The design of the special operations unit "Combat" is actually the simplest of the three design requirements.

It only took the Queen Insect a few hours to create an actual sample using the biological technologies she had accumulated previously.

Although the initial sample was a bit rough, under the influence of Chen Ming's spiritual power, all the unreasonable and imperfect places were eliminated through deep repairs.

Finally, standing at the deepest part of the insect nest was a small, only about three meters long, but a terrifying creature with great deterrent power.

Although it is motionless now, the danger it exudes can make some insects deep in the hive deliberately stay away from it even without the queen's special orders.

And it is small, but that is only relative to other Zerg units.

A height of about three meters is not considered small from a human perspective.

The appearance of this special combat unit looks somewhat similar to the Zerg power armor that Chen Ming had made before, and its overall appearance is more humanoid.

However, compared to the composite structure of machinery and insects, the power armor is more streamlined and lacks some aggressive spikes.

Only near the joints or under the carapace of the limbs used for close combat are there some inconspicuous spikes that can be retracted.

Because Chen Ming discovered that the blunt force caused by extreme force can sometimes be more lethal than sharp weapons, so he came up with this design.

This is what Chen Ming wants.

By the time the finished product came out, there were only two problems left for Chen Ming to solve.

One of them was a problem that Chen Ming discovered when he just started designing "Battle".

The consciousness of ordinary Zerg units cannot support such a powerful body, and their consciousness cannot bear the strength required to control this body.

In order to make this body move, either the Queen Insect's consciousness must come into play, or Chen Ming must take charge personally.

Chen Ming didn't worry about this question. Originally, this body must have been controlled by him or the insect.

It doesn't matter whether he or the Queen of Insects comes on, it's almost the same.

Moreover, the Queen Insect itself is not very good at fighting. Most of the time, it relies on its numerical advantage to push forward in a fight, and then counters the opponent's moves.

If there are any suitable insects, we will evolve them and use them, nothing else.

After all, the Queen of Insects's body is located in the heart of the biological spacecraft. It is just a bloated big insect and does not look like it has any combat capability at all.

On the contrary, it was Chen Ming who was deeply impressed by the whip kick that almost killed him during the fight with Cheng Xinghai in the simulation.

So in the recent period of time, he and Bai Quan took some time to learn a few military fighting techniques, so that at least he would not be helpless in hand-to-hand combat.

Combat experience is always better than a queen who just stays in the rear and gives commands.

It’s a pity that the consciousness of those insects that fight purely based on their brutal instincts is not strong enough, otherwise Chen Ming would definitely let these insects take over this body directly during the battle.

So in the end, this special operations unit was still controlled by Chen Ming himself.

It was exactly what he wanted.

Then the second problem is that Chen Ming also wants the Queen Insect's psychic effect to be permanently present on this special combat unit.

The Queen's psychic power is a pure enhancement of physical fitness.

And for the Queen of Insects herself, in addition to the effect of greatly improving physical fitness when psychic power is stimulated, the Queen of Insects' physical fitness also has a significant increase when psychic power is not activated.

Chen Ming does not count on this passive effect of psychic power, but he really hopes that this active effect can always be attached to the special combat units.

Moreover, it is a mount that does not require the Queen Insect to pay attention to this body all the time, nor does it require Chen Ming to keep borrowing the Queen Insect's spiritual energy.

It is to allow the effect of this psychic energy to always exist in this body.

This would definitely not be possible under normal circumstances, because the effect of psychic energy is a combination of psychic energy fluctuations and mental power.

Mental power will dissipate, and when mental power dissipates, it will not be able to support the fluctuations of psychic energy.

Therefore, Chen Ming had already thought of a solution to this problem when he was researching the core of Purgatory.

Because the design of the Purgatory Core is to use isolation materials to confine the mental power that maintains psychic fluctuations within the core.

Although Chen Ming is still unable to replicate the Infernal Core and create a Zerg core that can stabilize or even amplify the Queen's psychic energy.

However, it is still possible to create a device to restrain mental power using the materials of the Purgatory Core.

It just so happens that Chen Ming still has quite a lot of resources to apply for.

It is very easy to apply for a new Purgatory Core, or to apply for some psychic materials to make a Purgatory Core.

It can fully meet the material needs of special combat units to restrain mental power in the body for a long time.

However, while fulfilling this requirement,

Maintaining psychic energy fluctuations is also an important point.

Just as mental power will naturally dissipate, the psychic energy fluctuations that are part of psychic energy will also be naturally smoothed out when psychic energy is in effect.

The Purgatory Core was designed to be able to solidify psychic fluctuations using psychic materials and a special structure, so only external materials were needed to solve the problem of mental power.

But since Chen Ming was unable to completely replicate the Purgatory Core, especially the most complex and difficult to replicate core part, he had to use other means to try to solidify the Queen Insect's psychic fluctuations.

So Chen Ming now not only needs restraint materials, but also an energy source that can maintain the fluctuations of psychic energy.

It just so happened that Chen Ming had something extremely suitable on hand.

Condensing the source of spiritual energy.

The nature of this thing itself can be used to create a stable psychic energy fluctuation environment.

As long as a simple adjustment is made, there will be no problem in stabilizing the psychic fluctuations of the Queen Insect, who has a close relationship with Chen Ming.

Originally, this thing was meant to absorb the psychic energy fluctuations of the Zerg Queen, but now it seems to have to be used as the biological core of the Zerg's special combat units.

However, just when Chen Ming was thinking about the general structure of the simplified Zerg core.

The Queen of Insects connected with Chen Ming's consciousness and understood his thoughts.

Then, it suddenly felt a peculiar emotion.

It wanted Chen Ming to give it the condensed source of spiritual energy.

Chen Ming thought about it for a moment, and took out the condensed spiritual energy source that he had condensed personally.

In fact, he had never thought of a use for the condensed spiritual energy. After all, he was quite interested in the several uses that the president had mentioned before, so it was not easy to choose.

But since the Queen of Insects has taken the initiative to bring it up now, and it does have the value and qualifications to get this thing from him.

Then Chen Ming doesn't mind choosing to give the condensed spiritual energy source to the Queen of Insects.

Ordinary creatures can transform into psionic creatures by absorbing and condensing the essence of psionic energy.

If the psychic creature originally devours the condensed psychic energy source, then it will be connected to the creator of the condensed psychic energy source in terms of mental power.

And the initiative of this connection is controlled by the creator who condenses the essence of psychic energy.

That's why the president of the Psychic Society told Chen Ming this method of use.

It would be nice to have a psychic creature with a shared consciousness that completely obeys the creator of the condensed psychic energy.

Especially the psychic creature that devoured his condensed psychic energy source was the Queen of Insects.

As for the condensed spiritual energy source that Chen Ming chose, which was condensed by himself, it looked more ordinary than his other condensed spiritual energy source obtained from the dimensional infection. After all, there was no mini iron ore in it.

But correspondingly, it is also more closely related to Chen Ming.

If the condensed spiritual energy source is to be used on the Queen of Insects, this condensed spiritual energy source is obviously more suitable than the other one.

After getting Chen Ming's consent, several tentacles of the queen worm grew on Chen Ming's wrist.

The Queen of Insects controlled these tentacles to wrap around the condensed source of spiritual energy, gradually devouring the condensed source of spiritual energy.

Just at the moment when the last trace of condensed spiritual energy disappeared into several tentacles.

The Queen Insect's mental power, which already had a spiritual connection with Chen Ming, was completely synchronized with Chen Ming's.

Coexist with Chen Ming and amplify each other with Chen Ming.

In just a moment, the various enhancements Chen Ming obtained from the Zerg's original hive mind network, including mental power, psychic energy fluctuation intensity and thinking speed, instantly increased by 50%.

Of course, if you look at it as a whole, it's not that exaggerated.

If all the increases in various aspects of Chen Ming's current situation are taken into account, the overall increase is about 10%.

But this is already exaggerated enough.

Because it was this act of allowing the Queen Insect to absorb and condense the essence of spiritual energy that allowed Chen Ming to fully control an increase from the original limit of eight cruisers to nine.

Chen Ming felt that it was only one step away from the critical node of ten ships.

And this is the benefit brought by the correct use of the method of condensing the essence of spiritual energy.

Chen Ming silently adapted to the change in his thinking speed and turned his attention back to the Queen of Insects.

This time, the Queen of Insects did not form a cocoon as she did in the past when she had any major evolution. Instead, she completed the synchronization of her mental power with Chen Ming in such an ordinary way.

It also benefited greatly from the synchronized connection between Chen Ming and its mental power.

Almost all of the extra enhancements that Chen Ming possesses can appear on the Queen Insect in a certain proportion.

I believe that for a long time to come, the Queen of Insects' spiritual power will be significantly enhanced.

The Queen of Insects also adapted to the amplification she received from Chen Ming soon after.

Then its body suddenly spit out a sticky mass.

It exudes a rich psychic fluctuation that is a mixture of the psychic fluctuations of the Queen of Insects and Chen Ming.

Judging from what Chen Ming observed, the nature of this thing is somewhat similar to that of a sub-individual that condenses the essence of spiritual energy.

Furthermore, it possesses the psionic properties of both psychics.

This means that this sub-individual can be more in line with the Queen's psychic energy when providing the Zerg core with the effect of maintaining psychic energy fluctuations, and the efficiency of maintaining the Queen's psychic energy operation will be higher.

Chen Ming immediately used his psychic power to imitate the design of the Purgatory Core and modified the surrounding area of ​​the sticky mass with the same isolation material as the Purgatory Core.

This slightly disgusting-looking thing has gradually been transformed into a bionic heart that can be created with current medical technology.

This is the biological core that will be installed in the body of the special combat unit.

Just after Chen Ming finished his work.

The Queen of Insects controlled the flesh and blood tissue of the biological spaceship around her and extended a flexible tentacle. She picked up the biological core on the ground and stuffed it directly into the heart of the special combat unit.

The muscles and organs in the special operations unit's body are wriggling, adapting to the foreign matter in its heart that is extremely beneficial to it.

And when it had completely adapted to the foreign object, the Queen of Insects directly used the psychic energy fluctuations of the maximum intensity it could currently achieve to cover the special combat unit.

Psychic energy fluctuations are at work.

The Queen can provide everything the Zerg core needs to operate in a more efficient manner through the mass it spits out.

Chen Ming never thought that the Queen of Insects would have such ability.

But since the Queen of Insects has shown it now, and had already given him everything by condensing the source of psychic energy before she showed this ability, what else can he say now?

Chen Ming doesn't like to act like a good boy after getting an advantage.

soon.

The spiritual energy fluctuations on the Queen Insect's body are gradually becoming weaker.

However, the psychic fluctuations belonging to the Queen Zerg in the special combat units have always been at their peak with the assistance of the Zerg core.

This is the effect Chen Ming wants to see.

Next comes the final step.

Chen Ming's attention was focused on the special operations unit.

Suddenly, its body began to shrivele, and it slowly shrank as if it was dehydrated. In just a dozen seconds, it shrunk to the same size as a normal person and also took on a human form.

To be precise, it is a prosthesis that is about 1.9 meters tall.

It is not the fully anthropomorphic prosthesis like Chen Ming in the 14th Legion. This prosthesis is just a thing with a prosthetic shell.

Under this anthropomorphic shell, all the tissues and organs that can be quickly manufactured belonging to the special combat units have been transformed into the most basic nutrients, and all the things that are not convenient to quickly manufacture are all curled up in the body of the prosthesis.

As long as Chen Ming wanted, he could instantly release the monster originally inside the prosthesis.

Of course, it can only be released from this prosthesis.

What this special combat unit possesses is not comparable to those of other mass-produced Zerg, and it cannot be manufactured as casually as the power armor worn by Chen Ming.

It is now the strongest ground combat force Chen Ming has.

It is also the key to what Chen Ming is going to do next.

Although Chen Ming had previously considered the burden that multiple prostheses would bring to his mental strength.

But this prosthesis does not require mental work like the original body and the prostheses of the Fourteenth Legion, so after a simple calculation, Chen Ming was sure that he could control it without any burden.

In addition, this prosthesis was not made by Chen Ming using his own genes.

Instead, the Queen of Insects imitated his genes and created a completely independent prosthesis.

In other words, although this prosthesis looks like a human, it can be seen as a human when passing through most detection devices.

Even the most stable means of genetic testing revealed an individual, but there was no one with such genes in the empire.

The appearance of the prosthesis also looks ordinary under Chen Ming's design.

Although he originally wanted to mold it according to Hu Yi's face, because Bai Quan had shown Chen Ming a photo of Hu Yi before.

Chen Ming felt no pressure at all when working under Hu Yi's face.

But after thinking about what he would do with the prosthesis, he decided not to do it.

In short, in this situation, no one can suspect Chen Ming of the actions of this prosthesis.

It allows Chen Ming to appear in the empire with a new identity and do things that he and his other prosthesis are not able to do well.

Chen Ming named this prosthesis An Wuping.

Since he had absolutely no talent for naming, he just changed the order of Old Wu's name and used it, and it surprisingly sounded pretty good.

An Wuping will soon leave the Queen of Insects and step into the territory of the empire.

It won't take long for it to work.

After arranging An Wuping.

Chen Ming's research on special operations units has come to an end.

Then he picked up the daily report as usual.

At the same time, the contents of the report from a few days ago flashed through his mind.

The situation in the past few days was just as Bai Quan said. After Bai Quan completed the internal purge, the negative public opinion about Bai Quan subsided in a blink of an eye.

Because Baiquan truly ensured that every asset of the Fourteenth Legion that passed through his hands was put to good use.

Although he had told Chen Ming some time ago that it was normal for the army to resell some obsolete military supplies.

But after Baiquan fully disclosed the financial statements of the 14th Legion branch, everyone could see that there was no ambiguity in every account handled by Baiquan.

Compared with those other people, there is an extremely huge gap.

Moreover, at the headquarters of the 14th Legion, Bai Quan's faction, his old boss also cooperated very well with Bai Quan.

After Baiquan proved himself, he took the initiative to conduct a similar internal investigation within the headquarters to clarify the unclear accounts of the 14th Legion in recent years.

Then the signs of this incident were suppressed in an instant.

The reason is obvious.

Of course, I didn't receive any other unfair treatment from my old boss.

After all, Baiquan is at the peak of his career right now, and no one dares to offend him.

And on the day when Chen Ming saw the news, Bai Quan couldn't suppress his smile during class and was extremely happy.

As a result, Baiquan's positive reputation in public opinion became even more difficult to suppress.

Chen Ming has already seen that Bai Quan is sure to win this incident.

And just today, Chen Ming noticed that the report recorded that another wave of public opinion was emerging.

Public opinion about Zuo Jing.

Since Bai Quan’s public opinion problem has been resolved, Chen Ming will know who this public opinion is directed at.

Bai Quan has begun to point the spearhead at the other party's senior management, blaming them for having connections with Zuo Jing.

Anyway, the captured Zuo Jing is in his hands, so he can say whatever he wants.

If it were the previous Baiquan, he might have convicted Zuo Jing elements and related personnel first, and then investigated the people behind them.

But it’s different now. Bai Quan has completed the investigation, but did not come to a direct conclusion. Instead, he wants to put the blame on the other side.

Anyway, nothing has been said for sure, and Bai Quan only expressed doubts, hoping that the other party could give some explanation.

Then there was a rumor circulating that in order to delay the date of the gambling agreement, Lou Wei deliberately relaxed the control over Zuo Jing and allowed Zuo Jing to attack Chen Ming's dome.

Two pieces of news appeared at the same time, one above and one below, completely making it impossible for the other party to explain clearly.

Combined with the previous high-profile scolding of Baiquan, high-profile internal purge, high-profile work, and then high-profile investigation of Zuo Jing's series of actions.

The public opinion on this matter can no longer be suppressed.

"So this is what you did?"

Chen Ming raised his head from the report, looked at Bai Quan who had just pushed the door open, and continued, "Did you transfer the public pressure from Zuo Jing to the other side?"

"Yes, that's what I should do."

Bai Quan nodded and said, "Under normal circumstances, the public opinion I actively spread later would not ferment so quickly, nor would it spread so widely."

"Even if I point the finger at the opponent in advance, they can just clap their hands and knock it down."

"But they want to take advantage of my decline to expand public opinion, and then this matter will never be suppressed again."

"They are still treating me like a person who knows nothing, and they will have to pay the price."

Chen Ming finally understood Bai Quan's arrangements for the past half month and said, "Now it's the other side's turn to be in a mess."

"That's right. Someone from their side will give an explanation soon. Otherwise, the one who should give an explanation will be the one at the top."

At this time, Chen Ming suddenly thought of a possible development in the opposite direction and asked, "But why do I feel that it is still the same as before? This public opinion alone should not be enough to directly bring down the other side, right? Those who can be brought down are still the people at the bottom."

Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming with an understanding look and said, "You have never been in the political field, so you don't know. How can you succeed in bringing down the other party in one go? This is not some key evidence that directly involves the top leaders of the other party."

"You have to think about the difference between now and before. Before, we investigated and found out the results, and the people below them suffered, and then they were bailed out by the people above them."

"Now, we are the ones who are pushing the problem onto their top management, forcing them to let the people below suffer. It's completely different."

"And it's not just the bottom level. The occurrence of Zuo Jing within our 14th Corps also has an impact on the top level."

"If I don't handle Zuo Jing's affairs well, I will be responsible for it. If they don't handle it well, they will also be responsible."

"Look at me. How many people scolded me when I was doing an internal purge a few days ago? They said I didn't manage things strictly. What about now?"

"Anyway, it wasn't me who caused the Zuojing problem. It was someone else who caused the trouble. Let them bear the pressure of public opinion."

"In a civilized society, public opinion also has its weight."

Listening to Bai Quan's long speech, Chen Ming covered his forehead and said, "It gives me a headache just listening to it."

Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming and thought of himself in the past. He smiled and said, "It's okay. I will be able to handle this kind of thing in the future."

"Oh, that's right."

Baiquan suddenly coughed dryly and said, "Xinghai asked me to ask you, when will you be free to play a simulated battle?"

"It's been half a month since the last deep simulation. She hasn't even had a normal simulated battle. She's a little itchy."

Chen Ming asked back: "Why didn't she just call and ask?"

"She said she was worried that you were too busy with your research, and that you basically ignored her when you were doing research in the simulation. She didn't want to be turned away, so she asked me to ask for her."

"Oh, it seems to be true."

Chen Ming thought about the previous simulation. His mind was full of how to use the simulation equipment to steal more information and do more experimental simulations. He was just subconsciously chatting with the idle Cheng Xinghai.

Sometimes it's normal to be too absorbed in the subject and not hear anything.

Bai Quan suddenly brought up this matter. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Ming did not have the intention to refuse and said, "I am usually free."

"Okay, I'll tell her that then."

Bai Quan immediately followed up with the conversation, not giving Chen Ming a chance to regret.

At the same time, he mentioned another matter: "Things over at Lou Wei should start soon."

(End of this chapter)