The construction of the main body of the "Dawn of the Earthly Dawn" had reached its final stage. According to the initial process, it was finally time for the assembly site hidden between the mountains and the dense forest to see the light of day.
Upon hearing Gwen's command, Rebecca turned on a device beside the Mana Net terminal. A sudden buzzing sound filled the entire 'cave' as her voice echoed over the assembly site. "Attention all units, the 'sky screen' is about to open. All workers in the work area will temporarily stop work and wait for the environment to adapt. The dome projection will be turned off in ten seconds."
Rebecca's cheerful and energetic voice echoed over the entire site. As her voice trailed off, a series of clicks of the activation, shutdown, and switching of the magic relay devices came from many hidden corners. Then came the sound of mechanical devices moving in the distance. Gwen looked up and saw that the many steel support beams fixed near the gray dome were slowly moving to the side, and a large number of light devices were also changing their positions. As the mechanical structures changed, the 'rock dome' that shrouded the assembly site suddenly flickered after a moment of delay.
Streaks of white light appeared on the ceiling from dark to bright, and the originally uniform ceiling of the cave was divided into hundreds of square lattices of the same size. Then, the lattices began to flicker and gradually became transparent. The next second, the 'black rock layers' disappeared into thin air, and the holographic projection that formed the dome dissipated. A brilliant and vast sky appeared over the assembly site!
Outside the dome, the sun was shining, and thin clouds dotted the clear winter sky. After the sky screen disappeared, the protective barrier over the assembly site was also temporarily turned off. The cold and fresh air from the outside blew into the valley, and the snow from the nearby mountains sprinkled down. The bright sunlight shone on the main body of Project 115 for the first time. A moment later, Gwen heard the Cortex Prime of Dawn exclaim from the Mana Net terminal. "Oh! Sunlight! "
"Although I have imagined this moment before …" Rebecca looked up at the sky. Even though she was one of the chief designers here, she could not help but sigh. "But when I see it with my own eyes, it's still spectacular …"
Gwen did not speak for a moment. He just looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction, with a long, admiring smile on his face.
Yes, there was no 'rock dome' over the assembly site of Project 115. Although the engineers had indeed used all kinds of explosives and large machinery to 'excavate' for a long time to prepare the site, in fact, they had only widened the original valley here. And what had been hanging over the assembly site for a long time was actually a layer of holographic projection created by a large crystal array.
Rebecca and the technical team she led had used hundreds of thousands of projection devices to create a small section of the mountain outside the northwest ridge of the Gloom Mountains, and maintained this illusion until today!
In this way, after the completion of the Dawn of Dawn, they only needed to turn off the shield and projection over the valley, and remove the high-altitude illumination mechanism, and the entire skyscraper fortress could be directly lifted off!
In addition, even if the Dawn of Dawn of Dawn, which was the core of the project, the holographic projection array covering the valley itself was a valuable experimental technology. Its basic units were not complicated, and the magic illusion had been an antique craft used by the mages in this world for thousands of years. But to combine hundreds of thousands of small illusion units to create such a large-scale combined projection and keep it stable for such a long time was unprecedented. This thing could be used in the covert project of Project 115 today, and in the future, it could be expanded and modified into a variety of quite practical equipment prototypes on the battlefield.
The vast deck of the skyscraper Dawn of Dawn of Dawn of Dawn of Dawn of Dawn of Dawn of Dawn was bathed in brilliant sunlight. The light of the sun outlined alternating light and dark silhouettes between the blue-and-white painted armor belt and the superstructure. Its main control brain floated in the wet parts host container in the core cabin of the fortress, and its countless nerve fibers were all over the steel body. The sensor points distributed all over the upper deck sent back the sensations of the sun and wind — warmth, brightness, freshness, and comfort.
The only pity was that the steel deck could not undergo photosynthesis.
"Before the next system adjustment, the canopy will remain open for three days and three nights. During this time, we will test the environment adaptation and visual function of the fortress," Rebecca said. "Dawn on Earth, you can experience the sunlight, starlight, and the wind in nature during this process. After that, we will close the dome again. The next time it opens, it will be time for you to take off."
The central computer's neutral voice immediately rang out from the Weave terminal, "Yes, Creator, Your Highness Rebecca. I look forward to that day …"
At this moment, a low humming sound suddenly came from the sky, interrupting the sound of the Dawn on Earth. It also caught Gwen's attention. He instinctively looked up in the direction of the sound and saw a hexagonal shadow rising from the dense forest on the side of the mountain. It was slowly moving northeast under the sun. Several large and small anti-gravity hoops floated at the bottom of the shadow, and the shimmering particles that escaped from them formed a hazy trail in the sky.
The hexagonal flying device was obviously several times smaller than the Dawn on Earth, but it was still much larger than any of the Dragoons currently in service. Its chassis structure was also very simple. There was no pre-installed weapon station or defense mechanism, but there were many large connectors like blank ports on the edge. It was like a high-power universal chassis with a simple structure but durable.
It flew over as if it was just conducting a short-range test. After a while, it slowly landed somewhere north of Base 115, which was already out of the sight of Gwen and others.
"That is our universal aerial platform, the Gorgon Type I," Rebecca smiled happily and said to Gwen with a hint of pride, "We have completed the prototype test of the project that Marlin Leslie is in charge of a while ago. Now we are testing the mass production framework produced by Factory No. 2 to see if it is up to standard. It looks good. If the parameters are up to standard, we can hand it over to the First Legion and the Friars of the Holy Light first."
"So fast?" Gwen looked at Rebecca with some surprise. "I remember you were arguing with Heti about the budget of the universal aerial platform not long ago …"
"Of course it's fast. That thing is much simpler than the structure of the aerial fortress." Rebecca waved her hand. "It's basically a solid basic framework with a few high-power anti-gravity engines welded on it, a set of nervous system laid in the chassis, and then a brain. We don't have to worry about the deadly engine interference like the aerial fortress. The power spine can also directly use the ready-made universal model in the factory. Even the magic net array can directly use the downgraded version of the Winter's energy set. Anyway, the role it can play in a practical environment depends on the 'building' on its back. As a carrier chassis, it can fly safely and provide enough energy output ports … "
Speaking of this, she paused and added, "In fact, its structure is so simple that the prototype was directly welded together with parts that were scavenged from the spare parts warehouses of several factories. You don't say, that thing really flew that day, although it soon fell back into the mountains … So, later on, I asked my aunt for an additional budget."
Gwen was stunned, especially when he heard that they took a bunch of spare parts from the factory's old pile and welded together a 'prototype'. Although he had previously discussed the concept of the 'universal aerial platform' with Rebecca, it was a downgraded, cheap, and quick thing inferior to the aerial fortress, but he did not expect Rebecca's technical supervisors to be even more reckless than her, a steel ball of the Empire …
At this moment, the voice of the Dawn of the Dawn of the Earth came from the magic net terminal. Several monitors on the upper level of the aerial fortress were still staring at the direction where the Gorgon Type I had landed. Its voice had a hint of envy. "That's great, Your Highness Rebecca. Is that the 'sister' you mentioned to me? It's flying so well … I haven't been in the air yet. "
"Be patient." Rebecca glanced at the brain floating in the biomass solution in the holographic projection. "Your ascension is not a trivial matter. Once the aerial fortress is in the air, unless there are special circumstances, it may not land again for the next decade or even decades. Your supply, maintenance, and even reconstruction will be completed in the air. By then, you may miss the feeling of staying on the ground."
The voice of the Dawn of the Earth was silent for a few seconds before it said, "… I don't know how to imagine that scene, but I will be patient, creator."
Rebecca's mouth curled up. She seemed to want to say something more, but at this moment, a rapid buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic net terminal, and an emergency call signal from Cecil City appeared in the center of the holographic projection.
Gwen's face instantly became serious, and Rebecca immediately stepped forward to connect the communication. The light on the holographic projection changed, and Heti's face appeared at the forefront of the screen.
"Ancestor." Her eyes quickly converged on Gwen as she said in a hurried tone, "Anomalies have been reported everywhere. Several observatories and observation units at home and abroad have observed unknown interference in the atmosphere. I have transmitted the relevant details to the data communication room of Base 115. Please take a look as soon as possible!"
Gwen and Rebecca immediately looked at each other. The latter reacted quickly this time. "You go ahead. I'll stay here and watch."
Gao Wen nodded. Without saying anything else, he turned around and left the platform. A few seconds later, his figure turned into a stream of light and flew toward the office building of the experimental base in an instant.
A moment later, Gwen arrived at Rebecca's office in the base of Project 115. The staff of the base had already sorted out the data transmitted from the data communication room and sent it to the desk.
Looking at the content described in the data and some of the images recorded using magic technology, he frowned little by little.
The magic net terminal on the side lit up, and Heti appeared in front of Gwen. "Ancestor, have you seen the data?"
"I saw it." Gwen looked up and said in a deep voice, "Which one reported it first?"
"The Palamel Observatory was the first to observe the anomaly and reported it immediately. Then, the Saint Sunil Observatory, the Winter Fort Academy in the North, and the Ten Forest City Magic Hub reported similar 'interference' one after another," Heti said in a hurried tone. Her words corresponded to the data in Gwen's hands one by one. "We investigated this immediately and issued a warning to the public. Then, we received feedback from Typhon and the Silver Empire. Many of their observation units with the necessary conditions in their country also found anomalies …"
Gwen nodded slightly as he listened. In order to deal with the endless and mysterious threats in this world, the Community Alliance had formulated many 'joint agreements' involving astronomical observation, magic monitoring, and anomaly warning at the beginning of the establishment of the Community Alliance. Once a member country found a suspicious' anomaly warning sign ', a warning would be issued to the other countries in the alliance. And now it seemed that this mechanism was really working.
"We are not the only ones who have observed similar 'interference'. It's distributed from the northernmost border of the Loren Continent all the way to the southernmost Silver Empire, and it's happening almost everywhere at the same time," Gwen said in a low voice as he frowned slightly. "It was the observatory that first discovered the problem. When they observed the stars, they saw that the sky was full of interference, but it was not only the astronomy department that reported the situation later …"
"Yes, many magic monitoring stations and the magic net hub have found interference in the atmosphere," Heti said with a nod. "At present, we can basically rule out the possibility that the problem is in outer space. The interference is in our atmosphere, and it's very likely that it's not beyond the steady-state boundary layer."
Gwen thought for a moment. "The steady-state boundary layer … Is there any more detailed data?"
Heidi shook her head. "Unfortunately, the interference only lasted for a short time. Almost all the departments that detected the interference only had time to leave behind the regular data recorded by the Chang Kaibei. Before they could activate their special equipment or send out high-level superhumans to make targeted records, the energy that filled the atmosphere disappeared. The most valuable data at present is the report from the Astromancer Association of the Silver Empire. At that time, the great astromancer Velania was collecting high-altitude magic data in the clouds near the steady-state boundary layer. When she sensed the change in magic in the atmosphere, she quickly conducted a super-long distance perception. Finally, she confirmed that the interference was not only limited to the continent, but also spread to the ocean, until it was beyond the limit of her perception as a Legendary champion. "
"… So this is very likely a global phenomenon."
"Yes. At present, scholars from all over the world suspect that this is a global phenomenon, and most likely the result of the combined effect of the atmosphere and the surface energy field … Wait a minute."
Heti suddenly stopped and turned to look in a direction outside the image as if a new piece of information had suddenly appeared in front of her. A moment later, she turned to Gwen, and her expression became more serious than before.
"Ancestor, news from Antavine, there is an abnormal change in the Deep Blue Network … The time when it started and ended is the same as the time when the 'atmospheric interference' was observed everywhere."
(End of Chapter)
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