"Then what?"

"No, I just knew him."

"I met him when I was doing intelligence business. I knew he was from Lude Zuojing. I knew he was just using Zuojing's name to make money and occasionally provided some intelligence to Zuojing."

"I have no other contact with him."

Chen Ming suddenly remembered what happened before and said, "I remember you didn't even look at the specific information about the pirate before you directly said that the pirate was related to Zuo Jing."

"Yes, I know that pirate has a deep connection with him, but I really don't know anything else."

"When I knew him before, he was very afraid of death. There is absolutely no reason for him to personally do such a thing for Zuo Jing. I also want to know why he would have nothing better to do than to carry out a terrorist attack."

Chen Ming stared at Lao Wu's face for a few seconds and chose to believe him.

Because in this way, the problem that Chen Ming had been struggling with was finally answered.

This is why the pirate leader's greatest resentment was not directed at him or his boss, but at this person.

Apparently he gave the pirate leader false information, causing him to attack a caravan carrying goods to his boss' colony.

Then he summoned the boss's revenge, which was to ask Chen Ming to go and bring him back.

The man with the mustache had interacted with Old Wu, and Old Wu had been working in the repair shop for several years.

This means that the man with the moustache must have been working as an intelligence dealer for many years, so it shouldn't have happened that he made such a low-level mistake as getting the intelligence wrong.

This is the intentional trap set by the pirate leader.

Although we don't know the specific reason why Mustache did this, it is probably related to this terrorist attack.

Perhaps he was worried that the pirate leader would know something he shouldn't know, which would bring him disaster.

Of course, this is just Chen Ming's guess. The specific situation can only be known by asking the person involved, but the person is dead, so there is no point in asking these questions.

It’s a pity that if Chen Ming had not rejected Lao Wu’s suggestion to meet the local intelligence dealer yesterday, he should have been able to meet him in advance.

Maybe Chen Ming could have shot him dead at that time and fulfilled the illusion requirement of the Liar Stone.

But who could have thought...

Wait a moment.

Chen Ming was suddenly stunned. Isn't this the best opportunity to kill Moustache? Everyone present fell down due to the mental pulse. The terrorists only wanted to blow up the spacecraft. Moustache also chose to hide in the crowd to hide himself.

As long as Chen Ming follows the place where the man with the moustache just stood in his memory, it should not be difficult to kill him.

Chen Ming's hand reached to his waist and pressed on the pistol that he had modified extensively.

He slowly pulled the gun out of the holster and released the safety.

Be prepared to set off once the aftermath of the explosion subsides.

But then something unexpected happened.

At the same time as the bomb exploded, the terrorist who was killed by the only guard who had not yet fallen completely.

Among the remaining three Luddite terrorists, one was killed by the explosion of his companions.

The left-handed terrorist probably installed something like a heart rate monitor on his body and connected it to the bomb.

If a person dies and his heart stops beating, then the bomb will explode.

As a result, the second explosion occurred.

This time the explosion occurred closer to Chen Ming. The violent shock wave blew past the support column that Chen Ming was leaning on, and more debris and body fragments continued to hit Chen Ming's back.

After the shock wave passed, Chen Ming carefully stuck his head out and found that cracks began to appear on the support pillars closest to the explosion.

The ceiling also looked shaky, and several nearby exhibition halls could collapse at any time.

At the same time, a worse situation occurred with the second explosion.

There was a power outage in the exhibition hall.

Although the first explosion shattered some of the lighting equipment inside the exhibition hall, not all of it. Some lighting equipment survived and provided lighting for the exhibition hall.

But now, after the power outage, the exhibition hall was plunged into complete darkness.

The interior of the exhibition hall could only be seen with the help of the light from the rising stars outside.

Chen Ming adapted a little.

Suddenly I noticed that the power outage was not just in the lighting system, but all the cameras in every corner of the exhibition hall had stopped working.

And it happened even earlier than the power outage, as if it had already shut down when the mental pulse appeared.

Even if these public area cameras share the same circuit as the general lighting system, they should also have power failure detection devices that can be activated when necessary.

But now there is nothing like that. Chen Ming guessed that this should be caused by the people from Zuo Jing.

There should also be people from Zuo Jing inside the exhibition hall.

The surveillance footage of what is happening now will probably be deleted later. No wonder the man with the mustache dared to come to the scene in person to carry out the terrorist attack.

However, the monitoring situation seems to be okay for Chen Ming.

At least if Zuo Jing deleted the video, he would also delete the record of Chen Ming being completely unaffected by the mental pulse.

At the same time, it can also cover up what Chen Ming wants to do next.

When the aftermath of the second explosion was about to end, Chen Ming roughly identified the direction inside the dim exhibition hall and prepared to set off.

But accidents often happen one after another.

Another mental pulse suddenly erupted.

Although Chen Ming was also unaffected, the guard who had just barely climbed up fell down completely.

Some other guards who had shown signs of waking up fell into coma again.

Except for the few people from Lude Zuojing who were prepared in advance, plus Chen Ming and Lao Wu, there was no one conscious at the scene anymore.

Chen Ming's eyes immediately locked onto the direction from which the mental pulse came.

Although the environment was dim, he could still see the situation there clearly.

The man with a mustache climbed up from the unconscious crowd around him, staring with a frown at the mechanical device in his hand that had begun to smoke.

This is the source of the mental pulse.

Moustache originally didn't want to use it a second time, but there was a person among the guards this time whose willpower was outstanding among ordinary people, and the qualities of the others were also beyond his expectations.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is better not to save on some things.

He stuffed the smoking device into his pocket, and when he thought everyone else had fallen, he said to the two remaining terrorists who were still alive: "Get up, God is still waiting for you."

When the two terrorists lying on the ground heard what the man with the moustache said, they immediately seemed to be stimulated by something and struggled to get up.

Continue to rush towards the armor-piercing destroyer, the crystallization of human technology.

Only the man with the mustache was left standing at a safe distance.

Chen Ming spotted an opportunity, half-crouched up, held the pistol and aimed it at the man with the moustache, moving slowly, ready to shoot once he was within a safe distance.

But just as Chen Ming took a step forward, Old Wu suddenly grabbed him and whispered, "What are you doing?"

"Kill him."

"Of course I can see that you want to kill him. Are you a good enough shot?"

Chen Ming hesitated for a moment. He was very clear about his marksmanship. From a distance of ten meters, he could only shoot as he pleased.

But Chen Ming didn't want to give up because of this and said, "I want to give it a try."

Old Wu asked in confusion: "Is it necessary? Zuo Jing just wants to blow up the armor-piercing class. There is no need for us to take the risk to help others protect the spacecraft. We won't be paid."

Chen Ming took a step forward and retracted it behind the supporting column. He said to Old Wu, "You should be able to guess the effect of my psychic power, right?"

"Probably controlling the spacecraft?"

"Yes, I can control all the spaceships. Even if only one frame is left after being destroyed, I can still control it."

"Kill them, and I can try to contact the armor-piercing ship and take control of it."

"Did you see the price of the Armor Breaker auction? 700 million, reserve price."

Old Wu swallowed unconsciously. He knew exactly what 700 million meant, but he still said, "It's useless if you can't get the money. This is the capital of the Star Region. How can you drive the ship away?"

"I don't need to drive away. As long as the spaceship is under my control, it will always be under my control."

"As long as this armor-piercing ship really works one day... you should be able to guess what will happen then."

Old Wu didn't need to guess what would happen then.

As long as the Armor-Piercing Class is left alone, or is close to being left alone, Chen Ming can directly send the Armor-Piercing Class into the hyperspace channel and forcibly escape from control beyond everyone's expectations.

It is not easy to find a spaceship that has entered the hyperspace channel. You can just hide in a corner where there are no stars, and you may never find it even if you search for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Old Wu couldn't help but say with some emotion: "Psychics are really all perverts."

Chen Ming ignored Lao Wu's perverted adjectives and said, "Okay, I won't waste my time talking to you. I have to hurry up, otherwise if he finds me or the support troops behind me come, I will have no chance."

Chen Ming crouched down, preparing to use the dim environment to get closer to the man with the moustache.

But Old Wu suddenly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, I didn't say I won't help you."

Chen Ming sighed, hid behind the supporting column again, handed him the pistol and said, "Then you come."

Old Wu took Chen Ming's gun with a twinkle in his eyes, shook it, pointed it at the air and said, "Retro design, you have good taste."

"But I don't know how to use this kind of gun."

He threw the gun back and said, "And I have one myself."

Old Wu took out from his arms a pistol that was obviously more advanced than the one Chen Ming had modified himself. There was an instrument on it that looked very sophisticated.

He tapped lightly on the instrument and said, "Automatic locking system. If you get caught, you'll go to jail for at least twenty years. It cost me a lot of money to get it done."

"Leave it to me."

Old Wu leaned half of his body out from the side of the load-bearing column and aimed at several Luddites not far away.

However, just before the instrument on the pistol completely locked onto the target.

On one side of the exhibition hall, several smoke bombs were suddenly thrown in through the window that had been shattered by the explosion.

Almost instantly, thick smoke completely covered the interior of the exhibition hall.

Old Wu immediately shrank back and lay on the ground, revealing half of his head and staring at the direction where the smoke bomb came from.

And in the smoke, one could vaguely see four fully armed guards entering the exhibition hall.

But apart from them, no one else followed them in.

Chen Ming felt a little relieved when he saw this. Otherwise, if a large army really came, he would have no chance to get this armor-piercing ship.

After the four guards came in, they were in a position where they could not see Chen Ming and Lao Wu behind the load-bearing columns. They could only see the only two people who were still moving in the entire exhibition hall.

Those two terrorists.

So the guards just opened fire.

The bullets pierced through the smoke and accurately hit the two terrorists who were very close to the armor-piercing level, killing them instantly.

The bombs on them exploded just like the two terrorists before.

The violent explosion left noticeable scars on the armor-piercing Baiyun steel armor placed nearby, and even several pieces of armor were completely shattered and fell off due to the explosion.

Although the range of the explosion did not seem large, the actual explosion effect was somewhat larger than Chen Ming had expected.

I don’t know what kind of explosives Zuo Jing and the others used.

In addition to the damage to the external armor, the armor-piercing support frame was also directly blown off, and it tilted and fell sideways on the ground with a loud noise.

The guard team that had just killed the terrorists were subconsciously attracted to the explosion and the damaged armor-piercing class.

Ignoring the middle-aged man on the ground putting his hand into his pocket again.

Moreover, because the exhibition hall's surveillance and power systems had long been controlled by Zuo Jing's men, the guard team did not get any information about how many terrorists there were before they came in.

In addition, the moment the middle-aged man saw the smoke bomb fall to the ground, he found someone to lie down with, just like before, and blocked the others in front of him.

The guard team did not notice him lying on the ground when they first came in.

All these factors combined gave the middle-aged man the opportunity to press the mind pulse device with one last activation count remaining.

The third mental pulse instantly swept across the exhibition hall.

Although the intensity of this mental pulse was much lower than the previous two times, it was still unbearable for ordinary people.

Four ordinary guards fell down instantly, and the exhibition hall suddenly became quiet again.

All that was left was the hissing sound of the smoke bomb emitting smoke.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ming couldn't help but whisper to Old Wu beside him: "Is the government's response so slow? How long has it been, and only four people came to support?"

"It's not that I'm slow to react, look at this."

Old Wu also spoke in a low voice and handed the terminal in his hand, which had been opened at some unknown time, to Chen Ming.

Above is the news release website of the Star Domain Government.

In addition to the news about the exhibition hall being attacked, there was another urgent news lined up in front of the exhibition hall.

An explosion also occurred in the space elevator, which was quite close to the government building.

This was probably also done by Zuo Jing.

"No wonder the support is so slow."

Chen Ming raised his head, glanced at the middle-aged man in the distance and said, "I think I understand."

"Their initial target was not the armor-piercing ship. Otherwise, it would have been a better choice to wait until they were close enough to the armor-piercing ship before detonating the bomb or activating the mind pulse."

"They activated the mind pulse in advance in order to attract the government's attention and gather the government's guards to the exhibition hall."

"At the same time, make a feint to the east and attack in the west, preparing to attack the space elevator."

"If the spacecraft exploded, the government would definitely only consider the space elevator, but if the spacecraft did not explode, the government might still be a little hesitant."

"As long as we adjust the time difference a little bit, so that the time when the support troops arrive here coincides with the time when they are doing things in the space elevator, the support troops will be overwhelmed all of a sudden."

"But there seemed to be some problem in their coordination. They acted almost at the same time."

"So the guards basically didn't come to the exhibition hall."

After all, the government can immediately decide the value of a spacecraft and a space elevator.

Chen Ming returned the terminal to Old Wu and asked, "So our side has been temporarily abandoned?"

"Not necessarily. There will definitely be support, but the amount and when it will come are uncertain."

Chen Ming nodded slightly and said, "That is to say, we now have a chance to do something. Now this person is either unconscious, dead, or can't come. It would be unreasonable to miss this opportunity."

He clenched the gun in his hand and said to Lao Wu seriously: "Lao Wu, help me, don't kill that man directly, I have something to do."

at the same time.

The middle-aged man knew, just like Chen Ming, that the current situation was extremely unfavorable to him.

He used the mind pulse three times in a row, and surprisingly, there were still people who did not fall down after two of the mind pulses.

As a result, the four people he had arranged in advance all died along the way.

His mission was not completed at all.

Not only did it fail to attract the attention of the guards, it couldn't even blow up the spacecraft.

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the armor-piercing class that was lying on the ground in the distance, and a hesitant look appeared on his face.

Then, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something that frightened him, and fear appeared on his face.

He gritted his teeth and ran quickly towards the spaceship.

At the same time he began to untie the bundle of explosives that was also tied to him.

The middle-aged man quickly came to the bow and came to the large load-bearing point that was slightly sunken into the hull.

This is the weakest and most important part of the spacecraft.

Destroying this place is equivalent to destroying the spacecraft itself.

The middle-aged man held a bundle of explosives in his hand and wanted to climb up along the outer edge of the armor-piercing tank.

But just as he started to crawl, he was suddenly kicked in the side, and a sharp pain spread throughout his body.

The middle-aged man lost his balance and the explosives in his hand slipped out and fell to the ground.

He subconsciously reached for the remote detonation button for the explosives in his other pocket.

But he was immediately kicked by another kick.

Although the force of this kick was not as painful as the previous kick to his side, it hit his knuckle very skillfully and directly fractured his finger bone.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, trying to immediately turn over and stand up by supporting himself on the ground with his good hand.

But before he could do so, he felt a chill on his forehead.

The middle-aged man's hair stood on end, his whole body stiffened, and he slowly raised his head and looked at the man who was pointing a gun at his head.

"Old Wu?"

Old Wu still had that smile on his face, but this time there was no trace of the smile at all.

"Oh, what a coincidence, isn't this Shen Yi?"

"No wonder you called three last night. You want to have a good time before you die."

The middle-aged man Shen Yi never expected that it would be Old Wu who would appear here.

He said with a hint of pleading and a hint of threat in his tone: "You can't kill me. If you kill me, the explosives will explode, and you and I will both die in this position."

"That's not necessarily true."

Chen Ming's voice rang out as he came to Old Wu.

Like Old Wu, he raised his gun and pointed it at Shen Yi's forehead.

In addition to controlling the armor-piercing level, Chen Ming also took the explosives that Shen Yi threw away and disposed of it.

The processing method is also very simple.

Control the armor-piercing class, open its hatch, throw the explosives in, and then choose to dismantle it. What remains are some materials that make up the explosives.

Old Wu was a little surprised and said to Chen Ming: "So quickly, it's done?"

"It's easy to do once you come across it."

"OK."

Old Wu took back the gun and left Chen Ming to confront Shen Yi alone, or to coerce him unilaterally.

He took out the terminal, tapped on it a few times and said, "I saw on the news that the blockade outside the exhibition hall has been set up. We are just waiting for the space elevator to be completed and the large force to come over to solve the problem here."

"We probably can't get out, but at least we still have a lot of time."

"You decide what to do with him."

"Don't kill me, my..."

Just as Shen Yi was about to speak, Old Wu kicked him mercilessly again and said, "You still want to complain after such a thing happened, right?"

Chen Ming tried to stop Old Wu for a moment, to prevent him from kicking the man to death, as he still had some questions to ask.

Chen Ming continued to hold the gun against Shen Yi's forehead, his finger slightly pressed on the trigger and said: "Let me ask you, who gave you the mind pulse device?"

Shen Yi said as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "It's my superior! He asked me to activate the mind pulse device here in advance to attract the attention of the people on the other side."

"Who is your superior?"

"I don't know. They have been contacting me one-on-one, and the identities they contacted are also fake. I have no idea who they are."

"That's all bullshit."

"No... No, ask something else. I know everything else. Don't kill me. I can provide you with information."

Chen Ming ignored him, turned to look at Old Wu and said, "He is from Lude Zuojing, right?"

"Yes, since he can carry out this kind of mission, he should be considered an insider."

"If you kill him, you will become enemies with Lude Zuojing. This matter will definitely not be kept secret. Mu Shuikong's name will definitely be put on Lude Zuojing's list."

“I see.”

Chen Ming turned his head back again, and suddenly reached out to help Shen Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, up.

Shen Yilian showed an expression of fear and relief. He seemed to think that Chen Ming was afraid of Lude Zuojing because of his reputation.

But what Chen Ming wanted now was just to make Shen Yi's standing posture the same as the illusion he saw when he held the Liar Stone.

After helping the man up, Chen Ming put the gun to Shen Yi's forehead again and pulled the trigger in his frightened eyes.

“I’m not afraid of that now.”

(End of this chapter)