The Deep Submersible Ship had passed through the Gate of the Abyss, and now, the Prime Material Plane had lost sight of it. According to the plan, it had lost sight of it forever. The surface of the Gate of the Abyss had once again returned to 'calm', and there were no ripples on the pitch-black surface. In fact, when the Deep Submersible Ship had completely submerged into the Gate, it had instantly switched to a calm state in a very unscientific way. Obviously, the Gate of the Abyss did not conform to the common sense of physics in the real world.
Only the information sent back by the detector indicated that the Gate of the Abyss was still releasing the aftermath of the "invasion" just now. The activity level of the Gate of the Abyss had increased by about 20% in the past few minutes. Three Psionic Obelisks were overloaded and temporarily stopped working. But now that the activation had been suppressed, and everything was going according to plan, the expert team could breathe a sigh of relief.
The information from the Deep Submersible Ship had been intermittent, but as it was still not far from the Gate, it still maintained a faint connection with the Prime Material Plane. The high-power built-in antenna was working tenaciously. Although this method of communication was destined to not last until the Deep Submersible Ship could send back effective information, at least for now, it could satisfy our curiosity about the situation inside the Abyss.
On the holographic projection, no matter from which angle, there was only a mass of surging black fog, like a storm vortex. At the same time, the image was also shaking violently, giving people the feeling that the highly advanced submersible ship had become a simple ancient boat, fighting against the wind and waves in the pitch-black storm, in danger of capsizing at any time. "Why is the image shaking?" Shallow Shallow felt a little dizzy. "Is the ship shaking?"
"No … the Deep Submersible Ship is stable. It's very stable, and the most sensitive sensors have not detected any external impact on the hull." Tawil frowned. Her mind was quickly processing the first-hand information from the Deep Submersible Ship and then passed it to the two servers for post-processing. Faced with the strange shaking in the holographic image, she was also very confused. "Could it be interference?"
"Interference won't cause such a phenomenon. The image under interference will produce clutter, but the entire image won't shake." Sandora looked very serious. "No … the Deep Submersible Ship isn't shaking, and there's no interference … The Abyss is shaking? Is it because the entire space inside is shaking? " As soon as Sandora finished speaking, the older sister caught onto a small detail. She looked at Sandora and said, "You've been there before, so you should know what it's like inside the Gate of the Abyss, right? Is this scene different from what you've seen before? "
Sandora shook her head and said, "It's not the same … I'm not sure if I was unconscious at the time, so I didn't remember it clearly, but I remember that there was absolutely no such phenomenon in the abyss. Actually, in the Chaos Abyss, you wouldn't be able to receive any actual physical attacks. All damage would be based on some sort of 'Concept', which was why this scene of vibrations … I really wouldn't know what was going on if it wasn't for the equipment malfunctioning. Still, I was certain that the deep submersible airship had successfully entered the Chaos Abyss. The swirling mist was the evidence. I had fought against the mist before. The mist was something between a physical and an illusion, which was the most common form of the Chaos Abyss. When the mist entered the real world, it would transform into a two-dimensional pattern, but in the Chaos Abyss, it would appear as a three-dimensional structure … These things were exactly the same as what I remembered, which meant that the deep submersible airship was in the exact same environment that I had been in. But what's with the vibrations around us? "
"The Chaos Abyss seems to be a huge cave, and there's a huge earthquake happening right now …" Shallow Shallow bit her lower lip and tried to use her rich imagination to explain the current situation. Most of the time, her inconsequential ideas would always hit the nail on the head from a certain angle. I guess that was probably why the problems we were facing weren't so far-fetched. But this time, before she could come up with an explanation, the scene suddenly began to calm down. "Ah, the shaking has stopped."
The image from the deep submersible airship quickly stabilized and became clear again. The few of us looked at each other.
"What was that just now? Was it really the Chaos Abyss itself that was shaking? It was shaking as a whole … That doesn't make sense … Alright, nothing seems to make sense there, "Sandora muttered." Looks like our deep submersible airship is in luck. It encountered a never-before-seen phenomenon in the Chaos Abyss as soon as it entered. The entire world was shaking like sand on a drum. "
"We are observing a new world. It's best not to make any predetermined conclusions," Tawil suggested from the perspective of a scientist. "Just record the images and data from a completely neutral point of view. This is the wisest way to deal with a new domain."
"I know, I know. You are a scientist, so you should be responsible for this," I quickly interrupted the extremely knowledgeable bespectacled lady. Alright, I've been afraid of theoretical classes since I was young. Now that Tawil's scientist's soul was ignited, she didn't care if the person in front of her was the emperor or not. "Now, tell me, how's the situation of the deep submersible airship?"
"I can only say that it is operating normally," Tawil's report was very simple. "All the monitoring equipment on the deep submersible airship is determined by it. The information that is sent back to the control panel is only two types of equipment reports, normal and abnormal, and a simple shield report. This is to save bandwidth." The people on Earth might not think it was safe to leave the routine equipment inspection work to the shipboard AI, but the Shiring Apostles would be used to it. The shipboard AI was far smarter than humans, and in an environment like the Chaos Abyss, even if there was a problem with the equipment, it would be impossible to send people to repair it. So, it was better to leave the maintenance work to the mainframe and autonomous robots in the ship. It could also save precious bandwidth and send back the scene below.
We were relieved and followed the view of the deep submersible airship as it approached the fog and continued to move forward. The image was not very clear, and there was a lot of lag. This was the first time I had ever seen such a scene on an Empire device.
The space in the Chaos Abyss was distorted, strange, and the coordinates were chaotic. It was quite difficult for the deep submersible airship to move forward in such an environment. It needed to recalculate the current mathematical rules of the surroundings with every step it took and then adjust its position, because these positions would be messed up and reset every few seconds. If there were no coordinates in the Void, which was why navigation had to be built on the foundation of a special engine, then there were coordinates in the Abyss, but each coordinate was randomly distributed and changed every few seconds. It seemed to be less difficult than navigation in the Void, but it gave people a lot of trouble that they couldn't solve. The deep submersible airship had to 'hop' forward like a flea in such an environment. It would move forward a little every few seconds, and then stop when the coordinates were messed up. It would rely on mathematical corrections to stabilize its position, and when the space stabilized a little, it would jump forward again. The crazy spatial structure there made me feel like my heart was itching, but the scientists seemed to be in high spirits. Tarver was constantly recording the new data, and when I looked down at the lower platform, I could see that several of her mass projections were having an intense discussion with a group of assistants or high-level scientists around them. Occasionally, they would even discuss with each other, and then the two mass projections would look at each other in shock before hurriedly turning their heads away to continue discussing with others …
"Tawil, aren't you afraid that you will become schizophrenic one day?" The corner of my mouth twitched as I looked at the unique way the bespectacled lady worked, especially when I saw the two projections almost discussing with themselves. I was even more shocked than the two projections.
Tarver thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled. "I'm looking forward to that day. When that time comes, I'll split myself up and make another vessel. Then, Your Majesty will have two chief technicians."
Damn! The minds of scientists were indeed different from those of ordinary people. I felt that Tawil must have misunderstood the concept of schizophrenia.
"It seems that the shield of the deep submersible airship is working well. It has just thrown away two layers of shields, and the internal shield has replaced them. The equipment load rate has increased by less than 10% in the process, and then it dropped back almost instantly." Tawil received the shield report from the deep submersible airship and smiled. "The energy bolt made of purified energy ores is working exceptionally well. It can withstand almost any instantaneous energy flow. Your Majesty, this is your power." I thought to myself, 'My power is currently manifested in catalyzing stones and birds. So, don't mention this before the next promotion phenomenon.'
The images sent back from the deep submersible airship were actually not direct images. Just like in the void, there was no visible light in the Abyss, and there were no other waves or field effects that could be received in an orderly manner. All orderly physical effects, such as electromagnetic waves, gravity, radiation, and conservation of energy, were shattered in the Abyss. Therefore, when the deep submersible airship 'captured' the images, it actually processed the images with its own equipment. It used a set of void disruptors at the bow to release full-frequency broadcasts in all directions, and then after an extreme moment, it observed the full-frequency information. At this time, the latter had been severely damaged by the Abyss, and the mainframe of the ship compared the destroyed information with the original documents released before, reducing the degree of damage by half, thus depicting the surrounding 'environment'. The areas where the information was completely destroyed were classified as high-danger areas, which could be regarded as reefs that could sink the ship. The areas where the information was relatively intact or still identifiable were classified as relatively safe areas. There were still storms there, but the ship could still withstand it. At the same time, the deep submersible airship processed the images that were pieced together like a blind man touching an elephant into something that we could understand. That was the fog, big or small, real or illusory, on the holographic projection. This method of observation was provided by Sandora. When she first entered the Abyss Gate, she could not see anything in front of her. There was only endless darkness and the power of destruction everywhere. It was not until she successfully controlled the power of the Abyss that she realized how to open her eyes in this crazy world. It was also because of Sandora's suggestion that Tawil figured out the function of the void disruptors on the prototype of the deep submersible airship and restored them.
Based on what he saw now, the Abyss was a rather monotonous and desolate world. Perhaps there was space there, but nothing could survive in that kind of environment for a long time, right?
"What a boring place …" Qian Qian muttered in dissatisfaction. "If I stayed there, I would probably go crazy from boredom after a while. Is there no end to the fog? "
"The deep submersible airship has just entered. It is actually still hovering near the gate," Tawil replied as he examined the signal. She seemed a little worried. The signal was getting weaker and there were signs of lost packets. This was not a good sign. Perhaps in a few minutes, the deep submersible airship would completely lose contact with the real world. "Perhaps you would like to hear this? The 'sound' in the Abyss. This thing is starting to confuse the team of experts. Something very, very wrong. "
Tarver switched to another channel, and the observation platform was enveloped in a strange, low echo. It sounded like a large animal was moving its feet. First came a series of low sounds of heavy objects rubbing against each other, and then a heavy impact, repeating over and over again. "This is a sound signal simulated by the equipment. If the Abyss has background sounds, it should be like this. But in reality, these sounds do not exist. They are a lot of messy information fragments pieced together to form clutter. We have used all known methods to filter these clutter, and in the end, the only thing that can be represented through the terminal is these sounds. In theory, at least. "
I was surprised. "It sounds like there is a pattern?" No matter when, it was surprising that there was something related to the word "pattern" in the Abyss. I noticed that there were a few senior assistant technicians nearby who were discussing nervously. Perhaps they were also arguing based on these "sounds."
"This is illogical!" Tawil said firmly. "My assistants are checking to see if there is a problem with the equipment. This is the second time we have received a puzzling signal since the start of the deep dive. The first time was the tremor, and the second time is these clutter with hidden patterns. There is no record of this in any existing database!"
Tawil seemed to care about these signals, but I was a little unconvinced. "This is the first time we have sent a deep submersible airship. It is possible to find something unexpected, right?"
"No, it is not like that." Tawil shook her head. "The information we have collected can actually be found in the existing database. Even if we did not send a deep submersible airship to the Abyss gate, we have used other methods to explore it. But the situation we detected at the time is completely different from what we have now …"
My sister suddenly asked, "At the time? When was it at the time? "
Tawil thought for a while. "The Old Empire era … I am referring to the fragments of the Old Empire's database. There are some exploration reports about the Abyss. Although they are not of much reference value, they are definitely different from what you are seeing now."
It seemed that Tarver had encountered a technical problem that was bothering him greatly. However, I probably wouldn't be able to help him. Only Qian Qian seemed to think of something as her eyes darted around. This was a sign that Qian Qian's V2.0 thinking program had been activated. "Could the Chaos Abyss have mutated over time? The things that were observed in the Old Empire might have disappeared by now. "
Sandora shrugged. "Mutated? It has not mutated for hundreds of billions of years. What could have caused such a thing to mutate recently? "
Shallow Shallow exclaimed at once. "Such as the Void Cataclysm!"
Everyone became silent in an instant. Over the spacious observation platform, there were only the echoes of deep, rhythmic rumbles echoing incessantly — it was the sound of the Abyss that no one had ever heard in the history of the Empire. The Abyss, which had been in chaos for billions of years, was breathing rhythmically.
Everyone turned to Shallow Shallow, who could not help shrinking her neck and repeating by reflex, "Such as the Void Cataclysm …"
"Tawil, are you sure that there are no records of the Old Empire's current predicament in the Old Empire's database?" Sandora looked at our chief scientist with a solemn expression. "I want you to search every fragment of the Old Empire that you can find. Confirm that this sound and that tremor just now have not been observed by anyone."
"Yes, sir." Tawil gave a standard military salute, and one of her mass projections hurriedly ran towards the transporter — what a convenient ability.
"Also, take another look at the blueprints of the Deep Submersible." My sister thought for a moment before adding softly, "What if there's a flaw in the design? Maybe we didn't consider the environment in the Abyss, and something malfunctioned. "
Tawil did not hesitate to give a military salute as well. "Yes, sir." And another mass projection hurriedly ran towards the transporter.
Shallow Shallow bit her lip and thought for a long time before raising her hand. "Also, didn't Godfather bring so many records of the Divine Realm? There should be things related to the Abyss. See if there are any records related to the current situation. They have been observing for so many years, but we have been cut off for tens of thousands of years. "
Tawil continued to obey orders, and another mass projection ran out.
I thought for a moment, and felt that I should add, "I say …"
Before Tawil could open her mouth, Lin Xue kicked me first. "You guys are torturing me! Can't you finish your sentence together? "
I grabbed the girl's ankle and said, "I just want to know how long this experiment will last!"
Lin Xue kicked me with one foot, and with her other hand, she took out a frying pan and pointed it at my head. "I'll count to three! Three! "
"Bang!"
Didn't you say to count to three …
The connection between the Deep Submersible and the Deep Submersible was getting weaker and weaker, and very soon, it became intermittent. The various teams had already saved and backed up all the data beforehand, just in case the Deep Submersible's database was not salvaged, and we still had the last bit of information in our hands. In the end, the Deep Submersible's connection with the real world was completely cut off. The last image it sent us was of a strange mist that looked like a mountain on the sea. The Deep Submersible was heading towards the mist — we had no idea what it would encounter once it passed through the mist.
After the signal was completely cut off, all we could do was wait. We also wanted to see what Tawil could discover from the ancient information fragments.
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