Chapter 942: Eat It

(The last day of this month...well, half a day, don't you think you should shiver if you still have tickets in your hands...please throw in a few tickets at the end~! For the sake of moral integrity!)

The logbook of the deep-diving vessel is very long, and all we see are some footnotes that happen to be displayed. These footnotes may not even be part of the logbook, but are something that a scientist on duty uses as a "diary" in addition to recording data. Added to the system information, Imperial scientists generally have this habit. They take the trouble to record all kinds of inconspicuous things that happen in daily research, and advance them together with the normal experimental reports. This helps them in When I re-analyzed the data later, I discovered some small details that I had not noticed at the time, and the short information we have in front of us between the diary and the research observation record obviously exists because of this.

Shandora's expression was very solemn, and some shocking facts seemed to be gradually emerging from the fog, but no one dared to believe it. I touched her shoulder lightly and asked in a low voice: "What do you think this is?"

"It seems..." Sandora took a deep breath and finally no longer doubted, "It seems that this is an action record left during the voyage of the deep-diving ship, explaining what they did during the forty days of a certain mission. What happened in the past probably indicates the purpose of an operation... They were trying to find something in the abyss..."

"And trying to get in touch with those things inside," I found one of the crucial footnotes, pointing to the text above, "Look here, they want to reach a certain place called a 'call mark' location, but failed to arrive because the starship reached its limit. Their original plan was to send some message at this 'call beacon' so that something in the abyss could respond to them, but because the spacecraft did not arrive at the optimal location to send the message, Location, the message eventually disappeared. The question arises: What exactly were they planning to do? Who were they contacting in the abyss?"

"What a terrible direction to speculate on," Sandora smiled bitterly. "The only possibility is that they are trying to establish contact with the abyss. If it is said that this is the work of the fallen apostles, it would make sense, but the establishment of this starship The time was the era of the old empire. How could any Xiling apostle be crazy enough to establish contact with the abyss at that time? He even drove a spaceship deep into the gate of the abyss for this purpose..."

"No matter how unbelievable it is, at least it's a conjecture," I squeezed Sandora's arm. "The old empire was basically crazy from top to bottom in the end. Everything they studied was normal. Maybe this was just... It's just an extremely radical research. After all, you have fought with the Abyss for countless epochs, but your understanding of the enemy is still very abstract. Under this situation, if the entire race falls into a state of eagerness for quick success, then risking to establish direct relations with the Abyss. Contact is really possible, after all, this is the easiest way to understand the enemy."

"Occam, I swear, even in the craziest era of the empire, he was the most out of control of all mad scientists," Sandora grinned with a depressed face, as if she wanted to laugh, but in the end she couldn't. "Look at what a crazy plan this is. We have come into contact with pure abyssal creatures that are conscious. Although those things have thoughts, they will never communicate with ordinary life. This starship is really a crazy idea. It's terrible."

I nodded to Sandora's complaint, but some doubts instinctively arose in my heart.

I have indeed seen the so-called abyssal creature once. It was "Brother Mo" who had a relationship with me a long time ago. The abyssal creature that had no shape, was erratic and was extremely difficult to kill. Caused me a lot of trouble, so I was impressed. It is said that abyssal aggregates that can think for themselves and actively make infection plans are extremely rare. Often, only one or two similar "lives" will be born in an abyss gate, and these "lives" will often be born. Fusing with a powerful main material world creature to form a powerful infected person (such as Bingtis back then), the abyss aggregate that remains completely "purified" will appear except for infection sources that have not yet completed "foraging". Outside the main material plane, it should only exist inside the Gate of the Abyss. So, is the purpose of the abyssal submersible ship designed by Occam really to communicate with the above-mentioned abyssal aggregate?

Somehow, when I put the word "communication" on something like the Abyssal Aggregate, I feel a huge sense of dissonance. I intuitively tell myself that the situation is not that simple. Occam's plan back then should have a deeper meaning. High goals. However, due to the lack of too much key information, even if my intuition makes such a judgment, the so-called truth is still a huge mystery to me. Before I have a definite guess, it is better not to disturb Sandora with those messy thoughts. judged.

"Forget it, let's not consider this for now. Let's find a way to dismantle this database first."

Sandora is a person who knows priorities. Now that the wreckage of the deep-diving ship is still gradually disintegrating, the time left for us is limited. The most important thing is to rescue the database. As for those weird voyage logs and footnotes... there should be backup files in the database. , we will extract it and study it slowly when the time comes.

"Are you going to cut off the whole tower?"

I raised my head and glanced at the towering behemoth in front of me, sweating white hair and said, no matter how you look at it, the amount of this project is too big. Can Sandora really handle it by herself? Or am I going to come here and help?

"Of course not. My initial judgment was wrong. This tower is not a database at all." Sandora laughed, and then with my shocked expression, she suddenly punched the crystal tower. Suddenly, the latter There was a crisp cracking sound - and of course a piercing alarm, "It's just a casing and bracket to hold the database."

Sandora's strength is certainly not as strong as that brute force Lin, but the crystal clear crystal tower in front of her is obviously not as good as the high-purity astrology stone. Under Sandora's punch, the crystal tower is already full of cracks , and then collapsed in an instant.

With a crash, the collapsed crystal tower was like a cracked pillar of light, turning into scattered debris in an unusually gorgeous heavy rain. I didn't expect that this huge thing could form such tiny fragments after the impact of external forces, as if it was floating in the air. The flying snow particles were like snow particles, and in the blink of an eye... they buried me in it.

"Next time there is a big movement, please warn me."

I jumped out of the debris on the ground while holding on to my shield, and said to Shandora depressedly. After the huge crystal tower collapsed, there were definitely a lot of debris, almost covering the surrounding ground with a layer of nearly two meters. , this is the result of a large part of the debris evaporating with energy during the explosion. If Dingdang was buried, he would probably get lost in it.

As the "culprit" Sandora is much more calm than me. She just found out that the crystal tower was broken into pieces and flew into the air. At this time, she stuck out her tongue at me: "I didn't expect it to become so brittle. This kind of The crystal is different from the regular model.”

"What it is?"

I rose up to Sandora's side, knocked her on the head lightly, and then frowned and looked at the place where the crystal tower used to be. When the latter collapsed, something was left on the spot: a translucent , a geometric body about three feet square... Well, geometric body, I can only describe it this way, because it has no fixed shape at all, and the surface is like a molten metal between liquid and solid state, undulating and constantly changing shape. . The geometry shows a silvery white tone, but due to its translucent nature and ever-changing shape, this silvery white luster sometimes seems to be just an illusion. I stared at it for a while, and my eyes felt a little astringent - —This is too strange. If it was just a visual disturbance, I would never feel this way. The constantly deforming geometry in front of me is really strange.

"The real database," Sandora smiled slightly, "The crystal tower is just a storage device, this weird thing is the database, but it is indeed strange, I have never seen such an imperial device... Well, leave it to the tower Weir, go ahead and have a headache, just take this thing back and you can rest.”

Sandora said, carefully approaching the silver-white translucent object floating in mid-air, but when her hand came into contact with the latter, an unexpected thing happened: her hand passed through " database” as if it were just a phantom.

"Um?"

Not only was I shocked, but Sandora also exclaimed in a low voice. Then she tried again, but the result was still the same: the database could not be accessed.

"Is it a projection? Or is it in reverse phase?" Sandora took a few steps back and said with a frown, "No, the energy disturbance near the target can be actually scanned, and the space it occupies does exist, but Things in the material world seem to have no way of affecting it..."

I was dumbfounded. I never expected that we would encounter such trouble. The database was right in front of us, but there was no way to "take it away". Is this thing the same as a phantom?

Sandora then tried there many times, including grabbing with her hands, using energy chains, using gravity traction, and using space cracks. If she had a master ball, she would definitely take it out and try it, but in the end all attempts failed. Failure, the database is still suspended in mid-air, with no contact with the surrounding material world. Even Sandora fell into a state of confusion: she had never seen such a strange thing.

"It doesn't seem to exist in the current time and space at all, but it's not anti-phasing or mass projection," Sandora looked a little anxious, because time was running out, and subtle energy sparks appeared on the walls of the control hall. , the psionic energy from the outside world will soon invade this place, "Damn it, it takes time to analyze this thing, it's already too late!"

"Don't worry, since the deep submersible can fix this shadow-like thing in one place, there must be a way to control it." I took a deep breath, "Okay, let me contact the enthusiastic audience outside the venue."

Shandora was stunned, and I connected to Tavel's spiritual connection, and then quickly told me about the strange things I encountered here, and at the same time, I simply packaged and uploaded the information I saw: no details can be missed. , maybe Tavel will know what this database is about.

"This kind of thing... is not a regular imperial equipment." Tavel's voice also sounded a little hesitant, but soon the second half of her sentence refreshed Sandora and I, "Please wait a moment, subordinate. I seem to have seen information related to this database, let’s check it out!”

Tavel was silent for a moment, and then a message came with a tone of surprise: "Found it... This is a special technology from the last period of the old empire. Because the specific performance was not verified until the empire collapsed, it was never uploaded. Go to the central database. In short, this is a data storage device based on a fantasy mathematical model. It does not exist conceptually in the current world, so it cannot be affected by anything on the material level. Well, specific information It's very complicated. My subordinates now have two plans to take away this database. The first is to use special frequency psionic crystals to generate a force field and imprison the database. Although it is separated from the main material plane, in order to be able to operate, this Things are designed to have a 'locking frequency'..."

"The crystal has been smashed by me," Sandora said awkwardly in the mental connection, then turned to me and muttered in a low voice, "The database's own information did not say that the crystal tower is such an important thing, only that It's a storage device... Whoever designed this didn't even provide a complete set of instructions."

Tavel's voice paused obviously. Her Majesty the Queen's resolute actions obviously left her quite speechless, but then she said the second plan: "Then the only way is to use the power of the void to imprison the database. It is based on a fantasy mathematical model. Basically, this mathematical model can be forcibly suspended by the void. This will not cause the database to collapse, but will only allow it to temporarily connect to the main material plane: this is the process used in the manufacturing of the database, and can also be used to transport the database. "

"Ajun, come on." Sandora poked my arm.

"Okay," I scratched my hair and transformed into the void form. After such a long period of training, I have become faster and faster in switching postures, although the shape is still as tough as ever, "Tavel, then What should we do? Carry the database out? Or surround it with the void realm?"

Tavel gave me five words without even thinking: "Eat it."

Me: "... Just say Happy April Fool's Day and I'll just let it go."

"Sorry, but this is the method." The serious Science Ji ignored my joke and continued to analyze seriously, "The void field is just a force field around you. It does not have the ability to move things, and its purity is not enough. , the database may lose stability when transported in an impure void environment. Similarly, it cannot be carried out, so it must be placed in a 100% pure void environment and if it can be transported, the only choice is to eat it. Now you The internal environment is exactly the same as the real void. Theoretically, this is..."

I interrupted the other party quietly: "Then do you know that this thing is as big as a table?"

Tavel was silent for a few seconds: "You can divide it a few more times. The database will always remain intact in higher dimensions. As long as it is not thrown into the void, we will not lose it. It is precisely because of this that only you can Bring the database out and use regular void power, the database will be lost. This is theoretically true. In addition, you can also try to store the entire database into your own body, because the void is absolutely infinite, and any concept is in the void. There is no numerical state, and the same is true for volume. In theory, you can fit anything into the body, including a database as big as a table.”

"Okay, I believe you, as long as you don't continue to talk about this strange topic." I interrupted Tavel's words with a guilty look on my face. After cutting off the communication, I glanced at Sandora. Sure enough, this girl was smiling evilly. .

I really don’t even have the energy to complain - Sandora, do you really think you have the right to laugh at me? When it comes to eating, you are the master, okay?

I sighed silently in my heart, and stared at the "database" not far in front of me to calm down. This weird thing had no idea of ​​the fate it was about to face. It was still changing its shape in mid-air. No one could tell. I don’t know the existence of this thing, but I know that now only I can transfer it from the wreckage of the spacecraft that is about to be thrown into the void.

Take a deep breath… take a deep breath…

Sandora touched my shoulder: "Arjun, why don't you start?"

I cried with a sad face (if you could tell): "Damn it, I have no mouth!"

Shandora was stunned for several seconds, and then she said with a strange face: "...Tavel doesn't mean that you really want to eat this with your mouth, right?"

If there was a crack in the ground, would you believe me that I could crawl into it and stay in seclusion for ten years?

"I...of course I know! Isn't this just to adjust the atmosphere! In addition, I have to figure out how to put it into my body, right?" I quickly waved my hand, pretending to be in control of everything, and then No matter how weird Shandora's expression was, this girl smiled evilly and turned her head to compete with the database.

At the same time, his mental power slowly spread, and he began to build an indescribable "bridge" between the silvery-white translucent geometry in front of him and himself.

Tavel only deduced such a feasible method based on the data in the database, but she didn’t know how to do it, and she couldn’t guide me on how to complete the “eating” process. But this is not important, because certain things are very important to void creatures. In fact, it is a kind of instinctive thing. Void encompasses all things. Everything that can be described or cannot be described comes from the void at its root. No matter what form they are, they are part of the void.

Completely let go of your soul, let the instinct of the void creature guide you to complete all this, and then suddenly regain control of your body when Sandora's reminder suddenly echoed in the spiritual connection.

This kind of work requires tacit understanding, even if I don't say it, I have completed the communication with Sandora in a heart-to-heart connection.

When he opened his eyes again in human form, there was nothing in front of him. The so-called database had become something at the conceptual level and was "stored" in his body.

Before evacuating the wreckage of the spacecraft, I asked Sandora one last question:

"Girl, do you think I'll have a bad stomach..."

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