Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 78 Deception and Harvest

The pirate leader silently recited the name Psyker in his mind, which he once thought was just a legend.

At the same time, he was using the remaining power after the spacecraft engine was destroyed to use sensors to look at the scene outside.

The ships belonging to him were all like his Mule class at this time. Their engines were destroyed, paralyzed in space, and they completely lost the ability to resist.

Moreover, there was even an afterglow frigate on the opposite side wandering around the edge of the battlefield without actually attacking them.

They were completely defeated without even showing their full strength.

The pirate leader's heart was almost filled with despair.

But he doesn't want to die yet.

He tried again to send a communication request using his personal terminal, which he could still activate.

This time, the communication was connected.

The pirate leader asked in a trembling voice: "What do you want? Everything on our ship can be given to you. I still have 300 million untouched in my savings card. As long as you let us survive, these are all worth it." .”

Chen Ming relied on a simple text-to-speech conversion device installed on the spacecraft and said in a very robotic tone: "You don't want to die?"

"Yes, as long as you are willing to let us go, we can do anything for you."

"Um……"

Chen Ming responded meaningfully and was not in a hurry to give a definite answer.

Instead, he hung up the communication directly.

The pirate leader's heart tightened when he heard the busy tone, and the atmosphere in the captain's room suddenly stagnated.

But nothing happened afterwards, and the several ships surrounding them did not fire to destroy them.

Instead, a period of time passed quietly like this.

Ten minutes later, the Iron Ore suddenly approached from the other end of the hyperspace channel.

He flew straight to the rear of the mule and aimed the hatch at the mule's engine nozzle.

This allowed Chen Ming to directly reach out and press on the Mule-class hull to control it.

The whole process went smoothly without anyone noticing.

After all, the pirates are now completely blind.

After the engine was paralyzed and the power accumulated in the power grid was exhausted, most of their spacecraft's equipment had completely stopped functioning.

The sensors are naturally the same as external cameras.

And before the battle just broke out, their porthole shields must have been opened.

Naturally, these shields will not close again after the engine is disabled at the end of the battle.

Chen Ming deliberately left them here for a while, just so that he could come in person and take control of this destroyer-level mule class.

Even as a merchant ship, a destroyer is still very valuable.

After taking control of this mule class ship.

Chen Mingcai took the initiative to send a communication request following the previous communication code.

The communication was connected almost instantly, and the pirate leader's anxious voice came from it: "Hello?"

Chen Ming's purpose at this time was to keep the pirate leader alive so that he could bring people to the boss, so he had already thought of a set of words on the way here.

Chen Ming thought about how to perform for a while, and then said: "I won't kill you."

The pirate leader said with a slightly excited voice: "Really?"

"Why should I lie to you? If I really wanted to kill you, why would I waste so much time talking to you? I just need you to do one thing."

"I know you won't believe what I say, but it's up to you whether you believe it or not. If you don't believe it, I will kill you."

At this time, the pirate leader had no other choice but to say: "Believe it, of course I believe it, just say it."

"Is there anyone else with you right now?"

"No, I just asked them to disperse to prepare for the funeral, and I am staying in the room now."

"Okay, appease your men and don't let them cause any trouble."

"Okay, what about after that?"

"I will send you to a place to obey the orders of the great man who arranged for me to come."

"what?"

Chen Ming deliberately adjusted his mood and said, sounding quite serious: "There is a big shot who needs you alive and wants to see you in person."

"You should know that the government never cares about the life and death of pirates like you. I can still get your bounty with your head."

"So since you are still alive now, it is natural that some special people have special requests."

The pirate leader couldn't help but swallowed, a little flustered and surprised.

His mind kept flashing back to everything that had happened in the past.

Trying hard to think about where he had made friends or enemies with some important people in the past.

It was obvious that Chen Ming had directly attacked him and showed considerable hostility. It was most likely the latter, but he still had a trace of luck in his heart.

The pirate leader knew that he had done a lot of dirty work, helped many people do things they were unwilling to do themselves, and also did many things that would make people hate him.

A lot of the bounty on him was increased while doing these things.

After gaining a certain reputation, or notoriety.

Some people did come to him to do something.

Some are sincere and some are malicious.

Whether it is a sincere offer of money or a malicious threat, he will selectively accept it to avoid offending the wrong people.

Under such a premise, someone still came to him and almost crushed him. There must be something wrong with what he usually does.

Therefore, the first thing he thought of was the small caravan he had just robbed two days ago.

When selecting targets, he specifically confirmed with the intelligence agent who had been working with him for a long time that this caravan probably had no backers.

And that intelligence agent has always been a trustworthy person to him, and there has never been a problem.

So after thinking about it, the pirate leader temporarily ruled out this possibility and did not think of the problem to the intelligence agent.

Unable to come up with a conclusion, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Who is that big shot...?"

Chen Ming said with full doubt in his tone: "Do you think I will tell you?"

The pirate leader also knew that he had asked a stupid question and fell silent for a moment.

However, Chen Ming suddenly felt that he had overacted, and said in a slightly more relaxed tone: "Are you worried about your own safety in the future? Then you might as well worry about whether you will die now if you don't cooperate."

"That adult made it clear before arranging the mission. It's best if the person can be brought back alive. If he can't be brought back, the worst he can do is find another one."

"another?"

The pirate leader keenly captured the key words in Chen Ming's words.

He seemed to understand what Chen Ming meant.

The big shot in Chen Ming's mouth needs a pirate like him who has a certain bounty, has been someone else's glove, has experience in doing things, and has been in the edge star field for many years.

People like him can say too much or too little in the Fringe Star Territory. It seems that there is no problem in changing to another one.

Several thoughts quickly flashed through the pirate leader's mind.

Could it be that there really was something special he needed to do?

Then there's no need to attack him directly, right?

Sunset's ship was even used.

Wait, Sunset’s ship?
The pirate leader suddenly seemed to realize the crux of the problem.

He knew that many forces had been acquiring Yuhui's AI core.

And you can actually guess where these acquired cores are used.

For example, what he saw in front of him was that the AI ​​core was originally installed on a ship and was responsible for the control of unmanned ships.

But logically speaking, this kind of afterglow ship cannot be used casually, even in the edge star field.

Not to mention using it against a little pirate like him.

Just one or two professional military destroyers and two or three frigates are enough to destroy the small fleet he brought.
There is absolutely no need for this unknown force to specifically use Yu Hui's ship to find him within the scope of the Human Empire.

There should even be a psyker aboard that military-looking Centurion-class ship.

Could it be that there really was a special purpose in using afterglow ships and psykers to find him?Or is it foreshadowing something?
The thoughts in the pirate leader's mind were gradually brought to the ditch because of Chen Ming's ship configuration and words, as well as the luck in his heart.

He asked hesitantly: "Can you... tell me something more? At least... let me know a little bit about the situation."

Chen Ming knew at a glance that the pirate leader had been tricked, and naturally he would not tell the truth. Instead, he planned to take the pirate leader deeper into the ditch.

"The most I can tell you is that the big shot has a pretty good temper and is very generous with his actions."

Although the pirate leader had some problems with his thinking, his brain was not broken yet and asked: "Why did you attack us? As long as you contact us, we will definitely be willing to help you. Why do you do this?"

Chen Ming was prepared to ask back: "You just finished a deal, right?"

"Um……"

"So now you plan to repair the spaceship and sell the stolen goods?"

"Yes."

"What will you do after selling the stolen goods?"

"Repair the spaceship, replenish supplies, spend all your money, and then continue working."

Chen Ming suddenly sneered and said: "So, do you think the big shots will wait for you to finish your debauchery before looking for you? You still call your people back after they took the money to spend it?"

"But isn't your sudden attack on us a bit... too much? And why do you think we will... that... help you?"

Chen Ming had seen the pirate leader's information before.

His logic is based on whether he can afford to be offended or not.

It will provoke those it can afford to provoke, and it will avoid those it cannot afford to provoke.

However, it was only on the boss's side that he had a problem.

He didn't seem to think that his boss was someone he couldn't afford to mess with, or in other words, he didn't realize it.

This is different from his previous performance.

Chen Ming felt that it wasn't his personality that had changed, but that there was something wrong with his intelligence.

So Chen Ming now said as if he knew him very well: "You are a person who understands current affairs, aren't you?"

"If you don't do it, you will die. If you do it, you won't necessarily die. This is the simplest truth."

"Of course, I'm not sure whether you will deliberately cause damage when doing things in the future."

"So - I don't know if you've noticed, except for the ship that rushed up and blew itself up, have any of you died?"

The leader was obviously stunned.Only then did he realize that there were only self-destructing ships in his fleet.

Basically, only the engines and weapons of other spaceships were damaged. At most, only a few people on board were injured, and absolutely no one died.

He even asked to start the self-destruction ship.

In other words, there is actually no life-or-death conflict between him and Chen Ming.

In other words, he was not worthy of having such a level of conflict with Chen Ming.

Two destroyers and six escorts were defeated by one destroyer and two escorts. It was even a humiliating defeat that only destroyed the ability of the spacecraft to operate.

Life and death doesn't count at all.

What's more, even if many people really die, as long as the final benefits are enough, this contradiction can also be wiped out.

"So do you understand?"

The pirate leader didn't dare to say anything more now, and said honestly: "I understand, but you have such ability, why do you want to work with us?"

"Some things must be done by people with the right status. You are the nearest and most suitable person, that's all."

"Okay, you've asked enough. It's time to tell me what you think. If you do, then come with me. If you don't, then you will die here."

The pirate leader replied without any hesitation: "Do it."

"very good."

After Chen Ming finished speaking, the engine of the mule-class destroyer where the pirate leader was located suddenly returned to normal and began to power the entire spacecraft.

Some equipment on the spacecraft also began to restart.

In the shocked eyes of the pirate leader, Chen Ming's voice continued: "I restored your ship, but the control authority of the ship is already in my hands."

"I will secretly send you to where you should go, and it will be none of my business after that."

"Tell your men on the other ships to keep them quiet, and then I will restore the other ships and send them all away."

The pirate leader calmed his racing heartbeat and said, "I understand, can I ask you one last question?"

"Say."

"Is what the big shot wants me to do related to Yuhui?"

The corner of Chen Ming's mouth twitched slightly. He didn't know how the pirate leader came up with such an idea just now, so he simply said: "You can think so."

The thoughts in the pirate leader's mind suddenly became more complicated. He thanked Chen Ming, pressed his hand on the terminal, hesitated for a moment, and then closed the communication.

The pirate leader walked out of his room with the terminal, grabbed Yeluzi's maintenance man who only knew some simple maintenance work on the ship, and asked: "What's going on?"

The maintenance engineer was sweating profusely and said: "I don't know, the spacecraft engine suddenly recovered, but our control of the spacecraft also completely failed."

"What equipment is on the ship that I can still use?"

"It's gone. Nothing can be moved. We are still trying to figure it out."

The pirate leader's hands trembled unconsciously and said, "No need to do it. Call everyone to the captain's room. I have something to say."

Although the maintenance technician was very confused, he still did it.

A few minutes later, the pirate leader roughly explained the situation Chen Ming mentioned to his men in the captain's room, and also notified other ships through the communication channel.

After the explanation, everyone on the Mule class could feel that the spacecraft suddenly started to move, but there was obviously no one on the bridge.

With the leader vaccinated in advance, no one dared to say anything about it.

The pirate leader suddenly let out a long sigh, his eyes filled with complicated meanings.

He knew that he would not die for the time being, but that would not be certain after he finished helping the big shot.

He could only hope that the big shot would like him and continue to arrange other tasks for him.

At least he could live a little longer.

If his performance can really be taken seriously, he might have a better life than being a pirate.

The leader sat on the chair in the captain's cabin in confusion, imagining the possible future.

Little did he know that he was actually walking into the deep hole dug by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming could roughly guess what the pirate leader was thinking, but he didn't care at all.

Anyway, everything he said was nonsense, just to delay the pirate leader until he was handed over to the boss intact and alive, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

As long as the pirate leader can come back by then, it doesn't matter whether he comes back alive or not.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Ming was worried that other people on the pirate ship would choose to drag people into the water after knowing that he would die, he would drag the pirate leader down.

In other words, the pirate leader may have realized that there was something wrong with the fact that he only needed to do things alone. Chen Ming even just wanted to leave the pirate leader alone.

Otherwise, Chen Ming would have taken action directly and would not have said these words to him.

Now we can only temporarily let the pirates on the Mule-class ship that has set off live a little longer.

But the pirates on other pirate ships were not so lucky.

The Mule was sent away, which meant that the communication between the pirate leader and the pirates on other ships was broken.

The remaining people have no influence on the pirate leader at all, but they will affect what Chen Ming will do next, so they all have to die.

Chen Ming controlled the Iron Ore and controlled all the remaining pirate ships one by one.

He can observe the situation of these pirate ships through the three-dimensional imaging of the panel.

Although he cannot see the people on the spacecraft, he can see the items on the spacecraft, and can even see a complete set of protective suits walking around inside the spacecraft on three-dimensional imaging.

Originally, Chen Ming wanted to replace the Iron Ore with an electromagnetic javelin, and rely on the high penetrating power of the weapon to kill them one by one through three-dimensional imaging.

But he thought about it carefully and found a more useful method.

Disassemble.

This Chen Ming gained new abilities on the panel after controlling the diopter level and breaking through the limit of mental power.

It has an effect on any part of the ship, as well as the ship itself.

Chen Ming set his sights on a most ordinary frigate.

He first disarmed it, then chose to dismantle the ship itself.

The frigate suddenly began to melt from the joints of the various structures of the spacecraft.

Countless liquids composed of various materials escaped and approached the iron ore where Chen Ming was.

A part of the material liquid directly penetrated the hull and flowed into the storage compartment of the Iron Ore, where it condensed into a solid again and became the most convenient shape for each material.

There are many precious metals and high-grade metal materials inside, and these materials that should have been scattered throughout the spacecraft were all carefully brought together by the panels after being disassembled.

It made Chen Ming, a slightly obsessive-compulsive person, very comfortable.

However, the storage compartment of the Iron Ore was quickly completely filled, and even the remaining spaces on the spacecraft, such as the engine compartment and the central aisle, were almost filled with materials.

Only a small path was left for Chen Ming to pass through.

The remaining extra materials were all condensed around the Iron Ore.

When a frigate was completely dismantled, Chen Ming roughly estimated that the cost of dismantling a complete frigate was about twice that of rebuilding a frigate.

It's acceptable.

For the current Chen Ming, it is not a problem to dismantle all the frigates.

As for those pirates who could only helplessly wave their limbs in space because their ships were dismantled, with fear and despair in their eyes.

Without the protection of the ship, he will soon die in space.

So Chen Ming was very kind and gave everyone a shot so that they could end this pain quickly.

Their corpses will then be affected by the gravity wells of large stars and drift along the gravity into stars in normal cosmic environments.

There is no need for Chen Ming to bother to deal with it.

Chen Ming was not in a hurry to dismantle the remaining five frigates of the pirates, but instead went to the mule class first.

Chen Ming, the mule-class ship that was controlled by the Diopter class from the beginning, did not intend to dismantle it.

Although it was just a cargo ship forcibly converted into an armed ship, the modification was extremely rough and there were various damages.

But it is a destroyer after all, and there is nothing wrong with driving it back.

So since the mule class couldn't be dismantled, Chen Ming chose to do it himself.

He looked at the protective suits that appeared on the three-dimensional imaging and completely killed all the pirates inside the spacecraft.

After confirming that there were no living people on board the Mule-class ship, Chen Ming personally went up and threw all the bodies into the hyperspace channel.

There is a large amount of cargo in the mule-class cargo hold at this time, almost filling the cargo hold, but this has little impact.

After all, there is still a lot of space elsewhere in the spacecraft.

Chen Ming once again took control of the remaining five frigates and dismantled them all into the most basic materials.

Basically all the space inside the mule class is filled.

But even so, there is still a lot of material spilled out.

In the end, Chen Ming could only pass the diopter level. After putting the Fighter Kai, Shimmer and Centurion inside first, he relied on the electromagnetic device and his own abnormal movements to stuff all the materials into the capture cabin.

At this point, only the corpses of the dead pirates were left on the entire battlefield.

Chen Ming reconfirmed that no one was left alive, and none of the pirates wore protective clothing with a recording function.

Then it's almost time to go back.

Chen Ming slightly controlled the speed of the mule-class ship that left early so that his ship could catch up.

He brought out five ships on this trip, the Diopter, Shimmer, Fighter Kai, Centurion and Iron Ore.

They brought back two more destroyer-class Mules.

The fleet consisting of three destroyers and one escort accelerated to its fastest speed again.

Under Chen Ming's control, he did not go back to the pirate space station directly, but went to the dark cemetery first.

After parking a few boats and leaving quite a bit of material behind.

Chen Ming took the two Mules, the Iron Ore and the Centurion back to the galaxy where the space station is located.

In the process of jumping out of the hyperspace channel and gradually approaching the space station.

Chen Ming took out the terminal and prepared to contact the boss in advance so that he could transfer the person.

Although he had exposed a little bit of information to the pirate leader before.

However, in their previous interactions, Chen Ming felt that his boss should be able to give him a certain amount of trust, just like Lao Wu and the factory director.

Unlike factory elder Wu, the boss does not belong to Xinda, nor does he belong to the military.

Although it is not clear which force Chen Ming belongs to specifically, it is definitely not a force that has a hostile relationship with Chen Ming.

Therefore, Chen Ming didn't care too much about the exposure of his "psionic power". He opened the terminal without hesitation and started to contact the boss.

(End of this chapter)