Star Empire

There is no doubt that these unstable crystal energy blasting patches that fill many "containers" are high-energy items in the absolute sense. Because the system related to the use of new technologies is far from mature and complete, many contents cannot be quantified at all, so it is difficult for current actions to follow certain standards.

Even those who are already relatively proficient in using crystal energy to create things can only act according to their own estimates - but considering the differences between material levels and the gap in technical levels, if you calculate according to these rules... it can be said that it is possible There is no usage limit.

At the same time, in order to enhance the power as much as possible, almost all the only constraint assignments in the blasting patch are used for blasting impact orientation.

Crystal energy has special characteristics that transcend the rules of the universe. The light of high-frequency crystal energy can be transmitted in the world of order without delay. This is also the reason why the scene of crystal energy explosion is extremely magnificent when viewed from dozens of light years away.

However, apart from the reason why the "optical performance" of these high-frequency crystal energy does not conform to the law of perspective, the actual explosion glow does not cover too large a range.

When these turbulent golden light streams gradually decomposed under the weak guidance interference that came with it during production, the surface of the flying-wing battleship showed some minor damage - only where the explosion directly hit it. In order to enhance the destructive power as much as possible, before the explosion, these patches also underwent a very high-intensity focused cutting pre-process according to a predetermined procedure.

If these explosions were caused by the space fortress built by the empire around the crystal energy vortex, these golden demolition tools would be enough to dig through the entire city twice and blow down half of the upper structure.

And such a powerful force only cut an irregular rough patch with an area of ​​less than one square meter on the inconspicuous flying wing.

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"This material is too...indescribable, isn't it?" In the headquarters, Cavinriel almost jumped up when he saw the scene transmitted back. All this was very realistic, but it was beyond his imagination. "Crystal energy is very important for The substances existing in the world should be able to display absolute attacks regardless of their nature, and they are also quite lethal to crystal energy fusion products, but... this layer of black armor is actually almost unharmed under the impact of such a strong external force?"

"Incredible, indeed incredible, no wonder even my sight can be blocked." Weisrifan couldn't help but exclaimed, "The unknown civilization technology of a creation that can cross the void and appear as its own entity... is difficult to measure."

"Exploring the team, continue to report the situation!"

"No abnormalities were found in the surrounding environment. The target has no signs of movement or energy response. The detector array is stable." Each communication quickly passed through the multi-layer broadcast nodes, accurately presenting the complete scene and streamlined report to The top officials of the empire stared at the terminal array.

"——Keep bombing! We must find a way to study it!"

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In space, the dazzling golden light clusters that continue to shine are becoming more and more integrated, as if they are trying to compete with the crystal energy vortex dozens of light years away.

When accidents and successes strike alternately, a series of complex emotions such as surprise, joy, pain, anger and worry have been twisted together, and finally turned into self-confidence - the self-confidence to overcome all unknowns, obstacles and difficulties ahead, integrated into In the golden light that shines more and more.

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"...Your Majesty, the blasting operation has been completed. The target spacecraft has suffered observable damage. No self-repair tendency of the spacecraft has been found, and no signs of activation of the spacecraft have been detected. Will you send a detection team in for detailed exploration?" Torres's voice continued. Vidoville heard in his mind that on the big screen, the cargo plane-like detection carrier had "lyed" back to its previous position - the location of the crack that was torn open by the explosion of countless crystal energy.

"... It is currently confirmed that it is safe... The highest-level operation process is close to the source of the danger, and the process is allowed to be modified according to the real environment. After the pathfinder sub-machine enters, a detection team is sent to record everything in detail. We still have samples, so we must pay attention to safety." Vidoville gave the order after some thought.

"In addition, it is recommended to set up short-distance relay communication or physical communication. The ship's material shielding ability is very strong..." Vidoville realized halfway through that he did not seem to be saying these words out of necessity. As a detection team, They will definitely know more and more details than themselves, and be better able to handle complex situations. It seems that they are just giving meaningless instructions.

"Understood." Torres nodded, and the screen was immediately switched to the information receiving terminal in the carrier. In order to be as safe as possible, Victorville and others followed the previous spread of threats to crystal energy\\death tide level before the start of this operation. After conducting resistance research, after enough "jumps", the danger of these things with the ability to infect and corrode is much lower than the pollution source. .

Although multi-layer broadcasting may not seem clever, it is actually quite effective.

"It feels like there's still something wrong somewhere." Victorville glanced at the space where the light had gradually dissipated, and murmured to himself.

In the picture, with the flash of a group of light spots, a heavily armed team flew out of the opened hatch of the detection carrier - before that, the detector had scanned everything around it as much as possible.

After the environment was basically confirmed to be stable, they easily entered the interior of the flying wing through the dark hole with the help of the small propulsion equipment attached to the light armor. After all the light sources were blocked, the detection team began to arrange light sources driven by secondary crystal energy inside. The warm pale golden light illuminated all unblocked areas in the area where these people were at the moment the light sources were activated. area, but the moment after the light came on, everyone immediately discovered an abnormal situation:

No one knew what kind of design drawings these strange spaceships followed. Without being able to directly scan the structure of the entire ship, everyone present was unable to judge the structure of the spacecraft. The team that entered the spacecraft found that they were in In a wide "corridor" with a slight corner, there are no identifiable facilities inside the corridor. The interior environment of the entire corridor is like being made of obsidian that has been melted and then solidified again.

The cross-section of the corridor is a fairly standard square. The reason for the problem is that the corridor is terribly long - the crack is located near the leading edge of the flying wing in the forward direction of the spacecraft.

According to the shape of the spacecraft observed from the outside, if this corridor is to be directly matched with the spacecraft according to the observation results in the picture, not to mention the obstruction at the end of the corridor and the possible cabin on the other side, just this corridor is enough to rely on its own The structure pierced the outer shell of the spacecraft.

"Is there a space anomaly or an optical anomaly? Is there any passive distortion effect inside the spacecraft?" As soon as Victorville asked, his question was taken over by the Queen beside him: "No, no, it's not space distortion. These scenes don't have Presented in any "distorted" state, they are natural."

After the outer isolation was broken, the space inside the spacecraft was connected to the outside world, and Weisrifan could use his own power to sense it when it was safe enough. After confirming that there were indeed no traces of cognitive hazards and dangerous contamination with high-level manifestations, Vesrifan turned more attention to the small ship, "There is no space folding phenomenon, this corridor space is completely natural. "

"But this doesn't quite match the structure of this ship..." Vidoville shook his head slightly. This spaceship hides too many secrets, and just at the beginning, this ship only used The lifeless hull gave everyone involved in the detection a disincentive. The powerful shell and the spatial structure that did not match the hull but had no variation at all were recorded as the first and most intuitive phenomena.

Torres and the others must feel lucky. Although the carrier ship is not large in size, its internal space is surprisingly large. If there are not enough explosive patches to open the way, they will be unable to move forward in this mysterious "Σ Creation".

The internal space of the flying-wing battleship is ridiculously large. Observed from the outside world, the long axis length of this small flying-wing battleship is an absolutely standard one thousand meters, and the maximum distance from head to tail is no more than two hundred meters. However, under the leadership of Torres As the team gradually developed inward, the size of the uncomplicated lines inside the battleship clearly exceeded the size limit of the spacecraft itself. During the process of developing in one direction, Torres recorded that the extension length of the straight corridor was More than three thousand meters, and the distance before and after is also more than one thousand meters. Judging from the current expected situation, it will definitely be a big project to find out every detail inside the entire spacecraft.

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Accompanied by bursts of sharp sounds like broken glass, the "information event" created by the detonation of the explosive patch swept through everyone's ears. After several brilliant golden light clusters bloomed in front of the previous isolation facility, this strangely strong black isolation door leaf finally shattered in front of the violent crystal energy. After the passage was opened, a rather wide, somewhat... An oval-shaped hall appeared in front of everyone. Under Torres' instructions, a group of crystal energy light sources were fixed on the floor around the cabin. After the bright golden light dispelled the darkness, the full view of the hall was revealed to everyone:

There are almost no furnishings in the front section of the entire hall. This part is partly expected by everyone who pays attention to the situation here - in previous Federation era starships, highly intelligent AI and very convenient brain responses made the inside of the ship The operation facilities have been greatly simplified. Only a response node that can be connected to the brain\\thinking center and matching interaction facilities are needed to perform the most basic non-detailed operations on the entire spacecraft.

This civilization is obviously much more advanced than the Star Ming Civilization. The operation measures of this spacecraft are also very likely to be based on AI and neural interaction, or it is entirely possible to use other higher-level methods to achieve it, and in this empty space In the second half of the "room", a rounded protrusion that can be said to be quite abrupt "arched" out from the flat ground.

Eskett roughly compared the route map of the team he led to explore the battleship. Although the space inside the spacecraft was obviously much larger than what its appearance showed, the overall internal space scope still seemed to follow The structure determined by the hull of the spacecraft.

After traveling for several hours along the previous passage that may have been the hull corridor, the route records showed that the exploration team should have completely turned back and even passed the "similar position" of the breach to an area close to the central axis of the hull, and That abrupt, rounded protrusion should be located on the central axis of the ship body.

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"This part should be connected to some kind of device, and it is very important and powerful. It may not be compatible with devices that expand the space abnormally?"

The engineers and technicians following the exploration team made a guess after combining the previous situation and the exploration route map sent by Torres.

Along the way, because the ship body had no energy fluctuations at all, everything was almost completely down, and there was a weird gap between technology and creation style. In fact, this exploration team had no No practical knowledge of these craft was gained.

It can be said that all the team saw along the way was the empty cabin and the corridor, which made everyone feel a secret sense of urgency and loss. However, now, this situation seems to be able to be made up for.

"...If we follow our usual engineering model, the location of the "protrusion" is most likely related to the power furnace of the spacecraft, which is near the center of the rear of the spacecraft." Torres clapped his hands, but these sounds were Swallowed by a vacuum, unheard. "If it is really a power furnace, then we will most likely have a huge harvest."

"Agnas, Torres, you two, pay attention. The detection team is about to contact a facility that may be the power furnace of the spacecraft. Pay attention to safety and surveillance." Vidoville suddenly interjected through the high-authority communication channel. When he started to watch again After that, Weisrifan gently poked his waist, "Aren't you worried about the additional situations they may cause this time?"

"Since you said it has no observable fluctuation trend at all, and nothing has happened so far...then there is no point in hesitating anymore. We can only choose to believe it completely. Otherwise, we can't do anything. …And, at least some of the inferences are quite reliable.”

Wei Duowei said solemnly: "In the inference, I still have a sufficient understanding of this part. It's just that at our current level, or even at a higher level, we start a complex engine device from complete silence. The required operations must be very precise, and that is after the entire power system, except for the interactive terminal, is implemented as a black box. If it needs to start from the "ignition", it will be even more complicated."

"I think these applicable regulations are also applicable to other civilizations. If you don't know the specific operating procedures, it can be said to be very difficult to start an engine with no energy response at all, especially now that this kind of technology tree is not available. If it is compatible, it can be said to be almost impossible. And the fact that it is completely down is also a very reliable safety guarantee. At least what they are doing now... is not throwing a wrench into the rotor."

"...Okay. In fact, I still said the same thing. Apart from this, don't think too much."

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Golden crystal energy explosions lit up one after another on the arc-shaped bulge - the process of opening a path encountered major obstacles.

The bulging shell looks no different from the outer coverings of other devices, but under its protection, even the explosive patches that were relatively powerful in the past have lost their original power, and Torres has to endure the crystal energy radiation. With the communication clutter caused by the information shock, he led his team to avoid the exploding crystal energy light ball. At the same time, he also needed to obtain supplies from the spacecraft on standby outside many times. This back and forth delayed a lot of time, but that shell The stronger it is, the stronger everyone's belief is: the guess should be reliable, it really protects something very important, and the action is on target.

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"Zizzi——" After another blasting attempt, a thick layer of pale golden crystal debris has been deposited in the semi-oval hall. At the same time, golden clouds that are no longer thin are still floating in the air.

After unremitting attempts, the solid shell was finally blown open without being activated. After the small unmanned aerial vehicle confirmed that the location of the breach was not dangerous, Torres led the team to set up passages and physical information near the entrance of the hole. After connecting, you enter the space under the drum kit.

At first, it was a small, slightly sloping, smooth tunnel. Not to mention the engineers and technicians accompanying the army, even Zhai Cahir did not understand why there was such a strange passage under the protection of a solid shell. However, this tunnel was very short. , at the end, a slightly smaller cabin appeared in front of them. In the center of the cabin, corresponding to the corridor exit, was an open gap, and nearby there were several strange-shaped needles growing along the bulkhead. tower.

"... Their purpose is currently unknown, but they appear to be somewhat similar to antennas or transmitting terminals of broadcast systems."

"Isn't it a mistake?" Looking at the confusing layout around him, Torres was also a little disappointed. He originally thought that his target was the location of the power furnace, but he led the team to such a strange place. However, When he lit up the empty room inside the gate with the intention of trying again, the scene in front of him instantly dispelled his disappointment:

Inside the gate, several black square prisms with trapezoidal cross-sections are quietly attached to the ground or ceiling. The edges of the square prisms are somewhat rounded, like polished obsidian.

These four-sided prisms have a hole on the side facing the "gate", and on the outside of the hole is a semi-circular ring that looks a bit dark red and has an unknown texture. This makes these devices stand out in the dim light. The shadows interact with each other to form the shape of eyes, which looks a bit scary. The part of the ring that is submerged in the structure is connected to a complex network of countless materials similar to it, like a network of blood vessels submerged in muscle tissue.

Torres breathed a sigh of relief. Although the appearance was very different, he could still recognize it. This should be the "energy guide network" of the spacecraft. The engineering technician immediately became excited, and under his command, a small sphere flew in along the gaps in the "output terminals".

However, after the screen flashed for a moment, the signal it released disappeared.

Just as everyone was looking at each other, Weisruifan, who was dozens of light years away, also instantly noticed the anomaly: "Strange. How did the detector fly there?"

"Where?" Seeing Weisrifan's serious expression, Victorville also subconsciously became nervous.

"The "outer edge" of the world barrier." Vesrifan stared at Vidoville's eyes and said almost word by word, "I felt a very weak fluctuation somewhere in the world barrier. Before the "foreign object" on the outer edge of the world barrier was completely decomposed, I captured what the thing that caused the impact was - one hundred percent sure that it was our detector, and it could only be dropped by Torres and the others. However, this detector Without knowing why, the weapon almost crashed directly into the void!"