In the vast space, an orange-yellow star is burning like an eternal furnace of flames. The boundless sea of fire rises and falls on the surface of the scorching sun. An astonishing flame stream spurts out from the sea of fire, forming in the vast space. The spectacular pillar of fire fell back into the star under the huge gravity of the star. Powerful high-energy particle jets and boundless magic power continued to grow from the flames, spurting out into the endless deep space in all directions.
At the edge of the heat wave of this blazing star, several dust-like aircraft are struggling to maintain their flight trajectories.
These aircraft have a triangular body, and a huge thermal shield is installed on the outer shell facing the star. This golden heat shield withstands the burning of the star at close range. Despite the special design, some of the connecting structures on their edges still show signs of distortion and vaporization. Under the protection of the thermal shield, these triangular aircraft are using their multiple sensors while allowing the boosters to work at full strength to maintain their attitude. Staring into space dozens of kilometers away.
Tens of kilometers away from the flight formation, there was a dazzling golden flame rushing towards the sea of fire on the surface of the star.
If that golden flame were placed on the surface, its size would probably be comparable to a castle. However, compared with the huge size of the star, it would be as small as a particle of dust. At the same time, due to the powerful heat wave of the star, Due to the impact and gravitational pull, the shape of this flame stream has begun to gradually twist and tear, and debris and ring-shaped halos are constantly shooting out around it, as if it will disintegrate in the next second, but even so, it is still moving with a force. Flying with indomitable momentum, he pounced towards the burning celestial body with terrifying power.
The flight formation monitoring the golden flames dozens of kilometers away flashed light signals. Suddenly, all the lights on the surface of one of the aircraft went out, and the thermal shield in front of it was torn apart at some point. A big hole, the terrifying heat instantly penetrated the body of the aircraft, and instantly evaporated the fragile internal structure. Its engine nozzle flashed a few times, and finally lost all power, and accelerated and fell under the gravity of the star. Before the flames could reach the edge of the sea of fire, they had already turned into ashes spreading in space.
"The tracking unit No. 3 was damaged and has been confirmed to have crashed into the star. The remaining tracking units have taken over the task. Currently, the number of tracking units remaining is five. The number of tracking units No. 6 is damaged and there are currently four tracking units remaining."
As another aircraft was destroyed by the blazing power of the star, the remaining four aircraft simply adjusted their formation and continued to rely on their crumbling thermal shields to resist the heat wave. They headed towards a relay in the distant space. The communication satellite sent a simple mission report, and then continued its mission of tracking the golden flame stream.
In the command hall of Thorin's giant tree, one of the incarnations of Bertira was standing quietly on the command seat, watching the holographic projection projected from the magic network terminal. What was displayed on the screen was what the world had never seen before. An unprecedented, magnificent and terrifying scene, blazing in spaceBurning stars, the remnants of alien gods flying towards stars, and unmanned detectors struggling to maintain their formation in heat waves and gravitational traps.
The atmosphere in the entire hall seemed a bit tense and depressing. Even though the world's wisest scholars and cutting-edge experts were gathered here, they were all deeply shocked by the scene coming from a distant foreign land. .
These images were collected by the distant Omega detector and sent to the Voyager satellite by the super-light signal projection system. After obtaining the authorization of His Majesty Gawain Cecil, the satellite signal was forwarded to the sky. station, and was finally transmitted to the Thorin command center through the sky surface communication link that was built not long ago. After such complicated layers of forwarding and compatibility, it finally arrived in front of Bertila.
The entire command center seemed extremely quiet, with only the low sounds of various equipment operating and the occasional cough. The images coming from the depths of space were silent, which further highlighted the atmosphere in the hall. There was silence until the operator's report suddenly came from one of the command seats, and the silence was broken. "Omega is correct, there are still forty-five minutes before impact."
Bertila watched. Looking at the picture on the holographic projection, she saw that in the picture transmitted by the unmanned detector in the distance, the golden flame stream was gradually moving away. The outline of the edge of the flame stream had actually become difficult to distinguish under the brilliance of the star. Even though After Omega's image processing and filter enhancement, people in the hall could only see a vague pale golden silhouette.
"Omega has sent word that the tracking unit he sent has reached the extreme position," Gawain's voice suddenly came from the nearby communicator, "Then we can only watch the fragment. Falling into the sea of fire."
Bertira nodded, and then looked at another communication device. The light indicating that the super-light speed channel was clear flickered slightly on the base of the magic network terminal. , the Noi people are waiting for news from Loren four light years away.
She stretched out her hand and pressed the send button. "The star approach detector sent back a message that the impact will happen on time. Please prepare for Noi to synchronize the data."
< p>After a moment, the communication device buzzed, and the reply from the Noi people was quickly translated into the common language of Loren by the Star Interpreter and the computing array. "Noi received it, the data synchronization is ready, and the subsequent process will follow the last time synchronization." The data is automatically processed."Bertila was slightly relieved in her heart, but her nerves were still tense, because no matter it was Noi four light years away or hundreds of millions of kilometers away. The "mysteries" of the world are really far away from the "scale" she is familiar with. She cannot sense, witness, or control these things that happen in distant places. She can only hope that everything will go well. This feeling makes her quite uncomfortable. .
In such a nervous state, the communication from Noi rang again. She saw the message from the "witch" Nova: "Is everything okay with you there? The atmosphere here is very tense now."
"I am.The atmosphere here is also very tense." For some reason, when she saw the message from Nova, Bertila's tense nerves suddenly relaxed a little, and there was even a little smile on her expressionless face. , “But at least this time we are close to success. ”
“When we learned a dozen days ago that you actually had an autonomous fleet stationed near a star, we were all shocked. This was far beyond your previous self-reports, so much so that my grandfather even I suspect that you are making up good news to comfort us." Nova seemed to be using conversation to relieve his stress, or maybe he just wanted to kill the painful few minutes as soon as possible. "And after knowing about the impending impact, some Many people had sleepless nights. "
"This is also shocking news for us," Bertila said slowly, "Whether it was the contact between the Omega fleet or the collision, it was actually beyond our expectation. "
"Destiny is composed of accidents one after another," the words from the "witch" appeared on the communication interface. Then the signal was silent for a while, and new information was transmitted. "Ms. Bertila, I have found the star in your galaxy. ”
Bertira was startled. She quickly remembered what the “witch” had said before, and remembered that the other party was looking for stars in Loren’s galaxy in the night sky. She Smiled and responded to the other side of the sea of stars, "Is it very bright?"
"It's very bright." Along with the hum of the machine, the text on the communication interface gradually appeared, "Look at it here, It is one of the brightest stars in the night sky."
Bertila quietly watched the words that appeared on the communication screen. She knew that in a short time, the star named "Ao" would appear. The star will become even brighter than it is now, and its brilliance will last for a few seconds. However, for people living on the planet Noi, it will take four years for them to see these few seconds of twinkling in the night sky with the naked eye. In the future.
But for the Magic Tide Observation Device, the "flickering" of stars is an immediately observable phenomenon, because in a sense, the Magic Tide Observation Device itself is actually a primitive The super-light speed observation system can even be regarded as the basis of super-light speed communication technology, although in fact there is still a huge gap between the two technologies.
In the hall, the operator's report. A sudden voice sounded, "Omega is on time, there are still fifteen minutes before impact." ”
This time the time report seemed to be a button that crossed the critical point. Many seats in the command hall became obviously more nervous. Each operator was staring at the equipment readings in front of them, ready at any time. After receiving the synchronized data from Noi, Bertila quickly turned her attention to another magic network terminal next to the command seat. She saw Myrmina's face appearing in the holographic projection, and behind her The background is the flow of magic light surging in the observer's chamber, as well as countless operating terminal devices.
"The magic tide observation device is ready. "In the Observer's Chamber, MilmiNa said calmly, and her mind has spread and diffused into the entire observation system through the ubiquitous magic power at this moment. She can feel the surging dark blue magic power in countless runes, orbits and force fields. The oscillation surges. You can feel the sensor arrays on the plain standing proudly in the wind. You can feel the computing center and energy station of the Peak of the Ancestors humming briskly. They are waiting for that crucial task in their best condition. Countless engineering personnel, emergency response teams, and redundancy teams are waiting around key facilities, as if waiting for their fate.
But Mirmina knows very well that the existence of these "emergency teams" is actually more like a psychological comfort, because the total opportunity left to the world is less than ten seconds. In this short time Within the observation time, any failure in any key link will result in a total loss, and there will be no chance for an "emergency response".
What people can do is to do everything possible to prepare before today's action to ensure that the magic tide observation device is in peak condition, and this has been accomplished in the past ten days. It is such a strange species, even if it knows that there is nothing left to do, it still has to check the few chips in its hand over and over again, just to allow itself to move to the next step of destiny with peace of mind
"Omega Right on time, there are still five minutes before the impact."
Now, everything that should be done has been done, and the responsibilities that should be fulfilled have been fulfilled, and the stream of light from four light-years away resolutely fell. Facing a strange star in a distant foreign land, for the sentient beings on the planet Loren, all they can do is open their eyes wide to witness the cluster of morning light that the nameless alien god brought to the two civilizations. .
"Omega is on time, there is still one minute before impact."
A low chime began to sound throughout the Ancestral Plains, and all the sensor towers began to surge with energy. Started running with the injection of , the computing center and control nodes on the Peak of the Ancestors accurately adjusted the scanning focus of each sensor according to the preset program, and huge amounts of data began to flow under Myrmena's gaze.
The "eye" of Planet Loren opened, and at the same time, Noi, four light-years away, also activated their observation device and began to scan the direction of the incoming demonic tide.
The principle of magic tide observation is that two planets four light years apart scan a specific starry sky at the same time. By observing multiple stars at the same time, the two planets will obtain data related to the magic tide. and data β, and then the two data scanned at the same time will be combined into the secret key β that activates the barrier. The problem Loren encountered was that the data he obtained was not a definite β, but a suspected β and a suspected β. γ exists at the same time and cannot be distinguished from each other. This leads to the fact that the secret key obtained by the combination of Noy and Loren has two solutions, β and γ, and no one knows which one of them is correct.
But now, the two data superimposed like a nightmare phantom are about to become clear.
In the vast universe, we are on the verge of solutionSeveral of the body's detectors are using their maximum engine output to resist the pull of the star. They are struggling to maintain themselves while watching the dust-like flames fall into the sea of fire.
On the surface of a rocky planet near "Ao", a walking probe climbed onto the boulder on the plain. It raised its optical sensor and stared at the planet that radiated endless light in the sky. The sun is much smaller than the giant sun over there in my hometown.
Deep in the Omega Steel Fortress, the Omega mind, which is designing an alien ecosystem, has temporarily suspended more than half of its threads, paying attention to the data sent back by the detectors in the distance.
A span of four light years, three planets, all eyes are staring at the same flash of light.
Then, a flash of light appeared.
"The tracking unit reported that an impact has occurred."
A small stone fell into the boundless lake of fire, and the ripples it caused seemed extremely small on astronomical scales. But this tiny ripple is enough to cross the accuracy threshold of the magic tide observation device, enough to convey that vital secret key to mortals.
In the Peak of the Ancestors, deep in the Observer’s Chamber, Myrmina felt the roar of feedback from the sensor array. The data transmitted from the computing center appeared in her "eyes" with incomparable clarity. The two superimposed data still existed in the system, but in the next second, she detected an extremely obvious fluctuation in strength from one of the data.
It was as if the strange god had gently plucked the string of fate, conveying to her the last parting greetings to friends, the road is here.
Myrmina took a breath and said softly, "Thank you." as if talking to herself.
A voice came from the communicator next to her, "Observer, please Report the results."
"The observer has received it, the secret key has been determined, and the synchronization data has been sent to the Thorin Command Center and the Empire's Magic Technology Department. We have succeeded."
This chapter is successful. Finished,,