Striking Zuo Jing in terms of public opinion is something the Empire has always been doing, and they naturally enjoy seeing such things happen.

After bidding farewell to Chen Ming, several heads dispersed and continued to attend to their own tasks.

They must promptly distribute the tasks at hand so that afterward, they can continue to follow in Chen Ming’s footsteps to another colony.

The situation of the two colonies is well known to the local inhabitants. With such an exaggerated number of people in Zuo Jing in this colony, the other will certainly not fare any better.

Chen Ming looked at the busy crowd around him, showing a slight smile of satisfaction on his face.

Just as he had seen enough and was preparing to turn back to the Shuttle Boat.

Bai Quan, who had arrived unnoticed, said to him, "It seems you have a talent for managing colonies."

"It’s all learned."

"Where did you learn it?"

"Dusk, Mechanical Race, Empire."

Bai Quan shrugged, assuming Chen Ming didn’t want to elaborate.

He also observed the nearby personnel of several local departments for a while, then suddenly said to Chen Ming, "In the previous simulation, the time interval between the first and second colony was six hours, so we can go there six hours later, or go now and wait six hours."

"Let’s stay here; habitable planets are much more comfortable than uninhabitable ones, and I can help deal with Zuo Jing here for a while. I don’t wish for any Zuo Jing elements to remain in my colony."

"Then I’ll go to Stardust first; I have work to do."

"Alright."

Bai Quan patted Chen Ming’s shoulder and turned to leave.

At this moment, someone else not far behind Chen Ming posed a question to him, "Won’t you settle down for a while to restore your Spiritual Power? If you keep helping here, won’t there be insufficient Spiritual Power for the next colony?"

Chen Ming turned his head for a glance and found it was He Gu who asked the question; he had just left the Shuttle Boat.

He presumably asked this question after just overhearing Bai Quan’s dialogue with Chen Ming.

Chen Ming slightly shook his head in response, "No need. As long as my recovery rate is faster than the consumption rate, it’s fine. The remaining number of Zuo Jing is fewer now, the consumption is minimal, and six hours are sufficient for recovery."

"A genius is indeed a genius. Do you have time for a chat?"

He Gu came to Chen Ming’s side, praised him, and once again extended an invitation.

Bai Quan didn’t speak, nodded at Chen Ming, and left, letting Chen Ming decide for himself.

Since this matter had already been confirmed previously, Chen Ming swiftly provided an answer this time.

"Alright."

There was no one nearby, so He Gu directly started discussing what he intended to say to Chen Ming.

However, contrary to Chen Ming’s expectations, He Gu merely chatted about various topics, primarily discussing Chen Ming’s Purgatory Core technology.

He wanted to ask Chen Ming about the practical applications of this technology and the feasibility for non-specialist thermodynamic researchers to perform.

Only at the end did he invite Chen Ming, when convenient, to visit the Spiritual Ability Research Institute in the future.

It was not to test Chen Ming, merely to converse about matters relating to Spiritual Energy technology.

It was said quite appropriately and politely, so Chen Ming didn’t refuse.

He would consider it when the opportunity arose.

He estimated that many people might not dare let him roam freely, especially in places like the Spiritual Ability Research Institute.

He wasn’t sure how He Gu would handle this matter when the time came.

After He Gu left Chen Ming’s side, the time gradually passed until it was six hours.

Chen Ming’s Spiritual Power was restored once more.

After informing those involved with the gambling agreement, Chen Ming boarded the Stardust Level and headed to another Heavy Industry Colony.

On the Heavy Industry Colony, Zuo Jing was prevalent, and they were certainly in contact with the ones on the Light Industry Colony.

However, previously Chen Ming decided he would take action against the Zuo Jing on both planets, so earlier he instructed Bai Quan to communicate with local department personnel to increase the blockade on planetary communications.

Of course, Chen Ming didn’t rely solely on them; he utilized some methods to block the entire colony’s communications himself.

Just needed to provide a backdoor to the local department personnel.

With Bai Quan, the Vice Admiral, nearby, whatever Chen Ming did as long as it had a reasonable rationale would be fine.

Thus, when Chen Ming reached the Heavy Industry Colony, it hadn’t been long since the complete collapse of Zuo Jing on the Light Industry Colony.

Everything on the Heavy Industry Colony was quite "normal," at least continuing in its usual operations, which meant hardly operational.

But at least Zuo Jing hadn’t realized the neighboring planet was already in trouble, allowing Chen Ming time to smoothly take over the colony and deal with the Zuo Jing elements.

The Stardust Level quickly arrived on the planet surface.

This Heavy Industry Colony is akin to what Chen Ming saw in the simulation, expanding outward from the core Earth Core Melting Furnace Power Tower, surrounded by an industrial sector filled with industrial buildings and equipment.

Compared with industrial zones on habitable planets, there are evidently fewer pollutant collection devices here.

After all, it’s an uninhabitable planet, so without necessity, there’s no need to intentionally protect the environment.

Moreover, compared to colonies seen in the simulation, the development level here isn’t high, as the simulation took place five years ago, and here it’s already been stagnant since over a decade ago.