Sword of Daybreaker

In the vast space, an orange-yellow star is burning like an eternal flame furnace. An endless sea of ​​fire rises and falls on the surface of this scorching sun. The flames of amazing scale spew out from the sea of ​​fire, forming a spectacular fire column in the vast space. , and then fell back to the star under the huge gravitational force of the star, and the powerful jet of high-energy particles and boundless magic continued to breed from this flame, and spewed wantonly toward the endless deep space in all directions.

And on the edge of the blazing star's heat wave, several dust-like aircraft are struggling to maintain their flight trajectories.

These vehicles have a triangular body, and a huge thermal shield is installed on the outer shell facing the star. This golden thermal shield withstands the star's burning at close range. Although specially designed, its edge Some connecting structures still have traces of distortion and vaporization, but under the protection of the thermal shield, these triangular aircraft are using the booster to work at full force to maintain their attitude, while using multiple sensors to watch dozens of kilometers away. space.

Dozens of kilometers away from the flight formation, a dazzling golden flame was rushing towards the sea of ​​fire on the surface of the star.

If the golden flame was placed on the surface, its volume might be comparable to that of a castle. However, compared with the huge size of the star, it was as tiny as a speck of dust. At the same time, due to the strong heat wave impact of the star and the pull of gravity, this stream The shape of the flame has begun to gradually twist and tear, and debris and ring-shaped halos continue to shoot out around it, as if it will disintegrate in the next second, but even so, it is still flying with an indomitable momentum. Pounce on the burning celestial body with terrifying power.

The flight formation monitoring the golden flames tens of kilometers away flashed light signals. Suddenly, all the lights on the surface of one of the aircraft went out, and the heat shield in front of it was torn a big hole at some point, and the terrifying heat instantly It penetrated the body of the aircraft and instantly evaporated its fragile internal structure. Its engine vents flickered a few times, and finally lost all power, and accelerated to fall into the sea of ​​fire under the gravitational capture of the star. The flames that are really close to the edge of the sea of ​​​​fire have turned into ashes that spread in space.

"The No. 3 tracking unit is damaged, it has been confirmed that it has crashed into the star, and the rest of the tracking units have taken over the mission... The current remaining tracking units: five... Corrected, the sixth tracking unit is damaged, and the current remaining tracking units: four."

As another aircraft was destroyed by the fiery power of the star, the remaining four aircraft simply adjusted their queues and continued to rely on the crumbling heat shield to resist the heat wave. They sent to a relay communication satellite in distant space. After a simple mission report, he continued to track the golden flame.

In the command hall of the Thorin Giant Tree, one of Bertila's incarnations was standing quietly on the command seat, watching the holographic projection projected by the magic net terminal. Another terrifying spectacle is the burning stars in space, the remains of alien gods flying towards the stars, and the unmanned probes struggling to maintain their queues amid heat waves and gravitational traps.

The atmosphere in the entire hall seemed a little tense and depressing. Even though the world's most wise scholars and cutting-edge experts gathered here, they were all deeply shocked by this picture from a distant land.

These pictures were collected by the Omega detector in the distance, and then sent to the Navigator satellite by the superluminal signal projection system. After obtaining the authorization of His Majesty Gawain Cecil, the satellite signal was forwarded to the sky station, and finally passed the front The sky-surface communication link that was built not long ago was transmitted to the Sorin command center. After such complex layers of forwarding and compatibility, it finally came to Bertila.

The entire command center was extremely quiet, with only the low sound of various equipment running and the occasional coughing from someone. The pictures from the depths of the distant space were silent, which further highlighted the silence in the hall, until one of the command seats The silence was broken when the operator's report suddenly came up: "Omega is on time, and there are still forty-five minutes before the impact."

Bertila stared at the picture on the holographic projection. She saw that on the picture transmitted by the unmanned detector in the distance, the golden flame was gradually moving away. Indistinguishable, even with Omega's image processing and filter enhancements, people in the hall can only see a faint pale gold silhouette.

"There is news from Omega that the tracking unit he sent has reached the limit," Gawain's voice suddenly came from the nearby communicator, "Then we can only 'watch' that piece of debris fall into the sea of ​​fire. "

Bertila nodded, then looked at another communication device, the light representing the smooth speed of the light channel was flickering slightly on the base of the magic net terminal, and the Noi were waiting for Luo four light-years away. Len's news.

She stretched out her hand and pressed the send button: "The star approached the detector and sent back a message, the impact will happen on time, please prepare for Noy to synchronize the data."

After a while, the communication device hummed, and the reply from the Noi was quickly translated into the common language of Loren by the star solver and the computing array: "Noi received, the data synchronization is ready, and the follow-up process will follow the last time synchronization. The data is automated.”

Bertiera breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but her nerves were still tense, because whether it was Noi four light years away, or "Ao" hundreds of millions of kilometers away, they were far away from what she was familiar with. "Scale", she can't feel, can't see, can't control these things that happen in the distance, and can only hope that everything goes well, this feeling makes her quite uncomfortable.

In such a tense state, the communication from Noi rang again, and she saw the message from the "witch" Nova: "Is everything okay over there? We are here... the atmosphere is now very nervous."

"The atmosphere here is also very tense." For some reason, when she saw the message from Nova, Bertila's tense nerves suddenly relaxed a little, and there was even a little smile on her expressionless face. "But at least this time we're very close to success."

"...We were all taken aback when we just found out that you have an autonomous fleet stationed near the star more than ten days ago. This is far beyond your previous self-report, so that my grandfather even suspected that you were fabricating good news. Come to comfort us," Nova seemed to be using a conversation to relieve his stress, or just wanted to pass the difficult few minutes as soon as possible, "and after knowing the impending 'collision', many people suffered through the night sleep."

"This is also amazing news for us," Bertila said slowly, "Whether it is the contact of the 'Omega Group' or the collision, it is actually beyond our expectations."

"...Fate is made up of accidents one after another," the words from the "witch" appeared on the communication interface, and then the signal was silent for a while, and new information was transmitted, "Ms. Bertiera, I Found the star in your galaxy."

Bertila was stunned, she quickly remembered what the "witch" had said before, remembering that the other party was looking for the stars of Loren's galaxy in the night sky, she smiled and responded to the other side of the star sea : "Is it bright?"

"It's very bright," along with the humming sound of the machine, the text on the communication interface gradually emerged, "Look at me, it's one of the brightest stars in the night sky..."

Bertila quietly watched the text that appeared on the communication screen. She knew that in a short while, the star named "Ao" would become brighter than it is now, and its brilliance would last for a few seconds. , and for those who live on the planet Noi, they will have to wait four years to see these few seconds of flickering in the night sky with the naked eye.

But for the magic tide observation device, the "scintillation" of stars is a phenomenon that can be observed immediately, because in a sense, the magic tide observation device itself is actually a primitive superluminal observation system, it can even It is regarded as the basis of superluminal communication technology, although in fact there is still a huge gap between the two technologies.

In the hall, the operator's report sounded abruptly: "Omega is on time, there are still fifteen minutes before the impact."

This time, the timing report seems to be a button that has crossed the critical point. Many seats in the command hall have obviously become more nervous. One by one, the operators are staring at the readings of the equipment in front of them, ready to receive the synchronization from Noy at any time. Data, and Bertila quickly turned her gaze to another magic net terminal next to the command seat. She saw Mirmina's face appearing in the holographic projection, and the background behind her was the observer's secret room surging. , and countless running terminal devices.

"The magic tide observation device is ready." Miermina said calmly in the observer's secret room, and her mind has now spread and diffused into the entire observation system through the ubiquitous magic power. She can feel it. To the surging dark blue magic power oscillating and rushing in countless runes, orbits and force fields, you can feel the sensor array on the plain standing proudly in the wind, and you can feel the computing center and energy station of the Ancestral Peak. The brisk buzzing is in the best condition waiting for that crucial task, while countless engineers, emergency response teams, and redundant teams are waiting around each key facility, as if waiting for fate.

But Miermina is very clear that the existence of these "emergency teams" is actually more similar to a psychological comfort, because the real opportunities left to the world add up to less than ten seconds. In this short observation time, any critical Any failure in the link will lead to the loss of the whole game, and there will be no chance of "emergency response" at all.

What people can do is to do everything possible to prepare before today's action to ensure that the state of the magic tide observation device is at its peak, and this has been done in the past ten days. Mortals are such a strange species, even if Knowing that there is nothing left to do, I have to check the few chips in my hand over and over again, just to make myself feel at ease and take the next step of my destiny...

"Omega is on time, five minutes before impact."

Now, everything that needs to be done has been done, and the due responsibilities have been fulfilled. That streamer from four light-years away resolutely fell to a strange star in a distant land. Saying that, all they can do is open their eyes to witness the morning light that the nameless alien **** brought to the two civilizations.

"Omega is on time, and it's a minute before impact."

A low-pitched sound began to sound throughout the Ancestral Plain, and all the sensor towers began to run under the injection of surging energy. The computing center and control nodes on the Ancestral Peak accurately adjusted each sensor according to the preset program. The scanning focus of , the huge data began to flow under Miermina's gaze.

The "eye" of the Loren planet opened, and at the same time, Noy, who was four light years away, also activated their observation device and began to scan the direction of the magic tide.

The principle of magic tide observation is that two planets that are four light-years apart scan a specific starry sky at the same time. The two data scanned at the same time will be combined into the key (α-β) to activate the barrier. The problem that Loren encountered is that the data obtained is not a definite β, but a suspected β and a suspected γ at the same time. exist and cannot distinguish each other, which leads to the fact that the key obtained by Noy and Loren has both α-β and α-γ solutions, and no one knows which of them is correct.

But now, the two figures, which have been superimposed like a nightmarish shadow, are about to become clear.

In the vast universe, several detectors that are on the verge of disintegration are fully resisting the pull of the stars with the maximum engine output, and while struggling to maintain themselves, they are watching the dust-like flames fall into the sea of ​​​​fire.

On the surface of a rocky planet near "O", a walking probe climbed up on a boulder on the plain. It raised its optical sensor and stared at the radiant star in the sky that was bigger than its hometown. A giant sun is a much smaller sun.

Deep in the Omega Steel Fortress, Omega Mind, who is designing an alien ecosystem, has temporarily suspended more than half of its threads, paying attention to the data returned by those distant detectors.

A span of four light years, three planets, all eyes fixed on the same flash.

Then, the flash appeared.

"The tracking unit reports that the impact has occurred."

A small pebble fell into the boundless lake of fire, and the ripples it caused were extremely small on an astronomical scale, but this small ripple was enough to cross the accuracy threshold of the magic tide observation device, and was enough to convey to mortals that crucial 's secret key.

Ancestral Peak, deep in the observer's secret room, Miermina felt the roar of the sensor array feedback, and the data from the computing center was clearly presented in her "eyes". The two superimposed data It still exists in the system, but in the next second, she noticed an extremely obvious fluctuation in strength from one of the data.

As if the strange Ability God gently plucked the chord of fate, conveying the last greeting of parting to her: friend, the road is here.

Miermina took a deep breath and said softly, as if talking to herself, "Thank you."

A voice came from the communicator next to it: "Observer, please report the results."

"The observer has received, the key has been determined, and the synchronization data has been sent to the Thorin Command Center and the Imperial Magic Energy Technology Department. We succeeded."

(End of this chapter)