Chapter 28: Lucky Boy (Please Read!)
Li Ning woke up slowly. The white light in front of him was so dazzling that he couldn't open his eyes. After a moment of confusion, he suddenly let out a heartbreaking cry: "Lao Qi!"
He struggled to get up and walked out of the temporary tent, ignoring the comfort of the logistics staff around him. He saw Yang Peng and rushed over.
"Captain Yang, Lao Qi..."
"The pension is inevitable." Yang Peng's face was also heavy. Li Ning was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, "Li Ming, Li Ming, Captain Yang, Li Ming..."
"Brother Li..." A familiar voice came from behind. Li Ning turned around hurriedly and saw Li Ming standing not far away, unharmed.
"Li Ming, I'm glad you're okay." Li Ning rushed up, hugged Li Ming tightly, and cried bitterly.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I almost got you into trouble. I shouldn't have been impulsive. I should have evacuated... but I don't know what happened..." Li Ning grieved.
"Brother Li, what are you talking about? I still have to thank you." Li Ming pulled Li Ning down and pointed to a place not far away and said, "Look..."
Li Ning's eyes were bloodshot as he looked in the direction Li Ming pointed. He couldn't see clearly at first, so after rubbing his eyes, he suddenly rushed up.
"Pang Wenlong's body! He... he's dead!?"
The body was wrapped in a body bag with only the head exposed. Li Ning didn't notice that the people around him were looking at Li Ming with complicated eyes.
This kid is so lucky that he can get such a big reward on his first mission. It's Pang Wenlong's body.
However, they shook their heads secretly and said that they would not be willing to switch with them.
No one knows whether they will become the lucky Li Ming or the unlucky Qi Zhengyuan.
"Old Yang got lucky this time. The credit goes to his team." Not far away, Wang Zhiheng curled his lips. "This kid named Li Ming is really lucky."
Zuo Ling, with a bandage on his arm, stared at Li Ming. "Lucky? Maybe..."
Wang Zhiheng said, "This case is not a small matter. Especially before the Interstellar Alliance investigation team arrives, a press conference will definitely be held. Perhaps Li Ming will also be commended..."
"He won't be given a permanent position directly, will he?" he muttered to himself.
The next step is the cleanup work, and there will be special people coming. These field members are no longer in trouble.
"Go back and hand over your guns, and have a good sleep." Yang Peng waved his hand, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to return on the transport ship.
Then the smile on Yang Peng's face gradually disappeared, and Lao Dao's figure appeared behind him.
"Captain Yang, we've had someone check. The IP address of the smart terminal used to log in to Li Mingxing's online account was not present at the crime scene that day."
"No? Maybe I'm overthinking it." Yang Peng breathed a sigh of relief.
"In addition, the environmental trauma at the place where Pang Wenlong died was too severe to form a three-dimensional model." Lao Dao added: "Also, the scar on Pang Wenlong's chest seems to have been caused by a tiger-paddle-style armed prosthetic limb."
"Did one of them really do it?" Yang Peng frowned.
………
The atmosphere on the transport ship was very depressing and no one spoke. Although the operation had some twists and turns, it was generally successful and many people were rescued.
There were also many casualties, said to be caused by unexpected enemies.
After returning to the City Guard headquarters, handing in the equipment, registering, and receiving their own smart terminals, the operation was finally over.
Although it is not yet 12 noon, thanks to the regulations, they can now go off work.
Many people chose to eat in the cafeteria before leaving, and Li Ming and Li Ning did the same. Li Ning wolfed down his food with a blank expression, and was not as talkative as usual.
After the end, the two went their separate ways. Li Ming did not go home, but went to the garbage dump again. It cost him another 3,000 yuan, nine hours, 60 points of metal energy, and he took away three tons of materials.
After absorption, the metal energy should reach around 140 points.
When I got home, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.
Just after asking the driver to move the things down, Mr. Yang's shop opened. Yang Yu, wearing pink strawberry pajamas, supported Mr. Yang.
Seeing Li Ming intact, both of them relaxed a little. Old Yang cursed as he walked:
"You bastard, you've only been in there for a few days, and you're already being sent out on field duty. Do they really treat you like an animal?"
Li Ming explained: "Uncle Yang is doing this for my own good. He just wants me to gain some merit as soon as possible."
"Is there no danger?"
"It's okay, I'm just on the periphery." Li Ming told a white lie.
Elder Yang hesitated to speak, then sighed, "It's basically impossible for an auxiliary guard to become a regular. Don't try too hard, and be careful."
The so-called regularization means entering the city guard system of the Blue Star civilization. The salary and benefits will be greatly improved. At the same time, you can undergo internal assessments and climb up step by step.
The number of regular guards in the city guard department is less than half.
It's good that Li Ming has fighting spirit, but Old Yang doesn't want him to lose his life for it. He knows how difficult it is to become a regular city guard.
Moreover, Li Ming did not even complete compulsory education.
"Why have you been coming back so late these past few days? Did you go out to hang out with those people?" Yang Yu sniffed suspiciously and frowned, "Why does it smell like rust?"
"I've been to the scrap recycling station several times. I can't let the store my father left behind be abandoned." Li Ming looked back at the sign sadly.
As expected, when this matter was mentioned, neither Yang Yu nor Old Yang asked any further questions.
Soon the two went back to rest. Li Ming closed the shutter door, rubbed his face, and a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.
The rewards from killing Pang Wenlong were not small. One hundred thousand star coins, if all of them were used to buy the pickaxe alloy from last time, would be one thousand points of metal energy, enough to control a heavy sniper rifle.
However, he did not open the black hole network immediately. Instead, he raised his right arm, his mind moved slightly, and then, something amazing happened.
Li Ming's right arm turned into a thick metal arm, painted in khaki, a dark metal paint, and there were friction marks left by the cross pliers on it.
"It's really... amazing." The metal fingers clenched and stretched along with Li Ming's thoughts. The sharp metal claws on the back of his hand popped out and retracted, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all.
This is "armoring", covering the mechanical prosthesis on the corresponding limb. The mechanical right arm seems to be integrated with him, drawing his physical strength as energy.
At the same time, as a controlled object, it can also be superimposed with the abilities of other items.
With a thought, the mechanical right arm disappeared again, and his arm was intact.
"Are only prosthetic limbs able to have this effect..." Li Ming guessed, there were simply too many benefits.
It is precisely because it is difficult to improve one's own life level that some living beings choose to undergo mechanical transformation to further increase their combat power on the original basis.
As for this mechanical right arm, the material used is much stronger than his current flesh and blood arm.
However, after mechanical transformation, the body will be abnormally repelled by the gene seed, making development more difficult, or even unable to integrate the gene seed.
After a moment of familiarization, Li Ming entered the routine process, put on the gene development suit, and underwent electrotherapy, while absorbing the materials he brought and browsing the black hole network.
As soon as he logged in, he found that Red Rose had accepted his friend request and sent him a message -
"Did you know about the city guards' secret operation today?"
"Ten thousand" Li Ming directly offered the price.
Red Rose sent a link over, and after clicking on it, I found that it was the intelligence section of the Black Hole Network.
[The City Guards conducted a secret operation today, dispatching three teams. Do you have any detailed information? — 5000]
The reward of 5,000 star coins has been claimed.
Li Ming raised his brows slightly and took a closer look. He found that the reward was only issued in the afternoon and the operation had already ended by then.
It seems that he is not the only city guard with a Black Hole Network account. Now that the operation has ended, it is no longer a secret.
(End of this chapter)
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