Chapter 393 Accident, Force, and Choice

Chen Ming saw what Tian Zhan did after he left.

His protection measures for the fairy tree were far more stringent than anyone could imagine.

But he did not stop it.

The fairy tree was most vulnerable only when it was just a seedling.

When it had grown into a tree, it was already a powerful enough psychic creature.

Burying a small stone under the tree would not have any effect on the fairy tree.

But Tian Zhan's behavior was likely to be his spiritual sustenance for a long time in the future.

So Chen Ming let him do it.

He was still optimistic about Tian Zhan's ability, the project he was doing now, and his future ideas.

Chen Ming was never stingy with such people, no matter in any aspect.

Time passed day by day.

The development of the two most core galaxies in Chen Ming's hands was getting closer and closer to the galaxies of the real prosperous star field, and it was still developing in the direction that Chen Ming wanted.

More and more people in the empire have learned about the Origin Galaxy.

Learned about the four types of Leviathans in the Origin Galaxy.

Scavenger robots, nightmares of the planes, star-eaters, and the jellyfish Leviathan named "ghost" that the survivors took the initiative to mention in a transaction.

Except for the scavengers who have to work, each has a corresponding scientific research space station. The projects of each space station bring income from scientific research results to Chen Ming and continuously attract high-level scientific research talents.

Which researcher with ideals and aspirations can refuse the giant beast that has never been known in the empire?

During this period, each space station has grown from hundreds to thousands of people to tens of thousands of people.

As long as the body of Leviathan still exists, there will be a steady stream of research projects that can be discovered from it.

And add bricks and tiles to Chen Ming's scientific research center.

And on the other side of the wormhole, on the Gaia galaxy.

Except for Gaia, several industrial colonies have been built and put into operation on the planets other than Gaia.

Unlike Gaia, the other planets do not need to be inhabited in the future.

So as the stellar matter in the star-eater egg sheath is returned and the climate of the galaxy is restored, Chen Ming asked the scavengers to go there in advance and build all the industrial colonies at once.

It was a test of the basic functions of the scavengers.

Then the afterglow cores were immediately installed on these colonies, which could be used to develop resources on the planet.

The next step was to start exploring the surrounding galaxies and building new colonies.

Chen Ming did not let the Zerg intervene in these matters, so the overall resource development efficiency was low.

But it was not a big problem. When he really needed manpower, he would do what he should do.

Just when everything was thriving.

In the laboratory of the negative matter research team on the Gaia satellite.

The deputy team leader was in the team leader's office and said to the team leader: "Team leader, there is an experiment that you need to watch just started..."

The team leader waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I will be back soon. If there are any problems, just put them aside for the time being. If it doesn't work, just suspend the experimental process. I have something important to do."

The deputy team leader wanted to say that there was something more important than the experiment now.

Obviously, because of the large-scale leakage of negative matter and the large-scale fusion of satellites, the state of the planet is very special and worth studying.

Not only did they have a bunch of new project teams, but their original project team of only a dozen people was also forced to expand.

These old people have always felt the pressure of being surpassed by the newcomers.

At this time, they should continue these experiments and research. Why did the team leader suddenly have to go out for something during the most critical experiment?

But the deputy team leader still restrained this idea.

At most, he has a certain status in the group, but he is not enough to be the team leader, and he has no right to restrict what the team leader does.

It can only be said that he followed the wrong person.

He sighed in his heart, but pretended to be nothing and said, "I know."

The deputy team leader and the team leader left the office one after another.

The team leader left further away. He called a public shuttle to the wormhole space station, passed through the wormhole, and arrived at the port of the Gaia galaxy wormhole space station.

In Chen Ming's territory, not all spacecraft were made by him personally.

Some researchers have certain assets themselves, and they don't necessarily need to call public shuttles to commute.

So Chen Ming also deliberately left a similar loophole for the convenience of these researchers.

When the team leader went out before, he happened to leave his shuttle here.

The team leader quickly found his shuttle and sat in the driver's seat.

In front of the driver's seat was a photo frame with a photo of a family of five including the team leader.

When he saw the photo frame, the team leader's expression suddenly changed.

His pupils were twitching, and his eyes changed from calm to confused.

He lowered his head and shook his head vigorously, trying to make himself more awake, but he couldn't cheer up again. He even felt that he was getting weaker and weaker, and he couldn't control his body anymore.

He tried his best to raise his head,

but he could only see the universe outside the shuttle that had taken off, and the countless dense sand-like objects flowing in his hands through his peripheral vision.

The tingling feeling in the palm of his hand did not make him feel comfortable, but made him feel extremely panicked.

He wanted to struggle desperately, but his body could not receive any orders from him at all.

He only saw a communicator in his hand.

The confused eyes of the team leader suddenly became cold, and his expression gradually became calm.

He reached out and put the photo on the table of the spacecraft control panel, then reached out and rubbed his face hard.

A slight psychic fluctuation appeared on his body, causing his face to change.

This was not the removal of disguise, but the flesh and blood on his face were changing due to the influence of psychic energy.

In the end, the team leader's face turned into an ordinary face that looked forty or fifty years old.

But his eyes were deep and attractive.

If Chen Ming was here, he would have jumped up at the first time and killed the team leader by all means.

Because this face was exactly the face of the real brainwashed psychic that he saw in the remnant of Qianmian's consciousness after he killed Qianmian.

The team leader, or the body controlled by the brainwashed psychic today, shook the communicator in his hand and entered a coordinate that popped up on the control panel of the spacecraft.

His eyes were calm.

But from the fact that he slightly increased the speed of operating the spacecraft, it was still clear that he was very curious about the survivors.

The spacecraft disappeared in the universe in a blink of an eye.

At the same time.

Negative matter laboratory.

The deputy team leader who had just talked to the team leader thought about it for a long time, and still felt that it would be bad if there was no team leader watching.

So he directly called the member of the experimental team who was in charge of the actual operation today: "Today's experiment will be suspended for a while. The team leader just went out. The experiment will start again when the team leader comes back."

"Received."

The experimental team responded quickly and decisively.

The deputy team leader originally wanted to sort out the experimental data at this time, but after thinking about it, he was still a little worried, so he put down the data in his hand and planned to go to the laboratory's isolated experimental area.

The experimental area and the office area are now under their own domes, and it takes a lot of time to go there.

But he went there to be on the safe side.

Another laboratory building under a dome.

Entering from the gate is the hall of the experimental area.

Before, there was usually only one person guarding the door here.

But now there are many people standing in the hall, chatting with each other about the project, and everything seems normal.

But soon, as the deputy team leader's eyes swept around, he noticed that the experimental observation area was also surrounded by people.

This area is usually open when experiments are carried out, allowing others to see the experimental process and some data that can be fully disclosed.

But normally there is nothing there, and there is no need to watch there.

He had a bad premonition and immediately rushed over and asked, "What's going on?"

Someone in the crowd around the observation area immediately responded, "Experiment, did you forget that there is an experiment today?"

The deputy team leader's face changed, and he looked inside through the window of the isolation layer of the experimental area.

It can be seen that a small piece of the Plane Nightmare limb fragment has been transported to the experimental area, and the experiment can be started at any time according to the normal process.

He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, pushed the crowd and ran towards the experimental control room on the other side of the observation area.

He almost broke open the door of the laboratory and yelled at the inside: "What the hell are you doing!"

The team member who had just contacted him and several other team members were standing in front of the control panel and turned their heads to look at him, asking why the deputy team leader was so angry.

They didn't seem to understand the situation at all.

The team member who had contacted the deputy team leader before said nothing, looked at the deputy team leader and turned his head back. His eyes were calm, but he seemed a little confused.

He continued to issue instructions to start the experiment on the console.

"You..."

The deputy team leader did not hesitate at all, and reached out and knocked on a very obvious emergency button of the laboratory on the wall next to him.

This was a button specially set by Chen Ming, which can be pressed actively when there is a problem in the laboratory experiment.

He even specifically explained it to everyone who came here.

Press it if you feel there is a problem, don't worry about the consequences.

Between the trouble of continued leakage of negative matter and the trouble of needing him to come over to take a look, he chose the latter.

The alarm sounded, and the safety passage of the laboratory was fully opened.

The researchers who were just outside immediately ran out one by one.

Only a few team members who were blocking the door by the deputy team leader still didn't understand the situation and stood there nervously.

As the deputy team leader pressed the emergency button, the operation of the experimental facilities was forcibly terminated, and all experimental processes were suspended.

In the experimental area, several devices also released a large amount of gas that could be used to stabilize the body of the Plane Nightmare, which was developed during this period, into the experimental area to stabilize the experimental materials after the experiment was terminated.

But for some reason, the negative matter leaked from the body fragments of the Plane Nightmare showed the characteristics of activation on the control panel. Even though a large amount of inert gas had filled the room, it could not stop the activation of the negative matter.

After detecting the abnormality, the equipment in the experimental area automatically increased the release of inert gas.

At the same time, a new storage device in the experimental area protruded from the ground, capturing the fragments of the body of the Plane Nightmare in the vacuum isolation layer tank.

However.

The equipment had not been transported away yet.

A jet of black water pierced out from the inside of the tank, not only piercing the tank itself, but also piercing the wall of the laboratory from the top of the laboratory, allowing the negative matter to continue to leak out.

In just a few seconds, a huge amount of negative matter leaked out from the inside of the laboratory.

The situation was almost exactly the same as the last time.

And a more serious situation was happening along with the leakage of negative matter.

That is, starting from the experimental area, the negative matter that had been stabilized and fused with dead objects actually showed signs of instability.

Stable negative matter is worth studying, but unstable negative matter... that is tantamount to the nightmare of the plane raging.

Although the impact of negative matter on things with life is not that great.

But it also caused the structure of the laboratory to tremble violently, as if it would collapse at any time.

"Stabilize the negative matter!"

The voice of the deputy team leader came out in the chaos.

A team member who had just been blocked by him also found that he had no time to escape, so he immediately pushed away the team member who had forced the experimental process in front of the console and shouted to the deputy team leader: "It's being done!"

He operated the console quickly, constantly launching various compulsory emergency measures.

But the effect was not ideal.

The laboratory itself has set up different emergency plans to deal with different situations.

The current situation seems to be that the negative matter is activated and needs to be stabilized by force.

But the best means of stabilization are the inert gases that were released the earliest, but these gases failed to stabilize the negative matter and leaked out together.

Other means are used to deal with other situations, and it is ineffective to treat a dead horse as a living horse.

Moreover, as the team members used all the available means without any effect, the ground under the dome of the entire experimental area suddenly began to shake violently.

The team member who was operating the console shouted in panic: "It's useless! No, it's not useless... Go and contact the director!"

"I'm here."

Chen Ming's calm voice sounded in the laboratory.

The metal liquid swept out, protecting several team members and dragging them out of the laboratory.

He was left alone in the laboratory.

And the words left by the deputy team leader when he was taken away: "There is a problem between the team leader and Wang Guanghe."

Team leader Chen Ming knew who it was. Chen Ming did not know Wang Guanghe, but after thinking back, Chen Ming knew that he was also a hospital of the negative matter team and was the one who was just taken away by him.

He immediately wanted to find the team leader's trace, but at this time the entire satellite had lost the team leader's trace.

He could only control Wang Guanghe first and let Yu Hui retrieve all the relevant records first.

And he needed to take advantage of the moment to deal with the trouble on the planet.

Just now, the alarm sounded.

Chen Ming knew that something was bound to happen here, and he rushed over with psychic energy in less than ten seconds.

But he still didn't catch up with the instant leakage of negative matter.

Things have already happened, no matter how dark his face is or how angry he is, he can't change anything.

So he didn't rush back to the laboratory, but went to investigate the situation of this leak first.

At this time, he could be sure that the entire satellite had been completely infected by negative matter. There was no corner without negative matter, and the remaining negative matter had nowhere to go.

It was those negative matter with nowhere to go that caused the instability of the laboratory.

But this was only a small part of the negative matter.

Looking at the entire planet, the existence of negative matter is very stable.

It has even been too stable, so stable that the satellite is heading towards the stability of the matter inside the black hole.

This is the conclusion drawn by Chen Ming after he personally fought with the nightmare of the plane and personally felt the existence of the black hole and the black hole dimension.

There is a problem with the direction of the stability of negative matter.

Their stability is not stability in the true sense, not purely stability that is beneficial to people.

Their stability always has only one purpose, that is, to build a black hole into the stable space of the matter they stabilize.

Originally, the entire satellite was only mostly infected by the leaked negative matter, and the negative matter maintained its original state.

But when the moment comes when the entire planet is infected by negative matter, it will show its fangs.

This stability will affect the entire planet.

At this time, the various satellite monitoring devices arranged by Chen Ming around the satellite have found traces of gravitational turbulence just at the satellite's location.

This is just the beginning.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for this satellite to transform into a black hole.

The mass of the planet is far from enough, but the connection between negative matter and the black hole dimension makes it possible for the satellite to transform into a black hole.

It won't be long before there will be an extra black hole in Gaia's orbit.

There are not many solutions.

Because Chen Ming's ability to lock space is really just to lock space, and it is very effective against space disturbances and fluctuations.

But black holes... The center of the black hole is the most stable place in the entire universe. The gravity here will prevent light from passing through, and even space will become completely unchangeable because of this gravity.

Of course, this is the normal situation in Chen Ming's cognition.

In fact, when this world has the existence of a black hole dimension, this situation will change.

After the passage to the black hole dimension, that is, the black hole itself is completely formed, this is not the most stable place.

If the satellite of Gaia becomes a black hole, anything he does later will be meaningless.

But if it does not become a black hole, then the space here will still develop in a stable direction.

This is the special nature of this universe, and Chen Ming has no power to change it.

But he has other ways to solve the current situation.

Chen Ming's psychic fluctuations are released all over the world, covering the entire planet and the space around it.

He can tear the space on a large scale and send the satellite that is being transformed into a black hole due to negative matter into the phase space to ensure that the planet will not be transformed into a black hole due to the influence of the black hole dimension.

The independence of the phase space allows it to avoid being linked to any dimension other than the normal universe.

Chen Ming has also specifically confirmed that in the phase space, black holes are essentially just black holes and have nothing to do with the black hole dimension.

But before he really did this, he hesitated.

Because he felt a new danger different from the satellite being transformed into a black hole.

This is the real danger sensed by his danger perception psychic power, and he also knows what this danger represents.

Between the danger of the satellite turning into a black hole and causing the collapse of the entire galaxy and the danger that must be faced by manually tearing the space.

Chen Ming must choose one to face, he is forced to choose one to face.

He must make a decision as soon as possible.

Because while he was thinking, new abnormal conditions were still appearing on the satellite.

The gravitational system of the planet has begun to collapse, a large number of shallow continental shelves on the surface have begun to crack, and countless natural cracks have begun to appear on the planet.

It won’t be long before, even if the satellite is not transformed into a black hole, its framework as a planet will collapse in the process of negative matter stabilizing to form a black hole.

Even at this time, the changes in the satellite have affected Gaia, which it orbits.

Abnormal tides have begun to appear in the coastal areas of Gaia.

If the situation continues to ferment, it is probably only a matter of time before a tsunami covering the entire planet appears on Gaia.

Just as Chen Ming was thinking about how to make a decision very nervously.

A voice suddenly sounded: "You seem to be hesitating?"

It was Wang Guanghe, who was taken away from the laboratory by Chen Ming, who was talking to the metal liquid wrapped around him. Chen Ming could certainly hear this voice.

But Chen Ming didn't want to pay attention to him.

Because Yu Hui had sorted out all the records of Wang Guanghe and the team leader on the road in public places and sent them to Chen Ming.

After Chen Ming quickly searched with psychic power, he found a common point between the team leader and Wang Guanghe.

That is, sometimes there will be confusion in their eyes, and when they are confused, their behavior will be separated from before.

Chen Ming is too familiar with this situation.

This is a common phenomenon after the psychic power of his "old friend" brainwashing psychic.

It is a scene he wants to see, but does not want to see.

At this time, he has no time to care about Zuo Jing's problem and must make a decision as soon as possible.

However, he still put a set of silent alloy armor on Wang Guanghe, but this did not affect the ability of the brainwashing psychic at all.

Wang Guanghe still looked at the laboratory destroyed by the strong earthquake and the entire satellite that was collapsing with a half-smile.

The brainwashed psychic was far more disgusting than Chen Ming had imagined.

His psychic power could not be detected by any means after it really took effect, and he was much older than Chen Ming.

He might even have hundreds of years to arrange his own puppets that could not be detected at all throughout the empire's society.

And he appeared at this time and stabbed Chen Ming the hardest.