Chapter 341 The Preparation of the Empire
Chen Ming watched as the Zerg fleet fought to the death until it was completely destroyed
Watching the mechanical race's cruisers and lower-level spaceships follow suit in the final struggle of the Zerg fleet.
Then he ended his observation there.
But what Chen Ming didn't see was that after he finished his observation, a small wave of new transition fluctuations appeared in the galaxy.
An unobservable creature arrived here through a leap, making a chirping sound that could not be heard either.
And those mechanical race motherships that were originally planning to scan the planet that had begun to disintegrate and the surrounding cosmic environment for any living Zerg individuals immediately jumped away as quickly as they were avoiding the plague god, and left here.
Chen Ming's consciousness returned to his original body.
After reviewing the battle just now, he suddenly felt a little sad.
He has never fought such a luxurious battle.
And in fact, after destroying the lower-level fleet of the Machine Race, the remaining tens of thousands of Zerg cruisers that have not been destroyed can try to retreat.
There was no chance of winning if they continued to forcefully engage in a bombardment with the three mechanical motherships, and they couldn't even cause damage.
It's not that Chen Ming doesn't want to save money, after all, it takes dozens of minutes to build tens of thousands of Zerg cruisers.
But in the situation just now, the Zerg fleet could only retreat through a jump, and the jump might lead to the discovery of the Zerg Hive Planet.
Jumping to other places can only delay death.
So these Zerg fighting until the end is their best outcome.
Anyway, more can be produced later.
Then this raid will be completely over when the last Zerg cruiser is destroyed.
Chen Ming did not immediately pay too much attention to the several mechanical motherships marked by the blood of the Zerg or some biological tissue, but instead paid attention to the facility he had just sent away.
It's just because the mechanical psychic biological transformation facility is completely placed in the building and integrated with the building.
So it didn't directly send the facility to the spacecraft next to his body just now.
He had to deal with the facilities a little first, free up the one-third of the original facilities, and then install the complete, brand-new facilities.
Of course, this does not require Chen Ming to take action. Chaofan, who has recently been involved in more and more extensive research, will help him get the job done.
While the facilities are still being installed.
Chen Ming was thinking about a new thing
That is, the dispatch of such a large-scale Zerg fleet is bound to be discovered by the empire and cannot be hidden at all.
There must have been a reconnaissance fleet on the front line that he didn't know was roaming nearby, and he could definitely see the appearance of the Zerg fleet.
Even if you really don't see such a large-scale jump trace, it is impossible to cover it up.
Through the traces of jumps and the wreckage left during the battle, it only takes a little research to discover the information contained in these wreckage.
As long as we have this information, we will find that there is definitely some causal relationship between the emergence of the Zerg and Chen Ming.
It's not necessarily that Chen Ming and the Zerg have a close connection, but they are definitely related.
So he had to think about the follow-up to this matter.
What should he do?
Although after the insect queen completed this evolution, Chen Ming felt that he really did not need to continue to hide his power too much.
The power of the Insect Queen is also part of his power, and he is now even more powerful secretly than he is on the surface.
But Chen Ming felt that was not good.
His psychic powers were enough to make the empire fearful, and now another zerg race has emerged.
Then someone really has to doubt who he is.
Therefore, Chen Ming's idea pointed the finger at An Wuping.
Prostheses are used to do this.
If he denies it then it will be over.
After all, in everyone's eyes, he himself is at the headquarters and will return to the front line with Bai Quan at any time. Why should he control the Zerg?
Believe it or not, it's up to them. Whether you believe it or not, he is there.
It's just that An Wuping is more suspicious.
Moreover, Chen Ming had already thought about An Wuping's identity and background before and revealed part of it to the empire.
It's enough to shift the conflict away.
As long as he does something more.
Chen Ming took out the terminal and called Bai Quan.
Bai Quan's voice rang out: "There are still five days before we go to the front line. I will tell you in advance."
"..."
Chen Ming responded: "I just asked yesterday, how could I ask again today."
"Oh, what happened?"
"I found something interesting here, and I feel I need to hold another urgent meeting."
"Open again?"
"It's okay not to open it, then I'll tell you directly."
"Then you say."
"Let's talk first. This matter is very important and involves the front line."
Chen Ming repeated what he had just thought about again in his mind and said: "There are three things in total."
"The first thing is that my fleet discovered a planet full of bugs."
Bai Quan immediately asked: "A planet full of bugs? What bugs are there on it?"
"The Thrawn Zerg."
Bai Quan was not surprised by this result. The universe is so big that there are planets full of bug-like creatures, but the only bugs that Chen Ming can miss are the Thorn Zerg.
Chen Ming also sent a photo.
This photo was taken from space when the insect queen had not yet completed its evolution and had not transformed a large number of insect nests into Zerg cruisers.
At this time, the insect nest planet was still complete, and the entire planet was covered in gray-green biomass.
When Bai Quan saw the photo at first glance, he didn't realize what was going on. He thought the planet itself was gray-green.
After zooming in to high precision, I discovered that the planet was covered with a layer of gray-green.
The gray-green substance that can cover the entire planet should be derivatives of the Thorn Zerg.
Bai Quan also realized the problem and confirmed: "So many?"
"Yes, insect nests are spread all over the planet. This planet can be said to be finished."
"Where are the coordinates?"
Chen Ming sent the coordinates again, and it was not that far away from the empire.
"This location... so close..."
Bai Quan didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was already in place on Chen Ming's side. He responded: "Do you believe me when I say I didn't notice it before?"
"I just believe it, but others won't believe it when they ask."
"Then let's wait until other people come to ask me. I feel like no one should dare to come and ask me face to face."
"Same."
Bai Quan did not delve into why Chen Ming had discovered this insect nest planet long ago but never mentioned it at any time, but he just mentioned it at this time.
He also did not explore when this planet was completely covered by the Zerg.
Anyway, Chen Ming will definitely tell him what needs to be said.
He is now more concerned about the remaining two things Chen Ming just said: "What about the second thing?"
Chen Ming replied: "The second thing is that the mechanical tribe is hunting me down. They seem to regard me as their main target recently. They have divided up a bunch of fleets and demolished the strongholds I left in many places to mine resources."
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"Oh, that's why you were so concerned about the battle situation on the front line before. You just wanted to see what the machine race was doing, right? But they didn't resist on the front line and turned around to look for you."
"Yes."
Chen Ming nodded: "The Machine Tribe would rather find me than the front line, but it gives me a headache. The loss of a bunch of strongholds on my side has cost me a lot of supplies, and I have to purchase them from the empire."
"Let me help you find the source of goods again, okay, no problem, what about one more thing?"
"This is interesting."
Chen Ming said: "In order to find those strongholds of mine, the machine race has formed a large fleet. The total number of expulsions and escorts is about hundreds of thousands, scattered over an area of more than a thousand light years."
"The Machine Tribe provoked the Zerg Tribe, right? What happens next?"
Bai Quan had already guessed what Chen Ming was going to say from the first two things Chen Ming said.
Ever since An Wuping joined the Audan Star Territory some time ago, news about the new changes in the Thorn Zerg and their possession of biological battleships has spread.
Of course Bai Quan also heard the news.
So he guessed that there should be a conflict between the machine race and the Zerg race.
Chen Ming didn't hide it and sent a few photos over.
"Then, of course, the insects came out in force and started fighting with the machines in that area."
"I observed that a huge battle broke out in this large area."
"The Thorn Zerg seem to have the means to track down the Machine Tribe. They have found almost all the Machine Tribe that are causing trouble, and they will kill the Machine Tribe regardless of losses."
"Look at the data I have here, the transition fluctuation is almost covering such a large area. The scene is really..."
Chen Ming paused and showed Bai Quan the information he sent and the digestion time.
Bai Quan said while watching: "I remember that in our research on the Machine Tribe, there seems to be a record of the Machine Tribe not being able to deal with the Thorn Zerg Tribe, and it is normal for them to fight."
What Chen Ming wants is for everyone to think like Bai Quan does now.
He then gave Bai Quan a few more photos, and continued: "Later, the Machine Tribe seemed to have led the Zerg to their border, and used their battleships to kill the Zerg fleet, but it seemed that a planet of the Machine Tribe was also destroyed."
The photos Chen Ming gave Bai Quan were all taken from a very far distance.
It can be seen that the three motherships of the mechanical race are orbiting a collapsed planet, and the inside and outside of the orbit are full of ruins and wreckage.
At a glance, there were countless shipwrecks, which was enough to show the scale and cruelty of this battle.
"This scale..." Bai Quan's mind quickly constructed a picture of the two sides' battle lines lining up before the battle broke out.
It was hard for him to imagine how he got hit to such an extent.
Chen Ming didn't give Bai Quan time to think about it for too long. He sent another photo to Bai Quan and said, "Look at this again."
This photo sent by Chen Ming also shows a gray-green planet, but its appearance is obviously different from the one just now. Not only is it much smaller in size, but it can also see obvious terrain undulations from space.
"This is what the hive planet looks like now."
"The missing parts have all turned into biological warships of the Zerg race. They are fighting to the death with the mechanical race."
"I estimate that there should be a fleet nearby on the front line, and they should be able to observe it. There may be information back in two days, but my efficiency is high here, so I will tell you first."
"I'm worried about what those bugs might do next, so I need to remind the front line."
"This information can be shared, no problem."
"Okay, I get it."
Bai Quan already understood what Chen Ming meant.
The Thorn Zerg Tribe has suffered losses of this magnitude, and the losses of the Machine Tribe will also be at least of this magnitude.
Since the mechanical clan has suffered such losses, the pressure on the front line will definitely be further reduced, and they can be more open to attack, causing losses to the mechanical clan.
The more losses the machine tribe suffered, the happier Chen Ming was who had suffered losses from the machine tribe.
Although Chen Ming may have other ideas, Bai Quan can guarantee that Chen Ming's ideas definitely contain what he thinks.
Bai Quan understood what Chen Ming meant.
I also sorted out the documents and sent them to the front line and sent them over.
However, he was not in a hurry to end the conversation, but instead talked about another topic.
"The Legion has recently begun to draw up military merits for you."
Chen Ming asked: "Military merit? What military merit? Did Qiu Bowen promise before?"
"No, he will find another opportunity for you later. What I am saying is that the legion is drawing up military honors for you."
"As for the two previous things, you obtained the detailed star map and defense map of the Mechanical Race Star Domain, and you discovered the two things related to the dimensional infection and the scarlet dimension."
"Oh."
Chen Ming knew.
"But I can understand the first one, but the second one..."
Bai Quan explained: "After all, it is a major discovery."
"As long as phase technology can be developed, it can suppress dimensional infection, speed up the processing of dimensional infection, and protect the entire empire."
"The legion can also benefit, and of course you have to be rewarded internally."
"Just like the first person who discovered phase space did not continue to study the phase technology project in depth, his contribution was there, and the organization he belonged to would definitely give him an internal reward. Legion Same this time.”
"The Legion may even use you as an example to promote it."
"There are rewards, but I may not be available for publicity."
Bai Quan continued to explain: "Just take a couple of photos and do an interview. It won't take long."
"That's okay. When will the contribution points arrive?"
"It's still early. It took more than a month last time, and it will definitely take longer this time. Moreover, the contribution points are just the basis. There will be other rewards. You might as well care about this."
"What else? What specifically?"
"The department responsible for this aspect is also having a headache now. I don't know what will be done to you in the end."
"There's a high probability that it's not about military rank, it's about material or other aspects."
"You are now a senior colonel. If you are higher up, we cannot really promote you to the general level. You have spent too little time in the legion."
Chen Ming has no objection. He doesn't value military rank, and he doesn't need military rank to prove anything now.
Anyway, at least now, not just any general can be on an equal footing with him.
"Then it's best to give me something useful."
"I will help you pay attention."
After Bai Quan finished saying what he wanted to say, Chen Ming was also in no hurry to hang up the phone.
He still had something to ask about the war between the mechanical tribes.
The war between the mechanical tribes started much earlier than he originally expected, which resulted in him not having completely completed all the military command courses.
It can only be said that we have a partial understanding of the specific circumstances, situation and final victory of the war, but it is not complete.
He needed to ask more precisely.
However, Baiquan said that the situation and situation will be known when we get to the front line. There is no point in knowing it now, because these are changing at any time.
As for how to win.
Bai Quan said in detail: "The ultimate goal of this war between the Machine Clan is to seize the Star Territory of the Machine Clan, obtain war dividends, and suppress various problems in the empire that have been stagnant for a long time due to the sequelae of dimensional infection."
"The purpose of the war from the beginning was to capture the Star Territory."
"To seize the Star Territory, we must eliminate the influence of the Mechanical Tribe in this Star Territory, destroy the core galaxy of the Mechanical Tribe in the Mechanical Tribe Star Territory, eliminate all arsenals, dismantle all motherships, and cut them off. communication network and drive them out completely.”
"The main thing is to find ways to occupy or destroy the core galaxies of the mechanical race."
"Core galaxies can be subdivided into different types."
"For example, there are many targets for the important logistics nodes of the mechanical race, galaxies with star gates, those large industrial planets, and military galaxies."
"Originally, we should have slowly investigated these galaxies when attacking the mechanical race, but with your information, we saved a lot of trouble."
"There are a total of one hundred and thirty-seven galaxies that can be counted as core galaxies, and a total of three hundred and two core planets."
"Currently, six core galaxies and seven core planets have been occupied, which are all achievements on the border during this period."
"If 70% of these core galaxies and planets are eliminated, the machine race will be completely finished."
Chen Ming asked: "Is there the most important galaxy?"
"Yes."
Bai Quan directly reported the coordinates of the three galaxies and said: "These three galaxies are the most important galaxies in the mechanical race."
"Two have the only giant shipyards of the mechanical clan in this star field, and one has the mechanical clan's psychic signal generator."
"Psychic Signal Generator? What is that?"
"Isn't this also an existence discovered from a project you proposed before."
Chen Ming asked with some confusion: "Did I propose it?"
"Yes, you were the first to say that the Machine Tribe is a hive mind network created using psychic means, and then proved that the Machine Tribe is indeed a hive mind network built with psychic energy."
"There are specialized researchers to study this project later, by cutting off the psychic signals of the Machine Tribe individuals at different locations, and then determining the location of the Machine Tribe's psychic signal generator based on the speed and delay difference of the signals."< br>
"Tear it down, and the machine race's hive mind network will most likely be directly disconnected."
"Such a thing actually exists."
"You didn't expect that, right? But looking at the defense map you posted before, the Machine Tribe has indeed set up heavy troops there. It can basically prove this. Even if the defense is changed, the defense there will only be more, not less. ”
"If there are other important galaxies..."
Bai Quan once again spoke out the coordinates of the seven galaxies fluently: "These seven galaxies are all galaxies with star gates. They divide the mechanical race's star field into seven star regions. I don't need to explain the value of killing the star gates. ”
"In total, these ten galaxies are considered the most important. Even if the others are not solved, directly solving these ten will basically solve the mechanical star field."
"As long as we can kill these ten galaxies, our capital ships can just run over them when the time comes. The rest will be garbage time."
"However, it is a pity that this cannot be done under normal circumstances. Haide will start from the border between us and the machine tribe and gradually reduce the combat effectiveness of the machine tribe. Only by attacking step by step can we demolish those important star systems."
"Got it."
Chen Ming carefully recorded all the coordinates and the key points for winning the war, and then asked: "Is there anything else that is important? Where are the new weapons of the Machinery Clan?"
Bai Quan said: "You don't have to worry too much about the Destroyer and other psychic weapons you mentioned last time. There will be ways to solve them."
"I am mainly worried about the empire's attitude towards psykers. Without psykers, it will be difficult to compete with the machine race."
"Everyone knows this, but I have said it before, the empire's attitude towards psykers is changing, and this time the situation will be different."
Bai Quan also knew that Chen Ming, as a psyker, could feel that the empire's previous attitude towards psykers was that of letting them go. As long as they didn't cause trouble, it could be said to be a basically indifferent attitude.
As a result, when faced with a battlefield situation that required the use of psykers, the empire needed psykers again. This contrast in attitudes before and after caused a headache for everyone.
Not to mention that from Chen Ming's perspective, it is not certain whether the empire will really value psykers.
So Bai Quan comforted him: "Don't worry, in this war, psychics will definitely play a prominent role, and they will definitely be treated as they deserve."
"So sure?"
"Yes, I was asked to have a special talk two days ago."
"It is certain that the Empire's attitude towards psykers is definitely very positive."
"In places you don't know, many psykers have been ported, and each psyker with a unique ability has been assigned a team tailored to the psyker's abilities."
"Let me start by saying that this sign is absolutely not mandatory."
"Then you have to know that not only the front line, but also the logistics and enemy lines have places where people need to do things."
"All psykers are individually assigned tasks that best suit them to perform."
Chen Ming asked in confusion: "All? Most suitable? How many resources will this cost?"
"This is the Empire's decision."
"All achievements will be recorded, and most of them will find ways to highlight the contributions of those psychics."
"Wait, highlight the contribution of psykers? Are you sure?"
"OK."
Bai Quan nodded and said: "Because the empire wants to bring psychics to the table."
"The Empire will announce the existence of psykers in this war."
(End of chapter)