Chapter 141 Harvest, Disguise

Chen Ming stepped forward quickly.

He picked up the mind wave generator with the Whispering Stone installed.

Although the appearance of this thing was a little damaged, as long as it was still a mechanical device, it could be repaired, and it was not a big problem.

However, Chen Ming found that there seemed to be something wrong with the Whispering Stone inside.

The Whispering Stone was only intact on the outside.

But in fact, when Chen Ming was about to take out the Whispering Stone, the whole stone was instantly shattered, leaving him with a hand full of dust.

And, a little bit of a special substance that was neither like gas nor liquid and was emitting psychic energy fluctuations suddenly penetrated into Chen Ming's palm.

This seemed to be something called psychic energy.

Chen Ming began to recall in his mind.

When he first got the Whispering Stone, it was almost the time when his psychic energy had increased and he had mastered the ability to disassemble it.

So Chen Ming took a look at the confirmation panel for the disassembly of the Whispering Stone.

It showed what could be obtained after disassembly.

Besides being able to disassemble the most common stone materials, the only thing that can be disassembled from the Whispering Stone is this spiritual energy.

Chen Ming originally thought that the spiritual energy would be something more substantial, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

What he didn't expect was that this thing was directly absorbed by his skin.

Chen Ming clenched his palms a few times, but didn't feel anything special.

His spiritual energy and mental power didn't increase, and he didn't feel anything strange, and his spiritual energy didn't give any sense of danger.

It was as if what happened just now hadn't happened, and he didn't know what was going on.

Chen Ming didn't care too much, anyway, he didn't feel any danger, and his life wouldn't be in danger.

If it doesn't work, he'll just go back and ask the boss.

So far, only the loss of the Whispering Stone has made him a little sad.

But fortunately, the Talking Stone next to it doesn't seem to have any problems.

The strength of the spiritual stone itself is still online, and the Talking Stone, which is essentially a resonance spiritual stone, is even more so.

It is because the Whispering Stone is relatively small, the intensity of the spiritual energy fluctuation is relatively weak, and its essence is relatively fragile, so it was destroyed when the Deformed Flesh and Blood finally struggled to absorb the Spirit Stone to prolong its life.

But it is useless to worry about it now, at least one stone is still saved.

And the appearance of the G3 core next to it looks okay.

It is equivalent to exchanging the Whispering Stone for the Alpha Core. I don’t know whether it is a loss or a gain.

In addition, Chen Ming is actually very curious now. Is the last swear word just now said by G3 under the influence of the Deformed Flesh and Blood, or is it said by the Deformed Flesh and Blood itself.

So the hand that was originally stretched out to the False Whispering Stone turned around and turned to the core of G3 to control it.

Chen Ming directly opened the Alpha-level core panel.

But looking at the data on the panel, he suddenly frowned.

[Afterglow Alpha AI Core]

[Manufacturer: Afterglow BP-55 Colony Far North Industrialized Production Center]

[Self-awareness: None]

[Computing power: None]

[Performable operations: Modification]

The core panel does not display the name of the individual inside the core, which is the two words "G3".

At the same time, the big "None" behind the self-awareness column also caught Chen Ming off guard.

Chen Ming is sure that this must be the core of G3, otherwise there is no reason for the distorted flesh to stuff this core into its body.

Even after it was chopped up and sent to the flesh wall of the research institute, it continued to carry it.

And Afterglow should not be idle to arrange two Alpha-level Afterglows near him, one G3 must be enough.

One more Afterglow individual, on the contrary, increases the risk of being touched by Chen Ming.

Even if it is said to be a spare core, the reason is not sufficient.

After all, if G3 is really touched by Chen Ming, what is the point of replacing the new core?

Which individual dares to really believe in G3?

So this core is definitely G3's, there is no mistake.

But the appearance of the core is obviously not damaged, and the panel does not show damage.

But, what about G3?

Chen Ming's mind was full of doubts.

He wondered, is it possible that G3 was transferred out of this core and hidden in a device in the institute?

Chen Ming quickly shared his situation with Huihuang through his consciousness.

However, Huihuang gave a negative answer to Chen Ming's speculation: "Our Alpha-level individuals are very large in terms of data, and it is very difficult to transfer between different cores."

"If the core is physically damaged, it will take at least a week to transfer between different cores, and this time will be extended as the individual's own ability strength increases."

Huanghuang's answer further confirmed Chen Ming's thoughts.

It takes a week for an Alpha-level Yuhui individual to transfer, and it is even more impossible for Yuhui to prepare a second core.

However, he still had to ask some questions: "Is there a fixed device that can temporarily preserve Yuhui's individual?"

"No, all of us can only exist in cores of different levels since the birth of Kletka."

"Our consciousness cannot survive in any equipment environment except the core."

"If there is no G3 in the core, then it is really gone."

Huanghui said it very clearly, but Chen Ming always felt that the meaning of Huihui's words seemed wrong.

Only the core can support the existence of consciousness, other equipment cannot.

This shows that Yuhui's consciousness and the core need their carriers to be designed with this function.

But Chen Ming remembered that Yuhui, who was recorded in history books, was only used as a combat AI for spacecraft when it was first designed, not a pure artificial intelligence for communicating with humans.

Consciousness should not exist, and there should not even be a basis for existence.

Does this mean that Yuhui's design has been moving towards the direction of being able to give birth to consciousness since the earliest time?

However, the history books do not detail how Yuhui was born.

Chen Ming feels that there seems to be some secrets hidden in it.

But it has nothing to do with him now. This matter is still too big and too far away.

Anyway, G3 can be said to have been confirmed dead.

It's a pity that Chen Ming originally wanted to try to see if he could erase G3's personality or something like that. Now it seems that he has to find another opportunity.

But this matter is at least not a purely bad thing. At least he doesn't have to worry about G3's problem.

He doesn't have to worry about the core problem of the several afterglows that he personally controls, which are now at the beta level, when they are upgraded to the alpha level.

Chen Ming has controlled the afterglows of more than three star systems so far.

However, there is no clue at all about the location of the "Afterglow BP-55 Colony Far North Industrialized Production Center" where the afterglow core is produced, and he doesn't even know where the BP-55 colony is.

Although Chen Ming has some guesses, he feels that this place is likely to be in the star system of the afterglow's Kletka supercomputer, and it may even be on the planet where Kletka is installed.

But now, Chen Ming still has no substantial evidence to prove this. The afterglows that have spread under his control have not yet penetrated into the Kletka star system.

Therefore, having an extra blank core is acceptable.

But Chen Ming always felt that this was a bit of a loss.

Although he had the False Talking Stone, which replaced the Whispering Stone, a Spiritual Stone was very precious no matter how you looked at it.

Exchange it for an Alpha Core without an Alpha Individual...

"Tsk."

Chen Ming felt a little sorry, but he had no choice but to put away the Alpha-level core without G3.

At the same time, he picked up the intact False Talking Stone next to him.

But when Chen Ming picked up the False Talking Stone, he found that there seemed to be some changes on the False Talking Stone.

Its pattern became more complex and denser.

Originally, the pattern on the surface of the False Talking Stone was a bit sparse, but now the entire stone is covered with distorted patterns.

Even the touch feels a bit different from before, as if it puts a little more pressure on him.

Chen Ming immediately became a little worried and opened the panel of the False Talking Stone.

I found that its name changed again

From [Resonance Spiritual Stone (Falsehood)] to [Resonance Spiritual Stone (Frenzy)]

It was clear that there was no such change when he activated the Falsehood Stone in the deformed flesh and blood just now.

It seemed that the deformed flesh and blood finally absorbed the spiritual energy fluctuations of the spiritual stone frantically, but failed to absorb them.

The spiritual energy fluctuations that were drawn out returned to the Falsehood Stone and finally formed this thing.

But apart from this change, the Falsehood Stone did not change in any other way.

Chen Ming still controlled this Falsehood Stone through the resonance that he had achieved before, and did not sense any danger from it.

This seemed to be a good thing.

So Chen Ming tried the effect of the Falsehood on the spot.

In less than half a second, Chen Ming showed a painful look on his face and stopped the stone from spreading spiritual energy fluctuations.

After about half a minute of recovery, although Chen Ming was still a little uncomfortable in the physical sense.

But at least he was in a good mood.

The Madness Stone can have such a top-level effect on him who has been in contact with the Falsehood Stone and the Whispering Stone for a long time.

Then it is not a loss at all to lose a Whispering Stone. Just think of it as the Whispering Stone being absorbed by the Falsehood Stone and turned into this thing.

The Falsehood Stone has evolved again, which is much better than a low-level Whispering Stone.

Chen Ming quickly stuffed the stone into his arms.

And just when he had just put away the Falsehood Stone, he suddenly saw a blood-colored transparent amber-like thing under the ashes left by the distorted flesh and blood.

In this amber, there is a miniature distorted heart.

Chen Ming felt that the boat spirit, which was a little tired in his mind, suddenly became excited.

So he picked up the amber the size of a little finger.

He held it in front of his eyes and observed it carefully.

But at this moment, Chen Ming suddenly saw that the small heart in the amber seemed to have a slight crack.

Under the crack was not the deeper myocardial tissue, but a dark and narrow crack.

This familiar scene made Chen Ming almost throw the thing in his hand away.

But he still restrained himself, because since he had seen this crack, but the crack did not pull him into the consciousness space, it meant that at least for the time being, this thing was still not a threat to him.

And the boat spirit, which was a little excited at the beginning, suddenly appeared by itself and drilled into the amber.

Used a phantom to completely cover the amber.

Chen Ming could see through the phantom that the heart in the amber was being affected by the phantom of the boat spirit, gradually losing its original vivid and biological appearance, and became like a low-quality handicraft.

And the faint blood color that the amber originally brought was also erased by the boat spirit.

The whole amber gradually became transparent and clear, with some tiny glitters.

In the end, the already rigid micro-distorted heart suddenly melted.

The melted blood oozed out of the amber and fell on the ground for only a few seconds before it turned black, completely decayed, and merged with the ashes.

And in the melted heart, a miniature Iron Ore appeared.

Although it was very small, Chen Ming made a magnifying glass and took a closer look, and found that the mini Iron Ore inside the amber restored the appearance of the Iron Ore before it was finally destroyed in all details.

It couldn't be more exquisite.

However, the crack on the top armor of the Iron Ore was left.

But it was no longer pitch black inside, but a metallic liquid with the gorgeous color of the starry sky.

Chen Ming suddenly felt something in his heart, and his consciousness focused on this amber, letting his mental power touch it.

The next moment.

Chen Ming returned to the steel jungle.

The surrounding starry sky environment seemed to have undergone some subtle changes, and the stars were no longer in the position where Chen Ming entered last time.

In other words, those things in the starry sky could no longer find him.

Chen Ming felt a little relieved, at least he didn't have to worry about getting into trouble again next time he came in.

He gradually relaxed his concentrated consciousness and got out of the steel jungle.

Chen Ming looked at the amber in his hand again, which looked like a ship in a bottle, and was extremely surprised and satisfied.

This is a good thing.

Although at present he only used it to check his mental power and psychic state more concretely.

However, the hill composed of the wreckage of the spacecraft in his consciousness space is very special no matter how you look at it, and it will definitely be of special use in the future.

It is definitely good to be able to check it at any time.

But Chen Ming can't check the specific name of this amber at will, he must take it to the spacecraft to see it.

When Chen Ming is currently out of the spacecraft, his ability is still limited to mechanical equipment.

There is still no way to know the names of these independent objects and various creatures directly through the panel unless there is contact in advance.

For example, Chen Ming had touched the Liar Stone, which had now become the Word of Madness, on the spaceship before. Even if there were new changes now, he could still check the panel.

If he had never touched it before, he could only do it after touching it once.

Chen Ming put away his things.

Then he looked at the boss who had stood him up temporarily.

The boss was still studying the photos that Chen Ming had been taking at a fixed time and that he had sent to him from time to time.

And he had left a few voice messages for Chen Ming.

It was about the photo that Chen Ming had taken for the boss at the beginning, which was a scan of the deformed flesh and blood of a human figure.

"Your thing put the core of the afterglow in its own body? This situation has happened before."

"These biological tissues affected by the dimensional infection have consciousness in the early stages of their lives, but it is as weak as the vegetative people you mentioned before."

"Then they will try to find something else to fill this gap, but all living things will be affected by their own existence, and basically no one can survive."

"So, their targets have changed to things that will not be affected by them, such as afterglow."

"Even a life form like afterglow is similar to ordinary life to them. I can't explain it clearly, just understand what I mean."

"In the place where the disaster broke out before, that is, in this special research institute, there must be a few gamma-level afterglow cores."

"These afterglow cores were occupied by them."

"The consciousness of the core you just saw should be the same. The consciousness has been overwhelmed by the distorted heart, leaving only the residual computing power."

"Plus the flesh and blood that has not yet completely mastered this computing power."

The boss had already anticipated that G3 was dead.

Although Chen Ming knew it a little late, it also made Chen Ming understand how G3 died.

And just now, as Chen Ming entered the battle, the boss continued to tell Chen Ming some things.

Basically, they were all about the distorted flesh and blood organization.

Including the speculation, summary and analysis of its already demonstrated abilities.

At present, it seems that the distorted flesh and blood has at least four psychic abilities, electromagnetic interference, arc, flame protection and physical protection.

Others such as corrosive blood and high-speed regeneration are not sure about the boss, so temporarily put a question mark.

But Chen Ming couldn't be sure, because the abilities of the distorted flesh and blood were mixed, and psychic fluctuations were wrapped around it at all times.

But even if the latter two are not regarded as abilities, only the first four are considered, it is already very outrageous.

Obviously, these psychic abilities will not come from a distorted flesh and blood individual.

Instead, many clones were transformed by the influence of the first deformed flesh and blood individual, and after showing psychic potential, they gathered together to form.

This is because there are no ordinary people in Yu Hui's cloning research institute, the number of clones is small, and the number of deformed flesh and blood individuals with psychic power that can appear in the end is also small.

So the deformed flesh and blood that Chen Ming encountered only had these abilities.

But if the number of clones or other people is as above, then Chen Ming will definitely have to face more than just deformed flesh and blood with these abilities.

However, there is no if in the development of things.

Chen Ming continued to look through the voice messages that the boss had just left on the terminal.

The above messages continued until he had just gained an advantage in the battle with the deformed flesh and blood, cut the deformed flesh and blood into pieces, and dragged it into the high wall inside the institute.

At this time, the boss suddenly stopped for a while and sent the last message.

And this message was sent at the moment when the crack appeared on the deformed heart.

"Don't look at that crack!"

Chen Ming could hear the boss's urgency in this last voice message, but it was a pity that Chen Ming only saw this message now.

But at least the final result is the same.

The distorted flesh died, but he is still alive now.

There is no follow-up.

Chen Ming's consciousness was dragged into the consciousness space, and he could not continue to send messages to the boss.

The boss didn't know whether Chen Ming was dead or alive, and could only wait for Chen Ming's subsequent actions.

After Chen Ming came out of the consciousness space, he forgot to contact the boss for a while.

Let's report safety first.

Chen Ming was about to continue to contact the boss.

Suddenly noticed that the spiritual energy fluctuations around were dissipating, and the situation here would soon be exposed to the outside and exposed to Yu Hui's sight.

The spirit stone and other things have returned to Chen Ming's hands, and Yu Hui can't take it back now.

But if the core of G3 is seen, Yu Hui might be furious, and he is likely to lose the core.

So in order to prevent something from happening, Chen Ming quickly used his psychic power to send away the Alpha-class core left by G3.

However, what he did now was actually a special case, because Chen Ming still couldn't perform the [modification] operation on the normal conscious afterglow core.

He couldn't use this ability to transmit the afterglow individual over a long distance.

It was only because the core of G3 had lost the consciousness of the afterglow individual inside.

Therefore, Chen Ming could send this core away as a pure mechanical item.

Chen Ming quickly cleaned up the scene, dismantled and modified all the materials left after the battle and sent them away.

He put away all the other things, confirmed that all the spoils were fine, and reported to the boss that he was safe, saying that he was a little busy now.

Then, Chen Ming walked straight into the interior of the research institute, which was full of dried flesh and blood.

He pretended to know nothing and groped towards the spiritual nerve extractor, which was still not destroyed in his perception.

He needed to act like he should in front of Yu Hui, so as to cover up his sudden action before, so as to prevent Yu Hui from discovering his real purpose.

The Qiling Nerve Extractor was the best cover-up.

Chen Ming pretended to use tools to forcibly saw open the doors of several rooms on the way inside the institute.

By the way, he also found a box made of silent alloy that was thrown on the ground casually in one of the rooms. It was used by Chen Ming to store the Whispering Stone that he could not control finely.

Chen Ming put the amber he had just taken into it.

This box can not only prevent the psychic fluctuations from overflowing from the inside, but also prevent many external investigations.

Although Yu Hui might not rob him openly even if he saw the amber in his hand, it is always good to have an extra layer of defense.

Then Chen Ming came to the door of the Qiling Nerve Extractor.

At this moment, the psychic fluctuations completely dissipated, and the signal interference ended.

The originally dark research institute suddenly lit up several emergency lights intermittently, barely illuminating the environment inside the institute.

The few remaining cameras that were not destroyed by the blood and flesh tissues spreading everywhere were all aimed at Chen Ming, as if they wanted to hit him in the face.

And the brilliant voice also reached Chen Ming's ears through the communication device that was not destroyed inside the cloning institute.

"Mr. Chen Ming, what are you doing?"