Chapter 409 Results of the Investigation, Sudden Attack

Chen Ming didn't know what the white shadow was, but it was obviously the culprit that caused Yu Hui to become like this.

"I found my target."

Chen Ming said something to the legion commander.

He conveniently built a projection screen next to him and projected the recorded footage he found on the wreckage, so that the legion commander could also see the mysterious white shadow.

"This thing passed through Yuhui's fleet at high speed, and then cut through all the spacecraft in the entire fleet that spanned hundreds of kilometers before and after the spacecraft's sensors could not record it, and then blew up all the spacecraft that it did not hit. "

"This isn't right."

The legion commander subconsciously denied this situation because it violated the laws of physics.

Even if the light passes through the fleet, which is at least hundreds of kilometers away, it will be recorded by the sensors of the spacecraft or even the cargo ship.

But the white shadow didn't.

This shows that its speed has exceeded the limit of the cargo ship's sensors and exceeded the speed of light.

But it still has mass and can cause damage to surrounding things.

You must know that this universe is not exactly the same as Chen Ming's previous universe. This universe has the law of mass void effect.

That is to say, anything will lose mass as its speed approaches the speed of light in the normal universe. When it reaches the speed of light, it will no longer be able to contact anything.

And this white shadow completely stepped on this law of the universe.

"No, there must be some reason for it to do this. In the face of spiritual energy, anything is possible."

The legion commander also quickly denied what he said.

He was also a little excited when he saw such a special situation just now, so he blurted out the words subconsciously.

After adding the variables of psychic energy, the existence of this white shadow is reasonable.

Just as far as he knew.

At present, no one in the entire empire can achieve such speed.

Even when Chen Ming and the president moved over long distances, they relied on the power of the spatial level to move in space, rather than accelerating to such terrifying speeds.

The speed that can be expressed in actual combat is even slower.

Although it is true that there is no need to increase the speed, we can still see the uniqueness of this white shadow.

This thing is really beyond the cognition of the legion commander.

Although Bai Ying's specific situation is not clear yet, the legion commander has subconsciously thought about ways to deal with this thing.

Chen Ming on the side was not only concerned about Bai Ying's terrifying speed, he was also concerned about Bai Ying's size.

"Isn't this thing a little big?"

The legion commander raised his head from his thoughts and glanced at the projection screen again, and said, "It's true."

Judging from the trajectory of the Afterglow battleship being struck, the diameter of this white shadow may be as long as three battleships connected front to back.

However, just looking at the picture of the warship's sensor, this white shadow is only about the same size as an ordinary battleship, both at the 10,000-meter level.

It seems that its cutting ability only has a wider range of action.

This also further illustrates that its chopping ability is most likely related to psychic energy.

The legion commander stared at the projection screen for a long time and asked, "So what exactly is this? Is it a living thing? Or a machine?"

Of course, Chen Ming didn't know what this thing was. He could only tell his thoughts: "It should be a machine. I guess it should be some kind of psychic weapon."

"You see there are traces of the mechanical clan on those Yuhui. The mechanical clan inherited many psychic weapons from Shining. They are the most likely to create this thing."

"And they do have a reason to trouble Sunset."

The star map that Chen Ming showed them publicly some time ago suddenly appeared in the legion commander's mind.

The pressure as if the entire universe was occupied by the mechanical race suddenly weighed on his mind.

Although the connection between the afterglows in different cosmic regions may not be close, when they unite because the mechanical race in an area has been annihilated, it is really hard to calm down under the pressure of human beings facing the mechanical race.

If the machine race wants to target the empire, there are many ways, and testing will obviously be the first step.

It is a very reasonable choice to use the rebel AI created by humans as the test object.

It seems that the arrival of the mechanical natural disaster that Chen Ming once said will not be too far away.

If this thing is really related to the pollutants that Chen Ming found on Yu Hui's ship, and if it really comes from the mechanical race, then the empire may suffer a lot in the next period of time.

Not to mention development, whether the empire can be stabilized may be a problem.

There was silence for a while.

The legion commander temporarily gave up his messy thoughts.

He is one of the most powerful psykers in the Empire, and he commands one of the most powerful legions in the Empire.

He couldn't be timid before fighting.

The shining civilization has fallen, so the machine race, which is the creation of the shining civilization, will inevitably fall at the feet of mankind.

The legion commander no longer struggled with this issue and continued to focus on the projection projected by Chen Ming.

"But what type of weapon is it? A spaceship?"

Chen Ming is also thinking about this problem: "I also suspect it is a spaceship, but there is not enough evidence yet, and more clues are needed."

"I'm still looking for it."

While Chen Ming was processing the wreckage and extracting the data stored in it.

The Supreme Point is still wandering in this ship graveyard, constantly collecting the wreckage parts of the ship that Chen Ming needs.

Chen Ming needed wreckage, especially the wreckage at the edge of Yuhui's fleets.

And it would be best if it was the wreckage of the ships near the position where the white shadow just came into contact with the fleet group when it rushed into the fleet.

Because of the relative angle and speed of the ships next to the white shadow, their perspective could not capture the specific appearance of the white shadow, and even the blurred appearance might not be captured. Just a white shadow, it was meaningless.

But if the ship was near the position where the white shadow was heading straight for the fleet, and it met the white shadow head-on, it might be possible to capture its specific appearance.

Chen Ming wanted to find a sensor in the wreckage that recorded the white shadow at a suitable angle.

But God knows which angle is the right angle.

God knows which destroyed spaceship has such a record stored in it.

Chen Ming could only keep searching and repairing.

Soon.

He was forced to expand the scope of the search for wreckage.

Because there were not many ships at the initial contact surface between the white shadow and the fleet.

None of the wreckage successfully recorded the scene of the white shadow rushing into the fleet group.

So he could only choose to look for it in the ships on the slashing track where the white shadow passed. The ships there might also be able to obtain similar picture records and find the specific appearance of the white shadow from different angles.

This is very difficult.

Because the slashing does not necessarily cause the explosion of the ship's ammunition depot, engine, fuel depot, etc.

Only when it happens to hit such a place will the ship be completely destroyed, causing the afterglow core inside to die along with it.

Therefore, some ships on the slashing track are lucky enough to avoid this. If they are luckier, the afterglow core of the ship will also avoid those slashings.

No matter how big the afterglow core is, it is only the size of a human head, and it is basically unlikely to be hit directly by the slashing.

And these ships are damaged, but the afterglow cores that are not damaged are all unloaded, loaded and sent away by the afterglow itself.

Only the chopped scrap iron is left there.

As a result, at this moment, Chen Ming can only touch and repair the afterglow cores that were blown up by the ship's explosion.

The number of these afterglow cores is not large, and it is even more difficult to find a frontal photo that was recorded exactly at the moment when the white shadow appeared.

But Chen Ming's luck was pretty good.

After choosing to start with the warships on the slashing trajectory, after capturing the wreckage of the thirteenth warship, he successfully found the image record of the white shadow from the afterglow core that was burned inside.

The image of the moment when the white shadow appeared was extracted by Chen Ming and put on the projection screen next to him.

Although it was only a short moment.

However, it can be vaguely seen that this white shadow has a certain regular geometric structure.

This further confirms the possibility that this white shadow is a mechanical structure, but it is not 100% certain whether it is a spaceship or a simple disposable weapon.

After showing the image, Chen Ming asked the legion commander next to him: "Can you see anything?"

The legion commander did not know much about ship repair and ship internal data extraction, so he could only watch from the side in front of Chen Ming, a professional.

However, for more superficial aspects, such as the armament, structure and combat-friendly design of the spacecraft, he has a lot to say.

He looked at the still somewhat blurry image on the projection screen, thought for a while and said: "This image is only recorded from the front angle of the white shadow, and there is not much that can be seen."

"But it should be certain that this thing has an asymmetrical structure."

The legion commander pointed to the left position of the middle of the front image of the white shadow and said: "This position should be its middle section, and it can be clearly seen that its right side structure is more prominent."

Chen Ming also has knowledge of ship design: "I remember that the Empire likes asymmetrical structures when designing ships. Anyway, the spacecraft is flying in space, as long as the output power of the spacecraft engine can be evenly applied to the spacecraft, the impact of the structural shape is actually not great."

"Yes, but some of the Empire's spacecraft are designed with asymmetrical structures not just for aesthetic considerations."

"Many times, asymmetrical structures often have some special effects."

"I know this."

The Conqueror-class battlecruiser developed by the Sinda Company impressed Chen Ming the most about this asymmetrical structure.

It is this asymmetrical side structure that allows it to create above-average firepower of a battleship with the smallest overall ship structure among all the battleships in the entire empire.

The principle of Sinda Company to design warships while ensuring basic quality, reducing costs and increasing production scale has been fully reflected.

"If this thing is really a product of the mechanical race..."

The legion leader added: "The mechanical race, or the shining civilization, has never pursued the beauty of asymmetry. They prefer insects."

"Then they created things with asymmetrical structures because such structures must have special functions."

"As for what it is, it's hard to say."

Chen Ming pointed to the ruins outside the spacecraft and said: "I feel it will only be related to the ability to cut and the ability to blow up the spacecraft."

The legion leader nodded and said: "Well, that's about it. This is what I thought of. I can't see the rest for the time being."

It's just a picture from a front angle, and it's good to see these.

Chen Ming didn't ask for too much. He turned around and continued to control the highest point, looking for wreckage in the afterglow of the ship's wreckage that might record more white shadow scenes.

It's a pity that his luck seemed to have been used up on the first piece of debris discovered.

Supreme Point has been busy among the shipwrecks for more than an hour, almost investigating all the shipwrecks in the entire slashing trajectory, but has not found the next clue about Bai Ying.

Just when Chen Ming had even begun to consider whether to obtain the actual video of Bai Ying from the ships on the side that had a high probability of not being able to record the scene of Bai Ying by luck.

The legion commander suddenly received news from the front line.

The reconnaissance fleet that followed the traces of the Afterglow fleet to track the central part of the Afterglow fleet and other fleet groups discovered the specific location of the evacuation fleet group of the Afterglow central part, as well as the traces of the left and right fleet groups.

After Chen Ming learned the news, he immediately said to the legion commander: "Let's go there first. There are white shadows even here in the rear fleet, especially in the middle part. If you continue to stay here and search, it will be a waste of time." Much time.”

"You are the professional in this regard, you have the final say."

Chen Ming nodded.

It's quite comfortable to get along with the legion commander.

In many ways, it feels like working with old acquaintances, without the friction that occurs when working with other people.

Even if it might be intentional, at least it feels good to him.

Chen Ming quickly controlled the highest point and made several jumps, arriving at the coordinates that the legion commander had just told him.

Then he saw the giant cargo fleet spanning thousands of kilometers.

And the wreckage of those escort fleets next to the cargo fleet group.

Like the Afterglow rear fleet, the fleet here also lost all Afterglow cores, leaving the ship and everything in the ship to the Empire.

Not enough people have arrived here yet. Except for the small fleet that discovered the fleet first, Chen Ming was the first to arrive.

Still relying on swiping the legion commander's face.

The highest point successfully entered the area where the central evacuation fleet was floating.

Chen Ming did not rush to collect the wreckage immediately, but first read the contents of their databases from some nearby cargo ships.

Still the same as before, the cargo ships here could not record anything. They only saw that the surrounding fleets were suddenly cut off or exploded. In the end, Afterglow unloaded all the cores and transported them away in a centralized manner.

Chen Ming had nothing to say about this, and then controlled the highest point to conduct reconnaissance, scanning and capturing the wreckage within the convoy fleet surrounding the central fleet.

After repairing part of the damaged afterglow core and reading the data, he simulated the situation of the central fleet with a model spacecraft.

With a more realistic picture representation, it can be seen more clearly that the situation here is almost exactly the same as that of the rear evacuation fleet.

Bai Ying rushed into the escort fleet from a certain angle. All the warships at close range were chopped into pieces, and all the warships at medium and long distances exploded from the inside out.

But there is one difference.

That is, the fleet size of the Central Fleet is the largest among Yuhui's evacuation fleets, and it has the largest number of escort fleets.

The number of escort fleets reached twenty-three, distributed around the central cargo fleet, each with thousands of warships of different levels.

And every fleet was torn apart by the white shadow in an instant.

Among them were many of Yu Hui's capital ships, but they had no power to resist in front of Bai Ying.

By connecting the white trajectories of different fleets being attacked by white shadows together, and looking at the time in the data read out after repairing the afterglow core, it can be seen that all the resistance in the entire central fleet was eliminated in an instant.

The speed shown is faster than that of the rear fleet.

If calculated according to the formula of the mass void effect, the speed of the white shadow at this time has turned its mass into a negative number.

Although the formula doesn't seem to work this way, Chen Ming feels that this calculation can better explain the power of psychic energy.

After all twenty-three afterglow fleets were dealt with, the white shadow that penetrated all the fleets disappeared near the central fleet.

Went to...

Chen Ming glanced at the star map.

The rear fleet caused the situation that Chen Ming saw just now.

Even the time when the central fleet was attacked was not much different from the time when the rear fleet was attacked.

This white shadow penetrated such a long distance in an instant, completely defeating Yu Hui.

The level of threat is evident.

"This is definitely not an ordinary battleship, even a Titan-class battleship can fight against it."

"Only at least level 5 psykers can fight it, and they have to be the top ones."

Chen Ming gave his judgment.

It can only be said that if you want to fight this thing, you have to consider not only the strength of your psychic power, but also the strength of your mental power.

No matter how strong the psychic effect is, it means nothing if you can't hit it.

Only when the mental strength is high can the thinking speed be fast enough.

The thinking speed is enough to follow the traces of the mysterious white shadow, and then to consider the possibility of solving this thing.

The legion commander traced the distance that the white shadow could penetrate instantly on the model created by Chen Ming. He slightly refuted Chen Ming and said: "I think it is better to be a level 6 psyker. In my impression, there is really no level 5 psyker." To this extent.”

Chen Ming pointed to himself and said: "I am actually level 5."

Before he took control of the capital ship he built with his own hands, the basic strength of his psychic power had actually remained unchanged.

What became stronger was the natural disaster core that he acquired and fused with all his power.

Of course, the core of the natural disaster also contains his basic power.

So if he takes control of the capital ship, then all of his power will be further enhanced.

As for the specific degree of strengthening.

It depends on how much effort Chen Ming put into that battleship.

"..."

The legion commander wisely chose to skip this topic to avoid suffering a psychological blow.

However, he did not remain silent, but took the initiative to bring up the possible ideas he had just been thinking about in his mind to solve the problem of the white shadow.

"There don't seem to be many methods at our disposal to target this white shadow. Space ability should be the first choice."

While Chen Ming continued to be busy capturing the wreckage, he responded to the regiment commander's thoughts: "Yes, so I have already told the president about this."

"But the means that can limit space are not limited to space psychics. Don't forget that I also have a corpse of a plane nightmare in a black hole. The black hole technology that can be researched on it may also have the same effect."

"Oh, wait, I found a new picture."

As Chen Ming spoke, he put a recorded picture of Bai Ying with a different angle than before on the projection screen.

The first picture just now was taken from the complete front.

This one was captured from a slightly right angle.

You can see that the structure on the right side of the white shadow is indeed very prominent as the legion commander said when he saw the front view, showing a sharp diamond shape.

Other than that, like the previous picture, not much can be seen.

The legion commander immediately said about this picture: "The mechanical structure of this picture can be roughly seen. It should be certain that it is some kind of spaceship, right?"

"That's how it should be."

Chen Ming didn't say much and continued to speed up the investigation of the wreckage.

He wanted to find out exactly what this white shadow looked like.

As Chen Ming's search continued, time also passed rapidly.

The Legion's reconnaissance fleet has successfully discovered Yuhui's starboard and starboard fleets as well as the earliest evacuated front fleet.

Every fleet was the same, the escort fleet was destroyed by Shiro, and all the afterglow cores were taken away.

Chen Ming went to each fleet, and after spending a lot of time, he successfully obtained pictures of Bai Ying from every angle.

And built a model of Bai Ying.

This is a very special spaceship.

It has no exposed interactive devices, nor any weapons that can be used offensively.

It has only one core, and four generally rhombus-shaped structures of different sizes extending from the core to the surroundings.

Nothing else.

This makes the overall structure look very asymmetrical, but also has a special feeling of unified style.

If you just look at the appearance, it even looks a bit like a random drawing by someone who doesn't understand spaceship design.

But when the real thing appeared, both Chen Ming and the legion commander understood that this thing was a top-notch spaceship that was restored from something that originally only existed in theoretical science fiction.

The strength of its psychic power is definitely more noticeable than its strange shape.

And after checking all the evacuated fleets in Yuhui.

Chen Ming also consolidated the information he obtained about the location of Bai Ying's path.

He drew a complete route between a total of five fleets in the afterglow on the star map.

The white shadow followed this route and appeared from the direction where Yuhui was going.

Starting with the forward fleet then port, center, starboard and finally the rear fleet.

Penetrated all of Yuhui's fleet.

A single blow penetrated the area without giving Yu Hui any chance or time to struggle.

"How scary."

Chen Ming couldn't help but say something.

The legion commander's echoing voice also came from the side, as well as his question: "Where did Bai Ying go in the end?"

When Chen Ming heard this, he immediately drew a line on the star map.

When the white shadow broke through the fleet behind Afterglow, the direction it left...

It's empire.

Chen Ming and the legion commander immediately realized that something was wrong.

They had delayed the investigation of Shiro himself for too long.

The legion commander immediately picked up the terminal, and then an urgent message came to him.

"The frontline command post was attacked, the enemy... is unknown."