Chapter 158: Research Center in the Shadow City
After finally stopping Anwena from carrying out today's sixth cleaning, my sister suggested that everyone go to the shadow city to have a look, and by the way, see how the copycat version of the space-time sensor is assembled.
Originally, we also hoped that the big guy of the Protoss could have the spatial coordinates of the Azeroth World Realm, which would save us a lot of trouble, but unfortunately, Ding Dong received news from the God Realm not long ago, because our plane is too remote, the Azeroth World Realm has not been filed in the World Realm Management Center of the God Realm at all, and the Protoss know the existence of this World Realm, but ...... The way they know this world is only through NetEase's official website......
I should...... Fainted?
In any case, due to the unreliable Protoss, we still have to rely on ourselves to find the spatial coordinates of the Azeroth Realm...... The only thing to be thankful for is that with Clank, a little guy who is said to be popular in the Divine Realm, our battle in Azeroth may be easier, after all, Protoss reinforcements are no joke.
Speaking of Shadow K City, since Pandora established such a phantom space to house the commanders, I rarely go to that magical place, firstly, because the real world is really busy and I can't get out, and more importantly, I am still a little unaccustomed to this weird projection world......
Well, I'm not used to it......
Walking down the familiar but empty streets, I once again had this dream-like sense of dissonance.
The city is the city I grew up in, and I am very familiar with every grass and tree and every street here, but the whole city is so weird, not only because of the tall Xiling buildings that occasionally appear in the city, but also because of the desertion and dead silence of the whole city, but the huge distortion of this space as a false world.
It's a subtle feeling, like being in a lucid dream, and everything around you feels abnormal, no matter how real it may seem.
When we came in, it was still dark in the real world outside, but it was already late at night in this shadow city, and a huge and somewhat exaggerated moon hung in the sky, covering one-fifth of the sky, and the strange lines on the "moon" were clearly visible, which was the bad taste of bubbles, since watching a few weird style cartoons, this little otaku girl who originally had no other hobbies except for playing games began to like doing all kinds of weird artistic graffiti in the sky of the shadow world. She even built a distorted space force field in the shadow city, in which she arranged simulation scenes such as "Spell O", "Midnight O Bell", and "Zero O Butterfly......
I have always maintained a very tolerant attitude towards this 10,000-year-old family squatting that is even weaker than Pandora's, and I usually follow her whatever she is willing to do, except when she tries to teach Little Bubbles to paint art on the wall of her room......
A large group of us walked under the dim street lamp, with a huge dizzying moon on our heads, and next to me there was a ghost girl with a faint glow, and the surroundings were as cold as a grave, and the huge buildings next to them were brightly lit, but there was no trace of popularity, in this eerie atmosphere, I felt that those so-called haunted house adventure games were warm and harmonious like a spring field......
Thankfully, we're pretty much used to it......
The day-to-day management of the Shadow City is the responsibility of Pandora's lieutenant Sivis - forgot the name? So Pan Lingling, the long-haired beauty who almost became the president of a certain country and later became my homeroom teacher, should you have an impression, right?
As soon as I left school, Sylvestris quit her job that didn't mean much to her, and instead focused on managing the affairs of the Shadow City, after all, it was a base with a large number of high-ranking Hiling Apostles stationed, and without an Overseer, God knows how big a basket would be stabbed by those Hiling officers who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.
Civis lives near the center of the Shadow City, close to the core computer that monitors the entire space, due to the importance of this area, it has been transformed into a tight military fortress, everywhere you can see a forest of guard towers and patrolling Xiling soldiers, the ground is completely covered by a different alloy that can be transformed into sharp spikes at any time, and above the fortress, small lightly armed mechs are cruising 24 hours a day, such a tight protection, I am afraid that a fly will have to be saturated and bombed if it wants to fly in......
But...... In such a projection space, where it is impossible for the enemy to enter, is such tight protection necessary?
"Quite necessary," Pandora said with a serious expression, "never underestimate the strength of your enemies—even if they look as weak as ants. ”
…… What kind of imaginary enemy have you set up in your brain, you little warmonger!
Just as I was speechless at the spirit of Pandora's war, Sives, who had just learned of our arrival, hurried in.
She gave us a standard Hiling military salute and shouted, "Glory to the Empire is with you!" Your Majesty the Great Emperor! ”
…… Do you know how weird it feels to be that a beautiful teacher who used to take the gentle route has become an iron-blooded officer of Xiling......
After returning the salute awkwardly, I immediately waved my hand and said, "Okay, okay, you know that I don't like this, you better use the usual way of greeting......"
"Oh...... Have you eaten it? ”
“…… Ate ......"
I think it's even more strange to stand at the door of this majestic and oppressive military fortress and say hello like this......
It seems that no matter what race it is, it is a very important thing for the superior leaders to come to inspect, especially when the inspection also includes such bullish figures as the head of the empire, the god of the star field, and the supreme military leader, such an inspection is even more amazing.
In less than two minutes, Civis told me that all the staff and equipment at the research center were ready...... This kind of speed is probably only possible for these Xiling apostles who can directly exercise mind control through the superior commander.
Walking in the alloy corridor full of futuristic technology, Sivis gave us a detailed introduction to the achievements of those Xiling technicians in the recent period.
In fact, it is not very accurate to say that it is the result, and it should be said that it is the technique they have recovered.
At the peak of the Xiling Empire, the strength of the technique was quite powerful, and the empire at that time even researched a way to instantly annihilate the entire world to absorb energy, but now such a terrifying technique has long since ceased to exist, and even the relevant documents have been lost due to the fragmentation of the empire's data network, and what those Xiling technicians are doing now is how to use the existing means as much as possible to reproduce those lost but vital technologies.
The space-time sensing device is one of the most important of these.
The Chrono Transition Technique has always been the most proud and widely used technique of the Xiling Empire, and it is the existence of this technique that makes it possible for the Xiling Empire's power to spread over countless planes like the Protoss, but now, the most critical part of this technique is missing, that is, the Strange Space Scanning Technique, without this technique, it means that we can no longer purposefully explore the new world, but can only make limited trips in the known world. For the Xiling Technicians, who are accustomed to discovering and exploring new worlds one after another, this is as painful as stabbing them in the eyes.
It's a pity that it's not fun to observe other worlds through the Aether Sea or even the Endless Void, and no matter how high the level of those technicians is, it is impossible to reproduce this near-miraculous technology in a short period of time.
When we arrived at the largest research room, we were presented with a copycat version of the space-time sensor, which was less than 60% complete.
To be sure, this is a huge and magnificent installation, with a large hexagonal pyramid at one end and a smaller hexagonal pyramid, suspended upside down above a large hole in the center of the research "chamber", with a total length of at least two hundred meters, and the surface of this huge hexagonal pyramid is covered with complex components that make people dizzy to look at it - this is because the device is not yet finished, and there is no enclosure for it.
In the gaps of those complex components, there is a faint light flashing from time to time, that is, the technicians are testing some key energy lines inside, the energy consumption of this big guy is amazing, so it also adopts the most commonly used high energy output method in the Xiling Empire - the energy reactor in different space, by setting the huge energy unit in a different time and space, and using the space interface to output huge energy to the energy-consuming equipment, the volume of the device in the real space can be effectively reduced. And it avoids the possibility of catastrophic consequences caused by the damage to the super energy core, but such a device also has a disadvantage, that is, the complexity is too high, after all, it is ten million times more complicated to install a space ripper at the end of each critical energy line, such a thing is tens of millions of times more complicated than a simple plug and socket......
Are you faint? Anyway, I was dizzy when Pandora explained this bunch of stuff to me.
"The main part of the space-time sensor is actually fully usable, but the key thing is that we still can't provide a stable scanning probe for it."
I nodded with a serious expression, and then looked solemnly at the huge and magnificent device.
"You understand?" Qianqian suddenly exclaimed.
I still have a serious expression: "...... Didn't ......."
A green vein appeared in the corner of Sandora's eyes: "...... If Lin Xue is here, you will definitely be complained to death......"
Cives couldn't help but laugh and put it in a more understandable way: "In other words, you can think of this thing as a microscope, and now we have assembled a sturdy frame, but unfortunately, we can't polish the lenses......"
…… Well, the most critical thing doesn't.
"What about Lin Xue's ability? I heard that the last test was successful? ”
"Yes, Lin Xue's master's strength is even our best apostle at energy perception to sigh to himself, and the resonance between the master's energy wavelength and this device is also quite good, it is very suitable to take on the role of 'lens', but ......"
"But what?" I noticed that Sives was a little hesitant and couldn't help but ask curiously.
At the same time, conjectures began to arise in my mind.
Could it be that this device will have a huge negative effect on the human body? Think about it, after all, the inside of this thing is full of high-energy radiation, maybe the Xiling Apostle is not afraid, but Lin Xue is still a human in the end, no matter how strong her spiritual power barrier is, there is a limit, her character I know very well, she is full of strong character, as long as it is a commitment to a friend, then she will complete it at all costs, even if it is hurt because of this, she will use a strong appearance to fool through, although she and I are usually noisy, but how to say that we are also friends, She's afraid she'll really be hurt by radiation in order to fulfill her promise and won't tell us......
Just as Lin Xue's image was rising in my heart, Sivis finally removed a blackened part from the table next to me and said to me, "Lin Xue's mother always makes small movements when she conducts tests...... We've burned out four control compartments......"