They could all see that there was probably some conflict between Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghe, and it was definitely good news that they could reconcile before an upcoming collaborative activity.
In addition to wanting to beat up his brother, Cheng Xinghai organized this event probably with the idea of letting Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming meet head-on and find a way to ease the relationship.
After all, the relationship between Chen Ming and Bai Quan is there, and so is the relationship between Cheng Xinghe and Bai Quan. Even if it doesn't work out, it won't be a big problem.
Seeing that the relationship between the two had almost eased, Song Pu said, "Chen Ming, I have introduced the code names and abilities of others to you, so what is your ability? Have you decided on your code name? How about a psychic?"
Chen Ming looked at Song Pu and said, "I have no objection to the code name 'Psychic', but my abilities are quite complex and it's hard to explain them clearly."
"In general, it means having absolute control over mechanical equipment, being able to repair and modify spacecraft, industrial equipment, and any objects with mechanical structures, and the ability to manufacture them using materials."
"I'll show you the details in the simulation. I've just discussed this special psychic setting with the referee, and all the necessary settings have been set."
Song Pu asked again: "Can you show me a little more specifically? You can actually use psychic energy now."
"Here?"
Chen Ming looked at the pitch-black nothingness around him, then looked at himself.
The simulation replicated his outfit exactly, except for the wrist guards made of Zerg shells.
Without any special settings in the simulation, this thing is just a wristband made of biomass material, nothing more.
Chen Ming usually wears a coat that covers a lot of his body. Inside the coat, he has stuffed a whole set of maintenance kits in every corner. The weight is about ten pounds, which can be considered a way of exercising.
Chen Ming threw a pile of tools on the ground with a clanging sound in front of several people. Then all the tools turned into liquid in Chen Ming's hands and flowed in his palms.
This situation is different from previous small-scale simulations.
In small-scale simulations, Chen Ming's psychic power was used by simply ignoring the process and completing it directly.
And now Chen Ming can even see the liquefaction process of these tools, which looks extremely real.
Chen Ming didn't care too much. It didn't matter what the psychic power was in the simulation, as long as it could be used.
The metal liquid transformed from these tools wrapped around Chen Ming's arm, gradually forming an auxiliary robotic arm with complete functions.
Chen Ming stretched out his hand equipped with the robotic arm so that others could see it clearly.
After clenching his fists tightly, Chen Ming took off the robotic arm and handed it to Hong Guanghong from the Military Industry University.
He should know something about this kind of thing.
Hong Guanghong was not polite either. After taking the robotic arm, he also took out a few tools from some corner of his body and adjusted several joints of the robotic arm.
He made the robotic arm that was originally designed to fit Chen Ming a little looser and then put it on his own arm.
Hong Guanghong carefully observed the robotic arm on his arm and said, "This RS-34 robotic arm for assisting manual work is brand new and flawless. It's amazing."
"It's just so-so."
Chen Ming was humble at first, and then said: "My spiritual power is limited by the materials, otherwise I can create more things."
Song Pu immediately asked, "What kind of material would allow your spiritual power to be unrestricted? Does it have to be a material you've touched?"
"That's not necessary. I just need to touch the main body of the warehouse, and then I can use all the materials stored in the warehouse."
Just as Chen Ming finished his explanation, there was a sudden and obvious sound of mechanical activity coming from Hong Guanghong's arm.
All the tools on the auxiliary working robot arm popped out at the same time under his control, making his arm look a little bloated, like a robotic arm.
However, Hong Guanghong said with admiration: "It is a very useful robotic arm."
As soon as he finished speaking, he put away all the tools that popped out one by one, removed the robotic arm and planned to restore it to its original state and return it to Chen Ming.
But Chen Ming waved his hand.
The robotic arm immediately turned into liquid metal in Hong Guanghong's hand, floated in the air and returned to Chen Ming's side, condensing into tools again.
After the brief demonstration, Chen Ming continued to stuff his tools into his coat and asked his original question: "So what do we do in the simulation?"
Song Pu looked at Chen Ming with a gleam in his eyes. After hearing Chen Ming's question, he immediately answered: "Do the same thing in the simulation as you would do in reality."
Seeing that Chen Ming was a little confused, Song Pu continued to explain: "Maybe what I said is a bit vague, but you will know when you go in. The situation should be a little more complicated than you think."
“It was my first time participating in a large-scale simulation and I was shocked.”
Chen Ming was intrigued by Song Pu's words. After looking at the countdown in the upper right corner of his vision, he said, "I see. So now we just need to wait, right?"
"Yes, take a short rest and get enough rest. It is very likely that we will not have any rest time in the next month. We cannot sleep in this simulation."
"good."
Chen Ming chose to respect the opinions of experienced people and closed his eyes to rest.
The other four people present also chose their own way of resting, but they all looked at Chen Ming's situation from time to time and observed Chen Ming.
Especially Song Pu, the look he gave Chen Ming was as if he saw the key to winning this battle.
In fact, he had already investigated Chen Ming's situation and got to know Chen Ming as a person before Cheng Xinghai invited him to participate in this battle.
Therefore, he had no objection when Cheng Xinghai assigned him to Chen Ming's side to participate in this battle.
He even hoped to fight alongside Chen Ming and see this legendary psychic who, together with Bai, the current hotshot of the Fourteenth Legion, had completed the attack on Yuhui and won a great victory.
He also found out that Chen Ming had joined the 14th Legion and was learning battlefield command techniques from Bai Quan in the branch.
It is possible that they will work together on the front battlefield in the future.
That's why he was the first one to come out and communicate with Chen Ming today, showing an obviously friendly attitude.
He also took the time to contact several teammates whom Cheng Xinghai had asked to help him find in advance to explain the matter and introduce Chen Ming's situation.
Therefore, although the other two people did not know much about Chen Ming, they were each among the top students in their school and had rich combat experience.
He had no impatience or arrogance towards Chen Ming, a newbie who had no experience in large-scale battlefields and might be a drag.
At first, they were just trusting Song Pu and being polite to Chen Ming.
However, after Chen Ming demonstrated his psychic powers and showed enough value, what was left was pure respect for a qualified teammate.
Time passes quickly.
The half-hour countdown came to an end.
At the moment the countdown ended, I didn’t know who said “start”.
The dark and illusory environment around Chen Ming suddenly solidified.
Chen Ming blinked and found that he appeared in a cafe that looked pretty good.
The people from the same team were not with him, they were separated.
Chen Ming subconsciously turned his head and looked out the window.
The hovercraft flying quickly from the sky and the vehicles moving along the road on the ground were telling Chen Ming that this was a peaceful colony.
The drivers and passengers with different expressions in the vehicles, the pedestrians hurrying by the roadside, and the customers leisurely drinking tea and a few students playing around in the cafe that Chen Ming saw when he turned around, all made Chen Ming feel as if he was in a real world.
However, the special terminal in his hand told him that all this was virtual, a simulation according to a set program.
It’s just that all NPCs seem to have extremely high intelligence.
Chen Ming now seriously doubted whether the Empire had used the captured Yu Hui in such a place.
At this moment, the special terminal in Chen Ming's hand suddenly rang.
"Commander" Song Pu spoke in the terminal.
"Each of us needs to confirm our identities and locations, and we need to understand the overall situation."
"My identity has been confirmed. I am the supreme leader of the rebels. I am currently in the core of the area occupied by the rebels, a frontier town on the border of the Galo-4 star zone, a military colony called the Flowing Rock Galaxy."
"We are the rebel side."
Song Pu sat behind his desk, picked up a task report on dealing with spies, took a look at it, put the report in the place closest to him, and continued speaking on the terminal.
"Your identities and locations in the simulation need to be confirmed as soon as possible. I need to learn about your situation as soon as possible."
The terminal quickly followed up with the “received” messages from “General” Cheng Xinghe, “Logistics” Dong Miao and “Engineer” Hong Guanghong.
Chen Ming also said something casually, then put down the terminal and checked his status.
Just now, the surrounding environment changed and I appeared in the cafe.
Chen Ming discovered that he had changed his clothes into a more casual set of clothes instead of the coat that Chen Ming had bought to carry various tools.
He had nothing on him except a terminal and some scattered coins.
It seems that his identity can only be confirmed through this terminal.
Chen Ming picked up the terminal he carried with him and found that a password was required to unlock the terminal.
Although it is easy to solve a password with psychic power, he thought about it and directly entered the two words "Chen Ming".
Finally, he got in.
The terminal's personal profile interface displays everything about Chen Ming's identity.
However, apart from the name being Chen Ming, this identity does not contain any content similar to Chen Ming's own experience.
It seems that he in the simulation is just an ordinary office worker who has a day off.
But Chen knew clearly that he was here to participate in the simulation, not for a vacation, so there must be something wrong with this identity.
Just as Chen Ming was searching the terminal for any identity clues, he noticed that several paragraphs of text had flashed in that special terminal.
It seems that everyone else has confirmed their identities one after another.
General (Cheng Xinghe): "I am in an office at a front-line station. I am the commander of the rebel garrison. On my desk are documents for the next inspection of ground orbital defense facilities. It seems that we are in a temporary truce with the government forces now."
Engineer (Hong Guanghong): "I was inspecting the equipment at an industrial colony that was captured from the government army not long ago. I seemed to be the chief ordnance expert from somewhere else."
"This colony is very large. According to people around me, there are two industrial colonies of similar size in the galaxy. It seems that they were just seized from the government army."
“Not sure if it will be our main industrial output colony in the future.”
Chen Ming had just finished reading what his teammates said when Song Pu asked, "Where is the psychic?"
Chen Ming looked around and said in the terminal: "I'm in a cafe."
"?"
Logistics Dong Miao asked a question, obviously not understanding what Chen Ming's situation was.
Fortunately, Chen Ming had already found the hidden folder in the terminal he carried with him, and was looking through the information in it. According to the information.
"I am currently in the Galo-2 sector, a comprehensive colony in the Okon system. It seems that there is a mission for me to perform."
Song Pu immediately said: "Galo-2 is the star region actually controlled by the government forces. There are a total of twelve star regions in the Galo star region, and the first four star regions are open in this simulation."
"Galo-1 and Galo-2 are completely under the control of the government forces, Galo-4 is under our control, and Galo-3, which is surrounded by the other three star regions, is where we and the government forces just ceased fire."
"If I remember correctly, the galaxy you are in should be at the junction of Galo 2 and Galo 4."
Song Pu quickly told Chen Ming a lot of useful information.
This made Chen Ming have some guesses about his job.
"Hmm... there seems to be a ciphertext in my personal terminal. Let me translate it and see."
Chen Ming had learned how to decipher ciphertext when he was learning command techniques from Bai Quan. After finding the correct reference book in the terminal, Chen Ming quickly translated the contents of the ciphertext.
"It seems that I need to meet with the informant in the simulation at this cafe where I am now. The meeting time is 3 pm Earth time. It is now 2:45 pm."
“Do I need to meet someone?”
Song Pu thought for a moment and his eyes swept across the document he had just seen.
His expression changed instantly, and he quickly said in the terminal: "No, we can't meet, retreat quickly."
"good."
Chen Ming chose to trust his teammates' judgment, and immediately stood up and left the cafe, asking, "Should I try to escape?"
"That's right."
"Since we have confirmed that you are spying in the area actually controlled by the government forces, it is very likely that there is also someone from the government forces spying on us."
"There just happened to be a spy clue on my desk. This clue points to the government army. It must be a clue from one of the government army's people."
"If the spy on our side is you, then the spy on the other side... should be Cheng Xinghai."
"Since I have this clue, the government army must also have a clue that can lead to your investigation. You must evacuate as soon as possible."
Chen Ming walked out of the cafe, hailed a taxi, and asked the driver to go to the nearest civil aerospace airport.
After the taxi started, Chen Ming replied on the terminal: "Is it so exciting to get in?"
Song Pu quickly responded: "Although we have ceased fire with the government forces, the surface ceasefire is only a preparation for the second war that is coming under the water. You are now at the forefront of the underwater war."
"This is the first confrontation. If one side fails, it will directly lose a psychic, which will greatly affect the entire situation."
"Go to a safe location as quickly as possible. I will arrange for your rescue."
"I see. What about Cheng Xinghai? We can't miss this opportunity, right?"
Song Pu's eyes swept across the other terminal he placed on the desk, which contained complete information about Cheng Xinghai's identity in the simulation.
"I'll arrange for someone to catch her, but your side is more important."
"Okay, then what kind of place is considered a safe place?"
"Anywhere you feel safe will do, and then tell me the location."
"The galaxy you are in is close to the border, far away from the original war zone. As long as you can escape the pursuit and hide for a while, we can rescue you."
Some metallic liquid suddenly flowed out from Chen Ming's fingertips.
"A place where I feel safe? I get it."
Chen Ming replied, then condensed the metal liquid into a bracelet and put it on his wrist.
This was the only material he could use from the small bell he had just taken from the coffee shop for ordering food, and it was also the only metal material he currently controlled.
No, there was also the taxi he was sitting in now.
That was all he had now.
It seems that because of Chen Ming's background as a spy, he has never come into contact with the rebel headquarters, the front line or the relay station's supply warehouse.
As a result, Chen Ming now does not have enough materials to do anything.
This is a way to restrict Chen Ming.
When Chen Ming discussed this rule with Bai Quan before, he thought it was quite normal. It was normal that materials or warehouses that had not been touched could not be used, and this restriction was nothing.
But after he came in and encountered the current situation of him being a spy outside, he realized that this was definitely Baiquan's target.
Baiquan must know the specific background of the entire simulation and is waiting for him to fall into his trap.
But it’s okay. Chen Ming was able to turn around from a shabby Iron Ore to owning twelve cruisers and tens of thousands of destroyers and frigates today.
Now that I am penniless, starting over again in the simulation is just going through the same old path again.
Of course, this was a cooperative simulation battle, so after learning about the situation, Chen Ming's teammates did not intend to let Chen Ming handle everything alone.
They are a team, and cooperation is the most important thing.
The next plan was quickly discussed in the communication channel of the special terminal.
The first and most important thing is to rescue Chen Ming. All other things can be postponed.
Chen Ming is the most critical person now. If they lose Chen Ming, they will lose the biggest advantage they have.
Of course, what needs to be done still needs to be done.
While Song Pu was dispatching personnel to rescue Chen Ming, he was also investigating Cheng Xinghai's location according to the spy document that was delivered to him at the beginning.
The other team members were also taking the time to finish the first things they had to do after entering the simulation.
At the same time, the terminal shares some information that can only be obtained through actual investigation.
In the scope of a star field, information sharing and exchange are very important.
They are now important figures in the rebels. Only by understanding the situation of the rebels can they formulate a more complete plan in the future.
On the way to the civil aerospace airport, Song Pu had already integrated the messages posted by his teammates on the special terminal communication channel and posted them on the communication channel.
"The total number of valuable star systems actually controlled by the rebels is currently three hundred and thirty-one."
"It occupies one-third of the total number of star systems in the entire simulated battlefield, while the government actually controls seven hundred and fifty-eight star systems."
"Ship composition: the number of capital ships is zero."
"There are 202 cruisers, most of which are Sinda's mass-produced Defenders or other mass-produced models. Some are the Rulers that the rebels took away when they rebelled."
"Not counting the patrol fleet of the galaxy itself, the number of destroyers that can be mobilized is about five thousand."
"The number of frigates has increased fivefold compared to the number of destroyers, approaching 30,000."
"All the spaceships can be divided into three major fleets, each consisting of fifty cruisers, two hundred destroyers, and thousands of frigates."
"One of the fleets is at the headquarters, under my command."
"The other two fleets are under the command of the generals at the front line."
"The remaining cruisers and scattered spacecraft are mainly stationed at the border between us and the government forces, and generally do not participate in large-scale battles."
"This number is a bit small, mainly because there was a large-scale battle with the government forces before the ceasefire, so the problem of the fleet number needs to be solved by us."
"The number of soldiers fluctuates greatly, but as long as we ensure that the source of soldiers is not a problem, our number of soldiers will not be a problem."
"colony."
"The number of colonies larger than level 2 is five hundred and sixty-eight."
“Among them, there are 233 integrated colonies, 11 industrial colonies, and 74 specialized mining colonies.”
"These three are more important. The remaining types are more complicated. I put them in the attachment. If you are interested, please take a look."
"As for those colonies that are smaller than level 2, we cannot count them for now, so they are not included."
“Government troops.”
"The government forces' movements are quite clear. They failed in their last campaign against us and chose to cease fire with us when their losses were far greater than ours."
"They need time to regroup, and we also need time to recuperate."
“But the overall situation is still mainly in favor of the government.”
"They occupy more star systems and have more colonies."
“Although many colonial leaders do not support the government forces but support us, the government forces can still squeeze money out of them.”
"I predict that the government will restart the war in a few days. We must rescue Chen Ming as soon as possible and discuss the next plan."
(End of this chapter)