Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 117 The warning of the Fourteenth Legion, Yuhui’s psychic equipment

Chen Ming looked at the picture on Lao Wu's terminal and was quite confused.

He had just conveyed the news that should be sent back, and in the blink of an eye, something else happened?
He clearly explained everything that needed to be explained. He told Old Wu the galaxy map and the specific location and asked him to pass it on.

You don’t want to say that you need to confirm with him again, right?

Shouldn't be.

Moreover, when Chen Ming did not take the initiative to contact them before, the company did not interfere with Chen Ming except for normal monitoring.

Could this sudden contact be due to something urgent?

Chen Ming thought about it and decided to ignore them.

After all, if Wu, the factory elder, can cooperate and take the initiative to come to him, he must at least be someone with a certain weight in the company.

Moreover, there were people from the [-]th Army Corps nearby. This was actually a signal that the company had a very special reason for contacting him.

A few times before, when Chen Ming was chatting with Old Wu after finishing errands, Old Wu mentioned the situation of the Fourteenth Army.
They drove away the original sector garrison, stayed in place of the original military, and took over everything left behind.

Naturally, this also includes Sky Steel.

Since the origins of Sky Steel itself are not clean, the name of the Fourteenth Legion can dissuade many people who have participated in it before.

Until now, I still have unrealistic ideas about Sky Steel. Anyone who dares to reach out can be dealt with by the Fourteenth Legion.

However, the Fourteenth Legion itself seems to have some special ideas about Sky Steel, but they are quite ambiguous, so there are some conflicts with the company.

He really could have the [-]th Legion appear with the company, even if there wasn't really an urgent matter to come to him.

After Chen Ming figured it out, he connected the communication signal to Lao Wu's terminal.

Under Lao Wu's operation, the video communication was connected to the factory director's office.

Of course, there is no video signal on Chen Ming's side. After all, although Chen Ming initiated the communication, it actually started from the dim light of the maintenance factory, so now only Chen Ming can see the factory director's office unilaterally.

After confirming that the signal was connected, the factory director looked serious and said: "Xiao Ming, the [-]th Legion has very urgent news that needs to be communicated directly to you. This person next to you is the person sent by the company to testify about this matter."

"If things are indeed what they say, then I think you'd better take it seriously."

"Let them tell you specifically."

The factory director said this, and Chen Ming had to listen to it no matter what, to hear what the people of the [-]th Army Corps were going to say to him.

"I know, I'm listening."

The factory director nodded to the officers of the Fourteenth Legion beside him.

However, the officers did not mention their purpose of finding Chen Ming as soon as they came up, but mentioned other things.

"Mr. Chen Ming, I don't know if you are paying attention to the empire's public war information in the Sunset Star Region, which is the star region where we are fighting against the Afterglow Army."

Chen Ming knew that the empire had been fighting Yuhui's large army on the other side, but that was all he knew. He generally didn't pay much attention to the specific battles.

So Chen Ming gave a negative answer.

The officer received this answer and said: "Then let me briefly state it for you."

"We have gained an overall advantage in the battle with Yuhui in the Sunset Star Territory during this period. After Yuhui's defeat led to the shortening of the defense line, the battle situation has also entered a stalemate stage, making it difficult to continue to break through."

"But as long as we continue to suppress Yuhui, their front will be captured sooner or later."

"So in order to find a way, Yuhui chose to transport a piece of equipment to a certain place through an energy source with high power output and supporting facilities that have the ability to transport items over long distances."

"We discovered this and responded immediately."

"In this special battle, we successfully broke through Yuhui's defense line and achieved victory again, but we failed to achieve the ultimate strategic goal and failed to prevent Yuhui from sending away their belongings."

"However, with our continued attacks, we succeeded in breaking into their colony before Afterglow destroyed the data on the equipment they were transporting."

"The special operations team has obtained relevant information, and now the investigation has concluded that the thing sent away by the mechanical tribe is some kind of psychic device."

Psychic?
Yu Hui had just brought Chen Ming, a psyker with outrageous abilities, to them, and it would be strange if people didn't think of him suddenly transporting psionic equipment over long distances.

Chen Ming quickly connected the logic of the matter in his mind, and then said to the officer: "I have a few questions."

"please say."

"Are there any psykers in the Special Ops team?"

Chen Ming's question made the officers of the Fourteenth Army somewhat unresponsive.

Obviously this question has nothing to do with this incident. It is purely because Chen Ming wanted to ask it. Answering it will have no impact.

"Yes."

"Row,"

After satisfying his curiosity for a moment, Chen Ming said in a businesslike manner: "What do you mean, Yuhui and the others are transporting things to me. Is Yuhui here?"

"Yes."

"Afterglow sent a piece of equipment from the Sunset Star Territory to the Gallo Star Territory where we are now. Even my current location is outside the Gallo Star Territory. Such a useless place?"

"Yes."

"They didn't send anything else? Like a fleet or something?"

"No, just the equipment."

"why?"

"Although the ultra-long-distance transportation equipment used by Yuhui is similar to a stargate, the actual operating logic is completely different from that of a stargate."

"Although the transportation distance is further than the star gate, the corresponding consumption is also the same. At such a distance, Afterglow is completely unable to support fleet-scale transportation."

Chen Ming had no knowledge of this device yet, so he chose to believe the officer's words when he was uncertain.

"But I remember that Yuhui would have problems when coming into contact with things related to psychic energy such as ectoplasm stones, so wouldn't it be even more problematic when coming into contact with this kind of psychic equipment?"

"You only know part of it."

The officer directly pointed out the obvious errors and omissions in Chen Ming's words, and explained to Chen Ming: "Afterglow will indeed be affected by ectoplasm stones, which objectively continue to spread psychic fluctuations to the outside world, but this is completely different from psychic equipment. It doesn’t matter.”

"Although the existence of spiritual energy is indeed difficult for Yuhui to understand, and it is indeed difficult for them to access spiritual energy, this does not completely make Yuhui incapable of contacting spiritual energy."

"As long as adequate protective measures are taken, even young children can safely come into contact with psychic-related things."

"And the equipment that Yuhui just sent away was most likely not developed by them themselves, but found from the ruins of another civilization."

"That gets rid of most of the problems they study."

The officer suddenly realized something and asked, "Do you know this civilization I'm talking about?"

"I know that."

Chen Ming's mind flashed back to those mechanical tribes he had met on Ruimu Planet, that psychic pulse generator.

As well as the planet where there were a large number of mechanical buildings that was found when Diopto was sent out.

The machine race is one of the relics of this civilization.

"They left various ruins in many star fields. The pioneering era flourished because of this. It was not until the successive emergence of the afterglow and the machine race that we entered a stagnation."

The officer nodded slightly and said, "It's easy to tell if you know."

"Another civilization has extremely profound mastery and research on mechanical technology, biotechnology, and psychic technology."

"So we are not surprised at all whether Yuhui finds any psychic equipment from the heritage of this civilization."

"And a piece of psychic equipment has to be forcibly transported here even at great risks on Yuhui's territory, which shows that Yuhui is very urgent about this."

"If it is Yu Hui who needs it, there is no need to use emergency transportation, so this equipment must be specially used for you."

Chen Ming was still a little unsure at this time and asked: "Are you 100% sure that Yuhui is targeting me? Maybe Yuhui found the psychic research institute or other facilities left by that civilization elsewhere? Need to Use this device?”

"No, because we have observed the direction of the equipment they transported, and it is right here."

"Okay, then I have nothing to say."

An ultra-long distance on a cosmic scale, a distance that even star gates cannot transmit directly.

Under such circumstances, the direction of transporting things must be as accurate as possible.

So now that the direction has been determined, and there happens to be a Chen Ming in this direction, the probability that Afterglow happens to find something in this direction is basically zero.

Chen Ming accepted the fact that Yu Hui was about to make a move on him and said, "So why did you come to me?"

The officer said: "We hope you can provide us with more information about Yuhui so that we can rescue you quickly."

"We also know that it is very difficult and even dangerous to obtain information from Yu Hui, so we will help you obtain that information while doing our best to protect your safety."

"Well...let me think about it."

"please hurry."

Taking advantage of this little time, Chen Ming quickly contacted his boss through Shimmer and quickly relayed the news from the [-]th Legion.

But when Chen Ming was halfway through speaking, the boss stopped Chen Ming and said, "I know everything you just said."

"They invited me to their joint meeting before, and the meeting was all about you and Yuhui."

"Let's put it this way, I can confirm that the information given by the Fourteenth Legion is true."

Chen Ming thought over the words of the officer of the [-]th Legion in his mind again and said, "Does this mean I'm in trouble now?"

"High probability. In fact, if you need it, I can directly find a way to rescue you. There is no need for those things."

"But if you have been transferred to a place with stricter supervision over Yuhui, the risk is too high, and there is nothing I can do to help you."

Lao Wu, this news spreads a bit fast.

Chen Ming complained in his heart.

Then he said, half to himself and half to his boss: "This is the path I chose."

"So you have to go on your own after that, but I can also help you in some places, so if you have any questions, ask them now."

"Okay, what exactly is this device used for?"

"I don't know. Yuhui uses encrypted information files to store the data of such things. There are only so many that have been deciphered so far. I can only confirm that it is indeed a device related to psychic energy."

"Based on my experience, this device is almost the same type of thing. It will most likely have no impact on ordinary people, but for you, it will be a big trouble." "After all, Yuhui has no reason to do unnecessary things. They must have a purpose for this device."

"Then the purpose is clear at a glance, isn't it you?"

"You should rather believe that you have it."

Chen Ming somewhat agreed with his boss's statement.

Like the afterglow of today.

Mingming had just been given a day and a half to rest, but suddenly Chen Ming was hurriedly asked to leave immediately and go to a new place.

I'm afraid it has something to do with the psychic equipment that was transported.

Since Chen Ming already knows that the whole thing has begun to undergo unknown changes, and there are still unknown changes that may directly threaten Chen Ming's own spiritual power.

Then Chen Ming must carefully consider the communication with the [-]th Army Corps.

The information needed by the Fourteenth Legion can be provided, but Chen Ming does not want others to know yet that he can gradually spread his control over Yuhui like a virus.

Because this might not be a good situation for other people.

Who would want the afterglow to be unified under one person?

So the information can be given, but only part of it.

Chen Ming returned to the factory director's office and asked the officer who had been waiting for a while: "What do you need?"

The officer of the [-]th Legion breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

When Chen Ming said these words, his mission was completed.

"Mr. Chen, I am only responsible for negotiating with you. Please communicate with our speaker here in person for details."

"Alright."

Chen Ming agreed to the officer's request, and soon with his help, he re-established communication with another person.

In the video communication screen, you can see that the other party is a man who looks to be in his 40s or [-]s and wearing a pair of square-rimmed glasses.

Chen Ming went to check out the Fourteenth Army after learning about it before.

If he saw it correctly, the man in front of him was a major general.

After the communication was connected, the major general took the initiative and said to Chen Ming: "Hello, I am the person in charge of the [-]th Army Corps here, Bai Quan."

"I am Chen Ming, let's not talk nonsense now. I have been taken to the new galaxy I marked on the star map by the afterglow. I may not have time after that."

"Mr. Chen, you seemed to have said before that there are two more days?"

"It was two days before, but just now, about 10 minutes ago, there was an emergency notification from Yuhui, asking me to leave immediately."

The major general instantly realized the seriousness of the problem and said: "Understood, let me tell you straight away. We need your current precise location, the arrangement of defense forces here, and the location of the core galaxy of Afterglow."

"This may be a little difficult, but we can help you. We just need some clues."

Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "You're talking about the location of Yuhui's Kletka supercomputer, right?"

"you know?"

"Yes, I used to like reading history books."

"Let me just say this, my current location is most likely near Kletka."

Through the dim light, Chen Ming sent a galaxy map file with more marks on it to the factory director, and forwarded the file to Bai Quan through the officer in the office.

Many galaxies with afterglow colonies are marked above.

Of course, Chen Ming only marked whether there were colonies or not. He did not mark the other marks on the star map that Gamma A had given him.

And it is also part of the colony that is open to all afterglows according to the detailed information given by Gamma A.

These alone have clearly drawn a sphere on the star map.

"Did you see it? This small group of areas is empty in the middle, but surrounded by a large number of colonies belonging to the afterglow."

"I'm on the periphery now, so the core of these colonial galaxies must be here."

"This……"

Bai Quan thought that if Chen Ming wanted to obtain Yu Hui's information, they would need their help and assistance to steal information from Yu Hui in various ways.

Maybe they have to hand over some blueprints of military spy equipment and let Chen Ming use it. Maybe he can get some clues after half a month.

After all, in their estimation, Yuhui should never give Chen Ming the chance to come into contact with Yuhui.

At the same time, Yuhui who is suspected of having contact with Chen Ming is controlled to ensure that there will be no subsequent communication with Chen Ming and other Yuhui individuals.

Although Yuhui did what they thought, they did not completely limit Chen Ming's opportunities to contact Yuhui from other places.

Therefore, this has led to the current result.

As a result, things turned out to be different from what Bai Quan thought.

However, Bai Quan also quickly figured out the reason why Chen Ming obtained this information.

It was the Afterglow individuals that Chen Ming had controlled before, who had already given this star map to Chen Ming before.

So he didn't realize how exaggerated Chen Ming's ability was at this time.

After reading the star map, Bai Quan habitually asked Chen Ming: "Can these locations be determined?"

Chen Ming did not answer directly, but said: "You don't have to believe it."

Bai Quan pushed up his glasses, hid his eyes behind the reflective lenses and said, "Then I believe it, is there any other information?"

"No, I'm still in space now, and I don't even know which planet I'm going to."

"The most I can tell you now is that the fleet escorting me consists of two cruisers, forty destroyers, and 110 escorts. One cruiser type is brilliant and the other is refractory. That's all."

"By the way, I have seen colonies on two atmosphereless planets in my current galaxy."

"Also saw traces of unnatural construction on a volcanic planet, which is just one galaxy."

"You should know what these mean, and you certainly don't need me to teach you how to fight."

"You guys must know better than me what will happen if we really fight, so from now on... it's up to you."

"It's best to inform me before any action is taken so that I can be prepared."

Bai Quan noticed some casualness in Chen Ming's words. He didn't seem to care about their rescue. He didn't know if he had any confidence or special means.

Bai Quan didn't have any objections to Chen Ming's attitude. Anyway, he had seen many people with worse attitudes.

As long as he doesn't make a fool of himself in the end, Chen Ming's ability has already destined him to have such an attitude.

So Bai Quan answered simply: "Yes, but it will take some time for us to carry out rescue."

"You just seemed to have said that Yuhui's psychic equipment has been sent over. If you want to save me, you won't forget about it, right?"

Bai Quan said immediately: "Of course not, but if the situation is really urgent, we will not choose to contact you first, but will directly start taking action."

"The reason is that the ultra-long-distance transmission technology used by Yuhui cannot deliver the transmitted items to the destination instantly."

"And it takes about half a month to get from the Sunset Star Territory all the way to the Galo Star Territory."

"So you don't need to worry too much about the equipment at the moment."

"Is it so slow?"

"Afterglow uses a new technology that is still under development."

"And we happen to be currently researching this technology, and we started researching this technology first, so we have such an estimate."

Bai Quan didn't say a word. If their fourteenth legion wanted to stop Yu Hui from transporting this psychic device, they actually had the ability to do so.

Because the technology used by Afterglow is a special technology that is similar to hyperspace, but has many different phase spaces.

It happens to use the same technology as the phase ship that their Fourteenth Legion is jointly developing with Tachyon Technology.

That is, as long as they can install the phase equipment in advance on the path of Afterglow's delivery of the equipment in phase space.

Then this device can be intercepted by them midway.

But the problem is that the current phase technology of the Fourteenth Legion is still not stable.

Phase space is very special. Unlike hyperspace, which seems to shrink the universe, it is more like a mirror image of the real universe.

If the time could be delayed by another year or two, they might be able to affect the existence inside the mirror outside the mirror.

But now, they can only watch.

Fortunately, the Empire's Sunset Star Territory and the Gallo Star Territory are physically quite far apart.

As a mirror image, the phase space station now has a stable transportation effect, but its speed is definitely not as fast as traveling through hyperspace, let alone traveling through a star gate.

And it just so happens that the Fourteenth Legion can rely on the Star Gate to make uninterrupted ultra-long-distance jumps.

A large number of support fleets were deployed in the Gallo star field earlier than Yuhui's equipment.

Apart from this equipment, Yuhui has no support capabilities at all.

If they want to get here as quickly as the Legion, they can only use the Star Gate.

But the Empire’s Stargate Afterglow cannot be used.

Sunset wants to move quickly by relying on the Star Gate, unless they build a Star Gate Corridor along the border of the Empire to surround the entire Empire.

But as long as there is nothing wrong with this approach, or the core logic is correct, there will be no afterglow to do it.

Therefore, Yuhui can only rely on the individuals they already have in this star field to defend against the siege of the Fourteenth Legion.

The plan is absolutely executable logically.

Also, it is best to get stuck just before the time when the psychic equipment is about to be delivered.

Bai Quan and Chen Ming said a few more words and finished talking about business.

Suddenly he said casually: "By the way, Mr. Chen Ming, I want to talk to you about what you learned from cleaning the battlefield before."

(End of this chapter)