Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

Ying originally wanted to go with Ai Yue, but in the end she couldn't bear to leave her sister. Thinking about the unknown time they would meet again after this separation, she nodded obediently: "Thank you, Ai Yue."

Ai Yue waved his hand: "Then please explain it to the children."

After saying this, he walked outside, leaving Ying standing there with a confused expression.

Should I explain it to the kids?

"Dr. Ai Yue, what happened? Why are you so anxious?"

As soon as he got on the plane, Hua couldn't wait to ask, "Did something happen at the headquarters?"

Hua originally thought that there was some urgent task that required her and others, but when she found that Ying did not leave with them, she realized that it was probably not a particularly urgent situation.

"Nothing, just the results of an experiment." Ai Yue briefly explained, then suddenly asked, "Hua, what do you think the essence of 'Honkai Energy' is?"

"Uh... is it a kind of energy?" Hua was stunned for a moment before answering, but then he realized that he had said something nonsense. "Sorry, I don't know much about these things."

"It's okay. This is the most common belief." Ai Yue didn't take it seriously and continued, "Honkai energy is indeed a form of energy, but it's more than just energy. Think about it, why do Honkai beasts emerge from the explosion of Honkai energy? Why do humans become corrupted by Honkai energy and turn into monsters instead of dying directly?"

"Could it be that there is some special information hidden in Honkai energy?"

"Hidden... information?" Hua repeated Ai Yue's last words, vaguely understanding them. "Dr. Ai Yue, what does this have to do with information? Could it be that as long as we decipher the information contained in Honkai energy, we can understand where this disaster came from?"

"Who knows? This is just my guess. Even if there is information hidden in Honkai energy, with our current capabilities, we are not yet able to decipher and interpret it." Ai Yue shook his head, but smiled. "However, even if we can't interpret it, we can try the most basic screening."

"If we can separate the energy from that weird corrosiveness, perhaps we can get a purer energy source."

Chapter 17: The most informative episode (4,000 words)

What exactly is Honkai Energy?

This question involves many complex theories. Even though Ai Yue can find many clues from the original plot, his climb up the system technology tree has not yet touched this mysterious area, so he cannot give a definite answer.

In the original setting, Honkai energy was defined as "imaginary internal energy", and the concept of imaginary internal energy can be simply understood as "energy from imaginary space."

If we infer based on this setting, then whether it is the collapse of the world or the sudden transformation of humans into "herrsers" with powerful powers, they are actually some kind of natural laws that are indispensable in the development of civilization in this world.

But this conflicts with another setting that Ai Yue knows, namely the "Cocoon of the End".

The "Cocoon of the End" located somewhere on the moon is the existence that gave birth to all the Rulers, but the "Cocoon of the End" itself was created by an extremely powerful civilization. Its purpose is to allow other civilizations to continue to grow and develop through the mechanism of the "Cocoon of the End" in reincarnation again and again, so as to grow into civilizations that can transcend the "Cocoon of the End".

There may be conflicting settings in the game, but not in reality. How these two settings will be presented in reality is also what Ai Yue currently plans to explore.

However, since there is no relevant material that can be used directly in one step, Ai Yue can only start from the most basic part.

The "Codename Purification" project is one of them. By using the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, it attempts to further dissociate the Honkai energy, thereby separating the purer energy from other substances. This is a project designed by Ai Yue himself outside the system.

However, because the Herrscher of Thunder's power is difficult to control, and the dissociation of Honkai energy is extremely difficult, basically every experiment ends in an explosion.

So Ai Yue arranged the test site in Weiliwei's spiral workshop.

"You bastard, don't use someone else's workshop for such a dangerous experiment!"

This was the protest Weiwei made after she learned about Ai Yue's experiment. However, when Ai Yue doubled her research budget, she took the initiative to transfer Ai Yue's authority in the Spiral Workshop above her own.

Of course, the budget for this research is still kindly provided by various chaebol families around the world.

Now Weiliwei is still building a new laboratory for Ai Yue. The entire Spiral Workshop has actually fallen into Ai Yue's control, but this does not make Ai Yue happy, because what he wants most is not here.

Wei Erwei's treasure trove had been moved away by her long ago.

"What a stingy guy." Thinking of this, Ai Yue couldn't help but mutter. Fortunately, he didn't care about this matter that much now, so he finally focused his attention on the experiment. "Rose, are the experimental results out?"

After repeated failures and explosions, Ai Yue finally gave up this reckless behavior and instead handed over all the experimental data to Prometheus, and provided her with several sets of plans for simulation and deduction until the success rate reached an acceptable value before using it in actual experiments.

After 24 hours of repeated simulations, Prometheus finally gave its answer.

"A 90.13% success rate?" Ai Yue couldn't help but frown after seeing the plan submitted by Prometheus. "I said if it exceeded %, I'd give it a try, and you really blocked me?"

"Please don't embarrass me, Dr. Ai Yue." Prometheus' voice seemed to reveal a sense of helplessness. "I'm just a juvenile artificial intelligence less than a hundred days old. If you push me any further, I'll crash."

Prometheus also had her own difficulties. Scientific research and innovation were not her forte. If Ai Yue had not marked out the variables of several plans in advance, allowing her to adjust and try them repeatedly, she would probably not have been able to produce a result with a success rate of more than 90%.

"Yeah, this wave is mine." Ai Yue also shook his head, and then decided to do it himself, "Wake up all the machines, it's time to start working."

Then he also took out a crystal that was carefully protected.

"The Herrscher's Core: Herrscher of Thunder."

If there is any means that can enable humans to maximize the power of the Herrscher, then it is naturally to directly use the Herrscher Core. After all, all the technologies that Ai Yue has currently developed using the pseudo-Herscher power are not strong enough to dissociate the Honkai energy.

Of course, for ordinary people to directly touch the Herrscher Core is no different from seeking death, so even Ai Yue must take certain protective measures.

So he made a mechanical gauntlet specifically for controlling the Herrscher Core, and embedded the Herrscher Core of Thunder in the groove on the palm of his hand. This way, he could use the internal design of the gauntlet to control the power of the Herrscher Core and avoid problems.

By the way, the name of this gauntlet is "Limited Gloves".

Under Prometheus' control, the equipment used for the experiment was gradually moved in front of Ai Yue. It was a metal platform with a tabletop of about two square meters. A crystal emitting a light purple light was placed in the center of the platform. The four corners of the platform used pillars to support a trumpet-shaped device above the crystal, which looked very simple.

In fact, this is true. The only technological content of this equipment is the trumpet-shaped energy absorption device on the top. Apart from the most basic low-temperature device, there is nothing else. In this way, the cost of this workbench is reduced to the lowest. Even if it explodes a hundred times, it will not be as much as Weiliwei's daily expenditure.

But the experiment was still expensive because the cost was mainly concentrated on the purple crystal.

It is a special crystal that can only be collected during the Great Collapse. It is composed entirely of Collapse energy. It can be said that this is a natural energy source. As long as it is placed in a suitable energy extraction device, it can directly power various equipment.

It can even be used not only for energy supply, but in an emergency, it can also be used as a bomb by simple and crude means. It can not only cause physical damage, but also allow the collapse energy to spread rapidly, affecting the human body and electronic equipment. Therefore, it is also extremely valuable in war.

Moreover, the energy density of Honkai energy crystals is also extremely exaggerated. Just a piece the size of a little finger is enough to support the energy supply of the Spiral Workshop for a month. If Ai Yue could not now get the gold coins from the high-level people and take things out of their pockets for himself, he would definitely not be able to use Honkai energy crystals for research so unscrupulously.

Of course, Ai Yue has submitted the research on artificially synthesizing Honkai energy crystals to the system, and it shouldn't be long before results are available.

"Be careful, Dr. Ai Yue." Prometheus noticed that the Herrscher core on Ai Yue's gauntlet had begun to glow, and he warned, "A 9.87% failure rate isn't low, and any violations will increase the risk of the experiment."

"You're reducing the risk by staying silent." Ai Yue injected a dose of "Aponia's Embrace" to ensure he could maintain the high consumption of his mental energy. Then he gradually moved his palm closer. "It's okay. Watch me use my skills to make up for the lost success rate—"

Then the next second, the Honkai energy began to release intense light, which was a sign that the stable state was destroyed and the energy was about to explode.

Ai Yue immediately moved his hand away and didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the Honkai energy crystal regained stability.

Prometheus silently replied, "The success rate is now less than 90 percent."

"Shut up, Rose, this is where the real action begins," Ai Yue re-flexed his wrist, "You are not allowed to speak!"

"The sound system is turned off."

Ai Yue concentrated and calmed himself again, and once again moved his hand wearing the limited gloves towards the Honkai energy crystal.

He had adjusted the power a bit too high just now, but now if he lowers it, it should be fine.

Ai Yue had actually tried to dissociate Honkai energy a long time ago, but in an environment with low Honkai energy concentration, even if it could be successfully dissociated, it would eventually dissipate into the air very quickly, and there was no way to collect the energy. That was why he finally chose to conduct experiments on crystals aggregated with high Honkai energy concentration.

However, high concentrations of Honkai energy are extremely unstable. Even if it is now in the form of aggregated crystals, once it is sufficiently stimulated, it will explode and scatter. Not to mention dissociation, Ai Yue will be injured if he runs slowly.

If Ai Yue could control two Herrscher cores at the same time, he could also try to use the Herrscher of Ice core to stabilize the Honkai energy crystals, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, so he could only use existing technical means as a substitute, which might have some effect.

Fortunately, this attempt was successful. The radiation released by the Honkai energy crystals was gradually increasing within a controllable range, which showed that Ai Yue's operation had indeed worked. The Limited Gloves were also under the control of Prometheus, constantly adjusting the energy output and operation according to the current situation, thus ensuring that the entire process was within the original design range.

The Honkai energy crystals were also enveloped by the crackling electric light and gradually began to shrink. Although the entire process was almost invisible to the naked eye, the glasses on Ai Yue's face still analyzed the entire process frame by frame in real time, ensuring that Ai Yue could pay attention to every detail.

At this rate, it would only take five minutes for the Honkai energy crystals to be completely disintegrated, but Ai Yue did not dare to relax at all.

Because the energy density of Honkai energy crystals is not always consistent, the energy density of the inner core will be significantly higher than that of the outer core. If the power of the Herrscher core cannot be adjusted in time, or if there is an error when adjusting the power, problems will easily arise.

There had been several failures before, all because of this situation, which resulted in nothing in the end. So Ai Yue now focused his attention completely on the Honkai energy crystal, because he didn't want the previous things to happen again.

However, what is to come will always come. Just when the Honkai energy crystal was less than the size of a fingernail, the brightness of the light suddenly began to soar, and it was on the verge of explosion almost in the blink of an eye.

It was only then that Ai Yue realized that the energy density of this damn Honkai energy crystal was not only higher inside than outside, but also higher outside than inside!

Prometheus still didn't make a sound, but the power of the limited gloves had begun to decrease, and the entire gauntlet was automatically deforming, wrapping Ai Yue's entire hand and the Herrscher core to prevent them from being hurt in the subsequent explosion. At the same time, a scarlet prompt box popped up from Ai Yue's lens, warning him to retreat immediately, otherwise there would be danger.

But this is the closest I have ever been to success, how can I give up like this?

"Terminate protective measures and increase power!"

Ai Yue issued an order instantly, overriding Prometheus's independent judgment and regaining control of the gauntlet, while also making a bold move.

He no longer relied on the subtle electric light emitted by the Herrscher's core to dissociate the Honkai energy crystals, but directly grasped them in the palm of his hand!

The remaining energy is no longer important, but after the Honkai energy strips away the energy, something will remain, and he must keep it!

The next second, violent energy exploded in all directions with his fist as the center. Fine lightning shattered the entire gauntlet into pieces, and even Ai Yue's clothes turned into rags, exposing the protective suit he was wearing innermost.

"Dr. Ai Yue, you're absolutely crazy." Prometheus didn't turn on the microphone again until the energy fluctuations completely subsided. "Don't you know how risky this is?"

"It's okay, I'm fine." Ai Yue shrugged, obviously not caring. "As long as the result is good, that's all."

"Putting aside the world's only remaining Herrscher Core, Dr. Ai Yue, your value is immeasurable. I do not recommend risking yourself in such an unimportant experiment." Prometheus' voice remained as calm as ever, but angry yellow bean emojis continuously popped up above her head. "It seems I need to update the permissions system to prevent myself from becoming an accomplice in your dangerous operations."

"Wrong, wrong. I won't do it again next time." Ai Yue casually replied to Prometheus, "Besides, this isn't some unimportant experiment."

Only when he felt the numbness in his palm finally subside did Ai Yue regain control of his palm and spread it out, revealing a charred and unconscious palm and two crystals, one large and one small.

The larger one was naturally the intact core of the Herrscher of Thunder, while the smaller one was only the size of a grain of rice. If Ai Yue had not kept his fingers tightly closed, it would have almost slipped through his fingers.

Looking at the material information provided by the system, Ai Yue showed a rare serious expression.

"???'s Will Fragment (Special): Utilizable Value 100%."

"Using this material, we can start a special research project."

"Note: Special research projects require materials to advance scientific research."

Chapter 18 System: Is there a guaranteed bottom in your card pool?

A fragment of will whose identity is unknown.

A "special" type of material that is independent of the material grade.

And special scientific research projects that can only be opened using special materials.

Ai Yue never expected that before he even came into contact with the real target product of the experiment, the by-product of the experiment would give him such a big surprise.

But then came a serious question: who exactly did this fragment of will come from? Could it be that even the system couldn't identify the other party's true identity?

Ai Yue was the first to deny this idea, because the upper limit of the system was obviously more than that. Even various incredible technological projects that could span the multiverse and grow infinitely were included in its records. Ai Yue did not think that the collapse would be so special that it could exceed the limits of the system.

If there is no problem with the system, then the problem is you.

Ai Yue took off his glasses and rubbed his eyebrows, looking a little tired and helpless.

This is very possible. After all, whether it is the unknown civilization that created the Cocoon of the End or the mysterious source of the possible collapse, they are all existences beyond Ai Yue's cognition. Even the system has many items that show "???" to him, which may represent things that he cannot understand.

However, it is just that he cannot understand it for the time being. One day, he will light up every star in the galaxy.

As for what exactly special materials and special scientific research projects mean...

Ai Yue first put the Herrscher core away again, then clenched his fist and sent this special material into the system.

The next second, a never-before-seen interface unfolded before him.

If the technology tree displayed by the system before was as magnificent and gorgeous as a galaxy, then what appeared in front of Ai Yue at this moment was more like the most primitive form of the universe: cold, silent, and empty.

This seemed completely unable to be described by the technology tree, because Ai Yue could not see any route that could lead to climbing up along a certain vein.

He couldn't even see anything on it.

What does that mean? You’re given the opportunity to choose, but you don’t give any options, right?

As soon as this thought popped up in Ai Yue's mind, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

The entire picture seemed to begin to shrink, and finally the complete picture was exposed in front of Ai Yue's eyes.

It was a black hole. What Ai Yue saw just now was only the deep "hole" in the center of the black hole. Around the black hole, there was a dark red light like a halo, which looked like an eye.

Afterwards, after the black hole was fully exposed, a little light gradually lit up from the hole in its center, and eventually occupied the entire interface in front of Ai Yue.

"Special Research Project Unlocked."

Following the system prompt sound, Ai Yue finally saw the contents on the interface clearly.

"Digital transcription technology of genetic information".

What is this?

Ai Yue narrowed his eyes, a hint of confusion showing on his face. It was the first time he saw such an outrageous project title.

Digital transcription of genetic information?

The term transcription does exist. In biology, it is generally used to describe the process by which genetic information flows from DNA to RNA, but what is digital transcription?

Does converting genetic information into some kind of data mean that we can digitize people? Or does it mean something else?

Ai Yue's curiosity suddenly became strong, but this project was completely different from the previous scientific research projects started with designated materials. There was no research progress at all, and he needed to start from scratch and advance step by step. He could not see any useful information now.