But since the government’s other departments couldn’t handle it, such a task would likely end up in the hands of the Spiritual Ability Department.

There is surely communication between the government departments.

The government’s Spiritual Ability Department is relatively independent and holds a higher status compared to other departments, so there’s no need for them to compete excessively and hide this kind of information from each other.

Even if they did hide it, Chen Ming also mentioned that he would pass the information to others.

Whether the government takes on the risk themselves to handle it for exclusive credit, or directly throws the matter to others to resolve, that’s the government’s issue.

Eventually, Chen Ming naturally called the Anti-Cult Bureau, quite similar.

Of course, in any case, delaying the attention being brought to this Space Station, causing the initial outbreak of dimensional infection, and giving Zuo Jing more time to research is all Chen Ming’s responsibility, so solving Zuo Jing and the troubles caused by Zuo Jing is still his task,

Even if Chen Ming already put the word out, it wouldn’t change.

However, resolving it is one thing, but what to do about the subsequent Space Station and the ordinary people on it is not his concern anymore.

There is dimensional infection on the Space Station, and at most he can handle the source of the dimensional infection.

As for what to do about those who experienced dimensional infection firsthand? How to deal with so many ordinary people?

These two problems.

Chen Ming doesn’t have the time to first differentiate every civilian who isn’t Zuo Jing in disguise on Zuo Jing’s Space Station, then identify those affected by the dimensional infection, and also take care of them.

If the dimensional infection has truly fully erupted, it would be fatal for ordinary people.

But if the infection is still in its early stages, it wouldn’t be directly lethal to ordinary people, but distinguishing it would still be very troublesome.

Chen Ming can at most ensure that his actions won’t mistakenly harm civilians, but to really take care of all civilians, it’s impossible for Chen Ming.

Right now, he is An Wuping, not Chen Ming, and An Wuping doesn’t have the ability to protect that many civilians...

Wait, it seems he does.

As long as he exhibits part of the Insect Queen’s abilities, he could completely rely on the Insect Queen’s massive manufacturing of Fungal Mat and some Insect Race units’ derivational body tissue to cover the entire Space Station, creating an effect similar to controlling everyone with the metallic liquid on the colony.

Originally, Chen Ming thought that without the metallic liquid, he wouldn’t have the means to protect people on a large scale.

That’s why he proactively called outsiders at this time.

If the closest colony to this Star Zone does not use teleportation, it would take around five hours to get here.

For the government, only the Cruiser has teleportation ability, but the Cruiser is not that easy to dispatch.

Even if the army received the information, they wouldn’t immediately send a Cruiser over.

Currently, only the Fourteenth Legion of the Empire has the Superspace Channel Teleportation System technology of Chen Ming, which is why Chen Ming gave the government department a five-hour window, enough for him to finish what needs to be done.

But after suddenly realizing he does have the Insect Queen’s Fungal Mat,

the situation changes.

Should he use the Insect Queen’s Fungal Mat to protect everyone’s safety?

Chen Ming didn’t ponder too long to find the answer.

He’s not a good person, at least not a saint.

Using his trump card to save people unrelated to him is definitely not a wise move.

Moreover, Chen Ming remembers Bai Quan hinting several times about the problem of his overly strong spiritual energy, making many within the Empire uneasy.

His spiritual energy has the power to control Dusk and the Mechanical Race. If he wanted and acted on it, he could eventually organize a force sufficient to confront the Empire.

The Insect Queen’s Insect Race is similarly overpowered in its own way.

The Insect Race, optimized multiple times by Chen Ming, if given enough time to develop, would definitely pose a significant threat to the Empire.

This implies that if An Wuping exposes the Insect Queen’s spiritual energy just like that, he might face the same treatment.

Chen Ming confirmed his answer and no longer pondered much on the protection of the civilians. At most, he’d conveniently save Uncle Mao, no need to consider others.

"Psychic, sir?"

The voice of the deputy director from the still ongoing phone call pulled Chen Ming back from his wandering thoughts.

"Where were we in the conversation?"

"It was about why you found our Anti-Cult Bureau first?"

"..."

The thoughts in Chen Ming’s head just now certainly couldn’t be directly conveyed.

So Chen Ming casually made up a reason and said, "Because I find the Anti-Cult Bureau agreeable, that’s all."

Chen Ming hung up the phone, no longer wasting time.

At this moment, all valuable data in the underground lab’s computer room database had already been obtained by Chen Ming.

Meanwhile, the metal liquid he dispersed elsewhere had also arrived at the laboratory’s main control system. Chen Ming was able to hack into the laboratory’s system from the physical level and bypass all security measures, perfectly infiltrating the entire lab.

Except for the northern region of the laboratory, which is an isolated area, all control systems of this area are internal to this region.

However, since this region is connected to the laboratory, now that Chen Ming has complete control of the laboratory, infiltrating it is just a simple matter.