Just when Chen Ming's spiritual power covered the entire industrial zone and expanded an entire industrial colony.

As the referee, Bai Quan couldn't help but feel a little emotional when watching this scene, and was impressed by the rapid progress of Chen Ming's spiritual power.

Bai Quan really has a thorough understanding of Chen Ming's life.

Especially the period from ordinary person to psychic, I have understood it carefully and deeply.

From the initial mining space station to Ramu, and then to the pirate space station, Chen Ming's psychic power progress during the whole process can be described as slow compared to now.

It was not until later that Wu An discovered Chen Ming, a promising talent, and began to cultivate him. Chen Ming's psychic power and mental strength increased dramatically.

Especially his performance on Yuhui's side last time allowed him to successfully destroy Yuhui's new battleship.

By that time, Chen Ming was already able to make quite a stir.

So, now, when Bai Quan saw Chen Ming completing the expansion of the colony in the simulation, he had no doubt that Chen Ming could really do these things in reality.

Moreover, the realization of the various psychic attributes through deep simulation is not something that can be achieved by just thinking of it.

Instead, it relies on the settings entered before the simulation begins. After the computer logic of the simulation equipment is calculated, it automatically calculates the effect of the set conditions in the final simulation.

This should be the situation closest to reality.

Except that the total amount of Chen Ming's mental power cannot be determined, all performances should be no different from what Chen Ming can do in reality.

As for whether Chen Ming's mental strength is sufficient.

After the incident at the giant dock, Bai Quan gave Chen Ming a second spiritual awakening nerve, and his mental power is definitely higher than that at the dock.

And the last time Hu Yi used the volcano to try to assassinate Chen Ming.

Chen Ming completely protected the dome in that haunted place called their Fourteenth Legion branch.

He even used the effect of the Purgatory Core to directly solidify the entire vertical volcano.

Bai Quan specially asked someone to translate Chen Ming's paper on the Purgatory Core, and had a general understanding of the mechanism of the Purgatory Core.

This Purgatory Core is just a tool, and it acts more as a converter.

If a psychic can directly use the Infernal Core to suppress a volcano, it at least means that the psychic power of the psychic himself is strong enough to affect the volcano.

Therefore, even if Chen Ming achieved a psychic effect of this scale, Bai Quan did not raise any objections. He believed that Chen Ming could do it.

At this moment, Baiquan suddenly received an external signal.

Someone from the headquarters has logged into the simulation device and is applying to watch the game.

Identity verification... is Song Pu's mentor Pang Dong and Dong Miao's mentor Shi Han, both of whom have the rank of major general.

Of course, this does not mean that every student will have a major general as a mentor, but only outstanding people can have outstanding graduation mentors.

It is normal for a tutor to care about his students.

The right to use the simulation device is not only in Baiquan's hands.

However, the refereeing authority for this simulation is in Bai Quan's hands, so watching the game requires Bai Quan's permission.

Moreover, unlike the referee's authority, which allows one to have insight into the entire battlefield situation, the perspective of the spectator's authority is limited to the vicinity of all people in the simulation, and one cannot understand the broader situation.

So Bai Quan directly opened up permissions to the two mentors and pulled them into the communication channel.

By the way, he kicked out his psychic friend who was always talking nonsense to prevent him from getting into conflict with others later.

After Song Pu's mentor Pang Dong accessed the spectator system and joined the communication channel, he immediately asked Bai Quan who was already in the channel: "Lieutenant General Bai, how is the situation? I just heard that the simulation has started and came here. How long has it been now?"

Bai Quan did not hide anything and summarized the current situation: "Only one day has passed in the simulation, and Songpu is currently in a big advantage."

“Is there an advantage in one day?”

"Yes, at the beginning of the game, his teammates found an opportunity and captured one of the opponents."

"Sure. I've seen the list of players. The only one who can capture the opponent at the beginning should be Chen Ming, right?"

Pang Dong knew the background of the simulation, and he also knew that at the beginning of the game, one of the two sides would be very close to each other.

However, his own students are clear about this and are unlikely to take the risk of a one-for-one trade right away.

It seems that the other people have never done anything similar, so the only one who can do it should be Chen Ming.

Baiquan replied as expected: "Yes, it's him."

"Who did he capture?"

"Cheng Xinghai."

"Forehead……"

Pang Dong felt something was wrong, so he avoided the topic and asked, "Are we the only ones watching the game now?"

"I heard that Lieutenant General Bai was going to send the results of this simulation to their respective schools. Our students are getting impatient. You told us about this in advance. Others should come as well, right?"

Dong Miao's mentor Shi Han said: "We came here as soon as we received the news. It's normal that others haven't come yet. Maybe they will come in a while."

As soon as Shi Han finished speaking, Bai Quan received another signal requesting to watch the game.

When he saw the applicant's identity information, he frowned slightly, but did not make any other moves. He just said in the communication channel of the game: "Just as I was talking, someone showed up. It was Lou Wei, the mentor of Di Jia on the opposite side."

Pang Dong suddenly felt that something was going to happen next, and asked in confirmation: "Lou Wei?"

"Yes, that's him. I let him in."

As soon as Lou Wei entered the channel, he asked the same question as Pang Dong: "What's the situation?"

Bai Quan didn't say anything, but Pang Dong spoke up for Bai Quan: "You are temporarily at a disadvantage."

"Disadvantage? How long has it been?"

"one day."

"One day and we're at a disadvantage? Is that true?"

"Really? You'll know once you see it."

After a moment of silence, Lou Wei said in a somewhat strange tone: "On the first day, it was four against five. How did they manage to be at such a disadvantage?"

Lou Wei's words were not directed at his own students.

Everyone present could hear that these words were used to question Bai Quan.

The implication is that he clearly suspected Bai Quan arranged for Cheng Xinghai to be killed on purpose.

Bai Quan first conveniently rejected the request of his psychic friend to join the communication channel after he found out that he was kicked out and Lou Wei also joined the communication channel.

Then he said to Lou Wei: "Go and see for yourself."

"Um?"

Lou Wei's tone suddenly became a little angry as he said, "Everyone's point of view should be available for the past day, right? I want to take a good look at how we are at a disadvantage. Please send it to me, Bai-Lieutenant-General--."

The atmosphere on Baiquan's side suddenly became tense.

Song Pu finally finished admiring the power of Chen Ming's spiritual energy, contacted Chen Ming and asked, "How is the consumption of mental energy?"

“Still calculating.”

Chen Ming replied quickly and continued to calculate the loss of mental power in more detail in his mind.

The scale of the project for this industrial colony is quite large.

So when the expansion was still in progress, Chen Ming had already started to calculate an approximate loss based on the scale of the expansion and his own mental power limit, plus the various creatures and inanimate objects he had that could help him restore his mental power, as well as the blessing provided by the hive mind.

Then Chen Ming's real body used the approximate real objects of the same proportions at hand to carry out actual transformation tests in reality. With a simple conversion, he could get a basically accurate final amount of mental energy consumption.

The result was unexpectedly low.

Although Chen Ming was purely following the blueprints, he basically only needed to continue extending and renovating the original industrial building, and he didn't even need to manufacture anything extra.

Moreover, the technological level of this colonial industrial facility that produces hulls and hull components is not low compared to other factories that produce high-precision chips.

But Chen Ming always felt that the acceleration of thinking would have some positive effects when he used psychic power.

The acceleration of thinking seemed to strengthen Chen Ming's consciousness, and the strength of consciousness in turn strengthened Chen Ming's mental strength.

This was a rather peculiar discovery. Chen Ming felt that he had to find a separate opportunity to use the simulation equipment to infiltrate deep consciousness and conduct a special test.

But at least one thing is certain now, that is, the expansion of this colony has not completely exhausted his mental strength.

And according to Chen Ming's calculation of the rate of recovery of his mental power, he would be able to fully recover his mental power in a few hours at most and start his next work.

So Chen Ming quickly said to Song Pu on the terminal: "I have already calculated it here, we can go directly to the next place."

"Are you doing okay?"

"The amount of mental energy consumed is about 80%. If I fly slowly along the way, I should be able to recover almost all of it, which should be enough to support me next time."

"After that, it's the logistics warehouse again. I can recover for a while at that time and then I can set off."

Song Pu was even more excited when he heard Chen Ming's answer, and said, "Okay, if you continue at this efficiency, you may be closer to the front line in two days."

"Remember to tell me or the general in advance, so as not to be dragged into any battle."

Chen Ming asked in confusion: "Is the war going to start so soon?"

"That's not necessarily the case. I'm just reminding you first."

"Because I think it's better for you to stay in the rear as much as possible. It would not be a good thing if you were dragged into the battle on the front line."

"The main thing is that your psychic power doesn't restrict your location when you use it, so it doesn't matter where you are, right?"

Chen Ming did not deny this and said, "That's the truth."

But most of the time he still prefers to follow the fleet in person, which is a habit he left over from the time when he controlled fewer spaceships.

And now Chen Ming has a cruiser and a jump engine that can make multiple jumps in a short period of time.

Even if he followed the fleet, there was almost no possibility of being caught.

The only time he was almost caught was when the mechanical race took advantage of Chen Ming's attack on their colony and used the colony as bait to set up a device to blockade the entire galaxy.

But since he managed to escape at that time, he is now quite skilled at running away, among other things.

However, this was a team-based battle in a simulation device, so Chen Ming didn't mind the team aspect. He said, "I'll pay attention to it. Once I control the colonies and warehouses on the front line, I'll just go find a place where no one knows about it and hide there."

"That's fine too. If you have a terminal, you can contact us at any time. You have the ability to jump multiple times, so you can travel around the entire star region with you. If something happens, you can be there at the first time."

"OK."

After Chen Ming and Song Pu finished their communication, a day passed in the blink of an eye.

Song Pu, who was at the rebel headquarters, once again ended his communication with Chen Ming.

He had just learned that Chen Ming had arrived at the fourth industrial colony and would be able to start the fourth expansion soon.

This is because Chen Ming took a relatively long break after completing the expansion of the third colony, which led to the fourth expansion only starting now.

This efficiency has once again exceeded Song Pu's expectations.

In just over a day, three colonies had been completed, and the fourth colony was about to be completely controlled and expanded by Chen Ming.

This means that it will only take two or three days at most for Chen Ming to complete all eleven industrial colonies in the star region that they actually control.

This efficiency is really amazing.

And it’s the same with Hong Guanghong.

In order to keep up with Chen Ming's efficiency, he had no time to relax and had been preparing the blueprint for the future industrial colony for more than 30 hours.

Although you cannot sleep in this deep simulation due to the accelerated consciousness, it is still necessary to get some rest.

Hong Guanghong is also trying his best in this situation.

Since other people are doing things, Song Pu naturally has to do things as well.

As a person responsible for the dispatch of the battlefield and the control of the overall situation, he must have a good grasp of the overall situation.

The overall situation includes not only the rebels themselves, but also the opponents.

In a team-based simulation battle, although every team member is important, it does not mean that the game cannot continue if one person is missing.

Even though the opponents are at a disadvantage because Cheng Xinghai was captured, they will definitely not give up and will definitely be looking for some opportunity.

Therefore, Song Pu has also been stepping up its investigation into government forces in recent times.

After signing a document, Song Pu said to the secretary who had just come in and was waiting by the side: "How is that matter going?"

"It's going smoothly. There are people in the government army who sympathize with us. After helping us develop some informants, he has successfully infiltrated the giant shipyard."

"Three people have been turned against the department responsible for the giant dock maintenance, one of whom is a member of the department's management."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this department will continue to be responsible for the maintenance of the capital ship after the maintenance of the giant dock is completed."

“It is expected that the core work will be accessible within a week to carry out the destruction of the giant dock.”

Song Pu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, let them continue to work on this matter. If there is any news, please inform me as soon as possible."

"If the government forces want to find a way to deal with us, repairing the giant dock and pulling out the capital ships parked there would be the most convenient way. We absolutely cannot let them do that."

The secretary silently took note of Song Pu's words.

After a brief pause, Song Pu continued to ask, "Are there any other moves by the government forces?"

The secretary replied: "After the signing of the armistice agreement, the government's armed forces have begun to move gradually to the edge of Galo-3 in accordance with the agreement, and there seem to be signs that they are organizing negotiations."

"But there is one thing that is quite strange. Their propaganda has not stopped recently. Instead, they want to put pressure on us in public opinion. Two things have obviously begun to ferment."

"Which two?"

The secretary glanced at Song Pu and said cautiously, "It's about the accidental injury of civilians in our headquarters."

Song Pu's expression did not change. He said simply, "This is easy to solve. Just publicly state that there is an unknown failure in the communication system and hint at the government army's espionage behavior."

"I have already asked the relevant departments to handle the aftermath. Compensation for the dead and injured has been given and the families have forgiven me."

When the secretary was about to contact someone on the terminal.

Song Pu waved his hand again to stop him and said, "Wait a minute, don't rush to respond with our own propaganda line."

"First, use the government army's news agency to record our post-processing and publish it. Don't give it too much publicity. Just let this news sink in."

"When public opinion really starts to ferment, you can use our propaganda to start propaganda. The more the government forces ferment at this time, the more bitter the consequences will be."

"We should have people in this area in the government army, right?"

The secretary nodded immediately and said, "Yes, I will do it later."

"Okay, what about the other thing?"

The secretary glanced at the document in his hand and said, "It's about the gentleman who came to your place two days ago."

Song Pu turned his head and looked at the secretary and asked, "Chen Ming? Could it be that he is with the government army?"

"Yes, the other side reported that the spies we sent out carried out a terrorist attack at a civilian aerospace airport, resulting in significant property losses."

“Does the government army have video footage?”

"have."

The secretary immediately handed the terminal to Song Pu, on which a news video was playing.

However, the content of the video can be said to be quite vague. It only contains some intense explosion shots and the post-disaster reconstruction of the civilian aerospace airport and the clearing of wreckage and ruins after the incident. It does not expose Chen Ming's identity as a psychic.

After reading it, Song Pu's inner turmoil was completely smoothed over. He said, "It's okay. This matter is easy to handle. I'll show you a document and you'll understand."

Song Pu happened to have in his hand a video file that Chen Ming had handed to him when he came over before.

It was a video recorded by Chen Ming himself from multiple angles, recording what he did at the aerospace airport.

At least Chen Ming did not take the initiative to attack civilians. In fact, it was the government forces that took the initiative to attack him at the beginning.

In addition, the video also shows police robots killing each other.

With a little editing, it can turn the actions of the government forces into ugly acts directed and acted by themselves.

After handing the video to the secretary, Song Pu asked him again, "Anything else?"

"There is nothing important at the moment. I have sorted out the other documents that you may need to look at and sent them to your computer."

"That's right, then go do your own thing."

"yes."

After the secretary left, Song Pu was the only one left in the office.

He leaned back in his seat, images of the government forces' recent actions flashing through his mind.

To be honest, he felt that the government forces had some dirty tricks coming up frequently. Although these methods seemed to be fine, they were very easy to counter and should not be used so casually.

Instead, release it at a better time, such as when they start fighting again.

Only then will he not have the energy to take care of these things.

The government forces should not have done these things because of Cheng Xinghai's disappearance.

I need to observe more, maybe there are some special arrangements.

Song Pu exhaled.

Suddenly I stood up and walked out of the office, ready to go outside to breathe some fresh air.

This is the downside of simulating these things in too much detail.

Although you don't need sleep, the mental stress caused by long hours of work is real, and it is easy to get into trouble if you don't relieve it a little.

Just as Song Pu left the office and lit a cigarette for himself in the corridor.

Two young officers holding paper documents were talking on the other side of the corridor, and neither of them saw Song Pu coming out of the office.

Song Pu had just taken a puff of his cigarette when he heard one of them say, "It seems that our recent movements are still increasing our preparations for war. Didn't we sign a ceasefire agreement with the government forces?"

Another person immediately said, "Because the government army did not retreat at all, but stayed at the border of Galo 3 instead of retreating to Galo 1 and Galo 2. What do you think the government army means?"

“But will the government forces really violate the ceasefire agreement?”

Song Pu went over and patted the shoulder of the person who asked the question first.

After the young officer turned his head, a look of fear appeared on his face.

Song Pu said to him calmly: "The armistice agreement is meant to be torn up. Don't forget what the government was like before. We must be prepared to fight with force until higher-ups intervene. Never trust your enemies."

Song Pu returned to his office shortly afterwards.

Cheng Xinghe happened to contact me at this time and said, "I'm already preparing to set up a trap and arrange to pick them up. When I pick them up, I will use the spies whose identities have been confirmed to transmit the information in a reasonable way. The other side should take action."

"Got it. Chen Ming should be near you at about the same time. Tell him if you need support. Don't be embarrassed."

Cheng Xinghe said decisively: "I know, I can tell the priorities of things. But this matter depends on whether the other party will take the bait. If not, there is nothing I can do."

Song Pu did not respond to Cheng Xinghe's words and followed his lead, "Well, this is just a casual attempt anyway. I never thought that Chen Ming could actually catch Cheng Xinghai at the beginning. It doesn't matter even if the opponent doesn't come. Just treat it as an exercise to warm up your hands."

"By the way, how is the quality of your soldiers? Only a portion of the rebels are converted from regular troops, and many are new recruits. I am more worried about the source and number of soldiers."

“I feel fine.”

Cheng Xinghe's tone did not sound worried: "Now the rebels are basically veterans leading the new recruits. After fighting a few battles and losing some people, the new recruits basically become veterans."

"If we continue with this model, although our overall combat power will be weaker than that of pure veterans, the benefits of doing so are also obvious."

"It can quickly transform new recruits into combat power, and the overall losses will not be too great with the veterans leading the way."

"As long as you think it's okay."

After contacting Cheng Xinghe, Song Pu contacted Hong Guanghong and asked, "How is the progress on your side?"

Hong Guanghong responded after a while: "It's OK. The difficulty of setting up the next few colonies is much easier than the first one, which is mainly for shipbuilding. The only remaining colony that is more troublesome is the one for manufacturing chips and high-precision equipment, but that's the only problem."

"As soon as I have any results, I will contact Chen Ming immediately. But right now, his mental recovery speed cannot keep up with the speed at which I can produce the blueprints."

Song Pu nodded again with satisfaction and said, "It's outrageous enough that Chen Ming's speed of expanding the colony can be compared with your speed of drawing the map."

After continuing to explain some things to Hong Guanghong.

Song Pu looked at the time and continued to devote himself to his own work.

(End of this chapter)