But at this moment, when Chen Ming looked at the twisted patterns on the stone, he always felt that there was an indescribable weird atmosphere around it.

"Is this psychic power?"

Chen Ming muttered to himself with some emotion.

It's just a piece of stone, but it can give people tremendous pressure when they touch it.

If one were to come into contact with this thing for a long time, the final outcome would probably be the same as those animals that went crazy due to mental pulses.

No wonder Xiaoshi was quite interested in the stone just now, but threw it away immediately after he picked it up.

Although this stone doesn't seem to have any specific use, it is at least related to psychic abilities.

Even if you sell it directly, you will definitely get a good price.

Although it may be a bit difficult to sell, and it may also attract some people's attention just like selling large quantities of high-grade metals.

But Chen Ming can also choose to keep it for himself. In the future, he might discover some ways to use it that an ordinary person cannot even imagine now.

Chen Ming found a piece of iron sheet, welded the box containing the spiritual stone directly, and threw it in the corner of the engine compartment at the back of the spacecraft.

Although it seems that the maximum range of its influence is those things that come into contact with it.

But just in case, Chen Ming still thinks it is best to stay away from this stone.

It just so happens that the engine compartment is rarely visited except for regular refueling, so it can be used as a place to store such dangerous items.

After putting the spirit stone in place.

Chen Ming suddenly realized a problem.

Since mind refers to will, thinking and spirit, mental ability is the ability that affects these aspects.

For example, the stone just now has the spiritual ability to produce whispers, which just happen to interfere with people's thinking and spirit.

Then, my ability to repair and modify the spacecraft through the panel requires a lot of energy every time I use it.

With this in mind, is it possible that the panel on the spacecraft is one's own psychic ability? Or is it just an external manifestation similar to psychic ability?

If it is the latter, it is fine, but if it is the former, then you must pay more attention to the use of your abilities.

Because according to rumors, the military seems to have unknown means to investigate those who have psychic abilities, or even those who just have the potential for psychic abilities.

If I were discovered, there was a high possibility that my past would be discovered, and the consequences would be disastrous.

It is best not to use this spiritual stone, at least until you are far away from this edge star area.

After warning himself in his heart, Chen Ming returned to the storage cabin and continued to check the other wreckage of the mind pulse generator.

However, after taking out the spirit stone, there was nothing valuable left in the remaining wreckage of the equipment.

Basically, it is some metal material, which will be thrown into the furnace together with the mechanical armor.

But overall it's pretty much the same.

Two ship weapons, a large amount of high-grade metal materials and some precious metals, three chips that may store valuable data, and the Whispering Spirit Stone.

Just looking at the harvest, Chen Ming couldn't help but smile.

Not to mention that his original goal was just to get rid of the mind pulse generator.

Chen Ming finally took some time to go to the work cabin, start the furnace, and threw all the materials removed from the mechanical race into it.

After this task was completed, the spacecraft was almost at the mining space station.

The entire picture of the space station can be seen from the porthole of the captain's room.

Xiaoshi was standing on Chen Ming's shoulder at this time, and his pair of smart little eyes looked at this extremely unfamiliar thing with curiosity.

Chen Ming raised the corner of his mouth slightly and touched Xiaoshi's head.

Then he controlled the spacecraft and flew towards the space station dock.

Just like the last time Chen Ming came to the space station, as soon as the spacecraft approached, a large group of terrifying-looking insects crawled out from some unknown corner of the space station and gathered in the dock.

Chen Ming had seen them so many times that he didn't feel anything anymore, but Xiao Shi was frightened by the sudden appearance of these insects.

Before he knew it, he rolled down Chen Ming's shoulder and onto the ground.

When Xiaoshi climbed up again, he found that these insects posed no threat to him at all, and then he became as angry as before.

It may be the animal instinct that made Xiaoshi subconsciously avoid this ferocious creature, or it may be that Xiaoshi was frightened by these densely packed insects.

No matter what the reason was, the smile on Chen Ming's face became more obvious.

Xiaoshi can bring him a lot of fun most of the time.

However, Chen Ming did not forget his business. He quickly adjusted his state and focused his attention which had been somewhat distracted due to fatigue.

He connected his consciousness to the spacecraft's weapon system and aimed at the bugs crowded at the edge of the dock.

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the insects in front of him seemed to be fatter than the last time he came.

No, it doesn’t seem like I’ve gained weight.

Chen Ming immediately found the video footage taken by the spacecraft the last time he came to the space station.

After comparing them, I quickly found out where the problem was.

Just as Chen Ming judged just now, these insects did not get fat, but their shells became thicker.

Although the overall appearance has not changed much, you can still see the difference if you look closely.

And just as Chen Ming was watching the video, some insects of different species that he had never seen before were approaching the space station from a distance.

Chen Ming has only seen two different kinds of insects so far.

The other type is the larvae that have just hatched from the eggs. They look like alien cubs and can only cause damage through biting with their mouthparts. Their actual combat effectiveness is very low.

Once, when Chen Ming was looking for food in a cold storage, he was chased by a swarm of larvae.

The other type is the adult that the larvae grow into, which is what Chen Ming saw just after he woke up from the freezer of the space station. It is the worm that killed the doctor.

Later, Chen Ming saw it again in the cold storage of the spaceship, and learned its name from the panel in the cabin: [Thorne Zerg Broadstrider].

Its appearance is very similar to the Zerg that often appears in various science fiction movies, with six sharp hind limbs and a pair of huge and sharp sickle-like front claws.

It has a very solid shell with many spikes on its body, and a terrifying-looking mouthpart.

And now Chen Ming sees this new Zerg.

Although its overall appearance is similar to that of the broad-stalked worm, it has a bulging translucent vesicle on each side of its head, which seems to store some liquid inside.

The neck of this insect is also different from that of ordinary broad-stalked insects. Not only is it not protected by a shell, but it even exposes some disgusting internal tissues.

Chen Ming could also see its firm and well-developed muscles between these tissues.

These bugs give Chen Ming a feeling.

It was as if they had suddenly evolved during the time he was away.

Not only has it evolved a thicker shell that can be used to block bullets, but it has also evolved the ability to attack from a distance.

(End of this chapter)