Chen Ming knew about this matter before.

But Gamma A also said that it is still some way from a substantial improvement.

During this period of time, apart from the three almost useless mechanical chips given to it by Chen Ming, there was nothing else that could make Gamma A improve so quickly.

The only possibility is that it was Yuhui's arrangement that gave Gamma A the computing power needed to meet the conditions for the upgrade.

As to whether this is the case, we just need to investigate.

Chen Ming opened Qu Guang's panel, and then he found that Qu Guang was staying outside a factory in Yuhui Industrial Colony.

And it is the same as the independent small supply point where Chen Ming is, an independent small factory.

Although the refraction stops here, the gamma A has been removed from the refraction.

However, Chen Ming was still able to determine the location of Gamma A.

Inside the factory next door.

The core should be replaced.

It seems that the sudden increase in Gamma A was indeed the work of Yu Hui.

They still don't believe that Chen Ming is incapable of controlling the AI ​​core, so they decided to replace the core of Gamma A, which is suspected of being controlled by Chen Ming.

This is the best choice that cannot be faulted from a reasonable and logical point of view, and Chen Ming cannot comment on it.

Otherwise, it would be equivalent to helping Yu Hui completely prove that he has this ability.

But even if Gamma A has to change its carrier, Chen Ming is still confident that his psychic power will continue.

Because his panel shows [Controlled AI individual], not [Controlled AI core].

The afterglow is not distinguished according to the core, but is determined by the existence within the core.

I just don't know if Afterglow will reinstall Gamma A back into the Refraction after replacing it, or if he will try to give Gamma A a new ship.

Chen Ming doesn’t think that Yu Hui will relax his vigilance against Gamma A just because it has changed its outer shell. There may be other attempts in the future.

It looks like it will take some time for Gamma A to replace its Beta-class core.

Chen Ming didn't just sit there and wait, as he had other things to do right now.

Deal with those military escape pods.

Chen Ming walked into the warehouse and used the control panel that was also in the warehouse to control the equipment connecting the work area and the warehouse, as well as some robots with various functions.

He transported the escape pod in the warehouse to the next door and began to remove the outer layer he had previously added by leaning against the panel.

The cryo-hibernation device has been activated inside the escape pod, and it will remain frozen unless it is activated externally.

So Chen Ming is not worried that the soldiers inside will take the opportunity to escape after the outer shell is removed.

After being busy for a while, Chen Ming found the escape capsule among these escape capsules, the one carrying the soldier in special military uniform.

At the same time, Chen Ming also saw the eagle-shaped mark and the "ⅩⅣ" on his chest through the transparent porthole of the escape capsule.

Earlier, when Chen Ming was inside the hyperspace and his terminal network was still connected, he took the opportunity to check it out.

This mark is the mark of the Empire's 14th Independent Legion.

Chen Ming was once just an ordinary maintenance technician, and at most he knew that the military had many different departments.

From the highest star field joint war zone military, to the next level of star field military, to the lower level star district military, and to the lowest and most scattered galaxy garrisons.

In addition, the empire also has some independent legions outside this system. Apart from this, Chen Ming is not very clear.

It was only after checking that he found out that the Fourteenth Legion was recognized as the strongest among the twenty independent legions in the empire.

It is no wonder that the battle commanded by the commander of the 14th Legion could limit Chen Ming's abilities in every way.

The Fourteenth Legion possesses the largest exclusive territory of all independent legions.

Although the area is smaller than that of the Star Region Joint Theater Military, the Star Region Military and the Star District Military, the income from all colonies within the galaxy is equivalent to the military expenditure of the Legion.

As a result, the Fourteenth Corps' combat capability is often stronger than that of some war zone militaries.

And according to what Chen Ming had found out, the Fourteenth Legion could actually be said to be quite weak in the past.

It was after a reorganization about twenty years ago, and after experiencing many major battles with Yuhui on the front battlefield, that it achieved its current prosperity.

I don’t know why the people from the 14th Legion suddenly came here.

Through the transparent porthole of the escape pod, Chen Ming could see not only the military uniform, but also a face about the same age as Chen Ming, and the military identification card hanging on his chest.

The commander's name was Cheng Xinghe, and his military rank was only captain.

Looking at Cheng Xinghe who closed his eyes in the escape pod, Chen Ming's face showed some hesitation.

There is actually not much hatred towards the military, especially the foreign 14th Legion.

After all, it is normal for soldiers to obey orders.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. The only people who have hatred towards Chen Ming are the senior military officials who issued the order to track down Chen Ming, and those others who colluded with the senior officials and would rather kill Chen Ming for the sake of Sky Steel.

Of course, there is also the Psychic who blocked the boss' rescue.

Moreover, Chen Ming had no intention of killing these prisoners or avenging those who died in previous battles.

Doing this would do Chen Ming absolutely no good, and he is not familiar with the people in the company.

It has been thirty years, and all the people I used to know have either retired or died.

Familiar people can be said to be a no.

And to be honest, Chen Ming's relationship with other people was just that of ordinary colleagues, and it couldn't be said that they were familiar with each other.

Now let alone people who have only known each other for a few hours on the cattle drive.

The company gave them the order, and the company will naturally handle their affairs properly. There is no need for Chen Ming to worry about it.

If Chen Ming feels guilty about this in the future, he can find a way to make it up to him, but now Chen Ming himself is in trouble, so he should put himself first.

So instead of thinking about that, it's better to think about whether there is any way to make use of these captives.

However, Chen Ming has not yet figured out how to use these prisoners.

Although there is a simplest and most brutal way, just throw it to Yu Hui.

They will naturally take these escape pods and negotiate with the human government and military in exchange for something.

Yu Hui will definitely give Chen Ming some benefits.

But Chen Ming felt that it was not going well.

It feels like the value of these captives is wasted.

And Chen Ming actually has some other ideas about Cheng Xinghe.

The impression of the military fleet's powerful combat capability, which far exceeded its strength on paper, had not yet faded from Chen Ming's mind.

Chen Ming had never thought before that the fleet could perform such delicate and sophisticated operations that required Chen Ming's orders.

The battle command skills alone are enough to completely offset the advantages brought by Chen Ming.

This is the feeling Chen Ming gave.

As long as the company's command is exchanged with Cheng Xinghe, even if the company's fleet strength is reduced by one third, combined with Chen Ming's ability, the army can still be defeated.

It just so happens that Chen Ming now wants to organize a fleet of his own.

Then if Cheng Xinghe could be allowed to command the fleet, and if Chen Ming could convince Cheng Xinghe to join his fleet.

That would have a terrifying effect.

Although Chen Ming thinks the probability is low, one should always have dreams.

Moreover, the commander's current environment also made Chen Ming's thoughts linger in his mind for a long time.

Cheng Xinghe has now lost his ship and his fleet, and has been captured by Chen Ming. He is now alone and is at the most vulnerable time in his life.

Even if he cannot join Chen Ming's fleet to take command.

Chen Ming can also try to use his freedom in exchange for him teaching Chen Ming, or teaching Gamma AB some command skills.

What Chen Ming was thinking about was the flexible skills that could be used on the battlefield rather than the rigid textual knowledge.

He believed Cheng Xinghe could do it.

Even if only this much can be achieved in the end, it is still of very good value to Chen Ming.

As long as we can deal with Commander Cheng Xinghe, it would be equivalent to dealing with the rest of the army as well.

The remaining 62 people, even if they are different from Cheng Xinghe, are also of considerable value. Chen Ming reached out and patted the escape pod, feeling a little impatient.

But he also knew that this was not how things were done, and what he had just thought of had to be postponed.

His fleet has no hair at all, and it will be of no benefit for Chen Ming to wake up Cheng Xinghe now.

We'll definitely talk about it later.

I just don't know if the military will come looking for me in the future.

Chen Ming was not too worried about this, since Yu Hui was there to block him. This was also the risk that Yu Hui wanted Chen Ming to take.

After removing the outer shells that Chen Ming had previously added to all the escape pods, Chen Ming also took some time to record everyone's military identification card.

By the way, a piece of paper recording the identity is posted on the outside of each escape pod for easy reference later.

After finishing this matter, there is still a lot of time left in the day, and Chen Ming still plans to use it to study.

After the formal work assigned by Yu Hui is completed tomorrow, Chen Ming will tentatively ask Yu Hui for some other things.

Chen Ming and Yu Hui now have an awkward cooperative relationship.

Since Chen Ming has made some reasonable requests, Yu Hui can't just refuse without any reason.

at the same time.

Company headquarters.

It has been quite a while since Chen Ming was taken away by Yu Hui.

Chen Ming left the space station at around three in the morning, and after going through a lot of things he arrived at the Afterglow Colony.

It was already morning, and the last meeting was held around this time, or a little earlier.

One day later, the directors, who had been busy for more than twenty hours in a row, gathered in the conference room again.

As the meeting began, everyone's eyes turned to the director who handled military affairs.

The director spread his hands and said, "Well, as you already know, the military has already had problems. The Gamma-2 sector has been completely taken over by the Fourteenth Legion."

"Has the Fourteenth Legion really come here? And is it taking over personally?"

"It seems that the man who was killed by their own people before had some status."

"It could also be that they are protecting their own shortcomings. This should be good news for us, right?"

The director in charge of military affairs looked at the last director who asked a question and said, "But—"

"They immediately issued a wanted notice for Chen Ming, saying that Chen Ming had an affair with Yu Hui and betrayed the empire. The previous bounty of 90 million was increased to 200 million."

"I specifically asked about the temporary person in charge there. It seems that he was temporarily brought up from the group of people in the local military who had no problems. He is not familiar with many things."

"They didn't say what was going on with the wanted notice. The answer was ambiguous. They just said they were very busy and that there was no rush to deal with this matter, so they asked us to wait."

The director next to him speculated, "Could it be that Chen Ming's psychic power has been discovered by the military? So decisive? He doesn't leave any room for others."

"It should be that someone still alive in the military saw the Yuhui ship taking Chen Ming away."

"And there are residual energy fluctuations from Yuhui's Tachyon Spear at the scene. It will be clear that it was Yuhui who killed the ruler. This cannot be concealed."

"And the news that Chen Ming is a psychic should have leaked out. He was previously hunted by the military fleet, and it is impossible for him to hide the abilities he has already displayed."

"Then think about it, it's normal that Chen Ming can control Yuhui."

"The key is not whether the connection is made or not, but other things."

The director in charge of the military affairs suddenly made a stop gesture and said, "Wait a minute, there is one more thing."

"The wanted notice they issued is a star district-level bounty, not a star field-level bounty. It is only valid within the star district."

There was a sudden silence in the conference room until a famous director asked, "Why is this? He's wanted, but not completely wanted. What does the 14th Legion mean?"

"Whatever it means, the situation is fine anyway. A star district-level bounty doesn't matter at all. A star district is always just a star district. It doesn't matter if there is no star field-level wanted notice."

"You can't say it doesn't matter. Chen Ming has a star-region wanted warrant on him, so the government will definitely find out when the time comes."

"And Chen Ming was really taken away by Yu Hui. How will the government deal with this? Is he secretly communicating with Yu Hui? Or will they treat him as a captive of Yu Hui?"

"If there is a problem, we just need to find a way to solve it. Our relationship with Chen Ming's star region government is not too bad now. Just let us know about this kind of thing."

The directors had a quick discussion and reached an agreement on how the matter might develop, while also bringing up the next topic.

"In that case, the Sky Steel issue should be resolved. How is the communication with the government going?"

"Yes, we have the mining rights certificate and the evidence that Chen Ming left the star system. What does the government say?"

The director who had previously offered to contact the government said expressionlessly, "When I went to ask, the government told me everything we mentioned about Chen Ming and Sky Steel."

"Which one should I listen to first? Chen Ming or Sky Steel?"

"Chen Ming."

Seeing that the other directors had no objections, the director in charge of contacting the government said, "The government has confirmed Chen Ming's situation based on the information we have given out, and they are very interested in Chen Ming."

"As long as we have accurate information from Chen Ming, the government said they can forgive the incident with the armor-piercing class and replace the damaged armor-piercing class later. They can also give us priority in bidding and more ship orders in the future."

"I remember that the armor-piercing ship was recovered by us, right? What should we do with it?"

"Chen Ming's ability has not yet been fully understood. Even if the armor-piercing device is destroyed, he may still be able to control it."

The chairman, who had been silent and just listening, suddenly said, "When the armor-breaking project passed the bid, it had already started production, right?"

A director sitting in the corner nodded and said, "Yes, but there are no new outputs except for that sample."

"Then let's concentrate the productivity on one line and find an armor-piercing ship to deal with it first."

"As for this armor-piercing ship, let's repair it first. If Chen Ming can come back, we will give the ship to him directly. This armor-piercing ship can serve as proof of our friendship with him and reduce the conflict when we sell it to him later."

"No one but him can touch the boat that he has touched."

"If you can't come back, there are two situations."

"If he dies, there's no need to worry about this armor-piercing ship having any problems."

"If he's not dead, then we can only take it first and see how Chen Ming does in the future."

"We have confirmed that the military and the government are aware of Chen Ming's capabilities. They have more things to consider than us, and they will definitely not let Chen Ming continue to stay with Yu Hui."

"There was no need for them to spend energy to find those ordinary technicians who went to Yuhui before, but Chen Ming, a psychic, is different."

"The military will definitely take action later, and we don't need to keep this armor-piercing ship for too long."

"but."

The chairman suddenly said in a very serious tone: "Have you thought about the problem?"

"Things have come to this point. That means no matter what happens, the military and the government will definitely help us clean up our mess in order to prevent Yu Hui from becoming stronger."

"But if we don't take the initiative to wipe it, then there's a good chance that we won't be able to save our butts, let alone anything else."

"If Chen Ming falls into the hands of the military or the government, we will no longer have the final say on whether Chen Ming is a member of the company or has escaped from the mining space station."

After looking around the conference table and making sure everyone understood what he said.

The chairman first changed the subject, giving those working on it time to think: "What about Sky Steel? What does the government say?"

The director in charge of the government said: "The government said that this matter and Chen Ming's matter should be dealt with separately. The most the government can do is to help us communicate with the military and ask them to lift the blockade of the star system."

"But the military should be being tortured by the 14th Legion right now, right?"

The director in charge of military affairs said: "Torture is torture, but only the main command of the star region military is paralyzed. Other places are still the same."

"When I communicated with them before, they just replaced the internal personnel with clean people, so the military leaders who can contact the government are basically in the same situation."

"As long as we can bring Chen Ming back first, the government can directly arrange a meeting between us and the military personnel left there, which means that the government is on our side."

However, the chairman asked at this time: "What about Chen Ming?"

The conference room fell into silence again.

"Our company has never lost a technician or an afterglow core before. I didn't expect this first case to be a psychic."

"What can we do? If the military hadn't been causing trouble, we would have brought the people back long ago. They can't really put the blame on us."

"Is there any other way to find Chen Ming?"

The director in charge of the Pirate Space Station suddenly said, "Actually, I have an idea. The military is currently overwhelmed. I think we can bypass all the detours and try to enter RM-2 directly."

"If Chen Ming was able to come out alive, then so can we. As long as we are sure there is no danger, the opening of the galaxy will be a foregone conclusion, and the mining rights will be back in our hands."

His proposal was immediately rejected by other directors: "It would be too easy for people to criticize us, and we would not be able to find any evidence against the military."

"Chen Ming was on the space station thirty years ago. He can definitely recover everything we lost in the past thirty years. Without this handle, what should we do with the Sky Steel we lost?"

The director of the Pirate Space Station asked back, "Do you think we can get these Sky Steels back? There are definitely a lot of people whose interests are involved behind the Sky Steels. We can still get one or two people back, but if there are more people, I can only say that it's wishful thinking."

"But at least we can get some of it back. The less loss, the better."

"With the information Chen Ming gave us before and the data we secretly verified, we can confirm that the number of sky fish in the galaxy is about seventy."

"If Chen Ming comes back alone, will it be enough to equal five years of Sky Steel production?"

"Five years, eighteen hundred days, seventy skyfish of sky steel, what do you say?"

The director in charge of the Pirate Station fell silent.

The director also interrupted the conversation at this time and said, "I think it's better to go through Chen Ming. We can't rashly enter RM-2, which is now at least nominally blocked by the military."

"This galaxy will most likely be taken over by the Fourteenth Legion in the future, and the Fourteenth Legion is not so easy to get along with."

"Also, their attitude is still unclear. They have issued a wanted notice for Chen Ming, but it is only a star region wanted notice. They may be warning us to wait until they have integrated the military."

"We can't even handle the Star Region Joint War Zone in this fringe star region, let alone the Fourteenth Legion. Don't mess with them."

A director who agreed with the Pirate Space Station's director suddenly said, "But we can't even handle the military of a single star region under the war zone. Wouldn't it be even more difficult for the 14th Legion, which is at its peak, to completely take over the galaxy?"

The chairman responded: "That can't be said. It can be seen from Sky Steel that we are not facing the star zone military, but people at a higher level."

"Do you think they might give up the Sky Steel? If we choose to get the Sky Steel back in a way that obviously violates the rules, do you believe that even the government may not recognize it?"

"We can only achieve our goal in the most legal way through Chen Ming. We must bring him back before the military and the government take action. Otherwise, we may not even be able to get the Sky Steel by then."

As soon as the chairman finished speaking, someone asked, "How can we save them? The Afterglow AIs we have would rather be destroyed and hidden than reveal the details of the Afterglow Star Region."

"Unless we can crack the core of Afterglow AI and gain 100% control over them, we can't expect anything."

"Chen Ming seems to be in control."

"Then find another Chen Ming."

The chairman knocked on the table to stop the quarrel that was about to break out.

But one of the directors suddenly said, "In fact, if we withdraw now, the loss is not too big. Is the value of Chen Ming really enough for us to continue investing?"

The chairman frowned and said, "Did you forget that there is Sky Steel?"

“And this is actually an opportunity for us.”

"Even if we take Chen Ming back, we can announce that Chen Ming is dead and hide him completely."

"We no longer need to share Chen Ming's own value. We can make full use of it."

The director just now still disagreed and said: "But if this fails, the loss will be greater."

"Has the company never failed in business? This loss is just a small loss for the company, but if Chen Ming can take it back, his ability can bring us endless benefits."

The director who had proposed yesterday to use a product that the company was still testing asked uncertainly: "You mean... to use that thing?"

The chairman paused, nodded slowly and said, "Let's apply to the government in advance. Their previous behavior was to save resources so that we can solve Chen Ming's problem."

"Then they can take Chen Ming away from us. This will be much easier for them than going to Yu Hui and snatching Chen Ming away from him."

“So the government will definitely not block us, but in the end, if Chen Ming can really be brought back, we must not hand him over to the government.”

"Go prepare, prepare to launch a surprise attack on Yuhui."

"By the way, let's go through the process and vote on whether to use this thing."

"Chairman, you directly refused the call yesterday?"

"The time is different. Before, it was because Chen Ming might have planned to stay with Yu Hui, and we might not be able to save him."

"But now, regardless of whether we save him or not, the government and the military will definitely not sit idly by and watch a psychic like this fall into Yu Hui's hands."

"If we don't go, and they go, we get nothing."

"And I am not the only one who has the final say on the use of this kind of thing. No one here objected yesterday, nor did they initiate a vote. I believe everyone has the same mentality as yesterday."

No one refuted the chairman's words.

A minute later, the chairman took a look at the projection screen in front of him.

"Seven votes in favor, four votes against, two abstentions, passed."

A director who voted in favor immediately said, "It's passed, but how do we find Chen Ming?"

The chairman said with a prepared speech: "Yesterday, an employee who Chen Ming knew boarded his civilian Sentinel at the Pirate Space Station."

"The door opened automatically, and this scene was deliberately not hidden from surveillance. Chen Ming is still alive, and even living well with Yu Hui."

"But he didn't contact us."

"But we can take the initiative to contact him."

"He must have some purpose for going to Yu Hui's place and not contacting us. We will give him whatever he needs."

"Unless what he wants is greater than the profit from mining Sky Steel, Chen Ming has never acted stupid, right?"

"We have collected a lot of Yu Hui's things over the years. I don't believe we don't have what he needs."

"Try to contact Chen Ming through the space station's connections and find out his location."

"Let's prepare on the other side first."

"Prepare to launch our capital ship, Conqueror."

(End of this chapter)