Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 60 The afterglow strikes
When the call was answered, Lao Wu asked directly to the factory director: "How are you doing?"

"So far it's fine."

The director's voice sounded more relaxed than before, and he explained: "After all, the space station is in such a dangerous place, and it has all the basic precautions it should have."

"And after I reported the matter, the proposal to notify the military outpost in advance was also approved."

"The army will definitely arrive in three days. We can't survive for three days."

"Oh, all right."

Old Wu responded casually, turned around and mentioned Chen Ming and said, "I just talked to Xiao Mu."

The factory director was suddenly overcome by the fatigue from the meeting, and immediately asked: "How is he?"

Old Wu coughed, cleared his throat, and recounted everything he had just talked to Chen Ming about, including directly asking Chen Ming about the purpose of coming to the space station.

The more the factory director listened, the more his scalp became numb, and he couldn't help but said: "You just believe him so much? Just ask him directly?"

"Hey, what do you think?"

Hearing Lao Wu's laughter, the factory director calmed down, thought about it carefully and said, "I don't think it's Xiao Mu that you believe. It's Lao Wu that you believe. Did you go to see him yesterday?"

Old Wu laughed again, but did not directly answer the factory director's question.

However, he immediately seemed to acquiesce to the factory director's guess and said: "Lao Wu said that he has a very good character and is worth getting along with for a long time. This is the best way to get along with him. I told him the truth openly and he also Will do this to us."

The factory director asked with some confusion: "Really or not? Is it true that this kind of character will not be sold?"

"How do I know if what Lao Wu said is true or false? But in fact, if you are smarter or more vigilant, this kind of character will definitely not be sold."

"You see, he has never taken off his helmet. Apart from knowing that he owns a mining ship and that he is about [-] years old, do we know anything else?"

The director thought for a while and said, "I also know that he wants to stay on the space station for two years to earn money to buy a spaceship."

"Tsk."

Old Wu smacked his lips in displeasure and said, "Actually, you don't have to ask something out of his mouth, right?"

"Oh?"

The factory director said with some surprise: "How did you figure this out?"

Lao Wu explained: "All Xiao Mu's actions after arriving at the space station are monitored and recorded."

"As long as he didn't lie, then his actions must be consistent with what he said."

"All you need is his answer, whether it's true or false."

"If he lies and doesn't match up, then you need to be wary of him."

"But if they match up, it means that Xiao Mu is really a newcomer and is worth wooing."

After listening to Lao Wu's explanation, the factory director did not deny it.

So Lao Wu continued: "So, since it doesn't matter whether the answer is true or false, I tried the method Lao Wu said by the way, and it seems to have a good effect."

The factory director had a different view and said: "Just one time is nothing, it depends on what happens in the future."

"People's personalities can change so easily. I still trust Lao Wu."

The factory director did not express his opinion on who Lao Wu believed. Who was right and who was wrong will be revealed in the future, but at least now he can trust Chen Ming for a while.

Both sides were silent for a while, and the factory director suddenly asked: "Why do you think a person like Lao Wu came to us?"

"Who knows? Why don't you go to Space Arm 2 and ask him."

Lao Wu waited for a while for a reply, only to find that the factory director had hung up the phone.

He rolled his eyes, put the terminal in his pocket, and walked towards the bar.

Early the next morning.

Chen Ming followed Lao Wu to the tallest space station administration building in the space station city.

After entering the building, Chen Ming could clearly feel that the building was different from the city outside, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

The faces of several people with status that Chen Ming saw on the road didn't look good.

Afterglow's arrival should be a certainty, it's just a matter of time.

He had already made some preparations yesterday after being reminded by Lao Wu, and should be able to handle it.

Old Wu first took Chen Ming to find the personnel of the maintenance factory, and then came to the factory director's office with the contract.

The next thing is very simple. After signing the contract, Chen Ming officially joins the maintenance factory and becomes a member of the maintenance factory.

But Chen Ming looked at the two contracts placed in front of him and fell into deep thought.

The contract is a very standard formal work contract, all terms are fair and equitable, and the salary package is very good.

And although it is a repair shop for the pirate space station, the work contract was signed by a regular company that can be found on the Internet, which means that the job is guaranteed.

The only problem now is that the first line of the contract reads "Cinda Rockwell Labor Service Company Maintenance Management Position Labor Service Contract."

So Chen Ming is now considering whether to run away directly.

He had just escaped from Sindar Company's abandoned mining space station, and was ready to cut ties with Sindar Company to avoid getting into trouble that he shouldn't have.

As a result, now he turned around and ran to the pirate space station that was related to Xinda.

No matter how you look at it, it's outrageous.

Thirty years ago, Sindar's regular space station in a nearby galaxy disappeared, but the pirate space station is still preserved to this day.

Thinking about this is a headache. Chen Ming really didn't want to be involved in related matters at all, but things came to him inexplicably.

Just when Chen Ming was struggling, Old Wu, who knew that Chen Ming must be related to Xinda Company, said "I am having fun" all over his face.

The factory director seemed to realize something was wrong at this time. He turned sideways calmly, took out his terminal and sent a message to Lao Wu asking what was going on.

Only then did Lao Wu tell the factory director what his boss said when Chen Ming applied for his identity.

When faced with the question of why the factory director didn't tell him earlier, Lao Wu's answer was simple, he had forgotten.

The atmosphere in the office gradually became awkward.

However, Chen Ming thought carefully for a while and decided to sign the contract.

Because all the identity data on the contract has been filled out and imported directly from the identity card.

In other words, Chen Ming acted as an employee of the maintenance shop as Mu Shuikong, not as Chen Ming.

Besides, he is still wearing protective clothing and no one has seen his face. As long as he does not take off his helmet outside the spaceship or accommodation, the problem is not that big.

And this contract is actually very beneficial to Chen Ming.

Because Mu Shuikong's identity is not real, but the name of Xinda Company is real.

Although Chen Ming doesn't want to have anything to do with Xinda Company, since he's already here, he might as well give it another try.

Anyway, the entire space station should be funded by Xinda. Even if Chen Ming doesn't want to work here, he still has to live on Xinda's space station. There is no difference at all.

After Chen Ming finished thinking, he wrote and signed Mu Shuikong's name on the contract.

After proofreading the contract, someone soon came to take Chen Ming to his next workplace.

The place where he works is not the maintenance factory, but in the space station administration, a newly tidied office belonging to the maintenance factory.

It should be the arrangement made by the factory director out of the idea of ​​protecting talents.

But after Chen Ming was sent to him, no one assigned him any tasks. He just needed to sit in the office.

We should wait until this incident is over before we can start the formal work.

In short, at least for now, this is a very idle position.

Chen Ming waited for a long time and no one paid attention to him, so he simply started reading new and unread maintenance professional books that he had downloaded after gaining access to the Internet.

At noon, someone came over and gave Chen Ming a meal card and told Chen Ming the location of the canteen.

Chen Ming accepted it, but did not go there. Instead, he planned to go back to his own hotel and deal with it casually.

But just when Chen Ming was about to leave.

A harsh alarm suddenly sounded in Chen Ming's ears.The alarm sound that resounded throughout the space station made Chen Ming immediately realize the problem.

If he guessed correctly, Yuhui should have arrived.

Chen Ming didn't expect the afterglow to come so quickly. Old Wu just said yesterday afternoon that there might be an afterglow coming, but he didn't expect it to come at noon the next day.

Wait, that doesn't seem right.

Chen Ming calculated carefully and found that if there was any movement in Yuhui, it should have been when the spacecraft hit the dock two days ago.

It's been two days, and the afterglow is almost here.

Ten seconds after the alarm sounded, Chen Ming's terminal also received a message from the administration.

"The Sunset Fleet is about to attack the space station, please take shelter."

This message came a little late, because when the alarm just sounded, Chen Ming heard the sound of dense footsteps outside the office.

Through the window, Chen Ming could see many people running hurriedly on the street outside. Everyone had something to do.

Naturally, Chen Ming could not continue to stay in the office.

After the footsteps outside gradually faded away, Chen Ming walked out of the office and went down the stairs to the underground floor of the Space Station Administration Building, a studio belonging to the maintenance factory.

This should now be one of the safest places on the entire space station.

When Chen Ming came in, there was no one in the studio. They must have been scared away by the alarm and information just now.

Chen Ming conveniently locked the door, found a chair and sat down, and then displayed the footage captured by the Iron Ore's camera before his eyes.

Last night, Chen Ming had already changed the control spacecraft back to the Iron Ore.

After all, other people's spaceships and hyperspace lane engines that can be controlled can be found later. If the Iron Mine is gone, Chen Ming's loss will be really fatal.

Unexpectedly, it had only been one day before Chen Ming's preventive measures came in handy.

Through the Iron Ore's cameras and recording equipment, Chen Ming could hear the emergency notification that came with the alarm being repeatedly broadcast inside the dock.

Just added an extra sentence at the end.

"The dock will be closed in 5 minutes."

This is the last chance for anyone to leave before a battle breaks out between the station and Afterglow.

Chen Ming would definitely not leave, nor would he have time to leave.

But the Iron Mine is different, it has to get out.

If Chen Ming was Yuhui, then in addition to destroying the space station's defense weapons immediately when attacking the space station, the highest priority attack would definitely be the dock with the most ships.

This can destroy possible ship power to the greatest extent and limit the possibility of escape for people on the space station to the greatest extent.

Therefore, if the Iron Ore continues to be parked in the dock, it will be a living target.

Staying outside is much safer than staying inside the space station.

After all, Afterglow's target must be the space station, so it is unlikely that they will send out many ships to hunt down the escaping ships.

So if the Iron Ore Number chooses to go out.

Whether it is flying away directly away from danger, or finding ways to stay on the edge of the main battlefield and looking for opportunities to steal chickens.

All are better choices than leaving it to fate in the dock.

When Chen Ming thought so and planned to do so.

There are many people in the dock who have the same idea as Chen Ming.

Some of them have already started the spacecraft, and some are still on their way to the spacecraft.

Among the spacecraft flying out of the space station, the Iron Ore is very inconspicuous.

Following the current, Chen Ming quickly controlled the Iron Ore and arrived outside the space station.

At this time, you can see that the outer layer of the space station is covered with various heavy weapons that are usually hidden under the armor and can only be carried by a huge creation of the size of the space station.

But then, Chen Ming's attention was attracted by the Yuhui fleet found on the sensor.

Afterglow's fleet is currently gathering at the edge of the galaxy, numbering over a hundred.

A battleship that should be a cruiser in size serves as the flagship.

The length of this cruiser has exceeded one thousand meters, and three large energy weapons larger than the entire Iron Ore are installed on the large load-bearing points at the front, middle and rear of the three hulls.

If Chen Ming remembers correctly, this weapon should be the Tachyon Spear, a weapon product that Tachyon Technology Company was once proud of.

Using the surging tachyons as weapons and at a high cost, it launches a terrifying torrent of high-energy particles that can destroy everything in its path.

The tachyon spear was developed at the same time as the Afterglow AI core, so the tachyon spear installed on the unmanned warship at the time was taken away by the rebellious Afterglow.

The tachyon spear that Chen Ming saw now must be a more powerful model that has been transformed by Yuhui for many years.

This is the only information about the Afterglow Cruiser that the sensors can detect, and the rest of the information is hidden in the electronic fog.

But just seeing this thing made Chen Ming start to worry about the safety of the space station.

But there's no point in worrying about it.

Because at this time, the Afterglow fleet has begun to form a combat formation and is eyeing the space station.

Although there is also a fleet stationed nearby on the space station.

But the highest tonnage of the space station's fleet is only for expulsion, which is nothing compared to that thousand-meter cruiser.

Fortunately, although the space station itself cannot move, the thick armor and powerful weapons can still support the combat effectiveness of the space station.

Otherwise, Chen Ming felt that the Afterglow Fleet didn't even need to organize its formation. If they rushed over directly, they might bulldoze the space station in one wave.

It was at this time that the Afterglow Fleet was organizing its formation.

The civilian ships that just came out of the space station have basically safely withdrawn from the area where fighting may occur.

Most spaceships directly activate the hyperspace channel system and jump into the hyperspace channel after leaving a certain distance from the ecliptic plane of the galaxy.

However, there are still some ships that stay on the edge of the possible battlefield.

They probably had the same idea as Chen Ming and wanted to gain benefits by wandering on the edge of the battlefield.

Collecting a few damaged wreckage of the Afterglow spaceship can cover an unknown amount of time of hard work.

Not to mention that there may be a chance to obtain the complete Afterglow spacecraft, as well as the most important AI core of Afterglow.

The value of this thing can be said to be immeasurable.

Chen Ming believed that it was not surprising for people to do anything driven by profit, so he continued to control the Iron Ore and distanced himself from the spacecraft that was still nearby.

Then the two machine cannons were replaced with electromagnetic javelins. This thing is much easier to use than the machine cannons.

What Chen Ming has to do now is actually similar to the previous encounter with pirates in the dark cemetery.

It's just that at that time, Chen Ming could rely on the range of the electromagnetic javelin to cause an effect close to a dimensionality reduction strike on other civilian ships.

But now the [-]-meter range may be nothing at all when facing Yuhui's professional combat ships.

Therefore, unless there is a very high probability of success, Chen Ming will not commit suicide, but will only look for opportunities in places that are almost impossible to be affected.

When Chen Ming drove the spaceship away from others.

Yuhui's fleet finally arranged its formation.

Just when everyone thought a battle was about to happen, Yu Hui's warships suddenly stopped in place.

They formed their formation, but did nothing.

There is no movement at all, just like some quiet exhibits.

At this time, almost everyone who could see this scene had only four words in their minds.

"what's the situation?"

(End of this chapter)