Chapter 1594 Ignition Test
This is a "mounted universe" located near the capital world, one of Tavel's large-scale project testing sites.
There are about seventeen or eight such mounted universes, all of which are carefully designed and adjusted man-made worlds. Their scale and material richness are not much different from the normal and naturally born universe. However, after accelerated evolution and macro-control, these No life will be produced in the universe, so there is no need to worry about various experimental accidents. Tavel connected these universes through special world gates, and the terminals were directly connected to a "Translimit Laboratory" in the research center to ensure their independence. These large test sites are closely connected to the capital world but will never affect each other. Their security level is second only to those of deep dive ports. They are a dedicated site for Tavel to carry out many dangerous or extremely large projects. Now, it is used as a Start the "repair shop" on the end.
The previous fierce battle almost swept the entire abyss area. Many worlds that were not used as battlefields at the beginning were also affected by the repeated tug-of-war between the new army and the old army. The territory under the jurisdiction of Abyss Xiling can be said to be devastated, and large-scale Places such as test sites, deep submersible ports, and super industrial centers are even more targeted for "care". In all likelihood, these facilities have been damaged, and therefore cannot bear the heavy task of repairing the startup end. The startup end that was torn into many pieces by the big explosion was indeed placed in the abyss area at the beginning (after all, the original manufacturing team and technical data were there), but as soon as the battle damage report came out, Abyss Xiling decisively put these The wreckage was transported to the Empire.
Her reason was that "it doesn't hurt to use daddy's things anyway" - why did this guy have such a realization now?
The main "operating workshop" is located in a thin zone of matter, a place with few celestial bodies and far away from various space energy fields (it is equivalent to an "open space" in such a huge test site). There are no man-made stars in the vast darkness of space. Within an area equivalent to several solar systems, there are only a large number of artificial planets and huge scientific research facilities operating in their own orbits. They move freely and do not follow any laws of celestial bodies. These things that look like the sun, moon and stars are actually here. It’s just “construction machinery”. The role of the artificial planet here is basically a gravitational anchor point and an installation platform for giant equipment, and located in the center of the entire "operation workshop" is a dazzling blue sun: the psionic Death Star.
Now we seem to have ushered in a rare period of peace. Within the foreseeable time and space, there should be no large-scale battles requiring the dispatch of legion-level troops or above. The infinitely powerful behemoth of the Celestial System Fleet is even more temporary. There are no more missions, and the previous decisive battle in the Abyss Zone caused many planetary battleships to be damaged. Half of the celestial system fleet is in a state of rest, and the general flagship of the Nether Energy Death Star has begun to be on standby for a long time. Now we just need to find a way to repair the startup end, which requires a huge amount of energy, so Tavel applied to transfer the psionic Death Star alone. Now this powerful artificial star is the energy source for all facilities in the entire universe, and it is also an indispensable "ignition" for various tests on the startup end - except for the psionic Death Star, we really don't know where to start. To find such a large-scale energy source, the startup end is simply a monster. Any stimulation test will consume the energy of thousands of mothership-level nether energy furnaces!
Shandora and others came to this large testing site early this morning in order to witness the maintenance progress of the expert team. The orbital station where everyone is located is located in the far orbit of the psionic Death Star. Turn your back to this dazzling blue fireball and face an open construction site. We stood in the observation hall at the top of the orbital station and opened the outer alloy protective wall. The starting end in space can be seen directly with the naked eye. To be honest...it doesn't look like it has changed much from the past few days.
Large clumps of white light are scattered and floating in space, looking like white clouds that have strayed into this place (Sandora thinks they look like marshmallows). The shape of each white ray is different, and the outer layer is blurry. Unclear, the texture is uncertain. A large number of work troops can be seen busy shuttle between the white light groups, including the empire's engineering ships. There are also strange devices from the Protoss. These working teams have been busy here for less than half a month and have not yet been able to truly "piece together" the startup end. However, they have still made some progress and have "glued together" the fragmented startup end in a special way. "It stood up: vague pale white lines could be seen between those white lights. Like spider threads connecting these torn remains, these lines are used to transmit energy and data. Neither real nor imaginary, anyway, with my level of knowledge, I don’t know what they are - in short, it is said that they can allow the startup end to temporarily simulate the complete function.
Although Lin Xue's prophecy tells experts not to make mistakes at the startup end, these routine repairs must still be carried out.
A certain mass projection of Tavel (I don’t know what date it is) stood next to me and reported the situation: "After this period of intense construction, we have contained the 'escape' phenomenon at the startup end, although we have not been able to fully recover it. Physical, but the virtualization process has stabilized. Now the task force is connecting the last fragment virtually, and once the connection is established, it can be tested. In theory, this is the case.”
The "escape" phenomenon is a special situation that occurs after the startup end is blown up. The starter is probably the most amazing thing I have ever seen. It is visible and tangible, but it is not actually material. Instead, it is a strange existence entangled with a large amount of information and controlled at the edge of matter. It is precisely because of this kind of intermediary Due to its fragile state between reality and reality, it began to disintegrate rapidly after being exploded, and continued to dissipate like evaporation. The initial challenge faced by the expert team was to curb this process before the "evaporation" reached a dangerous critical value. Fortunately, They succeeded.
Nearly one-third of the startup end "evaporated", but fortunately it was not irreversible.
The "virtual connections" mentioned by Tavel are, of course, those vague lines between the huge wreckage.
"What is the progress of repairing this thing?" Qian Qian also came over today to join in the fun, but she was even more confused than me at the busy scene in front of her. He could only look at Tavel with confused eyes, "Don't talk about data, I have a headache."
"..." Tavel remained silent for a long time. It seemed that for this senior scientist, not telling the data would cost her half her life. However, in the end, Abyss Xiling next to her came up to help her out: "The core part will start first. Don't think about it, this time it is mainly to test what will happen if its outer part is forcibly started without the core. Although it 'evaporates' nearly one-third, the redundant structure allows it to still have its main function. I've been working overtime to make repairs, and in theory it can be put into operation. Of course, it's not certain how long it will last."
"Why do I always feel that it's not too safe..." When I heard people like Abyss Xiling use "not sure" to describe the test results, my heart immediately raised, "What if it explodes?"
"It's not safe in the first place, and it's almost certain to explode," Abyss Xiling shrugged nonchalantly, and quickly explained after seeing my cannibalistic look, "It's just to test the time required from charging to overloading." It only matters how long it takes. Those virtual connections are more fragile than other structures on the startup end. When the energy exceeds the threshold, it can quickly overload and self-destruct. It is like a safety device that can prevent the entire startup end from blowing up again. Well. At most, the virtual connection will be blown up. . We can't completely restore the startup end now. So we have to find the ultimate power without blowing it up completely... I hope it can reach 50% of the original design indicators, so that the success rate of bridging is still Very high."
As soon as Abyss Xiling finished speaking, I heard a whirring voice coming from the communicator: "Ah ho~~ General, brother, did you hear that? This is the War Song, and this ship has already set up the protective field. La! When are you going to start it? It’s so boring to wait here..."
Another voice broke into the channel immediately: "If you're bored, just hit this ship, right? You're mentally ill! Why would a war pendant in this ship be reduced to just watching the show, and accompany a large group of people? Help the dull-witted spaceship... Alas, I recall the glorious past. The warriors and horses fought for thousands of years, swallowing up the sky and the terrain like a tiger; looking at the old man today, exhausted and weak, his voice is hoarse on the railing. Physically and mentally exhausted, as weak as a rat, General Her brother, can you arrange something more interesting for this ship to do?"
Me: "..." These two lunatics can really find a sense of presence for themselves anytime and anywhere.
That's right. The Warsong and the Celestial Forge are also in this testing ground, and they are also very important "staff" here. These two are currently the most powerful and qualified real planet fortress in the New Empire, and their power level is not at all It is comparable to the mass-produced "zero" level planetary fortress (although the "zero" level planetary fortress has also evolved for many generations and is not what it used to be). The Warsong was the former flagship of Sandora. It had powerful and various mathematical rate equipment. Its power to adjust the parameters of the universe was not only useful on the battlefield, but also more useful in such large-scale experimental projects that could easily lead to the collapse of the world. The Forge of the Gods is the last planetary fortress built by Abyss Xiling at the end of the old empire. Although it has never actually been on the battlefield, it has extremely advanced equipment. It can be said that Abyss Xiling used all the good things at hand. Being on such a starship (it is the last hope after all), and what is gratifying is that she is better at creating a large-scale defense and stable environment than the Warsong (related to its positioning, it is a refuge ark after all), so It is also extremely useful on the testing ground.
We asked these two starships to arrange a large-scale stable environment and defense field around the test site to prevent the launcher from losing control due to the huge information disturbance when it is activated, or even a vicious accident that penetrates the universe - except for the Garden of Death. Only they have such a large-scale and high-intensity control power, but the Garden of Death has to focus on monitoring the entire empire area, so I had to endure these two nonsense and arranged them to the test site... But saying To be honest, I feel a little regretful at this time. Is there really nothing wrong with them?
It is said that they are already in trouble! The footage from the monitor showed these two lunatics bumping into each other! Do you two think you are an interstellar bumper car? Two planetary fortresses with an average diameter larger than the earth are colliding in space. Who are they planning to scare to death?
"I think it was a mistake to ask these two live treasures to help." I couldn't help but touch the elder sister next to me. "These two reunited after a long absence. They were in a state of excitement for twenty-two hours a day, and the remaining two hours were extreme. I’m so excited—I can’t stand it! The Grand Overseer was so honest that he protested several times.”
Sister showed a slightly troubled smile: "The two of them... at least come here and help a little bit, it's better than sitting idle all day long in the shadow space studying the two's strength, right?"
As soon as I heard the words "errenzhuan", I immediately fell silent. I just felt a chill running through my body: These two crazy starships almost went crazy a while ago. I don’t know how they came into contact with the earth’s culture and learned about the term Errenzhuan, and then they understood these three words literally... ...After that, there were three days of intense upheaval and public discontent. Can you imagine what it would be like for two planetary fortresses to circle around each other like crazy, throwing the entire asteroid belt around? Is that true in every sense of the word? Errenzhuan! The Grand Overseer and a group of escort fleets were fooled by these two insane hosts countless times. They were all dizzy when they came to complain...
This is really confusing. The loyalty between these two psychopaths is so touching that I can’t help but want to treat them well every time. But the nerves they stirred up were even more shocking, making me want to immediately strap on explosives and die with them - these two are simply the natural nemesis of the harmonious order of the new empire. Since having them, I have not made any progress. , Tolerance is moving forward with each passing day...
"Brother General? Brother General, why don't you say anything?" The voice of the second lunatic echoed in the communication channel. This guy had no idea what the silence before the start of the dangerous project meant. "When will the experiment start? Do you want to pay back the money?" Before we start our ship, why don’t we go get some sleep first?”
"Just wait patiently!" I thought about how she and Tianshen Forge were studying the "Two-person Turn" and I got very angry. "The power is being charged here. Can't you be quiet? And don't collide with Tianshen Forge." Let's just collide, okay? You two are spaceships, not spring balls..."
"This ship woman is asking for it. She said that the equator of this ship is not as slim as hers - isn't this crazy? They are both balls, so there is no way they are slim or not. Don't you think so, General?"
"Who are you calling a woman?!" "What's wrong with what I'm saying? If you don't accept it, do it!" "Who is afraid of whom? If you have the ability, stop and don't move. I can't kill you with a spinning ball from this ship!" "The ship girl is quite arrogant, come on, fight until it hurts~~"
This time, even Viska, who was lying on the ground studying backgammon with Little Bubble, couldn't stand listening anymore. The one-meter-two general stood up and shouted: "Quiet! If you continue to act nonsense, I will dismantle you and turn it into a garbage incinerator!"
This time the world is finally peaceful. Still, Visca's words worked - but what happened to dismantling and modifying the garbage incinerator? Was there still such a rule within the Legion of Destruction back then?
Not to mention that two former veterans of the Legion of Destruction are still making a fuss at the edge of the test site. The preparations for the "ignition test" of the startup end here are finally almost complete. The work team is establishing the last set of virtual connections in space. Those scattered and floating white light groups have now been fixed by anchor frames throughout the space. They pass through each other according to quite complex rules through the white light exuding a slight halo. When the light strips are connected, they look like clouds floating in the universe. And between the clouds there is a long bridge of white light crisscrossing the traffic. The last work teams were withdrawing from the white light group, and the clock on the holographic projection next to us suddenly stopped. Then it switches from counting up to counting down: it is now five minutes before ignition.
Even though I knew that this test was just to test the residual power of the boot end, and it was not a decisive actual measurement, I still became slightly nervous: the time that the boot end can last will directly affect our final success rate of repairing it. I hope this thing can survive. Pass the fatal level of "50% power".
Only if it can withstand operation at 50% power can the starting end be of use. Otherwise, even if we forcibly install it on the Gate of the Abyss, it will only be a giant bomb.
Bubble's voice resounded through all the facilities through the test site broadcast: "Attention all units, the connection operation is over, all workers evacuate the A-level danger area, all workers evacuate the A-level danger area, now start testing the virtual connection, the first group Data loading starts..."
There will be no problems with these virtual connections. They are not too advanced technologies, and they are personally supervised by the best experts from the Protoss and the Empire. There will be no problems. The current data loading test is just to check their data capacity. Whether the flux can meet the operating standards of the startup end. While Bubble was conducting these preliminary tests, the Nether Energy Death Star was also ready for the upcoming "ignition". The surface of this giant blue energy body was rolling with flames, but the whole body shrank slightly - this was to burn itself out. The mode changes from combat type to pure energy output type. A layer of spherical distributed energy extractors (a bit like the Dyson sphere imagined by humans) arranged on the periphery of the psionic Death Star began to work. As the energy output of the psionic Death Star increased, they emitted bright blue light one by one. Countless blue light bridges appeared out of thin air, and the huge nether energy was gathered together, and then concentrated on the starting end through the hyperspace device.
The whole world seems to be filled with blue light.
Then the blue light gradually weakened, and the nearly endless blue flames of the psionic Death Star also slowly calmed down. The entire planet was like a light bulb with insufficient energy supply and thus weakened brightness: the starting end requires a huge amount of energy, even if it is only ignited once. It was also enough to make the psionic Death Star show signs of dimness, but despite this, it still provided ample energy for this experiment.
"Thank you for being able to create such a monster-like energy body," Abyss Xiling glanced at the psionic Death Star in space and sighed, "Even I was scared when I saw it for the first time. One jump, such a terrifying thing... I have always tried every means to destroy this starship, but now it has become a very important thing to me, and the activation end depends on it."
I smiled and said nothing, and the countdown was just about to reach the end.
"Enough energy, ready to light the fire!"