Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 241 Intruder

Chen Ming searched on the web.

As he glanced across the wide variety of options, he suddenly saw an option for a customized psychic weapon that Bai Quan had given him some time ago.

1000 contribution points are required, and you must bring your own materials.

I don’t know where Baiquan, a non-psychic person, got this thing from before.

In addition to choosing this customization, you can also actively purchase some unique weapons and equipment with psychic properties on the website.

They all seemed to be found in the ruins of another civilization.

For example, psychic energy fluctuations can be converted into weapons with physical killing properties.

And by injecting mental power in advance, using the special structure in the device to create a layer of equipment such as a mental shield, etc.

However, compared to these things that he can replace with his own abilities, he is still more concerned about another psychic melee weapon with the characteristics of ectoplasm stone.

Hasn't his spiritual power already touched the microscopic realm?

And except for the nanobots inside the handle, it's just a single-molecule sword.

Even if the compatibility between the user and the material properties of the psychic weapon is not very good, it is definitely better than other psychic weapons that are randomly inlaid with spiritual stones.

After the Mad Words Spiritual Stone is embedded in the back, the effect reaches 1.3 times.

Overall it doesn't look like much.

"Wait a moment."

However, because the nature of the mad words spiritual stone inlaid by Chen Ming is relatively violent, the superimposed bonus between the two is not much.

Except for the slightly different composition of materials, because Chen Ming did not have crystal gold, he could only use other special-grade materials instead.

And what this price exceeds is not just the name and gimmick of a psychic weapon that can only be used as an auxiliary, but a real psychic weapon that can transform psychic fluctuations or use mental power as a means of output. arms.

The introduction said that this is not about embedding the ectoplasm stone in a psychic weapon, nor is it polishing or forging the ectoplasm stone into some cold weapons with a simple structure.

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This is just inlay. If you want to achieve a perfect fusion effect, then the material properties of the two absolutely need to be approximated to almost the same level.

It's not like Chen Ming simply embeds the Word of Madness Spiritual Stone into his "Ming" like he does now, but the real effect of combining the two into one

The metallic liquid condensed in his hand out of thin air, and a long sword with a sci-fi style exactly like the one on the website appeared in his hand.

Chen Ming's "Ming" gave him a basic mental power increase of 1.1 times when he first obtained it.

"And there seems to be another problem."

"Yes, but I can't fuse the psionic material with the ectoplasm stone."

Therefore, the selection of materials must be based on materials with a wide range of applications.

Instead, the effect of the ectoplasm stone and the weapon are completely integrated.

Chen Ming was so busy thinking about the purpose of this thing and whether its function was powerful that he almost forgot one thing.

The category of melee weapons is quite special. If there is not enough coordination, melee weapons will definitely not be able to compare with long-range weapons such as guns.

And another very special thing is that this kind of psychic melee weapon really has modern and even futuristic technology.

The final incremental effect on users can be imagined.

Bai Quan, who was still sorting out lesson plans next to him, saw this scene and immediately asked: "What are you doing?"

Chen Ming raised a hand.

But what is strange is that the prices of several melee weapons that Chen Ming sees now are higher than those of other weapons with psychic properties.

If the user has a good compatibility with this kind of psychic weapon, the increase obtained from the psychic weapon will definitely increase exponentially.

Single molecule means a single molecule at the edge.

Chen Ming took a brief look at the introduction and found that these melee weapons were also found from another civilization.

But if the psychic weapon itself is made of materials with more extreme properties, or if Chen Ming also chooses to inlay spiritual stones with more ordinary properties, then the superimposed effect of spiritual stones of the same nature will definitely be extraordinary.

It did not sink directly into the ground as Chen Ming originally expected, leaving only the hilt outside. Instead, after piercing the ground for about one-third of the sword's length, it was fixed in place crookedly.
Its blade is dull.

He has long been able to control materials at the atomic level, which means he can also create single-molecule swords.

Chen Ming turned the tip of the sword so that it pointed directly at the ground, and then let go of his hand.

The exaggerated increase alone is enough to make people greedy.

A sword made of a special grade material has only one molecule on the edge, so the cutting strength seems to be a bit exaggerated.

“I’m looking to see if these things are worth the price.”

Bai Quan let go of the computer, walked to Chen Ming's side, glanced at the terminal and the formed sword in Chen Ming's hand, and said, "Then you made your own monomolecule sword?"

Because the name of the melee weapon that Chen Ming was interested in was the Single Molecular Crystal Golden Sword.

This means that the ectoplasmic stone is very compatible with the psychic materials that make up the weapon.

The reason is that the designer chose materials with relatively neutral and peaceful properties to make Chen Ming's psychic weapons. After all, Chen Ming has not undergone a systematic physical examination until now, and the nature of Chen Ming's psychic powers is still uncertain.

Crystal gold is a special grade material.

The blade of the monomolecular sword is a pure single molecule. After possessing the terrifying cutting ability, it also means that the blade is extremely fragile.

Now Chen Ming knew what the nanorobot in the sword hilt was used for.

It is used to maintain the sword blade to ensure that the single molecular structure of the sword blade is not damaged.

It can only be said that another civilization really used some unexpected things in unexpected places in its design.

Chen Ming bent down and pulled out the sword from the ground, raised it to the previous position and released it again.

But this time when the monomolecular sword fell, Chen Ming continued to use repair power on the sword.

This time the sword blade successfully submerged completely into the ground, leaving only the hilt outside.

Seeing this scene, Bai Quan said: "So what is your conclusion? Is it worth it?"

"Okay."

"It's really worth the price for other people, but it's a bit of a loss for me."

After all, Chen Ming can replace single molecules and nano-robots by himself. The only thing valuable to him about this weapon is the fusion of ectoplasm stone and psychic weapon.

And this nanorobot gave Chen Ming the feeling of using a circuit board on an arrow.

Although judging from the technology of that civilization, there must be a reason for this kind of thing to exist, and he could think of it himself.

For example, once any psyker with super dash and movement abilities gets this monomolecular sword, its strength will definitely be acceptable.

But if there is no need for close combat, or if it can be guaranteed not to be approached, then this thing is difficult to say.

Chen Ming would not normally take risks.

The chance of being kissed in the face will probably disappear after getting a prosthesis.

Therefore, although Chen Ming does think that this kind of complete fusion of ectoplasm stone and psionic weapons is good, it is still not worth it if you have to lose money to get it.

Just get an ordinary monomolecular sword and use it.

Chen Ming passed the psychic monomolecule sword and looked at something else.

Soon, two unique weapons appeared in his eyes.

Psychic Blaster Gun and Psychic Delirium Gun.

The size of a rifle, it looks black and green on the outside, but its shape is simple and barely resembles a gun.

Their effect is also simple and crude, that is, they directly release psychic pulses.

One pulse will directly cause a mental shock and knock people out, while the other pulse will interfere with the consciousness of the person hit.

It will cause the brain of the person hit to become confused and attack other people around them indiscriminately, just like the psychic pulse generators that the mechanical tribe once threw randomly.

However, the manual states that this is a weapon for riot control and is non-lethal. It seems to be a little gentler than what the machine tribe uses.

But the introduction also said that this thing has a chance of burning the brain due to psychic impact. It is difficult for people not to doubt who is responsible for this.

In short, Chen Ming had already obtained the device that emits psychic pulses, so he didn't need it now. He probably looked at it for a few times and then continued to look at other things.

Chen Ming found that many things on this website looked good.

But either he doesn't need it, or he already has a replacement.

So in the end, Chen Ming barely marked a few potentially useful things and then looked at the material area.

Materials are much more useful to him than other things, at least he can freely make the materials into what he needs.

The value of various psychic materials ranges from a few contributions to hundreds or thousands.

The most expensive ones are basically special-grade materials with psychic properties.

For example, the single-molecule psychic crystal gold material for making the psychic crystal gold he just saw. Even if the crystal gold is only in the middle and lower reaches of the special materials, the value of one kilogram is only 1,200. Minutes or so.

There will also be different price trends depending on the nature of the psychic energy.

The more positive the emotion, the higher the value, and the more extreme the emotion, the higher the value.

The most valuable among them is a crystal gold material with a material property of "Ecstasy", and the price is even 3,000 contribution points.

It's no wonder that a single-molecule sword is so expensive, and materials account for a lot of it.

Then Chen Ming can't buy this thing even more.

After firming up his thoughts, Chen Ming continued to read.

In addition to these materials that can be mined naturally, the others are materials obtained from psychic creatures.

There are skin, flesh, bones, blood, etc. After all, the psychic energy of a psychic creature exists in itself, so the entire psychic creature is valuable.

It was Chen Ming who suddenly realized that he had never seen many psychic creatures until now, let alone powerful psychic creatures.

We have seen powerful creatures, including the Insect Queen, the Aurora Wind Spirit, and the previous phase beast, but there are really not many psychic creatures.

If he could encounter a few of these, he would definitely try to catch them.

Chen Ming looked at the list of biological materials, and various strange thoughts kept flashing in his mind.

And one of these strange thoughts suddenly appeared in his mind.

Are the materials produced by Yan Xiong considered as materials for psychic creatures or other materials that can be mined?

No, what he should be struggling with is not the nature of the psychic materials, but the uses of these psychic materials.

Chen Ming suddenly looked up at Bai Quan and said, "Let me ask you something, where do all the things exchanged on these websites come from?"

"Many of these materials are materials captured in various wars, and some are sold by psykers on their own initiative and then distributed here."

"Does this mean I can sell this kind of thing?"

"Yes, there is a special person to purchase it. It's over at the Psychic Research Institute of the headquarters. I'll go back and find out for you. What do you want to sell?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, so don't worry. Can the things I get in exchange for contribution points be resold?"

"If you are short of money, you can indeed sell it. There are also marks in the introduction on the website. If you have marked it, you cannot sell it. Selling it is against the rules. But if you don't mark it, you can do whatever you want."

Bai Quan randomly clicked on something on the terminal in Chen Ming's hand and pointed at an inconspicuous little hook.

Chen Ming nodded.

This also seems to be a way to make extra money.

"Can psykers trade these things internally with each other?"

"Yes, yes, but just like reselling, only those who have checked the box can be sold casually, and those who have not checked can only be sold among psychics of official forces such as the military and government."

"And I heard that things used by you psychics are generally traded face-to-face. It is said that you are very particular about whether things are suitable. You will only trade after face-to-face confirmation. If it is not suitable, it will be terminated." Chen Ming nodded again. "Similar concepts do exist," he said.

Just like when he was condensing the source of spiritual energy before, it all depends on fate whether a material is suitable or not.

Just before Chen Ming was about to continue asking questions, Bai Quan said: "But we only have three psykers in the branch now, including you, and there are only a little more psykers in the headquarters. It's not easy to trade now. "

"Oh."

It seems that if I have the opportunity to go to the headquarters, I can try to trade something with others.

Chen Ming lowered his head again.

He looked at another thing that interested him, fairy tree species.

However, when Chen Ming saw the price, he immediately ignored it.

The value of a fairy tree species is 20,000 contribution points.

Although this is a raw material for making many medicines and plays an extremely important role for psychics, Chen Ming really doesn't have that many points.

He could only temporarily mark this tree species, and by the way, he raised Yan Xiong's value in his heart. After all, there were people who were willing to exchange the fairy tree seedlings for Yan Xiong before.

Then he turned his attention to another thing that was more important to him that he could probably afford now.

Artificial enlightenment nerves.

Chen Ming is now only a little bit away from the key node. If he can use this spiritual nerve, he might be able to cross it directly.

The value of an artificial spiritual nerve is 10000 contribution points.

It is equivalent to exchanging a special merit for an opportunity to become a psyker.

Chen Ming suddenly raised his head again and looked at Bai Quan.

Bai Quan had already sorted out the lesson plan and asked, "Have you finished reading? You can start class now."

"Wait, there is another question, where did the spiritual nerve you gave me before come from? This should be something that can only be obtained by psykers with special skills, right?"

Bai Quan recalled it for a moment and said, "It's not something that only psychics can get. It was given to me by my superiors when I was promoted to major general, but I never used it, so I gave it to you."

"I'm not interested in betting on this low probability. I might as well use it elsewhere in exchange for some resources. As you know, I got a lieutenant general instead."

Chen Ming suddenly frowned slowly because he suddenly thought of the past.

"Are the Qiling Nerves for sale? Can anything of the special level be sold?"

"And I heard that under normal circumstances, when this kind of artificial spiritual nerve is implanted in a non-psionic person, except for slightly activating the implanted person's mental power, it can actually be said to be completely meaningless."

"A special merit can only be exchanged for something with such a strong gambling nature. Is it really okay?"

Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming in surprise and asked, "Where did you hear this?"

"The boss's side."

"Oh, that's actually quite different."

"What Wu An is talking about is the spiritual enlightenment nerve that is sold to external parties, which is different from the spiritual enlightenment nerve that we actually use to give us the probability of becoming a psyker."

"Let me put it this way, after the spiritual nerves sold to the outside world are implanted, the probability of awakening spiritual energy through this spiritual nerve is 0%."

"0%?"

"Yes, it's that low. Those who seem to have awakened their psychic powers after being implanted with spiritual enlightenment nerves are 100% people who can awaken their psychic powers in the first place."

"As for whether it's worth it to have special merit in exchange for this, I can only say that this is a choice, and you don't have to choose it."

"Besides, these 10,000 contribution points are not only spiritual enlightenment nerves, but also supporting things."

Bai Quan once again recalled the various precautions for using this spiritual nerve that had been explained to him.

"First of all, if you want to implant the spiritual nerve, you must first go to the Fanchao Research Institute and undergo a physical examination to confirm your physical condition and confirm your mental state."

"Then after a period of active training to ensure mental activity, it is finally absorbed under the protection of various supporting medical facilities to ensure the safety of the absorber."

Seeing Chen Ming's expression as if he wanted to say something, Bai Quan said directly: "Not everyone is as fierce as you and can eat Qiling Nerve alive."

"The Fanchao Research Institute is the department that mainly studies this thing. The rules they set must follow their side."

"The directors of the psionic research institute of our Fourteenth Legion can only go to them to study."

"If you think about the full set of services provided by the Fanchao Research Institute, they are worthy of special honors, right?"

"As for the spiritual nerves bought by rich people, that's fine. Just find a local psychic research institute and implant them. As long as you don't torture people to death, you can do whatever you want."

"This is also a way to recover some additional assets from wealthy people."

Chen Ming suddenly couldn't understand again and asked: "Recover assets? Isn't Fanchao Research Institute an independent research institute?"

"Of course not, it's a research institute directly under the empire."

"Belongs directly to the empire..."

Bai Quan explained to Chen Ming: "The government, the army, and the ruling party of the empire are three different concepts. Generally speaking, those who are directly affiliated with the empire refer to those who are directly affiliated with the ruling party of the empire."

"I know, I just feel a little surprised. You know my hamster, right?"

"I know, I don't know where you picked up the pet rat in Fanchao's laboratory."

"Rui Mu Xing."

Chen Ming answered Bai Quan's question and said: "The problem lies with the hamster. I didn't expect that a laboratory directly under the empire would study this. I always thought that it was because the Fanchao Research Institute is an independent research institute. Study some weird stuff.”

"Forehead……"

Bai Quan also suddenly realized that there was something strange about it, and said with some uncertainty: "Maybe someone within them took the time to work on this thing."

Chen Ming just felt a little strange, so he asked casually, and didn't get too entangled with Bai Quan on this matter.

Because there is another thing that he is more concerned about.

"Is this 10,000 contribution points fixed?"

"You know my situation. I don't need anyone to help me. I can absorb it myself. I can't ask them to check me. So I don't want these things. Can it be cheaper?"

Bai Quan couldn't give an answer for a while: "This... how about I go ask it for you?"

"Can't you make the decision?"

"The matter of psykers is not only an internal matter within our Fourteenth Legion. All the resources of psykers are integrated by the entire empire, and it involves the Fanchao Research Institute. This matter really needs to be asked."

"Okay, let's talk about this later."

Chen Ming threw away the terminal and sat down in his usual lecture position.

It can only be said that the number of things on this webpage is still very large, at least he can't finish it now.

He can only mark the things he is interested in first and see if there are any remaining contribution points that can be exchanged later. Now he has other things to do.

three days later.

Bai Quan came to Chen Ming as usual.

But today was the day that he informed Chen Ming in advance that he was going to another place.

Bai Quan pushed open the door of Chen Ming's room as before and saw Chen Ming who was ready to leave at any time.

"How are the preparations going?"

Chen Ming patted the suitcase beside him and said, "It's all in there. I also stuffed a copy of the synchrotron core log I gave you yesterday."

"Nearly a month was wasted for a psyker's first-class scientific research merit. I am very curious whether Lou Wei dares to take this responsibility."

Bai Quan smiled and patted Chen Ming and said, "You want him to die."

"Okay, let's go and drive your boat."

After half an hour.

Chen Ming and Bai Quan, along with several guards and Bai Quan's secretary, boarded the Stardust-class ship that Chen Ming had not sailed for a long time.

When boarding the ship, Bai Quan repeated the process of their trip: "This time we are going to go to a prosperous star field called Meteor first, meet with Lou Wei and the others there, and collect the data in your hand first Hand it over and then go to the colony location.”

"Should we jump directly there or walk slowly?"

"Of course, walk slowly. You can jump over there and maintain it for free? If you arrive early, you still have to wait for others. Why not let others wait for you?"

"also."

Chen Ming quickly set the route and arranged other accompanying personnel.

Then he took Bai Quan to his room on the Stardust level.

After using psychic energy to separate a classroom and study room, Chen Ming continued to start today's class.

Even if you go out to do errands, there are some things you can't stop doing.

The Stardust class travels alone in hyperspace and is expected to arrive in the bustling star field where it can detect the value of data in three days.

However, only one-third of the time on the road has passed.

Just during the day the next day, the sense of danger that had not been touched for a long time suddenly stung Chen Ming's brain.

The prosthesis on the Stardust stage is about to face danger.

Chen Ming's face changed. He put down all the work at hand on the main body and focused all his attention on the prosthetic body.

Bai Quan, who was teaching Chen Ming in the classroom at this time, noticed the change in Chen Ming's expression.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw that Chen Ming in front of him was instantly covered in a layer of nano-suits.

And he couldn't help but have an extra layer of protective clothing on his body that gave people a sense of security.

"what happened?"

Chen Ming did not respond. He closed his eyes slightly and concentrated on feeling the source of the danger perception.

But for some reason this time the sense of danger didn't point clearly to a certain place.

It's not a threat that completely covers the entire Stardust, nor is it a threat that's too far away, it's just that there's no way to clearly sense it.

The source of danger is changing, and it seems to exist in every corner.

Suddenly, a subtle spiritual energy fluctuation was suddenly noticed by Chen Ming.

"Psychic."

Chen Ming immediately moved closer to Bai Quan.

In front of psychics, Bai Quan, an ordinary person, is extremely vulnerable.

Only by his side can he find ways to protect Baiquan's safety.

Chen Ming immediately tried to use the three-dimensional imaging of the spacecraft to locate the intruder, but there was no sign of other human activities on the three-dimensional imaging.

No trace of the intruder could be found in any monitoring equipment on the spacecraft.

Chen Ming could only release a large amount of spiritual energy fluctuations around his body, constantly trying to sense the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations.

But just before he finds the intruder, he suddenly notices that the overall temperature of the ship is rising and the entropy is increasing.

"It's Hu Yi."

Chen Ming reminded Bai Quan again and stretched his other hand to his waist.

There is a purgatory core in the satchel on his waist.

Just now.

On the ceiling above Chen Ming, in the darkness where the lighting equipment was not fully illuminated, an extremely dark hand wrapped in black mist was slowly reaching out.

This hand holds a long sword that exudes psychic energy fluctuations.
He suddenly swung at Chen Ming's neck.

(End of this chapter)