Baiquan released the last wave of speedboats.

Chen Ming once again occupied two data nodes through the damaged robot.

The armor blueprint of the central part of the hull and the structural blueprint of the left front part of the hull were obtained.

Together with the previous engine blueprint and the left front hull armor, left rear hull structure, and central hull structure blueprint, there are six in total.

But after Baiquan's speedboats were exhausted.

He had already brought the offensive back into the battle line.

Deal with the damage, shrink the formation, and be ready to retreat at any time.

And Yu Hui also noticed Bai Quan's actions. After being cautious at first, he discovered Bai Quan's true thoughts.

So they directly began to squeeze the movement space of the 14th Legion fleet, as if they were going to counterattack.

Next, Chen Ming can no longer use this method of controlling more data nodes through robot maintenance.

However, his means have not been completely restricted.

After all, the giant dock is a whole, and there is a cooperative relationship between modules, but they are independent at the data level to facilitate management.

Therefore, different modules within the dock can communicate normally.

Chen Ming can use this to spread his spiritual power.

He only needs to install a lowest-level gamma core under his control in some mechanical equipment that needs to be transported between different modules.

For example, Yuhui himself has a group of Yuhui individuals who are responsible for the maintenance of all internal areas that are not open to the public.

Overall, the giant shipyard can be said to be a large-scale industrial facility, and it is also an industrial facility where high-intensity work is carried out every day.

All equipment within a facility requires frequent maintenance and repair.

There is a person named Yuhui who is responsible for the maintenance of several modules open to the public.

As for internal affairs, there are naturally also those specifically for internal affairs.

Therefore, Chen Ming, who has successfully controlled the afterglow inside the dock, can completely find a way to control these afterglow individuals.

There is a high chance that they are unprepared, or simply cannot be prepared.

Because they need to repair the equipment, it means they have to touch various circuits of the equipment.

Such a data line connecting the Yuhui individual controlled by Chen Ming is no different from a virus culture dish to Yuhui.

These maintenance personnel must also take the initiative to get close to the culture dishes, after all, this is their job.

Just now.

Chen Ming had already reported the situation that required a special maintenance individual to carry out inspection in the node that he had first controlled with the robot.

It should be here soon.

Chen Ming has not reported such problems on other nodes yet.

This is to prevent similar accidents from occurring at the same time and to prevent the problem from being discovered in the database of this giant shipyard.

Under normal circumstances, if it is just a problem within a module, then hiding it would be the easiest thing to do given that Chen Ming has already controlled the core data nodes of the module.

But in order to get the maintenance personnel to come over, he had to report the cause and consequences of the accident.

This will certainly be recorded elsewhere.

So just in case, Chen Ming did a little cover-up.

Anyway, each module area has its own maintenance individuals, but their efficiency and scale are not as fast or large as those of professionals.

It is impossible for Yu Hui, who is responsible for module management, to report any minor fault in the circuit. Generally speaking, he will solve any minor problem if he can.

It is normal not to report it and repair it yourself.

Therefore, even if Chen Ming's hidden behavior was discovered, he would have a sufficient excuse to explain it.

Then, next, he just needs to wait for these maintenance afterglow individuals to come to his door.

Taking advantage of this time, Chen Ming also carefully studied the map of the giant dock.

It can be confirmed that the total number of module divisions of the giant dock has reached over 500, and all of them are modules controlled by at least Beta-level cores.

However, as long as the module areas that do not have suitable factories and machining plants and cannot undertake new star-level manufacturing tasks are removed, such as the external defense artillery platform module where Chen Ming’s robot had previously been.

If we remove the most core module, which has not yet been completed in the manufacturing stage, the new star-level module is now docked at the main battleship's position.

The remaining number is thirty-two.

Chen Ming speculated based on the existing blueprints and could roughly estimate the number of blueprints that were dispersed at the new star level.

It should be around twenty, slightly less than twenty.

Chen Ming has currently influenced six module areas, and nearly one-fifth of the modules with a probability of containing blueprints have been controlled by him.

The six blueprints he obtained were close to one-third of the final number of blueprints.

In other words, as long as he is lucky enough, he will definitely be able to obtain all the blueprints.

Chen Ming was a little excited, but he calmed down immediately.

It is absolutely unacceptable to open champagne before the work is done.

A few minutes later.

Just as Chen Ming had planned.

Near the first data node he controlled through the robot.

Through the freight channel throughout the giant dock, an engineering transport vehicle carrying several engineering robots arrived.

There must be an afterglow core installed inside this car, which will play a key role in Chen Ming's plan in the future.

Because Chen Ming confirmed the damage situation in advance with the internal overall maintenance factory through the Beta Afterglow here.

When the construction transport vehicle arrived, it started working straight away.

The gaps where various wires were exposed on the wall were confirmed, and the data line connected to the data node was found.

It came here to perform maintenance tasks, so actively contacting Yuhui who controls the module to be repaired is also part of its mission.

Therefore, in order to quickly contact Yu Hui of this node, the maintenance individual who came to carry out the maintenance work directly and actively connected to this data line.

And then nothing happened.

Chen Ming currently has full control over this module.

Nothing that happened here could possibly spread around him.

After allowing the maintenance individual he had just controlled to quickly complete the relatively difficult task of the maintenance mission.

For the sake of subsequent efficiency, Chen Ming did not continue with the remaining simple wall repair work.

Instead, it communicates with its data through the beta-level afterglow here.

The reason why Beta-class Afterglow wanted to handle the rest of the work himself was conveyed and saved in the maintenance unit's database.

This reason is enough to explain why it completed the task so quickly.

After completing this task, Chen Ming directly let the maintenance entity leave and return to its original place.

An independent repair shop responsible for internal maintenance of the giant dock.

Right in the middle area of ​​the dock, in a module that Chen Ming had no control over.

There is naturally a data node here as well.

And now, an individual controlled by Chen Ming has sneaked in here.

And there are good reasons to explain its behavior.

Then the ending here is no different from anywhere else.

More than ten minutes later, as Chen Ming's spiritual power spread layer by layer, the modular divisions of the repair shop also fell into his hands.

However, since this place is not adjacent to the dock in the core area, and it may be because it is responsible for the maintenance of all modules inside the giant dock.

There is no task here to build part of the new star.

Therefore Chen Ming did not find the blueprint here.

But it doesn't matter.

Since he has already controlled a repair shop that can move freely inside the giant dock, it is equivalent to holding the key to open the treasure chest.

Of course, his previous actions completed with the help of robots are not meaningless.

After all, if you want to reasonably make a large hole in the wall with severe damage, it is not easy to do it without these damaged robots.

So after this.

When the maintenance individual controlled by Chen Ming arrives at the place that needs maintenance, it can directly contact the highest-level core in the module that needs maintenance.

Just like the gamma-level afterglow that just came to my doorstep.

In the name of obtaining information about the place to be repaired, the data line is actively connected.

In fact, it was to allow Chen Ming's spiritual power to have an impact on him.

Once the data cable is connected, the rest is done.

And because the efficiency and security of data transmission through data lines on the physical level are better than those through network signals.

Therefore, it is extremely normal for maintenance individuals to communicate with local afterglow individuals through data cables.

Even when these maintenance units go to other modules to work.

The afterglow of those modules may actively provide some external data lines that are normally strictly guarded and not given any random contact, so as to facilitate communication.

However, this can only be done when the target module itself needs repair.

If that module had no maintenance mission, there would be no reason for Chen Ming's maintenance robot to go over there.

As for the solution to this problem, the first thing Chen Ming thought of was to let the robot destroy the module there and let the afterglow of the control module apply it himself.

But Chen Ming immediately rejected this sudden idea, after all, it was too easy to be discovered.

Some robots controlled by Afterglow individuals suddenly did strange things for no reason and without any warning.

Yu Hui would definitely notice something was wrong at the first moment.

Therefore, Chen Ming could only think hard with his mind in a state of great confusion.

I thought of another way, which may be put to practical use soon.

But not now.

Now Chen Ming is still checking the database of the repair shop through the afterglow he just controlled.

The data reported from the entire giant dock and all the places that need repair are stored here.

Yu Hui definitely didn't build such a factory just for show.

Therefore, the number of records in the database can be said to be quite large.

The areas that need repair can be said to be spread all over the giant dock.

And the time when these records were reported is the most recent.

One part is the interior of the giant dock that needs repairs due to malfunctions of various facilities.

But more of it was caused by the battle with the 14th Legion fleet.

But even if we remove those that are already being carried out, there are still many maintenance tasks piling up, still spread throughout the entire giant dock.

This is good news for Chen Ming.

It even made him feel that he could directly try to rely on this repair shop to gradually spread his spiritual power to the entire giant dock.

But Chen Ming thought about it and decided to give up.

Because his head hurts whenever he thinks, and the depletion of his mental energy is constantly reminding him that he may collapse at any time.

If he hasn't run away from Yuhui yet, or has had a good rest, then he can definitely try it.

But now, although controlling different modules is mainly Yuhui's task, the consumption of Chen Ming's mental energy is not that much.

But just in case, he only arranged for the Yuhui individuals to go to those modules where there were factories and bordered the most core docks.

Everything else will proceed as normal and he will not take the initiative to control it.

After all, only the places he chose have the greatest possibility of existing blueprints.

As long as these places follow the normal process, none of them can escape his control, and the blueprint will fall into his hands sooner or later.

However, when Chen Ming was looking through the database, he found some problems, some of which he had thought of when he was thinking about the plan just now.

According to the records in the repair shop's database, there are some module areas inside the giant dock that do not require maintenance but may have blueprints.

If Chen Ming wants to obtain the blueprint, he will definitely have to go through this kind of place.

But fortunately, he had already thought of a solution just now. At least now he didn't have to endure the headache and think about it.

Chen Ming didn't want to continue experiencing that feeling of drowsiness, inability to concentrate, and pain whenever a specific thing appeared in his mind.

In order to relieve the pressure brought by thinking and at the same time confirm whether his idea was feasible, Chen Ming started to try it directly.

He first determined his goal.

There are three modules separated in another module close to the repair shop module area.

And further back on the route from the repair shop to this module, there is indeed a module area for applied repairs, so there is a good reason for this trip.

Although Chen Ming has already taken control of the repair shop, he can personally control and modify all the data.

But if the procedural rationality can be guaranteed, it is better to ensure it.

Chen Ming has basically mastered the map of the entire giant dock.

So he easily found a place in the target module where the internal wiring was very close to the wall.

When the engineering transport vehicle carrying the engineering robot passed by here, the vehicle stopped immediately.

Several industrial robots immediately jumped off the car, rushed to the wall without saying a word, took out their tools and started to dismantle the location where the data cables were hidden.

This is what Chen Ming is thinking. What he needs to do now is to forcefully connect to the data cable here.

Of course, Chen Ming did not do this on impulse, but after careful consideration.

He has controlled Yuhui of several data nodes and is familiar with Yuhui's rules and measures for module zoning management.

All information within the module will be concentrated in the data node first and managed by the node's beta afterglow analysis.

Unless something harmful happens, these aggregated data will not be reported immediately.

For example, if a maintenance worker dismantles a wall, it is not harmful at all.

So this gave him the opportunity to do that.

It takes time for the local Beta Yuhui to learn about this and react.

As long as Chen Ming can tear down the wall and find the data cable quickly, he can indeed connect the data cable directly before Yu Hui here can react and forcibly control him.

However, the Beta-level afterglow individual in this area reacted very quickly.

It immediately noticed the passing engineering transport vehicle and its movements.

However, just like what Chen Ming had learned about Yu Hui’s rules and regulations, the first thing it did was not to report the traitor.

Instead, a message was sent to the maintenance individual through the network inside the module, asking what the maintenance individual controlled by Chen Ming was doing.

At the same time, it also arranged a maintenance robot to check the situation.

After all, the task of a maintenance unit is maintenance, and demolishing walls is quite common. Every Beta-level afterglow responsible for module management must know this.

So when maintenance workers came to dismantle their walls, the first thing these Yuhui people thought about was definitely not whether the construction team wanted to kill them, but whether there was something wrong with their walls.

This is the confidence behind Chen Ming’s doing this.

At the same time, facing the inquiries of the Beta-level Yuhui here, Chen Ming had already thought of an excuse early on.

Have the maintenance individual send it a document of the maintenance request received by the repair shop.

This is of course a fake, but it is a very good fake.

At least the person involved... No, it’s the person involved, Yu Hui, who couldn’t see any problem.

While it was certain it had never sent such a file, this one did look very normal.

So now it is still repeatedly confirming with the maintenance individual and wants to contact the repair shop to verify whether there are any errors or omissions in the document.

However, during this process, the wall-demolishing robots controlled by the maintenance individuals did not stop their work.

In a blink of an eye, I found the data cable in the wall.

For Yu Hui, there would be only one outcome as long as he came into contact with Chen Ming: he would be controlled by him.

As long as you are close enough to the ground, there will be no possibility of resistance.

Another giant dock module area and the Beta-class afterglow in the module fell into Chen Ming's control.

Chen Ming suddenly realized that the current situation was the opposite of what it was before.

Before, he had to be vigilant at all times, worried that Yu Hui would suddenly attack him one day.

But now, it is Yu Hui's turn to worry, to be afraid, and to be terrified of those individuals hidden within Yu Hui and controlled by him.

When his safety is guaranteed, he will be the biggest threat to Yu Hui.

Chen Ming sighed slightly and continued to use this method to control other module areas.

And he was able to control both modules again very smoothly, much more smoothly than the first time.

Including the previous one, three more blueprints were successfully obtained.

They are the right rear armor and right rear structure of the hull, as well as the blueprint of the new star-level power grid system.

Nine in total.

But while preparing to continue controlling the fourth one.

Chen Ming's consciousness suddenly stopped for a moment.

Up to this moment, his mental strength, which had been barely recovered a little with the support of the mental strength provided by the ship spirit, had once again reached its limit.

Only a tiny bit of residual mental power remained in his brain.

But Chen Ming did not give up.

Chen Ming's brain was almost unable to think. He could only try his best and picked up the sharp knife with trembling hands and cut it across his palm.

The severe pain brought his mind back to his body, but he still relied on his will to hold on.

If it were the person he was before, he would have been unconscious by now and would have no chance of holding on.

But after his long-term training, at least now.

Even though his mental strength was exhausted, he was still able to maintain his consciousness.

As long as he was conscious, he had to keep doing it.

At this time, Chen Ming's hands were already a little numb and blood was dripping.

I quickly found medicine and bandages to treat the wound.

He then tightly gripped the kitchen knife with his injured hand, and while feeling extreme pain, he pointed the blade at his other hand.

But this time, before Chen Ming could stab, his vision suddenly became a little blurry.

A steel jungle appeared before his eyes.

He seemed to have arrived in the space of consciousness again.

But this time, Chen Ming discovered that the surrounding steel jungle seemed a little different.

The steel was now rusted.

This is probably a sign of mental exhaustion.

But the next moment, Chen Ming suddenly found that he was back in the kitchen and he was still in a normal environment.

Just an illusion?

No, that's not right.

This is when he sees reality and consciousness space at the same time.

Another moment passed, and Chen Ming returned to the consciousness space again.

But this time, the reality and consciousness space appeared in front of his eyes at the same time.

And in the steel jungle of his consciousness space, the messy steel tree closest to him was gradually shattered in the process of rusting, turning into a handful of scarlet rust.

Piled up on the ground.

But Chen Ming was not panicked.

Because he can feel it.

These steel trees are the result of his training of spiritual power.

These "metals" that were originally free in the cosmic environment where the isolated island in the consciousness space was located were absorbed into the isolated island.

Even if these steels were completely shattered, as long as they still existed on the isolated island in his consciousness space, they actually still existed.

Chen Ming just needs to train it again to put the steel together again.

If he chooses to continue, then these crushed rusted steel trees should lower the upper limit of his mental power for a period of time.

The time required for rest and recovery afterwards might be a bit long, and the effect of his psychic powers might also be partially affected.

But this situation is completely acceptable to Chen Ming.

He will be protected by his boss for a short period of time and will not encounter any dangerous situations.

And Yu Hui's new star level can only be divided into twenty blueprints at most, and he has now collected nine of them.

Close to halfway.

He couldn't give up, he had to persevere.

I tried hard to concentrate my consciousness and make the images in the consciousness space disappear before my eyes.

He had to keep going.

And at this time.

The special operations team, which had infiltrated the core area for a long time, finally made progress in their mission.

(End of this chapter)