Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 379: Rational Application of Superluminal Technology
Chen Ming carefully looked at the resume of this man from the Fifth Legion.

He was originally a researcher trained by the Fifth Legion.

The Fifth Legion left after the last chaos in the Caimo Star Domain.

He himself has no connection with Zuo Jing, but because he has a close relationship with someone who has a close relationship with Zuo Jing, he is not brainwashed like others, but a very senior believer of Zuo Jing.

Therefore he was forced to retire.

Judging from this resume, this person seems to be fine.

It was only because he was too deeply involved with Zuo Jing that the Fifth Legion had no choice but to force him to retire and then arrange a civilian job for him.

As long as he did this job, he could continue to keep in touch with the legion, which would be considered as having some background in the Fifth Legion.

But for this researcher, such a gap seems a bit hard to accept.

So he did not go to the company assigned to him by the Fifth Legion, but chose to build a new small laboratory by himself and take over other projects.

It seems that he still wants to go back to work in a place with status.

However, he definitely couldn't go back to the Fifth Legion.

So in the end, the director of the Psychic Institute had this person in his talent pool.

Overall there is no problem, but the title of the Fifth Legion made Chen Ming frown.

He had had conflicts with the Fifth Legion before.

Although there was no direct conflict, the relationship was definitely not good.

Even though Chen Ming's current ability is enough to threaten the empire, the other side still has no attitude.

Chen Ming was too lazy to travel across half the empire to investigate these issues, but he still felt a little unhappy when the people from the Fifth Legion showed up in front of him.

Although it is not a bad thing to steal the Fifth Legion's talents, the fact that this researcher was still given special care by the Fifth Legion after being forced to retire because he was too deeply involved in Zuo Jing's affairs shows that he is at least a capable person.

The fact that he chose to temporarily work independently after knowing that he could not return to the Fifth Legion also shows that he would definitely not be bound by the Fifth Legion, and there would be no problem for him to join other research institutes with military or government backgrounds.

The director of the Psychic Institute definitely thought so, which is why he added this person to the list.

But Chen Ming really didn't like the Fifth Legion. After all, what happened before was still vivid in his mind.

Whether it is the first thing or the last thing.

Although the final impact was quickly suppressed, Chen Ming still remembered what they had done.

Ultimately, he now distrusts anyone in the Fifth Legion.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Ming would not suspect someone without reason.

But the project he is recruiting people for now is the research on the nightmare of the plane, which is very important and very dangerous.

Chen Ming thought about it and simply pulled out the list of everyone, raised the review standards, and looked at it again from the beginning.

Confirm what needs to be confirmed, and review what needs to be reviewed.

If you can pass it, it's a skill; if you can't, then there's nothing to say.

After that, Chen Ming had to give travel expenses and other things to everyone who passed by to ensure that everyone could reach the newly rented galaxy.

He joined the project team for which he had arranged the research direction and team leader in advance.

But he only showed a little trust in the beginning.

Most of the project team members have to open their own limbs or join a project team after becoming familiar with the limbs of the Plane Nightmare.

The laboratory will provide them with resources and environment, so the final benefits of their achievements will be shared by the project team members and the laboratory to which the project team belongs.

This can be regarded as one of the manifestations of the development of Chen Ming's extraordinary laboratory.

A mature laboratory must have a similar structure to ensure long-term operation of the laboratory.

He will only keep his attention on a few key projects, including the psychic shield.

After all, these are the technologies that Chen Ming can really use.

After reviewing the list of personnel sent by the director of the Psychic Institute.

The people from the climate modification department also gave Chen Ming a prepared reply.

Chen Ming made some brief preparations and drove a new Supremacy that was prepared for them to the space station where they were stationed.

The High Point had just pulled into port.

Chen Ming saw a crowd of people in the port, and various equipment almost filling up the port's unloading area.

With doubts, he opened the cargo hold of the spacecraft and walked down the spacecraft himself.

A researcher who looked to be in his thirties came forward immediately.

Chen Ming had seen the website of the Ministry of Climate Change in advance. He was the director of the department.

The minister came up and extended his hand to Chen Ming enthusiastically: "Mr. Chen Ming."

Chen Ming stretched out his hand and shook his hand, then asked, "I saw it on your website, and it seems like you only have about 300 people in total, right?"

“Yes, it’s all here.

"..."

"It doesn't matter. We don't have many missions this year anyway. It's our honor to help you."

"I'm glad you're okay. Get on the boat. We might have to go a long way this time."

The minister waved his hand behind him, indicating that they could start arranging robots to move the equipment onto the ship.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, Chen Ming heard some scattered conversations among the crowd, who seemed to be talking about the Seed of Life Project.

Chen Ming silently thought about the Seed of Life plan and the purpose of this trip without saying much.

He simply took the minister to the captain's room and handed over the control of the spacecraft to him.

Afterwards, Chen Ming used the old method to teleport the spaceship directly to the Origin Galaxy, and then used the wormhole to reach the world on the other side.

Although Chen Ming can use his own psychic energy to teleport between the empire and the world behind the wormhole, the distance beyond the observable universe means that the cost of doing so even exceeds the upper limit of his ability.

Anyway, the effect of passing through a wormhole is similar to direct teleportation, with little difference.

At most, when passing through the wormhole, Chen Ming had to explain to the minister why the wormhole that the spacecraft had just emerged from was flying along with the spacecraft.

When the Supreme Point, carrying a group of people from the Climate Transformation Department, arrived in the galaxy where the planet Gaia was located through a jump.

Everyone went straight into the state and began to debug the equipment that had been prepared on the way, so that they could start the pre-climate transformation investigation at any time.

The minister in the captain's room gradually became serious after entering the galaxy: "Mr. Chen Ming, this galaxy gives me a very strange feeling."

Chen Ming had an expression that said the minister was talking nonsense, and there was no need to elaborate on his thoughts on the state of the galaxy.

"I know that, but I don't have the right means to investigate now."

"No, no, no, I'm not talking about stars being weird right now, I'm talking about other aspects."

"From the data you obtained before and the data we are observing now, the changes in the state of stars in the galaxy are very drastic, they only happen in a short time, and then they are over."

"Such a dramatic change in a star cannot possibly leave no traces. Apart from anything else, where did the energy that suddenly decreased in the star go?"

"Flare?"

"It's definitely related to that flare."

The minister said a little embarrassedly: "We did not take a good look at your data when you gave us the task just now, but we have checked it carefully later." "There is definitely something wrong with the flare, but we are not sure what the problem is. We need a more detailed investigation."

"Among the equipment we brought this time, there is equipment for observing stars. As long as the flare phenomenon occurs again, we will definitely be able to figure out what is going on."

When modifying the climate of a planet, one must definitely take the influence of stars into consideration, so it's no surprise to Chen Ming that they have these devices.

All I can say is that things that should be left to professionals should be left to professionals.

Chen Ming nodded at the minister and talked about another matter that might have an impact on the investigation of the galaxy.

"Oh, by the way, do you remember the wormhole we just came out of? It will probably take half a day for it to get here."

"what?"

In the minister's daze and Chen Ming's explanation.

The zenith was rapidly approaching the planet Gaia.

Start descending towards the surface from the planet's orbit.

At certain intervals, people from the Climate Transformation Department would drop out a detector fixed at a certain height.

Detectors are placed at different altitudes from outside the atmosphere to the surface of the earth, just to obtain the most detailed data on the planet.

At the same time, it can also be used as a comparison with the data from Chen Ming's last test.

Although the Minister of Climate Change has already believed that there is no problem with the data provided by Chen Ming, the necessary procedures must be followed, which shows respect for the work.

Judging from the data fed back by these deployed devices, the planet's environmental conditions are really good. As long as the impact of the blizzard can be eliminated, this planet will be an extremely suitable planet for human habitation.

However, the minister still could not see the specific manifestation of the conscious existence of the planet that Chen Ming mentioned.

Chen Ming did not directly answer his question, but just asked him to record the data first and he would know later.

The spacecraft lowered its altitude until it was above the planet's snow layer.

All surface and air data have been recorded.

Only the data of Aixiadi needs to be recorded.

Chen Ming had already mentioned the existence of the giant tree forest.

Therefore, underground operations require the deployment of external working equipment, passing through hundreds of meters of snow, and continuing to dig underground.

Taking into account the efficiency of this mission, Chen Ming's existence, and the wormhole that will be arrived in less than half a day.

The minister chose a more efficient, but also more dangerous approach.

He got on the spider-shaped all-terrain reconnaissance vehicle directly and personally led a group of people to form an underground environment reconnaissance team and go underground.

The spider-type all-terrain reconnaissance vehicle can be said to be synonymous with flexibility and stability.

Enough to complete the task of collecting planetary data.

The rest of the people continued to monitor the equipment that had just been launched on the spacecraft, and also continued to install new monitoring equipment at different locations on the planet.

Ensure that the data does not contain errors.

In addition, another group of people entered the highest point and took other spacecraft to the vicinity of the star to install special devices for detecting the conditions of the star that were more specialized than some of the general models of reconnaissance devices that Chen Ming could get.

The spider-shaped all-terrain reconnaissance vehicle quickly went deep under the snow and, like Chen Ming before, followed the trunks and roots of the giant trees to the underground world.

Since the minister is here in person, Chen Ming certainly won't be idle either.

However, after the group entered the underground world, he did not stay there, but opened the hatch and jumped out directly.

"Mr. Chen Ming!"

"Don't worry about me, just record the data."

Chen Ming waved to them and walked away.

When he came here before, he stayed here until he was needed to be picked up by the Climate Transformation Department.

Besides the fact that it is really comfortable to stay here, it is also because he is trying to communicate with the consciousness of the planet.

Although the effect was not ideal, the planet's consciousness seemed to be very weak, which resulted in him being unable to find someone to communicate with.

But you have to try.

What if they communicated?

Once communication is established, things will be easier afterwards.

On the spider car, a researcher at a device console suddenly called out "Minister".

The minister turned around and noticed that he looked very surprised, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

“Environmental indicators are changing rapidly”

"How did it change?"

“It has become…more adapted to the human body.”

"what?"

"Yes, really, this underground ecosystem was already habitable for humans to survive here, but it continues to become more hospitable."

Chen Ming's voice also came from the intercom channel: "Did you see it?"

"This is what I call planetary consciousness. I prefer to call this planet Gaia."

"Gaia..."

The Minister of Climate Transformation knows the well-known mythological figures, especially those closely related to the earth.

Of course, he also knew that mythological stories were just for listening, and in fact this situation was closer to psychic power or similar existence.

Although the Minister is not a psychic, he knows that these things that are beyond the limits of normal people have existed for a long time and have methods that ordinary people can understand.

So he asked: "The concept of planetary consciousness is still too general. Since it can adjust the environment, there must be a means of adjustment, right?"

"Indeed."

Chen Ming said: "It should be those luminous plants that produce most of the light needed by the organisms in the underground environment. The luminous plants may be controlled by the planet's consciousness."

"But it seems that these plants cannot connect back to the planetary consciousness, so I am also trying."

Samples of luminous plants were collected and tested as they passed by.

Indeed, these luminous plants that exist in the underground world maintain the stability of the entire ecosystem.

It is because of their existence that this planet was named Gaia by Chen Ming.

And these things have special value to their department.

But the minister feels that the time is not right yet.

Then the conversation continued on to the question of the planet itself.

"Mr. Chen Ming, do you know when a star will undergo a dramatic change?"

"I remember I sent you data. According to the situation on the planet Gaia, this incident happened about five years ago."

The minister certainly knew that Chen Ming had written this in the document he sent them. He asked this question just to lead to his next sentence: "I have an idea."

"Since we already know the time when this happened, why don't we jump to a place five light years away and conduct optical observations here?"

(End of this chapter)