MTL - Xiling Empire-Chapter 1534 set sail

The constant noise and noise replaced the normal picture and sound of the communicator, and the signal from the deep submersible was abruptly interrupted.

All the monitoring equipment of the control center lost the signal source. Only the gray and black twisted pattern remained on the central holographic projection. The disturbing alarm sound seemed to be blank for a second before it sounded in the lobby: "Warning! Lost deep dive Ship! Warning! Lost deep dive ship! "

The emergency team reacted in the first time and went to check the control center's system and various communication devices deployed in space. The base host began to start a spare signal tower to enhance the connection to the deep submersible ship and suppress the surrounding abyss gate. The tower burst into bright light, forming a large aura of aura: this is to prevent the inside of the abyss door from undergoing drastic changes, causing the entire port to explode.

And I fell into a dull moment: in a millisecond, nothing?

The previous moment, the old man was also happily sharing the scene he saw with us on the communicator, admiring the superior performance of the new ship. In the next moment, the entire ship completely disappeared from all channels?

Tavel's voice sounded in the lobby broadcast, calm and powerful: "Keep calm! The communication group should not give up tracking, increase the strength of the antenna, open all spare channels, and the communication system of the deep submersible ship may have dropped to other frequency bands. The main system The monitoring team immediately sorted out all the exchanged data from 30 minutes ago to the present to see if the abyss pollution is blocking the channel. The 'gatekeeper' unit immediately checked the telemetry device near the gate. I want to know the situation under the gate of the abyss! The disaster response team boarded an alternate deep dive vessel and went to the gate to beacon! "

Clear and effective instructions were sent to everyone through the lobby broadcast. Fortunately, the talent of the Apostles of the Spirit allowed them to remain calm in the face of any unexpected situation, and the expert team began to execute the accident plan without wasting a second. However, with the increase of communication array signals, the frequency spectrum is widened. Deep submersibles are still missing, and there are only clutter on all communicators.

I noticed that Sandora's eyes changed rapidly several times, but she also remained calm. Despite the deep concerns under her eyes, she waited until Tavel had issued the emergency instructions and asked calmly: "What's going on? Why did the signal suddenly stop? "

Sandora did not rush to ask "Deep submarine has been destroyed." On the one hand, no one wants to think in this direction. On the other hand, the new deep submersible ship itself is extremely sturdy, and various new technologies have also been implemented. It was integrated after several simulation tests. Even the old deep dive ship can hover for several hours near the discontinuity zone, and the new ship's viability is even worse.

"Unsure, the signal source was suddenly lost, may be forcibly shielded by some factor, or the communication system of the deep-submersible ship was self-destructed due to pollution from the abyss, or it may be some kind of 'information deflection' effect, which caused the deep-submersible ship The signals sent cannot be understood by the world of order. "Tavel also did not mention the possibility that the deep submersible has been destroyed, but simply analyzed the possible reasons for the signal loss." These accidents have not occurred, but they may have occurred in the abyss environment. Situation. We are turning on all spare communication antennas. If the ship's main engine of the deep submersible ship did not directly go down, they should be making similar attempts there. The signal can always be recovered. "

"Even if there is a disaster, it will not cause the spacecraft to crash instantly," Abyss Schilling added next to it. "We have tested and hit the United I with the highest concentration of abyss pollution in theory, even in that case. Can last for at least twenty minutes. Instead of disappearing in the blink of an eye like now ... the new ship cannot be 'seckilled'. "

The Protoss experts were also idle when the scientists of the Empire nervously and repositioned the signals of the deep submersible. Although they are responsible for components such as propulsion, energy, structural protection, etc., and they are not responsible for the communication system, the Protoss have a lot of strange things that can come in handy in this case. There are a lot of mysterious shining star gold platforms or amethyst castles. These are facilities used by the Protoss to observe the gate of the abyss. Although it cannot be directly connected to the deep submersible, it can be determined by measuring the abyss reading. A catastrophic explosion occurred-they could observe even the slightest breath leaked when the deep-submersible ship was destroyed.

As long as no information is sent from these observation points, it is the best information.

A deep submersible ship similar to Lianhe I in structure but smaller in size and simpler in structure was completed and released from another star port. It quickly approached the gate of the abyss and hovered for more than ten seconds for data After calibration, the deep dive vessel opened up a special shield and plunged its head into the deep dark disc.

This is a spare deep-submersible ship. It does not undertake any scientific tasks or scientific research modules. Its only task is disaster rescue, because many scientific research and scanning devices are omitted (this is also the largest facility on a genuine deep-submersible ship). It is lighter and more reliable. Its reduced size also reduces its surface shield and abyss contact surface by a factor of two. The only disadvantage is that it cannot undertake any deep dive tasks except disaster rescue. It cannot collect data or conduct tests. It is also shorter than United I.

Since the beginning of the manned deep dive, Tavel has prepared two such spare ships or special rescue ships for each deep dive ship. Although such ships are not easy to build and have a short life, everyone thinks this investment is worth it. In previous experiments with old ships, spare ships never came in handy-to be honest, I would rather they never come in handy!

"This happened when the new ship sailed for the first time," said Bettis, a little heartless, a big mouth, and something in her heart. "I couldn't help but think of Titanic ..."

Then everyone started staring at her fiercely. Even Father ’s eyes were a little weird to look at this unscrupulous girl, so Bingtis quickly drew back her neck: "Sorry, my brain was pumping, my body was a little nervous."

I know that Bingtis is definitely not malicious, and she is no less tense than anyone at the scene, so she did n’t investigate it, just keeps staring at the communicator in front of her, hoping to see even a little bit of noise from above except noise Something else.

The first spare ship passed the gate smoothly. A temporary transfer station for enhanced signal transmission was put in place first, and then went to the "forward outpost". Connect your own working components to the outpost: this is also to enhance signal transmission.

Prior to the emergence of clear evidence, everyone believed that the deep submersible was still there, but was unable to transmit the signal. This was not only an instinctive psychological tendency, but also a scientific judgment based on the performance of the new spacecraft.

"The system log of the outpost host was retrieved within one minute before the loss of contact, and no abnormality was found." The reserve ship No. 1 quickly sent a report, and then began a rapid "dive", and a relay was launched every other depth. station. This transit station can only work for hours in an abyss environment. Relying on limited pre-stored energy, the only role is to ensure smooth communication in extremely harsh environments: in the abyss, ensuring smooth communication with the world is the most important thing.

"Let the second spare ship be ready as well," a quality projection from Tavel instructed the Disaster Accident Disposal Team, not forgetting to remind the No. 1 ship that is conducting search and rescue operations, "No. 1, pay attention to the dive speed and surrounding environment. Change. No. 2 will pick up soon. "

"Yes, No. 1 understands," the commander of No. 1 replied briefly, then continued to dive and set up a transfer station, but just when the next transfer station just started operating, we suddenly heard the commander excited. sound. "A signal! The signal from United I!"

At this moment, it has been more than an hour since the deep submarine lost contact-a long time.

"Transfer," Sandola said in a deep voice, and then the communicator in the hall again had a clear and recognizable image, but that was not the scene of the deep dive ship's command module. It's a bunch of constantly fluctuating graphs and a lot of fast refreshing charts, "It's a low-capacity flux channel of a spacecraft. It is broadcasting the 'health status' of deep-submersible vessels."

I didn't quite understand the consciousness of such a complicated chart, so I simply asked, "What's the situation?"

"It can only be determined that the power core and shield group are still operating normally. This channel capacity is extremely low. It is used to indicate their position and 'still alive' when all signals are cut off," Sandora frowned, But there were no initial concerns in his eyes. "The power core and the shield did not stop, and there was nothing wrong with the core of the spacecraft. At most, the detection module and antenna device were destroyed. There were some alarm parameters in the signal, and the spacecraft did have some serious problems. Destroyed, but it's not yet sure what part it is. Ship No. 1, closer to it, the enhanced signal should be able to connect with the deep submersible. "

"Ship No. 1 understands." The search and rescue forces responded immediately, then accelerated their dives, approaching the place where United I lost track: discontinuously taking the upper layer. But they were very careful in the process of diving, apparently the possible changes in the abyss gate made them quite nervous.

There is also a tense and depressing atmosphere in the control center. Although clear and clear instructions and reports can slightly ease this feeling, the heavy pressure is still entangled in everyone's mind.

There was a golden glow deep in Sandora's eyes.

Fentus frowned at his hair subconsciously.

Lin Xue had closed her eyes, and the whole person seemed to be in another spacetime, a transcendent spacetime.

Sheila frowned, and the lilac lines appeared on her bare arms and neck, possibly to transform herself to save people.

A small beep suddenly came from the communicator, accompanied by a surprise call from the commander of the No. 1 ship: "The signal source was found! The antenna and the identification library are being recalibrated ... connected! It is a deep dive ship!"

Hissing noise came from the communicator, and a large group of twisted colored lines jumped on the holographic projection like a wild thread group. This is the effect of super strong interference. It has rarely been encountered since the start of the deep dive program. When there is such a fierce interference, but at this moment, it seems that there is nothing more lovely and more affectionate than the interference for everyone on the scene: these interference patterns prove that the communication comes from an orderly and resolvable signal source, which is undoubtedly the joint I No.

The operators began to debug the antenna, filter the noise, and the sound of the bubble came from the broadcast: "I have taken over the host of the deep submarine port, and now I use the redundant computing power of the general network to help analyze these signals."

The interference on the communicator finally subsided, and those frantic colored lines barely condensed, finally showing a picture with severely distorted colors, but still distinguishable. I recognized in the center of the picture the security that had been lost for more than an hour. Heath, he looks fine. He was not injured, but the command center behind him apparently just recovered from the chaos. There are many devices that are smoking heavy smoke, and some pipeline-like things are hanging from the ceiling: this is a sign of overloading the energy pipe network. The only good news is that these injuries do not seem to hurt the fundamentals of the deep submersible ship, and the deep submersible ship self-inspection signal from the low-volume channel is still stable.

"Here is United I ... Zizi ... United I ... Calling ... Strong interference, entering discontinued ... Control Center, here is United ... Zizi ... Calling Control Center ... Zizi ..."

The sound is severely distorted but can be discerned. With the multiple analysis of the bubble and the enhancement of a large number of transfer stations, this signal gradually strengthens and finally reaches the point where it can talk.

Sandora pressed the platform in front of the communicator: "Here is the control center. How is it?"

Anther's voice was delayed for a few seconds before it came over: "The spare experimental cabin was damaged and abandoned, and one of the three main systems was overloaded and destroyed. It has been abandoned. The energy network was severely overloaded, but the emergency protection device responded in time and only sacrificed A redundant energy grid. The state of the spacecraft's mainframe is still normal. We are restarting various automatic systems. "

"what is the problem?"

"The tremor of the discontinuity," Anthus' voice sounded extremely calm, although small sparks and smoke explosions erupted from time to time in the command hall behind him, but none of these seemed to affect the work of the old man, "It's Movement is discontinuous, as is tremor. We misjudged the 'jump' of the discontinuity before. It will tremor in a small area for a certain period of time, but in extremely rare cases, it will violently move once and just caught us. "

It seemed that it was really an accident caused by the strange environment inside the abyss, and Sandora frowned. Obviously, it is meaningless to continue the test at the moment: "Abandon the deep dive and return immediately. The state of the spacecraft cannot continue to perform the mission."

This time Anthers was strangely silent for a long time, and in this silence, I suddenly had a bad feeling.

"We're not going back," the old man finally said, with a hint of serenity in his voice, "Now I will upload the last collected data to you, and then I will keep the antenna power fully on, until there is still about half of the total loss of connection For hours, this data is very valuable, I hope you can make good use of it ... "

Sandora reacted from the **** of pity, interrupting the other side fiercely: "What's going on ?? What's going on if you don't come back?"

"The spacecraft has crossed the discontinuity zone, and we only have the last set of energy networks. There will be no chance for reverse recoil," Anthers said quietly. "We are now on the other side of the discontinuity zone, and Still diving at a constant speed. "

The entire control center was silent.

"The spaceship crossed the discontinuity zone?" I couldn't believe what I heard, and repeated it subconsciously.

"Yes, I crossed the discontinuity zone, or the spaceship didn't move, but the discontinuity zone suddenly became active and rolled over us," the old man still smiled at this time, "Anyway we can count it as completed in advance. The 'mission' crossed the line in an unexpected way. This is a good thing. The spacecraft collected a lot of data during the process of crossing the discontinuity. You can use these things, sooner or later. It ’s time for the next ship to slowly accumulate data ... ”

"Don't give up in such a hurry!" Lin Xue suddenly rushed to the communicator, and his voice was swift and intense. "Since you can walk through it once, there is still a chance to wear it back! Now returning to the ship immediately, we can send a rescue boat at Coordinated near the continuous zone, the void creature can create stability in the abyss environment ... "

"Don't waste resources," the old man said seriously. "The most important systems of the spacecraft have been severely damaged, especially the energy network. The output is very unstable. Discontinuities are a fatal threat to this unstable system. I have already I've dived several times, and I know how far this ship can go-even if it's a new build. Now we must let this ship complete its last mission! "

He then slowed his tone: "Don't bother, you are a prophet and you should not act recklessly."

In the end, the old man's gaze swept across all of us, and he suddenly laughed: "Actually, we now have an adventure plan ..."

If we continue to dive, will we reach the critical level? "

If we can reach the critical level alive, will it be closer to the abyss on the other side if we go 'down'? "

If the theory of the little girl of Abyss Helling is correct, the abyss on the other side may be harmless to the deep dive ship ... at least it is harmless. "

So we don't necessarily die, there is a one-percent chance to survive-as long as we keep going. "

The old man told us these things one by one, clearly, maybe this is the result of the negotiation they had in the hour when they lost contact: the only hope of survival is to continue to move forward, before the deep dive ship is distorted and torn by the abyss Pass through that critical layer!

The next thing can only be hoped is that the theoretical model of Abyss Spirit is correct.

Sandora was silent, silent in a stressful gesture, but in the end she waved to the side, as if to catch something: "... take care to receive the last data, don't miss anything."

She knows as much about "deep diving" as the experts on the spot. After knowing the status quo, she can already determine the chance of rescue.

Then she looked at the communicator again: "If you really cross the critical layer and leave a relay there, there should be a lot of Gennakuri in the spacecraft."

"Of course, we have already thought of this, maybe this can solve the communication problem that has troubled the empire for a long time," Anthes laughed, showing only tranquility in his slightly old face. "Don't worry, don't be sad, we are soldiers, now It's just going to the battlefield. "

This is not difficult to accept, and we are also happy to accept it-a long, long time ago, we sailed once like this, and that time was very rushed, everyone was ignorant, we escaped from our homeland, and the one who met us was unknown: unknown Void, unknown world ~ www.novelbuddy.com ~ everything unknown ... now just set sail again, and like last time, it is still heading to the unknown. "

As a captain, I think I should embrace this unknown, not escape it ... Think of the mystery across the shore, think of a completely unknowable new world that even the gods have n’t seen, as long as we move on, we You can see it, though a little earlier than expected. "

I am very happy and comfortable in the days of Empire. I feel at home. Thank you. "

But I am the captain and the captain of the ark. My crew and I should fall on the road to explore the unknown world, instead of slowly decaying and dreary at home. "

It was only a short stop in the days of the Empire, and it was time to set sail again. It ’s better than sailing for the first time that year ... ”

Both the sound and the image stopped abruptly. The deep-submersible vessel exceeded the relay distance of the transfer station. The antenna could only receive the last observation data, which showed that the deep-submersible vessel was speeding towards the critical layer.

Ten minutes later, this last data exchange was unsustainable.

All channels are quiet.