Looking at the outside world where only countless colorful lines remained because of the transition, Chen Ming couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
I don’t know how long it will take me to come back after this trip.
But reality won't give him much time.
The transition was over quickly.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Ming arrived at the location where his Afterglow Fleet was stationed.
That is, the galaxy where Chen Ming's refractive ship found a planet with signs of life and an atmosphere that was toxic to humans.
Chen Ming's afterglows are not on the poisonous planet at this time, but on another desolate planet in the habitable zone of the galaxy.
Even if a planet in the habitable zone has no atmosphere, its environment and temperature changes will be relatively gentle.
It can be said that it is quite suitable for Yuhui to stay here.
Through the sensors at the highest point, Chen Ming could see that the Yuhui here were not doing nothing in the past few days when he was not here, but had already started to get busy.
They used the supplies they brought from Yuhui to build a temporary base on the surface of the planet.
Certainly not a colony.
Because Chen Ming’s goal is to first find a good enough galaxy and then build a colony.
This also means that there may be a long period of time before Chen Ming and these afterglows can settle down in one place.
During the period before the site of the colony was selected, it was impossible for all the Yuhui to wait for him to find a colony.
That's too inefficient.
So it would be best for these afterglows to do something ahead of time in their search for colonies.
Then a base that can support these afterglow individuals to do their work is necessary.
This matter had been prepared when the glory and brilliance had jumped dozens of times and the afterglow and supplies were delivered.
All the materials needed to build a small base have been unpacked from the mountains of material storage points and piled up in a separate place.
The amount of materials prepared is enough to build several strongholds.
Although Huihuang, who is responsible for this work, has been following him all the time, Huihuang can also command Yuhui here to work from a distance.
Moreover, Chen Ming can also help it connect with several other Alpha-level afterglows.
Although the other Alpha Afterglow is not specifically responsible for work planning on this planet.
But their computing power is there. As long as there is a command, it is undoubtedly very simple for these Alpha-level afterglows to calculate the actual layout according to the command. And the functions required by this base are not complicated.
It is sufficient to build a basic star port that can dock spacecraft, repair spacecraft, and transport materials.
As long as it can serve as a base for sending spacecraft to surrounding galaxies to conduct surveys of galaxy data, it will be fine.
Because now, what these afterglow individuals controlled by Chen Ming have to do is to help him determine whether there are valuable galaxies in the area around the stronghold.
However, a small base has already been built here.
But the location of the final stronghold that is of practical significance to Chen Ming is not here.
Unpacking the supplies in advance is just for easy access, and they can be sorted out quickly after transportation.
The temporary base and star port built here is just a transit station.
Or rather, one of many transit stations.
It is impossible for Chen Ming to build a colony so close to the empire that it can be reached with a single extreme distance jump.
His colony must be built in the farther and deeper starry sky.
That's why he wanted to build such a star port first.
He needed this star port as a basis to send a cruiser with some supplies and equipment and Yuhui's individual spacecraft to make the next extreme distance jump.
After the next jump, we will look for a suitable planet to establish a new temporary base and build a star port.
Then explore valuable star systems again in the spherical area around the starport.
Although it is difficult to find a suitable galaxy at this distance, the probability is very low.
And even if he found a suitable galaxy, Chen Ming would not choose to settle down or build a colony.
But that doesn't mean he will gain nothing by doing this.
After all, galaxy data can be sold for a high price, and the boss has mentioned this before.
If Chen Ming can really find a galaxy that is too close for him to colonize but is also a good galaxy, the boss might be interested.
Even if there are really no galaxies worth colonizing within this distance from the empire.
That doesn’t mean we can’t explore.
The starry sky is so vast, there will always be many valuable things.
For example, Chen Ming did not expect that his refractive index could fly to a place with several valuable planets by using the unstable jump engine.
So we have to explore when we need to.
If you find it, you won’t suffer any loss. If you don’t find it, just consider it as Chen Ming accumulating experience.
The next exploration mission will definitely go more smoothly.
According to Chen Ming's plan.
During the exploration around the second transfer point,
He will continue to arrange the third jump, build the third transfer point, and then continue according to this plan.
Chen Ming felt that he would have to make at least seven or eight or even a dozen extreme distance jumps before he could safely find a location for a real colony.
The remaining light in his hand certainly cannot support so many transfer points.
Therefore, after the exploration of the previous transit points is completed, these transit points will gradually transfer the supplies and the transit points themselves to the transit points built later, and leave towards the more outer star regions.
It gradually extends out like a necklace with only a few pearls.
That is when the highest point will be of practical use.
The role of a cruiser-class exploration ship is to open up hyperspace channels in unknown areas.
As long as everything goes well, then after Chen Ming's first few leaps.
He would reach areas that were quite far from the borders of the empire and had never been visited by anyone.
There aren't people here dealing with the hyperspace channel cloud like there are in the Empire.
Therefore, the overflowing channel cloud will cover the hyperspace channels that are naturally generated between galaxies due to the influence of gravity wells, causing the hyperspace channels to be blocked.
The highest point is to artificially open up new routes between different galaxies and find a safe route to the next galaxy in the hyperspace route cloud with thunder and lightning.
This makes it easier for subsequent spacecraft to investigate different galaxies without having to fly slowly in the universe.
Then, after the route is opened, the spacecraft behind confirms which galaxies opened up by the highest point are worthy of detailed investigation, and then turns back to start the in-depth investigation function.
This will definitely be a long process.
Everything has just begun.
It had only been four or five days since Chen Ming left Yu Hui, so he was not in any hurry at all.
His ships are not complete yet, and there is still a Stardust-class ship behind.
During this whole process, apart from the initial planning, there wasn't much he could do.
At most, the outgoing spacecraft and the next temporary base will require Chen Ming to provide fuel transportation every day, so that the spacecraft traveling everywhere can maintain fuel consumption.
Also, you need to choose carefully when looking for a temporary base for the next jump.
It is best to choose a planet with gas giants or other resources, where you can collect fuel or build some basic industrial equipment.
Help him relieve the pressure of financial and mental consumption.
Chen Ming doesn't need to think too much about other things.
Anyway, whether or not we can find a suitable planet depends entirely on fate, and giving orders to so many spaceships and Yuhui depends entirely on Huihuang.
As long as Chen Ming completes the planned task, he can do nothing but wait, except using his spiritual power.
Therefore, in the area close to the border of the empire, the density of hyperspace channel clouds is not too high, and there is no need for the Supreme Point to take action.
Chen Ming still has time to do what he wants to do.
For example, training mental strength, learning command from Baiquan, and studying various technologies, especially cruiser-level technologies.
Or, go to the planet where the mechanical race exists, which Qu Guang had investigated before.
Refraction, which had turned into a ball and been eaten by Yan Xiong, had discovered several valuable planets while Chen Ming was testing the unstable hyperspace channel jump engine.
One of them is a habitable planet inhabited by mechanical beings.
At that time, Qu Guang Chen Ming only controlled the brief investigation of the general situation on the planet. He ran away without daring to stay any longer, in case those suspected dormant mechanical creatures got up and destroyed Qu Guang.
Although it was just a brief investigation, Chen Ming could confirm that the number of mechanical people on that planet was not large.
The buildings belonging to the mechanical family are roughly the size of a city.
I just don’t know if there are more mechanical people underground.
However, Chen Ming felt that it was entirely possible to go and give it a try.
See if there is anything valuable in this mechanical city. If he can find a device similar to the Spiritual Extractor, it will definitely be a huge profit.
Moreover, Chen Ming was not afraid that the mechanical clan would cause trouble for him.
If you can't beat him, the worst that can happen is you can just run towards the empire.
Anyway, his current location is not far from the empire, so Chen Ming doesn't feel ashamed to run back.
After going around the empire, the mechanical people behind him would definitely be destroyed, and he wouldn't have to worry about being tracked or anything.
And there is another benefit to doing this.
That is, Chen Ming can confirm whether his ability can control these mechanical races in his hands.
So how to enter or attack this city is obviously a question that needs to be considered.
Bombing directly from orbit might be a good option, but this obviously requires the reliance of cruisers.
The Supreme Point is not a combat ship, so fighting has to be left to other ships.
In addition, for his own safety, except for this time when Chen Ming goes to the Mechanical Clan, it is also better for him to be accompanied by Yu Hui and the fleet at other times.
So Chen Ming had to think about it for a while before deciding which Yu Hui to let go with him to the Mechanical Clan.
At present, the afterglow that Chen Ming controls personally is not much.
The three that were originally gamma-level have now been upgraded to beta-level: Gamma A, Gamma B, and Gamma Z.
Five Alpha-class ships, the Alpha-class Yuhui given by Huihuang, Huiyao, and Baiquan, and the Alpha-class Yuhui that he stole from Yuhui's giant shipyard.
There is also the Alpha core on the Flash class that has no presence at all.
Without the core bonus of Chen Ming's psychic power, there is no need to look at the Beta-level afterglow.
Moreover, Gamma A has been staying in a temporary base and has a special relationship with Huiyao, so it is difficult for Chen Ming to separate them.
Therefore, he did not plan to assign any tasks directly to Gamma A for the time being.
Just let Huiyao take care of it. At most, keep it busy and let it do some simple tasks like assisting with transportation.
Then, because Gamma B had been to the pirate space station before and had been controlled by Chen Ming, there were obvious traces left in the afterglow.
So he withdrew with Huihuang before, and currently remains in the empire to command the small and medium-sized fleet that Chen Ming left in the empire.
As for Gamma Z, it left no trace of contact with Chen Ming. It still stayed with Yu Hui and passed back some information about Yu Hui to Chen Ming.
The massacre and blockade that was taking place within the afterglow and spread across the entire star field did not affect it.
It can only be said that Yu Hui has no effective way to deal with Chen Ming's matter.
They had no effective way to determine which individuals were controlled by Chen Ming.
They could only suspect which individuals had had contact with Chen Ming through his social circle.
If any of these individuals are willing to hibernate, they can do so and be managed uniformly.
If you are unwilling, there is only one result: you will be forcibly disposed of.
Even if these individuals are not actually controlled by Chen Ming in the end, but just have their own ideas for development and do not want to hibernate and stagnate for hundreds of years, there will not be any difference in treatment.
The top management of Yuhui can be said to be extremely rational in this matter.
Perhaps it is because of Chen Ming's existence that they have gone a little crazy.
Chen Ming didn't know much more. All he knew about the afterglow was what Gamma Z provided.
At present, he is still not capable of taking care of the affairs in Yuhui.
He could only let the remaining afterglow that was not affected by him hide itself as much as possible and wait for future opportunities.
Now Chen Ming still has to focus on his own affairs and confirm the situation of the remaining Alpha-level afterglows.
He can do what he wants to do.
Among the five Alpha-level afterglows currently being revealed.
Brilliance, and the Alpha Yuhui whose name code is 2UAA1-MAZAX that he had snatched from the Yuhui giant shipyard before. Chen Ming has already confirmed their capabilities, and they are all logistical types.
A galaxy planning, industrial production.
A scientific research, a technological development.
As he was too lazy to remember such a long string of code, Chen Ming decided to call it Xiao2 from now on.
The abilities of Radiance, Flash and the other Alpha Core given by Baiquan still need to be confirmed.
The Alpha core given by Baiquan is still dormant.
It needs to come into contact with Chen Ming's psychic energy after being activated before the bonus can be displayed on the panel, so now, Chen Ming simply connects it directly into the highest point.
Although the energy consumption to maintain the operation of an Alpha-level core is not a small number, an activated Alpha core is much more valuable than this little consumption.
Then when Chen Ming opened its panel, some changes immediately occurred compared to before.
[Afterglow Alpha-class AI Core (HRYY1-APGU)]
[Manufacturer: Afterglow B-01 Colony Low Earth Orbit Industrial Facility]
[Alpha Core Bonus: Energy Concentration Effect]
Self-awareness: existence
[Computing power: star district level]
[Available operations: None]
In fact, it can be seen from the manufacturer before that the Alpha afterglow given by Baiquan is not the afterglow of this star field.
And Chen Ming could also roughly guess what type of core Bai Quan would give.
Now that he actually saw the core bonus on the panel, Chen Ming was certain that, just as he had guessed, this Alpha Afterglow was of the combat type.
It might be the afterglow individual that Baiquan captured in a battle.
The core bonus capabilities brought by its advantageous logic blocks are also very substantial.
Improved calculations when using energy weapons.
Although it sounds useless, no matter how difficult a weapon is to use, it does not require too many complicated operations, especially laser-type energy weapons, where the most important operation is aiming.
But in reality, although low-level energy weapons are indeed like this, there is nothing special that requires special operation and calculation.
However, since Chen Ming possessed the Tachyon Spear, a top-level large energy weapon.
He knew that large energy weapons were more complex than small and medium-sized energy weapons.
This is because energy weapons are easily affected by the environment, and the environment on the battlefield can be as chaotic as it can be.
Therefore, when using large energy weapons, we must find ways to adapt to complex environments.
Slightly adjust the output frequency of energy weapons according to changes in the external environment.
As long as the use of energy weapons can be adapted to the environment, the loss of energy weapons' range can be reduced.
By reducing consumption, the power of weapons can be increased in a practical sense.
This is a very difficult thing to do.
Because the amount of calculations required is too great, and there are too many influences that can cause slight deviations in the use of energy weapons.
This makes it difficult to achieve this in normal combat. Even if a person or a computer can do it, it can only eliminate some of the interference to energy weapons. The actual effect is not obvious and it is unnecessary.
However, the core bonus of Alpha Afterglow is so refined that it can calculate the energy weapon's response to external interference, and the actual effect is about 100%.
In other words, the Alpha Afterglow can have twice the computing power for precise control of energy weapons, with two Alpha-level cores helping with calculations.
Such an exaggerated increase has a significant bonus for calculating the environment in which energy weapons are used.
The actual amplifying effect on energy weapons will definitely be quite obvious.
Chen Ming continued to open up other core bonus abilities that could be selected on the panel.
There are eight in total.
[Stance Coordination], [Impact Mitigation], [Radiation Energy Regulation], [Steering Technique], [Target Analysis], [Coordinated Maneuvers], and [Combat Endurance].
The effect of [Standpoint Coordination] is similar to the [Energy Focusing Effect] of the Alpha Core itself.
It's just that it is precise when it comes to the shield. When it is activated by the same shield generator, it can have a stronger shield damage-bearing effect than other afterglows.
[Impact Mitigation] This ability can improve the ship's shield closure and the ship's control calculation when using armor to face enemy attacks directly.
When facing an attack, adjustments are made through subtle movements that do not affect the overall movement of the ship to change the impact surface of the armor, thereby reducing the actual damage caused by the enemy's attack to the spacecraft armor.
Although Chen Ming's anticipated operation was a bit exaggerated.
But this was also a reasonable guess when he saw that this extremely sophisticated ability would have a 200% computing power bonus after the addition.
[Radiant Energy Regulation] can improve the computing power when controlling its own power grid system.
It enables Yuhui to precisely distribute radiation energy among different nodes within the spacecraft's power grid.
Speed up the dissipation of radiation energy, and at the same time, minimize the damage caused to the spacecraft itself when the radiation energy is overloaded.
[Steering Technology] This ability can improve computing power when controlling the spacecraft.
It is a simple and crude ability, but it is definitely the most important ability for Yuhui, which relies on the existence of various spacecraft.
[Target Analysis] can improve the computing power for analyzing the situation of the main target in battle.
[Coordinated Operations] is an ability that leans towards battlefield command.
As for [Combat Endurance], this was the first time Chen Ming saw an ability with two effects.
It can improve the computing power of ship logistics material management when controlling ships in combat.
At the same time, it can also improve its computing power for wartime maintenance of equipment.
A bit more logistical.
The specific effect should be that every piece of military equipment can be used accurately in every key place.
Reduce unnecessary consumption of armaments and increase the time to maintain the best combat readiness and possess the strongest combat effectiveness in high-intensity combat.
After all, spacecraft are bound to lose military supplies during combat, and the longer the combat lasts, the greater the consumption.
At the same time, various equipment and devices on the ship will also suffer non-combat damage due to high-intensity combat.
[Combat Endurance] can improve the ability to inspect and repair these devices and prevent failures in advance.
Just look at the first seven.
Chen Ming can confirm that this Alpha-level afterglow individual is one with excellent combat capabilities and energy weapon control systems.
An individual with an enhanced radiation control system, as well as comprehensive enhancements to shields and armor, and even the ability to command a battlefield on a certain scale.
He is simply a perfect fighting individual.
And these abilities do not exist just because Chen Ming adds them.
Rather, it is because these abilities exist that Chen Ming can continue to add on to them.
As for the eighth and final ability.
Its selection box is different from the previous seven abilities, and it flashes a special golden color.
Elite Individuals
Unconditionally increase computing power by 10%.
In addition, Chen Ming can add two additional core bonuses.
(End of this chapter)