Chapter 1140: Contact Again After Hundreds of Years
While the scientists in Toberu were busy debugging the equipment and learning how to read the messages from the Empire's data network with Pao Bu's guidance, Sandora had already lost her patience. She knew that every minute of delay now, and the third The possibility of the Fifth Fleet losing contact again will increase, because no one knows what "area" the Fifth Fleet will move to next. "Movement" in the void does not have a trajectory, direction, distance, etc. Any features that can be tracked in normal space, as long as they are within the void jump radius of the Fifth Fleet spacecraft (radius is just a popular term, strictly speaking, it is the maximum offset to modify its own information representation), they He may escape to any place at any time. While escaping from his pursuers, he may also jump out of the scanning radius of the Garden of Death at any time. Although the Garden of Death has opened the scanning radius to the maximum, the possibility of the Fifth Fleet suddenly "disappearing" is still extremely high.
And the calling information we send out still cannot "radiate" to the other party.
Just now Sandora and Bubble explained to me the technical knowledge of cross-quadrant communication in the void. I have a certain understanding of this kind of communication: We all know that although the void is chaotic and seems to have no order at all, There is physical "uniformity", but from the perspective of information theory, the void also has "uneven" characteristics: it is divided into quadrants. Although the reason is unknown, it is indeed divided into areas. These areas are not physically isolated. They are equivalent to virtual partitions of the hard disk. They are divided only because of different "characteristics" (that is, Said. In physics, in fact, each void quadrant overlaps and they are voids). When located in two different void quadrants, not only will the world contained in them be very different, but even the void field will be affected by information deviation. Influence. Therefore, communication spanning more than two quadrants takes place in the void. And when at least one of the two parties is moving, the sender and receiver will be out of sync. This is because 'moving' in the void means that their own information representation is also changing. This means that the decoding book of the 'movers' is changing at any time, and within the same quadrant, this change is regular. Therefore, the various decoding devices that come with the communicator can maintain communication, but between different quadrants, this change will exceed the limit that any decoder based on logic can calculate, and communication will be blocked. Within the Imperial Information Network, the way to solve this problem is to establish relay stations one by one and ensure that there is at least one communication relay station in each void quadrant. These relay stations will not move, so they are not affected by the cross-quadrant barrier effect and can send information to each other, and then they will forward the information they receive to the void spacecraft in the current quadrant; and if the communicating party has left the relay station coverage (that is, leaving the Imperial Information Network), as a pioneer ship deep into the void. It relies on a fixed communication protocol to maintain contact with the rear. The communication protocol will determine that at least one data packet in the messages sent by both parties contains information about all the quadrants that the "mover" can reach within the radius of a void jump. Information representation to ensure that as long as the "movers" are still in these quadrants, they can maintain contact with the headquarters and the next time the two parties communicate. This "decoding-address packet" will be refreshed and relocated to the "movers". In this way, communication-refresh data packet-movement-communication-refresh data packet. This process must be repeated continuously, and the communication between the two parties can continue. The Fifth Fleet clearly meets neither of these conditions: it is neither within the Imperial network. There is no unified communication protocol with us. Of course, a long time ago, there was such a communication agreement between it and the Fourth Fleet, but according to the working principle of this communication agreement mentioned earlier, we can find that this process must be based on both parties maintaining a certain degree of stability. Frequency of contact, and each contact is successfully refreshed on the basis of "decoding-address packet". Once one of the two parties jumps away from the "address book" recorded in the last communication, the communication protocol will become invalid.
Communication between the Fifth Fleet and the Fourth Fleet has been interrupted for hundreds of years, and this communication agreement has now expired.
Of course, the above knowledge is limited to communication in the void realm. Basically, there are very few cases of such communication. After all, even the Star Domain Protoss is not a race living in the void. We all live in a stable and orderly world. In the world, the "position" of these worlds in the void can be considered unchanged, so naturally there is no need to worry about communication being blocked. Generally, advanced void communication technologies are often applied to special spacecraft that perform pioneering and cruising missions in the void field all year round.
Or the Exile Fleet.
"This is not the solution," Sandora said with a frown. She tapped her fingers twice in mid-air and opened a set of holographic projections. Tavel's image appeared in the center of the screen. The female scientist had been talking about it since just now. Online, and took over the on-site operations of the Garden of Death, "Tavel, tell me your opinion. The biggest difficulty in establishing communication with the Fifth Fleet, and your response plan."
"Yes, my Majesty," Tavel nodded, and complex data and charts were refreshed below her image. I could only roughly tell that this was the operating status of the Garden of Death, and I saw countless "Message Lost" , no return information was received" warning, "The biggest problem now is that we cannot grasp the true 'coordinates' of the Fifth Fleet. All the messages received by the Garden of Death are expired, and the messages we send out are also expired. Yes, we try our best to include as many quadrants of 'decoding-address packets' in the outgoing messages, but the Fifth Fleet probably won't know how to identify this data packet, and they may even not detect these signals at all, because we The communication protocols between them are different, and even the base system is different. If we want to break this deadlock, we need to locate the target more accurately and know which quadrant they will jump to - now it is completely blind. In theory That’s right.”
It is truly remarkable to hear the word "blind" from a scientist like Tavel, who is known for his rigor. I immediately felt empathy for the difficult situation faced by the staff of the Garden of Death, and then the next second, maybe it was a blessing to my soul, I felt a bright light flash across my mind - Tavel said that we need to locate the target more accurately?
In other words, she needs a scope with a predictive function?
My eyes fell on Xiaoxue involuntarily, and then Shandora and her sister seemed to think about it together, and more and more eyes began to focus on Xiaoxue. The latter is a genius girl who is said to have keen senses. She suddenly had a clever idea: "What are you looking at me for? I didn't cause any trouble today. Dad, you can't be idle, so just beat the child for fun..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" I grabbed her and threw her to Bubble. "Is there any way to add her to your system?"
at the same time. I also explained my thoughts to Bubble in detail in the spiritual connection. The other party immediately nodded and took out the third awl from his pocket. Xiaoxue immediately became anxious when she saw the thing: "Hey! What are you doing! I'm telling you, if you dare to poke me with that thing, I'll be anxious for you..."
"Look, I'm scaring you." Pao Pao curled his lips, removed the transfer device at one end of the awl, lowered his head and modified it a few times, then took out a pair of glasses-like things from the carry-on space, and combined the two parts. When it comes together, it becomes as silly as possible, as shameful as a children's toy xx magical girl transformer. She put this thing in front of Xiaoxue's eyes: "Here, put it on."
Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment, with an awkward look on her face: "Well...you'd better poke me with the awl..."
"What nonsense!" I slapped the girl into the seat next to her. He took Paopao's "Magical Girl Transformer" and put it on her, "Just have fun, back then when the Empire's data network was not established, your mother had to lie in something like a coffin to connect to the radar. It’s online…”
"But it's too embarrassing to wear this thing. Handsome and cool sunglasses are no better than this colorful plastic frame..." Xiaoxue couldn't help complaining while wearing those silly and shameful glasses. But the latter has been activated, and a blue halo begins to spread from the place where the device contacts the skin, adapting to Xiaoxue's mental frequency, "Hey, wait, it's interesting. There is also this year's spring in the left lens. New show, hey, Aunt Pao, you are so awesome, did you watch the original sample directly?"
I silently glanced at the child's mother, who twisted the awl on her head and said as if working hard: "Okay, it has been synchronized with Xiaoxue's mental frequency band. Now the Garden of Death will send the next batch of data packets. We will continue to change the offset in the middle. Xiaoxue, you put your focus on the Fifth Fleet, and then the system will automatically guide the establishment of the connection - just like the process of scanning other worlds with the coffin-like antique equipment. .”
Xiaoxue made an OK gesture and started humming a song to watch a cartoon. I don't know if she heard it clearly, but judging from what Bubble meant, the system was operating normally. The surrounding Toberu scientists and senior officers of the Fourth Fleet maintained a blank attitude from beginning to end and looked at everything in front of them. I guess that for them, the working style of the first family of the empire is a bit strange. But no one came forward to talk, and more people chose to roll their eyes. The world has nothing to do with me - except for the Toberu scientists, whose eyeball structures cannot roll their eyes.
The two most unreliable guys finally started working seriously, and everyone's attention was once again focused on the information fed back by the amplifier system. Tavel transmitted what was displayed in the Garden of Death to us. On the holographic screen, apart from a bunch of data that showed no logic, there was a system prompt: "Try to send a signal... The signal is lost, track the next signal source." …try to send signal…signal lost, track next signal source…”
Then about one minute and twenty-five seconds later, that is, after a full-power broadcast cycle in the Garden of Death, something different finally appeared on the holographic screen: "Send signal... Detect arrival echo, determine signal source Information representation... The tracking system starts tracking, sends signals... Arrival echo detected, identifiable information detected, word library retrieved... Error, information does not match. Try to connect again, connection successful, ready for second attempt …”
After the communication was established, there were several failed matches. The compatibility of the decoding rules of both parties was lower than the system threshold. This may be because the Fifth Fleet and the Fourth Fleet have lost contact for a long time and the former's communication technology has changed. Soon, the Fifth Fleet discovered that the strange signal was using the encoding method used by the exiles, and the communication began to become stable.
In the display window representing the decoding ratio. The identifiable code finally exceeded the threshold. Within a thousandth of a second, the system followed the preset process and sent a "decoding-address packet". As the address packet was updated, it was sent back to At the receiving end of the Garden of Death, Tavel finally announced happily: a stable channel has been established.
"The encrypted packet containing the navigation information has been sent, and the other party's confirmation information has been received." Tavel reported, "The system is gradually increasing the bandwidth, and now begins to exchange the communication protocol between the two parties... It is expected to take thirty seconds."
The Toberu scientists in the hall held their breath. Looking nervously at the communication terminal, which was still full of clutter, there was nothing they could do to help now. The communication matrix located on the surface of Kerudak's planet had been successfully started. The channel is also operating stably, and the calculation and conversion of all data is completely on the imperial equipment side. They can only watch the progress of the matter as nervously as other senior officials. Thirty seconds is quite short, but to the Fourth Fleet officials present, it may be the longest thirty seconds they have ever experienced in their lives. They thought that they were the only exiles who survived in the past, but now they are about to meet others. A group of survivors reconnect, and it's hard to empathize with their current excitement. Finally, the system prompt sound "Direct connection has been established and stable communication is possible" suddenly came from the surrounding area. And the moment a relatively stable picture appeared on the communication terminal, a series of deep breathing sounds sounded in the hall.
A video with severe interference lines, but the content could still be discerned, popped up on the holographic screen in the center of the room. The background seemed to be the interior of the battleship - you could see huge equipment and busy staff shining in the distance, as well as displays. A huge image showing the exterior of the spaceship. In the middle of the video, there is a tall "creature" whose whole body is translucent like a spirit body, and does not even have a fixed shape or facial features. "He" seems to be lying in front of the communicator, hurriedly fiddling with the panel in front of him, although It is impossible to see where the vocal organ of this spiritual creature is. But we heard a strong and deep male voice: "This is the Haydn III giant ship, Commander-in-Chief Coco Keener, repeat, this is the Haydn III giant ship, Commander-in-Chief Coco Keener, we have received your signal, Please answer! Does anyone hear me?"
"Cocokina..." The "Parliament" that had always maintained a high degree of calm was horrified at this moment, and flashed in front of the communication terminal, "Cocokina, this is the Yunad Council... Oh my god... you are still alive. !”
"Yunad..." The movement of the spirit creature named Cocokina obviously stiffened for a moment, and then suddenly three groups of blue-white lights flashed in a line at the position where his face should be - this should be him. eyes, "Ancestor Allen... You are the Fourth Fleet!! You are still alive! The Fourth Fleet is still alive!"
Cocokina's voice echoed in the hall, and of course also echoed in the bridge where he was. Through the video screen, we could see the soldiers who were busy in the distance turning their heads and looking at each other blankly. Among them Some people seemed to have finally thought of what the "Fourth Fleet" meant (these people were probably already members of the new generation, and they had probably only heard of the Fourth Fleet in historical materials), and they suddenly looked shocked, but Cocokina quickly ordered these staff to calm down: "Keep calm, continue to jump towards the intended target, pay attention to all information fluctuations in a quadrant, and immediately initiate emergency evasion once new information with a deviation of more than 15% appears. .”
"Cocokina, how is the situation over there?"
"It's very bad, very bad. We are under attack. Now we have barely escaped the enemy's tracking, but we don't know when they will catch up again. The new home we just built for two hundred years is finished... My ancestors, this communicator There must be something wrong. I can't see your screen. What's the situation with the Fourth Fleet now? How many starships do you have surviving? Have you escaped the pursuit of those monsters... Wait... Can you contact us? And the signal strength is higher than a thousand years ago... Could it be that the Fourth Fleet is also moving to this position?"
"No, the Fourth Fleet... the situation should be much better than where you are," the "Parliament" looked at me and Sandora awkwardly when the other party mentioned the word "monster", and then responded to Cocokina Said, "We have found a safe new home not long ago, and the fallen apostles cannot attack here. Eighty percent of the starships of the Fourth Fleet have been preserved, and they have not been attacked again for hundreds of years after losing contact. .”
Cocokina's three eyes lit up at the same time, which may be a sign of joy: "Congratulations to you, it seems that some of the survivors can finally continue to live."
"The most important thing now is the situation on your side." "Parliament" immediately interrupted Cocokina. "We have sent a navigation signal, which indicates a safe area. Now turn on the engine and evacuate here. We There are enough powerful fleets to repel any enemy."
Cocokina lowered his head, seeming to be checking something: "Yes, we have received these data packets, and the host has parsed them... but you don't know how close we are to the target marked by this navigation signal. Far away...I'm afraid we were overtaken before we evacuated to the target...Ah, the communicator has been restored, and now you can see your image here. It's pretty clear. Wait!"
Cocokina suddenly stared at the screen closely and asked in a low voice: "Why do people wearing imperial marks appear in the communication screen?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation. , monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)