A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

There was a sense of pride in Xilin, who had finally been able to apply her knowledge in reality. In her heart, she was recalling the calcination phenomenon she had just seen, and once again confirmed the intention of Sera's behavior.

This is a ritual, in which various artificially created things react intensified in the fierce fire, and finally transform into innate things created by heaven, undergoing a sublimation in a mysterious position. The changes involved are not only material, but also spiritual!

As for the specific secret, please do not ask difficult questions to Miss Xilin, who has suffered a lot from the beating of knowledge.

Femi, Ochis, and the invited rising stars of homeland magic were all silent, their eyes shining as they stared at the calcination site. It was obvious that they understood something just like Xilin, so they didn't even have time to speak, and were as solemn as believers welcoming the descent of God.

Squeaky sounds were heard everywhere, which were clearly the sound of burning flames, but the sense of distance of the sounds was particularly prominent. Strange visions involving space suddenly emerged as the ceremony progressed. Behind the strange representations lay the mystery of space.

There was no sign of melting of the numerous steel bodies in the flames. To explain it visually, it was a miraculous stretching phenomenon. It was not known whether it was the expansion of the steel bodies or the wide gaps between them that were burned away by the flames. In the very end, all the steel bodies were seamlessly combined together, exuding a genuine sense of immortality that existed from time immemorial.

There is no doubt that this small-house-like rectangular structure in front of us is the finished product of the first phase of the boat project. The steel body subcontracted by many participants has been integrated into one at this moment, becoming a container with extremely excellent time and space properties.

It can carry the people inside to travel in the structure of time and space, from the normal real world into the unknown area behind the alien space node. Its integrated functions can be said to be a spacecraft.

"Ochis."

Watching the last remaining holy blue flames and the refined fire elements being swallowed up by the magical container, Sera reminded Ochis to bring the prepared golem driver.

"learn."

The cold voice was like a gust of cold wind, taking away the already small amount of heat in the scene. Ochis's fingers moved slightly, and the silver-gray color suddenly flashed, indicating that the golem controlled by the Thread of Domination was coming.

A vague and hazy shadow, a shapeless shadow, suddenly rose from the ground. When the camouflage faded away, a human figure like a prism appeared in front of everyone.

"The Prismatic Golem has now been activated. I would like to express my sincere respect to all residents here."

"I was born to explore unknown nodes. Regardless of life or death, I hope my experience can be of help to everyone."

Possessing gentlemanly logic, the completed magic formula integrates the flow of magic power under the prism surface that reflects a variety of brilliance, allowing the blazing magic furnace core to function perfectly, continuously outputting a total of energy that can supply the golem to operate for half a year.

After bowing to all around, the Prism Golem waited for the moment to enter the container. Silently, an invisible connection was established between the two. As steel bodies from the same source, they were naturally friendly. At close range, they could resonate and allow both sides to perform at higher levels of performance.

The fluctuations of space spread, and in the blink of an eye, the golem driver entered the rectangular container as tall as a small house. As the fluctuations of mana became more and more obvious, the transfer magic circle under the container also released an all-encompassing and vast brilliance in everyone's control.

The pillar of light stood tall, and Sera, sitting in the main seat, chanted the powerful words softly. Together with Xilin, Femi, Ochis, and the invited new stars of the homeland, such as the squirrel Pimmy and the lynx Hanmao, they calculated the orbit of time and space, and instantly projected the container out of the real world.

The target is directly aimed at the alien space node close to the tree cluster that had been locked in the observatory.

The endless time and space seemed like a microcosm of eternity, with brilliant stars and dead silence coexisting. The rising pillar of light carried the container inside and rushed towards the unknown area, disappearing in the home in an instant, and also taking away many strange visions.

However, everyone who had accomplished this feat of cross-time and space projection showed expressions of surprise.

Because an accident occurred during the projection, their planned orbit was disturbed by the unexpected projection, and instead rushed to another node in the alien space. Although it was also a node biased towards the tree cluster, it was not their planned destination.

"It's normal for something to go wrong on a first-time projection. After all, none of us have experience traveling through the fabric of space and time. We just need to find the cause and correct the trajectory next time."

As they looked at each other in bewilderment, Sera made a helpless conclusion. Fortunately, although the boat project was time-consuming and labor-intensive, it did not consume many resources. It would not be long before everyone, having learned from the experience, would be able to start again.

236. Destination Resistance

As we all know, if the observatory is surrounded by the night sky, it means that it is daytime at home.

And if it is surrounded by the glow of bright stars, then home is late at night, which is now. After the projection during the day went wrong, Sera came to the observatory and confirmed the reason for the error with everyone.

"Ah, it has been confirmed that the first batch of ships have fallen into the alien space node and have lost contact."

Fimi stated this fact helplessly.

"If we want to get the most intuitive firsthand data, we'll probably have to wait until the ship lands and a base station for cross-space communication is built. However, we can't rule out the possibility that the base station won't be built or won't work."

"After all, we didn't consider the potential for interference from unknown variables at the beginning of the projection. It's possible that we might encounter unexpected events during communication."

Spreading his hands, Fimi, who knew the observatory best besides Sera, told everyone present his personal predictions. After several hours of calculations, he had perfected the relevant empirical formula, but without the verification of more projection behavior, no one knew whether this formula derived from the fitting phenomenon could be universally applied and whether it could achieve nearly consistent accuracy in simulating unknown variables.

The miniature model of the Earth and the Moon was silently suspended, and the virtual light and shadow stored an unimaginable amount of data, so that everyone present had the illusion that the stars had come alive. However, at the moment, they were more concerned about the space-time structure and did not think much about this phenomenon.

Different spaces are like a bottomless ocean, with planes of different depths stacked in the ocean. They interact with each other through the light cast from the sky. The reflections of the planes are left on other levels, and the light passing through them also reveals traces of other spaces.

In fact, light does not really travel through entities; this term is just a metaphor for the occurrence of projection.

The so-called different space nodes are like the "light paths" left behind when "light" travels through. The so-called projection behavior is also calculated based on existing data, and a channel to the "light path" is forcibly opened in the absence of a nearby natural space-time window.

The atmosphere of thinking permeated the air of the observatory from the inside out. Even Xilin was drawn into contemplation, using her half-legged knowledge to capture the spark of inspiration.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the fulfilled time invisibly turned into an exquisite shape, like a noble horse, galloping freely in a space where no one was paying attention, and let out a loud roar.

“…Beep beep.”

Everyone, including Sera, looked towards the instrument that received the message, their expressions of confusion or bewilderment expressing their surprise.

"Fimi, open it and take a look."

Sera reminded.

"Ok."

The mechanical components directed the operation of the instrument. Following her mother's instructions, Femi obediently opened the received message. Only deep blue light and shadow were projected, forming clear text in the room, which made people silent for a moment.

Report Record:

Three days have passed since I came to the node. I have successfully established this communication base station and sent this message. I hope everyone in my homeland can receive this message.

An unexpected event occurred during the projection process, and we encountered extraordinary resistance. It was this resistance that caused the opened channel to deviate from the established route. Based on preliminary calculation feedback, I have reason to believe that this resistance came from the destination itself.

This is the corresponding original monitoring data and the corresponding calculation process. Please recalculate to confirm that the results are correct.

As for the situation inside the node, not much is known yet. After observation, we only know that it is a piece of land suitable for human survival, with good light and heat conditions. Traces of the existence of intelligent life have been confirmed, and the mission needs to be carried out with greater caution.

——Prismatic Dan.

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"Three days? That doesn't make sense. We just delivered the stuff during the day, so how come three days have passed?"

Xilin was the first to speak out, her clear eyes revealing clear curiosity, but no one criticized her.

"The way we project into the past is to forcibly open a passage by using mana and artifacts that are compatible with space. In a stable space-time structure, the flow of time is balanced. Apart from spatial anomalies, changes in time are not affected."

There was no clear explanation, but Sera's implication was self-evident, and immediately, Xilin showed an expression of understanding.

"In other words, there is a spatial anomaly?"

"Whether it's true or not depends on the frequency of the messages we receive. As long as the Dan is functioning normally, the report will always explain what's going on."

Sera spoke patiently, which relieved Xilin's doubts. As for the others, they had already understood the solution to the problem, so there was no need for Sera to say more.

"Also, we should expedite the verification of the original data and calculation reports. It's not that our projection trajectory is problematic, but rather that the destination itself has some kind of defense mechanism. This discovery also shows that the destination itself is not simple."

"If it's really a defense mechanism, then we might have to take another approach to entry."

"That is, entering through a natural window of reality. Our current location exists in outer space of the Earth, and we need to conduct real space travel."

Sera's words were calm, as were her emotions. When it came to spacecraft, it wasn't a problem for her. With Laura Mia as her friend, as long as she could still enter that mechanical world, the so-called design and technology wouldn't be a problem.

The lynx with beautiful fur's eyes lit up, and the big cat that had made a pair of mechanical wings for itself shook its tail and shouted.

"If possible, can I become a pilot? I don't want to miss the opportunity to fly into the starry sky."

"No problem, but first, we need to experience the zero-gravity environment to avoid any accidents."

The cause of the projection error was revealed, and the first group meeting ended relatively successfully. In the observatory, everyone who had work to do joined in the review of the calculations to confirm whether the locked alien space node really had a defense mechanism.

Sera recalled the events that happened after she entered the node in the ice and snow: the endless abyss, the terrifying Honkai beast, the suspended ball of purple light, and finally the roaring abyss. All these wonders showed that the secret in the node must be no small one.

What elusive secrets are hidden in this collapsed world?

The World Serpent Organization, representing the civilization of the previous era, and their Stigmata Plan to redeem the world.

The mysterious experimental facility that gave birth to him, the human guardian Destiny and the Valkyrie Army related to Sirin.

Well, it is worth exploring, but we must not let it lead to a bad future.

This thought came to Sera's mind. While she was carefully reviewing her calculations, she did not notice the subtle sense of activity displayed on the blue planet in the Earth-Moon model behind her.

It seemed like an ancient celestial body, trying to use relevant media to tell the child something...

But no one noticed the tiny pulse...

237. World Buyinka Republic

A foreign object mixed into a world bubble, and the fire that streaked across the sky like a meteor fell onto the green earth with terrible mass and energy.

In an instant, a fierce explosion accompanied by thick smoke rising into the sky appeared in the world. The rich black and violent red mixed together, leaving a terrible scar on the ground and creating a pit leading to the ground.

After a long cooling period, the visitor in the alien object left the integrated container and stepped into the world bubble using the technique of space transfer.

The Prism Golem, named Dan, is a humanoid golem designed by Sera and created by Ochis. It is a standard two meters tall. Although it has a slender body in human form, its unusual slenderness brings out the mystery of extraterrestrial life.

Its silver-white body absorbed and reflected the surrounding light. With two arms and two feet, it walked out of the pit silently. The smooth prism reflected the quiet scene around it, allowing the unknown starry sky and the rugged mountains under the night sky to all come into its sight.

Dan does not have eyes in the usual sense, but all the light passing through its body will become its eyes to guide it, showing the scenery around it so that it can distinguish actions and complete the mission goals since its birth.

"Task one, confirm your own completeness."

Dan quietly walked up to a higher place. Both visible and invisible light provided him with a lot of information, including the flow of wind, the breathing of grass leaves, the evaporation of water vapor and other changes. In an instant, the scene of all things from a rational perspective emerged in his mind.

Rugged and winding hills rise one after another, covered with green grass and dotted with strange boulders.

Plants with hard leaves are scattered here and there. They are giants among the plants here, standing proudly alongside the cacti, but they hardly look lively.

This is an ordinary wilderness with few large animal footprints. No special individuals have been observed so far. The environment is confirmed to be safe for the time being and there is no need to activate annihilation mode.

Abundant mana was surging in Dan's body. The mana crystal that served as the core of the reactor was undoubtedly holy blue, and it seemed as if an astonishing flame was burning inside.

"Mission two: build a communication base station and establish contact with home."

The mechanical consciousness began to confirm the second task. The strange humanoid prism could fly over three meters in every leap. Its whistling steps gave it ghostly speed. In a short while, it returned to the underground pit that was violently opened up and interacted with the cold and hard steel container.

The naturally formed container had no doors or windows. It was completely enclosed and the transportation of materials required the use of space transfer techniques. As the mysterious runes like clouds flashed one after another, a series of materials piled up at Dan's feet and were grabbed by a pair of powerful hands and brought to the surface.

Thus, the first night after the aliens arrived passed like this. In the next three days, Dan devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the base station.

Assemble the various components to build a bungalow with a barrier for concealment and defense, observe the space-time structure, and compile a report and send it back home...

In a blink of an eye, the assembled base station facility successfully sent a preliminary accident analysis and node survey report to the home, which was the time anomaly report received by Sera and others.

However, Dan did not notice the existence of the strange time flow, because as time went on, the effect was rapidly decreasing, and when Dan confirmed the traces of intelligent life's activities, there was almost no impact.

"Traces of activity from intelligent life have been discovered."

Under the sunlight, the traces of the roads in the mountains are particularly obvious. The soil on the ground, where the greenness suddenly decreases, is sticky and has no vegetation cover. Judging from the surface characteristics, although the unknown intelligent life form is not large in size, its weight is quite astonishing, otherwise it would not have trampled out such a narrow but solid road.

This was the third time that Dan had carefully observed the road. In order to obtain the necessary information, he also set up monitoring magic around the road and obtained relevant information through invisible mana connections.

Hard work pays off. Not long after sending the report, Dan obtained the physical appearance of the relevant intelligent creature.

They act in groups of more than ten individuals. They have a human-like appearance, but their bodies are surrounded by black armor, so it is difficult to see what they look like underneath. However, based on their body proportions, they are very similar to humans.

"Act cautiously. The target is just ahead. We've discovered traces of falling alien objects."

In the base station bungalow hidden and protected by the barrier, the prism golem watched their actions quietly. Based on the language just now, Dan confirmed their human identity. Both the language still being recorded and the voice that was consistent with the physiological structure proved this.

There are humans in the alien space nodes, and according to indirect observations, the threat level is relatively low.

Like a hunter with great patience, Dan quietly observed their actions, watching them allocate manpower, some guarding outside, some going deep into the pit, and as expected, witnessed the full appearance of "Steel".

The terrifying kinetic energy of the impact opened up a tunnel deep underground. The glass crystals created by the instantaneous high heat and high pressure were scattered in it. The deep color swallowed up the electric light used for lighting, making the members who entered it feel cold and severe.

This is?

Roland Inka approached the object at the end of the pit. In her eyes, an ancient monument as big as a house was firmly embedded in the ground, blending into the earth. A mysterious aura faintly flowed from its cold and hard surface.

The faint light flickered gently, like a firefly in summer, but it was so faint that even with her eyesight, it seemed like an illusion. However, the obvious rune patterns dispelled her denial.

This artifact...

"This thing is embedded very deeply and is also very heavy. It will be difficult for us to move it out by ourselves. Let's go back and report the situation to the fortress first."

Roland, who was obviously the captain, explained his orders, and the other team members naturally carried them out, but suddenly, they stopped moving forward to leave the pit.

"Hello, residents living here. Although I have no intention of disturbing your actions, you should not take this container away."

The slender figure was like a deep dark star in the dimly lit pit. Although part of the surface reflected visible flashes, it only made Dan look more strange, as if a slender ghost was slowly walking towards people.

"It's a monster!"