Chen Ming said secretly in his heart.
How come all the psychics in Zuojing are so weak, dying suddenly without even figuring out anything? The black fog that assassinated him before was the same, he looked promising at first, but his mental power was exhausted after just two rounds of fighting, and he was captured alive by him instead of escaping.
The guy guarding the door on the space station at the back was completely defenseless and was killed instantly by his sneak attack. He didn't even know what psychic power was.
Now, this psychic who can control electromagnetic force that I just met can only control metal, and has no other performance.
Using metal to manufacture large weapons looks very impressive, but in the end, nothing is understood and they are just given away.
The psychics in Zuojing are really no good.
But think about it, if you are a real psychic, who would go to the left path unless there is a really compelling reason.
The fact that Zuo Jing's psychics are weaker than those of the Empire is good news for Chen Ming.
But it is more troublesome at this time.
This electromagnetic psychic was given away for free before he could figure out anything, and he also gave the totem pole a new ability.
This was actually Chen Ming's mistake.
He never expected that Zuo Jing's psychic would die instantly without even being able to withstand a single blow.
And the way he died suddenly was very strange.
It was completely unclear what the totem pole was capable of. What on earth was it? Even the Queen of Insects couldn't devour a complete psychic and then replicate the psychic power of that psychic.
The capabilities of this thing are really a bit exaggerated.
If it was him who had just rushed over for close combat, the third face on the totem pole should probably be An Wuping's.
Wait, if you think so.
Then, are the two faces on the totem pole the psychics that were eaten earlier? Does this also mean that there were originally three psychics in this underground laboratory? If there were other psychics that were eaten earlier, then something was wrong.
It is not only a question of whether the power of this totem pole is abnormally strong, but also the question of why Zuo Jing actually sent five psychics here.
Regardless of whether Zuo Jing actually has so many psychics, why did Zuo Jing arrange five psychics in this galaxy? The research content in the space station and laboratory in this place did not require Zuo Jing to do this.
Unless, that totem pole is also part of the research.
However, Chen Ming immediately rejected this idea.
Because he currently has control over the entire underground laboratory, although he has not looked at all the databases in detail, the general contents have basically been confirmed.
All research content has nothing to do with this totem pole thing, and this is even more so on the space station.
There is no evidence that Zuo Jing was conducting this research.
Chen Ming is now more inclined to believe that this was a new trouble that Zuo Jing had created himself, rather than a laboratory leak accident that they had originally intended to cause.
And look at the two faces that were originally on top of the totem pole.
Although the mask faces were deliberately distorted with flesh and blood, one of the faces was clearly neutral and had a distinct sense of charm.
This face gave Chen Ming a feeling of "infatuation" when he first saw it, similar to the feeling of being infatuated with the spirit stone.
The other face was expressionless, cold and hard, giving him a feeling similar to that of some kind of spiritual stone.
Therefore, the faces that Chen Ming sees now should be the embodiment of the psychic characteristics of this totem pole.
I've experienced the infatuation ability when I saw it.
However, this feeling was protected by the Words of Madness Spirit Stone and turned into a feeling of vomiting. It also overlapped with the psychic energy fluctuations emitted by the flesh and blood of the surrounding psychic beasts that were also triggered by the Obsession Spirit Stone. So the feeling was not obvious, but it was definitely there.
He also felt the electromagnetic field ability when the new face grew and the totem pole emitted electricity. It was even the most obvious ability he could feel.
Then that cold face should also have its own unique abilities.
Perhaps the property that cannot be observed by non-naked equipment and cannot be touched on a physical level is brought about by this face.
As for the ability to eat people directly and transform them, Chen Ming didn't feel that it was the effect brought by the three faces.
But it is the power and nature of the totem pole itself.
If this thing continues to be given the opportunity to devour psychics, then how far it can grow is obviously a question that people have to think about, but also a question that they don't want to actually happen.
If this thing, which can even kill the fake body that Chen Ming spent a lot of effort to create, really grows up, many troublesome things will probably happen.
However, things are not without hope.
Because as the totem pole ate the psychic from the left, a third face grew on the top.
Chen Ming could clearly feel that the chaotic feeling of the various abilities mixed together on this totem pole was becoming more and more obvious.
It even became apparent that it was in a state where it could collapse at any moment.
It becomes more fragile when absorbing new abilities, which seems to be its weakness.
It seemed acceptable to Chen Ming to give the totem pole an extra ability in exchange for discovering its weakness.
However, this chaotic state close to collapse did not actually cause the totem pole to collapse. It was recovering rapidly from this state of unrestricted and unrestrained psychic power.
Chen Ming didn't think any more about it. He had to seize this opportunity.
The plasma condensed into shape in his hands and was restricted by the strong magnetic field force into the shape of a spear.
Direct release of plasma will result in the power of the plasma being dispersed.
The power of plasma can be better exerted by using the force of the magnetic field to restrict it into certain shapes and adding some restraining materials on the outside.
The Zerg muscles on Chen Ming's body were twisted into extremely solid blocks, using his huge body strength to throw out the almost materialized plasma spear.
The endless plasma explosions extended from the trajectory of Chen Ming's spear all the way to the front of the totem pole.
The moment the plasma spear hit, it did not go straight through like before.
The small amount of Zerg cuticle that Chen Ming created to restrict the plasma spear exploded the moment it hit.
The powerful explosion directly collapsed the laboratory corridor and completely buried the totem pole in the ruins.
It can be seen that even with the restrained spear-shaped plasma, a large amount of it will escape and react with the surrounding environment, causing the energy used for the main attack to decay.
However, the restriction effect imposed by Chen Ming was also quite good. At least the power of the explosion was concentrated near the totem pole.
However, before he had time to rejoice at the power of this spear, he heard noises coming from inside the ruins again.
All the metal structures on the ruins of the collapsed laboratory were pulled by a magnetic force, carrying away most of the collapsed soil and rebuilding the collapsed passage, revealing an almost intact totem pole.
Only the arms and limbs that made up the torso showed some signs of damage, and there were no other injuries.
Even the charming face that was hit directly by the spear did not leave a single scratch.
Chen Ming's heart sank, and the plasma spear in his hand condensed again.
This time, the glow of the plasma flashing on the spear he condensed was brighter than before.
However, as a flash of light and a series of explosions appeared, the situation was no different from before.
This spear shot was even less effective than the previous one.
His plasma couldn't kill the monster.
And at this moment, the totem pole is adapting to its new electromagnetic capabilities at an astonishing speed.
The chaotic fluctuations on its body have disappeared, and it can even interfere with Chen Ming's release of plasma to a certain extent.
Plasma is actually an effect extended from the power of magnetic field, but it requires some additional assistance. Pure magnetic field cannot produce plasma.
However, as the magnetic field is part of the plasma, it is still possible to interfere with it using only the magnetic field.
Moreover, An Wuping's plasma is not psychic energy, but plasma manually produced by the body's organs.
Such an ordinary ability is already at a disadvantage compared to psychic abilities.
Not to mention that they are two abilities of similar nature.
Chen Ming tried to condense the spear again, but this time, the spear was not even as bright as the first one.
After the Totem Pole completely mastered the electromagnetic ability, it was difficult for An Wuping's prosthesis to cause effective damage to it.
It's a bit troublesome.
At this time, Chen Ming could still clearly feel that the chaotic psychic energy fluctuations belonging to the totem poles around him were constantly expanding, and the psychic energy fluctuations of the psychic beast were almost imperceptible.
His biggest enemy now is this totem pole.
How to fight? How to fight a monster that can perfectly restrain An Wuping? It is known that direct melee is a death wish, and the ability to use plasma is also restrained.
Even if he could blow up the entire laboratory, he probably wouldn't be able to restrict this monster that also has the ability to control magnetic fields.
Moreover, it was the effect that Chen Ming had just created. It was only when it had just absorbed the psychic and entered a brief period of confusion that it barely caused a little damage.
Where could he find another psychic? Chen Ming had the answer in his mind when he thought of this question.
But it took him a lot of effort to make this prosthesis for An Wuping, so he couldn't just give An Wuping away like that.
Have to see if there are other opportunities.
Chen Ming no longer continued to confront the totem pole and turned around to retreat to the outskirts of the laboratory.
Totem Pole immediately followed, and while continuously killing the left-wing elements outside the laboratory who were unable to evacuate the laboratory, it continued to advance towards Chen Ming.
The totem pole doesn't even need to be seen by the left-path molecules. As long as its psychic energy fluctuations spread and touch those left-path molecules, their limbs will break off by themselves and the whole person will become part of the totem pole.
As more and more left-radial molecules outside the laboratory were killed by the totem pole, the diameter and length of the totem pole had almost doubled compared to when it first appeared.
If the laboratory space was not large enough, the passages between the laboratories might not be able to accommodate this body size.
However, since Chen Ming has tried it before and physical means were ineffective, the totem pole should actually have the ability to ignore obstacles.
I just don't know why the totem pole is still tracking the path he took.
Moreover, as the totem pole grew in size, Chen Ming discovered that its speed became faster and faster, and the limbs under it clearly exerted greater power than before.
This forced Chen Ming to speed up.
Things were gradually developing towards a situation he didn't want to see.
Before he knew it, Chen Ming had approached the door of the inclined passage leading to the outside world from the laboratory.
Without thinking much, he took another path near the gate and went back to the deepest part of the laboratory.
The totem pole was clearly close to the gate, but it did not take the opportunity to leave and still followed.
Although the totem pole can use its psychic power to interfere with Chen Ming, it really cannot kill Chen Ming without getting close to him.
In other words, if Chen Ming wanted to run away, he could just leave and get on the spaceship, and the totem pole would no longer be able to track him.
But Chen Ming didn't want to have to solve the trouble he caused himself.
Just as Chen Ming was walking around in circles with the totem pole, thinking about what other means he could use to get rid of this monster.
He circled back to where he had first entered the laboratory.
And here, he suddenly discovered a strange place.
The psychic energy fluctuations of the psychic beast are actually being absorbed by the totem pole.
This is not completely unrelated to the psychic beasts and dimensional infection, and even has a sense of rejection. It is that the psychic fluctuations of the totem pole are absorbing and transforming the psychic fluctuations of the psychic beasts.
Chen Ming was shocked and immediately sensed the remaining mental power he had left along the way.
The results are horrific.
The psychic energy fluctuations that remained during his actions, that is, the psychic energy fluctuations of the Queen of Insects, were also being absorbed by the totem pole.
No wonder the Totem Pole showed some increase in physical strength just during this period of tracking.
It will slowly absorb the psychic fluctuations that escape from the surrounding environment, not just by eating psychics.
In the process of any psychic fighting with a totem pole, his abilities will gradually become part of the totem pole.
Is this a bit scary? The more Chen Ming thought about it, the more he felt that the ability of this totem pole made it difficult for him to come up with a suitable solution.
Just as the totem pole absorbed more and more spiritual energy fluctuations, Chen Ming saw the top of the totem pole monster suddenly torn apart without any warning.
A new face poked out from the crack and twisted into a mask-like face with An Wuping's features.
The power of the Queen of Worms was usurped by it.
At this moment, Chen Ming felt what horror was.
At this moment, the chaotic spiritual energy fluctuations on the totem pole's body appeared again.
Chen Ming knew that this was his only chance.
All the energy in An Wuping's body was used by him to convert plasma.
All the converted plasma was condensed by Chen Ming into a small ball with a diameter of only ten centimeters in the palm of his hand.
An extremely magnificent ball of light emitting a destructive aura.
A ball of light formed by excess plasma was thrown out by Chen Ming.
A ray of annihilation light flickered in the basement of the laboratory.
A light that could blind everyone's eyes filled the entire laboratory.
This time the plasma did not explode, but silently annihilated all existence that came into contact with the light.
Even Chen Ming couldn't see clearly what happened to the totem pole in front of the light.
After a long time, the plasma beam finally dissipated.
The lab did not collapse.
The surrounding soil and rocks that were not in direct contact with the light of annihilation but had almost been burned into glass still supported the laboratory.
The image of the totem pole appeared in front of Chen Ming again.
The plasma ball he created by using up almost all of his energy did indeed have an effect.
The broken arms on the totem pole's trunk broke into pieces, revealing a variety of bright red, obviously alive organs inside.
A large number of internal organs fell to the ground as the tortoise was broken. It seemed that Chen Ming's attack just now had indeed caused serious damage to the totem pole.
However, Chen Ming had no time to rejoice.
At the bottom of the totem pole, the arms that had worn out their fingers during the movement suddenly twitched and moved. They barely picked up the internal organs on the ground and crushed themselves to fill the wounds caused by the plasma just now.
Chen Ming's face turned dark and he clenched his right hand.
He was already using his psychic energy to transfer Zerg energy crystals to An Wuping to replenish the energy he had just consumed.
But another horrible thing happened to the totem pole.
Only seconds after its lost internal organs were stuffed back in, its limbs had already repaired the gaps.
And as the Queen Insect's psychic fluctuations emerged on its body, the wounds healed naturally.
After all, the body-strengthening spiritual energy provided by the Queen of Insects is comprehensive, and the speed of recovery from injuries is also a part of physical strength.
Originally, it was a very useful psychic power for Chen Ming, but he didn't expect it to be so disgusting when used on a hostile being.
Chen Ming's heart sank completely.
But he had no intention of retreating.
The Queen Insect's spiritual energy had been absorbed without An Wuping being eaten, but he still had one more chance.
At this time, there was no living person in the entire Zuojing Laboratory.
All monitoring equipment is under his control, and he can use his own spiritual power at will.
This is the last, only chance.
If he fails, he might personally cultivate an even more terrifying monster that possesses his psychic power, the Queen of Insects' psychic power, and the other three abilities.
This consequence might be something he couldn't bear.
But Chen Ming no longer thought about it at this time.
He didn't want to think about the consequences if he failed, he wanted to rely on instinct to fight.
This is what he did when he was in desperate situation before. If his instinct hadn't told him to use the Word of Madness Spirit Stone to hedge the Spirit Awakening Nerve, he would have died on Zuo Jing's experimental table long ago.
So now he plans to ignore everything and just trust himself and his instincts.
Just do what your instinct tells you to do.
Chen Ming took a deep breath and released his own spiritual energy fluctuations.
The totem pole that was still chasing Chen Ming suddenly sped up its movements a lot, although there was no obvious expression on its four masked faces.
But Chen Ming could feel that it was craving for his spiritual power.
Chen Ming's mind was completely empty.
Huge amounts of psychic energy fluctuations dissipated within the laboratory, and the entire laboratory was becoming his kingdom.
During this process, the totem pole is desperately absorbing this unique psychic energy that leaves no residual psychic fluctuations.
Just two minutes later, the top of the totem pole was torn apart by itself once again.
But this time, the situation seems a little different from before.
The torn flesh and blood tissue has not yet condensed into a new face. Instead, it is still bleeding continuously and continuously losing the spiritual energy fluctuations belonging to the totem pole itself.
The totem pole cannot replicate Chen Ming's psychic power, and it cannot transform Chen Ming's psychic power into a part of it.
The complexity of Chen Ming's psychic powers cannot be replicated by any other creature or existence.
Suddenly, a large amount of dark organs and blood spurted out from the cracked wound that the totem pole had torn open itself.
It was vomiting, spitting out the spiritual energy fluctuations that belonged to Chen Ming.
As it did so, it also fell into a weaker state than before.
The Rabid Whisper Ectoplasm is extreme in its psionic properties.
Although the nature of the Obsession Spirit Stone is neutral, it is also extreme.
The totem pole also seems to be an entity closely related to extremes.
But obviously, the nature of Chen Ming's psychic energy fluctuations is the most extreme.
At this moment, the dark beast with a gorgeous luster suddenly appeared in front of the weak totem pole.
Instinct told Chen Ming that the totem pole no longer had the ability to kill him directly.
The luster on his body was the result of the natural emission of plasma that had reached an extreme concentration under the continuous supply of energy crystals from Chen Ming. Chen Ming could no longer restrain this luster.
Chen Ming jumped up and landed on the top of the totem pole. His clenched right fist rushed directly into the crack at the top of the totem pole.
"You like to eat?"
Chen Ming loosened his clenched right hand, and a pure white light ball with a starry sky inside was stuffed into the body of the totem pole.
At this moment, Chen Ming felt danger again.
Not the danger from the totem pole, but the danger from the plasma he had just created with his own hands.
Feeling the sharp pain, Chen Ming immediately ran away from the totem pole and hid deeper underground relying on the Zerg unit's top-level digging ability.
However, he didn't have time to hide in a position where he felt completely safe.
There was a sudden tinnitus in his ears, coming from the prosthesis of An Wuping, whose physical fitness could withstand large weapons.
At this moment, An Wuping has no way of collecting any useful information.
All we can confirm is that An Wuping is still alive. Although his hiding in advance did not completely escape the range of the plasma, it was still useful.
So Chen Ming could only try to confirm the situation through the surveillance around the laboratory.
But looking back now, everything in the laboratory seemed to have failed.
Chen Ming could only look further ahead and try to use the equipment of the ecological observation space station to observe the situation on the planet.
But soon, Chen Ming realized that it was not necessary. He did not need to use the equipment on the space station.
Because now, you can see the star-like light shining on the surface of the planet with your naked eyes.
This terrifying plasma explosion can be observed on the space station.
(End of this chapter)