Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 205 Net worth

The morning passed quickly.

Bai Quan ended his communication with Chen Ming after summarizing to Chen Ming the problems that had arisen in the previous simulated battle.

Then he saw the message on the terminal that Cheng Xinghai had replied to him during class in the morning.

The content is quite long, and it’s basically a complaint about Chen Ming’s psychic perversion.

Bai Quan summed it up in one sentence.

"If you lose, you lose. Only when you win can you laugh back."

This was in response to Bai Quan's words of comfort to her yesterday. It seemed that Cheng Xinghai had completely come out of autism, much faster than before.

At the end of this message, Cheng Xinghai wrote another sentence: "Don't tell Cheng Xinghe about this incident."

Bai Quan raised the corners of his mouth and put away the terminal.

He might have told Cheng Xinghe the news before, after all, he was happy to see Cheng Xinghe and Cheng Xinghai compete with each other.

But now that Chen Ming is here and he happens to have other ideas, let's just let Chen Ming compete with Cheng Xinghai.

Cheng Xinghai will definitely go to Chen Ming later, he just needs to look at the situation from time to time and add fuel to the fire.

Although Bai Quan himself does not understand this aspect of things, he is married, so he has external help. In this kind of matter, it is always right as long as he does what his wife says.

Just when he thought about this, Bai Quan subconsciously thought of the wave of deformed children in the empire and couldn't help but frown.

This is something he has to consider at his current age.

But now he has no suitable solution.

When Bai Quan had a headache because of the child.

Chen Ming also sorted out the mistakes he made in the simulation for the last time to ensure that he would not make them again in the future.

Then he mentally reviewed his understanding of the mechanical race itself and the related knowledge he had mastered.

Everything is clear to me, just wait until Baiquan calls someone over tomorrow to explain it to him.

He will have to exercise caution when the time comes, as there are some things that cannot be exposed.

After figuring out what to do next, Chen Ming also planned to sum up his own power now.

Now that you have decided to join this war, you should make the necessary preparations.

Although Chen Ming said that he would not take the initiative to help the 14th Army in a fight, and he could not even get up in a large-scale battle, he would eventually have the opportunity to fight in the autumn wind.

Accurately measuring his own abilities and choosing the right time to insert is what he should do.

But before Chen Ming started to do this, he suddenly received a phone call.

A clear and lively female voice sounded from the terminal: "Hey, hello, Chen Ming."

"Cheng Xinghai? What's the matter?"

"Are you free now? Can you have another one?"

Chen Ming thought about it for a moment.

He is not in a hurry to calculate his own strength. After all, his things are there and will not escape, and the empire's war against the machine race is still in a very early stage.

So he agreed: "Okay."

Ten minutes later.

Chen Ming's consciousness once again sank into the simulation equipment of the Fourteenth Legion branch.

But what was different from last time was that when Chen Ming's consciousness appeared in the flagship command room, he suddenly heard Cheng Xinghai's voice: "Hey, can you hear me?"

Chen Ming tried to speak directly in the command room with his consciousness that had sunk into the simulation equipment, "Can the simulation equipment still hold conversations?"

And Cheng Xinghai's voice sounded again: "Yes, under normal circumstances the communication between the two sides is not turned on, but it doesn't matter if it is turned on in private."

"It can be used to trash talk each other, or it can be used to communicate and test."

Chen Ming always felt that the order of the two purposes mentioned by Cheng Xinghai was reversed, but this was not a problem. The question was: "What are you driving it for?"

"Haha, it depends on the situation."

Cheng Xinghai chuckled lightly, and quickly entered into his last serious attitude and asked Chen Ming, "Are you ready?"

Chen Ming did not reply for the time being, but first took a look at the rules of this simulation.

Generally speaking, the rules were the same as those restricted by Baiquan in the previous game.

But the difference is that in addition to fifty destroyers and two hundred and fifty frigates, the two sides fighting this time also have one more cruiser.

It may be that Cheng Xinghai felt that small-scale combat without cruisers could not fully utilize her command capabilities, so she made some modifications.

Chen Ming looked at the ruler of the special model of the Fourteenth Legion, and then at the unlimited logistics and completely unrestricted maintenance capabilities.

"Ready."

"Then let's start. I won't lose again this time."

"Ah."

Chen Ming responded.

The ruler instantly jumped to the face of Cheng Xinghai's fleet, and the terrifying frontal firepower blessed by psychic energy instantly cleared a large number of low-level spacecraft that had just entered combat status from the rear of Cheng Xinghai's fleet.

Cheng Xinghai didn't know Chen Ming well enough, so she didn't expect Chen Ming to play like this.

However, she reacted quickly. The ruler who commanded the reformed Fourteenth Legion of the same model in the center of the fleet immediately changed direction and took most of the damage.

The other ships moved around the flanks, trying to put some side and stern pressure on the ruler, who had strong frontal firepower.

But Chen Ming didn't care about the damage those boats caused to the ruler, and even bore the damage and stared at those boats that dared to get close.

His goal was very clear. As long as Cheng Xinghai's boat was empty, there would be no chance of her overturning.

Chen Ming relied on simulated spiritual power to almost force the ruler to take the damage of this fleet.

It has to be said that the reformed ruler of the Fourteenth Legion is also a tough one, which fits Chen Ming's stereotype of military spaceships very well.

However, after destroying nearly half of Cheng Xinghai's boat, the ruler's armor was about to collapse.

is about to threaten the very structure of the spacecraft.

Before the ruler could bear it anymore, Chen Ming started the jump engine and disappeared in front of Cheng Xinghai's fleet.

And Cheng Xinghai was just a little shocked that Chen Ming's psychic energy could jump quickly and multiple times, and that a cruiser could kill half of a fleet of 300 spaceships that also had cruisers in one encounter.

But now she was full of confidence to win Chen Ming.

Because when the battle just started, she had already sent some spaceships to other places to lock the position of Chen Ming's main fleet.

In the small-scale battlefield, the overall distance between the two fleets is not far.

She then inferred Chen Ming's rate of repairing the cruiser based on her previous observation of Chen Ming's repair of the spacecraft.

As long as we rush over now, we can definitely take care of all the rest of Chen Ming's spaceships before Chen Ming's ruler completes repairs.

Without Chen Ming's ruler staying with the main fleet, Chen Ming's main fleet would only be completely crushed by her ruler.

As long as she can take this opportunity to kill the large force, even if she only has half of the remaining fleet, she can definitely defeat Chen Ming if she is prepared in advance.

but.

When Cheng Xinghai's fleet had just arrived in front of Chen Ming's main fleet, which was still standing still without moving.

Chen Mingkai has been fully repaired and the ruler with full health has jumped back.

At this moment, he seemed to hear Cheng Xinghai whisper a dirty word.

Chen Ming heard it right, Cheng Xinghai did not hold back.

Although she had already heard about some of the effects of Chen Ming's psychic energy from Bai Quan.

But when she actually saw Chen Ming using the psychic effects that Bai Quan didn't tell her, she still felt perverted.

And she now understands how Chen Ming's psychic repair power works.

It's not the fixed repair speed she thought before, but the repair speed based on percentage, whether it's a big ship or a small ship.

It was purely because of the size of the spacecraft that limited the scope of Chen Ming's spiritual energy, which made her think that Chen Ming's spiritual energy could not be repaired very quickly, which ultimately led to this situation.

It was too late to change her strategy now. She could only try to fight back on the battlefield and try to struggle.

Naturally, Chen Ming would not hold back. With a full-status ruler supported by a complete fleet, it was impossible to lose against an enemy that had already lost more than half of its strength on the frontal battlefield.

This is no longer a problem of operation, it is simply the crushing of pure psychic values.

For a while, only Cheng Xinghai's fleet could be seen disappearing on the battlefield.

While typing, Chen Ming seemed to hear a hint of crying coming from the communication channel, which made him a little embarrassed.

I made a mistake and threw away a few ships, so that Cheng Xinghai wouldn't be able to kill even a single ship.

At the same time, the ruler quickly stepped up his efforts and ended the battle completely.

Although Chen Ming did this, if he does it again next time, he will still hit him like this.

It's just Cheng Xinghai's side...

"Uncle Bai——"

It didn't take long for Bai Quan to receive another call from Cheng Xinghai.

He had just contacted the relevant personnel and was going to chat with Chen Ming tomorrow. He just had some time to chat with Cheng Xinghai.

Then he learned about the second battle between her and Chen Ming.

It can only be said that Bai Quan knew that Cheng Xinghai would definitely lose when the cruiser came out.

In the case of the same fleet size, the higher the fleet level and the larger the scale, the easier it will be for Chen Ming to win as long as the overall fleet does not exceed the upper limit of Chen Ming's psychic power.

So Bai Quan could only say: "I forgot to remind you, don't fight with Chen Ming's cruiser, especially in a small-scale battle without logistics."

Cheng Xinghai's tone was full of grievances, and he said, "But he has only studied for more than a month, and he has never learned long-term combat. If I really do this, I will be bullying him."

Bai Quan shook his head and said: "Then you can only fight small-scale battles with him. My teaching progress is like this. He has already learned very quickly. Large-scale battles will be learned in the next few semesters."

"Or you can contact other people yourself and find a few more people who can take charge of logistics. You can divide your simulation into two teams and let Chen Ming be responsible for fighting, right?"

Cheng Xinghai thought about Bai Quan's proposal carefully and felt that it seemed feasible.

The cry he was pretending to be disappeared immediately, and he said to Bai Quan in a sweet voice: "Thank you, Uncle Bai."

Bai Quan put down the terminal, and various thoughts flashed through his mind.

In fact, at first glance, such a long-term operation with logistical constraints can indeed help Cheng Xinghai gain some advantages on the battlefield.

After all, Chen Ming's spiritual power still has to rely on logistics. When logistics is restricted, Chen Ming's spiritual power will naturally not be able to fully exert its due effect. But Bai Quan knew how outrageous Chen Ming's psychic powers were.

So he's ready for some fun.

A simulation captain of this scale will definitely have to find him as the referee when Chen Ming is involved. He will definitely let Chen Mingling use his full capabilities.

He also knew the logistical horrors of Chen Ming's psychic powers.

All materials can be transported instantaneously, and all industrial equipment can maintain overload operation like spacecraft controlled by Chen Ming.

And the time it takes to establish a complete spacecraft production industrial system is only limited by Chen Ming's mental power, and of course Chen Ming's own technology.

But Bai Quan still believes in Chen Ming's technical level in this basic industry.

So then...

He could already see Cheng Xinghai being pushed flat by Chen Ming's fleet.

I just don’t know if Chen Ming has time to participate in this kind of long-term battle that requires deep consciousness connection.

Of course, if Chen Ming is willing to participate and has a high probability of winning this game.

Baiquan will also find excuses to exercise his commanding ability to limit the use of Chen Ming's psychic powers in the simulation.

As long as Chen Ming's psychic power can be restrained, Cheng Xinghai should be able to seize the chance of winning.

It's best for the two of them to win and lose, and play more games.

This is the situation he wants to see most now.

On Chen Ming's side.

Although he was taken to simulate a fight by Cheng Xinghai for an hour, it was not a big problem and it ended quickly anyway.

A battle of this scale is not good for training his command ability. It seems that even if Bai Quan is not around, he will have to take the initiative to make some restrictions on himself.

Of course this will happen later.

Now Chen Ming continues to count his own situation.

The first is naturally the easiest to count working capital that Chen Ming currently has on hand, totaling 187 billion, which is used for the maintenance of temporary strongholds and the purchase of materials.

The second is the spacecraft controlled by Chen Ming.

Escorts and expulsions can basically not be counted now. After all, after the temporary stronghold was established, those spaceships that were not originally his afterglow have been completely attributed to him.

However, it is still necessary to keep statistics on cruisers.

Chen Ming currently has five human cruisers, including one Stardust class, one Supreme Point class, two Defenders and one Colossus class.

Although Chen Ming plans to feed one of the defenders to the insect queen, the insect queen has not eaten it yet, so it is still included in the cruisers he owns for the time being.

The Supreme Point that Shao Yang promised before is still on the way. So there is no need to calculate it yet.

In addition to the human cruisers, there are also four afterglow cruisers Chen Ming.

Brilliance level, brilliance level, refraction level and scintillation level.

Brilliance, brilliance and twinkling are all obtained by buying afterglow and getting a spaceship.

The Refraction-class cruiser was indirectly controlled by Chen Ming through the extraordinary when he cooperated with Bai Quan to invade the Yuhui giant shipyard.

As the largest and highest-quality spaceship that Chen Ming currently has on hand, it is driven by HR to be responsible for the security of the temporary base.

There are a total of four spaceships of the Machine Race.

The model names of the three mechanical cruisers are all very ordinary [Mechanical Standard Cruiser], obviously standard spaceships.

It has a long and narrow hull and large weapons distributed in the front, middle and rear positions.

The three spaceships have a total of nine large weapons, all of which are large live electromagnetic weapons. It can be seen that the mechanical race likes this type of weapon very much.

Apart from having nano-scale robots responsible for the maintenance of the interior of the spacecraft like the mechanical race ground units, there is nothing special about it.

In terms of combat effectiveness, it is also relatively average and has no special value.

So much so that Chen Ming considered whether to feed the Machine Tribe's spaceship to the Queen of Insects instead of feeding it to the Defenders.

But Chen Ming considered that the insect queen's biological spacecraft itself left a lot of cavities for various insects to move around, rather than being a pure, solid, single creature with the appearance of a biological spacecraft.

Therefore, it is better to feed the insect queen with a human cruiser with a similar structure.

Then there was another spacecraft of the Machine Tribe, which was the [Mechanical Tribe Standard Class Colonial Ship] that Chen Ming took away from the Machine Tribe's city as the core of the city.

It was controlled by Chen Ming and used psychic energy to repair it to its original appearance and then was lost to Glory.

Brilliance will find a way to get enough colonial technology from it to use in the future to demonstrate the moment of true colonization.

Speaking of technology.

The technology Chen Ming has on hand can also be counted as part of his comprehensive strength.

After all, patents on antimatter technology and hyperspace jump engine technology can provide a large amount of funds and logistical support, which can certainly be counted as part of their strength.

In fact, Chen Ming also has a high-value technology on hand, which is the blueprint of the new-class unmanned battlecruiser he obtained.

When Chen Ming's brain got hot, he took this thing away from his brain and body, which had been on the verge of collapse after two days of high-intensity use.

However, it has nowhere to play its role today.

It can only be said that Chaofan can actually build a capital ship, as long as it is provided with a sufficient environment.

But Chen Ming couldn't get a huge shipyard, so this technology could only be put on display for now, and then be taken out to see when it could actually be manufactured.

In addition to funds, spaceships, and technology, real estate should also be counted as a part of comprehensive strength.

Speaking of this, Chen Ming thought of the No. 6 space arm of the Pirate Space Station. This is the space arm used for power generation on the Pirate Space Station.

Although Chen Ming originally arranged for Yuhui to control it purely to restore the damaged power system of the space station.

But the subsequent accident was over, and the company didn't mention it even though they knew what Chen Ming had done.

Chen Ming didn't know what to do, so he just kept it like this, maybe it would come in handy one day.

As for the real estate that Chen Ming currently controls, apart from the space station, the most important one must be the temporary stronghold.

Although there is only a castrated version of the temporary stronghold with a star port and a giant warehouse with simple maintenance and transportation functions.

But the afterglow in the temporary stronghold is the most important part of this stronghold.

So far, the number of Afterhui that Chen Ming has on hand is still more than 50,000. Even if Afterhui continues to be lost during the two-month exploration process, the loss is still relatively light in terms of the overall scale.

Among these afterglows of over 50,000, there are nearly 48,000 gamma-level afterglows, a beta-level afterglow of over 3,000, and five alpha-level afterglows.

It was Chen Ming’s real entire family fortune some time ago.

But things are different now.

Now, with Chen Ming's efforts in pioneering the road, he has two more assets on hand.

One part machine race, one part Zerg race.

And these two family fortunes are constantly expanding through Chen Ming's efforts.

From the beginning, the Machine Race only had more than 40,000 individuals in that isolated city. After adding the 30,000 individuals that Chen Ming later snatched from the Machine Race colony, the number has increased to nearly 80,000.

These tens of thousands of robots were placed in the city by Chen Ming, revitalizing the city that had been abandoned for many years.

And the city itself is a city whose mere existence is enough for that civilization.

So after Chen Ming used spiritual energy to repair the entire city during this period, he found that all the mechanical races in the city needed to be self-sufficient.

Even nanobots are the same.

Chen Ming found a factory in the city.

A factory that only needs to input some materials and can automatically output nanorobots that can be used by the mechanical clan.

It's a pity that there is only one factory in the entire city, which is smaller than the industrial equipment in other small cities.

Therefore, nanorobots are currently still the main limitation to the development of the mechanical family.

But as soon as he changed his mind, Chen Ming realized that he had already made a lot of money.

Because this is a nanorobot production factory, another legacy of another civilization

Originally, Chen Ming thought that there were only those mechanical races in this mechanical race city.

It wasn't until he discovered the factory later that he realized he was still too young.

Anything left by another civilization is extremely precious, at least to Chen Ming now.

Although he can't understand the operating principles and manufacturing methods at all now, it is enough for Chen Ming to be able to use this factory.

As long as the factory is still in his hands, he will always have the opportunity to fully master the technology in the future.

And when the new 30,000 mechanical races were gradually controlled by Chen Ming, Chen Ming found that the number of mechanical races in his hive mind network had reached the standard, and he could directly generate the consciousness of new mechanical race individuals in the network.

This means that the number of Chen Ming's mechanical clan can begin to increase, and he can start building new mechanical clans.

Coupled with the nanorobots produced by the nanorobot factory.

Although the speed is not fast, the increase in the number of mechanical race individuals can always subtly provide Chen Ming with more mental power and thinking speed bonuses.

And Chen Ming's other family fortune, the Zerg, is obviously even more heavyweight.

Although the types of Zerg are the same as before, there are almost no changes when there is no battle.

Moreover, only the larvae hatching tank has been completed for the Zerg biological buildings in the past few days, and the progress of the other ones is very unsatisfactory.

However, the Zerg population is expanding at a rate that even the Afterglow and Mechanical Races combined can't match even if they were doubled.

From the size of a city at the beginning, the insect nest now covers an area close to half of the colony that Chen Ming first saw when he went to the Afterglow Star Territory, occupying one-fifth of the planet's surface. .

If it weren't for the fact that the planet the Queen is currently on is larger, and Chen Ming later deliberately restricted the reproduction of the Queen on the surface, allowing it to expand underground to avoid damaging the surface ecological environment.

Otherwise, Chen Ming even thought that he could see the insect nest on the ground directly from outside the planet.

This resulted in Chen Ming being unable to estimate the size of the Zerg population.

But at least one thing is certain, that is, the strength of the Zerg's current ground units is enough for Chen Ming to do many things.

The Queen's ability to devour everything, transform everything, and reproduce everything is exaggerated.

Before long, I am afraid that the entire planet will be completely occupied by the insect queen, and the insect queen will also have the ability to destroy the planet.

Of course, Chen Ming is not afraid of this. His spiritual power will help him in all of this.

(End of this chapter)