All the channels were silent.
The deep-submersible ship had completely disappeared from the relay station's range. The communication antenna automatically increased its power to the maximum, but there was only silence in the control center. The communicator showed an alarm of no signal, and another recording device next to it showed the data packets received from the deep-submersible ship. The last data packet had not been successfully transmitted, but ninety percent of the data had arrived.
The hall was unusually quiet, and many eyes were focused on us. I knew they were waiting for orders, but Sandora remained silent. So, I had no choice but to step forward and say, "Sort out the data of this deep-submersible ship, including the tracking records of the deep-submersible ship and the changes of the Gate of the Abyss. Upload the last data packets to the main network and use the main network's computing power to solve the discontinuity zone as soon as possible. Tawil, analyze the accident based on the tracking records of the deep-submersible ship... Give us a conclusion in any case. "
I could only assign tasks to this extent. I couldn't understand anything more specialized than that.
Sandora took a deep breath and said calmly, "Before the final conclusion, treat it as an accident. Tawil, speed up the construction of the new deep-submersible ship. This time, we have to take into account the new change factors of the discontinuity zone. "
"Yes, Your Highness." Tawil's real body appeared in front of us and solemnly saluted. Her eyes under the flat glasses were as calm as water, but if you looked closely, you would see that there was a flame burning in the depths of her eyes. As the person in charge of a scientific research project, she instinctively felt annoyed, remorseful, and a burning motivation after encountering such a serious accident.
"That's it. Follow the most serious accident plan. We have rehearsed it every day." Sandora waved at the hall. "Continue to work. Leave the remaining shallow exploration projects to the automatic observation station."
After giving the order, we left the research base.
Tawil organized a meeting on the same day to determine the accident of the deep-submersible ship based on the collected data. The data packets that were sent before we completely lost contact with the deep-submersible ship contained the complete self-examination records of the deep-submersible ship. The meeting lasted several hours, and the conclusion was as everyone had expected: we did not know enough about the discontinuum, its movements were irregular, and the submarine had encountered one of its most irregular movements, which was an accident.
I sat on the sofa in the living room and stared blankly at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window. The house was very quiet. Although the bunch of naughty children didn't follow me to the lab, they could tell from the atmosphere in the house that something big had happened. Hence, all of them were exceptionally obedient and quiet. Most of them were staying in their rooms on the second floor. Even the silly fox wasn't being silly. She lay by the side obediently and used her tail to pick up a glass of water and passed it to me. "Master, drink some water."
I took the cup and saw that it was filled with pet biscuits, so I put it back on the coffee table. "Never mind, I'm not hungry."
Then, he continued to stare blankly.
I didn't know how much time had passed when I saw a figure walking toward me. A white foot wearing slippers gently kicked my leg. "Anyway, you aren't so depressed that you want to kill yourself, are you? Can't you be more forgiving? "
I lifted my head and saw that it was Lin Xue, followed by the naughty Wang Xiaoxue. I beckoned for them to sit down. "I have seen so many deaths. How could I be so weak? I was just thinking about a problem … Mm, an important problem."
"Problem?" Lin Xue said as she pulled her daughter to sit on the left side of the sofa. However, Xiaoxue was smart enough to crawl to the other side. She and her mother surrounded me from both sides. "I thought you were depressed."
"I am a little depressed. After all, I have known them for so long." I nodded and rubbed Xiaoxue's hair subconsciously. "However, the accident has already happened. What we should be thinking about now is the follow-up work and the preventive measures. We can't delay the important matters. And to be honest, it's not entirely impossible for our ancestors to survive. I was thinking about this just now. "
"You mean to cross the critical layer in the middle?" Lin Xue saw that I wasn't depressed but was actively searching for ideas and inspiration. She heaved a sigh of relief. "Indeed. According to Abyssal Schilling's conjecture, after crossing the critical layer, it means that half of the ship is on the other side. The nature of Order and the Abyss will slowly change. The Abyss on the other side won't be as dangerous to the products on the other side. The submersible ship won't be able to cross the discontinuity zone on the other side. But if it keeps moving forward … It's not impossible for it to survive. "
"Yes, as long as it can cross the critical layer, the survival rate of the submersible ship will be very high. It has more than ten layers of protection. As long as the core hasn't completely 'stopped', it can still move." I felt confident. "The only problem now is: How can we confirm if the submersible ship has successfully reached the other side? Even if the probability is only one percent, we have to find a way to confirm it. "
Lin Xue rubbed her chin and fell into deep thought. She had a serious expression on her face. I noticed a flash of white light in her eyes. But in the end, she shook her head. "I might not be able to help. My prophecy ability can't reach the other side. I can't even see a trace of information."
Of course, I didn't expect Lin Xue to rely on prophecy to confirm this matter. I only mentioned my thoughts to her. At this moment, I suddenly thought of something. "Oh yeah, didn't you make a vague prophecy before the deep dive? The result of the prophecy was that the deep dive was a 'success'? "
"Yes, I was also thinking about what this prophecy represented." Lin Xue squinted her eyes. "My prophecy will only be vague or misunderstood due to the misunderstanding of the prophecy. But it will definitely not be wrong. So, the reality will not be the opposite of the prophecy. The goal of today's deep dive is to collect data on the discontinuity zone. The premise is that the submersible ship is still alive. Now that the data on the discontinuity zone has been collected, all that's left is the survival of the submersible ship. I made a prophecy based on this and the conclusion is that the experiment is a success. "
"In other words, the submersible ship is still alive?" I used a cautious tone. After all, this was related to the 'other side'. Everything seemed uncertain.
"I can only say that it should still be alive before it crosses the critical layer. The validity of the prophecy will last until it touches the critical layer. One more step and it will be on the other side. This is beyond my 'vision'." Lin Xue exhaled. "So, we have to hope that the Abyss Schilling's model is correct. And even if her model is correct, and the abyss on the 'other side' is less harmful to the things on the 'other side', it still can't be said to be completely safe. No matter how small the harm is, there will still be some harm. With the submersible ship's broken state, it will be a challenge to sail for such a long time. "
"If they really make it to the other side alive, how can we be sure?"
"So, I have ordered to place a large number of communicators at the Gate of the Abyss and continue to send transit stations deep into the abyss." Sandora's voice suddenly came from the side. "Also, the Protoss and the Abyss Schilling have agreed to place their respective detectors under every Gate of the Abyss within their sphere of influence. As long as there is a message from the other side, they will receive it immediately."
"Even if the submersible ship makes it to the other side alive, it won't be able to send a signal here, right?" I was confused. "The antenna of that spaceship doesn't have such high power, and it's almost broken."
"We are going to receive the signal from the civilization on the other side, not the submersible ship." Sandora smiled. "There is a high probability that the submersible ship will appear in the sphere of influence of the civilization on the other side. Based on our current understanding of them, they will probably rescue the ancestors. As for whether the spaceship will land in the wild void far away from the civilization zone … it's not within our consideration. I had a discussion with the Abyss Schilling earlier. Based on the received signal and the drifting objects on the other side, the mapping relationship between the two sides should be a 'fuzzy correspondence'. Although the void is infinite, it is very likely that the submersible ship will appear in the territory of the civilization on the other side of the void. This seems to be related to the mapping of information, but the specific mapping formula is still being calculated. On the other hand, there is a certain degree of information exchange between the other side and this side. Although it is intermittent, it has also strengthened the information connection between the two sides. This mapping might be strengthened because of this. In summary, the probability of the submersible ship appearing in the wild void is very small. "
I listened to the conclusion that Sandora brought and agreed with her. Indeed, the void is infinite, in the true sense of the word. No matter how powerful the Empire and the Protoss are, compared to the entire void, it is equivalent to zero. Then, what is the probability of the probe that the civilization on the other side of the void sends to the civilization on the other side of the void to be found by the Empire or the Protoss?
It is like there is a needle on both sides of an extremely wide piece of cardboard, and these two needles pierce the cardboard at the same time. In a situation of pure luck, what is the probability that they will meet midway?
If there is no "fuzzy correspondence" mapping relationship, the probability of the probe that was sent to the other side of the void being found by the Empire is infinitely close to zero. Even if the other side later sent the probe when they roughly have the coordinates of the old Empire, they were still lucky when they first established contact with the Empire … So, no matter what, I believe in the existence of this "fuzzy correspondence". It is precisely because of this connection that the super civilization on the other side can come into contact with the civilization on the other side of the void.
Neither Sandora nor I thought about the situation where the submersible ship has been completely destroyed or drifted into no man's land. In that case, all efforts would be meaningless. Compared to giving up, we would rather grasp the slightest bit of hope based on the existing theory. Looking at Sandora's calm blue eyes, I thought of something. "Right now, it is still difficult to establish communication with the other side of the void. The probability of receiving the signal from the other side by relying on the enhanced antenna and relay station is still too low. If it worked, we would have successfully contacted the other side long ago."
"So, I asked them to set up a relay station when they cross the critical layer." Sandora recalled the last thing she told Anthus. "I don't know if the power of the relay station on the submersible ship is enough, but it is already the most advanced equipment that the Empire can produce. If it is purely used to transmit information, it is even more powerful than the antenna of the submersible ship itself. In theory, through the signal enhancement and relay station, we should be able to receive information from the relay station in the critical layer. If the other side of the void has enough abyss communication technology, they should also be able to contact the relay station … Through the relay station, we might be able to contact the other side."
I nodded. This is one of the important goals of the Deep Submersible Project — to set up a relay station on the critical layer that can be used for communication between the two sides. However, in our plan, this goal can only be attempted in at least half a year.
"If it succeeds, it will be a blessing in disguise." Xiaoxue, who had been silent all this while, suddenly hugged me in my arms and muttered in a muffled voice, "The project that was supposed to start in half a year can be completed today ahead of schedule. After contacting the other side, we will prepare to build the bridge. Anyway, we are ready on our side, and the other side started earlier, so they should be ready a long time ago. "
There were three elements to building a bridge: starting point, a stable void environment, and synchronized communication between the two sides. Now that the two elements were in place, only the last one was left.
I suddenly remembered something. Before the formal cooperation with the Abyss Schilling, the Empire had observed that the frequency of the Abyss' activity in the void had decreased significantly for a few months. A large area of the void had entered a period of tranquility. At that time, we didn't understand what was going on. Now that I thought about it, I finally understood. It turned out that the Abyss Schilling's "great project" had been coming to an end since then.
"Well, at least we can relax now." I stood up and stomped my feet lightly, as though I wanted to shake off the heavy atmosphere that had been pressing on me. "Things are not that bad yet. Let's wait for the good news from the other side."
Lin Xue lay down on the sofa and said in a light tone, "I have a hunch that there will be good news."
At that moment, I suddenly felt someone tugging at my trousers. "Master."
I looked down and saw that it was indeed the stupid fox. She had been lying quietly until now. She only raised her head when she felt that we had finally finished talking about the important matters. It was the first time that she had been so obedient. Naturally, I treated her kindly. "What's wrong?"
"Are we done talking about the important matters?"
"Erm, we're basically done."
"Then, can I express my opinion?"
"Erm … Go ahead."
Lord Fox Immortal immediately shouted, "Master, you stepped on my tail just now. Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch —"
A ball of golden fur that was as dazzling as the sun started jumping up and down in the living room, shouting as it ran. The few of us were dumbfounded as we looked at the crazy actions of the stupid fox. Our expressions changed from sunny to cloudy …
However, just as I was about to hold her down and teach her a lesson, Lin Xue's heart softened. "Forget it. She probably just felt that the atmosphere was too heavy and wanted to cheer you up."
I was speechless. As expected, this was the style of this stupid fox.
The accident of the deep-submersible ship dealt a huge blow to the entire bridge-building project. It also revealed to us the irregular and unpredictable side of the Abyss in an even more straightforward manner. Even the Protoss experts were confused and depressed. But no matter what, everything had to continue. As long as the Void Cataclysm was still hanging over the heads of all the worlds of Order, no sacrifice could stop us from building the bridge.
We strengthened our ability to eavesdrop on the signals from the other side, improved the structure of the deep-submersible ship, analyzed the specific strength of the discontinuities and formulated corresponding solutions. After the accident, all the work was carried out in an orderly manner. Even though there was still no news of the ancestors, everyone pulled themselves together and once again faced the challenges with even greater fighting spirit.
It was just that before the new deep-submersible ship was completed, all the "diving" projects had to be delayed for half a month to a month.
On this day, after I settled down the little ones at home, I led Pandora and Visca to the research facility.
The two of them shouldn't be interested in things like scientific research. At this time, they would rather carry their guns and go to the border of the Empire to find trouble with the "New Army". But recently, there was no battle that required their participation. The New Army was firmly suppressed by the Abyss Schilling, and all the worlds that were in contact with the Empire had already surrendered. Also, due to the "magnificent" feat of the Abyss Schilling, there was almost no intense Abyss activity within the range of the Empire's observation of the Void. Naturally, there was no purification expedition. So, the two of them were completely idle. The two of them would easily get into trouble if they were idle for too long. So, I brought them to the research facility purely to take my younger sister to relax.
At the very least, they should be interested in the new weapons of the research facility, right?
As expected, the two of them were quickly attracted by the new weapons of the Weapon Design Department. In an instant, they disappeared without a trace. Meanwhile, I found Tawil, who was busy working in the Deep Submersible Project Department. As expected, I saw the Abyss Schilling here.
What I didn't expect was that Hilla was here as well.
"We are studying the Abyss Schilling's void model, and we are also comparing it with the data of the discontinuity zone that we have collected previously." Hilla took the initiative to say the moment she saw me. Then, she pointed at the Abyss Schilling. "Her model is already very complete. This time, we have confirmed the scale of the discontinuity zone. We should be able to estimate the energy consumption of building the bridge."
Previously, because we didn't know how "wide" the void structure that divided the two sides was, we didn't even know how much energy it would take to build the bridge. We could only imagine that the energy would be piled up to the upper limit, and prepare the energy input according to the amount of energy that the startup could withstand.
I greeted Tawil and the Abyss Schilling. Then, I asked Hilla, "Why didn't you pester Xingchen today?"
"Him? Your messy little Jingle completely crashed the Yggdrasill, and Xingchen personally went to save the day. Tsk tsk. That little thing sure is influential. "
"This deep diving accident gave us a wake-up call." Tawil waited for me to sit down before he got straight to the point. "The chaos of the Abyss is reflected in all aspects, including the aspects that we thought we had grasped its laws. Its only law is that there is no law. Even if the discontinuity zone as a whole continues to approach the real world, its lawlessness will still be reflected in the process. We can no longer use any descriptive and repeatable mathematical language to describe the discontinuity zone. "
"What I mean is, don't think about using tricks or grasping the law to get through the discontinuity zone," Hilla explained. "The only way is to take it head-on, like the Union I, and use a shield that is strong enough to withstand it. Other than that, it is not advisable to use the law of the discontinuity zone to bypass the danger. "
"That's why I thought of a new deep submergence ship structure." Abyss Schilling floated over. "I found inspiration from a 'Black Shuttle' that you captured."
So, I went over and started to study the new deep submergence ship with the two and a half experts (Hilla counted as half an expert).
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