Xiling Empire

In basic cognition, the "destructive effect" of the abyss on all things in the world is unconditional and unlimited. The characteristics of the abyss itself are as follows: immaterial, non-energy, and any form that can not be described by the concept of the world. In pure observation, it appears as a two-dimensional pattern, and is usually accompanied by a polluting black diffuser (smoke, dust, or other things that look similar). This black diffuser "matter" is not essentially Any substance, but a pure optical phenomenon, because the abyss destroys the basic rules in a certain range, it causes various optical rules to be distorted, and finally produces an effect similar to "unobservable", which produces that kind of black cloud and fog The general "things" are based on the same principle, and the two-dimensional pattern presented by the abyss is just an optical phenomenon, not a real existence.

What few people know is that pure abyss is actually not "killing".

This sounds very strange. After all, the world destroyed by the abyss is innumerable. Its destructive power has always been the biggest disaster in the void. In the common sense of all people, the abyss should be something with "killing power"- Of course it is true to understand this, but in the eyes of more professional Imperial scientists, the abyss has not lethality, but a kind of "guidance".

The abyss has never directly destroyed anything. All the things that infect the abyss are ultimately destroyed by themselves: they collapse on the macro level, gradually disintegrate on the micro level, and matter begins with a disaster that is visible to the naked eye, and continues to the micro that is invisible to the naked eye. Particle dissociation ends and energy escapes. Time and space are chaotic, and the order of the universe disappears. Until the end of the world barrier also began to digest itself, the entire world was swallowed up by the void: a typical apocalyptic pollution doomsday. This entire process is initiated by the abyss, however, each step in the process is the "self-destruction" of the infected person, so we will say that the abyss is not lethal, they just guide the infected world to "suicide".

Although this explanation may sound a bit verbal, in order to clarify the nature of the abyss, sometimes "study" is just such a powerful verbal and sharp-edged thing. Of course, only the spirit technicians can drill such horns. To us ordinary people, suicide or homicide does not make much sense.

In a classic universe such as the capital world, the destructive power exhibited by the abyss is that the entropy of the universe soared to the limit of collapse in a short time, the entire world fell into chaos and heat silence, and the world became a pool of standing water in the thermal equilibrium and was gradually engulfed by the void. In these worlds where the rules of the universe are quite different, the abyss will be manifested as the dislocation and absence of certain fundamental constants. Or the energy cycle chain breaks, the time axis is twisted, the dimensions fall, and other different disasters. In short, no matter where, if the abyss invades a conventional world, everything in this world is difficult to resist: they will be from their own existence The foundation began to collapse and stepped into death. When the abyss infection is relatively mild, there are some stubborn mortal races that can sustain longer-such as the Gemini civilization circle we just left, but no matter how the indigenous people of that universe resist. No matter how long they can persist or even eventually eliminate the micro-pollution of their universe, their resistance to the abyss is zero: this will not change.

Ordinary races can rely on human life to pile up, rely on strategies to bypass self-help, and rely on courage and sacrifice to extend the life of their races, but these cannot change the fact that worldly things have zero resistance to the abyss. Ordinary material will be infected when it touches the abyss, even if your spirit can sustain it longer. Yours will also crumble slowly according to a strict schedule. The only exception is the kind of "inert abyss" that is still a mystery. We know very little about the latter and will not discuss them for now, as long as we know that the inert abyss is the only mild abyss.

Currently only four groups are known to have natural resistance to the abyss: The Apostles of the Spirit are resistant to the abyss due to their transcendence of all worlds and the Void quadrant, so they have resistance to the abyss; the Star Protoss, due to the Void The reason for the ladder is the same as the abyss and the world, so it is resistant; the Protoss Huron has the same reason as the Protoss of the astral domain; the last one is the fallen apostle. After being infected by the abyss, they become some weird "symbiote". Their The life form itself is already broken, so it has a high resistance to the abyss, and for now, the fallen apostles are more resistant to the abyss than the other three groups.

But now we seem to find a fifth group: the Spirits, the ancestors of the Spirit apostles.

According to Harlan and Tavel, all ancestors showed unusual resistance to the abyss-its practical "resistance" to explain what happened to them was a bit inappropriate, and they were certain of the abyss under certain conditions It is almost "immunity", which is unheard of!

The biggest difference between resistance and immunity is whether it actually hurts. In the face of the abyss, resistance will only reduce pollution for you, from fatal to non-fatal, from severe to mild-but no matter how it is reduced, pollution will still occur, even if it is weakened to a sneezing The degree will not disappear in the true sense. Immunity is a completely different situation: it makes pollution completely ineffective, as if it never happened, even if this "immunity" only works at very low abyss concentrations, it is also fundamentally different from resistance. .

What happened to the ancestors now looks more like a primary immunity: they did not show any discomfort after being exposed to the abyss of a safe dose (relatively safe, the kind that can be rescued on the spot), and left the sample After body surface purification, a full body examination showed no signs of disease or collapse in their bodies: as if they had never been exposed to the source of the pollution.

Sandora and I quietly listened to Tavel and Harlan supplementing each other after finishing this series of discoveries, and the fact that they were silent for a long time was a bit bizarre. I had to let my brain work for a while to keep up with the rhythm. Sandora reacted quickly, and she exhaled softly, "Tavel, you should have some guesses?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Tavel nodded slightly, "It is not yet certain what principle the ancestor's immune characteristic against the abyss is based on, but about the cause of this" immunity "phenomenon. His subordinates thought it might be the same pollution as the hometown world related."

I thought about it: "You said they were infected by the abyss like the fallen apostles, but they don't know?"

If this statement holds. So the ancestors are actually a kind of symbiosis. They have the same resistance as the fallen apostles, but their form of resistance is more advanced and reaches the level of immunity. How can this not be explained?

By the way, there is no abyss on the ancestors, and there are no signs of being transformed, which is very different from the situation of the fallen apostles.

Tavel also shook his head: "The chance of infection is small, because there are no traces of residues in the ancestors. But the pollution in the hometown world must have changed the life forms of the ancestors, allowing them to coexist safely with the low concentration abyss ——The subordinates carefully studied various observation readings around the ancestors after they contacted the abyss samples, and the results showed that the abyss was inactive: it was as if they had not found a 'prey' that could be contaminated on their site. Or……"

"The abyss thinks it's his own." Sandora suddenly took over the second half of Tavel's bad words.

The glasses lady paused slightly and nodded gently: "Theoretically it is."

"I want to know the limits of this immunity," Sandora gently pointed at the table with her index finger. "What would happen if the limits were exceeded."

"It was too dangerous to test. The subordinates did not dare to take this risk," Tavel answered honestly. "Only indirect inference can be made based on some observations. The ancestors could not directly contact the door of the abyss. Since then, any protective products have survived without leaving any trace of infection afterwards. Even if this immune limit is exceeded. The ancestors also have unusual resistance. They will be infected very slowly by the abyss, and once they leave the contaminated area, the abyss The resulting collapse process will immediately terminate on its own. This is the theory. "

This time it really can only be "theoretically"-Tavel didn't dare to use her ancestors to do these terrible experiments. The above conclusions were indirectly inferred from her observations.

At this time, I suddenly thought of something: "How did you discover this in the first place? Uh ... who dare to let the ancestors come into contact with the source of pollution?"

Tavel hurriedly explained: "Of course, no such dangerous test was performed. We discovered the ancestor's immunity to the abyss by accident. You know, the danger zone is near the deep dive port. No matter how strict the protection is, the abyss There will be a certain intensity of radiation pollution around the door, and the entire experimental base is bound to be exposed to a polluted environment. Therefore, everyone involved in the project needs to check the body and receive purification and neutralization treatment at intervals: the Spirit Apostle uses Psionic energy, because the ancestors were fragile, they used a milder holy light for purification. But when we summarized the historical data not long ago, we found that the ancestors ’pollution detection readings before purification were always zero: in low pollution areas In the course of their work, they have never been infected. Such a situation has never been seen before. In theory, it is impossible to have individuals with zero pollution in a polluted area. "

"Why didn't you find it before?" I asked curiously.

"The automatic equipment for individual decontamination is only equipped with a danger alarm," Tavel spread his hand. "It will start only when it detects that the pollution level exceeds the standard. In addition, if the pollution level is too low or there is no pollution at all, it will not be It's treated as an 'abnormal signal' because no one thought it would happen at all. This is the theory. "

I nodded bluntly, it seemed to me that something had just happened recently, but the thought soon disappeared, and my attention was still on Anthes: Immune to the abyss-although only at low intensity Immunity, which is enough to be called an unprecedented miracle, let's not discuss how it happened, let's look at the role of this talent: the ancestors were born deep dives.

"It's quite ironic," Anthes grinned, crying. "The abyss ruined everything for us, but now we have become its" affinities. "The abyss and the Spirit should have been an endless relationship. Now, the Spirit people have become the only non-polluting species in the abyss ... I don't care what the reason is, let us participate in the deep dive program. If the technology and knowledge are not enough, we can learn and train. I know if you can find it To those who are more suitable for this task than our old bones. "

Sandora frowned, and I knew she was fighting fiercely with herself now: emotionally, she wouldn't let her ancestors take any risks. Especially when there are only a dozen or so ancestors, but rationally. She must admit that her ancestors were by far the most suitable "eligibles" for diving. Although the converted apostle converted has resistance, no matter how high the resistance is, it can't stop the fixed damage. Only those who can immunize the abyss within a certain range such as ancestors can maximize the success rate of deep diving.

We imagine a situation where the deep submersible ship fails and the abyss gradually affects the interior of the spacecraft. The first thing that should go down is the fragile spacecraft control system. At this time, the deep diver must rely on manual control to let the spacecraft escape from the danger zone. Are ordinary operators, they do not necessarily last longer than the spacecraft control system. But the ancestors were able to stay absolutely awake during the period when pollution had not yet peaked-in this case, they would be the only crew members who could survive and complete the task.

I know the propensity of the spirit apostle, so despite the conflict between Sandor and Heaven, I also know what decision she will make. Sure enough, after a while of thinking, Her Majesty nodded slowly and firmly: " Alright. I agree. "

I have known for a long time that the old ancestors were stubborn. They had a fight with the modern apostles to the extent that they were dead-headed, so at this time they nodded in agreement: "I also agree-but you can't get on the boat immediately, you must accept Training. Secondly, let other deep diving teams do surface trials a few times and confirm the safety of the spacecraft before you dive deeper. "

Harlan nodded one last time: "I also agree. In addition, the manned trial of the deep dive ship will be given to my people. The boys have been training for deep dives for several days, one by one, and they can never end up They won't even let them on board. "

Tavel looked at the three heads and nodded, of course, without any objection: "Then all the three emperors passed this issue, and their subordinates arranged deep dive training and surface manned sea trials."

I thought about it. I always feel like I missed someone ...

Sandora had a rapport with me. She rolled her eyes. "You say Sylvia or Bella Villa? Both of them can only be counted as half votes: the former lacks mind. The latter is basically obsolete ..."

Harlan nodded subtly, "In fact, I really envy her. I don't want to do anything every day, how happy I am."

"You also want to live a life like this without thinking about it?" I glanced at Harlan. "Simple, let Sandora make a meal for you. You do n’t want anything when you eat it, or I go Xingyu pulls a broken cue called Qian Yuhao to chat with you. It will work forever, to ensure that your mind is empty within three days. "

I did not expect that the reputation of the dragon **** was so great that even Harlan had heard it. He suddenly shrank his neck: "You are too conservative, and my brain was empty for four days ..."

Then I knew that Harlan had personally ambassadored Starfield in the name of technology exchange in the old empire. At that time, the respondent of the starfield was the broken reminder. Harlan still remembers the original thing for so many years. .

At this time Sandora finally couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed gently beside him: "Huh, we don't seem to be discussing this problem, right?"

Immediately I was sitting in a hurry and didn't dare to continue the question.

Even if you have learned about the deep diving project here, I estimate that it will take a while to perform the next deep dive: In order to ensure the safety of manned navigation, the No. 2 deep dive ship needs to undergo a series of inspections and minor repairs. During the trials of the previous few days, the ship still exposed a lot of problems. The main work of Tavel is to improve the performance and safety factor of the ship to the limit on the basis of the current technology. I believe that Captain's ability.

I didn't want to go to the Reverse Engineering Laboratory to meet another Tavel with Sandora, so I simply inquired about the reverse engineering and trial production progress of the King Admiral.

"These projects are progressing very quickly," Tavel said with pride when talking about these things. "Her Majesty brought most of the blueprints for King Admiral, plus the research results we have mastered in the past two years. The subordinates are ready to try to make our own Admiral battleship. In addition, with regard to reverse engineering ... With the ready blueprint, reverse engineering is not really necessary anymore. Concessions and miniaturization of large-scale equipment, and then installed on other active spacecraft: this practice has proved very effective ~ www.readwn.com ~ theoretically. "

"Actually, we already have the King Admiral now," I suddenly remembered something, turned my head to Harlan and said cheerfully, "Thank you, Captain of the Empire Logistics Logistics Transport Corps-in fact, I suddenly feel that you have been arrested by me Earlier, if you can persist in the Fallen Apostles camp for two more years, maybe the Regal Admiral and the authentic Star Warship on the side of the new empire will be established ... "

Harlan: "... Don't you say it's OK, don't take this as a topic!"

"The Lord's Admiral brought by Her Majesty has been compiled into the Royal Fleet and the First Army by Lord Sivis, but this is only a temporary establishment," Tavel maintained a meticulous expression while we were joking, she pushed herself The glasses, explained very carefully, "The King Admiral battleships transformed by the abyss need special industrial foundations for maintenance, so that they and normal Empire starships will bring a lot of inconvenience to logistics in a battle sequence. This is difficult to solve with technical means: This is a process problem. So we still need to build the standard version of the King Admiral as soon as possible. The super warships brought by Her Majesty will eventually be compiled into the Abyss Independent Regiment. "

Harlan pouted and thought for a long time and concluded a sentence: "... I am still a transport captain, and the main role of things in my hands is to make you back and forth!" (To be continued ...)