Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 386 Ghost
The high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beams detected by the detection device left by Chen Ming are not too rare in the universe.

After all, stellar activity means that a large amount of radiation is emitted by the stars.

Such high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beams can only be regarded as one of the various natural phenomena that occur in stars.

There is nothing noteworthy about it.

but.

The high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beam observed by Chen Ming at this time is not just an ordinary high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beam, its existence is also accompanied by a special law.

That is, the time interval between two bursts of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation beams from the star is shortening at the same time interval. It is expected that after three hours, the interval between the two electromagnetic radiation beams will completely return to zero.

And this situation did not just occur on one star, but happened on three stars at the same time.

Of course, it is not that there is a triple star system in one galaxy, but that the stars in three relatively close galaxies appear at the same time.

There is nothing wrong with the stars in these three galaxies themselves; they are just different types of stars that are relatively common in the universe.

But when put together, it becomes quite special.

They are A-type stars, G-type stars and M-type stars in astronomical terms, which just cover the star types that can be roughly divided into strong light, weak light and intermediate categories on the spectrum.

And their color differences are also very clear, the blue-white of A-type stars, the yellow-white of G-type stars, and the red of M-type stars.

The presence of stars of three different spectral intensities in three galaxies so close to each other is very special in itself, and the simultaneous periodic release of electromagnetic radiation beams is even more outrageous.

Not to mention the periodicity of the radiation beam

This almost made Chen Ming 100% sure that something was definitely going to happen in the galaxy, and he had to go over and take a look.

Chen Ming immediately got two Supremes and made a jump together with his own ship. They arrived at three different galaxies and began to scan the electromagnetic signals within the galaxies, confirming that the data he had just received from the reconnaissance equipment he had left behind was correct.

The stars in these three galaxies are emitting beams of electromagnetic radiation at the same frequency.

Moreover, coincidentally, the radiation beams emitted by these three stars all point to a galaxy that is not too distant.

According to the results of the preliminary reconnaissance conducted by Chen Ming's fleet during this period.

There were no stars in that galaxy, only a pulsar where a star should be.

Pulsars are a type of neutron star.

A neutron star is a star that is formed when a star collapses at the end of its lifespan after a supernova explosion caused by gravitational collapse, but the star's mass does not reach the limit for forming a black hole. It is a star with a density smaller than a black hole.

A small number of neutron stars periodically release electromagnetic pulses, which are called pulsars.

The neutron star should be releasing electromagnetic pulses to the outside, but it is strangely absorbing electromagnetic radiation beams from distant stars.

This situation made Chen Ming, who had not encountered any problems for more than two months, suddenly recall the period two months ago.

So he immediately took action himself, controlled the highest point to jump, and immediately arrived at the pulsar galaxy.

His ship had just reached the edge of the galaxy and was already exposed to a large amount of radio radiation.

Once these radiations penetrate the armor and hull of the spacecraft, they may damage the spacecraft's electronic circuits and even cause harm to the personnel on board.

But Chen Ming is not afraid of this.

The Supreme Point is a specialized exploration vessel after all. When it was first designed, it had taken into account the situations of encountering stars of different types, ages, and aging stars. Pulsars were obviously also within the scope of consideration.

Therefore, the outer layer of the armor of the Supreme Point spacecraft has a special stellar protection coating that can be used to protect against various types and intensities of radiation.

If necessary, Chen Ming can even activate the highest point shield, which can also defend against radiation to a certain extent.

What's more, he also has psychic powers that can be used to repair spacecraft.

In addition, the body he is using now was created using advanced biotechnology and is not afraid of radiation at all.

No matter how forbidden this place is, it is not a big problem for Chen Ming.

He immediately ordered the spacecraft to continue moving forward and head into the interior of the galaxy for a more detailed investigation.

However, he was not too stubborn and still carefully selected the route, allowing the spacecraft to hide behind those completely lifeless planets in the galaxy and in areas that would not be swept by the terrifying pulses emitted by the pulsar.

And released some smaller spacecraft, carrying reconnaissance equipment and began to watch the radiation values ​​approaching the pulsar.

These small spaceships were new types of spaceships he had just built and he had never used them before.

But there shouldn't be any problem with the spacecraft technology.

Because there are pulsars within the empire, research on them has always been ongoing, and of course similar spacecraft technology also exists.

This type of spacecraft could almost completely isolate itself from the massive amounts of radiation emitted by a pulsar, allowing it to survey its galaxy without interference.

Chen Ming just happens to have this technology and can use it right now.

This is to record the conditions inside the galaxy and the strange electromagnetic pulse signals emitted from distant galaxies.

However, several spacecraft flew around the pulsar and did not find any other abnormalities.

Only the electromagnetic radiation beams emitted by those three stars are absorbed by the pulsar.

Apart from this, there was nothing else, and Chen Ming had no idea what had caused this situation.

It would be the same even after he had recorded most of the data in the galaxy and sent the data to the Fanchao Research Institute.

They have never had any similar records, and instead hope that Chen Ming can get more data and send it to them for research.

So it seems that Chen Ming has to deal with this matter alone.

Chen Ming had no choice but to make some necessary preparations according to the situation two months ago.

Then he did just one thing.

and so on.

Waiting to see what happens with the pulsar, waiting to see what happens with the information from those three stars of different colors.

And, wait and see what will happen here.

After waiting for almost three hours.

Chen Ming did not wait for the expected thing to happen, but he waited for the pulsar to change.

The moment the interval between the periodic electromagnetic pulses emitted by the three stars dropped to zero, there was suddenly only silence in the channel for detecting the electromagnetic frequency band of the three galaxies that he had left.

The star returned to normal and no longer emitted beams of electromagnetic radiation.

Although there has been no further confirmation and investigation, Chen Ming feels that the three star systems do not need to be monitored for the time being.

Because at this time, through the small spaceships he released from the highest point, he discovered that a Leviathan appeared on the surface of the pulsar in the galaxy.

It was a giant blue jellyfish that looked like a certain type of giant jellyfish, and was about the same size as a scavenger robot.

It has eight tentacles of varying lengths, and its structure is very simple and clear.

It flew out from the north pole of the pulsar, near the area where the planet periodically releases huge radio pulses, and is rising rapidly in an attempt to escape the planet's gravity.

That is the area where the entire pulsar emits the most radio pulses.

The radiation carried by these radio pulses could pose a threat to the entire galaxy and even neighboring galaxies, and a Leviathan that could emerge from here would probably have similar power.

Chen Ming detected the same pulses on three stars of different colors near his Gaia galaxy.

He seriously suspected that this guy would go directly to those three galaxies after escaping the pulsar's gravity.

And those three galaxies are not too far away from Chen Ming's Gaia galaxy.

The possible consequences are absolutely unacceptable to Chen Ming.

He could not allow this dangerous Leviathan, which was emitting massive amounts of radiation, to threaten his colony.

Just when the jellyfish Leviathan had no time to escape the pulsar's gravity.

A large area of ​​transition fluctuations loomed over its head.

The Zerg fleet called by Chen Ming arrived here in just over ten seconds.

Just like before, the first attack was just a tentative attack, and Chen Ming still arranged two hundred Zerg Hercules-class battleships.

One half was equipped with arc weapons, and the other half was equipped with a variety of weapons used for testing.

After all, Chen Ming encountered unknown enemies and had no idea what kind of weapons their armor or skin were resistant to.

You have to try them all to see which weapon is the most suitable.

As soon as the Zerg fleet entered the galaxy, it was affected by the terrifying radiation from the pulsar.

Although the Zerg's biological warships have acquired very strong plasma resistance and high temperature resistance through the effects of the stellar fluid, their radiation resistance has also increased to a certain extent.

But ordinary stars do not emit such a huge amount of radiation compared to pulsars.

This put the Zerg fleet in a disadvantageous environment right from the start. Every inch of the Zerg organs was being burned by the radiation and was recovering with the energy supply.

As long as it does not suffer serious damage, the Zerg battleship can barely maintain stability.

Fortunately, Chen Ming put some effort into the electronic system, so that the control system of the non-biological weapons equipped on the Zerg warships was not disturbed too much and could continue to operate.

This allows the Zerg fleet to launch a surprise attack on Leviathan despite the burning radiation within the galaxy.

Purple arcs piercing the vacuum connected the Zerg warship to the Leviathan above the pulsar.

Brilliant energy beams enveloped Leviathan's body, followed by countless live bullets that bombarded Leviathan's body.

There were also various weapons unique to the Zerg warships that were firing towards the Leviathan.

However, when all this fancy light pollution disappears.

The jellyfish-like Leviathan was barely damaged, with only some scratches from live ammunition, which soon disappeared completely.

Judging from the data just captured by the spacecraft, it is not just the Leviathan's own physical strength that is terrifying.

There are also environmental factors involved.

The harsh environment of pulsars causes serious interference to most weapons.

Energy weapons will be dispersed by the radiation energy of the pulsar, and live ammunition weapons will be distorted by the gravity of the pulsar.

The explosive weapons would be detonated prematurely by the radiation before they could hit the target, and the Zerg's biological fighters and biological missiles would have no chance of getting close to the pulsar, let alone hitting the Leviathan.

The only weapon that can truly hit this Leviathan is arc weapons.

But in this battle, Chen Ming encountered a situation where the arc weapon was completely ineffective. This Leviathan seemed to be born from a pulsar.
Even if the arcs hit, they cannot cause any substantial damage.
Even when the Zerg fleet's second round of electric arcs hit, the Leviathan seemed to have triggered some kind of reaction, and violent pulses burst out from its jellyfish-like body like a pulsar.

Although the pulses released by the Jellyfish Leviathan do not decay as far as the pulses emitted by pulsars, the pulses it releases are localized.

The devastating electromagnetic pulse directly penetrated the coating that Chen Ming had specially placed on the weapons, causing all the additional electronic equipment on the Zerg warship to overload, and no weapon could continue to function.

The electromagnetic pulse even triggered a violent pulse activity in the pulsar, and the radiation value in the galaxy instantly increased by at least 50%, causing severe damage to the body of every Zerg warship.

Amid the grand electromagnetic pulse fluctuations, the Leviathan suddenly entered a jump state and disappeared in this dangerous galaxy.

Chen Ming didn't even have time to stop him and could only find a way to catch up.

But he immediately discovered that he didn't seem to need to analyze the jump data specifically to track the missing Leviathan.

Because one of his spacecraft, which remained in one of the three galaxies that emitted the electromagnetic radiation beam, had seen the disappeared Leviathan appear in the galaxy with the blue A-type star.

Chen Ming immediately ordered the damaged Zerg fleet to return for rest and asked the Queen to prepare a new fleet.

After waiting for a while and making sure the Queen was ready, he jumped to the edge of the blue A-type galaxy.

A high radiation value alarm was issued as soon as we reached the highest point.

It seems that in just these few minutes, Leviathan has spread its radiation throughout the entire galaxy.

Obviously, if this thing were to get to the Gaia galaxy, it would have a horrible impact.

Chen Ming's heart sank.

But he suddenly realized that something seemed wrong.

A unique connection seemed to develop between the stars and the Leviathan.

It seems that their respective spectral frequencies are the same, which allows the star to establish a peculiar relationship with Leviathan at this time.

The relationship is not that the stars are supplying Leviathan with energy, but that the stars are draining Leviathan's energy.

The energy level and radiation emission of Leviathan were reduced by more than half compared to when it was in the pulsar galaxy.

Chen Ming immediately realized that this was a great opportunity.

The Queen of Zerg quickly ordered the fleet to jump over, hoping to hunt down Leviathan while it was weak.

But what happened next was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Before the Zerg fleet arrived, the Leviathan in the galaxy once again erupted with a violent electromagnetic pulse, and just like before, it jumped again and disappeared in the galaxy, appearing in the yellow-white G-type star galaxy.

This time, perhaps because of the different spectral frequencies, the star did not actively absorb its energy.

But it actively releases energy into the star.

Before Chen Ming could figure out what it was going to do specifically, he saw it jump again and appear in the red M-type star galaxy and do the same thing.

Just when Chen Ming was on guard in case its next jump destination was the Gaia galaxy.

Leviathan chose to return to the blue-white A-type star galaxy.

Once again its power was absorbed by the star, and it itself became weaker than before.

All this just happened in a flash, so that when Leviathan came back again, the Zerg fleet just happened to jump here at this moment.

Chen Ming directly ordered the Zerg fleet to launch a full-scale attack without any reservations, just to kill the Leviathan as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Because he saw a scene from another perspective that made him extremely confused.

To be precise, there are two pictures.

Just after this blue jellyfish-like Leviathan returned to the A-type star galaxy.

The surfaces of the stars in the two star systems it had just visited showed unexpected and violent fluctuations.

Along with the sudden increase in radiation levels within the galaxy, two more Leviathans emerged from the star.

They are the same as the blue jellyfish-like Leviathan, the only difference being the color.

The light of the stars seemed to dim a little at this moment.

The two newly emerged orange and red jellyfish Leviathans are also struggling to break free from the constraints of the star's gravity.

The appearance of the Tricolor Leviathan made him realize that he could not delay any longer.

Even though he observed that the two Leviathans were in a galaxy with their corresponding spectral frequencies, they would still be disturbed by the stars.

But he didn't dare to bet whether these three Leviathans would come together.

He had to get rid of them all as soon as possible.

Chen Ming continued to give the Queen the order to summon more Zerg fleets.

The Zerg main fleet, which was ahead in number in the A-type star galaxy, rushed towards the blue Leviathan that had just returned to the galaxy and was heading towards the star.

With the arc weapons completely ineffective, Chen Ming could only equip all the Zerg warships with live ammunition main weapons learned from the mechanical race's live ammunition type spine cannon based on the previous battle situation and his own speculation.

The Zerg fleet's surprise attack seemed to have worked. The Blue Leviathan's body was covered with countless scars from live ammunition. Scratches, bruises, and penetrating wounds could all be seen on its body.

But this did not affect Leviathan's actions at all.

It was as if all the injuries were just decorations with the name of injuries, and it continued to move towards the star without any impact.

And in this process, even if the star is still drawing away its power, it will completely repair all the injuries on its body.

Live ammunition weapons can harm Leviathan, but cannot cause any real meaningful and effective damage.

It has no fatal spots, no weaknesses.

The only way to solve it seems to be to destroy him completely.

Chen Ming knows how to prioritize things and what is really important.

If the fleet can't win, then there is only one way left.

Chen Ming gave orders to the Zerg fleet again.

Thousands of Zerg battleships started their jump engines the moment they received his order.

During the jump process, all the organs inside these Zerg warships were transformed into activated energy crystals, just to unleash the most terrifying power at the last moment.

The warp waves of thousands of capital ships surrounded the advancing Leviathan.

And when the first Zerg battleship broke away from the jump and appeared in front of Leviathan, the endless explosions and flames completely enveloped Leviathan.

A violent electromagnetic pulse suddenly exploded from the center of the fire.

The aftermath of the battleship's self-detonation was swept away from the area.

Leviathan had no intention of continuing to fight with the Zerg fleet reinforcements that might arrive at any time. Suddenly, it accelerated and touched the surface of the A-type star, sinking into the interior of the star, and no trace of it could be found anymore.

The self-detonation of thousands of Zerg warships seemed to have caused no effective damage to it at all, and was even less effective than the live ammunition just now.

This outrageous gap made Chen Ming couldn't help but frown.

Although he still has more Zerg warships, self-destruction may not be a good option.

And this is just one galaxy; there are Leviathans in two other galaxies waiting for him to deal with.

He looked at the other two galaxies again, and the two Leviathans, one yellow and one red, that had just struggled out of the stars had disappeared.

It’s not that they ran away, but that they had already hidden in the star when Chen Ming ordered the Zerg fleet to self-destruct.

They lay dormant and made no further moves.

This is also something that makes Chen Ming very worried.

However, Chen Ming's expression gradually calmed down.

If the Zerg's combat power is not enough compared to the three-color Leviathan, then he can actually choose another way of fighting.

He was the one who performed it himself.

Chen Ming clenched his fist.

A layer of biological armor protection instantly appeared on the arm.

Pure biological armor has no advantages over the armor of Zerg battleships other than flexibility.

But if combined with Chen Ming's own strength, he can do much more than the Zerg fleet.

There's just one problem.

The three Leviathans are all hiding in the stars, and Chen Ming currently has no means to directly enter the stars without being affected.

He would have to wait until his current research project on the Star Eater made some progress before he could enter the interior of the star.

So he could only wait.

Wait for the Leviathans that suddenly appeared to leave the star, giving him a chance to kill them.

And at the same time.

The Survivor Space Station.

In the dark environment, those few voices were still communicating directly.

"The ghosts played a role, but not much."

"No, it's enough. With the level of human technology, it's impossible to observe the state of ghosts in depth. They can't find that the blue ghost's state is already very bad. They just think that the ghost is waiting for an opportunity to move."

"If they are smart, they won't continue to 'waste' resources on self-destruction."

"But I never remember the Thorn Zerg's biological warships having such capabilities."

"I never knew anyone could keep these creatures, not even us."

The space station was quiet for a while, and the survivors didn't seem to want to talk about this topic.

"What we need to do is to find a way to continue to use the ghosts to put pressure on humans, letting them know that they have no means to destroy the ghosts and can only rely on us."

"Chen Ming doesn't seem to mean that. He doesn't seem to have considered us at all. Was what you did before correct?"

Nano did not respond to this question, but said: "Then take the initiative to bring up this matter during the next transaction, and let the ghost drag it until the next transaction day."

(End of this chapter)