Sword of Dawn

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Kamel floated next to the platform, raised his palm towards the crystal, fine arcane lightning split from the front of his arm, precisely stimulated the corresponding mithril synapses on the control nodes near the platform, and the crystals around the crystal The rune array was rearranged under his control, and a light curtain slowly swept across the crystal, causing ripples on the surface of the crystal.

"This is an unbelievable miracle... Although it has been running for an unknown number of years, the energy balance inside this crystal is still so stable, and after we reconstructed the magic power circuits connected to it, it has begun to output to these circuits Energized..." Kamel's deep voice resonated slightly, and he made no secret of his respect and praise for another advanced civilization, "Compared with it, our technology is as crude as a torch in the hands of primitive people and stones..."

Windsor Mapel was observing the data observed by the crystal resonator. After hearing Kamel's emotion, the legendary Typhon mage raised his head: "This crystal feels like 'alive' to me. ——We don't know what the Voyager's technology is all about. We just reconstructed a magic power circuit based on the small amount of energy released by this crystal and the remaining rune array at Viplandon Observatory. At the beginning, this The crystal barely responded to the new magic circuit, but in just a few hours, it made some kind of... internal adjustments, actively adapting to the shallow 'interface' we prepared for it."

"It will learn, it will actively identify the magic interface connected to it, and it will change its internal structure to match the external connection. It is indeed a dead thing, but as you said, it feels like a 'alive' 'Yes," Kamel finished adjusting the rune array, and retracted his hand while saying, "Perhaps it is because of this 'feature' that Sir Scott and the others were able to work under limited conditions when they were trapped at the Viplandon Observatory. Use this crystal to build a protective barrier under the circumstances."

Windsor Mapel frowned: "Do you think we can... imitate this crystal? Or just restore a certain technology inside?"

"...I'm afraid not, at least not for the time being. Although it's frustrating to say so, we haven't developed to this level yet," Kamel shook his head regretfully, "The technology used in this crystal is completely inappropriate for us. Incomprehensible, for so many days, the biggest achievement of the research team is nothing more than recording a lot of parameters that can almost be described as unimaginable in our opinion, and observing a lot of incredible phenomena. We are still concerned about these Nothing is known about the parameters and the principles behind the phenomena."

Speaking of this, he paused, and changed his tone: "But even so, observing the operation process of this crystal is enough to bring us a lot of useful inspiration. Although we can't create something similar to it, at least we are now Seeing how the creation of an advanced civilization operates, especially this automatic adaptation and learning matching mechanism, may provide some ideas for our next-generation energy system."

Listening to Kamel's thoughts, Windsor Mapel nodded slightly, but then she showed some regret: "Unfortunately, our research on this crystal is coming to an early end."

She thought of the order just sent from the imperial capital of Aldernan this morning—because the "Voyager Energy Crystal" may be used to repair the superluminal communication array of the Antaveen, the research project of Fort Contracting is now suspended, the crystal It will be handed over to the Deep Sea Kingdom for use immediately.

"I'm sorry too, but this will benefit the entire alliance. If we can solve the communication problem with the aliens, maybe the fate of the whole world will be rewritten." Kamel's arcane brilliance surged smoothly, The voice is low, "And from a certain point of view, it is a waste of the crystal to be placed in the Contracting Fort - with the current technology, apart from collecting some data, what we can do with this crystal is very limited, and it is in Anta. Wayne could have played a bigger role instead."

"I also know this," Windsor nodded slightly, "to make the most efficient use of resources to ensure the greater interests of all members of the alliance-this is also one of the original intentions of the alliance. But Kamai Master Er... Do you think this crystal can really solve the problem encountered by the 'superluminal communication array'?"

"It can only be said to be an attempt - the Siren is not sure," Kamel shook his head, "They will only know after they have actually confirmed it."

Windsor Mapel exhaled softly, and then her eyes fell on the crystal on the experimental table again: "General Andersa Wendell will come to take this crystal away in person this afternoon, and the crystal will be Before being transported to the east coast and handing over with the envoy from the kingdom of the deep sea, let's do one last round of testing."

……

"The matter of the 'Energy Crystal' has been handed over," Amber and Gao Wen reported the news from the Contracting Fort and Typhon at the desk. The crystal is escorted to the east coast, and the Deep Sea Kingdom will also send a high-speed cargo ship to the east coast to meet it, which can ensure that the crystal will be sent to Antaveen in the shortest possible time."

"Well, then it will depend on the efforts of those Kraken technicians, I hope that the energy crystal from the voyager can really come in handy," Gao Wen gently rubbed the space between his brows, "But then again …At first, I thought that the sea monsters would use the very convenient 'elemental transition' technology to transport crystals, after all, the interference barrier around the Loren continent has been lifted now."

"It is said that because of the poor stability of the element transition channel and the very harsh passage conditions, usually only sea monsters and objects made by sea monsters with water element affinity properties are allowed to pass through it to transport the energy crystal of the voyager It is very likely that the channel will collapse in the middle." Amber's ears trembled. "Actually, I suspect that those sea monsters really want to try it. They have always been very interested in fancy deaths, but the precious crystals are afraid that they will be broken. ..."

Gao Wen couldn't help but look at Amber twice more, thinking that if she could sum up the last point, it meant that she was already a good friend of the Krakens...

"Sending the crystal to Antaveen is only the first step. Whether it can be used, how to use it, and the specific transformation and construction of the main antenna, etc. There are still a lot of things to do." Putting the irrelevant thoughts in my mind aside, Gao Wen went on to say, "Until the completion of this renovation project, the communication between us and the 'Nuoi people' will still have to rely on the current form of 'chatting for ten days'."

"Ten days of panting may not be enough," Amber waved her hand, "You have to count the fact that the communication system was unavailable when Sea Demon upgraded the main antenna."

Gao Wen rubbed the center of his brows again, feeling extremely depressed in his heart—there was finally a way to touch the starry sky and the truth of the magic tide, but due to the lack of equipment and hardware, he could only communicate with alien stars with extremely low efficiency. The waiting and irritating hardware crashes were maddening, but he had to be patient, after all...

Now there is only one usable FTL communication system on the entire planet, so what else can we do?

And just as Gao Wen's irritability rose, a slight sound of scales rubbing against the floor suddenly came from the direction of the corridor, and then, the dark oak door of the study was slowly pushed open, and Tyre's head He poked in through the crack of the door: "Are you all there?"

Gawain quickly straightened his facial expressions, and returned to his sitting posture. Behind the desk, he looked at the Deep Sea Ambassador who was slowly moving his body and the four-five-meter-long tail into the room: "We are discussing about FTL communication. The array thing—is there anything wrong?"

"Oh, I just came to tell you this too," Tire suddenly smiled, "I want to tell you, just now there was news from Antaveen that the FTL communication array is now available!"

When Gao Wen heard this, he subconsciously exchanged a glance with Amber, and then a smile appeared on his face.

What Till said "the superluminal communication array can be used" certainly does not mean that the upgrade of the main antenna has been completed. After all, the energy crystal is still in Loren Continent and has not been sent there. The ten-day repair work on the antenna has been completed-although it will definitely burn out after it is repaired, at least now the Loren Alliance can finally respond to the Noi people on the other side of the star sea!

……

Sorin Giant Tree, Star Sea Project Headquarters Hall.

The "readiness information" from the Deep Sea Kingdom made the place busy instantly. Within half an hour after receiving the order from the imperial capital, a large number of monitors, technicians, and star breakers entered their respective jobs, and the computing center connected to the headquarters , The main brain array also entered the standby state almost instantly - since the first communication with the Noi people ten days ago, the people here have been waiting for this moment to come, all the preparations have already been completed, and they are only waiting for the order to be issued time.

In the center of the headquarters hall, Bertila's avatar once again came to the commander's seat. In her perception, the huge and complex energy network deep in the hall is completing its orientation, and the monitoring antenna pointing to the Frost Sky Constellation is running at full power. The data link between the Antaveen FTL communication arrays has been connected a few minutes ago, and the signals sent by the starbreaker terminals and monitoring terminals have been jumped to the nerve center of the Sorin giant tree through the master brain. A star-like "projection" is reflected in the depths of his mind.

This is a miracle jointly created by countless ordinary people and extraordinary people. It is a whole that crosses races and national boundaries. The communication system established by the Star Civilization is like a brain, a will that represents Loren Civilization’s voice to the outside world—this will has raised its head now, and is looking into the depths of the distant stars.

Bertila calmed down and looked back at the holographic projection behind him. This time, Typhon and the two leaders of the Silver Empire were not directly connected to the command center, but His Majesty Gawain was still watching the progress here personally. , his figure appeared in the hall, looking at the hall with calm eyes at this moment.

"Your Majesty," she said, "we are ready here, and we can send out the first 'response' at any time."

"Let's get started," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "After so many days of silence, it's time to make some noise to reassure our 'alien friends'."

"Yes," Beltira bowed slightly, turned to face somewhere in the hall, "send a response message."

When the communication has been interrupted for ten days, after the "opposite side" has continuously sent a lot of inquiries, greetings, and piles of technical materials, how should we issue "the first response after the network has been disconnected for many days" ?This is obviously also a science.Just like the "first greeting" Loren sent to the Nuoyi people, this response must also play a specific role.

It has to eliminate the embarrassment, quickly reduce the "strangeness" caused by the disconnection of the Internet for many days, and show a calm attitude in the process-it can't let the aliens see that the antenna is burned, so they contact not on.

With this in mind, the chief monitor, Bud Wendell, took a light breath, and slowly typed a question mark on the "dialogue terminal" controlled by himself: "?"

Elegant, calm, and a good expression of a slightly dazed but not flustered attitude after being suddenly stuffed with hundreds of blueprints, as well as appropriate questions.

Immediately afterwards, Bud glanced at the recording board in front of him again, and entered the second message on the terminal: "Yes."

The astronomers completed the translation almost instantly, and sent the translated data to the distant Antaveen. The superluminal communication array sent the response information from the Loren civilization to Nuo, a few light-years away. According to the planet, after this, there will be a waiting process that is not long or short.

Bertila stared at the holographic projection in front of her eyes. After the light curtain trembled slightly in front of her eyes for a long time, she finally felt a tremor captured by the main antenna.

The Noi people sent a response, which was a series of alien texts, and the star breakers translated them as quickly as possible, and sent the translated texts to the hall——

"It's a pleasure to 'hear' your voice again, Loren Civilization, we almost thought that this channel would never be connected again."

The negotiators, communications specialists, and star breakers quickly got busy, and edited the new text according to the direction preset in the plan. On the holographic projection in front of Beltera, the conversation began.

Starbreaker: "Sorry, our communication system has been undergoing renovations and upgrades recently, and there will be interruptions that last for several days from time to time, but this is a necessary modification for normal communication with you in the future—— If the relevant works are completed, the communication between us and you will be much easier than it is now."

Noy: "I see, we have understood this matter, which is of great benefit to both of us—especially in today's bad situation, the improvement of communication conditions will be extremely important."

Chapter 1447 Urgent

Today's bad situation?

The moment these words appeared on the holographic projection, Bud Wendell frowned imperceptibly. As the "first recipient" when the Nuoyi people sent a large number of technical materials before, he has privately Li has guessed more than once what happened to the distant alien star several light-years away, and many disturbing speculations have arisen from this, but now it seems... Noy's side is really there is a problem!

Bertila, who was the commander-in-chief on the spot, immediately ordered to edit the text to ask Noy what the "bad situation" referred to. Next message from person:

"When the communication was interrupted before, we sent you a large amount of technical information. Have you ever received it?"

Bud looked up in the direction of Bertila, and saw the on-site commander nodded his head slightly: "Answer them, and ask what those materials mean by the way."

A corresponding message was quickly edited and sent to a distant alien planet: "Yes, although our communication system has temporarily shut down the sending function, the receiving function has been kept open. We have received 927 messages including A large number of technical documents including blueprints - these technical documents have caused us a lot of confusion."

The response from the Nuoyi people did not make people wait for too long. After a while, new text was displayed on the communication interface, and it was quickly translated into common language: "We do not intend to cause trouble to you, but please understand, Time is running out - both for you and for us. We must take action against the magic tide immediately. In order to show our sincerity and to allow you to start evaluating the entire project as soon as possible, we send A full set of technical information including the magic tide observation device and the unified mind field system.

"All the key technologies in these materials are annotated, with a lot of pre-explanation for reference, which may be helpful to you, and if you have any doubts in the process of evaluating these materials , we are also willing to provide maximum help and support—please believe in our sincerity and goodwill, everything we do is for the survival of civilizations on both planets, our only hope is to get affirmative answer……"

After this rather long message, the hall of the headquarters was quiet for a while, and many pairs of eyes were watching the dancing characters on the holographic projection. Everyone seemed to feel from the characters that the characters came from several light-years away. , a certain sense of heavy tension and urgency, but the commander-in-chief Bertila and the Starbreaker team were not idle. After just a dozen seconds, a new, Message sent to Alien: "What happened? We must know before we can proceed to the next step of evaluation."

"...Our observer plan failed - the spacecraft flying to the observation point disintegrated due to a serious system failure during the final deceleration phase, and the last message sent back by our gods before the communication was interrupted was 'Magic tide will be destroyed within a year. arrival'."

……

In the study, Gawain's hand holding the document became stiff for a moment, and Amber standing next to him stopped breathing for several seconds. After a particularly uncomfortable and depressing silence, her exclamation sounded in the study. Voice: "Mom..."

In the next second, the pale-faced Shadow Assault Goose almost jumped up: "One year! The one-year demon tide is coming?! And the Noi people's observer plan failed?! This... ...This...I have no place to run around here!"

Gao Wen's heart was also full of thoughts. He dared to say that he had seldom had such thoughts in the past few years, but when he heard Amber's words, he still couldn't help but feel a little bit of relief—this guy is in such a state. Under the situation, he still can't forget the option of "running away". This persistence has somewhat loosened the atmosphere.

But this time, he didn't have much effort to complete the cross talk with Amber. He just gave the half-elf a flustered look, and said in a low and serious voice, "Don't think about running away at this time."

Amber's eyes widened immediately: "Then what should we do? The gods of the Nuoyi people are all over!"

"It was the failure of the spaceship in the final deceleration phase that caused the observer's plan to fail, not the magic tide-there is no evidence to prove that the magic tide can destroy the gods, but there are many historical materials that prove that the gods can attack mortals when the magic tide comes. The mind has a certain 'protective' effect," Gawain shook his head, "We need to find out what information the Nuoyi people have. Bertila, how is your situation?"

Bertila's voice immediately came from the magic net terminal beside him: "There is tension in the air, and everyone is uneasy by this sudden news, but you don't have to worry about this side—those who can participate in the Xinghai Project They are all rational people with a firm will, and the star breakers are now preparing the next communication text."

Gao Wen nodded lightly. The explosive news sent by the Nuoyi people did not affect his rationality and calmness. While maintaining his fast thinking, he patiently waited for the new information to be spit out from the printing device connected to the magic network terminal. After an excruciating moment of waiting, he finally heard a pleasant creaking sound from inside the little machine.

A document was spit out from the printing port, and there were clear characters on the warm paper——

Starbreaker: "This news has caused a lot of shock, our leaders are following this exchange - we want to know more details about the failure of the Observer project, and your gods... hope this is not an offense, we I want to know, is your god being 'attacked' by the demon tide? What is his current state?"

The response of the Noi people was slightly delayed: "It happened not long after the first communication ended, and now our scholars have confirmed the cause of the disintegration of the spaceship. We have lost contact with the parent star, we don’t know its status, and the long distance has blocked the connection between us, we only know that it has been flying towards your vicinity before the disintegration of the spaceship...Sorry, in this respect we No further information can be provided."

Starbreaker: "Thank you very much for your answers. So about the magic tide - will it reach your planet in a year? How far is it from our planet?"

Noy: "Yes, the magic tide will arrive on our planet in one year, and within half a year after that, it will sweep across the planetary system you are in - this is based on the relative relationship between the two planets in the universe. There may be a certain error in the conclusion calculated based on the position, the direction of the spread of the magic wave, and its propagation speed, but the deviation will not exceed 5.00%."

After that, there was a short gap of a few seconds, and the Noi people sent new content: "Although our 'observer' failed to reach the final observation position, near the approaching point, he has collected enough If you still have doubts about this, we can consider providing you with all the original parameters, and we can even provide all the knowledge we know about the magic tide-of course, the premise of doing so It is we who must get your affirmative answer to 'cooperation'."

The printing device stopped running, and Beltira's voice came to Gawain's ears a moment later: "We hope to get your direct order."

Gawain took a light breath.

He knew that at this moment everyone in front of this communication system is ushering in a crucial moment, and before this moment, whether it is Bertila as the commander-in-chief or everyone in the lobby of Sorin's headquarters None of them has enough "size" to determine the further development direction of this matter-how to continue to communicate with the Nuoyi people after this, I am afraid he will have to personally direct.

"...we need these data and knowledge," Gao Wen finally broke his silence, "the more information we have, the more opportunities scholars will have to analyze the real trend of the demon tide and understand the principles behind those technical documents.

"Tell them that our scholars have already begun to study the blueprint of the 'Magic Tide Observation Device'. Once we understand its principle, we will start to choose a suitable location for construction. Civilizations share knowledge about the Tide, and 'Loren' has his own research and understanding about the Tide."

The star interpreters quickly edited the text sent to the Noi civilization according to Gao Wen's semantics. In an energy surge of the antenna array of the Antavien, the voice representing the "Loren civilization" was instantly After sending it to the depths of the star sea, there was a few minutes of waiting and silence until the reply from the Nuoyi people appeared in front of Gao Wen.

"We will package and send the raw data returned by the observers to you—after this communication is over."

Immediately after this message, the Nuoyi people sent another question: "As for more information about the magic tide, we first want to know how far your 'research and understanding' of the magic tide has progressed?"

Gao Wen tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, which was his habitual action when thinking, while Amber next to him raised his eyebrows after seeing the question raised by the Nuoyi people: "Is this some kind of... ?”

"We've been looking into their details, and of course they should also be curious about our details. If they don't show interest in this aspect of things, then the situation will be suspicious," Gao Wen said casually, and then sat on the seat He adjusted his sitting posture, looked at Beltira in the projection above the magic net terminal, "Send them my next words——

"Our planet was swept hundreds of years ago by a smaller 'fore-shock' of the demon tide, and at great cost, we survived and recorded the sweep of the demon tide in our equipment The 'waveform' of planetary skies, we now have laboratories dedicated to studying this, and have progressed to the stage of trying to 'manufacture magic waves' in a laboratory environment."

This piece of information was quickly sent to the other side of the star sea, and this time, the Noi people responded extremely quickly, and they did not hide their astonishment: "You recorded the fluctuation data of the demon tide?! First-hand data? ! How did you do it?"

"We can partially control the 'planetary power system' of the home planet under our feet. When the magic wave swept across our home, it left a 'shadow' in the huge magic power cycle of the planet itself," Gawain responded after considering statement, "Further details are temporarily classified, but upon receipt of your 'Observer Raw Data', we will send this information to you. Please forgive our caution, in our way of thinking, the necessary The prudence is also part of the mutual candor."

This time, the Nuoyi people waited for a long time, and it was not until a few minutes later that the printing device in front of Gawain spit out the reply text translated by the star breaker:

"We accept and endorse this caution."

Gao Wen pondered, and he quickly thought of a new question: "If we have the 'magic tide fluctuation data' recorded by us, we need two observation points four light-years apart to 'measure' the magic tide Is it?"

After sending the question, he waited patiently.

On such a solemn occasion, he suddenly felt a strange sense of relaxation and composure.

Aliens... that group of strange people who are several light-years away seems to be doing their best to fight against the disaster that is approaching their home planet step by step. This feeling was not obvious in the last communication, but this time In the communication, he has already clearly noticed the urgency of the "Noi people".

This might be a bit disturbing, but Gao Wen suddenly felt...the group of "Noi people" seemed to become more vivid in his eyes.

They also fear, survive, and are wary of the "Loren Civilization", but they have to show all their honesty in the face of the situation in order to cooperate with the alien race as soon as possible, and... they seem to be Saddened by the loss of one's god, even if it wasn't so obvious.

Now, Gao Wen still dare not jump to conclusions to judge whether this ethnic group can be regarded as friends, but at least, this ethnic group looks "like people", which is enough for him to breathe a sigh of relief.

There was a sudden creaking sound from the printing device, and the lines of black writing on the white paper appeared in Gao Wen's eyes:

"Our academics had a short discussion - and the conclusion was that we still need eligible observation points.

"The 'magic tide fluctuation data' recorded on the planet does not represent a complete magic tide shock, it can only help us restore a partial shock form of the magic tide, and it is a 'historical shock form', this' The local model' will help us to verify the protection technology, verify many theories, and even help us correct the observation results on the scale of four light-years, but it still cannot replace the latter.

"The span of a basic 'waveform' of the magic wave is four light years. This is the most precious and unmistakable knowledge left to us by the pioneer race. The influence of other high-energy celestial bodies will cause it to undergo subtle changes, and if this 'slight change' is not calibrated, it will cause the protection technology to fail. Our previous pioneer race...has paid a heavy price for this cost.

"Therefore, we must obtain the real-time observation results—at two measurement points four light-years apart, the real-time measurement of the magic tide data is a necessary condition for the protection technology to take effect."

Amber leaned her head and looked at the answer written in black and white seriously. This did not involve professional technical terms, so she quickly understood it, and then opened her eyes wide: "It even involves' Real-time change'?! No wonder they must set up these two observation points, this... this condition is really harsh..."

Gao Wen shook his head: "It is indeed harsh - and this is the consistent style of our world in treating sentient beings."

Chapter 1448 All Efforts Are Meaningful

The communication with Nuoyi is still going on, the printing device connected to the magic net on the table is constantly creaking and creaking, and the voice from several light-years away is presented in words in front of Gao Wen and Amber—— This small machine seems to be a tentacles extending from the superluminal communication array. Between its simple gears, connecting rods and rune substrates, Gawain seems to be able to glimpse the transmission from the cold and distant depths of the starry sky. A little light and shadow.

When the paper reel of the printing device started to rotate again, he suddenly had some strange feelings and associations——

Between Loren and Nuoyi, in the long darkness separated by the distant star sea and thousands of light-years away, an intermittent super-light communication link is the only connection between the two civilizations. It can still be said that they are strange ethnic groups, two ethnic groups who can't even imagine what each other looks like, in this fragile and pitiful "connection", they tried their best to reach out to each other, trying to get out of this place before the end comes. Just this unreliable connection is enough to make people feel that "Xinghai is not alone".

But whether this feeling is a false fire, no one can yet be sure.

A message from the Noi people appeared on the paper: "In a sense, we are all hope for each other to survive."

Gao Wen tapped the armrest of the seat lightly with his fingertips: "But can you confirm that the path you are taking is correct? Your magic tide observation and mind unification field... have you ever really succeeded in making a certain civilization Survive in the demon tide?"

His words were quickly translated by the starbreakers far away in the Sorin command center, and then automatically encoded and converted by the computing nodes connected to the Sorin giant tree. The light-speed signal crossed the vast sea of ​​stars in an instant.

After a long time, the creaking sound of gears and axles finally came from the printing device in front of Gawain, and a piece of white paper was slowly pushed out from the printing port——

"Our pioneer group once almost completely resisted the magic tide, but because of insufficient observation data, they did not fully understand the weak shift of the magic tide caused by the influence of surrounding celestial bodies, which eventually led to failure——but despite their failure, this The experience has been handed down and turned into the most precious legacy.

"However we must admit - no one can prove that this path is correct, the pioneer race cannot, and we cannot. We have spent 400, [-] years transforming our own planet into a sanctuary, but this technology has historically Indeed, there have never been any successful precedents. Even if the pioneer race left us a 'legacy', we can't be sure that the lessons they learned were the only reason for the failure...

"But we have no choice, and we have run out of time to look for new options. In order to survive, we can only give it a go."

"I have no choice..." Gawain murmured to himself softly, looking at the sharp and sharp characters on the printing paper, and almost at the same time as his words fell, another magic computer beside the desk The network terminal was activated, and Tyr, who was acting as the communication core in the amplification device, appeared in the holographic projection above the terminal: "A message from Antaveen..."

Amber next to her took it without waiting for her to finish: "The main antenna can't hold up again, can it?"

"It can last one or two more transmissions - this time we have also stuffed General Vanessa into the cooling circuit," Till said with a serious face, "Speak quickly if you have anything to say, this communication After the end, we are going to take out the core of the main antenna—in order to shorten the construction period as much as possible, we plan to start preparations before the 'energy crystal' is sent to Antavien."