NovelSearch Chapter 195 Thoughts
Chapter 195 Thoughts
"Psychic weapons..."
To be honest, Chen Ming didn't know much about psychic weapons.
But he could clearly feel that the Imperial Cannon was a strange type of psychic weapon.
Chen Ming originally thought so.
Psionic weapons are either purely auxiliary. In addition to providing an increase in psychic energy to the psyker, the performance of the psionic weapon is the same as the performance of the sample produced by itself.
For example, his revolver, which the designer calls "Ming", only serves to assist his use of psychic powers, and its attack performance is no different from that of an ordinary revolver.
The others were either what Chen Ming had seen before on the website where Bai Quan registered his weapons.
Psionic weapons left behind by deceased psykers that are unique to them and can produce psionic effects according to the user's psionic abilities.
Or, something like a psychic pulse generator.
This is a device that specifically uses psychic energy waves to directly attack living creatures. It can also be regarded as a psychic weapon.
But the Imperial Artillery is different from these types.
It is a type of psionic weapon that uses the assistance of psionic materials to build a mechanical structure that can achieve psionic effects so that effects that are originally difficult to achieve can be achieved.
After all, the Emperor Ye Artillery is just a cannon with a length of no more than thirty meters.
At this size, the ability to frequently fire projectiles with an explosion diameter of nearly a kilometer is obviously achieved by relying on the mechanical structure constructed of internal psychic materials.
Under normal circumstances, if a weapon of this size was just a one-time weapon, it would be easily achieved according to the empire's current technological level.
It would definitely be fine for Chen Ming to learn some relevant techniques on his own.
But under this size limit, it is not necessary to use a machine that is only two lowest-level civilian frigates stacked together multiple times, frequently, or even for a long time.
And if the use of his psychic powers is also restricted, the difficulty will be completely different.
There are long-term heat dissipation problems at this size, continuous energy supply problems, recoil problems, and problems that must be dealt with in the miniaturization of various weapons.
All are problems.
And under normal circumstances, many of these problems cannot be solved by replacing materials according to their properties.
But the physical rules clearly indicate that it is impossible to achieve and cannot solve the problem.
But obviously, this imperial industry artillery is extraordinary.
And spiritual energy is not ordinary.
Therefore, all the problems that should have arisen on this imperial industry artillery did not arise, and were all solved by spiritual energy.
Moreover, Chen Ming could see that this weapon did not just utilize the strength of the psychic material itself.
It also clearly utilizes a special mechanical structure constructed of psychic materials in its design, allowing these original rigid materials to exhibit an effect similar to that of a psychic using psychic energy.
And what’s even more special is that.
The Mechanical Tribe itself is just a hive network built by relying on spiritual energy. It is not that the Mechanical Tribe itself has mastered the use of psionic energy.
So in a sense, this is equivalent to allowing ordinary people to do things that only psykers can do.
Chen Ming found that he seemed to have found his main research direction in the future from this weapon.
Psychic materials can do many things that normal weapons cannot do through special structures.
Chen Ming's psychic power can also enable many weapons to do things that cannot be done under normal circumstances.
Combining the two will definitely provide better performance.
Although Chen Ming's current technical level is still at the level of a cruiser, his systematic understanding of psychic energy is close to nothing. He has only gotten here through trial and error.
There is nothing wrong with him using his psychic energy, but just think about it and actually conduct research and systematically create psychic weapons.
Even if the Imperial Industry Artillery is placed in front of him, he can only understand the actual effect now.
The structure made of the psychic materials inside is completely incomprehensible, let alone understanding the principles and designing new psychic weapons according to the principles.
But Chen Ming is not in a hurry to give up.
He is very clear about his progress all the time. As long as he is given time, he will master this knowledge one day.
This Imperial Cannon is not only a weapon that will be used by the Purgatory Demon King in the future where Chen Ming needs it to appear.
At the same time, it is also Chen Ming's best reference when conducting research on psychic weapons in the future.
The two items of special value in the Purgatory Demon King are the Purgatory Core and the Imperial Cannon.
There is nothing special except for some supporting heat control equipment.
After all, it is still a ground unit and cannot compare to the real crystallization of technology, the battleship.
Just like the Army cannot compare with the Navy.
Of course, Chen Ming was referring to the mechanical battleships.
Although he has only seen a few ordinary mechanical cruisers so far.
But since the Mechanical Tribe has special Mechanical Tribe ground units like the Purgatory Demon King, it can be inferred that the Mechanical Tribe has some equally special battleship units.
And if the large weapons of the battleship, even the main weapons, also have things similar to the Imperial Artillery, or even things similar to the Purgatory Core and the Low-temperature Computing Engine.
That's the really scary thing.
If Chen Ming decides to control those mechanical tribes, then these things will definitely come across sooner or later.
However, Chen Ming also believed that the Imperial military knew much more than he did in the battle with the mechanical race.
Many things that he could not find out now did not mean that he could not find out with the help of the relationship of the 14th Legion.
So he could ask Bai Quan about the relevant things, but he had to wait until Bai Quan figured out what the thing that destroyed the mechanical race fleet was.
Chen Ming temporarily put aside his attention to the Purgatory Demon King and then shifted his attention to the other mechanical races.
Although the Purgatory Demon King was indeed very outstanding, the other ordinary individuals of the mechanical race were also very good.
When the Queen of the Zerg took the lead in the raid and crushed the battlefield situation, they held on for a long time. There were even signs of counterattack in the middle, until they were killed by the Queen of the Zerg specially cultivated until the end.
It is definitely wrong to say that such mechanical races have no value.
So Chen Ming also counted the current individual species of the mechanical race, which will always be useful in the future.
After all, the Zerg is led by the Queen of the Zerg, but there is no individual like the Queen of the Zerg among the mechanical races in Chen Ming's hands. All these mechanical races directly obey Chen Ming himself.
Or Chen Ming himself is equivalent to the queen of the mechanical tribe.
So in the absence of the queen, he needs to personally command the mechanical tribe, and some things are always unavoidable.
Rather than being in a hurry in the future, it is better to take advantage of the right time now to figure out everything that needs to be figured out.
Chen Ming roughly summarized the types of mechanical tribe.
It can be divided into six levels.
Micro, small, standard, medium, large and heavy.
Chen Ming currently has only one type of micro mechanical tribe, [Mechanical Tribe Micro Mechanical Body·Worker Bee].
Although there is only one type, worker bees actually have more detailed differentiation.
Their individuals will install different tools on different worker bees according to different work requirements to achieve different functions.
Chen Ming counted casually, and the mechanical tribe he has can currently be divided into about a dozen worker bees with different functions.
It is basically a pure logistics type of mechanical body.
In the future, when Chen Ming's colony is built, it will definitely be no problem to use it to help Yuhui individuals.
There are two types of small mechanical tribes, [Digging Worms] and [Termites].
Chen Ming had seen the digging worm before. It was a mechanical family that was three or four meters in size and good at civil engineering.
Termites were a combat-type mechanical body that was similar in size to the digging worm, but was more slender and flat.
It was equipped with a close-range artillery equipped with armor-piercing explosive shells specifically for destroying buildings, and was a siege unit.
But Chen Ming had hardly noticed this kind of mechanical family in previous battles.
After all, the mechanical family was the one that was beaten, and the number of termites was indeed very small.
Among the more than 30,000 mechanical individuals that Chen Ming took away, the number of termites was just over ten.
This thing was a useful, but not many type.
The further standard type was more special. All humanoid mechanical bodies were classified in it. Although they were smaller than the digging worms and termites classified in the small type, they were standard types.
To be honest, this was a bit intriguing, after all, the word standard was still very special.
However, Chen Ming was just guessing, and without substantial evidence, he didn't think much about it.
In short, there were quite a lot of standard mechanical bodies.
Like [Flying Mantis] and [Quiet Mantis], they were all included.
Then, when fighting with the Zerg before, the mechanical bodies [Swimming Mantis] that could fly and caused some trouble to the Zerg were also included.
And another invisible mechanical body [Mingling] that could spray liquid energy crystals to kill the Zerg was also included.
They are all units with unique abilities, and each has its value.
In addition, Chen Ming actually found a mechanical body of the same model as the Flying Mantis, [Shield Mantis], which has almost no presence.
It is equipped with an electromagnetic rifle and a special device.
It can build a strong electromagnetic force field around itself to block any metal from approaching, and its function is basically to block bullets.
But the Zerg does not shoot bullets at all, nor does it spit out anything made of metal, so this kind of mechanical family did not play a role in the previous combat power.
So Chen Ming did not care about this kind of mechanical body at all.
But now he took it out and saw that he felt it was still a little useful.
At least it would be effective when facing humans or Yuhui who can use live ammunition weapons.
Chen Ming currently has two types of medium-sized mechanical races, namely the [Fiery Silkworm] that he has captured before.
The other type is the non-combat type mechanical race [Transporting Ant] that is more common in mechanical race cities.
Just by looking at the name, you can tell what this mechanical race is used for.
However, it can actually do more things, but for Chen Ming at present, it is not of much value.
Then there is the large mechanical race, of which Chen Ming currently has only one type, namely the [Centipede].
Although the centipede can be further divided into three types, [Hellfire Cannon Centipede], [Charged Shock Centipede] and [Charged Machine Gun Centipede].
But there is no need for this.
Speaking of which, Chen Ming suddenly remembered the idea that came to his mind when he just saw the centipede's weapons.
It is to study these charged weapons of the centipede.
Charge weapons are different from electromagnetic weapons. Electromagnetic weapons simply use electromagnetic acceleration to launch high-speed live ammunition.
Charge weapons use special charged bullets that can produce explosions and arcs when the bullets hit.
Chen Ming feels that it has great potential.
Although his fleet now basically uses energy weapons, and this thing is a live ammunition, the effect is really good.
Steal first... no, learn first, maybe one day you will need it.
And since Chen Mingcai had obtained charge weapons after two fights with the mechanical tribe, it meant that the empire must have obtained samples of charge weapons earlier than he did.
But since Chen Ming has never learned the relevant knowledge, it must be that the empire has blocked the information about this weapon and used it for the army's own use.
Since there is quality assurance from the military, Chen Ming will not lose money if he learns it.
Finally, there is the heavy machinery clan. Chen Ming only has one, which is the [Purgatory Demon King].
Speaking of which, Chen Ming suddenly noticed that the naming method of this Purgatory Demon King was different from the ordinary mechanical race that was related to insects.
I don’t know if that civilization has any special interest in bugs, or if the empire’s translators have some strange habits.
In short, there are only so many types of machines that Chen Ming currently controls.
But there are definitely more models in the mechanical family.
The current situation only occurred because one of the two mechanical tribe cities that Chen Ming found was on the border of that civilization and had declined, while the other colony was still developing.
After summarizing the units of the mechanical clan, Chen Ming also sorted out all the units of the Zerg clan, including the individuals that evolved independently from the Queen of Zergs during the battle.
In addition to the [Striders], [Giant Spiders], [Vesicle Worms] and [Scale Worms] that are present at the beginning.
It’s the [Blood Baneling] that has little presence, but is always playing a role.
It sprays out a large amount of Zerg blood by self-destructing, interfering with the normal operation of the mechanical race. Although it dies quickly, it does play a lot of uses.
It's just that Chen Ming hasn't figured out the reason why Zerg blood interferes with the operation of the mechanical tribe. Although it doesn't affect Chen Ming's use of Zerg blood, he should investigate it if he has time.
The other is the main force that previously advanced on the frontal battlefield between the Zerg and Machines, the largest Zerg, which Chen Ming simply and crudely called "Titan Bug".
[Liquid Crystal Worm] capable of spraying unstable and explosive energy crystallized liquid.
Able to launch cone-shaped products that combine Zerg carapace and energy crystals, [Cone Crystal Insects] are used by the Queen to intercept the bombardment of Blazing Silkworm artillery.
There are also improvised [fungus bugs] that can spit out a large amount of sticky fungus, but this bug is simply used to restrict the mechanical bugs like nymphs that fly in the sky.
The restrictions are too great, there are too few scenes that can be used, and there is not much meaning.
However, the other type [Stinging Scorpion Flying Insect] is more valuable. It is a high-speed flying melee Zerg unit, which is very useful when facing the relatively fragile back row of the mechanical race.
The jet-black carapace gives it powerful protection and sharp weapons. It has no obvious shortcomings except that it is easily wiped out by large-scale flame attacks like Blazing Silkworm.
The last kind of bug left was called [Parasite] by Chen Ming. It was the key to the Queen's comeback when she almost overturned.
He directly controlled a large number of mechanical centipedes and pushed them all the way to the center of the city.
It is also the key to helping Chen Ming obtain so many mechanical races.
It can only be said that the Zerg have evolved to a very powerful level without knowing it.
Some Zergs may not be useful individually, but when all these Zergs belong to one insect nest, they have an advantage that no other force can match in ground combat.
Of course, Zerg also have shortcomings, such as the breeding time being too long.
The breeding of Zerg now basically relies on the queen to actively control the carpet to generate Zerg larvae.
The larvae are then differentiated into different adults as needed.
Generally speaking, it takes a long time, and the insect queen also needs to keep an eye on it.
That's why he took so long to prepare when he attacked the mechanical city.
Chen Ming already has some thoughts on this issue.
It is to let the insect queen find a way to evolve a factory similar to the mechanical race, a biological factory unique to the insect race.
The mechanical race can rely on factory assembly lines to produce mechanical race individuals, but once the insect race breaks away from the insect queen, Chen Ming has to find a way to give birth to new insects on his own.
But if this idea can be realized, the insect queen can set up several breeding factories like the mechanical clan, and it can produce Zerg individuals on its own even if it is out of its control.
That is very valuable to Chen Ming.
And Chen Ming didn't need the insect queen to be able to figure out his thoughts completely.
Chen Ming only needed the insect queen to come up with a prototype, and the rest could be completed with his spiritual power.
Chen Ming can also study the thoughts in his mind when the Queen of Insects studied the Zerg architecture when he saw the Purgatory Demon King before.
That is to create a special individual with powerful abilities that belongs to the Zerg race and belongs to Chen Ming himself.
Although the special individuals of the Zerg race may not necessarily have the outrageous combat power brought about by using the Purgatory Core like the Purgatory Demon King.
But Chen Ming's psychic powers can always produce some unexpected effects, and the Zerg now possess psychic powers themselves.
The combination of two psychic powers can't be compared to a psychic device made purely by relying on psychic materials and special manufacturing technology, right?
Moreover, Chen Ming actually has a special idea that he can try when the time comes.
At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly received a message from the Queen of the Hive Mind Network.
At this time, it had already gathered back the Zerg that attacked the mechanical city and retreated deep underground.
At the same time, it also destroyed the underground passage and began to absorb the insects, gradually converting the insects into energy crystals, which Chen Ming could take back at any time.
And if the mechanical tribe wants to dig out the insect queen from deep underground, it will definitely take a lot of effort.
But the greater possibility is that it cannot be dug out.
Because the insect queen transmitted a picture to Chen Ming that he had not seen just now.
A memory of the insect queen herself.
Just after Chen Ming ran away with the fleet.
The insects on the ground had not completely evacuated yet and saw what was happening in the mechanical colony.
That is, the buildings and the machines themselves that are constantly being violently destroyed by something that cannot be observed, as well as those huge manta ray-like marks.
This should be an important clue to confirm the source of the danger perceived by Chen Ming.
Chen Ming really couldn't take out this scene. After all, memories could only be transmitted within the hive mind network.
Chen Ming himself is the builder of the cellular network. In the cellular network, other people and other mechanical equipment cannot access the network.
However, Chen Ming thought about it and felt that it should be fine. Since Bai Quan had such a big reaction before, he must have made a very accurate guess.
He should be looking for him soon.
In short, a summary of Chen Ming's gains this time is that his machine race and the machine race hive network can become stronger, providing him with more mental power and other assistance.
The premise is that he chooses to take the risk of the mechanical race.
At the same time, the Zerg have also become stronger, this one is really stronger.
In addition to Chen Ming's previous evolution and deep repair of the insect queen, there were also exchanges of new species created.
The bugs that evolve on the battlefield are proof that they have become stronger.
Even though some of them are designed to target specific bugs, they have their limitations.
But parasites clearly don't fall into this category.
Parasites are powerful and dangerous.
Because the targets it can affect are not limited to the mechanical race, but Chen Ming will not let the insect queen use the parasite to deal with any enemies other than the mechanical race for the time being.
He will never be exposed to anyone or any species with normal thinking.
Although Chen Ming himself did not gain much in this battle.
But as long as the machine race and the Zerg race become stronger, Chen Ming will also become stronger with the feedback from the hive network.
So that's pretty much it.
After Chen Ming summarized the gains this time, he breathed a sigh of relief and moved his tibia slightly.
Arranged where to go after a few cruisers.
The defender and the colossus were left at the edge of the galaxy by Chen Ming because they carried individuals of the mechanical race that were not yet controlled by him.
They can't go back yet, at least until Chen Ming figures out whether the benefits and risks are worth controlling those machines.
Anyway, he is now in the galaxy where the pirate space station is located. There should be no one who doesn’t have eyes who comes to this place.
The remaining two cruisers used hyperspace to leave the pirate galaxy for a certain distance, and then returned to the temporary stronghold through several jumps.
Brilliant and Hui Yao both have things to do at the temporary stronghold. Fighting against the machine clan is just a guest appearance. Their business at the temporary stronghold is their business.
After completing the other four cruisers, Chen Ming took control of the Supreme Point and Stardust and headed to the Pirate Space Station.
Although the main business of development is important, there are still some other things waiting for him to deal with.