Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 243 Glass Beads

The Black Mist Psyker quickly asked the captain to send a distress signal at the critical moment.

In his mind, he was constantly thinking about where was the safest place when Chen Ming was chasing him.

His psychic powers allow him to move quickly wherever there are shadows, even if there is space between the two shadows.

But now his mental strength is only enough to support the last long-distance move. If he fails to avoid Chen Ming's tracking after this move, he will really be finished.

He had to make a decision about where to use his last chance to use his powers.

It was to choose a spaceship farthest from Chen Ming's cruiser and bet that Chen Ming would not kill this spaceship.

Or……

The black mist psychic looked out the window, bypassing Chen Ming's stardust, and looked at the livable planet where the ecosystem was still gradually recovering.

After half an hour.

A pale sword made of bone psychic material.

After all, the black mist psyker is a psyker, and his mental power can be restored. If you delay him for a while, he might be able to hide in a place that Chen Ming has already checked.

But it can also be used. It is a psychic weapon after all, and the negative effects are not too bad and can be tolerated.

The Black Mist Psyker didn't seem to stay in the wreckage of those spaceships or an escape capsule. He chose to go to the habitable planet.

All remaining traces of the black mist psykers were completely washed away.

On a prominent rock protruding from the ground in this area, Chen Ming found the long sword of the black mist psyker.

Chen Ming shook his head, turned around and pulled out the long sword stuck on the rock.

At most, it will delay for a while.

He must be hiding somewhere.

It seems that because of the previous mental strength proof confrontation that ended before it officially started, Chen Ming can now detect the location of the black mist psyker's psychic energy fluctuations.

The remaining mental power on the sword completely dissipated when Chen Ming held the hilt. Without the continuous supply of the black mist psyker's psychic energy, the dark long sword revealed its original appearance.

No, it seems there is still a chance.

However, Chen Ming could feel that the spiritual properties of the bone material made of the long sword tended to be negative, probably "gloomy" or "low".

For example, the escape capsules launched from these spaceships that were not intercepted by him, or among the wreckage of a certain spacecraft that he had already scanned, it is even possible that he put on protective clothing and hid somewhere in the universe through spiritual energy. .

Chen Ming jumped onto the huge rock and glanced around.

Although there is
But Chen Ming believes that even if the black mist psychic is close to exhaustion of mental power, it is impossible for him to die along with the spacecraft on the spacecraft.

It's a pity that the sword's compatibility is not very good for Chen Ming.

Even if they can jump and pull repeatedly through hyperspace and the normal universe, they can't escape the pursuit of a cruiser with unlimited jump capabilities.

He was able to leave his sword here because he was really desperate.

This is an area with almost no vegetation, only earthy yellow desert.

But at least when Chen Ming calmed down, he could pinpoint the whereabouts of the black mist psyker.

But until the last escaping boat was destroyed, he found no trace of psykers on any of the ships.

Chen Ming did not find the body of the black mist psyker on the only ship with residual psychic fluctuations, not even the remains of the body.

There may be misses in any of these areas, but if the search continues it may take days, and finding the Black Mist Psyker and pinpointing him will be even more difficult.

Chen Ming shook the long sword in his hand and poured spiritual energy into the sword.

The possibility of continuing to catch him has been reduced to the extreme.

It's just that Chen Ming didn't feel anything when he fought with the Black Mist Psyker before. It should be that the threshold was raised by the Mad Words Spiritual Stone.

After Chen Ming solved them without any pressure, he also confirmed the condition of the wreckage of the spacecraft through high-intensity scanning equipment.

Chen Ming suddenly discovered that he could still slightly perceive the psychic energy fluctuations of the black mist psyker.

Without the need for equipment scanning, Chen Ming directly controlled the Stardust level to land on the planet where the black mist psyker's psychic fluctuations were last detected.

This means that Chen Ming cannot directly control it with his spiritual energy like when he comes into contact with a metal sword. At the same time, he cannot know the name of this thing until he gets on the spaceship.

This sword is a perfect match for the Black Mist Psyker.

But it's obvious that black mist psychics will never leave traces that can be easily discovered.

He couldn't have run too far, he must still be in this galaxy.

Dozens of small ships in the fleet were all turned into space junk under Chen Ming's attack.

And the psychic energy of the psychic creature from which this bone comes is definitely related to shadows.

Moreover, Chen Ming has now lost his position on the mental power of the black mist psychic, and can no longer find any traces of him.

In addition to bringing negative effects to oneself, psionic weapons with negative effects can also exert the same effect on the opponent, at least not at a loss.

Although this feeling is very weak, a slight fluctuation in mood is not noticeable, and it still looks like it may dissipate at any time.

There is obvious mental power of the black mist psychic left on the sword, but the black mist psychic has disappeared, and the remaining mental power is gradually dissipating.

But after doing this, he suddenly felt a sense of discomfort.

The source... seems to be the gun on his waist and the bone sword in his hand.

It seems that these two psychic weapons are in conflict.

Their properties conflict.

Chen Ming felt that the increase in spiritual energy given to him by his "Ming" was gradually disappearing due to the conflict in the nature of spiritual energy.

He doesn't seem to be able to use two different psychic weapons at the same time.

Chen Ming frowned and pulled out the spiritual energy he poured into the sword. The discomfort immediately disappeared, and the increase "Ming" gave him gradually recovered.

He had never expected this situation. For this situation where he was in a blind spot of knowledge, it was best to ask professionals.

Chen Ming hung the sword on his waist and suddenly said: "In the end, he ran away. Where can he run?"

Bai Quan, who was staying on the spaceship at this time, was communicating via video with Chen Ming through the terminal. When he heard Chen Ming's words, he immediately said: "Has the black mist psyker escaped? Then I remember you just said that there is another Hu Yi. Coming? Where has he gone? "

"He... was very strange. Apart from activating his spiritual power once at the beginning, he disappeared and couldn't be found at all."

Bai Quan guessed: "Will there be a third psychic? He first took away Hu Yi, and then took away the black mist?"

Chen Ming pointed to his waist: "Then there's no need to keep the sword."

"The sword may be a bait, specially attracting you here, and then the black mist psyker is hiding in other places. By the time you find the sword, they have already escaped through other ways."

Chen Ming was silent for a moment and said: "It was the black mist that took Hu Yi away last time, so who is it this time?"

"Actually, it doesn't have to be someone else to pick him up. Maybe Hu Yi released a psychic energy and was sent away by the black mist psychic, and then the black mist psychic was consumed here with you."

"It is indeed possible."

"If we can't catch him now, when his spiritual energy recovers, we won't have the chance to catch him. Is that the end of it?"

"Maybe, it's a pity."

Just when Chen Ming said it was a pity.

At Chen Ming's feet, about fifty meters deep underground, there was an underground cavity.

The black mist psyker, who had shrunk with his remaining abilities, restrained all psychic fluctuations, and whose mental power had been completely exhausted, managed to hear what Chen Ming said with his keen perception.

He breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously.

But just as he was relaxing, he suddenly heard the sound of dripping water next to him.

The black mist psychic immediately felt something was wrong. He obviously chose this underground cave that was full of rocks and very dry for his own life safety to prevent the cave from collapsing.
Why is there a sound of dripping water now?

He carefully reached out and groped in the darkness, and soon followed the sound and touched the cold liquid.

His fingertips felt a completely different heaviness than ordinary water drops.

At this moment, the black mist psychic's heartbeat nearly stopped.

He had no time and could not do anything to deal with it, and the next moment he was violently dragged to the ground by the metallic liquid that seeped into the ground.

In addition to the turbulent sound of breaking ground, Chen Ming's voice was full of surprise: "It doesn't seem to end here."

The black mist psychic was hit to the ground by the metallic liquid. He was knocked to pieces for a moment, and his vision was pitch black.

He wanted to escape, but he could only helplessly let Chen Ming trap him in the solidified metal liquid just like the left-wing elements who were preparing to cause trouble on the dome.

The exhaustion of his spiritual energy prevented him from moving even a little bit, and he could only show a look of despair like an ordinary person.

Chen Ming didn't waste any more nonsense. He stood in front of the Black Mist Psyker and said, "Let me ask you a question, who ordered you to come?"

The black mist psychic responded in silence, not wanting to reveal even a single word.

When Chen Ming saw this, he did not use any violent means to interrogate him. He just took out the mad words ectoplasm stone from the mind wave generator.

At the same time, the metallic liquid that trapped the black mist psyker, who was completely exhausted, also relaxed a little and released one of his hands.

The black mist psychic instantly understood what Chen Ming was going to do, and his eyes were full of fear for Chen Ming and the ectoplasmic stone in Chen Ming's hand.

Now he could only choose to use up his remaining strength to clench his fists without daring to let go.

But just as he clenched his fist, it was immediately pulled away by the metallic liquid. The power of the human body was completely powerless against the power of psychic energy.

Seeing that the psyker in the black room still had no intention of speaking. Chen Ming no longer deliberately slowed down his movements and directly placed the Mad Words Spiritual Stone in his hand.

A large amount of bloodshot eyes suddenly appeared in the eyes of the black mist psyker whose mental power had been exhausted. His ears were shrouded in crazy murmurs, and the impact on his mind penetrated deep into his brain. He did not struggle at all, his body went limp and he passed out. Chen Ming checked and confirmed that his psychic fluctuations had completely subsided and that he had truly entered a coma.

The psyker should not be rushed to death, but he will definitely not wake up in a short time.

Chen Ming relaxed a little, released the restrictions on the metallic liquid, took off the black mist psyker's mask, and took a few photos of him to collect evidence.

Then Chen Ming searched his body and found a few things that looked special.

Three glass beads.

One is broken, but two are still intact.

The broken glass bead is red and blue, while the two intact glass beads are extremely dark and the other is clear and transparent.

All of them emit psychic energy fluctuations, but no specific purpose can be seen.

Chen Ming thought for a while and stuffed them directly into the box used to house the portable psychic wave generator.

This box is made of silent alloy, which can isolate psychic energy fluctuations. It can be used to place things like this whose specific purpose is unclear.
The only other things the Black Mist Psyker has on him are some medicines.

Bandages, hemostatic spray, and a few bottles of what seemed to be medicine for psychics to restore and stabilize their mental powers.

Chen Ming took away the medicine for the psyker, and casually dismantled the rest and threw them into the spaceship's warehouse.

To be honest, the Black Mist Psyker was a bit poor. I don't know if he was that poor to begin with or if he didn't bring much because of the assassination mission.

Chen Mingyou felt a little regretful, but the content of the regret was a little different this time.

But at least there is still a sword left by the black mist psychic, and the value of this thing is still quite good.

After confirming that there was nothing on the black room psyker, Chen Ming directly built a cryo-sleep chamber with its own energy crystal power supply and stuffed him into it.

Bai Quan was a little surprised when he watched this scene through the video call. He didn't expect that there was such a way to restrict psykers.

Chen Ming noticed the change in Bai Quan's expression, and guessed what Bai Quan was thinking, and said, "You look quite surprised. How do you usually deal with psionic criminals?"

"Normally, two psykers must be chasing them. If they are captured alive, they will be escorted by a special spaceship made of silent alloy. The psykers who are hunting must remain highly focused throughout the process, so I feel that you are using cryo-sleep. The method of freezing people in warehouses can be promoted."

Chen Ming immediately pointed out the shortcomings of this method: "Then the psyker must first be exhausted before he can use this method, and it doesn't mean much to a psyker like me."

Bai Quan was a little unconcerned: "Meeting a psychic like you is purely a small probability event. Anyway, I will definitely have to tell someone later, no matter how many methods are used."

"By the way, what are you going to do with this Black Mist Psyker?"

Chen Ming moved his eyes away from Bai Quan on the terminal, looked at the cryo-sleep chamber next to him and said, "I must have killed him originally. After all, he is a psyker with strong mobility and strong assassination ability. And He is still thinking about me, so it would be best to kill him to avoid future troubles."

"But since it's captured alive, it's still useful. This isn't a simulation. You can't do anything if you capture a psyker."

"It feels like you're going to do something bad."

"It is indeed a bad thing. I want to take him to the Spirit-Enlightening Nerve Extraction Device to extract his Spirit-Enlightening Nerve."

Chen Ming admitted Bai Quan's guess and said this in a cold tone.

He actually didn't want to use the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device before, even if he clearly had the opportunity to use it on Yan Xiong.

But in the end, because his own personal experience made him feel that this method was a bit cruel for psykers, he did not implement it.

But since that incident some time ago, Chen Ming has no sympathy for the leftist elements in his heart.

No matter how cruel things are done to them, even if they are executed with his own hands, he will never be soft-hearted.

Bai Quan also knew about the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device. Because of this, he said with some confusion: "But that thing is not in the Machinery Clan..."

But mid-sentence, he suddenly realized: "Oh... you have touched this device before."

"Yes, when I was still with Yuhui, my use of my psychic powers was not perfect enough, so the equipment was always placed there."

"But some time ago, my spiritual power was enough to take away the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device. I just had Yuhui's help in maintaining it, but I couldn't use it for the time being, so I didn't do it."

Bai Quan said smoothly: "Let Yu Hui be a wage earner, right?"

"Sooner or later, all the afterglows will be my wage earners."

Bai Quan shook his head: "That's really okay. Are you planning to do it now?"

Chen Ming immediately denied it and said: "It can't be done. There is still a spiritual enlightenment nerve missing. To extract the spiritual enlightenment nerve of a psyker, an artificial spiritual enlightenment nerve that has been specially cultivated must be used."

"I know the training method from the Afterglow Society, and I also know the process. Judging from the state of this black mist psyker, the final extraction effect may not be very good."

"But if it's effective, he'll be more likely to escape, so I'd rather have a smaller chance of success."

Bai Quan silently wrote down what Chen Ming said, and then asked: "What about after the Qiling Nerve is extracted?"

"There is a high probability that I will die. I'm not sure. After all, Yuhui's extraction of me was not completed at the beginning."

"I mean, after you extract the spiritual nerve, what will it be used for?"

Chen Ming was stunned, not because he had not thought about the use of the extracted spiritual nerve, but because he suddenly thought of something that he had not realized yet.

Something that could be catastrophic for a psyker.

If the technology of Qiling Nerve Extraction Device spreads in the empire.

Then there will definitely be many people who will fight for a spiritual enlightenment nerve.

There will definitely be psykers who will act recklessly in order to steal other people's spiritual nerves.

But most of them are definitely ordinary psykers who are struggling in the empire to protect their spiritual nerves.

Powerful psykers have the ability to protect themselves, but weak psykers have no room for struggle.

Chen Ming had experienced before what a psyker would be like when his psychic powers were weak.

Even if he was able to protect himself now, he didn't want to see such a scene.

So Chen Ming thought for a long time, slightly changed his original idea, and said, "Let's study it and find out whether a psyker has the ability to have a second spiritual nerve."

"If that doesn't work, try implanting it into ordinary people and see if they can have the same spiritual power as this spiritual nerve."

"What if it doesn't work?"

"If that doesn't work, then throw the Spirit-Qing Nerves into the cryo-sleep chamber and freeze them. Since that civilization has created a Spirit-Qing Nerve Extraction Device, it will definitely be able to use these extracted Spirit-Qing Nerves."

"After we find these things, we can look back at the use of the extracted spiritual nerve."

Chen Ming's words did not mention any idea of ​​revealing the technology related to extracting the Ling Nerve, and he did not even want to communicate with anyone about the Ling Nerve technology.

Bai Quan didn't notice any problems at this time, so he said normally: "This is a good idea."

"But having said that, the Empire only knows the name and approximate effects of the Qiling Nerve Extraction Device. The specific equipment has not yet been obtained."

"I had this information you provided some time ago. If the mission was carried out normally, this equipment should also be on the mission plan, but unfortunately..."

"I don't think it's a pity."

Chen Ming did not hide his thoughts in front of Bai Quan and said: "I even think it is best for the empire to never get this device."

"That's true for you psykers."

Bai Quan had already thought about this when he learned about the concept of Qiling Neural Extraction Device. He instantly understood what Chen Ming meant and said immediately: "But you don't have to be too pessimistic."

"Judging from current research, the psionic energy awakened by psykers is definitely the most suitable for the psykers themselves. If others want to replace it, the cost, difficulty, and effect will all be unsatisfactory."

"A natural psyker and a psychic nerve are definitely worth more as a psyker."

"Well, I hope so."

Chen Ming knew that what Bai Quan said was indeed okay, but human greed is absolutely infinite.

Bai Quan also knows that many times many situations cannot be viewed according to ideals, and there will always be people willing to take risks to do things with greater risks.

Moreover, Chen Ming now looked like he didn't want to say more in this regard, so he didn't continue to say anything.

Seeing Chen Ming build two robots beside him and take the cryo-sleep chamber and head back to the Stardust level, Bai Quan suddenly changed the subject and said, "How do you know he is hiding underground directly below?"

"I actually don't know. It's just that now that we're all there, I can't investigate all the big planets. I can only investigate a few places nearby. I actually found them, which I didn't expect."

"I guess his idea is similar to what you just guessed, which is to leave his sword on the planet first to distract me."

"It makes me think that he left the sword here just to distract me, and then he hid somewhere else."

"But he actually burrowed down and hid underground, waiting for others to rescue him, and then I just happened to catch him."

Bai Quan asked: "Then why doesn't he really run away again? As long as he can hide somewhere else, it should be difficult for you to continue chasing him, right?"

"One is that he has no mental strength and can no longer run away from a long distance. You can see that he didn't resist when I caught him."

"The previous fight with me consumed a wave of energy. When I finally had to fight with him, he didn't dare to give up. He was consumed a wave of energy again. As a result, his mental strength was gone."

"The other is that he may really think that the underground of this sword is safer than other places. He wanted to take a gamble and I went to check other places. I didn't check here. He lost the bet, and this is the result."

Chen Ming said, putting his hand on the cryo-sleep chamber that was being moved slowly by the robot next to him, and looked at the ordinary face in the cryo-sleep chamber.

Without the madness and hatred before, the Black Mist Psyker looks like an ordinary person.

But Chen Ming suddenly shook his head. The current appearance seemed to be false.

But the look of hatred in his eyes before was definitely not fake.

He sighed.

"It's the left path again."

Bai Quan suddenly said: "No, it was Lou Wei and the others who did it."

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.

(End of this chapter)