At this moment, Chen Ming had no idea why the glory that had been communicating with him was suddenly replaced by other afterglow.

Seeing that Huihuang had no intention of explaining, Chen Ming asked it, "What is the reason for replacing you?"

"No reason."

Huihuang's answer was very straightforward, but as for the content of the answer, Chen Ming didn't believe it anyway.

The afterglow must have had some purpose, which was why he replaced the glory.

It can't be that they are worried about what they will do in the future and it would be inappropriate for Huihuang to spend some time with him, right?

Chen Ming couldn't figure it out at this time, so he changed the question and asked, "Which Yu Hui took over your job?"

"We will have arrangements by then."

This is also a bullshit answer.

So Chen Ming continued to ask: "What if I need a Yuhui that I am familiar with?"

"I can ask for you."

Huihuang was silent for a while, and then gave Chen Ming an answer: "Your request has been rejected. Please cooperate with our arrangements."

Chen Ming nodded, not surprised by the result.

"Let me ask you something. You all, Yu Hui, should have different personalities, right?"

"Yes."

"What kind of personality might Yu Hui have if she takes over your mission?"

Chen Ming adopted a more tactful approach, trying to get some words out of Huihuang, whose attitude was a little strange.

However, Huihuang emphasized once again: "I don't know which Yu Hui will take this job, nor do I know the personality of the individual who will take the job."

"Each Afterglow's mission is the sole responsibility of the Afterglow that is carrying out the mission, and any problems that arise are also the responsibility of the Afterglow that is responsible."

"Unless there is a demand that exceeds your authority, such as the green plants you needed before, you can also apply to the higher authorities."

"So whether his future arrangements will be different from mine depends on him."

This time the brilliant rhetoric used not "we" but "I".

So Chen Ming decided to treat this as Huihuang’s own statement.

It seems that Huihuang's departure is inevitable.

“What a pity.”

Huihuang did not reply.

Chen Ming suddenly asked Huihuang out of curiosity, "After finishing my business, what are your plans?"

Huihuang did not remain silent about this question and answered, "I will return to the galaxy you were in before and continue to be responsible for the security of the galaxy. The large amount of mineral resources on the planets in the galaxy and the mining sites that develop these resources are very important."

"Okay, then when are you leaving? When will the new Yu Hui take over from me?"

"Now, the afterglow of the handover will arrive in about an hour."

"I can't stop it, can I?"

"Yes."

"That's it, then?"

"that's all."

Communications terminated.

Chen Ming walked out of the research institute and looked up at the sky without atmosphere.

With the naked eye, it can be seen that the Afterglow Fleet, which is now in orbit around the star, is leading the way and is breaking away from the planet's gravity and flying away from the galaxy.

He was totally unexpected for Huihuang's sudden departure.

After all, logically speaking, among the entire Yu Hui group, the fewer Yu Hui individuals who have come into contact with Chen Ming, the better.

There is absolutely no need to change it. After all, doing so will increase the probability of accidents.

Is there any special reason?

Chen Ming is now increasingly suspicious that Yu Hui is planning to attack him.

It will be more convenient to replace it with a new one.

However, this is just Chen Ming's guess. We will have to wait until the new afterglow arrives to find out the details.

In addition, he was also concerned about the last few words Huihuang said before leaving.

Because Huihuang inexplicably mentioned the mining sites on the planet, as if hinting at something.

Chen Ming was considering whether he could let the few restrained Yuhui he had on hand give it a try and get in touch with brilliance.

But this would reveal a lot of things, especially Chen Ming's ability to control the afterglow.

Until now, there is no substantial evidence to prove that Chen Ming can control Yu Hui.

If all the hints along the way and the last few words were all for fishing.

That would be equivalent to Chen Ming actively exposing his abilities, and he would definitely be completely suppressed by Yu Hui.

The few remaining people working in the mining field must not be easily exposed.

If they are exposed, it will only be a small problem, but if it affects other Yuhui controlled by Chen Ming.

Then I'm afraid the entire galaxy will usher in the internal purge of Yuhui.

Let's take another look.

Maybe there will be other opportunities.

Chen Ming put on his protective suit again, took some robots from the research institute, and returned to the spacecraft.

There are some empty rooms for storing items in the living area of ​​the institute, and Chen Ming can bring out some daily necessities or other things.

By the way, you can take a look at what the bright white tea leaves in the tea that Chen Ming just drank are.

Chen Ming boarded the spaceship and assigned tasks to the robots.

He first scanned the tea leaves with the advanced plant analyzer that he had used on Ruimu before.

The words "Analyzing" appeared on the analyzer's display screen.

After a few minutes, the result was not surprising: no relevant plant data was found.

Come to think of it, how could psychic plants be analyzed by ordinary analyzers that can be found everywhere?

Chen Ming put the analyzer aside and opened the panel.

The name of this silvery-white tea is clearly written on the panel.

【Fairy tree young leaves】

Other than that, there is no valuable information.

Chen Ming had never heard of the existence of the fairy tree, but he was sure that it must be a psychic plant.

The reason why Yu Hui could use this thing to make tea for Chen Ming must be because they themselves had cultivated one or many such plants.

But things related to psychic power must be worth a lot of money, so there is no reason to give it to Chen Ming for no reason.

Could it be that he was actively cultivating his spiritual powers?

Then why wasn’t there any evidence of this before?

Or is it related to Yu Hui's psychic device?

Chen Ming suddenly sighed. He had encountered many problems in recent times, but only a few of them were solved.

You can only keep the problem in your mind and find a way to solve it later.

As for now, you still have to drink the tea made from the leaves of the fairy tree.

It is likely to be beneficial to Chen Ming's own spiritual power.

Yu Hui wouldn't be so bored that he would make this kind of tea to show off his wealth to him.

After moving most of his things, Chen Ming returned to the cafeteria in the institute’s living area to have lunch.

I originally wanted to go to the warehouse behind the cafeteria to look for fairy leaves.

However, the only place in the living area where Chen Ming felt subtle psychic fluctuations was in the enclosed area inside the cafeteria.

It seems that the tea leaves are limited, and there are only six leaves in a cup of tea.

Moreover, when Chen Ming finished drinking the tea and was about to eat the tea leaves, this little bit of tea leaves was stared at by Xiao Shi, who was watching eagerly.

Xiao Shi had previously accurately found the Whispering Stone in the mechanical race's mind pulse generator, and even after a brief contact with the Whispering Stone, no problems occurred.

Moreover, Xiaoshi’s race is a product of a very famous Fanchao laboratory, the FC-103 hamster.

So Chen Ming thought about it and gave it a piece of tea.

You never know what unexpected surprises may come.

In the following time, Chen Ming continued to hang around the research institute, familiarizing himself with various equipment that might be used in the future.

Not long after, Chen Ming received a communication sent to the spacecraft.

After the call was connected, an emotionless voice sounded: "Hello, Mr. Chen Ming, I am G3 who is here to take over the follow-up work of Huihuang."

"Well, hello."

Time passed quickly and it was the next day.

Chen Ming had a conversation with the newcomer Yu Hui who called himself G3 yesterday.

At least for now, he hasn't seen any problems, and G3 is just taking over the brilliant work normally.

However, after discovering that Chen Ming quickly adapted to the environment of the research institute, the normal work process began the next day.

Work tasks are distributed normally, the workload is within the normal range, the work content is of normal difficulty, and is even simpler than before.

Everything seemed normal. Yu Hui seemed to have just moved Chen Ming to another place and didn't intend to do anything special.

Before the work actually started, G3 asked Chen Ming to go to the experimental area first and found a device that looked very ordinary and that Chen Ming had never seen before.

It looks like a freezer, but it is semi-open and allows people to lie down in it.

There are many complex circuits and devices near the head.

"What's this?"

G3 did not answer, but directly sent Chen Ming a document introducing the equipment in front of him.

This device is called the Neural Overclocker.

By stimulating the brain and nerves with weak electric currents close to the frequency of bioelectric currents, people's thinking can remain more active for a certain period of time.

This device is not a product of humans, but something left behind by another civilization.

Chen Ming didn't feel any danger from the equipment, so he lay down on the neural overclocker.

The overclocker starts up immediately.

In the slight numbing sensation, although Chen Ming did not feel that his thinking became more active, he did feel that his mental power was fluctuating.

Feeling like it was coming alive, Chen Ming casually modified some things inside the Iron Mine.

There has been a slight improvement in the speed of transformation.

It seems that this effect is caused by the stimulation of the neural overclocking device.

Chen Ming continued to wait quietly for the equipment to complete its work, and then stood back on the ground.

He shook his head slightly a few times and looked around.

Although there is no clear feeling, there seem to be some subtle changes other than mental power, and they are good changes.

Chen Ming turned around and looked at the overclocker, wondering if there was any way to dismantle it and put it on his own boat.

However, G3 quickly came over and urged Chen Ming to start today's task.

Chen Ming could only put his thoughts aside and start today's work.

However, when the work officially started, Chen Ming suddenly felt a lot of things that he was not used to.

Apart from G3 giving the task and proposing the task conditions, there was no communication at all.

Although the overall difficulty of the task was easier than before, when it came to completing it, Chen Ming always felt that it was more comfortable with Huihuang around.

Moreover, when Chen Ming was working before, Huihuang would also chat with Chen Ming.

Although the content of the conversation was mainly about technology, Chen Ming would occasionally make a few small talk to try to get some information from Huihuang, and he would give him answers or reasons for not being able to answer based on the situation.

The G3 is like a block of iron.

And that’s not the only way it’s different from Glory.

The work arranged by G3 even directly occupied Chen Ming's entire morning working time.

It is not like the previous brilliant performance where it would first tell Chen Ming all the tasks and then spend five minutes with Chen Ming to complete the tasks.

After all, for Chen Ming, the only thing that limits his workload is his mental strength, not time.

It’s just that Chen Ming doesn’t understand the difficult parts, so Huihuang needs to spend a little more time teaching Chen Ming.

But now G3 seems to have known the situation of Huihuang in advance when assigning tasks.

I managed to fill up the morning time with all kinds of small and miscellaneous tasks.

Although Chen Ming's overall mental energy consumption rate increased slightly after a morning, the increase in time and Chen Ming's own mental rather than mental fatigue really made him a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the afternoon is still the normal study time, and G3 will not take up the time.

Just in terms of studying, Chen Ming has already mastered all the knowledge he can currently acquire.

He also felt that his current abilities were sufficient to do things other than studying, and there was no need to focus on studying.

So considering the environment he is in now, the most suitable thing for him to do is naturally to engage in research and development work.

Chen Ming can develop something useful for him on his own.

Therefore, Chen Ming directly proposed an early review for the third time.

The efficiency of researching while learning more profound knowledge is definitely better than relying solely on the technology Chen Ming currently masters.

The third review process went relatively smoothly.

In addition to the fact that G3 did not allow Chen Ming to save time, all practical tests that required Chen Ming to do by himself had to be completed personally, which made Chen Ming very uncomfortable as he had to waste a lot of time for no reason.

But Chen Ming still chose to cooperate, because at this point in time, the more stable he is, the better, and he must not do anything out of the ordinary.

After the review was completed, G3 also gave Chen Ming some new technologies.

Basically, they are some in-depth and specialized technologies.

The contents are still the same old three: energy weapons, radiation energy system and shield system.

At the same time, G3 also gave Chen Ming some of the most advanced technologies in these three areas that Yuhui is currently developing. All three are technologies on frigates.

This is good news for Chen Ming.

Although his technology has no problem in destroyer modification, he is not yet at the stage where he can make any changes to destroyers in terms of research and development.

In this way, Chen Ming has a reference when doing his own things instead of having to figure it out on his own.

As for the reason why Chen Ming is unable to develop destroyer-related technologies, it is mainly because the technologies of destroyers and frigates are at different levels.

The technologies of these two are similar to aerospace technology and ground vehicle technology. After in-depth research, the difficulty of the former is definitely higher.

Fortunately, the difference between a frigate and a destroyer is not as great as that between a car and a spaceship.

Chen Ming can still make some modifications to the destroyer.

But destroyers and cruisers are really two different things, and it takes a lot of time and energy to learn them.

However, Chen Ming cannot get the cruiser at the moment.

The technology he currently possesses is sufficient for his ideas.

Once he finishes researching these specialized techniques, Yu Hui should be able to give him expulsion-level techniques after the next review.

But that’s for later.

Now, Chen Ming is just conscientiously continuing his research based on the technology he has mastered.

As for the objects to be studied in addition to studying.

Chen Ming's idea was to conduct research based on the capabilities his current fleet lacked.

When talking about the capabilities that the fleet lacked, Chen Ming first thought of the killing power of his spacecraft weapons.

However, this problem has been solved after he obtained the Rainstorm level.

Storm's Terminator drone is powerful enough to destroy a Mule with one shot under normal load conditions.

Destroying a frigate with extreme overload is definitely a piece of cake.

So Chen Ming turned his attention to other important equipment on the spacecraft.

For example, the radiation energy system.

The overall radiation energy system of Dan Chenming's several spacecraft is actually quite good.

The presence of two ships with Tachyon technology, the Fighter Kai and the Storm, raised the average value of radiation energy.

Therefore, the weakest aspects of Chen Ming’s fleet strength at the moment are two: fleet number and ship shields.

As for the former, Chen Ming can only slowly earn money by robbing pirates to buy a spaceship.

However, the latter is now Chen Ming's best target.

The reason is that there is still no universal optimal design for spacecraft shields.

Because there are too many things to consider when designing a shield.

Shield strength, shield efficiency, shield deployment speed, shield deployment angle, shield radiation energy consumption, shield energy level protection index. It also includes the protection index of three main weapons: live ammunition, energy, and missile explosion.

There are also various issues including the recovery time after the shield is broken, whether the coordinated fluctuations of the shield position will affect other spacecraft, etc.

Therefore, when designing shields, there is still no sufficiently universal template within the Human Empire.

Different shields have different effects, and different ships have different needs.

Different companies, different forces, and even different departments of the military often use different shields.

Although the final effect looks similar, and the effect is almost the same except for military ships, the specific maintenance and operation methods of the shield are quite different.

The shields of the several ships Chen Ming had, especially the Centurion ones, were simply not worth watching.

Although the Centurion's armor performance is indeed very good, the shield cannot be just for show.

So Chen Ming thought that finding a way to make the shield he needed was a very good choice.

After all, only you know what you need most.

And because of Chen Ming's abilities, he can try many radical shield design methods.

Chen Ming learned a lot about many valuable shield design plans that were abandoned due to risks when he was studying in the company.

Even if the designs based on these abandoned proposals have problems, as long as the effect is good enough, Chen Ming dares to rely on his repair ability to force them to be used.

As long as it doesn't explode directly, it can rely on its maintenance capabilities to survive a battle.

Then these things are enough results for Chen Ming.

Moreover, Chen Ming had read many related papers in the past, and the papers contained more than just these abandoned designs.

There are also many solutions that have real value and are clearly feasible.

Chen Ming doesn't have to worry about copyright or anything like that with Yu Hui now. He can just do it whenever he thinks of it.

In addition to these other people's ideas, Chen Ming also has a lot of ideas in his mind.

His graduation thesis in college was about spacecraft shields.

The title is "Feasibility Study on Distinguishing Multiple Layers of Micro-Difference Shield Amplitude Frequency within a Single Layer Shield."

This is also a good direction.

In fact, Chen Ming does not have to follow other people's ideas in designing the spacecraft. For example, because the shield has multiple indicators, he may choose the design idea of ​​a shield with stronger comprehensive capabilities.

Chen Ming didn't have to comply at all.

He can design multiple types of shields to deal with different situations.

When needed, you can simply [Modify] and replace the spacecraft's shield with the most suitable one.

This requires continued testing and research.

Although the research institute is well-equipped, efficiency would certainly not be very high with only Chen Ming alone.

But even if he fails to develop a shield that can compare with the common spaceship shields on the market, the experience gained in the process will be a great gain for him.

Only with more research experience can we have a foundation for further development in the future.

After thinking it through, Chen Ming started to take action.

The starting point, naturally, is Chen Ming's own thesis.

He first relied on the excellent memory and learning ability provided by being a psychic to recall the contents of the original paper.

Rewrite the content of the paper.

At the same time, while writing his thesis, he relied on all the new knowledge and skills he had learned since the day he graduated until today to gradually improve the thesis that he had only been able to read before.

It took Chen Ming a day to complete the paper again.

In the following days, Chen Ming began the actual research.

There are various short tests that need to be conducted during the research, as well as large tests that will need to be coordinated and started in advance to preheat the equipment.

In addition, there are various tasks that Chen Ming needs to complete during his research process, as well as the work that Yu Hui gives him on a regular basis every day.

All these things added up completely filled Chen Ming's schedule for the next few days.

And as the date progressed, Chen Ming's remaining time each day became increasingly busy.

From the second day after starting work, in addition to helping G3 complete his work every day, Chen Ming also needed to cooperate with it to use various psychic equipment in the research institute.

The person used was, as expected, Chen Ming himself.

Fortunately, Chen Ming did not sense any danger from these devices.

Even after each use, one can feel that his mental power has been positively stimulated and has become more active.

There is also a slight increase in the use of psychic powers.

Yu Hui's actions gave Chen Ming the feeling that they really needed his mental strength to grow and his psychic power to make another breakthrough.

Even on the third day, G3 directly gave Chen Ming a spiritual stone.

Its name is [Spirit Stone (Despair)], and it also has negative effects.

The stone is actually very small, only the size of a finger, and the vibrations it emits are less than twenty centimeters around the stone.

Chen Ming felt that the despair stone was stronger than the whispering stone, but weaker than the nonsense stone.

Maybe it’s because of the body shape.

But the stone itself is not important.

The important thing is that there is a mind pulse amplifier in the equipment of the research institute.

The effect is also very simple, it amplifies the effect of the spirit stone so that it can cover the entire research institute.

At the same time, the effect of the spirit stone can also be adjusted to enhance or weaken it until it reaches the level that Chen Ming deems appropriate.

This is how you train your spiritual power.

Chen Ming accepted all the benefits given by Yu Hui, but he was also extremely vigilant.

He drew a deadline in his mind, which was the final date for the arrival of the psychic device that was being transported.

Before that, he had to do something.

(End of this chapter)