It actually took Chen Ming less than a minute to deal with the armor-breaking issue.

It will arrive near the pirate space station after a few hours of sailing.

And when Chen Ming shifted his attention from breaking the armor back to the present.

The director was still contacting the company's senior directors through a system built into his power armor.

He sent over the evidence of military smuggling that Chen Ming had given him and the actual cargo list that he had just inquired about.

After waiting for about two minutes.

The director finally stopped talking to the director and turned to Chen Ming and said, "The efficiency of the military is very high. It won't be long before the report file will be sent to the Star Domain Government and transferred to the military."

"Then the higher-level military district will begin investigating the situation at the lower level, and this process doesn't take too long."

"Only when someone in front of the outpost goes down can someone in the back come up."

"If they don't want to go down, someone will help them go down."

"This period is the best time for us to send you to the Star Region capital without interference from the military."

"At the same time, the company can also take advantage of the time when the military personnel are changing to prepare in other aspects. Once you arrive, we can start to take back control of the galaxy."

The last sentence the director said sounded a bit like what the director he was talking to asked him to convey to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming naturally had no objection to this. He nodded to the director and said nothing.

The director soon left the lounge as he probably still had work to deal with within the administration.

The only people left in the lounge with Chen Ming were three guards, a patrol team member arranged by the factory director, and the factory director and Lao Wu who had been accompanying Chen Ming.

Although neither of them looked too tired, they still chose to close their eyes and sit on the sofa to rest.

After all, there might be some troubles waiting for them before they can get Chen Ming safely on board the spacecraft.

As Chen Ming's current direct superior, the factory director can also be considered the person who recommended Chen Ming back to the company. He must always stay by Chen Ming's side.

Although Old Wu seemed to have run away a long time ago and he was actually just an ordinary maintenance employee, he is still here.

It could be because of the factory manager, or it could be because of Chen Ming, or it could be both.

But no matter what the reason was, Chen Ming was very happy to see the two of them stay here.

Chen Ming didn't disturb them too much. He also leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.

However, he was not resting, but contacting the two Gamma AIs to make some preparations for the worst-case scenario in advance.

At the same time, he was also paying close attention to the situation of the Armor-Piercing Class to ensure that it could safely reach the vicinity of the pirate space station.

Eleven hours later.

The time came to three o'clock in the morning on Earth.

The director, still wearing his heavy power armor, suddenly opened the door of the lounge, knocked lightly on the door and said, "The spaceship has arrived and is parked at the patrol dock. We have to leave."

Although the military personnel have been mostly dealt with in the recent period of time, the Administration has not relaxed its vigilance against military infiltration.

So under the guidance of the director, Chen Ming came to the roof of the administration building.

Just like before, he took the shuttle to reach where Chen Ming should go as quickly as possible.

The shuttle itself was not big, and with Chen Ming and three other people plus the director wearing heavy power armor sitting inside, it was almost full.

Arrived at the patrol dock.

The place is a little different from when Chen Ming came here to send the pirate leader off before.

The broken space arm has been completely reconnected, and the function of the space arm has been restored more fully the closer it is to the space station.

Given a few more weeks, the space arm should be completely repaired.

In the docks that have been repaired, there are some combat ships that Chen Ming had seen before when he was fighting with Yuhui's ships.

There was also a small fleet with the Sinda Corporation logo uniformly engraved on the outside of the spacecraft.

There were twenty-eight ships in total.

Nine destroyers and nineteen escorts.

Eight of these nine destroyers are of the Hammerhead class, which has an excellent reputation among destroyer-class ships.

It has moderate firepower, moderate armor strength, moderate ship shield performance, and a very good price relative to other destroyers.

It is the most cost-effective spaceship designed by Sinda Company.

Although it is cost-effective, this does not mean that the ship's capabilities are poor.

Otherwise, a spacecraft with only cost-effectiveness but no capabilities would not be welcomed by the public, government and military.

The remaining destroyer is the destroyer-class aircraft carrier, the Cattle Driven, which serves as the flagship of this fleet.

The Bulldog class has a length of 443 meters, which is extremely long among destroyers, a beam that is almost as wide as the length, and a height brought by the multi-layered flight deck that is sufficient to carry a large number of fighter planes.

It can almost be used as a mobile war fortress.

In addition to those fighters equipped with point defense weapons and small shields, the Cowherd itself also relies on its huge hull to carry a large number of medium and small point defense weapons.

The external attack means are exchanged for extremely strong covering capabilities in actual combat.

Chen Ming once saw on the Internet that someone who had driven a civilian-grade Cow Drover said that driving this kind of ship was boring, but the sense of security that the Cow Drover gave was difficult to get from other spacecraft.

After seeing the appearance of the spaceship with his own eyes, although Chen Ming had not actually seen its combat capabilities, he had a slight feeling of this in his heart.

Generally speaking, the type of destroyer itself determines the length of the spacecraft when it is designed, which is usually between one hundred and three hundred meters.

And the design of this cattle drive 400 meters away was obviously wrong.

But the reason is quite simple, that is, it was designed at an earlier time.

It has existed since the early days of humanity's space age.

After generations of updates, the cattle herder has not been eliminated, so this ship, which is larger than an ordinary destroyer, has been preserved to this day.

In fact, Chen Ming felt that the company had a reason for sending this Bull Driving class ship here.

First of all, he was sure that the Sinda Company must have its own cruisers or even battleships.

However, the significance of ships above the cruiser level is different from that of ordinary destroyers and escorts, and their deployment absolutely requires a lot of approval procedures.

Not only the company itself, but the government was also aware of the company's movement of spacecraft.

So the cruisers cannot be easily mobilized.

But the Cowherd class is different. It is a destroyer, and it happens to be the largest type of destroyer.

Although it cannot compare with cruisers, its actual escort and combat capabilities have reached the peak of destroyers.

Therefore, when the company needed to send Chen Ming to the capital of the star domain as quickly as possible, it chose the Cattle Herder as its flagship.

And if Chen Ming remembered correctly, the movement of a group of ten or more destroyers or twenty or more frigates must be reported to the government.

Therefore, this fleet specification of nine destroyers and nineteen escorts is already the maximum number of ships that Sinda Company can mobilize in a short period of time.

From this, Chen Ming once again realized how much Xinda Company valued him.

However, this Bulldog-class ship could not fit into the destroyer-level dock designed for ordinary destroyers, so it was finally parked in the only two cruiser slots in the dock.

That's where the shuttle Chen Ming is riding will land.

To facilitate the fleet's landing and reorganization after takeoff, other ships in the fleet were also parked nearby.

The 19 escort ships all stopped at the berths next to them that were supposed to be used for destroyers.

Seventeen of these nineteen frigates are unified Sentinel-class frigates.

Although Chen Ming was a little disliked the Sentinel in his hand, that was because the civilian Sentinel itself was castrated a bit too much.

But military sentinels still have their place in combat.

The remaining two frigates, one is a professional cargo ship called Buffalo-class, and the other is the Dram-class fuel tanker that Chen Ming had also seen before.

The Buffalo class transports some supplies that are difficult to store on combat ships to the fleet, while the Dram class is used to transport logistical supplies and fuel to the fleet.

Although this pick-up mission actually only takes a few hours, the standard configuration of the task arrangement is still needed.

A fleet consisting of twenty-eight ships is definitely a force that cannot be underestimated in the fringe star field.

Escorting Chen Ming back to the Star Region capital is definitely not a problem.

However, even though Chen Ming has seen such a fleet and has such a fleet protection, he still feels that the danger is not over yet.

Moreover, the sources of danger seemed to come from all directions, and he had no idea what was threatening him.

So in the last period of time before the spacecraft landed.

Chen Ming took the initiative to ask the factory manager next to him: "How many people are there in our maintenance factory now?"

"You, me, Old Wu, Baldy, Tian Jiwen, three newcomers, and a deputy factory director."

The factory manager gave the answer in an instant, and at the same time guessed Chen Ming's thoughts, and said: "You want to know who the traitor is, right?"

"Yes, I can rule out the bald guy first. He mentioned to me before that the military was investigating me. He can't be the traitor."

"Then the others..."

"No need to guess."

The director, who had been giving instructions to people outside through the communication equipment installed in his helmet, suddenly interrupted the conversation between Chen Ming and the factory director.

"My men had already found the body of your Tian Jiwen in a hotel. The military kidnapped him and killed him the day before."

"But there are no signs of abuse on his body, which means he was very cooperative with the military. He was the one who leaked your identity."

"As for the person who opened the workshop door, he was one of the three newcomers assigned by the company to the maintenance plant. His body was also confirmed in the high-rise corridor."

"in addition."

The director looked at the factory director and said, "Although the deputy factory director is a bit of a beast, he is not a traitor."

When the factory director heard the director mention the deputy director, he frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

Chen Ming briefly summarized and said, "In other words, it was Tian Jiwen who leaked my information, and then the military used their connections to infiltrate the space station to kill me, right?"

"That's right."

"Understood."

Chen nodded in understanding.

Since the person was already dead, it meant that the sense of danger he was still feeling did not come from within, but from somewhere else.

This means that the military has not completely given up the idea of ​​taking action against him and must be waiting for him somewhere.

However, Chen Ming has done everything he can. What remains is to see whether the company's preparations and his own preventive measures are enough.

The shuttle soon approached the location of the cattle herders.

It docked directly on the flight deck where the herder parked his fighter planes.

The director was the first to disembark, and the huge heavy power armor almost completely covered the shuttle's hatch.

The distance from the flight deck to the internal hatch of the spacecraft next to it is less than 20 meters.

However, at this point in the journey, Chen Ming suddenly felt something slightly strange near his temple.

It was like the feeling when the barber was cutting his hair and pointing the blade at his neck.

Chen Ming knew that his perception of danger had reached a very sensitive level, so this feeling made him raise his arms and block his temples at the first moment.

The moment he raised his arm, a spark suddenly burst out from his arm armor.

Chen Ming's arm uncontrollably tilted to the side, and he could clearly see a crushed bullet embedded in the armor plate.

This is a bullet for a sniper rifle similar to an electromagnetic javelin.

The guards nearby immediately surrounded him and wanted to protect Chen Ming.

But the second shot hit Chen Ming's temple before anyone had time to react.

Chen Ming's head also tilted like his arm.

However, he did not suffer any damage from the shot.

It was due to the top-level protection provided by the pure Baiyun steel armor plate, and also because the multi-layer buffer structure installed inside the armor plate when he modified it absorbed most of the impact of the bullets.

Although Chen Ming was unable to maintain his balance due to the impact of the bullet, he was not thinking about the bullet but the feeling he just had.

The subtle feeling just now, as if someone was holding a knife to his neck, was not the danger sensed by his danger perception, but the impending attack he felt.

Chen Ming was very clear that his danger perception ability was unable to detect attacks that posed no threat to him before, but it could now.

Perhaps because he is constantly sensing danger, his danger perception has evolved.

Just like he could only control the frigate before, but he broke through the limit when controlling the refractive class.

His psychic powers seem to have many effects that are not on the panel.

A bunch of thoughts suddenly appeared in Chen Ming's mind, but he did not forget his current situation.

He immediately controlled his body, hid behind the director, and turned to look in the direction where the bullet came from as if nothing had happened.

Chen Ming's eyesight was pretty good, and he could see that in the corner of the dock, a man was pinned to the ground by a group of patrol members.

Chen Ming had never seen him before, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Chen Ming was full of resentment.

Chen Ming ignored him and walked into the cattle herder's cabin under the protection of others.

As for the military man just now, he might have had a chance to escape from the space station, but now he has completely lost the possibility of escape.

Chen Ming will probably never see him again in this life.

Although Chen Ming didn't care much about a dead person, or someone who was about to die.

However, the director was very concerned about this. His face in the helmet box was as dark as ink, and he immediately contacted the guard team he had arranged to track the military team.

"The one you let run away has now made it to the patrol dock. You must explain to me how you let him get here."

The team leader's voice came from the communication channel: "I'm very sorry, Director, we just received the wrong intelligence instructions, and we haven't found any trace of him for a long time."

The director frowned and said, "You go back to the Administration and you will be punished later."

The captain on the other side had never expected that the director did not scold them as usual, and immediately agreed as if he was relieved: "Yes!"

Then he hung up the call.

The captain was not aware of the director's changes, but the director knew exactly what was going on.

The patrol team's dock has been completely sealed off for twelve hours since the order from above was given to pick up Chen Ming. The only people who have the authority to enter and exit are the patrol team's captain and deputy captain.

There are only two situations in which people can be let in. One is that the military personnel have been hiding here twelve hours ago and have not been discovered at all. The other is that there is a traitor in the patrol team.

The director has a clear idea of ​​which probability is higher.

Moreover, the guard team and patrol team he sent out just now were working together and exchanging information.

In other words, the source of the false intelligence was the patrol team.

Since the captain of the patrol team was standing next to the dock below, it would explain the situation of the deputy captain who was also responsible for the pursuit of military personnel in the space station.

"Where is the deputy captain?"

“Can’t get in touch.”

"That's a traitor."

The director announced the result directly to the deputy captain and contacted the management bureau at the same time.

"Revoke all the rights of the patrol team's deputy chief on the space station. Issue a wanted notice first. I will deal with him after I finish the important things here."

When the director was explaining how to deal with the traitor.

Chen Ming has already entered the interior of the cattle herder level.

The factory director and Old Wu did not follow in.

However, he felt that it was enough that they had escorted Chen Ming for such a long time, and from now on it was his own journey.

The captain of the Cattleman class even came to greet them personally.

After seeing Chen Ming, he took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Welcome, Mr. Chen, please follow me."

Chen Ming stretched out his hand and shook hands with him, then followed him to a lounge inside the spacecraft.

On the table in the lounge were some fruit, a terminal, and a card.

After the captain took Chen Ming in, he took the initiative to open the terminal, handed it to Chen Ming and said, "Mr. Chen, this is the general structure of our spacecraft."

"These red-marked areas are inside our spacecraft where only professionals can enter and exit. You can enter and exit other unmarked areas at will."

"This card is an authorization card that can be used on the ship. This card is required to ensure passage between different areas."

"I still need to be in charge of this mission. If you need anything, you can contact me directly through the terminal, or you can find someone else."

Chen Ming put away the terminal and cards and nodded to him.

Although it is only a four or five hour journey, the attitude towards work is very responsible.

The captain quickly left the lounge, and Chen Ming was the only one left in the lounge.

So Chen Ming immediately took off his gauntlets and put his hands on the cabin of the spacecraft.

Here, Chen Ming also received a prompt that he could control the spacecraft.

But he was in no hurry to take direct control of the spacecraft.

Because he almost fainted last time when he was controlling the Refractive Class spaceship which was just over 200 meters long. This time, he had to be well prepared before controlling the spaceship which was twice as long and several times larger.

At least not now when he can't even completely guarantee his safety.

What if he can't bear it and falls into a coma, and something unexpected happens during the spacecraft's voyage.

That would be a big problem, as the countermeasures he had prepared before could not be put into effect on his own.

It would be better to wait until we reach the capital of the star region and try to control it when we get off the ship.

Anyway, even if Chen Ming fainted, there would definitely be people from the company who would send him to the hospital safely.

While there was still network access when the spacecraft was about to move away from the space station, Chen Ming thought about it and decided to call his boss.

The call was connected after a while.

After all, it was past three in the morning, and the boss' voice was full of sleepiness: "Xiao Mu? What's the matter?"

"Boss, I have to go out again and it may take some time for me to come back this time."

"So urgent?"

"Yes, it might have been a few days later, but the military acted too quickly on me, and the company's ship to pick me up is also ready, so I plan to leave."

The boss perked up a bit and said, "Are you planning to follow the company's path in the future? That's not bad, let's keep in touch when we have time."

"I am still very interested in how you will develop in the future."

"Um."

While talking.

The cattle driver also started the engine and prepared to set sail with his fleet.

When Chen Ming was in the lounge, he had already told the director in advance that he wanted to bring his own boat.

So now, following behind this fleet are Chen Ming's Iron Ore and Centurion.

Although Chen Ming only has two spaceship control positions, one of them is at the armor-piercing level.

But Chen Ming only needs to temporarily switch the control bit and give the Iron Ore and Centurion a follow command.

With an autopilot system, this isn't a hassle.

The fleet left the space station and soon arrived at the edge of the galaxy and entered hyperspace.

When the fleet entered the hyperspace channel.

Although Chen Ming was on another spaceship, he still subconsciously scanned the surroundings with the sensor of the Centurion that followed him.

Then he discovered that at the edge of the area around the space station, close to the galaxy's star gravity well, a large number of military fleets appeared on several major hyperspace routes leading to other galaxies.

Chen Ming couldn't help but whispered: "The army...are they going to overturn the table?"

"What's wrong, Xiao Mu?"

The boss's voice came from the terminal where the communication signal had not yet been completely disconnected.

Chen Ming immediately said: "The army has blocked the hyperspace channel to other star systems. We are blocked."

"What is that?"

As soon as the boss finished speaking, a military spacecraft sent a message to the Sinda Company's fleet to conduct a routine inspection.

In the fringe star fields, whether it is the government or the military, their power is relatively greater than that in the prosperous star fields.

So to be honest, it is not excessive to conduct routine inspections of passing spacecraft.

Occasionally, when the army is short of performance, they will block people in the waterway. Whoever is blocked will be unlucky.

This has always been an unspoken rule in the marginal star field.

However, this is the first time that the army has directly blocked the entrance of the pirate space station.

As for the reason, Chen Ming knew it very well.

The four shipping routes leading to different galaxies around the galaxy were all blocked by the military fleet.

It seemed he had nowhere to run.

(End of this chapter)