Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Yu Hui wants to test the upper limit of Chen Ming's ability.

And Chen Ming is actually quite curious about how far his abilities can be pushed to their limits.

His repair ability can replenish live ammunition and missiles.

Even energy weapons can use the maintenance function to reduce the weapon's cooling time limit when the energy supply is sufficient, which is equivalent to replenishing ammunition in disguise.

So what is the upper limit of this ability?

What about things like nuclear bomb silos mounted on spaceships?

Or after humans enter the space age, what about weapons that are more terrifying than nuclear bombs?

Although Chen Ming couldn't touch a nuclear bomb, he couldn't touch a weapon stronger than a nuclear bomb, and Yu Hui didn't know if he would give it to him.

But in short, it would do no harm to Chen Ming to test the upper limit of his abilities.

There was nothing to say. Chen Ming directly chose to repair the Purgatory Cannon.

This huge cannon, the size of the Iron Ore, consumed almost all the repair materials prepared by Yu Hui in just a few minutes.

There are still some scraps left that I can't take away later, so Chen Ming can keep them for himself.

The metallic liquid no longer continues to flow into the Purgatory Cannon, and all thirty rounds of the Purgatory Cannon's magazine have been loaded.

The whole process gave Chen Ming the feeling that it was no different from repairing other ship weapons that used ordinary bullets.

Overall, it is similar to building a frigate of the same size, with no special feeling at all.

Chen Ming specially used the operational equipment in the factory to open the magazine of the Inferno Cannon and take a look.

We did see thirty man-sized shells loaded with plasma-charged warheads placed neatly in the magazine.

Even though Chen Ming had no knowledge about plasma-charged warheads, he didn't even have a sample, just materials.

Chen Ming still relied on his repair ability to replenish all of it. It can only be said that the repair ability is still the most abnormal ability that Chen Ming has mastered now.

Brilliant, who also had factory authority, could obviously see the magazine opened by Chen Ming.

But this time, he didn't wait for Chen Ming to leave for a rest at night, but directly dispatched a team of remote-controlled robots to drag the infernal cannon away again.

It was towed onto a cargo spacecraft that landed quite some distance from the factory.

It can be seen that Yu Hui is very concerned about the results of Chen Ming's ability test this time.

Maybe Yu Hui happened to have some plan based on Chen Ming's abilities.

Regardless of whether it is what Chen Ming thought, there should be results after a while.

After watching the cargo ship take off, Chen Ming asked Huihuang: "Are there no other tasks today?"

"No, please continue studying the books we gave you in the remaining time."

"OK."

In that case, Chen Ming felt that it was almost time.

Before Huihuang hung up the call, Chen Ming said directly: "I have a need."

"What needs?"

"You should know that my ship is a mining ship, so I want to go out for mining. You should not worry about my little mining ship collecting all the ore, right?"

Chen Ming's sudden question did not make Huihuang hesitate, and he immediately asked: "What is the reason?"

"The same as yesterday."

"Mr. Chen, your request yesterday was for green plants that can provide you with emotional value, and we have now helped you obtain the cultivation equipment and will deliver it here soon."

"We are also looking for green plants suitable for human living and ecological environment, and they will be delivered soon."

“Isn’t it unreasonable to derive emotional value from mining work?”

Huihuang clearly rejected Chen Ming, but Chen Ming also had reasons to explain.

"You should know that humans have cabin fever, right?"

"If a person stays in a claustrophobic environment for a long time, he will have psychological problems."

"If you look around, it looks empty, but in fact, the gray land and dark sky may give people a more claustrophobic feeling than a normal environment."

"And I usually stay in the factory during the day. The factory environment you specially transformed cannot compare to my normal working environment on the human side."

"You should understand this, right?"

Huihuang knew that cabin fever did exist among human diseases, and that the causes of the disease were indeed the same as Chen Ming said.

Although he is not a human being and does not know what human thinking is like, he knows that different people have different definitions of different things.

What is a cramped environment for one person may be just right for someone else.

Therefore, Chen Ming's current request is still within the reasonable scope.

But letting Chen Ming, a person who was extremely dangerous to Yuhui, run outside the factory and walk around the planet at will would definitely not be a good thing for them.

Therefore, Huihuang immediately responded to the situation to the higher-level Afterglow AI.

However, the transmission of information takes time, and it also takes time to consider and determine and then resend the information.

Just when Huihuang hadn't given Chen Ming a definite answer.

Chen Ming suddenly took a step back and said, "Actually, I don't have to go out. I just need to let my spaceship go out."

Huihuang immediately asked: "Can remote control of the spacecraft for mining work relax your mind?"

"Do you know the concept of games? It's similar to games. In reality, if people really do mining work, it's hard to say that it's a distraction, but in games it's completely different."

"People may spend hours or even days collecting minerals in the game, and I control my spaceship remotely. It's actually similar to the game. It's just like I'm playing the game for fun."

After Chen Ming finished speaking, Huihuang also received a reply from further away, and after confirming Yuhui's attitude in the reply.

Huihuang directly rejected Chen Ming's idea and said: "Mr. Chen, please try your best to ensure your efficiency in daily work and your study efficiency. We will not delay your regular acceptance."

However, although Huihuang refused, he also sent Chen Ming's request back again.

Chen Ming obviously would not give up easily and continued to try: "You should be able to see the work efficiency, right? It only takes me five minutes to complete most of the work, and I think I have invested enough time in learning. "

"Speaking of which, you mean that you can give me the freedom to do this as long as I guarantee that I can pass the review once a month?"

Huihuang hesitated for half a second and received a reply again, saying: "Yes, an examination result of excellent or above is required, and only your spacecraft can sail on the planet."

Chen Ming was a little excited, but he didn't show it.

His fight for permission to go out in the first step was considered a success.

And it's not surprising that Huihuang relented to Chen Ming. After all, the reason why it refused to let Chen Ming go out last time was just that there was an asteroid falling, and it was not a strict prohibition.

It was this bargaining process that Chen Ming always felt was strange.

But this is not the point. The point is that as long as Chen Ming completes the excellent level review, his Iron Ore can go out and sail freely on the colonial planet of Yuhui.

Although he will definitely be monitored by Yuhui, at least the first step has been taken.

"Then start now. I have mastered all the books you gave me."

Huihuang was not surprised that Chen Ming made a request for review now. He just said: "Mr. Chen, shortening the period of your inspection may not be a good choice for you."

"I know,"

Chen Ming's answer prompted Huihuang to immediately send a document and said, "Complete it and we will give you a rating soon."

Chen Ming nodded and opened the file. While reading the contents of the file, he suddenly realized what was going on with the strange feeling he had just noticed.

However, he has no ability to change now, so he can only silently start writing this review test that is almost the same as the test paper he has written countless times.

Chen Ming had already thoroughly mastered the knowledge in the book given by Yu Hui, and filled in all the contents in the document as if he were directly referring to the reference answers.

The whole process didn't take much time.

Huihuang received Chen Mingfa's completed documents.

Chen Ming felt that according to Yu Hui's calculation power, the result should be available immediately.

However, Huihuang did not give Chen Ming a direct answer as to the outcome, but simply asked Chen Ming to continue with the actual operation.

In actual operation, Chen Ming needs to carry out special modifications on several standard weapons, including [expanded energy diversion track], [series coil], [parallel diversion track], etc.

Just when Chen Ming was writing the topic, Huihuang had already delivered the weapons needed for the actual test to the factory.

Three weapons from two primary schools and one middle school were piled in the work area of ​​the factory.

However, Chen Ming didn't want to just rebuild three of them. Although there were mechanical equipment, it would still take a lot of time to build three.

So Chen Ming tried to say: "I should have said this before, right? My transformation ability can only carry out transformations that I have relevant knowledge in my mind."

Huihuang replied very reasonably: "Yes, but in the actual test we still want to see your ability to do it yourself. You can choose one to transform yourself, and use your abilities for the other two."

"OK."

It would be convenient if you only need to modify one weapon.

Chen Ming controlled the machinery in the factory and quickly began to modify one of the small weapons. At the same time, he threw the other two weapons onto the diopter, instantly completing the modification that Chen Ming had completely mastered.

Then Chen Ming completed the remaining tasks with the fastest efficiency he could achieve, relying on the factory equipment.

Huihuang suddenly asked: "Mr. Chen, have you learned our technology before?"

"No, but what you gave us is some very basic knowledge, so it's not too difficult to learn."

The reasons stated by Chen Ming make it difficult to evaluate Huihuang.

Sounds reasonable though.

After all, simple knowledge does not take much time to master.

But Huihuang gave Chen Ming more than a dozen books, which add up to several hundred pages in thickness. It's not like he could finish it in two days and master it completely because it was simple.

Even the actual operation can be so proficient.

Even Huihuang itself, when it was still at the gamma level, could not achieve Chen Ming's learning speed.

So it immediately moved on Chen Ming's daily report that it had to hand in every day.

Nothing else has changed, except that the "Learning Efficiency Assessment, High" in one line has been changed to "under assessment, with a learning ability that is at least close to beta-level core."

And it adds an extra line at the end of the report.

"We can try to speed up the learning progress in the next cycle."

After doing this, Huihuang immediately said to Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen, you can sail freely on the planet from now on, but as you said, only your spaceship can sail freely on the planet."

"The next review will still be conducted in a month. This is the next book you need to learn and master."

After Huihuang finished speaking, he sent a new batch of e-books to the factory's control terminal. The number was several more than before.

Chen Ming took a look at the titles of these books, and they were the same as what he had thought before.

Most of them are related to weapons, and only a small part are related to radiation systems.

And Chen Ming flipped through it casually and found that the learning difficulty of all the books in it had improved to a certain extent compared with the first batch.

Obviously, Afterhui needs Chen Ming to specialize in the two aspects of weapons and radiation technology of Afterhui ships.

I just don’t know if Yu Hui will change his plan after learning about Chen Ming’s learning efficiency.

After Brilliance gave Chen Ming action on the planet and left.

Chen Ming finally had the opportunity to start getting ready for business.

However, when Huihuang just left, he gave Chen Ming a map of the mineral vein distribution of the planet.

This thing has two meanings.

One is to follow Chen Ming's wishes so that Chen Ming can easily find mineral-dense areas on the planet for mining.

The other is to limit the routes that Chen Ming can move on the planet in disguise.

Chen Ming said it was for mining to relax, so if he had nothing to do and went to a place where there were obviously no mineral veins marked on the map, he must have an ulterior motive.

Therefore, if Chen Ming does not want to be further restricted by Afterglow's personal freedom, then his spaceship must follow the distribution of the mineral veins, and at most yaw a little.

This is a limitation he has to live with.

After all, there must be some afterglow individuals on the planet.

If the planet's colonies need to be developed, then a unit needs to go out to conduct on-site investigations to confirm the direction and possibilities of development.

Or as Gamma A once said, some individuals in Afterglow have their own interests, and exploring the planet is one of them.

So Chen Ming might be able to find them when he drives the spaceship out.

Even if there is an order from Yuhui for Yuhui on the planet to avoid Chen Ming, and an early warning of Chen Ming's flight direction, there will definitely be some Yuhui individuals who cannot completely avoid Chen Ming's spacecraft.

By limiting the direction of Chen Ming's spacecraft, at least the probability of Chen Ming encountering afterglow individuals will be greatly reduced.

But Chen Ming must have considered this issue before.

Although Yuhui will definitely monitor him, no matter how tight the surveillance is, as long as he can see Yuhui, he will definitely find an opportunity.

Chen Ming opened the map on the Iron Mine.

The map provided by Huihuang is a three-dimensional map.

A sphere appeared in front of Chen Ming through the spacecraft equipment.

You can visually see how the mineral veins are distributed on the planet.

Chen Ming's current location, where the colony is located, is near a large ilmenite vein.

It is this ilmenite that supports the development of the entire Yuhui Industrial Colony.

As the Afterglow Colony continues to expand, some of the surrounding small mineral veins, such as manganese ore, copper ore, and iron ore, have all been covered by the colony and are being developed.

But outside the colonies, there were still plenty of mineral resources lying around.

Even many of these veins are pure open-pit mines.

The mineral resource reserves of the entire planet can be said to be quite exaggerated.

Logically speaking, these open-pit mines will be Chen Ming's next goal.

But Chen Ming didn't want to argue with Yu Hui. He definitely couldn't plan the route based on where it was convenient to collect valuable ore.

The route he plans later must follow a route that can cover the largest area of ​​the entire planet during his daily work and rest time when sailing close to the ground.

In this way, his exploration of the planet can be more accurate, and the probability of encountering the afterglow will be higher.

Anyway, Yuhui’s side didn’t restrict Chen Ming’s destination or route.

It doesn't matter if you wander around in different mineral veins. The chance of finding an afterglow individual will be higher if you can expand the area a bit.

Chen Ming needs more goals and more complex and changing environments.

Only then can he complete his final idea under Yuhui's surveillance.

So in the end, Chen Ming decided that his destination was on the other side of the planet, on a bauxite mine just opposite the colony where he was now.

Chen Ming chose such a destination not only for his final purpose, but also after careful consideration of the feasibility.

According to the sailing speed of the Iron Ore, on this planet that is several times smaller than Ruimu, it is enough to go back and forth in daily routine.

Moreover, Chen Ming actually has another idea, which is to see which ores Chen Ming particularly needs now.

You can find ways to collect and smelt some to replenish the iron ore account with some raw materials.

Planets that Afterglow can colonize will always have some rare minerals.

By the way, let's try something Chen Ming has never tried before, dismantling ore.

Maybe it can also save the fuel cost of smelting, or even directly save the smelting equipment.

And even if the ore collected later is not needed by Chen Ming, he can also choose to give the unnecessary minerals collected to Hui Ming.

Like other Afterglow individuals who control heavy mining machinery and are responsible for mining operations, they receive normal material rations for the job.

Huihuang said before that Chen Ming also has material rations, and these rations can be used to exchange for some materials for him.

For example, Sky Steel.

After Chen Ming renovated and repaired the spacecraft several times before, the sky steel was starting to run out a bit.

In a short period of time, Chen Ming didn't know where to find the mechanical clan to purchase goods, so it was always good to stock up on some.

And since Yuhui agreed to Chen Ming's mining and mining spacecraft, it was considered to have agreed to Chen Ming's mining.

Although the efficiency of the Iron Mine is average, there should be no problem in subsidizing some resources for self-use.

In this way, the Iron Ore Company returned to its original business.

In the limited storage space and long operation time, find enough valuable rare ores, collect them, smelt them, and bring them back.

And Chen Ming has gone from being a savage struggling to survive on Ruimu to becoming half a collaborator and half a prisoner of Yu Hui.

At least it's better than it once was, and better than dying directly under the fire of military rulers.

Chen Ming did not dwell on the past.

After stepping off the iron ore ship, he left the work area that was separated from where Chen Ming usually stayed, and immediately opened the factory door.

Control the Iron Ore to fly toward the other end of the planet along the shortest route between the ore veins on the planet.

Huihuang didn't say anything about Chen Ming's behavior of "relaxing" during working hours.

Anyway, Chen Ming has completed his daily work today and passed the review. Tomorrow is when everything will start as usual.

In Chen Ming's eyes, the gray earth of the planet called KT-3 by the afterglow kept passing under the Iron Ore.

The unchanging environment made Chen Ming even wonder if the Iron Mine was spinning in circles.

Fortunately, after leaving the colony for some distance, the planet's terrain gradually began to undulate.

Some smooth hills gradually appeared at the limit of the field of view that the Iron Mine's camera could capture.

However, the environment here is still similar to that near the colony, and it is still all gray land.

Chen Ming tried to find any traces of biological existence, but it was obvious that there were no living things on this rocky planet without an atmosphere.

Instead, he saw many high-grade metal ore veins exposed on the surface.

The value of collection is definitely higher than that of low-priced high-grade metals like dolomite steel.

However, Chen Ming still restrained his thoughts and continued flying towards his destination.

In the middle of the flight, in addition to his main search for traces of Yuhui individuals, he also saw several mineral veins where it was obvious that Yuhui had recently worked to build a mining farm.

Through the spacecraft, Chen Ming could not only see the mechanized ore stamping machines in operation in the mining field, but also see the passages leading deep underground, which were obviously for robots to pass.

Yuhui itself also has robots, and there will also be Yuhui AI cores installed on these robots.

When Chen Ming thought about this, he felt that he had a lot to do in these mining farms.

The complex and dangerous environment deep underground is simply the best place for him to cause trouble.

But that's the only problem with doing this.

The Iron Ore is a mining spacecraft designed to collect ore from asteroids.

Mining work on the surface is already a bit difficult, and mining work deep underground is even more difficult.

However, Chen Ming would not give up so easily, and he still planned to give it a try.

Although Chen Ming does not have such a thing as a mining robot, he does have a spider-shaped handling robot.

After some modifications and some modifications to the mining robot's equipment, it should be able to be used.

Chen Ming remembered that the technical books that Old Wu gave him before seemed to include books on robot transformation.

At that time, Chen Ming can use mining robots to enter these working mining farms.

Just find a way to circumvent Afterglow's restrictions, or simply bring up the idea directly with Afterglow and the others.

Although it may not be possible, but what if.

Anyway, even if it can't be realized, Chen Ming will find a way himself.