pjbooks Chapter 429 Anchor Point Activation!
Chapter 429 Anchor Point Activation!
72nd hour.
On the system panel, the location marker of the Vermilion Bird perfectly coincides with the coordinates of point L2.
"The Vermilion Bird has reached its target location," Qin Xiao's voice came through the communicator. "All flight parameters are at zero. Attitude is stable."
Zhang Yan opened his eyes.
The runes in the spherical space were still glowing faintly, and the churning on the surface of the door continued, but none of that mattered anymore.
"Begin," he said.
Consciousness once again extends outward along the quantum entanglement channel.
With zero latency, his perception switches to the sub-core perspective faster than the blink of an eye.
space.
The same darkness and silence as three hours ago.
But this time, Suzaku did not move.
It is suspended at the Lagrange L2 point, the position of gravitational equilibrium between the Earth and the Sun.
Here, it can remain relatively stationary indefinitely, requiring no additional energy to maintain its orbit.
The golden glow of the sub-core pulsed steadily within the carrier chamber.
Zhang Yan initiated the activation process.
Step 1: Frequency calibration. The output frequency of the subcore needs to form the correct topological resonance with the six gates on Earth. This is the most delicate part of the entire activation process. If the frequency deviation exceeds 0.03%, the resonance cannot be established.
Zhang Yan began to make adjustments.
The frequency of the subcore is finely adjusted starting from the reference value.
每一次调整都需要与六道门逐一比对，第一道门71%、第二道门35.2%、第三道门43.1%、第四道门51%、第五道门65%、第六道门57%。
With six different efficiency values and six different vibration frequencies, the subcore needs to find a precise output point that can resonate with all the gates simultaneously.
The system-aided calculation provided theoretical values, and Zhang Yan set the output according to the theoretical values.
The resonance accuracy began to improve.
87%…89%…91%…93%…
94.7%.
Stopped.
Zhang Yan frowned.
The accuracy is stuck at 94.7% and cannot be increased further.
The activation threshold is 95%.
0.3% difference.
He checked the status of the sub-core.
The problem was quickly identified—the release of the purification pulse three hours earlier consumed 2.7% of the energy, causing a decrease in the peak output power of the sub-core.
The current power is insufficient to support 95% resonance accuracy.
A 0.3% difference in accuracy corresponds to a 0.8% difference in energy.
Zhang Yan did not hesitate.
He initiated a directed energy transfer from the core of the Heavenly Craftsmanship to the sub-core through a quantum entanglement channel.
0.8%.
The Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart in his chest trembled slightly.
On the system panel, the system's reserves jumped from 67.3% to 66.5%.
On the sub-core side, energy reserves have been fully replenished.
Output power is restored to the design peak.
Resonance accuracy has begun to climb again.
95.1%...96.4%...97.2%...
Threshold exceeded.
The activation process has entered its final stage.
The subcore begins to release stable topological resonance waves outward.
The ripples spread from point L2 toward Earth, traversing a vacuum of 1.5 million kilometers, reaching the Earth's surface, penetrating deep into the Earth's crust, and establishing connections with each of the six gates.
Zhang Yan's consciousness simultaneously perceived two ends—the sub-core in space was outputting, and the six gates on Earth were responding.
The first hurdle: Resonance confirmation.
The second hurdle: resonance confirmation.
The third gate: resonance confirmation.
The fourth gate: Resonance confirmation.
The fifth gate: Resonance confirmation.
The sixth gate: Resonance confirmation.
All six gates responded, and the seventh node of the topology network was successfully connected.
The system interface has been refreshed.
Zhang Yan withdrew from the consciousness access and returned to the spherical space underground in Shennongjia.
He opened his eyes and looked at the system panel in front of him.
The gate network topology diagram is being redrawn.
In a network that originally had only six light spots, the position of the L2 point lit up with a seventh light spot.
It is golden, the same color as the Heart of Heaven.
The numbers are jumping.
"Gate - Network Integrity: Recalculating..."
Five seconds.
The numbers freeze.
"Gate network theoretical defense limit: 96.4%. Current overall efficiency: 58.7%. Jump protocol status: Unlocked (backup)."
Zhang Yan stared at the 96.4% for three seconds.
72% of the ceiling has been broken.
"Nie Qingcheng".
"I saw it." There was a tremor in her voice, but it was well suppressed. "96.4%."
"Um."
"Is that enough?"
"That's enough," Zhang Yan said. "As long as we gradually restore the overall efficiency of the Six Gates from 58.7% to over 90%, there will be no way to break through the gates, even with a full-force attack."
There was a moment of silence on the communication line.
Then Nie Qingcheng said, "Come back."
Zhang Yan was preparing to answer.
The system alarm went off.
It's not yellow, and it's not red.
It was a white he had never seen before.
The pressure values of all six gates simultaneously returned to zero.
Zhang Yan withdrew his hand from the door.
He looked at the six zeros on the panel, exactly the same as the situation seven hours earlier when the locksmith disconnected the listening module.
But this time is different.
This occurred after the new anchor point was successfully activated.
All attacks outside the door ceased.
It's not a weakening, it's not a test.
It is complete and utter stillness.
"It's stopped again." Qin Xiao's voice came through the communicator. "The Six Paths Gate has been completely reset to zero."
Zhang Yan didn't speak; he was waiting.
Three seconds later, a new notification popped up.
The monitoring data did not originate from within the gate network.
It is an external signal received by the subcore—from the direction of Proxima Centauri.
Directed transmission.
The system translates automatically.
Zhang Yan looked at the word on the screen.
One word.
"interesting."
The spherical space was so quiet that the hum of the runes could be heard.
"Zhang Yan," Nie Qingcheng's voice came through, "What did the system receive?"
Zhang Yan's gaze never left that word.
It spoke.
For 30,000 years, for 100,000 years, it has never actively conveyed any information.
It merely gnaws, pushes, knocks, and probes.
Like a silent wild beast.
Now it has opened its mouth.
"interesting."
Zhang Yan's back was pressed against the cold inner wall of the spherical space, but he could not feel any temperature.
"Nie Qingcheng".
"exist."
"It sent us a message."