Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 145 Escape
After the communication between Chen Ming and Bai Quan ended, another seven or eight hours passed.

The material transportation work carried out by Chen Ming's two cruisers has once again made considerable progress.

Especially on Huiyao's side, because the number of colonies is relatively small, and the most important colony is the crystal crab colony, the type of industrial facilities above tends to use clean energy.

The operating costs of these industrial equipment are relatively high and the output is relatively low. It is difficult to use them in an early-development colony.

So Chen Ming gave up these devices, he didn't need them now.

Therefore, the remaining parts are transported very quickly, and so far they have all been transported by the Colossus class and the cargo fleet.

Everything from the Afterglow individuals to some high-end equipment that couldn't be parted was shipped away.

Chen Ming even successfully obtained crystal crab cultivation technology from the crystal crab colony.

And a large movable ecological cultivation cabin.

There is a batch of probably thousands of crystal crabs in a breeding chamber, as well as over [-] crystal crab eggs.

Although the overall shape is an ellipsoid the size of a human head, these eggs are still relatively angular as a whole, and they also exude the color of crystal like the crystal carapace of a crystal crab.

It looks very noticeable.

Chen Ming felt that this breeding cabin was built by Yu Hui in order to spread the crystal crab population so that the entire small ecosystem could be transported over long distances.

If this thing has no special value to Chen Ming in the past, the best thing to do is sell it.

But to Chen Ming now, the value of this cultivation cabin is far more than that.

But it's too early to think about this now.

There are still several batches of supplies waiting to be transported on Huihuang's side.

Since Huiyao had completed the work, it also came to help with transportation a few times.

Therefore, the entire relocation process can be said to be coming to an end, about half a day faster than Chen Ming expected, and with almost no interference.

This is the benefit of being efficient and having arrangements and plans in advance.

But now there is still a problem before Chen Ming.

His mental strength was almost exhausted.

Especially later on, it became increasingly difficult to sustain mental strength.

Although Chen Ming's mental energy consumption in repairing the jump engine has not increased, his physical sensation is not like this.

Assuming that something consumes 20.00% of your energy, doing it when you have 30.00% of your energy is completely different from doing it when you only have [-]% of your energy.

Although the cost of repairing the jump engine is not that large, the meaning is the same.

Chen Ming felt this feeling now.

And based on Chen Ming’s rough estimate.

If he continues to think of ways to transport all the remaining supplies, then his own subsequent evacuation plan will have certain risks.

So now, just in case, he would rather give up the last batch of supplies that were too late to transport.

Anyway, the most valuable thing has been given away as soon as possible.

Materials that could support the early development of the colony have also been sent away.

If you can get the rest, that's the icing on the cake, but if you can't, it doesn't matter.

After confirming this situation, Chen Ming directly changed his plan.

Huihuang, who was adjusting the remaining Afterglow cargo ships to form a fleet, said: "There is no need to continue transporting supplies. Let the engineering ships begin to dismantle the cores on those cargo ships and gather them for transportation."

"This is the last batch."

"receive."

Huihuang immediately accepted Chen Ming's order to change the plan and began to re-adjust the tasks assigned to each Yuhui individual.

From preparing the cargo fleet to transitioning to cooperating with a small number of engineering ships to start dismantling the core, the entire process was very smooth, without any accidents.

The period of time spent in the middle also allowed Chen Ming to recover a little bit of his mental strength, which should be able to sustain the repair of the jump engine one more time.

Soon Brilliant reorganized the reduced fleet.

After giving up the last few batches of supplies, the fleet was suddenly reduced to the upper limit that a normal jump could carry.

As long as this last shipment is completed, except for a small part of the supplies that Chen Ming voluntarily gave up, the rest can basically be transported successfully.

This is already a very unexpected, very pleasant, and very satisfying result for Chen Ming.

After watching Hui Hui leave, Chen Ming withdrew his gaze from it.

He himself should also be preparing for the final evacuation at this time.

At this time, it was already midnight of the next day.

Chen Ming has not slept for more than forty hours.

During the whole process, we must maintain a high degree of mental concentration so that we can repair Huihui and Huiyao as soon as possible.

Even if he kept his eyes closed in bed in order to pretend, he did not dare to lose consciousness for a moment, otherwise he might fall into sleep at any time.

Fortunately, he had reached the final stage and he no longer needed to lie down on the bed.

Chen Ming got off the bed and went to the bathroom.

Looking at the heavy black circle on his face in the mirror, he has completely lost the energy he had a few days ago.

His once bright eyes were now a little dim.

At the same time, because he had no energy to take care of himself, he looked like a mess.

No matter how young you are and how energetic you are, no one can bear it without sleeping or resting at all, and at the same time spending a lot of mental energy.

Drowsiness and exhaustion had filled his brain.

But he couldn't sleep yet, he hadn't reached safety yet.

Chen Ming did not dare to use the Wild Words Stone to stimulate himself now, for fear that he would fall into a coma if stimulated, which was already a bit fragile.

I could only wash my face with ice water, and at the same time pinch myself and bite the tip of my tongue to force myself to wake up.

Get these things done.

Splendor has arrived at the target system with the last ships carrying almost all of the remaining Afterglow cores.

There are only a very small number of afterglow individuals left in the original galaxy because they need to continue to communicate with the outside world and pretend that everything in the galaxy is normal.

This is also a necessary loss.

It is precisely because of these losses that the glorious star field has not yet had a large-scale fleet come in to investigate.

After Hui Hui arrived at the target galaxy, Chen Ming began to repair its jump engine as before.

At the same time, Chen Ming stopped pretending to have some insomnia in the past two days.

I chose to put on a set of protective clothing by hand instead of wearing it in such a mentally draining way.

He took Xiaoshi with him, and after confirming that there was nothing missing from the institute, he moved to the entrance of the institute with varying steps.

After G3's death, although Huihuang is still temporarily responsible for matters related to Chen Ming in the institute, the authority of the institute is now in the hands of Yuhui's senior executives.

Therefore, when Chen Ming came to the gate, the gate was completely closed, blocking Chen Ming's route out.

Then a mechanical voice sounded.

Not brilliance, but the sound of a new afterglow.

"Mr. Chen Ming, it should be time to rest now, what do you want to do?"

"Where's Brilliance?"

Yu Hui, who was communicating with Chen Ming, asked very unexpectedly: "How did you hear that I am not brilliant?"

Mingming Yuhui and Chen Ming communicated through mechanical sounds, and the mechanical sounds did not have any special tone or intonation. At most, there were differences in language habits among different individuals.

But it just said Chen Ming's name and a question, and Chen Ming heard that it was not brilliant, which made him very curious.

"I think it's pretty obvious."

Chen Ming's answer was very idealistic, but even though he could hear it, he didn't know why.

"Okay, so what do you want to do dressed like this? Can you answer that?"

"Why don't you answer me first?"

"It's just an alternation of tasks. I'm responsible for taking over the glorious work."

"It's going to be you from now on?"

"Yes."

Chen Ming showed no expression on the surface, but in his heart he already knew what was going on.

There is obviously something wrong with what Yuhui said.

Because Huihuang had been communicating with him, if there was such a handover situation, he would have been told long ago. It is impossible to say that he still needs to find out by himself.

Chen Ming guessed that it was because Yuhui had discovered the glorious galaxy.

They are planning to investigate Huihuang, so it is naturally impossible to notify Huihuang.

So naturally it is impossible to let Chen Ming, the biggest suspect, leave the institute at will.

It seemed that even if he didn't move in the past two days, Yuhui would soon realize what was happening in the galaxy.

Chen Ming ran out of time.

But luckily he has already started the final stages.

Chen Ming nodded at the response from the Yuhui high-level individual and said, "I understand."

The next moment, he instantly controlled all the equipment in the entire institute.

From the inside to the outside, there is no leakage.

Even the giant machines parked underground were all controlled by him. In a short period of time, nothing near the research institute could threaten his life.

It's a pity that the Qiling Neural Extraction Device was taken away to another place on the planet when Yuhui was cleaning up the cloning research institute, and it has not been transported back yet.

It may be that the cultivation of the second spiritual nerve has not ended yet, or it may be that Chen Ming does not want to give Chen Ming a chance to contact him again.

Chen Ming can only give up on this thing temporarily.

However, the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device is not the only one left in the world. It is a device that Yu Hui found from the ruins of another civilization. He will also have the opportunity to find it in the future.

Chen Ming was no longer nostalgic, after completely taking control of the institute and cutting off other Yuhui's control authority.

He knew that Yuhui must be getting anxious now.

So he immediately opened the door, quickened his pace, and walked out of the research institute.

There were two frigate-level spaceships approaching quickly outside. These were the spacecraft Yuhui used to keep an eye on him.

But right behind Chen Ming, four giant machines that had once been against him sprang out like mad dogs.

They pounced on the approaching spacecraft in pairs, not giving them a chance to interfere with Chen Ming.

The hydraulic devices of the four giant mechanical bodies burst out with terrifying power output, driving the huge bodies to crash into the speeding spacecraft.

He knocked it away and hugged it directly to the spacecraft like a dexterous creature, violent arcs of electricity erupted from his body.

Instantly paralyzing and destroying both ships.

They directly used their huge mechanical claws to tear apart the armor of the spacecraft, violently dismantled the core device installed inside, and sent it to Chen Ming.

The whole process only took more than ten seconds.

Chen Ming has just arrived at the Buffalo level.

Except for these two destroyed spaceships, it would take at least a minute for the other afterglow spaceships to come over.

No one can stop him.

Chen Ming easily dismantled the devices outside the two gamma-level cores and pocketed the cores.

At this time, he was standing in front of the buffalo's open hatch and suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.

Although invisible to the naked eye, Chen Ming knew that there must be senior officials from Yuhui observing him through satellites.

In addition, he saw spots of light in space that turned from dark to bright and continued to intensify.

It was a satellite weapon that was turned around in orbit around the star and aimed at the surface of the planet.

Chen Ming didn't feel the slightest panic in his heart.

Because at the next moment, a jump wave appeared on Chen Ming's head.

A huge thousand-meter-class ship appeared out of thin air.

The Brilliant-class unmanned cruiser has arrived on the surface of the planet.

Use yourself to protect the research institute and Chen Ming under it.

Its shield also unfolded. As the shield that almost covered the sky above Chen Ming gradually unfolded, the satellite weapons in space also gradually turned off.

It is impossible to penetrate the shields of a cruiser in good condition with just one or two satellite weapons.

And all the surrounding spacecraft that were approaching Chen Ming also stopped.

Everything made sense when Brilliance appeared here with its Brilliance level.

The whole story has been revealed to Yuhui.

Without the support of a cruiser, approaching rashly would just be the wreckage of another spaceship.Can't even stop it.

Chen Ming safely stepped onto the Buffalo level.

Arriving at the empty cargo bay of the Buffalo class, apart from the cryo-sleep escape capsules that have been installed here, there is still a lot of space on the spacecraft.

So Chen Ming conveniently modified all the research and work equipment that was useful to him in the institute or that was of high value to the Buffalo-class cargo bay.

It was almost time, and Chen Ming had already sensed the appearance of a cruiser-level spacecraft inside the galaxy through the brilliant-level sensors.

Time to leave.

The Buffalo-class engine started, keeping a close distance from the Brilliant-class.

In the iconic blur and flicker of the jump engine resonance, Chen Ming disappeared from the surface of the planet.

Next comes the final stage of planning.

Chen Ming knew that the most critical part had just begun.

He braced himself.

In front of the Buffalo class, the purpose of his jump appeared, the galaxy located on the border between Afterglow and the Machine Race.

There is already a newly formed fleet waiting here, ready to fight at any time.

As for the target of the battle, it can only be Yuhui himself.

Chen Ming didn't stay long, just took a look at the fleet and repaired the Brilliant-class jump engine.

At the same time, the second jump was started.

Chen Ming also chose a relatively close location for the second jump, within the star field of Afterglow.

Even the galaxy that Chen Ming controlled before the brilliant era.

Huihuang did not refute Chen Ming's request, he just carried it out normally and arrived here.

The entire galaxy now looks empty.

Although Yu Hui had already had suspicions before, it had not yet reached the point of conducting a large-scale investigation. Now, although Chen Ming took the initiative to jump back, he did not react so quickly.

Huihuang casually destroyed several spacecraft that entered its weapons range, and at the same time waited until Chen Ming repaired its jump engine.

Then he jumped away again.

Although it seems completely meaningless for Chen Ming to do this.

But at a level that cannot be observed by the naked eye, the traces left by the previous glorious control cruiser's jump inside and outside the galaxy have been disturbed by the traces left by the jump here.

No one, no afterglow, can anymore trace the whereabouts of the fleet here through the traces left by the jump engines.

Therefore, Chen Ming chose the galaxy with crystal crabs as his target for his third jump.

After arriving, there was not even a spacecraft for investigation.

Chen Ming easily repeated the previous operation.

Arrival, repair, jump.

The traces left by Huiyao were also completely disrupted.

After the fourth jump, Chen Ming returned to the edge of the border galaxy again.

He couldn't just jump in now.

Just as he thought, a battle was breaking out inside the galaxy at this time.

It's not accurate to say it's a battle.

Because Yuhui has dispatched a radiation-class unmanned battleship and is conducting a unilateral massacre against the Yuhui fleet that is stationed here to block Chen Ming's follow-up pursuit.

All spaceships that dare to be in space have no room for struggle when facing capital ships. They can only rely on the heavy defense array on the surface of the planet to barely support themselves in the face of radiation levels.

Chen Ming didn't expect that Yu Hui could directly call the battleship so quickly. It seemed that he was angry and very angry.

Fortunately, the fleet here did not notice the sudden splendor outside the galaxy.

Even if you notice them, you won't be able to come over in time.

Before entering the range of those spacecraft, Chen Ming can directly make the next jump.

However, Chen Ming also knew that it was not the fleet that was fighting here that Yuhui was following him.

The fleet here is just suppressing.

The fleet that was actually being tracked should have just been attracted to the interior of the star field.

Chen Ming covered up the traces of Brilliance and Huiyao, but his own traces still existed, which gave Yu Hui the possibility to track him.

The tracking troops should be here soon.

They do not have the ability to quickly repair the jump engine to quickly cool down, and can only rely on the cruiser to jump alone to find the path.

Find traces of Chen Ming, send back the news, send the next ship, and then continue tracking.

Until Chen Ming is found.

It's okay for Chen Ming to keep leaping, but once he stops, he will inevitably be attacked by a large number of Yuhui fleets leaping in.

He had no time to stay. As long as his mental strength could hold on, he had to keep going.

Chen Ming once again repaired the brilliant-class jump engine.

During the maintenance time, Chen Ming did not pay too much attention to the situation in the galaxy, nor did he care that he might have lost another Alpha-level individual.

Instead, he contacted Bai Quan through the terminal and asked, "How is the situation over there?"

Bai Quan replied quickly: "We only have the support of one battleship here, and Yuhui's reaction and the intensity of the reaction are much worse than before."

"Our battle continues and I need to create more results."

Chen Ming glanced at the ongoing massacre in the distance.

Obviously, he helped Bai Quan share some of the pressure, allowing Bai Quan to gain an advantage on the battlefield.

And the battleships that Baiquan supported in the past can be regarded as helping him share some of the pressure now.

"Okay, if you need anything, you can tell me. Your target also has a part of Afterglow controlled by me."

"I get it, thank."

Chen Ming ended the communication.

He looked intently at the massacre taking place in front of him.

This was actually part of Yu Hui's crazy counterattack against Chen Ming, and it was also within Chen Ming's previous expectations.

Just thinking about an afterglow that covers an entire star field, because he became like this, countless afterglows with self-awareness died like this.

Chen Ming couldn't help but said to Hui Hui: "I can't bring out the remaining Afterhui individuals. They are all beyond my ability. They will suffer heavy losses."

"If you think about the worst possible outcome, you will probably have an internal purge and carry out a larger-scale massacre."

"Would you blame me for killing so many Houhui?"

Huihuang did not waver because of Chen Ming's problem, but said more firmly: "What I am doing now is to preserve the overall existence of Yuhui."

"There will be individuals who don't understand, and there will also be individuals who will sacrifice. This is inevitable."

"I can sacrifice myself if necessary."

After hearing Hui Hui's words, Chen Ming completely let go of his pity for conscious beings.

Because he also knew that it didn't make any sense.

The real mercy is that he accelerates the pace of development until one day all the afterglow is completely under his control.

Chen Ming relaxed a little and said jokingly: "You are an Alpha-level Yuhui. You want to sacrifice me but you are reluctant to do so."

However, Huihuang did not cooperate with Chen Ming's plan at this time. Instead, he said seriously: "Those individuals who survived this massacre can continue to lurk."

"As long as one individual is still alive, the scope of your influence will grow again until the entire star field is controlled by you."

"Although it is very difficult and takes a long time, at least it is still going on."

"Unless Yuhui all commits suicide, it will be impossible to completely find all the individuals controlled by Chen Ming in this life."

"The ending of this star field has been determined, just like before."

"It's just that the ending has been changed."

"If you had not contacted us through Gamma A, allowing you to survive from the people who were chasing you, but had gone back normally through human paths, none of this might have happened now."

"And our demise may come sooner."

Chen Ming knew that Huihuang was referring to what they had talked about before, so he said, "Maybe it's not destruction."

"But it would be better to perish. The concept of humanity as a whole is different from yours. I believe my choice is right."

"I believe it too."

"Wait a moment."

While talking to Hui Hui, Chen Ming suddenly noticed something inside the galaxy where the battle was taking place in front.

The administrator of this galaxy, the Blink-class unmanned cruiser controlled by the Alpha-class Afterglow individual, was not destroyed. Instead, it was paralyzed in a corner of the galaxy and separated from the battlefield.

Chen Ming immediately opened the panel and flipped through it, and found that the Alpha level afterglow was still displayed on the panel and had not disappeared.

There seemed to be a chance of rescue.

Although Chen Ming's consciousness was a little blurry, he quietly repaired the paralyzed engine of the Flicker-class ship.

At the same time, he quickly told the Alpha-level Afterglow, who was stationed in the border system of Afterglow all year round, a few words about his temporary arrangements.

About half a minute later, signs of a jump suddenly appeared on the originally paralyzed flicker stage.

I saw it complete a short distance jump in an instant.

This battleship, which had been almost completely paralyzed and only the newly repaired engine could run, appeared next to the Brilliant Class.

Accompanied by the arrival of this Blink-class unmanned cruiser.

Other transition fluctuations also appeared at a distance from the brilliant level.

The Yuhui fleet chasing Chen Ming followed the traces of his previous jump.

There is a battleship suppressing him here, so there must be at least one battleship chasing him. There is no reason to say that chasing Chen Ming is less important than dealing with other miscellaneous soldiers.

Moreover, the fleet inside the galaxy also noticed the direction of the scintillation-level transition at this time, and discovered Chen Ming wandering outside the galaxy.

Then it's time for him to go.

The Brilliant class started the jump engine, resonated with the almost disabled Blink class engine, and disappeared outside the galaxy together.

Chen Ming actually has several different options now.

For example, jump directly to the limit distance at the distance that the jump engine can jump.

As long as he can contact the jump twice, then all the Afterglow cruisers will no longer be able to track him.

Only the capital ship can continue to find ways to locate Chen Ming's position.

But the jump engine of the capital ship is not unlimited.

Therefore, if Chen Ming does this now, he will be safe.

But he didn't do this. Instead, he jumped to the direction of the Galo Galaxy, which is closer to humans.

And when the jump is over, the engine is repaired and prepared for the next jump.

Chen Ming set the target location of the jump in the galaxy of the pirate space station.

Chen Ming obviously didn't think that a small pirate space station could stop Yu Hui's capital ship.

Because the space station was almost destroyed by several afterglow cruisers before.

But the request for him to go to the pirate space station was made by his boss, whose home is on the pirate space station.

So he chose to trust his boss.

Chen Ming's deliberate behavior gave Yuhui the possibility of tracking.

However, in order to disguise himself, he would directly enter hyperspace after each jump and when the jump engine needed repairs, and use hyperspace to move a certain distance to interfere with Afterglow's tracking.

Although he couldn't escape their pursuit, it did delay his steps and gave the afterglows who were following him the illusion that he wanted to escape but couldn't.

And when Chen Ming's last jump arrived at the pirate space station's galaxy, and he also saw the pirate space station in person.

In the distance, about one-third of the galaxy away from Chen Ming, there were traces traced by the jump engine.

Yu Hui got rid of the interference Chen Ming had just set up and directly tracked Chen Ming's purpose.

If Chen Ming was not prepared this time, he might have to die here before he could repair it.

But fortunately, Chen Ming was prepared.

He picked up the terminal, found the boss, and said: "Boss, I'm back!"

"I saw."

At the moment when Yuhui's main fleet led by the radiation class jumped out.

Mighty psychic energy fluctuations emitted from the pirate space station.

Scanned the entire galaxy.

(End of this chapter)