Chapter 442 Omega
The person who escorted the core brought out from the current territory of the Machine Tribe to the Chen Ming Colony was the Minister of Psionics.
Although Lu Kang didn't understand why the psychic minister came all the way to see Hui Hui, he still contacted Hui Hui as requested by the psychic minister.
Brilliance had no problem with meeting the Minister of Psychics.
The psychic minister was then arranged into a reception room.
Compared to when the entire empire was retreating, he seemed a little more energetic now.
The advancement of the Empire's front is a good thing for any Imperial person, but there still seems to be some lingering gloom filling his face.
The minister sat down in the reception room, and tea was delivered to the table by a robot.
He just picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Huihuang's somewhat mechanical voice sounded in the room: "Minister Luo Yi, what do you want from me?"
The sudden sound that came out so quickly made the minister almost spit out all the tea in one breath.
He coughed twice, put down the tea cup, took out the afterglow core from the bag he was carrying, and placed it on the table.
"Please take a look at this."
The clear appearance of the blue sphere made it clear to Huihuang what the minister had brought.
"What happened to this Alpha core?"
"This is the core that our people got from the mechanical tribe. It is most likely one of the afterglows that were taken away by the mechanical tribe before."
Of course, Huihuang also knew that Chen Ming went out to track down another batch of afterglows some time ago, and said, "So you thought of me and wanted me to get clues from this core."
"Yes."
"And this afterglow core, according to the soldier who found it, is already dead."
"There is only one body left on the machine race colony, which is used to help the machine race calculate some things. It is like a brain-dead patient who is still used as a machine to produce certain things."
"We also tried to connect it to some equipment to try to communicate with it, but the result... can only be said to be that its consciousness is probably dead."
"Then you can completely dismantle the core by yourself."
"I'm more worried that violent disassembly may damage it. After all, its consciousness is dead, not completely dead. The components inside it are still running, so I think it's better to ask you to take care of it."
Huihuang still did not agree and said: "You also have the Afterglow core there."
"They can't always compete with you."
The minister had previously heard reports from those who worked on Chen Ming's colony.
It was the last time Chen Ming was dragged into Scarlet and unable to affect the normal universe.
The metal canopy protecting Chen Ming's colony was briefly opened through a passage, and someone... or something used Chen Ming's psychic power.
The only ones who can do this are those Yuhui controlled by Chen Ming.
There are only two Alpha-class afterglows that have long awaited Chen Ming's two colonies, brilliance and transcendence.
If transcendence can be done, there is no reason why brilliance cannot.
That's why the minister came to try.
Chen Ming's Yuhui is obviously able to do more than other Yuhui.
After a short period of thinking, Huihuang finally gave the answer and said: "Leave it to me to take a look."
The minister stretched out his hand to indicate the brilliant casualness.
The robot that had just left after delivering tea opened the door of the reception room again and came to the minister's side.
Then he opened the casing, pulled out a data cable and connected the core to it.
The robot remained motionless on the spot, as if it was doing some precise calculations.
The minister who was watching subconsciously slowed down his breathing, for fear of disturbing Huihuang's work.
After a while, Huihuang spoke through the robot: "It is indeed as you discovered, this core consciousness is dead."
"The machine race has deciphered our core to a certain extent, and then used some means to retain the function of the core while solving the individual consciousness."
"They seemed to be removing it carefully, but still gave the core a chance to leave clues before it was removed"
The minister asked with a slightly excited tone: "What clue?"
"A coordinate."
"Where?"
Huihuang did not reply directly, but controlled the robot to fiddle under the table in the reception room.
Then, a star map appeared on the table in the center of the reception room.
And a highlighted mark immediately caught the minister's attention.
It was a system that lay outside the Empire, even outside the systems that the Machine Races now occupied, and the many more areas they occupied in the periphery.
The minister knew very well that it might be a clue left by Yuhui to his kind, or it might be a trap carefully laid by the mechanical tribe.
But no matter what, this place will definitely have something to do with afterglow.
The empire can send its own fleet to try to find clues, and then bring them back to Brilliance for analysis.
Or...
The psychic minister turned to look at the robot and said, "I want to ask you something."
"Can you please follow our investigation team to this place?"
Splendor, who was supposed to be in charge of Siyuan and Gaia, did not directly reject the minister's proposal.
Because it discovered something special about this damaged afterglow core.
It discovered that the consciousness of the afterglow core sent by the minister was not killed, but completely removed by some means.
Huihuang knew very well what kind of state the killed Yuhui would be in, and it could be sure of what the machine race had done to Yuhui.
What's more, if you are killed directly, you will not have the opportunity to leave clues. Only when you know what you are going to face, Yuhui will have the purpose and opportunity to leave these clues.
Compared with the minister's doubts about whether the clue is a clue, Huihuang can basically confirm that this is definitely the clue left by this afterglow at the end.
"If there is a safe and stable way to get through the siege of the machine clan and come back, yes, but this must be a deal."
Brilliance and Empire's way of doing things is somewhat different from Chen Ming's, but it is still within the expectations and acceptable range of the Minister of Psychics.
"The president of the psychic association that Chen Ming participates in has space psychic powers. He will send you and our people safely to the destination. I will go with you. What else do you need?"
President, Chen Ming mentioned it to Hui Hui.
It has confidence in the president's brilliant abilities. It doesn't mind going on a business trip if there is such a safe way to get there. As for what it needs...
"All, similar cores found on the colonies of the Machine Tribe."
"No problem."
The psychic minister decisively agreed.
He really likes to use this kind of thing that will only be available in the future as a bargaining chip, especially when the future of the empire is uncertain.
Moreover, he really wanted to get first-hand clues as quickly as possible.
There must be a special purpose for the Machine Tribe to take away Yuhui. As long as they can figure out the specific content of the purpose, they might find more opportunities to deal with the Machine Tribe.
With the advent of neuron technology and the solution to super-bodies, although the empire is no longer at an absolute disadvantage, its biggest disadvantage still remains.
They have no way to figure out the real core of the Machinery Clan, the device that has the highest control authority of the Machinery Clan that schedules the entire Machinery Clan cluster, or where that Machinery Clan is, or even whether it exists.
Without finding the core of the Machine Clan, the empire still has no chance to defeat the Machine Clan.
As for the direction of annihilating all the mechanical races in the entire universe, there is no need to even think about it.
The overall resources occupied by the Machine Race are much higher than those of the Empire in the universe.
So he urgently needs clues, any clue that may be related to the mechanical race.
What's more, he came here to ask for something.
After finishing the previous topic.
The minister then said: "There is one more thing."
"There should be something on our ship that has just been unloaded over at the port. Please take a look at that cargo."
"Okay." Huihuang agreed, and after more than ten seconds it said again: "That is the core of the mechanical clan's personality."
"Yes, I would like to ask you to decipher the data inside, the sooner the better."
"Okay."
As soon as the words fell, the brilliant voice sounded immediately after.
The robot next to the minister suddenly opened its body, pulled out two storage units, and handed them to the minister.
At this time, the minister was stunned and did not take it away. Instead, he hesitated and asked: "This...doesn't it need to find the... machine queen you have here?"
"No need."
"I have extracted all the data in the personality core."
"I know what you need most now. I saved it in the storage unit on the left hand of the robot. You can confirm it."
After hearing this, the minister no longer hesitated and immediately took the two storage units and plugged one of them into his terminal.
The mechanical clan's military defense star map is clearly displayed.
The minister happily sent the defense plan back to the Imperial Military Headquarters. This information needed to be used as soon as possible.
Although people at the port sent news that Huihuang didn't seem to have any intention of returning the core of his personality, this information was enough.
What's more, this personality core has indeed been studied in the two days since it was obtained.
Sufficient data has been obtained.
After the minister solved the task at hand, Huihuang asked: "When can that thing you just mentioned start?"
"Now?"
"Okay, I will wait for you in that trial super body."
"Um..."
The president suddenly thought of something and asked: "Speaking of which, I remember that there is another newly built battleship parked in your dockyard?"
"Yes, but no one can sail that ship but him."
"Is there something wrong with the boat?"
"No problem."
Although he knew that the minister was talking nonsense, Huihuang still explained and said: "Although the ship is now controlled by a core similar to the core you sent here under the influence of his psychic power, it can be sailed out under normal circumstances. ”
"But no matter who is driving it, it is impossible to exert its full power. It is a complete psychic battleship."
"Only when he comes back is he qualified to pilot this battleship"
"Then what is its model?"
"Still waiting for him to come back to confirm."
"Oh."
The minister didn't say anything more and stood up to leave.
Although the minister's expression has almost returned to calmness, his heart is still slightly fluctuating.
When communicating with Hui Hui, he always felt that the pace of communication was a bit fast, and getting along with Chen Ming was completely different.
Chen Ming would occasionally brag and chat with him, and communicate with Huihuang, which was basically all about solid progress.
But that's okay.
The minister got up and went to the port, got on the spaceship, and passed through the star gate.
Brilliance unloaded its own core from the colony's main control hub and installed it inside the super body. This was a modification that Chen Ming had carried out before.
The super body itself has certain psionic properties, but unlike the battleship designed by Chen Ming himself, invoking the psionic power of the super body does not require psionic power.
Ordinary people can drive it as long as they are willing to consume their lifespan, let alone master some of the brilliance of Chen Ming's psychic powers.
It will have no problem driving a supercar.
Half an hour later.
Hui Hui, who was at the port, received news from the Minister of Psychics.
The super body was quickly wrapped in the president's psychic energy fluctuations.
Almost instantly, the distant distance was crossed and the destination galaxy was reached.
There is only one star and an ordinary terrestrial planet in the galaxy.
There is no trace of any mechanical race or anything in the galaxy.
The psychic minister who was in the same communication channel as Hui Hui was also looking at the planets in the galaxy and said: "It doesn't look like there is anything special."
However, Huihuang gave a different statement: "No, I am already far enough away from where the special place is. This is a clue that only Yuhui can detect."
"Oh?"
The minister was immediately thankful that he specially invited Huihuang to come over.
Otherwise, it is very likely that his people will search here for a long time and finally have to invite Huihuang.
"Follow me."
After Huihuang finished speaking, the super body took the lead and entered the orbit of the planet and began to land towards the ground.
After getting close to a certain distance, Huihuang dropped several robots from the super body to the ground.
In the center of a desolate land without any obvious landmark features, several robots suddenly took out their digging tools and began to dig down on the spot.
Wait until the empire's ships land and arrive, and the people gather around.
A deep pit has been dug here by robots.
The surrounding robots continued to dig a few more times, and a sealed box appeared in front of everyone.
The minister immediately jumped down the pit and came to the robot's side.
Watching the robot open the box, it revealed an Alpha-level afterglow core inside.
"The core again?"
The minister said and looked around. The surrounding soil did not look new, and the core did not look like it had been buried recently.
But judging from the clues they analyzed before, this core must have appeared here recently.
"This must be sent here by other afterglow cores."
It's waiting for someone, or a surviving remnant, to discover it.
The brilliant voice sounded on the communication channel again.
"But it is also dead like the previous core."
The robot took out the core and turned it slightly, revealing an obvious damaged gap on the back of the core.
What the Afterglows worked so hard to deliver here was just a dead Afterglow.
But the minister was not discouraged because he saw a clear symbolic imprint on the structure inside the core gap.
"Ω"
This symbol was recognized by everyone present.
"Omega."
"What does this mean?"
"Level?"
"Can its data be read?"
"I can try."
Huihuang once again pulled a data line from the robot and connected it to the core.
And at this moment, several robots suddenly stopped.
"What's going on?"
The minister asked with some concern, but did not receive any response from Hui Hui.
(End of chapter)