Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 90 Psychic Pulse
The grenade that had been pulled apart and damaged slowly rolled into the workshop.

Several people who saw this scene reacted quickly and rolled behind the sturdy equipment inside the workshop.

However, there was no bunker next to the two patrol members standing next to the gate.

On the contrary, one of the team members reacted very quickly and kicked the grenade out from the crack in the door.

He hit the door of the workroom, closed the door again, and pressed against it.

The explosion of the grenade was accompanied by a shock wave that slightly opened the door, triggering the piercing sound of alarm bells that sounded simultaneously throughout the administration building.

The two patrol members immediately opened the door of the workshop after the impact of the explosion.

Use the cover of the door panel to prepare for a counterattack.

If you are beaten up in a place like this in the bureau, if you don't fight back and find a way to leave, it will most likely lead to a slow death.

But they just opened the door and saw several corpses lying on the ground, including their own and outsiders they had never seen before.

He was forced back by bullets fired from the other side of the corridor and explosives thrown from around the corner.

Continuous explosions of explosives and bullets flying around in the small space made the underground environment of the Administration Building even more chaotic.

Fortunately, the protective equipment on them was quite complete and of high quality, allowing them to withdraw safely and close the door to the workroom again.

The two team members quickly checked the situation of themselves and their comrades next to them, and couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, the administration has reached this point? The military came directly to our hometown to kill people?"

The factory director who was hiding with Lao Wu suddenly pulled the pistol equipped with an automatic locking system that he spent a lot of money to get from Lao Wu's waist.

At the same time, he also threw a gun similar to Lao Wu's pistol that he carried with him and a dagger in a very futuristic metal scabbard to the patrol members in front.

"Get your things and guard the door."

"Yes!"

After the factory director hid in the bunker again, he took out the terminal and clicked a few times, and said: "Sooner or later we will have problems if we continue to stay here, and we must go to a safer place."

Old Wu was not optimistic about the factory director's thoughts and said: "Even the underground of the administration building has been kicked in. Where else in the whole building is safe?"

The factory director also knew that what Lao Wu said was correct, he couldn't help but frown a lot, and switched to the map of the upper floors of the administration building on the terminal.

In the entire administration, only the director's office can be considered the most secure place.

But before he expressed this idea, Chen Ming suddenly said: "I feel like it's not safe anywhere now."

"Do you remember that the door to the workshop has an electronic lock? If it is locked and you want to come in, you have to scan the maintenance shop employee's ID code, or open it directly with administrator privileges."

"Others can only be cracked by hacking technology, but just now the door opened as soon as there was any movement outside."

"The cracking speed shouldn't be that fast, right? Unless the network security of the administration is not good."

The director has been on the space station for many years, and he still understands the security system of the administration building. He said: "That's not true. You mean there is an insider in the administration, either the management or our maintenance team." Someone from the factory?”

Chen Ming neither admitted nor denied, but said: "I'm just guessing."

"No matter what the truth is, it doesn't make much difference where we go."

"We can't guard against moles now, nor can we guard against hackers who can directly hack into the administration."

"So it's safer here until we figure out who's at fault."

The factory director hesitated and said, "But if we can't get out, we will be caught in a trap sooner or later. We have no way out now."

"No, the alarm has gone off, and the guards in the building must have started to move."

"The current situation is a double sandwich. We are sandwiched in the innermost part, and the military personnel are sandwiched in the middle."

"As long as we can delay it, they will be in more trouble."

Old Wu also supported Chen Ming's idea and said, "Yes, there are only five of us now. Can you still beat the group of people outside?"

The factory director was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Yes, I really can't rush out. I was too impatient and there was something wrong with my thinking."

"But now the communication signal has been blocked. There is no way to determine how long we will have to wait until the guards above come down."

Chen Ming didn't have any special feelings about the signal being blocked.

"It's not a big deal, it's to be expected, they've used it before."

"If the communication is not broken at this moment, I will still wonder if they have any conspiracy that depends on communication."

"I didn't expect them to dare to take action directly on the management team."

Old Wu suddenly rushed from behind the bunker where the factory director was, to Chen Ming's side and said, "Xiao Mu, how did you manage to be remembered like this?"

Chen Ming didn't pay attention to Lao Wu's actions. He hugged the box on the workbench, picked up the tool and started to pry it.

At the same time, he replied: "Didn't I tell you about this before? When we were talking about Yuhui and the military with the factory director, did I tell you about this?"

The factory director casually echoed from the side: "Yes, I have reported this matter before."

"That's not enough."

"Isn't it?"

Chen Ming kept moving his hands and said, "Let me do the math."

"A giant creature with an average body length of 50 meters would have no problem excreting four to five tons, right?"

"no problem."

"It usually eats stones and digests slowly. Is it okay to excrete every three days?"

"It's fine."

"Then if because I am still alive, you have an average of one and a half tons less of Sky Steel raw ore every day, what do you think?"

"I'm not sure about the price of Sky Steel Ore, but the price of ingots is upwards of one thousand per gram, one kilogram is one million, and one ton is one billion."

Old Wu fell silent for a moment.

Chen Ming conveniently placed all the materials he had just taken out of the box on the workbench by category, and said as if he suddenly remembered something, "Oh, there's more."

"What I just said is just one, and Kongyu is a social creature. The number of a group is about fifty to one hundred. Why don't you do the math yourself?"

"Ha... I'm starting to think about that when you hear it."

"Then why do you think the military came to hunt me down?"

"When I didn't ask."

Lao Wu suddenly rushed back to the factory director, looking a little autistic.

Chen Ming ignored him, took out the broken psychic wave generator he carried with him, and started to disassemble it relying on the workbench and the tools he carried with him.

He is not on the spaceship now and cannot directly open the panels of items outside the spaceship.

Therefore, Chen Ming could only repair the psychic wave generator manually.

Fortunately, he had just ordered a batch of materials from the owner of Erbiang Recycling Shop. Under the money offensive, the boss was very generous and delivered the goods to the management authority faster than Chen Ming.

Afraid that the recycling shop owner's warehouse was in the city, Chen Ming arranged for it to be expedited as soon as he made the order.

At least the materials are now available, and Chen Ming has a solution on his own.

Although Chen Ming has absolutely no understanding of the mind wave generator itself.

But this doesn't have much impact.

Renovating something is completely different from repairing it.

Renovation requires a comprehensive understanding of what needs to be renovated, but repair only requires replacing it with new materials according to the way it was taken apart and putting it back together.

Moreover, the repair panel that Chen Ming opened did not only have the materials needed for repair and the repair button.

The entire repair process is clearly written on it.

Chen Ming's memory is pretty good.

The equipment is complete, the materials are complete, and there is nothing that cannot be done.

Using psychic pulse is the simplest and most efficient way Chen Ming can think of to deal with the current situation.

When a psychic pulse is fired, no one in the entire administration building except Chen Ming, Lao Wu and the factory director can stand.

At this time, it was impossible for Chen Ming to consider whether the spiritual pulse would affect other people. His own life was the most important thing.

Chen Ming took a few deep breaths to calm him down.

While listening to the noisy noise outside, speed up the movements of your hands.

However, after a brief moment of silence, people outside continued to make moves.

The lighting system in the workshop suddenly went out, and the equipment Chen Ming was operating suddenly shut down.

This obvious characteristic of electromagnetic pulse made the team members guarding the door couldn't help but curse: "What the hell, come again?"

Without lighting underground, all that is left is darkness.

Fortunately, everyone in the workshop, except the factory director, carried flashlights with them.

Re-light the interior of the room.

Chen Ming did not waste time because of the darkness, and continued to repair the psychic wave generator through the illumination of the exoskeleton armor's headlight.

Although the equipment in the workshop is no longer usable, the compact generator itself does not require the assistance of large equipment. Even without the assistance of equipment, it only requires a few more steps.

The workshop and the ordinary tools Chen Ming brought were enough to repair it.

Just then.

Suddenly there was a sound like an electric drill outside a wall of the workshop, followed immediately by a violent explosion.

However, the workshop only shook slightly, and nothing further happened. It seemed that there was no impact at all.

Chen Ming raised his head slightly and glanced at the wall where the blasting sound came from and said, "I remember that although the sound insulation in the workroom is not very good, the protective measures seem to be very special."

The factory director reached out and patted the wall next to him and said, "Yes, there was an accident in the workplace before."

"When rebuilding, we directly followed the maximum thickness. It is impossible for ordinary individual weapons to destroy it."

"On the contrary, the door is relatively brittle, so the only door to the workplace is opened in the underground corner. Even if there is another accident, it will not have any impact on the nearby areas."

Chen Ming lowered his head again and continued the work at hand.

However, the people outside didn't seem to give up. After changing the direction, they caused another huge shock.

However, the actual result is still the same. The inside of the workshop was just shaken, and the walls were dusted.

After two consecutive failed attempts, there was a moment of silence outside the workroom for a few minutes.

Although they only need to guard the end of the corridor with only one exit from the workshop.But this terrain also determined that it was difficult for them to rush in directly from the narrow passage.

That's why they considered cutting a hole in the wall.

It just failed, so they had to consider other options.

After a few minutes.

The patrolman guarding the door suddenly signaled to the others and said, "I heard something moving outside. They are coming slowly."

"The door will never be able to stop them in a situation like the one just now. We must attack them in advance."

The patrolman's hand tightened on the grip of his gun, ready to react at any moment.

At this moment, the last step of repairing the psychic wave generator was finally completed.

Chen Ming stood up from behind the workbench with the generator in hand.

The Whispering Spiritual Stone in his hand, which spreads disturbing spiritual energy fluctuations, made him feel extremely at ease now.

However, Chen Ming did not rush to start, but said to the two team members in front: "Just fire two shots and retreat. There is no need to defend, let some people in."

The factory director couldn't help but said: "You are simply gambling with your life."

Chen Ming glanced at the exquisite mechanical device in his hand and said, "It's not a bet, it's just to ensure the success rate."

"And opening the door to let people in is actually delaying their progress."

"I just said it, the reason why the military is chasing me."

"If I live, then Sky Steel's profits will return to the company, and then the company has the same reason as the military to protect me."

"If I die here, the people in the company should be more worried than anyone else."

While people outside the workroom were pressing closer and closer.

The chaos on the upper floors of the Authority Building has subsided.

The Director of the Administration personally wore the XD-01 heavy power armor independently developed by Xinda Company, and led his trusted guards to sweep up from the middle floor where his office was located.

After clearing out those who caused chaos on the upper floors of the building, the reorganized guards started sweeping from the top to the lower floors.

In ten minutes, except for the two underground floors and the first to third floors above ground.

All those who caused trouble in the company were subdued by him with absolute violence.
In fact, the actual number of people causing chaos at the top is not that many, only about twenty.

They roamed the floors, setting fires and planting small bombs to cause chaos.

Although the director handled it quickly, his expression under the power armor helmet was not pretty.

And at this time, an ongoing call was displayed on the inside of his helmet visor.

On the other end of the call was a man whose dress and temperament were very similar to the chairman Xu Lin who had talked to Chen Ming before. He was also a director of the company.

Although the director was full of anger, he still maintained respect for the directors and said: "There is a split within the administration."

"It has been confirmed that there are three management personnel above the working group leader and six ordinary employees, mainly from the military."

The director suddenly sneered on the other end of the phone and said: "Oh, it seems that the emergence of the military faction within the company is not only because the market and environment require the company to have good relations with the government and the military, but also because the military is adding fuel to the fire."

"I don't care about the losses on the management side. You just need to handle the matter and give me a report."

"Yes."

"What about the most important person?"

"He was previously assigned to the underground maintenance workshop of the Administration Bureau. Only a few people have access to the department's exclusive room."

"Because of the nature of the work in the workshop itself and the reasons for previous accidents, all configurations are in accordance with the highest protection standards, and the safety factor is guaranteed. I am now on my way there."

"Can I get in touch?"

"No, the communication barrier starts from underground, and there's also bad news."

"There is a record in the database. At the same time that chaos broke out in the building, someone opened the workroom with an ID code."

"I arranged for factory director Lu to have reliable security personnel in advance, but I'm not sure whether it worked."

The director was silent for a while. He knew that blaming had no meaning now, and just said: "Speed ​​up, I don't want to see results that disappoint me."

"Yes."

"Well, the military must be ready to take action directly, and I must also start to prepare."

The director hung up the communication.

At this moment, the door leading to the next floor in front of him suddenly closed, and a layer of partitions appeared from the left and right of the door and closed.

Completely lock the passage to the next level.

To be precise, it was not just the door leading to the next floor that was locked, but all the doors in the entire administration building near the lower three floors and the two underground floors were locked.

And a new tone appeared in the siren that had been sounding.

"Psychic pulse attack detected, located on the second underground floor, please stay away immediately."

A small amount of Silence Alloy was mixed into the Administration Building during its construction. Although it could not completely block it, it was enough to buffer some of the psychic pulses.

In addition, detection equipment has been installed in various places within the administration. When psychic energy fluctuations are detected, the alarm will be immediately activated and the doors between nearby base floors will be closed.

Naturally, the door is also mixed with silent alloy to ensure that the psychic pulse has minimal impact on the outside world.

This is basically something that all powers do.

The director didn't need to hear the content of the alarm. He knew what happened when he saw the door suddenly sealed.

It's just that he's not sure who released the psychic pulse, but no matter who released the psychic pulse, the situation underground is definitely much worse than the situation above.

There was no time to wait for the director's multiple authority confirmations to open the blocked door. The director directly used the power armor to tear open the blocked door.

While adding an extra sentence to the alarm, it also left a hole for him to pass through directly.

"Speed ​​it out, we don't have much time."

Time moves forward a little.

As the chaos at the top of the Authority subsides.

The military team commanding the group of men who relied on spies and traitors to gain access to the building were once again in trouble.

The military team did not have time to enter the building due to time constraints and could only rely on the informants to provide remote support to the people inside the building.

But the effect is not very ideal.

The captain, who had just spoken to his superiors, returned to the team members and said, "How is the situation?"

The hacker team members said extremely anxiously: "The methods we can use when we are not on site are much less than those outside, and the situation is much more troublesome."

"They also took off all the cameras in the room in advance, so I couldn't see what was going on inside."

"And why do they install a half-meter-thick steel mezzanine in one of their studio rooms? It's clearly not like this on the design drawings."

The captain patted him on the shoulder and said, "Calm down, this is our last chance."

"If we can't handle it even after losing all our professional manpower and two informants, we'll be prepared to dig coal on a sterile planet."

The hacker team members could not calm down after listening to the captain's words, but they did not continue to vent their emotions.

He breathed out and said, "This is a last-ditch attempt. I can temporarily overload the equipment in the workshop, which should cause some chaos."

"Whether we can complete the mission depends on what happens later."

After the captain gave the order to the people underground in the administration building through an informant.

They directly sent three people to rush to the door with a bag of thermite.

One of them desperately smashed the burning thermite on the door before being shot dead by patrol members who heard the noise.

The workshop door was completely destroyed in an instant.

One of the patrol members failed to retreat in time. One of his arms was severely burned and he lost a certain amount of combat effectiveness.

At the same time, the equipment inside the workshop was suddenly overloaded, and a large number of sparks erupted.

Although no actual harm was caused, Chen Ming was indeed dazzled at this moment.

At the same time, dense footsteps were heard outside the corridor, and their last remaining throwing objects were all thrown into the workroom.

For a time, flames, explosions, and smoke filled the room, and the chaotic situation made it impossible to see the specific situation clearly.

Fortunately, everyone in the workshop is armed and the workshop is very large.

At best, these projectiles may disturb them slightly, but cannot cause actual damage.

It's just that the people in the military don't actually expect this.

After they threw out all the projectiles, they carried heavy riot shields directly into the smoke-filled passage and rushed straight to the workroom.

Even though it was extremely chaotic now, with the sound of alarms and the hissing of equipment leaking electricity, Chen Ming still heard some messy sounds all of a sudden.

"There are footsteps! They are coming."

I heard Chen Ming’s reminder.

Even the injured team members immediately dug out of the bunker where they were hiding, stuck out their gun barrels from the doorway melted by thermite, and fired wildly outside.

However, electromagnetic weapons may not be able to penetrate these professional riot shields at close range.

After the weapons he used within the administration were stolen, he is now acting as a hindrance.

After killing the three people who rushed over, the remaining dozen people had already rushed to the door of the workshop.

He rushed to the front and used a shield to knock over the two team members blocking the door, and broke into the workshop directly.

The target is directly at Chen Ming.

Others who could not get in within a short period of time raised their guns and aimed at the patrol members who were knocked to the ground.

It is now.

At this distance, no one should be able to resist the psychic pulse.

Chen Ming pressed the button of the mind wave generator.

A spiritual pulse that had no resistance to ordinary people reverberated in the small space in an instant.

(End of this chapter)