Chapter 121: The Accused Afterglow in Expansion, the Ongoing Joint Meeting

The days passed in a dull and busy way for a week.

However, during this period, the Galo Star Region and the Yuhui Star Region were not as peaceful as Chen Ming's every day.

During his daily work and research, Chen Ming has always been paying attention to several places that may have big movements in the future.

This includes the buffer zone bordering the Yuhui Star Region and the Galo Star Region.

According to Gamma B's investigation this week.

Starting from the second day after Chen Ming talked with Baiquan of the 14th Legion.

A large number of exploration drones or small-scale fleets appeared in this buffer zone, and they are constantly infiltrating into the Yuhui Star Region.

And these drones or fleets have no idea of ​​conflict with the Yuhui Fleet that is tracking them. Once they are discovered, they will flee as soon as possible.

If the drones cannot escape, they will even choose to self-destruct on the spot, giving the Yuhui Fleet no chance to arrest them.

And those human ships that have not been discovered are still continuing to go deeper into the Yuhui Star Region.

Yuhui can only rely on a large number of ships to barely deal with these spacecraft, but it can only be solved temporarily.

Humans are still spending a lot of resources to continue to transport spacecraft to the buffer zone, with a very clear purpose, which is to go deeper and transmit more intelligence back.

This situation lasted for about two days.

On the side where Yuhui and the mechanical race meet, that is, near the galaxy where Gamma Z is located, a large number of human ships also appeared.

They set out from the Empire and traveled through the entire buffer zone between Yuhui and the mechanical race. From different locations, they began to infiltrate Yuhui's territory in a scattered manner, just like the other side.

Even though Yuhui has a planet with a high degree of development of semi-military and semi-industrial due to the long-term war with the mechanical race.

Any spacecraft that wants to enter the Yuhui star field will be hit head-on.

But in the current large-scale invasion of the human side at all costs, Yuhui has no way to completely block human ships from entering.

And for humans who seem to only want to explore intelligence, they only need to let drones equipped with disposable high-intensity signal transmitters pass Yuhui's defense line in a short time.

Keep going deeper, keep recording, keep scanning each planet with high intensity, and transmit back the information about the geographical features, various buildings and various moving objects on it.

As for the content of the information transmitted back, it doesn't matter at all.

Because they already knew where Chen Ming was from before.

Such a large-scale investigation is obviously to interfere with Yu Hui's judgment, making Yu Hui think that they don't know Chen Ming's location yet, so as to relax their vigilance.

And there is another meaning in this action, that is, the 14th Corps has begun the final preparations before the rescue work.

The practice of constantly involving Yu Hui's attention is part of the preparation.

And Chen Ming based on Gamma B's investigation and the information sent by Gamma A, who is now with Huiyao all day.

It can be found that the human side is intentionally or unintentionally concentrating the layout of these exploration drones and spacecraft to the galaxy where Chen Ming was before.

This is also a means to make Yu Hui make a wrong judgment.

After all, it is impossible for the human side to have no clues about Chen Ming. If there are clues, there must be a final target.

Therefore, the star system that Chen Ming left before could be used as a bait for Yuhui.

All these signs indicate that the 14th Legion will make substantial moves before the psychic equipment is expected to arrive in seven days.

The target is definitely near Chen Ming's current location.

Although the activities of the human side do not seem to have any impact on the star system where Chen Ming is.

After all, the distance is there, and it still takes time to react and prepare, and compared to a colony, Chen Ming is definitely more important.

However, since the 14th Legion has the intention to do so, it should consider all aspects of Yuhui clearly, and should also know the different ways for Yuhui to respond.

So since Chen Ming is not a professional fighter, I believe they will be done with this kind of thing.

Anyway, he did not put all his eggs in one basket.

If the rescue of the 14th Legion really encountered an accident, Chen Ming also had other ways to go.

So when Chen Ming investigated in Gamma B that humans began to infiltrate the Yuhui star field from the buffer zone of the Yuhui mechanical race, the tasks of searching for the human fleet appeared in the tasks that Yuhui usually issued to free Yuhui individuals on Gamma Z.

Just for the sake of safety, Gamma Z went to another star system.

Of course, this is based on the premise that Gamma Z has obtained enough chips by destroying the mechanical warships through the mission in the previous period.

Even if it leaves now, Gamma Z will be able to upgrade to the Beta level in a few days.

Then it can return to the place where Chen Ming has controlled the most afterglows and integrate the overall situation for Chen Ming.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming also took a look at the situation of the afterglows he controlled.

At present, there are many places in the entire afterglow star field where Chen Ming controls afterglows.

This naturally includes the afterglow industrial colony where Chen Ming stayed at the beginning, which has now become a reverse bait for humans.

But even today, there are only five afterglow AIs controlled by Chen Ming.

Two of them were still in the independent small exploration stations that were arranged before, and they had no chance to contact other Yuhui.

The remaining three Yuhui in the mining field had never changed their jobs.

And no new Yuhui came here, and there was no way to contact the outside world.

It could not develop at all.

After returning to this galaxy, Huihuang was responsible for some of Chen Ming's follow-up work in various places within the galaxy.

So, there were also exchanges with these five Yuhui AIs.

But Chen Ming was still not completely sure that Huihuang could trust him, so for safety reasons.

Chen Ming still let these five Yuhui remain normal and not have any other contact.

After all, this place is nothing to Chen Ming.

The Yuhui he controlled was mainly in two other places.

One was the first place that Gamma Z arrived at after returning to the Yuhui star field, that is, the supply point planet.

The situation here is much better than the planet Chen Ming had been on.

After all, no Yuhui would pay attention to Gamma Z, who had nothing to do with Chen Ming and left immediately.

Moreover, the afterglow that Chen Ming controlled first was the afterglow in the supply point, which could contact many free afterglows.

So as long as the afterglow that came to the supply point later, basically the original afterglow of the supply point found various reasons and excuses and opportunities.

The afterglow spaceship that only came to supply was connected to the industrial equipment in the colony.

Then, there was no more.

As long as it came into contact with the industrial equipment controlled by the afterglow controlled by Chen Ming, the afterglow that was touched would also be controlled by Chen Ming.

And he accepted it all without any abnormal performance.

And the afterglow on the spaceship that had just been controlled and left the supply point could always go to various places and find various reasons to connect directly with other afterglows.

Or like Gamma Z at the beginning, find other supply points, connect to the supply point equipment by connecting to the database, and assimilate it.

As long as all the supply points of a planet are controlled, there will be no afterglow on this planet that can escape Chen Ming's clutches.

Of course, in order to make everything look reasonable and normal, Chen Ming would not let these Yuhui drive a ship to visit the supply points of the entire planet directly.

Just let them follow the normal behavior logic, relying on different individuals, gradually control all the supply points on the planet.

If you really want to control the supply points of the entire planet quickly and undetected, you can only rely on reasonable overall planning.

But Chen Ming's computing power is not enough to do this, so he can only wait until Gamma Z is upgraded to Beta level before trying again.

However, despite various restrictions, as of today.

There are already one-fifth of Yuhui on the planet with energy crystal crabs where Gamma Z landed, and all of them are controlled by Chen Ming.

There are also some Yuhui in key departments.

For example, Yuhui who has the authority to build a space elevator for the convenience of material transportation.

And Yuhui who is in charge of the material transportation authority of various advanced resource mining sites.

In addition, although there is no Chen Ming's plan on the planet, 80% of the supply points have been controlled in the normal activities of Yuhui individuals.

The Yuhui on this planet has completely formed a climate.

In a few days, the entire planet will be completely controlled by Chen Ming.

And the pressure of such a number of afterglows on Chen Ming in terms of mental power is not even as great as that of actually controlling a frigate.

So Chen Ming is very confident about the future development of these afterglows.

In addition, in addition to the planet where the energy crystal crab is located, the entire galaxy outside is now full of them.

There are two other colonies in this galaxy, although only about one-tenth of the afterglows are controlled by Chen Ming.

But similarly, many supply points on these two planets have been controlled.

And the afterglow controlled by Chen Ming is also actively developing towards the key departments of the planet.

When the afterglow of the energy crystal crab planet has taken care of the planet, the remaining two planets will also become Chen Ming's possession in a short time.

Now it seems that the only problem is that there is indeed no afterglow above the beta level in different colonies.

But there are a total of three industrial colonies in the galaxy, all of which are well developed, and there is also an energy crystal crab in one colony.

So there must be an Alpha in the galaxy to take charge of the overall situation, and it is likely that he will take charge of everything on an independent space station in the galaxy.

The afterglow controlled by Chen Ming had found a space station that was not open to ordinary afterglow individuals in the galaxy, on the orbit of a high-temperature planet close to a star.

The Alpha afterglow in the galaxy must be there.

Although ordinary afterglows do not have the authority to enter, Chen Ming has already found an afterglow individual with the authority to enter that galaxy.

Next, it only takes a suitable opportunity to control it, and then find a suitable reason to control it before the Alpha level afterglow can react.

It should be known that it has only been a week since Gamma Z left the seeds here, and it has already infiltrated several key places on the planet.

The expansion speed in the other two colonies is slower, but the efficiency is also very good.

As long as a few more days are given, the afterglow controlled by Chen Ming can engulf the entire galaxy.

In addition to the galaxy where the energy crystal crab planet is located.

The second best development momentum of the afterglow controlled by Chen Ming is the afterglow that Gamma Z has stayed and the industrial colony on the front line of the mechanical race.

In addition to its large amount of military equipment and excavated resources sent directly to military factories, this planet also has another feature.

There are many supply points here, and the area is often very large.

Because battles often occur here on the front line, a large number of Afterglow individuals return here every moment and need repairs.

As the demand for supply points increases, more and bigger supply points will naturally be built.

As long as the supply points where Gamma Z has been, all of them will control the individuals of Afterglow with a higher efficiency than the supply points on the Crystal Crab side.

So far, many military factories on the planet have fallen under Chen Ming's control, but they are still maintaining the previous production orders.

At the same time, there are also a considerable number of Yuhui who have superior logic blocks in combat and are controlled by Chen Ming.

Almost each of them has its own spaceship, and its combat effectiveness is considerable.

If you add up all the afterglows that Chen Ming currently controls, it is already a force that cannot be underestimated.

But it's not enough.

For the entire star field of Afterglow, these current Afterglows are not enough.

If Chen Ming dares to take action directly now, the final result will be that the planet is destroyed, the fleet is destroyed, and all the afterglows controlled by him die.

Even though there are many Yuhui who can escape by means of spaceships, without Yuhui's own industrial colony, Chen Ming simply cannot afford the current number of Yuhui and Yuhui spaceships.

And there will definitely be a general cleaning inside Yuhui. Any Yuhui with special performance will not be able to survive on Yuhui.

Yuhui as a whole will definitely reach a new level of strict control over external materials.

There is no chance that Chen Ming can continue to obtain material support from Yu Hui.

At that time, he may be forced by the situation to do something he doesn't want to do.

So until today, Chen Ming has not regarded the afterglows he controlled as part of his own power, but as existences similar to mercenaries.

This is the only reason. He can't support these fleets now.

When one day Chen Ming's logistics capabilities can keep up, Chen Ming will consider bringing these Yuhui under his command.

So now, Chen Ming still plans to continue to wait for the afterglow to slowly expand.

Moreover, some of the afterglows he controlled had spread to the surrounding galaxies long before the afterglow individuals on the crystallized crab planet had developed.

These spreading afterglows will be like viruses spreading without any symptoms at all, and no individual can detect them.

When it erupts, it will bring about unprecedented terrifying effects for Afterglow.

After Chen Ming confirmed the overall situation of the afterglow he controlled, he devoted himself to daily research.

His research on the frigate shield he originally designed has entered the final stage, and a result should be available in the next few days.

at the same time.

Far away in the Gallo Star Territory of the Human Empire.

In the general command room where the Fourteenth Army is currently stationed, an offline joint meeting is taking place.

As long as there was a legitimate reason for rescuing Chen Ming, they all sent people here.

The meeting was already halfway through.

In the center of the conference table in front of Bai Quan, a three-dimensional projection is showing the entire afterglow star field.

Before them, they sent out drones and fleets in large numbers to scan many galaxies in the Afterglow Star Region. Most of the galaxies displayed above had very detailed and accurate information.

Among them, the galaxy where Chen Ming has been and the galaxy where Chen Ming is now are highlighted.

Let the attendees' attention basically focus on this.

Bai Quan moved his hand and zoomed in on the industrial colony galaxy where Chen Ming had been, revealing the conditions inside the galaxy.

The industrial colony planet where Chen Ming stayed was specially marked.

He cleared his throat and said, "The next step is the planning for the second half."

"We have currently dispatched a large number of drones and small fleets to attract Afterglow's attention."

"And now it can be clearly felt that Yuhui has been fooled. They believe that we have and only discovered that Chen Ming is on this planet."

"So they are actively cooperating with us and deploying more ships here. They really hope that we will only focus on this place."

"We will continue to implement the original plan."

"Before the estimated time of delivery of Afterglow's psychic equipment, send enough fleets to this system to attract Afterglow's firepower."

"Then according to the previous agreement, Xinda Company will be responsible for this matter."

Baiquan looked at the representatives of Xinda Company at the meeting and said, "I need you to show enough desire to get close to this planet."

"But we have to control the scale carefully. We can't successfully land on the planet directly. This is to ensure that Yuhui will allocate enough fleet power to find you first."

"Is there a problem?"

The representative of Sinda Company and the director in charge of the pirate space station said with a slightly unhappy face: "No, but I hope that the Fourteenth Legion can keep its promise."

Sinda Company received the news that Chen Ming had been transferred to another place, and also learned the subsequent investigation of the situation of the galaxy to which Chen Ming was transferred.

It was already clear that they could not rely on their own battleship to rescue Chen Ming alone.

So this director was sent to the 14th Legion to cooperate with the 14th Legion to complete the subsequent tasks.

In order to protect their final interests, Sky Steel.

As long as the profits from Sky Steel can finally fall into their hands.

Even if Chen Ming is gone, it is still an acceptable result.

Bai Quan did not intend to embezzle Sky Steel from the beginning, so he agreed quite decisively: "Please rest assured, everyone here is a witness."

He retracted his gaze and continued: "Later, when the main battleship of Xinda Company successfully attracted the attention of the Yuhui main battleship."

"That's the time for our remaining fleet to jump in here."

Bai Quan zoomed in and out the projection in the center of the conference table and refocused on Chen Ming's current planet.

And on the projection of this planet, there is also a precisely marked location.

"This location is a rough latitude and longitude coordinate obtained based on Chen Ming's own observation of the starry sky, which will be used as a reference for the rescue operation."

"I confirmed the specific coordinates with Chen Ming a few days ago. He can send a specific signal frequency on the planet to help us locate him when our fleet arrives."

"When the defense line of Yuhui is broken, the deployment of ground forces will be fully guaranteed by our 14th Corps."

"The final rescue mission will also be carried out by us."

"At that time, we will arrange a cruiser to take him away through the jump."

Bai Quan did not say much about the 14th Corps' own mission, and quickly jumped to the next stage.

"After the rescue is successful, the remaining spacecraft need to jump into the core galaxy of Yuhui."

"Did you see it here?"

Bai Quan said, zooming in on the galaxy again, locating it in a galaxy in the center of the most core circle of colonies in the Yuhui galaxy.

"Among the dozens of star systems in this core area, this is the only volcanic planet with frequent geological activities."

"The Kletka supercomputer, which requires an extremely low temperature environment to cool, must be here."

"In order to destroy it, we need to solve the planetary shield generator that must be set up on the planet."

"This requires a special EMP weapon."

Baiquan looked at the representative of Tachyon Technology.

The representative of Tachyon Technology asked back: "The drones we provide are of good quality, right?"

"Yes, they are."

"Then our weapons will have such quality."

Baiquan nodded and continued: "We aim to destroy Kletka, and we expect to encounter three Yuhui battleships on the way."

The representative of Tachyon immediately said: "Our battleship is on the way, the Exemplar-class battleship."

"It just appeared on your front line some time ago, you should know it."

"So, what are you going to do?"

Baiquan waved his hand and projected the appearance of the three battleships on the conference table. Without exception, they all had extremely exaggerated heavy armor.

"Two offensive-class heavy battleships and one corps-class aviation battleship."

"We are the main force in the battle with Yuhui."

The Tachyon Technology representative nodded and looked at the government representative next door.

Baiquan also said at this time: "Then in terms of logistics..."

The government representative immediately said: "We will ensure it."

"By then, we will have the Astra-class and Prometheus-class to ensure the supply of materials and fuel."

The Tachyon Technology representative sitting next to the government representative looked at the government representative with interest and said: "I haven't heard of this model. The Colossus class is not comfortable to use, so you designed a new cruiser class?"

"Your government doesn't support it with a battleship?"

The government representative glanced at him and said: "These two ships are battleships."

Several people at the conference table looked at the government representative in surprise.

The government representative said with a mixture of pride and sadness on his face: "This is distributed by the General Government."

"You have already started to develop a new generation of battleships, and we must not fall behind."

"But with the separation of military and politics, our government can only design this kind of logistical battleship."

He took out a document from the file bag in front of him and slapped it on the table.

"Here are the carrying capacity data of the Astra-class super freighter and the Prometheus-class fuel transport ship."

Bai Quan took the document from the assistant next to him, and after a brief look, he said: "No problem."

"Then let's end the meeting here."

"I hope I can see you all again in the future."