CHAPTER 346: CHAPTER 130: PICKUP_3

Old Wu still pretended to be quite happy.

After the news spread for a few days, the attention faded.

The military personnel from the Original Star Zone who were taken away long ago were put on trial, and the results were announced.

Additionally, Chen Ming, the rising new star, completely fell into obscurity and was no longer known.

The director gradually relaxed, no longer needing to keep a stern face every day.

Meanwhile, Old Wu still kept the same demeanor as before, although earlier it was an act, and later it was genuine frustration at not being able to be a leader.

He couldn’t accept the complete silence surrounding the news about Chen Ming after just a few days.

However, after all, Chen Ming’s capabilities have not yet fully been revealed to the public, only showing great potential.

In various aspects, such as ship piloting and combat command, individuals showing potential are few, but certainly not rare, and those who died are not unheard of.

No matter how much potential one has, dead is dead.

No one cares about the dead.

Even if the bigwigs of the Prosperous Star Realm knew of Chen Ming’s existence, knowing the significance of his abilities would be useless.

Accountability would also fall to the Fourteenth Legion, it has nothing to do with ordinary people, so the news naturally quieted down.

And the rumors about Chen Ming’s spiritual energy only spread to the surrounding two Star Realms.

From then on, the rumors about Chen Ming would only occasionally surface when something related to Dusk arises.

This is actually the situation Chen Ming most wanted to see.

It’s best if everyone forgets him.

When Chen Ming reappears in the future, someone will surely be left sleepless.

Rather, if anyone still remembers him now, he would be the one losing sleep.

If the ability to control three Dusk Star Systems were revealed.

The Fourteenth Legion would control the information tightly, absolutely not letting any leak, just to terminate Chen Ming, eliminating future problems.

Or the entire Empire would notice Chen Ming, rumored to be a top-tier Psychic, and Chen Ming would be brought back with national effort.

The Fourteenth Legion might be purged, but this would mean Chen Ming could lose his freedom in the latter half of his life.

Neither outcome is what he wants to see.

So it’s best if everyone forgets about his affairs.

But it seems this situation is unlikely to happen.

After all, Chen Ming has already understood the rise and fall of this storm from Old Wu.

Moreover, while staying in Dusk for a few days, it was calm and peaceful without any sign of being sought.

Various tasks are also proceeding steadily.

The expansion under Chen Ming’s control in the Dusk Star System has made new progress.

The semi-industrial, semi-military star system at the Dusk and Mechanical Race boundary, previously occupied by Gamma Z, has completely fallen into his hands.

Military strength, mainly with armed ships, has made considerable progress, and will surely play a significant role when Chen Ming leaves the Dusk Star Realm.

As Brilliant said, they are approaching the completion of the artificial Enlightenment Nerve.

Chen Ming has also begun to accelerate the control of other Dusk individuals with Gamma Z and Brilliant within acceptable risk limits.

Before the final moment comes, controlling a bit more is better.

The more power he has over Dusk, the more confident he will be when exposed.

Although no matter how much he controls, it won’t be enough to compete with the entirety of Dusk forces under the Star Realm within the remaining days, but that was never Chen Ming’s goal, so it’s not an issue.

Additionally.

Chen Ming, upon trying to communicate with Brilliant in front of other Dusks, asked for the Delusion Stone and Whispering Stone taken from him, along with a new exploration ship.

However, Brilliant, after consulting above, concluded that neither would be given.

In other technical aspects, Dusk was quite generous, providing plenty.

It makes sense, after all, the Spiritual Stone might again affect their second experiment.

As for the exploration ship, Dusk definitely doesn’t want to witness another situation where Chen Ming’s ship crashes into the outer dome.

Conversely, with technology, in these final twenty days, even if Chen Ming is allowed to freely learn, how much can he truly master?

Technology might seem simple at first, but the deeper it gets, the more difficult it becomes, requiring longer learning time.

At least that’s the case for normal people and normal Dusk.

As for Chen Ming, he just states that his learning efficiency significantly increased after his spiritual energy absorbed the Enlightenment Nerve.

After confirming with Brilliant, his learning efficiency has surpassed most Dusk at Beta Level, reaching the edge of Alpha Level Dusk.

It’s known that Alpha Level Dusk can each rival a top-tier computer, possessing computational power to control at least one Star System’s industry.

Chen Ming managing to catch up with Dusk in their most skilled domain as a human is quite extraordinary.

Furthermore, with the considerable authority granted to Brilliant by Dusk, despite the vast knowledge needing to be learned.

Chen Ming can continue acquiring additional technical knowledge in areas Brilliant is unfamiliar with, using the present authority in the future.

Additionally, Chen Ming always sensed the location of the Delusion Stone, right beneath the research institute.

Due to various influencing factors, he didn’t really insist.