The deep-diving ship continued to move forward in the abyss for a total of three and a half days. At first glance, this sounds like a very bad result. It is only three and a half days, which is not even as good as some powerful imperial commanders who can continue to fight in the abyss.
It takes a long time, but if you think about another thing, no one probably has any doubts: it marches all the way to the most polluted depths of the abyss, and the distance it travels has long exceeded the stability limit of the products of the material world.
If you take a step forward, the pressure you have to endure will increase several times. On the first day, the deep-diving ship may still be in the area that Sandora entered back then. After that, what it enters is completely a death that no one has ever attempted.
zone.
The design strength of the deep submersible ship in resisting abyssal pollution far exceeds any existing starships we have. It can achieve almost permanent motion when cruising near the gate of the abyss. It will only continue to penetrate into the dangerous zone and reach a limit.
It will collapse. According to the sailing speed of the deep-diving ship, it is estimated that the location of its collapse has crossed the shallow area of the abyss, and it is very likely to have touched the "strange frontier".
The shallow zone of the abyss is Tavel's way of describing it. She roughly stratifies the known environment of the abyss. The gate of the abyss is the entrance. The place close to the gate of the abyss is the shallow zone of the abyss. The pollution there is heavy but not fatal.
There are unstable passages between the forces of the abyss that can be safely passed - that is, the gaps we observe when the fog surges. These unstable passages greatly reduce the danger in the shallow areas of the abyss, as long as these gaps can be found accurately
, the average intermediate Xiang Apostle can also fight in the abyss environment. There will be an obvious dividing line when crossing this shallow area. This dividing line has never been observed, but according to Tavel, we learned from the original ship
The data extracted from the database of the deep submersible prototype ship inferred the existence of this dividing line. All abyssal fog should stop abruptly after this dividing line. The other side of the line is a highly polluted area with uniform concentration.
There, the abyss no longer presents a measurable state. At the same level of deep dive depth, the intensity of abyss pollution in each storage space is the same. And as the deep dive depth increases, it will increase exponentially, and this area will be
It is called the deep zone of the abyss. Since there is no safe passage with "superior" environment like the shallow zone in the deep zone, and there is no fog that can be demarcated, deep-diving ships will face huge challenges when navigating in this area. There is no opportunistic way.
The safe route depends entirely on the protective performance of the hull itself☆ If the submarine can still move forward after crossing that dividing line: even if it only advances an inch, it means that the design idea of the star ship is correct, indicating that its protection system
It does have the characteristics of continuous work in the abyss. At most, its strength needs to be improved. It can be said that the dividing line between the deep zone and the shallow zone is also the dividing line that determines the fate of the deep submersible ship. If it does not successfully cross this line
If it can survive in the deep zone for a short period of time, our deep submersible ship must be redesigned.
Because the inability to cross the dividing line means that the deep-diving vessel completely relied on taking a safe path to pass through the shallow area.
Fortunately, the deep-diving ship passed the dividing line on the second day after setting off. After that, it continued sailing for about thirty-five hours and came into contact with the so-called "strange frontier."
Strange Frontier is Sandora's term. She refers to the limits of our current technology's ability to analyze phenomena deep in the abyss. There is no clear dividing line between that area and the deep abyss area, which is why such an area is divided.
, which is also inferred based on the data we previously obtained from the database of the deep submersible ship prototype. According to the database records, after the deep submersible ship arrived in the deep zone for a period of time, all research data began to decrease sharply. At that time, Ockham led
The scientific research team seemed to suddenly be unable to collect any useful information after advancing for a certain distance in the deep zone. This shows that after reaching a certain level, the bizarre scenes presented in the abyss will completely exceed the understanding of existing technology.
range, the shipboard instruments will be helpless about any phenomenon happening around them. The ship can still sail. But the crew no longer recognizes the surrounding constellations - that's what it feels like. Obviously the division of unfamiliar frontiers depends a bit on the level of the shipboard instruments, or what we
With the current level of science and technology, and the technological strength of the New Empire, the strange frontier will definitely arrive earlier than what Occam encountered back then.
There are two vague layers after the strange frontier, namely the "barrier area" and the "bottom layer". They are both areas of speculation. There is currently no evidence to prove their existence. Occam also failed to cross the "strange area" back then.
"Border" is a dead end barrier. Tavel just imagined a bottom layer for the abyss based on the "abyss orderly signal phenomenon" that appeared many times, and then added a "barrier area" on top of this bottom layer.
Ninety percent of all our current assumptions about the abyss are based on such conjectures and inferences. The deep-diving ship, or the entire deep-diving plan, is slowly filling in these conjectures until they are fully fleshed out.
The Gate of the Abyss is quietly suspended on the flaming red surface of the red giant star, surrounded by a circle of psionic obelisks that are flashing regularly. To maintain the stability of this gate, it looks like the light of a red giant star from a distance.
A small, dark round hole was poked out of the outer skin of the giant star, revealing the cold and dark true core of the planet. From the outside, the surface of the red giant star is stormy, with red plasma hurricanes moving at tens of thousands of speeds per second.
Whistling by at a speed of meters, the Gate of the Abyss is as quiet as a pool of black water; on the inside, it is just the opposite. There is order hidden in the turbulent surface of the red giant, and every beam of plasma fire pillars it erupts is built on the foundation of what can be
According to the laws accurately described by several mathematical figures, in the eyes of scientists, the red giant star is as stable and silent as a small fire burning quietly, but the abyss is violent and twisted. It is weird, abnormal, and challenges all the laws of the material world. It cannot
Logically subverting everything: even though it seems like it is just a pool of black water without any ripples.
Two "Ferryman" class medium-sized barges that have undergone targeted modifications are patrolling a few kilometers above the Gate of the Abyss. This distance is equivalent to half a foot stepping into the death zone. Therefore, the "Ferryman" class barges are also added by Tawerg.
Equipped with a new type of shield specifically designed to combat abyssal erosion, some barges attach the same importance to practicality as other common engineering ships. They have a square appearance and an extremely flat body. They look like a playing card floating in space: as long as
Twelve kilometers of playing cards. There are several large rectangular openings on the barge hull that run through the entire spacecraft up and down. A force field traction system is set up on the edge of the opening. It looks like some kind of ancient refining well, and in this circle of traction systems
In the center is the space door leading to the barge Gnaku. The guidance system can drag the goods over without touching the target, and the space door sends these goods to a high-concentration psionic energy environment. In the psionic energy environment☆
The abyss is neutralized, purified, and the final cargo is safely stored in the Gnaku.
However, the "ferryman" barge does not have the ability to drag things from inside the Gate of the Abyss. If we want to "fish out" the "drift bottle" from the opposite side of the Gate of the Abyss, we still need some... special tools that work in extreme environments.
staff, and the job must be done manually: on this project we cannot afford any surprises.
Still in the space workstation next to the Gate of the Abyss, which is already the frontline command center of the deep dive plan, the staff of the planning team are nervously paying attention to the situation of the first batch of engineering teams. They have entered the Gate of the Abyss.
They are currently operating in the outermost layer of the shallow zone. Although it is already quite close to the safe zone of the main material world, it is only relative to the deeper places. The engineering team only has limited protection, and the "salvage ship" they use
It is also built based on the principle of a deep submersible ship, but because it is trying to remove physical matter from the abyssal environment, the salvage ship has a higher chance of coming into contact with the substance of the contamination. This work must be done non-site.
A bearded middle-aged man wearing an assistant technician's uniform appeared on the communication screen in front of us. He was the leader of the brave engineering team. The engineering team established contact with the command center in the abyss, and the transmitted picture had obvious
The distortion and lagging phenomenon - the place where they were working was only a few dozen kilometers away from the command center, but the communication situation was so pessimistic, which gave me an unreal feeling, as if the people around me were not extremely advanced.
Imperial Technology is using old radio stations from World War II to talk to the soldiers.
The bearded middle-aged man has a strong build and a hard face. Although he is wearing the clothes of a researcher, I really think it is an imperial soldier wrapped in a white robe. Tavel introduced her subordinate assistant to me. According to
In her words, this is a "frontline battlefield scientist". In short, he is the kind of person who prefers to carry dozens of tons of explosives to the battlefield, assembling new bombs while collecting enemies, rather than working on theories in the laboratory.
A special technician of the empire with casualty data - no wonder he led the engineering team to rush into the Gate of the Abyss as an assistant technician.
"The environment here is harsh, and the ship's hull is shaking slightly. Just now, the gravity inside the ship suddenly increased by one percent." The bearded "Frontline Field Scientist" said in a rough voice. His eyes were not focused on the communicator for a long time.
Instead, he quickly scanned the surroundings, seeming to be paying attention to a lot of constantly refreshing data, "There may be many things trying to kill us."
"Pay attention to your shield readings. A new wave of pollution is occurring within the Gate of the Abyss," Tavel frowned. One of her mass projections was personally monitoring the presence of matter in the psionic obelisk next to the Gate of the Abyss.
The interaction between the world's information and the abyssal realm has made this door somewhat loose."
"Of course, Chief Technician." The bearded eyes drifted to the side, seemingly confirming Tavel's warning, and then skillfully operated on the console, "We saw the thick fog.
The breath of the abyss has come into contact with the work ship. Our outermost shield is decomposing itself, but it is far from the danger point. It seems that it can withstand the impact. We cannot move our position. Those who fell off the deep submersible ship
The security databases that came down are returning, and their working condition is very bad, so I have just set the work ship as a temporary navigation tower, so that more databases can come back safely... Oh, the impact is coming... zizz..."
The bearded voice was suddenly replaced by a huge noise, and the picture transmitted from the opposite side of the Abyss Gate suddenly turned into a large group of twisted bright lines. The surging power of the abyss destroyed the orderly combination in the contact signal,
As a result, they turned into collapsed and chaotic clutter. The bold bearded man really resisted the impact with the work boat. Everyone became nervous all of a sudden. Only Tavel remained calm: "It's just a communication interruption. The design of the work boat
The strength is enough to face various crises in the shallow zone. I know that guy Vader, he just likes to risk his life, but he doesn't like to lose his life."
Sure enough, as Tavel said, the work ship quickly reappeared in the contact list, and the bearded report was barely heard amidst the violent clutter: "The impact is still continuing, chief technician, we see a large area of gray and black...
At least after the equipment was processed, there was a gray-black fog, which enveloped the work ship. It was as if they could tell that the work ship did not belong to their world. The shield system was being refreshed rapidly, and the contaminated shield tried to self-destruct inward, but was stopped in time.
Stopped. We are still sending navigation signals to the 'drifting bottle'. The impact just now may have affected one or two of the databases and lost their traces... Oh, no, the work boat may be a little polluted, I'm not sure. But.
Two escape towers suddenly disintegrated just now..."
The signal interference was so serious that the images transmitted back from the opposite side of the Gate of the Abyss almost became frame-by-frame images. The expression on the bearded face was still light, but more and more alarm lights were appearing in the control hall behind him—
- It seems that the situation is not as easy as his tone. Dora gave the order decisively: "Come to the surface immediately, and we will send the second engineering team down. Send a briefing on the status of the spacecraft. I ask the team of scientists to analyze what you are doing right now."
Causes of pollution.”
"Maybe... it doesn't need to be so troublesome. We can deal with this small problem. Wiham has gone to the escape tower base to check the damage. The early warning system has not yet issued an alarm. Our shield is still intact. This should be just an accident.
"The situation," the bearded voice suddenly became clear, and the screen returned to normal, "Oh, the impact has passed. It went away as quickly as it came. Okay, Chief Technician, and Your Majesty, let's talk about what we have confirmed:
The database that fell off the deep-diving ship may have suffered a more serious impact than expected. We only received a total of seven navigation requests. Yes, of more than a hundred databases, only seven returned to the shallow area alive, and there were more just now
Two suddenly lost connection. We must stay here and continue to provide navigation to the remaining five databases. They can no longer go home on their own. More storms are taking shape, once the navigation signal is terminated or the second engineering team is switched
There was a delay. There was a 90% chance that those databases would be lost - that was the last little achievement of the whole plan. I had to save the empire's property! There was no need to send a second engineering team, we could put it in a minute later
The first database is sent out of the gate, please prepare to receive it."
Big Beard's attitude was very determined, and it seemed that the team of experts he led could really solve these troubles, so Sandora no longer insisted, but asked them to complete the task as soon as possible, and then let Tavel check it out.
The bearded man gave a military salute and then hung up the communication.
Soon, the barge waiting on the side of the Gate of the Abyss received the "cargo delivery" signal from the engineering team. I don't know whose idea it was. The communication password between them was this: Open the door, your express...
…
An undetectable small whirlpool appeared from the middle of the Gate of the Abyss, and then a small thing with dim blue light floated out of the vortex. Compared to the entire Gate of the Abyss with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, this blue thing was smaller
The gadgets are as inconspicuous as sesame seeds on sesame seeds - okay, I admit that I really lack words at this time. The work ship successfully captured the first floating database and transmitted it out of the abyss gate. Everything
All goes well, when this sesame seed comes out of the sesame seed cake... ahem, it seems that it is quite difficult to turn around. In short, when this inconspicuous little thing floats out from the gate of the abyss, the entire command center immediately becomes filled with a relaxed atmosphere.
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As long as one database is returned to us, the entire plan will be more than half successful.
"Very good, we have observed the target - but it seems that the latter's condition is not very good. Its shield has almost been extinguished, and it does not accept our external instructions. There may be a certain degree of system damage. I hope the scientists
The designed database security program is still functioning normally...our tractor beam captured it!" A report came from the No. 1 barge, and then we saw many faint lines radiating from the walls of the rectangular channel in the center of the barge.
These beams wrapped up the database that had just floated out of the abyss gate and quickly pulled it towards the space gate used to receive the goods. "A strong abyss reaction was detected, and there was a danger signal uploaded along the tractor beam."
…The containment system worked well and we limited the contamination. The thing needs a thorough cleaning, and first it smells disgusting.”
How big is an escape database? In fact, in an abyssal environment, smaller size means it is easier to obtain efficient protection. Those drift bottles equipped with navigation systems and the most efficient drive engines currently are only as big as a small car.
The size of a "Ferryman"-class barge is measured in kilometers. It looks a bit funny to use such a huge thing to pick up something the size of a small car home, just like Megatron carefully picking up a small thing from the grass.
It's the same as jingle bells, but there is a reason for us to do this: only something as big as a barge can carry a sufficient amount of equipment to ensure that it can operate properly while staying close to the Gate of the Abyss, and it must also carry a set of equipment that can
The "cleaning device" that quickly purifies the abyss is used to sterilize the drift bottles that have just been recovered. We haven't thought about letting a high-speed maneuvering small spacecraft pass by the gate of the abyss to recover the database. This may be more efficient and will not cause damage to the database.
It's so funny, but there is a certain chance that the pollution will be extended to the salvage team: the gain outweighs the loss.
Soon other databases left the abyss under the guidance of the work boat. The entire salvage process seemed to be completed more smoothly than we expected. Only one "drift bottle" was lost among them. It was seriously infected and the protection
The shield has been completely extinguished, and the outer shell is twisted like a mess. The interior of this completely abyssal mechanical body is bursting with light on the eve of its self-destruction. As soon as it comes to the material world, it immediately tries to diffuse the abyssal atmosphere through self-destruction - fortunately, in
There were already a large number of sentinel cannons nearby, and before they exploded, the high-concentration psionic rays completely purified everything. The contaminated database only produced a small spark in space, but was instantly swallowed up by the brilliant light of the red giant.
Then Tavel felt distressed as if something...
"First Engineering Team, your mission is completed, return immediately."
Sandora breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the communicator.
No reply.
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