Chen Ming saw what Tian Zhan did after he left.

His protection of the fairy tree was far more rigorous than anyone could imagine.

But he didn't stop.

The fairy tree is most vulnerable when it has just grown into a seedling.

By the time it has grown into a tree, it has become a sufficiently powerful psychic creature.

Burying a small stone under the tree will not have any effect on the fairy tree.

But Tian Zhan's behavior is likely to be his spiritual sustenance for a long time in the future.

So Chen Ming let him do it.

He is still very optimistic about Tian Zhan's abilities, the projects he is currently working on, and his future ideas.

Chen Ming is never stingy with such people, no matter in any aspect.

Time goes by day by day.

The development level of the two most core galaxies in Chen Ming's hands is getting closer and closer to the galaxies in the truly prosperous star fields, and is still developing in the direction that Chen Ming wants.

More and more people in the empire have learned about the Origin System.

Learned about the four types of Leviathans in the Origin System.

The scavenger robot, the nightmare of the plane, the star-eater, and the jellyfish Leviathan named "Ghost" that the survivors took the initiative to mention during a transaction.

Except for the scavengers who have to work, each one has a corresponding scientific research space station. The projects in each space station bring Chen Ming income from scientific research results and the effect of continuously attracting high-level scientific research talents.

Which researcher with ideals and aspirations could refuse a behemoth that had never been seen before in the empire? During this period, each space station had grown from a few hundred to a thousand people to tens of thousands.

As long as the body of Leviathan remains, there will be an endless supply of research projects to be unearthed from it.

And contribute to Chen Ming's scientific research center.

And on the other side of the wormhole, on the Gaia galaxy.

On all the planets except Gaia, several industrial colonies have been built and put into operation.

Unlike Gaia, other planets do not need to be inhabited in the future.

So as the stellar matter in the Astrophotactile Egg Sheath was returned and the climate of the galaxy recovered, Chen Ming sent the scavengers over to build all the industrial colonies at once.

It can be regarded as a test of the basic functions of the scavenger.

Afterwards, the afterglow cores were immediately installed on these colonies, which could be used to develop the resources on the planet.

The next step is to begin exploring surrounding galaxies and building new colonies.

Chen Ming did not allow the Zerg to interfere in these matters, which resulted in low overall resource development efficiency.

But it’s not a big problem. When he is really short of manpower, he will do what needs to be done.

Just when everything was thriving.

In the laboratory of the Negative Matter Research Team on the Gaia satellite.

The deputy team leader was in the team leader's office and said to the team leader: "Team leader, there is an experiment that needs your supervision that has just begun..."

The team leader waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll be back soon. If there are any questions, just put them aside for now. If it doesn't work, just suspend the experiment. I have something important to do."

The deputy team leader really wanted to say that there was something more important than the experiment right now.

It is obvious that due to the large-scale leakage of negative matter and the large-scale fusion of satellites, the state of the planet is very special and is very worthy of study.

Not only were there a bunch of new project teams, but their original project team of only a dozen people was also forced to expand.

These old people have always felt the pressure of being surpassed by the newcomers.

At this time, we should continue these experiments and research. Why did the team leader suddenly have to go out during the most critical experiment? But the deputy team leader still restrained this idea.

At most, he has some status in the group, but not enough to be the team leader, and he has no right to restrict what the team leader does.

All we can say is that he followed the wrong person.

He sighed inwardly, but pretended nothing happened and said, "I understand."

The deputy team leader and the team leader left the office one after another.

The team leader went further away and called a public shuttle to the wormhole space station. He passed through the wormhole and arrived at the port of the Gaia Galaxy Wormhole Space Station.

In Chen Ming's territory, not all spaceships were built by him personally.

Some researchers have certain assets of their own and do not necessarily need to use public shuttles to commute.

Therefore, Chen Ming also deliberately left a similar loophole for the convenience of these researchers.

When the team leader went out before, he happened to leave his shuttle here.

The team leader quickly found his shuttle and sat in the driver's seat.

There was a photo frame in front of the driver's seat, which contained a photo of a family of five, including the team leader.

When seeing this photo frame, the team leader's expression suddenly changed.

His pupils were twitching, and his eyes changed from calm to confused.

He lowered his head and shook it vigorously, trying to make himself more awake, but he couldn't cheer himself up again. He even felt that he was becoming weaker and weaker and less and less able to control his body.

He tried his best to raise his head.

However, he could only see the cosmic scene outside the shuttle that had already taken off, and the countless dense sand-like substances flowing in his hands through his peripheral vision.

The tingling sensation in his palms did not make him feel comfortable, but instead made him feel extremely panicked.

He wanted to struggle desperately, but his body was completely unable to receive any commands from him.

He only saw a communicator in his hand.

The team leader's confused look suddenly turned cold, and his expression gradually became calm.

He reached out and placed the photo on the table of the spacecraft's operating console, then reached out and rubbed his face hard.

Slight psychic fluctuations appeared in his body, causing his face to change.

This is not the fading of disguise, but the flesh and blood on his face are changing due to the influence of psychic energy.

In the end, the team leader's face turned into an ordinary face that looked like he was in his forties or fifties.

But his eyes are deep and attractive.

If Chen Ming were here, he would immediately explode and use all means to kill the team leader.

Because this face was exactly the face of the real brainwashed psychic that he saw in the remnant of Thousand Faces' consciousness after he killed him.

The team leader, or the body controlled by the brainwashed psychic today, shook the communicator in his hand and entered a coordinate that popped up on the control panel of the spacecraft.

His eyes were calm and peaceful.

But it was still clear from the fact that he slightly increased the speed of operating the spacecraft that he was very curious about the survivors.

The spaceship disappeared into the universe in the blink of an eye.

at the same time.

Negative Matter Laboratory.

The deputy team leader who had just spoken to the team leader thought about it for a long time and still felt that it would be bad if something went wrong without the team leader watching over him.

So he called the member of the experimental team who was in charge of the practical operation today and said, "Let's stop the experiment today. The team leader just went out. The experiment will start again when the team leader comes back."

"receive."

The experimental team responded quickly and decisively.

The deputy team leader originally wanted to take this opportunity to sort out the experimental data, but after thinking about it, he was still a little worried, so he put down the data in his hand and planned to go to the laboratory's isolated experimental area.

The experimental area and the office area are now each under their own dome, and it takes a lot of time to travel there.

But he went anyway to be on the safe side.

Another laboratory building under a dome.

Entering from the gate is the hall of the experimental area.

In the past, there was usually only one person guarding the door here.

But now there are quite a few people standing scattered in the hall, chatting with each other about the project, and everything seems normal.

But soon, as the deputy team leader swept his eyes around the surroundings, he noticed that the experimental observation area was also surrounded by people.

This area is usually open only when experiments are being conducted, allowing others to see the experimental process and some of the detected data that can be completely disclosed.

But normally there is nothing there, so there is no need to stand there and watch.

He had a bad feeling and immediately rushed over and asked, "What's going on?"

Someone in the crowd surrounding the observation area immediately responded, "Experiment, did you forget there was an experiment today?"

The deputy team leader's face changed and he looked inside through the window of the isolation layer of the experimental area.

It can be seen that a small piece of the Plane Nightmare limb fragment has been transported to the experimental area, and the experiment can be started at any time according to normal procedures.

He didn't dare to say any more nonsense, pushed through the crowd and ran towards the experimental control room on the other side of the observation area.

He practically broke down the door of the laboratory and yelled inside: "What the hell are you doing!"

The team member who had just contacted him and several other team members were standing in front of the control panel and turned to look at him, asking why the deputy team leader was so angry.

They seemed totally confused about the situation.

The team member who had contacted the deputy team leader before Dimension said nothing, glanced at the deputy team leader and turned his head back. His eyes were calm, but seemed a little confused.

He continued to give instructions on the operating table to start the experiment.

"you……"

Without any hesitation, the deputy team leader reached out and knocked on a very obvious laboratory emergency button on the wall next to him.

This is a button specially set up by Chen Ming, which can be pressed actively when something goes wrong in the laboratory experiment.

He even specifically explained this to everyone who came here.

Press it if you feel something is going to go wrong, and don't worry about the consequences.

Between the trouble of continued leakage of negative matter and the trouble of having to come over and take a look, he chose the latter.

The alarm sounded and the laboratory's safety passage was fully opened.

The researchers who were outside just now all ran out immediately.

Only a few team members who were blocking the door by the deputy team leader still didn't understand the situation and stood there nervously.

There are also several devices in the experimental area that release a large amount of gas that has been developed during this period and can be used to stabilize the corpse of the Plane Nightmare into the experimental area, which is used to stabilize the experimental materials after the experiment is terminated.

But for some reason, the negative matter leaked from the fragments of the Plane Nightmare's body showed signs of activation on the control panel. Even though a large amount of inert gas had filled the room, it was unable to stop the activation of the negative matter.

An abnormality was detected and the equipment in the experimental area automatically increased the release of inert gas.

At the same time, a new storage device emerged from underground in the experimental area, capturing the fragments of the Plane Nightmare's corpse in a vacuum isolation tank.

However.

The equipment has not yet been transported.

A black jet shot out from the inside of the tank, not only piercing the tank itself, but also piercing the wall of the laboratory from the top, allowing the negative matter to continue to leak out.

In just a few seconds, a huge amount of negative matter leaked out from the laboratory.

The situation is almost exactly the same as last time.

And there is a more serious situation happening along with the leakage of negative matter.

That is, starting from the experimental area, the negative matter that had been stabilized by fusing with dead matter actually showed signs of instability.

Stable negative matter is worth studying, but unstable negative matter...it is tantamount to the nightmare of the plane wreaking havoc.

Although negative matter does not have that much impact on living things.

But it also caused the laboratory's structure to shake violently, as if it would collapse at any time.

"Stabilize the negative matter!"

The deputy team leader's voice was heard amid the chaos.

A team member who had just been blocked by him also realized that it was too late for him to escape, so he immediately pushed away the team member who had forcibly started the experiment process and shouted to the deputy team leader: "We're doing it!"

He worked quickly on the console, constantly launching various mandatory emergency measures.

But the results were not ideal.

The laboratory itself has set up different emergency plans to deal with different situations.

The current situation seems to be the activation of negative matter, which needs to be forcibly stabilized.

But the best means of stabilization are the inert gases that were released first, but these gases failed to stabilize the negative matter and instead leaked out together.

Other means are used to deal with other situations. Trying to save a dying horse as a living one will not be effective.

Moreover, as the team members tried all the methods they could to no avail, the ground under the dome of the entire experimental area suddenly began to shake violently.

The member who was operating the console shouted in panic: "It's useless! No, it's not useless... Go contact the director!"

"I'm already here."

Chen Ming's calm voice rang out in the laboratory.

The metal liquid swept out, protecting several team members and dragging them out of the laboratory.

He was left alone in the laboratory.

And the words left by the deputy team leader when he was taken away: "There is a problem between the team leader and Wang Guanghe."

Team leader Chen Ming knew who it was. Chen Ming did not recognize Wang Guanghe, but after thinking about it, Chen Ming realized that he was also from the negative matter team's hospital, and was the person who had just been taken away by him.

He immediately wanted to look for the team leader, but at this time the team leader had disappeared from the entire satellite.

He could only control Wang Guanghe first and let Yu Hui retrieve all the relevant records.

And he needs to deal with the trouble on the planet now.

The alarm just sounded.

Chen Ming knew that something was bound to happen here, and in less than ten seconds he used his psychic power to rush over.

But he still didn't have time to catch up with the instantaneous leakage of negative matter.

Things have already happened, and no matter how angry he is, he can't change anything.

So he didn't rush back to the laboratory, but went to investigate the situation of the leak first.

At this point he could be sure that the entire satellite had been completely infected by negative matter. There was no corner without negative matter, and the remaining negative matter had nowhere to go.

It is the negative matter that has nowhere to go that causes the instability of the laboratory.

But this is only a small portion of negative matter.

Looking at the entire planet, the existence of negative matter is very stable.

It has even become too stable, so stable that the satellite is heading towards the stability of the matter inside a black hole.

This is the conclusion Chen Ming came to after personally fighting against the Nightmare of the Planes and personally experiencing the existence of black holes and black hole dimensions.

There is a problem with the direction of negative matter stability.

Their stability is not stability in the true sense, nor is it stability that is purely beneficial to people.

Their stability always has only one purpose, which is to construct the space where the matter they stabilize is stable into a black hole.

Originally, the entire satellite was only mostly contaminated by the leaked negative matter, and the negative matter maintained its original state.

But when the moment comes when the entire planet is infected by negative matter, it will show its fangs.

This stability affects the entire planet.

At this time, the various satellite status monitoring devices deployed by Chen Ming around the satellite had already discovered traces of gravitational turbulence just below the satellite.

This is just the beginning.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for this satellite to transform into a black hole.

The mass of the planet is far from enough, but the connection between negative matter and the black hole dimension makes it possible for the satellite to transform into a black hole.

It won't be long before there is a black hole in Gaia's orbit.

There aren't many solutions.

Because Chen Ming's ability to lock space is really just to lock space, and it is very effective against space disturbances and fluctuations.

But a black hole... the center of a black hole is the most stable place in the entire universe. The gravity here prevents even light from passing through, and even space becomes completely unchangeable because of this gravity.

Of course, this is the normal situation in Chen Ming's cognition.

In fact, this situation will change when the world has a black hole dimension.

After the passage to the black hole dimension, that is, the black hole itself, is fully formed, this is not the most stable place.

If Gaia's satellite becomes a black hole, anything he does afterwards will be meaningless.

But if it does not become a black hole, the space here will continue to develop in a stable direction.

This is the special nature of this universe, and Chen Ming does not have the power to change it.

But he has other ways to deal with the current situation.

Chen Ming's spiritual energy fluctuations were released in an overwhelming manner, covering the entire planet and the space around it.

He can tear space on a large scale and send satellites that are being transformed into black holes due to negative matter into phase space to ensure that the planets will not be transformed into black holes due to the influence of the black hole dimension.

The independence of phase space allows it to avoid being linked to any dimension other than the normal universe.

Chen Ming had previously specifically confirmed that in phase space, a black hole is essentially just a black hole and has nothing to do with the black hole dimension.

But before he actually did it, he hesitated.

Because he felt a new danger that was different from the satellite transforming into a black hole.

This was a real danger sensed by his danger-sensing psychic ability, and he also knew what this danger represented.

Between the danger of a satellite transforming into a black hole and causing the entire galaxy to collapse, and the dangers that must be faced by manually tearing space apart.

Chen Ming had to choose one to face. He was forced to choose one to face.

He must make a decision quickly.

Because even as he was thinking, new abnormal conditions suddenly appeared on the satellite.

The planet's gravity system has begun to collapse, a large amount of shallow continental shelves have begun to crack, and countless natural cracks have begun to appear on the planet.

It won't be long before, even if the satellite is not transformed into a black hole, its framework as a planet will collapse in the process of negative matter stabilization to form a black hole.

Even at this time, the changes in the satellite have affected the planet Gaia it orbits.

Abnormal tides have begun to appear in the coastal areas of Gaia.

If the situation continues to develop, it is probably only a matter of time before a tsunami covering the entire planet appears on Gaia.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking nervously about how to make a decision.

A voice suddenly sounded: "You seem to be hesitating?"

It was Wang Guanghe, whom Chen Ming took away from the laboratory, who was talking to the metal liquid that was wrapped around him. Of course, Chen Ming could hear the voice.

But Chen Ming didn't want to pay attention to him.

Because Yu Hui had sorted out all the records of Wang Guanghe and Team Leader Yu on the road in public places and sent them to Chen Ming.

After Chen Ming conducted a quick search using his psychic powers, he discovered a common point between the team leader and Wang Guanghe.

Sometimes, confusion appears in their eyes, and when they are confused, their behavior will be different from before.

Chen Ming is very familiar with this situation.

This is a common phenomenon after the psychic powers of his "old friend" brainwashed psychics took effect.

It was a scene he wanted to see, but also didn't want to see.

At this moment, he had no time to worry about Zuo Jing's problem and had to make a decision as soon as possible.

However, he still put a set of silent alloy armor on Wang Guanghe, but this did not affect the ability of the brainwashed psychic at all.

Wang Guanghe still looked at the laboratory that had been destroyed by the strong earthquake and the entire collapsing satellite with a half-smile.

The brainwashed psychic was far more disgusting than Chen Ming had imagined.

His psychic power cannot be detected by any means after it actually takes effect, and he is much older than Chen Ming.

He might even have hundreds of years to place his own undetectable puppets throughout the empire's society.

And he appeared at this moment and stabbed Chen Ming with the most cruel blow.

(End of this chapter)