Old Wu suddenly slapped his butt and followed up, put his hand on Chen Ming's shoulder and said, "I didn't expect that Xiao Mu, you are so handsome."

Chen Ming slightly adjusted the helmet he had put on again and said, "That's not the way to flatter someone."

"hey-hey."

Old Wu laughed twice and walked beside Chen Ming.

Chen Ming looked at him strangely and asked, "Are you not going to continue slacking off?"

"You can slack off anytime, you can skip work anytime, but you'll only meet Lao Lu once when you take off your helmet. I want to see how he will react."

"But I still have to go back to the repair shop to put my things away."

Chen Ming pointed to the transport robot beside him and the four metal coffins on it.

Old Wu said nonchalantly, "It's okay. I'm usually free."

"Okay, whatever you want."

Chen Ming first went back to the maintenance shop, placed the coffin on the Iron Ore, and then went to the Space Station Administration.

After finding the factory director's office and knocking on the door, Chen Ming took off his helmet.

The factory director's voice then rang out from the office: "Come in."

Old Wu rushed into the office before he finished speaking, sat down on the sofa, and looked at the factory director with interest.

The factory manager just glared at him and turned to look at Chen Ming who walked in from behind.

He was still in shock when he first saw Chen Ming, and then he noticed the light protective suit that Chen Ming often wore.

After confirming Chen Ming's identity, the factory director realized that Chen Ming had basically let down his guard against them.

Although the factory manager was a little surprised, he knew that this day would come sooner or later, so he quickly asked Chen Ming to sit in front of him.

The factory manager's reaction made Old Wu, who was standing nearby, a little disappointed and he went back to playing with his terminal.

As soon as Chen Ming sat down, the factory director said with a hint of joy on his face: "Xiao Mu, you came at the right time."

"Your first batch of refurbished goods has been towed away and sold elsewhere. The money needs to be transferred to the space station's account to balance the account of the second-hand weapons I transferred out. The rest is the net profit. Guess how much it is."

Chen Ming was naturally very clear about the price of the weapons he had personally touched, and said, "30 million."

The factory manager raised his lip even more and said, "Yes, wait a few more days and your share will be credited to your account. Then we can find a place to have a meal?"

"good."

Seeing that Chen Ming had no objection, the factory manager smiled, reached out and pressed the computer next to him to continue working.

But he suddenly realized that Chen Ming came to him suddenly because he had something to do, so he stopped what he was doing and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about today?"

Chen Ming originally wanted to ask for leave to go to the Star Domain government to pay the bounty, but since he knew that the previous batch of goods had been sold, he decided to put the matter of asking for leave aside.

Take this opportunity to say everything he wanted to say before.

Chen Ming sat upright in his seat and said to the factory director seriously, "There is something important I need to ask you."

The factory manager saw Chen Ming like this for the first time, and he unconsciously became serious: "Go ahead."

"Do you know about the mining space station in the neighboring RM-2 star system?"

The factory manager frowned and said, "That was the company's abandoned space station thirty years ago. The galaxy has been blocked by the military. You... oh, I remember now. Yu Hui and the military are fine now."

"You ask this? Because you saw that space station earlier?"

"Um."

The factory manager followed Chen Ming's line of thought and said, "The important thing you are talking about is not to recycle the equipment on the space station, right?"

"The military won't give you a chance to steal anything. It was OK for you to steal the prizes last time when Yuhui attacked. They will definitely be on guard later. It's best not to try this."

There was indeed nothing wrong with the factory director's suggestion, but that was not what Chen Ming wanted to say, so he denied it directly: "It's not about dismantling the equipment of the space station, but something else."

"What is the important thing related to the space station that is not the dismantling of the space station?"

Chen Ming said in a tactful way that he had thought of in advance: "I want to ask, if I work in a company and my workplace is gone, will the company still pay me?"

"Workplace? Isn't our workplace the space station? What do you mean..."

The factory manager subconsciously thought about what Chen Ming said, and his face suddenly changed.

In his mind, he had already combined what Chen Ming had said before, Chen Ming's skills, Chen Ming's identity, Chen Ming's vigilance, and the old model of the Xinda Company's internal terminal in Chen Ming's hand, which was thirty years old.

"you?!"

Chen Ming took out his own terminal with a little nervousness in his heart and displayed his identity information in front of the factory director.

His resume of working in the company is clearly displayed on it.

When Old Wu saw the factory director's sudden reaction, he also came over as he did before and looked at Chen Ming's real identity information with the factory director.

The more he looked, the more serious his expression became, just like the factory director's.

He couldn't help but ask Chen Ming: "You have lived from thirty years ago to now? What's going on with the space station?"

"This is a long story, but to sum it up, the space station was suddenly attacked by a species of Zerg, and then the station was gone, and everyone died."

“Not long.”

"The growth will come later."

"For example, why didn't the Sindar Corporation come to rescue the space station? Why did the military arrive at the station that was massacred by the Zerg faster than the Sindar Corporation? Why did the military blockade the galaxy for thirty years?"

"No one escaped thirty years ago? Why did the military blockade the galaxy and ignore the mining rights purchased by the Sindar Corporation?"

"Also, what is the purpose of that outpost built by the military inside the galaxy?"

“These are where the growth is.”

Old Wu scratched his head and said, "Oh, then what is that outpost used for?"

"Dig sky steel."

"ah?"

"ah?"

The factory director's reaction was even more intense than Old Wu's. Although he knew that the outpost previously deployed by the military there had been attacked, that was all he knew.

Therefore, after hearing what Chen Ming said, he stood up directly by supporting himself on the desk in front of him and asked in disbelief: "Xiao Mu, are you sure?"

Chen Ming said with an extremely serious expression: "I'm sure."

"There are Alturan sky eels living in orbit around that gas giant planet. I saw with my own eyes that Yuhui's fleet raided their outpost, stole their stored sky steel, and captured several sky eels."

"I think the government didn't investigate the skyfish when they sold the mining rights, and the military discovered the existence of the skyfish after the space station was open to the public for a while, so they chose to use despicable means to seize it."

"I'm not sure if that's the case, but I don't think there's any other reason to explain it."

"The company wouldn't just abandon Sky Steel for no reason, would it?"

The factory manager sat back in his chair and said, "Absolutely not."

Chen Ming was not surprised by this result. After all, he also worked in Xinda Company.

"But it's been thirty years since the incident happened, so I just want to know the company's attitude towards this matter. Director, you should know why I did this."

The factory manager nodded and said, "I understand. If the company wants to regain control of the space station, then you are the best bargaining chip and treasure. But if the company wants to reconcile with the military or has already reconciled, then you are the most troublesome thorn in their side."

“This is really…”

The factory director took a long breath and said, "I don't know the overall attitude of the company, but at least there is good news. Basically everyone in our space station is very unhappy with the military, especially after they betrayed us earlier."

"As for the company's attitude... this is a serious matter, I must ask my superiors about it."

"With the Director, no, not with the Director. I have to find someone who can completely influence the behavior of our space station and even the company."

"Yes, that should work, but it might take a while."

Old Wu suddenly interrupted at this time and asked, "Old Lu, can you still contact such a person?"

"How do you think I got the position of factory director?"

Chen Ming stretched out his hand and pushed Old Wu away and asked, "How long will this take?"

"It will take three or four days, and I can't guarantee the results."

"But you don't have to worry too much. As long as no one comes to check on you, you can continue to stay on the space station using the fake identity of Mu Shuikong."

"There will be no mistakes on my end, but it's better for you to keep wearing protective clothing as before until the results come out."

The result of such a postponement was actually within Chen Ming's expectations.

Anyway, he had already started planning other ways to go if the various ways of Xinda Company were blocked.

Even if it really fails, it doesn't mean that he has to hang himself on a tree.

Chen Ming nodded gratefully to the factory manager and said, "I understand. Thank you for your help. I would like to take a leave these two days."

The factory manager didn't expect Chen Ming to suddenly change the topic from the conspiracy between the military and Xinda Company to Chen Ming's own leave. He was stunned for a moment before asking, "Where are you going?"

"Pay the bounty for a few pirates to the Star Region Government."

"Pirate bounty, oh, you want to get a license yourself, right? Then this fake..."

The factory manager lowered his head slightly and thought.

He actually didn't want to agree to Chen Ming's request for leave.

Because he was sure that everything Chen Ming said was true.

If the company really suffered a loss in the space station incident and cannot get back at the loss, it means that Chen Ming is very important to the company.

If we let the person go and something unexpected happens, Xinda Company’s losses will never be recovered.

But the factory manager was not sure about the company's attitude.

Because the Xinda company was divided into two factions many years ago.

One group advocates self-development without interference from any external forces.

The other group advocates taking the initiative to establish good relations with the military or the government in order to obtain better treatment and preferential policies.

The two factions have completely different attitudes towards Chen Ming, and it is hard to say whether the company will protect Chen Ming.

And it's not just the company, there may be some problems on the space station side as well. Although the space station has always been paying a certain amount of protection fees to the military in exchange for protection when it is attacked by external forces such as the Afterglow Mechanical Clan.

But the people on the space station are actually basically sent by the company, and their overall attitude towards the military is average, especially when the military had previously broken its promise.

However, the factory director cannot guarantee that there will be no people sent by the military inside the space station.

There would indeed be certain risks if Chen Ming stayed in the space station.

Before really confirming the attitude of the company's top management, letting Chen Ming go out for two days is actually a good option.

To the star domain government, the star zone military is nothing.

If there really is any problem with the space station, he can also warn Chen Ming in advance through the Internet.

and.

The factory director raised his head and looked at Old Wu next to him.

It just so happened that Old Wu had been slacking off for the past two days. After all, he had been working honestly for more than ten days since Chen Ming came.

Why not give him a holiday together, let him relax a little, and then he can work more efficiently.

After considering the pros and cons, the factory manager said to Chen Ming: "Okay, I'll approve your leave now."

"This should be your first time to go to the government of the fringe star region, right? How about asking Old Wu to accompany you? He has experience."

"so good?"

When Old Wu heard the factory director's words, he looked quite excited, as if he had not left the space station for a long time.

"That depends on whether Xiao Mu... Xiao Ming agrees."

Old Wu suddenly changed his expression and put on a fawning look that was exactly the same as the unscrupulous businessman's aura in Chen Ming's eyes, and stared at him.

Chen Ming ignored him directly, but still considered the factory director's suggestion.

Although he had come into contact with all kinds of people before, he rarely came into contact with people from places like the government or the fringe star regions where the rules were not so strict.

Even after being transferred to a mining space station, it was still the same. Not to mention the chance to interact with people, it was even difficult to get up and work a few times.

Basically, it is a straight line between freezing and hibernation, waking up to work, and continuing to hibernate.

If Old Wu is around, it will be much more convenient to do some things.

Chen Ming really didn't mind bringing one more person.

So he agreed.

Soon Chen Ming and Lao Wu left the factory director's office and returned to the maintenance shop.

As soon as he came back, Chen Ming discovered that there was a new Mule-class ship parked in the maintenance shop.

The boss's message came at about this time.

He said he had helped Chen Ming with some minor repairs on the boat and sent it over. If there were any problems with the boat, he could go back to him.

It just so happened that the Mule-class ship that Chen Ming had taken away before was still being modified, so this ordinary Mule-class ship could just be driven away.

At the same time, this Mule-class ship also helped Chen Ming do something, which was to take away the Lumen-class ship he had brought back before. Chen Ming couldn't do anything to Yu Hui's ship on the space station.

After removing the internal compartments of the cargo hold, it is still easy to stuff a frigate into a cargo hold.

After finishing it, Chen Ming took Lao Wu directly to the iron ore ship.

They probably won't be staying on the boat most of the time this time, so there is no need to make any preparations.

Old Wu, who was looking around on the Iron Ore, suddenly remembered an excuse that Chen Ming had obviously made up before, and said jokingly, "Xiao Ming, where is your captain?"

"It's in the captain's room, do you believe it?"

Old Wu smiled after getting Chen Ming's reply and continued to follow Chen Ming to visit the renovated iron mine.

The planting cabin that the Iron Ore crew used to replenish fresh vegetables and fruits during the long process of collecting rare metal ores has been dismantled by Chen Ming.

The studio was moved here and is more complete than before.

The extra space in the original living cabin has now been converted into a small gym, but other changes are not significant.

When the two arrived at the captain's room at the front.

Old Wu suddenly saw Xiao Shi playing on the running wheel.

And the one it was wearing on its head was a mini pirate captain hat that Chen Ming had bought when he was bored while shopping for miscellaneous daily necessities.

When Xiao Shi noticed a stranger coming, he stopped and looked at Lao Wu for a few seconds.

Both sides blinked rapidly and unconsciously.

Xiaoshi turned around and drilled back into the ore that Chen Ming had placed in the captain's room, and blocked the hole it had dug with its hat.

Old Wu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

He really didn't expect that the captain Chen Ming described was actually real, but there was something a little bit wrong with this captain's race.

Old Wu wanted to get closer to Xiaoshi's ore to take a closer look at Xiaoshi, but was stopped by Chen Ming: "Stand still, we are about to set off."

Old Wu smacked his lips with some regret, leaned against the wall of the captain's room, and watched Chen Ming operate the control panel of the spacecraft.

He drove out of the space station with other Centurions and Mules and headed for the edge of the galaxy.

He had previously learned from his boss that Chen Ming was a psychic, and he also knew that Chen Ming's psychic powers must be related to the spacecraft.

So he was not surprised at all that Chen Ming was controlling three spaceships, but he suddenly noticed something wrong and asked, "Xiao Ming, isn't this direction going to the Star Region Government?"

Chen Ming, who was sitting in front of the control panel, quickly set the spacecraft to autopilot and replied, "It is indeed not."

"Because I feel a little uneasy driving these three boats, so I have to take one of the boats I parked somewhere else."

"Do you have another boat? Where is it parked? Aren't you afraid it might be stolen?"

Chen Ming tilted his head while sitting on the chair, glancing at Old Wu who was always looking for trouble.

"Just pretend I didn't say anything."

The dark cemetery was not far from the space station, and Chen Ming quickly arrived at his destination.

Through the porthole of the Iron Ore, one can see three spaceships floating in the dark space environment outside.

Fighter Kai, Glimmer, and Refraction who is a destroyer.

The refractive glimmer and the unrepaired lumens that had just been released from the Mule-class cabin could not be taken away.

But at present, Chen Ming has the second most powerful fighter on hand, which he can always bring with him.

After gathering four ships, Chen Ming changed direction again, entered the hyperspace channel, and flew straight towards the location of the star domain government.

Shortly after Chen Ming left the space station.

A very inconspicuous spacecraft docked at the space station's dock.

The five members of the military team that had previously carried out the space station search mission were now wearing plain clothes, all gathered in the cabin, waiting for the captain's instructions.

The captain, as usual, reached out and knocked on the hatch to draw everyone's attention to himself, and said, "Are you clear about the mission requirements? Search for any signs that Chen Ming has been active in the space station."

One team member raised his hand and asked, "Where do we start?"

The captain pointed to the repair shop next to him and said, "There."

"Leave two of you to inquire at the repair shop, and the rest of you can come with me to find the contact person."

"Ah? Just asking like that?"

The captain said with a look of disappointment: "I told you to pretend. You just need to show that you are working hard, so that the higher-ups won't blame you. You don't really think you can find it, do you? Are you dreaming?"

"Maybe."

The captain waved his hand casually and said, "It's up to you. Anyway, I suggest you treat it as a public-funded tour. I remember that the facilities inside this space station are quite good."

"You can have fun, but remember to do some work, otherwise it will be hard to prepare the report."

The captain randomly pointed at two team members and said, "You two are in charge of the maintenance shop. The people in the maintenance shop usually come into contact with the most people. Ask more people. If it doesn't work, you can spend some money and it can be reimbursed to you. No matter if there is any result, at least you have done it."

"That's it, get off the boat."

The five members of the military team dispersed after getting off the boat.

The two team members assigned by the captain followed the captain's instructions, wandered around the maintenance shop twice, and found the employee who was on duty that day.

One is a newcomer who joined some time ago, and the other is Tian Jiwen.

With their captain leading the way in playing badly, the two team members didn't bother to go around in circles and just went straight to the two with the terminal.

Pointing to the photo of Chen Ming and the photo of the Iron Ore's initial appearance, he asked, "Brothers, have you seen this man and this spaceship?"

Chen Ming never took off his helmet in front of the factory director and others, and the Iron Mine had been transformed before the new people joined.

So the newcomer's answer was naturally that he knew nothing about anything.

As for Tian Jiwen standing next to him, although he had never seen Chen Ming's face, he had indeed seen Chen Ming's iron ore before it was renovated.

However, at this moment, he did not have the idea of ​​revealing this news directly.

Because he had been arranged by the factory director to see a psychologist before.

After watching it, he also realized that his emotional outburst was just because he was taking his anger out on others.

There was no real conflict between him and Chen Ming, so after hesitating for a moment, he also chose to say he didn't know.

The two team members focused their attention on Tian Jiwen for a moment, and after getting the answer, they looked at each other, thanked him tacitly, and left the maintenance shop.

All of this happened to be seen by the bald man who was on holiday today.

Chen Ming, who had already left the galaxy where the pirate space station was located for a considerable distance, had no contact with the sentinels and mules who remained in the space station, so he naturally did not know what was happening on the space station.

He was currently sitting on a coffin that he had placed in the engine room, studying his Whispering Stone, which had suddenly and inexplicably changed.

(End of this chapter)