Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 330 Proposal
"Like phased weapons."

The director responded to Chen Ming's question: "There is no need to explain much about phase weapons. The means by which the normal universe attacks the phase space is equivalent to sending things from the normal universe into the phase space.

"On the contrary, a ship in phase space does not necessarily need to use phase weapons, which is very interesting."

Chen Ming asked, "How is the research progress of phase weapons?"

"Slightly ahead of the phase ship"

"Because when phase technology was just developed, we suspected that the mechanical race had phase ships. Although this news was just confirmed, the first thing we started was to research phase weapons."

Sending ammunition or lasers fired by weapons into phase space is indeed a way to enter phase space, but unfortunately this is only for weapons.

Chen Ming now doesn't want to send the phase weapons into the phase space to cause trouble for the phase beast, especially after seeing that the mechanical race's phase weapons had no effect and were instead slapped to death by the phase beast.

"anything else?"

"Yes, a phase space communication device."

The director was very familiar with all phase-related technologies and immediately explained to Chen Ming what he had just mentioned.

"Phase space is different from hyperspace. Hyperspace can maintain a stable connection with the normal universe environment."

"But in phase space, ordinary communication systems will be interfered with very frequently and severely."

"In order to maintain a stable connection between the normal universe and the phase space, we have previously developed two methods to maintain normal contact."

"One is to use the phase stand to construct a special environment that connects the normal universe and phase space, so that the device inside has the characteristics of existing in both the normal universe environment and phase space at the same time."

"By building a communication anchor point on this basis, we can ensure communication between the two spaces, which is almost the same as a superluminal communication base station."

"The other is a device that can transmit sound into the phase universe."

"The latter is not very meaningful. There has been no progress since the research was conducted, so we mainly focus on the former."

That’s what the director said.

But when Chen Ming heard about the device that transmitted the industry to the phase universe, he couldn't help himself.

This is exactly what he needs right now.

"Can I see the device that transmits the sound?"

"The device isn't here, but I can have someone bring it to you. Do you need it now?"

"It would be best if it could be quicker."

"it is good."

The director agreed and immediately helped Chen Ming contact someone to deliver the device.

After explaining the situation to others, he said to Chen Ming: "In fact, as long as no one enters the phase space, there are many other methods."

"For example, we have the technology to send items directly into phase space, but after sending them in, we must use a phase ship to bring them out."

"In fact, Yu Hui has used a similar technique before. If I remember correctly, it has something to do with you."

Chen Ming nodded and said, "Indeed, but I also remember that the mechanical race didn't seem to have a very good grasp of this technology at the time."

"Yes, it's a good thing they lost a lot, otherwise the empire might be facing an enemy that cannot be observed now."

“So do you want to see this technology?”

“This is not needed for the time being.”

Chen Ming rejected the director's kindness. All he needed now was the sound-making device.

Because he had left something in the phase space after the phase ship he was controlling entered the phase space.

These things could serve as anchors, allowing his psychic powers to bring more things directly into phase space.

If Chen Ming wanted to contact the phase monster, he could just build a cruiser and make a jump...

Wait, Chen Ming suddenly realized another problem.

If a ship in phase space makes a jump, what will be the difference between that in a normal universe environment?
Chen Ming quickly asked the director again: "Wait a minute, this technology you just mentioned can be given away for anything, right?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever sent a cruiser?"

"That's not the case, because the amount of matter consumed when sending something into phase space is proportional to the mass of the thing sent in."

"Plus, if we want to get it back, we have to rely on a phase ship, so we haven't tried to send a cruiser in. We have only tried to send an ordinary ship in."

Chen Ming was a little surprised that the research institute had actually tried this, so he asked, "What happened to those ships in the end?"

"As long as the spacecraft is in operation, it will slowly generate radiation energy, so it will either be shut down permanently or destroyed due to radiation energy overload during operation."

"Later, we used the phase ship to send in some tools to cut up those ships, and at least brought back the wreckage."

"When you ask this question, you must be thinking about the problem of phase space transition, right?"

Chen Ming did not deny it.

The director continued to say to Chen Ming: "We have also considered this issue. In our opinion, everything in the phase space corresponds to that in the normal universe environment, so the spatial coordinates are of course the same."

"And the jump engine has no way to penetrate the barrier between the normal universe and phase space."

"So wherever you jump, you can only jump to that coordinate in the end."

"This is our current inference. The true situation will depend on future research and experiments."

Chen Ming understood.

Fortunately, he actually has no idea of ​​driving the boat directly to make contact. He now wants to use the device the director mentioned to transmit sound directly from the normal universe to the phase space.

After all, next, he mainly wanted to communicate with the phase beast.

And communication requires sound.

Although the problem of sound transmission may need to be solved by then, after all, the medium of phase space will not only affect the radiation energy system of the spacecraft, but current research has not found any additional special effects.

Therefore, these media cannot transmit sound. If Chen Ming wants to communicate with the phase beast, whether it is a spaceship robot or something else he sends, it will definitely be in danger.

So Chen Ming's idea was to rely solely on the sound transmission equipment given by the director.

This way, even if something goes wrong, his losses will be less.

Seeing that Chen Ming looked thoughtful, the director did not say anything more.

However, while waiting, he suddenly noticed that Chen Ming's gaze was no longer as thoughtful as before, but was fixed on the phase ship where experiments were being conducted in the distance. It was obvious that Chen Ming had thought clearly about what he had just been thinking about.

So he took this opportunity to ask Chen Ming: "Did your robot have any special feelings when entering the phase space?"

Chen Ming withdrew his gaze from the phase ship, turned around and said to the director: "Yes, yes, I also think it is necessary to say something."

Even if the director doesn't ask about this matter now, Chen Ming will take the initiative to talk about it after the experiment is over.

There is a lot to say about the conflict between phase space and scarlet dimension.

"But I want to ask first, is there any connection between the phase space and the dimension that caused the dimensional infection?"

The director was stunned when he heard Chen Ming's question: "Why are you talking about dimensional infection?"

“Because I think they are a bit similar.”

The director considered Chen Ming's words carefully. However, in his opinion, there was actually no profound connection between the phase space and the dimension that caused the dimensional infection.

On the contrary, hyperspace and phase space are more similar.

So he could only say: "It's not clear. We don't have any data in this area yet, and we haven't conducted any research."

"Our army is mainly engaged in the development of phase ships, and the development of derived phase technologies is done by other research institutes that cooperate with us."

Chen Ming's expression became more serious, and he said, "Is that so? Then I think I need to find a few people to come over and listen to what I'm going to say next."

The director also sensed a hint of seriousness in Chen Ming's words.

He knew very well that if Chen Ming told him that he was looking for someone, the person he was looking for was definitely not an ordinary person.

I'm afraid that just now Chen Ming's robot sensed something that was definitely related to dimensional infection when it followed the phase ship into the phase space, otherwise Chen Ming would not have needed to ask him the question about dimensional infection just now.

If phase space is related to dimensional infection, then what Chen Ming is going to say next will definitely be very important.

The director thought this through and took the initiative to suggest to Chen Ming: "Do you need me to help contact some people?"

Chen Ming didn't expect that the director would take the initiative to bring this up.

He originally thought that he needed to say a little more to make the director believe him.

Unexpectedly, the director seemed to have figured it out in advance.

However, Chen Ming did not rush to ask the director to find someone. Instead, he pointed to the experiment going on next to him and asked, "Is this one okay?"

"It's okay, just leave it to my two deputies."

"Okay, then try to find people who are related to dimensional infection and phase space technology. We don't need too many, just people who can make decisions on certain things."

Although Chen Ming did not think this matter was urgent, there was no point in being anxious after all.

Before he discovered the connection between phase space and scarlet dimension, phase space and dimensional infection were two completely unrelated things in the eyes of everyone in the empire. Conducting subsequent research and analysis based on Chen Ming's discovery was not something that could speed up the overall progress by simply moving quickly.

So Chen Ming originally wanted to wait until the experiment was over and the work was done before talking to the director about this matter.

But since the director took the initiative to bring it up and even went to help find someone, Chen Ming didn't mind being quicker.

After arranging the person in charge of the follow-up experiments, the director took Chen Ming back to the space station of the Ship Research Institute and arranged a meeting room.

Chen Ming met the president on the way, and the president quickly agreed to attend the meeting.

Then he contacted the director of the Psychic Energy Research Institute through He Gu, who also agreed without any objection. Although He Gu said that the people at the Psychic Energy Research Institute were unhappy with you because Chen Ming went to the Ship Research Institute to hold a meeting with their people, it was not a big problem.

Then Bai Quan, Qiu Bowen and Chen Ming also called out.

Although Bai Quan and Qiu Bowen seemed to be very busy because of the information about the Mechanical Clan he provided, Chen Ming had new news to share, so they had to come over.

In short, Chen Ming felt that he had found all the people he could find, and the rest depended on whether the people Chen Ming found attached importance to the situation that Chen Ming had briefly described when he contacted them.

The director said that he had called over all the other persons in charge of phase ship research cooperation.

However, since the president was the main person in charge of Dimension Infection, and the president had contacted Chen Ming, the director did not contact many people in this regard. It did not have much impact.

However, after knowing what Chen Ming was going to talk about, Qiu Bowen contacted the governor of Caimo Star Domain, the same governor who had faked his death before.

Although Qiu Bowen had targeted Chen Ming before, he was still relatively reliable when handling official matters that had nothing to do with interests.

Even the head of the Caimo star field, who was in the process of rebuilding the Caimo region, could spare him some time.

The Caimo Star Region is the first place where the dimensional infection started, so there is really no problem in contacting him.
In this way, Chen Ming called in several high-level officials from different organizations, even the top and second-in-command, in just half an hour.

They gathered together at the Ship Research Institute, in the meeting room prepared by the director.

Of course, it is in the form of holographic projection.

There are about twenty people in total.

Whether it is the Psychic Society, the Legion's Psychic Research Institute, or the Legion itself, they all seem to attach great importance to Chen Ming and have brought some important people with them.

However, the only people in the conference room were Chen Ming and the director of the Ship Research Institute.

The holographic projections of these twenty or so people were looking at each other. Through the reasons why they were called, they could roughly see the reasons why others were also called.

After Chen Ming was sure that no one else would come, he cleared his throat and said, "I won't waste any more words. There is only one reason why I called you all here."

"I discovered that the phase space is connected to the dimension of dimensional infection. The phase space can suppress dimensional infection."

Although He Gu, who was called by Chen Ming, knew that Chen Ming had called them here for this reason, he still asked, "Are you serious?"

This was to help Chen Ming start a conversation so that it would be easier for him to continue speaking.

Chen Ming also nodded at him and said, "I can't be calling you just because I'm bored, right?"

"Just now, I cooperated with the director of the Fourteenth Legion's Ship Research Institute to conduct a phase ship experiment."

"The phase ship carrying the robot I controlled entered the phase space, and the phase space gave me feedback through the robot, suppressing the mark of dimensional infection on my body."

"When I am connected to the phase space, the mark on me will not work."

"This is enough to prove that phase space has an impact on dimensional infection, and it is a positive impact for us."

After listening to Chen Ming's story, the president gave him a puzzled look.

Chen Ming also reacted suddenly.

The president's psychic power is related to spatial ability.

Since the president was able to throw the entire galaxy infected by the dimension into an unknown space, he must be able to set foot in the phase space.

He must have been in there, and he definitely didn't feel the impact of the phase space on the dimensional infection mark at all.

After all, the dimensional infection mark will not be affected. What will actually be affected is the scarlet dimensional rift in Chen Ming's consciousness space.

The president must think that Chen Ming is talking nonsense, so he is looking at Chen Ming like this.

Chen Ming immediately winked at the president, indicating that he would explain it later.

The president didn't say much, and cooperated with Chen Ming and asked: "What is the specific feeling?"

"There will be a heavy pressure on the consciousness as if coming from the entire phase space, which will suppress the consciousness and the dimensional infection at the same time."

He Gu added, "Are you sure it's not because the phase space is not closely connected to the dimension that causes the dimensional infection that you have the illusion?"

"No."

Chen Ming immediately denied it: "If the situation is as you said, then I shouldn't feel this way."

"Because it was my robot that entered the phase space, and the phase space gave me pressure through the robot, I came to this conclusion."

"If it's because the phase space is not closely connected to that dimension, I shouldn't feel anything at all."

"so?"

"So I think phase technology is an extremely important technology that deserves more investment."

"So what do you want to do by calling us here? You don't want to attract investment, do you?"

Chen Ming silently gave He Gu a thumbs up in his heart. His questions helped Chen Ming quickly get into the topic of his meeting today.

“I just felt the need to unite.”

"It's impossible for me to produce results on my own in studying the relationship between phase space and dimensional infection."

"I just experienced that feeling myself. I can't systematically understand all those things and show them to everyone, especially since it not only involves dimensional infection, but also phase technology."

"So, I need to get all of you here, to connect those of you who are unlikely to connect otherwise."

"I don't think the President's Council of the Psychic Society has any intersection with the people from the Ship Research Institute, nor do I think so, and I certainly don't think the President's Council of the Caimo Star Region has any intersection with the Fourteenth Legion."

"However, most of the people present here are related to me, and either have something to do with the dimensional infection..."

Chen Ming said this and looked at the president and the star domain chief.

"...or it has something to do with phase space technology..."

He then looked at where the Ship Research Institute and the few people the director had brought were sitting.

"...or it can play a key auxiliary role."

He looked towards the Psychic Research Institute and glanced at Qiu Bowen and Bai Quan, who found himself doing nothing as he was called over by Chen Ming just to make up the numbers.

"I'm sure you all know that what I just said will only benefit you and not harm you."

"And when you go back and do research, you will more or less take into account what I said today and devote yourself to research."

"But this kind of research involves multiple fields, and not all problems can be solved by one organization alone."

"I think everyone knows how difficult it is to do research on your own."

"Not to mention that if I hadn't been there, the entire empire would probably not have done any research on the connection between phase technology and dimensional infection until phase technology was developed."

"If you guys can't get in touch, the result will most likely be that the effects of the dimensional infection will continue for quite some time."

Chen Ming's words were very clear, and the people present agreed with what Chen Ming said.

The empire is so vast that even people of the same level may not necessarily meet each other once in their lifetime.

But the head of the Caimo Star Region suddenly asked: "How do you prove that what you said is correct?"

This was Chen Ming's first contact with the director of Caimo Star Domain.

It can be seen that he cares deeply about this matter, and his attitude also shows that he really wants to believe that this is true.

But he must be responsible for the star field, he must raise questions.

The president chimed in, "He is the second-in-command of our Psychic Society who is responsible for researching dimensional infection. I am the first-in-command."

The Star Domain Chief was not affected by the president and said firmly: "Identity cannot be used to prove anything. People make mistakes."

Chen Ming felt that the Star Domain Commander was speaking to him as well as to himself.

But Chen Ming will not make mistakes on things that have already been verified.

He had already thought of a method that others could accept.

"We can conduct an interactive experiment of phase space and dimensional infection"

"The phase space can suppress the mark on me, and of course it can also suppress anything related to infection in any other dimension."

"Anything more specific?"

"It's simple. Find a pregnant woman in a high distortion rate area, bring her to the phase space and keep her alive, and observe the fetus in her belly."

A person from the Ship Research Institute raised his hand and asked, "Doesn't the distortion of dimensional infection begin when you get pregnant? Can we experiment with those who are already distorted? If you get pregnant in the phase space, there will be many deviations, and the experiment will be meaningless."

Chen Ming responded: "The distortion period of dimensional infection is not as simple as being infected and then being distorted."

"Deformation will only occur when the embryo develops to the point where it has developed brain nerves and a weak sense of consciousness."

The same person asked, "But doesn't this mean that the earlier dimensional infection did not affect the embryo? Can the experiment still be carried out?"

"It's not what you think. In fact, the fetus has been affected at an earlier time point."

"According to our association's research records, all fetuses in the infected area of ​​the dimension, no, all fertilized eggs, have been affected."

"Even if the pregnant woman is transferred outside the empire, as long as the fetus develops to the point where the brain nerves appear, it will still be deformed."

"So we need to find a fetus whose brain nerves have not yet developed, and send it and the pregnant woman to the phase space for a period of time to see if there will be any distortion after the brain nerves develop."

The people brought by the Star Domain Chief objected to Chen Ming's idea: "It's too slow, and it's hard to find pregnant women."

"Before, due to the large-scale emergence of deformed babies, many regions have already started government-funded free abortion laws to prevent the birth of deformed babies or the death of pregnant women due to fetal deformities."

"Who would give birth to a baby with a 100% chance of deformity?"

"The probability is eighty to ninety, too. Unless it's close to the empire's border, the probability is thirty-four, forty-five or fifty. Then there might be people who would take a gamble."

What the person brought by the Star Domain Commander said is indeed correct.

It is terrifying just to hear that an entire star region or even dozens of star regions are forced to perform abortions to prevent the birth of newborns.

But some things have to be done.

If someone objects, then Chen Ming's choice is to directly remove the roof: "There are also quick methods, artificially create dimensional infection, and then send the source of dimensional infection into the phase space for testing. Who dares to come?"

"Isn't there a less dangerous way?"

Chen Ming couldn't help but smile in his heart. As expected, he had to lift the roof before people would listen to what he said.

"The source of the infection in that dimension of Caimo Star Region has died, and all its derivatives and derived individuals will probably die soon. As of today, there is a high probability that no one has survived."

"Dimensional infection is indeed dangerous, but unless we create new dimensional infections, it seems to me that we can only test it through pregnant women affected by dimensional infections."

While everyone present was thinking about Chen Ming's proposal in silence.

The Star Region Chief, who had remained silent since he asked the question just now, suddenly spoke again: "No, there is more."

(End of this chapter)