Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 1048: Chapter 299: Attempt_3

He should be heading to the ship’s hospital; Li Weiqi is still lying there right now.

But in the coming period the Association will definitely make special arrangements and won’t let An Wuping and Hu Yi run into each other.

So for Chen Ming, there’s nothing he needs to do about An Wuping for the time being; all that’s left is to wait, wait for the Association’s Supreme Point to arrive at the nearest stronghold.

Of course, Chen Ming himself still has things to do.

Because the President just called and asked Chen Ming to help review the conversation between An Wuping and Niu Xin just now...

What else could Chen Ming say to that?

He was the one bullshitting; how could he not know exactly where there might be issues people could hear?

Of course, poking holes in what he said earlier is one thing; in terms of overall stance, Chen Ming definitely has to act a bit more favorable toward An Wuping.

After all, there’s no downside to having An Wuping join the Association.

Besides.

"The existence of An Wuping is a huge help for research on dimensional infection."

This isn’t just Chen Ming talking nonsense; it’s that An Wuping really can provide some things that Chen Ming himself would have a hard time bringing out to help with the research.

The President clearly agreed with Chen Ming on this: "So I’ve also been considering whether to invite him to join the Association."

Chen Ming countered, "But I remember he seems to be interested in the Audan Star Realm?"

"That’s exactly why our Association has always been a very loose organization."

On the surface, the President’s answer had nothing to do with Chen Ming’s question.

But what he meant was obviously that the Spiritual Ability Association is a loose organization, so most other powers won’t mind their people joining the Association at the same time.

Strictly speaking, since the government and the military don’t mind their own Psychics having an Association background—like how Chen Ming himself is currently in the Fourteenth Legion under his Association identity.

That Niu Xin Chen Ming knows is supposedly also a Psychic under some Star Realm Government, so other forces are even less of an issue.

"I feel like he probably won’t mind joining the Association."

With a rather strange mindset, Chen Ming said this, then quickly shifted the topic: "Then after he joins, we should first study that Spiritual Energy ability of his that clears dimensional infection marks, right?"

The President didn’t notice anything odd about Chen Ming and just answered as usual: "I don’t think that’s certain, because An Wuping is very special."

"He can switch bodies directly without any scruples, which suggests his consciousness very likely doesn’t exist in his brain, but in his entire person."

"I even feel his Enlightenment Nerve might not be in his head at all, but in that heart of his, or maybe he doesn’t even have one—who knows."

Chen Ming was stunned listening to this; he hadn’t expected the President to infer an answer almost perfectly matching reality just from what he’d said earlier.

"There’s something like that?"

"I already said it’s just a feeling."

The President didn’t speak in absolutes: "But that Spiritual Energy of his is definitely not simple, and it won’t be easy to figure out. We’ll still have to see what the later examinations show before we talk."

"Alright, anything else coming up later? I mean over in Cai Mo."

"Probably not. All that’s left in Cai Mo now is handling the aftermath. As for the specific investigation report and final conclusions, wait for tomorrow."

"Got it."

Time jumped to the next day.

An Wuping was still flying on his side, nothing happening.

So Chen Ming still contacted the President early to confirm the follow-up on the Cai Mo incident.

The Cai Mo matter had already completely wrapped up yesterday—or rather, in the early hours of today.

Once the Star Realm Master of the Cai Mo Star Realm died and came back to life and re-took control of Cai Mo, the efficiency of handling the whole thing was very high.

The losses currently tallied are mainly concentrated in seven Star Systems.

One Star System with a Star Gate, five Star Systems that Zuo Jing used as bait, and one Star System that Zuo Jing actually occupied.

Overall losses: at least four hundred quadrillion.

"Damn..."

Hearing this from the President, Chen Ming couldn’t help letting out a shocked sound.

He himself only has a few tens of billions in funds on hand; four hundred quadrillion is a bit ridiculous.

But after all, in the Cai Mo incident nearly half of the Fifth Legion’s fleet fell into civil war, plus a bunch of outside forces jumping in, with ship losses beyond counting.

There was also an Industrial Planet that was completely destroyed after experiencing dimensional infection.

And on top of that, a Main Ship was sunk.

Even if there’s still a chance to Repair it, the cost of something like a Main Ship simply cannot be pushed down.

Then there’s the entire Cai Mo Star Realm being blockaded by the Fifth Legion during the Cai Mo incident, countless ships unable to freely enter or exit and the economic losses that caused.

Add all that up and you get a tally of at least four hundred quadrillion.

After learning where the losses came from, Chen Ming even felt that four hundred quadrillion sounded a bit low.

We’re talking about a highly developed Industrial Planet in the Prosperous Star Realm.

But the numbers on record are what they are.

He didn’t have much to say about it.

From the President, Chen Ming also learned about another matter he was more concerned about.

Namely, what happened in the Beinu Star Realm.

Because after the Star Gate of Cai Mo Star Realm was taken, that Prometheus Level—now already renamed the Prometheus Mk.2 level—Main Ship came from the Beinu Star Realm.

Being able to carry out a Transformation on a Main Ship absolutely requires the full cooperation of an entire Star Realm Government apparatus.

So the entire Beinu Star Realm should have been taken.

But just yesterday, the Star Realm Master of Beinu Star Realm and hundreds of high-level officials committed suicide together.