Chapter 60 Afterglow Arrives

When the call was connected, Old Wu asked the factory director directly: "How is your situation?"

"It's fine at the moment."

The factory director sounded a little more relaxed than before, and explained: "After all, the space station is in such a dangerous place, and it has all the basic defenses 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 be unable to survive for three days."

"Oh, that's good."

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

The factory director was exhausted from the meeting and immediately asked: "How is he?"

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

The more the factory manager listened, the more his scalp tingled. He couldn't help but ask, "Do you trust him so much? You just asked directly?"

"Hey, what do you think?"

Hearing Lao Wu's laughter, the factory manager calmed down, thought carefully and said, "I think you don't trust Xiao Mu, you trust Lao Wu. Did you go to see him yesterday?"

Lao Wu laughed twice again, but did not directly answer the factory manager's question.

But he immediately said as if he acquiesced to the factory manager's guess, "Lao Wu said that he has a good personality and is worth getting along with for a long time. The best way to get along is this. I told him the truth openly, and he would do the same to us."

The factory manager asked in some confusion, "Is it true? Will this kind of personality really not be sold?"

"How do I know whether what Lao Wu said is true or not? In fact, this kind of personality will definitely not be sold if you are smart or vigilant."

"You see, he hasn't taken off his helmet until now. In addition to knowing that he has a mining ship and that he is about 20 years old, do we know anything else?"

The factory manager thought for a while and said, "We also know that he wants to stay in the space station for two years to make money to buy a spaceship."

" Tsk. "

Old Wu smacked his lips unhappily and said, "You don't really have to ask him for something, do you?"

"Oh?"

The factory manager said in surprise, "How did you know that?"

Old Wu explained, "Everything Xiao Mu did after he came to the space station was monitored."

"As long as he didn't lie, his behavior and what he said must match."

"You only need his answer, whether it's true or false."

"If what he said is false and doesn't match, then you need to be wary of him."

"But if it matches, it means Xiao Mu is really a newcomer and worth winning over."

After listening to Old Wu's explanation, the factory manager did not deny it.

So Old Wu continued, "So, since it doesn't matter whether the answer is true or false, I tried the method that Old Wu said, and it seems to work well."

The factory manager held a different view and said, "Just once is nothing, we have to see what will happen in the future."

"People's personalities are not so easy to change. I still trust Old Wu more."

The factory manager did not comment on who Old Wu believed. Who was right and who was wrong would naturally be clear 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 manager suddenly asked, "Why do you think someone like Old Wu would come to us?"

"Who knows, why don't you go to the No. 2 space arm and ask him."

Old Wu waited for a while but didn't get a reply, only to find that the factory manager had hung up the phone.

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

The next morning.

Chen Ming followed Old Wu to the tallest space station management 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 who should be of status that Chen Ming saw on the road were not good.

Yu Hui's arrival should have been a foregone conclusion, it was just a matter of time.

He had made some preparations after being reminded by Lao Wu yesterday, which should be enough to get through.

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

The next thing was very simple. After signing the contract, Chen Ming officially joined the maintenance plant and became a member of the maintenance plant.

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

The contract was a very standard formal work contract, all the terms were fair and just, and the salary and benefits were very good.

And although it was a maintenance plant for the Pirate Space Station, the company that signed the work contract was a formal company that could be found on the Internet, which means that the job was guaranteed.

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

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

I just ran out of the abandoned mining space station of Sinda Corporation, and was ready to cut off ties with Sinda Corporation to avoid unnecessary trouble.

But now, I turned around and ran to the pirate space station related to Sinda.

It was outrageous no matter how you looked at it.

Thirty years ago, a regular space station of Sinda in a nearby galaxy was gone, but the pirate space station was still preserved until now.

It was a headache to think about it. Chen Ming really didn't want to be involved in related matters at all, but things inexplicably found him.

Just when Chen Ming was struggling, Lao Wu, who knew that Chen Ming must be related to Sinda Corporation, had a face full of "I'm watching the fun".

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

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

When faced with the factory director's questioning of why he didn't say it earlier, Lao Wu's answer was also very simple, he forgot.

The atmosphere in the office gradually fell into awkwardness.

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

Because the identity data on the contract has been filled in, all imported directly from the identity card.

In other words, Chen Ming is an employee of the maintenance plant under the identity of Mu Shuikong, not Chen Ming.

Besides, he is still wearing protective clothing, and no one has seen his face. As long as he does not take the initiative to take off his helmet in places other than the spacecraft or the 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 be associated with Xinda Company, since he is 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 must live on Xinda's space station. There is no difference at all.

After thinking about it, Chen Ming started to write Mu Shuikong's name on the contract.

After proofreading the contract, someone soon came to take Chen Ming to his future work place.

He worked not in the maintenance plant, but in the Space Station Administration, in an office that had just been cleaned up and belonged to the maintenance plant.

It should be the arrangement of the plant manager, out of the idea of ​​protecting talents.

But after sending Chen Ming there, no one assigned any tasks to Chen Ming, and he just had to sit in the office.

He should wait until this incident was over before starting formal work.

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

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

At noon, someone came to give Chen Ming a meal card and told Chen Ming the location of the cafeteria.

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

But just when Chen Ming was about to leave.

Chen Ming's ears suddenly rang with a piercing alarm.

This alarm that resounded throughout the space station made Chen Ming immediately realize the problem.

If he guessed correctly, Yu Hui should have come.

Chen Ming didn't expect Yuhui to come so soon. Old Wu said yesterday afternoon that Yuhui might come, but he came the next day at noon.

Wait, it doesn't seem right.

Chen Ming calculated carefully. If there was any movement from Yuhui, it should be the spaceship that hit the dock two days ago.

It's been two days, and Yuhui should be here soon.

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

"Yuhui 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 dense footsteps outside the office.

Through the window, Chen Ming could see many people rushing on the street outside, and everyone had something to do.

Chen Ming naturally couldn't stay in the office any longer.

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

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

When Chen Ming came in, the studio was empty. They must have been scared away by the alarm and information just now.

Chen Ming locked the door, found a chair to sit down, and then projected the picture captured by the camera of the Iron Ore in front of him.

Last night, Chen Ming had already switched the controlled spaceship back to the Iron Ore.

After all, the spaceships and hyperspace channel engines of other people who can be controlled can be found later. If the Iron Ore is gone, Chen Ming's loss will be fatal.

Unexpectedly, in just one day, Chen Ming's preventive measures came in handy.

Through the camera and recording equipment of the Iron Ore, Chen Ming could hear the emergency notice that came with the alarm being repeated inside the dock.

It was just an extra sentence at the end.

"The dock will be closed in five minutes."

This was the last chance for people to leave before the battle between the space station and Yuhui broke out.

Chen Ming himself would definitely not leave, and there was no time to leave.

But the Iron Ore was different, it had to go out.

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

This would destroy the possible ship force 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 continued to stay in the dock, it would be a living target.

It is much safer to stay outside than in the space station.

After all, Yuhui's target is definitely the space station, so it is unlikely that they will divide many ships to chase and kill the escaped ships.

So if the Iron Ore chooses to go out,

Whether it is to fly away directly away from danger, or to find a way to stay on the edge of the main battlefield and look for opportunities to take advantage of the gaps.

Both are better choices than leaving everything 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 the way to the spacecraft.

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

Following the trend, Chen Ming quickly controlled the Iron Ore to the outside of 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 huge creations of the size of the space station.

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

Yuhui's fleet is gathering at the edge of the galaxy at this time, with more than a hundred people.

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

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

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

Using the turbulent superluminal particles as weapons, at the cost of high consumption, it launches a terrifying high-energy particle torrent that can destroy everything on the path.

The Tachyon Spear was developed at the same time as the Yuhui AI core, so the Tachyon Spear installed on the unmanned warship at that time was taken away by the rebellious Yuhui.

The Tachyon Spear that Chen Ming sees now must be a more powerful model after Yuhui's many years of transformation.

The information that the sensor can detect about the Yuhui cruiser is only this, and the rest of the information is all hidden in the electronic fog.

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

But no matter how much he worries, it is meaningless.

Because at this time, the Yuhui Fleet has already arranged itself into a battle formation, eyeing the space station covetously.

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

But the highest tonnage of the space station fleet is only a destroyer, which is nothing in front of the thousand-meter cruiser.

Fortunately, although the space station itself cannot move, its heavy armor and powerful weapons can still support the combat power of the space station.

Otherwise, Chen Ming feels that the Yuhui Fleet does not even need to organize the formation, and it is possible to flatten the space station in one wave if it rushes directly.

Just when the Yuhui Fleet organized the formation.

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

Most of the spaceships directly activated the hyperspace channel system and jumped into the hyperspace channel after leaving the galaxy ecliptic plane for a certain distance.

However, there are still some spaceships staying on the edge of the battlefield.

They should also have the same idea as Chen Ming, wanting to wander around the edge of the battlefield to gain benefits.

Collecting a little bit of the wreckage of the damaged Yuhui spacecraft can make up for an unknown amount of hard work.

Not to mention that there may be a chance to obtain the complete Yuhui spacecraft and the most important AI core of Yuhui.

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

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

Then he replaced the two machine guns with electromagnetic javelins, which were much more useful than machine guns.

What Chen Ming had to do now was actually similar to the previous encounter with pirates in the Dark Cemetery.

It was just that Chen Ming could rely on the range of the electromagnetic javelin to cause a nearly dimensionality reduction attack on other civilian ships.

But now the 20,000-meter range may not be a big deal when facing Yu Hui's professional combat ships.

So unless there is a very high chance of success, Chen Ming will not go to seek death, but will only look for opportunities in places where it is almost impossible to be affected.

When Chen Ming drove the spaceship away from others.

Yu Hui's fleet finally arranged its formation.

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

They arranged their formation, but did nothing.

There was 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 going on?"