Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 32 The terrifying mechanical race

The spacecraft flew back to the sky above the temporary camp again.

As soon as the spacecraft approached the camp, Chen Ming saw the cow beast that was bound by chains but still struggling.

In fact, after learning the truth about animal madness and experiencing it personally, this beast whose brain was damaged by the psychic pulse was of no use to Chen Ming.

However, Chen Ming was not in a hurry to kill it, and planned to see what its final outcome would be.

But when Chen Ming saw it, a question suddenly popped up in his mind.

How do these frantic animals find themselves precisely?
Previously, the bull beast had found itself hiding in the trees on the other side of the river without any warning, as had the purple-tailed deer that suddenly appeared next to the camp earlier.

Chen Ming, the empty jellyfish, didn't say anything. After all, the movement of the spacecraft was so loud, but the cow beast and the purple-tailed deer gave Chen Ming the feeling that they only had him in their eyes.

Is there anything special about me as a human being?
Chen Ming didn't know how to explain this situation.

But Chen Ming then thought about it, since the machine race has an inexplicable hatred for humans.

So it doesn't seem unreasonable that animals that have become crazy under the influence of the psychic pulse of the mechanical race can directly find the existence of humans.

Chen Ming didn't think much. After the spacecraft stopped, he picked up the planting tools.

I still have things to do next.

Time passed quickly.

Night came on the 15th day after Chen Ming came to this planet.

Chen Ming spent part of his daytime today investigating the three buildings.

The rest of the time is basically spent farming.

The first batch of orange fruits he planted has been harvested, and the second batch of orange fruits, although Chen Ming feels that the probability that he will stay on the planet until the next harvest is not high.

But since there were extra seeds, Chen Ming planted them as usual.

He repaired the weapon during the day and was affected by the psychic pulse, so his mental state was not very good.

So even if you want to go to the location where the psychic pulse device is suspected to be, you have to wait until Chen Ming recovers tomorrow.

The night is getting darker.

Chen Ming was lying on the bed in the living cabin, having trouble falling asleep just like yesterday.

Because where I am going tomorrow, there may be a fight.

It is not a battle that is not on the same level at all, like a spaceship taking advantage of technology and the times to fight animals, but a battle in which the strength gap between the two sides cannot be confirmed in a true sense.

Chen Ming is not optimistic about the firepower of the spacecraft, but the limitations of the spacecraft's storage compartment materials make it impossible for Chen Ming to make temporary preparations now.

Looking at the modification options on the machine gun panel that appeared in front of me, there were completely insufficient materials.

Chen Ming could only sigh and force himself to sleep.

"Machine clan..."

the next day.

Chen Ming woke up early again.

This time Chen Ming did not complete his daily work, but started the spacecraft as soon as he woke up completely.

Flying in the direction of the coordinates determined yesterday.

Xiaoshi seemed to have noticed that Chen Ming's state was different from usual today, so he took the initiative to climb on Chen Ming's shoulder and rub Chen Ming's face.

But Chen Ming didn't have any extra time to play with Xiaoshi today, so he could only touch its head to stop it from running around.

Chen Ming wants to use all his energy on what may happen next.

As the spacecraft gradually approaches the target location.

Chen Ming took the initiative to close the protective layer of the portholes that would be closed when the spacecraft entered the atmosphere, and only relied on the camera outside the spacecraft to observe the situation outside.Not long after, the image of the target location appeared in front of Chen Ming.

It was not a mechanical building filled with various advanced equipment as Chen Ming had imagined before.

There is just an open space here. There is a square piece of mechanical equipment about two meters high placed in the open space. It looks very...simple.

Next to the equipment, there are a total of three mechanical bodies moving with obviously different appearances.

That is the mechanical tribe.

The mechanical body closest to the equipment is about 1.5 meters high and has four robotic arms, each with different professional equipment.

It seems to be a family of machines specially used to maintain equipment.

The appearance of the other two mechanical bodies is completely different from this logistics machine family.

It is two meters tall, and its overall appearance is somewhat similar to that of a praying mantis. It has a slender body and is covered by gray-green external armor with various signs of weathering.

Their left arm is a robotic arm constructed like a human arm, while their right arm is replaced by a special large weapon.

The appearance of this weapon is similar to a firearm. From a distance, you can see a large number of exposed coils, which seems to be some kind of electromagnetic weapon.

Although the electromagnetic weapon was almost half the length of the machine itself, Chen Ming didn't feel any incongruity when he looked at it.

On the contrary, it made these two machines look even more threatening.

While Chen Ming saw the mechanical clan through the camera.

The mechanical tribe also saw Chen Ming's spaceship.

Two combat robots similar to the shape of a mantis simultaneously raised the large electromagnetic weapons on their right arms and aimed at the spacecraft in the sky.

Chen Ming immediately let the two machine cannons fire in the direction of the mechanical clan, and at the same time he was also controlling the spacecraft to fly quickly.

But as Chen Ming's ears heard two dull hammering sounds that were almost connected together.

Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the durability of the bottom armor on the spacecraft's panel had dropped from 100% to 99%.

If it were just like this, it wouldn't be a big deal, but then, a few words were displayed behind the armor's durability value.

The armor has been penetrated.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Chen Ming's head, and he immediately gave up his plan to fight back. While the two mechanical bodies below were still preparing for the second shot, they immediately activated the overload power grid.

The engine overclocked, and the sudden burst of speed caused the spacecraft to immediately rise and disappear outside the range of the mechanical body.

Chen Ming looked at the picture captured by the camera below the spacecraft with some shock, and at the same time opened the three-dimensional imaging of the entire spacecraft.

The footage on the camera showed that there were two more holes in the armor on the bottom of the spacecraft.

From the three-dimensional imaging, it can be clearly seen that the bullets from the two machines had penetrated the armor and got stuck between the armor and the structure of the spacecraft.

Only a few bullets can penetrate the hull structure and cause damage to the function of the spacecraft's components.

The armor of civilian spacecraft is really too weak.

Fortunately, he didn't let the spacecraft face down just now.

Otherwise, if these two shots directly hit the porthole, the heat-insulating armor outside the porthole would be penetrated instantly, and the porthole would end in the same way.

Even Chen Ming himself might explain it here.

Fortunately, Chen Ming didn't let this happen.

And Chen Ming is now clear about it.

If you want to have some thoughts about the mechanical race and the psychic pulse generator under their protection.

So the current iron ore number alone is not enough.

(End of this chapter)