Li Sheng raised his hand and blocked all the words his deputy was about to say.

Now that he has given the order, there is no way he can stop halfway.

not to mention.

"I just need you to say that we didn't detect An Wuping's biological signal, so we concluded that An Wuping died in the battle with the Zuojing psychic. Is that difficult?"

The deputy felt a headache when he thought that An Wuping's death might lead to several forces, especially the Psychic Society and the two forces from the Odan Star Region, coming to question him.

If there was clear evidence that An Wuping died in the battle, it would be fine. He would have enough excuses to shirk responsibility.

But the situation is obviously different now.

It was Li Shengxian who gave the order to open fire and clean the ground.

The key point is that An Wuping might have died under Li Sheng's order after the battle with the psychic from Zuo Jing.

Mr. Li is the commander and is basically only responsible for combat matters.

But as Li Sheng's deputy, he naturally needs to be responsible for civilian matters, which means that he needs to face the doubts and questions from these two parties.

The key is that the Odan star field is fine. The Odan side is purely relying on shameless means to get involved in the Cai Mo matter, and their main demands can be blocked.

Moreover, judging from its location, the Odan star field has nothing to do with Cai Mo. The Fifth Legion does not need to pay too much attention to the forces of the star field that are not doing things nearby.

But psychic societies are different.

Although the Psychic Society has always been a loose organization, it has always kept pace with the Empire.

There are some people who are trying to take advantage of the situation within the association, but there are more psychics who are willing to do things that benefit the empire when necessary, that is, when their own interests are in line with the interests of the empire.

The president of the Psychic Society can currently be considered one of the top psychics in the entire empire.

Such a force cannot be simply dispatched by anyone.

The main reason why their Fifth Legion was able to have the final say in Cai Mo's incident this time was that the incident had become a big deal, and the situation was urgent and they had to require the support of a legion.

If this incident only happened in a few star systems from beginning to end, and on a smaller scale, then their Fifth Legion would not have any advantage at all, let alone seize a certain voice from the Psychic Society.

It is possible to prevent the psychic society from getting too involved. After all, the scope of the matter is too large and the psychic society cannot control it comprehensively.

But psychic associations must be respected.

The Psychic Society's attitude towards An Wuping was also quite friendly, which was completely opposite to theirs.

Considering all these factors, the deputy said to Li Sheng in a rather awkward manner: "It's mainly because it's hard to explain to other people."

"Others? Explain? What to explain? If a person is dead, there is no need to explain to others."

Li Sheng was of course aware of his deputy's thoughts, so he used the president's words to block his mouth and said, "You know the warning given by the president of the Psychic Society, right?"

"An Wuping has experienced two dimensional infections. Each dimensional infection is equivalent to providing a coordinate for another dimension."

"If such a person is alive, he may still have some value and someone will protect him, but if he dies, no one will care at all."

"Can……"

As soon as the deputy opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Li Sheng with a hint of anger: "Zuo Jing's recipient is dead, his psychic effect is completely ineffective, the power of dimensional infection is gone, all our previous losses and all our efforts are in vain."

"In the end, the biggest beneficiary turned out to be a person who had nothing to do with him, Odan. Can you accept this situation?"

The deputy remained silent and did not dare to respond. He certainly knew how much losses their Fifth Legion had suffered, and he also knew how heavy such losses were for Li Sheng.

Even their main fleet experienced a certain degree of civil unrest before setting out, and no one could deny the pain they suffered.

“But why would the biggest beneficiary be Odan?”

Li Sheng pointed at his deputy's nose and asked, "Let me ask you, what is the biggest benefit we can get from this incident in Caimo Star Region?"

The deputy didn't care about Li Sheng's attitude, after all, he was used to it.

He thought about it carefully for a while, and asked tentatively: "How to solve the left path?"

Li Sheng denied it, saying, "Solving the left path will benefit everyone."

"Those research results published by Zuo Jing? Our Fifth Legion has unprecedented control over the Caimo Star Region. We can rely on the samples left by Zuo Jing in the Caimo Star Region to conduct research."

"Everyone has the research plans for dimensional infection. When Zuo Jing publishes those things, he doesn't care who has access to these plans."

"We can't preserve those samples at all. They will eventually fall into the hands of other forces."

"Whether it's the Psychic Society or the Brahma Institute, they both have the ability to snatch these things from us."

"And don't ignore one person, Hu Yi. There is something wrong with his logic. It's obvious that his overall view is fine, but he tends to make mistakes on small matters that Aunt Xu makes quick decisions on."

"Most people wouldn't do this. Someone is teaching him how to do things behind the scenes."

"Hu Yi was taken to another galaxy by Zuo Jing before. Like An Wuping, he was used by Zuo Jing as bait to distract our combat power."

The deputy said: "I remember that galaxy..."

"Our fleet lost the battle in that galaxy and left the entire galaxy to Zuo Jing. The strongest person in that galaxy is Hu Yi."

"Before An Wuping killed the psychic in Zuojing, news had already come from there that the galaxy had been recaptured."

"Who did it? It could only be him."

Li Sheng answered his own question and commented on Hu Yi as if he was very familiar with him: "The difference between him and An Wuping is that An Wuping will clean up things that violate human morality and ethics."

"This can be seen from what An Wuping did. In all the Zuo Jing bases that he visited, no Zuo Jing people survived, and no Zuo Jing research results survived."

"An Wuping's attitude towards these things is to completely clean them up, leaving only some paper evidence to prove that these studies existed."

"But for Hu Yi, since he was able to cooperate with people who were connected to Zuo Jing before, it is definitely not a problem for him to keep these samples on the Zuo Jing space station now."

"And Hu Yi has never been removed from the Psychic Society's list... Do you remember how Hu Yi ended up on the Psychic Society's wanted list?"

Without waiting for his deputy to answer, Li Sheng answered himself: "Hu Yi took the initiative to assist in attacking Chen Ming, who has a close relationship with the president of the Psychic Society and is also the most outstanding newcomer of the new generation of the Psychic Society, and was not expelled."

"Think carefully about what's going on inside."

Li Sheng said in a warning tone: "So we are not the only force that has obtained the Zuojing research samples. This is not our greatest benefit. Keep thinking."

The deputy had already figured out the answer from what Li Sheng had just said: "Is that An Wuping himself?"

This time, Mr. Li did not refute and admitted, "It's him."

"A Level 5 psychic who just returned from disappearance, has no faction affiliation, can hide and endure, has survived two dimensional infections, and killed the source of the dimensional infection, and has the ability to kill multiple high-level psychics of the Left Path in succession. Isn't such a person the biggest benefit in this incident?"

"Think again about how An Wuping got here?"

The deputy quickly gave an answer based on the recorded content: "After clearing out a Zuojing space station in the Odan star field, he ran all the way to Caimo openly. He was framed by Zuojing on the way and got to the Caimo star field by mixing with Zuojing. Finally, he entered the hyperspace through his own body and came to Luxi through some kind of psychic ability."

After that, the deputy added: "Only the last paragraph of the record is a little vague, the rest are certain."

Li Sheng asked: "So he is related to the forces involved in this Caimo incident?"

"No one, except for Odan who has nothing to do with Caimo's affairs."

"That's right."

"He helped Odan, and Odan helped him."

"The last time Zuo Jing plotted against him, Odan also had a negative attitude towards his betrayal and joining Zuo Jing."

"Just a while ago, two An Wupings appeared at Yunluo's power supply tower. After confirming that one of them was a fake and was disguised by Zuo Jing, Aodan was the first to jump out and clear An Wuping's name."

"Do you still remember that Odan secretly changed An Wuping's place of origin? Odan had become a joke before, dragging a Level 5 psychic who committed a serious crime to his own star domain."

"Who would have thought that we would be the ones to become the joke in the end?"

“We suffered the greatest loss, but failed to gain the greatest benefit.”

"There is a connection between Ao Dan and An Wuping that we don't know about, so where do you think An Wuping will go in the end? Who will get the most benefit?"

The deputy already understood Li Sheng's idea. If he couldn't get it, then no one else could want it either.

Although it is a bit harsh, it is indeed an option that can be chosen when necessary.

but……

"…Why don't we try to recruit An Wuping?"

"I tried."

The deputy was stunned. How come he didn't know about this?

Li Sheng explained: "I specifically looked for the people who were closest to An Wuping. They were the ones I sent out to find Zuo Jing's recipients. You know them."

The deputy suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

How could he not know about the people Li Sheng sent out? Each of them was a psychic, and each of them was arrogant and of poor quality.

If it weren't for Mr. Li who always helped them clean up the mess, they would definitely have offended a lot of people.

It's okay to give them some combat reconnaissance and infiltration tasks.

Giving them the task of recruiting civilians and asking them to find An Wuping, isn't this a joke? The deputy was about to speak a few words to persuade Li Sheng to stop whitewashing Yun Luoxing and send some suitable people to try to recruit An Wuping.

Mr. Li tapped his fingers lightly on the table next to him.

The deputy raised his head slightly and saw Li Sheng's eyes.

There are complex emotions in this look.

But the deputy could clearly see the dissuasion in his eyes, telling the deputy not to say anything more.

The deputy could also clearly see the ruthlessness in the deepest part of Li Sheng's eyes.

He immediately lowered his head and closed his lips.

The situation was clear. It was Mr. Li who deliberately asked those guys to recruit An Wuping.

Mr. Li seemed to have some additional purpose.

The deputy didn't understand the reason, but Li Sheng had more seniority in the Fifth Corps than him, had been there longer than him, and had made greater contributions than him.

As Mr. Li's deputy, he should just assist Mr. Li in his work. He should only point out any doubts when Mr. Li has clearly made any fundamental mistakes.

Now this is nothing.

Moreover, when their Fifth Legion was internally deciding whether to obtain the power of this dimensional infection released by Zuo Jing.

This proposal was the most crucial vote cast by Mr. Li.

He also sent important trusted men to work on the planet occupied by Zuo Jing, which was at risk of dimensional infection at any time.

It can be said that Mr. Li is greedy for credit, but the danger he faces is also real.

Such a person,

They will definitely not do anything that is harmful to the Fifth Legion as a whole.

The deputy looked at Li Sheng with eyes full of trust.

Li Sheng slowed down his tone of voice when he saw this: "So this is no longer my own preference, but a problem of our Fifth Legion."

"The biggest loss, the smallest gain, and everyone will laugh at us."

"I am also reluctant to do this kind of thing."

"Anyway, An Wuping is a psychic who has an extreme hatred for Zuo Jing, which is good."

"But it's not good for us. His presence will make us lose our prestige, so we have no choice."

We...

The deputy immediately felt that he understood something and nodded.

"Then let's do this. You go and handle this matter. If necessary, just play dead and get scolded a few times and it will be over."

"Learn more from those politicians. They are thicker-skinned than the armor of a battleship. As long as they are thick-skinned enough and do not cross the bottom line, what can't they do?"

The deputy completely understood what Li Sheng meant. He was ready to handle the whole matter and turned to leave the command room.

However, just a dozen meters after he walked out of the command room, he suddenly thought of a problem.

What if An Wuping was still alive? If a psychic like this survived, wouldn't that cause even more problems for their prestige? He wanted to turn around and ask, but in the end he didn't turn around.

Mr. Li always has his reasons for doing things, and he should have thought about various possible developments before he gave the order to do something.

Or make plans to ensure that a certain situation never happens.

He continued walking out.

Mr. Li in the command room was looking at the door that had just closed, wondering in his mind whether he should replace his deputy with one who would not have so many problems.

While Mr. Li and his deputy in the command room were explaining the reasons for what he did.

Chen Ming was still driving on the way to the aerospace airport.

However, the speed of ground vehicles is too slow compared to the speed of battleships sweeping the ground in space.

According to Chen Ming's calculations, if he continued at this speed, he would definitely not have enough time to reach the airport and find a suitable spacecraft to escape.

If he chose to enter the insect state, his mental strength would not be enough to support him to reach the nearest airport or directly leave the planet's atmosphere.

Even if we dig underground, we cannot dig deep enough to withstand the thermal pulse laser.

It really seems too late.

An Wuping seems to be dead.

Fortunately, the impact is not that great. An Wuping is just a prosthesis after all. He is meant to replace Chen Ming to do some dangerous things that he is not comfortable doing personally. Death should be the fate of a prosthesis.

Just wait quietly for death and then come back to get a new one.

It’s a pity that the fused source of chaos in An Wuping’s heart was lost.

It's gone before you can use it.

wrong.

Speaking of the source of chaos, Chen Ming suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a spiritual power that could save An Wuping's life.

When a psychic is about to die, his body is passively transformed into a body of pure spiritual force.

Although his mental power seems to be insufficient now, if he accumulates mental power from now on and only transforms part of the body, he should be able to protect a small part of the body.

As long as he can protect a part of it, such as the most core Zerg core that has integrated the origin of chaos, that is, An Wuping's heart, An Wuping can survive.

Although he didn't know whether the protective prosthesis would affect Chen Ming's own mental state, how could he know if he didn't try it? His ability to sense danger was not free.

After Chen Ming thought of this, he immediately calmed down, stopped all actions that might deplete his mental power, and silently waited for his mental power to recover.

While waiting, Chen Ming suddenly thought of something else, that is, his prosthesis at the branch of the 14th Corps was still on the phone with the president, and the communication had not been disconnected.

So Chen Ming immediately asked the president a question that he was very concerned about: "Who was the commander of the Fifth Army who ordered the cleanup?"

"Why are you asking that?"

Chen Ming couldn't say that he was looking for a chance to retaliate after An Wuping was not saved, so he immediately made up an excuse and said, "Ask, An Wuping had the same goal as us, but in the end he was stabbed in the back by this person. I don't want to follow in An Wuping's footsteps."

This answer was reasonable and logical, and the president did not doubt it and told Chen Ming the answer: "A commander from the fifth headquarters, named Li Sheng."

"He was supposed to go to the front line to take turns with the Seventh Legion, but the Fifth Legion was badly hurt this time. I guess the Seventh Legion will continue to stay at the front line until the Fifth Legion recovers."

"The Fifth Legion will definitely not be traveling around during this period. You won't have much chance to run into him. Even if he does something mean, it won't affect you. Don't pay too much attention to him."

"knew."

Chen Ming wrote down the name of Li Sheng in his little notebook.

Mr. Li is in the spotlight recently, so it is definitely not easy to target him.

But as long as the heat of Cai Mo's incident dies down after a while, with him in the dark and Li Sheng in the light, he will always have a chance to take revenge.

Let’s put personal matters aside for now.

Chen Ming continued to ask about the official business that the Psychic Society was doing now: "How many psychics were exposed to dimensional infection this time? Will the pressure on you to prevent and control dimensional infection be too great?"

"Don't worry about this. I have already made a lot of preparations here."

"And those psychics all know that their lives are their own, so there's no need to fill in the gaps for others."

"Many people were evacuated as soon as the problem appeared on Yunluo Star. The number of psychics who were not evacuated and were actually exposed to the dimensional infection was not large, and they could all be checked out."

"At that time, the names of these people will be listed separately, and we will find an opportunity to manage them in a unified or decentralized manner. As long as they don't come into contact with matters related to dimensional infection again, it will be fine."

"Don't worry too much about prevention and treatment issues."

"The number of people who survive among those who have been exposed to the dimensional infection is much smaller than you think."

Chen Ming interrupted and asked, "How many psychics have experienced dimensional infection?"

"There are already more than twenty psychics. If we include the ones that may come in the future, the total number is expected to be no more than forty."

"In the end, there will probably be no more than twenty people left alive."

Chen Ming asked in surprise: "Even the death rate of psychics is so high?"

"Yes, it seems that many people have come into contact with the dimensional infection and survived, but their survival is only temporary."

"If they cannot use their psychic powers to completely protect themselves until they are out of the direct influence of the dimensional infection, even if they relax for half a second, the dimensional infection will completely penetrate into their bodies."

"Even if we can get timely treatment and perform organ removal surgery, the survival rate won't be very high."

"This is because the target of this dimensional infection is the intestines. If it were other organs, the consequences would be more serious and the mortality rate would be even higher."

"These are the results I analyzed through the data model I built, and they should be very similar to the actual situation."

Chen Ming really didn't know much about how to improve the survival rate of psychics affected by dimensional infection. After all, as far as he knew, he and the president were the only psychics who had survived the dimensional infection so far, and the president was the only one who would specialize in this.

But this did not stop him from proposing an idea: "Can cryo-hibernation temporarily prevent the spread of dimensional infection?"

"No, a person is dormant, but a dimension infection won't happen. Once a psychic is infected by a dimension, surgery must be performed immediately. A slight delay may lead to a full infection of the organ and spread to other organs."

"The effects of the dimensional infection have become serious. There is no difference between psykers and ordinary people."

Chen Ming couldn't help but say: "This is like a special kind of cancer."

"Cancer has long been conquered, and cancer cells will not get up on the operating table and fight with doctors."

"So this is another reason that limits the survival rate of psykers infected by the dimension. We don't have that many doctors who at least have some psionic abilities and can use the equipment I designed to protect themselves."

"It's possible to use medical robots and ordinary psychics together, but it's definitely not as efficient as a professional psychic doctor."

"So there are really few people who can survive the dimensional infection."

“There is no need for prevention and treatment.”

Just as Chen Ming's Fourteenth Legion's prosthesis was discussing the matter of dimensional infection with the president.

An Wuping had already stopped the car and was waiting quietly by the roadside.

Constantly gathering spiritual energy, preparing to become spiritual.

Of course, there is also the possibility that the spiritualization is ineffective and An Wuping is directly vaporized by the thermal pulse laser.

After all, the black fog psychic energy can be restricted by strong light, and it is still unknown whether some life-saving psychic energy can be effective under the bombardment of the main weapons of the battleship.

While Chen Ming was resting in place, some flesh and blood monsters were tracking the noise he made along the way and gradually approaching, trying to assimilate An Wuping as a part of them.

And further away, the red meteors that were powerful enough to destroy a shield-activated cruiser with a single shot were constantly leaving horrific scars on the surface.

Chen Ming could even see two or three scattered shuttlecrafts, belonging to unknown forces, leaving the planet in a hurry.

I don’t know whether these psychics who were notified too late and have definitely been infected by the dimension can seize this last chance.

Chen Ming didn't care about them. To him, An Wuping's spiritualization was the most important thing.

Just as his heartbeat gradually slowed down and he completely concentrated his mind to face the impending danger.

He suddenly noticed a shuttle that was still taking off in the distance. It suddenly seemed to notice him, turned a nearly right angle, and flew towards him at high speed.

Standing at the edge of the shuttle's open hatch was Liang Fei, the psychic from the Odan star field who had been chasing An Wuping all the way.

Liang Fei was seen holding one hand in the cabin and stretching out the other hand.

A chain made of psychic energy fluctuations appeared from his palm and he threw it towards An Wuping.

"Hold on tight!"

(End of this chapter)