Chapter 149 Thoughts
The blueprint found in the database was confirmed to be genuine the first time Chen Ming saw it.
This discovery made him immediately excited.
But he immediately realized a problem. This was only part of the blueprint for the new star.
And this is the most troublesome part.
There is a big difference between getting a complete blueprint of a battleship and getting a partial blueprint.
Because the value of some blueprints to Chen Ming may only lie in selling them.
But if it is a complete blueprint, Chen Ming may even build this new star himself one day in the future.
But Chen Ming also thought of a possibility to solve this problem.
It is currently known that there must be many data nodes in this giant shipyard of Afterglow.
So based on the situation of the data node he currently controls, he speculates that there should be some new star blueprints hidden in the databases of other nodes.
As for why there is a blueprint.
There is a high probability that there will be different module areas inside the giant shipyard, which will be responsible for the construction projects of different parts of the new star.
In order to prevent meaningless leakage of data, each data node only stores the part responsible for the current region.
This is a more reasonable speculation that Chen Ming thinks.
So if you think so, then Chen Ming feels that there may be a complete blueprint in the central control system at the core of the entire giant shipyard.
However, his current mental strength is basically impossible to continue to support him in obtaining the blueprints of other data nodes, let alone the blueprints of the central control system.
Chen Ming thought about this for a while.
In fact, he is not very greedy under normal circumstances.
After all, his goal from the very beginning, a long time ago, was just to come back alive.
Now he has even successfully returned to the human world after controlling a large number of Afterglow individuals and obtaining the basis for colonial development.
There is no need to be greedy...
etc.
Chen Ming suddenly reacted.
Why isn't he greedy? Is it bad for him to be greedy?
He has returned to the Human Empire alive, and the main fleet of Afterglow that was chasing him was directly killed by the boss.
There is absolutely no way Yuhui would send another fleet to chase him. That would be no different from giving it away for nothing.
So now he doesn't need to think about the consequences of doing so, because there are none.
Chen Ming is no longer a thing for Yu Hui.
They have no ability, and they don't know where Chen Ming will go after that.
What's more, although Chen Ming ran away, the influence he left behind is still within Yu Hui. Yu Hui's attention is definitely more internal now.
His safety cannot be threatened by Yuhui at least for a short period of time.
Chen Ming doesn't have to worry about Yu Hui, he can be as ruthless as he wants, and he can be as ruthless as he wants to develop quickly in the future.
Besides, there are still people from the 14th Legion present, who can help him complete his idea.
Besides, the purpose of the Fourteenth Legion is to destroy the New Star, and Chen Ming’s purpose is to obtain the blueprint of the New Star, not the New Star itself.
There is no conflict or influence on each other.
Chen Ming can completely use or cooperate with the Fourteenth Legion to try to obtain more blueprints.
As long as he successfully obtains it, he may have a capital ship in the future.
So Chen Ming came to a conclusion after a short period of thinking.
greedy.
Must be greedy.
It’s just a greedy method, so you need to think about it carefully.
If Chen Ming wants more blueprints for new stars, then he must control more afterglows starting from the data nodes and affect more giant shipyard areas.
This requires mental energy.
But he couldn't bear it anymore. He was in a situation where he could close his eyes and open his eyes at any time and it would come the next day.
Therefore the problem of mental strength must be solved.
Chen Ming mobilized his tired brain and thought about whether there was any way to improvise some mental energy.
He pinched his eyebrows and suddenly thought of something that might be effective.
Ship spirit.
Chen Ming had this idea in his mind, so he knocked on the wall next to him.
A shadow popped out of the wall in an instant, tilting the area that was probably its head, exuding doubts.
Chen Ming felt that the ship spirit could understand his words, so he asked directly: "Can you restore my mental power?"
The ship spirit's doubtful mood disappeared instantly, he flew out of the spacecraft and got into Chen Ming's body.
It even got directly into Chen Ming's brain, covering his brain like a protective film.
Chen Ming instantly felt his consciousness cool down, his sleepiness faded a lot, and his mental strength was partially restored.
The ship spirit emerged from Chen Ming's body, the shadow of his body faded slightly, and returned to the ship.
Chen Ming touched his head subconsciously. He had no idea that his random idea would actually be realized by Shipling.
Although the specific amount of mental power restored is not much, it is enough to cope with the next things.
This made him determined to obtain the new star blueprint.
And this requires Chen Ming to continue to do things at the giant shipyard.
At the same time that Chen Ming received a mental bonus from the ship spirit.
Several members of the special operations team who were in the data node room also installed terrain detection devices again.
And once again obtained the map of the area to be visited next.
Looking at the map projected in front of him, the captain manually marked several locations with special shapes on it, and said: "These are the locations of the gravity magnetic detectors."
A team member who didn't know much about mechanical equipment subconsciously asked: "So many?"
"Yes, the gravity-magnetic detector is not a single device, but a number of pieces of equipment scattered throughout the inner circle of the shipyard that can build a giant magnetic field."
"Although there are a lot of them, we don't need to destroy them all. As long as we can destroy two or three, it will cause a chain reaction, and the others will break on their own."
"Then what exactly are we going to do?"
The captain pointed to a place nearby without thinking and said: "Here, the small ship parking area inside the dock, there are engineering ships for the new star construction."
He said and looked at the electronic technical team: "I need you to hack in and use Yuhui's spaceship to destroy the gravity and magnetic sensor."
"Don't we use our own weapons?"
"No, because it is too far away and the range of our weapons is too short. There is a high probability that we will not be able to get close to those places. Only the spacecraft can barely do it."
"And our weapons have other uses, look here."
The captain's hand gestured between their current location and their next target location, which was the cargo distribution center, and then near the shipyard where the construction ship that finally gave the new star construction the afterglow was parked.
"It's pretty safe from here all the way to the cargo distribution center."
"But from the cargo distribution center, the exclusive transportation channel after the freight is sorted leads to the innermost warehouses of the dock where shipbuilding equipment is installed."
"All the road scanners have detected moving objects, all of them robots from the afterglow."
Looking at the densely packed afterglow robots scanned on the map, the captain felt slightly numb.
"Afterglow is now in a state of tightness on the outside, looseness in the middle, and tightness on the inside."
"So up to this point it is impossible for us to continue without a head-on conflict with Yuhui."
"Prepare for a frontal attack and check all the weapons. When we come out, we will bring all the good things for testing."
"If we are efficient enough, we can complete the mission before the afterglow kills us all"
"Run if you can. If you can't run, surrender as soon as your weapon is thrown away. There is no shame in it."
“But remember it’s after the mission is completed.”
"If you throw away your weapon before the mission is completed, you don't have to go back."
"Is everything clear?"
Several team members nodded immediately.
As for Magnet, Chen Ming, who had just obtained some extra spiritual power supplies from Ship Spirit, just turned his attention back here.
I also happened to hear the exchange between the captain and the team members about their specific actions after the confrontation.
Chen Ming could tell that the captain had been formulating their specific plans to implement without Chen Ming's help.
Every step was basically thought up on the spot
Of course, Chen Ming didn't blame them for not preparing for such an important thing.
After all, the dispatch of the special operations team was not planned in advance, but because of a casual mention by Chen Ming, Bai Quan formed such a team on the spur of the moment.
It is impossible to prepare in advance.
So judging from the fact that the captain can make quite reasonable arrangements temporarily, the captain still has some ability.
It's just that his thoughts were limited to ordinary people, and Chen Ming was not taken into consideration at all.
Of course, it's also possible that they didn't dare to take Chen Ming into consideration.
That further showed that he was a sensible person and would not take Chen Ming's help to them for granted.
But now that Chen Ming has heard it, he must not be allowed to follow this plan.
After all, the upper limit of his abilities on Yuhui's territory is too high.
And how much he contributes to this matter now is likely to affect how much he can get from Baiquan in the future.
So he directly interrupted the communication between the captain and the team members and said: "No need to go to so much trouble, just walk over there. You will be safe until you enter the warehouse of the shipyard over there."
Because further forward, it is really close to the location where the capital ships are built at the core of the giant shipyard.
Although the beta-level afterglow that Chen Ming controls on the data node controls more horizontally, several areas involved in the data node have been affected by it.
But in terms of vertical depth, this beta-level afterglow is not very good, so the area that Chen Ming can influence ends here.
This also resulted in him being unable to support the special operations team during the final stretch.
Of course, this is also because Yuhui’s giant shipyards are basically modular and have almost no physical links to each other.
If it weren't for the fact that Chen Ming controlled a relatively critical data node, the impact of this spread might be smaller, or even impossible to spread at all.
Otherwise, as long as he controls one data node, the rest of the giant shipyard may be controlled by him along the network cable without worrying about the impact.
After all, the giant shipyard of Yuhui is controlled by a large number of Yuhui individuals.
All mental problems can be borne by the afterglow individuals he controls.
If this was possible, Chen Ming could even send people in all the way to the dock where the new star under construction was parked.
This is the only place that is completely disconnected from all other areas of the shipyard.
Unless there are Yuhui individuals controlled by Chen Ming who can physically arrive here and access the data network here, this is a pure land that Chen Ming cannot control.
This is an area that Chen Ming cannot touch in a real sense.
But if you think about it carefully, it's actually not bad.
After all, we are already here, and Chen Ming's subsequent help is of little significance.
It is impossible for him to directly control the Alpha-class Afterglow in charge of this giant shipyard now.
The current situation is that he could not provide additional help to the special operations team earlier. However, in order to prevent the special operations team from having any unrealistic ideas, Chen Ming immediately followed up with another sentence after finishing the previous sentence.
"You have to go on your own on the way back, or try to find a data cable. If you can't find it, just ask yourself for luck."
The captain still looked respectful to Chen Ming.
And this time he immediately abandoned the plan and idea he had just proposed without any hesitation, and said: "Mr. Chen, we will follow your decision."
"And you've done enough. We really never thought we could break through the outer two floors of the giant shipyard so easily."
There was a hint of respect from the bottom of his heart on the captain's face under the protective suit, instead of the false respect that he maintained on the surface at the beginning.
Seeing the captain's change and expression.
Chen Ming suddenly remembered what Bai Quan said before.
When he, as a commander, can bring victory to his soldiers, his soldiers will naturally support him and eliminate unnecessary troubles for him.
And now that Chen Ming has brought hope of victory to the members of the special operations team, they seem to have similar ideas.
Although Chen Ming actually doesn't need it.
But it feels good to be respected.
And it also gave him the feeling of trying to pry into someone else's corner.
Of course, Chen Ming was just doing things according to his ideas, and did not subjectively try to gain leverage.
So he won't be able to avoid it.
After all, if these people in the special operations team can really come back alive after completing their mission.
It is almost foreseeable that they will succeed in the future.
It’s also good to have good relationships with a few of them.
Even if he couldn't keep it, it didn't matter. Chen Ming didn't really care about his future relationships with others.
The focus of his future development will be outside the empire.
Just do things normally and let the rest take its course.
The team quickly cleaned up the equipment installed in the data node and set off again.
Although there are many robots and turrets on the road ready to guard against possible invaders, they are also acting as backup combat units for frontline battles with the Fourteenth Legion fleet.
But the members of the special operations team were walking among them quite casually, as if they were in a deserted place.
The slight tension on the faces of the group gradually dissipated as they continued deeper.
They also fully understood the capabilities of "Mr. Chen" sent by their immediate superior, Major General Bai Quanbai.
The electronic technical team member suddenly looked thoughtful.
He thought back to their last mission on Sunset's territory.
Although the military is relatively closed to information from the outside world.
And when actually performing tasks, it is enough for everyone to just take care of what they should do.
So ordinary soldiers really don't know that the last failed mission was actually to rescue Chen Ming.
However, the daily work tasks of the electronic technical team member involve network-related parts, so his information is often better than others.
So, he silently connected the Chen Ming rumored by the outside world with Mr. Chen who was now leading them.
His eyes seemed full of eagerness.
Because Chen Ming is a psychic.
Although the news about psykers is just an urban legend in the eyes of ordinary civilians.
But in the fringe star field, which can almost be equated with the lawless land, and the internal affairs of legions such as the Fourteenth Legion, it is basically a semi-public matter.
To the people of the Legion, psykers have a more important meaning.
Although in most cases the value of psykers is not that high on large-scale battlefields, of course bosses are an exception.
But when performing some special missions, such as the missions carried out by the special operations team now, the value of psykers is completely different.
They can have advantages on small-scale battlefields that no one or any modern technology can achieve.
It can bring the possibility of perfect execution of tasks to others acting together.
In the eyes of the electronic technical team members, Chen Ming is such a person.
And although Chen Ming is not from the 14th Army Corps, or even a soldier, their boss Bai Quan can invite Chen Ming to guide them to complete their mission.
Then their relationship must be relatively close.
In the future, there may be opportunities to perform tasks like now.
By then, he must find a way to participate.
Because this means that you can get promotion at your fingertips, even if it requires a heavy debt of gratitude.
The electronic technical team member silently decided to share the news with his colleagues later.
And unconsciously.
Several members of the special operations team have also arrived at the location closest to the shipyard.
Chen Ming asked the team to stop and said: "After passing the corner in front, you will enter an area that I cannot affect temporarily."
The electronic technical team member actively took out the equipment he had used before, gestured around a few times and said: "I didn't find the data cable."
Although he said so.
But Chen Ming actually found the data cable nearby, because he had obtained the specific map of the giant shipyard through the afterglow of the Beta level before.
So of course he knows the direction of different lines inside the product and knows the location of the most critical data lines.
But recently, the data lines that can affect the shipyard area are inside the shipyard because of the division of different modules in the design of the giant shipyard.
So Chen Ming had to at least wait for the members of the special operations team to get in safely, and he also had to cut through a wall more than ten centimeters thick to connect the data cable.
The movement of cutting through the wall is bound to attract Afterglow's defensive units.
Therefore, Chen Ming did not expect anything from this and just said: "The rest is up to you."
"Yes."
The captain responded, waving to his electronics teammate to get him to work.
Since Chen Ming had just controlled a new beta-level core, he gave his electronic technology teammates a series of more advanced and internal data codes.
So now, it is easier for him to hack in.
After hacking the surveillance and defense devices at the door, the team successfully slipped into the shipyard's warehouse.
Make sure that the special operations team has its own plans and ideas and does not need him to keep an eye on everything.
In addition, he basically has no chance to intervene in the future.
So Chen Ming planned to start doing his own thing.
At this time, his attention has shifted from helping Bai Quan complete the mission to helping himself obtain the future upper limit, which is the capital ship.
In fact, Chen Ming has been preparing since just now.
In order to achieve his goal, he has investigated the defense measures inside the giant shipyard.
For example, the peak time that Yuhui's battle robot can continue fighting is three hours.
After entering combat mode for three hours, the robots on the front line must take shifts.
Use robots on standby in the rear to replace the Afterglow robots that fought with the human robots on the assault boats launched by the Fourteenth Legion to ensure combat effectiveness.
If there are battle losses, the robots on standby at the rear will be replaced at the front line earlier.
The replaced robots will be sent to mechanical assembly plants at different locations in the giant shipyard.
Maintenance work is carried out by multiple factories together to share the pressure on the factory.
Therefore, Chen Ming can use these robots to defend against the robots on human assault boats to do something.
As long as he can find a way to control a robot and install an afterglow core in it, he will then be replaced by a machining factory somewhere in the next rotation.
Then the rest is a matter of course.
Now, Chen Ming has controlled many low-level Yuhui and many robots.
And there is another thing, although Chen Ming's ability to control Yuhui on a large scale and completely has been exposed.
But it takes time for afterglow notifications to be in place.
It also takes time to notify the giant shipyard.
Although the giant shipyard has indeed received the news from Chen Ming.
But the afterglow in the battle has not had time to take into account this issue until now.
It is also impossible to say that a certain robot was suddenly inspected during the battle in case Chen Ming controlled the robot or something.
They can only bite the bullet and fight the Fourteenth Legion now.
At least the good news for them is that they have been relatively strict in the management of giant shipyards from the beginning.
Chen Ming's ability to control afterglow has not yet been demonstrated in them.
Therefore, at least until the battle is over, Chen Ming can safely rely on Yuhui's own rules for the rotation of battle robots to accomplish his goals
The success rate for this is very high.
As long as he can be given access to different data nodes, he can find a way to put together a complete set of blueprints for new stars.
Or, Chen Ming has another choice.
Go straight to Huanglong and penetrate directly into the central control system of the giant shipyard.
As long as you can control this place, the blueprint is just a matter of grasping it.
This new star under construction might even be controlled by him.
Chen Ming was certain that there must be an Alpha in Yuhui's giant shipyard, maybe even two.
Otherwise, Baiquan would not have been able to see Yuhui launching the new star that was not completely completed.
It is impossible for an Alpha Afterglow to control a capital ship and a giant dock at the same time.
Therefore, Chen Ming may even obtain two new Alpha-level afterglows.
It's just that the difficulty of completing this is a bit high.
Moreover, Chen Ming could not think of any way to break through Yu Hui's defense and physical isolation.
So Chen Ming didn't think much about the second option.
For now, we should focus on controlling more data nodes.
Chen Ming contacted Bai Quan directly and said, "Do you still have the robots and enhanced assault boats over there?"
"The number of assault boats is sufficient, but the reserved robots can probably release two waves."
"Let it go if you can. The special operations team has now entered the core area. It's best if you can attract more attention from the periphery."
"I understand."
Bai Quan heard Chen Ming's words and agreed decisively. Of course, he still didn't know Chen Ming's actual purpose.
And Chen Ming had no intention of telling anyone.
Anyway, what he and Bai Quan said were true and they were not lying to him.
And after all, his goal is the blueprint for a new star, so it's better to keep this kind of thing hidden.
For Chen Ming alone, the capital ship can completely serve as a trump card.
As a trump card, it must not be told to anyone.
(End of chapter)