Chapter 363 Natural Disaster

After all the things in the mechanical star field were done.

Chen Ming's consciousness returned to the bodies before he stepped into the trap of the mechanical tribe.

His prosthesis on the front line immediately opened its eyes.

But he was no longer in the command room, but on a hospital bed.

He was sent to the hospital.

Bai Quan's voice sounded from the side: "You woke up, the doctor said you are in very good health."

Chen Ming sat up and waved to Bai Quan.

"Don't rush to ask if you have anything to ask. I want to talk to a few people, and I will talk to them at that time."

"Okay, who to find?"

"Those related to psychic power and two dimensions. It's better to have more people in the legion, and Qiu Bowen should also be called."

"Qiu Bowen may not be free."

Bai Quan said: "He needs command. The counterattack of the mechanical tribe has suddenly become fierce just now."

"It's okay. This is just the last struggle of the mechanical tribe. You can fight casually after this wave."

Bai Quan was about to ask Chen Ming how he knew it, but then he thought of Chen Ming's words "Don't ask".

So he really didn't ask, just said: "Then I'll go prepare the connection."

But Chen Ming stopped him again and said: "No, I need to have an offline meeting."

Bai Quan was puzzled: "You are looking for so many people, how can we have an offline meeting?"

"Just find the president."

Bai Quan's expression suddenly became serious. The content of the meeting that required the president of the Psychic Society to personally call people to convene would definitely not be simple.

At the same time as Chen Ming's prosthesis woke up.

At the Ship Research Institute of the headquarters, Chen Ming's robot also returned to its previous appearance.

The meeting room was still the same as before.

After noticing that the robot was moving, the two institute directors immediately looked at Chen Ming and said: "Finally back, we have just discussed the results..."

But Chen Ming waved his hand: "Don't rush to talk about this, I have something more important to tell you."

More than ten minutes later.

Chen Ming efficiently called all the people he thought needed to be called.

Including the Minister of the Psychic Department, some people affiliated with the Empire and Fanchao Research Institute were also called by Chen Ming.

Except for the people who were already in the Fanchao Research Institute, everyone else appeared in the Fanchao Research Institute with the help of the president's psychic power.

This was a position designated by the Minister of the Psychic Department.

The institute also had a conference room, so it was directly given to Chen Ming to use.

Although the Empire's attitude towards Chen Ming had been determined before, it was to treat him coldly and let him do whatever he wanted, as long as he didn't mess around.

However, when Chen Ming took the initiative to propose that there was something important to announce, and he also asked the president to help bring people.

And just as he said last time, he had never taken the initiative to cause trouble.

The people Chen Ming found had to give him some face anyway.

An Wuping was also called over of course.

It can only be said that it was fortunate that An Wuping was at night before, and when Chen Ming regained consciousness, it was rest time, otherwise there might be problems.

How could he continue to chat with the Minister of Psychic about the sharing of biotechnology like now.

Even the boss was brought over by the president, sitting next to the president and watching silently.

The meeting room was soon full, and the number of people did not continue to increase.

The president didn't seem to want to continue using psychic energy.

Originally, he didn't want to come, after all, the mechanical tribe was counterattacking fiercely, but considering that what Chen Ming said might be important in ten minutes, Qiu Bowen, who came with Bai Quan, asked the president next to him: "Where is Chen Ming?"

The president said: "He said he would come by himself."

As soon as the president finished speaking, Chen Ming pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in.

Ordinary people in the conference room didn't see the problem.

But a few psychics, except the boss and the president, had a flash of surprise in their eyes.

They instantly understood Chen Ming's situation.

The head of the psychic department, Luo Yi, was the first to greet Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen Ming, we meet again so soon, how did you do this...?"

"You will know soon."

Chen Ming greeted the people in the conference room.

He looked at An Wuping, stared at Luo Yi for a few more times, and came to the main seat at the conference table.

He inserted a storage unit into the computer and started playing the whole process of his troubles in the mechanical tribe's territory in the conference room.

Only a part of these videos were recorded by Chen Ming himself.

The rest relied on the mental connection between the Queen and Chen Ming to share the vision, and then used the device to read the Queen's memory and record the images and sounds.

In this way, even if Chen Ming's body is destroyed, the subsequent situation can still be fully recorded.

"As you can see, I led the Zerg fleet to attack the capital of the Mechanical Clan."

"As for why I can directly attack the capital of the Mechanical Clan, I have compiled the things that An Wuping and I have done in the Mechanical Clan star field in recent times into a file and put it on the computer in front of you. If you are interested, you can read it yourself. I will continue to talk."

Everyone in the conference room clicked on the computer in a very unified manner, and at the same time looked at An Wuping next to him.

An Wuping picked up the water cup in front of him and drank it silently, saying nothing.

This tacit agreement made everyone present think about it.

And when the people in the conference room who could read ten lines at a glance finished reading the results created by the Zerg in these days in the file placed by Chen Ming.

The few people who were originally a little curious about what Chen Ming was going to do all stopped whispering.

At the same time, they couldn't help but look at An Wuping twice more.

The power of the Zerg fleet looked really terrifying.

However, the protagonist of this meeting was Chen Ming.

So everyone still looked at the video that Chen Ming put on the big screen in the conference room.

The video was playing at an accelerated speed.

It quickly went through the whole process of Chen Ming's attack on the capital of the mechanical race.

When they saw that there were only nine motherships and a large number of destroyers and escorts on the screen, and no cruisers that the mechanical race could use.

Everyone was basically sure that everything on the computer was real.

However, Chen Ming's focus was obviously on when he successfully reached the surface of the planet and discovered the surface devices and the underground laboratory.

So these contents were quickly skipped.

When Chen Ming passed through the destruction area and entered the laboratory.

He explained: "That is the destruction core of the mechanical race's destroyer."

The existence of the destroyer was mentioned by Chen Ming a long time ago.

Previously, the Mechanical Tribe had used the Destroyer to clash with the Black Mist Zerg.

So the Empire, which had been monitoring the Black Mist Zerg, had of course seen the effects of the Destroyer in action.

They knew how powerful the Destroyer was.

So when everyone heard Chen Ming say this, everyone suddenly became alert.

"What are they going to do with the Destroyer?"

"Isn't this obvious? A trap."

In the video, Chen Ming decisively stepped into the trap prepared for him by the Mechanical Tribe and touched the Destruction Core.

A wave of turbulent destruction swept across Chen Ming in an instant, but Chen Ming did not seem to have changed at all.

"The power released by this thing..."

"It's enough to kill me many times, right? But I'm still alive, just in a different state than before."

Bai Quan didn't quite understand the topic between the psychics, and asked, "Why is it different?"

Chen Ming stretched out his hand to Bai Quan and said, "Shake hands."

Bai Quan didn't understand what Chen Ming meant, but still stretched out his hand.

But his hand went straight through Chen Ming's body and landed in the air.

"This!"

"As you can see, my body is gone, and what's left is only my consciousness."

"But you just..."

"That's a fake body made by An Wuping, for temporary use. Why do you think I ran to the legion when I was still weak before? Obviously I have the confidence."

Seeing that Baiquan seemed to be worried about something strange.

"Don't worry, no matter which body it is, it's the same, and An Wuping also stores my genes. If necessary, he can help me create a stronger body."

Everyone looked at An Wuping again.

Seeing An Wuping drink a sip of the freshly brewed tea and nod slightly, everyone turned their attention back to Chen Ming.

Luo Yi asked meaningfully: "So you are different from An Wuping, right?"

Although this question has a very obvious direction, answering it can obviously help Chen Ming explain a lot of things, so he answered it truthfully.

"Not exactly the same. He relies on the hive mind network to achieve the aggregation and splitting of consciousness, while I am a pure independent consciousness. Of course, I have mastered the honeycomb network technology of the mechanical race."

"Keep watching, the key is behind."

Although his body collapsed, Chen Ming still struggled to control the destruction core.

But the people in the conference room couldn't see what this meant.

After all, just watching the video record would definitely not show that the power of the destruction core is acting on space and destroying the barriers between spaces.

They could only see that Chen Ming seemed to have a lot of ideas about the destruction core, and he was still holding on to it even though his body was destroyed.

But Chen Ming didn't rush to explain, because the phase behemoth leader soon appeared.

When the first mechanical mothership was suddenly fanned into two sections by an inexplicable force, the perspective of the video switched to space and then to the phase space.

Cut off the scene of Chen Ming integrating his own power at this time, so that everyone in the conference room could only see the process of the phase behemoth leader wreaking havoc.

Several people from the research institutes were excited at once and wanted to say something to Chen Ming.

However, Chen Ming did not give them a chance and signaled them to continue watching.

After the patriarch killed all the motherships of the mechanical race, it entered the surface of the planet.

It landed near Chen Ming.

And the field of vision returned to Chen Ming.

As soon as the perspective was cut back.

Chen Ming saw a bloody mouth swallowing his consciousness.

A few seconds later.

The body of the phase behemoth patriarch, who had just destroyed nine motherships of the mechanical race with extremely powerful means, suddenly froze and almost lost his life in an instant.

"This is fucking..."

Qiu Bowen, who knew the combat power of the mechanical race motherships best, subconsciously wanted to swear, but he still restrained himself.

Chen Ming explained: "I touched its consciousness strength, and it was obvious that its consciousness strength was not good enough."

"By the way, this phase behemoth patriarch has entered the scarlet dimension for about a few minutes."

"So although its power has become stronger, its consciousness is close to collapse, and it is not difficult to deal with it."

"That's not a big deal, the next one is the key."

Chen Ming eliminated the clan leader, suppressed the destruction core, and repaired the damage to the destruction core.

Naturally, the core of destruction was also taken away.

And when the core of destruction left its original position.

The cracked space gap finally appeared on the screen.

Although the rupture in space was being repaired by something, several psychics and researchers studying space technology present immediately felt something was wrong.

Luo Yi asked again: "What is this?"

"This is the gap in the space barrier created by the destruction core, connecting the phase space... and the scarlet dimension."

"What!"

"Isn't it?!"

There was a commotion in the conference room.

Chen Ming said nothing and waited silently for the others to finish arguing.

After the conference room became quiet, he said: "I don't think I need to lie to people, it won't do me any good."

Luo Yi struggled for half a second between belief and disbelief, and finally chose to believe. He also directly grasped the key to the problem and asked: "Does this mean..."

"Yes, the Scarlet Dimension can already lock the position of this dimension through this gap. The sequelae of the dimension infection will start to expand from this gap and will never stop."

"What I'm doing is using the consciousness of the phase beast leader - which is what it does - to temporarily repair the gap, as you can see."

"temporary?"

"Yes, it's just temporary. Someone needs to be dedicated to guarding and repairing it here. Otherwise, once this gap breaks, you should be able to guess the consequences."

"Even if you have blocked it, will the sequelae of dimensional infection still occur?"

"Yes, but there is also good news. This place has gaps in three dimensions at the same time. It is also a very interesting place. It should be used for research, but it is a little bit dangerous..."

The director of the Legion Psychic Research Institute subconsciously said: "This is not a question of danger or not, is it?"

Chen Ming spread his hands: "It can only be said that it is fortunate that the core of destruction was exploded in the star field of the mechanical tribe. Otherwise, the location of the gap would be here in the empire, which would only be more troublesome."

"Is there a way to eradicate it?"

"I don't know. It takes time to study, whether it's my time or your time."

"I think it's not enough for me to do this kind of thing alone. The empire must work together to study it."

"That's why I will inform everyone here."

"Otherwise, if we continue to let this gap remain, the final result should not be a dimensional infection, but a dimensional invasion."

"That was a true act of God."

"I know you are all suspicious, but I have told you the coordinates. If you are willing, go check it yourself and take safety measures."

"Tell me one more thing."

Chen Ming ended the video screening and took out a storage unit the size of a brick.

"I also got something on the Machine Clan's territory."

In this storage unit, the star map that Chen Ming obtained from the mechanical tribe is stored.

The people in the conference room suddenly felt a headache. A storage unit the size of the tip of a pinky finger can maintain the basic operation of a cruiser.

What's stored in such a brick-sized storage unit?

The size of the storage unit used by Chen Ming when playing the video was normal, so taking out this brick now was definitely not a trick.

Chen Ming conveniently modified his computer. This ordinary office computer was connected to the external server he usually used, which made it easier for him to open files and prevent the computer from being burned out.

Even so, everyone in the conference room waited for a long time before the files in the storage unit were completely opened.

"Let's see."

"This is our universe."

This star map document records data on a huge cosmic structure.

And this cosmic structure contains everything the empire occupies, and more, more.

That's why Chen Ming didn't react immediately when he saw it.

Because there are a large number of galaxies on this star map that are beyond the Empire's perspective and cannot be reached under normal circumstances, that is, places that exceed the Empire's observable universe.

Of course, it is not completely impossible for the current empire to observe, it just requires access to some faster-than-light means.

It wasn't until Chen Ming discovered the territory of the empire on this star map that he knew he had seen a broader world.

But it's more than that.

When Chen Ming just obtained the star map, he discovered that the empire's position had been marked on the star map.

Also marked are the locations of the areas occupied by all the mechanical races.

All, or in other words, all in this universe covered by this star map document.

Very close to the borders of the empire.

It's hundreds of millions, billions or even tens of billions of light years away.

It can only be said that there are mechanical races almost everywhere in the entire star map.

No matter how remote, small or barren the place is, they are there.

No matter how carefully you search, no matter how much you expand your field of vision, you can only see the mechanical race.

The only ones that exist on this star map are the mechanical race.

And the human empire seems to be surrounded by endless machines.

Chen Ming had searched carefully just now, but he could not find any trace of other civilizations on this star map.

He didn't know whether it was because the mechanical race had no records, or whether the universe was really lonely and only humans had developed civilization.

He preferred to believe it was the latter.

Because although the machine race is a ferocious race, that ferocity is only aimed at humans.

Academically, it is believed that the Machine Tribe is targeting humanoids, because according to the remains of the Shining Civilization discovered by the Empire, the main species of the Shining Civilization are likely to be humanoids.

Moreover, the mechanical race has no special hatred for ordinary creatures. They can coexist with indigenous creatures on some habitable planets.

Although the mechanical race's own nanorobots will produce toxic substances when operating, the planet with the mechanical race colony will sooner or later become a planet that is extremely toxic to living things.

But they really don't deliberately target ordinary creatures.

Therefore, Chen Ming feels that there is a high probability that the machine race will not harm other creatures. In the universe, they are really the only civilization that exists.

Of course, the Afterglow next door is not yet considered civilized, and they are at risk of being captured by the Empire at any time.

In short, countless star fields on this star map are occupied by the mechanical race.

The distance between some mechanical races is so far that they are unable to communicate with each other and can only have basic understanding of each other.

Even the distance between the nearest mechanical tribe that provided reinforcements to the mechanical tribe here exceeds the diameter of the area occupied by the entire empire.

The distance between the mechanical race and the mechanical race is still quite far.

It's just that after the number and coverage of the mechanical clan are enlarged to a certain scale, the power of the mechanical clan is really too huge compared to the empire.

This is just the observable universe.

In that deeper and darker universe, no one knows what is there.

The star map file was zoomed in and out, completely displaying the same mechanical clan in different places and the empire surrounded by numerous mechanical clans.

Everyone in the conference room became more silent as they watched.

If it were the old days, that would be fine.

But now, the empire has just begun to regain its pioneering spirit. If it wants to restart the pioneering era, heavy shackles and shackles have been put on the neck of the empire.

This is a heavy blow to any ambitious person.

"This is what I got from the Machinery Clan. You know what the Machinery Clan is like."

"If one machine race knows it, it means that all the machine race knows it."

"The mechanical race here has come to an end. You might as well guess whether they will do something? Maybe not long after..."

Luo Yi added for Chen Ming: "The machine tribe will unite and launch an extermination operation against the empire. With the way the machine tribe does things, I have no doubt that they will really do this."

"If such a large number of machine races were to unite... it would also be a disaster for the empire."

"This is also a natural disaster, a natural disaster that threatens the empire more effectively than dimensional invasion."

Luo Yi glanced at An Wuping and suddenly felt relieved in his heart.

Fortunately, they still maintained a quite friendly relationship with An Wuping, and An Wuping did not lose his mind or his thoughts on life while getting along with the Zerg.

Otherwise, the empire may have to face a third natural disaster, and it is a natural disaster that is very close at hand.

Chen Ming glanced at everyone present: "I don't think anyone would say this is my problem, right?"

"Even if the machine race doesn't plan to target me, their destructive core is right there, and sooner or later it will lead to today's results."

"The Machine Tribe has known about the Empire for a long time. If the Empire invades the Machine Tribe, it will certainly be counterattacked by the Machine Tribe."

"No one wants to cause trouble for me, right?"

"of course not."

Luo Yi also knew that Chen Ming was disgusted by all kinds of people, so he immediately assured him.

Chen Ming nodded: "Okay, then this is what I have come to talk to you about today."

"That's it. If you don't understand any details, you can ask me now or later."

"If you want to quickly verify whether what I said is true or false, I have a quick way."

"Meeting dismissed."