Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 267 Obsession
Chen Ming soon returned to the spacecraft where he had set up the autopilot system in advance and headed for the orbit of the planet's atmosphere.

Chen Ming had locked the location of the laboratory before and kept the spacecraft directly above the laboratory after entering orbit.

There is no rush to go near the abandoned corpse pit which is some distance away from the laboratory.

Because he had previously separated a portion of the metallic liquid and left a mark there, so far nothing has happened near the pit.

He just needs to go to the lab.

The laboratory's peripheral main control and database systems are already under control. When he goes to the laboratory, he only needs to ensure that the peripheral database is still intact.

However, the experimental data from the Mind Beast Project located deep in the laboratory is also very desirable.

A research that can resist the erosion of dimensional infection is impossible without interest.

It's just that he hasn't been able to determine whether something happened in the deepest part of the laboratory.

In fact, it would be a good thing if something happened, because then he only needs to deal with the psychic beast, and the remaining database database in the laboratory should be incapable of being touched.

It is best to enter the deepest part of the laboratory as soon as possible.

But it won't work if the data is overwritten.

Chen Ming has always been conducting strange research on his psychic powers.

After a burst of turbulent airflow, the spacecraft entered a vacuum state.

In the underground laboratory on the surface of the planet, Zuo Jia was conducting an experiment called the Psychic Beast Project.
The two laboratories are independent of each other, but they are also connected to each other and carry out various exchanges that require mutual verification.

The spacecraft that was hovering at the top of the planet's atmosphere suddenly opened its hatch.

It just so happened that the president gave him a piece of information about the last dimensional infection that was impossible to read in a short time two days ago. It can be said to be absolutely comprehensive information.

And if there was only one source of dimensional infection, then when Chen Ming dealt with the source of dimensional infection on the space station, the dimensional infection would have been completely solved.

He had long wanted to try a solo entry into the atmosphere.

Since Zuo Jing has verified that the contagiousness of dimensional infection can be completely blocked with the help of silent alloy and some other materials, will there also be traces of dimensional infection underground?
Although this probability is very low, after all, dimensional infection is not triggered as long as there are clones, but occurs randomly on clones.

For example, Zuojia sent troubles caused by dimensional infection, such as those aberrant stomach monsters, to underground laboratories for related experiments.

So is it possible that the reverse situation exists?

Directly restore deleted data.

However, unrecorded dimensional infection incidents that were directly eliminated in the early stages do exist, and there are a lot of them.

Cloning experiments in various laboratories are still ongoing.

And if the equipment has lost its basic structure, such as being completely melted into iron blocks or ground into powder, it will also become irreparable.

Chen Ming leaned half of his body out of the hatch.

Don't think about whether the left-wing elements may do this, just assume that they will definitely do it.

But before Chen Ming really jumped, he suddenly thought of something.

But the problem is that if there are two sources of infection in Zuo Jing, then it will be a little dangerous to continue.

Of course, there was another incident that Chen Ming speculated but did not record, and it happened on the left side of the path.

Chen Ming is still willing to believe that Zuo Jing really has the courage to carry out two-dimensional infections in the same galaxy.

Or, on the basis of the previous steps, destroy the device after deleting the data, and then try to repair it.

Therefore, these unrecorded dimensional infections basically occurred between the first dimensional infection and the ban on cloning technology.
After the first dimension infection incident.

Of course, the danger is not to himself, but to the empire and the cosmic environment.

The final conclusion was that as long as the modules that record data in the storage device are not overwritten by new data, he can repair it.

His psychic powers may not be able to repair the deleted data.

This also includes storing data in a storage device and then deleting the data for repair.

Displayed based on data content.

Chen Ming was not sure if the leftists would dismantle the device if they really deleted the data.

For example, corpses that have experienced the psychic beast project are sent to the space station to test whether the psychic beast can resist dimensional infection.

Chen Ming still remembered the president saying that the empire did not directly ban cloning technology from the beginning after experiencing the dimensional infection for the first time because the sequelae were not discovered so quickly.

Zuo Jing created clones on the space station, tried to cause dimensional infection, and conducted follow-up experiments, and the results he investigated on the space station were indeed the same.

According to records, almost all subsequent clones had physical distortions.
It's just that most of the aberrations of these clones are simply affected by another dimension, similar to the deformities of newborns, rather than actual dimensional infection.

Otherwise, if Zuojia chooses to directly delete the data in the database due to his subsequent intrusion, and also directly destroys the basis of data storage from the physical level.

If you want to enter the depths of the laboratory, Chen Ming just knows the easiest way.

But if nothing happens, he must directly enter the innermost part of the laboratory as soon as possible.

Of course, this is just not certain, not necessarily impossible.

Based on the information he has currently investigated from the databases of the space station and underground laboratories.

Although there were only two recorded dimension infection incidents that actually broke out, one was experienced by the president and the other was experienced by Chen Ming.

After all, this situation has already happened before.

Only a small percentage of clones actually show signs of dimensional infection.

And then of course people die.

Even with the first dimensional infection, each laboratory has prepared follow-up treatment methods before conducting experiments.

But not many of these methods are effective.

In the earliest days, the most effective way to curb the spread of infection in the initial dimension was to directly drive the warship to the entrance of the laboratory, aim large or even main weapons at the laboratory, and bomb directly if there was a problem.

Therefore, even if it is an initial dimensional infection, as long as it occurs, the mortality rate of all people directly involved will be 100%.

After going through many experiments, various laboratories that communicated with each other really obtained some valuable data from the dimensional infection, and security measures were naturally implemented.

It's similar to the silent alloy isolation layer that Zuojia is currently working on.

It is indeed effective and can stop the expansion of dimensional infection.

Moreover, these silent alloy isolation layers can block the continued expansion of dimensional infections that have already occurred, but they cannot block the occurrence of dimensional infections in clones.

The source of the dimensional infection outbreak can be directly sealed into the appropriate blocking equipment in a targeted manner.

Many cloning laboratories in the empire have found perfect and effective ways to deal with it at first glance, and naturally continue to increase their efforts in human cloning experiments.

This situation does seem to be a good thing at first glance.

Isolating the clones can still trigger the dimensional infection they want, and directly sending the people into the isolation room saves a lot of trouble.

However, no experiment can guarantee that there will never be any problems.

The development of science and technology itself progresses through failure.

Once the experiments related to dimensional infection fail, it is likely to lead to the leakage of dimensional infection.

The mortality rate of dimensional infection leaks can be said to be high. To be precise, as long as it fails, the mortality rate is 100%, even for psykers.

No psyker can survive the dimensional infection leaking, even in its infancy.

So far, at the imperial level, except for the president and Chen Ming, there are no survivors who have personally experienced dimensional infection.

In addition, no matter how good the protection measures are, there will always be loopholes. Over time, even if the dimensional infection has been restricted, there is still the possibility of leakage.

Once the dimension infection is leaked, a large number of people will die again.

Later, the wave of deformed children began to be noticed, and the president gradually discovered the connection between deformed children and dimensional infection.

The emergence of sequelae caused the empire to have a 90% malformation rate among newborns for at least the next twenty years.

Even if the empire has cryo-sleep technology, it can extend human life in disguise.

There have been no newborns in the past twenty years, which is indeed a heavy blow to the empire.

Although it is not to the point of direct collapse, if this time continues to be extended, it will be really fatal.

So after half a year of testing and verification, as well as the death of a large number of top scientific researchers.

The empire finally decided to completely ban this technology and seal all relevant information. Only the president and some government officials were qualified to use it.

Of course now, because Zuojiao is suspected to have studied dimensional infection and found survivors who survived the dimensional infection.

Coupled with the dimensional infection that Chen Ming experienced some time ago, the two sequelae are suspected of overlapping.

In order to completely solve the trouble of left diameter and dimensional infection, and carry out targeted prevention.

Some information related to dimension infection has been unblocked in some levels.

Chen Ming didn't know whether Zuo Jing learned about the method of cutting off dimensional infections from the news of being lifted from the ban, or whether he developed it himself.

No matter which one it is, they are definitely now the same as those cloning laboratories in the empire that discovered new phenomena after experiencing the first dimensional infection event and continued to invest in research.

He believed that the isolation method was very safe, and invested manpower, material and financial resources into it without any scruples.

Expanding research on dimensional infection.

These are all supported by historical data as evidence and are not just random guesses by Chen Ming.

So at this moment, he stood in front of the open door of the outer spaceship.

He directly regarded the worst outcome as the most likely outcome, that is, Zuo Jing also conducted a dimensional infection experiment in the underground laboratory.

Judging from this, even if Zuo Jing did not actually do this, he would not suffer much loss.

Chen Ming raised his guard, then mobilized the metallic liquid he left in the underground laboratory, and headed to the closed door at the northernmost core of the laboratory.

Before, he was worried that his own spiritual energy would be exposed, so he didn't dare to break the door directly.

But since he was about to break in directly now, and he also believed that he could directly control the situation and delete information that was not beneficial to him, there was no need for him to deliberately make reservations.

Although the door made of silent alloy material can block the fluctuations of psychic energy, Chen Ming's psychic energy cannot act on it.

But the strength of the metal itself is not top-notch.

It cannot stop physical attacks. Just set the time and let the metal liquid enter a short time before he lands to confirm the internal situation.

If the metal liquid really discovered the dimensional infection, Chen Ming would delay his action slightly.

If you don't find any signs of dimensional infection, just rush in.

After thinking it through.

Chen Ming no longer hesitated, released his grip on the door handle, and jumped off the spacecraft.

Gravity pushed him straight down.

After adjusting his posture in the air, the biomass nozzle behind him sprayed out a large amount of gray-green tail flames, once again providing him with a huge amount of acceleration.

Under the dual acceleration of gravity and biological engines, Chen Ming rushed straight to the ground like a meteor.

The atmosphere of this planet is relatively high and thick.

At this speed, it would take about two minutes to reach the ground from outside the atmosphere.

It happened that the metallic liquid also turned into a metal filament with a thickness of only one molecule at this moment, directly penetrating the silent alloy film at the bottom of the door.

Moreover, the single-molecule structure created by Chen Ming happened to bypass the sensing line in the middle of the silent alloy film and did not trigger this alarm.

This was an unexpected surprise.

But it makes no sense.

Because the big noise he is going to make next cannot be covered up without an alarm now.

As a large amount of metallic liquid entered the deepest part of the laboratory, Chen Ming immediately saw a chaotic scene.

There were corpses everywhere, and flesh and blood tissue that had completely integrated into the metal walls.

Everything related to living things had the heart-shaped distortion that Chen Ming had seen in the corpse pit before.

After the shape itself was used to express love, it was expressed through distorted human tissue or unknown flesh and blood tissue. Even if he had seen it once, it still gave Chen Ming a queasy feeling.

It's not just the nausea caused by sensing the fluctuations of the psychic beast's energy, but the real nausea that makes people physically uncomfortable.

It is this scene that is in sharp contrast to the peace and harmony elsewhere in the laboratory.

Chen Ming held back unnecessary feelings.

The metallic liquid expanded directly underground without any scruples, and quickly found the main control room and monitoring room, which were also covered in flesh and blood.

He hacked into it using equipment made of metal liquid, and instantly took control of the core area of ​​the laboratory.

And through monitoring and dispersing metallic liquid, it was confirmed that there were indeed no signs of dimensional infection in the underground laboratory.

Although Chen Ming did see the corpse of the abnormal stomach monster, it was just a corpse. When the source died, these abnormal stomach monsters would naturally die.

Moreover, the corpses of these deformed stomach monsters were not affected by the surrounding heart-shaped deformed flesh and blood. It seemed that psychic beasts and dimensional infection were mutually exclusive.

When this was discovered, there were still forty seconds before Chen Ming landed.

He even had time to take a look at the database.

The content in the database can only be said to be similar to that on the space station.

When something goes wrong with the Psychic Beast Project, there is indeed a warning from the core of the laboratory to the outside of the laboratory.

However, all these warning signals were blocked by thoughtful people.

If Chen Ming didn't interfere, I'm afraid it would have to wait until the inner spiritual beast developed before people outside would realize something was wrong inside.

Then once the door opens, it's a wonderful experimental process.

This is the left path.

Chen Ming temporarily stopped investigating the database.

There were still ten seconds left before he reached the ground.

Feeling the heat caused by the friction with the atmosphere, he slowly calmed down and prepared for battle.

And inside the laboratory.

Management in an area outside the laboratory had anxiously pulled up a communications channel.

The person in charge of laboratory safety had observed Chen Ming while he was still flying in the atmosphere, and immediately reported that Chen Ming was about to fall overhead.

Of course, they still thought it was just a meteorite at this time.

However, when their high-precision scanners detected the ferocious creature hurtling straight into the ground, they only felt numbness in their scalps.

After an exchange on an emergency communications channel, they discovered they had no means to stop the creature.

Even the psykers responsible for the security of the laboratory could not withstand the impact from the stars.

No one can interfere with Chen Ming's actions.

The moment when Chen Ming, in insect form with red tail flames, hit a flat ground on the planet at a terrifying high speed.

The shock wave visible to the naked eye was accompanied by a huge amount of dust that almost reached the sky, and the roar of the violent impact eliminated all sounds within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

The ground collapsed and collapsed at the core of the impact, leaving only a straight deep pit that led straight to the ground.

After hitting the ground, Chen Ming continued to penetrate thousands of meters deep underground, directly smashing the structure of the laboratory and rushing into the core area that was already covered by the flesh and blood of the psychic beast.

The jet-black carapace exuded a scorching aura, and even the impact brought by Chen Ming's continuous acceleration failed to cause any effective damage to him.

The impact, which was incomparable even to the speed of the gauss cannon's shells, was nothing to Chen Ming.

The scorching heat on Chen Ming's body gradually dissipated, and he didn't care about the possible paths coming from outside, choosing to go directly to the spiritual beast.

Anyway, if Zuo Jing dares to open the door now, he will die. The influence of the psychic beast can even charm him. It is already a luxury for some ordinary people to survive even if they meet him.

Even if there is a left path, there are still psychics here, and the best they can do is protect themselves.

There is nothing to say. Going back to deal with the left path is just a waste of time. It is better to deal with the psychic beast.

Chen Ming walked straight to the center of the laboratory.

As soon as Chen Ming started to act, the surrounding environment began to convey to him a feeling of disgust that made him want to vomit.

Those human tissues that clearly belonged to different people but were adhered to each other made him once again experience what it meant to be disgusted.

Speaking of which, anything related to such extreme psychic powers seems a bit disgusting.

It's all blood and flesh.

Is this some kind of rule?

This thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind, but he did not struggle with it immediately. Instead, he suppressed the thought in his heart and suppressed the nauseating feeling.
Now that everything else is empty, killing the psychic beast is the most important thing.

Through the monitoring system in the deepest part of the laboratory that had not been completely damaged, Chen Ming easily determined the location of the psychic beast.

However, when Chen Ming came here, he found that this spiritual beast didn't look like a beast at all.

Just an ever-expanding lump of flesh.

Through psychic perception, Chen Ming could clearly feel that the core of this spiritual beast was a spiritual stone that had been fused with flesh and blood.

And the nature of the mind beast.

According to the research data Chen Ming found from the database here, the psychic beast is just a by-product of the research on the psychic beast project.

What Zuo Jing is really researching is to use the extreme emotions of the ectoplasm stone to affect the properties of the body. It is not to directly kill people like corpses in a pit, but to coexist with people and ectoplasm stones.

Somewhat similar to parasitism.

It's just letting people parasitize the spirit stone.

It turns people into possessing properties similar to those of ectoplasmic stones, protecting their existence and preventing them from being eroded by dimensional infection.

These psychic beasts are the result of a failed experiment, which is the manifestation of the ectoplasmic stone reversely eroding the human body, and this is the origin of the name of this project.

Seeing the piece of meat slowly squirming in front of him made Chen Ming feel nauseated to the extreme.

Chen Ming couldn't hold it any longer.

Everything he did before was based on safety.

Since there is no problem with safety, there is only the simplest thing left for him to do.

Chen Ming leaned forward slightly and made a forceful movement.

The dark beast flew onto the bloated body of the spiritual beast in an instant.

The spikes that popped up on his arms slid into the body of the psychic beast like a hot knife cutting through cold oil, tearing open a gap big enough for Chen Ming, who was now three meters tall, to fit in.

And when Chen Ming used his strength again.

There was a hole punched through the center of the piece of meat.

Chen Ming appeared behind the meat block.

And what he was holding in his hand was the ectoplasmic stone that adhered to flesh and blood tissue.

Part of the ectoplasm stone has begun to turn into flesh, and there are also some biological reactions.

Some boneless flesh and blood that was almost equivalent to growing on the spirit stone immediately wrapped around Chen Ming's hand after leaving the piece of flesh.

Part of me wants to return to my original body, and the other part wants to occupy Chen Ming's body.

Of course Chen Ming would not let this thing realize any of his ideas.

A trace amount of plasma emerged in his palm, directly charring all the flesh and blood on the ectoplasm stone.

After knocking the ectoplasmic stone on the wall next to it, all the charred flesh and blood tissue was shaken off.

Chen Ming got an ectoplasm stone again.

Its psionic quality is, Obsession.

It has a dark red heart-shaped pattern that looks like dried blood.

(End of this chapter)