Chapter 104: Expansion of Panel Capabilities, Unprecedented Concern

After Huihuang disconnected the communication.

Chen Ming, who stayed in the factory, took all the repaired weapons to the warehouse as Huihuang requested.

By the way, he confirmed that the escape pods were intact and there were no holes bitten by the small stones, so as to avoid waking up the people who were in hibernation.

At the same time, all the remaining weapons that could not be placed on the Iron Ore were also repaired.

It took a total of ten minutes.

Then Chen Ming found that he had nothing to do in a short time.

The learning task has been substantially completed, and the next step of the plan is to go out.

However, Yu Hui had just rejected Chen Ming's idea of ​​going out, and it was not good to mention it right after.

So Chen Ming took the small weapon, the antimatter shock wave, and returned to the work area.

When Chen Ming saw its name, he was already quite curious about the design of this small weapon.

The effect of weapons made of antimatter should not be too bad.

Anyway, let's take it apart and have a look.

Let's see what the difference is compared with the Death torpedo that Chen Ming also has, which is made of antimatter.

Although Chen Ming had tried to scan the Reaper torpedo with the equipment of the repair factory before, there was no result.

The materials of the Reaper torpedo can block external scanning, and there is a great risk of explosion if it is dismantled.

It is no wonder that there are no imitations of the Reaper torpedo, which is decades old.

Chen Ming can only rely on the materials displayed on the disassembly panel to confirm that the Reaper torpedo relies on nuclear materials and antimatter to achieve its terrifying power.

That is why Chen Ming also has antimatter antimatter shock waves, what is the effect.

Relying on the factory's scanning equipment and Chen Ming's own knowledge of energy weapons.

Chen Ming quickly determined the blueprint of the antimatter shock wave.

Although there are still many technologies that Chen Ming does not understand, the overall effect of each component can still be seen.

The antimatter used in the antimatter shock wave is not like the Reaper torpedo, which uses antimatter as a consumable, nor is it like the antiparticle energy intensification next door, which is used as an energy supply device.

Instead, it is used as the "emitter" of energy weapons.

The restrained energy bomb launched should have some antimatter properties.

As for why it should be, it is because Chen Ming always feels that the design of this weapon seems to be strange.

It is not because Chen Ming has modified it, but the design itself makes Chen Ming feel that something is wrong.

However, no matter what is wrong, Chen Ming can still be sure that this weapon called antimatter shock wave is the result of Yu Hui's own design.

After all, Chen Ming has never heard of any substantial application of antimatter on the human side.

When he checked various documents and papers on spacecraft and weapon technology before, although there are indeed many papers on antimatter.

But they are basically theories, very few, or there is no practical application at all.

Wait.

Chen Ming suddenly realized a problem.

Logically speaking, if Yu Hui has already put the antimatter shock wave into actual combat.

Then the human side must have seized it, and the effect of this thing should have been deciphered long ago.

There should have been relevant papers on the practical application of antimatter.

It is not that Chen Ming has not seen it until today.

Could this mean that this antimatter shock wave is probably Yu Hui's new weapon?

Although Chen Ming didn't pay much attention to it during the repair just now, he vaguely remembered that the antimatter shock wave was damaged, which seemed to be inside.

Could it be that an accident occurred during the test of the weapon and it was damaged?

If this is true, it seems to explain why the weapon is not right.

But are these test weapons given to him casually? Or is it antimatter?

Chen Ming's mind was full of doubts.

Wait, it seems that there is no problem.

It's just like the projects that are not optimistic about the company will be cut off.

Yu Hui may also be pessimistic about the actual performance of the antimatter shock wave.

And since antimatter has been applied to weapons, Yu Hui may have already started to apply antimatter experiments in other industries or energy.

It just happened that the progress in the weapon was not ideal, so the antimatter shock wave project was cut off.

Of course, it may also be that Yu Hui has other antimatter weapons to develop, or Yu Hui feels that the application prospects of antimatter weapons are unreliable.

But in short, this thing has come to Chen Ming's hands.

Chen Ming thinks this guess is very likely.

Otherwise, let’s not talk about Huihuang directly agreeing to Chen Ming’s taking this thing.

Let’s say that Yu Hui and the others shouldn’t have given this thing to Chen Ming to test its repair and modification capabilities in the first place.

So the fact should be like this.

The antimatter shock wave is the product of a failed weapon experiment that Yu Hui had done in the past or recently.

It has no value, so it was thrown to Chen Ming to try to repair it, and it doesn’t matter if it is randomly modified.

Then Chen Ming had better not test and fire this wrong weapon.

He had just randomly picked a modification to increase the power output.

If it is damaged again, and the antimatter emitter happens to be damaged, then Chen Ming can’t dismantle the Reaper torpedo to repair it.

Although Yu Hui doesn’t seem to care about such things, Chen Ming thinks this thing is still very valuable.

And when considering its value, Chen Ming suddenly remembered something.

It was the effect of changing weapons on his panel.

Chen Ming hadn't changed the weapons for the Iron Ore for a long time. The weapon that the Iron Ore had been equipped with was the electromagnetic javelin that Chen Ming had obtained from the mechanical clan a long time ago.

Although one of the reasons was that there were no suitable weapons and no battles that the Iron Ore needed to experience in person.

But the more important reason was that the replacement function was inherently inferior to maintenance and modification in terms of functionality.

Except when the weapons needed to be replaced at the beginning of the spacecraft, or when the weapons were damaged and replaced quickly during combat, there was no place to use it.

So Chen Ming often ignored it.

However, before Chen Ming accidentally discovered that he could modify the spacecraft at a long distance and remove the materials on the spot, and after he got this antimatter shock wave today.

Chen Ming suddenly thought of a possibility.

If the Sentinel replaced the weapons and then unloaded the replaced weapons.

Perhaps this experimental weapon developed with Yuhui's technology could be sent back intact.

Instead of just sending back the disassembled materials as before.

The more Chen Ming thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible, and he might give it a try.

However, when Chen Ming had this idea and was ready to put it into practice.

Huihuang's communication suddenly came again.

Huihuang was still as straightforward as it was every time it contacted Chen Ming, and asked directly: "Mr. Chen, do you need Gamma A to continue to be your contact?"

Chen Ming immediately realized Yuhui's second attempt at this time.

His answer was naturally correct: "You have already dismantled Gamma A, and you haven't installed it back on the refraction."

"So you shouldn't ask Gamma A about this? Why ask me?"

Huihuang immediately sounded very reasonable and said: "Gamma A is the individual who guided you into Yuhui, and it might be more appropriate for you to communicate with us indirectly through him."

Chen Ming would definitely not fall for it, and said: "Then I can only say that I respect its ideas."

"I understand."

Huihuang hung up the communication quite quickly again.

Chen Ming did not continue what he just wanted to do, but immediately paid attention to Gamma A.

Gamma A has completed the data migration and has become a Beta-level AI core.

It has not escaped Chen Ming's control.

However, in order to avoid danger, Yu Hui obviously gave Gamma A only a temporary robot carrier.

And it is exchanging information with Gamma A at high speed through the network.

Chen Ming can only know so much. Due to the nature of Yu Hui itself, he cannot know which Yu Hui Gamma A is communicating with, and the content of the communication.

Only through Gamma A's current temporary carrier can we see the appearance of the Beta core that Gamma A casually connected to the robot.

A cylindrical yellow and green mechanical core.

Before we can see it for a few seconds, Gamma A was removed from the temporary carrier.

Without energy supply, Gamma A can only go into hibernation.

Chen Ming frowned slightly and continued to pay attention.

After about a few minutes, Chen Ming suddenly found that Yu Hui installed Gamma A on the refraction.

But it was not the refraction controlled by Chen Ming, but a new refraction.

What shocked Chen Ming was that the new spaceship equipped with Gamma A, like other spaceships that Chen Ming had controlled before, appeared in the list of spaceships he could control.

At this time, there were two Refractions on the list of controllable spaceships on his panel.

Chen Ming was uncontrollably excited.

This ability was definitely the most outrageous ability he had since he awakened his psychic power.

And this ability is also likely to become the key to Chen Ming's future work with Yu Hui.

However, he would not show any performance to the outside world, and he would definitely not give any orders to Gamma A in a short period of time, in case Yu Hui found out about it.

Chen Ming saw with his own eyes that Refraction controlled by Gamma A left the planet, arrived in space, and left the galaxy with the Huiyao-class cruiser that was on good terms with Gamma A.

This should be because Yu Hui handed Gamma A over to Huiyao for supervision, so that even if Gamma A was still controlled by Chen Ming, it could be dealt with immediately.

At the same time, letting Gamma A leave could also effectively prevent Chen Ming from causing trouble through Gamma A on Yu Hui's colony planet.

This is acceptable to Chen Ming, as he does not need Gamma A's help for the time being.

And he also has Gamma B running around in Yuhui's territory.

If there is a problem, Chen Ming is not without other options.

As long as Gamma A can regain Yuhui's trust.

Chen Ming's ability to allow the spaceship he controls to indirectly control Yuhui's AI and the AI ​​he controls to indirectly control new spaceships can continue to be hidden.

If this ability can be brought into play, it will definitely cause great damage to Yuhui's social structure, allowing Chen Ming to gain great benefits from it.

Chen Ming turned his eyes away from Gamma A, who is still under a certain degree of supervision by Yuhui.

Although it is more than eight o'clock in the morning, the remaining work in the factory has been completed at this time.

Before a new batch of weapons to be repaired or modified are delivered.

Chen Ming is ready to continue to practice his previous idea.

But since I want to contact Lao Wu again.

In fact, there is another thing that Chen Ming wants to do together.

Just ask Lao Wu to help him continue to complete the work of hunting pirate bounties.

Of course, it is not about asking Old Wu to drive the boat out to fight. Chen Ming only needs Old Wu to help a little bit.

Chen Ming was busy here, so it was best to start taking action elsewhere, otherwise it would be equivalent to losing his ability to remotely control the spacecraft.

So Chen Ming's idea was to use the assets he had on hand to buy spaceships and organize a temporary fleet to go out and fight pirates with bounties on their heads.

In the end, all you need to do is ask Lao Wu to pick it up for you.

Anyway, based on Chen Ming's last experience, it can be determined that the identity of the person receiving the bounty is not important.

He had been wearing a protective suit that could completely hide his identity throughout the entire process, and no one from the government said anything at all.

It shouldn't be a big problem to just ask helpers to collect it by then. Of course, Chen Ming will also give Lao Wu some compensation for this matter.

This idea serves two main purposes.

The first one is obviously making money.

Among Chen Ming's current goals, building a fleet requires a lot of money.

Although the bounty is a bit unstable, under Chen Ming's current situation, it is still good to make extra money.

The second purpose is somewhat explicit about other considerations.

He wanted to test the composition of his fleet through a battle with pirates.

What is the appropriate fleet ratio? What kind of ship is suitable for him to control personally? What support is needed for combat and logistics?

All can be learned in actual combat.

It is definitely unreliable to brain test what the fleet should look like in the end. Only in actual combat can we determine what is the most appropriate and realistic choice.

As for whether the fleet could defeat the pirates, Chen Ming had no doubts.

He has direct control over three ships.

But before, he had only relied on two ships, a Centurion and a Fighter, to defeat a pirate fleet of ten ships and a bounty of 20 million.

Chen Ming didn't believe he couldn't defeat the three ships.

Moreover, Chen Ming also plans to choose some relatively simple-to-operate spacecraft as assistance.

For example, a ship that fires a round of missiles and then starts reloading without having to do anything, or a ship that, like the Centurion, goes up to resist damage and then turns on the damping stance and hangs up to wait for other ships to finish.

As long as these two types of ships are in the fleet, the number of ships that Chen Ming can actually operate by himself should be doubled and then some.

Otherwise, if he could only operate three spaceships, then Chen Ming would not have the need to test the composition of the fleet.

Three ships can detect a ghost.

On the contrary, if Chen Ming is multi-tasking like now, the fleet composition can still maintain good combat effectiveness.

In the future, when Chen Ming has more drivers, the effect will definitely not be that bad, and it will most likely be even better.

Moreover, Chen Ming's ability is not static, and the number of spacecraft he can control will definitely increase in the future.

It just so happens that the fleet needs to be slowly built and expanded, just in time to cope with Chen Ming's situation.

Killing two birds with one stone is nothing if not done.

Chen Ming immediately contacted Lao Wu.

Before Chen Ming spoke, Old Wu took the first step and said, "Xiao Ming? The company has been contacting me recently and wants to find you. If you want something, it's best not to contact me less."

Chen Ming was not surprised that the company would contact someone he knew. He said, "It's okay. If you contact the company, you'll have to contact him. If you find him, you'll have to find him. I don't know whether he can come over."

"If it was so easy for Yuhui to come here, they wouldn't have been able to develop here for so long."

"Why do you feel so happy that you can't come back?"

Chen Ming said in a helpless tone: "The situation forces me to do this. Is it possible that I am crying and hoping that the company will come to rescue me? If the company's support had come earlier, I wouldn't be like this now, right?"

"By the way, the company shouldn't be able to monitor me, but it should be able to monitor you."

Lao Wu said with a quite indifferent look: "I know, that's why I was thinking that you still contact me now."

Since Chen Ming had already mentioned the possibility he just hinted at and it didn't matter at all, Old Wu didn't say anything.

Anyway, he had already reminded him when he came up, and there was nothing he could do if Chen Ming didn't listen.

Chen Ming had obviously thought of this possibility before he started contacting him, and said, "There must be a reason why I am contacting you now. Obviously, it is because there is something I need to let the company know."

Chen Ming's current thoughts on the company are very simple.

That is, we can cooperate to a certain extent, but we cannot completely trust each other.

Chen Ming had some hope in the company before, but after what happened before, Chen Ming still felt that he could not completely trust others in anything. In the end, a person had to rely on himself.

So he can do whatever the company likes, and if the company doesn't do it, he will do it himself.

Chen Ming can accept them if they do it, but if it has a very big impact on his own arrangements, then Chen Ming would rather not need them.

At present, it seems that if the company wants to interfere with Chen Ming, it will definitely need a cruiser fleet, not just one cruiser.

So Chen Ming felt that he could just leave the situation in the company alone for the time being.

Anyway, the company is anxious for Sky Steel, but he is not in a hurry, and Sky Steel is not his.

Chen Ming didn't believe that the company could fight all the way to Yuhui's colony in a few days to interfere with his plan and take him away.

A cruiser fleet was mobilized from being organized to sailing for the final long distance to fighting with the Yuhui fleet all the way to him.

There are so many aspects, such as personnel, logistics, combat effectiveness guarantee, and overall command. No matter how efficient it is, it will take some time, right?

When the company can really handle so many things and come to Chen Ming, then what he needs to do here should be almost the same.

So Chen Ming simply told him his situation directly.

"There is at least one cruiser guarding me in Yuhui now, plus the defense force of a galaxy. I feel that if there is only one cruiser, there is no need to come here."

"There is at least one industrial colony in the galaxy that occupies one-fifth of the planet. The model of the cruiser is Brilliant, and there may be a support from Glory."

Old Wu stared at the terminal with some surprise and asked: "Is that what you said?"

"Well, you can't really think that it's fun for me to stay in Yuhui, right?"

"Haha..."

Chen Ming heard the embarrassment hidden in Old Wu's words and said: "You..."

"Ha, don't think too much, I just think you can get along anywhere with your situation, right?"

Chen Ming was a little speechless. Old Wu obviously meant that Chen Ming might be treated better in Yuhui than in the company.

Although it seems to be the case at present, words cannot be said casually.

Old Wu also realized that what he said was wrong, and immediately changed the subject and said: "So where are you now? If you don't mind, please tell me. Old Lu has helped me stop a lot of people, but there are still people who bother me."

"Yeah."

Chen Ming responded, and through the Sentinel, he marked the industrial colony planet located in the Yuhui territory of the unknown star field outside the empire's territory on the galaxy map and sent it to Old Wu.

"Okay, although I came to you to contact the company, there is another thing."

"Come, let's talk privately."

Chen Ming hung up the communication.

What he said just now can be heard by the company, but he should hide the content of his thoughts that he will tell Old Wu later.

After walking into the hatch opened by the Sentinel, Old Wu very consciously took out the battery of the terminal to prevent the company's people from continuing to monitor.

And on the Sentinel, a spaceship that is completely controlled by Chen Ming, no one can bypass Chen Ming's control of the spaceship equipment and monitor the situation inside the spaceship.

After Old Wu boarded the ship, he found a chair in the sentry's captain's room and sat down. He crossed his legs and looked at the control panel in front of him and asked, "What's going on?"

Chen Ming's words were quickly displayed on the display screen of the control panel.

"I need you to help me purchase some supplies, some materials, and spacecraft, using my card and my money."

Old Wu nodded directly and said, "Okay, but what do you want to do?"

"Build my own fleet."

"Uh..."

"I know it sounds a bit too much, and there are many problems, but I will always solve them, and there are people who will support me."

Old Wu scratched his chin, with some nostalgia in his eyes, and said, "Well... I don't really have much to advise you. I think you have only two ways to develop with your ability, doing scientific research and building a fleet."

"Whichever you choose is the way you want to go, and it's your money anyway, you will bear the final consequences of what you want to do."

"If you go bankrupt one day, we will be waiting for you to come back at any time."

"Old Lu also asked me to ask you how you are doing recently, and said that the last balance has been deposited into your card."

"It's just that the higher-ups strictly forbid him to do that with you again, saying that it will damage the company's reputation, and we are not allowed to do it in this pirate space station."

The boss's concern and Old Wu's words made Chen Ming seem to feel something he had never felt before.

It feels good.

As for the refurbished weapons for sale, it was within Chen Ming's expectations.

He also made a small profit of more than 40 million, so even if he couldn't do it anymore, he could still accept it.

This kind of thing can't really be done for a long time. The factory codes of the weapons are all forged, and they will be discovered sooner or later.

It's better to stop it early to avoid problems in the future.