Chen Ming didn't know what the white shadow was, but it was obviously the culprit that caused Yu Hui to become like this.

“I found my target.”

Chen Ming said to the legion commander.

He casually built a projection screen beside him and projected the recorded footage he found on the wreckage so that the legion commander could also see the mysterious white shadow.

"Is this the thing that passed through Yuhui's fleet at high speed, and then slashed through all the ships in the fleet spanning hundreds of kilometers in a time that was completely incapable of being recorded by the ship's sensors, and blew up all the ships that were not slashed?"

“That’s not right.”

The legion commander subconsciously denied this situation because it violated the laws of physics.

Even light passing through this fleet, which is at least hundreds of kilometers away, will be recorded by the sensors of spacecraft or even cargo ships.

But the white shadow didn't.

This means that its speed has exceeded the limit of the cargo ship's sensors and exceeded the speed of light.

But it still has mass and can cause damage to things around it.

You must know that this universe is not exactly the same as the universe Chen Ming once knew. This universe has the law of mass void effect.

That is to say, anything will lose mass as its speed in the normal universe approaches the speed of light, and when it reaches the speed of light it will no longer be able to touch anything.

And this white shadow completely trampled on this law of the universe.

"No, there must be some reason for it to do this. In the face of psychic power, anything is possible."

The legion commander quickly denied what he had said.

He was a little excited when he saw this special situation just now, so he blurted out the words subconsciously.

After adding the variable of psychic energy, the existence of this white shadow makes sense.

Just as far as he knew.

Currently, no one in the entire empire can achieve such speed.

Even when Chen Ming and the president were moving over long distances, they relied on the power of space to move, rather than accelerating to such a terrifying speed.

The speed that can be displayed in actual combat is even slower.

Although there is no need to increase the speed, the uniqueness of this white shadow can still be seen from it.

This thing is really beyond the legion commander's understanding.

Although the specific situation of the white shadow is still unclear, the legion commander has subconsciously begun to think about how to deal with it.

Chen Ming, who was standing aside, was not only concerned about Bai Ying's terrifying speed, he was also concerned about Bai Ying's size.

“Isn’t this thing a bit big?”

The legion commander raised his head from his thoughts and glanced at the projection screen again, and said, "Indeed, a little bit."

Judging from the trajectory of the Afterglow battleship being slashed, the diameter of the white shadow may be as long as three main battleships connected front and back.

However, if we only look at the image from the warship's sensors, the white shadow is only about the same size as an ordinary battleship, both at the ten thousand meter level.

It seems that its slashing ability can only reach a larger range.

This also further proves that its cutting ability is very likely related to psychic power.

The legion commander stared at the projection screen for a long time and asked, "So what exactly is this thing? Is it a living thing? Or a machine?"

Chen Ming certainly didn't know what it was. He could only give his thoughts: "It should be a machine. I guess it should be some kind of psychic weapon."

"You can see traces of the Mechanical Clan on those Afterglows. The Mechanical Clan inherited a lot of psychic weapons from Shining. They are the most likely to have made this thing."

"And they do have reasons to cause trouble for Yu Hui."

The star map that Chen Ming had shown them some time ago suddenly appeared in the legion commander's mind.

It was as if the pressure of the entire universe being occupied by the mechanical race suddenly weighed on his mind.

Although the connection between the afterglows in different areas of the universe may not be close, when they unite because the mechanical race in one area is wiped out, it is really difficult for humans to calm down when facing the pressure of the mechanical race.

If the Mechanical Race wants to target the Empire, there are many ways to do it, and testing will obviously be the first step.

Using the rebellious AI created by humans as a test target is a very reasonable choice. It seems that the arrival of the mechanical disaster that Chen Ming once mentioned is not far away.

If this thing is really related to the pollutants that Chen Ming found on Yu Hui's ship, and it really came from the mechanical race, then the empire may suffer badly in the next period of time.

Not to mention expansion, even the ability to stabilize the empire might be a problem.

There was silence for a moment.

The legion commander temporarily put aside his chaotic thoughts.

He is one of the most powerful psykers in the Imperium, and he commands one of the most powerful legions in the Imperium.

He can't be afraid before the battle.

The Shining Civilization has fallen, so the mechanical race, as the creation of the Shining Civilization, will inevitably fall under the feet of humans.

The legion commander no longer worried about this issue and continued to focus his attention on the projection released by Chen Ming.

"But what kind of weapon is this? A spacecraft?"

Chen Ming was also thinking about this question: "I also suspect it is a spaceship, but there is not enough evidence yet. More clues are needed."

“I’m still looking now.”

While Chen Ming was dealing with the wreckage and extracting the data stored in it.

Zhigaodian is still wandering in this ship graveyard, constantly collecting the spacecraft wreckage parts that Chen Ming needs.

Chen Ming needs wreckage, especially the wreckage located on the edge of Yuhui’s fleets.

And it would be best if it was the wreckage of the ship near the location where the white shadow had just come into contact with the fleet.

Because of the relative angle and speed between the nearby ships and the white shadow, their perspective is unable to capture the specific appearance of the white shadow, and they may not even be able to capture the blurry appearance. Just a white shadow is meaningless.

However, if a ship is near the location where the white shadow is heading straight for the fleet, and meets the white shadow head-on, it may be possible to capture its specific appearance.

Chen Ming wanted to find a sensor in the wreckage that had recorded the white shadow at a suitable angle.

But God knows which angle is the right one.

God knows what destroyed spaceship holds such records.

Chen Ming could only keep searching and repairing.

soon.

He was forced to expand the area of ​​his search for the wreckage.

Because there were not many spaceships at the initial contact point between Bai Ying and the fleet.

None of the wreckage successfully recorded the scene of the white shadow breaking into the fleet.

Therefore, he could only choose to look for it in the ships on the trajectory that the white shadow passed. The ships there might also be able to obtain similar picture records and find the specific appearance of the white shadow from different angles.

This is difficult.

Because a slash would not necessarily cause an explosion in the ship's ammunition depot, engine, fuel tank, etc.

Only if it happens to hit such a place will the spacecraft be completely destroyed, causing the afterglow core inside to die along with it.

Therefore, some ships on the slashing trajectory are lucky enough to avoid this, and if they are luckier, the afterglow core of the ship will also avoid those slashes.

No matter how big the afterglow core is, it is only about the size of a human head, and it is basically unlikely to be hit directly by a slash.

Although these ships were damaged, all the Afterglow cores that were not damaged were unloaded, loaded onto ships, and sent away by Afterglow himself.

Only chopped up scrap metal was left there.

As a result, at this moment Chen Ming could only touch and repair the afterglow cores that were shattered by the explosion of the spacecraft.

There are not many of these afterglow cores, and it is even more difficult to find a frontal photo that was recorded at the moment when the white shadow appeared.

But Chen Ming's luck is pretty good.

After choosing to start with the warships on the slashing trajectory, after capturing the wreckage of the thirteenth warship, they successfully found the image record of the white shadow from the burnt afterglow core inside.

Chen Ming extracted the image of the moment the white shadow appeared and placed it on the projection screen next to him.

Even if it was only for a brief moment.

However, it can be vaguely seen that this white shadow has a certain regular geometric structure.

This further confirmed the possibility that the white shadow was some kind of mechanical structure, but it was still not 100% certain whether it was a spaceship or some kind of simple disposable weapon.

After showing the picture, Chen Ming asked the army commander beside him: "Can you see anything?"

The corps commander didn't know much about ship repair and internal ship data extraction, so he could only watch from the side in front of the professional Chen Ming.

However, he has a lot to say about more superficial aspects, such as the ship's armament, structure and combat-friendly design.

He looked at the still blurry picture on the projection screen, thought for a moment and said, "This picture is just a picture recorded from the front of the white shadow, there is not much that can be seen."

"But it should be certain that this thing has an asymmetrical structure."

The legion commander pointed to the center left of the white shadow and said, "This should be its middle section. It is obvious that its right side structure is more prominent."

Chen Ming also has some knowledge of ship design: "I remember that the Empire liked asymmetric structures when designing ships. Anyway, the spacecraft is flying in space, so as long as the engine output power can be evenly applied to the spacecraft, the structural shape will not have much impact."

"Yes, but some of the Empire's ships are designed with asymmetrical structures for more than just aesthetic reasons."

"Many times, asymmetrical structures tend to have some special effects."

"I know that."

Chen Ming's most profound impression of this asymmetric structure was the Conqueror-class battlecruiser developed by Sinda Corporation.

It is this asymmetrical broadside structure that allows it to create above-average capital ship firepower with the smallest overall ship structure of any capital ship in the entire Empire.

The policy of Sinda Company in designing warships, which is to reduce costs and increase production scale while ensuring basic quality, has been embodied to the extreme.

"If this thing is really a product of the mechanical race..."

The legion commander added: "The mechanical race, or the Shining Civilization, has never pursued asymmetrical beauty. They prefer bugs."

"Then they created things with asymmetrical structures, it must be because such structures have special functions."

“As for what it is specifically, it’s hard to say.”

Chen Ming pointed to the ruins outside the spaceship and said, "I feel it has something to do with the ability to chop and the ability to blow up the spaceship."

The legion commander nodded and said, "Well, that's about right. This is what I thought of. I can't see the rest for now."

It's just a picture taken from the front angle, but it's pretty good to be able to see these.

Chen Ming did not ask for too much. He turned around and continued to control the highest point to search among the wreckage of the ship in the afterglow for wreckage that might record more white shadow images.

Zhigaodian was busy in the wreckage of the ship for more than an hour, and almost investigated all the wreckage of the ship within the entire slashing trajectory, but did not find the next clue related to the white shadow.

Just when Chen Ming had even begun to consider whether he should rely on luck to obtain the actual video footage of Bai Ying from those ships on the side that had a high probability of not being able to record Bai Ying's image.

The legion commander suddenly received news from the front line.

The reconnaissance fleet that had previously followed the traces of Yuhui’s central fleet and other fleet groups discovered the specific location of Yuhui’s central evacuation fleet group, as well as the traces of the left and right fleet groups.

After hearing the news, Chen Ming immediately said to the legion commander: "Let's go over there first. There are white shadows appearing in the rear fleet, so there should be more in the middle. It will waste more time to continue searching here."

"You are an expert in this area, so you have the final say."

Chen Ming nodded.

It's quite comfortable to get along with the legion commander.

In many ways, it feels like being with old friends, without the friction that occurs when working with other people.

Even if it might be intentional, at least he feels good about it.

Chen Ming quickly controlled the highest point to make several jumps and arrived at the coordinates that the legion commander had just told him.

Then he saw the giant cargo fleet spanning thousands of kilometers.

And the wreckage of the escort fleet next to the freight fleet.

Like the Afterglow Rear Fleet, this fleet also lost all of its Afterglow Cores, leaving the ships and everything on them to the Empire.

There are not enough people arriving here yet. Except for the small fleet that first discovered the fleet, Chen Ming arrived the earliest.

Still relying on the favor of the legion commander.

The highest point successfully entered the area where the central evacuation fleet was floating.

Chen Ming did not rush to collect the wreckage immediately, but first read the contents of the databases from some nearby cargo ships.

Just like before, the cargo ship here was unable to record anything. It only saw the surrounding fleets being suddenly cut off or exploded. Finally, Yuhui unloaded all the cores and transported them away in a unified manner.

Chen Ming had nothing to say about this, and then he controlled the Supreme Point to conduct reconnaissance scans and capture wreckage within the escort fleet surrounding the Central Fleet.

After repairing part of the damaged afterglow core and reading the data, he simulated the situation of the central fleet using a model spacecraft.

With more realistic visual presentation, it can be seen more clearly that the situation here is almost exactly the same as that of the evacuating fleet at the rear.

The white shadow rushed into the escort fleet from a certain angle. All the warships at close range were chopped into pieces, and all the warships at medium and long distances exploded from the inside out.

But there is one difference.

That is, the Central Fleet is the largest among Yuhui's several evacuation fleets, and has the largest number of escort fleets.

The number of escort fleets reached twenty-three, distributed around the central cargo fleet, each with thousands of warships of different levels.

And each fleet was torn to pieces by the white shadow in an instant.

Among them were some of Yuhui’s main battleships, but they had no power to resist Baiying.

By connecting the white tracks of different fleets attacked by white shadows, and then repairing the time on the data read out by the afterglow core, it can be seen that all the resistance forces of the entire central fleet were eliminated in an instant.

The speed shown is faster than that of the fleet behind.

If calculated according to the formula of the mass void effect, the speed of the white shadow at this moment has already made its mass a negative number.

Although the formula does not seem to be calculated in this way, Chen Ming feels that this calculation can better explain the power of psychic energy.

After all twenty-three Afterglow Fleets were eliminated, the white shadow that ran through all the fleets disappeared near the central fleet.

Went to...

Chen Ming took a look at the star map.

The situation at the rear fleet was what Chen Ming had just seen.

Even the time when the central fleet was attacked was not much different from the time when the rear fleet was attacked.

The white shadow penetrated such a long distance in an instant and completely defeated Yu Hui.

The extent of the threat is evident.

"This is definitely not an ordinary battleship. Even a Titan-class battleship can fight against it."

"Only a Level 5 Psychic can possibly fight it, and they have to be the top ones at that."

Chen Ming gave his judgment.

All I can say is that if you want to fight this thing, you have to consider not only the strength of your psychic power, but also the strength of your mental power.

No matter how powerful the psychic effect is, it is meaningless if it can't hit the target.

Only when the mental strength is high can the thinking speed be fast enough.

The thinking speed must be fast enough to keep up with the trace of the mysterious white shadow, and then consider the possibility of solving this thing.

The legion commander gestured on the model made by Chen Ming to show the distance that the white shadow could penetrate instantly. He refuted Chen Ming a little and said, "I think he still needs to be a level 6 psychic. I don't remember any level 5 being able to do this."

Chen Ming pointed at himself and said, "I'm actually level 5."

Before he took control of the battleship he built himself, the basic strength of his psychic power had actually remained unchanged.

What made him stronger was the natural disaster core that he had actively gathered and integrated with all his strength.

Of course, the Calamity Core also contains his basic power.

So if he takes control of the capital ship, then all his powers will be further strengthened.

As for the specific extent of the strengthening.

That depends on how much effort Chen Ming put into that battleship.

“…”

The legion commander wisely chose to skip this topic to avoid suffering a psychological blow.

However, he did not keep silent, but took the initiative to bring up the possible idea of ​​dealing with the white shadow that he had just thought of in his mind.

"It seems that we don't have many means to deal with this white shadow. Spatial ability should be the first choice."

While Chen Ming continued to capture the wreckage, he responded to the Legion Commander's thoughts: "Yes, so I have already told the president about this."

"But the means to restrict space are not limited to space psychics. Don't forget that I still have a corpse of a nightmare in a black hole. The black hole technology that can be researched on it may also have the same effect."

"Oh, wait, I found a new picture."

As Chen Ming spoke, he put a recording of the white shadow from a different angle onto the projection screen.

The first picture just now was taken from the completely frontal view.

This shot was captured from a slightly right angle.

It can be seen that the structure on the right side of the white shadow is indeed very prominent, just as the legion commander said when he saw the front view, and it presents a sharp diamond shape.

Other than that, just like the previous picture, not much can be seen.

The legion commander immediately said about this picture: "The mechanical structure of this picture can be roughly seen. It should be confirmed that it is some kind of spacecraft, right?"

"That should be it."

Chen Ming didn't say much and continued to speed up the investigation of the wreckage.

He wanted to find out exactly what this white shadow looked like.

As Chen Ming's search continued, time passed rapidly.

The legion's reconnaissance fleet has successfully discovered Yuhui's left and right fleets as well as the front fleet that evacuated first.

Every fleet was the same, their escort fleets were destroyed by White Shadow, and all their afterglow cores were taken away.

Chen Ming went to each fleet and after spending a lot of time, he successfully obtained images of Bai Ying from every angle.

And constructed a model of the white shadow.

This is a very special spacecraft.

It has no exposed interactive devices, nor any weapons that can be used for offense.

It has only one core, and four diamond-shaped structures of different sizes extending from the core.

There is nothing else.

This makes its overall structure look very asymmetrical, but also has a special feeling of unified style.

If you just look at the appearance, it even looks a bit like a product casually drawn by someone who doesn't understand spacecraft design.

But when the real object appeared, both Chen Ming and the legion commander understood that this thing was a top-notch spaceship restored from something that originally existed only in theory in science fiction.

The strength of its psychic powers is definitely more noticeable than its strange spaceship appearance.

After checking all of Yuhui's evacuated fleets.

Chen Ming also unified the information he obtained about the location of Bai Ying's route.

He drew a complete route between Yuhui's five fleets on the star map.

The white shadow appeared along this route, from the direction where Yuhui was going.

Start with the forward fleet then the port, midship, starboard and finally the aft fleet.

Destroyed all of Yuhui's fleets.

The blow penetrated Yu Hui without any chance or time to struggle.

“It’s really scary.”

Chen Ming couldn't help but say something.

The legion leader's voice echoed the question, "Where did Bai Ying go in the end?"

When Chen Ming heard this, he immediately drew a line on the star map.

When the white shadow broke through Yuhui's rear fleet, the direction it left was...

It's the empire.

Chen Ming and the legion commander immediately realized that something was wrong.

They had delayed for too long in investigating the White Shadow itself.

The legion commander immediately picked up the terminal, and then an urgent message came to him.

"The front-line command post was attacked, the enemy is... unknown."

(End of this chapter)