Chen Ming and He Gu returned to the surface.

He Gu glanced at the current time and asked, "I'll take you around to have a look next?"

"Although the different laboratories in our institute usually work on their own in private, there are occasionally a few public project presentations. There happens to be one today, and it's nearby. Do you want to go?"

"The topic is about the changes in the mechanical race compared to the past, as found out from recent reconnaissance at the front line."

"Can."

Although Chen Ming cannot understand too many details related to psychic power, he can definitely learn more about the mechanical race, which will definitely help him in his future work.

So he decisively agreed and boarded the Hegu shuttle again.

And after getting on the shuttle.

He Gu suddenly sent Chen Ming a list of reports on all the research topics currently underway at the Institute of Psychic Energy.

"I just got this. This list is highly confidential, so it took me a while to get the permission to take it out. Take a look. Are there any projects that you are particularly interested in?"

After all, Chen Ming was granted honorary member status by the legion commander himself. It was said before that Chen Ming could join any experimental group at will, as long as he did not do anything purely destructive.

But before that, Chen Ming had no knowledge of the Psychic Research Institute, and had no idea which experimental group to join. He had no idea who was doing the work there.

With this list, many things will be much easier to do.

Chen Ming's eyes slid across the list.

Although we can only see the titles of these projects, we can roughly guess the research direction.

There are indeed many things in these projects that Chen Ming is interested in.

Ten minutes later.

The shuttle was approaching its destination and was about to land.

Chen Ming also finished reading the entire list of all research projects of the Psychic Research Institute and turned off the terminal.

He Gu took this opportunity to say, "How is it? Is there anyone interested?"

The reason why He Gu cares so much about Chen Ming's ideas is that if Chen Ming is interested in a certain research, he will definitely stay for a while.

And it would definitely be beneficial for the Psychic Research Institute if Chen Ming stayed.

However, He Gu definitely wanted Chen Ming to stay.

But Chen Ming had already made up his mind, and he would not change it easily unless there was a situation that had a huge impact.

So he gave He Gu a direct answer now: "I can stay for a while."

"Because there are projects that I am particularly interested in, one is the "Anti-Mechanic Weapon Development and Anti-Mechanic Warfare Technology Research" and the other is the "Specialized Cultivation Program for Artificial Enlightenment Nerves."

"But after the war started, I had to go back to the branch."

This answer was acceptable to He Gu, but He Gu asked greedily: "Can't you stay forever?"

"I need to get to the front lines."

“What a pity.”

He Gu originally wanted to try to get Chen Ming to move his Extraordinary Research Institute here as well.

But it seemed there was no hope, so he did not mention it.

Chen Ming did not intend to disappoint He Gu. He added, "It's okay. I will be prepared with the appropriate measures when the time comes. My robot will continue to stay here and do things after I leave. It's easy for me to do two things at the same time."

With Chen Ming's assurance, He Gu seemed a lot more relaxed. After bringing Chen Ming to the project report meeting, he contacted the two project teams that Chen Ming had just mentioned that he was interested in.

You just need to register Chen Ming in the project team's list, and then Chen Ming can participate in these two projects.

However, both projects are currently in the early experimental stages.

The project team members have basically moved to a laboratory outside the main city, which is a bit far away.

But fortunately, there is a shuttle. During the days Chen Ming has been at the headquarters, he has obtained a shuttle driver's license and a photo permit, and has the authority to move freely on the planet, so there is no problem.

After finishing the work for Chen Ming.

He Gu returned to the lecture hall of the project report meeting and sat next to Chen Ming.

All I can say is that Chen Ming suddenly felt that this moment was a little familiar.

The last time was after he and He Gu were sitting in the lecture hall, he drove a cruiser and arrested more than a dozen people, making a big move.

This time... nothing should happen again... right?

Chen Ming didn’t know, but hoped not.

After sitting down, He Gu glanced at the stage and saw that they seemed to be still preparing.

So he chatted with Chen Ming: "You have just finished looking at all the projects, right? Do you have any opinions on my project?"

Although he was asking for his opinion, Chen Ming knew that He Gu was actually asking him if he had any ideas.

But for Chen Ming.

"I think your project, the civilian application of psychic technology, is quite promising."

"The high development of psychic energy will inevitably be accompanied by its popularization, but the empire currently does not seem to have the soil for the popularization of psychic energy, so I have no plans to continue working in this direction for the time being."

He Gu invited him mainly because the Purgatory Core and Synchrotron Core that Chen Ming had previously researched were both tending towards civilian use.

But that was because they already had such a design, so Chen Ming chose to refuse.

He is so busy with his own things that he really has no time to help others with things that he doesn't want to do.

Chen Ming's refusal was not unexpected by He Gu.

Most psychics do not have enough time to improve themselves, and very few people would think about the civilian use of psychic technology.

He was just asking.

While waiting for the lecture to begin, the two chatted for a while.

And He Gu asked Chen Ming a new question a few minutes later: "It seems that the headquarters approved a catalytic core for you some time ago. How is the progress of that one?"

Chen Ming became excited when this was mentioned, and said, "It's still under research, but it's very interesting."

"It is the most technologically advanced thing I know of among all the things in the Shining Civilization."

He Gu was also aroused by Chen Ming's words.

Because he knew that the number of catalytic cores was extremely rare, and there were not many captured in the entire empire. Combined with Chen Ming's words, it really made people very curious.

"Tell me about it?"

"Hmm..." Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "Let me show you the real thing."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bottle containing a clear liquid.

"This is one of the catalysts produced by the Catalytic Core. If it works... come on, stretch out your hand."

He Gu cooperated and stretched out his hand, not worrying that Chen Ming would harm him.

Chen Ming opened the small bottle and poured a drop of the liquid directly into He Gu's palm.

This drop of liquid did not contain any spiritual energy fluctuations and was immediately absorbed by his skin.

"Try using your psychic powers."

Following Chen Ming's reminder, He Gu immediately tried to invoke some spiritual energy fluctuations.

Then he discovered that when his mental power was being transformed into perceptible psychic energy fluctuations, this drop of liquid absorbed by his skin was actually promoting the process.

Accelerate the efficiency of converting his mental power into psychic energy fluctuations.

"It has no psychic fluctuations but can amplify psychic energy. What an interesting thing."

“That’s the catalyst.”

Although catalysts are usually not consumed, because they do not participate in any reaction, or if they participate in the reaction, they will eventually return to their original state.

However, the catalyst produced by the catalytic core will naturally annihilate and disappear without any trace.

Chen Ming had no way to solve this problem, but after combining the effect of the catalyst, Chen Ming felt that this situation was still acceptable.

After all, the real effect of the catalyst is more powerful and more diverse than what Chen Ming has shown now.

It not only catalyzes the transformation of mental power into psychic energy fluctuations, it also has the ability to catalyze the transformation of psychic energy fluctuations into real effects.

The only difference is the catalytic effect specified when Chen Ming uses the catalytic core.

Any catalyst Chen Ming needs can be produced by Chen Ming controlling the catalytic core.

Chen Ming even felt that he could use the catalytic core to create a catalyst that could promote the growth of the fairy tree.

This is also one of the sources of Chen Ming’s confidence in cultivating the fairy tree.

He Gu continued to use his mental power to transform the spiritual energy fluctuations until the catalyst was completely annihilated.

He looked up at Chen Ming and said, "Seriously, you must contact me when the results of this thing come out."

“This is so interesting.”

"And I found that it seems that all the devices made by the Shining Civilization have the potential to be used by ordinary people."

“I feel like my project can start from these aspects.”

"no problem."

Chen Ming agreed.

Anyway, the final results have to be submitted to the Psychic Research Institute for review, so there is no problem in telling He Gu.

Before he finished his research on the catalytic core, he had to find a way to get more catalytic cores.

This is really good stuff.

The report meeting started with Chen Ming and He Gu chatting.

It lasted for more than two hours.

Basically, everything about the mechanical race is explained clearly compared to the changes in the empire's previous understanding of the mechanical race.

It also includes what He Gu told Chen Ming last time, the mechanized psychic creatures and the mechanical race’s new main weapons.

There are also some more detailed changes, such as the proportion of white cloud steel in the white cloud steel alloy used by the mechanical family is decreasing.

This means that the mechanical family can produce more mechanical bodies with less materials while ensuring the strength of each individual mechanical family.

There is also the overall range of the mechanical race’s star domain.

It can be seen that the mechanical family has actually been expanding.

Even if the Empire does not fight against the Mechanical Race now, the Mechanical Race may take the initiative to fight against them in the future.

Overall, the report meeting was quite rewarding.

If there are similar reports in the future, I would like to listen to them more.

The academic atmosphere at the Institute of Psychic Energy is quite good.

After the report meeting.

Of course He Gu was also ready to leave.

But before leaving, he told Chen Ming: "Both project teams have already made it clear that they welcome you."

"But being generally welcomed doesn't mean everyone welcomes you. Some people may think you are trying to steal the credit. Please be more tolerant. If you have any questions, please contact me or the president."

"Can you help me sort this out?"

"No, but I can call the director for you."

He Gu raised his lips and said, "It's just a joke. It's because I used to do research with the director, and later I became independent to develop civilian psychic technology. Others will more or less give me face."

"There will be someone specially assigned to receive you when you get there."

"But people also need time to prepare. If you go there today, the most you can do is to look at it by yourself. There won't be any more."

Chen Ming readily agreed and said, "Then I'll go tomorrow. I can arrange the time."

"Well, when you finish your two projects, remember to come visit me when you have time."

"Yes."

He Gu turned and left, disappearing around the corner of the lecture hall.

He then took the initiative to contact the two departments he wanted to join.

It's not a good day to go there, but it never hurts to get in touch in advance.

Wait until the contact is complete.

There shouldn't be anything important happening here at this department for the time being.

The rest is the same as before, do what you need to do.

The prosthesis left at the headquarters is conducting research that is more closely related to the machine race.

The robots in the branch continued their research on the catalytic core under his control.

The characters have been assigned, so we can proceed step by step.

Chen Ming finally had enough experience to do some things that he couldn't wait to do, and the Queen Insect was also impatient to do.

Chen Ming, who was on the shuttle, took out the two fairy tree seeds he had just obtained.

Although he was holding the fluorescent fairy tree species in his hand, he did not have any special feeling at this moment. It was as if it was just a nut the size of an apple. Apart from emitting fluorescence, it seemed to have nothing to do with spiritual energy or the fairy tree, and there was no spiritual energy fluctuation at all.

However, as long as one scans the fairy tree seeds with mental power, one will find that the outer shell of the seeds almost blocks all penetration of mental power.

I don’t know how the Queen of Insects sensed that this fairy tree species was very special.

Fortunately, he specially changed two, one of which was used to feed the queen insect who was already impatient.

After Chen Ming showed the Queen Insect the attitude that he could feed it.

There was a sense of excitement coming from the Queen of Insects.

However, this time the Queen Insect did not grow tentacles directly on Chen Ming, but wanted Chen Ming to send the fairy tree seeds to her.

Chen Ming will definitely satisfy any small request.

His psychic power was immediately activated, sending the fairy tree seeds to the Queen's planet.

By the way, I took a look at the planet where the Queen of Worms was.

All we can say is that the expansion of the hive planet is still continuing, and the hive is still expanding deeper underground.

Although Chen Ming had already prepared for the Queen Zerg to migrate at that time, the presence of a large number of Zerg individuals prevented the Zerg from stopping devouring the planet.

Zerg need nutrients to survive.

So Chen Ming acquiesced to the Queen's behavior, and was also thinking about how to slightly limit the Zerg's appetite.

Anyway, we just need to wait for the Queen to complete the transformation of the jump engine and move it to a new place, and then the Zerg can eat any planet they want.

The entire universe is full of planets waiting for the Zerg to devour.

But the problem is that the assimilation efficiency of the jump engine is very low, and Chen Ming has been feeding the entire cruiser to the Queen Bug for almost half a year.

All the other things combined only took three or four months, but the conversion of the jump engine took up a considerable amount of time.

Even the Queen of Insects would come over from time to time to ask Chen Ming some questions about the jump engine technology.

Apparently it was due to the conversion problem of the jump engine.

If it was a general question, it would be fine. Chen Ming has now mastered all the basic technologies of the cruiser level and can give an answer easily.

But the Queen Insect’s language ability is not strong. Chen Mingming has been teaching her for a long time, but to this day the Queen Insect still cannot speak.

This resulted in Chen Ming feeling very tired every time he communicated with the Queen Worm, especially when it came to complex technology like the warp engine. It was really a headache to explain it to the Queen Worm.

But fortunately, Chen Ming always manages to explain the problem clearly.

Although the Queen of Insects has not yet produced any results, it should be soon.

at this time.

Chen Ming used his spiritual power to send the fairy tree seeds to the Queen of Insects.

The queen insect's bloated body shook, and it opened its mouth to swallow the seeds.

However, it did not swallow it directly, but began to chew it.

Chen Ming was a little surprised to see this scene.

Because this was the first time he saw the Queen Insect eating with her real body.

And it is a complete process of swallowing, chewing, swallowing and digesting.

Normally, when the queen enters, she grows several tentacles with mouthparts and swallows the object of food in a few bites. Then, she uses the special characteristics of the Zerg and Chen Ming's psychic power to transform the swallowed food into what she needs.

And today's way of eating is obviously a special case.

I don’t know what changes the Queen Insect will undergo after eating the fairy tree seeds.

Just when Chen Ming was feeling somewhat expectant.

He suddenly saw that the shell on the Queen Insect's head suddenly cracked.

And under this crack, a plant-shaped bud grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

What is Cordyceps? A strange thought just popped up in Chen Ming's mind.

I saw that the buds quickly grew into plants, with a small flower blooming at the tip.

And just as these flowers wither.

A large amount of biomass overflowed from the queen's body, completely wrapping her up and forming a huge cocoon.

The Queen of Insects once again entered the state of evolution.

Although the evolution of the Queen of Insects is definitely something to be happy about, Chen Ming had just recently planned to migrate, so why did she evolve at this time?

But it's not a big problem.

That cocoon, which was different from the previous ones and emitted a faint fluorescent light, not only wrapped up the entire Queen of Insects, but also wrapped up the cruiser-level biological spacecraft that the Queen of Insects now owned.

Of course, this also includes the jump engines that have not yet been completely transformed.

Perhaps before long, he would see the Queen of Insects appear in front of him with a biological cruiser with complete jump capabilities.

After confirming that the Queen still has the ability to protect herself,

Chen Ming turned his gaze back to his original body.

In addition to the Queen of Insects, Chen Ming himself also has something to do.

Things related to the Qi Ling nerve.

Chen Ming should have three Qi Ling Nerves, two of which he had obtained before and one that he had just obtained.

However, one of the ones he had obtained before was fed to the Queen Insect, while Chen Ming had been cultivating the other one using Yuhui's method.

It can be used for the extraction experiment of spiritual nerves at any time.

Chen Ming has two psychics in his hands who are kept in a refrigerator... in a low-temperature hibernation chamber.

Black Mist Psyker and Psychic Psyker.

Both of them have valuable psychic powers.

As for who to choose as the first guinea pig, Chen Ming already has a suitable candidate in mind.

At this time, above the orbit of the temporary base of Chen Ming's Afterglow Fleet after the third jump.

At the highest point.

Chen Mingzheng walked out of his specially designated study room.

The decoration outside was specially modified by him so that the overall decoration looked like the corridor of a laboratory.

At the end of the corridor is the experimental area which is now equipped with all the research equipment that Chen Ming has been able to collect to help him and the extraordinary research.

Chen Ming has used high-strength composite glass materials and silent alloy interlayers to isolate and partition this area.

Because different experiments have different environmental requirements.

So Chen Ming even modified part of the experimental area.

When necessary, these areas can even be moved partially to the outside of the spacecraft through changes in the spacecraft structure.

In the experimental area, most of the area is filled with various experimental equipment.

But in a location closer to the center of the experimental area, there was an area that Chen Ming had deliberately left empty.

This is where he installed the Qi Ling Neural Extractor.

Chen Ming walked to the empty area.

Activating the psychic power that he had controlled the Spiritual Extractor more than a year ago.

In a warehouse in Yuhui of the Yuhui star field, the Qi Ling Neural Extractor just disappeared there.

Appeared in front of Chen Ming.

Yu Hui has been maintaining this equipment and has maintained it very well so that it can be started at any time.

With the arrival of the Qiling Nerve Extractor, a refrigerated preservation chamber was also transported to the side by Chen Ming, who controlled the equipment on the spacecraft.

This first experiment started with the Black Mist Psychic.

The hibernation function of the low-temperature hibernation chamber was turned off by Chen Ming.

The Black Mist psyker gradually woke up from cryostasis.

The first thing he did when he woke up was to reach for his waist, but his long sword was gone.

"Is this what you're looking for?"

Chen Ming's voice rang in his ears.

The Black Mist Psychic looked in the direction of the sound and saw Chen Ming holding his knife in his hand.

His face changed and he said nothing. He just wanted to activate his psychic power and escape.

But he couldn't do it.

An extremely terrifying spiritual energy pressure was locking onto him, suppressing his ability to use his spiritual energy.

He was unable to put up any resistance due to the pure mental suppression.

The Black Mist Psychic said in a deep voice: "What are you going to do?"

"It's just a minor operation."

"Don't worry, it's just like having your blood drawn. It will be over in no time. As long as you cooperate."

Chen Ming still remembers the steps that Yu Hui took when conducting the experiment on him.

It is best for a psychic whose spiritual nerves have been extracted to ensure that his mental power is active.

Then Chen Ming must first thaw the Black Mist Psychic to ensure that his mental state is fine.

"If I cooperate, will you let me go?"

"You are not in a position to bargain with me."

Chen Ming said in a threatening tone: "You can only choose to cooperate, or I will help you cooperate."

The Black Mist Psychic was captured alive by Chen Ming when he was hiding from him.

From his perspective, he was captured alive, frozen, and then immediately woke up here.

He didn't know how much time had passed outside.

He only knew that Chen Ming had become much stronger than before.

He was powerless to resist.

He also didn't have the courage to commit suicide.

He could only be forced to accept it all and accept the experiments that Chen Ming might conduct on him.

He never thought that he, as Zuo Jing, would actually have such a day.

(End of this chapter)