Chapter 360 Choice
Except for Chen Ming, no one knew what An Wuping and Luo Yi talked about after the meeting.
However, Chen Ming was still very satisfied with what An Wuping and Luo Yi talked about.
At least his goal was achieved.
Not only did everyone treat An Wuping and him as completely two people, but he also successfully put the blame for the Black Mist Zerg clan on Zuo Jing's head.
After dealing with An Wuping's Zerg problems, Chen Ming decided to pursue the victory. Relying on the Zerg fleet that he still had in his hands, which probably numbered more than a million, and taking advantage of the moment when the machine clan had just suffered a large wave of losses, Chen Ming made an all-out effort to defeat them. The Machine Tribe's Destroyer Mothership was captured.
At this moment, the boss suddenly made a call: "I saw that the bugs you sent were contacting the biological ships, but it was a little slower. Some people have already obtained the samples."
"It doesn't matter, they are just some samples. They cannot be used against me. Moreover, I have reached an agreement with the empire to share some biological ship technology with you."
"You? Oh, An Wuping, right?"
"Yes."
"That's fine."
After the boss finished speaking, he did not hang up the phone, but asked Chen Ming again: "Speaking of which, you seem to have never had a battleship? The mothership I have here is still parked. Why don't you take it away?"
"Also, do you still remember the time when you came back with a Afterglow radiation class? I asked the association to take care of that radiation ship. If you need it, I can help you get it back."
"Um..."
Chen Ming hesitated and said: "Actually, I have a battleship on hand."
And they got it just now, the two motherships of the Machine Tribe that were besieged by the Black Mist Zerg Tribe.
Just now, after destroying the resistance ability of the mechanical race mothership, Chen Ming directly used spiritual energy to send the mothership away, but he did not control the mothership.
As for the reason...
"Because this is the first battleship I control, and I don't want to choose it too casually."
The boss spoke a little louder: "Don't want to be casual? Is the battleship very casual?"
"How should I say..."
Chen Ming explained the situation that he had taken away two mechanical clan motherships, and then said: "And I actually have a special feeling."
"The first battleship I control must be a powerful battleship. The more powerful the better, and the closer it is to me, the better."
The boss asked: "What do you mean? All battleships have different applicable environments and capabilities. How can we compare their strengths?"
"I don't know, it's just a feeling. I even think that building one myself is the best."
In short, it was this special feeling that allowed Chen Ming to control the motherships of the mechanical race in a physical sense without controlling them in a spiritual sense.
He looked down upon mass-produced motherships like the Machine Tribe.
The most he can do is take it back and repair it, and then the HR at home can drive it directly.
Then the other mothership is just right to feed the worm queen directly.
Although HR controls the mechanical mothership, Chen Ming indirectly controls it.
But just like in the past, Chen Ming could actively use the ability of the Afterglow Core to indirectly control battleships that exceeded the limit of his power.
He can now take the initiative not to convert the warships indirectly controlled by the Afterglow Core into warships controlled by himself personally.
Even if what he has in his hands is not the mothership of the machine race, but the radiation-class ship that the boss mentioned.
He looks down on it now.
In fact, Chen Ming had considered his boss's battleship before, and he believed that his boss would not deny it if he really wanted it.
But he didn't say anything about it in the end because of this feeling.
The boss didn't have any objection to Chen Ming's strange attitude. Instead, he said: "Actually, I told you this because you told me before that you are stuck at a bottleneck and you need an opportunity to continue to break through your limits."< br>
"So...this is the opportunity you mentioned?"
Chen Ming shook his head: "I'm not sure, I just felt this way when I was controlling the battleship."
"That's good. Just believe in yourself and I won't give useless advice."
"It's best if you do this kind of thing yourself. Anyway, it doesn't matter if your current ability is enough. If you have the chance, you must find the one that suits you best."
"Don't worry, you are only 26 this year, and you still have a lot of time."
"I know."
"Well, just call me if you need anything."
Ended correspondence with boss.
Chen Ming confirmed his idea again.
He really wanted a capital ship, but that didn't mean he had to control those two motherships.
He just needs capital ships to act as combat power, or to feed the insect queen.
The first battleship he truly controls must be an extremely powerful battleship.
This may affect the upper limit of his psychic abilities to a certain extent.
He vaguely already had some ideas for capital ships, but it still took time to realize them.
Judging from the power he currently has, he still has this time.
Tens of minutes later.
Chen Ming recovered his condition and became energetic.
After thoroughly handling the problem of the Black Mist Zerg in the empire, he also confirmed the whereabouts of the Machine Clan's Destroyer Mothership.
The Mechanical Tribe did not let the Destroyer stay in the logistics area, but went to the core galaxy of the Mechanical Tribe's star field.
It is also a place that can be called the capital of the mechanical race, a galaxy with the highest degree of development and development of the mechanical race.
The Destroyer Mothership is here.
This may be because the Mechanical Race is worried that if the Zerg destroys another wave of troops, the Destroyers will not even have a chance to retreat.
Although it is said to be the core area of the mechanical tribe, judging from the results of Chen Ming's investigation, the only military forces in those core galaxies were those that had just exchanged fire with his Zerg tribe.
The middle and lower-level spacecraft of the mechanical tribe have basically been defeated by Chen Ming.
Only the fleets on the front line were still contending with the empire, and the motherships in the rear were battled by Chen Ming's Zerg until only nine ships were left.
At most, it can include the orbital defense facilities of each mechanical colony planet.
It seems that the mechanical tribe has no intention of transferring back to the frontline troops.
Therefore, although the mechanical race is still fighting against the empire, it is obvious that they have lost their ability to resist, and they can only rely on the few remaining motherships to serve as combat power.
As long as Chen Ming gives it another week... or even four or five days, he can create a Zerg fleet that is enough to wipe out the entire mechanical race star field in the entire mechanical race star field.
However, doing so would be of no benefit to Chen Ming, as it would lead to direct conflict between him and the empire.
Moreover, it seems that the machine clan does not want to give Chen Ming this time.
Because just when Chen Ming was using the materials he controlled scattered in the galaxy to conduct investigations.
He discovered that the Destroyer Mothership of the Mechanical Tribe took action again after arriving at its destination, the core galaxy of the Mechanical Tribe. Together with other motherships, he headed to the logistics area where the Zerg might wreak havoc in the future, and continued there. guard.
If that's all it's okay.
But the key is that when the mothership left the galaxy, its spine cannon was replaced.
The Destroyer was dismantled and left on a planet inside the core galaxy of the mechanical race, or in a space station or a giant shipyard.
In short, the Destroyer is no longer on the mothership.
It's not clear what the Machine Tribe is going to do.
Chen Ming felt that this did not look like replacing the mothership installed by the Destroyer.
Because the mechanical clan should have no other mothership at this time.
Not to mention a mothership specially modified to be suitable for phase space combat in order to adapt to the Destroyer.
The mechanical race may have other actions when dismantling the Destroyer.
Although it is good for Chen Ming to disassemble the Destroyer, at least it is easier to control, and the Destruction Core that is not installed on the nose of the ridge gun should not be as dangerous as the Destroyer.
But that's only relatively speaking. The core of destruction itself is something created through the infection of the scarlet dimension.
It is a dangerous thing in itself.
Chen Ming's danger-sensing psychic ability has been reminding him of the danger of the Destroyer and the Destruction Core within.
Although Chen Ming can now be regarded as a conscious body, this spiritual energy will still play a key role when the body encounters danger.
So he knew exactly what destroying the core meant.
But he didn't know what the Machine Tribe was going to do with the Destruction Core.
He had to investigate.
It's just that on the territory of the mechanical clan, especially the core galaxy, there is only a little metal that Chen Ming quietly obtained to monitor here.
The defense line of the galaxy itself is quite tight.
Neither force attack nor penetration efficiency will be too high.
But he has another option, phase space.
The idea of using phase space has been in Chen Ming's mind for a long time.
He had tried it once just now, but unfortunately the idea of attacking the Destroyer Mothership directly in the phase space finally came to nothing, but the device that sent things from the normal universe into the phase space was still in his hand.
He has another chance.
The mechanical race may prepare devices in the galaxy to detect whether there are invaders in the phase space, but they will never be able to stuff all their military power into the phase space.
Especially for motherships and main-level battleships, the radiation energy dissipation system is often very efficient in order to keep up with the use of main-level weapons.
Entering phase space is tantamount to destroying an arm.
Although the Machine Tribe has modified one mothership into a state suitable for phase space battles, it is impossible for every mothership to be modified like that.
Therefore, intrusion from phase space is currently the most appropriate method.
If it weren't for the fact that Chen Ming had some problems with the efficiency of the device he borrowed, he would have even wanted every invasion of the machine race to be conducted from phase space.
Of course, Chen Ming didn't think much about this impossible thing that had happened.
He just silently gave the order to the insect queen.
Waiting for the sudden transition fluctuations in the core galaxy of the mechanical race.
Moreover, this transition wave appeared in the phase space and the normal universe at the same time.
Of course, Chen Ming did not have time to send all the Zerg warships into the phase space. Naturally, there would still be many bugs still in the normal universe.
These Zerg couldn't do nothing, so Chen Ming simply asked the Queen to send out these Zerg as well. A fleet was immediately assembled inside the core galaxy of the mechanical race.
This time, Chen Ming's Zerg fleet was not large enough to completely block the jump in nearby areas, so the motherships that were originally in other galaxies immediately jumped back to the core galaxy.
Participated in the battle.
The number of the Zerg fleet left by Chen Ming in the normal universe is around 700,000, which is completely insufficient to face the fleet and orbital defense facilities inside the most important galaxy of the mechanical race, as well as nine motherships.
But the Zerg fleet in phase space makes up for it.
Even the mechanical race has the means to enter the phase space, and there are also modified battleships that can fight in the phase space. Even the mothership that previously installed the Destroyer was sent into the phase space again.
But that doesn't make sense.
The power of the mechanical race in the phase space is too weak compared to the power of the normal universe.
Without the Destroyer, the mothership alone is no longer as devastating to the Zerg.
On the contrary, under the heavy siege of the Zerg, the mechanical race mothership in the phase space became the first mothership to be sunk in this outbreak in the core galaxy of the mechanical race.
Without the mothership, everything in the phase space of the mechanical tribe was wiped out, and all devices and facilities that could help the mechanical tribe observe the phase space were completely wiped out.
Only the Zerg can continue to stay in the phase space and occupy an absolute advantage.
And when the mechanical tribe lost control of the phase space.
The battle became completely one-sided.
The Zerg fleet is under the overall command of the Zerg Queen. The cooperation between the battleships in the normal universe and the battleships in the phase space is so good that it is beyond Chen Ming's expectations.
Especially on such a large-scale front.
The Zerg biological warships occupy their advantage in the phase space, just like the mechanical race's destroyers occupied the phase space and destroyed the Zerg fleet, and in turn destroyed the mechanical race's fleet.
The enemies who were invisible from the perspective of the machine tribe seemed to be massacred unilaterally.
No matter how powerful the mechanical race's mothership is, it is meaningless. They cannot stop the Zerg in the unobservable phase space from attacking from any angle and attacking their warships.
They can only continue to shrink their defense lines and compress the movable space, hoping to rely on the mirror effect of the normal universe in the phase space to prevent the Zerg fleet from exerting its capabilities.
But it doesn't mean much.
Because Chen Ming's purpose has never been to completely kill the mechanical race by relying on phase space.
But for the destruction core on the planet.
It doesn't matter how fierce the battle in space is, it doesn't matter even if the Zerg lose in the end.
He only needs to send things affected by his psychic energy to the planet.
It's the same whether it's in phase space or in the normal universe.
The mechanical race can notice the fighter planes falling from space, but it is impossible to notice the metal atoms falling from space.
If the machine race could monitor the atoms of a planet, their level of technology would have defeated the empire long ago.
And when the war shifted from the empty areas in the galaxy to the skies above the planet, and when it required the machine race to rely on orbital defense facilities to fight, the outcome was actually doomed.
The metallic liquid composed of Silent Alloy affected by Chen Ming's spiritual energy smoothly fell to the surface of the planet,
As he gradually approached the surface, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that he could clearly and obviously sense the location of the core of destruction.
Even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, even if he didn't even know what the state of the destruction core was just now.
But he just felt it.
This means that the Destruction Core is now being activated, and the psychic energy fluctuations after its activation are perceived by Chen Ming.
This is not good news.
No matter what the purpose of the Machine Tribe was in activating the Destruction Core, he had to rush there immediately.
Chen Ming used the properties of Silent Alloy to cover up all the psychic energy fluctuations emitted by it, and quickly followed the clear traces of destruction fluctuations at this time.
He could observe that the surrounding environment had begun to disintegrate as the waves of destruction appeared and were affected by the destruction.
The machine race seems to have started self-destruction again.
Chen Ming once again made the metal liquid speed up its action, and finally reached the source of the destruction wave before its influence was truly released.
It was a platform suspended in mid-air with a certain position in the center of the mechanical colony.
The platform itself appears to be made of some extremely strong, specialty-grade material with psychic properties.
Able to maintain its own structure under the influence of destructive waves.
In addition to the protective structure composed of layers of transparent silent alloy materials, there are also various densely arranged devices that can monitor the platform and the area surrounding the platform without any blind spots.
The entire platform is completely protected.
And on top of that platform, it is supplied by a special engine
The reason why it is special is because the fuel used by this engine is antimatter.
This is an antimatter engine, a device that uses antimatter to function.
The machine race has so quickly put into use the anti-matter technology leaked by some people.
Thinking about it, the machine race should have mastered these technologies before. They don't need to start research and development again, they just need to inherit the legacy of the past.
The use of antimatter technology is normal.
But this does not mean that such a device that requires antimatter to power is normal.
Things like the destruction core and antimatter are put together. If you think about it, you will know that there will definitely not be any normal things that the machine race will use.
The base of the antimatter-powered device looked to Chen Ming like some kind of jump device.
Connected to a coordinate.
And the top of this device is a spherical object that is restrained at the top of the device with a certain attitude.
It seems to be shattering everything around it.
That is the core of destruction that Chen Ming has been thinking about for a long time.
Antimatter energy is being supplied continuously to destroy the base under the core.
The mechanical race is definitely going to do something special and dangerous,
Chen Ming felt that it was because he had shown his phase space ability before. The mechanical clan knew that if they delayed any longer, they would definitely not be able to defeat Chen Ming, and the entire cluster might even fall into his hands completely.
That's why you do such a thing.
But Chen Ming suddenly had another question. Are the things on this platform really the core of destruction?
Is it possible that the real core of destruction released a wave of destruction in a nearby place, and then the machine race deliberately released this bait to lure him into being fooled?
While Chen Ming was observing, he sent more Silent Alloy to the core planet of the mechanical tribe and to the vicinity of the core of destruction.
These silent alloys built a hole underground, and in this hole, his body suddenly came here.
And that's when Chen Ming's body came here.
The danger-sensing psychic ability that his body only possesses came into effect instantly.
He didn't sense any danger from the destructive core placed by the mechanical clan.
The real danger is deep underground.
That is the real location of the core of destruction.
The core of destruction on the surface is really just a bait used by the machine race to attract him.
Just when Chen Ming was thinking about the reasons why the mechanical tribe did what they did and what would happen if they did so.
His sense of danger suddenly took effect.
He no longer only sensed danger from deep underground, now he even sensed a complete sense of danger from the stars in the galaxy.
Could it be that the idea of the mechanical race is to use the destruction core to interfere with the operation of the star?
Destroy this entire galaxy at the expense of the star's lifespan?
Are they going to blow themselves up here?
Chen Ming thought about this possibility carefully and found that it was not impossible.
The Machine Tribe must have known by now that his goal was to destroy the core, so they would definitely not let him seize it.
The Machine Tribe has done things like self-destruction several times before to prevent Chen Ming from benefiting. Of course, there is such a possibility this time.
Of course, Chen Ming couldn't do this for the mechanical tribe.
The Destruction Core is currently his most powerful psychic item, and he has the ability to use Destruction.
Not to mention that the machine race has also developed methods of using destruction as a weapon.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to give up destruction.
He had to stop what the Machine Tribe was going to do.
Chen Ming's metallic liquid no longer followed the source of the destructive fluctuations, but instead followed the source of the danger perceived by his body.
Soon, he discovered a laboratory deep underground.
This research institute, like the facilities on the surface, is fixed in an underground cavity by a certain stance.
And there is a device in this research institute that is almost a mirror image of the device on the surface.
At the bottom of this device, there is the core of destruction that gives Chen Ming a real sense of danger.
Chen Ming did not approach directly.
Because he could feel a restrained and restrained wave of destruction in the cavity around the laboratory, which was fixed in the center of the underground cavity.
This hole was not dug out, but was destroyed by the Destroyer.
If he wanted to access the device, he would have to think of another way.
Chen Ming calmed down and observed the laboratory for himself.
It was discovered that the device in the underground laboratory looked slightly different from the device on the surface.
On the underground device, Chen Ming could see an energy bar slowly advancing.
The devices on the surface have nothing.
Obviously, when the energy bar is full, the mechanical tribe will really take action.
Although it seems that Chen Ming still has a lot of time, because the energy bar fills up very slowly.
But he couldn't bet on whether the mechanical tribe might change their plans due to the battle in space at this time.
Moreover, the machine race is using an anti-matter engine to power this device. Chen Ming can't imagine what will happen if it is finally activated by this device.
The sense of danger around him had completely filled Chen Ming's perception, leaving him with only one choice left.
Break in forcefully and seize the core of destruction.
(End of chapter)