Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 454: Attempts outside the battlefield

As the Grand Archon agreed to the Minister of Psionics' request.

A group of researchers from the Imperial Vanchao Research Institute signed a secret contract and headed to the Origin Galaxy with necessary equipment and curiosity about the unknown.

Although the answers to their curiosity are not necessarily happy ones, at least they will satisfy their curiosity.

After all, Chen Ming has not undergone standard psychic testing so far, and they will be the first batch.

Although it was only Chen Ming's body that needed to be tested, rather than the entire person, this was still a rare opportunity.

Besides.

There were also researchers from the Empire who were sent to the galaxy where Chen Ming had lost contact.

The originally stable space rift here was torn apart "personally" by Chen Ming, exposing a chaotic and distorted space.

Chen Ming seemed to have sent people here to conduct some investigations, but he did not set up a space station, so the Empire had a reasonable excuse to occupy this place for research.

Under the minister's promotion, the research results here will be shared through Fanchao's internal information exchange channels.

Assist Chen Ming's colony in conducting research on the mark on Chen Ming's hand.

The Empire was completely unreserved and did not even delve into the specific content of the research project.

The research progress on the mark is growing rapidly.

In just three days, the dispatched researcher Fan Chao had confirmed that the source of the power of the mark engraved on Chen Ming's hand lay inside the black hole dimension and had nothing to do with Chen Ming's own power.

At the same time, it was confirmed that the power of the mark is similar to the psychic power of the Plane Nightmare.

In addition, it was confirmed that the spiritual energy composition of the mark contained spiritual energy fluctuations that were similar to the spiritual energy structure inside the spiritual stone.

If a powerful psychic creature dies with strong emotions, special psychic fluctuations will remain.

These residual fluctuations are often preserved in various stone objects.

If there are no stone objects around, there is a high probability that this fluctuation will dissipate directly, and there is also a very small probability that it will be preserved in non-stone objects.

This is probably the first time it has happened to a human, but it is not impossible as long as the dead psychic creature is powerful enough.

With this information, we can basically infer it.

After entering the black hole dimension, Chen Ming killed a dimensional nightmare that was more powerful than the one that invaded the normal universe.

And there is a high probability that this nightmare of the plane is powerful enough to master the power of time.

Before dying, it used its last bit of strength to "curse" Chen Ming, leaving this mark.

God knows how Chen Ming managed to kill a creature that controls the power of time, but judging from the characteristics of the mark, this is the fact.

Then, perhaps because of the negative impact of the mark, Chen Ming temporarily abandoned this body.

Therefore, it happens that the physical body returns earlier than the conscious body.

No wonder Chen Ming was able to repel the Queen simply by relying on his body without consciousness but only with fighting instinct.

That's why.

As long as Chen Ming's consciousness can be restored, the war between humans and the survivors can be won.

As more and more information about Chen Ming was obtained, the attitudes of those researchers who were originally somewhat discouraged after learning about the research goals of their coming to Chen Ming's colony became more and more positive.

The one-sided communication with the chaotic space is becoming more and more frequent, and it seems that real results will be achieved soon, bringing Chen Ming's consciousness out of that chaotic dimension.

Internal affairs are thriving, and the external situation has also improved in recent times. Although the improvement is not too much, it is an improvement after all.

It's not only a war between the Empire and the Survivors and the Queen, but also a war between the Empire and the Machines.

In the edge star field of the empire, the Galo star field.

The army commanded by Bai Quan has now recaptured the Galo star field and is stationed in the star field that once served as a branch of the legion.

This means that the fleet controlled by Baiquan's army has broken through the borders of the empire and occupied the star field once occupied by the mechanical race. After all, only in this way can the safety of the soldiers entering the neural connection device in the Galo star field be guaranteed.

With his cooperation, the armies in the surrounding star fields also took steps to recover lost territory.

All the generals who can survive such a high-intensity war are constantly breaking through their limits, growing beyond their original limits, and mastering more powerful command techniques.

And because of the survivors' nano fleet, the Empire has also recently developed various technologies that are enough to significantly enhance the armed forces of the Imperial Army.

Many of these technologies will be tested in conflicts with nano fleets.

Those that are effective will continue to be developed in depth and put into service.

Those that have no effect will not be thrown away directly, but will be thrown into the mechanical battlefield for a second test after certain targeted modifications.

As the spearhead in the direction of the Galo star field, Baiquan can naturally obtain the most technical reinforcements.

The mechanical race in this direction has been completely driven out of the empire.

Especially after Chen Ming came back, the mechanical clan’s intelligence network seemed to have successfully investigated the news.

Not only did the offensive slow down, but they even voluntarily gave the Empire a buffer zone in many places.

The Omega Core seemed to be afraid.

Baiquan could understand it very well.

If he were a member of the Mechanical Clan, he would also be afraid, especially when the Mechanical Clan has a core that coordinates everything.

If there is a problem with the core, the entire mechanical race will be completely destroyed.

So far, the intensity of the war between the Empire and the Machines has begun to slow down.

All the generals and soldiers who had been at war finally had a chance to catch their breath.

Baiquan, who was originally emaciated, is gradually recovering his health. At least he is no longer as weak as before due to the long-term use of neural connection devices, which required the brain to be highly active for a long time.

And judging from the current situation.

The Galo star field will have a stable period of at least seventy-two hours, and there will be no foreign invasion.

Baiquan could finally leave the front line for a short period of time and rest for a few days.

He needs to adjust his condition and prepare for the upcoming war.

However, just when Baiquan had handed over his work and was preparing to return to his residence to have a good sleep for a few days.

A message from an unknown source suddenly appeared on his terminal.

There is no sender information, only a special record.

It records the entire process of the last conflict between Chen Ming's body and the Queen.

Including the videos of Chen Ming walking out of the shuttle with lifeless eyes, fighting with the Queen, and being almost torn into pieces under the Queen's attack.

And a paragraph explaining Chen Ming's current situation.

Bai Quan was also wondering why Chen Ming didn't come to see him after he came back, or at least call him to have a chat.

But after Huihuang contacted him specifically, he had no problem anymore.

But now...

Bai Quan immediately gave up the idea of ​​taking a rest and immediately checked with other people through his circle of contacts.

After more than ten minutes of investigation and questioning, he found that at least one-third of the prominent figures in the empire had received this inexplicable news from an unknown source.

Obviously, the Empire leaked extremely important high-level information.

And the “person” who announced this news could only be the Queen.

After all, the only two people in the entire universe who recorded Chen Ming’s complete combat posture at close range after his return were Tian Zhan and the Queen.

This news is obviously not favorable to Chen Ming, so Tian Zhan would not do it.

It's obvious who did it.

It seems that the Queen is really afraid, otherwise she would never use such means to try to disintegrate the empire from within.

The principle can be easily guessed. It relies on nanorobots hidden throughout the empire that are completely invisible to the naked eye and cannot even be detected by many devices.

And one hour after Chen Ming's information was disclosed.

Baiquan received another new message on his terminal.

This news was not related to Baiquan, but was news about another faction within the legion that had conflicts with Baiquan.

Moreover, all of them were pieces of information that could not be seen in the light of day. Bai Quan immediately understood what the survivors were going to do.

This is an attempt to forcibly create internal conflicts in the empire.

Many things are hidden in the dark and no one will delve into them deeply. In many cases, delving into them may not necessarily be good for oneself.

But if this kind of thing is brought to light, the problem will be a little bigger.

But only a little.

Looking around the empire, no one has a clean ass, and as long as nothing that really crosses the bottom line is revealed, all of this can be ignored.

If there is, the Grand Consul will definitely deal with that person without mercy at this moment. The saying that severe punishments should be used in troubled times is not at all inappropriate in the current situation of the empire.

And anyone with a brain knows what is most important at this moment

If there are still people who don't have a brain, then there will be many people who will help them grow one.

Of course, this is aimed at those things that are not acceptable.

However, the situation regarding the incident related to Chen Ming that has been made public is somewhat different.

After learning about Chen Ming’s news, many people knew how to deal with it and knew the best response plan.

But not everyone can restrain their inappropriate thoughts and use the best response plan.

Two hours after Chen Ming's information was disclosed.

A meeting was held simultaneously in Chen Ming's colony and the imperial capital.

After Chen Ming and the colony discussed and confirmed that it was the Queen's plan, they adjourned the meeting. Huihuang will change the way of cooperation with Fan Chao in the future. There is nothing else to say.

However, at the meeting of the empire's top leaders, the situation was obviously very different.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room was very tense.

"It is obvious that the attitude of the survivors towards the Empire has changed drastically. They no longer look down on us."

"Their civilization has already begun to start a war from within civilization itself."

The infiltration of nanomachines has actually always been within the Empire's expectations.

After all, it is really difficult to detect nanomachines across the empire.

Nanomachines can penetrate, so it is possible to kill the top leaders of the empire.
But unless all the high-ranking officials of the entire empire are killed together, the number of people will be filled quickly, and it will be basically meaningless.

Besides, who among the high-ranking officials of the empire doesn’t have psychic guards?
Although there are relatively few level 5 and 6 psykers in the Empire, there are plenty of level 3 psykers in the Empire, and there are also quite a few level 4 psykers.

It is still possible to guard against sneak attacks where there are not enough nanorobots to infiltrate the empire.

In the absence of a way to carry out large-scale assassinations of the empire's top leaders
The survivors chose to use this method to disgust the empire.

To be honest, it is indeed very surprising, but it makes sense when you think about it carefully.

At the same time, it also made everyone in the empire who could understand the Queen's purpose very worried.

Some people were already worried about problems before the meeting started.

After all, the facts are there. After Chen Ming came back, he did not communicate with the outside world at all, and his colony has been hiding something.

What came back was only Chen Ming's body. Without any self-awareness, he was just a pure tool.

As for Chen Ming, the only high-level fighter died in battle not long ago.
Is there anyone who... has special ideas?
Many people's eyes were wandering around the faces of people in the conference room, but no one would write their thoughts on their faces.

The meeting continued and discussion about Chen Ming's situation soon began.

However, this development did not last long, because during the meeting, the commander of the First Legion suddenly said: "Perhaps it is best to let Chen Ming remain in his current state. He can become the guardian of the empire."

The conference room fell silent instantly.

This is what many people are worried about, and it is probably also the scene that the Queen wants to see the most.

Moreover... although the First Legion is an independent legion of the Empire, the First Legion can be regarded together with the Second Legion as the legion closest to the Empire itself, that is, the legion closest to the Grand Archon.

The people of the First Legion came out to speak, does this mean...

The Minister of Psionics who participated in the holographic projection tapped the table and said, "Objection."

He didn't give any further reasons, but just expressed his attitude.

This situation made everyone present feel even more frightened. The top leader and the second-in-command of the empire had different ideas, and a conflict might even break out.

This situation made everyone feel worried uncontrollably.

The Grand Archon suddenly spoke up: "Xu Lei, you are quite old."

Several exclamations were heard uncontrollably in the conference room.

The expression of Xu Lei, commander of the First Legion, changed instantly, becoming somewhat unbelievable.

The Grand Archon emphasized once again: "Don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have."

Xu Lei opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he looked into the Grand Archon's eyes, he dared not continue.

He nodded and left the meeting room.

The Grand Archon expressed his attitude in the most direct, ruthless and even most power-damaging way.

This would hurt many people in the First Legion, and many people close to the Grand Archon, but he did it anyway.

The meeting continued.

The Empire insisted on the original plan with a resolute attitude. The research experiments on Chen Ming that were originally hidden were made public, and more people could be recruited to investigate the black hole dimension and imprint.

The survivors' attempt at a non-frontal attack was easily resolved.

It even helped Chen Ming's consciousness to return.

And here in Chen Ming's colony.

After participating in the research on imprints for a period of time, Tian Zhan had no plans to continue participating in the experiment.

On the fifth night after Chen Ming's body returned, he left home after putting his daughter to sleep.

Left the colony via the stargate in a shuttle.

Brilliant appeared like a shadow, and asked with the shuttle's communication equipment, "Are you going again?"

"Well, I'm almost recovered now. I have to give it a try. I can feel him there every time, so I have to go."

Huihuang warned: "It's not safe outside these days. The Queen has completely torn her face and lowered her status."

"I know that she has been using her psychic powers to enter the empire and carry out attacks everywhere in the past few days."

All I can say is that in the face of the survival of the race, the face of the strongest is not important at all. The face she loses will become the respect of the civilization she leads.

In short, the Queen shamelessly arrives at the Empire again and again to cause damage, affecting both ordinary galaxies and military galaxies.

And the Empire really has no effective countermeasures.

Chen Ming's body would not react to things happening too far away.

There was nothing the Empire could do to get Chen Ming's body to them before the Queen arrived, caused damage, and left.

Even if you have the president's psychic power, it won't work.

Once the president's spiritual power delivers Chen Ming's body, the Queen will simply abandon all goals and evacuate. She has a grasp of Chen Ming's condition.

There were even a few times when the Empire had only a few teams of level 6 psykers to block the Queen, but the Queen didn't want to fight them head-on.

Even if there is a high probability of winning, she will never do anything risky.

Some important galaxies in the empire are heavily protected, information is not leaked, and nanomachines cannot penetrate them, so the Queen will not cause trouble for these galaxies.

Although there is no loss at present, problems will arise sooner or later if this continues.

No one knows where the Queen's next target will be.

This is what Huihuang is worried about.

But Tian Zhan was not worried and asked, "Will you watch me?"

"Will do."

"Isn't that enough?"

(End of this chapter)