(The last day of this month... Well, for a long time, if you still have tickets in your hands, don't you plan to tremble a bit... Gentlemen, let's drop a few tickets at the end~! For the sake of moral integrity!)
The logbook of the deep diving ship is very long, and all we see are some footnotes that happen to be displayed. These footnotes may not even be part of the logbook, but something like a "diary" by a scientist on duty while recording data What is added to the system information, imperial scientists generally have the habit of recording all kinds of inconspicuous and small things that happen in daily research, and advancing them together with normal experimental reports, which helps them in their research. When I reanalyzed the data later, I found some small details that I didn't notice at the time, and the short information in front of us, between the diary and the research observation record, obviously exists because of this.
Sandora's expression was very dignified. Some amazing facts seemed to be gradually emerging into the fog, but no one could believe it. I touched her shoulder lightly and asked in a low voice, "What do you think this is?"
"It seems..." Sandora took a deep breath, and finally no longer doubted, "It seems that this is the action record left during the voyage of the deep submersible ship, which shows that they have done something during the forty days of a certain mission. This probably indicates the purpose of an operation... They are trying to find something in the abyss realm... "
"And trying to get in touch with those things inside," I said, finding one of the crucial footnotes, pointing to the text above, "Look here, they're trying to get to something called a 'call marker' location, but failed to arrive because the starship reached the limit, their original plan should be to send some information at this 'call beacon', so that something in the abyss could respond to them, but because the spaceship did not reach the optimum transmission location, this message finally disappeared. Here comes the question: what are they planning to do? Who are they contacting in the abyss?"
"What a bad way to speculate," Sandora smiled wryly. "The only possibility is that they are trying to establish a connection with the abyss. If it is said that these fallen apostles did it, it makes sense, but the starship established The time was the old empire era, how could there be a Xiling apostle who was crazy enough to establish a connection with the abyss? He even opened the spaceship to go deep into the gate of the abyss... "
"No matter how unbelievable, at least this is a conjecture," I squeezed Sandora's arm, "The old empire was basically crazy from top to bottom in the end, and it's normal for them to study everything, maybe this is just It's just an extremely radical research. After all, you have fought against the abyss for countless epochs, but your understanding of the enemy is still very abstract. Contact is really possible, after all, it is the easiest way to know the enemy."
"Occam, I swear, even in the craziest era of the empire, he is the most out-of-control mad scientist," Sandora grinned in distress, as if she wanted to laugh, but in the end she couldn't. "Look at what a crazy plan this is. We have come into contact with conscious pure abyssal creatures. Although those things have thoughts, they will never communicate with ordinary life. This starship is really a crazy idea. Terrible."
I nodded to Sandora's complaint, but instinctively had some doubts in my heart.
I have indeed seen the so-called abyssal creatures once. It was "Brother Mo" who I met with once a long time ago. That abyssal creature with no final shape, erratic and extremely difficult to kill once Gave me a lot of trouble, so impressed. It is said that abyss aggregates that can think for themselves and actively make contagion plans like that are extremely rare. Often, only one or two similar "lives" will be born at an abyss gate, and these "lives" will often Merge with a powerful creature in the main material world to form a powerful infected person (such as Bingtis back then), and the abyss aggregate that remains completely "purified" will appear except for the source of infection that has not yet completed "foraging" Outside the main material plane, it should only exist inside the gate of the abyss, so is the purpose of this abyss deep diving ship designed by Occam really to communicate with the above-mentioned abyss aggregate
Somehow, when I put the word "communication" on something like an abyss aggregate, I feel a huge sense of disobedience, and my intuition tells myself that the situation is not that simple. Occam's plan back then should have more high aim. However, due to the lack of too much key information, even if my intuition makes such a judgment, the so-called truth is still a huge mystery to me. Before I have a definite guess, it is better not to disturb Shan with those messy thoughts. Dora's judged.
"Forget it, don't think about this for now, let's find a way to remove this database first."
Sandora is a person who knows the priorities. The wreckage of the deep diving ship is still gradually disintegrating. The time left for us is limited. The most important thing is to rescue the database. As for those weird logbooks and footnotes... There should be backup files in the database. At that time, I will extract it and study it slowly.
"Should the whole tower be cut down?"
I raised my head and glanced at the indomitable behemoth in front of me, sweating white hair, and said, no matter how you look at it, the amount of this project is too big, can Sandora really handle it by herself? Or do I have to come up and do a disservice
"Of course not. My judgment was wrong at the beginning. This tower is not a database at all," Sandora laughed, and then under my shocked expression, she suddenly punched the crystal tower. Immediately, the latter There was a crisp cracking sound—and of course a piercing alarm, "It's just a shell and bracket for the database."
Sandora's strength is of course not as strong as Lin's brute force girl, but the crystal clear crystal tower in front of her is obviously not as good as the high-purity star gold stone. Under Sandora's punch, the crystal tower is already full of cracks , and then collapsed in an instant.
With a crash, the collapsed crystal tower was like a cracked pillar of light, and it was turned into scattered slag in a burst of unusually gorgeous heavy rain. I didn't expect this huge thing to be formed into such tiny fragments after the impact of external force, as if fluttering. Yang's snow was like grains, and in the blink of an eye... buried me in it.
"Next time there is a big movement, please remind me."
I jumped out of the fragments on the ground with my shield on, and said to Sandora depressedly, there are definitely a lot of fragments formed after the collapse of this huge crystal tower, almost covering the surrounding ground with a layer of nearly two meters , This is still the result of a considerable part of the debris evaporated with the energy during the explosion. If Ding Dong was buried in it, he might have lost his way inside.
As the "culprit", Sandora was much calmer than me. She just found out that the crystal tower shattered and flew into the air. At this moment, she stuck out her tongue at me: "I didn't expect it to become so brittle. Crystals are different from regular models."
"What it is?"
I went up to Sandora, gave her a light knock on the head, and then frowned and looked at the place where the crystal tower was. When the latter collapsed, there was one thing left: a translucent , A geometry about three feet square… Well, geometry, that’s the only way I can describe this thing, because it has no fixed shape at all, and the surface is undulating like a molten metal between liquid and solid, constantly changing its shape. The geometry presents a silvery-white hue, but due to its own translucent properties and ever-changing shape, this silvery-white luster sometimes seems to be just an illusion. I stared at it for a while, and felt that my eyes were a little astringent—— This is too strange. If it is only visually disturbing, I will never feel this way. The constantly deforming geometry in front of me is really strange.
"The real database," Sandora smiled slightly, "The crystal tower is just a storage device, this weird thing is the database, but it's really strange, I've never seen this kind of imperial equipment... Well, leave it to Tavel Go get a headache, take this thing back and rest."
As Sandora said, she carefully approached the silver-white translucent object floating in mid-air, but when her hand came into contact with the latter, an unexpected thing happened: her hand went through the " database" as if it were just a phantom.
"Um?"
Not only was I surprised, even Sandora exclaimed in a low voice, and then she tried again, but the result was still the same: the database could not be accessed.
"Is it a projection? Or is it in reverse phase?" Sandora took a few steps back, frowned and said, "No, the energy disturbance near the target can be actually scanned, and the space it occupies does exist, but Things in the physical world don't seem to be able to affect it..."
I was dumbfounded. I didn't expect to encounter such troubles after thousands of calculations. The database is right in front of our eyes, but we can't "take it away" at all. Is this thing like a phantom
Then Sandora tried many times there, including grabbing with her hands, using energy chains, pulling with gravity, and using space cracks. If she had a master ball, she would definitely take it out and try it, but in the end all attempts failed. Failed, the database was still suspended in mid-air on the ground, without any connection with the surrounding material world, and even Sandora fell into a dazed state: she had never seen such a strange thing.
"It doesn't seem to exist in the current time and space at all, but it's not anti-phasing or mass projection." Sandora looked a little anxious, because time is running out, and subtle energy sparks have appeared on the wall of the control hall , the phantom energy from the outside world will soon invade this place, "Damn it, it takes time to analyze this thing, it's too late!"
"Don't worry, since the deep diving ship can fix this shadow-like thing in one place, there must be a way to control it." I took a deep breath, "Okay, let me contact the enthusiastic audience outside the venue."
Sandora was stunned, and I connected to Tavel's spiritual connection, and then quickly described the strange things I encountered here, and at the same time simply packaged and uploaded a copy of the information I saw: no details can be missed , maybe Tavel will know what is going on with this database.
"This kind of thing...is not a conventional imperial equipment," Tavel's voice sounded a little hesitant, but soon the second half of her sentence cheered Sandora and me, "Please wait a moment, the subordinate seems to be If you have seen information related to this database, go check it out!"
Tavel was silent for a while, and after a while, he sent a message with a pleasant tone: "I found it... This is a special technology at the end of the old empire. Because the specific performance has not been verified until the collapse of the empire, it has never been uploaded to The central database, in short, is a data storage device based on an imaginary mathematical model. It does not exist in the current world concept, so it cannot be affected by any material level things. Well, the specific information is very It’s complicated. There are two options for my subordinates to take away this database. The first is to use psionic crystals of special frequency to generate a force field and imprison the database. Although it is separated from the main material plane, in order to be able to operate, this thing In the design it is pointed out that there is a 'locked frequency'...”
"The crystal has been smashed by me," Sandora said embarrassingly in the spiritual connection, then turned her head and whispered to me, "the database itself does not say that the crystal tower is such an important thing, it only says It's the storage device... Whoever designed this didn't even provide a complete set of instructions."
Tavier's voice obviously paused for a while, obviously Her Majesty's swift action also made her quite speechless, but then she said the second plan: "Then the only way to imprison the database is to use the power of the void, which is based on the fantasy mathematical model. Basically, this mathematical model can be forcibly suspended by the void, which will not cause the database to crash, but only allow it to temporarily connect to the main material plane: this is the process used in the manufacture of the database, and it can also be used to transport the database. "
"Ah Jun, go ahead." Sandora poked my arm.
"Okay," I scratched my hair and transformed into a void form. After such a long period of exercise, I was getting faster and faster at switching stances, although the shape was still as hard as ever, "Tavel, then What should we do? Go out with the database? Or surround it with the Void Domain?"
Tavel didn't want to send me five characters: "Eat it."
Me: "...you have to quickly say Happy April Fool's Day and I'll just let this matter go."
"Sorry, but that's the way." The serious science girl ignored my joke and continued to analyze seriously, "The void domain is just a force field around you, it doesn't have the ability to move things, and it's not pure enough , the database may lose its stability when transported in an impure void environment. For the same reason, it cannot be carried out, so if you want to put it in a void environment with 100% purity and can be transported, you have to eat it. Now you The environment inside the body is exactly the same as the real void, in theory... "
I interrupted the other party faintly: "Then do you know that this thing is as big as a table?"
Tavel was silent for a few seconds: "You can take a few more meals, the database will always remain intact in a higher dimension, as long as it is not thrown into the void, we will not lose it. It is precisely because of this that only you can Bring out the database, if you use regular void power, the database will be lost. In theory. In addition, you can also try to store the entire database in your body, because the void is absolutely infinite, and any concept exists in the void. There is no state of value, and the volume is the same. In theory, you can put anything into the body, including a table-sized database."
"Well, I believe you, as long as you don't continue to talk about this curious topic." I interrupted Tavel's words with a full face, and after cutting off the communication, I glanced at Sandora. Sure enough, this girl was smiling badly. .
I really don't even have the strength to complain—by the way, Sandora, do you really think you have the position to laugh at me? When it comes to food, you are a master-level figure, okay
I sighed silently in my heart, and I stared at the "database" not far in front of me to gather my composure. This weird thing, without any idea of the fate I was about to face, was still changing its shape in mid-air, and no one could say no. I don't know the existence status of this thing, but I know that now only I can transfer it from the wreckage of the spaceship that is about to be thrown into the void.
take a deep breath... take a deep breath...
Sandora touched my shoulder: "Ah Jun, why don't you start?"
I had a sad face (if I could see it): "Meow, I have no mouth!"
Sandora was stunned for a few seconds before she said with a strange face: "... Tavel doesn't mean to let you really eat this with your mouth, right?"
Would you believe me if there was a crack in the ground and I would slip in and retreat for ten years
"I... Of course I know! Isn't this to adjust the atmosphere! Besides, I have to figure out how to put it into my body, right." I waved my hand quickly, as if everything was under control, and then No matter how weird Sandora's expression was, how the girl smirked, she turned her head and started to compete with the database.
At the same time, the mental power slowly dissipated, and an indescribable "bridge" began to be built between the silver-white translucent geometry in front of him and himself.
Tavel only deduced such a feasible method based on the data in the database, but she didn't know how to do it, and she couldn't guide me how to complete the "eating" process, but it doesn't matter, because some things are harmful to void creatures. In fact, it is an instinctive thing. Void contains all things, all things that can be described or cannot be described, all originate from the void, no matter what form they are, they are all part of the void.
Let go of your soul completely, let the void creature's instinct guide you to complete all this, and then suddenly regain control of your body when Sandora's prompt sound echoes in the spiritual connection.
This kind of work that requires tacit understanding, even if I don't say it myself, I have completed the communication with Sandora in the same mind.
When he opened his eyes again in the form of a human, there was nothing in front of him. The so-called database had become something at the conceptual level, which was "stored" in his body.
Before evacuating the wreckage of the spaceship, I asked Sandora one last question: "Girl, do you think I will eat bad stomach..."