Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 351: Pointless Attack
"What's the exact location? How many attacking fleets are there?"

Bai Quan reported a coordinate to Chen Ming, and then said: "Based on the preliminary data sent back from there, it can be basically confirmed that there is a mothership carrying two Energy Spine Cannons and one Soul Killer."

"With over a thousand cruisers, about three thousand destroyers, and about two thousand frigates."

When Chen Ming heard about the Psychic Spine weapon, he immediately recalled the first large-scale simulated battlefield he had participated in.

His opponents used the Mechanoid mothership to attack his homeland from behind, killing all his teammates and destroying several planets.

The mechanical mothership at that time used the psychic spine weapon, the Soul Killer.

It can release psychic pulses that drive all living things on the planet into madness.

Even in the simulation, it was a tragic scene. If something like that happened in reality...

Chen Ming subconsciously glanced at Bai Quan's expression and found that he was not too anxious or nervous. It seemed that such a bad thing would not happen.

He felt relieved, but after hearing the total number of fleets, he couldn't help but ask, "Is that all?"

"That's it?"

Bai Quan stretched out his tone and asked with a question mark on his face: "Why do I feel that you have some misunderstanding about military strength? That is a capital ship, thousands of cruisers, think about the scale of the battle we fought when we rescued you from Yuhui before."

After saying that, Bai Quan suddenly seemed to realize something and stared at Chen Ming carefully for a few seconds.

"..."

Chen Ming recalled carefully in silence. Although the rescue operation failed due to various reasons, the scale of the fight with Yu Hui was indeed not small.

Several main ships and a fleet numbering tens of thousands fought each other in the Afterglow Star Region.

All I can say is that this might be an illusion given to him because he casually controlled hundreds of thousands of mechanical cruisers a few days ago, and that he could control even more in a couple of days.

"What is the situation now?"

"Don't count on the galaxies in the outer star field. Their defenses can only delay the mothership at best. But our fleet has already set sail, and a team of psykers has also gone there. If everything goes well, there will be results soon."

Hearing this, Chen Ming immediately had several questions in his mind: "The location of the mechanical tribe's attack is not far from us, so aren't they sending this mothership over to deliver us?"

"And is the psychic team you mentioned the same as the one you mentioned before? What psychic powers does that psychic have?"

Bai Quan answered Chen Ming's questions one by one: "Who knows what the mechanical tribe is thinking? There was no decent resistance on the front line. It was not until now that they launched the first counterattack. The result was in this position. I always feel that they have something else planned."

"As for the psyker team, it was indeed created according to the Empire's standards, but they are our own people in the Legion. Psykers can control electrical signals."

"Oh? I feel like this is a psychic power that specifically restrains the mechanical race."

"Correct."

Baiquan nodded and said, "Very interesting psychic power, a rare psychic power like yours that relies on artificially created technology as its basis, and there is another very coincidental thing."

"whats the matter?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Bai Quan talked all the way and brought Chen Ming to the center of the command center, next to Qiu Bowen, to the position of deputy commander-in-chief.

In addition to the position of commander-in-chief, there should only be two deputy commanders' positions here, one for Baiquan and the other for another lieutenant general who is not here now.

However, there is one more unknown this time, which is obviously given to Chen Ming.

You can see that on the central control console in front of Qiu Bowen there are five light screens of different sizes, displaying various extremely complex data.

Chen Ming started learning conducting techniques a long time ago, and now he can probably understand what's on the screens.

The light screen in the middle of the five screens displayed the star map of the galaxy that Bai Quan mentioned the mechanical race had raided and the surrounding areas. One could visually see the fleet being dispatched there.

Not only are there various symbolic data representing different meanings moving on it, but more and more new data are also being added.

Data from the front line is being transmitted back and new data is constantly being updated.

The two screens on the left show a complete star map of the bordering area between the Empire and the Mechanical Race.

From this screen, we can see that the Empire has pushed the front line into the interior of the Mechanical Star Domain, creating a clear concave shape.

The location where the mechanical race attacked the empire this time was at the edge of this concave shape.

On the other screen was the star map of the Benyu star field, as well as some data reported from the Benyu branch.

After all, Beiniu can now be regarded as the actual controlled star area of ​​the Fourteenth Legion, and it is also the fleet’s stationing area before the war breaks out completely.

It is also an extremely important logistics base for the front-line military, so of course we have to keep in touch and pay attention to it at all times.

One of the two display screens on the right is a summary of the battle reports sent back in real time from the headquarters in the galaxy invaded by the Mechanical Clan.

The other is the overall intelligence about the war sent by all the people in the command center who are in contact with the commander-in-chief.

By summarizing this information, people in the command center can make decisions.

The five screens combined are dazzling.

Fortunately, Chen Ming is a psychic, and his strong mental power also makes his consciousness strong, so he can distinguish the contents of different screens easily.

But if you are an ordinary person, the effort you need to put in to learn these things is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Chen Ming glanced at Bai Quan, then looked away.

Due to the ever-changing situation on the front line, the rear command only needs to issue general orders, and the subsequent pursuit still depends on the performance of the front line.

But just when Chen Ming thought that there was nothing to do at the command center and he could focus on his own affairs.

A wave of psychic energy suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the command center.

A light curtain covered with psychic energy fluctuations suddenly condensed beside the console.

It's the electric signal psychic.

Although electrical signals should normally only remain in the circuit, due to the existence of spiritual energy, it is not impossible for them to be transmitted out of thin air.

Chen Ming was not surprised that the electrical signal was then converted into other forms of signals, such as the current optical signal, and sent back to the command center.

Anyway, he used psychic power to achieve the same effect as Chen Ming, transmitting back things recorded by devices controlled by him in other places.

Normally this ability is of little use.

But in wartime, on the battlefield where communication equipment is limited, this capability is very useful.

The chaotic light signals gradually spread out in the air, projecting a complete picture in front of Chen Ming and his companions.

There is a person in the picture, and he is in a spaceship in the background.

Through the porthole at the back of the screen, you can see the starry sky outside and the battlefield where firefights are taking place.

Through star positioning, Chen Ming can determine that the psychic's current location is within the galaxy that the mechanical race raided.

As for the battlefield outside, the galaxy's own patrol fleet should have chosen to dispatch early in order to prevent the Soul Killer of the Mechanical Mothership from hitting the planet and causing irreparable consequences.

Do not rely on the defense weapons of the space station outside the planet to fight, and keep the mothership out of range.

It can be said that he was using his life to delay the mothership's advancement.

Chen Ming immediately glanced at the screen in front of Qiu Bowen.

It can be seen that a fleet led by the offensive class that set out from Gallo has arrived at the galaxy attacked by the Mechanical Clan.

Fortunately, the reinforcement fleet that set out from Gallo arrived in time, and within a short period of time after the mothership's confrontation, the mechanical race could no longer endanger the planet.

All that remains is to see who wins the battle between the two fleets.

Taking his eyes away from the porthole and the screen formed by the electrical signals, Chen Ming immediately noticed the appearance of the psychic who sent the signal back.

"Oh, it's him."

Chen Ming had seen this face before.

2 was the first time Chen Ming and Bai Quan officially collaborated.

At that time, Chen Ming provided Bai Quan with the coordinates of a new star-class ship under construction and asked Bai Quan to attack to help him attract Yu Hui's attention.

At that time, Baiquan came with two battleships, and the first wave of attack only destroyed one of Yuhui's battleships.

But failed to kill the rising star in the giant dock next to it.

So he proposed a plan to send a special operations team to infiltrate.

This plan is crazy and suicidal.

But in the end, he succeeded with the help of Chen Ming.

The psychic in front of him was the one who had communicated with Chen Ming the most and was the team member responsible for electronic technology-related tasks.

Chen Ming remembered that he was just an ordinary person at that time, but now, he has become a psychic.

His name seems to be... Lu Bai.

Just as Chen Ming saw Lu Bai, Lu Bai also saw several people in the command center by reversely receiving the command center's electrical signals.

He was a little stunned at first, and suddenly said to Chen Ming excitedly: "Mr. Chen!"

Qiu Bowen's expression twitched subconsciously, because Lu Bai in front of him was obviously from the legion, but when the signal was connected, he did not speak to him, the general and the current commander-in-chief of the front line, but spoke to Chen Ming.

But he didn't want to say anything. He didn't want to conflict with Chen Ming now.

Chen Ming couldn't take the initiative to offend Qiu Bowen at this time, so he said, "Long time no see, Lu Bai, let's get down to business first."

After hearing Chen Ming say his name, Lu Bai seemed even more excited and responded, "Yes!"

Lu Bai didn't say much. After stabilizing the signal communication, he continued to carry out his task.

As the ship that Lu Bai was on moved, Chen Ming noticed through the porthole of the spaceship that his ship was now outside the ecliptic plane of the galaxy, trying to approach the mechanical mothership from a strange angle.

Chen Ming whispered to Bai Quan: "Are you trying to cut off the mothership's electrical signal transmission?"

"Correct."

"Lu Bai's psychic power is only at level three. He relies on a device to communicate with the command center, but if he wants to use his psychic power, he can only find a way to get closer to the mothership."

"He can use his psychic energy to block all signals emitted by his spacecraft, achieving an effect close to invisibility."

"Then we can rely on the fleet and the defense forces within the galaxy to attract firepower and sneak past them, which will give us a high success rate."

Chen Ming said: "This is too dangerous. If we fail, the legion will lose a psychic like this."

"It is dangerous and the losses could be huge, but now he is not given the opportunity and time to grow."

"Whatever danger you face, what you will gain when you succeed." "Don't forget what mission he was carrying out when you met him last time. For him now, this mission is even easier than that one."

"Too."

Chen Ming didn't say much, everyone must be responsible for themselves.

Every member of the legion is a war maniac who is not afraid of death for the sake of victory. There is no need for him to say much.

He just watched silently as Lu Bai used his psychic powers to disguise the spaceship he was on, approaching the mechanical mothership step by step.

After getting close enough.

Lu Bai's spaceship stopped, and after communicating with the captain of the offensive-class support ship in the galaxy, he activated his own psychic power.

It also acts on the mothership's shield system, engine system and weapon system.

Although Lu Bai is only a third-level psychic, the effects of his psychic powers are not particularly strong.

But when facing a top-level, high-precision spacecraft like the Mechanical Clan's mothership, a slight signal error could cause problems with important equipment.

The mothership's shield began to flicker, and the effect of the shield dissipated immediately.

The amplification matrix part of the gun barrel close to the bow of the three ridge cannons also malfunctioned, and all the energy acting on the ridge cannons was poured into the air and wasted.

However, its engine suddenly lost its temperature detection capability. Although the temperature at the engine had clearly exceeded the normal temperature, the mothership's engine still showed no signs of slowing down its output efficiency. Eventually, the engine circuit melted, the engine nozzle on one side of the spacecraft could not be shut down, and the spacecraft began to spin in place.

Although psychic energy is very weak, its effect will be infinitely amplified as long as it is used in the right place.

A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest.

Lu Bai is now like an ant digging out an ant hole on the dam of the mechanical mothership.

However, he was not overwhelmed by the waves that broke through the dam, but retreated smoothly while achieving his goal.

The only one left was the mothership that suddenly suffered a serious malfunction during a high-intensity battle with the Empire's capital ship.

The first battle was won.

This was the first battle between the Empire and the Mechanoids involving capital ships, and the Empire won.

The mechanical clan's raid was defeated soon after.

Not a single mechanical spaceship chose to retreat, and all were destroyed within the galaxy.

The mothership was also sunk, and a special salvage ship will soon take away the wreckage of the mothership for research.

Qiu Bowen looked relieved immediately. He turned off the two screens and signaled Bai Quan to take over.

When Qiu Bowen turned his head, Chen Ming noticed a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

Qiu Bowen did arrive a few days earlier and took over the work on the front line in advance.

But he is a level 6 psychic.

Isn’t this pressure a bit too much?

Chen Ming looked at Bai Quan, an ordinary person, with some concern.

But Bai Quan said nothing. After handing over the work to Qiu Bowen, he told Chen Ming to do whatever he wanted.

Then Chen Ming had nothing to say, Bai Quan must have known what was going on.

After reminding the mechanical race that they might have other subsequent actions, he left the command center and headed to his dome on this planet, the base of the Extraordinary Research Institute.

Before the last trip, Chen Ming assigned the people in the research institute the task of testing the effect of the catalyst produced by the catalytic core.

Until Chen Ming came back, almost everyone was still conducting the test.

Everyone is excited because the catalyst produced by the catalytic core is almost omnipotent.

The catalytic core can produce any effect that humans can imagine, it’s just a matter of how much.

It can catalyze almost everything in the world and increase the efficiency of all actions.

Of course, such a powerful effect also has its negative side.

That's the raw material.

Catalysts require raw materials for their production.

These raw materials are actually wasted, and some are very difficult to find.

Moreover, all the catalysts produced will eventually be annihilated naturally, which is equivalent to that all the matter in the world will completely disappear when used, rather than entering the cycle of matter.

Although it sounds serious, it is not a big problem because Chen Ming knows that some psychics can use psychic power to create matter out of thin air in the real world. If there is loss, it can actually restore the balance of the world.

Of course, this is actually nonsense. No one will care about the loss of supplies anyway.

After Chen Ming returned to the laboratory, he continued to have people conduct tests and research.

He himself put his consciousness back into his original body.

At this time, two days had passed since the Phase Beast entered that dangerous place.

Chen Ming had actually tried calling yesterday, but received no response.

He will try again today. If there is still no response, he will have to find a way to enter.
Once again, on the edge of the mechanical star field, a robot was sent over from a habitable planet using the scarlet dimension.

After waiting for about an hour, Chen Ming's heart was already sinking to the bottom.

A wave of transition suddenly appeared above the planet.

The phase monster once again appeared in front of Chen Ming.

More wounds appeared on its body again, and even some purple blood was flowing out of the wounds, gradually turning into nothingness in the medium of phase space.

Chen Ming could tell with his naked eyes that the Phase Beast was in very bad condition and its injuries were extremely serious.

But it still held a piece of scarlet meat that was larger than the previous two times combined and placed it in front of Chen Ming's robot.

Chen Ming knew that the food of Phase Beast was scarlet meat, and he also knew that Phase Beast could recover by eating scarlet meat.

He immediately modified the robot, increasing its size to a size that was comparable to the Phase Beast.

The robot grabbed the piece of scarlet flesh and tried to stuff it into the phase beast's mouth.

But the powerless phase beast suddenly began to struggle desperately again. It resisted eating and wanted to give the food to Chen Ming.

And as the phase beast struggled, more blood gradually flowed out of its body.

In the end, Chen Ming had no choice but to give the flesh and blood to the phase beast.

It has no other choice but to use this as a last resort.

Chen Ming took out the terminal and made a call.

"boss."

"I'm ready here, anytime."

The boss responded to Chen Ming decisively.

At this time, Chen Ming became a little nervous.

Because the transmission to the Scarlet Dimension requires the creatures passing through the Scarlet Dimension to block all their senses, so as to avoid receiving knowledge from the Scarlet Dimension that would cause a collapse of consciousness.

For ordinary people, ordinary creatures, and even low-level psychics, Chen Ming's psychic power can directly cover their consciousness and prevent them from being harmed.

But for the boss, Chen Ming's psychic power is not enough to cover the boss's consciousness, and the boss himself has to block all his means of external perception.

And there is another very important circumstance.

That is, the person teleported by Chen Ming is influenced by Chen Ming's spiritual power.

Let Chen Ming bring people to the scarlet dimension, and then use the unequal relationship between time and space between the scarlet dimension and the normal universe to pull people out instantly.

Although it only took a moment, Chen Ming had never teleported a powerful psychic before, so he was not sure if any accidents would occur.

And he can actually manipulate the process.

Sending people into the Scarlet Dimension and not pulling them out is basically equivalent to sentencing them to death.

Therefore, allowing Chen Ming to teleport through psychic energy is equivalent to handing life into Chen Ming's hands.

Moreover, the boss has been helping the president with various tasks related to dimensional infection.

But he was very clear about his dislike for the Scarlet Dimension and didn't want to be tainted by it at all.
But when Chen Ming asked him for something, he knew that he would need to go through the Scarlet Dimension, but he agreed without much thought.

Even though Chen Ming told the boss all the problems, he did not choose to refuse.

Chen Ming is now under a lot of pressure because of his boss's trust.

But he quickly calmed down and used the robot left on the boss's side to reach out and touch the boss.

Psychic inspiration.

The next moment, the boss appeared safely in the phase space where Chen Ming's robot was.

The boss opened his eyes and smiled at Chen Ming's robot.

Then he looked around, at the sky, and then at the phase beast next to him.

He took a final look at the watch on his wrist that had lost its signal and said, "Interesting."

The Phase Beast did not make any new movements after noticing that a stranger appeared next to Chen Ming's robot.

Because the boss was teleported here by Chen Ming using the power of the scarlet dimension.

Besides, it was already too tiring.

This time, the Phase Beast did not face the rejection of the thick, tentacle-like nerves as before.

Of course, it may also be that one is so tired and in so much pain that one is unable to reject it.

He let the boss grab Chen Ming's robot's arm and reach out to touch its body.

For an instant.

Chen Ming's consciousness was pulled by the power from his boss and wanted to leave his body.

Chen Ming did not resist this force, and the boss still took part of his consciousness away from the robot's body and into an unknown place.

(End of this chapter)