Chen Ming also picked up the terminal after returning to his room.

Dimension infection is a serious matter, and he must ask someone who knows the truth about this matter.

After finding the president's communication code in the address book, Chen Ming called him directly.

The president also picked up the phone soon after and greeted him, "Chen Ming, I haven't seen you for a while. I heard that you recently joined the 14th Corps? Have you met Shao Yang?"

"I have met him once, but he was at the headquarters and I was at the branch in the Galo Star Region, so I only met him once, but we are still in contact."

"I see. So what do you want to talk to me about today?"

"That's right."

Chen Ming explained to the president what happened today and at the same time concealed the identities of the people involved in this incident. After all, the person who died was Lou Wei, a former major general.

If such a person dies, it would not be good no matter where the news gets out.

But if the president really wants to know, it's not difficult.

The gambling agreement just ended today. Just as someone was investigated, it was said that he had connections with Zuo Jing to assassinate Chen Ming. Then someone else was investigated and found to have connections with Zuo Jing to destroy the agreement, and then someone died.

Just take a quick look and you will know who the dead person is.

So Chen Ming did this to live up to his current identity played by a prosthesis.

But to be honest about what happened today, even if Chen Ming himself was telling the story, he felt that these things sounded like they had nothing to do with dimensional infection at all.

Because dimensional infection is not just simple flesh and blood tissue, but there are more complex situations.

But what Chen Ming felt the moment Lou Wei exploded was indeed the feeling brought about by the dimensional infection, and Lou Wei was only affected by the aftermath of the dimensional infection and died.

But it was not easy for Chen Ming to just say that this was how he felt, so he could only describe the whole process somewhat stiffly.

He emphasized several points that he suspected were related to each other.

The president did not ignore the fact that Chen Ming suspected dimensional infection just because of a few seemingly related reasons. Instead, he listened to Chen Ming's story very carefully.

After Chen Ming finished speaking, he confirmed: "You mean, you think the death of someone on your side was indirectly affected by something similar to the dimensional infection?"

"right."

"Well... although I told you before that there was something wrong with the timing and location of the outbreak of the sequelae of the dimensional infection."

"But dimensional infection has only actually occurred twice, one of which happened in Yuhui. You only have a small amount of information, and the sample size is too small."

Seeing that the president didn't seem to believe it directly, Chen Ming added again: "I feel that this is too much of a coincidence."

"The sequelae of the last dimensional infection did spread from the place where the dimensional infection broke out to the surrounding areas. Logically speaking, this time it should have started from the Galo star field at the earliest."

"But I was also paying attention to the news some time ago. In fact, when deformed babies had already appeared in many star regions within the empire, there was no movement in the Galo star region at all."

"Until recently, the Galo star field has begun to experience similar situations as other star fields."

"Even if the Empire is deliberately suppressing similar news, I can confirm that I don't think the outbreak in the Galo star field was late because the Empire blocked the news. This is because the sequelae of the outbreak were actually late."

The president said to Chen Ming in a gentle and patient tone: "I also know what you said."

"But what we concluded the first time is not a rule from a statistical point of view. Instead, it is more likely to be random, unless there are more samples."

Although it was the president who summarized the rules from the first dimensional infection, when talking about this matter with Chen Ming, the president actually denied his own idea.

After all, dimensional infection is definitely not a trivial matter, and it is impossible to confirm it based on pure suspicion.

He must have more solid evidence before he can put this matter in the proper place for handling.

Of course, having said that, he would definitely investigate according to what Chen Ming said, but before there is evidence, he certainly cannot directly raise Chen Ming's suspicion to the level of a real dimensional infection.

That might waste the limited manpower he has for research on dimensional infection.

At least we have to wait until there is sufficient evidence to prove that dimensional infection has occurred before investing more.

So now the president chose to comfort Chen Ming: "I can understand your worries."

"I also experienced the dimensional infection before. When I saw something similar, I wondered if it was related to the dimensional infection. But later I found that many of the things I suspected were actually very normal and had nothing to do with the dimensional infection."

"I can't tell from what you said whether the deaths on your side are related to the dimensional infection. I'll think about it more."

"Or you could give me a more adequate reason and tell me how you came up with this idea?"

Chen Ming was silent for a while. He really wanted to use a normal way to make people reasonably associate it with dimensional infection.

But at this moment, facing the president who had known him for a while, Chen Ming still chose to tell the truth: "Feeling."

"What?"

"My feeling is telling me that this incident is very likely related to dimensional infection."

"Feeling? The feeling of psychic energy?"

"right."

“…”

The president put down the work at hand and fixed his eyes completely on the terminal next to him.

He had talked about Chen Ming more than once when he was discussing some things with Wu An some time ago, and Chen Ming's keen perception ability was also often mentioned by Wu An in front of the president.

For the president, if Chen Ming really died because of someone's body explosion, and then he associated it with other things, he would finally think it was a dimensional infection.

Then the president would have to consider whether Chen Ming was worrying too much. Just as he just said, he did associate many things with dimensional infection at the beginning, and was afraid that he had not been able to completely throw the infected part out of the normal universe.

But if Chen Ming said that it was his feeling that gave him the feeling that this matter was related to dimensional infection.

Then the president must think about it seriously.

Psychics, more or less, have a sixth sense, and when faced with bad things, they will have a slight feeling. Chen Ming is definitely a genius psychic that only appears once in a hundred years or even a thousand years in the empire. The perception ability of such a psychic...

The president thought for a moment and finally made a decision.

He chose to believe Chen Ming.

The president stopped all the work at hand and prepared to prioritize solving the possible dimensional infection incident mentioned by Chen Ming. He asked, "What was your specific feeling before?"

Chen Ming was slightly relieved when he heard this. Since the president could ask this question, he at least had some impression of this matter.

Chen Ming can basically ensure that this matter is related to dimensional infection, so it is very necessary to let the president, who is specifically responsible for dealing with dimensional infection incidents, remember this matter.

"When I saw that person die, I felt the same instinctive fear as when I first faced the dimensional infection."

"But when that person died, I didn't feel any danger. It was purely because of this scene that I felt that way. So I felt that the person was infected by the dimension as a result of the aftermath, or that Zuo Jing used some means of dimensional infection to create a similar effect."

"I've seen a lot of dead bodies, and I've seen a lot of bloody scenes like this. What scares me is definitely not the scene itself, but what it represents."

Chen Ming emphasized his feeling again, fearing that the president might misunderstand him because he did not explain it clearly.

However, the president did not misunderstand and was very clear about what Chen Ming meant.

"You just suspected that it was a problem with the left path, right?"

"right."

“Look at this.

The president sent a document to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming had obtained similar documents before, which were the various information and recorded data obtained by the president when he went to investigate the dimensional infection.

Although Chen Ming is always running around, he usually chats with people he knows.

Whether it was the factory director Old Wu, the boss, the president, or even Shao Yang and Chen Ming, they would occasionally chat with him.

Therefore, when the president was chatting with Chen Ming before, he sent Chen Ming some of his research content on dimensional infection.

It can also be regarded as a kind of care for Chen Ming, who has also experienced dimensional infection like him.

This time the contents of the document...

Chen Ming flipped through the documents quickly.

It can be seen that although the document does not have much understanding of the overall situation of dimensional infection, it is still unclear what the existence of the other dimension is.

However, there are still very detailed records in the files about some information that can be learned in normal space.

Of course, there is a lot of content, and it would take some time even for Chen Minglai to read it all in detail.

However, the president did not give him time to read it slowly, but directly asked Chen Ming to turn to the middle of the document.

On the star map, there are marks of the cases of deformed children appearing in different star fields, star regions, and galaxies that the president has investigated since the last dimensional infection outbreak.

“Have I seen something like this before?”

"Yes, one of the two star maps I showed you before was the data from the dimensional infection I experienced. I was not prepared at the time and the situation was quite critical."

"Plus, the Empire hadn't issued a ban on cloning at the time, and there were many cases of clones showing deformities, so the data is not that detailed."

"The other one is rough data that has not been fully investigated before, so it just gives a rough idea of ​​the situation."

"What I'm showing you today is data that has been thoroughly investigated and is being updated in real time."

"Compared to the infection several decades ago, this dimensional infection has no substantial impact on the empire. In addition, with the experience from the last time, we have made a lot of preparations in advance. The entire empire also supports me in doing these things, so the data samples are much larger."

"I had someone create a database that is linked to the general database of the Imperial Hospital, which will automatically record cases of newborn and fetal malformations."

"There may be some errors if we take the data directly, but the errors will not be too big. This is the basis of this star map."

Chen understood clearly and continued to look at the star map.

From the star map, we can see that the density of deformed babies starts from a certain location inside the empire, expanding outward like layers of hollow spheres stacked on top of each other.

And as the distance changes relatively, the closer to the outer edge of the hollow sphere, the lower the frequency of deformed babies.

Of course, this low is also relatively low. In fact, the probability is still high at over 50%.

The situation in the inner star field is even more exaggerated, with probabilities of 70, 80, 80 or 90 percent. Reproduction has become a pure gamble.

This situation, which directly led to a large reduction in the birth rate of the entire empire, made Chen Ming feel dizzy just by looking at the numbers, let alone those who had experienced it personally.

It was hard for Chen Ming to imagine how this empire could suppress the whole thing and at the same time find ways to resolve the conflict externally as soon as possible.

Although the empire is somewhat negative in public opinion at present, overall it is in a relatively stable situation for the time being.

However, if this problem cannot be solved or the conflict cannot be diverted, then this temporary stability will only be the calm before the storm.

This is what is giving the empire a headache. All Chen Ming can do in this situation is to protect himself and tell others about the dimensional infection.

At this moment, Chen Ming has also found on the star map the star region where the wave of deformed babies broke out the earliest and most frequently.

This is a star field located in the middle of the line connecting the core and border star fields of the empire. It is not highly developed and is still in development.

The place with the highest frequency of deformed children in the entire star field is the Caimo-3 star zone in the Caimo star field.

There is no more precise data because the data for the entire star region is basically the same. This is the smallest location that can be determined based on the data.

"This place may not be Zuo Jing's base camp, but it must be the source of this dimensional infection. Hasn't it been investigated before?"

The president explained Chen Ming's question: "We have investigated, but we did not find any clues when we investigated this star region before."

"A star region is not too big, but it's not too small either. It's still very difficult to find something specific if you really want to."

"Moreover, the sequelae of dimensional infection is the pure interference of another dimension with our normal universe, which affects the growth of the fetus with weak consciousness. There will not be any residual psychic fluctuations."

"It's no problem to find this star region based on the data, but it's basically impossible to find the source of the sequelae. We can only look for a needle in a haystack."

"Even with the support of the Empire, it is impossible to investigate every corner of every planet."

"So after a round of investigation, the focus of our work actually began to shift to Yuhui's side. The location of the dimensional infection outbreak on their side is certain, but the progress is not ideal."

Hearing that this involved matters related to his expertise, Chen Ming immediately said, "Why don't you come to me? Everyone should know that I must have a backup plan left in the Yuhui Galaxy, right?"

"That's true, but there are reasons for this. One is that I'm worried that asking you for help too early might prevent you from completely controlling the Yuhui Star Region."

"Another question is, who would ask you for help? What price would you ask for help? You were a free psyker before you ran to the 14th Legion some time ago. The Empire will not force you to help, so this matter has been delayed."

"And there is one last reason. Some time ago, the Empire discovered the remains of another civilization."

"In that relic, we found some documents that may be related to dimensional infection."

Chen Ming immediately realized the connection and asked, "Has another civilization also encountered dimensional infection?"

"Yes, the document is still waiting for linguists to translate it, but just the parts that have been translated are enough to confirm that similar things did happen in the history of another civilization."

"They are also intelligent creatures. Based on the size of the equipment we found, we can determine that their body size is similar to ours. Although no skeletal fossils have been found, we can be sure that they have gone through the same stages as us and have cloned. It is normal for them to be infected by the dimension."

Chen Ming asked again: "Is it possible that the demise of another civilization is related to dimensional infection?"

"Such a view has been put forward, but the conclusion cannot be confirmed until sufficient information is collected."

"I will keep following up on this matter. If there is any news you want to know, I will tell you then. Now let's talk about our current situation first."

"good."

Chen Ming suppressed his curiosity and said, "Then do we need to investigate this Caimo-3 next?"

"Yes, we must conduct a targeted investigation. You also said that Zuo Jing was involved in this matter. So now I have reason to suspect that Zuo Jing may also be involved in Caimo-3."

"Zuo Jing usually hides in the crowd, so it is very likely that the location where Zuo Jing caused the dimensional infection is a public place within the empire. It's just that they have cleaned up the traces they left behind. This time, the investigation will focus on these places."

"But you should try not to get involved. I can't even go there myself. I have to find someone else to help me."

The president's reminder was a repetition of what he had said before. After all, if Zuo Jing really had actively caused a dimensional infection and someone survived, then what if Chen Ming or the president had come into contact with an eyewitness of the dimensional infection without knowing it.

Although it will not necessarily completely expose the relative coordinates of the empire and the other dimension, it will definitely have an impact. The most obvious one is that it may prolong the duration of the sequelae.

So Chen Ming has no opinion now.

When the president said this, he suddenly remembered some things he had discussed with Chen Ming, and said: "Also, I have now completely understood the meaning of that dimension to us. I'm talking about you and me, and the way our two coordinates are positioned."

"What is it?"

"It's us. You were the first one to come up with the concept of coordinate positioning."

Chen Ming immediately said: "I just had this feeling before, so I said it, but I definitely don't understand the specific situation, and didn't you, the president, also perfect this concept before?"

"Well, I've actually had similar thoughts before, but not as specific as you."

"And since you put it in detail, and the content is fine, I added my ideas to yours and then perfected the concept."

“So I can be sure that the way another dimension positions us is in ourselves, that is, ourselves.”

Chen Ming asked again: "How was it determined?"

The president's eyes suddenly showed some nostalgia, and he said: "During the last dimensional infection, I was temporarily trapped on the planet where the dimensional infection broke out. I had nothing to do, so I did some experiments by the way."

"I won't go into too much detail. I can confirm that only your body, which has been infected by the dimension, is the target."

"The beings from another dimension will mark us with something special that cannot be observed by our naked eyes, psychic powers or any other means."

"It's not clear what it is, but it may be something like pheromones. They rely on this thing to determine our location."

"As long as the bodies infected with pheromones don't touch each other, there will be no overall impact."

Chen Ming asked in confusion: "It's our bodies that are marked? It's not our consciousness or spiritual power or something?"

"Think about what I said before?"

Chen Ming immediately recalled several times he had talked to the president, but he couldn't find a similar topic.

However, when Chen Ming thought about the first time he met the president, he remembered what the president had said.

Psykers are resistant to infection from another dimension; the consciousness of psykers resists infection from another dimension.

Obviously a psyker's consciousness could never be the object of a marker from another dimension's being, but the same could not be said for the body.

Unless the psychic can maintain complete mental protection of the body throughout the entire process of dimensional infection, he will be marked if he relaxes even a little.

The body will not instinctively resist the invasion of another dimension.

After all, consciousness is the foundation for humans. Without consciousness, the body is just an empty shell.

The same is true for psychics, people who use their own consciousness to influence reality, consciousness is of paramount importance.

Unless one is a psychic who specializes in strengthening the body, then the body will be more important, such as Yan Xiong...

However, there is currently no clear case of physically enhanced psychics experiencing dimensional infection, so whether dimensional infection can mark this type of psychic is still purely theoretical.

Chen Ming followed what the president said, and a lot of ideas flashed through his mind.

After expressing these ideas, the president gave Chen Ming a positive answer.

(End of this chapter)