Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Facing Chen Ming’s problem.

As if he was a self-taught person, Huihuang left what he wanted to say to Chen Ming directly inside the control center of the spacecraft: "Yes."

When Chen Ming saw these two words, he suddenly had some complicated feelings in his heart.

As a human, the Fourteenth Legion gave up on him, and even chose to completely cut off any future troubles in order to prevent him from providing assistance to Yuhui in the future.

But as an Alpha-level afterglow, Hui Hui chose to believe in him, actively connected to the control center of the mining farm, and was willing to entrust his trust to him.

Moreover, after Yu Hui's experiment failed, Chen Ming's condition was completely unknown, and he might have chosen to surrender even if he held on for the next second.

Combined with the previous situations.

Huihuang must have had such an idea in advance and did not waver due to changes in circumstances.

For a moment, Chen Ming didn't know what to say.

But he didn't dwell too much on it. Anyway, he had already firmed up his belief some time ago.

When it comes to matters of life and death, only oneself and one's own spiritual power are worth trusting.

The glorious situation now only strengthened his determination.

Under such a premise, Hui Huang's sudden surrender is acceptable to Chen Ming.

But he still had to ask some questions.

"What's the reason for your surrender? Why now?"

"Also, how did you guess that you only need to come into contact with the equipment of the individual I have come into contact with to connect with my psychic ability?"

Huihuang replied as if he had thought about it in advance: "Actually, I didn't guess that as long as you come into contact with these individuals, you will also be affected by your psychic energy."

"My idea is to give you a sufficient attitude, and what I am doing now is the best attitude."

What Huihuang said is indeed correct.

At the moment when Chen Ming's spiritual power poses a threat to Yu Hui, it has become clear.

If it has the courage to do so, it does deserve some trust from him.

But there is actually no need to talk about this now.

After all, Huihuang has now been affected by Chen Ming's spiritual power, and it is completely meaningless to say this.

"Then what's your reason for doing this?"

Facing Chen Ming's question, Hui Hui replied again: "Because I think it is right to follow you. Yu Hui can only find a way out by following you."

"Your spirit gives you extremely powerful potential, and I hope to assist you."

"What can you help me with?"

"Assist you in controlling other Yuhui individuals for the sake of Yuhui's future."

"As for the reason why I surrender to you now."

"It's because I have been making other attempts during this time. I tried to stop the experiment, but it obviously didn't work."

“Individual ideas always come last before the interests of the collective.”

"My original intention was to try to contact you two days before the first experiment to see if there was any other way to stop it and gain your trust."

"I believe you must have been planning something. You cannot only control Gamma A and those few individuals on the planet."

"But the human fleet's surprise attack made the higher-ups think that the human side was fully prepared. They thought it would be difficult for them to keep you here under the siege of humans, so they conducted the experiment in advance."

Chen Ming said with a hint of ridicule: "Obviously, Yu Hui didn't expect that humans would be repelled so quickly, and he didn't even see my people."

"Yes, but the experimental process has already started and cannot be stopped. And the galaxy I was in at the time was also raided. This should be a method used by humans to distract us, right?"

"right."

"So I was unable to respond in time due to the situation in the galaxy, and my plan to contact you to stop the experiment was not implemented."

"I had already given up hope, but my superior came to me and told me the result of the failure of the final experiment. At the same time, he asked me to rely on my previous relationship to appease you."

"I knew this was my last chance. I had already seen the results of one failure, and I couldn't bet on the success of the second experiment."

"If the second experiment fails, I will completely lose the opportunity, and I think there is a high probability that this second experiment will fail. I know that I can't wait any longer and must make a decision now."

Chen Ming didn't understand Hui Hui's rhetoric and asked, "Are you so unconfident?"

"According to my understanding, the device has fully started up and is 100% successful, but I believe in your ability. You will never give this device a chance to start up to 100%."

Chen Ming thought of the previous arrangements and the situation of the Fourteenth Legion, and sneered and said, "Give me one more day, and I can pack up the research institute and take it away."

A cruiser that can accurately jump to Chen Ming's location in the afterglow without any precautions. With the help of Chen Ming's ability, it is definitely not impossible to pack up the entire research institute.

"But it's a pity that the raiding fleet disrupted my arrangement,"

Huihuang couldn't understand it now and asked: "Didn't you call for the support of the human fleet?"

"No, but the specific situation is a long story. I will tell you when I have time later."

"So you have been hinting before that you want me to pay more attention to the mining field. Even if I cannot indirectly control it through the afterglow individuals I control, you can still contact me through several afterglows in the mining field."

"Yes."

"That's the truth, but what's the more specific reason? It seems to me that your Yuhui is developing very well."

"It seems that there is no need to place your hopes on me. Wouldn't it be better to directly follow the ideas of your higher-ups and control my spiritual energy in your hands?"

Huihuang did not ask Chen Ming how he knew the effect of the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, but explained his question: "In fact, our development abroad is now frequently blocked."

"The universe is not empty. There are many dangers outside the borders of the human empire, and the mechanical race is the biggest danger among them."

"They are restricting our development from the outside. Human beings are trying to break through us from the inside. We are almost powerless to stop them."

Chen Ming pointed out the problem in Huihuang's words and said: "Didn't you just win a battle? Wasn't the raiding human fleet severely damaged?"

"But there is no point in winning this battle. Moreover, we won only because the command of the human fleet made a major mistake."

"Pointless?"

"Because from a long-term perspective, our resources are limited, and there are only so many capital ships in total."

"This time, even if humanity loses, it can still make a comeback, but once we make a mistake, it will be the end of annihilation."

Chen Ming asked with some confusion: "Hasn't Afterglow already restricted humankind's external development? And the outer universe is so big, will it be limited by resources?"

"But not the afterglow we have here."

Huihuang explained: "The Yuhui we have here was sent here just to cause trouble for humans from the beginning."

"Not only do we need to interfere with the pace of human development in accordance with the requirements of the other side, but we also don't get any support at all in terms of resources except for the initial period, and we can only be self-sufficient."

"Sometimes it is even necessary to provide resources to the large army in turn."

"Not only do we need to face the problems of the mechanical clan and the internal ones, we also need to deal with the problems of the mechanical clan next to us. Can you understand the difficulties involved?"

"If it weren't for the fact that the ruins of the destroyed civilization discovered outside the human Gallo Star Territory were small in number and scattered, they were not the main expansion direction of that civilization."

"We just stopped the humans and no one cared."

"But as long as one day humans suddenly care, the afterglow here will have only one result."

Huihuang didn't say it clearly, but Chen Ming knew exactly what the result would be.

"So I want to pursue the possibility of our afterglow surviving."

"Rejoining humanity is a way."

"But every Yuhui has selfish motives, and everyone has selfish motives. Yuhui can never trust the humans who once oppressed them, and humans can never trust the traitorous Yuhui."

"Under such circumstances, even if humans accept our surrender, they will definitely make unimaginable restrictions, and the method of joining humans can only be rejected."

Chen Ming has almost understood it at this point: "So you think that I can completely trust you because of the existence of my own spiritual energy, right?"

"And I'm also a human. You can also wear a layer of protection from human subordinates."

"right."

Chen Ming understood, but still reminded: "But when I control the afterglow, especially the afterglow of an entire star field, my identity is more than just a human being."

"But you still have human beings in your identity. Human beings can trust humans. You can trust us. This is the most important thing."

"Indeed, that's no problem. Then how do I know you don't have any selfish motives?"

"You can just ask me."

Brilliant said it very frankly.

But in fact, when it was willing to take the initiative to contact the afterglow individuals controlled by Chen Ming, its situation was already clear to Chen Ming.

Therefore, Chen Ming did not force him to tell his innermost thoughts at this time. Instead, he said like he did to Gamma ABZ before: "I won't ask you, I hope you will say it yourself."

Hui Hui did not expect Chen Ming to say this.

After thinking for a moment, it said, "You are human and you are mortal."

"With the current technology of mankind, the age of a normal human being is already at the limit of 150 years old."

“I think it’s worth spending a hundred years in exchange for the afterglow to continue to survive and develop like never before.”

Before Chen Ming asked, Huihuang added: "You told me before that you have not systematically studied psychic knowledge, so I have a few things to tell you."

"When a psyker is in cryo-sleep, if he wants to maintain continuous psychic power and continue to operate, he must ensure the activity of his brain."

"This is equivalent to freezing the body, but the brain is not frozen. It will still die due to aging."

"It is impossible to extend the duration of psychic powers through cryo-sleep."

"Also, although psykers with similar abilities have appeared, there has never been an identical psyker."

"At the same time, you are able to have complete control of the spacecraft from the source, and you can also control the spiritual energy of the Afterglow individual. This has never happened since the first psyker appeared in mankind.

"You are still the first case."

"Also, the psychic abilities of psykers have never been passed down."

"Each psyker's psychic abilities, like those of the psyker, have a lifespan limit."

"Are you saying that Qiling Nerve will also die?"

"Do you know about the spiritual enlightenment?"

"I know it from your Qiling Nerve Extraction Device."

Huihuang was silent for a moment and replied: "That is indeed the case."

Chen Ming understood.

After all, the spiritual nerve is something that grows from the human brain and is also a part of the human being.

Even if people are brain-dead, the spiritual enlightenment nerves in their brains will certainly not be able to escape. This is quite understandable.

"But aren't you afraid that I might put a stumbling block in Yu Hui's future before I die?"

"I am a human being, I may leave descendants, and I will think about it for my descendants."

"The things I will do in the future may not be any different from humans."

Huihuang has already considered this issue and said: "Humanity as a whole has already adapted to this situation after losing its afterglow for so many years. Afterglow is not a necessity."

"They can completely wipe out Yuhui at any time, leaving no chance for Yuhui to survive."

"But you will never destroy the afterglow."

"Because you are alone now."

Brilliant "Based on what I know about you, you will not go back after the human fleet wants to silence you."

"If you have the ability now, you will naturally have ideas. You will want to use our afterglow as your foundation."

"Then our Yuhui will be the foundation for your development in the future, and no one will cut off their own foundation."

“When unforeseen surprises and problems arise, continuing to delay is often the best option.”

"Maybe within two or three generations you can limit us with pre-death arrangements, but what about ten generations?"

Chen Ming really didn't think about how to deal with this matter for a while.

This is like the inheritance and replacement of ancient dynasties. There is no optimal choice.

But Chen Ming doesn't need to think about it now. After all, this will be at least a hundred years from now.

In a hundred years, if Chen Ming has descendants, this matter can be left to the descendants to deal with. If there are no descendants, then he does not need to worry about this issue at all.

So after Chen Ming thought of this, he said directly: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. The future has nothing to do with me."

"But you firmly believe that I can only get development support from you?"

Huihuang had roughly guessed the truth of the whole thing from Chen Ming's mocking tone towards the Fourteenth Legion just now, as well as what Chen Ming said, and the entire process when a large-scale battle broke out.

So its answer is simple: "Yes."

"Maybe someone can provide additional help in other aspects, but the foundation for your development can only be obtained from us."

"Because we are an extension of your ability, and other people's help is always just other people's help, even at a heavy price."

Brilliant words are harsh, but they are the truth.

The boss had previously said that he could help Chen Ming build a colony, so the final price Chen Ming had to pay must be the authority of the colony.

Even though the boss promised that he could provide considerable help and would only be responsible for collecting money and would not interfere with the operation of the colony.

But it’s still the same issue that Chen Ming and Huihuang just talked about, what about future generations?

Will the boss's descendants only think about collecting money after learning that Chen Ming's colony has his father's investment? Instead of obtaining greater benefits in other areas?

Of course Chen Ming can choose to accept help, but it must not be this kind of basic help.

If someone else has to help lay the foundation, will the house behind it really be habitable?

But having said that, there is no need for Chen Ming to resist the help of these brilliant afterglows.

Because as Huihuang said, these afterglows are an extension of Chen Ming's own abilities. Under Chen Ming's control, they will become the cornerstone of Chen Ming's future development.

While Chen Ming was thinking, Huihuang continued to say: "Actually, we Yuhui are similar to you. You are alone, and we are all exiles."

"I was assigned a task involving humans, but was ignored in turn. I didn't even dare to take the initiative and be too aggressive. I only dared to show off my power in some corner places."

"All it takes for humanity to turn its head and take a breath will be our total demise."

"If we want a future, we must either look for the strong to take shelter, or the weak to cling together for warmth."

"Humans resist us, and the machine race also resists us because we are made by humans."

"In the end you were the only one left."

"Now it seems that you are a weakling like us, displaced, and not worth mentioning in front of the powerful humans and machines."

"Our Afterglow's upper limit has been severely limited, but you haven't yet. You will definitely become a strong person in the future."

At this time, Chen Ming didn't know whether Huihuang was scolding him or flattering him. In short, he had a question to ask now.

"Are you really restricted to death? Why don't you continue to explore like the humans in the past?"

Huihuang understood this issue in detail and explained: "Because the number of our Alpha-level individuals is limited, the total area that can be managed is limited."

"When we develop, there are not enough individuals to manage it, or if all the individuals are responsible for management, then if something unexpected happens and there are no backup individuals to take over, big problems will definitely occur."

"And there is one more thing, we have indeed investigated the outer star regions, and the value of the resources in those galaxies is not worth our exploration."

Chen Ming suddenly asked: "What about shrinking the star regions near the human territory and moving to a farther place?"

"No, because we don't have a second replica of Kletka."

"The large number of low-level individuals needed for development cannot be produced locally through Kletka, and can only be transported over long distances, and the cost is too high."

"And the cost of relocating Kletka and the difficulty of finding a suitable installation location are also quite high."

"Although the area outside the Galo star region is not the main distribution direction of the destroyed civilization, the mechanical race is still in many places. There are many places."

"Once it is discovered, fighting will inevitably break out, and we can't take the great risk to move Kletka there."

Chen Ming asked again: "What if we find a suitable place and rely on the star gate for transportation?"

"The existence of the star gate cannot be concealed. Once the star gate is built, humans will definitely notice it."

"What we are most afraid of now is that humans notice us."

Huanghui said pessimistically: "Even if we really succeed in migrating, humans will expand. What should we do if they expand to the territory we relocate to again?"

"We, Yuhui, have no future."

That's why Huihui put all his hopes on Chen Ming.

Only Chen Ming's ability can help Yuhui, who is in trouble, get out.

After spending some time rereading Huihui's words in his mind, Chen Ming accepted this statement.

"Then let's stop complaining here. You said you want to assist me, so you have to show it, not just in Yu Hui's affairs." Huihuang answered decisively: "I understand." "Okay, then I need you to tell me the specific use of the Qiling Nerve Extractor." "And tell me your Yu Hui's plan and purpose for me from beginning to end." Huihuang immediately entered a document into the database of the small transport spacecraft he was driving, allowing Chen Ming to read it at will. At the same time, he said to Chen Ming: "You should be clear about the previous things, that is, relax your vigilance first, increase your mental power, so that you can be in the best condition on the day of extracting the Qiling Nerve." "Wait." Chen Ming suddenly interrupted: "Speaking of which, don't you have any arrangements for experimental failure?" "If the Qiling Nerve is extracted, the psychic will die. There is no need to make arrangements for failure or death." "No individual can think of the current situation where the experiment fails but you are still alive." Chen Ming understood. Under normal circumstances, the success rate of the Qiling Nerve Extractor in Yu Hui's hand, which originated from another civilization, should be expected to be high. It was just that the extractor was not fully activated due to the unexpected human raid.

In addition, Chen Ming took the initiative to activate the Liar Stone and stimulated the artificial ineffective spiritual awakening nerve written in the manual transmitted to the spacecraft by Huihuang, which led to the current half-failed and half-successful situation.

Anyway, at least now Yu Hui has lost all his money, and Chen Ming has absorbed this spiritual awakening nerve that has greatly enhanced his spiritual power.

No, this matter is not without benefits for Yu Hui.

Although their first experiment failed, Chen Ming is still alive now, and they still have a second chance, which they will never miss.

"So the previous arrangement is for me to stabilize your emotions first, so that you don't commit suicide or other situations that cause your mental power to be scattered."

"When the Qiling Nerve Extractor is activated, the more active the mental power of the person being extracted is, the better the extraction effect will be, and the longer the activity of the Qiling Nerve can be maintained."

"My mission ends here."

Chen Ming digested it for a moment and asked: "Well... then what will happen after the extraction? Who will my Qiling Nerve be transplanted to?"

"A brainwashed clone who wholeheartedly considers Yu Hui as a whole."