Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 303 Departure
He Gu's strange expression at the end did not affect Chen Ming's movements.

He only needs to prepare before he can set off to finish his own affairs.

After finishing his own affairs, he can follow He Gu directly to the headquarters of the Fourteenth Army
But Chen Ming actually had nothing to prepare.

Anyway, he can get most of the things he needs by hand when he goes out. The main thing is to arrange the work in the laboratory before leaving.

This is also simple.

The special catalyst produced by the catalytic core that he got earlier still has a lot that can be tested. Even if he goes out for ten days and a half, he will never be able to complete the test. He can just get this for the researchers in the laboratory.

After quickly arranging the work.

Early the next morning.

Chen Ming left the 14th Army branch in a frigate that he casually picked up without taking anything with him.

No one stopped him at all, no one even asked him where he was going. The situation was completely different from when he first arrived. The Fourteenth Legion just let him go.

Chen Ming also happened to sit next to him.

Lao Wu took a sip of tea for himself and said with a somewhat depressed look: "Yes, the prices of weapons flowing out of various markets have been rising recently, and even the materials behind them are also rising, except for Lao Bai there."

To avoid when he or someone he knows suddenly dies and cannot be seen.

After finishing the drink, Chen Ming whispered: "There's going to be a war."

"Yes, I was going to call you originally, but you just came. So what do you say? There is really nothing we can do about the price increase."

Before he even got close, Chen Ming heard Old Wu talking to the phone with a very angry look: "The price has gone up? By how much?"

You can tell it from Old Wu's red eyes.

We arrived at the bar where Lao Wu often went.

The maintenance shop still maintains a scale of about ten people.

"It can be increased, up to 20%. If it's any higher, forget it. I can find other people to build connections and change supply channels."

But Lao Wu's mental state seemed to be okay, and he happened to be on the phone talking about something serious, so there should be no problem.

"Too."

As soon as Chen Ming entered the maintenance shop, he saw Baldhead and a few newcomers teaching something.

There is still no robot at all. Basically, all the work is done by various fixed instruments, which is enough.

Landed steadily at the dock.

"That means the supplier has increased the price, so you want to ask me?"

"10%? Are you robbing?"

"It's not ridiculous. The price of raw materials has already started to rise last month. I should have raised the price last month."

"If you don't believe it, go check it out yourself. It's not like I don't know those things."

Lao Wu hung up the phone.

He prefers to meet everyone he knows before traveling far away.

"I can't just tell you it's the Fourteenth Legion's way when I talk to you about this kind of thing."

Old Wu was still sitting in the corner of the bar as before.

But this is not a bad thing. It is better to have no restrictions than to have restrictions.

"Don't talk about whether you have something or not."

Chen Ming did not disturb him directly, but asked the bartender for a glass of orange juice and a cup of refreshing tea and walked towards Lao Wu.

"Row."

"Old Bai..."

A helpless voice came from the terminal: "It has increased by 10% now, and it may increase even more later. I really can't supply you with the previous price."

Although it is early in the morning, the reason why Old Wu is here is definitely not because he suddenly got up very diligently in the morning, but because he didn't sleep all night.

After the spacecraft entered hyperspace, Chen Ming directly started the hyperspace channel jump engine and set the target location, the pirate space station.

As soon as the bald man noticed Chen Ming, he immediately brought a few newcomers over to say hello.

After handing the tea to Lao Wu, he said: "What happened? I heard you say that the price of something has increased."

"If other manufacturers want to increase their prices, the same goes for them. You can ask them to raise their prices a little, no problem."

After learning from the bald man that Chen Ming, the only surviving newcomer that Chen Ming had personally brought before, was out on a mission today, Chen Ming did not stay in the maintenance factory any longer and headed all the way to the city at the center of the space station.

"But I originally thought it was just price fluctuations, and you are an old customer, so I continued to give you the original price for a month, but this month the price of raw materials not only did not drop, but it went higher. I really can't continue to keep that price, and there's nothing I can do about it. ”

Chen Ming didn't have anything to say, and he had expected the price increase.

"Tsk, just wait for me to ask first, and then I'll tell you."

The spaceship arrived at its destination soon.

The security guard at the door opened the door for him respectfully as always.

Lao Wu raised his cup and drank with Chen Ming.

Lao Wu filled another glass of wine for Chen Ming and himself without changing his expression. He looked around and asked, "What's going on?"

"We are about to go to war with the Machine Tribe. Although our Gallo side is mainly bordered by Yuhui, there is also a place bordering the Machine Tribe. Sooner or later this area will become the front line."

Old Wu lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment, then said: "I'm just wondering why prices have risen so fast recently, so why don't you come here this time..."

"Let me talk to you, because I need to go out for a while and may not be able to take care of this place. No one can say what the scale of the war will be like."

"So I want you and the factory director to go back to the star field inside to avoid the limelight for a while."

Old Wu suddenly leaned back on the sofa and shook his head: "No, this is the most convenient place for me to do things. Old Wu's intelligence network and his colony are all built nearby. I can't go anywhere else."

"Lao Lu may be able to go out to avoid the limelight, but I certainly can't."

When Chen Ming saw this, he didn't force it, and just asked: "Then do you take the terminal I gave you before?"

Old Wu reached into his pocket and took out the terminal given by Chen Ming, and waved it in front of Chen Ming.

"Okay, then bring this with you."

Chen Ming reached out to Lao Wu, and some metallic liquid appeared out of thin air, gradually constructing an ordinary-looking men's necklace and a wristband.

Old Wu took away two things and asked, "What are these?"

"The necklace detects your heartbeat and carotid artery pulse."

"The wristband can detect pulse and also comes with an alarm device."

In addition to what Chen Ming said, this wristband actually has a device that Chen Ming learned from the president to detect surrounding psychic energy fluctuations.

As long as any offensive psychic fluctuation is detected, this wristband will automatically pop up a protective film made of psychic metal to protect the wearer.

"I hope you won't use it. I'll give a set to the factory director later."

"By the way, you have to carry the terminal with you."

These things will be the cornerstone for Chen Ming to provide support when Lao Wu encounters danger in the future.

Lao Wu simply put on the thing that Chen Ming gave him to protect him on the spot, and asked at the same time: "Is there anything else?"

"No more, just these three things."

"Row."

Old Wu tidied himself up and hid the necklace and wrist guards.

Chen Ming nodded with satisfaction and asked, "By the way, is the boss back?"

"No, the hardware store is still closed. I don't know when I will come back."

"so be it."

Chen Ming's time to come here was a bit tight this time, after all, He Gu was still waiting for him.

So Chen Ming didn't talk to Old Wu anymore, got up and left the bar.

After going to the factory director again, chatting for a while and giving him the same thing.

Chen Ming returned to the port.

Standing in front of his spaceship, he took out the terminal and called his boss.

The call was quickly answered.

The boss's voice came from inside: "Xiao Ming? Why do you have time to call me?"

"I have nothing to do recently, and then I have to go to the headquarters of the 14th Army. It may take a while. I originally wanted to find you at the space station, but you were not there, so I gave you a call."

"Oh, then I'm still here in Hong Mo. I still have some things to do here."

Chen Ming asked; "Is it still about Cai Mo?"

"The Cai Mo matter is over, and I've finished what I have to do. The president has something to ask me for, and I should be back in two days."

"You're doing well over there. Being able to go to the headquarters means that the Fourteenth Legion has begun to treat you as one of their own."

"Well, it was He Gu from the Psychic Research Institute who invited me there."

"Psionics Research Institute?" The boss was a little surprised when he heard the name: "Have you almost developed your psychic abilities?"

"That's not true. It's just that He Gu invited me over. The main thing is about the upcoming war. My psychic powers can still be developed, but it's not over yet."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

The boss sighed: "Your psychic powers are quite outrageous. You can affect both machines and living things. I don't know how you do it."

Chen Ming said very modestly: "Actually, I feel that my spiritual power is still the earliest form, and it is still based on controlling the spaceship. It's just that I think that the biological spaceship is also a spaceship..."

"Stop, stop talking. I don't believe it even if you say it. I also want to see what new changes your spiritual power will have in the future."

"..."

"Actually, I'm also thinking about how to continue developing psychic abilities, but I don't have any good direction."

Chen Ming's words hinted at the boss to give him some guidance.

However, the boss failed to do what Chen Ming wanted: "I can't give you any advice."

"The level of your psychic development has already exceeded what I originally imagined. I can teach you some basics at the beginning, but I can no longer give you experience in the later directions."

"You have to know that a psychic power must be understood best by the psychic power. Only the psychic power can best develop its own psychic power."

"So it all depends on your own development."

"Unless you go the official route."

"It's still too early."

Chen Mingneng had just learned something new from the Scarlet Dimension and was waiting to use it to develop his psychic powers. How could he take the initiative to give up the upper limit of his psychic powers now?

"I think I can continue to develop it and learn it systematically when I'm ready. It seems like I have to figure it out myself."

"Well, I wish you good luck. I look forward to the day when you can fully develop your psychic abilities."

After chatting for a few minutes, the call was hung up.

The boss suddenly said to Chen Ming again: "By the way, you said you went to the headquarters because of the mechanical war, right?"

"Correct."

The boss was silent for a while and said: "Well...forget it, it's okay, that's it, I'm hanging up."

"what?"

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard his boss's words, but there was only a busy signal on the terminal indicating that the phone had been hung up.

Chen Ming was full of questions at this time.

He Gu also gave an inexplicable smile at the end of the conversation when he talked about going to the headquarters. The boss also ended with a strange question when asking about going to the headquarters.

What does it mean?
Can't figure it out.

Forget it.

Chen Ming didn't hesitate too much. He found He Gu in his address book and contacted him: "I'm fine now."

"Then let's go, the spaceship will be here soon."

A few minutes later.

Chen Ming's spaceship docked with the destroyer brought by He Gu in the pirate space station's galaxy.

Chen Ming met He Gu again.

After a brief conversation, He Gu personally arranged a room for Chen Ming.

Just waiting to reach the destination next time, it should take a long time.

Chen Ming was about to go back to his room and lie down for a while.

But before he did that, he discovered a problem.

The destroyer he was currently traveling in was traveling in the wrong direction after entering hyperspace. This was not the direction to the headquarters of the Fourteenth Legion.

So Chen Ming simply asked He Gu in front of him: "Where are we going?"

"Benyu Star Territory."

"Benny?"

"Yes, let's go there and take the star gate back to the headquarters."

Chen Ming had some surprises and surprises.

Being able to contact the Star Gate must be good news for him. This is his first time trying to ride on the Star Gate.

If there is a chance to get close to the star gate, he might be able to obtain the entire three-dimensional image of the star gate and even further control a star gate.

Of course this is just thinking about it.

Although the Fourteenth Legion is not so wary of him now, it is different in other places.

There was no chance that he would encounter a facility such as the Star Gate that was extremely important to the empire.

Of course, even going to Bei Niu still takes time.
So Chen Ming went into the room arranged by He Gu to lie down, and then turned his attention to An Wuping.

At this time, the ship carrying An Wuping had stopped at a space station connected by a space elevator to the colony on the planet.

It was already morning, and although no one from An Wuping's side had come to ask or urge him, it should be soon.

So Chen Ming made some final preparations.

He used a spiritual nerve on his hand to transmit it to An Wuping with his now deconstructed spiritual energy, and implanted it into his brain.

Chen Ming also asked the Queen of Insects to help assimilate this spiritual nerve.

In order to avoid being seen that Qiling Nerve and An Wuping are not compatible.

Then the insect queen ate the Qiling Nerve.

Just like the source of condensed spiritual energy that Chen Ming originally planned to use to build An Wuping's heart before.

Of course, the insect queen also created a new spiritual nerve just like before.

Eating can be regarded as a way of learning for insect queens, so Chen Ming didn't say anything.

Although this is a bit costly for the Queen of Insects.

Creating a spiritual nerve consumes a lot of mental energy and a huge amount of biomass.

But at least the result is good. The new spiritual nerves created by the insect queen after absorbing the complete spiritual nerves look no different from ordinary spiritual nerves.

Of course, Chen Ming was referring to the kind of psychic nerves sold by various forces with psyker research institutes.

That is, the kind that Baiquan personally certified has a 0% probability of awakening spiritual energy after implanting the spiritual nerve.

Really researched spiritual nerves that can be implanted are not that easy to create.

Although Chen Ming always had the feeling that giving the queen more time or feeding her a few more spiritual nerves would really help.

But An Wuping is short of time now, and at the same time, Chen Ming doesn't have much Qiling Nerve, so it's better not to do anything risky.

Moreover, the ordinary psychic nerves that the insect queen can now create are enough for disguise.

After the Queen of Insects re-implanted the spiritual nerves exuding its spiritual energy fluctuations into An Wuping's brain.

This spiritual nerve, which had the same origin as An Wuping's spiritual energy, was quickly transformed by the fused spiritual energy fluctuations of the individual An Wuping, and was completely integrated with its brain.

Although this spiritual nerve is still just a look-alike, it looks like there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
He even took advantage of this opportunity to create a fake spiritual nerve for Chen Ming's other prosthesis.

And this spiritual nerve that was implanted in another prosthesis was infected with Chen Ming's psychic energy fluctuations by the insect queen, and it perfectly matched the prosthesis without any deviation.

everything is fine.

After half an hour.

As Chen Ming expected, there was a knock on An Wuping's door.

As soon as he controlled An Wuping to open the door, he saw Liang Fei and Niu Xin standing at the door.

"Should we start?"

"Correct."

An Wuping nodded, followed Niu Xin off the ship, signed the port entry registration form, and boarded a shuttle boat.

The shuttle boat did not take An Wuping to the nearest city.

Instead, it landed in a suburb some distance away from the city.

There is a huge manor here, which is the stronghold of the association.

Psykers are all guys who can make a lot of noise.

It's really nice to live in a place like the suburbs where there are few people and few people in the open space.

After getting off the shuttle boat, An Wuping continued to follow Niu Xin into the stronghold's hospital.

Although the association has always adhered to a style of allowing psykers to progress naturally, the necessary detection devices must be in place.

But Chen Ming still had to pretend.

Before lying down on the equipment prepared by the association, An Wuping asked Niu Xin next to him: "I heard that the Psionics Association has always had a free-range attitude towards psykers, allowing psykers to develop themselves, and will not carry out such activities. Physical examination, so as not to affect the development of psychics."

"Yes, if you are worried that knowing the nature of your psychic powers will affect you, we don't have to provide you with a report in this regard."

"You can still continue to develop freely. Even if we have some of your data, we will never interfere."

"so be it."

An Wuping didn't ask any more questions and lay directly into the device.

The inspection process is lengthy.

It wasn't until five or six hours later that An Wuping was finally able to see the light of day again.

And Niu Xin also brought good news.

All the tests on An Wuping passed, confirming that everything An Wuping said was correct.

At the same time, the inspection of the Heart Gathering Bead left by An Wuping was almost complete, and it was also confirmed that psykers can obtain the psychic effects of other people through the Heart Gathering Bead.

After all, a face can't prove anything in this era, so Chen Ming can completely get rid of the suspicion of being involved with Zuo Jing.

At this point, Niu Xin also formally initiated an invitation to An Wuping on behalf of the president.

Liang Fei happened to be nearby, explaining the nature of the association and the possibility of joining two forces at the same time for An Wuping, who probably didn't know the true situation of the association.

Of course An Wuping agreed.

Later, Liang Fei also sent a formal invitation to An Wuping.

The result is of course the same.

Chen Ming also learned at this time that Liang Fei's real name was Liang Fei.

The real name of Li Weiqi, who is still lying in the hospital, is Li Wei.

To be honest, Chen Ming was a little embarrassed when he heard these two names.

Why do the two psychics in the Audan Star Territory have the same pseudonyms as him?

Although it was a bit difficult, it also made Chen Ming feel a little closer to them.

And after the test is completed.

Chen Ming did not stay here for long, because Liang Fei hurriedly picked him up from the hospital at the association's stronghold, and he wanted to return to the Aodan Star Territory.

Chen Ming asked in confusion: "Are you in such a hurry to go back? The medical conditions here should be better than Aodan, right?"

"It's better, but it's not too bad. The main thing is that there's something over there in Odan that requires us to go back."

"whats the matter?"

"Preparing for a mechanical war"

"war?"

An Wuping's identity obviously meant that he had no access to the war between the mechanical tribes, so Liang Fei explained the basic background to Chen Ming.

Then he said: "Although our Aodan Toner Cartridge is not adjacent to the mechanical clan's star field, and is separated from the mechanical clan's star field by one or two edge star fields, the distance is still too close and we will definitely not be able to escape. The war is very close to us. ”

"Then my superiors heard that psykers can participate in this war operation... You may not know it well, but psykers were restricted in previous wars."

"There may be some special meaning to allowing psychics to join this operation."

"So I have to go back."

Chen Ming has heard from many people that the empire is going to take some special actions against psykers in the war between the machines.

It’s not bad to listen to one more.

And that's good.

He was still thinking about how An Wuping could participate in the mechanical war.

It seems that as long as he follows Ao Dan's arrangement, An Wuping might be able to reach the Mechanical Tribe Star Territory before long.

An Wuping shouldn't have to think too much in the short term.

Chen Ming can devote more attention to the prosthesis of the Fourteenth Legion.

Just after An Wuping followed Liang Fei and left the stronghold.

Niu Xin, who was still at the base, looked at the shadow of the shuttle boat in the sky and said to the terminal in his hand that was contacting the president: "I have left and gone to Aodan. I will synchronize the test results with you immediately."

"Is there anything worth saying?"

"Have."

Niu Xin looked at the terminal and said: "We still haven't been able to detect anything valuable in the shadow of his heart. His heart hides his secrets."

The president said: "Everyone has a secret, what about the others?"

"His genes are also quite special. Even in human form, he is not purely human, and his genes will also undergo new changes after he enters the mutant state. It can be said that the pre-mutation and post-mutation are almost two different creatures, but None of them are human."

"What determines whether a person is a human is not his genes, but his consciousness, is there anything else?"

"No more, no problem."

"Then this can be considered a good result. We can have trust in An Wuping."

(End of this chapter)