Chapter 213 Accident

Two days later.

The laboratory dome was thoroughly inspected and found to be intact. ,

The underground of the dome has been tested and the magma has receded, the structure has not been damaged, and there is no problem with safety.

It would be a big problem if something went wrong with something that Chen Ming's psychic power had repaired.

After waiting for the people arranged by Baiquan to rearrange a batch of new green plants, Chen Ming returned to the dome.

The days before continued.

Although he continued to pay attention to Hu Yi's affairs.

But it is not easy for him to investigate now, and there is no suitable way to investigate. The investigation still has to be left to Bai Quan.

He actually wanted to ask the boss.

But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it.

After all, the source of the problem lies with him. It is his existence that causes the conflicts and problems between the boss and Hu Yi.

If he can solve it himself, he shouldn't bother others too much.

What's more, the boss's side is very well-informed. It is impossible for Hu Yi to assassinate him this time without any information from his boss's side.

Since the boss didn't contact him, he probably planned to let him handle it personally.

He has the ability to do it now.

However, it was impossible for Chen Ming to focus all his energy on Hu Yi.

As long as you are a thief for a thousand days, there is no reason to guard against thieves the day before.

Hu Yi was taken away by a psychic. How could he pursue him in such a big empire? We can only investigate slowly and see if there are any clues to follow.

In the process of tracking clues, Chen Ming still has a lot to do.

Not only did he have to create the supporting facilities for the core of Purgatory, he also had to finish writing the thesis.

The researchers and scholars from the Fourteenth Army Corps Headquarters had to be given actual demonstrations and cooperation to test the situation in which the mechanical race was controlled by his spiritual energy.

In the original plan, Bai Quan should have summoned Chen Ming yesterday.

But because of Hu Yi's incident, for the sake of safety, we had to wait until the three-day geologically active period was over.

It was today that Bai Quan sent over a thousand researchers to Chen Ming.

Among these researchers, those who wanted to stay were called to the domed office building alone by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming plans to meet them all in person.

This is not a review. The review has already been done on the resume.

Chen Ming simply met everyone individually so that he could remember their faces.

It only took a while to meet and chat for a few words, so more than fifty people quickly reached the last one.

When the last researcher came in, Chen Ming suddenly said to him: "I remember you, you are the one who wanted to bring the mechanical tribe here before, Lu Kang."

Researcher Lu Kang's tone contained a hint of invisible excitement: "Mr. Chen Ming, do you still remember me?"

"Remember."

Chen Ming happened to see this face on the list of people who applied to stay, so he chose him.

Of course, there is also the reason for his youth. At such a young age, he can act as a representative and listen to him in meetings. People are certainly incapable of talking about technology.

I just don’t know if the people over there will scold him.

There are other researchers who are willing to stay here, and there may be people scolding them where they originally stayed.

But it doesn't matter, the matter of being scolded came to Bai Quan, and it was Bai Quan who brought it up in the first place.

Chen Ming stood up from behind the desk, stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, you are the last one, go out, the others should be waiting impatiently."

"good."

When Chen Ming came outside.

There are already more than a dozen restrained robots placed in the square under the dome.

A large number of large-scale equipment have also been installed densely near these mechanical groups, and someone is doing final debugging near the equipment.

These people, plus the people using the equipment, and the thousands of people watching outside, made the dome seem a bit crowded.

Fortunately, there is a large broadcast screen near the square that displays images of the machine clan and various complex data, so that people on the periphery will not be able to see the specific situation.

Of course, each researcher also directly uses his own terminal to connect to the equipment in the center of the square, so that he can obtain the most accurate data immediately.

The large broadcast screen is mainly for show.

Bai Quan, who had just chatted with Chen Ming, was currently talking to people in the crowd.

He nodded to Chen Ming when he noticed that Chen Ming was coming, and immediately brought an old man who was surrounded by many people to greet him, and introduced to Chen Ming: "This is the director of the Mechanical Research Institute of our Fourteenth Army Corps. , Wu Hao, has made great contributions to the research of mechanical family. "

Wu Hao waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously. All contributions are made by the people of the institute."

Chen Ming has read many papers related to the mechanical family. In recent decades, the name Wu Hao has appeared very frequently.

When he was studying mechanical technology on his own, he also referred to many papers in which he participated.

So Chen Ming took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Hello, Director Wu."

Wu Hao immediately held Chen Ming's hand enthusiastically and said: "Nowadays, the world is dominated by young people. Each generation is better than one generation. This is the wave of history. Everything we can't research will have to rely on you."

"It's overrated. I only gained a little advantage by relying on my psychic powers."

"That's also your talent, but it can't be said to be overly praised."

Chen Ming smiled, withdrew his hand and said, "Then we won't keep Director Wu and so many people waiting. Let's start early and finish early."

After receiving the signal that all the equipment users were ready, Chen Ming went to the center of the venue and approached the mechanical people trapped by the electromagnetic restraint device.

As he approached, he could easily observe the appearance of the surrounding equipment.

It was that these equipment looked like old equipment that had been used before, not newly prepared equipment.

That should be brought by these researchers, not by Baiquan.

The equipment that Baiquan gave Chen Ming a few days ago was 100% new equipment, and there was no mistake about that.

And the types of these equipment were mainly monitoring equipment, which could record the details of everything that happened to the mechanical people.

Although the equipment was a bit old, judging from the number and types, as well as the degree of dense arrangement without mutual interference, it did take a lot of thought.

It can only be said that psychic network, bee colony thinking, individual consciousness, these terms that seem to have nothing to do with machinery have troubled these researchers, scientists and scholars who study mechanical people for many years.

With the opportunity given by Chen Ming now, they can figure out what the mechanical people are all about.

If they don't prepare more equipment, it would be a shame for their hard work over the years.

In addition, there are many devices in this batch that Chen Ming has never seen before, and most of them still emit faint psychic fluctuations.

They are all psychic devices.

Although the mechanical race does not have psychic fluctuations, just like the things controlled by Chen Ming do not emit psychic fluctuations, but after someone tested that the complete blockade of psychic energy is useful for the mechanical race, all the necessary preparations should be made.

I just don’t know what the specific functions of these psychic devices are.

Chen Ming looked at the equipment for a few more times, and then turned his attention back to the Fiery Silkworm that was closest to him.

Although the researchers also prepared samples of various mechanical races, from small to large.

But Chen Ming thought that it would be better to choose something with some iconic features at the beginning. The Fiery Silkworm, which is large in size and very easy to leave a deep impression on the battlefield, is a good choice.

After selecting the target, Chen Ming continued to approach the interior of the electromagnetic restraint device.

All the metal objects on his body had been taken off in advance, so there was no need to worry about being locked.

However, his footsteps suddenly paused in the middle of the way, and then he continued to approach as if nothing had happened.

No one noticed Chen Ming’s little action.

At the moment when Chen Ming reached out to touch the Fiery Silkworm in front of him.

The signal light of the electromagnetic restraint device above his head suddenly began to flash rapidly, and finally went out completely.

The researcher who was controlling the equipment next to him had a brain crash for a moment, and immediately shouted to Chen Ming with a broken voice: "The electromagnetic restraint device is out of order! Get back!"

As soon as the voice fell, the nearby researchers threw away the equipment in use and turned around to run.

The movements were so skillful that it didn't seem like the first time they had encountered such a situation.

The Fiery Silkworm in front of Chen Ming had already escaped.

However, at the moment when the Fiery Silkworm escaped, a small-scale explosion suddenly occurred on its body, and several weak arcs flashed on the surface of the Fiery Silkworm.

This was an electromagnetic pulse bomb that was originally set to affect the mechanical race and paralyze the mechanical race.

But it seemed that because of the venue, the arc of the set electromagnetic pulse explosion was a little too weak.

This power could not completely paralyze the Fiery Silkworm, but paralyzed the surrounding equipment, especially the electromagnetic restraint device, which was the first to bear the brunt.

Fortunately, Chen Ming's hand was already on the electromagnetic restraint device.

The visual sensors of the eleven mechanical clans present, except for the Fiery Silkworm, had just started to rotate and immediately locked onto Chen Ming, who was closest to them and had the highest hatred value.

Their movements froze.

But the Fiery Silkworm that escaped first had already escaped the restrictions of the electromagnetic restraint device, and its movements were a little faster. It sprayed a raging flame at Chen Ming.

Although the other researchers stood at a long distance from the beginning, the flames of the Fiery Silkworm did not cause any harm to anyone else.

But Chen Ming's figure had been completely submerged by the flames.

Bai Quan's original smiling expression disappeared, some bloodshot appeared in his eyes, and anger instantly filled his mind.

But as the scorching red light emerged from the Fiery Silkworm, the flames also enveloped the Fiery Silkworm, the surrounding vegetation was ignited by the flames, and the thick smoke completely covered the square.

The soldiers accompanying the protection immediately surrounded Bai Quan.

They wanted to take Bai Quan to the second underground floor for refuge.

But before they could move, the flames inside the dome dissipated instantly, and the thick smoke caused by the burning of the surrounding vegetation was dispersed by the dome's circulation system in a few seconds.

Chen Ming, wearing a locust power armor, stood intact in the smoke that had just dissipated.

In a place that no one could see, under the armor on Chen Ming's chest, the Purgatory Core was embedded.

The reason why the firelight dissipated instantly.

The Fiery Silkworm, who struggled to break free from the restraints and resisted, had already been lying on the spot like a good dog.

The surrounding electromagnetic restraint equipment had all been controlled by Chen Ming, and the repairs were completed. All the mechanical races were firmly locked in place.

And Chen Ming had analyzed the reason for the sudden failure of the electromagnetic restraint equipment in just a few seconds.

Some parts in the equipment were aging.

This was the source of the danger he had just sensed when he was close to the mechanical race.

Chen Ming had almost made an estimate in his mind when he stopped before. This was another incident that was specially planned by someone.

Although this incident may appear to be an accident, it is normal for equipment that has been used for a long time to deteriorate.

There is no substantial evidence that this is man-made.

But combined with what just happened two days ago, and the fact that the equipment is aging, something will happen sooner rather than later, but it happened at this time.

It's really hard not to suspect something.

Chen Ming firmly believes that there are no such coincidences in the world.

He knew that the incident was definitely not over, but the fact that the second incident happened so soon really surprised him.

In fact, Chen Ming was still considering whether to take the initiative to trigger this danger. After all, he sensed the danger in advance. As long as he wanted to, he could directly eliminate the danger invisible.

And after all, this is on Baiquan's territory. Baiquan must be responsible for any accidents that happen.

It would definitely be best for Baiquan if the problem could be eliminated invisibly.

But Chen Ming thought about it at the moment when his movements stopped, and found that things were not like this for him.

Something must have happened in order to better investigate,

If something didn't happen, then Lieutenant General Baiquan would have no legitimate reason to investigate something that had never happened.

So after thinking that these equipments were most likely brought by researchers who came over, Chen Ming took the initiative to take this risk.

But with so many people watching now, Chen Ming couldn't really say that someone was going to cause trouble.

He just wanted Bai Quan to help, not to slap Bai Quan in the face.

So after Chen Ming got the situation under control, he immediately connected to the broadcasting equipment and broadcast in the dome: "Don't panic, the problem has been solved."

"There are aging parts in the electromagnetic restraint device, causing the restrainer voltage to be unstable and the output power to deviate. The repair has been completed and can continue."

Chen Ming's voice covered the slightly chaotic dome.

The researchers here are also smart people, and they quickly stabilized.

After confirming that there was no problem, everyone quickly returned to their posts to overhaul and debug the equipment as if they had a lot of experience.

Although these researchers of the mechanical race seem to be used to this situation, the mechanical race is indeed prone to problems.

But Chen Ming still didn't think his idea was wrong.

Taking advantage of the time to re-debug the equipment, Chen Ming came to Bai Quan who was talking to someone on the phone.

Bai Quan's expression at this moment was only cold. After Chen Ming came over, he hung up the phone and said to Chen Ming immediately: "This is my problem."

Bai Quan obviously had the same idea as Chen Ming.

This incident was not an accident, but a deliberate arrangement.

Chen Ming was not in a hurry to accept Bai Quan's initiative to take responsibility. After looking around to see if there were no more people nearby, he said, "Not necessarily."

"Let me ask you a few questions. Are all these equipments brought from the headquarters?"

"right."

Bai Quan quickly admitted this, just as Chen Ming guessed.

"Then you don't have many manpower in the field of mechanical research, right?"

"Not much. Although you know the situation here, there is a difference between selecting representatives to attend meetings and relocating the entire laboratory. Our originally small number of researchers are all very busy."

Chen Ming asked again: "Have you checked it?"

"After the most stringent entry scan."

"Oh, that's the headquarters' problem, not yours. It's impossible to tell that there's something wrong with these equipment due to the conditions on your side."

Chen Ming smoothly helped Bai Quan get rid of the blame on his back.

"It doesn't look like Hu Yi did it. He had deliberately restrained himself before and would not affect other people. It is unlikely that such a dangerous machine would be released in such a place with nearly a thousand people. Who do you think did it? "

"Who benefits from it? Who loses from it? Whoever has deeper interests behind all this is likely to do this."

"Do you have an idea?"

"Probably a little."

"Okay, let's talk about it later, there are still things to do now."

Chen Ming glanced at the place not far away where thousands of researchers gathered.

They are all smart people, and they seem to be used to accidents happening while studying the mechanical race.

Just now, the mechanical clan did not have any impact, and there was no stampede accident.

The re-debugging of the equipment is also progressing very quickly, and Chen Ming will soon be able to start controlling the mechanical clan for the second time.

Bai Quan didn't say much when he saw this, he just echoed: "Indeed."

After waiting for a while, Chen Ming suddenly asked again: "Where is Director Wu?"

"He is fine. He was protected by other researchers immediately and was not frightened at all."

"He's the most powerful person here, right?"

"right."

"Well, then the equipment I saw other than the equipment I originally ordered should be brought here at his request."

"Please help me ask him who provided him with the equipment he brought, and who dared to give him the aging equipment."

When Bai Quan heard the word aging, he frowned and promised, "I will ask."

After Bai Quan agreed, the two waited quietly for another ten minutes.

When the researchers on the other side started to disperse around one after another, Chen Ming said: "It's almost done. Get it done as soon as possible. So many people are going to die after me. I'm a little panicked to be honest."

"I'm also panicking. Those who can come to participate are either important figures in the research of the machine race, or have made contributions. If you lose one, you will lose."

"Speed ​​up."

When Chen Ming started to control the mechanical clan this time, there were no other unexpected incidents.

Under the watchful eyes of many people and the monitoring of instruments and equipment, Chen Ming completed the control of the mechanical family.

Some additional testing was completed in conjunction.

All data is recorded and will later be shared throughout the empire.

Baiquan took away most of the people after the incident was over.

The other more than fifty people who stayed and the think tank given by Bai Quan were arranged to move into the dome by Chen Ming and a secretary specially assigned by Bai Quan to help Chen Ming.

Basic living facilities have been arranged two days ago.

There is basically nothing that researchers cannot do to take care of themselves.

Chen Ming just needs to hand over the task to them.

Chen Ming had already arranged their respective tasks when selecting people.

Anyway, this dome has an experimental building and a laboratory. There are so many places, so there is no need to worry about not being able to accommodate people.

These researchers came mainly to participate in Chen Ming's research on the machine race, so Chen Ming arranged for them to take over part of the design tasks of the Inferno Engine.

Revealed some data about Purgatory Core supporting equipment to the assistants.

They are all researchers of the Machine Tribe. Since Bai Quan let them here without reminding him, it means that it doesn't matter if these researchers know about the core of Purgatory.

Of course, Chen Ming did not show the key research results to others. He could only complete the most important part of this thing.

That night.

Bai Quan, who had arranged the researchers, came to Chen Ming again.

Sitting with Chen Ming in a lounge specially designed for him on the second floor underground.

After Bai Quan took a bite of the green souvenir on the table that Chen Ming said he brought when he came here before and found it while exploring outside, he said to Chen Ming: "I asked Director Wu."

"How did he say?"

"The process he said was a little bit bizarre."

"Director Wu said that when he applied, he applied for a new set of equipment. There is no problem with that. I have seen his application form."

"Then when the goods were being loaded, Director Wu said that he had personally gone to the site to inspect and accept them, and there was no problem. There was also video recording and sampling inspection of the process."

"A problem occurred when we disembarked from the ship and unloaded the cargo. At this time, all the equipment became old equipment."

"He didn't have much contact with me. He thought I was getting a kickback and didn't dare to tell me. He just reported it to the headquarters privately."

"Then he arranged for people to check all the old equipment on hand. If no problems were found, he used them."

Chen Ming interrupted: "It's impossible not to see problems with the aging of key parts. Someone among the more than a thousand people must have a problem. We need to check the person responsible for the maintenance of the electromagnetic restraint device."

"I checked it. It was checked by an apprentice led by Director Wu."

"Director Wu's apprentice?"

"Yes, I heard that he is the youngest disciple of Director Wu. He cannot be alerted, so I will leave him alone for the time being. The problem at the headquarters is more serious."

"I don't believe that a batch of equipment can be switched without internal personnel as promoters."

"so?"

Bai Quan was silent for a while and said: "I can only investigate first, but the result... there is no way to guarantee it."

"The more you come into contact with high-level things and politics, the more powerless you feel. In many cases, unless you can get evidence that can directly pull someone down, it will all be false."

Chen Ming asked back: "So you mean there are people in the top ranks of the Fourteenth Army who don't want to see this situation?"

"...just a guess..."

Chen Ming shook his head and didn't delve into it further.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. At least I have good news. With these new people, the Purgatory Core should be finished soon."

Bai Quan's tense expression relaxed a little and said, "I'm looking forward to it."

After Bai Quan left, several people from the think tank also came to Chen Ming's lounge.

Chen Ming had already thought about his rhetoric before, so when he met them, he said directly: "Your idea is feasible, but I need more detailed content."

Yan Ze, the representative of the think tank, immediately said: "We currently don't know much about your psychic abilities. If you need more detailed information, you may need to conduct a psychic test or explain it in more detail."

"I know, that's why we took your photos here. We have a lot of time to chat slowly in the evening."