Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 360 Choice
Except Chen Ming, no one knew what An Wuping and Luo Yi talked about after the meeting.

However, Chen Ming was still very satisfied with what An Wuping and Luo Yi talked about.

At least his goal was achieved.

Not only did everyone treat An Wuping and him as two completely different people, but he also successfully put the blame of the Black Mist Zerg on Zuo Jing.

After dealing with An Wuping's Zerg problems, Chen Ming decided to press on with the victory. Relying on the Zerg fleet of probably over one million in his hands, he took advantage of the moment when the Mechanical Clan had just suffered a large wave of losses and captured the Mechanical Clan's Destroyer Mothership in one fell swoop.

At this moment, the boss suddenly called and said, "I saw the bugs you sent over contacting those biological ships, but they are a little slow. Some people have already got the samples."

"It doesn't matter. They are just some samples. They can't target me. Besides, I have reached an agreement with the Empire to share some biological ship technology with them."

"You? Oh, An Wuping, right?"

"Correct."

"That's fine."

After the boss finished speaking, he did not hang up the phone, but asked Chen Ming again: "Come to think of it, you seem to have never had a capital ship? The mothership here is still docked, do you want to take it?"

"Also, do you remember that time when you brought back a ship of the Afterglow class? I asked the Society to help take care of that ship. If you need it, I can help you get it back."

"Forehead……"

Chen Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I have a battleship in my hands."

And they were the two motherships of the Mechanical Clan that were besieged by the Black Mist Zerg that they had just captured.

Just now, after destroying the mechanical mothership's ability to resist, Chen Ming directly used his psychic power to send the mothership away, but he did not control the mothership.

As for why...

"Because this is the first capital ship I control after all, I don't want to choose it too casually."

The boss spoke a little louder: "Don't want to be casual? Are capital ships casual?"

"how to say……"

Chen Ming explained that he had taken away two motherships of the Mechanical Clan, and then said: "And I actually have a special feeling."

"The first battleship I control must be a powerful one. The more powerful the better, and the more closely connected it is to me, the better."

The boss asked, "What do you mean? Capital ships all have different applicable environments and capabilities. How do we compare their strengths?"

"I don't know, it's just a feeling. I even think it would be best if I built one myself."

In short, it was this special feeling that allowed Chen Ming to control the mechanical mothership in a physical sense but not in a psychic sense.

He looked down upon the mass-produced mothership of the Mechanical Clan.

The most he could do was take it home and have it fixed, and then the HR at home could drive it directly.

Then the other mothership can just feed the Queen directly.

Although HR's control of the mechanical mothership means that Chen Ming indirectly controls it.

But just like before, Chen Ming could actively use the power of the afterglow core to indirectly control warships that were beyond his power limit.

He can now take the initiative to not transform the warships indirectly controlled by the Afterglow Core into warships controlled by himself.

Even if what he had was not the mechanical family's mothership, but the radiation-class one that the boss mentioned, it would still be the same.

He now looks down on it.

In fact, Chen Ming had considered the boss's battleship before, and he believed that if he really asked for it, the boss would not refuse to give it to him.

But he didn't say it in the end because of this feeling.

The boss didn't have any problem with Chen Ming's strange attitude. Instead, he said, "Actually, I'm telling you this because you told me before that you're stuck at a bottleneck and need an opportunity to break through your limits."

"So... this is the opportunity you mentioned?"

Chen Ming shook his head: "I'm not sure, I just felt this way when I was controlling the battleship."

"That's great, just believe in yourself, and I won't give you any useless advice."

"It's best if you do this kind of thing yourself. It doesn't matter if your current abilities are sufficient. If you have the chance, you must find the one that suits you best."

"You don't have to rush. You're only 26 this year. You still have plenty of time."

"I know."

"Well, just call me if you need anything."

Ended the correspondence with my boss.

Chen Ming confirmed his thoughts again.

He really wanted a battleship, but that didn't mean he had to control the two motherships.

He just needs the battleship to serve as combat power or to feed the Queen of Zerg.

The first battleship that he actually controls must be an extremely powerful battleship.

This may affect the upper limit of his psychic power after it breaks through the limit to a certain extent.

He actually already had some vague ideas about battleships, but it would take time to realize them.

Judging from the power he currently possesses, he still has time.

Tens of minutes later.

Chen Ming recovered and was full of energy.

After completely dealing with the problem of the Black Mist Zerg within the Empire, he also confirmed the whereabouts of the Mechanical Race's Destroyer Mothership.

The Mechanical Clan did not let the Destroyer stay in the logistics area, but instead headed to the core galaxy of the Mechanical Clan's star field.

This is the place that can be called the capital of the mechanical race, a galaxy with the highest level of development and advancement of the mechanical race.

The Destroyer mothership arrived here.

This may be because the Mechanics are worried that if the Zerg launches another wave of troops, the Destroyer will not even have a chance to retreat.

Although it is the core area of ​​the Mechanical Race, judging from Chen Ming's reconnaissance results, the only military forces in those core galaxies are those that had just exchanged fire with his Zerg.

The mid- and low-level spaceships of the Mechanical Clan have basically been destroyed by Chen Ming.

The only ones left were the fleets on the front line that were still fighting against the Empire, and the motherships in the rear that had been reduced to only nine ships by the Zerg led by Chen Ming.

At most, we can also count the orbital defense facilities of each mechanical colony planet.

The Mechanical Clan does not seem to have any intention of transferring the front-line troops back.

So although the mechanical race is still fighting against the empire, it is obvious that they have lost their ability to resist and can only rely on the few remaining motherships as their combat power.

As long as Chen Ming has another week... or even four or five days, he can create a Zerg fleet that is powerful enough to wipe out the entire Mechanical Star Field's manpower on its own.

However, doing so would do Chen Ming no good, as it would lead to a direct conflict between him and the empire.

And the mechanical clan doesn't seem to want to give Chen Ming this time.

Because just when Chen Ming was using the matter he controlled scattered in the galaxy to conduct investigations.

He discovered that the Destroyer mothership of the Mechanical Race had arrived at its destination, the core galaxy of the Mechanical Race, and was on the move again. It continued to go to the logistics area where the Zerg might wreak havoc later with other motherships, and continued to guard there.

If that's all, then it's nothing.

But the key point is that when the mothership left the system, its spine gun was replaced.

The Destroyer was dismantled and left on a planet within the core galaxy of the Mechanical Race, or in a space station or a giant dock.

Anyway, the Destroyer is no longer on that mothership.

It is unclear what the Mechanoids are going to do.

Chen Ming felt that this did not seem like a replacement for the mothership on which the Destroyer was installed.

Because the Mechanical Clan should not have any other motherships at this time.

Not to mention the mothership that had been specially modified to be suitable for phase space combat in order to accommodate the Destroyer.

The Mechanicals may have other actions to dismantle the Destroyer.

Although the dismantling of the Destroyer is beneficial to Chen Ming, at least it is easier to control, and the Destroyer Core that is not installed on the bow of the Spine Peak gun should not be as dangerous as the Destroyer.

But that is only relative. The Destruction Core itself is something created through the products of infection from the Scarlet Dimension.

It is a dangerous thing in itself.

Chen Ming's danger-sensing psychic ability has been reminding him of the dangers of the Destroyer and the destructive core inside.

Although Chen Ming can now be considered a conscious being, this spiritual power will still play a key role when the body is in danger.

So he knew exactly what it meant to destroy the core.

But he didn't know what the Mechanicals were going to do with the Destruction Core.

He had to investigate.

However, at present, in the territory of the Mechanical Clan, especially in the core galaxy, there is only a little metal that Chen Ming secretly brought here for surveillance.

The galaxy's own defenses are pretty tight.

The efficiency of either assault or penetration will not be very high.

But he has another option, phase space.

The idea of ​​using phase space has been in Chen Ming's mind for a long time.

He had tried it once just now, but unfortunately the idea of ​​attacking the Destroyer mothership directly in the phase space failed in the end. However, the device that sent things from the normal universe into the phase space was still in his hands.

He has another chance.

The Mechanicus might prepare devices in the galaxy to detect intruders in phase space, but they could never cram all their military forces into phase space.

Especially for motherships, the radiation energy dissipation systems of main-class warships are often very efficient in order to keep up with the use of main-class weapons.

Entering the phase space is equivalent to cutting off one's own arm.

Although the Mechanical Clan has modified a mothership to make it suitable for phase space combat, it is impossible for every mothership to be modified in that way.

Therefore, invading from the phase space is currently the most appropriate means.

If it weren't for the fact that the efficiency of the device Chen Ming borrowed was a bit problematic, he would even want to carry out every invasion of the mechanical race from the phase space.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't think any more about this impossible thing that had already happened.

He just silently gave orders to the Queen of Insects.

Waiting for the sudden jump fluctuations to appear in the core galaxy of the mechanical race.

Moreover, this transition wave appeared simultaneously in the phase space and the normal universe.

Of course, Chen Ming does not have time to send all the Zerg warships into the phase space, so naturally there will still be many Zergs in the normal universe.

These Zergs couldn't just sit there and do nothing, so Chen Ming simply asked the Queen to send these Zergs out as well. A fleet was immediately assembled inside the core star system of the Mechanical Clan.

This time, the size of Chen Ming's Zerg fleet was not enough to completely block the jump to the nearby area, so the motherships that were originally in other galaxies immediately jumped back to the core galaxy.

Participated in the battle.

The number of Zerg fleets Chen Ming left in the normal universe is about 700,000, which is completely not enough to face the most important fleets and orbital defense facilities within the galaxy of the Mechanical Clan and nine motherships.

But the Zerg fleets in phase space make up for this.

Even the Mechanicals have the means to enter phase space, and they also have modified warships that can fight in phase space. Even the mothership that previously had the Destroyer installed on it was sent into phase space again.

But that doesn't make sense.

The power of the mechanical race in the phase space is too weak compared to the power of the normal universe.

Without the Destroyer, the mothership alone is no longer devastating to the Zerg.

On the contrary, under the heavy siege of the Zerg, the Mechanical mothership in the phase space became the first mothership to be sunk in the outbreak in the Mechanical core galaxy.

Without the mothership, everything of the Mechanical Race in the phase space was destroyed, and all devices and facilities that could help the Mechanical Race observe the phase space were completely wiped out.

Only the Zerg can continue to stay in the phase space and have an absolute advantage.

And when the mechanical race lost control of the phase space.

The battle became completely one-sided.

The Zerg fleet was under the overall command of the Queen, and the coordination between the warships in the normal universe and the warships in the phase space was so good that it was beyond Chen Ming's expectations.

Especially on a large-scale battle like now.

The Zerg biological warships took advantage of the phase space, just as the Mechanical Destroyers had previously occupied the phase space to destroy the Zerg fleet, and now they were destroying the Mechanical fleet in turn.

Those enemies that were invisible to the mechanical race seemed to be slaughtered unilaterally.

No matter how powerful the mechanical motherships are, it is meaningless. They cannot stop the Zerg in the unobservable phase space from attacking their warships from any angle.

They can only keep shrinking their defenses and compressing their available space, hoping to rely on the mirror effect of the normal universe in the phase space to block the Zerg fleet from exerting its capabilities.

But it doesn't mean much.

Because Chen Ming's goal has never been to rely on the phase space to completely wipe out the mechanical race.

But for the destructive core of the planet.

It doesn’t matter how fierce the battle in space is, even if the Zerg loses in the end.

He just needs to send things to the planet that are affected by his psionic powers.

This is true whether in phase space or in the normal universe.

The mechanical race can notice fighter planes falling from space, but it is impossible for them to notice metal atoms falling from space.

If the Mechanoids could monitor the atoms of a planet, their technology would have destroyed the Empire long ago.

When the war shifted from the empty areas within the galaxy to the skies above the planets, and when the mechanical race needed to rely on orbital defense facilities to fight, the outcome was actually already determined.

The metal liquid composed of Silent Alloy, influenced by Chen Ming's psychic power, fell smoothly to the surface of the planet.

As he gradually approached the surface, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that he could sense the location of the core of destruction very clearly and distinctly.

Even though he didn't see it with his own eyes, even though he didn't even know what the state of the Destruction Core was like.

But he could just feel it.

This means that the Destruction Core is now being activated, causing the psychic energy fluctuations after its activation to be sensed by Chen Ming.

This is not good news.

No matter why the Mechanicals activated the Destruction Core, he had to rush over immediately.

Chen Ming used the properties of the Silent Alloy to conceal all the psychic fluctuations emanating from it, and flew rapidly along the extremely clear traces of the destructive fluctuations at this time.

He could observe that the surrounding environment had begun to disintegrate as the destructive waves appeared and were affected by the destruction.

The mechanical race seems to have begun self-destruction again.

Chen Ming once again made the metal liquid speed up its movement, and finally reached the source of the destructive wave before the impact of the destructive wave was truly released.

It was a platform suspended in the air on some kind of stand in the center of the mechanical colony.

The platform itself appears to be made of some extremely strong special-grade material with psychic properties.

Able to maintain its own structure even under the influence of destructive waves.

In addition to the protective structures made of layers of transparent silent alloy materials, there are also various densely arranged devices around it that can monitor the platform and the area around it without any blind spots.

The entire platform is completely protected.

On top of that platform is a special engine that supplies

The reason why it is special is that the fuel used by this engine is antimatter.

This is the antimatter engine, a device that uses antimatter to function.

The mechanical race has already put the antimatter technology leaked by someone to use so quickly.

Come to think of it, the Mechanical Race should have mastered these technologies before. They don't need to start research and development from scratch, they just need to inherit the legacy of the past.

The application of antimatter technology is normal.

But that doesn't mean that such a device requiring antimatter for power is normal.

When things like the Destruction Core and antimatter are put together, it's easy to imagine that there won't be any normal things that the Mechanical Clan will use.

The base of the antimatter-powered device looked to Chen Ming like some kind of jump device.

Connected to a coordinate.

At the top of this device, there is a spherical object that is restrained by some kind of stance.

It seemed to be breaking apart everything around it.

That was the core of destruction that Chen Ming had been thinking about for a long time.

Antimatter energy is continuously supplying the base beneath the core of destruction.

The mechanical race is definitely going to do something extremely dangerous.
Chen Ming felt that it was because he had demonstrated his phase space ability before. The mechanical race knew that if they delayed any longer, they would never be able to defeat Chen Ming, and the entire cluster might even fall into his hands.

That's why you do such a thing.

But Chen Ming suddenly had another question: Is the thing on this platform really the core of destruction?
Is it possible that the real core of destruction released the destructive wave in a nearby place, and the mechanical race deliberately released this bait to lure him into the trap?
While observing, Chen Ming sent more Silent Alloy to the core planet of the Mechanical Clan, near the Core of Destruction.

These silent alloys formed a hole underground, and in this hole, his body suddenly appeared here.

And just when Chen Ming's real body came here.

The danger-sensing psychic power that only his body possessed took effect instantly.

He did not sense any danger from the destructive core displayed by the mechanical race.

The real danger lies deep underground.

There is the real location of the core of destruction.

The destruction core on the surface is really just a bait used by the machine race to attract him.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking about the reasons why the mechanical clan did what they did and what would result from their actions.

His danger perception suddenly took effect.

He no longer only sensed danger from deep underground, but now he even sensed a sense of outright danger from above the stars in the galaxy.

Could it be that the mechanical race's idea is to use the destruction core to interfere with the operation of the star?

Destroy the entire galaxy at the cost of ending the life of stars?

Are they going to self-destruct here?
Chen Ming thought about this possibility carefully and found that it was not impossible.

The Mechanical Clan must have known by now that his goal is to destroy the Core, so they certainly wouldn't think of letting him seize it.

The mechanical race has self-destructed several times before in order to prevent Chen Ming from gaining any benefits, so there is certainly a possibility that this time as well.

Of course, Chen Ming couldn't do this to the mechanical clan.

The Destruction Core is the most powerful psionic item he currently has, and he has the ability to use destruction.

Not to mention that the mechanical race has also developed means of using destruction as a weapon.

So it is impossible for him to give up destruction.

He must stop the mechanical race from doing what they are going to do.

Chen Ming's liquid metal no longer followed the source of the destructive waves, but followed the source of the danger sensed by his body.

Soon, he discovered a laboratory deep underground.

This research institute, like the facilities on the surface, is fixed in an underground cavity by some kind of position.

And this institute has a device that is almost mirror-symmetrical to the device on the surface.

At the bottom of this device is the destructive core that gives Chen Ming a real sense of danger.

Chen Ming didn't go over directly.

Because he could feel a restrained, destructive wave in the void surrounding this laboratory that was fixed in the center of the underground cave.

This hole was not dug out, but was destroyed by the destroyer.

If he wants to access the device, he must think of another way.

Chen Ming calmed down and observed the laboratory himself.

It was discovered that the device in the underground laboratory looked slightly different from the one on the surface.

On the underground device, Chen Ming could see an energy bar slowly advancing.

There is nothing on the surface.

Obviously, when the energy bar is full, the mechanical race will really take action.

Although it seems that Chen Ming still has a lot of time, the energy bar is replenishing very slowly.

But he couldn't possibly gamble on whether the mechanical race might change their plans during this period of time because of the situation in the battle in space.

Moreover, the mechanical race is using an antimatter engine to power this device. Chen Ming finds it difficult to imagine what will happen if this device is finally activated.

The sense of danger around him has completely filled Chen Ming's perception, leaving him with only one choice.

Break in by force and seize the Destruction Core.

(End of this chapter)