Chapter 919: Sailing in the Abyss

"Abyss, this starship was once used for ...... Detect the Abyssal Gate! ”

Sandora's expression was solemn, and her words were categorical.

Maybe the impact of this news was so huge that I didn't react for a while, but subconsciously oh, and it wasn't until a few seconds later that I realized what an exaggerated thing Sandora had just said, and suddenly shouted: "Wait, sailing inside the Abyss Gate?!" You say this thing sails inside the Abyss Gate?! ”

"That's the only way," Tavel said as he quickly manipulated the holographic projection, dividing the scan of the ship's wreckage into several areas and zooming in until the details were all visible, "As a medium-sized starship, it has too many unnecessary defenses, and almost all of them are designed for super-conceptual damage. The so-called super-concept damage, refers to the attack form out of matter or energy and any kind of tangible damage, with invisible force to damage the target's effect, void, abyss, divine power, and many emperors have special power, these are all super-concept damage, at present the easiest example for you to understand is Chen Qian's mother's curse power, this is one of the most powerful super-concept damage methods. The starship had far more equipment than necessary to defend against super-conceptual damage, and it was clearly not intended for combat...... Theoretically, yes. ”

Tavel only came to the conclusion from a theoretical point of view that the starship had been used to face the abyssal environment, while Sandora's assertion was more resolute and blunt: "I feel that it has something to do with the abyss." ”

"It has an abyssal reaction?!"

I was startled, and I subconsciously wanted to shake off the two pieces of wreckage - of course, it was only a little bit of such an idea, and based on how calm Sandora and Tavel were now, I knew that Sandora should have said something else. It's just that the danger of this kind of thing is too high, and it can be said that it is the most dangerous enemy from the beginning to the future, so you can't help but be nervous when you hear it.

"It's not an abyssal reaction," Sandora shook her head slightly, then raised her slender white arm, and in the next moment, black flames and thick smoke swept through half of her body, and one of the girl's hands turned into a huge black claw, and the claws spewed out the abyssal flames full of danger, she gestured with her claws at the two pieces of wreckage, and then whispered, "It's a very subtle feeling." Tavel didn't find the Abyssal Reaction from the wreckage, but the Abyssal Force in my body resonated with the wreckage, as if I had found a companion...... I'm guessing, maybe these two pieces of wreckage have just been purified, at some point in the past, this starship has definitely sailed in an environment full of abysses, and this voyage has lasted for a long time, long-term contact with the abyssal environment, even if there are more defense facilities, it is difficult to completely avoid being affected and solved, so that it has now become a mutant substance full of affinity for abyssal energy, although from the data, each of its metal plates is no different from ordinary interstellar alloys, But I could feel it stirring in the face of the flames of the abyss. ”

"To be honest, my subordinates are completely confused about this," Tavel looked at me guiltily, and the glasses royal sister, who was always full of confidence in the past, showed an unprecedentedly frustrated look, "The research institute has not been able to decipher what happened to the mutation on His Majesty Sandora's body, and his subordinates have no scientific basis for analyzing His Majesty's intuition about these two pieces of wreckage, but it should be accurate. Now we can assume that the wreck of the starship was designed to explore the Abyssal Gate, and successfully carried out missions in the Abyss Gate for a period of time, but the reason for its destruction is unknown, either due to the Abyss or to the war. Theoretically, yes. ”

After listening to Tavel's statement, I turned my gaze to the huge metal wreckage floating in the space, it looked lifeless, the silver-gray armor layer was torn apart, and the deep passages and mechanical structures were exposed in the cracks, which were no different from the wreckage of a normal spaceship, if it weren't for the fact that Sandora was able to sense the remnants of the abyss with her mutated innate ability, perhaps no one would have imagined that this thing had sailed in the Abyss Gate - of course, so far the conjecture about "sailing in the Abyss Gate" has not been confirmed, But based on Tavel's theoretical reasoning and Sandora's intuition, we might as well believe this statement, then, perhaps, this will explain that the Fallen Apostle fleet is fighting for such huge casualties to rob this primeval heritage. Even if I don't know what the starship of Lu Dao studied back then, it must have this great significance.

"What the hell is the Abyss Gate? Is it that kind of black ball? ”

I asked Sandora suddenly.

Abyssal Gate, we often mention this term, and we have witnessed the real Abyss Gate ourselves, but there really is no exact statement about the nature of this thing. The Abyssal Gate in my impression is a pitch-black ball, like a black hole, with absolutely smooth edges and symmetrical shapes, not matter, not energy, not even spatial phenomena, all known descriptions in the multiverse cannot describe the Abyss Gate, so the words "Abyss Gate" become all its descriptions.

Sandora is the only person I know who has personally entered the Abyssal Gate and made it out alive, so I'd like to hear what the Abyss Gate looks like as she saw it firsthand.

"Black balls?" Sandora shook her head, "It just looks like a ball, but in fact the Abyssal Gate is a plane: it is a circular plane that is always at an angle of ninety degrees to the observer's line of sight, and for each observer, the Abyssal Gate presents a different angle, and it changes with the change of external perspective, so you have the illusion that the Abyssal Gate is a black ball." ”

"Huh? Is that okay? ”

I find this a bit hard to imagine: it's not hard to understand that there is a circular plane in space, it's like putting a piece of paper vertically in front of you, but it's inconceivable that it's a flat surface in front of any observer, and if so, is it different from a ball?

Hearing my doubts, Sandora explained, "It makes no difference to the observer, but to the world, a plane is a plane, and the facts cannot be changed. A single viewer will never be able to tell if the black shadow in front of them is a sphere or a plane, unless you can gaze at the Abyssal Gate from all the dimensions of this world at the same time. So in ancient times, the empire has always thought that the Abyssal Gate has a similar place to a black hole. ”

"Is it a face-to-face in any perspective, but it's essentially a plane," I can only accept this incomprehensible premise, "that is, there are countless observers, and there are countless fronts in the Abyss Gate...... Okay, let's not discuss this for now, what is it like inside the Abyss Gate? Sandora, you've been in, isn't there another space? ”

"Inside the Abyss Gate, ......" Sandora showed a look of remembrance, and then her face became strange, "It can't be measured by common sense, and there are no suitable adjectives, after entering the Abyss Gate, maybe you will indeed feel that you have come to a dark space, but this 'space' is full of a sense of disobedience, matter is no longer matter, energy is no longer energy, everything you know takes on a nature that you do not know, including yourself." In the endless darkness, you can feel countless things, complex, prosperous, and constantly changing, as if walking in a lively street market with your eyes closed...... Well, that's all I can say, it's a weird feeling. There is no time passing inside the Abyss Gate, or time is passing, but you cannot fit into the time system of the Abyss Gate, as the only outlier in the 'Gate', the Abyss Gate will repel you, and all kinds of strange illusions will start to attack the invaders, killing them endlessly...... Well, I can only say so much, my situation at the time was also very confusing, maybe my memory is still a little biased, but inside the Abyss Gate is indeed a disorderly 'space', there are physical things that can enter, but it is not so easy to come out. ”

It's another bunch of vague knowledge that makes my head so big, but I know that it's not that Sandora doesn't want to explain it more clearly, but that things like the Abyss Gate really can't be understood with the concept of the Ordered World, and I'm afraid no one can tell what that kind of place looks like except for experiencing it myself. Of course, normal people probably won't be idle and jump into the abyssal gate.

700,000 years ago, Viska and the emperor at that time had a fierce battle, and after the war, she captured the spaceship in front of us, but it is impossible to determine whether the spaceship was torn into two pieces in the fierce battle of that year or has long been like this - the latter is also very likely, if this spaceship was a test sample back then, then maybe it was dragged out of the abyss gate and was made into two pieces by the abyss, and Viska snatched someone else's specimen. As for the motive of the girl to grab a specimen, we don't have to think about it, 700,000 years ago Viska didn't have any motives.

"At that time, the old empire had not yet fallen, and that X plan should be underway, but I didn't expect that at that time, someone would be studying the Abyss Gate in such a radical way," Sandora looked at the wreckage of the spaceship and whispered to herself, "Maybe this research ship is also one of the many research projects of X plan." ”

"Speaking of which, I forgot to ask," I said to Tavel in a sudden memory, "why haven't you taken this ship apart?" ”

On weekdays, according to the efficiency of the Imperial Demolition and Relocation Brigade, such a research sample would have been dismantled a long time ago, how could it look the same now as it was when it was just dragged back?

As if expecting me to ask this question, Tavir immediately called up a scan of the battleship with many key points marked, and replied, "Your Majesty, we are in trouble dismantling the sample, and I am afraid that these two pieces of wreckage cannot be broken by force in a simple way. ”

I glanced at the scan of the battleship, and despite the dizzying complexity of the structure, I could see a set of nested energy systems, starting from the reactor at the bow of the battleship, ending where the battleship was cut off, and then the remnants of the energy pipes on another section of the wreckage spread all the way to a sealed compartment - not all the way to the engine, indicating that this energy system was not the power part of the ship, but a large device that was opened independently.

"There is a complex set of energy circuits in the wreckage, which is used to provide additional power to its core research module, at present, this circuit has been cut off with the disintegration of the battleship, and the bad thing is that this system is probably being charged before the cut-off, the circuit is full of high concentration of ghost energy, the damage in the middle of the battleship caused the circuit to automatically activate safety measures, and all the energy pipe networks are blocked in sections to prevent the active energy inside from leaking into the nearby sensitive equipment, and now 700,000 years have passed, These locks have broken down from the constant onslaught of internal energy......"

In other words...... "I seem to understand."

"In other words, we can't depressurize the more than 2,000 sections of the energy network that have been closed here without guaranteeing safety," Tavel said, "unless we can find the original blueprint of this spaceship, determine a safe passage, and then send operators into the spacecraft to release the pressure from the six main energy pipes." Otherwise, if it is dismantled rashly, it will lead to damage to the sensitive equipment in the research ship. After all, this is not a battleship, but a scientific research ship, and its most important equipment is all very fragile, especially the database, as long as that thing is destroyed, this wreckage will immediately be a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron. ”

Tavel then explained the difference between dismantling a research ship and dismantling a sample of a normal warship, and I understood the problem that the technicians were facing now.

Dismantling a sophisticated scientific research ship is different from dismantling a warship that is five big and three thick, because their most valuable part is different, the latter may be a weapon system, or an armor or advanced shield generator, while the most valuable part of the former is a fragile and sensitive database or various sensors, and the two are of course very different in their tolerance to harsh environments. The wreckage of the battleship we grabbed has already undergone a big explosion, and most of the sensors inside it are probably finished, and the rest are still in a crumbling state even if they are intact, and to add insult to injury, there is still a lot of energy left in these two wreckage!

Normally, the ship will not retain its energy in such a fragmented situation, but it is very special, the special mission of navigating in the Abyss Gate allows it to continue to operate almost in a fragmented situation, at least its energy system can do this, although it has been cut into two parts, and after a long release of 700,000 years, the energy network of the starship wreckage still has 80% of the activated ghost energy. Now all the energy switches in the wreckage are offline, and if they are disassembled by conventional methods, it will easily lead to the rampaging of all energy networks, just like digging a handful of sand from a crumbling sand tower.

Under the suppression of various energy restraint devices, the rampage of the energy network may not completely destroy the wreckage, but those sensitive databases and scientific research equipment will certainly not be saved.

"Do you have a plan?"

I saw that although Tavel's face was not good, he was only solemn and not hopeless, so I couldn't help but ask.

"There is a plan, but ...... I'm afraid it will take some time," Tavel quickly adjusted the picture on the holographic projection next to him, "My subordinates want to try the energy preserver - if you place a group of energy predators on each energy node of the wreckage and start it at the same time, you may be able to decompress all the networks without disrupting the energy balance of the wreckage, but this needs to be done slowly, the energy preserver operates at the lowest possible force to ensure that the ghost energy network does not collapse and destroy other equipment, and it takes time to set up the energy preserver, in theory." ”

"Then let's do it first, we can't get the blueprint of this thing back then," I nodded, looking at Sandora's expression, I'm afraid she thought the same way, "The Fallen Apostle has also lost a main fleet anyway, and such a big movement has already attracted the attention of the Protoss, they will definitely not make much move in a short time, and we also need time to replenish our troops, leaving you plenty of time." ”

Tavel gave a military salute: "Your will!" Then the mass projection slowly dissipates into the air.

"Do you know that Ah Jun, I have a feeling," there were only two people left, Shandora and me, and she simply leaned into my arms and rubbed her face on my chin affectionately, "as if we are about to come into contact with a shocking truth...... There was so much sensational research going on in the post-apocalyptic period of the Old Empire that every item in the X Scheme seems chilling now, but building a research ship that could sail through the Abyssal Gate...... Even the Protoss doesn't seem to be so crazy, I don't know whose handiwork this is, but it definitely has something to do with the Empire's slumber...... The feeling was strong, and the Soul Reager's instincts had always been accurate. ”

I said yes, and then suddenly became interested in playing, so I hugged Sandora's soft body from behind and kissed her on the earlobe.

Suddenly, the girl in her arms shivered involuntarily, and then twisted, and hit her head on my chin fiercely: "Why are you so sudden." ”

I laughed twice: "It's nothing...... I suddenly want to say that I've been working hard for you all along. ”

Sandora turned her head, and the pretty face that was close at hand was full of confusion: "Huh? Ah Jun, are you suddenly literary again? ”

When the two of them are alone, the lonely and cold queen is actually just a little pestering and a little silly girl, and I was not used to engaging in sudden intimacy in the past, so now Sandora seems a little overwhelmed.

It may be that this morning's long conversation with Bingtis made me think a lot, and I feel the need to say thank you to Shandora, and by the way, I also relayed to her my own conversation with Bingtis this morning - about how a leader should fulfill his responsibilities and how I, the emperor, should be positioned, and I should chat with Sandora.

"Oh, let's have a long talk with Bingtis," after listening to what I said, Sandora didn't care much about the "leadership theory", but showed a subtle smile, "Most of her words make sense, Ah Jun, you are really not suitable to do everything, but should be a leader like a navigation light, but...... Actually, there are some things that guy didn't tell you the truth. ”

Me: "Huh? ”

"It's about the fact that the gods usually ignore prayers from the nether, in fact, for the special racial talent of the gods, it doesn't take much effort to deal with those prayers, even Jingle Bell has this ability."

I felt as if I had been deceived by some female hooligan......

"Bingtis doesn't like to deal with prayers from the Nether very much, because that thing always sounds like a complaint call—that's the truth."

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