“So far, so good.”

The factory director sounded a little more relaxed than before, and explained, "After all, the space station is in such a dangerous place, and it has all the necessary basic defenses."

"And after I reported the matter, the proposal to notify the military outpost in advance was also approved."

"The army will definitely arrive in three days. We can't possibly not make it through three days."

"Oh, that's good."

Old Wu responded casually, then turned around and mentioned Chen Ming and said, "I just talked to Xiao Mu."

The factory manager was suddenly distracted by the fatigue of the meeting and immediately asked, "How is he?"

Old Wu coughed dryly and cleared his throat, then repeated everything he had just talked about with Chen Ming, including his direct inquiry into Chen Ming's purpose of coming to the space station.

The factory manager felt his scalp tingling as he listened, and couldn't help but ask, "Do you trust him so much? You just asked him directly?"

"Hey, what do you think?"

Hearing Old Wu's laughter, the factory director calmed down, thought carefully and said, "I think you don't trust Xiao Mu, you trust Old Wu. Did you go to see him yesterday?"

Old Wu grumbled twice again and did not directly answer the factory director's question.

However, he immediately agreed with the factory director's guess and said, "Old Wu said that he has a good personality and is worth getting along with for a long time. This is the best way to get along with him. I told him the truth openly, and he would do the same to us."

The factory manager asked in confusion, "Is this true? Will people with this personality really not be sold?"

"How do I know if what Lao Wu said is true or not? But if someone with this kind of personality is smarter or more alert, he definitely won't be sold out."

"You see, he has never taken off his helmet. Apart from knowing that he owns a mining ship and that he is about 20 years old, what else do we know?"

The factory manager thought for a moment and said, "I also know that he wants to stay in the space station for two years to earn money to buy a spacecraft."

“Tsk.”

Old Wu smacked his lips unhappily and said, "You don't really have to get something out of him, do you?"

"oh?"

The factory manager was a little surprised and asked, "How did you know that?"

Old Wu explained: "Every action that Xiao Mu took after arriving at the space station was recorded by surveillance cameras."

"As long as he is not lying, then his actions and what he said must be consistent."

"All you need is his answer, whether it's true or not."

"If he says something that's false and it doesn't match up, then you need to be wary of him."

"But if they do, it means Xiao Mu is really a newcomer who is worth winning over."

After listening to Lao Wu's explanation, the factory director did not deny it.

So Old Wu continued, "So, since it doesn't matter whether the answer is true or false, I tried the method Old Wu mentioned, and it seems to work well."

The factory manager held a different view and said, "One time is nothing. We have to see what happens in the future."

"People's personalities don't change that easily. I still trust Lao Wu more."

The factory manager did not comment on who Old Wu should trust. Who is right and who is wrong will become clear in the future, but at least now he can trust Chen Ming for a while.

Both sides were silent for a while, and the factory director suddenly asked, "Why would someone like Lao Wu come to us?"

"Who knows? Why don't you go to Space Arm No. 2 and ask him."

Old Wu waited for a while but received no reply, then he realized that the factory manager had hung up the phone.

He rolled his eyes, put the terminal in his pocket, and walked towards the bar again.

Early the next morning.

Chen Ming followed Lao Wu to the tallest space station administration building in the space station city.

After entering the building, Chen Ming could clearly feel that the atmosphere inside the building was different from the city outside, and it was very solemn.

The faces of several people who should be of status that Chen Ming saw on the road all looked unhappy.

Yu Hui's arrival should be a foregone conclusion, it's just a matter of time.

He had made some preparations yesterday after receiving Old Wu's reminder, which should be enough to get through it.

Old Wu first took Chen Ming to find the personnel department of the repair shop, and then took the contract to the factory director's office.

The next thing was very simple. After signing the contract, Chen Ming officially joined the repair shop and became a member of the shop.

But Chen Ming looked at the two contracts in front of him and fell into deep thought.

The contract is a very standard formal employment contract, all terms are fair and just, and the salary and benefits are very good.

And although it is a maintenance shop for the Pirate Space Station, the company that signed the work contract is a regular company that can be found on the Internet, which means that the job is guaranteed.

The only problem now is that the first line of the contract reads "Cinda Rockwell Labor Service Company Maintenance Management Position Labor Contract."

So Chen Ming is now considering whether to just run away.

He had just escaped from the abandoned mining space station of Sinda Corporation and was ready to sever ties with Sinda Corporation in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

As a result, he turned around and found himself on the pirate space station that was related to Sinda.

It's outrageous no matter how you look at it.

Thirty years ago, a regular space station of Sindar in a nearby galaxy was lost, but the pirate space station has been preserved to this day.

Just thinking about it makes one feel overwhelmed. Chen Ming really doesn't want to be involved in anything related to this, but things inexplicably find him.

Just when Chen Ming was struggling, Old Wu, who knew that Chen Ming must be related to Xinda Company, had a look on his face that said "I'm just watching the fun."

The factory manager seemed to realize that something was wrong at this time. He calmly turned aside, took out his terminal and sent a message to Lao Wu to ask what was going on.

It was only then that Old Wu relayed to the factory manager what the boss had said when Chen Ming was applying for identity card.

When faced with the factory manager's question of why he didn't say it earlier, Old Wu's answer was very simple: he forgot.

The atmosphere in the office gradually became awkward.

However, after careful consideration, Chen Ming decided to sign the contract.

Because the identity data on the contract has been fully filled in and is imported directly from the ID card.

In other words, Chen Ming was working as an employee of the maintenance factory under the identity of Mu Shuikong, not under the identity of Chen Ming.

Besides, he is still wearing protective clothing and no one has seen his face. As long as he does not take off his helmet on his own initiative outside the spacecraft or accommodation, the problem is not that big.

And this contract is actually very beneficial to Chen Ming.

Because Mu Shuikong's identity is not real, but the name of Xinda Company is real.

Although Chen Ming didn't want to have anything to do with Xinda Company, since he was already here, he might as well give it another try.

Anyway, the entire space station should be funded by Sinda. Even if Chen Ming doesn't want to work here, he has to live on Sinda's space station. There is no difference at all.

After Chen Ming finished thinking, he signed Mu Shuikong's name on the contract.

After the contract was proofread, someone came to take Chen Ming to his future workplace.

The place where he worked was not in the maintenance plant, but in the Space Station Administration, in a newly tidied office belonging to the maintenance plant.

It should be the factory director's arrangement, out of the idea of ​​protecting talents.

But after Chen Ming was sent there, no one assigned him any tasks. He just had to sit in the office.

I should wait until this incident is over before I start my formal work.

In short, at least for now, this is a very leisurely position.

Chen Ming waited for a long time but no one paid attention to him, so he simply started reading the new maintenance books he had never read before, which he downloaded after he got access to the Internet.

At noon, someone came and gave Chen Ming a meal card and told Chen Ming the location of the cafeteria.

Chen Ming accepted it, but did not go over. Instead, he planned to go back to his own hotel and deal with it casually.

But just when Chen Ming was about to leave.

A shrill alarm suddenly sounded in Chen Ming's ears.

If he guessed correctly, Yu Hui should have arrived.

Chen Ming didn't expect Yu Hui to come so soon. Old Wu had just said yesterday afternoon that Yu Hui might come, but he didn't expect him to come at noon the next day.

Wait, that doesn't seem right.

Chen Ming calculated carefully and concluded that if there was any movement in the afterglow, it should have been the spaceship that crashed into the dock two days ago.

It's been two days, and it's about time for Yuhui to come.

Ten seconds after the alarm sounded, Chen Ming's terminal also received a message from the administration.

"The Sunset Fleet is about to attack the space station, please take shelter."

This message came a little late, because when the alarm just sounded, Chen Ming heard dense footsteps outside the office.

Through the window, Chen Ming could see many people rushing around on the street outside, and everyone had something to do.

Naturally, it was impossible for Chen Ming to continue staying in the office.

After the footsteps outside gradually faded away, Chen Ming walked out of the office and went down the stairs to the basement floor of the Space Station Administration Building, which was a studio belonging to the maintenance plant.

This should now be one of the safest places in the entire space station.

When Chen Ming came in, the studio was empty. They must have been scared away by the alarm and message just now.

Chen Ming locked the door, found a chair to sit down, and then the image captured by the camera of the Iron Ore appeared in front of him.

Last night, Chen Ming had already switched the control of the spacecraft back to the Iron Ore.

After all, other people's controllable spaceships and hyperspace channel engines can be found later. If the Iron Ore is lost, Chen Ming's loss will be devastating.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ming's preventive measures came in handy in just one day.

Through the cameras and recording equipment of the Iron Ore, Chen Ming could hear the emergency notice that came along with the alarm being repeated inside the dock.

It's just that an extra sentence was added at the end.

"The dock will be closed in five minutes."

This is the last chance for people to leave before a battle breaks out between the station and Afterglow.

Chen Ming certainly wouldn't leave, and it would be too late for him to leave.

But the Iron Ore is different, it must go out.

If Chen Ming was Yuhui, then in addition to destroying the space station's defense weapons when attacking the space station, the highest priority would definitely be the dock with the most ships.

This will maximize the destruction of possible ship forces and limit the possibility of escape for people on the space station.

Therefore, if the Iron Ore continued to stay in the dock, it would be a living target.

It is actually much safer to stay outside than inside the space station.

After all, Yuhui’s target must be the space station, so it is unlikely that they will send out many ships to hunt down the escaping ships.

So if the Iron Ore chooses to go out.

Whether it is flying away directly away from danger, or trying to stay on the edge of the main battlefield, looking for opportunities to take advantage of the opportunity to steal something.

They are all better options than leaving everything to fate at the dock.

When Chen Ming thought so and planned to do so.

There are many people in the shipyard who have the same idea as Chen Ming.

Some of them have already launched the spacecraft, while others are still on their way to the spacecraft.

Among the spaceships flying out of the space station, the Iron Ore is very inconspicuous.

Following the trend, Chen Ming quickly controlled the Iron Ore and arrived outside the space station.

At this time, you can see that the outer layer of the space station is covered with various heavy weapons that are usually hidden under the armor and can only be carried by a huge creation of the size of a space station.

But soon after, Chen Ming's attention was attracted by the Yuhui fleet discovered by the sensor.

Yuhui's fleet was gathering at the edge of the galaxy at this time, with over a hundred of them.

A battleship that looks like a cruiser based on its size serves as the flagship.

The length of this cruiser is over a kilometer, and three large energy weapons larger than the entire Iron Ore are installed on the large load-bearing points at the front, middle and rear of the ship.

If Chen Ming remembered correctly, this weapon should be the weapon product that Tachyon Technology Company was once proud of, the Tachyon Spear.

Using turbulent superluminal particles as weapons and at the cost of high energy consumption, it launches a terrifying torrent of high-energy particles that can destroy everything in its path.

The Tachyon Spear was developed at the same time as Yuhui's AI core, so the Tachyon Spear installed on the unmanned battleship at the time was taken away by the rebellious Yuhui.

The Tachyon Spear that Chen Ming saw now must be a more powerful model after years of modification by Yu Hui.

This is the only information about the Afterglow Cruiser that the sensors can detect; the rest of the information is hidden in the electronic fog.

However, just seeing this thing made Chen Ming start to worry about the safety of the space station.

But there's no point in worrying any more.

Because at this time, the Afterglow Fleet had already begun to form a combat formation, eyeing the space station covetously.

Although there is also a fleet stationed nearby the space station.

However, the highest tonnage of the space station's fleet was only a destroyer, which was nothing compared to that thousand-meter cruiser.

Fortunately, although the space station itself cannot move, its heavy armor and powerful weapons are still able to support the combat capability of the space station.

Otherwise, Chen Ming felt that the Yuhui Fleet didn't even need to organize its formation. It could just rush over and flatten the space station in one wave.

Just during the time that the Yuhui fleet was organizing its formation.

The civilian ships that had just come out of the space station had basically safely withdrawn from areas where fighting might occur.

Most spaceships directly activate the hyperspace channel system and jump into the hyperspace channel after leaving the galaxy's ecliptic plane for a certain distance.

However, there are still some ships that remain on the edge of possible battlefields.

They should have the same idea as Chen Ming, wanting to walk on the edge of the battlefield to gain benefits.

Collecting just a bit of the wreckage of the damaged Afterglow spacecraft could make up for countless hours of hard work.

Not to mention that there may be a chance to obtain the complete Afterglow spacecraft and Afterglow's most important AI core.

The value of this thing is immeasurable.

Chen Ming believed that it was not surprising for people to do anything driven by interests, so he continued to control the Iron Ore and distanced himself from the spaceship that was still nearby.

Then he replaced the two machine guns with electromagnetic javelins, which are much more useful than machine guns.

What Chen Ming has to do now is actually similar to what he did when he encountered pirates in the Dark Cemetery before.

It’s just that at that time, Chen Ming could rely on the range of the electromagnetic javelin to cause an effect almost like a dimensionality reduction attack on other civilian ships.

But now this 20,000-meter range may be nothing when facing Yuhui's professional combat ships.

Therefore, unless there is a very high chance of success, Chen Ming will not seek death, but will only look for opportunities in places where it is almost impossible to be affected.

When Chen Ming was driving the spaceship away from others.

Yu Hui's fleet finally formed its formation.

Just when everyone thought that a battle was about to happen, Yu Hui's warships suddenly stopped in place.

They formed up, but did nothing.

There was absolutely no movement, just like some quiet exhibits.

At this moment, almost everyone who could see this scene had only four words in their minds.

"What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)