Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 302 News
Chen Ming already had a complete plan in his mind at this time

Of course, plans are plans, and ideas are ideas. He Gu can't tell everything away.

So when faced with the question of He Gu's plans, Chen Ming's answer was quite reserved: "Now I still have to wait. Isn't there going to be a war after a while? I have a lot of ideas that I want to realize while the war is going on. ”

"It means you have been more free recently, right?"

"Well... I still have to do the things I should do, such as my research tasks here, as well as exercising my psychic powers and exercising my mental strength.

He Gu felt a little strange.

According to common sense, whether it is an independent research institute or a research institute affiliated to a certain power organization, the research tasks assigned often have very loose research deadlines, especially for Chen Ming's research institute.

After all, Chen Ming is a very special person. In addition, some of the tasks assigned to Chen Ming were even handled by their headquarters' psychic research institute. He knew even more clearly that the time limit on Chen Ming's side was fundamentally limited. No.

Sometimes it is normal to deliberately delay the progress of research and defraud some funds.

Chen Ming's job is also to be a psychic, not a research institute, so the research should not have much impact on Chen Ming.

Even if a psyker who has undergone systematic study needs to meditate every day, it will not take up much time. Some psykers can go through the daily meditation process while sleeping.

For a psyker like Chen Ming, who was born in an association, exercise should just exhaust his mental energy, not to mention the time it consumes.

"Yes, this is actually a signal. The empire should take action regarding psykers in the near future."

Seeing Chen Ming frowning, He Gu said very understandingly: "It sounds strange, but if the information I know is correct, it is indeed like this."

Chen Ming stared at He Gu for a while, feeling that He Gu must know a lot about what he said the empire would do to psykers in the future.

He Gu said he was recruiting people, but Chen Ming also immediately thought of what An Wuping heard yesterday about the chat between the psychics of the association and Hu Yi.

But He Gu once again brought up a new topic: "Do you have time to come with me to the headquarters?"

"Go and see Bai Quan." He Gu said something that surprised Chen Ming: "Bai Quan probably won't be able to come back here in a short time. You can feel it, right?"

"But I heard that this time the empire needs a larger number of psykers to participate in the operation. The more, the better."

Anyway, they were chatting casually now, and Chen Ming didn't ask any questions.

"Is that so?" Chen Ming asked uncertainly, "Isn't there anyone at the headquarters worried about my psychic abilities?"

"It just so happens that the headquarters is about to accept the empire's order to take over the Beniu Star Territory, right? This matter in the Beniu Star Territory seems to be related to Caimo, but in fact it is related to the Machine Tribe. It should be a matter of the Machine Tribe."

And for psykers, training their mental power and psychic effects is something they do every day.

"But he has a lot to talk to you about in person."

However, He Gu immediately denied it: "That's not true. There are always psykers who can play a greater role in the rear than on the front line. The contribution of psykers in the war of the machine race is not limited to the front line."

"Don't worry about your contributions being shared by others. The contributions made by all psychics can bring absolute benefits to themselves."

As a result, He Gu spread his hands as if he didn't know anything and said: "At present, we only know that there will be actions. The specific actions are not clear yet, but it is not a bad thing after all."

"So he probably won't be able to come back before the war officially enters the preliminary combat stage."

"You should also know that our Fourteenth Legion has acted as a scout and vanguard in the war against the mechanical tribe since we established a branch here."

He Gu was a little surprised that Chen Ming was able to obtain a lot of information that he only knew not long ago while staying at the headquarters, and Chen Ming was able to accurately guess the truth based on the information he obtained.

Chen Ming responded without saying much.

"As the actual controller of the branch, Bai Quan is also a lieutenant general who fought on the battlefield. He has many tasks."

"The more you contribute, the better it is for us psykers as a whole."

What Chen Ming heard from the psykers before was that the empire was going to form a special team around the recruited psykers, so he asked.

He Gu coughed slightly and said: "You are right, it is indeed the war between the mechanical tribe that has delayed Baiquan's trip."

"Or do you want me to go to the front line?"

But he just hid it and looked like it was hard to say it out.

"There is no sign of the 14th Legion's intervention on Caimo's side, so I guess only the mechanical clan's affairs can delay him."

"Then do you want me to participate? I've always had this idea, and I've been cooperating with the research of the Machine Tribe."

"Okay, then at least I know it, and I will do what I should do."

He continued as Chen Ming said casually: "Have you heard about the recent recruitment of people in the empire?"

"But he didn't, so there must be something delaying him."

"Headquarters? What are you going to do?"

He Gu looked like he was going to reveal some gossip to Chen Ming, and Chen Ming asked cooperatively: "What action?"

"Of course, but there will be far fewer people around you to worry about. Once there are fewer people, I can ignore them."

"I know."

"I just want to tell you this news. After all, this is news that will benefit all psykers."

Chen Ming nodded and said: "He returned to the headquarters because of the assassination of the black mist psyker in Zuojing. Logically speaking, he can come back when the incident in Caimo Star Territory begins."

However, judging from Chen Ming's previous performance, it is not too unexpected to do these things.

So He Gu thought for a while and translated Chen Ming's words to mean that he was indeed very free, and he could only exercise his mental strength when he was free.

"I've heard of it, looking for psykers to fight, right?"

"Hmm...let me think about it."

Chen Ming was not in a hurry to respond.

Because he couldn't tell whether it was Bai Quan who asked He Gu to come over and say this, or whether He Gu said these words himself.

Chen Ming and Bai Quan have always been in contact, but not as frequently as before. But at least during the last conversation, Bai Quan never said anything about asking him to go to the headquarters.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't mean that He Gu was lying, and Bai Quan might not be able to explain everything clearly on the phone.

It’s just that Chen Ming needs to think about it.

While thinking about it, he also asked He Gu a question related to what he just mentioned.

Is there any new information about the war between the mechanical tribes in He Gu?

Although Bai Quan still sent him daily reports every day after going to the headquarters.

However, it is impossible to describe everything clearly in the report. There will always be some things that Chen Ming himself cannot see.

Moreover, after Bai Quan left temporarily, Chen Ming did not have a suitable reason to get in touch with things related to the war between the mechanical tribe.

He has only a few months of experience in the army and has only learned a few months of military knowledge.

No one would tell him any military news.

Even Jing Xian, the current branch agent, would not be idle to inform Chen Ming of military news.

Therefore, Chen Ming urgently needs some information related to these aspects.

Although He Gu was also a researcher working at the rear, He Gu had always shown a very friendly attitude, so Chen Ming felt that he could at least know a little bit about the situation on the front line from He Gu.

He Gu decided to tell Chen Ming the news he wanted to know without much thought.

Although the main purpose of his coming here this time was actually just to make a deal with Chen Ming, he was the only one qualified to deliver two copies of Qiling Nerve worth 10,000 contribution points.

And his secondary purpose was just to send a message to Bai Quan.

After the things are delivered, the transaction is completed, and the words are delivered, then he can actually leave.

But he didn't leave, and even revealed some news while chatting with Chen Ming.

Part of this is because the Empire's subsequent actions against psykers will really depend on the psykers' performance in the Machine Tribe War.

And Chen Ming, the best psyker in the Fourteenth Legion in terms of machine race research, who has the status of both a psyker and a researcher, will definitely be an important target used by the empire to judge the performance of psykers.

He knows a lot, but these "a lot" are also restricted and cannot be revealed casually.

That's why he acted like he was hiding something.

And another part of the reason why he chatted with Chen Ming about those things was to get closer to Chen Ming.

Therefore, the question raised by Chen Ming was completely irrelevant to him.

He did have some information about this that he had heard from other people.

He organized his language a little and said: "Previously, our legion has cooperated with nearby war zones to complete the preliminary investigation of the surrounding information of the Mechanical Tribe's star field, and determined the defense forces deployed by the Mechanical Tribe on the border."

"After the investigation of the outer area is almost complete, it is the second stage of the investigation. We will try to penetrate the mechanical clan's star field to obtain more detailed intelligence."

"Starting from the rear of the mechanical clan, their defenses are relatively empty."

"I remember this was originally information provided by you?"

"Correct."

Chen Ming had gone there in order to plunder the units of the Machine Tribe so that his own Machine Tribe hive mind network could reach the point where it could produce new consciousness on its own, so he happened to know a lot about it and told Bai Quan the news.

In fact, he already knew the news He Gu just said.

He needed updated intelligence.

He Gu seemed to have sensed Chen Ming's thoughts, and continued: "While we are infiltrating the interior of the Mechanical Race Star Territory, we are not stopping in other places."

"The reconnaissance force is continuing to expand its reconnaissance of the surrounding star areas to ensure the combat environment at that time."

"The war is not limited to the Star Territory. The surrounding areas of the Star Territory are also a top priority."

"Also, we have to confirm Yuhui's status to avoid being taken advantage of by Yuhui when we are at war with the machine race."

When He Gu said this about Yu Hui, Chen Ming interrupted and said, "Yu Hui has indeed been quiet for a long time, but I don't think they can make any noise."

Chen Ming won't say much about matters involving Yu Hui and Chen Ming's own psychic abilities.

After all, he is the only one who knows the current situation of Yuhui in the Yuhui Star Domain. The Yuhui Star Domain is also his other known trump card besides the Zerg.

But he can just give a hint and guarantee that nothing will go wrong.

"That's very good."

After receiving Chen Ming's reply, He Gu didn't mind saying more. This kind of feedback exchange is more comfortable than him simply showing favor to Chen Ming.

Moreover, Chen Ming's response also allowed him to see that Chen Ming is a smart person, and he is a smart person who is willing to continue to communicate with him in depth.

"According to our recent investigation, we found that the mechanical race has changed a lot compared to before."

"Although the mechanical race in the past was indeed powerful in combat, it could block the empire's pace of external expansion."

"But in fact, when the machine clan is blocking the road, the empire can continue to fight if it wants to."

"There are various complicated reasons why the empire did not do this, which I will not go into details."

"In short, compared to before, the combat effectiveness of the mechanical clan has increased a lot."

"It's not like they haven't developed at all over the years, they've been making progress."

"for example?"

"For example, changes in the main-class weapons of their battleships."

He Gu took out a special terminal from his body as he spoke. He and Chen Ming returned to the coffee table in the reception room and placed the terminal flat on the coffee table.

Then the projection of a mechanical race capital ship, the mechanical race mothership, was projected.

Chen Ming immediately took a closer look and found that the three-dimensional projection had extremely high accuracy. Even if his face was pressed against it, he could still clearly see many details on the battleship.

He Gu patted Chen Ming's shoulder and motioned for Chen Ming to step back a little. At the same time, he waved his hand on the projection, pointing the front of the battleship at the two of them.

"The battleships of the mechanical race often have different appearances. This kind of battleship with two main-level weapons is a relatively common model."

"By the way, do you know what the main weapons of the Machine Clan are like?"

If Chen Ming knew, it would save him some time to explain.

"know."

Chen Ming gave a decisive answer: "The main weapon of the mechanical clan is the Spine Cannon, a modular main weapon divided into three modules: the Spine Base, the Spine Amplifier, and the Spine Cannon Head."

He locked his eyes on the position of the forward main gun projected by the mothership and asked: "Did the Machine Tribe come up with a new type of gun head?"

Chen Ming asked this question because all he knew about the Machinery Clan's mothership and the Machinery Clan's main weapons were from simulations.

In the simulation, he had seen five types of ridge cannon heads.

Laser, Binding Laser, Plasma, Deconstructor and Soul Killer.

The first three are easy to understand, they are the types of weapons.

As for the dismantler, although Chen Ming has never seen it, based on the data he obtained before.

This weapon is also an energy weapon and is an energy beam weapon, similar to the Tachyon Spear.

However, it does not fire a torrent of particles, but a molecular bond that weakens and destroys the microscopic structure of the hit target. It is not effective against shields, but its ability to break armor and hulls is terrifying.

As for the Soul Killer, in the last simulation, the mothership of the Machine Tribe, guided by Chen Ming's opponent, attacked the headquarters in Chen Ming's simulation as a psychic weapon.

An existence that can directly destroy the spirit and will of all living creatures on the entire planet.

He Gu deliberately turned the image of the mothership to the front, most likely to illustrate the situation of the main-level weapons.

And He Gu indeed nodded, stretched out his hand and adjusted it again.

I saw that the noses of two of the ridge cannons on the projection had changed. The nose of one of the ridge cannons had changed from the original cannon head that directly fired lasers into a cannon head similar to that of an electromagnetic weapon. .

"This seems to be a kinetic weapon. Doesn't the spine weapon rely on the spine amplifier to increase the energy of the weapon? Why are there kinetic weapons?"

He Gu had no way to explain, and could only say: "This is the new change I am talking about. The machine clan should be trying to use energy to convert into electromagnetic force, and finally convert it into the acceleration of the live bullet warhead to create weapons."

"It can't be said to be unreasonable, but this is indeed a rather special type of weapon."

"As far as I know, among the current main-level weapons, only the weapon of this mechanical family is considered a live ammunition type. All other main-level weapons are energy weapons. I don't know how it will perform on the battlefield."

It seems that the empire has only investigated some superficial changes in the mechanical clan, and has not yet conducted in-depth research.

Chen Ming did not continue to ask in depth.

He continued to look at the other cannon head.

The change in the other ridge cannon tip is even more outrageous.

It has transformed from the original very regular mechanized structure into a weapon that is obviously made of metal material, but gives people a unique texture.

There is no barrel at the head of the gun, only a few cracks like shark's gills.

The strangeness of his appearance is comparable to that of a soul slayer.

Chen Ming feels that the mechanical tribe has a characteristic when designing weapons.

That is, as long as it has a standard mechanical structure, it is a normal type of weapon.

Once a special shape appears, such as the soul killer, which looks like the top of a worm with tentacles, and the shark gills that He Gu showed him now, they are all psychic weapons.

A normal spine cannon head and a psychic spine cannon head.

"Is this the change of the mechanical race?"

"anything else."

He Gu debugged it on the terminal again and said: "There are also some new units in the mechanical tribe, such as this one."

The terminal projected a dog-shaped mechanical body.

The moment he saw this mechanical body, Chen Ming said, "There's something wrong with this thing."

He Gu asked in confusion: "I haven't said anything yet. Why is something wrong? How did you tell?"

"The designs of the mechanical race, at least the designs of the ground units, are all related to insects, without exception. There is definitely something wrong with the sudden appearance of a dog."

"..."

"There's really no problem." He Gu said: "This special machine race individual appeared on a planet that the machine race had just begun to colonize. It is not a mass-produced individual, but a special individual."

"It has psychic powers."

"Psychic power?"

"Yes." He Gu confirmed: "It's spiritual energy."

"It and some other similar animal-shaped mechanical tribes were recorded when they were cleaning up the native species on that planet. What was recorded at the same time was the scene of them using psychic powers."

The terminal immediately began to project an entire video.

Looking at the special machines on the screen, they move extremely flexibly and continuously release spiritual energy, as if they are not machines, but completely living creatures.

Chen Ming couldn't help but said: "I feel like they don't look like they were created, but rather like they were transformed from psychic creatures."

"This is also the speculation of many scientists."

He Gu ended the projection of the video and said: "These Machine Tribe individuals, as the Machine Tribe's special combat units, may be used by the Machine Tribe to carry out some special operations."

"Their psychic powers would be a nightmare for any ordinary soldier."

Chen Ming asked: "So this is why the empire summoned psykers? To deal with these psykers from the mechanical tribe?"

"It's just a part of the reason. The main reason is that the empire really wants to dispatch psykers so that psykers can also participate in large-scale wars."

"Hmm... By the way, there have never been psykers involved in large-scale wars before?"

"Of course there is, but in previous wars, victory was mainly won by battleship artillery and various technologies. Only in very urgent times would top psykers be dispatched to execute the beheading plan and destroy the mothership of the mechanical race. "

"The empire's attitude has always been like this. Individual power is often unreliable. In war, only collective power is everything."

"Instead of betting on one person's success rate, it is better to find ways to defeat the enemy from other places."

"So generally speaking, psykers don't have any outstanding performance in war."

"But now the empire seems to have changed its mind, just like what I just told you."

Chen Ming seemed to understand some of what He Gu meant.

The empire may want to use this small-scale mechanical war to test the pros and cons of putting psykers in the war.

If psykers show sufficient value in the war, then the status of psykers as a whole may be able to rise even further.

"That's what this war is going to be like? A war of psykers?"

"Who knows, maybe in the end it will be the same as before."

He Gu simply said that he didn't know either.

"In short, the Machine Tribe now has a new main-level weapon and a new special combat unit, which must be taken seriously."

"These two are only the easiest to see. Others, including the optimization of various ship designs and the improvement of the mechanical family's combat capabilities, are all areas that need attention.

"That's about all I know."

"So, have you thought about the problem just now? Do you want to go to the headquarters with me?"

Chen Ming looked at He Gu, and finally gave his answer after thinking about it: "You can go."

"But I have to go to other places first. It should take some time for you to return to the headquarters, right? Just wait for me for a while, just one day."

"That's no problem. I'll pick you up then."

The two continued to chat for a while.

After the interest in chatting had passed, He Gu stood up and prepared to leave.

Chen Ming also stood up and prepared to send He Gu off.

But just before He Gu went out, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Chen Ming, with a special look in his eyes as if he had come from before.

Chen Ming felt something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

He Gu shook his head, a strange smile appeared on his lips.

(End of this chapter)