Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Although Chen Ming had already set off on the Superspace Channel to another star system, he was still keeping an eye on the situation here.

He tried to find an opportunity to bypass the Ruler and strike at the device blocking the gravity well.

However, the Ruler was evidently on guard, constantly maintaining its position, giving no opportunity at all.

With no chances available, Chen Ming could only opt to have the Armor Piercing attack the Ruler.

And the company fleet was desperately protecting the Armor Piercing because they knew it was the only chance to turn the tables.

Yet, after two rounds of crossfire,

the company fleet of over forty ships had already been reduced by more than half.

Among the mere dozen remaining ships, there was no longer a Cow Herder to take command, nor was there Chen Ming's Centurion.

The damage actually caused by the company fleet combined with the Armor-Piercing Level only forced the military's Ruler, whose shield was already relatively weak, to turn off its shield, nothing more.

Seeing that the final opportunity was about to arrive and soon disappear.

At this point, Chen Ming could no longer afford to let the Armor Piercing's automatic pulse laser fully charge, firing it forcefully when it was only half-charged.

The leader had been fully aware of the firing interval of this unfamiliar automatic pulse laser weapon during the previous crossfire.

Thus, Chen Ming's premature firing this time was completely unexpected by the leader.

The Ruler-level shield, even if deployed immediately, couldn't stop those sixteen binding energy bullets.

They all hit the hull of the Ruler solidly, striking one of its Storm Needles.

Moreover, it successfully destroyed that Storm Needle completely.

However, the combined attacks of the remaining dozen company ships weren't significant enough.

They couldn't inflict any meaningful damage on the Ruler's armor.

During the shield downtime, more than half of the Ruler-level's residual energy had dissipated, yet the leader did not keep the shield off but launched another offensive against the fleet.

In this one-sided, crushing round of crossfire,

the Armor-Piercing Level was fully exposed before the Ruler-level.

Its shield barely lasted two seconds before reaching the residual energy capacity limit.

Ultimately, like the commander's Law Enforcement Level, the Armor-Piercing Level was also destroyed.

Though it was still on Chen Ming's panel, Chen Ming had neither the materials nor the chance for repairs.

The outcome of the battle was decided.

Chen Ming was forced to stop observing the battlefield and continued controlling Iron Ore No. forward.

Though the Ruler had been left behind, it still had one more chance to activate the teleportation engine.

After destroying the only ship that could threaten the Gravity Well Locking Device, it was now the best time to initiate teleportation.

A visible spatial distortion suddenly appeared beside the Ruler.

In less than two seconds, it appeared right in front of Chen Ming on the superspace channel.

And those ships forcibly wrested of maximum control authority had blocked the entrance to the superspace channel where Chen Ming was located.

The Ruler was now close at hand, and the threat of death was imminent.

Nonetheless, Chen Ming was not at all panicked; he had delayed enough time.

Between Iron Ore No. and the Ruler, a spatial distortion identical to the earlier teleportation of the Ruler appeared suddenly.

But this time, it was not the Ruler that appeared.

It was an entire Dusk Fleet led by two Dusk Cruisers.

The appearance of Dusk's Fleet here was never a coincidence.

This situation was essentially determined the moment Chen Ming contacted Gamma AI.

Chen Ming's previous contact with Gamma AI wasn't for the purpose of having them prepare to personally rescue him, but to have them return to Dusk's Colony over there.

To prepare for two things.

The first was to have Gamma A contact the Alpha AI Core it was familiar with, which controlled the Cruiser.

At the time of Chen Ming's alert, relay Chen Ming's desire to cooperate with Dusk, as well as evidence of being chased by the Human Military, necessitating leaving the Human World.

Express Chen Ming's intention of cooperation to Dusk's Alpha Core.

Gamma A told Chen Ming that while Dusk AI could easily renounce their reputation to rejoin humans, Dusk could equally accept Chen Ming, being human.

Having Gamma B installed on the modified Warrior served as Chen Ming's best proof of his willingness to cooperate.

Combined with Chen Ming's ability to control spaceships, even if Dusk had doubts and fears over Chen Ming's potential to directly control their core, they wouldn't immediately take him down.

It would just result in Gamma A being subject to thorough scrutiny and investigation to ensure it wasn't under Chen Ming's control or influence, verifying the truthfulness of Gamma A's words.

Concurrently, there might be restrictions placed later on Chen Ming's abilities, such as prohibiting contact with Dusk AI individuals or ships installed with Dusk AI.

However, Chen Ming could be certain of one thing: controlling a spaceship didn't emit any spiritual energy fluctuations.

After the manager said he covered up his usual spiritual energy emissions, Chen Ming specifically asked him about this issue.

The manager indicated he was also unsure why controlling ships didn't cause spiritual energy fluctuations, but the abilities of psychics were inherently varied, and some peculiarities were quite normal.

Thus, Chen Ming felt no concern about Dusk, which lacked robust research into spiritual energy, detecting anything from Gamma A.

Besides, Chen Ming believed that in facing the allegiance of a psychic, these abilities to control, repair, and enhance ships were visible enough in value to compel Dusk to take the risk.

The other thing was to have Gamma B contact the Dusk Alpha Core that it had previously mentioned, which collected Spiritual Stones.

In exchange for a rescue opportunity, at the cost of one Spiritual Stone that Chen Ming had on hand.

Chen Ming didn't need Gamma B to tell him they were coming to rescue him, only to ensure that Gamma B's request was to engage this Ruler was sufficient.

Though Chen Ming remembered that after settling things with Gamma A, he hadn't actually asked Gamma B to summon help... summon AI.

So, what was happening now with the two Dusk Cruisers suddenly arriving?