What kind of weapons should everyone usually think of? Or, what should be the definition of a weapon
Maybe its shape can be ever-changing, the light and shadow effects when attacking can be colorful, and the name and usage can also be different, but I think basically all conventional weapons are based on at least one common point: attacking the target, having the ability to kill or The deterrent effect can damage and traumatize the structure or function of the target, or any intact aspect, and use various killing methods to destroy the normal state of the target—I think weapons should basically be this kind of thing—but obviously, Bei The weapon Ravella showed me on this thing called the Glowing Ring was something else entirely.
A large black and red fallen apostle spaceship appeared around the glow ring. After comparing the proportions, I found that the size of the glow ring was only about half of the eternal class, which was much smaller than I expected. During the demonstration of the golden After the basic size of the halo, the glow ring began to charge, and displayed its most basic attack method—well, to be honest, although the effect is gorgeous, it seems to be of average power, and the golden halo can generate a large number of giant monsters around it. The magic array uses dense barrages to launch attacks. The power of those barrages is probably similar to that of the main guns of small and medium-sized warships. It is somewhat powerless to deal with super motherships like the Eternal class. In the case of resistance, it took more than ten minutes to saturate and bomb an enemy ship before the latter's shield was extinguished-it is impossible to saturate and bomb a unit so smoothly on a real battlefield, to achieve the same firepower output. I'm afraid it will take five to six "glow rings" to destroy the shield of an Eternal-class mothership in a short enough time.
But Bella Vila told me that the Glowing Circle is a super warship of the same level as the Eternal Mothership in the Imperial Armament Sequence.
Just when I was a little confused about this, a sudden change appeared in the holographic projection: at the moment when the target's shield was extinguished, a layer of mirror-like things suddenly appeared in the originally empty area inside the glow circle, and the shield The image of the defeated enemy ship was clearly reflected in that mirror. Although I can't understand what's going on, I instinctively feel that this is the moment when the halo really starts to attack. However, when I continued to read, I found a little inconsistency-maybe it was for a clearer demonstration. Bella Vila made the black spaceships representing the enemy line up densely, but only one enemy ship appeared in the mirror in the center of the glow ring, and all the surrounding spaceships disappeared. Moreover, the reflection in the mirror does not conform to the rules of perspective—it does not appear to shrink due to the distance between the entity and the mirror, which does not make sense from perspective. So I started to speculate that maybe it wasn't a mirror. But a giant monitor? Showing the target it locked on with a full 100% scale? — Well, this guess is a little unreliable.
"The ordinary 'main cannon' of the glow ring is very weak, and it can't compete with the main cannon on the technology side such as Xinghe, but its final armament is extremely powerful—it's called the terror mirror system," said Bella Vila To us—mainly to me, explaining the way the glow circle fights, "This thing is very difficult to defend, but it also has a limit. It can't destroy more than its annihilation radius at a time. Well, the annihilation radius is the piece you see A mirror-like area. Targets beyond this area cannot be completely locked, only a part of them can be locked. This is a weapon that produces absolute damage to limited targets, and is not suitable for dealing with bulky and bloated things. But this locking The device can be used flexibly, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, it looks like a mirror?—during the locking process. It really works like a mirror, as long as the 100% ratio will be completely reflected in the mirror area, it will be It can be locked, so as long as the target has a section smaller than the annihilation radius of the glow circle, it cannot escape. Now, the second weapon system of the glow circle begins to attack."
The golden halo in the holographic projection has reached the charging limit. The "mirror area" inside it flickered suddenly, and then the image of the enemy ship reflected in the mirror began to shrink rapidly. In just a few seconds, the size of that image shrank from tens of kilometers to... Anyway, on the holographic projection Look, there is only a small light spot the size of a grain of rice left. If it weren't for the arrow next to it, I wouldn't even be able to find it with my naked eyes. While the image in the mirror shrank, the Eternal-class enemy ship locked by the glow ring also shrunk rapidly, and disappeared in an instant. A spark as small and feeble as a firefly.
"The absolute power of the terrifying mirror image system," Bellavira smiled slightly, "Of course, this system has weaknesses, and its attacks will be neutralized by psionic shields or shields of the same level, because the Holy Light and The two things of psionic energy are equivalent in terms of information priority, and neither party can completely annihilate or interfere with the other in the main material plane. Therefore, the horror mirror system cannot lock on to those completely covered by psionic energy or shields of the same level Target. Therefore, the fighting method of the glow circle needs to be divided into two stages: the first stage is to use its own conventional weapons and friendly firepower to continuously weaken the target's shield, and when the enemy's shield disappears, the target will be destroyed. Reflected in the mirror area, starting from the second stage, the glow ring will reverse the dividing line between the mirror and reality. We know that under normal circumstances, when you look in the mirror, you take the initiative to take action, and then the image in the mirror changes accordingly , but once it is reflected by the glow ring, this relationship will be reversed—the horror mirror system will turn your entity in the real world into a phantom in the mirror, and then it will shrink its own 'mirror' violently, and it will be reflected The target will be crushed unconditionally."
I:"… "
"The amount of information is too much to crash?" Bellavi stretched his hand in front of my eyes, "Come back to your senses, it's not so exaggerated, okay?"
"This thing... What level of weapon is this? Law level? Conceptual level?" I pointed to the holographic projection of the glow ring, "Isn't this kind of lethality too incomprehensible?"
"It's actually not as exaggerated as you think," Bella Villa shrugged. "It's just that the operating principles of most things in the mysterious system do not conform to the general world view, so they seem incredible. Strictly speaking, the horror mirror system is just a mathematical rate modification device, and its attack effect is limited to within the radius of annihilation. Therefore, it is not a law weapon. Its locking and activation process will be interfered by external factors, so it is not a conceptual weapon. In terms of power alone, this weapon is actually at the same level as the main gun of the Galaxy. The latter uses a high concentration of psionic energy The torrent has effects in all dimensions. Units without shields will also be unconditionally destroyed when they are attacked by psionic energy. Therefore, the galaxy is not just as simple as an energy cannon—all medium to large weapons in service in the empire are not purely physical. Lethal. If you think about it, that's the thing. But when facing empire-level battleships, the horror mirror image has an advantage over the main gun of the galaxy, that is, after the shield of the enemy ship is broken, it can face the main gun of the galaxy. It can continue to fight relying on the charged armor and the internal psionic environment, but in the face of the terrifying mirror image, as long as the psionic shield of the enemy ship's outer shell is no longer complete, the hull structure will be complete, and the abundant psionic energy inside cannot prevent the irradiation .”
Bella Villa explained in detail how the horror mirror image works. Whether it can irradiate the target depends only on two points. The first is naturally that the opponent must be smaller than its annihilation radius—the locking system of the terrorist mirror image operates on the principle of "information mapping", and it must reproduce the target 100%; the second is that Requires the target's outer shield to be breached. The duration of this flaw can be very short, even if it only flickers for a few femtoseconds. It is also enough to mirror the system to establish the mapping. After that, even if the enemy ship recharges the shield, it will be useless, because in the current world, the information mapping relationship has been established, the bullet has already flown into the head, and it is too late to wear the helmet at this time.
As for the process of how this thing uses a mirror to destroy real world entities. Sandora saw that it was difficult for me to understand, so she made a very vivid metaphor: "Shortcuts should be familiar to you, right?"
"The one on the computer? Of course I know." I nodded.
"Procedural entities can be controlled through shortcuts," Sandora continued. "The horror image creates a shortcut for the target. We know that the essence of the world is a collection of information. Everything that enters the world barrier must be in the ' Find a place for your own information in the big memory of the world, we can regard it as a folder, and the complete psionic shielding can use high-level permissions—that is, the priority position of psionic energy in the ladder of all things—to hide files Folder path, the terrorist image system is to find where the target file is, and then... create a shortcut for uninstallation."
I finally understood it completely this time.
"It's a very powerful thing... I still think it's more high-tech than Xinghe... well, high-magic," I looked at the golden halo on the holographic projection in amazement, "but the independent combat ability of this thing is probably scumbag, right?"
"There is no way, except for real law weapons and conceptual weapons, it is very difficult to circumvent the world's various corrections through opportunistic methods. If the target has a complete psionic shield, even if that shield No matter how low the intensity is, the terror mirroring system can't be activated," Bella Villa spread his hands helplessly, "and its own limited carrying capacity, conventional firepower is not strong, so when facing a cluster composed of Eternals, the glow circle The ring must be supported by a large number of support warships in order not to die miserably: its protection is only about half of that of the Eternal class. However, as long as there are a certain number of glow rings in our fleet, it will form an unprecedentedly huge attack on the enemy. The deterrent effect. You can probably tell at a glance that such a sniper turret that can kill in one hit can make the enemy's large warships terrified—they will even use it to prevent being mirrored. Sacrifice firepower and maneuverability to enhance the shield strength of a single ship—the joint shield is powerless against the glow circle, because the joint shield is not a complete shield, and the shields of a large number of different spaceships are superimposed, which will produce A large number of discontinuities. This discontinuity does not affect the protection against conventional artillery fire, but it will leave an opportunity for terrorist mirror images. Ah, you have a question?"
I pointed at the holographic projection: "Just one question, how long will it take us to create this thing? Can it serve before the next battle with the fallen apostles?"
Bella Villa looked at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, and after a while, she glanced at me: "You can't just treat me as a festival just because we had a festival before... How long did it take you to build your first ship?" Eternity? Speaking of eternity, I still have resentment. When I was in Azeroth, the last eternal battleship I had... was set off by Viska without hesitation... "
"That's right, if she doesn't set off fireworks, then it's our turn to be set off... Don't change the subject," I was about to go on, but suddenly realized, "That's not your glorious history. It’s because there is no complete information on the eternal level. The basic industry is not complete, so the progress is slow, but now you already have the information on the glow ring in your hand.”
"But I don't have any basic industry." Bella Villa said without any room for negotiation. "I searched all over Xinxiang, but I couldn't find any surviving plastic star pool... that is, the star port used by the mysterious department to build space weapons. Now even if I have If I have information, I will also build an industrial system from scratch. You did the same thing back then, and you know how difficult it is. As for the fallen apostles... they will lose their nerve at any time, and I dare not give you any guarantees. In addition, I will give you Your suggestion, don't pursue too much and immediately put a large number of powerful battleships of the glow circle into service. No matter when, a single and unsystematic thing is difficult to turn the tide, even if it is a super weapon. Kung fu, you might as well expect us to create various small and medium-sized space weapons of the mysterious system first, which is more realistic. This is in line with the reasonable development law. And most of the time, a diversified fleet with reasonable coordination is far better than a mothership formation lacking support. It is more combat effective. As for when the glow circle will be put into service... I can only say that I will do my best."
I also know that this matter cannot be forced, but seeing such a powerful thing can't appear in front of my eyes immediately, I feel a little depressed, but I believe that Bella Villa will not have anything to do with this matter. ambiguous. So I can only hand over this task to her with confidence—her burden will be heavy.
"Anyway, thank you for your hard work." I think I should express it to Bella Villa, because she didn't have to take the initiative to take on these responsibilities. Look at her current state, a disabled soul, relying on possession Only limited activity can be performed on its own replica. If she has been hiding in the depths of Sylvia's soul, no one can say anything at all, but she still took the initiative to stand up and resist the most complicated and important turning point that the new empire is currently facing. I am not A person who doesn't feel anything about it, just can't find a suitable way to express his gratitude-except for this one sentence.
Bella Villa smiled and blinked: "This thank you is not light, I will follow it up."
"By the way, you originally decided to retire from now on and become a small store manager with peace of mind. Now that you have shouldered these burdens, won't you regret it?" Sandora said softly, looking at the raven hatchery in the distance.
The corners of Bella Vila's mouth turned up slightly, showing a smile that was not a smile: "At first, I really wanted to retire and ignore these messy things—because I'm really tired. But seeing you are so busy, always I feel that there is no way to continue to enjoy happiness in the shadow city you built with peace of mind... Maybe I have to find something to do so that I can feel at ease. Fortunately, I have only been decadent for such a short time, and I have not forgotten my own With my ability, I can still deal with this matter. I caused you a lot of trouble in Azeroth back then, so this should be considered a kind of compensation."
After finishing speaking, Bella Vila put away the holographic projection in the air, waved her hands and walked towards her ravens, and half a sentence floated lightly along the wind: "... As for retirement-let's talk about it after we overthrow the gang of rebels." , I haven't reached retirement age yet."
Because of the conversation with Bella Villa, Sandora and I suddenly had the idea of going to the Celestial City again. It has been several days since we left there, and I don’t know if Aurelia has already sorted it out Those messes, because I know everything about the Celestial City very well, Aurelia’s work there is progressing very quickly, and there are a lot of new progress reported almost every day, but no matter how much I report, I think it’s better to go and see for myself good.
Now the Celestial City has been integrated with the Shadow Space, and there is no need to go through the troublesome world gate to go there. The process is as simple as starting from the Shadow City to Avalon, so only a moment later, we arrived at the Celestial City The core of the City of Angels.
Compared with when we left a few days ago, everything in front of us has not changed much. This is not surprising. When we left, the basic buildings of the Celestial City were already in place according to the plan. Plans for expansion and remodeling. The only change in front of me is that most of the buildings are now in operation: the beautiful runes on the surface of those buildings are shining with mysterious brilliance under the urging of the arcane, and the blue crystals embedded in the outer walls of the buildings are shining, An extremely soft, music-like sound floats with the wind all the time, and the entire city of the heavens is enveloped by this sound.
Although there are still not many people in sight, the normal operation of those buildings is enough to be called good news. At least this still somewhat empty Celestial City has a little more vitality.
"Look, there are already guards." Sandora looked around, and suddenly pointed to a pontoon bridge in front of her left. Following the direction of her finger, I saw two blurry people standing at the end of the pontoon bridge. The blue figure—these are two elemental creatures.
It is foreseeable that before enough mysterious apostles are born, the most "residents" of the Celestial City must be this kind of elemental creatures that can be mass-produced. I don't know if their activity can bring more excitement here. atmosphere.
"Your Majesty?" Aurelia's voice came from the side, interrupting my thinking, "Why are you here?" (Your support is my greatest motivation. You are welcome.) RV