Chapter 1,388 Funeral and Accident

Shadow space, mother star Gaia. r />

In order to maintain the ecological environment, this artificially customized planet also has seasonal changes like a natural planet. The northern hemisphere of Gaia is now in the deep winter season with withering vegetation. The cold air from the Arctic Circle has crossed the ice ocean ring and two narrow continental mountains, blowing a long-lasting wind in 70% of the northern hemisphere. Cold wind. As the largest body of water in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Sea is directly connected to the Arctic Ocean Ring. A continuous glacier that is thousands of kilometers long extends from the Arctic Circle to the depths of the North Sea. This continuous glacier will last for nearly half a star year from winter to spring of next year, and will gradually melt and shrink back to the Arctic region after the arrival of summer in the northern hemisphere. And now is the heyday of glaciers. Standing on the edge of the glacier, you can see the boundless deep blue ocean in front of you. Looking back, you can see the endless "continent" of solid ice that reaches to the extreme. Under your feet, you can see the ten thousand-foot ice cliff that is constantly trembling as if it will collapse at any time. Countless huge ice floes floating near the glacier form a mobile archipelago that can last for several months. Under the influence of ocean currents, they start from the warmer depths of the North Sea and arrive at this thousand-mile glacier, and continue to crash into us. On the solid ice cliff under your feet, every impact caused tremors and loud roars like landslides. Broken ice shards were swept into the air in the strong wind, splashing like a blizzard. Occasionally, there would be sharp sounds. As a result, the icicles fell from the large glacier and fell into the sea, setting off a huge wave, but each impact still brought greater growth to the glacier. Impact, vibration, fragmentation, growth - this glacier stretching from the North Pole to here is growing in such a thrilling way. It will wait for half a month to reach its peak. By then, it will extend forward hundreds of kilometers again. Until the front edge of the glacier can almost be seen from the ecological control station of the northern continent.

And beneath the glacier, the ocean floor is slowly moving. The modular planet's crust is forming a weak but stable vortex driven by the power device to prepare for the upcoming funeral.

The Imperial Royal Guards were arranged in a formation on the glacier, forming a fan shape facing the north, silently confronting the cold wind. Two teams of royal guard boats with golden patterns were arranged in two rows in the mid-air in front of the glacier, as if they were between them. Guarding a road to the sky that is invisible to the naked eye, a medium-sized transport ship is anchored on the ice in the north. The blue indicator light projected by the anti-gravity device forms a hazy haze in the water vapor directly below it. , a huge beam of light shot out from the front of the transport ship. Passing through the airspace between the two frigates, it disappeared at the end of the sky. Even if it was daytime in the northern hemisphere, this beam of light looked dazzling in the sky.

There are hundreds of dark blue oval sealed cabins arranged at the front of the glacier, which can be seen at a glance. Like a tomb.

A small group of people stood more than ten meters behind these sealed cabins: me, my sister, Shandora, Haran, Belavila, who was temporarily awake, and twelve others wearing ancient Xiling military uniforms with expressions on their faces. Solemn ancestor.

These twelve people are all - none of the resurrected ancestors stood here. This is Tavel's best effort and all measures taken. And with the help of countless goddesses of life, we have resurrected all our ancestors. The eldest among them is a gray-haired old man like Anseth, and the youngest is a couple who just got married before the Ark crashed. And in the hundreds of sealed cabins in front of us, there are other Ark crew members who cannot be resurrected. All resurrection experiments are now over. In compliance with the agreement with Anseth, we prepared funerals for our ancestors who could not be resurrected: on the northern glacier of our home planet Gaia.

The Xiling Apostles have been away from their hometown for too long, and they know nothing about the funeral ceremonies in their hometown. None of this information was input into the original memory of the original body. Therefore, today's funeral was held by Ansers and other ancestors. Conducted under guidance. But after all, they are the same civilization. Even for mortal Xiling people, their burial ceremony is actually very simple. Now that the sealed capsule containing the remains of our ancestors has been placed on the edge of the glacier, it is time to say goodbye to them.

"In the name of my home planet and ancestors, I, Anseth, the last captain of the Tenth Ark, hereby bid farewell to my compatriots who are about to leave this ship." Anseth stood quietly at the front of the queue, no longer young. His body stood upright in the cold wind, and his deep voice spread over the entire glacier, "My crew, the helmsman of the ark, the pilot, the guards, the navigator, and the maintainers, I am your captain. .”

You have been far away from your hometown for countless years. The fire of civilization has never been extinguished in your hands from the mother planet. "

The Ark has crossed the void, and there is no way back. In the name of Xi Ling, you have gone through countless hardships and never stopped. "

Now I will tell you as a captain that our glorious civilization has been continued. It has taken root and grown in this distant and strange land, and has now become a towering tree. Everything we once wanted to preserve is now standing proudly. Here, we are strong, strong, unafraid of challenges, and indestructible; our names are still written by our descendants and are remembered in the void, resounding throughout millions of worlds; the prairie fire has been set, and the violent storms cannot extinguish it. . "

However, the abyss is still there, and the enemies who once destroyed our homeland are still there. They lurk in the depths of the void, eyeing all the ordered universes; our great revenge has not been avenged, and the anger of the living will never go away; the war against the mortal enemy continues, and has burned throughout all the worlds. "

However, my crew, you need not worry about this, the young soldiers have taken over the weapons of their ancestors. They carry the names of their ancestors and move forward persistently, and now they are not afraid of any war. The long exile is over, and the children are organizing a counterattack. Veterans, you can now leave safely. "

My crew, the ark's engines have died and this long voyage is over. "

My crew, your work is done and those hard years are behind you. "

Here you are in the resting place of your new home. "

So now disembark with peace of mind, my crew, the Ark's mission is accomplished..."

You guys are home. "

All frigates and all defense facilities on the planet's surface sounded sharp enemy alarms. The alarms rang throughout the entire planet without a military band. There is no elegy. The sirens of battleships and positions are the only farewell music that the Xiling Apostles need before the end of the endless war of revenge. Hundreds of millions of years have passed, and numerous turbulent inheritances have nearly wiped out the entire race. This deafening alarm is the only thing that has never changed at all. From the first time it was fully sounded on the original mother planet, It will forever echo in the hearts of everyone who is named after Xiling, whether they are Xiling people or Xiling apostles.

"Salute to the ancestors. Farewell!"

The moment Sandora's words fell, the five current emperors of the empire (including the former emperor's sister) saluted simultaneously, followed by hundreds of senior commanders on the glacier, and finally all the royal guards on the scene. And those sealed cabins broke away from their fixed bases in a roar, and rose into the air under the action of the anti-gravity device. Arriving outside the glacier, they finally fell silently into the endless darkness below.

They will be safely brought to the bottom of the ocean by the whirlpool, and will be hidden forever in the thick crust of their home star Gaia. They do not need tombs and tombstones, they only need a person named "Xiling" who will not be trapped in the abyss. The disturbed resting place is enough.

The roaring alarm also weakened and gradually stopped as the sealed capsule fell into the sea. The tilted beam of light in the sky also dissipated in the air when the alarm completely stopped. Anseth turned around. His expression was very calm, or he had just regained his composure. The old captain nodded to us: "It's over, let them rest well."

"You need me to send you..." Sandora was interrupted by the other party just in the middle of her words. Ansers waved his hand to her: "No, just let us go back by ourselves, and don't let any guards follow us - just give us old guys a chance to be willful."

The ancestors walked into the portal back to Shadow City, and the royal guards also gathered up and began to teleport away. I let out a long breath and suddenly shook my head in a self-deprecating tone: "At the beginning, I was still thinking about whether it would be appropriate for me to participate. I really thought too much..."

"So, what are you talking about?" Sandora tilted her head slightly and glanced at me, "You are the person standing at the forefront of the empire, so you can't have these messy thoughts."

"I'm going back to work," Harlan, who was walking behind, suddenly said, "The first abyss star port will be trial-produced in the next few days. I have to personally supervise it during this period and cannot let my ancestors down."

"I'm withdrawing, I'm withdrawing," Bellavilla waved her hands, and as she finished speaking, a portal opened beside her, "I have to switch back to rest immediately. I'm going to Celestial City to discuss expansion with Alleria tomorrow. If you use too much energy, you will be in trouble."

So in the blink of an eye, there were only three of the five emperors left. Among them, the elder sister was still in name only and could not take care of things. Sandora and I looked at each other: "They all look very motivated - should we go to the executioner production line to see..."

Just as I was speaking halfway, an emergency communication suddenly came into my mind. It was Tavel's voice: "Your Majesty! Emergency! A major accident occurred at the deep-diving test port, and the main facilities were destroyed!"

Of course Shandora and her elder sister also heard this message, and the three of us were stunned for a moment. Qian Qian and others who had just come from a short distance away saw the three of them standing there with stunned expressions on their faces, and immediately became speechless. They asked a lot about what happened: they didn't receive the report.

"You guys should go back first," I waved to Qian Qian and the others, "There's something going on at the deep dive port. I'm afraid Sandora and I have to go there."

"I'll follow you too." Before Qian Qian could say anything, Lin Xue's voice came from the other side. The eldest lady looked very serious, "Remember why I stopped the deep dive plan - this is reason."

I suddenly remembered that the deep dive plan I had seen not long ago was urgently stopped by Lin Xue, and I felt frightened. Fortunately, I had a prophet, and as expected, this accident really happened!

According to Tavel, the entire test port may have suffered heavy losses in the accident, and according to the schedule in the deep-diving plan... these two days should be the time when the deep-diving ship would dive continuously. If it weren't for Lin Xue earlier, Days of warning, what we will lose is not a port, but a deep submersible ship that is even more difficult to build.

Qian Qian actually wanted to follow her, but she also knew that she might only be able to cause trouble in such an incident, so she went home with the others: although this girl was a bit energetic, she was also very sensible and obedient at critical moments. Lin Xue, Sandora and I arrived at the highest research center together. Tavel's body was waiting here in person, and behind her was a small team of senior assistant technicians: the extremely efficient glasses girl had already organized it before anyone told her. What a team of accident investigation experts.

"We'll tell you the details on the way," Sandora interrupted Tavel when he was about to report, "The test port is in the border area. The fastest void shuttle will take two hours to arrive, and Sivis has already prepared. Great spaceship, let’s go now.”

Since "deep diving" is an extremely high-risk experiment that can lead to catastrophic contamination if you are not careful, the place where the experiment is conducted must be far away from the interior of the empire, and it must be ensured that there is no other life in the experimental universe. In addition, After the first deep-diving test, Tavel further improved the security measures for this project: after the deep-diving test port is completed, the local world gate will be dismantled, and direct transmission from the Empire Zone to the experimental universe will not be possible. Instead, only high-speed shuttles can be used to travel. This is to prevent the abyss from contaminating the world gate after a catastrophic accident occurs, and then jumping to the entire empire through the gate.

This will certainly cause some inconvenience, but for safety's sake, sometimes a little trouble isn't a bad thing.

Soon we and Tavel's expert team were aboard the fastest void shuttle. In the crew cabin of the shuttle, I had time to ask Tavel about the specific circumstances of the accident.

"The specific reason is not yet clear. Everything happened too fast, and the frontline personnel basically had no time to react," Tavel frowned. The test site she had worked so hard to build was destroyed like this, and the girl with glasses definitely felt uncomfortable. "My three mass projections were also at the test port. One of them was damaged in the accident, and the other two were moved in time, so my subordinates could see the scene. The current situation is that the entire control center exploded continuously from the bottom. Explosions Eighty percent of the energy supply system and all control functions of the site were destroyed, and all six groups of energy furnaces were offline. Because the residual nether energy field was too strong, it was temporarily impossible to get close, so it was not sure what the situation inside the energy furnace was. Therefore, The possibility of another explosion cannot be ruled out. Both the No. 1 and No. 3 observation towers have been offline. The lower buildings were severely damaged and the internal equipment was unresponsive. It is basically certain that the towers were completely scrapped. In addition, the cause of the explosion is unknown."

"What are the casualties?" This was my first reaction.

"It's quite optimistic," Tavel exhaled. "Because it is a high-risk project, the resurrection facilities are the best. The soldiers and scientists who died on the spot are all in the resurrection queue. Currently, only the equipment losses have been confirmed."

"What's the situation at the Gate of the Abyss?" After confirming that there were no major problems with the personnel, I quickly asked this more fatal question.

The structure of the deep-diving test port is as follows: with a steadily suppressed Abyss Gate as the main body, and around the Abyss Gate are a series of energy suppression towers. These energy suppression towers completely lock the activities of the Abyss Gate, and Confining it in a fixed dimension to prevent the gate from collapsing, and then establishing observations near the Gate of the Abyss (depending on the size and activity of the Gate of the Abyss, this distance is not necessarily certain, the current critical point of the test port is one hundred kilometers) Also serves as the control center. This distance is the "radiation critical point" of the Abyss Gate. Within this critical point, the power of the abyss can directly affect everything with its own "radiation" without being contaminated by the medium. The control center determines the gate by detecting the drift and intensity of the critical point. stability, and issue adjustment commands to surrounding energy suppression towers. At the same time, the observation tower of the control center is also a direct communication tower with the deep submersible ship. Considering that the information sent back by the deep submersible ship may contain abyss pollution, we do not allow the deep submersible ship to directly connect to the conventional communication network. There is a high degree of The observation tower with protective and filtering functions is the only communication relay node.

On the periphery of this entire system, no civilian facilities, military facilities without special protection, or military ships not on the registration list are allowed to exist within ten light years, unless they themselves are targets for observation. Other than that, there are only Only things that have undergone special protection can approach the Gate of the Abyss. It can be said that the protection level of the entire system is quite high.

This is the basic structure of the deep-diving port. After the first deep-diving test, Tavel made many improvements to the system, and this is what it is now.

So the question I'm most worried about right now is whether the Gate of the Abyss is still safe: the core of this system is the monitoring station on the control center. The equipment at the monitoring station must be offline now. Will the Gate of the Abyss lose its suppression at any time? Possible outbreak?

Fortunately, it seemed that the experts had been prepared for this. One of Tavel's senior assistants leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. In the early stages of construction of the test port, the possibility of a sudden shutdown of the control center was considered. Around the Gate of the Abyss, In addition to receiving instructions from the control center, the energy suppression towers also have their own independent command modules and a set of low-power communication networks. If the signal from the control center is interrupted, all energy suppression towers will automatically switch to the highest alert state, shutting down the Gate of the Abyss. Suppression to the limit. All suppression towers are equipped with three sets of independent energy sources, and can conduct basic negotiations with each other without instructions. Even if half of the suppression towers are destroyed at the same time, the gate will remain intact."

"In addition, there is no need to worry about the control center issuing wrong instructions due to system failures before the collapse, or the power of the Gate of the Abyss distorting these instructions," Tavel also added a few words, "My subordinates have designed several sets of protocols for those devices to verify each other. , the control center sends instructions to the suppression tower using different lines and codes at the same time. As long as two of the instructions are contradictory to each other, or one instruction does not arrive in time, the suppression tower will not respond. This is the theory."

"That's good," I breathed a sigh of relief, "Then let's wait until we get to the scene to talk about the rest - and don't say that this is the case in theory at this time - it sounds weird and scary."

Tavel: "...oh..."