Chapter 186 New Discovery

The broken shellac in Chen Ming's hand looked really delicious.

And his instinct didn't tell him that it was dangerous to eat this shellac.

How about... give it a try?

This thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind.

He recalled the Zerg research report made by the scientific research leader in the empire that he had read before.

The research report recorded that this kind of Zerg food can also be eaten by humans.

It is also very delicious.

And according to the experimental records.

This thing is basically confirmed to be non-toxic.

Among the tens of thousands of volunteers who ate it, only 0.2% of them had a slight food poisoning reaction due to their personal physical conditions.

However, in the second test, the conditions of these 0.2% of people were normal again.

Food poisoning caused by shellac is a random poisoning, which may be related to personal constitution and is not fixed.

So, although there is a probability of food poisoning, shellac is indeed an edible food.

After all, many people are allergic to peanut butter, and some are even allergic to raspberries, which is actually similar to food poisoning, probably.

And this 0.2% probability is a bit low...

So Chen Ming made up his mind and ate the shellac very happily.

Half an hour later.

Chen Ming walked out of the hospital on the highest point.

He washed his stomach with the help of the robot.

It can only be said that a very unfortunate thing just happened, and he encountered the 0.2% probability.

At this moment, Chen Ming's mind flashed again when Lao Wu once said that he had a bad mouth.

So he wrote down in his notebook without thinking that he would send a copy of the shellac to Lao Wu as a local specialty, and listed it in the column of important events.

In short, the other things that needed to be recorded were almost done before he got food poisoning just now.

So today, Chen Ming chose to rest as before.

The second day.

That is the first day of the new week.

Chen Ming completely recovered from the food poisoning, regained his spirits, and started studying with Baiquan early in the morning as usual.

However, just half an hour after Chen Ming and Bai Quan started, Huihuang suddenly sent a message that Chen Ming needed to receive in person.

Chen Ming skillfully divided his mind into two parts.

While continuing to teach Bai Quan normally, he used his psychic power to read the information sent by Huihuang in his mind.

Just now, Huihuang received a message from a Yuhui individual who went out to explore.

That Yuhui individual discovered a planet suspected of having a mechanical race.

Chen Ming did not show any special expression on his face, but immediately put the image of the ship sensor controlled by this Yuhui in front of him.

Although he could not use the superluminal communication network within the empire after leaving the empire.

But he could still build a communication network based on his psychic power between different Yuhui individuals.

As long as he allowed, different Yuhui could communicate directly.

Therefore, the information collected by the outgoing spacecraft did not need to be transmitted back, but as soon as it was discovered, Huihuang could receive the information at the first time.

This is also the reason why Chen Ming’s exploration efficiency is still good even though he only has these Yuhui individuals.

Chen Ming used the image sent back by the sensor of the ship controlled by Yu Hui that he was observing at this time.

It can be seen that the ship is parked near the middle of the galaxy at this time, not too close to the interior of the galaxy.

Obviously, it was after the ship left the hyperspace channel and entered the galaxy that Yu Hui found something wrong inside the galaxy after a while.

It was the third planet from the inside to the outside of the six planets in this galaxy not far from the ship.

There is an obvious mechanical creation on the orbit of such a planet without an atmosphere, and the surface is a yellowish desert from space.

But it is not clear what it is.

After all, the Yu Hui individual controlled by Chen Ming is only driving a destroyer.

So Huihuang just said that he suspected that he had discovered traces of the existence of the mechanical race.

As for why Huihuang suspected the mechanical race at the first time.

It is because the empire has focused on dealing with Yu Hui many years ago because of the low returns from continued development and the troubles of Yu Hui.

And Yu Hui has just walked out of the trouble left by Chen Ming recently.

Although the departure was not so thorough, at least Yuhui seemed to think that they had completely cleared out all the Yuhui individuals who might have had contact with Chen Ming.

They were currently carrying out post-disaster reconstruction and there was no way they would appear in this ghost location.

Then the only things left might be the remains of another civilization and the mechanical race that they were closely related to.

As for why Huihuang did not suspect that this was the remains of another civilization.

It was because the spaceship that Chen Ming was currently controlling captured a picture.

Just now, a thing that was probably a spaceship on the surface of the planet came to the orbit with a mechanical creation and pushed it into the orbit.

If it was the remains of that civilization, it would be impossible that they would continue to build something in the orbit of the planet without knowing how many years had passed.

So it could only be the mechanical race.

Anyway, at least for now, Chen Ming didn't know what else in the entire universe had wisdom and a civilization structure besides the humans of the Empire, the Yuhui of Yuhui, and the mechanical race of the mechanical race.

In short, all doubts should be proved by facts.

So Chen Ming directly modified an additional large sensor for the destroyer on the spot to confirm the real situation.

Although the sensor could not be stuffed inside the spacecraft, Chen Ming could only modify it outside the spacecraft, making the entire spacecraft look like a bloated organ.

However, the spacecraft didn't need to do anything now, just stop and observe quietly, and it didn't matter if there were more things.

And with the activation of the large sensor.

The appearance of those things on the orbit gradually appeared in Chen Ming's eyes.

It looks like a large satellite composed of multiple satellites, orbiting the planet at a certain distance.

Each satellite has a white appearance, which is obviously made of Baiyun steel.

And these Baiyun steels are pure white, unlike the independent mechanical races that Chen Ming has seen before, which have turned green due to oxidation of Baiyun steel.

It seems that there are indeed mechanical races on this planet, and they are well-maintained mechanical races.

Chen Ming's heart gradually became a little excited.

Although the mechanical race is difficult to deal with, if it can continue to be controlled, it will be of great significance to his mechanical race hive thinking network.

So he was thinking, even if his main task now is to continue to explore, should he try it?

Just thinking about it, Chen Ming saw a flash of fire on the surface of the planet.

At this time, another satellite was carried into space by a spacecraft and entered the orbit of the planet.

After sending the satellite into orbit, the spacecraft turned around and left.

The satellites that remained in orbit adjusted their positions by themselves and combined with the satellites that were already in orbit to form a larger satellite.

It seems that these satellites have different modules, and only when they are fully assembled can they realize their complete functions.

Chen Ming only observed the large combined satellites that had been fully assembled before.

He found that each large satellite combined did not seem to have complete functions.

It seems that several satellites must be connected together to be considered as an integrated facility.

According to Chen Ming's experience and analysis, this seems to be some kind of orbital defense system that is still in the early stages of construction.

However, he can see that the satellites in orbit only fill up one-fifth of the orbit above the planet's equatorial plane, and there is still a lot of work to be done. It is obvious that it has only been built for a short time.

As for why the mechanical family wants to make such a thing, I am afraid that the answer can only be found in the planet below.

And the planet below can be seen from its appearance and the lack of atmosphere that it is an uninhabitable planet.

Simple observation can also show that the terrain of the planet is very flat.

And near the equator of the planet, there are some areas that seem to be buildings.

As for more information, it is not something that can be seen by sensors alone.

At least it is definitely not possible at the current position of the spacecraft.

But Chen Ming didn't dare to let the spaceship get too close now.

After all, it was a surprise that the spaceship had come all the way from outside the galaxy without being discovered.

If it got closer, who knows if the mechanical race would suddenly react and destroy the spaceship.

Although Chen Ming could dismantle the core of the afterglow, leave it alone outside and take it back, there was no need to worry about losing the afterglow.

Then he personally controlled the spaceship to get closer and observe.

Even if it was destroyed, it would only be a destroyer.

But since the mechanical race had not discovered the existence of this spaceship until now, there was actually no need for him to expose himself so early.

It would be better to wait and see if he could get more information without being exposed.

Find out what the mechanical race was doing in this position.

In this way, he would have more time to choose how to deal with these mechanical races.

If the mechanical race discovered this spaceship and was on guard, it would not be so easy.

And some things don't mean that you have to get close to investigate in person to figure it out.

You can also analyze it based on some external conditions.

Just now.

When Chen Ming confirmed the existence of the mechanical race, he opened a star map.

He found that this star system happened to be located in the mechanical race star field adjacent to Yuhui and the Empire, which was far behind the Empire.

Although there is a slight deviation from the star zone of the mechanical race divided on the star map, it has exceeded the star zone where the mechanical race is active frequently drawn by the empire.

But based on the relative position of this planet and the mechanical race star zone, Chen Ming can basically determine that this planet is an independent planet of the mechanical race.

Why is this planet independent? And it is at least two hundred light years away from the star field occupied by the mechanical race itself?

This is not something that can be analyzed.

Chen Ming can only guess that it is a back door left by the mechanical race, or a direction they are exploring, or there are some rare things here that are worth developing by the mechanical race.

Although the answer to the guess is not necessarily accurate, it should be almost the same.

After all, no matter who it is, as long as there is a conscious existence, there must be a reason for doing things.

Such an independent planet is occupied by the mechanical race, and there are only the three possibilities that Chen Ming just guessed.

He can try to figure out which one it is.

At this time, Chen Ming was still learning the command course with Bai Quan.

While starting to control the direction of the Supreme Point, which continued to help Huihuang and other Yuhui individuals to open up the hyperspace channel, it started the jump engine and headed for this galaxy.

During the process, only one satellite was taken into orbit by the spacecraft and connected with other satellites that had already started to assemble.

However, it was still impossible to piece together a complete large-scale combined satellite, and the efficiency seemed a bit low.

If we simply calculate according to the number of satellites seen so far and the efficiency of satellites going up to the sky.

Then the earliest date when the mechanical race on this planet appeared here was half a year ago.

Earlier than the Queen of the Worm landed on the planet where the mechanical race existed, the mechanical race coming to this planet should have nothing to do with the Queen of the Worm.

But the more specific reason why the mechanical race came here had to be investigated by the Supreme Point.

Not long after, the Supreme Point arrived at the target galaxy in the jump process of the jump engine that almost did not require cooling time.

In order to conceal, Chen Ming deliberately let the Supreme Point jump outside the galaxy.

And after the jump was over, the engine was turned off directly after accelerating to a certain speed in the direction of the galaxy.

Choose to glide all the way to the edge of the target galaxy in space.

Then start the scanning array.

Although Chen Ming is a little worried that the scanning array will be discovered by the mechanical race.

But if he doesn't scan, he has no suitable means to investigate the situation of the planet.

Since the mechanical race can already build a defense system in orbit, all options for close investigation have been ruled out at the beginning.

And the most stable means of long-range investigation is the scanning array of the highest point, and other means are not enough.

In any case, this highest point is designed by a psychic and built by the psychic association.

The scanning array has a special design and the probability of being discovered is extremely low.

Anyway, Chen Ming saw that it was written in the driving manual.

And the fact is that the scanning of the highest point was not discovered.

At least when Chen Ming used the scanning array to check the situation of the suspected construction area on the planet.

The mechanical race on the planet is still working normally in a city under construction with a mechanical cruiser as the core, and it doesn't look like it was suddenly scanned by a strange spacecraft signal.

According to Chen Ming's previous understanding of various papers, the ship in the mechanical city should be a colony ship of the mechanical race.

This planet is a colony planet that the mechanical race has just opened up.

Chen Ming instantly understood that the method of mechanical development is similar to that of the empire.

Find a galaxy with relatively rich resources to start colonization first, build it into a bridgehead, and then gradually spread out with this place as the core.

Then this planet attracted Chen Ming's attention even more.

Since the mechanical race can build a colony here and also serve as a bridgehead for the development of a region.

Then it means that the value of this planet has a reason for them to do so.

Moreover, the mechanical race itself has the value of building a hive mind network for Chen Ming.

And because the number of mechanical races controlled by Chen Ming in the mechanical city he discovered before was not enough, he could not use the hive mind network to build a new individual consciousness like the queen of insects.

So in order to complete the construction of the individual consciousness of the mechanical race as soon as possible, so that the mechanical race is no longer limited to the number of people he has on hand.

He must do something here.

And the mechanical colony cruiser is also like that.

Let’s not talk about the value of the cruiser itself, the fact that it is a colony ship alone has made Chen Ming a little itchy.

A mechanical colony ship must have facilities for manufacturing mechanicals.

Chen Ming now has two relatively difficult points for manufacturing mechanicals.

One is the core chip of the mechanical race, and the other is their secondary core.

These two things are the core of the mechanical race.

Although Chen Ming has the blueprint, it is quite difficult to read the blueprint when he can't speak the language but only the mathematics.

If there is a special equipment to produce directly, it will be much easier than Chen Ming's hard work to learn for a long time.

He can even do something with the help of the mechanical race's ship.

This mechanical race's colony ship will always have most of the things needed to build a mechanical race colony, and at most some resources will be needed in the future.

In a sense, what Chen Ming lacks the least now is the investment in materials.

Such a colony ship, combined with the mechanical race at hand, seems to be able to do something special.

For example, occupying the magpie's nest in a new place.

Of course, Chen Ming thinks it is very simple, but it is definitely not as easy as it sounds in practice.

Such a bridgehead colony that is still under construction in the early stages of development is definitely a very important place for the mechanical race.

Chen Ming put himself in their shoes and thought about it. If he had just placed all the afterglow in a certain place and started the early construction of the colony, he would be robbed by the mechanical tribe while building the base and mining. It would be strange if he didn't fight the mechanical tribe. So even if Chen Ming has ideas about this place now, he must consider the subsequent counterattack of the mechanical tribe. The mechanical tribe here is not independent of the entire mechanical tribe cluster like the mechanical tribe on the planet Chen Ming found before. The mechanical tribe here is connected to the mechanical tribe star area next to it. They are extremely hostile to humans and any human creations. If Chen Ming appeared here and attacked the mechanical tribe, a bunch of mechanical tribes would probably fly over from the mechanical tribe star area to trouble him. He must deal with these troubles first before he can achieve results on this earthy yellow planet. So when he is bound to encounter mechanical tribe reinforcements, he must first consider the possibility of failure and the way to retreat. Then consider attacking the mechanical tribe colony, capturing mechanical tribe individuals, and controlling the mechanical tribe cruiser. Attacking is also not a simple matter.

This mechanical city under construction is completely different from the abandoned city that Chen Ming discovered before.

The defense facilities are complete, and there are many surviving mechanical individuals, and each of them has perfect combat power and complete logistical support.

So how to attack? Where to attack? How to get the most benefits and control the largest number of mechanical people? How to remove the mechanical cruiser in the center of the city?

All are problems.

Of course, there is one thing that can be determined without thinking.

That is, the main force attacking the mechanical colony must be the Zerg led by the Queen.

Since the mechanical people are unable to create new individual consciousness, they cannot afford the loss.

It is not so easy for Chen Ming to spend a lot of mental energy to create and control a group of robots to continuously attack the mechanical colony.

So the Zerg is definitely the best choice.

However, if you use the Zerg, you need to pay attention to one thing.

From the video footage saved in the abandoned city of the mechanical people that Chen Ming checked before, it can be seen that the mechanical people have a very keen perception of the Zerg.

The Queen Worm had just entered the atmosphere and had not yet landed when the mechanical race on the planet's surface had already begun to mobilize.

If the Queen Worm had not run fast, Chen Ming would not have had the Queen Worm in his hand today.

Combined with what Chen Ming had noticed before, the blood of the Zerg had an extremely special effect on the mechanical race. Chen Ming did not believe that nothing had happened between the Zerg and the mechanical race.

So the Zerg and the mechanical race seemed to have some kind of innate hatred, combined with the mechanical race's hatred of humans.

It was even more likely that the reinforcements from the mechanical race would become more dangerous.

And by then, Chen Ming would definitely intercept the mechanical race's support in space, and the Queen Worm would go down to prepare for the attack.

He was not worried about the Queen Worm on the planet, since the mechanical race on that planet was completely controlled by Chen Ming and there were no external restrictions.

The worms in the Queen Worm's nest were almost exponentially increasing, and the expansion speed was getting faster and faster every day.

As long as Chen Ming's mental power was enough to maintain the transportation of the Zerg energy crystals and maintain the speed at which the Queen Worm bred Zerg individuals.

Attacking a mechanical city that had just begun to colonize should not be a big problem.

But it's different in space. How many mechanical supporters are coming? How fast are they coming? Can they win?

These are all questions that Chen Ming must consider.

Although he doesn't have time to think about how to deal with all things.

But since he can spend some time to think about it now, he'd better think about it.

Moreover, the core queen of the Zerg, the main force of the landing operation, is still dormant and evolving in the cocoon.

There is definitely no rush for the attack.

So Chen Ming does have some time to think about it.

The direction of consideration is naturally how to let the queen insect reach the planet of the mechanical race first and develop for a period of time without being discovered by the mechanical race.

With the supply of Chen Ming's energy crystals, a group of insects will be reproduced.