Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

the next day.

Chen Ming received the brilliant message exactly at eight o'clock in the morning Earth Standard Time.

A complete work list was sent to the Iron Ore's computer.

Although the list listed a very detailed page of work tasks, Chen Ming took a rough look at it and found that the overall task was very simple and clear.

On the first day of formal work, Chen Ming only needs to be familiar with the factory environment, the factory equipment, and the future work procedures.

Although Chen Ming mainly relies on his spiritual energy to work, the prerequisite for tasks such as transformation still requires Chen Ming to spend time learning transformation techniques, and learning requires the use of these equipments.

So you still need to be familiar with what you should be familiar with, and you will definitely use it in the future.

After today, Chen Ming's real work will begin.

Basically, he works in the morning and gives Chen Ming time to learn skills in the afternoon. It seems quite easy.

In addition, the list also stated that Chen Ming would be given some material subsidies for learning and practical learning techniques.

However, Yuhui will also regularly check the technology mastered by Chen Ming. If it does not pass the test, the supply of materials will be reduced accordingly.

This kind of treatment is really like a company treating employees, making it difficult for Chen Ming not to feel deja vu.

But Chen Ming didn’t care too much.

After continuing to look at the work location on the work list, which is located inside the three factories just outside.

After putting on protective clothing, closing the protective panels of the spacecraft's portholes, we were ready to set off.

But just after the spacecraft's protective panel was completely lowered, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the factory outside had undergone very obvious changes.

Yesterday the transformation of those robots and machinery throughout the factory was completed.

Some factories that were originally semi-open have now been fully closed, and three factories that were originally independent of each other have now built express lanes in different factory rooms.

It will definitely be quite convenient to move between each other.

Chen Ming cannot see the other modifications, so you have to learn more about them in detail after entering.

Chen Ming arranged his protective clothing, and at the same time took Xiao Shi, who had not appeared for a long time, with him and stepped off the spacecraft.

He had a general understanding of the situation in the three factories yesterday.

They are production factories for weapons, ships and fuel respectively.

This was originally a small supply point for Afterglow.

After Chen Ming arrived, it was isolated from other places and used as a working place for Chen Ming.

While giving Chen Ming a better working environment, it can also prevent Chen Ming from taking the opportunity to cause trouble in a nearby factory.

Chen Ming came to the factory in the center of the three factories. Its door was closed at this time.

But there is a small door next to it

Get closer

It's a separate compartment.

After entering the compartment, the door behind Chen Ming was closed.

My ears, which had felt nothing but slight vibrations, suddenly heard the sound of equipment operating in the factory.

Air is being replenished inside the compartment.

Chen Ming lowered his head and glanced at the gas quality detector of the protective suit, which showed three lines of content.

Livable air environment.

No lethal gas.

No pathogenic microorganisms.

On a planet that has no atmosphere and is an afterglow planet that does not require breathing, such an environment can be said to be quite good for humans.

Is this the purpose of the renovation of the factory yesterday?

The other two factories have also been closed and should undergo similar renovations.

Afterglow is really...

Chen Ming sighed slightly. He didn't get such treatment when he first joined the company.

Chen Ming shook his head, tried to take off his helmet, and breathed in the air in the factory.

Although it is inside the factory, the air does not smell strange. At most, it has a heavy metallic smell, but this is something that the factory cannot avoid, and Chen Ming cannot be too demanding.

Holding the helmet to his side, Xiaoshiba pulled it on the edge of the helmet and looked curiously at the new environment outside, looking eager to try it out.

Chen Ming picked up the terminal and looked at the factory map sent along with the work list.

You can see the location of the factory's main control room on the map. Three factories share one main control room.

But Chen Ming did not go there immediately because he also saw something else.

Refrigerated food storage.

This thing can be said to be quite incompatible with Afterglow.

Anyway, today’s task is to get familiar with the working environment and work processes. The cold storage is in the factory and should be considered a part of the working environment.

Chen Ming directly followed the passage that had been clearly renovated inside, arrived at the cold storage smoothly, and stood at the door of the cold storage.

It was different from the empty shelves that Chen Ming saw when he opened the cold storage of the mining space station half a year ago.

After opening the cold storage in the factory, Chen Ming saw a large amount of food supplies that almost filled all the shelves in the cold storage.

If Chen Ming remembers correctly, there are no habitable planets in the galaxy he is currently in.

In other words, if you want food, it must be specially transported from other places.

Yuhui really gave Chen Ming a very good working environment.

Chen Ming closed the door of the cold storage and continued to look at the map.

The structures of the other two factories are basically the same as the spacecraft factory where Chen Ming is currently located. Except for the absence of cold storage and master control room, and some differences in internal equipment, the general structures are similar.

Chen Ming wandered around the other two factories and returned to the spaceship factory after confirming the environment.

Came to the main control room of the factory.

This is a room full of complex control panels on one side, various work equipment on the other side, and even some objects for Chen Ming to rest in the corner.

Chen Ming didn't pay attention to the side, but directly approached the control panel.

Then he discovered that although the panels looked complicated and troublesome, in fact the panels themselves and their functions were very familiar to Chen Ming.

It's basically the same situation as the equipment in the maintenance shop, and although it is equipment modified by Yuhui, most of the operating habits are based on human beings.

Chen Ming tried to operate it.

Through the control panel, he could observe everything going on, including the other two factories.

All control permissions of the three factories are also integrated here, and all equipment can be controlled by Chen Ming.

In addition, in the database linked to the control panel, Chen Ming also saw a specially marked, complete and detailed task arrangement for Chen Ming, that is, more detailed task requirements.

Tomorrow morning's work will be to repair a batch of weapons already stored in the warehouse.

Although Chen Ming controls the factory and can use the factory's equipment to complete the work, Yu Hui obviously does not want to see Chen Ming use the equipment to perform repairs, but wants to see how Chen Ming's psychic power can achieve control, repair and maintenance. Transformation effect.

The equipment in the factory is mostly used for learning as Chen Ming thought before.

Yuhui specially gave Chen Ming time to study in the afternoon, and even entered some professional books on Yuhui technology into the database linked to the control panel, which was not just for display.

Chen Ming flipped through the books where these afterglows were recorded.

It can only be said that although the design of Yuhui's spaceship and weapons is the same as that of humans in terms of underlying ideas, after all, Yuhui is of human origin.

But it's different when it extends further. Yuhui's spaceship design ideas and weapon design ideas are all geared towards the use of AI.

What Chen Ming needs to learn is this technology.

In fact, humans should also have these contents. After so many years of fighting, Yuhui's spaceship must have obtained a lot of them.

After cracking it backwards, you must have mastered some superficial and relatively low-level knowledge that should be mastered.

Yu Hui must know this, and he would definitely not feel bad if he gave it to him directly.

Therefore, it shouldn't be too difficult for Chen Ming to learn these relatively low-level knowledge.

After getting familiar with all the functions of the control panel.

Chen Ming chose to go to the material warehouse next to the factory work area.

The first weapons to be repaired tomorrow are here.

Most of these weapons are energy weapons, but there are also a small number of live ammunition weapons.

Many of them are models that Chen Ming has never seen before. Unfortunately, these things are not on the spacecraft now, so the names cannot be known.

But since they are all in the warehouse, there is always a chance to find out the value of these things later.

In addition to weapons, there are also some others, such as drone parts or some damaged equipment.

It seemed that as long as it was not something that Yuhui AI had direct contact with, they would pick some out and bring them to Chen Ming.

In addition to these finished products, there are many other materials in the warehouse.

These should be the material subsidies Yu Hui mentioned, and they can all be used by him.

After a casual look, Chen Ming was able to determine that there were thirteen types of high-grade materials and two types of special-grade materials in the warehouse.

Although the amount is not much, it is enough for Chen Ming to use for a while if he does not use it randomly.

In addition, there are those escape cabins that Chen Ming asked Di Guang to go back and collect before leaving the battlefield.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking about what to do with these escape cabins.

Chen Ming suddenly felt that his spacecraft staying at the space station was touched.

Chen Ming immediately glanced distractedly and found that it was Lao Wu who was holding a screwdriver and pulling on the engine of the spacecraft.

"Tsk."

Chen Ming smacked his lips in displeasure.

It seemed that Old Wu already knew that he was not dead.

Then, contact Chen Ming through the method of proactive contact that Chen Ming left for his boss, which is to use a hard object to pull inside the engine nozzle of the spacecraft.

After all, Chen Ming is now here in Yuhui. Even for safety, he does not need to control the spacecraft for protection, so he can always control the sentry and receive information from the sentry at any time.

After Lao Wu finished pulling up the spacecraft, he turned around and ran to an unmanned corner of the maintenance shop, lit a cigarette and waited.

Chen Ming didn't waste any time and immediately contacted him through Sentinel.

"You have nothing to do to sail my spaceship? Pay the money."

A smile appeared on Lao Wu's face and he said: "Hey, Xiao Ming, you are really alive. What is your specific situation and what happened next? Tell me quickly."

"Fix my ship."

"Hey, definitely."

Chen Ming leaned against the wall of the factory and told Old Wu what happened after the Follower Company fleet entered hyperspace. Of course, he omitted a lot of details.

After listening to this, Lao Wu showed a confused look on his face and said, "There is nothing wrong with what you said before, but it sounds weird after that."

"Why did Yuhui agree to join you so casually and easily? And give you such good treatment? Without even interrogating you to find out what you wanted to do in the past?"

Chen Ming was quite surprised when he heard Lao Wu's question and asked: "You don't understand?"

"I feel I understand, but I don't understand. Just tell me. I'm too lazy to think about it. The client is just calling me. Why should I think about it myself?"

"you really are……"

Chen Ming shook his head, but did not refuse. He explained: "Because I didn't show any resistance before, nor did I show any threat to them, so they let me join."

"?"

"To put it simply, my ability actually forced Yu Hui to come over to a certain extent."

"Let me ask you, you are Yuhui, and I am asking you for help. If you are able to come, will you at least come and take a look?"

"Isn't this nonsense?"

"Isn't that okay? If Yuhui comes, then they have only two choices. One is to kill me to avoid future troubles, and the other is to take me away and let me, the person who has asked them for help, do the work for them. "

"With my active cooperation, is it necessary for Yu Hui to interrogate me more?"

"I am actively cooperating with them, and they are cooperating with me. Isn't it best to just cooperate like this? There is no need to engage in a complicated, troublesome interrogation that is impossible to get a real answer."

"It sounds simple to you just now, but many things are achieved through luck, coincidence, and the information I have obtained from other places."

"You don't think Yu Hui is easy to get along with, do you? If we really break up, Yu Hui will definitely kill me immediately."

"If I am peaceful, Yuhui will cooperate and give me peace. If I resist, then Yuhui will definitely be aggressive."

Chen Ming paused for a moment and continued: "Yuhui AI is actually easy to understand. Even if they have self-awareness, they will still follow the logically optimal solution when doing things."

"I may not necessarily judge the optimal solution, but the relatively optimal solution can still be calculated."

"The best solution they can find for me is definitely not to kill me."

"So in that situation, I made a choice that matched their optimal solution."

"That's how things work. As long as we understand each other's general ideas and have the same interests, everything will go very smoothly."

Old Wu still sounded a little confused and asked: "Then what public interests do you and Yu Hui have? Are they not afraid of being controlled by you?"

"They need my capabilities and it's in their interest."

"My abilities are my interests to me."

"It's a risk they have to bear if I control them, and they know there's a risk on me."

"And my own thoughts are also risky. I may not just join them because of my relationship with the military. I may have other ideas about Yuhui."

"Yuhui knows that I have thoughts, and I also know that Yuhui knows that I know they have such thoughts about me, but there is no need to show it."

"It would be disgraceful to show it."

"Verbal threats, such as prohibiting people from thinking about them, and being threatened if they have ideas, are all nonsense."

"You are Yu Hui and you said that to me. Then I said that I don't dare to have thoughts about you anymore and I will work for you honestly from now on. Do you believe it?"

Old Wu shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."

"Yes, even if they say it, I may not be out of ideas. On the contrary, it may stimulate my rebellious psychology even more."

"And the result of this matter being revealed is that my relationship with Yu Hui will be very tense."

"I am now in Yu Hui's territory. Is it good for Yu Hui to have a tense relationship with Yu Hui?"

Lao Wu suddenly said: "Why do I feel that what you said is contradictory?"

"I'm not saying otherwise, Yu Hui and I can be said to be cooperating now."

"I provide Yuhui with my abilities, and Yuhui provides me with a shelter from being pursued by the military."

"In addition to Yuhui, there are many forces that can protect me from being hunted by the military. But without me, there will be no other psyker with such abilities."

Chen Ming suddenly sighed when he said this: "Actually, if the company could have been half an hour faster, I should be in the capital of the Star Territory now."

"And if I'm not wrong about the military, something is about to happen."

"It will be difficult for the military to continue to allocate energy to hunt me down."

"It's a pity that it's still a little slow."

Old Wu seemed to feel the same way and said, "Indeed, but the company will probably find a way to save you later, right?"

"I will definitely be rescued. As long as the company still needs Sky Steel and needs the subsequent benefits of Sky Steel, they will definitely find ways to save me before their losses exceed the estimated risk value that Sky Steel's benefits bring to them. "

"As for what will happen during the rescue, that will happen later."

"Anyway, since I am a company, it would be difficult to come to the rescue now, so I am not in a hurry to go back."

"It would be good to stay here with Yu Hui and gain some stable benefits from each other."

When Lao Wu heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "So confident? Yuhui just wants to get benefits from you. You are still in Yuhui, so you can still pick up Yuhui's wool? Aren't you afraid that they will attack you directly if they get anxious?"

"Well, it sounds a bit confident, but I understand the thinking logic of Yuhui's AI very well."

"Instead of targeting me with unnecessary threats and differential treatment, they can only use death threats and other means to force me to do things with extremely low efficiency, while at the same time facing the covetousness of all the forces that are interested in me."

"I should be enough for other forces to have thoughts about me, right?"

Old Wu sounded more confident than Chen Ming and said: "That's for sure. The news about you being in the fleet has been spread everywhere. Soon people in many places will know that there is someone who can control the spacecraft. psykers exist."

"So, so many people will have thoughts about me, and Yuhui is a threat. If I really die, Yuhui will definitely suffer the biggest loss."

"Because I am in their hands now, not on human territory."

"It would be acceptable to Yuhui if I died on human territory. After all, I would be dangerous to Yuhui among humans. If they can't get it, destroying it wouldn't be a bad idea."

"But if I die on Yuhui's territory, Yuhui will get nothing."

"Afterglow relied on my ability to achieve technological progress and the possibility of a more powerful future, all disappeared."

"Sunset and I both know this."

"So if things can be done peacefully without conflict, then both sides can get what they need, and there's no need to create complications, right?"

Old Wu now fully understood why Chen Ming was able to join Yuhui so smoothly. He said with some sigh: "Is this Yuhui so smart?"

"If Sunset wasn't smart, we wouldn't have fought Sunset for so long."

"I'm talking about being smart as a person. I thought Sunset was just a calculating robot."

Lao Wu said such words, Chen Ming didn't find it strange to have such thoughts.

After all, Yuhui generally does not communicate with humans, so in the eyes of most people, he should be the image of a crazy artificial intelligence.

Only those who have the ability to communicate with Yuhui will know that Yuhui is really a new life.

"So you know now, right?"

"So for Yu Hui, instead of all kinds of threats, restrictions, and coercion, it is better to use gentler methods, more active support, and generous treatment to make me stay."

"You know, Old Wu, Yuhui gave me control of three factories, a spacecraft production factory, a weapons production factory, and a ship fuel production factory."

"To be honest, I'm very excited right now."

"All authority within the factory is given to me, and all materials are available for me to use as I please."

"Even if I can't make money from them, there is still a place for my own spaceship."

"And more importantly..."

When Chen Ming came here, he lowered his tone and suddenly changed the subject and said, "Old Wu, go to my spaceship."

"OK."

Old Wu snuffed out his cigarette, flicked the cigarette butt in the direction of the sweeping robot, and walked into the maintenance shop.

Chen Ming controlled the sentry hatch to open, allowing Old Wu to step onto the ship.

Later, Chen Ming randomly selected a conspicuous device inside the Sentinel and modified it.

Chen Ming was standing in the warehouse at this time. Some of the materials in the warehouse in front of him instantly melted into liquid and flowed into Chen Ming's palm.

After crossing the distance limit, it was covered on the sentry's equipment.

Under Lao Wu's amazed gaze, Chen Ming chose to restore the transformation.

Then, the modified materials appeared on the floor of the sentry.

"It's meaningless to me to cut off countless light years."

"You know the value of teleporting things back from Yuhui over long distances, right?"

"Although I can't modify Yuhui's AI cores now, I will definitely be able to install and disassemble them in the future."

"Do you understand the meaning? If you were asked to come, would you be moved?"

Old Wu swallowed.

There were three complete factories in front of them. If he didn't have Chen Ming's ability, he would have to think carefully. After all, everything actually belonged to Yu Hui.

However, with Chen Ming's skills, working in the factory is definitely not working for Yu Hui.

"Yuhui will provide me with a lot of materials. They will give me ordinary, high-grade and even special-grade materials. They will also give me the knowledge to learn Yuhui technology."

"What I can get from Yuhui is definitely more than the ordinary materials I put in front of you now."

"Do you think they can think of it? A psyker who controls a spaceship has the same ability as space teleportation."

Lao Wu bent down and picked up a metal ingot on the ground and said, "I can't think of it."

"Then it's over."

"Anyway, the summary of this matter is that both Yu Hui and I can benefit from the opponent. Although there are risks, the risks are acceptable."

"So there is no need for us to openly quarrel with each other. I am willing to cooperate, and Yu Hui is also willing to cooperate. Both parties will get what they need, and who will be the winner in the end."

Old Wu raised his head and glanced at the monitor inside the spacecraft. He knew that Chen Ming could see it.

"I always feel like you and Yu Hui have an inexplicable tacit understanding."

"Maybe it's because I have a lot of contact with Yuhui AI. Okay, I have something to do here, so I'm hanging up."

After getting the answer, Lao Wu stopped talking and said, "Okay, then when can you come back? I see that Lao Lu seems to be quite unhappy these past two days."

"Knowing that you are still alive makes me feel a little better, but I feel like I have no energy at all."

Chen Ming knew the reason for the factory director's lack of energy.

After all, he and his boss were doing business worth tens of millions a day.

But in fact, it will be difficult to do this after Chen Ming's identity is exposed. The company will keep an eye on this kind of business that damages the company's reputation.

Even if the Pirate Space Station is working on it, this matter requires the cooperation of outside companies, so it will definitely be stopped later. Chen Ming himself may not be able to visit the space station often in the future. It would be strange if the director is not depressed.

It's a pity for Chen Ming. He only did it for two or three days before and didn't make much money.

The factory manager will probably pay for the remaining goods in two days.

However, Chen Ming didn't have the Internet and couldn't see it, so he had to go back and talk about it.

"Then you go and have a drink with the factory manager and have a good time. If you have any questions, please contact me. That's it."

Chen Ming hung up the communication.

There was a feeling of relief on my face for a while, as I was able to express all my innermost thoughts.

But it was immediately covered by some haze.

Chen Ming actually had something to say just now.

Although he appeared to be normal, in fact, he was still somewhat uncertain about the future.

And these uncertainties made him always feel like he was unable to let go completely.

Because although Chen Ming really doesn't want to go back now, if he wants to go back, Chen Ming currently has no good way to go back immediately unless he goes through other people.

He was forced to call Yuhui when he was in a desperate situation.

And Yuhui is a way he prepared in advance to survive when no one can save him.

It can be regarded as a back-up move that will be activated only when the last resort is necessary.

Therefore, Chen Ming did not prepare his back-up plan.

So much so that his current situation is actually a bit difficult to get off.

In addition to gaining benefits from Yuhui, he also needs to continue to find ways to escape.

But now Chen Ming doesn't want to trust others anymore. He doesn't want others to be late in the end.

He himself must find a way out by himself.

It doesn’t have to be used, but it must be there.

Chen Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, pushed the wall he was leaning on, and stood firm. .

At this time, a communication was sent in and sent to Chen Ming's terminal.

Why do you feel like more people are contacting Yuhui now?

Strange thoughts flashed through Chen Ming's mind, and he discovered that what was displayed on the terminal was Gamma A's active communication.

It said that it has almost reached the upper limit of the gamma-level afterglow AI core and can be upgraded to beta level.

For this purpose the core carrier needs to be replaced.

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