However, he did not have many ways to download these research reports on the mechanical race at will before, and these things all cost money.
At that time, instead of spending money to buy these reports, Chen Ming might as well spend the money on himself and his spaceship.
Until now, he has been able to browse the things he needs now without any restrictions.
Soon, Chen Ming basically determined the role of the city that Qu Guang had discovered.
All I can say is that he was a little overwhelmed for a moment when he got the results from the image analysis.
Based on several research reports.
The city that Qu Guang discovered was the stronghold that the civilization that created the mechanical race used to occupy this barren star region. It was equivalent to an outpost on the border.
No, it’s not even a sentry post. They just put a flag here to indicate that they have been here.
The current location of the empire is a place that was not even looked down upon during the heyday of humankind, which is why there are so many mechanical creatures left here.
As for the mechanical races nearby that are fighting with Yuhui and the Empire, they are the mechanical races left over after the destruction of that civilization and have developed and spread again.
All the research reports related to the mechanical race that Chen Ming has on hand cannot avoid the destroyed civilization.
So Chen Ming now has a basic understanding of the situation of the mechanical race and another destroyed civilization.
I almost know everything I should know. Even if I don’t want to waste too much energy learning, at least I have some basic understanding.
However, the Empire has not yet conducted in-depth research on that civilization.
It’s not that we don’t study it, but the productivity of this civilization before its destruction can be said to have reached its peak.
Their heyday was so great that modern humans cannot even begin to grasp its edge.
I wanted to study it, but after studying it for a long time, I found that the results were just superficial.
So now, even though Chen Ming knew that this city was just a flag used for marking, he had to go and take a look. There was a certain possibility that there were remains of another civilization here.
After confirming these situations.
Chen Ming commanded three cruisers to set off.
The transition begins.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Ming arrived at the predetermined location, the edge of the galaxy where the planet where the mechanical race existed was located.
For safety reasons, Chen Ming did not continue to drive the three cruisers inside.
Instead, he just stopped where he was and let the highest point shut down all unnecessary and redundant devices.
Almost all of the ship's energy is used to fully supply the galaxy scanning array consisting of a large galaxy-level scanning core and long-range, high-precision sensors located in front of the apex.
By adjusting the specific detection frequency, the scanning object can be locked on metal and mechanical objects.
Especially for materials with a particularly large number of mechanical elements such as Baiyun Steel, as long as they can be locked, the results returned by the detection will definitely be clearer.
After the high-power scan lasted for about ten minutes.
Galaxy scanning array shut down.
The scanning results appeared in Chen Ming's hands.
The scanning result report contained a lot of detailed data that Chen Ming couldn’t understand, but that didn’t matter. He was currently learning from a guide left by the designer of the Supreme Point.
So far, he has learned part of it. At least he can understand the results of the targeted scan he just conducted.
There is nothing wrong with the interior of the entire galaxy, it is basically the same as the rough investigation before refraction.
The mechanical race only exists on the planet where they were discovered before.
They are only on that planet and show no signs of expanding.
Although there are minerals and metals on other planets, that’s all they are and there’s nothing particularly valuable.
The planet where the mechanical race exists can be seen based on the actual scan results from the highest point just now.
The mechanical race mentioned above are not distributed throughout the planet, but are all concentrated in a mechanical city located about 30 degrees north of the equator.
Since this habitable planet itself has no deflection angle, and its habitable zone is located closer to the star that is larger than the sun than the earth.
Therefore, the climate of the entire planet will be relatively hot and will basically not change. The environment in which the mechanical race's cities are located should be somewhat similar to a tropical rainforest.
The last time I came here, I saw a jungle covered with dense green vegetation.
There is also a mechanical city that is almost trapped in the jungle.
Combined with what was just scanned from the highest point, this city is exposed to the natural environment, and there are very few active mechanical people in the areas that can be scanned by the scanner.
Chen Ming felt that the mechanical race here might be in hibernation, as if their development had stagnated, and they might not have moved for hundreds or even thousands of years.
However, the scan conducted at the highest point is over a large area from a long distance, so the results may not be very accurate.
I still have to go over and make sure.
But at least one thing is certain, that is, Chen Ming did not detect any signals of large-scale activity on the planet.
This should explain a lot of things.
Chen Ming slightly adjusted the positions of the three spaceships.
Let the Brilliant class with the strongest firepower and mobility be in the front, and the Supreme Point and Defender in the back, forming a triangle and gradually approaching the planet of the Mechanical Clan.
Although the Supreme Point did not detect the presence of mechanical warships in space just now, necessary precautions must be taken.
As the spacecraft gradually approached, Chen Ming's mind was still repeating the content he had just seen about the research on the mechanical race.
Based on research and investigation by some research institutes within the empire.
There is a huge difference between the mechanical individuals and Afterglow, who looks similar to them at first glance.
The most obvious point is that Yu Hui is an individual like humans, while the mechanical race is more like a hive mind.
All mechanical bodies are sub-individuals with only basic consciousness, and they are more of a part of a collective.
Of course, the few mechanical machines that Chen Ming had come into contact with were obviously independent and most likely disconnected from the collective.
The mechanical city that it is about to contact now is most likely an independent group of mechanical people.
However, for all mechanical races, their hatred for humans is almost engraved in their logic and cannot be changed.
So Chen Ming didn't expect to have a direct contact with them.
If contact did occur, it must have been during combat.
The three cruisers quickly approached to a relatively safe distance and then stopped directly without directly entering the planet's orbit.
The main reason is that Chen Ming is worried that there may be mechanical warning or defense satellites in the orbit around the star.
So it’s best to let the highest point scan first.
This distance is enough to ensure a sufficient safety distance for a high-power scan at the highest point.
After the ship stopped, Chen Ming directly activated the highest point galaxy scanning array again.
Not long after.
A steel city surrounded by the jungle and integrated with the jungle appeared before his eyes.
The last time Qu Guang came close to the planet, he only saw some mechanical people active outside. He simply recorded the characteristics of the city and evacuated directly without further investigation.
This time Chen Ming came in person and got a thorough understanding of the city's appearance.
At the same time, I also completely understood what the demise of civilization means.
Only when you actually see this rusty city that may collapse at any time, the wildly growing shattered vegetation on the roofs of countless buildings, and the paralyzed machines everywhere.
Only then did Chen Ming understand the meaning of the four words "civilization extinction".
Chen Ming didn’t look at the city scene for long because he had to go downstairs later.
Chen Ming now has to pay more attention to things in orbit around the star.
The scanning array has just detected the existence of a satellite in orbit, but it can be confirmed that the satellite has stopped working and is in a state of disrepair.
At the same time, there were no weapons or security equipment around.
So Chen Ming directly let the defender go over and easily recovered the satellite and put it in the warehouse.
The appearance of the satellite appeared clearly in front of Chen Ming through the internal monitoring of the Defender.
The outer shell made of white cloud steel material has not changed much in space, but the circuits inside it have long been completely aged and can no longer operate.
It is impossible to determine how long the satellite has been in space because it is so long ago. We only know that it must have been a long time.
And because of the aging of the lines, the signal receiving and releasing functions have been completely damaged, and the records stored inside can no longer be viewed.
Even if Chen Ming had the ability to perform repairs, he could only repair the signal transmission and reception functions at most, but the internally stored records could not be restored.
This satellite now seems to be just a piece of scrap metal whose materials can only be recycled.
Alternatively, Chen Ming could also study the manufacturing process of the communication equipment here.
There is no need to learn any technology. Chen Ming knows that the empire's superluminal communication technology was learned from the heritage of these civilizations.
But the satellite is already in such a state of tatters that he doesn't expect to be able to figure out anything.
In short, Chen Ming can now confirm that there is absolutely no defense on the outer layer of this planet.
Just go straight down.
Of course, Chen Ming did not go down personally, nor did he let the cruiser go down.
It was too dangerous for him to go down by himself. The cruiser would consume too much energy entering the atmosphere and would also be too conspicuous.
So Chen Ming directly used the landing craft on the Defender to launch a small robot equipped with a gamma core into the planet's atmosphere.
The fire generated by the landing craft when it rubs against the atmosphere might attract the mechanical race, so Chen Ming deliberately let the landing craft land at a farther place.
And in the process, continue to maintain a detailed observation of the city from the highest point on the track.
However, Chen Ming's deliberate defense seemed to be meaningless.
As long as the mechanical people were not blind, they would definitely see the fire falling from space, but they didn't care at all and didn't come to investigate.
The scanning array could see that among the scattered and active mechanical creatures, none of them cared about Chen Ming's landing craft.
This scene made Chen Ming, who had originally intended to prevent a surprise attack from the Mechanical Clan, spend some time before he maneuvered the landing craft closer to the Mechanical Clan's city and dropped the small robot.
The small robot moved swiftly and lurked close to the vegetated city, reached the edge of the city, and stayed at a certain distance from the security facilities on the edge of the city.
Before he even entered the city, Chen Ming once again clearly felt that this was a dead place.
There was no sound except the occasional creaking of mechanical parts.
This is a habitable planet, and a tropical habitable planet at that.
The vegetation is lush and the biological species are rich, but it is extremely quiet around the mechanical city.
You can't even hear the chirping of insects. The most you can hear is the sound of wind blowing through the vegetation and the rubbing of leaves.
This scene made Chen Ming, who had just left the relatively popular pirate space station not long ago, feel physically uncomfortable.
Fortunately, he didn't need to go in himself.
After observing for a while, the small robot easily passed through the paralyzed security facilities on the edge of the city.
And through the scanning equipment installed by Chen Ming on it, the locations of most of the basic security surveillance within the city were confirmed.
At this point, Chen Ming finally understood why the empire had so much technological growth during its pioneering period.
It was obviously learned from the relics of another civilization.
These surveillances, similar to the ones Chen Ming often sees, are evidence.
The small robot confirmed the damaged surveillance blind spots and successfully entered the city.
And after entering the city.
Chen Ming became more and more certain that this was a dead place.
Not only have almost all the mechanical species visible to the naked eye lost their ability to exist as mechanical life forms, but they are also sleeping rigidly in place.
And at the data network level, only a small amount of electronic signals are transmitted throughout the city.
The density of electronic signals here may not even be comparable to that of the mining space station where Chen Ming once worked.
Of course Chen Ming was referring to the mining space station that was still in operation.
A space station with a diameter of only two or three kilometers cannot be compared with this city in terms of scale.
But in terms of signal density, they have surpassed each other, so the situation in the city is undoubtedly very bad.
At this time, Chen Ming's robot scanned a signal with the most frequent fluctuations.
It is emitted from a device located at the top of a tall tower in the center of the city, which continuously sends information to satellites in space.
However, the satellite in orbit corresponding to the city has been damaged, and is now on Chen Ming's defender, so the continuous sending of signals will not receive any response.
Chen Ming tried to capture the content of the signal.
But unfortunately, Chen Ming had no way to decipher the content and could only record the information itself.
Then let the robot continue to move.
The city was in a state of decay. No, it should be said that the city was already in a state of decay and there was nothing beautiful to see.
We still have to let the robots follow the hidden corners between the countless collapsed buildings and prepare to head to the core of the city.
That tall tower.
In addition to continuously sending signals to the satellite, the tower itself seems to function as an energy tower.
Relying on microwave energy, the entire city is provided with electricity to keep it running.
Either the tower is the core of the city, or the buildings around the tower are the core of the city.
In any case, Chen Ming must go there.
As he approached the city center, Chen Ming finally saw a mechanical creature that was not dormant but still active.
Like the maintenance machine family that Chen Ming had seen before, it had several robotic arms, and it was obvious that it was a type of machine family that performed auxiliary work.
It is now constantly clearing vegetation covering various buildings and even walking paths.
But it was obvious that there was only one machine doing the cleaning, and its efficiency was almost zero compared to the entire city.
But the machine seemed unaware and continued to work in vain.
Chen Ming took a few glances and continued to let the robot move forward.
Until he is sure whether the mechanical race here is as aggressive as those he has seen before, he cannot take the initiative to contact them.
As he continued to approach the city center, Chen Ming also found many fallen mechanical creatures in the gaps between the buildings covered with dense vegetation.
At first glance, they looked just like the fallen mechanical creatures that could be seen everywhere on the road outside.
However, after Chen Ming took a closer look, he discovered that this fallen mechanical creature was different from the other mechanical creatures.
There was no sign of electrical activity on the mechanical creatures that fell in the gap between the collapsed buildings.
It is completely different from the mechanical machine next to it that is still working and barely keeping the city running.
It's even different from the dormant mechanical creatures on the outskirts of the city.
It's not dormant, it's dead.
It loses the consciousness of the sub-individual and loses its own existence.
So……
Chen Ming controlled the small robot to remove the gamma core installed inside.
The circuits inside the body of this mechanical machine were connected, and it was the same model as the combat-type mechanical machine that Chen Ming had seen before.
It has a slender body, similar to a praying mantis overall, but with a roughly human shape.
The left arm is a robotic arm that imitates the structure of a human arm, while their right arm is replaced by an electromagnetic javelin that is familiar to Chen Ming.
At the beginning, Chen Ming directly used the Iron Ore and relied on the weight of the spacecraft to crush and kill those mechanical machines.
But now he no longer needs to use such means.
Soon, the Gamma Core successfully connected to the interior of the mechanical family and successfully controlled its...corpse.
And its name also appeared in front of Chen Ming.
[Standard Mechanical Body of the Mechanical Clan·Quiet Mantis (Damaged)]
On the more detailed panel that drops down, Chen Ming can also see more detailed data, such as the status of different parts of this mechanical family.
For example, the condition of its robotic arms and weapons are displayed in detail on the panel.
But these are not important. There are only a few lines of special content that made him pay more attention.
One of the lines is [Individual Consciousness: Death].
The other line is at the bottom of the panel [Available operations: Repair/Renovation/Disassembly]
The line that Chen Ming was most concerned about was the contents of the three components on the mechanical race, which were in a column similar to the [Important Equipment] on the spacecraft panel.
[Standard-level core chip (damaged)] [Standard-level secondary core (damaged)] [Nano-level maintenance mechanical body (3%)]
Just like all the damaged mechanical equipment Chen Ming had ever come into contact with, these could be repaired as long as the materials were available.
But would repairing a mechanical body cause its dead individuals to be resurrected? And would the resurrection cause the surrounding mechanical races who had not yet noticed the small robots lurking in to suddenly surround them? As soon as this question came to Chen Ming's mind, he immediately denied it.
Let’s not talk about whether it is reliable to revive a mechanical life just by repairing its parts.
For example, his psychic power can allow the mechanical bodies he controls to be under his control for the rest of their lives, and he can just repair them and that's it.
Chen Ming activated his spiritual power, with a slight consumption of mental strength and a small reduction in materials.
The entire Jingman was successfully repaired.
But Chen Ming's psychic power could only repair its worn-out external armor, aging internal circuits, as well as the chips and secondary core.
Its [Nano-level Maintenance Mechanical Body (3%)] column has not changed.
It is just like fuel, Chen Ming must find a way to make it himself before he can replenish it.
But the difficulty of manufacturing fuel and manufacturing nano-scale robots is completely on a different level.
So Chen Ming chose to ignore it for the time being.
Looked at the line of consciousness on Jing Mantis's panel.
And he thought of a glance.
The consciousness of the mechanical race is still in death and has not been restored due to the repair of the chip and secondary core.
Chen Ming knew that Yu Hui's individual consciousness was a piece of data existing in the core, but he had no idea what the consciousness of the mechanical race was like.
He had no way to revive a mechanical life.
Chen Ming shook his head slightly, and relying on his control over Jing Mantis, tried to read the contents of its chip.
But in the end, it was a failure.
Although Chen Ming successfully extracted the internal data, he could not fully understand the contents.
Just like how he had tried to read other mechanical chips before, and just like the fact that the entire empire has not yet been able to decipher the language and data of the mechanical race.
As relics of another civilization, the mechanical race is indeed very special.
Chen Ming thought about it for a while, and simply asked the extraordinary who had been installed at the highest point: "How is your Yuhui's research on the mechanical race going?"
"I am not responsible for the research of the mechanical race. I am generally responsible for the design and manufacture of ships. You brought me out of the giant dock before, so you should know this, right?"
"It's clear, but I just want to ask you something. You're the only one I can ask about research."
"Well, I don't know much. I just know that it is very difficult for us to conduct in-depth research on the mechanical race."
"The mechanical race has the same extreme hatred for us as they do for you. We cannot communicate with them, so we can only conduct research through captives, but there has been no breakthrough so far."
"We can only allocate the extra chips to extract the computing data flow inside the chip and increase our speed."
Chen Ming nodded, indicating that he understood.
It’s a pity that I didn’t get any valuable information.
And there is nothing valuable on this mechanical body.
At most, the design of Jingmantis’s own mechanical body can be recorded. Next time Chen Ming is in need of a combat mechanical body, he can just use this template.
In fact, Chen Ming had recorded videos when he was dismantling the mechanical machines he had killed.
But at that time, Chen Ming had not yet gone through half a year of learning. When Chen Ming saw the crude disassembly technology now, he shook his head and could only watch the video.
Only now that he has the real Jing Mantis in his hand does Chen Ming feel it makes sense to study and replicate it.
Of course not now.
At the scene, Chen Ming still left the body of the mechanical creature that he had controlled where it was to avoid being discovered.
At the same time, the small robot retracted the gamma core and continued to go deeper.
After about an hour, the robot passed through the city, which became increasingly dilapidated as it went deeper into the city.
Finally arrived in front of the tall tower in the center of the city.
(End of this chapter)
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