CHAPTER 352: CHAPTER 132 FIRST SHOT_2

After the previous events, he deliberately looked up information on Tang Shi.

Then he discovered various things that had happened between the Battle Zone and Chen Ming in the past.

Now he understood that the problem with the plan wasn’t just Tang Shi’s greed; there was hatred and stupidity involved as well.

But knowing this didn’t keep Bai Quan from continuing to feel a headache and inner madness.

Because Chen Ming’s death meant more than just a person’s death; Cheng Xinghe was still in Chen Ming’s hands, which was no different from a two-in-one death.

However, Bai Quan never believed that Chen Ming would die so easily.

So he chose to forcibly detain Tang Shi, attempting to find the possibility that Chen Ming was still alive.

From the second day of Tang Shi’s detention, pressure continued to come at him from various sides, except for the Headquarters of the Fourteenth Legion located on the other side of the Empire.

A week passed without releasing him, and complaint documents piled up on the desk.

Forcing him to make a decision immediately.

But Bai Quan knew he had to take into account various factors to determine what action was truly worth taking.

So he chose to trust himself.

Today, he brought in a Psychic with the ability to investigate.

Then, he found that the Psychic’s investigation into Chen Ming was directly cut off, rather than being unable to find anything.

He knew very well what this meant.

Either Chen Ming cut it off himself, or someone helped Chen Ming cut it off.

And these two mean the same thing.

Chen Ming is still alive.

By this time, Bai Quan’s detention of Tang Shi had reached its limit, but fortunately, he successfully delayed until the moment he discovered Chen Ming wasn’t dead.

He immediately contacted the boss.

He needed to speak with Chen Ming.

He needed to determine his final handling of Tang Shi through Chen Ming’s attitude and situation.

As for Chen Ming, since it was already exposed that he was alive, he decided to stop pretending to be dead.

He directly controlled the terminal he gave to the boss, connecting it to the terminal the boss usually used, to communicate with Bai Quan.

And after the communication was connected, Chen Ming started off very unceremoniously, "I’ll give you three sentences, and if I don’t hear what I want, I’ll leave immediately."

Bai Quan was not angered by Chen Ming’s attitude; instead, he breathed a slight sigh of relief because Chen Ming was still willing to communicate with him.

He pondered for a moment and said, "I fell into a coma due to a man-made accident before the mission execution."

"I can compensate you fully for the losses caused by this mission."

"Also, I’m not representing the Fourteenth Legion now, only myself."

"Is that all?"

Chen Ming did not hang up the call, calming the slight anxiety in Bai Quan due to uncertainty. He asked, "What else do you need?"

"A price."

"It has been a week since that mission, and I believe you have also understood the entire course of events."

"I followed the regulations set by you and me, sending out the location signal as agreed, and also trying to contact when you arrived early."

"When I couldn’t contact you, I didn’t expect your side to do anything, just grasp the retreat I arranged, a Dusk Cruiser, let it through, I could leave on my own."

Chen Ming deliberately elongated his speech interval to allow Bai Quan to listen and think about what he said.

"As for the result, I don’t know whether your side didn’t receive my message or what, anyhow, that cruiser was taken down by you."

"That was my only lifeline, you first had two cruisers force it out of the Cooperative Shield protection."

"Finally, it was destroyed by an Offensive Level Thermal Pulse Laser."

"They want to kill me, so... can you eliminate all these people to avenge me?"

Bai Quan hesitantly said, "Isn’t this a bit..."

Chen Ming, of course, knew he was talking nonsense, but isn’t negotiation like this?

Since Bai Quan wanted to talk with Chen Ming, Chen Ming, as the victim, had to express something.

Anyway, he was just saying it casually, he knew those soldiers were always just following orders, executing orders.

Honestly having tens of thousands of people aboard these three ships pay with their lives could even break his own psychological state.

But outwardly, Chen Ming still had to put on a show.

"Do you think I’m being extreme? Or making unreasonable demands?"

"What does the Empire’s law say, let me think, intentional murder, that’s a death penalty, right?"

"But..."

"But what? But I didn’t die?"

Chen Ming’s last few sentences were somewhat off the mark, but he didn’t need to appear rational now.

Moreover, proactively discarding some rational comments was more in line with his interests.

Anyway, in the end, he wasn’t the one in the wrong, so he naturally had the right to do so.

"Bai Quan, this isn’t a conflict between us; it’s between me and the Fourteenth Legion."

"You can’t deny one thing, the problem is within your own command structure, not me."

"I can’t be responsible for being nearly killed due to this issue as a victim."

"Mr. Chen Ming..."

Chen Ming impatiently interrupted again, "Your own internal struggle has to warrant someone paying the price, right?"

"As a Major General being seriously injured, at least all directly involved must face the right punishment, ranging from imprisonment to death penalty, right?"

Bai Quan hesitated for a long time and then said, "Yes."

"Then what about me?"

Bai Quan went silent.