Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 233 DP-2
Ten minutes later.

In the staff cafeteria in the Simulation Equipment Dome.

Chen Ming was eating breakfast and thinking about what had just happened, while chatting with Bai Quan who was clicking something on the terminal next to him.

The simulated battle was over. Once he finished dealing with the things left in the simulation, it was almost time to get down to business.

There are still a lot of things that need to be done slowly about the research institute and the machine clan.

But just when he was thinking about whether Lou Wei would do something disgusting in the industrial colony, he became a little distracted.

Bai Quan suddenly stopped moving his hand on the terminal, raised his head and asked Chen Ming, "What do you think?"

"What do you think?"

"It's the data you got in the simulation and so on."

Chen Ming looked at Bai Quan strangely, but did not hide it, and said: "They are all very good, and they are all things I need now. It's a pity that I only remembered part of them, and there is no chance for the rest. .”

And if there are no special circumstances in the next simulation, it is basically certain that even with the blessing of extra thinking speed, there will be no problem.

"Oh?"

"Yes, no, the one I'm using should be considered the latest stimulant developed for civilian work."

If it doesn't work, he will pay more attention the next time he performs the simulation, and if he encounters any unexpected situation, he will directly disconnect from the prosthesis.

"It is said that it will increase the possibility of addiction and make people more likely to indulge in accelerated thinking, which is a bit similar to cigarette addiction and Internet addiction."

"With current medical technology, one pill can solve all side effects, so this medicine will have no side effects."

Chen Ming felt a little relieved, and suddenly realized that Bai Quan seemed to have said something special just now: "I know a lot about the devices that speed up thinking you just mentioned, but drugs that speed up thinking?"

Chen Ming glanced at the breakfast in front of Bai Quan. Judging from the quantity, it was indeed much more than him.

There is one question that Chen Ming needs to clarify: "So the limit for deep consciousness penetration is only one month?"

"Compared with drugs used by the military, stimulants used for scientific research and civilian use are inherently milder in nature."

"There used to be a psyker pharmacist who came up with the concept of thought-accelerating drugs based on the thought-accelerating equipment the Empire obtained from that civilization."

Moreover, Chen Ming also has a passive hive mind network that accelerates thinking.

Then Chen Ming would definitely not reject Bai Quan's kindness.

"But the consequences will be more serious. A long period of deep consciousness submersion will cause the brain to be unable to rest for a long time and cause major problems. So if you can't restrain this feeling, then it is not a problem that can be solved by a one-month restriction. In serious cases, you will have to Let’s go through a forced withdrawal.”

Fortunately, Chen Ming thought that his willpower was quite impressive.

"Forehead……"

"Eat more every day."

"In addition, the drug acts on the nerves and brain, so it cannot be strong, so the side effects are of course minimal."

Bai Quan's meaning became somewhat clear. It seemed that he knew what Chen Ming needed most right now.

"But the people who do this only say that suspicion will increase the probability. It does not mean that it is 100% certain, but generally speaking, if you can, don't use it."

Chen Ming quickly asked: "Are there any consequences of using these things?"

Stimulants used in scientific research can speed up thinking, and thinking is closely related to the brain and consciousness.

As long as it does not cause irreversible physiological effects like various stimulants, Chen Ming can overcome psychological problems on his own.

However, Bai Quan didn't have much to say. He thought about Chen Ming's question and said: "Basically, this is the restriction. If there are other restrictions... they are some drugs or drugs that may speed up people's thinking speed. It’s best not to use the equipment before diving into deep consciousness.”

This is indeed an inevitable situation caused by accelerated thinking leading to increased energy consumption in the human body.

If it's just like the addiction to smoking and the Internet, then it won't be a big problem.

"Following his idea, he started researching on military stimulants that were closest to the effect of his idea. Along the way, he researched and derived scientific research stimulants for various researchers, and then this stimulant continued to be derived for some civilian personnel. A stimulant that can be used in any job position.”

"That's it? No more?"

And he has already finished a simulation and nothing happened, so it should be nothing.

"Drugs are much more common than devices."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Other devices can be stopped before participating in the simulated battle, but the hive mind network is not willing to be disconnected.

"Actually, there is still a chance. In a month, you can start the next simulation that requires deep consciousness."

Chen Ming immediately thought of the equipment that he often used that he got from Yuhui, and Yuhui also got various equipment that can increase mental power and spiritual energy from another civilization. These things seemed to be in Baiquan. It's within the limitations mentioned.

Cheng Xinghai only said this before and did not elaborate on other details of deep consciousness penetration, so now Chen Ming feels it is better to ask.

"Just like this, it's what I call a drug that accelerates thinking."

Chen Ming immediately thought of the development prospects of this drug.

Chen Ming picked up the small transparent bottle, looked at the white pills inside and asked curiously: "What about its side effects?"

But now the comparison is with his prosthesis. His body consumes more food per meal than Baiquan eats now.

Bai Quan said as he took out a small bottle of medicine from his pocket and placed it on the table.

Chen Ming nodded slightly, but Bai Quan didn't continue to speak.

He put down the small medicine bottle, pushed it in front of Bai Quan, lit the bottle cap and asked: "In that case, what is the effect of this thing on psychics? What are the side effects?"

Bai Quan opened the lid of the medicine, took out a pill and said, "Let's put it this way, this medicine is very effective for ordinary people like us, but for you psychics, the effect is still a bit weak."

"So one of the hot topics in research on psyker drugs right now is drugs that increase the speed of thinking."

"Have I told you before that you want the doctor to get you a drug list? I will give it to you tomorrow. If you look at it for yourself, you can probably figure out the difference between psyker drugs and ordinary people's drugs in terms of thinking. The difference."

"Row."

After receiving Chen Ming's response, Bai Quan directly stuffed the medicine he had just taken out into his mouth and continued to deal with the breakfast in front of him. It seemed that he had no intention of continuing to talk for the time being.

Chen Ming took the initiative to bring up the topic and asked, "What will happen to Lou Wei in the future?"

"There is a supervisory department within the Fourteenth Army. I have just submitted evidence to them. Now it is estimated that Lou has been controlled by the supervisor."

"But he can also contact other people and ask the people behind him to help fish him out. He will not be beaten to the end. People will definitely still be able to see him."

"Once the punishment process that he should go through is completed and the colony site is selected, we can prepare for subsequent verification."

"Are you okay over there in the colony?"

Chen Ming showed a relieved expression and said: "How can I have a problem with something that is purely beneficial to me?"

"That's good."

When Bai Quan saw this, he didn't ask any more questions and talked about another thing.

"The subsequent compensation plan for the research results you lost in the simulation will have to wait. We have to find professionals to define your losses."

"I guess you should be required to provide some initial content of your research to those people. These people will sign confidentiality agreements and will not leak your research results."

"But because the simulated data is now gone, you have to prepare those data again now."

Chen Ming immediately agreed: "It will definitely be no problem to prepare the data again, but what if Lou Wei delays for a while and says that these are all newly obtained data?"

Bai Quan did not answer, but suddenly asked another question: "Did Xinghai tell you something?"

Chen Ming thought about what Cheng Xinghai said to him just now, and responded: "Yes, she said that part of my data may be recovered."

"It is this recoverable part that can help you prove that you have done these studies. As long as you have done it, you must compensate according to the value of the research and the delay."

"The only issue now is that the recovery time may be uncertain."

Chen Ming immediately grasped the crux of the problem and asked: "What if the data cannot be recovered? I can't just say what I say, right?"

"Of course not."

Bai Quan also immediately denied Chen Ming's idea and said: "But as you just said, if the time to restore the data exceeds the time to re-experiment and get the results, you may even have time to get a new one." As a result, there is no point in recovering the data."

"So, if the data cannot be repaired within a short period of time, then under normal circumstances, this kind of data-level loss will give the institute that lost the data a time limit according to the original time, and restart the research, and it will be given to you according to the progress in the simulation. Twenty-four days.”

"No matter how many new research results you come up with in the past twenty-four days, they can all be included in the lost data and be considered part of the compensation."

"After all, time is also very valuable."

"For example, let's take antimatter technology."

"If Sindar Company was delayed for twenty-four days due to internal mistakes during the last period of research on anti-matter technology, then during these twenty-four days other companies and forces developed anti-matter technology and obtained the rights to this technology. major."

"What do you think will happen inside Xinda Company?"

Chen Ming said without thinking: "Even someone's head can't be saved."

"That's what I mean, so you have to find a professional to estimate the exact amount of compensation. It won't cost people their heads, and it won't cause heavy losses to those who lost their time."

"Of course, your subsequent research results will be calculated according to the situation in the simulation. Things that cannot be done in the simulation will not be counted for you. Only those experiments that can be carried out in the simulation will be counted."

Chen Ming thought for a moment about the loss estimation plan mentioned by Bai Quan, and said: "Even this is an exaggeration. The basis of many research experiments is simulation. What you say now makes me a little bit worried that the data can be repaired." .”

"Whether the data can be repaired mainly depends on luck. If the data cannot be repaired well, this method can be used."

Chen Ming suddenly sensed Bai Quan's hidden meaning from this sentence and said, "It mainly depends on luck. What should I look at that time?"

"I don't know either." After Bai Quan said this, he looked at Chen Ming and both of them had smiles on their faces.

"The data should be repaired, but you can't guarantee that the data will be repaired soon, so start your research first. Even if the data is repaired later, you don't have to spit it out. "

"At that time, we should find half of the people and Lou Wei will find the other half to estimate your final loss and delay."

"The compensation for scientific research funds that Lou Wei mentioned earlier is only the basis, and the bulk of it lies in your research results."

"It's just that the compensation may not be too much for you."

Although Bai Quan said this, Chen Ming didn't feel this way.

After all, the liquidity he has on hand now is less than 5 billion. If Lou Wei can get all the billion he promised just now, it will be equivalent to directly increasing the money on hand by %, which is quite a lot.

"No amount of money is too much, no amount of money is too little, just arrange it."

Chen Ming responded casually.

Anyway, although these things were his losses, he really didn't know how to compensate for them.

After all, what's here is just Chen Ming's prosthesis, and many things must be done according to the rules of the Fourteenth Legion.

So he can just listen to these matters now, and Bai Quan will definitely arrange things while taking his interests into consideration.

Bai Quan had no objection to this and said, "Okay, the synchrotron core I got earlier should arrive tomorrow. I will give you the core together with the list from the doctor then. If you need anything in research, please contact me."

"After the compensation for scientific research funds and the compensation for research content are completed, the colony should be left. At that time, I may have to trouble you to go out for a trip."

"Let's wait for it to be done over there. I guess a few days should be enough. If it's not enough, I'll hurry up."

Bai Quan thought for a moment and realized that there was nothing urgent that he needed to explain to Chen Ming first. He suddenly mentioned something else: "Speaking of which, I feel that your mood swings were a bit violent today. You usually seem to be a very calm person."

Chen Ming explained: "It doesn't matter whether I'm calm or violent. What's important is that Lou Wei believes that although I look calm on the surface, I'm already anxious inside."

"He doesn't know me and doesn't know what I'm like on a normal day. He can't just see me in the simulation for more than 20 days, right? That's too perverted."

"So without knowing my usual attitude, as long as I suddenly show a loophole when he is blank because I question him, he will definitely seize on this seemingly loophole."

"The result is what it is now. He fell into the trap. Of course, there was also the reason why he preconceived that I was cheating."

"I feel that he should have some psychological quality, and his expression will not change when he lies, but he is a little bit awkward when he comes into contact with areas he doesn't know."

"When people panic and their heads twitch, it's bad."

Chen Ming's lucid analysis to Lou Wei made Bai Quan somewhat surprised and asked: "Have you ever studied psychology?"

"That's not true. It's just some experience I learned from my boss."

"Wu An..."

Bai Quan briefly recalled what he knew about Wu An, and suddenly remembered that Wu An seemed to have graduated from a psychology major, and his psychic abilities were also related to this aspect.

Then it is normal for Chen Ming brought out by Wu An to have some skills in this area.

Bai Quan didn't ask any more questions. After continuing to chat with Chen Ming for a while, he suddenly finished his breakfast and hurriedly left the cafeteria in advance with the terminal.

Chen Ming also left the canteen soon after and boarded the shuttle boat docked at the edge of the dome.

He should be able to do something else this morning.

The accelerated thinking last night caused him to stay up all night with both his prosthetic body and his main body, making it difficult to concentrate.

It just so happened that Baiquan had to write a lot of reports on this matter, and there was a high probability that he wouldn't be able to spare the time, so he simply stopped going to class in the morning and prepared for what he was going to do next.

While Chen Ming was thinking about what to do next, he boarded the shuttle boat, took off, and headed for his dome.

Ten minutes later.

The general appearance of the research institute's dome appeared in front of Chen Ming's eyes in a cloud of volcanic ash.

At this moment, Chen Ming, who was still a little confused, suddenly became energetic.

Because not far away, there was a deportation-class cargo ship traveling in the air, flying towards his dome with a look of drunkenness.

Looking at the sign on the outside of the spaceship, it is a cargo spacecraft that transports the individual materials of the machine race that Chen Ming needs.

Chen Ming instantly thought of a possibility.

His eyes flickered, his face darkened, and he immediately sent the video of the shuttle boat recorder to Bai Quan.

At the same time, he turned on the communication equipment of the shuttle boat and sent a communication request to the spacecraft in front that would hit the dome in less than half a minute.

However, just as he expected, there was no response to the communication.

Although this deportation-class cargo ship has a streamlined operating system, there are usually only about ten people on board to drive it.

But Chen Ming knew very well how unlikely it was for ten people to drink too much together, so something must have happened on the ship.

Chen Ming took a deep breath, and the metallic liquid overflowed from the void around him, surging and wrapping around Chen Ming, condensing a locust powered armor on his body.

At the same time, the shuttle boat was overloaded and modified in an instant, and its engine exploded at several times the speed and rushed towards the destroyer-class cargo ship.

Under Chen Ming's control, the shuttle boat deftly drew an arc and directly hit the armor on the top of the cargo ship.

Chen Ming withstood the impact and jumped out of the shuttle boat, landed on the top of the spacecraft, reached out to touch the armor of the spacecraft, and instantly took over the cargo spacecraft.

After controlling the spacecraft to slow down and hover, the top armor of the spacecraft suddenly rippled like water, and Chen Ming sank directly into it, landing in the cab of the cargo ship.

The door of the cab is closed tightly, and the communication request signal is constantly ringing in front of the console.

And in front of the console, there is only one person sitting here.

His trembling hands instinctively held the joystick, but his whole face looked intoxicated, as if he had just experienced something pleasant.

This is why the spacecraft was flying crookedly just now.

2. Chen Ming has seen similar situations in several documents he has read.

He frowned and stepped forward, opening the driver's eyelids. You could see that the driver's pupils were slightly dilated and covered with dense bloodshot eyes.

And at the ends of the bloodshot eyes, they all have an unpleasant light pink color.

"Sure enough, smoking...no, injecting illegal drugs."

Chen Ming glanced at the ground next to him. There were four or five needles with pink liquid remaining here.

Chen Ming has seen this kind of thing more than once. It is a stimulant code-named DP-2 within the army and is extremely addictive.

The driver was injected with this which caused him to look like this disgusting now.

And if Chen Ming doesn't come to take over, then this destroyer-class cargo ship will definitely hit the dome, causing huge losses.

Even if Chen Ming could react immediately and protect all personnel, the loss of equipment would definitely not be small.

Although this appears to be an accident caused by the driver being a drug addict who suddenly fell ill and overdosed on stimulants while at work.

But with such a dose of stimulants, Chen Ming believed that it was a premeditated suicide.

So this is again a targeted plan.

Chen Ming sighed. He really didn't understand why someone had to disgust him.

He thought to himself that he didn't seem to have provoked many people in total, right?

It was only Zuo Jing who took the initiative to destroy Zuo Jing's plan and was resented.

But the others were caused by others taking the initiative to provoke him.

Chen Ming sighed and turned his eyes to the driver again.

Then Chen Ming noticed that the driver's breathing was gradually becoming weak, as if he was dying due to an overdose of stimulants.

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly thought of another thing.

Did the driver actively inject these stimulants, or was he passively injected?
Active or passive?

If it was on the initiative, there would be nothing to say. It would just be a dead soldier sent by someone who didn't know who it was.

But if it is passive...

Then he can't die yet.

Chen Ming immediately dragged the driver off his seat, laid him flat on the ground, and tore off the work clothes on his arms.

Several fresh pinpricks appeared in front of him on the driver's right arm.

In Chen Ming's continued inspection, Chen Ming found no other traces of doping.

That said, it could even be the first time a driver has used doping.

There is a high possibility that he was passively made like this.

Then it is even more necessary for Chen Ming to treat him.

But Chen Ming glanced at the warehouse and various cabins of the cargo ship. There was nothing that could be used to treat this situation urgently now.

He can only rely on one thing to treat the driver now.

Zerg technology.

(End of this chapter)