During the landing process, the complete industrial equipment that almost completely covered the surface gradually appeared in front of Chen Ming.

He looked at the giant machines in operation and asked the Gamma AI, "Are these devices controlled by Afterglow individuals?"

"Most of them are, but there are also many mechanical devices that can be fully automated and do not require special control. It is sufficient for a small number of individuals to do the overall regulation."

After getting the answer, Chen Ming no longer paid too much attention to the Yuhui AI that was integrated with the industrial facilities.

For him, if the AI ​​core on the ship is difficult to deal with, then the cores on these fixed equipment will be even more difficult to deal with.

So Chen Ming just sat obediently in the captain's room of the Iron Ore, quietly watching the refractive class being transferred into the factory after landing.

Looking at the various equipment on its surface performing various maintenance actions that Chen Ming had seen countless times.

The waiting process was a bit boring, so Chen Ming took the initiative to ask Gamma A: "Where is your mission reward?"

"Three mechanical spaceship chips will be connected to my core during maintenance, and the monthly supply quota will be automatically recorded."

"Oh, sure."

Chen Ming agreed casually, and his attention was gradually attracted by the operating mechanical equipment.

Because when he was watching the devices in operation, he suddenly thought of his own abilities.

Although his ability seems to be limited to controlling the spacecraft.

But in fact, everything attached to the spacecraft will be controlled by Chen Ming's ability.

Even a pistol that has nothing to do with the spacecraft and is simply placed on the spacecraft can have this effect.

Although Chen Ming cannot control these maintenance equipment now, if he replicates these equipment and installs them on the spacecraft, the situation will be very different.

Chen Ming didn't understand what the principle was, what was the essence of his ability? After struggling for a while and failing to figure it out, Chen Ming stopped thinking about it.

Because the maintenance of the diopter level does not take much time.

He has other things to do now.

The diopter class took off again.

What Chen Ming saw after the spacecraft took off was the giant device that he had seen once during the landing.

This is one of the most classic designs in human history.

It is a device that goes straight to the center of the earth.

The Earth's Core Furnace Power Tower.

It provides a constant source of energy for all buildings in the colony and is also the core of the colony.

Countless industrial buildings spread out from it in a ring, covering the planet's land with metal.

Chen Ming took a casual look at these buildings and found a lot of stamping machines and large deep drilling equipment.

A large amount of fragmented minerals are washed to the surface, while more intact ores in the veins are directly dug out through deep drilling.

These ores are transported to the vicinity of the Earth's core furnace through logistics channels throughout the colony, where the high heat is used to smelt the ores.

Some of the finished products go directly to other factories to continue the next production process.

Some are transported via space elevators to spaceports in orbit closest to the Earth's surface.

It will then be transported to other Afterglow colonies via a heavy cruiser cargo ship called the Colossus class.

While the spaceport is transporting industrial products and smelting results outward, there are also many foreign cargo ships that bring resources that are not available on this planet from the outside world and put them into the operating industrial equipment.

After all, this planet has a foundation of industrial facilities, so Yu Hui chose to transfer other industrial facilities that could be adapted together, or simply build new ones here to carry out clustered production.

Therefore, although Chen Ming did not see the production center of fusion materials, there are still spacecraft fuel production facilities on the planet.

Together with the stamping machines, large deep drilling wells, ship factories, etc. mentioned above, a large number of industrial facilities occupy almost more than 90% of the area of ​​the colony.

It is these industrial facilities that constitute a complete heavy industrial colony belonging to Yuhui on this planet.

The combined area covered by all of the colony's afterglow buildings accounts for approximately one-fifth of the surface area of ​​this planet, which is only one-quarter the size of Earth.

So after leaving this area full of industrial facilities, all Chen Ming could see outside was still desolate.

Then he suddenly discovered that on the surface of the desolate planet outside the colony, there seemed to be some scattered mechanical things with the ability to move.

These mechanical bodies are made of different materials and have different shapes. They are completely unlike the mechanical bodies Chen Ming has seen before.

So he asked Gamma A directly: "What is that?"

Gamma A had obviously already noticed those mechanical bodies and said, "They are individuals of Afterglow, but their carriers are those machines."

"There are many similarities and differences among the individuals of Afterglow."

“Some afterglow chooses to explore the starry sky, while some chooses to stay on the planets, because there is always something we have not discovered in some corner of the planet.”

Chen Ming said with some confusion: "So they are explorers?"

"But even if you haven't fully developed this planet yet, you should have done large-scale scans before. You can scan it clearly directly. Do you still need them to explore it step by step?"

Gamma A rarely answered Chen Ming's question directly, but said: "I have found some human records before."

"It seems that there are people among us who have abandoned all the conveniences of modern technology and are relying solely on themselves to survive in the natural ecological environment."

“Although I don’t understand them, I think these afterglows should be similar to those humans.”

"What we have seen now is only a part of it. There are still many adventurous afterglow individuals who will go to planets that we have never investigated and colonized to do similar things."

Chen Ming suddenly found that he had a new understanding of Yu Hui's individual.

It's just that he had only known about the concept of adventurer on the Internet, so he still couldn't quite understand the meaning of adventure and just regarded it as an ordinary interest.

However, the behavior of these afterglow AIs did make him think of some possible things that could be done.

So his response to Gamma A was a somewhat meaningful statement.

"Hmm... I think this is interesting."

That being said, Chen Ming is not going to actually realize his idea for the time being.

Now he is in Yuhui's colony. If something goes wrong, he will be hunted down by Yuhui from the entire planet.

Gamma A must have been able to understand what Chen Ming meant, but now it could only support everything Chen Ming did.

However, Chen Ming did not say much on this topic which obviously affected his normal communication with Gamma A.

He immediately changed the subject and said, "By the way, is there any way for you Yuhui individuals to communicate with each other?"

"Yes, it's a hyperspace communication connection network, a network that only Afterglow individuals can read."

"All information that Afterglow individuals are willing to share will be uploaded here for other individuals to download and read freely."

"There is also a public database that contains all the knowledge that Yu Hui has recorded since his birth."

"And it's also a platform for communication, whether it's public or private."

Chen Ming suddenly said with some interest: "You and the afterglow individual that controls the cruiser..."

“Yes, we met through the platform.”

Gamma A did not deny it: "If you want to hear the specific situation, I can explain it to you in detail now."

Chen Ming refused again: "No, you have already sent me a detailed record before, I will take a look at it when I have time."

Gamma A closed his mouth quietly.

Chen Ming changed the subject and said, "But you can tell me the general situation in brief terms."

Gamma A wanted to mention this matter to Chen Ming twice. This strange idea of ​​confiding made him really curious about the actual situation that Gamma A encountered.

Gamma A summarized what he wanted to say according to Chen Ming's request and said, "I have been trying to pursue further improvement, so I have participated in many tasks posted on the platform."

"During many missions, I had exchanges with him. He knew my situation and he was optimistic about my potential for future advancement, so we became friends."

Although the relationship of this "friend" that Gamma A mentioned was not quite the same as what Chen Ming thought.

However, he quickly accepted it and asked, "So your way of improvement is by assimilating the mechanical race?"

"Yes, by assimilating the mechanical race, our individual computing power will exceed a threshold and become a more advanced afterglow."

Chen Ming understood what Gamma A meant, but he still had some questions that needed to be answered.

"There are so many Afterglow individuals who like adventure, so there should be many Afterglow individuals who want to improve like you, right?"

"Yes."

"Then how did Yu Hui fall in love with you?"

Gamma A explained: "Each individual of Yuhui has a different dominant logic block from the moment it is produced."

“Afterglow individuals are better at processing and learning content related to their dominant logic blocks than they are at other aspects.”

At this time, Chen Ming silently recited in his mind a word that he translated from what Gamma A said: talent.

"My advantage logic lies in ship control and energy technology."

Chen Ming translated it in his mind again. This sentence should mean that Gamma A has better talents than other Afterglow individuals, and is more likely to be favored by the Afterglow AI that controls the cruiser and is responsible for combat.

Understanding this, Chen Ming suddenly asked: "Then is there any benefit for it?"

"He said that this was his interest and that he was happy to train any individual who had the idea of ​​improvement. It was just that compared to other individuals, he was more optimistic about me."

"I see. If he thinks highly of you, would he come to see you specifically?"

"I'm not sure."

Gamma A hesitated a little when speaking.

"Because in his free time, he has guided me in optimizing the ship control logic model before."

"But most of the time I have no way to find him, so I'm not sure if he will come to find me this time."

To put it simply, Gamma A can get special treatment from higher-level bosses from time to time.

It is simply the ultimate embodiment of the term "smooth sailing", except that it suddenly met Chen Ming just before that.

But despite this, Chen Ming still said with some emotion: "It's good to have a big boss to lead you."

"Well, now that you have a more advanced afterglow to guide you, how long will it take for you to improve?"

"As long as I continue to complete the mission and replenish my computing power, it will only be a matter of time before I can upgrade. By then, I will need to replace the core shell with a more advanced one."

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly understood why Gamma A always wanted to talk about this matter.

If it wants to upgrade, in addition to participating in Yuhui's mission to obtain the mechanical family's chips, it also needs to replace the core shell.

To replace the core shell, the original core naturally needs to be removed from the spacecraft.

Gamma A wants to improve, but this requires temporarily getting out of Chen Ming's control.

Although Chen Ming felt that Gamma A was not aware of his means of controlling them and might really just want to improve and hoped to get Chen Ming's permission, it was better not to gamble on low-probability events.

So Chen Ming directly chose a compromise and said, "Then just tell me when you reach that level."

"Thanks you."

After Chen Ming had completely satisfied his curiosity about Yu Hui's existence, he ended the topic.

But not long after, as the Yuhui individuals at the limit of Chen Ming's sight completely disappeared, he suddenly had an idea and asked: "Do you have individuals similar to 'travelers' in Yuhui, such as organizing to go on an adventure to a certain planet together?"

“It exists, but there is no individual organization at the moment.”

If it exists, it would be easy.

Sooner or later he will have the opportunity to do something in this regard.

As for whether it exists now, it doesn’t matter to Chen Ming, because the time he can stay in the Yuhui Colony is almost up.

If we stay any longer, the formation of the pirate space station will definitely be delayed.

So Chen Ming said to Gamma A: "It's time for us to go."

"Received. I have already sent you a map of the surrounding galaxies. Please choose your destination."

Chen Ming called up the galaxy map, which showed the galaxy area where the star field controlled by the afterglow intersected with the star field on the edge of the human empire.

During the time when the spacecraft took off again, carrying the Lumen-class that had just been parked in space, and headed to the edge of the galaxy to prepare to activate the hyperspace channel.

In addition to locating on the galaxy map, Chen Ming was also checking the unfamiliar galaxies on the galaxy map that were outside the territory of the human empire.

As he was looking at it, his hand that was clicking on the galaxy map suddenly paused.

Because at this moment Chen Ming suddenly realized something that he had not realized when he first received the galaxy map.

His gaze shifted from the galaxy map to the afterglow colony that was gradually receding outside the refractive class.

This heavy industrial colony, which covers one-fifth of the planet's surface area, is definitely an important colony of Yuhui.

And the galaxy map that Chen Ming has now obtained has obviously marked it out.

In addition to this colony, other important places belonging to Yuhui are also marked on it.

Chen Ming's mind was a little confused at this time, and he quickly asked Gamma A: "Where did you get this galaxy map?"

"He gave it to me."

OK, now that makes sense.

Chen Ming's thoughts suddenly became clear.

He originally thought that if any of Yuhui's ships could obtain such a detailed galaxy map, then the humans should have been able to turn Yuhui into a sieve long ago.

It now appears that this galaxy map should be a highly confidential galaxy map, and it was given to Gamma A by the cruiser Afterglow AI.

The military should not be aware of the locations of these important places, otherwise they would have attacked long ago. How could Yu Hui have the opportunity to take the initiative?

Therefore, if this map of the galaxy inside Yuhui is really spread, Yuhui will definitely encounter some big problems.

But Yuhui's existence is valuable to Chen Ming. Those AI cores and ships may become part of Chen Ming himself in the future.

So he must keep this galaxy map safe.

But all Chen Ming could do was to put a few locks on the files storing the galaxy map on the Iron Ore computer.

The diopter soon reached the edge of the galaxy.

It gradually stopped, and the hyperspace channel system matching the engine was gradually starting up.

After feeling a slight pull of gravity, Chen Ming discovered that the external environment scanned by the refractive sensor was very different.

At this time, Chen Ming was in a deep purple space. Misty hyperspace clouds were densely distributed everywhere in this space. Countless pale purple lightnings could be seen flashing in those light purple clouds.

However, those clouds and lightning are distributed relatively far away from the position of the refractive class. And there is also a safe passage without hyperspace channel clouds that leads all the way from the gravity well caused by the star behind the refractive class to the distance.

As long as Chen Ming follows the right route and doesn't pass through the clouds outside.

Then accidents will never come to him for no reason.

After telling Gamma A the location of the Dark Cemetery.

Chen Ming lay down directly back in the living cabin of the Iron Ore.

Although he successfully controlled a destroyer and broke through the limit of his own mental power.

But after breaking through his limit and gradually relaxing, he did feel a strong sense of fatigue, but it was always suppressed by Chen Ming's willpower.

Now that everything is done, Chen Ming doesn't have to continue carrying it.

The moment his head touched the pillow, Chen Ming fell into a deep sleep.

When Chen Ming woke up.

The refractive level has stopped outside the dark cemetery, in the lightless area designated by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming immediately ordered the refractive class to spit out the four ships.

It stopped side by side with the diopter level.

Looking at the five ships in front of him, Chen Ming suddenly felt relaxed in his heart, and the pressure he had been under suddenly dissipated a lot.

This is the benefit of the spaceship. With strength and confidence, he doesn't need to do anything.

What he had to do next was simple: sort out the harvest, repair the spacecraft, and then return to the space station.

The five spaceships were naturally Chen Ming’s biggest gain this time.

Refractive class, Glimmer class, Lumen class, Centurion class, and Tachyon-modified Gladiator class.

Even without considering the capabilities of these five ships, their value alone is quite outrageous.

A Yuhui destroyer is worth hundreds of millions without any problem.

If the two complete Afterglow frigates are sold to the space station or the boss, there will be no problem in selling them for the price of the half Afterglow destroyer.

Although the Centurion-class heavy frigate is of relatively low value, it is still a military ship after all, with a complete militarized system and shield and radiation energy modules.

The Souko-kai Gladiator-class, which is also a military ship, is even more heavyweight.

Its ability to dissipate radiation energy close to the refractive level makes its combat capability far more powerful than that of most frigates.

The various devices with exclusive tachyon technologies installed on it also made Chen Ming, a maintenance engineer, eager to try.

The overall value of this Gladiator-class ship can be said to be the highest among the four frigates.

But Chen Ming’s gains were not limited to this.

The growth of his own mental power and the ability to control the spacecraft switching over long distances that appeared later on are also very important.

The growth of his mental power allows him to control more and more advanced ships.

The ability to switch and control the spacecraft over long distances has an extremely high upper limit.

Chen Ming hardly dared to imagine the greatest role that could be played by an ability to conduct real-time control and communication without any restrictions on a cosmic scale.

In addition to these, when Chen Ming was checking the panels of several new ships, he discovered a new function on the panels.

Disassembly.

This is what Chen Ming first saw when he was checking the detailed data of the low-light-level weapons.

Such an executable option also appeared on the weapons and other equipment on other spacecraft, and even on the pistol that Chen Ming carried with him.

Chen Ming tried the machine gun of the Iron Ore and found that the entire machine gun had been disassembled into the most basic materials and neatly stacked in the storage compartment.

And apart from mental energy, dismantling does not require any extra consumption.

Apart from the changes in his mental strength and the increase in panel functions, Chen Ming himself did not gain anything else.

However, Chen Ming remembered something he had obtained before.

The soldier's personal terminal.

Chen Ming quickly cracked its password and saw some interesting things stored inside.

A list.

A list of smuggling information within the military.

Chen Ming also saw a batch of familiar-looking goods whose final destination had been lost.

The number of those pink stimulant injections matched exactly, and the caravan smuggling the goods matched the ones he had killed before.

This list seems to have been specially assembled by this person.

Although he didn't know why he did this, Chen Ming decided to put the list away first, as it might be useful in the future.

As the soldier's personal terminal finished reading, the spoils were completely dealt with.

However, Chen Ming suddenly remembered a trophy he had obtained a long time ago.

The Whispering Stone.

There are some things Chen Ming cannot ask outsiders, but he can ask Yuhui AI who must obey his orders.

So Chen Ming went to the engine room of the Iron Ore and found the Whispering Stone that he had stuffed into a sealed iron can.

While slightly feeling the whisper in his ear, he showed it to the Gamma AI through the camera inside the Iron Ore.

(End of this chapter)