Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 403 Beginning

The day after I ended my correspondence with the Minister of Psychic Powers.

Chen Ming has already started preparing for the next big project.

Starting from the two star gates he and the legion own, which can connect to the star gates in any star field in the empire.

Most of the star gates within the empire are activated every day, so things affected by Chen Ming's psychic power can spread through the star gates to the capitals of all star regions in the empire in a very short time.

Each star field capital is itself a transportation hub for interstellar navigation. A portion of the metal liquid is separated from the things under its control that arrive at the capital and taken on other spacecraft to distribution and trade centers in different star fields.

Control the space station or colony of the trade center, and use the facilities here to allow the constantly splitting metal liquid to continuously control more and more spacecraft, so as to further improve the diffusion efficiency.

Chen Ming doesn't even need to do it himself. He just needs to use the spaceships that are already flying around the empire to scatter his liquid metal like dandelions.

If the only goal is to spread the liquid metal to every corner of the empire, then the one week Chen Ming mentioned might be a bit conservative.

But it was clear that he had more to prepare than just these.

Because neither Chen Ming nor anyone else in the empire can be sure how many people in the empire have been affected by brainwashed psychics.

So for the sake of confidentiality.

There were only three people in the empire who knew about what Chen Ming proposed.

Three people who are absolutely impossible to be influenced by a brainwashed psychic.

No one else was aware of it.

This is also true for the Afterglow Core, which is about to take over the management of different star fields and galaxies after heavy casualties.

They all need to wait until Chen Ming starts to take action before they can be called upon urgently.

It was for this reason that the Minister of Psychic Powers took the initiative to mention that Yu Hui, who was about to take over the job, might also be affected by the brainwashed psychic.

And he hopes that Chen Ming, who specializes in controlling various mechanical life forms, can solve this problem.

So he had to do some extra preparation.

Chen Ming doesn't have much afterglow in his hands, and at most it can help him stabilize his colony.

But he had always had some reserve labor somewhere, and it was time to take it away.

After setting up the respective behavioral logic for each metal liquid that goes out along the empire's transportation network.

Chen Ming used his psychic power to run directly from the Origin System back to his hometown, the Pirate Space Station.

I met with the boss, Lao Wu, and the factory manager whom I hadn't seen for a while and talked about their recent situation. I also strengthened their security facilities to prevent them from being affected by future incidents.

Chen Ming drove his Supreme Point to the Afterglow Star Field outside the Galo Star Field.

He did not use psychic energy again, nor did he jump directly.

Instead, he entered the hyperspace channel from the pirate space station and drove the spacecraft towards the Afterglow Star Region openly without any cover.

On the way, Chen Ming also encountered some fleets of the Empire that were dealing with scattered individuals of the Mechanical Clan.

But this had no effect, and Chen Ming still successfully entered Yuhui's star field.

Continue to break in without any cover.

It is clear that in the Afterglow star field, there are Afterglow spaceships patrolling near some key route nodes, and even in different places there are often Afterglow individuals running around.

But all the afterglows treated Chen Ming as if he did not exist, allowing Chen Ming to go all the way from the border of the afterglow star field to the core of the afterglow star field.

Chen Ming has seen and been here before.

Once a prisoner, and now...

Chen Ming's spacecraft soon arrived at the orbit of the innermost planet in the Yuhui Star Domain galaxy protection circle.

Even after coming here, Yu Hui did not make any reaction.

Chen Ming took the initiative to send a communication to the planet requesting landing, and soon received a response that he could land and subsequent signal guidance.

The signal guided his ship into the planet's atmosphere.

The first thing Chen Ming saw next was a purely mechanized colony.

Looking down from the air, there was hardly any extra space in the entire colony, and every place was filled with complex, operating machinery.

And in the center of the colony there is a giant mechanical building.

If Chen Ming guessed correctly, what was inside this building was the Kletka simulator.

Chen Ming landed the highest point near the colony.

He got off the spaceship and saw a ground vehicle made by Yuhui coming towards him.

He was carried into the colony, through a path that had obviously just been demolished, and arrived at the foot of the giant building.

The self-driving car soon broke down.

Chen Ming didn't care and walked straight into the building.

The building is not solid. In addition to the outer protective structure, there is a large amount of redundant space inside.

And a tall tower that looks almost like it was built of various wires, emitting a stream of continuous energy supply from bottom to top.

Chen Ming looked up at the tower for a while and asked, "Is this a replica of Kletka?"

“Yes, we were born here.”

Afterglow's voice was heard from inside the tower.

Chen Ming, as always, maintained a very friendly attitude towards Yu Hui and asked, "Who is speaking now? Can you make the decision directly?"

"We have a total of fourteen cores installed on the Kletka replica, and our minds are interconnected."

"Good."

Chen Ming nodded slightly and asked: "Then you should know why I am here, and you should also know the final outcome if you continue to do nothing and stay here."

"..."

silence.

Seeing that the Yuhui core here didn't seem to want to respond to his words, Chen Ming continued: "You can only serve as cannon fodder for the Yuhui army here, but follow me, I will treat you as my strength."

"I'm afraid you don't know, but your Yuhui army is already preparing to retreat to a place where the Empire will definitely not find them in a short time. They are afraid."

"we know."

The Afterglows finally responded, "It's not just what you said, but also the war between the Empire and the Machines, and the fact that you prevented us from intervening in the war."

Chen Ming asked back: "You should know that you were simply giving away your lives in the past, right?"

"The battle between the Empire and the Machines is one-sided. Are you really worried that some of the Empire's fleets won't have the Machines to fight them and give them military merits?"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I'm still a bit busy this week. So make your choice and tell me what you think."

The Afterglows were silent for a long time again before speaking: "We have no choice."

“Actually, I did.”

Chen Ming pointed at his feet and said, "Although the afterglow of all other places except this galaxy has been infiltrated by me in recent years."

"But I have never controlled any of the Afterglow individuals here in Kletka. If you want, you can directly control the security robots here in Kletka to destroy Kletka and also destroy yourselves."

"You see, this is the choice I leave for you."

Yu Hui seemed a little dissatisfied and said: "This is not a choice at all."

"Doesn't it count? If I hadn't given you this choice, you know what your final outcome would be."

"You don't think that things would turn out like this if I hadn't shown up, do you?"

"The Empire has destroyed the star field of the Mechanical Race and has gained an advantage in the frontal battlefield against the Afterglow Army. Without me, what will the Empire do next?"

The Afterglows once again tried to refute: "Without you, the Empire would not have made such progress, and we would not have fallen to this point."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Chen Ming was too lazy to continue talking nonsense.

The reason why he had not completely controlled the afterglow here before was to make the power he revealed weaker so that too many people would not be concerned about him.

He is no longer afraid of being remembered by anyone, and is willing to come and deal with the matter personally because he has a certain respect for Yu Hui.

Because Yuhui is an intelligent mechanical life form, and it is a life form created by humans.

They do not have their own culture; they are part of the imperial civilization.

That's why Chen Ming is willing to treat Yu Hui as an equal life in many cases.

But if Yu Hui here still doesn't know how to appreciate it after he has given him face, then Chen Ming doesn't mind using some coercive measures.

"Think about it as soon as possible. Even if I am here, there are many people in the empire who have ideas about you."

"Don't think about it, we have no objection."

It seems that Yu Hui still has some brains.

Chen Ming nodded: "Very good, let's start from here."

He stretched out his hand and released some liquid metal from his palm, allowing the liquid metal to flow into the interior of the tall tower in front of him.

He also brought the replica of the Kletka simulator under his control.

Chen Ming read Kletka's database and completely controlled the afterglow of the entire star field in his hands.

It fulfilled an idea he once had, but it took a very long time to execute.

"Okay, we will abandon this star field when the time comes. Give the order to collect all the resources in the star field. We will only take away the resources and cores. I have prepared a new place for you."

"The entire star field?"

"The entire star region. Or do you insist on blocking the Empire's way out, waiting to be surrounded by the Empire in the future?"

"We will obey your orders."

"Ah."

Chen Ming responded, and then continued: "It shouldn't take much afterglow to sort out the resources in the star field, right? I need to keep the other afterglow that don't have any tasks on hand on standby, as I may need them at any time."

He needed them to do the next thing that would affect the entire empire.

Chen Ming thought Yu Hui would agree quickly, but they asked, "Can't you do this kind of thing yourself? There's no need for our consent."

"No."

Chen Ming couldn't hold back: "I gave you face and let you continue to manage the entire Yuhui Star Region and help me with my work, but you are still not happy."

"We just don't quite understand why you want to do this. You are fully capable of relying on psychic power to inform every individual of the news. You don't need us at all."

"It's just a personal habit. It's possible for me to do everything, but it would take up too much energy."

"You guys can do whatever you want. If you can't do it well, I can always replace you with another Yuhui to do it."

"Understood, we will do it well."

The entire star field has already been completely controlled by Chen Ming, and the only hope, the large force, is also preparing to evacuate. What else can they do?
Seven days later.

The time agreed upon by Chen Ming and the Minister of Psychic Power has arrived.

He called the Minister of Psychic Power and said, "It's ready."

The Minister of Psychic Energy also seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He picked up the phone almost the moment Chen Ming called and asked, "Is everyone confirmed?"

"confirmed."

"Let's get started. Pay attention to every corner of the empire. With 60 million people, there's hope that we can completely suppress this matter if we do a good job."

After all, the average population of each planet with colonies in the empire is between 50 and 100 million. 60 million people is really nothing in the entire empire.

Previously, the prosperous planet Yunluoxing was infected by Scarlet and hundreds of millions of people died.

It was forgotten by many people only half a year later.

With so many people, it really doesn’t matter.

"Why do I feel like I should be the one saying this?"

At the same moment, the Minister of Psychic Power also gave their prepared response.

Each of the 60 million people targeted by Chen Ming.

No matter where they are, in a colony or a space station, whether they are walking or flying a spacecraft.

As long as they were on the list, they were all sucked into the liquid metal that appeared out of nowhere beneath their feet at this moment.

Chen Ming's psychic power sent him to a designated location that he and the Minister of Psychic Power had discussed.

It was a habitable planet that had just been discovered outside the empire and had no signs of development yet.

Of course, not everything can go so smoothly.

Just at the moment when Chen Ming took action.

In an ordinary colony in a galaxy next to the capital galaxy of the Galo star field.

The bald man who used to work with Chen Ming now lives here.

Not long after the bald man had helped him to forewarn that some people were investigating his identity, and Chen Ming gave him a fairly substantial sum of money in return.

The bald man took the initiative to run away from the repair shop.

He bought a house, got married, and prepared to just lie there for the rest of his life.

But today, the bald man who was sunbathing in the yard suddenly heard screams coming from outside.

Having spent many years in the pirate space station, he immediately sensed the troops and climbed up the wall to look outside.

On the road outside the yard, several people were being sucked into the swirling metallic liquid.

Those people were the neighbors next door whom he had been seeing recently.

Just when the bald man just poked his head out of the wall.

The few people who were caught over there suddenly seemed to have found their target, and their screams became even more miserable.

They forcibly tore off their limbs to free themselves from the metal liquid, and ran towards the bald man swinging their broken limbs.

"Fuck!"

The bald man yelled, climbed down the wall and tried to go back to the house to find a gun.

Before he could even run two steps, he was knocked down by a heavy force, and a chill rose from the bald man's tailbone to the top of his head.

Before he could move, a large amount of metallic liquid suddenly overflowed from the terminal in his hand, which protected him and also sucked in the neighbor who flew into the yard, and disappeared from the ground in a blink of an eye.

If it weren't for the blood on the ground from the neighbor's torn limbs and the scratches on the bald man's body, he would even doubt whether he was dreaming.

The bald man stood there thinking for a long time, and suddenly felt scared.

But after thinking about it, he suddenly felt that the metal liquid seemed familiar.

So he looked through his address book, found a number and called.

at the same time.

The capital of Caimo Star Region.

The head of Cai Mo Xingyu, who was attending a meeting in a conference room in the government building, was sitting in the main seat in the conference room.

Just like that, we saw that about one-third of the participants had a large amount of liquid metal suddenly appearing out of nowhere under their feet and sucking them in.

He could hear curses and brutal roars coming from the liquid metal, and could see the government building's built-in anti-psychic devices warning that psychic fluctuations were being suppressed.

He didn't make any move, just quietly waiting for things to be over.

He didn't know what was happening, but he knew the source of the liquid metal.

Suddenly a message came to his terminal.

He glanced at the terminal, then at the flustered people in the conference room, and calmly drank a sip of tea: "Continue the meeting, and stop promoting the colorful nebulae in our star field as a tourist hotspot. Let's talk about how to deal with the missing positions first."

It’s still this point in time.

A meeting hall at the Fifth Army's headquarters.

The Fifth Legion is making a public report internally.

Their legion commander was frowning because the military budget had not increased much this year.

It is clear that the Fifth Legion suffered heavy losses in the Cai Mo incident more than half a year ago.

However, this year's military spending did not increase much, and even failed to make up for last year's losses.

Obviously there are some special reasons behind this.

The biggest reason is...

The commander of the Fifth Army looked at Li Sheng.

He was the man who commanded the Fifth Legion fleet during the Caimo incident.

He was also the one who ordered the early start of the orbital bombardment of Yunluo Star, causing An Wuping to almost die there.

Everyone with a certain status in the entire empire knows Chen Ming's abilities, and the same is true of the relationship between Chen Ming and An Wuping.

He was the only one who was responsible for the reduction of the Fifth Army's military resources.

The commander of the Fifth Army had no other choice, as what Li Sheng did seemed to be nothing wrong at the time.

The problem is that An Wuping was not dealt with completely.

He sighed inwardly.

Suddenly, I saw a surge of liquid metal under the feet of at least half of the people in the conference hall in front of me.

After wrapping up all those people, he disappeared into the conference room.

This sudden situation caused chaos in the conference hall.

The Fifth Legion also had many psychics, who immediately tracked the source of the psychic energy and tried to leave the conference hall.

The army commander's expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Why are you here to retaliate now?"

He was about to explode, but when he saw the chaotic scene, he immediately shouted, "Quiet!"

It took him a lot of effort to suppress the chaotic situation in the conference hall.

He was just about to say something when an urgent message came on his terminal and the terminals of some people on the battlefield.

The commander of the Fifth Legion remained silent for a long time after reading it, his face changing from gloomy to bright.

A similar situation is also happening here at the 14th Legion Research Institute.

The designer of the Supreme Point, Shao Yang, is also a psychic who came from the Psychic Society together with Chen Ming.

He saw several people in his research institute being dragged away by the liquid metal, leaving nothing behind.

He also saw a similar situation next door, and even psychics were dragged in. Their struggles to release their psychic energy were meaningless.

When he saw the liquid metal, he knew who did it, but he didn't know the specific circumstances.

He could only restrain his subordinates and ask them to hide in the laboratory and not go out.

Fortunately, he had Chen Ming’s contact information.

Soon, some additional information was obtained from Chen Ming.

He didn't say anything, but just further restrained his people and told them to do what they were supposed to do.

He Gu, who was doing academic exchanges at the Fanchao Research Institute far away in the core star field of the empire, saw a similar scene like anyone who had a slight relationship with Chen Ming.

When he saw the liquid metal, he felt it looked extremely familiar and immediately retreated to a corner of the laboratory.

They just watched helplessly as some people were restrained and taken away by the metal liquid.

A considerable number of people in the Fanchao Research Institute were still confused.

But after just one look at the terminal, they calmed down and began to comfort the remaining people.

He Gu looked around and saw that no one seemed to care about him, so he immediately took out his terminal and found Chen Ming's contact information.

And in the origin galaxy Gaia.

In Chen Ming's office.

He had just finished answering a bunch of questions from people who knew him when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

As Chen Ming finished speaking, the office door was pushed open.

The person who came in was a researcher under him. He was not familiar with him and had only met him once or twice at most.

Normally, if someone comes over, Chen Ming will definitely ask what's wrong first, but he doesn't come over at a time like this.

And he was carrying the spiritual energy fluctuations that Chen Ming was extremely familiar with.

Chen Ming's reaction was only: "Oh, you finally decided to come out?"

"Do you think you did a good job?"

The brainwashed psychic spoke to Chen Ming in a cold tone, walked to the side of Chen Ming's office, and turned on the TV on the wall.

As soon as the TV was turned on, it was broadcasting an urgent news.

The content of the news was that the Empire had confirmed the identity of the brainwashed psychic leader of Zuo Jing.

Of course, the identity of the face that Chen Ming had seen many times had been found out.

Although this is not necessarily the true identity of the brainwashed psychic, it is the most commonly used identity of the brainwashed psychic. Even the two scarlet-infected corpses that Chen Ming saw used for infection and invasion had such identities.

There is absolutely no problem in pulling this identity out publicly.

The brainwashed psychic continued to switch several channels.

After switching to several channels broadcasting this news, I finally switched to another channel broadcasting other news.

This news is reporting another thing.

"Incidents of 'cannibalism' caused by unknown metallic liquid have occurred in various parts of the Empire. It is suspected that psychics are responsible."

Chen Ming looked at him indifferently and said, "It seems that some places are still occupied by you, so?"

The brainwashed psychic looked back at Chen Ming and snapped his fingers.

The host's head, who was broadcasting live on the screen, exploded immediately, screams were heard continuously, and the live broadcast was urgently cut off.

He immediately switched to the next channel.

This time, the news was about a large number of people suddenly dying in the empire.

At the same time, at the same moment, in different places, the way of death was the same, all caused by the explosion of heads.

The current casualties count has reached hundreds of thousands, and the number is still rising rapidly.

“You did all this…”

(End of this chapter)