Chapter 970: Chapter 280: The Power of Dimensions
A few hours passed quickly.
Thousand Faces had already left the captainâs cabin.
Chen Ming was still idly lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, resting.
After agreeing to help the president a few days ago, he had already started to get distracted by the tasks for the president, as a Star System suspected to be infected with a dimensional anomaly needed his attention.
Though he had the assistance of the Dusk Core, and didnât need to personally oversee every location, assigning tasks to the Dusk Core and coordinating with the Fifth Legion still required his attention, time, and energy.
Recently, all An Wuping had to do was scurry around like a mouse with Zuo Jing and continually change spaceships, not encountering much trouble otherwise.
In addition, he had openly planned a trip to Cai Mo City that would take another week.
Now, following Zuo Jing running around, it would only take longer and be less efficient.
So Chen Ming planned to slightly reduce the attention focused on An Wuping, sparing some mental effort to do other things.
For example, studying the catalytic core sent over to the Fourteenth Legionâs simulation recently.
Chen Ming found this intriguing.
After usage, it could produce some unique compounds that current technology might not be able to manufacture.
Depending on the external conditions during the experiment, the compounds produced by the catalytic core varied in bizarre properties.
From these diverse compounds, Chen Ming could see the potential of this thing, so he focused on studying the properties of these things.
However, Chen Mingâs plans did not come to fruition.
Because An Wupingâs situation did not stay calm for long; Thousand Faces suddenly returned to the captainâs cabin and said to Chen Ming, "Can you lend a hand?"
Chen Ming opened his eyes, "What for?"
Thousand Faces pulled out a few Glass Beads emitting spiritual energy fluctuations from his pocket and said, "Look at these."
"Iâve seen them, and then?"
"You should be able to tell, right? My spiritual energy can replicate othersâ abilities."
"These Glass Beads are the materialization of the replicated spiritual energy. You just need to inject a small amount of spiritual energy fluctuation and then crush them, allowing you to control the replicated spiritual energy as your own using spiritual power."
"That Black Mist from before, it was an ability I replicated from someone else."
Chen Mingâs expression remained unchanged as he asked back, "And so?"
"So, I want to exchange othersâ spiritual energy for some of yours."
Honestly, Chen Ming was a bit tempted because the spiritual energy fluctuation effects of these Glass Beads seemed intriguing one by one, but he still refused, "Not interested."
"These Glass Beads are derivatives of your spiritual energy, you have absolute control over these things. It shouldnât be difficult to reclaim them."
"I donât want to exchange for something without any guarantee, especially when the effects might not even be good."
Thousand Faces shrugged and said, "Even if I say the ones Iâve given out wonât be influenced as long as theyâre outside my spiritual energy fluctuation range, you probably wouldnât believe it."
He found Chen Mingâs response normal; no psychic would want their spiritual energy to be used by others, as itâs the foundation of their being. If studied thoroughly and specifically targeted, it could easily lead to trouble.
This replication of spiritual energy always needed time for people to get used to it.
At least, he saw a hint of temptation on An Wupingâs face earlier; over time, An Wuping would understand the value of his spiritual energy.
Besides, itâs not a must to exchange spiritual energy with An Wuping.
As long as heâs around when An Wuping uses his spiritual energy, the spiritual energy fluctuations that dissipate can be converted into Heart-Gathering Spirit Pearls, so thereâs no rush.
However, he didnât return to the captainâs cabin simply to acquire An Wupingâs spiritual energy; he also wanted to figure out what exactly happened at the space station and laboratory that An Wuping visited.
They previously sent out five psychics, and the only one alive who returned was vague when speaking, and after discovering the high-levelâs suspicion towards him, vanished without a trace, still undiscovered till now.
"How about this?"
Thousand Faces placed a handful of Glass Beads on the tea table in front of Chen Ming and said, "I use these things to buy information from you."
"I want to know what you did there and what exactly happened."
"Not to hold you accountable, just purely out of curiosity."
"Look, those three cruisers outside were sunk by you, and a space station was also blown up because of you, yet we havenât pursued it, right?"
Chen Ming glanced ahead and said, "The space station was blown up by yourselves, and isnât your intelligence network quite extensive? The government can intervene, werenât you aware of what happened on the Space Station? Didnât you know what appeared in the laboratory?"
"Thereâs always someone covering things up, so we need some independent verification."
Thousand Faces picked up a Glass Bead, flicking it on the tea table a few times, and said, "One piece of intel for one Heart-Gathering Spirit Pearl."
Seeing An Wuping seem uninterested, he quickly added, "And an answer to a simple question you propose."
At this, Chen Ming finally perked up a bit, asking, "How can you guarantee what you say is true?"
"No way to guarantee it, even if I did, you wouldnât believe it, hence a simple question."
"Right now, you are our partner, and I hope youâll continue to stay with us in the future."