Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 368 Nano Forge
The scavenger robot transferred the control authority directly to Chen Ming. No one knew what this identification code was, but it actually had such high authority.

However, Chen Ming did not suffer any loss in this matter, so of course he accepted the scavenger with a smile.

It also saves him the trouble of testing whether controlling the scavengers counts as controlling a capital ship.

After controlling the scavenger, the first thing Chen Ming did was of course to let the scavenger robot perform a system self-check, and he relied on the quality inspection data to confirm the status of the scavenger.

And using the highest point, scan the scavenger.

The first result to come out is of course the log file from the system self-check.

Chen Ming took a look at the log and quickly asked the scavenger to stop the self-inspection.

Because he discovered that these log files had filled up the storage unit that controlled the scavenger's personality core.

In addition to the system files kept by the scavenger itself in the core storage unit, all external storage units are filled with log files of the scavenger's periodic self-checks.

This means that Chen Ming can only read records from about 30,000 years ago at most.

All earlier log records have been overwritten.

If you run another self-check, even more files will be overwritten.

Chen Ming's repair can retrieve files that have turned to dust, but it cannot recover files that have been overwritten.

Just like things affected by destruction cannot be repaired using psychic energy.

After all, this is maintenance, not time travel.

After the scavenger stopped self-checking, Chen Ming quickly backed up a copy of the scavenger's log, and then confirmed the situation recorded in the log.

Look at it at the very beginning.

It’s a pity that the log records from 30,000 years ago are not the records Chen Ming wants to see.

It is not a record of the Scavengers being created when the Shining Civilization still existed, nor is it a record of the Scavengers removing the weapons and main controls of countless warships and installing them on themselves.

Instead, they are some very boring, periodic, and almost unchanging running back and forth in neighboring galaxies, constantly leaving behind a large number of records of mining robots extracting and recycling resources.

Come to think of it, since the entire storage unit has been completely filled, the earliest records will of course be the first to be overwritten.

Just seeing these extremely detailed records, whether in text, images or videos, Chen Ming still felt a little overwhelmed.

These records, which could be called completely redundant, took up a large amount of the scavenger's storage space, leaving him with no way of knowing what had happened earlier.

But there is no way around it. Since things have already happened, don't expect to change them. Let's first see if there is anything valuable in the records on hand.

Chen Ming briefly screened the contents of the records.

Filter out the records of things that happened step by step in the past 30,000 years, and only look for those records of special circumstances.

However, most of the records here are just some records of ground creatures threatening mining drones and then being quickly resolved. There is no valuable information at all.

If I have to say something, there is.

That is, the scavengers have saved all the logs of planets in all nearby galaxies that have mined resources.

It also records the locations of scanned resources buried deep underground that cannot be mined by drones.

These records are kept in the core storage unit and are not overwritten.

After all, this should be considered a scavenger's job.

This information can save Chen Ming a lot of time in future investigation and locating resources.

And since scavengers have been to those places, automatic mining drones have collected minerals without encountering any danger.

Then there must not be too many dangers on the planets we have visited, and if there were any, they would have been killed by scavengers long ago.

Even if there is a danger that has not been discovered, it must be underground.

Chen Ming’s main means of exploiting resources now is the Zerg.

He actually hoped for some danger.

After all, danger also means opportunity.

Although it may not be a good opportunity.

But for the Zerg, it should be an opportunity to take advantage.

Chen Ming quickly finished reading the part of the 30,000-year record that was different from the daily records. It can only be said that these records were so bland that they exceeded his imagination.

For thirty thousand years, the scavenger robots have been wandering in an area centered on the Origin Galaxy, constantly sending out mining robots, constantly recalling mining robots, and constantly transporting minerals to the habitable planet in the Origin Galaxy.

It just keeps doing the repetitive work.

Chen Ming felt so bored that he wanted to vomit.

really do not know……

Oh, by the way, although the personality core of the mechanical race is called the personality core, it actually does not have a real personality...

Forget it, so be it.

Chen Ming still failed to obtain any useful information from the scavenger's log records.

Fortunately, the scanning procedure of scavengers conducted by the Supreme Point has come to an end.

This allows Chen Ming to learn more about the scavengers without controlling them.

For example, the various levels of the scavenger's body that Chen Ming could see at this time, which was larger than a battleship, and even included the outer shell made up of the battleship's weapons and armor, were all real stuff.

And all, no matter whether internal or external, weapons installed by the scavenger are all connected to the main control system of the scavenger's own main control.

This means that all of these modified weapons can be used, whether they are main force weapons or any other ship weapons.

Even after the outermost layer of armor and weapons are destroyed, the Scavengers can actively shed the outer layer of "ship" armor and continue to attack with the inner layer of weapons.

It is a thing that can really cause main force-level damage.

The actual combat capability should at least be able to face the concentrated fire of dozens of battleships at the same time and counterattack. To deal with this scavenger, at least hundreds of battleships are needed.

This number is somewhat small compared to the thousands of capital ships that the Scavengers recycled to form their own bodies.

However, in Chen Ming's opinion, the combat effectiveness of several battleships has undergone a qualitative change compared to a single battleship.

The gap between dozens of ships and a few ships is also extremely huge.

But the premise of this is quantity, and quantity represents dexterity.

Although this scavenger has collected the weapon systems and main control systems of at least thousands of battleships, its firepower is definitely not bad.

But it is hard to say how a single scavenger, especially one of such a large size, can perform in actual combat.

Chen Ming's judgment is also relatively conservative. Perhaps scavengers will perform better in actual combat.

He just thought in a negative way out of habit.

No matter what, the Scavenger is the most powerful space combat unit he has.

But Chen Ming did not intend to use it in combat.

The main reason is that there is no occasion that requires this level of combat power.

The secondary reason is that the results just scanned by the highest point are more than these.

On the scavenger, in addition to the body pieced together from the visible spaceship wreckage, there are also countless cutting-edge nanorobots that are more efficient than the nanorobots carried by ordinary mechanical races.

Judging from the models of various additional devices stored in its core storage unit, these nanorobots are not the same nanorobots that the scavengers were equipped with when they were first created.

Rather, they are nanorobots collected by scavengers from various warships, and are cutting-edge nanorobots that have been continuously self-optimizing and iterating over a period of at least 30,000 years.

The presence of these nanorobots gives scavengers an efficient nano-repair system.

At the same time, the scavengers also possess some nano weapons that they have optimized by relying on these cutting-edge nanorobots and various spacecraft wreckage.

Of course, these are just weapons strengthened by nanorobots, not nano-level weapons.

In space, true nanoscale weapons don't have such good application prospects.

However, the main weapons strengthened by nanorobots are definitely stronger than normal main weapons.

This is enough to further enhance the scavengers' combat effectiveness.

But these nanorobots are obviously more adapted to something else that exists in the scavengers' bodies.

Nanoforge.

This is a core equipment of the industry and an integrated miniaturized nanorobot factory.

But its size is only about ten cubic meters.

It is a special device similar to the Infernal Core, Synchrotron Core and Catalytic Core.

At the same time, it is also the reason why today's scavengers were born.

The reason why it is called the present-day scavengers is because Chen Ming found that there was something wrong with the structure of the scavengers when he was scanning.

The real basic scavenger did not have such a huge body as it has today. Originally, it was just a mining drone platform. It did not have a nanoforge, heavy armor, or countless weapons.

The reason why this happened is,

It's definitely related to the Nano Forge
The positioning of the Nanoforge is that it can evolve from an initial device into a huge factory that can cover a planet, transforming the planet into an industrial colony.

It can be either an ordinary industrial colony or a psychic industrial colony that mass-produces psychic devices.

Of course, the latter requires a psychic to control the nanoforge throughout the entire process, and it also absolutely requires a large amount of psychic materials to be accumulated.

They could do it when the Shining Civilization still existed, but Chen Ming certainly can't do it now.

Of course, even though he couldn't do it, it didn't prevent Chen Ming from figuring out the working principle of the nano forge through the information stored in the scavenger core.

And the reason why this nanoforge did not appear on the planet but appeared on the scavenger.

Although this reason is vague and there is no way to explain the matter completely.

But through Chen Ming's scan of the scavenger, he at least knew that the nano forge appeared on the scavenger because it was damaged.

As for how the nano forge was damaged and how it ended up on the scavenger, Chen Ming had no idea.

Anyway, he could tell directly from the scan results that the nanoforge was damaged and that it was taken away by the scavengers. Many years ago, the scavengers, who were automated mining platforms, took away the damaged nanoforge and began to use it to strengthen themselves.

Eventually, a monster was created.

That is what we now call a scavenger robot.

An object that can gradually evolve a planet into an industrial colony under the premise of providing sufficient materials, even if it is damaged, its value is far greater than that of a combat robot.

Chen Ming must be taking the broken nano forge inside the scavenger to study and analyze the principles and perform actual operations.

It’s just that Chen Ming doesn’t have the time to do something that takes a long time.

The research progress of the Empire's battleships has never stopped, but he took the time to use it on the fourteenth jump of the pioneering fleet.

No matter how you look at it, things have their priorities, and researching the nano forge is definitely not as important as setting up a real base as soon as possible.

So Chen Ming's idea was to let the scavengers continue their previous work, mining, and collecting spacecraft wreckage in the galaxy for recycling and reuse.

In any case, a significant portion of the debris in orbit around this habitable planet has already been picked up by scavengers, and the materials consumed in repairing them are tantamount to building a new one.

It’s just that there is no need to spend a lot of basic resources to build the basic framework.

But it's not necessary.

Even if Chen Ming has a battleship now, he doesn't have a suitable object to control it, at least he doesn't have one in his hands now.

It would be better to recycle resources and go to nearby galaxies to continue doing what you need to do.

Not only can the scavenger continue to work, but it can also temporarily serve as the guardian of the Origin System.

Before the Origin System's colonies and military strength are sufficient.

Until Chen Ming thoroughly confirmed the situation of the galaxy and allowed the pioneering fleet waiting in the rear to come over and start the real colonization phase.

Chen Ming gave new instructions to the scavengers.

However, the scavenger did not carry out the execution directly, but responded to Chen Ming: "We have not obtained the permission to mine non-natural resources in the current galaxy."

The "current galaxy" in the Guardian's response is the name given to this galaxy by the Shining Civilization.

Chen Ming also modified it and changed it to the name Siwon which he had given it.

Of course this is not the point. The point is that the scavenger's response made him think of a question.

If the scavengers do not have the authority to exploit resources, then how did the things removed from the capital ships get installed on them?

“Some restrictions can be ignored in times of war.”

war……

Sure enough, the destruction of the Shining Civilization was traceable.

However, the scavenger's core storage unit did not store any information related to the war.

Only information that is relevant to its essential work is stored by it.

This is really...

Chen Ming sighed and was about to use the identification code to grant permission to the scavenger.

But he suddenly noticed that the scavenger was talking about non-natural resources, which meant that scavengers could mine natural resources.

However, for some reason, the scavengers did not directly mine all the resources in the galaxy. Even the resources in the neighboring galaxies still exist in large quantities, which does not seem to have been mined for tens of thousands of years.

He asked the scavenger again.

This time, the scavenger's answer was longer.

The general meaning is that what the Shining Civilization wants is balanced resource development.

That is, let the scavengers conduct a round of investigation in the nearby galaxies, and then plan according to the resource ratio of these galaxies to plan a route for balanced resource development.

And this route is gradually expanding as the scavengers explore the surrounding galaxies.

Therefore, as the area for resource mining becomes larger, the average amount of resources mined in each place will naturally decrease.

It can only be said that the scavengers are only engaged in the initial development of some exposed resources in space and on the surface of planets.

The Shining Civilization needs to be able to ensure that these places can still generate economic benefits after this initial period.

This is also normal logic.

After all, for a civilization, compared with directly mining all the resources at once or relying on resources to create industries and then relying on industries to transform them into economic benefits, the latter must be chosen.

They are not like Chen Ming who doesn't need to consider the consequences of exploiting all the resources at once.

After Chen Ming's Zerg "developed" a planet's resources, the planet itself became worthless.

Not to mention the value of its minerals, this planet is full of potholes inside and out, and its geological structure has problems. It has no value for colonization or development at all.

Therefore, after the Zerg developed, Chen Ming's approach to some developed planets was usually to let the Zerg take over completely without leaving any trace.

It would be a waste to keep it, so it is better to convert it into energy for the Zerg.

Therefore, the Shining Civilization must have planned to develop this area in the long term, but perhaps because of the war for some reason, the development process was hindered and it has not been officially launched until today.

Only scavengers were left here, repeating the orders left by the Shining Civilization.

As for the reason why the Shining Civilization wanted to develop this place, Chen Ming knew it very well.

so be it.

Chen Ming used an identification code to open permissions for the scavengers.

Watching the mining drone carried by the scavenger unload all the resources, he followed the scavenger to the debris-filled area in orbit and began to recover the resources on those ships.

Chen Ming did not continue to pay too much attention to that place, but turned the ship to the highest point and flew over every planetary satellite in the galaxy, scanning them all.

Although he knew that the Origin System was the home of the scavengers and was unlikely to have anything dangerous, he still had to go through the necessary procedures.

After confirming that there are no problems with the planets and satellites in the galaxy.

Chen Ming fixed his attention on the wormhole, the celestial body in the galaxy that corresponds to the location of the habitable planet.

This must be the reason why the Shining Civilization wants to develop this place, because Chen Ming saw it from the records of the scavengers.

This wormhole has been here for at least 30,000 years.

Under Chen Ming's control, the highest point gradually approached the wormhole.

He went to investigate what this wormhole was.

Under the influence of his psychic power, several large devices were hung at the highest point and gradually started up under his control, locking the object of their action on the wormhole in the galaxy.

Half a year ago, after getting the stargate, Chen Ming took the opportunity to learn a lot of knowledge related to stargates, singularities and wormholes while studying battleship technology.

Although I can't say that I have completely mastered it, at least I have learned the general idea, know how to use some equipment, and know how to investigate a wormhole.

During that period of time just now, in addition to conducting preliminary investigations and analyses on the scavengers, Chen Ming was also giving himself time to dispatch equipment from the Empire.

Although since Chen Ming began his research on battleships, the Empire no longer cared about how much he controlled, nor did it care how much equipment was actually Chen Ming's property.

But Chen Ming is about cultivation and character.

If he controls something that is not his, he will only use it for convenience and will never embezzle it. He will even help repair the equipment.

Therefore, when Chen Ming dispatches equipment, he needs to consider whether other people are using it.

He couldn't just take the equipment away without saying hello.

The time he just spent dealing with the scavengers was also giving others time to complete their current experiments as quickly as possible so that he could move the equipment away.

Several devices quickly started operating smoothly, returning various readings of the wormhole to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming only cares about two of the most important attributes.

Coordinates and stability.

There is nothing much to say about the coordinates.

Natural wormholes appear in pairs in the universe, and there must be another wormhole connected to them in some unknown corner of the universe.

The value of a wormhole is determined by what kind of place it is at the other end of the wormhole.

Stability determines whether the wormhole is stable at the spatial level and whether it can exist for a long time.

Various factors include the volume and mass of objects that can be accommodated, and whether there is a possibility of unexpected accidents when extracting the singularity.

It is an important indicator that integrates multiple data.

However, Chen Ming discovered that the equipment was unable to analyze the coordinates of another wormhole connected to this wormhole during detection.

This is normal.

Even during the pioneering era, the Empire was not able to confirm what was on the other side of all wormholes simply by scanning.

If you want to know what is behind the wormhole, it is more likely to find out by directly entering the wormhole and reaching the other end.

Although it is troublesome and dangerous, it is an absolutely stable method to find out what is on the other side of the wormhole.

Fortunately, there is good news right now.

That is, after inspection, Chen Ming discovered that this wormhole that had existed for at least 30,000 years was unexpectedly stable.

In other words, thirty thousand years is nothing on a cosmic scale.

Such a stable wormhole can accommodate objects of larger mass to pass through, which means that the journey after exploring the wormhole will be easier.

High stability also means that it will not collapse at will. A collapsed wormhole could potentially lead to the destruction of the entire galaxy.

The stable wormhole also makes it convenient for Chen Ming to install a special locking device on the wormhole.

It is a technology that the Empire developed a long time ago and has been constantly updating.

Its function is to unilaterally block the process from the other end of the wormhole to this section.

Chen Ming didn't investigate what exactly happened that made the empire create this thing, but it was definitely not a good thing.

Therefore, Chen Ming had to install this locking device on the wormhole as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)