There were no accidents, no explosions, no casualties. Everything in the port was normal. The submarine had just completed a relatively smooth voyage, and the ancestors were fine. Just as I was about to let out a sigh of relief and find a place to sit down, Tawil's next words stunned me. "It's a hundred times worse than the accident!"
I stumbled and quickly grabbed the armrest. I turned to look at Tawil. "You've learned to scare people too?"
Sandora frowned. She was much calmer than everyone else. "What's going on? I saw that not only the diving department, but all the other departments that study the abyss seem to be very lively. "
"We may have discovered a major trend in the abyss," Tawil said carefully, as if she did not know how to describe the major discovery in the most appropriate words. "It has never appeared before. It may be due to the recent changes in the abyss …"
Shallow Shallow looked around and found that most of them looked confused. She puffed out her chest and said, "I don't understand!"
Tawil also knew that it was not the time to talk about technical terms. She turned on the holographic device and showed Sandora the data and the image of the Gate of the Abyss. She explained in the simplest way to the others, "We have discovered that there is a 'discontinuity zone' in the lower levels of the abyss. The strength of this discontinuity zone is very irregular. Not only does the pollution density fluctuate, but this fault is also drifting all the time. When the submarine stops at the discontinuity zone, it will scan that the strength of the abyss around it is fluctuating violently. I'm sure everyone knows this, right?"
Sandora and I heard this information the last time we came to the City of Shadows. But Shallow Shallow and the others could also understand this information through the data network at home. Almost everyone nodded in agreement. Icetis was the only exception. She still needed some time to get used to her identity as the "Shiring Apostles". She almost never looked at the data network.
"There is no record of this discontinuity zone in the deep diving data of the old Empire." Sandora glanced at the holographic image not far away. "So we guess that this discontinuity zone is an anomaly in the abyss, and it only appeared recently."
The appearance of the "discontinuity zone" subverted everyone's conventional understanding of the abyss. It let us know that the abyss, which was almost as old as the Void, was not immutable and had internal activities. Sandora regarded it as one of the most important discoveries since the establishment of the new Empire. She ordered Tawil to increase the research efforts and monitor the situation of the discontinuity zone.
Looking at Tawil's current performance, there was no doubt that the discontinuity zone had a problem.
"After that deep dive, I arranged for two more dives that were very close to each other. I also built a large number of unmanned deep diving probes based on the first deep diving ship of the new Empire to approach the discontinuity zone." Tawil projected more information. Most of it was data and tables that I could not understand, but some were visual simulations of the abyss. In those images, I could see large masses of distorted black fog. Next to each mass of black fog was a time point and a duration. This should be the monitoring situation of the discontinuity zone. "Using the first experiment of discovering the 'discontinuity zone', this is the record of the second dive, this is the record of the third dive, and these are the data sent back by the unmanned probes. Compare these data and you can see an obvious trend …"
I looked at Tawil apologetically. I did not know if I should admit that I actually did not see that "obvious" trend …
"The discontinuity zone is approaching the surface." Sandora acted normally. She saw the trend at a glance. "Almost every time we detect the discontinuity zone, we come into contact with it earlier than the previous one. Although there were a few exceptions in between, those should be offset by the fluctuations of the discontinuity zone itself. So, in general, it is getting easier to detect the discontinuity zone."
"That's the situation." Tawil turned off the holographic projection in the room. His expression was unusually serious. "That violently fluctuating, wave-like thing is slowly approaching the surface of the abyss. In theory, yes. "
Hearing this, I slowly broke into a cold sweat. Although I was not an expert, I could still understand such simple and straightforward words. To put it bluntly, there was something terrible at the bottom of the abyss that was approaching the gate!
This matter was quite serious. According to our previous discovery, all the Gates of the Abyss were actually connected. Behind these gates was the same "space". Of course, there was no normal concept of "space" in the abyss. This was just an analogy. Every Gate of the Abyss was the same distance from the bottom. Right now, there was a huge "discontinuity zone" that was constantly drifting to the surface. If this trend did not stop, the final result was likely to be that "something" would explode from all the Gates of the Abyss at the same time.
However, it was too early to make any conclusions now. We were still not sure what the nature of the discontinuity zone was, so we were not sure if it was some kind of actual disaster. We were not even sure if it could leave its "hotbed", which was the environment of the abyss. If it was like an electric surge in a conductor, it could only be tossed around in the conductor and could not spread to the non-conductor environment, then this matter was not harmful. But to be honest, I really did not believe that I would be so lucky to encounter such a harmless situation. I had been tortured by fate for the past two years …
"About this discontinuity zone, apart from the approaching trend, did you find anything else?"
Sandora frowned and pondered for a while. Suddenly, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Tawil.
"This is the only thing that can be confirmed." Tawil pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "There is another speculation that is not quite certain. I sent a large number of unmanned detectors into the discontinuity zone at all costs. Although none of the detectors survived, they seemed to have touched a border-like place. At that blurry border, the pollution wave calmed down, and the graph of the strengthening of the abyss became regular again. I think that the discontinuity zone should be something with a fixed 'depth' or a fixed 'width', like a wave released from the bottom of the abyss. As long as the protection technology is strong enough, the submersible ship can safely pass through the discontinuity zone and enter the normal abyss environment. Theoretically, yes. "
Listening to Tawil's speculation, I felt that the discontinuity zone was getting more and more interesting. It also challenged everyone's view of the abyss more and more. At first, we thought that the abyss was unchanging, and then the discontinuity zone appeared. Then, we thought that the discontinuity zone should be fixed, but now, it has started to float here. You said that in two days, something will float out of the discontinuity zone and greet the people of the World of Order. Should I be surprised?
"Now, can you determine the danger of that thing?" Sandora crossed her arms in front of her chest with a solemn expression. "Is it possible that it will harm the real world, or is it possible that it will leak out from the Gate of the Abyss?"
"I can't tell." Tawil shrugged. This time, even the confident bespectacled girl admitted that she could not see through it. "Theoretically, the discontinuity zone is just a 'feature'. It is not an actual wave or anything substantial. But in the abyss environment, there is no difference between 'substantial' and 'non-substantial', so I am not sure if it will enter the real world. In theory, yes. "
"Let's hope that it will only cause trouble in its own nest," Icetis scratched her head and muttered. "I have to report this to God Father."
Sandora immediately nodded. "Yes, we have to inform the Protoss immediately. If I remember correctly, the Protoss should have already started a similar deep-diving experiment. But they started late, so they probably haven't discovered this thing yet … Icetis, you will have to work hard for the next two days."
The female pervert waved her hand nonchalantly. "Oh, oh. Anyway, I was born to run errands for you heartless people. Other than that, do you have any messages for me? It's not easy to travel so far. "
I thought for a moment. There was only one thing. "Bring a few leek boxes before you leave …"
Before I could finish, the people around us started glaring at us. Sandora rubbed her forehead helplessly. "Ah Jun, we are talking about serious matters."
I spread my hands. "It's not too much to pass a small gift along the way. Plus, I've troubled Xingchen many times already. Bring a little gift to show my sincerity."
Icetis looked at us with a strange expression. "You used a few Vege-Fritters to make God Father run all over the place. Only you and Auntie are capable of this."
Sandora and I said in unison, "Auntie?"
Icetis shrugged. "King Huron …"
Seeing that this off-topic topic that I had started was about to escalate, I hurriedly waved my hands to get everyone's attention back. "Alright, alright. We can talk about local specialties later. Icetis, you can ask about the Divine Artifact while you're at it. The coordinates of our homeworld are also a big deal … I don't know if it's just my imagination, but why do I feel that the Gate of the Abyss in my homeworld is somehow related to what happened to us? "
Lin Xue hadn't said a word since the beginning. Now that she heard my words, she glanced sideways at me. "Why do you feel something that even I, the prophet, didn't see?"
"That's why I don't know if it's just my imagination." I spread my hands. "I'm just guessing. Think about it. Our homeworld was destroyed by an abnormally large Gate of the Abyss. That Gate of the Abyss doesn't conform to our common understanding of the Abyss, and the 'discontinuity zone' that keeps approaching us doesn't conform to our common understanding of the Abyss either. Could there be a connection between these anomalies?"
Lin Xue waved her hands disdainfully. "Sigh, it's just a wild guess. Speaking of which, Xiaoxue, have you ever heard of something called a 'discontinuity zone' in the future? "
It was only then that I remembered that there was a very important insider here: Xiaoxue had come from many years in the future. She might even know the results of future scientists' research on the Abyss!
At first, I didn't even think to ask that mischievous child. The reason was simple: this girl was always hanging around in front of me, and the whole family was almost used to her existence. I had almost forgotten that she was actually just a shadow projected from the future. As for why Lin Xue still remembered it, it was probably because she was attentive as a mother.
Xiaoxue was originally busy playing with a small crow on her shoulder. When she heard Lin Xue's question, she looked puzzled. "Discontinuity zone? Why didn't I know of such a thing? My teacher didn't teach me about this when I was in class on the Abyss. "
"Don't tell me you just happened to skip class?" Lin Xue looked at her daughter suspiciously. The latter immediately cried out in grievance, "How is that possible! My grades were amazing back in the day. Every time before the exam papers were given out, I could fill up the answer sheet … "
Lin Xue and I immediately looked at the mischievous child with a strange expression. The latter realized that she had said something wrong and looked depressed. "Dad, Mom, can you pretend that you didn't hear me? When I was young, I could cheat two people of pocket money after exams … "
This girl's IQ was plummeting. If she said a few more words, she would probably never get any pocket money for the rest of her life.
At this moment, Lin Xue crossed her arms and muttered, "I say, can't the two of you be a little more serious when we're talking about business?"
When I heard that the real child's mother had spoken up, both Xiaoxue and I hurriedly shrunk our necks and lowered our heads, pretending to be serious.
Now, it seemed that Xiaoxue really didn't know about the "discontinuity zone". This meant that such a thing didn't exist in the future Chaos Abyss. Also, since even the textbooks (which were so high-powered) didn't mention such a thing, I could boldly speculate that the discontinuity zone actually didn't have any harmful effects. In fact, it didn't even cause any major incidents.
This was quite simple. If that thing had truly caused the Chaos Abyss to erupt, Xiaoxue would have already read about it in a children's book. I could imagine just how much the Chaos Abyss's education department would do to popularize the Chaos Abyss. They wouldn't be afraid to use second-grade elementary school textbooks to teach common signs of the end of the world and how to save oneself. Their popularity would be just like how the streets would be filled with pictures of people trying to save themselves during fire safety month.
Everyone else had the same opinion, but Sandora still reminded me, "Don't be too optimistic. Anything related to the Chaos Abyss can't be good."
On this point, everyone present expressed their agreement.
Everyone looked like they were in deep thought. Each of them was thinking about the hidden meaning behind this matter. Only Pandora and Visca didn't seem too interested in the big situation before them. The two sisters only cared about two things: who to kill and how many to kill. Apart from that, even if the Chaos Abyss erupted, they would just be waiting for the order to lead the army into battle. So, the two of them seemed to be very bored. The two sisters were swaying their bodies at a steady frequency. It looked like two roly-poly toys that were swaying at the same time. I reached out and pressed my hands on the heads of the two girls. As I swayed with them, I thought about something. In the end, I suddenly noticed an important question that I hadn't asked. "Right, at this speed, when will the discontinuity zone 'float' close to the Chaos Abyss?"
Tawil had a worried expression. "If this is its current constant speed, the 'discontinuity zone' will reach the Chaos Abyss in three hundred years at the earliest. I just don't know if it will 'overflow' from the Chaos Abyss. In theory, at least. "
I instantly stopped swaying. Three hundred years?!
Alright, I was shocked earlier. I thought that something big was about to happen. In the end, there were still three hundred years left. Doesn't that mean there's still a long time …
Just as I thought about this, I heard Sandora exclaim in shock and worry. "Three hundred years? So fast? "
Icetis, who was behind me, also exclaimed, "Damn, it's here in the blink of an eye! Will we be able to react in time? "
Then, Sandora and Icetis started discussing worriedly. It was as though the Void Cataclysm was going to happen in two days. Shallow Shallow and the others looked on in shock. From their expressions, I could tell that Shallow Shallow and the others had the same thoughts as me. They all felt that three hundred years was actually quite long. I didn't expect Sandora and Icetis to have such a reaction …
In the end, even Visca tugged on Pandora's arm and muttered, "Sis, you're pretty fast."
Pandora nodded silently and continued swaying.
I was speechless. Forget it. I'm not going to argue with these fellows who have already lived for a few cycles in the universe. Anyway, it's only a matter of time before I lose the concept of time like the Protoss.
After Tawil had finished his report, Icetis went back to pack her things and prepared to head to the God Realm. Pandora and Visca were so bored that they almost rolled on the ground. So, I sent the two of them and the equally bored Shallow Shallow back as well. (I also dragged Xiaoxue away. Xiaoxue wasn't bored, but I was afraid that she would cause trouble if she stayed here.) In the end, only I, Sandora and Lin Xue were left. Sandora glanced at Tawil. "What's the next step of the plan?"
"I will conduct another deep diving experiment in the near future." Tawil nodded. "Because of the existence of the discontinuity zone, the current deep diving activities are slightly different from before. We have created a large number of low-cost unmanned probes. They are weaker than the Deep Submersible Ship, but the basic defensive measures are the same. These probes form a sensitive detection zone around the Deep Submersible Ship. This will ensure that the Deep Submersible Ship can be withdrawn before the discontinuity zone starts to shake violently."
"So, the discontinuity zone still has a pattern to it?" Sandora asked curiously.
"The fluctuations within a small area won't deviate too much." Tawil nodded. "However, as we go deeper into the discontinuity zone, the pattern will become harder to find. Currently, we can safely stop the Deep Submersible Ship in the middle of the 'wave'. I'm afraid that it will be dangerous if we go deeper. Theoretically speaking, that's true. "
I remembered that the ancestors had also participated in the deep diving. I couldn't help but ask, "Will the ancestors be alright?"
The ancestors who were passionate about their work were as reckless as the soldiers of the Empire. Their spirit of risking their lives was too frightening.
"The situation is good." A smile appeared on Tawil's face. "The ancestors' immunity to the abyss is amazing. The most dangerous part of the deep diving is that the crew can't directly observe the equipment on the Deep Submersible Ship. They have to go through a lot of transducers and safety barriers to know what's happening outside the Deep Submersible Ship. Otherwise, there is a possibility of contamination. However, the ancestors completely ignored this danger. After eliminating the transducers and filtering equipment, the working condition of the Deep Submersible Ship is unprecedentedly stable. In theory … Yes, that's it. "
It seemed that other than the discontinuity zone that was constantly approaching, everything else was developing in a good direction.
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