Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 206 Technical Testing

In addition to the above, Chen Ming also has some additional special beings on his hands.

Such as Shipling and Xiaoshi.

Although their current role seems to be just mascots.

But a ship spirit is a ship spirit after all, and it needs to influence a spacecraft for a long time to play its due role.

Two months is too short, let alone Shao Yang's rhythm will be at its peak for another month.

Therefore, Chen Ming knew that the boat spirit was fishing and it didn't matter.

As for Xiao Ten, he was the hamster that had been with him from Ruimu to this day. He seemed to have some psychic potential, and then he ate too many fairy leaves at Yuhui and evolved into a psychic creature.

Therefore, Chen Ming said that it was impossible to give up on it.

In addition to the two living ones, Chen Ming also has some special dead objects, such as two condensed psychic energy sources and mad words ectoplasmic stones, as well as a psychic pulse generator.

It is the existence of these things that allows Chen Ming to still be able to exercise his spiritual energy even when he is extremely busy every day.

In fact, Chen Ming still has a lot of things, such as materials and other things that he has not counted.

But it is too troublesome to count the supplies. Just know that there is no shortage.

And all these things add up to Chen Ming's entire wealth.

That is everything Chen Ming has accumulated step by step until today.

At the same time, it is also the motivation that supports Chen Ming to continue on.

the next day.

When the original scheduled time was earlier, Bai Quan contacted Chen Ming in advance and asked, "How's it going?"

Chen Ming had already prepared it yesterday, so he could answer immediately: "I have no problem here."

"Okay, let's go meet some people first."

"who?"

"As I told you yesterday, I found a think tank for you."

Bai Quan gently tapped the terminal that Chen Ming had given him in his hand. This thing was very useful when talking in private, but it was a bit difficult to use when in contact with other people.

"You are in the empire now. Why don't you just switch to the network of our Fourteenth Legion? There is no need to worry about leaks."

"Row."

Chen Ming's communication code was never deliberately hidden. With the help of Bai Quan, he quickly connected to the internal communication network of the Fourteenth Legion.

After confirming that the signal was OK, Bai Quan left the office and went to a conference room in the office building where he was located.

There are already five people waiting here.

After entering the conference room, Bai Quan opened the conference room computer permissions to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming's face appeared on the projection in the conference room, and the appearance of the conference room also appeared in front of Chen Ming's eyes.

Bai Quan reached out and motioned to the five people in the conference room and said, "These are the think tanks I told you about before."

The five people originally sitting in the conference room immediately stood up and bowed slightly to Chen Ming. The man in the middle said: "Mr. Chen Ming, we can rely on your description of your own spiritual power to help you analyze the future development of your spiritual power. Prospects and effects of use.”

Chen Ming nodded and quietly sent a question to Bai Quan using the terminal.

"By the way, how did you determine the candidates for the think tank?"

After all, as a think tank of psykers, they must have an understanding of psionic energy and a sufficiently broad mind, as well as imagination.

Otherwise these think tanks, which are not psykers themselves, make no sense.

Bai Quan turned his hand away and replied to Chen Ming on the terminal: "There are some people among ordinary people whose mental power exceeds that of ordinary people, but they cannot reach the point of awakening psychic powers and becoming psychics."

"These people with advanced mental powers are relatively easy to find among ordinary people, just like psychics."

"And it is easier for them to observe the effects of psychic powers when they assist some psychics in testing psychic powers, so the empire has been specifically looking for such people."

"Some of these people are official employees of the empire. They have been exposed to psychic energy a lot during relevant tests. Those who are interested will take the initiative to apply, or participate in psychic energy-related departments according to the requirements of their superiors. at work.”

"So those who work in psychic energy-related departments are basically people with mental powers that are different from ordinary people."

"Then these people are screened based on their abilities and finally the think tank is selected."

"Actually, the think tank didn't exist at the beginning. It wasn't until the empire systematized the management and research of psykers that the think tank gradually came into being."

"If you don't need them, I can let them go now."

"That's not necessary."

Chen Ming decisively rejected Bai Quan's proposal.

Since the emperor's think tank is a branch that gradually extends from the empire's psychic department, it has always existed.

Time has proven that the think tank is useful, and there is no need for him to deny it directly.

And it always helps to have someone to help you think about it.

Although his spiritual power is not as simple as it seems from the outside, the answer that can be analyzed solely by the effects of those psychic powers that can be spoken may not be ideal.

In addition, Chen Ming can completely see the possibility of developing his own spiritual energy in the future from the ship spirit.

The analysis of outsiders may be somewhat unreliable, but it is still a reference option.

Moreover, Chen Ming was indeed curious as to whether the think tanks in the empire, which had been screened at all levels, could think of a truly applicable direction for the development of psychic energy based on the simple description of the psychic conditions he dictated.

After Chen Ming briefly got to know the five people.

Bai Quan opened his mouth and said to Chen Ming: "It's almost time. The matter of the mechanical clan must be discussed in the conference room of the headquarters. Please help you pick up the signal."

"When exactly does it start?"

"You can do it at any time. Everyone should have arrived just now."

"Then go ahead."

Bai Quan reached out and operated on the computer in the conference room, connected Chen Ming's communication signal to a new channel, and connected it to a conference room in the headquarters.

And when the signal was connected, he took the lead in transmitting the conference room signal to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming could see that there were about thirty people sitting scattered in this larger conference room.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ming immediately asked Bai Quan through the terminal: "Are there actually so many people? I thought there wouldn't be many people who are interested in psychic powers among those who study the mechanical race."

"Forehead……"

Bai Quan was stunned for a moment because of Chen Ming's words, and quickly replied to Chen Ming on the terminal: "Actually, there are quite a lot."

"The Machine Tribe has a lot of things left over from another civilization, including a lot of psychic equipment."

"And so far we have not been able to create equipment that can produce psychic effects without relying on psykers. As a result, the use of psychic equipment by the mechanical tribe has often exceeded our imagination."

"So people who study the mechanical race will be more or less interested in psychic energy."

"Um...Also, although there are only more than thirty people coming this time, the number of researchers and scholar reagents from our headquarters who study the machine race can participate in the meeting, which can fill at least three or four conference rooms."

"We are worried that the large number of people will make you uncomfortable, so we only let them choose representatives to participate."

Chen Ming immediately looked at the conference room. The entire conference room could seat about three hundred people.

According to Bai Quan, there are actually thousands of researchers related to the mechanical race at the headquarters of the Fourteenth Legion, and there should be more.

Bai Quan just said that those who can come can fill three or four conference rooms. For those who cannot attend, there must be more researchers who have to stay at the institute.

Then Chen Ming did have a misunderstanding. Thirty people were not too many at all, but rather pitifully few.

It can only be said that the human environment where Chen Ming stayed the longest was the pirate space station.

Although the people here basically know something about the mechanical clan and their psychic equipment, there are not many people who have actually come into contact with the mechanical clan and their spiritual energy.

But the Fourteenth Legion is different. The army has an absolute understanding of spiritual energy and is at war with the mechanical tribe all the year round. Naturally, there are more people who can come into contact with the mechanical tribe.

Just like if Chen Ming had continued on step by step and was just an ordinary person, he would never have imagined how many people on the Pirate Space Station had committed crimes and became pirates.

Only when you get to the pirate space station do you find that all the people on it are pirates.

Of course, they basically didn't have any high bounties on them, so Chen Ming generally didn't bother to care about them.

Moreover, comparing pirates with researchers from the mechanical race is indeed a bit insulting to scholars.

In short, what kind of environment will have what kind of people.

Seeing that Chen Ming had nothing to say, Bai Quan asked, "Then I will take you over?"

"it is good."

The moment the two-way communication was connected, Chen Ming's appearance appeared in the conference room.

Chen Ming suddenly saw a familiar person in the conference room again, Shao Yang.

Although he looks like an ordinary researcher wearing a white coat and black-rimmed glasses, there is an arrogance in his eyes that cannot be hidden.

Although Chen Ming didn't see him the first time he came up, as long as he glanced at him a few more times, he couldn't hide his eyes, so Chen Ming still noticed him.

Shao Yang also noticed that Chen Ming's eyes on the projection screen in the conference room were locked on him through the screen.

So he nodded slightly to Chen Ming.

He was actually a little surprised.

His research focus is mainly on spacecraft design, not specifically on the mechanical race.

However, his interest and understanding of psychic energy are greater than any researcher of the Fourteenth Legion, so he is still more interested in matters related to the mechanical race that are closely related to psychic energy.

I heard from my colleagues in the research institute next door that the Fourteenth Legion's research on the machine race has recently made progress, and a report meeting will be held remotely at the branch.

He came here out of curiosity.

As a psyker who recently joined the Fourteenth Legion, Shao Yang still has this reputation.

The other person attending the meeting was Chen Ming. As the organizer of the meeting, Bai Quan knew that Wu An had connected Chen Ming and Shao Yang, so he naturally opened a back door for him.

As a result, after Shao Yang arrived, when the meeting officially started, he discovered that it was Chen Ming who was going to speak at the meeting.

This really surprised him.

But besides being surprised, he also thought of something incidentally.

Because in his opinion, the fact that Chen Ming could appear in the internal meeting of the Fourteenth Army Corps meant that Chen Ming had also joined the Fourteenth Army Corps.

This is a good thing for him. They are all from psychic associations, and they are all psychics brought by Wu An.

There have been cooperations before, and there are also ongoing cooperations recently.

With the previous foundation, they can communicate with each other more.

So he also took the initiative to say hello to Chen Ming. Chen Ming also nodded and didn't respond much, nor was he affected by seeing someone he knew.

The report meeting on the research on the machine race that he promised started normally.

After the conference room quieted down, Chen Ming organized his words a little and said: "The hive mind network of the mechanical tribe is composed of psychic energy."

The attention of everyone in the entire conference room was instantly attracted by what Chen Ming said.

Someone in the conference room immediately started discussing this topic.

"Have you ever made such an assumption before?"

"Yes, but the psychic devices of the mechanical tribe are mechanical and rigid, without spirituality. And the mechanical tribe itself is the life that best fits the term spirituality, so no one has agreed with this proposal."

Chen Ming did not continue speaking at this time, but listened silently.

When the discussion in the conference room is almost over, it becomes quiet again.

He continued to describe his understanding of the machine race based on his psychic control and understanding of the machine race.

It can be said that these researchers have a very good understanding of the structure or design of the machine family, and may be the best in the entire empire.

But in terms of understanding the nature of the Machine Tribe, no one can compare to him, who actually controlled the Machine Tribe and built the Machine Tribe's hive network.

The subsequent meeting process was not like the situation at the beginning.

Apart from sometimes causing some small discussions, no one directly raised objections to Chen Ming's words.

After all, everyone present has heard of Chen Ming more or less, and no one can guarantee that what Chen Ming said at first glance, which sounds outrageous, must be wrong.

Bai Quan, who was in the branch at this time, also received a call soon after.

In addition to the conference room of the headquarters, there are actually many people watching Chen Ming's meeting, but they can communicate directly with Chen Ming in the conference room.

The call Bai Quan received now was that someone from above had given an order to come down.

Bai Quan walked to the door of the conference room, looked back at Chen Ming who was talking on the screen, and turned to leave.

after an hour.

Chen Ming's own account of his understanding of the machine race came to an end, and Bai Quan also returned to the scene again.

As soon as he came back, he saw someone in the conference room of the headquarters asking Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen Ming, can you come to the headquarters in person to demonstrate to us the changes after the mechanical race is controlled? We have captured them here. Mechanical family samples are available for your use.”

Just when Bai Quan thought about wiring in to stop it, Chen Ming had already replied: "I need to stay in the Gallo Star Territory and cannot leave at will."

The researcher who just asked the question immediately said, "We can take samples of the mechanical race to the Galo Star Field."

Chen Ming did not explicitly refuse, but just said: "Then I will consider it."

"Thank you."

The researcher thanked him and sat back immediately.

Chen Ming also said the last words: "Then that's all I want to talk about today. If you still have questions or opinions, you can ask Lieutenant General Bai Quan later."

Then Chen Ming cut off the screen and sent a message to Bai Quan: "It's over here."

"I saw it, you don't really want someone to bring the mechanical race to the Gallo Star Territory, do you?"

Chen Ming said immediately: "Of course this is just an excuse. I can't just say in front of so many people that I am too lazy to help them demonstrate, right? Then I will lose both of our faces."

Chen Ming suddenly took a deep breath, relieved his nervousness and said, "I have never spoken in front of so many people. I am quite tired."

"I don't think you acted like it was your first time."

"Maybe it's talent."

Chen Ming responded casually and said, "That's it for today. Do you want us to continue if you are still free? Yesterday I had another fight with Cheng Xinghai. Do you want to review it?"

Bai Quan thought about his task and said, "Then it may not be possible today. We'll have to wait until tomorrow."

"But there is no need to review the battle between you and Cheng Xinghai yesterday, because you never directed it at all."

"I think it's better for you to limit your psychic abilities, otherwise this simulated battle will be meaningless."

Chen Ming said in agreement: "Actually, I think so too. So let's do it. See you tomorrow."

Just when Chen Ming was about to end the communication, Bai Quan stopped him and said, "Wait a moment, some people from the think tank have something to say to you."

"Row."

The person who was supposed to be the representative of the five people said to Chen Ming through the communication channel of the 14th Army: "Mr. Chen Ming, we would like to ask you a few questions."

"You ask."

"Are the psychically controlled machines completely controlled by you?"

"Yes, I said it at the meeting."

"Does the machine clan controlled by you still have self-awareness?"

"It exists, but each individual will become very weak after leaving their hive network, their thinking ability will be greatly reduced, and they will only have the most basic ability to obey orders."

"One more question is, do you know anything about the mechanical hive network?"

"As far as I know from what I said in the meeting, the machines I control have no way to go back after they leave the hive network."

After the think tank representative asked Chen Ming three questions, he immediately had an urgent discussion with others.

Then he turned back to Chen Ming and said: "Mr. Chen Ming, we are wondering whether your spiritual power can integrate the consciousness of these mechanical races as abnormal sub-individuals and build a new one with your spiritual power as the core. Hive mind network?”

"?"

Chen Ming was silent.

He didn't know what to say.

Is this the value of a think tank?

At this time, the representative continued to say to Chen Ming: "We don't know much about your psychic abilities, but according to what you said personally, your control of the machine race will cause the machine race to become abnormal sub-individuals and unable to reconnect to the machine. The Hive Mind Network, this."

"And the theory you put forward in the meeting just now, this should be feasible."

Chen Ming subconsciously glanced at the city of the mechanical tribe he controlled, and said with some uncertainty: "I can give it a try."

"What's your name?"

"Yan Ze."

After the matter with Baiquan was over.

Immediately afterwards, good news came from the Queen of Insects. A new biotechnology experiment was successful.

is another ongoing technology besides bioarchitecture.

This is very good news for Chen Ming.

He immediately transferred his consciousness to the bugs near the queen in the nest, preparing to go over and verify this technology.

After the verification was completed, he directly transferred the consciousness of the insect queen temporarily to the body of the insect queen at the highest point.

That night.

Chen Ming left the highest point alone and went to the pirate space station.

It was still the same as before, without any protective clothing or other equipment.

And just like last time, he ran directly to the bar where Lao Wu often went.

The bar at night was much noisier than the last time Chen Ming came. The crowds crowded into a small space made Chen Ming feel uncomfortable.

However, he still held back. After entering, he first asked the bartender for a glass of very exciting liquor, and then went to the corner to find Lao Wu fooling around.

When Old Wu saw Chen Ming coming over, he asked with extremely strange eyes: "Xiao Ming, are you so free today?"

Chen Ming took a sip of the wine in his hand and said, "Yeah, I just did something mind-numbing with someone during the day, so I came out to hang out and relax."

"By the way, how did the food taste last time?"

Old Wu recalled the taste of shellac before, and his mouth instinctively secreted more saliva.

"The taste is very good, but..."

The corners of Chen Ming's mouth curled up, it was obvious that Old Wu had also been tricked.

He immediately took out a fresh-keeping box containing a portion of shellac from his bag and handed it to Lao Wu and said, "I still have a lot here."

Seeing Lao Wu's hesitant look, Chen Ming took out a new piece of shellac, took a spoon and stuffed it into his mouth.

When Old Wu saw this, although he still felt a little hesitant in his heart, he still took the box.

After all, the smell is really tempting.

When taking the fuse box, Old Wu couldn't help but ask: "So what exactly is this thing?"

Chen Ming asked back: "Do you know the Thorn Zerg clan?"

Old Wu searched for this somewhat familiar name in his mind, and finally found the Thorn Zerg clan in Chen Ming's past memory, and said, "I have an impression."

"This is what they produce."

"you……"

"I came across a nest of wild bugs and found them in their nest. I looked through the research report on the Thorn bugs. This thing is edible, don't worry."

Old Wu nodded, and suddenly said with some regret: "That's a pity. I thought this thing could be produced, and it felt like a good business."

With that said, he also opened the crisper, and then took out a spoon from nowhere and tasted the taste of shellac like Chen Ming.

Chen Ming was a little surprised by the idea proposed by Lao Wu.

Because this idea is actually good.

He can indeed mass-produce shellac, and he shouldn't have to worry about sales.

The 0.2% food poisoning rate is a bit troublesome, but it can also be solved using the allergen argument.

But unfortunately, the situation of the Thorn Zerg must not be exposed.

Therefore, Chen Ming could only give up the idea of ​​raising funds through this new open source for the time being.

After eating the shellac, Chen Ming didn't stay much longer and said, "I just came here to wander around for a few times, and I'm leaving."

"Walk slowly."

Chen Ming drank the wine in his hand and turned around to walk out of the bar.

Although his face was visibly red, and he looked like he was drunk.

But he still walked out of the bar steadily.

(End of this chapter)