the Fifth Legion has begun to accumulate internal conflicts. They are generally in a state of madness. Try not to provoke them."

"As for the others... they are just those people anyway."

"It seems that the neighboring star regions all have the idea of ​​intervening. After all, the losses here belong to Cai Mo, but the gains may belong to them. Some companies even have the intention of coming here to mix things up."

"It could be due to the influence of Zuo Jing, or it could be that they themselves have such thoughts."

"The only good news now is that although the psychic from Zuojing may have brainwashed many people in the empire, there are always some people with strong wills, and his mental strength is definitely not enough to support him to control all those he has influenced."

Hearing this, Chen Ming couldn't help but say, "I have a question. Didn't the Fifth Legion come here to deal with Cai Mo's affairs according to the wishes of the empire?"

"No matter who the fleets that dare to come and besiege the galaxy are, can't we force them to leave? If all else fails, we can just use force. Do these people still dare to resist?"

The president explained: "First of all, military force is not an option, because most of the Fifth Legion's fleet was previously blocking the star field."

"Although we have now completely locked onto the galaxy, it will take time for those combat forces to be transferred over."

"If a battle breaks out right now, it will lead to unnecessary losses, and it may even allow people from Zuo Jing to take the opportunity to escape from the galaxy."

"As for the order, that brings me to another matter I was about to tell you."

"Inside the Caimo Star Region, some star regions that originally belonged to the Caimo Star Region jointly issued a statement,"

"They said that they opposed the nominal blockade of the Caimo Star Region by the organization led by the Fifth Legion, which was actually a separatist act, and condemned the Fifth Legion's actions for causing significant losses to the star region."

"There are even some people from the former Fifth Legion who came forward to support their actions."

"ah?"

Chen Ming was completely stunned when he heard this. He was thinking that he had only been on the spaceship for a few hours, so how come so many things happened outside? He confirmed again with some uncertainty: "They said that the Fifth Legion's behavior was separatism?"

The president said affirmatively: "Yes."

"Aren't they really rebelling?"

"The rebellion also took up some of the Fifth Legion's energy, so those people near the four star systems must have gotten the news and come here. They're all fence-sitters who follow the wind, right?"

"When they see benefits, they come and take advantage of them. Once the situation becomes unfavorable, they flee in all directions."

"This was definitely done by Zuo Jing. What is the Empire's attitude?"

"The word rebellion cannot be used lightly."

The president agreed with Chen Ming's point of view, and then asked him the last question: "What do you think?"

Chen Ming directly thought about the worst possible scenario: "Is there going to be a civil war?"

"That's about right. The scale shouldn't be too large. It should only be limited to the Caimo Star Region."

"After all, psychics are limited to mental power, so it's unlikely that they can create so many brainwashed people in other places. But if the psychic in Zuo Jing succeeds, it's hard to say what will happen."

To be honest, Chen Ming now finds it difficult to imagine the extremely bad situation that would occur if Zuo Jing really succeeded.

So even for his own sake, he had to deal with Zuo Jing.

"In fact, I also felt it here. There are spaceships from the galactic government attacking my fleet. Since it is said to be a rebellion, the Empire should take action against these actions, right?"

The president hesitated for a moment. After all, Chen Ming's question was too straightforward. After thinking about it, he decided to say, "So what I'm going to do next is related to what's happening. Just keep it to yourself. Don't say anything nonsense.

"After this incident, Cai Mo will definitely have to go through a major change."

"And there will definitely be a lot of bloodshed before the blood transfusion,"

"We must fight a civil war. Even if we can't win it, we must at least delay it so that others can focus on dealing with Zuo Jing."

Listening to the president's words, Chen Ming suddenly discovered the most ridiculous thing.

That is, up to now, the people belonging to the Empire don’t even know who the target of the upcoming civil war will be.

No one knows who will be exposed as having been brainwashed by left-wing elements in the next moment and point the gun at his former comrade-in-arms.

"Left path..."

Chen Ming muttered with emotion, and suddenly subconsciously determined the location of the cloaked man.

His perception was still as vague as before, but at least he could be sure that the cloaked man was still inside the Caimo Star Region, and was still in the approximate location near the four galaxies previously determined by the president.

At least now the direction of dealing with the left path is correct, and we have to start from these places.

All Chen Ming can do now is wait.

Wait for the combat power of the Fifth Legion to arrive.

Wait until they find the true location of Zuo Jing.

Waiting for the full-scale offensive against Zuo Jing to begin.

When civil war really breaks out.

Wait until An Wuping arrives at the destination on Zuojing's spaceship.

At least now the spaceship An Wuping was on was heading towards its destination.

Before ending the communication.

Chen Ming asked the president one last question: "What should we do when we confirm the location of the left path?"

Chen Ming didn't know much about the Fifth Legion, nor was he clear about the president's working style, so he asked this question.

The president's answer was simple: "It depends on luck. If you are lucky, it will be solved in about five minutes after you find the location."

"Unlucky... then a psychic may have to sacrifice himself. Not everyone can survive the dimensional infection."

Ended the correspondence with the president.

Chen Ming has nothing to do for the time being.

Although he has fleets on standby in four galaxies.

But there was no way he could break in and risk being fired upon by the fleets from all sides that were watching from the entire galaxy, and also risk Zuo Jing being driven crazy.

He could only wait for the Fifth Legion's response, and then wait for the president to finish his work before giving a final conclusion.

Chen Ming could notice that an increasing number of organized fleets belonging to the Fifth Legion were entering the four star systems.

Even in hyperspace, more and more Fifth Legion fleets are on standby at all times.

The atmosphere in the four galaxies has become only solemn and murderous.

Time passed faster than Chen Ming thought.

A few hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Although the form of a galaxy seems to be on the verge of exploding, there has never been the right time for this "touch".

Both the Fifth Legion and those fleets that dared to stay on the edge of the galaxy and whose fleet strength was gradually reduced due to the Fifth Legion's fleet strength seemed to be waiting for something.

Chen Ming felt as if his spirit was being stretched to the limit while waiting, and it could be broken at any time.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the spaceship An Wuping was riding on began to slow down, as if it was about to reach its destination.

Through the cosmic environment around the spacecraft, Chen Ming could confirm that although he was no longer in those four galaxies at this time, he was nearby those four galaxies.

It turned out that Zuo Jing couldn't really send him to the most important place. At this time, he must take him out and use him as bait.

Chen Ming had nothing to say. He controlled An Wuping, picked up the terminal and watched silently.

Even though it was not Chen Ming's own terminal, he could still see some scattered news about the Caimo Star Region.

However, the news is disappearing rapidly, and the Caimo Star Region is gradually becoming a world isolated from the outside world.

An Wuping's expression gradually became calm, but seemed a little desperate.

Qianmian, who was watching An Wuping through surveillance, also took out a terminal, contacted his old acquaintance and said, "We are almost there, and An Wuping seems to have given up."

The terminal immediately responded: "The recipient said that he has used psychic power. Go check him out. Maybe there is a chance."

"knew."

Qianmianzhan stood up and walked towards An Wuping's room.

Chen Ming was still flipping through the terminal at this time. After losing many sources of information, he was mainly looking at the evidence left by Qianmian before, as well as the various bounties flying around.

Chen Ming even spent his own money to offer a reward for An Wuping.

When Qianmian came in, he happened to see the bounty information displayed on the terminal in An Wuping's hand.

Qianmian did not test An Wuping directly, but just said: "Now that we are here, get ready to work. I hope you will not violate our cooperation terms."

An Wuping asked with an expression of resignation, "What do you want me to do?"

"Come out and see for yourself."

(End of this chapter)