Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Is it possible to extract and then use it?

The uniqueness of his spiritual energy is evident; it can't simply be transplanted to someone else, right?

Firstly, even if transplantation is possible, what are the odds of success?

Even if it could be transplanted, Chen Ming's spiritual energy would be extremely dangerous to Dusk regardless of who possesses it.

Since it's detrimental to anyone, what exactly is Dusk aiming for?

Surely, these tin cans of Dusk can't be transplanted with the Enlightenment Nerve, right?

Or is there some special equipment that can enable a Dusk individual to indirectly control the Enlightenment Nerve through it?

Dusk does have a social structure similar to humans, complete with a hierarchy.

Can Dusk's upper echelons really use Chen Ming's spiritual energy to control the lower Dusk? Is this feasible within their society?

Or can Dusk brainwash their own people, ensuring that those responsible for controlling Chen Ming's Enlightenment Nerve think only of Dusk's future?

Chen Ming couldn't figure it out; there were just too many possibilities.

Moreover, that's something for Dusk to worry about, not him. Pondering over what might happen after his Enlightenment Nerve is extracted is unnecessary, isn't it?

He might as well consider other matters.

For instance, right now, he needs to figure out a new way to escape from Dusk.

Chen Ming now has two choices: one is to get a ship and modify it with an unstable hyperspace navigation teleportation engine.

Then go for a random jump and see where fate takes him.

As for how to get the ship.

Chen Ming has control over so many Dusk entities, he could easily conjure up several ships by exploiting some method.

Speaking of which, Chen Ming suddenly remembered that Water Buffalo level ship given by Brilliant earlier.

Although the Iron Ore No. is gone, he hadn't touched the Water Buffalo at all; it was still parked outside the research facility.

Not just the ship itself, but it also had plenty of materials and those Fourteenth Legion prisoners he captured earlier.

Looking at the Water Buffalo, Chen Ming found it was still intact, parked outside the research facility with no changes inside or outside the vessel.

Though assured that the Water Buffalo was intact and the prisoners had not vanished,

Chen Ming had no desire to consider how to handle these Fourteenth Legion prisoners now.

His priority now was considering a plan to escape.

Dusk couldn't possibly ignore the Water Buffalo, but they hadn't made any moves against it.

It could be due to oversight, forgetfulness, or perhaps they deemed a regular cargo ship harmless.

But the greatest likelihood was that this Water Buffalo was a trap laid by Dusk to lure Chen Ming.

In any case, if Chen Ming wanted a secure and stable escape means, this possibility didn't lie in the Water Buffalo but elsewhere.

So, Chen Ming's second escape option still lay with Gamma Z.

He opened the control panel for the Dusk entities he had seized, roughly tallying the numbers under his control.

The quantity of Dusk entities hadn't noticeably reduced, indicating that up till now, none of them had been exposed.

However, Chen Ming didn't see the previous Alpha-level Dusk while counting.

Indeed, it had been forced out of the frontlines while teleporting earlier, destroyed by the Fourteenth Legion assault.

This means there's currently no Alpha-level Dusk overseeing the star system where the Energy Crystal Crab planet is located.

High chance Dusk will replace it soon.

Once they cross into a star system entirely controlled by Chen Ming, the Alpha-level Dusk sent by them won't escape Chen Ming's grasp.

However, how long this action by Dusk will take is uncertain.

Therefore, if Chen Ming wants to leave promptly, he can't pin his hopes on this.

He still needs to contact Gamma Z.

Chen Ming checked Gamma Z's location, finding it wasn't in the star system of the Energy Crystal Crab planet but in the nearest star system.

Chen Ming directly inquired through his consciousness: "What are you doing?"

Gamma Z wasn't surprised by Chen Ming's sudden contact and replied seriously, "Preparing to rescue you."

"You still believe I'm alive?"

"If you were truly dead, I wouldn't have believed it."

Chen Ming was slightly stung by Gamma Z's retort, but what it said wasn't incorrect.

If he were dead, his spiritual energy would cease functioning.

Without the restriction of the spiritual energy, Gamma Z would be free and have no reason to risk being taken down by other Dusk to rescue him.

Chen Ming continued, "So what's the specific plan?"

Gamma Z immediately replied, "There are Alpha-level entities in other star systems too. I'm trying to accelerate the diffusion of entities and forcibly create incidents to make contact with the Alpha-level entity in this star system."

"That's highly risky."

"But a cruiser-level or higher ship equipped with a teleportation engine is the only chance of rescuing you."

Gamma Z's words reassured Chen Ming somewhat, at least not needing his intervention from its side.

"You handle your side as you see fit, let me know if you need anything."

"Understood."

The connection with Gamma Z broke.

Chen Ming continued pondering his current situation.

Since Dusk had already torn the facade, a second attempt at extracting the Enlightenment Nerve was surely underway.

But for him, the best hope for a stable escape from Dusk still lay in relying on Gamma Z's ongoing efforts.

So, what he needed to do now was to ensure his survival until Gamma Z completed its plan.