The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 489: Ice Sea Incident, Chat and Reveal (7k)

After weighing it briefly and snapping his fingers, Zhao Qing made the giant bronze pillar emit a slight ringing sound. He thought to himself, this pillar should be solid, two or three hundred meters long, and weigh tens of thousands of tons from beginning to end. How was this thing transported inland and stuffed into the interior of the mountain?
It seemed that no crane could lift it, and it could only take the transfer route of the Nibelungen Space.

Soon, she found a 3D imaging scanner, recorded the part of the dragon text exposed on the copper pillar, and sent a copy to Finkel. Then she got a copy of the "Ice Sea Copper Pillar Table" from him, so that she could compare the two pillars.

As one of the only one and a half people who personally experienced the "Greenland Ice Sea Incident" and survived, Finkel was obviously quite shocked after hearing the news. He did not hesitate to violate the regulations and sent the most confidential documents of the academy, and also supplemented the detailed process of what happened that year.

In the fall of 2001, a man with the ID "Prince" posted a message on Hunter.com saying that his tugboat had caught strange bronze fragments in the deep Greenland Sea.

He published photos, which showed that there were complex ancient texts on the fragments, which were completely consistent with the "Ice Sea Copper Column Table" secretly collected by Kassel Academy.

The "Ice Sea Copper Pillar Table" is the most detailed dragon text material that the secret party can find. It records the war history of the dragon clan, but it has not been deciphered so far because there is no text for comparison. However, with the addition of another new copper pillar table, perhaps the true history of dragons can be deciphered.

However, when the "Prince" provided the coordinates, the academy did not find any giant columnar objects on the seabed, but captured the heartbeat signal of a dragon. So six A-level students led by Schneider dived to the bottom of the ice sea and saw a door in the sea water.

For some unknown reason, the diving team cut the safety rope themselves, drilled into the door, and "disappeared". Schneider dived down to rescue them, but encountered a newly hatched ancient dragon baby. It was turned into an ice sculpture by a breath of dragon's breath. The baby survived because it was contaminated with dragon blood and happened to evolve.

Next is Finkel's personal experience. Since his girlfriend EVA was a member of the diving team, Finkel originally planned to secretly follow them to dive and provide protection. Although he was not a specialist in the mission, he managed to get a place in the accompanying team by some means and even prepared a special diving suit for himself.

But he had drunk a lot of alcohol that day and was not allowed to dive after being discovered. He was forcibly delayed for a while until the six-member team and Schneider died one after another, and then he was allowed to carry out emergency rescue.

When he jumped into the icy sea with a knife in hand without wearing a diving suit to save time and dived into the water, he did not only notice the existence of the newborn dragons like Schneider did, but relied on the few traces left by EVA along the way to successfully track down and discover the mysterious portal.

After hesitating for a moment in front of the door that most likely represented the entrance to the Nibelungen, a door from which he would never return, Finkel made up his mind and rushed directly into the door. Then, he saw a scene that he would never forget in his life:
A humanoid creature wrapped in a white shroud and with a strong smell of decay was silently watching his arrival behind the door, but he didn't pay much attention to this small character like Fingel. He just slowly raised his arm, holding a slightly bent dead branch spear in his hand.

The next moment, this being who was suspected to be at the Dragon King level threw his spear with force. A golden light flashed in the sky and pierced through a dragon outside the door with an extremely astonishing aura and the same majesty of a king. Blood gushed out of the opponent's wound.

As if aware that the spear had the characteristic of long-range locking, and that hiding outside the door was useless, the newborn ancient dragon, while concentrating on healing its wounds, released several enhanced word spirits, rushed into the door at an unimaginable speed, and started a fierce fight with the spearman.

"This was a decisive battle between two ancient kings. Both sides moved and attacked so fast that I could hardly see clearly. There were explosive shock waves of cold and heat everywhere. Even though I activated the protection of the bronze throne, I couldn't resist it at all and was soon seriously injured."

In the message Finkel sent, he said: "Just as Professor Schneider was able to survive from the bottom of the sea because the dragon blood he inhaled stimulated his potential, the ancient dragons also shed a lot of blood in the close combat, and the blood seeped into my body, constantly repairing my injuries, so that I was able to survive."

"Knowing that this was a battle I had no right to participate in, I immediately chose to retreat and flee. However, since the 'gate' was the center of the battle between the two sides, I could not get close to it at all. I could only go deeper into the Nibelungen, hoping to find my companions who had fallen not long ago..."

"In fact, I was really lucky to meet them, but it was not good enough after all... Including EVA, the six people in the diving team were all contaminated by the blood of the young dragon. Not everyone happened to have the genes that can evolve like me. They have been deeply corroded and polluted by the dragon's blood."

"It turned out that they cut the safety ropes to return to the ice surface themselves. The main reason was not because they were under mental control, but because they knew they would soon become Deadpool. Therefore, they refused the opportunity to return and survive, and wanted to sacrifice themselves to prevent the people on the boat from being injured by Deadpool."

"But I really wanted to save that one of them, so I took the risk and relied on my bloodline that had just evolved after being baptized by dragon blood to force the 'Bronze Throne' to advance to the 'Acala' that only existed in ancient books. I preserved EVA's soul in a state that was almost alive and temporarily integrated it into the sword."

"At this time, the duel between the two kings also came to an end. I don't know which one of them took the time to activate an extremely high-level word spirit, releasing nine giant ice dragons, freezing all the sea water in the Nibelungen, and then exploding into pieces."

"The Nine Infants of Words, a composite super-word spirit that combines the spirit, water, and fire elements... When this word spirit was completed, the Nibelungen space seemed to be torn apart, and violent elemental turbulence swept through, separating me from the ice that froze everyone."

"Finally, I successfully found the portal at the beginning and returned to the real world, but my companions who were locked in those metal diving suits were forever sleeping in the depths of the icy sea. They might not 'die', but they could never come back..."

It looked like Odin attacked one of the twin kings of the sea and water who were hatching across the Nibelung. He must have won the battle and got what he wanted?
But why did he let Cassel's diving team join in? With only six A-levels, even if the Word Spirits were special, it would be difficult for them to influence the first-generation-level war. Would the academy need to fire a few Philosopher's Stone bullets to injure the Sea King?
Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly, feeling that this matter was not that simple. It was probably not a coincidence, but a conspiracy specially designed by the "Prince". His goal was to destroy Cassel's new generation of elites, so as to gradually complete his layout in the world of mixed-bloods.

A more similar event was the "Summer of Mourning" in 1900, which killed a group of elders of the Secret Party and almost all the first-generation members of the Lionheart Society.

Considering that the Temple Order actually has the bronze pillar that went missing in that incident, the Temple Order's top brass, as well as related organizations such as the Holy Palace Medical Society and the Freemasons, should have some connection with the "Prince". Following this clue, perhaps the truth of that year can be uncovered.

As for the Word Spirit Acalanatha, it is estimated that he is the source of the Night Killing Flame Demon Sword. According to the general rules of Word Spirit advancement, the effect may be further increase in physical strengthening, and it can cover alchemical weapons and one's own spirit, but the burden will also increase exponentially.

Acala is the chief of the Eight Vidyarajas of Tantric Buddhism. He is the wrathful form of Vairocana Tathagata. His prototype is the "Immovable Lord", a title of Shiva, and the patron saint of a mountain.

The fourth chapter of the Different Commentaries says: "In the first layer, in the southwest corner of the west, there is a dark blue body, with a perfect figure and an extremely angry look, with raised eyebrows and angry eyes... His right hand is hanging inwards at the waist, holding a sword, his left hand is bent with the elbow open, the palm is facing upward, holding a rope with the fingertips facing the left, facing the right, sitting on a flat stone, with a blazing light like a Garuda..."

Perhaps it was because using high-risk words could easily aggravate the erosion of dragon blood, and because Finkel's bloodline was barely up to the level of "Acalanatha", most of the time, he would not upgrade the stable and safe bronze throne.

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While thinking about the Greenland Ice Sea incident and speculating that Odin and his masked puppet could travel freely in the so-called "Abyss of Chaos", Zhao Qing sorted out the information of the Templar headquarters and found the more valuable available technologies.

In addition to nuclear alchemy technology, genetic modification, brain chip implants and other technologies, the technology used in the previous hibernation chambers also attracted her attention. After a careful look, she found that the technology was derived from the basic abilities of pure-blooded dragons and currently had many limitations.

On the surface, it is just a single frozen hibernation, but in fact it requires the support of specific genetic technology, and long-term hibernation is only limited to the owners of the Word Spirit Winter and high-level hybrids of grade A and above. For ordinary people, they can only hibernate for a maximum of one or two years, otherwise there is a risk of becoming a vegetable.

Since the relevant gene sequences and brain tissue influences have been marked, in Zhao Qing's hands, it may not take long before he can put others into a dormant state with just a finger, sealing them in black ice. The rate at which their lifespan is lost would be slowed down by dozens of times, and theoretically they could live for thousands of years.

Although it is of little use to her, this extremely easy method of prolonging life undoubtedly has an unimaginable appeal to others, can have a huge impact, and play an important role in future interstellar travel.

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Late at night, the waves of the North Atlantic Ocean appeared exceptionally tranquil under the moonlight, and above this seemingly calm sea, a gigantic aerospace mothership, the Masonic "Raphael", was silently flying at a low altitude of 800 meters above the water at a speed of km/h.

It is 294 meters long, has a wingspan of 382 meters, weighs about tons, and is equipped with four high-efficiency nuclear ramjet engines, twelve giant turbofan engines, and eighty small turbojet vector engines. It uses its unique ground-effect flight technology to maintain high speed and ensure concealment.

The project was initially developed based on the CL-1969 nuclear-powered aircraft designed by Lockheed in 5440 with a take-off weight of 1201 tons. After several iterations, it eventually built the latest generation of ground-effect aerospace carriers and two ground-effect missile destroyers for flank escort.

When it was sailing at night, the six-pointed star logo on the edge of the hull lit up with a soft blue light, which contrasted with the all-seeing eye paint in the center. The hatch below slowly opened, and a YF-23 fighter was released like a bomb.

The fighter plane glided forward with the help of inertia, quickly started its engine, and with a stream of red flames spurting out from the tail, it turned and drilled out from under the horizontal wing of the aircraft carrier, then climbed continuously and began its routine cruise.

Almost at the same time, a CX-15 with its rocket engine turned off caught up with the tail of the aircraft carrier at high speed from behind, and connected with another hook sticking out from the open hatch, and the two aircraft worked together to quickly complete the recovery.

In addition to its extremely high cruising speed, its deployment efficiency and take-off and landing times far exceed those of ordinary aircraft carriers. It can directly conduct aerial refueling, and the endurance of its carrier-based aircraft is significantly improved, which is also a major advantage of ground-effect aircraft carriers. Its comprehensive combat efficiency is equivalent to that of four or five large aircraft carriers.

Unlike ordinary aircraft carriers, since there is no need for a deck and due to the requirements of aerodynamic shape, the ground effect aircraft carrier has two islands on the left and right, each with a MARAUDER ultra-high directional energy and radiation magnetic ring weapon system underneath, which can accelerate the annular plasma to 400km/s.

Inside the island on the left, the lights were soft. Two senior officers in neat military uniforms, the captain and the first mate, were standing in front of the huge portholes, staring at the deep night sky outside the windows.

"…Although the information we have so far is shocking, it is an indisputable fact…The core members of the Temple headquarters have suddenly lost contact. The original support operation had to be urgently suspended. It is expected that after thoroughly investigating the battlefield situation, a full retreat order will be issued to accelerate the return to a safe area."

When the captain received this heavy order, his expression was full of surprise and worry.

He knew very well that as an old force, the Temple of Solomon had a tight defense system and was well prepared, but it could quickly collapse when facing a surprise attack from a single opponent. This news was like a bolt from the blue and was unbelievable.

"How could they be so vulnerable?" The captain muttered to himself, his mind racing. He then learned that the Templar's disastrous defeat might be closely related to highly advanced network infiltration and information tactics.

He quickly adjusted his strategy and decisively ordered a YF-1 stealth fighter and two SR-23 reconnaissance planes that were on mission to return immediately, and immediately activated the ship-wide radio silence procedure to minimize the risk of being detected and locked by the enemy and ensure the safety of the fleet.

"The strong military strength of our fleet is definitely beyond the reach of the Temple, especially when dealing with the huge aerial target mentioned in the previous intelligence." However, the first mate seemed to have a different opinion and said indignantly:

"The Titan V is equipped with a 9MT nuclear warhead, coupled with the precise positioning of the Luneburg lens phased array radar, and the iron wall constructed by the plasma cannon and nuclear air defense missile system. The three-dimensional defense network we have built is enough to deter any enemy."

After all, it is not a formal country. The deployment of an aerospace fleet costs hundreds of millions. If it returns empty-handed, it will definitely leave a bad reputation for the fleet officers.

"But Levis, do you dare to bet?"

Captain Hyperion shook his head. "Who can bear the heavy responsibility if something worth tens of billions of dollars is damaged? In the absence of reliable intelligence, any rash action may cost us an unbearable price."

"Captain, I understand your concerns." Levis broke the silence, his tone becoming more steady: "In the final analysis, the 'Raphael' was not strong enough to ensure victory in the battle, so it had to choose to retreat after its first public appearance." At this point, he changed the subject and naturally brought up the question in his mind: "It is based on this consideration that I have always had a puzzle - why didn't the Raphael adopt those technologies that have proven their powerful potential, such as the former Soviet Union's controlled nuclear fusion technology?"

"I heard that their fusion reactor has an amazing power of 3 million kilowatts, which is more than a hundred times that of the existing nuclear fission reactor on our ship. The energy efficiency improvement brought by it will undoubtedly greatly enhance our combat capability and endurance."

"Isn't this kind of technological innovation what we have been pursuing? Can the new generation of 'Sheetz-class' aerospace carriers that are being built be used?"

Between the words, it was revealed that the Freemasons had mastered top-secret technology developed by the former Soviet Union that even Russia was unaware of.

"Your question is very profound."

Captain Hyperion turned around and looked at the first mate with a deep gaze. "Indeed, controlled nuclear fusion is regarded as the ultimate form of future energy. Its clean, efficient, and almost unlimited energy supply potential is very attractive, but reality is always more complicated than ideal."

He slowly walked to the tactical sand table beside him and gently ran his fingers across the model representing the "Raphael".

"First of all, we must make it clear that although the former Soviet Union has made major breakthroughs in the field of nuclear fusion, there are still many insurmountable obstacles in truly applying this technology to practice, especially in highly integrated military equipment like ours."

"In fact, the energy density and cost-effectiveness of the deuterium-tritium fusion tokamak device that can be manufactured in theory at present are still not comparable to the most advanced nuclear fission engine we use at this stage."

The captain further explained: "Furthermore, the miniaturization of nuclear fusion technology is a huge challenge. Under the current level of technology, the size and weight of a tokamak device that can generate sufficient thrust are far beyond imagination."

"It weighs at least 40 tons, equivalent to twelve fully loaded Raphaels. This is undoubtedly unacceptable for an aerospace carrier that needs to be flexible and responsive."

The first mate was surprised when he heard this. "40 tons? I always thought that through technological innovation, the tokamak device could be reduced to a few hundred tons. The research reports on the tokamak device don't seem to mention such a large scale."

Hearing this, the captain shook his head: "Those reports often only show one side of the research results, while ignoring the complexity and challenges behind it. The excessive pursuit of miniaturization is the root cause of the setbacks encountered by many teams in the field of controlled nuclear fusion."

"The reason why the former Soviet Union was willing to spend huge amounts of money to build an entire city to research and manufacture tokamaks, with the total weight of the reactor measured in millions of tons, was because they deeply understood that the larger the tokamak was built, the closer it was to the edge of success."

"This is because large-scale devices can provide a more stable magnetic field environment, a more effective cooling system and more space for complex experimental adjustments. At the same time, the more powerful the nuclear reactor, the higher the cost-effectiveness."

"In fact, if a 3 million kilowatt fusion reactor can be miniaturized, even if the Soviet Union is on the eve of disintegration, it can still use it to activate super laser weapons to quickly destroy the United States, immediately regroup, and become the only overlord on this planet."

"When the first step - achieving a stable and controllable nuclear fusion reaction - has not been completed, talking about miniaturization and commercialization is nothing but castles in the air. If humans had tried to make a steam engine the size of a grain of rice from the beginning, the Industrial Revolution might never have come."

"So, what would happen if we were really equipped with those so-called miniaturized tokamak fusion reactors?" First Mate Lewis continued to ask, as if he felt that the potential of nuclear fusion was more than that and wanted to know more.

The captain explained again: "Even if those miniaturized fusion reactors are really manufactured and achieve a Q value greater than 1, their design power is only a few hundred megawatts, which is less than half of the output power of our nuclear fission reactors. What use can they be?"

"Even with a giant tokamak, there are still major problems with tritium self-sustaining and fast neutron shielding."

"Tritium, which is a scarce source, cannot be 100% recycled, which greatly increases the cost of fusion. Fast neutrons have extremely strong penetrating and destructive power. If they cannot be effectively shielded, they will cause serious damage to the ship's structure and personnel."

"Therefore, in terms of safety, the latest generation of nuclear fission gas-cooled reactors remains our most reliable option at present."

The first mate nodded thoughtfully, but then raised a new question: "But, I heard that in order to cope with the end of the world in 2012, the organization is secretly building a Noah's Ark, which uses a nuclear fusion engine. Does this project really exist?"

The captain's face changed slightly when he heard this. He lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear, and said, "Keep your voice down, first mate. Although the existence of Noah's Ark is a top secret, since you have mentioned it, I will tell you some inside information."

"The reason why the Ark uses a nuclear fusion engine is naturally because it is so huge that it is beyond imagination. It has truly reached the scale of a city and is large enough to accommodate more than one giant tokamak device."

"Moreover, after more than a decade of development, the technology it uses may have surpassed that of the Soviet Union, and the power density has been greatly improved. The second-generation helium-3 reactor may not be impossible to realize."

"As for the specific details," Captain Hyperion paused, his eyes revealing a bit of solemnity: "I can't reveal too much. But what I can tell you is that among our aerospace fleet, there are probably no more than ten people who are qualified to board Noah's Ark."

The first mate nodded to show his understanding, but his curiosity did not diminish: "Captain, if that day really comes, where will our Freemasonry and Noah's Ark go? Relying on nuclear fusion engines, are we going to migrate to a distant galaxy like Proxima Centauri?"

"Even though we can use hibernation technology to 'jump' time, is the nuclear fuel in that Ark enough to support us in finding a new home?"

The captain smiled slightly, as if he saw through the desire and worry in the first mate's heart: "Proxima Centauri? That's too far away. Even if we travel at 1% of the speed of light, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years to get there. Moreover, it is still unknown whether the environment there is suitable for human survival."

"In fact, if the Black King Nidhogg is successfully revived and the doomsday catastrophe comes, Noah's Ark will not go directly to the distant galaxy. Instead, it will retreat to Saturn's orbit, hide in Saturn's rings, and use the resources and environment there to build a temporary shelter and counterattack base."

"However, by then, we may have other tasks... For example, we may try to contact the alien dragons that may exist on the various planets, hoping to form an alliance with them, face the next crisis together, and eventually return to Earth and take back our home."

"Alien dragons?" First mate Levis widened his eyes in surprise. "Are you kidding? Even if there are intelligent life forms on alien planets, shouldn't they be called 'aliens'?"

"It's simple. These alien dragons are not from distant galaxies. They are dragons native to Earth. During the war between the Black and White Kings, they fled to outer space to avoid the disaster."

The captain looked serious: "After more than 10,000 years of reproduction and development, they should have recovered to a certain level of strength."

"You may have heard that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had a unique passion for exploring Venus," Hyperion explained. "Between the 1960s and 1980s, the Soviet Union implemented a number of Venus exploration projects, the most famous of which was the 'Venus' series of probes."

"These probes not only successfully passed through Venus's suffocatingly thick atmosphere, but also sent back a large amount of data and images about the surface environment of Venus. However, behind these seemingly mundane scientific missions lies an even more astonishing secret."

"Soviet scientists discovered what appear to be remains of an ancient civilization beneath the clouds of Venus."

"At first, some probes detected fluctuations in the suspected energy field when approaching the surface of Venus. They were regularly distributed in certain areas, like... some kind of supernatural defense system. When 'Venus 7' officially landed, it received an incredible communication."

"Although the Soviets did not understand the sounds made by dragons, and could not try to translate and communicate across 4000 million kilometers, both sides thought of the most universal mathematical language, conducted basic communication, and agreed on the time for the next probe to arrive..."

"Since then, the true content of the Venus exploration has been strictly kept confidential, blocked and modified. No one knows it except a very few people... Perhaps it was these alien dragons that provided the Soviets with key clues to mastering controlled nuclear fusion technology in the subsequent exchanges."

"But isn't the living environment on Venus very harsh? Why did those dragons flee there? How did they survive?" First mate Levis questioned: "Compared to Venus, where the surface temperature is over 400 degrees Celsius and sulfuric acid rain is constantly raging, Mars is obviously a better place to go."

"The most important thing is, of course, that Venus is the closest to Earth, and the gravity environment is not much different. Before Venus was explored, no one would have thought that it would be a place that humans would consider to be a land of elk." Hyperion said calmly, "Secondly, this may be related to the more abundant energy resources on Venus."

"Although Venus has a harsh surface environment, it contains enormous energy. The frequent lightning and thunderstorms in the atmosphere, as well as the strong solar radiation it receives as the second planet closest to the sun in the solar system, can provide a rich source of energy for the ancient dragons..."

"On the contrary, the environment on Mars is obviously much poorer, because the gravity is smaller, and the element concentration is much lower... The habitability of the environment judged by humans based on their own conditions may not necessarily apply to other species."

"...In general, since they have most likely retained the advanced alchemy of the past, the strength of the Venus Dragon Clan will be crucial in the future...But the Black King Nidhogg, as the 'Son of the Earth', will never be defeated as long as he is within the Earth's atmosphere. But once he leaves the protective circle, everything may not be the same..."

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YF-23 is the F23, which was eliminated in the competition with F22, but has stronger performance. CX-15, which means the Canadian version of the secret combat modification of the X15 test aircraft, is a hypersonic aircraft

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The largest tokamak ITER has a target power of only 500 megawatts, which is disappointing. It will also produce a huge amount of radioactive waste, which is far less than a nuclear explosion boiler.

The goal of the City 23 fusion reactor is to provide power to the entire Soviet Union, and it can be overloaded. 3 million kilowatts is not a problem, and it may even exceed 10 billion kilowatts. However, the fuel density caused by increasing the power will be too high, which will cause the risk of turning into a hydrogen bomb.
The Doomsday faction clearly has a nuclear fusion reactor, and it was built almost immediately after the Soviet Union, which is thought-provoking.

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There is water ice in Saturn's rings, so the living conditions are actually quite good, equivalent to a smaller asteroid belt. Where there is water, there is deuterium and tritium. However, it is extremely dangerous to extract hydrogen from the interior of a giant planet and it is not advisable.