The Shadow City Research Center is a building with a strange spatial structure. Most of its areas are connected to space distortion devices. This building that looks like only a few buildings actually has an unimaginable vast space inside. The most important things
The laboratory, sample collection library and data center are all set up in encrypted different dimensions. The connection point between these independent spaces and the research center may be a door opened in the air, or a wall marked with a number.
It might even be just a few specific floors. As long as you walk over with the teleportation code, you will come to a weird and unpredictable hyperspace laboratory.
This magical multi-layered space structure was designed by Tavel himself. One of the purposes is to allow those large-scale projects to be completed in the research center. The second purpose is for safety reasons. We know that the projects carried out by imperial scientists are basically away from home.
If they don’t open arms and set up military industrial laboratories in a different space, I’m really worried about when they will blow up the Shadow City...
Those extra-dimensional spaces that have no specific functions and simply use vast and stable spatial structures as experimental sites are called "crack laboratories". There are nearly a hundred such crack laboratories, and Tavel built them based on the data submitted by Abyss Xiling
The various facilities that were put up and the pair of wreckage we dragged back are in the No. 1 Fissure Laboratory. At the same time, this laboratory is now also the basic laboratory of the "Bridging Project" and is mounted under the name of the "Deep Diving Project Department"
Next, Tavel will be personally responsible and Sandora will personally supervise the operation.
The dark but not pitch-black chaotic space is boundless. It is impossible to judge how large this alien space is with sight. There is a moon-sized luminous object in the center of the No. 1 Crack Laboratory. It is the energy furnace of the laboratory and is also to some extent
It can also serve as a gravitational source and operating platform under specific project requirements. A series of facilities are operated in the low orbit of this man-made celestial body, including a large experimental space station, an open operating port, and of course
There are things like residential areas and factories: some projects may take a long time, and even one operation may take several months or even a year. In this process, researchers are basically unwilling to leave the experimental site too far, so
There are even residential and living facilities here.
Between these orbital facilities, you can see small spacecrafts shuttle rapidly, some are transporting cargo, some are carrying people, and the rest are basically special autonomous machines that are unmanned: autonomous machines in the form of spaceships are basically
It can only be used in scientific research projects. Driving a spaceship around in the experimental "room" is probably only a sight that can be seen in imperial facilities. Those crazy scientists really built everything.
Extraordinarily big.
The observation hall of the orbital station is located on the top floor of this tall tower building. Except for one side which is a closed silver-white alloy wall, the other three sides are open structures. Transparent energy barriers separate the inside and outside environment of the hall, just like three super huge walls.
Floor-to-ceiling windows, we stood behind this "floor-to-ceiling windows". Looking at the blue light arcs bursting out from the surface of the "Silver Moon" from time to time, Father God felt a little emotional: "You are already testing new shield energy sources. In the deep diving technology
The journey to get to you is much further than that of the gods."
"After all, it started 70,000 years ago," I said as I glanced at the woman next to me. She had black hair and black eyes, a thin body, and a gentle but not warm smile on her face. Although
She is beautiful but always has a sense of alienation. Next to her is a large black box like a wardrobe, with red light flowing on the surface of the box. "The data you provided seems to be fine. Tavel has already put the third
The modern deep-diving shield generator has been built, but the energy consumption is too high and needs to be solved."
"Take your time, there is still time," Abyss Xiling kept an everlasting smile, but his eyes fell curiously on Father God and Huron God King, "I didn't expect the two of them to come together. As far as I know
You have been in a state of chasing and escaping for a long time."
Father God's face suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "How come you even know this..."
"Don't be bound by inertial thinking. The Abyss Spirit was not created after the collapse of the empire," the black-haired girl said calmly, "I share the same blood as the one from 70,000 years ago."
I glanced at the test site below again, and then withdrew my gaze from "space". I led everyone back to the long silver-white alloy table in the center of the observation hall, and waited for everyone to sit down before saying: "In short, Abyss Xiling has already
I have recounted the events of the catastrophe and bridge building. Now Xingchen and Sister Sheila, you should have smoothed things over, right?"
There were not many people at the long table. In addition to Xing Chen, Sheila, Abyss Xiling and me, Sandora and Haran were also present. In addition, Tavel, as the person in charge of the entire project, was of course also present, and he was present in his body, sitting there.
Across the table.
Just now, Abyss Xiling repeated what she knew about the Void Cataclysm in front of Xingchen and Sheila, which could be regarded as explaining clearly some things that Bingtis had not relayed properly.
"The new model of the void is very interesting." In this situation, Sheila, who had always seemed a bit careless, was unexpectedly calm. She was like a professional researcher and became very interested in the void conjecture of the Abyss Xiling. "About
It will take a long time to discuss whether it is like a membrane in nature, but at present it is indeed closer to the truth than previous conjectures. Then the emergence of the ordered world will cause this membrane to "deform", and the abyss and the big world will be "deformed".
Catastrophe is the return to zero of different intensities adopted by this membrane in order to restore its flatness. Building a bridge on the membrane so that the order worlds on both sides can communicate with each other can alleviate the imbalance and make the catastrophe no longer excessive... All conjectures seem to be
They are all reasonable and I personally agree with them.”
"How detailed is the information you got from the other side?" Xingchen glanced at Abyss Xiling, "Can you show it to me?"
"Of course," Abyss Xiling took out a scroll that had been translated long ago and handed it to Father God, "I have omitted the technical aspects. I guess that is not what you are paying attention to."
Xingchen and Sheila began to analyze the contents of the scroll, while Harlan, Sandora, and I waited quietly. We have read this information in advance, and of course we know its content, but it is not the same as the information we found from the black shuttle.
Just like the calls from the other side that I occasionally "heard", these information are fragmented and have many ambiguous semantics. Abyss Xiling may know more things than the New Empire, but she is far from being able to communicate with the civilization on the other side.
the point of communication.
"According to this information, the 'bridging' plan of the civilization on the other side was not the first one proposed by them," Sheila raised her eyes. "There are currently two super civilizations on the other side, but they can be sure that they are not the 'first generation'.
There were other people who came into contact with the truth of the void before them. The will to 'build bridges' circulates in this generation of super civilizations. Each generation tries to build bridges, but basically fails."
Abyss Xiling nodded: "The other side is obviously better than ours in terms of 'inheritance'. Although their super civilization is not as durable as ours, generations of people can pass on the will to build bridges. There are many races in between who seem to be
They died naturally during the process of building the bridge or simply became extinct because of the failure of the experiment. But this project has never stopped after changing hands several times."
"It's admirable," even Father God couldn't help but give a thumbs up... Well, to show respect, he then returned the scroll to Abyss Xiling, "Building a bridge requires both sides to work together, so the other side has never been successful?
"
"Yes. According to the intermittent information sent from the other side, the original requirement of 'building a bridge' did not mention that both sides need to be opened at the same time. It was only during the exploration of the civilization on the other side this season that we discovered the need to open the startup terminals from both sides at the same time.
It can stabilize the bridge, and those previous failed attempts to build the bridge were probably the result of separate construction efforts."
"In other words, in order to ensure the success of building a bridge, the first step must be to ensure smooth communication with the other side," Harlan said to get to the point. "Otherwise, it will not even be possible to open the start-up side synchronously. It will be very difficult after the 'bridge' is activated.
It may crash when the other end is unable to respond. In addition, we must also consider that the startup end manufactured by the two sides will definitely use different technologies and 'materials'. Compatibility and mutual translation in this regard are also important issues. Now according to our
According to speculation, to establish a stable connection with the other shore, it is necessary to at least 'dive' to near the critical zone at the bottom of the abyss, and establish something with a long lifespan, similar to a relay station, to forward the signal. This is another technical difficulty. We are now even
It’s impossible to dive to that depth, let alone establish a relay station.”
Harlan is indeed an expert in this field and has basically considered everything needed for the project.
The holographic device on the long alloy table projected the deep submersible ships currently used by the empire, as well as the structure of the deep submersible ships and the current extreme parameters they can achieve. I looked at this thing with some fascination. But I didn’t know how to improve it.
: Even experts like Tavel are troubled by this problem, and of course a layman like me can’t even think of helping. I’m just thinking: When will it take this ship to dive to the critical layer?
That sounds far out of reach.
In the traditional abyss-void model, we believe that beneath the Gate of the Abyss is the lair of the power of the abyss, which is a twisted and chaotic area completely filled with "things" called the abyss, and based on the fact that the "other shore" exists. The abyss
The bottom of the gate is regarded as a vast but limited isolation zone. This isolation has a layered structure. From the surface downwards, the abyssal aura will increase sharply. When it reaches the bottom, the abyssal aura will be extremely powerful, but further down, the abyssal aura will be extremely powerful.
However, the process will be reversed, the pollution will weaken, and the chaos will subside, just like two gradient bands that are mirror images of each other. In this model, the area where the abyssal structure is "reversed" is the critical layer.
In the new model proposed by Abyss Xiling, everything is actually the same. The only difference is that Abyss Xiling denies the nature of the "abyss" as an exact "thing". The new model believes that the abyss is not a clear "thing"
", is just a collective name for a series of processes. There is no lair under the Gate of the Abyss, but a special "structure" in the void. However, this structure is located exactly in the origin zone of the void return to zero reaction, so it has a strong
Abyssality. Apart from this difference, the description of the "critical layer" is the same in both models.
The most powerful deep-diving ship of the old empire only managed to get close to the critical layer but failed to actually reach that area. Not to mention the deep-diving equipment manufactured by the new empire: it may not even reach half of the ultimate depth.
Sheila rolled her eyes, looked at the deep submersible in front of her and then at the Abyss Xiling, and suddenly became thoughtful: "I wonder if you will use Huron's technology..."
"You also have a deep-diving ship?" Xingchen glanced at the other party in surprise, "Why haven't I heard you talk about it?"
"It's not a deep-diving ship, it's a node set up under the Gate of the Abyss." Sheila took out a crystal prism from her body. The prism was only the size of a palm and emitted a soft milky white light. "We never thought about what would be at the bottom of the abyss.
Something worth exploring, but in order to monitor the movements of the Abyss Gate and try to collect the burst patterns, we have recently been building a node that can operate in the abyss environment for a long time, which can continuously provide clean energy in severely polluted areas, because
They are not used for extreme detection. So the absolute protection of these nodes may be weaker than your deep-diving equipment, but the endurance of the power core is definitely trustworthy."
Xingchen took the crystal prism, put it together with a translation scroll, and covered it with a set of energy runes. This was obviously decoding the data: it turns out that the "prism" is something similar to a memory.
The technology trees of the three major gods are really very different.
After a while, the decoding was completed. Xingchen made several copies of the scroll and handed them over. Shandora, Tavel, Abyss Xiling and Haran each had one copy. Of course, I also had one, but I will tell you if I can't understand it or not...
…
"A very valuable thing!" Tavel showed excitement after just briefly browsing the contents of the scroll. This great scientist who has always been known for his calmness showed such an expression. The weight of the information in the scroll can be imagined.
"If these parameters are accurate and the conversion process is correct, the problem of unstable power of deep submersible ships and easy energy pollution can be solved!"
Harlan didn't speak, but he looked at the scroll and showed a smile. He nodded while reading. Obviously this information was of great value. Abyss Xiling looked at the scroll with a thoughtful expression, seeming to be analyzing his own.
Can deep diving equipment also use these things?
Father God has read the data in the scroll (of course this is not all the information on the nodes created by the Huron Protoss, only some key data. It is very fast to browse through it), and he smiled: "In this case, what is happening over there in the Star Territory?
I also have some experience in 'propulsion'. The children recently developed a method of stable information drift in the abyss environment, which can make deep-diving navigation smoother and faster - it will also be easier to escape in the event of an emergency.
."
"We need to set up a joint working group," Harlan tapped his finger on the table, as if to make the final decision, "Huron, star field, empire, and abyss area, all four parties have their own opinions in the field of 'dive'. But.
The progress is not deep enough, and if we join forces, it will have a huge effect. In addition, I initially suggest that the joint laboratory be placed on the empire's side: at present, it seems that the largest and most advanced deep-diving port is here."
No matter in terms of comprehensive strength or cutting-edge technology, the Empire is always weaker than Star Territory. After all, the opponent's family background and development history are there. The New Empire is not only relatively young, but also experienced a family decline. In many fields,
It is normal to lag behind. But only in the aspect of deep-diving technology, the New Empire is already ahead of many people: the star field is advanced and powerful, but their focus has not been on the deep-diving project for a long time, and the research method of the abyss
It was not a crude way like "dive down". The situation on the Huron side was similar. As a result, the two major protoss fell behind this time.
Perhaps only the Abyss Xiling's deep-diving technology is better than ours, but unfortunately the Abyss is in a mess now. The new army has dealt a heavy blow to this "previous generation demon king", and half of her research facilities have been destroyed.
In the hands of others, it is now in an embarrassing state of having only the technology but not many resources available.
Everyone had reached a consensus on the joint study long ago, and Harlan’s proposal was reasonable, so neither the two god-kings nor the commander of the Abyss expressed any objections. In the end, Sheila only had one question: "Run from us to you.
It’s not an easy trip.”
"Can you send the key personnel here?" I looked into the other person's eyes and asked expectantly.
"Oh, of course there is no problem with the personnel," Sister Sheila waved her hand, "I mean that large facilities cannot be transported: manufacturing nodes and prototypes require an industrial foundation, otherwise you can't build them even if I just bring over the drawings. There is no industrial foundation.
If so, even the smallest parts would have to be built piece by piece from basic production facilities..."
"Our Xiling host technology is still convenient." Sandora secretly poked my arm and said with pride on her face.
"But I always feel that this sister has other agendas..."
I was just halfway through speaking when I saw Sheila pat Xingchen on the shoulder: "So Xingchen, you have heard my difficulties, right? I can only transport people here with my own strength, you have to come over and help me transport those things."
Big guy, I know you are good at 'Void Wandering', don't shirk it."
"I have finally made some progress," I secretly scolded this sister. "In addition to having children, I have learned to use strategies."
When the two love marathons were "flirting" over there, Abyss Xiling suddenly ended her meditation. She coughed twice to attract everyone's attention: "I still have one more question."
All eyes at the scene turned to her.
"The Empire...the Abyss Empire and the New Empire here are technically of the same origin, so it's not a big problem. But coupled with the Holy Light of the Star Territory and the Power of Truth of Huron, what we want to create is a hybrid of three races.
"Equipment," Abyss Xiling looked around at everyone, "A hybrid of three races, this is a hybrid of three races! Huron's power core, star field's thruster, and Xiling's protective layer, can this system really be used? Even energy
None of them are universal!”
Sure enough, Sheila and Xingchen immediately showed worried looks on their faces, but Tavel immediately took out a small metal rod from his pocket: "No need to worry, we have this: the source energy mine."
(There are so many holes to dig, and it’s difficult to finish them off... By the way, a new month has arrived, why don’t you give me a monthly ticket to support it?)