Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 346 Dissolution
When Chen Ming heard the voice of the phase beast, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Because the last time he encountered the phase behemoth was just a few hours ago, the scarlet dimension and the phase space clashed in his consciousness space.

Not only did it cause him to suffer mental torture, it also almost drained his mental strength, and he has not fully recovered until now.

Chen Ming thought that the Phase Monster would be out of reach for a short time, but it was only a few hours ago...

So what happened this time?

What is the Phase Beast here for this time?

Although the phase behemoth itself may not have any malicious intentions, the power of the phase space it represents and the influence that may cause problems in the scarlet dimension prevent Chen Ming from acting rashly. Instead, he continued to observe quietly with the help of the corpses of the Zerg units.

After arriving above the area where Chen Ming's Royal Zerg first arrived, the Phase Beast made a sound again, as if calling Chen Ming.

Just like last time.

The last exchange was friendly.

This time it should be possible... um...

Chen Ming's eyes were looking at the area where the battle was almost over.

All we can say is that the Zerg fleet in space has withdrawn to other places, and the remaining Zerg forces on the ground are about to be wiped out by the mechanical race.

There is no subsequent investment of combat resources on this planet.

After all, the interior of this planet, which was the first to break through the orbital defense facilities, has been injected with Zerg eggs, and the nests have begun to develop, so it doesn't matter how the ground performs now.

So now, when the Mechanical Race is about to wipe out the remaining Zerg, it is really difficult for Chen Ming to send a robot over to engage with the Phase Beast.

The phase behemoth flying above the mechanical colony waited for a while without receiving a response from Chen Ming, and suddenly attacked the mechanical buildings for some unknown reason.

The mechanical race's subconscious counterattacks at the empty space were all unable to hit the phase beasts in the phase space.

It can only be said that the existence in the phase space has a unilateral suppression on the normal universe, which is really too outrageous.

Looking at the phase beast rolling on the ground, or looking at the destruction and various traces of destruction caused by the phase beast that cannot be observed by normal means.

Chen Ming suddenly felt that something was wrong. The traces left by these phase beasts when they destroyed the mechanical buildings seemed to be a little wrong.

This is how Chen Ming saw it and how he felt, but if you really ask him, he can't quite put his finger on what's wrong.

He continued to observe the traces left by the phase beasts with doubts for a while, but still could not find the place that made him feel wrong.

And just as he was thinking, a new question popped up in his mind.

How did the Phase Beast follow us here?

Chen Ming recalled the previous time he encountered the phase monster.

The first time, the Phase Beast chased the Mechanical fleet all the way here, and the second time, it also chased the Mechanical fleet.

But this time it seems that the reason is not the same as before, but he is here to chase Chen Ming.

Because the Phase Beast did not attack the Mechanical Clan first, but tried to call him first.

Chen Ming thought about it again.

The first time doesn’t count, because he hadn’t entered the Scarlet Dimension at that time, and the second time he had just encountered the Phase Beast, and the Phase Beast was silently destroying the mechanical race, very quietly.

It was not until it discovered Chen Ming's presence that it made a sound that seemed to come from the deep sea.

It was not until then that Chen Ming heard its voice and began to communicate with it.

Therefore, the Phase Beast should be coming for him this time, and he should try to respond.

Chen Ming was just about to try to throw a robot over there. Even if it was directly destroyed by the mechanical clan, it wouldn't be a big problem. Or he could find a way to send a robot over from the phase space, but it would be a little troublesome.

Just when Chen Ming decided to use the things he left in the phase space to send the robot to the phase space and then to the phase beast.

The phase behemoth that was wreaking havoc on the mechanical clan's territory just now suddenly took off into the air, and a jump wave appeared near its body.

The next moment, the phase monster disappeared.

"?"

"what happened?"

For a moment, Chen Ming thought that he had been observing for too long, and the Phase Beast became impatient and left first.

It turned out that the situation was not what he thought. Just near the location where the Phase Beast jumped away, a wave of jump suddenly appeared again, but no real object appeared.

This is not the return of the phase behemoth, but a fleet of cruiser-class phase ships coming from a new place.

This isn't right.

Chen Ming remembered that the level of phase technology mastered by the mechanical clan had not reached this level before.

The Mechs definitely don't have enough phase ships to use, let alone cruiser-level phase production capacity.

It can't be that they developed it in such a short time?
This……

No, there seems to be a special situation.

Chen Ming suddenly thought of a possibility.

That is, if the Mechanical Race simply wants to target the Phase Beasts, they can choose to stuff ordinary cruisers into the phase space and let the ordinary cruisers attack the Phase Beasts directly in the phase space. It is not necessary to use phase weapons to attack the Phase Beasts.

The nature of phase weapons is that they are weapons that can attack phase space in the normal universe.

However, since the spacecraft in phase space are already in phase space, the ordinary weapons used already have the properties of phase space.

When attacking beings in the same space, no special abilities are required.

All that was needed was to get a normal cruiser into phase space.

The only problem with this is radiation.

There is no way for ships in phase space to dissipate radiation energy.

But as long as the spacecraft is sent out of the phase space before the radiation energy is overloaded, the problem will be solved. It is entirely possible to use an ordinary ship as a temporary phase ship.

This is also one of the temporary solutions proposed by several ship research institutes in the Empire that have phase ship research projects, after the Fanchao Institute has developed equipment capable of sending space stations into phase space, to address the problem that phase ships cannot currently be directly put into actual combat.

The difficulty of building a complete phase ship and the difficulty of building a facility that can send physical objects into phase space, the latter is obviously easier.

The Empire is not used much at the moment simply because there is no environment for its use.

It shouldn't be a problem for the mechanical clan to create something similar, as they just happen to have the appropriate environment.

Chen Ming speculated that it should be like this, and we will know the details after we wait and see.

He called upon his psychic powers and sent the robot into the phase space of the area where the phase beast had just been active.

He just happened to see those mechanical cruisers that had completed their jump.

Chen Ming could confirm it with just a quick observation.

The facts were just as he guessed.

Those mechanical cruisers were ordinary warships, but they had undergone quite obvious modifications.

Some modifications that greatly increase the radiation energy capacity while almost paralyzing the radiation energy dissipation system.

It is specially used for use in current situations where it is impossible to manufacture qualified phase ships to participate in battles.

That's indeed the idea.

So the phase behemoth must have sensed these temporary phase ships and chose to leave.

If the mechanical race chooses to pursue forcefully, they will definitely be the ones who are in trouble.

But for us, all we have to do is drive away the phase monster.

Now they not only have to deal with the problem of the phase beast, but also the problem of being attacked by Chen Ming's fleet.

They simply don't have the time to chase down the phase beasts.

Not only was the nebula area where their important supplies were exported attacked by the sudden large-scale Zerg fleet, but the border on the other side was also attacked.

It just so happened that the attack near the nebula area happened at the border, and the reinforcements came only after they had already arrived.

A lot of the Mechanical support fleet had been deceived by Chen Ming. They were already busy dealing with the Zerg's troubles, so how could they have the time to track down the Phase Beasts?

I don't know why, but up to now, there is no sign of the Mechanical Clan sending out their main battleships. They are just using the existing defense force of the galaxy to fight back.

There was no room for Chen Ming's idea to be implemented for the time being.

But it doesn’t matter, whether the mechanical race’s mothership comes or not, it will be a win for him.

He continued to plan to observe the battlefield from the broad perspective provided by psychic power.

Anyway, the Phase Beast must have a destination when it leaps.

If Chen Ming guessed correctly, the purpose of the Phase Beast's jump should be the galaxy to which he used psychic power to send the second batch of Guard Zerg.

The situation here is similar to that near the location where the Royal Guard Zerg first arrived.

Zerg units die faster.

There are no living Zergs here at this time, but Chen Ming can still use the Zerg corpses to hear the call of the phase behemoth coming from the sky above the planet.

And this time Chen Ming heard more clearly that the Phase Beast's voice when calling him was mixed with a hint of... pain?
The Phase Monster is injured?
Just now?
Chen Ming seemed to realize the key.

He just felt that something was wrong with the Phase Beast's attack. There was something wrong with the way the Phase Beast moved when it destroyed the mechanical colony and the shape of the mark it left on the ground.

Phase beasts are manta ray-like creatures with two large "wings" on either side of their bodies.

After the Phase Beast appeared this time, it seemed that it had only used its right "wing" to attack the mechanical race.

Judging from the few complete traces left, there seems to be a very obvious gap on the left wing of the Phase Beast.

Chen Ming immediately observed the cruiser that the mechanical clan sent to the phase space, and moved the robots that were not discovered by the mechanical clan to the destination of the phase beast's jump.

At that moment his robot appeared at the destination.

The phase behemoth sensed Chen Ming's presence, and there was a hint of joy in its voice when it called out.

But Chen Ming did not feel happy at all, because in addition to seeing the phase beast, he also saw a huge gap on the phase beast's wing that was torn by something. The wound had already scabbed over, but the painful mark would not disappear so quickly.

These traces exactly correspond to the traces that Chen Ming just reacted to and the problems with the phase beast's actions.

If you look closely, you will find that the scars on the Phase Beast's wings have bite marks that are exactly the same as those on the Phase Beast's mouthparts.

This phase behemoth, which Chen Ming had met many times, had these scars caused by being bitten by its own kind, or a larger one.

It was attacked by its own kind.

But this is not Chen Ming's focus now.

Because in addition to the horrific scars on the Phase Beast's body, he also saw a large piece of twisted scarlet flesh and blood in the Phase Beast's mouth.

The moment he saw it, Chen Ming knew that this piece of flesh and blood must be related to the Scarlet Dimension, and that this was not a piece of flesh formed by some creature infected by the Scarlet Dimension, but...

Chen Ming found it hard to believe what he perceived.

The piece of flesh and blood in the mouth of the phase beast seemed to be the power that was directly taken from the scarlet dimension by some means. After entering the phase space, without the support of the existence inside the scarlet dimension, it naturally formed the shape of this huge piece of flesh and blood.

This is not flesh and blood, this is solidified knowledge.

The phase monster landed in front of Chen Ming's robot, spat a large piece of flesh and blood in its mouth onto the ground, and pushed it in the direction of Chen Ming's robot.

Then he bit the lump of flesh again, tore off a piece and swallowed it.

It used the most primitive means to do things that even Chen Ming couldn't do easily now, which made Chen Ming stunned.

Now he knew why the phase beast kept chasing him.

I'm afraid he's targeting the bloody crack in his brain.

Want to seize the power of the scarlet dimension through the bloody rift.

So what does this mean now?
Didn't it already have the power of the Scarlet Dimension? What was it doing? Sharing it with him?
Chen Ming tried to make the robot act the same as last time, and added a hint of doubt into the sound it made, trying to ask what the Phase Beast meant.

But the Phase Beast just kept making urging sounds and further pushed the remaining pieces of meat towards Chen Ming's robot.

The language used by the phase beasts is obviously not advanced enough to communicate like humans.

It is obviously impossible to figure out the purpose of the Phase Beast and what happened through communication with it.

Then we can only judge it through logic.

First of all, judging from the current behavior of the Phase Beasts, they are creatures that feed on the power of the Scarlet Dimension.

The wounds on the giant beast in front of Chen Ming were obviously caused by being bitten by its own kind.

That means it's very likely that the phase behemoth stole the scarlet meat from its own kind and shared it with him.

hiss--

Wait, something is wrong here.

In most cases in the animal kingdom, sharing food should be done with the same species, right?

Although it is hard to say whether the Phase Beast is an animal in the animal kingdom, Chen Ming feels that it should be considered one.

Did the Phase Beast treat him as one of its own kind?
Chen Ming thought about the scales left by the phase beast last time, and the traces left by the phase space in his consciousness space, and it seemed that this was not impossible.

What does it mean that the Phase Beast steals food from other of its kind and shares it with this “kind” of its kind?
Chen Ming could sense that the Phase Beast's sharing at this time had some purpose, as if it wanted him to seize more power from the Scarlet Dimension.

But if the scarlet meat in the air of the Phase Beast was snatched from other Phase Beasts, it means that other Phase Beasts can take the initiative to contact the scarlet dimension, so there is no need to look for him.

Unless it is said that the Phase Beast is a very ferocious creature, but according to Chen Ming's observation, the Phase Beast seems to have a deep hostility only towards the mechanical race.

Not to mention that the Phase Beast would share it with him.

This doesn't make sense.

And if the phase beast feeds on the power of the scarlet dimension, then the phase beast in front of it does not seem to have the ability to tear open a rift to the scarlet dimension from the phase space and obtain food.

This brings up another point that doesn't make sense.

The more Chen Ming thought, the more confused his brain felt, even though his brain was of little use.

If it really doesn't work, why not try doing it according to Phase Beast's idea first.

At least he was not mistaken about what the Phase Beast meant now, which was that the Phase Beast wanted to share the scarlet flesh and blood with him.

So Chen Ming's main consciousness descended upon the robot, and after slightly adjusting his mental power which had recovered well.

The robot controlled by Chen Ming reached out and pressed on the piece of scarlet flesh in front of him. The scarlet crack in Chen Ming's consciousness space opened slightly, assisting Chen Ming in absorbing the materialized scarlet dimension.

The entire piece of flesh and blood disappeared from Chen Ming's sight in an instant.

And Chen Ming once again felt the improvement in his abilities.

It just seems a little bit unclear.

This piece of flesh and blood looked quite large, able to be held in the mouth of a gigantic creature a kilometer long. Roughly estimated, it was at least several dozen meters long, wide, and thick.

But Chen Ming just touched it, and the whole piece of flesh and blood disappeared.

Even some of the flesh and blood that the phase beast had not yet torn off and swallowed completely were transformed by Chen Ming's spiritual power into power belonging to Chen Ming.

The phase monster that bit the air immediately straightened up the front half of its body, shook its head, stared at Chen Ming's robot for a long time, and made a puzzled sound.

Chen Ming felt that the Phase Beast was not wondering why the meat in its mouth was gone, but was wondering about something closely related to him.

"So what are you wondering about?"

Of course, the Phase Monster could not respond to Chen Ming's question.

It just flew up gently like last time, circled Chen Ming a few times, and then flew high into the sky again like last time, made a leap, and disappeared in front of Chen Ming.

"..."

Chen Ming looked at the place where the phase beast last disappeared and felt a little anxious subconsciously.

Because he knew that this phase beast would definitely go to its own kind to snatch the scarlet meat.

During the previous snatch, a piece of flesh was torn off its left wing by its own kind. If it goes this time, I'm afraid it will be injured again.

Moreover, she was injured because of him.

If the injury is too severe...

What is the purpose of Phase Behemoth?
Why on earth does it do this?
Chen Ming felt that he really needed to think of a solution.

Think of a way to communicate on a deeper level with the Phase Beast.

Chen Ming's thoughts could not change the fact that the phase beast had left.

He could only continue to focus on the attack he was launching against the mechanical race at this time.

At this time, more than an hour had passed since Chen Ming's black fog prosthesis took the lead in launching an attack on the border galaxy of the mechanical clan.

There is nothing special to note about the situation on the other side of the border.

It was the Black Mist prosthesis that brought a large fleet to carry out the invasion mission.

Under normal circumstances, the Zerg fleet would surely be doomed to fail if it attacked a heavily guarded Mechanical system. Even if the mothership was not deployed, they would basically be wiped out in the end.

But the premise is normal circumstances.

With the Black Mist prosthesis that constantly provides Chen Mingyuan with spiritual power and continues to contribute its strength in this war, the fleet led by the Black Mist prosthesis even has the momentum to break through the border defense line in one breath and rush directly into the heartland of the Mechanical Clan.

Basically, it is equivalent to the Zerg fleet relying on the assistance of the black fog psychic power. The Zerg can use the outrageous effect of Chen Ming's maintenance psychic power, as well as the fleet that far exceeds the number of the mechanical fleet to crush it.

All fortifications on all the mechanical planets that the black fog passed through were destroyed, and large areas of mechanical colonies were left with only ruins.

In addition, the Zerg fleet also left Zerg eggs on many planets inside and outside the borders of the Mechanical Race.

Once these Zergs hatch, they will be able to further interfere with the mechanical race.

Even if the Mechanical Race destroyed the Zerg fleet led by the Black Mist Prosthesis, they would not be able to easily retake the planet occupied by the Zerg.

While the fleet was fighting under the leadership of the Black Mist Prosthesis, Chen Ming also discovered that a fleet of unknown origin was wandering around the border galaxy of the Mechanical Clan.

These fleets are the imperial reconnaissance fleets that Chen Ming has been waiting for.

They have been hiding in the dark and continuously investigating intelligence on the Mechanical Star Territory. It won't be long before they can bring news about the Black Mist Psionic Energy and the Black Mist Zerg Fleet back to the Empire to confirm what An Wuping said.

And just as the Black Mist prosthesis was making great strides.

The war near the nebula area of ​​the mechanical race is still going on.

Although the number of Zerg fleets here is larger than that of the Black Mist prosthesis, after being divided into dozens of fleets, the number is no longer enough to crush the mechanical race in a single star field.

Therefore, the fleet losses in each galaxy are relatively large.

However, Chen Ming's goal was only to deliver the insect eggs to the planet, so after achieving the goal, the fleet that had not suffered any losses would immediately head to other galaxies to provide additional assistance.

This operation reduced the overall losses of the Zerg fleet and achieved the goal more quickly.

Just as Chen Ming injected insect eggs into all the valuable planets in the fifty galaxies that he targeted as his first batch, and was preparing to continue commanding the fleet to the next batch of target galaxies.

The real target of Chen Ming's attack this time, the mechanical clan's mothership finally couldn't hold back anymore.

The mechanical race locked onto the final concentration location of Chen Ming’s fleet.

Before the fleet left, a fleet consisting of tens of thousands of mechanical cruisers led by a mothership appeared in front of Chen Ming's Zerg fleet.

The jump wave caused by the fleet's jump and its turbulent aftermath covered almost half of the galaxy.

According to Chen Ming's speculation, the Mechanical Clan's star field should have a total of about 30,000 to 40,000 cruisers.

Chen Ming had destroyed tens of thousands of ships in previous battles.

This time, the mechanical clan took out tens of thousands of ships, which was obviously a huge investment.

But before the absolute number of Chen Ming's Zerg cruisers crushed them, this number was still somewhat insufficient.

Even if Chen Ming cannot deal with the mechanical clan's mothership, at least no cruiser that comes here can escape.

However, Chen Ming soon discovered that the mothership sent by the Mechanical Clan was the first one to have a conflict with the Zerg fleet and was the one that had been repaired early on.

The mechanical race seemed to have guessed some of the abilities that Chen Ming might possess, so they specially dispatched this mothership to wipe out the Zerg fleet.

Are you still unwilling to deploy your reserve forces?

But Chen Ming doesn't plan to send away so many Zerg fleets.

He was ready to start using his repair psychic energy to pull back the Mechanical Clan's fleet, trying to actually defeat the Mechanical Clan's mothership head-on.

However, Chen Ming didn't have time to do so.

In the center of the assembled Zerg fleet, a Zerg warship suddenly began to melt.

They melted like candles and disappeared into space like burnt paper.

There were no signs, no traces.

But Chen Ming had already realized what was happening, and his face became extremely gloomy.

This is... the Destroyer.

(End of this chapter)