After leaving the logistics center, Chen Ming immediately set out for the second target location.

However, this time Chen Ming did not directly use hyperspace jump or ordinary jump system to go there, but flew slowly in hyperspace.

While waiting for Hong Guanghong to send the blueprint, he was also waiting for the mental energy he had just consumed in controlling the logistics center warehouse to recover.

Chen Ming's destination this time is an industrial colony planet.

You can view various data of the destination planet and its general appearance on the star map.

When Chen Ming clicked on the corresponding position on the star map, a planet surrounded by satellites appeared in front of Chen Ming.

However, he was not going to the planet, but the seemingly desolate satellite orbiting the planet.

The industrial colony on this satellite mainly produces the basic hulls of spacecraft and supporting basic components of various hull components. It also undertakes the task of developing mineral resources on some planets.

However, Chen Ming does not need to worry about the development of mineral resources, as the focus of the colony itself is still on industrial production.

Mineral resources are just some extras, and are produced by some small branches outside the main colony, similar to what Chen Ming had seen in Yu Hui's industrial colony.

It is really unnecessary for Chen Ming to run around to these scattered and small places one by one.

Just as Chen Ming was checking the information of the target planet, some time had passed since he left the last logistics center.

At this moment, Hong Guanghong suddenly sent Chen Ming the planning blueprint of the industrial colony he was targeting.

Moreover, this blueprint also complies with Chen Ming's requirements. The design can almost be said to be a pure expansion. It is expanded on the basis of the original industrial facilities, and only a few buildings need to be built independently.

Let Chen Ming not have to worry about anything and just do as instructed.

However, he did not do so directly. Instead, he spent some time carefully studying the logic and planning of the design in this blueprint.

Of course Chen Ming could understand the overall content, but the things hidden behind this content were very worthy of his in-depth study.

Although this special design of pure expansion was requested by Chen Ming, Chen Ming himself had never done anything like this.

Therefore, under the premise of meeting the original requirements, the new design plan made according to the new restrictions is very special.

Chen Ming just took a casual look and could feel that this blueprint contained some special design techniques.

And this blueprint also has obvious traces of military technology.

It is very similar to what Chen Ming learned from the basic cruiser technology that Bai Quan taught him before.

Hong Guanghong is a student majoring in engineering at a military academy who is about to graduate.

Although Chen Ming has graduated for many years, his technical level has increased by leaps and bounds during this period.

But in terms of the professionalism and advancement of technology, as well as some special military design techniques, to be honest, he cannot compare with Hong Guanghong.

After all, it had only been a short time since he had obtained the military technology from Baiquan, only two or three months.

It always takes time to learn from scratch. How can you possibly compare with someone who has been studying this for three or four years?

However, if Chen Ming could learn based on other people's experience and learn by standing on the shoulders of others, the difficulty would be different.

And he doesn't need to worry that learning this will cause him to use other people's colors when using various technologies.

His technical skills have long been formed, and what he learns now are new branches derived from his main stem, which will only enhance his own abilities without affecting his skills.

Because of these reasons, when Chen Ming got the blueprint, he did not rush to jump to the destination to build things immediately. Instead, he simply started school on the spot.

And this is also a rare opportunity.

The deep consciousness penetration of the Fourteenth Legion's simulation equipment allowed him to achieve an extremely high thinking acceleration rate.

At the same time, there was a design blueprint in front of him that reflected the level of prospective graduates of the military academy's engineering major.

Anyone with a little bit of ideas and ambition knows what to do.

Especially on the main body side, Chen Ming has been overdrawing part of his mental power to learn new things with a thinking speed several times faster than before.

The prosthetic side can also learn the dozens of times increase in thinking speed over the dozen hours, so why not learn it? The dozens of times increase in thinking speed can extend the dozen hours to a month, and there is no need to rest, even if most of the time needs to be spent on simulating the battle itself.

If the remaining time is not used for studying, it would be a complete waste.

It was unknown how much time had passed after Chen Ming immersed himself in his studies.

Chen Ming's special terminal suddenly vibrated.

Song Pu said to Chen Ming on the communication frequency: "I received news that a Ruler-class cruiser has arrived at the colony over there. Have you arrived there yet?"

Chen Ming immediately drew his attention away from the blueprint and looked out the porthole.

The seemingly desolate satellite forms a sharp contrast with the cold, ice-covered planet below.

The autopilot has brought him to his destination. The speed of the hyperspace channel is quite guaranteed within the range of the star zone. Chen Ming actually only spent a short while on the blueprint.

But in just a short while, Chen Ming felt that what he gained in industrial design was even more than what he had gained from self-studying in the past week.

Of course, this feeling is based on the knowledge Chen Ming has learned in this area before.

If you don’t have the basics, you may not even be able to understand it, let alone gain knowledge from the blueprint.

Chen Ming shook his head, temporarily putting aside all the knowledge about blueprint design in his mind, and replied to Song Pu: "I'm here. I was just looking at the engineer's blueprint and preparing to enter the port."

"Okay, can we start after we enter the port?"

"Any time."

Chen Ming put down the blueprint temporarily, stretched his muscles which were a little stiff in the simulation, and stood up to prepare to work.

Anyway, the blueprint is in hand, so there is no need to waste time in researching it.

After Chen Ming stood up, he turned his head and looked at Cheng Xinghai, who was sitting in a wheelchair not far from him, holding an ordinary terminal monitored by Chen Ming and watching a TV program, looking extremely bored, and said, "We should go."

Cheng Xinghai immediately threw the terminal away and said to Chen Ming excitedly, "Are you finally leaving? Where are you going?"

"To a planet."

"It's the same as if you didn't say anything."

"Guess why it's the same whether I said it or not."

“…How boring.”

"You've said this many times while I was watching something just now."

The spacecraft soon landed in a space station in the satellite's orbit.

Although Chen Ming came to an industrial colony this time, the first thing he did when he arrived here was to go to the local warehouse.

But this time, Chen Ming brought Cheng Xinghai with him.

She was asked to wear a protective suit that wrapped herself tightly and an exoskeleton made by Chen Ming to assist the disabled in walking.

At least Cheng Xinghai can walk normally, so he doesn't have to let Chen Ming push him in a wheelchair, and eliminate the possibility of exposing his identity in this way.

This was also considered as her cooperation in letting Chen Ming bring Cheng Xinghai out.

Cheng Xinghai had no objection. For her, as long as she didn't stay in the cell, everything was fine.

Since the space station where Chen Ming landed was contracted to transport materials to other places for the colony, most of the things that needed to be transported to other places would be piled up in this space station.

So Chen Ming first walked around the space station, and then went to the space elevator connecting the space station and the ground.

Go to where he actually needs to do business.

The space elevator is gradually descending.

When the colony appeared visibly in Chen Ming's vision.

The first thing he saw was the Earth Core Furnace Power Tower standing on the flat land in the dark universe.

Chen Ming had seen this thing before, over at the Yuhui Colony.

It can provide a steady supply of energy for the entire colony.

And below this geocentric furnace power tower is a cluster of heavy industry spacecraft hull manufacturing factories illuminated by various heat sources.

The factory was constantly emitting dark smoke, which rose straight into the sky on this atmosphereless planet, forming a huge column of smoke.

At the end of the cooling cycle of the Earth's Core Furnace Power Tower's heat cycle, the thick smoke was enough to hide the tower for a moment.

Even without air, the high heat from the long-term operation of the factory below and the orange-red optical fiber carrying heat emitted by the Earth's Core Furnace Tower itself when converting geothermal energy seemed to be able to transmit to Chen Ming through the vacuum and protective clothing.

This is a complete industrial colony.

The warehouses in the colony used to store materials and products for internal consumption, as well as temporarily store materials before being transported to other areas via the space station, are mainly concentrated near the furnace tower.

The Geocentric Furnace Power Tower is the core of this industrial colony. Starting from its foot, there are four logistics channels extending outward in the southeast, northwest and northeast directions of the planet's magnetic poles.

Finally, the logistics transportation areas outside the colony are unified and transported directly to the warehouse of the space station via the space elevator.

Or it can be directly transported to other locations on the planet by spacecraft. After all, there are still some supporting resources on the planet that can be developed.

Chen Ming was observing the layout of the entire colony in the space elevator, while thinking about the effects that the blueprint drawn by Hong Guanghong would have after it was realized.

At the same time, they also followed the guides arranged by Song Pu and took the freight train on the southern transportation line in the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest of the industrial colony and arrived at the industrial area.

As Chen Ming got closer to the core of the industrial zone, his attention was increasingly drawn to the power tower.

The sense of technology and special power of this tower really made him unable to stop.

The size of this thing deep underground and the mental drain caused by its technological level were not something he could endure alone.

Chen Ming had no choice but to look away and followed the guide all the way to the warehouse under the Earth Core Furnace Power Tower.

And control is exercised over these warehouses filled with various industrial products and various raw materials transported.

Several warehouses were specially marked and filled with materials that Song Pu urgently called from other industrial tasks.

The expansion of the colony is the top priority, and everything else can be put on the back burner.

What Chen Ming needs to do next is to transform these materials into new buildings for the colony.

And the way his psychic power works on the colonies is also very simple.

It is necessary to control the industrial buildings in the marginal parts of the colonies, and it is enough to start with the transformation and expansion of these buildings.

This meant that he only had to walk around the edge to complete the first step before the expansion officially began.

However, for the sake of the final effect, Chen Ming did not do so. Instead, he chose to visit every factory in the colony.

Although the accompanying personnel dissuaded him, saying that the interior of the industrial colony was very dangerous, most of the equipment and robots working inside were purely mechanical.

The only people left inside the factory are supervisors who have signed expensive death compensation contracts and a small number of engineers who can control robots to perform maintenance on these industrial equipment.

However, Chen Ming did not listen. He continued to make the power armor on his own and walked into the area belonging to the factory outside the factory's logistics and transportation channel.

Cheng Xinghai originally wanted to be kept here by Chen Ming.

After all, she was wearing the protective suit and exoskeleton that he made to assist her in walking, so she wouldn't have any ideas about staying here alone with the others.

However, Cheng Xinghai finally followed them, using the excuse that it was boring to stay there.

Chen Ming was too lazy to stop her. Anyway, he could control all her situations in real time, so he would not be killed by a sneak attack in a dangerous environment.

Walking between factories.

Chen Ming could see various robots and small logistics transport vehicles moving between the few channels, providing small amounts of materials for various factories.

Of course, the main means of transporting materials for these factories is still the logistics routes connecting different factories, but these routes are generally underground and not easily visible on the ground.

At the bottom of these industrial buildings, Chen Ming occasionally saw some solid small houses appearing here.

Those are where the few people who work in this extremely dangerous environment live.

As Chen Ming passed by, several surveillance cameras turned to him.

He didn't care and continued walking between the different industrial buildings, touching them.

During this process, there were sounds of metal friction and the roar of industrial equipment around.

After actually stepping into the factory area, even the power armor was unable to stop the high heat, which made Chen Ming slightly excited.

This product of human industry, full of power and technology, is also the source of danger that humans must live with in order to develop, constantly pumping their adrenaline.

Even though this was just a simulation, Chen Ming couldn't help but start imagining it.

Imagine what the industrial facilities would look like on his future colony, a colony completely devoid of human existence other than himself.

It should be very different from here.

Of course Chen Ming did not forget the main business.

After relying on the high mobility provided by the power armor to quickly take full control of all industrial equipment.

Chen Ming returned to the logistics channel train and headed out of the colony with others.

At this time, he took out the special terminal and said to Song Pu: "I'm ready here, let's make some preparations in advance."

Song Pu asked with some confusion: "What are you going to prepare?"

"Repair some industrial equipment. I've seen a lot of equipment running out of control."

"I feel like there's something wrong with the colony's production capacity. For example, can we produce five cruiser hulls a day? I can't make new equipment that's not as efficient as the old equipment."

Professional Hong Guanghong immediately said in the terminal: "I estimate that your current colony can only produce two cruiser hulls a day. Small ship factories such as destroyers and escorts are okay, and the efficiency is about 67% of the new factory."

"It's mainly because this colony took a long time to build, and all of it is large-scale industrial equipment. It's too expensive to replace it completely, so as long as it's not completely broken, we'll continue to use it."

Song Pu followed Hong Guanghong and said, "Can your mental strength withstand the maintenance and expansion?"

Chen Ming personally walked through the entire factory in the colony. He was very confident in the amount of his own mental power and replied: "Don't worry, there is no problem with mental power. I am more concerned about the people in the colony."

"Everything has been explained. They will wear protective clothing while you are doing the work."

"We have also sealed the deal. All people working in the colony have signed a one-month closed overtime agreement. They cannot leave for any reason within at least a month."

"Controlling the information is a little troublesome, but it can be done. Besides, we have your psychic power as a backup. We don't have to worry about the expansion of industrial facilities being exposed too early."

Chen Ming replied again: "I understand. I will start from here."

After he finished speaking, he put down the terminal, and the maintenance energy instantly took effect on the entire colony.

A large amount of liquid metal overflowed from the core warehouse area, covering the ground of the entire colony like a metal flood.

The industrial colony also began to use the radio to repeatedly broadcast a message: "All staff members please wear protective clothing and protective equipment according to the pre-rehearsal. Do not pay attention to any abnormal phenomena. Wait for the situation to end. If there is any unexpected situation, please contact the department head immediately."

As the broadcast repeated itself, the metallic liquid that had already submerged the entire colony in a flood began to change again.

They flow along the industrial buildings, gradually from the bottom to the top.

All industrial buildings and facilities are surrounded by the backflowing liquid metal at all times during operation, and the liquid metal has no effect on the operation of the industrial facilities themselves.

This process lasted about five minutes.

These liquid metals are either completely integrated into the industrial facilities or all retreat back to the warehouse.

As the liquid metal disappeared, what appeared in front of everyone was a new industrial colony that seemed to have just been built.

Song Pu immediately asked Chen Ming with concern: "How is your mental energy consumption? Do you need to rest for a while?"

"No, it's just maintenance. What comes next is the main event."

Chen Ming just finished speaking.

Liquid metal once again gushed out within the colony.

This time it wasn't just a flood of metal like before.

Instead, a metal tsunami that completely submerged the entire colony gushed out directly from the underground near the Earth's Core Furnace Power Tower.

Like a metal volcano erupting, the liquid metal that flooded the entire colony gradually rushed to the edge of the colonial area.

Part of them seeped into the ground, and part of them took shape on the ground.

Steel walls rose outside the old colonies, and metal towers were built within the new colonies.

Large areas of industrial facilities emerged from this metallic liquid. Countless industrial robots were connected to the colony's industrial network the moment they were created by Chen Ming. The industrial facilities were started and began to operate at the highest efficiency at the first time.

The area of ​​the entire industrial colony expansion can be said to have more than doubled that of the original colony.

The work efficiency of the entire colony, even if it is just seen with the naked eye rather than through precise measurement, is at least 1.5 times more.

The expansion of area and the increase in industrial efficiency are not in a one-to-one relationship.

With the expansion of the area and some original design flaws being corrected during this expansion, the efficiency improvement is far greater than expected.

Even if this is not the case, Chen Ming's psychic power actually works on the real industrial colony.

But the effect presented by the simulated colony is enough to show the power of Chen Ming's psychic abilities.

This colony that sprang up in just a few minutes made Cheng Xinghai, who had been following Chen Ming, look at Chen Ming with a hint of shock.

Although she didn't know much about Chen Ming, she was sure that Chen Ming must have done something similar before, otherwise Bai Quan would not let him do something similar in the simulation.

Just think about the achievements Baiquan once made in the 14th Legion.

Cheng Xinghai had no doubt that the giant dock belonging to Yu Hui became Chen Ming's hand amidst this metal wave.

Of course, Chen Ming was not actually that excessive. Most of the giant dock was still under the control of Yuhui. It was actually relying on the transmissibility of psychic energy and the infiltration of a large number of Yuhui individuals that allowed Chen Ming to achieve his ultimate goal.

But Cheng Xinghai didn't know this. She only knew that Chen Ming's psychic power didn't seem to be at the same level of development as hers.

The possibility of defeating Chen Ming in her mind decreased again, but her competitive spirit remained unchanged.

If she could beat Chen Ming in the simulation, that would be truly satisfying and make her happy.

Of course, let’s forget about this simulation and talk about it next time.

Song Pu, who was watching the live broadcast at this moment, had a momentary brain freeze when he saw the new steel city appear.

If the next dozen or so colonies can have such a large expansion and such a large increase in productivity.

Even though the front line is still at a slight disadvantage, he has the possibility of crushing the government forces head-on with his military strength.

Thinking of this, Song Pu's eyes became even more fiery as he looked at Chen Ming's figure in the real-time video broadcast.

(End of this chapter)