Chapter 1299 362: Calamity_3

Luo Yi asked again, "What is this?"

"This is the breach in the space barrier created by the Destruction Core, connecting the Phase Space...and the Crimson Dimension."

"What!"

"No way?!"

The conference room erupted into a commotion.

Chen Ming said nothing, silently waiting for the others to finish arguing.

After the room quieted down, he said, "I don't think I need to lie; it doesn't benefit me at all."

Luo Yi hesitated between believing and doubting for half a second, ultimately choosing to believe, and immediately grasped the critical point by asking, "Does this mean..."

"Yes, the Crimson Dimension can now lock onto this dimension's location through this breach, and the aftermath of dimensional infection will start to expand from this breach, never stopping."

"What I'm doing is using the consciousness of the Phase Giant Beast's Clan Leader—it's meant for this—to temporarily repair this breach, as you see now."

"Temporary?"

"Yes, only temporarily. Someone needs to always be here to guard and repair, otherwise if this breach collapses, you can imagine the consequences."

"Even if you've sealed it, will the aftermath of dimensional infection still occur?"

"Yes, but there's also good news. This place simultaneously burst open breaches in three dimensions, which is quite an interesting area, could be used for research, albeit a bit risky..."

The head of the Legion Spiritual Ability Research Institute said instinctively, "The issue isn't about risk at all, is it?"

Chen Ming shrugged, "Luckily the Destruction Core exploded in the Machine Race's Star Realm. Otherwise, the breach location would be here in the Empire, which would be even more troublesome."

"Is there a way to eradicate this?"

"I don't know, it requires time to study, both my time and yours."

"I think handling this alone isn't enough; the whole Empire must collaborate."

"That's why I informed all of you present."

"Otherwise, if we continue to let this breach remain, the final outcome should not be dimensional infection but dimensional invasion."

"That would truly be a natural disaster."

"I know you all have doubts, but I've already given you the coordinates. Investigate it yourselves if you wish, with proper precautions."

"Additionally, let me mention one more thing."

Chen Ming ended the playback, then produced a storage unit the size of a brick.

"I also acquired something on the territory of the Mechanical Race."

Inside this storage unit, there's the star map Chen Ming obtained from the Mechanical Race.

The people in the conference room immediately felt a chill run down their spines; a storage unit the size of a pinky can sustain the basic operations of a cruiser.

What could be stored inside such a brick-sized unit?

The storage unit Chen Ming used during the playback was a normal size, so when he produced such a brick now, it surely wasn't for show.

Chen Ming casually modified a computer, connecting it to the external server he usually used, allowing him to open files and preventing the computer from burning out.

Even so, everyone in the conference room waited a while until the file in the storage unit was fully opened.

"Take a look."

"This is our universe."

This star map file documents a gigantic cosmic structure's data.

Within this cosmic structure, it includes everything occupied by the Empire, and more, much more.

That's why when Chen Ming first saw it, he didn't immediately react.

Because this star map contains a vast number of star systems beyond the Empire's perspective, inaccessible under normal circumstances — places beyond the Empire's observable universe range.

Of course, it wasn't entirely impossible for the Empire to observe now, but it required using hyperspeed techniques.

Once Chen Ming detected the Empire's territorial boundaries on this star map, he realized he was witnessing a broader world.

Not just that.

When Chen Ming acquired this star map, he found the Empire's position was already marked on it.

Also marked were all the regions claimed by the Mechanical Race.

All of them, or rather, throughout the universe covered by this star map.

Close enough to hug the Empire's borders.

Far away, tens of millions, even hundreds of billions of light-years away.

Almost every place on the star map contains the Mechanical Race.

No matter how remote, how insignificant, or how barren, their presence is seen.

Whether meticulously searched or through an expanded vision, what can be seen is only the Mechanical Race.

This star map only contains the Mechanical Race.

And the Human Empire seemingly surrounded by infinite Mechanical Race in an overall stance.

Chen Ming had carefully searched earlier, but within this star map, he couldn't find any trace of other civilizations.

He's unsure whether it's the Mechanical Race that hasn't recorded other civilizations, or if the universe is truly isolated, with humans being the only ones developing civilization.

He's more inclined to believe the latter.

Although the Mechanical Race is fierce, their ferocity is solely targeted at humans.

Academically, the Mechanical Race is believed to target humanoid organisms, as evidence from the Empire's discovered Shimmering Civilization relic suggests its primary species was likely humanoid.

Moreover, the Mechanical Race has no special animosity toward normal creatures, capable of coexisting with indigenous lifeforms on habitable planets.