Chapter 341: Preparations for the Empire

Chen Ming watched the Zerg fleet fight to the death until it was completely destroyed.

Watching the mechanical cruisers and lower-level spacecraft follow in the Zerg fleet's final struggle.

Then he ended his observation there.

But what Chen Ming didn't see was that after he finished his observation, a small wave of new jump fluctuations appeared in the galaxy.

An unobservable creature came here through jumps and made a chirping sound that could not be heard.

And the mechanical motherships that were originally planning to scan the planet that had begun to disintegrate and the surrounding cosmic environment to see if there were any living Zerg individuals immediately jumped away as quickly as if they were avoiding the plague god.

Chen Ming's consciousness returned to the main body.

After reviewing the battle just now, he suddenly sighed.

He really had never fought such a luxurious battle.

And in fact, after destroying the lower-level fleet of the mechanical race, the tens of thousands of Zerg cruisers that were not destroyed could be tried to retreat.

There is no chance of winning if they continue to stay and forcibly fight against the three motherships of the mechanical race, and they can't even cause damage.

It's not that Chen Ming doesn't want to save money. After all, it takes dozens of minutes to build tens of thousands of Zerg cruisers.

But in the situation just now, the Zerg fleet can only retreat through jumps, and jumps may lead to the discovery of the Zerg nest planet.

Jumping to other places can only delay the time of death.

So the best ending for these Zergs is to fight to the end.

Anyway, they can produce more later.

Then this raid will end when the last Zerg cruiser is destroyed.

Chen Ming did not immediately pay too much attention to the mechanical motherships marked with Zerg blood or biological tissues, but paid attention to the facility he had just sent away.

It's just that the mechanical psychic biological transformation facility is completely placed in the building and integrated with the building.

So it didn't send the facility directly to the spaceship next to his body just now.

He had to deal with the facilities a little bit first, then free up the original one-third of the facilities, and then install the complete, brand new facilities.

Of course, Chen Ming didn't need to do this. Chaofan, who was involved in more and more research recently, would help him finish the work.

While the facilities were still being installed.

Chen Ming considered a new thing.

That is, the dispatch of such a large-scale Zerg fleet would inevitably be discovered by the Empire and could not be hidden at all.

The front line must have sent a reconnaissance fleet that he didn't know about to wander around nearby, and it would definitely see the appearance of the Zerg fleet.

Even if such a large-scale jump trace was not seen, it would be impossible to cover it up.

Through the jump traces and the wreckage left over from the battle, you only need to check a little to find the information contained in these wreckage.

As long as you have this information, you will find that there is definitely a causal relationship between the appearance of the Zerg and Chen Ming.

It may not be that Chen Ming and the Zerg are closely related, but there is definitely a connection.

So he has to consider the follow-up of this matter.

What should he do?

Although after the Queen of Zerg completed this evolution, Chen Ming felt that he really didn't need to continue to hide his power too much.

The Queen of Zerg's power is also part of his power. His power in secret is even more than his power in public.

But Chen Ming felt that it was not good.

His psychic power was enough to make the Empire wary, and now there is another Zerg.

Then someone really doubted what he was.

So Chen Ming's idea was to direct the spearhead to An Wuping.

The prosthesis is used for this.

He can deny it at that time.

After all, in everyone's eyes, he is in the headquarters and will return to the front line with Baiquan at any time. How can he control the Zerg?

Believe it or not, it's up to them. Believe it or not, he is there.

It's just that An Wuping is more suspicious.

And Chen Ming had already thought about An Wuping's identity and background before, and revealed part of it to the Empire.

It's enough to divert the conflict.

As long as he does something else.

Chen Ming took out the terminal and called Bai Quan.

Bai Quan's voice rang out: "There are still five days before we go to the front line. I will tell you in advance."

"..."

Chen Ming responded: "I just asked yesterday, how could I ask again today."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"I found some interesting things here, and I feel that I need to hold another urgent meeting."

"Another meeting?"

"It's okay if you don't hold it, then I'll tell you directly."

"Then you say."

"Let me make it clear first, this matter is very important and involves the front line."

Chen Ming repeated what he had just thought of in his mind again, and said: "There are three things in total."

"The first thing is that my fleet discovered a planet, and the planet is full of bugs."

Bai Quan immediately asked: "A planet full of bugs? What kind of bugs are there?"

"The Thorn Zerg."

Bai Quan was not surprised by this result. The universe is so big, and there are planets full of bug-like creatures, but the only bugs that Chen Ming can think about are the Thorn Zerg.

Chen Ming also sent a photo.

This photo was taken from space when the insect queen had not yet completed its evolution and had not transformed a large number of insect nests into Zerg cruisers.

At this time, the insect nest planet was still complete, and the entire planet was covered in gray-green biomass.

When Bai Quan saw the photo at first glance, he didn't realize what was going on. He thought the planet itself was gray-green.

After zooming in to high precision, I discovered that the planet was covered with a layer of gray-green.

The gray-green substance that can cover the entire planet should be derivatives of the Thorn Zerg.

Bai Quan also realized the problem and confirmed: "So many?"

"Yes, insect nests are spread all over the planet. This planet can be said to be finished."

"Where are the coordinates?"

Chen Ming sent the coordinates again, and it was not that far away from the empire.

"This location... so close..."

Bai Quan didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was already in place on Chen Ming's side. He responded: "Do you believe me when I say I didn't notice it before?"

"I just believe it, but when others ask, they definitely don't believe it."

"Then wait until other people come to ask me. I feel like no one should dare to ask me face to face."

"Too."

Bai Quan did not delve into why Chen Ming had discovered this insect nest planet long ago but never mentioned it at any time, but he just mentioned it at this time.

He also did not explore when this planet was completely covered by the Zerg.

Anyway, Chen Ming will definitely tell him what needs to be said.

He is now more concerned about the remaining two things Chen Ming just said: "What about the second thing?"

Chen Ming replied: "The second thing is that the mechanical tribe is hunting me down. They seem to regard me as their main target recently. They have divided up a bunch of fleets and demolished the strongholds I left in many places to mine resources."

"Oh, that's why you were so concerned about the battle situation on the front line before, just because you wanted to see what the machine race was doing, right? But they didn't resist on the front line and turned around to look for you."

"right."

Chen Ming nodded: "The Machine Tribe would rather find me than the front line, but it gives me a headache. The loss of a bunch of strongholds on my side has caused me to buy a lot of supplies from the empire."

"Let me help you find the source of goods again, okay, no problem. What about one more thing?"

"This is interesting."

Chen Ming said: "In order to find those strongholds of mine, the machine race has formed a large fleet. The total number of expulsions and escorts is about hundreds of thousands, scattered over an area of ​​more than a thousand light years."

"The Machine Tribe provoked the Zerg Tribe, right? What happens next?"

Bai Quan had already guessed what Chen Ming was going to say from the first two things Chen Ming said.

Ever since An Wuping joined the Audan Star Territory some time ago, news about the new changes in the Thorn Zerg and their possession of biological battleships has spread.

Of course Bai Quan also heard the news.

So he guessed that there should be a conflict between the machine race and the Zerg race.

Chen Ming didn't hide it and sent a few photos over.

"Then, of course, the insects came out in force and started fighting with the mechanical tribe in that area."

"I observed that a huge battle broke out in this large area..."

"The Thorn Zerg seem to have the means to track down the Machine Race. They have found almost all the Machine Race that are causing trouble, and they will kill the Machine Race regardless of losses."

"Look at the data I have here, the transition wave is almost covering such a large area. The scene is really..."

Chen Ming paused and showed Bai Quan the information he sent and the time it took to digest it.

Bai Quan said while watching: "I remember that in our research on the Machine Tribe, there seems to be a record of the Machine Tribe not being able to deal with the Thorn Zerg Tribe, and it is normal for them to fight."

What Chen Ming wants is for everyone to think like Bai Quan does now.

He then gave Bai Quan a few more photos and continued: "Later, the Machine Tribe seemed to have lured the Zerg to their border and used their battleships to kill the Zerg fleet, but the Machine Tribe also seemed to have destroyed a planet."

The photos Chen Ming gave Bai Quan were all taken from a very far distance.

It can be seen that the three motherships of the mechanical race are orbiting a collapsed planet, and the inside and outside of the orbit are full of ruins and wreckage.

At a glance, there were countless shipwrecks, which was enough to show the scale and cruelty of this battle.

"This scale..."

Baiquan's mind quickly constructed a picture of the two sides' battle lines lining up before the battle broke out.

It was hard for him to imagine how he got hit to such an extent.

Chen Ming didn't give Bai Quan long time to think, and sent another photo to Bai Quan and said, "Take another look at this."

This photo sent by Chen Ming also shows a gray-green planet, but its appearance is obviously different from the one just now. Not only is it much smaller in size, but it can also see obvious terrain undulations from space.

"This is what the hive planet looks like now."

"The parts that disappeared have all turned into biological warships of the Zerg race. They fight to the death with the mechanical race."

"I estimate that there should be a fleet nearby on the front line, and they should be able to observe it. There may be information back in two days, but my side is very efficient, so I'll let you know first."

"I'm worried about what those bugs might do next, so I need to alert the front line."

"This information can be shared, no problem."

"Okay, I get it."

Bai Quan already understood what Chen Ming meant.

The Thorn Zerg Tribe has suffered losses of this magnitude, and the Machine Tribe's losses will also be at least of this magnitude.

Since the mechanical clan has suffered such losses, the pressure on the front line will definitely be further reduced, and they can be more open to attack, causing losses to the mechanical clan.

The more losses the machine tribe suffered, the happier Chen Ming was who had suffered losses from the machine tribe.

Although Chen Ming may have other ideas, Bai Quan can guarantee that Chen Ming's ideas definitely contain what he thinks.

Bai Quan understood what Chen Ming meant.

I also sorted out the documents and sent them to the front line and sent them over.

However, he was not in a hurry to end the conversation, but instead talked about another topic.

"The legion has recently begun to draw up military honors for you."

Chen Ming asked: "Military merit? What military merit? Did Qiu Bowen promise before?"

"No, he will find another opportunity for you later. What I am saying is that the legion is drawing up military honors for you."

"As for the two previous things, you obtained the detailed star map and defense map of the Mechanical Race Star Domain, and you discovered the two things related to the dimensional infection and the scarlet dimension."

"oh."

Chen Ming knew.

"But I can understand the first one, but the second one..."

Bai Quan explained: "After all, it is a major discovery."

"As long as phase technology can be developed, it can suppress dimensional infection, speed up the treatment of dimensional infection, and protect the entire empire."

"The legion will also benefit. Of course, you will be rewarded internally."

"Just like the first person who discovered phase space did not continue to conduct in-depth research on the phase technology project, his contribution was there, and the organization he belonged to would definitely give him an internal reward. Legion It’s the same this time.”

"At that time, the legion may also use you as an example to promote it."

"There are rewards, but I may not be available for publicity."

Bai Quan continued to explain: "Just take a couple of photos and do an interview. It won't take long."

"That's okay. When will the contribution points arrive?"

"It's still early. It took more than a month last time, and it will definitely take longer this time. Moreover, the contribution points are only the basis. There will be other rewards. You might as well care about this."

"More? What specifically?"

"The department responsible for this is also having a headache right now. I don't know what they will do to you in the end."

"There's a high probability that it's not about military rank, it's about material or other aspects."

"You are now a senior colonel. If you were to go up above, you would not be promoted to the general level. You have spent too little time in the legion."

Chen Ming has no objection. He doesn't value military rank, and he doesn't need military rank to prove anything now.

Anyway, at least now, not just any general can be on an equal footing with him.

"Then it's best to give me something useful."

"I'll keep an eye on it for you."

After Bai Quan finished saying what he wanted to say, Chen Ming was also in no hurry to hang up the phone.

He still had something to ask about the war between the mechanical tribes.

The war between the mechanical tribes started much earlier than he originally expected, which resulted in him not having completely completed all the military command courses.

It can only be said that we have a partial understanding of the specific circumstances, situation and final victory of the war, but it is not complete.

He needed to ask more precisely.

However, Baiquan said that the situation and situation will be known when we get to the front line, and there is no point in knowing it now, because these are changing at any time.

As for how to win.

Bai Quan said in detail: "The ultimate goal of this war between the Machine Clan is to seize the Star Territory of the Machine Clan, obtain war dividends, and suppress various problems in the empire that have been stagnant for a long time due to the sequelae of dimensional infection."

"The purpose of the war from the beginning was to capture the Star Territory."

"To seize the Star Territory, we must eliminate the influence of the Mechanical Tribe in this Star Territory, destroy the core galaxy of the Mechanical Tribe in the Mechanical Tribe Star Territory, eliminate all arsenals, dismantle all motherships, and cut them off. communication network and drive them out completely.”

"The main thing is to find ways to occupy or destroy the core galaxies of the mechanical race."

"Core galaxies can be subdivided into different types."

"For example, the important logistics nodes of the mechanical race, the galaxies with star gates, those large industrial planets, and the military galaxies, there are quite a lot of targets."

"Originally, we should have slowly investigated these galaxies when attacking the mechanical race, but with your information, we saved a lot of trouble."

"There are a total of one hundred and thirty-seven galaxies that can be counted as core galaxies, and a total of three hundred and two core planets."

"Currently, six core galaxies and seven core planets have been occupied. These are all achievements on the border during this period."

"If 70% of these core galaxies and planets are eliminated, the mechanical race will be completely finished."

Chen Ming asked: "Is there the most important galaxy?"

"have."

Bai Quan directly reported the coordinates of the three galaxies and said: "These three galaxies are the most important galaxies of the mechanical race."

"Two have the only giant shipyards of the mechanical clan in this star field, and one has the psychic signal generator of the mechanical clan."

"Psychic signal generator? What is that?"

"Isn't this also an existence discovered from a project you proposed before."

Chen Ming asked with some confusion: "Did I propose it?"

"Yes, you were the first to say that the Machine Tribe is a hive mind network created using psychic means, and then proved that the Machine Tribe is indeed a hive mind built using psychic energy."

"There will be specialized researchers to study this project later, by cutting off the psychic signals of the Machine Tribe individuals at different locations, and then determining the location of the Machine Tribe's psychic signal generator based on the signal's speed and delay difference."

"If you remove it, the machine race's hive mind network will most likely be directly disconnected."

"Such a thing actually exists."

"You didn't expect that, right? But looking at the defense map you posted before, the Machine Tribe has indeed set up heavy troops there. It can basically prove this. Even if the defense is changed, the defense there will only be more, not less. "

"If there are other important galaxies..."

Bai Quan once again spoke out the coordinates of the seven galaxies fluently: "These seven galaxies are all galaxies with star gates. They divide the mechanical race's star field into seven star regions. I don't need to explain the value of killing the star gates. ”

"In total, these ten galaxies are the most important. Even if the others are not solved, directly solving these ten will basically solve the mechanical star field."

"As long as we can kill these ten galaxies, our capital ships can just run over them when the time comes. The rest will be garbage time."

"However, it is a pity that this cannot be done under normal circumstances. Haide will start from the border between us and the Machinery Race and gradually reduce the combat effectiveness of the Machinery Race. Only by attacking step by step can we dismantle those important star systems."

"understood."

Chen Ming carefully recorded all the coordinates and key points for winning the war, and then asked: "Isn't there anything else important? Where are the new weapons of the Machinery Clan?"

Bai Quan said: "You don't have to worry too much about the Destroyer and other psychic weapons you mentioned last time. There will be solutions to them."

"I am mainly worried about the empire's attitude towards psykers. Without psykers, it will be difficult to compete with the machine race."

"Everyone knows this, but I have said before that the empire's attitude towards psykers is changing, and this time the situation will be different."

Bai Quan also knew that Chen Ming, as a psyker, could feel that the empire's previous attitude towards psykers was that of letting them go. As long as they didn't cause trouble, it could be said to be a basically indifferent attitude.

As a result, when faced with a battlefield situation that required the use of psykers, the empire needed psykers again. This contrast in attitudes before and after caused a headache for everyone.

Not to mention that from Chen Ming's perspective, it is not certain whether the empire will really value psykers.

So Bai Quan comforted him and said, "Don't worry. In this war, psychics will definitely play a prominent role, and they will definitely be treated as they deserve."

"So sure?"

"Yes, I was asked to have a special talk two days ago."

"It is certain that the Empire's attitude towards psykers is definitely very positive."

"In places you don't know, many psykers have been symptomatic, and each psyker with a unique ability has been assigned a team tailored to the psyker's abilities."

"Let me start by saying that there is absolutely nothing mandatory about this sign."

"Then you have to know that not only the front line, but also the logistics and enemy lines have places where people need to do things."

"All psykers are individually assigned tasks that best suit them to perform."

Chen Ming asked in confusion: "All? Most suitable? How many resources will this cost?"

"This is the Empire's decision."

"All records will be recorded, and most records will find ways to highlight the contributions of those psychics."

"Wait, highlighting the contributions of psykers? Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Bai Quan nodded and said: "Because the empire wants to bring psykers to the table."

"The Empire will announce the existence of psykers in this war."