Baiquan has already stated the conditions that the Legion is willing to offer.

This is indeed the result that Chen Ming wants to see, but it is not a result he can accept.

The Legion still hadn't given in enough and was still trying to bargain.

To put it simply, it’s just two words.

That’s it?

"I don't accept it."

Chen Ming said to Bai Quan: "It's not targeting you, it's just that what the legion wants to do is not enough for me."

Bai Quan spread his hands and said, "I got these promises before I came here. Anyway, I am just a messenger now. Just tell me what you want to say."

Chen Ming didn't rush to state his request, but asked, "Who is in charge of handling this matter now?"

"Qiu Bowen, General, he is the psychic who was chasing you before."

"general?"

"right."

"I am very curious about his attitude towards this matter as a general. I mean his attitude before I did anything."

Bai Quan recalled what had just happened and said, "He said that he knew about this matter, but he chose to acquiesce because he thought this should be a competition of conscience, allowing Xinghe Xinghai and you to experience the filth of political struggle. He also said that he misjudged your psychological bottom line."

After hearing this, Chen Ming said with a disgusted tone: “A general, they started monitoring me on my first day here and found out that someone was planning an action against me.”

"Instead of stopping it, you let it go. Do you want to use this opportunity to let me experience the filth of political struggle?"

"What is he?"

"If the investigation had not revealed that this matter had nothing to do with the general, I really doubt what he would have done."

"You said I misjudged my bottom line. I've never seen anyone test a spring directly on a steamroller."

"Anyway, I think he is just testing my bottom line to see how much I can endure, and then he will jump around my bottom line."

"I have to pay a price for my work in the army. Now that my bottom line has been tested, can I pay as little as possible in the future?"

"Let me see the darkness of politics, bullshit."

"You have troubles that I see every day over there, and you want him to come?"

"And he also used Cheng Xinghai and Cheng Xinghe."

As Chen Ming spoke, there was suddenly a hint of questioning in his tone, questioning Bai Quan's attitude towards his adopted son and daughter.

Bai Quan's expression suddenly became a little gloomy.

He pulled Chen Ming to the corner of the lecture hall and said, "You and I look at things differently."

"In my opinion, this is a very targeted and disgusting trick, and it will not succeed."

"Xinghe will definitely come out soon. No one will remember the rumor in two or three days at most. It may even be debunked in less than a day."

"Even if this matter is purely handed over to me, the most I can do is arrest a few people and reach some exchange of interests in the end. We can get a little advantage here. After all, they were the first to take action. The matter will be over then."

"Of course I completely understand your thoughts. It's normal for you to feel disgusted. It's also normal for you to think that I didn't care about the galaxy."

"But I have to say, if he hadn't been in charge of commanding the Mechanical Race's interstellar war, I would have turned against him a long time ago."

"If I lost my identity, I would just beat him up."

“My identity limits me.”

"I can't just think about myself and my family."

"I have to consider the survival of an entire faction."

"My old boss is going to retire. He raised me and trained me. Protecting his faction is my responsibility."

identity……

Chen Ming already felt the pressure brought by his identity.

He is now just a colonel of the 14th Legion and has to face all kinds of complex problems and be restricted by various rules.

Baiquan had already begun to experience this situation earlier.

“Is this what you wanted?”

"It's certainly not what I wanted, but it's what I had to do and I tried my best."

Baiquan's voice seemed to reveal fatigue: "Look at the sea of ​​stars."

"Why have I been hinting at Xinghai to you recently?"

"The most important thing is that Xinghai must choose a marriage partner in the next few years."

"This is her inevitable fate, so I must find the best solution within these limitations."

"You are the best."

"Secondly, I don't know if Xinghai has talked to you about this, but she likes the battlefield."

Chen Ming nodded: "We talked about it. She asked me if I minded this kind of thing, and my answer was that she could do whatever she wanted."

"You can say that, but I can't."

Baiquan sighed and said, "I am actually quite reluctant to let Xinghai go to the battlefield, but I can't stop her."

"She's going to be a senior soon, and the Mechanic War is about to begin. Galo will be her next position on the battlefield."

"I can't guarantee that she will survive on the battlefield unless she stays in the rear."

"But Xinghai won't be willing to stay behind."

"The last time she went to the battlefield, I did a lot of secret protection."

"But only small-scale battlefields can be used as protective measures."

"The main battlefield between the Galo Star Region and the Mechanical Race is a real battlefield, without any protective measures."

"I can't protect her, but I hope someone can protect her for me."

"You can protect her."

"You are a psyker."

Chen Ming listened to Bai Quan's words, and his tone subconsciously lowered: "Psychics are not invincible either."

"But it's enough to protect one person on the battlefield."

"The reason behind these is profit."

"We no longer have a closer relationship without Xinghai marrying you."

"But if you marry Xinghai, it will be good for you, me, and our entire faction."

Although Chen Ming was disgusted on the first day he came to the headquarters, he could not deny that marriage did have its benefits.

The faction's personnel are not only in the headquarters, but Chen Ming can get help from anyone from the Baiquan faction in other places.

Because after the marriage, Chen Ming became a complete member of the Baiquan faction.

At the same time, he is also a member of the legion.

Even if other factions of the Legion are targeting him, they must still regard him as a member of the Legion.

Therefore, when Chen Ming revealed the actions of other factions, the Legion had to be held responsible.

"It is this combination of factors that drives me to do these things."

“Everything I do I think about my family and my faction.”

"I am protecting my family and taking on my responsibilities."

"But I can't do everything best or balance everything."

"I didn't receive any news about this incident today."

"I only learned about the situation from you. At that time, I knew that this matter was aimed at you, not at the stars."

"I originally thought that you would find this matter too troublesome and come back to me to let me handle it, but I didn't expect you to do it directly."

"You are indeed disgusted. Today, you have pointed the main gun of this cruiser at civilians."

"But I'm telling you the truth, I don't think you'll fire."

"You haven't been pushed into a corner yet. Your personality won't allow you to kill civilians."

Although Bai Quan said the same thing as the water vapor psychic in front of Chen Ming at this time, Chen Ming did not refute it in front of people he was familiar with.

He would indeed not attack those unarmed civilians, especially after he controlled An Wuping to see what Zuo Jing did on Yunluo Star.

But he still had to say something stubbornly: "Actually, I did kill someone today."

"who?"

"Well... it's not quite accurate to say that I killed someone. To be precise, I seriously injured someone."

"Liao Hongsheng."

"His information is the easiest to check, and his emergency room diagnosis shows what he has become."

Chen Ming had previously released twenty shuttles and twenty robots.

Two of them were intercepted by Qiu Bowen, and the remaining people were not enough to be shared by the eighteen robots.

So one of them went to the place where Chen Ming found Liao Hongsheng and helped him realize what should have happened in reality.

"The best outcome for him is probably that he will remain in a vegetative state. Of course, there is a high probability that he will not be able to get off the operating table."

"That's good. Xinghe will probably be very happy to hear it."

Baiquan said as he suddenly sighed: "Let's stop talking about family matters here, we still have important things to do now."

"Okay, let's get down to business..."

Chen Ming thought about it for a moment, and responded to Bai Quan's question: "Is this the general's ability? Is this the only resource he can mobilize?"

“These people…”

He pointed to a dozen people in the audience not far away and said, "I have obtained a complete chain of evidence for everything they did and all the evidence of their crimes. All of them can be verified with each other."

"It's enough to send them all to jail, or at least remove them from their positions. Do we need the positions of the future's servants?"

"As for compensation, where is it? I only saw empty words, and Cheng Xinghe is still in the police station and has not been released."

"I need to see a sincere attitude. As for this, I can only say that the general came up with this solution because I pushed him into a corner."

It was impossible for Chen Ming to agree to Qiu Bowen's conditions easily.

Because the current situation is that someone else came and caused trouble, and he resisted.

In the end he solved the problem and arrested all those who dared to cause trouble for him.

Then someone comes and gives you some benefits without even bothering to prepare an apology, and you expect him to go back with his tail wagging? Are you dreaming?

It would be fine if the general didn't know what was going on, but he had been keeping an eye on Chen Ming since he entered the headquarters' spaceport and knew the whole story. Even so, he allowed his subordinates to do this, so he had no way to clear himself of the matter.

Chen Mingke is a psychic, a level 5 psychic, a psychic with top-notch psychic abilities.

He is not an ordinary person. If he is not respected, he will never accept this result.

"Okay, I'll go outside and ask again."

At this time, Bai Quan would definitely be on Chen Ming's side. After writing down Chen Ming's words, he left the building that was blocked by Chen Ming again.

He was soon brought by the shuttle to General Qiu Bowen who was nearby.

Qiu Bowen was at a temporary command post on the rooftop of a nearby building, from where he could see the building next to where Chen Ming was.

Although the entire building has been sealed by liquid metal, at least you can see the entire building next to it.

He was smoking at the moment, and there were already many cigarette butts accumulated in the ashtray next to him.

Seeing Baiquan coming back, he asked, "What does Chen Ming want?"

"He didn't say anything specific, leaving it up to the Legion to decide, but he said he wanted to see the attitude."

"Attitude? I've already shown him my attitude."

Qiu Bowen skipped the topic of attitude, took a deep puff of cigarette, and said, "He told us to give it to him based on our opinion... This is actually the most troublesome thing."

"Can you think of a way to calm Chen Ming down first? Let's not have a conversation in this place, and sit down at the negotiation table to discuss the compensation?"

Qiu Bowen raised his head slightly and looked at the other side of the building, where Chen Ming's cruiser was hovering.

Bai Quan knew very well what Qiu Bowen meant, which was to delay first.

Let Chen Ming drive the spaceship away first to avoid any further adverse effects.

After all, if an ordinary military-type cruiser was parked in the city center, the impact would not be that great, and the headquarters could have plenty of excuses saying it was an exercise or something.

But the key issue now is that what Chen Ming made was a Brilliant-class cruiser model belonging to Yuhui.

A Yuhui cruiser appeared in the sky above the Fourteenth Army Headquarters, which had been fighting with the Yuhui forces for many years. This had an unprecedented impact on the headquarters.

Even if Chen Ming did not actually open fire, the existence of this cruiser was the biggest trouble.

As a general stationed at the headquarters, Qiu Bowen must bear pressure from all sides.

The legion cannot be controlled by a single general.

The only person in the entire legion who has the power to make a decision is the legion commander, and he must deal with this matter as soon as possible.

But Bai Quan obviously couldn't do what Qiu Bowen wanted at this time: "If we take the spaceship away and sit at the negotiation table, Chen Ming won't have the advantage he has now. Do you think he's stupid?"

Qiu Bowen lit another cigarette for himself, extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and rolled it repeatedly, as if venting his dissatisfaction: "How can anyone who is not stupid do such a thing in this department?"

"Forget it, I..."

Qiu Bowen was about to say something when he suddenly noticed a shuttle approaching the top of the building.

When everyone present, whether Bai Quan or Qiu Bowen, noticed the paint job on the outside of the shuttle, they all stood up.

Qiu Bowen quickly put out his cigarette, and Bai Quan also put away his indifferent expression.

Everyone stood straight and looked towards the shuttle.

The shuttle's hatch opened.

A man wearing the uniform of the Fourteenth Legion came down from above, but without any rank badge on his chest.

Everyone present raised their right hands at the same time and saluted the person who had just come down.

But the people coming down didn't buy it at all and yelled at Qiu Bowen, "Drag it, keep dragging it, if you drag it any further, go back home and drag it again."

"Leader..."

"What the hell, Commander? I'm just the nanny who cleans your ass."

Qiu Bowen lowered his head and didn't dare to continue speaking.

"I have said since a while ago that we must protect Chen Ming and not touch Bai Quan. At least before we finish the battle with the Mechanical Clan, everyone should restrain themselves and stop thinking about infighting every day."

"If I don't come back for a while, you'll treat my words as bullshit, right? It's fun to make Chen Ming angry and run away, right?"

"Without Chen Ming, are you going to go up and fight the mechanical tribe with an iron stick?"

"You have to force me to open a star gate and come back."

Bai Quan whispered beside him: "Is there a star gate on the front line?"

"I stole Yuhui's some time ago. I can use it after modifying it."

“That’s not important.”

After scolding, the legion commander realized that the most urgent task now was to deal with Chen Ming's matter.

He didn't even know how many people in the entire empire coveted Chen Ming, but the people below were all doing stupid things for their own interests.

Fortunately, he reacted in time and there were no urgent matters at the front line for the time being, so he could find time to come back.

"From now on, I will take full charge of this matter. I have four hours to handle things here."

"Bai Quan, take me to see Chen Ming. I will go and apologize to him in person."

"I've read all the news on the way here. Chen Ming has already arrested everyone he should arrest, right? Then all these people who are related to him will be punished."

"As long as they are related, they will all be taken into account. We must appease Chen Ming."

"good."

Baiquan agreed decisively.

The legion commander's words can always be trusted, and he will do what he says.

This is the right attitude to have when you do something wrong.

Although this was not something the legion commander did wrong.

But since the mistake was made by someone in the legion, he was willing to solve the mistake for his subordinates and give the person who made the mistake the punishment he deserved.

That's how the Legion Commander does things.

They all aim to find the simplest solution to the problem, and act with great vigor and determination.

The shuttle soon landed at the door of the building where Chen Ming was.

Baiquan and the legion commander stood outside the building.

But at this moment, the metal liquid at the door did not disperse automatically, but the terminal in Bai Quan's hand suddenly rang.

Chen Ming sent a message: "Who's next to him?"

"Captain, he wants to talk to you in person."

Chen Ming, who was in the building at this time, was a little hesitant.

To be honest, he rarely lets the legion commander in.

The legion commander is a legendary figure.

One that can reorganize the garbage army that was previously near the edge of the star field and reorganize it into the largest and most powerful army in the entire empire.

He jumped from obscurity to become a well-known figure throughout the empire.

People like this are scary.

And he's also a psyker, at least level 6.

Although his danger sense wasn't ticking, Chen Ming could already feel the heavy pressure.

After thinking about it for a while.

Chen Ming still opened the way for Bai Quan and the legion commander.

The two of them soon arrived at the lecture hall.

Chen Ming finally saw the legion commander in person.

The legion commander looked to be in his early forties, which was quite young considering his status.

He had no beard and was very neatly groomed.

If he was wearing other clothes instead of a military uniform, he might look even younger.

But it was this young face that gave Chen Ming a heavy feeling.

The legion commander was the first to greet Chen Ming: "Hello, Chen Ming."

"Hello, Commander."

"First of all, I must apologize to you for what happened today."

As he spoke, the legion commander placed one hand on his chest and bent down towards Chen Ming, not caring at all about the difference in status between him and Chen Ming.

"Something went wrong within the Legion, and I must take full responsibility."

Chen Ming nodded slightly.

The legion commander has already shown his attitude.

Then he would also listen attentively to what the legion commander would say next.

He doesn't want empty promises, he wants something of real value.

"All those involved in this incident will be dealt with, and all handling methods will be carried out in the most stringent manner."

Chen Ming was not interested in the follow-up of these people, but he still listened to the legion commander arrange the follow-up for everyone.

Anyway, anyone involved in this matter will basically have to spend a few years or even more than ten years in prison.

Then, it’s time to work out the specific compensation plan.

“As for the specific compensation plan, let’s first talk about the less material aspects.”

"The Legion can compensate you with the status of an honorary member of the Ship Research Institute."

"oh?"

Chen Ming's eyes suddenly lit up. He was quite interested in the Ship Research Institute.

Because here, there are many battleship-level technologies.

Although Chen Ming could learn from Chaofan, Chaofan only mastered part of the battleship, that is, the design blueprint of the Yuhui battleship.

The technology of the human battleships is completely unknown.

But battleships are not the most important thing.

The manufacturing technology of the giant dock was also developed by the Ship Research Institute.

After all, when we research a ship, we have to study how to manufacture such a huge ship.

But there is something else that is more important than battleships and giant shipyards.

Star Gate.

The design of the stargate also came from the Ship Research Institute.

If he could join the Ship Research Institute, it would bring Chen Ming benefits that would be hard to match anywhere else.

but……

“Isn’t this just a nominal member?”

"Of course, it's not just an honorary member in name only. The Legion gives you an identity with extremely high authority. You can freely participate in any research project and laboratory."

"As long as you don't pretend to know something when you're giving instructions, or leak out some researchers' results, it'll be fine."

The legion commander spoke very bluntly, but Chen Ming did not think his tone was aggressive. Rather, he thought it was normal.

“You can use this identity to ask any academic questions you need.”

"They will cooperate with you."

Chen Ming confirmed: "This is equivalent to putting all the Legion's technologies in front of me."

"Aren't you from our Fourteenth Legion?"

The legion commander asked this question in return, and continued, "In addition, there are honorary members of the Psionic Research Institute and the Shining Civilization Research Institute. The legion can give them to you."

Shining civilization.

That is the real name of the destroyed civilization that Chen Ming has been in contact with. That is what they call themselves.

A research institute that studies shining civilizations...

Chen Ming couldn't imagine how many things he would be interested in inside.

As for the Psychic Research Institute, even with He Gu's relationship, there would definitely be no problem for Chen Ming to go over and hang out.

But the status of honorary member can obviously avoid many problems.

These three honorary memberships combined cover technology, psionics, and another civilization.

Quite tempting to be honest.

But Chen Ming didn't rush to agree and continued to look at the legion commander.

The legion commander did not disappoint him.

"You have the list of supplies for the Psionic Research Institute, right? Pick any three of the items on it."

"Just pick any one?"

"Choose whatever you like."

"Fairy tree species."

"You'll have to get it from the Psychic Research Institute later. I don't have anything like this with me."

The legion commander smiled at Chen Ming and said, "Okay, that's all."

"I don't think you're interested in anything else. I wonder if these can satisfy you?"

Chen Ming pretended to think about it and replied, "That's it."

Chen Ming's words fell.

The metallic liquid covering the entire building disappeared into the void in an instant.

The legion commander looked around with interest, and finally turned his gaze back to Chen Ming.

"That's good. I have to go now. I have other things to do. There will be supervision in the future. They will take care of everything then."

"If they don't handle it well..."

The legion commander took out a banknote from the pocket of his military uniform, wrote a small line of words on it and handed it to Chen Ming.

"Just call this number and I'll handle it myself."

"By the way, I heard that you are getting engaged in a few days?"

"right."

"I'm sure I won't be able to attend your engagement party, but I have to give you the gift."

He touched his pocket again and took out something that must have been prepared in advance and handed it to Chen Ming.

This is a box made of silent alloy.

In this box are two spiritual stones that look extremely special.

There is an inexplicable connection between them.

The characteristic of these two spiritual stones is love.

(End of this chapter)