Chen Ming and Cheng Xinghai floated in hyperspace for a while.
It was not until the civilian passenger ship had completely disappeared from the sight of the naked eye that Chen Ming's own spaceship slowly flew to Chen Ming's side.
The first moment after entering the spacecraft, Chen Ming tried to unlock the special terminal she got from Cheng Xinghai.
But soon Chen Ming discovered that he couldn't unlock this thing.
It's not that there is a password that cannot be cracked, it's simply that it cannot be opened. Even his psychic power cannot work on it.
It seems that he can only take it away and restrict Cheng Xinghai from using it, but he cannot steal the information in it.
Chen Ming thought about it and it made sense. After all, this thing itself was something outside the normal settings.
If he could see some important information posted by the opponent in the channel, then the opponent basically wouldn't have to fight.
Then Chen Ming simply put away the terminal, found an empty independent small room on the spaceship, and threw Cheng Xinghai into it.
After turning Cheng Xinghai's protective suit back into liquid, Chen Ming also replaced her with a pair of lighter handcuffs.
At the same time, the structure of the entire room was changed so that there were no longer any exposed sharp objects or metal walls to prevent Cheng Xinghai from taking the opportunity to commit suicide.
A living person is definitely more useful than a dead person.
During this process, although Cheng Xinghai had been observing quietly, there was no major movement.
Even though Chen Ming arranged him to stay in this room, he just sat quietly in the corner of the room.
He lowered his head, hugged his knees, didn't say a word, and looked autistic.
Only her body seemed to twitch slightly.
Chen Ming glanced at her, the armor on his body gradually liquefied and disappeared, and he turned and left the room.
However, Chen Ming did not walk far. Instead, he stood at the door through a one-way transparent window similar to the two-story door in the corridor of the previous civilian ship, and continued to observe whether Cheng Xinghai in the room had any movements.
After waiting for a while, Cheng Xinghai was still sitting in the corner, but the trembling of her right leg became more and more obvious.
Chen Ming thought for a moment and took out the long and thin steel needle that he had snatched from Cheng Xinghai before.
In order to prevent the possibility of toxins or the like on it, Chen Ming disassembled the steel needle and threw the disassembled materials into the warehouse.
He made a new identical steel needle in his hand and gently pricked his fingertips.
The sharp pain in his fingertips reminded Chen Ming that the pain in the simulation was no different from reality.
It's just like the burning sensation in your lungs when you smoke.
No wonder a lot of detection equipment is installed where you lie when you dive into deep consciousness. It would be so embarrassing if you were to die from the pain.
Chen Ming glanced at Cheng Xinghai in the room, whose right ankle was unnaturally crooked and who looked like he was in pain.
Then open the warehouse on the spacecraft panel.
He made this spaceship by stealing other spaceships, and he also moved some things from the warehouses of other spaceships into this warehouse.
Chen Ming searched for a while and found some medicines and two splints, and placed them in front of Cheng Xinghai.
Then he arranged tables, chairs and a bed for resting in Cheng Xinghai's room, and also found a set of pillows and bedding from the warehouse that Chen Ming didn't know where they came from and had not yet been unpacked.
After considering what else the next person would need in life, Chen Ming set up a TV program projection screen on the wall next to him.
Then it directly connected to the local public signal. When a pink pig appeared on the screen, Chen Ming quickly cut off the screen.
"Why is there such an ancient program in the simulation?"
Chen Ming noticed that Cheng Xinghai's arms, which were wrapped around his knees, were slightly raised up, covering his face. He didn't know whether he was laughing or doing something else.
Chen Ming shook his head.
In fact, he did this because he was not very clear about the arrangements for prisoners of war at that time.
He knew nothing, so he could only follow the prison standards that he knew.
At least there's a TV so people don't have to stay in this small room for the next month.
If Chen Ming was held captive for a month and unable to do anything, it would be no different from torture.
After arranging these things for Cheng Xinghai.
Chen Ming took out his special terminal and asked in the communication channel: "Will injuries such as fractures in the simulation be fatal?"
Song Pu immediately asked in the channel: "Are you injured? Get treated and come back to see a doctor as soon as possible. Even if it's a fracture, an injury like this will get worse if you delay it for too long. You won't even know how you died then."
"knew."
Chen Ming put down the terminal and looked at Cheng Xinghai, who seemed to be unwilling to move and did not want to treat him at all. He suddenly felt a headache.
If Cheng Xinghai had been successfully assassinated by him at the beginning and died, there wouldn't have been so many problems.
But since Chen Ming has successfully captured her alive, it is definitely impossible for him to kill Cheng Xinghai directly just to save trouble.
However, when Cheng Xinghai was about to be captured, he had already made it clear that he wanted to commit suicide to avoid causing trouble for his teammates. It should be impossible for Cheng Xinghai to treat him.
So Chen Ming picked up the terminal again and wrote a sentence in the input box: "Is Baiquan here?"
Chen Ming did not send it out directly, but waited.
Bai Quan, who was serving as the referee at the moment, couldn't help but smile.
He could see the situation of everyone present at any time, and naturally he could also see Chen Ming's actions.
But he certainly wouldn't take the initiative to destroy this scene that he was so happy to see.
So Baiquan just said in the communication channel of his psychic friend who also had the authority to judge: "Not here."
Choose to continue watching the fun.
Chen Ming waited for a long time but got no response from Bai Quan. He sighed slightly and it seemed that he had to deal with this problem himself.
Chen Ming walked up to Cheng Xinghai, half-knelt on the ground, picked up the untouched splints and bandages on the ground, and the spray for treating bruises and injuries, waved them in front of Cheng Xinghai and asked, "Can you treat it yourself?"
Cheng Xinghai raised his head slightly, and stared at Chen Ming's face for a while with his eyes that were obscured by his hair so that Chen Ming could not see clearly, and shook the handcuffs.
Chen Ming thought for a moment and uncuffed her wrists.
Cheng Xinghai jumped up immediately. Even though only one leg could move normally, it hardly affected the speed of her movements. She instantly punched Chen Ming's temple.
Then there was the sound of flesh and metal colliding, and a slight sound of bone cracking.
Cheng Xinghai's eyes were red, and his right hand was twitching unconsciously. He sat back in the corner where he had just squatted. Chen Ming was not a fool. When he untied Cheng Xinghai's handcuffs, he must have been ready to put on another set of power armor.
But he really didn't expect Cheng Xinghai to be so stubborn. He dared to play like this even though he knew he would be on guard.
Cheng Xinghai's right hand was so stiff that he could not move, and there were large bruises on the knuckles of his hand.
Having just personally experienced how real the pain in the simulation was, Chen Ming sighed and grabbed Cheng Xinghai's hand.
Chen Ming had only learned some simple medical skills by watching the doctor's terminal when he was on Ruimu.
Although he had learned the blueprints and could build a medical robot, he was currently unable to produce a chip that could input the necessary medical data.
So he could only roughly reposition the broken bones in Cheng Xinghai's hand, and found something from the warehouse that could be used as a splint.
However, when doing this final delicate work, the hand structure of the power armor was a bit too rough.
Chen Ming glanced at Cheng Xinghai's lowered head, thought for a moment, and took off his power armor again.
This time Cheng Xinghai did not hit Chen Ming, but obediently let Chen Ming put the splint on her.
However, just when Chen Ming was finally using the straps to fix the splint, Cheng Xinghai's left hand swung towards Chen Ming's temple again.
In the end, he still punched the helmet of the power armor.
It didn't have any effect other than leaving some bruises on her fist and making her eyes gradually moist.
"Are you really not afraid of pain? Do you really want to bet that my reaction speed can't keep up with yours?"
Chen Ming was also a little helpless at this time. After all, he was a prisoner, and it was impossible for him to really let Cheng Xinghai kill him.
Chen Ming re-tightened the bandage that had just been loosened, fixed the splint on the injured hand, and sprayed some medicine on it.
Then he grabbed Cheng Xinghai's other hand and continued the steps of applying medicine and splinting.
After Cheng Xinghai's hand was treated, Chen Ming looked at her right leg that had just kicked his neck and said, "What's the injury on your foot?"
Cheng Xinghai raised his two injured hands, and it was obviously impossible for him to apply medicine or splint himself.
Chen Ming let out a breath.
"I'm sorry."
He reached out and pulled up the leg of Cheng Xinghai's sweatpants, took off her sneakers and socks, revealing the fair and tender skin on her calves, which did not look like it had been exposed to too much wind and sun.
Moreover, with his thin arms and legs, he doesn't look like he could kill Chen Ming with just one kick.
But Chen Ming will not be fooled by superficial things.
He only believed in Cheng Xinghai's explosive power and speed that he had just experienced personally.
And what he saw with his own eyes now was the fracture, bruises and swelling on Cheng Xinghai's slender calf, instep and ankle caused by her kick, as well as the abnormal tilt of his limbs at an angle of about 30 degrees.
The force that caused this injury was the strongest strength that Cheng Xinghai's seemingly weak body could exert.
And it is obvious that if this injury is not treated and allowed to continue to worsen, the person will definitely not survive.
So Chen Ming built an ice-making machine on the spacecraft and found some ice cubes to temporarily apply to Cheng Xinghai's ankle.
At the same time, he used his hand to operate an X-ray machine and took a rough picture of her injuries.
Then Chen Ming directly used the folk remedies he learned from the doctor's terminal to start working on bending the broken bones back together first.
When Chen Ming held Cheng Xinghai's ankle, Cheng Xinghai's body trembled subconsciously and his eyes stayed on Chen Ming's face.
There are other reasons besides the reaction to pain.
At this moment, Cheng Xinghai was recalling what happened before.
After she heard about Chen Ming, she took the initiative to talk to Bai Quan about having a simulated battle with Chen Ming.
Bai Quan's attitude was completely different from the attitude she had when she found any other man of similar age to Cheng Xinghai in contact with her.
Maybe at the first moment her mind was full of defeating Chen Ming, the person who defeated Cheng Xinghe. Fortunately, she turned around to mock Cheng Xinghe and did not notice the difference.
But later, when Bai Quan took the initiative to send her Chen Ming's contact information and asked her to contact him instead of Bai Quan personally helping to arrange a battle, she completely discovered the problem.
The difference is too obvious.
Baiquan's obvious thoughts can be seen at a glance.
Combined with her, Cheng Xinghai, Chen Ming and Bai Quan’s own identity background.
By doing this, Bai Quan can easily analyze the direction of what he wants to see most.
Knowing all this was not too surprising to Cheng Xinghai.
She is the half-apprentice and half-daughter of Lieutenant General Baiquan of the 14th Legion. She is also a psychic and is under the rules of the 14th Legion.
Her living environment determines that she cannot decide her own future as freely as many people who grow up in a normal environment.
Her future path is almost predetermined.
If all goes well, she will either rely on her psychic powers to rise to a high position in the military or die alone.
Or she could maintain the current level and find an opportunity to marry a young officer in the Fourteenth Legion who is the same as Baiquan or slightly worse.
There were only two paths she could take.
But what makes her better than others is that her psychic powers ensure that she will never become a victim of politics.
At least she still has the ability to make her own choices within limited paths.
Although she didn't want to choose either of these two options.
But if she had to choose one, she would rather choose the latter.
As for the former, Cheng Xinghai had heard that there was a record of a lieutenant general being captured in a certain war zone, and there was also a situation in front of him where Bai Quan's old boss was gradually losing power due to his old age, forcing Bai Quan to find a way to escape.
Cheng Xinghai felt uncomfortable with the feeling of losing power in old age, and therefore did not attach too much importance to military position and power.
As for the latter candidate, Cheng Xinghai has not yet decided.
Therefore, Chen Ming's appearance was actually a very normal thing for Cheng Xinghai.
But at this time she was a little confused about her attitude.
Although she was somewhat resistant to political marriages, she knew that she had no power to change the situation and she could only accept it.
And Bai Quan has never disrespected Cheng Xinghai's opinions over the years, nor has he asked Cheng Xinghai to do something she didn't want to do so early on, and he even took the initiative to help her block many people.
She was given ample opportunities to choose a suitable marriage partner.
But over the years, Cheng Xinghai has not been able to find a suitable person who can convince her of his personal qualities and abilities.
The only one who took the initiative to build relationships with Baiquan was Chen Ming, her adoptive father.
So Cheng Xinghai actually doesn't mind having more contact with Chen Ming.
I just don’t know why, when facing Chen Ming.
Although Cheng Xinghai had no feelings at all and was considering it purely from the perspective of political interests, she just couldn't be sure of her own thoughts.
It is obvious that Cheng Xinghai can quickly give answers to many things as long as you think about them, and whether it is appropriate or not is just a matter of one word from her.
Even if she really made her objection clear, Baiquan would never force her.
But the current situation prevented her from answering this question immediately.
She has also been struggling.
However, her competitive spirit made her temporarily suppress those extremely complicated problems for her in the past few days. She chose to do her original thing first and invite Chen Ming to participate in the battle.
The battle is over, maybe there will be an answer.
Unexpectedly, this simulated battle had only begun for a few hours.
At a time when it was almost impossible for casualties to occur, she was captured by Chen Ming who rushed to her door, and there was no possibility of escape at all.
It gave her time to think about these issues again.
Just thinking about this kind of problem gave her a headache.
Moreover, the feeling Chen Ming gave her at the beginning was actually acceptable to her.
Because she took the initiative to contact Chen Ming after she heard about this person, it was not someone who was forced upon her.
So Cheng Xinghai at least didn't dislike Chen Ming, but there didn't seem to be anything more.
And she is still not sure about Chen Ming's attitude.
No, it’s not a question of Chen Ming’s attitude, but that Chen Ming seems to have no attitude at all.
Cheng Xinghai finally discovered something was wrong.
She had already made some preparations, and Bai Quan obviously came here for this too, but what about Chen Ming?
Chen Ming seemed to have no idea in this regard at all.
Cheng Xinghai looked at Chen Ming in front of him again, and was troubled for a long time.
Until Chen Ming was almost finished.
Cheng Xinghai couldn't think of a suitable answer either.
Forget it, let’s just let it go.
Cheng Xinghai discovered that although her IQ had improved after her psychic awakening, for many things, it was not possible for her to come up with an idea that made her feel comfortable just because of her high IQ.
Chen Ming, who had just finished tying the splint on Cheng Xinghai, had never expected that Cheng Xinghai would think of a bunch of messy things for him.
He was just temporarily treating Cheng Xinghai's injuries to prevent the injuries from worsening and causing his death. If he wanted real treatment, he would have to go back and find a regular doctor.
There is still a problem after returning. Chen Ming can control Cheng Xinghai, but the doctor obviously can't.
So we'll have to find a way to keep an eye on it when the time comes.
After treating Cheng Xinghai's right leg injury, Chen Ming stood up and prepared to take out the terminal to contact other people. He had already taken care of everything.
However, Cheng Xinghai suddenly raised his head at this time and said to Chen Ming: "Thank you."
Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, and after confirming that this was not a trap set by Cheng Xinghai, he nodded and replied, "You're welcome."
After that, he turned and left the room, and sent a message directly to the terminal: "Done."
This time, Cheng Xinghe spoke even faster than Song Pu: "Okay! Is he dead?"
"No, I caught it alive and am on my way back."
"pity……"
Chen Ming didn't know what Cheng Xinghe was feeling sorry for.
But before he could complain, Song Pu quickly followed up and said, "You deal with your captive. My suggestion is to put her in a dark room with a TV. After all, this is just a simulated battle, not a real life-and-death war. You can't really interrogate her."
"By the way, the fracture you mentioned before should be Cheng Xinghai's fracture, not yours, right? Don't leave all the treatment matters to the NPC, otherwise she may run away."
"I know that."
Chen Ming still listened to Song Pu's instructions. After all, he had much more experience in this kind of thing than he did.
And he happened to have done the same thing before and had the same idea.
But Chen Ming still had another question to ask: "What use is there for this prisoner Cheng Xinghai?"
Although Chen Ming thought that being alive was more useful than being dead when he captured Cheng Xinghai, he had no idea how specifically it would be useful.
Song Pu's answer also surprised Chen Ming: "As far as I know, prisoners are useless in most cases."
"As I just said, this is just a simulation after all. Death is commonplace, and everyone knows each other. We can't really torture and interrogate them."
"If anything, the only use of the prisoner is to distract her teammates."
"We are a team of five. When any one of us dies, our teammates will get a notification through the terminal."
"If you took away Cheng Xinghai's terminal, her teammates would not be able to contact her at all, and would not be able to learn about her situation. They would only know that she is still alive."
"How much effect can this have... probably just be about that."
"As for using prisoners to threaten teammates..."
Chen Ming helped Song Pu finish the last sentence: "It seems to be meaningless."
It's just a simulation after all.
At this time, Chen Ming looked back at the room where Cheng Xinghai was imprisoned. Cheng Xinghai was already lying on the bed he had arranged, covering his eyes with his arms, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Then let's keep it for now. After all, there are no physiological needs such as eating and sleeping in the simulation."
"Well, after you come back we can officially start this battle."
"We have such a big advantage at the start, we can let go and do things."
Song Pu then said to Chen Ming: "As the supreme leader of the rebels, I can arrange your current identity at will. You must be arranged to the most suitable place, so what do you think?"
Chen Ming really couldn't think of what he should do now. After thinking about it, he could only say, "Let me contact the rebels' warehouse."
"I remember this. When you come back, I will arrange for you to go to the logistics hub system and several industrial colonies. Even if you pass by, don't go there by yourself. The garrison may not recognize you."
"I see."
Chen Ming finished speaking, but Song Pu was still thinking.
Although Chen Ming seemed to have answered Song Pu's question just now, Song Pu could clearly see that Chen Ming was actually in the dark.
He had no idea what he should do in the team during this large-scale battle between government forces and rebels.
It's obvious that he has no experience and is used to doing things alone.
So Song Pu simply started to help with the arrangements. Putting the right people in the right positions was what someone like him should do.
As long as this kind of thing is done right, then the rest is just a matter of seeing how others perform.
Even a completely inexperienced person in the right position can play a greater role than an experienced person in the wrong position.
This is especially true for someone who has no experience at all but has extremely outstanding abilities.
Chen Ming's arrangement requires him to consider carefully.
(End of this chapter)