Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Gamma A is about to become a beta-level AI core.

I knew this before it was revealed.

But Gamma A also said that it is still far from substantial improvement.

During this period of time, except for the three almost useless mechanical chips that Chen Ming gave it, there was nothing that could increase gamma A so quickly.

The only possibility is the arrangement of Afterglow. Afterglow gives Gamma A the part of the computing power needed to meet the conditions for improvement.

As for whether this is the case, just investigate.

Chen Ming opened the Diopter's panel, and then he discovered that the Diopter was staying outside a factory in the Yuhui Industrial Colony.

And it is the same as the independent small supply point Chen Ming is at, an independent small factory.

Although the refraction stops here, gamma A has been removed from the refraction at this time.

However, Chen Ming was still able to determine the position of gamma A.

Just inside the factory next door.

The core should be replaced.

It seems that the sudden increase in gamma A is indeed Yuhui's initiative.

They still don't believe that Chen Ming is incapable of controlling the AI ​​core, so they decided to replace Gamma A, which was suspected of being controlled by Chen Ming, with a new core.

This is the best choice that cannot be faulted in terms of theory and logic, and Chen Ming cannot express any opinions on it.

Otherwise, it would be equivalent to helping Yu Hui completely prove that he has this ability.

But even if Gamma A has to change its carrier, Chen Ming is still confident that his psychic power will continue.

Because what is displayed on his panel is [AI individual controlled], not [AI core controlled].

The afterglow is not distinguished by the core, but by the existence within the core.

I just don’t know if Afterglow will reinstall Gamma A back to Diopter after replacing it, or if it will try to give Gamma A a new spaceship.

Chen Ming didn't quite think that Yu Hui would let down his guard against Gamma A just because he changed his shell. There might be other tests later.

It seems that it will take time for Gamma A to replace the beta core.

Chen Ming didn't wait all the time. He had other things to do at the moment.

Deal with those military escape pods.

Chen Ming walked into the warehouse and relied on the control sub-panel that was also found in the warehouse to control the equipment connecting the work area and the warehouse, as well as some robots with various functions.

Transport the escape capsule in the warehouse to the next door and begin to remove the outer layer he had added previously against the panels.

The cryo-sleep device has been activated inside the escape capsule. Unless activated externally, it will remain frozen.

Therefore, Chen Ming is not worried that the soldiers inside will take the opportunity to escape after removing the shell.

After being busy for a period of time, Chen Ming found the escape cabin containing the soldier wearing special military uniforms among these escape cabins.

At the same time, Chen Ming also saw the eagle-shaped mark on his chest through the transparent porthole of the escape cabin, as well as the "XIV".

In the hyperspace, before Chen Ming's terminal network was disconnected, he took the opportunity to check it.

This mark is the mark of the 14th Independent Legion of the Empire.

Chen Ming was once just an ordinary maintenance engineer. At most, he knew that the military had many different departments.

From the highest star field joint theater military, to the next level star field military, to the lower star field military, and to the lowest level of the scattered star system garrison.

In addition, the empire also has some independent legions outside this system. Other than this, Chen Ming is not sure.

He only found out after checking that the Fourteenth Legion is currently recognized as the strongest among the twenty independent legions in the empire.

It's no wonder that the battle commanded by the commander of the 14th Army Corps can limit Chen Ming's abilities everywhere.

The Fourteenth Legion has the largest exclusive territory among all independent legions.

Although the area is smaller compared to the Star Territory Joint Theater Military, Star Territory Military and Star Territory Military, the income from all colonies within the galaxy is equivalent to the military expenditure of the legion.

As a result, the combat capability of the Fourteenth Army Corps is often stronger than that of some theater military forces.

And according to what Chen Ming found out, the Fourteenth Legion was actually quite unbearable before.

It was after a reorganization about twenty years ago and after many battles with Yuhui on the frontal battlefield that we reached our current heyday.

I don’t know why the people from the 14th Army suddenly came here.

Chen Ming looked through the transparent porthole of the escape cabin. In addition to the military uniform, he could also see a face about the same age as Chen Ming and the military registration plate hanging on his chest.

The commander's name is Cheng Xinghe, and his military rank is only captain.

Looking at Cheng Xinghe with his eyes closed in the escape cabin, Chen Ming had a hesitant expression on his face.

In fact, I don't have much hatred towards the military, especially the foreign 14th Legion.

After all, for soldiers, following orders is normal.

The only ones who have hatred towards Chen Ming are the senior military officials who issued the order to track down Chen Ming, and those other people who colluded with the senior officials and would rather kill Chen Ming for the sake of Sky Steel.

And of course, there's the psyker who blocks the boss's rescue.

Moreover, Chen Ming had no idea of ​​killing these prisoners and avenging those who died in the previous battle.

This is not good for Chen Ming at all, and he can only say that he is not familiar with the people in the company.

Thirty years later, the people I once knew either retired or died.

Familiar people can say that there is no one.

And to be honest, Chen Ming and other people were just ordinary colleagues before, and they were not familiar with each other at all.

Now, let alone people who have only known each other for a few hours on the cattle drive.

The company gave them orders, and the company will naturally handle their affairs, and Chen Ming does not need to worry about it.

If Chen Ming feels guilty in the future, he can find a way to compensate, but now Chen Ming himself is a little bit in danger, so he still puts himself first.

So instead of thinking about these, it is better to think about whether there is any way to use these captives.

However, Chen Ming has not yet figured out how to use these captives.

Although there is a simplest and crudest way, throw it to Yu Hui.

They will naturally take these escape pods and argue with the human government military in exchange for something.

Yu Hui will definitely give Chen Ming some benefits.

But Chen Ming doesn't think it's okay.

It feels like the value of these captives is wasted in vain.

And Chen Ming actually has some other ideas about Cheng Xinghe.

The military fleet's powerful combat power, which far exceeded the paper power, had not yet faded from Chen Ming's mind.

Chen Ming had never thought that the fleet could perform such delicate and exquisite operations that required Chen Ming's orders.

The combat command skills alone could fully offset the advantages brought by Chen Ming.

This gave Chen Ming the feeling that.

As long as the company's command was exchanged with Cheng Xinghe, even if the company's fleet strength was reduced by one third, with Chen Ming's ability, the army could still be defeated.

And it just so happened that Chen Ming wanted to organize a fleet of his own.

Then if Cheng Xinghe could be the commander of the fleet, if Chen Ming could persuade Cheng Xinghe to join his fleet.

That would definitely have a very terrifying effect.

Although Chen Ming felt that the probability was low, he always had to have a dream.

And the current commander's environment also made Chen Ming's thoughts in his heart linger for a long time.

Cheng Xinghe has now lost his ship, his fleet, and has been captured by Chen Ming. He is alone and is simply the most vulnerable time in his life.

Even if he cannot join Chen Ming's fleet to command.

Chen Ming could also try to exchange his freedom for him to teach Chen Ming, or teach Gamma AB some commanding skills.

Chen Ming wanted flexible skills on the battlefield, not rigid textual knowledge.

He believed that Cheng Xinghe could do this.

Even if only so much could be achieved in the end, it would be of great value to Chen Ming.

As long as he could deal with the commander Cheng Xinghe, it would actually be equivalent to dealing with the rest of the army.

The remaining 62 people, even if they were different from Cheng Xinghe, were of considerable value.

Chen Ming reached out and patted the escape pod, feeling a little impatient.

But he also knew that things were not done that way, and what he had just thought of had to be postponed.

His fleet had no hair at all, and waking up Cheng Xinghe now would not be of any benefit to Chen Ming.

It would definitely have to be discussed later.

I just don't know if the military will come looking for them during this period of time.

Chen Ming was not too worried about this, anyway, there was Yu Hui blocking him outside, and this was also the risk that Yu Hui wanted Chen Ming to take.

After removing the outer shells that Chen Ming had added to all the escape pods, Chen Ming also spent some time recording the military ID cards of everyone.

By the way, a piece of paper recording the identity was posted on the outside of each escape pod for easy reference later.

After finishing this matter, there was still a lot of time left today, and Chen Ming still planned to use it for study.

After the official work assigned by Yu Hui was completed tomorrow, Chen Ming would try to ask Yu Hui for some other things.

Chen Ming and Yu Hui now have an awkward cooperative relationship.

Since Chen Ming made some reasonable requests, Yu Hui couldn't refuse without reason.

At the same time.

Company headquarters.

It had been quite a long time since Chen Ming was taken away by Yu Hui.

Chen Ming left the space station at more than three in the morning, and arrived at the Yu Hui colony after a lot of things.

It was already the morning of the day, and the last meeting was about the same time, a little earlier.

One day later, the directors who had been busy for more than twenty hours gathered in the meeting room again.

At the beginning of the meeting, everyone's eyes turned to the director who was in charge of military affairs.

The director spread his hands and said, "Well, as you already know, the problem on the military side has exploded, and the Gamma-2 star zone has been completely taken over by the Fourteenth Legion."

"Is the Fourteenth Legion really here? And take over in person?"

"It seems that the person who was killed by their own people before has some status."

"It may also be that they are protecting their shortcomings. This should be good news for us, right?"

The director in charge of military affairs looked at the last director who asked a question and said, "But-"

"They immediately issued a wanted notice for Chen Ming, saying that Chen Ming had an affair with Yu Hui and betrayed the empire. The previous bounty of 90 million was increased to 200 million again."

"I specifically asked the temporary person in charge there. It seems that the Fourteenth Legion temporarily pulled up from the group of people who had no problems in the local military to do the work, and they are not familiar with many things."

"They didn't say what was going on with the wanted order. They gave an ambiguous answer. They just said that they were very busy and they didn't want to deal with this kind of thing urgently. They asked us to wait."

"I just don't know what they mean."

The director next to him speculated: "Is it possible that Chen Ming's psychic ability has been discovered by the military? So decisive? Don't leave a way for others."

"It should be someone from the military who was still alive before and saw the Yuhui ship taking Chen Ming away."

"And if there are residual energy fluctuations from Yuhui's tachyon spear at the scene, it will be clear that Yuhui killed the ruler. This cannot be concealed."

"And the news that Chen Ming is a psyker should have been leaked. He was hunted down by the military's fleet before. It is impossible to hide the abilities he has used."

"Then it's normal to think that Chen Ming can control Yuhui."

"The key is not whether we can connect or not, but other things."

The director in charge of the military affairs suddenly made a stop gesture and said, "Wait a minute, there is one more thing."

"The wanted notice they issued is at the star level, not the star level bounty. It is only valid within the star area."

There was a sudden silence in the conference room for a while, until a director asked: "Why is this? It's wanted, but not fully wanted. What do you mean by the Fourteenth Legion?"

"No matter what it means, in short, the situation is not bad. A star zone level bounty does not matter at all. A star zone will always be a star zone. It does not matter if there is no star zone level wanted."

"You can't say it doesn't matter. Chen Ming has a wanted person in the sector. The government will definitely find out when the time comes."

"And Chen Ming was really taken away by Yu Hui. What will the government do? Is he having an affair with Yu Hui? Or is he treated as a prisoner of Yu Hui?"

"If there is a problem, just find a way to solve it. Our relationship with Chen Ming's star domain government is not too bad now. Just talk about this kind of thing."

The directors had a quick discussion, determined their opinions on the possible development of this matter, and also raised the next topic.

"In that case, the Sky Steel matter should be settled. How is the communication with the government going?"

"Yes, we still have the mining rights certificate and evidence that Chen Ming left the galaxy. What does the government say?"

The director who took the initiative to contact the government said expressionlessly: "When I asked, the government told us everything we mentioned about Chen Ming and Sky Steel."

"Which one should I listen to first? Chen Ming or Sky Steel?"

"Chen Ming."

Seeing that the other directors had no objections, the director responsible for contacting the government said: "The government has determined Chen Ming's situation based on the information we have given. They are very interested in Chen Ming."

"As long as there is accurate information from Chen Ming, the government said that it can forget about the incident of the armor-piercing class ship and just replace the lost armor-piercing class later. It can also give us priority in bidding and more ships in the future. Order Form.”

"I remember that the armor-piercing ship was recovered by us, right? How to deal with it?"

"Chen Ming's ability is not fully understood yet. Even if the armor is destroyed, he may still have the ability to control it."

The chairman, who had been silent but just listening, suddenly said: "Did the production start when the bid was passed before the armor was broken?"

A director sitting in the corner nodded and said: "Yes, but there are no new outputs except the sample ship."

"Then concentrate the productivity on one line and find an armor-piercing ship to deal with it first."

"As for the armor-piercing ship, let's repair it first. If Chen Ming can come back, we will give the ship directly to him. This armor-piercing ship can be used as proof of our friendship with him and reduce the conflict between us selling him later."

"The ship that has been touched by him cannot be touched by anyone but him."

"If you can't come back, there are two scenarios."

"If he dies, there will be no need to worry about problems with this armor-piercing ship."

"If it's not dead, then we can only hold it first and see what happens in the future."

"We have determined that both the military and the government know Chen Ming's capabilities. They have more things to consider than we do. They will definitely not let Chen Ming continue to stay at Yuhui."

"In the past, ordinary technicians who went to Yuhui didn't have to spend energy to find it back, but Chen Ming, the psyker, is different."

"The military will definitely take action in the future, and we don't need to keep this armor-piercing ship for too long."

"but."

The chairman suddenly said with great seriousness: "Have you thought of the problems involved?"

"Things have come to this point, which means that no matter what, the military and government will definitely help us wipe our butt in order to prevent Yuhui from getting stronger."

"But if we don't take the initiative to wipe it, then we may not be able to save our butts, let alone other things."

"If Chen Ming gets into the hands of the military or the government, it is not up to us whether Chen Ming is a member of the company or whether he ran away from the mining space station."

After looking around the conference table to make sure everyone understood what he said.

The chairman first changed the topic and gave those working on it time to think: "What about Sky Steel? What does the government say?"

The director in charge of the government side said: "The government said that this matter and Chen Ming's matter should be dealt with separately. The most the government can do is help us communicate with the military and let them relax the blockade of the galaxy."

"But the military should be tortured by the 14th Legion now, right?"

The director in charge of military affairs said: "Torture is torture, only the general command of the star region military is now paralyzed, and other places are still the same."

"When I communicated with them before, they just replaced a group of internal people with clean people, so the military leaders who can contact the government are basically in the same situation."

"As long as Chen Ming can be brought back first, the government can directly arrange a meeting for us with the military personnel left there, which means that the government is on our side."

However, the chairman asked at this time: "What about Chen Ming?"

The conference room fell into silence again.

"Our company has never lost a technician or an afterglow core before. I didn't expect that this first case was a psychic."

"What can we do? If the military hadn't been causing trouble, we would have brought the person back long ago. It's not like they can really blame us."

"Is there any other way to find Chen Ming?"

The director in charge of the Pirate Space Station suddenly said, "Actually, I have an idea. The military is now in a state of panic. I think we can bypass all the twists and turns and try to enter RM-2 directly."

"Chen Ming was able to get out alive before, so can we. As long as we confirm that there is no danger, the opening of the galaxy is also a foregone conclusion, and the mining rights can return to us."

His proposal was immediately rejected by other directors: "It's too easy to give people a reason to criticize, and we can't do anything about the military's problems. We have a handle on him."

"Chen Ming was on the space station thirty years ago, and he can definitely find back what we lost in the past thirty years. Without this handle, what should we do with the Sky Steel we lost?"

The director of the Pirate Space Station asked back: "Do you think these Sky Steels can be found? Sky Steel is definitely related to the interests of a lot of people. We can still find it back with one or two people, but I can only say that it's wishful thinking if there are more people."

"But at least we can find some of it back, and the less loss, the better."

"Do you have the information Chen Ming gave us before? The data we secretly verified can confirm that the number of Sky Fish in the galaxy is about seventy."

"If Chen Ming comes back alone, it will be enough to offset the Sky Steel production for five years, right?"

"Five years, one thousand eight hundred days, seventy Sky Fish's Sky Steel, what do you say?"

The director in charge of the Pirate Space Station was silent.

The director also interrupted the topic at this time and said: "I think it is better to go from Chen Ming. We can't rush into RM-2, which is now at least nominally blocked by the military."

"This galaxy is likely to be taken over by the 14th Legion in the future. The 14th Legion is not so easy to get along with."

"And their attitude is not clear yet. They issued a wanted notice for Chen Ming, but it is only a star region wanted notice. It may be a warning to us to wait until they integrate the military."

"We can't handle the star region joint war zone in this marginal star region, let alone the 14th Legion. Don't offend them."

A director who agreed with the director of the Pirate Space Station suddenly said: "But we can't handle the military of a star region under the war zone. The 14th Legion, which is in its heyday, will be more difficult when they completely take over the galaxy?"

The chairman responded: "That can't be said. It can be seen from Sky Steel that we have to face It's not the military in the star region that's right, but the people at a higher level. "

"Do you think they might give up these sky steels? If we choose to get the sky steel back in a way that obviously violates the rules, do you believe that even the government may not recognize it?"

"We can only achieve our goal in the most legal way through Chen Ming, and take him back before the military and the government take action, otherwise we may not even get the sky steel at that time."

As soon as the chairman finished speaking, someone asked: "How to save it? The afterglow AIs we have would rather be destroyed and hidden than reveal the specific situation of the afterglow star field."

"Unless we can crack the core of the afterglow AI and control them 100%, we can't have any expectations at all."

"Chen Ming seems to be able to control it."

"Then find another Chen Ming."

The chairman knocked on the table to stop the quarrel that was about to break out.

But one director suddenly said: "In fact, if we withdraw now, the loss is not too big. Is the value of Chen Ming really enough for us to continue to invest?" The chairman frowned and said: "Have you forgotten that there is Sky Steel?" "And this matter is actually an opportunity for us." "Even if we take Chen Ming back, we can announce that Chen Ming is dead and hide him completely." "We no longer need to distribute the value of Chen Ming himself, and we can use it 100%." ​​The director just now still said somewhat disagreed: "But if this fails, the loss will be greater." "The company has never failed in business? This loss is at most a skin for the company, but if Chen Ming can be taken back, his ability can bring us endless benefits." The director who proposed to use the company's products that are still being tested yesterday asked uncertainly: "You mean... use that thing?" The chairman paused, nodded slowly and said: "Start applying to the government in advance. Their previous performance is to save resources so that we can solve Chen Ming's problem."

"Then taking Chen Ming away from us will be much easier for them than going to Yuhui to snatch Chen Ming away."

"So the government will definitely not block us, but in the end, if Chen Ming can really be taken back, he must not be handed over to the government."

"Go get ready for a surprise attack on Sunset."

"By the way, let's go through the process and vote on whether to use this thing."

"Chairman, did you directly refuse to call me yesterday?"

"Times are different. Before, it was because Chen Ming might have planned to stay with Yu Hui, and we might not be able to save people."

"But now, regardless of whether we save him or not, the government and military will never sit back and let such a psyker fall into the hands of Sunset."

"If we don't go, they go, and we get nothing."

"Furthermore, it is not my sole decision to call this kind of thing. Everyone here did not object or initiate a vote yesterday. I think they all have the same mentality as yesterday."

No one refuted the chairman's words.

A minute later, the chairman glanced at the projection screen in front of him.

"Seven votes in favor, four against, and two abstentions, passed."

A director who voted in favor immediately said: "Passed, passed. Where should we find Chen Ming?"

The chairman already had a clue: "Yesterday, an employee at the Pirate Space Station who Chen Ming knew boarded his civilian sentinel."

"The door opened automatically, and this scene deliberately did not avoid surveillance. Chen Ming is still alive, and even alive and well in Yuhui's place."

"But he didn't take the initiative to contact us."

"But we can reach out to him."

"He must have some purpose when he goes to Yuhui and doesn't take the initiative to contact us. We will give him whatever he needs."

"Unless what he wants exceeds the benefits of mining Sky Steel, Chen Ming has never acted stupidly, right?"

"We have collected a lot of Yu Hui's stuff over the years. I don't believe we won't have what he needs."

"Find a way to contact Chen Ming through the space station and find out his location."

"Let's get ready on the other side first."

"Prepare to launch our capital ship, Conqueror."