Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 438 War
Liang Fei subconsciously closed his eyes and raised his hands in front of himself.

Countless chains also appeared around him, piling up in the direction of the mothership as he faced it.

Perhaps this could block one or two attacks from the mothership, but the outcome... might not change.

Liang Fei sighed in his heart and cleared his mind of thoughts.

It was just a few seconds later, and he didn't feel his chains being broken, nor did he feel that he had suffered any substantial harm.

When he opened his eyes again, he found...

The collapsed shield of the flagship he was on actually restarted again, and even blocked the attack from the mechanical mothership without any damage.

The energy fluctuations from the explosion of the energy restraint bomb surged outside the shield, but failed to cause any damage to him or the flagship.

The special luster and fluctuations flashing on the shield made Liang Fei immediately think of something.

That is the shield linkage technology of the battleship.

The main shield of the battleship can be coordinated with the shields of the middle and lower-level ships at the same frequency, allowing the main shield to share the firepower pressure for the lower-level ships.

But the command room of the spaceship had just exploded, and the main control should have been destroyed. Even if their reinforcement battleship arrived, under normal circumstances it would be impossible to reactivate the shield of the spaceship that had lost its main control.

But the facts were obviously different from what Liang Fei had imagined.

The flagship he was on was the one that received the attack from the mothership. Even the mechanical mothership immediately distanced itself from the attack and returned to the cluster of the mechanical fleet that was rushing from the rear.

Relying on the firepower of the fleet, they launched an attack on the other side of the flagship.

Liang Fei looked at the direction of the mechanical fleet through the gap in the hull, and then looked at Li Wei beside him.

Li Wei's wounds recovered quickly. The fragments of spacecraft armor that had pierced into his body had been squeezed out by the gray-green biomass and were healing rapidly.

He reached out and used a chain to secure Liang Fei in place to prevent Li Wei from flying around after the spacecraft's artificial gravity system was shut down.

Then he released a new chain and hooked the edge of the gap in the flagship's hull structure, throwing himself directly out of the flagship and landing on the top of the flagship.

At this time, the mechanical race had completely ignored the cruiser he was on and focused all their attention on the other side.

Liang Fei turned his head and looked.

A large number of Imperial ships appeared in the direction of the Mechanical Clan's firepower coverage, that is, on the flanks of the Odan fleet and the Mechanical Clan fleet they ambushed.

There was even a Conqueror-class battlecruiser among them.

"Someone from Xinda Company?"

As far as Liang Fei could see, all the warships that jumped over were ships of the Xinda Company.

There is something odd about the structure of these ships.

Logically speaking, the command room should be covered with tight armor. The armor installed here is even thicker than some frontal armor.

Armor in the command room is necessary, but there is no need for so much of it.

Before Liang Fei had time to think about it, he heard the voice of a woman, probably the commander of this fleet.

"The surviving ships should immediately coordinate their shield frequencies and connect to the friendly command system."

"Survivors please enter the escape pod immediately and wait to be captured by the rescue ship."

Liang Fei was very surprised, but didn't care much.

He directly used the chain to hook the gap that had just come out, and prepared to go back and stuff Li Wei into the escape capsule.

It's better to live than to die here.

Liang Fei was just about to exert force when he suddenly noticed something strange nearby out of the corner of his eye.

Right at the bow of his flagship, in the flagship command room that was still emitting thick smoke, the thick smoke from the explosion was gradually dissipating.

It seems like something is moving there.

Due to the perspective problem, the structure of the hull blocked Liang Fei's direct line of sight, making it impossible for him to see clearly over there.

He hesitated for a moment, then jumped up on the spot and looked towards the front of the spacecraft, where the command room was.

There was no longer any mechanical structure there at this time, and everything was covered with a mass of gray-green biomass. Countless pieces of gray-green flesh were spreading along the ship structure to different locations of the spacecraft.

It allowed the already shaky ship to regain its balance.

Liang Fei looked in the direction of the new fleet again.

The ships over there were still firing these balls of gray-green biomass in the direction of the ships in their Odan fleet that had been completely destroyed.

Although Liang Fei didn't know what it was, the familiar color and texture of the creature made him feel at ease.

He pulled the chain on his arm and pulled himself into the spaceship.

Carrying Li Wei, whose wounds had basically healed, he ran towards the escape capsule.

at the same time.

In the Fourteenth Star Region, in the Neural Connection Project Laboratory.

Cheng Xinghai was lying on a facility similar to the simulated battle facility she used to use frequently.

On her head she wore a helmet connected to countless fine wires, linking her neural signals with the Zerg neurons on countless spacecraft.

The equipment was densely packed around, and hundreds of researchers were devoting all their attention to the equipment they were responsible for.

Xu Ping was standing next to Cheng Xinghai at this time, and could clearly see the situation encountered by the fleet controlled by Cheng Xinghai through a projection screen dozens of meters away.

This image was also projected in front of some people from the Empire and the Fourteenth Legion, allowing them to pay close attention to this important experimental test.

It can also provide Cheng Xinghai with some guidance on commanding the main fleet.

Xu Ping asked Cheng Xinghai softly, "How do you feel?"

"good, very good."

Cheng Xinghai had never experienced such a feeling of commanding a ship.

Neural connection technology allows commanders on the battlefield to observe the entire battle situation from a third-person perspective, rather than being limited to the perspective of a flagship.

And the need for command capabilities to command larger fleets can be further reduced.

She had no previous experience commanding a capital ship.

But now she can not only command the capital ships, but also every ship in the fleet as if it were her own arm, without any sense of lag in the orders being passed down layer by layer.

It's not just the feeling that Cheng Xinghai described, the data monitored by the equipment nearby also demonstrates the excellence of this technology.

Xu Ping also showed a satisfied smile on her face.

"continue."

"Ah."

On the battlefield near the Odan star field.

Under the control of Cheng Xinghai, the reinforcement fleet quickly eliminated the mechanical fleet that was blocking the retreat of the Odan fleet.

A large number of Zerg neurons were launched onto spacecraft and battleships whose control systems were damaged.

It doesn’t matter if the command room explodes, she will be in control.

It doesn't matter if the control panel explodes, the biological neurons will repair the spacecraft on their own.

She continued to expand her fleet, and each ship was being precisely dispatched.

There are living people, send them away in the escape pod.

The spaceships without any living people were used to cover the rear and to fight.

This battle is not just a rescue, it is also an important test.

The laboratory needs a batch of actual combat data, so it would not be a loss even if this fleet is delivered.

And the entire process of expanding and controlling the fleet did not put much pressure on her mental strength.

Cheng Xinghai's current psychic power level is only around level 4.

However, warships controlled by neural connection technology will also give the driver a certain bonus to Zerg neuron thinking ability.

Moreover, this is only to control the operation of the spacecraft, not to completely control the spacecraft like Chen Ming, so the mental burden will not be too heavy. This is also good news for neuron connection technology.

The outcome of the battle immediately began to tilt in her direction after Cheng Xinghai's fleet joined.

Although the Mechanical Clan was fighting with Cheng Xinghai, they were also very cautious and only dared to engage in long-range combat, with no intention of going any further.

The battlefield here has turned into the Empire's fleet chasing the Mechanical fleet.

But soon, things changed.

The Mechanical Clan reversed their recent decline and took the initiative to launch a counterattack against the Imperial Fleet.

Cheng Xinghai immediately heard the reminder from the legionnaires.

Reinforcements from the Mechanoids are likely to arrive soon.

Cheng Xinghai knew this very well without needing to be reminded.

But she did not change her mind about what she was doing, as obtaining combat data was also one of her goals.

Moreover, the fleet behind had already captured all the escape pods that still had life signals, and had begun to carry out jump evacuation in an organized manner.
The fleet in front no longer needs to look back, they just need to exert their due strength.

soon.

Two mechanical motherships led the fleet to arrive by leapfrogging.

They are all fleets coming from the neighboring star field.

Since Baiquan, who was guarding Galo, has been withdrawn, the excess resources will naturally be dispersed to the surrounding star fields.

The situation on the battlefield changed again.

The Empire's fleet, like the Mechanical fleet, fearlessly and resolutely carries out combat orders.

Until all the neuron-connected ships were destroyed, the screen in the laboratory went completely black.

The battle was finally over.

Ten minutes later.

The closed door of the Neuronal Connections Lab opens.

Xu Ping and Cheng Xinghai left the laboratory.

I happened to run into Xu Lin, the chairman of Xinda Company.

"Chairman Xu."

Both Cheng Xinghai and Xu Ping took the initiative to greet Xu Lin in a friendly manner.

Cheng Xinghai knew that Xu Lin had previously taken the initiative to act as a matchmaker, so he felt somewhat grateful to Xu Lin.

Of course, Xu Ping knew Xu Lin because Xinda Company funded this project.

Ever since the former chairman reconciled his relationship with Chen Ming through various operations and his own sacrifice, Xinda Company has been supporting everything related to Chen Ming.

The same goes for the neural connection technology in which Chen Ming is also involved.

To test this technology, Sindar provided a large number of mass-produced warships.

It is perfect when paired with this Zerg Neuron, which is also mass-produced.

He came here this time to personally confirm the results of this experiment.

“The actual test results came out very good.”

After learning about Xu Lin's purpose, Xu Ping immediately gave him a reassuring assurance: "This technology can be fully promoted."

"Both the Empire and the Fourteenth Legion are paying attention to this technology. Someone should come and ask about it soon."

after one day.

The capital of the empire.

The Minister of Psychic Powers was looking at a star map in his office and sighing.

As the second-in-command of the empire, he has been personally paying attention to every aspect of the war with the mechanical race.

He knew that many tactical arrangements in many places had been successful.

But in the empire's overall strategy, it can be said that there has been almost no change.

The tactical success did not make the empire's strategic plan easier to arrange.

As of today, the first outer ring has been completely occupied, and more than half of the second outer ring has been invaded by the mechanical race.

There were many star fields that were not originally the main attack direction of the Mechanical Clan, but because of the loss and retreat of nearby star fields, they welcomed more enemies and were forced to retreat together.

Coupled with the threat of the mechanical colossi, the empire had to spend a lot of resources on evacuating the people.

The losses in all aspects directly reduced the empire's manpower by one tenth in less than two months.

The empire could only continue to recruit soldiers, conscript troops from all over the country, and continuously transform industrial facilities and invest in military operations.

But no matter what, even if the empire's technical talents are working at full capacity.

There is also no way to make sufficient breakthroughs in the empire's technology in a short period of time.

The technology left behind by the Shining Civilization alone is not enough for the Empire's fleet to have the power to crush the Mechanical Fleet.

Not to mention, the Mechanical Race's fleet far outnumbers the Empire.

The borders of the empire on the star map are already turning red, and the few green areas have also turned red in recent days.

The empire is being surrounded by the mechanical race.

The only good news in the short term is that the mechanical race did not continue to attack fiercely.

Instead, they chose to take root on the border of the empire and build a mechanical colony.

In the short term, the military strength of the mechanical race will be delayed to a certain extent by these colonies, but once time passes and these colonies are able to produce, the subsequent attacks on the empire will be even more severe...

The figure of Chen Ming subconsciously flashed through the minister's mind, but the news of Chen Ming's loss of contact and the stabilized scarlet rift outside the empire forced him to turn his thoughts to other aspects.

Thinking about how to deal with the endless mechanical tribe.

He has to think, and if necessary he even has to go out and try to solve these problems himself.

The phone in the office suddenly rang.

It was his secretary who called him.

The minister immediately picked up the phone, and the secretary's voice rang out from the phone: "Minister, the results of the neuron project test are out."

The Psychic Minister thought for a moment and asked, "The one about Chen Ming?"

“Yes, the result is ideal.”

"This technology has been under research since the year before last. Cheng Xinghai was the main experimenter in the latest large-scale test, and sufficient data has been obtained. It can be fully applied in war."

When the minister heard the three words "Cheng Xinghai", he immediately thought of something. His eyes lit up for a moment, but then quickly dimmed.

"If I remember correctly, Cheng Xinghai is a level 4 psychic, right?"

"Yes."

"Can this technology be used in the military? Can it be widely used?"

"The person in charge said yes."

"There is a psychic researcher named He Gu who has researched how to apply this technology to the military field. It has also been tested, so that ordinary people can also control ships."

"Their theory is that the 'virtual brain' of the hive mind cluster will take over some of the ship's control capabilities."

"At the same time, the subconscious thinking of the human brain will share the pressure of the spacecraft's main control system. When using this technology to control the spacecraft, the number of crew members required can be reduced compared to directly arranging people on board the spacecraft."

"They said all the research data has been transferred to the Fanchao Research Institute."

"You should be able to receive a verification report from Fan Chao soon."

(End of this chapter)