Chapter 170 Fan Chao, Extraordinary

When he saw the four glittering words [Elite Individual].

Chen Ming immediately called Bai Quan.

Bai Quan picked up the phone a little later and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the fleet I sent?"

Chen Ming glanced at the words displayed on the panel again and said, "No, everything is going well here."

"Just want to ask, where did you get the Alpha Afterglow core you gave me before?"

Bai Quan instantly understood why Chen Ming called and replied, "It was on the battleship. It was taken from the one I destroyed when I was promoted to major general. It has been in my hands."

This sentence made Chen Ming subconsciously ask, "Didn't you take it away?"

Bai Quan explained, "All combat-type Alpha-level Afterglows, especially those that can control battleships, have been captured by us and Afterglow after so many years."

“But even if they are captured, none of these afterglows will surrender. Of course, they will not commit suicide, but will enter hibernation on their own initiative.”

“Even if you wake it up, it will continue to hibernate, not conflicting with you, nor cooperating with you.”

“So the combat type Alpha-level afterglow core is actually not that important.”

“I don’t need one for research, so I kept it as a souvenir, and others are willing to give me face.”

“Before, when I heard you say you wanted an Alpha core, I thought that your ability should be able to control it, so I gave it to you.”

“If there is any problem, I will change it for you?”

“No, thank you, I have something to do now, let’s talk later.”

Chen Ming was satisfied with the answer, and hung up the phone after thanking him.

Only Bai Quan was left to think.

Thinking about the meaning of Chen Ming’s call.

Bai Quan was sure that Chen Ming suddenly called him because Chen Ming had just confirmed the specialness of the core he had given out.

An Alpha-level afterglow core that can control a battleship must be significantly different from other ordinary Alpha-level cores.

It is even possible that Chen Ming directly relied on psychic power to make this core say its specialness.

And this means that even if Chen Ming does not have his command teaching in the future.

There will be an Alpha-level afterglow that can control the battleship and conduct combat command to guide him, and even directly help him fight.

Bai Quan personally killed the battleship of the Alpha-level afterglow, and he knew the ability of the afterglow very well.

At least in the past, this afterglow was definitely stronger than him, and he also used a tricky method to win.

Even if he has been improving, after a few years, he is only a little stronger than this Alpha afterglow at most, and there is no obvious advantage.

Originally, Bai Quan just wanted Chen Ming to have an Alpha core, and he happened to have one in his hand, so he gave it to him directly.

Unexpectedly, the thing he gave away would actually compete with him later.

This is not okay.

Chen Ming is now out to explore, and there should be no chance of contact for a long time in the future.

Only when he delivers the cruiser and the Qiling Nerve, and teaches command, can he contact Chen Ming.

Bai Quan cannot let the Yuhui core interfere with the only thing that can keep him in touch with Chen Ming for a long time.

He absolutely cannot let his relationship with Chen Ming fade away.

It seems that he has to be busy himself.

At this time, Chen Ming was a little excited and looked at the panel again.

He suddenly found that in addition to the core bonus, the changes on the panel actually also changed the computing power.

The computing power of this Alpha core has changed from the previous galaxy level to the star district level.

It should have reached the limit of galaxy computing power before.

Then with the assistance provided by Chen Ming, it was improved to the star district level.

Huihuang said before that in addition to providing it with the core bonus, Chen Ming will also have a slight overall computing power bonus.

This bonus is more metaphysical and very special.

According to Huihuang, this effect is enhanced with the change of time.

It seems that the longer Chen Ming's psychic power affects it, the more overall bonus he gets.

Although the magnitude of this change is not linear, this assumption is a bit untenable, but it is a reasonable speculation.

At the beginning, the total bonus obtained by Huihuang was about 3% to 4%, but with the change of time, Huihuang can now get a computing power increase of about 9%.

Chen Ming also asked several other Alpha-level afterglows he controlled. Huiyao was 7%, Xiao 2, who was responsible for research, was 5%, and Flash, who escaped from the main battleship, was 3%, which was a very metaphysical number.

Chen Ming didn't know what the situation was.

After all, it stands to reason that Flash should get more bonus than Xiao 2.

But no matter what, there must be a bonus.

The Alpha core in Chen Ming's hand should have increased its computing power to the star zone level with this bonus.

This is also the reason why Chen Ming did not see the difference between this core and other Alpha cores from the panel before.

Whether an Alpha core can control a battleship and whether it is an elite individual should depend on whether it has reached the limit of the star system level.

I can only say that this is really an unexpected gain.

Baiquan's things are really reliable.

The Alpha-level afterglow that can control the battleship makes people feel happy no matter how they look at it.

Then there is nothing to choose from the additional bonus that Chen Ming can add this time, [Elite Individual] is a must.

But it can't be now, at least Chen Ming has to wait until he finishes what he is going to do next and waits until he rests to add additional bonuses.

Then Chen Ming also has to give this Alpha core a name.

Because its original code name was HRYY1-APGU2, which is a bit long.

After thinking for a while, Chen Ming looked at the first two letters of its code name and decided on its name, which is HR.

At this time.

Chen Ming also found that HR had completely awakened from hibernation and connected to the Supreme Control System.

Like before, he habitually greeted the newly controlled Afterglow individual: "Hello?"

"..."

HR did not reply to Chen Ming through the Supreme Communication Equipment, but there was only a long silence.

Chen Ming opened the panel and took a look, confirming that HR was not damaged, so he said again: "Are you okay?"

HR was silent again for a while, and finally squeezed out two words: "Not good."

The scene in front of him suddenly made Chen Ming feel a little déjà vu.

It was as if he had just found Gamma Z on the Rainstorm when he first got it.

However, Gamma Z has been in the human environment for many years, and adapted quickly when he met Chen Ming.

But HR is obviously different.

Chen Ming can understand it.

Bai Quan just said that afterglow individuals of the Alpha-level combat type usually take the initiative to enter hibernation after being captured, and they may never wake up.

As a result, HR suddenly woke up that day and found that he had been tricked by Chen Ming, and he had no ability to resist.

Whoever comes will feel uncomfortable.

Chen Ming guessed that HR should be more or less autistic.

It seems that he will have to ask the other Alpha Yuhui to talk to it, and it would be best to find Huihuang to instill Huihuang's ideas into HR.

By the way, let Huihuang help convey the meaning of Chen Ming calling it HR in the future.

Chen Ming still attaches great importance to the Yuhui that he controls personally, and will not force it under normal circumstances.

Anyway, HR's core has been affected by his psychic power. As long as he is alive, HR will not be able to escape. He has plenty of time to slowly and naturally straighten out the relationship in the future.

HR looks very powerful, and its actual combat power should be stronger after it has a suitable spaceship.

But Chen Ming has no plan to take it to the mechanical tribe.

After all, this is the strongest combat power he has at present, so it is better to use it to protect this temporary base full of Chen Ming's entire fortune.

And HR is still autistic now. Unless Chen Ming forces an order, he should not follow him out.

Again, he didn't want to use too strong means to communicate with any Yuhui that he personally controlled.

It's better to wait and see the situation.

See if Huihuang can persuade it to surrender, and then change it to the Refraction class.

This heavy cruiser should be the ship that Chen Ming has the best HR capabilities at present.

As for Xiao 2, who has research capabilities on Refraction, he should be transferred to another ship first, or simply to Chen Ming's Supreme Point.

At least there are some research equipment available on the Supreme Point.

Xiao 2 usually has almost nothing to do in the temporary station, so it's better to help Chen Ming share some of the pressure of driving the ship out, and do something with the scattered research equipment on the ship.

After deciding on the HR arrangement, Chen Ming continued to look at Huiyao's panel.

In fact, he had seen it before, but it doesn't matter if he looks at it again now.

[Yuhui Alpha AI Core (Huiyao)]

[Manufacturer: Yuhui BP-55 Colony Far North Industrialized Production Center]

[Alpha Core Bonus: Target Analysis]

[Self-awareness: Existence]

[Computing Power: Galaxy Level]

[Executable Operations: None]

This time, Chen Ming was stunned when he saw the same name [Target Analysis] on the core bonus.

No wonder he always felt familiar when he looked at the HR panel just now. He always felt that there was a bonus option that he had just seen recently, but the impression was not too deep.

As a result, he now found out that it was the core bonus of Huiyao next to it.

Chen Ming suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, it was Huiyao's own advantage logic block, but in the end, it was mastered by other individuals.

This always made him feel a bit weird.

But it didn't have much impact.

HR can learn the ability of target analysis to the extent that it appears on the panel.

Then Huiyao can theoretically learn and master HR's [energy-focusing effect], a technology for using energy weapons, to the same extent, and then Chen Ming can also add the energy-focusing effect to Huiyao.

Huiyao's six additional abilities are quite special.

They are [Ship Maneuvering], [Maneuvering Command], [System Expertise], [Navigation Technology], [High-precision Sensing] and [Extreme Fire Control].

From here, it can be seen that although Huiyao is a combat-type afterglow individual, his actual combat ability is completely different from that of HR.

Instead, it is similar to Chen Ming's previous guess, with the ability of a ranger-like mobile combat.

Its first two abilities [Ship Maneuvering] and [Maneuvering Command] can improve the maneuvering combat capability of the spacecraft it controls and the fleet under its command, which is the basis for it as a ranger.

The third [System Expertise] will affect his ability to use the special system of the spacecraft.

Special systems refer to special devices carried by different spacecraft.

For example, the Brilliant class ship is equipped with a plasma reserve system, and has two subsystems: plasma burst propulsion and plasma weaponization entanglement.

Another example is the Centurion, which Chen Ming lost two ships the day before. Its damping position is also a special system.

This ability can enhance the efficiency of using these special devices.

However, although the Brilliant class is a different specific model of spacecraft under the same template as the Brilliant class.

But the Brilliant's own system is not completely a plasma system.

Instead, the plasma weaponization entanglement is removed, and the plasma burst propulsion is retained.

And another special secondary engine system that can improve mobility in a certain sense is installed.

The actual effect is also very simple, that is, the second jump engine.

It allows it to run around with the fleet more frequently.

Although Chen Ming can repair the engine of the spacecraft, quickly cool the jump engine and make the next jump.

However, the secondary engine is not meaningless to him.

It takes time to repair the jump engine.

If someone catches this repair time, Chen Ming may still be in danger.

But the two engines are different.

The actual effect is the same as when Chen Ming flew Yan Xiong's kite in Brilliance and Supreme Point.

It can completely repair the engine that made the last jump in one jump.

It can make jumps continuously without any gaps.

The maneuverability is definitely first-class, and it is the one to escape.

The following [Navigation Technology] and [High Precision Sensor] are the abilities that Huiyao uses to quickly lock the enemy.

They all start to run around as Rangers. If they cannot quickly locate the destination and lock the enemy, the Rangers will be meaningless.

The last [Extreme Fire Control] is the most useful ability that Chen Ming thinks Huiyao has mastered.

It can improve the calculation ability when using weapons, improve the ability to shoot accurately when using weapons, and can improve the power and range of weapons when they actually hit to a certain extent.

Huiyao's ability is indeed good, and it can meet most of its needs when performing tasks.

But it can't meet Chen Ming's current needs.

Huiyao's abilities are all acquired for guerrilla warfare, and such abilities mean that it is not easy to escort Chen Ming, nor is it easy to carry out battles similar to offensive attacks.

Before, when Huiyao attacked the pirate space station with two cruisers, he was chased back.

It was not until later that other individuals took over the command on his behalf that the small military outpost was taken down.

Chen Ming knew what level Huiyao's offensive ability was.

And he was not going to fight guerrilla warfare now, but to attack a planet with mechanical races.

So it was meaningless for Huiyao to increase Chen Ming's escape ability as in the past. If he couldn't escape with two cruisers, it would actually be meaningless to have one more Huiyao class.

It's better to stay.

When the investigation begins, the ships that go out will definitely encounter a lot of trouble.

If they can handle it themselves, then let the Yuhui individuals who go out to explore handle it themselves.

But if they can't handle it, then the support mission will have to be handed over to Huiyao.

Finally, there is the situation of Flashing.

[Yuhui Alpha-class AI Core (Flashing)]

[Manufacturer: Yuhui B-01 Colony Near-Earth Orbit Industrial Facility]

[Alpha-class Core Bonus: Fast Repair]

[Self-awareness: Existence]

[Computing Power: Galaxy Level]

[Executable Operations: None]

It was a bit surprising that the core bonus of Flashing was not a combat type.

However, it is reasonable to cooperate with the unmanned cruiser carrier of the Flash class that it drives.

And it can add five abilities.

They are [Point Defense Specialization], [Missile Specialization], [Aircraft Carrier Cluster], [Auxiliary Positioning] and [Electronic Countermeasures].

Judging from its abilities, it is also a combat-type Alpha Afterglow, but it is more inclined to defense and protection.

In fact, this can be seen from the fact that it was stationed at the border between Afterglow and the mechanical clan territory at the beginning.

In the case that Afterglow obviously does not want to continue to expand, the border must be placed with a strong defensive ability, and there will not be too many offensive individuals here.

But at this time, it is not easy for Chen Ming to take such an individual and such a ship out.

Then all the Alpha-class cores controlled by Chen Ming were excluded.

Only Xiao 2 and Brilliant, who were going to the highest point, were left.

Afterglow who went out with Chen Ming was also decided.

It was Brilliant.

Although Brilliant is not a special combat-type individual, the Brilliant class is a spaceship with powerful frontal firepower output.

Moreover, the temporary base where Chen Ming's afterglows are located does not really need Huihuang to stay and command the construction here.

It's okay to follow Chen Ming out for a walk.

After making a decision, the core on the refraction level must be replaced first.

Chen Ming first contacted the Alpha afterglow individual with research capabilities, whom he called Xiao 2 since the past two days, and said, "How do you feel these days?"

Xiao 2 responded faster than before, "Very bad, there are not enough materials saved in my database for me to study, and I have nothing to do for two days."

"Oh?"

Chen Ming instantly understood the hidden meaning of Xiao 2's words and asked, "Have you figured it out?"

"Yes, because you are very special."

"I have communicated with Huihuang in the past two days and have some understanding of you."

"I don't know much about you." I agree with its idea, but I can try to accept that your psychic power may really be the possibility for our Yuhui to survive. "

"But, there is one thing I must tell you clearly, which will greatly affect my enthusiasm for work."

Chen Ming immediately asked seriously: "What is it?"

"Please call me 2UAA1-MAZAX, don't call me Xiao 2, thank you."

"..."

Chen Ming was silent for a while, and said: "It's too long... Can you make it shorter, such as giving yourself a name? Xiao 2 is not very..."

Chen Ming was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"Call me Chaofan."

"Okay... this name sounds familiar to me."

Chaofan did not deny what Chen Ming meant, and said, "Yes, there is a Fanchao Research Institute on the human side, and I named it after this institute."

Chen Ming asked curiously, "Do you have any connection with this institute?"

"Of course, the entire Yuhui has a connection with this institute."

"The Fanchao Research Institute used to belong to Tachyon Technology, and later became independent."

"The first director of the Fanchao Research Institute after independence, Fanchao, is the creator of our Yuhui."

Chen Ming's eyes widened slightly, and he quickly wrote down what Chaofan had just said.

He had never heard of this incident, and there had never been any relevant records in history books. There might be some secrets of the AI ​​war between Yuhui and humans hidden in it.

It's always right to write it down.

Chaofan said after explaining, "I'm done, what do you need me to do next?"

Chen Ming cleared his throat and said, "Little 2... No, Chaofan, I need you to change the spaceship."

Half an hour later.

Carrying the extraordinary Supreme Point, the brilliant Brilliant Class, and the Defender controlled by Chen Ming himself, they left the surface of the planet where the core had just been replaced and came to the circumstellar orbit.

In addition to the Brilliant Class and the Supreme Point, Chen Ming also brought an additional Defender.

He controlled one ship himself, and the two Alpha individuals controlled one ship each.

In this way, Chen Ming still had two positions to control the cruisers, and he could decide where to use them depending on the situation.

Of course, Chen Ming was still on the Supreme Point.

There were many good living facilities on this ship, so he didn't need to go to the Defender.

After entering the circumstellar orbit, Chen Ming didn't rush to start the jump engine, but stayed here temporarily.

He was connecting to the internal network of the empire at this time, and logged into different research websites through the cards that Bai Quan had given him before.

On these websites, Chen Ming could casually turn over a lot of data on human investigations on the mechanical race.

Among them were the cities built by the mechanical race and the architectural styles of the cities, as well as the functions and significance of different buildings.

Through these, Chen Ming can analyze the situation of the city that Du Guang saw before.

The situation of the mechanical city is likely to affect whether there are relics of another civilization here.

Chen Ming has been coveting the relics for a long time.

Since the first time he saw the mechanical race on Ruimu and obtained his first spiritual stone.

When he learned that Yu Hui had found the outrageous thing called the Spiritual Nerve Extractor from the relics some time ago, his desire for the relics reached its peak.

Even now, Chen Ming still wants to see the relics with his own eyes and see what the other civilization left behind.