The Fifth Army, which should have relied on the strength of its battleships and subordinate fleets, did not directly launch a full-scale attack for some reason.
Instead, he chose to move forward slowly.
The commander of the Fifth Legion was cautious, even a little too cautious.
He continued to command the fleet at the edge of the battle line, demonstrating his superb command skills and making the Zuojing Fleet, which did not have a sufficiently good commander and was a mixed group, run around in circles.
This allows the Fifth Legion's fleet to easily destroy large numbers of mixed fleets.
The overall situation is also tilting towards the Fifth Legion.
But for some reason, the situation on this battlefield was extremely tense.
The Fifth Legion made the crushing situation look extremely difficult.
Just when the lower-level spacecraft of the Fifth Legion Fleet were almost equal to the number of lower-level spacecraft of Zuo Jing.
They suddenly chose to retreat.
The Fifth Legion had to regroup and did not choose to finish the fight in one wave.
From Chen Ming's perspective, it seemed that the result would come out after a while of fighting.
The Fifth Army's losses were not great at all.
Even though all the people on Zuo Jingfang's fleet were forcibly brainwashed, everyone fought to the death.
The Fifth Legion could not possibly lose, nor suffer much loss, simply by relying on the ever-increasing exchange ratio.
Even if Zuo Jing's Prometheus-class wanted to resist Chen Ming, he didn't believe that Prometheus, a battleship originally intended for transporting fuel and supplies, could be comparable to an offensive-class ship originally used by the military to hold the line on large-scale frontal battlefields after being modified by ship engineers in a star field who were brainwashed by Zuo Jing.
What's more, as far as Chen Ming knows, the Prometheus-class is a battleship developed by the governments of different star fields with the approval of the Empire.
Its data must have already been in the hands of all relevant parties.
No matter how such a ship is modified, the framework is still there. Why should the army be afraid of such a ship?
But the Fifth Legion did just that, as if they were afraid to fight Prometheus head-on.
Chen Ming could guess the reason.
Because just now the two fleets were exchanging fire.
Some small and medium-sized spacecraft belonging to the Fifth Legion bypassed the Prometheus-class protective network in combat status and arrived at Yunluo Star from the other side of the planet.
When seeing this scene, Chen Ming had completely understood the Fifth Legion's thoughts.
It is obvious that the goal of the Fifth Legion is not to get rid of Zuo Jing's fleet, but to use Zuo Jing's fleet as another layer of protection.
This will allow their own people to go to the surface of Yunluo Star, find Zuo Jing's recipient, and seize the power from the recipient.
They have the ability to eliminate Zuo Jing's fleet, but they just don't do it.
They want more.
Chen Ming also felt a little uncomfortable at this time.
Because the Fifth Legion seemed to treat dimensional infection as something casual.
Obviously, the harm caused by the dimensional infection is already in front of everyone, but there are still people who do things that cost people's blood in vain for the sake of this power that may not be obtained and may have extremely serious sequelae.
This feels very uncomfortable.
In particular, Chen Ming’s goal from the very beginning was to solve this problem, rather than doing things just to seize that power.
He could have stayed out of this.
The Caimo Star Region is very far away from his current location.
If he hadn't come, no one would have said anything, and no one would have even thought of him.
But he still came here because Zuo Jing created a dimensional infection, and using the power of the dimensional infection might threaten the empire and the survival of the entire human race.
He traced the source all the way back to the source, provided information to the president, found the source of Zuo Jing's troubles, and killed two important senior executives of Zuo Jing.
He was about to reach the recipient of Zuo Jing, and was only one step away from solving this problem.
He works very hard here.
As a result, someone behind me lost his mind.
Even if the Fifth Legion rushed over and destroyed the Zuo Jing fleet, and then used its main weapons to plow the entire planet, it would kill An Wuping as well.
Chen Ming wouldn't feel so bad now.
Even the Fifth Legion was a little more direct and crushed Zuo Jing head-on, and then the fleet pressed in massively to land in Yunluo, showing an attitude of completely wiping out Zuo Jing.
Chen Ming wouldn't have the same idea as he does now.
But the actions of the Fifth Legion really disappointed him.
At the same time, it also made him feel the same way as when the president told him about this matter before.
Chen Ming finally couldn't help it, and the prosthesis from the 14th Corps immediately called the president and said, "President, I understand what you mean."
"The Fifth Legion's main battleships were sent out to seize Zuo Jing's power, not to deal with Zuo Jing."
"But wasn't their original purpose to deal with it? Has there been a disagreement within the Fifth Legion?"
When the president heard this question, he stopped sorting the documents and said to Chen Ming, "They did have a disagreement."
"Because they suffered heavy losses in this operation."
"Zuo Jing should have started planning this recent incident a long time ago. As the closest independent legion with a base in the nearby star field, the Fifth Legion was naturally targeted by Zuo Jing's brainwashed psychic."
"Your fleets are all near several key star systems, so you should be able to tell how heavy their losses have been."
"They need compensation, so they want to seize the power of dimensional infection."
"You have seen what the psychic in Zuojing can do after he has acquired certain abilities."
"If the Fifth Legion can acquire this ability, then they may even be able to rely on that one person to become a legion on par with the Fourteenth Legion."
"So they did it and even banned everyone else from intervening, including me."
Chen Ming still felt something was wrong, because he remembered that the president said before he went to do business that he was going to deal with the matter in Caimo Star Territory.
The only thing that could make the president temporarily put aside his support for the Fifth Legion and go do his work is either the Fifth Legion taking the initiative to ask the president to stop temporarily, or the Empire's request.
After returning, the Empire classified the incident as a rebellion, which proves that it was the Empire that sent the president over, and that the Fifth Legion was definitely involved.
What about the Empire's attitude? "Did the Empire just let the Fifth Legion do what it wanted?"
"The Empire's attitude is to wait and see."
The president said: "Because now, the location of the psychic in Zuojing who is mastering the power of dimensional infection has been determined. It is in the Luxi star system, Yunluo Star."
"Now that the location has been confirmed, there are already several psychics of the same level as me and Wu An watching there."
“They are confident that they can solve problems when necessary.”
"This matter is no longer something we can interfere with."
"It was the Empire that acquiesced to the Fifth Legion using the ordinary people of an entire planet and the psykers on it in exchange for a force infected by a dimension controlled by the Empire."
"I don't want to say anything, but I can only say that the power of dimensional infection is definitely not something that can be easily controlled."
"The power of dimensional infection is really too strong. Even if this power can only act on a large area and cannot enhance the psychic effect, it doesn't matter. It is already valuable to the empire."
"You should know that Yuhui has no resistance to anything related to psychic energy, right?"
The president’s point was very clear.
For Yuhui, any kind of spiritual stone or psychic energy fluctuation, even if it is neutral or only very weak, will cause a bunch of redundant data to be added to the logical code running by Yuhui as long as it comes into contact with it.
If there is a psychic who can exert psychic fluctuations on Yuhui's territory, other than Chen Ming himself, then this psychic may also be fatal to Yuhui.
Such a psychic might be able to eliminate Yuhui, one of the empire's current main enemies.
This is why the Empire is willing to stand by and let the Fifth Legion seize this power.
Even if Chen Ming sat on the throne of the empire, he had to seriously consider this power.
Of course, Chen Ming would never gamble in the end.
The reason is very simple.
"What if they fail? Don't they know what the consequences of failure will be?"
The president's mental state was almost the same as Chen Ming's at this time. He said to Chen Ming, "Of course they know, that's why they prepared psychics with sufficient abilities as a final insurance."
"What if we can't solve it? The brainwashing psychic in Zuojing has the power of dimensional infection, and the entire empire may be brainwashed."
"They said there would be a deadline, and when it's over they would just do it, not giving Zuo Jing a chance to continue."
"Just this one sentence?"
"Just with this one sentence, not everyone is in awe of dimensional infection."
To be honest, Chen Ming couldn't accept this situation.
If it were a normal situation, he might have really accepted it, and he might really believe that the Empire could solve Zuo Jing's troubles.
However, the attitude shown by the Fifth Legion made him lose trust in it.
He even didn't trust the Empire.
"Is there no one who can stop it?"
The president's words were full of helplessness: "Who else can come? I can't go, Wu An can't go, and our Psychic Society has been excluded."
"Unless you think Hu Yi can solve this problem, it seems that there is really no one in the Luxi galaxy who can solve the problem."
"Hu Yi has already arrived in Luxi?"
"Yes, he has been acting like a traitor, and in the eyes of others, he is still a member of Zuo Jing. But do you really want to count on him?"
"Then forget it."
The boss had said before that when Hu Yi was impersonated by Zuo Jing and assassinated, the first person he went to was the president, so it was normal for the president to know that Hu Yi had gone to Zuo Jing to be a traitor.
But Chen Ming was very worried about Hu Yi's abilities.
There's nothing wrong with his psychic powers, but for some reason he just can't think straight when doing things.
Chen Ming seriously suspected that his IQ was converted into entropy and used up by him.
Although the boss has been guiding him, the results don't seem to be very ideal.
In any case, it is impossible for Chen Ming to trust Hu Yi.
The same goes for the president.
He quickly thought of another person.
"Actually, there is another person who might be able to help, An Wuping."
"An Wuping..."
The mess in Chen Ming's mind suddenly seemed to be sorted out.
Yes, why should he consider others? Since he can solve this problem by himself, why should he rely on others? The Fifth Legion came slower than him, and he was fully capable of completely solving the dimensional infection before they arrived and before they tried to gain the power of the dimensional infection.
The president didn't notice anything unusual about Chen Ming, and continued, "An Wuping's strength is a little bit weaker, but at least his goal has always been to deal with Zuo Jing."
"Plus, he has been missing for the past few years, and there is no trace of him. He definitely has no intelligence channels, and he would not know the method of seizing dimensional infection power spread by Zuo Jing."
"The news of his fight with Zuo Jing at the Geocentric Furnace Power Tower has spread. The Fifth Legion should focus on that place, and many people will be there soon. I wonder what the situation will be like there."
“There’s really no other way.”
"That's it, then."
Chen Ming hung up the phone in a hurry, stopped working on the original body and the prosthesis, and devoted all his attention to An Wuping.
As expected, no matter what happens, you still have to rely on yourself in the end.
As long as he kills the recipient, the Fifth Legion's idea of using the power of dimensional infection will naturally fail.
The threat from left-path psykers who have fully harnessed the power of dimensional infection will no longer exist.
Those who have not personally experienced dimensional infection are not worthy and cannot use this power well.
Anyone who has experienced it, unless they are a madman or a fool, can see the horror of this power and would never attempt to get involved with it.
Therefore, Chen Ming must completely eliminate this force here.
Before the psychics of the Fifth Legion arrive.
Chen Ming strengthened his determination.
Continue moving underground.
At this time, he gradually felt that the surrounding environment was becoming hotter, and the mental pressure on him was becoming heavier.
finally.
After breaking an underground isolation layer of the Earth's Core Furnace Power Tower.
A barrier made of flesh and blood appeared in front of Chen Ming.
And after tearing apart this barrier.
Further down is a huge mountain of meat.
He finally found his target.
Chen Ming had some thoughts in his mind about the research report on dimensional infection released by Zuo Jing.
When the dimensional infection occurred, Zuo Jing immediately cut off the distorted tissue and transplanted it to a psychic who was undergoing an experiment.
After triggering the power of dimensional infection, he has turned into a huge meat mountain monster that now blocks the underground of the power tower.
Just as Chen Ming discovered the mountain of meat.
A large amount of psychic energy fluctuations all surged towards Chen Ming. The psychic energy effect originating from the recipient was enough to affect An Wuping in his current state.
This caused An Wuping's perception to be obviously distorted.
Everything becomes distorted and chaotic from An Wuping's perspective.
The whole world is filled with disgusting flesh and blood. Only outside the energy tower is the pure land and the way out. The recipient wants to induce An Wuping to leave here.
Even Chen Ming himself was affected.
There was something wrong with Chen Ming's understanding.
The mountain of flesh in front of him was no longer what it was before, but a mass of rotting flesh that was about to decay. It could be killed easily with just a light blow.
Even though he was staring at the huge mountain of flesh just a second ago, he still didn't realize anything was wrong.
Of course Chen Ming was not fooled.
He noticed the problem within seconds of being affected.
Because the Queen Insect's consciousness and Chen Ming's consciousness had long been combined together in order to condense the source of spiritual energy.
When Chen Ming's main consciousness was focused on An Wuping, the Queen of Insects' consciousness naturally came here as well. The Zerg hive consciousness headed by the Queen of Insects was of course also attached to An Wuping.
Chen Ming was not sure how many insects the Queen of Insects now had, but it was definitely more than the population of an ordinary colony planet.
It is impossible to brainwash this amount of consciousness.
The Queen of Insects resisted the attack from the victim in this way.
Since the Queen of Insects discovered the problem, it is equivalent to Chen Ming discovering the problem.
Chen Ming was able to fully observe the real situation in reality through the Queen Insect's consciousness perspective and was not affected at all.
Moreover, Chen Ming also discovered a special situation.
This huge mountain of meat can also "breathe".
To be precise, it is not breathing, but it is doing movements similar to breathing.
Just as the Meat Mountain released psychic energy fluctuations to him, the Meat Mountain entered an exhalation state, and the overall psychic energy fluctuations showed a special and difficult-to-control characteristic.
And at the moment when this wave of psychic energy fluctuations gradually dissipated, the mountain of meat entered a state of inhaling again, and the psychic energy fluctuations stabilized again. If he didn't look closely, Chen Ming would even think that this mountain of meat was just a mountain of meat without any psychic energy fluctuations.
The state of this meat mountain constantly changes between the active state of exhalation and the gentle state of inhalation.
Just like the recipient's psychic fluctuations and tropical climate, it has an unstable active period and a stable period.
When the recipient's psychic fluctuations are in the active period, not only will his psychic fluctuations become frantic, but it will also lead to some sequelae that Chen Ming finds very familiar.
Just now, the psychic energy fluctuations of the Meat Mountain surged out.
Chen Ming noticed that several psychics outside the power tower who were fighting with other psychics, who must be psychics from Zuo Jing, suddenly exploded.
The explosion came without any warning, and they were all blown into a cloud of bloody mist, which frightened all the psychics fighting outside, no matter which side they belonged to.
The way these psychics died was exactly the same as Lou Wei's death, and the deaths of these people, like Lou Wei's death, gave him the feeling of having close contact with a dimensional infection.
After combining what he saw with his own eyes and the problems he discovered from the Meat Mountain.
Chen Ming finally understood the real cause of Lou Wei's death.
Obviously, the power of dimensional infection is not easy to control.
It causes the recipient's psychic powers to intermittently fail and enter an active period.
During the active period, whenever the recipient uses psychic power, a psychic wave with a dimensional infection that is not easily detected will go to where it should not go, that is, the outside world, to affect other people who are controlled by his psychic power.
Go kill them and explode them into blood mist.
For Zuo Jing, this sequelae is nothing at all, just a few people. They control so many people, it is highly unlikely that such a thing will happen to some important people by chance.
Even if it is possible, they may have some other means of protection.
As for ordinary people, there is no need to care about them at all.
Anyway, such a release will not leave any residual psychic fluctuations, and there is no way to suspect Zuo Jing.
At most, it is regarded as a rare phenomenon or a special disease.
Who could have thought that the victim of a person using psychic powers during his active period would be Lou Wei in front of Chen Ming?
And think along this logic.
No wonder Chen Ming felt nothing at all the last time he saw the recipient.
The recipient should have been in a stable period when they met last time, so Chen Ming failed to detect the problem, resulting in him letting the culprit get away even though he had contacted him.
But this time when they meet, Chen Ming will not let the recipient run away again.
At present, it seems that Zuo Jing wants to delay time so that the recipient can adjust the stable period and active period.
Let the stable period be longer than the active period. When only the active period remains in the recipient, everything will probably be over.
But now that Chen Ming is here, he obviously won't give the recipient a chance to continue to maintain a stable period.
After withstanding a round of mental attacks from the victim, Chen Ming jumped down from the gap in the barrier of flesh and blood.
This time, Chen Ming did not condense plasma, but relied on his strong body to rush into the mountain of meat.
The wild force continued to crush the flesh and penetrate deeper into it.
The controlled power tower has displayed the exact size of the meat mountain in front of him.
The fact that he crushed the meat mountain with one punch after another also told him the strength of the meat mountain.
As long as he can reach the core of the Meat Mountain.
Then all he had to do was calculate the appropriate amount of plasma.
Now that he knows the formula, he has the ability to calculate it.
Then the answer is obvious.
Chaofan has completed the calculation and provided the data to Chen Ming.
This time, the amount of plasma available deep underground is three times the amount of plasma that Chen Ming had originally intended to use to send away the Thousand-Faced Mind-Running Entity.
The ball of light appeared in Chen Ming's palm again.
The surrounding meat mountains have begun to be annihilated by the aftermath of the plasma.
This pure plasma aggregate, this dazzling light of annihilation, will carry the recipient into his own grave.
The threat of death is imminent.
As a psychic with pure mental power, the recipient was completely unable to stop Chen Ming in terms of physical combat ability.
There was only one thing he could do.
He released a huge amount of mental power and pulled Chen Ming into the final battlefield where psychics fought face to face.
Consciousness space.
(End of this chapter)