Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 390 Ruins
Chen Ming was very concerned about why Leviathan was afraid.

But the fear of Leviathan itself was of no concern to him.

The destruction had completely swept away the weakened body of the Yellow Leviathan, dragging it into the abyss of death.

After confirming Leviathan's death, Chen Ming immediately repeated his previous actions and preserved Leviathan's body which was in a state of electromagnetic radiation fusion.

This type of unique creature was also very valuable for research, and it looked like his colony would be able to add two new Leviathan space stations to its orbit.

Put the body aside for now.

Chen Ming's goal remained unchanged, which was to prioritize killing the next, last, and earliest blue Leviathan.

He wasted no time, using his psychic powers to instantly send his body through the scarlet dimension to the vicinity of the A-type star, next to the area where star-related monitoring equipment had been installed.

His consciousness followed closely and returned to his body through the special nature of his own psychic power. He saw a blue-white, hot star that was far larger than any star Chen Ming had ever seen before.

The armor made of stellar fluid can withstand the power of G-type and M-type stars.

However, faced with this A-type star, which is almost the most powerful star in the universe, there seems to be no suitable way to get in.

It seemed that this was the reason why Leviathan did not leave immediately.

But he doesn't need to defend himself completely. As long as he is not destroyed by the star in an instant, he can do things that he could not do before.

The biological armor on Chen Ming's body suddenly began to become more and more bloated, and a layer of translucent covering armor that did not look very strong appeared on the surface of the biological armor.

He came to the edge of the star, was in the hellish temperature of the surface of an A-type star, and broke into the star.

The star-eating fluid on the surface of the biological armor is being consumed madly, but at the same time it is also being generated madly due to Chen Ming's psychic power.

The mutual impact makes the star-eating fluid armor on the surface of Chen Ming's armor form a unique dynamic balance.

After maintaining the stability of this layer of armor, Chen Ming no longer continued to test the performance of the armor, but immediately rushed towards the Leviathan he perceived.

As Chen Ming entered the star.

Leviathan noticed that Chen Ming could already withstand the high heat of a type A star and immediately took countermeasures.

However, its action was not to take advantage of its half-home advantage to cause trouble for Chen Ming, but to leave the star from the other side of the star from the other end of the position where Chen Ming entered the star.

It wants to escape.

Chen Ming discovered this scene through the monitoring devices that had been deployed on the other side of the star.

He immediately stopped moving towards the star and activated his psychic power again to send himself to the other side of the star, near the monitoring devices.

Just after that, only a blue afterimage remained in his eyes.

That was the trace left by Leviathan releasing a massive electromagnetic pulse and performing a jump.

Chen Ming had already witnessed its jumping ability and speed before, and knew that its escape ability was terrifying.

In just a moment, it may have jumped out several times in a row.

But as long as a jump has taken place, it will definitely leave a trace of the jump.

This is true even if the way it jumps is different from using a jump engine, but it uses the gravity ability it has mastered to jump.

Chen Ming replicated the miniaturized biomass jump engine installed in An Wuping's body on the biological armor.

The coordinates of Leviathan's jump were locked and the next jump was carried out.

Compared to huge warships, the human body can simplify the jump process to almost nothing.

Even though Liviatan's speed of escape using jumps far exceeds that of ordinary warships, it cannot completely get rid of Chen Ming if Chen Ming himself uses the jump engine to jump.

Chen Ming could also say with certainty that no one and nothing could possibly escape him from this cosmic-scale tracking.

After more than a dozen jumps, Chen Ming followed Leviathan's trail and crossed more than a dozen different galaxies.

And every time it arrives at a different galaxy, Leviathan always leaves some troubles for the tracking Chen Ming in a similar way.

Either the jump trajectory passes through a star, or one of the jump coordinates is within the event horizon of a black hole, or the jump trajectory passes through the territory of a group of dangerous creatures in the asteroid belt.

In short, it will definitely block Chen Ming on the way of transition like a social fan and prevent Chen Ming from tracking.

But Chen Ming was not left behind at all. Instead, he got closer and closer to the Leviathan in the front during these dozen leaps.

There is almost nothing in the normal universe that can stop Chen Ming.

soon.

Chen Ming has already caught up with Leviathan and is in the same galaxy as Leviathan.

Leviathan still wanted to continue escaping at this time, but Chen Ming would no longer give it the opportunity to continue jumping.

The dimensional ability that was the source of his power was activated, and a force that forced the space to be locked crossed the physical spatial distance and locked the space around Leviathan.

Chen Ming also performed a short-distance jump and appeared next to Leviathan.

The core of destruction lit up in his hand, and the aura of destruction was about to cover Leviathan's body as before.

However, before the destruction core could take effect, a surge of gravity suddenly erupted from Leviathan's body.

The space lock that Chen Ming set up using his own strength was instantly shattered, and Leviathan disappeared in front of Chen Ming in the blink of an eye.

Destruction is much easier than construction.

And it is much easier to destroy the stability of a space than to ensure the stability of a space.

This is especially true when the core of destruction still affects this space.

It is precisely because of the use of the Destruction Core that even though Chen Ming has blocked the space, the use of the Destruction Core will allow Leviathan to find a chance to escape.

There is always a place where any power can be used inappropriately.

Like now.

But this does not mean that Chen Ming can do it, he still has his own power.

Chen Ming did not delay or get discouraged and continued with the jump tracking.

After only three jumps, he saw the afterimage of getting the blue color again, just like before.

At the moment when the next jump ends.

The space around Leviathan was once again blocked by Chen Ming.

This time, the space around Leviathan was no longer just blocked, but distorted after being blocked.

Just like before, Leviathan distorted the space where Chen Ming’s Zerg fleet was located.

This is the ability that Chen Ming just learned from other Leviathans.

It is a relatively mild means of attack.

At least it is gentler than the method of tearing space that Chen Ming learned and mastered from the Nightmare of the Plane.

The distortion of the nature of space twisted Leviathan's body into a knot and was going further to break it completely.

Leviathan wanted to fight against Chen Ming, but without the disguised assistance of the Destruction Core, it was unable to resist the oppression of Chen Ming's psychic power, let alone fight against Chen Ming.

This is not a restraint of ability, but a crushing of pure psychic power.

The talent born from Pulsar is no match for the psychic power that Chen Ming has developed over the years.

As Chen Ming once again imitated the method that Leviathan had used before, he used his own spatial ability to violently shake the space where Leviathan was located.

Leviathan's body was completely crushed.

But it is still alive.

The shattering of the body of the composite life form of electromagnetics and radiation does not mean much damage, so Chen Ming must continue to increase his strength.

But continuing to increase the force of using space may cause space to tear.

When Chen Ming took the initiative to block the wormhole for escape, he had already felt the possible consequences of space tearing.

Some things belonging to other dimensions will rush over like sharks smelling blood when the spatial barrier is weak.

He would not use this power unless it was necessary.

Then there is only another way.

The bloody cracks in Chen Ming's consciousness space opened slightly, and the bloody light gradually covered his consciousness space.

This was the first time that Chen Ming used his own scarlet power in an actual battle rather than a test.

Crimson power can be classified as dimensional power.

The dimensional power in a broad sense is common, that is, Chen Ming's ability to use space, stabilize space, tear space, distort space, and shock space.

The power belonging to the dimension itself will better reflect the characteristics of the dimension.

It seems that the dimensional power of phase space reflects more of a unique isolation, isolating all dimensions except the normal universe, and it also has a crushing trend on the normal universe.

Its power has a sharp quality when it works.

And the power of the scarlet dimension.

It has a brutal and corrosive nature.

There is an endless amount of knowledge in space itself, and this knowledge will erode and corrupt everything.

And the scarlet power that Chen Ming possesses will naturally have such properties.

Although Scarlet was the one Chen Ming was more worried about.

But at this moment, using the power of Scarlet is safer than using the power of the basic dimension.

Because the scarlet power is a power that has been assimilated by Chen Ming and belongs to him completely, and the action of the space power tearing the space will attract more things in the scarlet dimension.

The Crimson Dimension infection incubates things in the normal universe, turning them into pure twisted flesh.

When Chen Ming uses the power of the scarlet dimension, some special effects will occur.

As the scarlet light approached Leviathan along Chen Ming's psychic power.

The scarlet power that originally seemed extremely docile in Chen Ming's hands suddenly bit at the remains of Leviathan like a mad dog.

Leviathan's body was distorted as if it had been infected by a different dimension.

The broken body twitched with a sense of mechanical rust.
It's not just the metal on the mechanical parts that is corroding, but the structure itself is also corroding.

Soon, some chaotic and irregular mechanical parts with their own logic, like those created by a mentally ill person, were stuffed into the flesh and blood with the most violent means, forcing the flesh and blood to operate.

Leviathan's body is being infected and corrupted.

While dimensional infection requires human clones, the expansion of dimensional infection requires flesh and blood.

But when the dimensional infection reaches its final stage, none of this matters anymore.

There was a time when entire planets were turned to flesh and blood due to dimensional infection.

But now Chen Ming's ability can advance this process.

Everything, whether alive or dead, physical or invisible, will be affected by the scarlet power.

All this is not as scary or dangerous as it seems.

Everything is under Chen Ming's control.

But such ability is absolutely impossible to be used in the eyes of the empire.

Chen Ming has mastered this power for a long time, but today is the first time he uses it.

Leviathan has fallen under the influence of Scarlet.

Chen Ming could also feel that Leviathan's fear was getting worse.

He still couldn't figure out what organ the jellyfish Leviathan used to think and have this emotion of fear, but he did feel it.

Combined with the situations of the previous two Leviathans, it is obvious that there is only one possible reason why these Leviathans are afraid of scarlet: they have been in contact with scarlet.

So how did they come into contact with scarlet?

Chen Ming didn't understand, so he could only pick up the body of the third Leviathan, which was completely dead, with doubts. At the same time, the unobservable body of the jellyfish Leviathan floated in space.

The Survivor Space Station.

Nano took the initiative to announce a piece of news: "The ghost is dead."

"Chen Ming killed all three ghosts within an hour of each other. The nearby guardians are no longer available, so it would be a waste to actively attract them out."

"But we no longer need to rely on ghosts. There has been a large-scale leakage of negative matter in Chen Ming's colony. This is our chance."

A voice in the darkness asked, "Have we reached the other end of the wormhole?"

"Not yet, but some humans have mentioned it."

"The negative matter of the Plane Nightmare is not so easy to leak out."

"So through this incident, we can confirm that there is a traitor in the human empire who knows a lot."

When talking about the betrayer, Nano's tone seemed different from before, and the entire dark atmosphere became even more gloomy.

But in the darkness, another voice seemed to say soothingly: "That is their betrayer."

The survivors were silent for a while, and suddenly another voice asked: "What is the reason for betrayal?"

"We'll find out soon enough."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because he already knows about us."

When one civilization encounters the survivors of another civilization.

Even the survivors of a vanished civilization that is known to almost everyone in that civilization.

The ruling class of a civilization would never reveal the existence of survivors, and only the top leaders are qualified to know.

Because as long as a civilization is not completely extinct and its culture is preserved, it has the possibility of reviving.

Even the possibility of subverting another civilization.

Whoever that betrayer is, wherever he is hiding.

He would definitely find a way to bypass the limitations of the communicator in Chen Ming's hand and find a way to contact the survivors.

"How much longer?"

"It depends on the situation over there. It's just a satellite. It takes at least half a month of human Earth time, and at most half a year of Earth time."

"The chaos at that time will give him an opportunity, and it will also give us an opportunity."

When the survivors seemed to have found an opportunity.

Gaia galaxy.

Wormhole space station.

The leader of the negative matter research team was having lunch in a restaurant on the space station on this side of the wormhole.

In the blind spot of the restaurant's surveillance camera that he blocked with his body, there was a terminal belonging to him with a notepad open.

It was filled with drafts of his research on negative matter during this period, as well as memos on various research projects.

The content was written in great detail, as if he wanted to write down everything he remembered.

At the end of the memo, a cursor is flashing, indicating the text that has just been entered.

The team leader suddenly made some hesitant movements on the terminal, looked at the contents of the notepad, then closed the notepad. A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he instinctively took two mouthfuls of the noodles in the bowl.

After feeling unexpectedly full, he stood up, paid the bill and left.

Before he walked out of the restaurant, he pinched his brows and said to himself, "Is it because the intensity of work is a bit high? Why do I always forget things..."

Although Chen Ming has a certain degree of monitoring of all the territories he controls, the monitoring he maintains is of various unknown external things and various unauthorized psychic things.

It is impossible for him to monitor everyone in his territory all the time.

What's more, he was still busy bringing the body of the three-colored Leviathan into the orbit of the planet Gaia.

All the data of the situation this time was recorded, and after preparation, it was sent to the Empire, asking them to send people over depending on the situation.

While assigning the work to other people, Chen Ming can also find opportunities to poach some new people.

But this time Chen Ming delayed the matter a little.

Because this was the first time he saw the Leviathan, which seemed to be newly born.

Although he was not sure whether these three Leviathans had already existed there or were just born, this situation still made him curious about the galaxy where the Leviathans were born.

What would give rise to Leviathan?
Therefore, whether it was the galaxy of the three-color stars or the galaxy of the original pulsar, Chen Ming specially dispatched a new fleet to investigate it.

As a result, the fleet actually gained something.

There is nothing in the galaxies of the three ordinary stars, but in the galaxy of the pulsar, there is a planet that has been irradiated by radiation and various pulses for tens of thousands of years.

The fleet found a relic that should belong to the Shining Civilization.

Because at the entrance of the ruins, writings of the Shining Civilization and some pictures and statues of insect creatures that the Shining Civilization liked were found.

Part of the rock on which the text was carved is damaged.

So Chen Ming could only recognize one of the words.

"commemorate".

This relic exists underground and is not difficult to find under normal circumstances, but the existence of the pulsar has caused serious interference to most of the reconnaissance equipment.

This also caused the fleet to almost ignore this underground building.

But the result is good.

Moreover, such a relic immediately perked up Chen Ming.

Because the location of the shining civilization ruins discovered by Chen Ming is behind the wormhole.

He still clearly remembers what the survivors said.

When their ancestors escaped the disaster that led to the extinction of civilization, they relied on human sacrifice to escape the attack of the nightmare of the plane.

And they had been keeping an eye on the sacrificed spaceship, and when Chen Ming picked up the communicator, they contacted them directly.

This means that anyone from the Shining Civilization cannot avoid them when entering or leaving, not to mention that when Chen Ming was fighting with the Star Eater before, they took the initiative to come and sell their products.

This further proves that they have a high level of control over the information around them.

Although their actual combat effectiveness today may not be high, they definitely know a lot.

So the remains of the shining civilization here are either related to the survivors, or the survivors are lying.

As for the possibility that the people who left behind this relic might be from the Shining Civilization that came in early to develop it, Chen Ming directly ruled it out.

Because judging from the scavenger robots located in the Origin System, the Shining Civilization obviously intends to develop the world behind the wormhole starting from this wormhole.

The wormhole is also the passage that connects here with the universe surrounding the empire.

It may not be the only way, but since Chen Ming has not found any other way, let’s treat it as the only one.

Plus the words carved near the rock at the entrance to the ruins.

This relic can basically only be a relic that was created after the demise of the Shining Civilization.

Chen Ming must go there in person and look for clues about the ruins on the planet himself.

So after finishing the battle with Leviathan, Chen Ming once again came to the pulsar galaxy, arrived at the planet that was illuminated by pulses and radiation day and night, and came to the entrance of the underground ruins.

There were still those words on the door, and Chen Ming could only see the word "Memorial".

Judging from the state of the galaxy, there is a high probability that this relic was destroyed by a supernova explosion at the end of the star's lifespan when it was still a normal building.

Of course, it is also possible that the people of the Shining Civilization insisted on building something on the pulsar and were then destroyed by the pulsar's pulses.

There is not much difference. Anyway, judging from the situation when Chen Ming walked into the building, it doesn’t matter which one it is.

Although the remains of this building exist underground, it still has all the necessary technological equipment.

But when Chen Ming came in, he found that almost all the electronic equipment had been destroyed.

All electronic devices and data were destroyed.

When Chen Ming tried to repair them, he encountered the same time problem as the scavenger robot and the nanoforge.

Things that are too old cannot be restored to their original state.

Chen Ming had no way to recover the data and determine the time when this place was destroyed.

However, look at the environment and layout of the building itself.

Chen Ming felt that this place was like some kind of art exhibition hall.

At this time, many parts of this vertical underground building had collapsed, many storage spaces had been damaged, and the various artworks inside had long been damaged and disappeared.

But there are still some art collections that shine with civilization preserved.

Most of them are related to insects.

There is some brief text introduction under each artwork.

However, these words have long been completely unrecognizable due to the wear and tear of time.

All I can say is that although they may be humanoid creatures, the aesthetics of the Shining Civilization are very different from those of humans.

As Chen Ming walked completely into the central area of ​​the building, he discovered a central stone pillar with a spiral structure leading to the underground in the middle of the exhibition hall.

In addition to a lifelike giant centipede-like creature carved on it, a string of time belonging to the Shining Civilization is also carved in the area next to the centipede.

If converted, this time is about several million years ago in Earth time.

Of course, the buildings in this relic were definitely not carved millions of years ago. It seems that they were only carved from a certain time period on the central stone pillar, and then the cultural relics or artworks of this period were arranged around it.

Then thousands or tens of thousands of years will pass quickly until the next era, and the cultural relics will continue to be placed.

As we go down, the time gets closer to the present, the time span becomes shorter and shorter, and the area of ​​each layer becomes larger and larger.

There are more modern cultural relics and even some technological products gradually appearing inside.

Of course, like the building itself, most of these things are damaged to the point where they cannot be repaired.

Only some simple works of art, such as some gorgeous stones carved into the appearance of various Zerg species, have been barely preserved intact to this day.

This underground building does not seem like a building that can exist independently, nor does it seem like a building that can be easily built.

As we go down, this place looks less and less like the art gallery that Chen Ming had randomly guessed.

Rather, it is the memorial carved on the stone at its entrance.

Chen Ming increasingly felt that there were many things about the Shining Civilization that were difficult to understand.

After thinking about it, he simply stepped out of the corroded and invisible fence and jumped down to the bottom of the building.

Here, some mechanical equipment and mechanical units collapsed to the ground.

They seemed to continue developing downwards before they fell.

However, they were not successful in their development and only the wreckage remains here.

And some mechanical creatures were stuffed into display cabinets as cultural relics or works of art.

It seems that this area is where the artifacts from the last era of the Shining Civilization are stored.

In this lowest area, the time engraved on the stone pillars is approximately 30,000 years ago according to human time.

At this point in time, after the survivors arrived at the wormhole.

(End of this chapter)