Chapter 281 The Power of Dimension
Several hours passed quickly.
Qianmian had already left the captain's room.
Chen Ming was still lying on the sofa with his eyes closed.
After agreeing to help the president a few days ago, he had already begun to distract himself to help the president do things. He had to deal with all the galaxies in a star field that were highly suspected of dimensional infection.
Although he had the Yuhui core to assist him in doing these things, he didn't need to really look at every place, but he still had to be responsible for the tasks assigned to the Yuhui core and the docking tasks with the people from the Fifth Legion, which still required him to spend a certain amount of time and energy.
It just so happened that An Wuping had not encountered any problems in the past few days except that he had to follow Zuo Jing like a mouse and constantly change spaceships.
In addition, before, it took him a week to go to Cai Mo openly.
Now this situation of running around with Zuo Jing will only be slower and less efficient.
So Chen Ming planned to reduce the attention assigned to An Wuping appropriately, spend less time thinking, and do more other things.
For example, put it in the Fourteenth Legion's prosthesis to study the catalytic core that was sent over in the past two days.
Chen Ming feels that this thing is very interesting.
After using it, it can produce some unique special compounds that may not be produced with the current level of technology.
Depending on the external conditions in the experiment, the compounds produced by the catalytic core have a variety of properties.
Chen Ming can see the potential of this thing from these numerous compounds, so he is now mainly studying the properties of these things.
However, Chen Ming's idea was not realized.
Because An Wuping didn't stay at peace for long, Qianmian, who had left, suddenly returned to the captain's room and said to Chen Ming: "Can you help me?"
Chen Ming opened his eyes: "What?"
Qianmian took out a few colorful glass beads emitting psychic fluctuations from his pocket and said: "Take a look at these."
"I see, then what?"
"You should have seen it, right? My psychic power can replicate other people's abilities."
"These glass beads are the embodiment of the replicated psychic power. You only need to inject a small amount of psychic fluctuations and then crush them, and you can treat other people's psychic power as your own psychic power and control it with mental power."
"The black fog before was the ability I copied from other people."
Chen Ming's face was calm, and he asked: "So what?"
"So I want to use other people's psychic power to exchange for some Your psychic energy."
To be honest, Chen Ming was a little tempted. After all, the psychic energy fluctuation effects of these glass beads looked very interesting, but he still refused: "Not interested."
"These glass beads are all derivatives of your psychic energy. You have absolute control over these things. It should not be difficult to recycle them."
"I don't want to exchange for something without any guarantee, not to mention that the effect may not be good."
Qianmian shrugged and said: "Even if I say that I can't affect the things I give out as long as they are not within the range of my psychic energy fluctuation, you probably won't believe it."
He thought Chen Ming's answer was normal. No psychic would want his psychic energy to be stolen by others. After all, psychic energy is the foundation of psychic energy. If someone studies it thoroughly and specifically targets it, it is easy to get into trouble.
It always takes time for people to accept his psychic energy with a replica effect.
At least he just saw a hint of excitement on An Wuping's face. After a while, An Wuping will understand what value his psychic energy has.
Besides, it is not necessary to exchange psychic energy with An Wuping.
As long as An Wuping is by his side when he uses his psychic energy, the escaping psychic energy fluctuations can also be transformed into the Heart-Gathering Spirit Beads, there is no need to rush.
However, he came back to the captain's room not only to obtain An Wuping's psychic energy, but also to find out what happened in the space station and laboratory that An Wuping had visited.
They had sent out five psychics before, and the only one who came back alive was quite vague when he spoke, and disappeared after discovering that the top management had doubts about him, and he has not been found yet.
"How about this?"
Qianmian put a handful of glass beads on the coffee table in front of Chen Ming and said, "I will use these things to buy intelligence from you."
"I want to know what you did there and what happened there."
"Not to investigate you, just pure curiosity."
"Look, three cruisers outside were sunk by you, and a space station was blown up because of you, but we haven't investigated yet, right?"
Chen Ming glanced at the front and said, "You blew up the space station yourself, and aren't you well-informed? The government can intervene, don't you know what happened on the space station? What happened in the laboratory don't you know?"
"There are always people who deceive their superiors and subordinates, so we need some side evidence."
Qianmian picked up a glass bead, flicked it on the coffee table a few times and said, "One piece of information in exchange for a Heart Gathering Spirit Bead."
Seeing that An Wuping seemed to have no interest, he immediately added: "A simple question you asked."
At this point, Chen Ming finally perked up a little and asked: "How can you guarantee that what you said is true?"
"I can't guarantee it. Even if I guarantee it, you won't believe it, so I said it's a simple question."
"You are our partner now, and I also hope that you can continue to stay in the future."
"As long as it doesn't involve our fundamental interests, there is no need for me to lie, right?"
Chen Ming sat up straight and asked: "What do you want to ask?"
"Let's start with a simple one and build initial trust between us. Did you destroy our underground laboratory?"
"I did."
Chen Ming decisively admitted this.
Qianmian also pointed to the glass beads on the table and said: "Which one do you want?"
There are about twenty glass beads on the table, with a total of more than a dozen different types of spiritual energy fluctuations.
"What abilities do these have?"
"You'll know after you feel them?"
The psychic energy fluctuations of the dozen or so Heart-Gathering Spiritual Beads on the coffee table were very weak, so there was no conflict between them, but it did interfere with Chen Ming's choice.
In addition to roughly sensing the type, there was no way to figure out the specific effect and strength.
However, the psychic energy fluctuation intensity of one of these red and blue glass beads was obviously much higher than that of the other glass beads.
This was the Entropy Control Heart-Gathering Spiritual Bead left by Hu Yi.
I just don't know whether it was left by Hu Yi on his own initiative or was passively taken away by Qianmian.
Chen Ming himself had a Black Mist and an Entropy Control of Hu Yi, and he was definitely more interested in the others than what he already had.
However, after a rational analysis, he still chose Black Mist.
After all, if this thing is used well, it is indeed a top psychic energy that combines attack, survival, and displacement.
Qianmian showed a look of as expected on his face, motioning An Wuping to ask questions.
Chen Ming thought for a moment, and then asked Qianmian: "What are you doing in Caimo Star Region?"
"This is not a simple question."
Of course it is not a simple question.
Because Chen Ming can be sure that what is happening in Caimo Star Region is definitely not just dimensional infection, but Zuo Jing is trying to use dimensional infection, and has achieved certain results.
This is the basis for his discovery that Zuo Jing has conducted dimensional infection experiments, no doubt.
Is it some kind of object related to dimensional infection? Or someone related to dimensional infection? Or is it pure research data? It is not clear at present.
So the key that Chen Ming wants to figure out now is what Zuo Jing has done with dimensional infection.
Why didn't Zuo Jing leave with their results? Instead, he is still in Caimo Star Region, even though Caimo has been completely surrounded by the Fifth Legion, and he still doesn't leave as if he wants to strangle them.
He also sent a large number of psychics belonging to Zuo Jing into Caimo.
Zuo Jing has always been a cult that cannot be put on the stage, although they have never been killed, and they are still disgusting the Empire in various places.
But they don't have the possibility to fight the Empire in one star field for a lifetime, let alone a star field in the heart of the Empire.
So Chen Ming thinks that there is a high possibility that there is something in Caimo Star Field that requires Zuo Jing to persist for a period of time to complete, and it is a task related to dimensional infection.
They must persist for a period of time before they can leave with this thing, otherwise it cannot explain why they changed their previous style of hiding and chose to clash with Caimo and the Empire.
Although there is no actual fighting at present, given the current situation, it is only a matter of time before a large-scale conflict between psychics occurs.
So, what Zuo Jing is protecting now is the key to Zuo Jing's plan and the key that Chen Ming needs to destroy.
Chen Ming certainly knows that this is not a simple question.
But he has to pretend to be stupid and ask a question, maybe he will tell it?
It's a pity that Qianmian is not fooled.
Then Chen Ming didn't continue to dwell on this issue.
Anyway, he already has a general idea, and he will definitely keep these guesses in his stomach.
There is no benefit in saying it out of his mind except unnecessary vigilance.
Just continue to ask other questions.
So Chen Ming stared at Qianmian for a few seconds and asked another question: "How are the resources used by the psychics in your Zuojing distributed? How do you obtain them?"
"Oh? Temporary cooperation is also interested in those of us who have to join for a long time to obtain them? What? Do you have an idea?"
"Just asking."
Qianmian smiled and said: "We will regularly arrange tasks for the bases in different star fields. When the tasks are completed, we will reward the bases and the psychics who perform the tasks, that's it."
"What people who do the tasks can get is fixed. The extra things distributed to the bases should be considered as funds. How much the people in the bases can get depends on their ability."
Chen Ming has already imagined a scene where the psychics in the Zuojing base fight each other for some materials that have no reasonable distribution plan at all: "Are you really not afraid of destroying the entire base?"
"If they are destroyed, it means they are all useless. Just find more. The world is not short of people who can't control their desires after having a little ability. Such people are our potential members."
"By the way, what I just said is for our ordinary psychics."
"If it's you, as long as we can confirm that you really want to join us for a long time, then your ability is enough for us to train you specifically."
"You are worthy of our training, just like we give you important medicines."
Chen Ming said with some disdain: "Medicine is the basis of cooperation. I work for you and you give me medicine. It has nothing to do with whether you train me or not. The relationship, don't pull things that you don't want to do on the relationship. " "" "It's a pity that the people over there are very scared. The tone of the words is difficult to understand, just to say that there are horrible monsters in the laboratory." This Chen Ming can directly say: "One of your spirituals has a variety of different spiritual things, and it becomes a monster together." I thought subconsciously. Follow Chen Ming's possibility of thinking about this thing. If they choose to cheat people because of the conflict, it can indeed induce the psychic in the laboratory to become a psychotic entity.
And An Wuping's current performance seems to have the ability to at least solve the psychotic entity in the middle stage.
No problem.
After giving Qianmian time to think, Chen Ming spoke again: "Okay, it's my turn to ask."
He has to think carefully about how to ask the second question.
His purpose is not to really join Zuo Jing, but to solve the trouble brought by Zuo Jing. This question must be asked in accordance with his purpose.
The first question can be asked something irrelevant to establish An Wuping's personality.
But the following questions must be related to his purpose.
How to ask, so as not to alert Qianmian and connect the topic with Caimo Star Region?
Chen Ming thought about the connection between Zuo Jing, Caimo, Odan Star Region Space Station and underground laboratory in his mind.
He suddenly thought of something that seemed unrelated to the Caimo Star Domain at first glance, but was actually absolutely related: "What is the Mind Beast Project?"
Qianmian knew that Chen Ming must have come into contact with the Mind Beast leaked from the underground laboratory, so he didn't think too much and said directly: "Since you have been to the underground laboratory, you should probably have seen the mutual repulsion between dimensional infection and mind beasts, right?"
"We need mind beasts to ensure safety when we conduct dimensional infection experiments."
"The Mind Beast Project works on people. It makes people become beasts, and uses a controllable madness belonging to beasts to resist the madness from the unknown and belonging to another dimension."
When Chen Ming heard this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.
This is what he wanted to hear. Qianmian finally gave another valuable information.
Chen Ming didn't rush to think about the overall logic, but argued: "But I only see the threat of this thing, and I don't think that this kind of thing that can be swallowed by the monster can prevent dimensional infection."
"You have to believe the results of our long-term experiments. Our use of this thing is much more perfect than you think."
As Qianmian's words fell, Chen Ming's thoughts began to surge in his mind.
He actually discovered these days that Qianmian is a person who doesn't like to lie.
It's just that he likes to tell half of the truth, and sometimes the misleading of half of the truth is more serious than pure lies.
However, if Chen Ming himself knew the remaining half of the sentence, it would not be a problem.
Chen Ming can connect what Qianmian said with the information he knows about Zuo Jing, and infer what Zuo Jing is doing.
The Mind Beast Project can be used to protect people.
However, the means to protect people from dimensional infection have already existed before, that is, to isolate them using materials that block psychic energy, a cheap, efficient, but dangerous means of protection.
At first glance, there is no problem with the Mind Beast Project being able to protect people.
But Chen Ming knew the damage that the Mind Beast Project would cause. Even a few days ago, Zuo Jing had caused a large number of civilian casualties because of the Mind Beast Project.
So the results of this thing can never be mass-produced, and can only work on a few people to protect a few people from the influence of dimensional infection.
It is definitely not developed to protect the vast majority of Zuo Jing, but to protect some key figures.
This is the problem in Qianmian's words.
He was telling the truth, but the hidden content is the key.
If you really believe his half of the words, you might miss the key point of the Mind Beast Project, which is what Zuo Jing is doing.
Then, with such an understanding, starting from the earliest time...
The earliest was Lou Wei.
Such a person who was brainwashed by Zuo Jing's psychic exploded and died in front of Chen Ming.
Although he didn't know why Zuo Jing wanted to kill Lou Wei in front of him, it was this death scene that made him discover that Zuo Jing was carrying out dimensional infection.
So dimensional infection is definitely inseparable from Zuo Jing's brainwashed psychic, and brainwashed psychic is definitely a key figure in Zuo Jing.
Then this brainwashed psychic is likely to be a person who has experienced dimensional infection and is also a beneficiary of the Mind Beast Project.
The logic is smooth when you calculate it this way.
Zuo Jing's brainwashed psychic uses the Mind Beast to protect himself and uses dimensional infection to achieve his power.
And it has also achieved initial results.
Chen Ming has never seen any psychic whose psychic power can be used in a long distance, and in such a large range and so unnoticed.
You must know that for a normal psychic, the place where the psychic energy fluctuation acts is the place where the psychic energy can be realized.
Except for himself.
And the source of dimensional infection, that special dimension, does not completely correspond to the normal universe environment, but has a thousand connections.
It just meets the conditions for transferring psychic energy to every corner of the entire normal universe.
Dimensional infection happens to take time to expand after it occurs.
Then as a brainwashed psychic who wants to use dimensional infection to gain power, he naturally needs to stay here.
The coordinates of dimensional infection are locked in this place, and he can't leave at will.
Chen Ming still remembered the last recorded dimensional infection incident experienced by the president, and the sequelae of dimensional infection broke out half a year later.
This means that Zuo Jing may have started the dimensional infection experiment half a year ago, which just fits Qianmian's statement that they had undergone a long experiment.
At the same time, it can also explain why so many people in the empire were brainwashed by Zuo Jing and secretly helped Zuo Jing.
Although Chen Ming still did not rule out the possibility that Qianmian's words were false.
But false words usually cannot explain things smoothly logically.
So Chen Ming can think that this is the truth.
It is no wonder that the president has not achieved any results in recent times. Obviously, a large number of people have been arranged to sweep the star field. Even if the number of people is not enough to sweep every corner, there should not be no substantial clues.
If the source is a person, everything makes sense.
People can move and run away in various places.
When the dimensional infection is still breaking out and still acting on this person, another dimension can always locate him.
That’s why there are several places with 100% distortion rate in the president’s investigation report.
This is the reason.
Find that person, kill that person, and the matter of Cai Mo will be completely over.
This is what Chen Ming will do next.
Chen Ming has completely figured out the situation.
Next, he only needs to follow Qianmian into Cai Mo, and maybe there will be a chance to directly contact the brainwashed psychic.
No, it is only through Qianmian that he can contact that person.
The president and the Fifth Legion have not found the person for so long. It is very likely that it is not that the person hides too well, but that he has the ability to hide and disguise himself.
The best way to contact that person is through Qianmian.
When the time comes, he can directly use psychic power to hold the brainwashed psychic and explode. The destruction brought by excessive plasma is fair to everyone.
It is not a loss to exchange An Wuping for an important person in Zuo Jing.
After Chen Ming thought about Zuo Jing’s matter thoroughly.
He suddenly thought of himself.
His psychic energy had long ago determined that it could easily transport things across hundreds or thousands of light years, and it only needed to consume a negligible amount of mental energy relative to this distance.
Chen Ming had never figured out what it relied on before. It was obviously not the phase space, or something similar to the operating principle of the star gate.
Because both of them require a lot of energy to activate.
Now, when Chen Ming discovered the source of the power of Zuo Jing's brainwashed psychic, which almost covered the empire, he finally had a more reasonable suspect.
The dimension of the source of the dimensional infection.
The psychic power of the brainwashed psychic will not bring things related to dimensional infection when using it, so it is normal that Chen Ming's psychic power will not bring dimensional infection when transporting things through that dimension.
Of course, this is just a guess. Is it true? How does his psychic power work? Why can his control over An Wuping penetrate a closed environment made of silent alloy?
These obviously need to be explained and need time to verify.
And now Chen Ming still doesn't plan to think too much about his psychic power. He has to solve Zuo Jing first.