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

Looking at the crystal in Ai Yue's hand, Padufilis was completely stunned. She snatched the gem from Ai Yue's hand with the fastest speed in her life, and then carefully examined it against the light, her mouth never closing. "What kind of purity is this? There are no impurities at all. Isn't it too exaggerated?"

It was only at this moment that Padufils seemed to have just reacted. She put the gem back into Ai Yue's hand with some embarrassment: "Well, this must be very precious, right? Otherwise, I'd better not take it..."

Now, Padufils has a better understanding of gems. She also knows that a gem like this one, which is large in size, pure in purity, and has a very rare color, is extremely rare. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as priceless. No matter how much she likes gems, she dare not take such a treasure for herself.

"Take it, this thing is not as exaggerated as you think."

Seeing Padofelice's eyes filled with hesitation and a hint of longing, Ai Yue couldn't help but shake his head and handed the gem over again. "Strictly speaking, this thing is actually worthless - because it is artificially synthesized."

"what?"

Padofelice studied the gem in disbelief, then looked up and asked, "Is it possible to synthesize a gem of this level now?"

In her opinion, this gem can be said to be flawless. If there is something wrong, it is probably that its purity is too high, so it does not look like a natural product.

"Not everyone can do it. At least, I am the only one who can do it now."

Ai Yue said casually, "Don't worry, I only made this one. Even if you sell it, no one will think it's fake."

"I won't sell it!"

After hearing Ai Yue's words, Padufilis finally felt relieved. She couldn't help but fiddle with the gem in her hand repeatedly, "By the way, does this gem have a name?"

"Theoretically, its name is 'Test 169',"

Ai Yue looked at Padufils, who couldn't let it go, and couldn't help but smile. "If you want, you can give it a name."

"Shall I get up?"

Padufilis was stunned for a moment, then frowned and thought hard, "Well, if I were to..."

She obviously wanted to give the gem a nice name, but her knowledge was limited, and she didn't want to give this honor away. After struggling for a long time, she finally came up with a good idea: "Let's call it 'Paddo Gem'! That way, I feel like my name has become more impressive!"

"Got it, corrected to 'Paddo Gem'."

Ai Yue cooperated with a smile, and did not forget to call out Prometheus, "Rose, change all the names in the relevant documents."

“It has been corrected.”

Prometheus said seriously, "Should we upload the relevant information to the online encyclopedia and create a separate project?"

"No, no, no, this is not necessary, right?"

Padovice quickly stopped her, "I feel so embarrassed!"

While speaking, she couldn't help but stare at the gem in her hand and then smiled silly.

Our name clearly means a gem... and it's the only one of its kind in the world. It must be the most powerful treasure, right?

If that's the case, then I should also...

Padofelice asked Ai Yue for a container of suitable size, placed the gem in it, and finally carefully placed it in the storage space attached to the armor belt.

"Cough cough,"

After doing all this, she pretended to clear her throat and then reached into the inner pocket of her uniform. "I can't accept such a precious gift without giving something in return."

"Oh?"

After hearing this, Ai Yue finally couldn't help but turn around and look Padofelice in the face. "Could it be that after filling this bottomless pit for so long, there's finally a response?"

"Who is the bottomless pit?"

Padufilis waved her fist in protest, then solemnly stuffed something into Ai Yue's palm, "Here, this is the return gift."

Ai Yue spread out his hand and found that it was a silver coin - unlike ordinary silver coins, this silver coin had a clear dent on it, obviously it had been hit by something.

He knew this thing. Padua Felice had once shown it off to him, saying it was a treasure that had blocked a bullet and saved her life.

"Brother Yue, didn't you say you wanted to take advantage of our good luck?"

Padofelice adjusted her hair awkwardly, not looking at Ai Yue. "I'm very generous. Just rubbing it isn't enough. I might as well share some with you!"

After saying this, without waiting for Ai Yue to respond, she ran away: "I'm going to bask in the sun. Brother Yue, you should also pay attention to the balance between work and rest!"

Is this guy worried that I won’t accept it?

Ai Yue saw through Padufils's thoughts at a glance, but didn't say much. He just put the silver coin in his inner pocket close to his heart: "Thank you."

But I actually share your luck, Paddo.

Ai Yue turned his attention back to the experimental table. On the computer screen, the results of a new round of theoretical model deductions had already emerged.

"Quantum Ocean Stealth Technology—Construction Completed."

50

Chapter 50: Quantum Sea, here I come.

Exploring the quantum ocean is actually not as difficult as imagined.

As long as we master the technology to establish a stable connection with the real world in the quantum ocean, so as to enable navigation and tracking, we will be able to carry out a certain degree of exploration.

Of course, no matter how reliable the navigation technology is, there is still a high risk of failure in the unpredictable and strange environment of the quantum ocean. Therefore, theoretically speaking, it is almost impossible to achieve always reliable quantum ocean exploration technology.

At least not yet.

Ai Yue's previous research was also stuck at this step - he lacked sufficiently stable and reliable core materials to make the central chip of the navigation system so that it could function in the quantum ocean.

Originally, if one wanted to break through this point, one would need to conduct repeated and tedious trial and error work, trying all the materials that might work one by one. However, because of the appearance of Padovanis, Ai Yue came up with the idea of "skipping class".

That is to say, with the help of Padofelice's good luck, try to directly select the most suitable one.

Although it sounds very metaphysical, considering Padova's own performance in the original plot, Ai Yue still thinks it is worth a try.

The results also proved the value of Padofelice - the ore chosen by the other party perfectly met all of Ai Yue's requirements. Although from the theoretical model, there are still problems such as short battery life and easy distortion once overheating, but at least it can be put into the next step of experiment.

Since it works in theory, the next step is to make adjustments based on the problems that arise in the prototype.

Ai Yue breathed a sigh of relief, then took another look at the system. The research on the gravity field was still progressing slowly. At the current rate of progress, it was likely that it would not be completed within a week.

As the difficulty of Ai Yue's scientific research projects continued to increase, the system's scientific research progress also continued to slow down. In the beginning, for many projects, the system was able to immediately convert the materials into scientific research progress almost the moment they were put in. Later, even rare-level materials would take dozens of minutes or even more than an hour, and now it is even more exaggerated.

Even if ten portions of ordinary-grade materials are used, it is difficult to advance the progress by even one percent, and rare-grade materials may take a day or even several days to convert, and in the end, the progress bar can only rise a little bit.

It would be great if it could be faster, but unfortunately even though Ai Yue is now working hard to absorb all kinds of knowledge to enrich himself, this method still has little effect on accelerating the system.

So he still had to wait patiently for about a week before he could activate the technology of "gravity field disintegration rays".

Of course, to develop this technology in less than a month is an unimaginable animal-level speed for humans - even for normal humans, they have no idea of the prerequisite technology tree required to research this technology.

But for Ai Yue, time is life - the Cocoon of the End is a bastard that won't play by the rules with humans. The other party can create three or four Herrschers in a row in just a few years to torture human civilization. This is certainly because the Fire Moth is too cruel, but it is also related to the other party's rules that are difficult to understand.

To be fair, although the technology in Ai Yue's hands has not been fully deployed, it has already brought unimaginable progress to human civilization. He is really not sure what kind of cruel thing the next Herrscher will do to him when he appears. Therefore, before that, he must find a way to make effective plans for each Herrscher as much as possible.

So this is one of the reasons why Ai Yue is determined to explore the Quantum Sea. After all, compared to the real world, there are more strange things in places like the Quantum Sea. If he can really find a way to reach an agreement with some existence in the Quantum Sea, maybe the other party can help him.

Of course, that kind of thing is too idealistic. Unless Ai Yue is crazy, he will not pin his hopes on such a thing.

Three days later, after countless revisions, Ai Yue finally completed the final revised version of "Ball of Yarn No. 1".

On this day, Padofelice had to end her vacation halfway and report back to the headquarters because she received an urgent mission recall from the Fire Moth.

"Brother Yue, I really don't want to go back!"

After receiving the mission information, Padofelice threw herself into Ai Yue's arms and cried loudly, but she didn't shed a single tear. "I haven't rested enough yet. The Australian sun is so good, I really want to bask in it for two more days!"

"Good boy, this is your own choice."

Ai Yue patted her on the back and asked, "What is the mission this time?"

"They said they suspected that a country in Europe was secretly conducting Honkai Beast research, and they wanted to investigate."

Padufilis rubbed back and forth in Ai Yue's arms, as if she was greedy for the scent of Ai Yue. "Because the previous two teams failed, they had no choice but to let us take over."

After being armed by Ai Yue, the "Cat's Claw Squad" led by Padophilis has become the most powerful reconnaissance and infiltration team of the Fire Moth. Naturally, such a difficult task will be handed over to them to complete.

Hearing that it was just a minor problem between humans, Ai Yue breathed a sigh of relief. After sending away the reluctant Padufils, he did not forget to ask Prometheus to follow up on the mission, and then put his attention back on the matter at hand.

"Ball of Yarn No. 1", as the name suggests, is a tribute to the magical ball of yarn that led Theseus through the Minotaur's Labyrinth in the mythology. Ai Yue also hopes to use this thing to successfully complete his first exploration of the quantum sea.

Then he took ball of yarn number one and went to the laboratory next door.

If Dr. Mei had the opportunity to see this laboratory, she would definitely open her eyes wide in surprise - because everything presented in this laboratory is almost exactly the same as the laboratory she used to carry out the "Eye of the Abyss" project in Mu Continent.

The only difference is that all the facilities here, including the ring-shaped device that looks like the Eye of the Abyss, are very compact. Compared with the original huge ring-shaped device with a diameter of more than ten meters, the ring-shaped device here is only three meters in diameter at most.

This is the Quantum Sea portal that Ai Yue designed and optimized on his own after mastering Dr. Mei's information. Although it is not as large as the original version, both the energy consumption and the system's operating burden are much smaller. As long as Ai Yue is willing, he can even keep the portal in an activated state for three months without any problems.

"Dr. Ai Yue, I still advise you to dive with caution."

In Ai Yue's earpiece, Prometheus patiently advised him for the umpteenth time, "At least please bring your guard Hua with you."

"This thing can only let one person through at a time. Given the situation in the Quantum Sea, even if Hua and I go in one after the other, we'll still be very far apart. There's no point in going together."

Ai Yue said calmly, "Besides, there's only one ball of yarn. Should she use it or should I?"

"Then..."

"Stop talking nonsense and start it!"

"Understood. Quantum Sea Portal has entered the activation phase. Countdown: 10, 9, 8..."

Looking at the ring device that gradually lit up, Ai Yue took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Anyway, this isn't the first time I've traveled through time, right?

51

Chapter 51 is an episode that contains a lot of information.

What does it feel like to enter the quantum sea?

Ai Yue could only say, "Thanks for the invitation. I'm in the Quantum Ocean, just entered the Eye of the Abyss... ah no, in short, it's very boring."

Similar to Padofili's evaluation of quantum leap, entering the quantum sea will feel like entering liquid from air. Although you will not be unable to breathe, the resistance to movement will increase and the senses will be affected. It is a very strange experience.

Even though Ai Yue had prepared for this, he was still a little uncomfortable. However, he knew very well that this was more of a psychological problem. It was his first time entering the Quantum Sea. No matter how well prepared he was, it would be impossible for him to deal with all situations perfectly.

In this state, it is normal to have some illusions, as long as you adapt to the environment.

Ai Yue just stood there without moving, even with his eyes closed, until the strange sticky feeling on his body gradually subsided, then he opened his eyes.

What comes into view is a scene that is difficult to describe in words.

A sea of dim, dark blue geometric shapes—that was the most fitting description Ai Yue could come up with.

The "ground" is not stable, but rather has dim blue ripples that rise and fall like waves. These ripples are not flowing smoothly like water, but rather have sharp edges and corners, as if they were composed of countless geometric shapes. It looks like someone has studied 3D animation for ten years.

The strangest thing is the effect it has on people - if you think it is really something like an ocean wave, then when you step on it you will feel as if your feet are floating like water, and you may even have the illusion of stepping on air. But if you think of it as solid land, then you can stand firmly and will not be affected at all.

Ai Yue almost fell down as soon as he took a step because he didn't notice this problem at first, but he soon discovered the problem and adjusted himself immediately.

Will the quantum ocean change due to personal thinking?

Or is it that there is actually no real appearance here, and everything is just a reflection of the intruder's thoughts by the quantum sea?

When he thought of this, Ai Yue began to consciously control his thoughts and not let them wander - after all, the things in his mind were a bit too outrageous. If the Quantum Sea played with the real thing, he would be the one in trouble.

Therefore, in order not to affect your exploration experience, it is better to be cautious this time.

"Rose, how's Yarn Number One doing?"

Ai Yue moved slowly while asking Prometheus. The light curtain he passed through when he came here disappeared as soon as he took the first step. If Ball of Yarn No. 1 could not locate the position of the portal, then he would have to activate the backup plan.

As for the backup plan - it was naturally the Herrscher core of the Second Herrscher that he placed in his belt.

"Everything is normal, the signal is very stable,"

Prometheus's voice reached Ai Yue's ears, and at the same time marked an approximate location on his glasses, "Do you want to return now?"

"If it's stable, there's no need to worry."

Ai Yue shook his head and took something out of his arms. "Since we're here, why don't we take some local specialties with us?"

"Dr. Ai Yue, the local specialties you mentioned are the World Bubble?"

"Of course not. The world bubble cannot leave the quantum sea, at least that's the case now."

Ai Yue twisted the giant capsule in his hand open, revealing a glowing cylinder in the middle. "So it's just absorbing a little energy. Anyway, this amount is nothing to the Quantum Sea, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression changed.

Because at the end of the field of vision, the originally pitch-black place suddenly began to "ripple".