Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

"But at least its name is Antimatter Shock Wave."

"I understand."

The factory director took a deep breath and, with a frown, dialed back the previous communication.

"There's something you need to take back; give it to the company's recent research institute—it should be of use."

One day later.

Dusk Colony Factory.

Chen Ming successfully delivered the Antimatter Shock Wave to the Space Station.

However, Brilliant didn't pay attention to this point, since it couldn't detect the internal situation of Iron Ore No. without Chen Ming noticing.

And today, when Chen Ming woke up and walked into the factory.

He discovered that while he was resting last night, Dusk had already taken away all the repaired weapons.

And brought some new things.

A total of three items: one large solid bullet weapon,

a pile of materials which included the ones Chen Ming reported as lost the day before.

Although Dusk seemed to be able to see how much Chen Ming actually used from the warehouse, they still delivered 1.5 times the amount Chen Ming reported.

And also an unmanned ship, dismantled from Gamma A, equipped with the first two items, Refraction.

Brilliant's communication arrived promptly.

"Mr. Chen, Gamma A chose to leave; we decided to let you handle this Refraction he controlled."

"Does that mean I can use it at will? Even take it to other places?"

"Yes, but please keep in mind that this Refraction is currently not equipped with a Dusk individual and lacks our Dusk markings outside the planet, so it could be destroyed at any time."

This was also considered a Dusk threat.

However, it still surprised Chen Ming.

He expected Refraction to be dismantled; he even planned to try to take the ship away during its dismantling, not a big deal if not.

After all, doing so wouldn't count as a direct confrontation with Dusk. Trying would be best; if it failed, he could simply dismantle and take all the materials.

But Dusk's generosity was truly unexpected for Chen Ming.

Nonetheless, he accepted it gladly.

As long as he had the ship, Chen Ming would always have the chance to take Refraction away in the future.

Moreover, in Chen Ming's future fleet composition, there was currently a slot for Refraction.

To capture valuable pirate ships, Refraction's electromagnetic capture device was essential; relying solely on destroying engines wasn't very efficient or successful.

Chen Ming accepted the batch of items Dusk provided.

Then, unlike yesterday's method of delivering tasks through a task list, today Brilliant personally told Chen Ming, "Today's task is to repair this weapon."

Chen Ming waited for a moment but did not receive any further instructions from Brilliant.

"Is that all?"

"Yes."

"Alright then."

Chen Ming was too lazy to move at this point.

He directly selected the large solid bullet weapon named Purgatory Cannon via Refraction's panel.

Chen Ming glanced at the panel.

Or rather, he didn't need to look at the panel to know what this was.

Because the Purgatory Cannon was a product of human technology from early human development.

And in Chen Ming's impression, the Purgatory Cannon's shells should be...

Chen Ming looked at the panel.

And just as he thought, the Purgatory Cannon's ammunition was entirely empty.

Because its shells were all loaded with plasma-charged warheads.

The plasma-charged warhead, capable of evaporating the target's impact point with one shot and penetrating armor and structure with high-temperature liquid metal jets, wasn't easy to produce.

Chen Ming immediately understood Dusk's intention.

Dusk aimed to use this weapon, which uses special ammunition difficult to mass-produce, to test Chen Ming's ability to repair and replenish ammunition.

Simply put, it was to test the upper limit of Chen Ming's capabilities.