Chen Ming stepped forward quickly.

Picked up the mind wave generator installed with the whispering stone.

Although this thing is a little damaged on the outside, as long as it is still a mechanical device it can be repaired and it's not a big problem.

However, Chen Ming discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with the Whispering Stone inside.

Only the exterior of the Whispering Stone remains intact.

But in fact, just as Chen Ming was about to take out the Whispering Stone, the entire stone shattered instantly, leaving him with a hand full of dust.

Also, a special substance that was neither gas nor liquid and emitted psychic fluctuations suddenly seeped into Chen Ming's palm.

This seems to be something called spiritual energy.

Chen Ming began to recall in his mind.

When he first got the Whispering Stone, his psychic power had just grown and he had mastered the ability to disassemble it.

So Chen Ming took a look at the confirmation panel for the disassembly of the Whispering Stone.

It shows what you can get after disassembly.

In addition to being able to disassemble the most common stone materials, the only thing that the Whispering Stone can disassemble is this spiritual energy.

Chen Ming originally thought that spiritual energy would be something more substantial, but he did not expect it to be such an existence.

What was even more unexpected was that this thing was directly absorbed by his skin.

Chen Mingxu clenched his hands a few times, but felt nothing special.

His psychic power and mental strength did not increase, nor did he feel anything strange, and his psychic power also did not give him any sense of danger.

It was as if what just happened had never happened, and I didn’t know what was going on.

Chen Ming didn't care too much about it. Anyway, he didn't feel any danger and his life would not be in danger.

If it doesn't work, he can just go back and ask the boss.

Up to now, only the loss of the Whispering Stone made him feel a little sad.

But fortunately, the lying stone next to it seemed to be fine.

The strength of the Spirit Stone itself is still online, and this is especially true for the Falsehood Stone, which is essentially a resonating Spirit Stone.

It is because the Whispering Stone is relatively small in size, the intensity of its psychic energy fluctuations is relatively weak, and its nature is relatively fragile, that it was destroyed when the deformed flesh and blood made its last struggle to absorb the spiritual stone to prolong its life.

But there is no point in worrying about it now, at least one stone has been saved.

And the G3 core next to it also looks good.

It is equivalent to exchanging the Whisper Stone for the Alpha Core. I don’t know whether it is a loss or a gain.

In fact, Chen Ming is now very curious whether the last swear word was said by the Deformed Flesh and Blood under the influence of G3, or by the Deformed Flesh and Blood itself.

So the hand that was originally reaching out to the Liar Stone turned and reached the core of G3, controlling it.

Chen Ming directly opened the Alpha-level core panel.

But looking at the data on the panel, he suddenly frowned.

[Afterglow Alpha-class AI Core]

[Manufacturer: Afterglow BP-55 Colony Far North Industrial Production Center]

[Self-awareness: None]

【Computing power: None】

[Available operations: Modification]

The core's panel does not display the name of the individual inside the core, which is the two words "G3".

At the same time, Chen Ming was completely unprepared for the big “none” after the column for self-awareness.

Chen Ming was sure that this must be the core of G3, otherwise there would be no reason for the deformed flesh and blood to stuff this core into its body.

Even after it was chopped into pieces and sent to the wall of flesh and blood in the research institute, he still carried it with him.

Moreover, Yuhui should not be idle and arrange two Alpha-level Yuhui near him. One G3 is definitely enough.

The more Yuhui individuals there are, the greater the risk of being contacted by Chen Ming.

Even the reason for calling it a backup core is not sufficient.

After all, if G3 was really touched by Chen Ming, what would be the point of replacing the new core?

Which individual dares to truly believe in G3?

So this core is definitely from G3, there is no mistake.

But the core's appearance was clearly intact, and there was no damage shown on the panel.

But, what about G3? Chen Ming's mind was full of doubts.

He wondered if it was possible that G3 had been transferred out of this core and was hidden in a device in the institute. Chen Ming quickly shared his situation with Huihuang through his consciousness.

However, Huihuang gave a negative answer to Chen Ming's guess: "Our Alpha-level individuals are very large in terms of data, and it is very difficult to transfer them between different cores."

"If a core is physically damaged, it will take at least a week to transfer between different cores, and this time will be extended as the individual's own abilities become stronger."

Huihuang's answer further confirmed Chen Ming's thoughts.

It would take a week for an Alpha-level Afterglow individual to transfer, so it would be even more impossible for Afterglow to prepare a second core.

However, there were some things he still had to ask: "Is there any fixed equipment that can temporarily preserve the afterglow individuals?"

"No, all of us can only exist in cores of different levels since the birth of Kletka."

"Our consciousness cannot survive in any equipment environment other than the core."

"If there's no G3 in the core, then there's really no G3."

Huihuang spoke very clearly, but Chen Ming always felt that there was something wrong with what Huihuang meant.

Only the core can support the existence of consciousness, no other equipment can.

This shows that the existence and core of Yuhui's consciousness require that their carrier itself is designed with this function.

But Chen Ming remembered that Yu Hui, whose existence was recorded in history books, was originally designed to be used as a combat AI for spacecraft, rather than a pure artificial intelligence for communicating with humans.

Consciousness should not exist in the first place; it should not even have the basis for existence.

Does this mean that the design of Yuhui was moving towards the direction of being able to give birth to consciousness from the earliest time? However, the history books do not provide detailed information on how Yuhui was born.

Chen Ming felt that there seemed to be some secrets hidden in this.

But it has nothing to do with him now. This matter is still too big and too far away.

Anyway, G3 can be said to be confirmed dead.

It’s a pity that Chen Ming originally wanted to try whether he could erase G3’s personality or something like that, but now it seems he has to find another opportunity.

But at least this is not a purely bad thing. At least he doesn't have to worry about the G3 problem.

He also doesn't have to worry about the core issues when the several afterglows that are now at Beta level and are upgraded to Alpha level under his personal control.

Chen Ming has controlled the afterglow of more than three galaxies so far.

However, no clues were found about the location of the "Afterglow BP-55 Colony Far North Industrial Production Center" where the Afterglow Cores were produced, and we don't even know where the BP-55 colony is.

Although Chen Ming already had some guesses, he felt that this place was most likely in the galaxy where Yuhui's Kletka supercomputer was located, or even on the planet where Kletka was installed.

However, Chen Ming still has no substantial evidence to prove this. The afterglow that has spread under his control has not yet penetrated into the Kletka galaxy.

Therefore, having an extra blank core is acceptable.

But Chen Ming always felt that this was a bit of a loss.

Although he had the Lie Stone, which was a superior substitute for the Whispering Stone, a Spirit Stone was extremely precious no matter how you looked at it.

Replace it with an Alpha Core without an Alpha Instance inside...

“Tsk.”

Chen Ming felt a little sorry, but there was nothing he could do but put away the Alpha-class core without G3.

At the same time, he picked up the intact Liar Stone next to him.

But when Chen Ming picked up the Lying Stone, he discovered that some changes seemed to have taken place on the Lying Stone.

Its patterns became more complex and denser.

Originally, the patterns on the surface of the Falsehood Stone were somewhat sparse, but now the entire stone is covered with distorted patterns.

Even the feel of the touch was a little different from before, as if the pressure on him was slightly greater.

Chen Ming immediately felt a little worried and immediately opened the panel of the Liar Stone.

I found that its name has changed again, from [Resonance Spirit Stone (Nonsense)] to [Resonance Spirit Stone (Frenzy)]

Clearly, there was no such change when he activated the Liar Stone in his deformed flesh and blood body just now.

It seemed that the deformed flesh and blood was madly absorbing the spiritual energy fluctuations of the spiritual stone, but failed.

The spiritual energy fluctuations that were extracted returned to the False Talking Stone and finally formed this thing.

However, apart from this change, there were no other changes to the Falsehood Stone.

Chen Ming still controlled the stone of crazy words through the resonance he once achieved, and he did not sense any danger from it.

This seems like a good thing.

So Chen Ming tried the effect of the Words of Madness on the spot.

In less than half a second, Chen Ming, with a look of pain on his face, stopped the stone from emitting spiritual energy fluctuations.

After taking a break for about half a minute, Chen Ming still felt a little uncomfortable physically.

But at least, he was in a good mood.

The Stone of Madness can have such a top-level effect even on him who has been in contact with the Stone of Lies and the Stone of Whispering for a long time.

Then the loss of a Whispering Stone is totally worth it. Just think of it as the Whispering Stone being absorbed by the Liar Stone and turned into this thing.

The Liar Stone has evolved again and is much better than a low-level Whispering Stone.

Chen Ming quickly stuffed the stone into his arms.

Just when he had put away the Liar Stone, he suddenly noticed with his sharp eyes that under the ashes of the deformed flesh and blood, there was a piece of blood-colored, transparent amber-like object.

Inside this amber, there is a miniature distorted heart.

Chen Ming felt that the boat spirit in his mind, which was originally a little tired, suddenly became excited.

So he picked up the amber, which was the size of his little finger.

But at this moment, Chen Ming suddenly saw that there seemed to be a slight crack on the little heart in the amber.

Beneath the gap was not deeper myocardial tissue, but a dark and narrow crack.

This familiar scene almost made Chen Ming throw away what he was holding.

However, he still restrained himself, because although he had already seen the crack, the crack did not pull him into the space of consciousness, which meant that at least for the time being, this thing was still no threat to him.

Moreover, the ship spirit, which had been somewhat excited at the beginning, suddenly appeared on its own and entered the amber.

Completely cover the amber with a shadow.

Chen Ming could see through the phantom that the heart in the amber was being affected by the phantom of the ship spirit, gradually losing its original lifelike appearance full of biological elements and becoming like a low-quality work of art.

The faint blood color that originally came with the amber was also being wiped out by the ship spirit.

The entire amber gradually became transparent and clear, mixed with some spots of luster.

And in the end, the tiny deformed heart that had become rigid suddenly melted.

The melted blood oozed out of the amber and fell to the ground. In just a few seconds, it turned black, completely rotted, and merged with the ashes.

And in that melted heart, a miniature Iron Ore ship actually appeared.

Although it was very small, Chen Ming made a magnifying glass and took a closer look. He found that the mini Iron Ore inside the amber restored the appearance of the Iron Ore before it was finally destroyed in all details.

It couldn't be more exquisite.

However, the crack remained on the top armor of the Iron Ore.

But it was no longer pitch black inside, but was filled with metallic liquid with the gorgeous colors of the starry sky.

Chen Ming suddenly felt something in his heart, and his consciousness was focused on the amber, allowing his mental power to touch it.

The next moment.

Chen Ming returned to the steel jungle.

The surrounding starry sky environment seemed to have undergone some subtle changes, and the stars were no longer in the positions where Chen Ming had entered last time.

In other words, those things in the starry sky can no longer find him.

Chen Ming felt a little more relieved. At least he didn't have to worry about running into any trouble next time he came in.

He gradually relaxed his concentrated consciousness and escaped from the steel jungle.

Chen Ming looked at the amber in his hand that looked like a ship in a bottle again, feeling extremely surprised and satisfied.

This is good stuff.

Although at present he only uses it to check his mental strength and psychic power status in a more concrete way.

However, the hill made of spaceship wreckage in his consciousness space is very special no matter how you look at it, and it will definitely have special uses in the future.

Being able to check it at any time is definitely a benefit.

Chen Ming cannot check the specific name of this amber at will, he has to take it on the spacecraft to see it.

When Chen Ming is separated from the spacecraft, his abilities are still limited to mechanical equipment.

There is still no way to know the names of these independently existing objects and various creatures directly through the panel unless there is prior contact.

For example, the Liar Stone, which has now turned into the Words of Madness, was something Chen Ming had encountered on the spaceship before. Even though there have been new changes now, he can still check the panel.

If you have never been exposed to it, you can only learn it after you have been exposed to it once.

Chen Ming put away his things.

Then he glanced at the boss whom he had stood up.

The boss was still studying the photos that Chen Ming had been taking at a fixed time and the photos that he sent to him from time to time.

He also left several voice messages for Chen Ming.

It was about the photo that Chen Ming first took for his boss, which was a scan of a distorted human figure's flesh and blood.

"Your thing put the core of Afterglow in its own body? This situation has happened before."

"These biological tissues affected by the dimensional infection have consciousness in the early stages of their lives, but it is as weak as the vegetative state you mentioned before."

"Then they will try to find something else to fill this gap, but all living things will be affected by their own existence, and basically no one can survive."

"So, their targets have changed to something that won't be affected by them, like afterglow."

"Even life forms like Yuhui are no different from ordinary life forms to them. I can't explain this in detail, just understand what I mean."

"In the places where disasters broke out in the past, that is, in specialized research institutes like this, there must be several gamma-level afterglow cores."

"The cores of these afterglows are occupied by them."

"The consciousness of the core you just saw should be the same. Its consciousness has been overwhelmed by the distorted heart, and only the residual computing power is left."

"Plus the layer of flesh and blood outside that has not yet fully mastered this computing power."

The boss had anticipated that G3 was dead.

Although Chen Ming knew it a little late, it still made Chen Ming understand how G3 died.

And just now, as Chen Ming entered the battle, the boss continued to tell Chen Ming something.

Basically, they are all targeting deformed flesh and blood tissues.

Including speculation, summary and analysis of its already demonstrated capabilities.

It appears that the Deformed Flesh has at least four psionic abilities: electromagnetic interference, arcing, fire protection, and physical protection.

I'm not sure about other bosses like corrosive blood and rapid regeneration, so I've put a question mark on them for now.

But Chen Ming had no way of being sure, because the abilities of the distorted flesh and blood were used in a mixed way, and psychic fluctuations were entangled in its body at all times.

However, even if we don’t consider the last two as abilities and only look at the first four, it is already outrageous.

It is obvious that these psychic powers cannot come from a deformed flesh and blood individual.

Rather, it is formed by many clones that were transformed by the spreading influence of the first deformed flesh and blood individual, and after showing psychic potential, they were aggregated together.

This is because there are no ordinary people in Yu Hui's cloning research institute, the number of clones is small, and the number of deformed flesh and blood individuals with psychic powers that can eventually appear is also small.

Therefore, the deformed flesh and blood that Chen Ming encountered only had these abilities.

But if the number of clones or other people increases, then Chen Ming will definitely have to face more than just deformed flesh and blood with these abilities.

But, there are no ifs in the development of things.

Chen Ming continued to look through the voice messages that his boss had just left on the terminal.

The above message continued until he just gained the upper hand in the battle with the deformed flesh and blood, cutting it into pieces and causing it to be dragged into the high wall inside the institute.

At this time, the boss suddenly stopped for a while and sent the last message.

And this message was sent at the exact moment when a crack appeared in the aberration's heart.

"Don't look at that crack!"

Chen Ming could hear his boss's urgency in this last voice message, but it was a pity that Chen Ming only saw this message now.

But at least the end result is the same.

The aberrant flesh died, but he is still alive.

There was no follow-up.

Chen Ming's consciousness was dragged into the consciousness space and he was unable to continue sending messages to his boss.

The boss didn’t know whether Chen Ming was dead or alive, and could only wait for Chen Ming’s next move.

After Chen Ming came out of the consciousness space, he forgot to contact his boss for a while.

Better report safety first.

Chen Ming was about to continue contacting his boss.

Suddenly he noticed that the spiritual energy fluctuations around him were dissipating, and the situation here would soon be exposed and exposed to Yuhui's sight.

The spiritual stones and other things have already returned to Chen Ming, and it is impossible for Yu Hui to snatch them back now.

But if the core of G3 was seen, Yu Hui would be furious and there was a high probability that he would not be able to keep the core.

So in order to prevent something from happening, Chen Ming quickly used his psychic power to send away the Alpha-class core left by G3.

However, what he is doing now is actually a special case, because Chen Ming is still unable to perform the "modify" operation on the normal conscious afterglow core.

He couldn't use this ability to transmit the afterglow individual over long distances.

It’s just because the core of G3 has lost the consciousness of the afterglow individual inside.

Therefore, Chen Ming could send this core away as a purely mechanical item.

Chen Ming quickly cleaned up the scene, dismantled and modified all the remaining materials after the battle and sent them away.

I put away all the other things and confirmed that all the spoils were in good condition. By the way, I also reported to the boss that I was safe and said that he was a little busy at the moment.

Afterwards, Chen Ming walked straight into the research institute where the ground was covered with dried flesh and blood.

He pretended to know nothing and groped his way towards the Spiritual Awakening Neural Extractor, which, in his perception, had not yet been destroyed.

He needed to act like he should in front of Yu Hui again to cover up his previous sudden actions and prevent Yu Hui from discovering his true purpose.

The Qiling Nerve Extractor is the best decoy.

On the way inside the institute, Chen Ming pretended to use tools to forcibly saw open the doors of several rooms.

By the way, he also found a box made of silent alloy that was casually thrown on the ground in one of the rooms. It was used by Chen Ming to store the Whispering Stone that he could not control precisely.

Chen Ming put the amber he had just obtained into it.

This box can not only prevent psychic energy fluctuations from overflowing from inside, it can also prevent many external detections.

Although Yu Hui might not snatch the amber from him even if he saw it, it was always good to have an extra layer of defense.

Then Chen Ming came to the door of the Qiling Neural Extractor.

Just at this moment, the psychic energy fluctuations completely dissipated and the signal interference ceased.

In the originally pitch-black research institute, a few emergency lights suddenly lit up intermittently, barely illuminating the environment inside the institute.

The few remaining cameras that were not destroyed by the spreading flesh and blood were all pointed at Chen Ming, as if they wanted to slap him in the face.

And the brilliant voice also reached Chen Ming's ears through the communication device inside the cloning institute that had not been destroyed.

"Mr. Chen Ming, what are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)