A bright laser beam flashed, and another metal gate in front of us was cut open. Obviously, we couldn't let Pandora use her hand cannon to blast around, so the job of opening a path was left to the accompanying autonomous robots. Although these little engineering robots didn't have much intelligence, they could take on almost all kinds of miscellaneous tasks, including exploring the path, clearing mines, and helping Shallow Shallow relieve her boredom. We had already advanced to the second floor of the workstation. From this floor, it seemed like we should find something.
We didn't find anything of value on the first floor. It was probably the living quarters of the soldiers and researchers who were originally stationed here. There were also some empty temporary garages. We didn't find any research facilities in those empty rooms, nor any important data recording equipment. We only found two or three damaged data terminals in one of the living quarters. They were seriously malfunctioning and couldn't be activated at all. The accompanying engineers sent them to the mothership's laboratory, hoping that the scientists who stayed there could find some information from them, but it probably wouldn't be anything too important. The second floor seemed to be the workstation's work area. There were some isolation doors with warning signs in the corridor. This was most likely an area for "general threat research" related to the abyss. And in this place, the only possible research project that we could think of was the Deep Dive Project.
We passed through the hole in the gate and came to a place that seemed to be a research facility. It was a hexagonal hall, similar to the layout of most of the research facilities. The ground in the center of the hall was slightly sunken. It seemed that there used to be a set of important equipment there, but now there were only some unknown joints and crystal touch pads left in the depression. The original equipment there had been packed away. Based on the degree of completeness of the remaining joints and the fact that the scene was not too messy, I guessed that the staff who evacuated here at that time should have been orderly. Although this workstation was abandoned due to a sudden accident, it seemed that the situation back then wasn't too serious. We had already checked many rooms and warehouses, and most of the things inside had been taken away. The scene that was left behind was basically intact. Alright, this was a good sign for the people who evacuated back then, but for us who came to explore later …
"Damn it, all the good stuff is gone …" Icetis sat on a control panel next to me and said what was on everyone's mind. I slapped this female pervert off the control panel. "At least don't destroy the ruins, okay? Don't you think it's dirty? "
Icetis patted her body casually. "It's alright. My clothes are divine artifacts. The highest attribute is that they don't get stained by dust."
… I believe that everyone has not forgotten the definition of a Divine Artifact, so I will not explain the little knowledge of why Divine Artifacts glow here.
I pulled along Shallow Shallow, who was incredibly curious and could disappear at any moment, as I looked around the spacious hall. The energy storms and collapsing universe outside seemed to have become a completely different world. In this quiet place, I couldn't sense any movement from the outside at all. In this ancient building that had existed for tens of thousands of years, everyone was still properly protected. I had to admit that the durability of the items created by the Shiring Apostles was quite impressive. Before this hall was abandoned, it should have been a place similar to a sample analysis room. The sunken ground in the center of the hall looked like the base of a gravity-free shelf, and there were many control panels fixed to the ground around it. This reminded me of the data display terminals in the sample analysis room. Above the hall, there was a large number of hexagonal crystal structures that looked like a beehive on the ceiling. They extended all the way to the wall and then disappeared behind the alloy layer of the wall. Scans showed that these hexagonal crystals covered the entire room. Even the door that had just been cut open had crystals of the same composition. These crystals were some sort of isolation method used to completely isolate the samples in the analysis room. Also, when the analysis room's spatial barrier failed (such as right now, when all the equipment had stopped working), these crystals would provide the surrounding people with buffer time to evacuate. From this, it could be deduced that the research here was definitely not something safe. It was very likely that the things that the deep diving project had salvaged from the Abyss were placed in this place for research.
It was a pity that the spatial barrier generators in the workstation were damaged beyond repair. We were unable to determine if there were other places with higher security levels in this huge building, and whether they had disappeared with the collapse of the artificial space along with the spatial barrier generators. All that was left was this empty research hall. This was probably not the place where the highest level of sample analysis was conducted. Although it seemed to be heavily guarded, I knew what the research center of the City of Shadows was like. The highest level of sample analysis would be placed in an environment that was completely isolated from the normal space. Once the spatial barrier generators, including the backup units, shut down, the analysis room would be thrown into the void to be destroyed. Only such a decisive security measure could be used to analyze dangerous objects that were related to the Abyss, and the hall in front of us clearly did not have the security level.
This workstation was different from the fully enclosed ruins of the Empire that I had encountered before. Everything here was covered in a thick layer of powder. The powder's composition was very complicated, including metals, minerals, and very fine crystals. At the same time, they did not exist in the list of commonly used substances in the Empire. And as far as I knew, most of the things made by the Shiring Apostles would not undergo weathering. Their main building material was not the normal definition of "substance", but "ideal materials" created by the Schilling Main Engine through information control. (This point can be understood by referring to the process of the Schilling Main Engine building base. Those builders "created" buildings out of thin air, of course, the building materials would not be mined from somewhere.) Although these materials might be similar to some known substances, you would never find the exact same molecular structure in any normal universe. These ideal materials were endowed with special properties to avoid weathering, fatigue, and changes in physical and chemical properties. This was also an important reason why the Schilling Main Engine had such a long lifespan. In the past, as long as the ruins of the Empire that we encountered were in an absolutely enclosed state, there would not be any weathering phenomenon inside, and there would not be such a serious "accumulation of dust." So, where did this powder come from?
A high-level technician speculated that since this powder was not in the list of commonly used substances in the Empire, and this place was similar to a sample analysis room, it was most likely a sample from back then. So, some of the dust samples were collected and sent to the research ship. But to be honest, these samples were even more unreliable than the damaged data terminals. I really did not think that any expert would be able to recover anything from this dust. The difficulty was almost the same as giving you a grain of sand in the Sahara and asking you to recover the northern hemisphere …
"Speaking of which, Xingchen, you told me that you found a suspected deep-diving site of the old Empire." While the staff was busy tossing around the old equipment, hoping to find something that could be activated, I started chatting with Father. "How did you know that there was a deep-diving site here? It seems that before we came, you did not even know that there was an energy storm zone here, right? "
Father shrugged. "We have been dealing with the Abyss for many years — many times longer than the history of the Shiring Apostles. We have a special method to detect the Abyss. At that time, the exploration team was sure that there was a world wreckage here that had an abyssal reaction, and there were traces of the old Empire's activities near this world wreckage. Later on, we also sensed that the abyssal reaction in this world wreckage was in a state of control, which meant that it was a deliberately preserved object for research. The ruins of the old Empire, the preserved abyssal sample, and then thinking about the deep-diving of the old Empire that you have mentioned to me many times, I linked these things together. But what was depressing was that our exploration stopped here in the end. We could sense the existence of the Abyss, but it was completely hidden by your anti-phase technology. This is really a troublesome technology. Although I reckon that the children should be able to find a way to end the anti-phase technology of this universe in the future, after thinking about it, I decided that it would be more convenient to find you directly. "
How should I put it? I had to sigh. The accumulated experience and knowledge of the Protoss was really enviable. In terms of dealing with the Abyss, there was probably no one who could surpass these eternal fellows — the Huron Protoss was probably the only exception. But they would be tormented by the anti-phase technology of the old Empire, which was enough to show that there were no absolutes in this world, and I felt a little more balanced in my heart. As for Father's mention that in time, his children would be able to crack the anti-phase technology of the Empire, this was how I understood it.
According to the Protoss' view of time, in time, they should be waiting for this universe wreckage to naturally die … The time they spent in a daze would be enough for the cavemen to learn to walk upright …
"According to the structure of this storm, Xiaoxue said that it was specially used to suppress the Gate of the Abyss, and the location of the Gate of the Abyss should be at the bottom of the storm." I turned on my MDT and projected the model of this "universe" in the air in front of me. The dark red energy storm of tens of thousands of kilometers took up two-thirds of the entire image, like a twisting funnel. And at the bottom of the funnel, due to the strong energy field, was the only area that the engineering team had not yet reached. "After we are done here at the workstation, let's go to the bottom to have a look."
"But there is definitely an Gate of the Abyss there," an uncle behind Father (should be an expert scholar of the Protoss? Anyway, he looked quite knowledgeable) said, "The reason we found this world wreckage is that the Gate of the Abyss has not dissipated yet. The red storm outside is suppressing the Gate of the Abyss, but it is also protecting it completely. If we force our way to the bottom of the storm, we may destroy the energy balance there, and the Gate of the Abyss will lose its suppression …"
Father and I looked at this Protoss scholar who was a little too cautious. The latter looked at the two void creatures in front of him and twitched the corner of his mouth. "Alright, let me know in advance when the time comes, I will hide further away …"
Damn, did Father choose his followers based on whether they were funny or not?
"Your Majesty, we have found something!"
At this moment, a high-level technician suddenly shouted from afar with a look of surprise on his face. We quickly ran over and saw a group of experts surrounding a control panel that did not look much different from the others. They had cleaned the accumulated dust on the control panel and were removing the side panel of this ancient device. When the panel was removed, neat crystals and metal plates with complicated patterns were revealed. I did not understand what it meant at all, but it was definitely high-tech. Yes, that was the feeling.
"We need to find a way to restore the energy supply of this hall." The high-level technician pointed at the other lifeless control panel array at the side. A few assistant technicians had already split up to check the other control panels. "Most of these devices are completely scrapped, but there are some, like this one in front of us, I have a fifty percent chance of keeping it running for a while. This kind of field analysis device usually has a small memory capacity to record instantaneous information that is easily ignored by the process flow recorder. If this place was used for the last analysis task before it was abandoned, then the data should still be readable. "
It was not easy to restore the energy supply of this abandoned building. Due to the special security requirements of dangerous research sites, all its energy channels were sealed, especially the sample analysis room where the contamination of the abyss was the most likely to leak out. All the devices could not be connected to external energy outlets, and they would only use dedicated energy from within the building. The engineers quickly ran into such a problem. The external psionic core that they brought could not be identified on these devices. A security barrier would activate before the control panel was activated, and then all unrecognized connection requests would be blocked.
The high-level technician, of course, knew the principle behind this very well. "The laboratories that research the abyss all have security codes, and all connections to it are marked by the security code, including the energy supply. Perhaps we should first find the internal reactor of this workstation. It should be able to supply energy to the sample analysis room."
I suddenly remembered the set of protective equipment at the top of the workstation.
Since that set of equipment was still working, it meant that there must be at least one reactor that was still working somewhere in the workstation. If that was the case … perhaps we did not need to find the reactor. Who knew if the energy on the shield generator would work or not. According to the B-level security policy of the research facility, the building shield and the research unit should use the same standard of energy to ensure that in the case of a sudden 'power failure' in the research facility, the building shield could be sacrificed to protect the dangerous samples. Hopefully, this workstation did not use the A-level security policy. A-level security policy was suitable for extremely high-risk sample research. It was so strict that every sample analysis room in the same facility had to use its own circuit, and even the facility's own energy source was not allowed to be used. This knowledge was what she had mentioned when she was chatting with Tawil. Because the bespectacled girl was only interested in such topics other than scientific research results, I had a deep impression of her. Of course, another reason was that I did not understand the other topics that she had talked about …
All the teams that were active in the workstation immediately received a new order to head to the shield generator at the top of the workstation. Originally, that floor was meaningless to the exploration team because there was only one set of shields and two sets of space distortion devices that had been shut down. Who would have thought that the most worthless thing would come in handy now? Very soon, the short-distance energy supply chain was connected to the shield generator at the top. Several autonomous robots next to us began to act as energy broadcast towers, concentrating the energy diverted from the shield generator into this hall.
Perhaps we had too high expectations for the reactor in this antique building. Almost at the same time, the strength of the workstation's shield began to decline rapidly. Even the anchor of the workstation began to show signs of loosening. A strong tremor came from under our feet.
"Dad, it seems that we have cut off the last energy quota of this place." Xiaoxue hugged the round body of an autonomous robot next to her to stabilize herself. "It is about to be torn apart by the energy storm outside!"
Faced with such an unexpected situation, Monina reacted decisively. She immediately patted 123's shoulder and said, "Brother, go!"
Elson wanted to protest, "Why is it me again?!" Hence, Monina kicked him. In comparison, I feel that my sisters are so much cuter!
Elson, the MT with ten thousand years of HP, only managed to protest five words before he was kicked out of the workstation. He activated his shield wall and enveloped the entire building. The energy storm that he had to withstand instantly increased from a solo level to an army level. The surface area that he was withstanding was at least several times bigger than the World Trade Center. Hence, in the next second, Elson's screams echoed in the hall, "Oh, sh * t! You can't do this! I have contributed to the Realm of Gods, I have stood guard for Father! I demand equal treatment. Let me see Father! Do you dare to come and see how big the commotion is? Do you dare to come and take a look?! "
The corner of Monina's mouth twitched stiffly. "Brother, Father is watching. Can't you be more shameless?"
"Sigh, I forgot," Elson's voice suddenly changed. In the next second, he became impassioned. "I am the God of War, Elson! My body is indestructible! All challenges come for me! My body is the holy light, my name is victory! I am invincible and invincible! Father, grant me strength! Burn, my Little X Universe! For the light！ Victory and glory！ Strength and victory! Кабвой горадь! "
He was impassioned and his blood was boiling. Just by listening to his voice, I thought that he was ready to sacrifice himself for a righteous cause. Monina spread her wings to cover her face. Optimistically, she was probably too ashamed to face anyone.
However, Elson did help a lot. After all, after gagging his mouth, he was still considered a laborer. Under the protection of the powerful shield wall, the workstation's situation stabilized. The high-level technicians here began to try to activate the equipment after the emergency repairs.
Finally, the first control panel did not disappoint and let out a low hum. The blue light ball that represented the activation of the system appeared in the holographic projection area.
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