Chen Ming no longer had so many strange thoughts, and asked the factory director directly to the core of the problem: "Who is this new director?"

The factory manager said, as if he had been wanting to say this for a long time: "This is a little confusing, but it should be easy to understand."

"The Sky Steel incident has come to an end, so the Fourteenth Legion has reopened the galaxy to us."

"We are re-surveying and counting the number and growth of Alturan's Sky Eels, and then determining how much Sky Steel Ore these Sky Eels can produce on a regular basis."

“Although the previous losses will not be recovered, they will definitely have to be settled in the future company.”

"Since the profits of Sky Steel have already been acquired by the company, we must digest them."

"Most of the Sky Steel will definitely belong to the entire company. It will be used to reduce the cost of manufacturing spacecraft in the future, and there will no longer be a need to purchase it at high prices from other places."

"Or it can be used in the research and development of spacecraft. Sky Steel is one of the top-grade materials. If it is mass-produced, it should be useful in many places."

"But it's impossible to use all of these materials for the company. Some of them have to be used."

"Therefore, different departments within the company need to distribute these benefits, and at the same time, they need to find a way to drive away other forces that have set their sights on this piece of meat."

The factory manager explained the company's current situation to Chen Ming and began to talk about more details.

"We got the Sky Steel back because of you. I was the first one to come into contact with you, the first one to know about your situation, and the one who notified you of your situation."

"So the company's ability to get back Sky Steel has something to do with me, and that's how the departments behind me can get the largest share."

"As for the rest, it depends on who contributes the most. In the end, they will get a bigger share."

"But the details are definitely not as simple as I said, but it's too complicated so I won't waste your time explaining it in detail."

"You know that in the end it was the director of the Pirate Space Station who gave in. It's enough to give in here."

The factory manager paused for a moment, then continued, "You know that Lao Wu is in the space station, so the value of a position here is quite high, especially the position of director."

"By the way, Lao Wu and I are personal friends. I won't use my relationship with Lao Wu to deal with company matters like this."

"Anyway, I have made it clear to the company. No one can force me, not even the chairman."

The factory manager suddenly said jokingly: "It will be the same when you become rich in the future."

However, Chen Ming said seriously: "If there really comes such a day, I don't mind."

The factory manager didn't seem surprised. He said something vaguely and continued talking about the company's affairs.

"Although the real power of the space station is still in the hands of the deputy director, the new director will still have some power."

"He likes your things and he does have the ability to take them away."

"Anyway, the current director has nothing to do with me, and he has nothing to do with the current deputy director either. It's better to say that the relationship is pretty bad."

"After all, who can treat a top leader who was parachuted in nicely?"

"Besides, he himself is not very good."

The factory manager's tone suddenly became unhappy: "You know, although our repair shop has few people, we have a lot of ways to make money."

"Then he arranged for several people who did nothing to come in and get paid for nothing."

"It's fine that he arranges people for nothing, but he also keeps changing the purchase orders I arranged. I don't know where the suppliers he chooses come from, and the quality of the goods they buy is at least two grades lower."

"He's well-fed with kickbacks, and it's really a headache for me."

“How many people are there in the repair shop?”

"So many people died recently. We finally recruited three new people, but one died, one was a spy, and only one is still alive."

"With such a small number of people, some people just get paid without doing any work. This made Old Wu want to skip work. The bald guy was also very unhappy and kept telling me that he had made enough money and wanted to retire."

"The only newcomer who survived before is now considered an old man."

"He is younger than you and has an aggressive personality. He is a good kid in front of you and seniors like Old Wu, but he will quarrel with the idiots arranged by the stupid director when he meets them, and they will fight when they start quarreling."

"Then I have to stop him. If I'm not here, I can't stop him and I have to help him deal with it. If he lets him run away again, I'll really have no one to work for me."

"There are also a few new people I recently recruited. They didn't say anything and are still learning the technology. But if they continue to meet those people who just want to make a living, problems will arise sooner or later."

"I really have a headache."

The factory manager let out a long breath and said all his complaints at once.

It can be seen that he is under a lot of pressure and needs to vent.

Moreover, in Chen Ming's impression, the factory director actually likes money.

I made some money refurbishing second-hand goods with him privately before, but I felt really sad when I couldn't continue.

Suddenly, someone came to steal the repair shop's business, and it could even be said that they were trying to make the repair shop go bankrupt.

It would be strange if the factory manager wasn't angry.

So Chen Ming asked very considerately: "It just so happens that I have to go back in the next few days, so I can kill all these people?"

The factory manager was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "No, no, no, no, no, your grievances have been incurred by the perpetrators. If someone steals your supplies and spacecraft, the most you can do is kill the boss and that's it."

"If this director dies, I can easily deal with the other rubbish. You don't have to do it yourself."

"Wait a moment."

The factory manager suddenly paused and reacted to what Chen Ming had just said.

He asked uncertainly, "You just said you were coming back? Coming back to me?"

"Um."

Chen Ming responded and said, "It's almost time to come back, but I won't stay for long. I should leave again soon."

"Going out again, where to?"

"I should go meet someone with my boss first, and then I will fly out along the area between the afterglow outside and the mechanical race."

"How far I have to go depends on how long it takes me to find a good galaxy."

"Going on an adventure?"

“No, it’s to explore.”

"Colony? Lao Wu helped you?"

If the factory manager asked this before, then it would be like this.

But now, Chen Ming can be self-reliant and build a colony.

Of course the boss did help, so there is nothing wrong with saying that it was the boss who helped.

So Chen Ming simply followed the factory director's question and responded: "Yes."

"That's going to take a long time. Are you ready?"

“It started a long time ago.”

The factory manager said with emotion: "It's good to be young. You can go everywhere. But I don't know how long it will take for us to see each other again in the future."

Chen Ming corrected him: "Then I am talking to you now."

"I'm talking about meeting in person."

"Well...there is a chance then."

Chen Ming's abilities are still limited now. All his abilities except for detecting names are limited to non-living things, and his control ability is limited to mechanical equipment after leaving the spacecraft.

Therefore, in the early and middle stages of colony construction, Chen Ming would definitely not be able to completely get rid of the help of the human world.

And in the future, there will always be places in colonies where biological organisms are needed, such as environmental transformation, crop planting, etc.

At that time, he would definitely need spacecraft to transport these types of things over long distances.

Then this is the chance to go back.

However, even though Chen Ming said so, the factory manager still said with some disbelief: "I hope so."

After talking about the new director, the factory manager quickly adjusted his mood and said to Chen Ming: "Oh, by the way, Lao Wu told me in the past two days that he found someone following and investigating him."

"He said that he only drinks at the bar and goes to chat with Lao Wu every day, and he hasn't gotten into any trouble with anyone. He asked if you have any clues."

Chen Ming immediately remembered the psychic investigation by the people from the war zone.

"This may be related to the first time the Fourteenth Legion rescued me. Do you know the details? If you don't know, let me explain it to you."

"Need not."

The factory manager refused casually and said, "I basically know what happened that time."

"Lao Wu told me that the source was that there were a few high-ranking officials in the war zone where our star field was located. They decided to retaliate against you because you brought Sky Steel back to the company."

"Old Wu has told me something similar, but Old Wu didn't provoke them. Does it have anything to do with them?"

Chen Ming explained: "I guess it's because they know that I'm still alive, but they can't find me, so they can only come to find you who know me."

"You have a company behind you, and your boss is not easy to deal with, so you can only find Old Wu."

The factory manager frowned and asked, "Is there such a thing? How do they know you are still alive?"

"Psychic."

The factory manager shook his head and said in the same tone as Chen Ming before: "That's fine."

Chen Ming had no solution for the time being, so he could only say, "We can only ask Old Wu to be careful. The ones who want to target me are just a few high-ranking officials in the war zone, not the entire war zone. They can't mobilize the entire war zone's resources to target Old Wu."

"If it really doesn't work, when I go back, let Old Wu go out with me to hide?"

"Wait, this doesn't seem right. If I go back, the war zone will definitely focus on me. Who will care about Old Wu? Let Old Wu hold on for a few days. I'm already speeding up."

However, the factory director and Chen Ming only mentioned this matter in passing. With advance preparation, he could handle many things on the pirate space station.

So the factory director agreed without thinking. He was confident that Old Wu could continue to be active even if Chen Ming did not come back.

He even had the leisure to jokingly say, "Actually, I think even if you ask him to go out with you, he won't want to go out. You don't have what he wants."

"Wine and a pretty sister, huh?"

"Hey."

The factory manager suddenly laughed like Old Wu and said, "It's good that you understand."

"Old Wu and I will take care of Old Wu. There won't be any problems. Just do your job with peace of mind. Don't worry about us."

"Well, okay, if you have any questions, please contact me immediately. I am now capable of doing something."

The factory director accepted Chen Ming's favor and said, "Look, I'm just waiting for you to help me get rid of the new director, right?"

"By the way, I feel like someone in the company might know that you're still alive."

"What do you mean?"

"These ships are the ones that were barely in their original condition and can be repaired after our company and the military fought last time, as well as the armor-piercing ship."

Chen Ming suddenly remembered what the factory director said.

Before, when he had just started walking with Yu Hui and had closer contact with Lao Wu.

The company had direct contact with Lao Wu and asked him to help convey a message.

It was said that as long as Chen Ming could return, the company would repair all the ships he had controlled during the battle, including the armor-piercing ones, and give them to him.

But before that, the company decided to give up Chen Ming and took the initiative to express this intention to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming basically never paid attention to this matter and almost forgot about it.

I didn't expect the company would send it over at such a strange time.

But since the company clearly wanted to give him the ship, there was no way Chen Ming would refuse it.

So he asked, "Which ships?"

"Not many. Besides the Armorbreaker there are only five Hammerheads."

"Hammerhead? It's okay."

Chen Ming was not surprised by this result.

When the battle broke out with the military before, the company's fleet was already at a disadvantage. In the end, both sides were fighting desperately, and there were indeed not many remaining spaceships.

Moreover, Chen Ming's mental power at that time was not as much as it is now after absorbing the spiritual awakening nerves, and he could only control a part of the destroyer.

Although there was additional support from the space station before, all the destroyer-class ships that came to support were blown up, and there were no other models left.

There were only a few ships of the fleet that survived, and those were the Hammerheads.

This result is acceptable to Chen Ming.

Because Chen Ming still doesn't regard Yuhui's spaceship, which he controls, as his own spaceship.

After all, he has not left the Yuhui star field yet, and those ships belonging to Yuhui have not completely belonged to him.

Another reason is that Chen Ming himself does not want these spaceships and afterglow individuals to have any ownership.

Because in that case, he would feel very uncomfortable when these ships and individuals were lost.

What he was going to do next would inevitably involve losses, so Chen Ming maintained this state for the time being.

Then, these six spaceships should be regarded as the final compensation from Sinda Corporation to him.

It seems that the company really intends to completely sever ties with him.

Even though they knew that Chen Ming was still alive, they did not make any contact with him and just sent a spaceship over.

Chen Ming will definitely choose to accept it.

The purely interest relationship between him and the company is broken, so it is fine, as long as his relationship with the factory director, Old Wu, and Baldy is not broken.

The factory manager had anticipated this result and had no intention of trying to retain the employee.

"Okay then, I don't have anything else to do."

"I will help you hold on for a few days. I think I can keep your supplies and spaceship until the day you come back. You can handle the rest."

"As long as we can return to our society ruled by law, you, a psychic, have privileges."

"Um."

Chen Ming ended his communication with the factory director and returned to the present.

Sure enough, his previous considerations were correct. The war zone was still eyeing him covetously, and he had to pay more attention.

If Chen Ming wants to deal with the war zone.

Then Baiquan, who has conflicts with the war zone, is the best partner.

It just so happens that Chen Ming's plan is about to start, and it's time for him to contact Bai Quan again . Chen Ming sent a terminal to Bai Quan through his boss a few days ago, so he can contact Bai Quan at any time.

Bai Quan quickly noticed the movement in the terminal, and he also knew what Chen Ming was here to ask.

So he said straightforwardly: "I'm ready here. The target is confirmed to be the Nova-class unmanned battlecruiser that has entered the final stage of construction. We can set off at any time."

Chen Ming was quite satisfied with Bai Quan's efficiency in replying, and he also decisively determined the time: "Then let's set it to start in two days, around this time. Starting tomorrow, I will keep in touch with you all the time."

"Understood."

Bai Quan agreed quickly, but Chen Ming always felt that the time was a bit tight, but there was nothing he could do.

Because now, there are only four days left before the approximate deadline that Huihuang had estimated for Yuhui to complete the cultivation of the second spiritual awakening nerve.

Two days in advance is already a bit of a limit. If Yuhui finishes earlier than that, something unexpected might happen.

To be honest, this amount of time goes against his original idea of ​​leaving some margin.

But there are so many things Chen Ming needs to prepare.

Even if the final implementation plan does not require him to think about it slowly himself.

After all, Brilliant Gamma Z all knew Chen Ming's abilities and knew how to make good use of his psychic powers.

But even so, even with Chen Ming included, we had already started discussing these things before, and it was only now that we had a rough overall plan.

But there are still some details that have not been finalized.

Bai Quan’s previous preparations also took time and were completed around this time, otherwise Bai Quan would have definitely found a way to contact us long ago.

So there is nothing we can do about it being delayed until this late.

Fortunately, Chen Ming managed to complete the preparatory work almost before the deadline.

At that time, he should actually start with himself.

Of course, it’s not about starting to run away, but about starting other things.

Chen Ming cannot retreat first, he must stay with Yu Hui to delay time.

If he ran away, Yu Hui would react immediately and interfere with Chen Ming's subsequent plans.

But as long as he doesn't run away, it will take time for Yu Hui to investigate and understand what happened in some galaxies and finally react.

Then he still has room to pull.

Chen Ming not only wanted to leave, he also wanted to take some other things with him.

Therefore, as long as Chen Ming, the point that Yu Hui has been paying attention to, does not move first, he will have some time to move the things he wants to take away.

That is, those afterglow individuals, industrial facilities and basic materials.

He needed to gather all of these together and finally transport them away through the cruiser's jump engine resonance.

The cruiser Chen Ming is ready.

He currently has control of three cruisers.

No, it cannot be said that there are three cruisers. It should be said that there are three Alpha individuals that can control the cruisers.

Three Afterglow entities each controlled a cruiser.

The glorious Brilliant-class unmanned cruiser, the Alpha-class unmanned cruiser mothership controlled by Yuhui that was guarding the border galaxy.

Also, the Huiyao that was tricked by Gamma A two days ago and was also controlled by Chen Ming, and the Huiyao-class unmanned cruiser it controlled.

However, since Huiyao usually wanders around various star fields, he serves as a team leader to lead different afterglow individuals to perform various tasks.

So it is normal for it to occasionally disappear in the eyes of other afterglows.

So now, with the help of Glory, it has boarded a cruiser-level Colossus-class heavy cargo ship.

This will be the core of Chen Ming's subsequent transportation.

It can use its jump engine to resonate with a large number of other cargo ships at any time and take away what Chen Ming wants.

Therefore, all of Chen Ming's mental energy will be used to support the maintenance of the cruiser, so that the jump system can cool down quickly and be started multiple times in a short period of time.

This was a severe test for Chen Ming's mental strength.

Because once the plan starts, he can't stop until he is safely evacuated.

Stopping means failure.

Yu Hui will not give Chen Ming too much time and second chance.

The longer he holds out, the greater his eventual reward will be.

When he had almost finished moving the things in his hands, Yu Hui realized something was wrong.

Then it is time for the 14th Legion to take action.

They can help Chen Ming distract Yu Hui's attention.

But it can't be too early, otherwise if Yuhui gathers people across the entire star field like last time, and gets a few of Chen Ming's Alpha-level Yuhuis and discovers their abnormalities in advance, then Chen Ming will lose.

Therefore, the best scenario would be for the Fourteenth Legion to suddenly appear when Yu Hui just discovered something was wrong.

If Chen Ming and the 14th Legion attack together, Yu Hui will definitely have a headache.

However, it is difficult to grasp this timing precisely.

So Chen Ming didn't expect anything, he just hoped that Bai Quan could attract Yu Hui's attention at about the same time and share some of his pressure.

Buy him some more time.

Then it was time for Chen Ming to retreat.

This timing can be appropriately advanced to prevent unexpected situations.

Anyway, by that time, the things Chen Ming had transported in advance would be arranged according to their value, and the high-value afterglow cores and industrial equipment must have been transported long ago.

It's nothing more than the loss of some ordinary basic supplies or something. In this regard, Chen Ming has his boss to help him. If it's a loss, it's a loss. He doesn't feel sad at all.

His life is obviously more important.

And at this time, it was the most difficult moment for Chen Ming.

He needed to have enough mental energy to support the glorious jump to reach him after consuming a lot of mental energy in repairing the cruiser, and then jump again to take him away after the repair.

He needed to have enough energy to get out.

He is ready.

(End of this chapter)