The two cruisers completely protected Chen Ming in the rear.

The fleet that followed the two cruisers happened to have a Gamma A refractor installed.

Refraction directly activated the electromagnetic capture cabin, protected Chen Ming's Iron Ore inside it, and then retreated to a position far away from the ruler.

On the front, the confrontation between the Ruler and the Afterglow Fleet has already begun.

Among Yu Hui's two cruisers, one was the one Chen Ming had seen before, a cruiser that had carried out missions to attack space stations and military outposts.

The other ship was one Chen Ming had never seen before, and its model was different from the cruisers Chen Ming knew, and it looked wider.

However, the appearance of the spacecraft is not important. What is important is that the distance between the two sides is close enough that all weapons can attack each other.

Although the Ruler had one of its Storm Needles destroyed by the Armor-Piercing class, it still chose to take the initiative to use the remaining three large weapons to fire at the Afterglow Cruiser that was closer to it.

The powerful shield-breaking ability brought by a storm needle and two Gauss cannons immediately caused a large number of shock ripples to appear on the shield of the Afterglow Cruiser.

High-intensity armor-piercing weapons also pose a great threat to Yuhui's shield, which has a top-level radiation energy system.

As long as all of them can be hit, it will be enough to break the shield directly.

But the two Afterglow cruisers are not sitting ducks, they also have the ability to fight back.

And the two cruisers have a total of six large load-bearing points, and all of them are equipped with tachyon spears.

The pirate space station was unable to withstand the attack of a cruiser's tachyon spear.

And when the Ruler faced an attack from six Tachyon Spears that were able to concentrate their fire without any interference, they were completely no match for the Space Station's performance.

The ruler's shield was instantly overloaded, leaving no time to react.

Terrifying arcs of electricity erupted all over the Ruler's hull.

Even if it has an overload protection device inside, such an electric arc will definitely cause casualties to the people inside.

However, the energy torrent continued, and after destroying the shield, it continued to bombard the front armor of the Ruler with undiminished force.

Six energy torrents directly melted the Ruler's front armor, leaving behind a large white mark and a large amount of molten iron splashing into space.

However, when the energy torrent ended, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the front armor of the Ruler-class had not been completely broken even until now.

The Ruler withstood the attack from the main weapons of two Afterglow Cruisers head-on.

If it hadn't had time to shut down its shield, it might still have room to fight back.

However, Chen Ming could also understand why the rulers did not activate the automatic protection device against radiation overload.

After all, this device is too rigid. When the radiation energy capacity approaches the total upper limit, the spacecraft's shield will be forced to shut down regardless of the actual situation.

If the enemy launches a single high-intensity attack, such as a Reaper torpedo, just when the radiation energy capacity is about to overload.

Then relying on the shield to block it forcibly is definitely the best option, rather than turning off the shield and letting the ship suffer the damage.

So under normal circumstances, manually controlling the spacecraft's shield is definitely the best solution.

But the rulers obviously did not expect that the spacecraft would be overloaded directly after a head-on collision.

This led to the current situation.

Even if they could withstand Yu Hui's concentrated fire, it was too late to fight back.

After overloading the Ruler, a cruiser in the Afterglow Fleet directly started the flash engine that Chen Ming had seen before, and flashed to the rear of the Ruler class.

While the Ruler was still flashing arcs, the cooled Tachyon Spears had already attacked its engine.

A ruler without any support units is powerless when paralyzed.

Under the continuous attack of the Tachyon Spear, the Ruler-class suddenly experienced a violent implosion.

From the stern to the hull to the bow, everything was occupied by raging flames.

The entire ship was reduced to a fiery graveyard.

Only the hull with sufficient strength remained intact, serving as the tomb of the rulers' crew.

The Afterglow cruiser stopped its attack.

Then, a large number of ordinary afterglow ships immediately approached the ruler.

Chen Ming saw many engineering-type ships among them.

While extinguishing the fire on the ruler, some special equipment is installed on its exterior.

If Chen Ming was not mistaken, those devices should be used for jump engine resonance.

This device allows large mass objects without spacecraft engines to resonate with the jump engine and move instantly over long distances.

And at the same time that the Yuhui ships were carrying out this mission.

Chen Ming's Iron Ore suddenly received a communication request.

The source was another Afterglow cruiser with a wider hull that Gamma A did not recognize.

Chen Ming knew that the most critical moment was coming.

Yu Hui's final confirmation of him.

But Chen Ming actually has nothing to worry about.

He did not tell anyone that he could control AI, only that his ability was to control the spacecraft.

Although it was not certain whether Yu Hui believed it or not, when Chen Ming was observing the situation at Gamma A before, he had already seen Yu Hui conduct a comprehensive review of Gamma A.

The result was naturally that no abnormalities were found, and Gamma A remained Gamma A.

And Gamma A Chen Ming is absolutely sure that he will not betray him.

Therefore, Yu Hui could not be sure whether Chen Ming had the ability to control the AI ​​core.

That's why they came here.

As for what they would do when they arrived, Chen Ming had thought about it carefully and determined the risks of doing so through Gamma A.

Chen Ming usually wouldn't do anything stupid.

He knew that when preparing for the backhand, it was very necessary to ensure the stability and safety of the backhand.

Therefore, Chen Ming followed the thinking logic of Gamma A, a member of the Afterglow, and determined several possible ways for Afterglow to deal with Chen Ming himself.

Among the most likely ways of dealing with the problem, killing him directly is not one of them.

Yu Hui is not 100% sure whether Chen Ming has the ability to directly control Yu Hui as an individual, and Chen Ming's other abilities are quite valuable to Yu Hui.

Taking both aspects into consideration, doing nothing and just killing it is definitely the worst way.

Moreover, one thing can be confirmed through Gamma A's thinking.

Even if Yu Hui was sure that Chen Ming had such ability, he would not necessarily be afraid or resist.

They also have the ability to restrict Chen Ming.

The simplest way is to never give Chen Ming the opportunity to come into contact with Yu Hui AI.

The fact that Chen Ming can only control the spacecraft by touch is Chen Ming’s biggest limitation, and it is also a point that is very easy to confirm.

As long as Chen Ming is prevented from coming into contact with the Afterglow ship equipped with the Afterglow core, the risk of Chen Ming's ability can be controlled within the acceptable range for Afterglow.

Anyway, if you want to bring out Chen Ming's abilities, it doesn't mean that Chen Ming must personally control the spacecraft, or control the spacecraft with the afterglow individual.

Yu Hui could just let Chen Ming conduct research on spacecraft and develop a blueprint for a new spacecraft and build it themselves.

Or give Chen Ming some sample spacecraft to rely on for testing.

Giving the tested spacecraft directly to Chen Ming or melting it for recycling and reuse are both ways to avoid possible dangers.

Therefore, Yu Hui’s final decision will still depend on whether the risks and benefits for Chen Ming are equal.

In addition, Chen Ming also confirmed with Gamma A whether Yu Hui might think that he was a spy sent by humans.

Gamma A said that Chen Ming was not sure whether Yu Hui would really come to support.

If this scene is not played well, then he will completely lose the possibility of entering the afterglow. In addition, there is such a psychic who does not think about controlling the paralyzed afterglow on the battlefield or after the battle, but instead thinks about more dangerous spies. This idea is definitely problematic.

Unless humans have the capital to do so, such as having two Chen Mings.

But if humans really have two psychics with such abilities, then Yu Hui is advised to click on it directly.

Although the last sentence was polished by Chen Ming himself, the meaning of Gamma A is almost the same.

In short, since Yu Hui is here, he won’t worry too much about the harm of Chen Ming’s abilities.

This is a risk they have to take.

Chen Ming answered the call.

An emotionless voice came from the text-to-speech device on the Iron Ore.

"Hello, Chen Ming."

"Hello."

"We received the proposal you conveyed to us through Gamma A, so we are here."

"Um, you guys also call it Gamma A?"

"No, each Afterglow individual has his own number, and the name is decided by the individual. If he is willing to use the name you give him, we will call him that."

"What should I call you, and the other one?"

"You can directly call my ship model Brilliant. You must ask the other one yourself. Its ship model is Radiant."

Brilliant-class cruiser and Radiant-class cruiser.

Chen Ming silently memorized the two ship models.

He doesn't know much about Yu Hui, so he still needs to pay more attention to this aspect of knowledge.

Huihuang had no intention of chatting with Chen Mingxian, and said directly: "Let's get down to business."

"Since humans have always been relatively lenient towards captured Afterglow individuals, we will also give them some preferential treatment accordingly."

"So, we have considered your proposal very seriously and have a positive attitude, but we still have some things to confirm with you."

"The result of the confirmation will determine the outcome of your proposal."

"No problem, go ahead."

"We need you to explain why Gamma A concealed and protected you during your first contact with Gamma A."

Is this such a sharp question right at the beginning?

Chen Ming was thinking quickly in his heart.

But the answer to this question actually already exists. Lying won’t change anything.

So Chen Ming said directly: "For the spaceship controlled by me, I can directly overcome any restrictions and gain supreme control over the spaceship. No one can take it away."

"So at that time I forcibly controlled all the equipment on the spacecraft and read the records that Gamma A had sent, making all the afterglow believe that the refraction I controlled was actually controlled by Gamma A."

"After a deeper understanding, Gamma A and I reached a consensus that we could cooperate."

Huihuang did not directly point out the problem in Chen Ming's answer, but directly asked the second question: "Do you have the ability to control the Yuhui AI core?"

"No, Afterglow AI is a being with its own consciousness, and my abilities cannot control it."

Chen Ming decisively chose to conceal it. If he told the truth, he would definitely be stupid.

However, whether he admits it or not, Yu Hui must have some doubts about whether Chen Ming has this ability.

Even if there is clear evidence to prove that Chen Ming really cannot control Yuhui AI, Yuhui cannot completely give up this speculation, otherwise Yuhui would really be a fool.

So Chen Ming’s answer is actually not important.

Just as Chen Ming thought, Alpha AI didn't care about Chen Ming's answer after asking the question and went on to the next question.

"We need details about your abilities. We know that humans have specific psychic agencies that test psychics. We need your test report."

"The senior who guided me in psychic power meant that systematic learning for naturally awakened psychics would lower the upper limit of their development."

"So I can only give you a general introduction to my abilities. I don't know the details myself."

Huihuang did not force Chen Ming, but just said, "Please speak."

Chen Ming organized his words a little and selectively explained his abilities.

After all, this is the key to his future value to Yu Hui. If it is too low, Yu Hui might choose to nip the risk in the bud.

But he certainly won't say anything that he shouldn't.

After answering this question, Huihuang asked a few more questions that sounded irrelevant.

They were all about Chen Ming himself, but they also included a few strange questions such as Chen Ming's opinion of Yu Hui.

In the end, Huihuang also gave Chen Ming a definite answer.

Yu Hui agreed to Chen Ming's joining.

In fact, when Yu Hui was willing to come to the rescue, this ending was basically foreseeable, as long as Chen Ming didn't talk nonsense.

Chen Ming also knew that this conversation was not primarily a verification or test.

The real big show is yet to come, which is Chen Ming’s performance after he went to Yu Hui’s place.

After Huihuang gave Chen Ming an answer of agreement, he suddenly said, "There are some other necessary conditions that I must explain to you."

The words "necessary conditions" in Huihuang's words made Chen Ming more serious, and he waited for Huihuang's next words.

"It's about your future arrangements."

Chen Ming pricked up his ears again and listened carefully. This treatment and what Chen Ming would gain from Yu Hui in the future would determine how long he would stay with Yu Hui before he would seek help from others to get him out of Yu Hui.

"Just like you humans treated our captured Afterglow individuals."

"Work for us on the basis of meeting the most basic survival needs and normal physiological needs."

Chen Ming was a little confused about how much survival needs and physiological needs actually were, so he asked, "Is there a more specific way to say it?"

"Yes, it's based on Earth's standard time, eight hours of work, eight hours of rest, and eight hours of free time."

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment.

If he had just escaped from the mining space station and arrived at the pirate space station, he would have been very happy to become a complete rapist.

But now he still has many ideas to realize.

So even though Yu Hui's job was attractive, it was not enough to attract Chen Ming to stay forever.

He still has to find a way to gain enough benefits from Yu Hui to prepare for his own future.

Without getting an answer from Chen Ming, Huihuang asked, "Any questions?"

"No, no problem."

"Okay, we will observe you for a while, and Gamma A will continue to contact you. If you need anything, you can talk to him directly."

Chen Ming was quite satisfied with the result, although the current situation was caused by the coercion and threats of the military.

But his choice to join Yu Hui was both an opportunity for Yu Hui and an opportunity for him.

Chen Ming believed that he would be able to grasp it.

After the communication is completed.

Through the equipment on board the ship, Huihuang sent a short message to the galaxy where the replica of the Kletka computer that Chen Ming had seen on the map was located.

“The risk level is high but the benefits are extremely high, so more actual investigation is needed.”

Yu Hui thought the risks and value of Chen Ming were acceptable, so he replied with this message.

Moreover, Yuhui actually prepared some backup plans in case the advanced Yuhui AI core was really controlled by Chen Ming.

However, this backup plan was not used, and from this they confirmed that Chen Ming did not have the ability to control remotely.

That’s why Chen Ming’s risk is written as high to low in the information.

Soon, Huihuang received a reply, which was also a very short sentence.

"Yuhui needs an overall improvement."

Chen Ming was not clear about Yu Hui’s internal communication, but he could probably guess that it was basically an evaluation of him.

By the way, he could also guess how long it would take for Yuhui's other work ships to install the destroyed Ruler.

So it would take some time to work while the afterglow was still there. Plus, Chen Ming had nothing to do for the time being, so he thought about it and decided to go back along the hyperspace channel.

Take a look at what's happening right now in the vicinity of galactic hyperspace.

Chen Ming made a request to Huihuang, and Huihuang did not refuse, and sent other spacecraft to accompany him.

It is a protection, but it also means preventing Chen Ming from using Yu Hui's relationship to get away with it.

Under the protection of some afterglow ships, Chen Ming returned to the place where the battle had just taken place.

At this time, the gravity well blockade device has been destroyed.

All the military ships have disappeared.

After all, they had lost the command of their commander before, and the stationmaster had forcibly taken away control of the command system.

Those who had escaped earlier had already escaped, and those who had failed to escape the first time also fled as soon as the ruler was destroyed.

They desperately needed to distance themselves from the rebellious stationmaster.

The Company's fleet is gathering and trying to rescue the survivors from other destroyed ships.

Chen Ming deliberately avoided them.

He is now covered with a refractive shell and is escorted by the Afterglow Fleet, so it is not easy for him to appear directly next to them.

The dozen or so remaining ships were definitely not capable of rescuing him from Yu Hui's clutches.

In addition, the cattle herder had just been destroyed, and the captain was not sure whether he was dead or alive. Chen Ming had no way to contact someone on the spot who could command all the company's ships.

Just don’t contact him and just assume that he was taken away by Yu Hui.

While the company fleet was on alert, Chen Ming controlled Qu Guang and took the escorting battleship Yuhui to bypass them and head to the location where the military fleet had gathered after the ceasefire.

Chen Ming planned to look for the special law enforcer that was destroyed by the ruler.

They look down on this kind of ship and only look at the rulers.

However, Chen Ming still has some ideas about this ship.

Qu Guang quickly arrived at the location where the law enforcer was destroyed.

The shattered law enforcer had drifted away, leaving behind only debris that looked like space junk.

Chen Ming planned to let Qu Guang take away some of them. After all, he couldn't just fight a battle and get nothing, and lose the Armor Piercer and the Centurion in vain.

However, Chen Ming's main target was not the wreckage, but the escape pods around the wreckage that were launched before the Enforcers were destroyed.

After scanning with sensors, Chen Ming found a total of sixty-three escape pods near the wreckage of the Enforcer.

The rest of the military simply abandoned these people in their retreat.

Under normal circumstances, Yuhui would not take the initiative to capture these escape pods.

So, Chen Ming planned to take them all away.

There are two reasons.

One reason is that Chen Ming saw a special person in these escape pods.

A man who wears a different military uniform from others, a man who can suppress a fleet blessed with Chen Ming's abilities with his command skills.

Another reason is that Chen Ming needs some bargaining chips.

No matter whether this bargaining chip is for Yu Hui, the military, or even the company, the more it can be, the better.

The commander is definitely the best bargaining chip.

Anyway, Chen Ming also has the ability to rely on the panel to open all the panels of items inside the controlled spacecraft.

It is not impossible to modify these escape pods by welding a steel plate on the outside to prevent the people inside from getting out.

Chen Ming also didn't need to worry about the people in the escape pod starving to death or dying of thirst.

Because if he remembered correctly, all escape pods should be equipped with a special one-time cryogenic hibernation device.

This special hibernation device will automatically activate two days after the escape capsule is launched.

To ensure that the people inside can survive if they cannot be rescued in a short period of time.

And the same thing goes, Chen Ming can't just have two of his ships smashed and then walk away empty-handed.

It was the military that caused all this. Chen Ming tried to find a way to get some compensation. The compensation would be the prisoners of these military personnel, so there shouldn't be any problem.

All sixty-three escape pods were quickly captured.

Also captured were some remains of law enforcers, which might be useful later.

Chen Ming himself also had two destroyed ships, the Centurion and the Armor Piercer.

However, the Centurion had been completely shattered and was not worth rescuing.

Although the armor-piercing level was broken into two sections, it was still on the panel. However, Chen Ming thought about it and did not try to take it away.

The reason was very simple. He did not repair the armor-piercing material that had been damaged to such an extent.

It would be better to keep it and wait for people from the company or government to come and take the boat away, and then see if they can repair it.

It would be best to repair it. If not, Chen Ming can still determine the location of the armor break, and there will still be a chance to take it away in the future.

Chen Ming has accomplished what he needed to do.

Yuhui had also installed a jump engine resonance device on the destroyed Ruler.

Refraction returned to the Afterglow fleet.

As the jump engines of the two cruisers drove the other ships in the fleet to begin to resonate.

Chen Ming's vision gradually lengthened.

In the last second when he could still see the surrounding environment, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that another cruiser had entered hyperspace.

And that cruiser seemed to have the logo of Sinda Corporation on it.

However, they were a step slow.

No, it should be several steps slower.

If Chen Ming had not found a way to get the Afterglow Fleet, the support from Xinda Company would have only arrived to collect his bodies.

Chen Ming didn't know what to say for a moment.

The company really values ​​him and gives him a lot of protection.

But in the end, he could only rely on his own connections to save himself.

In the end, it seems that the only person who can be relied on is Chen Ming himself.

Time did not give Chen Ming any chance to think more.

The transition has completely begun.

More than ten seconds later, the galaxy where the Afterglow Colony, where he had been before, was located appeared in front of Chen Ming again.

(End of this chapter)