Chapter 70 The Possibility of AI, Afterglow's Colony

At the edge of the battle between Yuhui and the military, where the military fleet regrouped.

The captain of the remaining Ruler-class ship was standing in the bridge command room with a serious expression.

As the fleet commander, while commanding the fleet to approach, he was also listening to the report from his deputy next to him: "The emergency evacuation of the outpost has been completed. The rescue ship has just taken the last batch of people from the outpost on board. Most of the information has been saved."

The ruler-class captain nodded slightly, and said to his deputy in the interval after issuing an order: "Well, then prepare to retreat temporarily. As long as Yu Hui does not have the idea of ​​launching a large-scale war, he will not stay in our territory for too long."

"Wait until they leave, and then we will come back to deal with the remaining mess. Is there anything else that needs to be dealt with?"

"Yes, about the problem of the Alturan empty eel group, Yu Hui may..."

"No."

The captain interrupted his deputy and said: "Yu Hui will not do such a thing. At most, he will take a few away. The empty fish will not be killed. When we come back to rebuild the outpost, we can collect and smelt them again. Just be careful not to be robbed again."

The deputy did not refute, bowed slightly to the captain, and turned away.

After a while, the deputy returned to the command room and said to the captain: "All ships have been assembled, and Yuhui has no intention of continuing the pursuit."

"Well, let's start."

The captain ordered the entire ship to start the jump engine.

The Ruler-class cruiser was operating like a precision instrument.

The captain continued to say to the deputy beside him: "You will back up all the old data of the outpost later. When we come back, we will re-scan the galaxy as a whole and compare carefully to ensure that there are no loopholes for Yuhui to exploit."

"Yes."

The military fleet quickly retreated through the jump.

At this time, Chen Ming had just recovered from the shock of Yuhui's cruiser personally rescuing him, and quickly realized some problems.

The military was still in the process of gathering and retreating, not retreating. Yuhui and the military were still exchanging fire on the front battlefield.

During the direct battle, the Yuhui cruiser was distracted by dealing with the military ships that were targeting the Refraction class. If there is no problem here, Chen Ming will write the name upside down.

So he immediately asked the Gamma AI: "Do you have any social relationships similar to humans in the Yuhui?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Because I think you have a good relationship with the Yuhui who controls the cruiser."

"Yes, he is my friend."

Chen Ming said with a little puzzlement: "Friends..."

Gamma AI seemed to have foreseen Chen Ming's reaction. As soon as Chen Ming finished speaking, he said: "I know it's strange from your human perspective, but it's true. If you need to understand, I can explain it to you now."

"No, if you have data records, you can send me a copy. I can take a look when I have time."

Gamma AI immediately sent a record to the Iron Ore.

Chen Ming's mouth twitched, and he saved this record first, and didn't rush to move it for the time being.

Then he continued to talk to Gamma AI about other things: "Since the army has withdrawn, I have a question for you. What should we do with so many wreckages on the battlefield?"

Gamma AI quickly replied: "They can only be left here."

"Although the military has been temporarily repelled, this is the border of the human empire after all, and the military will soon return with more ships."

"So we can't stay here for too long. We can only rest for a while, take away all the afterglow cores, take away the rest that can be taken away, and abandon those that cannot be taken away on the spot."

Chen Ming got the response he wanted to hear, and began to talk about his thoughts more: "What will be the consequences if I take those ships? I mean your afterglow ships."

"There will be no consequences. Those ships have already been decided to be abandoned. It doesn't matter to us who takes them."

"Do you want to take another one?"

"Yes."

Chen Ming just took a closer look and found that the cabin of the refraction class can actually barely fit a relatively small frigate in.

That is, after being filled, the four frigates will collide with each other, causing damage.

But the damage caused by this collision is nothing compared to the value of a spaceship.

Then Chen Ming can control one spaceship himself through the panel.

That means an Iron Ore goes out and brings the other five spaceships back.

Even if it is robbery, it is not this way of robbery.

Chen Ming was still thinking about how to get a spaceship two days ago, but in the blink of an eye, he was able to build a small fleet by himself, but he was a little short of pilots.

But if the ships are all there, then the problem of pilots is not easy to solve?

So Chen Ming made up his mind decisively, taking advantage of the opportunity when the repair ship of the Yuhui Fleet was collecting the Yuhui AI cores from the wreckage of various Yuhui ships.

He picked up the ships that were scattered throughout the battlefield and did not look that badly damaged.

Although Chen Ming could choose the ships of the military and Yuhui at will, he felt that the ships of Yuhui were very suitable for him in terms of control.

So with two military ships already in hand, Chen Ming planned to choose Yuhui's ships for the third and fourth ships.

The Refraction class followed behind the repair ship of Yuhui, and after the repair ship took away the AI ​​core, it picked and chose the two ships and put them into the bag.

Both ships were frigate-level, one was of the Glimmer class and the other was of the Lumen class.

Although Chen Ming wanted to find a destroyer, most destroyers were the targets of concentrated fire in the battle between small ships. If they were paralyzed, they would basically be destroyed, and it was impossible to find a relatively intact one.

So Chen Ming could only choose the frigate as a second choice.

After these two ships were dealt with, Yuhui's ships were almost assembled.

At this time, Chen Ming could see that a Yuhui destroyer was handing over a sealed cargo hold to Yuhui's cruiser.

It should be the sky steel collected by the military outpost during this period.

Although the cargo hold looked like it was only about ten cubic meters in volume, the density of sky steel was much greater than that of most metals.

Chen Ming estimated that if it was full, there would be at least hundreds of tons of sky steel, and the value should be more than 100 billion imperial coins.

Chen Ming felt a little hot-headed when he thought about it, but the protection of the five Yuhui cruisers made him know that if he really dared to move, he would definitely explode on the spot.

Under the threat of life safety, Chen Ming quickly calmed down.

Let the Refraction Class take the Lumen Class with repaired engines that it could not fit into the Yuhui fleet.

The mission objectives have been handed over, so it is almost time for Yuhui to retreat.

The jump engine started again, and the engine of the Refraction Class also resonated.

After a longer jump process than before.

Chen Ming appeared in an unknown galaxy.

Next to the end of the jump, there is a space station orbiting a cold rocky planet.

Gamma AI directly explained to Chen Ming: "The space station is only used to confirm the identity of the ships approaching the planet and grant passage rights. The real gathering point is on the colony of the planet."

Gamma AI took the initiative to increase the power of the sensor and scanned the surface of the planet, allowing Chen Ming to see the large-scale industrial facilities on the planet, as well as the Yuhui spacecraft that were constantly taking off and landing.

After observing for a while, Chen Ming found that the Refraction Class received a notification of mission completion, and most of the ships that jumped together had already scattered.

It seems that now is the free time mentioned by Gamma AI.

So Chen Ming pointed at the planet and asked the Gamma AI: "What is the significance of this colony to you?"

"If you are asking about the significance to the Afterglow as a whole, then the role of the colony is to collect and develop the resources of the planet and serve as the basis for installing large-scale industrial facilities."

"If you are asking about the significance to the Afterglow individuals, then the role of the colony on this planet is more similar to that of human cities."

"Since many Afterglow individuals exist in the form of ships, the cities belonging to our Afterglow are usually dominated by industrial facilities."

"For Afterglow individuals to replenish, modify and repair their ships here."

Chen Ming interrupted and asked: "No restrictions?"

"There are restrictions. Each Afterglow individual has a fixed amount of supplies every month. Only by paying a part of the quota can you exchange for the modified accessories and opportunities. "

Then this material quota is money for Yu Hui. Chen Ming had a rough impression in his mind and continued to ask: "So you participate in the mission to obtain more materials?"

"Yes, in addition to the material quota, the mission rewards will also include mechanical chips, or some human spoils."

Chen Ming suddenly heard a key thing and immediately asked; "What do you need these for?"

"The mechanical life of the mechanical family is similar to our Yu Hui, so the individual consciousness inside their chips can be assimilated by us to improve our computing power."

Chen Ming's eyes subconsciously passed through the storage compartment of the Iron Ore, where three mechanical chips were lying.

However, Chen Ming did not mention it in a hurry, but asked: "What about the same kind?"

Gamma AI hesitated for a while before answering: "This is absolutely forbidden. Please don't let me do this."

"I understand. I won't let you do this. To me, two afterglow individuals are much more valuable than one."

"Thank you."

"It's okay."

Chen Ming responded casually, and suddenly asked: "What should I do if I want to enter your colony?"

"Report the situation to the space station first, and you can go down now. I just completed the mission and can go to the colony to collect the corresponding rewards, but I would like to ask you not to leave the spacecraft on the planet."

"I don't want to die yet, and I will definitely not do this, but I want to ask first, what is your reward for this mission?"

"One month's supply quota and three mechanical clan escort-class ship chips."

Mechanical clan escort-class ship chips?

Chen Ming's mind quickly flashed the three mechanical clans he killed at the beginning, and then imagined a mechanical clan frigate made of white cloud steel. Suddenly, his mind was full of curiosity and interest.

"Then go down, I really want to see your Yuhui colony."

"Got it."

Take advantage of the time when the Gamma AI began to report the situation to the space station and then landed on the surface of the planet.

Chen Ming directly took out the first Gamma AI core he had obtained, but the second one he put into use, which he had placed next to Xiaoshi's nest before.

Then he took the repair kit and left the Iron Ore.

In the crowded cabin, he approached the Twilight Class and switched the control of the Lumen Class to the Twilight Class.

Gamma AI must have seen Chen Ming's actions and the other Gamma AI core in his hand.

But it did not show anything.

Chen Ming wanted to cut the hull of the Twilight Class and install the AI ​​core as before.

The design of the Yuhui ship is one-piece. Unless the hull is completely disassembled, it is most convenient to install the AI ​​core by cutting and installing it directly and then repairing it.

During this whole process, Gamma AI has been watching quietly.

After the Gamma AI core was implanted and the spacecraft was started, Chen Ming also pulled the Twilight Class's communication into the channel.

And took the initiative to say to the second Gamma AI core: "How do you feel? I specially installed you on your Yuhui ship."

After a few seconds of silence, the second Gamma AI said: "I thought I would wake up again, but I didn't think it would be like this now."

The corners of Chen Ming's mouth curled up a little.

He understood Gamma AI's thoughts at this time very well.

If Chen Ming sent a resume to a company and then woke up to find that the company's boss had signed a contract to sell him, he would probably have the same reaction.

However, Chen Ming is not the core of the afterglow AI who is looking for a job, but the boss.

So he not only does not feel uncomfortable now, but even wants to laugh.

After saying this, Gamma AI has also recognized the situation and said to Chen Ming: "Then how should I call you?"

"Call me Mu Shuikong, Mr. Mu, and besides you, I have found another of your kind. Say hello?"

The Gamma AI installed on the refractive level said at Chen Ming's request: "Hello."

"Hello."

I don't know if it's an illusion or something, Chen Ming seems to have heard a hint of gloating or sharing the same misfortune from the emotionless voice broadcast of the Gamma AI at the twilight level just now.

Chen Ming didn't care too much and said, "Then for my convenience, I will call the refractive class Gamma A and the micro-light class Gamma B."

"As you wish."

After completing this step, Chen Ming returned to the Iron Ore.

Under the watchful eyes of the two Gamma AIs, the micro-light class was repaired through the panel.

Then he put his hand on the hull of the Iron Ore.

The prompt to change the spacecraft appeared again.

And this time, Chen Ming found that the prompt was different again.

[New spaceship signal detected, whether to change brain control signal connection]

[Currently connected spaceship number: 1/2]

[Connected spaceship: Refraction class (Refraction class unmanned destroyer)]

[Connectable spaceship: Iron Ore (small civilian mining cargo ship), Sentinel class (Sentinel class civilian armed frigate), Lumen class (Lumen class unmanned frigate), Gladiator class (Tachyon modified Gladiator class frigate), Centurion class (Centurion class)]

Chen Ming blinked repeatedly to confirm that he was not mistaken.

The number of connected spaceships on the prompt was followed by 1/2, and the newly added connected spaceship line only had the Refraction class.

However, immediately after the appearance of these four lines of prompts, Chen Ming's mind had another new line of content.

[AI-assisted connected ship: Glimmer class (Glimmer class unmanned frigate)]

The Glimmer class, which was equipped with the Afterglow Gamma AI core, was not counted in Chen Ming's connected spaceships, but was counted in a new place called AI-assisted connected ships.

Chen Ming immediately thought of a question at this time, why was the twilight level included, but the refractive level was not included?

The biggest difference between the two should be the difference in ship level.

Since Gamma AI is the lowest level of Afterglow AI core, it is suitable for the same lowest level frigate-level ships.

Therefore, after being installed on the refractive level, it was not counted in the AI-assisted connection ship because of the mismatch of the model or insufficient capacity.

Of course, this is just a guess, and Chen Ming is not sure what the truth is.

But he immediately tried to connect the Iron Ore again.

The number of connected ships on the panel became 2/2, and there was no change in the others.

The auxiliary link still exists, and Chen Ming actually controlled three ships when the maximum number of ship connections was 2.

Chen Ming can now probably understand that this AI-assisted connection ship is different from the normal brain-controlled ship and is independent.

In other words, as long as he can control a ship, and then install an AI core of the appropriate level on this ship.

Then the pressure of controlling the ship will be transferred to the AI ​​core, and Chen Ming only needs to bear the pressure of controlling the AI.

The consumption of mental power to control a ship and control a ship through AI is definitely not at the same level, and therefore the AI-assisted connection ship does not affect the normal brain-controlled ship in turn.

The meaning of this ability is very clear. The more AI cores Chen Ming has, the more spaceships he can control.

So when Chen Ming looks at the scattered Yuhui ships around him, it's like seeing moving treasures.

It's a pity that the Gamma AI core should only be adapted to the frigate level, and only the Beta AI can be adapted to destroyers.

The Alpha AI can only be adapted to cruisers, and Chen Ming is not sure what the capital ships above need.

Moreover, controlling a destroyer now requires Chen Ming to spend almost all of his mental power, so for him, cruisers are actually out of the question, let alone capital ships.

So Chen Ming's target can only be set on frigates and destroyers for the time being.

Now that the target is set, the next question is how to contact these ships with Yuhui AI cores.

First of all, there is absolutely no chance for Chen Ming to personally contact Yuhui ships in space.

And getting on and off ships in Yuhui's colonies is definitely a fatal act.

Controlling other Yuhui ships through refractive electromagnetic weapons is also a clear suicide.

In this way, Chen Ming really has no particularly good way to quickly contact and control Yuhui frigates on a large scale.

But he thought again, in fact, he does not have to directly control Yuhui's ships, he only needs the core is enough.

Inserting the obtained AI core into other frigates should have similar effects.

And there must be many AI cores in Yuhui's colony.

Just now, Gamma AI said that most of Yuhui AI cores use ships as carriers, so there must be some Gamma AI using other carriers.

It is definitely easier to deal with than ships, and finding them may be more suitable for his purpose.

Wait.

Chen Ming suddenly realized that this idea is even more excessive than touching Yuhui ships with his own hands.

Kidnapping Yuhui's AI in Yuhui's colony seems to be a more serious suicide than the previous idea.

The advanced Afterglow AI may not notice that one or two Afterglow AIs are controlled by Chen Ming, but if Chen Ming really controls the Afterglow AI core on a large scale, it will definitely attract some attention.

No matter how many frigates he has, it will definitely be a one-sided situation when facing cruisers.

Chen Ming smacked his lips slightly unhappy.

It seems that his idea can only be postponed for a while.

He must think of a good enough way to solve the problems he just considered before he can pry into Afterglow's corner.

And Chen Ming knows that although the prompt just now did not show the number of ships controlled by the auxiliary AI.

But controlling the AI ​​core must also require a certain amount of mental power to maintain, so there is definitely an upper limit to the number of AI-assisted ship control.

So Chen Ming thinks it is better not to have too much expectation for his sudden whim, at least not for the time being.

Because he has to rush back to the Pirate Space Station later, there are some things he must do at the Pirate Space Station.

As an employee, skipping work on the second day of work is something he has never done in his two lives.

Moreover, Chen Ming had just told Lao Wu that he would go back in a day or two. If he broke his promise and had a bad relationship with the people in the repair factory, it would not be good for what he was going to do later.

But before returning to the Pirate Space Station, Chen Ming had to find a place to rest temporarily.

He didn't plan to drive all six ships back to the Pirate Space Station in a grand manner.

Especially when there was a complete Afterglow Destroyer, two Afterglow Frigates, and two military ships inside.

So he had to find a place to temporarily store these ships.

And the best choice that Chen Ming came up with in his mind.

It was around the Dark Cemetery.

The Dark Cemetery was around the route of the hyperspace channel, not far away or close.

Although there were a large number of asteroids, the valuable asteroids inside had been mined thirty years ago.

Now, even if there is a ship with special mining equipment passing by, they may not want to go in and hang around.

So it is a very safe place for Chen Ming.

The only possible hidden danger is that he sank three merchant ships in the Dark Cemetery before.

So Chen Ming did not plan to really enter the Dark Cemetery, but planned to go to the surroundings of the Dark Cemetery.

Those lightless areas without stars, and without any iconic stars or other landmarks, are the truly safe hiding places.

Before the refraction class landed in the Yuhui colony, Chen Ming had already considered all the things to do later.

And he roughly calculated the time it would take to complete the things in the plan.

Then he found that if he did not have any ideas about other AI cores.

He even had enough time to observe this colony belonging to Yuhui on a non-habitable planet.