Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 172 Space Magnetic Storm
"damn it!"

Suddenly, for unknown reasons, a massive magnetic storm occurred in the ruins, activating all the transmission devices.

Now the route here is even more like a maze, and you can easily fall into the portal if you are not careful.

Moreover, all the exploration robots were paralyzed due to the strong magnetic storm, causing Yuanze to lose his direction.

"Astra, how did that Crowther disappear? How did he get out?"

"I don't know about that. And don't you think his personality change is a bit too big?"

"What does it have to do with me? He reminded me twice before, and I saved him once, so we're even now." Yuanze changed the subject, "Help me find a way out. It would be funny if we can't get out."

Astra pursed his lips, shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and didn't know where to go.

"who are you?"

Suddenly, a man appeared behind Yuanze, pointed a gun at Yuanze's head, and questioned him harshly.

Yuan Ze slowly raised his hands and held his head to show that he had no ill intentions. He glanced and saw the man in the reflection of the puddle on the ground.

This man was wearing a "Cobra" combat uniform, but judging from his appearance, he was probably alone. He didn't expect there would be other people here. They must be another group of mercenaries.

In order to save energy, Yuanze never activated his disguise in places where there were not many people.

"If you leave now, I will pretend nothing happened. Don't ask for trouble." Yuan Ze advised kindly. He was determined not to let the mercenaries see him here and still be safe and sound.

The mercenary sneered and didn't take it seriously. He didn't think there was anything to be afraid of from a peak-level Source Warrior. It was not like he had acquired these unparalleled skills in vain.

As he continued to move forward and prepared to search Yuanze, Yuanze dodged his first shot at an extremely tricky angle and came in front of him.

"You are Yuan Ze! Why are you here!?"

The look in his eyes changed from surprise to greed. The man who could afford to hire them must be a big moneybag.

Driven by greed, the mercenaries fired continuously, trying to create distance and force Yuan Ze to retreat.

But Yuanze was prepared. He held the gun barrel with one hand and adjusted the direction upwards, emptying the gun.

Then, he grasped the barrel of the gun, pulled and lifted it, moved himself behind him, and stabbed him in the vitals with the dagger.

But he was also a well-trained mercenary, and he reacted quickly. He cut off the equipment that Yuan Ze had grabbed, causing a brief fluctuation in Yuan Ze's balance.

He turned around and gave a flying kick. In his mind, Yuan Ze would fly out because of the difference in strength, and he could win by following up with a sweeping kick.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Ze blocked this move steadily, and took advantage of his weakness. Then a dagger pierced his throat directly, leaving a very long and deep cut.

Yuanze looked at the horrific wound that was still gushing out. This dagger made based on the light blade was really useful.

Its defense-breaking ability far exceeds those weapons used before, not to mention the anti-healing ability driven by the source force added by Li Haisheng.

"Didn't your instructor tell you that in close combat, a knife is more effective than a gun?"

Yuanze shook the dagger dry and inserted it into the scabbard on the left chest of his battle suit. Seeing him covering his throat and struggling desperately in fear, he couldn't bear it and directly picked up his gun to kill him.

For him, misjudging his own strength, ignoring the warnings of others, and being greedy for benefits completely ruined him.

This was just a minor incident for Yuan Ze. In this environment, the information could not be sent out. As long as he did not encounter the two team leaders, he would be able to easily deal with them.

However, he still held a glimmer of hope, after all, he had invited them to help. As long as they knew what was good for them, he would not have such a strong desire to kill them.

If you seek benevolence, you will get benevolence; if you seek a hammer, you will get a hammer.

Then Yuanze met another blind guy, also from another group, and had no choice but to prove himself. However, fighting was not the most troublesome thing, the most troublesome thing was the structure of the space.

I remember the last time I fought with Halma at Yang Lao Auction House. Although I made good use of the portal and the special spatial structure of the house in the battle, I still couldn't get out.

"You must master the method I just mentioned. This is also the only way for you to learn how to construct domain space. Otherwise, the ruins themselves are a topological structure and you can't get out."

"I haven't come across topology yet. It's something I won't learn until next school year."

"The gap between your theory and combat skills is a bit too big. With your strength, you should have slowed down and learned the theory a long time ago."

"It's not like I haven't been doing anything during this period. I've also been trying to make up for my shortcomings in strength."

"Forget it. I wanted you to figure it out on your own, but I don't even have the theory. I'll just give you the information."

The information provided by Astra shows that the ruins are an ordinary three-dimensional structure in their dormant state.

After the magnetic storm was activated just now, this place became a Borromean ring in the three-dimensional topological structure.

It is a classic topology consisting of three rings, unique in that no two rings are directly connected.

But the three loops bind together to form a whole. If any one of the loops is removed, the other two will unravel.

This structure is formed by relying on those space portals, and then multiple structures are recombined through multiple portals.

This composite is constructed using the fractal properties of topology.

One thing leads to another, and you need to find the patterns and skills to find the way out.

"This is too difficult."

"Just be happy. It's a good thing that this magnetic storm didn't trigger a more complex configuration. For a race that has a high level of understanding of space, this structure is too simple."

It has been a while since Yuanze used the "flow" to enter a state of absolute concentration. During this period of time, he has been analyzing dynamic battles, so he felt a little uncomfortable when he first entered.

Astra helped him guard against the mercenaries who might drop out of other portals at any time.

After a long time, Yuanze finally understood the basic concepts of topology and gradually understood what kind of structure he had just talked about.

There is a central Borromean ring, to each ring above which new Borromean rings are added, and so on and so forth.

Then your task is to pass through the ring in the center, and the so-called exit should be set there.

You can make some special marks on the portal you pass through, which can not only distinguish whether you have passed through the portal, but also identify the direction of the transmission.

Then, with the help of Astra's powerful logical reasoning and computing capabilities, the entire space model was drawn up, and further verification was conducted to find the mathematical laws of the portal in this structure.

Astra's understanding is sufficient to use the Iterated Function System (IFS) to generate Borromean rings with fractal properties, avoiding the high complexity and high cost caused by deep recursion.

Yuanze told Astra his idea, and then began to use the transmission device to collect data.

This boring work lasted about a day, and 90% of the progress was completed without encountering any mercenaries.

Perhaps they were randomly traveling through these teleporters, trying their luck to find a reasonable path that would just separate them from Yuanze.

However, just as Yuan Ze finished collecting the data for the last portal, a Yuan warrior with an oppressive aura fell in front of him.

"It looks like it's that high-level, top-level team leader! What kind of shitty arrangement is this? It's just like in the novels, they like to arrange a big thing for you at the last minute!"

Yuanze kept complaining in his mind, taking a fighting stance, ready for a surprise attack.

(End of this chapter)