Xiling Empire

() Chapter 162 The mysterious civilization in the fog?

The scientific research ship manufactured by the Empire is a spaceship with a complete extreme environment adaptation mechanism and a complete set of basic laboratories, and can be replaced with special laboratory modules at any time as needed.It was designed at the beginning to make those who are not as enthusiastic as the Empire. How many imperial scientists can go to any environment and complete any experiment they want, including, of course, weird stuff collected on-site analysis: Many times, imperial scientists do n’t have the patience to send these samples back for research Instead, choose to start their work on the front line. The scientific research ship sent by Tavel is the latest model. The main laboratory carried on it is a sample analysis center that can perform structural and full analysis of any substance. This center can carry out thousands of analysis items. From physical physics to internal structure to energy spectrum, even when connected to the empire database, you can also query the sample's "registry information" worldwide. It can be said that Tavel has desperately blocked all the functions she wants Into this boat.

What I like to hear is that in the face of the fusiform unknown object we found, less than one-tenth of the above functions can come in handy.

The "space shuttle" with its long axis at 5.5 meters and black body and red light at both ends is now quietly suspended above the gravity-free platform in the analysis center, and slowly rotates under the action of the traction field. Several Small scouts flew around around it, using a scanning beam or something that sounds great to check the structure of the opponent little by little. Unlike the crystal ball of one kilometer in diameter, this black shuttle Most of the structures can still be scanned directly-although the scanned images are still scratchy. Around the gravity-free platform, there are busy assistant technicians. These researchers in white robes seem to have fallen into serious divisions. They are divided into three or four camps to argue fiercely, expressing their opinions, and as the debate progresses, their three The four camps are also reorganized at any time. Two scientists who stood on the same point in the previous second will stare at each other in the next second. The two technicians who were still refuting each other the moment before may also reach a consensus now, and they have a disagreement. There are more than one point, and each point of divergence produces several different viewpoints. These different viewpoints are completely unsystematic. Few assistant technicians can stand on the same "camp" from beginning to end. I have been listening for half an hour. The scientists are debating something very profound, and my feeling changed from "What are they debating?" To "What are they debating now?" ...

"It feels like it will end up being noisy for a while ..." The elder sister, like me, with a troubled smile, tilted his head to look at the quality projection of Tavel. As the highest level researcher on the site, Tavel did not participate in these In the discussion of the assistant, she frowned and thought about herself, but she quickly responded to the elder sister's words: "Oh, it doesn't matter, those of us who are engaged in research, it is commonplace to argue on experimental projects. Anything The implementation of feasible plans was accompanied by ten times the shots being shot-but the situation today is indeed a bit special, and we have never seen anything so strange. "

"I found something, and it was theoretically related to me, but I couldn't see what it was," looking at the black body slowly rotating on a gravity-free platform, I frowned. "It used to say two words when it was wrapped in that big ball, but now the ball is gone, and it also went silent. Do you think I broke something?"

"No, it shouldn't," Tavel shook his head. "This is not a result of data analysis, but a subordinate's judgment based on experience and intuition. This shuttle-shaped object is obviously a highly technical artificial product, and The one-kilometer crystal sphere shell should be similar to some kind of armor before, and its role is to provide protection to this spindle-shaped core. According to what you said, this combination first performed some kind of identity authentication on you, and determined your After the identity, I also issued a notice to inform you in advance that it would lift off its shell. Everything shows that the entire process is in the predetermined process of this assembly, including the rupture of the thick shell, which must also be designed by jīng The result. This kind of high-tech content will not be broken in a simple shelling program. As for the reason that we can't read the information sent by the Hessian, it may be that its kernel uses a different shell Identity authentication method, and for the time being we do n’t know what this authentication method is. Theoretically it is. ”

"Is it a black shuttle? This is a good name, quite artistic." Lin Xue said casually.

"Ideology? I don't know what my mood is. My name is because it's dark and looks like a shuttle." Tavel answered frankly, so the young lady almost stunned: "You ... forget it. such."

"Authentication method," I thought for a while, "It seems to have to fall on me, it seems that only I can make contact with this thing."

"Yes, this is theoretically the case, but the subordinates do not recommend that you immediately make a second attempt. Before we know the origin and function of the black shuttle, it is risky for you to contact it rashly, and this risk can not be seen. To the value that matches it. "

"But the problem is, if you want to know its function, I am afraid that the premise is to pass the authentication," I used my chin to refer to the black shuttle. "You have already tried it. The black shuttle has a self-destructing function, forcibly destroys the shell or increases the scanning intensity. Will cause the core of that gadget to have a sharply enhanced energy response, and at present, the existing dismantling technology of the empire cannot bypass this self-destructive lock that is unintelligible. "

Tavel refuted my less strict statement: "Whether the energy response is self-destructing remains to be discussed. After all, after we stopped disassembling the case, that energy response fell back to normal readings, although this is not a high-end technology. , But as a self-destruct device, it is really a useless design-it is like designing a bomb to recover all fragments after the explosion. Theoretically this is the case. "

I waved my hand: "Okay, okay, don't talk about this. You test it first. If you confirm that it doesn't have any abyss reaction, I still have to try to communicate with that thing again, as long as it is not an abyss, it should be fine, yes Right? "

Tavel bit her lip, and seemed to make a lot of determination. She finally nodded after discovering that Sandora wasn't dissuasive next to her. "Okay, but please don't touch this thing until the full scan is over."

It can be seen that Javier's degree of j 惕 ng's vigilance against the "black shuttle" is not as high as usual. Part of the reason for this jǐng caution may come from the "suspected origin" of the black shuttle: that thing is the door to the abyss of the world management system. After the false jǐng report was reported, it appeared in the abyss reaction jǐng report area. According to relevant regulations, such objects should be classified as temporary category A dangerous goods. The other part of the reason is the technical content of the black shuttle itself: various indications indicate that the technical content of the black shuttle is enough to compete with the empire, or even against the protoss. Although it is not certain that this gadget can exceed the existing technology of the empire, but only Its mode of operation, which makes the spirit technicians confused, is enough to explain its possible technical level. This made Tavel, the chief scientist of the empire, feel a heavy pressure.

Not only I thought about it, but even my elder sister could think of it. She looked at the black shuttle being scanned in all directions and frowned, "Tavel, how high do you think the technical content of this thing will be? Make it Will the people be as strong as the tech race of the Empire? "

Tavel did not evade the problem, and she nodded frankly: "From the strength of the material and internal energy flow of Hesuo, the race that made it is not necessarily stronger than the empire, but it is very likely that it has the same strength. The operation of this thing The mechanism and the energy used make people feel inexplicable. It is a product that is completely different from any existing technology tree, but after preliminary simulation, the host judges that the empire can use Youneng technology to make devices similar to it. This It means that it comes from a state of the art that is as advanced as the empire, but neither belongs to magic, nor to technology, nor to the creator of the gods. "

"This way, it would not be a fallen apostle," Sandora whispered.

At the beginning, she had speculated that the black shuttle came from the fallen apostle—because that thing might have come out of the abyss, and as far as we know, it will throw artifacts in the abyss field except the Empire ’s “deep dive plan”. Only the "great cause" of the fallen apostles, Sandora suspected that Hesuo was what new detection equipment the fallen apostles made. And from the technical content of the latter, this guess is reasonable. Only after such research by Tavel, the technology tree used by Hesuo does not belong to any known record material in the Empire database-it comes from a third party.

"Will there be such a super civilization in the void, and neither the Protoss nor the Empire know anything?"

The sister frowned.

Tavel remained silent for a few seconds and said with some certainty: "In theory, due to the infiniteness of the void, any speculation is possible as long as it is put forward. But in fact, except for the two major protoss and the empire, the fourth The chance of civilization is basically zero. According to the theory of information projection in the void and the information perturbation model between multiple worlds, any civilization that is strong to a certain degree will have an information impact on the range of void that can be involved. The most significant The example is that due to the existence of the Protoss, most intelligent species in the multiverse have evolved into humanoids, and due to the existence of the Spirit empire, almost all civilized civilizations in the void quadrant that the empire has involved will simultaneously produce 'mystery' And the concept of 'technology': even if they can only study natural science, they will yearn for 'magic' through fantasy works. Even if their world only has magic, they will dream about 'technical' things. It is the impact of the Healing Empire's heyday on the multiverse. The scope of this impact is very complex. Mathematical model to explain, but you only need to know the simplified version of the description, that is, the limit range of the influence of information is equal to the maximum distance that the corresponding direct product of the super civilization can reach. This arrival can be physical contact, or Is some kind of non-contact observation. "

Sandora seemed worried that I couldn't understand it, so I gave a simple example: "The example of the empire is where the scanning range of the dying garden spreads, and our information influence on the ordinary world can spread to where we are looking. Inside, all worlds will produce the phenomenon of 'technology' and 'mystery' at the same time, even if only one of the technology trees can be established in that world until the end of the world. "

"Then this black shuttle in front of me ..." I figured out what Tavel said, "Since it can appear in front of us as an entity, then the information about its creator should have been spoken to the Protoss territory long ago. . "

Ilson immediately took the conversation: "The world management system can monitor similar information disturbances in real time. I am sure that the universe has not been modified by high-level information until now-oh, except for the influence from your empire."

In other words, if Tavel's mathematical model is correct, at least within the scope of common sense, the fourth civilization does not exist at all.

Since the creator of the Hessian has brought this thing to our eyes, it is equivalent to the connection with the territory of the Protoss. If the creator is a civilization as powerful as the empire, the world management system will definitely detect the world Distortion in the range, if no distortion is detected, then the creator of the black shuttle must not be super-civilized. It's that simple.

But the structure of the black shuttle itself shows that the technical means used to make it are at least equal to the empire.

"Remember, it may have come through the abyss," Bingtis pointed to the gravity-free platform. "Although it has no abyss reaction now, when it appeared, the world management system of 123 had reported jǐng. False The jǐng report? The body does n’t think so. Maybe it was a real jǐng report, the door of the abyss did open, and then such a thing jumped out from it, and then the door of the abyss closed instantly. The door was for this thing. Send it out. "

Will the Abyss Gate proactively close like this? Bettis put forward a very novel and very challenging view. Anyway, in my impression, the gate of the abyss has always been evil-doing. Except when it was blown up by us, it never actively closed, but Bettis believed that a short-lived gate of the abyss did appear at that time, just to bring the black shuttle Delivered to the world of 123-the purpose is unknown, not even malicious.

Bingtis saw everyone was thinking, so he just reminded the second point: "In addition, you have heard the sound from the depths of the abyss. More than once. Think about the diving plan, think about Chen as a child ... Chen Of human childhood, the voice he had heard. "

Everyone who knew these things at the scene was awoken by Bingtis, connecting everything together instantly, as if a flash of lightning cut through the dark night sky, my dog's eyes were blind ... No, I realized.

"There is really a world at the bottom of the abyss ..." Tavel said calmly, as if sleepwalking. "There is even a super civilization, and they ... are sending shè probes, and one has arrived successfully!"

"Just guessing," Bettis patted Tavier's shoulder, "theoretically, right?"

"A whole new field!" Tavel suddenly woke up from a daze, with an excited expression on her face: When we felt the pressure, the only thing she could think of was the research challenge that made her inexplicable. Well, it is indeed a scientist of the empire, all of them are runaway.

I feel dizzy in my head, and I don't even know how to gradually change the topic to whether there is a super civilization on the bottom of the abyss. But no matter how unreliable this guess is, it is a possible xìng.

In the age of the old empire, the "sound" from the bottom of the abyss was heard in the deep dive plan.

Seventeen years ago, I even had a suspicious experience of talking directly to the bottom of the abyss.

There are various signs that the depths of the abyss are vastly different from what we see at the surface, and the depths of the abyss are extremely calm.

The black shuttle in front of us triggered the report of the world management system jǐng when it appeared, and it is believed that the door of the abyss opened at that time.

And this black shuttle is inextricably linked to me-it reminds me of the conversation 17 years ago.

I shook my head vigorously, set aside these messy things for a while, and looked at Tavel: "Do you think the makers of the black shuttle are a threat to the empire?"

"The subordinate is just a scientist, not a strategist," Tavel replied frankly. "But the subordinate can judge from the information at hand that the other party is not threatening now."

"Oh?" The elder sister raised an eyebrow.

"It's not easy for them to send this detector over," Tavel pointed to Hessou. "This detector is protected by a protective layer that is one kilometer in diameter, but that protective layer should only be part of a larger system. : It is used to protect the core, so there will be more supporting devices outside it, such as abyss-driven engines, navigation devices, peripheral shield generators, or anything else that allows it to advance from the bottom of the abyss to the surface. No matter what the principles and functions of these devices are, they should exist. However, we do not see these devices. "

"So they should all be destroyed in the process of 'floating up' ~ www.readwn.com ~ isn't it?" Sandora nodded and said, "Yes, a complete detector cannot be composed of only the core and the core. The protective shell is composed of the previous big ball. There should have been something outside, but it has been in the abyss for too long and has been destroyed. Ah Jun, you also mentioned that the sphere told you that its system is offline. State, that is, it cannot establish a connection with its own starting point ... all signs indicate that this detector in front of our eyes is also an imperfect experiment. Therefore, even if there is a super civilization in the depths of the abyss, they are no better than the Empire Stronger and more unlikely to come out of the abyss. "

Tavel showed an agreeable expression, adding: "Deep submersibles of the old empire once infiltrated into the 'depth' of the edge of tranquility, but no manned deep submersible could have a final core that could be shuffled out, so in the end Stopping in front of the calm zone, and this detector seems to have absorbed the experience of the old empire deep dive ship. It is unmanned and may abandon all its own peripheral equipment to allow this core to reach our world ... ... it feels like ... "

"It seems like an experiment conducted by both parties?" The sister replied casually.

Suddenly, two words flashed across my mind:

bridge! (To be continued.