It was the Purgatory Core that he had obtained not long ago.

Chen Ming pretended to look at the Purgatory Core for a few times and asked, "What is this? Did you get it from the Mechanical Clan?"

"Infernal Core, the core of a special type of mechanical machine. The name of that machine is the Infernal Lord."

Although Chen Ming had used his psychic powers to know the name of the Lord of Purgatory before, he couldn't help but say what he wanted to say before: "Is the person who came up with this name suffering from a chuunibyou?"

"That's not the case. The translator found the name directly from the ruins document."

"Speaking of which, I will also give you data on some rare individuals of the Mechanical Clan that you may not have seen, as well as various documents related to the Mechanical Clan that have not been made public."

Chen Ming nodded and asked again: "So what do you need me to do with this thing?"

"I need you to investigate the effect of this thing and see if it can be used."

"?"

Chen Ming was confused for a moment, and then said, "I've heard you talk about something called a cryogenic computing engine before. It's also a relic of that civilization that is used by the Empire in various star regions."

"Then since the cryogenic computing engine can be used, is there no way to figure out this Purgatory Core?"

Baiquan explained: "The situations of these two are quite different."

"Although most of the cryogenic computing engines were found in the ruins, we have never found the accompanying manual."

"Even the way it was used was the data we obtained from the cryogenic computing engines of the mechanical military bases that were still in operation when we captured the frontline colonies of the mechanical race."

"Through the analysis and replication of these running cryogenic computing engines, it took us a long time to slowly master the use of cryogenic computing engines, and then we completely perfected it."

"Purgatory Lord is different."

"It can control the increase of entropy over a large battlefield, turning the entire battlefield environment into a high-temperature purgatory."

"This is too threatening for us. It is definitely a target that must be attacked as soon as possible. It is impossible to capture it alive while it is in motion."

"Even if there are any remaining Infernal Lords, they will often choose to self-destruct when the battlefield situation is completely out of control. We will get nothing at this time."

"So we can only ensure that there will be no major problems on the battlefield by completely destroying the Demon King at the beginning of the battle."

Baiquan's words seemed to prove that they had made such an attempt before, but the result was obviously a failure.

"But the wreckage cannot reveal the situation of the Infernal Core when the Infernal Lord is in operation."

"We have not found any backup Infernal Lords that have been captured. In the event of a ground war, no Infernal Lord can survive and remain operational until the end of the battle."

"So we can't observe and obtain enough detailed information about the core operation."

Baiquan continued, "Then during the battle, the entropy gathered by the Demon King will also sharply interfere with the use of any sensor equipment."

"As a result, we are completely unable to scan it directly on the battlefield."

"So, the most we can do is to analyze the core function of Purgatory Lord, which is the control of entropy demonstrated by Purgatory Lord."

"It is difficult to determine how the core is actually used, how the energy flows inside it, and how the entropy control effect is constructed."

Chen Ming suddenly asked Bai Quan a question at this time: "How can you be sure that the Lord of Purgatory is controlling entropy instead of simply creating high temperatures?"

"Have you ever seen an entire battlefield on a habitable planet kept at a constant temperature of 200 degrees Celsius for several hours without changing?"

"this……"

Chen Ming has never seen it before.

The Demon King he had obtained before was obviously an antique of the Mechanical Clan.

Perhaps because of the constant interference from the phase behemoth, the mechanical race's investment in that colony was lacking in many aspects.

That Infernal Lord didn't even have a core chip that carried the consciousness of the mechanical race, so naturally it couldn't do what a Lord in good condition could do.

Since Bai Quan answered Chen Ming's question, Chen Ming had no other questions to ask.

Finally, he said, "Are you sure you want to hand this thing over to me?"

Bai Quan understood what Chen Ming meant. It has been confirmed that Chen Ming's psychic power is not only for controlling spacecraft, but also for controlling any mechanical body.

Therefore, the Purgatory Core given to Chen Ming will only belong to Chen Ming after being touched by Chen Ming.

However, the answer had actually been determined from the moment Baiquan took out the Purgatory Core.

"We've fought a lot of ground wars with the Mechanoids, so this thing isn't too rare."

"If we can use one or several Purgatory Cores as a cost in exchange for a thorough understanding of how the Purgatory Cores work, I think it should be worth it."

Chen Ming nodded and took the Purgatory Core from Bai Quan's hand. The spiritual energy instantly permeated the core.

As Bai Quan saw that he was not mistaken, the red patterns on the Purgatory Core in Chen Ming's hand flashed with a faint light stimulated by the fluctuations of psychic energy.

Chen Ming withdrew his psychic energy fluctuations, and the faint light in the core of Purgatory fell silent again.

Chen Ming said, "So... this thing should be considered an initial test for me."

"Pick a relatively simple thing for me to study, and see if I have the ability to study other more valuable things obtained from the mechanical tribe?"

Baiquan answered directly: "Almost."

The Fourteenth Legion does have a lot of things in its hands that have not yet been researched to produce actual effects, most of which were snatched from the Mechanical Clan.

Although they could not produce any results from their research, that might not be the case if they handed it over to Chen Ming.

As long as Chen Ming can study the basic effects of this purgatory core, Bai Quan can give more things to Chen Ming for research.

Even some things whose principles have been figured out, such as the cryogenic computing engine, can be given to Chen Ming to study again.

After all, Chen Ming's psychic power is sometimes more accurate than the results of research using various equipment, at least in areas related to the mechanical family.

Chen Ming didn't say much. After all, Bai Quan had very normal reasons for choosing to do this, and it was also beneficial to him.

But he still had some questions to ask: "What is the value of a mechanical race like the Infernal Lord?"

"Not bad. Its large-scale entropy control capability is there. It can be regarded as a top-level ground combat unit. It will be very effective in ground combat when combined with high-heat-resistant robots."

"But it doesn't mean much to us, because the main enemies the empire is facing right now, one Afterglow and one Mechanical Clan, are not afraid of high temperatures."

"So my evaluation is that it's OK, and the core is more important."

Is the core more important?

Chen Ming asked Bai Quan again: "If I have indeed figured out how to use the core, what do you think of its use? According to you, it will definitely not be used on the battlefield."

"Yes, so our main goal at the moment is to understand the operating principle of the Purgatory Core."

"But I have heard of a possible use, which is to combine the Purgatory Core and the Cryogenic Computing Engine to achieve the effect of installing a Cryogenic Computing Engine on a non-volcanic planet."

Chen Ming thought about this idea for a while and asked, "Is the output power of the Purgatory Core sufficient?"

"It seems that it is not enough at the moment, but we can also choose to use multiple Purgatory Cores to cooperate with a cryogenic computing engine. The difference in the number of these two is not on the same level."

Bai Quan's answer successfully solved Chen Ming's confusion.

After Chen Ming thought for a while, he suddenly expressed an idea he had always had.

"Then can we use a capital ship to bomb a barren planet with no resources, and manually create a volcanic planet in some galaxies without volcanic planets by destroying plates and attacking the planet's core?"

Bai Quan suddenly gave Chen Ming a thumbs up and said, "Good idea."

"This idea has been mentioned by everyone in the Imperial Army and the research department over the years."

"But as you can imagine, it is too difficult and too dangerous to be implemented, so it has never been carried out."

Chen Ming just mentioned it casually. If it wasn't feasible, forget it. He didn't dwell on it and said, "I have no problem with that."

"Okay, then the equipment to help you study the mechanical race will be delivered to you in the next few days."

"I'll give you a list later. If you need anything else, just let me know. As long as the institute can install it, it's fine."

Bai Quan suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, at the headquarters meeting yesterday, you said you would help people verify that the mechanical race is under your control. Did I let those people come over?"

"Um... that's fine."

Although Chen Ming said before that this was just an excuse he made up to shirk responsibility.

But the situation is different now. The timing of the successful research on prosthetic technology is too coincidental. Those people can really be called over to see the actual effect of his use of psychic power on the mechanical race.

It can also be regarded as a proof of the authenticity of what he put forward at the meeting.

Chen Ming's answer surprised Bai Quan a little. After all, he didn't expect Chen Ming to agree to such a thing.

Since the situation was different from what he thought, he immediately skipped over what Chen Ming had already agreed to, and continued, "Do you still need some assistants or something?"

"Assistant? That's fine too."

Although Chen Ming can control all the devices, it is still a bit tiring to be distracted and control too many devices.

If some things could be handed over to assistants, it would save him a lot of trouble.

"Well, then some of the people coming from our headquarters can stay and serve as your assistants."

Bai Quan said this as a matter of course, but Chen Ming immediately realized that there was something wrong with his words and asked quickly, "Wait a minute, I have no objection to assistants, but are they willing?"

Chen Ming thought that Bai Quan was going to pick some freshly graduated college students from the 14th Corps. Why did he suddenly pick those professional researchers who might know more about these areas than he did? Bai Quan explained: "You talked about the research content of the mechanical race very clearly at the meeting yesterday."

"So, someone used the psychic power of a special psychic overnight yesterday to completely block the psychic fluctuations around a captured mechanical creature."

"Although it seems that there is absolutely no effect, and there is no other spiritual energy fluctuation."

"But the blocked machine did show extremely obvious intelligence... No, it should be said that its computing power weakened."

“This just proves what you said.”

"Also, there are some other things you mentioned about the mechanical race that have been verified since yesterday. Some of them have already produced results. It can be said that there are no problems with them all."

"So, you are now an authority in the research of the mechanical race."

"There are many researchers who study the mechanical race who would be willing to assist you. It's not shameful to be your assistant as a psychic."

It seems that he doesn't need to prove that what he said is correct, as someone has already verified it for him.

Then these researchers who want to be his assistants...

"I have to select them myself, and it would be best if I could get some new people."

Bai Quan immediately agreed: "No problem, I will send you the list when the time comes, and you can choose it yourself."

After seeing Chen Ming agreed with his idea, Bai Quan said, "Okay, this will be your research institute in the future. Do you want to give it a name?"

My research institute...

Chen Ming shook his head and said, "Let's just call it the Extraordinary Research Institute."

Bai Quan was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "I have a suspicion that you are trying to scam a research institute, but it's okay."

"Then let me make this clear first. Your research institute needs to regularly study some special items similar to the Purgatory Core that we sent to you."

"Besides studying these things, you can study anything else you want, as long as it's related to the mechanical race."

"All your needs related to the research of the mechanical race can be met."

Chen Ming asked uncertainly, "Research anything?"

"Anything is fine. Even if you want to study how much electricity the mechanical race consumes for breakfast every day, it's fine as long as it's related to the mechanical race."

“These seemingly useless contents accumulate, and someone will always find important connections in them in the future.”

Chen Ming asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

"Over the years, the Empire has encountered more than just Yuhui and the Mechanical Clan, but most of those other opponents are now extinct. It is only thanks to our continuous research on those things that they have been defeated."

"There will always be someone who can find the key points from the complicated research results, and then integrate them to discover the enemy's fatal weakness, and then there will be nothing else."

Chen Ming instantly thought of an enemy who fits what Bai Quan is saying now.

Thorn Zerg.

When Chen Ming was looking for the Thorne Zerg before, he found a large number of papers, and they were extremely complicated.

These papers seem to have no connection or meaning to each other.

But Chen Ming did seem to have seen a bunch of cited articles at the end of the paper, which described the various situations of the Zerg itself in great detail.

When you have studied everything about an enemy, from what he eats in the morning to what color quilt he covers himself with at night, it becomes easy to defeat him.

"That's fine, I'll remember it."

"Okay, that's it for the institute for now. I need to explain your own affairs to you."

"What is it?"

Bai Quan patted Chen Ming on the shoulder, and at the same time put his other hand on his chest and said, "You have come to our Fourteenth Corps, and you plan to change your original study schedule."

"But I don't have that much time. Half a day is the limit of what I can spare."

"I'll have to let someone else take charge of teaching you for the remaining half day."

Chen Ming understood and nodded, "I see. I understand."

"It would be best if you could understand that."

"Teaching will continue as normal in the morning. I will come directly to you then."

"As for the afternoon, I will assign the personnel tomorrow, and I will have the instructor meet with you in the morning..."

"no problem."

"Okay, now I'm going to ask you one last time. Are you sure you really want to stay here? You can see your current situation."

Although Bai Quan didn't explain it clearly, Chen Ming already understood it.

Even after he came to the 14th Legion, he could no longer leave the dome where he was at will.

His psychic powers frighten too many people. Who would want the place where they stay every day to be suddenly controlled by a psychic, and have everything controlled by the psychic?

So Bai Quan’s meaning is very clear, and it’s not too late to regret now.

But since Chen Ming was here, he would definitely not change his mind at will. He said firmly: "Sure."

Bai Quan stared at Chen Ming for a while and said, "I hope the decision you made is the right one."

"Okay, that's all for your side. Is everything okay? If you have any questions, tell me now and I'll help you solve them."

Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "You said that all the equipment and manpower will be delivered to me soon. The research subjects will also be delivered to me after I complete my research on the Purgatory Core. When I don't have research tasks, I can do whatever I want."

"And as for study matters, since you don't have that much time to prepare, please help me find an instructor. That seems to be all? I feel like something is missing."

Baiquan immediately asked, "What's missing?"

"Aren't we at war with the Machines right now? Although you said it's still in the early stages, you didn't seem to mention anything about this."

A big part of the reason why Chen Ming came to the Fourteenth Legion was to participate in the war with the Mechanical Clan, and Bai Quan couldn't help but bring up this matter now.

Baiquan immediately said: "I know this, but can you understand it now?"

Chen Ming understood that at this stage, most of the content of the Baiquan Sect was still knowledge about battlefield fleet command, and it did not really involve this kind of star-level war in too much depth.

If Chen Ming were really asked to understand it, he might not be able to comprehend the detailed situation of the current empire and the mechanical race.

Bai Quan also continued: "I have actually thought about this matter. I will talk to your new instructor about this matter later and ask him to give you intensive training in this area in the next few days."

"At least you have to understand the combat aspects before I can let you get involved in these things, okay?"

"No problem, that's all. I don't have any other questions."

Baiquan nodded and said, "Then I'll leave."

"See you tomorrow."

When Chen Ming and Bai Quan walked to the gate of the research institute, they saw another shuttle landing outside the edge of the dome in the distance.

The original shuttle was parked in the technical secondary school area between the dome and the outside world. Although it was not turned off, the driver had already switched to the shuttle that had just arrived.

Bai Quan nodded to Chen Ming for the last time and took a step forward.

And when he stood at the door of the transit area, he put on the helmet he had taken off after entering the dome.

He waved at Chen Ming and said, "I'll leave this shuttle to you. If you have anything, tell me and then we'll sail."

Chen Ming remotely controlled the shuttle boat that had come earlier to shut down its engine and stop it aside.

Watching Baiquan board another shuttle and disappear into the dark sky mixed with fire of this volcanic planet, he then returned to the large laboratory behind him.

The laboratory was still empty, and when Chen Ming turned around he could even hear the echo of his footsteps.

A feeling of loneliness suddenly enveloped him.

Chen Ming felt his scalp tingling instantly and immediately turned his attention back to his body.

When Chen Ming saw the people coming and going in the ordinary dock not far from the highest point, he breathed a sigh of relief and his tense nerves relaxed again.

Sure enough, this feeling of loneliness is still a bit torturous.

The journey in space for more than half a year seemed to have left him with some psychological problems.

Chen Ming felt that he had to find a way to ask Bai Quan for some small animals to raise.

Anyway, the square outside is so big and covered with green plants, so it’s easy to raise some animals.

By the way, you can also ask Baiquan for a few guards, just to add some popularity.

After Chen Ming calmed down again, he once again focused his attention on the core of Purgatory.

He currently has some ideas about the research on the core of Purgatory.

Although he already had an Inferno Core, he installed that core in the Inferno Lord and performed various tests that could only be performed in cooperation with the Inferno Lord.

Because Chen Ming's idea was to use the Inferno as a ground combat force. Apart from the Zerg, the only thing he had left was the Inferno that could be used for fighting.

And it’s not easy to take the bugs out in front of people.

Therefore, the mechanical race became the most useful means for him in the current situation, and he must use the demon king with the Purgatory Core installed to conduct combat tests.

However, he has never done any experiments to directly use the Purgatory Core itself to achieve certain effects.

But it’s different now. Chen Ming can even use this purgatory core to conduct some destructive experiments.

Anyway, the dome is under his control, and no one knows what is happening under the dome.

No one could question the results of his experiments.

He will try his best to come up with a decent process by then.

Try your best to allow people to use the Purgatory Core and replicate the process of Chen Ming's research.

After all, the relics of another civilization are often designed to allow ordinary people to use psychic powers.

Of course not now.

Chen Ming put away the Purgatory Core.

The research plan he had in mind could not be completed in a day or two.

He was in no hurry at all, so he might as well take this opportunity to familiarize himself with the environment of this experimental dome.

By the way, based on the list of research equipment sent by Baiquan, plan the installation location of the equipment inside the laboratory.

(End of this chapter)