Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 273 Wu An’s movements, mental rampage entity
Two days have passed since the government started tracking Chen Ming.

At noon two days later, there was a colony in the Red Ink-1 star area in the Red Ink Star Area, which was only one star area away from the Color Ink Star Area.

Wu An and Hu Yi were in the backstage box of a local bar.

Hu Yi suddenly put down his wine glass and said with some displeasure: "I had clearly felt that someone was paying attention to me in the past two days, but just yesterday they suddenly disappeared again, leaving me with no chance to continue tracking them."

Wu An, who was leaning on the sofa next to him, explained: "Because there was news that a space station on the left path was destroyed by a passing psyker two days ago, which also attracted the attention of the local government, causing the left path to suffer a big blow. deficit."

"That psyker attracted a lot of Zuo Jie's attention, so of course Zuo Jia ignored you."

"But this also further supports the idea that we discussed before. The people who messed with you and the people who messed with you in the Caimo Star Territory are from the same group. Zuo Jing pretended to be you because he really wanted to drag you into Caimo. in the muddy water.”

"Then I will get into this muddy water even more."

Hu Yi said with a bored look: "If I carry this Zuojie identity for a few more months, I will never be able to get rid of it. If they use my psychic power to appear a few more times, I will become a fake." ”

"I definitely have to get involved in this matter. This is Zuo Jing's conspiracy, no, it's a conspiracy."

"Didn't I say it several times? I have no power, why should I cultivate a successor?"

Anyway, he had already received enough compensation from Hu Yi's apology. The rest of the reward Hu Yi received from Zuo Jing would be used as compensation to Chen Ming later.

"..."

Hu Yi shrugged and did not continue speaking.

Hu Yi didn't want to dwell on such a mental matter at all, and simply said: "When I called you before, I was already ready to start the film with Zuo Jing."

"Don't tell me, they gave you quite a lot. They seem to have a unique way of producing psychic materials. I still have some left... ahem..."

"Although we have always paid attention to the confidentiality of information, in order to deal with the dimensional infection, our actions cannot be small, and it is impossible to avoid being detected by some guys with a keen sense of smell."

Wu An did not answer directly, but brought up another matter in advance: "There is a key point in what I just said about the left path and the psyker, that is, there is a dimension on the left path space station that the psyker dismantled. Traces of infection.”

"It's really not a loss."

"So, I still say the same thing. Do you think it's better to kill a few minions to relieve your anger, or to kill all the people who planned this kind of thing, including the psykers pretending to be you?"

Wu An didn't bother to say anything about Hu Yi's loud mouth on some unimportant things.

Wu An comforted him again: "We clearly want to catch a fish with purpose, but others obviously want to fish in troubled waters."

"Then it's over. And there's another reason, that is, someone dares to step on my face directly."

Wu An explained with an expression of looking at a fool: "Because he really has potential, and he has a good temperament, and he will not suffer any disadvantages in cultivating him. You can just say that I spent time and energy to guide Xiao Ming and finally earned Xiao Ming a psychic." Is it bad if you sit on the same chair as me?”

"Many forces have discovered the abnormal situation here in Caimo Star Territory, and they are currently in a state of suspicion. But as long as one person takes a step, Caimo Star Territory will immediately become chaotic."

Wu An also agreed: "That's true. Even if there is no problem, the current movements of this psyker have made the water even muddier."

"If you hadn't stopped me and insisted on finding the big fish in Zuo Jing, I would have followed the news from the government and gone to Zuo Jing to cause trouble."

"Then you have to take the initiative to take action. If Zuo Jing doesn't look for you, you have to take the initiative to find Zuo Jing."

"I don't understand. Are you training him as your heir or something?"

"And some people are spreading the news that the next destination of the psyker who destroyed Zuojing Space Station is the Caimo Star Territory, trying to muddy the water even more."

Hu Yi didn't understand what Wu An meant and asked, "Isn't that very troublesome? Neither the president nor Chen Ming came over. If no one pays special attention to it, letting this psyker go there may cause problems."

"The psyker dealt with the dimensional infection, but now he is heading towards the place where the dimensional infection occurred."

"Why are you turning your head? I really don't know how much Zuo Jing spent to hire you."

"Because there are already several important people involved in this matter, it would not be a good thing for everyone if I got in for no reason."

"The reason why I came here is because Xiao Ming is the person I chose to train. He has already been involved in this matter. Even if I can't go there in person, I can't escape. I have to be where I should be."

"I don't know what they think, but it's not a good thing for our purposes."

Wu An was also used to Hu Yi's appearance, which showed little to no overall perspective.

Otherwise, Hu Yi wouldn't have gone to Zuo Jing's side to help Zuo Jing do things for a little profit.

"The Odan government seems to have a good opinion of this psychic. They seem to have started tracking that person. Why should I prepare any means?"

Wu An asked back, and then said: "Besides, I don't plan to dip into the muddy water of Caimo Star Territory myself for the time being."

"Huh?" Hu Yi was a little confused and asked: "We all know that you ran to the edge star field before to be a showoff, but now you run back, and then you run back and say you are in trouble? What do you mean?"

"Kill them all, of course."

"Then do you want to prepare some measures to deal with this psyker? The president can't come in person, so someone has to stop him, right?"

"Wouldn't it be better for one more person to help?"

Hu Yi turned his head guiltily after hearing this.

"So at least there must be something that the empire can't handle that is suitable for me to deal with before I can get involved. If I go there in advance, it will only have the opposite effect."

"Then if there are already enough people involved, would it be a good thing for you to have one more person share the final result?"

"You said it a few times in a vague way, why exactly?"

Hu Yi took a sip of wine and asked, "Where should I start?"

"There is a third reason, but I won't tell you about it. In short, if Xiao Ming is involved in this matter, I have to make a statement, but I can't really interfere."

Wu An and Hu Yi knew his attitude after spending so many days together, so they didn't say much and just warned: "Then you have to be mentally prepared."

"But you can go and have a look and see who this psyker is who is drawing the attention that Zuo Path should have given you."

"Anyway, you are a missing person now and you are still wanted. It doesn't matter if you are regarded as a suspect."

Hu Yi said in embarrassment: "But I may also be beaten to death as a bastard, and I feel that you are talking about me in both words."

"If you want real food, you won't sit at the same table as me."

"Since Zuo Jing has focused his attention on the new psyker, you should go over and take advantage of Zuo Jing's attraction to him."

"Anyway, the left-diameter skin you are wearing now can't be pulled off. You have to do something to make others believe you, right?"

"You just asked where to start actively looking for the left path... then start here."

While Wu An and Hu Yi were discussing their plans.

Chen Ming finally entered the prosperous star field.

Because the spacecraft picked up from the space station was in poor condition, and the fuel supplies and supplies were already somewhat insufficient.

He temporarily docked at the port of a colony belonging to the prosperous star field to rest.

And after he actually arrived, he finally discovered that the prosperous star field was so different from what he had imagined.

Colonies in a prosperous star field are not necessarily highly urbanized colonies and urbanized hurried life.

This prosperous star field is often just a general term, representing the overall economic level.

True prosperity is more about the prosperity that goes deep into everyone.

Just like now.

The colony where Chen Ming is currently located is a comprehensive colony whose main featured industries are a large number of unique flowers and flower planting and cultivation techniques that are unique to this habitable planet.

And there are seas of flowers all over the planet that have different characteristics in all seasons of the year.

This planet is also called the Garden Planet.

After entering the port, Chen Ming arranged maintenance and supplies for the spacecraft, paid a deposit, and rented a sightseeing shuttle boat that could sail freely over the city.

So when he came out now, he could see the sea of ​​flowers outside the city from the air, and he could also see the artificially planted flowers that almost covered the entire city.

The feeling brought by such an environment is completely different from the crowded and barbaric feeling of the pirate space station where Chen Ming stayed.
This is prosperity at the level of life.

Comfort, enjoyment, peace.

Chen Ming, who had just watched the bloody scene not long ago, soothed his tense nerves, even a little too much.

Even though his life has gradually stabilized, he is still a little unaccustomed to this kind of environment.

However, in a place like the prosperous star field, what Chen Ming is most interested in is scientific research-related content.

Even this kind of research on flowers can actually be said to be of interest to Chen Ming.

It's just that high-end research institutes are not accessible to An Wuping's prosthetic level.

Therefore, Chen Ming just took a stroll on this colonial planet and was ready to leave soon.

Not only is he going to the Caimo Star Territory next, but also because his identity information must have become sensitive information in the nearby star territory after two days, and someone should be keeping an eye on him soon.

Although the government of the Odan Star Territory may not be able to share his identity information with other star territories in the next two days, he must be a little wary.

After seeing enough of the sea of ​​flowers, Chen Ming ordered the sightseeing shuttle boat to prepare for landing.

A small screen on the shuttle was playing a news item.

He was talking about the news about the Zuojia space station that Chen Ming killed two days ago.

Chen Ming changed the channel with some interest and found that it was not just the space station he had killed.

There are also many arrests being reported on the Left Path in the nearby star field.

These news reports actually existed before, but in the past two days after Chen Ming took down the space station, the news appeared more frequently.

After all, there are so many messages related to the left path in the database of the space station. As long as it can be processed cleanly, the Audan Star Region can definitely be called the area with the least left path at least for a period of time.

It can also be seen from this that the empire has made great efforts to punish Zuo Jing, and has put sufficient pressure on Zuo Jing from public opinion.

After this crazy campaign, the empire should make a big move soon.

The sightseeing shuttle boat quickly landed back at the port.

Chen Ming's spaceship has been maintained and supplies are sufficient. Although there is no time to transform it into a single-pilot, if it is just a frigate-level spacecraft, it will not be a problem for Chen Ming to fly it alone.

After paying the balance with the people at the port maintenance shop, Chen Ming suddenly paused, then turned and walked towards the spacecraft.

Just now, he felt someone was watching him, but it was not dangerous.

Maybe someone from the government.

Chen Ming is not sure, this efficiency is a bit exaggerated.

Although he did leave traces on purpose, he was a little surprised that the government caught up with him so quickly.

He had to go. If he was really stopped by government officials, there would be too much to argue with.

Chen Ming boarded the spacecraft and soon disappeared from the colony.

After observing through the sensors for a while, it was confirmed that no spacecraft was tracking.

Chen Ming set up the spacecraft's automatic cruise, picked up the terminal, found the boss's communication code, and dialed it.

In the past two days, he has been digesting the ability from the origin of chaos.

The problem from two days ago has not been resolved to this day.

That totem pole is most likely what the boss said before, a result of a psyker using weapons and armor made of multiple psionic materials of different properties at the same time.

It would be most appropriate to ask this question to your boss.

Wu An, who was just processing the information sent by his subordinates, was suddenly interrupted by a phone call.

Hu Yi, who was preparing a plan according to Wu An's arrangement, immediately came over and asked, "Who hit me?"

"Xiao Ming."

"..."

Wu An ignored Hu Yi and answered the phone: "Hello."

Chen Ming's voice rang from the terminal: "Boss, I recently picked up another ectoplasmic stone, which is obsessed with it."

"I would like to ask if there will be any problems if these two ectoplasm stones with completely different properties are put together. You said before that something will happen if psionic materials of different properties are used together. What about the ectoplasm stones?"

The boss's face changed slightly and he said, "You were right to ask me the first time. This may indeed cause problems."

"The characteristics of ectoplasm stones are very extreme, even more extreme than various ectoplasmic materials. When extreme emotions come together, they will definitely be more dangerous."

"The ectoplasm stone you originally had is at least two levels higher than the obsession. If it is not necessary, just continue to use the old ectoplasm stone."

"The new ectoplasm stone can be isolated with Silence Alloy, or it can be resold."

"understood."

Chen Ming responded and continued to ask: "Then what will happen if these psychic materials of different properties are brought together?"

The boss did not answer, but said: "I remember you asked about it last time. This involves some special properties of psychic energy. You don't have much contact with it now. There is no need to tell you in advance."

"Will it turn into a special psychic creature?"

"Ok?"

The boss sat up straight on the sofa and asked, "Have you already encountered it?"

"Well, that's right..."

Chen Ming's words made the boss subconsciously guess that Chen Ming encountered this special creature in the afterglow outside the empire's territory.

After all, Chen Ming is currently staying in the branch of the Fourteenth Army Corps in everyone's eyes. It is definitely impossible for such a thing to happen in such a place.

In this case, the boss will no longer hide it.

"Then I'll tell you directly."

"As long as a variety of psychic materials of different properties, including ectoplasmic stones, are mixed in the same person at the same time, the different properties will actively compete for the psychic energy fluctuations of their users."

"Using the bodies of psykers as a battlefield to attack each other, the most important target to be attacked is the brain."

"The brain of the psyker is destroyed, but the spiritual nerve will not die directly. It will also join in the fight for the right to speak."

"Intertwined with each other, different psychic energy fluctuations and properties will gradually merge, and finally become a monster."

"This kind of monster is collectively called a mind-rage entity."

"Each Psychic Rage entity is different, possessing properties based on the psychic material that caused the Psychic Rage."

"But every mind-robbing entity also has the same ability, which is the ability to continue to devour more psychic qualities and transform them into its own abilities."

Hearing this, Chen Ming has completely cleared up the situation on the space station.

The void psyker who was originally responsible for helping with research on the space station possesses a kind of psionic weapon or equipment with ruthless qualities. The properties of these two psionic qualities happen to be relatively close.

However, there are also those psychic beasts in the laboratory that are caused by their obsession with ectoplasmic stones.

The psyker had been in contact with the psychic beast for a long time, and many different psychic qualities collided in his mind, killing him.

His three psychic qualities—spiritual nerve, ruthlessness, and obsession—fused together to form that totem pole-shaped mental entity.

Chen Ming digested it for a while and asked, "Is there any special way to deal with this kind of thing?"

"The method to target it? The best way is to directly cover it with weapons with sufficient power. The characteristic of the Psychic Rampage entity that absorbs psychic energy fluctuations is so disgusting. It is best not to use psykers to fight it."

"But what I can tell you is generally based on my experience. You can refer to it at most. You have to ask more professional people for systematic methods of restraining mentally violent entities."

"To put it simply, suppress it in the early stage and don't give him a chance to absorb the psychic energy fluctuations."

"I see"

Chen Ming did not hang up the phone after thanking him, but asked about another matter: "Boss, have you heard any news about Hu Yi recently? There has been no movement since the last time he took action."

The boss glanced at Hu Yi next to him and said, "Not yet. I will tell you when I get it."

"it is good."

Communication ended.

Chen Ming took the terminal and rummaged through the address book.

I found He Gu whom I had chatted with before.

As a member of the Psychic Research Institute, He Gu has recently been cooperating with the Psychic Association to deal with dimensional infections and left paths.

Although there is a connection between the president and He Gu, there is still some information that needs to be notified to Chen Ming. In order to avoid wasting their own time, He Gu will directly inform Chen Ming of the information.

So after the affairs in the colony were over, Chen Ming still occasionally chatted with He Gu for a while, and he probably wouldn't mind asking such questions.

Chen Ming from He Gu didn't bother calling and chose to directly send a series of messages asking questions.

He Gu responded quickly and asked if it was okay for Chen Ming to get the information from him. After confirming that it didn't matter, he let Chen Ming ask casually.

Chen Ming's question was very simple, just one sentence.

"What is the use of the things dropped by the mind-rage entity when it is killed?"

Chen Ming didn't wait for an answer, but he waited for a call from He Gu: "Have you encountered a mentally violent entity?"

After getting a positive answer from Chen Ming.

He Gu was silent for a while and said: "After the death of the mentally violent entity, a substance containing the mentally violent entity will indeed be left behind."

"This substance is also a source of chaos and is dangerous to psykers."

"As psykers, we have to avoid having too many things with different psychic properties. Holding this is like holding a bomb."

"Generally, they are disposed of directly, so if you can handle it, dispose of it. Don't carry it with you."

"However, if the residue can be preserved with silent alloy, then I can buy this thing from you specifically. We still have a research laboratory on mentally violent entities."

"Of course, the most important thing is to ensure your safety. If this kind of thing is triggered, it doesn't care what kind of psyker you are."

"understood."

After Chen Ming expressed his sincere thanks, he asked a question that his boss had not fully explained before: "So is there any way to restrain this mentally violent entity?"

"The best way to deal with it is actually to do a good job of publicity and don't let psykers take psionic materials of different properties at will."

"But if something has already happened and an initial mental rampage entity has emerged, then the best response is to cover it with firepower."

He Gu gave the same answer as his boss. It seemed that directly bombing with large weapons was indeed the best way.

However, Chen Ming also noticed a key word in He Gu's words: "Initial stage?"

He Gu explained: "At least three kinds of spiritual energy fluctuations possessed by the early mental rampage entities are distinct from each other."

"However, once the mental rampage entity is given time, these distinct spiritual energy fluctuations will be completely intertwined and enter the middle stage."

"The mid-term mental rampage entity can use only one kind of spiritual energy fluctuation to dispatch different spiritual energy effects, but other spiritual energy fluctuations still exist."

"In the later stage, these spiritual energy fluctuations will be completely integrated and will no longer express the original spiritual energy effects. Instead, they will generate some spiritual energy fluctuations that humans cannot understand."

"Can't humans understand?"

He Gu immediately thought of a suitable metaphor and said: "For example, infrared light and ultraviolet light in the spectrum, infrasound waves and ultrasonic waves in the sound waves. These places all have areas that humans cannot observe directly."

"The effect of this chaotic spiritual energy fluctuation is similar to this kind of existence beyond observation, but it is more terrifying."

"The chaotic spiritual energy fluctuations are composed of a variety of spiritual energy fluctuations that are randomly superimposed and compounded. No one can predict what effect the different spiritual energy fluctuations will have if they are completely superimposed."

"If you can't understand it, you won't be able to counteract it. You may die without knowing how."

(End of this chapter)