With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 562: The consciousness is missing?
As the anti-universe bubble returned to normal, the central singularity was once again enveloped by the impenetrable event horizon and plunged back into the darkness.

Although the central black hole has suffered several significant mass reductions in the past period of time, its size is still a considerable number until now. According to Wang Jing's requirements, checking the central black hole star field inch by inch is undoubtedly an extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming task.

Even though the Human Alliance Fleet was huge in number and could temporarily manufacture a large number of small detectors equipped with information entropy fluctuation detection devices, in order to thoroughly check this starry sky, the fleet still stayed in this star field for more than three days.

three days later.

TE1571 research vessel, inside the core biological laboratory.

Four capsule-type cabins and four translucent cylindrical culture media were placed in the center of the laboratory. In front of one of the semi-open capsule cabins was a blood-red crystal stone that was several people tall and whose surface occasionally flashed a dim red light. A large number of wires and electrodes of various specifications were connected between the crystal stone and the semi-open capsule cabin.

The laboratory filled with various instruments is not spacious. After accommodating these nine big gadgets, there are only a few narrow passages left, which are only wide enough for one person to walk through.

Wang Jing stood silently at the end of the passage, her eyes quickly scanning the holographic interface that automatically appeared on the console, and finally stopped on the first capsule cabin.

Through the observation window on the surface of the cabin, she could clearly see a familiar face.

At the same time, in the cylindrical culture medium directly in front of the capsule, a body with exactly the same face was also "floating".

"Chen Fan..."

Looking at the two bodies that maintained all vital signs under the life support system, Wang Jing murmured in a low voice: "Where on earth did you go..."

"Drip...drip..."

The steady sound of the buzzer echoed in the laboratory. Three capsule-type cabins made a slight buzzing sound at the same time. Wang Jing's gaze subconsciously moved towards the three capsule cabins.

Since the fleet is about to return to the main universe, and there is almost no matter in the anti-universe at this time, the antimatter body that had been painstakingly built before has become useless.

In a sense, whether within the fleet or returning to the main universe in the future, clones and investigator starships made of antimatter can even be considered a burden - once an error occurs and the protective barrier disappears, they will instantly turn into super-powerful antimatter bombs!
Although the probability of this happening is very low, it is not zero after all.

It is also for this reason that while the fleet was searching for Chen Fan's consciousness, Wang Jing also began to prepare for the consciousness return experiment of Redstone and the other two.

"The consciousness extraction of cabin No. 2, cabin No. 3, and cabin No. 4 has been successful, and the consciousness injection is in progress..."

The electronic synthesized voice of the ship's main computer sounded quietly, breaking the silence of the core laboratory.

At the same time, the holographic control interface in front of Wang Jing began to rapidly display various chaotic data and parameters.

"…successful."

Looking at the three capsule cabins with green indicator lights lighting up one after another, Wang Jing's tense expression relaxed a little - luckily, there were no unexpected situations in the consciousness return experiment of the three Redstones.

Unlike the Chen Fan back then, that was so thrilling.

"laugh……"

Along with a slight sound of air flow coming from the side, the doors of cabins No. 2 and No. 3 opened one after another. Isa and Gao Yuan, who had regained consciousness, staggered out of the capsule cabin. During the process, they accidentally bumped into the edge of the open door of the capsule cabin, causing a slight alarm.

"do not mind."

Looking at Isa and Gao Yuan standing in front of the capsule at a loss, Wang Jing waved her hand nonchalantly: "This body has been lying in the capsule for so long, and the transmission of consciousness will inevitably cause some mild disturbances, so all this is normal."

"It will probably be back to normal in a few minutes."

As Wang Jing spoke, the dark red crystal in front of the semi-open cabin No. 4 gradually became brighter.

As beams of bright red light flashed across its surface, the blood-colored crystal gradually floated up from the ground.

"Red stone?"

Isa, who had just stood firm, shouted cautiously.

"..."

No response.

suddenly.

Blood-red rays of light flashed randomly on the surface of the crystal like a marquee.

The crystal stone that was suspended in the air relying on the anti-gravity field also shook violently under the reflection of the "marquee".

The flowing light reflected in the cold-toned laboratory added a unique disco atmosphere to it in an eerie way.

"Wang, Academician Wang..."

Isa stared in amazement at the blood-colored crystal that was twitching and dancing in the air: "Is this also... a sequelae of the consciousness transfer?"

"This……"

Wang Jing raised her hand and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead: "Yes, I think so..."

for a long time.

Under the gaze of everyone, the complex stream of light gradually became stable, and the shaking crystal itself also calmed down.

"call……"

A familiar and soft synthesized female voice came quietly from the blood-colored crystal: "Finally I found the feeling..."

"It's been so long, I almost forgot how I spoke."

Compared with Isa and Gao Yuan, Hongshi was undoubtedly the most affected - her original form was a crystal life form, which had nothing to do with carbon-based creatures.

"cough!"

Wang Jing selectively ignored the strange looks that Yisha and Gao Yuan gave her: "Now that you have recovered, follow me back to the cockpit."

Isa hesitated again and again, but finally made up her mind. She raised her head carefully, and the mechanical eyes under the black hood flashed a light blue light:

"Academician Wang... Is there no detection result from Chen Fan yet?"

The moment Chen Fan was mentioned, the originally relaxed atmosphere in the core laboratory suddenly became heavy, and the faint smile that had just appeared on Wang Jing's face also disappeared instantly.

"...I'm sorry." Wang Jing shook her head with a heavy expression.

"The fleet is conducting a deep exploration of the last star field, which happens to be the edge of the black hole's event horizon. If Chen Fan's consciousness is still there..."

She paused slightly and said, "It can only be in that star region."

As soon as the words fell, the azure blue holographic projection automatically unfolded and constructed a familiar figure.

"zero?"

Seeing Ling's expressionless face, Wang Jing felt a pang in her heart: "Detection..."

"It has ended."

Ling responded in a deep voice: "The carpet search of the central black hole star field has been completed. We have not detected any form of information entropy fluctuations."

"At the moment..."

Ling paused for a moment, and with difficulty said a conclusion that no one wanted to hear: "Chen Fan's consciousness is likely to have collapsed under the impact of the central singularity."

"As for the Kraken, I think it's the same situation."

“…Is it really the collapse of consciousness?”

Wang Jing was a little dazed: "Didn't Kraken say that the collapse of consciousness was not fatal and that it would recover after a good night's sleep?"

"It's been three days, why is Chen Fan still not showing any signs of recovery?!"

"Yeah..." Hongshi's soft voice came from the side, "It's been three days. No matter how broken it was, there should be some improvement, right?"

Isa nodded repeatedly and asked tentatively: "Is it possible... that the accuracy of the Human Union's information entropy detection is not enough, so Chen Fan's consciousness was not discovered?"

"Yes! Isa is right! This is indeed possible!" A flash of light appeared on Hongshi's body, and he quickly spoke out to express his agreement.

Ling didn't say anything, but just listened silently to the questions from Wang Jing and others.

When the arguments in the lab gradually subsided, Ling raised his eyelids and said in a faint voice, "I say, have you forgotten something?"

"The Kraken is not a carbon-based life form. The sleep he mentioned...how long do you think it should last?"

Swish!
The core laboratory fell into silence in an instant.

Not to mention Isa and Gao Yuan, even Wang Jing who was standing beside her was stunned after hearing Ling's words.

They seem...

We have collectively fallen into a misunderstanding caused by inertia of thinking. For humans, sleeping is just a matter of a few hours.

But for the Kraken...

Wang Jing silently retrieved some basic information about the Xinalo civilization and turned to the column about the Star God.

"During the Star God's sleep, the Xinaluo royal family was unable to establish contact with the Star God. Such a communication vacuum period is not uncommon. Usually, the Star God sleeps for ten years to..."

Wang Jing swallowed hard, "... thousands of years, the exact time cannot be determined. According to historical records, the longest time a Star God has slept is 9714 years."

Finished!

At this moment, this was the only thought left in Wang Jing's mind.

Let alone decades, the People's Federation can't even wait for a year!

Not to mention hundreds or thousands of years!
This, this is going to kill her! !
If something really goes wrong because of this matter, wouldn’t she become... a sinner of the Human Union?

When Isa and the other two heard that shocking number, they couldn't help but feel dizzy.

"Now, what should we do now..."

Isa's face turned pale and she looked at Zero, who had a serious expression, for help.

"The Academy of Sciences recommends that the fleet return to the main universe first."

Ling thought for a moment and said, "Like you said just now, perhaps the current detection technology of the Human Union is not advanced enough to detect more subtle fluctuations in the information flow. Once the technology improves,..."

"Furthermore..."

"Since the collapse of consciousness will not lead to death, perhaps the Academy of Sciences can find a way to help Chen Fan's consciousness recover quickly."

Wang Jing was silent for a moment, then nodded hesitantly: "Now it seems..."

“This may be the only remedy.”

She took a deep breath, calmed down her complicated emotions, and gave the order in a deep voice:
"Goal: Human Union Main Universe."

"Full speed ahead!"

……

The order was given.

Accompanied by a strong space-time fluctuation rising into the sky, the huge fleet suddenly disappeared into the visible universe.

At the same time, a colorful and brilliant band of light appeared without warning in the extremely distant starry sky - that was a crack on the surface of the cosmic membrane that had not yet been completely sealed, and it was also the only way for the Human Fleet to safely leave the anti-cosmic bubble.

Wow!
The turbulent space-time fluctuations gradually calmed down, and the gorgeous band of light gradually shrank and dimmed, and finally disappeared again in the visible universe.

In the starry sky that has returned to silence, apart from countless black holes of varying sizes running rapidly, there are only a few sporadic starlight coming from the edge of the universe.

And near the central black hole, a human figure with a surface full of cracks and even gradually disintegrating was floating quietly in the deep starry sky.

That was Chen Fan’s consciousness.

To be precise, it is the "corpse" of Chen Fan's consciousness.

After being hit by the information flood from the central singularity, Chen Fan's consciousness directly entered an irreversible collapse process, and his autonomous consciousness almost completely dissipated, leaving only a little subconscious that could vaguely perceive the external conditions.

a few hours ago.

As the detectors and the Human Alliance warships, which were arranged in a neat formation, passed by, this subconscious mind jumped slightly -

"That is……"

"Human Fleet?"

……

There is no light, no matter, and even the existence of the familiar three-dimensional space is questionable - the reason is simple: no matter how hard Chen Fan tries, he cannot feel any signs of movement.

There are no fluctuations in information flow, nor are there any fluctuations in space-time caused by space distortion.

This is the environment Chen Fan was in after his consciousness collapsed.

Nothingness.

Apart from himself, Chen Fan could not sense the existence of anything around him...

Oh, except for the human fleet that just passed by.

In fact, Chen Fan could not see the existence of the fleet. He could only vaguely sense that a fleet with an extremely familiar style was passing by him. Judging from the number, scale and style of behavior, it was undoubtedly the Human United Fleet.

But he had to admit that it was the fluctuations brought about by that fleet that woke him up from his unconscious state.

only……

"You're just going to leave like that?"

"Take me with you! Hey!!"

Unfortunately.

The fleet did not hear Chen Fan's cry, nor did it sense the existence of Chen Fan's consciousness.

They whizzed past and eventually disappeared beyond Chen Fan's sensing range.

for a long time.

Chen Fan stared blankly at the gray world in front of him. Although he had been "awake" for quite some time, he still couldn't accept his current situation.

"Fuck you, I am..."

"What?"

"I'm not that crispy, am I?"

While talking to himself, he raised his hand and looked around.

Looking at the sporadic points of light that continuously escaped from his body, Chen Fan suddenly had a very reliable guess in his mind: "Is this... the disintegration of consciousness that Kraken mentioned?"

But in the next second, he realized the problem.

"and many more……"

"Didn't Kraken say that all we need to do after our consciousness disintegrates is a good night's sleep?"

"I was thinking... I don't look like I'm sleeping now?!!"

"Are you woken up?"

"But... Kraken didn't say what to do if he was woken up!!!"

Chen Fan, who was puzzled, simply gave up thinking.

He decided to change the direction of his efforts - he opened his hands and tried to catch the scattered points of light that escaped from his body.

According to his usual experience, if this thing leaked out, he would probably be close to complete death.

"Why the hell are you running..."

"Come back!"

Chen Fan shouted loudly and grabbed those light spots fiercely.

then……

The light spots scattered more cheerfully.

Obviously, such "intense" exercise was not something he could endure at that moment.

Looking at his body gradually evolving into a sieve, Chen Fan could only squat down with his hands on his knees.

Be honest.

Now he is completely honest.

(End of this chapter)