Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 165 The Iron Giant
  Facing the concentrated fire of Zuojing Fleet.

The brilliant plasma burst thrusters started instantly and moved laterally for a certain distance.

Only a long, thick laser and a few long needles fired by Storm Needles grazed the corners of the shield.

This increased radiant energy is not even a fraction of the total radiant energy owned by Brilliance.

The highest point next to it didn't have the mobility of the Brilliant Class. It couldn't dodge all the attacks and could only absorb about half of the concentrated fire damage.

Fortunately, Chen Ming had already activated the shield early when he was in the dock.

As long as the attacks from ships of the same level did not instantly overload the radiation value to the highest point of [-], which was higher than Brilliance, he would be able to rescue him.

And just when he was hit, Chen Ming also discovered that the shield effect of the Supreme Point was very strong. In addition to the higher limit of radiation capacity, the growth rate of radiation when it was attacked was also faster than that of Glory. slow.

The spacecraft shield has a concept called shield effectiveness, or shield strength.

When the shield is attacked, the shield converts the damage into radiant energy.

The shield effectiveness of the shield can change the efficiency of this transformation.

The better the shield, the slower the radiation energy will grow when it withstands the same attack, which is equivalent to the shield itself absorbing more damage for the spacecraft's power grid.

Typically this results in an increase in the ship's energy consumption, so shield designers need to find a balance.

But the shield at the highest point is different.

Even if it has a shield effectiveness that exceeds that of other cruisers, it can still maintain the same level of energy consumption under the condition that the shield takes the same damage and the radiation energy increases less.

The shield of this exploration ship is obviously very special.

Except for the battleship, Chen Ming didn't know any ship with a stronger shield than it.

The psyker produced by Tachyon Technology seems to be technically okay.

Such people are not successful within Tachyon Technology, probably because they have offended someone.

An unrelated thought quickly flashed through Chen Ming's mind, and then he immediately turned it back. Now was not the time to think blindly.

At least in his first encounter with Zuo Jing Fleet, he could be said to be unscathed.

And due to the effect of Chen Ming's psychic energy, he can ignore the restrictions on radiation dissipation and forcibly dissipate hard auxiliary energy that cannot be dissipated under normal circumstances when the shield is still open.

In other words, just like all the spaceship battles that Chen Ming has experienced, as long as his mental strength can still hold on, there will be no injuries or damage.

And although the frontal strength of Chen Ming and Zuo Jing fleet is very different.

But he is not without help, there is a pirate space station behind him.

No, it should be said that it was in front of me.

After the round of fire concentrated by Zuo Jing Fleet just now.

Chen Ming quickly controlled the highest point and fired a round in the direction of the small ship on the opposite side.

Then, he hid behind the space station he just flew out of.

Chen Ming also has the help of the space station.

The space station has also stepped up security following previous Afterglow attacks.

Now that an external fleet is attacking, especially Zuo Jing's fleet, they must also help.

Even if the company has no plans to get back on good terms with Chen Ming, they still have to help.

Not to mention that Chen Ming just helped them regain control of the network.

Although the space station still does not have its own cruiser for the time being, ordinary ships are still useful.

Even though the dock had just been destroyed, the station's patrol team used its own dock.

This thought just flashed through Chen Ming's mind.

The sensor transmitted the sound of an explosion inside the patrol shipyard.

"..."

Chen Ming was silent for a moment and found that there seemed to be no subsequent movement except for the explosion at the patrol shipyard.

It didn't look like I was in much trouble.

The patrol team quickly handled the matter.

And immediately dispatched about thirty escorts and more than a hundred escorts to support Chen Ming.

Chen Ming quickly established a communication connection with the space station fleet.

I don't know the commander of the fleet, Chen Ming, but it seems that he participated in the last Yuhui raid and survived.

With these ships, it can indeed help Chen Ming share some of the pressure

In addition, in addition to serving as a shelter for Chen Ming's two cruisers, the space station itself is also a huge cruiser-class fortress in terms of output.

Its size and the number of large weapons matching its size determine this.

Such a giant fortress has almost no disadvantages except that it cannot be moved.

Of course, being unable to move is a huge disadvantage in itself.

At this moment, the commander of the fleet suddenly asked Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen Ming, do you need us to follow your command?"

Commanding these ships that he did not control through orders was obviously a suicide attempt for Chen Ming, who had no command experience or skills at all.

However, he did not refuse directly, but said: "Yes, I need you to take care of the space station, don't let the space station be approached by small boats and distract the firepower, and protect the space station."

Chen Ming also needs the space station to help protect him, and he also needs the people on the space station to survive.

Although the boss may take action if the space station is damaged to a certain extent.

But Chen Ming still didn't want to end up in this situation.

Bai Quan, who had been watching, interrupted at this time and said: "Protecting strategic targets is usually the first priority on the battlefield. As long as you can protect the space station, then you have the capital to fight head-on."

Bai Quan's words were just a comment and did not mean to command.

Chen Ming did not reply and continued to follow his own ideas, controlling his several small ships to disperse from the rear of the space station.

These small ships will disperse towards the edge of the galaxy, as if they are retreating through hyperspace.

Chen Ming's idea is to use these ships to attract the attention of part of the Zuojia fleet.

Although Zuo Jing had been monitoring Chen Ming before, Zuo Jing did not have the ability to [-]% guarantee that from the time Chen Ming entered the dock until now, he had no chance to contact those small boats.

In other words, Zuo Diao must take care of those small boats.

Otherwise, if Chen Ming ran away on the boat, their trip would be completely in vain.

Soon, Chen Ming's five small boats each attracted one destroyer and five frigates, and gradually moved away from the intersection of the battle lines.

These six ships were what Zuo Jing believed was the number of spacecraft needed to directly destroy a Chen Ming spacecraft.

But at the same time, it was also what Chen Ming believed was the number of spaceships killed when his psychic assistance was able to multi-task.

Fighter Kai and Heavy Rain-level Chen Ming believe that they will never be at a disadvantage even if they are one to many.

But Diopter and Centurion have to resist for a while.

But the boat battle is not the point now.

The key to winning this battle lies in Chen Ming's two cruisers.

When Chen Ming's ship has the space station as a cover, he can safely carry out output.

Although Chen Ming only had two cruisers in total, there were four on the opposite side.

One Dominator, two Defenders, and an Eagle.

Basically, they are representatives of strong frontal firepower.

But at this time, when the Brilliant Class had the opportunity to output, it exploded with unstoppable strength in frontal firepower output.

Even if the glory isn't the afterglow of the combat genre.

But the terrifying frontal firepower of the Brilliant-class itself is coupled with the additional increase brought by the accessory system.

And with the blessing of repair and rapid cooling provided by Chen Ming's spiritual energy.

On the frontal battlefield where the cruisers were fighting, it was Zuo Jing's fleet that was suppressed and beaten by Chen Ming.

Four tachyon spears, exuding the green color of plasma and the iconic blue light of afterglow energy weapons, came to the door one by one, suppressing the four cruisers on the left side and completely unable to counterattack.

While gloriously suppressing the cruiser.

Chen Ming poured out all his firepower on other low-level ships without any tactics or reason.

The two tachyon spears located directly in front of the highest point, and the "Locust" large short-range missile launchers on the side of the ship that are specifically targeted at small ships are simply the most powerful weapons for clearing out debris.

The iconic deep purple particle torrent of the two human tachyon spears continued to sweep around the four suppressed cruisers that were unable to fight back.

A large number of micro-Locust missiles covered almost one-third of the entire front.

A series of fireworks exploded in Zuojia's battle line.

Chen Ming's two cruisers suddenly displayed the momentum of four cruisers.

And the actual firepower output is indeed comparable to four cruisers.

And in addition to Chen Ming's own work, the space station's defense system has now been completely activated.

The shield was deployed, and the large weapons on the periphery of the space station continued to help Huihuang suppress its opponents, putting more pressure on the cruisers that were already crumbling.

For a moment, no one knew which side was the stronger one.

At this time, Bai Quan fell into silence as he looked at Chen Ming's actions.

He originally thought it would be a fierce battle.

The strength gap between the two sides can be said to be quite disparate.

Even with the support of the space station, the overall strength gap has not been restored much, and it is still a situation of less versus more.

After all, the left path and the war zone had the upper hand, and the space station was paralyzed for a period of time.

No matter what he does, he should be able to say a few words here to guide Chen Ming to achieve some results.

Then at the last moment, he would help Chen Ming find a chance to retreat, and the battle would be over.

But now, he made a comment that wasn't even a guide.

The situation on the battlefield has already begun to turn one-sided.

Looking at the four intertwined green and blue in front of him, and the almost non-stop torrent of particles from the tachyon spear, Bai Quan didn't know what to say.

But this is exactly what all commanders want to see.

If you can suppress the opponent with frontal firepower, there is no need to conduct any command operations at all.

Winning is the best result.

After observing for half a minute, Bai Quan had already concluded that the balance of victory was tilting towards Chen Ming.

However, just when Bai Quan had such an idea.

The only ship in Zuo Jing's fleet, the Dominator, suddenly closed its shield.

Relying on its extremely thick armor compared with ships of the same level, it directly started to counterattack, and rushed to the front of the battle line despite the brilliant firepower. Just like the offensive-class ship Baiquan commanded before.

Gun hit the bird.

Chen Ming is very clear about what is the optimal solution to this situation.

He immediately stopped destroying the remaining small spacecraft on the left path and began to focus fire on the forward-protruding ruler.

Although the Ruler has extremely thick armor, it is not a perverted existence like an offensive-level one that can use its armor to withstand main-level weapons.

Absolutely no cruiser can withstand the focused fire of the plasma-boosted tachyon spears with armor alone.

But what Chen Ming didn't expect was.

This ordinary-looking ruler managed to withstand four plasma tachyon spears and two tachyon spears at the highest point next to it, as well as countless micro locust missiles, plus eight large live ammunition weapons on the space station. and countless other missiles.

They just carried the entire battle line and approached the space station, giving the ships behind them a chance to breathe and counterattack.

"What the hell is this?"

Chen Ming had no choice but to quickly let Supreme Point and Glory avoid the terrifying ruler.

His ship must not appear in the path of the Dominator.

But with the adjustment of the positions of the Supreme Point and the Brilliant Class, the Dominator also changed its direction.

It would rather expose its relatively weak side armor to the firepower of the space station than move in the direction of Chen Ming.

It was as if Chen Ming had been targeted.

The long-term concentrated fire had no effect at all, and Zuo Jing's fleet had already regrouped at this moment.

If the fleet presses in, it can pose a threat to the space station itself at any time.

Bai Quan, who had been silent for a while, finally discovered the problem. He quickly reminded Chen Ming: "The ruler is not that tough at all. This is... a psychic!"

In a certain frame of Chen Ming's real-time broadcast to Bai Quan, Bai Quan discovered that at a certain moment when the ruler's outer armor was activated and shattered, a metallic-colored film appeared under the armor.

A layer of metal coating protects the cruiser just below the armor.

Bai Quan immediately sent the image of this frame to Chen Ming and said, "I know this psyker. He must be in the ruler. He dare not come out directly. He is afraid that his identity will be exposed."

Chen Ming soon saw the metallic color and asked, "What kind of psychic power does this guy have?"

"Metal Control."

"Your fleet can't defeat him. The battleship may be able to kill him head-on, but the cruiser definitely can't."

Bai Quan's words finally made Chen Ming remember.

The psyker he was facing at the moment was exactly the time when Chen Ming was intercepted by the ruler of the sector military and finally taken away by Yuhui.

Later, he specifically asked the boss who was the person who stopped the boss from rescuing him.

And the boss’s final answer was him.

Enemy road is narrow?

No, he came here on his own initiative.

Chen Ming made a quick decision and called his boss directly.

It is obviously not a shameful thing to shake people at this time. After all, this is a psyker who can fight against the boss.

However, the boss did not answer the phone, and Chen Ming could only hear a busy tone.

Chen Ming felt a little nervous, but he was not too panicked and immediately called the factory director again.

The factory director answered the phone quickly and said, "Xiao Ming, are you okay?"

Chen Ming didn't dare to talk nonsense and asked directly: "Where is the boss?"

"Lao Wu just took a call and said he had something to deal with. I don't know what it was. I can't contact him now."

Chen Ming clicked his tongue in a low voice and said, "Okay."

Then hung up the phone.

And Bai Quan suddenly said: "I found the news here, and it's bad news."

"There are two psykers in your place, Mr. Wu. He should be facing another one."

A trace of gloom and anger flashed in Chen Ming's eyes, and he asked, "Who?"

"It's not clear yet. I'm still arranging people to investigate."

"Let me know the result."

"Row."

Unexpectedly, two psykers came.

And they are two psychics who can compete with the boss.

Chen Ming felt a little pressure in his heart, because it meant that he would have to fight one of the psykers who could be of the same level as the boss, which would definitely be very difficult.

The boss probably won't be able to distract himself to protect him in the future.

But if Chen Ming is not willing to jump away like this, he still has a lot of mental power, and he can continue to fight.

Moreover, this is also an opportunity for Chen Ming to fight head-on with a powerful psyker.

Just as he couldn't miss a cruise-level battle, he definitely couldn't miss the opportunity to fight a psyker.

But because of the ruler, the battle line was still forced to loosen.

The balance of victory was instantly reversed.

Although Bai Quan provided information to Chen Ming, he did not believe that Chen Ming still had the possibility of winning the battle when his fleet strength and psychic strength were lagging behind.

So he said to Chen Ming: "I think you need to retreat."

"But I think I can still fight."

"The power of a powerful psyker is not something you can get now. If you get too close to him, your spaceship may be twisted into a ball by him."

"I know I won't be approached by him."

After Chen Ming finished speaking, the Supreme Point and the Brilliant Class made a short jump at the same time, distancing themselves from the ruler.

Moreover, the jumps carried out by these two ships also covered up the jump fluctuations from other places that had just appeared here.

The ruler of the ship obviously didn't notice Chen Ming's choice of jump landing point, and directly turned its direction and rushed towards Chen Ming's ship again.

And the moment it approached the limit of the spacecraft's range.

In the void around Chen Ming's spacecraft, three cruisers instantly appeared.

Refraction level, brilliance level, and scintillation level.

There are five cruisers in total, which is the maximum number of cruisers that Chen Ming can control now.

If someone who didn't know saw this scene, they might have thought that there was a fight between the army and Yu Hui, but they would never have imagined that it was a conflict between a psyker and Zuo Jing.

Of course, Chen Ming does not have such strange thoughts in his mind now.

All his attention has been spent on summoning his mental power.

This is the first time that Chen Ming has completely covered the limit number of ships he can control with his spiritual energy, and has fully activated his spiritual energy without any reservation.

Highest point, brilliance, brilliance, refraction, and flicker, all large weapons are outputting their strongest firepower towards the ruler who has no time to react, like infinite charging and unlimited ammunition.

What Chen Ming likes most about the Afterglow Ship is that almost all of their large weapons are loaded with tachyon spears.

But now, ten ordinary particle torrents combined with four plasma particle torrents are like fourteen spears penetrating the stars in the dark space, piercing the ruler's armor.

At this moment, the damage caused by Chen Ming's cruiser's concentrated fire almost reached the lower limit of main-level weapons.

The surge of particles penetrated the armor and shattered the psyker's metallic coating.

The entire Dominator's hull was flooded by a violent torrent of particles, heated to red in the cold space.

There is no shield to help share the damage. There is only one thing in the hull and interior under the armor, extreme high temperature.

No one can survive in such an environment.

The ruler lost control of all internal personnel and gradually came to a standstill.

And its engine part also caught fire under the stimulation of the particle torrent.

It exploded in just a few seconds.

This is the vulnerability of the ship itself, not the vulnerability of the psyker.

Moreover, this scene does not mean that the psyker is dead.

When the ruler explodes,

The ship fragments that were supposed to fly out suddenly all gathered together and gathered together.

A steel giant appeared in space.

With his appearance, all the battle lines in the already loosened battle lines not far away that had been destroyed due to the battle between ships were flying towards the Iron Giant.

He absorbed the pieces of the shattered ship.

The body size has once again increased astonishingly in a short period of time.

Moreover, his ability to control the spiritual energy of metal also allowed him to violate the laws of physics and quickly approach Chen Ming's fleet in space without any means of borrowing.

At this time, at the core of the Iron Giant's body, the face of the psychic who controlled the Iron Giant was full of gloom.

When he first heard about Chen Ming, a psychic, he thought that his psychic power was specifically designed to restrain Chen Ming.

So after hearing the request from the war zone to kill Chen Ming, he accepted the request without fear or hesitation.

And he remained cautious during the battle.

Even if he thought that Chen Ming's fleet would be directly destroyed by the firepower of his fleet, he still maintained the coverage and protection of the ship's armor.

This caution of his helped him once, preventing him from being directly exposed to his original form immediately.

But what he didn't expect at all was that Chen Ming could call three cruisers again in an instant without any warning.

There are five cruisers in total, all of which are capable of almost completely unlimited continuous use of the large weapon Tachyon Lance.

While only part of the armor was destroyed, the entire cruiser was heated to extreme temperatures like food heated in a microwave.

If it weren't for the fact that one of the Blink-class ships had only three large weapon slots in total, two of them were defender point defense energy cannons, and only one was a tachyon spear.

The high-energy particles just broke through his protection, and the attack speed on the entire spacecraft may be even faster.

He might not even be able to react.

But having said that, he did overturn today.

His ability was exposed here, which meant that his relationship with Zuo Jing was no longer clean.

But if he doesn't continue to finish things, then he will offend not only Chen Ming, Wu An and Bai Quan, but also many more.

So now the psyker is ready to make no reservations at all, just to kill Chen Ming, so that he will offend one less person.

(End of this chapter)