Chapter 203: The Final Chapter

Racing against time.

Every second, every minute is now of utmost importance.

Every soldier is on edge, their tension sometimes so extreme that it leads to distraction.

The terrifying pressure weighs on the hearts of all living beings, and the soldiers work tirelessly without rest.

Tuning!

More tuning!

Every parameter must be fine-tuned to perfection.

Each soldier has to tune millions of parameters, a dizzying array of numbers.

"..."

Silence.

Except for their breathing, the soldiers seem to have lost the ability to speak.

At the fifth hour, the first voice is heard: "aueuk-28173-1s32 region tuning complete."

Soon after, the second voice: "siuqe-11382-a2k1 region tuning complete."

"..."

Countless pieces of information are compiled.

In Xi Luo Zi's mind, there's a table with billions of cells, and each time a voice speaks, a cell is filled.

Sometimes, hundreds of voices can be heard in a single second, but with the help of his secondary brain, he manages to keep up.

Even so, time is slipping away.

The giant ship is collecting the remains of the two ships destroyed by the Norm Cannon, converting them into energy, and transporting it to the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device.

Every soldier and officer is working; none have a moment to spare, not even a second. Eating, drinking, and excretion are all handled by their mechas.

The sixth hour!

The seventh hour!

The eighth hour...

Another eighth hour arrives.

Though they can't see it, all the Federation's soldiers and officers can feel the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.

It is destruction.

It is death.

It is the despair that follows futile struggles.

It is the regret of having accomplished nothing, of having wasted time.

Countless emotions overlap.

Xi Luo Zi is on the verge of a breakdown.

He is frenzied, irritable, and helpless. He even repeatedly slams his body against the wall. His task seems to be merely observing the reports, but it is the most critical job.

Sometimes, he blames himself for speaking of a plan at that moment.

He should have been a silent observer, going with the flow.

That would have been easier, and even in death, the pain would not have been so intense.

None of the soldiers, not even the mecha, can calculate when the next Norm Cannon will fire. Finally, at the eighth hour and third minute, the table is filled, and the energy is ready.

The device emits a beam of light, which will reach the device at the Federation border first. Upon receiving the light, the device will immediately activate and be ready to receive their information within 10 minutes.

"Return to the giant ship, no... there's no time, go directly into the device!"

Xi Luo Zi can no longer remain calm. All the soldiers standing before the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device rush into it and are transformed into a beam of light.

Then, the giant ship starts up and enters the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device.

They are close, but they are also fast.

Twenty minutes later, the remaining three giant ships enter the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device and also transform into light to move forward.

And just four minutes later, the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device is hit. In the cosmic scale, this can be considered a near miss.

The Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device is destroyed, and the Silk Civilization, after a few minutes, sees the scene where the Norm Cannon missed its target. They should be furious, although the Federation still doesn't know the exact form of the Silk Civilization's lifeforms, as no traces of them were found in the wreckage of the battleship.

...

On the other side.

Yan Xia still hasn't returned to the Federation border.

However, through fast communication equipment, he has learned of the return of the three giant ships.

But it can only be described as... brutal.

The Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device was not designed for units as large as giant ships, and all three ships suffered partial losses upon arrival.

Fortunately, the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device was initially made large enough, with an inner diameter of 400 kilometers, preserving one-sixth of the giant ship. In the end, only one-sixth of the three giant ships remained intact.

The rest are scattered fragments. The light, of course, was converted into matter with 100% efficiency, but almost all the other parts were reduced to small pieces. It will take a very long time to repair the three giant ships.

However, it's still faster than rebuilding from scratch, so it can't be said to be completely useless.

The Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device's real contribution this time is in the area of life transfer. Xi Luo Zi considered this factor and edited the technology in the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device to separate lifeform information, preventing lifeforms from becoming stuck with other battleship fragments during transmission.

"The survival rate of life transferred by the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device this time is as high as 86%, which can be considered a stable emergency transmission array."

The information retention rate of the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device at this distance has already reached 99.41%, which can be considered perfect. The only thing to pay attention to is the error in the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device when restoring information.

Even if the error in life occurs at the genetic level, it can lead to the death of life. Yan Xia also noticed this when he was doing similar transmission experiments.

Why wasn't it improved?

Because mechanical errors are unavoidable.

Just as there is no perfect life in the world, there is no perfect machine.

Perhaps a perfect machine can be created in a virtual universe, but it does not exist in the real universe. From gravity to cosmic rays, to the gaze of the human eye, everything is constantly changing a substance.

This change is imperceptible on a small object, but when placed on a large device, countless changes accumulate and create imperfection.

The same is true for information.

The information of a lifeform cannot be received 100%, because during the transmission process, even if these pieces of information do not scatter or dissipate, they will collide with the light, neutrinos, and other particles in the universe and be damaged.

The reason for the high restoration rate is that the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device references the undamaged parts and repairs the damaged parts, and the Federation also inputs information into the Super Symmetric Matter Transfer Device.

For example, when transmitting a toy, even if only 80% of the information is left during the transmission process, the device can repair the 80% of the information, and the remaining 20% can be directly made on-site using other information.

This is also why the restoration rate of battleships is higher than that of lifeforms.

Even if the structure of the battleship is not very suitable, it can still be used, but the structure supplemented by lifeforms is no longer the structure restored by the original information, and there are differences. These differences are like a person's blood being transported into the body of another person, and sometimes there will be serious rejection reactions, leading to the death of this person.

In Yan Xia's opinion.

86% is already far beyond expectations.

And this data is absolutely accurate because the experimental body has hundreds of millions of them.

But the loss of 14% is also sad.

"Rest in peace!"

This is the only thing Yan Xia can say now.

With the return of these soldiers, he also has new tasks to do.

Anger builds up in his heart.

"Ella, investigate all life at the Federation border!"