The flash of light that suddenly appeared in the corner of Gwen's vision instantly perked him up.
He immediately focused all his attention and stared at the light that suddenly appeared. The speed of the video was slowed down several times under his concentration, and all the details on the screen were presented clearly. His first reaction was to confirm the source of the light, and then he realized that it didn't come from the surface, but from somewhere near the top of the planet's atmosphere. It seemed to have suddenly appeared there, without any warning or trajectory. It was as if an invisible door had opened at the top of the atmosphere, and then an entity with astonishing speed was rushing in the direction of the on-orbit facility!
Then, the flying object grew bigger in Gwen's vision, and a clear shadow gradually appeared in the hazy light.
If his body were here, Gwen felt that his eyes would have been opened to the maximum.
A holy giant deer shrouded in a faint white light appeared in the light and shadow. It was wrapped in a thin air mass from the top of the atmosphere, and it dragged a ray-like trajectory that contained high-energy reactions behind it. It passed through the cold and dark space and rushed straight in the direction of the surveillance camera. It had an indomitable momentum and a kind of terrifying determination.
At a certain moment, when the giant deer was close enough, Gwen even saw its eyes through the image. Those were eyes that didn't belong to mortals, but they seemed to contain human emotions. Gwen felt that he saw the complex emotions of facing death and risking one's life in them.
However, this gaze only flashed for a moment.
The next moment, the giant deer and the light it was wrapped in had exploded into a dazzling "flame" in the image. A powerful explosion burst out from the corner of the image, and countless fragments, sparks, and gases spewed out from the space station's cabin filled the entire surveillance screen.
The image began to shake violently, and all kinds of alarms sounded in his mind. The space station's cabin structure (if it was a space station) reverberated with a series of terrifying loud noises. In the rapidly distorted and dim image, Gwen saw the giant deer fall from the synchronous orbit, and some kind of flying device emitting a golden light rapidly came from outside the image. This was probably the space station's guard. It had awakened and began to carry out the mission of eliminating the intruder.
In the ensuing fire and explosion, the video ended.
In the darkness, a system notification sounded from the depths of Gwen's' mind '. "The log has been played. The above is the last surveillance record of Area C-16."
After a brief moment of silence and contemplation, Gwen calmed himself down and asked in his mind, "So … the God of Nature crashed into this facility and caused all the subsystems to go offline?"
The system notification did not give any reply. Silence was the answer.
Still, Gwen did not need an answer because the truth was obvious. The figure of the giant deer was so distinctive that it was unmistakable. It was still lying quietly in the depths of the Citadel of Rebellion, imprisoned in the Realm of Shadows by a pile of ancient remains. The Nature God that the believers of the All-Final-All Cult created using the Abomination Factor was a clumsy imitation compared to the true holy figure.
"You really need a big heart to deal with these things left behind by the God-Slaying Fleet …" Gwen smiled bitterly in his mind. "What the f * ck did I see just now? The iron-headed god charged into the synchronous orbit and committed suicide by crashing into the space station?"
This sentence was full of complaints, but the biggest complaint was that this sentence was actually true from the beginning to the end!
After that, Gwen tried to use the crash as a key point to search for more records, but other than the short surveillance video he had seen, he did not find anything of value in the database of this facility.
After a while, Gawain gave up on this attempt. Instead, he began to use this connection opportunity to dig out more secrets of this facility. Considering that he had established a connection with this facility with the help of a piece of space heritage, he was not sure if this connection would be stable. If this was the only connection opportunity, he could not easily disconnect it this time.
After a lot of failed or unresponsive attempts, he finally got a valuable name from the intermittent feedback of the facility's main control system:
Firmament Station — this was the name of the on-orbit facility he was currently connected to.
At this moment, he was finally sure that he was currently connected to a large-scale space station, not a small surveillance satellite.
"Firmament Station …" Gwen repeated the name in his mind. He asked without much hope, "What is the function of Firmament Station? What is its mission in orbit? "
"Error. You do not have the access authority or the upper database is not open. Please check the data link. If you still have questions, report to the Supreme Technical Committee."
It was an expected answer. The main control system of Firmament Station was obviously out of order. In the face of most of the questions, it either did not respond or gave a similar reply.
Gwen was curious about what the so-called "Supreme Technical Committee" was, but he did not get any response. But it did not matter. The "Supreme Technical Committee" had probably disappeared in the long river of time.
"How many on-orbit facilities are still operational? How are they doing? "he asked again.
This time, the main control system finally gave a somewhat useful answer. "Checking connected units … The list of on-orbit facilities has been given."
The next second, a set of three-dimensional panoramic views of space facilities appeared in front of Gwen's eyes. He instantly recalled that he had seen a similar panoramic view before. It was the overview of on-orbit facilities that he saw last time with the help of the fragment of the "Eternal Slate". However, he soon realized that the image he saw this time was different from the last time.
What he saw last time was a much more simplified schematic diagram with severely incomplete information. There were only light spots on the diagram that represented the space facilities, and he could not see any details from the light spots. However, this time, perhaps because he had obtained a higher level of authority, or perhaps because of the uniqueness of the Firmament Station itself, what he saw was a miniature model. The space facilities around the planet were all light blue translucent holograms — such a display method brought him an astonishing amount of information.
The most shocking of all was an astonishingly large ring-shaped facility.
The facility was located above the equator of the planet, and it circled around the entire planet!
Just by looking at it and the planet, Gwen could speculate the scale of this ring-shaped facility. He looked at the hologram "in front of him" in astonishment. He looked at the position of the ring-shaped facility in space and finally realized that this was the facility he was currently connected to — the space station called "Firmament"!
He had imagined that this thing would be large, but he had never imagined that it would be so large! The last time he saw the schematic diagram through the Eternal Slate, this "Firmament" was clearly just a light spot orbiting around the equator!
The difference between the schematic diagram and the miniature model was too big!
After more than ten seconds of shock, Gawain slowly calmed down. Then, a sentence kept echoing in his mind: For millions of years, there has been such a thing floating in the sky above the Rolun Continent?!
"… Firmament … is this the orbital ring?"
Gwen muttered in his mind as if he was talking to himself, but the cold mechanical prompt did not give any response.
Gwen was not surprised at all.
He regained his calmness and focus. His eyes moved on the miniature projections, trying to find the "satellite" that belonged to him, and he felt that he found it … In the sky above the Lolun Continent, near the Firmament Station, there were several flashing "small devices". They seemed to be synchronized with the huge main body of the Firmament Station through some kind of space anchoring technology, and they were monitoring the direction of the Lolun Continent. One of them might be the "container" that he had lived in for decades or even millions of years.
While stabilizing his connection with the Firmament Station, Gwen tried to further see more from the hologram. He focused his attention on some of the on-orbit facilities. After several attempts, additional information finally emerged from the hologram.
"Glow Station 1. Status: Dormant operation. Database offline. Main system offline. Energy failure. Backup energy: Extremely low. Unable to wake up. Operation item: Ignore/Abandon. "
"Zenith 7 Satellite. Status: Severely damaged. All systems offline. Orbit deviated. Backup energy: Extremely low. Unable to wake up. Operation item: Ignore/Abandon. "
"First Star Bridge. Status: Unknown. All systems offline. Space anchor failed. Orbit deviated. Backup energy: None … "
Gwen's eyes swept across everything along the way. Except for a few on-orbit facilities that indicated "low-power operation", the rest were a large number of damage reports and dazzling red alerts.
Sure enough … the results were similar to the last panoramic view, but the information was more complete, and it made him more aware of how bad the situation was.
The shock he felt when he saw the holographic projection of the Skydome Station finally faded away. Gawain calmed down and sobered up. He looked at the holographic images orbiting the planet again and suddenly felt that he was not looking at a brilliant high-tech creation but a massive tomb.
This was a cemetery, and the tombstones had stood for millions of years.
The home of the countless living beings of the Roland Continent, which had flourished for countless generations, was the largest tomb in this astonishingly large graveyard.
This association made him feel a little sad.
But soon, the sadness in his heart was shattered by a sudden wave of dizziness.
Unbearable tiredness and dizziness came from the depths of his consciousness. Gwen felt that all his senses were deteriorating and dislocating at a more terrifying speed than when he established the connection before. He found that he was losing the connection with the Firmament Station. An unprecedented feeling of "soul dispersal" was rapidly depriving him of the ability to think normally!
However, just when he felt that he was going to fall into a deep sleep, a noisy, penetrating voice that seemed to be able to wake the dead came from the boundless darkness and pulled him back to the real world in an instant.
"Hey, wake up, old dumpling! Something is wrong with you! Damn it, your shield is smoking! I'm calling for help! Oh my god, you're smoking too … Hey, you're burning me! "
Gawain abruptly opened his eyes. In his severely blurred and distorted vision, and in his dizzy state, he saw a petite figure swaying in front of him. He also felt that someone was shaking his shoulder with all their might.
His vision finally focused, and the blurry petite figure condensed into Amber's appearance.
Gwen tried to focus and felt dizzy, but he did not really pass out. Then he found that he was surrounded by an amazing amount of heat, and the surface of the Guardian Shield on the desk was even glowing red. The desk and the shield were scorched, and the edges of the stacks of papers placed not far away were even curled up.
As Gwen opened his eyes, Amber immediately jumped back half a step. She waved her hands and shouted, "Oh my god … You're finally awake! You were smoking just now, you know? I think your clothes are about to burn! "
Gwen finally regained his ability to think. He realized that he might have experienced a very dangerous situation just now. The process of establishing a connection with the Firmament Station was completely different from connecting with a satellite. Some kind of extremely costly "price" might have almost killed him.
It was Amber who "pulled" him back at the critical moment.
"I was in danger just now." Gwen looked at Amber, who was jumping and waving her hands. "Thanks to you."
"Ah? Danger … I told you! There must be something wrong with your smoking! "Amber was stunned for a moment, and then she became excited." Then my guard has done a good job! Hey, I've been your guard for several years, and I finally succeeded … "
Gwen was speechless.
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