Extraordinary pedigree

11:00 AM

The second level of heaven, Yezra.

This is the "world of formation," where the light of the Supreme One manifests itself through angels and spiritual entities, a realm where illusion and reality intertwine.

And in this mysterious world, surrounded by mountains, lies the core base of the Heavenly Kingdom Alchemy Engineering Department - [Essex Fortress] deep in the depths.

A blond young man wearing a long-sleeved sweatshirt, fitted trousers and white canvas shoes walked among the mountains. His figure was light and swift, with "∞" symbols under his feet. Whenever the symbol appeared, He shrunk to the ground and appeared at another displacement point. Soon, he appeared at the entrance of the fortress.

The fortress stands among the towering mountains. The projection of the "Clock of the Last Sun" suspended in the sky and the huge clock face are clearly visible. No matter where you stand in "Yezra", you can look up and see this symbol of the end of time. The huge clock and the silent flowing hands remind every angel that the end is not far away.

Xia Xiu came to the core area of ​​the Alchemy Engineering Department - the Fortress Shipyard. This giant industrial building was like a silent steel behemoth.

Towering towers and complex mechanical devices are spread across every corner of the dock. The huge ceiling dome extends to the end of the eye. The entire space is shrouded in a cold metallic luster, full of a mysterious sense of technology.

In the center of the dock, the Holy Gospel Machine stood like a steel giant. The machine was 101 meters high and weighed 7,500 tons, just like a giant.

The huge figure seems to have been integrated into the entire dock. The huge mecha completely occupies the central maintenance platform. Dozens of thick support arms around it stretch out from all over the dock, firmly fixing its joints and main structure, ensuring that Every part of this behemoth can be maintained and restored with precision.

The outer armor of the body was repaired and part of the internal structure was exposed. The colorful energy pipes were vaguely visible, like pulsating blood vessels flowing with some mysterious power.

The surface of the silver-gray nano-titanium alloy material is covered with fine mechanical interfaces and power nodes. Every detail demonstrates the astonishing complexity and precision of this war giant.

The surrounding engineering staff wore special work clothes printed with the Heavenly Alchemy logo. They were suspended from multi-arm maintenance devices, like a group of worker ants climbing on a giant steel mountain.

Everyone is careful and focused on the work at hand, adjusting and checking every part of the machine.

The sounds of robotic arms and tools echoed in the dock, and the sound of metal collisions carried a cold and orderly rhythm.

Boom——

Boom——

Boom——

Xia Xiu stood at the entrance of the dock, his hands casually inserted into the pockets of his sweater, and his eyes wandered around the huge scene.

The entire dock operates like a huge and precise machine, running in an orderly manner.

The towering maintenance robot arms are like flexible snakes, hovering around the gospel machine. Their ends are equipped with various repair tools, and low humming sounds come and go.

The blue arc of the plasma welder danced on the surface of the machine like a small thunderstorm, quickly melting and reforging the nano-titanium alloy armor that was torn apart by the night ship's beam.

The high-temperature spraying device on the side made a slight hissing sound, spraying out a very thin layer of protective coating, covering the repaired armor, restoring its smoothness and solidity.

Under the illumination of the light, the armor regained its shiny metallic luster.

An old man wearing an engineering hat was loudly scolding his maintenance angels through the virtual call screen.

There were obvious dark circles on the commander-in-chief's face, and the years had left deep marks on his face, but his eyes were still sharp and he looked extremely sophisticated.

Whenever he gave an order, everything around him instantly became tense.

"Pay attention! Pay attention to the angle of the spot welding, and don't create any messy gaps for me!" His rough voice echoed throughout the shipyard through the loudspeaker system, with an unquestionable severity in his tone.

"Don't rush to finish the spraying over there. The crack can be completely sealed after the temperature rises a little higher. Have you forgotten the melting point of this alloy? Who gave you the alchemy work certificate? When you were at Nursery College, you took alchemy Are you sleeping during engineering? Quickly adjust the data again, don't leave any trouble for me!"

"If you can't even do this welding, don't talk to me about being an alchemical engineer in heaven!"

"Steel does not forgive laziness."

"This machine does not exist just for you to make mistakes. Every error will be magnified a hundred times on the battlefield, remember!"

The commander-in-chief on the screen was so angry that he almost jumped up. One hand pointed at the technician monitoring the data next to him, and the other hand slapped the console hard. It seemed that he could feel every tiny error pulling on his nerves. .

The engineering hat was tilted on his head, looking a little funny, but no one dared to laugh, and everyone moved faster under his roar.

Behind him, the giant crane was operating in a low voice, making the sound of rattling gears. Pieces of newly forged nano-titanium alloy composite armor plates were slowly lifted and sent to the damaged parts of the Holy Gospel Machine.

These armor plates are up to 5 meters thick and have a surface as hard as iron. After several high-pressure tests and energy injection treatments, they can withstand the high-intensity impact in the next battle.

The lifting arm accurately places the armor plates into the designated position, and the mechanical arm unfolds to hold them firmly in place.

The maintenance angels are suspended on the aerial work platform, with their hands busy operating tools and precisely adjusting the fixed position of the armor plate.

At the same time, at the bottom of the Gospel Machine, the core reactor of the propulsion system was exposed, with a large number of maintenance machinery and energy pipelines suspended around it.

The repair team is nervously replacing the damaged propulsion core. The huge energy cable makes a low-frequency vibration sound, and particle energy flows from the central energy reservoir of the shipyard to the internal pipeline of the Gospel Machine.

The thruster's reactor gradually started up, and the thrust port flickered with blue light, showing the energy flow after the system was reconnected to power.

"Report the progress of the propulsion system over there!"

The commander-in-chief roared again, staring at the slightly flashing blue light of the thruster, his eyes widening.

"What are you doing? I'm talking about replacement! Don't do half-hearted operations for me! The data fluctuation when the thruster is started cannot exceed 1%! If there is a one percentage point error, the entire Gospel Holy Machine will explode into photon dust during the jump, and the Kingdom of Heaven will be destroyed. The four sword-wielders were all turned into scum!"

"Oh my God! If you people could understand one percent particle effects, you wouldn't be reading those damn data sheets in front of me all day long."

"The thrusters are in place and the system is running stably, ready for the next test." A technician reported quickly.

The commander-in-chief nodded, the expression on his face was still stern. Although he was slightly satisfied, the expression on his face was still tense, like an impregnable fortress, never allowing any omissions.

The busyness in the dock continued, with huge robotic arms flexibly shuttling around the gospel machine, perfectly matching the movements of the workers.

The sound of metal collision and the blue arc of plasma welding danced on the surface of the Gospel Machine, indicating that this behemoth was slowly recovering from a serious injury.

Xia Xiu, who was standing at the entrance of the dock, was still watching all this calmly. However, the commander-in-chief's sharp eyes suddenly glanced at the fourth sword-wielding man in the Kingdom of Heaven who did not conceal his aura.

Xia Xiu's eyes fell on this old man who was over seventy years old - an old engineer who had dedicated his life to alchemical engineering.

His forehead was full of wrinkles, and there was an unyielding tenacity in his eyes. The dark circles under his eyes were particularly conspicuous, like marks left by years of sleeplessness.

The mottled engineering hat had obviously experienced countless years of baptism, and the brim of the hat was worn and turned white.

He was wearing a greasy overalls coat that had obviously never been taken off. The cuffs and placket were stained with traces of dried engine oil and metal shavings, as if they were integrated with this steel fortress.

Xia Xiu's eyes fell on the dark circles under his eyes, and he condensed slightly.

The social animal radar told him that these were his kind - the kind who worked all night and were not distracted.

Thinking of the attitude and emotion shown by the other party towards the Holy Gospel Machine, and then thinking about how I made the Holy Gospel Machine look like this...

Thinking of this, Xia Xiu couldn't help but have a sneer on his face, that slightly embarrassed smile silently showing a hint of apology.

The commander-in-chief seemed to have noticed Xia Xiu's smile, but did not show much emotion.

His steps were steady and unhurried, and he walked to Xia Xiu's side. He raised his head slightly and looked at the young fourth sword holder of the Kingdom of Heaven.

"Alex Seversky," the old man said, his voice hoarse and steady, carrying the weather of the years, "Headmaster of the Gospel Holy Mechanism, Chief Engineering Officer of the Alchemy Engineering Department."

Xia Xiu nodded, then stretched out his hand and held the other person's palm full of engine oil.

The palm was rough and strong, with the cold feeling of metal and the viscosity of oil, but Xia Xiu did not hesitate at all and still responded seriously:

"Hugh Abraham. The reserve decision-maker of the Resolution Assembly, the fourth sword-bearer in the Kingdom of Heaven, the executor of the fire-stealing plan, and the pilot of the Gospel Holy Machine."

The two men's hands briefly clasped in the air, and then let go, but a subtle consensus was conveyed in the silent atmosphere.

The commander-in-chief looked at Xia Xiu calmly, the expression on his face was as serious as ever, but there was some kind of complicated consideration in those deep eyes, as if he was evaluating the young sword holder.

Xia Xiu turned around and looked at the Holy Gospel Machine that was under repair in front of him. His eyes were slightly thoughtful, and his thoughts began to be closely connected with it.

At this moment, Xia Xiu connected with [Adam] through his consciousness, and quickly read and checked the maintenance log of the engineering department.

Those complex data and progress bars flowed rapidly in his mind, and every detail was presented accurately.

————[Maintenance Log]————

Date: [1591-01-28] The battle damage assessment is completed, the damage to the main drive core is confirmed, and the repair process is entered.

Date:[1591-01-29] The GN particle reserve replenishment program is started and is expected to return to 90% within 24 hours.

Date: [1591-01-29] The defense barrier system was repaired and the electromagnetic coil was replaced and debugged successfully.

Date:[1591-01-30] The EVE energy storage pool has been restored to 20% capacity.

Date: [1591-01-30] The phase conversion armor replacement is completed, and the armor plate is re-forged and reinforced.

Date: [1591-01-30] The internal core has been regularly calibrated, and the secondary drive system has been repaired to 30%.

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Estimated maintenance time: 242:10:20

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"It's a little longer than I thought." Xia Xiu looked at the maintenance log and muttered in his heart.

At the same time, he started chatting with Commander-in-Chief Alex:

"Honestly, the work of the Engineering Department is really hard, especially for a machine as complex as the Gospel Holy Machine. The repair work is not simple at all. The original skeleton of this machine was recovered from the Gear Orthodox Church, and the situation was chaotic at that time. When this long-silent statue first came to life, the machine soul, even after many epochs of slumber, still had very terrifying fighting power when it woke up. It could fight fiercely with, or even defeat, the king of a fallen civilization polluted by the stars. other side.

I also used a trick at the time. When the machine soul was exhausted, I used Damocles' sure-hit nail to attack his almost scrapped skeleton, and then I successfully subdued the machine soul inside. "

Xia Xiu paused and continued:

"I remember that the skeleton was pretty badly corroded, especially the core, and it was a miracle that it could be restored and strengthened. When he was fighting Green Sun - Prometheus, he looked like he was reborn. "

After hearing these words, Alex finally came back from the silence.

He raised his head slightly and glanced at Xia Xiu again with his sharp gaze, with a hint of experienced indifference and usual rigor in his expression.

He laughed lowly, his tone mixed with pride and unquestionable authority:

"You think this is just an ordinary machine? No, kid, it is a work of art. Every inch of design and every detail has been adjusted, calculated and carefully polished by me."

He paused for a moment, raised his hand and pointed at the towering body of the Gospel Machine, with a certain eager light shining in his eyes:

"From the reorganization of its skeleton to the customization of each piece of armor, every part you can see, touch, or even feel is all the hard work of the engineering department."

“The pilot of the Gospel Machine—when you drive it, you have to show enough respect.”

"Of course I will." Xia Xiu replied.

Afterwards, the fourth sword-holder in the Kingdom of Heaven looked at the gospel message with a solemn expression and said:

“Light the torch, whittle the tools, rain down the thunder, stand like a giant between the cracks in the world.

Ignite the battlefield like fire, the flames tear through the dark domes, and the enemy's walls will collapse with thunder.

Their fears will turn to ashes before us, and I wield him like a sharp sword in the hand of fate, piercing all the fog.

We will hold the fire high, and the flame of freedom will rekindle in the ruins. The light will never be extinguished until the darkness completely dissipates.

Flames and steel echo in the sky, and this fire will continue to spread until all shadows are driven away. "

Commander-in-Chief Alex stood beside him, his expression softening slightly. Although he was still serious, the approval in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

He has always had a high opinion of the fourth sword holder. Although the fourth sword holder of the Kingdom of Heaven now speaks like a poet, on the battlefield, he moves like a ferocious beast, swift, decisive and ruthless. .

Although Hugh Abraham's words were refined, his actions were ruthless enough. This was what made him most satisfied.

Alex smiled slightly, patted Xia Xiu on the shoulder, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly:

"It seems you understand. Yes, the Kingdom of Heaven needs people like you. If you use him as a sharp sword, he will cut through all obstacles for you."

Looking at the obvious expression of joy on the commander-in-chief's face, Xia Xiu couldn't help but smile, but he quickly stopped smiling and asked the real purpose of his trip:

"I'd like to know what's going on with the night boat and how its maintenance is going now."

When Alex heard this, his expression immediately became serious.

He raised his hand and waved his fingertips in the air, and then two pieces of virtual information were delivered to Xia Xiu through the genealogy network.

One is detailed information about the night ship, and the other is a real-time video of the night ship's storage location.

Xia Xiu's eyes quickly scanned the data, and Alex's deep voice came to his ears.

"The process of salvaging it is not as easy as you think."

The commander-in-chief's voice was filled with a hint of pride and exhaustion, and he said slowly:

"Our operation to salvage it began in the Chukchi Sea. The water there was bitterly cold and the ice was so thick that it acted like a natural barrier, burying the night boat deep in the seabed.

The location of the fall was not clear at first, and the detector could only focus on a general area.

The weather was so bad that the team built a salvage platform in extreme conditions and initially scanned it with a special subspace detector.

This day's work progressed very slowly, but we could sense the weak energy fluctuations of the night ship. Although it fell into the deep sea, it was still there. The ship... had not completely sunk. "

Alex paused, his eyes turned to a log on the virtual screen, and he continued:

"On the second day, the detector finally locked the specific crash location of the night ship, which was almost 2,000 meters under the sea.

Its remains lie there quietly, like a giant beast, with parts of its shell still intact - unbelievable.

Salvaging this thing is not an ordinary thing and requires extremely delicate operations. We deployed a high-intensity deep-sea grabbing system and carefully tried to extract its core modules.

Several technicians tried to establish contact with her remaining systems and analyze her last battle data... Unfortunately, they failed. "

Alex's tone became more solemn:

“On the third day, we finally lifted out the main core cabin of the night ship.

The moment it rose from the water, everyone was shocked - it was still huge, still ferocious, but already dilapidated. "

Alex glanced at Xia Xiu's reaction and continued:

"More importantly, the energy core of the night ship is still emitting a weak pulse. It is still persisting tenaciously, as if it has not completely given up its counterattack. At that moment, I felt that the ship was still waiting for something, maybe it was something. Opportunity, perhaps its mission.”

He took a deep breath, seeming to recall the coldness and pressure at that moment:

"Not long ago, the main hull part of the night ship was finally successfully salvaged. You have to know that it is very large, and the entire team was shocked by the scale of this giant ship. It was once one of the most dangerous enemies, and now But it became a pile of wreckage floating on the sea. The main propeller and bridge area were completely destroyed, and most of the interior of the ship was filled with seawater. There were almost no intact parts. We fixed it on the salvage platform. Transported to Essex Fortress for further analysis and research."

"Our preliminary analysis concluded that when you block a night boat, it itself is not complete."

"I watched the replay of your battle with the night ship in Eden. I can only say that we were lucky. When you blocked it, this incomplete ship had already fallen into the seventh level of ether. In addition, it has been tearing apart the aurora curtain of the entire half of Terra's sky, so its combat effectiveness is very low. "

Xia Xiu frowned, listening to the commander-in-chief's analysis and looking at the information on the night ship in his hand.

——[Night Ship Messect Ship Information Report]——

1.Basic information code name: Night Ship·Messect Ship

Category: Very Large Battleship/Interstellar Fortress

size:

Length: 8km

Width: 3km

Height: 1.5 km

Weight: 500 million tons

Status: Severely damaged, some cores are still active

2. Storage address Storage location: Anchor of the Fortress

Specific location: 40 kilometers underground of Essex Fortress, located at the bottom of the second level of the Unknown Land

Storage facility: suspended platform

No.: BSA-002

Energy suppression system: Realistic stabilization anchor-V energy suppression field, all-round isolation of external energy fluctuations and internal residual energy release

Security level: Omega-9

Monitoring frequency: real-time monitoring and uploading to the central control center every hour

Guard configuration: 24-hour guard shift, jointly supervised by elite troops and think tank security system

3.Damaged state

External structure:

The main armor of the ship: the nano-titanium alloy composite armor was completely damaged, about 65% of the armor shell failed, and there were extensive cracks and corrosion marks.

Propulsion system: Of the six main thrusters, four were completely scrapped, and the remaining two had less than 10% thrust.

Weapon system: The main weapon Hades Beam Cannon was completely destroyed, and some of the secondary weapon systems were not completely disabled, but needed a comprehensive overhaul.

Internal Structure: Ship Church: The main church collapsed, the dome was destroyed, the internal ritual area was completely damaged, and the spiritual induction device failed.

Energy Core: Most of the functions of the energy core in the etheric space have been lost, and there is still a small amount of unstable energy pulsation, with a high risk level.

Control Center: The command bridge has completely failed, the main system modules are damaged, and some data from the black box recording device can still be extracted.

4.Evaluation

Strategy level:Ω-4 (current level)

Main issues at the moment:

Ether space energy leakage: Although the subspace core of the night ship is damaged, it still maintains a small amount of activity, which may cause energy fluctuations or unstable space phenomena.

Weapon reaction: Although the remaining weapon systems have been scrapped, some components still contain antimatter energy and need to be handled with caution.

Data residue: The main system of the night ship may still retain some enemy data and encrypted intelligence, which may have unknown consequences if it is cracked.

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In the surveillance video, the entrance to [Fortress Anchor] was shrouded in deep darkness. Only a few cold lights slowly shot down from the ceiling, reflecting the silver-gray metal walls. Those walls were densely covered with energy conduits, like It was like the blood vessels of a giant beast, slowly flowing with cold light.

A low hum filled the air, and the wreckage of the night ship came into view.

It is like a giant beast of the deep sea, lying quietly in the center of this steel cave.

The huge hull was fixed on the suspended platform, and the weapon system was now only a pile of damaged wreckage, the surface covered with traces of deep-sea corrosion and scars left by the battle.

The outer shell of the night ship was mottled, and the cracks on the armor spread like spider webs. Through the cracks, the extinguished energy core inside could be vaguely seen.

The ship church is now only a ruin.

The dome of the church completely collapsed, and huge stone statues and altars were scattered among the wreckage. The entire area was shrouded in a dead atmosphere. Only low-frequency energy pulsations occasionally came from the depths of the wreckage, as if the heartbeat of this giant ship was still beating. Pulsating tenaciously.

Hundreds of analytical equipment are hung on the surrounding walls. They are connected to the wreckage of the night ship through long cables, carefully detecting the remaining energy fluctuations and system debris.

Every once in a while, a blue beam will shoot down from the ceiling, scanning the surface of the night ship, trying to decipher her ancient and complex technical structure.

However, no matter how many times it is scanned, the giant ship still retains its mystery, with many systems that no one has ever been able to decipher.

"Frankly speaking, it's not in a good condition right now." Alex's voice was low, his tone slow but very weighty.

"The first is the problem of the main structure - its main hull has been severely damaged. Especially the ship's church area, which is the command core and spiritual symbol of the night ship, almost completely collapsed. The beam weapon of the main bridge directly penetrated the church's The dome and the entire structure collapsed. The suspended altars and giant sacrificial devices were completely destroyed, and there was no possibility of repair."

"That place... can only be demolished and completely rebuilt."

The commander-in-chief took a deep breath in distress and continued:

"Let's talk about the propulsion system. This part has suffered a devastating blow. Four of the six main reactors of the night ship were completely scrapped, and the propeller shell has no structural support and cannot be repaired at all. The main energy core will not be repaired until you launch the full power The Sword of Damocles was almost burned, and the energy circuit was completely destroyed. Now the remaining propulsion system only has 10% maneuverability. It will take a lot of resources and effort to move the ship again? Time and material supply will be a big issue.”

"As for the weapon system, almost the entire army was wiped out." Alex shook his head slightly, "

Of the 50 beam generators of the Hades beam cannon, 42 have been completely paralyzed, and the remaining few have serious energy leaks and their cooling systems have been completely destroyed.

The Styx missile launchers were all damaged, and surprisingly, there was equipment and systems for anti-matter warheads inside. However, this thing destroyed itself due to system overload. It was already scrapped before Green Sun found it.

Otherwise, in that battle, those equipment and systems would be enough to give you a drink.

The only thing left, barely intact, is the dimensional cutting cannon, but it is also temporarily unable to activate due to insufficient energy supply. Now we can only prioritize whether it can be repaired. "

"In addition, the outer armor of the night ship has completely lost its protective function. The nano-titanium alloy composite armor cracked and fell off under your blow, and the remaining parts have aged beyond repair. If you want to restore the combat effectiveness of this ship, the outer shell armor must be Redo it all.”

"And this project... is time-consuming, complex, and cannot be completed in a short period of time."

Although Alex's tone was heavy, he still did not give up hope of the night boat. He continued:

"There's some good news, though."

"The remaining energy system is still partially intact, especially the etheric space engine module. Although it is seriously damaged, the energy core is still emitting weak pulses.

We have made a preliminary analysis and feel that this part of the energy can also be used as an alternative energy source for other systems, but some in-depth research and repairs must be done first. "

He concluded:

“Overall, the night boat is now in an extremely damaged state.

Most of its functions have been lost, and restoring her will require a lot of resources and time. We plan to dismantle her remaining technology modules, obtain usable technology from them, and then design and build her new form from scratch.

At this stage, our focus will be on the energy system, thruster replacement, and the restoration of some weapon modules. "

The commander-in-chief's voice gradually became lower, and his tone that was originally full of technical analysis suddenly paused for a moment.

Then, his expression became more serious than ever before, and his wrinkled and tired eyes suddenly became cold and alert. He took a deep breath, as if choosing every next word carefully.

"Here, I need to tell you something very important, even more important than repairing the night ship."

Alex's voice revealed an extremely solemn tone, which even changed the atmosphere of the entire dock. He was usually a bit rough, but now he exuded a depressing and dangerous aura.

Xia Xiu looked at his unprecedented serious expression, with strong curiosity and vigilance in his heart.

He frowned, obviously guessing the seriousness of the matter, and couldn't help but ask:

"What happened?"

The commander-in-chief’s deep eyes seemed to penetrate every light and shadow in the dock, and his voice was repressed and low:

"We found an extremely important piece of information in the wreckage of the night ship... an piece of information that is suspected to come from the giant space fortress built by the 'Void Dragon' or the 'Star God'. Those fortresses all have unified names. They are called ——Blackstone Fortress.”

"Intelligence shows that there are a total of six known Blackstone Fortresses."