The approaching discontinuity brought a lot of pressure. Although I still felt that it would take at least three hundred years to reach the Gate of the Abyss, it seemed like there was plenty of time. However, in the eyes of Sandora, Icetis and the others, three hundred years was just a blink of an eye. These fierce people who had lived for several cycles of the universe were now busy preparing for the possible impact.
We had Xiaoxue who had returned from the future. Unfortunately, we couldn't count on her at the critical moment. She knew nothing about discontinuity. This could mean that discontinuity did not cause any consequences, or it could be that there were other reasons why it was not recorded in the future textbooks. Anyway, we couldn't be careless just because of Xiaoxue's attitude. Sandora was right. Anything that had anything to do with the Abyss could not be good. No matter when it was, it was certainly not too much to treat it as a huge threat.
I accompanied Sandora to understand the other aspects of the deep diving plan. Usually, Lin Xue would have been bored and gone home by now. However, she seemed to be particularly enthusiastic about work today. She actually followed me and Sandora to listen to the report for a long time. After Tawil had reported in detail the plan for the next deep dive, she came over and said, "Tawil, don't you have something to report about me?"
I was stunned. "Lass Lin, what did you discuss with Tawil again?"
"No," Lin Xue waved her hand. "I knew that she had something to report today when I woke up. She even wanted to give me a surprise just now. Tawil, I appreciate your kindness. It's really hard for you to be so humane. It's a pity that I'm not fated to be surprised in this life. "
Tawil was stunned by Lin Xue's words. In the end, he pushed his glasses a little awkwardly and said, "Err, I do have something to report … It seems that it is really difficult to beat around the bush with the prophet. Your Majesties, and Matriarch, I am pleased to show you a new technology. The main developer of this new technology is not me, but Lady Alleria. "
I was immediately excited when I heard this. Although I don't know much about technology, I like to join in the fun. I suddenly regretted not letting Shallow Shallow stay. That girl liked to join in the fun … But forget it, she herself was a huge fun person. If there was a Shallow Shallow in the new product launch, the chances of the stage collapsing were too high.
Tawil led the way in front while I, Sandora, and Lin Xue followed behind. The four of us soon arrived at the teleportation station in the research institute. Teleportation stations like this were common in various facilities in the Empire. They were used to transport people and small items directly from one department to another. The teleportation distance could be within the City of Shadows, or it could be two or three worlds away. You could think of it as a super elevator. These teleportation stations were small and simple. Most of the time, they were so simple that they didn't even have individual cabins. For example, the station on each floor of the research institute was actually an empty space at the end of the corridor. There was a control panel inlaid on the wall next to it, and the ground was painted with a blue light pulse. A line of words floated on the ground in the middle of the ring: Teleportation of people and goods. No weight limit. Please do not leave the ring. Once set, do not stop halfway. Do not stick chewing gum under the control panel.
This was a small station used for teleportation between facilities. It was about the same size as the civilian teleportation stations on the streets outside, but it used a special 'route'. Also, the last sentence of the notification was something I added after Xiaoxue came here.
"We still have to go through the teleportation station? To another space? " I was surprised to see Tawil setting the teleportation destination. According to the display on the panel, the teleportation destination wasn't even in the City of Shadows, but in a different space.
"We are going to the second research institute established by Alleria," Tawil said mysteriously. "The research department of the Occult."
Just as I was about to say something, the teleportation station was activated. A brief dazzling light flashed in front of me. When the light and shadow gradually stabilized, I found myself in an unusually spacious white hall.
This white hall had a significantly different style from Tawil's research institute. Tawil's research institute was covered in steel and cold colors. The tough and simple overall atmosphere was easy to associate with a high-tech future base. Everywhere reflected the three principles of 'precision, efficiency, and unity'. The white hall in front of me was more like some kind of … religious place. I didn't know how to describe this atmosphere. This place was about the size of two or three football fields. It was oval in shape, and the ground was made of a dark grayish-white material. It had a luster that seemed to be between metal and rock. The surrounding walls were pure white, and a faint halo spread out from the inside of the walls. It gave off the feeling that the walls were translucent. The hall had a tall arc-shaped dome with streamlined support beams that looked like the bones of birds radiating outward from the center of the dome. Its shape and texture gave the impression of lightness and elegance. There were actually not many decorations in the hall. There was only a circle of pale golden lines where the dome and the wall connected. At the base of the streamlined support beams on the dome, there were carvings that looked like angel wings. For such a large white hall, these two decorations could be said to be extremely simple and elegant. This place adhered to the principle of 'simple decoration, emphasis on practicality' by the Shiring Apostles. But due to the overall color matching and the curved shape of the hall, it still gave people a sense of lightness and elegance.
This was the consistent style of the occult architecture that the Empire had recently rebuilt and flourished. This style was elegant and gentle, even reminiscent of the heavenly palace. It was hard for people to believe that this was the facility built by the ruthless Shiring Apostles, but it really came from the architectural art of the Shiring Apostles. And there was an even more elegant Angel Wall in the celestial metropolis. A large group of angels lived there, and their minds were filled with long live the Empire and war was justice. At the end of the day, the Shiring Apostles were still Shiring Apostles. The amount of nitroglycerin in their heads seemed to have nothing to do with how beautiful the houses they built.
This must be the 'occult research facility' that Tawil mentioned. Who would have thought that in such a short time, Alleria had not only restarted most of the basic industries in the celestial metropolis, but also reorganized the research team. The ability of the Shiring Apostles to rebuild civilization was really amazing.
Many staff were busy walking through the hall. A considerable number of them were angels with wings on their backs like Alaya. They had unique silver hair and golden eyes, which distinguished them from the Galacticus Protoss. At a glance, it was obvious that these were the Schilling Angels that "hatched" from the Angel Wall not long ago. It seemed that not all the Schilling Angels were involved in the battle. Some of them were more specialized in research and development like Alleria. In addition to these Schilling Angels, there were many staff in the hall who looked like ordinary Apostles. They wore white robes similar to Tawil's, but the coat was longer and the collar was inlaid with golden patterns (the uniforms of the researchers under Tawil's name had blue emblems or patterns). At the same time, the style of their clothes seemed to be a little special. This should be the standard attire of occult researchers.
Everyone here looked gentle and scholarly, but I guessed that the researchers here were like the battlefield madmen under Tawil, mad scientists who could pull out seventy or eighty kinds of explosives from their pockets at any time.
"Oh, this place looks pretty good." I looked around and could not help but praise. Although I did not understand what was going on, this place was quite spacious and bright. Well, that's what I meant.
Amateurs enjoy the show, while experts appreciate the artistry. After looking around, Sandora's evaluation was much more professional. "This place is quite spacious and bright."
I was speechless.
Doesn't seem very professional … Well, anyway, Sandora did not come from a scientific research unit.
Just as we were praising this spacious and beautiful place, an elegant figure shrouded in holy light suddenly floated down from above. The Kite Angel, Alleria, appeared in front of everyone with a smile. "Your Majesties and Matriarch, I just heard news from Tawil. Are you here to inspect the 'Omen' system?"
"Omen?" Hearing the name, I subconsciously glanced at Lin Xue, thinking that it was related to Lin Xue just from the name. Then I shook my head. "We don't know what we're here for. Tawil is being mysterious and didn't say anything."
"Please come with me." Alleria spread her wings gracefully and floated backward. "This is a universal system with a wide range of uses. You will be satisfied with its results."
At this time, another holy white light descended from the sky and Alleria's figure slowly emerged from the white light. The angel sister felt the familiar atmosphere and automatically woke up from hibernation. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. She found familiar scenes all around her and was a little dazed. Then she saw Alleria floating in front of her. "Alleria? You rebuilt the Sacred Hall of Knowledge? "
Only then did I know that the mystical side called the 'research center' the 'Sacred Hall of Knowledge'. There was still a difference between the two cultures.
"We found a fragment of the Sacred Hall of Knowledge at the border of Chaos, so we started the reconstruction ahead of time," Alleria said respectfully to Alleria. "Some of the databases in the Sacred Hall fragment are still usable, and most of the Ultra Laboratory is still intact. The reconstruction process was smoother than expected. Now the only problem here is the lack of personnel. But scholar-type apostles can't be rushed, so we can only train them slowly. "
"Oh." The angel sister nodded with a unique confused expression, but her words were not confused at all. "Was it repaired according to the old site of the Sacred Hall or redesigned? I remember there was a plan to expand the Sacred Hall back then. There weren't enough Ultra Laboratories, but something happened before the expansion could be completed. "
"Don't worry, the expansion has been completed." Alleria's voice was slightly emotional. "It was rebuilt according to the expansion plan that failed to be realized back then. Although it was delayed by 70,000 years, the expansion of this place has finally been completed according to the design."
A dazed smile appeared on Alleria's face. She smiled slowly and said in a very gratified tone, "Good, another mission completed."
The structure of the Sacred Hall of Knowledge was very different from the technological research center. The entire building seemed to be built by spatial expansion and other magical spatial distortion technology. It was full of vast space inside, and many of the spaces did not conform to the geometric structure of reality at all. For example, you would see doors next to each other on a wall, but no matter which door you opened, you would see an unusually vast new room. It was as if all the doors led to a different dimension. You would see stairs and corridors on the wall or on the ground, but there was no space on the other side of the wall to accommodate these things. This building should not have been built according to the normal spatial structure, but it was built just like that. This kind of construction reminded me of ghosts going through a wall …
How did I make that connection?!
Alleria led us through a few doors that did not conform to the normal spatial structure, so I guessed that we had entered a place similar to a folded space laboratory. Finally, we came to a slightly smaller circular hall. This was the laboratory. This place looked very different from a technological laboratory. All the equipment and facilities had a streamlined and elegant appearance, and I couldn't tell what they were used for. Of course, I couldn't tell what they were used for in a technological laboratory either. There were very few large-scale equipment here, but there were many runes and illusory "devices" floating in midair. I saw some workers touching the runes in the air or directly "writing" runes in midair in order to affect the equipment around them or the things on the test bench. This novel method of operation was truly eye-opening. However, after looking around, I still couldn't find where the "precursor" device was. There were many workstations that resembled non-gravity platforms, but there were all sorts of things floating on those workstations. It was impossible to tell which one was the main focus of the analysis.
"The 'Harbinger' is not a specific device, but a universal system that can be embedded in a variety of equipment," Alleria immediately explained. Alleria heard my question and immediately explained, "All the equipment you see here is embedded with the trial 'Precursor' module, from weapons to shields to soul uploading devices. We are currently verifying its wide range of applicability."
"What is it?" I could not help but ask.
"An amorphous runic array. Tawil originally tried to use psionic frequency division to simulate the Prophet's power to observe multiple world lines, but in the end, we found that a rune system with higher uncertainty was more effective," Alleria said as she led us to the nearest test bench. She communicated with the scholars here, and then waited for the on-site staff to prepare all the equipment. "You can directly see its effect."
There was a shield generator floating in the non-gravity zone of the test bench. It was the kind of external shield generator commonly used on the technological side. It seemed like it was just as Alleria had said, the 'Harbinger' was a universal device. Although it was created in the Sanctuary of Knowledge on the mystical side, it was not only the mystical side that was being tested here.
Alleria touched the crystal panel below the non-gravity platform, and the seemingly ordinary shield generator was fixed in mid-air by a set of floating devices. She then pulled out her golden holy sword from the air and swung it at the shield generator.
This light tentative attack was, of course, immediately blocked by the psionic shield. But unlike a normal stress shield, the generator was actually activated before Alleria summoned the longsword!
Alleria then tested it a few more times. She waved her longsword in front of the shield generator and even released scorching holy light to bombard it a few times. It was only a few millimeters away from hitting the generator, but the shield generator showed no signs of activating.
I knew that this kind of external shield was used to enhance the soldier's defense. It could add an additional layer of protection to the Shiring Apostles' own shield. This device had two working modes, stress type and long-term type. The former would only activate when a threat entered its scanning range, while the latter was long-term. Obviously, the former's instantaneous protection was far better than the latter. However, the error rate of the stress system was a problem that could not be ignored. It would scan for high heat, high energy, high speed, or other threatening things that were too close, but not every scan was timely and accurate. The problem of false alarms was very serious. Sometimes the external shield was activated, but the attack only brushed past the soldier. It could be that the soldier was lucky enough to escape the attack, or it could be that the enemy was really unlucky, so the stress shield wasted its energy for nothing.
Moreover, in the face of an attack that was too fast and violent, the stress mode might not be able to react. If the opponent used psionic energy to attack without any delay, the soldiers could only set the shield to a low-protection long-term mode. After all, the attack of psionic weapons was faster than the speed of light, and there was no time for any sensors to react.
And I had already realized what was going on with the 'Harbinger' system in front of me.
It was anticipating! It had decided when it was going to activate before the incident happened!
Alleria tested it a few more times. Sometimes her attack would hit the shield generator at a distance of only a millimeter, but the latter showed no signs of activating (if it was a normal stress mode, it would have been activated long ago if there was a high-energy reaction at a very close distance). Sometimes, she did not move at all, but the shield generator was still activated, and the next second after the shield was activated, the attack would come out of nowhere. The holy light thrust that Alleria summoned with Silent Casting was a completely unavoidable assassin-style attack, but the 'Harbinger' system had already reacted before Alleria even noticed it was about to attack!
"This is' Harbinger, '" Alleria put away her weapon, a little annoyed. It seemed that even though she knew what she was testing, dealing with something that was almost prophetic still made the kiting angel quite depressed. But soon, her tone became proud and high-spirited. "In theory, a system without error will only defend against things that are 100% certain to hit itself. Even if the attack hasn't arrived, even if the enemy hasn't thought of pulling the trigger, it will still activate. If it doesn't activate, it means that the attack will indeed miss and not hurt itself. Even if the fatal threat is only a millimeter away from the protected target, it will not activate at all. No wastage and no mistakes. 'Omen' is such an embedded prediction system. "
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