In the command hall of the Shadow Fortress, the Cambrian Mastermind, which had lagged behind for more than a century, finally started. Many small holes are opened in the metal shell of the master brain, and multiple laser beams are emitted from the inside to build a spherical virtual screen.
The screen continued to blur and distort at first, but gradually began to stabilize. The main brain behind the screen gradually disappeared, and finally only a spherical virtual screen remained like a space-time channel.
An overhead view of the Shadow Fortress appeared on the screen, and the clarity improved little by little over time. Professor Herman breathed a sigh of relief, opened his personal terminal, and began to make final adjustments to the main brain.
Although Cambrian lags behind, it is a qualitative leap for the Shadow Fortress, which could only rely on micro-master brains to handle all matters before. Forget about the construction of the fortress and the dispatch of supplies, multiple micro-master brains and the commander's personal chip can barely handle it. The real role of Cambrian is early warning and command.
During the battle, Cambrian will evaluate the enemy's dynamics and battlefield situation in real time, make predictions, and assign combat missions to each unit accordingly. With the current size of the Shadow Fortress, which has less than ten thousand people, Cambrian is able to conduct war operations accurately down to the human level. In this level of command, even Joseph and William are no match for a mastermind.
Of course, the master brain also has its own limitations, that is, the opponent will reversely crack the inherent algorithm model of a master brain and develop a targeted combat model. Therefore, generally speaking, there will be senior generals next to the mastermind on the battlefield, and when necessary, the generals will have higher authority than the mastermind.
Of course, there is no such problem on Planet 4. The herd doesn't even know what a master brain is, let alone decipher the master brain model.
About half an hour later, Herman breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The debugging is all completed and very successful. The Cambrian can now be used."
Joseph and William looked at each other and ordered: "Switch to panoramic mode, range 100 kilometers."
An overhead view of the Shadow Fortress appeared again on the virtual screen, but this time there were two small screens next to it, showing horizontal and vertical cross-sections, both extending underground.
As orders are given, the screen area continues to expand and the Shadow Fortress becomes smaller and smaller. In the two cross-sections, the underground part was originally completely black, but now it gradually gains color, showing the stratigraphic structure and slowly penetrating deep underground.
The Cambrian constantly emits shock waves to the surroundings and collects signals through underground sensors. As data accumulates, the panorama becomes larger and the details become clearer.
William casually moved a little in front of him, and another screen appeared. Data rolled across the screen, all related to the underground structure and composition distribution of the Shadow Fortress. On the side of the screen is the formation data previously obtained through manual drilling. The results of comparative analysis of the two data are highly coincident.
William was very satisfied and closed the small screen. The range and accuracy of Cambrian detection exceed expectations, which can provide sufficient warning time when a beast tide strikes, which is of self-evident significance for base defense.
"The next step is the extreme test. The first test range is 300 kilometers." Professor Herman said.
As the command was given, the Cambrian's speed increased significantly and it began to make a low buzzing sound.
The virtual screen expanded rapidly, and the Shadow Fortress soon became an almost invisible dot. The enlarged screen is littered with large, meaningless patches of color, but it quickly starts to become clearer, and the completeness of the data quickly improves.
After about 40 minutes, the panorama finally stabilized and any part could be selected for analysis or zooming. The detection depth of underground structures has exceeded 100 meters and is still extending.
Joseph switched between several different modes at will. After looking at them, he nodded.
Professor Hermann said: "The first extreme test was successful! Now we will start the second extreme test, with a test range of 500 kilometers."
The panorama expanded again, and the originally clear picture gradually turned into a circle on the inner layer, with darkness on the outer edge.
After a while, the outer edge of the panorama finally reacted and patterns began to appear.
Professor Hermann, who had been staring nervously at the panorama, breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat that had appeared at some point.
This time, the process of clearing the panorama was very slow, almost jumping and refreshing frame by frame. With great difficulty, the outer area was mostly filled with color blocks, but there were still quite a few black dots, which were undetected areas.
At this moment, the outer area is like wearing a thin veil, making it vaguely invisible.
But Joseph, William, and Herman were in no hurry. As long as the color dot appears on the outermost edge, it means that the detection range of the Cambrian has reached there, and the rest is to continuously supplement and improve the data. It's just a matter of time.
Joseph was about to tell a joke when suddenly his whole body was shaken and he froze in place!
William is also transformed into a statue.
They saw a huge shadow slowly passing by on the outer edge of the panorama!
In an instant, their consciousness seemed to be hit by something heavy and went blank. When he came back to his senses, the shadow had moved out of Cambrian's detection range.
Most of the outer edge area had been detected originally, but after the shadow appeared, the area it passed turned black again, as if it had been erased by an eraser.
After a long time, light spots appeared one after another in the black.
"What was that just now?" Joseph woke up from the shock first and lost his voice.
It took a while for William to come back to his senses and said, "Do you think that thing is alive?"
Joseph smiled bitterly, "I hope it's not, but my intuition tells me that it should be alive."
Professor Hermann said in horror: "If it were a living thing, wouldn't its body be more than three hundred kilometers long?"
Joseph calmed down and said, "Don't forget, that's only part of its body."
Professor Hermann was shocked: "How is it possible? This is the surface of a planet, and the gravity is 1.4 times that of the parent star. How can there be such a huge creature? This kind of creature should only exist in space."
William sighed and said: "There are many unexplainable things on this planet, and this is not the case."
Professor Herman suddenly remembered something and asked tentatively: "Is this 'that thing'?"
William shook his head and said, "Actually, we don't know what 'that thing' is. When you came here, didn't they reveal anything to you?"
Herman shook his head, his voice became deeper, and said: "Who would tell a person sent to die the real secret?"
At this time, Joseph said: "Perhaps the pace of our external exploration should be slowed down a bit. Do you want to report the discovery just now?"
William thought for a long time and then said: "Report it, it's beyond what we can handle."
