Star Ocean: Starting From the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 114 Gamma Z's Arrangements, the Fourteenth Legion's Actions

Under Chen Ming's attention.

Gamma Z and Gamma B entered different star systems in the Yuhui star field at different time periods.

Gamma B continued to let it move freely, while Chen Ming kept an eye on Gamma Z.

Gamma Z was arranged by Chen Ming to a place separated from Chen Ming's current location by two star systems with Yuhui colonies.

After arriving at the star system's central space station, after the same inspection as last time, it successfully re-integrated into the Yuhui.

And it also successfully obtained permission to enter a planet with an industrial colony in the star system for supply.

The environment of the industrial colony on this planet is very different from where Chen Ming is now.

Because this is a habitable planet.

There is only one continental plate that occupies half of the planet's area, and the rest is ocean.

Yuhui's industrial facilities are concentrated on this uneven continent.

Although the degree of industrial development here is higher than that of Chen Ming's side, the environment here is better.

Industrial production equipment does not spew a lot of pollutants, nor does it use any fuel that will cause pollution.

And there is no shadow of the earth's core furnace power tower that can easily destroy the local ecology.

Let this planet still maintain a good ecological environment.

However, according to Gamma B.

The reason they protect the ecology of this planet is that there is a creature that lives in the mountains of the continent and has the appearance of a hermit crab, but has a shell and shell like crystal.

The scientific name is energy crystal crab.

The shell on the back of the energy crystal crab is naturally formed by its own secretions, and has the effect of storing energy extremely efficiently.

Even if the energy inside these crystals is used up after being removed, it is still an excellent energy storage material.

The energy crystal crab itself will not die due to the loss of the shell, but will grow again as daily activities proceed.

Energy crystals have extremely high value, and so do energy crystal crabs themselves.

And this energy crystal crab is actually a product of genetic engineering.

Of course, this is not a product of humans, nor is it a genetic engineering done by Yuhui himself.

It is the legacy left by the destroyed civilization that Yuhui found outside the empire.

Yuhui came here faster than humans and occupied it.

At first, Yuhui just wanted to collect resources on the planet, but changed his development strategy after discovering these energy crystal crabs.

He chose the development method that Chen Ming saw now, and studied the life left by that civilization.

Yu Hui can now cultivate these energy crystal crabs that have evolved to adapt to the ecology of this planet on other planets on a small scale.

But this is not enough.

Cultivated ones are definitely not as good as wild ones.

After all, if they are cultivated personally, the energy grown from the energy crystal crab shells on their backs comes from Yu Hui himself.

It is obviously better to continue to study to make crystal crabs a part of the ecological chain of other planets and harvest them on a large scale regularly.

Now Chen Ming knows where the energy storage materials with self-energy that Yu Hui gave him came from.

Before, he was wondering why Yu Hui had several materials that he had never seen or even heard of.

Humans actually have similar self-energy storage materials, but as far as Chen Ming knows, they are all artificially synthesized self-energy storage materials, and even his ability may not be enough.

The energy may run out after a while, which is completely different from this natural self-energy storage material.

If you can find a way to bring a few energy crystal crabs back, it must be of great value.

But Chen Ming is not here to do this now.

This idea will be realized later.

Chen Ming is still watching Gamma Z control the rainstorm to land at a small supply point that can be seen everywhere in the Yuhui colony.

It will change to a more suitable spaceship here.

After all, Chen Ming still needs the rainstorm.

Moreover, if a rainstorm is driving around in the Yuhui territory, it is possible that one of the Yuhui will find out about the problem later. If it is investigated and Chen Ming is involved, it will be a big problem.

Yuhui is not a rigid machine, they will also have doubts.

The longer the rainstorm exists, the higher the possibility of suspicion, and the more likely it is to cause Chen Ming's plan to collapse completely.

So when Gamma B goes back, Chen Ming will not let it drive the fighter modification, and let it drive the destroyer it got after the upgrade, and do what it should do.

Gamma Z quickly landed inside the supply point factory following the signal of the supply point.

What it has to do next is very simple.

Accept the factory's inspection, and then use its own material rations that were once recorded in the database to exchange for a new spaceship.

Chen Ming had also seen this process, unloading the core from the spacecraft, and then temporarily storing it in the middle, waiting for the new spacecraft to be installed.

But Gamma Z's core replacement now is not like Gamma A's previous one, which is equipped with a temporary robot.

This time Gamma Z is directly linked to the database of this factory.

Let Gamma Z browse the spacecraft in the factory's reserve. If there is no spacecraft that Gamma Z wants for the time being, Gamma Z can be connected first, and then installed when the spacecraft is transferred. It is quite convenient.

So when Yu Hui was unprepared.

This supply point was easily obtained.

The Gamma AI responsible for the maintenance of the supply point that communicated with Gamma Z also understood the situation the moment Gamma Z was connected to the factory.

It had no ability to resist Chen Ming, so it could only accept it all and honestly change the ship for Gamma Z.

Of course, the rations of materials that should be delivered still need to be delivered.

If you save money in this regard for the sake of petty gains, you will regret it if something is found out later.

So Chen Ming would rather pay more costs to ensure the highest success rate of the matter.

Anyway, this does not require Chen Ming's rations.

In short, Gamma Z just controlled a supply point, which is the place where Chen Ming thinks he has the best chance of contacting other Afterglow individuals after consideration.

Every Afterglow AI that comes here will be controlled by Chen Ming as long as it is connected to the line by Gamma AI.

Although the speed of this control will not be too fast, after all, there are often many supply points in the colony of Afterglow.

But if the number of Afterglow individuals controlled by Chen Ming grows to a certain extent at this slow growth rate, the growth rate will continue to grow geometrically.

But this is a matter for the future.

And Gamma Z is only temporarily transiting here now.

Later, it needs to move to another place.

Based on the information given by Gamma A before and the subsequent explanation of Gamma B.

The final destination that Chen Ming chose for Gamma Z is a special galaxy open to all Yuhui individuals.

Chen Ming had considered several issues before.

The biggest problem is that Gamma Z is only gamma-level now and cannot play a sufficient effect, so it needs to be upgraded.

What is the fastest way to upgrade?

That is naturally to complete Yuhui's mission and obtain the reasonably obtained mechanical chips.

And what is the most efficient way to complete the mission?

Let Gamma Z do its essential work and slowly mix on the production lines of various factories. It is definitely not efficient.

Moreover, strategic materials such as mechanical chips that are important to Yuhui cannot be easily called through Chen Ming's control of the factory, and greed is not good.

At least not before Chen Ming's control expands.

So Chen Ming must have some other arrangements.

Therefore, after he carefully considered it, high-intensity combat missions are very suitable for Gamma Z.

When Chen Ming discussed mechanical chips with Lao Wu before.

Lao Wu said that he would purchase chips from the star field that has a lot of contact with the mechanical family, or even borders the star field controlled by the mechanical family.

And it just so happens that the star field next to the Galo star field where Chen Ming is located is a star field bordering the mechanical race.

If you zoom in a little, you can find that Yuhui and the mechanical race are also bordering each other.

Although Yuhui and the mechanical race are both similar to mechanical life, their direct conflict is no less than the conflict between humans and mechanical races.

It can only be said that the mechanical race has an extreme and inexplicable hatred for humans, and this hatred seems to extend to human creations, Yuhui.

So, Chen Ming set his goal for Gamma Z there.

A galaxy near the Yuhui and mechanical race area where conflicts often break out.

There are many opportunities here.

According to Gamma B.

There is only one Yuhui colony in this galaxy.

It is also a colony that takes into account both heavy industry and military.

There are many production lines in heavy industry that can go through everything from ore to the final finished spacecraft, and there are a large number of factories that can produce batches of spacecraft and directly put them into battle.

It is equivalent to putting the military factory directly on the front line.

In addition to factories, there are also a large number of planetary defense equipment on the planet, which can ensure that the planet will never fall.

As long as there are enough supplies and the number of Yuhui individuals can keep up, there will be endless combat power.

In the case of self-production and self-sale of such industrial facilities, even if the outside world blocks the planet, it will not have much effect.

After all, Yuhui is not without the ability to remotely control spacecraft.

Although the efficiency is relatively low, as long as the damage to Yuhui individuals is controlled, the rest are trivial and can be made up later.

As long as this fortress-like planet on the front line of Yuhui and the mechanical race does not fall, Yuhui's territory will always be stable.

The mechanical race has been unable to take this place for a long time, so some have given up attacking Yuhui directly from here, but they still maintain a low-intensity battle.

It is equivalent to helping Yuhui train soldiers.

After all, fighting is not something that can be learned by putting military books in your head.

Such a battlefield can just allow those gamma AIs whose own advantage logic blocks are spacecraft driving and combat to have a rapid improvement environment.

The same is true for the mechanical race.

There are still risks in such a battlefield, but it is acceptable.

Gamma A had been here before, and Gamma B had been here before. Although Gamma Z did not come because of its own advantage logic block, which was not related to spacecraft and combat, it had no choice now. If it wanted to improve quickly, combat was obviously the most efficient way.

Gamma B had done the same thing before, but it was in another place far away from Chen Ming, where there were also mechanical races, and the risk of being discovered was also lower.

It was only because Gamma Z had better conditions that Chen Ming arranged Gamma Z in this place closer to him.

Maybe it could provide some support in case of an accident.

Chen Ming couldn't say who supported whom.

Anyway, his idea was very clear.

Take advantage of the time when Gamma Z was upgraded to the Beta level here.

Let the afterglow individuals controlled by the colony factory on the habitable planet grow and expand on their own while keeping it secret.

Before the number is small, it is definitely okay to let them develop on their own.

When the number increases, we need to consider the issue of overall planning.

By that time, Chen Ming estimated that Gamma Z had been upgraded to Beta level.

He could just go back and take over, relying on the superior logic block in management, to help Chen Ming completely control the colony of Yuhui.

When the number of Yuhui increased later, it was too slow for Chen Ming to give orders one by one.

Let Gamma Z do it, which is definitely a better choice.

Of course, if Chen Ming has the opportunity to control Alpha-level AI, it would be even better, but Chen Ming just thought about it.

His purpose is very clear, to let the Yuhui controlled by him continue to expand its scale on the chassis of Yuhui, that's all.

During this period, he will not pay too much attention to these Gamma AIs, lest he do something that will lead to his discovery.

Everything is left to Gamma Z.

He also has some things to do here.

Chen Ming plans to take advantage of the last bit of peace he probably has to learn everything he should learn, and then his own situation can really not be determined.

Chen Ming once again devoted himself to developing himself.

At the same time,

Galo-2, the headquarters of the former military.

A planet full of volcanoes and unstable geological structures.

In a military colony protected by the ecological dome on the planet.

The former headquarters building of the military is now the building of the 14th Independent Legion of the Empire.

The former commander-in-chief's office has been changed to the 14th Legion's office.

The major general of the 14th Legion, who once threatened the former major general of the military in front of him, is communicating with someone via video.

On the communication screen, you can see an old man who is about 60 years old.

He is also wearing the uniform of the 14th Legion, and the badge on his shoulder can prove his identity, the lieutenant general of the 14th Legion.

The major general saluted him solemnly, without the fierceness that threatened the major general of the military in the star zone.

The lieutenant general waved his hand casually with a amiable look and said, "There's no need to be like this, Baiquan. We are talking privately now. Do you have something to talk to me about?"

Major General Baiquan lowered his head slightly and said, "I heard that the war on the other side has intensified recently?"

"Yes, Yuhui is activating a high-energy device and intends to transport things over a very long distance."

"What exactly is it?"

The lieutenant general shook his head, took a sip of the tea in front of him and said, "I don't know, the front line is still investigating."

"But now they have roughly estimated the size and range of objects that Yuhui can transport at that energy level."

"As a result, your place is just in the middle of the calculated limit distance."

Baiquan

"Does Yuhui intend to directly cross our empire?"

"Yes, because you have Yuhui there, and there happens to be a relationship with someone who is worthy of Yuhui doing this. In recent days, they have basically been discussing your affairs. You have to speed up."

Baiquan lowered his head again, thinking about what the lieutenant general said.

At this time, the lieutenant general suddenly asked: "How is your joint meeting going?"

Bai Quan quickly raised his head and said: "It's still being organized."

"It's obvious that all the forces involved have ideas about Chen Ming, but they just can't organize it."

"When we came here, we didn't bring much supplies, so we could only support it temporarily. The star gates can't be used casually to transport supplies, not to mention that there are several star gates."

"So we need time to reorganize the original star zone army's territory."

"During this period, we must be forced to cooperate with the locals."

"So, they are a little..."

Bai Quan didn't say it clearly, but the lieutenant general also understood what he meant.

But the lieutenant general just smiled. He was not surprised that Bai Quan, who had risen all the way with military merit, was defeated in this matter. This was one of the purposes of sending him out.

Although Bai Quan was very troubled, he didn't say anything to discourage him.

"The government is also trying to push this forward."

"The main problem now is the overall command and the ultimate goal."

"As long as the joint fleet can be organized, the command position will definitely be ours in the end, and no one else is qualified."

"We also have the ability to convince others, at most it will cost a little."

The lieutenant general nodded slightly and asked another question asked by Bai Quan: "Is there any problem with the ultimate goal?"

"Your mission should be very clear when you set out. Can you not rescue the people? Or is it that the people have been rescued but cannot be divided because of the wrangling?"

Bai Quan denied: "That's not the problem."

"People must be rescued. After all, we are not just for Chen Ming. If Xinghe was really taken away by him, he is likely to be alive. This alone is why we cannot not rescue him."

"Although it is indeed difficult to divide the people after they are rescued, the more important question is."

"Do we need to take this opportunity to stab Yu Hui's hometown along the way."

"Oh?"

The lieutenant general looked more energetic, thought about it and said: "It's an aggressive idea, but it is indeed possible."

Bai Quan called up a three-dimensional view on the desktop in front of him.

This is a galaxy map outside the Galo star field, belonging to the Yuhui star field.

Although the Yuhui side blocked the forward movement of the spacecraft, it did not block the light.

Therefore, the general galaxy map can still be confirmed through the telescope.

He pointed to this star field and said: "There is definitely a replica of Kletka in a certain galaxy here."

"Tear down the replica, and the afterglow of this star field will lose its backing. We can find a way to clean up these afterglows and continue to expand outwards."

The lieutenant general squinted his eyes and looked at the star field through the video communication screen and said: "It's not that simple. Sinda Company, which is the most powerful in this star field, probably won't cooperate with you."

Bai Quan nodded immediately and said, "Yes, the attitude over there seems a bit... complicated?"

"Sinda Company seems willing to help, but they just want to save Chen Ming and don't want to waste money and trouble Yu Hui."

"But when we mentioned some exploratory tasks, they were very willing to cooperate, and their attitude was very strange."

"I think it's because of their Sky Steel that their attitude towards us has changed like this."

"I don't really want to argue about this, but the logistics are not under my control."

The lieutenant general recalled for a moment and said, "Logistics? Is it that young man named Ping?"

"Yes, he said he wanted to use this to make some money."

The lieutenant general frowned slightly and said: "I know something about this matter. The mining rights of Xinda Company were usurped by the original group of losers relying on their authority, right? Don't do this kind of thing. It will be embarrassing to tell it."

Bai Quan also looked a little helpless and said: "I told him the same thing, but he said that he felt that Xinda thought that we were going to occupy these sky steels like those wastes, so he took this opportunity to rely on If you make a little profit from the difference in information, Sky Steel will definitely go through the process and pay it back.”

The lieutenant general relaxed his frown and said, "That's okay, then I'll give you a reminder."

"I think Chen Ming's current situation is actually very bad."

"He may have plans to hang out with Yu Hui because of what happened before, but Yu Hui is not easy to get along with."

"There must be a big problem with what Yu Hui wants to send away. It is aimed at Chen Ming, or it is really aimed at you who want to rescue Chen Ming."

"Chen Ming will definitely be saved now, so you must pay attention if the front line fails."

"Try to find a way to contact Chen Ming directly."

Bai Quan calmed down his expression, returned to his original calm appearance and said:

"I also want to contact him, but our intelligence sources are still too few. Currently, it seems that only Sinda Company has the means to contact him."

"And even if we get in touch, I don't think it will work."

"Sinda Company doesn't have more information than us. They just have the contact information with Chen Ming."

"Yu Hui's information is still only the part that Chen Ming left before. Even if Chen Ming is contacted, there won't be much change in this regard."

"If Chen Ming doesn't find a way to do something on his own, even if there is no Yuhui in the future, there may be accidents during the rescue."

The lieutenant general did not give Bai Quan a reminder this time, and just said: "That is the problem you have to solve."

A person suddenly appeared on the communication screen. He was also a young man and looked to be in his early twenties.

She is a girl with short ear-length hair, wearing a smart military uniform.

She stood next to the lieutenant general and faced the communication screen, with an obviously deliberate seriousness on her expression as she said: "The connection between Chen Ming and Xinda Company should not be broken, but no information has been transmitted back at all. Now I am even a little bit worried about this situation." Suspect……"

The lieutenant general took a sip of tea, reached out and slapped her on the back of the head mercilessly and said: "The more you say not to do such a thing, the more likely others will do it. From his resume, Chen Ming is completely No anti-human tendencies.”

"As long as we can deal with the previous matters fairly and send those members of the Sector Army to where they should be sent, such as the Judgment Stand."

The girl covered the back of her head, her expression no longer serious, but asked casually: "Is this enough?"

The lieutenant general nodded and said: "Someone said enough is enough. He was the person who gave our legion the smuggling information in the military region."

"It is certain to save Chen Ming, and it is certain to save Cheng Xinghe. Don't wait for Xinghai to die outside all day long. Having fewer competitors is not a good thing."

Cheng Xinghai sat next to him with some regret, his eyes gradually fixed on the lieutenant general's tea and snacks.

The major general ignored Cheng Xinghai, pushed up his glasses and said, "My current basic goal is that the two of them will definitely not change."

“But I want to do something extra while completing the basic goals.”

"So the main purpose of my contact this time is to confirm the fleet that the legion can provide. If it is not provided, I have to take the initiative to apply."

The lieutenant general had no objection to this. Bai Quan was already a major general, and he knew very well what should be done and what should not be done.

However, he gave another suggestion: "You can wait for two days and see the situation on the front line here."

"Frontline Advantage. Kill that thing Yu Hui is working on. You have to apply for it yourself."

"But if you are at a disadvantage and allow Yuhui to successfully send the things away, we will have to invest more resources in your place. There will definitely be battleships."

"Yuhui is making big moves, and we want to bring back our people who can make big moves in the future."

"Chen Ming or Cheng Xinghe?"

"Forget it, Chen Ming's ability is nothing to say, and Xinghe's potential is also very good."

"The new batch of special warships we are cooperating with Tachyon need a commander with sufficient capabilities."

"The new ship's fighting style is very different from the old one, and it may overturn the current frontline combat system."

"We are old and our thinking is rigid and we can't adapt to the new ship, but he is still young and has a lot of time to learn."

Cheng Xinghai, who had just disappeared for a while with snacks, suddenly appeared on the communication screen again, with a slight annoyance on his face and said: "I am also young, I also have potential, why don't you talk about me?"

"Yeah, you count as one."

The lieutenant general responded vaguely twice.

Bai Quan questioned the ship that the lieutenant general just mentioned: "I heard that those ships are still in the experimental stage, and the escort-level ships cannot be stable?"

"Yes, so Chen Ming is also very important."

"If Chen Ming comes back together, when Cheng Xinghe has enough battlefield experience and can take charge, he will definitely make some achievements in the technology of these new ships."

"Even if he doesn't want to develop in this area, his ability in combat is unquestionable."

"You have watched the video of that battle, right? You all know what kind of combat effectiveness those ships controlled by him have."

"We have to protect these two people no matter what, so I don't want to hear about similar things."

The lieutenant general stared at Cheng Xinghai next to him seriously.

The playful expression on Cheng Xinghe's face was restrained, and he nodded solemnly.

The lieutenant general also showed a satisfied look on his face and said: "Xinghai, you have great potential. Together with the two of them, you will definitely be the main force for us humans to compete with Yuhui and the mechanical race."

The lieutenant general turned his head and looked at Baiquan and asked: "In addition to the joint meeting, how is the overall situation on your side?"

"We are still consolidating the basic situation, so it is not easy to make any big moves."

"For now, we should focus on building good relations with local local snakes, such as Xinda Company."

"Slowly take over the things left by the military in front, lay a good foundation, and then find ways to expand when there is a chance."

The lieutenant general had no opinion on Baiquan's approach.

"Well, it's good to move forward steadily. We are now somewhat restricted by Yuhui, and we must find some ways to go in other aspects."

"Your side is now also a pathfinder for our 14th Corps in the Galo Star Region. We only need to be stable in development."

"But other things, especially rescuing Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe, must not be too stable."

Baiquan's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"I understand. I'm organizing the advance team."

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