Chen Ming was quite confused when looking at the screen on Lao Wu's terminal.

He had just passed on the message that needed to be sent back, and suddenly something else happened? He had clearly explained everything that needed to be explained, and told Old Wu the galaxy map and the specific location and asked him to pass it on.

It's not necessary to confirm with him again, right?

It shouldn't be the case.

Moreover, since the company did not contact Chen Ming before, they did not interfere with Chen Ming except for normal monitoring.

So this sudden contact could be about something urgent?

Chen Ming thought about it and decided to pay attention to them.

After all, if the factory director, Old Wu, could cooperate with him and come to him on his own initiative, he must be at least someone of certain weight in the company.

And there were people from the 14th Legion nearby, which was actually a very special signal that the company had contacted him.

Several times before, when Chen Ming was chatting with Lao Wu after finishing his work, Lao Wu mentioned the situation of the 14th Legion. They drove away the original star zone garrison, replaced the original military and stayed, taking over everything that was left behind.

This naturally includes Sky Steel.

Since Sky Steel itself has a shady origin, the name of the Fourteenth Legion can discourage many people who were previously involved.

Until now, those who still have unrealistic ideas about Sky Steel and dare to take action can be dealt with by the Fourteenth Legion.

However, the 14th Legion itself seems to have some special ideas about Sky Steel, but they are rather ambiguous, so there are some conflicts with the company.

If he could really make the Fourteenth Legion and the company appear together, it would be because there was no real emergency to find him.

After Chen Ming figured it out, he connected the communication signal to Lao Wu's terminal.

Under Lao Wu's operation, the video communication was connected to the factory director's office.

Of course, there is no video signal on Chen Ming's side. After all, although the communication was initiated by Chen Ming, it actually started from the dim light in the repair shop. Therefore, now only Chen Ming can see the factory director's office unilaterally.

After confirming the signal was connected, the factory director looked serious and said, "Xiao Ming, the 14th Corps has very urgent information that needs to be communicated directly to you. The person next to you is the person sent by the company to testify to this matter."

"If things are really as they say, then I think you'd better take it seriously."

"Let them tell you the details."

Since the factory director said so, Chen Ming had to listen no matter what, to hear what the people from the 14th Legion wanted to say to him.

"I know. I'm listening."

The factory director nodded to the officer of the Fourteenth Legion beside him.

The officer did not talk about the purpose of looking for Chen Ming right away, but mentioned other things.

"Mr. Chen Ming, I wonder if you have been paying attention to the Empire's public war intelligence in the Sunset Star Region, which is the star region where we are fighting with the Afterglow Army."

Chen Ming knew that the Empire had been fighting with Yu Hui's large army on the other side, but that was all he knew. He generally didn't pay much attention to the specifics of the war.

So Chen Ming gave a negative answer.

The officer received this answer and said, "Then please let me briefly explain it to you."

"We have gained an overall advantage in the battle with Yuhui in the Sunset Star Region during this period. After Yuhui's defeat, which shortened the defense line, the battle has entered a stalemate and it is difficult to make further breakthroughs."

"But as long as we continue to suppress Yuhui, their front line will be breached sooner or later."

"So in order to find a solution, Yu Hui chose to use a high-power energy source and supporting facilities for ultra-long-distance transportation to transport a piece of equipment to a certain place."

“We discovered this and responded immediately.”

"In this particular battle, we successfully broke through Yuhui's defenses and achieved results again, but we failed to achieve the ultimate strategic goal and failed to stop Yuhui from sending their things away."

"However, as we continued our attacks, we successfully broke into their colony before Yuhui destroyed the data of the equipment they were transporting."

"The special operations team has obtained relevant intelligence, and the investigation has now come to an inconclusive conclusion. The thing the Mechanical Clan sent away was some kind of psychic device."

Psychic power? Yu Hui had just brought Chen Ming, a psychic with incredible abilities, to them. So it would be strange if no one thought of the action of transporting psychic equipment over a long distance.

Chen Ming quickly connected the logic of the matter in his mind, and then said to the officer: "I have a few questions."

"Speaking."

"Are there any psychics in the special operations team?"

Chen Ming's question left the officers of the 14th Corps somewhat unresponsive.

Obviously this question has nothing to do with the current incident. Chen Ming asked it purely because he wanted to. There would be no impact if he answered it.

"yes."

"OK,"

After satisfying his curiosity, Chen Ming said in a businesslike manner, "From what you said, Yu Hui and the others are delivering things to me, Yu Hui?"

"Yes."

"Yuhui sent a piece of equipment from the Sunset Star Region to the Galo Star Region where we are now. Even my current location is outside the Galo Star Region. How could such a remote place like this send a piece of equipment?"

"yes."

"They didn't send anything else? Like a fleet or something?"

"No, only equipment."

"Why?"

"Although the ultra-long-distance transportation equipment used by Yuhui is similar to the Star Gate, its actual operating logic is completely different from that of the Star Gate."

"Although the transportation distance is farther than the star gate, the consumption is also correspondingly high. At such a distance, Yuhui is completely unable to support fleet-scale transportation."

Chen Ming currently has no knowledge of this type of equipment, and in the face of uncertainty, he chooses to believe the officer's words.

"But I remember that Yu Hui had problems when he touched things like the Spirit Stone that were related to psychic energy. Wouldn't it be even more problematic if he touched this kind of psychic energy equipment?"

"You only know part of it."

The officer directly pointed out the obvious mistakes in Chen Ming's words and explained to Chen Ming: "Afterglow is indeed affected by the spiritual stone, which is objectively and continuously spreading spiritual energy fluctuations to the outside world, but this has nothing to do with spiritual energy equipment."

"Although the existence of psychic energy is indeed difficult for Yu Hui to understand and it is indeed difficult for them to come into contact with it, this does not completely make Yu Hui unable to come into contact with psychic energy."

"As long as adequate protective measures are taken, even young children can safely come into contact with things related to psychic powers."

"And the device that Yuhui just sent away is most likely not developed by them themselves, but found in the ruins of another civilization."

“That gets rid of most of the problems they’re studying.”

The officer suddenly realized something and asked, "Do you know the civilization I'm talking about?"

"I know that."

Chen Ming’s mind flashed through the mechanical creatures he had encountered on Ruimu and the mind pulse generator.

And the planet with a large number of mechanical buildings that was found when Qu Guang was sent out before.

The mechanical race is one of the relics of this civilization.

"They left behind various relics in many star regions. The pioneering era flourished because of this, until the emergence of the Afterglow and the Mechanical Race caused us to stagnate."

The officer nodded slightly and said, "It's easier to explain now that you know."

"Another civilization has a very deep understanding and research on mechanical technology, biotechnology, and psychic technology."

"So we are not surprised at all if Yuhui finds any psychic equipment from the heritage of this civilization."

"And a piece of psychic equipment was transported here from Yu Hui's territory at great risk, which shows that Yu Hui is very eager for it."

"If Yu Hui himself needed it, there would be no need for emergency transportation, so this equipment must be specifically used against you."

Chen Ming was still a little unsure at this time, and asked: "Are you 100% sure that Yu Hui is targeting me? Maybe Yu Hui found a facility like the Psychic Research Institute left by that civilization somewhere else? Does he need this equipment?"

"No, because we have observed the direction of the equipment they are transporting, it is right here."

"Okay, then I have nothing to say."

An extremely long distance on a cosmic scale, a distance that even star gates cannot directly transmit.

In such a case, the direction of transporting things must be as precise as possible.

Well, since the direction has been determined, and there happens to be a Chen Ming in this direction, then the probability that Yu Hui will discover something in this direction is basically zero.

Chen Ming accepted the fact that Yu Hui was about to take action against him, and said, "So why did you come to me?"

The officer said: "We hope you can provide us with more information about Yu Hui so that we can quickly rescue you."

"We also know that it is very difficult to obtain intelligence from Yu Hui, and it may even be dangerous, so we will assist you in obtaining that intelligence while doing our best to protect your safety."

"Hmm...let me think about it."

"Please hurry up."

Taking advantage of this time, Chen Ming quickly contacted his boss through Weiguang and quickly told him the news given by the 14th Legion.

But when Chen Ming was halfway through his speech, the boss asked Chen Ming to stop and said, "I know everything you just said."

"They invited me to their joint meeting before. The content of the meeting was all about you and Yu Hui."

"Let me put it this way, I can confirm that the information given by the Fourteenth Legion is all true."

Chen Ming went over the words of the 14th Legion officer in his mind again and said, "Does this mean I'm in trouble now?"

"It's highly likely. In fact, if you need me, I can just find a way to rescue you. There's no need for all that nonsense."

"But if you have been transferred to Yu Hui's place where supervision is stricter, the danger is too high, and I can't help you."

Old Wu, this news spreads quite quickly.

Chen Ming complained in his heart.

Then he said, half to himself and half to his boss, "This is the path I chose myself."

"So you have to go on your own after this, but I can help you in some places, so if you have any questions, ask them now."

"Okay, so what exactly does this device do?"

"I don't know. Yu Hui used encrypted information files to store data on this kind of thing. That's all we've deciphered so far. We can only confirm that it is indeed a device related to psychic power."

"Based on my experience, this device is similar to this type of thing. It probably has no effect on ordinary people, but it will be a big trouble for you."

"Then at first glance, isn't this target you?"

"You'd better believe it first."

Chen Ming somewhat agreed with his boss's statement.

Just like the afterglow of today.

Chen Ming had just been given a day and a half to rest, but suddenly he was asked to leave immediately and go to a new place.

I'm afraid it is related to the psychic device that was delivered here.

Since Chen Ming already knows that the whole thing has started to undergo unknown changes, and there may be unknown changes that may directly threaten Chen Ming's own psychic powers.

Then Chen Ming must carefully consider the communication with the 14th Legion.

The Fourteenth Legion can be given the intelligence it needs, but Chen Ming does not want others to know that he can gradually spread his control over Yuhui like a virus.

Because this may not be a good situation for other people.

Who would want Yu Hui to be unified under one person?

So intelligence can be given, but only part of it.

Chen Ming returned to the factory director's office and asked the officer who had been waiting for a while, "What do you need?"

The officers of the Fourteenth Legion breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as Chen Ming said this, his mission was completed.

"Mr. Chen, I am only responsible for negotiating with you. Please communicate with our boss here in person for details."

"That's fine."

Chen Ming agreed to the officer's request, and soon with his help, he reestablished communication with the other person.

In the video communication screen, we can see that the other party is a man who looks to be in his thirties or forties, wearing a pair of square-framed glasses.

After Chen Ming learned about the 14th Legion before, he went to check it out.

If he was not mistaken, the man in front of him was a major general.

After the communication was connected, the major general took the initiative to say to Chen Ming: "Hello, I am Bai Quan, the person in charge of the 14th Corps here."

"I'm Chen Ming. Let's stop talking nonsense now. I have been taken by Yu Hui to the new galaxy that I marked on the star map. I may not have time later."

"Mr. Chen, you seemed to have said before that there are still two days left?"

"It was two days before, but just now, about twenty minutes ago, Yu Hui suddenly sent me an emergency notice asking me to leave immediately."

The major general immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and said, "I see. Let me be frank. We need your exact current location, the defense force arrangement here, and the location of Yuhui's core galaxy."

"This may be a little difficult, but we can help you. We just need some clues."

Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "You are talking about the location of Yu Hui's Kletka supercomputer, right?"

"You know?"

"Yes, I used to like reading history books."

"Let me just say that my current location is most likely near Kletka."

Through the dim light, Chen Ming sent a galaxy map file with more marks on it to the factory director, and forwarded the file to Bai Quan through the officer in the office.

Many star systems with afterglow colonies are marked above.

Of course, Chen Ming only marked whether there were colonies or not, and did not draw the various other marks on the star map that Gamma A had given him.

And it is also a part of the colonies open to all afterglows according to the detailed intelligence provided by Gamma A.

These alone clearly draw a sphere on the star map.

"Did you see it? This small area is empty in the middle, but is surrounded by a large number of colonies belonging to Afterglow."

"I'm on the periphery now, so the core that these colony galaxies orbit must be inside."

"this……"

Bai Quan still thought that if Chen Ming wanted to obtain information about Yu Hui, he needed their help and assistance, and to steal information from Yu Hui in various ways.

Maybe they will have to hand over some blueprints of military spy equipment to Chen Ming and spend another half a month using them, and maybe they can get some clues.

After all, in their estimation, Yu Hui would never give Chen Ming the chance to contact Yu Hui.

At the same time, Yu Hui, who is suspected of having contact with Chen Ming, is controlled to ensure that there will be no subsequent communication between him and Chen Ming and other Yu Hui individuals.

Although Yu Hui did what they wanted, they did not completely restrict Chen Ming's opportunities to contact Yu Hui from other places.

So, this leads to the current result.

As a result, things turned out differently from what Baiquan had expected.

However, Bai Quan quickly figured out the reason why Chen Ming obtained this information.

Those afterglow individuals that Chen Ming had previously controlled had already handed this star map to Chen Ming.

So at this time he had not yet realized how exaggerated Chen Ming's abilities were.

After looking at the star map, Bai Quan habitually asked Chen Ming: "Can these locations be confirmed?"

Chen Ming did not give a direct answer, but said: "You don't have to believe it."

Bai Quan pushed up his glasses, hid his eyes behind the reflective lenses and said, "Then I believe it. Do you have any other information?"

"No, I'm still in space and I don't even know which planet I'm going to."

"I can only tell you now that the fleet escorting me consists of two cruisers, forty destroyers, and one hundred and ten escort ships. The cruisers are of the Brilliant type and the Refraction type. That's all."

"Incidentally, I have seen colonies on two atmosphereless planets in my current system."

"We also saw traces of unnatural structures on a volcanic planet. This is just one galaxy."

"You should know what these mean, and you certainly don't need me to teach you how to fight."

"You guys definitely know better than me what will happen if a real fight breaks out, so after that...you decide for yourself."

"It's better to notify me before any action is taken so that I can be prepared."

Bai Quan noticed some casualness in Chen Ming's words. He didn't seem to care about their rescue. He didn't know whether he had the confidence or some special means.

Bai Quan had no opinion on Chen Ming's attitude. After all, he had seen many people with worse attitudes.

As long as he doesn't make a fool of himself in the end, Chen Ming's ability has already given him the capital to have such an attitude.

So Baiquan answered simply: "Yes, but it will take some time for us to carry out the rescue."

"You just said that Yu Hui's psychic equipment has been delivered. If you want to save me, you should not have forgotten this, right?"

Bai Quan immediately said: "Of course not, but if the situation is really urgent, we would not choose to contact you first, but take action directly."

"The reason is that the ultra-long-distance transmission technology used by Yuhui cannot deliver the transmitted items to the destination instantly."

"It will take about half a month to transport it from the Sunset Star Region all the way to the Galo Star Region."

"So you don't need to worry too much about the equipment at the moment."

“So slow?”

"Yuhui uses a new technology that is still under development."

"It just so happens that we are currently researching this technology, and we started researching this technology first, so we have such an estimate."

Bai Quan didn't say anything else. If their Fourteenth Legion wanted to stop Yuhui from transporting this psychic device, they were actually capable of stopping it.

Because the technology used by Yuhui is a special technology that is similar to hyperspace, but has many different phase spaces.

It just so happens that the same technology is used in the phase ships that their Fourteenth Legion is developing together with Tachyon Technology.

That is, as long as they can install the phase device in advance on the path of the afterglow's transportation equipment in the phase space.

Then the device can be intercepted by them midway.

But the problem is that the 14th Legion’s current phase technology is still not stable.

Phase space is very special. Unlike hyperspace, which is like a shrunken universe, it is more like a mirror image of the real universe.

If the time could be delayed by one or two years, they who are outside the mirror might be able to influence the existence inside the mirror.

But now, they can only watch.

Fortunately, the physical distance between the Empire's Sunset Star Region and the Galo Star Region is quite far.

Although the mirror phase space station now has a stable transportation effect, its speed is definitely not as fast as that of hyperspace, let alone that of stargate.

It just so happens that the 14th Legion can rely on the star gate to carry out uninterrupted ultra-long-distance jumps.

A large number of support fleets were deployed in the Galo star field earlier than Yuhui's equipment.

Apart from this device, Yu Hui has no support capabilities at all.

If they want to arrive here as quickly as the Legion, they can only go through the Star Gate.

But the Empire’s Stargate afterglow cannot be used.

Yu Hui wanted to move quickly via the star gate, unless they built a star gate corridor along the border of the empire and surrounded the entire empire.

But as long as there is no problem with the brain, or the core logic, no one will do this.

Therefore, Yuhui can only rely on the individuals they already have in this star field to defend against the siege of the Fourteenth Legion this time.

The plan is absolutely logically executable.

Also, it would be best to do it before the psychic equipment is about to be delivered.

Bai Quan and Chen Ming talked for a few more words and finished discussing the business.

Suddenly, he casually said, "By the way, Mr. Chen Ming, I want to talk to you about what you gained from cleaning up the battlefield."

(End of this chapter)