Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 378 Climate Transformation

Chen Ming placed the sensor image sent back by the detection device flying towards the sun in front of him and carefully observed the situation of the flare.

He could see the general shape of the flare, and could only say that it was no different from an ordinary flare.

A large amount of stellar matter is ejected, forming a flare that can be directly observed.

However, this flare was abnormally bright, and the observation methods currently available to Chen Ming were unable to directly see the details of the flare.

And just when Chen Ming was planning to send the highest point reconnaissance device directly to the vicinity of the star to conduct a new round of high-precision reconnaissance.

The flare that was originally on the surface of the star suddenly turned around and re-entered the star.

All of the ejected stellar matter simply fell beneath the star and could no longer be observed.

Although this is somewhat coincidental, it is indeed possible that the stellar matter ejected from the star by the flare that erupted could fall back into the star.

Moreover, as Chen Ming sent the detector near the star, he scanned the star and did not find any subsequent abnormalities.

Although due to the nature of the star itself, it is unlikely that any reconnaissance equipment can directly penetrate into the extreme depths of the star, but if we only look at the outer layer of the star, there is indeed nothing to doubt.

It really seemed like just a normal flare.

Although Chen Ming still had doubts in his mind, he had no choice but to leave more detection equipment to monitor this dim star.

As long as there are new changes in the future, he will receive the news first.

Chen Ming spent a little time and effort to install a large number of detection devices surrounding the star.

At the same time, the exploration ships he had just sent to other planets for reconnaissance also had preliminary reconnaissance results.

The conditions of those planets were similar to that of the planet Gaia that Chen Ming personally inspected.

Except for the outermost planet in the galaxy that is farthest from the star, other planets were not frozen planets like they are today.

They are all affected by the lowering temperature of the star, which eventually led to their current frozen appearance.

Even Chen Ming's exploration ship discovered traces of life under the ice of a planet.

But it's just a trace.

That planet is not like the real Gaia planet where Chen Ming is now, and it does not have such a strong ecological self-regulating ability.

After the planet was frozen, there is no living life on it now, only death.

But even so, this planet is still a planet worth researching and developing.

The same is true for other planets in the galaxy.

Although not as rich in resources as the planets in the Origin Galaxy, both the planets covered with snow and ice today and the planets that were once under the ice and snow are very good planets.

Even if there were no other icy planets in the galaxy, the planet Gaia itself was enough to attract Chen Ming to develop this galaxy.

Chen Ming now has the Origin System as a colony before the wormhole.

Then of course there also needs to be such a place behind the wormhole.

This was something Chen Ming had already thought of before.

It was only when he entered the wormhole and arrived at the world beyond the wormhole.

I just happened to encounter a black hole next to the wormhole, and there was a nightmare of the dimension in the black hole.

Not only does the existence of a black hole mean that it itself has a certain deterrent effect, but the fact that the exit at the other end of the wormhole is near the black hole will also increase the importance of the origin galaxy in disguise.

The colony that Chen Ming built in the world behind the wormhole would at most be a little farther away from the black hole.

But what he never expected was that after he solved the nightmare of the plane, the wormhole ran away.

Originally, Chen Ming was not sure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

But after arriving at the galaxy faster than the wormhole and confirming the situation of the galaxy, Chen Ming felt that this was a good thing.

He could try to build a colony behind the wormhole here, although the two colonies were actually separated by a universe in physical distance.

But they are actually in the same galaxy, a special situation that brings additional benefits to both galaxies.

Just eating full is still unclear about one thing.

That is, since the wormhole is still moving, there is a possibility that the wormhole will continue to move after reaching this galaxy.

It would be very troublesome if the wormhole runs away again.

Of course, Chen Ming is not without a solution, it just will take a little more effort.

But Chen Ming looked at the self-aware planet Gaia where he was at the moment.

When he felt that he was on the planet Gaia, the entire planet was changing itself for his appearance, just to make the planet's environment more suitable for him.

He really needs to find a way to protect the planet Gaia and make it part of his colony.

This planet and this galaxy deserve it.

Chen Ming doesn’t know much about climate modification technology, so he needs to take some time to ask about it. The specific application of this technology will probably take some time.

But he had endured several years to build the colony, so this was not a big deal.

What's more, the consciousness of Gaia will definitely try its best to cooperate with Chen Ming to improve the planet's climate, and the time it takes for climate transformation to take effect will definitely be shorter than expected.

And to be honest, this matter itself will not take up too much of Chen Ming's time.

All he had to do was record the detailed data inside the galaxy and then send the data to a department of the empire called the Pan-habitable Planet Ecological Environment Department.

By the way, let's prepare some funds to support this department in its climate transformation efforts.

The rest is just waiting.

Anyway, the process is not important, someone will help Chen Ming prepare everything.

That is, in the future, there may be some people who need Chen Ming's help to take them to the now frozen planet Gaia to carry out the actual process of climate transformation.

That's also a small thing that can be easily done in the future.

Chen Ming does what he thinks.

He recorded and saved all the data obtained by several exploration ships and stellar exploration devices.

All the necessary analytical data on climate conditions were recorded according to the requirements on the official website of the Ministry of Environment and sent directly.

The Ministry of Environment has a subordinate climate modification department which has always been quite idle, so it is normal for it to take on external climate modification tasks.

After all, there is no shortage of habitable planets within the empire, so the market demand for climate modification technology itself is not large.

The only planets that really need climate modification are those in galaxies that are worth developing, where the climatic conditions are not suitable for human survival but there is a need for landing.

There aren't too many planets like this, so there's no mission to do.

Regardless of whether it is a mission assigned by the Empire, a new colony built by a large company, or some wealthy individuals, there are only one or two people who come to the Climate Transformation Department throughout the year.

So this department is basically supported by a sum of money allocated by the Empire every year, and is specifically responsible for researching climate modification technology, and nothing else.

The result was that Chen Ming heard that they seemed to be bored and started to study automated climate modification technology.

It relies on specially modified equipment or organisms, which can adapt to the ecological environment to improve the planet's climate after being released.

It is said that their goal is to strive to transform all planets in the empire that can be climate-modified into habitable planets at a very low cost.

The project was also named the Seed of Life Project.

There is still no clue about the fate at the moment, and it sounds extremely unreliable.

But Chen Ming still decided to trust this department.

Of course, Chen Ming was not referring to the seeds of life, but climate transformation.

Although he had heard before that climate modification was extremely difficult, there seemed to be not many successful cases in the entire empire.

But after he carefully studied the Empire's technology, he found that there were fewer cases of failure than success.

Or maybe there really aren't that many cases in total.

Chen Ming himself did not use his authority, but he did a casual search and found a total of about two hundred cases of environmental transformation.

At first glance it may seem like a lot, but in the context of the empire, two hundred cases is really nothing.

Among them, there were more than 170 successful cases, 3 failed cases, and the remaining 20 to 30 cases were all terminated and not continued.

There is really nothing much to say about a project with a success rate of nearly 90%.

And he had no other choice.

The empire only has one official department responsible for environmental transformation. Who else can he turn to?
The environmental department responded very promptly.

After confirming the planetary data and requirements sent by Chen Ming, he called Chen Ming directly.

As soon as Chen Ming picked up the phone, the person on the other end said directly: "Mr. Chen Ming, we have received your request and we need to confirm a few questions with you."

"The intensity of star radiation is at least one-third lower than that of stars of the same type. There is no specific data to explain the reason. Do you have any additional information here?"

It looks like the person opposite is a researcher or something.

Chen Ming responded: "When I arrived there, the galaxy was already like this. I can only send you the integrated data based on the situation on the planet. I am not sure about the rest."

Chen Ming really didn't know the reason for the sudden change in the environment within the galaxy.

The best he could estimate based on the snow cover and underground ecological conditions on the planet was that the underground ecosystem was built about three years ago, and the starlight weakened about five years ago.

Don't know anything else.

The only thing worth suspecting is the sudden flare just discovered.

However, he did send over the record of the flare he observed.

Since the people from the climate modification department didn't mention it, it probably isn't something important.

Although the intensity of the star is very weak, it does not mean that flares are completely impossible. Perhaps it is just an occasional phenomenon.

"I understand. Next question, the planet you want to perform climate modification on already has a stable underground ecosystem. Performing climate modification may cause the underground ecosystem to collapse or have unpredictable consequences. This consequence is likely to be negative, so we must inform you of this."

"We will also conduct an on-site inspection at that time to determine the condition of the underground ecosystem and whether the planet is suitable for climate modification."

Chen Ming seemed to hear a bit of professional arrogance from the phone call.

It seems that he doesn't trust the investigation results made by Chen Ming.

Chen Ming also understood.

After all, he himself found out through investigation that the underground ecosystem could only last for a few years at most, and the entire planet's ecological fusion could only take a few years, which was hard to believe.

What else can he say?

He could only casually say: "It doesn't matter, the underground ecosystem is very stable and will not be affected." The people from the Climate Transformation Department seemed to want to say something to correct Chen Ming's words.

After all, in his opinion, climate modification is a dangerous thing that will have an almost irreversible and significant impact on the planet's climate.

No matter what the original climate of the planet is like, the climate will change significantly in the future, and it is normal to cause a devastating blow to the original ecosystem.

Therefore, almost all the planets where they have carried out climate modification are planets where there was originally no ecosystem, so no matter what the result is, it will have no impact.

And if it is a planet that has its own ecosystem.

Whether you succeed or fail, the results can be very bad.

But they really need customers now.

So even though the data sent by Chen Ming seemed to have problems, they did not correct it directly in front of the customer, but instead used a more indirect way to express their confirmation.

When Chen Ming said something that went beyond their understanding, they did not express any opinion.

Anyway, the contract has to be signed in the end, and if there are any problems, they can't be blamed.

The researcher from the Ministry of Environment on the other end of the phone held back what he saw as a question and said, "One last question. What do you mean when you say 'a planet has a strong ability to regulate its ecology'?"

"Literally. I've already told you that you don't have to worry about the original ecology. As long as you can find a way to restore the surface ecology, then do it."

The researcher really couldn't hold back any longer.

The ecological regulation capacity is an objective phenomenon determined by the actual conditions of the ecological environment. It does not mean that the planet can regulate its own ecological environment.

He really wanted to say this, but he didn't say it in order to avoid the customer running away.

Anyway, he has seen many cases of laymen guiding professionals, so this one won't make any difference.

Chen Ming could probably guess what the people from the Ministry of Environment were thinking, but he was too lazy to argue. Facts would prove him right in the future.

"Wait a moment."

The researcher from the Climate Change Department suddenly sounded a little strange. He asked, "Your name is Chen Ming, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Is that Chen Ming?"

"..."

Chen Ming was silent for a moment and did not respond.

But he heard some chaotic noises on the other end of the line, as if several people were busy working there.

At this time, it was the office of the climate transformation department under the Empire's Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

The researcher who was talking to Chen Ming on the phone just now quickly muted the call and looked at the computer of his colleague next to him.

It shows some publicly available information about Chen Ming.

Although there were not many, combined with some rumors they occasionally heard, they found that it seemed that the person who came today was a big customer whom they could not afford to offend, and that this big customer seemed to be more capable than them in some aspects.

They can't understand not because they are wrong, but because they are too inexperienced.

The researcher almost cried as he spoke, and asked anxiously, "What should we do?"

"Call the boss, he might have a solution."

After a while, the researcher suddenly changed his attitude to a new and enthusiastic one, no longer using the businesslike attitude he had just used, and said to Chen Ming: "It's really you..."

"so?"

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Chen Ming. I want to ask you again, is what you just said related to psychic power?"

Chen Ming did not pursue him and said, "I can't be sure. First of all, I really don't know the situation of the stars in that galaxy."

"And I'm not sure whether the planet itself is related to psychic power, but I can be sure that the planet is special. It has self-awareness and can actively adjust the situation on the planet."

The research institute took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen Ming. The problems just now were all caused by my lack of knowledge. They were all my own problems. We can help you with the climate modification for free this time. Please understand."

"It's okay, I don't care."

Having said that, Chen Ming would not really pursue anything.

The research institute breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about what their boss had just said, and tentatively asked Chen Ming: "Excuse me, could you allow us to go to the planet you mentioned to conduct an inspection for a while?"

"The galaxy you mentioned is quite special. It may take us some time to verify whether climate modification can be carried out."

"This... I'm very sorry, but we really can't give you an accurate answer before we come into contact with that planet."

"Alright."

Chen Ming didn't hear anything wrong with this and agreed to their request.

Ask the Climate Transformation Department to prepare the necessary personnel and facilities, and he will send all of them to their destination when the time comes.

Arrangements have been made for climate modification.

Chen Ming immediately moved on to the next thing seamlessly.

That is to find the survivors to continue the last communication.

At the end of the last communication, the survivors took the initiative to initiate a trade request, but Chen Ming delayed it on the grounds that their empire needed to discuss the matter.

It's time to give them a reply.

Chen Ming continued to stay underground on the planet Gaia. He could only say that this planet was so comfortable that he didn't want to leave at all.

He took out a communicator and said to the survivors: "We have already reached an agreement. We can make a deal with you."

The survivors responded at the same speed as last time, but they did not directly mention the Empire's agreement to the deal. Instead, they asked, "Is the person communicating with us the same as before?"

"it's me."

"Okay, nothing has changed on our end. It's still me. You can call me Nami."

This nanometer refers to the noun nanometer in the Shining Civilization. If it is used as a person's name, Chen Ming should transliterate this word.

But transliteration is too troublesome. In order to save some brainpower, Chen Ming directly used the translated meaning of the noun of the shining civilization as a nickname for the "person" of the survivor who claimed to have certain social skills.

After Nano gave his self-proclaimed name, Chen Ming also responded with his own name.

"Chen Ming."

After solving the problem of naming.

Chen Ming went straight to the point and said, "Regarding the way we trade, the Empire has already made a preliminary plan. You can listen to it."

"If you have no objection, just follow this. If you have any objection, you can raise it and we can discuss it again."

Chen Ming showed a more friendly attitude than last time, and the survivors certainly could not refuse Chen Ming's request to listen.

The specific form of transaction was also thought up by other people in the empire.

Simply put, the initial transactions with the survivors were mainly technical transactions.

Both parties designate a technical direction for each other.

For example, physics, sociology, and engineering.

Then list one hundred technologies and select a certain number from them to exchange.

Of course, the specific scope will definitely not be that large, but it will need to be refined to more levels.

For example, the more cutting-edge aspects of physics include computing technology, force field technology, particle technology, and so on.

Choosing more refined technical aspects is helpful for trading to the required technology.

If we only talk about trading technology, then the Empire does make more money, because the technology of the Shining Civilization is indeed stronger than that of the Empire.

So the survivors may not necessarily agree, and the Empire has also prepared a plan No. 2.

However, the reply from the survivors saved Chen Ming a lot of trouble.

"no problem."

This should be considered as their way of showing sincerity again.

As the number of transactions increases, subsequent transactions will gradually become equal and will involve more and more directions.

The gradual evolution from technology to culture and society is an inevitable and foreseeable development.

As for whether such transactions will continue in the future, it depends on the specific circumstances.

The choice of technical direction by both parties in the first transaction was rather special.

The Empire chose the psionic theory of the Shining Civilization, while the Remnants chose the Empire's statecraft and sociological technology.

Chen Ming felt something was wrong when he heard the technology the survivors wanted.

And when he sent the technical direction of the transaction to the Minister of Civilization and Culture, which was expanded from the original Ministry of Culture after the Empire confirmed the existence of the survivors, the gloomy atmosphere and attitude over there seemed to indicate the seriousness of the problem.

Asking for another civilization's national policy right away doesn't seem like something a friendly civilization would do.

Although there are excuses to explain this, such as the Shining Civilization is curious about this aspect of the Empire because of its different political inclinations from the Empire.

But between civilizations, all things cannot be thought of in a good direction.

But we don't have to lose face now. Although the art of governing a country is important, it doesn't mean that problems will arise if it is made public.

Before they really break off relations and cross the bottom line, the Empire and the Shining Civilization will continue to trade in this way.

The deal with the survivors ends here.

But Chen Ming still hadn’t finished his time.

Not only the previous things, but even after Chen Ming talked with the people from the Ministry of Civilization and Culture, he had one more thing to do.

The director of the Institute of Psychic Powers still remembered Chen Ming's needs. In just a few hours, he helped him find a group of candidate researchers and sent the list to him for review.

Chen Ming accepted the document decisively.

He had to finish the work quickly before his wormhole reached the information about the planet Gaia.

Once we get to the wormhole, there might be a lot of things to do.

The list of personnel provided by the director of the Psychic Institute seemed to have been obtained by using his connections, and there were people from all over the place.

But when Chen Ming looked at the list for the first time, he only saw a name that made him feel a little unhappy.

Fifth Legion.

(End of this chapter)