All engineering troops have withdrawn to the safe area, and only a group of cloud-like "aggregate" is gradually brightening in the vast space: the ignition process has begun.
The huge energy extracted from the psionic death star is temporarily restrained together through a set of complex focusing devices. The power of this restraining device is so powerful that it can almost turn the space of tens of billions of light years into a space with a single irradiation. A whole piece of specific crystal, so it is installed in a different space, and only the output end is connected with those white lights in space. However, due to the excessive power, even if there is a different space as a safety barrier, there will be a slight leak, so a series of strange space phenomena are appearing around those "space clouds": light blue light bands appear out of thin air and disappear quickly, like crystals Clusters of strange matter grow out of nothingness, and then are disintegrated by the white light in a few seconds, and the light of distant stars is also distorted when passing through some specific space regions, as if an invisible object appeared there. The lens is average - this is caused by the leakage of powerful psionic radiation from the connection point of the energy output device, even this radiation is enough to rewrite the rules in a small area.
"Is this thing okay?" Looking at the weird phenomena that appeared continuously in space, even a girl as nervous as Qianqian couldn't help becoming nervous. She stretched out her hand and grabbed my arm, "Will the whole experiment Field blown up?"
Ding Dong poked half of his head out of my breast pocket, and looked at it for a while before saying "Oh": "Oh-ah, it's so bright! Are you using searchlights?" This little thing just woke up, Not on a normal beat at all.
"The safety device works well. Even if it explodes, it won't be too large-scale," Tavel glanced at the display device in front of him. The tone is very relaxed, "The virtual connection will be burned in advance when it is overloaded. After all, we have to prevent the fragments on the startup side from being damaged again."
"The ignition process has entered an irreversible stage, the energy output is stable, and the start-side module has been detected to wake up, the virtual connection group is in good condition, and the activation data has been collected... The energy focus system has entered the maintenance mode."
The sound of the broadcast in the hall made everyone quieter, and even Xiaoxue, who had been swaying restlessly by the side, subconsciously supported the table in front of the seat. He leaned forward slightly, and Ding Dong finally realized that we seemed to be doing something serious, silently retracted his head into his pocket, and miraculously fastened the buckle from the inside... In other words, how did she do it? Such an unscientific skill? !
"The load is 10% now, and it looks very stable," Abyss Xiling looked directly at the "clouds" filled with white light in space through the transparent barrier of the observation hall, and looked down from time to time at various things in the hall. display device. At the same time, as a network consciousness, she is still directly monitoring the activation data of the startup terminal. On the surface, it looks calm, but in fact, she is one of the busiest and most knowledgeable people on the scene. She read such a huge amount of data directly. Can still be busy, really worthy of the guy with unprecedented computing power, "Temporarily maintain the power at this level. Collect data, and conduct 'deep flaw detection' by the way... After the explosion of the boot end, many parts evaporated. It must be able to check out all the damage, and only when it is gradually activated can the flaw be detected."
"It's being done," Tavel replied. At the same time, he slightly raised his head to look at the control seat on the other side of the hall, which was the area where the technicians who were conducting front-line operations were located. And some "Xi Ling technicians" in pure black uniforms with blood-red crystal crosses on their clothes are particularly eye-catching. "These commanders and technical experts you brought are very capable, and they seem to be very skilled."
Abyss Xiling smiled slightly: "Of course, they are the manufacturing team at the start-up end... a part of it."
Those technicians wearing special uniforms are technical experts from the Abyss Zone. Although the imperial scientists have been cooperating with these "special colleagues" for several months, it still feels a bit weird to watch them sitting together and busying themselves. Yes, how should I put it... Everyone knows what Xiling scientists usually do. Basically, they study all kinds of weapons of mass destruction with no lower limit and no conscience. Of course, these scientists on site are no exception. In terms of influence alone, the "war engineer" is a "devil king" figure who is more terrifying than any ordinary soldier, and the New Empire has fought against the abyss area for several years. Although these experts have never met, they have faced off quite a few times... Many of them have basically focused their lives in the same way in the past few years: analyzing the new weapons invented by the other party and finding a way to kill them, being analyzed by the other party's new weapons invented by themselves and being planned to be killed by the other party...
Since the normal communication between the two experts, the content of their usual greetings is basically like this:
"Oh, so you are the inventor of the E-37 shield expander? I researched the fourth-generation ablation warhead. Do you have any impression of the shield expander specially designed to deal with you?"
"Ah? So you made the impact multiplier module?! You ruined half a year's hard work of me and my team!"
"We're meeting for the first time. Since His Majesty ordered us to get along well, let me introduce myself. I'm the inventor of a series of jump stabilizers, and I'm good at space technology and mathematical rate equipment..."
"Oh, meeting for the first time, I am the inventor of the An-series jump disruptors, and I am also good at space technology and mathematical rate equipment."
"Stand there and don't touch you heretic! In the name of the emperor's glory and science, I swear that I will not kill you! Don't stop me, let me kill this deviant and unconventional technological heretic! The emperor is watching me, he will Try not to lock me in confinement..."
Basically, this was the situation when the scientists from the New Empire and the Abyss area first met. Of course, the relationship has eased a lot now, but it seems that it will take a long time to fully harmonize... I can only be thankful that the apostles of Xiling are more rational than rational. Sensitive creatures, otherwise, if two mortal races have fought to the death in an almost mortal way for several years, it would definitely be more difficult to sit together and discuss cooperation than this.
Tavel's attention didn't stay on those colleagues in the abyss area for too long, she just glanced with a little sigh. Then he turned his head and continued to focus on the start-up that was constantly "waking up". At this moment, the "clouds" in space were much brighter than before. But it seems that the brightness has been stabilized (of course, this thing is not getting brighter and more powerful, only Ding Dong will use them as searchlights), and all kinds of abnormal phenomena around the cloud are gradually disappearing: With the activation of the activation terminal, the powerful Information turmoil is overwhelming those low-level visions.
The initial data has been collected at this time, and Tavel began to order to increase the energy output, so a larger psionic energy was poured into the starting end.
"The power reaches 20%, and it seems to be able to withstand it," Abyss Xiling looked at the various parameters in front of him very seriously. "The virtual connection is very stable, and the disturbance of the information on the starting end has been reflected... It is almost as expected. Even in the incomplete state, it can reflect the function of the complete state, but the power is affected. It is really a magical thing."
"Is it okay to boast so much about yourself?" I glanced at Abyss Xiling, "Hey, why is your body translucent?"
I was surprised to see that Abyss Xiling's body showed that translucent tendency again, and I exclaimed: The last time I saw her become like this was because of the chaos in the Abyss area. It seems that only when the entire network is in turmoil will her cluster consciousness appear abnormal due to node fluctuations. What's wrong now? !
Abyss Xiling also looked down at her translucent arm curiously, at first she seemed a little worried, but soon she showed a sudden look: "Oh, it's okay, your psionic death star interferes too much. Occasionally it would be a distraction and I would fade."
Me: "...why do you think this statement is so strange?"
Abyss Xiling looked at me with a little surprise: "It's strange to say that I have faded? Do you want to say that the soul is pale? Although this interface looks like a soul, I am not a spirit creature."
I had cold sweat on my forehead one after another: "...you better stop talking, we have no common language."
I think this is definitely the most difficult girl I have ever seen! Xiaoxue was not as difficult to deal with as she was during the craziest few days—no matter how bad the bear is, at least his world view should be normal, right? The person in front of me is out of touch with the real world, and I have never matched it before!
"The power has exceeded 25%, and the system pressure is rising exponentially!" Tavel's voice finally turned my attention back to the business again. At this moment, the connecting lines between the white light clusters in space have become obvious. Variety. It may be that the stability of the starting end is reduced or the energy is too strong. These lines are emitting an unusually bright light. And it slowly expanded into a "column" like a huge bridge. While its volume doubled, its color changed from pure white to an abnormal grayish blue. I don't know what this situation means, but the team of experts on the scene was immediately on the verge of an enemy. They quickly passed on the data, and from time to time, some people loudly reported some difficult-sounding parameters and proper nouns, Abyss Xiling Immediately, his brows were tightly frowned: "Sure enough, there is such a problem... But it won't work so soon?"
"Is this thing going to explode?" Qianqian immediately exclaimed in surprise.
By the way, has this girl been expecting this thing to blow up since just now? ! She asked this question several times!
"Not for the time being, but the stability of the system is declining rapidly," Abyss Xiling looked at the white light clusters in space that had already produced tremors visible to the naked eye, "Because there is no core, the stability and information capacity of the entire system are quite limited Yes, now we use a large number of hosts connected in parallel to replace the data processing capabilities of the original core, but it can only solve the work of data processing. Synchronization will intensify rapidly. There is a hurdle in the "ignition" process. If this hurdle is crossed, the system stability will plummet. If the power is doubled, the pressure on the system will increase by four times, and the stability will decrease by four times... "
"The power is approaching 30%! The energy focusing module has detected abnormal clutter, and there is something wrong with the energy environment inside the starting end!" A voice came from the direction of the control seat, it was a young assistant technician, "Now the Sustained, but clutter is exploding!"
"Do you want to stop?" Tavier immediately turned her head and asked, she was not asking me, but Abyss Xiling - the latter is the most senior expert in this place, her understanding of the start-up end is beyond everyone's flattery .
Abyss Xiling pondered for a while, and his eyes became firm: "Continue to pressurize, the starting end has a self-protection mechanism. And the clutter is expected, so you can take this opportunity to observe the energy imbalance at the starting end. Let your people record the data .The next step we are going to fix the energy grid, it seems that it is the first to go wrong."
"The power is thirty-five percent! The efficiency of the energy focusing system has begun to decrease abnormally, and the energy in the starting end seems to be saturated! Abnormal situation, where this part of energy cannot be detected. The signal of the virtual connection group from No. Virtual link group detected illogical focus of information - wrong information is overflowing the initiator!"
Abyss Xiling has only one sentence: "Continue to pressurize."
I felt the ground under my feet shaking slightly, and felt that the artificial gravity of the orbital station seemed to be out of balance. A low hum came from a distance, which sounded like the direction of the orbital station's power hub. It seems that the garbled information escaping from the start-up terminal is affecting the operation of the various facilities in the test site, but these abnormal conditions have not continued to worsen: the orbital station host has opened the core barrier to ensure the safety of the core system, and it is in the test site The two planetary fortresses on standby activated their respective laws and equipment in time to forcibly stabilize the basic parameters of this time and space—although they are usually noisy, the critical moment of the two live treasures is still unambiguous.
And as the stability of the starting end continues to decline, its effective power is rapidly approaching the expected ideal value: 50% power—of course, the "power" here may not be the same as the mechanical power understood by people on earth. It's a very complex concept. It involves the information replacement speed at the beginning of bridge construction (quickly exchange the information on the opposite bank and the information on the local bank to form a stable and self-sustaining data flow), but we really can't find another word to describe this parameter, so Still habitually call it "power".
"Thirty-eight percent, the energy focusing system has detected a dangerous anti-phase feedback wave, and it can no longer maintain stability!" A hurried report sound came from the direction of the control seat, "The energy output is uncontrollable. The psionic energy is turbulent, and the system stability is about to fall below the critical value! Only the fifteenth group of virtual connections is still operating, and the rest of the connection groups have all been disconnected!"
The torrent of chaotic information is washing the entire test site, and a strange sense of vibration is transmitted from all directions, as if the entire orbital station is being grasped by an invisible big hand. Additional shields have been raised, although the orbital station has not been physically attacked. But the nether energy shield can resist this kind of mathematical rate chaos after all. Some system alarms sounded in my ears, and there seemed to be something like a bell ringing in the depths of the orbital station, and the white light clusters scattered and floating in space seemed to be on the verge of limit: they were emitting violently fluctuating white light, The light that used to be of the same intensity has now become different in intensity, which means that the synchronization connection between the fragments on the starting side is about to fail, and the reason for the failure is the collapse of the virtual connections between them—the white lines have all turned into blue Color or dark blue crystalline entities, the connection between the virtual and the real has fallen to the material level, which means that their effective capacity is decreasing.
And Abyss Xiling just said a word: "Continue to pressurize and prepare to collect data."
Looking at the unmoved Abyss Xiling, I seem to understand this way of thinking is maverick, but with a fierce force to create a weird life at the start... She never seems to think that she exists in the world Things that can't be done, or she doesn't think about whether the result is good or bad at all, set a direction, make sure it's right, and then go all the way to the dark, this is her policy.
But she is an expert after all, and no one knows the load limit of the starting end better than her, so Tavel can only nod: "Continue to pressurize, and everyone is ready to resist the impact."
The energy focusing system made its last effort, and the power at the starting end reached 30% of the normal value.
boom!
In fact, no sound came into my ears, only the white light that suddenly filled my vision from space swept across the sky. At the last second before the white light burst out, I saw those virtual connections break ahead of schedule, and then the alloy protective cover outside the observation hall closed instantly. .
All the powered armor of the entire orbital station was closed in an instant, and at the same time, the power of the shields at all levels was fully activated. Except for the on-site facilities dedicated to destructive power tests, all other space buildings raised their protective layers. I can't see what happened outside with the naked eye, but various devices are still faithfully recording the explosion, and I can also feel the entire orbital station being bathed in a strong impact through my mental power.
It's not a physical impact, but a torrent of information—according to the theory of the unification of information, any existence is composed of information descriptions, then this information torrent combined with the power of the start-up end will theoretically have a chance to become anything. It may become a breeze, or it may become a death ray that destroys the world, but the God's Forge and the Warsong are very powerful. They forcibly stabilized the information environment at the origin of the explosion. The torrent just passed by and did not cause anything. vicious consequences.
Well, the amount of information is huge!
The explosion lasted for half a minute, and then the alloy walls outside the observation hall began to lower one by one, and the hall became busy again in an instant: "The impact is over, and the damage of each unit is counted!"
"A group of shields at this station are slightly overloaded, and the rest are not damaged!"
"No damage to the No. 2 facility chain!"
"The No. 3 facility chain lost a set of shield generators, and there is no other damage!"
"My instant noodles were spilled, and all the soup ingredients were lost!"
"Xiaoxue, shut up."
Well, that's basically the rhythm.
Abyss Xiling frowned, staring at the data in front of him:
The ultimate power before the system collapses is 40% of the design value. RI