In the completely blocked space 22, the comprehensive analysis laboratory was like a lonely island floating in the twisted space. All the communication channels directly connected to the laboratory had been cut off, including the most powerful cross-void communication array and the Abyss communication system that was still in the experimental period. We had reason to believe that the shielding effect of this space on the black shuttle was far better than throwing it into some remote world in the depths of the void. But even so, I was not 100% sure that the black shuttle had been completely blocked. This thing was too strange and mysterious, to the point that even the best scientists of the Empire could not figure it out for a while. Therefore, it was necessary to be on guard against it.
After confirming that the space had stabilized, the scientist who was responsible for the analysis of the black shuttle ordered the opening of the light net around the black shuttle. Sandora and I came to the side of the black shuttle and listened to the experts' report on their current progress.
"… We are still not sure what the energy used by the black shuttle is. According to the speculation of the experts, I am afraid this problem is unsolvable. The energy it uses should only be produced in the special environment at the bottom of the abyss and can be used stably. In our world of order, this energy is being consumed faster and faster, and there is no sign of it being replenished. Perhaps in the world of order, the black shuttle is completely unable to replenish its energy. This is a kind of 'regional isolation' that cannot be corrected. The world that the black shuttle comes from is completely different from the world of order in every rule. "The senior technician opened the holographic projection, which showed a set of rough scans." We have done as deep a scan as possible without triggering a violent reaction from the black shuttle. This position, close to the center but slightly away, should be its energy core. All the functions of the black shuttle are extracting energy from this core. This is an energy storage device, not an energy generating device. Its internal readings are decreasing all the time, and we have not found any active activation of this core. It seems that the makers of the black shuttle have realized that their detectors cannot be charged in the world of order, so they first designed a 'battery' with a huge capacity. "
"Oh, this is good news." Sandora's tone rose. "This means that 'they' can't use the resources of the world of order. If 'they' come out of the abyss, they probably won't be able to last long: our home advantage is extremely obvious."
No matter what, thinking about the worst was Sandora's style. She had already regarded the foggy fourth civilization as a potential enemy, so the starting point was that once the two sides went to war, the ratio of victory and defeat would be higher. Of course, I think this kind of consideration is also very necessary. The other party has spent so many years building a bridge, and the manpower and material resources consumed are probably enough to bankrupt a low-level civilization trillions of times over. Therefore, I have sufficient reason to believe that the purpose of building this bridge is not to organize leadership tours and develop new tourism projects. The other party is either here for the purpose of bilateral friendly cooperation and development to stir up the relationship with the Empire, and the ultimate goal is to create a new situation of the unification of the void, or they are here for the purpose of stabilizing you first and then killing you to start a war with the Empire. In the end … in the end, I'm afraid that they still want to create a new situation of the unification of the void.
No matter how I look at it, there is no third possibility. For such a big project, if you do not have an earth-shattering guiding idea to encourage yourself, who would dare to do it, right?
"We have now determined that the black shuttle is a detector, and we have probably found its information-gathering components and what seems to be a storage device." The senior technician paused and brought up a few new images. On these images, the red halo area on both ends of the black shuttle and several small squares distributed along the axis were highlighted. "At first, we thought that the two red halos are some kind of driving device for the detector to move during an emergency escape, but this guess has been overturned. The black shuttle is only the core component of the detector system. Although it can also be seen as a complete detector, it is still just a component, and this component does not have a separate engine. These two halos are some kind of radar that relies on intercepting discontinuous information to collect intelligence. Initial estimation of the scanning accuracy and sensing frequency range is … "
Yep, I finally reached the point where I couldn't understand anything at all. Thus, I decisively handed the situation over to Shadora while I focused my attention on the silently spinning black detector. Just like when I first found it, the black shuttle was silent, as introverted as its appearance, unwilling to reveal any information. The danger test for this thing had ended the day before yesterday, so I boldly pressed my hand on its outer shell. It felt slightly cold, and there was a faint vibration. Maybe some kind of mechanism was running inside?
How should I make this hard lump of iron respond to me?
I thought of Jin Yong, I thought of Hollywood, I thought of Qidian and Shanda, I thought of Alibaba and the 40 Flower Thieves, and I even thought of Magellan and Einstein. But none of the above could tell me how to establish a relationship with a wooden stick. There was only one person who could give me some advice, and that was a FedEx workaholic named Chuck. But the problem was that Chuck was facing a volleyball, and I was facing a football — and Chuck's volleyball was definitely not three and a half meters long.
Then I was sure that I could find nothing in the known history that would give me any hint of what I should do.
While my imagination was running wild, I was also doing all sorts of experiments. Although scientists had previously tried to use a wide spectrum of communication frequencies and various forms of physical contact to stimulate it, but the latter did not respond. But I felt that I might become a breakthrough point. After all, the black shuttle was essentially an express delivery for me. Maybe it would be surprisingly easy to talk to after it detects the name of the recipient? In any case, the ball that was wrapped around it was quite easy to talk to.
I tried a lot of methods, such as using my own spiritual power to scan the target, pressing my hand on the surface of the target, silently chanting the method of Hadouken, making faces at the black shuttle, talking to it about the reason why raising a naughty child was equivalent to raising a group of naughty children, typing Morse code on the target's outer shell, and finally, I bit my finger to try to see if this thing would recognize me as its owner after I dripped my blood on it — the result was quite painful.
"Ah Jun … What are you doing?" A sudden voice interrupted my self-entertainment. I turned my head and saw Sandora staring at me with her mouth agape. Behind her, there was a circle of scientists who were also stunned.
I was speechless. If I said I was doing scientific research, do you think these scientists would all jump into the reactor?
"I want to try to see if this thing will respond." I pressed one hand on the end of the black shuttle and raised my finger that I had just bitten. "I dripped my blood on it and tried to recognize it as its owner, but there was no response."
Sandora turned her head away. "Let's continue to talk about the dismantling process."
"Uh, dismantling process?" I finally heard something that seemed like I could interrupt. I quickly jumped off the platform. "Victor, do you already know how to dismantle this thing?"
The advanced technician was stunned for a moment. "Your Majesty … Subordinate's name is Tocqueville."
I felt a little apologetic because I had been going back and forth for a long time, but it seemed like I couldn't figure out the right person's name. I laughed dryly. "Oh, hehe, I'm not very sensitive to names. So, Tocqueville, have you figured out how to shut off the black shuttle's self-destruct mechanism? "
The advanced technician's mouth was a little stiff. "Your Majesty, subordinate's name … Well, the relevant research is only preliminary progress. Because the self-destruct mechanism used by the black shuttle is also driven by an unknown energy, our conventional interference methods and energy suppression methods are not very effective. Only the energy plundering device that uses your power to work can have a certain effect. Recently, we have been adjusting the output mode of the energy plundering device to make it work better. In addition, we have also found a component that is suspected to be a 'sensor data processing unit' inside the black shuttle. If we can confirm that the function of this component is correct, it will be even better news. We don't even need to use the energy plundering device. As long as we use a quick and accurate psionic bombardment to overload the processing unit, the self-destruct mechanism will be completely scrapped. Both of the above plans will soon be fruitful. "
Both Sandora and I were satisfied with the news. This should be the only happy thing we have heard since we came here. Then Sandora mentioned another issue worth paying attention to.
"Have you found the secret of this detector's long-term survival in the abyss?"
The advanced technician thought for a moment and nodded slightly. "In a way, you can say so.
According to the known situation, the black shuttle is only the core of a large detector. When it arrives in our world of order, it is protected by a layer of spherical shell. So, the black shuttle itself should not be in direct contact with the abyss. Therefore, we estimated that there is no way to derive 'their' technology in the outer shield of the deep submersible ship from this thing. However, we found a design structure similar to the core protection design, used to ensure the core's safety in the abyss for a long time. This structure was just scanned by the automatic equipment in the early hours of this morning, so there was no time to report it … "
"That's what we urgently need now!" Sandora's voice suddenly rose, and her eyes lit up. "Core protection? Are you sure there is a core protection technology in the black shuttle? "
"Theoretically speaking, there must be." As expected of the ace assistant trained by Tawil, the dark-skinned man also said "theoretically speaking". "The abyss is special. No matter how strong the external protection is, it can directly or indirectly affect the core. Therefore, there must be a more powerful and efficient adjustment system near the core of the deep submersible device to counteract this effect. This is to prevent the system from self-destructing when the physical structure of the deep submersible device is still intact. We found two ellipsoidal structures at the two poles of the black shuttle, which is the cone extending outward from the halo. It doesn't seem to belong to the same system as any other part of the black shuttle, and it occupies a separate energy supply line. These two ellipsoids were the first to activate after coming into contact with the abyss stimulation we simulated, and they quickly formed … another black shuttle on the black shuttle. "
"Another black shuttle?" I frowned and nodded after pondering for a while. "Vittok, you better explain it clearly. I don't understand …"
"Your Majesty, my name is Tocqueville …" the senior technician said blankly, then shook his head. "We are still not sure how the device works, but every step of its working process has been observed. The two weird devices work in pairs. One of them is responsible for creating an information mirror image. Judging from the data characteristics, this information mirror image is 100% similar to the Black Shuttle, and the other device will reverse phase the Black Shuttle at the same time the information mirror image is generated. In this way, the information mirror image will replace the position and 'existence' of the Black Shuttle at the same coordinate, and become a real individual. After a very short delay, this mirror image will be contaminated by the Abyss. Because it is completely based on the data description, it is less stable than the real thing, so the infection is extremely fast, and its nature will change in a few seconds. At this time, the Black Shuttle will dephase and begin to create a new mirror image. In this way, the whole process will repeat, and the mirror image will always replace the original body to bear most of the contamination."
"During this process, the black shuttle will still be affected to a certain extent." Sandora heard some clues.
"Yes, but it will only come into contact with the abyss at the moment when the new mirror image is created because the system does not allow the creation of two or more mirror images at the same time. Multiple 'substitutes' will destroy the entire 'substitution' system. Plus, the device needs time to create the mirror image, so the two mirror images can't be connected seamlessly. During the short period of time when the new 'substitutes' and the old one are replaced, the black shuttle will still be exposed to the contamination. But overall, during the whole deep dive process, the time when the core of the system comes into contact with the contamination has been reduced by more than 90%. The working life of the entire probe and even the deep-diving ship has been greatly extended. "
"Very good, this process sounds feasible, and we really didn't think of it," Sandora said. "Can it be replicated?"
"I'm afraid it's impossible to replicate the equipment in the black shuttle with psionic equipment. Although in theory, psionic energy and the black shuttle have the same 'level' of energy, the two work in completely different ways." The senior technician shook his head regretfully. "I can only say that its core protection method has given us an idea and let us know that a certain method is feasible. But as for how to achieve this process, we need to organize a research and development team and use Empire technology to create facilities with the same functions. The Information Mirroring technology was not complicated. The difficulty was that the system had to be accurate and responsive. It had to be independent from the other systems of the submersible and could not use public data links. Therefore, all the commands had to be handled by its own microcomputer and sensor chain. It also had to complete a lot of calculations the moment the pollution started and then create the image. We are preparing to apply for several Schilling mainframes to assist in research and development. They should be able to find a more suitable and efficient algorithm. "
"Okay, the application is approved." Sandora waved her hand. "I don't need to know how many technical difficulties there are. That is your task. Now the priority of this project is S. All the support you have applied for will be in place immediately. All technical problems will be solved. This is an order. "
The senior technician immediately straightened his body and punched his chest. "Yes! Your will! "
The matter of the black shuttle had come to an end. Sandora and I prepared to leave together. Before leaving, I once again looked back at the shuttle that was quietly hanging on the gravity-free platform and slowly rotating. I didn't know if it was my own wishful thinking, but it seemed to be able to sense my existence, but it was unwilling to respond … Well, of course it was an illusion, because other than my own brainless imagination, the black shuttle was still the black shuttle, silent.
One day, I'll make you talk.
"Ah ah, I'm finally in a better mood."
After coming out of the research center, Sandora's face, which had been tense for the whole morning, finally relaxed. She wore the kind of clean smile that I was familiar with, that she would only show in front of people she was close to. "What I thought at the time was right. The breakthrough point of deep diving technology was finally found from that mysterious detector. Tawil will probably be very happy. "
"I think she will be very hurt." I thought about it and made a judgment based on the bespectacled girl's personality. "She is a strong research maniac. She has been stuck in a dead end for so long without being able to solve a problem. Suddenly, it was solved by a ready-made technological achievement. She should be very shocked."
"Oh? She has this kind of personality? " Sandora glanced at me. "You know that research maniac quite well. It is said that because of her workaholism, Tawil's social circle is incredibly narrow. I didn't expect that there would be someone who knows her so well."
I laughed foolishly. I thought that Sandora might have forgotten that Tawil looked like a female university student during her last vacation. Everyone has a side that people don't know about, especially those who are usually mysterious and difficult to approach. Once you see their other side, it is possible to change your worldview. Until the third grade of elementary school, I always thought that the teachers were omniscient. Later, when our class teacher ate sprouted potatoes and took a week of sick leave, I realized that they also had that kind of a time …
With a slightly happy mood, Sandora and I ate some street food and street food stalls. After filling our stomachs, we returned home. Once I reached the living room, I realized that something interesting might have happened.
The little crow was sitting on the sofa with her head lowered. On the coffee table in front of her sat a mini crow that was holding a vegetable sprout and gnawing on it. The mini crow's head wasn't covered with an eggshell, but … something that looked like an eggshell but had a very subtle texture.
When the big sister saw me come in, she pointed at the little creature on the coffee table. "Our silly bird did a meritorious deed again. She hatched this with a ping pong ball."
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