Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 176 Neural Connection

The empty jellyfish has just entered the atmosphere.

And the Zerg's spacecraft that was filled with biomass, no, it was biomass itself, also broke out of the ground thousands of meters deep.

It looks a bit like a standard combat spacecraft that was parasitized by the Zerg, but it is also a bit similar to a mule class as a cargo ship.

It's just more narrow and long, more streamlined, and more unique in texture.

After it broke out of the ground, Chen Ming could see its biomass engine nozzle covered by a pitch-black carapace emitting a unique gray-green tail flame mixed with some black impurities.

Following the empty jellyfish, we entered space together.

The high heat generated by the friction between the biological spacecraft and the atmosphere cleans away excess impurities on its body.

Chen Ming also completely saw its whole picture.

Except for the carapace at the tail nozzle, which is pitch black.

The carapace in other parts of the exterior of the biomass spacecraft reflects a brown oily light under the irradiation of the star, and looks extremely hard.

The appearance of the spacecraft-grade Zerg, which was obviously different from the ordinary Zerg that Chen Ming had seen, was enough to support such a huge body traveling in space.

If Chen Ming discarded the understanding in his mind that this biomass spaceship was a spaceship, it would be a waste of time.

So this should actually be considered the largest creature Chen Ming has ever seen.

The second largest is the Alturan Kong eel.

No matter which one it is, it has special value to him.

In the gaps between the carapace of the biomass spacecraft, Chen Ming also saw something similar to the acid jet port of the vesicle insect.

As long as the carapace is slightly opened under the action of muscles, an opening can be left for the acid jet to be fired at will.

When Chen Ming was still on the space station, he knew that the acid from the vesicle worms could be used in space, so the acid on this biomass spacecraft could also be used.

But the Zerg will definitely not attack the empty jellyfish directly with acid.

After all, if the empty jellyfish is killed accidentally, too much of its spiritual energy will escape, or the body tissue that possesses spiritual energy will be destroyed, it will definitely be a loss that is difficult for the Zerg to bear.

Instead of using acid weapons, use other methods.

For example, what Chen Ming saw now was dozens of thick tentacles extending from the left and right sides of the biomass spacecraft.

Although the size of the Zerg spacecraft is not on the same level as that of the empty jellyfish, in terms of speed, the biomass spacecraft has the advantage.

The five nozzles at the tail can provide it with acceleration that is difficult to achieve by empty jellyfish.

After a little acceleration in space for a while, it was almost coming into contact with the empty jellyfish that flew out early.

It's just a little short of catching the empty jellyfish with the tentacles on its side.

The empty jellyfish, which is only three meters in diameter, has no ability to resist in front of this giant organism that exceeds one hundred meters.

It has left the atmosphere for some distance

And this means that it is impossible to immediately turn around and return to the planet and hide underground.

Therefore, Chen Ming's three cruisers that had hid outside the galaxy in advance activated the jump function at the same time at this moment.

Arriving in front of the biomass spacecraft in an instant, the triangular force blocked all its escape directions.

It's just that Chen Ming now encountered the same problem as the Zerg.

He could not directly attack the biomass spacecraft with weapons, which would have the same consequences as the Zerg directly attacking the empty jellyfish with acid.

He had to find other ways to control the Zerg ship.

Chen Ming had obviously thought about what to do before taking action.

A huge amount of metallic liquid suddenly appeared out of thin air on top of the Defender, gradually condensing into a dozen flexible giant mechanical arms connected to the hull.

He reached towards the biomass spacecraft that suddenly stopped in space due to the sudden appearance of three cruisers.

If you don't have the means to capture it, just forcibly create it.

In front of the thousand-meter-class cruiser, the Zerg spacecraft is a bit insufficient.

It was this scene that always made Chen Ming feel like a big fish eating a small fish.

But that's not important. What's important is to accomplish his goal.

Just as the defender quickly approached the biomass spacecraft and stretched out the dozens of mechanical arms.

Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the biological spacecraft in front of him had a wave of fluctuations that he was extremely familiar with that the spacecraft would emit before entering hyperspace.

"Turtle."

Chen Ming muttered something subconsciously.

Although he had guessed that the biomass spacecraft had such capabilities before.

But now that he actually saw this scene, he was still a little uncontrollably shocked.

He knew a lot about the creatures that could physically enter the universe, except for the empty jellyfish.

But it was really his first time to be able to physically enter hyperspace and break through the barrier between the normal universe and hyperspace.

What kind of creatures are the Thorn Zerg Tribe?

The questions in Chen Ming's mind did not affect his actions.

It would be better to say that such questions made him even more impatient.

He immediately activated the blocking pulse generator.

This is a piece of equipment that Chen Ming purchased before for hunting pirates.

The effect is also very simple, blocking the spacecraft from using the hyperspace engine and preventing the spacecraft from entering hyperspace.

Although Chen Ming didn't know whether this thing could have an effect on biological spaceships, since he had already guessed that the Zerg spacecraft had the ability to enter hyperspace, it would not be wrong to use it now.

After all, the Zerg are now risking falling into the star's gravity well and being burned to ashes by the star to force their way into hyperspace inside the galaxy.

Chen Ming can't just watch the cooked duck fly away, he must take action.

If the blocking pulse generator fails to work, then he will have to use more radical and dangerous means.

Fortunately, the parts or organizations on the biomass spacecraft that can enable it to enter hyperspace are indeed affected by the blocking pulse.

Its process of entering hyperspace was interrupted.

In addition, Chen Ming has prepared several blocking pulse generators. As long as the first blocking is successful, the Zerg will never have any chance to enter hyperspace again.

The next thing will be easy.

The defender is still approaching the biomass spacecraft, and the mechanical arm has blocked all its escape routes.

And the defender also launched many enhanced assault boats at the same time.

This is the manufacturing technology that Chen Ming specially learned before, and then he also asked Baiquan about the use of assault boat tactics.

Although now is not a good time to use assault boats as Baiquan said.

However, this kind of ship does not have a data cable connected to the Yuhui core after all.

Therefore, Chen Ming needs to personally contact the biomass spaceship, because it is necessary to deal with the risks on the biomass spaceship.

Although even if the bugs are cleaned up, Chen Ming's personal contact with the spaceship is still dangerous, but it is worth it for him.

However, the reinforced assault boat that was not used at the right time immediately encountered problems.

Because of the distance, the assault boat could not continue to accelerate and could not penetrate the hard shell of the Zerg.

Fortunately, the impact was not great.

The defender's dozen giant mechanical arms have captured the biomass spaceship and locked it firmly above the defender.

And one of these dozen giant mechanical arms was transformed by Chen Ming into a giant industrial drill that would only be used in a mining space station.

Another one was transformed into a super-powerful mining laser.

However, Chen Ming did not dare to use the mining laser.

In order not to cause too much damage to the biomass spaceship, he only dared to drill an opening on the outer shell near the hollow cavity inside the biomass spaceship based on the results of the highest point scan.

Then the robots in the assault boats that were parked outside were directly stuffed in.

These robots were under Chen Ming's control and immediately began to attack the Zergs that were protecting the biomass spacecraft.

A large number of robots that could not be completely eliminated and were not affected by Zerg blood swept the interior of the biomass spacecraft like a group of mad dogs, leaving a patch of Zerg limbs and arms along the way.

With the high-power face-to-face scanning of the highest point, Chen Ming was able to completely kill all the threats inside the entire biomass spacecraft.

In the end, there was only one queen worm in the center of the spacecraft, which was still breeding worms and struggling desperately.

Since it had come to this, Chen Ming let the defender drag the biomass spacecraft to the planet below.

Keep a considerable distance from the mechanical city to avoid unnecessary attacks.

Then, there was nothing else.

In addition to destroying the carapace and providing conditions for the robots to break into the interior, the defender also destroyed all the offensive tissues on the outside that could attack, including the acid injection ports.

Only the queen worm, who was the core of the biomass spacecraft, was still alive.

All other dangers have been eliminated.

Chen Ming also left the highest point on the planet's surface that he had landed with the Defender.

He flew to the top of the Defender with the jetpack of the Locust Power Armor and reached out to touch the shell of the biomass spaceship.

A familiar but slightly changed prompt appeared in front of him.

[Biomass spaceship signal detected, do you want to connect? ]

Chen Ming clenched his other fist hard, with a look of surprise and relief on his face.

"Connect."

A new panel appeared in front of him.

[Biomass Ship Panel]

[Ship Name: None]

[Type: Thorn Zerg·Destroyer-Class Breeding Ship]

[Consciousness: Thorn Zerg·Queen (Alive)]

[Biomass Reserves: 2%]

[Top Biological Weapons: Medium Acid Jet Sac, Small Acid Jet Sac*3]

[Bottom Biological Weapons: Medium Acid Jet Sac, Small Acid Jet Sac*3]

[Egg Cultivation Sac (Port Side): 100/100 (0)]

[Egg Cultivation Sac (Starboard Side): 100/100 (0)]

[Biological Armor: Thorn Zerg·Biomass [Standard shell of biomass spacecraft]

[Biological engine: rigid digestive sac]

[Internal cavity: Queen's host cavity, giant storage cavity, egg cultivation cavity, digestive cavity, waste accumulation cavity]

[Key tissues: aggregated nerve center node, nerve line network, beating heart, fluid circulation tissue network, biomass main stem, hyperspace stable connective tissue, loose muscle bundle, neural pain inhibition tissue, giant Zerg compound eye]

Although the whole panel looks a bit complicated, its overall structure is still similar to that of ordinary spacecraft.

It's easy to understand after a little deconstruction.

This biomass spacecraft looks from the inside out.

First of all, the core Queen is also the brain of the entire biomass spacecraft.

The appearance of the Queen is... a bit ugly.

It is a parasite-like thing connected to the flesh and blood tissue inside the biological spacecraft.

The whole body is both thin and bloated.

What's bloated is its brain and the Zerg's egg-laying organs, and what's thin is all its other body tissues.

This extreme composition makes it impossible for the insect queen to look good.

But it’s this look that satisfies all the needs of the insect queen and everything it needs to do.

Outside of the Queen is the [Queen's Hosting Cavity], which is protected within the myocardial tissue of the biomass spacecraft's [Pulsating Heart].

It can be said to be the safest place on the entire biological spacecraft.

Outside the heart, there are various tissue structures that maintain the normal survival of this biomass spacecraft.

It includes the [Aggregation Nerve Center Node], which functions like a control panel, and the [Neural Circuit Network], which is similar to the various lines inside Chen Ming's spacecraft.

The [body fluid circulation tissue network] provides the entire spacecraft with biological internal circulation, including blood and other biological fluids.

There is also the most critical thing, the "spinal nerve" that extends from the beating heart and completely connects the entire biological spacecraft, which is the "biomass main stem".

In addition, some other biological cavities, such as the [giant storage cavity] that can store various nutrients and biomass as well as captured food, and other scattered things are distributed on the main biomass stem. Periphery.

For example, the tentacles that Chen Ming saw before extended outside the biomass spacecraft.

These are [loose muscle bundles], which are some tissues differentiated from the ends of the main stems of biomass.

It is usually kept within the carapace, but can be extended when necessary, just like it did to capture the empty jellyfish just now.

But the more important role of loose muscle bundles is not here.

Its muscle surface has many fine pores.

The biomass spacecraft can usually use the [rigid digestive sac] to digest various fuels, convert the fuel into bioenergy, and at the same time dissipate the heat produced through these muscle bundles.

Heat dissipation is its main function.

Although the efficiency of dissipating heat in space is not high, it is better than nothing.

Outside these internal tissues and cavities are the tough and solid Zerg muscle tissue of the biomass spacecraft, and the Zerg carapace that protects the muscle tissue.

There are also biological weapons [acid spray bladders] distributed between muscle tissues and hidden under the carapace.

But there was another special thing that Chen Ming felt deserved to be included in the category of biological weapons.

In addition to being distributed inside the spacecraft, there are also very special cavities [worm egg breeding chambers] distributed on the sides of the biological spacecraft.

The interior of the cavity has hundreds of insect egg breeding pods arranged neatly, and each vesicle contains a semi-mature insect. With a little cultivation, it can have a certain combat effectiveness.

These things... seem to be Zerg fighter planes.

It should be something like this.

Chen Ming thought about it and thought it was quite reasonable.

After all, it seems that the Zerg have not evolved any powerful biological weapons yet, only pure acid.

Although the effect of acid is very good and is enough to corrode Sky Steel, the nature of the acid itself determines that it is not very effective. Its bullet speed in space may not even be comparable to many civilian weapons.

Then simply combine biological weapons and biological warfare aircraft.

As long as the Zerg cultivated by the Queen can get close to the enemy's spacecraft, the problem of slow projectile speed of acid weapons will be solved.

They can even directly use acid to corrode the armor of the spacecraft to achieve the effect of joining gangs.

With extremely fast breeding speed, good melee combat capabilities, and no fear of death, the Zerg feel more powerful than robots in gang-hopping battles.

It was Chen Ming who remembered that there seemed to be no such bugs when the biomass spacecraft was scanned at the highest point at the beginning.

It seems that after the biological spacecraft was captured and lost its ability to resist, the insect queen inside forcibly consumed most of the biomass to cultivate it.

But before it could release these "Zerg fighters", the entire biomass spacecraft was controlled by Chen Ming.

In short, these things add up to everything in this biomass spacecraft from the inside out.

While Chen Ming controlled the biological spaceship and learned about it through the panel, he also slowly walked around it.

Although this biological spacecraft is inferior to ordinary military combat destroyers, it has potential that is unmatched by any other spacecraft.

In addition, Chen Ming also discovered that under the Zerg carapace on the side and tail of the biological spacecraft, each had a spiral muscle tissue that sealed the door leading to the interior of the spacecraft.

If Chen Ming guessed correctly, this should be a door composed of a sphincter-like muscle tissue structure.

So Chen Ming decisively gave up the sphincter door at the rear of the biological spacecraft and chose to enter the biological spacecraft from the side.

He had expected this scene to happen the moment he realized that the Zerg had a biomass spaceship.

So he had already adjusted his mentality a long time ago, and was not affected at all when he walked through the sphincter door and entered the biological spacecraft.

Anyway, he had already experienced sky steel smelted from empty fish excrement before, so another sphincter gate was nothing.

After entering the Zerg's cavity, Chen Ming could see that everywhere around him were a large number of insect egg breeding capsules that the insect queen had just urgently cultivated.

There are many adult insects wrapped in vesicles suspended in it, and they have different uses, such as fighting, transportation, cultivation, maintenance, etc.

But now, they have only one function, which is to be reabsorbed by the Queen Worm and converted into biomass to maintain the survival of the biological spacecraft.

After all, the Queen Worm has been controlled by Chen Ming and calmed down.

Then after losing the enemy, survival becomes its first priority.

In addition to these reabsorbed cultivation capsules, there are many corpses of Zerg killed by the mechanical race sent in by Chen Ming just now, and they are being dragged to the tail of the biological spacecraft by some worker insects just cultivated by the Queen Worm.

There are giant storage chambers and rigid digestive sacs there, which will be reabsorbed later.

But Chen Ming's target is not there. He confirmed it based on the three-dimensional imaging on the panel of the biomass spacecraft, and then stepped to the location of the beating heart of the biological spacecraft, that is, the location of the Queen Worm.

The beating speed of the beating heart is not fast, and it will beat once every five minutes or so, bringing a roar that spreads throughout the biomass spacecraft.

The roar was not too loud, but rather low, so once you get used to it, it will hardly affect you unless you pay special attention to it.

Chen Ming soon came to the vicinity of the beating heart, and could see that the heart and the Queen inside it were protected by extremely thick Zerg carapaces that were almost the same as the exterior of the biological spaceship.

The ugly Queen in the heart was emitting a feeling of closeness to him, the core of the hive mind.

The Queen controlled by Chen Ming was the same as the mechanical race he controlled. With him as the core, she created a new hive mind network to provide him with mental power feedback.

And the two hive mind networks were independent and did not affect each other at all.

But Chen Ming found a problem.

It was true that the Zerg was a hive mind, and it was also true that a hive mind network was established with him as the core, and it was also true that it could provide him with the mental power bonus of the hive network mind.

But after he controlled this biological spaceship, the only insects that connected to the Zerg hive mind network with him as the core were the Queen and the insects cultivated after the Queen was controlled.

Those insects that had been cultivated before the queen was controlled were not connected to Chen Ming's thinking network.

This also includes those insects that are still on the planet and underground.

This problem forced Chen Ming to pay attention.

He immediately observed the insects that were not in the hive consciousness.

It seems that there is no big problem.

The connection between the Zerg relies not only on the hive network, but also on the exchange of pheromones.

The pheromones of the queen have not changed, so these insects will not be out of the control of the queen, but will not provide Chen Ming with the bonus of the hive network.

Then Chen Ming is not worried. He has already thought of a solution and can implement it when he is free later.

Chen Ming suddenly reached out and touched the ugly big head of the queen for some reason.

The shell of the queen feels as smooth as it looks.

As long as you get used to its appearance, it is still quite comfortable to touch.

But suddenly, the shell on the queen's head opened a gap slightly, and a thick white nerve stretched out and stopped in front of Chen Ming.

Chen Ming immediately understood what the Queen meant with the help of the hive mind network.

This is a special way for the Zerg to connect nerves, which can quickly exchange information.

And Chen Ming does not need to find a way to get his own nerves out. As long as he and the nerve exchange bioelectric signals, the nerve connection can be carried out.

Chen Ming hesitated a little, but this hesitation dissipated immediately.

This biological spaceship is already under his control, and his psychic power will definitely ensure that he is safe.

The moment Chen Ming held the thick nerve, he seemed to have turned into the consciousness of the biological spaceship.

Then, the message that the consciousness of the biological spaceship wanted to express came to his mind: "Eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat..."

"?"

Chen Ming subconsciously loosened his hand holding the thick nerve.

Just now, he seemed to have felt a strange idea in his mind.

Chen Ming held it again with some uncertainty, and the consciousness of the biological spaceship spread again: "Evolve evolve evolve evolve evolve evolve evolve..."

"???"

Chen Ming loosened his hand again, communicated with the Queen briefly with the hive mind network, and held his hand again.

This time it was normal.

Chen Ming successfully read the memory inside the memory body in the Queen's brain.

At this moment, Chen Ming seemed to have returned to the moment half a year ago when he was still on the abandoned mining space station.

No, it was even earlier.

It was the moment when the Thorn Zerg was dropped onto the mining space station.