Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 336 Inspection

Chen Ming's consciousness once again left the consciousness space and returned to the robot in the phase space.

This robot also survived when Chen Ming used the metal skylight to block the scarlet light. Not far in front of it was the wreckage of the space station, which looked even more dilapidated after being illuminated by the scarlet light.

And at some distance away from the wreckage of the space station, the spaceship illuminated by the scarlet light was still there.

Chen Ming was preparing to go to the space station and the spacecraft.

But he suddenly remembered something and immediately connected to the robot on the phase ship which had disconnected after he concentrated his consciousness.

The phase ship has now been taken out of the phase space by the president's psychic power and is now in the normal universe, not far from its location before the ship entered the phase space.

Next to it is the area of ​​the space station where the light pattern system in phase space has been destroyed and cannot be observed.

And the facilities prepared by the Fanchao Research Institute to pull the space station out of hyperspace.

However, the facility was not activated at this time.

Because now, except Chen Ming, no one can be sure whether pulling the space station back from the phase space will lead to some bad consequences. Before figuring out the situation, no one dares to start the facility.

At this time on those phase ships, Bian Gaoxuan was recording something in the control console of the spacecraft.

When he found that Chen Ming's robot parked next to him had started moving again, he said excitedly: "Director Chen, that's great, you're okay."

"The last time I saw you, you blocked all the scarlet light, and I thought... you were okay."

Chen Ming explained: "It was just that my consciousness was slightly impacted, which caused me to lose contact with the robot. It didn't have much of an impact."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Bian Gaoxuan said this, but he didn't think Chen Ming was telling the truth.

Was it really just a little shock?

He saw with his own eyes the scene where the entire space station was destroyed by those light beams.

And judging from the results provided by the detection instruments on the spacecraft, those light beams not only have physical destructive power, but also have a bad impact on the mind.

If the metal skylight hadn't blocked the light beams, they would probably all have died there.

Experimenting on dead bodies is a common occurrence, even in their Fanchao Research Institute.

It is impossible to say that any experiment related to psychic power is absolutely safe. No matter how good the protective work is, if an accident occurs, you will still die.

Not to mention experiments related to dimensional infection, which would be even more dangerous.

So he didn't think it was an easy task for Chen Ming to block the light with the metal skylight.

But since Chen Ming said so, he certainly wouldn't refute it to his face.

Anyway, it is a real fact that Chen Ming saved him in this failed and somewhat reckless experiment.

Chen Ming may not mention it, but as the person who was rescued, he must give something in return.

However, Chen Ming didn't care too much about Bian Gaoxuan's thoughts. He came here for other things.

"Do you still have the last video footage before the spacecraft evacuated and the last video footage before the space station was destroyed?"

"Yes, but I ordered it to be sealed and no one has seen it."

"That's good."

Chen Ming was also slightly relieved. What he was worried about now was that the video was seen by someone, and the influence of the Scarlet Dimension would be further spread through the video.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

It seems that Bian Gaoxuan is not without vigilance when facing the dimensional infection.

After all, when the empire faced dimensional infection for the first time, the infected organ was the eyeball, and dimensional infection of the eyeball can be transmitted through vision.

So it is of course necessary to remain vigilant when facing visual recording devices such as video.

However, Chen Ming was afraid that other people besides Bian Gaoxuan might not understand, so he explained again: "I suspect that the power of that dimension has the ability to be transmitted through video recordings, so I need to confirm where the video file is."

Bian Gaoxuan immediately sent a document that he had prepared in advance to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming also immediately opened the file and took a look at it himself.

Then he discovered something that surprised him a little.

There wasn't much to see in the ship's video footage, except for some scarlet light that wasn't directly hitting the ship.

The content of the video before the space station was destroyed is quite interesting.

Several surveillance cameras on the space station captured the expanding rift and the eye with multiple pupils before it was destroyed, and sent them to the spacecraft and saved them.

But the content of this video is distorted.

The eyes in the slit seemed to be blocked by a thick filter.

If Chen Ming had not seen the crack with his own eyes before, he probably would not have been able to tell that the thing under the filter in the crack was the eye.

The video has become invalid after it was saved.

However, distortion failure also has its benefits.

There is nothing wrong with this footage, and it does not spread any dimensional infection.

This situation is different from the previous time when Chen Ming controlled the space station and observed the rift in real time through the space station's monitoring. The Scarlet Dimension could spread its power through monitoring.

I don’t know whether this video was interfered by the power of the scarlet dimension itself or the power of the phase space.

But at least one thing that can be confirmed now is that only by directly observing when the rift appears or indirectly observing through certain equipment can the power of the scarlet dimension be observed and affected by the power of the dimension.

"It's okay. There won't be any problem with the video file. Just watch it."

"But the video is probably distorted due to the influence of psychic energy. If you want to try to restore it, you must be careful."

Chen Mingke had no way of guaranteeing whether the video, if restored by technical means, would carry the power of the scarlet dimension again.

Bian Gaoxuan responded solemnly: "I understand."

"This experiment is not a complete failure. At least it proves the conflict between the scarlet dimension and the phase space."

"So what's the situation in the phase space now?"

Chen Ming responded: "I'm just about to go and see it."

He did not hide anything and broadcast the robot's images to Bian Gaoxuan.

But he added some delays to prevent anyone from seeing anything they shouldn't.

The broken wreckage of the space station immediately appeared in Bian Gaoxuan's eyes.

Looking at the space station that was falling apart from the inside, he recorded it and said, "It's like some kind of force exploded from the inside, and then something else clashed here."

"Yes, the power of the dimension infected by the dimension and the power of the phase space are clashing here."

Seeing that Chen Ming seemed to understand the whole process very clearly, Bian Gaoxuan immediately asked Chen Ming: "Director Chen, can you tell me what happened here in detail?"

"The dimensional infected entities gathered together when they were suppressed by the phase space and were about to die. When they ran to the central area of ​​the space station together, they created a rift leading to the scarlet dimension. It should be considered a space rift."

"A spatial rift?"

"Yes, it is different from the dimensional infection we have seen. The dimensional infection is that the dimension slowly seeps in. This rift really opens a rift to the scarlet dimension."

"It is possible to enter the Scarlet Dimension directly through that rift."

Bian Gaoxuan's expression subconsciously tensed up. Apparently he was thinking of the possible consequences of a space rift connecting the two worlds being opened.

"don’t worry."

Chen Ming comforted him, "The opening of the rift is in the phase space and cannot affect the normal universe. Otherwise, how could I still be talking to you calmly now? I would have gone to ask for help a long time ago."

Bian Gaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

"After the rift appeared, a huge eye with multiple pupils appeared in the rift. It is suspected to be a creature that existed in the scarlet dimension."

"The light that I blocked with my psychic power before was emitted from that eye."

"But we still can't block all of them. There's still a ship...wait, that ship..."

Chen Ming hadn't noticed it before, but now he came to his senses and suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the ship.

Bian Gaoxuan also explained: "The ship is full of death row prisoners, and they were originally going to be thrown into the phase space for experiments."

That's fine.

Chen Ming originally thought that the president had made a mistake or was worried that the ship was on the edge of his psychic protection and had been exposed to the scarlet light, so he did not plan to take it away.

But now it seems that he didn't take it away on purpose.

The prisoner is dead, so it's not a big deal.

"Anyway"

After saying that, the robot took a quick look at the wreckage of the space station.
Chen Ming controlled the robot and came to the spaceship that was quietly floating in the hyperspace.

Opening the hatch from the outside
Tearing apart the withered and decaying flesh covering the cabin

What came into view were the corpses of several dimensional infected entities that were also dead.

Chen Ming stepped forward to confirm that the entities had completely lost their activity, then pulled out a data cable from the robot, connected it to the control system of the spacecraft, and read the video footage.

Judging from the content of the video, just after Chen Ming's sky canopy blocked the scarlet beam, the president's psychic power took away the remaining spaceships.

The only ones left here were the prisoners restrained in their respective positions.

They don't know what's going on.

But they soon saw the beam of light penetrating Chen Ming's skylight and shining onto the spacecraft.

These beams do not directly destroy everything around them at close range like a space station.

Instead, it penetrated the outer armor and hull of the spacecraft, thoroughly illuminating every inch of the interior of the spacecraft.

The death row inmates had no time to react at all. They all lost their stable consciousness and fell into madness the moment they came into contact with the light beams.

The properties of the scarlet light are the same as the things that exist in the scarlet dimension, filling every cell of these prisoners with seemingly endless knowledge.

Every cell seems to have its own consciousness and thoughts.

Distortion naturally occurs.

Dimensionally infected entities just appeared on the ship, and each one was a brand new entity.

"It's... scary. Is this considered a new dimensional infection?"

"It can be counted."

Chen Ming agreed with Bian Gaoxuan's idea and said, "It can even be counted as several dimensional infections, but this is in the phase space." "The phase space is very special. It seems to have a unique consciousness covering the entire dimension. It will protect itself and eliminate the invading dimensional forces."

"So these entities did not survive, and they definitely could not survive."

"I see. Then why doesn't our universe have such a dimensional consciousness to protect us?"

"who knows."

Just as Chen Ming and Bian Gaoxuan were watching what was happening in the phase space.

Chen Ming also reconnected the prosthesis at the legion headquarters and made it move again.

Of course, Chen Ming's holographic projection in the conference room also started to move.

The noisy discussion in the conference room and the president's voice reached Chen Ming's ears at the same time: "I thought you were asleep."

"It's just that my attention is all on the robot in the phase space, and I dare not be distracted."

"What happened exactly? I just heard you say you wanted to help rescue someone and then you stopped moving. I could only sense that there were two very powerful forces clashing over there."

Chen Ming thought about it, and after asking Bian Gaoxuan, he walked directly to the main seat and picked up the microphone.

The conference room fell silent amid the sharp sound of the microphone test.

A projection screen next to the conference room then lit up, and video files of the space station and phase spacecraft were played on the projection screen.

Chen Ming then explained to the people on the battlefield what had just happened.

He briefly explained the original experimental process and the unexpected accidents that occurred during the process, explained the existence of the "crack", and the scarlet light emitted by the crack.

At the end of his explanation he released the sky curtain to block the scarlet light.

Chen Ming couldn't help but secretly sent a message to the president using the terminal, saying, "President, your timing in rescuing the people was too tight. Bian Gaoxuan's spaceship was almost destroyed as well."

The president also looked a little helpless, and sent a message to Chen Ming: "There are two extremely powerful forces in conflict in the phase space, and the aftermath of the conflict prevents my psychic power from working inside."

"I was in a hurry too, but it wasn't until you used your psychic power to create a curtain to block the aftermath of the conflict for a moment that I was able to penetrate with my psychic power and take the person away."

That's okay.

Chen Ming didn't even dare to look directly at the power conflict between the two dimensions. His huge mental energy had been exhausted and he was unable to intervene.

It is normal that the president's psychic power cannot interfere across space.

That is, until Chen Ming used the metal liquid made of the silent alloy he had obtained before to block it for a moment, the president was able to take the people away through the aftermath of the conflict between the two spaces.

Wait, speaking of which, Chen Ming remembered that before, everyone on the phase ship seemed to be wearing protective suits mixed with silent alloy.

But the president used his psychic power to rescue the people.

"President, can your psychic power also ignore the Silent Alloy?"

"I can't do it like you."

The president immediately denied Chen Ming's speculation and said, "It's just that if the Silent Alloy exists together with other things, I can use other things to fish out the Silent Alloy."

"But my psychic power cannot directly act on the Silent Alloy. Even the closed environment created by the Silent Alloy can isolate the influence of my psychic power."

“It’s like picking up a hedgehog”

"Don't touch places covered with thorns. But it doesn't matter where there are no thorns."

"As long as they can touch a place without thorns, people can build a hedgehog, so my psychic power can still work through indirect effects."

The principle by which the president can take away people wearing Silent Alloy protective suits is completely different from Chen Ming's ability to directly ignore Silent Alloy.

Otherwise, the president wouldn’t have been so shocked when he saw Chen Ming use psychic power to send a piece of silent alloy over.

Chen Ming was communicating with the president.

At the same time, I also explained to all participants in the conference room what happened in the experiment in the phase space.

Just as Chen Ming finished speaking, the door of the conference room was pushed open.

With the help of Chen Ming, Bian Gaoxuan confirmed that there were no longer any matters related to the Scarlet Dimension in the phase space. He then brought the wreckage of the space station and the remaining spacecraft back to the normal universe through the facility.

At least the device for sending objects in and out of phase space is fine, which is good news.

The wreckage and spacecraft can be studied later, but now...

Bian Gaoxuan came to Chen Ming and said to the others in the conference room: "The experiment failed, but we can learn from it and prepare for the next experiment. Let's leave it at that for today."

"The lab report will be compiled soon. I will send it to you then. If you have any questions, we can discuss them later."

After the conference room was noisy for a while, the holographic projections gradually disappeared one by one.

Only the people sent by the empire's top brass were left. They stood up and walked to Bian Gaoxuan's side and said to him, "This experiment is a bit too aggressive. We need to start from the beginning and do it step by step. Don't rush into large-scale experiments just after understanding the principles of a project."

"Be careful next time. Don't let what happened today happen again."

As a member of the Fanchao Research Institute, Bian Gaoxuan did not mind the preaching of the people in the empire. This was not what the person in front of him wanted to say, but what the real high-ranking officials of the empire asked him to relay.

He nodded in agreement and said that he would report to the research institute later and reorganize the experimental process.

It can be seen that the Fanchao Research Institute is highly tied to the Empire.

The Empire has the authority to issue orders to the Fanchao Research Institute.

After the man from the Empire finished talking to Bian Gaoxuan, he suddenly turned to Chen Ming and said, "You...you did a great job. Keep working hard. The Empire has been paying attention to you."

After all, Chen Ming saved the people who participated in the experiment, so he deserves to be praised.

Moreover, the Empire sent someone to invite him to the last engagement party, which also shows the Empire's attitude.

So Chen Ming just nodded friendly and said nothing else.

The people of the empire did not mind Chen Ming's slightly cold attitude, and the holographic projection disappeared in front of the two of them.

Bian Gaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief after the people from the empire left. Just as he was about to say something else to Chen Ming, his terminal suddenly lit up.

He looked down and said to Chen Ming: "Our research institute is collecting the name of the dimension that was infected."

"Oh, you're asking me, right?"

"Uh...yeah."

Although he is the person in charge of the experiment on the interaction between the scarlet dimension and phase space, the research on the scarlet dimension is actually done by other people in the Fanchao Research Institute.

It just so happened that Bian Gaoxuan had studied phase technology and was later transferred to the dimensional infection research department. He had experience in both directions and had done well in both.

So after Chen Ming discovered that the two dimensions had an impact on each other, he took the initiative to initiate and undertake this project.

But he is certainly not qualified enough to name that dimension.

Only Chen Ming, the only person who has been in contact with the source dimension of dimensional infection multiple times without any impact and is also conducting in-depth research on that dimension, has this authority.

Of course, the president could have named it before, but he never gave it a formal name because he thought he didn’t have enough understanding of this dimension.

When I was doing research and communicating with Chen Ming, I always used that dimension as a pseudonym.

It seems that the president has negotiated with the Fanchao Research Institute and decided to officially name the dimension that is the source of the dimensional infection today.

Today is indeed a special day.

Humanity's research into the scarlet dimension and phase space suffered a serious failure, which is worth commemorating.

"Then just call it the Scarlet Dimension."

"it is good."

Although Bian Gaoxuan felt that Chen Ming was a bit casual, he still sent the name back.

After speaking a few more words to the person through the terminal, Bian Gaoxuan put down the terminal again and said to Chen Ming or to himself: "This experiment is really dangerous."

"But we will never give up on the following experiments. This is the strength we must strive for to fight against it after suffering the sequelae of two dimensional infections."

"pretty good."

Chen Ming responded without hesitation: "The sequelae of dimensional infection may last for twenty years. As long as we can produce results within ten years and shorten the remaining time, it will all be worth it."

Judging from the scale of today's meeting, this matter will definitely be given higher attention in the future.

Chen Ming doesn't have to worry too much for the time being, as there will definitely be a lot of people and resources invested in it.

He can then sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

It just takes some effort to study.

Chen Ming's holographic projection also disappeared in the conference room.

However, his communication with the president was not over yet.

The president asked Chen Ming another question at this time.

"Are there any other details about this experiment that we can talk about?"

Chen Ming had not thought about this question, but in his opinion, the only thing they could talk about was the rift.

An Wuping had actually triggered a rift practice a long time ago, but because the person who experienced it was actually Chen Ming himself, he couldn't tell this matter through An Wuping's mouth.

But since the cracks have reappeared, it is necessary for Chen Ming to make it clear.

Things like this that would cause the normal universe to be connected to the scarlet dimension must be treated with extreme vigilance.

If dimensional infection occurs again in the normal universe, we must be fully prepared.

Speaking of which, Chen Ming thought of something.

In fact, the appearance of both rifts was related to him, and the opening of both rifts did not occur in the normal universe.

One occurred in Chen Ming's consciousness space, which ended with the death of the recipient and left a crack in Chen Ming's consciousness space.

The second time it happened in the phase space, and the result was that the phase space cleared out the invaders, closed the cracks, and even reinforced the cracks left in Chen Ming's consciousness space when the last cracks appeared.

But logically speaking, when the dimensional infection occurred in the past, those dimensional infected entities could have already gathered together to form rifts and opened up.

As long as the rift is opened, with the technology and capabilities currently possessed by humans to deal with the scarlet dimension, there is almost no suitable response plan.

Even during the first dimensional infection, the dimensional infection had already infected the entire galaxy, so why didn't a rift open?

The second dimensional infection, that is, the dimensional infection on Yuhui's side, is smaller in scale than this time, but from the current perspective it is enough to open a rift.

Why didn't they do that?

Is it a coincidence, or is there some other reason?

Chen Ming wasn't sure, but he decided to explain it to the president anyway.

(End of this chapter)