Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 138 Changes
Because Chen Ming asked this question directly in the communication channel.

Huihuang replied directly in the communication channel: "We are still discussing the future plans and it will take some time. Please wait patiently."

However, in private, Huihuang gave a more detailed reason through Chen Ming's spiritual power: "Because the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device underground in the institute is something that the top management absolutely does not want to lose at the moment."

"So our senior management is considering whether to directly destroy the entire cloning research institute including the equipment, or to find a way to rescue the equipment and deal with the problem later."

"The topic we are currently discussing is more inclined to the latter one."

Yu Hui's approach made Chen Ming, a human being, unable to help but say, "It's now time. You all know the reason why the empire banned cloning experiments in the past. But you don't want to deal with it quickly, so you are still struggling with this?"

And just when Chen Ming said these words, he always had a feeling in his heart.

Even the thoughts and situations of Yuhui’s senior management may have happened before.

Maybe in the past, the human empire's cloning experiments also had problems.

Due to the existence of this kind of thing, all the experimenters died, but just because the value of the instruments and equipment was too high.

So the relevant person in charge has been wondering whether these "psionic creatures" should be destroyed together with the equipment.

Eventually the situation became uncontrollable.

Although this is just Chen Ming's guess, as of now.

If the problem that cloning would eventually cause was only as big as the huge heart in front of him, then as long as it could be dealt with in time, it shouldn't lead to a ban on cloning experiments in the entire empire.

Therefore, either the past situation is what he thought and the situation is uncontrollable.

Either the cloning experiment has more dire consequences.

But what the specific situation is depends on whether someone who is familiar with history and has a certain status can verify it.

However, there was no movement from the boss for the time being. He was probably sleeping. It looked like he would have to wait for a while.

Chen Ming didn't care now. Yu Hui's attitude had nothing to do with him. Anyway, if something went wrong, it wouldn't be him who would suffer, but Yu Hui himself.

Huihuang actually had similar ideas to Chen Ming. It also knew that it had to deal with this kind of thing quickly, but the top management obviously had their reasons for still struggling.

So Huihuang explained directly to Chen Ming: "Maybe it's because the only valuable thing we have now is the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device."

"Currently we do not have a second extraction device, and even if we did, it would not be possible to send it to this star field again."

"If the only extraction device is damaged during the processing of this incident, it will mean that we have lost the opportunity to obtain your spiritual nerve."

"We have been preparing for a long time, and we even had two large-scale battles involving capital ships for you and the human fleet."

"Although we won both battles, the losses in the battle were real. With so many losses ahead, we cannot give up this equipment casually."

Chen Ming knew the truth, but he couldn't understand it at all.

"Don't tell other Yuhui what I'm going to say next, just mention it casually as if I can't stand it."

"receive."

Chen Ming breathed out and said to Huihuang: "Although I am in conflict with you Yuhui now, I still have to say that things should be prioritized."

"The reasons that allow the human empire to completely ban cloning experiments have been put in front of you. Are you really not afraid of problems?"

"Now we are trying to delay the time until the second Qiling Nerve Extraction Device is delivered?"

Huihuang continued to follow a standard Afterhui idea and said to Chen Ming: "Just continuing to delay time is unacceptable to us."

"If we lose the Qiling Neural Extraction Device, we will only have two options left."

"One is to use violent means to kill you directly and completely cut off the thought of spiritual enlightenment."

"The other is to imprison you using equipment such as a cryo-sleep chamber, and continue to store it or transport it directly to the main star field until we find the second Qiling Nerve Extraction Device."

"The former method would cause too much damage to us, and the latter method would cause too many accidents."

"You and we have an openly hostile relationship now."

"And I'm just the grease on the wheel, making the daily communication between you and us less rigid."

"And we all know that you can't give up the chance of survival and wait for death just because of my existence. The reason you didn't commit suicide must be because you have more ideas."

"We both have to benefit from each other, but we can't directly conflict because time is running out."

"Although it is still unclear to our senior leaders what you have prepared before the final moment arrives."

"But they know that as long as they continue to delay, some problems will occur."

Huihuang concluded by saying, "It is precisely because of your existence that our senior leaders must not give up on this Qiling Nerve Extraction Device."

When Chen Ming was thinking before, he was thinking according to normal human thinking, and he did ignore the fact that he himself was also a problem for Yu Hui.

If Sunset were to include his influence, then their behavior would barely make sense.

If cloning technology is banned because of its very serious consequences for the entire empire.

Then Chen Ming also has a similar effect on the entire afterglow.

Therefore, the troubles caused by the cloning technology developed by Chen Ming and Yu Hui are actually the same in a sense.

At least the end result may be the same, with the Afterglows all doomed.

So in these two matters, Yu Hui prefers Chen Ming.

After all, humans have used cloning technology before, and they are still alive and well, which shows that there must be ways to deal with the consequences of cloning technology.

But Yuhui had never heard that humans had ever encountered a psychic who could completely control the human group.

So when it comes to which of the two things is more difficult to solve, Chen Ming, who has never had a similar precedent, is indeed more troublesome.

However, Huihuang suddenly added: "However, it cannot be completely ruled out that our senior management chose to deal with this psychic creature."

"If they really give up on the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, there is a high probability that they will attack you in advance."

Chen Ming recalled it and said, "I remember I had asked you before."

"Yes, I have been preparing in this way."

"That's alright. Before you take action, you will definitely be able to understand the situation faster than me and jump to the rescue. My life is now in your hands."

Huihuang did not directly say that Chen Ming could take over the Huihuang-class cruiser it controlled at any time.

It could hear Chen Ming's words and said it casually. It also knew that Chen Ming's life was always in his own hands.

After a moment of silence, Huihuang spoke again: "I just received the order."

"Our senior management has decided to keep the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device and will not take action against you for the time being."

"The opinion of the top management is that the acquisition of the second Qiling Nerve Extraction Device and the future are too unstable. We must focus on what we have now, not what we will have in the future."

Chen Ming was noncommittal and asked, "So what are you going to do?"

"We currently have two phases of planning."

"In the first stage, try to send robots to clean the flesh and blood tissue at the entrance and exit of the Cloning Research Institute, and enter the Cloning Research Institute through passages or by opening additional roads."

"After reacquiring the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, use powerful weapons to cleanse the ground."

"If it fails, move to the second stage and send a cruise-class mining ship into the planet to destroy the surface."

"Clean up all the soil and rock layers above the underground cloning research institute to facilitate follow-up weapons to clean up the cloning research institute."

"Doing so would risk destroying the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, so it will only be executed if the first phase of the plan fails."

This plan sounds fine.

"What about your mission?"

"Due to the interference of psychic fluctuations in the research institute, any robot or spacecraft must be controlled by our individuals personally."

"But you are still here, you are a threat to all Afterglow individuals, and forcing you to leave now is not the right thing to do."

"So the task given to me by the senior management is to let you know the danger below through communication and let you get out of here."

"Row."

Hui Hui's words made Chen Ming think about it seriously.

Although he really wants to find out what happened in the cloning laboratory.

But if he continues to stay here and interfere with Yu Hui's work, it will definitely cause conflict between him and Yu Hui.

It would not be a good thing if he broke with Yu Hui early because of himself.

Even if Chen Ming can change the time of departure at any time and let Huihuang pick him up, Bai Quan's preparations are not so easy to change.

Baiquan would need to mobilize tens of thousands of people and at least two capital ships.

It is impossible to change the time just by changing the time.

There must be at least two or three days of buffering, and it is definitely too late now.

Besides, this is something Chen Ming and Bai Quan agreed on in advance.

And if Bai Quan finally achieves victory, the benefits he will get will be much more than what he will eventually pay to Chen Ming, which is equivalent to Bai Quan owing him a favor.

This was something they had tacitly understood when they talked before.

Even if it is to clarify yourself, you cannot change it casually.

Therefore, it is indeed a good choice for Chen Ming to leave without worrying about the follow-up matters.

It is also the safest option that will least affect subsequent plans.

But before Chen Ming could say anything in agreement, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a faint influence of psychic energy fluctuations around him.

The source of this spiritual energy fluctuation was deep underground, and it was still approaching him.

It seems that the things that were originally staying inside the Cloning Research Institute have come inside along the passage.

The surrounding psychic fluctuations became violent again, and communication with Yuhui was cut off again.

Can you think of the following?

This idea came to Chen Ming's mind.

But then he discovered that it wasn't what he thought.

What follows is not imagined, but attracts him.

At this time, Huihuang once again contacted Chen Ming through spiritual energy and said, "Mr. Chen Ming, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. It's just that something underground in the institute came to the exit of the passage. Its own psychic energy affected the outside, so the communication was cut off."

"Then you now..."

"It's not a big problem."

Not only is the problem not big, Chen Ming even feels a "close" emotion now.

The huge deformed heart below gave Chen Ming the closeness like a blood-connected relative, giving him a full sense of security.

I want Chen Ming to jump down and fall into its arms.

but……

Chen Ming is an orphan, and this feeling makes him extremely awkward.And the sense of danger that accompanies the feeling of closeness in his mind reminds him all the time that the person in his heart is not something easy to get along with.

Chen Ming was not fooled at all, and turned to Huihuang and asked: "Now that the situation has changed, are your bosses planning to make any changes now?"

"No, we still prioritize dealing with the flesh and blood on the surface first."

"That's fine."

Chen Ming responded and was still ready to leave.

But just when he was about to do so, he suddenly felt a trance in his mind.

Something was throbbing.

It's not Chen Ming himself, but what's in his mind.

Chen Ming panicked for a moment. Was there something in his mind that he didn't notice?
wrong.

Chen Ming suddenly remembered.

Before, when his Iron Ore helped Chen Ming block the ruler's deadly three cannons and was destroyed, psychic fluctuations appeared around the research institute.

Chen Ming immediately used his psychic energy waves to sense himself.

Immediately afterwards, he discovered that besides his own consciousness, there was also a faint and fuzzy shadow in his mind.

The shadow seemed to stay in his mind voluntarily, and at the same time it was slowly nourished by the spiritual energy fluctuations in Chen Ming's subconscious.

So much so that Chen Ming never noticed it.

Until now it suddenly started to move.

It wants to get out, it wants to touch that mass of flesh and blood.

Chen Ming felt a real feeling from this phantom, as if he saw a being who could trust him with his life.

This is what his spirit tells him, not the "closeness" imposed by the outside world.

Chen Ming directly tried to use spiritual energy waves to contact this phantom, trying to contact its origin.

It is not the dirty flesh and blood tissue derived from Chen Ming's genes.

It is a psychic creature derived from Chen Ming's psychic energy.

It is symbiotic with Chen Ming.

It is...Ship Spirit.

Such a term suddenly appeared in Chen Ming's mind.

He had never heard the word, but he just assumed that the thing in his head must be this ship spirit.

When it comes to psychic matters, Chen Ming has always believed in his own instinct rather than his own brain.

So, he is doing the same now.

Chen Ming opened the Buffalo-class hatch and looked at the huge heart below.

The allure of "getting close" became more and more obvious with Chen Ming's actions, and the sense of danger also grew.

However, the level of danger was actually not as high as when the spiritual nerve penetrated his brain before.

Chen Ming was almost unprepared for the previous time, and he almost felt the danger caused by it.

The current situation is completely different from before, and Chen Ming is well prepared.

In his head, the boat spirit seemed to be in a jumping mood.

Chen Ming's body instantly condensed into a complete set of power armor, equipped with a jetpack and a hydraulic buffer system.

However, Chen Ming did not jump directly, but first modified a grenade launcher for the buffalo.

Loaded with the grenade Chen Ming just made.

The internal filling is the special explosives he learned from Zuo Jing, as well as some concentrated spacecraft fuel that is only used by fuel transport ships when transporting fuel in large quantities.

Chen Ming didn't know how effective it would be, but he should know it right away.

He aimed the grenade launcher at the giant, beating, misshapen heart below and pulled the trigger.

Since his continued stay here would interfere with Yu Hui's work, Chen Ming simply helped Yu Hui get the job done.

A grenade the size of a human head instantly penetrated into the deformed heart.

After a brief silence.

Bright firelight gushes out from the gaps in the heart muscle tissue.

The entire heart was shattered by the impact of the explosion, and the broken pieces of flesh flew out in all directions.

On top of the remaining flesh and blood tissue, raging fire burned in the vacuum.

The spacecraft fuel itself has a considerable degree of flammability, and the fuel material ratio contains combustion accelerants. The effect of highly concentrated fuel that is easy to store and transport is even more exaggerated.

Almost instantly, the area covered by the grenade blast was reduced to blackened ashes.

There were only a few pieces of meat that were barely cooked.

To be on the safe side, Chen Ming fired another grenade.

This time there was no resistance as the flames surged out and completely cleared away the remaining parts of the heart.

The impact of the second explosion also completely blew away the ashes of the burned flesh and blood tissue.

The passage underneath was still covered by flesh and blood with fresh vitality.

And at the moment when the fire of the second grenade exploded dissipated, Chen Ming saw a black shadow wrapped in psychic fluctuations rushing into the passage.

That thing should be the source of the violent spiritual energy fluctuations around it.

A large flamethrower appeared out of thin air in Chen Ming's hand, which he could hold after putting on the heavy power armor.

The fuel storage tank of this thing is also installed with spacecraft fuel, which is definitely the best helper for dealing with the remaining flesh and blood tissue in the channel.

Chen Ming pulled the switch of the flamethrower, and after confirming that the injector could easily spray out fire snakes more than ten meters away.

He adjusted his posture in the power armor.

Then, he took a step outside.

Amidst the frightened screams of Xiaoshi holding his neck and the joyful emotions emanating from the ship spirit in his mind.

Chen Ming jumped off the spacecraft.

At this moment, the senior management of Yuhui, who were monitoring the scene through satellites in orbit around the star, collectively fell into silence.

"What does Chen Ming want to do?"

"He's going to the institute."

"Didn't Huihuang stop him?"

"Before it had time to contact Chen Ming, an interference signal appeared again around Chen Ming. It was confirmed that the 'psionic malformed cardiac tissue' had moved from the cloning research institute to the exit of the research institute."

"What is Chen Ming doing for?"

"Unknown. There are several possibilities, the spiritual stone, the spiritual nerve extraction device or the psychic creature."

"We don't have the ability to stop Chen Ming for the time being, so don't worry about him for now. He won't actively seek death."

"And since the psychic creatures have changed their locations, the institute's communication signal should have been restored."

"Indeed, I'm trying to connect...connected successfully."

"The overall framework of the cloning research institute remains intact, but the main circuit systems and security equipment have been damaged."

"There is only a small amount of power left in the backup circuit that can be used, and it will be completely exhausted in about three to 10 minutes."

"Where's G3?"

"Contact is still lost. Its core has not been seen in the institute, and there is no sign of the backup evacuation channel being activated. All equipment in the isolation area has still not been activated."

"The room where it was installed was like the rest of the institute's rooms, all covered in distorted heart muscle tissue."

"And the Chen Ming spiritual stone that I obtained before is not here either."

"I doubt it was all done by that psychic creature."

"Would psychic beings be interested in us?"

Before this question could be answered, the Alpha-level Afterglow connected to the research institute interrupted all the other individuals.

"The institute's signal is interfered with again, and psychic creatures are returning to the institute from the channel."

"Chen Ming forced it back, and he cleaned up all the flesh and blood tissue in the passage."

"Stop the mechanical team we sent and see what he is going to do."

While Yuhui's senior executives were communicating, Chen Ming had already walked into the passage wearing power armor and carrying a flamethrower.

With the heavy flamethrower clearing the way, everything went smoothly.

And every time Chen Ming takes a step, a large amount of ordinary metal liquid will flow out from under his feet, covering the channel behind him and solidifying to form a steel channel.

In case the passage collapses later or is blocked by something again.

It was Chen Ming's escape route just in case.

The psychic flesh and blood organization seemed to sense that Chen Ming's intruder was evil, and took the initiative to retreat.

Seeing that he had retreated to the side of the passage near the cloning research institute.

At this time, the boss seemed to have finally woken up, and unexpectedly asked Chen Ming through the terminal: "Xiao Ming, what's going on with the photo you sent me?"

"Yu Hui was conducting a cloning experiment, and in the end he got this thing out of nowhere. There were strong psychic fluctuations around it that were interfering with the normal communication equipment."

"I have an impression of your thing. Something similar appeared during the cloning ban period."

"But I was dormant during that period, so I don't know much about it. You have to wait for me to check it out."

"Anyway, don't come into contact with that thing yet. It might be dangerous. If Yu Hui has any thoughts about you, they won't let you get close."

Chen Ming glanced at the half passage covered in flesh and blood in front of him and said nothing.

The boss immediately discovered the problem and asked, "Aren't you already in contact? Also, whose genes did Yu Hui use for cloning?"

"My genes...if I can get rid of this thing, wouldn't it be a big problem?"

The boss looked a little anxious, frowning and said: "Let me think about it... I shouldn't interfere in your own affairs, but cloning is a big problem. What should I do..."

Chen Ming also thought about it and said, "Actually, I had no idea of ​​contacting him at the beginning."

The boss knew that Chen Ming had another question behind him, so he didn't answer the call.

"But, there is something in my mind...that should be called the Ship Spirit. It really wants to get in touch with this thing."

"Ship Spirit?!"

(End of this chapter)