Chapter 453 Information Disturbance Loop (Two-in-One)
The conical hatching tower gets bigger as it gets closer to the bottom.
Not only that, the number and size of the spiral columns that transport a large amount of activated dark matter are also much larger.
Of course, the insect eggs attached to the columns have also "expanded" several times.
The atmosphere in the starship cockpit was a bit solemn, and everyone silently looked at the insect eggs outside the porthole that had "expanded" to a scale of 100 meters.
These insect eggs, which were about the same size as the starship, gave people a great sense of oppression.
Especially when the black light surged, the insect eggs that kept wriggling because of the impact of the activated dark matter not only gave people a strong sense of psychological discomfort, but also added a bit of weirdness to this claustrophobic world.
The insect eggs were wriggling, and the spiral columns that made up the hatching tower were also "moving" against the backdrop of the surging black light.
Just as Gao Yuan said before, at first glance, the entire hatching tower looked like a living organism that could move!
As the depth of the starship increased, this disturbing illusion became stronger.
Suddenly!
"Beep!!!"
A crisp prompt sound suddenly sounded, breaking the silent atmosphere in the cockpit.
A bright red warning sign popped up in the azure holographic interface.
"Warning! Information entropy fluctuation detected!"
As the synthesized voice of the shipboard main brain sounded, the information entropy fluctuation monitoring chart in the holographic interface, which had no fluctuations at all, was like an electrocardiogram that had undergone cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Several tiny peaks appeared in an instant!
However, watching the peaks continue to spread and eventually form an irregular fluctuation curve chart, both Chen Fan and Hongshi fell into silence at the same time.
This warning information of information entropy fluctuations came a little too late!
The child died before the milk came, right? !
Chen Fan couldn't help but complain in his heart. He spread his hands and looked a little helpless: "See."
"I said that the sensitivity of this thing is not very good. It has not detected information disturbance until now. Don't you see how strong the information disturbance outside is..."
On the other side, Hongshi remained silent, but her face gradually became weird.
She first looked at the intensity of the information entropy fluctuation in the warning information, and then turned to look at Chen Fan, whose face was full of helplessness.
"No..."
Hongshi's voice was a little hesitant: "I don't think there is anything wrong with the sensitivity of the information entropy fluctuation detector..."
"On the contrary, you, Mr. Chen Fan, don't you find that you are becoming more and more sensitive to information disturbances now?"
Hearing Hongshi's words, Chen Fan was stunned.
He subconsciously turned his head and cast a questioning look at Gao Yuan and Isa behind him: "Is... is this true?"
"I think what Mr. Hongshi said is right..." Isa nodded slightly, and the black hood on her head shook.
As if she was afraid that Chen Fan would not believe it, Isa raised her hand and pointed to the information entropy fluctuation curve in the holographic interface: "Look, according to the data of the information entropy fluctuation detection device, the current information entropy fluctuation intensity around the starship has just reached the intensity of the broken light stone."
"If I remember correctly, when you were on the planet Xinaluo, even you had to directly touch the light stone fragments to detect this intensity of information disturbance." "
And now..."
Isa did not finish her words, she just pursed her lips and looked at Chen Fan worriedly.
At Isa's reminder, Chen Fan's face finally changed.
Theoretically, as long as the information entropy fluctuation detection device does not malfunction, its detection accuracy should be a fixed value.
Therefore...
it is actually him who has changed!
He subconsciously lowered his head and checked his body.
It didn't seem to be anything abnormal.
But Chen Fan knew very well that his body seemed to be undergoing some unknown changes unconsciously!
But...
when did this change start?
Chen Fan raised his hand to support his chin, frowned and began to recall the many experiences since Xinaluo.
Soon, he locked onto a very special time point - the prayer ceremony.
Under the traction of the Kraken, his consciousness temporarily separated from his body and arrived at the place of creation tens of thousands of light years away, and was exposed to the space full of radiation and cosmic rays without any cover.
It was also from that time that he became more and more proficient in the use of high-dimensional perspectives, and even mastered the ability of consciousness curvature navigation!
"...Did the Kraken do something to me?"
Chen Fan murmured in a low voice, but the next second, he threw this idea behind his head: "No, no, no, it's impossible, it can't be the Kraken..."
Damn, the Kraken himself can't be saved, how can he do something to his consciousness?
"...What did you say?"
Beside him, Hongshi frowned slightly: "This matter is related to the Kraken?"
Involving the mysterious third-party life form of the Star God, Hongshi, as a Level III investigator, immediately sounded alarm bells in his heart.
"It's not about the Kraken, but... I think my situation should be related to the prayer ceremony at that time." Chen Fan explained his guess vaguely, and his face became solemn.
Since the Kraken was ruled out, there seemed to be only one answer left in front of him.
This ultra-high precision sensing ability of information disturbance should be a manifestation of some kind of ability of his own.
And this ability is not limited to simple sensing!
For example, high-dimensional perspective; for example, strong high-dimensional information bearing ability, it is very likely that they are all manifestations of this unknown ability!
The means of "activating" this ability is likely to be related to the state of the consciousness.
Perhaps... the separation of the consciousness from the body is the so-called prerequisite!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan felt that his originally cramped thoughts became smooth in an instant!
Strictly speaking, the first time the consciousness separated from the body was on Wang Jing's TE1571 research ship.
It was also at that time that he "changed" the shape of the consciousness and also had a magical high-dimensional perspective.
Broadly speaking, as early as in the node universe, when fighting against [Su Zheng], his consciousness had experienced the phenomenon of "partial separation" - the consciousness reading devices arranged by the Bray civilization and [Su Zheng] can produce similar effects.
Correspondingly, he has mastered an ability that can be called a self-destruct truck: with the help of the high-dimensional broadcast of the broadcast civilization mixed with private activities, he can turn into an information-polluted dirty bomb, thereby launching indiscriminate attacks on the surroundings!
The original [Su Zheng] suffered a lot on this!
After mutual verification, Chen Fan became more and more certain of his guess-this unknown ability must be related to his consciousness!
It's just... what is so special about his consciousness?
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through Chen Fan's mind.
In the conversation with Kraken, He once mentioned "life class", and at the same time, He also showed an inexplicable awe of himself!
Perhaps...
"Kraken..." The confusion in Chen Fan's eyes gradually dissipated, and his tone became affirmative, "Kraken should know the reason!"
"It seems that after solving these giant scorpions, we must find a way to wake up Kraken..."
Hongshi: "??!"
Unlike Chen Fan, Hongshi's eyes were full of confusion at this time.
"How... is it related to Kraken again?"
...
Five minutes later.
"... In short, this is probably the case."
Chen Fan picked up the water cup beside him and took a big sip.
It is really not an easy task to explain the many changes in the consciousness body - whether it is Hongshi, Isa and Gao Yuan, they can't directly feel their own consciousness body.
So...
the whole explanation process is no different from a fierce discussion between silicon-based organisms and carbon-based organisms on the changes in the strength of high-voltage current in the body and the efficiency of ATP synthesis.
It's just a chicken talking to a duck.
Of course, I don't understand it.
For this magical change that occurred alone in the consciousness, both Hongshi and the two assistants showed unprecedented curiosity and surprise.
In a sense, this is not a good thing.
Because...
"Hey, hey, hey! Hongshi, what are you doing?!"
Seeing an extremely familiar upload interface suddenly appear in front of Hongshi, Chen Fan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Of course it's sending a task report." Hongshi looked at Chen Fan in surprise, "Have you never written a task report?"
As she said, she reached out and gently pressed the virtual button to confirm the upload.
"No, you misunderstood." With a fluke mentality, Chen Fan asked again: "... I mean, who did you upload this task report to?"
Hongshi's eyes became more and more surprised: "Of course it was Academician Wang Jing."
"Although it's a bit strange, I think this is also a biological problem. Who else can I report to besides Academician Wang?"
Okay.
The hanging heart finally died.
Chen Fan could even imagine Wang Jing's mental state after seeing this task report!
Of course, his ending is also foreseeable.
"Thank you so much..."
"You're welcome." Hongshi pulled the corner of her mouth and showed a standard smile, "Don't worry, the task report I wrote is very standard."
Perhaps because she was afraid that Chen Fan would not believe it, she added again: "I won an award!"
Chen Fan: "???"
He looked at Hongshi beside him with an incredible look on his face. Task reports and awards... are there any connections between the two?
"Indeed." Yi's voice came from the right hand, "In order to urge administrators to upload task reports on time, the Administration has held corresponding selection competitions. In the first three selection competitions, Hongshi was the champion."
The corner of Chen Fan's eye twitched slightly.
Mission report selection contest...
What a niche word.
"What about the fourth session?" Gao Yuan came forward and cast a clear and stupid look at Hongshi.
"There is no fourth session." Before Hongshi could speak, Yi gave an explanation, "The effect of the selection contest was not very good, so the management bureau cancelled the project."
"I heard that the quality of the prizes is not very good, so no one is willing to toss."
Hongshi's face changed, and he quickly denied it: "Who said that?! I think the prize is very good, but it's a pity that this competition has only been held three times..."
"So..." Seeing the undisguised regret on Hongshi's face, Chen Fan's curiosity was also aroused, "What is the prize?"
"A customized gem. It is advertised that it is made of a part of the Neutron Star Fortress."
"A co-branded gem of the Neutron Star Fortress?" Hearing Yi's answer, Chen Fan was a little surprised, "This prize should not be bad, right? At least it has some symbolic meaning."
Hearing Chen Fan's words, Hongshi's eyes suddenly showed a deep smile.
As if she had met a soulmate, she excitedly called up a holographic interface and displayed it in front of Chen Fan: "Look!"
In the deep starry sky, there were three white "gems" with strange shapes and shining luster.
The gems were arranged in a corner. Under the action of gravity, they made irregular three-body motion in the boundless starry sky.
"This thing..."
Looking at the picture in the holographic interface, Chen Fan couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "How big is it?"
"Also, why do I feel that the shapes of these gems are a little familiar?"
Hongshi gave a cheerful answer: "Because they are carved in my image!"
"The average diameter is close to one kilometer, and the mass... Because it is made of neutron star material, it should be heavier than a regular rocky planet."
Chen Fan fell into silence.
You call this thing a gem? !
"According to Director Moore's request, the customized gemstone will be made into the appearance of the winner." Yi's voice came faintly, "You can imagine the appearance of neutron star fragments made into human form floating in the universe."
Chen Fan shuddered, and the smile on his face became stiff.
Don't say it, don't say it.
In a sense, this prize is probably only Hongshi can afford it - she herself is a crystal stone, so naturally she doesn't worry about social death.
"In addition, this machine checked the information."
"When the first competition was held, a neutron star fortress happened to be allocated to the fleet under the jurisdiction of the Administration."
Chen Fan: "...Hehe."
"You just said that this was Director Moore's request?"
After getting Yi's affirmation, Chen Fan was relieved.
If it was Director Moore...
then this prize can be understood.
If he remembered correctly, Director Moore could even deduct 500 credit points for the shipping cost of transporting the stargate components!
Taking the scraps of neutron star fortress as prizes... is indeed a normal routine operation.
"Attention!"
"The starship is about to arrive at the designated area at the bottom of the hatching tower!"
The shipboard synthesized voice sounded without warning, pulling Chen Fan and others' attention back to the mysterious world outside the porthole.
"Drip-drip-drip-"
The bright red warning information continued to flash in the azure holographic interface.
The information entropy fluctuation curve, which had only slight fluctuations before, also opened and closed as the investigator starship arrived at the bottom of the hatching tower. At this moment, the information disturbance intensity around the investigator starship has far exceeded the degree of a single light stone being stimulated by energy and bursting!
But even so, this information disturbance is still not as good as the large phantom created by the ghost fleet, let alone the core interference source in the large phantom.
Thanks to this, except for a faint and almost negligible dizziness, the people in the investigator starship did not feel much strangeness.
Buzz...
A slight tremor came from under the feet, and the starship successfully docked at the bottom of the hatching tower.
Looking at the "light stone floor tiles" flashing fluorescent light outside the porthole, Chen Fan, who had been prepared for a long time, stood up first and reached out to close the visor of the mechanical exoskeleton.
In the electronic prompt sound of [The internal circulation of the armor has been successfully started], Chen Fan said in a deep voice in the communication channel:
"Everyone, it's time to get down to business."
...
Very similar to the high-dimensional signal receiving tower built by [Su Zheng], the base at the bottom of the hatching tower is also a flat table.
However... The scale of the base of the hatching tower far exceeds that of the receiving tower of [Su Zheng].
This is a circular base with a diameter of nearly 6,000 kilometers. The base is made of dark purple dense material.
One by one, thick pipelines, also made of dark purple dense material, extend from the inside of the base, like towering trees stretching far into the vast space above.
They are entangled at an altitude of 100 kilometers from the base, and finally form sections of spiral columns that provide growth space for insect eggs.
In addition to the "pipeline" for transporting activated dark matter, a large amount of light stone is also laid on the surface of the base.
The twinkling stars that he had seen when he first entered the incubation tower now completely appeared in front of Chen Fan - they were polished, circularly arranged light stone "tiles".
The diameter of each circular tile was over 50 kilometers, and these circular tiles were inlaid on a dark purple base, forming a strange and mysterious pattern.
The investigator starship was parked next to one of the light stone "tiles".
Swish!
As the air pressure inside and outside remained constant, the hatch of the starship suddenly opened, and a strange "different world" appeared in front of Chen Fan and others. In the distance, a black light whistled from the inside of the flat dark purple base under their feet, like a surging wave.
As the waves surged, the light stone floor tiles with a faint luster suddenly became brighter.
"Chen Fan, you are right, it is indeed these light stones that are causing trouble..."
Beside him, Hongshi carefully placed several probes on the constantly flashing light stone floor tiles, and dutifully recorded the many pieces of information that flashed rapidly in the holographic interface. Every time the light stone floor tiles flashed, the surrounding information entropy fluctuations would increase several times.
Unlike Hongshi, Chen Fan, who walked out of the starship, did not focus on the small piece of light stone floor tiles in front of him.
He squinted his eyes slightly and scanned the flat base that seemed to have no end.
"Strange..."
Chen Fan shook his head and muttered to himself in a low voice.
"What's wrong?" Hongshi's heart trembled, and she quickly stopped her exploration and recording work, and cast an inquiring look at Chen Fan.
In this complex and dangerous environment, she was more willing to trust Chen Fan's sensing ability.
Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and scanned the surrounding environment: "Do you remember what I said when you first entered the incubation tower?"
"I felt that this incubation tower had an inexplicable sense of familiarity at the time."
Hongshi nodded gently.
Of course she remembered this incident. It was because of the familiarity that Chen Fan mentioned that they discovered the information disturbance inside the incubation tower in advance.
"I thought before that this strange sense of familiarity was brought by the light stone."
Chen Fan shook his head slowly, his expression becoming more and more solemn: "But now it seems that it is not that simple."
"Rather than saying it is the light stone itself, it is better to say that this information fluctuation brings me a sense of familiarity."
"You..." Hongshi's eyebrows revealed a hint of doubt. She could not personally experience the information disturbance and naturally could not understand the meaning. "What do you mean?"
"For example."
"Information disturbance is like water waves diffused in this space. They can overlap and affect each other..."
"Although these light stone tiles look the same, their functions are very different."
Chen Fan raised his hand seemingly casually and pointed to a piece of light stone tiles in the distance: "That is the convergence point of all information disturbances. Although it is not the center of the base, it is the strongest area of information disturbance."
Perhaps he felt that this way of pointing was too rough, Chen Fan frowned slightly, raised his hand and called up a holographic image in front of him.
In the projection, a bird's-eye view of the base taken when the starship landed was clearly presented.
Under the gaze of Red Stone, Chen Fan raised his hand and pointed out dozens of light stone tiles in the holographic interface: "These places are the amplification areas of information disturbance. You can think of them as wave pumps. When passing through these blocks, the originally flat information disturbance will be amplified twice."
"Corresponding to the amplification area, there are also buffer areas."
He pointed out some areas again: "The light stones here can interfere with overly intense information disturbances. Simply put, they can reduce their impact."
"The other light stone tiles are equivalent to fuel, which steadily releases the information disturbance contained inside under a unique mechanism."
Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief: "In general, this is a carefully designed information disturbance circuit. It can not only release the information disturbance inside the light stone, but also emit this information disturbance to the target with a specific intensity." Hongshi
nodded thoughtfully, but the next second, she realized the problem: "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the familiarity you just mentioned, right?"
Chen Fan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he murmured in a low voice: "I have seen a very similar information disturbance circuit before."
He turned slowly, looked straight into Hongshi's uneasy eyes, and said something in a weak voice that shocked her:
"It's in the Xinaluo Palace."
"In the place of prayer, there is such an information disturbance circuit."
(End of this chapter)
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