Chapter 1460： That distant flash

The discussion on the two sets of plans at the meeting gradually became fierce. When faced with a problem that almost determines the survival of the world, no one can make a sensible and clear judgment in an instant. This is even impossible for Gao Wen himself. , Rosetta can't, and Bersetia can't. They can only put all the possibilities they thought of on the conference table as much as possible, and then think of ways to brainstorm and find a relatively less dangerous path out of it.

To Gawain’s surprise, as the discussion continued, the number of supporters for the second set of plans gradually surpassed that of the first set. Although the danger of “operating” on Deep Blue Well was obvious, leaders of various countries clearly hoped more. Can build a set of real usable magic tide observation device, instead of desperately seeing the observation device shut down after exhausting the alliance's manpower and material resources.

Of course, the discussions among leaders of various countries on the conference table are just the appearance here. In fact, it is the advisory and scholar groups standing next to each leader who are facing this problem. There is a whole group behind every speaker at this moment. The technical team is analyzing the information about the magic tide observation device, weighing the risks of different schemes and the difficulty of implementing each link, and the voices spoken at the conference table all refer to the opinions of technical experts.

It seems that it is indeed not easy to determine the "construction plan" based on this meeting alone, but Gao Wen still maintains the attitude at the beginning. He knows that this tension and high pressure atmosphere is needed here.

He once again cast his eyes on Ophelia Norton, who was silent.

"Perhaps, we should listen to the opinions of the city-state of Deep Blue Well first," Bersetia suddenly broke the silence, and the voice of the Silver Queen quieted the whole venue. "His Royal Highness Ophelia is the actual controller of Deep Blue Well now. , And if we want to take the "widening" project on the Deep Blue Well, it will definitely affect her to a certain extent, Her Royal Highness Ophelia, what is your attitude towards the No. 2 plan?"

Until this time, many participants seemed to have finally noticed the leader of the Iron Man Corps, who had completely reduced their sense of existence since the beginning of the meeting. Many eyes fell on Ophelia, who was silent for a while. Then he lifted him up slightly: "I have been calculating since just now, simulating the implementation process of these two plans, I am afraid I have some bad news."

As soon as the word "bad news" came out, Gawain could feel that the atmosphere on the venue had a subtle change in an instant. The atmosphere of the eager discussion before was suddenly replaced by tension and anxiety. There is no doubt that this is definitely no one wants to listen now. To the vocabulary.

But no matter how unwilling it is, the facts are always cold and can’t change Ophelia’s words, conveying the bad answer of the ancient calculation matrix: "According to the calculation of the deep blue well calculation array, the probability of success of the second plan is actually far. Lower than the paper expectation is about half of the probability estimated in this technical document. There is a greater probability...Deep Blue Well will be out of control due to the inability to withstand too violent shocks."

There was a burst of exclamation in the meeting, and before Gawain spoke, Rebecca, who was standing behind him in the role of technical consultant, couldn't help but exclaimed: "How can this be? I have clearly set all the conditions... "

"The original data has changed, and the technical parameters left over from the Gondor era are no longer available." Ophelia's gaze fell on Rebecca. The'extraction' of the network channels around the wells has disrupted the balance of energy flow, and the affected network channels will take at least two centuries to recover."

Rebecca's eyes widened, huge frustration and disappointment surfaced on her face. At the conference table, the expressions on each face immediately became difficult to look at. Dragon Ambassador Merita Penia couldn't help it. Knocked on the table, and an angry voice came into Gawain's ears: "Those **** cultists...that **** sentinels..."

Gawain's face is also very ugly, even though he knew from the beginning that the disaster that the sentinel and all things will die in the wasteland will not simply disappear with the death of the creeping disaster, and its subsequent impact may be It has influenced the world in a more profound and indirect way for many years, but he did not expect that this kind of influence would hit everyone in this form!

Creeping Disaster's mad absorption of the Deep Blue Well before his death... destroyed one of the hopes of constructing a Demon Tide Observation Device.

"Then we have only one option," Rosetta Augustus said in a deep voice, "Using the power of the whole world to build energy that is enough to drive the focus of the vibration, we can use our existing technology to harden it. Pile up a magic tide observation device..."

"The probability of success of this plan is about one in twelfth," Ophelia's voice was so cold that it was almost emotionless. "In addition, if the existing structure of Deep Blue Well is not destroyed, its magic By extracting and transporting all to the'starting focus', the probability of success of the scheme can be increased to about a quarter, but even if the probability of success is doubled, I still do not recommend this route."

Gawain looked into the eyes of the last descendant of the Gondor royal family: "Why?"

"The cost of building the'vital focus' with existing technology is too high. Even if we barely complete this project, the alliance’s own economic system will be dragged to collapse. Even at that point, we have only completed an observation device. There is no hope for the subsequent protection of the magic wave," Ophelia calmly analyzed, "This is meaningless for the survival of our civilization."

A low and depressive atmosphere fell over the venue with Ophelia’s voice. The figures at the round table were talking in low voices, or they turned around to communicate and discuss with the consultants behind them, and some people showed their faces. With an almost desperate look, someone was silent on the seat. In depression, Gao Wen slowly said: "So, we must find a cost-acceptable solution to solve the problem of focusing. If Deep Blue Well doesn’t work. , We must find a substitute for it..."

"Can Antavien's reactor be used?" Melita said suddenly. She looked at Tyre, the plenipotentiary ambassador of the Deep Sea Kingdom who was sitting not far away. "I remember what it is called the Core Fusion Tower. Right? The main reactor of an interstellar spacecraft should be able to provide very powerful energy, as long as it can reignite..."

"The current maximum power of the core fusion tower can only reach about 50%, and it cannot operate stably for a long time. This is already the best result," Tyre shook his head before Merita was finished. "We don't mind. Bring out Antavien’s energy to help everyone through the storm, but only if it’s useful."

Another light of hope that had just emerged was extinguished in an instant, and the low atmosphere on the venue became even more obvious than before, and in such a depressed atmosphere, people's mentality would inevitably change.

Gao Wen heard a voice suddenly coming from not far away: "After all... we gather here to discuss the construction of the Demon Tide Observation Device. Does it really make sense?"

Gao Wen raised his head to follow the prestige and saw the leader of the Union of Northern City-States standing up with his forehand on the table. His face wore a serious and gloomy look, and his brows were frowned together: "Should we stop and think carefully? This whole thing... We have overcome the creeping disaster in the wasteland, we have regained the security of the world from the out-of-control ancient robots, and we have solved the wasteland disaster that has threatened the world for 700 years. The era of peace, prosperity and stability Already in front of you, why suddenly it seems to be back to the'starting point' where the end is imminent?"

"It doesn't help to escape the facts," the King of the Seward Kingdom shook his head. "Of course we all hope that after the war we will usher in a peaceful and prosperous period, but the reality is unsatisfactory, the warning of the Neumanns..."

"The crux of the problem lies here, the warning of the Noyes," the leader of the Union of Uttar Pradesh shook his head, "I am not afraid of any challenge, nor will I escape the facts. I was at the top of the battle in Talash. On the front line, I can go to the wasteland to find the monsters to fight to the death for the survival of the people, but the warning from the Noyes... Up to now, all we have received from the aliens are warnings, right?

"We don’t know them, we don’t know the distant planet that even the light takes several years to reach. We can even have a conversation with that alien race every ten days, but under such circumstances, we Because the series of data sent by the other party fell into such a panic situation, a few greetings, some historical records, and the original parameters sent back by an'observer' that no one could verify, made us believe that it was a year and a half later. The end of the world, ladies and gentlemen, don’t you think this is a bit...unreal?

"What if this is a lie? What if this is just alarmist "doomsday"? Or take a step back, if the Neue people themselves are wrong? Besides, even if all this is right... Even if the end is really near, we sometimes have to admit that we are powerless..."

"However, we have deduced the original parameters they sent, and all the data are correct," Wenna Baizhi couldn't help but said. She is petite and often lacks enough presence when speaking at the conference table. Therefore, she simply stood on the chair at this time and made her height equal to that of the leader opposite. “Moreover, the spirit witches also discovered that the data returned by the Noi’s “observer” before losing contact with the Deep Blue There is a link between some of the readings recorded underground. This cannot be entirely coincidental."

"The observer... the'observer' of the Noy is also suspicious enough," the figure across the table shook his head. "Shoot a deity four light-years away from the planet to act as an'eye'. Do you think this is possible?"

His doubts seem to have no basis, but it is undeniable that what the leader said hit the emotional meeting table in many people's hearts at this moment, and voices echoing and agreeing with such doubts began to increase.

But at this point in the meeting, it was not the situation that Gawain wanted to see.

He shook his head and had to cough twice to interrupt the noise in the venue. Then he stood up and prepared to speak. However, as soon as he was about to speak, he saw two leaders at the conference table suddenly approaching. It flashed to the side and left the holographic projection screen as if someone nearby called them away suddenly.

Immediately afterwards, a few more leaders seemed to have heard the sound coming from their side. They turned their heads and talked with someone for a word or two, and then hurriedly got up, saying apologize and walked quickly to the side.

Gao Wen was a little surprised. Just about to ask what was going on, he noticed in the corner of his eye that the night outside the window seemed to flicker. Rebecca, who was standing behind him, ran to the window for the first time, and then she cried out in exclamation. Get up: "My ancestor! Look at that! The sky is bright!"

"Sorry, I'm going to be with you first." Gao Wen quickly said, got up and went to the window. The next second, he followed Rebecca's finger and saw the flash of light in the night.

Under the dark and broad sky, in the sky to the northwest, an abnormal light is spreading in the night sky. It looks like an extraordinarily shining star with many subtle rays spreading out on the edge. The darkness gradually dissipated, and its flashes were bright but short-lived. After a few consecutive flashes, the spot gradually turned into some dim shadows, and slowly disappeared among the stars.

"What's that..." Rebecca muttered to herself in astonishment, "What kind of atmospheric anomaly? The deep blue network is projected onto the material world again?"

"I don't know, but the visual range of this vision must be very wide," Gao Wen muttered. He thought of the attendees who had been temporarily attracted by something at the conference table just now. He had already reacted in his heart. "I'm afraid... the entire Loren continent has seen that thing..."

After a while, he walked back to the conference table quickly, and one after another, other figures also returned to the display range of the holographic projection. The faces of the participants who left and returned after a short time were surprised and dazed. The look, after noticing the performance of other people, they all gradually reacted, and whispered to the people around them: "You also saw it over there? A twinkling star? Can you see the southern tip of the continent too?! Holy Helmet can be seen very clearly here..."

Gawain frowned. He didn't know what that thing was, but he was in this position and knew what he should say to ensure the order of the venue, so he cleared his throat, just as he was about to speak. , A familiar breath suddenly appeared beside him.

He heard Amber's voice ringing in his ears, and after hearing the content of the other party's whisper, a look of stunned expression instantly appeared on his face.

Even Gao Wen couldn't control the change of his expression for a moment.

And this subtle change attracted the attention of interested people, and Bersetia’s voice soon sounded in the venue: "Your Majesty Gawain, all of us seem to have seen a similar vision in the sky just now. You know what that is. ?"

Gao Wen's face was sinking, and after a brief two seconds of silence and consideration, he finally raised his head and swept across every face in his vision with a majestic gaze.

"That was the flash of light when the Noi Observer spacecraft disintegrated 22 days ago."

Needles dropped on the venue can be heard.

"This news..." a participant said subconsciously.

"The Theocracy has caught a shock of divine power that does not belong to our planet," Gao Wen nodded lightly before the other party finished speaking, "The news is reliable."

In the silence that followed, Wenna Baizhi once again climbed onto her chair. She seemed to have an extra small stool on the chair, which made her stand very high for a while.

"Gentlemen and ladies," she looked around at the people already sitting around the table, "we can go back to the conference table, can't we?

"If it is, then the Ogure tribe has another proposal.

"Actually...we don't only have a deep blue well."