Chapter 267 Obsession

Soon after, Chen Ming returned to the spacecraft that he had set up the autopilot system for, and headed for the planet's atmospheric orbit.

Chen Ming had already locked the location of the laboratory, and kept the spacecraft directly above the laboratory after entering orbit.

There was no rush to go to the corpse pit that was some distance away from the laboratory.

Because he had previously separated a portion of the metal liquid and left a mark there, and nothing had happened near the pit so far.

He only needed to go to the laboratory.

The laboratory's peripheral main control and database systems were already under control, and when he went to the laboratory, he only had to ensure that the peripheral database was intact.

However, Chen Ming also wanted the experimental data of the Mind Beast Project in the deepest part of the laboratory.

A research that could resist dimensional infection and erosion, it was impossible to say that he was not interested.

It was just that he had no way of determining whether there was any accident in the deepest part of the laboratory.

In fact, if there was an accident, it would be a good thing, because then he only needed to deal with the Mind Beast, and Zuo Jing should not be able to touch the remaining laboratory database.

But if there was no accident, then he had to go directly to the innermost part of the laboratory as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if his subsequent intrusion caused Zuo Jing to directly delete the data in the database and directly destroy the basis of data storage from the physical level.

His psychic power may not be able to repair the deleted data.

Of course, this is not necessarily the case, not impossible.

Chen Ming has always been conducting strange research on his psychic power.

This includes storing data in a storage device, and then deleting the data to repair it.

Or on the basis of the previous, destroy the device after deleting the data, and then try to repair it.

The final conclusion is that as long as the modules that record data in the storage device are not overwritten by new data, he can repair it.

Directly repair the deleted data.

But if the data is overwritten, it will not work.

And if the device has lost its basic structure, such as being completely melted into an iron block or ground into powder, it will also lead to irreparable.

Chen Ming is not sure whether the Zuo Jing molecules will dismantle the device if they really delete the data.

It is better to enter the deepest part of the laboratory as soon as possible.

Don't think about whether the Zuo Jing molecules have the possibility of doing so, just assume that they will definitely do so.

Chen Ming just knew the easiest way to get into the depths of the laboratory.

The spacecraft hovering at the top of the planet's atmosphere suddenly opened its hatch.

After a turbulent airflow, the spacecraft entered a vacuum state.

Chen Ming's half body stuck out of the hatch.

He had long wanted to try to break into the atmosphere alone.

But before Chen Ming really jumped down, he suddenly thought of something else.

According to the information he has currently investigated from the databases of the space station and the underground laboratory.

Zuo Jing created clones on the space station, tried to cause dimensional infection, and conducted subsequent experiments, and the results he investigated on the space station were indeed the case.

In the underground laboratory on the surface of the planet, Zuo Jing was conducting an experiment called the Mind Beast Project.

The two laboratories are independent of each other, but they are also connected to each other, and they are conducting various exchanges that need to be verified with each other.

For example, the bodies that have undergone the Mind Beast Project are sent to the space station to test whether the Mind Beast can resist dimensional infection.

So is it possible that the opposite situation exists?

For example, Zuo Jing sent the troubles caused by dimensional infection, such as those deformed stomach monsters, to the underground laboratory for related experiments.

Since Zuo Jing has verified that the infectiousness of dimensional infection can be completely blocked by the assistance of silent alloy and some other materials, will there be traces of dimensional infection in the underground?

Although the probability is very low, after all, dimensional infection is not triggered by clones, but occurs randomly on clones.

And if there is only one source of dimensional infection, then when Chen Ming deals with the source of dimensional infection on the space station, the dimensional infection has been completely solved.

But the problem is that if there are two sources of dimensional infection here in Zuo Jing, it will be a bit dangerous for Chen Ming to go down.

Of course, it is not himself who is in danger, but the empire and the universe environment.

Chen Ming is still more willing to believe that Zuo Jing really has the courage to cause two dimensional infections in the same galaxy.

After all, there have been precedents for this situation.

It just so happened that the president gave him a copy of the last dimensional infection two days ago, which was impossible to read in a short time. It can be said to be absolutely comprehensive information.

According to the content of the information,

Although there were only two recorded dimensional infection incidents that actually broke out, one was experienced by the president and the other by Chen Ming.

Of course, there was another unrecorded incident that Chen Ming speculated happened on the left side.

However, there are indeed unrecorded dimensional infection incidents that only existed in the early stage and were directly extinguished, and there are quite a few of them.

Chen Ming still remembers that the president said that the empire did not directly ban cloning technology after the first dimensional infection because the sequelae were not discovered so quickly at that time.

So these unrecorded dimensional infections basically occurred during the period from the first dimensional infection to the ban on cloning technology,

after the first dimensional infection incident.

The cloning experiments in various laboratories are still ongoing.

According to the records, almost all clones showed physical deformation in the future,

but most of the deformations of these clones were simply affected by another dimension, similar to the deformity of newborns, rather than real dimensional infection.

Only a small number of clones really showed the precursor of dimensional infection.

And then of course people died.

Even with the first dimensional infection in front of them, each laboratory prepared follow-up treatment methods before conducting experiments.

But not many of these methods were effective.

In the earliest period, the most effective way to curb the spread of initial dimensional infection was to drive the warship directly to the door of the laboratory, aim large or even main weapons at the laboratory, and bomb directly if there was a problem.

So even if it was an initial dimensional infection, as long as it occurred, the mortality rate of all people directly involved was 100%.

Then after many experiments, the laboratories that communicated with each other really obtained some valuable data from the dimensional infection, and safety measures were naturally implemented.

It is similar to the silent alloy isolation layer that Zuo Jing is making now.

It is indeed effective and can stop the expansion of dimensional infection.

And these silent alloy isolation layers can block the continued expansion of the existence of dimensional infection, but they cannot block the dimensional infection on the clones.

The source of the outbreak of dimensional infection can be directly sealed in the necessary blocking equipment in a targeted manner.

Many cloning laboratories in the empire have found a way that seems to be perfect and effective at first glance, and naturally continue to increase the intensity of experiments on clones.

This situation is indeed a good thing at first glance.

Isolating the clones can still trigger the dimensional infection they want, and sending people directly to the isolation room also saves a lot of trouble.

However, no experiment can guarantee that there will never be any problems.

The development of science and technology itself is progressing in failure.

Once the experiment related to dimensional infection fails, it is very likely to lead to dimensional infection leakage.

The mortality rate of dimensional infection leakage can be said to be high. To be precise, as long as it fails, the mortality rate is 100%, even psychics are no exception.

No psychic can survive the leakage of dimensional infection, even in the early stage.

So far, at the level of the Empire, except for the president and Chen Ming, there are no survivors who have personally experienced the dimensional infection.

In addition, no matter how good the protective measures are, there will definitely be loopholes. Even if the dimensional infection is restricted for a long time, there is a possibility of leakage.

Once the dimensional infection is leaked, a large number of people will die again.

Later, the wave of deformed children began to be noticed, and the president gradually discovered the connection between deformed children and dimensional infection.

The emergence of sequelae caused the Empire's newborns to have a deformity rate of up to 90% for at least the next twenty years.

Even if the Empire has cryopreservation technology that can extend human life in disguise.

The lack of newborns in these twenty years is indeed a heavy blow to the Empire.

Although it is not to the point of direct collapse, if this time continues to extend, it will be really fatal.

So after half a year of testing and verification, and the death of a large number of top scientific researchers.

The Empire finally decided to completely ban this technology and seal all related information, and only the president and some government officials are qualified to use it.

Of course, now, because Zuo Jing is suspected to have studied dimensional infection and created survivors who survived dimensional infection.

Coupled with the dimensional infection that Chen Ming experienced some time ago, the two sequelae are suspected to be overlapping.

In order to completely solve the troubles of Zuo Jing and dimensional infection and carry out targeted prevention.

Some information related to dimensional infection has been released at some levels.

Chen Ming doesn't know whether Zuo Jing learned the way to isolate dimensional infection from these released news or developed it himself.

No matter which one, they are now definitely the same as the cloning laboratories in the empire that discovered new phenomena after experiencing the first dimensional infection incident and continued to invest in research.

They believe that the isolation method is very safe and invest manpower, material resources and financial resources without any scruples.

Expanding the research on dimensional infection.

These are all based on historical data as evidence, not Chen Ming's random guesses.

So at this moment, he stood in front of the open hatch of the spacecraft outside the atmosphere.

Directly regarded the worst result as the most likely result, that is, Zuo Jing also conducted dimensional infection experiments in the underground laboratory.

According to this, even if Zuo Jing didn't actually do this, he wouldn't suffer too much loss.

Chen Ming raised his vigilance, then mobilized the metal liquid he left in the underground laboratory and went to the closed door in the northernmost and most core part of the laboratory.

Before, he was worried that his own spiritual power would be exposed, so he didn't dare to break the door directly.

But now that he was going to break in directly, and he also believed that he could directly control the situation and delete the data that was not beneficial to him, there was no need for him to deliberately make some reservations.

Although the door made of silent alloy material could block psychic fluctuations and prevent Chen Ming's psychic energy from acting on it.

But the strength of this metal itself was not the top one.

It could not stop physical attacks.

Just time it well and let the metal liquid go in a little while before he landed to confirm the situation inside.

If the metal liquid really found dimensional infection, Chen Ming would delay the action slightly.

If no signs of dimensional infection were found, then rush in directly.

After thinking it through.

Chen Ming no longer hesitated, released his hand on the hatch handle, and jumped off the spacecraft.

Gravity made him go straight down.

After adjusting his posture in the air, the biomass nozzle behind him ejected a large amount of gray-green tail flames, which once again provided him with a huge amount of acceleration.

Under the dual acceleration of gravity and biological engines, Chen Ming rushed to the ground like a meteorite.

The atmosphere of this planet is relatively high and thick.

At this speed, it will take about two minutes to reach the ground from outside the atmosphere.

It just so happened that the metal liquid also turned into a metal filament with a thickness of only one molecule at this moment, directly penetrating the silent alloy membrane at the bottom of the door.

And the single molecule structure made by Chen Ming just bypassed the induction line in the middle of the silent alloy membrane and did not trigger the alarm.

This is an unexpected surprise.

But it is meaningless.

Because the big noise he is going to make next is not something that can be covered up without an alarm now.

As the metal liquid entered the deepest part of the laboratory in large quantities, Chen Ming immediately saw a whole piece of chaos.

There were corpses everywhere, and flesh and blood tissues that were completely integrated with the metal walls everywhere.

All things related to living things had the heart-shaped distortion that Chen Ming had seen in the corpse pit before.

The shape used to express love, after being expressed by distorting human tissue or flesh and blood tissue of unknown things, still gave Chen Ming a feeling of nausea even though he had seen it once.

It was not just because of the nausea of ​​sensing the fluctuations of the psychic beast's energy, but the real nausea that made people physically uncomfortable.

It was this scene that formed a sharp contrast with the stability and harmony in other parts of the laboratory.

Chen Ming held back the unnecessary feelings.

The metal liquid expanded directly underground without hesitation, and quickly found the main control room and monitoring room that were also covered with flesh and blood.

The equipment made of metal liquid was hacked into it, and instantly took control of the core area of ​​the laboratory.

And through monitoring and spreading metal liquid, it was confirmed that there was indeed no sign of dimensional infection in the underground laboratory.

Although Chen Ming did see the corpses of the distorted stomach monsters, they were just corpses. When the source died, these distorted stomach monsters naturally died.

Moreover, the corpses of these distorted stomach monsters were not affected by the surrounding heart-shaped distorted flesh and blood. It seems that the psychic beast and dimensional infection are indeed mutually exclusive.

At the same time as discovering this, Chen Ming still had forty seconds before landing.

He even had time to take a few glances at the database.

The content in the database can only be said to be similar to that on the space station.

When the Mind Beast Plan went wrong, the core of the laboratory did warn the outside of the laboratory.

However, all these warning signals were blocked by someone with ulterior motives.

If Chen Ming did not interfere, it would probably take until the Mind Beast inside developed before people outside would find out that something was wrong inside.

Then the door opened, and it was a good experimental process.

This is Zuo Jing.

Chen Ming temporarily stopped investigating the database.

At this moment, there were ten seconds left before he reached the ground.

Feeling the high heat caused by friction with the atmosphere, he slowly calmed down and prepared for the battle.

And inside the laboratory.

The management of the area outside the laboratory had anxiously opened a communication channel.

The person in charge of laboratory safety had already observed Chen Ming while he was still flying in the atmosphere, and immediately reported that Chen Ming was about to fall overhead.

Of course, they still thought it was just a meteorite at this time.

However, when their high-precision scanner detected the ferocious creature that was rushing straight underground, they only felt their scalps tingling.

After a communication on the emergency communication channel, they found that they had no means to stop this creature.

Even the psychic responsible for laboratory security could not withstand the impact from the starry sky.

No one could interfere with Chen Ming's actions.

When Chen Ming, in his insect form with a red tail flame, hit a flat ground on the planet at a terrifying high speed.

The visible shock wave was accompanied by a huge amount of dust that almost rushed straight into the sky and stirred around. The roar of the violent impact excluded all the sounds within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

The ground collapsed and collapsed at the core of the impact, leaving only a straight deep pit leading directly to the ground.

After hitting the ground, Chen Ming continued to penetrate thousands of meters deep underground, directly smashing the structure of the laboratory and rushing into the core area that had been covered by the flesh and blood of the mind beast.

The pitch-black carapace exuded a burning breath, and even the impact caused by Chen Ming's continuous acceleration could not cause any effective damage to him.

The impact that was faster than the shells of the Gauss Cannon was nothing to Chen Ming.

The burning heat on Chen Ming's body gradually dissipated, and he didn't care about Zuo Jing who might come from outside, and chose to go directly to the Mind Beast.

Anyway, if Zuo Jing dared to open the door now, he would die. The influence of the Mind Beast could even fascinate him. It was a luxury for some ordinary people to survive a face-to-face encounter.

Even if there was Zuo Jing, there were still psychics here, and they could only protect themselves at most.

There was nothing to say. It would only be a waste of time to deal with Zuo Jing later. It would be better to deal with the Mind Beast.

Chen Ming walked straight to the center of the laboratory.

The surrounding environment immediately conveyed a disgusting emotion to him after Chen Ming started to act.

Those human tissues that clearly belonged to different people but were stuck together made him once again experience what disgust was.

Come to think of it, everything related to this extreme psychic energy seems to be a bit disgusting.

It's all blood and flesh.

Is this a kind of rule?

This thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind, but he didn't get entangled in it at the first time. Instead, he suppressed this idea in his heart and suppressed this nausea.

Now everything else is empty, and killing the mind beast is the most important thing.

Through the monitoring in the deepest part of the laboratory that has not been completely damaged, Chen Ming easily determined the location of the mind beast.

However, when Chen Ming came here, he found that this mind beast did not look like a beast at all.

It was just a piece of meat that was constantly expanding.

Through the perception of psychic energy, Chen Ming could clearly feel that the core of this mind beast was a spirit stone that had been fused with flesh and blood.

And the essence of the mind beast.

According to the research data found by Chen Ming from the database here, the mind beast is just a by-product of the mind beast project research.

What Zuo Jing is really researching is to use the extreme emotions of the spirit stone to affect the nature of the body. It is not to kill people directly like the corpse in the deep pit, but to make people and spirit stones coexist together.

Somewhat similar to parasitism.

It is just to let people parasitize the spirit stone.

Let people become similar to the nature of the spirit stone, protect people's existence, and prevent people from being eroded by dimensional infection.

And these mind beasts are the result of failed experiments, that is, the manifestation of the spirit stone eroding the human body in reverse, and it is also the source of the name of this plan.

Looking at the meat that is slowly wriggling in front of him, Chen Ming's nausea has reached the extreme.

Chen Ming can't hold it back.

Everything he did before was based on safety.

Since there is no problem with safety, there is only the simplest thing left for him to do.

Chen Ming leaned forward slightly and made a forceful move.

The dark beast flew onto the bloated body of the mind beast in an instant.

The spikes on the arm slid into the body of the mind beast like a hot knife cutting cold oil, tearing a gap big enough for Chen Ming, who was now three meters tall, to get in.

And when Chen Ming exerted force again.

A hole appeared in the center of the meat block, running through the front and back.

Chen Ming appeared behind the meat block.

And what he held in his hand was the spiritual stone that was attached to the flesh and blood tissue.

Part of the spiritual stone had begun to turn into flesh and blood, and there were some biological reactions.

Some of the boneless flesh and blood that were almost equivalent to growing on the spiritual stone immediately entangled Chen Ming's hands after leaving the meat block.

One part wanted to return to the original body, and the other part wanted to occupy Chen Ming's body.

Chen Ming would certainly not let this thing realize any idea.

A trace of plasma appeared in his palm, directly carbonizing all the flesh and blood on the spiritual stone.

After knocking the spiritual stone on the wall next to it and shaking off all the carbonized flesh and blood tissue.

Chen Ming got another spiritual stone.

Its psychic trait is obsession.

It has a dark red heart-shaped pattern that looks like dried blood.