Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 222 Chen Ming’s request

Song Pu did not make a decision quickly on how to arrange Chen Ming.

But after spending some time with Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao to learn more about the details of logistics and engineering, I found Chen Ming in the terminal again.

"I've seen you rub the destroyer with your hands before. If I give you the materials and time, you should be able to rub the cruiser with your hands, right?"

"no problem."

Chen Ming had not neglected the research on cruiser technology during this period. Even before he had developed the fake body technology before, Chen Ming still had to squeeze out time every day to learn other things besides command technology.

Now that he has taken on the task of learning command techniques under his disguise, Chen Ming can devote even more energy to other aspects.

With the increase in thinking speed provided by psychic energy and the hive mind network, his learning efficiency has allowed him to now manufacture some mass-produced cruisers, such as the Defender-class cruiser developed by Sindar Company that Chen Ming has in hand.

Song Pu nodded secretly and continued to confirm: "What about the large industrial equipment? What about the entire factory?"

"Let's put it this way, a spaceship of the same size is more difficult to control than industrial equipment. It is also more difficult for my psychic energy to act on the spacecraft than on most industrial facilities."

"And there are actually only seven industrial colonies that we need to expand. In the simulation, he is not the only one who can do things. There are so many rebel engineers."

"At the same time, we also have two heavy industry colonies for spacecraft fuel production,"

Chen Ming didn't expect Song Pu to say that, and asked, "Do you really believe in my ability?"

"Um...that's what you said...can I make a few requests to the engineer?"

“What we have to do is not to innovate, but to re-walk the path taken by our predecessors.”

"Nowadays, all industrial equipment is being modularized and simplified. As long as there is space and enough materials, at most half a month will be enough for us to double the size of those war industrial colonies."

"Other army equipment and industrial production facilities are basically located in other comprehensive colonies."

"Besides, before I learn how to build a spaceship, I have to figure out the uses of the tools and so on, and then I can build a spaceship."

Chen Ming explained: "For example, if a spacecraft's armor plate manufacturing factory needs to be expanded, then there are two options."

Chen Ming thought about the connection between the string of information Song Pu just said and the question he originally asked, and asked: "Do you want me to build a new colony?"

Although Song Pu limited the conditions, Chen Ming still asked with some uncertainty: "Is it so exaggerated?"

"Maybe you didn't look at the terminal just now, but the engineer and I have almost talked about it. Our main direction next is to try to expand these industrial colonies that have our war potential. These are what the engineer is busy with now."

"And what's more important is your existence. It's your exact words that controlling a spaceship is more difficult than controlling industrial equipment."

“Are you doubting the speed of the engineers or the speed of construction?”

"And three light industrial colonies that mass-produce daily necessities and various daily necessities."

"Everything I just said is based purely on normal planning. If you help me, the expansion efficiency will be even higher."

Chen Ming said bluntly: "A little bit of both."

"There are five heavy industry colonies related to spaceships, including production industrial facilities for hulls, spacecraft components, spacecraft armor, shipboard weapons, etc. The highest number can currently produce cruisers."

"These three colonies control the people's livelihood in the entire Gallo-4 star region. One of them was originally a light industrial colony that was fully controlled by the government and used to adjust the prices of civilian supplies. Later, you will know after looking at the background story."

A glint suddenly flashed in Song Pu's eyes, and he said: "We currently control eleven industrial colonies, and more than half of them are industrial colonies related to war and spaceships that were snatched during the battle with the government forces."

Chen Ming asked again: "He needs to come to more than a dozen industrial colonies? Is one month enough?"

"You can choose to build a new, identical factory, or you can choose to install a new production line based on the original factory."

Song Pu immediately explained for Hong Guanghong: "You can rest assured about the efficiency of the engineer's work. Under the premise that everything has a template, he can plan very quickly with his ability."

“The last industrial colony is the Integrated Industrial Park and has a quarter-built track industrial facility where many companies have their factories.”

"Of course there is, because this is a simulation and we are not thinking about the future."

"The remaining two light industrial colonies are joint ventures built by some companies related to this area."

"As for the speed of construction."

When Chen Ming just asked this question, Hong Guanghong said in the terminal: "I'm watching."

"Under the premise of directly abandoning the original rebels to protect people's livelihood, completely turning the Galo-4 star area we occupy to wartime industrialization can definitely ensure that the expansion efficiency and production efficiency are both improved."

"Your presence allows us not only to resist attacks by government forces, but also serves as our trump card to fight back against government forces."

Dong Miao suddenly interjected at this time and said: "I remember a few hours ago you seemed to have just told us to believe you. We believed you, and you did what you said. We don't believe you anymore. question."

"So that's the opportunity we have to take and what we have to do."

Chen Ming's meaning is very clear. His mastery of industrial facilities is deeper than his mastery of spaceships.

"And within a month, the negative effects of the comprehensive industrial transformation will not be apparent so quickly. There may even be a short-term rise in the overall economic level of the entire sector within a certain period of time."

"No, expansion is the top priority. Building a new colony is a hundred times more difficult than expanding the original colony."

“When planning the expansion of a colony, try to plan the direction of expansion continuously rather than creating new expansions independently.”

"What do you mean?"

"And different industrial facilities also require different supporting facilities, and these supporting facilities should also have this problem."

"For us, the time limit for this simulation is only more than one month. We have to find ways to survive in just one month, and even fight back against the government forces. No matter what means we use, winning is the most important thing."

"I know that under normal circumstances, we must choose to install additional production lines, but when different industrial facilities are expanded, it is certainly impossible to completely expand new production lines."

"Of course, the premise is that we need to invest all our production capacity."

"I hope that when you plan the expansion blueprint, you will try to expand on the original colonial industrial facilities instead of building new factories."

Hong Guanghong considered Chen Ming's request for a while and said, "It can be done, but it will increase the workload and cause the final blueprint to be released later."

"But it's good for when I use my powers on industrial equipment."

Chen Ming did not explain the specific advantages of it. After all, it was a hidden effect that was relatively invisible to his psychic powers.

That is, when he currently uses [Transformation] and [Manufacturing] to achieve similar effects, the mental energy consumed in manufacturing is more than three times that of transformation.

It used to be five times. With Chen Ming's proficient use of psychic energy, the consumption of mental power is gradually decreasing.

But in general, the three times the consumption is still exaggerated, so when it is obvious that psychic energy needs to be used on a large scale, it is good to save a little mental energy.

This time no one in the communication channel questioned Chen Ming, and Hong Guanghong quickly agreed after Chen Ming said this: "Okay, no problem."

"sorry to bother you."

After Chen Ming thanked him, he did not continue to ask about the planning of industrial facilities. He turned to Song Pu and said, "Speaking of which, since we have survived the siege by the government troops for a month, we have survived in the face of a higher-level siege. Additional targets, are there similar conditions for the government forces?"

"Cheng Xinghai seems to have not told you a lot of things."

"And the fact that you raised this question is probably because you thought of what I just said, right?"

"As you might imagine, government forces also have similar restrictions."

"Even if they destroy us, they must ensure that most of the galaxies in the one-third of the star field that is the battlefield have sufficient stability."

"Otherwise, the next rebellion will break out again soon, and this time the government forces will not have the ability to suppress the situation."

"Government forces will follow in our footsteps."

"In the end, it will be the same as when we were completely wiped out during the encirclement and suppression. We can only judge a draw."

Chen Ming said subconsciously: "It feels like they are more relaxed."

Song Pu immediately denied Chen Ming's idea and said: "Actually, the difficulty is about the same, but the conditions and restrictions are different, which gives you this illusion."

"Is it really easy for a government that has already led to rebellion due to internal corruption and local policies to oppress civilians to bring stability to these areas? Can ordinary civilians live in peace?"

Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "Yes."

"So logistics and engineers are very important when choosing teammates in such a large-scale battle."

"Whether it's the reconstruction planning of industrial facilities or post-war reconstruction and other things, it requires dedicated people to do it, and no one can avoid it."

"If we were assigned to the government forces' side, we would have had these headaches."

"Simulation is not very friendly and provides a group of engineers who have our best interests at heart."

"After all, our possibility of winning conflicts with the thoughts of the NPC in the simulation to a certain extent."

Chen Ming suddenly lost track of Song Pu's thinking and asked, "What is this statement?"

"For example, the goal of the rebels is definitely to liberate the local people from the oppression of the government forces and give them a future."

"But look at what we are doing? Transforming industrial facilities to exploit the river, exploiting important mineral deposits without restrictions, and increasing the labor tasks of those engaged in industrial production institutions. Does it seem to be consistent with the rebels' goal of liberating civilians?"

Chen Ming carefully thought about what Song Pu said and the various ideas he mentioned before, and said, "It's true."

"Then if you look at the government forces, the goal of the government forces in the background is definitely to wipe out the rebels as quickly as possible. It doesn't matter if they use up all the resources. They themselves are the most important."

"Even if they are fully aware of the consequences if they continue like this."

"But for the five people on the opposite side, they must not be able to catch everything."

"Otherwise, once the rebels are wiped out, if the living environment of ordinary civilians does not get better, but gets worse, the next rebellion will end their possibility of victory." Song Pu finally concluded: "This is actually a conflict between both sides. There is an unavoidable problem, a problem that puts all the pressure on the rear. This is why large-scale battles must have multiple people working together and have special logistics.”

"We need to have enough industrial power to support multiple consecutive large-scale battles, and the other side needs to have enough logistics to support post-war reconstruction and the construction of a new rule that can calm the anger of the people."

"What we need to do is find a balance, or break the balance completely, which is more difficult."

"We can ask NPCs to assist and guide them in doing things, but it is absolutely impossible to let them do things on their own."

"That could backfire on us."

Chen Ming suddenly had another question at this time: "Then the engineer is not doing the engineering tasks he is doing alone, right? There should also be assistance from those rebel engineers. Isn't this going to cause problems?"

"It all depends on my arrangement. Controlling the overall situation and making the overall situation favor us is what I have to do."

"Make it seem like there's a legitimate reason for what we're doing, and then you just have to do it."

At this time, Chen Ming finally realized that the background of this simulation and the identity relationship between them participating in it were really complicated.

But it's still understandable.

There is one more thing he wants to know about the background.

Just before the start of this simulation, Bai Quan told him that this simulation would probably involve the battleship.

"Is there currently a giant shipyard in the Gallo Star Region that produces capital ships?"

Song Pu replied: "Yes, it is over the Fourteenth Legion branch where you are now. It was the original military station of the Gallo-2 star region. The location there is good, so the only giant shipyard in the Gallo star region was built there." over there."

"The government forces in the background are quite corrupt, so the giant shipyard must be in an abandoned state, and the other side must be repairing it."

Chen Ming immediately asked a question in his mind: "Even if the giant shipyard is repaired, something the size of a battleship cannot be built within a month, right?"

"New ones will definitely not be built, but if I remember correctly, there should be a capital ship parked in the giant shipyard."

"As long as the giant shipyard is repaired and the battleship is overhauled, it won't take long to go directly to the battlefield."

"I'm sure it's impossible for them to bring out the battleship, don't worry."

Chen Ming actually wanted to ask if it was possible for him to sneak over and control the giant shipyard.

But after thinking about the premise that the opponent must know the existence of his psychic ability, and the risks of doing so.

Chen Ming feels that it is better not to do this kind of thing, at least when the situation is favorable, he must not take the initiative to give opportunities.

"Then what's next for us? Are we going to take advantage of the situation or take the initiative to attack?"

Song Pu already had an idea in mind and quickly said: "The pressure to attack is on the other side. We don't need to attack. What we have to do is develop and try to expand our military strength before the one-month deadline." .”

"During this process, do a good job of defense to prevent the opponent from using decapitation tactics, and then consider destroying the opponent's action plan, that's all."

"I understand."

After Chen Ming learned about Song Pu's master plan, he stopped talking in the terminal.

At this moment, his spaceship was very close to the location of the rebel headquarters during the jump in hyperspace.

After this time's jump, he can reach his destination directly.

Song Pu had already received the information that Chen Ming was about to arrive, and arranged a green channel for Chen Ming in advance, waiting for Chen Ming's arrival.

However, just when Chen Ming's spacecraft entered the normal cosmic environment from hyperspace.

Song Pu suddenly heard the sound of the intrusion alarm being sounded.

Song Pu frowned and contacted Chen Ming immediately, letting Chen Ming stay where he was for the time being. At the same time, he quickly found the relevant person in charge through the rebels' internal network.

As soon as the communication was connected, Song Pu heard an obviously anxious movement on the other end.

The person in charge also immediately apologized to Song Pu: "I'm very sorry, chief, someone within us activated the alarm on their own initiative, which resulted in several civilian spacecraft being accidentally damaged."

"spy?"

"Yes."

It's normal to have spies, and he also has spies on hand to work with the government forces.

But what does it mean that the spy was exposed so obviously and without any effect?

Song Pu couldn't understand, but he still told the person in charge in the communication: "Compensate the civilians as soon as possible, obtain the understanding of their families, and don't be caught in this kind of thing."

"Yes!"

After ending the communication, Song Puyou contacted Chen Ming and said: "There is a small problem, please continue landing."

Chen Ming, who had been waiting for a while, asked curiously: "What's the problem?"

"Just a spy."

"Ok."

After receiving this answer, Chen Ming lost interest in asking further questions and said, "I'll come find you later."

Before disembarking, Chen Ming once again came to the room where Cheng Xinghai was detained and said to Cheng Xinghai, who was lying on the bed doing nothing, "We're here, it's time to go."

As he spoke, he made a wheelchair beside him and motioned for Cheng Xinghai to sit on it.

Cheng Xinghai slowly moved to the wheelchair, raised his head and asked Chen Ming, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the hospital first, then meet people."

Cheng Xinghai suddenly seemed a little nervous and asked again: "Cheng Xinghe?"

"he's not here."

Cheng Xinghai looked relieved.

Soon after, Chen Ming pushed Cheng Xinghai to the hospital attached to the rebel headquarters.

The doctor had several scars on his head and looked like he had been through a lot.

He didn't ask what the injury was at all. After a brief look at it, he sent a medical robot over to deal with it.

The robot removed the splint made by Chen Ming, took new X-rays, and treated the injury with more professional techniques.

Finally, he gave me a suggestion to rest in the hospital and disappeared into the hospital corridor.

Chen Ming immediately chose to take out the terminal and asked on the communication channel: "Is there a hospital specifically for prisoners?"

Song Pu was still the first to say to Chen Ming: "Yes, yes, but with Cheng Xinghai's situation, I don't think she can be left alone."

"It is recommended that you take Cheng Xinghai with you. Your psychic power can monitor her very well."

"If you are worried about Cheng Xinghai dying from his injuries on the road, I can send you a doctor or a medical robot to take care of your injuries."

"And I also prepared a cruiser for you. You should be able to modify it yourself and take one person with you."

Chen Ming frowned and thought for a moment, then replied on the terminal: "It's not impossible."

"Well, remember to hide Cheng Xinghai's existence as much as possible and don't let too many people know her location."

"why?"

"Because I have an idea. I will arrange for a substitute of Cheng Xinghai to go to the front line and arrange it to be beside the general."

"And put this news out and take the initiative to use it as bait to lure the other party into the trap."

"Given the general's character and his relationship with Cheng Xinghai, I think it's normal for him to do something like this. I just want to see if he doesn't get fooled."

Dong Miao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted: "You just said that prisoners are useless."

Song Pu said bluntly: "Because I didn't think of it just now. It will be useful if I think of it."

This reason was so legitimate that Chen Ming didn't know how to put it properly.

That's when.

Cheng Xinghai, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to Chen Ming, suddenly asked Chen Ming: "Are you going to kill me once and for all?"

Chen Ming's frown just now seemed a little obvious.

However, Chen Ming had no such idea. If Cheng Xinghai died now, Song Pu's arrangement would be wasted, so Chen Ming replied: "That's not the case. You can still distract your teammates while you are alive. You won’t gain anything by killing him.”

"Then what do you want to do?"

"I can't tell you this."

Chen Ming was not stupid enough to tell Cheng Xinghai the whole plan, even though Cheng Xinghai was now completely restricted by him.

But in Chen Ming's impression, there are still many villains in movies and TV series who like to reveal their plans in advance before the matter is completely over, leading to a comeback, so he will never make such a mistake.

"By the way, I'll give you something."

Chen Ming's hand came close to Cheng Xinghai's wrist, and the metallic liquid flowing from the palm gradually formed a light wrist guard on her wrist.

Cheng Xinghai raised his hand and took a closer look. It seemed to be just a wrist guard.

(End of this chapter)