The startup terminal collapsed when the power reached 40%.
Based on Abyssal Schilling's calculations, the startup terminal needed to operate at least 50% of its power to forcefully build a bridge. Even then, it would only be forcefully starting the bridge and might not necessarily succeed. And now, this 40% power … could be said to be completely useless.
It couldn't even completely wake up the system.
"It seems that in the absence of core support, relying solely on external units to provide computing power is useless." Abyssal Schilling sighed. "Even if the computing power is sufficient, it can't guarantee the stability of the system. When the pressure reaches a certain level, it will self-destruct. It's worthless."
I thought about it and made a guess with the optimism of a layman. "It doesn't feel that much different … 40% to 50% is just a small difference. Maybe if we put in more effort next time, we can reach the target? We can change to a more sturdy energy device … "
"It seems that I really only inherited your power." Abyssal Schilling looked at me silently. "Your optimism is unlike my father's. Mistakes in such a rigorous project can't be explained away with just the words' put in more effort ', okay?"
The corners of my eyes twitched. "You should at least speak properly! I'm your father! "
Abyssal Schilling nodded. "Yeah, I know. Why do you have to emphasize it?"
I scratched my head. "Nothing. I wanted to say that in the past. Now that I can finally say it openly … why don't I feel anything?"
Abyssal Schilling looked confused. The others around us all covered their faces as if they couldn't bear to look at me. But my emotions came from the bottom of my heart! Back when I was fighting for my life in the Abyss, I had such a strong belief in my heart. After every battle, I would firmly believe that one day, I would uncover the mastermind behind the Fallen Apostle, and then slap her with the attitude of a victor. She would obediently call me father. Until a few months ago, this was still a great wish in my heart. I only used it to entertain myself when I was depressed. But in the end … in the end, things were unpredictable. It actually came true. Before I could even slap her, she had already acknowledged me as her father. Now, I confidently said to Abyssal Schilling, "I'm your father." Then, I looked at her with a puzzled expression and nodded in acknowledgment … I always wanted to think about what I had been doing for the past few years. Was there really no problem with this world boundary?
However, the messy thoughts in my head were destined not to be shared by the others. Abyssal Schilling just looked at me with a strange expression for a while. Then, he sighed. "Without the core components, there is a limit to the repair of the startup terminal. We have almost repaired all the parts that can be repaired, and the parts that cannot be repaired have been replaced with external equipment. It can be said that there is no room for further construction. This 40% progress … is the current limit of the expert team. If we want it to progress further, it will be as difficult as challenging the laws of the Void. "
"And strictly speaking, the real usable power range of the startup terminal is far less than 40%," Tawil added. "After all, we have to find a way to make it practical, and not just at a certain peak. Based on the situation just now, the entire system can operate stably when the load is less than 30%. After that, the energy module and the data link will start to have problems. In other words, at the stage after that, it is actually just collecting data, and it will not be useful at all when building the bridge, at least in theory. "
"That's it. Tawil, sort out the data. Before we can solve the core problem, we still have to continue the repair work of the peripheral components." Sandora waved her hand and then turned to Abyssal Schilling. "You should also think of a solution on your side. After all, you are the one who built this thing."
"Of course," Abyssal Schilling nodded. Then, he hesitated for a moment. "Err … it should be called stepmother, right? Two days ago, Xiaoxue asked me to supplement my knowledge in this area. Although I feel that it is meaningless, it seems that you creatures in the real world value these things very much. "
Sandora's calm expression suddenly collapsed. She turned her head and glared fiercely at Xiaoxue, who was lying on the table pretending to be dead. Then, she looked at Abyssal Schilling and said word by word, "Leave! That! Bear! Child! Child! Far! Point! There is no benefit in learning from her. "
Although he didn't understand what was going on, Abyssal Schilling nodded. At the same time, looking at Sandora's expression, I suddenly felt very pessimistic about Xiaoxue's pocket money for the next month. Yeah, maybe I wouldn't have to wait until next month because I saw Lin Xue's expression again …
"Oh yeah, Tawil." I was still thinking about what Lin Xue had said two days ago. "Have you moved the warehouse?"
Forcing the activation terminal to start without a core was a last resort. The only hope to solve the problem was to rebuild its core. However, according to Abyssal Schilling, even if the Protoss and the Shiring Apostles worked together, it would still be impossible to build a new core in a short period of time. And when we were faced with this dilemma, Lin Xue gave us a hint: There is no need to be stubborn. The solution is right in front of us.
However, the prophet's hints weren't very clear most of the time. Tawil could only rely on his own understanding to find clues. Facing my question, she seemed a little embarrassed. "Your Majesty, I am incompetent … I haven't found it yet."
"It's okay. Take your time to find it. No matter how fast the Great Cataclysm comes, it won't hit us tomorrow." I took a deep breath and turned to look at Lin Xue and Xiaoxue. However, the two prophets didn't wait for me to speak and pretended to be dead on the table. It seemed that this was a problem that couldn't be pointed out directly. "Erm … Anyway, put some of your energy on the other projects in the research institute. Let nature take its course. You will find it eventually."
I was very confident that Lin Xue had never failed me in this aspect.
Tawil nodded and left. Seeing that there was nothing else here, the big sister waved her hand and told everyone to go home. "Everyone, go back first. It seems that today …"
Before she could finish, however, she was interrupted by a loud voice in the communication channel. "Oh my, the general is leaving? Isn't General going to stay a little longer? General's brother, aren't you going to stay a little longer? You haven't even seen the great success of the warship and the warship's woman … "
"Try saying the words' warship 'again! Don't think that you can be so arrogant just because you were the flagship back then! General, please allow me to beat this idiot up. Although I don't understand what she's saying, she seems to be scolding someone … "
"F * ck, what are you so conflicted about? This is a phrase that I just learned from the main data network two days ago. That Bubble's highest mainframe has been researching 'warship women' every day, so I used it. Can you not be so f * cking unreasonable? Don't play with it if you're not happy! "
"… …" I felt that the solemn atmosphere had been spoiled by these two idiots …
In the end, Visca stayed behind to 'educate' her two good subordinates. The group of us returned home with our worries about the current situation of the startup.
Time passed day by day, and things seemed to have reached an impasse.
The good news now was that our days had finally ushered in the long-awaited peace. In the past, we had hoped to rest for a while without fighting, and now it seemed that our wish had finally come true. The complete pacification of the Abyss, coupled with the large-scale abyssal phenomena in the void turning dormant, meant that the Imperial Army did not have to worry about encountering any major battles in the near future. Although there would always be a little trouble in every world, it seemed that our family could take a slight long vacation.
The bad news was that the maintenance of the startup had completely stopped.
Just as Abyss Schilling had said, without the core components, even the best team of specialists could only do some piecemeal work on the periphery of the startup. They did their best to repair and rebuild the "outer shell" of the startup, reassembling the wreckage into a body the size of a planet. Then, they succeeded in making this body reach 42% load during the second test and run stably for more than ten minutes. But that was the limit of what they could do.
It was impossible to completely rely on a bunch of peripherals and a set of replacement mainframe arrays to bear the burden of building a bridge, be it in theory or in reality.
The Galactic Protoss was still sending more specialists over, and a batch of personnel and supplies from Huron had also been sent over after a long journey to the Empire. They were trying to analyze the structure of the startup from the perspective of their own technology tree, to see if they could use the Protoss's method to rebuild a core. Abyss Schilling did not hold back at all. She readily handed over all the information, including an ancient database that she had obtained from a drifting ship many years ago (this database was the original blueprint of the startup). But she also admitted that she was not optimistic about the Protoss's efforts: Abyss Schilling had been researching the startup for many years, and she knew very well that this thing was beyond everyone's understanding.
Those who understood the theory behind this thing had already died in the last Cataclysm, or had their memories erased like Seiji. The latter was more likely, because we were now guessing that the startup was invented by the two Void Creatures on the other side of the river in the last era. But the two inventors had already deleted their accounts this season and were currently in the stage of continuing to act cute, so it was probably impossible to count on them.
Another report that indicated the slow progress of the project was placed in front of me. Even with my almost simple-minded heart, I still felt a little anxious. Icetis stayed in my study room, pretending to read the report. Before I could sigh, she sighed, "Sigh … Why is it so difficult … How good would it be if the two Void Creatures on the other side of the river had persevered a little longer in their previous lives, at least leaving behind a backup manufacturing plan and product manual … You Void Creatures are really unreliable."
"Please don't insult my race — Even though we are indeed lazy," I lifted my eyelids to glance at Icetis. This female hoodlum was also draped in an Empire uniform that I had no idea where she got it from. Her side profile made her look like a valiant and heroic female general of the Empire. It would have been even better if she didn't have a toothpick in her mouth. "Speaking of which, why are you reading the report here as well?"
"Isn't that obvious? No matter what, I am the leader of a branch tribe, a high-ranked Shiring Apostles, your right-hand man. In any slightly more normal setting, I would at least have the title of Vice Marshal and enjoy the treatment of a main character. Reading the report is part of my duty, just treat it as helping you solve your problems." Icetis gnashed her toothpick hard, not forgetting to flaunt the Imperial Army uniform that she was wearing (Everyone knows the reason why it doesn't fit, there aren't many female Shiring Apostles who have a similar figure as her). "What do you think of this uniform? What I asked for from Sives, other than the buttons on the chest, everything else is pretty good. Hehe, speaking of which, I really made a mistake this time. After being poached by you for no reason, I actually forgot to collect this uniform. I really care too much about your feelings. "
I silently glanced at Icetis, feeling that this female hoodlum who claimed to be here to "solve my problems" was still the same as usual. She had nothing better to do, so she came to cause trouble.
"If you really have nothing better to do, go play with Little Lamp. Weren't you so excited to teach her how to release Holy Light two days ago?"
"I'm not good at dealing with naughty children," Icetis was a veteran naughty child. At this moment, she shamelessly expressed that there was a gap between her and naughty children. Then, she forcefully changed the topic. "Speaking of which, the second batch of search teams to search for our homeland has already set off, right? What do you think they will find this time? "
I thought for a while and felt that there was no point in guessing this topic. "I'm not Lin Xue, so how would I know? But I hope that they will find something. Even if they can't find our homeland, it would be good to find some clues. Now that the activation terminal has caused the three Void races to be on edge, we really need some good news to cheer everyone up. "
After I finished speaking, I realized that Icetis didn't reply for a long time. I curiously looked up and was surprised to see that this female hoodlum was staring at me without even blinking.
"What's wrong?" I felt goosebumps all over my body from her stare. "Is there something on my face?"
Icetis didn't say a word. She just stood up and dragged me out.
"Hey, hey, what's going on …" I was stunned by her sudden action and instantly exclaimed, "I haven't even finished reading this report … Where are you dragging me to?"
"Accompany me to get some fresh air. I've been reading documents with you for the past three hours. It's suffocating." Icetis muttered to herself and didn't stop her footsteps. Her disregard of other people's opinions really matched her definition of a female hoodlum. When I came back to my senses, she had already dragged me to the living room. Sandora passed by with a plate of desserts in her hands. Seeing us like this, she asked curiously, "Where are you going?"
"Eloping with your family's rations!" Icetis answered swiftly.
Sandora wasn't worried when she heard that. "Oh, come back early. We're going to eat tofu pudding tonight. Anveena made it herself."
Icetis stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Sandora. "Erm … Aren't you worried? Don't you usually value your family's rations? "
"If the two of you really eloped, it wouldn't be like this. Do you think I don't know you? Who would take it seriously? "
"Pfft." Icetis clicked her tongue and dragged me out of the door. I could still hear Shallow Shallow and Sandora talking from behind me. "Oh, we're going to eat tofu pudding tonight. Sandora, do you like savory tofu pudding or sweet tofu pudding?" "Can tofu pudding be eaten without concentrated sulfuric acid?"
Before I was completely dragged out by Icetis, a thought flashed through my mind. The battle between savory and sweet tofu pudding that had plagued mankind for so many years couldn't even cause a spark in my own home … Sandora likes to eat tofu pudding with concentrated sulfuric acid, Shallow Shallow adds coffee, and that puppet adds yogurt no matter what it eats. With these three valiant generals, the savory and sweet tofu pudding is nothing!
In the end, I was dragged out onto the street by Icetis. This female hoodlum used illusion magic to disguise herself as an ordinary person. She hid her ankle-length silver hair and blood-red eyes. She looked just like an ordinary university student who was out shopping. I even saw her greeting some of the vendors at the corner of the street with familiarity. It was obvious that this appearance of hers was a common sight in this area.
The great Goddess, the Ruler of the Infinite Worlds, usually liked to stroll around the fake goods street next to my house the most when she went out. The other Protoss who came here to freeload were also active in this area. I had to admit that this was the only reassuring thing about the five Protoss cops: they were easy to raise.
"You are really neurotic." I scratched my head as I followed behind Icetis. "You think of something every day. But what is there to stroll around here? If we just wander around here all day, we might as well go to the City of Shadows … Forget it, just don't go back too late. I still have things to do. "
Icetis turned her head to look at me. Outsiders couldn't see her true appearance but I got goosebumps from her blood-red eyes. "… What is it now?"
"Do you act like this when you are shopping with Sandora too?" Sister Bing clenched her teeth. "No matter what, I am shopping with a woman. How can I talk about going back as soon as I open my mouth? Do you know how hurtful it is?"
I was speechless. I almost forgot that I, Big Ice, was actually a girl too.
Thus, we strolled around aimlessly. Icetis's train of thought wasn't as jumpy as Shallow Shallow's, but it was still far beyond what an ordinary person could fathom. In short, I didn't know what she was thinking about. I could only follow her around aimlessly. It seemed like she didn't have a fixed place to go. She was just bored and wanted to come out for some fresh air. I didn't see her buy anything even after dragging me around for a long time. Instead, she ate all the snacks on the street. After half an hour, I couldn't take it anymore and said, "Erm, leave some space for dinner when you go home. Be careful that Sandora doesn't stuff you with weird things in the name of stimulating your appetite …"
This reason finally made Sister Bing afraid. She threw the snacks in her hand into her portable space and gestured for me to follow. The two of us found a bench in a small park by the street and sat down to rest.
The two of us didn't speak for a long time. I didn't know what Icetis was thinking about, but I was worried about the startup terminal.
However, the silence was finally broken. Icetis suddenly slapped my shoulder and said, "Chen, your mentality isn't right these past two days."
"… Ah?"
"I said that your mentality isn't right these past two days!" Icetis suddenly moved a few centimeters away from me. Her bloodshot eyes were burning. "Aren't you usually quite heartless? Why are you finally losing your cool over the startup terminal? "
I suddenly understood. So that's what happened.
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