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The people of Anselmburgh watched the missile hurtling towards its target in the live broadcast. As the countdown to impact dwindled, everyone stood up involuntarily, clenching their fists and muttering, "It has to succeed! It has to succeed!"
As the countdown reached zero, the nuclear missile, like a shooting star, traced a beautiful arc and precisely struck the abyss link point.
The detonator in the warhead ignited the bioenergy block, releasing the powerful energy it contained. This energy, after being partially depleted by the energy beam, once again struck the weapon and the energy block.
Chapter 144: A Fierce Impact!
Chapter 145 Violent Impact
This caused it to release even greater energy, and the combined effect of the two blasted into the spatial node, tearing a spatial rift larger than that created by the weapon-grade energy block when used alone.
Although it only appeared for a brief moment, it began to collapse and heal, and the all-consuming black hole appeared out of nowhere.
"This is the command center. We have received your message. Please continue the probe and report any issues immediately!"
"understand!"
During the report, the black hole could no longer sustain itself and began to shrink inward. With a loud bang, it left a huge crater in its place, raising dust from the "477"th day. The chaotic spatial fluctuations also began to slowly subside.
In stark contrast, the pressure they face is immense, but victory is a must in this battle.
Seeing that the aircraft had successfully returned from outer space and accurately hit its target, the command center's worst fears had not come true. Now, all they had to do was wait for the final result.
The attack ended later than XX's because it was located on a plain, so it was the first to produce results.
Everyone in the command center stood up. They knew perfectly well that at this point, the only communication would be about the experimental results.
Zhang Feihuang, who was in charge of the space fluctuation detector, looked at the still chaotic space fluctuation readings and tried to find some useful data from them.
But after comparing it with the database for a long time, no useful data was found. Rubbing his sore eyes, he turned and asked:
"Qu Zhong, can you determine the state of the connection point using optical observation instruments? My spatial readings are too chaotic; I can't find any useful data at all."
"No!" Qu Zhong said, looking at the image on the optical detection instrument. "The canyon is completely obscured by dust. Although some of it has dissipated, it still doesn't create conditions suitable for observation. Captain, how's it going on your end?"
"It doesn't work here either; the integrated imaging system can't detect it either."
Everyone else nodded and continued with their work.
A moment later, a strange set of data on the space probe caught Zhang Feihuang's attention. He frowned as he looked at the constantly changing data, as if he had discovered something. "This data, could it be...!"
As the spatial fluctuations within the canyon stabilized, more and more useful data was detected. Zhang Feihuang looked at these abnormally fluctuating data and found them increasingly strange.
These data seem familiar, but I can't quite place where I've seen them before. Zhang Feihuang said to Captain Zhang Xiaoqiang, who was staring at the integrated imaging system:
"The captain has released the data. Come and take a look; this data is very strange."
"Oh? Let me see." With that, Zhang Xiaoqiang walked over to Zhang Feihuang's side.
"Captain, look at these data." Zhang Feihuang pointed to the data displayed on the screen and said to Captain Zhang Xiaoqiang:
Zhang Feihuang frowned as he looked at the periodically changing data on the screen, and said in a puzzled tone, "I feel like I've seen this somewhere before, but I just can't remember where."
"Oh?" Captain Zhang Xiaoqiang frowned upon hearing Zhang Feihuang's assessment. "Let me see."
Looking at the data on the screen, Zhang Xiaoqiang found that it was indeed as Zhang Feihuang had predicted.
That means their attack failed, but the data also shows that they disrupted the stability of the connection point.
Since it's no longer passable, it can't be considered a complete failure. Moreover, looking at the patterns in these data changes, he felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had indeed seen it somewhere before.
Realizing that this data might be very important, Zhang Xiaoqiang immediately issued an order: "Inform the command center of our findings immediately, and request a dedicated line to process our data and observation images into holographic data and transmit them back to the command center in real time for analysis."
"Yes!"
For this experiment, the positioning and navigation system was first set up.
With remaining capacity, several military reconnaissance satellites and two communications satellites were launched.
However, due to the threat of abyssal creatures, the construction of ground communication relay stations has been extremely slow, only covering the area surrounding the Anselt District.
The mission area and the defense operations area are not covered at all, and can only be relayed through two communication satellites.
This resulted in insufficient communication bandwidth, and to compensate for the communication bandwidth problem, dozens of large communication relay airships were flying throughout the mission area.
This is to ensure uninterrupted communication in case of emergencies. All of these dozens of airborne communication relay airships are already in use, with only a few having spare bandwidth remaining, and Airship No. 6 is one of them.
Chapter 146: The Annihilation Effect
As the data was transmitted back to the command center via a dedicated line, scientists there, with the help of Xihe, began a comprehensive analysis of it.
However, the current situation is both unexpected and reasonable, given that their understanding of the Abyss Link Point and space is still in its early stages, and many secrets remain to be discovered.
And so the scientists began conducting various analyses and proposing various hypotheses at the command center.
However, all of these analyses are now based on the continuous stream of real-time data being transmitted.
If they could see the current status of the connection point, they should be able to roughly analyze the situation and determine whether any special preparations are needed.
Seeing the experts arguing amongst themselves and still no results, Su Mu felt extremely frustrated.
Regardless of the final outcome, the necessary preparations must be made, including through the Xi-10 and the mobile combat forces.
The order to be on high alert at any time was issued, and the latest situation was reported to Base 3049. The communication also requested Academician Wang Miao to come and provide support.
Academician Wang Miao, who was at the new 3049 base on the planet Tanis, learned that a new unknown situation had occurred in the Abyss Continent experiment. After reading the brief situation report, he handed over the work he was doing to others and hurriedly traveled to the Abyss Continent through the transit station.
Inside the command center, the scientists, along with An Tianming and An Yan, who had arrived with a group of researchers from the Magic Pattern Science Laboratory after receiving the news, were trying to explain the truth revealed by the data from different perspectives regarding the current situation.
A calm voice rang out, "What's the situation now?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a researcher wearing a white lab coat, his hair a mess, walking quickly toward them. The researchers didn't pay attention to his disheveled appearance and greeted him respectfully.
Academician Wang nodded to the people who greeted him, then walked over to Academicians An Tianming and Ding Yi. Without any pleasantries, he went straight to the point and asked, "What is the current situation? Are there any unreliable conclusions?"
An Tianming shook his head directly, "No, we have never seen such a situation before, and we have not reached a unified consensus."
Academician Wang frowned and asked, "Has no consensus been reached in either magic or science?"
"No, this situation was unexpected," Academician Ding Yi said, shaking his head.
"Hmm." Academician Wang nodded, frowning as he looked at the data updating in real time on the holographic projection. He frowned for a moment, then seemed to understand something and showed a thoughtful expression of sudden realization.
When the latest data was updated, he saw one set of data and seemed to have discovered something. He hurriedly grabbed the data from the projector, placed it aside, and looked at it with a frown.
An Tianming and Academician Ding Yi also noticed Wang Miao's actions and came over to look at the data that had been captured. An Tianming asked, "Is there something wrong with this set of data?"
“Hmm.” Wang Miao nodded. “This appeared when the data was just refreshed. I feel that this set of data is very similar to the data of obliteration warheads.”
"Huh?" Academician Ding Yi said in disbelief, "How can it be the same as the data for the obliteration warhead?"
"To be precise..." Before he could finish his sentence, Academician Wang Miao, as if confirming something, directly said to Xihe:
"Okay, Academician Wang, let's begin the comparison." After Xihe finished speaking, a data stream appeared on the holographic projection, and the comparison began.
At this moment, Academician Ding Yi understood, "You mean, these data are the same as the data on the annihilation effect produced by spatial collapse healing?"
"Annihilation warhead? Annihilation effect caused by spatial collapse and healing?" An Tianming repeated in confusion. He had not yet come into contact with this kind of knowledge, so he was very puzzled about what these things meant.
Seeing the puzzled looks on An Tianming and An Yan's faces, Academician Wang Miao explained the principle behind this imagination to them. After listening, the two showed expressions of "I see," and at the same time, they marveled at the profoundness of science.
After explaining, Academician Wang Miao continued, "Because I led and conducted the experiment on the obliteration warhead, and the results at that time left a deep impression on me."
If we could see the current spatial connection point, we would see that it is constantly contracting and expanding, but its volume is getting smaller and smaller.
477 The smaller the volume, the higher the energy density, and eventually we will be able to see the black hole.
As Academician Wang Miao explained, all the researchers gathered around him and listened quietly.
After hearing this explanation, the others understood why Academician Wang Miao had done this, and they carefully recalled the experimental data they had seen before.
Three minutes later, Xihe's data comparison results came out. Academician Wang Miao looked at the final conclusion and smiled, "It worked! Just as I expected!"
Moreover, its magnitude is more than twice that of the annihilation warheads we dropped, and the resulting black hole's sphere of influence is three times larger than ours, lasting five times longer. This is…
"What!" Before Academician Wang Miao could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Commander Su Mu's exclamation.
"Yes, Commander Su Mu, the order has been issued."
Chapter 147: No rush, let's play along and take it one step at a time!
Moving towards a new safe distance, they have no desire to personally verify whether the other side of a black hole connects to an unknown universe.
Seeing that the holographic map showed everyone had been safely evacuated, Su Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief and apologized to the researchers. The researchers shook their heads, saying it was nothing, the safety of the soldiers was the top priority.
After seeing that Commander Su had handled the situation, Academician Wang Miao continued, "This is a very important discovery, indicating that if a medium-sized space gate collapses into a small space gate and is attacked by a second-generation annihilation warhead..."
This will transform into an annihilation effect resulting from the spatial collapse and healing process. This is a phenomenon we have never discovered before, and it is very important to us. If we can understand the reasons behind this, it will greatly help our understanding of space.
"Professor Wang, when will the annihilation effect likely occur?" a researcher asked.
Academician Wang Miao looked at the newly updated data on the holographic projection, made a rough calculation in his mind, and said, "It will appear in about ten to fifteen minutes."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xihe gave the accurate calculation results: the annihilation effect will appear after 13 minutes and 21.66 seconds, lasting for 50 seconds. The spatial fluctuations generated after the black hole disappears will completely destroy the "U"-shaped valley.
"As you can see from Xihe's calculations, this valley will no longer exist. Those who were planning to travel there can give up on that idea," Professor Wang Miao said with a shrug, making what wasn't exactly a joke.
An Yan said with some excitement, "So, this experiment was successful for both objectives?"
Everyone nodded. They had already reached the most reliable conclusion. As for whether it was true or not, they only needed to wait 13 minutes and 21.66 seconds to find out the result.
The large screen on the upper level and the holographic projection displayed real-time images of the canyon. Everyone noticed that the state of the spatial connection point was exactly the same as that analyzed by Academician Wang Miao. At this point, it could be basically confirmed that Academician Wang Miao's analysis was correct. However, out of caution, it was necessary to wait until the annihilation reaction occurred before drawing a formal conclusion.
In the command center, apart from the old commander and Su Mu marveling at the power, the other scientists present had their eyes shining and their faces flushed as they rushed between various instruments, looking at the real-time data coming back from them, wishing they could start researching on the spot.
They embraced each other, crying, laughing, jumping, and shouting to vent the helplessness and sorrow that had accumulated in their hearts over the years, while celebrating the dawn of the end of this dark age.
As Xihe broadcasted and detected spatial fluctuations at one abyss connection point after another, and marked each one on the holographic projection, all abyss connection points near Ansel turned red.
Su Mu, the old commander, and the strategists looked at the spatial link points marked with spatial fluctuations directly opposite the defensive line. Sure enough, the Abyss was about to launch a counterattack against them. Judging from the posture, it wanted to completely destroy them in one fell swoop. Let's see if they have such good teeth.
"．｀Xihe!"
"I am here, Commander Su Mu."
"Report the latest intelligence from here to the higher-ups and Base 3049, and inform them that we will be carrying out Plan D. Request full support from the domestic authorities and Base 3049."
"Report sent, request sent."
Su Mu nodded and continued, "Activate all unmanned combat weapons and transfer command to the individual combat commanders of the frontal defense operations."
"The order has been executed and command has been transferred."
Commander Su Mu let out a long sigh of relief. Everything was ready, and a war that might be beyond the comprehension of ordinary people was about to begin.
……
In the main world, while engrossed in processing some documents in his office, he heard a dragon's voice, "Second Commander, an urgent document from Base 3049."
You're welcome, it's already opened for you.
The Second Commander looked at the latest news. Although he was happy that the experiment was successful, he couldn't help but worry when he thought about the large-scale backlash from the abyss that was already confirmed. "Dragon, retrieve the file named 'Plan D'."
"Commander No. 2 has been transferred to your service."
Although he had read "Plan D" many times, the Second Commander carefully reviewed the entire plan from beginning to end. After confirming that everything was correct, he signed his name and entered his biometric information.
"Dragon, send 'Plan D' to Commanders One and Three."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief No. 2, transmission complete."
The organization developed contingency plans for various possible scenarios following the experiments conducted in the Abyss. Plan D was one of these plans, and its core idea was simple: to shrink the defensive perimeter.
Chapter 148: Relentless Attacks!
Mass production of second-generation obliteration warheads and the necessary ballistic weapons; mobilization of reserves who have completed political vetting in the other major defense zones besides the western and eastern defense zones to enter the Abyss Continent to participate in defensive combat missions.
When formulating these plans, the possible situations that might arise in the new mission world were also taken into consideration. After Yang Dong and his team returned and reconnected with the NieR world, the plan's responsibility regarding the mission world became to stop all team cleanup operations in the NieR world and only retain sufficient defensive forces at the Earth forward base and the large military research base in the ruined city.
At each orbital base and the lunar base, only enough personnel were retained to maintain the base's operation. All other personnel, including the "Dragon Kingdom" spaceship, were transferred to the Abyss Continent, where the "Dragon Kingdom" also played a very important role.
It undertakes support missions and coordinates with launch vehicles in outer space to deploy satellites, aiming to achieve perfect positioning and navigation, communication, and reconnaissance satellite systems in the shortest possible time.
Because every emergency plan, including Plan D, will have far-reaching effects once implemented, it must be signed by all three leaders and their biometric signatures must be provided before it can be executed.
The Third Commander, who was processing intelligence, received intelligence from the artificial intelligence "Dragon," as well as "Plan D," which had already been signed by the Second Commander.
After reviewing the latest information about the experiment, it becomes clear that Project D is the best option. The Third Commander signed his name on the document and also left his biological characteristics.
The Third Commander sighed, feeling somewhat relieved. Although the matter was very serious, at least secrecy could be maintained. If the worst-case scenarios had occurred, then secrecy would have been out of the question.
At the same time, after seeing off Pushmi's superiors and the Mauritian delegation back to their hotel and having a brief exchange, the First Commander suddenly felt a slight vibration from his personal terminal, disguised as a watch.
Back in the car, he instructed the fleet to return to his office immediately. Only then did he look at his personal terminal, which displayed a set of numbers.
Upon seeing these numbers, the First Commander pressed his finger on the screen for three seconds. When he looked at his personal terminal again, the numbers had changed to "Execute Plan D".
The number one commander of "Executing Plan D" certainly knew what this meant. He now urgently needed to know what had happened in the experiment at Ansel that led the theater command there to make the decision to execute "Plan D".