Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 159 The disappearing bug

While Chen Ming transformed the gadgets he left in the director's office into micro-robots.

The agency's surveillance feeds were also hacked through their internal network.

Although the Administration has strengthened its internal security after the incident some time ago, the security of the internal network has naturally also been improved.

But these security technologies are nothing to Chen Ming now.

Although Chen Ming studied engineering before, he still knows how to program and build a spaceship. He will definitely not be able to escape these aspects.

He had been learning when he was on Yuhui's territory some time ago, and he had just learned some very useful techniques from the member of the special operations team of the Fourteenth Legion.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't learn from him directly.

But after the electronic technology teammate hacked into Yuhui's factory.

Chen Ming used the afterglow individual they installed to restore the hacking method of the team member, which was a technique he had learned secretly.

Although I learned it secretly, I may not have learned everything.

But Chen Ming is now inside the administration, and he also has the help from the "insider" who is the factory director. The security system of the pirate space station is almost the same as undefended in front of him.

So Chen Ming easily forced a small program into the management system.

However, Chen Ming's goal was to become a director, and his relationship with the factory director was also there, so he didn't go too far.

He even took the initiative to package and record several vulnerabilities and threw them to the network security department.

The file package will be automatically unpacked after he leaves.

Of course, this was not the loophole Chen Ming used to hack into the administration, but other loopholes he found, which he used as an excuse.

He still left a backdoor in the management office, which might be useful in the future.

After Chen Ming inserted the program into the authority's network and ran it.

He successfully took over the authority of the entire floor of the office of the Director of the Administration, including the surveillance authority of the office.

The images of the surveillance equipment in the office began to loop, and only time passed normally.

Doing this allowed his little robot to climb onto the desk and connect to the director's computer.

At this time, Chen Ming said to the factory director: "Before, you said that if the new director does all kinds of disgusting things, there will always be something left on the computer, right?"

"It's very possible, but I think it's more likely that it's in the terminal he carries with him."

"It's okay. Let's check it first. If we can't find it out, we'll talk about it later."

Chen Ming searched in front of the factory director.

In the end, he really found a hidden encrypted file in his computer.

Then there is nothing more to say.

Arrange for one's own people to be paid empty wages.

Choose junk supply companies and get kickbacks.

Privately, they are still forming cliques and suppressing dissidents.

All kinds of corruption and bribery.

He even used various means to obtain a valuable guard-class cruise ship.

This is a civilian ship specially used by wealthy people. It is often equipped with a large number of leisure and entertainment facilities that are not available in combat or operational spaceships.

Under normal circumstances, it is only used in or near bustling star fields to allow some wealthy people to experience the space environment.

In the edge star field, this kind of ship clearly represents two words, fat.

But the director is still somewhat smart. At least the files on his computer show that he has never driven out casually.

It seems that I only occasionally go up there for a day or two to experience the entertainment facilities above.

After all, they are luxury goods sold exclusively to rich people, and they are better than those in pirate space station cities.

In short, the total of the above things is definitely not something that a director can get in a serious situation. There is no way to explain it clearly with just a cruise ship.

Although it is said that this is a pirate space station, the pirate space station is just a name for the company to wander in the gray area to gain profits.

If you really do this kind of corruption, someone from the company will take the initiative to deal with it.

Moreover, the fact that the new director has been involved in corruption and bribery is here. Under normal circumstances, it would definitely be much easier than killing him directly.

However, although Chen Ming saw the evidence that was enough to bring him down, he still confirmed to the factory director: "What do you think of this person?"

The factory director thought about it and said, "It would be better to kill him."

"He was arranged to come here because of the exchange of interests within the company. Even with this evidence, he may not be able to be killed."

"And it's still the same relationship as before. Even if the current director leaves, there will be someone new to replace him. It might be more troublesome to replace him with someone else."

"It's best to kill them directly. It can deter others who come after you."

"And I dislike him very much."

"good."

Chen Ming nodded, completely giving the current director a death sentence in his heart.

Since he had promised the factory director before, he had to do everything well.

At this time, Chen Ming noticed through the surveillance outside the office that the director who had just left was back and approaching the office.

He quickly restored the director's computer, and then let the micro-robot hide in a hidden corner.

The direct director looked a little sweaty and led someone into the office half a minute later.

This man is the captain of the guard.

Chen Ming had seen this person when the military in the previous sector infiltrated the space station to cause trouble. He was just following the former director, and he had some impressions.

Although the guard captain looked normal to the director, he couldn't hide the disgust in his eyes. Of course, it might be that he didn't want to hide it at all.

The director also knows that most people in the administration dislike him, but he can rely on his status to suppress people, otherwise the guard captain would not follow him here.

After closing the door, the director nervously said to the guard captain: "Are you saying that the person who came to my office before was Chen Ming, who has been making a lot of noise during this time?"

The guard captain replied seriously: "That's how he was registered at the door, but no one knows who is under his power armor."

The director suddenly became a little anxious, his voice rose unconsciously, and he said as if questioning: "Then why can such a person be let in?"

"He came to my office just now! If he is not Chen Ming, he is someone who has a grudge against the company. Do you know what responsibilities you have to bear!"

"He killed you?"

"you!"

The captain of the guard choked the director, and then replied normally: "You have already seen the surveillance video just now. He came here to find the director. Come and ask you to confirm that the director is not there before leaving. Is there any problem with this?"

The director pointed in the direction of the deputy director's office on the same floor and said, "Then what does it mean that I pointed him in the direction and he didn't go back?"

"The deputy director is not in the building today. Maybe Chen Ming called to ask when he saw that the office was changed to yours? It's okay not to go to the office when you know he's not there, right?"

"And Chen Ming's entry was actually arranged by the deputy director. As long as he has his ID card, he will be let in directly."

"Also, Chen Ming has always been an employee of the company. Is there any problem with letting him in?"

The director raised his voice again and said with obvious doubts in his tone: "Can this psychic be an employee of the company?"

"Are you doubting psychics? Do you doubt Chen Ming? Or do you doubt the company?"

The director knew that he had said something wrong and quickly made up for it: "Who in the Fringe Star Territory doesn't know that psykers are real? And I never said that I doubted the company."

"I mean, is he really Chen Ming?"

The guard captain did not answer directly, but turned around and said, "Chen Ming was like this before, wearing protective clothing all day long and never taking it off."

"It's been a while since I last saw you. It's no problem to switch to power armor. It's not a big deal to run around wearing civilian power armor."

"If we couldn't afford it at the shipyard, we would have already arranged all the civilian power armor."

"By the way, he used a pseudonym in the company, Kong Jellyfish, ah, no, it was Mu Shuikong."

"It wasn't until the military attack later that his real name and his deeds spread. You may not know, so you thought Chen Ming was new."

The director's face became even more gloomy when he heard this.

"Oh, and also, when he first came over in power armor, he was indeed stopped by the guard at the door. He was not allowed to go until an old company employee from behind helped him bring his ID card."

"There is no problem with the whole process. If you think there is a problem, you can ask the deputy director, or ask why the company formulated the rules and regulations in this way."

The captain of the guard team kept leading the director into the ditch every word.

At this point, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with the director, and finally said: "Well, director, if nothing happens, I will leave. I still have a lot of things to do."

"Wait a moment."

The director stopped him again and said, "I want you to check if there are any problems with the security system, especially on my floor, and send the report back to me."

Although the guard captain felt a little irritable, he still said: "I understand."

After he left.

The director looked around nervously, picked up the terminal, and made a call.

"From the Department of Cybersecurity? Where is the director of your department? Ask him to come over."

At this point, the director returned to behind his desk.

Chen Ming and the factory director who were looking at him could probably tell what the director was going to do next.

He didn't continue to stare at him.

At this time, Chen Ming still looked casual and said: "He is anxious."

"Do you think he knows that I have a good relationship with you?"

The factory director immediately replied: "I must know, otherwise your name would not give him such a big stimulus."

"Then he doesn't know your name?"

"I know, but it's because of my name that he can do things without restraint, and I can't just kill people."

"That's right, then leave him alone."

The director can do whatever he wants now, but he can't escape the final outcome anyway.

Chen Ming sat upright for a while, his expression calmed down and he said, "I have one more thing to tell you, something that happened a long time ago."

Chen Ming's sudden serious attitude made the factory director become more serious: "You say it."

"It happened when I climbed out of the cryo-sleep chamber and was still on the mining space station."

"When I woke up, I found the body of a doctor in the room, and then got a pistol and a terminal from the body."

"It was only with these two gadgets that I was able to land from the space station to the planet Ramu below, and survive to this day."

"So I said before that if I can come back alive and have the ability, I will go back and collect a body from the doctor and let him rest in peace."

"The doctor's name is... let me think about it, Ding He."

"That's it."

The factory director showed a look of understanding on his face and said, "Then you don't have to worry too much about this."

"The Fourteenth Legion has returned the Sky Steel to the company, and the galaxy has been reopened."

"The company on the space station took over some time ago and is already handling it."

"Every employee who dies will receive a pension."

"Although more than thirty years is a bit late, it is better than nothing."

"And generally speaking, their family members have probably not died in the past thirty years, and the money will always be in their hands. The same goes for the doctor you mentioned."

"Although the company has suffered a bit, it will definitely get it all sorted out."

Chen Ming nodded and said, "Okay, then help me add some more money. Two hundred thousand should be about the same. Just think of it as what I gave to his family."

"No problem. If you find your family, I'll give it to you. If you don't, forget it."

"Um."

Finally completing something he had remembered for a long time, Chen Ming couldn't help but lean back in his chair and relax a little. The things that happened to him on the mining space station flashed through his mind.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and the factory director asked with some curiosity: "Are those bugs difficult to deal with?"

"What bug?"

"There are a large number of Zerg on the mining space station. I remember their name is the Thorn Zerg. They have strong adaptability and evolutionary capabilities and can survive in a vacuum. They are very perverted. I didn't dare to provoke them before."

The director recalled for a moment and said: "No, when the company took over the management of the space station, I also learned about it because of your relationship. There is absolutely nothing moving in the entire mining space station."

"There's just some worthless organic growth left, but those things are also dead."

“There are indeed bugs, but they are all corpses.

"If you are sure that there are bugs still alive, it is possible that the original sector military has discovered your whereabouts before."

"Then when they went back to the space station to find your records, they cleaned up the bugs on it?"

"Are there any signs of intense fighting on the space station?"

The factory director recalled this time but couldn't recall any results, so he directly took out a terminal and said: "Let me check, I just have the record on hand."

The factory director opened the terminal and called up the investigation record file he had specially requested before.

Found the space station damage assessment part.

After looking at it for a while, he said: "Yes, there are, but they are all damaged thirty years ago."

"Many are obviously man-made attacks that damage the structure of the space station, and the self-defense weapons of the space station are basically destroyed by man-made external forces. This also proves that the destruction of the space station is not just a problem of bugs."

"It should be that the military people destroyed the space station's ability to resist and then left the space station there. They were only responsible for sealing off the outside and not giving the spacecraft inside a chance to escape."

"Then let the bugs develop on their own inside, and it's best to completely cover up their movements."

"However, we did not find any traces of large-scale damage in the recent period. There are small-scale damages, both in the dock and in the living area. They are all traces left by live ammunition that penetrated deeply."

Chen Ming suddenly coughed dryly and said, "I did this."

"oh."

The factory director silently recorded the incident, intending to pass the news on so that the on-site investigators would not waste energy on it and avoid making mistakes later.

Chen Ming continued the previous topic and said: "However, there are no large-scale injuries and there are stability issues. I feel that something is wrong."

"Because according to my estimation, the entire power generation capacity of the entire mining space station must be densely packed with insects. It is impossible for the military to deal with them without leaving any traces."

"But what about bugs? Can they still grow wings and fly? No matter how powerful they are in evolving, it's useless to grow wings in space unless they can grow engines on their butts."

"Maybe?"

The factory director made a casual remark as if joking, and then also recorded what Chen Ming said.

"I'll help you pass this information on to the people handling matters over there. They're still dealing with matters at the space station recently."

"The space station is hopeless, but the equipment on it can still be salvaged. The people over there should be able to help you confirm whether there are any traces of bugs and see what they say."

"But I think it's better not to get our hopes up. I feel that the real situation may have already rotted in the belly of the sector military."

"Or you can ask the Fourteenth Legion. You have a good relationship with them now. Maybe there are records and archives that I can show you?"

"Yeah, indeed."

Chen Ming immediately thought of Bai Quan, and it happened that he would need to find Bai Quan to deal with things later, so he could ask him by the way.

Chen Ming then had no issues that needed to be dealt with by the factory director, so he stood up and left after chatting for a few words.

"Then I have to leave. I have a lot of things to deal with in the past two days."

"OK."

The factory director opened the office blockade and sent Chen Ming out of the office.

Chen Ming is not in a hurry to find Bai Quan now, he still has some matters of his own to deal with.

For example, he needs to use the money he has.

Chen Ming already has a lot of money on hand now.

Baiquan gave 2 billion before, and the company gave 3 billion this time.

There is also a sum of money that he can get after signing those documents just now. The factory director estimates that it should be 5 billion.

Normally, it is not that much, but it is mainly because Chen Ming gave up some research patent ownership.

These patents are the big ones.

Chen Ming has also thought about relying on patents to make a long-term living.

But he will not be in the empire for a long time in the future, so it is not easy to keep doing such things.

Unless someone helps to watch.

So Chen Ming just asked the factory director, but the factory director did not agree directly. He felt that this was a difficult sum of money.

Because there are too many people involved in the research institute.

Although Chen Ming provided the antimatter shock wave, which made the research institute's technology a breakthrough, many studies were not directly participated in by Chen Ming.

So it is very troublesome for Chen Ming to get a share of the money.

It is better to sell it all at once and sell it to others, and you can make more money.

So Chen Ming just signed a patent ownership transfer.

And he also gave up most of the other benefits within the empire.

Adding all these things together, the value is about 5 billion.

Of course, there is only one key patent that Chen Ming has not sold, the patent for the antimatter reactor.

Chen Ming sees the value of this thing very clearly.

No matter how deep the water is, no matter how many troubles there are, Chen Ming will never give up this thing.

The factory director also expressed his understanding.

Anyway, Chen Ming's name has been written on various papers before, and various top scientific research newspapers and journals have also published it, and the government has also taken note of it.

This patent cannot be escaped.

It's just that the other patents and the 5 billion that Chen Ming gave up the rights and interests and sold it did not reach Chen Ming so quickly.

It takes time for the company to transfer the money later, and it will take a few days for the 5 billion.

However, Chen Ming now looked at the 2 billion that Bai Quan promised to give for the second time and found that it had arrived in his account.

He now has a total of 7 billion in cash on hand, if the subsequent 5 billion is counted.

That's 12 billion.

Chen Ming had already decided on the use of this money before, and he wanted to use this money to buy industrial equipment.

When Chen Ming moved their home from Yu Hui before, he took the initiative to discard a lot of large, difficult to carry, or low-value, common equipment for the sake of efficiency.

Although they were thrown away, they must be used in the early stage of colony construction.

In other words, Chen Ming now has to find a way to make up for what he had thrown away before.

The way to make up is to spend his own money to buy it.

Although the value of the equipment Chen Ming threw away is lower than the value of the equipment he asked Huihuang Huiyao to take away, that is only relatively speaking.

Industrial equipment for building colonies is never cheap for individuals.

The 12 billion he has on hand looks like a lot, but if he wants to buy those equipment for building colonies.

It may not be enough.

But when it is not enough, we will talk about it.

In short, Chen Ming still went to find Lao Wu first. Lao Wu's way is still relatively open.

And Chen Ming also knows where to find him.

That must be the bar that Lao Wu took him to last time.

Chen Ming changed himself into a new protective suit on the way and soon arrived at the bar.

Although there were basically no people idle in the daytime, the bar was still open.

When Chen Ming leaned over to the bar counter and asked for a glass of orange juice, the bartender suddenly said, "I recognize you. You were brought here by Lao Wu some time ago."

"Oh? How did you know?"

"The voice, and the protective suit. Are you here to drink or do business this time?"

Chen Ming silently noted that his voice was also recognizable. He should pay more attention to it in the future.

Then he glanced at Lao Wu who was drinking in the corner of the bar, and ignored him for the time being.

He could actually buy some intelligence.

So he replied, "Business."

"Then go this way."

Chen Ming bypassed the bartender and followed the direction he pointed to enter the room he had been to last time.

The same glasses were sitting in the room as last time. He looked up at Chen Ming, as if he was reminiscing.

Soon, he also remembered that Chen Ming was the person Lao Wu had brought here.

"Long time no see. What intelligence do you want to buy?"

"Well... I need information about Chen Ming."