Chapter 353 Ethnic Group
There are almost no buildings on the outskirts of the boss' consciousness space.
There were only large areas of sparse vegetation that looked like they had been recently planted.
The phase beast is wandering over the outskirts of the city.
From a distance, it looks like an ordinary manta ray that can swim in the air, nervously observing this new world.
If it weren't for the fact that it was brought into the consciousness space along with Chen Ming, it might have started a riot.
The boss landed in a shuttle boat and occupied the area.
Chen Ming walked down alone and came to the phase beast.
Although Chen Ming was a robot before, it did not prevent the phase beast from sensing the familiar aura of the person in front of him, as well as the faint power of the scarlet dimension.
The phase beast relaxed and lay down in front of Chen Ming.
Chen Ming felt that the phase beast's condition seemed not to be very good, even its conscious body was in a state of exhaustion.
But without communication, he wouldn't be able to help the phase beast.
So we can only speed up as much as possible.
The boss on the shuttle boat nearby activated his psychic energy when Chen Ming came to the phase beast.
It was as if nerves composed of spiritual energy grew out of the consciousnesses of Chen Ming and the phase beast.
The phase beast resisted for a while, but it immediately calmed down under Chen Ming's comfort, and quietly watched the two nerves merge together.
Nerves connected the consciousnesses of Chen Ming and the phase beast.
This allows Chen Ming and the phase beast to directly perceive each other's thoughts.
This kind of two-way communication of consciousness seems to the boss to be the most suitable for the current situation.
That is, if the phase beast just chooses to resist, the boss will have to use slightly more coercive means.
But it looks like it's no longer useful.
Chen Ming's conscious body closed his eyes.
Feeling whether the communication of consciousness constructed by the boss is any different from the communication of consciousness between him and the insect queen.
All I can say is.
The difference is obvious. I don't know if it's because the boss's psychic effect is not very effective on creatures, or if it's some other reason.
The connection between Chen Ming and the phase beast's consciousness was somewhat intermittent, and they could not communicate smoothly.
He could only perceive some fragments of thoughts, consciousness and memories from the consciousness of the phase beast, and saw some fragments that were not so coherent.
Probably the combination is some of the experiences of the phase beast, mixed with some thoughts and emotions that the phase beast wants to share with Chen Ming.
It was rather scattered, but Chen Ming still understood its meaning.
To put it simply, it means that phase behemoths are indeed species living in phase space. They are not solitary creatures, but exist in groups.
The group is not too big. The group of phase beasts in front of Chen Ming only has a dozen or so.
However, no matter how small the group is, a special individual will still be born in each group.
Possessing powerful talents and power that are different from other phase beasts, it can tear apart the phase space and the scarlet dimension, and seize power from the scarlet dimension.
When this special individual is still weak, the entire group will do their best to nurture and protect it.
And when this special individual grows up, it needs to shoulder the responsibility of feeding the entire population.
Equivalent to the clan leader.
In other words, this phase giant regarded Chen Ming as a special individual of their tribe.
After all, Chen Ming does have the ability to tear apart the scarlet dimension and seize power.
And because Chen Ming himself used a robot to communicate with the phase beast, and the robot was the size of an ordinary person, the phase beast thought that Chen Ming was still in his infancy and needed to grow and be nurtured.
So the reason why the phase beast did what it did before is clearly explained.
It just regarded Chen Ming as a little guy who was not yet underage, so it decided to get food to feed Chen Ming and raise Chen Ming first.
That's why it felt confused when Chen Ming digested a large piece of scarlet dimension flesh and blood but his body shape didn't change at all.
Then he turned around and continued to search for or rather grab scarlet flesh for Chen Ming.
At this point in the exchange of consciousness, Chen Ming suddenly lost his composure.
Isn't the phase monster's way of identifying with the class a bit crude?
As long as it is a thing that can move in the phase space and can capture and digest the power of the scarlet dimension, it is considered the same kind...
Just when Chen Ming was thinking this, the phase beast that was connecting with its consciousness gave Chen Ming a response that was probably "Isn't it like this?"
Chen Ming couldn't hold himself any longer.
In short, this is probably the case.
The phase beast wants to feed Chen Ming, and then let Chen Ming come back to maintain the group.
Although it seems that this group only consists of him and Chen Ming, that's what it means.
As for why the phase beast was not in its own group, but ran out and met Chen Ming, the phase beast also responded.
The emotions that accompanied it during the communication of consciousness turned into the anger that Chen Ming once felt.
And the object of this anger.
It's a mechanical race.
To put it simply, the leader of this phase beast's original tribe found a suitable place and prepared to tear open the space for prey.
Then this process was discovered by the mechanical tribe.
Chen Ming could probably guess what happened next.
But he didn't have to guess now.
Although the phase beast does not understand what the mechanical tribe has done, it can see what the mechanical tribe has done.
The fact that it can be seen means that Chen Ming can see it, and the fact that Chen Ming can see it means that he can figure out what the machine clan has done.
The facts were similar to what he had guessed before.
Everything the mechanical race does is for dimensional infection, to obtain the power of the scarlet dimension and obtain "destruction" from the dimensional infection.
It's just that the mechanical tribe is extremely hostile to humans, so dimensional infection will not occur in the star field where there are no humans.
But dimensional infection is an excellent weapon against humans.
Therefore, the machine race obviously needs to create a dimensional infection.
But according to Chen Ming's understanding, any experimental machine family related to humans will not do it.
The machine race has only one way to deal with humans, kill them all.
Therefore, there has been a conflict in the logic of some mechanical tribes, and they have not made any progress.
But just right.
Due to the advancement of phase beasts or the empire's phase ship technology, it may even be because Sunset used phase technology to transport things over long distances before.
In short, the mechanical clan has picked up phase technology again.
Native creatures in phase space discovered.
So just as the leader of the phase beast group was tearing open the rift, the mechanical tribe disrupted the hunting process and seized the food.
That is, those scarlet flesh.
Prepare to bring back the normal universe and cause dimensional infection.
Although Chen Ming actually only saw what the mechanical tribe did to the phase beast group through the memory of the phase beast, and the above are all speculations, he felt that they were basically inseparable.
Dimensional infection normally requires the presence of people to trigger, but after it occurs, it can expand as long as there are living creatures.
The machine race will kill all humans, but not all ordinary animals.
The follow-up must be that the mechanical race will bring the scarlet flesh and blood they obtained to the normal universe, and bring it to the decadent mechanical race galaxy that Chen Ming visited before. Of course, it was definitely not decadent before.
The machine race allowed the dimensional infection to expand, and destroyed the dimensional infection before finally losing control, and captured what they needed.
Destroy the core.
If it was just about grabbing food from the tiger's mouth, then logically speaking, the phase beast wouldn't have that much hatred against the mechanical tribe.
It’s not like the phase beasts are wallowing in the mechanical tribe’s colonies every day.
Obviously, in order to avoid troublesome creatures like phase beasts from interfering with their plans, the mechanical tribe did other things besides seizing scarlet flesh.
Eventually, the clan leader was drawn into the Scarlet Dimension.
That’s it.
The phase beast seems to have other ways of obtaining food other than the patriarch tearing open dimensional rifts.
If the Machine Tribe makes trouble, you won't have to starve to death or something. You can escape first and then come back to take revenge after cultivating a new generation of Tribe Leaders.
but.
In the picture of the phase beast's memory.
A few minutes after the patriarch was drawn into the scarlet dimension and the rift was completely closed.
A huge shadow tore open the barrier between the scarlet dimension and the phase space, and returned to the phase space.
The memory of the phase beast later was in chaos.
The leader of the phase beast group went in for at least a few minutes, and naturally fell into madness. It began to attack everything in sight, including the mechanical tribe and its kind.
The patriarch is the most powerful being in the phase beast group. He came out alive a few minutes after entering the scarlet dimension. Even if he went crazy, his power still existed.
Of course it turned into a terrifying creature.
At that time, there was absolutely no source of sufficient combat power in the phase space, which eventually led to the destruction of the mechanical race's galaxy.
As a result, only the phase beast that Chen Ming encountered survived.
It can be said that the Destruction Core and Destroyer of the Machine Tribe were purchased with the lives of this phase beast tribe.
Although the galaxy was destroyed, the machine race successfully conducted a dimensional infection experiment and caused "destruction".
As for where the leader of the phase beast went?
Chen Ming felt that there was a high probability that he was wandering in the mechanical tribe's star field, interfering with the movements of the mechanical tribe to a certain extent.
Because when Chen Ming and Bai Quan were talking about things on the battlefield before, they mentioned some unreasonable points on the old defense maps of the mechanical tribe.
It would be reasonable if one takes into account the situation of a terrifying behemoth with phase power wandering around randomly in the mechanical star field.
And just by chance, Chen Ming had a cruiser demolished by a powerful phase force a few days ago.
At that time, Chen Ming only saw a huge shadow.
Now he can be sure that it was the crazy phase beast leader who did it.
What the little phase beast is doing these days is to steal food from the already crazy clan leader.
But Chen Ming doesn't quite understand what kind of species the phase beast is? Why does it appear in phase space? How did it evolve?
But now he can't understand it in detail.
Because at this time, the consciousness link between Chen Ming and the phase beast was broken.
The boss's voice rang in his ears: "Its vital signs are deteriorating, and its consciousness is beginning to become unstable." This means that the small-phase giant beast is too seriously injured and is about to die.
The boss immediately took Chen Ming out of the conscious space.
The phase beast lying on the ground not far away was almost lifeless at this time, with only weak firepower left.
"So what are you going to do? Use this phase beast, or..."
Chen Ming still remembers the previous times when the little phase beasts took "food" for him.
Although it was said that the little phase beast had made a mistake, this did not affect Chen Ming's taking away the flesh and blood that the little phase beast had snatched from the clan leader.
So he said decisively: "I want to save it."
"How to save?"
"Just like its patriarch did."
Chen Ming looked back at his boss.
The boss immediately understood what he meant.
After all, the boss must have been able to see and understand the exchange between Chen Ming and the phase beast.
So what Chen Ming meant was that he was worried that his boss would be affected by the scarlet power when he activated the scarlet rift.
Although the two of them are still in the phase space, if they can avoid some unnecessary trouble, it is better to avoid it.
The boss took a few steps back and said, "It's okay, just do it. I can protect myself."
Chen Ming nodded.
Put your consciousness completely on the robot in front of the phase beast.
He pressed the mechanical arm on the tentacles that were now weakly hanging on the head of the phase beast.
In addition to being a tool for the phase beast to use phase power, this tentacle is also another tool for the phase beast to communicate.
When Chen Ming came into contact with the tentacles, the tentacles trembled slightly, and then there was no follow-up.
Chen Ming knew that its time was running out.
No more time was wasted.
His consciousness focused on the consciousness space, and while using his mental power to surround the phase beast, he opened the closed scarlet rift.
A closed rift is safe and can be moved slowly.
But when Chen Ming took the initiative to open the rift, the rift was like before again, releasing a terrifying suction force that seemed to be able to completely suck Chen Ming into it.
While Chen Ming resisted this force, his mental power began to be consumed violently again, and the steel jungle on the edge of the island once again rusted into dark red rust.
At the moment when Chen Ming tried to use his mental power to directly seize power from the scarlet dimension.
The blue-violet light that originally existed in Chen Ming's consciousness suddenly covered the entire space.
Protecting Chen Ming's consciousness also protects the space of consciousness.
Prevent Chen Ming from being overly affected by the power of the scarlet dimension.
Moreover, this light also formed a one-way film on the crack, allowing Chen Ming to seize power more easily, and preventing the negative effects of the scarlet dimension from affecting him.
Although this blue-purple light is fading rapidly, it is enough for Chen Ming to snatch enough "food" from the scarlet dimension to feed the phase beast.
Just as Chen Ming began to contact the scarlet dimension again, the boss on the side was also watching Chen Ming's movements with concentration, thinking about Chen Ming's experience, and feeling Chen Ming's power.
He gradually immersed himself in his own consciousness.
Appeared in his city again.
In his hands, one red and one blue represent the power of the scarlet dimension and phase space hovering.
They are very weak, but they seem to be able to grow and grow enough to rival Chen Ming's ability to tear open rifts.
But the boss also noticed some extremely subtle changes in his consciousness.
The appearance of his conscious body seems to have become a bit like Chen Ming.
"How many years has this happened..."
He sighed and completely extinguished the two forces in his hands.
His conscious body instantly returned to its original state, and only the objectively existing phase space remained in his conscious space.
Such a complete space has allowed his abilities to make unprecedented progress in a long time without affecting his own foundation.
He just needs to continue walking on the path that Chen Ming reminded him to take. He does not need to imitate Chen Ming to make progress.
Two years... or three years ago, Chen Ming was still a young man who had just become a psychic.
But now he is someone who can walk on the same track as him.
The boss opened his eyes.
I saw Chen Ming also finishing what he was doing at about the same time.
The belly of the phase beast in front of him was slightly bulging.
Apparently he was fed by Chen Ming.
Just because Chen Ming seemed to be doing something in his conscious space, the boss didn't make any move and continued to wait.
At this time, Chen Ming is relying on the last bit of power of the light left in the phase space to re-seal the rift in the scarlet dimension.
There is already a scarlet power hanging in his consciousness space that is more powerful than before.
These powers are no longer offensive, and as long as he is given some time, he can digest them completely.
As for the light in phase space.
Although it is invisible at this time, as long as Chen Ming is still in the phase space, the power of this blue-violet light can gradually and slowly recover.
It can help Chen Ming solve the problem of the scarlet rift, and also help Chen Ming determine the next time to enter the scarlet dimension to gain power.
After the crack is completely sealed.
Chen Ming finally became active.
The boss next to me also asked at this time; "Is it over?"
"It's over, successful."
Chen Ming's robot reached out and patted the phase beast in front of it. It had begun to regain its vitality. Relying on the large amount of scarlet power captured by Chen Ming, its injuries were recovering rapidly.
The wound quickly grew new flesh, and the scales returned to their original appearance in an instant.
Soon, it regained consciousness.
He made an affectionate sound to Chen Ming, and the tentacles swirled around Chen Ming's body.
It followed Chen Ming's robot closely, not wanting to leave at all.
It seems to regard Chen Ming as its new patriarch.
So is there any problem with the phase beast’s cognition?
But this is not a bad thing for Chen Ming.
It's not like he's never had a pet before, it's just that the current one has grown a little bit bigger.
And it just so happens that Chen Ming needs to participate in many projects related to phase space.
Although his understanding of phase space is not deep enough yet, his prostheses and robots have been studying technology in this area.
Sooner or later he would be at the forefront of those projects at the Ship Institute.
The phase beast can help him a lot in these aspects.
Even now, Chen Ming can ask the phase beast to go to the Ship Research Institute to help in his name.
There will be no problem if he watches the whole process.
Even everyone in the Ship Research Institute had to provide the phase beast and Chen Ming together.
But there's no rush now.
Chen Ming's first purpose of contacting the phase beast was to communicate with such a species that was in conflict with the mechanical tribe and see if there was any win-win way, such as making trouble for the mechanical tribe together.
Although now he finally knows that this is just a conflict between the phase beast group and the machine group.
And only two of the phase beasts survived. One was too weak and could only disgust the mechanical race at best, while the other had fallen into madness.
But this does not mean that Chen Ming cannot use the phase beast to cause losses to the mechanical race.
That crazy patriarch still has its value.
Therefore, Chen Ming had to thoroughly understand the situation of the phase beast group to decide what to do next.
There is also a way, neural link.
No need to trouble the boss this time.
Chen Ming once again took out the thick nerve that the insect queen had produced before.
After Chen Ming personally fed the phase beast, it no longer resisted Chen Ming as before.
Silently, Chen Ming inserted this nerve into the gap in its scales and connected it to his own nerves through proliferation.
Chen Ming also directly connected with this nerve through his mental power, building a more stable consciousness communication channel.
Immediately, he learned what kind of existence the phase beast group was.
Phase beasts are life in phase space.
They chase the gap leading to the scarlet dimension that may appear at any time in the phase space, rely on the phase power they possess to repair the gap, and obtain food from the gap
A powerful enough special individual, that is, the clan leader, can tear open the gap at any time.
Their relationship with phase space is like the symbiotic bacteria in the human body.
They maintain the security of phase space.
Or there is another possibility.
Because phase space is a special dimension, Chen Ming seems to think that there is self-awareness in this dimension.
This dimension has a closer but resolutely isolated connection with the scarlet dimension than the normal universe.
Therefore, the extremely aggressive scarlet dimension will break through the barriers between dimensions from time to time and invade into the phase space.
The consciousness of the dimension itself cannot handle everything personally.
So he took the initiative to give birth to the existence of the phase beast.
Of course, this was Chen Ming's casual guess.
The most important thing he learned from the phase beast is that the phase beast is a creature that exists to chase the power of the scarlet dimension.
And the leader of their tribe is crazy because of the scarlet power.
so.
All it takes is some guidance from the Crimson Power.
The clan leader should follow Chen Ming's ideas and go to some places.
(End of chapter)