Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 250 Reconstruction and Planning

When Chen Ming used metallic liquid to carry a large number of people to the open space near the shopping mall.

Lou Wei, Major General Song and others could see that Chen Ming was not performing any operations on the colony itself, but was instead doing some additional things that had nothing to do with the gambling agreement.

So much so that Lou Wei is now extremely looking forward to seeing Chen Ming's subsequent lack of mental strength due to doing this matter, which ultimately leads to his inability to complete the agreement.

Major General Song hoped that this matter could end peacefully, at least so that he could get a reassuring answer from Bai Quan.

The heads of the local government and military departments who were called by Baiquan also rushed over as soon as they noticed what the metallic liquid was doing.

They came to Chen Ming's side and asked Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen Ming, who are these people?"

"For those involved with Zuo Jing, I asked Bai Quan to invite you here. I hope you can help deal with these people."

The several responsible persons who had just arrived couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they heard this answer.

Although Chen Ming is a psychic, he suddenly used his psychic powers to capture a large number of people from various places in a colony. This situation is a bit incomprehensible.

Putting aside the issue of manpower, the open space alone was quickly filled with metal liquid and people controlled by the metal liquid.

However, no matter how efficient they are, they still have the cooperation of three departments.

"These are part of the evidence that is easy to sort out. Let's take a look. The rest of the evidence that is not easy to sort out will be given to you later. I can make sure that all the people I arrest are people related to Zuo Jing."

"All."

Sorting it out...

"As for the evidence you want, I'm already sorting it out."

However, Chen Ming stopped him: "Some people just detonated the explosives buried in the place where they live. I didn't have time to clean up all the explosives around them. If you go there, you will only see the corpses. You have to find a way." To clean up, it’s better to arrest people here first.”

They also couldn't deal with Chen Ming's continuous flow of leftist elements to the open space near the shopping mall.

A few minutes later.

The people in charge returned to Chen Ming's side again, and this time their attitude changed 180 degrees from before.

"I can't handle this, but you can."

If every leftist captured by Chen Ming can have such clear evidence, then this matter will definitely be beneficial to them.

This sentence made several people in charge confused about how to answer the question.

The person in charge of the sector military was still in charge and said to Chen Ming: "We have been authorized to fully cooperate with your work. What do you need us to do?"

It was impossible for several departments to think about how to share the credit before the credit was received, so they immediately cooperated and began to arrest the people brought here by Chen Ming.

"clear."

"Why don't we get the evidence first and then come back?"

They just came here to go through the motions at Bai Quan's request, but now they suddenly have to take charge of such a big thing. It's really not something they can decide directly.

After inserting the chip into a terminal, they also saw the evidence stored in the chip that Huihuang helped organize.

Chen Ming gave a completely unexaggerated answer: "You can first estimate how many left paths there are in the entire colony, and then decide how many spaceships to fly over. Anyway, all the ships in the entire colony that have clear and relevant evidence are related to the left paths. I will bring everyone here.”

"This...is not good..."

Although Bai Quan said this, the people in charge were still hesitant.

"Although there was an explosion just now, if the other arrested people don't have evidence, there will be some procedural problems."

Upon seeing this, several other people also said goodbye to Chen Ming for the time being, followed the military representatives back to the spacecraft, and immediately contacted the superior department.

"Just a moment."

At the same time, they also immediately realized what Bai Quan meant when he asked them to come here before, saying that he should bring as many people and spaceships as possible.

Chen Ming had no choice but to create another data chip from the palm of his hand.

The military and police immediately sensed something was wrong and ordered their personnel to investigate where the explosion occurred.

It was the military leader who first asked Chen Ming, "How large an area can your psychic energy cover?"

"Just arrest people."

After all, judging from Chen Ming's arresting efficiency and the number of people who have been arrested in the open space, what Chen Ming wants to do definitely does not involve dozens or hundreds of people.

And Chen Ming also directly picked out all the people involved in these evidences.

Several people chatted with each other and confirmed that the evidence was OK.

"what happened?"

The people in charge looked at each other, and finally the representative of the military, the main force dealing with Zuojiao, took over the chip.

With the instructions from his superiors, Chen Ming's evidence, and Bai Quan's guarantee, it was obviously unreasonable not to do this.

Before he finished speaking, everyone suddenly heard several consecutive explosions coming from the distance of the residential area, which was also the location of the residential area.

The attitude of the person in charge of the military changed when he spoke, and he immediately ran back to the spaceships where he had been staying before coming to Chen Ming's side.

The person in charge of the military asked tentatively: "You said they are Zuo Jing? What evidence..."

Bai Quan suddenly interrupted at this time: "I can vouch for Chen Ming on this matter. If you have any problems, you can come to me and I will take the responsibility for the problem."

Once compared, the evidence and the actual situation will naturally match up.

But in fact, there are more leftist elements being sent here by Chen Ming's spiritual energy.

So after communicating with the heads of those departments, Chen Ming chose to send people near the location where the Stardust class landed.

Because people from those departments have just been notified to go back, requesting more spaceships and more manpower to come over.

It just so happens that there is a large open area in this place that can be used to dock the rest of the spacecraft.

Time passed by minute by minute.

When the metallic liquid had swept through the entire residential area around the colony, everyone in the entire colony who was clearly connected to Zuo Jing had been arrested.

The total number has reached more than 60,000, which is equivalent to an average of one in two or three people in the entire colony who believes in the Left Path.

The number is exaggerated to the extreme.

It is true that the government spends a huge amount of money every year to support these left-wing people.

And these are only those who believe in leftist beliefs who have left clear evidence. There may be even more leftist elements who have not left clear evidence.

Therefore, the next step is to interrogate and confirm through the interpersonal network who else is suspected of trusting Zuo Jing.

But these are not Chen Ming's matters.

After he completed the sweep of the residential area, he took a short rest and then directly started to transform the industrial area.

This is what he really wants to do today.

Psychic energy was activated again.

The metallic liquid covering the residential areas around the industrial area is like a tsunami sweeping towards an isolated island, rolling back towards the industrial area.

Chen Ming heard some exclamations.

They didn't know whether it was because of the tsunami of metallic liquid that was about to pass over their heads or because they were simply shocked by the sight of psychic energy.

He didn't care anyway.

As long as you control the metal liquid a little, you won't accidentally injure anyone.

And the people here are either Zuojia, civilians whose communications are monitored, or people from the government or the military.

No matter what the reason is, it will be okay.

What happened next in the colonial industrial area was basically the same as what was simulated in the simulation.

The metallic liquid covered the abandoned industrial facilities and seeped into them, and then the industrial facilities were instantly brand new.

Such scenes are gradually spreading from the periphery of the industrial zone to the inner circle.

But it's a little different from the simulation.

When the metal liquid spread to the innermost warehouses located under the earth's core furnace energy supply tower, the metal liquid controlled by Chen Ming continued to spread towards the earth's core furnace energy supply tower.

In the simulation, Chen Ming did not repair the Earth Core Furnace Power Supply Tower.

Because the geocentric furnace energy supply tower in the simulation operates without any problems.

At that time, Chen Ming was not very sure how much mental effort it would take to repair such a behemoth that penetrated into the mantle and reached the center of the earth.

However, as he later acquired some knowledge about the Earth Core Furnace Energy Supply Tower in the simulation, he also had a general understanding of the situation of this tower, and also determined the remaining mental power calculated using psychic energy in his previous simulation. There is enough margin to repair the energy supply tower of the earth core furnace.

In addition, this real-life earth core furnace energy supply tower has indeed been destroyed, leaving irreparable damage and cannot be used normally without repair.

Chen Ming even found that some bombs had been installed by leftist elements in some places inside the earth's core furnace energy supply tower that seemed to be still in operation, just like the industrial facilities outside.

I'm afraid I'm just waiting for one day to come and completely destroy this place.

In fact, what Chen Ming did today already met this condition and was enough to detonate a bomb.

Especially when some bombs planted by the left path exploded in the residential area just now, the energy supply tower of the Earth Core Furnace should also explode.

But fortunately, Chen Ming had controlled all the industrial buildings in the industrial zone early in order to avoid trouble and recover more mental energy, and all the bombs were cleared by him immediately.

The residential area was too large, and there was no mechanical structure like the industrial area. Chen Ming could only rely on metal liquid to dismantle it, so he still didn't have time to completely eliminate all the bombs, and they were still blown up by a few leftist elements.

But the damage to residential areas is unimportant.

The important thing is that the energy supply tower is fine.

However, it is precisely because of these reasons that he now needs to completely repair the energy supply tower of the earth core furnace. Although Chen Ming was still a little worried because he had never done it in practice, as the metal liquid followed the earth's core furnace energy supply tower at the junction of the earth's surface, it gradually penetrated deep into the tower, and at the same time spread upward and downward to the entire energy supply tower.

Chen Ming's slightly nervous heart completely relaxed.

Smoothly fuse a large amount of metal liquid with the energy supply tower, restoring the entire energy supply tower to its original new appearance, and can start operating at full power again.

The roar of the engine at the bottom of the Earth Core Furnace Energy Supply Tower gradually began to sound, and a heat wave began to spread from the energy supply tower to the surroundings.

Restarting at maximum power does cause some heat to escape at the beginning.

However, with the normal operation of the energy supply tower, the heat wave dissipated and the ambient temperature returned to normal levels again.

Moreover, the thick smoke that should have appeared around the energy supply tower was repaired by Chen Ming, and all the existing waste gas recovery devices were packaged and collected.

This is a device that is generally only found in industrial colonies that are located on habitable planets and have industrial facilities.

Can effectively relieve environmental pressure.

If it can operate normally, it means that the entire energy supply tower has truly been put into operation.

Maintenance of the entire colony is complete with the energy supply tower now functioning well.

Chen Ming still has enough mental energy left.

After all, the amount of mental energy consumed by maintenance is still a small amount, and the bulk of mental energy consumption is always in the expansion after maintenance.

Expansion can be more troublesome than repairs.

The trouble lies mainly in the design.

As in the previous simulation, Chen Ming needed a special design so that everything in the newly expanded colony, whether buildings or equipment, would be transformed from the original basis.

And he cannot place too many independent buildings, otherwise in such a vast area, his mental energy consumption is likely to be unable to keep up.

Previously assisted by Chen Ming and Hong Guanghong.

This time, he needed to complete such a design with his own hands.

At the same time, he also needs to make the things he designs conform to his interests and put them into production as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when the subsequent colonies compensate him, he will have to be responsible for the expenses of maintaining these two colonies.

Even if there are government subsidies, it will be very troublesome if the investment cannot be converted into income in time.

If you can't start making money from the colonies in the first place, or at least reduce the amount of money that needs to be spent on the colonies.

Well, the money he has in hand already exceeds 60 billion after he received the second batch of antimatter technology patent fees and some of his technologies began to be tested and made money.

But if you put it into the mouths of these two gold-swallowing giant beasts that are already complete and decayed at the same time, you may not even be able to hear a sound.

So he now needs to make his plans before the expansion, which is why he came here three days earlier and completed his plan.

What Chen Ming had to do in this light industrial colony was simple.

Because there is no need to change the light industrial production system here, the main type of production equipment in this light industrial colony is the manufacturing of plastic products and some daily necessities with plastic as the main material.

Plastic is an indispensable part of industry, and it is also an indispensable thing in the process of establishing colonies and pioneering the past.

All the materials needed by Huihuang in the development process were either brought out from Yuhui before, or they were purchased and supported by his money-making methods.

Now that Chen Ming is about to have an industrial colony of his own, he must exchange the materials he has been acquiring for cheaper means.

Starting from lower-level and cheaper raw materials for self-use is obviously a good choice. Reducing the cost of some materials is definitely not a problem.

That's why Chen Ming gave priority to repairs, because the original industrial facilities were also within the plan he needed.

The output of this colony can be directly digested internally by Chen Ming.

By the way, some plastic products industries can be used to earn some costs. By the way, those who may still stay on the planet can be placed in these less important industries, which perfectly meets Chen Ming's needs.

However, after he completes the task of the light industrial colony, the task of another heavy industrial colony that needs to be done is completely different.

Another heavy industry colony in the same system is located on an uninhabitable planet.

A non-habitable planet means that the cost of maintenance is higher, which leads to the decline of heavy industrial colonies. Although the decline of heavy industrial colonies is due to the spread of the left path on light industrial colonies, their condition is actually worse than that of habitable colonies.

The damage to the heavy industrial facilities above was more serious, and the population present was smaller.

Although it would be easier for Zuo Jing to deal with it at that time, Chen Ming even dared to move all the population in the heavy industrial colonies to the light industrial colonies at his own expense.

Then completely vacate the heavy industry colony, leaving him and his men to complete the operation of the entire colony.

With Yuhui Management, Chen Ming believes that many things will be much easier.

But the heavily industrial colony had other problems.

It is the basic industrial facilities that already exist. Their own purpose is to produce civilian spacecraft hulls.

After all, it was not a colony built by the Fourteenth Legion itself from the beginning, but a colony obtained from this sector. Most of these industrial facilities are used to help other companies produce and make money.

Chen Ming doesn't need something like a civilian spaceship hull. Even if it can be transformed into a production line for manufacturing military spacecraft hulls, he doesn't think it is necessary.

Because he doesn't need too many spaceships.

There is a Stardust-class ship in the empire that can be driven, and a small and medium-sized fleet that hunts pirates to earn some daily pocket money.

Outside the empire, the number of Yuhui's fleets currently in his hands is already at a saturated state.

Continuing to expand will lead to increased pressure on all aspects.

As for the small number of spaceship gaps, instead of producing them, Chen Ming might as well just buy some materials and build them himself.

What's more, he will have a larger fleet of Zerg biological spaceships in the future. Ordinary spaceships are no longer too important in Chen Ming's eyes.

Unless it's the Stardust class or the Heavy Rain class, which he likes very much, then he might be more prepared.

However, both of these spacecraft are tachyon technology spacecraft, and Chen Ming does not have much spacecraft manufacturing technology.

Although he has always been doing the reverse research after in-depth optimization, he has not been very efficient. After all, there are many other things that have been dragging his energy.

Therefore, the idea of ​​mass-producing Heavy Rain and Stardust can be passed on directly.

Therefore, this heavy industrial colony needed to be revamped.

As for the reconstruction, Chen Ming's idea is to cooperate with Bai Quan.

Although he can renovate it at will, after all, Chen Ming's side is still on the road of development. There are many heavy industries that can use this colony to make up for some of the things he needs to spend money to acquire.

But after comprehensively considering the situation of the two colonies, Chen Ming felt that it was better to use this heavy industry colony to make money.

Making money will definitely result in a loss compared to directly replacing the materials needed in the development process.

However, if you lose a little, you will get a liquid fund, which is not unacceptable.

And this can draw into his relationship with Bai Quan.

It's not that Chen Ming doesn't understand things about human affairs. If some of the things in his hands were divided, it would be better than keeping them all in his own hands.

Chen Ming and Bai Quan currently have a cooperation in energy crystallization, but this cooperation is still in the early experimental research stage and cannot make money yet.

So Chen Ming simply brought this heavy industry into cooperation now.

Anyway, as long as the heavy industry colony can operate stably and normally, it is impossible not to make money.

Then this money is given to everyone. No matter how Chen Ming wants to make money, he must give at least part of it to those raw material suppliers, so why not cooperate with Baiquan?

Baiquan definitely has resources on hand.

Moreover, there are many technologies within the Fourteenth Legion that only belong to the Fourteenth Legion. At the same time, there are also many military things that rely on qualified companies that cooperate with each legion to produce them.

Although Chen Ming has no qualifications, he is now nominally a member of the Fourteenth Legion.

It is absolutely no problem for Baiquan to provide raw material support and earn profits from it.

Chen Ming also specifically asked Bai Quan before.

Although Bai Quan was a little hesitant, he finally made up his mind and agreed to Chen Ming's request and agreed to let him be involved in the production of some military industries.

Chen Ming's psychic power did make people worry a lot and would hinder many things, but Bai Quan did not reject him because of this.

Then Chen Ming will naturally try his best to take care of Baiquan.

So the final choice for the transformation of the heavy industry colony was determined, which was fuel production.

Fuel is a consumable, and Chen Ming's psychic energy acting on consumables will have a much better negative impact on others than acting on other hulls, weapons, armor, etc. that need to be used for a long time.

Later, when the antimatter fuel technology is completely mature and can be put into commercial use, it will be more convenient to convert it into an industrial facility for manufacturing antimatter fuel.

In addition, Chen Ming happens to have a synchrotron core on hand that can be used in industrial facilities. As the first synchrotron core actually put into use, it can also bring some additional value to his technology.

By the way, Chen Ming can also have a reasonable excuse to ask Bai Quan for two synchrotron cores.

In the past three days, Bai Quan also helped Chen Ming negotiate the raw material suppliers for fuel production and the issue of profit sharing among all parties.

By the way, he also helped Chen Ming contact a petroleum processing company that cooperated with the 14th Army Corps. They could purchase the by-products of petroleum, which are the raw materials for plastics, at a relatively low price, which can be used in light industrial colonies.

All these things were done within three days of Chen Ming's early arrival.

Now that Chen Ming has arranged everything, he only needs to finish what he should do, and all that is left is to wait.

As long as all the prerequisites are arranged, all the remaining Afterglow cores will be taken care of for him.

Of course, the transformation of heavy industry will come after the light industry colonies.

And now the expansion of the light industrial colony has just begun.

This takes some time.

(End of this chapter)