To be honest, Chen Ming doesn't know much about psychic weapons.

But he could clearly feel that the Imperial Artillery was a relatively strange type of psychic weapon.

Chen Ming had always believed that.

Psionic weapons either have a purely auxiliary function, in addition to providing psychic users with a boost in psychic power, or the performance of the psychic weapon is the same as the sample it is made from.

For example, his revolver named "Ming" by the designer only serves to assist him in using his psychic powers, and its attack performance is no different from that of an ordinary revolver.

The others were either ones that Chen Ming had seen before on the website where Bai Quan registered his weapons.

These are psychic weapons that belong to deceased psychics and are designed to suit the user's psychic powers to produce psychic effects.

Or maybe something like a mind pulse generator.

This is a device that is specifically designed to attack living creatures directly using psychic energy fluctuations, and can also be considered a psychic weapon.

But the Imperial Artillery is different from these.

It is a type of psychic weapon that uses psychic materials to assist in constructing a mechanical structure that can achieve psychic effects, thus realizing effects that were originally difficult to achieve.

After all, the Imperial Cannon was only a cannon that was no more than thirty meters long.

And the fact that a ship of this size can frequently fire projectiles with an explosion diameter of nearly a kilometer is obviously achieved by relying on the mechanical structure constructed with internal psychic materials.

Under normal circumstances, if a weapon of this size is just a disposable weapon, it can be easily made with the current technological level of the empire.

Chen Ming can definitely learn the relevant skills on his own.

But within this size limitation, a mechanical body that is only the size of two lowest-level civilian frigates stacked together can be used multiple times, frequently, and even without much cooling time.

And if his use of spiritual power is restricted, the difficulty will be completely different.

At this size, there are problems with long-term heat dissipation, continuous energy supply, recoil, and other issues that must be dealt with when miniaturizing various weapons.

They're all problems.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, many of these problems cannot be solved by simply replacing the materials based on their properties.

Rather, the laws of physics clearly state that the problem is impossible to achieve and cannot be solved.

But obviously, this imperial artillery is not ordinary.

And psychic power is not an ordinary thing.

Therefore, all the problems that should have occurred on this Imperial Artillery did not occur, and were all solved by psychic power.

Moreover, Chen Ming could see that this weapon not only utilized the strength properties of the psychic material itself.

Its design also clearly utilizes the special mechanical structure constructed with psychic materials, allowing these originally rigid materials to exhibit effects similar to those of psychics using psychic powers.

And what’s even more special is that.

The mechanical race itself is just a honeycomb network built with psychic energy, it does not mean that the mechanical race itself has mastered the use of psychic energy.

So in a sense, this is equivalent to allowing ordinary people to do things that only psychics can do.

Chen Ming found that he seemed to have found the direction of his future research from this weapon.

Through their special structures, psychic materials can do many things that normal weapons cannot do.

Chen Ming's psychic power can also enable many weapons to do things that they cannot do under normal circumstances.

Combining the two will definitely produce better performance.

Although Chen Ming's current technical level is still at the cruiser stage, his systematic understanding of psychic power is almost non-existent, and he has purely been groping his way to where he is today.

There was nothing wrong with him using psychic energy himself, but actually conducting research and systematically creating psychic weapons was just something he could only think about.

Even if the Imperial Artillery was placed before him, he could only understand the actual effect now.

The structure constructed with the psychic materials inside is completely incomprehensible, let alone figuring out the principles and designing new psychic weapons based on them.

But Chen Ming was not in a hurry to give up.

He is very clear about his progress over time. As long as he is given time, he will master the knowledge one day.

This Imperial Cannon is not only a weapon that will be used by the Infernal Lord when he appears where Chen Ming needs it in the future.

It is also the best reference for Chen Ming's future research on psychic weapons.

The only two items of special value on the Infernal Lord are the Infernal Core and the Imperial Cannon.

There is nothing special about it except some supporting heat control equipment.

After all, it is still a ground unit and cannot compare with the real crystallization of technology, the battleship.

Just like the army cannot compare with the navy.

Of course Chen Ming was referring to the warships of the mechanical clan.

Although he has only seen a few ordinary mechanical cruisers so far.

But since the Mechanical Clan has special Mechanical ground units like the Infernal Lord, it is entirely possible to infer that the Mechanical Clan has some equally special battleship units.

And if the battleship’s large weapons, or even its main weapons, also have things like Imperial Cannons, or even Inferno Cores and Cryogenic Computing Engines.

That's the truly terrifying stuff.

If Chen Ming decided to control the mechanical race, he would definitely encounter these things sooner or later.

However, Chen Ming also believed that the imperial military knew much more than he did about fighting the mechanical race.

Many things he couldn't find out now didn't mean he couldn't find out with the help of the Fourteenth Legion . So he could ask Baiquan about it, but he had to wait until Baiquan figured out what had destroyed the mechanical fleet.

Chen Ming temporarily put aside his attention on the Lord of Hell and shifted his attention to the other mechanical creatures.

Although the Lord of Purgatory is indeed very outstanding, the other ordinary individuals of the mechanical race are also very good.

After the Queen Zerg launched the first surprise attack and overwhelmed their forces, they managed to hold on for a long time despite an unfavorable start on the battlefield. They even showed signs of counterattack in the middle, but were finally killed by the Zerg that the Queen had specially cultivated.

It would be wrong to say that such a mechanical race has no value.

So Chen Ming also took the opportunity to count the current individual species of the mechanical race, which would come in handy in the future.

After all, the Zerg is led by a Queen, but there is no individual like the Queen among the mechanical tribes under Chen Ming's command. All these mechanical tribes directly obey Chen Ming himself.

In other words, Chen Ming himself is equivalent to the Queen of Insects in the mechanical clan.

So in the absence of the Queen of Worms, he needs to command the mechanical clan personally, and some things are always unavoidable.

Instead of being in a hurry later, it is better to figure out everything now when the time is right.

Chen Ming roughly summarized the types of mechanical people.

It can be divided into six levels.

Micro, Small, Standard, Medium, Large and Heavy.

The only micro-mechanical creature Chen Ming has on hand is the [Mechanical Micro-Mechanical Body·Worker Bee].

Although there is only one type, worker bees actually have more detailed differentiations.

Their individuals will install different tools on different worker bees according to different work requirements to achieve different functions.

Chen Ming counted casually and found that the mechanical family he had could currently be divided into about a dozen types of worker bees with different functions.

It is basically a purely logistical type of mechanical body.

In the future, when Chen Ming’s colony is built, there will be no problem in using it to assist Yu Hui individuals.

There are two types of small mechanical species: [Diggers] and [Termites].

Chen Ming had seen the tunneling worm before. It was a kind of mechanical creature that was three or four meters in size and specialized in civil engineering.

Termites are a type of combat-type mechanical organism that is similar in shape to burrowing insects, but is more slender and flat.

It is equipped with a close-range cannon that carries armor-piercing explosive shells specifically for destroying buildings, making it a true siege unit.

However, in previous battles, Chen Ming had hardly noticed this kind of mechanical race.

After all, the mechanical race was the one being beaten, and the number of termites was indeed very small.

Among the more than 30,000 mechanical individuals taken away by Chen Ming, the number of termites was just over ten.

This is the type of thing that is useful, but not much.

The further standard type is more special. All humanoid mechanical bodies are classified into it. Although they are smaller than the digging insects and termites classified as small, they are standard types.

To be honest, this is a bit intriguing. After all, the word "standard" is very special.

However, Chen Ming was just guessing, and without any substantial evidence, he didn't think much about it.

In short, there are quite a lot of standard mechanical bodies.

Creatures like [Flying Mantis] and [Silent Mantis] were included in it.

Then, during the previous battle with the Zerg, the flying mechanical bodies of the Mechanical Clan that caused some trouble to the Zerg were also divided into the group.

Another type of invisible mechanical body that can kill Zerg and spray liquid energy crystals, the "Moth", is also among them.

They are all units with unique abilities, and each has its own value.

In addition, Chen Ming actually discovered a mechanical body of the same type as the Flying Mantis, the [Shield Mantis], which had 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 prevent any metal from approaching, and its function is basically to block bullets.

But the Zerg don't shoot bullets at all, nor do they spit out anything made of metal, so the combat effectiveness of this mechanical race was completely useless before.

So much so that Chen Ming never cared about this kind of mechanical body at all.

But now that he took it out and looked at it, he felt that it was still somewhat useful.

At least it will be effective when facing humans or afterglow who can use live ammunition.

Chen Ming currently has two medium-sized mechanical species, the [Fiery Silkworm] that he had captured before.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell what this mechanical family is used for.

But it can actually do a lot more, but for Chen Ming at the moment, it is not of much value.

Then there is the large mechanical family. Chen Ming currently only has one type on hand, which is the [Centipede].

Although centipedes can be further divided into three types, [Hellfire Cannon Centipede], [Charge Shock Centipede] and [Charge Machine Gun Centipede].

But that's not necessary.

Speaking of which, Chen Ming suddenly remembered the idea that came to his mind when he saw the centipede's weapon just now.

Just study the centipede's electric charged weapons.

Electric charge weapons are different from electromagnetic weapons. Electromagnetic weapons simply use electromagnetic acceleration to launch high-speed live ammunition.

Charged weapons use special charged bullets that can be charged, which can produce explosions and arcs when the bullets hit.

Chen Ming feels that there is great potential.

Although his fleet now basically uses energy weapons, and this thing is real bullet, the effect is really good.

Steal first... No, learn first, you never know when it may come in handy.

And since Chen Ming had obtained the charged weapons after only two battles with the mechanical race, it meant that the Empire must have obtained samples of charged weapons earlier than him.

But since Chen Ming has never learned the relevant knowledge, it must be that the empire blocked the information about this weapon and used it for the army's own use.

Since the quality is guaranteed by the military, it will not be a loss for Chen Ming to learn it.

Finally, there is the heavy machinery family. Chen Ming only has one, which is the [Purgatory Demon King].

Chen Ming suddenly noticed that the naming method of this Purgatory Demon King was different from that of ordinary mechanical races that were related to insects. It was unknown whether that civilization had a special interest in insects, or whether the translator of the Empire had some strange hobby.

In short, these are the types of mechanical creatures that Chen Ming currently controls.

But there are definitely more models in the mechanical family.

The current situation occurred only because one of the two mechanical cities that Chen Ming found was located on the border of that civilization and had already declined, while the other colony was still developing.

After summarizing the mechanical units obtained, Chen Ming also sorted out all the Zerg units, including the individuals that evolved independently from the Queen during the battle.

In addition to the [Broad-strider Insects], [Giant Spiders], [Vesicle Insects] and [Shell Insects] that were there at the beginning.

It is the [Blood Explosion Bug] which has little presence but is always playing a role.

It sprayed a large amount of Zerg blood through self-destruction, interfering with the normal operation of the mechanical race. Although it died quickly, it did play a lot of roles.

However, Chen Ming still hasn't figured out the principle of how the Zerg blood interferes with the operation of the mechanical race. Although it does not affect Chen Ming's use of the Zerg blood, he has to investigate it if he has time.

The other is the main force that advanced on the front battlefield between the Zerg and the Mechanic, the largest giant Zerg, which Chen Ming simply and roughly called the "Titan Zerg".

Liquid Crystal Worms are able to spray unstable and explosive energy crystal liquid.

It can launch cone-shaped products formed by the combination of Zerg carapace and energy crystals, [Cone Crystal Worms], which are used by the Zerg Queen to intercept the bombardment of the Fiery Silkworm's artillery.

There are also temporary "fungal liquid insects" that can spit out large amounts of sticky fungi, but these insects are simply used to restrict mechanical insects such as leeches that fly in the sky.

There are too many restrictions, too few scenes to play with, and not much meaning.

However, another type of [Stinging Scorpion Flying Insect] is more valuable. It is a high-speed flying melee Zerg unit and is very useful when facing the more vulnerable back row of the Mech.

The pitch-black shell gives it powerful protection and sharp weapons. Apart from being easily wiped out on a large scale by the range fire attack of the Fiery Silkworm, it has no obvious disadvantages.

The last kind of insect left was called a "parasite" by Chen Ming. It was the key to the Queen Insect's turnaround when she was almost doomed.

Directly controlled a large number of mechanical centipedes and pushed back all the way to the center of the city.

It is also the key to helping Chen Ming obtain so many mechanical clans.

All we can say is that the Zerg have evolved to a very powerful level without anyone noticing.

Some Zergs may be useless individually, but when all of them belong to a hive, they have advantages in ground combat that are unmatched by any other force.

Of course, the Zerg also has its shortcomings, such as the long breeding time.

The breeding of Zerg now basically depends on the Queen to actively control the fungal blanket to generate Zerg larvae.

The larvae are then differentiated into different adults as needed.

Generally speaking, it takes a long time and the queen insect needs to keep an eye on it.

That's why it took him so long to prepare when he attacked the mechanical city.

Chen Ming already has some ideas about this issue.

The goal is to let the Queen Zerg find a way to evolve a factory similar to that of the mechanical race, a biological factory unique to the Zerg.

The mechanical race can rely on factory assembly lines to produce mechanical individuals, but once the Zerg race is separated from the queen, Chen Ming has to find a way to give birth to new Zerg races on his own.

But if this idea can be realized, the Queen Zerg can build a few breeding factories like the mechanical race, and can produce Zerg individuals on its own even if it is out of its control.

That is very valuable to Chen Ming.

Moreover, Chen Ming did not need the Queen of Insects to fully realize his ideas.

Chen Ming only needs the Queen Insect to create a prototype, and the rest can be accomplished with his spiritual power.

While the Queen was studying the Zerg buildings, Chen Ming could also study the thoughts in his mind when he saw the Infernal Lord before.

That is to say, to create a special individual belonging to the Zerg, Chen Ming himself, with powerful abilities.

Although special individuals of the Zerg may not necessarily have the outrageous combat power brought by the use of the Infernal Core like the Infernal Lord.

But Chen Ming's psychic power always produces some unexpected effects, and the Zerg now possess psychic power themselves.

The combination of two psychic powers can't be better than a psychic device made purely with psychic materials and special manufacturing technology, right? And Chen Ming actually has a special idea, which he can try out 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 the Zerg that were attacking the mechanical city and retreated back deep underground.

At the same time, it destroyed the underground passage and began to absorb insects, gradually transforming them back into energy crystals so that Chen Ming could take them back at any time.

If the mechanical race wants to dig out the queen worm from deep underground, it will definitely take a lot of effort.

But the greater possibility is that it cannot be dug out.

Because the Queen of Insects transmitted a picture to Chen Ming that he had not just seen.

A memory of the Queen herself.

Just after Chen Ming fled with his fleet.

The bugs on the ground that had not yet completely evacuated saw what was happening in the mechanical colony.

That is, the buildings and the mechanical family themselves that are constantly being violently destroyed by something that cannot be observed, as well as those huge manta ray-shaped marks.

This should be an important clue to confirm the source of the danger that Chen Ming perceived.

Chen Ming really had no way of getting this footage out, 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 okay. Since Bai Quan reacted so strongly before, he must have made a very accurate guess.

I think he'll come find him soon.

In short, Chen Ming's gains this time can be summarized as his mechanical clan and mechanical clan hive network can become stronger, providing him with more mental power and other assistance.

That is, provided that he chooses to take the risk of the Mechanoids.

At the same time, the Zerg has become stronger, which is really stronger.

In addition to the evolution and deep repair that Chen Ming had previously given to the Queen Insect, there were also new species created through communication.

The bugs that evolve on the battlefield are proof of their becoming stronger.

Even though some of them are designed to specifically target specific bugs, they have their limitations.

But parasites clearly do not fall into this category.

Parasites are powerful and dangerous.

Because its effects are not limited to the mechanical race, but Chen Ming will not let the Queen of Insects use the parasite to deal with any enemies other than the mechanical race for the time being.

He will never be exposed to the sight of anyone, any species with normal thinking.

Although Chen Ming himself did not gain much from this battle.

But as long as the mechanical race and the Zerg become stronger, Chen Ming will also become stronger with the feedback from the honeycomb network.

So it's about the same.

After summarizing his gains this time, Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief and slightly moved his tibia.

Arranged the destination of several cruisers.

The Defenders and Colossi were left at the edge of the galaxy by Chen Ming because they were carrying individuals of the mechanical race that had not yet been controlled by him.

They cannot go back for the time being, at least until Chen Ming has thought clearly about the pros and cons of whether it is worth it for him to control those mechanical races.

Anyway, he is now in the galaxy of the pirate space station, and there shouldn't be anyone blind enough to come here.

The remaining two cruisers used hyperspace to leave the pirate galaxy for a distance, and then returned to the temporary base through several jumps.

Huihuang and Huiyao both have things to do at the temporary base. Fighting the mechanical tribe is just a guest appearance. Their real business is at the temporary base.

After finishing the other four cruisers, Chen Ming controlled the Supreme Point and Stardust to head 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.

(End of this chapter)