Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 541

In the cold, simulated sandbox, a simplified model of the Nearlight shunt structure was precisely loaded onto the virtual Spirit Bone and Adamantite connection nodes.

When that devastating combined shockwave was simulated and released again, the design, originating from the Knight family, demonstrated its ingenuity.

It is no longer passively receiving energy, but rather acts like a pre-set energy gate, actively capturing and guiding the most violent and destructive energy flow in the shock wave, cleverly dispersing and channeling it to a wider structural domain.

The surging data stream rushed across the monitoring array like a silver torrent of data. Countless reading curves representing energy intensity suddenly soared at the impact point, but when they touched the "energy channel" preset by the light-emitting structure, they were tamed and diverted by an invisible force, and the peak value was significantly reduced.

Ultimately, all the dynamic charts stabilized, converging into a cold but undeniable conclusion: the peak of the target conflict energy was significantly weakened, with the decline stabilizing between 57.3% and 62.1%.

The glaring red warning area was largely covered by blue and yellow signals that indicated safety.

"Physical model verification passed." The synthesized voice of the Sage Oregana was calm and even, as if stating an established fact. "The average efficiency of mitigating the energy conflict with the target is 59.8%."

While there is an upper limit to efficiency, the core principles have been verified to be effective and possess basic practical value.

It is recommended that it be integrated as an auxiliary buffer component of the 'Energy Rune Translation Matrix' infrastructure of Sage Feralus Manus-7. Her prosthetic eye swept across the data stream, instantly completing hundreds of compatibility predictions.

Philus Manus-7's eyes, like liquid metal, rapidly switched and compared between verification data and the original near-light structure diagram, at a speed that exceeded the limits of human vision, leaving only a blurry image.

Her enormous fingers, covered in adamantine fingertips, swept across the floating control interface, leaving a trail of eerie blue data, as if drawing a star map in the void.

Driven by her will, the design blueprints were instantly retrieved, disassembled, and reassembled, at a speed that dwarfed even the most advanced logic engines.

The structure of the adamantite connection node has been redesigned to be more precise and complex. The etched patterns on the surface seem to come alive, interweaving and evolving on their own to form an energy conduit array that looks like it is covered with ancient runes.

At the core node of its geometric structure, several energy-conducting quartz crystals emitting a slightly cool blue light are precisely embedded in the reserved grooves, like strange gems inlaid in a steel skeleton, with tiny starlight pulsating inside the crystals.

“Optimized design complete.” Her voice was like refined gold cooling in a furnace, steady and with a metallic texture. “Refined gold diversion structure integrated with crystal energy absorption layer.”

Objective: To increase the efficiency of conflict energy peak reduction to over 80%.

"Crystal frequency calibration experiment, to be carried out immediately." Her gaze, like a precise probe, swept over the busy array of technical priests below with scrutinizing pressure, finally locking onto Maria. "Technical Priest Maria Nearl, participate in the calibration process."

Provides original structural frequency parameters and safety range data.

Precision requirement: microsecond level.

“Yes, Your Excellency!” Maria’s voice trembled almost uncontrollably, a mixture of disbelief, excitement, and the exhilaration of having her family’s honor recognized.

Although the core optimization was completed by the sage himself, and the family's basic structure was merely adopted as a starting point, this means that the technological legacy of the Nearl family has been proven effective in the most advanced halls of the Mechanicus, under the watchful eye of a high-ranking sage!
She felt a slight tingling in her fingertips. She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed her surging emotions, and immediately immersed herself in the dense, spiderweb-like crystal frequency testing matrix in front of her.

A virtual spectrum unfolded before her, with countless lines representing frequencies leaping about as if they were alive.

She was completely focused, holding her breath, comparing the faded, ancient parameters on the data panel with those in the family records. She meticulously adjusted the energy input frequency of the crystals in the simulation environment, each knob's fine-tuning, each data confirmation, as precise as maintaining the sacred oil system of the knight's mech's power core, allowing no room for error. Sweat beaded on her forehead, glistening in the furnace's dim light.

At the same time, the first high-load impact test, which integrates the optimized structure, was launched under energy settings far exceeding previous limits.

The simulated torrent of destruction surged and roared once more, its physical kinetic energy intertwined and tumbled with the turbulent energy currents of the subspace, like a giant hammer slamming into the force field barrier, stirring up even more violent energy ripples than before, and the entire Silent Furnace seemed to tremble slightly with a hum.

The new diversion structure operates efficiently, and the rune markings on the adamantite skeleton are like lit fuses, emitting a dazzling white light that complements the cold blue light emitted by the energy-conducting quartz crystal embedded within, forming a complex network of light.

The violent energy tides are captured, guided, absorbed, and transformed by this light net, emitting a deep and continuous resonance.

The main frame vibrated violently under the more intense impact, but the structural light pattern remained stable, like a reef in a storm, still firm.

However, deep within the most delicate and sensitive secondary data layer of the monitoring array, which typically only records background noise, a slender mechanical tentacle covered with ultrasensitive sensors, like the most vigilant venomous snake, suddenly paused for a moment amidst billions of flowing data streams.

His visual core, composed of multiple super-eyes, instantly locked onto that extremely faint, fleeting abnormal signal—it was neither the aftershock of a physical impact nor the characteristic chaotic energy feature with a blasphemous aura, but rather a more subtle, chaotic, and disordered fluctuation, as if seeping from the cold, dead silence of the subspace through the weak point of the barrier of reality.

It was like a sharp, piercing noise in the background of a vast energy noise, or a strange shadow flashing across the surface of a calm lake, disappearing in an instant and then being completely submerged in the ocean of energy, so fast that one wondered if it was an illusion.

“Abnormal energy signal detected…” Caul’s deep hum echoed in the encrypted channel, its unique frequency pattern revealing a high degree of, almost instinctive, algorithmic vigilance, which was extremely rare for him. “Brief appearance, characteristics… in analysis… low probability of chaotic contamination correlation.”

The energy harmonics exhibit unnatural distortions.

It is marked as 'Abnormal Signal - Alpha'.

Record timestamps: accurate to the nanosecond level. His other tentacles simultaneously began operating at high speed, attempting to salvage the vanished fragments from the turbulent ocean of data.

"Capture the complete signal trajectory."

Establish an independent isolated cache area.

Marked as 'Subspace Echo-001'.

"Raise the monitoring level of subspace fluctuations inside the furnace to Gamma level alert." The order from Ferrus Manus-7, as cold as the vacuum of space, followed immediately, without the slightest delay; each word was like a cold rivet embedded in reality.

In the depths of her silver-gray metallic pupils, a flash of absolute zero cold light seemed to disappear.

The shadows from the warp, like a persistent ailment, have never truly left this galaxy scorched by eternal war.

Every technological breakthrough, every exploration of the boundaries of power, may inadvertently pry open a tiny, yet potentially fatal, crack in the eternal, malevolent whispers of the void.

The air inside the furnace, which had relaxed slightly due to the successful test, instantly solidified again, and the invisible pressure descended once more as if it were real.

(End of this chapter)