Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 257 Ecological Observation Space Station
Chen Ming can tell from the database situation.

Although the identities of An Wuping and a bunch of people have the words "I have a problem" written on them.

Moreover, the colony's immigration review will definitely know this when receiving identity information, otherwise it would not actively store this identity information in an independent foreign population database.

But even so, the colony was still open to unknown people like An Wuping, and the police department was not directly notified for arrest.

Obviously, fake identities are already a stable industry chain in the gray area of ​​the edge star field.

Of course, production or industrial chain is not important.

What is important is that An Wuping's identity is among the alien population and cannot be verified through other colonies.

It is for this reason that owners of false identities are restricted from entering some relatively important places in the empire.

So what Chen Ming wants to do is very clear.

Although this database has various limitations, his psychic powers have taken control of the local system government's servers.

It is impossible to say that a local person has not registered for decades and suddenly registers again.

So Chen Ming kept the database information a little bit and did not upload the identity information immediately.

Just think about it and you will know how difficult it is.

Under normal circumstances, only personnel information directly registered in the district-level government database will be reviewed when input into the district-level government database.

This data will soon be uploaded level by level through the local database.

Now, you only need to rely on his ability, and you don't even need to use the ability completely, you can get it easily.

From this moment on, An Wuping's identity has been completely integrated into the empire, at least from the database level, there will be no problems.

The government at the star domain level wants to inquire about the past of a person in a colony within a star system in a subordinate star domain.

Chen Ming was just a little emotional.

However, an adult who has never been registered in the database and suddenly appeared in the local area has an abrupt identity information that was entered within dozens of minutes from beginning to end. No matter how stupid the computer is, it will not be able to pass it through directly. of.

He also attached the registration records for each year based on the career he designed for An Wuping.

As long as the data can be sent to the database, there is basically no possibility of problems being discovered.

In the process, Chen Ming also compiled An Wuping's entire past, and also deliberately left a record of his disappearance for a period of time.

Once you get there, the rest is easy.

The whole way up was basically smooth.

Chen Ming has experienced this feeling several times, all of which are different changes from before when his spiritual power becomes stronger.

And controlled the server on the galaxy government's side to upload the data.

Personnel database information undergoes a large number of changes every year or even every month, and is basically subject to batch review by machines.

In short, An Wuping completely infiltrated the empire from that day on, disguised as a bounty hunter who was occasionally active in the edge star field.

As long as the identity information that was rewritten by Chen Ming can be approved once, the identity information can basically be completely and stably retained in the empire's database.

As long as he has power, whether it is positional power or personal power, he can do things that he could not do when he was weak.

Until today.

During the whole process of doing this, Chen Ming was actually a little nervous.

And since they have all passed the review in the population database at the sector level, as long as they are stored in the database at the higher level, they will basically not be reviewed again.

The identity registration of local people must come year by year. Even if the local people have been out for several years, they can also register accordingly in other places.

Of course this is not necessary now.

In addition, a record of being a mercenary for several years was stuffed into An Wuping's file, which can also explain that after An Wuping reappeared in this star field, he had the ability to hijack the pirate fleet alone, and there was also a The reason for the military power armor.

Instead, An Wuping took advantage of the fact that the data was temporarily stored in the galaxy government's database and was restricted from being uploaded by the hidden program he designed, so An Wuping went to the local star government.

According to the information Chen Ming found through some authority of the Fourteenth Legion.

An Wuping's identity in the foreign population database can be moved to the local people's database through psychic coercion.

As a matter of course, An Wuping's data was marked as abnormal data by the computer and was prepared to be reported to the relevant departments.

It's also time for An Wuping to get active in a real sense.

After spending a longer time and using the same method to get into the district government department, Chen Ming once again took control of the government database.

However, Chen Ming had already taken control of the server at this time and directly forcibly modified the result. An Wuping's data passed the review safely and was placed in the local database.

After all, such an identity that can sneak into the prosperous star field is something that he wanted to get before he determined the full story of the mining space station incident, but could not get it.

Chen Ming can even get several false identities in different locations in the empire if he wants to.

Chen Ming now just asked An Wuping to register his identity in a galaxy colony, so the data will only be approved once in the star district at most.

After getting these done.

According to his current understanding, what is recorded in the personnel database is the modification time of each piece of data, not the registration time.

The target is the ecological observation space station that was previously discovered as a left path base.

At most, the audit will stop at the level of the star district. Any higher level will be directly registered, and there will be very few re-inspections.

As Chen Ming's prosthesis, An Wuping can use his psychic powers at will.

As long as An Wuping is given the opportunity to contact the space station, even if he cannot directly use some of the psychic effects that will expose Chen Ming, those psychic powers that will not expose the psychic effects are enough.

Chen Ming has made a thorough plan.

As Chen Ming closed his eyes and opened them again.

He has transferred his main consciousness to An Wuping.

He is currently controlling An Wuping's body, sitting on the Sentinel-class frigate that he bought some time ago and has been violently modified and can be driven by one person.

This sentinel is very close to the destination stronghold on the left path.

Moreover, the destination happens to be near the edge star field. Although it is not considered an edge star field, the overall development level is not too high.

This resulted in the nearby hyperspace channel being empty most of the time. Only the sentry ship Chen Ming was parked here, and it would not be easy to discover what Chen Ming was going to do next.

This is also why there are many dense hyperspace channel clouds nearby.

Chen Ming's target at this moment is precisely these rolling, deep purple, hyperspace channel clouds flashing with purple thunder and lightning.

He needs to take the initiative to break into the clouds and let the spacecraft be damaged to a certain extent.

Because although the goal of his trip was the Zuojia stronghold, on the surface it was an ecological observation space station.

In a place like this, there is no chance that anyone would run over with nothing to do.

After all, this is not the edge star field, not the border of the empire, nor is it the mining space station where Chen Ming once stayed.

A place like a mining space station is close to the border of the empire. There are few space stations and colonies around it. It can also occasionally work part-time to provide material supplies and maintenance assistance to passing spacecraft.

But the Ecological Observatory, a space station that does not belong to the edge star field but to the developing star field, has no reason to shoulder these responsibilities.

Unless...a distress signal.

For ordinary people passing by in a spaceship, they have no obligation to rescue when they receive a distress signal.

However, for public facilities such as space stations, even if they are not necessarily government-funded space stations, but simply space stations invested by certain companies, they must also assume the obligation to carry out rescue when receiving a distress signal.

The same goes for the two colonies that Chen Ming just acquired. If someone sends a distress signal in or near the galaxy where the two colonies are located, or near the hyperspace area to which the galaxy belongs, then Chen Ming is obliged to let the colonies A corresponding rescue fleet was dispatched over there.

So what Chen Ming is calling now is to get the attention of this space station to receive the distress signal.

Of course, Chen Ming couldn't just send a distress signal in hyperspace, because there would be too many variables. It was best to send out a distress signal after entering the galaxy.

This requires more detailed planning and is full of variables, so theory and planning alone are not enough. You still have to look at his on-the-spot reaction.

There is only one thing Chen Ming has to do now.

Just to create a glitch in the directional cruise system on this dilapidated Sentinel.

Chen Ming did this, and then the Sentinel-class turned on the autopilot system and plunged into the clouds around the hyperspace channel, and was completely engulfed by the clouds flashing with hyperspace lightning.

The spacecraft continued to collide and rub against the clouds. Because of the spacecraft, hyperspace lightning appeared more frequently and continuously bombarded the outer armor of the spacecraft.

The Sentinel class is a second-hand spacecraft, and even if it is equipped with militarized subsystems, it is still fragile.

Moreover, it had been roughly modified. In just a few seconds, a large number of problems immediately appeared in various components of the spacecraft.

First, the central control system of the spacecraft failed due to the strong electromagnetic interference caused by hyperspace lightning. Chen Ming instantly lost the ability to use electronic equipment to continue controlling the spacecraft and could only rely on manual devices to adjust the course of the spacecraft.

Immediately afterwards, the fragile outer layer of the spacecraft's cargo hold, which was deliberately thinned by Chen Ming, was penetrated by hyperspace lightning. A large amount of cheap supplies purchased by Chen Ming were all sucked out by the vacuum and disappeared into the clouds.

Some supplies were even destroyed by lightning in front of Chen Ming, and were photographed by the few remaining sensors outside the spacecraft in the hyperspace clouds.

As part of the armor and hull near the cargo bay were damaged, more and more places on the spacecraft were damaged by lightning.

So much so that the external armor and hull where the life support system was located were gradually destroyed.

As a result, the spacecraft has completely lost its role in protecting people.

You will not be able to survive on the spacecraft without wearing protective clothing and other equipment.

Even in many places inside the spacecraft, hyperspace lightning travels through it from time to time.

The ship was shaking.

But this is what Chen Ming wants.

He had already asked An Wuping to wear the power armor, and also enhanced the protective performance of the modified main control room. After being severely beaten by lightning in the hyperspace cloud, Chen Ming used a little help from his spiritual energy, drove the spaceship, and successfully escaped from the hyperspace cloud.

Although they escaped, the situation of the Sentinel class was already in danger.

There were tears and punctures everywhere, and it looked like it might fall apart at any moment.

Moreover, sailing in the hyperspace clouds is more difficult than in the outside world, and the fuel consumption rate is also inexplicably fast. Unknowingly, the spacecraft's fuel is almost exhausted.

Since the cargo hold was destroyed, Chen Ming no longer had any subsequent supplies on hand, and the fuel could not be replenished at all.

And hyperspace is different from the vacuum of the normal cosmic environment.

There are more than just those hyperspace channel clouds visible to the naked eye in hyperspace.

There are many substances similar to air, but so far the empire has not been able to study a substance filling with specific properties.

Although the specific nature cannot be determined, the Empire can be sure that it is this substance that limits the speed of the spacecraft in hyperspace, resulting in an upper limit to the speed of hyperspace navigation.

So the current situation is that there is resistance in hyperspace, the spacecraft is low on fuel, and it cannot even accelerate to the ultimate speed in hyperspace.

The Sentinels could only drift along the gravity wells of the hyperspace lanes.

Due to the influence of the location specially chosen by Chen Ming, the final location where his spaceship drifted was the galaxy where the ecological observatory was located.

After confirming this result based on calculations, Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief. At least the preliminary preparation work was not in vain.

The next step is to see if any unexpected situations will happen after rafting reaches the destination.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chen Ming simply controlled An Wuping and took the few remaining materials and tools on the spacecraft to start repairing the damaged parts on the spacecraft.

Of course, the only materials left on the spacecraft and materials removed from some less important components were used.

Moreover, Chen Ming tried his best to limit his technical level to the level of an ordinary maintenance technician after several years of study.

He had to at least repair the oxygen-producing function of the damaged life-support system on the spacecraft, so that there wouldn't be enough oxygen on the spacecraft to last until the end of the drift. It would be bad if someone discovered the problem.

A few hours later.

As the distance drifted farther and farther, Chen Ming was lucky enough not to encounter any passing spacecraft.

At this moment, Chen Ming finally saw the star in his target galaxy. Due to the influence of its own gravity well in hyperspace, it showed a slightly distorted environment like high-temperature burning air.

The high-temperature burning air distorts irregularly, but the gravity well in hyperspace has a regular beauty.

The spacecraft was quickly captured by the gravity of the gravity well, orbited the gravity well, and gradually began to fall into its deepest part.

Chen Ming did not continue to observe the details of the gravity well from an unprecedented perspective as he did now.

Since it has been captured by the gravity well, it means that the Sentinel has reached the edge of this galaxy in hyperspace.

He used the remaining fuel to activate the hyperspace channel system, left hyperspace, and reached the edge of the galaxy in a normal cosmic environment.

There is only one planet in this galaxy, which is a habitable planet with no exploitable resources.

Although invisible to the naked eye, the sensor cannot scan the object.

After all, in Chen Ming's eyes, the spaceship was no different than scrap metal.

But Chen Ming knew that his target was in the orbit of that habitable planet.

Since there are no colonies in this galaxy, there are no patrols to come here.

Only the ecological observation space station in the orbit of the habitable planet has a small approved fleet to protect the safety of the space station.

Chen Ming used the last trace of fuel to slowly accelerate for a distance, and then turned on the distress signal.

A few minutes later, a communication signal requested access to Chen Ming's spacecraft.

Chen Ming immediately connected, and an uncle in his forties appeared on the control panel in front of him. He was obviously stunned when he saw Chen Ming wearing a set of military-style power armor.

But he was just stunned for a moment. After seeing Chen Ming open the light-shielding layer of the power armor mask so that people could see his face, he had no other unnecessary emotions.

Just treat this matter as a normal matter and handle it according to normal procedures.

"This is the rescue team of the livable planet ecological observation space station No. 1091. What help do you need?"

There is nothing wrong with this uncle now, and he does not look like a leftist at all.

Although according to the information Chen Ming obtained, this is a left-path stronghold, but what if there are still a few normal people here like the two colonies controlled by Chen Ming?
Therefore, Chen Ming would not doubt him for no reason, and he would not show anything more.

He just silently placed a rough maintenance report on the spacecraft very close to the camera, so that the other side could see the damaged life support system and the lack of oxygen in the cab due to the hull of the spacecraft.

At the same time, in order to maintain the current character of An Wuping, Chen Ming also planned to respond in a way that he would not let strangers in.

But now he was asking for rescue, so Chen Ming still asked An Wuping to show an ugly smile.

"When I was in hyperspace just now, the spacecraft system failed and it went straight into the clouds. I was lucky enough to barely make it out alive. I'll send you my identity information and spacecraft log."

The uncle on the other end of the communication felt frightened by An Wuping's smile for a moment. He forced himself to confirm with An Wuping: "Why didn't you send a signal when you were in hyperspace? Otherwise we should have received it long ago. Super Space won’t affect the distress signal, right?”

"I know it doesn't matter, but my fuel was basically used up when I flew out of the cloud. The warehouse was also damaged and all the supplies fell out."

"I'm worried that the spacecraft won't have enough fuel, so I simply shut down all the systems and wait until it floats to another place. I'm sure I can float here along the gravity well."

The uncle confirmed again: "Have you ever had spaceship piloting experience?"

"A few years ago, I worked in the field for a security company, and I was the captain."

The uncle looked at An Wuping's tall figure and a fierce look that was not easy to mess with behind the screen, and believed this statement.

"Security company... OK, you can send what needs to be sent over there as soon as possible. I'm already preparing a rescue towing spacecraft here. Keep in touch."

"it is good."

Anyway, Chen Ming sent the spaceship logs, identity information and other things that needed to be sent, and waited for rescue from the space station... or attack.

Although at least up to this point Chen Ming had not seen anything related to Zuo Jing between this uncle and this space station, he still remained vigilant.

What if?
However, things did not develop in the direction Chen Ming thought this time.

Ten minutes later, three spaceships arrived in the system, two Fighter-class frigates commonly used by patrols, and a gravity tug called the Bull-class.

Dragging Chen Ming's dilapidated sentinel, he headed to the ecological observation colony.

The Sentinel was quickly towed to the space station.

The moment Chen Ming got off the spacecraft, the Sentinel was dragged away by the space station's equipment and dragged to the maintenance site.

And he stood firmly on the ground of the space station.

At this point, Chen Ming felt that the matter was over. As long as he directly controlled the entire space station, everything would completely fall into his hands.

However, as soon as Chen Ming started, he discovered that Zuo Jing had actually partitioned different areas of the space station. The entire space station was divided into several modules, which were not physically connected.

Especially the port, an area open to the outside world, is even more isolated.

There is no key database in this small port area, and the place where important data is stored is not in this area.

Ordinary space stations would not be designed like this at all. Such a structure is already very illustrative.

And this also made Chen Ming not know what to say.

The space station must have been integrated when it was first designed, and it will definitely be like this after modification later.

Zuo Jing was probably not targeting him.

Of course, Chen Ming was just talking.

In fact, he felt that the shooting of this structure should be to quickly separate different modules.

Ports like this are usually where outsiders gather.

If it can be separated quickly, the space station can quickly destroy this place with its own certain firepower.

This special structure is definitely used to get things done at critical times.

But it's okay.

Chen Ming used normal means to get here, so he didn't have to worry about being suddenly targeted in this way by Zuo Jing without knowing it.

And if he really wanted to explode, relying on An Wuping's body, a mere module separation would not be able to stop him.

Just when Chen Ming was observing the situation at the space station port.

The uncle who had appeared in the communication before suddenly walked over from the direction where the spacecraft was sent away, and asked Chen Ming, who was wearing power armor and looking around, "An Wuping, right?"

Chen Ming immediately said in a deep voice: "Yes."

"Well, I'm the rescue team leader here, Mao Xingwang."

"Young man, you are very lucky. I just took a look at your spaceship, and the engine was almost struck by lightning. If it were, you would die in the clouds."

Chen Ming thought about An Wuping's character for a while and remained silent without responding.

Uncle Mao didn't say anything, he just waved to Chen Ming and said, "Come with me, I will arrange a place for you to rest for a few days."

"Should you ask a tugboat company to help you tow the ship to the nearest colony or repair it here? It is not our obligation to repair it here. It will cost money."

Chen Ming made a fortune selling pirate spaceships some time ago, although he has already spent it all.

However, I later earned some money from pirate bounties, which should be enough to repair the spaceship.

"I have money, but there are still my things on the spaceship. I want to go see the spaceship."

"Worried about losing something? Okay, let's go over now and take inventory of what's on your boat, and settle the account first."

(End of this chapter)