Chapter 1130 Horror Mirror System
What do everyone’s usual impressions of weapons look like? In other words, what should be the definition of a weapon?
Maybe its form can be ever-changing, the light and shadow effects when attacking can be colorful, and the names and usage can also be different, but I think basically all conventional weapons are based on at least one thing in common: attacking the target, with the ability to kill or damage The deterrent effect can cause damage and trauma to the target's structure or function or any intact aspect, and use various killing methods to destroy the normal state of the target - I think weapons should basically be this kind of thing - but obviously , the weapon used by the thing called the Glow Ring that Bella Vera showed me was a completely different thing.
A large black-red fallen apostle spacecraft appeared around the glow ring. After comparing the proportions, I found that the size of the glow ring was only less than half of the Eternal level, which was much smaller than I expected. After demonstrating the golden After the basic size of the halo, the glow ring began to charge and demonstrated its most basic attack method - well, to be honest, although the effect is gorgeous, it seems to be average in power. A large number of giants can be generated around the golden halo. The magic array uses dense barrages to launch attacks. The power of those barrages is probably about the same as the power of the main guns of small and medium-sized battleships. It is somewhat powerless to deal with super carriers like the Eternal class. During the demonstration, it was completely defeated by the opponent. It took more than ten minutes to saturate bomb an enemy ship without resistance before the latter's shield was extinguished - it is impossible to saturate bomb a unit so smoothly on a real battlefield without achieving the same firepower output. . I'm afraid it would take five to six "glow rings" to defeat the shield of an Eternal-class mothership in a short enough time.
But Bellavilla told me that the Glowing Circle is a super battleship of the same level as the Eternal-class mothership in the imperial armament sequence.
Just when I was a little confused about this, something suddenly changed in the holographic projection: at the moment the target's shield went out, a mirror-like thing suddenly appeared in the originally empty area inside the glow ring, and the shield The image of the defeated enemy ship was clearly reflected in the mirror. Although I couldn't understand what was going on, I instinctively felt that this was the moment when the halo really started to attack. But as I continued reading, I discovered a little inconsistency—probably to demonstrate it more clearly. Bellavilla arranged the black spaceships representing the enemy in a dense array, but only one enemy ship appeared in the mirror in the center of the glowing ring, and all the surrounding spaceships disappeared. Moreover, the reflection in the mirror does not conform to the rules of perspective - it does not appear to be smaller due to the distance between the entity and the mirror, which does not make sense from perspective. So I started to guess that maybe it wasn't a mirror. But a super huge display? Showing its target at full scale? ——Okay, this guess is a little unreliable.
"The power of the ordinary 'main cannon' of the Glow Circle is very weak, completely incomparable with the main cannon on the technological side such as Galaxy, but its final weapon is extremely powerful - it is called the Terror Mirror System," Bellawi La explained to us—mainly to me—the combat method of the Glow Circle, "This thing is very difficult to defend, but it also has limitations. The target it can destroy at one time cannot exceed its annihilation radius. Well, the annihilation radius is what you see." That area is like a mirror. Targets beyond this area cannot be completely locked, and can only be partially locked. This is a weapon that can produce absolute damage to a limited target, and is not suitable for dealing with large and bulky things. However, This locking device can be used flexibly. I don’t know if you have noticed it. It looks like a mirror? - During the locking process. It does work like a mirror. As long as it is 100% proportional, it will be completely reflected in the mirror area. Things can be locked, so as long as the target has a cross-section smaller than the annihilation radius of the glow ring, it cannot escape. Now, the second set of weapon systems of the glow ring begins to attack. "
The golden halo in the holographic projection has reached its charging limit. The "mirror area" inside it suddenly flashed, and then the image of the enemy ship reflected in the mirror began to shrink rapidly. In just a few seconds, the size of the image shrank from dozens of kilometers to... Anyway, in the holographic projection From the looks of it, there is only a small light spot the size of a grain of rice. If it weren't for the arrow next to it, I wouldn't even be able to find it with the naked eye. At the same time as the image in the mirror shrunk, the Eternal-class enemy ship locked by the glow ring also shrank rapidly, and disappeared in an instant. A moment later, the place where the black battleship disappeared suddenly burst out. A tiny, feeble spark like a firefly.
"The absolute power of the horror mirror system," Bellavilla smiled slightly, "Of course, this system has weaknesses. Its attacks will be neutralized by a psionic shield or a shield of the same level, because the Holy Light and The two things of psionic energy are equivalent in terms of information priority. Neither one can completely annihilate or interfere with the other in the main material plane. Therefore, the horror mirror system cannot lock on objects that are completely wrapped by psionic energy or shields of the same level. The target. Therefore, the battle method of Glow Circle needs to be divided into two stages: the first stage is to use its own conventional weapons and friendly firepower to continuously weaken the target shield. When the enemy shield disappears, the target will be destroyed. Reflected in the mirror area, starting from the second stage, the glow ring will reverse the dividing line between the mirror and reality. We know that under normal circumstances, when you look in the mirror, you take the initiative to take action, and then the image in the mirror changes accordingly. , but once reflected by the glow circle, the relationship will be reversed - the horror mirror system will turn your entity in the real world into a phantom in the mirror, and then it will violently shrink its own 'mirror' and be reflected Any target that passes will be crushed unconditionally."
I:"……"
"Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information?" Bellavilla stretched out her hand and waved it in front of my eyes. "Come back to your senses. Can't you be so exaggerated?"
"This thing... what level of weapon is this? Legal level? Concept level?" I pointed at the holographic projection of the glowing ring, "Isn't this kind of lethality too incomprehensible?"
"It's not as exaggerated as you think," Bellavilla shrugged. "It's just that the operating principles of most things in the mysterious system do not conform to the general world view, so they look incredible. Strictly speaking, the horror mirror system is just a mathematical rate modification device, and its attack effect is limited to the annihilation radius. Therefore, it is not a law weapon. Its locking and activation process will be interfered by external factors, so it is not a conceptual weapon. In terms of power alone, this weapon is actually on the same level as the Galaxy main gun. The latter uses high concentrations of psionic energy. The torrent has effects in all dimensions. Unshielded units will also be unconditionally destroyed when attacked by psionic energy. Therefore, the galaxy is not just as simple as an energy cannon - all medium to large weapons in service in the empire are not simply Physical damage. That's it if you think about it. But when facing an empire-level battleship, Terror Mirror has an advantage compared to the main gun of the Galaxy, that is, after the enemy ship's shield is broken, facing the main gun of the Galaxy . It can continue to fight by relying on the charged armor and the internal psionic environment. However, in the face of the terrifying mirror image, as long as the enemy ship's shell psionic shield is no longer complete, the hull structure will be completely destroyed, and the abundant psionic energy inside cannot stop it. Irradiation.”
Bellavilla explained the effect of the horror mirror in great detail. Whether it can illuminate the target only depends on two points. The first is that the opponent must be smaller than its annihilation radius - the locking system of the horror mirror operates on the principle of "information mapping", and it must reproduce the target 100%; secondly, the target must be smaller than its annihilation radius. This requires a flaw in the target's outer shield. The duration of this flaw can be very short, even if it only flickers for a few femtoseconds. It is also enough to mirror the system to establish mapping. Afterwards, even if the enemy ship recharges the shield, it will be useless, because in the current world, the mapping relationship of information has been established, the bullet has already flown into the head, and it is too late to wear a helmet at this time.
As for the process of how this thing uses a mirror to destroy entities in the real world. Sandora saw that it was difficult for me to understand, so she made a very vivid metaphor: "You should be familiar with shortcuts, right?"
"The one on the computer? Of course I know." I nodded.
"Program entities can be controlled through shortcuts," Sandora continued. "The horror mirror creates a shortcut for the target. We know that the essence of the world is a collection of information. Everything that enters the world barrier must be To find a place for your information in the large memory of the world, we can think of it as a folder, and complete psionic energy shielding can use advanced permissions-that is, the priority position of psionic energy in the ladder of all things- Hiding the folder path, the horror mirror system is to find the location of the target file, and then... create a shortcut for uninstallation."
I finally understood it completely this time.
"It's a very powerful thing... I still think it's a bit more high-tech than Galaxy... well, it's highly magical." I looked at the golden halo on the holographic projection in wonder, "But the ability of this thing to fight independently is probably terrible, right?" "
"There is no other way. Except for real law weapons and conceptual weapons, it is very difficult to bypass various corrections in the world through opportunistic methods. When the target has a complete psionic shield, even that shield No matter how low the intensity is, the terror mirror system cannot be activated," Bellavilla spread out her hands helplessly, "and it has limited carrying capacity and its conventional firepower is not strong, so when faced with a cluster composed of Eternals, the glow circle The ring must be assisted by a large number of support battleships to avoid dying miserably: its protection is only about half of the Eternal level. However, as long as there is a certain number of glow rings in our fleet, it will form an unprecedentedly huge formation against the enemy. The deterrent effect. You can probably tell at a glance that such a sniper turret that can take effect at any time and can kill with one hit can make the enemy's large battleships frightened - they will even use it to prevent being killed by the mirror image. And sacrificing firepower and maneuverability to enhance the shield strength of a single ship - the joint shield is powerless against the glow ring, because the joint shield is not a complete shield, and the shields of a large number of different ships are superimposed. A large number of discontinuous surfaces will be produced. Such discontinuous surfaces will not affect the protection against conventional artillery fire, but will leave opportunities for terrorist mirror images to take advantage of. Ah, do you have a question?"
I pointed at the holographic projection: "Just one question, how long will it take for us to build this thing? Can it serve before the next war with the fallen apostles?"
Bellavilla looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and after a moment glanced at me: "You can't just treat me as a festival just because we have had a dispute before... How long did it take you to create your first An Eternal? Speaking of Eternity, I still have resentment. When I was in Azeroth, I had the last Eternal battleship on hand... Visca set off fireworks without hesitation..."
"That is, if she doesn't set off fireworks, then it will be our turn to be set off... Don't change the subject," I was about to continue, but suddenly realized, "That is not your glorious history. And when we There is no complete information on the Eternal Level. The basic industry is also incomplete, which is why the progress is slow, but now you already have the information on the Glow Circle in your hands."
"But I don't have basic industry." Bellavilla said without any room for negotiation. "I searched all over Xinxiang and couldn't find the surviving star-shaping pool... which is the star port used by the mysterious system to build space weapons. Now even I have the information at hand to build an industrial system from scratch. You did the same thing back then, and you know how difficult it is. As for the fallen apostles... they will lose their minds at any time, and I dare not give you any guarantee. In addition, I Let me give you a suggestion, don’t be too obsessed with putting a large number of powerful battleships of the level of Glow Ring into service immediately. No matter when, it is difficult to turn the tide with a single and unsystematic thing, even a super weapon. If you have this time, you might as well expect us to first create various small and medium-sized space weapons of the mysterious type, which is more practical. This is in line with the reasonable law of development. And most of the time, a diversified fleet with reasonable cooperation is far better than a mothership that lacks support. The formation must be more combat effective. As for when to put the Glow Circle into service... I can only say that we will do our best."
I also know that I can’t force this matter. I just feel a little depressed when I see such a powerful thing but can’t appear in front of me right away. But I believe that Bella Vera will not have any problem with this matter. vague. So I can only safely leave this task to her - her burden will be very heavy.
"No matter what, thank you for your hard work." I think I still need to express my gratitude to Bellavilla, because she didn't have to take the initiative to shoulder these responsibilities. Look at her current state, a broken soul, relying on possession You can only have limited activities on your own copy. If she had been hiding deep in Sylvia's soul, no one could say anything, but she still took the initiative to stand up and resisted the most complex and important turning point that the new empire was currently facing. I'm not A person who feels nothing about this, but can't find a suitable way to express his gratitude-except for this sentence.
Bellavilla smiled and blinked: "This thank you is not light. I will take it seriously."
"By the way, you have decided to retire from now on and be a small store manager with peace of mind. Now that you have taken on these responsibilities, won't you regret it?" Sandora said in a very soft voice as she looked at the Raven Hatchery in the distance.
The corners of Bellavilla's mouth turned up slightly, showing an expression that was half-smiling: "At first, I really wanted to retire and stop caring about these messy things - because I was really tired. But seeing you so busy, I always feel that I can't continue to enjoy happiness in the shadow city you built... Maybe I have to find something to do to feel at ease. Fortunately, I was only decadent for such a short period of time, and I haven't forgotten it. With my own abilities, I can still handle this. I caused you a lot of trouble in Azeroth, so this can be considered a kind of compensation."
After saying that, Bellavilla put away the holographic projection in the sky, waved her hand and walked towards her ravens, and half a sentence floated lightly in the wind: "... As for retirement - after we defeat those rebels Besides, I’m not old enough to retire yet.”
Because of our conversation with Bella Vera, Sandora and I suddenly had the idea of going to Celestial City to visit again. It had been several days since we left there, and I didn’t know if Alleria had sorted it out. Those messes, because I know everything about Celestial City very well, Alleria's work there is progressing very quickly, and a lot of new progress is reported almost every day, but no matter how many reports are reported, I feel that it is better to go and see it myself Good.
Now that the Celestial City has been integrated with the Shadow Space, there is no need to go through the troublesome World Gate to get there. The process is as simple as setting off from the Shadow City to Avalon, so after just a moment, we arrived at the Celestial City. City of Angels at its core.
Everything in front of us has not changed much from when we left a few days ago. This is not surprising. When we left, the basic buildings of Tianjie City were already in place as planned. We have not carried out any construction on these giant buildings in the near future. Plans for expansion and alterations. The only change in front of me is that most of the buildings are now in operation: the beautiful runes on the surface of the buildings are shining with mysterious light under the influence of arcane magic, and the blue crystals embedded in the outer walls of the buildings are shining. An extremely soft sound, as sweet as music, floats in the wind all the time, and the entire city of heaven is enveloped by this sound.
Although there are still not many people to see, the normal operation of those buildings is enough to be called good news. At least this still somewhat empty Celestial City has a little more vitality.
"Look, there are already guards." Sandora looked around and suddenly pointed to a floating bridge on the left. Following the direction of her finger, I saw two blurry figures standing at the end of the floating bridge. The faint blue figures—those are two elemental creatures.
It is foreseeable that before enough mysterious apostles are born, the largest number of "residents" in Celestial City must be this kind of elemental creatures that can be mass-produced. It is not known whether their activity can bring more excitement here. atmosphere.
"Your Majesty?" Alleria's voice came from the side, interrupting my thoughts, "Why are you here?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)