Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

After obtaining the permission to go out of the spacecraft from Yu Hui.

Chen Ming spent several days traveling to the other side of the planet many times via different routes.

The situation of most of the planet was basically figured out and recorded in the spacecraft's computer.

So far, Chen Ming has confirmed the location of almost all the afterglow mining sites he has flown over on the planet.

and the locations of other facilities used to record planetary data that may contain afterglow entities.

Yuhui doesn't need to rest, all facilities must be working around the clock.

It's just that before Chen Ming passed, Yu Hui notified him in advance so that Yu Hui could evacuate or hide.

Therefore, Chen Ming must try his best to hide his intentions.

He controlled the iron ore and mined for several days, and also used the dismantling ability to directly take out the valuable ore inside it, and handed the unnecessary products directly to Yu Hui in exchange for monthly material rations.

Acting as if he really just uses mining as a pastime.

But during this period, Chen Ming definitely did more than just things on the surface.

He also spent a lot of time identifying the differences between different mining farms and found the locations of several mining farms with advanced resources and a higher number of Afterglow AI.

These places are Chen Ming's final goals.

But if he finds other opportunities midway, he won't miss them.

And in these few days.

Chen Ming has also read almost all the subsequent technical books that Huihuang gave him before.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Ming was reading books about robots at the same time as he was reading these books, the efficiency would be even faster and he should be able to finish it all in two days.

However, it is precisely because Chen Ming read professional books on robots that he now has the ability to transform robots.

Chen Ming plans to transform his handling robot, called a standard all-terrain handling spider, into a mining robot.

This will facilitate his subsequent plans.

Besides studying, all he needs to do is select on the panel and confirm.

This is the benefit of combining learning efficiency with ability.

On the robot that will be transformed, in addition to the most basic small mining laser and some supporting exploration and drilling equipment.

Some melee or long-range weapons capable of combat, plus some weird ones such as a miniature electromagnetic pulse generator learned from refraction.

Chen Ming also plans to equip the robot with some high explosives that are well suited to the mining work it will perform.

He still used the explosive material ratio he obtained when he dismantled the Lourdes Left Path explosives in the Star Territory Capital.

The effect should be quite good.

Chen Ming felt that it would be no problem for the mining robot to carry some explosives that could blow up destroyers and use them to blast ores.

So I silently stuffed a lot of it into it. Anyway, it was definitely more than what the lunatic on Lourdes Path had carried with him.

Then Chen Ming removed half of the legs of the spider-shaped robot, and also disassembled part of the hydraulic load-bearing device.

Chen Ming does not need the overly powerful load-bearing capacity of the handling robot. He only needs to be able to save some space for storing the collected ore, and some of it cannot contain explosives.

Accordingly, Chen Ming also slightly adjusted the robot's walking logic AI so that it can adapt to the walking logic of four legs.

Of course, although four legs are missing, Chen Ming's adaptability in complex environments is still guaranteed as much as possible.

As for the effect, it should be able to support it for a period of time to a certain extent, and it will not be paralyzed directly.

Anyway, Chen Ming felt that this robot should be alive in just a few days, so there was no need to care too much about functionality and durability.

Transformation does not take much time.

In less than a minute, all the melted materials on the Iron Ore had been integrated into the new mining robot.

The body shape has not changed much from before, it is still the size of a person.

The middle part of the four spider legs was specially enlarged by Chen Ming, making it look a bit bloated.

But there shouldn't be any big problem.

Chen Ming is going to do it in practice first and see the effect before talking about it.

However, just when Chen Ming was about to get started, he discovered some problems.

This robot, which he had tried several times before and could not be controlled through the panel, was suddenly controllable again.

And it is still the same as he controls the spacecraft, directly using his consciousness to control it without any interference or delay.

This situation made Chen Ming immediately consider whether the new ability was due to the growth of his mental power. .

However, his mental power has only been growing normally these days, and he has consumed his mental power through the Lie Stone and other things to obtain training effects. There is no situation where he has exceeded the upper limit or has a significant increase in mental power.

And the number of controllable spacecraft displayed on the panel has not increased.

Only there is an extra line in the corner of the Iron Ore panel.

[Transformation Connection: Mining Robot (Customized Mechanical Body)]

Like the AI ​​core, no specific controllable upper limit data is shown.

However, Chen Ming felt that this mining robot should be included in the Iron Mine, and it could not exceed the limit of the mental power consumed by the Iron Mine.

So there should be one explanation for the current situation.

Chen Ming could not control unmodified robots as long as they left the spacecraft, but it was different with modified ones.

But Chen Mingming clearly remembers that the situation before seemed different from now.

And he has transformed so many things, why is only this robot he just transformed shown on the panel?

Chen Ming was a little confused and stepped off the spacecraft. At the same time, he took out the pistol he had always carried.

Then Chen Ming discovered that the panel of his modified pistol, which he had not looked at carefully for a long time, could be opened directly.

It is no different from opening the spacecraft panel.

Chen Ming can directly open its panel to modify, repair and dismantle it.

Although there is no power source or related power equipment inside the pistol, so Chen Ming cannot control it to move, but this also proves that he can indeed control all mechanical items that he modified.

It's completely different from when I was in Ruimu.

Maybe Chen Ming had such an ability during one of the two times when his abilities improved and made breakthroughs, but he never discovered it.

As for what is displayed on the panel, only the robot is displayed.

Probably because it only displays modified objects that have their own power source and can move freely.

Things that cannot move on their own, such as pistols, will not be displayed on it.

"Um……"

Chen Ming put the pistol back into the holster on his waist and turned back to the spacecraft.

It seemed that he had been in a peaceful place for so long that he didn't even notice such changes in his abilities.

Obviously, when he just left Ruimu, he specifically emphasized that the human world is more dangerous than Ruimu, and he should not forget it.

As a result, in the end, he didn’t even know his complete abilities.

But fortunately, he already knows now, and it's not too late.

And he also knew that the effects of his abilities were still increasing, extending, and strengthening.

Perhaps in the future, as his psychic abilities improve, there will be even more powerful effects.

Even in the end, he was able to control the spacecraft remotely.

Chen Ming did not spend too much time imagining the future. After all, this was something he needed to do, not something he should think about.

After returning to the ship.

Chen Ming did not use the Iron Ore's signal transmitter, but directly controlled the robot to perform some simple actions through his consciousness.

There is no difference between operating a robot with consciousness and operating a spaceship. Chen Ming can accomplish many things easily.

What he wants to do later is naturally among them.

But Chen Ming still planned to spend the day normally.

And they also used the Iron Mine to remotely control it and move it around inside the factory, briefly demonstrating its functions.

Let Yu Hui know what Chen Ming is doing now, give Yu Hui a hint in advance and give him a vaccination.

the next day.

After the repair was completed and the repair was successful, Yuhui used a special weapon that could fire strange ammunition loaded with some kind of liquid inside.

Chen Ming first summarized the results of today's work, which showed that his ability had the same effect on liquids as well as solids.

It made Chen Ming feel that he was one step closer to repairing the nuclear bomb.

Then Chen Ming spent the remaining time at work and said directly to Huihuang before hanging up the communication: "I have something to say."

Huihuang was obviously very satisfied with Chen Ming's cooperation these days, and immediately responded to Chen Ming: "You tell me."

"I want to go to your mining sites and try to collect ore from the underground."

Although Yu Hui had not restricted Chen Ming's travel routes before, when Chen Ming makes a request now, he can try to directly mention that he wants to go to mining sites that collect high-end resources.

In Chen Ming's expectation, this should not be something that would be rejected 100%.

After all, high-grade ore resources are there, even if Chen Ming wants to collect them,

But in order to ensure that things can transition smoothly without suspicion, Yuhui will not suddenly become overly vigilant or have him under extremely close surveillance.

Chen Ming didn't even go so far as to say that he was going to those high-end metal mining sites that were obviously very important to Yu Hui.

So Chen Ming settled for an ordinary mining site, which had a vein of tungsten ore that he had been collecting in recent days, so that Chen Ming's demand at this time would not sound too sudden.

Huihuang quickly agreed to Chen Ming's request to apply for entry into the mining site in advance.

But it also gave Chen Ming certain restrictions. He could only enter Yuhui's mining field tomorrow.

But for Chen Ming, one day was more than enough.

He just needs to make some preparations.

Another day comes quickly.

The afterglow of this morning's daily work gave Chen Ming a new strange weapon.

Its appearance looks relatively simple, and it is not on the same level as those standard weapons. There should be no designer who can directly take this thing out as a finished product.

Chen Ming estimated that it should be something new produced by Yu Hui himself.

Because the name of this weapon is [Electric Storage Power Launcher 01 Test Type].

And the bullets it loads are all very special.

All of these bullets are charged bullets.

It is similar to having batteries loaded inside, and these batteries are the most ordinary batteries and do not have any bonus effect on bullets.

This clear test statement didn't say anything, just like when facing the strange weapons a few days ago, I directly chose to repair it.

However, during this repair, Chen Ming's repair ability had some rare problems.

Chen Ming's repair did replenish all the bullets, which was fine.

But all the batteries, or all the bullets, were not fully charged and needed to be recharged later.

Huihuang immediately transported a batch of fully charged materials.

Chen Ming took a quick look and found some fully charged batteries that could be stuffed into bullets.

Chen Ming himself chose to repair with the same curiosity as Yu Hui.

However, after the transformation, these fully charged batteries also lost their stored energy.

In the process of liquefying the materials during the repair, all the internal energy was released.

It seems that bullets must use materials that have energy properties as materials to achieve the effect of energy supply.

Just like the plasma charging warhead of the Purgatory Cannon before, it uses materials with its own energy and does not need to be recharged later. Chen Ming can repair it completely at one time.

This is the first time Chen Ming feels the upper limit of his ability.

But this limitation is nothing at all.

Chen Ming even hoped that Yu Hui could help him measure the upper limit of his ability, so that when he encounters something in the future, Chen Ming will not misjudge the upper limit of his ability.

Today's work is done.

But just when Chen Ming was planning to continue reading books during the rest of the day.

Huihuang suddenly asked Chen Ming a strange question: "Do you have any other requirements for your living environment?"

Chen Ming didn't understand why Huihuang suddenly asked this question. Maybe he was preventing Chen Ming from finding excuses to exchange for rights next time?

He was not sure, so he said that he had no needs for the time being.

Huihuang didn't ask much and left soon, leaving the rest of the time to Chen Ming himself.

Then Chen Ming continued his plan just now, reading books.

Chen Ming basically spent less than half of the second batch of books given by Yu Hui every day, and more of it was studying the technical books of Tachyon Technology given by Lao Wu.

But even so, by today, Chen Ming's study of Yu Hui's technology has reached the final stage.

After today, he can find another time to review it in advance again.

At five o'clock in the evening, Chen Ming got off work on time.

Then he started the Iron Ore with mining robots and flew out of the factory.

It was just dawn at the location of the colony on this planet.

Chen Ming quickly saw his destination from a considerable distance through the camera of the Iron Ore.

The mining site located on the tungsten ore vein.

And he could see that the ore punch at the core of the mining site was still in operation, constantly flushing ore from deep underground to the surface for mining and subsequent processing.

However, at this time, there was no Yuhui's robot or spacecraft doing any operation on these ores.

It was obvious that Huihuang had withdrawn Yuhui here in advance so that Chen Ming could be isolated here alone.

Chen Ming didn't care about this, otherwise he wouldn't have told Huihuang in advance that he was coming here.

He quickly controlled the Iron Ore to land near the mining site.

The side of the spacecraft was aimed at a mine tunnel leading to the underground near the punch.

Chen Ming happened to see several robots entering and exiting the mine tunnel when he passed by once before.

That's why he chose this place.

The hatch of the Iron Ore opened, and the mining robot jumped out and entered the passage directly.

Deep in this passage, connected to the mine tunnels around the range of the punch press, it was obviously mined by some mechanical equipment.

Chen Ming did not find anything valuable in the wider mine tunnel on the upper level.

But as Chen Ming continued to control the robot to go deeper, he could see many scattered tungsten ores around the mine tunnel.

The punch press could not reach these surrounding ores due to its range of action, and the value of these ores was not worth changing the position of the punch press.

But giving up would result in losses.

So in the end, Yu Hui chose to arrange some scattered robots to come down for mining, which was the most convenient and economical approach.

At the same time, they could also dig a road from the mine tunnel to the punch press next to it and inspect the outside of the punch press.

The mining robot controlled by Chen Ming was now standing on a mine tunnel leading to the punch press next to it.

But Chen Ming did not go over, but continued to walk deep underground.

He wanted to bury the explosives he carried with him in various places in the mine to blow up the mine.

Although Chen Ming originally planned to go to other mines where there were more Yuhui, Chen Ming had already seen the opportunity at this time.

And he didn't need to consider how to dig out the buried things later, which was something that Yuhui should consider.

What he needed to consider was what kind of equivalent would not cause the mine to collapse completely in the first wave of explosions, but continue to maintain support inside, so that his plan would not fail.

Chen Ming could not do this alone.

So, he contacted off-site assistance.

Through the professional mining personnel, a blasting expert, whom he had asked the factory director to find two days ago, to determine the arrangements in this regard.

When Chen Ming worked at the mining space station before, he was nominally a member of the mining subsidiary of Xinda Company.

It is not difficult to find a blasting expert inside Xinda Company.

Although Chen Ming can only roughly bring the general mining environment to the space station.

And the explosives that Chen Ming has on hand, after the ratio is given out and actually tested, are also said by the blasting expert found by the factory director that this thing is very dangerous.

So he can't give Chen Ming 100% assurance that there will be no problems with the explosion.

But Chen Ming can't ask for too much under this condition. If he fails, it will only be a loss of a robot for him.

At most, it will deepen Yu Hui's suspicion of him, and the rest will be gone. Chen Ming has plenty of time to start over.

Following the words of the blasting expert, all the positions deep underground and the blind spots of the mine tunnels have been set up with bombs.

Chen Ming pretended to let the mining robot collect tungsten ore underground for a period of time and then returned to the surface.

In the process of coming up, Chen Ming also deliberately let the mining robot walk through several roads leading to the stamping machine.

So that Yu Hui must devote some of his energy to this later, so as to delay the time when they may find the buried explosives.

Then Chen Ming went to rest as if nothing had happened.

On the second day, twelve hours after Chen Ming left, it was around eleven noon on Earth time.

The mining warehouse where Chen Ming had taken action.

The three Yu Hui who were responsible for the mining work who were notified to leave early yesterday returned to the factory again and connected to the factory's control terminal.

A task information was displayed on it.

They were required to conduct a comprehensive and thorough search inside the mine and check the condition of the punching machine to ensure that there was no damage.

And report any abnormal situation as soon as possible.

The three Yu Hui immediately divided the work and cooperated.

Two of the Yu Hui controlled several robots to enter the mine and search the situation inside the mine.

Because the task required a comprehensive and thorough inspection, they checked every corner of the complex mine.

Even if there were several robots working together, the efficiency was quite low.

It should be difficult to start formal work in the mine today.

And as time passed and the mine layer went deeper.

The signals from Yuhui AI controlling those robots gradually became intermittent.

The signals deep underground were getting worse because the signal repeater had a fault.

Under such circumstances, it was difficult for the robot to perform inspection and maintenance work.

The two Yuhui who were responsible for this work immediately reported the signal repeater failure to the other Yuhui who was in charge of the overall situation.

However, in such a harsh industrial environment, and without the need to ensure the safety of personnel, signal repeater failures are obviously common.

Moreover, Chen Ming's robot was active in a deeper mine tunnel than the robot currently controlled by Yuhui yesterday, which means that the signal repeater was not broken yesterday, at least not before Chen Ming left.

So although Chen Ming was not directly suspected of this matter, Yuhui AI still reported the daily failure of the signal repeater as required.

At the same time, the other two Yuhui AIs were connected to a robot each and went down to check the signal repeater in person.

The report on the daily failure of the equipment was not directly delivered to Huihuang.

Instead, it passed through the Yuhui AI in charge of this mine first.

Although there was only a short transmission delay of a few minutes.

But it was this time difference that gave Chen Ming an opportunity.

When the two afterglow AIs controlled the robots to arrive at the location of the signal repeater and prepared for maintenance.

They suddenly received an order to evacuate temporarily.

The two afterglow AIs immediately gave up the maintenance and began to move upwards.

But the mine was very deep, and it would take time to climb up.

And more importantly, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon on Earth time.

Chen Ming's Iron Ore had been on the road for a long time.

Before they reached the ground.

The Iron Ore had already flown over their heads, and at the moment when it was just above their heads, a violent explosion occurred inside the mine.

Several boulders and countless metal parts were blown away and directly hit the Iron Ore, which was almost flying close to the ground.

The hull of the Iron Ore shook greatly, and the engine flashed twice before suddenly shutting down, making an emergency landing at the entrance and exit of the mine tunnel where the explosion had just occurred in the mining field.