Chapter 1449 Deep in the Sky

Accompanied by a low humming sound, some ancient equipment in the depths of the cabin was activated, and the previously weak to nearly disappearing gravity also returned to normal strength. In her vision, Cassandra, who wrapped herself around a nearby pillar with her tail to prevent it from drifting away, fell to the floor with a "slap", and Iron Commander Alice-RS6 calmly closed the limbs. Magnetic lock, jump from a nearby wall to the ground.

"Artificial gravity has been restored," Azalena stomped lightly, and looked at Mr. Nicholas, the engineering commander, who was floating not far away with a surprised expression. The "iron ball" with a funny smile was slowly Moving around the room, the nearby lights and the sunlight coming in from the viewing window left a bright glare on his round surface, "How... how did you do it?"

"It's very simple, just 'take a look' at the energy pipelines buried in the partition layer, and if you find any abnormal flow cuts or disturbances, just clear them up," Nicholas floated slowly in the cabin without looking back, while Checking the equipment here, he said casually, "Like this—a snap."

As his voice fell, Azalena heard a slight ringing of a mechanical device locking from somewhere nearby, followed by the sound of something starting, and a door at the end of the room was stuck half open. The status gate then slid open to both sides lightly, and the dark corridor opposite the gate was instantly brightly lit.

Several engineering team commanders in the room were dumbfounded—they now understand why the Cecil Empire sent this chubby gentleman to take on this important task...

But then Nicholas Egg added: "However, my ability is not omnipotent. I can directly 'see' the structure behind the metal and see the faulty energy circuit, but I don't actually understand the voyager's Technology—the lighting circuit and the energy path of the gravity generator are in the previous cabin, I know how to adjust it after comparing it, and the other parts are not so simple to operate.”

"This has brought great convenience," Alice RS-6 walked over and said with a blank expression, "You can complete the non-destructive scanning of the metal structure and energy pipelines of the entire cabin in a short time, which solves the problem. the most difficult step in the restoration project.”

At this time, Cassandra, the sea monster who fell to the ground with a snap, also crawled over, and muttered as she moved: "We have to be more careful going forward, this is the first time that there is a gravity imbalance in the cabin, look Now we are moving away from the 'safe zone' in the space station, after which there may be those 'death chambers' where the energy has been completely interrupted and the system has been shut down for many years, these malfunctioning areas are no less dangerous than the exposed outer space."

Hearing the reminder from the siren lady, Azalena nodded slightly, and at the same time raised her gaze, sweeping across this strange cabin that she had just explored.

This is an area like a rest area or a "connecting section". There are not many equipments in the open rectangular space, but there are extremely wide viewing windows facing space, and there are things like benches placed in the Near the viewing window, strange cylindrical crystal containers can also be seen next to the walls and gates,

Withered plant remains and water delivery structures are faintly visible in the container.

This caused Azalena to have some imaginations. She imagined the time 1.87 million years ago, and imagined the time when the voyager stayed above this planet for a short time. As dead and cold as it is today - all kinds of intelligent races in the Voyager Fleet come and go here, and live and stay in this temporary "journey residence". They will take a nap here, talk here, and observe this small Small planetary systems, observing life on the surface, and that giant gaseous planet in space.

They might also talk about the future, about their seemingly never-ending "deep space expedition"—1.87 million years ago, most of the creatures that once settled in this space station may have died, but Are their descendants still on that long voyage like their ancestors? Is that ancient and mysterious fleet... still wandering among the stars?

Azalena turned her head and saw that the sea monsters, giant dragons, and iron men were moving in a batch of equipment and supplies. Alice-RS6 was instructing the soldiers to carefully check and record the strange things in the cabin. Cassandra Then, swinging its long snake tail, it crawled to the viewing window that almost occupied the entire wall, looking out into the outer space with some ecstasy.

Outside the viewing window, a magnificent, radiant arc is slowly drifting from the side—it is the "sun" shining on the land of Loren, an amazing gaseous giant planet.

"What are you looking at?" Azalena came to Cassandra, and she saw a serious and slightly melancholy expression on the face of this siren lady, which surprised her—you know Under normal circumstances, it would be like a dream to see this kind of expression on the siren's face. This group of deep-sea salted fish are usually high as if they were drugged, "You look a little... sad?"

"I was just thinking that it's time for us siren to realize reality..." Cassandra said softly, her eyes fell on the magnificent sea of ​​glowing clouds that was slowly moving from the darkness, even though it was so far away. The turbulent cloud crown of the gas giant planet is enough to create a shocking sense of oppression, "After all, this thing has been hanging above our heads for so many years, and now it is even closer..."

"Kraken? Recognize the reality?" Azalena was a little dazed, "What does this mean?"

"Have you seen that bright and hot sea of ​​clouds?" Cassandra gently raised the tip of her tail, pointing to the "corona" outside the viewing window, "This gas giant shines on the planet we live on today, everything All things live by its light and heat."

"Of course." Azarena was a little confused by the abnormal behavior of the siren lady, but subconsciously nodded, "This is a matter of course..."

"Of course..." Cassandra sighed softly, as if talking to herself, "But in our 'knowledge system' and 'natural common sense', gas giant planets are 'cold celestial bodies' that don't emit light or heat 'ah……"

Azalena was stunned for a moment, and just about to ask something subconsciously, Miss Siren in front of her had already changed the subject: "How far have we left the transportation compartment of the orbital elevator?"

"It is roughly estimated that it is more than ten kilometers away, and it has passed through a frighteningly large 'empty ring' in the middle, but compared with the entire Sky Station, our current range of activities is still only a small part of it. , " Azarena put away the idea of ​​continuing to ask, and turned her attention to the business in front of her. "This space station is really big and scary."

"Yeah, this scale is really scary... Not to mention our current manpower, even if we send all the deep sea witches and deep water technicians on Antaveen, it is impossible to repair such a large-scale space giant. , " Cassandra thought seriously, "What's more, the cabin further ahead seems to be getting more and more unsafe. Now it's just gravity failure. Next, if there is a leak of toxic substances or mechanical loss of control, it will be a big problem. Lezi, as I said just now, the danger is no less than facing the outer space...even more dangerous than the outer space. After all, if we are only exposed to the universe, the protective equipment we brought will still work, But if you encounter an out-of-control voyager machine, you can't resist it with a layer of protective clothing and a fragile single shield."

Listening to this "Deep Sea Witch"'s serious analysis, Azalena's heart also trembled.

She knew that the opinions of the sea monsters must be respected in this entire restoration project. Although this group always gives people the illusion of being too happy and unreliable, it is undeniable that they are the only ones in the whole world who really master People who have experienced aerospace technology and built "big spaceships"—even if their spaceships are stranded now, and their technology has declined and failed to a certain extent, as an interstellar civilization in the past, the experience and knowledge they have accumulated are still there. Far superior to other races.

Azalena glanced back at the entrance that the previous team had passed through.

From the advance team boarding the sky station, to the arrival of the follow-up large troops in batches, and waves of materials being sent into space from the surface of the planet, this joint project has continued for dozens of days. During this period, the engineering team was divided into several teams. The team explored around the rail elevator traffic hall, and then found the passage to the adjacent compartment under the guidance of the commander-in-chief Mr. Nicholas Egg. So far, they have left the original traffic compartment and entered this giant In an unfamiliar area of ​​the space station.

And as the body of this gigantic and cold steel monster continued to deepen, the real situation of the various places in the sky station gradually appeared before everyone's eyes.

The "Assembly Hall" directly connected to the orbital elevator and the entire "traffic module" can be regarded as the "safety area" in this space station. In that area, the energy supply is stable, the artificial gravity is normal, and the entire life support system is in a state of emergency. In a state of orderly operation, the engineering team has set up the most important supply and research base there.

But as they moved to the other rings of the Sky Station, the team led by Azalena and the others began to see the real "disabled compartment"—a completely interrupted energy supply, an out-of-control gravity environment, and a dark connection The corridors, and the isolated rooms that were as cold as the tomb, with obvious problems with air circulation.

These dangerous areas are frightening.

More than a dozen sea monsters who served as pioneer exploration team members gave their cheap lives in the process of exploring these disabled cabins, and some even gave their lives several times.

Facts have proved that Cassandra's decision to set up a large water elemental pool near the rail transportation cabin is extremely correct-this greatly saves the time required to replenish the vanguard during the exploration process.

Fortunately, at least until now, the entire exploration and repair work has been carried out without any danger. Under the command of Mr. Nicholas Egg and the efforts of other engineering personnel, the energy supply of the suspended modules along the way has been restored one by one, but then As the exploration gradually deepens, considering the astonishing scale of the entire Sky Station, it is hard to say whether the subsequent cabin operations will be so smooth.

"I want to hear your opinion." Just as Azalena was lost in thought, she heard Cassandra's voice rang again, "We have been active here for dozens of days, The explored range is only a small part of the entire orbital station, and according to Mr. Nicholas's perception, even in the areas we have explored, there are a lot of unexplored complex structures in the deep layer—"

The deep sea witch paused, and said seriously while thinking: "Those sealed mechanical cabins, pipeline cabins and energy centers are obviously not open to 'visitors', and dismantling them forcibly may cause unpredictable consequences, after all Although His Majesty Gawain Cecil helped us solve the problem of access to the space station, many systems inside may still have the setting of 'automatic counterattack', and His Majesty Gawain cannot control everything."

Facing the earnest gaze of Miss Siren, Azalena immediately thought about it—in fact, she has been active on this for so long, and she is not without ideas, so she simply expressed her point of view at this moment: " I think maybe we don’t need to fix the entire space station — that’s not realistic in the first place.”

Cassandra raised her eyebrows and tail: "Oh?"

"Such a huge space building, and it is also a 'permanent facility' left by the voyagers to monitor the operation of the planet, and it has been operating unattended for more than 1.8 million years, no matter how you think it should have some kind of... The function of 'self-repair', isn't it?" Azalena said while thinking, "Even the mage towers of the mages will have golems and tower spirits that are responsible for cleaning and checking the magic nodes, not to mention setting sail. The space station left behind by the former—but we've been here for so long, what about these things?"

Cassandra nodded lightly: "...the entire space station is in a deep sleep state, except for a few areas that have been 'externally activated' by us or His Majesty Gawain, most of the things here have stopped functioning. I'm afraid that also includes what you call a 'self-healing' system."

"Exactly," Azalena said, "Thinking about what we have seen along the way, a large number of cabins are in a state of energy interruption, but in fact the 'hardware' of those cabins does not seem to be damaged much, as long as we find a way The energy supply in the corresponding area was restored, and those places came to life - I didn't think there was anything unusual about it at first, but now that I think about it...except for the unsightly area we saw near the viewing window of the traffic cabin. Apart from the big hole that was knocked out by someone, this huge space station...is it really broken?

"And even that 'big hole' is actually the same size compared to the entire Sky Station. It doesn't even have the span of a cabin, and there are hundreds of similar cabins in the entire Sky Station. One of the largest facilities left on this planet, will this space station really shut down for so many years because a cabin section was smashed? Even the things we built don't have such defects..."

"It's true... I don't think the dormant state of the Sky Station will be related to that 'big hole', although it was really spectacular when I saw it from the viewing window of the traffic cabin before," Cassandra said somewhat Said thoughtfully, "So according to what you mean, we should find the self-healing system of this space station, and then find a way to wake it up?"

"This sounds more reliable than taking hundreds of people to repair a giant space station that can circle the planet in a synchronous orbit, and we have no blueprints, experience or even corresponding knowledge for these hundreds of people," Azalena spread out Hand, "Of course, just looking at my proposal is a bit like trying luck, but we are exploring this place, aren't we? It's hard to say what happened during the exploration, so I think we can pay more attention in this direction .”

"...I agree with you, Ms. Azalena."