Nolan was shocked when she heard the news. She did not expect that Zorm would receive so many signals from deep space. While the shipgirl had reservations about Hao Ren's speculation and association, she also felt that it was not just a coincidence.
Maybe it had something to do with the giant antenna in orbit.
The long-range cognition array, which had just quieted down, suddenly became lively again. Various giant facilities hummed with energy flow switching. Swarms of autonomous robots and engineering drones flew out of their hangars and began to physically connect the long-range cognition array and the crystal resonant antenna. The outpost itself was also affected. The lights in some areas were temporarily turned off, and the base broadcast also sounded a notice of energy control and temporary closure of some areas.
This was because all the facilities here were temporary, and no one had ever designed such a base before. So many things only met the needs of its own operation, and it was more or less inconvenient in the face of unexpected situations. No one had ever thought that Zorm's long-range cognition array would need to be connected to the large antenna used to search for signals. So when the two systems were connected, one of the energy modules had to be temporarily shut down. As a result, part of the energy of the reactor in the outpost had to be transferred to the long-range cognition array.
Fortunately, this emergency process did not take too long. When the physical connection between the two systems was completed, the energy control computer quickly completed the calculation of the system coupling requirements and reset the operating parameters of the two sets of energy modules. The energy control of the outpost lasted less than 20 minutes.
But the commotion here had alerted the little friends in the base. Lily was the first to rush over. As soon as she appeared, she shouted, "What's going on? What's going on? What did we fight with this time? I was writing in my room when the power went out. Luckily, there's a backup power supply … "
Then came Vivian. She was making snacks in the kitchen and did not hear the commotion outside. It was only when she saw Lily yelling and running out that she came out to see what was going on. Then came Y 'zaks and his daughter. The Nangong siblings were the last to come. Rollie and Lil Pea were not there.
The cat maiden was probably having an adventure in some corner of the base. The little changes in the lights were nothing out of the ordinary for a stray cat that had been wandering around the dilapidated ancient city since she was a child. Lil Pea had already gone to bed.
"The signal received by Zorm …" Vivian was stunned for a moment when she heard what happened. She then looked at Hao Ren with uncertainty. "Are you sure these communication signals are related to the crystal resonance we are doing?"
"Of course, I'm not sure. I'm just guessing," Hao Ren spread out his hands. "Zorm has confirmed it just now. The things he heard were only delayed for a few minutes at most. It's a superluminal communication. In other words, the signals were not the 'ghost radio waves' that lingered in the universe after being sent out many years ago. Instead, they were transmitted shortly after we turned on the antenna. When these two things are put together, it's hard not to make a connection. "
Y 'zaks scratched his chin. "So based on the content of the communication, the crystal resonance signal that we released has caused great trouble to the person who sent the message … even a crisis. Wait a minute, is the antenna still working? "
This was what made Hao Ren want to cry. He pinched his forehead and said, "The point is that it's not that easy to stop! The crystal resonance antenna looks complicated, but in fact, what we built is just a giant antenna, an energy array, and a shell. The real core component is the big crystal dug out from the depths of the earth. The operating principle of the crystal itself has not been figured out yet. What we are doing now is simply to poke the crystal, and then it began to release signals on its own. The system we made is just passively scanning for possible echoes in the universe … "
After Hao Ren explained the process, Y 'zaks understood what was going on. The crystal resonance antenna was made of two completely separated parts, and the one responsible for sending the signal was the divine crystal. This thing was a product of the goddess of creation. At present, Hao Ren's research on it was limited to knowing how to poke it to make it send a signal. The main antenna system that Nolan created could only passively receive signals and had no control over the crystal …
Lily thought for a moment and raised her hand. "… Zorm should be cursing in the communication, right?"
Hao Ren sighed. "There has been no movement for a while. Maybe he has given up. Of course, it could also be that … "
Before he could finish his sentence, Vivian interrupted him. "The person who sent the message should be fine. Since their communication can be received by Zorm, they should be within our observation range, at least not too far away. Someone who has the ability to communicate at superluminal speed and survive in Star Cluster X until now is definitely not simple. Even if they were attacked, they should have made some noise. "
"Well, that makes sense." Hao Ren felt a little relieved after listening to Vivian's analysis. He nodded gently. "At present, our various antennas can't receive this communication signal, and Zorm can receive the signal due to its limited 'function', but it can't determine the other party's location. Now I have connected the data processing center of the long-range cognition array to the antenna array. If everything goes well, maybe we can get the two systems to work together to locate the source of the signal. "
This was the only thing they could do now, but Hao Ren did not want to just wait. In the process of searching for the source of the signal, he issued a combat readiness command to the droids in the nearby area. All the armed droids that had just come off the production line were gathering towards the Executor's homeworld, while the engineering droids dragged the components from the nearby nests and assembled a huge jump acceleration track above the homeworld.
Once the source of the signal was locked, no matter what happened, Hao Ren could ensure that the droid army would be sent over in the shortest time possible.
In this strange ancient galaxy, the droid army meant safety.
"What kind of trouble do you think the person who sent the signal is in?" Vivian asked Hao Ren's opinion on the matter.
"There's too little information. There are only a few messages floating in by chance. We can't figure anything out at all," Hao Ren said, shaking his head. "But judging from those few messages, the person who sent the message is trying to avoid communicating with the outside world because the crystal resonance signal is forced to be two-way. When we send a signal to them, they will inevitably send a signal back. Although we don't know why our antenna system still can't receive the feedback signal from space, the process must be there. So it's very likely that our 'microphone' behavior caused the other party's communication silence to be broken. "
"Trying to avoid exposing their signal …" Vivian pondered. "Could it be that they're fleeing or hiding?"
Hao Ren's expression was solemn as he looked up at the stars. "Most likely so."
At the same time, in the depths of the stars where the naked eye could not reach, an extremely large space object was flying in the dark of space.
The shape of this huge object was like an irregular short vertebra. One end of the vertebra was a broad curved surface, and the other end was a broken tip. The cone-shaped cross-section was full of twisted cracks and broken pipes, as if it was torn from a larger object.
An experienced space adventurer would be able to tell that it was a fragment of a planet the moment they saw it. From the curvature of its upper surface and the length of the entire vertebral body fragment, they could roughly tell that it was about one-third of the size of a planet that had been torn off.
This huge planetary debris floated in space, but it was not a lifeless mass of darkness. In fact, its surface was covered with large and small light sources, and these light sources illuminated the entire debris. On the "surface" of the planetary debris, a large number of obvious man-made traces were clearly visible. Many cannon-like towers were erected on the ground, and magnificent palaces and cities were built around these towers. Beyond these man-made structures, there was even a vast expanse of jungles and grasslands. They were lush and full of life. It was completely unimaginable that these things existed on a celestial debris that was wandering in space.
Obviously, it was the light source and life-sustaining environment created by the remnants of the celestial debris that preserved these plants.
Although the "surface" of the planetary debris was still full of life, other parts of it were not so optimistic. On the edge of the surface, a large number of torn and collapsed structures could be seen. The crust had collapsed, revealing the pipes and mechanical facilities that had lost their function deep inside. Huge electric arcs wandered on the surface of the cone-shaped base of the celestial debris, constantly triggering small-scale explosions and fires. Sparks flew in some places, and there were even material leaks in some places. Something like smoke erupted from the lower half of the planetary debris, shrouding the entire tail of the cone-shaped structure in a fog.
In the center of this "space floating island" was a vast grassland. In the center of the grassland was an ancient gathering place. Huge metal obelisks were arranged in a ring, and in the center of the obelisks was a metal platform that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
At this moment, on this metal platform from the previous era, a large group of strange creatures with shimmering bodies were gathered together, discussing something noisily. These creatures had a body and appearance similar to elves, but their bodies had a transparent texture that was similar to a spirit body. It was difficult to tell whether they were male or female. They wore clothes that were almost indistinguishable, as if they were spirits. Their bodies and clothes were emitting a soft halo. These "sprites" gathered in large groups, and bright electric arcs leaped between each other. Their arguments were like the crackling electric arcs, without any order.
"We're going to die, we're going to die, we're really going to die this time! Those people are still sending signals! "
"Our interference shielding has exceeded the limit! We're going to be exposed if we can't control it! "
"Are you stupid? We're already exposed! We've been exposed for two hours! "
"It's clearly three hours!"
"A few hours is not important at all! Those bad guys are coming, and that's the most important thing! "
"We can't beat them, we can't beat them, we don't even have a working cannon …"
"Aren't there a lot of cannons outside the great plain …"
"Are you stupid? They're all broken, they're all broken! There's nothing we can do now even if the guardian giant is still alive! "
"What do we do, what do we do? The goddess created us and gave us a mission, and we're going to mess it up!"
"Oh yes, where's the queen, the queen! Get the queen to come out and make a decision! "
"Where's the queen, the queen, the queen, the queen …"
"…"
"… It's over! We don't have a queen! "
"We're going to die, we're going to die, we're going to die …"
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