Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Old Wu's face suddenly flashed a momentary expression of relief, but it was quickly masked by the corners of his mouth curling into a smile: "You'll know soon enough."

The repair time for the spaceship passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already eight o'clock.

The official start time for the maintenance factory.

Then, Chen Ming, who was waiting alone beside the engineering ship, saw Old Wu, who had just mysteriously run off, return with three people in work uniforms whom Chen Ming had never seen before.

It seemed like the maintenance factory hired newcomers.

Old Wu brought these three newcomers in front of Chen Ming and pointed to them, saying, "Little Mu, these three are assigned to assist you, please keep an eye on them."

Chen Ming nodded, although Old Wu said they were to assist him, he understood what it really meant.

Old Wu then placed a hand on Chen Ming's shoulder and said, "I've mentioned this to you, Mu Shuikong, Brother Mu, you will be following him today."

Just as he finished speaking, Chen Ming heard Old Wu whisper to him: "You can let them in on the private dealings a bit, the smart ones will pick it up quickly, and the not-so-smart ones, just ignore them; otherwise, even if Old Lu covers for us, it's going to be trouble."

Chen Ming responded just as discreetly, "Don't worry."

"You can skim one or two percent off what they gain; don't teach them for free."

"Got it."

"That's it, I'm on duty today, I'm heading off."

After conveying what needed to be conveyed, Old Wu vanished suddenly, and it was unclear whether he would slack off in the maintenance factory.

Chen Ming's gaze shifted from the partition door where Old Wu disappeared to the three newcomers.

The three stood there somewhat reservedly, not at all like people who had a bit of a record, but more like college students who hadn't graduated and were looking for an internship.

Noticing Chen Ming's gaze, the three each respectfully called out to Chen Ming, "Brother Mu."

Chen Ming had never been treated this way before, feeling a little uncomfortable at first, but he quickly adapted.

Seeing the factory director Bald and Tian Jiwen preparing on the other ship, Chen Ming decided not to waste any more time.

He beckoned to the three waiting newcomers and said, "Follow me."

Chen Ming had never guided newcomers before, but he thought he could give it a try.

Since returning from Dusk Colony, he had become somewhat indifferent or dismissive of the gains from covert scavenging during battlefield cleanup.

If someone could assist him, it would free up some of his time.

Once free, Chen Ming would have time to do what he had previously wanted to do.

Such as acquiring weapons for refurbishment.

Chen Ming had been thinking about it almost since the day he entered the Pirate Space Station.

It's just that every day afterward was quite busy, or there were other things to do, so he hadn't had the chance.

Now, if someone could assist and save him time, this matter could indeed begin.

Making money was secondary, after selling that half of the Dusk Destroyer, money wasn't plenty, but it was enough for Chen Ming.

His main motivation now was to train his Spiritual Power.

The benefits of increasing Spiritual Power were obvious.

Being able to earn some money while training Spiritual Power is never a bad thing.

Moreover, Chen Ming also needed to take some time during this period to remodel the Iron Ore No., completely severing its ties with the past.

Then, he would wait for a more leisurely time to visit Dusk's Colony again.

He felt an itch like ants crawling if he didn't try to get some of Dusk's AI Core.

But things needed to be done one at a time; he wasn't particularly rushed at the moment.

Anyway, Dusk had dismantled the military's outposts, and their main focus would definitely be on rebuilding the stations and reproducing Sky Steel.

Chen Ming found it hard to believe that under such conditions, they would specifically divert attention to such matters.

If the military completely ignored the invaluable Sky Steel just to target him, he'd eat Little Stone on the spot.

While Chen Ming was entertaining these thoughts in his mind.

Little Stone, who was playing in the exercise wheel on Iron Ore No. that Chen Ming had made by himself, suddenly stopped moving and cautiously glanced around.

But it didn't notice anything unusual.

Little Stone's eyes were full of confusion, feeling as if it had experienced this feeling before.

However, it quickly dismissed this confusion and continued to play by itself.