A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

Since they have nothing to do here for the time being, they might as well eat first, and then carefully analyze all the intelligence obtained in subsequent communications to make arrangements for the further second phase of the space project.

"Sure enough, Femi's cooking skills are really good."

Silin, who was sitting with Sera, ate a spoonful of fried rice gracefully, then narrowed her eyes slightly and sighed with satisfaction. She ate without any pause and was the fastest in the family.

"Oh, Xilin's mother is just good at talking. I just put a little more effort into it than others."

A smiling Femi sat next to Ochis, and across the table were Sera and Celine. They used to dine together as a family, and now they finally had time to have a meal together again.

"The facts are the facts, Fimi, just keep it to yourself. It's just a compliment. If you continue to be modest, you'll be like a hypocritical adult."

After saying that, Xilin threw herself into eating again. The cheerful atmosphere began to infect the people around her, making them forget the doubts in their hearts for a moment.

Sera ate slowly and in a very ordinary manner, just like Ochis sitting opposite her, not too exaggerated, not too passive, just an ordinary meal. After finishing the meal, the entire control room began a long wait.

Finally, after the aroma of the food dissipated for a long time, an intermittent signal connected to the space station, presenting a blurry and hazy image.

The cold sea water is deep and dark, and light will be completely swallowed up before it can travel more than a hundred meters. Only the most penetrating and ominous purple halos rise and fall around it, leaving their own marks in this deep sea like jellyfish.

Collapse can be suspended in the sea in the most compact solid structure, and is irregularly distributed up and down and left and right due to different densities or other reasons.

"This is Dan. I have successfully entered an unknown node. It is consistent with the information given by Lord Sera. This is an ocean area."

Dan's voice started out intermittent, but later became smooth along with the image. The moment the spaceship entered, the protective and concealing magic circle had already taken effect, and the waves in the sea were instantly dispelled and failed to attract the Honkai beast in the sea.

"Very good, Dan. Next, carefully collect intelligence according to the plan. There may be objects with high energy density on the seabed. You must be careful."

"learn."

Dan began to operate according to the plan. First, he carefully confirmed that there was no problem with the overall condition of the spacecraft. Then he launched the autonomous machine operating in the water to collect information.

The main body of the spacecraft will hover motionless at a safe depth in the seawater. If there is danger, it will tentatively climb upwards. If there is an unavoidable destructive threat both above and below, the spacecraft will activate an escape plan or a defense plan depending on the situation.

The spatial transfer technique with determined coordinates is for escape.

The ultimate space defense technique, Space Interception, is for defense.

"This unknown node has now been renamed the 'Abyssal Sea' alien space. The specific name will be changed in the subsequent analysis report."

"Everyone, get ready for the busy work ahead!"

A clear light welled up in Sera's eyes.

304. Under the Wang Jue Tree

One message after another, accompanied by clear images, kept coming from the other side, dragging all the people who were still participating in the project into overtime work day and night.

But for those who have participated in construction, there is a message that they don’t know whether to make them happy or sad.

Because the subsequent analysis and deconstruction of the information did not require the participation of too many people, a large number of members who had participated in the rapid construction of the space station temporarily returned to their daily lives, secretly looking forward to the announcement of the progress of the entire project.

During this time, the delegations that came from other worlds to their homeland also chose a path to school and embarked on a journey that was like a pilgrimage.

"Phew, you picked a good day."

Shigure Kirara, who had transformed herself from a foreman and left the bustling construction business, took on the role of guide for the delegation whenever she had time. After receiving responses from ten people today, she took them to a special spot in the forest.

It is not only an academy of enlightenment, but also an inviolable sacred place. Profound and simple wisdom is formed into green leaves of trees, hanging high on the branches, spreading the gospel from nature and inspiring the spirituality of many creatures that has been obscured by the world.

It was as if a strong wind suddenly blew into a pile of withered and rotten firewood, transforming the dying flames into a blazing fire, burning all the dust of the world, and revealing each person's pure soul.

"Learning magic requires a ritual that awakens the spirit. Once the blockage between matter and spirit is broken, the magical power representing one's spirituality will take on a tangible form and flow into reality."

"Only in this way can one direct magical power according to one's will, weaving different spells with different effects and achieving the effect of changing reality."

Walking on the green land, passing by countless vigorous tall trees, and receiving countless gifts from enthusiastic residents, Shigure Kirara moved forward with the curious newcomers and finally arrived at the second node of her home.

The location of Oak Baltek, a vibrant, elderly tree of wisdom.

Natural mana emanates continuously from this place, like an invisible gale, bringing many blessings but also a lot of pain.

He is like a wise elder, reciting poems of nature aloud, and like a towering green mountain, quietly cultivating the true meaning of tranquility. In the hearts of all residents who have seen this ancient tree, he is one of the indispensable mentors in their home, and a tree sage second only to the Great Mentor Ihan (Sera).

And now, led by Shigure Kirara, the delegations are approaching the Tree Sage who seems to have remained unchanged for eternity, as if he had stood here since the beginning of creation.

The first thing that catches the eye is the extremely tall body. The sturdy torso is like a sculpture of a god. The diameter of 100 meters is magnificent. It is tougher than steel, and the whole body is full of an indestructible hardness. But the deeper impression he gives people is a vitality that is so magnificent that it is beyond people's words.

The area within a radius of one kilometer is occupied by his oak tree. No plant dares to take root within the coverage of the elder. This is both a respect for Baltek and a reflection of his own numerous roots.

If you look up, you can see a sea of ​​leaves covering the sky, standing tall like a huge umbrella. If you go deeper, you can see a prosperous kingdom of roots that is like a country. This kingdom is firmly integrated with the earth, and not even a tsunami or a hurricane can move the trees.

"Please treat Master Baltek with respect. He will be your mentor for the time being and the sage who will guide you into the world of magic."

Sasha's voice echoed here, and it was hard to tell whether it was the falling leaves or the footsteps. Amidst the desolate landscape, Shi Yu Qiluo led people around many apprentices who were still being initiated here, and shuttled through a sea of ​​people composed of birds, insects, fish, etc.

Finally, he found a place in an empty space that was large enough to accommodate ten people. He led everyone to sit down, facing the towering oak tree, and meditate carefully.

"The ritual of awakening the spirit can be passive or active. First, learn to look at Lord Baltek intently, just like I did, and imagine that there is a well or a pile of firewood deep within your body and mind."

"What you need to do is to thoroughly dig the well within your heart, ignite the firewood within your heart, let the water gush out and the flames soar to the sky, so that your spiritual thoughts will be supported like a backbone."

Shigure Kirara's words were quite mysterious, perhaps she was just reading from a script, or perhaps they were the result of her own thoughts after a long period of study. But in short, the curious envoys all listened attentively to her teachings and learned the postures that Shigure Kirara had demonstrated in an orderly manner.

As for Shigure Qiluo, she sat quietly on the green land filled with fallen leaves and fragrance, immersed in meditation, only a little of her mind was still paying attention to the movements in the outside world.

The playwright Shakespeare, this passionate woman with bright red hair, after carefully considering Shi Yuqiluo's words and the postures of the animals around her, suddenly slapped her head, and instead of sitting cross-legged in a dignified manner, she lay straight on the ground, squinting her eyes with a look of satisfaction, looking at the thick treetops that were hundreds of meters high.

I imagine a piece of stubborn stone being carved. The endless hammers and nails keep hitting it, causing the most ugly parts on the outside to fall off, revealing a little green inside the stubborn stone, like a sprout, symbolizing quiet wisdom and representing spiritual enlightenment.

Darwin, Schrödinger, Roland and others were deep in thought, and having learned something from Shakespeare, they also began to take their own actions.

Or they can sit cross-legged in a dignified manner, deep in thought, or like Shakespeare, find a comfortable position, look up at the sky, and find a moment of opportunity among the green leaves of the oak tree.

The Sage of the Tree smiled silently and cast a kind look at all the young children under him, quietly helping them to enlighten their own wisdom and witness the clearest self in their hearts.

Darwin was trying hard to dig a well of water in the desert of his heart, Roland was searching for his past under the lonely cold moon, and Schrödinger was withdrawing from the journey intertwined with the collapse, exchanging his mind with his ideal self.

"I see."

Schrödinger felt a sense of emotion. All the characteristics of the Honkai Beast brought by the semi-Honkai Beast transformation completely disappeared in the already degenerate trend. The lady who came back from the past was a familiar friend of the Anti-Entropy senior executives.

Blue eyes, brown hair, and smooth skin reveal abundant vitality. The expression of her consciousness no longer requires Honkai energy as a support. Now the basis of her existence is her own spirituality, and because of this, she has also begun to understand the nature of magic.

"This new power can indeed completely annihilate Houkai energy."

305. Abyssal Sea Views

Space station.

Six days had passed since the spacecraft took off. At the end of August, the space commanders, who had obtained enough intelligence, were finally confident enough to ask Dan to carry out the next action.

That is diving, maintaining a hidden state, constantly diving to the bottom of the deep sea, and touching the true secret of the existence of the alien space in the abyss filled with purple halo.

At the same time, the construction of the second spacecraft has also begun. The new design is not as complicated as the first one because it is a miniaturized spacecraft. It is expected to be completed within a week.

"..."

The bright lights in the main control room never dimmed, always spreading light to every corner. Only the virtual light and shadow projection screen in front of everyone was still filled with dim and ominous colors.

The lifeless sea water, the tranquil dead place, the data sent by the spacecraft probe indicated the eerie silence with almost no relative movement, just like a closed tomb, using an exceptionally spectacular form of water burial.

And what exactly is buried beneath this vast ocean and the overly large ball of Honkai energy? Everyone in the homeland still doesn't know.

"Slowly dive down and confirm the normal operation of the defensive spell and the full power output of the magic core."

As the main commander, Sera conveyed her instructions to Dan in an extremely remote area, and as an astronaut, Dan also followed them skillfully.

Retrieve system operation status, normal.

Improve the output of the magic furnace core and pass.

Affect the surrounding gravitational field, pushing the spacecraft to dive at a slow speed.

Within the kilometer range that had been explored, Dan and the station commanders were able to determine that there was nothing that could threaten the spacecraft.

Moreover, as the ship sank step by step, the signals from the autonomous machines that had already descended to deeper depths became clearer and clearer. They were like diligent pilots, performing their duties conscientiously even in harsh environments, and providing the spacecraft with a large-scale three-dimensional map.

In this map, the location of the Honkai energy light cluster is clearly marked, and its corresponding scale and energy level are also clearly detected. To put it bluntly, this so-called abyss is truly an unprecedented devil's cave.

If we use known Honkai energy objects for analogy, then the concentration of Honkai energy here is not inferior to the Demon Kingdom encountered in the World Bubble. It is a terrifying area that requires great magic and great rituals to fight against.

"..."

Sera watched the scenery on the screen slowly change. Ever since the previous instruction, the atmosphere in the control room had been extremely calm, as if a stone had been lifted from the surface of the many curious minds.

The stone came from the not optimistic picture, quietly permeating the commanders' minds. However, this was not a spiritual interference, but just a little pressure brought by a major project.

Clusters of dead, Honkai energy balls slowly rose, creating the illusion of movement in relative motion. Dan, who didn't need breathing to maintain his functions, sat quietly in the chair in front of the control panel, his whole body radiating a mercury-like silver color.

It was carefully monitoring the situation around the spacecraft, and its thinking speed seemed to be faster than the system integrated into the spacecraft itself. It was like a flash of lightning that broke through the darkness, illuminating the brief night and finding the jackals, tigers and leopards hiding in the night.

However, during the continuous dive, the only thing in the sea was still calm. Perhaps the concealment magic was too good, so that the Honkai beast that Sera had encountered before had not appeared yet.

It continued to sink, from a hazy purple to another kind of full purple. In the following waterway, the density of the Honkai energy light balls was slowly increasing, and they were densely distributed in the water like mines.

But fortunately, the spacecraft still has room to continue sinking. It only needs to adjust the route slightly, and these Honkai energy light balls that are no different from mines will no longer be an obstacle.

In the end, the specific descent time was eight consecutive hours, and the spacecraft finally saw the existence of the sea boundary, but it did not hit the bottom, but a steep cliff appeared in the field of vision.

It is at least 70 or 80 degrees vertically downward, and the rough surface is filled with many holes, like a living creature's nest, or a face with many compound eyes. Just one look at it can cause claustrophobia and give people goose bumps.

Dan silently recorded the image and uploaded it to the space station. Then, he adjusted the direction of the dive according to the instructions.

The spacecraft will use this wall in the sea as a fulcrum and slowly move down along the wall to see if it can safely reach the final bottom of the abyss.

The warm tea lost its intense temperature, and the elegant aroma slowly and completely settled in the tea. Like everyone else in the control room, in Sera's heart, the so-called pressure turned into stone and weathered into pure boredom.

The intelligence information obtained was very boring. It only described the danger and silence of the abyss, but did not find any risks at all. There was not even a single accident response opportunity that would make people's blood boil and blood pressure rise.

I just stared at the same repetitive scene for several hours, and it was so boring that I even wanted something to happen.

beep.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened.

Along with this sudden sound, not only Dan, but all the commanders of the space station suddenly burst into an eager energy, filling their entire brains and starting to think rapidly.

"Confirmed that autonomous machines are losing contact repeatedly!"

"The specific location of the disappearance has been analyzed, and the markings form a continuous curved surface in the horizontal and vertical sections!"

"The spacecraft is still a thousand meters away. It is recommended that the spacecraft hover immediately."

The atmosphere suddenly became lively, and inside the spacecraft, Dan, who had also analyzed the abnormality, immediately stopped diving and ordered the autonomous machine to hover in an area not far from the disappearance point, waiting for further instructions.

Repeated intelligence collection began, and the spacecraft's detectors continuously transmitted images of the abnormal position below. Soon, everyone discovered the abnormality of the images.

For the first time, the ball of Honkai energy light began to become sparse, and it seemed that there was no light source further down. All that was left was empty darkness, like a deep, huge mouth, waiting for its prey to fall.

It seems that the autonomous machine fell into it and became a victim, and may now be scrapped.

But from another perspective, perhaps the autonomous machine is not completely broken, but simply unable to transmit information.

Sera carefully considered all the possibilities. She recalled the terrifying scene of the roaring abyss she had once faced, and combined with the images she faced, she came up with an idea.

"Hover temporarily and conduct a comprehensive analysis of environmental intelligence data such as light and space. We may find something. Also, stay safe, astronaut."

306. The Abyss

In the alien space code-named Abyss, common sense often cannot be used to think.

While Dan was operating the spacecraft to focus on collecting data on light and space, the intelligence transmitted simultaneously to the space station was also fully unearthed by the command team of more than ten people to reveal the truth behind it.

“Identify the discontinuous boundaries of space.”

The professional term refers to the phenomenon of abnormal spatial connection. Starting from the layer of surface where the autonomous machine disappeared, there was a clear difference between the upper and lower parts of the ocean, so that the layer of surface became an invisible door. Crossing it would lead to a new unknown area, and this was also the reason why the autonomous machine lost contact.

"If the two of us were there, I'm afraid we would be able to tell at a glance."

Looking at the results of the analysis, Xilin couldn't help but mutter to Sera. As one of the two people with the highest attainments in space magic in their home, she did have such confidence.

"But if something goes wrong, it will definitely be a big accident."

In response to Xilin's words, Sera held an emergency meeting in the main control room to discuss whether it was necessary to continue exploring the unknown area below.

"Everyone, beneath this curved surface, which is tentatively identified as the boundary between two different spacetimes, there may be an unknown defense mechanism. Although it is terrifying based on my previous experience, it is not fatal to the ship's defense system."