After questioning Chen Ming, he continued, "If you have read my document, you should be able to see that the data I wrote is basically based on the efficiency of normal psychic training."

"I've heard that you're from a psychic society. You may not understand some of the contents in the document, but you should be able to see that the estimated value in this document is far less than your current total mental power and mental power recovery speed."

"I hope you can give some reasonable explanation based on the evidence of the theoretical upper limit recorded in this document of mine."

The researcher spoke politely, but Chen Ming didn't want to be polite now: "You want a reasonable explanation? Then I think there is something wrong with what you wrote."

The researcher was not angry. Instead, he said to Chen Ming, "What's the problem? I'm all ears."

“Basically, there are problems.”

The researcher's face suddenly became a little embarrassed, but he still controlled himself and said in a calm tone: "Mr. Chen Ming, we all know that the Psychic Society emphasizes letting psychics develop naturally. You probably don't know that the systematic way to train mental power is meditation, right?"

"Psykers who have not systematically practiced meditation can only exercise their psionic powers by using psionic powers to exhaust their mental energy."

"And through this method of using spiritual energy to consume mental power, once the mental power is consumed to about 20%, this excessive loss of mental power will have some negative effects on consciousness."

"This will cause the human body's consciousness to become extremely tired for the rest of the day. This state may continue into the next day, causing the mind to become distracted, making it difficult to concentrate mental strength and use spiritual energy."

"It may even cause the psychic's mental training efficiency to be close to zero on the next day, and he must rest thoroughly to recover."

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly felt hesitant to speak, because what the researcher said was different from his own experience.

However, the researcher looked like he was going to continue talking, so Chen Ming didn't say anything directly.

Waiting for the researcher to continue speaking: "Even before the day's rest, he had already relied on self-recovery or drugs to restore his mental strength to its maximum value."

"But once your mental strength drops to a very low level, you will still feel tired the next day. Moreover, the effect of the second mental strength training is far less than the first time. There is no way to enhance the effect of training by repeatedly consuming mental strength."

"According to my calculation method, even if you use up 90% of your mental energy for exercise every day, the effect of exercise every day is optimal."

"At the same time, not considering the strength of psychic energy, but only the amount of mental power, your mental power is not enough to reach this level."

“Not to mention the speed of mental recovery required to recover such a huge amount of mental power.”

"How do you explain this? What's wrong with this?"

“…”

After the researcher finished speaking, Chen Ming did not respond immediately. Instead, he carefully recalled the time when he had just awakened his psychic powers and landed on Ruimu.

It seemed that he would actively exhaust his mental energy completely before going to bed every day, even to the point of overflowing.

This kind of exercise efficiency alone seems to exceed the normal situation mentioned by this researcher.

Chen Ming suddenly wanted to laugh, but he restrained himself and said, "Wait a minute, I have a question."

"It's not through meditation, but through the direct consumption of mental energy. I feel like the closer the consumed mental energy is to exhaustion, the better the effect, right?"

The researcher did not refuse to answer the question because of Chen Ming's attitude. Instead, he explained to Chen Ming: "That's right, but the extra exercise you get from continuing to consume the last 20% of your mental energy is simply not as effective as the whole day's exercise you lose the next day."

“So even if someone uses this method instead of meditation to train their mental strength, generally no one would want to gain this last bit of mental strength training efficiency.”

"Only some people with better talents can bear more mental energy loss and choose to deliberately consume more mental energy to train, so I set it to 90% when calculating."

“I see.”

His patient answer made Chen Ming feel a little embarrassed, and his tone became a little calmer, no longer targeting the researcher hired by Lou Wei.

"Then let me correct a mistake I just made. Your content is fine for other people, but it is problematic for me."

"Please go ahead."

Chen Ming organized his words a little and said, "It's like this. I have completely exhausted my mental strength almost every day in the past."

The researcher was silent for a long time before he continued, "The complete exhaustion of mental power is not just as simple as mental fatigue, lack of concentration, and inability to use spiritual power the next day."

"This situation can cause a self-psychic shock in the brain, causing the psychic to fall into a coma."

"Depending on the amount and strength of the spiritual energy that overflows when using spiritual energy when spiritual energy is exhausted, the duration of spiritual energy coma can range from a few minutes to a few days."

"If the coma lasts longer, it may cause damage to Qi Ling's nerves or even complete brain damage."

"You said you use up your mental energy every day. Are you sure you're not kidding?"

Chen Ming said affirmatively: "No."

"I just have the habit of using up my mental energy before going to bed every day, and then being knocked unconscious by the mental shock, and sleeping till the next day. This is quite convenient for me."

"Because I didn't sleep well when I was surviving in the wilderness before, so I often do this."

Cheng Xinghai suddenly said to Chen Ming in the private chat channel: "Did you take Mind Shock as a sleeping pill?"

Seeing that Chen Ming ignored her, Cheng Xinghai turned his head away with some boredom.

The researcher sitting opposite Chen Ming asked him in disbelief: "The mental shock has no effect on you?"

"A little bit in the first few days. I felt a little tired when I woke up the next day, but it became fine after I got used to it."

"By the way, I have a negative effect spirit stone as an aid to training. Maybe it's because of this, anyway, the mental shock is just so-so for me."

The researcher pushed up his glasses and used his hand to hide his changing facial expression.

He had never heard of anyone being able to get used to mental shocks by relying on a spiritual stone with negative effects. Even a spiritual stone with a very powerful negative effect should not behave like this.

But Chen Ming's psychic power was something he had never seen before, and there was no similar psychic of this type.

It was impossible for him to directly conclude that Chen Ming would definitely not be able to do it.

Moreover, the peculiarities of psychic power have not been thoroughly studied until now. There have indeed been some psychics who have achieved things that are absolutely impossible based on data alone.

After all, psychics are people who influence reality with their own will. As long as they think about it more, they may be able to accomplish many seemingly impossible things.

Besides, he was just here to help as a juror, not to offend anyone.

So he simply agreed with Chen Ming's statement and said, "I really didn't take this into account. How strong is your spirit stone?"

Chen Ming asked directly: "Why don't we let Lou Wei try it himself?"

"No need for this. Let me do it if there's a chance. Don't kill anyone."

The researcher's words confirmed his identity as a psychic.

"But the Spiritual Essence Stone and the improvement of your training efficiency are not enough. Even if your training efficiency is twice that of others, there is still a big gap between the calculated gap and your actual mental power. Do you have anything else to assist in your spiritual power training?"

Chen Ming waved his hand and said, "Some things are hard to talk about, but I can ask the association's president to guarantee that I have things to assist with spiritual training. If you need them..."

"That's not necessary."

The researcher quickly refused. He didn't want to mess with the wrong person.

Moreover, he could probably guess what Chen Ming had on him now. There were not many things that could assist in the training of spiritual energy, so with a little screening he could guess what Chen Ming had on him.

Combined with Chen Ming's most basic psychic effect of being able to control the spacecraft, it is highly likely that it is the spirit of the ship, and there is no need for anyone to verify it.

And since Chen Ming's psychic power can control the spacecraft, it is actually natural to create something like a ship spirit in a sense.

The researcher did not dwell on whether Chen Ming had these things or not, and continued to ask other questions: "Then can you roughly estimate how many times your extra mental power training efficiency is? Not counting the training that consumes more mental power."

"Not counting the mental effort required for training efficiency? Let me think... at least five times."

Chen Ming's five times is still an understatement. The efficiency of the mental training provided by the ship spirit and two condensed spiritual energy sources beside his body is more than five times.

Moreover, he could actually clearly feel that if he expended his mental energy on exercise many times a day, the effect of each exercise did not actually decrease significantly.

And he has a large number of individuals from two hive mind networks to assist him. Five times is not a conservative statement, but a statement that breaks his legs.

The researcher confirmed with a confused and unbelievable voice, "Five times?"

"I'm just stating the facts, and I don't like to joke with strangers."

"But if it's five times... it still seems a little short, right?"

Chen Ming seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, I have something else to tell you, the spiritual awakening nerve."

The researcher immediately responded: "I know you got one from General Bai and absorbed it, but I have added it to you."

"But you probably don't know that I also absorbed one from Yuhui."

"Two?"

The researcher had a look of surprise on his face, and asked, "Are you sure there are two? The time between the absorption of the chat and the spiritual awakening nerve should not be more than two months, right? Is there anything wrong with your mental strength and mental state?"

"My mental power is very stable. You should be able to see my mental state, right? If you send me another spiritual awakening nerve, I can still absorb it."

The researcher psychic was silent, calculating in his mind for a while, then raised his head and asked Chen Ming: "Anything else?"

"Yes, there is another thing I am experimenting with that can increase my mental and spiritual power, but I can't tell you about it."

"And even if I tell you, you might not understand. This is a special effect of my psychic power."

"Stop, that's enough. That's enough."

The researcher suddenly made a stop gesture, and then said to Lou Wei beside him: "If what Chen Ming said is true, his current mental power is indeed enough to reach this level, enough to control a colony, there is no problem, it is my calculation that missed something out of specification."

"Of course, I have no way of confirming whether Chen Ming's past was exactly as he said, or whether he actually had these things, but this is not something I am responsible for."

The researcher nodded to Chen Ming, Lou Wei and Bai Quan respectively, and retreated to the corner of the conference room.

Others also started a small discussion again.

"That is to say, in theory, Chen Ming can really do it. Then, isn't his development potential even higher than the president of the Psychic Society and Wu Anlai?"

"Lou Wei seems to have offended the wrong person."

"It's not a mistake. If he doesn't provoke me now, Chen Ming will definitely not just stand by and watch when he clashes with Bai Quan later."

"There will be something interesting to watch later."

Lou Wei, who was standing next to him, had been sweating profusely on his forehead since Chen Ming and the researcher said the first sentence.

Especially after the psychic researcher had made it clear that he would not interfere in this matter, he was already sweating profusely.

However, when Chen Ming looked at him again, he suddenly thought of another excuse: "This kind of calculation is just data on paper after all. There is no way to prove that Chen Ming really has the ability to do this."

Chen Ming asked back: "Then how do you want me to prove it?"

"The simplest way is to just give you a test and that's what the result is."

Chen Ming slammed his hammer on the table and asked, "Who do you think you are? I will test you if you ask me to?"

Someone nearby who knew about the situation immediately said, "Chen Ming is a psychic from the Psychic Society. The rules of psychics in the Psychic Society cannot be subject to any systematic inspection. You are really making things difficult for him."

Seeing that Lou Wei wanted to say something, the person who had just reminded him immediately added: "Unless you have the ability to make the president of the association change the rules, don't mention it."

Lou Wei was choked, but continued: "But how long has he been a psychic? A year? Can his mental power affect the entire colony in a year? Who would believe it?"

Chen Ming was too lazy to talk to him properly at this time, and he cursed directly: "What a joke, then I have one question now, who believes that your mother is still alive? Where is the evidence?"

"you!"

"What do you mean? How about we make a bet? I'll bet your life!"

Pang Dong, who had been silent the whole time, came up to dissuade him, "Hey, hey, hey, don't, don't say such angry words."

While comforting Chen Ming, he said to Lou Wei, "Chen Ming will definitely not accept the specific physical examination and psychic power test. Asking him to look at those specialized psychic power data is actually a bit beyond their limits. You definitely can't force others to do that."

Then he looked at Chen Ming and asked, "But it should be okay to use psychic energy directly on the ground, right?"

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that Pang Dong was helping him.

"There's no problem with using it directly. As long as it's not a test, I don't mind."

Lou Wei didn't know what to do at this time. Someone proposed a method to verify the specific amount of Chen Ming's mental strength. He said without thinking: "Then let him try it himself!"

At this time, Bai Quan suddenly questioned Lou Wei: "You are here to provide a colony for Chen Ming to test? Everything that Chen Mingling has been able to control is under his control. Do you have the capital to gamble with a colony?"

"And if you really want to test it, then an industrial colony of the same scale as your simulation wouldn't be enough, right? One colony can't measure Chen Ming's psychic energy recovery speed."

"If you can build two industrial colonies similar to the ones in the simulation for Chen Ming to test, and if Chen Ming cannot achieve the same results as in the simulation in the same amount of time, then I will consider him a cheat."

"I will immediately handle this matter according to the rules of the Fourteenth Legion. With so many people watching, I can't go back on my word."

"Two colonies..."

When it came to the point where he actually needed to take out something, Lou Wei suddenly hesitated again. He was so hesitant that he didn't dare to actually agree.

"Whoever questions it, provides evidence, and provides the environment for Chen Ming to prove himself. There shouldn't be anyone who questions others and asks them to prove themselves, right?"

Bai Quan's words once again made Lou Wei anxious. He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do it."

"What do you have to offer? How can a major general like you get two industrial colonies?"

"I... have a friend I know..."

Chen Ming suddenly looked at him as if he was a fool and said, "Does this friend you are talking about know that he is your friend?"

"Don't worry about it. I will send the galaxy coordinates to Baiquan later. What if it is confirmed that you cheated?"

Bai Quan immediately spoke up for Chen Ming: "If Chen Ming cheated, I would naturally compensate you for the colonial buildings controlled by Chen Ming. If he didn't cheat, these two colonies would be the price you must pay for questioning Chen Ming."

"Okay, that's it."

Bai Quan immediately drafted an agreement and placed it in front of Chen Ming and Lou Wei.

After Chen Ming signed decisively, Lou Wei hesitated for a moment and also signed.

Although this was a meeting room simulated by deep consciousness infiltration, the agreement would still be legally binding as long as it was not signed in an actual battle simulation with a set background.

Once you sign it, no one can escape.

"Then the second thing is that you obtained the administrator privileges of the simulated device through illegal means, interrupted the official battle for no reason, and even cheated in the battle. You should bear the price for this matter immediately."

"The supervisory department has already responded to me and will be at your door soon."

"Now there is one last thing."

"You terminated the simulation, which resulted in the loss of research content from Chen Ming's research institute."

Bai Quan placed a list of the flow of funds of part of the 14th Legion's branch in the Galo Star Field on the table, including 500 million research funds for Chen Ming's research institute.

"The research funding I give to Chen Ming's research institute is 500 million per month, and almost a month has passed in the simulation."

"Let's not talk about the research content first. Just think about the wasted time and energy. This amount of money can't be small, right?"

"I can provide research funding, and I can double the amount for the lost month's time. This compensation plan has precedents, so don't argue with me."

Bai Quan looked at Chen Ming and saw Chen Ming nod. Then he said to Lou Wei, "Very good, then let's talk about the synchrotron core."

"Wait a moment."

Lou Wei quickly said, “I don’t acknowledge the matter of the synchrotron core now.”

"I don't understand these things. At least I have to wait until I find someone who understands these things before I talk about this matter."

Bai Quan did not force him and said, "Then do as you say. I'll give you a chance to find someone."

Lou Wei suddenly stood up from the conference table and said, "Okay, I will accept all the punishments I deserve unconditionally, but I also want to see Chen Ming get the punishment he deserves."

After saying this, his figure gradually faded away in the conference room.

While Lou Wei was still waiting to withdraw, Bai Quan added one last sentence: "It has not yet been determined whether it was cheating or not. Whether it is a punishment or compensation depends on your efficiency."

After Lou Wei completely exited the simulation, no one in the conference room continued talking for a while.

Baiquan looked around and said, "Let's end it. I'm terminating this simulation."

The students and instructors said goodbye one after another. It would not be long before everything that happened today would spread throughout the entire 14th Legion.

As the vision went dark again.

Chen Ming discovered that the acceleration in his thinking was gradually disappearing.

Soon, he opened his eyes in the cryostat-like device where he had been lying before entering the simulation.

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly felt a sense of emptiness, which made him want to plunge into deep consciousness again.

He seemed to have developed some dependence on the accelerated consciousness.

Now Chen Ming understood why Cheng Xinghai said that deep consciousness infiltration was limited to once a month.

If this is not restricted, it is likely to lead to drug addiction, and people will become unable to live without it.

However, this was only Chen Ming's first time to dive into deep consciousness. After stopping the accelerated thinking, he quickly re-adapted to the feeling of slow thinking.

And because the acceleration ratio is lower, the main body adapts faster.

Although he was a little mentally exhausted, Chen Ming usually maintained a good work and rest schedule, so it was no big deal to stay up all night occasionally.

And more importantly, although Chen Ming failed to take away all the blocked information he obtained from the simulation device.

But he still wrote down a part of it before the simulation ended. At least this part could not be taken away by anyone.

This included the design blueprint of a giant dock.

In other words, when Chen Ming's colony develops to the point where it is capable of supporting the construction of a giant shipyard in the future, he will also be able to build his own battleship.

Chen Ming straightened up with a little excitement, and after adjusting his mentality, he climbed out of the equipment.

Just as Chen Ming was about to leave, a reminder sounded from the instrument behind him: "Please take your physical condition monitoring report."

Chen Ming turned around and saw a piece of paper filled with content being spit out from the side of the instrument.

Chen Ming put the paper away and walked out of the closed room.

Bai Quan happened to walk out of the next room at this time, and greeted Chen Ming when he saw him, "Good morning."

"morning."

"Breakfast?"

"eat."

(End of this chapter)