Sword of Daybreaker

The main construction of the sky fortress "Earth Dawn" has been carried out to the final step, and according to the initial process, this assembly yard hidden between the mountains and dense forests finally reached the moment when it could see the sun.

Hearing Gawain's instructions, Rebecca turned on a device next to the Monet terminal. With a sudden buzzing sound throughout the "cave", her voice echoed in the sky above the assembly yard: "Each The unit noticed that the'sky curtain' is about to open, and the work area personnel will suspend construction and wait for the environment to adapt-the dome projection will close after ten seconds."

Rebecca’s pleasant and energetic voice echoed over the entire field, and as her voice fell, a series of magic relay devices activated, deactivated, and switched clicks came from many hidden corners, and The sound of mechanical devices moving and running sounded in the distance. Gao Wen raised his head and saw that many steel support beams fixed near the gray dome directly above were slowly moving to the side, and a large number of lighting devices also changed accordingly. With the changes in the mechanical structure, the "rock dome" covering the entire assembly field suddenly flickered after a short delay.

A stream of white light appeared on the ceiling from dark to bright. The top of the cave that was originally integrated was divided into hundreds of square grids of the same size by these light streams, and then these grids began to gradually become transparent in the flicker. , In the next second, blocks of "black rock formations" disappeared out of thin air, the holographic projection that formed the dome disappeared, and a brilliant and broad sky appeared above the assembly yard!

Outside the dome, the sun is just right, and thin clouds are dotting the clear winter sky. After the sky screen disappears, the protective barrier above the assembly site is temporarily closed. The cold and fresh air from the outside blows into the valley, and there is The snow that fell from nearby mountain peaks was spilt down-this bright sky shines on the main body of Project 115 for the first time. After a while, Gawain heard the control of the Earthly Dawn coming from the magic net terminal next to it. The main brain exclaimed: "Oh! Sunshine—"

"Although I imagined this moment before..." Rebecca looked up at the sky, even if she herself was one of the chief designers here, she couldn't help but sigh at this moment, "But when she saw it with her own eyes, she still felt that it was true. It's spectacular..."

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, he just looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction, with a long, admiring smile on his face.

Yes, there is actually no "rock dome" above the entire assembly yard of Project 115. Although the engineers did use various explosives and large machinery to "dig" for a long time to prepare the site, in fact they just widened it. Instead of the original valley here, what has been shrouded in the assembly yard for a long time... is actually a layer of holographic projection made of a large crystal matrix.

Rebecca and her technical team used hundreds of projection devices to create an extra mountain out of thin air beyond the northwest ridge of the Dark Mountain, and maintained this illusion to this day!

In this way, after the "Earth Dawn" is completely completed, only need to close the shield and projection above the valley, remove the high-altitude lighting mechanism, and the entire sky fortress can be directly lifted into the sky!

In addition, even if the "Earth Dawn" as the core target of the project is not considered, the holographic projection array covering the valley itself is also a very valuable experimental technology, although its basic unit is not complicated. In this world, fake and real magic illusions have been used by mages for thousands of years in antique craftsmanship, but hundreds of small phantom units are combined and superimposed to create a joint projection of such a large scale, and let them Stable operation for such a long time is an unprecedented thing-this thing can be used in the concealed project of Project 115 today, and it can be expanded and transformed into prototypes of many practical equipment on the battlefield in the future.

The vast deck of the sky fortress "Earth Dawn" is bathed in the brilliant sky, and the brilliance of the huge sun draws a bright and dark silhouette between its blue and white armor belt and the superstructure. , Its main control brain floats in the main wetware container located in the core compartment of the fortress, and its countless nerve fibers are all over the steel body, and the sensing points distributed throughout the upper deck send sunlight back to it. The touch with the wind-warm, bright, fresh and comfortable.

The only pity is that the deck made of steel cannot undergo photosynthesis.

"Before the next system adjustment, the sky curtain will continue to open for three days and three nights. During this process, we will test the environmental adaptation and visual function of the sky fortress," Rebecca said, "The Earthly Dawn, you can During this process, experience the sunlight and stars, as well as the wind in nature-then we will close the dome here again, and wait until the next time it opens again, it's time for you to really take off."

The neutral synthesized voice of the main brain of the fortress came from the Monet terminal immediately: "Yes, His Highness the Creator Rebecca, I am very much looking forward to that day..."

At this moment, a low buzzing sound suddenly came from the sky, interrupting the sound of the Earthly Dawn, and also attracted Gawain’s attention. The latter subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. There is a huge, roughly hexagonal shadow rising from the dense forest on the side of the mountain wall, slowly moving to the northeast in the sun, several large and small anti-gravity rings floating at the bottom of the shadow, The scattered light particles formed a hazy trajectory in the sky.

The hexagonal flying device is obviously several times smaller than the "Earth Dawn" in scale, but it is still much larger than any kind of Dragoon aircraft currently in service, and its chassis structure is also obvious. It's very simple. You can't see any pre-installed weapon stations or protective mechanisms, but there are a lot of large connectors like blank interfaces reserved on the edge-the whole is like some kind of simple structure but durable high-power general-purpose chassis.

It flew over, as if it was only undergoing a short-range test. After a while, it slowly landed somewhere in the north of Base 115, which was already out of sight of Gao Wen and others.

"That is our universal aerial platform'Gorgon Type I'," Rebecca laughed happily, and said to Gawain with a hint of pride, "The project that Marin Leslie is in charge of, we have been in charge a while ago. The prototype test has been completed, and now it is testing whether the mass-production framework produced by Factory No. 2 is qualified-it seems that the situation is not bad. If the parameters are all up to standard, it can be delivered to the First Army and the Holy Light Brotherhood for use."

"So fast?" Gawain looked at Rebecca with some surprise, "I remember not long ago you were arguing with Heidi about the budget of the general aerial platform..."

"Of course it's fast. That thing is much simpler than the structure of the Sky Fortress," Rebecca waved his hand. "Basically, it is a strong enough base frame with several high-power anti-gravity engines welded on it, and then the chassis Just lay a nervous system in it, and then give it a brain. Don’t worry about the deadly engine interference like the sky fortress, the power spine can also be directly used in the factory’s general-purpose model, even the magic net array is directly used in the winter The downgraded version of the No. 2 energy group—anyway, its role in a practical environment depends on the “building” on its back. As a carrier chassis, it can fly steadily and provide enough energy output ports. …"

Speaking of this, she paused, and added: “In fact, its structure is so simple that the prototype is directly welded with parts purchased from the spare parts warehouses of several factories. Don’t say anything about that day. The child really flew-although he fell into the mountains soon...so I asked my aunt to add an extra budget."

Gao Wen was stunned when he listened to the side, especially when he heard that they had pulled a bunch of spare parts from the factory’s junk and welded a "prototype", even though he and Rebecca also mentioned when discussing the concept of "universal aerial platform", it is a kind of inferior to the aerospace fortress, degraded, cheap, and fast, but he did not expect Rebecca's subordinates. The technical directors are more reckless than her imperial steel ball...

At this moment, the sound of the Earthly Dawn controlling the mastermind came from the nearby magic net terminal-several monitors on the upper layer of this sky fortress were still staring at the location where the "Gorgon Type I" landed just now. There was a hint of envy in his voice: "It's great, Your Highness Rebecca, is that the'sister' you mentioned to me? It has flown so well...I haven't taken off yet."

"Be patient," Rebecca glanced at the brain floating in the biomass solution in the holographic projection. "Your lift-off is not a trivial matter-once the aerospace fortress lifts off, unless it encounters special circumstances, otherwise In the next ten years or even decades, it may not land again. Your supplies, maintenance, and even reconstruction will be completed in the air. At that time, you might still miss the feeling of being stuck on the ground."

The voice of the Earthly Dawn was silent for a few seconds before it sounded: "...I don't know how to imagine that scene, but I will remain patient, creator."

The corners of Rebecca's mouth curled up, and she seemed to want to say something more, but at this moment, a rapid buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic net terminal, and an emergency call signal from Cecil City Emerge in the center of the holographic projection.

The expression on Gawain's face instantly became serious, and Rebecca immediately stepped forward to connect to the communication. The light and shadow on the holographic projection changed, and Hetty's face appeared at the forefront of the screen.

"Ancestor," she quickly focused her gaze on Gawain, and said in a quick tone, "Every place reports anomalous phenomena-several observatories and observing units at home and abroad have observed unknown disturbances in the atmosphere. I have transmitted relevant details to 115. In the data communication room of the base, please check it out as soon as possible!"

Gawain and Rebecca looked at each other immediately, and the latter reacted quickly this time: "You can go ahead and watch it here."

Gao Wen nodded, turned around and left the high platform without saying anything. After a few seconds, his figure turned into a stream of light and flew to the office building of the experimental base in a flash.

However, after a short time, Gao Wen arrived at the office of Rebecca in the 115 engineering base, and the staff of the base had sorted out the data transmitted from the data communication room and sent it to the desk.

Looking at the contents described in those materials and some pictures that had been "taken down" by magic techniques, his brows frowned a little bit.

The Monet terminal on the side lit up, and Heidi's figure appeared in front of Gao Wen: "Ancestor, have you seen these materials?"

"I saw it," Gao Wen raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Which was the first to report?"

"The Palamel Observatory first observed the anomaly and reported it as soon as possible. Subsequently, the Observatory of Saint Sunil, the Magic Monitoring Station of Winter Fort in the north, and the Magic Hub of Ten Forest City successively reported that similar'interferences' were detected. ," Heidi said hurriedly. Her words corresponded to the information in Gawain's hands one by one. "We immediately launched an investigation on this and issued relevant warnings to the outside world. Then we received a message from Typhon and Silver Empire. Many qualified observing units in their country have also discovered anomalies..."

Gao Wen nodded slightly as he listened: In order to deal with the endless and mysterious threats in this world, the Community Alliance formulated many "joint agreements" involving astronomical observations, magic monitoring, and early warning of visions. When member states find a suspicious "exceptional warning sign", they will issue a warning to the alliance countries, and now it seems...this set of mechanisms has really worked.

"We are not alone in observing similar'disturbance'. Its distribution ranges from the northernmost part of the Loren continent to the southernmost Silver Empire, and it happens almost everywhere at the same time," Gao Wen frowned, thinking while lowering it. Sheng said, "It was the observatory that first discovered the problem. When they were observing the starry sky, they saw that the sky was full of interference and noise, but it was not only the astronomy department that reported the situation later..."

"Yes, multiple magic monitoring stations and magic net hub stations have found interference in the atmosphere," Heti nodded and said, "At present, it is basically possible to rule out the possibility that the problem occurs in outer space-interference occurs in our atmosphere. And it is very likely that it will not exceed the steady-state boundary."

Gao Wen thoughtfully: "The steady state horizon...is there more detailed data?"

Heidi shook her head: "Unfortunately, the duration of the interference is very short. Almost all departments that detect the interference have no time to leave the regular data recorded by the normally-on device. Before they have time to activate the special equipment or send high-end extraordinary people to do it. Before targeted records, the energy permeating the atmosphere disappeared. The most valuable piece of information at present is only a report from the Silver Empire Astrologer Association—Great Astrologer Verania was in the clouds near the steady-state horizon at the time. After collecting high-altitude magic data, when she noticed the changes in the magic in the atmosphere, she quickly carried out a super long-distance perception—finally confirmed that the interference was not only limited to the continents, but even spread to the ocean indefinitely, and spread to her as a legendary powerhouse. Beyond the limits of perception."

"...So this is likely to be a global phenomenon."

"Yes, scholars from various countries currently suspect that this is a global phenomenon, and it is most likely the result of the combined action of the atmosphere and the energy field on the earth's surface... Wait a minute."

Heidi stopped suddenly and turned to look in a direction outside the screen. It seemed that a new piece of information suddenly appeared in front of her. After a while, she turned to Gawain, and her expression became more solemn than before.

"Ancestor, there is news from Antavien that the deep blue network channel has undergone abnormal changes... The occurrence and end times are consistent with the time when'intraatmospheric interference' was observed in various places."

(End of this chapter)