Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 350 Shadow
The transition was over quickly.

A new galaxy appeared in front of Chen Ming's eyes.

There are mechanical space buildings distributed everywhere within a galaxy. At the same time, there are traces of mechanical development on every planet inside, and there are mechanical colonies in many places.

But the galaxy is now in decline.

Everything in the galaxy, whether in space or on the planets, related to the mechanical race, has become ruins.

And if you take a quick look you will find that these buildings have not been in ruins for long, at least not more than half a year.

It seemed that the mechanical race had abandoned this place. Not only did no mechanical race come to clean up the ruins, but there were no monitoring facilities for the galaxy as normal should have been.

It is hard to imagine that there is such a place in the core area of ​​the mechanical star field.

Chen Ming recorded the coordinates of this galaxy and immediately began to look for the traces of the phase behemoth that had just leapt here.

Soon he discovered that the Phase Beast was not far away, and the Phase Beast also noticed the spaceship that Chen Ming was driving over.

Then the Phase Beast fell into confusion and bewilderment again, as if it could not understand what was going on with Chen Ming in front of it, and how he suddenly changed from a robot into this.

The phase behemoth seemed to be thinking seriously for a while, and no one knew what it thought of, but it suddenly made a cry to Chen Ming again.

Although the phase beast and Chen Ming's cruiser are now in the vacuum of the universe, the medium in the phase space has the ability to transmit sound in the phase space, allowing Chen Ming to hear the voice of the phase beast clearly.

The sound it made at this time was different from when it communicated with Chen Ming before.

Full of warnings and concerns, it was obvious that Chen Ming was leaving.

Of course Chen Ming couldn't just leave at will. He didn't want to see the only relatively friendly phase beast he had ever come into contact with do something dangerous.

Continue to move the spaceship closer, trying to communicate with the Phase Beast, allowing it to contact the nerve for communication that Chen Ming asked the Queen Insect to specially create.

However, the Phase Beast was still very resistant to this.

It swung its two long tails, changed its posture, and a purple light shone on its body. It called upon the power of phase, entered the jump again, and disappeared in front of Chen Ming.

By investigating the traces of the jump, Chen Ming once again confirmed that the destination of the phase beast's jump was still within the star field of the mechanical clan.

He also started the jump engine and chased after him.

However, this time, an accident occurred when his spaceship was making the jump.

Before the spaceship landed, a phase force was already madly repelling him at the end of the jump.

A surging repulsive force was surging out frantically, trying to squeeze Chen Ming's spaceship out and not giving the spaceship a chance to jump to its destination.

Even this repulsive force was acting on Chen Ming's consciousness while also acting on the spacecraft.

Just like the last time when the phase space and the scarlet dimension clashed in his consciousness space, it once again caused damage to Chen Ming's consciousness space.

Just when Chen Ming thought that the coordinates where the Phase Beast was heading to were the Phase Beast's exclusive territory and no other creatures were allowed to enter.

The blue light in his consciousness space suddenly brightened, protecting his consciousness space and reducing the impact he received to the minimum.

It's not that the phase space is rejecting him. The phase beast doesn't have such power. What is going on?

As the transition progresses.

Chen Ming felt that not only his consciousness and warship were being repelled by this force, but it seemed as if the entire space was repelling him and his warship.

The phase space at the destination seems to be incompatible with the ordinary phase space. Only by thoroughly mastering the power of the phase can one try to accommodate this repulsive force and avoid being squeezed out.

But Chen Ming can't do it now.

He only had the mark of phase power, he himself did not master any of this power.

And just at the moment the jump ended, his robot and spaceship arrived at their destination.

In a time so short that Chen Ming could hardly react, the spaceship was squeezed out of the phase space by this force that he could no longer resist, and returned to the normal universe.

And in the next moment, his robot and the cruiser it was riding were instantly destroyed by a huge force.

The wreckage of the spacecraft was soon annihilated by a phase force with unprecedented aggressiveness, and it could not even be repaired.

He completely lost sight of that galaxy, and also lost track of the phase beast's traces.

The last scene Chen Ming saw through the robot and the spacecraft was just a shadow covering the sky.

Chen Ming frowned and once again created a new cruiser in the area where his spaceship had passed before.

Once again, the jump was made.

This time, Chen Ming didn't even have time to see clearly what was going on before the spaceship was destroyed. He was unable to observe any useful information, and the spaceship's recording equipment did not record anything valuable.

He could only be sure that the spacecraft was destroyed by brute force and then completely annihilated by a special phase force with extremely special offensive properties.

If he guessed correctly.

This should have been done by a species of Phase Beast.

Do you want to try again?

Chen Ming thought about it and gave up the idea.

The power of that gigantic phase beast was so strong that he was now unable to even contend with it.

He felt that unless he took out the Zerg fleet and gave it a try, there would be no way for the spaceships he controlled to get in.

If he tried to go in several more times, it might affect the original plan of the small phase beast that had already entered and was communicating with him.

It has snatched the scarlet meat from the hands of this phase beast that Chen Ming was unable to resist twice... and it might be able to do the same this time.

The current situation made him very curious about one thing.

How did that little phase monster get in?
Is it because the Phase Monster is born with control over the power of phase?

Chen Ming didn't understand.

We can only wait and see.

Wait two days, and if the small phase monster doesn't come back, he will try again.

Chen Ming recorded the coordinates of the place where the small phase beast went.

At the same time, several spaceships were also arranged to go to the decadent mechanical star field to investigate the reasons for the decline of this galaxy.

Chen Ming couldn't get through the place where the small phase monster went, but it had no effect on the previous place it went to, so he could start from here.

After the investigation is finished, throw some insect eggs over there. This place should also serve as a base for him to do things in the mechanical star field.

Chen Ming's spaceship immediately began to investigate the planets one by one.

He soon confirmed that all the damaged mechanical buildings and all the mechanical colonies within the galaxy were destroyed by something using brute force.

It can be basically confirmed that the entire galaxy was destroyed by the phase beast, and judging from the traces of the ruins, it should be the work of that huge phase beast.

After completing the scan in space, Chen Ming landed a spaceship on a planet in the galaxy, preparing to land among the ruins.

However, the spacecraft had just landed and touched the ground, but before it had time to stop completely, the ground began to sink sharply, causing pieces of ruins to collapse again, and smoke and dust covered a large area.

Chen Ming immediately let the spaceship hover and looked at the ground below the spaceship.

The underground structure of the ruins seems to be extremely soft.

Chen Ming was somewhat puzzled and asked the spacecraft to scan immediately. Then he found a place that shocked him greatly.

That is, the underground of this ruin is not filled with damaged mechanical structures and rocks, but with dried flesh and blood tissue.

All of them are the product of dimensional infection.

The spacecraft cannot observe directly when conducting long-distance scanning in space. Only when it gets close can it discover these distorted things hidden under the ruins.

Chen Ming immediately ordered all the spacecraft in the galaxy to conduct a close-range scan of the nearest planet.

The result is the same.

Traces of this kind of dried flesh and blood tissue have also been found on other planets.

This is probably the original location where the mechanical race created the dimensional infection.

It’s just that Chen Ming doesn’t quite understand how the dimensional infection has grown in the mechanical race’s territory.

If we talk about the only existence that could possibly provide flesh and blood to the Scarlet Dimension for proliferation, it is probably the Phase Beast.

Could it be possible that the scarlet dimensional infection that appeared in this mechanical race's galaxy is related to the phase beasts?

Phase space, phase beasts, dimensional infection, and destroyers all seem to be connected in this galaxy.

But apart from these shriveled pieces of flesh and blood, there were no other discoveries on all the planets in the entire galaxy, and no clues for further research.

He couldn't make an accurate judgment now.

He needed more intelligence.

And the information can only be obtained from the database of the phase beasts or the mechanical race later.

Now, he couldn't continue his investigation.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Baiquan has already gone to the front line in the Galo star field.

Chen Ming also followed Bai Quan back to the front line, leaving only the robot at the headquarters.

Two days before leaving.

Chen Ming arranged the follow-up for most of the things he needed to do in the headquarters.

Ensure that after he leaves, the robot can continue to be involved in the research of several new projects he will later participate in.

He also took advantage of these two days to arrange matters in other places, such as the pioneering fleet that had been advancing for several days at the main site.

Chen Ming's pioneering fleet itself remained at the third and fourth extreme distance jump positions.

Because of the relationship with the Mechanical Clan, it directly advanced three extreme distance jumps towards the target galaxy originally set by Chen Ming, and reached a distance of seven extreme jumps.

This decision seems to be a wise one now.

Because at the same time that Chen Ming launched the Zerg fleet to attack the Mechanical Clan

Some monitoring facilities he left near the original location of the pioneering fleet discovered that the mechanical fleet had already searched there, but had come up empty-handed.

But if Chen Ming had not retreated, he believed that the Mechanical Destroyer would have already hit him in the face by then.

At present, Chen Ming has also asked the pioneering fleet to find a new suitable planet for stationing, and has begun to explore the surrounding star fields to find places for resource exploitation.

At the same time, the application of new technologies has also begun.

Of course, when we say technology, it actually means allowing the Zerg to participate in the development plan.

The Zerg have a powerful ability to exploit resources, converting everything in sight into nutrition for themselves.

Of course, they can also choose not to transform, leaving behind those high-value minerals, and only sustain life by eating soil and rocks. Therefore, Chen Ming believes that the current Zerg is capable of undertaking large-scale material mining.

All mineral resources can be mined by the Zerg.

Although there are no large-scale industrial mining facilities, the efficiency of a large number of Zerg in large-scale development of resources is quite high, which is far better than the smaller-scale mining equipment left behind by Chen Ming on different planets before.

In addition to the role of resource developers, Zerg can also play another key auxiliary role in the development itself.

That is, by transforming the Zerg into the Supreme Point and letting the Queen of Zerg master the manufacturing method of biological exploration ships, they can replace the roles of the several Supreme Points in Chen Ming's fleet, further speed up the efficiency of opening up hyperspace channels, and improve the overall development efficiency.

Of course, Chen Ming does not need to be responsible for this matter. He only needs to tell Huihuang about the Queen of Insects' abilities, and then let Huihuang arrange all the rest.

Chen Ming himself is still doing more of his own things.

In addition to working on the research project of the prosthesis, Chen Ming has never stopped working on the research project of the body.

This includes optimizing the Zerg Guards and continuing to research manufacturing solutions for semi-mechanical, semi-biological structures.

At the same time, Chen Ming was still paying attention to the situation of sample zero.

Sample Zero is still alive and getting better.

The consciousness of the Zerg unit in sample zero is itself just a very standard and ordinary Zerg unit's consciousness.

But as it underwent transformation in the body of Sample Zero, it also experienced the subsequent struggle of relying on its own body against its imperfect semi-mechanized structure.

It can be seen that it is completely merging with his body, and its own consciousness is also increasing in the process.

It is already different from any other Zerg.

Chen Ming even discovered that the IQ of sample zero was getting higher and higher, and it could already recognize some simple text.

It is also trying to imitate the voice of Chen Ming, who often observes it, by actively evolving complex vocal organs.

I don't know whether it evolved this ability on its own or it is the result of its semi-mechanized structure.

In short, its existence has obvious value.

Chen Ming plans to raise it a little longer to see if there will be any new changes in the future.

And at noon the day before Chen Ming was about to leave with Bai Quan.

Chen Ming also received a call from Bian Gaoxuan, the director of the Fanchao Research Institute where Chen Ming had previously used a robot to participate in the experiment of interaction between phase space and scarlet dimension. He also received a gift in the mail.

Outside the gift box was an invitation letter, inviting Chen Ming to visit the Fanchao Research Institute.

To be honest, Chen Ming is quite interested, but not right now.

I told Bian Gaoxuan the reason on the front line on the phone, and got a reply from Bian Gaoxuan that he was welcome at any time.

Afterwards, Chen Ming opened the gift box sent by Bian Gaoxuan.

There are two things inside. One is a storage device that contains blueprints of various weapons and spacecraft under testing.

Bian Gaoxuan left a message saying that these were some scientific research blueprints that had been approved by their institute and were allowed to be shared with similar people who were friendly with the Fanchao Institute.

The other thing was a spiritual stone with the property of "evil spirit".

Although this spiritual stone is only the size of the tip of a little finger in its normal state, resulting in its low strength, this thing is very special.

According to Chen Ming, there are many different types of spiritual stones with different properties. Some belong to human characteristics, and some are properties related to humans.

And some are related to "spirit".

Such spiritual stones are definitely not bad, even if they are small in size.

Although its strength is indeed not enough for Chen Ming now, it also has its own unique functionality.

It can give Chen Ming's psychic energy fluctuations a special property. Whenever he comes into contact with psychic-related matters, it will actively devour some external psychic energy fluctuations to nourish itself and provide additional mental recovery and endurance.

As for the negative effects, it is that there will be a preference for environments with high concentrations of psychic energy fluctuations.

Chen Ming's main body stays in an environment with high concentration of spiritual energy fluctuations every day, and there is almost no negative effect.

Although the positive effect may not seem very obvious, it will definitely give him some unexpected subtlety in battle.

What others give to repay their life-saving grace determines how valuable their lives are in their own eyes.

Bian Gaoxuan is just a researcher with some experience in the Fanchao Research Institute and an ordinary person. These are already the most valuable things he can find.

After the headquarters has dealt with all these matters.

The warship that Chen Ming and Bai Quan were on at this time, as well as the fleet the warship was in, also arrived at the Galo star field through the star gate.

Chen Ming did not go to the branch directly with Bai Quan.

Although going to the branch would allow him to be the first to learn about the movements of the mechanical race on the empire's side, Chen Ming still chose to return to the pirate space station which was not far from the branch.

The boss, who had been busy outside for a while, returned here a few days ago, and Chen Ming had to go and meet him.

When Chen Ming returned to the hardware store of No. 1 Industrial Space Arm again.

He saw the boss still sitting behind the counter as before.

But the previous boss was used to wearing sandals and short-sleeved shirts, and he looked like he was doing nothing, lying flat on his back.

But now the boss has changed his dressing style. Although he still dresses casually, he seems to be more energetic and seems to have some goals.

After Chen Ming walked into the hardware store, the boss looked him up and down, without any sense of unfamiliarity as if they had not seen each other for a long time. He asked casually, "Is this real or fake?"

"fake."

“It looks real.”

Chen Ming casually pulled a chair over from the side and chatted, "Boss, where have you been recently? The matter of Caimo Star Region should have been over long ago, and you didn't even come to the engagement party."

"I also wanted to come back earlier, but the president stopped me and asked me to help study the mental condition of the infected entity in some dimension."

"And didn't I video record my face during the engagement party?"

"You've been quite active recently. I've heard a lot about you outside. Can you tell me about it?"

Chen Ming nodded.

He can hide his purpose, plan, preparation and arrangement from anyone else, but there is no need to do so from his boss.

The boss is his guide on the path of psychic powers and the mentor who has enabled him to achieve today's results. There is no need to hide things from the boss.

“I’ve definitely been doing a lot lately.”

"I used An Wuping's fake identity to cooperate with the Zerg to attract the attention of the Empire and the Mechanical Race to the border of the Mechanical Race's star field. Then I used the Zerg to launch an attack on the Mechanical Race's logistics star system at the same time."

The boss seemed unexpectedly excited as he listened to Chen Ming's story and motioned for Chen Ming to continue talking in detail.

Chen Ming did not hide anything. He told his boss in detail about the movements of the Mechanical Race, his thoughts on the Mechanical Race's mothership and stargate, the source of the Zerg's abilities, the situation of entering the Scarlet Dimension again, and the matter of the Phase Beast.

Just as the boss was reviewing Chen Ming's experience during this period with great satisfaction.

Chen Ming suddenly realized something.

The boss's ability is related to consciousness and mind, so can the boss come into contact with the phase beast?

Chen Ming asked immediately.

The boss seemed quite interested in this and asked, "How can I come into contact with the Phase Beast here?"

"My psychic powers can now directly teleport people."

"By what means?"

"The Scarlet Dimension."

Chen Ming left his boss's hardware store shortly afterwards.

Get on the spaceship and prepare to go to the branch.

While on the road, he received a message from Cheng Xinghai.

I learned that Cheng Xinghai had finished his training and would go to Galo after two days of rest.

Cheng Xinghai's training is over, which means that the backbone of the empire is ready to go to the front line.

Previously, the troops that the Empire sent to deal with the Mechanical Race were all exploratory vanguards.

Now is the time to use real military force.

But even though only the Vanguard was used, the Empire still won victories in the war against the Mechanical Race. Even Chen Ming, who knew the overall situation of the war and the circumstances behind it, found it difficult not to doubt what the Mechanical Race was preparing for.

The mechanical race will not wait to die. Even if their logistics have been destroyed before, the mechanical race will at least find a way to fight the empire desperately. It is impossible that there will be no movement.

He felt that he really had to wait for the Zerg to develop further and then send a ship to conduct reconnaissance in every star system of the Mechanical Race.

Chen Ming's thoughts had just wandered for a moment when a bunch of messages from Cheng Xinghai appeared on the terminal in his hand, telling Chen Ming about the pain of training.

While comforting her, Chen Ming continued to think about the war.

Shortly after.

Chen Ming arrived at the galaxy where the branch was located.

This place has changed a lot since the last time he left.

The branch is no longer limited to one volcanic planet. All planets in the galaxy have signs of development and have a foundation for construction.

Chen Ming's spaceship landed on the only volcanic planet in the galaxy, which is also the headquarters of the branch.

He was immediately taken to the headquarters.

On the way, Chen Ming saw that everyone was in a hurry and looked nervous, as if something had happened.

Speaking of which, he suddenly remembered that before landing, he saw a large number of fleets coming in and out outside.

He thought it was normal, but now it seems not.

As for what exactly happened, he should know soon.

Chen Ming was soon taken to the command center in the newly built headquarters building.

There were a lot of people in the command center, and dozens of light screens were flashing on different devices.

Qiu Bowen, who had not been seen for a while, was sitting in the main seat in the command center, while Bai Quan was sitting in his deputy's seat.

See Chen Ming come in.

Bai Quan greeted Qiu Bowen and went to meet Chen Ming.

"What happened?"

"The mechanical race has finally taken action. They have raided one of our border planets."

(End of this chapter)