NOVEL WEB Chapter 116: V2/Chapter 43: Eye of the Abyss, activated!
V2/Chapter 43: Eye of the Abyss, activated!
The quantum sea is an extremely abstract, complex, and difficult-to-understand concept.
For current humans, it is even impossible to observe it and confirm whether this concept truly exists. Dr. Mei has invested most of her energy in the research of the quantum sea. Now, she is just trying to design a door that can theoretically communicate with the quantum sea.
Of course, for humans, such a door can be said to be an invention that is enough to transcend an entire era. If it had not been destroyed in the disaster caused by the Ninth Herrscher, it might really have been possible for Dr. Mei to open up a brand-new future.
However, considering the time when the Herrscher of the End will finally arrive, the best outcome would probably be to allow some humans to enter the Quantum Sea to find other ways out.
Of course, these things are not important to Ai Yue. After all, he never intended to escape. He came here on the one hand because he was invited by Dr. Mei, and on the other hand, to confirm the stability of the Eye of the Abyss.
If this thing is stable enough, and can even be turned on for a long time, can it extract energy from the quantum sea stably?
You know, although Ai Yue has developed a method to artificially synthesize Honkai energy crystals and tried to optimize and promote it, the way to obtain Honkai energy from the real world is still too unstable. Even in Australia, where there are only a few places with low Honkai energy concentrations on the entire continent, it is still very difficult to produce artificial Honkai energy crystals.
Ai Yue did think about whether he should use the Herrscher Core of the Void to build a portal in Australia that could stably connect to the imaginary space, but when he thought about the fact that there were not many good entities on the side of the Imaginary Tree, he gave up in the end.
He hopes that by the time the problem of the Herrscher is not solved, he will not attract a few more powerful beings to the human race, which would be really difficult to deal with.
"How's the preparation going?"
Countless thoughts flashed through Ai Yue's mind, but his hands did not slow down at all. He walked to Dr. Mei's side and reached out to take the documents on the table. "Are all the preventive measures in place?"
"Hey~ Here are the precautions?" Elysia waved at Ai Yue with a bright smile, "Kevin and I will do our best to protect everyone's safety!"
"Then let's get started." Ai Yue glanced at Dr. Mei again, "Did you bring the things I gave you?"
Dr. Mei nodded. Under her unbuttoned white coat, one could vaguely see that she was wearing a belt with excessive metal content.
As she spoke, she nodded to the other staff members and said, "Get ready to start."
While others were making preparations, Dr. Mei turned on the sensor touch panel in front of her and placed her hand on it.
[Level 1 password unlocked, system activated.]
[Self-examination begins.]
"Energy system is normal."
[Transmission system is normal.]
[Cooling system is normal.]
[The excitation system is normal.]
[All systems have completed self-checks. Do you want to start them?]
Mei first glanced at Kevin, who was not far away, then looked at the others, and finally took a deep breath: "Start."
[Confirm the command, enter the countdown: 9, 8, 7...]
After the cold countdown ended, the originally dim ring-shaped device gradually emitted a bright light. This light soon increased to a dazzling level and turned into a directional beam that shone towards the equipment in the center of the ring-shaped device.
Ai Yue also put down the documents in his hand and looked up at this historic moment. As the light gathered in the center of the ring-shaped device, soon, a strange "curtain" spread out from the center in all directions.
It was a light curtain of very strange colors, so strange that people could not think of the corresponding color for a moment. As the light curtain finally filled the entire ring-shaped device, strange readings were also transmitted from the energy monitoring device.
Not only the energy monitoring device, but all the equipment used to monitor the other side of the light curtain transmitted data that was completely different from the real world.
This proves that the light curtain is connected to a world that is definitely not one that can be described using existing rules.
"It worked."
It was clearly something worth celebrating, but Dr. Mei said it very lightly, as if the only thing she could say at the moment was: "The quantum sea does exist."
By passing through this light curtain, you can reach a special world that only exists in theories and calculations.
And if the quantum sea really exists, then imaginary numbers...
"Doctor Mei," just as she was lost in thought, she heard the staff's question, "Should we deploy the detection device?"
"Deploy." Dr. Mei came back to her senses and gave the order, "Turn on the real-time transmission mode and be prepared for possible loss of connection at any time."
In Dr. Mei's calculations, the quantum sea is a world that subverts all inherent concepts. There are no laws in the conventional sense, and everything is chaotic and disordered. It is almost impossible to obtain stable detection data in such an environment. The detection device can only be treated as a consumable, allowing it to transmit as much valuable information as possible before losing contact.
And everything was just as she expected. Of the first batch of ten detection devices launched, the shortest signal lasted only three seconds before completely disappearing, while the longest lasted for more than ten minutes intermittently and was still able to transmit some information back.
Soon another staff member reported the progress: "Energy samples have been collected."
"Remember to leave me a copy." Ai Yue finally spoke at this time. He stood up and walked towards the side door leading to the Eye of the Abyss. "I want to observe it up close, can I?"
"I'm going too." Mobius quickly followed and turned to look at Dr. Mei, "Aren't you coming?"
"I..." Dr. Mei hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Come."
Kevin and Elysia looked at each other and naturally had no choice but to follow.
The energy monitoring device did not detect that the energy fluctuations from the Eye of the Abyss had the corrosiveness of Honkai energy, so the alert level was not high. Several people could directly use the overhead bridge leading to the Eye of the Abyss to come to the front of the light curtain.
"Strange...what's going on with this subtle atmosphere?" Elysia rubbed her arm subconsciously and walked at the end of everyone else. "I feel like there's something in the air...something I don't like."
"Your senses have always been sharp. Could it be that you have noticed something?" Kevin did not ignore Elysia's words and showed a serious expression, "Everyone, be alert. After all, we are facing an unknown world."
Dr. Mei nodded, and then she saw Ai Yue take out a strange-looking object from somewhere.
"What's this?"
"Oh, a detector." Ai Yue waved the strange machine in his hand that looked like a bird but had a camera on its head. "You have released so many, is it okay for me to release one?"
"That's fine, but..." Dr. Mei nodded first, then showed a strange expression, "How are you going to receive the information from the detector? And are you sure this thing can operate normally in the quantum sea? Also, when did you prepare it?"
The Eye of the Abyss project had been classified as top secret before. Therefore, even after Ai Yue obtained the highest authority within the Fire Moth, Dr. Mei did not tell him the specific details. What's more, she was the only one who knew the theoretical deduction and calculation formula of the Quantum Sea. How could a special detector be made without these data?
'Wait, has Ai Yue already read all the details of the Eye of the Abyss Project?'
Dr. Mei suddenly remembered that this person had been looking at the internal documents of the Eye of the Abyss project.
'He can't be a fresh rub... Never mind, he's Ai Yue after all.'
"It's just a temporary fix. It's just a consumable anyway." Ai Yue didn't care about it. He raised his hand lightly, and the bird-shaped detector flapped its wings and "flew" into the light curtain.
The reason why I(Narrator) put it in quotation marks is that the flapping of this thing's wings is completely meaningless. The flying power mainly comes from the propellers on the back and tail.
"Can we enter the Quantum Sea after passing through here?" While the two were talking, Mobius was still staring at the huge light curtain in a trance. "Speaking of which, can humans enter the Quantum Sea?"
"At the moment, it's probably very difficult." Dr. Mei shook her head. "Based on the existing data and inferences, it's not difficult to protect yourself in the quantum sea, but how to always maintain a sense of direction and positioning in it is an extremely difficult problem."
Compared with the Quantum Sea and the Honkai Energy, it is at least not as corrosive, but its interior is extremely chaotic. You may just walk through the light curtain and find that the Eye of the Abyss has disappeared behind you the next second. It is extremely difficult to locate yourself inside and find the way you came.
I'm afraid that even if we use the 'wool ball tactics', it won't work. After all, according to speculation, there are also dangers hidden in the quantum sea...
"Intense energy fluctuations detected!" Just as Dr. Mei was thinking, an excited voice of a staff member suddenly came from above, "There is an overlapping area of energy fluctuations, and something is approaching the Eye of the Abyss from the other side!"
"Mei, get out of here!" Kevin reacted instantly and came in front of everyone in two steps, "Dr. Ai Yue, please retreat too!"
What would emerge from the quantum sea? He was sure that the other party would not come to congratulate him and his friends on opening the portal.
However, even though the warning was so timely, it was still a step too late.
Just as Kevin stood in front of everyone, the light curtain, which had been calm until now, began to ripple with countless waves, just like "raindrops" falling on the water.
The next second, countless monsters of the same color as the light curtain rushed out from it!
Kevin immediately swung his sword and raised a curtain of fire to attack the monsters, trying to block them. However, many monsters mysteriously disappeared into the air and avoided the attack. The next second, they reappeared behind Kevin and attacked others.
Fortunately, the warning did cheer everyone up, and the monsters that escaped from Kevin were pierced through the bodies by pink crystal arrows before they could hurt anyone.
"Go, I'll cover you." Perhaps because she was in combat mode, the smile on Elysia's face disappeared. She tightly grasped the crystal longbow in her hand and looked around vigilantly, "Be careful, these monsters may not only attack from one direction."
"Mobius, take Dr. Mei back to the main control room." Ai Yue said casually, "Dr. Mei, just in case, you should activate the armor."
"I understand." Dr. Mei nodded, then placed her hand on her belt, "Activate."
[Tai Chi Armor, activation authorized.]
The next second, a set of armor that was somewhat similar to Hua's Taichu armor, but mainly purple and white in color, emerged from Dr. Mei's body and wrapped her tightly.
The fifth in the "Innate Five Tai" armor sequence, the Tai Chi armor, is equipped with almost no offensive weapons, but instead has unparalleled protective performance. This protective performance not only refers to defense and mobility, but also has complete medical and life-sustaining equipment inside. Even if a dying person uses this set of armor, they can force their life to continue for at least thirty days.
By the way, Hua's "Taichu Armor" is sequence two.
Under the control of the Tai Chi Armor's main control AI, Dr. Mei directly used the flying device to return to the main control room, leaving Mobius walking step by step on the road.
Obviously, she didn't want to leave either. Her eyes were always focused on the defeated monsters. It was obvious that her scholar's disease had come back and she wanted to get a few monsters back for research.
"I'll ask Kevin to freeze some for you." Ai Yue saw through her intention at a glance and couldn't help but continue to urge Mobius, "So you should go back quickly."
"I am a fusion warrior after all, it's not easy for me to get into trouble," Mobius said with a smile. It was obvious that Ai Yue's concern made her feel very useful. "Besides, why don't you leave?"
Ai Yue turned his attention to the back of the ring device: "If I leave, who will turn this thing off?"
"Kevin, Elysia!" As soon as Ai Yue finished speaking, Dr. Mei, who had returned to the main control room, brought bad news, "The transmission system of the Eye of the Abyss is overloaded, and it cannot be shut down through the system now. Someone must manually close the connecting valve!"
Mobius immediately looked at Ai Yue - it was obvious from what he had just said that Ai Yue knew that the Eye of the Abyss would get out of control earlier than Dr. Mei.
Ai Yue just shrugged his shoulders and shouted to Kevin, "Kevin, leave a few alive!"
Kevin nodded, and held the sword with one hand, while white frost began to spread on his empty left hand.
"Okay, Elysia," Ai Yue finally looked at Elysia at this time, "Please cover me down."
Seeing Elysia's confused and slightly distressed look, Ai Yue couldn't help but smile.
It seems that some people still don't know where the problem lies.
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