Chapter 346 Ablation
When Chen Ming heard the voice of the phase beast, his scalp suddenly felt numb.
Because the last time he encountered the phase beast was just a few hours ago, when the scarlet dimension and phase space clashed in his consciousness space.
Not only did it cause him to enjoy some mental torture, it also caused his mental strength to be almost exhausted, and he has not fully recovered until now.
Chen Ming thought that the phase monster would be out of reach after running around for a short time, but it turned out that it had only been a few hours...
So what happened this time?
What is the phase beast doing this time?
Although the phase beast itself may not be malicious, the power of the phase space it represents and the influence that may cause problems in the scarlet dimension made Chen Ming not act rashly, but continued to observe gently with the help of the corpses of the Zerg units.
After arriving at the area where Chen Ming's Imperial Guard Zerg first arrived, the phase beast made a sound again, as if calling Chen Ming.
Just like last time.
The last exchange was quite friendly.
It should be possible this time...well...
Chen Ming's eyes were looking at the area where the battle was almost over.
It can only be said that the Zerg fleet in space has withdrawn to other places, and the remaining Zerg troops on the ground are about to be wiped out by the machines.
This planet has no subsequent investment in combat resources.
After all, the interior of this planet, which was the first to break through the defense line of orbital defense facilities, has been injected with insect eggs by the Zerg, and the insect nest has begun to develop. It doesn't matter what the surface is like now.
So now, when the mechanical tribe is about to surround and exterminate the remaining Zerg tribe, Chen Ming is really not in a good position to throw a robot over to contact the phase beast.
After waiting for a while without receiving a response from Chen Ming, the phase beast that was flying over the mechanical colony suddenly launched an attack on the mechanical clan's buildings with unknown thoughts.
The mechanical tribe subconsciously counterattacked Kongku, but none of them could hit the phase beast in the phase space.
It can only be said that it is too outrageous that existence in phase space has unilateral suppression of the normal universe.
Watching the phase beast rolling on the ground, or looking at the damage and various traces of destruction caused by the phase beast that cannot be observed by normal means.
Chen Ming suddenly felt that something was wrong. There seemed to be something wrong with the traces left by these phase monsters when they destroyed the mechanical clan's buildings.
Chen Ming saw it this way and felt this way, but if he really wanted to say it, he couldn't tell what was wrong.
He continued to observe the traces left by the phase beasts for a while with doubts, but still could not find the place that made him feel something was wrong.
And just as he was thinking, a new question came to his mind.
How did the phase beast follow here?
Chen Ming recalled the time when he encountered the phase beast before.
The first time, the phase beast came after chasing the fleet of the mechanical clan, and the second time, it also came after the mechanical clan.
But this time it seemed that the reason was not the same as before, but that he came after Chen Ming.
Because the phase beast did not attack the mechanical tribe immediately, but tried to call him immediately.
Chen Ming thought about it again.
The first time was not counted because he had not entered the scarlet dimension at that time, and the second time when he had just encountered the phase beast, the phase beast was silently destroying the mechanical race, very quietly.
It wasn't until it discovered Chen Ming's existence that it made a sound that sounded like it came from the deep sea.
It was only then that Chen Ming heard its voice and started communicating with it.
Therefore, the phase beast should be directed at him this time, and he should try to respond.
Chen Minggang wanted to try throwing a robot over. Even if it was directly destroyed by the machine clan, it would not be a big problem. Or he could think of a way to send a robot over from the phase space, but it would be a little more troublesome.
Just when Chen Ming decided to use the things he left in the phase space to send the robot to the phase space and then to the phase beast.
The phase beast that was still ravaging the territory of the Machine Tribe just now suddenly rose into the air, and a jump wave appeared near its body.
The next moment, the phase beast disappeared.
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"What's going on?"
Chen Ming thought for a moment that he had been observing for too long, and the phase beast became impatient and left first.
It turned out that the situation did not seem to be what he thought. Near the position where the phase beast jumped away, a wave of jump suddenly appeared again, but no physical object appeared.
This is not the return of the phase beast, but a fleet of cruise-level phase ships from a new place.
This isn't right.
Chen Ming remembered that the level of phase technology mastered by the mechanical tribe had not reached this level before.
The mechanical race definitely does not have enough phase ships that can be used, let alone cruiser-level phase production capacity.
It can't be that they were developed in such a short period of time, right?
This...
No, there seems to be a special situation.
Chen Ming suddenly thought of a possibility.
That is, if the mechanical tribe simply wants to target the phase behemoths, they can choose to insert ordinary cruisers into the phase space and let the ordinary cruisers attack the phase behemoths directly in the phase space. They do not have to use phase weapons to attack the phase behemoths.
The nature of phase weapons is that they are weapons that can attack phase space in the normal universe.
But since the spacecraft in the phase space are already in the phase space, the ordinary weapons used already have the properties of the phase space.
When attacking beings in the same space, no special abilities are required.
All that is required is to send an ordinary cruiser into phase space.
The only problem with this is radiation.
There is no way for a spaceship in phase space to dissipate radiation energy.
But as long as the spacecraft is sent out of the phase space before the radiation energy of the spacecraft is overloaded, the problem will also be solved. It is completely possible to use an ordinary ship as a temporary phase ship.
This is also the case with several ship research institutes in the empire that have phase ship research projects. After the Fanchao Research Institute has developed equipment that is enough to send all space stations into phase space, currently phase ships cannot be directly put into actual combat. One of the temporary solutions proposed to the problem.
Between the difficulty of building a perfect phase ship and the difficulty of building a facility that can send physical objects into phase space, the latter is obviously simpler.
The empire is currently not used much simply because there is no environment for its use.
It shouldn't be a problem for the machine race to come up with something similar, as they just happen to have a suitable environment.
Chen Ming speculated that it should be like this. Just take a look at the specifics to know.
He invoked his psychic energy and sent the robot to the phase space in the area where the phase beast had just been active.
Just in time, he saw the mechanical cruisers that had completed their jump.
Just a little observation of Chen Ming can confirm it.
The fact was just as he guessed.
The mechanical cruisers are ordinary battleships, but they have undergone quite obvious modifications.
Some transformations that greatly enhanced the radiation capacity while almost paralyzing the radiation dissipation system.
It is specially used to participate in battle situations where it is impossible to manufacture qualified phase ships.
That's indeed the idea.
Therefore, the phase beast must have sensed these temporary phase ships and chose to leave.
If the machine race chooses to pursue them hard, they will definitely be the unlucky ones.
But for me, it is enough to drive away the phase beast.
Now they not only have to solve the problem of the phase beast, but also the problem of being attacked by Chen Ming's fleet.
They have no time to hunt down the phase beast.
Not only was the Nebula area where they produced important supplies attacked by a sudden large-scale Zerg fleet, but the border on the other side was also attacked.
However, the attack near the Nebula area was still attacked at the border, and reinforcements had already rushed over.
Many of the mechanical tribe's support fleets were deceived by Chen Ming. The Zerg tribe couldn't handle the troubles, so they had no time to track down the phase beasts.
I don’t know why, so far, the Machine Tribe has no sign of dispatching its battleships, and they are just using the galaxy’s original defense force to compete.
There is no room for Chen Ming's ideas to be implemented for the time being.
But it's okay, it doesn't matter whether the machine clan's mothership comes or not, it won't be a loss for him.
He continued to plan to observe this battlefield from the broad perspective given by spiritual energy.
Anyway, the phase beast jumped for a purpose.
If Chen Ming guessed correctly, the purpose of the phase beast's leap should be to the galaxy where he used his spiritual energy to send the second batch of guard Zerg.
The situation here is similar to the situation near the location where the Imperial Guard Zerg first arrived.
Zerg units die faster.
There are no living Zerg here at this time, but Chen Ming can still use the Zerg corpses to hear the call of the phase beast coming from the sky above the planet.
And Chen Ming also heard the voice that was clearer this time when he heard that the phase beast was calling him with a hint of... pain?
Is the phase beast injured?
Just now?
Chen Ming seemed to realize the key.
He just felt that there was something wrong with the phase monster's attack. There was something wrong with the way the phase monster destroyed the mechanical colony during the attack and the shape of the mark it left on the ground.
Phase beasts are manta ray-like creatures with two huge "wings" on either side of their bodies.
After the phase beast appeared this time, it seemed that it had only used its right "wing" to attack the mechanical race.
Judging from the few complete traces left behind, there seems to be an obvious gap on the left wing of the phase beast.
Chen Ming also immediately transferred the cruiser that observed the mechanical race sent to the phase space, and the robot that was not discovered by the mechanical race, and sent it to the destination of the phase behemoth's jump.
The moment his robot appeared at its destination.
The phase beast sensed Chen Ming's existence, and there was a hint of joy in its calling voice.
But Chen Ming had no joy at all, because in addition to seeing the phase beast, he also saw a huge gap that was bitten by something on the wings of the phase beast. The wound had scabbed over, but the painful... The traces won't disappear that quickly.
Such traces correspond exactly to the traces that Chen Ming just reacted to and the problem of the phase beast's movements.
And if you look carefully, you will find that the scars on the wings of the phase beast have bite marks that are exactly the same as the mouthparts of the phase beast.
This giant phase beast that Chen Ming had met many times had such scars when it was bitten by its own kind or a bigger kind.
It was attacked by its own kind.
But this is not Chen Ming's focus now.
Because besides seeing the horrific scars on the phase beast, he saw it. In the mouth of the giant phase beast, I saw it holding a large piece of crimson twisted flesh and blood tissue.
The moment he saw it, Chen Ming knew that this piece of flesh and blood must be related to the scarlet dimension, and that this was not a piece of flesh formed by a creature infected by the scarlet dimension, but...
Chen Ming found it hard to believe what he perceived.
The piece of flesh and blood in the mouth of the phase beast seems to be the power wrested directly from the scarlet dimension by some means. After entering the phase space and without the support of the existence inside the scarlet dimension, this huge piece of flesh and blood was naturally formed. appearance.
This is not flesh and blood, this is condensed knowledge.
The phase beast landed in front of Chen Ming's robot, spat out a large lump of flesh and blood on the ground, and pushed it in the direction of Chen Ming's robot.
Then he bit down on the lump of flesh and blood again, tore off a piece and swallowed it directly.
It used the most primitive means to do things that Chen Ming could not easily do now, and Chen Ming was stunned for a moment.
Now he knew why the phase beast kept chasing him.
I'm afraid I'm not looking at the red crack in his brain.
He wants to seize the power of the scarlet dimension through the scarlet rift.
So what does it mean now?
Hasn't it already obtained the power of the scarlet dimension? What is this doing? Share it with him?
Chen Ming tried to make the robot behave the same as last time, and added doubtful emotions to the sounds it made, trying to ask what the phase beast meant.
But the phase beast just kept making urging sounds and further pushed the remaining pieces of meat in the direction of Chen Ming's robot.
The language used by the phase beasts is obviously not advanced enough to communicate like humans.
It is obviously impossible to figure out the purpose of the phase beast and what happened through communication with the phase beast.
Then it can only be judged through logic.
First of all, judging from the current behavior of the phase beasts, they are creatures that feed on the power of the scarlet dimension.
The injuries on the giant beast in front of Chen Ming were obviously bitten by its own kind.
That means that it is very likely that the phase beast stole the scarlet meat pieces from its kind and then shared them with him.
Hiss——
Wait, there's something wrong with this, isn't it?
Most cases of sharing food in the animal kingdom should be among the same kind, right?
Although it is difficult to say whether the phase beast is an animal in the animal kingdom, Chen Ming feels that it can be regarded as such.
Did the phase beast treat him as the same kind?
Chen Ming thought about the scales left by the phase beast last time and the traces left by the phase space in his conscious space. It seemed that it was not impossible.
So what does it mean that the phase beast snatches the food of other people of its kind and gives it to his "kind"?
Chen Ming could feel that the phase beast's sharing at this time had some purpose, as if it wanted him to seize more power from the scarlet dimension.
But if the scarlet meat chunks in the air of the phase beast were snatched from other phase beasts, it means that other phase beasts can take the initiative to contact the scarlet dimension, so there is no need to find him.
Unless the phase beast is a very ferocious creature, according to Chen Ming's observation, the phase beast seems to be deeply hostile only to the mechanical race.
Not to mention that the phase beast would share it with him.
This doesn’t make sense.
And if the phase beast feeds on the power of the scarlet dimension, then the phase beast in front of it does not seem to have the ability to tear the rift leading to the scarlet dimension from the phase space to obtain food.
This adds another point that doesn't make sense.
The more he thought about Chen Ming, the more confused his brain became, even though his brain was useless.
If it doesn't work, why not follow the phase beast's idea first?
At least he would not be wrong about what the phase beast meant now, which was that the phase beast wanted to share its scarlet flesh and blood with him.
So Chen Ming's main consciousness descended on the robot, and after a slight adjustment of his currently restored mental strength.
The robot controlled by Chen Ming reached out and pressed it on the piece of scarlet flesh in front of him. The scarlet rift in Chen Ming's consciousness space opened slightly, helping Chen Ming absorb the material of this scarlet dimension.
A whole piece of flesh and blood disappeared in front of Chen Ming's eyes in an instant.
And Chen Ming once again felt the improvement in his abilities.
It just seems a little unclear.
This piece of flesh and blood looks quite big, and can be held in the mouth of a huge creature with a body length of one thousand meters. It is estimated that it is at least dozens of meters in length, width and thickness.
But Chen Ming just touched it, and a whole piece of flesh and blood disappeared.
Even part of the phase beast has not been torn off, and the flesh and blood that has not been completely swallowed have been transformed by Chen Ming's spiritual energy into Chen Ming's power.
The giant phase beast that bit into the air immediately straightened up its front half, shook its head, stared at Chen Ming's robot from left to right for a long time, and made a confused sound.
Chen Ming felt that the phase beast was not wondering why the meat in its mouth was gone, but was wondering about something closely related to him.
"So what are you wondering about?"
Of course, the phase beast couldn't respond to Chen Ming's question.
It just flew up gently like last time, circled Chen Ming a few times, and then flew high into the sky again like last time, jumped, and disappeared in front of Chen Ming.
"..."
Chen Ming looked at the position where the phase beast finally disappeared and felt a little anxious subconsciously.
Because he knew that this giant phase beast must be going to snatch the scarlet meat from its kind again.
The last time I robbed it, a huge piece of meat was torn off from its left wing by the same kind. If I try to do it this time, I'm afraid it will still be injured.
Moreover, it was hurt because of him.
If the injury is too serious...
What is the purpose of the phase beast?
Why does it do this?
Chen Ming felt that he really had to think of a way.
Think of a way to communicate with the phase beast on a deeper level.
Chen Ming's thoughts can no longer change the fact that the phase beast has left.
He could only continue to focus on the attack on the mechanical tribe he launched at this time.
At this time, more than an hour had passed since Chen Ming's black mist prosthesis took the lead in launching an attack on the mechanical race's border galaxy.
There is nothing special to highlight about the situation on the other side of the border.
It was the Black Mist fake that led a large fleet to carry out the invasion mission.
Under normal circumstances, if the Zerg fleet attacks a heavily guarded mechanical system, it will definitely die. Even if the mothership does not dispatch, their entire army will basically be annihilated in the end.
But the premise is normal conditions.
With Chen Mingyuan's Black Mist Prosthesis continuously providing mental power and continuously contributing to this war, the fleet led by the Black Mist Prosthesis even has the momentum to break through the border defense line in one breath and rush directly into the hinterland of the Machine Tribe.
Basically, it is equivalent to the Zerg fleet relying on the assistance of black mist psychic energy. The Zerg fleet can use the ridiculous effect of Chen Ming's repair psychic energy to crush the fleet that far exceeds the number of the mechanical fleet.
All the defenses on all the mechanical planets where the black mist passed through were destroyed, leaving only the remains of the vast mechanical colonies.
Moreover, the Zerg fleet also left Zerg eggs on a large number of planets inside and outside the borders of the mechanical tribe.
When these Zerg hatch, they can further interfere with the mechanical race.
Even if the mechanical race destroyed the Zerg fleet led by the Black Mist Prosthesis, they would not be able to easily recapture the planet occupied by the Zerg.
During the battle with the fleet led by the Black Mist Prosthesis, Chen Ming also discovered that a fleet of unknown origins was wandering around the galaxy on the border of the mechanical race.
These fleets are the imperial reconnaissance fleet that Chen Ming has been waiting for.
They have been hiding in the dark and constantly investigating the intelligence of the Mechanical Race Star Territory. It won't be long before they can bring the news of the Black Mist Spirit Energy and the Black Mist Zerg Fleet back to the empire, confirming what An Wuping said. Those words.
And at the same time that the Black Mist Prosthesis was making great progress.
The war near the Nebula area of the Machine Tribe is still going on.
Although the number of Zerg fleets here is larger than that carried by the Black Mist Prosthesis, after being divided into dozens of fleets, the number is no longer enough to crush the mechanical race in a single star field.
Therefore, the fleet losses in each galaxy are relatively small.
However, Chen Ming's purpose is only to deliver the insect eggs to the planet, so after achieving his goal, the fleet that has not been lost will immediately go to other galaxies to provide additional help.
This operation reduced the overall losses of the Zerg fleet and achieved the goal faster.
And just when Chen Ming injected insect eggs into all the valuable planets in the fifty galaxies he targeted as the first batch, and prepared to continue commanding the fleet to the next batch of target galaxies.
Chen Ming revealed the real target of this attack, the mothership of the mechanical race, and finally couldn't hold it any longer.
The mechanical clan locked the location where Chen Ming's fleet was finally concentrated.
Before the fleet left, a fleet composed of tens of thousands of mechanical cruisers led by the mothership appeared in front of Chen Ming's Zerg fleet.
The jump wave of the fleet's jump arrival and its turbulent aftermath covered almost half of the galaxy.
According to Chen Ming's speculation, there should be a total of about 30,000 to 40,000 cruisers in the mechanical race's star field.
Tens of thousands of ships have been destroyed by Chen Ming in previous battles.
This time, the mechanical clan brought out tens of thousands of ships, which was obviously a huge investment.
But before the sheer number of Chen Ming's Zerg cruisers crushed them, this number was still a bit disappointing.
Even if Chen Ming couldn't deal with the machine race's mothership, at least none of the cruisers coming here would be able to escape.
However, Chen Ming soon discovered that the mothership sent by the Machine Tribe was the one that had the earliest conflict with the Zerg fleet and had been repaired early.
The Machine Tribe seemed to have guessed some of Chen Ming's possible abilities, so they specially sent this mothership to wipe out the Zerg Tribe's fleet.
Are you still unwilling to use your backup forces?
Then Chen Ming does not intend to give away so many Zerg fleets.
He was going to start using his repair power to pull the machine race's fleet, trying to truly defeat the machine race's mothership from the front.
However, Chen Ming didn't have time to do so.
In the center of the assembled Zerg fleet, suddenly a Zerg warship began to melt.
They melted like candles and disappeared into space like burnt confetti.
No sign, no trace.
But Chen Ming had already realized what was going on, and his face was extremely gloomy.
This is...the Destroyer.
(End of chapter)