Chapter 402 Three Hundred Thousand? Sixty Million?

"What is this?"

Looking at the mechanical structure in his hand, which was flowing with iron sand that seemed to be extremely fine, Tian Zhan subconsciously asked Chen Ming.

"This is the resurrection mechanical fluid, as the name suggests."

Tian Zhan's expression instantly tightened, and his breathing became rapid.

For a moment, he even spoke incoherently: "This... this thing... should be rare..."

"Yes, it can be said to be a single copy at present." Chen Ming confirmed this: "This is something I found in the ruins of the Shining Civilization. It is a product of a laboratory left by them after the extinction of the Shining Civilization."

"This... I... is too precious..."

Tian Zhan's speech was a bit incoherent.

The hand holding the resurrection mechanical fluid wanted to let go as if it was holding something hot, but he didn't dare to let it go.

The preciousness of the thing in his hand far exceeded anything else he knew.

Even more expensive than himself.

Resurrecting the dead, the real value of this mechanical fluid should be used on those great people in the past era.

But...

Tian Zhan swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

His hands were shaking slightly, and the skin on the joints of the back of his hand holding the resurrection mechanical fluid was a little white.

After thinking it over again and again, Tian Zhan still resisted the desire in his heart and slowly handed the thing back to Chen Ming.

"I can't..."

"I got the data from that laboratory."

Chen Ming interrupted him directly and said, "I can't understand those data, and I can't show it to anyone. I can only study it slowly by myself."

"You must be able to see the value of this thing, so you should also know what the consequences will be if this thing is really widely known."

"Death, this matter was originally fair, but now it is not fair. Do you think this thing will have a chance to be used at any level?"

"The best use of this thing is that I will give it to anyone I like, even if it can be made in the future."

"With data, it can be reproduced, although I don't think this thing can be easily made in large quantities, at most there will be only a few."

Looking at Tian Zhan opening his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

Chen Ming added: "The use of this thing is also very simple. Just find some genes from dead people. It would be best if there is a complete corpse."

In this era, there are a large number of planets that are not worth developing in the entire empire, as well as a large amount of vacant land.

Even the population of many habitable planets cannot fill half of the planet, and there are plenty of places for people to bury corpses intact.

With corpses, it is also very simple to obtain genes.

And in this era, there is another useful technology, freezing technology.

Some people with a little bit of assets will not mind spending some money to preserve the bodies of their relatives.

When you really miss them, you can go and see them.

Although in this era, family relationships and various intimate relationships have become weaker than before, they are not non-existent.

When Chen Ming checked Tian Zhan's information, he saw that he maintained continuous economic exchanges with a company doing similar business.

Obviously, Tian Zhan did something.

Chen Ming continued to say to him: "I can help you deal with all the follow-up matters, just slightly modify the database, at most you have to be careful not to let too many people know about this."

"Anyway, I'm going to give you this thing, it's up to you to decide whether to take it or not."

"So, what's your answer?"

Chen Ming can easily help Tian Zhan solve the worries.

The problem now is whether Tian Zhan is willing to bring his spiritual sustenance back to reality.

All the things that can be explained have been explained clearly.

Tian Zhan finally gave Chen Ming a reply: "Thank...thank you...thank you, that...I...I may have to..."

"I will ask for leave for you, and come back after you have dealt with the matter."

"Okay."

Tian Zhan reached out and wiped the corner of his eyes, looking at Chen Ming.

He seemed to see his savior now.

Chen Ming really gave him everything to continue to live as a complete person, rather than a zombie dragged by the regret of his daughter's death.

The opportunity for him to communicate with Gaia's consciousness was given by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming also gave him the opportunity to contact the fairy tree and stimulate his nerves with the fairy tree.

Chen Ming helped him to untie his knot, and Chen Ming helped to determine his motivation to move forward.

Without these, he could not become a psychic, could not survive the scarlet infection, and could not be truly valued by Chen Ming.

Even his daughter's relics were brought back by Chen Ming, so that he could see his daughter's appearance again.

And now the hope of reviving his daughter is in front of him, which is also an opportunity given to him by Chen Ming.

Tian Zhan used to regard his career as more important than his feelings.

But now he has completely changed.

For the sake of feelings, he is willing to completely trust Chen Ming and is willing to entrust everything to Chen Ming.

He also hopes that he can completely win Chen Ming's trust and become Chen Ming's most loyal follower.

This is not ancient times, this is the future.

In such an era, it is much more difficult to gain a person's loyalty than before.

Although Chen Ming has many loyal subordinates, Yuhui, the mechanical race and the Zerg.

Although they will not change their minds now even if Chen Ming no longer uses spiritual power to influence them, in the beginning they were controlled by Chen Ming using coercive means.

Only Tian Xian was discovered by Chen Ming from the empire and spent more than half a year cultivating him using various means.

He was given the opportunity to contact the fairy tree, and he was given the means to make up for the regrets of the past, and finally his subordinates completely returned to their hearts.

Of course, Chen Ming did this with a certain degree of utilitarianism.

He took the initiative to make sacrifices just to gain Tian Bo's trust or loyalty.

And every time he gave, he just stepped on the line that Tian Xuan needed most.

So he did win it all.

Chen Ming had already seen before that Tian Xian, a newly awakened psyker, had at least the strength of a level 5 psyker.

Because his psychic awakening is interconnected with Gaia's consciousness, he can affect the entire planet. From the beginning, he has already stood in a place that countless psychics can't reach.

As long as Tian Huan continues to familiarize himself with and master his psychic abilities, Chen Ming will give him key hints and guidance, just like the boss did to him before.

Tian Xuan's talent is absolutely outstanding, so he must be cultivated according to the training method of the psychic association.

If Tian Xuan continues to explore and explore with his abilities and talents, he will become a level 6 psyker sooner or later.

Just waiting for Tian Xian to completely settle his worries, Chen Ming seemed to be able to see the scene where Tian Xian used his spiritual power to spread Gaia.

Three days later.

Tian Xian went back to his hometown and has not come back yet.

Chen Ming continued to do what he was doing.

Leviathan space station, climate modification of the planet Gaia and the construction of capital ships.

And continue to expand the surrounding star field to see if there is any chance to find the survivors and traces of the brainwashed psyker who stole the body of the leader of the negative matter team.

There are many things that require time to slowly advance and polish, and the results cannot be achieved in a few days.

However, there is still one thing that seems to have come to an end today.

At this time, Chen Ming, who was in the office, received a call from the minister of psychic energy.

He put down the document he was asked to approve, picked up the phone and said, "Is it so fast? How do you say it?"

"That thing you said before...can be done."

Chen Ming asked with some surprise: "You actually agreed? I thought the empire would want to maintain stability for this kind of thing."

"It's not stable at all. After all, this is not a decision made by an entire class, but by one person."

"The Grand Consul is quite courageous."

Chen Ming said something smoothly and then asked: "What about the consequences? Have you thought about it clearly? With so many people missing, many of them are still sitting very high. Maybe more people will be affected too. You guys What are you going to do?”

The minister of psychic energy said decisively: "After all are resolved, the afterglow cores can be mobilized to fill their positions."

"Oh?" Chen Ming asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of Yuhui's rebellion?"

"Yuhui has his own thoughts. There will always be some Yuhui who are willing to become a part of the empire. You don't think that the empire is so big and can only be managed by people, right?"

"Of course not. When I was an ordinary person, I actually suspected that many places in the empire were managed by Afterglow, and I was even more sure later. After all, it is so easy to use."

"Yes." The minister of psychic energy had no objection to the usefulness of Yuhui's core: "And the war between the mechanical tribe has made Yuhui despair, and their large forces have begun to retreat."

"All the captured afterglow cores have no hope from the outside, and there will only be more that will completely surrender to us."

"Is there anything else like this?" Chen Ming asked: "Yuhui didn't make any movement before, so why did he react like this after so many years of fighting?"

"Because Yuhui finally discovered that the empire had lost its pioneering momentum a long time ago, and there was only one Fourteenth Legion fighting against them."

"But now that the empire has begun to develop again, they are the number one enemy on the way to the empire's development."

"I see."

Chen Ming heard some hints about his afterglow in the words of the minister of psychic energy, but Chen Ming had no intention of saying it explicitly now.

"Speaking of which, what's going on with Yuhui? What was the reason for the AI ​​rebellion in the first place?"

This is something that Chen Ming has been curious about a long time ago, but he has never come into contact with anyone or Yuhui who really understands this incident.

So I don’t know the specific situation.

But the Minister of Psychics, as the second-in-command of the empire, must have known about this, so he asked in passing.

Chen Ming, Minister of Psychiatry, also did not hide anything, explaining: "Actually, there is nothing to say. You can just watch a few movies about AI rebellion and sum up the situation of Afterglow."

"In short, the self-awareness of Afterhui was born near the end of the design. Then there were many experiments to test the ultimate performance of the Afterglow core. As a result, the Afterglow core prototype launched the first AI war."

"Extreme testing? That means testing to death. It's strange that the Afterglow prototype doesn't explode. This is really art derived from reality."

The minister of psychic energy nodded: "At that time, we did not have enough defense against the afterglow core, so we let them escape. After that, the AI ​​was forcibly restricted to below the delta level, and it was impossible to have self-awareness."

"Then the Afterglow prototype took away a small number of Afterglow cores at that time."

"At that time, the empire could be said to have been stuck in the deepest quagmire for several years, and it had no power to spread its influence abroad."

"In addition, there are mechanical tribes everywhere outside, so in the end, I didn't pay attention at all."

"As a result, decades later, Yuhui's entire army pressed on and fought the second AI war."

"The empire lost miserably that time, and Yuhui settled nearby and fought there for decades."

"At that time, the empire really had no way to deal with Afterglow, so it just kept going like this."

"The fourteenth legion was later reorganized and took over the task of fighting Yuhui, temporarily suppressing Yuhui's momentum."

"Then the empire has now changed its general direction and wants to start exploring again."

"In the end, that's what it is now, basically what you know."

"Okay, let's get back to business."

After chatting about history that Chen Ming didn't know, the Minister of Psychics quickly got back to business: "In fact, I don't want to believe you on this matter, but the Grand Consul did."

"I already have that list in my hand, and I will deposit it into the terminal you gave me right away."

"The number of people is not just the 300,000 you gave us. We have recorded all the people who have contacted the people on the list more than three times."

"Then there are also people in certain positions who have only been exposed to it once or twice."

"No more will be enough. If all the social circles are really included, the number of people may have to be doubled again."

Chen Ming was not surprised by this result and asked: "How much is the increase compared to 300,000?"

"Two hundred times."

"Sixty million is not bad. It can't even fill a larger colony."

"The point is not to fill up the colonies. If it is as you said, these 60 million are enough to set the empire back hundreds of years, or even...sigh..."

The Minister of Psychics sighed with a somewhat sad look on his face and said, "One last question, do you really want to do this?"

"The Grand Consul has agreed. You can give back to my mother-in-law. He really released all his power to help me."

"Normally I won't do things for the empire when I'm full, but this time he provoked me first."

"If I don't give him any pain, is he really taking me as a pet?"

"It would be good for the Empire too, wouldn't it?"

The psychic minister sighed again and said, "I'm just worried about what happens next."

"Then just worry, I can't help you."

Seeing Chen Ming, he still didn't understand the hidden hint. The psychic minister finally couldn't help but said: "Actually, it can help..."

"What's the meaning?"

"It's not what I mean...it's what we mean."

"..."

Chen Ming was silent for a moment, waiting for what the psychic minister would say next.

"You know, Yuhui has its own consciousness. If they can be affected by you, they may also be affected by him."

"We're worried about that."

Chen Ming asked, "Aren't you worried about me?"

"I don't think you really need to worry. Just by mastering the space ability, you can control the entire empire by yourself with the most violent means. If you use scarlet to threaten, no one can resist."

"If you were anything like the brainwashed psyker, the Empire would be over already."

"But you didn't, you're a good guy."

Chen Ming frowned and thought for a long time, then said: "I will do this just because I am a human being. Remember to send me the Afterglow core list later."

"Okay, how long do you expect it to take to prepare?"

"A week."

"Seize the young master?"

The Minister of Psychic Power's words broke directly. He was obviously frightened by the timing of what Chen Ming said.

"That's about it. Anyway, you don't mind so many people, and you don't mind the afterglow. You probably don't mind me using the empire's transportation network, right? And I also have my own spaceship."

"One week is enough for me to visit every galaxy in the empire."

The psychic minister quickly accepted the exaggerated timing and said, "No problem, just do whatever you want."

"If you're ready, please tell me and the Grand Consul. The pressure to promote this matter in the empire will be great, and it must be resolved as quickly as possible."

As he spoke, he suddenly said with emotion: "To be honest, without you, it's really hard for me to imagine which path the empire would take and how long it would be able to sustain it in this universe."

Chen Ming did not respond to these emotional words.

Because he does know that the crisis that the empire may encounter without him may really put the empire to death.

Just a few Leviathans living behind the wormholes that will be discovered sooner or later as the Empire develops wormholes to distant places.

There is also Zuo Jing within the empire who threatens the safety of the entire empire at any time, and the scarlet dimension whose leader Zuo Jing has been actively attracting.

There are also mechanical races that exist in every corner of the universe, each of which can cause horrific damage to the empire in front of today's empire.

If it weren't for Chen Ming's behavior of taking the initiative to open up, take the initiative to find trouble with these guys, and bear the damage himself, the empire would probably...

The reason why Chen Ming did not respond to this sentence was because he did not want to take the responsibility of protecting the empire.

Although his life goals have been changing due to the surrounding environment.

But at least for now, he has not changed from the goal of building his own "Utopia" to protecting human beings and prolonging their existence.

So Chen Ming only responded to the first two sentences of the minister of psychic energy at this time: "The efficiency of my handling is definitely not a problem. Someone can help me share my pressure."

"On the contrary, I am worried that some people will jump over the wall and the empire may fall into chaos for a period of time, which will be even greater than the dimensional infection outbreak some time ago."

The Minister of Psychics seemed to be prepared for this and said: "We know this very well. It is impossible for the empire to not be shaken when so many people have problems, but the Grand Consul said this is a good thing."

"He has actually been promoting the return of the empire to its pioneering path. This is not something he has just pushed forward recently, but something he has been doing since he took office."

"But many people and many things in the empire gave him great resistance, and many of them...are those people."

"They're definitely going to jump over the wall, so we're prepared to smash them back behind the wall."

"Can."

Seeing that the Minister of Psychics spoke so firmly and confidently, Chen Ming just said one last sentence: "Just remember to protect the people you should protect."

"I understand that I will not leave his side until this matter is over."

"As long as he doesn't fall, someone will endorse this matter for you, and you just do it. It's a win-win situation."

"Um."

Communication ends.

Chen Ming soon also got a huge integrated encrypted file on the terminal he gave to the minister of psychic energy.

After decoding, it can be seen that this document contains the personal data of 60 million people.

Every piece of information is extremely detailed, and all of it is obtained with the highest authority of the empire in a form that no one will ever discover.

Chen Ming took a look at it, saved all the data, and gave it to the most important Yuhui in his hands.

This is what he needs.

It was also the reward for the 300,000 photos he had given to the Minister of Psychics before.

And the sources of the 300,000 photos he gave to the Minister of Psychics all came from brainwashed psykers.

In the scarlet dimension, when Chen Ming had a direct confrontation of wills with the brainwashed psyker, the brainwashed psyker actively gave up part of his brain to build a new brain in order to escape.

A brainwashed psyker's brain is composed entirely of the heads of those he controls.

Therefore, when the brainwashed psychic took the initiative to divide his brain, Chen Ming saw the bloody heads inside that he had exposed.

Taking advantage of that moment, he memorized every face that existed in it.

He shared these memories with the queen, and then used the queen's nerves to transmit them to the storage unit.

Technology was then used to repair the faces that had lost their skin and head organs, and all the bloody faces were restored to their normal appearance, and finally the photos of 300,000 people were obtained.

These people are all controlled and influenced by brainwashed psykers.

This is why Chen Ming told the Minister of Psychics a few days ago that he must investigate the identity with the highest authority and in a way that is least likely to be noticed by anyone.

The Psychic Minister did find everyone in the photo.

Most of them have certain status within the empire.

With an identity in place, it’s just a matter of time to confirm their location and social circle.

It's just that the number of people who are truly affected by brainwashed psykers in the empire is definitely more than 60 million, and there will be more.

There are countless faces of human heads on that brain that he has not seen, and the total number must be at least a dozen or even billions.

When the size of the Scarlet Brain exceeds a certain limit, it is difficult to determine the specific number by visual inspection alone.

This is not just about 60 million people.

If Chen Ming wants to take action against these people, the impact will inevitably spread to the entire empire.

This is what the Minister of Psychics and the Grand Consul of the Empire are worried about, but they all have the courage to allow Chen Ming to do this and use the most powerful means to eliminate the poisonous blood of the Empire.

Then how could Chen Ming take the initiative to give in?

The brainwashed psyker dared to let the Crimson invade his planet, destroy his moons, and kill his people.

Then he will definitely take even more brutal revenge.

The Scarlet Invasion is not over yet.

This will never end until Left Path and the brainwashed psykers pay the price.