Chapter 1129 Coming From Another Shore

All eyes were on the weird patterns that followed until they took up an entire line, until a series of evenly spaced dots appeared behind the symbol, until a void of white noise came from the monitor channel, representing "loss of signal" "The prompt sounded from a magic network terminal nearby, and many people took a deep breath as if they finally remembered how to breathe.

"The signal has disappeared..." A listener stood up from his chair, said with a daze on his face, and then repeated, "The signal has disappeared..."

The holographic projection in the center of the room was still activated, and a clear image appeared in mid-air. Gawain's eyes were fixed on the "symbols" that emerged at the end, and he did not move away for a long time - they seemed to consist of circular arcs and straight lines. Composed of lines, every four to six symbols form a group, separated by dots or short lines in the middle, which makes people have certain associations.

"Your Majesty, do you think these things..." Bud couldn't help breaking the silence, "It looks like..."

"Writings," Gao Wen whispered, "They look like some kind of writing."

"We've never seen this kind of writing," a gray-haired magician muttered softly not far away, "I bet no one here knows this thing...it looks too weird."

Belsetia kept quiet beside Gao Wen. She was still not quite sure what exactly happened, but based on Gao Wen's explanation to her on the road and what she saw just now, she already had a faint guess in her heart. Her gaze swept over the faces of everyone at the scene. In these faces, she saw tension, excitement, doubts, guesses, and everyone's thoughts—she finally looked at Gao Wen, only to see Those eyes were as deep and calm as water, but there seemed to be something brewing in the depths.

After a few more seconds, Gawain finally spoke again. His voice was calmer than Belsetia imagined: "Transcribe these symbols, gather language and writing experts, and cryptographers, and try our best to decipher... "

In the middle of the speech, he suddenly stopped, as if he was seriously weighing something, and continued after serious thinking: "In addition, some symbols have been scrambled and released, soliciting clues across the country. Has anyone seen similar things through any means?" Anyone can report it — even if they see something like it in their own kids’ doodles or in the wheat fields on their own farm.”

Bertila, who was standing aside, nodded immediately: "Understood, I have already notified General Margarita."

"Distribute all the parameters of the working status of the antenna group to all listening stations across the country," Gao Wen continued, "In addition, what direction was the main antenna pointing when the signal appeared?"

Bud reminded from the side: "Your Majesty, the main antenna is now replaced by a lattice array, and the reception of the array crystal has no directivity..."

"But the mechanical structure of its base has. The mechanical structure of this array determines that even if the reception of the crystal lattice is omnidirectional, its reception efficiency in a specific direction will be higher than that in other directions," Gawain looked at Bard, obviously although He is no longer personally involved in this technical field, but he is not ignorant of some basic knowledge, "Where did the mechanical disk of the main antenna point at that time?"

A young female magician immediately ran to her workstation. She found the azimuth data of the main antenna, compared it quickly in her mind, and then raised her head: "Your Majesty, the main antenna should be pointing towards the Frost Sky constellation at that time. ..."

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The antenna group of the Thorin listening station is specially responsible for tracking the signal from the direction of the Frost Sky constellation," Gao Wen looked at Beltira who was aside, "The stations in other regions continue to maintain the original omnidirectional monitoring. "

Bertila has already realized Gawain's thoughts, she reminded: "The Paramer Observatory and the Thorin Listening Station are at the same latitude, and there is a higher-level 'window' there. Sync here."

Gawain thought for a moment, then nodded immediately: "You are right, let the Paramel Observatory also adjust the antenna to the vicinity of the Frost Sky constellation, and turn on the 24-hour reception mode. I will send a team of technicians there later. There may not be enough staff."

After a series of arrangements and a short discussion, Gawain left the listening facility at the bottom of the tree canopy. Instead of returning to Beltira's "rest place", they took the elevator inside the trunk directly to the top of the tree canopy— At this time, it was approaching evening, and the bright summer sun gradually turned into a golden-red afterglow. There was brilliant sky light shining from afar, skimming over the stretching and thin clouds, and splashing on the vast wooden platforms and layers on the top of the giant trees. There are layers of leaves on top of the sea.

The sunset in this season is as condensed as water.

The main antenna stands on the top of the platform. The mechanical frame with complex and delicate structure supports hundreds of crystal clear hexagonal crystal plates. The antenna array brought a humming sound between the crystal and metal gaps, as if this industrial product that condensed the wisdom of scholars from all sides of the empire was whispering something.

Gawain stood under the antenna, looked up at the crystal array, and looked at its delicate mechanical base: In order to obtain the best resonance effect in the magic field and reduce interference, its mechanical disk will automatically track the atmosphere. Perhaps it is because of this small variable that self-adjustment of the "high-clarity window" in China has brought unexpected results today.

But the variable may also come from the material of the main antenna: as far as he knows, the crystal here has just been updated not long ago, and because the old listening device failed after a strong wind, mechanics and magicians redesigned the entire system , and replaced the old broken crystals with new high quality crystals. These crystals were cast by the Pompeii Crystal Foundry, and their raw materials were high-purity primary crystal dust from the Ancestral Peak of Ogulei. There is a significant difference in performance between the new and old crystals... Could this be the reason?

Maybe wait until the next time another listening station catches a signal, and everyone will get the answer.

"It seems that the mechanical scholars have to work overtime recently," Bertila's voice came from the side, interrupting Gawain's thinking. This "giant tree incarnation" stood by the base of the antenna, also looking up Those crystals, with a slight smile on their faces made of wood, "To maintain the resonance strength and interference resistance of the antenna itself under the premise that the crystal array is locked in a specific direction, it may be necessary to tear down the structure of the entire mechanical disk and redo it." ... But fortunately, this is not an unsolvable technical problem, and there seems to be a corresponding design idea in the original transformation plan, but... the cost will probably be a little higher."

Gao Wen didn't respond, but just stared at the direction the antenna array was pointing at. There was only a golden-red glow and a cloud that was slowly moving north. There wasn't a single star in the sky, but he knew that during the daytime The stars are still twinkling, and the Frost Sky Constellation is in that direction at the moment, and the huge monitoring device in front of him is slowly tracking that ancient constellation with an imperceptible range to the naked eye.

"Is the current tracking accuracy not enough?" He suddenly whispered.

"Of course not enough. This mechanical structure is not used to track celestial bodies. Now I use a servo brain to take over the mechanical disk control of this antenna. The calculation accuracy of the servo brain is sufficient, but the mechanical precision of the mechanical disk is flawed. "Beltilla said, "This problem should be solved after rebuilding the mechanical disk, but we still need some experts in astrology here-I don't consider astrology masters at the level of the Paramer Observatory, the Empire Just a few graduates from the academy, at least they know how to construct the antenna tracking trajectory according to the laws of the celestial sphere."

"I'll arrange the best astrologer for you, as well as sufficient funds," Gawain glanced at Bertila, "Who did you learn this way of pretending to be pitiful and defrauding funds?"

Berti's facial expression did not change, and there was no reaction.

Afterwards, the entire platform fell silent. Gawain, Bertera, and Belsetia were silent under the antenna. This tacit silence lasted for a full minute, and they suddenly said in unison: "It Is it really from the starry sky?"

After the words fell, the three of them looked at each other, and after another brief silence, they laughed at the same time, and then Belsetia took a deep breath as if her tense nerves were suddenly relaxed: "But I still can't believe it... Although I really This idea came up, but is it really possible? This mysterious signal you mentioned, it..."

"This is not a whimsical idea, although many people have never thought about it in this direction." Gawain interrupted Belsetia, his expression became serious, "I guessed it like this when the signal first appeared. , but I never told anyone, because this idea is too advanced and does not conform to the thinking habits of many people, you should know that I...have a different view of the starry sky from yours."

Bertila and Belsetia thought of Gawain's identity as an "outsider wanderer" at the same time. They looked at each other and nodded slightly, but they didn't reveal anything.

"Over the past two years, we have done a lot of research on this signal," Gao Wen continued, "Bertila should be very clear about this-we have set up listening stations all over the country, even in the Ogure tribal country. We also set up an overseas site. We tried to lock the source of this signal in various ways, but there was nothing on the ground. Of course, we also tried to point the antenna to the sky, but maybe it was bad luck, or maybe the old crystal was not sensitive enough. , none of the antennas pointed to the sky before received any useful information...except this time.

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this signal comes from other places, such as the Shadow Realm that overlaps with the real world, or a certain elemental world, or even... God Realm. But we currently do not have the ability to establish large-scale strongholds in these places, so this Speculation on this aspect can only be a guess. So far, the only reliable clue... is this time."

Belsetia didn't make a sound, but raised her head in a daze, she looked up at the sky, when the sun was getting dimmer as time went by, and a faint twilight spread from a distance, her keen eyes caught a few points Starlight——In the past dozen centuries, she seemed to have never noticed that these stars attracted her eyes so much.

In a trance, she heard Gao Wen's voice from the side: "Actually, we should have known that we are not the only intelligent individuals in this universe—in this world, 'outsiders' are not rare visitors."

"Yes, I know that there is a kingdom of sea monsters in the deep sea in the far east. They claim to come to this planet on a giant ship that can fly between stars. Some of the sea monster allies are even operating within the empire," Belty said. La nodded slightly, "I've read stories about these sirens in newspapers and on radio programs."

"But this is the first time we have used our 'ears' to hear a sound from outside the planet...Although it is only possible," Belsetia looked back at the sky, looked at Bertila and Gawain, "A distant and unknown world sent us a mysterious and unknown voice... This is different from the feeling of listening to a story. I never thought that I would experience such a thing."

"I haven't thought about it either," Gao Wen smiled, with mixed emotions in his smile, "This...even makes me a little bit at a loss."

"You don't seem that happy?" Belsetia keenly noticed Gawain's emotions, "I thought you would be a little happier about it-this is an exciting discovery, and it is also related to the 'starry sky' related."

"But it's not necessarily a good thing." Gao Wen was indeed very excited for a time, but now the excitement is gradually fading, and more thoughts spread from the bottom of his heart, "Don't forget, in our world, 'move forward' always It comes with great risks.”

Hearing this sentence, Belsetia also calmed down instantly. She suddenly thought of the documents from the Theocratic Council and the few words revealed by the Dragon Clan. Out of control because of our star-gazing behavior..."

"It's not that bad," Gawain shook his head, "According to reliable information, just 'looking up at the starry sky' itself will not cause the gods to lose control, only the act of stepping into the starry sky will drive them crazy, so at least at this stage, this It is discovered that there is no risk of triggering a divine disaster.”

"Reliable information?" Bertila couldn't help but frowned, "Is this information really credible?"

"Credible," Gawain nodded, "Dragon God told me before he went crazy."

Belsetia & Bertila: "...Then this is indeed believable."

"But the risk does not only come from looking up at the starry sky." Gawain shook his head, and couldn't help but glance at the sky again. "The source of this signal itself...may also be dangerous."

The Silver Queen suddenly showed a pensive look, and at the same time, the stars that gradually began to twinkle in the distance seemed to have some different meanings in her eyes.

Maybe...there is a group of hypothetical "senders" among the stars, maybe the signal heard by the Thorin listening station today really came from that distant direction, if all this is true, then now "they "It should be there, looking at this place on the other side of the starry sky from a distance that is unimaginable for both humans and elves.

This distance far exceeds the barrier between the mortal kingdoms and the wasteland of Gondor.

A majestic wall has turned the mortals outside the wall and the cultists inside into two completely different "clans". Those "senders" far away in the starry sky...are they friendly?

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