Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

The person who escorted the core brought out from the current territory of the Machine Tribe to the Chen Ming Colony was the Minister of Psionics.

Although Lu Kang didn't understand why the psychic minister came all the way to see Hui Hui, he still contacted Hui Hui as requested by the psychic minister.

Brilliance had no problem with meeting the Minister of Psychics.

The psychic minister was then arranged into a reception room.

Compared to when the entire empire was retreating, he seemed a little more energetic now.

The advancement of the Empire's front is a good thing for any Imperial person, but there still seems to be some lingering gloom filling his face.

The minister sat down in the reception room, and tea was delivered to the table by a robot.

He just picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Huihuang's somewhat mechanical voice sounded in the room: "Minister Luo Yi, what do you want from me?"

The sudden sound that came out so quickly made the minister almost spit out all the tea in one breath.

He coughed twice, put down the tea cup, took out the afterglow core from the bag he was carrying, and placed it on the table.

"Please take a look at this."

The clear appearance of the blue sphere made it clear to Huihuang what the minister had brought.

"What happened to this Alpha-level core?"

"This is the core that our people got from the Machine Tribe. It is most likely one of the batch of afterglows that were taken away by the Machine Tribe before."

Of course, Huihuang also knew that Chen Ming went out to track down another batch of afterglows some time ago, and said, "So you thought of me and wanted me to get clues from this core."

"Yes."

"And this afterglow core, according to the soldier who found it, is already dead."

"There is only one body left on the machine race colony, which is used to help the machine race calculate some things. It is like a brain-dead patient who is still used as a machine to produce certain things."

"We also tried to connect it to some equipment to try to communicate with it, but the result... can only be said to be confirmed that its consciousness is probably dead."

"Then you can completely dismantle the core yourself."

"I'm more worried that violent disassembly may damage it. After all, its consciousness is dead, not completely dead. The components inside it are still running, so I think it's better to ask you to take care of it."

Huihuang still didn't agree and said, "You also have the Afterglow core there."

"They can't compete with you."

The minister had previously heard reports from those who worked on Chen Ming's colony.

It was the last time Chen Ming was dragged into Scarlet and unable to affect the normal universe.

The metal canopy protecting Chen Ming's colony was briefly opened through a passage, and someone... or something used Chen Ming's psychic power.

The only ones who can do this are those Yuhui controlled by Chen Ming.

There are only two Alpha-class afterglows that have long awaited Chen Ming's two colonies, brilliance and transcendence.

If transcendence can be done, there is no reason why brilliance cannot.

That's why the minister came to try.

Chen Ming's Yuhui is obviously able to do more than other Yuhui.

After a short period of thinking, Huihuang finally gave an answer and said, "Leave it to me to take a look."

The minister stretched out his hand to indicate his brilliance at will.

The robot that had just left after delivering tea opened the door of the reception room again and came to the minister's side.

Then he opened the casing, pulled out a data cable and connected the core to it.

The robot remained motionless on the spot, as if it was doing some precise calculations.

The minister who was watching subconsciously slowed down his breathing, for fear of disturbing Huihuang's work.

After a while, Huihuang spoke through the robot: "It is indeed as you discovered, this core consciousness is dead."

"The machine race has deciphered our core to a certain extent, and then used some means to retain the function of the core while solving the individual consciousness."

"They seemed to have done so carefully, but still gave the core a chance to leave clues before it was removed."

The minister asked with a slightly excited tone: "What clue?"

"A coordinate."

"Where?"

Huihuang did not reply directly, but controlled the robot to fiddle under the table in the reception room.

Then, a star map appeared on the table in the center of the reception room.

And a highlighted mark immediately caught the minister's attention.

It was a system that lay outside the Empire, even outside the systems that the Machine Races now occupied, and the many more areas they occupied in the periphery.

The minister knew very well that it might be a clue left by Yuhui to his kind, or it might be a trap carefully laid by the mechanical tribe.

But no matter what, this place will definitely have something to do with afterglow.

The empire can send its own fleet to try to find clues, and then bring them back to Brilliance for analysis.

Or...

The psychic minister turned to look at the robot and said, "I want to ask you something."

"Can you please go with our investigation team to this place?"

Splendor, who was supposed to be in charge of Siyuan and Gaia, did not directly reject the minister's proposal.

Because it discovered something special about this damaged afterglow core.

It discovered that the consciousness of the afterglow core sent by the minister was not killed, but completely removed by some means.

Huanghui knew very well what state Yuhui would be in after being killed, and he could be sure of what the mechanical race had done to Yuhui.

Moreover, if he was killed directly, he would not have the opportunity to leave clues. Only when he knew what he was going to face would Yuhui have the purpose and opportunity to leave these clues.

Compared with the minister's doubts about whether the clues were clues, Huihuang could basically confirm that this was definitely the clue left by Yuhui at the end.

"If there is a safe and stable way to pass through the encirclement of the mechanical race and come back, it's okay, but it must be a deal."

Huanghui and the Empire's way of doing things is somewhat different from Chen Ming, but it is still within the expectations and acceptable range of the Minister of Psychic Power.

"The president of the psychic association organization that Chen Ming participated in has spatial psychic power. He will send you and our people to the destination safely. I will go with you. What else do you need?"

The president, Chen Ming mentioned to Huihuang.

Brilliant believed in the president's ability, and it didn't mind going on a trip with such a safe way to get there. As for what it needed...

"All of these similar cores found in the colonies of the mechanical race."

"No problem."

The Minister of Psionics agreed decisively.

He really liked to use this kind of future thing as a bargaining chip, especially when the future of the empire was uncertain.

And he really wanted to get the first-hand clues as quickly as possible.

The mechanical race must have a special purpose in taking Yuhui away. As long as they can figure out the specific content of the purpose, they may find more opportunities to deal with the mechanical race.

After having neuron technology and a way to solve the super body, the empire is no longer in an absolute disadvantage, but the biggest disadvantage is still there.

They have no way to figure out the real core of the mechanical race, the device that has the highest control authority over the entire mechanical race cluster, or where that mechanical race is, or even whether it exists.

If the core of the mechanical race cannot be found, then the empire still has no chance to defeat the mechanical race.

As for the direction of completely destroying all the mechanical races in the entire universe, there is no need to think about it.

The total resources occupied by the mechanical race in the universe are much higher than those of the empire.

So he urgently needs clues, any clues that may be related to the mechanical race.

Moreover, he came here to ask for help.

After finishing the previous topic.

The minister continued: "There is one more thing."

"There should be a cargo from our ship that has just been unloaded at the port. Please take a look at that cargo."

"Okay."

Huihuang agreed, and after more than ten seconds, it said again: "That is the personality core of the mechanical race."

"Yes, I would like you to decipher the data inside, the sooner the better."

"Okay."

As soon as the voice fell, Huihuang's voice sounded.

The robot next to the minister suddenly opened its body, pulled out two storage units from it, and handed them to the minister.

The minister was stunned at this time and did not take it away. Instead, he hesitated and asked: "This... don't we need to find the... machine queen here?"

"No."

"I have extracted all the data in the personality core."

"I know what you need most now. I saved it in the storage unit on the robot's left hand. You can confirm it."

Hearing this, the minister no longer hesitated and immediately took the two storage units and plugged one into his terminal.

The military defense star map of the mechanical race was clearly displayed.

The minister happily sent the defense map back to the imperial military. This information needs to be used in the last minute.

Although the people at the port sent a message saying that Huihuang seemed to have no intention of returning the personality core, this information is enough.

What's more, this personality core has indeed been studied in the two days after it was obtained.

Enough data has been obtained.

After the minister finished the task at hand, Huihuang asked: "When can we start the thing you just mentioned?"

"Now?"

"Okay, I will drive the prototype super body and wait for you."

"Uh..."

The president suddenly thought of something and asked: "Speaking of which, I remember that there is another newly built battleship parked in your dock?"

"Yes, but no one can drive that ship except him."

"Is there any problem with the ship?"

"No problem."

Although he knew that the minister was asking questions, Huihuang still explained: "Although the ship is now controlled by a core similar to the one you sent over under the influence of his psychic power, it can be driven out under normal circumstances."

"But no matter who drives it, it is impossible to exert its full power. It is a complete psychic battleship."

"Only when he comes back can he be qualified to drive this battleship"

"What is its model?"

"Still waiting for him to come back to confirm."

"Oh."

The minister did not say anything more and stood up to say goodbye.

Although the minister's expression was almost calm, his heart was still a little volatile.

When communicating with Huihuang, he always felt that the pace of communication was a little fast, which was completely different from getting along with Chen Ming.

Chen Ming would occasionally brag to him and chat about random things. When communicating with Huihuang, it was basically all real progress.

But it was okay.

The minister got up and went to the port, got on the spaceship, and passed through the star gate.

Huihuang unloaded its core from the colony's main control hub and installed it inside the super body. This was a modification that Chen Ming had made before.

The super body itself has certain psychic properties, but unlike the battleship designed by Chen Ming himself, it does not require psychic power to call on the super body's psychic power.

Ordinary people can drive it as long as they are willing to consume their lifespans, not to mention Huihuang who has mastered some of Chen Ming's psychic power.

It will have no problem driving the super body.

Half an hour later.

Huihuang, who was at the port, received the news from the Minister of Psychic Power.

The super body was soon wrapped in the president's psychic fluctuations.

Almost instantly, it crossed a long distance and arrived at the destination galaxy.

There is only one star and an ordinary land planet in the galaxy.

There is no trace of any mechanical race or anything else in the galaxy.

The Minister of Psychic Energy, who was in the same communication channel with Huihuang, was also looking at the planet in the galaxy and said, "It doesn't look like there's anything special."

However, Huihuang gave a different explanation: "No, I've already found out where the special place is. This is a clue that only Yuhui can detect..."

"Oh?"

The Minister was immediately glad that he had specially invited Huihuang to come.

Otherwise, it is very likely that his people would search here for a long time and finally have to ask Huihuang to come.

"Follow me."

After Huihuang finished speaking, the super body took the lead and entered the orbit of the planet and began to land on the ground.

After approaching a certain distance, Huihuang dropped several robots from the super body to the ground.

In a barren land, in the middle of an open space without any obvious landmark features, several robots suddenly took out excavation tools and began to dig down on the spot.

When the empire's ships landed and arrived behind and the personnel gathered around.

A deep pit had been dug here by the robots.

The surrounding robots continued to dig a few more times, and a sealed box appeared in front of everyone.

The Minister immediately jumped into the deep pit and came to the side of the robot.

Watching the robot open the box, revealing an Alpha-class afterglow core inside.

"Another core?"

The minister looked around and said, the surrounding soil layer did not look new, and this core did not seem to have been buried recently.

But from the clues they analyzed before, this core must have appeared here recently.

"This must be sent here by other afterglow cores."

It is waiting for someone, or a surviving afterglow to discover it.

The brilliant voice sounded again in the communication channel.

"But it is also dead like the previous core."

The robot took out the core and turned it slightly, showing an obvious broken gap behind the core.

What the afterglows took so much effort to send here was just a dead afterglow.

But the minister was not discouraged because he saw a clear symbol mark on the structure inside the core gap.

"Ω"

This symbol was recognized by everyone present.

"Omega."

"What does this mean?"

"Level?"

"Can you read its data?"

"I can try."

Huanghui once again pulled out a data line from the robot and connected it to the core.

And at this moment, several robots suddenly shut down.

"What's going on?"

The minister asked worriedly, but did not get any response from Huihui.