Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 218 Danger Zone

Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe shook hands and made peace. To the other three, it was an unexpected but not bad thing.

They all could tell that there was something going on between Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe, and it was definitely good news to reconcile before a cooperative activity was about to take place.

Cheng Xinghai organized this event not only to beat up his brother, but also to have Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming meet head-on and find ways to ease their relationship.

After all, the relationship between Chen Ming and Bai Quan is there, and the relationship between Cheng Xinghe and Bai Quan is also there. Even if it fails, there won't be a big problem.

Seeing that the relationship between the two had almost eased, Song Pu said: "Chen Ming, I have introduced you to the other people's codenames and abilities, so what are your abilities? Have you decided on your codename? ?How about psykers?"

Chen Ming looked at Song Pu and said, "I have no objection to the codename 'Psychic', but my abilities are more complicated and it's hard to explain clearly."

"Roughly speaking, it is the ability to have absolute control over mechanical equipment, to be able to repair and transform spacecraft, industrial equipment, and any objects with mechanical structures, and to manufacture them with materials."

"I will demonstrate it to you in detail in the simulation. I have just talked with the referee about this special psychic setting, and all the necessary settings have been set."

Song Pu asked again: "Can you show it in a little more detail? You can actually use psychic powers now."

"Here?"

He should know something about this kind of thing.

Chen Ming was modest at first, and then said: "My spiritual power is limited by the materials, otherwise I can make more things."

Especially Song Pu, he looked at Chen Ming as if he saw the key to winning this battle.

But Chen Ming waved his hand.

Seeing that Chen Ming was a little confused, Song Pu continued to explain: "Maybe what I said is a bit vague, but you will know when you get in. The situation should be a little more complicated than you think."

Without special settings in the simulation, this thing is just a wristband made of biomass material, nothing more.

This situation is different from previous small-scale simulations.

Chen Ming stretched out his hand with the robotic arm forward so that others could see it clearly.

"That's not necessary. I just need to touch the main body of the warehouse, so that I can use all the materials stored in this warehouse."

"Yes, take a little rest and recuperate your energy. There will probably be no time for rest in the next month. We can't sleep in this simulation."

All the tools on the auxiliary working robot arm popped up under his control at the same time, making his arm look a little bloated, like a weird mechanical hand.

Hong Guanghong carefully observed the robotic arm on his arm and said: "The RS-34 robotic arm for auxiliary manual work is brand new, flawless, and very powerful."

However, Hong Guanghong said with admiration: "A very easy-to-use robotic arm."

Chen Ming's curiosity was aroused by Song Pu's words. After looking at the countdown in the upper right corner of his field of vision, he said, "I understand, so now I just need to wait, right?"

Therefore, when Cheng Xinghai was assigned to Chen Ming's side to participate in this battle, he didn't have any objections.

Chen Ming chose to respect the opinions of experienced people and closed his eyes to rest.

In the small-scale simulation, Chen Ming's psychic powers were directly completed ignoring the process when using them.

Chen Ming usually wears a coat that covers a lot of his body. Inside the coat, he has stuffed a complete set of repair kits in every corner.

Carrying a weight of about ten kilograms can be regarded as a way to exercise.

After clenching his fist hard, Chen Ming took off the robotic arm and handed it to Hong Guanghong of the Military Industrial University.

And now Chen Ming can even see the process of these tools liquefying, which looks extremely real.

In fact, he had already investigated Chen Ming's situation and got to know Chen Ming before Cheng Xinghai invited him to participate in this battle.

The mechanical arm immediately turned into a metallic liquid in Hong Guanghong's hand and floated back to Chen Ming's side, re-condensing into tools.

“It was the first time I participated in a large-scale simulation and I was shocked.”

Hong Guanghong was not polite. After taking over the robotic arm, he also took out a few tools from somewhere on his body and adjusted several joints of the robotic arm.

Chen Ming didn't pay too much attention. Anyway, psychic powers are fine in the simulation, as long as they can be used.

"it is good."

The metal liquid transformed by these tools wrapped around Chen Ming's arm, gradually forming a fully functional auxiliary robotic arm.

Chen Ming dropped a bunch of tools on the ground with a clank in the eyes of several people. Then all these tools turned into liquid in Chen Ming's hands and flowed in his palms.

Moreover, he also investigated that Chen Ming had joined the 14th Army Corps and was learning battlefield command techniques from Bai Quan in the branch.

The simulation completely reproduced his clothes, except for the wrist guards made of Zerg carapace.

As soon as Chen Ming finished explaining, Hong Guanghong's arm suddenly made an obvious sound of mechanical activity.

The other four people present also chose their own way of resting, but they all took a look at Chen Ming's situation from time to time and observed Chen Ming.

Chen Ming glanced at the dark void around him, and then at himself.

He even hoped to fight side by side with Chen Ming and see the legendary psyker who completed the attack on Afterglow with Bai, the current popular figure of the Fourteenth Legion, and won a great victory.

As soon as he finished speaking, he put away all the pop-up tools one by one, removed the mechanical arm, and planned to restore it to its original state and return it to Chen Ming.

Song Pu immediately asked: "What kind of material can your spiritual power be unrestricted? Does it have to be a material that you have touched?"

"so so."

He made the mechanical arm that originally fit Chen Ming a little looser and then put it on his arm.

It is possible for them to work together on the frontline battlefield in the future.

Song Pu looked at Chen Ming with a sparkle in his eyes. After hearing Chen Ming's question, he answered immediately: "What you do in reality, you do in simulation."

After a brief demonstration, while Chen Ming continued to stuff the tools into the coat he was wearing, he asked his first question: "So what are we going to do in the simulation?"

That's why he was the first to stand up and communicate with Chen Ming today, showing an obvious friendly attitude.

He also took the time to contact several teammates that Cheng Xinghai asked him to find for help in advance to explain the matter and introduce Chen Ming's situation.

Therefore, the other two people obviously didn't know much about Chen Ming, but they were among the best in their own schools and had rich combat experience.

There was absolutely no impatience or arrogance towards Chen Ming, a newbie who might be held back because he had no experience in large-scale battlefields.

At the beginning, they were just out of trust in Song Pu and courtesy to Chen Ming.

But when Chen Ming showed his spiritual power and showed enough value, what was left was pure respect for a qualified teammate.

Time passed quickly.

The half-hour countdown came to an end.

At the moment the countdown ended, I don’t know who said it started.

The dark and illusory environment around Chen Ming solidified instantly.

Chen Ming blinked and found that he appeared in a cafe that looked pretty good.

The people on the same team were not with him, they were separated.

Chen Ming subconsciously turned his head and looked out the window.

The floating vehicles flying quickly from high altitude and the vehicles moving along the road on the ground told Chen Ming that this was a peaceful colony.

The drivers and passengers with different expressions in the vehicles, the hurried pedestrians on the roadside, and the guests drinking tea leisurely in the cafe and a few noisy students that Chen Ming turned around were all making him laugh. Chen Ming felt as if he was in a real world.

But the special terminal in his hand told him that all this was virtual, a simulation carried out according to a set program.

It's just that all NPCs seem to have extremely high intelligence.

Chen Ming now seriously doubts whether the empire used the captured Yuhui in such a place.

At this moment, the special terminal in Chen Ming's hand suddenly rang.

"Commander" Song Pu spoke in the terminal.

"Each confirm their identity and location, and we need to figure out the overall situation."

"My identity has been confirmed. The supreme leader of the rebels is currently at the core of the area occupied by the rebels, an important frontline town on the border of the Galo-4 sector, a military colony called the Liuyan Galaxy."

"We are the rebels."

Song Pu sat behind his desk, picked up a mission report for dealing with spies, glanced at it, put the report closest to him, and continued to speak on the terminal.

"Your identity and location in the simulation need to be confirmed as soon as possible, and I need to know your situation as soon as possible."

The terminal quickly followed up with the "receipts" sent by "General" Cheng Xinghe, "Logistics" Dong Miao and "Engineer" Hong Guanghong.

Chen Ming also followed suit, then put down the terminal and confirmed his status.

Just now the surrounding environment changed and he appeared in the cafe.

Chen Ming discovered that the clothes he was wearing had changed into a set of more casual clothes, instead of the coat Chen Ming bought to hold various tools.

There was nothing on him except a terminal and some scattered coins.

It seems that his identity can only be determined through this terminal.

Chen Ming picked up the terminal that came with him and found that a password was required to unlock the terminal.

Although it was easy to solve a password with psychic power, he thought for a while and directly entered the word "Chen Ming".

It actually went in.

The personal information interface of the terminal shows everything about Chen Ming's identity.

However, except for the name Chen Ming, there is nothing similar to Chen Ming's own experience in this identity.

It seems that he in the simulation is just an ordinary office worker who has a day off today.

But Chen Ming knew that he was here to participate in the simulation, not on vacation, so there must be something wrong with this identity.

Just as Chen Ming was rummaging through the terminal to see if there were any identity clues, he noticed that several passages had flashed through that special terminal.

Everyone else seems to have confirmed their identities one after another.

General (Cheng Xinghe): "I am in an office at a frontline station. My position is the commander of the rebel garrison. There are documents on the table for the upcoming inspection of ground orbital defense facilities. We seem to be on a temporary basis with the government forces. There is a truce." Logistics (Dong Miao): "I am with the commander."

Engineer (Hong Guanghong): "I was inspecting the equipment in an industrial colony that was captured by the government forces not long before my visit. My identity seems to be the chief ordnance expert from somewhere else."

"This colony is very large. According to people around me, there are two industrial colonies of similar size in the galaxy. They both seem to have just been seized from government forces."

“I’m not sure whether it will be our main industrial output colony in the future.”

As soon as Chen Ming read what his teammates said, Song Pu asked: "Where are the psychics?"

Chen Ming looked around and said in the terminal: "I'm in a cafe."

"?"

Logistics Dong Miao asked a question, obviously not understanding Chen Ming's current situation.

Fortunately, Chen Ming had already found the folder hidden in the terminal he carried with him, and was looking through the information in it, according to the information.

"I am currently in the Galo-2 star sector, a comprehensive colony in the Ocon star system. It seems that there is some task for me to perform."

Song Pu immediately said: "Gallo-2 is the star sector actually controlled by the government forces. There are twelve star sectors in the Galo Star Territory. The first four star sectors have been opened in this simulation."

"Both Galo-1 and Galo-2 are completely under the control of the government forces, Galo-4 is under our control, and Galo-3, which is surrounded by the center of the other three star sectors, is where we and the government forces just The location of the ceasefire.”

"If I remember correctly the galaxy you are in, it should be at the junction of Gallo 2 and Gallo 4."

Song Pu quickly told a bunch of information that was useful to Chen Ming.

Let Chen Ming already have some guesses about his work.

"Hmm... There seems to be a cipher text in my personal terminal. Let me translate it and take a look."

Chen Ming had learned how to decipher cipher text when he was learning command techniques from Bai Quan. After finding the correct reference book in the terminal, Chen Ming quickly translated the contents of the cipher text.

"It seems that I need to meet with the informant in the simulation at my current cafe. The meeting is at three o'clock in the afternoon Earth time. It is now two forty-five o'clock in the afternoon."

“Do I need to meet someone?”

Song Pu thought for a moment and glanced across the document he just saw.

His expression changed instantly, and he quickly said in the terminal: "No, we can't meet, retreat quickly."

"it is good."

Chen Ming chose to trust his teammates' judgment and immediately stood up and left the cafe. At the same time, he asked, "Should I find a way to escape?"

"Yes."

"Since we have determined that you are working as a spy in a place actually controlled by the government forces, it most likely means that someone from the government forces is also working as a spy here,"

"There happened to be a spy's clue on my desk. This clue pointed to the government forces. It must be a clue to one of the government forces."

"If our spy here is you, then the other party's spy... should be Cheng Xinghai."

"Since I have this clue here, the government forces must also have a clue that can investigate you. You must evacuate as soon as possible."

Chen Ming walked out of the cafe, summoned a taxi and asked the driver to go to the nearest civil aerospace airport.

After the taxi started, Chen Ming replied on the terminal: "Is it so exciting to get up?"

Song Pu quickly responded: "Although we have a truce with the government forces now, the superficial truce is just preparing for the second war under the water and the coming one. The war you are under water now is On the cusp of the storm.”

"This is the first confrontation at the beginning. If either side fails, it will directly lose a psyker, which will greatly affect the entire situation."

"Go to a safe location as soon as possible and I will arrange your rescue."

"I understand, what about Cheng Xinghai? You can't miss this opportunity, right?"

Song Pu's eyes glanced at the other terminal he placed on the table, which contained complete information about Cheng Xinghai's identity in the simulation.

"I will arrange for someone to catch her, but your side is more important."

"Okay, so what kind of place is considered a safe place?"

"Just wherever you think it's safe, then tell me the location."

"The galaxy you are in is close to the border and far away from the original war zone. As long as you can escape pursuit and hide for a while, we can rescue you."

Some metallic liquid suddenly flowed out from Chen Ming's fingertips.

"A place where I feel safe? I get it."

Chen Ming replied, and then condensed the metal liquid into a bracelet and put it on his wrist.

This was the only bit of material he could use on the small ordering bell at the coffee shop he just dropped by, and it was also the only bit of metal material he controlled now.

No, there's also the taxi he's sitting in now.

That's all he has now.

It seems to be because Chen Ming's background was as a spy abroad and he had no contact with the rebel headquarters, front lines or material warehouses at relay stations.

As a result, Chen Ming simply does not have enough materials to do things now.

This can be regarded as a means to restrict Chen Ming.

When Chen Ming discussed this rule with Bai Quan before, he still thought it was quite normal. It was normal that untouched materials or warehouses could not be used, and this restriction was nothing.

But when he came in and encountered the current situation of him being a spy outside, he realized that this was Bai Quan's target.

Bai Quan must know the specific background of the entire simulation, and is just waiting for him to fall into the trap.

But it's okay. Chen Ming was able to turn over from a shabby Iron Ore to today having twelve cruisers, tens of thousands of destroyers and frigates.

So now that I am penniless, starting a business in the simulation is just walking the same path over again.

Of course, this is a cooperative simulated battle, so after Chen Ming's teammates learned about the situation, they did not intend to let Chen Ming handle the matter alone.

They are a team, and cooperation is the most important thing.

The next plan was quickly discussed in the special terminal's communication channel.

First of all, the most important first step is to rescue Chen Ming. All other things can be postponed.

Chen Ming is the most critical person now. If they lose Chen Ming, they will lose the biggest advantage they have.

Of course, what needs to be done still needs to be done.

While Song Pu was arranging manpower to prepare for the rescue of Chen Ming, he was also investigating Cheng Xinghai's location based on the spy document that was sent to him at the beginning.

The other team members are also seizing the time to finish the things they need to do immediately after entering the simulation.

At the same time, the terminal shares some information that can only be obtained through actual investigation.

In the scope of a star field, the sharing and exchange of information is very important.

They are all important figures in the rebels now. Only by understanding the situation of the rebels can they formulate more complete plans in the future.

On Chen Ming's way to the civil aerospace airport, Song Pu had already integrated the messages posted by his teammates on the special terminal communication channel. uniformly posted in the communication channel.

"The total number of valuable systems currently under actual control by the rebels is three hundred and thirty-one."

"It occupies one-third of the number of galaxies in the entire simulated battlefield, and the number of galaxies actually controlled by the government is 758."

"Ship composition, the number of capital ships is zero."

"The number of cruisers is two hundred and two. Most of them are defenders mass-produced by Sindar Company or some other mass-produced models. Some are rulers taken away by the rebels when they rebelled."

"The number of destroyers that can be mobilized is about five thousand, not counting the patrol fleet of the system itself."

"The number of frigates is five times the number of destroyers, approaching 30,000."

"All spaceships can be divided into three main fleets, each consisting of fifty cruisers, two hundred destroyers and thousands of frigates."

"One of the fleets is at the headquarters and is under my command."

"The other two fleets are under the generals at the front."

"The remaining cruisers and scattered spacecraft are mainly stationed at the junction between us and the government forces, and generally do not participate in large-scale battles."

"This number is a bit low, mainly because there were large-scale battles with government forces before the armistice, so we need to solve the problem of fleet quantity."

"The number of soldiers fluctuates greatly, but as long as the source of soldiers is ensured, our number of soldiers will not be a problem."

"colony."

"The number of colonies exceeding the second degree is five hundred and sixty-eight."

"Among them, there are 233 comprehensive colonies, 11 industrial colonies, and 74 professional mining colonies."

"These three are more important, and the remaining types are more complicated. I have put them in the attachment for those who are interested to read."

"As for the number of colonies that are smaller than the second level, it is temporarily impossible to count, so they are not included."

"Government troops."

"The movement of the government forces is relatively clear. They failed in the last encirclement and suppression of us, and chose to take the initiative to cease fire with us when their losses were much greater than ours."

"They need time to regroup, and we also need time to recuperate."

"But the overall situation is still mainly in favor of the government."

"They occupy more systems and have more colonies."

"Although there are many colonial commentators who do not support the government forces and support us, the government forces can still squeeze money out of their hands."

"I predict that the government will restart the war in a few days. We must rescue Chen Ming as soon as possible and discuss the next plan."

(End of this chapter)