Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 821: Chapter 242: Glass Bead_3

Three glass beads.

One is already damaged, the other two remain intact.

The damaged glass bead is red and blue, while the two intact ones are pitch-black and crystal clear.

They all emit spiritual energy fluctuations, but their specific use is unclear.

Chen Ming thought for a moment and directly stuffed them into the box used for the portable spiritual energy fluctuation generator.

This box is made of silent alloy, which can isolate spiritual energy fluctuations, making it perfectly suited for storing things of unclear use.

Aside from these, the Black Mist spirit ability user only had some pharmaceuticals on him.

Bandages, a hemostatic spray, and several bottles seeming to be for psychic recovery and spiritual power stabilization.

Chen Ming took the medicines meant for psychics, and the rest he casually dismantled and tossed into the spaceship’s storage.

Honestly, the Black Mist spirit ability user is quite poor. It’s unclear if he’s always like this or if he just didn’t bring much for the assassination mission.

Chen Ming felt a bit of a pity, but this time the content of the pity was a bit different.

At least the Black Mist spirit ability user left behind a sword, which is quite valuable.

After confirming there was nothing else on the Black Mist spirit ability user, Chen Ming directly produced a freezing hibernation pod with an energy crystal power source and stuffed him inside.

Bai Quan, watching this scene via video call, was a bit surprised. He didn’t expect such measures existed to restrain psychics.

Chen Ming noticed Bai Quan’s change in expression and guessed what Bai Quan was thinking, saying, ”You seem quite surprised. How are psychic criminals usually dealt with?”

”Usually, it’s definitely two psychics pursuing them. If caught alive, they’re transported on a ship made of special silent alloy, ensuring the capturing psychics remain highly focused throughout. That’s why I think your method of freezing them in a hibernation pod can be promoted.”

Chen Ming immediately pointed out the flaw in this method: ”It also requires exhausting the psychic first before using this method, and for psychics like me, it’s not very meaningful.”

Bai Quan seemed indifferent: ”Encountering a psychic like you is purely a low-probability event. Anyway, I’ll definitely have to mention this to others, it’s good to have multiple methods.”

”By the way, what do you plan to do with this Black Mist spirit ability user?”

Chen Ming’s gaze shifted from Bai Quan on the terminal to the nearby freezing hibernation pod, saying, ”Originally, I was sure to kill him. After all, he’s a highly mobile psychic, with great assassination capabilities, and he had his sights on me. Killing him would be best to eliminate future troubles.”

”But since he’s been captured alive, he’s definitely valuable. This isn’t a simulation; capturing a psychic isn’t trivial.”

”I feel like you’re planning something bad.”

”Indeed, it is bad. I’m going to take him to the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor and extract his enlightenment nerve.”

Chen Ming admitted Bai Quan’s suspicion, speaking these words coldly.

He initially didn’t want to use the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor, even when he had the chance to use it on Yan Xiong.

However, his own experiences made him feel this method was too cruel for psychics, so he refrained.

But ever since that incident not long ago, he harbored not a shred of sympathy for the likes of Zuo Jing.

No matter how cruel the actions, even if done by his own hand, he would never hesitate with them.

Bai Quan, aware of the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor’s situation, was somewhat puzzled: ”But wasn’t that thing with the Mechanical Race...”

However, halfway through speaking, he suddenly realized: ”Oh... you’ve encountered this device before.”

”Yes, while I was still at Dusk, my use of spiritual energy wasn’t fully developed, so the device remained there.”

”But recently, my spiritual energy has become sufficient to support moving the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor. Since Dusk was helping maintain it and I didn’t need it yet, I left it there.”

Bai Quan casually remarked: ”Having Dusk as a worker, huh?”

”All of Dusk will eventually be my workers.”

Bai Quan shook his head: ”There’s no problem with that statement. Are you planning to do it now?”

Chen Ming immediately denied: ”It can’t be done yet. A synthetic enlightenment nerve is still needed to extract a psychic’s enlightenment nerve.”

”Dusk on my side knows the cultivation method, and I am familiar with the process, but given the state of this Black Mist spirit ability user, the extraction result might not be very good.”

”However, aiming for a better result increases the risk of his escape, so I’d rather have a slightly lower success rate.”

Bai Quan silently noted Chen Ming’s words, then asked: ”What happens after extracting the enlightenment nerve?”

”He’ll likely die, I’m not sure, since Dusk didn’t complete the extraction on me back then.”

”I mean, after extracting the enlightenment nerve, what is it for?”

Chen Ming was stunned, not because he hadn’t considered the use of the extracted enlightenment nerve, but because he suddenly realized something he hadn’t been aware of.

Something catastrophic for psychics.

If the technology of the Spirit Awakening Nerve Extractor spreads within the Empire.

Many would surely fight fiercely for an enlightenment nerve.

And undoubtedly, there will be psychics recklessly seizing others’ enlightenment nerves.