Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 180 Yan Xiong’s Application Method

the next day.

According to the agreed time, Chen Ming dialed Bai Quan's number.

According to Baiquan’s previous statement, the best way to teach command techniques is through direct video calls.

So Chen Ming did this.

Bai Quan's appearance soon appeared on the terminal screen.

Chen Ming said without any nonsense: "I'm ready, we can start now."

"it is good."

Bai Quan responded, but there was no other movement.

Chen Ming couldn't help but asked with some confusion: "Where is the instructor?"

Bai Quan patted his chest and said, "I'll do it myself."

"Um...you're not going to deal with your affairs anymore? Your lieutenant general promotion ceremony couldn't be completed that quickly, right?"

"fine"

Chen Ming stared at the video call. Bai Quan, dressed in a formal suit that was obviously going to do something, asked again: "Is everything okay?"

"It's okay."

"Row."

Bai Quan has said so, so he has nothing to say.

Chen Ming projected the picture of Bai Quan displayed on the terminal onto the wall next to him. He took out another terminal and said, "I have received the teaching materials. Where do we start?"

Bai Quan also took out Chen Ming's performance in several recorded battles that Chen Ming participated in, which he had analyzed in advance, and then said through a newly compiled textbook that had been significantly revised: "Basic terminology of command."

After Baiquan started teaching Chen Ming officially.

Two days flew by.

Although Chen Ming is busy almost all the time, he has almost adapted to it after two days.

After Chen Ming finished his study during the day today, he took a look at the status of the mechanical tribes that he had to control during the two days of study. He had to go to the warehouse at the highest point from time to time during the two days of study.

It can only be said that it is because he is limited to having to physically contact these mechanical races in order to control them.

In addition, the machine race itself is not a dead thing, and these things cannot be transported directly using industrial assembly lines.

As a result, Chen Ming's control efficiency of the mechanical family was very low.

Even as the number of machines controlled by Chen Ming increases, the efficiency of the transportation machines increases.

But so far, the proportion of the mechanical clan he controls in the entire mechanical clan city is only more than 20%.

If the efficiency can continue to increase at the current rate, it will take at least half a month for him to completely complete the control of the mechanical race in the city.

Such efficiency made Chen Ming want to take the insect queen in his hand to take the initiative to attack the machine race with his newly cultivated insect race.

After all, the Queen of Bugs can also rely on the hive mind network to protect the consciousness of those Zerg sub-individuals.

Once the mechanical clan is damaged in battle, it is also very easy to control.

It might even allow the insect queen to take the initiative to evolve some abilities in the battle that are more suitable for the individual Zerg.

But in the end, Chen Ming held back and did not implement this idea.

Because he found that there was a big problem with the hive mind network of the mechanical tribe in the city.

The machines here are different from the clusters of machines the empire faces. They are independent.

And their hive mind network is limited to these individuals who have been dispersed, and there is no main consciousness strong enough to guide the mechanical race here.

This means that all the children of the mechanical race will not be preserved by the hive network to be implanted into new bodies after their bodies die.

Instead, die directly and completely.

Chen Ming also confirmed this when actually controlling these mechanical tribes in the past few days.

In the past few days, almost ten or so machines in the city died of natural causes due to the aging of their equipment every day.

But these dead machines were not resurrected in a certain machine body in a factory in the city that had not yet been implanted with machine consciousness and had not completely aged to the point of being unusable.

In other words, there is no machine race that has a machine race consciousness on its body.

The overall number of machines is declining.

This can clearly show that among the hive consciousnesses constructed by independent mechanical races, none has a powerful consciousness that dominates the entire hive network.

As a result, the machines connected to the network cannot be effectively controlled at all.

Once a machine race dies, it is truly dead.

This also means that all the mechanical clans lost in the battle will reduce the number of mechanical clans controlled by Chen Ming, and ultimately lead to less spiritual feedback.

Once a fight breaks out, Chen Ming cannot stop it just by thinking about it.

Therefore, he still doesn't want to cause internal friction in these mechanical races that will definitely be controlled by him in the future.

Anyway, he still needs time for his Afterglow individuals to explore the surrounding galaxies, and the matter of controlling the mechanical race is actually not that urgent.

In addition, the universe is so big, Chen Ming will definitely need to land on some other planets in the future. He will always encounter some clusters of dangerous creatures, and there will always be opportunities for the Zerg to appear.

While Chen Ming was thinking about the mechanical clan, dinner was quickly finished.

Just as Chen Ming was preparing to continue studying the cruiser-related technical documents that Bai Quan had given him tonight, he was also asking Chaofan some questions to solve the problems left over from yesterday.

Chen Ming suddenly received a message from the factory director after several days.

"Xiao Ming, I've almost finished the interrogation with the news."

Chen Ming didn't have to worry anymore. He prepared all the documents he originally planned to learn, and then said to the factory director: "Okay, I'm listening, you said."

Although he already knew the general outline of the matter from Bai Quan before, it would be okay to hear it again.

The factory director cleared his throat and recounted the entire incident in detail.

After all, the interrogation at the space station took so long, so the information obtained was more detailed than what Bai Quan had roughly explained to Chen Ming before.

Even the factory director even took the director from the moment he took office until he escaped on a cruise ship but was brought back by Chen Ming.

All the illegal and illegal things done by the director were listed, and the time of each thing was even accurate to the hour.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't care at all about the director's corruption and bribery. If he hadn't provoked the factory director and him, he wouldn't have taken care of it at all.

Therefore, Chen Ming only listened carefully to the part about the cooperation between the director and the military in the war zone.

The general content is basically the same as what Baiquan said. Even if the detailed time is known, it is meaningless.

When the factory director was talking to Chen Ming, it could be heard that Chen Ming looked sleepy and completely uninterested.

So he suddenly said: "In addition, we also captured two leftist elements on the space station before. They did not dare to self-destruct and their ideas were not so firm."

"We interrogated these two people to find out the location of a left path stronghold, and then based on the previous communication records of the director, we can verify that the result of the interrogation is correct."

"It's an independent space station like the mining space station you stayed in before. It was infiltrated by the Left Diameter and has been assigned to the Left Diameter Pipe."

"The bounty has been posted, and everything on the space station is closed, waiting for someone to deal with it."

"But there seems to be no movement from the Fourteenth Legion."

"Oh?"

When the factory director mentioned this, Chen Ming no longer felt sleepy.

You can never have too much money.

Gamma B is now running around the Galo Star Territory looking for pirates to catch.

Since there is a cult organization appearing nearby.

For Chen Ming, as long as there is a bounty, cults and pirates are the same.

Although the target is a space station.

But a space station of the size of the mining space station does not have cruise-level shields and large weapons like the pirate space station.

Chen Ming was not afraid at all.

But there was one thing he had to confirm: "How much are the rewards for these leftist elements?"

"The leader's bounty on Zuojiao is only 5 million given by the th Army Corps and the government. After all, that's the size of a mining space station."

"The scattered left-wing elements on other space stations should be able to make up 5 million in total."

Chen Ming recalled the situation of the mining space station in his mind and said: "I always feel that compared with the damage caused by these left-wing elements, the bounty offered is a bit small."

"Even a mining space station thirty years ago would have cost at least tens of billions to develop and construct, right?"

The factory director thought about it and said, "Yeah... almost."

"But this is the original price. In terms of depreciation, the space station is not that valuable. It is normal to discount it in half."

"This billion is already 50% of the depreciated 20 billion, which is pretty good."

Chen Ming thought about it and thought so.

It would be outrageous if the reward for this terrorist could exceed the value of the space station they occupy.

Just when Chen Ming was about to continue asking about the specific situation of the bounty target, the factory director suddenly said: "Nothing."

"That space station is a vegetation research station used to test the special effects of stellar radiation on vegetation on local habitable planets."

"The 'Harmony Plant Research Institute Company' behind the space station has added an additional required reward."

"As long as the main structure of the space station is not damaged by more than 10%, an additional payment of 3 million will be made. At that time, a specialized appraisal company will be used to determine the damage to the space station."

"If the above research results are preserved, an additional 5 million will be given. If the kidnapped researchers are rescued, there will be additional rewards based on the number of people and the identities of the researchers."

"It's up to you."

Chen Ming lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "But since the rewards are publicly offered, I should be more than just the one who goes there. These additional requirements may not be able to be met, right?"

The factory director quickly gave a very convincing answer.

"It depends on luck."

"Anyway, it's first come, first served. If you take down the space station at the earliest, complete additional goals, and record evidence, then they will still have to pay even if something unexpected happens later."

"If you arrive late, generally speaking, cooperation will be given priority, but when necessary..."

The factory director did not continue, but his meaning was very clear.

"At this time, if you accomplish your goal, it's best to contact that company directly, and then let your spacecraft wait there for a while, waiting for someone to come and receive it."

"The company will definitely handle the rest for you, and you don't need to collect the bounty in person."

"Of course, the same goes for the previous situation. You can also contact them. Since their company is willing to give an extra batch of bounties, they will definitely be willing to let them deal with these left-wing elements personally and leave it to them." "Then they will be done. You are all willing to pay, why don’t you arrange your own fleet to fight?”

Um...you don't think fleet calls are cheap, do you?

At this scale, if we go by normal conditions, seven or eight ships will be required to expel and twenty or thirty ships to protect them.

If you add up the combat models, it’s not a small fortune.

Even if their company already has them, these spaceships are not considered money.

That person has to ask for money, right?

In the future, we will also need money for casualty pensions.

The Marines who land on the space station also want money

Moreover, there is an emergency situation in the company,

Their own spaceship will definitely not be able to move in the first place.

The mobilization of fleets within the empire requires approval.

You have to spend some extra money to speed up this trial, right?

To put it into perspective, it would be better to just hire bounty hunters with armed ship licenses and special people like you.

"By the way, the company has helped you obtain the armed ship license. The fleet you stay here will not have to be caught by patrols every day. You will also have to contact the 14th Army Corps."

Hearing this, Chen Ming suddenly smiled.

The factory director immediately asked: "Why are you laughing?"

Chen Ming explained: "Some time ago, when I first came to the Pirate Space Station to be anonymous, I really wanted such a license, but I could only think about it."

"Now that I don't want or need it, it's just been given to me."

The factory director subconsciously shrugged and said: "The strength you show is the reason why you get it. If you don't want it, someone will give it to you. This is the way of the world."

"I know."

After Chen Ming finished speaking, he was silent for a short while, accepting the permit with some emotion in his heart.

Then he said: "Okay, I will go back to this space station, but my spiritual power..."

"It doesn't matter. In the past, there were psychics who would conflict with ordinary people on some things. When the time comes, just sign a notarized agreement from the local government."

"Psychics in the empire must abide by the law honestly even in the public eye. Remember not to make mistakes in this kind of thing, otherwise it may affect your cooperation with other people in the future."

"I understand, I also like people who follow the rules."

Chen Ming agreed, but suddenly he remembered something again and asked, "Now that things are like this, do you still want to kill the director?"

"The director should be dead. Because of him, the company got involved with Zuo Jing, which led to the government investigating us. The losses were quite serious."

"Although the relationship between the company and Zuo Jing has been cleared, he will definitely not survive, so it doesn't matter whether we do something about it or not. He will have to die in the future."

"But, for me it's best to kill him."

Chen Mingran said clearly, "No problem, where is the director now?"

"On that cruise ship of his."

"The cruise ship will take it back as evidence of his mistakes, so we temporarily modified a cell on it to prevent him from living too comfortably."

"What a coincidence?"

"What a coincidence."

The tone of the factory director's words at this time made Chen Ming sure that the factory director must have told others that he had specially arranged it this way.

There's nothing more to say.

Chen Ming knew exactly what he was going to do next.

It can only be said that it is normal for people to get some benefits from that position, but to take it on the head of the factory director and still have ideas about his stuff, it is a mistake to offend the wrong person.

And Chen Ming remembered what the factory director told him at the beginning.

Even if the current director dies and this position, which is used for profit exchange, is taken over by someone else, the person who takes over may continue to cause trouble.

It would be best if his death would serve as some deterrent to those who would take over later.

Naturally, the more miserable the director's death, the better.

But Chen Ming didn't want to affect the other people on the boat. They were all innocent.

So in the end he thought about it and if he wanted to meet the factory director's needs...

Chen Ming took a look at the situation of the cruise ship he had controlled.

At this time, the cruise ship has left the pirate space station and is sailing in the hyperspace channel.

In a renovated small warehouse inside the spacecraft, the director, who had lost a lot of weight but still looked like a fat pig, was imprisoned.

He was covered in scabs and wounds and lay on a tiny bed that didn't fit at all.

Although he was asleep at this time, he still had a painful expression on his face.

But Chen Ming didn't feel any pity in his heart anyway. When he was doing something, he should put his mind back to where it should be. Since he didn't do that, he deserved to suffer now.

Through the surveillance in the room, Chen Ming could see that the director's hands and feet were wearing electronic shackles, and even movement was problematic.

The electronic shackles have perfect functions, so there are no guards watching inside or outside the room.

There wasn't even a single person in the nearby rooms.

There's nothing more to say about that.

Chen Ming slightly modified the heat dissipation circuit of the spacecraft to meet his ideas. .

The effect of the modified heat dissipation circuit is also very simple, that is, the spacecraft's heat dissipation system will concentrate all the heat that should be dissipated and discharge it into the director's cell.

In order to prevent other people from being affected, Chen Ming also locked the permissions of several surrounding rooms, making it impossible to open even the main control terminal.

And the screams that suddenly sounded in the room naturally failed to reach the ears of other people on the spacecraft.

However, the main control room of the spacecraft saw what was happening on the monitor.

But the eyes of the current person in charge of the main control did not look like the director was struggling in a room filled with high temperatures.

He just smoked a cigarette, lit it for himself, and then turned off the monitor in the temporary cell.

After about half an hour.

The person in charge called the guard on the ship, who led him to the cell where the permissions had been unlocked.

At this time, the high temperature in the cell had dissipated, and Chen Ming had modified the heat dissipation circuit back to its original state, and even optimized it.

On the director's shriveled body on the floor in the room, they found a terminal that recorded all the director's crimes.

The crime recorded on the first page of the terminal is the record of him receiving kickbacks from the repair shop.

When everyone sees the situation here, they can be 100% sure that it was Chen Ming who did it, and there is substantial evidence.

But no one would mention it, at least not on the ship.

Just regard it as the death of an insignificant person.

In this way, the matter of the space station has come to an end completely.

Chen Ming quickly sent the video of the entire process to the factory director.

The factory director was surprised and praised Chen Ming's efficiency.

Chen Ming chatted with the factory director for a while, and then hung up the communication.

After that, Chen Ming thought about it and decided to call his boss again.

But just before he did this, the boss also called at this time.

"Xiao Ming, someone in your possession, Yan Xiong, is interested."

"The statement over there is that they are willing to produce a psychic plant that has entered a stable state of cultivation."

"What psychic plant?"

"Fairy tree,"

"They can provide specialized breeding warehouses and breeding methods, and can arrange for people to take care of them for the next ten years."

"If something happens to this psychic plant within ten years, they can compensate you for a new one, and the ten-year agreement will start from scratch."

"But correspondingly, they also hope that you can help stabilize Yan Xiong's condition and prevent him from waking up."

The boss's words seemed to indicate that the people who wanted to trade with him knew about his situation, so Chen Ming asked, "Who needs it?"

"The CEO of Harmony Mining Company can be considered a friend of mine."

Chen Ming was stunned when he heard what the boss said. The name seemed familiar.

The name of the company whose space station is occupied by Zuojia was mentioned by the factory director just now and seemed to be in harmony.

So Chen Ming immediately checked and found that they were indeed from the same family.

The main body of this company is Harmony Mining Company. The Plant Research Station is a space station of a subsidiary of the mining company that specializes in plant type scientific research.

The boss of a mining company wants Yan Xiong, so what use does Yan Xiong have to them...

hiss--

Chen Ming suddenly reacted.

Yan Xiong, a metal psychic, seems to be able to be used as an alloy smelting tool.

He didn't wait for the boss to continue speaking.

Chen Ming realized that his idea was definitely feasible.

Yan Xiong had lost consciousness at this time, and only his spiritual energy was instinctively absorbing the surrounding metal to repair his body.

And Chen Ming can control all the metal materials on Yan Xiong's body to prevent him from doing this, and at the same time, he can also allow him to do this.

This means that as long as he uses his spiritual power to deliberately adjust the proportion of materials he needs, he can actively let Yan Xiong absorb them.

Then Yan Xiong will fuse these metals into alloys himself.

Every piece of the alloy fused in this way will be a perfect alloy.

Then, Chen Ming can dig out the alloy.

This is probably what the CEO of the mining company thinks.

In fact, Chen Ming even had an even more outrageous idea in his mind at this time.

He can extract the most basic alloy materials from Yan Xiong's body that make up his body.

These materials, which have been reinforced with numerous metal materials and are strong enough to withstand the power of explosions that can destroy battleships, are of unique value in the world.

And if Chen Ming wanted to, he could extract these unique materials piece by piece and replace them with other low-level materials.

And it does not affect Yan Xiong's survival at all, nor does it affect Chen Ming's psychic control over him. It will only cause his physical strength to decline.

But this is more in line with Chen Ming's idea of ​​using his body to make alloys.

And those extracted top-notch materials that are at least special level and have psychic fluctuations can definitely be used in many places.

　I didn’t hold back, and I was reviewed again.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)