Chapter 42
However, after waiting for more than ten seconds and finding no signs of the opponent's attack, Zazbarum suddenly reacted - no, the opponent's target was not him! "Vorain, be careful!" Just as the reminder was shouted, a sudden huge gravity descended on him. This was the gravity control of [Deucalion]! Turning his head with some difficulty, Zazbarum saw the scene behind him through the panoramic cockpit.
Just a few hundred meters behind him, [Deucalion], who was supposed to be protected by him, had been pierced through the body by some attack and was falling heavily to the ground with black smoke all over his body. And just in front of [Deucalion], a human figure outlined by a distorted light was looming.
')158'\u003eChapter 157 Feeling more and more like a villain boss
Fang Yuan, who failed to score with one strike, was a little unhappy and cursed inwardly: "Tsk, quick reaction!" Strongly supporting the huge gravity that could crush ordinary people into fractures, he manipulated the curvature of the surrounding space through [Ether] to offset the influence of gravity, and stood up again from the ground - the sudden gravity suppression just now made him kneel directly on one knee, not only did the attack he launched directly deviate to an outrageous position, even the hard ground made of rocks was hit by this kneeling and a pit was made.
At the same time, he also found that his invisibility ability was actually cracked. Although he still looked "transparent" now, he did not completely "disappear" like before, but like a transparent object such as glass and crystal, the outline can be clearly seen under the light.
"Indirectly change the refractive index of light in the atmosphere by changing gravity? It's quite smart!" Fang Yuan praised the female lord's reaction before the battle. He didn't expect that the full invisibility ability that should have no flaws actually had such a flaw.
However, with the immediate adjustment of [Ether], the incoordination caused by the sudden change of the light refractive index of the air was being repaired quickly. After just a few seconds, he entered the full stealth state again.
He dodged the rocket punch that "smashed" from behind - yes, it was smashed, because it was also affected by gravity, and the rocket punch that could fly freely in the atmosphere could not fly up. Now it could only rely on the propulsion of high-power rockets to smash it like a super-large brick.
However, although it was smashed, the accuracy of this flying punch was still not low. If Fang Yuan did not dodge, he would probably have to take a literal steel punch.
After slightly changing his position, Fang Yuan raised his arm again, and the handheld electromagnetic cannon in his hand was flipped, decomposed, deformed and reconstructed again, and reorganized into a high-energy proton cannon, and aimed at the immobile [Deucalion] again, intending to give the opponent the final blow.
"Damn it, can we still move?" Because of the damage to the aircraft, the supergravity also affected the pilot, Wolein. Seeing that her and her husband's attacks had no effect, she gritted her teeth and pressed another button on the console fiercely. The next moment, the original supergravity suddenly disappeared, replaced by a weightlessness feeling like being in outer space. Fang Yuan was caught off guard and floated directly from the ground.
But before he could adapt to this weightless environment again, the supergravity hit again. He was immediately pressed heavily to the ground after floating up for only a few dozen centimeters.
Then the next moment, the supergravity was converted to weightlessness... Just like that, in just a few seconds, the supergravity and weightlessness were rapidly converted more than ten times, and the conversion frequency had no regularity at all. Even if Fang Yuan used space control to neutralize and crack it, it would be difficult to implement. For a while, he was almost trapped in place and unable to move.
"Yes... this woman is good at it!" Gritting his teeth, Fang Yuan hacked into the system core of Deucalion through Ether, read the real-time data of the other party's gravity control, and synchronized it to his own space control system. Only in this way did he successfully block the influence of external gravity changes and stand up again.
"Cough!" Fang Yuan coughed uncomfortably, feeling that he had probably suffered some internal injuries.
While repairing his internal organs with alchemy, he re-positioned himself and pointed his gun at the cockpit of Deucalion again. He planned to give this respectable female warrior a warrior's ending.
...Zazbarum, who was sitting in Dioscuri, was also a victim of this wave of gravity changes.
However, because he was far away from Deucalion, he was less affected by the gravity fluctuations, but this frequent change from supergravity to weightlessness still put a huge pressure on his body.
In fact, although the gravity he was affected by was not as strong as Fang Yuan who was close to him, Zazbarum's internal injuries were not light. Even because of the gravity wave, his brain was seriously affected and he might faint at any time.
But his love and worry for his wife made him stay awake and even tried to adjust the movement of the machine to attack again. Because of the repeated changes in gravity waves, the refractive index of the atmosphere in this space was also changing repeatedly. Fang Yuan's stealth system did not have time to synchronize, so the vague transparent figure was revealed again.
Therefore, he clearly saw that the weapon raised by the vague figure was aimed at the cockpit of [Deucalion].
"How...can...you be allowed to hurt Wo Lein!" Like a brave man in a desperate situation, the knight who cares about his lover struggled to stand up and launched a desperate charge towards the terrifying demon king - Zazbarum ignored it. The risk of out-of-control space distortion directly activated the space shield also derived from [Hector], which slightly reduced the impact of gravity fluctuations, turned on the power of the thruster to the maximum, and crashed headlong into the direction of the killer. Yuan.
"Cut!" Detecting that a huge twisted space bubble was crashing towards him behind him, Fang Yuan had no choice but to give up the prey in his hands, jumped, and flew far into the sky, avoiding Zazbarum's sacrifice. one strike.
Just when Fang Yuan was planning to continue attacking, he discovered that [Dioscuri] did not continue to attack him, but picked up the half-crippled [Deucalion], and then flew directly towards him. Evacuate quickly from the direction you came.
"Did you escape..." Fang Yuan thought for a moment and did not continue the pursuit.
After all, the purpose of his coming to Mars was not to kill these Martians, but to protect the hyperspace gate here, and he had received three kills today, so it was a worthwhile trip - just now, The floating cannon group controlled by [Aether] finally succeeded in surrounding and killing [Hershel], and the number of Martian Knights was once again reduced by one.
But... how to defend such a large hyperspace gate... He knew very well that the Martians could not just give up. This time it was just something unexpected, so the five knights came, and they were very concerned about their own He also had almost no information, so he ended up with three dead, one wounded, and one escaped.
But the next time the Martians are fully prepared and gather all the manpower, even if Fang Yuan can defeat them again, the hyperspace gate behind him will definitely not be able to be saved.
It would be nice if the Earth United Army could move faster... Fang Yuan complained with some dissatisfaction at the Earth United Army's procrastination.
According to the information he received, the Earth Army's opening of the hyperspace gate will be delayed by another week - because they don't know as much about the hyperspace gate as the Martians, and the time they need to conduct inspections and tests has almost doubled. , which gave the Martians plenty of time to carry out destruction.
There's no way he could resist the Martians here alone for a week... Fang Yuan looked at the large area of super "antiques" behind him and scratched his head in annoyance. Then he realized that he was still wearing the armor and scratched his head. He couldn't reach his scalp, so he could only put down his hand angrily.
After thinking about it, Fang Yuan seemed to have thought of something, and punched his hand - How about... do this? PS: The third update will be in the afternoon')159'\u003eChapter 158: The stupid, thick and invincible shield
"How is she?" Zazbarum, who was standing outside the emergency room and waiting anxiously for several hours, asked the doctor who had just walked out of the operating room eagerly.
"The situation is not good!" The doctor replied with a worried expression: "The extremely large gravity waves put a great burden on the organs in the lady's body, and the brain was also damaged to some extent.
Although we have temporarily maintained Madam's life, and the damaged internal organs can be repaired, the problem with the brain is... Madam, she has fallen into a deep coma, and it may take some time to wake up..." Yes, she was The Woleyin saved by Zazbarum was not intact.
In fact, after [Deucalion] was shot down, due to the damage to the body, the violent gravity fluctuations caused by the body itself also affected the inside of the body. As the pilot, Warein was also inevitably affected by the strong gravity fluctuations. He was seriously injured.
And because she was at the core of the gravity change area, she was particularly severely affected. When she was lifted out of the cockpit, she almost breathed her last.
"It will take some time..." Zazbarum's face darkened, and he continued to ask: "How long will this time be?" "...This, maybe you will wake up soon, maybe it will take a week or a month. , or even longer... Please forgive our incompetence, we have tried our best..." Seeing the count's ugly face, the old doctor answered tremblingly, fearing that if he gave a bad answer, he would be killed directly.
After all, in the Visser Empire, it was not a big deal for a noble to kill one or two civilians, especially when the person standing in front of him was the Earl of the Empire, who was considered the top figure among the nobles and had the power of life and death over the people under his command.
"Forget it, take good care of her and use all the most advanced medical technology available!" Zazbarum did not embarrass the doctor in the end. He also knew that the doctors did their best.
After waving his hand for the doctor to go back to work, Zazbalum's worry and self-blame all turned into anger towards someone: "Damn Earthlings! How dare you..." Dudu—— At this moment, Zazbarum An emergency communication alert sounded in Zibarum's ears.
He frowned and opened the communication with some displeasure.
"What's the matter?" Looking at the figure in the communication screen, the earl asked impatiently.
"Lord Earl! There is a situation at the hyperspace gate again!" "What?" Zazbalum was surprised: "Did the earthling army come over?" "No, it's not... the hyperspace gate was blocked by What's covered?" "Covered?" asked Zazbarum, frowning.
"It is some kind of barrier whose nature is not yet clear, covering the entire area near the hyperspace gate. All our detection methods have failed, and we have no idea what is happening there!" While reporting, The surveillance footage from the scene was transmitted.
Then, Zazbalum saw an extremely spectacular scene - a huge dark cube standing on the red and desolate land on the surface of Mars. Judging from the surrounding objects and the scale in the picture, the length, width, and The height is more than several thousand meters, and the location of this cube is exactly where the hyperspace gate once was! "This is..." "It's this cube. Although it looks like some kind of entity, it should actually be just an unusual barrier. We have tried it, whether it is vehicles, artillery shells, particle beams, lasers, Once sound waves or even living bodies come into contact with this black surface, they will immediately disappear as if they were erased!" The subordinate reported their previous test results one by one, but these results made Zaz. The more Barum listened, the more familiar he felt: "Isn't this the effect of the dimensional absorption barrier!" Yes, although the dimensional absorption barrier has not yet been developed in the Visser Empire, the concept of this weapon has been around for a long time. It has appeared, and even a prototype has been built.
However, after all, it is only a low-power laboratory product, and it is not known how long it will take to test and improve before it is truly weaponized.
And now, the people on earth over there have actually produced a finished product of such an exaggerated scale? ! ! ================================== Time goes back to a few hours ago.
Someone who doesn't just sit in the office and be his big boss insists on going to an alien planet to play a guest role as a super soldier to fight Martians, and actually wins. He is worried about how to guard the hyperspace door behind him. .
Just ignore this one here and build another one somewhere else? This is indeed a good method. For Fang Yuan, who has almost mastered the hyperspace gate technology, it is indeed not difficult to recreate a hyperspace gate using alchemy.
But the problem is that the hyperspace gate on the moon side only points to the existing one on Mars! As mentioned before, a hyperspace door is not a convenient device that can be copied and used immediately. The connection between doors and the calibration of spatial coordinates are very complex and technically difficult tasks.
What Fang Yuan can currently do is to connect the newly created hyperspace gate to other existing hyperspace gates and perform one-way transmission - in other words, although he has teleported from the earth to There is a hyperspace gate on Mars, but you cannot use this hyperspace gate to return directly to Earth.
He could only use the initial settings of the hyperspace gate on Mars to connect directly with the portal on the moon, teleport to the moon's surface, and then find a way to fly back to Earth by himself.
On the other hand, if the hyperspace gate on the moon side wants to teleport, it can only be teleported to the existing one on Mars. Even if Fang Yuan builds an identical hyperspace gate again, it will not affect the moon side at all. Side teleport target.
If he wants to modify the teleportation target on the other side of the moon, Fang Yuan needs to teleport to the moon again and personally make targeted adjustments to the hyperspace gate there... This would be too much trouble, not to mention a waste of time, and would also be caused by Mars. The risk of someone taking the opportunity to destroy the hyperspace gate.
Since building a new one is not possible, the only option is to keep this hyperspace gate.
But even to protect the hyperspace gate, there is not just one way.
Fang Yuan's first thought was to directly use alchemy to create a mechanical army and push back the entire Visser Empire. As the saying goes, I can't solve the problem, but I only need to solve the person who caused the problem.
This sentence also applies here. Since he wants to protect the hyperspace gate from the Martians, then killing all the Martians who pose a threat can also achieve his goal.
but! By doing this, isn’t it equivalent to doing all the work of the Earth Alliance by himself? Then what is the purpose of his hard work to help the people of earth develop technology? He also wants to see the scene where the United Earth's terrorist robot swarm fights against the Martian armored cavalry! No, I can’t let all my hard work over the past few years go to waste, this one is Pass! Then the only way is to give this hyperspace door an invincible shield to ensure that no attack can damage it.
In the entire "A/Z" world, the only thing that can truly be called an invincible shield is the dimensional absorption barrier that appears in the plot.
Yes, this kind of black technology among black technologies has indeed not been successfully developed at this time. Even the Martian Weapons Research Institute has only completed the theoretical design and prototype manufacturing, and is still far from a finished product with practical significance. There's a long way to go.
However, this does not prevent Fang Yuan from taking the lead in making it practical.
After a little "borrowing" some Martian research results, Fang Yuan discovered that the future technology in this black technology was indeed as he had guessed before. It was a kind of interaction between the core of Aldnoah and the material energy of that unknown dimension. The ultimate product.
In addition to the large amount of data he obtained by analyzing the hyperspace gate, he has a deep understanding of how to manipulate space distortion to trigger the exchange of matter and energy with different dimensions.
Then, the result is this - a super giant cube that completely covers the entire hyperspace gate.
Don't be surprised why it is not an invisible shield that is tightly attached to the surface of the protected object as in the plot.
In fact, the real dimensional absorption barrier itself is completely black. The paint color of the armored cavalry inside the plot is actually an additional layer of optical camouflage effect - of course, Fang Yuan seriously suspects that this is actually to make the animation look more beautiful, so as not to see a black silhouette running all over the screen... As for the shape of this cube, it is because the hyperspace gate itself will cause extremely subtle distortions in the surrounding space even when it is not opened. If the barrier is directly attached to the surface of the hyperspace gate, it will be seriously disturbed by this space distortion. At that time, the failure of the shield is still a small matter, but it will be really troublesome to directly cause the hyperspace gate to lose control! Well, of course, on the other hand, this dimensional absorption barrier has just been developed, and Fang Yuan has not had time to develop the function of adjusting fine shapes. At present, it can only produce shields of various standard geometric shapes... Therefore, out of helplessness, Fang Yuan can only make this barrier into this stupid, big, black and rough shape.
——If it weren't for this, he would have installed this function on his armor long ago, and the battle just now could have ended more easily! PS: The third update, 3000 words')160'\u003eChapter 159 The indescribable clues
"Even if you are the emperor of a country or a planet, supreme, with the power of life and death, if you are not careful, you will immediately end up in prison - Sure enough, the power obtained by relying on the system is not as good as the power that truly belongs to you!" Looking at the old man sleeping in the hibernation capsule in front of him, an uninvited guest seemed to be self-reflecting and sighing.
Here, it is a secret room filled with various high-tech medical equipment, and it is also a prison for the most noble person in the legal sense of this planet and this country.
The hibernation capsule was originally intended to maintain the vital signs of the dying, but now it has become a small cage that makes people fall into endless sleep.
Yes, after solving the protection problem of the hyperspace gate, Fang Yuan did not go anywhere else, but came directly to the secret prison where Zazbarum imprisoned the old emperor.
Speaking of which, our rebellious earl is really cruel. In order to prevent the old emperor from having any other secret abilities of the Aldnoah authority, such as remotely removing the authority, he directly injected him with sedatives and stuffed him into the hibernation capsule, completely turning the old emperor into a decoration.
Moreover, this secret prison deep underground is unprecedentedly guarded. The literal three steps and five steps of sentry can only be said to be the basics of the basics, and various high-tech monitoring and automated killing traps are endless.
The passage from the surface entrance to the elevator, which is less than 100 meters long, integrates monitoring facilities including gravity sensing, airflow sensing, infrared sensing, sound wave scanning, etc., as well as lethal mechanisms including laser defense network (the legendary laser channel), poison gas nozzles, variable gravity space, mechanical induction puncture traps, etc.
Not to mention that after going deep underground, several key support points in the entire underground area are equipped with directional blasting explosives. Once an uncontrollable accident occurs, the explosives will be detonated immediately, causing the entire rock layer above to collapse and burying everything underground completely.
However, even such strict defenses still cannot stop the cheating alchemist.
[Ether] invaded and controlled all electronic equipment with force, and the mechanical induction mechanism was directly discovered and bypassed by Fang Yuan. As for the guards, they couldn't even see him.
In this way, Fang Yuan once again achieved perfect stealth in the true sense, came here, and faced the culprit who directly caused the division between Mars and Earth humans, the lucky man who inherited alien technology, the greedy scientist, the unqualified politician, the founder and first emperor of the Weiser Empire - Religalia Weiser Leibather.
Unfortunately, this time Fang Yuan did not see the emperor of the empire who was sitting on the throne and commanding with great power and majesty, but just a poor prisoner who could not even maintain a clear consciousness.
However, Fang Yuan did not need the emperor to maintain a clear consciousness.
It is better to say that the other party's half-dead situation is just right.
After all, what he needs is just the knowledge in the other party's mind and the Aldnoah authority in the body! Zi- Reaching out and pressing the transparent glass cover of the hibernation cabin, with a little force, as if digging into the water, Fang Yuan's right hand passed through the 5-centimeter-thick bulletproof glass layer without any hindrance, and just pressed on the head of the sleeping old emperor.
[Ether] consciously activated its memory scanning ability, scanning and recording all the memories of the old man's life, whose consciousness was hazy and chaotic.
At the same time, it also invaded the activation factor in the old emperor's body through close contact, and successfully copied and stole the highest authority of Aldnoah technology representing the old emperor himself.
He withdrew his hand, and the bulletproof glass that had just been casually penetrated like liquid returned to its original state.
From this moment on, the entire Visser Empire no longer had any secrets for Fang Yuan. Even the most secretive ones, the top secrets that only the first emperor himself knew, were all presented to Fang Yuan... It should have been like this - "Warning, high-risk infectious information detected, quarantined!" Just when Fang Yuan was about to check the old emperor's memory, an [ether] alarm suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Infectious high-risk information?" Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, unable to realize what [Ether] was talking about.
"What's going on?" "Some information in the target's memory showed high contagion in the simulation test and can have a pathological impact on other mental bodies. After judgment, it was confirmed to be high-risk information and has been isolated."
"The pathological influence...explain it!" "Through the simulation test of the soul stored in the Philosopher's Stone, the mental body after receiving the information will gradually be infected and assimilated by the information, and finally become extremely mentally paranoid and In a chaotic state, direct contact with the owner is not recommended.”
After [Ether]'s explanation, Fang Yuan realized that there was such a dangerous thing hidden in the old emperor's head.
And listening to what [Ether] said, this kind of spiritual contagion sounds like something indescribable... "Sure enough... are there things related to the Cthulhu system in this world..." Fang Yuan pondered, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
"Wait! [Ether], since you said this message is contagious, what about you?" Fang Yuan suddenly thought of this and became nervous - when it comes to direct contact, the most direct one is [Ether] ] itself! Nothing will happen to it! "Please rest assured that as soon as this piece of information became dangerous, the security protocol was immediately activated. The soul material storing this piece of information has been completely cut off and isolated, and the system body has undergone multiple rounds of self-checks. No discovery was found in front of us. abnormal."
[Ether]'s report made Fang Yuan feel a little relieved, but in the end it still couldn't completely reassure him.
"Keep self-checking every minute. If there is any abnormal situation, report it to me immediately. At the same time, disconnect the deep connection with me, condense it into a material state, and conduct physical isolation!" In order to prevent some bad things from passing through [ether ] infected himself, Fang Yuan directly asked the artificial intelligence to convert its carrier from the void soul state to the material state with entity, which is the original form of the Philosopher's Stone.
Putting the two manifested Philosopher's Stones, one large and one small, into the backpack on the back of the armor, Fang Yuan did not intend to have a deep connection with [Ether] in the short term.
Well, of the two Philosopher's Stones, the one the size of a fist is the body of [ether], and the one the size of a grain of rice is the part that was physically separated after being infected and isolated.
Although Fang Yuan had the intention to throw away the latter, he thought of the key knowledge that might be recorded in it and was a little reluctant to part with it, so he finally hid it.
After isolating the source of danger, Fang Yuan raised his head again and looked at the old man in the dormant cabin. But what he was looking at now was no longer looking at an ambitious feudal emperor who was reversing the course of history, but at a man with taboos recorded in his mind. A time bomb of knowledge.
——What did this Emperor of Mars, who single-handedly excavated and reproduced alien technology, obtain from the alien ruins? ! ')161'\u003eChapter 160: The Earl Targeted by "The World"
"[Ether], quickly go through the old emperor's memory. When did that dangerous information appear?" Although he already knew that there seemed to be something extraordinary in the old man's memory, Fang Yuan's intuition told him , this "toxic" memory is probably the key - the key to why the Door of Truth threw him into this world! "1972."
Although the spiritual connection with Fang Yuan has been severed, [Ether] as an auxiliary AI can still complete its work.
"1972... was the year when the people on earth discovered the hyperspace gate, and it was also the year when the old emperor discovered and awakened Aldnoah!" This old guy must have discovered something when he discovered the alien ruins, and it was A secret that only he knew... Fast-forwarding through the relevant memories before and after this dangerous message, Fang Yuan also confirmed that the old emperor had indeed encountered something while excavating the remains of alien technology.
Although the memory in the middle has been isolated, Fang Yuan cannot know exactly what he saw and what happened, but from the memories before and after, he has confirmed the location of the other party at the time of the incident.
"Relic No. 3... wasn't at the very beginning?" Fang Yuan compared the excavation site in the old emperor's memory with the current records in the Weise Empire database, and found that it was a site named "Relic No. 3" is a super-ancient alien technology relic that looks nothing special.
According to the records in the database, it is just an ordinary "archaeological site". The ultra-ancient technological artifacts unearthed there have been thoroughly studied by scientists, and the precious ultra-ancient relics have basically been moved away. The entire ruins There is almost no real value left, and now it only serves as a museum.
Because the location of this relic is very remote, there are not many tourists visiting it, and the number of tourists in a whole year may not exceed double digits.
Although this is also due to the small population of the Martian Empire and the fact that most people live in poverty and have little time to go out and play, the data that the number of tourists does not exceed one hundred people this year is enough to show how deserted this place is.
The most important thing is that this desertion seems to be deliberately caused! Fang Yuan asked [Ether] to invade the database of the Weiser Empire and looked through the expansion of the Martian colony in the past few decades. He suddenly found that in the expansion of the Martian Empire's habitable ecosystem, the entire development planning process intentionally or unintentionally avoided this No. 3 relic, which was very "coincidental" and naturally made it remote.
This series of arrangements is indeed very clever. If you don't look at it from this angle with prejudice, you won't notice this at all.
But when you find something wrong and re-examine the development of the Martian colony in the past from the perspective of conspiracy theory, you can easily notice something wrong.
Moreover, the name of this relic is also very interesting.
According to the database, there are 22 similar super-ancient alien civilization relics, some of which are urban relics, some are special buildings, and some are military fortresses, but all relics, regardless of their functional classification, are uniformly named with numbers.
This ordinary "No. 3 Relic" would not have attracted the attention of any outsiders if it were not for the discovery of something wrong in the old emperor's memory.
"Hide a leaf in the woods? This old guy is quite cunning!" Fang Yuan understood that the other party's approach was indeed very clever. Even if ordinary people knew that there were some secrets hidden in these relics, they would generally go directly to the No. 1 or the last No. 22. For relics like No. 3, which are neither numbered nor high, and look nothing special, almost no one would pay special attention to them.