Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 325 Investigation
After Chen Ming turned his attention to the mechanical race’s galaxy.

The reconnaissance fleet immediately confirmed the current location of the phase beast and bypassed it.

Although his actions were clearly seen by the authorized reconnaissance fleet of the nearby legion, no one said anything.

So Chen Ming's fleet went around to another area on the planet where the damage was most severe.

This is most likely also the place where the phase beast first attacked and wreaked havoc.

Before that, the reconnaissance fleet was investigating the planet's environment and orbiting the planet.

Chen Ming has seen many ruins of mechanical buildings in this area.

Chen Ming had seen the city of the mechanical race before.

He knew the general functions of many mechanical buildings, so when he saw this ruin, he knew that there must be something he needed here.

Although there were some buildings that Chen Ming had never seen before, he didn't know what they were used for.

But the buildings that Chen Ming had not seen in his previous mechanical city must be relatively rare buildings and must have their own special features, so he needed to go and see them.

Chen Ming's Stardust class quickly arrived directly above the target location he found.

On this Stardust-class ship, Chen Ming used his psychic power to create a shuttle and a robot.

The shuttle can be fixed casually, as long as it can help him reach the planet safely.

But Chen Ming had carefully considered the style of the robot.

Just make a robot model based on the power armor that he used when he was doing things in the headquarters before, and install an additional afterglow core.

This form can be called a mechanical armor body. It is small in size and easy to move.

In addition, Chen Ming is more comfortable controlling the humanoid mechanical body than other shapes, which is enough to complete what Chen Ming is going to do next.

After migrating the main consciousness to this robot.

Chen Ming controlled the robot to board the shuttle and headed straight for the planet below.

After suffering some extremely sparse and scattered anti-aircraft fire, Chen Ming's shuttle arrived over the destination.

Looking around, all around were the remains of metal structures and a large number of mechanical fragments that had been crushed to pieces.

This was supposed to be a highly developed mechanical construction area, but now only ruins remain.

But the ruins don’t matter. As long as it is a mechanical thing, Chen Ming’s spiritual power can repair it.

Because of this, the place Chen Ming chose was also a place he carefully selected.

Here.

It is the nanorobot production factory of the mechanical clan.

There are three most important things on the individuals of the Mechanical Clan.

Secondary cores, core chips and nanorobots.

The basic secondary core and core chip are used to ensure the operation of the mechanical individuals. Their manufacture is no longer a problem for Chen Ming.

So for Chen Ming now, the key lies in nanorobots.

This is the key to ensuring the mechanical race's wartime self-repair capabilities and sustained combat capabilities.

At the same time, it can be regarded as one of the equipment with the highest technological content among the mechanical race.

Moreover, it is also a limiting condition for the speed at which Chen Ming can produce the mechanical family.

Chen Ming currently has only one nanorobot production facility.

It was found in the city of a small independent mechanical tribe in the past, and has been sent by Chen Ming to the new colony of his mechanical tribe.

The number of nanorobot manufacturing equipment limits the manufacturing speed of fully functional mechanical families.

If there is only one device, it can only meet the production needs of a certain number of mechanical individuals at the city level.

If you want more, you can either limit the capabilities of individual mechanical species to reduce their maintenance requirements.

Or just ignore it completely and allow robots with poor battery life and maintenance capabilities to be produced.

Chen Ming didn't want to choose any of them, he wanted a complete mechanical individual.

So he discovered this building in space, and came here as soon as he had time.

His goal is to seize the nanorobot manufacturing equipment here.

He wanted to make the robots in his hands more "industrialized" so that the expansion efficiency of his mechanical race could keep up with the reproduction efficiency of the Zerg.

Although this may sound like wishful thinking at first.

The Queen has long been able to convert the planet into its own nutrition and into a nest, and is now undergoing a crucial evolution.

The mechanical race in Chen Ming's hands covers the range of a small-scale human colonial city.

The gap is not a little bit.

But Chen Ming always felt that the industrialized metal wave could compete with the infinite proliferation of the Zerg.

It’s just that the scale has not been established yet, so the efficiency is a bit slow. Once the scale is established in the future, we will eventually see results.

This requires starting with the most basic equipment and building up industrialization step by step.

The shuttle landed on the mechanical race's planet.

Chen Ming immediately controlled the mechanical armored body to crash open the shuttle's hatch.

Immediately, a fierce burst of firepower from the mechanical race enveloped him.

This was caused by the fact that a small number of mechanical individuals that were not affected by the attack of the Phase Beast found the exact location where Chen Mingjing landed among the ruins during the landing of the shuttle.

Although it is a small part, it is only a small part compared to the time when the mechanical city had not been destroyed.

A small part of a city is already unattainable for an individual.

So now, Chen Ming has been surrounded by a large number of mechanical individuals.

Countless projectiles from electromagnetic weapons are constantly hitting the mechanical armored body and the shuttle beside it.

Although the weapons attacks of these mechanical race are of no use to Chen Ming, they can indeed continuously suppress Chen Ming's next move.

And in a very short time, two of the mechanical clan's main ground combat units, the mechanical centipedes, approached Chen Ming.

One is equipped with a charge cannon, the other with a charge machine gun.

The moment Chen Ming was discovered, the heavy warhead of the electric charge cannon was instantly fired and hit the shuttle behind Chen Ming.

The devastating explosion and flashing arcs of electricity completely enveloped the figure.

The shuttle was instantly reduced to ashes.

But the mechanical armor body controlled by Chen Ming was still moving at high speed in the electric arcs and smoke.

He dodged the sudden powerful attack.

But the other centipede is not just there to do nothing.

The charged machine gun immediately followed Chen Ming's footsteps, and countless charged bullets fell on the footprints that Chen Ming had just stepped on.

After the charged warhead hit the target, the arcs of electricity exploded one after another, leaving a lightning trail behind Chen Ming.

It looks extremely gorgeous, but also extremely dangerous.

However, the capabilities of the mechanical armor body controlled by Chen Ming are different from ordinary power armor.

Without the restriction of an internal driver, with the amplification of Chen Ming's psychic power and the maintenance psychic power to ensure that the internal devices are not damaged at all times.

The comprehensive combat power it can exert is more than five times that of normal circumstances.

Even if Chen Ming was forced into a dead end, the jet pack could force him to accelerate and break through the upper limit of the efficiency of moving by relying solely on ordinary limb structure.

The mechanical race's ground firepower was not enough to pose any threat to him.

Today is different from the past.

Soon, the mechanical centipede's charged machine gun had used up all the bullets.

Take advantage of the gap when the charged machine gun is reloading and charging the bullet.

Chen Ming finally had time to stand steadily on the ground. A large amount of liquid metal overflowed from the feet of the mechanical armor body, covering the entire ruins.

All the mechanical individuals nearby, including the two centipedes, were contaminated by the metallic liquid in just a dozen seconds.

Just for a moment.

Their movements became stiff and they stopped attacking Chen Ming.

And inside them, their connection with the mechanical race's hive mind network was instantly severed and ceased to exist.

The data on the chip became disordered, and the operation of the secondary core became slightly rigid.

And after this brief moment of confusion.

They were connected to a new cellular network.

They become anomalous sub-individuals.

He then began to defend Chen Ming from the mechanical clan that was approaching the area farther away that was not covered by the metal liquid.

Of course, this does not mean that Chen Ming's psychic power can be controlled through non-afterglow derivatives.

In fact, this is just a derivative ability he achieved by utilizing the effects of psychic energy.

Chen Ming’s current spiritual power can transfer the afterglow core.

This means that all places affected by Chen Ming's spiritual power will have afterglow cores, and can indirectly become the medium for Chen Ming to control new things.

It is no longer like before. Once Chen Ming is not in a certain place, or there is no Afterglow Core, and the distance is too far, then Chen Ming can only use various means to send the Afterglow Core or himself there before he can control it.

But now it’s different. Chen Ming can transfer the afterglow core to any place where there is something he controls.

Then all it takes is a simple data cable and a robot equipped with the Afterglow core to help Chen Ming do many things.

Of course, it is easier said than done. In reality, it is quite difficult to contact mechanical devices through data cables.

Due to the limitations of the environment where data cables are not necessarily available, Chen Ming's own technical skills and the lack of fine control over his psychic powers have been insufficient for some time.

If you really want to use psychic power to control, it depends on the specific situation.

It would be fine if Chen Ming took the initiative to sneak in, as he would have the opportunity to slowly cause trouble.

But if it is a head-on battle, no mechanical clan will give Chen Ming the opportunity to access the data cable unless he has defeated the mechanical clan.

Therefore, Chen Ming came up with a more advanced way of using it.

Data lines as thin as a single molecule are mixed in these seemingly ordinary metal liquids.

As long as it is covered by metal liquid, the single-molecule data line hidden in it will forcibly break into the interior of the mechanical device and control it like a beast that has discovered its prey.

The density of the mechanical clan's white cloud steel armor was simply not enough to resist Chen Ming's power.

As long as Chen Ming is given the chance to get close, there will be only one outcome.

for his use.

Of course, this method has its limitations, that is, the metal liquid must be connected to the source, that is, the afterglow core, and the data line must not be broken. Most of the time, the enemy is not stupid, and will hide when seeing a large area of ​​metal liquid splashing over.

Anyone who knows the function of Chen Ming's metal liquid will often deliberately avoid it and will not give it a chance to come into contact with the metal liquid.

There is a solution to this, however.

Chen Ming can make a large area of ​​metal liquid as an overt means, and then make a few additional single-molecule data lines as an ambush in secret.

Using the data cable directly is too easy to be discovered, and the data cable itself is too fragile, but if both are used at the same time.

As long as they are not extremely sensitive to psychic fluctuations, can see single-molecule data lines with the naked eye, or are enemies who can sense data lines, all other mechanical enemies are nothing to be feared.

Chen Ming felt that the mechanical race would most likely not give him the opportunity to get in close contact with them like he did now.

This time, it was the Phase Beast that broke through the mechanical clan's defenses and completely defeated the mechanical clan, allowing Chen Ming to take advantage of the situation from behind.

Otherwise, given the Mechanical Clan's thorough preparations for the previous raid on his fleet, there must be a lot of defensive measures waiting for him here.

Of course, now the situation is that Chen Ming can do whatever he wants.

Even if the mechanical race wants to send reinforcements, they have to consider the behemoths that are wreaking havoc on the planet.

So after Chen Ming released the liquid metal and controlled the surrounding mechanical creatures, this factory area has become Chen Ming's territory.

The metal liquid expanded again, gradually bringing the entire factory building within the range of his psychic control.

After the equipment in several nanorobot factories was repaired, these important devices immediately disappeared in the collapsed factory buildings.

Chen Ming sent him all the way to the base of his mechanical clan.

Some nearby manufacturing factory facilities were also related to mechanical manufacturing, and Chen Ming repaired them and packed them up and took them away.

He now has the capacity of a mechanical city at hand, whether it is the number of mechanical people or the number of supporting facilities for the mechanical people.

The mechanical city he controlled before was just a small border outpost of the Shining Civilization, not even an outpost.

The number of equipment they own is pitifully small, and many of them were manufactured by Chen Ming himself.

It would be a good thing if we could add some more here.

Chen Ming's spiritual power swept out again, completely clearing the surrounding area, leaving only ruins of useless building materials.

After confirming that there was nothing nearby, Chen Ming looked somewhere a little further away.

If these facilities here are one of the reasons why Chen Ming chose this place as the landing site.

Then another reason is that the adjacent area is an area that was rebuilt at the fastest speed after the phase monster wreaked havoc.

There are many mechanized psychic creatures that are still alive, as well as dead individuals.

Chen Ming can obtain a considerable number of mechanized psychic biological samples.
Although the Legion will most likely be able to obtain quite a lot of samples when it comes here, a considerable portion of them will definitely be given to him in the end.

After all, he can now be considered the person who has gone the furthest in mechanical research.

But if we have to wait until the Legion gets it, who knows how long it will take.

It would be better for him to come here in person and try to take some away.

Chen Ming was very curious about whether this mechanized psychic creature was created or transformed from a biological creature into a mechanical creature by some device.

As long as he can figure out the principle, maybe he can replicate it.

If we could replicate a new mechanized Zerg... or even apply this effect to humans...

Chen Ming suddenly couldn't imagine what would happen.

I restrained my divergent thoughts a little.

Chen Ming controlled the mechanical armor body and approached the place where the mechanized psychic creatures gathered.

He could see from space just now that these mechanized psychic creatures seemed to be protecting a facility.

Originally, Chen Ming speculated that it was a factory used by the mechanical race to manufacture or transform mechanical psychic creatures.

But when Chen Ming came here, he observed from a low perspective.

Something seems to be wrong.

This place doesn't look like a factory, but more like some kind of computer room, or rather some kind of control center.

Although it is half collapsed, a large number of mechanical individuals are desperately repairing the building.

A large number of mechanical individuals, no matter what type they are, as long as they have some combat ability, all gathered nearby.

Protecting this building.

A considerable number of mechanical people have already begun to approach Chen Ming.

But as Chen Ming had prepared in advance, the liquid metal had already seeped through from underground.

When the mechanical clan approached, large groups of them immediately turned against them and pointed their guns at their own people.

Before the mechanical clans near the building could even come up with countermeasures, countless single-molecule data lines invisible to the naked eye had already spread out from underground and completely took control of the situation.

Chen Ming immediately looked at the panels of those mechanical psychic creatures through the panel.

Overall, the panel is similar to that of ordinary mechanical families.

The first line is the name [Psychic Mechanical Creature], followed by the prototype name of this mechanical psychic creature.

The rest is basically the same.

Only the most critical row of [Mechanical Spiritual Awakening Nerves] has a clear gap with that of ordinary mechanical clans.

All we can say is that mechanical psychic creatures are very special.

Since normal psychic creatures do not have spiritual awakening nerves, this mechanical spiritual awakening nerve is definitely worth studying.

but.

Chen Ming was not in a hurry to study these psychic mechanical creatures immediately.

Since these things are already under his control, they will belong to him sooner or later.

He now wanted to take a closer look at the building in front of him.

The liquid metal swept up again, completely covering the entire building.

then.

Chen Ming unexpectedly discovered that this building was not the factory of the mechanical race that manufactured or transformed mechanical psychic creatures as he had previously guessed.

It is actually the central node of the mechanical race and the core of this mechanical colony.

Looking from space, 80% of the planet's surface has been covered by the mechanical race.

Among them, they can be divided into three large colonies and some scattered small colonies.

This is the core of a large colony, the largest one.

It can only be said that many of the mechanical buildings are of the same height. Chen Ming was able to identify the factory only after repeatedly observing the details of the mechanical buildings.

I may not be able to recognize all the other buildings.

Moreover, this building is indeed a building that Chen Ming has never seen before.

Fortunately, the impact of admitting the mistake is not great.

Chen Ming still managed to control the entire building smoothly.

And found an empty slot in the core area of ​​the building where the "machine" should have been installed.

And in this central node database is a complete plan for building a mechanical colony.

The mechanical race has already planned the next development route.

All these plans and routes were displayed in front of Chen Ming.

Chen Ming noticed that in addition to allowing the mechanical race to expand into neighboring galaxies, this development plan also included an inexplicable planned route that extended straight from this galaxy to dozens of galaxies beyond.

The lieutenant general has no place to stay, and it seems that he wants to directly develop such an "enclave".

What does it mean?
Chen Ming continued to search in the database, and soon he found the reason why the mechanical race did this.

Because in that galaxy, there are coordinates of the remains of a shining civilization that have yet to be developed.

Chen Ming was a little surprised to learn the result.

Because his fleet did find some ruins when exploring nearby galaxies.

But those have basically been destroyed by time, and even Chen Ming’s spiritual power cannot save them.

He didn't expect that there were still relics that he hadn't found.

However, when Chen Ming's fleet was conducting reconnaissance, it was impossible for it to scan all the planets, even the deep underground of the planets, so it was normal to miss some.

Chen Ming guessed that the ruins should be deep underground and just escaped the scanning.

That's normal.

Although the mechanical race is the relics of the Shining Civilization, they have indeed lost a lot of the Shining Civilization's technology.

So it is normal that they do need to develop the remains of the shining civilization. Only in this way can they retrieve some of the lost things.

The mechanical race probably wants to gain a foothold here before developing the ruins and building a new settlement based on the ruins.

Chen Ming just didn’t quite understand why the mechanical people didn’t go there directly.

But since the mechanical race did this, they must have their reasons.

There may be troubles there that will take some time for the mechanical race to develop and deal with.

Of course, they don't have to deal with it now.

After being attacked by the Phase Beast, the power of the Mechanoids in this area has been reduced to a low point.

So, Chen Ming will help them deal with the relic.

Gathered all the information.

Chen Ming also decisively transferred the entire database and everything he had obtained.

And immediately built a new shuttle and launched it into space.

The database contains the mechanical race's development plan, and of course, the construction plan for the entire mechanical race colony.

So Chen Ming has now figured out the construction rules of the entire mechanical colony.

His shuttle flew towards the direction of the mechanical race's building that manufactured mechanical psychic creatures.

The shuttle approached the location where the phase monster was wreaking havoc, which the reconnaissance fleet was really paying attention to, a little closer during the criminal journey.

Just like before, Chen Ming once again heard the call that seemed to come from the deep sea.

But Chen Ming had no way to respond.

He could only record the audio so that only he could hear it and figure out the reason later.

(End of this chapter)