Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 972 - 280: The Power of Dimensions (Part 3)

"Alright, next one."

"Okay."

Thousand Faces maintained great patience with An Wuping, and after ignoring An Wuping’s attitude, he asked, "What happened in the underground laboratory?"

"Even though you’ve blocked the communication methods of the Space Station, after everyone there died and some equipment was left unattended, we still managed to get some information."

"It’s just a shame that the people over there seem very terrified. Their tone and order of speech are hard to understand; they only said that a terrifying monster appeared in the laboratory."

This Chen Ming could speak directly: "One of your Psychics manifested various different spiritual energy traits, fused together to become a monster."

"Then I killed it, it’s that simple."

Mind Breaking Entity...

Thousand Faces subconsciously recited in his mind.

Following Chen Ming’s lead, he contemplated the possibility of such a thing appearing.

All that could be said is that it was indeed possible.

They had previously concluded that the Psychic they sent to handle dimension infections and the Spirit Beasts at the laboratory had conflicts with the Space Station and underground laboratory Psychics.

If, due to these conflicts, they decided to sabotage them, it could indeed trigger the underground laboratory’s Psychic to become a Mind Breaking Entity.

And An Wuping’s current performance indeed suggested he had at least the ability to deal with a mid-level Mind Breaking Entity.

No problem there.

After giving Thousand Faces time to think, Chen Ming spoke again: "Alright, now it’s my turn to ask."

He had to carefully consider how to ask this second question.

His goal wasn’t truly to join the Left Paths; rather, it was always to resolve the troubles Left Paths brought. This question had to align with his goal.

The first question could be something unrelated, to establish An Wuping’s character.

But subsequent questions had to be related to his goals.

How to ask in a way that connects the topic to the Cai Mo Star Realm without alerting Thousand Faces?

In his mind, Chen Ming pondered the connections between Left Paths, Cai Mo, Audan Star Realm Space Station, and the underground laboratory.

Suddenly, he thought of something seemingly unrelated to Cai Mo Star Realm but definitely connected: "What is the Spirit Beast Plan?"

Thousand Faces knew that Chen Ming must have encountered the Spirit Beasts leaked from the underground laboratory, so he didn’t think too much and just said, "Since you’ve been to the underground laboratory, you probably noticed the repulsion between dimension infection and Spirit Beasts, right?"

"We need Spirit Beasts to ensure safety when conducting dimension infection experiments."

"The Spirit Beast Plan is aimed at humans. It turns people into beasts, using a controllable madness of beasts to resist madness from an unknown, other dimension."

When Chen Ming heard this, a spark of insight flashed in his mind.

This was what he wanted to hear; Thousand Faces had finally provided valuable information again.

Chen Ming didn’t rush to contemplate the overall logic but retorted, "But all I see is the threat of this thing, and I don’t think something that can be reversed devoured by that monster can prevent dimension infection."

"You have to trust the results of our extensive experiments; our utilization of this thing is far more refined than you imagine."

As Thousand Faces’ words fell, Chen Ming’s thoughts began to surge.

He’d discovered over the past few days that Thousand Faces didn’t like to lie outright.

However, he liked to speak only half-truths; sometimes, the misdirection caused by a half-truth was more severe than a complete lie.

But if Chen Ming knew the other half of the truth, it wouldn’t be a problem.

Chen Ming could link what Thousand Faces said to his knowledge of Left Paths to deduce what Left Paths was truly up to.

The Spirit Beast Plan could be used to protect people.

Yet, there already existed methods to protect people from dimension infection by using materials that block spiritual energy—a cheap, efficient, yet dangerous protection method.

The Spirit Beast Plan theoretically sounded fine in protecting people.

But Chen Ming knew the losses that the Spirit Beast Plan could cause, and even just a few days ago, Left Paths had caused massive civilian casualties because of it.

So, the results of this thing could never be mass-produced, only applied to a few people to protect a few from dimension infection.

The development could not have been intended to protect the majority of Left Paths but to protect some critical individuals.

This was the problem within Thousand Faces’ words.

What he said was true, but the hidden content was crucial.

If one truly believed this half-truth, they might overlook the key point of the Spirit Beast Plan that Left Paths is conducting.

With this understanding as a premise, starting from the very beginning...

The very first was Lou Wei.

Such a person, brainwashed by Left Paths’ Psychics, exploded to death in front of Chen Ming.

Although Chen Ming didn’t know why Left Paths wanted to kill Lou Wei in front of him, it was this scene of death that led him to discover that Left Paths was conducting dimension infection.

Therefore, dimension infection and the Mind Control Psychic of Left Paths were undoubtedly connected, and the Mind Control Psychic was undoubtedly a key figure of Left Paths.

So, this Mind Control Psychic could very likely be an experiencer of dimension infection and at the same time a beneficiary of the Spirit Beast Plan.