Kassandra and Ashalena's activities in the Firmament Station had activated a dormant terminal and allowed Gwen to successfully connect to the corresponding equipment in the space station. This immediately made him think — perhaps there were many functions in the Firmament Station that could be reconnected using this method? Perhaps … the damage to the space station was not as serious as he thought?
Of course, it was obviously impossible to repair the space station with the technical level of Kassandra and Ashalena. But at the very least, their activities might allow Gwen to further control the Firmament Station. It was worth a try.
Of course, it was mainly for Kassandra to try. After all, she was not afraid of dying.
In the dimly lit space station hall, Kassandra followed Gwen's instructions and found another terminal nearby. This terminal did not have a crystallized panel. Instead, it had a series of physical buttons and levers, which looked like a backup controller for manual system restart in case of an accident. She carefully looked at the terminal for a moment, then poked a red button at the top with the tip of her tail. After a slightly awkward touch, a series of lights lit up between the buttons and levers.
"Oh, oh, oh! This one is lit up too! " The siren's eyes lit up. "Your Majesty Gwen, this one is also activated. What should we do next?"
"Wait a minute …" Gwen's voice came from the nearby communication terminal. He had sensed that new data was being connected to the data stream between him and the Firmament Station, but he still needed a little more time to confirm the functions of the corresponding devices and where they were connected. At this moment, he felt as if he was standing in a dark fog, but there were one or two small, bright, and clear blocks in front of him. These blocks were the systems that Kassandra and Ashalena had activated. Every time a new thing was activated, the dark fog in front of him would disperse a little.
What he was doing now was to carefully distinguish the paths that led to other "blocks" in the limited space that appeared after the fog dissipated. He also guided Kassandra to try to activate more equipment and disperse more fog.
"Now, look at the buttons on the device in front of you. Show me the symbols on it."
"Okay." Kassandra carefully observed the device in front of her and memorized all the details on it. Then she came to the device that could talk to Gwen and opened her hands to the camera. A layer of mist immediately appeared on her fingertips, and the mist instantly condensed into a clear model. "This is what it looks like!"
"Press the button in the middle of the bottom row. If it lights up, press the second button from the left of the first row. It's from the 'left' of my perspective. Don't press the wrong button."
"Okay!" Kassandra immediately showed a happy expression and ran excitedly to operate the device according to Gwen's instructions as if the process had brought her great joy. With a series of accurate operations, Ashalena, who was not far away, and Kassandra, who was operating the device, heard a slight buzzing sound from low to high as if something was gradually activated.
The buzzing sound came from the depths of the floor under their feet and gradually disappeared after reaching a certain level. Then they heard a series of clicking sounds coming from all directions, and then bright lights suddenly lit up everywhere in the hall!
As if it was a signal to start, the ancient hall, which was completely immersed in a dead atmosphere a second ago, suddenly became brightly lit in the blink of an eye. The slight sound of mechanical operation also came from all over the place. With the hall as the starting point, the light quickly spread to several nearby dark corridors. Wherever the light went, the equipment that had been sleeping for more than a million years woke up one after another. A holographic projection of the system's self-check appeared above the equipment set up in the hall. If one were to look at this ancient space structure from space at this moment, they would see that a small area in the long dark belt suddenly flashed with lights, reflecting the distant stars in the dark background of space.
"Oh my God!" Kassandra was startled by the sudden appearance of a large number of lights. She almost shot herself out with her tail taut, but then an excited expression appeared on her face. "We have fixed the space station?"
"How is that possible? We just restarted the backup energy unit of one of the modules," Gwen's voice came from the nearby terminal, instantly dousing the siren's excitement. "Thousands of years ago, this space station suffered an impact, and a serious system failure caused the energy pipeline to be shut down by the safety program. After that, it did not start up normally according to the program. I just asked you to manually restart this area. By the way, there are hundreds of such modules in the entire ring space station … "
Kassandra was speechless.
"Don't be too upset. At least we've taken a critical step. For so many years, this is the first time someone has come here and manually rebooted the equipment here from the outside." Gawain seemed to have noticed the siren's disappointment. He continued, "Wait a minute, I'm adapting to the newly rebooted system … Wait a minute, I can see this area completely."
As Gawain's voice trailed off, several surveillance devices hidden on the nearby walls and roofs suddenly woke up from their slumber and moved their lenses silently. In Gawain's mind, the surveillance images of the entire hall where Kassandra and Asalena were, as well as some of the cabins nearby, immediately appeared in his "vision"!
At this moment, he was far more excited than he sounded in the communication. After so many years and countless failed attempts, he finally succeeded in seeing the interior of these space facilities. Although what he saw was not his own satellite, nor the entire sky, this was enough to be called a fateful step. If it were Rebecca, she would have at least made a fireball the size of a tower to liven things up.
So he took a few seconds to calm himself down. Then he somewhat awkwardly sorted out the system parameters that came into his mind with the flow of information and issued the first command after the restart of the module.
Almost at the same time, a voice came into the minds of Kassandra and Ashalena. "The airtightness inspection of the module is complete. The side shielding wall is open."
They looked up in surprise, and Ashalena was the first to see it. At the end of the spacious hall, an alloy wall the size of a wall opened silently. The vast galaxy outside the space station came into her sight, filling her vision. A thick layer of high-strength polymer blocked the hall from the outer space, filtering the dazzling sunlight from the edge. This glorious scene was deeply imprinted in her mind.
The two ladies instinctively walked toward the transparent polymer barrier. The vast and dark space made Ashalena a little nervous, but her nervousness did not stop her from moving forward. She came to the barrier with Kassandra and noticed that the barrier actually protruded out of the space station. There were arc-shaped protrusions on both sides of the barrier. It should be a special viewing area that allowed visitors in the hall to see as much scenery as possible from a wide perspective.
Gwen's voice came from above them. After gaining more access and available lines, Gwen began to communicate with them through the area's broadcast system. "Now, what can you see with your eyes?"
"Stars, countless stars, and some space facilities operating in space," Kassandra replied immediately. "They are so close. Normal space facilities should be far away from each other. The person who set sail must have a very advanced space-anchoring technology."
While speaking, Kassandra scanned the entire space. Then her eyes suddenly stopped and stared at the side of the observation deck. From this angle, she could see a section of the structure of the orbiting space station.
"Oh my god!" The siren exclaimed after a moment of delay. "Something is wrong! Your Majesty Gwen, you have cracked! "
Gwen on the other side of the communication channel was silent for two seconds. He seemed to be thinking about how to respond to the siren's exclamation naturally and peacefully. Then he said, "I know. As I expected, the damaged section is above the Lolun Continent. Describe what you saw. "
Kassandra swallowed her saliva and looked at the broken cabin at the edge of the observation area. She saw that the thick alloy shield wall seemed to have been hit by something high-speed, high-quality, and powerful. Large pieces of armor plates were peeled off from the skeleton of the cabin. They were connected to the main body in the dimension by the seemingly shaky structure, and there were even some pipes. Near the breach, a large piece of the structure was obviously missing. Their fragments had probably flown away completely, or had been captured by gravity and burned in the thick atmosphere of the planet in the past.
The scale of the breach was amazing, but the space station's zoning structure and emergency damage control function seemed to have worked. The corresponding cabin should have been completely sealed. There was no uncontrolled liquid or gas leakage, and it did not affect the life-sustaining environment of the cabin where Asalena and Kassandra were. Now, the interior of the damaged area was shrouded in pure darkness. Only the distant starlight and the slanted sunlight shone on its shattered edges, casting a grotesque silhouette that was as shocking as an ugly and ferocious scar.
Kassandra told Gwen what she saw. Then she could not help but ask, "Is that the 'bad condition' you just mentioned? That wound … How did you get it? "
"How should I put it? It's very complicated to explain. You can think of it as a serious interstellar racing and speeding accident … deliberate." Gwen's tone sounded a little weird. "Don't worry about the reason behind it. Anyway … do you think it can be fixed?"
"… If we can bring the Antavine up again, we might be able to give it a try," Kassandra said. "The damage is so severe that it will require a team of space engineers to do large-scale cutting, welding, and remodeling of the space station. We may also need to rebuild the power lines on the outside of the structure. It's not as simple as sending a few people up to block the hole in the corridor. Some areas are obviously inaccessible."
After hearing Kassandra's reply, Gwen fell into a short silence. But the answer was not unexpected.
He let Kassandra do a visual inspection just to further determine the damage of the Firmament space station.
But even if the damage could not be repaired, the overall situation was still much better than before. With Kassandra rebooting a part of the backup power of the Firmament space station, he could finally further control the long-dormant space structure. He had more authority, more control mechanisms, and more data. The Firmament space station was originally like a machine that had its power cut off from the outside, and Gwen was the control system of the machine. Although the machine was damaged by years of disrepair, there were still many things running inside. It only needed one person to manually press the power button from the outside, and Gwen could restart and take over many things inside.
And now, Kassandra had pressed the power button.
"What else do we need to do next?" Ashalena's voice suddenly interrupted Gwen's thoughts. "Do we need to go along the corridor to the next section? I see lights in the depths of the corridor over there. The power should be restored. "
"No, don't go there yet," Gwen stopped them. "I can't connect to the life-support system in other areas for the time being, so I can't be sure if the other sections are safe. You continue to check the current cabin and the rooms directly connected to it. I have unlocked all the doors. You can go in directly and record everything you see."
"Okay, we'll go now."
In the surveillance camera, Gwen saw that Ashalena and Kassandra had begun to move. His attention was temporarily diverted from the two explorers and further focused on the upper system of the Firmament space station that had just been restored.
Some of the previously locked logs were reopened, and some commands that could not be viewed due to offline equipment and hidden system problems appeared in his mind. He flipped through the "memories" like a machine going through a database and quickly ignored some insignificant environmental monitoring, invalid calls, and other information (this information was repeated in the satellite logs).
Suddenly, he stopped, and his "eyes" stopped on a special system log.
It was a report from the space station's security system, and the time stamp of the log was more than 3,000 years ago.
"External attack and substantial damage detected. Enemy detection and weapon system are online. Defense fleet has been ejected from the port.
"Target lost. Enemy detection system on standby.
"Target response still exists. Weapon array on standby.
"Requesting further instructions. Do you want to shut down the combat module?
"Error. No instructions received. Weapon array on standby …"
Gawain opened the log and found the command set corresponding to the log after some unfamiliar operations.
The "button" to shut down the combat module was still there, flashing in his mind as if waiting for someone to press it.
Gwen broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, he did not let Amoun wander around in the modern world. He asked him to be as low-key as possible when he occasionally went out. He also did not let him fly into the sky … It had been 3,000 years, and the weapon array of the Firmament space station was still locked onto him?
What a grudge!
If one day, human civilization finally broke through the shackles and had the ability to launch spaceships into space, then Ah Mo En would excitedly follow the mortals to go out and have fun. He would probably have to suffer a round of space-based orbital attacks …
The terrifying thought of the future flashed through his mind, and Gwen felt a shiver run down his spine (although he was only in his consciousness state at the moment). He quickly placed his hand on the button to shut down the combat module in the space of consciousness, but at the last moment, he suddenly stopped.
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