Chapter 1147 - 324: Investigation (Part 2)
So now, Chen Ming was already surrounded by a large number of Mechanical Race individuals.
Countless electromagnetic weapon projectiles were continuously hitting the mechanical armor body and the shuttle boat beside it.
Although the attacks from these Mechanical Race weapons were of no use to Chen Ming, they did indeed keep suppressing Chen Ming’s next move.
And in a very short time, two more main ground combat units of the Mechanical Race, machine centipedes, were approaching Chen Ming.
One was equipped with a charge cannon, and the other with a charge machine gun.
At the moment they discovered Chen Ming, the charge cannon’s heavy shell instantly fired, hitting the shuttle boat behind Chen Ming.
A devastating explosion and flickering arcs completely enveloped the figure within.
The shuttle boat immediately disintegrated into ashes.
But the figure of the mechanical armor body controlled by Chen Ming was still moving at high speed amidst the arcs and smoke.
He dodged this sudden, powerful attack.
However, the other centipede wasn’t just for show either.
The charge machine gun immediately followed in Chen Ming’s footsteps, with countless charge bullets falling on the footprints Chen Ming had just stepped on.
The arcs from the charge bullets burst continuously after hitting, leaving a trail of lightning behind Chen Ming.
It looked incredibly gorgeous, yet incredibly dangerous.
However, the capabilities of the mechanical armor body controlled by Chen Ming differed from ordinary power armors.
Without the limitation of an internal pilot, with the amplification of Chen Ming’s spiritual energy, and the constant guarantee of maintenance spiritual energy preventing internal damages.
Its overall combat capacity could exceed more than five times that of normal circumstances.
Even when Chen Ming was cornered, he could forcibly accelerate with a jetpack, breaking through the limit of movement efficiency depending solely on ordinary limb structures.
The ground firepower of the Mechanical Race was simply not enough to pose any threat to him.
Times are different now than they were before.
Soon, a round of bullets from the machine centipede’s charge machine gun was entirely emptied.
Taking advantage of the gap while the charge machine gun was reloading and charging the bullets.
Chen Ming finally had time to stand steadily on the ground, with a large amount of liquid metal seeping out from under the mechanical armor’s feet, covering the entire ruin.
All the nearby Mechanical Race individuals, including the two centipedes, were contaminated with these liquid metals within a short ten seconds.
In just an instant.
Their movements became stiff and stopped attacking Chen Ming.
Inside them, their connection to the Mechanical Race’s hive mind network was momentarily severed, no longer existing.
Data disruptions appeared on their chips, and the operation of the sub-core stiffened slightly.
After this brief moment of chaos passed.
They connected to a new hive network.
They became anomaly sub-units.
Instead, they began to defend against the Mechanical Race that was approaching from further away, beyond the reach of the liquid metal.
Of course, this was not because Chen Ming’s spiritual energy could already control through non-Dusk derivatives.
In fact, this was merely a derivative ability achieved by utilizing the effects of spiritual energy.
Chen Ming’s current spiritual energy could transfer the Dusk core.
Which meant that wherever Chen Ming’s spiritual energy reached, a Dusk core could emerge, indirectly becoming a medium for Chen Ming to control new entities.
No longer like before, when Chen Ming was absent from a place, or there was no Dusk core, or it was too far away, Chen Ming could only find ways to send a Dusk core or himself there to control it.
But now it’s different, Chen Ming can transfer the Dusk core to any place where there are entities under his control.
Then, with just a simple data line, a robot equipped with a Dusk core can do many things for Chen Ming.
Though this might sound easy, in reality, it is quite difficult to connect mechanical equipment through a data line.
Due to environments that might not have data lines, and Chen Ming’s former lack of technical prowess and precise control over spiritual energy.
To use spiritual energy for control, it still depends on the specific situation.
If Chen Ming actively infiltrates, it’s fine, as he has the opportunity to slowly cause trouble.
But in a direct fight, no Mechanical Race would give Chen Ming a chance to connect a data line unless he’s already beaten them down.
Thus, Chen Ming came up with an advanced usage method.
That is to mix data lines only as thin as a single molecule within the seemingly ordinary liquid metal.
Once covered by liquid metal, the hidden single-molecule data lines would forcibly penetrate the interior of the mechanical equipment like a predator discovering its prey, seizing control.
The density of the White Cloud Steel armor of the Mechanical Race is utterly incapable of resisting Chen Ming’s power.
As long as Chen Ming has a chance to get close, there’s only one outcome.
To be used by him.
Of course, this method also has its limitations, which is that the liquid metal must remain linked to the source, which is the Dusk core, and the data line must not break.
Many times, enemies are not foolish and will evade when they see a large area of liquid metal approaching.
Anyone aware of the function of Chen Ming’s liquid metal will consciously avoid it, not giving a chance for contact.
However, there is a solution to this too.
Chen Ming can create a large area of liquid metal as an overt method, and secretly lay a few single-molecule data lines as an ambush.
Using only data lines is too easily detected, and the data lines themselves are too fragile, but if using both simultaneously.