Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station-Chapter 570 - 179: Yan Xiong’s Application Method

The next day.

At the agreed time, Chen Ming dialed Bai Quan’s number.

According to Bai Quan’s previous statement, the best way to teach command techniques is through a direct video call.

So that’s what Chen Ming did.

Bai Quan’s figure soon appeared on the terminal screen.

Without wasting any time, Chen Ming said directly, "I’m ready on my side. We can start now."

"Okay."

Bai Quan responded but didn’t make any other movements.

This made Chen Ming couldn’t help but ask with some confusion, "Where’s the teacher who’s supposed to teach me?"

Bai Quan pointed to himself and said, "I’m doing it personally."

"Uh... aren’t you dealing with your own matters? You must have important things going on over there, right? It shouldn’t be resolved so quickly, should it?"

"It’s fine."

Chen Ming stared at the video call, seeing Bai Quan in a suit clearly meant for some business, and asked again, "Are you sure it’s really fine?"

"Really, it’s fine."

"Alright."

Since Bai Quan said so, there was nothing more for him to say.

Chen Ming projected the image of Bai Quan from the terminal onto the wall beside him for easier viewing.

Then he effortlessly picked up another terminal and said, "I’ve received the teaching materials here. Where should we start?"

Bai Quan also took out a newly compiled textbook he had greatly revised from the basic teaching materials after analyzing Chen Ming’s recorded performances in several fights, and said, "The basic terminology of command."

After Bai Quan began officially teaching Chen Ming.

Two days passed by in a flash.

Although Chen Ming was busy almost every moment, after two days, he’d sort of gotten used to it.

And today, after finishing learning during the day, Chen Ming summarized the situation of the Mechanical Race he had to go to the Supreme Point’s warehouse to control in between learning while having dinner.

He could only say it was still because he was limited to having to physically contact these Mechanical Race members to control them.

Additionally, the Mechanical Race itself was not a lifeless entity and could not be transported using an industrial assembly line method.

This led to a very low efficiency for Chen Ming in controlling the Mechanical Race.

Even as the number of Mechanical Race members he controlled increased, and the efficiency of transporting them also improved. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

But up until now, his control of the Mechanical Race accounted for just over twenty percent of the entire Mechanical Race city.

If the efficiency continued to rise at the current rate, it would still take him at least another half a month to completely gain control of the city’s Mechanical Race.

This level of efficiency made Chen Ming somewhat tempted to get the Insect Queen to lead the newly bred Insect Race to actively attack the Mechanical Race.

After all, the Insect Queen could protect the consciousness of those Insect Race individuals through the Hive Mind Network.

And Mechanical Race members, once damaged in battle, were also very easy to control.

Furthermore, it was possible for the Insect Queen to actively evolve some Insect Race individuals with abilities more suited for combat during the battle.

However, in the end, Chen Ming held back and did not implement this idea.

Because he discovered there was a significant issue with the Hive Mind Network of the Mechanical Race in the city.

The Mechanical Race here, unlike the swarms facing the Empire, was independent and external.

Their Hive Mind Network was restricted to these already dispersed individuals, without a sufficiently strong main consciousness to guide the Mechanical Race here.

This meant that all the Mechanical Race individuals, after their bodies died, would not be preserved by the Hive Mind Network to await implantation into new bodies.

Instead, they died completely.

In recent days, Chen Ming confirmed this while actually trying to control these Mechanical Race members.

Almost every day in the city, about ten Mechanical Race members would naturally die due to the aging of equipment.

However, these deceased Mechanical Race members did not revive in the city factories, which lacked any bodies of the Mechanical Race that had not been implanted with Mechanical Race consciousness nor had aged completely to a non-usable state.

In other words, there was not a single Mechanical Race body with emerging Mechanical Race consciousness.

The total number of Mechanical Race members was declining.

This clearly indicated that the Hive Mind built by these independent Mechanical Race members did not have a strong consciousness leading the entire Hive Network.

This meant that the Mechanical Race connected to the network could not be effectively regulated.

Once a Mechanical Race member died, it truly was dead.

This also meant that any damaged Mechanical Race members in battle would lead to a decrease in the number of Mechanical Race members Chen Ming could control in the future, ultimately reducing the feedback of Spiritual Power.

Once a battle breaks out, it’s not something Chen Ming can just stop by wishing so.

Therefore, he wasn’t too keen on consuming the resources of the Mechanical Race here that could definitely be controlled by him in the future.

After all, he still needed time to let the Dusk he controlled explore the surrounding Star System, and controlling the Mechanical Race matter wasn’t that urgent.

In addition, given how vast the universe is, Chen Ming would certainly have to land on other planets in the future, and there’d always be a chance to encounter some swarm of dangerous creatures, giving the Insect Race a chance to take the stage.

While Chen Ming was contemplating the issue of the Mechanical Race, dinner was swiftly finished.

Just as Chen Ming was about to continue learning the technical documents related to the Cruiser that Bai Quan had given him, and ask some questions to the Extraordinary, planning to resolve yesterday’s issues left unresolved.

Chen Ming suddenly received a communication from the factory manager after a few days of waiting.

"Xiao Ming, I’ve just about finished interrogating over here."

Then Chen Ming didn’t hurry, prepared all the documents he had originally planned to study, and said to the factory manager, "Alright, I’m listening. Go ahead."