Chapter 102 Attitudes of All Parties
Gamma A is about to become a beta-level AI core.
I knew this before it was revealed.
But Gamma A also said that it is still far from substantial improvement.
During this period of time, except for the three almost useless mechanical chips that Chen Ming gave it, there was nothing that could increase gamma A so quickly.
The only possibility is the arrangement of Afterglow. Afterglow gives Gamma A the part of the computing power needed to meet the conditions for improvement.
As for whether this is the case, just investigate.
Chen Ming opened the Diopter's panel, and then he discovered that the Diopter was staying outside a factory in the Yuhui Industrial Colony.
And it is the same as the independent small supply point Chen Ming is here, an independent small factory.
Although the refraction stops here, gamma A has been removed from the refraction at this time.
However, Chen Ming was still able to determine the position of gamma A.
Just inside the factory next door.
The core should be replaced.
It seems that the sudden increase in gamma A is indeed Yuhui's initiative.
They still don't believe that Chen Ming has the ability to control the AI core, so they decided to replace Gamma A, which was suspected of being controlled by Chen Ming, with a new core.
This is the best choice that cannot be faulted in terms of theory and logic, and Chen Ming cannot express any opinions on it.
Otherwise, it would be equivalent to helping Yu Hui completely prove that he has this ability.
But even if Gamma A has to change its carrier, Chen Ming is still confident that his psychic power will continue.
Because what is displayed on his panel is [AI individual controlled], not [AI core controlled].
The afterglow is not distinguished by the core, but by the existence within the core.
I just don’t know if Afterglow will reinstall Gamma A back to Diopter after replacing it, or if it will try to give Gamma A a new spaceship.
Chen Ming didn't quite think that Yu Hui would let down his guard against Gamma A just because he changed his shell. There might be other tests later.
It seems that it will take time for Gamma A to replace the beta core.
Chen Ming didn't wait all the time. He had other things to do right now.
Deal with those military escape pods.
Chen Ming walked into the warehouse and relied on the control sub-panel that was also found in the warehouse to control the equipment connecting the work area and the warehouse, as well as some robots with various functions.
Transport the escape capsule in the warehouse to the next door and begin to remove the outer layer he had added previously against the panels.
The cryo-sleep device has been activated inside the escape capsule. Unless activated externally, it will remain frozen.
Therefore, Chen Ming is not worried that the soldiers inside will take the opportunity to escape after removing the shell.
After being busy for a period of time, Chen Ming found the escape cabin containing the soldier wearing a special military uniform among these escape cabins.
At the same time, Chen Ming also saw the eagle-shaped mark on his chest through the transparent porthole of the escape cabin, as well as the "XIV".
In the hyperspace, before Chen Ming's terminal network was disconnected, he took the opportunity to check it.
This mark is the mark of the 14th Independent Legion of the Empire.
Chen Ming was once just an ordinary maintenance engineer. At most, he knew that the military had many different departments.
From the highest star field joint theater military, to the next level star field military, to the lower star field military, and to the lowest level of the scattered star system garrison.
In addition, the empire also has some independent legions outside this system. Other than this, Chen Ming is not sure.
He only found out after checking that the Fourteenth Legion is currently recognized as the strongest among the twenty independent legions in the empire.
It's no wonder that the battle commanded by the commander of the 14th Army Corps can limit Chen Ming's abilities everywhere.
The Fourteenth Legion has the largest exclusive territory among all independent legions.
Although the area is smaller compared to the Star Territory Joint Theater Military, Star Territory Military and Star Territory Military, the income from all colonies within the galaxy is equivalent to the military expenditure of the legion.
As a result, the combat capability of the Fourteenth Army Corps is often stronger than that of some theater military forces.
And according to what Chen Ming found out, the Fourteenth Legion was actually quite unbearable before.
It was after a reorganization about twenty years ago and after many battles with Yuhui on the frontal battlefield that we reached our current heyday.
I don’t know why the people from the 14th Army suddenly came here.
Chen Ming looked through the transparent porthole of the escape cabin. In addition to the military uniform, he could also see a face about the same age as Chen Ming and the military registration plate hanging on his chest.
The commander's name is Cheng Xinghe, and his military rank is only captain.
Looking at Cheng Xinghe with his eyes closed in the escape cabin, Chen Ming had a hesitant expression on his face.
In fact, I don't have much hatred towards the military, especially the foreign 14th Legion.
After all, for soldiers, following orders is normal.
Every wrongdoer has his own owner, and the only ones who have hatred for Chen Ming are the military senior officials who issued the order to track down Chen Ming, and those other people who colluded with the senior officials and would rather kill Chen Ming for the sake of Sky Steel.
And of course, there's the psyker who blocks the boss's rescue.
Moreover, Chen Ming had no idea of killing these prisoners and avenging those who died in the previous battle.
This is not good for Chen Ming at all, and he can only say that he is not familiar with the people in the company.
Thirty years later, the people I once knew either retired or died.
Familiar people can say that there is no one.
And if you really want to say it, Chen Ming's relationship with others before was just the most ordinary colleagues, and it was impossible to say whether he was acquainted or not.
Nowadays let alone people you’ve only known for a few hours on the Cowherd.
The company gave them orders, and the company would naturally take care of their funeral affairs, and Chen Ming didn't need to worry about it.
If Chen Ming gets rich in the future and feels regretful, he can find a way to make up for it, but now Chen Ming is in a bit of trouble, so he still puts himself first.
So instead of thinking about these, it is better to consider whether there is any way to use these prisoners.
However, Chen Ming has not yet thought about how to use these prisoners.
Although there is a simplest and crudest way, leave it to Yu Hui.
They will naturally take these escape capsules and go to negotiate with the human government and military in exchange for something.
Afterglow will definitely bring some benefits to Chen Ming.
But Chen Ming didn't feel good.
It feels like the value of these captives has been wasted.
Moreover, Chen Ming actually had other thoughts about Cheng Xinghe.
Chen Ming's impression that the military's fleet had demonstrated a powerful combat capability that far surpassed the forces on paper had not had time to fade away.
Chen Ming had never thought before that the fleet could perform such precise and delicate operations that required Chen Ming's fate.
His combat command skills alone were enough to completely negate Chen Ming's advantages.
This is what Chen Ming feels like.
As long as the company's command is replaced by Cheng Xinghe's, even if the company's fleet strength is reduced by one-third, coupled with Chen Ming's ability, the army can still be defeated.
And it just so happens that Chen Ming now wants to organize a fleet of his own.
Then if the fleet command can let Cheng Xinghe come, if Chen Ming can convince Cheng Xinghe to join his fleet.
That must have a very terrifying effect.
Although Chen Ming thinks this is unlikely, dreams are always necessary.
Moreover, the current environment that the commander is in makes Chen Ming's thoughts linger for a long time.
Cheng Xinghe now lost his ship, lost his fleet, was captured by Chen Ming, and was alone. This was simply the most vulnerable time in his life.
Even if he can't be allowed to join Chen Ming's fleet to take command.
Chen Ming can also try to use his freedom in exchange and let him teach Chen Ming, or teach Gamma AB some command skills.
Chen Ming was thinking about flexible skills on the battlefield, not rigid written knowledge.
He believed that Cheng Xinghe could do this.
Even if only so much can be realized in the end, it is still of very good value to Chen Ming.
As long as the commander Cheng Xinghe can be taken care of, it is actually equivalent to taking care of the rest of the army.
The remaining sixty-two people, even if they are different from Cheng Xinghe, are of considerable value
Chen Ming reached out and patted the escape cabin, feeling impatient in his heart.
However, he also knew that this was not how things happened, and what he had just thought about had to be postponed.
His fleet didn't even have a hair on it, and it would do no good to Chen Ming to wake Cheng Xinghe now.
Definitely something to talk about later.
I just don’t know if the military will come looking for me in the future.
Chen Ming wasn't too worried about this. Anyway, there was still Yuhui blocking him outside. This was also the risk Yuhui wanted Chen Ming to take.
After removing the outer shells that Chen Ming had added to all the escape hatches, Chen Ming also spent some time recording everyone's military status.
By the way, a piece of paper recording the identity was affixed to the outside of each escape cabin for easy reference later.
After settling this matter, there is still a lot of time left today, and Chen Ming still plans to use it in studying.
After the formal work issued by Yu Hui is completed tomorrow, Chen Ming will try to ask Yu Hui for some other things.
Chen Ming and Yu Hui now have an awkward cooperative relationship.
Since Chen Ming made some reasonable requests, Yu Hui couldn't refuse them without any reason.
at the same time.
Corporate headquarters.
A long time has passed since Chen Ming was taken away by Yuhui.
Chen Ming left the space station at around three in the morning, after going through a lot of things and arriving at the Afterglow Colony.
It was already the morning of that day, and the last meeting was at about this time, slightly earlier.
One day later, the directors, who had been busy for more than twenty hours, gathered in the conference room again.
As soon as the meeting began, everyone's eyes turned to the director who handled military affairs.
The director spread his hands and said: "Well, as you already know, problems have exploded on the military side, and the Gamma-2 sector has been completely taken over by the Fourteenth Army."
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"Is the Fourteenth Army really here? Are you taking over personally?"
"It seems that the person who was killed by one of their own people before has some identity."
"Maybe they are protecting our shortcomings. This should be good news for us, right?"
The director in charge of military affairs looked at the director who asked the last question and said: "But——"
"They immediately issued a wanted order against Chen Ming, saying that Chen Ming had an affair with Yu Hui and betrayed the empire. The previous reward of 90 million was once again increased to 200 million."
"I specifically asked the temporary person in charge of their side. It seems that the 14th Army Corps temporarily recruited people from the local military who had no problems to work. Many things are unfamiliar to them."
"They didn't say what was going on with the wanted order. They gave an ambiguous answer. They just said that they were very busy and they didn't want to deal with this kind of thing urgently. Let us wait." "I don't know what they mean."
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The director next to him speculated: "Is it possible that Chen Ming's psychic ability has been discovered by the military? So decisive? Don't leave a way for others."
"It should be someone from the military who was still alive before and saw the Yuhui ship taking away Chen Ming."
"And if there are residual energy fluctuations from Yuhui's tachyon spear at the scene, it will be clear that Yuhui killed the ruler. This cannot be concealed."
"And the news that Chen Ming is a psyker should have been leaked. He was hunted down by the military fleet before. It is impossible to hide the abilities he has used."
"Then I think it's normal for Chen Ming to be able to control Yuhui."
"The key is not whether we can connect or not, but other things."
The director in charge of the military affairs suddenly made a stop gesture and said, "Wait a minute, there is one more thing."
"The wanted order they issued is at the star zone level, not the star zone level bounty. It is only valid within the star zone."
There was a sudden silence in the conference room for a while, until a director asked: "Why is this? Wanted, but not completely wanted. What do you mean by the Fourteenth Army?"
"No matter what it means, in short, the situation is not bad. A star zone level bounty does not matter at all. A star zone is always just a star zone. It does not matter if there is no star zone level wanted."
"You can't say it doesn't matter. Chen Ming has a wanted person in the sector. The government will definitely find out when the time comes."
"And Chen Ming was really taken away by Yu Hui. What will the government do? Is he having an affair with Yu Hui? Or should he treat him as a prisoner of Yu Hui?"
"If there is a problem, just find a way to solve it. Our relationship with Chen Ming's star domain government is not too bad now. Just say something like this."
The directors had a quick discussion, determined their opinions on the possible development of this matter, and also raised the next topic.
"In this case, the Sky Steel matter should be settled. How is the communication with the government?"
"Yes, we still have the mining rights certificate and evidence that Chen Ming left the galaxy. What does the government say?""
The director who took the initiative to contact the government said expressionlessly: "When I asked, the government told us everything we mentioned about Chen Ming and Sky Steel."
"Which one should I listen to first? Chen Ming or Sky Steel?"
"Chen Ming."
Seeing that other directors had no objections, the director responsible for contacting the government said: "The government has determined Chen Ming's situation based on the information we have given, and they are very interested in Chen Ming."
"As long as there is accurate information from Chen Ming, the government said that it can forget about the incident of the armor-piercing class and just replace the lost armor-piercing class later. It can also give us priority in bidding and more ships in the future. Order Form.”
"I remember that the armor-piercing ship was recovered by us, right? How to deal with it?"
"Chen Ming's ability is not fully understood yet. Even if the armor is destroyed, he may still have the ability to control it."
The chairman, who had been silent but just listening, suddenly said: "Did the production start when the bid was passed before the armor was broken?"
A director sitting in the corner nodded and said: "Yes, but there are no new outputs except the sample ship."
"Then concentrate the productivity on one line and find an armor-piercing ship to deal with it first."
"As for the armor-piercing ship, let's repair it first. If Chen Ming can come back, we will give the ship directly to him. This armor-piercing ship can be used as proof of our friendship with him and reduce the conflict between us selling him later."
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"The ship that has been touched by him cannot be touched by anyone but him."
"If you can't come back, there are two situations."
"If he dies, there will be no need to worry about problems with this armor-piercing ship"
"If he is not dead, then we can only hold it first and see what happens in the future."
"We have determined that both the military and the government know Chen Ming's capabilities. They have more things to consider than we do. They will definitely not let Chen Ming continue to stay at Yuhui."
"In the past, ordinary technicians who went to Yuhui didn't have to spend energy to find them back, but Chen Ming, the psyker, is different."
"The military will definitely take action in the future, and we don't need to keep this armor-piercing ship for too long."
"But."
The chairman suddenly said with great seriousness: "Have you thought of the problems involved?"
"Things have come to this point, which means that no matter what, the military and government will definitely help us wipe our butt in order to prevent Yuhui from getting stronger."
"But if we don't take the initiative to wipe it, then we may not be able to save our butts, let alone other things."
"If Chen Ming gets into the hands of the military or the government, it is not up to us whether Chen Ming is a member of the company or whether he ran away from the mining space station."
After looking around the conference table to make sure everyone understood what he said.
The chairman first changed the topic and gave those working on it time to think: "What about Sky Steel? What does the government say?"
The director in charge of the government side said: "The government said that this matter and Chen Ming's matter should be dealt with separately. The government can at most help us set up a line to communicate with the military and let them relax the blockade of the galaxy."
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"But the military should be being tortured by the Fourteenth Legion now, right?"
The director in charge of military affairs next to him said: "Torture is torture. Only the general headquarters of the sector military is now paralyzed, and other places are still the same."
"When I communicated with them before, they just changed a group of internal people and replaced them with clean people, so the military leaders who can contact the government are basically in the same situation."
"As long as Chen Ming can be brought back first, the government can directly arrange for us to meet with the people left there by the military. This means that the government is supporting us in this regard."
However, the chairman asked at this time: "What about Chen Ming?"
The conference room suddenly fell into silence again.
"Our company has never lost technical personnel or afterglow cores before. I didn't expect that this first case was a psyker."
"Then what can we do? If the military hadn't caused trouble, we would have brought the people back long ago, and they wouldn't be able to blame us."
"Is there any other way to find Chen Ming?"
The director in charge of the Pirate Space Station suddenly said: "Actually, I have an idea. The military is too busy taking care of itself right now. I think we can bypass all the twists and turns and try to enter RM-2 directly."
"Chen Ming was able to come out alive before, so we can too. As long as it is confirmed that there is no danger, the opening of the galaxy is a certainty, and the mining rights can be returned to our hands."
His proposal was immediately rejected by other directors: "It would be too easy to accept the facts, and we would not be able to handle the military's problems."
"Chen Ming was on the space station thirty years ago. He can definitely get back what we lost in the past thirty years. Without this, what will we do with the Sky Steel we lost?"
The director of the Pirate Space Station asked back: "Do you think these Sky Steel can be recovered? There are definitely a lot of people's interests behind Sky Steel. We can still find one or two people. If there are too many people, I can only say that I don't think so." Demei.”
"But at least part of it can be recovered, and a little loss is a little bit less."
"With the information Chen Ming gave us before and the data we have secretly verified, we can determine that the number of empty fish in the galaxy is around seventy."
"Would it be a problem if Chen Ming came back to equal the output of Sky Steel for five years?"
"Five years, one thousand eight hundred days, seventy empty fish in the sky steel, what do you say?"
The director in charge of the pirate space station stopped talking.
The director also intervened in the topic at this time and said: "I think it is better to go from Chen Ming's place. We cannot rush into RM-2, which is at least nominally blocked by the military."
"This galaxy is very likely to be taken over by the Fourteenth Legion in the future. The Fourteenth Legion is not that easy to get along with."
"And their attitude is not clear yet. They put Chen Ming on a wanted list, but it is only for the sector. They may be warning us to wait until they have integrated the military."
"We can't even handle the Star Territory Joint Theater in the Edge Star Territory, let alone the Fourteenth Legion. Don't let them get into trouble."
A director who agreed with the directors of the pirate space station suddenly said: "But we can't even handle the military in a sector below the war zone. With the fourteenth legion in full swing, won't it be even harder for them to completely take over the galaxy?"
The chairman responded: "You can't say that. It can be seen from Sky Steel that what we have to face is not the sector military, but people at a higher level."
"Do you think they might give up these Sky Steels? If we choose a method that obviously violates the rules to get Sky Steel back, do you believe that even the government will not recognize it?"
"We can only achieve our goal in the most legal way by clarifying this path, and bring him back before the military and government take action. Otherwise, we may not even be able to get Sky Steel by then."
As soon as the chairman finished speaking, someone asked: "How to save? The Afterglow AIs we have on hand would rather be destroyed and hidden in the snow than spit out the specific situation of the Afterglow Star Territory."
"Unless we can crack the core of Afterglow AI and control them 100%, we can't have any expectations at all."
"Chen Ming seems to be in control."
"Then find Chen Ming."
The chairman knocked on the table to stop the argument that was about to break out.
But one director suddenly took advantage of the opportunity and said: "Actually, if we withdraw now, the loss is not too great. Is the value of Chen Ming really enough for us to continue investing?"
The chairman frowned and said, "Have you forgotten that there is Sky Steel?"
"And this matter is actually an opportunity for us."
"Even if we take Chen Ming back, we can announce that Chen Ming is dead and hide him completely."
"We no longer need to share the value of Chen Ming itself, it can be fully utilized."
The director just now said with some disapproval: "But if this fails, the losses will be even greater."
"The company has never failed in business? This loss is at best a skin-breaking loss for the company, but if Chen Ming can recover it, the benefits his ability can bring us are endless."
The director who had proposed using the company's product that was still under testing yesterday asked with some uncertainty: "You mean...use something like that?"
The chairman paused, nodded slowly and said, "Let's start applying to the government in advance. Their previous performance was that they wanted to save resources and let us solve Chen Ming's matter."
"Then taking Chen Ming away from us will be much easier for them than going to Yuhui to snatch Chen Ming away."
"So the government will definitely not block us, but in the end, if Chen Ming can really be taken back, he must not be handed over to the government."
"Go and prepare, prepare to launch a surprise attack on Sunset."
"By the way, let's go through the process and vote on whether to use this thing."
"Chairman, did you directly refuse to call me yesterday?"
"Times are different. Before, it was because Chen Ming might have planned to stay with Yu Hui, and we might not be able to save people."
"But now, regardless of whether we save him or not, the government and military will never sit back and let such a psyker fall into the hands of Sunset."
"If we don't go, they will go, and we won't get anything."
"Furthermore, it is not my decision to call this kind of thing. Everyone here did not object or initiate a vote yesterday. They must have the same mentality as yesterday."
No one refuted the chairman's words.
A minute later, the chairman glanced at the projection screen in front of him.
"Seven votes in favor, four against, two abstentions, passed."
A director who voted in favor immediately said: "Pass, pass, where should we find Chen Ming?"
The chairman already said in detail: "Yesterday at the Pirate Space Station, an employee whom Chen Ming knew boarded his civilian sentinel."
"The door opened automatically, and this scene deliberately did not avoid surveillance. Chen Ming is still alive, and even alive and well in Yuhui's place."
"But he didn't take the initiative to contact us."
"But we can take the initiative to contact him."
"He must have some purpose when he goes to Yuhui and doesn't take the initiative to contact us. We will give him whatever he needs."
"Unless what he wants exceeds the benefits of mining Sky Steel, Chen Ming has never acted stupidly, right?"
"We have collected a lot of Yuhui's stuff over the years. I don't believe we won't have what he needs."
"Find a way to contact Chen Ming through the space station and find out his location."
“Let’s prepare on the other side first.”
"Prepare to launch our capital ship, the Conqueror."
(End of chapter)