In the fifth year of Cecil, on the 15th of Fire Moon, the short spring has left, and summer has descended on this land.
In a special conference room underground in the Magic Energy Technology Department, Gawain, Rebecca, Jenny and several experts and scholars with pivotal positions in the fields of runes and mathematics were gathering together.
The lights were brightly lit in the huge room, and the low hum of the Magic Network terminal and the computing center connector sounded from time to time. There were less than ten people sitting around the wide conference round table, which made the entire meeting The room seemed a little deserted, but compared to this slightly deserted atmosphere, the depressive atmosphere at the moment was even more breathless.
Gawain's face was as dark as water. Rebecca, who was standing not far to his left, was holding a document and reporting the least optimistic situation. "To sum up, enter Noi The two plans sent by Yue can basically be considered unfeasible.
“Since the entire planet Loren is in an interference environment, there is no way to eliminate the erroneous data generated by the interference. parameters, and if we want to mathematically calculate and reversely deduce the correct parameters, we must obtain pure data from outside the interference system. This is a dead end that cannot be bypassed by any trickery.
"In addition, the second plan envisaged adding a reverse correction mechanism to the magic tide observation device to offset the interference cannot be realized, considering the scale of the sun's interference on the Loren planet and the magic tide. The huge energy impact of the observation device when it is running, the scale of the reverse correction mechanism itself, and the energy required are astronomical figures. At present, the energy structure of the magic tide observation device has been fixed. As the basis of the entire system, it is difficult for us to operate within a limited time. It is not feasible to change it in time, so the reverse correction mechanism is not feasible."
Speaking of this, Rebecca slowly put down the document in her hand and sighed rarely, "And even if it is reversed. A correction mechanism can be built, but the success rate of this plan is also very slim. It is just a simple and crude solar filter that corrects the interference to the observation device by calculating the magic power of solar radiation on the earth and generating counter-offsetting oscillations, but This large-scale energy operation itself may also affect the accuracy of the observation device. Maybe after eliminating the interference of the sun, the reverse correction mechanism itself becomes a source of interference."
Rebecca's words fell. , Jenny, who was not far away, added, "And it is difficult for us to accurately calculate the magic power of solar radiation on the earth. We must consider that the planet itself also has a magic cycle, and the magic power released by Ao may also be mixed in the starlight. And our existing detection technology may not be able to achieve the accuracy required by the correction device."
The conference room fell into silence for a while, and Gawain's eyes slowly scanned everyone around the conference table. After pondering for a long time, he broke the silence, "So this is our conclusion at this stage, is there anything else that needs to be added?"
"No," Jenny shook her head, "Let's see now. What’s Noi’s response to this?”
Gawain nodded slightly, then looked away.On the table in front of him, a Magic Network terminal and a printing device connected to the Magic Network terminal were placed in front of him. Like the device in his study, these things were also connected to the network across the two planets. Super-light communication system, and at this moment, the Noi people four light years away are waiting for the signal from Loren.
Gawain took a breath, calmed down, pressed his hand on the sending button of the communication device, and said in a low voice, "Start calling Noi and send greetings."
Magic Network The terminal buzzed, and the greetings from the planet Loren instantly crossed the distance of four light years and reached the depths of the stars. Then a pair of eyes at the round table stared at the communication system in front of Gawain. They were waiting for Noi The human's response seemed to resist the arrival of this response, but no matter what, the Noi's reply arrived quickly. The printing device began to spit out the paper tape recording the communication content, and the words on the paper tape were also printed at the same time. The holographic projection was displayed above the conference table. "Noi received it, greetings to you, how is the situation?"
Gaowen was silent for two seconds before speaking in a deep voice, "Unfortunately, the bad news has been combined with the actual situation." After demonstration, we found that neither plan was feasible."
He sent the contents of Rebecca's report to the other side of the star sea without reservation. As the countdown approached the end, All euphemisms and circumlocutions are meaningless. Only straightforward and efficient communication is the attitude responsible for everyone.
After he sent all these messages, the silence of the Noi people lasted for ten full minutes.
This long silence is like a silent drumbeat, giving everyone the illusion that their hearts are gradually being tightened, but when the silence finally ends, with a slight clicking sound, the high Wen saw the printing device in front of him start to operate
"This is Noi. We have received the information just sent by Loren, and we have certain expectations for such a result.
< p> "The scale of interference from the sun is staggering. In the past period, we have also organized a team of experts to analyze the unique environment of the Loren planet. For the first time, we have recognized a satellite orbiting a gas giant planet. Although we don't want to admit what kind of specialness it has, the fact is that with our current technical level, it is not possible to solve this interference factor."Based on this, Noi will make one last suggestion. This is the only way we can think of, and perhaps the only hope for one of our two civilizations to have a chance to continue."
All the eyes in the conference room were fixed on the words that came from four light years away. Gawain seemed to have expected something in his heart. An indescribable emotion was gradually emerging, and after a moment of silence , a large piece of information from Planet Noi was presented to everyone
"According to the analysis of our wise men, although the parameters of the magic tide scanned by Loren were interfered by the sun, this does not mean that Both parameters are wrong. Theoretically, the magic tide observation device has double lenses.The demonic tide fluctuations read under the influence are essentially the superposition of a real fluctuation and a distorted fluctuation. Therefore, one of the two data you scanned is actually correct, and this correct data should point to your mouth. That star is called O.
“The problem we encountered was that we were unable to find the correct one from the two fluctuation parameters. This was due to the lack of pure reference values outside the system, and both parameters showed that they were consistent with the magic. The state of the tidal characteristics makes it impossible for us to determine which set of data comes from the projection of Austria and which set of data comes from the interference of the sun.
"Since this problem cannot be solved with the current technical level, then we will. There is only one choice left. Noi will perform the last synchronized observation with Loren. After obtaining the two sets of data, we will each choose one set of data as the barrier key of this planet. In this way, no matter which set of data is correct, We all survive at least one.
“Noi society is already prepared for this, and as the party that came into contact with the demonic tide earlier, we will try our best to send the real-time status of the planet after the demonic tide arrives. Although in theory, At that time, the faster-than-light communication between the two planets will be cut off, but we will still do our best to send signals out, so that if we choose the correct secret key, Loren will still have a chance to learn the result, so that he will not Make the wrong choice after half a year
“If you don’t receive this signal, then just choose another set of data. Please regard this as the last gift we leave to our friends, and follow the previous instructions. It was agreed to take good care of Noi's successor. ”
The clicking sound from the printing device finally gradually stopped, and the buzzing Magic Network terminal also switched to the standby screen. The conference room fell into an unusually oppressive silence for a while, until the sound from No. After Yi's signal ended, Gawain's eyes still stayed on the piece of paper that had stopped spitting out. After staring at it for an unknown amount of time, he let out a sigh in his heart.
This is him. He had vaguely guessed the result before, but he didn't expect that the Nuoyi people would actually do this.
A feeling of powerlessness, and an anger that could not shake the malicious fate even after exhausting everything, gradually grew. came to his heart, but in this scorching anger, Gawain was unusually calm. Reason overriding anger told him that this was actually the best result. It was the result of the two civilizations working together for so long. The reward obtained in the end is that even in the face of such deep malice in this world, there is still a chance that at least one of the two planets will survive. Compared with the results of countless civilizations being wiped out in the past, this is already a miracle under the stars. < /p>
But the emotional part told Gawain that he didn't like this result.
He was not the only one who didn't like this result.
The sound of seats colliding suddenly came from the round table. came, in the depressing atmosphere where several experts were frowning and silent, a slightly thin figure with long gray-white hair suddenly stood up. That was Jenny, who always appeared in the usual meetings. He seemed extremely silentJenny, a rune master from the royal capital who came from a poor family, held her hands on the table, her knuckles turning white from the exertion. She seemed to be suppressing something, and her voice was trembling, "Is it really the time when we have to choose this option?" After putting in so much effort and moving so far forward, are we still forced to gamble with fate in the end?"
The scholars closest to Jenny looked at this man in astonishment. The Great Rune Master always treated others with a gentle and humble attitude. They had never seen each other like this, but Gawain knew why. He just stared at Jenny's eyes calmly, and then spoke calmly after the other person finished speaking. The voice broke the silence, "Jenny, I know it's harder for you to accept this result than anyone else. In fact, I don't like this result very much, but what we need at the moment is a plan, an executable plan. Do you have any ideas?"< /p>
"I" Jenny opened her mouth, her face looked very bad, the fatigue and mental pressure from the past few days of work were piled on her shoulders, which made her body shake slightly, but next time For a second, she still stabilized her body with her arm supporting the table. Under Gawain's calm but powerful gaze, her mood calmed down a little, and her voice became calm again, "I don't have a clear plan, but I have an idea, and I think it’s not time to give up completely. We still have a chance to find the correct result from the current two parameters through mathematical methods.”
Then she waved her hand, as if He wanted to wave away something, but also seemed to be strengthening the power of his words, and then said, "Our biggest problem now is that all the ways to obtain data are within the interference range, and all the parameters we obtain are contaminated, but as long as If we can get a pure parameter from near Loren and outside the interfering system, or one of the sets of data suddenly shows distinguishable features, we have a chance to separate the correct result from the two sets of data."
"We know this very well," Gawain nodded, "But how do we get the pure parameters outside this system?"
"Listen to me, Your Majesty, whether it is the sun , or Austria, their operation is actually not always constant. The magic field of the sun fluctuates, and the same is true for Austria. If our observation accuracy can be improved, perhaps we can accurately find the location from this magic fluctuation. All the problems that are currently troubling us with the corresponding set of magic tide readings stem from us not knowing which of these two sets of data points to the sun and which to the austral, so we only need to solve this problem."
Gawain looked into Jenny's eyes and spoke softly after a moment, "With the current technical level, can we improve the observation accuracy to the standard you require within a month?"
Jenny Biting her lip, she couldn't answer any more.
She also knew very well that this was a direction, a direction that existed in theory but like all those unfeasible plans, it was difficult to go in this direction.
MeetingThe room fell into unspeakable silence again, and this time the silence was even more oppressive than before. Even Rebecca, who was always optimistic in the past, closed her mouth tightly and showed an ugly expression.
Gawain exhaled softly. He looked at the communication terminal aside. After a few seconds of silence, he reached out to the terminal.
But the next second, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind, interrupting his movements. "External communication intervention detected, unauthorized signal, identified as iv16 original code."
Gawain was stunned for a moment, and after a moment he realized that the sound came from his former "body", the sound from the ancient observation satellite, the Voyager system
The Voyager satellite collected He received a communication signal and it was still a recognizable original code
The huge shock made him a little confused, but he quickly calmed down, then waved his hand to signal others to be quiet and wait, and at the same time authorized the acceptance in his heart received this communication request.
The next second, he felt that a new data stream was connected to the data stream between him and the Voyager system. After a brief period of noise and garbled code, a man and woman who could not distinguish between men and women appeared. A completely mechanically synthesized voice sounded in his mind
"Hello, Gawain, friend."
Gawain felt that this voice was slightly familiar, but he could not recall it. Where have you heard it? After a few seconds of silence, he finally calmly asked "Who are you?"
"You can't recognize my voice. This is normal. After rebuilding the system carrier , I fine-tuned many of my representation parameters as a symbol of starting a new life."
The voice spoke calmly in Gawain's mind, although it didn't sound emotional, but it seemed to be hidden. With a smile, the voice suddenly changed its tone slightly.
"Do you hear it now? I am an Omega."