Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 138 Changes

Since Chen Ming asked this question directly in the communication channel. Huihuang also replied directly in the communication channel: "We plan to discuss it later. It will take some time. Please wait patiently." However, Huihuang still gave a more detailed reason through Chen Ming's psychic power in private: "Because the spiritual nerve extractor in the basement of the institute is something that the top leaders absolutely do not want to lose at present." "So our top leaders are considering whether to destroy the entire cloning institute including the equipment directly, or to find a way to rescue the equipment and then deal with the problem." "The topic we are currently discussing is more inclined to the latter." Yu Hui's approach made Chen Ming, a human, unable to help but say: "It's this time. You also know the reason why the empire banned cloning experiments before. As a result, you don't want to find a way to deal with it quickly, and you are still entangled in this?" And when Chen Ming said this, he always had a feeling in his heart. That is, Yu Hui's thoughts and situations may have happened before. Maybe in the past, when the cloning experiments in the human empire also had problems. Because of the existence of this thing, all the experimenters died, but because the value of the instruments and equipment was too high. So the relevant person in charge has been struggling whether to destroy these "psychic creatures" and the equipment together.

Eventually, the situation became uncontrollable.

Although this is just Chen Ming's guess, it seems so far.

If the problem that cloning will eventually cause is only as serious as the huge heart in front of him, then as long as it can be handled in time, it should not lead to the entire empire banning cloning experiments.

So, either the situation in the past is the same as he thought, and the situation is uncontrollable.

Or the cloning experiment has more terrible consequences.

But what the specific situation is, it depends on whether there are people who are familiar with history and have a certain status to verify it.

However, there is no movement from the boss for the time being, probably sleeping, and it seems that we have to wait for a while.

Chen Ming doesn't care now. What kind of attitude Yu Hui has has nothing to do with him. Anyway, if something goes wrong, it will not be him who suffers, but Yu Hui himself.

Huihuang actually has similar ideas to Chen Ming. It also knows that it must be handled quickly, but the top management is still struggling and obviously has their reasons.

So Huihuang explained to Chen Ming directly: "It may be because the only valuable thing we have now is the Qiling Nerve Extractor."

"We don't have a second extractor at the moment, and even if we do, it is impossible to send it to this star field again."

"If the only extractor is damaged in the process of handling this incident, it means that we have lost the opportunity to obtain your Qiling Nerve."

"We have been preparing for a very long time, and even fought two large-scale battles with battleships for you and the human fleet."

"Although we won both battles, the losses in the battles were real. With so many losses in front, we can't just give up this device casually."

This is the truth, and Chen Ming knows it, but he can't understand it at all.

"Don't tell other Yuhui what I'm going to say next. Just think of it as me just mentioning it casually."

"Got it."

Chen Ming exhaled and said to Huihuang: "Although I am in conflict with you Yuhui now, I still have to say that we should prioritize things."

"The reasons why the human empire has completely banned cloning experiments are already in front of you. Are you really not afraid of problems?"

"Now we are trying to delay time until the second Qiling Nerve Extractor is delivered, but it won't work?"

Huanghuang continued to say to Chen Ming in a standard Yuhui way of thinking: "It is unacceptable for us to just continue to delay time."

"If we lose the Qiling Nerve Extractor, we will only have two options."

"One is to kill you directly with violent means and completely cut off the idea of ​​Qiling Nerve."

"The other is to use equipment such as a freezing hibernation chamber to imprison you and continue to store or transport you directly to the main star field until we find the second Qiling Nerve Extractor."

"The previous method is not suitable for me. The loss is too heavy for us, and there are too many accidents that may occur during the execution of the following methods. "

"You and I are now in an open hostile relationship."

"And I am just the lubricant on the axle, so that the daily communication between you and us is not so stiff."

"And we all know that you can't give up the chance of survival and wait for death because of my existence. You didn't commit suicide because you must have more ideas."

"We both want to gain benefits from each other, but we can't directly conflict because the time has not come."

"Although what you have prepared before the last moment is not clear to our top management at present."

"But they know that if they continue to delay, some problems will definitely occur."

Huanghui finally said as if to summarize: "It is precisely because of your existence that our top management must not give up this Qiling Neural Extractor."

When Chen Ming was thinking before, he was thinking according to normal human thinking, and he did ignore the fact that he was also a problem for Yu Hui.

If Yu Hui wanted to take his influence into account, then their behavior would barely make sense.

If cloning technology is banned because of its very serious consequences for the entire empire.

Then Chen Ming also has a similar effect on the entire afterglow.

Therefore, the troubles caused by the cloning technology developed by Chen Ming and Yu Hui are actually the same in a sense.

At least the end result may be the same, with the Afterglows all doomed.

So in these two matters, Yu Hui prefers Chen Ming.

After all, humans have used cloning technology before, and they are still alive and well, which shows that there must be ways to deal with the consequences of cloning technology.

But Yuhui had never heard that humans had ever encountered a psychic who could completely control the human group.

So when it comes to which of the two things is more difficult to solve, Chen Ming, who has never had a similar precedent, is indeed more troublesome.

However, Huihuang suddenly added: "However, it cannot be completely ruled out that our senior management chose to deal with this psychic creature."

"If they really give up on the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, there is a high probability that they will attack you in advance."

Chen Ming recalled it and said, "I remember I had asked you before."

"Yes, I have been preparing in this way."

"That's alright. Before you take action, you will definitely be able to understand the situation faster than me and jump to the rescue. My life is now in your hands."

Huihuang did not directly say that Chen Ming could take over the Huihuang-class cruiser it controlled at any time.

It could hear Chen Ming's words and said it casually. It also knew that Chen Ming's life was always in his own hands.

After a moment of silence, Huihuang spoke again: "I just received the order."

"Our senior management has decided to keep the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device and will not take action against you for the time being."

"The senior management's opinion is that the acquisition of the second Qiling Nerve Extraction Device and the future are too unstable. We must focus on what we have now, not what we will have in the future."

Chen Ming was noncommittal and asked, "So what are you going to do?"

"We currently have two phases of planning."

"In the first stage, try to send robots to clean the flesh and blood tissue at the entrance and exit of the Cloning Research Institute, and enter the Cloning Research Institute through passages or additional roads."

"After reacquiring the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, use powerful weapons to cleanse the ground."

"If it fails, move to the second stage and send a cruise-class mining ship into the planet to destroy the surface."

"Clean up all the soil and rock layers above the underground cloning research institute to facilitate follow-up weapons to clean up the cloning research institute."

"Doing so would risk destroying the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device, so it will only be executed if the first phase of the plan fails."

This plan sounds fine.

"What about your mission?"

"Due to the interference of psychic fluctuations in the research institute, any robot or spacecraft must be controlled by our individuals personally."

"But you are still here, you are a threat to all Afterglow individuals, and forcing you to leave now is not the right thing to do."

"So the task given to me by the senior management is to let you know the danger below through communication and let you get out of here."

"OK."

Hui Hui's words made Chen Ming think about it seriously.

Although he really wants to find out what happened in the cloning laboratory.

But if he continues to stay here and interfere with Yu Hui's work, it will definitely cause conflict between him and Yu Hui.

It would not be a good thing if he broke up with Yu Hui early because of himself.

Even if Chen Ming can change the time of departure at any time and let Huihuang pick him up, Bai Quan's preparations are not so easy to change.

Baiquan would need to mobilize tens of thousands of people and at least two capital ships.

It is impossible to change the time just by changing the time.

There must be at least two or three days of buffering, and it is definitely too late now.

Besides, this is something Chen Ming and Bai Quan agreed upon in advance.

And if Bai Quan finally achieves victory, the benefits he will get will be much more than what he will eventually pay to Chen Ming, which is equivalent to Bai Quan owing him a favor.

This was something they had tacitly understood when they talked before.

Even if it is to clarify yourself, you cannot change it casually.

Therefore, it is indeed a good choice for Chen Ming to leave without worrying about the follow-up matters.

It is also the safest option that will least affect subsequent plans.

But before Chen Ming could say anything in agreement, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a faint influence of psychic energy fluctuations around him.

The source of this spiritual energy fluctuation was deep underground, and it was still approaching him.

It seems that the things that were originally staying inside the Cloning Research Institute have come inside along the passage.

The surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations became violent again, and communication with Yuhui was cut off again.

Can you think of the following?

This idea came to Chen Ming's mind.

But then he discovered that it wasn't what he thought.

What follows is not imagined, but attracts him.

At this time, Huihuang once again contacted Chen Ming through spiritual energy and said, "Mr. Chen Ming, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. It's just that something underground in the institute came to the exit of the passage. Its own psychic energy affected the outside, so the communication was cut off."

"Then you now..."

"It's not a big problem."

Not only is the problem not big, Chen Ming even feels a "close" emotion now.

The huge deformed heart below gave Chen Ming the closeness like a blood-connected relative, giving him a full sense of security.

I want Chen Ming to jump down and fall into its arms.

but……

Chen Ming is an orphan, and this feeling makes him extremely awkward.

And the sense of danger that accompanies the feeling of closeness in his mind is always reminding him that the person in his heart is not something easy to get along with.

Chen Ming was not fooled at all, and turned to Huihuang and asked: "Now that the situation has changed, are your bosses planning to make any changes now?"

"No, we still have to deal with the flesh and blood on the surface first."

"That's okay."

Chen Ming responded and was still ready to leave.

But just when he was about to do so, he suddenly felt a trance in his mind.

Something was throbbing.

It's not Chen Ming himself, but what's in his mind.

Chen Ming panicked for a moment. Was there something in his mind that he didn't notice?

wrong.

Chen Ming suddenly remembered.

Before, when his Iron Ore helped Chen Ming block the ruler's fatal three cannons and was destroyed, psychic fluctuations appeared around the research institute.

Chen Ming immediately used his spiritual energy waves to sense himself.

Immediately afterwards, he discovered that besides his own consciousness, there was also a faint and fuzzy shadow in his mind.

The shadow seemed to stay in his mind voluntarily, and at the same time it was slowly nourished by the spiritual energy fluctuations in Chen Ming's subconscious.

So much so that Chen Ming never noticed it.

Until now it suddenly started to move.

It wants to get out, it wants to touch that mass of flesh and blood.

Chen Ming felt a real feeling from this phantom, as if he saw a being who could trust him with his life.

This is what his spirit tells him, not the "closeness" imposed by the outside world.

Chen Ming directly tried to use spiritual energy waves to contact this phantom, trying to contact its origin.

It is not the dirty flesh and blood tissue derived from Chen Ming's genes.

It is a psychic creature derived from Chen Ming's psychic energy.

It is symbiotic with Chen Ming.

It is...Ship Spirit.

Such a term suddenly appeared in Chen Ming's mind.

He had never heard the word, but he just assumed that the thing in his head must be this ship spirit.

When it comes to psychic matters, Chen Ming has always believed in his own instinct rather than his own brain.

So, he is doing the same now.

Chen Ming opened the Buffalo-class hatch and looked at the huge heart below.

The allure of "getting close" became more and more obvious with Chen Ming's actions, and the sense of danger also grew.

However, the level of danger was actually not as high as when the spiritual nerve penetrated his brain before.

Chen Ming was almost unprepared for the previous time, and he almost felt the danger caused by it.

The current situation is completely different from before, and Chen Ming is well prepared.

In his head, the boat spirit seemed to be in a jumping mood.

Chen Ming's body instantly condensed into a complete set of power armor, equipped with a jetpack and a hydraulic buffer system.

However, Chen Ming did not jump directly, but first modified a grenade launcher for the buffalo.

Loaded with the grenade Chen Ming just made.

The internal filling is the special explosives he learned from Zuo Jing, as well as some concentrated spacecraft fuel that is only used by fuel transport ships when transporting fuel in large quantities.

Chen Ming didn't know how effective it would be, but he should know it right away.

He aimed the grenade launcher at the giant, beating, misshapen heart below and pulled the trigger.

Since his continued stay here would interfere with Yu Hui's work, Chen Ming simply helped Yu Hui get the job done.

A grenade the size of a human head instantly penetrated into the deformed heart.

After a brief silence.

Bright firelight gushes out from the gaps in the heart muscle tissue.

The entire heart was shattered by the impact of the explosion, and the broken pieces of flesh flew out in all directions.

On top of the remaining flesh and blood tissue, raging fire burned in the vacuum.

The spacecraft fuel itself has a considerable degree of flammability, and the fuel material ratio contains combustion accelerants. The effect of highly concentrated fuel that is easy to store and transport is even more exaggerated.

Almost instantly, the area covered by the grenade blast was reduced to blackened ashes.

There were only a few pieces of meat that were barely cooked.

To be on the safe side, Chen Ming fired another grenade.

This time there was no resistance as the flames surged out and completely cleared away the remaining parts of the heart.

The impact of the second explosion also completely blew away the ashes of the burned flesh and blood tissue.

The passage underneath was still covered by flesh and blood with fresh vitality.

And at the moment when the fire of the second grenade exploded dissipated, Chen Ming saw a black shadow wrapped with psychic energy waves running back into the passage.

That thing should be the source of the violent spiritual energy fluctuations around it.

A large flamethrower appeared out of thin air in Chen Ming's hand, which he could hold after putting on the heavy power armor.

The fuel storage tank of this thing is also installed with spacecraft fuel, which is definitely the best helper for dealing with the remaining flesh and blood tissue in the channel.

Chen Ming pulled the switch of the flamethrower, and after confirming that the injector could easily spray out fire snakes more than ten meters away.

He adjusted his posture in the power armor.

Then, he took a step out.

Amid the terrified screams of Xiaoshi who was holding his neck and the joy of the ship spirit in his mind.

Chen Ming jumped off the spaceship.

At this moment, the Yuhui executives who were monitoring this scene through the satellite in the orbit of the star fell into silence.

"What is Chen Ming going to do?"

"He wants to enter the institute."

"Didn't Huihuang stop him?"

"It didn't have time to contact Chen Ming, and the interference signal appeared around Chen Ming again, confirming that the 'psychic deformed myocardial tissue' has moved from the cloning institute to the exit of the institute."

"What is Chen Ming for?"

"Unknown. There are several possibilities, the spirit stone, the spirit nerve extractor or the psychic creature."

"We don't have the ability to stop Chen Ming for the time being, don't worry about him, he won't actively seek death."

"And since the psychic creature has changed its position, the communication signal of the institute should have been restored."

"Indeed, I'm trying to connect... The connection is successful."

"The overall framework of the cloning institute remains intact OK, but the main circuit systems and security equipment have been destroyed. "" The remaining electricity is available in only thirty minutes. " The rooms are the same as the other rooms of the institute, all of which are covered by distorted myocardial tissues. "" And the oldest stone of Chen Ming's previous obtained "" I suspect that all of the spiritual creatures are interested in us? " When interference, Lingneng creatures returned to the institute from the passage. With the heavy flamethrower leading the way, everything went very smoothly.

And every time Chen Ming took a step, a large amount of ordinary metal liquid would flow out from his feet, covering the passage behind him, solidifying, and forming a steel passage.

In case the passage collapses or is blocked by something again.

It is a retreat that Chen Ming left just in case.

The psychic flesh and blood organization seemed to sense that Chen Ming was not here for good, and took the initiative to retreat.

It was seen that it had retreated to the side of the passage close to the cloning institute.

At this time, the boss seemed to finally wake up, and asked Chen Ming in surprise through the terminal: "Xiao Ming, what's the matter with the photo you sent?"

"Yu Hui was doing a cloning experiment, and I don't know how he made this thing. There are strong psychic fluctuations around it that interfere with the normal operation of communication equipment."

"I remember your thing. Something similar appeared during the cloning ban period."

"But I was dormant during that period, and I don't know much about the details. You have to wait for me to check it out."

"In short, don't contact that thing first, it may be dangerous. Yu Hui has ideas about you and should not let you get close."

Chen Ming looked at the half-passage covered with flesh and blood in front of him and said nothing.

The boss immediately discovered the problem and asked, "You haven't already contacted it, have you? Also, whose genes did Yu Hui use for cloning?"

"My genes... If I can get rid of this thing, is it okay?"

The boss looked a little anxious, frowned and said, "Let me think about it... I shouldn't interfere with your own affairs, but cloning is a big problem, what should I do..."

Chen Ming also thought about it at this time and said, "In fact, I didn't have the idea of ​​contacting it at the beginning."

The boss knew that Chen Ming had another but, so he didn't respond.

"But, there is something in my mind... It should be called a boat spirit, and it really wants to contact this thing."

"Boat spirit?!"