In basic cognition, the "destructive effect" of the abyss on everything in the world is unconditional and unlimited. The characteristics of the abyss itself are as follows: non-matter, non-energy, and any form that cannot be described by worldly concepts. It appears as a two-dimensional huā pattern in simple observation, and is usually accompanied by a black sè diffuse of pollution (smoke, dust, or other things that look similar), this black sè diffuse "thing" In essence, it is not any substance, but a pure optical phenomenon. Because the abyss destroys the basic rules within a certain range, it causes various optical rules to be distorted, and finally produces an effect similar to "unobservable", thus producing The black cloud-like "thing" is based on the same principle, and the two-dimensional huā pattern presented by the abyss is only an optical phenomenon, and does not really exist.
However, few people know that the pure abyss actually has no "killing" nature.
This sounds strange. After all, countless worlds have been destroyed by the abyss, and its destructive power has always been the biggest disaster in the void. In everyone's common sense, the abyss should be a "lethal" thing—so The understanding is of course correct, but in the eyes of more professional imperial scientists, what the abyss possesses is not lethality, but a kind of "guidance".
The abyss has never directly destroyed anything, and all the things that infect the abyss are destroyed by themselves in the end: they collapse themselves on the macroscopic level, and gradually disintegrate on the microscopic level, and the matter starts from the disaster that is visible to the naked eye, and continues to the microscopic level that is invisible to the naked eye Particle dissociation terminates and energy dissipates. Time and space are disordered, and the order of the universe has disappeared. Until finally the world barrier also began to digest itself, and the whole world was swallowed by the void: a typical abyss-polluted doomsday. This whole process is caused by the abyss, but every step in the process is the "self-destruction" of the infected, so we will say that the abyss is not lethal, they are just guiding the infected world to "suicide".
Although this explanation sounds a bit preposterous, in order to ascertain the nature of the abyss, sometimes "research" is such a preposterous and pointless thing. Of course, only Xiling technicians will dig into this kind of dead end. For us ordinary people, whether the end of the world is a suicide or a homicide actually doesn't make much sense.
In a classic universe like the capital world, the destructive power shown by the abyss is that the entropy value of the universe soars to the limit of collapse in a short period of time, and the whole world falls into chaos and heat death. In some worlds with completely different rules of the universe, the abyss will appear as the dislocation and absence of some basic constants. Or the break of the energy circulation chain, the reversal of the time axis, the fall of dimensions, and other disasters. In short, no matter where, if the abyss invades a regular world, then everything in this world will be irresistible: they will start from their own existence. The foundation begins to crumble and die. When the abyss infection is relatively mild, some tenacious mortal races can last a little longer—such as the Gemini civilization circle we just left, but no matter how the natives of that universe resist. No matter how long they can persist or even eliminate the trace pollution of their own universe, their resistance to the abyss is zero: this will not change.
Ordinary races can rely on human lives to save themselves, rely on strategies to save themselves, and rely on bravery and sacrifice to prolong the life of their own race, but none of these can change the fact that mundane things have zero resistance to the abyss. Ordinary matter will be infected when it comes into contact with the abyss, even if your spirit can last a little longer. Your body will also slowly crumble according to a strict schedule. The only exception is the "Inert Abyss" that is still a mystery. We still don't know much about the latter, so we won't discuss it for now, as long as we know that the Inert Abyss is the only relatively gentle abyss.
There are currently only four known groups that are naturally resistant to the abyss: the Xiling apostles, who are resistant to the abyss because they transcend all worlds and void quadrants and thus possess extremely high order stability; The reason for the ladder is on the same level as the abyss and the world, so they are resistant; the Huron protoss, the reason is the same as the star field protoss; the last one is the fallen apostle, who became some kind of weird "symbiont" after being infected by the abyss. Their lives The form itself is already after the collapse, so it has a high resistance to the abyss, and as far as it is concerned, the fallen apostles are more resistant to the abyss than the other three groups.
However, now we seem to have found a fifth group: the Xiling people, the ancestors of the Xiling apostles.
According to Harlan and Tavel, all the ancestors showed extraordinary resistance to the abyss—in fact, it is a bit inappropriate to use "resistance" to explain what happened to them. Being "immune" is completely unheard of!
The biggest difference between resistance and immunity is whether they will be actually hurt. In the face of the abyss, resistance will only reduce the pollution for you, from fatal to non-fatal, from severe to mild - but no matter how you reduce it, the pollution will still occur, even if it is weakened to the level of a sneeze , will not really disappear. Immunity is a completely different situation: it will make the pollution completely ineffective, as if it never happened, even if this "immunity" only takes effect at an extremely low concentration of the abyss, 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 a safe dose (relatively safe, that is, the kind that can be rescued on the spot) of the abyss, and after leaving the sample And after purification of the body surface, a full-body examination showed that there were no signs of disease or collapse in their [body]: it seemed that they had never been in contact with a source of pollution.
Sandora and I listened quietly to Tavel and Harlan complementing each other and finishing this series of discoveries, and remained silent for a long time. This fact is a bit bizarre, and I have to let my brain work for a while to keep up with the rhythm. Sandora reacted relatively quickly, and she exhaled softly: "Tavier, you should have guessed something?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Tavel nodded slightly, "It is not yet possible to determine the basis of the ancestor's immunity to the abyss, but the cause of this "immunity" phenomenon. The subordinates think it may be related to the pollution of the hometown world .”
I thought for a while: "You said that they were infected by the abyss just like the fallen apostles, but they didn't know it?"
If this statement holds true. So the current ancestors are actually a kind of symbiosis, they have the same resistance as the fallen apostles, but their resistance form is more advanced, reaching the level of immunity—how can this not be explained
By the way, there is no abyss left on the ancestors, and there are no traces of being transformed, which is quite different from the situation of the fallen apostles.
Tavel shook his head as expected: "The chance of infection is not high, because there are indeed no traces left on the ancestors. But the pollution that occurred in the home world must have changed the life forms of the ancestors, allowing them to coexist safely with the low-concentration abyss —The subordinates carefully studied the various observation readings around the ancestors after they touched the abyss samples, and the results showed that the abyss was in an inactive state: it was as if they hadn't found a 'prey' that could be polluted on their territory, or explain… "
"Abyss thinks it's one of my own." Sandora suddenly took over the second half of the sentence that Tavel couldn't say directly.
The glasses girl paused for a moment, then nodded lightly: "Theoretically, that's the case."
"I want to know the limit of this immunity." Sandora tapped the table lightly with her index finger, "What will happen if it exceeds the limit."
"The risk of the test is too high. The subordinates did not dare to take this risk." Tavel replied honestly, "It can only be inferred indirectly based on some observation data. The ancestors can not come to anything without directly contacting the gate of the abyss." The protective items survived safely, and would not leave any traces of infection afterwards. Even if the immune limit was exceeded, the ancestors also possessed unusual resistance. They would be infected by the abyss very slowly, and once they left the contaminated area, the abyss caused The Honkai process will also terminate itself immediately. In theory."
This time it really can only be "theoretically so" - Tavel didn't dare to actually use the ancestors to do these terrible experiments, and the above conclusions were all inferred by her indirectly through observation data.
At this time, I suddenly thought of something: "Speaking of which, how did you discover this in the first place? Uh... who would dare to let the ancestors come into contact with pollution sources without incident?"
Tavel quickly explained: "Of course we didn't do this kind of dangerous experiment. We discovered the immunity of our ancestors to the abyss because of an accident. You know, it is a dangerous area near the deep diving port. There will be a certain intensity of radiation pollution around the door, and the entire experimental base will inevitably be exposed to the polluted environment. Therefore, every person involved in the project needs to check his body at regular intervals and undergo purification and neutralization treatment: Xiling Apostle Using psionic energy, the ancestors used milder holy light to purify because the body is fragile. But not long ago, when we summarized the historical data, we found that the pollution detection readings of the ancestors before purification were always zero: They have never been infected during the work in the low-pollution area. This situation has never been seen before, and theoretically it is impossible for individuals with zero pollution to exist in the pollution area."
"Why didn't you find out before?" I asked curiously.
"The automatic equipment for personal purification will only be activated when a dangerous alarm is set," Tavel said. "It will only start when the pollution level exceeds the standard. In addition, if the pollution is too low or even no pollution at all, it will not be shut down." As an 'anomaly' because no one thought it would happen. In theory it is."
I nodded knowingly, and I seemed to think of something that happened recently in my mind, but the thought quickly disappeared, and my attention was still on Anthers: Immunity to the Abyss—although it was only immunity at low intensity , This is enough to be called an unprecedented miracle, let's not discuss how it happened, now let's look at the role of this talent: the ancestors were born deep divers.
"It's ironic." Ansers grinned dumbfoundingly, "The abyss has destroyed everything about us, but now we have become its 'friendly objects'. Originally, the abyss and Xiling people should have an endless relationship, but now The Xiling 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 plan, if we don't have enough technology and knowledge, we can learn and train. I know you can't find people like us Old Bones is a better man for the task."
Sandora frowned, and I knew she was having a fierce confrontation with herself now: emotionally, she would not let her ancestors take any risks. Especially in the case of only a dozen ancestors, but from a rational point of view. She must admit that the ancestor is by far the most suitable "qualified person" to be a deep diver. Although the transformed fallen apostle has resistance, no matter how high the resistance is, it can't stop the fixed damage. Only people like ancestors who can be immune to the abyss within a certain range can guarantee the success rate of deep diving to the greatest extent.
Let’s imagine a situation like this: the deep diving ship breaks down, and the abyss begins to gradually affect the interior of the spacecraft. Then the fragile spacecraft control system should be the first to go down. At this time, the deep diver must rely on manual control to let the spacecraft escape from the danger zone. If They are ordinary operators, they may not be able to last longer than the spacecraft control system. The Ancestors, on the other hand, can remain fully conscious until the pollution has not reached its peak—in which case, they will be the only crew members who can survive and complete the mission.
I know the thinking tendency of the apostles of Xiling, so even though Sandora is very contradictory in the battle between heaven and man, I also know what decision she will make. Sure enough, after some thinking, Her Majesty the Queen nodded slowly but firmly: " Good. I agree."
I have long known the stubbornness of the ancestors. They are as stubborn as the modern apostles, so I nodded in agreement at this time: "I also agree-but you can't get on the boat right away, you must first accept For training, the other deep-diving teams should first do a few surface trials to confirm the safety of the spaceship before you go deep.”
Harlan nodded for the last time: "I also agree. In addition, I will hand over the manned trial of the deep-diving ship to my people. Those boys have been training for deep-diving for several days, and they are all high-spirited. They won't be allowed on the boat."
Tavel saw that the three chiefs nodded, and of course there was no objection: "Then the three emperors all passed this issue, and the subordinates will arrange deep-diving training and surface manned sea trials."
I thought about it. I always feel like I'm missing someone...
Sandora and I have a heart-to-heart connection, she looked up and rolled her eyes: "Are you talking about Sylvia or Bella Vila? Both of them can only count for half the vote: the former is short-hearted. The latter is basically useless..."
Harlan nodded beside her with a subtle expression: "Actually, I am quite envious of her. She doesn't think about anything every day, and she lives so happily."
"Do you also want to live a life where you don't have to think about anything?" I glanced at Harlan, "It's simple, let Sandora cook you a meal, and you won't think about anything after eating, or I will go to the stars It’s okay if Yu pulls a broken reminder named Qian Yuhao over to chat with you for a while, and I guarantee that your mind will be empty within three days.”
Unexpectedly, the reputation of the talkative dragon god was so famous that even Harlan had heard of it. He immediately shrank his neck: "You are too conservative. At that time, my mind was empty for four days..."
Then I found out that in the old empire era, Harlan had personally traveled to the Star Field many times in the name of technology exchange, and the support staff of the Star Field at that time was that Sui Cui—Harlan still has a deep memory of what happened back then after so many years.
At this time, Sandora finally couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed lightly beside her: "Hmm, it doesn't seem like this is what we are discussing?"
I immediately sat upright and dared not continue to ask questions.
Even if I have learned about the deep diving project here, I estimate that the next deep dive will take a while to proceed: In order to ensure the safety of the manned voyage, the No. 2 deep diving ship needs to undergo a series of inspections and minor repairs , During the trial voyage a few days ago, the ship still exposed a lot of problems. Tavel's next main job is to maximize the performance and safety factor of the ship based on the current technology as much as possible. I believe The ability of that girl with glasses.
Sandora and I didn't want to go to the reverse engineering laboratory to meet another Tavel, so we simply asked about the reverse engineering and trial production progress of the King's Lander battleship here.
"These projects are progressing very quickly." Tavel had a proud expression on his face when he talked about this, "His Majesty Harlan brought most of the blueprints of the King's Lander, plus the research results we have mastered in the past two years, my subordinates We are ready to try to manufacture our own King's Lander battleship. In addition, regarding reverse engineering... With the ready-made blueprint, reverse engineering is actually not necessary. Compromised and miniaturized, then installed on other active ships: this has proven to be very effective. In theory."
"Actually, we already have the King's Lander battleship now." I suddenly remembered something, turned my head and said cheerfully to Harlan, "Thanks to the captain of the Empire's logistics and transportation team—in fact, I suddenly feel that you were caught by me a little earlier. , if you can persist in the Fallen Apostle camp for two more years, maybe the King's Lander and genuine star warships on the side of the New Empire will become established... "
Harlan: "...Didn't you agree not to take this as a topic!"
"The King's Landers brought by His Majesty Harlan have been incorporated into the Royal Fleet and the First Army by Sir Sivis, but this is only a temporary establishment." Tavel maintained a meticulous expression when we were joking, and she pushed her Glasses, explained very seriously, "The King's Lander warships transformed by the abyss need a special industrial foundation for maintenance. Having them in a battle sequence with normal Imperial starships will bring a lot of inconvenience to logistics. This is It is difficult to solve by technical means: this is a process problem. Therefore, we still need to build the standard version of King's Lander as soon as possible, and the super battleships brought by His Majesty Harlan will eventually be incorporated into the Abyss dúlì regiment."
Harlan smacked his lips, and after thinking for a long time, he came up with a sentence: "... I am indeed the captain of the transportation team. The main function of the things in my hands is to toss them back and forth for you!" (