Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chen Ming almost wanted to choose yes directly at this moment.

But before doing so, Chen Ming still controlled this idea.

The reason is also very simple.

Although there should be no limit to the number of times you can replace a spacecraft connected to a brain-controlled signal, replacing a connected spacecraft may require mental energy.

Chen Ming is still in the repair shop and still working. Most of the things Chen Ming does through the panel require mental energy.

If you want to try out new functions of your abilities, you should at least wait until you have some time to do so.

But as he said this, the thoughts in Chen Ming's mind were growing uncontrollably.

From the moment he saw the prompt that the connection could be replaced, Chen Ming had already thought of many ways to use the panel to gain benefits from other people's spaceships.

There is even the idea of ​​​​driving other people's spacecraft away directly through the connection.

It's a pity that it would be difficult for him to go directly to the dock to contact other people's spaceships.

There are strict surveillances everywhere in the dock. If Chen Ming touches someone else's spaceship and then the other person's spaceship escapes inexplicably, everyone will definitely doubt himself.

Although Chen Ming could also choose to wait for people to drive the ship out of the space station and directly remotely control the spacecraft to remove the engine and life support system, allowing people to freeze to death and starve to death in space.

But Chen Ming doesn’t want to use this method on people who are completely unfamiliar to him and who don’t know the situation at all.

Chen Ming was not sure which of the people in the shipyard were really vicious pirates, and which of them only came to the space station for some forced reasons.

Chen Ming's conscience is a bit hard to find a way to trick others.

At least he had to be sure that the owner of the boat was really a villain, so that Chen Ming could proceed with confidence.

For example, the current owner of the ship he is repairing.

Chen Ming was cheating without blinking an eye.

In addition to what he can do by controlling other people's spaceships, the second sentence in Chen Ming's mind [Number of currently connected spaceships: 1/1] also attracted his attention.

This should be a limitation of his mental strength, but it is also the direction in which he can develop in the future.

Chen Ming was very clear about the advantages of a spaceship that could be completely controlled by himself. The three frigates that sank in the dark cemetery were the best evidence.

So more spaceships naturally means that Chen Ming can do more things.

Chen Ming firmly believes that there are ways to increase this number.

Because in the past six months, especially when I was on Ruimu, the number of times I used the panel gradually increased.

Chen Ming can clearly feel that the consumption of mental energy he can support is increasing.

At first, Chen Ming could feel obvious fatigue just by repairing two machine guns.

Later, Chen Ming could even modify the heavy armor on the bottom of the spacecraft in the morning and fight against the mechanical tribe.

During the process, they continued to repair weapons and damaged armor. In the end, they even removed an electromagnetic javelin from the battle machine clan and repaired it.

This all happened within a day. If I had just received the panel explanation at the beginning, I would never have been able to resist it.

This can clearly prove that Chen Ming's mental power is growing.

As long as Chen Ming continues to consume mental energy through the panel and exercise, so that his mental energy exceeds a certain limit, then the number above will definitely become 1/2.

In fact, Chen Ming also thought of another possible way to increase mental power.

People with psychic abilities are said to influence their mental will and thinking, so they must also be able to exercise these aspects of themselves.

But this is really too far away from Chen Ming's current life circle.

But Chen Ming felt that he could wait until he became familiar with Lao Wu or his boss and knew whether they were worthy of trust.

Try using the Whispering Stone hidden in your engine room as an excuse to ask them if they have any news related to psykers.

After all, Chen Ming is still not sure whether his ability to control the spacecraft through the panel is a type of psychic ability.

If you talk to people about people with psychic abilities for no reason, it will be written on your face that there is no silver in this place.

Although the Whispering Stone is a good reason, its value makes it impossible for Chen Ming to simply say it out before he can trust others.

So in this regard, Chen Ming can only take his time.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking.

The sound of a wrench hitting metal came from inside the spacecraft along with the bald maintenance man's urging: "Hey, what are you doing?"

"coming."

Chen Ming responded, temporarily suppressing all kinds of thoughts in his heart.

After entering the spacecraft, he cooperated with the bald maintenance technician to complete the detailed repair tasks inside the spacecraft.

When leaving the spaceship, the bald man stared at Chen Ming for a few times, his eyes seeming to sparkle with confusion.

But he didn't say anything, he just greeted Chen Ming to continue to the next spacecraft to be repaired.

He and Chen Ming need to handle all the internal repairs of the spacecraft first, and then control the large maintenance equipment in the repair shop to carry out the remaining external armor maintenance tasks.

Although Chen Ming's body was following the bald head, his mind was filled with the two sentences that just appeared in his mind.

Although it is quite unreliable to directly go to the dock to contact other people's spaceships in front of a bunch of surveillance cameras.

But it's different in the repair shop. Although the repair shop also has monitoring, Chen Ming can touch the spacecraft that needs repair as he wants.

As long as someone dares to drive a boat controlled by Chen Ming out alone in the future, then the boat will already belong to Chen Ming.

Everything on the ship is naturally included, and among them is the hyperspace channel system that Chen Ming needs most now.

In fact, Chen Ming had the idea of ​​dismantling the hyperspace channel system on other ships of the space station and using it for his own use half a year ago.

But there were two reasons that prevented Chen Ming from doing so.

One is because the damage to several spacecraft parked in the dock is very serious.

The Iron Ore, which Chen Mingchao chose as the most complete one, all lacked the hyperspace channel system, and the other ones couldn't be guaranteed.

So Chen Ming didn't think too much about those ships until he collected the food needed for the voyage.

The second reason is because of the bugs on the space station.

When Chen Ming returned to the space station for the first time, if he had free time, he would definitely stop by and check out the other two spacecrafts.

But the perception ability of insects is too exaggerated. As soon as Chen Ming killed a larva that hatched from an insect egg, all the insects in the space station came to hunt him down.

If you run a little slower, you may become food for insects, and there is no chance of getting close to the spacecraft.

When Chen Ming returned for the second time, vesicle insects with long-range attack capabilities had already appeared among the insects on the space station.

There is a high probability that there is no hyperspace station channel system on those damaged spaceships. It is impossible for Chen Ming to take great risks to confirm it.

However, Chen Ming also considered using a mining laser to cut off part of the dock and disconnect it from the space station, so that he could go over and confirm whether there was a hyperspace channel system on the spacecraft.

But although the space station is not big, it is still compared to other space stations.

If you really want to cut the dock, it will consume a lot of fuel.

Moreover, the spaceships parked in the docks are visibly fragile, and if you are not careful when cutting, the spacecraft may be completely destroyed.

The benefits are low, the cost is high, and it is difficult to realize.

It is impossible for Chen Ming to do such a thing.

If we look at it now, why not use a panel as an easier way to stably obtain other people's hyperspace channel systems?

Even without the help of the panel, as long as Chen Ming can join the repair shop, it shouldn't be difficult to get the damaged hyperspace channel system back.

After some repairs and modifications, it will be a brand new hyperspace channel system suitable for the Iron Ore.

If it really doesn't work, then Chen Ming still has two alternatives.

Buy the materials to make it yourself, or buy the finished product directly.

Which of these methods is not better than taking the risk of searching a few abandoned ships?

In short, Chen Ming does not regret his original decision.

Assuming that he had actually acquired the hyperspace channel system, it would have taken less than half a year to reach the pirate space station.

At the same time, it also means that I will not have the goods worth more than one million yuan, and my maintenance technology will never be as advanced as it is now.

Calculate the gains and losses and you will know what kind of decision is right.

But for now, controlling the spacecraft to obtain the hyperspace channel system will have to wait a little longer.

Chen Ming needs to wait for a suitable opportunity, and this opportunity should not take too long.

Chen Ming returned his attention to the work at hand.

Looking at the weird eyes of the bald man, it didn't take long for him to help him complete the repair of the second spaceship.

When entering the third ship that needed repair, Chen Ming suddenly asked: "I heard that the repair shop usually does not have a good business. Why are there so many ships that need to be repaired today?"

The bald repairman was obviously very happy to have someone chatting with him while he was working, and immediately said: "There is a fleet of ships that have done a lot of work, and the ships that will be repaired in a few days are their trophies."

"Do they use the boats themselves?"

"How is it possible? After repairing it, it must be used by other people under their command. Pirates, the most indispensable thing is people who are not afraid of death."

Chen Ming nodded and continued chatting with the bald head about pirates, trying to get more information. At the same time, he also completed the repair of the second spacecraft.

But when he got off the spaceship, the bald man suddenly said to Chen Ming hesitantly, "You..."

Chen Ming turned to look at him, but the bald man seemed to have given up on his previous idea and said, "Forget it...it's okay."

Chen Ming knew the reason.

After all, he is a maintenance engineer under the Xinda Company, responsible for the long-term and regular maintenance of a high-value mining space station.

Even during cryo-dormant period, the company will pay a lot of salary, at least compared to other positions, it is a lot of salary.

If the skills he mastered were not comparable to those of the repairmen of pirate space stations in this fringe star field, Chen Ming might as well have crashed into the outer wall of the space station to death.

Although my mind was occupied by those two sentences just now, the movements of my hands were not unfamiliar at all.

Many tasks that originally only required the help of the bald maintenance technician were completed by Chen Ming alone.

It would be strange if the bald maintenance technician didn't feel it.

During the maintenance of the third spaceship, Baldhead obviously focused more on Chen Ming, and unconsciously let Chen Ming, his underling, do even more work than he did.

So much so that when the internal repairs of the third spacecraft were completed, the bald maintenance engineer took Chen Ming to the door of the fourth spacecraft to be repaired.

He did not go in directly, but looked at Chen Ming beside him with a tangled face, and asked tentatively: "How about you come?"

"Okay."

Chen Ming's performance just now was waiting for this moment.

It just so happened that he had already considered almost all the things he should consider now, and all his thoughts could be focused on the maintenance work.

Chen Ming directly commanded the bald maintenance engineer as his assistant to start the maintenance work of the remaining spacecraft as he remembered.

A few hours later, it was almost lunchtime.

The factory director took Lao Wu back to the spacecraft maintenance area of ​​the maintenance factory.

He found the bald maintenance engineer who was sorting out the tools and asked: "How much have you not finished?"

The bald man said with a hint of confusion: "It's done, all."

"So fast? How long has it been? Haven't you had lunch yet? Wait, all? It should have been done tomorrow?"

The bald man looked at Chen Ming who was observing the repaired spacecraft not far away and said: "All done, today is efficient."

The factory director followed the bald man's gaze and his eyes were locked on Chen Ming.

He was very clear about the abilities of his eight employees, and absolutely none of them could complete all the tasks in one day.

And the factory manager also knew the bald man, and he would not lie about work.

Since he said that all the maintenance tasks had been completed, there was only one possibility.

Chen Ming took the bald man with him for less than half a day, and he completed the work that should have been done by two people in two days.

The factory manager's first reaction when he thought of this possibility was to disbelieve it, but the facts seemed to be in front of him.

But he still decided to confirm it in person.

"Give me the equipment, I'll go up and inspect it."

The bald man took off his equipment obediently and handed it to the factory manager.

At this time, Old Wu also came over with great interest and said, "Then I'll go up and take a look."

He followed the bald man and the factory manager's eyes and saw the problem.

For Chen Ming, Old Wu was also full of curiosity.

The two quickly entered the sixth spaceship, which was the last one in the scheduled plan.

In fact, when they got close, the factory manager had to admit that the maintenance of the spaceship was indeed completed in this half day.

Because the external armor of several spaceships on the task list had been repaired very completely.

The acceptance of the interior of the spacecraft does not take much time.

So after confirming that there were no problems with the repair of the interior of the sixth spacecraft, the factory director directly called up the recorder of the auxiliary mobile equipment on his body.

He began to view the full video of the maintenance process.

Although the perspective was bald, he basically watched Chen Ming's operation throughout the whole process.

So the video just happened to let the factory director see Chen Ming's extremely professional maintenance techniques and terrifyingly skilled operation techniques.

The factory director even felt that the skills of all the maintenance technicians in the entire space station were significantly different from Chen Ming.

At this time, the factory director finally couldn't help asking Lao Wu beside him: "Is this person your friend? Where did he come from? Can you invite him in?"

"I think he has a good relationship with you. He knows that you skipped work and helped you take over the shift. You should be able to invite him, right?"

Lao Wu also looked a little dazed, subconsciously touched his head and said: "Friends are friends, but there is no need to invite. He talked to me yesterday and said that he wanted to join our maintenance plant."

"Ah?"

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