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

"Success."

It was clearly something worth celebrating, but Dr. Mei spoke of it lightly, as if the only thing she could say at the moment was: "The quantum ocean does exist."

By passing through this light curtain, you can reach a special world that only exists in theory and calculation.

And if the quantum ocean really exists, then imaginary numbers...

"Doctor Mei," she heard the staff's question as she was lost in thought, "Should we deploy the detection device?"

"Deploy." Dr. Mei came back to his senses and gave the order, "Turn on instant transmission mode and be prepared for possible loss of connection at any time."

In Dr. Mei's calculations, the quantum sea is a world that subverts all inherent concepts. There are no laws in the conventional sense, and everything is chaotic and disordered. It is almost impossible to obtain stable detection data in such an environment. The detection device can only be treated as a consumable, and it can only transmit as much valuable information as possible before losing contact.

And everything happened just as she expected. Of the first batch of ten detection devices launched, the shortest signal lasted only three seconds before completely disappearing, while the longest lasted for more than ten minutes intermittently and was still able to transmit some information back.

Soon another staff member reported the progress: "Energy sample collection completed."

"Remember to leave me a copy." Ai Yue finally spoke at this time. He stood up and walked towards the side door leading to the Eye of the Abyss. "I want to observe it up close, is that okay?"

"I'm going too." Mebius quickly followed and turned to look at Dr. Mei. "Aren't you coming?"

"I..." Dr. Mei hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Come."

Kevin and Alicia looked at each other and naturally had no choice but to follow.

The energy monitoring device did not detect that the energy fluctuations from the Eye of the Abyss had the corrosiveness of Honkai energy, so the alert level was not high. Several people could directly use the overhead bridge leading to the Eye of the Abyss to come to the front of the light curtain.

"Strange...what's going on with this subtle atmosphere?" Alicia subconsciously rubbed her arm as she walked at the back of the group. "I feel like there's something in the air...something I don't like."

"Your senses are always sharp. Could it be that you've noticed something?" Kevin didn't ignore Alicia's words. He put on a serious expression. "Everyone, be alert. After all, we're facing an unknown world."

Dr. Mei nodded, and then he saw Ai Yue took out a strange-looking object from somewhere.

"what is this?"

"Oh, a detector." Ai Yue waved the strange machine in his hand that looked like a bird with a camera on its head. "You have so many, is it okay for me to put one?"

"That's fine, but..." Dr. Mei nodded, then gave a strange look. "How are you going to receive the information from the detector? And are you sure this thing can operate normally in the Quantum Ocean? Also, when did you prepare it?"

The Eye of the Abyss project had been classified as top secret before. Therefore, even after Ai Yue obtained the highest authority within the Fire Moth, Dr. Mei did not tell him the specific details. What's more, she was the only one who knew the theoretical deduction and calculation formula of the Quantum Ocean. How could a special detector be made without this data?

Wait, did Ai Yue just read through the details of the Eye of the Abyss plan?

Dr. Mei suddenly remembered that this person had been looking at the internal documents of the Eye of the Abyss project.

He can’t just do it now… Never mind, he’s Ai Yue after all.

"It's just a temporary fix. It's just a consumable anyway." Ai Yue didn't care about it. He raised his hand lightly, and the bird-shaped detector flapped its wings and "flew" into the light curtain.

The reason for putting it in quotation marks is that the flapping of its wings is completely meaningless, and the main power for flight comes from the propellers on the back and tail.

"Can we enter the Quantum Ocean after passing through here?" While the two were talking, Mebius was still staring at the enormous light curtain in a trance. "Speaking of which, can humans enter the Quantum Ocean?"

"At this point, it's probably going to be very difficult," Dr. Mei shook his head. "Based on the existing data and inferences, protecting yourself within the quantum ocean isn't difficult, but maintaining a sense of direction and positioning within it is an extremely difficult problem."

Compared with the Quantum Sea and the Honkai Energy, it is at least not as corrosive, but its interior is extremely chaotic. You may just walk through the light curtain and find that the Eye of the Abyss has disappeared behind you the next second. It is extremely difficult to locate yourself inside and find the way back.

I'm afraid even using the "wool ball tactic" wouldn't work. After all, according to speculation, there are also hidden dangers in the quantum sea...

"Intense energy fluctuations detected!" Just as Dr. Mei was pondering, an excited voice from a staff member suddenly came from above, "There's an overlapping area of energy fluctuations. Something is approaching the Eye of the Abyss from the other side!"

"Mei, get out of here!" Kevin reacted instantly and came in front of everyone in two steps. "Dr. Ai Yue, please retreat too!"

What would emerge from the quantum sea? He definitely wasn't coming to congratulate him and his companions on opening the portal.

However, even though the warning was so timely, it was still a step too late.

Just as Kevin stood in front of everyone, the light curtain, which had been calm, began to ripple like "raindrops" falling on the water.

The next second, countless monsters of the same color as the light curtain rushed out from it!

Kevin immediately swung his sword and raised a curtain of fire to attack the monsters, trying to block them. However, many monsters mysteriously disappeared into the air and avoided the attack. The next second, they reappeared behind Kevin and attacked the others.

Fortunately, the warning did make everyone perk up, and the monsters that escaped from Kevin were pierced through the bodies by pink crystal arrows before they could hurt anyone.

"Hurry up, I'll cover you." Perhaps because she was already in combat mode, the smile on Alicia's face faded. She gripped the crystal longbow tightly and looked around vigilantly. "Be careful, these monsters won't just attack from one direction."

"Mebius, take Dr. Mei back to the main control room." Ai Yue said casually, "Dr. Mei, just in case, you should activate the armor."

"I understand." Dr. Mei nodded, then placed his hand on his belt, "Activate."

"Tai Chi Armor, activation authorized."

The next second, a set of armor that was somewhat similar to Hua's Taichu armor, but mainly purple and white in color, emerged from Dr. Mei's body and wrapped him tightly.

The fifth in the "Innate Five Tai" armor sequence, the Tai Chi armor, is equipped with almost no offensive weapons, but instead has unparalleled protective performance. This protective performance is not only about defense and mobility, but also has complete medical and life-sustaining equipment inside. Even if a dying person uses this set of armor, he can force his life to continue for at least thirty days.

By the way, Hua's "Taichu Armor" is sequence two.

Under the control of the Tai Chi Armor's main control AI, Dr. Mei directly used the flying device to return to the main control room, leaving Mebius walking step by step on the road.

Obviously, she didn't want to leave either. Her eyes were always focused on the defeated monsters. It was obvious that her scholar's disease had come back and she wanted to get a few monsters back for research.

"I'll ask Kevin to freeze a few for you." Ai Yue saw her intention at a glance and couldn't help but continue to urge Mebius, "So you should go back quickly."

"I'm a fusion warrior after all, so it won't be that easy for me to get into trouble," Mebius said with a smile. It was obvious that Ai Yue's concern made her feel very useful. "Besides, why don't you leave?"

Ai Yue turned his gaze to the back of the ring device: "If I leave, who will turn this thing off?"

"Kevin, Ai Lishia!" As soon as Ai Yue finished speaking, Dr. Mei, who had returned to the main control room, delivered some bad news. "The transmission system of the Eye of the Abyss is overloaded. It can't be shut down through the system now. Someone must manually close the connecting valve!"

Mebius immediately looked at Ai Yue - it was obvious from what he had just said that Ai Yue knew that the Eye of the Abyss would go out of control earlier than Dr. Mei.

Ai Yue just shrugged and shouted to Kevin, "Kevin, leave a few alive!"

Kevin nodded, and held the sword with one hand, while white frost began to spread on his free left hand.

"Okay, Alysia," Ai Yue finally looked at Alysia at this time, "Please cover me down."

Looking at Alicia's confused and slightly distressed eyes, Ai Yue couldn't help but smile.

It seems that some people still don't know where the problem lies.

Chapter 44: You're using me as a bait, right?

According to the information given in the design drawings, the connecting valve of the transmission system is located in a deep well directly below the annular device, with a straight-line distance of approximately two hundred meters.

"Why don't I go by myself?" Alicia suggested, looking at the spiral staircase on the wall. "Maybe it would be faster that way."

"Don't make a fuss. If you don't know how to close it, you might end up having to break it violently, which will be very troublesome to fix." Ai Yue glanced at her. "Besides, who told you I was going to take the stairs?"

After saying that, he didn't give Alicia a chance to react. He simply climbed over the guardrail next to the overpass and jumped down.

"Hey, Ai Yue?" Alicia was stunned for a moment, then quickly jumped down.

At this height, as a fusion warrior, she can ensure that she will not be injured when landing, but as an ordinary person, Ai Yue definitely cannot do so.

So now I can only hold him and let myself bear the impact of landing...eh?

Alicia quickly approached Ai Yue in the air, but when she was about to reach out to grab him, she passed Ai Yue by.

To be precise, Ai Yue's figure paused strangely in the air, as if he had mastered some means of floating in the air to slow down his falling speed, which led to Alicia's misjudgment and failure to catch the other party.

The result was that the rapidly falling Ailishia turned around and looked at Ai Yue in astonishment.

Alicia could see some doubt and confusion in Ai Yue's eyes, as if saying "What are you doing?"

After borrowing strength from the wall several times, Alicia landed steadily on the platform that led out of the deep well, making a dull sound.

After observing the surroundings and making sure there was no problem, Alicia looked up to see the direction she came from.

Ai Yue was also about to fall, but compared to her method, this guy with a thrust jet on his body was obviously a little easier.

"Next time you have something like this, can you use it sooner?" Alicia didn't speak until Ai Yue landed steadily beside her. "It was so scary when you jumped down like that just now!"

"Do I look like that kind of idiot?" Ai Yue asked curiously, "It seems you still don't know me well enough."

"Yes, it seems I need to get to know you better." Alicia said meaningfully, then skipped the topic. "So, are those monsters' appearances due to me?"

Perhaps it was because Alicia tacitly acknowledged that Ai Yue knew something about her identity, and in this corner away from others, she was finally able to talk to others about things related to her identity.

She was not stupid. When she realized that Ai Yue had deliberately taken her away from the Eye of the Abyss, she vaguely realized something.

"Shh." Ai Yue frowned and gestured to silence him. After dismantling the instrument panel of the device next to him and installing a small device, he continued, "You are too careless. You just say such things casually?"

"Because I know you won't hurt me." Alicia couldn't help laughing. "So, it really has something to do with me?"

"That's the case at the moment. After all, the Quantum Sea and the Imaginary Number Tree have a bad relationship." Ai Yue nodded and said calmly, "But it's precisely because of this that I can use your special ability to fish them out."

Although Alicia, as a Herrscher, has not shown much specialness that distinguishes her from humans so far, she is also an apostle marked by the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. The power from the Tree of Imaginary Numbers is hidden in her, and this power will naturally attract the attention of the Quantum Sea.

It is precisely because of this that when Alicia approached the Eye of the Abyss, the power of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers triggered a riot among the monsters.

Of course, in theory Kevin can also attract the monsters in the Quantum Sea, but judging from his performance just now, those monsters are obviously not targeting Kevin.

Looking at the Eye of the Abyss, which had begun to quiet down, Ai Yue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Today is a great harvest."

The monsters in the Quantum Sea are not very powerful in themselves. Although they have the ability to travel through quantum space by relying on quantum states, they also have the weakness of "collapse". Once collapse occurs, their state will tend to stabilize, and it will be easy to collapse from an uncertain state to a deterministic state. Not only will they be unable to travel through space, they will also become very weak.

In order to trigger the collapse of the quantum monster, it is necessary to observe it accurately enough - to put it bluntly, it is to beat them up, just like Kevin is doing now.

If humans could master this characteristic...

"Done." Ai Yue operated the instrument casually, and the transmission system was directly shut down. The light curtain in the ring device gradually dimmed and finally disappeared, leaving only a part of the quantum monster that was frozen by Kevin and remained in place, and traces of battle nearby, to prove what had just happened.

"We have to take the stairs to go up, which is so troublesome," Alicia said deliberately beside her, "I wonder if Ai Yue can take me up by flying?"

Ai Yue gave her a cold look, then shook his head: "No, you're too p..."

Before he could finish his words, Alicia quickly covered his mouth. The girl's face was still full of smiles, but her eyes were filled with some subtle emotions: "Dr. Ai Yue, there are some things you can't say to girls, okay?"

"Just kidding." Ai Yue turned around honestly, "Come on, I'll carry you."

"That's more like it." Alicia smiled with satisfaction, but she didn't pounce on Ai Yue. Instead, she passed by him and just exerted a little force on her feet. She jumped more than ten meters high and landed lightly on the stairs above. "But forget it. I'm afraid some people are petty, right?"

She deliberately said that she wanted Ai Yue to carry her on her back, which was just a small revenge for his behavior of jumping down without saying hello.

"Aren't you quite petty yourself?" Ai Yue just shook his head slightly and didn't say much.

He activated the thruster on his body and flew into the sky, still thinking about the next scientific research project.

What a shame! I was hoping to catch a bigger fish. Quantum monsters alone aren't that interesting. Aren't there supposedly a lot of Imaginary Gods hunting in the Quantum Sea? With all the noise today, why haven't we seen a single one?

If I could get an imaginary divine skeleton, maybe there would be a way to directly avoid the most difficult "Rule of Constraints". What a pity.

I'd better wait until I go back and rub a smaller Eye of the Abyss, and then go to the Quantum Sea to catch it myself.

Chapter 45 Because you can’t, so you can’t.

The first official operation of the Eye of the Abyss ended smoothly with relatively successful results.

Although the appearance of the quantum monster has caused certain damage to the entire Eye of the Abyss project, it is actually acceptable compared to the gains.

Not to mention that these quantum monsters themselves have extremely high research value, so much so that after discovering that they could not be bound to the real world for a long time, Mebius didn't even say hello to Ai Yue, and hurried back to his laboratory with a sample.

"She did leave a message for you,"

Speaking of Mobius, Dr. Mei couldn't help but smile. "She said that this time she will definitely produce experimental results earlier than you. Just wait and see."

"Isn't it?"

Ai Yue looked around and shrugged. "There are three samples left. One has already begun to disintegrate. You two have taken one of the remaining two. What can I do?"

Even if you are running a race, you have to stand at the starting line.

"How about I give this to you?"

Dr. Mei took the initiative to say, "After all, compared to this, I still have data to study. Perhaps this will be more useful to you."

Dr. Mei knew very well that in terms of scientific research capabilities, no one in the world could compare with Ai Yue. Truly scarce and precious materials could only play the greatest role in the other party's hands. In comparison, he could wait a little longer.

Anyway, it seems that the Quantum Sea is not short of this kind of thing. Although the energy consumed by activating the Eye of the Abyss once is an astronomical figure, there are enough things to deal with before the next activation, and there may not be time to study this monster.

"No, you should study this first. This thing is more valuable than your data."

Ai Yue shook his head, having long seen through Mebius's little tricks. "That guy just wanted me to go back and beg her so that he could take the opportunity to propose conditions, but..."

Ai Yue walked over to the quantum monster, which had dissipated two-thirds of its body, leaving only a small half of its body and one forelimb intact. He patted it and showed a satisfied expression: "This thing is actually enough."