CHAPTER 37: CHAPTER 37 WHISPER

While the spaceship was flying into space.

Chen Ming picked up the cutting tool and dismantled the Electromagnetic Spear from another combat Mechanical Race, replacing it on the right-wing weapon of the spaceship.

Although this Electromagnetic Spear’s durability was also very low, Chen Ming didn’t repair it for now, otherwise he felt he might pass out at any moment.

So after placing the two dismounted 22mm machine guns on the shelf in the storage chamber, Chen Ming turned to continue cutting the remaining parts off the Mechanical Race.

Besides the two Type I Mechanical Race Electromagnetic Spears, these three Mechanical Races still had a large amount of armor to dismantle.

This armor was made of solid White Cloud Steel.

As long as the dismantled armor is thrown into the spaceship’s furnace, the rest will be handled by the computer for Chen Ming.

After working for a while, Chen Ming dismantled a total of 627 kilograms of armor from the three Mechanical Races.

These armors, once melted, will yield slightly less White Cloud Steel ingot than this quantity.

But it’s enough for Chen Ming to maintain the Electromagnetic Spear in the future.

This White Cloud Steel is the second advanced metal material Chen Ming acquired after Sky Steel, which will certainly provide much convenience for Chen Ming’s development in the Human World in the future.

But when Chen Ming thought about the Sky Steel he painstakingly collected earlier, which, after melting, only resulted in five ingots totaling less than 50 kilograms.

In contrast to solving three Mechanical Races now and getting a full 600 kilograms of White Cloud Steel, the gap is not insignificant.

Thinking about this, Chen Ming felt that his mindset had gone a bit awry.

Even though White Cloud Steel is perceived to be the least expensive among all advanced metal materials, Chen Ming now knows the reason for its low price.

Yet it didn’t stop his mind from being filled with thoughts of searching for Mechanical Races elsewhere on the planet.

Killing just one would yield another 200 kilograms of White Cloud Steel in profit.

Isn’t it faster than laboriously spending a long time collecting minerals in a high-density asteroid belt?

However, Chen Ming ultimately restrained his thoughts.

He didn’t forget that what he needed to do was to get enough food and then leave this place.

Chen Ming was acquiring advanced metal minerals just to get the initial capital for his visit to the Pirate Space Station, which would facilitate subsequent development.

So far, Chen Ming had enough Sky Steel and White Cloud Steel on hand.

Having more might attract some unsavory people or events.

Moreover, even if he had the idea of bothering the Mechanical Race, where would he find them? Can he find any?

The time spent might yield more if used for something else.

These questions are all unknowns.

Thus, looking for Mechanical Races remains just a thought.

He stripped away all the outer layer armor of the three Mechanical Races.

Chen Ming casually picked a combat Mechanical Race and continued inward, dismantling its structure layer.

The primary material of the Mechanical Race’s structural layer is White Cloud Steel mixed with ordinary steel, which Chen Ming would later throw into the furnace with the armors of the Mechanical Race.

Within the structure layer is the most core construction of the Mechanical Race.

As observed by Chen Ming, the Mechanical Race had two cores.

One is a chip located in their heads connected to numerous circuits.

The other is a spherical mechanical construct located at the center of the Mechanical Race’s torso, corresponding to the heart’s position in a human body.

The chip might contain data or something like artificial intelligence, which Chen Ming decided to keep for now until he had a chance to understand its value.

However, the spherical mechanical construct Chen Ming couldn’t figure out its purpose.

Could it be the control center of the Mechanical Race? Or a generator? An energy supply?

Failing to understand it, Chen Ming decided to simply dismantle it and record the disassembly process with his terminal, thinking it might be useful later.

In the end, aside from the chip, the whole Mechanical Race was completely dismantled by Chen Ming into the most basic materials.

Piled in the corner of the storage room.

Chen Ming used the same method on the other two Mechanical Races, and soon the complete bodies of all three vanished in the storage chamber.

Leaving only organized piles of materials sorted by type.

Chen Ming couldn’t help but notice that within the core structures of the Mechanical Race, there was quite a bit of precious metals like gold and silver.

Which compensated for a significant portion of Chen Ming’s expenses from modifying the Overload Grid earlier.

With the complete dismantling of the three Mechanical Races.

It was time for the main event, the remnants of the Mind Pulse Generator.

This equipment had exploded, and Chen Ming had collected four large remnants and some miscellaneous bits onto the spacecraft.

The miscellaneous bits were all garbage, Chen Ming deduced from the panel, which would be ejected with the slag from the ship later.

However, these large remnants might have something valuable.

Chen Ming picked up the cutting tool, preparing to start with these remnants.

But at this moment, the quiet little stone suddenly jumped down from Chen Ming’s shoulder.

Curiously edging up to the remnants and sniffing at something constantly.

Before Chen Ming could react, the little stone reached out its small claws, tore open the charred shell, and drilled inside.

Chen Ming didn’t stop it, but switched to another angle to start cutting.

Planning to completely cut off the shell to see what the little stone was doing inside.

Chen Ming had just cut a little when the little stone abruptly emerged again.

In its arms was a circular stone filled with twisted patterns.

After it came out, the little stone casually threw the stone on the floor and climbed back onto Chen Ming’s shoulder again.

It seemed to be sulking quietly.

"Huh?"

Chen Ming glanced at the little stone on his shoulder, unable to understand what was going on with it.

The little stone couldn’t speak, and its sulking appearance left Chen Ming at a loss on how to comfort it.

Thinking for a moment, Chen Ming extended his hand to pick up the stone on the ground.

Yet the moment his hand touched the stone, he immediately recoiled as if shocked, with an obviously worsened complexion.

Because at the moment of contact, a source-less, extremely annoying noise suddenly echoed in his ears.

Just like... being affected by a Mind Pulse.

Chen Ming frowned, opened the spaceship panel, and checked the stone’s name displayed in the storage chamber.

[Spiritual Stone (Whispering)]

This stone was the item Chen Ming sought, related to Psychic Ability.

And it was probably the source of the Mind Pulse.

Chen Ming rushed to the captain’s cabin and donned a Protective Suit.

He returned to the storage chamber to attempt picking up the stone again.

This time, although the annoying whispering sound started echoing in Chen Ming’s ears, it wasn’t as unbearable as when he directly touched the Spiritual Stone earlier.

However, Chen Ming noticed that as he continued to handle the Spiritual Stone, the whispers in his ears gradually intensified.

He quickly grabbed a box from a nearby shelf and tossed the Whispering Stone inside.

Once contact was severed, the whispers gradually faded away.

Chen Ming couldn’t help but sigh in relief.