A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

"However, if the defense mechanism is triggered, the spacecraft blocked by space will inevitably lose contact for a period of time. At that time, a second follow-up spacecraft with crews may be needed to rescue them."

Sera explained the risks clearly. As the commander-in-chief, she naturally had a bias in her heart, but now, she also wanted to hear other people's opinions.

"I agree that exploration should continue now."

The cool otter artist expressed his opinion and chose to move forward without any fear.

"Since there is no danger to life, I also recommend continuing the exploration for two reasons."

The snow-white bird spoke slowly, preening its bright feathers with its beak.

"One is a concealed technique, which has a greater chance of dealing with detection from multiple directions."

"The second is the necessity of a second spacecraft. In any case, the second phase of the project will continue in a few days. The launch of the second spacecraft is a must, and it is necessary to obtain more intelligence before that."

The opinions of the college group were as above, and the opinions of others were similar. From this, Sera saw everyone's vigorous vitality, like the rising sun, fierce and open. In the face of difficulties, there is only one word, that is, do it.

When two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave prevails. In an environment with abundant resources and united will, if you still retreat a little, how can you be worthy of your vigor as a rising star in your homeland?

The spirits of the younger generations are really high.

Sera sighed in her heart, then after looking at everyone's faces, she announced the end of the impromptu meeting and began to convey the action instructions that everyone generally agreed on to Dan.

"Dan, how are you doing?"

A girl's sweet voice rang out in the spaceship, as if it had dispelled a lot of the surrounding silence. For a moment, the lights in the control cabin became brighter. In response, Dan gave a concise answer.

"Everything is in good condition and can be carried out at any time."

"Alright, continue diving until we break through the spatial boundary. The defense system is ready to activate at any time, and the attack technique is also preheated."

"We are also preparing to debug the base station. After crossing the boundary zone, the signal strength may decrease."

A series of instructions were carried out in an orderly manner. Under the witness of everyone in the space station, Dan did the above things perfectly and began to drive the spacecraft to continue diving deeper.

However, this time, the spaceship in the hidden barrier has already picked up the sharp blade, and the dimensional slash as an attack technique is ready to go.

A diving distance of one thousand meters is nothing. Even at the slowest speed, it will only take half an hour. If everyone were not so cautious, this distance would not take so long.

However, the occurrence of the shocking phenomenon still brought some gloom to everyone. Even if we were mentally prepared, the blurriness and distortion of the picture were still unexpected.

Because in the new picture, everyone has realized what the situation is like at the bottom of the abyss. In comparison, all the Honkai energy light balls seen from above are just products of the bottom of the abyss, and are defective products that have been stripped off.

It was not a dark and ominous purple color, but a dazzling and luxurious purple like precious light or bright light, like clusters of veins of collapsed energy crystals, growing on the bottom of the abyss with the greatest pressure.

As the picture gradually became clearer, Dan and everyone else could see the scene at the bottom of the abyss clearly, because the luxurious purple light illuminated everything with extraordinary clarity, leaving no darkness to hide.

Huge, proliferating, coiled clusters of collapsed energy crystals lingered in the dead sea. Some of them shot up like sharp cones, growing sharp crystal fangs in all directions, while others were like sunken giant ships, vaguely outlining a regular appearance in the chaotic and crazy growth.

From time to time, you can see in the picture that clusters of crystals are broken into pieces and slowly float up in the shape of balls of light. It can be expected that all the solid bodies of collapse energy in the abyss are grown from the bottom of the abyss and float to the top.

"Is this a vein of this kind of crystal?"

Staring at this scene, Fimi wondered what was at the bottom of the abyss.

"I don't think so."

The otter, known as the artist, stared at the clusters of Honkai energy crystals of various shapes in the picture with his bean-sized black eyes, and suddenly expressed his own opinion with certainty.

"These crystals didn't originally exist. They're more like some kind of parasite, slowly growing out of the things they're covering. If my intuition is correct, everything here is a kind of building."

Once this novel idea was proposed, although it has not yet been carefully verified, it has gained the approval of some people. However, from a bird's-eye view, even if the size of the Honkai energy crystal clusters is ignored, these buildings are probably not suitable for humans.

Such a tall building complex should be the residence of some huge creature, but there is no consensus on what it is.

"Dan, look out, something's coming towards you."

Without Sera's reminder, Dan himself noticed the huge creature moving in the image. It was like a colorful fish, with a streamlined body with distinct limbs and the purple and white shell common to the Honkai beast on its surface, but more of it was still beautiful scales.

It opened its sharp teeth and let out a sharp roar, stirring up a turbulent sea current. If sailors were there, they would surely exclaim at the horror of the sea monster "Leviathan".

But compared to the spaceships that can soar between the stars and the crystallization of the wisdom of our home, the sea monsters in the sea are nothing more than this.

Lock on the target and release at a fixed point.

The fluctuations in space spread, and an invisible slash appeared instantly and disappeared immediately, like a precise surgical operation, cutting open the sea monster's body and dismembering its huge body in an instant.

307. Change

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The blood rippled with gorgeous colors in the sea water dominated by bright purple, like glowing minerals, or colorful motor oil in the sun. They wrapped around the dismembered body of the sea monster and slowly spread out.

This is a kind of Honkai beast, but it is obviously not the kind that Sera has seen in the upper and middle waters of the Abyss Sea.

It did not have a transparent armor that looked real but not real. Instead, it had real flesh and blood. After being attacked, it showed obvious signs of struggle instead of continuing to attack fearlessly.

"Dan, can you use autonomous machines to collect information?"

Sera asked this question.

"You can conduct detection, but you can't get too close to the Honkai energy cluster. Although it's not direct contact, the Honkai energy radiation is still very deadly to the operation of the machine."

Dan checked every autonomous machine that had regained contact and found that some of them had completely shut down. The locations of the last signals they sent were all areas with high concentrations of Honkai energy.

"Understood. Then we can proceed with the routine operations and learn as much as possible about this possible relic while ensuring safety."

"In a few days, the second spacecraft will arrive to cooperate in deeper exploration."

Sera gave Dan the corresponding instructions, and Dan carried them out.

First, the sea monster was dismembered and confirmed to have no life signs. After collecting samples at close range and obtaining raw information, the corresponding data was transmitted to the main control room of the space station, and Ochis, who had experience in modifying life blueprints, began to analyze it.

The next step is to recover some of the autonomous machines that have stopped working and send back the corresponding data. Fimi will take the lead in providing maintenance guidance to these little guys to see if one or two can be rescued.

As for the construction of other bottom landform models, it was handed over to an academic group with good skills. Although it was not a very professional job, it was enough to keep them busy for a while.

In the patio outside the main control room, the second spaceship was under construction in full swing. According to the newly provided design drawings, it would be completed within a few days. At the same time, in order to complete it as soon as possible, Sera also decided to go out and help out as much as possible.

"The responsibility of overall command will be handed over to you for the time being, Xilin."

"Leave it to me with peace of mind."

Xilin's golden eyes sparkled with bright confidence. After observing her for some time, she felt that being the commander-in-chief was not a big deal.

Many things can be solved using the responses written in the plan. If there are different opinions, just hold a small meeting and it will be easy.

Watching Sera's spatial transfer and leaving the main control room directly, Xilin began her short career as the chief commander in the warm atmosphere of the main control room.

She sat in a comfortable chair, with virtual light and shadow floating steadily in the air in front of her. The realistic image truly showed how dazzling the scene at the bottom of the abyss was.

Clusters of Honkai energy crystals are like eternal fireworks, constantly emitting brilliant purple light on the seabed, forming shapes of different styles but equally tall. If they were really buildings, then what Xilin could think of would be moss-covered skyscrapers, or giant purple hedgehogs.

It looks particularly prickly.

I have no idea about this level of Honkai energy. If it were in the past, these could be the strategic reserves of the Herrscher of the Void. Putting them in the Herrscher's core would definitely put Sirin in a terrifying situation.

But now, Xilin only said that these Honkai energy crystals were so dazzling that they were a little scary, and she didn't know how many civilizations had to be destroyed to form such a scale.

Well, if you think about it from this perspective, when I was taking revenge in the past, the more destruction I caused, the more Honkai energy support I received. So in that sense, it seems that there is nothing wrong with this being a city.

Using her hands to enlarge the image, Xilin looked at the conch-like amethyst cluster that she found among the vast number of crystal clusters, which was quite in line with her aesthetic taste. Then, in the leisurely and peaceful atmosphere, she looked for various buildings that interested her, and sometimes wondered why they had fallen into this state.

A day without incident.

Ochis compiled her own analysis report. As for the original data collected, she was able to dig out some of the growth process of the species and find some environmental features suitable for its growth from the genetic code.

"What impression do you have of this era, Fimi?"

It was rare for her to take the initiative to look for her sister, because Ochis remembered that the daily operation of the observatory had the function of restoring the history of the planets.

"Huh? The description of these high temperatures and humidity being able to support so many large creatures living together probably dates back to primitive times."

Femi searched his own database, but didn't know much, because the observatory had been in operation for less than a year, and it was really unable to restore the primitive era that far exceeded human history.

"If it's a species native to Earth, then there must be traces of its age. However, with just these few clues, we still can't piece together the full picture of the truth."

Ochis was not frustrated by Femi's remarks. She only lamented the scarcity of clues and became curious about the truth behind it.

What kind of secrets exist in this deep sea?

The second day passed without any incident. In an atmosphere where everyone had something to do, time passed in the blink of an eye. On the third day, an unexpected change undoubtedly accelerated the rotation of the gears, catching everyone off guard.

No one knew what triggered some mysterious mechanism, or whether it was just a simple cyclical phenomenon, but the bottom of the deep sea began to show signs of restlessness.

The tremors of the earth's strata caused the sea water to fluctuate, and blurred and distorted light rolled around in the water, bringing out numerous crystal fragments, which continued to rise like misty dust, and suddenly there were explosions that kept echoing in the water.

The brilliant purple light began to shine brighter than ever before, and the connected crystal clusters emitted extremely disturbing Honkai energy fluctuations. The instantly enhanced radiation could directly kill even Honkai beasts, and in such a situation, the connection between the spacecraft and the space station came to an abrupt end.

Pure, deep black clouds shrouded the image, so still that it made one's body shiver. Xilin, whose brows suddenly became serious, quickly informed Sera.

"Don't worry, everyone. This is how spatial blocking works. It's normal for signals to be unable to transmit in an unreachable, blocked area!"

Xilin made the final decision and explained the reason for all this in an unquestionable and resolute tone before Sera arrived.

308. Lightless Echo

If an attack is initiated from one dimension and reaches another dimension, it is almost impossible to defend against it because it achieves its attack effect by breaking through the distance between dimensions.

Then, by using the boundaries between spaces to create a virtual spatial fault that is almost impossible to hit, the defensive technique naturally gains invincible defense in the sense that it is almost impossible to be interfered with.

After the sudden incident at the bottom of the abyss was detected by the spacecraft's detector, within an extremely short reaction time of only a few seconds, the spacecraft's analysis system concluded that it could not be defended against by normal means.

The output power of the magic furnace core is not enough to support the defensive shield generated by the magic circle to reach sufficient strength, and the energy reserves available for the spacecraft to travel between the stars cannot support the consumption process that will last for an unknown period of time.

Therefore, with Dan's permission, the spaceship activated the ultimate defensive technique and temporarily entered a state where it could not be interfered with. In this state, everything in the outside world was unknown and silent.

The cold and desolate gray filled the field of vision, and the overall picture of the world reflected by the detector was even more peaceful than the abyss of the ocean, as if time had stopped flowing here and space had lost the concept of movement.

Dan calmly began to sort out the various information he had obtained before the incident. He knew that after the effectiveness of the space-blocking technique began to weaken, the situation that could have been maintained without any interference would gradually fall into reality.

And that is when it will have to decide whether to immediately exit the abyssal space and return to the Earth's outer space orbit.

The intensity of the mutation, how long it might last, how long the ship's energy reserves could sustain it... and why exactly did this accident happen...

Without the help of the space station's command team, Dan began his own thoughts in silence.

And this will continue for some time...

"Is that so? I understand."

Sera, who was hurriedly called over by Xilin, learned the details of the situation. After rereading the scene when the mutation occurred, she confirmed that this was indeed the terrible phenomenon she had encountered before.

Like the roar of a giant dragon, a torrent of countless collapse energies suddenly rushed out from the bottom of the abyss, driving the boiling and poisonous water to surge upwards. At that time, if it were not for Xilin's existence, I would probably have died there.

"So, what do you think? Is this a defense mechanism triggered by the arrival of the spacecraft, or is it just a non-human phenomenon existing in the alien space of the abyss?"

Knowing that Dan and the spaceship should be safe now, Sera calmly asked everyone for their thoughts.

"The only thing that confirms the spacecraft was discovered is the attack by that strange fish. But if it was a defensive attack, then there's no need to postpone the destruction operation for more than two days."

Femi expressed his thoughts.

"Of course, I don't rule out the delay caused by energy storage. However, the range of such an attack is too large. It doesn't seem to be targeting our spacecraft."

What Fimi meant was that this phenomenon was a wonder of the abyss, not an intentional defense mechanism. Although the possibility of a defense mechanism still could not be ruled out, as it stands now, the possibility of it being a wonder is undoubtedly higher.

"What's everyone's opinion?"

Nodding to Femi's remarks, Sera then asked others for their opinions. As everyone spoke one after another, within a short period of time, everyone temporarily agreed that it was a miraculous phenomenon.

After all, the size of the spaceship is not enough to fill the gap in the entire abyssal space. Moreover, if this phenomenon is really an attack, it will be impossible to distinguish between friend and foe. No one would think that there can be much life in the poisonous light flow.

So, the dead silence of the deep sea comes from this phenomenon?

Sera suddenly thought of the dead silence of the spaceship as it dived, and also thought of the strange fish that was obviously not completely transformed into a beast, and thought of a possibility.

——Perhaps, although the bottom of the abyss is the birthplace of the mutation, at the bottom, it is also possible to avoid the harm caused by the mutation?

"Then let's hurry up and work, everyone. Before the second spacecraft takes off, we must at least analyze the application on hand to provide a general basis for the second phase of the space project."

Following the commander-in-chief's order, the atmosphere in the main control room began to change from solemn to smooth. The wind that had been stagnant here suddenly found a backbone and began to flow according to the original order, no longer trapped here due to the accident.

And as this wind of order blew, the miniature models of the Earth and the Moon were still flickering slightly in the observatory of the home.

But compared to before, the fresh and lively meaning on the model of the earth is now so obvious that it can be perceived with just a little bit of clairvoyance. If the aptitude is higher, one can gain "revelation" after watching it.

The data in the observatory's memory began to grow abnormally and crazily. Pieces of information from major events of a certain era were dug out by her from the dead and lightless sea, and they were deposited in the history of the planet with a strong primitive and wild quality.

That ancient time, starting from 0.6 million years BC...

When the doomed meteorites fell from the sky, the planet's normal life cycle system and the original process of life evolution became increasingly out of the natural orbit...

The model of the planet flickered slightly, and the gray-white sphere accompanying it was dead silent, without any life, which seemed to correspond to the characteristics of the various things hidden on it.