Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 209 Arrangement

Chen Ming was very familiar with what Bai Quan put in front of Chen Ming.

It was the purgatory core that he had obtained not long ago.

Chen Ming pretended to look at the Purgatory Core for a few times and asked, "What is this? Did you get it from the Machine Tribe?"

"The Purgatory Core is the core of a special type of machine. The name of that machine is the Purgatory Demon King."

Although Chen Ming had used his spiritual power to know the name of the Purgatory Demon King before, but now he couldn't help but say what he had wanted to say before: "Is the chuunibyou prisoner with this name?"

"That's not the case. The translator found the name directly from the ruins document."

"Speaking of this, I will also give you some data on rare individuals of the Machine Tribe that you may not have seen before, as well as various documents related to the Machine Tribe that have not been made public to the public."

Chen Ming nodded and asked again: "So what do you need me to do to get this thing?"

"I need you to investigate the effect of this thing and see if it can be used."

"?"

Chen Ming withdrew his spiritual energy fluctuations, and the glimmer of light at the core of Purgatory became silent again.

"Have you ever seen a situation where the entire battlefield on a habitable planet remains at 200 degrees Celsius for several hours without changing?"

Bai Quan explained: "The situations of these two are different."

The Demon King he acquired before was obviously an antique from the mechanical clan.

"Even if there are remaining Purgatory Demon Kings, they will often choose to self-destruct when the battlefield situation is completely out of control. At this time, we can't get anything."

The Fourteenth Legion does still have many things on hand that have not yet been researched into actual effects, and they are basically all stolen from the mechanical tribe.

"The Demon King of Purgatory is different."

Bai Quan's words seemed to prove that they had made such an attempt before, but the result was obviously a failure.

"As a result, we have no way to scan it directly on the battlefield."

Chen Ming was confused for a moment and said: "I heard you talk about that thing called the cryogenic computing engine before. It is also a relic of that civilization that is used by the empire in various star fields."

Perhaps because of the constant interference from the giant phase beast, the mechanical clan's investment in that colony was somewhat lacking in many areas.

Bai Quan understood what Chen Ming meant. It was already established that Chen Ming's spiritual power was not only for controlling the spacecraft, but also for controlling any mechanical body.

"So we can't observe the core operation in sufficient detail."

"Even the way it is used is the data obtained from the cryogenic computing engines in the operating military bases of the Machine Race when we captured the frontline colonies of the Machine Race."

Finally, he said: "Are you sure you want to hand this thing over to me?"

"So now that the cryogenic computing engine can be used, is there no way to figure out this purgatory core?"

"Currently, no backup Purgatory Demon King has been found to have been captured. When a ground war occurs, no Demon King can survive until the end of the battlefield and keep running."

"It can control the increase of entropy on a large-scale battlefield, turning the entire battlefield environment into a high-temperature purgatory."

"But the destroyed wreckage cannot capture the condition of the Purgatory Core when the Purgatory Demon King was running."

However, the answer has been determined since Baiquan took out the Purgatory Core from the beginning.

Now that Bai Quan has answered Chen Ming's question, Chen Ming has no other questions to ask.

Bai Quan continued to add: "Then during the battle, the entropy gathered by the Demon King will also drastically interfere with the use of any sensing equipment."

"Although most of the cryogenic computing engine was found in ruins, we have never found the accompanying instructions."

"The actual use of the core, the internal energy flow, and the entropy control effect are constructed are difficult to determine."

Therefore, the purgatory core handed over to Chen Ming will only belong to Chen Ming after being touched by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming has never seen it before.

Chen Ming suddenly asked Bai Quan a question at this time: "How are you sure that the Purgatory Demon King is controlling entropy instead of simply creating high temperatures?"

Chen Ming nodded and took the purgatory core from Bai Quan's hand, and the spiritual energy instantly saturated the core.

“By analyzing and replicating these running low-temperature computing engines, it took us a long time to slowly master the use of the low-temperature computing engines, and then we completely perfected them.”

"So we can only ensure that there will be no major problems on the battlefield by completely destroying the Demon King at the beginning of the battle."

"We have fought many ground wars with the mechanical race, and this thing is not too rare."

And Chen Ming said: "So... this thing should be regarded as an initial test for me."

"This……"

"This is too threatening for us. It is definitely a target that must be attacked as soon as possible. It is impossible to capture it alive while it is running."

"If we can use one or several Purgatory Cores as the cost in exchange for a thorough understanding of how Purgatory Cores operate, I think it should be worth it."

In Bai Quan's unmistakable eyes, the crimson lines of the purgatory core in Chen Ming's hand flickered with a shimmer caused by the stimulation of some spiritual energy fluctuations.

Bai Quan replied directly: "Absolutely."

"So, the most we can do is analyze this core function from the Purgatory Demon King, which is the control of entropy displayed by the Purgatory Demon King."

"Choose the simplest thing for me to study and see if I have the ability to study other more expensive things obtained from the mechanical tribe?"

Although their research could not produce results, it would not be possible if they were handed over to Chen Ming.

That Purgatory Demon King doesn't even have the core chip that carries the consciousness of the mechanical race, so naturally it can't do what the Demon King in good condition can do.

As long as Chen Ming can study the basic effects of this purgatory core, Baiquan can hand over more things to Chen Ming for research.

Even some things whose principles have been clarified, such as low-temperature computing engines, can be handed over to Chen Ming to study again.

After all, Chen Ming's spiritual power is sometimes more accurate than the results obtained by using various equipment, at least in fields related to the machine race.

Chen Ming didn't say much. After all, Bai Quan had a very normal reason for choosing to do this, and it was also good for him.

But he still has some questions to ask: "What is the value of a machine race like the Purgatory Demon King?"

"It's not bad. The ability to control entropy in a large area is there. It can be regarded as a top-notch ground combat unit. It will be very effective in ground combat when combined with high-heat-resistant robots."

"But it doesn't mean much to us, because the main enemies the empire currently faces, the Afterglow and the Machine Tribe, are not afraid of high temperatures."

"So my evaluation is that it's okay, so the core is more important."

Is the core more important...

Chen Ming asked Bai Quan again: "If I have indeed developed the core method of use, what are your ideas for using it? According to you, it will definitely not be used on the battlefield."

"Yes, so our current main purpose is to understand the operating principle of the Purgatory Core."

"But I have heard of a possible use, which is to combine the purgatory core with a cryogenic computing engine to achieve the effect of installing a cryogenic computing engine on a non-volcanic planet."

Chen Ming thought about this idea for a while and asked: "Is the output power of the Purgatory Core enough?"

"It seems that it is not enough at the moment, but we can also choose to use multiple purgatory cores at the same time to match a low-temperature computing engine. The quantity gap between the two we have is not at the same level."

Bai Quan's answer successfully solved Chen Ming's confusion.

After Chen Ming thought about it for a while, he suddenly expressed an idea that he had always had.

"Then can you drive a capital ship to bomb a desolate planet with no resources, and manually create volcanic planets in some galaxies that don't have volcanic planets by destroying plates and attacking the planet's core?"

Bai Quan suddenly gave Chen Ming a thumbs up and said, "Good idea."

"This idea has been mentioned by people in the research department in the Imperial Army over the years."

"But you should also expect the result. It is too difficult to achieve and too dangerous. It has never been implemented in practice."

Chen Ming just casually mentioned that if there is no feasibility, forget it. He didn't get too entangled and said, "I have no problem here."

"Okay, the equipment to help you research the mechanical clan will be delivered one after another in a few days."

"I'll give you a list later. If you need anything else, just ask. As long as it's installed by the institute, it's fine."

Bai Quan said something suddenly occurred to him, and said: "By the way, at the meeting at the headquarters yesterday, you said that you would help people actually verify the situation of the Machine Tribe being controlled by you. Those individuals, did I let them come over?"

"Um...that's okay."

Although Chen Ming said before that this was an excuse he made casually.

But the situation is different now. The timing of the successful research on prosthetic technology is too lucky. Those people can really call him over and actually see the effect of his use of psychic energy on the machine race.

It can be regarded as proving the authenticity of what he proposed at the meeting.

Chen Ming's answer surprised Bai Quan. After all, he didn't expect Chen Ming to agree to this kind of thing.

Since the situation was different from what he thought, he immediately ignored the matter that Chen Ming had agreed to, and then said: "Then do you need some assistants or something?"

"Assistant? You can have one too."

Although Chen Ming can control all the devices, it is still a bit tiring to control too many devices with too many distractions.

If some things can be left to the assistant, he can save a lot of trouble.

"Well, then some of the people from the headquarters can stay as your assistants."

Bai Quan said it matter-of-factly, but Chen Ming immediately realized something was wrong in his words and quickly asked: "Wait a minute, I have no objection to assistants, but they are willing?"

Chen Ming thought that Bai Quan was going to select some freshly graduated college students from the 14th Army Corps. Why did he suddenly select those professional researchers who might know more about these aspects than he did?

Bai Quan explained: "The research on the machine family that you talked about at yesterday's meeting was very clear."

"So yesterday, someone used the psychic power of a special psyker overnight to completely block the psychic energy fluctuations around a machine race that was captured by us."

"Although it seems to have no impact at all, there are no other psychic fluctuations at all."

"But the blocked machine did show extremely obvious intelligence... No, it should be a weakening of its computing power."

"This just proves your statement."

"And there are some other things you mentioned about the machine race that have been verified since yesterday. Some of them have already produced results. It can be said that all of them are fine."

"So, you are now the authority on the research on the mechanical race."

"There are many researchers studying the machine race who are willing to assist you. It's not shameful to be your psyker's assistant." Okay.

It seems that there is no need for him to prove that what he said is correct. Someone has already verified it for him.

And these researchers who want to be his assistants...

"I have to choose myself. It's better to give me some new people."

Bai Quan immediately agreed: "No problem, I will send you the list when the time comes, and you can choose by yourself."

After seeing that Chen Ming agreed with his idea, Bai Quan said: "Okay, then this will be your research institute from now on. Do you want to give it a name?"

My institute...

Chen Ming shook his head and said, "Just call it the Chaofan Research Institute."

Bai Quan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I have a suspicion that you are working in a certain research institute, but it's okay."

"Then let me say it first. Your research institute needs to regularly study some special items similar to the Purgatory Core that we sent to you."

"And besides studying these things, you can study anything you want, as long as it's related to the machine race."

"All your needs related to the research of the machine family can be met."

Chen Ming asked with some uncertainty: "You can study anything?"

"Anything is fine, you can even study how many kilowatt-hours of electricity the machine race consumes for breakfast every day, as long as it is related to the machine race."

"These seemingly useless contents accumulate, and someone will find important connections in them in the future."

Chen Ming asked with some confusion: "What is this statement?"

"Over the years, the empire has encountered more opponents than just Yuhui and the Machine Tribe, but most of the other opponents are now dead, thanks to our continuous research on those things."

"There will always be someone who can find the key points from the complicated research results, and then integrate them to discover the enemy's fatal weakness, and then there will be no more."

Chen Ming instantly thought of an enemy that matched what Bai Quan was saying now.

Thorn Zerg.

When Chen Ming looked for the Thorn Zerg before, he found a large number of papers and they were extremely complicated.

These papers seem unrelated to each other and make no sense.

But Chen Ming did seem to have seen a bunch of cited articles at the end of the paper that described the various situations of the Zerg itself in great detail.

When an enemy has been thoroughly studied from what he eats in the morning to what color quilt he wears at night, it is really easy to deal with this enemy.

"That's okay, I'll remember it."

"Okay, let's do this for the research institute first. I have to explain your own affairs clearly to you."

"whats the matter?"

Bai Quan reached out and patted Chen Ming's shoulder, and at the same time put his other hand on his chest and said, "You have arrived at our Fourteenth Army Corps and you plan to change your original study schedule."

"But I don't have that much time here. Half a day is the limit I can spare."

"I'll have to let someone else take care of teaching you for the remaining half of the day."

Chen Ming understood, nodded and said: "That's right, I understand."

"It's best if you understand."

"It will be normal teaching in the morning. I will come directly to you then."

"In the afternoon, I will assign the personnel tomorrow, and I will ask the instructor to meet with you in the morning."

"no problem."

"Okay, now let me ask you one last time, are you sure you really want to stay here? You can also see your current situation."

Although Bai Quan didn't explain clearly, Chen Ming already understood.

Even after he came to the Fourteenth Legion, he could no longer leave the dome where he was now at will.

His psychic ability makes too many people fearful. Who would expect that the place where they stay every day would suddenly be controlled by a psyker, and everything else would be controlled by the psyker.

So the meaning of Bai Quan's words is very clear, and it's not too late to regret it now.

But now that Chen Ming is here, he will definitely not change his mind at will. He said firmly: "Sure."

Bai Quan stared at Chen Ming for a while and said, "I hope you made the right decision."

"Okay, that's all you have to deal with here. Is everything okay? If you have any problems, tell me now and I'll help you solve them."

Chen Ming thought about it and said: "You said that all the equipment and manpower will be sent to me soon, and the research subjects will be sent to me when I complete the research on the core of Purgatory. I can do whatever I want when I don't have research tasks. .”

"And about the learning aspect, because you don't have so much time to prepare to find an instructor for me, that's it? It feels like something is missing."

Bai Quan immediately asked: "What's missing?"

"Aren't we at war with the Machine Tribe now? Although you said it's still in the early stages, you don't seem to have mentioned this aspect at all."

Chen Ming's reason for coming to the 14th Legion was largely to participate in the war with the Machine Tribe. Bai Quan couldn't help but mention this now.

Bai Quan immediately said: "This, I know, but can you understand these contents now?"

Chen Ming, on the other hand, most of the content of Baiquan Sect at this stage is about battlefield fleet command, and it really does not involve too much depth in this kind of star field level war.

If Chen Ming were really asked to understand, he might not be able to understand the detailed situation of the current empire and the machine clan.

Bai Quan also continued: "I have actually thought about this matter. I will talk to your new instructor about it later and ask him to give you intensive training in this area in the past few days."

"At least you must be able to understand combat-related matters before I can let you be exposed to these things. Is that okay?"

"No problem, that's it. I don't have any other questions."

Bai Quan nodded and said, "Then I'm leaving."

"See you tomorrow."

When Chen Ming and Bai Quan walked to the entrance of the research institute, they saw another shuttle landing outside the edge of the dome in the distance.

The original shuttle boat was parked in the technical secondary school area between the dome and the outside world. Although it did not turn off, the driver on it had already switched to the shuttle boat that had just arrived.

Bai Quan nodded to Chen Ming one last time and took steps.

And when he stood at the door of the transit area, he put on the helmet he took off after entering the dome.

He waved his hand to Chen Ming and said, "This shuttle boat is left for you. If you have any questions, tell me before we set sail."

Chen Ming remotely controlled the shuttle boat that had come before to shut down and parked aside.

Watching Bai Quan board another shuttle boat, disappear into the dark sky of this volcanic planet with firelight, and then return to the large laboratory behind him.

The laboratory is still empty, and when Chen Ming turns around, he can even hear the echo of his footsteps.

A feeling of loneliness suddenly came over him.

Chen Ming instantly felt his scalp numb and immediately returned his attention to his body.

When he saw the flow of people coming and going in the ordinary dock not far from the highest point, Chen Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed again.

Sure enough, this feeling of loneliness is still a bit torturous.

The previous journey in space for more than half a year seemed to have left him with some psychological problems.

Chen Ming felt that he had to find a way to ask Bai Quan for some small animals to raise.

Anyway, the square outside is so big, and the area covered by green plants can be used to raise some animals or something.

By the way, you can also ask Baiquan for a few guards to increase your popularity.

After Chen Ming calmed down again, he focused on the core of Purgatory again.

He already has some ideas about researching the core of Purgatory.

Although he had a purgatory core before, that core was installed by him in the Purgatory Demon King to conduct various tests that could only be carried out in cooperation with the Purgatory Demon King.

Because Chen Ming's idea was to use the Purgatory Demon King as a ground combat force, apart from the Zerg, he only had the Purgatory Demon King left to fight with.

And it’s hard to take out bugs directly in front of people now.

Therefore, the mechanical race has become his best method in this situation, so he must use the Demon King with the Purgatory Core installed to conduct combat tests.

And he has indeed never done experiments that directly used the Purgatory Core itself to achieve some effects.

That's different now. Chen Ming can even use this purgatory core to conduct some destructive experiments.

Anyway, the dome is under his control, and no one knows what is going on under the dome.

No one can question the results of his experiments.

He will try his best to make up a reasonably acceptable process when the time comes.

Try to make it possible for people to use the Purgatory Core and replicate the process of Chen Ming's research.

After all, relics of another civilization are often designed to allow ordinary people to use psychic powers.

Of course not now.

Chen Ming put away the Purgatory Core.

The research plan that he already had in mind could not be completed in a day or two.

He was not in a hurry, so he might as well get familiar with the environment of this experimental dome now.

By the way, based on the list of research equipment sent by Baiquan, plan the installation location of the equipment inside the laboratory.

(End of this chapter)