Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 221 Thoughts

Chen Ming took Cheng Xinghai and floated in hyperspace for a while.

After the civilian passenger ship had completely disappeared from sight, Chen Ming's own spaceship slowly flew to Chen Ming's side.

The first time after entering the spacecraft, Chen Ming directly tried to unlock her special terminal that she got from Cheng Xinghai.

But Chen Ming soon discovered that he couldn't unlock this thing.

It wasn't that there was a code that couldn't be cracked, it simply couldn't be opened, and even his psychic energy couldn't act on it.

It seems that they can only take it away and restrict Cheng Xinghai from using it, but cannot steal the information in it.

Chen Ming thought about it, after all, this thing itself is something outside the normal setting.

If you can let him see some important information posted by the opponent in the channel, then the opponent basically doesn't need to fight.

Chen Ming simply put away the terminal, then found an empty independent small room on the spaceship and threw Cheng Xinghai into it.

"Why is there such an ancient program in the simulation?"

He doesn't understand anything, so he can only follow the standards in prison that he understands.

Chen Ming put down the terminal and looked at Cheng Xinghai next to him who didn't want to move or treat him at all. He suddenly had a headache.

"understood."

After waiting for a while, Cheng Xinghai was still sitting in the corner, but the trembling of her right leg gradually became more and more obvious.

The sharp sting on his fingertips reminded Chen Ming that there was no difference between the pain in the simulation and reality.

Only her body seemed to be twitching slightly.

He lowered his head and hugged his knees without saying a word, looking like he was autistic.

Chen Ming glanced at her, the armor on his body gradually liquefied and disappeared, turned around and left the room.

If Chen Ming was held captive for a month and couldn't do anything, it would be no different from torture.

Chen Ming glanced at Cheng Xinghai in the room, whose right leg and ankle were unnaturally crooked, and he looked like he was enduring pain.

Then they arranged tables, chairs and a bed for resting in Cheng Xinghai's room. By the way, they also dug out a set of unpacked pillows and bedding from the warehouse that Chen Ming didn't know where they came from.

Chen Ming took out his special terminal and asked on the communication channel: "Will injuries such as fractures in the simulation be fatal?"

Even though Chen Ming was arranged to be in this room, he just sat quietly in the corner of the room.

The living are definitely more useful than the dead.

Chen Ming thought for a moment and took out the slender steel needle that he had taken from Cheng Xinghai before.

Chen Ming shook his head.

Just like when you smoke, you still get the same burning sensation in your lungs.

In fact, he did this because he was not very clear about the arrangements for prisoners of war in this era.

He made a new identical steel needle in his hand and pricked it gently on his fingertip.

Chen Ming noticed that Cheng Xinghai's arm around his knees was slightly raised, covering his face. He didn't know whether he was laughing or doing something.

Then open the warehouse on the spacecraft panel.

Song Pu immediately asked on the channel: "Are you injured? Get it treated and come back to the doctor as soon as possible. Even an injury like a fracture will worsen if it is delayed for too long, and you won't know how you died by then."

After thinking about what else a person would need in life, Chen Ming built a TV projection screen on the wall next to him.

Chen Ming did not send it directly, but waited.

No wonder a bunch of detection equipment has to be installed where you lie down when your deep consciousness dives in. It would be so embarrassing if it hurt to death.

In order to prevent there might be toxins on it, Chen Ming dismantled the steel needle and threw the disassembled materials into the warehouse.

During this process, although Cheng Xinghai had been quietly observing, there was no big movement.

At the same time, the structure of the entire room was changed. There are no longer any exposed sharp objects and metal walls to prevent Cheng Xinghai from taking the opportunity to commit suicide.

After turning Cheng Xinghai's protective clothing into liquid again, Chen Ming replaced her with a pair of lighter handcuffs.

But when Cheng Xinghai was about to be captured, he had already made it clear that he wanted to commit suicide to avoid causing trouble to his teammates. It should be impossible for Cheng Xinghai to treat him.

At least put a TV out so that people won't have to stay in a small room like this for the next month.

Then he directly connected to the local public signal. When a certain pink piggy appeared on the screen, Chen Ming quickly cut off the screen.

Bai Quan, who was serving as the referee at the moment, couldn't help but smile.

After arranging these things for Cheng Xinghai.

So Chen Ming picked up the terminal again and wrote in the input box: "Is Bai Quan here?"

However, Chen Ming did not go far. He passed through the door through a one-way transparent window structure similar to the two-story door of the previous civilian ship corridor, and continued to observe whether there was any movement in Cheng Xinghai in the room.

He built this spaceship by stealing other spaceships, and he also moved the contents of some spaceships into the warehouse.

But since Chen Ming had successfully captured her alive, it was definitely impossible to kill Cheng Xinghai directly just to save trouble.

If Cheng Xinghai had been successfully assassinated by him from the beginning, there would not have been so many things if he died.

Chen Ming searched for a while and found several medicines and two splints, and placed them in front of Cheng Xinghai.

He can see the situation of everyone present at any time, and naturally he can also see Chen Ming's movements.

But it was certainly impossible for him to take the initiative to destroy this scene that he was very happy to see.

So Bai Quan just said in the communication channel of his psyker friend who also had referee authority: "Not here."

Choose to keep having fun.

Chen Ming waited for a long time for Bai Quan's response and sighed slightly. It seemed that he had to deal with this problem by himself.

Chen Ming walked up to Cheng Xinghai, squatted on the ground, picked up the untouched splints, bandages and the spray for treating bruises, waved them in front of Cheng Xinghai and asked, "Can you heal it yourself?" ?”

Cheng Xinghai raised his head slightly, and Chen Ming's eyes, which were obscured by his hair, stared at Chen Ming's face for a while, then shook the handcuffs.

Chen Ming thought for a moment and unlocked the handcuffs on her wrists.

Cheng Xinghai immediately jumped up. Even if only one leg could move normally, it hardly affected the speed of her movements. In an instant, she punched Chen Ming's temple.

Then there was another sound of flesh and metal colliding, and a slight sound of bone cracking.

Cheng Xinghai's eyes were red, his right hand twitched unconsciously, and he sat back in the corner where he was squatting.

Chen Ming was not a fool. He must have been ready to put on another suit of power armor when he took off Cheng Xinghai's handcuffs.

But he really didn't expect Cheng Xinghai to be so stubborn, knowing that he must be on guard and still dare to play like this.

What he saw was that Cheng Xinghai's right hand was stiff and unable to move, and the knuckles on the back of his hand were covered with large bruises.

Having just personally tested how realistic the pain in the simulation was, Chen Ming sighed and grabbed Cheng Xinghai's hand.

Chen Ming only learned some simple medical skills by using a doctor's terminal when he was on Ruimu Planet.

Although he has learned blueprints and can build medical robots, he cannot get the chip that inputs the necessary medical data now.

So he could only roughly reset the broken bones in Cheng Xinghai's hand, and then found something from the warehouse that could be used as a splint.

It's just that when doing the last bit of fine work, the hand structure of the power armor is a bit too thick.

Chen Ming glanced at Cheng Xinghai's lowered head, considered it, and removed the power armor from his body again.

This time Cheng Xinghai didn't hit Chen Ming, but honestly let Chen Ming splint her.

However, just when Chen Ming finally fixed the splint with straps, Cheng Xinghai's left hand swung towards Chen Ming's temple again.

Finally, he still punched the helmet of the power armor.

Apart from leaving some bruises on her fists and making her eyes gradually moisten, it had no effect.

"Are you really not afraid of pain? Do you want to bet that my reaction speed can't keep up with yours?"

Chen Ming was also a little helpless at this time. After all, he was a prisoner, so it was impossible for him to really let Cheng Xinghai kill him.

Chen Ming tightened the bandage that had just been loosened, fixed the splint on the injured hand, and sprayed some medicine on it.

Then he grabbed Cheng Xinghai's other hand and continued the steps of applying medicine and splinting.

After Cheng Xinghai's hand was taken care of, Chen Ming looked at the right leg she had just kicked on his neck and said, "The injury on your foot?"

Cheng Xinghai raised his two injured hands, obviously it was impossible to apply medicine or splints to himself.

Chen Ming breathed out.

"I'm sorry."

He reached out and pulled up the legs of Cheng Xinghai's sweatpants, and took off her sneakers and socks, revealing the white and tender skin on her calves. It didn't look like she had experienced too much wind and sun at all.

Moreover, with these thin arms and legs, it didn't look like he could directly kick Chen Ming to death just now.

But Chen Ming will not be fooled by superficial things.

He only believed in Cheng Xinghai's explosive power and speed that he had just personally experienced.

And what he saw with his own eyes now was the fractures, bruises and swelling on the lower part of Cheng Xinghai's slender calves, insteps and ankles caused by the kick she just kicked, as well as the abnormal deflection of the limbs at an angle of about thirty degrees.

The force that caused this injury is the strongest strength that Cheng Xinghai's seemingly weak body can exert.

And it is obvious that if this injury is not treated and it continues to be serious, the person will definitely not survive.

So Chen Ming built an ice machine on the spaceship and found ice cubes to temporarily ice Cheng Xinghai's ankle.

At the same time, he used an X-ray machine and took a rough picture of her injuries.

Then Chen Ming started directly using the methods he learned on the doctor's terminal, breaking the broken bones back first.

When Chen Ming held Cheng Xinghai's ankle, Cheng Xinghai's body trembled subconsciously, and his eyes stayed on Chen Ming's face.

There are other reasons besides the reaction of pain.

Cheng Xinghai was recalling the past in his mind at this time.

After she heard about Chen Ming, she took the initiative to mention to Bai Quan that she wanted to have a simulated battle with Chen Ming.

Bai Quan's attitude was completely different from the attitude Bai Quan had when she found any other men close to Cheng Xinghai's age coming into contact with her.

Maybe at that time, all she could think about was defeating Chen Ming, the man who defeated Cheng Xinghe. Fortunately, she turned back to mock Cheng Xinghe and didn't notice the difference.

But later, when Bai Quan took the initiative to send Chen Ming's contact information for her to contact instead of Bai Quan directly helping to arrange a battle, she completely discovered the problem.

The difference is too obvious. Cheng Xinghai is nineteen years old after all, and her spiritual power directly improves her intelligence. Many things can be understood with just a little thought.

Bai Quan's obvious thoughts can be seen at a glance.

Combined with her Cheng Xinghai, Chen Ming and Bai Quan's own identity and background.

The direction of what Bai Quan wants to see most can be easily analyzed.

Knowing all this is not too surprising to Cheng Xinghai.

She is half apprentice and half daughter of Lieutenant General Bai Quan of the Fourteenth Legion. She is also a psyker and is still under the rules of the Fourteenth Legion.

Her living environment determines that she will not be able to decide her future at will like many people who grow up in a normal environment.

Her future path is almost certain.

If all goes well, she will either rely on her psychic powers to rise to a high position in the military and die alone.

Or just stay at the same level as now, and find an opportunity to marry a young officer in the 14th Army who is the same as Baiquan or slightly worse.

There were only two paths she could take.

But what's better about her than others is that her spirituality prevents her from becoming a victim of politics.

She at least still has the ability to make her own choices within a limited path.

Although she didn't want to choose either of these options.

But if she had to choose one, she would rather choose the latter.

As for the former, Cheng Xinghai had heard of a record of a lieutenant general being captured in a certain war zone, and Bai Quan's old boss was right in front of him. As he grew older and gradually lost power, he had to ask Bai Quan to find a way to find him. A back road situation.

This feeling of losing power in her old age made Cheng Xinghai uncomfortable, and therefore she did not attach too much importance to military position and power.

As for the candidate for the latter, Cheng Xinghai has never been determined.

Therefore, Chen Ming's appearance was a normal thing for Cheng Xinghai.

But at this time, she was a little unclear about her attitude.

Although she was relatively resistant to political marriage, she knew that she had no ability to change this phenomenon and could only accept it.

And Bai Quan has not disrespected Cheng Xinghai's opinions for so many years. He has not let Cheng Xinghai do things that she didn't want to do very early, and even took the initiative to help her block many people.

It gave her plenty of opportunities to choose a suitable marriage partner.

It's just that Cheng Xinghai has never been able to find a suitable person who can convince her in terms of personal qualities and abilities for so many years.

Only Chen Ming was Bai Quan, her adoptive father, the only one who took the initiative to build relationships.

So Cheng Xinghai actually doesn't mind having more contact with Chen Ming.

I just don’t know why, when facing Chen Ming.

Although Cheng Xinghai had no emotions at all and was purely considering it from the perspective of political interests, she just couldn't be sure of her own thoughts.

Obviously, Cheng Xinghai can quickly give the answer to many things just by thinking about it. Whether it is suitable or not is just a matter of her words.

Even if she really made her objection clear, Bai Quan would never force her.

But the current situation prevented her from answering this question immediately.

She has also been struggling.

However, her competitive spirit allowed her to temporarily suppress those issues that were extremely complicated for her in the past few days, and chose to do the original thing first, inviting Chen Ming to participate in the battle.

The battle is over, maybe there will be an answer.

Unexpectedly, this simulated battle had only started a few hours ago.

At a point when it was almost impossible to suffer any battle damage, she was directly rushed to the door by Chen Ming and captured, and there was no possibility of escape.

Let her have time to think about these issues again.

Just thinking about this kind of problem gave her a headache.

Moreover, the feeling Chen Ming gave her at the beginning was still acceptable to her.

Because Chen Ming was the person she took the initiative to contact after hearing about him, and was not a person forced by others.

So Cheng Xinghai at least doesn't hate Chen Ming, but there seems to be no more.

And she is still not sure about Chen Ming's attitude.

No, it's not a matter of Chen Ming's attitude. It's that Chen Ming doesn't seem to have an attitude at all.

Cheng Xinghai finally realized something was wrong.

She has made some preparations herself. Bai Quan is obviously here for this, but what about Chen Ming?

Chen Ming seemed to have no idea about this at all.

Cheng Xinghai glanced at Chen Ming in front of him again, and struggled in his heart for a long time.

It was almost over until Chen Ming.

Cheng Xinghai didn't think of a suitable answer.

Forget it, just let nature take its course.

Cheng Xinghai discovered that although her IQ had improved after her spiritual awakening, there were many things that she could not come up with an idea that made her feel comfortable without a high IQ.

At this time, Chen Ming, who had just finished splinting Cheng Xinghai, had no idea that Cheng Xinghai would think about a lot of messy things for him.

He was just temporarily treating Cheng Xinghai's injury to prevent it from getting worse and disappearing halfway. For real treatment, he had to go back and find a serious doctor.

There is another problem after returning. Chen Ming can control Cheng Xinghai, but the doctor obviously cannot.

So we have to find a way to keep an eye on it when the time comes.

After taking care of the injury on Cheng Xinghai's right leg, Chen Ming stood up and prepared to take out the terminal and contact others. He had everything done.

However, Cheng Xinghai suddenly raised his head at this moment and said to Chen Ming, "Thank you."

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, and after confirming that this was not a trap by Cheng Xinghai, he nodded and said, "You're welcome."

After saying that, he turned around and left the room, and sent directly on the terminal: "It's done."

This time Cheng Xinghe spoke even faster than Song Pu: "Okay! Are you dead?"

"No, I caught him alive and I'm on my way back."

"pity……"

Chen Ming didn't know what Cheng Xinghe was feeling sorry for.

But before he complained, Song Pu quickly followed up and said: "You handle your prisoner. My suggestion is to put a TV on her and close the small dark room. After all, this is just a simulated battle, not a real fight to the death." We can’t really interrogate the war.”

"By the way, the fracture you mentioned before should be Cheng Xinghai's fracture, not yours, right? Don't leave all the treatment to the NPC, otherwise she is very likely to run away."

"I know this."

Chen Ming still listened to Song Pu's explanation. After all, he had much more experience in this kind of matter than he did.

And he happened to have done this before and had such thoughts.

But Chen Ming still has a question to ask: "Is Cheng Xinghai a prisoner of any use?"

Although Chen Ming thought when he captured Cheng Xinghai that the living were more useful than the dead, he really didn't expect the specific uses.

Song Pu's answer also surprised Chen Ming: "As far as I know, prisoners should be useless in most cases."

"As I said just now, this is just a simulation after all, and death is just a common occurrence. Everyone knows each other, so we can't really torture and interrogate."

"Really, the only purpose of the captive is to distract her teammates."

"We are a team of five. When anyone in the team dies, our teammates will get a prompt from the terminal."

"If you take away Cheng Xinghai's terminal, her teammates will be completely unable to contact her now, and they will not be able to learn about her situation. They will only know that she is still alive."

"The specific effect this can have... it should be just that."

"As for using prisoners to threaten teammates..."

Chen Ming helped Song Pu add the last sentence: "It doesn't seem to make any sense."

It's just a simulation after all.

Chen Ming looked back at the room where Cheng Xinghai was imprisoned. Cheng Xinghai was already lying on the bed he had arranged. He covered his eyes with his arms and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Then let's take care of it first. Anyway, there are no physiological needs such as eating and sleeping in the simulation."

"Well, we can officially start this battle after you come back."

"Having such a big advantage at the beginning, we can let go and do things."

Song Pu then said to Chen Ming: "As the supreme leader of the rebels, I can arrange your current status at will. It must be arranged in the most suitable place, so what do you think?"

Chen Ming still couldn't think of what he should do. After thinking about it, he could only say: "Let me get in touch with the rebels' warehouse."

"I remember this. When you come back, I will arrange for you to visit the logistics center system and several industrial colonies. Even if you pass by, don't go there by yourself. The garrison may not know you."

"I see."

Chen Ming finished speaking, but Song Pu was still thinking.

Although Chen Ming seemed to have answered Song Pu's question just now, Song Pu could clearly see that Chen Ming was actually blind now.

He had no idea what he should do in the team during this large-scale battle between government forces and rebels.

Obviously he has no experience and is used to doing things alone.

So Song Pu simply started to help make arrangements. Putting the right people in the right positions is what people like him should do.

As long as this kind of thing is done right, then the rest is just a matter of watching other people's performance.

Even a completely inexperienced person in the right position will be more effective than an experienced person in the wrong position.

And this is even more true for a person who has absolutely no experience but is extremely capable.

Chen Ming's arrangement requires him to think carefully.

(End of this chapter)