When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying on a hospital bed in the Highest Point's own medical facility.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a bag of glucose hanging on the back of his hand.

There were also several outside doctors and nurses nearby, helping Chen Ming with a physical examination.

The boss was standing nearby, talking on the phone with someone.

Chen Ming raised his hand that was not hooked up to the IV and took a look.

The gauze that he had casually wrapped around his hands had been replaced with new bandages that were obviously applied by a professional nurse.

And he doesn't feel any pain now. It seems that the doctor gave him top-notch medicine.

The boss next to him found out that Chen Ming had woken up after being reminded by the doctor. He said something to the person on the phone and then hung up.

Then he looked at Chen Ming and said, "Are you awake? I suddenly received a communication from the ship you were docked on, saying that you had a problem, so I came to see you."

"And now I see you in this state. What happened?"

Chen Ming sat up from the hospital bed and explained, "Bai Quan and I have cooperated on some things. You should be able to know in two days."

"The instigator is right here, and I have to wait two days to find out?"

Chen Ming glanced at the doctor and nurse next to him.

"It's okay, they are all my own people."

Chen Ming nodded and said, "I cooperated with Bai Quan and did something on Yu Hui's territory."

The boss asked with interest, "What's the matter?"

"I helped him find a new ship that Yu Hui was building recently, a Nova-class unmanned battlecruiser."

"Did he finish it?"

"Not only that, we also destroyed a radiation ship, and we also dismantled a lot of the giant docks that housed the Nova star."

"If my mental strength hadn't been exhausted, I could even control the entire giant dock."

The boss immediately understood the situation and said, "No wonder you want to hurt yourself. You want to use pain to stimulate your mental strength, right?"

"Yes, but unfortunately there is still a long way to go. I can no longer feel the giant dock. It may have been dismantled by Yu Hui himself."

The boss suddenly noticed something and asked, "I see that you've consumed so much mental energy. It doesn't look like you're just helping with positioning, right?"

"Well, when Baiquan went over, Yuhui's support was too fast, so we didn't have a chance to destroy the Nova."

"Then he sent a small team under my command to go into the giant shipyard and force out the unfinished Nova Star."

"I originally wanted to blow up Nova right in the dock, but unfortunately it was almost there. In the end I had to force it out and let Baiquan deal with it."

"That's right."

As Chen Ming spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Bai Quan promised me before that as long as I can destroy that new star, I can make any reasonable request, so now I am considering what request I should make to him."

"Baiquan destroyed two capital ships in one go, as well as a new model of Nova. The combat data and hull data... did you get this data at the dock?"

"Yes, I have handed over some of the Nova's hull data to the team that infiltrated the giant dock before, and they have taken the data back."

Of course, Chen Ming couldn't give away something like the blueprint. He only gave Bai Quan some of the new star-level ship data recorded in the database.

After all, he controlled the core of the giant dock, so it would be more reasonable for him to find something in the core and give it away than to say that he found nothing.

It also makes people more suspicious that he does not have a complete blueprint for the new star level.

The boss was not surprised that Chen Ming had obtained the data, and continued, "That's right. With these things in hand, Bai Quan will definitely get their internal rewards, and maybe even a promotion."

"When the time comes, ask for more. He will definitely be able to afford it and will definitely be willing to pay."

"Also, even if he's not a psychic, you can still ask him for things related to psychic powers. He's sure to have them."

"What do you want specifically? I'll help you with some advice later."

The boss seemed very interested in this matter, but Chen Ming still said, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Well, there's no need for you to rush. Baiquan should be busy during this period."

"You may not be able to get anything from him if you go to him now. Think about it slowly."

"Um."

Chen Ming adjusted his sitting position on the hospital bed.

At this time he suddenly discovered a problem.

His mental strength seemed to have recovered.

He did not feel the slightest bit of fatigue now, nor did he feel the pain of mental shock that comes from mental exhaustion.

What was going on? Chen Ming didn't understand, so he asked his boss, "How long have I been unconscious?"

"Well... maybe less than a day."

"Only one day?"

Chen Ming didn't think that his previous level of mental exhaustion could be solved by being in a coma for a day.

He frowned slightly and carefully observed his situation through his mental power.

Suddenly he discovered that the overall state of his mental strength was not even the same as it was before he fell into a coma.

Instead, it was earlier when he started to help Bai Quan, when his mental strength was at its highest limit.

Wait, that's not right.

Chen Ming noticed something wrong again.

The upper limit of his mental power had obviously been significantly reduced due to mental exhaustion.

After this coma, his lowered mental power limit was completely restored, and even improved significantly.

Just like the improvement in his mental strength after extremely intensive training.

"What's going on?"

Hearing Chen Ming's sudden question, the boss subconsciously asked: "What did you say?"

"My mental strength has recovered, and there are no aftereffects from holding on."

"Oh, this one."

I thought it was something important, but I didn't expect it was about this.

After hearing Chen Ming's words, he casually knocked on the wall next to him.

A shadow, much fainter than before, poked its head out from the wall and then went back in.

It was the boat spirit that helped Chen Ming bear the loss of his mental strength.

This situation also made him fully realize what the saying "ship spirit is the psychic's other life" really meant.

Just when Chen Ming was marveling at the awesomeness of Chuan Ling.

The terminal in the boss's hand vibrated again.

He picked up the terminal and took a look at it, then said to Chen Ming, "Xiao Ming, I told you before that the president wants to see you, right? He wants to talk to you a little bit in advance."

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay."

The boss picked up the phone and handed the terminal to Chen Ming.

A gentle and steady middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone. He sounded older than the boss: "Hello, Chen Ming."

"Hello... President."

"I've heard about you from Wu An for a long time."

"Yeah, me too."

The president smiled and said, "I came to see you today just to chat with you and get to know you."

"If you have any questions, you can ask them. If they can be answered over the phone, I will answer them right away."

The president's attitude towards Chen Ming was so nice that Chen Ming looked at the boss next to him with a little uncertainty.

However, the boss just spread his hands and signaled Chen Ming to decide what to do.

"Thank you, President. I want to ask, how did you solve the dimensional infection last time? What did Boss Wu mean when he told me that it was only roughly solved? Also, what exactly is dimensional infection?"

"Did Wu An tell you the specific solution?"

"He said you exiled those things."

For some reason, the president suddenly fell silent.

Then he said, "It can't be considered exile. Exile requires a specific place to be exiled, but I just threw those distorted eyeballs out of our universe at that time."

"I don't know exactly where it was lost, but I'm sure it wasn't somewhere else in our universe."

"Not in hyperspace, or any of the hyperspace-like spaces we're studying."

"It's not even the original space of these things, so Wu An told you that it has been roughly solved."

Is it so random?

This thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind, and somehow he suddenly remembered his unstable hyperspace channel jump engine.

It is also random, but this is only limited to hyperspace.

"As for your question about what dimensional infection is, I can't give you an accurate answer."

"Our current research progress on dimensional infection is still relatively backward."

"You've experienced it yourself, and you know that ordinary people can't come into contact with these things.

"Only I and a few psychic researchers have been studying these things, but our efficiency can only be described as average."

"But you can roughly understand dimensional infection as another space or dimension, a means of invading us here."

Chen Ming suddenly understood something.

Of course, it’s not about what dimensional infection is, but the reason why the president wants to find him.

This may have something to do with his psychic powers, but the bigger reason is probably because he is a survivor of dimensional infection and the genetic source of the clones that caused the dimensional infection.

And the president just said that they are conducting research on that dimension.

Then Chen Ming, who happens to have graduated from a formal professional school, can be invited to join them.

Although Chen Ming studied engineering rather than science, he at least had some basic knowledge in this area.

And although his major is also mechanics and spacecraft, it does not affect his research on that dimension.

After all, if you really want to count it, the hyperspace that supports the entire empire's territory can also be regarded as a kind of dimension.

As a product that occupies both the research directions of machinery and spacecraft, the hyperspace channel system can enter the dimension of hyperspace.

Moreover, Chen Ming is also a psychic. When facing that special dimension, he has a natural resistance that ordinary people do not have at all.

So there will definitely be no problem finding Chen Ming.

The president probably wanted Chen Ming to join him this time to help him with his research.

Even if Chen Ming didn't want to join them, meeting them in person and chatting with them would definitely help his research.

Chen Ming's current thoughts will not change. He will definitely continue to explore outside the empire and stay away from all kinds of troubles within the empire.

Therefore, Chen Ming has no idea of ​​joining the psychic society or joining the president's research team for the time being.

But if it's just a chat or simply offering to help, there's no problem.

So Chen Ming responded after thinking for a while: "I understand."

"Another question is, I got something like amber. What is the use of it?"

The president said to Chen Ming in the same friendly manner as before: "Wu An has already told me about your thing, but it's not good to talk about it over the phone. We can talk about it in detail when we meet in a few days."

"But I can tell you its name first. It is the source of condensed spiritual energy."

"This is a name I found before from the remains of another civilization. I also found some related documents at that time."

"Well... Actually, you can ask some questions. I can tell you everything I can right now."

"It's not good to talk on the phone. Let's talk about it later."

"good."

Chen Ming immediately asked the question that he had been thinking about for a long time: "Why is this thing called the source of spiritual energy? Shouldn't my spiritual energy be in me?"

The president replied: "Condensing the spiritual energy source is not the spiritual energy source, and the spiritual energy source you are referring to is not called the spiritual energy source."

"Wu An has arranged the origin of spiritual energy, so I won't tell you the specific name. You will know it later."

“You just need to know now that under normal circumstances.”

"'Concentrating the Essence of Psychic Energy' requires the psychic to actively direct all of his or her spiritual energy outside the body."

"As long as there is a carrier, these spiritual energies will naturally condense and form the source of condensed spiritual energy."

"It sounds easy to achieve, but first you should know that when a psychic's mental power is exhausted, he will suffer a mental shock and fall into a coma."

"This alone can already rule out many ordinary psychics. Their mental strength cannot sustain such consumption."

"Unless there are special circumstances, or a sufficiently strong psychic can do this."

Hearing this.

Chen Ming suddenly realized that he seemed to be able to achieve such a request.

He had previously relied on consuming the upper limit of his mental power to achieve a state of mental power exhaustion without falling into a coma.

He can completely direct all of his mental power out of his body. As long as there is a carrier, he can once again condense the source of spiritual energy.

The boss next to him seemed to have thought of this as well, and his expression changed slightly.

Not only were they surprised at Chen Ming's abilities, but they were also surprised at the condensation of the source of spiritual energy itself.

The boss is indeed able to direct all of his mental energy out of his body while remaining awake.

But he had never heard of the existence of such a thing as condensed spiritual energy source, nor did he know how to create it.

Or maybe he is just ignorant.

Either that or the existence of this condensed spiritual energy source is extremely rare, even rarer than the already rare ship spirits, and there are not even enough samples to confirm its existence.

But since the president has clearly stated that this thing really exists, then the key to condensing the origin of spiritual energy should be on that carrier.

Just as Chen Ming and the boss were thinking at this moment, the president's next sentence was about the carrier.

"Even if the psychic meets the previous requirements, the remaining carrier will be extremely difficult to solve."

"Because it has no fixed existence, each psychic needs a different carrier to condense their psychic energy when channeling it outside the body."

"With extremely high costs and a huge number of possibilities, it is almost impossible to test which substances can serve as carriers."

"So I only know of two things that exist for the condensation of spiritual energy."

"One is yours, and the other belongs to someone else I know."

Chen Ming still didn't understand and asked: "Then why is it called this name?"

"As I just said, this is a name recorded in a document I found from the ruins of another civilization. It was not named by me."

"But I can also give you a rough explanation, you can understand it this way."

"When a psychic controls all of his mental power and directs it outside his body to form this thing, the essence of what it ultimately forms must be the same as the essence of your psychic power."

"But it's not your psychic essence, so I added 'condensation' in front of it to distinguish it. It doesn't have any special meaning."

“I see.”

Chen Ming responded with a vague understanding, and then asked: "Does this thing look a bit like a ship ghost?"

"Ship ghost? It does look a bit like one."

"But ship spirits are quite special. They are psychic creatures that are born when the psychic power of a psychic dissipates and the surrounding objects are in a psychic environment for a long time."

"To condense the essence of spiritual energy, one needs to actively release mental power to create an object."

"In essence, they are somewhat similar. They are both close to the source of psychic energy of psychics, but the details are definitely different."

The president suddenly thought of something and said, "Speaking of which, the situation of your condensing the source of spiritual energy is also quite special."

"It was with the help of those deformed heart tissues that you condensed the condensed spiritual energy source in advance, and then it was influenced by your ship spirit and became your condensed spiritual energy source, right?"

"right."

"Well, this is a situation that is very difficult to replicate. No, it is a situation that is completely impossible to replicate."

"The condensed spiritual energy source you obtained through this method is even more special among the special ones."

"But I have to see it in person to confirm what is so special about it."

Chen Ming responded again and said, "Then I have another question, that is, can we condense more than one source of condensed spiritual energy?"

"This involves the use of this thing. The document I found just happened to have these records, but I will tell you later."

"But I would like to remind you not to try this."

"Okay, I have no other questions. Thank you, President."

"Okay, see you in two days."

Communication ended.

Chen Ming has a basic understanding of the president.

He returned the terminal to his boss and said casually, "The president is really easy-going."

"The president wants to meet you on his own initiative. If he doesn't go along with it, who will?"

"Too."

The boss put away the terminal, patted Chen Ming on the shoulder and asked, "Are you okay? If you are, we will leave early."

Speaking of health, Chen Ming only then noticed that several doctors and nurses had left the ward at some point.

So he felt himself and found that he was indeed feeling a little tired physically.

But mentally speaking, I'm doing pretty well. It's no exaggeration to say that I'm doing very well.

The ship spirit gave him great protection in terms of spiritual power.

Moreover, Chen Ming does not need to drive the boat himself next. He just needs enough mental strength.

So he thought about it and said, "Yes, I can go now."

"Do you think we should bring the doctor and nurse along?"

Chen Ming thought about it again and said, "Take it with you. If something happens on the way, you won't have to look for a colony."

The boss nodded, picked up the terminal and clicked a few times, then said to Chen Ming: "Then..."

As soon as the boss finished speaking, he suddenly saw Chen Ming's face change.

Became extremely pale.

The boss quickly asked, "Are you okay?"

Chen Ming's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he said incoherently, "No, no, I can't go. We absolutely cannot meet."

“There’s something wrong with this!”

Because just when Chen Ming was about to activate the Supreme Point and head to the galaxy given to him by his boss.

Once again, Chen Ming felt very clearly the special sense of danger coming from the depths of the starry sky in his consciousness space.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he immediately connected them together.

These thoughts connected together gave Chen Ming an extremely terrifying guess.

The boss, who was unaware of all this, reached out and pressed Chen Ming's shoulder, frowned, looked into his eyes carefully and said, "What's the problem? Are you talking about the president?"

"No, no, not the president."

Chen Ming quickly denied it, and at the same time said to the boss nervously: "Boss, you said that before."

"The existence of another space that caused the dimensional infection can locate the position of our empire, and it can locate it for twenty years at a time."

"All the newborns born in the past twenty years and the cloning experiments that were ongoing at the time were deformed."

"It wasn't until twenty years later, when the relative positions of our two dimensions became offset, that they gradually lost our coordinates, right?"

The boss knew what he had said, so he immediately admitted, "Yes."

"Then for the two people who have experienced the dimensional infection, the president and I, and who are also the gene providers of the infected objects, aren't we just coordinate data for the things in that space?"

The boss seemed to realize something was wrong and was thinking with a frown on his face.

Chen Ming continued, "If the position of the president is equivalent to a point, it has no meaning for our universe and another dimension."

"Because there is only one point but two surfaces, no, there are two spaces, so it is impossible to locate it based on this point alone."

"Because the existence over there doesn't know the relative position of the two dimensions, otherwise the other dimension wouldn't be able to lose our position when there's only one point of the president."

“So one point has no value.”

"But when the second point appears, which is my location, the two coordinates become meaningful as long as they are connected."

(End of this chapter)