Sandora and I quickly arrived at Tawil's research institute. As expected, Halland was also there. As an expert with a deep understanding of the Abyss, Halland was now one of the people in charge of the deep submergence project.
Tawil didn't beat around the bush with us and went straight to the point. "The people in the deep submergence harbor just sent a confirmation message. There is indeed a large number of wreckages under the Gate of the Abyss. Currently, these wreckages are slowly moving towards the real world. The exact number is unknown, and the interference is too strong."
"Did they come from the other side?" Sandora looked into Tawil's eyes and asked the question that everyone was concerned about. "We can't be sure for the time being.
We still don't have the technology to track the drifting objects in the Abyss. And to be honest, it's unlikely that there will be wreckages in the Abyss. "Tawil shook his head." Any orderly matter will quickly disintegrate in the environment of the Abyss, and the speed at which it dissipates is even faster than in the void. If something like the deep submergence ship encounters a malfunction like a shield malfunction in the Abyss, it will disintegrate in about ten minutes. It's impossible for wreckages to be left behind, and it's even more impossible for it to 'drift' for some distance. I think that the wreckages are very strange, and there are too many suspicious points. "
I turned to look at Halland. "Have you taken any measures yet?"
"We're monitoring them for the time being. At the same time, we've sealed off the deep submergence harbor." Halland spread her hands. "I originally planned to fish them up to take a look, but I suddenly remembered that the Fallen Apostles have already researched the Abyss's submergence technology. They have the ability to travel in the shallow Abyss. If these wreckages are traps that they set up, it will be troublesome to fish them up."
Halland's words instantly woke me up from my excited state. I touched my hair and thought to myself, 'Fortunately, this cunning old fox in front of me is meticulous and has stayed in the Fallen Apostles' camp for a long time. What he's worried about might really happen. '
"But we can't just leave them alone." Sandora thought for a while and came up with a plan. "Sooner or later, we'll have to salvage those things and have a look. If they really came from the other side and we missed them, it would be a great loss. I guess they won't be able to survive in the abyss for long. Let's do it this way. We'll personally go to the Deep Submersible Harbor to keep watch while Ah Jun goes over to provide support. If it's really something that the Fallen Apostle brought over, purify it on the spot. No matter how capable they are, they won't be able to resist Ah Jun's prodigal son's return … "
I hurriedly covered Sandora's mouth. "Don't tell me the name of that stupid skill!"
Tawil nodded expressionlessly. "Then I'll prepare the shuttle right away. According to the condition of the wreckage, they can still hold on for quite a while. Your Majesties, there's no need to be anxious."
After Tawil left, I turned to Halland and asked, "Do you want to tag along? You're a specialist. "
"Of course I have to go over and take a look." Halland smiled. "If it's from the other side, it'll be fine. If it's really from the abyss … I can meet up with my 'old friend'. When the time comes, don't snatch it from me. I haven't had much exercise ever since I switched factions. "
I was speechless for a moment. I thought to myself that he was indeed a product of Xi Ling. Uncle Halan, who usually looked like a mature, steady, and reliable big brother, was as explosive as Pandora. Looking at the fighting spirit in his eyes, it was obvious that he had grown up soilless cultivation with nitroglycerin …
Very soon, Tawil had everything prepared. The few of us boarded the shuttle to the Deep Submersible Harbor. However, Tawil didn't board the shuttle with us because she already had seven or eight projections waiting at the destination. This omnipresent schizophrenic bespectacled girl could travel across the entire Empire in an instant. High-level intelligence, you deserve it. What a mess …
The Deep Submersible Harbor had special security measures for safety reasons. It was impossible to teleport directly through the World Gate, so we could only take a high-speed shuttle there. The journey was delayed for more than two hours. However, what Tawil said was right. The wreckage was in good condition. Judging from the looks of it, it could last for a long time in the abyss. When we arrived at the Deep Submersible Harbor, not only was it not destroyed by the abyss, it was still approaching the world of Order unhurriedly. It looked like it didn't care if the world was flooded or if the World Gate was closed.
The Deep Submersible Harbor was still the same. A lone Gate of the Abyss floated in space. Countless suppression towers controlled its activities around it. A control platform and various ancillary facilities were built at the critical point of the Gate of the Abyss to monitor the harbor. The only difference from the last time we came was that there were many more space buildings. Some of them were laboratories used to carry out a few new specialized research projects. These research projects required a large scale abyss environment, and we couldn't move this kind of environment to the Shadow City. So, Tawil built many such laboratories near the Deep Submersible Harbor. Now, the scale of these laboratories was almost as large as a densely packed asteroid belt. The rest of the new buildings were mainly shielded broadcast towers and monitoring and control facilities. Ever since the control platform of the Deep Submersible Harbor was destroyed by the Black Shuttle, Tawil had paid special attention to improving the security level of the harbor. Although we didn't know how effective these shielded broadcast towers and monitoring and control points were against the Black Shuttle, it was better than nothing.
The shuttle landed smoothly on the upper berth of the control platform. We immediately met Tawil (mass projection), who had been waiting for a long time. She saluted us and said, "Your Majesties, the observation room and the deep submersible ship are ready."
The corner of my mouth twitched. "Er … We meet again. It's quite convenient for you to be everywhere. "
"Actually, Your Majesty, you can also consider creating a mass projection," Tarver's unknown mass projection earnestly suggested. "I can specially design a mass projection that suits your daily senses. This way, it will be more convenient for Your Majesty to handle some matters that you need to run around. Are Her Majesty Sandora and Her Majesty Halland interested? I can … "
"Forget it!" The three of us said in unison. Then, I looked at Halland and Sandora curiously. "Why don't you like this? It's because I don't have the habit of schizophrenia. But you can control your bodies with multiple threads, right? "
Halland chuckled and shook her head. "My multithreading is specialized in combat. It's fine if you give me one or two thousand floating cannons, but it's useless to have a few more bodies. Plus, I don't travel often."
Sandora shook her head. "I can control my mass projection, and I've used it before. But I don't like it. Releasing the power of a Soul Snatcher through mass projection gives me a sense of disorientation. At the end of the day, this is a skill for researchers. It's not suitable for combat classes like us. Also … "Sandora paused and glanced at me." Also, if I stand in front of you in seven or eight, no matter which one you kiss, I'll feel like I'm stealing my husband. Also, you have to consider what to do if Shallow Shallow is interested in this. Her brain is filled with endless ideas. If she really splits herself into mass projections, I'm sure she can create hundreds of thousands of her with different personalities … "
I didn't dare to continue thinking about this topic. It looked like we were about to explore to the highest level of ethics!
The center of the control platform was the largest laboratory in the deep submergence port. This building occupied … Hmm, I don't know how much, but it was quite large. It was directly connected to the high-sensitivity signal towers around the control platform. These signal towers were also connected to the suppression towers around the Gate of the Abyss and several unmanned observation stations inside the gate. Through a complicated information transmission route, we could safely observe the movements inside the Gate of the Abyss. We had previously taken back the advanced communication device from the Merovans in the fifteenth sky during the old Empire. Tawil and Alleria had already reverse-engineered the communication device and applied its principles to various deep submergence facilities. Now that we were outside the Gate of the Abyss, it was much easier to understand the situation inside the gate than before. The 'scenery' we saw was also much clearer than before.
In the largest observation center of the central laboratory, Tawil pointed to a set of images on the holographic projection. "Those are the wreckages."
I looked at the holographic image in front of me. This image was a direct observation image from the observation station inside the Gate of the Abyss. Those observation stations had a short lifespan, but they could send back clear and first-hand information during working hours. This was an amazing technological advancement. Although I had never understood all technological advances.
Most of the images were dark. The most conspicuous thing in this dark background was the erratic clouds. These clouds kept appearing and disappearing. That was the most puzzling phenomenon of the Abyss' activities, the 'vibration phenomenon'. And in between these clouds were the 'wreckages' that Tawil mentioned. I tried to identify them for a long time before I could see the shape of those things. They seemed to be scattered pieces of different shapes and sizes.
No wonder he could conclude that they were wreckages. Looking at the shape, it must be the appearance of something big after it broke.
In the Abyss, you could not directly observe anything because all observations were based on 'order'. You needed at least 'measurement' and 'data' to describe whether something existed or not, and what it looked like. You needed volume to describe an object, temperature to describe cold and heat, distance and coordinates to describe a location. These orderly data were all chaotic in the Abyss. So the usual observation method in the Abyss was' indirect comparison '. Scanning a certain area with an information-sensing radar, and then scanning a second time after a short period of time. The results of the two scans would be overlapped, and the duplicate data would be removed. The' negative 'part was the picture of the Abyss (this picture was only theoretical, there was no real entity in the real Abyss). Even special existences like Sandora and I used the same method to 'see' things after entering the Gate of the Abyss. It was just that our observation medium was not radar signals but spirit and will. I just want to mention one thing. Under normal circumstances, everything we see in the Abyss is just a blurry silhouette, but those wreckages are real, and we can distinguish the details of the "real" objects!
It was as clear as the naked eye, and there were even colors!
If we did not consider that it was just a pile of wreckages, such a scene was not impossible. If it was a normal submersible ship, then because it maintained an environment similar to an Order Field, and this environment ensured its own order through self-explanation, it could naturally be directly observed like this. But those things were obviously just a pile of wreckages. They had no shields around them, no triple respawn layer of protection, and even no energy reaction. They were just a pile of lifeless matter. How did they maintain their current state?
At this moment, the laboratory's system broadcast interrupted my thoughts. "The submersible ship's self-examination is complete. We will begin diving in fifteen minutes."
Sandora touched my arm. Only then did I remember that I was here to act as a safety pin. Looking at the large and small wreckages, it did not seem like they were created by the Fallen Apostle. But just in case, it was better to be prepared. I rubbed my chin and thought for a moment. Then, I resolutely made a decision. "I will go down as well. It should be safer to activate the protective layer from the inside."
"Are you sure?" Sandora looked at me in surprise. "It is the same to activate the protective layer from the outside. It is easy for accidents to happen when diving deeper."
"It's fine." I smiled nonchalantly. "The ancestors are all on the submersible ship. If they are not afraid of accidents, then why should I be afraid of an accident when I have an immortal body? Tawil, will it be alright to add another person to the submersible ship? "
"No problem," Tawil (mass projection) immediately replied. Then, she gave a few instructions to her assistant and turned around. "It is ready. You can head to Port No. 1. Another mass projection of mine will be there to receive you."
"… …" I was speechless. Why don't you just book all the positions here?
It did not take me much effort to reach the submersible ship. It was my first time stepping into such a special spaceship, so I could not help but be curious about everything around me. As soon as I entered the main control room of the spaceship, I could not help but look around. This redesigned spaceship had relatively ample passenger space. Although it could not be compared to the large spaceships that often had a space city inside, it was still very spacious for short voyages. But after looking around, I found that this spaceship was no different from an ordinary Empire spaceship. The clean and bright silver interior of the battleship, the occasional wandering blue light on the walls and the ceiling, the data terminals were everywhere, and the autonomous robots that were responsible for the daily maintenance of the spaceship. These things were common on other spaceships. Although the function of the submersible ship was a little special and its appearance was a little strange, it did not make it look like an alien hatchery from the inside out. I did not know why, but as long as I had anything to do with the Abyss, I would always associate it with some strange, mutated scenes.
"Your Majesty?" Anthus' voice came from beside me. "I just received the teleportation signal. Why are you here?"
The ancestors sat in two rows in the main control room. They were all wearing the standard military uniform of the New Imperium with the special mark of the Deep Submergence Project Department on their collars. They were all dressed neatly and had serious expressions on their faces. Some of them were even busy inputting commands on the control panel. They seemed to have become rather professional operators of the Deep Submergence Spacecraft. Anthus and the ancestors turned around and looked in the direction of the teleportation device in surprise. They were obviously surprised that I had come personally.
I waved at him. "I am here to be your shield. Don't mind me, just dive. Just think of me as a spaceship part …"
Anthus knew that I had a habit of shooting my mouth off. He understood what I meant and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he turned around and continued to unlock the various equipment on the submersible ship. This spaceship was equipped with a lot of special equipment. These equipment either had a limited lifespan or had a strong interference with the surrounding environment (for example, the shield that simulated the world barrier. When turned on, it would severely affect the stability of the surrounding space). Therefore, it could only be activated manually when we were about to dive. I watched Anthus operate the equipment with ease. I couldn't help but mutter, "Looks like you guys learn these new things pretty quickly."
"Teaching procedures, memory input, everything is done in a flash." Anthus shrugged. "It's easy to learn how to use these equipment. You just need to insert the memory directly into the brain. You can even input the principles of the equipment directly into the brain. However, it's too difficult to turn it into knowledge that we can grasp. We can recite many advanced theories backwards, but no one knows what they mean … I'm afraid it will take us a long time to understand the textbooks in our heads. Hmm, this isn't too bad. At least we have something to do. "
At least we have something to do. This seemed to be the motto of our ancestors. At least, it was Anthus' motto. "No matter when, don't become useless." They had followed this creed to where they were today.
"The submersible ship is approaching the Gate of the Abyss," Anthus reminded me a few minutes later. "There might be some tremors. It's best to sit on a chair."
I waved at him. As I transformed into my Void form, I released my power. "Don't worry about me. It's best if I don't touch anything in this form. I might break the chair."
Anthus gaped at His Majesty, who had turned into a black, faceless man. He looked incredulous. "This is …"
Only then did I remember that this was the first time Anthus had seen my Void form. I could understand why he was so surprised. "Oh, this is what the legendary Void Creature looks like when it's fully grown. Although it doesn't look easy to understand, it's still quite powerful."
Anthus nodded in understanding. "Oh, so you're still facing this way. I thought that was the back of your head."
"… Don't worry. Don't worry."
Who did I piss off when I was fully grown? Why does everyone have to be surprised?
Anyway, the submersible ship finally passed through the gate smoothly. I didn't feel too strong of a tremor. A few minutes later, the strange wreckage appeared on the monitor. I didn't expect it to be so close to the real world.
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