Chapter 387 - 141: Unexpected Situation at the Pirate Space Station

"Tch."

As the voice of Brilliant resonated through the remnants of the communication device at the Cloning Research Institute into Chen Ming’s ear.

Chen Ming appeared somewhat forced as he put down the tool pressed against the door in front of him, leaving behind a sentence: "It’s nothing."

Then he turned and left, his gaze sweeping across the extremely harsh environment around him, opening his mouth, but saying nothing.

Brilliant did not pursue further inquiries.

Obviously, the higher-ups of Dusk knew asking would certainly yield no answers, simply letting Chen Ming leave the institute, strewn with shriveled flesh.

Chen Ming quickly reached the exit of the passage.

By now, the outside of the passage was completely surrounded by Dusk’s fleet and a large number of robots.

However, these robots and the spacecraft hovering in the air and landed on the ground showed no special reaction to Chen Ming’s arrival.

Not until Chen Ming returned to the Water Buffalo Level docked at the exit of the cloning institute’s passage.

Did the robots enter the Cloning Research Institute in batches, seemingly not planning to pursue Chen Ming’s previous actions of preventing them anymore.

Chen Ming was about to inquire about Brilliant’s thoughts on Dusk.

Brilliant directly explained to him: "Our higher-ups currently have unified opinions, which is not to complicate matters."

"Anything that does not interfere with the normal operation of the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor can be ignored, just waiting for the day the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor activates."

"Moreover, you just didn’t question our suspicion of such spiritual creatures’ birth underground, so our higher-ups think they should best cooperate with you."

"You’re indifferent to the clones and the spiritual creatures born among them, and we don’t mind your sudden entrance into the institute obstructing our rescue."

"After this event, there’s probably going to be no follow-up."

"Alright."

Dusk saw his hint, allowing both parties to successfully maintain the delicate stance they originally held.

Just not sure whether this was good or bad news for Chen Ming, perhaps both.

Chen Ming thought about it; currently, Dusk’s attitude and the displayed situation indeed have pros and cons.

The good thing is that Chen Ming doesn’t have to waste words and energy with Dusk, focusing on what he’s going to do next.

But the bad part is that Dusk’s cultivation of that new enlightenment nerve should have reached its final stage.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t completely eliminate any other interference, wholeheartedly waiting for that day to come.

Therefore, he must hurry.

Chen Ming controlled the Water Buffalo Level to take off, avoiding those engineering ships of various models.

However, regarding the question of where to go next, Chen Ming suddenly felt somewhat uncertain.

Although the mutated flesh is dead, there’s nothing strange left in the Cloning Research Institute now, and the surface research institute should be safe.

Yet he wasn’t sure whether Dusk’s subsequent underground work would affect the surface.

So Chen Ming directly asked Brilliant, who had just accessed the Water Buffalo Level’s communication channel after he walked out of the institute: "So where should I go next?"

Brilliant delayed slightly in replying to Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen Ming, please return directly to the institute."

Chen Ming immediately retreated the Water Buffalo Level’s bow, simultaneously pretending to be puzzled and asked: "Hmm? The underground institute won’t affect the surface institute?"

"No, you’ve already handled the biggest trouble."

"But I meant you."

Brilliant was jabbed by Chen Ming, yet still patiently said: "We won’t damage the underground structures, please rest assured."

"That’s good."

Chen Ming piloted the Water Buffalo Level back to the institute.

And at this moment, just happened to see an engineering ship take off and leave beside the institute.

Only leaving behind the dome which had completed its second repair.

Chen Ming quickly stepped off the ship, entering the institute, casually finding a chair in the living area to sit, pulling out a terminal and casually opening a document.

During this process, he was constantly monitoring the situation at the Cloning Research Institute through underground surveillance.

Previously, while the final spiritual energy fluctuation hadn’t dissipated completely, and the signal was still being blocked, besides disassembling a few doors, Chen Ming also took control of the remaining systems of the Cloning Research Institute.

Although the vast majority of the equipment at the Cloning Research Institute was damaged, some surveillance was still operating.

Otherwise, Chen Ming wouldn’t have happened to stand at the door of the room where the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor was placed, just when the remaining few surveillance cameras turned on.

Unless, Dusk doesn’t conduct a thorough replacement of the entire system but opts for repair, Chen Ming can continue controlling the equipment at the Cloning Research Institute.

Of course, this requires Chen Ming’s spiritual power to maintain, he can choose to disconnect at any time, which doesn’t have much impact on his regular ship control.

Because after Dusk extracted the Enlightenment Nerve leading to his coma, the number of controllable ships jumped from 4 directly to 10.

With spiritual power capable of controlling ten destroyers, operating the remaining equipment at a research institute felt no pressure.

Moreover, this was before Chen Ming adapted to the enhanced spiritual energy due to devouring an enlightenment nerve.

Now, Chen Ming has adapted, so the number of ships he can currently control is 3.

Although the number has decreased, the significance represented by this number differs.

According to Chen Ming’s research, this number is calculated based on the maximum limit his total spiritual power can control.