Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station-Chapter 560 - 179: Yan Xiong’s Application Method_3
"Adding up the combat model spaceships, that’s not a small amount of money."
"Even if they originally had those spaceships in the company, the ships don’t count, but people surely need to be paid, right?"
"Compensation for casualties would require money, and so would the marine corps landing on the Space Station."
"Moreover, the company encountered an unexpected situation, and their own ships definitely couldn’t move in time."
"Deploying fleets within the Empire’s borders requires approval, and to expedite this approval surely costs extra money, right?"
"Adding it all up bit by bit, it would be better to just hire bounty hunters with armed ship licenses, and people like you with special skills."
"By the way, the company has helped you get your armed ship license, so your fleet staying here won’t get caught by the Patrol Team every day. You’ll need to get in touch with the Fourteenth Legion over there."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ming suddenly smiled.
The director immediately asked, "What are you laughing about?"
Chen Ming explained, "A while back, when I first went into hiding at the Pirate Space Station, I really wanted such a license, but I could only dream of it."
"Now I neither want nor need it, and yet it has come to my hands."
The director shrugged subconsciously and said, "The strength you’ve demonstrated is the reason you received it. Even if you don’t want it, someone would still give it to you. That’s just how the world works."
"I know."
Chen Ming fell silent for a moment after saying that, feeling a bit sentimental as he accepted the license.
He then said, "Alright, I will return to this Space Station, but as for my psychic ability..."
"It’s nothing serious, in the past there were psychics who had conflicts with ordinary people over certain matters. When the time comes, just sign a notarization agreement with the local government."
"Psychics within the Empire’s public sphere also have to obey the law properly. Remember not to make mistakes with such matters, otherwise it might affect your cooperation with others in the future."
"I understand, I also like people who follow the rules."
Chen Ming agreed, and then he suddenly remembered something, asking, "Now that it’s come to this, does that Director still need to be killed?"
"The Director is as good as dead. Because of him, the company got somewhat involved with Zuo Jing, which has led to the government wanting to investigate us, with losses being quite significant."
"Although the company’s relationship with Zuo Jing has been investigated and cleared, his mistakes are evident, and he’s finished."
"Still, for me, I’d prefer to end things sooner rather than later."
Chen Ming understood and said, "No problem, where is he right now?"
"He’s on his yacht."
"The yacht will be returned as one of the pieces of evidence against him. We’ve temporarily converted a room on it into a cell, and it’s not a comfortable place for him."
"Quite coincidental?"
"Indeed, quite a coincidence."
The tone in the director’s voice at this point assured Chen Ming that the director had definitely discussed with others and arranged things this way deliberately.
There was nothing more to say.
Chen Ming knew what he had to do next.
It’s normal for people in that position to take some benefits, but taking it to the director’s head and having ideas about his stuff? That’s a mistake.
Moreover, Chen Ming remembered what the director had told him initially.
The current Director, even if dead, this position used for exchanging benefits would be taken over by someone else, and that person might continue causing trouble.
The best course of action was to make his death a warning for whoever would take over later.
That director naturally deserved to die as miserably as possible.
However, Chen Ming didn’t want to affect the others on the ship, as they were innocent.
So finally, after some consideration to meet the director’s needs...
Chen Ming checked the status of the yacht he had controlled.
At this point, the yacht had already left Pirate Space and was traveling through the Superspace Channel.
In a small converted storeroom inside the ship, the director, now much thinner but still looking like a fat pig, was imprisoned.
His body was full of scabbed wounds, lying on a small improper bed.
Though he was in a deep sleep, there was still a pained expression on his face.
However, Chen Ming felt no pity at all; the man should have used his brain before acting. Since he hadn’t, then he deserved the suffering he was enduring now.
Through the room’s surveillance, Chen Ming could see that the director’s hands and feet were shackled with electronic manacles, making movement difficult.
The electronic manacles had comprehensive functions, thus there were no guards inside or outside the room.
There wasn’t even a shadow of a person in the nearby rooms.
This made it very convenient for Chen Ming to act.
So he slightly modified the ship’s thermal circuit to suit his plan.
The effect of the modified thermal circuit was simple: the spacecraft’s cooling system would gather all the heat that ought to be dispersed and channel it into the director’s cell.
To prevent affecting others, Chen Ming also locked the permissions for the surrounding rooms, so even the main control terminal couldn’t open them.
The screams that suddenly erupted from the room naturally didn’t reach the ears of others on the ship.
However, the main control room did see what was happening on the monitors.
But the current person in charge at the main control room acted as if he didn’t see the director writhing in a room full of high temperatures.
He merely lit a cigarette for himself and then turned off the monitoring in the temporary cell.
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