Chapter 1593 Six: Thirty

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In the 6th year of Cecil, more and more signs began to show that the body of the magic tide had approached the planetary system where the planet Loren was located.

In the past month, four times in the giant sun shining on the earth, bloody streaks spread. The powerful disturbing force of the demon tide began to cover the high-energy celestial body on the path of its front arrow, which is located in the territory of the Ogulei tribal country. The magic tide observation device is detecting stronger magic tide oscillation signals every day, and as this signal keeps approaching, even the dark blue network channel that runs stably inside the planet has faint fluctuations—although this fluctuation is not the same as that of giant planets. The optical anomalies visible to the naked eye on the surface are quite slight compared with each other, but for Milmina who is always staring at the starry sky, every shock in the dark blue webway is like a heartbeat, which indicates that the footsteps of the final test are getting closer and closer. near.

The sun gradually rose to the highest point in the sky, and the cloud-like structure around the giant sun outlined a hazy pattern outside the atmosphere, which looked like a solemn and sacred sky, and the faint wood grains on the surface of the sun were shining brightly. Protruding from the middle, there is faintly visible blood color spreading between the wood grains, forming a fine structure like a capillary network.

Gao Wen stood quietly on the edge of the terrace, looking up at the extremely obvious vision in the sky. Those bloody lines were like the cracked wounds of a giant planet, and the faint blood seepage symbolized the omen that the end was approaching—but He watched all this, but his expression was calmer than ever before, while Hetty stood beside him, reporting the information just received:

"As of yesterday, the broadcasting-retransmitting array of Sky Station has been 'closed', and the last obelisk of mana has been installed on the outer shell of the space station corresponding to the equator of the western hemisphere. The engineering team led by Nicholas is working on all obelisk devices Conduct the last connection test to ensure that the whole system, the redundant system of the whole system, and the redundant system of the redundant system can all operate under extreme conditions;

"The main body of the sky station is currently running in a stable state, and the energy supply of the entire ring has been restored. However, because the highest authority left by the voyager cannot be cracked, the engineering team cannot activate more functions of it, and some cabins cannot be entered. Nicholas sent a message , because some space station cabins still have the risk of being offline for the second time, he has laid additional magic network nodes between these cabins to provide emergency energy supply in case the space station fails again;

"A message came from the secret room of the observer that an exceptionally strong shock of the magic tide was detected in the early morning of this morning. It is preliminarily judged that the body of the magic tide Fengya has begun to touch the gravitational boundary of 'Australia', and has begun to move towards the interior of the planetary system we are in. Spread, the time of its shock is consistent with the expectation, judging from this, the magic tide will arrive on time"

Gawain listened to Hetty's report with a calm expression. He nodded slightly, but his eyes had already crossed the courtyard under the terrace, crossed the square on the edge of the Royal District, and landed on the urban area opposite the square. His vision allows him to see the bustling streets of the city, the vehicles passing through the streets, the children running, and the people who are busy with their daily livelihoods—even though the tide of magic is approaching, this world is still As in the past, the mother star barrier plan has ensured the maximum stability of the social order, and for those ordinary people living under the protection of the barrier,

The end of the world is really not too far away and not too near.

On the edge of Pioneer Square, the huge public holographic projection system is running as usual. Between the looping advertisements and entertainment videos, there are also "announcements to citizens" from the Supreme Government Affairs Office. Pedestrians stop in front of the holographic projection, Young people who have free time are walking together by the square, a cart selling snacks is parked next to the projection device, a young couple stopped to negotiate the price of cookies with the vendors, and the children who are held by them are Looking up curiously, he looked at the flickering picture on the huge holographic projection.

For a child who was born in this city and is only a few years old this year, this kind of holographic projection is almost a matter of course in his cognition, just like cheap and delicious things on the roadside, heating in the house and new clothes.

On the holographic projection, the interesting phantom short film has just ended, and then there are huge projects that children can't understand. There are circular giant structures on the plain, tall buildings with rough shapes, and wonderful things around the planet. , a calm and reliable voice explained outside the screen: "Under the leadership of the leaders of the alliance countries and the efforts of front-line technicians and engineers, the main construction of the defense device has been completed, and the debugging work will be completed in the near future. , the magic tide will reach the planet on time in the near future

"The protective barrier will be activated before the arrival of the magic wave. At that time, citizens can enjoy the aurora curtain around the world from home The barrier will remain open for about a year, and it will surely become an indelible memory for our generation. We have specially invited experts in related fields. Next, Master Kamel will explain the construction process of the parent star barrier some unbelievable circumstances”

The young child blinked his eyes and looked at the things on the projection. This boring thing is obviously not as interesting as the Phantom short film. He grabbed the hand of the parent next to him and asked about the content on the projection, but the young mother showed a helpless expression ——It is obviously a difficult thing to explain to a child less than five years old what the mother star barrier and the magic tide are. In fact, even she herself is not very clear about it, even though this thing is broadcast on the neural network and the magic network all day There are often various knowledge dissemination short videos broadcast, and my husband often drinks with friends and brags about "His Majesty's sacred project" when he is free, but no matter how popular and discussed, this thing is right It's a little too complicated for a kid.

The young father next to him laughed, bent down, stroked the child's hair, and said concisely: "It means that on that day, Mom and Dad can take you to the square to play, buy a bunch of delicious food, and then let's watch His Majesty the Emperor What does the new wonder look like?"

So the child got a satisfactory answer, and a pair of young parents also temporarily solved the trouble of explaining a lot of problems to the child. They can continue to take a walk on this holiday afternoon and spend half a day across the square.

They don't know whether part of the wealth they created for this society in the past year has been transformed into a screw on the Sky Station, or a brick on the Tarash Plain, and they don't necessarily understand when the mother star barrier operates. How to extract computing power and non-directional thoughts from the neural network, their power has been used to resist this doomsday, they have participated in this doomsday, and as one of hundreds of millions of ordinary people, they The link to this doom ends here.

But for others, the fate of this world is more real and three-dimensional.

In the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain, the ecological area covered by the giant tree of Thorin is maintaining the same calm and lushness as before. There are small beasts that inhabit the plains for the winter and are coming out of the nearby bushes, with bulging berries in their mouths and alert eyes. He was very vigilant about the movement around him, and the birds nesting among the branches of the giant trees were circling in the sky, making a series of chirping sounds-but suddenly, a slight vibration from the depths of the ground broke all the peace, and the perception The keen birds and beasts panicked and fled in all directions among the bushes and tree crowns.

Deep underground, the huge vine structure is shrinking and wriggling, and the solution in the thick biomass pipeline is surging, continuously injecting the stored nutrients into each chamber. Between a series of caves and corridors of the underground palace, Berti Margarita, one of Ra's avatars and the district governor, is quietly watching the scene in front of her——

The extremely strong chitin shell and the man-made reinforced concrete frame jointly support the huge underground cave. The specially cultivated luminescent plants illuminate every corner of the cave. On the edge of the cave, rows and rows of cultivation capsules are being It is slowly sent into the "slot" made of twisted vines. After each culture sac is in place, a thick shell will rise from the vicinity to properly protect it in the depths of the vines. In the center of the cave, another A huge "cultivation pool" can be seen. The "pond" made of living shells is filled with a thin biomass solution, and several synthetic brains that are in a dormant state sink into the depths of the pool little by little.

Bertila lifted his fingertips lightly, and the cultivation pool in the center of the cave gradually sank into the ground, and a solid and transparent protective shell quickly condensed on its surface.

Margarita on the side just watched all this in silence, the slightly undulating light yellow solution in the culture pool was reflected in her pupils, like a rippling curtain.

"The secretariat has finally been calibrated, all databases have been transferred to closed operation, and the 'burial' procedure has begun."

The voice of great astrologist Verania sounded in the underground hall, and as her words fell, a series of low magic hums and the roar of machinery running began to come from everywhere.

The Silver Queen Belsetia stood on the high platform at the edge of the hall, watching the elves in the robes of the astrologer or the short robe of the magister busy everywhere. In the center of the hall, there was a large round platform with complex and mysterious patterns. A huge hole has been opened in the middle, and below the hole is a bottomless shaft, in which there is faint light surging.

In mid-air in the center of the hall, the "Secretary Organ", which is roughly spherical in shape and has a complex rune structure on the surface, is slowly sinking into the hole under the control of the gravity control system. This contains all the history, culture, technology and philosophical knowledge of the Silver Elves. The teaching institution of the school is silently rushing to its mission, Belsetia's eyes fell on its metal shell with elegant arcs, and she seemed to see a pair of eyes looking at her through the shell.

At the moment when the secretariat was about to completely sink into the shaft, Belsetia suddenly broke the silence: "Are you looking at me?"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Empress." The secretariat issued a steady and calm voice.

"I hope you can fulfill your mission," Belsetia said slowly, "I hope you can survive safely until you are awakened again."

The mechanical ball was silent for a few seconds, and there was a trembling response from inside: "Judging from the correct logic, the better situation is that I don't have to fulfill my mission, and I will be awakened by your own hands soon after. .”

Belsetia froze for a moment, then smiled: "Okay, then we'll see you soon—good night, secretariat."

"The worm culture dish has been sent to the predetermined depth, and the release process is being carried out."

The voice of the operator came from the side, interrupting Heragor's thinking. He raised his head from his contemplation, and saw the perspective taken by the submersible on the crystal curtain above the console—four pairs of mechanical arms Moving flexibly around the edge of the screen, he placed cylindrical metal containers on the seabed one by one, and released the locking mechanism above the containers.

"You were distracted just now," Balogar's voice came from the side. "You rarely distract yourself."

"I just remembered something from the past." Heragor smiled and shook his head lightly. "It was really a long time ago."

"Oh? What did you think of?"

"Thinking of when we created the first Omega node together," Heragor said slowly, "Don't you think it is very similar? It is also a node of fate, and it is also an unpredictable success or failure."

"I don't think it looks like that at all," Baloger shook his head, "At that time our situation was much more desperate than today, and making Omega nodes is not so much an effective means, but more like It's a gamble when there is no choice, but today we have allies, we have certain means of coping, and we have a future worth looking forward to. We have built barriers and are ready. We are not alone, nor are we hopeless. And these worms are just a fallback just in case."

Heragor listened quietly, and suddenly laughed: "Indeed, it seems that I am sentimental."

In the picture sent back by the submersible, the last metal container was released, and as the locking device on the top was opened, a cloudy water flow that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye gushed out of the container—it was recorded in the dna that Tarrond Undersea worms of all historical, technological and cultural material have arrived at their new home.

For these ignorant creatures, the trip from the laboratory to the deep sea is an epic journey.

And on another distant planet, another "Creation of Tarrond" who has experienced an epic journey is using his innumerable sensor terminals to appreciate the glorious sunset on the boundary line between morning and evening.

The orange-yellow sun has gradually approached the horizon, and ominous red lines have covered almost half of its surface. Under this strange sunset, everything on the barren plain seems to be painted with a layer of dark red that is hard to distinguish with the naked eye. .

Several "Dragon Whelp Explorer" walkers ran out from the boulder pile, they opened their photosensitive elements against the setting sun, and then sat quietly at the end of the plain, waiting for the dormancy command from Omega.

In the Omega lair on the other side of the plain, various systems are switching to autonomous operation one by one, and in the huge server hall, the running server units are slowly turning into low hums.

Omega's main consciousness felt that "sleepiness" was gradually emerging, and he slowly withdrew his "gaze" from looking at the sunset, and focused the rest of his attention on the newly built "ecological dome".

Everything is growing well.

The server array is about to shut down.

In his drowsiness, he sent the last greeting to the only "friend" in his hometown who could directly talk to him.

"Friend Gao Wen, I'm going to sleep, see you next year, good night."

The brilliant sun in the sky had already sunk to the horizon, and the golden-red sunset spread all over the city, and the bustling city streets gradually quieted down. Gao Wen stood quietly on the edge of the terrace, and received a greeting from afar.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Good night, Omega, see you next year."