Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 244 Stealing
Shortly after Chen Ming boarded the ship, the Stardust class started up again and set sail to leave the galaxy.

Chen Ming needs to deal with the things that were just searched.

Bai Quan also needed to comfort the few people accompanying him who were thrown out of the spacecraft by Chen Ming before, record the accident, and put the blame on Lou Wei.

Although it is unlikely that Lou Wei will actually do such a thing at this time, who can guarantee that the person on the other side will not have his own ideas?

The blame must be placed on them, which will give them more say and more benefits in what happens next.

What's more, only he, Chen Ming, and the people on Lou Wei's side knew the specific route of action after they set off.

None of the people accompanying him, not even his secretary, knew about it.

The people who can leak the spacecraft's route must be Lou Wei's people. It's no problem to cause trouble for them.

And just half an hour after Chen Ming sailed away from that galaxy.

On a habitable planet in the galaxy, a figure suddenly emerged from the shadow of the rock near where the Black Mist Psyker was previously captured.

"Okay, he still has a lot of things that he can't hide."

He took out a terminal to take photos and videos of these traces, and after sending the captured content, he made a phone call.

The psyker immediately crushed the monitor, which was no bigger than the tip of his little finger, raised his head and looked around.

But at this moment, in the dark fog, he really couldn't see anything.

After hearing these words, the other end of the phone immediately said: "Where is Chen Ming's remaining spiritual energy fluctuation?"

He casually threw the broken glass beads on the ground, and took out a handful of glass beads from another pocket of his clothes that were the same as the clear and transparent glass beads that Chen Ming had found on the black mist psyker before.

Although his psychic energy does not necessarily require a monitoring structure to be monitored, in fact as long as there is a little bit of his psychic control left, even if there is only one iron atom left, he can observe it to a certain extent through this iron atom. surrounding situation.

"No? Didn't he leave something at your place?"

The psyker's expression remained unchanged as he put away the glass beads he was twisting in his hands.

He couldn't be sure now if there was a second or more surveillance left by Chen Ming nearby.

"Chen Ming himself has been deliberately hiding his psychic energy fluctuations without leaving any traces. Unless I fight him head-on, I won't be able to extract it at all."

"I have noticed before that there are no psychic fluctuations when his psychic energy acts on anything, and his psychic energy will only produce psychic fluctuations when it is stimulated."

The psyker responded and said: "Chen Ming has a very strong spirit stone in his hand. The strength is not close to the level of 'spirit', but judging from the remaining traces, the nature is of a very extreme type."

"Just because he left something behind doesn't mean he left psychic energy fluctuations."

The moment the call was connected, he said: "Chen Ming left some tricks here. My current appearance has been seen."

Within the black mist, the psychic dialed the phone again.

He could only frown and put his hand into his pocket.

He glanced at the landing mark for a few times, and then walked to the place where Chen Ming caught the black mist psyker.

But fortunately, he still got some information through his casual arrangement.

The psyker picked out three dark glass beads and put them into another pocket. After putting away all the remaining glass beads, he muttered to himself: "It's a pity that his psionic power can only be used three times." It’s going to be out of print in the future, but it’s obviously quite useful.”

He is also filled with black mist, as if he is also a black mist psyker.

A black mist suddenly burst out from his body, shrouding the entire environment in darkness, and this black mist also had the ability to cut off sound, completely cutting off the possibility of Chen Ming's surveillance.

Three of the glass beads in the handful gradually turned pitch black as they were absorbed, just like the pitch black beads Chen Ming had gotten from the Black Mist Psyker before.

That psyker and the glass beads he carries with him are absolutely inseparable from the fact that he can use the black mist psionic power of the black mist psyker.

His eyes suddenly locked on the bottom of a nearby rock.

"Chen Ming's spiritual power is there. He will definitely master some methods of manufacturing psychic pulse devices, and he will definitely use this as a means of attack."

"So cautious...then can you obtain other information?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone when I heard the news.

Chen Ming, who was already on the spaceship at this time, could only say it was a pity.

"But I guess he is either dead or captured alive. No matter which one it is, we will probably never see him again."

The psyker's eyes subconsciously glanced around him, and then at the surveillance wreckage not far away that was completely shrouded in black mist: "No."

The psyker touched his pocket and pulled out a dark, broken glass bead.

He quickly stepped forward and found a miniature surveillance probe from the lower corner of the rock that had obviously just been manufactured.

The spiritual energy fluctuations belonging to him gradually gathered on these transparent beads, and these beads suddenly began to absorb the remaining spiritual energy fluctuations belonging to the black mist psychics here under the stimulation of spiritual energy.

A vague, processed voice came from the other end of the phone: "It doesn't matter, where's the black mist?"

But he immediately hung up the phone again.

However, the black mist on his body dissipated quickly, and he was not surrounded by black mist for a long time like the black mist psychic, revealing a striking and handsome face.

In the palm of his left hand, which is missing a little finger, there are several glass beads of different colors that he is circling.

The first time the new psyker stepped out of the shadows, he noticed the huge traces left by the Stardust class when it landed.

Here he saw the deep pit that seemed to be dug from the ground to the surface, and the footprints of the two robots next to the pit leading to the landing mark of the spacecraft.

"It has been found. The last traces of his spiritual energy fluctuations remain here."

"If you want to get close to Chen Ming, you must have the adaptability of psychic pulse. Black Mist should suffer from this."

"But Chen Ming's close combat ability shouldn't be strong."

The other end of the phone asked: "How can you tell?"

The psyker squatted on the ground and rubbed his fingertips on the sand, revealing a few drops of blood that had melted and solidified with the sand.

He filmed this and sent it over, saying, "Kuroi was injured and bleeding, but it's not serious."

"He, a professional close-quarters assassin, was forced here and was killed or captured alive, but only suffered minor injuries. It would be unreasonable if Chen Ming's close-quarters combat ability is strong."

"With the help of that extreme ectoplasm stone, Hei Wu would have been killed directly on the spaceship, so I think Chen Ming's close combat ability is definitely not strong."

"If you come again next time, find a psyker with strong physical abilities."

The psyker patted the dust on his hands, stood up and continued: "Then, the amount of Chen Ming's spiritual power is immeasurable, and his strength far exceeds that of psykers at the same time. This can prove my confidence in Chen Ming's close proximity. Conjecture about combat effectiveness.”

"Because the spiritual energy fluctuations and mental power left here in the black mist are unstable, it is definitely a sign that he will have it after he exploded a huge amount of mental power in an instant."

"Hei Wu doesn't have the means to explode so much mental power. There is only one possibility for this situation to occur, which is mental power hedging."

"And it must have been initiated by Chen Ming."

the psyker said with sudden certainty.

"He Wu had absolutely no problem getting close to Chen Ming in the beginning. People who didn't know him would be hard to guard against, but his first assassination failed."

"He was dragged into a frontal battle by Chen Ming, but Chen Ming's main combat power must be on the spaceship. It is impossible to take advantage of Heiwu, who specializes in close combat, in terms of spiritual energy."

"If he can't gain an advantage in spiritual energy, he can't beat me in physical combat, and the ectoplasm stone can't completely determine the victory, then he seems to have to use this method."

"Chen Ming's close combat ability must be relatively poor. I'm afraid he also saw that Hei Wu's mental power is not high, so he did this."

"Kuroi either gives up or loses."

"He must be scared, otherwise his psychic fluctuations would be even worse."

"wrong."

"He should have died directly on the spaceship."

"After he gave up and barely survived, he hid underground on the planet, but Chen Ming chased after him and captured Black Mist with almost no resistance."

"This should be what happened on the other side of the black mist."

"If we want to attack Chen Ming again, it would be best for three psychics to cooperate."

"One is responsible for approaching, the other is responsible for getting rid of Chen Ming's ectoplasm stone, and the last one is responsible for fighting hand-to-hand."

The other end of the phone fell into silence again, and after a long time he said: "Really harsh conditions."

The psyker shrugged and said: "This is what I can analyze, and Black Mist can actually do it alone, but his mental power cannot support the task that three people should do."

"You think it's really worth losing a psyker like this to do this kind of thing?"

The person on the other end of the phone said: "If Black Mist comes back alive, it will be worth it even if the assassination fails."

"Now that we have obtained Chen Ming's whereabouts and know where Chen Ming is going, we must give it a try."

"You can try to assassinate Chen Ming, you can also create a troublesome enemy for Hu Yi, and you can also disgust another faction of the Fourteenth Army. Why not do it?"

The psyker clearly disagreed with the person on the other end of the phone and said into the phone, "But unfortunately, Black Mist is dead."

"Who would have thought that he, who is the most suitable for assassination and has the strongest escape ability, would fall into Chen Ming's hands?"

"His ability to escape is the strongest, so there must be a question mark, so what's next? What should we do?"

The phone was quiet for a while, and then he said: "Come back, don't continue thinking about taking action against Chen Ming. We don't have many psychics in the first place, so we must think about a more complete plan."

"Anyway, we have already touched Chen Ming. Even if we don't do anything next, the Fourteenth Legion will definitely start a quarrel."

"It would be best if it can trigger a civil war. It will be good for us no matter who we weaken."

The psyker glanced at the terminal, hung up the phone, and said to himself: "I don't expect this to happen."

As he spoke, his figure fell into the shadows and disappeared from the planet.

The surrounding black fog gradually dissipated, but no trace was left.

At this time, on the Stardust level.

Chen Ming watched the black fog dissipate with some regret. Unfortunately, the camera was not hidden enough and only a little information was obtained.

But there's no use regretting now, it can't change what happened.

Chen Ming kept all the information obtained through monitoring.

Then he inspected the trophies he had just acquired that he had never seen before.

He ruled out drugs and the like, mainly the bone sword over there and the three glass beads with psychic fluctuations.

The full name of the bone sword is [Night Owl Tail Blade Bone Long Sword (Low)]. Chen Ming went to check the creature Night Owl specifically.
This is a medium-sized carnivore that looks like a cross between a leopard and a tiger, with a bone blade on its tail.

Live on a planet illuminated by only one faint star but rich in underground life.

The geological conditions of this planet are very special, and the ecosystem is also very unique. There are huge underground cavities that exist almost everywhere on the entire planet, and the surface of the crust is supported by countless giant pillars hundreds or even thousands of meters in diameter.

In this dark underground world where only fluorescent plants provide little illumination but where life is extremely abundant, nocturnal owls are the top predators.

As for the psychic creatures in such a dark world, their psychic abilities naturally develop in this direction.

So it's just right for Black Mist Psykers.

This man is so lucky.

Unfortunately, his good days have come to an end.

Chen Ming put away his sword and then looked at the three glass beads.

The names of the two intact glass beads are [Heart Gathering Bead (Black Mist)] and [Heart Gathering Bead (None)]. Just as Chen Ming thought, they are the creations of the psyker.

The broken red and blue glass bead is called [Broken Heart Gathering Bead (Entropy)].

Although the specific effect could not be seen, Chen Ming already had some uncertain guesses just by looking at these names.

However, this kind of thing cannot be done by just guessing. It is better to ask a professional.

Chen Ming picked up the terminal and called the boss directly.

During the call, Chen Ming also confirmed his last trophy, which was the Black Mist Psyker itself.

The way to deal with this trophy is very simple. Just find a way to get a spiritual nerve and try to extract it.

The spiritual power of Black Mist is quite interesting.

Even when he finally got the Spiritual Enlightenment Nerve, Chen Ming still had to consider whether to use it on himself or on black mist psykers.

The call was answered quickly.

Chen Ming greeted: "Long time no see, boss."

Because it was a video call, Chen Ming noticed that the boss didn't seem to be at the hardware store, but somewhere else, and he was also wearing formal clothes.

However, the boss didn't seem very busy. He still had time to say hello to Chen Ming: "It's Xiao Ming, are you okay?"

"Well, I just had a fight with the psyker and got something from him."

"Wait, aren't you in the Fourteenth Legion?"

"I happened to be ambushed when I was out on business. It should be the psyker from Zuo Jing and Hu Yi."

The boss glanced sideways, but immediately turned back and said: "The psyker on the left path? What's the result?"

"The result is that Hu Yi ran away without even seeing his face, but the other psyker who uses black mist is now in my hands."

"I got something from him, but I can't understand the specific effect."

The boss understood what Chen Ming meant and said, "You want to ask me, right? Take it out and have a look."

Chen Ming placed three glass beads on the table and said, "They all have psychic fluctuations."

The boss stared at the glass bead for a while, his expression gradually became serious, and he said: "This is something I have never seen before. It should be related to the ability of psykers."

"Have you ever seen that psyker you captured use this thing?"

"I've never seen anyone actually using it, but the color of this glass bead may correspond to other people's psychic abilities."

"Corresponds to other people's psychic powers?"

"For example, this black one, I feel it probably corresponds to the psychic energy of the black mist psyker I captured. I also have two videos here that should be able to prove it."

"Send it to me."

"Row."

Chen Ming immediately sent over a video of a black mist psyker using his psychic powers, a video of a black mist psyker being captured by him, and a video of the next psyker using black mist psychic powers. .

The boss finished reading it quickly and said to Chen Ming: "I feel that you should have something in your heart..."

However, he suddenly stopped before he finished speaking, and turned to Chen Ming and said, "Wait a moment, I have something to do here, so don't worry about it yet."

The boss raised his head, turned on mute, and turned the terminal upside down on the table.

He said to Hu Yi, who was sitting next to him and kept gesturing to him, "What are you doing?"

Hu Yi confirmed that Wu An had turned off the sound, pointed at the terminal and said, "I know this thing."

"I met him last time when I was discussing cooperation with someone."

"The last time you came to block me?"

"Correct."

Hu Yi recalled what he had done before and said: "There is a psyker from Zuojia. He plays with glass beads like this in his hand. I have seen black and transparent ones in his hands, but the red and blue one is I certainly haven’t seen it.”

"Does that person look the same as the person in the video?"

"It's different. It looks completely different. I really like the ecology and movements. It's either plastic surgery or..."

Wu An added the words for Hu Yi: "His spiritual power allows him to change his appearance."

"Although I still don't understand the psychic principle of this psyker, at least the general situation has been understood."

"That psyker stole your psychic abilities and appearance. This was the reason why 'you' appeared at the Fourteenth Legion before."

"This is a psyker I have never heard of before. He actually has this kind of ability, and he is still a psyker on the left path. This is really..."

Wu An shook his head, not sure if it was a pity or some special emotion.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Hu Yi and said, "You should continue to pretend to hide and continue to investigate Zuo Jing secretly."

"Zuo Jing used you to assassinate Xiao Ming and frame you. He must have some ideas about you. They will come to you sooner or later."

"If you expose your connection with Xiao Ming too early, if the news leaks out, you may not be able to kill the person pretending to be you in your lifetime."

"Tsk."

Hu Yi smacked his lips in displeasure.

However, Wu An was not used to it and mocked directly: "Like to do things without doing background checks? You just have to live with it."

Hu Yi waved his hands to Wu An and said, "I have already apologized to you, and you accepted the apology. I will compensate you for everything I earned. I also went to the president to beg for mercy. Stop talking." .”

"It's useless for me and the president. You haven't done it yet for Xiao Ming."

Hu Yi had a headache when he heard this sentence, and said, "It's hard for me to meet him now, but don't you think I'm providing you with information now?"

"I will definitely apologize to Chen Ming when I have the chance. I don't want to be missed by him."

"When this matter is over, I will really find a place to sleep. I will sleep until you and Chen Ming die of old age before I come out."

Wu An tilted his head and looked at him and said, "I may have to go into hibernation in two years, are you sure?"

"Tsk, let's talk about it later."

Hu Yi shut his mouth. Wu An stopped talking nonsense to Hu Yi and turned to talk about the business: "There are clues, but we may not be able to follow them."

"They lost someone on Xiao Ming's side. They may not look for him in a short time, but they will look for you instead."

"I think it's time for you to show your presence a little bit."

"Okay, that's it, I won't tell you anymore, Xiao Ming is still waiting."

Just as Wu An was about to pick up the terminal, Hu Yi stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Wait, I suddenly remembered one more thing."

"This is how to use this glass bead. If I remember correctly... it should be infused with spiritual energy, and then crushed directly. The rest depends on feeling."

Wu An looked at Hu Yi suspiciously and asked, "How did you know?"

"Well... I had a chat with the guy from Zuo Jing before and asked what this thing was for. He gave me one and let me try it..."

"So maybe that's when my psychic energy was stolen."

Wu An looked at Hu Yi like he was looking at a fool: "Now I seriously doubt your IQ and the correctness of working with you."

"I can't help it. I see that the money can't move."

Hu Yi also said like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water: "But at least you figured out how to use it, right?"

"My psychic energy was stolen when I used it in front of the psyker, but Chen Ming is not likely to be a thousand miles away. Just ask him to use it carefully."

"Also, you have to be careful when using it. If you don't master the properties of psychic energy, the effect will not be ideal. I used to knead black beads. As a result, I only had time to learn a little bit, and the effect of the beads expired."

Wu An nodded, picked up the terminal again and said to Chen Ming: "Sorry, Xiao Ming, someone here just gave me a message and told me about the effect of the glass beads on your hand."

The boss gave Chen Ming a rough explanation based on what Hu Yi said.

As Chen Ming listened, his eyes gradually shifted from the dark bead to the broken red and blue bead.

Stealing psychic energy?

The boss's words have basically verified the conjecture he had based on the name he obtained through psychic energy.

Does this mean that the person who came to the volcano last time was not actually Hu Yi, but the psyker who stole Hu Yi's spiritual energy.

Moreover, only Hu Yi's face was photographed. A face often cannot be used as evidence. It was just because of Hu Yi's spiritual power that Hu Yi came to assassinate him.

Now it seems that this matter has a big problem.

However, Chen Ming was still not 100% sure that Hu Yi was not cooperating with Zuo Jing.

What if it was Hu Yi who took the initiative to provide the psychic power?
And no matter what, there was a complete conflict between him and Hu Yi, and Chen Ming would never forget this matter.

After listening to the boss's story while thinking, Chen Ming thanked him.

Then he put the three glass beads into the silent alloy box.

He took out another bone sword and placed it in front of the terminal.

"Boss, I have something else."

(End of this chapter)