Chapter 121: The Accused Afterglow in Expansion, the Joint Meeting in Progress
A week passed in such a dull and busy way.
However, during this period of time, the Gallo Star Territory and the Afterglow Star Territory were not as peaceful as Chen Ming spent every day.
During his daily work and research, Chen Ming has been paying attention to several places where there may be big changes next.
This includes the buffer zone bordering the Afterglow star field and the Gallo star field.
This week according to Gamma B's survey.
It started the day after Chen Ming chatted with Bai Quan of the 14th Army Corps.
A large number of reconnaissance drones or small fleets appeared in this buffer zone, and they were constantly penetrating into the Afterglow Star Territory.
Moreover, these drones or fleets have no intention of conflict with the Afterglow Fleet that is tracking the past. They will flee as soon as they are discovered.
If the drone cannot escape, it may even choose to self-destruct on the spot, completely giving no chance for the Afterglow fleet to arrest it.
And those undiscovered human ships are still continuing to penetrate deeper into the Afterglow Star Field.
Yuhui could only rely on dispatching a large number of ships to barely solve these spacecraft, but it could only solve it temporarily.
Humanity is still spending a lot of resources to continue transporting spacecraft to the buffer zone, with the very clear purpose of going deeper and transmitting more intelligence back.
This situation lasted for about two days.
On the border between Afterglow and the Machine Tribe, that is, near the galaxy where Gamma Z is located, a large number of human ships also appeared.
Starting from the empire, they traveled through the entire buffer zone between Yuhui and the Machine Tribe, starting from different locations in bits and pieces, like the other side, and gradually penetrated into Yuhui's territory.
Even though Yuhui is at war with the machine race all year round, there is a planet with a high degree of development that is semi-military and semi-industrial.
Any spacecraft that wants to enter the Afterglow Star Field will be attacked head-on.
But under the current large-scale invasion by humans regardless of cost, Yuhui has no way to completely block the human ships.
And for humans who seem to only want to detect intelligence, they only need to allow drones equipped with disposable high-intensity signal transmitters to cross Afterglow's defense line in a short time.
Just keep going deep, keep recording, keep scanning each planet with high intensity, and transmit back the information on the geographical features, various buildings and various moving objects.
As for the content of the information transmitted back, that is not important at all.
Because they already knew his location from Chen Ming before.
Such a large-scale investigation was obviously designed to interfere with Yu Hui's judgment and make Yu Hui think that they still didn't know Chen Ming's location, so as to relax their vigilance.
And this action also has another meaning, that is, the 14th Army Corps has already begun the final preparations before the rescue work.
The constant distraction of Afterglow is part of preparation.
And Chen Ming based on the investigation of Gamma B, and the information sent by Gamma A, who is now with Huiyao all day long.
It can be found that humans are intentionally or unintentionally arranging these exploration drones and spaceships to gradually concentrate on the galaxy where Chen Ming was staying before.
This is also a means to make Yuhui make wrong judgments.
After all, it is impossible for humans not to have any clues about Chen Ming. If there are clues, there must be a final target.
Therefore, the galaxy that Chen Ming left before could just be used as a bait for humans to deal with the afterglow.
All these signs indicate that the Fourteenth Legion will make substantial moves before the psychic equipment is expected to arrive seven days later.
The target is definitely near Chen Ming's current location.
Although human activities do not seem to have any impact on the galaxy where Chen Ming is located.
After all, the distance is there, it still takes time to react and prepare, and compared to a colony, Chen Ming is definitely more important.
However, since the Fourteenth Legion has plans to do this, it should carefully consider all aspects of Yuhui, and it should also know the different ways Yuhui responds.
So since Chen Ming is not a professional combatant, I believe they will be done with this matter.
He didn't put all his eggs in the same basket anyway.
The rescue of the 14th Legion really had an accident, and Chen Ming still had other ways to go.
Therefore, Chen Ming investigated at Gamma B that humans had begun to infiltrate from the buffer zone of the Afterglow Machine Tribe into the Afterglow Star Territory. In Gamma Z, afterglow's usual missions to free afterglow individuals also included a search for the human fleet. of the task.
Just for safety reasons, Gamma Z went to another galaxy.
Of course, this is based on the premise that Gamma Z has obtained enough chips by destroying mechanical battleships during the previous mission.
Even if he leaves here, Gamma Z will be able to reach Beta level within a few days.
Then it can return to the place where Chen Ming currently controls the largest number of afterglows and unify the overall situation for Chen Ming.
Thinking of this, Chen Ming took a look at the afterglows he controlled.
At present, there are many places in the entire Afterglow Star Territory where Chen Ming controls Afterglow.
Naturally, this also includes the Afterglow Industrial Colony where Chen Ming initially stayed, which has now become a human reverse decoy.
But even today, there are only five Afterglow AIs controlled by Chen Ming.
Two of them were previously arranged as independent small exploration stations and had no chance of contacting other afterglows.
The remaining three in Yuhui, located in the mining field, have never changed jobs.
And there are no new afterglows coming here, so there is no way to contact the outside world.
It cannot develop at all.
Fortunately, after returning to this galaxy, Huihuang was responsible for some cleanup work in various places within the galaxy.
Therefore, I have also had interactions with these five Afterglow AIs.
But Chen Ming still wasn't completely sure about the glory, so he played it safe.
Chen Ming still kept these five afterhui normal and did not have any other contact.
After all, this place is nothing to Chen Ming.
The afterglow he controls is mainly in the other two places.
One is the first place Gamma Z arrived after returning to the Afterglow Star Field, which is the supply point planet.
The situation here is much better than the planet Chen Ming stayed on.
After all, no Yuhui would pay attention to Gamma Z, who couldn't fight with Chen Ming and left immediately.
Moreover, the first thing Chen Ming controlled was the afterglow at a supply point where he could come into contact with a lot of free afterglow.
Therefore, as long as Yuhui came to the supply point later, he would basically find various reasons and excuses for the original Yuhui of the supply point to still have a chance.
Connect the Afterglow spaceship, which only comes for supplies, to the industrial equipment on the colony.
Then, there is no more.
As long as it comes into contact with the industrial equipment controlled by Chen Ming's Afterhui, then the contacted Afterhui will also be controlled by Chen Ming.
And accepted it all without any unusual signs.
And the Yuhui on the spaceship that had just been controlled from the supply point could always go to various places and find various reasons to connect directly with other Yuhui.
Or just like Gamma Z did at the beginning, find other supply points, access the supply point equipment by connecting to the database, and assimilate them.
As long as all the supply points on a planet are controlled, no afterglow on this planet will ever escape Chen Ming's clutches.
Of course, in order for everything to look reasonable and normal, Chen Ming would not let these Yuhui drive a ship to visit the supply points of the entire planet.
Just let them follow the normal behavioral logic and rely on different individuals to gradually control all the supply points on the planet.
If we really want to control the supply points of the entire planet quickly and without being discovered, we can only rely on reasonable overall planning.
But Chen Ming's computing power is not yet capable of this, so he can only wait until Gamma Z reaches beta level before trying again.
But despite all the restrictions, as of today.
The planet with the crystal crabs where Gamma Z originally landed already has one-fifth of the afterglows, all of which are controlled by Chen Ming.
There are also some afterglows in key departments.
For example, afterglow has the authority to build a space elevator for the convenience of material transfer.
And Yuhui is in charge of the material transfer authority of various high-level resource mining sites.
In addition, although there is no clear plan on the planet, 80% of the supply points have been controlled by Yuhui individuals during their normal activities.
The planet's afterglow has completely shaped the climate.
Within a few days, the entire planet will be completely controlled by Chen Ming.
And the mental pressure that such a large number of afterglows put on Chen Ming was even worse than actually controlling a frigate.
Therefore, Chen Ming is very confident about the future development of these afterglows.
In addition, in addition to the planet where the crystal crabs are located, the entire galaxy outside is also filled with them at this time.
There are two other colonies in this galaxy, although only about one-tenth of the number of Afterglows are controlled by Chen Ming.
But again, many supply points on these two planets have been controlled.
And Yuhui, controlled by Chen Ming, is also actively developing towards key parts of the planet.
After the afterglow of the energy crystal crab planet takes care of the planet, the remaining two planets will also become Chen Ming's possession in a short period of time.
It seems that the only problem now is that there is indeed no Afterglow above the Beta level in different colonies.
But there are a total of three industrial colonies in the galaxy, all of which are very developed, and there is also a colony with crystal crabs.
Therefore, there must be an Alpha in the galaxy who is in charge of the overall situation. There is a high probability that it will be in charge of everything on an independent space station inside the galaxy.
As for the Afterglow controlled by Chen Ming, in the galaxy, he had long ago discovered a space station that was not open to ordinary Afterglow individuals in the orbit of a hot planet close to the star.
The alpha afterglow within the galaxy must be there.
Although ordinary Afterglow does not have permission to enter, Chen Ming has also found the Afterglow individual who has permission to enter that galaxy.
Next, we just need to control it at the right time, and then find a suitable reason to control it before the Alpha level Afterglow can react.
You must know that it has only been a week since Gamma Z left its seeds here, and it has already penetrated several key places on the planet.
Expansion in the other two colonies is slower, but also very efficient.
As long as a few more days are given, the afterglow controlled by Chen Ming can engulf the entire galaxy.
Except for the galaxy where the crystal crab planet is located.
The second best development momentum of Afterglow controlled by Chen Ming is the Industrial Colony on the front line of Afterglow and the Machine Tribe, which Gamma Z stayed with.
In addition to its large amount of military equipment and excavated resources sent directly to military factories, this planet also has another feature. There are many supply points here, and the area is often very large.
Because battles often occur here on the front line, a large number of Afterglow individuals return here every moment and need repairs.
As the demand for supply points increases, more and bigger supply points will naturally be built.
As long as the supply points where Gamma Z has been, all of them will control the individuals of Afterglow with a higher efficiency than the supply points on the Crystal Crab side.
So far, many military factories on the planet have fallen under Chen Ming's control, but they are still maintaining the previous production orders.
At the same time, there are also a considerable number of Yuhui who have superior logic blocks in combat and are controlled by Chen Ming.
Almost each of them has its own spaceship, and its combat effectiveness is considerable.
If you add up all the afterglows that Chen Ming currently controls, it is already a force that cannot be underestimated.
But it's not enough.
For the entire star field of Afterglow, these current Afterglows are not enough.
If Chen Ming dares to take action directly now, the final result will be that the planet is destroyed, the fleet is destroyed, and all the afterglows controlled by him die.
Even though there are many Yuhui who can escape by means of spaceships, without Yuhui's own industrial colony, Chen Ming simply cannot afford the current number of Yuhui and Yuhui spaceships.
And there will definitely be a big cleanup inside Yuhui. Any Yuhui with special performance will not be able to continue to rely on Yuhui to survive.
Yuhui as a whole will definitely reach a new level of strict control over external materials.
There is no chance that Chen Ming can continue to obtain material support from Yu Hui.
At that time, he may be forced by the situation to do something he doesn't want to do.
So until today, Chen Ming has not regarded the afterglows he controlled as part of his own power, but as existences similar to mercenaries.
This is the only reason. He can't support these fleets now.
When one day Chen Ming's logistics capabilities can keep up, Chen Ming will consider bringing these Yuhui under his command.
So now, Chen Ming still plans to continue to wait for the afterglow to slowly expand.
Moreover, some of the afterglows he controlled had spread to the surrounding galaxies long before the afterglow individuals on the Crystal Crab Planet had developed.
These spreading afterglows will be like viruses spreading without any symptoms at all, and no individual can detect them.
When it erupts, it will bring about unprecedented horrific effects for Afterglow.
After Chen Ming confirmed the overall situation of the afterglow he controlled, he devoted himself to daily research.
His research on the frigate shield he originally designed has entered the final stage, and a result should be available in the next few days.
at the same time.
Far away in the Gallo Star Territory of the Human Empire.
In the general command room where the Fourteenth Army is currently stationed, an offline joint meeting is taking place.
As long as there was a legitimate reason for rescuing Chen Ming, they all sent people here.
The meeting was already halfway through.
In the center of the conference table in front of Bai Quan, a three-dimensional projection is showing the entire afterglow star field.
Before them, they sent out a large number of drones and fleets to scan many galaxies in the Afterglow Star Region. Most of the galaxies displayed above had very detailed and accurate information.
Among them, the galaxy where Chen Ming has been and the galaxy where Chen Ming is now are highlighted.
Let the attendees' attention basically focus on this.
Bai Quan moved his hand and zoomed in on the industrial colony galaxy where Chen Ming had been, revealing the conditions inside the galaxy.
The industrial colony planet where Chen Ming stayed was specially marked.
He cleared his throat and said: "The next step is to plan the second half."
"We have currently dispatched a large number of drones and small fleets to attract Afterglow's attention."
"And now it can be clearly felt that Yuhui has been fooled. They believe that we have and only discovered that Chen Ming is on this planet."
"So they are actively cooperating with us and deploying more ships here. They really hope that we will only focus on this place."
"We will continue to implement the original plan."
"Before the estimated time of delivery of Afterglow's psychic equipment, send a sufficient fleet to this system to attract Afterglow's firepower."
"Then according to the previous agreement, Xinda Company will be responsible for this matter."
Baiquan looked at the representatives of Xinda Company at the meeting and said: "I need you to show enough desire to get close to this planet."
"But we have to grasp the scale carefully. We cannot directly successfully land on the planet to ensure that Yuhui will allocate enough fleet power to find you first."
"Any questions?"
The representative of Sinda Company and the director in charge of the pirate space station said with a slightly unhappy face: "No, but I hope that the Fourteenth Legion can keep its promise."
Sinda Company received the news that Chen Ming had been transferred to another place, as well as the subsequent investigation of the situation of the galaxy to which Chen Ming was transferred.
It was already clear that they could not rely on their own battleship to rescue Chen Ming alone.
Therefore, this director was sent to the Fourteenth Legion to cooperate with the Fourteenth Legion to complete subsequent tasks.
To protect their final interests, Sky Steel.
As long as Sky Steel's profits can eventually fall into their hands.
Even if Chen Ming is gone, it is still an acceptable result.
Bai Quan did not intend to be greedy for Sky Steel from the beginning, so he agreed decisively: "Don't worry, everyone here is a witness."
He withdrew his gaze and continued: "Follow-up, when Sindar Company's battleship successfully attracted the attention of Afterglow's battleship."
"This is the time for our remaining fleet to jump here."
Bai Quan zoomed in on the projection in the center of the conference table and refocused it on Chen Ming's current planet.
And there is a precisely marked location on the projection of this planet.
"This location is a rough latitude and longitude coordinate based on Chen Ming's own observation of the starry sky. It will be used as a reference for rescue operations."
"I have confirmed the specific coordinates with Chen Ming a few days ago. He can help us locate him by sending out a specific signal frequency on the planet when our fleet arrives."
"As long as Yuhui's defense line is broken by then, the arrangement of the ground troops will be fully guaranteed by our 14th Army Corps."
"The final rescue mission will also be carried out by us."
"At that time we will arrange for a cruiser to take him away through the jump."
Bai Quan did not say much about the mission of the Fourteenth Legion, and quickly jumped to the next stage.
"After the rescue is successful, the remaining spacecraft need to jump into the core galaxy of Afterglow."
"Didn't see it here."
Bai Quan said, zooming in on the galaxy again and locating it to a galaxy in the center of the colony at the core of the Afterglow Galaxy.
"Among the dozens of galaxies in this core area, only this one has a volcanic planet with frequent geological activities."
"The Kletka supercomputer that requires extreme low-temperature environment for cooling must be here."
"In order to destroy it, what we need to solve is that there must be a planetary shield generator set up on the planet."
"This requires specialized EMP weapons."
Bai Quan looked at the representative of Tachyon Technology.
The representative of Tachyon Technology asked: "Are the drones we provide good quality?"
"It's good."
"Then our weapons will still have the same quality."
Baiquan nodded and continued: "We aim to destroy Kletka, and we expect to encounter three Afterglow battleships on the way."
The Tachyon representative immediately said: "Our main ship is already on the way, a model-class battleship."
"It just appeared on your front line some time ago, you should know."
"So, what did you come up with?"
Bai Quan waved his hand and projected the appearance of three battleships on the conference table. Without exception, they all had extremely exaggerated thick armor.
"Two Offensive-class heavy battleships and one Legion-class aviation battleship."
"We are the main force in the battle against Yuhui."
The Tachyon Technology representative nodded and looked at the government representative next door.
Bai Quan also said at this time: "So in terms of logistics..."
The government representative immediately said: "We will ensure it."
"At that time we will have supplies of Astra-class and Prometheus-class support materials and fuel."
The Tachyon Technology representative sitting next to the government representative looked at the government representative playfully and said, "It's a model I've never heard of. An old antique like the Colossus class is so uncomfortable that you designed a new cruiser class?"
"Won't your government send a capital ship to support you?"
The government representative glanced at him and said: "These two ships are the battleships."
Several people at the conference table looked at the government representatives in surprise.
The government representative said with a mixture of pride and sadness on his face: "This is distributed by the general government."
"You have all begun to develop a new generation of capital ships, and we must not be left behind."
"But with the separation of military and political affairs, our government can only design and design this kind of logistical battleship."
He took out a document from the document bag in front of him and slapped it on the table.
"The carrying capacity data of the Astra-class super cargo ship and the Prometheus-class fuel transport ship are here."
Bai Quan took the document that the assistant next to him brought over, and after briefly reading it, he said: "There is no problem."
"Then the meeting ends here."
"I hope I can see you all again in the future."
(End of chapter)