Chapter 348 Preparation for the Next Time

The mechanical race did a lot.

The appearance of the Destroyer and the ruthless sweep of the mechanical race's own planet made Chen Ming feel quite surprised.

They did make sure that all the Zerg on the planets that Chen Ming's Zerg invaded were cleared, and the planets where the Zerg was not found were completely destroyed.

The mechanical race would not gamble on the probability that the Zerg did not successfully parasitize.

But they did not do enough.

After Chen Ming discovered the movements of the mechanical race's Destroyer, in addition to letting the Zerg nests start migrating immediately, he also let all the Zerg nests that had just begun to breed separate a part of the Zerg units to flee.

As long as a seed or an egg is left, the entire Zerg nest can develop again.

Therefore, even if the Destroyer has cleared the Zerg nests on all planets, not all the Zerg on all planets have been killed.

There are still Zerg hiding on more than 40 planets, and a small number of eggs are still alive.

Chen Ming still has a chance, but it just takes more time than before.

It can only be said that the mechanical race took out the Destroyer and destroyed several of its own planets very ruthlessly, which was a smart move.

After all, if the Destroyer was not there, Chen Ming dared to guarantee that in just two days, he could make those Zergs parasitic underground come out to cause trouble.

The difficulty of invading a planet from space is completely different from that of causing trouble on the ground.

The logistics of the mechanical race will be completely destroyed in a very short time.

But now that the Zerg has been cleaned up by the Destroyer, Chen Ming will never dispatch the Zerg before the Zerg develops to a certain scale, so as not to attract the Destroyer again and stimulate the Zerg again.

There is no Zerg of a certain scale that can cause damage to the ground facilities of the mechanical race, but nothing can be done in front of the Destroyer. Appearing in advance will lead to less damage to the mechanical race in the end.

So even if the mechanical race cannot completely solve the problem of the Zerg by doing this, it can at least delay it for a few more days.

Give the mechanical race a chance to mine a wave of materials for the last time, and a few more days to study the technology that may eliminate the Zerg still hiding in the ground.

Chen Ming really has no way to solve the current situation of limited Zerg movement.

The Destroyer could come again at any time, making any action basically a waste of effort.

But in fact, he didn't need to solve it.

Because Chen Ming did another thing at the same time as the Zerg fleet attacked.

In Chen Ming's cognition, the entire universe is very rich.

Not only are there planets with a large number of exploitable resources, but there are even habitable planets that far exceed Chen Ming's previous cognition.

However, no matter how rich a place is, there must be barren corners. Near those rich planets, there are also many planets that have no development value.

Of course, this development value is for living or non-living things other than Zerg.

For the Zerg, as long as there is material, the planet is valuable.

These planets that are worthless to the mechanical race will not be occupied by the mechanical race, which gives Chen Ming the opportunity to infiltrate.

Therefore, although the three waves of Zerg fleets sent by Chen Ming are all targets of the mechanical race, which are being developed or stationed.

But every Zerg fleet will be dropped some eggs by the Zerg on the planets that have no development value for the mechanical race.

Just like what the Black Mist Prosthesis did when it encountered the Destroyer.

And this is another thing Chen Ming did.

Even if the Zerg on every planet in the logistics galaxies of the Mechanical Clan have been cleared, there are still a large number of planets with Zerg, threatening the safety of the Mechanical Clan at any time.

Chen Ming didn't know whether the Mechanical Clan had noticed or reacted to this.

He felt that they should have noticed it, but it did not affect the growth of the Zerg eggs on those "worthless" planets.

The Mechanical Clan has the ability to protect those planets with resource development, but they definitely do not have the ability to protect every planet.

If every planet with Zerg is really swept, especially those barren planets that have no detection means to confirm the location of the Zerg eggs.

Then even if the Destroyer is used to smoke, it may not be cleaned up.

This is the most disgusting thing about Chen Ming's Zerg.

Chen Ming will even disgust the Mechanical Clan again later.

At this time, Chen Ming is still observing the Destroyer mothership inside the galaxy through some iron atoms remaining in the phase space of the last processed galaxy reached by the Destroyer.

This mothership cannot stay in the phase space forever. Sooner or later, it will return to the normal universe and will always stay somewhere.

Its radiation coil can be replaced, but not all facilities can be replaced. It must be inspected.

Chen Ming just watched the destroyer mothership silently.

Finally, after the mothership dealt with the last planet where no hive was found, it started the jump engine.

When the spaceship in the phase space starts the jump engine, it can also take away the spaceship in the normal universe.

So this mothership also took away the mechanical race who chose to migrate with a large number of facilities and materials because the planet was destroyed in the galaxy.

Only the remains of the destroyed planet were left in the galaxy.

Chen Ming immediately activated his psychic power, allowing the iron atoms that were originally keeping a distance from the mothership to approach the location where the destroyer mothership jumped.

Immediately created equipment to record the detailed jump fluctuation data of the mothership when it left.

And confirmed the coordinates of the destination of the destroyer through this data.

It was almost the same as he thought, that is, the star gate in the star area of ​​the mechanical race.

It has to be said that the mechanical race is really rich.

The empire can only ensure that there is at least one star gate in a star field, while the mechanical race has installed star gates in every star area in such a small star field.

Although the startup cost of the star gate is calculated based on the distance between the two star gates, the value of the star gate itself is there, especially the singularity that can only be obtained through natural wormholes.

That is the most important thing.

Chen Ming actually has some or quite a lot of ideas about the star gate, but it is not the time yet.

Now, Chen Ming chose to let the queen of the worm squeeze out about a thousand Zerg cruisers, and then let each Zerg cruiser lock a star system inside the mechanical race star field.

The locked star systems are all star systems that it believes that the mechanical race’s defense force is relatively empty, or even a star system without defense force.

Because most of these star systems are barren planets with no development value.

Among the thousand Zerg cruisers, only a very small number of cruisers will target some valuable star systems, and these cruisers with different targets are actually baits to mislead the mechanical race.

The reason is the same as before.

Chen Ming did not plan to let the fleet jump to those important planet star systems of the mechanical race because there are definitely a large number of heavy troops guarding these places. Going there is to seek death, and there is no guarantee that the planets will not be touched.

So what the Zerg have to do is very clear, that is, to drop insect eggs on those barren planets.

The mechanical race may not necessarily protect barren planets specifically. Who would be so bored as to guard those planets that have no development value at all?

Therefore, even if it is just a single cruiser, there is a possibility that it will arrive on the surface of the planet under the siege of the mechanical race and leave insect eggs.

Of course, the premise is that the cruiser’s target cannot be the star systems developed by the mechanical race.

Although there is no special protection, it does not mean there is no protection. Even for some planets that have no development value, the mechanical race will at least build a monitoring system covering the entire galaxy inside the galaxy, which is enough to detect the invasion of the Zerg cruiser and send a fleet to deal with it.

The mechanical race will soon discover the further actions taken by Chen Ming to allow more Zerg to infiltrate the mechanical race's star field.

But the mechanical race has no ability to stop it.

They can't handle the planets with no development value in the logistics galaxy alone, let alone the galaxy planets that Chen Ming randomly selected.

Of course, these cruisers that are about to set off can be said to be dead.

It is worthwhile to use a thousand cruisers to exchange for more information about the mechanical race's star field being parasitized by the Zerg.

But Chen Ming's actual purpose in doing this is not for these Zerg cruisers and the planets they are about to parasitize.

He thought that the reason for doing this was not because of the matter itself. He didn't even pay full attention to all these cruisers that were about to set off again to confirm whether they could successfully parasitize later.

He only paid attention to one of the Zerg cruisers.

The destination of this cruiser is even a galaxy with a high degree of development of the mechanical race.

That is, the galaxy where the mechanical race star gate is located, where the mechanical race's destroyer mothership just jumped to.

It doesn't take too long to prepare.

After all the Zerg cruisers have determined their targets, the jump begins.

In just a dozen seconds, thousands of Zerg cruisers appeared in thousands of different galaxies, approaching the nearest non-gas planet.

This time, the number of Zerg fleets affected far exceeded that of the previous ones. Although there was only one cruiser in each galaxy, it was natural. It triggered the mechanical race's reaction system and attracted the encirclement of the nearby mechanical race fleet.

But before the mechanical race fleet destroyed Chen Ming's Zerg spacecraft, the Zerg spacecraft had enough time to inject the eggs into those barren planets.

Those Zerg spacecraft that went to the galaxies developed by the mechanical race were of course surrounded by the mechanical race fleet at the first time.

Only one ship relied on luck to temporarily escape the mechanical race and successfully laid eggs on a planet.

As for the ship that jumped to the mechanical star gate, according to the Empire's division of mechanical star zones, it should be considered a Zerg cruiser of the No. 7 Star Gate System.

It was attacked by the Destroyer at the moment the jump ended.

The jump fluctuation appears at the starting point and the end point at the same time when the jump engine is started, so Chen Ming is not surprised that the mechanical race reacted so quickly.

Anyway, his goal has been achieved.

Just before the Zerg cruiser that Chen Ming was concerned about was destroyed, he saw that the star gate in the system was not started, and there was no sign of starting at all.

And the Destroyer mothership seemed to have left the phase space through the phase facility here. At this time, it was in the orbit of a planet, ready to land at any time. It was only because of the Zerg cruiser that it turned its gun bow and attacked the Zerg warship.

These are the proofs that the Destroyer will stay here in the future.

Although Chen Ming had previously speculated that the Destroyer might stay here because of the Zerg.

But he couldn't be 100% sure. After all, the strategic value of the Destroyer is also quite obvious. Obviously, it has more and better places to realize its value.

However, with the arrival of this Zerg spaceship, Chen Ming was completely sure of his idea.

And he had the opportunity to try to seize this destroyer.

Chen Ming gradually became a little excited.

But he immediately poured cold water on himself.

The number of Zerg fleets left in his hands was not much.

There were many large-scale battles in a short period of time, and each time there was a huge loss.

The Queen of Zerg had developed long enough on the abandoned Zerg nest planet to be able to fight until now.

But no matter what, the original resources of the Zerg had been consumed and there were not many left, which was not enough to support Chen Ming to continue to make trouble on the mechanical territory.

After the excitement, the rest should be done.

At least now he has to wait until the Zerg develops again.

This time, Chen Ming only has a Zerg nest planet and a Zerg fleet of about 500,000 cruisers, which gives Chen Ming the confidence to fight the main battleship with cruisers.

And the next time Chen Ming arrives at the mechanical star field with a fleet, it will definitely not be that small.

With the breeding efficiency of the Zerg, it won't take long for Chen Ming to build a more terrifying and powerful fleet again.

He still has a chance later.

The Destroyer should not move again.

Only by ensuring logistics can they persist in the war.

For Chen Ming, as long as the mechanical race is willing to ensure logistics, he still has the possibility of seizing the Destroyer.

But Chen Ming still has a question that he still doesn't understand after fighting several high-intensity battles with the mechanical race.

Where are the external reinforcements of the mechanical race?

Chen Ming's question was of course not answered.

However, when the number of his Zerg fleet increases later, he may try to use a large number of Zerg spacecraft to carpet jump to confirm

For now, forget it.

And while he is busy fighting wits and courage with the mechanical race.

At this time, he is at An Wuping's side in the Odan star field.

Minister Hou also roughly listened to An Wuping's story about the black fog prosthesis seizing some Zerg units and attacking the mechanical race.

Of course, what An Wuping said was definitely different from what Chen Ming actually did, and there were quite a lot of concealments.

But basically, the key point in An Wuping's words was that an unknown existence shrouded in black fog appeared.

In addition to knowing An Wuping, Minister Hou also knew Chen Ming's intelligence.

So when he heard the keyword black fog, he confirmed: "Are you sure it's black fog? When did it appear?"

An Wuping replied: "It was a very thick black fog. Just now, not long after I entered this room, something suddenly emerged from the shadows wrapped in black fog... I don't know what it is, but it's probably humanoid."

"After the thing in the black fog jumped out, he immediately released more black fog to cover my Zergs. All those Zergs were affected by the black fog and were out of the control of the Queen."

"Black fog..."

There was once a black fog psychic known to many people as a member of Zuojing who assassinated Chen Ming and Baiquan who was with Chen Ming.

At that time, it was said that the Black Mist Psychic was killed on the spot by Chen Ming, and no body was left.

However, although there was no body at that time, there was evidence from Baiquan, so it was recorded according to this statement.

But now, when Minister Hou heard An Wuping talking about the black fog that appeared, he subconsciously wondered whether this black fog would be related to Chen Ming.

Of course, this was just his subconscious thought, and he soon completely ruled it out.

Zuo Jing's brainwashing ability is obvious to all.

Even the recognized psychic with strong consciousness can be brainwashed, and it is impossible for the Black Mist Psychic to switch to Chen Ming's side.

Not to mention that the brainwashed psychic was not dead when the Black Mist Psychic assassinated him. He didn't think that Chen Ming would specifically spare the life of a psychic who assassinated him and Baiquan.

Moreover, Zuo Jing also has the psychic Qianmian, who has the ability to imitate the psychic effects of others and transform the psychic effects into the Heart Gathering Spirit Pearl for others to use.

He was also a troublesome guy and died at the hands of An Wuping in the end.

It is because of his existence that Black Mist's Heart-Gathering Spirit Pearl is likely to be lost and driven by others.

And now Minister Hou only heard the word Black Mist from An Wuping.

There are psychics with psychic effects similar to Black Mist, and they are not necessarily from Zuo Jing, and it is even less likely that they are the Black Mist psychic at the beginning.

It's just that Black Mist's sudden appearance really makes it hard not to suspect something related to Zuo Jing.

As far as Minister Hou knows, Zuo Jing has not been completely dealt with in history.

The empire has tried to clean up Zuo Jing elements more than once at a great cost throughout the empire, and it has not been "successful".

But as long as a few years or more than ten years have passed, Zuo Jing will jump out again.

This time, the brainwashed psychic of Zuo Jing was killed, and a large number of Zuo Jing elements surrendered after the brainwashing, so many people believe that the source of Zuo Jing's psychic power has been erased, and Zuo Jing is finished.

But will Zuo Jing not die out again?

Minister Hou thought of a lot of things in an instant, but these were just his personal thoughts. Unless he obtained more evidence, he would not reveal these thoughts at all.

Minister Hou continued to ask An Wuping: "Then how were your Zerg controlled? Are they psykers?"

"It should be a psyker or some kind of psychic creature, but it's not my bug controlled by psychic powers."

"There is a kind of pheromone specifically targeted at the Zerg in those black fogs that can interfere with the Zerg's judgment and guide the Zerg."

"My insect queen has obtained the pheromone sample, and I can send it back to the empire as soon as possible."

Minister Hou nodded slightly, and just as he was about to continue saying something, another voice suddenly sounded from him: "Contact Chen Ming directly and ask Chen Ming to deliver it. He has the means."

Minister Hou was stunned for a moment, took out the terminal from the inner pocket of his clothes, and placed it on the table between him and An Wuping.

An Wuping stretched out his hand and pointed slightly at the terminal on the table and asked, "This is..."

A voice immediately rang out from the terminal: "Hello An Wuping, I am the superior of Minister Hou Xianhou and the Minister of the Empire's Psyker Population Management Department, Lu Han."

When he heard this, Chen Ming immediately remembered the website "Psychic Census Network" that he had used several times before. It was a website affiliated with this department.

Although this Lu Han said that he was a minister, there was obviously a big difference in level between him and Minister Hou.

One is a minister at the star level, and the one at the other end of the terminal is an empire-level minister.

"Minister Lu, hello, hello, do you want me to go directly to Chen Ming?"

"Yes, if you don't mind, you can ask us a few more questions."

Although Minister Lu's words were inquiring, there was quite a command element in his tone.

An Wuping frowned subconsciously. Minister Hou next to him noticed this and said quickly: "It's troublesome."

He and An Wuping were chatting happily, but why did the boss suddenly come over to cause trouble?

An Wuping didn't say much when he saw this, and took out the terminal in front of the two of them.

Of course Chen Ming would not be idle at this time.

Before he arranged for An Wuping to do things, he knew that someone would come to contact him and confirm with him what was going on outside.

So before An Wuping finished chatting with Minister Hou, Chen Ming had already decided to contact Bai Quan.

When Bai Quan answered Chen Ming's call again, Bai Quan's tone of voice was a little nervous: "Is something wrong again?"

Chen Ming has been calling him recently about something, and it's not a trivial matter.

Bai Quan's scalp was also a little numb.

Especially since he was about to return to the front line. There were a lot of things going on recently, but he didn't dare not answer Chen Ming's call. What if there was something important?

Chen Ming immediately said: "This time it's not a big deal, it's just that I discovered that the Zerg have made new moves."

"Some insects wrapped in black mist suddenly attacked the mechanical tribe."

“Although it seemed that they were all killed by the Machine Tribe in the end, and there were traces of the Destroyer suspected to be from the Machine Tribe, those black fog bugs still left a lot of eggs on nearby planets, and it seems that the Machine Tribe still can’t clean them away. "

"I sent a few ships to try to make contact with the black mist, but the things in the black mist didn't seem to want to contact me, so they demolished all my ships."

"But I also took the opportunity to take a picture of the thing inside the black mist."

Chen Ming said, and sent Bai Quan a photo of the ugly appearance of the black mist prosthetic that combined humans, insects, and machines.

"I suspect that this is a human experiment done by Zuo Jing or the Machine Clan themselves. Zuo Jing often conducts human experiments. The Machine Clan also has a history of transforming living things into machines, so..."

"Wait a moment."

Before Chen Ming finished speaking, Bai Quan suddenly interrupted: "Don't rush to talk nonsense. I'll talk to you first."

"you say."

"Do you remember that I watched you send the black mist psyker into the dormant chamber before? This man looks very similar to the black mist psyker."

"Ah this..."

Chen Ming was embarrassed for a moment. He hadn't thought of it at first, but when Bai Quan mentioned it, he immediately recalled the assassination by the black mist psyker.

But at that time, Bai Quan had only seen the black mist psychic once at most, and the black mist prosthesis was deliberately made ugly by Chen Ming, leaving only a few identity details that could only be seen if you look closely.

Can Bai Quan remember clearly after such a long time? I'm afraid I'm not deceiving him.

So he looked at the photo he sent several times and said stubbornly: "It doesn't look like it..."

Bai Quan was not disturbed by Chen Ming and said with conviction: "What are you going to do? I don't want to see you doing the same thing as Zuo Jing. A person's bottom line will gradually decrease. Don't cross that point." Line."

Bai Quan's tone was very serious, and Chen Ming could no longer answer casually.

He said seriously: "I have a clear conscience in everything I do, and I will only use the appropriate means on the right people."

"I will not do anything harmful to the empire and the legion. Even what I am doing is absolutely beneficial to both the empire and the legion."

"I just don't want the empire to find out more about me. That would be of no benefit to anyone."

Bai Quan was silent for a while, sighed, and chose to believe Chen Ming: "So this... thing that is neither human nor ghost..."

"It's just a little experiment between me and An Wuping. It was indeed done with the black mist psyker. Kill it first and then experiment."

"There are two purposes. One is to attract the attention of the Empire and the Mechanical Clan. The other... is to tell the Empire about the existence of Zuo Jing."

When Bai Quan heard this, he immediately realized that he seemed to have run into a big problem again. He asked, "What do you mean? Didn't Zuo Jing's brainwashed psychic die?"