Chapter 1,461 Approaching

There were no accidents, no explosions, no casualties. Everything was going as usual at the deep-diving port. The deep-diving ship had just completed a fairly smooth voyage, and the ancestors did not have any problems this time. When I heard the good news, I was ready to breathe a sigh of relief. When I sat down, Tavel's next words confused me: "A hundred times worse than the accident!"

I stumbled and quickly held on to the armrest of the seat and turned to look at Tavel: "Have you learned how to scare people like this?"

Shandora frowned, but she was much calmer than everyone else: "What is going on? Just now I saw that not only the deep-diving project department, but also all other departments that study abyssal activities seemed to be very lively."

"We may have discovered a major trend in the activities of the abyss," Tavel said carefully, as if he didn't know how to convey that major discovery in the most appropriate language. "It has never appeared before. It may be the result of recent changes in the abyss." reason……"

Qian Qian looked around and found that most people had confused expressions, so he puffed up his chest confidently: "I don't understand!"

Tavel also knew that now was not the time to talk about those special terms. She turned her head and turned on the holographic device, letting Sandora look at the data on it and the scanned images inside the Gate of the Abyss, while explaining to others in the most concise way: " We previously discovered that there is a 'discontinuity zone' in the lower layer of the abyss. The intensity of the abyss in this discontinuity zone is very irregular. Not only does the pollution concentration fluctuate high and low, but this fault is drifting all the time, and the deep submersible ship is discontinuous. When the belt comes to rest, it will be scanned that the intensity of the surrounding abyss is fluctuating violently. Everyone must know this, right?"

Sandora and I heard this information the last time we came to Shadow City, but Qianqian and the others could also learn about these things through the data network at home, so almost everyone on the spot nodded. Except for Bingtis, a so-so guy: She still needs some time to adapt to her status as "Xiling Apostle". This guy almost never looks at the data network.

"There is no record of this discontinuous zone in the deep dive data from the old empire era," Sandora quickly glanced at the holographic image not far away, "So we guess that this discontinuous zone is a change inside the abyss, and it is in It just appeared recently.”

The emergence of the "discontinuity zone" subverts everyone's conventional understanding of the abyss. It lets us know that something like the abyss, which is almost as old as the void, is not eternal, but also has internal activities. Sandora regarded it as one of the most significant discoveries since the founding of the new empire, and ordered the tower to be destroyed. Weir increased his research efforts and monitored the situation of the "discontinuity zone" at any time.

Looking at Tavel's performance now, there is no doubt that the discontinuity caused the situation.

"After that deep dive, my subordinates arranged two more closely spaced dives, and built a large number of unmanned deep-diving detectors based on the New Empire's first deep-diving ship to approach the discontinuous zone. "Tavel projected more information, most of which were data and tables that I couldn't understand. But there are also some visual simulations of the abyss environment. On those images, you can see large groups of distorted black fog. Next to each group of black fog is a time point and a duration period. This should be the monitoring of discontinuous zones. The situation is, "taking the test of discovering the 'discontinuous zone' as the first, then this is the record of the second dive, this is the record of the third dive, and the latter are the data sent back by the unmanned detector. When these data are compiled and compared, an obvious trend can be found..."

I looked at Tavel apologetically, not knowing whether I should admit that I really didn't see the "obvious" trend...

"The discontinuous zone is approaching the surface," Sandora acted normally. She saw the trend at a glance. "Almost every detection hits the discontinuity earlier than the previous one, and while there are a few exceptions, that should be offset by the fluctuations in the discontinuity itself, so on the broad trend. Discontinuities are detected It’s getting easier and easier.”

"This is the situation," Tavel turned off the holographic projection in the room, his expression extremely serious. "That violently fluctuating, wave-like thing is slowly approaching the surface of the abyss. This is the theory."

When I heard this, I slowly broke into a cold sweat: Although I am not an expert, I can still understand such simple and straightforward words. To put it bluntly, there is something terrible at the bottom of the abyss approaching the door!

This matter is quite serious: according to our previous findings, all the gates of the abyss are actually connected. There is the same "space" behind these gates. Of course, there is no normal concept of "space" inside the abyss. This is just an image. Each Abyss Gate is the same distance from its base. There is now a huge "discontinuity zone" that is constantly drifting toward the surface. If this trend does not stop, the final result is likely to be that something "something" will burst out from all the abyss gates simultaneously.

However, it is too early to draw any conclusions now: we are not yet sure what the nature of the discontinuous zone is, so we are not sure whether it is some kind of substantial disaster, let alone whether it can break away from its own " "Hotbed" is the abyss environment. If it is like a surge in a conductor and can only toss in the conductor and cannot spread to the non-conductor environment, then there is no harm in it. But to be honest, I really don’t believe that I can be so lucky to encounter such a harmless situation. I have been tortured by fate in the past two years. Isn’t it easy...

"Are there any other findings about this discontinuity zone besides this imminent trend?"

Sandora frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly raised her eyebrows and looked at Tavel.

"The only thing that is certain is this imminent trend," Tavel pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "There is also an uncertain speculation: my subordinates have launched a large number of unmanned detectors and let them rush directly into the discontinuity at any cost. Although all the detectors failed to survive, they seemed to have touched a place similar to a boundary. At that fuzzy boundary, the pollution fluctuations flattened, and the abyss-intensified curve became regular again. The subordinate believed that The discontinuous zone should be something with a fixed 'depth' or a fixed 'width', just like a wave released from the bottom of the abyss. As long as the protection technology is strong enough, the deep-diving ship can safely pass through the discontinuous zone and enter the normal abyss. Environmental. In theory.”

Listening to Tavel's speculation, I feel that this discontinuous zone is becoming more and more interesting, and it is also increasingly challenging everyone's views on the abyss: At first, we thought that the abyss was unchanging, but as a result, the discontinuous zone appeared. Then we thought that the discontinuous belt should be fixed, but now it has begun to float this way. You said that in two days something will float out of the "discontinuous belt" to say hello to the people in the world of order. I Should you be surprised?

"Can we determine the harm of that thing now?" Sandora crossed her arms and her face sank. "Is it possible that it will harm the real world, or is it possible that it will leak from the gate of the abyss?"

"There's no way to tell," Tavel shrugged. This time, even the confident girl with glasses admitted that she couldn't see anything clearly. "Theoretically, the discontinuous zone is just a 'feature'. It's not an actual wave. Or anything substantial, but in the abyss environment, there is no difference between 'substantial' and 'non-substantial', so I am not sure whether it will enter the real world. In theory, this is the case."

"I hope it will only be tormenting in its own nest," Bingtis scratched his hair and muttered, "I have to report this to Father God."

Sandora immediately nodded: "Yes, the Protoss must be notified immediately. If I remember correctly, the Protoss should have started experiments similar to deep diving, but they started late. They probably haven't discovered this thing yet... Bingtis Just work hard these two days."

The female hooligan waved her hands carelessly: "Oh, that's it. Anyway, I was born to run errands for you bunch of heartless guys. Besides, do you have any other messages that you want to take with you? It's not easy to travel far away. .”

I thought about it, and there was only one thing: "Bring a few leek boxes before departure..."

Before I could finish my words, people around me started glaring at me. Sandora rubbed her forehead and looked helpless: "Arjun, let's talk about business."

I spread my hands and said, "It's not too much to bring some small gifts along with me. Besides, I've troubled Xingchen many times, so I brought some gifts to show my appreciation."

Bingtis looked at this side with a strange expression: "You can make Father God run around with just a few vegetable cakes. Only you and my aunt can do it in the void."

Sandora and I said in unison: "Auntie?"

Bingtis shrugged: "King Huron..."

Seeing that the topic of crooked buildings caused by me was about to become high-energy, I quickly waved my hands to ask everyone to take their attention back: "Okay, okay, let's talk about the local specialties later. Bingtis, please go over and ask me this time. Let’s talk about the deciphering of artifacts. The coordinates of my hometown world are also a big deal... I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but why do I always feel that the abyss gate in my hometown world is somehow related to what we encountered?”

Lin Xue had been silent since just now. When he heard this, he looked sideways and said, "Why do you feel something that even this prophet didn't see?"

"So I don't know if it's an illusion," I spread my hands, "I just made a wild guess. Think about it, my hometown world was destroyed by an abyss gate of unusual size. That abyss gate doesn't fit in with our expectations. The conventional understanding of the abyss, and the 'discontinuity zone' that is constantly approaching does not conform to our impression of the abyss. Is there some connection between the anomaly and the anomaly?"

Lin Xue waved her hand with contempt: "Hey, I've been doing this for a long time just guessing. By the way, Xiaoxue, have you ever heard of such a thing as 'discontinuous belt' in the future?"

Only then did I remember that there was such a crucial insider at the scene: Xiaoxue came from many years later, and she might know the results of future scientists' research on the abyss!

I didn't even think of asking that naughty child at first. The reason is very simple: this girl hangs around in front of me all day long. The whole family has almost become accustomed to her existence from top to bottom. I almost forgot that she is just from childhood. A shadow projected from the future. As for why Lin Xue still remembers it, it's probably because of her carefulness as a mother.

Xiaoxue was busy teasing a little crow on her shoulder. When she heard Lin Xue's question, she also looked confused: "Discontinuous belt? Why didn't I know there was such a thing? When I was in the abyss knowledge class The teacher never talked about this."

"You just happened to skip class, right?" Lin Xue looked at her difficult-to-discipline daughter with suspicion, and the latter suddenly cried out aggrievedly: "How is that possible! I had excellent academic performance back then, and every exam paper I can fill up the answer sheet before it's even handed out..."

Lin Xue and I immediately looked at this naughty kid with strange eyes. The latter consciously made a mistake and said with a frustrated face: "Dad, Mom, can you pretend you didn't hear? When I was a kid, I could cheat two people out of their pocket money after taking the exam... "

This girl's IQ is plummeting. It is estimated that if she talks a few more words, she will basically be insulated from pocket money for the rest of her life.

At this time, Lin Xue hugged her shoulders and started talking: "I said that when we talk about business, can't you two be more serious?"

As soon as I heard that the child was a genuine child, her mother started talking. He and Xiaoxue quickly shrank their necks and lowered their heads to look serious.

Now it seems that Xiaoxue really doesn't know about the "discontinuity zone", which means that there is no such thing in the future abyss, and given that it is not even in the textbook (how high-powered a textbook can you say this is)? When it comes to this kind of thing, I can boldly speculate that the discontinuous zone actually did not have any bad effects, and it did not even cause any major events.

This is very simple. If that thing really caused the explosion of the Gate of the Abyss, Xiaoxue should have seen related content in children's books. I can imagine what the Imperial Ministry of Education will do to popularize science related to the Abyss. To this extent, they are not afraid to preach about common signs of the end of the world and self-help methods in the second-grade elementary school texts. The level of popularity is the same as the fire self-rescue pictorials that fill the streets during Fire Safety Month.

Others had similar views, but Sandora still reminded: "Don't be too optimistic, after all, anything connected to the abyss cannot be a good thing."

On this point, everyone present agreed.

Everyone looked thoughtful, each thinking about the possible hidden meaning behind this matter. Only Pandora and Visca seemed not to be very interested in the big situation in front of them. The two sisters only cared about two things: Who to kill and how many to kill, other than that even if the Gate of the Abyss breaks out, for them it is just waiting for the order to lead the army to go out. So the two girls, who are 1.2 meters tall, looked particularly bored. The two sisters were shaking their bodies in sync with a stable frequency. It looked like two roly-polys swinging at the same time. I stretched out my hand and pressed the heads of the two little girls, thinking about things while wandering with them. Finally, I suddenly noticed a key question that I had not asked: "By the way, it must be at this speed. When will the discontinuous belt 'float'?" Near the Gate of the Abyss?”

Tavel looked worried: "If this is its constant speed now, then the 'discontinuous zone' will arrive at the gate in at least three hundred years, but I don't know if it will 'overflow' from the gate. Theoretically. That’s right.”

I stopped shaking immediately: Three hundred years? !

Okay, I was shocked before. I thought this was going to be a big deal, but it turned out that there were still three hundred years left. Isn’t that a long time to go...

I just thought of this. I heard Sandora exclaim in surprise and worry: "Three hundred years? So fast?"

Bingtis behind him also exclaimed: "Hey mom, it's here in the blink of an eye! Do we have time to react?"

Then Sandora and Bingtis started to communicate worriedly, as if there would be a cataclysm in the void in two days. Qianqian and the others looked on in shock, and I could tell from the expressions on other people's faces. It can be seen that Qianqian and the others have the same idea as me: they all think that three hundred years is actually quite a long time, but they did not expect Sandora and Bingtis to react this way...

In the end, even Huesca grabbed Pandora's arm and muttered: "Sister, it's pretty fast."

Pandora nodded silently and continued to wander there.

Me: "..." Forget it, let's not argue about time issues with these guys who have lived through several cosmic cycles. Anyway, sooner or later, I will lose the concept of time like the gods.

Tavel has finished talking about what he wants to report. Bingtis went back to pack his things and prepare to go to the God Realm. Pandora and Viska were so bored that they almost rolled on the ground, so I put them together with the equally bored Qian Qian. I also sent them back (by the way, I dragged Xiaoxue away. Xiaoxue was not boring, mainly because I was afraid that she would stay here and cause damage). In the end, the only ones left here were me, Sandora and Lin Xue. Sandora glanced at Tavel: "What's the next plan?"

"My subordinates will conduct another deep-diving test in the near future," Tavel nodded. "Due to the existence of discontinuous zones, deep-diving activities are somewhat different from those in the past. We have manufactured a large number of low-cost unmanned detectors, which are deeper than The submersible ship must be fragile, but the basic protection methods are the same. These detectors form a sensitive detection zone around the deep submersible ship, which can ensure to the greatest extent that the deep submersible ship can be withdrawn before the discontinuous zone vibrates violently."

"So, there are rules for discontinuous zones?" Sandora asked curiously.

"The fluctuations in a small range will not deviate too much," Tavel nodded, "but as you go too deep into the discontinuous zone, this kind of pattern will become more and more difficult to find. At present, we can allow the deep-diving vessel to safely stay here In the middle of the 'wave', it might be dangerous if you go deeper. That's the theory."

I remembered that my ancestors had now participated in manned deep dives, and I couldn't help but ask: "Are you okay, ancestors?"

Those ancestors who were enthusiastic about their work were just as desperate as today's imperial soldiers. Their life-threatening spirit was so easy to scare people.

"The situation is very good," Tavel said with a smile on his face. "The ancestors' immunity to the abyss is amazing. The most dangerous part of manned deep diving is that the personnel cannot directly observe the equipment on the spacecraft, and they have to go through a lot of converters. and safety barriers to know what is happening outside the spacecraft, otherwise there is the possibility of contamination. However, the ancestors completely ignored this danger. After eliminating these conversion and filtering equipment, the working condition of the deep submersible ship was unprecedentedly stable. Theory... Well ,That's it."

It seems that except for the approaching discontinuous zone, everything else is developing in a good direction.