In fact, Chen Ming could indeed choose to take it slow, and choose a gradual and tactful approach to slowly express to Bai Quan his desire to go to the 14th Legion.

But after thinking about it, he found that he could not find the key point of his attitude change.

He just couldn't find a completely reasonable reason to hang out at the Fourteenth Legion's base while his external exploration and development was still going on.

No matter when, he will have to face Baiquan's questioning.

So, Chen Ming simply found an excuse to go over there.

Bai Quan could certainly feel that Chen Ming's actions were strange, but he had no reason to refuse.

Moreover, he decided to go to the 14th Legion only because he had the prosthesis and the courage to go there. He did not have any negative thoughts about the 14th Legion itself.

This point can be proven with time, so Chen Ming did not explain much now, and just replied to Bai Quan's question: "Because I have the ability to have this idea."

Bai Quan could see that Chen Ming didn't want to answer this question specifically, and his attitude was very firm.

He didn't say anything more. After all, inviting Chen Ming to join the Fourteenth Legion, even if it was not a joining in the actual sense, but just sending him to the Fourteenth Legion, was what he had always wanted to do.

Baiquan put on the badge he had just taken off and finally confirmed: "Are you sure you want to come?"

"Sure."

With the safety guarantee of the prosthesis, Chen Ming can even take the initiative to go to more places that are more dangerous for him.

"when?"

"Now?"

After the communication between Chen Ming and Bai Quan ended.

Bai Quan thought about it for a long time in his office, and finally decided to pick up the terminal and contact the psychic friend who helped him find Chen Ming's location.

After telling him roughly what had just happened, Bai Quan asked, "Why do you think Chen Ming came here?"

The other end of the phone was silent for a long time before answering, "You don't understand so you ask me? I'm very busy. I have to confirm all the suspected important targets of the mechanical race that you sent. I really don't understand where so many fake targets come from."

Bai Quan coughed awkwardly twice, but did not continue the topic. He went back to the topic he was talking about and said, "You are a psychic, so you can understand Chen Ming's thoughts better than I can."

"His psychic abilities are constantly improving. If his value continues to rise, he will be placed under house arrest in disguise sooner or later. I can't stop it."

The psychic explorer still did not answer Baiquan's question and asked, "I can't think of how you are going to keep him under house arrest."

Baiquan said affirmatively: "There is a way, but it won't be realized so quickly."

"It's not that fast. What are you worried about? Maybe Chen Ming really wants to join your Fourteenth Legion? Is he just planning to investigate?"

"Then he wouldn't have emphasized before coming here that he didn't want to be restricted by the military."

Baiquan sighed after he finished speaking, and then added: "If he really wants to come, I would be very happy."

"As long as he is sincere, not to mention our Fourteenth Legion, the Empire can invest a lot of resources to support him."

"But looking at the situation he has been through, is it possible?"

The psychic explorer thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Then think about it another way. Maybe he will be gone in two days?"

"If you don't have time to prepare your methods, would it be fun to have a conflict with Chen Ming in advance? You can't stop someone from leaving just because he wants to, right?"

Baiquan's eyes suddenly flashed with disgust, and he said, "There are always people who have their own ideas and want to realize them, even if the idea is wrong."

"Who could have such an idea? Don't you have the final say here?"

Bai Quan shook his head slightly and said, "I know quite a few people who think they are right, and the only place where I have the final say is the 14th Legion. The outside world is not my territory."

"His arrival was smooth this time, but if he wants to leave the base, it may not be so safe."

As soon as Baiquan finished speaking, the psychic explorer changed the subject and said, "Why do I feel that your temper has improved a lot? If you didn't open the boat and warn others before, I would take your last name."

"That was the past. Now I have been in charge of an army for several months. There are many things I cannot do on a whim."

"Even though it's hard for many people sitting in key positions not to make people suspect that their heads and butts are reversed, I have to try my best to speak nicely to other people's things that I don't know whether they are heads or butts."

The investigating psychic directly pointed out the essence of the problem that Baiquan encountered: "The era of pioneering is over, and new cakes can no longer be made. What's left is not the relationship behind the scenes?"

Baiquan nodded in agreement, and at the same time he suddenly understood the thinking of the imperial high-ranking officials who started this war.

In fact, he has always been eager for something to happen, but he has never said it out loud.

That is it.

"Let's have another pioneering era, and let the capable people down there kick all the shit out of the top."

"Are you scolding your own people as well?"

"right."

Even though the 14th Legion had undergone a reorganization, Bai Quan could not guarantee that everyone in the 14th Legion was sane.

Otherwise, how could his old boss send him to the Galo Star Region and find a bunch of spies and troublemakers to command in order to make things more difficult for him? He had to adjust and screen them himself, select the useful ones, and was tricked and seriously injured once.

It was only recently that he was able to put together a team that he could truly trust.

The current 14th Legion, which was established only 20 years ago and is still the main force fighting on the front line with Yuhui, cannot avoid such problems.

Then the situation within those forces that have been established for a longer time is definitely not optimistic.

This is especially true for the empire, the gathering of all forces.

"Wait a minute, I almost led you astray."

Bai Quan suddenly realized that he was not looking for someone to talk about this, so he quickly returned to the previous topic and said, "Do you understand why Chen Ming took the risk to come here?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, the psychic investigator casually guessed, "Maybe Chen Ming has a way to escape? How about I help you check his situation?"

"No need. He discovered your psychic powers last time, and it will be the same this time."

"Forget it, never mind. The best I can do is pretend that I didn't see anything. Because of my position, I can't do much."

After chatting for a while, Bai Quan's original confusion about Chen Ming's irrational behavior and the anger in his heart had almost dissipated.

Normally, if it was someone Baiquan didn't know who did something obviously irrational, he wouldn't even look at it twice.

But Chen Ming happened to be someone he knew, and they became very familiar with each other after spending the past few months together.

So he got angry when he was unable to stop Chen Ming from making the decision to jump into the fire pit even though he knew it was a fire pit.

But now that he has calmed down, he has nothing to say. They are all adults and must be responsible for the decisions they make.

However, the psychic explorer suddenly said, "Hey, you should think positively. Chen Ming is not a fool, right?"

"no."

"Then he must have been well prepared before coming here. Didn't he say so himself? He made this decision after he gained the ability. His psychic power must have improved again."

"What you said makes sense, but I don't know whether his psychic improvement is a good thing or a bad thing."

The psychic investigator said in a very experienced tone: "Don't worry about Chen Ming, and don't think about what he is here for. If you think about what you can ask him to do if he comes."

"It's as if even if he really followed your idea and joined normally, you wouldn't be on guard against a psychic of his current level."

"His psychic power is there, should we defend against it? Is your attitude back then different from now?"

Bai Quan thought about the hypothetical scenario and said, "At least then I don't have to worry about Chen Ming having any bad thoughts."

The psychic explorer immediately asked back, "What is your relationship with him?"

"well enough."

"So since he interacts with you every day and learns skills from you, why is he suddenly planning to mess with you without any warning? What do you think?"

"It's mainly because his behavior today was so strange that it was hard for me not to think too much."

"Then think about it another way. What if he is just playing a trick on you? Maybe he doesn't want to learn today and just made up an excuse. Is this possible?"

“Not likely.”

"The probability is not zero, right?"

Baiquan thought about it again.

Chen Ming's mental state has always been quite stable. Generally speaking, he would speak normally and moderately, and it is unlikely that he would suddenly express his meaning in such an awkward way.

But today, Chen Ming always gave him a very familiar and strange feeling, which made him unsure.

However, Baiquan's emotions were quickly stabilizing at this time, and he soon realized that this was just another of his friend's jokes.

Normally he would just treat this as a joke, but he didn't expect that now he would actually think about whether this was possible.

Baiquan quickly brought the topic back to the beginning.

The matter concerning Chen Ming has been concluded.

That is, Chen Ming will be responsible for his own decision.

So the psychic explorer stopped talking nonsense and said seriously: "Anyway, just do your own thing. Just think that Chen Ming wants to join your Fourteenth Legion to participate in the war, and assign him some tasks or something."

Bai Quan also spoke matter-of-factly and said, "It's actually a little difficult to arrange. He is the strongest in the research of the mechanical race, and it is even more impossible to let him directly participate in the battle."

"Then arrange a research institute for him and let him be the director. Then, whenever there are operational meetings, invite him to sit in."

"A capable person will find the right thing to do for himself, and you don't have to arrange everything for him."

"You should be better at this kind of thing than me, right? Wait, you haven't planned anything at all?"

Bai Quan denied, "How is that possible? It has definitely been arranged. But since I've come to you, I'll ask you for some advice. You're the easiest psychic for me to find. What do you think should be done with Chen Ming?"

"My opinion?"

"In fact, I think it might be okay to let him participate in your current small-scale reconnaissance missions."

"This isn't a large-scale conflict with the Mechanoids. You can't just throw in some people who might not obey orders."

"A small-scale one can't just be stuffed in. He knows about the mechanical race, so maybe that's a benefit?"

"Moreover, Chen Ming's psychic power can act on things that are controlled by his psychic power."

"As long as he remains at your base, you can use it as a device that has no delay and can accurately transmit information back."

"Isn't Chen Ming's psychic power capable of doing ten thousand times more than what I said?"

"If they are willing to come, they must be willing to work. Otherwise, why would they come? Just to eat free food?"

At this time, Bai Quan remembered what Chen Ming had just said, that he wanted to borrow the equipment of the 14th Legion to conduct research.

Although they will definitely give it to you, Chen Ming's behavior is no different from robbing someone.

"Tsk, why did you start when I finished?"

The psychic explorer didn't realize that Baiquan was actually telling the truth and not bullshitting.

However, he still chose to speak seriously: "If you are worried that he will not contribute, then you can just send him a destroyer for each mission. Is that okay? The cost is not too high, right? Just consider it as a loss during the mission."

"Do you think Chen Ming will help you in this way?"

Baiquan felt that the answer should be yes.

Half an hour later.

Bai Quan, who was busy in the office, suddenly saw the news that his subordinates had just reported that a Stardust-class cruiser appeared in the hyperspace of their base galaxy and applied to enter the galaxy.

“It’s really here.”

Bai Quan muttered something, put down the work at hand, quickly left the office, and soon boarded a cruiser that was ready to take off.

At this time, Chen Ming was still waiting patiently on the Stardust level in hyperspace. Since he had said it before, of course he would come.

As for the reason why he chose the Stardust-class spacecraft, one reason was that the Stardust was the most suitable spacecraft for him to display his psychic powers.

Another reason is that Chen Ming will use the highest point to conduct a one-month transaction with Shao Yang.

Moreover, his real body also needs to stay at the highest point, and use it together with the fake body to carry out subsequent daily study and research. Without those research equipment, his learning efficiency will be much lower.

In fact, Chen Ming had been able to divide his attention between two tasks a long time ago, but he didn't have someone else to share the pressure of the work, so he had to carry out different learning tasks in different time periods throughout the day.

It’s different now. With the prosthesis, Chen Ming even feels that he can do what five people can do by himself.

However, this will cause his thinking to be too scattered and his learning efficiency will be reduced.

Therefore, one body and one prosthesis are the limit of how well the system can continue to work without reducing efficiency.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking about how to allocate tasks between his original body and his fake body.

The Stardust class suddenly received a new communication request.

When Chen Ming answered the call, Bai Quan's face appeared on the screen in front of Chen Ming.

Chen Ming greeted Bai Quan directly as usual. After all, the little conflict they just had was nothing.

"Hello, Baiquan, this is the temporary tactical instructor of the 14th Legion. Can I come in?"

Bai Quan suddenly looked at Chen Ming strangely for a while and said, "Come with me."

As he spoke, Baiquan's spaceship turned around, started the channel engine and left the hyperspace.

The five cruisers of the Fourteenth Legion, which had been guarding Chen Ming's Stardust-class ship closely, finally let down their guard.

Chen Ming followed directly.

When they also entered the galaxy and approached the planet where the 14th Legion was stationed, Bai Quan asked Chen Ming, "Is there any afterglow on the ship?"

Chen Ming answered honestly: "No."

"Well, the spacecraft that will arrive in the port later will need to undergo a full-scale deep scan. Remember to turn off the shielding device."

"OK."

Everything went according to the normal process. Chen Ming had no ideas about the 14th Legion, so naturally he had no objections.

And when Chen Ming followed Bai Quan and gradually approached the giant dock of the 14th Legion.

The cruiser where Baiquan was suddenly stopped.

His communication was also sent over immediately, saying: "I will drive the shuttle to pick you up, and we will go directly to the ground. Can you remotely control this Stardust and drive it in?"

"Can."

Chen Ming agreed decisively.

Bai Quan did this obviously because he was worried that Chen Ming would use psychic power at will on their giant dock.

He knew very well what happened in Yuhui's giant shipyard.

Even if Chen Ming was in Bai Quan's position, he would definitely do the same.

So he had no objection and just considered it as showing consideration for Baiquan.

Soon, Chen Ming stood on the flight deck of the Stardust-class ship wearing a heavy protective suit.

Not long after, he saw a shuttle from small to large, gradually approaching the Stardust from the outside starry sky and landing on the Stardust level.

Chen Ming turned off the opacity function of the mask and revealed his face.

A few people randomly walked down from the shuttle.

Baiquan's face was revealed under the helmet of the leader who was also wearing heavy protective clothing.

Bai Quan took a few steps forward and extended his hand to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming also reached out and shook his hand, and said in the connected communication channel: "Is this the first time we meet in person?"

"Yes, but we just met half an hour ago, there is no sense of ceremony at all."

Bai Quan let go of his hand, turned around and said to Chen Ming, "Come on board. You came here so suddenly that I have to make arrangements for you right away."

Chen Ming didn't say much. He followed Bai Quan onto the boat and touched the shuttle.

Bai Quan obviously noticed Chen Ming's little action, but he didn't say anything.

After the shuttle took off again, the Stardust-class continued to follow the signals from the cruiser and the giant dock in front, entered the dock, and stayed in a separate position.

The shuttle headed to a volcanic planet below the orbit of the giant dock.

After passing by, Chen Ming saw an ecological dome that covered an area three times larger than the mechanical city he controlled.

Landed in a small, independent dome nearby.

Bai Quan had already explained it to Chen Ming when the shuttle was still on the way.

This is a dome specially used for building laboratories.

There is a large square covered with green plants and three triangular buildings in the square.

There is an office building, a laboratory building, and a dormitory building.

Small-scale experiments can be carried out in the laboratory building.

Large-scale experiments are conducted in an independent large laboratory in the middle of the three buildings.

However, when Bai Quan personally took Chen Ming into the large laboratory hall.

Somehow, Chen Ming suddenly had a sense of déjà vu as if Yu Hui had sent him to that research institute.

However, the treatment he received then and now is very different.

Moreover, the laboratory in front of him was also different from the research institute that Yu Hui had arranged.

The laboratory in front of him was empty.

Apart from some basic power systems and the basic living facilities in the living area where Bai Quan first took Chen Ming, it can be said that there was no equipment that could be used.

Baiquan explained: "Originally, I thought you wouldn't come to our place, so I didn't make any arrangements in this regard. I could only find a dome like this for you to stay in temporarily."

"The equipment that was originally intended to be provided to you will also have to be transported here again, which may take two or three days."

"That's my willfulness."

Chen Ming also took the initiative to apologize at this time. Anyway, his goal had been achieved, and apologizing would not lose him any money.

Baiquan waved his hand and said, "It's okay. You have the capital to be willful."

"But speaking of which, I remember you seemed to have a hamster. Did you forget to bring it down from the spaceship?"

Chen Ming's real body turned his head and glanced at Xiao Shi, who was running around at the highest point every day and doing no one knew what he was doing, and was speechless.

However, the prosthesis still looked normal and said, "No, I put it in foster care for the time being."

Bai Quan nodded, and without asking any more questions, he took out the contract he had signed with Chen Mingqian and said, "Have you read all the contents above?"

"Originally, I should have explained to you some key points and precautions in the upcoming war with the mechanical race after class every day. Once you are familiar with it, I will slowly give you some tasks."

"And now?"

"It's still the same. Besides, we can still have face-to-face classes with you. The effect will definitely be better than remote teaching. Will the time still be as you originally arranged?"

Chen Ming had thought about this question before and said, "No, since I'm here, my focus for the next period of time must be on command. I will just follow the schedule of the 14th Corps. I will find time to do the rest. The physical training is still the same as before, so it's not necessary."

After all, Chen Ming went to the 14th Legion with a fake body. Exercising the fake body was as meaningless as taking off pants to fart.

Baiquan nodded to indicate that he understood, and then he said, "Then I'm more worried that you might not be able to spare the time."

"In addition to daily teaching and the knowledge you need to make up for in terms of war, there are also some tasks that you need to complete in the original plan."

Before signing the contract, Chen Ming read it carefully and knew clearly what he needed to do.

Although Chen Ming can enjoy the treatment of a colonel-level officer and only needs to fulfill the obligations of an ordinary citizen.

However, when signing the contract, he had to assume a separate obligation to assist the Fourteenth Legion in carrying out research on the mechanical race.

Since Chen Ming is going to enjoy the benefits provided by the 14th Legion, it is certainly reasonable for him to take on some tasks.

Even without this restriction, Chen Ming would not refuse some reasonable requests from the 14th Legion.

So now he said very straightforwardly: "What task is it?"

"We need you to analyze some Mechanoid equipment."

"Chips? Forget about chips. I don't understand that either."

"It's not the chip, it's something else we don't understand."

"Apart from the chip, is there anything else you don't understand?"

"this."

Baiquan said this, displaying a mechanical device with red patterns on it.

(End of this chapter)