Chapter 137 Evacuation
Chen Ming was awakened by the sound in his ears.
When he first woke up and his head was still a little groggy, he thought he was hallucinating.
But when he became more awake, he realized that what he heard was real, as if it was a heavy beating sound coming from an abyss deep underground.
And this beating sound is also accompanied by a dangerous, but also full of close feeling spiritual energy fluctuations.
Chen Ming woke up instantly, and a thought flashed through his mind.
"What's going on?"
He quickly looked at the time.
Discovered it was five o'clock in the morning Earth time.
Since he was the only living person in the institute and Xiaoshi, a hamster, needed to rest, the living area was still dark at this time.
This adds a bit of a weird atmosphere to the sounds coming from deep underground.
Chen Ming was not frightened by such an environment.
When the entire institute was shaking due to the vibration caused by the beating sound.
He calmly turned on the lights in the living area, and immediately tried to sense his lying stone that was underground and seemed to be the source of the sound.
The Liar Stone, which could still be clearly perceived deep underground before, now seemed very vague to Chen Ming, as if it was separated by a heavy layer.
There is a problem.
Chen Ming picked up Xiaoshi, who was still lying on his pillow, looking like he was still asleep, and stuffed it into his arms.
He stood up and walked towards the hall in the center of the institute.
After Chen Ming walked out of the living area, he also found that the robots that were staying in various corners of the hall and that he usually kept up with at a distance when there was any movement were all gone.
He stood there as if he had lost control.
Something bad seems to have happened at the institute.
Chen Ming shouted directly: "Brilliant!"
He waited for two seconds, but didn't get any response.
"G3!"
Chen Ming shouted again, but also received no reply.
There was only an extremely heavy sound in his ears and the vibration that accompanied the sound.
Upon seeing this, Chen Ming directly used his psychic energy to contact Hui Hui.
This time brilliant response was very timely: "Mr. Chen, is there anything going on so early?"
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"Didn't you see the situation in the institute?"
Huihuang noticed the emotion contained in Chen Ming's words and realized that there might be a problem on Chen Ming's side.
It immediately explained: "I still have work every day in other galaxies, and the institute does not stay closed 24 hours a day."
"Even if I want to, G3 will definitely not allow it, so I will only maintain the signal connection with the institute when you are awake during your normal schedule."
"So I don't know yet what happened at the institute."
There is indeed no problem with the brilliant statement, so Chen Ming did not struggle with this issue, and he did not have time to struggle.
"Then take a look at what's going on here? Then ask G3 if it's dead."
"Received."
But immediately, Huihuang said: "No, I can't access the institute's network now."
"G3 didn't give you permission?"
"No, there is no signal. The communication network is disconnected or interfered with. I am still trying to connect."
Huihuang's words completely confirmed Chen Ming's guess, so he immediately said to Huihuang: "No need to try, there are violent psychic fluctuations here that interfere with the communication signal."
"Go and find a way to inform your senior management. There must be a problem here in the institute."
Huihuang temporarily stopped communicating with Chen Ming.
Chen Ming was alone again.
And the dull beating sound that kept echoing inside the institute also made him feel a tightness in his chest.
And the beating sound seemed to be gradually becoming consistent with Chen Ming's heartbeat frequency.
The feeling of vibration is also becoming clearer.
There must be something directly below the institute.
But as far as Chen Ming knew, there were only a few spaces underneath the research institute to store giant machines, plus the cloning research institute deep underground.
When the giant mechanical bodies jumped out before, Chen Ming saw that there were some supporting maintenance and repair facilities where they were stored.
But obviously, these facilities are definitely not the source of the strange heartbeat and psychic energy fluctuations now.
Then the answer is obvious.
Something must have happened in the cloning institute.
It seemed that Huihuang had just told him two days ago that the Cloning Research Institute had cloned a psychic thing.
And at that time, he also watched the video that Huihuang had preserved.
Chen Ming saw with his own eyes the psychic flesh and blood tissue being taken out from the chest of his clone.
Wait, chest?
heart?
When the distorted mass of flesh and blood tissue was taken out, Chen Ming's attention was completely attracted by its twisted appearance, and he didn't pay any attention to what it was.
At the same time, I didn't notice its instinctive twitching at that time. In fact, it was more like beating.
It was a deformed heart, not some deformed ordinary flesh and blood.
Chen Ming completely reacted at this moment.
What's beating underground in the institute, making violent sounds and vibrations, is the heart.
After thinking of this, an inexplicable panic suddenly enveloped him.
Chen Ming felt that he could no longer stay in the institute and he had to leave immediately.
But right now.
Huihuang contacted again and said: "We have sent a spacecraft close to the research institute, but the signal is still unable to connect and we cannot contact you directly."
"I suggest you leave the research institute first. As long as you don't fly out of the planet's surface, other afterglows will not attack you."
"Got it."
What Huihuang said coincided with what Chen Ming had just thought.
Chen Ming immediately took off his legs and ran outside the institute.
And since he was about to leave, Chen Ming simply did something on the way out.
He didn't do much, just touched all the equipment he could come into contact with and marked them all.
Including the institute's security system, various robots, and monitoring systems that he usually has little access to.
I don't know whether these equipments are used to protect Chen Ming or the institute itself. They are scattered throughout the institute. You can easily come into contact with them on the way out.
In this way, he can use his ability to take these devices away at any time in the future.
As long as he finds a suitable colony, he can build a new research institute on the spot.
The entire process was completely controlled by Chen Ming due to the monitoring equipment, and now that the research institute is isolated from outside signals, no trace of evidence will be left behind.
Besides, Chen Ming is just marking it now, which does not mean that he will take the things away now. It will not have any impact at all.
So much so that Chen Ming now wanted to give away the most valuable Qiling Nerve Extraction Device underground.
It is achieved by relying on his [Transformation] ability, which is the only way to carry out transformation that does not require him to thoroughly master the relevant transformation technology.
When Chen Ming's transformation ability is carried out, he only needs to replace parts, and Chen Ming happens to have the physical parts to be replaced.
The modification ability only requires Chen Ming to know which parts to replace, and he does not need to understand the more complicated technology inside.
The situation is the same when the concept of components is enlarged to equipment.
Chen Ming can directly use the physical Qiling Neural Extraction Device as part of the shipboard equipment and directly modify it onto any of his spaceships that has free space.
Moreover, his psychic energy is ineffective against anything alive, and only the effective part will be taken away when materials are transferred.
So he doesn't have to worry about his psychic powers causing those "things" underground to spread.
But Chen Ming thought about it and still didn't do it.
Because it is not sure whether the underground monitoring equipment continues to work.
Before the final day of Chen Ming's plan arrives, it is better to hide this critical ability that directly does not require spacecraft control equipment.
Let’s forget about the equipment for now.
He only had one life, but Yu Hui definitely found more than one piece of equipment from the ruins of another civilization.
Chen Ming quickly sorted out the thoughts in his mind and left the institute without any regrets.
Including the time spent touching the equipment and running around, it took less than two minutes in total.
It can only be said that the security system monitoring systems of the institute are basically a complete set. If one place is touched by Chen Ming, it is equivalent to the entire system being marked by Chen Ming, which is very convenient.
However, in these short two minutes, Chen Ming's sense of danger and panic became more and more intense.
He did not dare to stay any longer, so he sped up his movements and created a protective suit on himself as he ran towards the door of the dome outside the institute.
At the same time, he also replaced the Buffalo-class with a military weapon he randomly selected from his own reserves.
When the power grid of Buffalo's spacecraft was almost overloaded, the dome door without afterglow control and protection was barely blown open.
In the fierce airflow, the Buffalo class picked up Chen Ming and boarded the spacecraft.
The spacecraft rose instantly, taking Chen Ming completely away from the research institute.
As the vibrations on the ground disappeared and the heartbeat in his ears stopped, Chen Ming's chest tightness was relieved to a considerable extent in an instant.
Now there is only the spiritual energy fluctuation that gives him complicated feelings that still appears periodically.
But just psychic fluctuations were nothing to Chen Ming, who had been exposed to extreme psychic pulses like the Lie Stone for a long time.
Just when Chen Ming was thinking about where the Buffalo class should go next.
He suddenly saw an afterglow engineering ship approaching in the distant sky.
However, this engineering ship had no intention of attacking Chen Ming. It seemed that it just wanted to land at the research institute.
Chen Ming tried briefly to send a communication request, but the interference to the communication signal from the psychic fluctuations near the research institute still existed, and the range was still large.
No way to make contact at all.
Moreover, the flight trajectory of this spacecraft is quite fixed and rigid. It should be driving automatically by relying on the system inside the spacecraft. There is a high probability that it is meaningless to contact it.
I don't know what the use of landing such a spaceship that should have been lost to Yuhui.
And just when the engineering ship was approaching a certain distance from the research institute.
Suddenly, an electromagnetic pulse swept across the perimeter of the institute, accompanied by a surge of psychic energy.
The Buffalo class driven by Chen Ming and the engineering ship he just saw were both affected by the electromagnetic pulse.
Fortunately, Chen Ming reacted very quickly and repaired the buffalo-level damage in an instant. The spacecraft swayed in the sky twice before returning to normal.
But the engineering ship obviously did not receive such treatment.
Under the influence of the electromagnetic pulse, sparks erupted throughout the spacecraft, the engine stalled, and it crashed directly next to the research institute.
The quality of Yuhui's engineering ship is still good, and the height of the engineering ship was not too high when it fell. After such a fall, only the bottom layer and the bottom armor on both sides were partially damaged.
Overall, it doesn't seem like a big problem.
Moreover, the direction in which this engineering ship came happened to be the direction of the entrance and exit of the cloning research institute underground that Hui Huang had told him before.
So Chen Ming took advantage of the situation and landed next to the engineering ship.
Chen Ming quickly stepped off the spacecraft after confirming that there was no danger around him.
Before he felt the heartbeat and vibration that caused chest tightness, he quickly touched the engineering ship, and then immediately returned to the Buffalo class.
The Buffalo-class took off again, and Chen Ming relaxed a little and looked at the situation of the engineering ship.
Just as he thought, there was no Afterglow individual on the spacecraft, and it was purely operating according to the set sailing plan.
In the spacecraft's computer, Chen Ming found the only document.
It looks like this document is for him.
After all, Yu Hui knew about his abilities and knew that he would definitely be able to access the spaceship.
As long as he comes into contact with the spacecraft, he will definitely be able to see the documents.
As for the content of this document.
Basically just talking a lot of nonsense.
The most important thing, what happened underground in the institute, was not explained clearly at all. It was not as much as Huihuang told him.
In short, what Yuhui means is that the research institute is more dangerous now, but they are currently unable to investigate and rescue this area that is disturbed by powerful psychic fluctuations.
Chen Ming can only find a way to withdraw on his own.
Chen Ming knew that high-intensity psychic energy fluctuations would have an impact on Yuhui, causing redundant data to appear in their logic modules, and ultimately leading to Yuhui's death.
Therefore, Yu Hui was unable to rescue him and could only let him run away. This situation was within his expectation.
It was the fact that the prison guards asked the prisoners to run to a safe place that made Chen Ming a little uncomfortable.
In short, the withdrawal must be withdrawn. Chen Ming will not do anything seeking death for no reason.
Continuing to stay at the institute is obviously seeking death.
But having said that.
Chen Ming still wants to find out what happened underground in the institute.
Especially since the source of this incident was himself, it made him want to find out the whole story even more.
Coupled with the malformed heart that fell from his clone, and the psychic wave that exuded a sense of danger and intimacy.
They are all attracting Chen Ming to understand and deal with this matter.
And if Chen Ming continues to fly out in the direction of the crashed engineering ship, he will fly out for a while.
You will inevitably see the entrance and exit of the Cloning Research Institute first, and then go outside where the interference underground of the research institute cannot affect.
So no matter how he looks at his subsequent actions, it is impossible to bypass the Clone Research Institute. He will definitely witness the situation in the Clone Research Institute with his own eyes.
Now that everything is like this, Chen Ming will take advantage of the situation.
He just took the spaceship that came to his door.
After being quickly repaired through its capabilities, the engineering ship took off again and caught up with the Buffalo class.
Before the second wave of electromagnetic pulse arrived from the underground of the institute, it flew out of the area around the institute and flew towards Chen Ming's target.
But surprisingly, the communication interference disappeared before Chen Ming saw the entrance and exit of the underground cloning research institute.
These psychic fluctuations that interfere with communication signals seem to only exist underground in the institute, and do not affect the entrance and exit areas of the institute.
Chen Ming had just discovered that the communication signal had returned to normal, and the communication on Huihuangming came over.
It asked in a businesslike manner: "Mr. Chen Ming, how are you now?"
Chen Ming thought about it for a moment, then said angrily: "If you think it's okay for me to be woken up by some unknown thing you did before dawn, then that would be good."
"..."
Huihuang knew that Chen Ming was not targeting it, so he was very patient and wanted to try to appease Chen Ming.
Of course, privately, it was still reporting to Chen Ming in real time the information Yuhui had investigated.
However, it only took a few minutes before and after, and what Huihuang knew was no different from before.
At most, they know that their senior officials are already arranging follow-up plans to investigate and deal with the cloning research institute.
So Chen Ming took advantage of this time and quickly speeded up.
On the surface, he was rushing away from the research institute, but in fact, he was looking for the entrance and exit of the cloning research institute, so that after the communication was restored, Yuhui wouldn't let him run around.
But Chen Ming actually doesn’t need to look for it.
Because he had just flown out for a short while, he had already seen an extremely bright blood-red biological tissue suddenly appearing on the gray and uneven ground.
Although this mass of flesh and blood tissue does not have any psychic fluctuations, its current location and its sudden appearance here illustrate its specialness.
Then under this huge mass of biological tissue, there is a high probability that it is the passage leading to the research institute.
When seeing this mass of flesh and blood tissue.
Chen Ming took a few photos of it and at the same time completely confirmed the idea in his mind.
Sure enough, there was something wrong with Yu Hui's cloning experiment, and it was most likely caused by the group of psychically distorted flesh and blood tissue in the video that Hui Hui showed him a few days ago.
Well, since the Clone Research Institute now has all the news, and Huihuang said before that G3 is also down there, it is very likely that something has happened.
The loss of an Alpha-class Afterglow and attrition in such a non-large-scale battle are also very rare.
Although G3 does still have the possibility of survival.
However, Chen Ming looked at the squirming mass of flesh and blood tissue on the ground not far away that squeezed out of the underground passage and continued to grow, completely squeezing away the surrounding gray soil and showing extremely strong vitality.
Chen Ming felt that there was not much hope.
The surface is crowded like this, and it should be even more serious underground.
And it was this scene that made Chen Ming know why cloning experiments were completely banned within the empire.
Now there is a high probability that there is no Alpha-level Afterglow here.
But if it were placed on the human side, the loss would most likely be a high-level research team.
Even more than one.
Some research institutes are not necessarily separate buildings, but share a building with other different research institutes, which will definitely cause greater harm.
But what exactly happened down here remains a mystery so far.
Just then.
An engineering ship with an afterglow appeared in Chen Ming's field of vision again.
Although this is an engineering ship, it is visible to the naked eye that a weapon is installed on the front side of the ship, and it is also aimed straight at the location of the underground cloning research institute.
After completely locking on the target, the engineering ship opened fire.
Chen Mingguang could see with the naked eye that there was a line in the barrel of the engineering ship connected to the thing it fired.
Using the Buffalo-class sensor, Chen Ming could see clearly what exactly the engineering ship was launching.
It's a steel nail as thick as an arm.
It went straight into the ground.
It penetrated countless layers of soil and rock and inserted into the research institute.
Huihuang explained to Chen Ming just right: "It emits a data beacon anchor point."
"After a hit, data inside all devices covered by its signal coverage can be read."
"The wired connection at the tail can help it resist the interference of the institute's psychic waves."
"It is usually used in the rescue of underground industrial facilities and is more valuable."
"It is a test product that was just developed some time ago, and it is the design idea I proposed."
"Currently, all planets with underground workplaces in the star field have prepared this kind of thing."
Chen Ming said casually: "I guess it was the incident at the mining farm that gave you this idea."
"Yes."
It's a good thing that Huihuang didn't come up with this thing before, otherwise if Yuhui came up at that time, he would have made such a thing and entered the mining site that he blew up.
Then Chen Ming's ability will be exposed in advance, and all plans will be ruined.
But there is a downside to this thing, because it is forcibly shot deep into the ground.
This means it will most likely cause damage where it hits.
If it is just for rescue, something that may cause secondary damage will definitely not be used under normal circumstances.
There must be more optimized products before they can be delivered.
The reason why they are bringing out something that is only in the testing stage now is probably because the situation is very wrong, and Yuhui urgently needs such a thing to help them obtain information.
But Chen Ming felt that this thing seemed to have some potential as a weapon, and he could talk to Hui Hui later.
Of course now is not the time.
After the engineering ship launched the beacon into the institute, the engineering ship had already begun to read the data of various equipment underground in the institute.
And sent these data directly to the second responsible individual of the current research institute, which is Huihuang.
However, this process ended quickly, because the beacon was suddenly destroyed by something in the institute.
But fortunately, the results of the investigation have been obtained.
Huihuang showed all those data files and so on to Chen Ming.
From the time G3 cultivated a second malformed heart, to the hearts of other clones breaking out, and then to the hearts of those corpses starting to show signs of life.
And the flesh and blood tissue that appeared in the room where the G3 was finally installed completely connected the whole thing.
The situation has become obvious.
There was an accident in the experiment, and all the clones that Yuhui had originally reserved turned into the seedbed of this kind of psychic creature formed from the deformed human heart.
Chen Ming now understands better why the empire banned cloning experiments so strongly.
If this happens, it will definitely not be a problem with a scientific research building.
It's a problem for the entire research park, the entire city, and even the entire planet.
If the people dealing with this matter are slow to respond, the planet may completely fall.
Moreover, these things are psychic creatures. Although it can be seen from the fact that several of them were easily killed through fire before G3, they are relatively fragile individually.
But once the numbers increase or there are no targeted measures, it is also very scary.
Moreover, the number of psykers has always been relatively small, so it is impossible to say that every place is taken into consideration.
It would be normal to be too late to deal with these cloned psychic creatures.
I'm afraid something similar has happened within the empire before.
And the ultimate loss must be difficult to accept.
As for what specifically happened during the cloning experiments in the Human Empire, and whether it is the same thing that Yuhui is encountering now, these two questions have not yet been answered.
But Chen Ming has already sent the photos he just took to his boss by modifying the storage module. If the boss knows about this, there should be a result soon.
As for now, Chen Ming asked Huihuang; "So what are you going to do?"
(End of chapter)