Chapter 1505 Hey, Hello

That weird ruins area that is safe and sound in the abyss environment is already very close. Of course, "close at hand" here is a relatively special concept. Just like the void environment, distance cannot be measured in the abyss, and it does not exist. This attribute, but this value, is very confusing. It is as difficult to observe as a map with disordered scales and changes at any time. Therefore, in the Gate of the Abyss, you can only rely on your own perspective to determine the "distance". The deep-diving ship has " Self-explanatory ability, so on the ship we can rely on the ordered mathematical model of where we are to measure the distance to another entity, but if you are outside the deep submersible, you may see something completely different. Now, you may see that there are still hundreds of thousands of miles between the deep submersible and the wreckage zone, or you may see that the two have just passed each other, or you may not even see anything at all. Everything is chaotic and random. .

Of course, the above is just a digression. To everyone in the deep-diving ship, the wreckage is just slowly drifting closer as usual.

"It doesn't look unusual, but I can't tell what it is." Ansers looked at the picture from the monitor attentively. Even at a fairly close distance, the monitor is still subject to certain interference. This is already the most advanced information scanning device we can create, but the images it sends back are still distorted—fortunately, it does not affect viewing.

I also looked at the pieces of debris curiously. They were obviously man-made objects, with a sheen between metal and plastic. They were very numerous and of varying sizes. The largest piece of debris might be hundreds of meters long, and the smallest piece could be hundreds of meters long. The fragments should only be a few meters in size. These messy wreckage looked as if they were torn apart by an explosion. However, for some reason they did not scatter. Instead, they maintained a relatively dense formation: the distance between the wreckage was very close, and The relative distance seems to remain the same, as if it was frozen there at the moment of the explosion...it looks like a snapshot.

The surface of these wrecks is painted, and the main color is black. Occasionally with red or light yellow stripes, except for the peeling marks on the edges of each fragment, these paintings are basically maintained in complete and bright good condition. This is simply incredible. Looking at these remains in such good condition, I almost If you have to wonder if there is an abyss outside, are they not afraid of erosion at all?

"The target has no energy response. The information outflow is kept at a very low level, and signs of activity are basically eliminated," an ancestor said while looking at the report, "It is approaching slowly... There is nothing abnormal about the target."

"That thing reminds me of something made by the fallen apostles," I muttered. "It's all black and red. Where did this aesthetic come from? It's all black and you're not afraid of spaceships when you drive into space." Turn off the lights and disappear?"

"Only the painting is similar. Judging from the style of these fragments, they should not be created by the fallen apostles," Ansers said without raising his head. "And it seems that the things sent by the civilization on the other side are also of this color. I think this should be It floated over from the other side.”

"The creations we have received from the other side are basically black shuttles. There are also some fragments that floated over with the black shuttle," I muttered. "Both the black shuttle and the fragments have been tested. Except for the special physical properties, they are no different from ordinary ones." There is no difference between matter. When facing the abyss without protection, it will also disintegrate quickly, but there is not even a shield around the wreckage in front of me... Could it be that the technological level on the other side has exploded, and deep-diving technology has advanced by leaps and bounds to the point where even shields are no longer available. Is it no longer needed?”

"Isn't this still a wreck? Maybe they just have more advanced materials science," Ansers smiled. He turned to look at me and said, "I have analyzed before that the technical level of the civilization on the other side should not be... Why do I always feel like you are pointing the back of your head at me?"

I felt like I couldn't laugh or cry, so I could only turn around in a circle and ask him to confirm that the black faceless man in front of me could not see his face on the other side, and then I muttered with resentment: "The back of my head, I don't even know that I have changed." Which side behind me is the front and which is the reverse? Now my viewing angle is 360 degrees with multiple depths of field. I had a hard time adapting to this form. If you continue to complain like this, it will easily make me confused. Do you know... …”

Anseth laughed awkwardly, and at this time the deep-diving ship had already approached the edge of the wreckage zone. The beep coming from the shipboard host when it released the small detector interrupted our conversation. I looked at the holographic projection in the center of the main control room, and saw several shiny little balls floating towards the largest piece of debris: those The small ball is a special detector carried by the deep submersible vessel.

Everything in the abyss environment must be specially made, because as long as you leave the deep submersible, everything outside is lethal, so even a few small detectors must carry triple refresh shields - even then they It can only be used as a one-time device. Due to the limited power of the miniaturized shield and the energy limit of the detector, it is basically difficult for these gadgets to come back intact, so Anseth couldn't help but have a look on his face when he released the detector. He showed a look of pain in his body: "These things are precious. If you use one less one, you can't produce it at capacity."

The controller responsible for operating the salvage unit began to report: "The first piece of wreckage has been scanned and no suspicious signs were found. It is to be towed to Gnaku. This is a high-risk operation. Each team pays attention to the readings of the early warning system and immediately abandons the towing mechanism and Gnaku section.”

"The Gnaku is pre-activated, the shield power is increased to the highest level, and the shielding layer is being deployed near the target...starting to pull."

The surface of the several-hundred-meter-long wreckage was covered with a halo-like substance. The detector was wrapping the target in a disposable barrier to reduce the possibility of the deep-diving vessel being contaminated by the target during the recovery process. , this barrier can only last for a few minutes, so there should be basically no bumps in the subsequent operations. At the same time, the shield system of the deep submersible ship also increases the refresh speed to the limit, which can play a certain purification role when foreign objects approach the deep submersible ship. As the controller said: What is to be done next is a high-risk operation. , no step can be careless.

Recovering an object of unknown origin into a deep-sea submersible inside the Gate of the Abyss is a high-risk operation second only to closing the shield in terms of operating procedures. Although Tavel designed this function for the spacecraft and compiled a set of theories This is a strict safety operation specification, but in fact we have never done this before - the black shuttle was captured after leaving the Gate of the Abyss, and other equipment that needs to be stored and retracted inside the Gate of the Abyss obviously does not belong "The origin is unknown." The recovery of the wreckage in front of me was an unprecedented first since the beginning of the New Empire Deep Diving Project. I found that everyone at the scene had serious expressions, and a tense atmosphere permeated the main control room.

His own void domain has covered the entire spacecraft, so theoretically nothing can happen. So I was relatively relaxed.

Everything went smoothly. The first piece of wreckage was smoothly pulled into the shield range of the deep-sea submersible under the action of the tractor beam. After preliminary purification, it arrived at Gnaku. After that, it would receive a second round of Gnaku. After purification, it can finally be placed in the isolation room of the warehouse. The shipboard host monitors the pollution readings throughout the process. It is not until the second purification is completed that it finally comes to a conclusion: the target is indeed safe.

"Okay. Let's recover the remaining fragments in one go." Ansers was obviously relieved, and the atmosphere in the entire main control room also relaxed. Next, the tractor unit turned on its full power, and the remaining detectors were released one after another. After this first experience, it will be much easier to recover the remaining wreckage. I looked at the recovery screen from the monitor, curious. He asked: "Can these wreckage be put down?"

The group of wreckage in front of me looked quite large. It is basically an oblate spherical debris belt with a radius of more than ten kilometers. Putting these fragments together is probably not much smaller than the deep submersible ship we are riding on. Although the deep submersible ship's Gnaku has a space expansion module, because of the abyss The environment is special. In order to reduce the pressure on the spacecraft, equipment on the spacecraft such as space expansion, phase distortion, and coordinate-like engines are limited to very low power, so I am very worried about whether so much debris in front of me can be moved cleanly at once.

"It should be no problem." Ansers smiled reassuringly, "Tavel upgraded the spacecraft a while ago, adding a small Gnaku, and the parameters of the space expansion equipment were also slightly increased. It's done. These things are easy."

I nodded and started the boring waiting process. After that, I basically had nothing to do... It seemed that I had nothing to do from the beginning. I was here to act as a safety catch. If there is a risk to the wreckage, immediately open the fire to ensure safety. In the salvage process, which requires professional knowledge, I can only do it without knowing it. Apart from occasionally chatting with Ansers, the rest I can do is probably boring. The wait was over.

But just when I thought nothing would happen next, an operator suddenly pointed at the surveillance image sent back by the detector and exclaimed: "What is this?"

I quickly looked up and was stunned by what I saw on the screen: a person.

Yes, you read it right and I read it right, it’s just one person. A tall, slender girl with black hair, black skirt, and pale skin stands harmlessly in the center of the picture. And he’s smiling at the camera!

Do you know how creepy I am at this moment? I haven't had this creepy feeling for a long time since I met a bunch of cheating imperial troops five years ago. Nowadays, I am not afraid of encountering supernatural phenomena in any seemingly strange environment. I am not afraid of having a cold body pass through me when I sleep alone at night - because I have Anweina at home. I am not afraid of being in an empty room late at night. The desk lamp suddenly turned on by itself - because Dingdang often slept in it, and he was not afraid of suddenly seeing other people's faces in the mirror when he looked in the mirror - because the mirror at home was a magic mirror knocked from the world of gods. You have to endure it when you look in the mirror and act in a pornographic film. In short, I have become accustomed to all kinds of bizarre sights, and I once thought that my nerves were so strong that they were almost petrified. But at this moment, I suddenly realized: there are actually more bizarre things in this world, and they are far from endless.

I saw a man in the Gate of the Abyss! And according to the device telemetry, it was still an "ordinary person" without any high-energy reactions! There was no shield around him, no equipment on his body, just wearing a black dress that looked like it cost 80 yuan, standing in the middle of the pile of wreckage of the spacecraft with a harmless look on his face, and smiling at this side!

"Ding..." I muttered to myself, and then clapped my hands quickly, "Check the monitor and communication link to see if there is a tampering. Maybe she is just the female anchor of the eight o'clock talk show in Shadow City... "

Obviously my logic was a little confusing at this time, because it is known that the most famous talk show in Shadow City does not start until after nine o'clock in the evening, and the host is a goblin... By the way, does it seem more confusing when I mention this?

"The monitor and communication link are in normal condition, the telemetry system is normal, and the shipboard host has no signs of pollution." The operator quickly checked all the equipment on the spacecraft, even the basic data of the shipboard host, because this is an abyss, and if the ship If the host computer is contaminated, it is very likely that any bizarre malfunction will occur, which naturally includes such strange pictures being transmitted back. But the inspection results showed that the mysterious woman outside indeed existed, and there was no fault in the spacecraft itself.

"Could we be hallucinating?" Anseth couldn't help but mutter.

"No," I glanced at him, "I've seen it all - theoretically I won't have hallucinations. You guys wait here while I go over to check on the situation."

After saying these words, I directly teleported away from the deep submersible ship while maintaining the void form: it is best not to cancel the transformation rashly before confirming that the other party is harmless, and the deep submersible ship also contained a cargo hold of toxic wreckage. I still need to keep my own void realm to keep safe.

As soon as I came outside, the unique and unpleasant atmosphere inside the Gate of the Abyss rushed toward me overwhelmingly, as if everything in all directions was hostile to me and trying to attack me. I knew this was it. The so-called natural opposition between non-order and order, but the concentration of the abyss here is not enough to pose a fatal threat to itself. So I ignored the bad environment around me and just focused my "eyes" on the group of wreckage not far away.

This time, I did not use the monitor of the deep-diving ship, but directly observed with my own mental power. The mysterious figure was still standing there with a smile on his face, seemingly harmless.

I observed the other person silently for a while, and suddenly felt that that face looked vaguely familiar. After searching my memory for a few seconds, I finally remembered where I had seen this face: not so long ago! On that spaceship that crashed into the earth 70,000 years ago! This is the face in the image left by Abyss Xiling.

Looking back further, during the border war more than half a month ago, we had an unexpected encounter with Abyss Xiling... It was also her!

The opponent is Abyss Xiling!

"Attention, in case of emergency, notify the deep dive port troops to be ready to forcibly destroy the gate at any time. I will find a way to prevent Sandora from sending people here. The Abyss Xiling has appeared!" I quickly connected with An in the spiritual connection. Seth said something, and then hung up the communication regardless of whether the other party answered. Next, focus all your attention on the figure not far away.

I didn't realize the identity of the other party at first, because I didn't expect to meet Abyss Xiling in such a place. It can even be said that I would not react immediately if I suddenly bumped into her anywhere - you If you suddenly met a monk with a rough face and a loud mouth while buying food in the supermarket, you would immediately post on Weibo and then look for the camera. You would never have thought that this was the Buddha who conquered the world and personally came down to earth to buy tofu noodles for Tathagata. The inertia of thinking is really strange. A terrible thing.

And more importantly, the appearance of Abyss Xiling will change from time to time like the soft girl Xiling, although the former seems to maintain the same form most of the time. But she also changes her image sometimes, so whether it is the soft girl Xiling or the abyssal Xiling, I have never seriously remembered their faces: I can't remember...

Abyss Xiling and I looked at each other across a pile of ruins, facing each other in silence. Facing the supreme ruler (predecessor) of the fallen apostles, I instinctively increased my vigilance, and at the same time I had already made up my mind: in view of the cunning nature of the other party, I must not move if the enemy does not move me, and if the enemy moves, I will be in chaos. Move - we can't let her guess that we're ready to destroy the gate anyway.

But after a short confrontation, I suddenly remembered something: Abyss Xiling seems to have no fighting ability, right?

She is just a network ghost, a pure consciousness like Xiling. Although powerful, it is reflected in the computing power, command power and the power of her subordinates. If we really want to talk about "fighting"... she even loses the terminal equipment. I can’t even talk to people in the real world, so why am I doing this when I’m facing a huge enemy? And even if I step back ten thousand steps, I can't seem to hit the enemy no matter how close I am to the enemy. The thing in front of me should be an interactive terminal. There is no fleet of fallen apostles around, so it seems that no matter how vigilant I am, there is nothing I can fight. Coming.

Thinking of this, it finally dawned on me that I had basically been an idiot in the past two minutes...

At this time, Abyss Xiling still maintained that smiling look in the distance. From the beginning to the end, she did not make any other movements, nor did she take the initiative to speak. She just saw that my eyes finally fell on her, and the other party rushed towards me. He waved, and he looked so calm and calm. If you didn't consider the surrounding atmosphere or the identity of the other person, you would have mistakenly thought that he was your high school classmate greeting you across the street.

To be honest, I was really at a loss at this time because I had no idea what action to take in this situation: fight? There is no target, the other party is just a shadow, saying hello to her? It feels too weird. After all, with the environment around us from our position, now is obviously not the time to ask each other what to eat for lunch. Please help? That's even more unreliable. Could it be possible to invite a lot of people to stay here with me in a daze? As for turning around and leaving, that is even more nonsense, but I feel that if I really turn around and go back, I will definitely stun the Abyss Xiling: She must not have thought that my playing tricks are like this...

I tentatively moved closer to the Abyss Xiling, and decided that no matter what was going on, I would first understand what the other party wanted to do. At the same time, I felt a little depressed: just show up when this guy appears, just talk so eloquently. What do you mean by standing so far away and grinning at me? At least take the initiative and tell me why you're here.

As a result, as soon as I thought of this, I heard a voice coming from the spiritual world:

"You are finally willing to get closer. The interference here is really not that strong - haven't seen you for a long time, how are you?" (To be continued...)