In the following time, Arelton gave everyone present a detailed introduction to the entire planning process of the second phase.

The complete implementation of the second phase requires breakthroughs in materials.

Existing materials do not have very good resistance to the abyss. Even the expensive zero element is eroded by the abyss too quickly and cannot meet the needs of deep diving.

Traditional shields are useless in front of the abyss. This strange energy is hardly hindered by any protective force field.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a brand new material came into everyone's view.

Those are the crystal fragments recovered from the wreckage of the Crystal Storm.

During the experiment, people found that the crystal material that makes up these crystal spacecraft has very good resistance to the abyss.

Thus a completely new composite material was processed.

This new type of composite material incorporates some of the characteristics of spacecraft gold-ceramic armor on the basis of the original crystal material.

The new material not only exhibits excellent resistance to abyss, but also has very good mechanical properties.

The most important thing is that this material is compatible with most existing processes in terms of processing. Only small-scale modifications to existing production lines are required to produce this anti-abyss material in batches.

Although the current yield rate is low due to the immaturity of the technology, the captured crystal war star debris can provide a large amount of raw materials, so the Galactic Alliance still produced a considerable amount of new alloys.

This protective barrier crafted from a new alloy is called Anti-Abyssal Armor.

People speculate that Crystal Storm has close contact with the Abyss, and may even have suffered great losses at the hands of the Abyss.

This speculation is not groundless, considering the observations made in the previous few times.

The Crystal Storm is very afraid of the abyss aura on the field, and they will quickly evacuate when they cannot completely suppress the abyss.

They also had no shields, relying solely on armor to withstand the onslaught. Even the giant crystal that initially attacked the Lion's Head Star Gate, the white light it emitted, couldn't be considered a shield, but rather a weakening force field.

In space warfare, armor is far less effective than shields.

No matter how tightly armored a craft is, it will still have weak points in areas like engine heat dissipation and moving parts. Especially when facing a kinetic attack, even if the armor withstands the external impact, the vibration will still be transmitted to the interior of the spacecraft.

Even if these shocks have been offset and weakened through layers, they may still damage the fragile internal equipment.

In contrast, the shield hardly has this problem. As long as it has enough energy, it can almost offset all external kinetic damage.

In addition, heavy armor will greatly increase the mass of the hull, limiting the maneuverability of the spacecraft under normal conditions and even the speed of subspace navigation.

Combining Crystal Storm's defensive strategy of abandoning shields and fully stacking armor and the Abyss's attribute of basically ignoring shields, plus Crystal Storm's performance against the Heart of the Abyss in the previous encounter, it is hard not to think that there is some hidden relationship between the two.

Some speculate that the Crystal Storm may have entered the Abyss long ago, witnessing its power and strangeness. It was then that this tribe began to embark on this unique path.

But speculation is speculation, without evidence it's all nonsense.

Since communication with the crystals has been proven impossible, the Galactic Alliance is left to uncover the truth of the incident on their own.

The main units of the second phase of the deep dive plan are eight abyss probes.

These probes are all made of anti-abyss armor. They will be deployed within the safe detention line, and on this basis, they will first enter the subspace, and then enter the realm of the abyss through a black hole engine similar to the Queen of the Sun.

The black hole engines used by these probes have been modified and upgraded based on the data obtained from the Apollo probe.

They have made great improvements in stealth speed and positioning capabilities.

To a certain extent, the safety of the probe's deep dive has been improved.

After all, even the shell made of anti-abyss armor can only slow down the speed of erosion by the abyss when in contact, so it is very important to reduce the time spent in the abyss as much as possible.

Compared with the high manufacturing cost, the mission of these probes is very simple. They are like deep-sea probes from the ancient times of the Earth.

Its only purpose is to dive into areas that humans have never set foot in, record data through the sensor equipment it carries, and finally bring it out of the sea to people outside.

"During the deep dive, Mr. Porter is the only one who can directly control the probe's operational status."

Arelton spoke eloquently, explaining some technical details along the way.

“This is a monopoly!”

Some people are not convinced.

Why are you Earthlings the only ones who can get first-hand data? We are all members of the Galactic Alliance, and we demand equal treatment among all species.

"Not us, nor the Earthlings."

Arelton corrected him.

"Only Mr. Potter can."

"Why?"

"The infection mechanism of the Abyss is still unclear. These firsthand data collected directly from the Abyss may contain unexpected sources of infection."

Arelton stared maliciously at the shouting crowd.

"Or, are you all willing to take this risk?"

The people in the audience looked at each other in confusion.

Most of these people are officials who have little idea about these cutting-edge technologies. They did this just to pave the way for the subsequent division of interests.

"You are sophistry!"

But after a brief silence, someone immediately jumped out.

"You mean the virus I see on the screen can pass through the computer screen and infect me? It's just data, a graphical representation!"

"Besides, even if we don't get infected, does that mean he'll be fine?"

"that is!"

More people began to agree.

"You're right."

Arelton nodded.

“Maybe the virus won’t, but the abyss can really infect you through the screen.”

"As for Mr. Potter..."

He looked at the large head soaked in biological protective fluid. After receiving the other party's permission through the headset, Arelton switched the holographic projection image in the room.

What is shown above is the brain structure of an organism. In the cross-section of the brain, you can see many things with obvious mechanical properties.

"I've said it before. Mr. Potter is not just a brain, he's a neural computer with self-awareness."

"And the abyss is like a virus; it can only infect specific subjects."