Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 195 Thoughts

"Psychic weapons..."

To be honest, Chen Ming didn't know much about psychic weapons.

But he could clearly feel that the Imperial Cannon was a strange type of psychic weapon.

Chen Ming originally thought so.

Psionic weapons are either purely auxiliary. In addition to providing an increase in psychic energy to the psyker, the performance of the psionic weapon is the same as the performance of the sample produced by itself.

For example, his revolver, which the designer calls "Ming", only serves to assist his use of psychic powers, and its attack performance is no different from that of an ordinary revolver.

The others were either what Chen Ming had seen before on the website where Bai Quan registered his weapons.

Psionic weapons left behind by deceased psykers that are unique to them and can produce psionic effects according to the user's psionic abilities.

Or, something like a psychic pulse generator.

This is a device that specifically uses psychic energy waves to directly attack living creatures. It can also be regarded as a psychic weapon.

But the Imperial Artillery is different from these types.

It is a type of psionic weapon that uses the assistance of psionic materials to build a mechanical structure that can achieve psionic effects so that effects that are originally difficult to achieve can be achieved.

After all, the Emperor Ye Artillery is just a cannon with a length of no more than thirty meters.

At this size, the ability to frequently fire projectiles with an explosion diameter of nearly a kilometer is obviously achieved by relying on the mechanical structure constructed of internal psychic materials.

Under normal circumstances, if a weapon of this size was just a one-time weapon, it would be easily achieved according to the empire's current technological level.

It would definitely be fine for Chen Ming to learn some relevant techniques on his own.

But under this size limit, it doesn't take much to use a machine that is only two lowest-level civilian frigates stacked together multiple times, frequently, or even for a long time.

And if the use of his psychic powers is also restricted, the difficulty will be completely different.

There are long-term heat dissipation problems at this size, continuous energy supply problems, recoil problems, and problems that must be dealt with in the miniaturization of various weapons.

All are problems.

And under normal circumstances, many of these problems cannot be solved by replacing materials according to their properties.

But the physical rules clearly indicate that it is impossible to achieve and cannot solve the problem.

But obviously, this imperial industry artillery is extraordinary.

And spiritual energy is not ordinary.

Therefore, all the problems that should have arisen on this imperial industry artillery did not arise, and were all solved by spiritual energy.

Moreover, Chen Ming could see that this weapon did not just utilize the strength of the psychic material itself.

It also clearly utilizes a special mechanical structure constructed of psychic materials in its design, allowing these original rigid materials to exhibit an effect similar to that of a psychic using psychic energy.

And what’s even more special is that.

The Mechanical Tribe itself is just a hive network built by relying on spiritual energy. It is not that the Mechanical Tribe itself has mastered the use of psionic energy.

So in a sense, this is equivalent to allowing ordinary people to do things that only psykers can do.

Chen Ming found that he seemed to have found his main research direction in the future from this weapon.

Psychic materials can do many things that normal weapons cannot do through special structures.

Chen Ming's psychic power can also enable many weapons to do things that cannot be done under normal circumstances.

Combining the two will definitely provide better performance.

Although Chen Ming's current technical level is still at the level of a cruiser, his systematic understanding of psychic energy is close to nothing. He has only gotten here through trial and error.

There is nothing wrong with him using his psychic energy, but just think about it and actually conduct research and systematically create psychic weapons.

Even if the Imperial Industry Artillery is placed in front of him, he can only understand the actual effect now.

The structure made of the psychic materials inside is completely incomprehensible, let alone understanding the principles and designing new psychic weapons according to the principles.

But Chen Ming is not in a hurry to give up.

He is very clear about his progress all the time. As long as he is given time, he will master this knowledge one day.

This Imperial Cannon is not only a weapon that will be used by the Purgatory Demon King in the future where Chen Ming needs it to appear.

At the same time, it is also Chen Ming's best reference when conducting research on psychic weapons in the future.

The two items of special value in the Purgatory Demon King are the Purgatory Core and the Imperial Cannon.

There is nothing special except for some supporting heat control equipment.

After all, it is still a ground unit and cannot compare to the real crystallization of technology, the battleship.

Just like the Army cannot compare with the Navy.

Of course, Chen Ming was referring to the mechanical battleships.

Although he has only seen a few ordinary mechanical cruisers so far.

But since the Mechanical Tribe has special Mechanical Tribe ground units like the Purgatory Demon King, it can be inferred that the Mechanical Tribe has some equally special battleship units.

And if the large weapons of the battleship, even the main weapons, also have things similar to the Imperial Artillery, or even things like the Purgatory Core and the Low-temperature Computing Engine.

That's the really scary thing.

If Chen Ming decides to control those mechanical tribes, then these things will definitely come across sooner or later.

However, Chen Ming also believed that the imperial military knew much more than he did at least in fighting the machine race.

There are many things that he can't find now, but it doesn't mean that he can't find them with the help of the Fourteenth Legion.

So he could ask Baiquan about things related to it, but he had to wait until Baiquan figured out what it was that destroyed the mechanical fleet before.

Chen Ming temporarily put aside his attention to the Purgatory Demon King, and then turned his attention to the other mechanical races.

Although the Purgatory Demon King is indeed outstanding, the other ordinary individuals of the Machine Tribe are also very good.

The Insect Queen took the lead in making a surprise attack, crushing her troops and overwhelming the battlefield. Despite the unfavorable start, it managed to hold on for a long time. There were even signs of a counterattack in the middle, but it was not until the end that the Insect Queen was killed by the specially cultivated Zerg.

It is definitely wrong to say that such a mechanical race has no value.

So Chen Ming also took a look at the current individual types of the mechanical clan, which will be useful in the future.

After all, the Zerg tribe is led by the Insect Queen, but there is no individual like the Insect Queen in the mechanical tribe in Chen Ming's hands. All these mechanical tribes directly take orders from Chen Ming himself.

In other words, Chen Ming himself is equivalent to the insect queen in the mechanical tribe.

Therefore, in the absence of the Insect Queen, he needs to personally command the mechanical clan, and some things are always unavoidable.

Instead of scrambling in the future, it is better to take advantage of the right time now and figure out everything that needs to be clarified.

Chen Ming gave a rough summary of the types of machinery.

It can be divided into six levels.

Micro, small, standard, medium, large and heavy duty.

The micro machine family Chen Ming currently has on hand is a [machine family micro machine body·worker bee].

Although there is only one type of worker bee, there are actually more detailed differentiations of worker bees.

Their individuals will install different tools on different worker bees according to different work needs to achieve different functions.

Chen Ming counted casually and found that the mechanical family in his hands could currently be divided into more than a dozen worker bees with different functions.

It's basically a purely logistical type of machine.

In the future, when Chen Ming's colony is built, it will definitely be no problem to use it to attack Yuhui individuals.

There are two types of small mechanical species: [Burrowing Insects] and [Termites].

Chen Ming had seen the Digging Worm before. It was a three- to four-meter-long mechanical race that was good at civil engineering.

The termite is a combat-type mechanical body similar in size to the burrowing insect, but more slender and flatter.

It is equipped with a short-range artillery equipped with armor-piercing explosive shells specially used to destroy buildings, making it a proper siege unit.

It's just that Chen Ming had hardly noticed this kind of mechanical race in previous battles.

After all, the mechanical race is the one being beaten, and the number of termites is indeed very small.

The number of termites among the more than 30,000 mechanical race individuals that Chen Ming took away was only close to ten.

This thing is useful, but not many types.

The further standard type is more special. All humanoid mechanical bodies are classified in it. Although they are smaller in size than the burrowing insects and termites classified in the small type, they are the standard type.

To be honest, this is a bit intriguing. After all, the word standard is still very special.

However, Chen Ming was just guessing. There was no substantial evidence, so he didn't think much about it.

In short, there are quite a few standard mechanical bodies.

Things like [Flying Mantis] and [Jing Mantis] are all classified in it.

Then during the previous battle with the Zerg, those mechanical bodies of the Mechanical Tribe that could fly and caused some trouble for the Zerg were also included.

Another invisible mechanical body that can eject liquid energy crystals to assassinate the Zerg [Bothfly] is also among them.

They are all units with unique abilities, each with their own value.

In addition, Chen Ming actually discovered the same type of mechanical body of a flying mantis that had almost no sense of existence, [Shield Mantis].

It is equipped with an electromagnetic rifle and is equipped with a special device.

It can build a powerful electromagnetic force field around itself to block any metal from approaching, basically blocking bullets.

But the Zerg don't shoot bullets at all, nor do they spit out anything made of metal, so the previous combat effectiveness of this kind of machine didn't play a role at all.

So much so that Chen Ming didn't even care about this kind of mechanical body.

But now that I have taken it out, I feel that it is somewhat useful.

At least it will be effective when facing humans or afterglows who can use live ammunition weapons.

As for the medium-sized machine clan Chen Ming, there are currently two types, namely the [Blazing Silkworm] that has been captured before. The other type is the non-combat type of mechanical type [Carrier Ant] that is more common in mechanical cities.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell what this is a mechanical clan.

But it can actually do more, but for the current Chen Ming, it doesn't have much value.

Then there is the large mechanical clan. Chen Ming currently only has one type on hand, which is the [Centipede].

Although centipedes can continue to be subdivided into three types, [Hellfire Cannon Centipede], [Charge Shock Centipede] and [Charge Machine Gun Centipede].

But it's not necessary.

Speaking of which, Chen Ming suddenly remembered the idea that came to him when he saw Centipede's weapon.

Just study these charge weapons of Centipede.

Charge weapons are different from electromagnetic weapons. Electromagnetic weapons simply use electromagnetic acceleration to launch high-speed live ammunition.

Charge weapons use special charged bullets that can produce explosions and arcs when the bullets hit.

Chen Ming feels that it has great potential.

Although his fleet now basically uses energy weapons, and this thing is a live ammunition, the effect is really good.

Steal first... No, learn first, maybe one day you will need it.

And since Chen Mingcai had obtained charge weapons after two fights with the mechanical tribe, it meant that the empire must have obtained samples of charge weapons earlier than he did.

But since Chen Ming has never learned the relevant knowledge, it must be that the empire has blocked the information about this weapon and used it for the army's own use.

Since there is quality assurance from the military, Chen Ming will not lose money if he learns it.

Finally, there is the heavy machinery clan. Chen Ming only has one, which is the [Purgatory Demon King].

Speaking of which, Chen Ming suddenly noticed that the naming method of this Purgatory Demon King was different from the ordinary mechanical race that was related to insects.

I don’t know if that civilization has any special interest in bugs, or if the empire’s translators have some strange habits.

In short, there are only so many types of machines that Chen Ming currently controls.

But there are definitely more models in the mechanical family.

The current situation only occurred because one of the two mechanical tribe cities that Chen Ming found was on the border of that civilization and had declined, while the other colony was still developing.

After summarizing the units of the mechanical clan, Chen Ming also sorted out all the units of the Zerg clan, including the individuals that evolved individually from the Queen of Zergs during the battle.

In addition to the [Striders], [Giant Spiders], [Vesicle Worms] and [Scale Worms] that are present at the beginning.

It’s the [Blood Baneling] that has little presence, but is always playing a role.

It sprays out a large amount of Zerg blood by self-destructing, interfering with the normal operation of the mechanical race. Although it dies quickly, it does play a lot of uses.

It's just that Chen Ming hasn't figured out the reason why the Zerg blood interferes with the operation of the mechanical tribe. Although it doesn't affect Chen Ming's use of the Zerg blood, he should investigate it if he has time.

The other is the main force that previously advanced on the frontal battlefield between the Zerg and Machines, the largest Zerg, which Chen Ming simply and crudely called "Titan Bug".

[Liquid Crystal Worm] capable of spraying unstable and explosive energy crystallized liquid.

Able to launch cone-shaped products that combine Zerg carapace and energy crystals, [Cone Crystal Insects] are used by the Queen to intercept the bombardment of Blazing Silkworm artillery.

There are also improvised [Bacteria Bugs] that can spit out a large amount of sticky fungi, but this bug is simply used to restrict the flying mechanical bugs like nymphs.

The restrictions are too great, there are too few scenes that can be used, and there is not much meaning.

However, the other type [Stinging Scorpion Flying Insect] is more valuable. It is a high-speed flying melee Zerg unit, which is very useful when facing the relatively fragile back row of the mechanical race.

The jet-black carapace gives it powerful protection and sharp weapons. It has no obvious shortcomings except that it is easily wiped out by large-scale flame attacks like Blazing Silkworm.

The last kind of bug left was called [Parasite] by Chen Ming. It was the key to the Queen's comeback when she almost overturned.

He directly controlled a large number of mechanical centipedes and pushed them all the way to the center of the city.

It is also the key to helping Chen Ming obtain so many mechanical races.

It can only be said that the Zerg have evolved to a very powerful level without knowing it.

Some Zergs may not be useful individually, but when all these Zergs belong to one insect nest, they have an advantage that no other force can match in ground combat.

Of course, Zerg also have shortcomings, such as the breeding time being too long.

The breeding of Zerg now basically relies on the queen to actively control the carpet to generate Zerg larvae.

The larvae are then differentiated into different adults as needed.

Generally speaking, it takes a long time, and the insect queen also needs to keep an eye on it.

That's why he took so long to prepare when he attacked the mechanical city.

Chen Ming already has some thoughts on this issue.

It is to let the insect queen find a way to evolve a factory similar to the mechanical race, a biological factory unique to the insect race.

The mechanical race can rely on factory assembly lines to produce mechanical race individuals, but once the insect race breaks away from the insect queen, Chen Ming has to find a way to give birth to new insects on his own.

But if this idea can be realized, the insect queen can set up several breeding factories like the mechanical clan, and it can produce Zerg individuals on its own even if it is out of its control.

That is very valuable to Chen Ming.

And Chen Ming didn't need the insect queen to be able to figure out his thoughts completely.

Chen Ming only needed the insect queen to come up with a prototype, and the rest could be completed with his spiritual power.

Chen Ming can also study the thoughts in his mind when the Queen of Insects studied the Zerg architecture when he saw the Purgatory Demon King before.

That is to create a special individual with powerful abilities that belongs to the Zerg race and belongs to Chen Ming himself.

Although the special individuals of the Zerg race may not necessarily have the outrageous combat power brought about by using the Purgatory Core like the Purgatory Demon King.

But Chen Ming's psychic powers can always produce some unexpected effects, and the Zerg now possess psychic powers themselves.

The combination of two psychic powers can't be compared to a psychic device made purely by relying on psychic materials and special manufacturing technology, right?

Moreover, Chen Ming actually has a special idea that he can try when the time comes.

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly received a message from the Queen of the Hive Mind Network.

At this time, it had already gathered back the Zerg that attacked the mechanical city and retreated deep underground.

At the same time, it also destroyed the underground passage and began to absorb the insects, gradually converting the insects into energy crystals, which Chen Ming could take back at any time.

And if the mechanical tribe wants to dig out the insect queen from deep underground, it will definitely take a lot of effort.

But the greater possibility is that it cannot be dug out.

Because the insect queen transmitted a picture to Chen Ming that he had not seen just now.

A memory of the insect queen herself.

Just after Chen Ming ran away with the fleet.

The insects on the ground had not completely evacuated yet and saw what was happening in the mechanical colony.

That is, the buildings and the machines themselves that are constantly being violently destroyed by something that cannot be observed, as well as those huge manta ray-like marks.

This should be an important clue to confirm the source of the danger perceived by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming really couldn't take out this scene. After all, memories could only be transmitted within the hive mind network.

Chen Ming himself is the builder of the cellular network. In the cellular network, other people and other mechanical equipment cannot access the network.

However, Chen Ming thought about it and felt that it should be fine. Since Bai Quan had such a big reaction before, he must have made a very accurate guess.

He should be looking for him soon.

In short, the summary of Chen Ming's gains this time is that his machine race and the machine race hive network can become stronger, providing him with more mental power and other assistance.

The premise is that he chooses to take the risk of the mechanical clan.

At the same time, the Zerg have also become stronger, this one is really stronger.

In addition to Chen Ming's previous evolution and deep repair of the insect queen, there were also exchanges of new species created.

The bugs that evolve on the battlefield are proof that they have become stronger.

Even though some of them are designed to target specific bugs, they have their limitations.

But parasites clearly don't fall into this category.

Parasites are powerful and dangerous.

Because the targets it can affect are not limited to the mechanical race, but Chen Ming will not let the insect queen use the parasite to deal with any enemies other than the mechanical race for the time being.

He will never be exposed to anyone or any species with normal thinking.

Although Chen Ming himself did not gain much in this battle.

But as long as the machine race and the Zerg race become stronger, Chen Ming will also become stronger with the feedback from the hive network.

So that's pretty much it.

After Chen Ming summarized the gains this time, he breathed a sigh of relief and moved his tibia slightly.

Arranged where to go after a few cruisers.

The defender and the colossus were left at the edge of the galaxy by Chen Ming because they carried individuals of the mechanical race that were not yet controlled by him.

They can't go back yet, at least until Chen Ming figures out whether the benefits and risks are worth controlling those machines.

Anyway, he is now in the galaxy where the pirate space station is located. There should be no one who doesn’t have eyes who comes to this place.

The remaining two cruisers used hyperspace to leave the pirate galaxy for a certain distance, and then returned to the temporary stronghold through several jumps.

Brilliant and Hui Yao both have things to do at the temporary stronghold. Fighting against the machine clan is just a guest appearance. Their business at the temporary stronghold is their business.

After completing the other four cruisers, Chen Ming took control of the Supreme Point and Stardust and headed to the Pirate Space Station.

Although the main business of development is important, there are still some other things waiting for him to deal with.

(End of this chapter)