Walk alone in the abyss

Because he was going to meet the world today, Yang Ming woke up early, waiting for the 'mysterious' research institute to come.

Yang Ming actually had a premonition about where he was going today.

What is the most mysterious organization in the empire?

It is not the emperor's secret intelligence organization, nor is it the secret garrison inside the Skyfury Fortress, but several major research institutes that are allowed to be set up on Emperor Star.

Among them, the 'Ascending Dimension Laboratory', whose official name is 'Human Dimension Ascension Feasibility Experiment Base', is the most fascinating.

Let human beings use this fragile body to move from the current dimension to a higher dimension... This sounds extremely crazy.

Yang Ming has read several related papers.

The current human civilization is actually somewhat deformed. The current human body can only barely adapt to the star-level civilization, that is, the second-level civilization, which is far from meeting the needs of the transition from the second-level civilization to the third-level civilization.

But it is with this weak body that human beings have made their footprints all over every corner of the galaxy.

Scientists who don't know the truth think this is incredible, and attribute everything to the breakthrough of the "AI algorithm" that has driven the unbalanced explosive development of science and technology.

However, Yang Ming, who has come into contact with the Faya civilization, knows that it is the Faya people who have locked up human genes, and have given guidance to humans in the Milky Way in key areas such as leap, cross-domain communication, and macroscopic quantum effects.

Under such circumstances, Yang Ming was naturally more curious about the empire's dimension-enhancing laboratory.

Does this laboratory understand the Faya civilization?

Is this laboratory really a representative of the technological strength of the empire as it is portrayed on the outside?

Of course, what is more important is whether this laboratory will be detrimental to his quasi-ancient god life form.

At about eight o'clock in the morning on Emperor Star time, Yang Ming finished his breakfast, dressed in casual attire, and started to read Emperor Star Daily in the corner of the hotel lobby.

There are constant service staff passing by.

On the coffee table in front of Yang Ming, there were gradually a bunch of snacks and drinks.

When he came back to his senses and turned his head to look, a group of young sunny boys in uniforms hid in the corner and cast fiery eyes on him.

In the past year, Yang Ming offended the big aristocrats, but established a stronger prestige among the common people and the small aristocrats.

Yang Ming picked up a bottle of drink, raised it towards the corner, and took a big gulp with his head raised.

Outside the door, two hover vehicles stopped slowly and directly blocked the door.

Several middle-aged men and women in white coats stepped out of the vehicle, and an old man sat quietly in the car, showing no intention of getting out of the car.

With sharp eyes, Yang Ming immediately recognized who this old man was.

Ino Sherman, the emperor's uncle, the prince of the empire who appeared at the closing reception of the elders' home forced palace incident, and the head of the ascending dimension laboratory.

Those middle-aged men and women entered the gate with several medical kits, and came straight to Yang Ming.

"Lord Earl Hanton, we are the researchers of the Imperial Dimension Ascension Laboratory, and by His Majesty's order, we invite you to visit the laboratory today."

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Do I need to cooperate with you in the experiment? Is this going to be checked?"

"This is not an inspection," an uncle with a slightly taller hairline laughed, "Although we hope to get experimental materials of your level, your political influence far exceeds your value as a material. We all look forward to more contributions from you to the Empire."

Yang Ming nodded slowly, and took the initiative to roll up his sleeves.

These scientific researchers acted at the same time, swiftly pasted a few padded probes on Yang Ming, and began to record some basic data.

"Lord Earl, please wait a moment, we must enter your relevant biological information into the system to ensure that you will not be attacked by the defense system of the research institute."

"Well," Yang Ming was somewhat curious in his heart.

The defense system of the highest-level research institute in the empire does not know what level it can reach.

A few minutes later, after repeated confirmation by these researchers, Yang Ming was invited: "Please follow us."

Yang Ming Shi Ran followed behind them, and was invited to get on the suspension car that was not considered luxurious but had outstanding protective performance.

The car door opened, and the thin-faced old man raised his hand and pushed his glasses, stretched out his right hand to Yang Ming, and introduced himself with a hoarse voice.

"Ino Sherman, the person in charge of the Dimension Ascension Research Institute, is ordered by His Majesty to be your guide and admonisher today."

Yang Ming moved forward and shook the old man lightly.

He can understand the 'Guide', but what the hell is the 'Admonisher'.

...

To Yang Ming's surprise, the road to the research institute was not far away.

The suspension car entered the corner of the palace module, and Yang Ming followed the taciturn Prince Ino into a luxuriously decorated elevator room.

Prince Ino finally spoke again:

"Sit down, the elevator will run for a while, we will pass through the star core of Emperor Star and go to the other side of Emperor Star."

"Well," Yang Ming chose a corner seat. He didn't intend to get too close to the prince, but as soon as he sat down, Prince Ino came over and sat on the sofa on the right side of Yang Ming, and slowly tied it up. seat belt.

Several researchers gathered in the opposite corner, discussing some topics that Yang Ming couldn't understand in a low voice.

The elevator began to run smoothly.

Yang Ming heard the sound of a spaceship engine, and multiple protective covers appeared on the outer layer of the elevator.

"Don't worry," Prince Ino said slowly, "The star core of the Emperor Star is an energy module. Although the mass of the Emperor Star itself creates a strong pressure on the star core, we have laid a lot of equipment to make this pressure a part of the energy."

Yang Ming nodded, and took the initiative to find a topic.

He smiled and asked, "My lord, does Emperor Star need to consume a huge amount of energy every day?"

"You can call me director, don't need to call me title, title has no meaning, so do the so-called honor and political system."

Prince Ino raised his legs and continued to speak in his characteristic hoarse voice:

"Most of the energy of the Emperor Star is used as a reserve, not for daily consumption. We have the most advanced energy storage medium. If this medium is used in the military field, the fleet of the Empire will establish a greater advantage over other countries.

"But that's meaningless, the territory of the empire can no longer be effectively expanded, and the core of the carrier of civilization is always the ridiculous sense of belonging of culture and human beings.

"Our conquests are nothing more than a show of force."

Yang Ming didn't know how to respond.

Director Ino seemed a little sleepy, leaning on the sofa and closing his eyes to rest.

Apparently, they haven't found a topic that both of them are interested in.

The speed of the elevator gradually increased to the point where a simulated gravitational field was required to counteract the body load.

"Mr. Ghost..."

An uncle researcher walked over cautiously, holding a metal plate similar to a notebook in his hand, and showed a slightly embarrassed smile to Yang Ming.

"Can you sign me? My son is a big fan of yours."

Yang Ming nodded with a smile, and drew the nickname of White Ghost and his real name on the metal plate.

"Our director is actually a very nice person," the researcher whispered, "Don't be nervous, we haven't received an order to conduct research on you."

"Thanks."

The researcher seemed to be afraid that Yang Ming would be worried, and continued: "You are the hero of the empire, I mean, you are the most dazzling star of the empire in the past few hundred years, the highest level of the empire cares most about the public opinion and the hearts of the people, you can Said, in the present empire, you are absolutely safe."

Yang Ming smiled and nodded.

He didn't think much of it before!

Now I have begun to worry that this is a trap set by the old emperor.

In Emperor Star, you can't run if you want, it's really too passive.

The elevator ran smoothly for more than half an hour. When Yang Ming fell asleep, Director Ino finally said again: "Here we are."

Yang Ming cheered up immediately.

Director Ino looked at Yang Ming and asked softly, "Didn't you see the star core array?"

"Just fell asleep."

"That's a pity," Yinuo clicked his tongue. "That is the most perfect interpretation of our current human civilization's application of anti-gravity technology. We have successfully made Emperor Star lose its place in the universe."

Yang Ming: ...

It's like he's interested in these things.

The elevator door opened slowly, and outside was an empty metal floor.

The low 'sky' does not have any simulated scenery. At a height of about 1,300 meters, there is a layer of 'rusty' metal plates, on which you can see neatly arranged equilateral triangles and rhombus patterns.

Outside the door was a long track, and a double-car train had been waiting for them for a long time.

Yang Ming followed Director Ino into the train, and drove towards the gray 'horizon' further away.

When he looked back, the elevator had slowly risen and filled the metal plate. The entire space was like a prison, without any entrances or exits.

At the farthest point behind, there is also a gray horizon.

'Stumps' appeared on both sides of the train tracks.

Yang Ming took a closer look, and found that those were all firepower devices similar to naval guns, ranging from sparse to dense, spread across this metal field from far and near, and the number could not be counted at all.

Yang Ming clicked his tongue: "The security factor of this place may be able to destroy a fleet directly."

Director Ino said in his hoarse voice: "This is part of the inner defense system of the Emperor Star. The real security is in the front, which is a firepower network covering the entire area. The Emperor Star can export externally and internally through this defense system. , an energy beam three times the power of a standard stellar cannon."

Internal output.

The corner of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly.

He directly asked: "Director, where are we now?"

"This is on the back of the palace, about 2,600 meters from the surface of the back."

Director Ino explained: "Don't worry, if you want to leave here, you can fly directly up and tear these alloys. Their strength is similar to the hull of a dreadnought, but it looks a little bluffing."

Yang Ming nodded calmly.

The strength of the material is about the same as that of a dreadnought...

In other words, the empire used the craft of building dreadnoughts to create such a large-scale research institute's coat...

You don't have to be such a prodigal if you have money!

Who the hell can hit Emperor Star!

Some huge turrets and shield generators began to appear on both sides of the train, and the gray horizon in front also began to rise continuously, rising like a high wall, and gradually turned into a low and low mountain range.

A metal wall 600 to 700 meters high appeared in front of them, and the train maintained a subsonic speed and directly slammed into it.

Yang Ming took a closer look, the array of weapons neatly arranged on the wall made his palms sweat a little.

Dozens of rays are intertwined with each other, weaving seven or eight continuous light curtains in front. When the train passes through the light curtains, the life forms inside are also being scanned.

——Entering Yang Ming's biological information before should be for the convenience of passing here.

"Director Yinuo," Yang Ming asked suddenly, "Are all the weapon systems here fully automatic?"

"Yes," Ino asked with great interest, "Did you think of some omnic rebellion issues?"

Yang Ming: What I thought of was your ancestor's little partner, who was born in the mechanical thinking body of the omnic Twilight.

He nodded and wondered: "Everywhere in Emperor Star uses artificial intelligence instead of omnics, and uses semi-automatic machinery as much as possible, isn't it just to avoid the omnic crisis?"

"You mean near the palace, right?"

Ino smiled and shook his head:

"First, it's just self-deception, to give the emperor living in the palace a little psychological comfort.

"Second, if you want to control these weapons synchronously and control this level of energy, although ordinary supercomputers can barely do it, the process of human beings issuing instructions step by step will lead to extremely low efficiency of the entire system.

"You should have been in contact with the Empire's total defense system, and this is its domain."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "The Empire's total defense system... oh, this is the dimension-enhancing laboratory?"

The train has passed through one side of the high wall and entered the interior of this gigantic 'building' with a height of 1,000 meters.

There was a gentle light from the window.

A small city that only existed in fantasy movies appeared in front of Yang Ming.

A huge silver-white sphere floats in the midair, revolving on its own according to certain laws. Hemispherical buildings are displayed on the mercury-colored ground. The rainbow bridge intersecting in the midair seems to be a beam traction vehicle, which can allow humans to stand on the ground. Above, it floats forward by itself.

"Welcome to visit our research institute," Director Ino squinted and smiled, "You are a rare guest, come with me."

The train came to a stop, and Yang Ming followed Director Yinuo, stepping on a rainbow bridge.

He didn't step on the substance, but he was able to levitate smoothly, and there was a soft force in all directions to fix his body.

Several researchers followed behind them.

Director Ino also became chatty, and began to introduce the layout of the place to Yang Ming, as well as the ongoing experimental projects in those buildings.

Yang Ming's curiosity and thirst for knowledge began to burn. Although Director Ino couldn't help laughing at some questions, he was a soldier of the empire and a handsome warrior, and no one would care about his lack of scientific literacy.

They entered the largest hemispherical building, the structure inside was extremely complicated, and precision instruments were closely arranged.

"Maybe it's time for us to start today's topic," Director Ino said, "Come here, we are going to Observation Deck No. 1. In order to show you the dimension-boosting experiment, we have specially adjusted the time of this experiment."

Dimension Ascension Experiment...

Yang Ming smiled and nodded, but there were several question marks in his heart.

Isn't Director Ino being too nice to himself?

Following Director Ino, he passed through the jungle of various instruments and arrived at Observation Platform No. 1.

Hundreds of researchers in white coats were busy everywhere, not paying attention to the arrival of Director Yinuo and Yang Ming.

Yang Ming was taken out of a narrow window, and when he looked out, he could see a huge cavity. In the center of the cavity was a figure suspended, whose body was drawn into a 'big' shape by the tractor beam.

This is a super reformer. On the day the Great Elder forced the palace, he stopped in front of Yang Ming, and Yang Ming left a little impression.

"let's start."

Director Ino said softly.

The roar of giant machinery moving came from everywhere, and there seemed to be several cracks above the cavity, and a gentle light shone on the figure.

Director Ino said: "This experimental body is a consumable, and its own strength is far from the absolute value, so the purpose of today's experiment is to collect data and explore the critical point."

"Well," Yang Ming nodded, before he had time to express his opinion, a beam of energy was shot from directly above, enveloping the super reformer.

The researcher's calm broadcast came from the side:

Start the energy injection.

Energy levels 443, 446, 449...The experimental body dissociated...Energy level 450...

"It's impossible to get any valuable information like this," Director Ino sighed, "Our most proud experimental subject before has been able to withstand the energy injection of 3420... Let's adjust the energy level to 1200, don't waste time. "

Several researchers immediately began to operate.

Yang Ming's eyelids twitched lightly, a purple bolt of lightning illuminated the cavity, and hit the top of the super reformer's head.

A purple shock wave suddenly erupted, and the overhauler raised his head and screamed silently, his body suddenly exploded into puffs of purple smoke.

"Tsk."

Director Ino shook his head lightly: "Inferior samples."

Yang Ming: ...

"Okay, let's get into the topic and complete the task assigned by His Majesty."

Yinuo turned to look at Yang Ming, showing a gentle smile, and his eyes became brighter.

"Did you see it? Young man, the experimental subject just now."

Yang Ming nodded: "This is a bit cruel."

"Yes, it's cruel, but if human beings want to expand the boundaries of scientific research, they must abandon these emotions," Eno said indifferently, "The empire is evil, for most human beings."

Yang Ming was really powerless to argue.

Director Ino smiled and said:

"The purpose of letting you visit is to tell you this very simple truth.

"Individuals are powerless, even super-reformers, ancient god-reformed bodies, or others, are just ants in the face of a powerful regime.

"If you want to go one step further in the power center of the empire, open up a family, and leave your own name in the history of the empire, you must abandon your previous thinking and regard yourself as a commander rather than a soldier.

"You have already stood on the opposite side of the imperial aristocracy, you have a strong reputation, outstanding conduct, enough ambition, and the icing on the cake personal force.

"The Sherman family has decided to train you as the guardian of the empire for the next hundred years.

"The cells you want have been deposited with me, and now you have two paths in front of you, wanting the cells and rejecting this group of cells.

"After you make a choice, I will take you in two directions. One direction is the super soldier of the empire. You can continue your glory, but ten or twenty years later, when you complete your mission, You will eventually be caught here.

"One direction is the power of the empire. The emperor's favorite daughter and my favorite grandniece have been waiting for a long time.

"Honor is the most ridiculous and vain thing, but you may need it.

"Carrying the fate of the home planet, the No. 1 forerunner who is constantly struggling in the imperial camp."