Today was the second day since Abyss Schilling arrived at the City of Shadows.
Icetis had gone to the Realm of Gods yesterday and sent Godfather's reply through the Realm of Gods and the City of Shadows. As expected, Godfather was shocked by the news from Abyss Schilling. It was obvious that even someone as knowledgeable as him couldn't understand it. He had done a lot of research on the Void Cataclysm, but because he didn't have access to the crucial information from the other side, the Realm of Gods' research was far behind Abyss Schilling's. Godfather had already organized a group of experts and sent the news to Huron. Now, we just had to wait for the King of Huron's reply. Then, the four parties would gather. This would be the most special and memorable collaboration in the history of the Void. Two Protoss, the Xiling Empire, and the Abyss Empire. No matter how I looked at it, these four parties seemed to have a strange person mixed in …
Because I was worried about Abyss Schilling, I rushed to the research center after breakfast. Sandora had to deal with some matters in the military, so she didn't come along. Liliana, on the other hand, wanted to go to the temple, so she tagged along. Although I suspected that Liliana's claim of going to the temple for morning lessons was complete nonsense, her real intention was to visit Abyss Schilling …
I could clearly feel that the research facility was busier than usual, and the atmosphere was more tense than usual. Part of it might be because Tarver had increased the manpower for the Deep Submergence Project, and the other part was that the arrival of Xi Ling from the Abyss had caused the staff here to feel a little strange. No matter what, she was the supreme commander of the Abyss. Even if we knew her true intentions now, the reputation of Xi Ling from the Abyss was still widespread. For the head of the enemy army to suddenly come to the City of Shadows as a guest, even if it was Shadora, it would still be awkward.
I found Tawil (main body) and Abyss Schilling in the large research center of the project team. The two of them seemed to get along well. They were discussing technical matters next to a set of holographic equipment, and there were only two assistant technicians helping to operate the equipment and record things. Tawil was a standard mad scientist and a member of the Imperial Army. As long as there was a superior's order and a research goal, she would be able to focus on her work. Even if the ruler of the Abyss was standing in front of her, she would still be able to keep a straight face. This was also one of the reasons why Sandora and I trusted her with such an important task. Looking at how she was discussing technical matters with Abyss Schilling, it was obvious that she had almost forgotten about Abyss Schilling's background and treated him as an academic rival of the same level.
I pulled Lina to my side so that she wouldn't cause any trouble. Then, I walked up to greet Tarver and Xi Ling. "Hey, are you two busy?"
"Hey, they don't look like Shiring Apostles." "Greetings." Tawil immediately returned a military salute. Abyss Schilling glanced curiously at the shorty beside me. "They don't look like Shiring Apostles? Although they have the power of a Star Domain Protoss, they don't look like pure Gods … Are they also your researchers? "
"I, Pope, am a benevolent and compassionate female Pope who is revered by all immortals and mortals! I am the spokesperson of Captain Jingle, one of the top ten thousand experts in the City of Shadows. I am a cute girl who can have both sisters and wives. I am the leader of the Ghost Beast Group of the First Family Brat Faction. I have long occupied the left armrest of the sofa in front of the television, and I have occupied the Discovery Channel for two months now. Are you afraid … Hey, boss, let go. I haven't finished yet. I, Pope, still have more than ten knight groups under me that I haven't introduced … "
I conveniently stuffed a bag of snacks into this crazy loli's mouth. I looked up at Abyss Schilling awkwardly. "Don't mind her. She has always been this crazy. This is Liliana, a member of my family. When she's sane, she's a representative of the God Realm. She's here today for a tour. Just pretend that she doesn't exist. "
"Tour?" Abyss Schilling was stunned. "She's an unrelated person … You're just bringing her around like that?"
"You're the unrelated person!" Liliana forcefully swallowed the snacks into her stomach. Her eyes rolled back as she jumped up and tried to hit Abyss Schilling's stomach. "I, Pope, have been working hard in the Empire for … I can't remember how many years. Anyway, you have to figure it out yourself. How could I, Pope, be an unrelated person! On the other hand, this Pope, with the all-purpose conspiracy theory, feels that you are plotting something … "
I was already used to people like Liliana going crazy, but it was the first time Abyss Schilling had seen something like this. She was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at me curiously. She started nagging, "Why do you have such strange people around you? And this Shadow City of yours … I didn't really come into contact with it yesterday, so I didn't notice it. But today, I realized that more than half of the residents here aren't Shiring Apostles. Even if they are Shiring Apostles, they're completely different from the Imperial Army that I remember. The armored scorpions are fond of drawing abstract paintings on their shells. Schilling's Host is lining up to buy desserts. There are even things like vending machines in the military district that are completely unnecessary … It's even more chaotic outside the military district. Why would the ruling center of the Empire need these things that I don't understand? What's the business district for? "
I glanced at Tawil. The latter shrugged. "I didn't ask her to go out. I only showed her Mother Shallow Shallow's promotional video for the Shadow City. Then, I asked Schilling to chat with her for a while. She seemed to find it hard to accept."
"It's not hard to accept," Abyss Schilling immediately retorted with a straight face. "It's hard to understand. I don't think there's anything wrong with this, and I'm not in the position to guide your city planning. I just don't understand what's the use of this current situation."
"Every Fallen Apostle who has just arrived has the same thoughts as you. Back then, Halland and Zadom were even more surprised than you were." I shrugged nonchalantly. "If I have to say … this is the path that I have chosen for the Empire. I feel that it should develop this way, so I slowly built it into this state. Currently, it seems that everyone is very satisfied with the current situation. This doesn't affect the efficiency of my Empire. The Empire soldiers are also used to this kind of life. Furthermore, the minions and the macro world are also very satisfied. Isn't this better than your lifeless Abyss? "
Abyss Schilling thought for a while, but in the end, he still shook his head with a straight face. "I can't understand, and I can't calculate. I don't see how this is beneficial to the Empire. Perhaps it has something to do with you not being a pure Shiring Apostles … But since your new Empire is developing well, perhaps your path is somewhat reasonable. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. There are no other races in the Abyss. "
While I was talking to Abyss Schilling, Liliana had already sneaked up to the latter's big box when no one was paying attention. She began to dig around curiously. Then, I suddenly saw Abyss Schilling's projection suddenly turn blue. Liliana instantly exclaimed, "Wow! Boss, look at this projection. It's the same as the equipment on our spaceship! The usage is the same! "
Abyss Schilling's face, which had always been calm, revealed a trace of a strange expression. "Can't she calm down?"
I smiled bitterly as I grabbed Liliana's collar and lifted her up. She flailed her arms and legs in the air, kicking and screaming, "Boss, put me down! Don't force me. My madness is contagious! Contagious, are you afraid … "
After I threw her into the basket, the world finally returned to peace. The strange expression on Abyss Schilling's face became even more obvious. "I don't know how to describe it, but she seems to be hostile towards me … I'm not sure if my judgment is accurate. After all, the collective consciousness doesn't really understand the thinking of the creatures in the real world."
"She is hostile towards all strangers. Let's not talk about this for now. How's your conversation with Tawil going? "
Tawil took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have organized the early information stored in this device and all the information that Abyss Schilling brought. I am now comparing the information with our own research data. The results of the comparison match perfectly. "
"In other words, the information that she brought is all true?"
When talking about technology, Tawil's expression became especially serious. His speech also became meticulous. "It seems so for now. But before I get all the information, I can't make any conclusions about the Void Cataclysm. In theory, at least. "
"I also heard something from Xiaoxue … Let's talk about this later. What about the wreckage that I brought back? "
"The main body of the wreckage is still in the garage. At present, only a part of the debris is undergoing routine inspection." Tawil nodded. "According to the current analysis, the wreckage did come from the other side. They lack a lot of key properties. It's not that they don't have them, but they are unpredictable. This is the characteristic of the materials from the other side. "
I looked at the holographic device next to Tawil. The projection showed a piece of black material. It should be the thing that I brought back. Looking at the strangely shaped fragments, I suddenly had an idea. "What if I put these fragments together?"
Abyssal Schilling shook his head. "It's useless. We can't restore the spaceship from the other side. Even if we can figure out the technology, we can't make the missing key components of the spaceship. We can't use the materials from the other side."
"Of course, I don't intend to fix this thing. It's all broken. Who would expect it to work?" I said with my arms crossed. "I just want to see what this thing originally looked like and see if I can figure out the general structure of the spaceship. Maybe it can provide some inspiration for the deep diving equipment we build."
"Whatever, it won't take up much time. But I don't think there's any value in your attempt." Abyssal Schilling didn't seem to be interested in the topic. "I thought so too, and I tried to restore one-third of it. But later, I found that there was no benefit in doing so, so I gave up. Their deep diving protection technology has some value, but the spaceship's structure is completely meaningless. We can't use it. Of course, if this is your personal interest, then there's no way. "
"Tawil, arrange for some people to put these pieces back together." I looked at the bespectacled lady next to me. "Don't treat it as an important task. Just don't delay the main business."
After that, I learned about the progress of the deep diving project and Abyssal Schilling's deep diving project. The results were basically as I expected: whether it was the New Empire or the Abyss, their deep diving research was based on the broken foundation of the Old Empire. Although Abyssal Schilling had a lot of information left behind by the Old Empire in her memory bank, she was seriously injured in the disaster, and a lot of the information was destroyed. So, her various projects didn't go smoothly. On the other hand, on the New Empire's side, we had less basic information. However, we had once obtained the prototype of a deep diving ship. Although that ship had been destroyed in the accident, Tawil was still able to dig out as much technology as possible from it. So, even though the New Empire had a serious technological gap in all aspects, its deep diving technology was still on par with the Abyss.
All in all, the New Empire and the Abyss Faction's deep space research were about the same. No matter who it was, neither of them had been able to surpass the technological peak of the Old Empire's era. However, this was probably due to so-called luck. The most important information that had floated over from the other side of the Chaos Abyss had landed in the hands of Xi Ling. Xi Ling was far ahead of us in terms of intelligence.
But there should be a reason for this situation. Back then, the Old Empire responded to the call from the other side, and the other side didn't know what happened after that. So, they should still be sending things over to the other side according to the vague coordinates they had obtained back then. Abyssal Schilling happened to occupy the remaining territory of the Old Empire after the fall of the Old Empire, so it was only natural that she would receive those things. So, the discovery of the "black shuttles" in the New Empire and the Protoss's territory was actually an unexpected harvest.
If I guessed correctly, those black shuttles were actually probes that had gone the wrong way.
Tawil and Abyssal Schilling discussed some technical issues for a long time, and I couldn't get a word in edgewise. I only knew that they were comparing the deep diving technology of the two factions, and at the same time, looking for "entry points" for the next step of cooperation. After all, the New Empire and the Abyss had always been cut off from each other. Both the New Empire and the Abyss had been developing their respective technologies without interfering with each other. Now, they had become two completely independent systems. Of course, if the New Empire and the Abyss wanted to cooperate on this kind of cutting-edge technology, they couldn't simply send a bunch of experts and just pile all the data together. They had to plan ahead of time in order to avoid wasting time and energy. Fine, I'm just not good at planning ahead of time …
"The technology of your deep diving ships is already very mature, at least in the right direction. As long as you continue to improve, you will naturally be able to build more advanced large ships," Abyssal Schilling affirmed after seeing the New Empire's deep diving ships. Of course, she only saw the basic structure, and the technical details could only be revealed later. "Right now, your problem is that your 'adaptability' to the environment of the Abyss is not good, and you can only rely on brute force to increase the ship's endurance. Once the defense system stops, the ship itself will be instantly destroyed."
I could finally understand what she meant, so I quickly expressed my opinion. "I know, this is equivalent to wearing an impenetrable armor on the outside, but the body inside is vitamin A deficient to Z …"
Abyssal Schilling looked at me silently. "Your analogy is always accurate … but also very strange."
I stayed in the research center with Liliana for a while to get a general understanding of Tawil's work progress, as well as the wreckage and data that Abyssal Schilling brought. After that, I had nothing else to do and was ready to leave. But before I left, I suddenly remembered something and asked Abyssal Schilling, "Let me ask you something. Back then, you were the one who protected the Avengers, right?"
"That's right." Abyssal Schilling nodded. "Although the 'method of return' was a little unexpected, this plan was basically the most successful of the self-rescue plans that I personally came up with."
"Then, do you know about the Abyss that Sandora was infected with?" I recalled the strange state of infection on Sandora's body. "She seems to have been infected by the Abyss of Laziness, but whether or not it's laziness is secondary. The main thing is that her current state is a little strange …"
Originally, I had only asked casually. I didn't think that Abyssal Schilling would have an answer. After all, planning a plan that spanned tens of thousands of years and relied almost entirely on luck was already heaven-defying enough. I also didn't expect that Abyssal Schilling would include an uncontrollable factor like the Abyss in her plan back then. But unexpectedly, her expression suddenly became serious. "Her state is strange? Tell me about it. "
The moment I saw the expression on Abyssal Schilling's face, I knew that things weren't simple. I hurriedly held down Liliana, who was already a little agitated, to calm her down. Then, I told Abyssal Schilling about the strange "uncleanable" state that Sandora was in.
"… Anyway, this is the situation that I told you about. Her infection is completely different from the others. She has been by my side for so many years, and it hasn't weakened at all. There's also no sign of its nature changing."
Abyssal Schilling frowned. "Are you sure it's different from the others? Maybe it's just a small change? "
"I'm sure." I nodded vigorously. "There are many examples of infected people in the New Empire. Including the entire Abyss Independent Group that Halland brought here, I can easily pull out millions of cases with different degrees of symptoms. I definitely won't be wrong in this regard."
"Then it seems that my guess is correct," Abyssal Schilling muttered. "Actually, I didn't think that it would succeed. After all, I didn't know about the bridge and the Void structure back then. At that time, even the Abyss of Inertia was just a guess …"
I couldn't wait any longer. "What exactly happened?"
"To put it simply, the world where the Revenge Army was' safely quarantined 'back then was special. I knew that there was an Abyss there, and I also knew that it was a relatively' safe 'Abyss," Abyssal Schilling explained. "In the last few hours before the Empire collapsed, a remote detection station discovered the phenomenon of the Abyss in that world. However, at that time, I had already detected that there was an abnormality in the core of the experimental site. I realized that a disaster was about to erupt. So, in those few hours, I quickly made a plan, which was to temporarily conceal the alarm signal of the remote detection station and isolate the Revenge Army. As for the launching of the arks and the like, it was all done slowly after the great impact began. You should know that the Empire's collapse lasted for over a hundred years. It wasn't completed in an instant. "
I nodded and gestured for Abyssal Schilling to continue.
Abyssal Schilling first asked me a question. "Actually, there were many expeditionary armies of the Empire fighting outside. Other than the Revenge Army, there were several other armies that weren't in the Empire zone at that time. Do you know why I specifically chose the Revenge Army as the 'spark'?"
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