What do we usually think of weapons? In other words, what is the definition of weapons?
Perhaps its form can be ever-changing, the light and shadow effects when attacking can be colorful, and the names and usage can also be different, but I think basically all conventional weapons are based on at least one thing in common: attacking the target, with the ability to kill or damage
The deterrent effect can cause damage and trauma to the target's structure or function or any intact aspect, and use various killing methods to destroy the normal state of the target - I think weapons should basically be this kind of thing - but obviously
, the weapon used by the thing called the Glow Ring that Bella Vera showed me was a completely different thing.
A large black-red fallen apostle spacecraft appeared around the glow ring. After comparing the proportions, I found that the size of the glow ring was only less than half of the Eternal level, which was much smaller than I expected. After demonstrating the golden
After the basic size of the halo, the glow ring began to charge and demonstrated its most basic attack method - well, to be honest, although the effect is gorgeous, it seems to be average in power. A large number of giants can be generated around the golden halo.
The magic array uses dense barrages to launch attacks. The power of those barrages is probably about the same as the power of the main guns of small and medium-sized battleships. It is somewhat inadequate to deal with super carriers such as the Eternal class. During the demonstration, it was completely defeated by the opponent.
It took more than ten minutes to saturate bomb an enemy ship without resistance before the latter's shield was extinguished - it is impossible to saturate bomb a unit so smoothly on a real battlefield without achieving the same firepower output.
.I am afraid that it will take five to six "glow rings" to defeat the shield of an Eternal-class mothership in a short enough time.
But Bellavilla told me that the Glow Ring is a super battleship of the same level as the Eternal-class mothership in the imperial equipment sequence.
Just when I was a little confused about this, something suddenly changed in the holographic projection: at the moment the target's shield went out, a layer of mirror-like things suddenly appeared in the originally empty area inside the glow ring, a shield.
The image of the defeated enemy ship was clearly reflected in the mirror. Although I couldn't understand what was going on, I instinctively felt that this was the moment when the halo really started to attack. But continue
As I read on, I noticed something inconsistent - probably to demonstrate it more clearly. Bellavilla arranged the black spaceships representing the enemy in a dense arrangement, but only appeared in the mirror in the center of the glow ring.
An enemy ship was hit, and all the surrounding spacecraft disappeared. Moreover, the reflection in the mirror did not conform to the rules of perspective - it did not appear to be smaller due to the distance between the solid body and the mirror, which makes no sense from perspective.
.So I began to guess that maybe it was not a mirror, but a super huge display? Showing the target it was locked on at a completely 100% scale? - Well, this guess is a little unreliable.
"The power of Glow Circle's ordinary 'main cannon' is very weak, completely incomparable to the main cannon on the technological side such as Galaxy, but its final weapon is extremely powerful - it is called the Terror Mirror System," Bellawi
La explained to us—mainly to me—the combat method of the Glow Circle, "This thing is very difficult to defend, but it also has limitations. The target it can destroy at one time cannot exceed its annihilation radius. Well, the annihilation radius is what you see."
That area is like a mirror. Targets beyond this area cannot be completely locked, but can only be partially locked. This is a weapon that can produce absolute damage to a limited target, and is not suitable for dealing with large and bulky things. However,
This locking device can be used flexibly. I don’t know if you have noticed it. It looks like a mirror? - During the locking process. It does work like a mirror. As long as it is 100% proportional, it will be completely reflected in the mirror area.
Things can be locked, so as long as the target has a cross-section smaller than the annihilation radius of the glow ring, it cannot escape. Now, the second set of weapon systems of the glow ring begins to attack. "
The golden halo in the holographic projection reached its charging limit. The "mirror area" inside it suddenly flashed, and then the image of the enemy ship reflected in the mirror began to shrink rapidly. In just a few seconds, the size of the image was Shrunk from tens of kilometers to... Anyway, when looking at the holographic projection, there is only a small light spot the size of a grain of rice. If it weren't for the arrow next to it, I couldn't even find it with the naked eye. And in the mirror, At the same time as the image shrunk, the Eternal-class enemy ship locked by the glow ring also shrank rapidly, and disappeared in an instant. A moment later, a small and weak light like a firefly suddenly burst out from the place where the black battleship disappeared. of sparks.
"The absolute power of the horror mirror system," Bellavilla smiled slightly, "Of course, this system has weaknesses. Its attacks will be neutralized by the psionic shield or a shield of the same level, because the Holy Light and The two things of psionic energy are equivalent in terms of information priority. Neither one can completely annihilate or interfere with the other in the main material plane. Therefore, the horror mirror system cannot lock on objects that are completely wrapped by psionic energy or shields of the same level. Target. Therefore, the battle method of Glow Circle needs to be divided into two stages: the first stage is to use its own conventional weapons and friendly firepower to continuously weaken the target shield. When the enemy shield disappears, the target will be destroyed. Reflected in the mirror area, starting from the second stage, the glow ring will reverse the dividing line between the mirror and reality. We know that under normal circumstances, when you look in the mirror, you take the initiative to take action, and then the image in the mirror changes accordingly. , but once reflected by the glow ring, the relationship will be reversed - the horror mirror system will turn your entity in the real world into a phantom in the mirror, and then it will violently shrink its own 'mirror' and be reflected Any target that passes will be crushed unconditionally."
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"Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information?" Bellavilla stretched out her hand and waved it in front of my eyes, "Come back to your senses, can you not be so exaggerated?"
"This thing... what level of weapon is this? Legal level? Concept level?" I pointed to the holographic projection of the glowing ring, "Isn't this kind of lethality too incomprehensible?"
"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as you think," Bellavilla shrugged. "It's just that the operating principles of most things in the mysterious department do not conform to the general world view, so they look incredible. Strictly speaking, the horror mirror system It is just a mathematical rate modification device. Its attack effect is limited to the annihilation radius, so it is not a legal weapon. Its locking and activation process will be interfered by external factors, so it is not a conceptual weapon. In terms of power alone, in fact, this weapon It is of the same level as the main gun of Galaxy. The high-concentration torrent of psionic energy used by the latter can produce effects in all dimensions. Unshielded units will also be unconditionally destroyed when attacked by psionic energy, so Galaxy is not just a Energy cannons are so simple - all the medium to large-scale weapons in service in the empire are not purely physical. If you think about it, that's it. But when facing an empire-level battleship, there is a difference between the horror mirror and the main gun of the galaxy. The advantage is that after the enemy ship's shield is broken, it can continue to fight when facing the Galaxy main gun. It relies on the charged armor and the internal psionic environment. However, when facing the terrifying mirror image, as long as the enemy ship's shell psionic shield If it is no longer complete, the hull structure is completely destroyed, and the abundant psionic energy inside cannot prevent the irradiation."
Bellavilla explained the effect of the horror mirror in great detail. Whether it can illuminate the target only depends on two points. The first is that the opponent must be smaller than its annihilation radius - the locking system of the horror mirror uses "information mapping"
"To operate according to the principle, it must reproduce the target 100%; the second requirement is that there is a flaw in the outer shield of the target. The duration of this flaw can be very short, even if it only flashes for a few femtoseconds, it is enough to mirror the system.
Establish mapping. Afterwards, even if the enemy ship recharges the shield, it will be useless, because in the current world, the mapping relationship of information has been established, the bullet has already flown into the head, and it is too late to put on the helmet at this time.
As for the process of how this thing uses a mirror to destroy entities in the real world. Sandora saw that it was difficult for me to understand, so she made a very vivid metaphor: "You should be familiar with the shortcut, right?"
"The one on the computer? Of course I know." I nodded.
"Program entities can be controlled through shortcuts," Sandora continued. "The horror mirror creates a shortcut for the target. We know that the essence of the world is a collection of information. Everything that enters the world barrier must be
Find a place for your information in the large memory of the world. We can think of it as a folder, and complete psionic energy shielding can use advanced permissions-that is, the priority position of psionic energy in the ladder of all things-
Hiding the folder path, the horror mirror system is to find the location of the target file, and then... create a shortcut for uninstallation."
This time I finally understood it completely.
"It's a very powerful thing... I still think it's a bit more high-tech than Galaxy... well, it's highly magical." I looked at the golden halo on the holographic projection in wonder, "But the combat capability of this thing is probably terrible.
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"There is no other way. Except for real law weapons and concept weapons, it is very difficult to bypass various corrections in the world through opportunistic methods. When the target has a complete psionic shield, even that shield
No matter how low the intensity is, the terror mirror system cannot be activated," Bellavilla spread out her hands helplessly, "and it has limited carrying capacity and its conventional firepower is not strong, so when faced with a cluster composed of Eternals, the glow circle
The ring must be assisted by a large number of supporting battleships to prevent it from dying miserably: its protection is only about half of the Eternal level. However, as long as there is a certain number of glow rings in our fleet, it will form an unprecedentedly huge formation against the enemy.
The deterrent effect. You can probably see at a glance that such a sniper turret that can take effect at any time and can kill with one hit can make the enemy's large warships frightened - they will even try to prevent being killed by the mirror image.
Sacrificing firepower and maneuverability to enhance the shield strength of a single ship - the joint shield is powerless against the glow ring, because the joint shield is not a complete shield, and the shields of a large number of different ships are superimposed.
A large number of discontinuous surfaces will be produced. Such discontinuous surfaces will not affect the protection against conventional artillery fire, but will leave opportunities for terrorist mirrors to take advantage of. Ah, do you have a question?"
Pointing to the holographic projection: "Just one question, how long will it take us to build this thing? Can it serve before the next war with the fallen apostles?"
Bellavilla looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and after a moment glanced at me: "You can't just treat me as a festival just because we have had a dispute before... How long did it take you to create your first
An Eternity? Speaking of Eternity, I still have resentment. When I was in Azeroth, I had the last Eternal battleship... Visca set off fireworks without hesitation..."
"That is, if she doesn't set off fireworks, then it will be our turn to be set off... Don't change the subject," I was about to continue, but suddenly realized, "That is not your glorious history. And we were
There is no complete information on the Eternal Level. The basic industry is also incomplete, which is why the progress is slow, but now you already have the information on the Glow Circle in your hands."
"But I don't have basic industry." Bellavilla said without any room for negotiation. "I searched all over Xinxiang and couldn't find a surviving star-shaping pool... which is the star port used by the mysterious department to build space weapons. Now even if
I have the information at hand to build an industrial system from scratch. You did the same thing back then, and you know how difficult it is. As for the fallen apostles... they can get crazy at any time, and I dare not give you any guarantee. In addition, I
Let me give you a piece of advice, don’t be too eager to immediately put a large number of powerful warships of the level of Glow Ring into service. At any time, it is difficult to turn the tide with a single and unsystematic thing, even a super weapon.
If you have this time, you might as well expect us to first create various small and medium-sized space weapons of the mysterious type, which is more practical. This is in line with the reasonable development law. And most of the time, a diverse fleet with reasonable cooperation is far better than a mothership that lacks support.
The formation must be more combat effective. As for when to put the Glow Circle into service... I can only say that we will do our best."
I also know that this matter cannot be forced, but I feel a little depressed when I see such a powerful thing but cannot appear in front of me right away, but I believe that Bella Vera will not do anything about this matter.
Vague. So I can only safely leave this task to her - her burden will be very heavy.
"No matter what, thank you for your hard work." I think I still need to express my gratitude to Bella Vera, because she didn't have to take the initiative to shoulder these responsibilities. Look at her current state, a broken soul, relying on possession.
She can only have limited activities in her own clone. If she had been hidden deep in Sylvia's soul, no one could say anything, but she still took the initiative to stand up and solve the most complex problem currently faced by the new empire.
The most important turning point has passed. I am not a person who feels nothing about it. I just can't find a suitable way to express my gratitude-except for this sentence.
Bellavilla smiled and blinked: "This thank you is not light. I will take it seriously."
"By the way, you have decided to retire from now on and be a small store manager with peace of mind. Now that you have taken on these responsibilities, won't you regret it?" Sandora said in a very soft voice while looking at the Raven Hatchery in the distance.
The corners of Bellavera's mouth turned up slightly, showing an expression that was half-smiling: "At first, I really wanted to retire and stop caring about these messy things - because I am really tired. But seeing you so busy,
I always feel that I can't continue to enjoy happiness in the shadow city you built... Maybe I have to find something to do to feel at ease. Fortunately, I was only decadent for such a short period of time, and I haven't forgotten it.
With my abilities, I can still handle this. I caused you a lot of trouble in Azeroth, so this can be considered a kind of compensation."
After finishing, Bellavilla put away the holographic projection in the air, waved her hand and walked towards her ravens, and half a sentence floated lightly along the wind: "... As for retirement - wait until those rebels are defeated.
Well, I’m not old enough to retire yet.”
Because of our conversation with Bella Villa, Shandora and I suddenly had the idea of going to Celestial City to visit again. It had been several days since we left there, and I didn’t know if Alleria had sorted it out.
Those messes, because I know everything about Celestial City very well, Alleria's work there is progressing very quickly, and a lot of new progress is reported almost every day, but no matter how many reports are reported, I feel that it is better to go and see it myself
Good.
Now that the Celestial City has been integrated with the Shadow Space, there is no need to go through the troublesome World Gate to get there. The process is as simple as setting off from the Shadow City to Avalon, so just a moment later, we arrived at the Celestial City.
City of Angels at its core.
Everything in front of us is unchanged from when we left a few days ago. This is not surprising. When we left, the basic buildings of Tianjie City were already in place as planned. We have not carried out any construction on these giant buildings in the near future.
Plans for expansion and renovation. The only change in front of us is that most of the buildings are now in operation: the beautiful runes on the surfaces of the buildings are shining with mysterious brilliance under the influence of arcane magic, and the blue inlaid on the outer walls of the buildings
The colored crystals were shining brightly, and an extremely soft, melodious sound like music floated in the wind all the time, and the entire city in the heaven was enveloped by this sound.
Although there are still not many people to see, the normal operation of those buildings is enough to be called good news. At least this still somewhat empty Celestial City has a little more vitality.
"Look, there are already guards." Sandora looked around and suddenly pointed to a floating bridge on the left and said. Following the direction of her finger, I saw two blurry figures standing at the end of the floating bridge.
The faint blue figures—those are two elemental creatures.
It is foreseeable that before enough mysterious apostles are born, the largest number of "residents" in Celestial City must be such elemental creatures that can be mass-produced. It is not known whether their activity can bring more excitement here.
atmosphere.
"Your Majesty?" Alleria's voice came from the side, interrupting my thoughts, "Why are you here?"