Everyone's eyes were focused on the weird patterns that followed, until they occupied a whole line, until a series of evenly distributed dots appeared behind the symbols, until a void white noise came from the monitoring channel, and the prompt sound representing "signal loss" sounded from a nearby magic network terminal. Many people took a deep breath as if they had finally remembered how to breathe.

"The signal disappeared..." A monitor stood up from the chair, with a hint of confusion on his face, and then repeated it again, "The signal disappeared..."

The holographic projection in the center of the room is still active, and the clear image is presented in the air. Gao Wen's eyes are fixed on the "symbols" that appear at the end, and it has not been removed for a long time - they appear to be composed of arcs and straight lines, with four to six symbols in a group, separated by dots or short lines in the middle, which makes people unable to help but have some associations.

"Your Majesty, do you think these things..." Bud couldn't help but break the silence, "It looks like..."

"Texts," Gao Wen whispered, "they look like some kind of text."

"We've never seen such words," a gray-haired magic technician murmured softly not far away, "I bet no one here knows this...it looks too weird."

Belsetia kept quiet beside Gao Wen. She was still not sure what had happened. However, based on Gao Wen's explanation to her on the road and what she had just seen, she had a vague guess in her heart. At this moment, her eyes swept across everyone's faces. In these faces, she saw tension, excitement, doubt, guess, and thoughts that everyone had-she finally looked at Gao Wen, only seeing those eyes as deep as water, but something seemed to be brewing in the depths.

After a few seconds, Gao Wen finally spoke again. His voice was calmer than Belsetia imagined: "Cross these symbols, gather language and writing experts, and cryptography scholars, and do their best to crack..."

Halfway through his speech, he suddenly stopped, as if he was weighing something seriously, and then continued to say: "In addition, after disrupting some of the symbols, publish them, collecting clues nationwide. Anyone who has seen similar things through any channel can report them - even if they see similar things on their children's graffiti or in the wheat fields of their own farms."

Belltila, who was standing aside, immediately nodded: "I understand, I'm already informing General Margarita."

"Distribute all parameters of the working status of the antenna group to all monitoring stations across the country," Gao Wen said, "In addition, in what direction is the main antenna pointing when the signal appears?"

Bard reminded next to him: "Your Majesty, the main antenna is now replaced with a lattice array, and the reception of the array crystals is not directed..."

"But the mechanical structure of its base has, the mechanical structure of this array determines that even if the reception of the lattice is omnidirectional, its reception efficiency in a specific direction will exceed that of other directions," Gao Wen looked at Bard. Obviously, although he no longer participated in this technical field in person, he was not ignorant of some basic knowledge. "Where was the mechanical disc of the main antenna pointing at that time?"

A young female magic technician immediately ran to her work station. She found the orientation data of the main antenna, made a quick comparison in her heart, and then raised her head: "Your Majesty, the main antenna should be pointing near the Frost Sky..."

"From today, the antenna group of the Solin Monitoring Station is specifically responsible for tracking signals from the direction of Frost Sky," Gao Wen looked at Belltila on the side, "Stations in other areas continue to maintain the original omnidirectional monitoring."

Belltila had already realized Gao Wen's idea, reminding her: "The Paramel Observatory and Solin Monitor are at the same latitude, and there are higher-level 'windows' there, I think it's best to make the other side synchronize with here."

Gao Wen thought for a moment and nodded immediately: "What you said makes sense. Let the Paramel Observatory adjust the antenna near the Frost Sky and turn on the 24-hour reception mode. I will send a team of technicians there later, and there may not be enough staff there."

After a series of arrangements and short discussions, Gao Wen left the monitoring facility at the bottom of the canopy. Instead of returning to the "rest place" of Belltila, they took the lift inside the trunk back to the top of the canopy. At this time, it was approaching evening, and the bright summer sunlight gradually turned into a golden and red afterglow. The brilliant sky light shone from the distance, passing through the stretching and thin clouds, splashing on the vast wooden platform and layered leaves on the top of the giant tree.

The sunset at this season is as bright as water.

The main antenna stands at the top of the platform, with a complex and exquisite mechanical frame supporting hundreds of crystal clear hexagonal crystal plates. Runes flashed between the chips and the magic metal, echoing the sky light. The wind from the sky blew through the antenna array, causing a whimpering sound between the gaps between the crystals and metals, as if this industrial product that condensed the crystals of the wisdom of scholars from all walks of the empire was whispering something.

Gao Wen stood under the antenna, retracted his gaze of looking up at the crystal array, and looked at its exquisitely structured mechanical base: in order to obtain the optimal resonance effect in the magic field and reduce interference, its mechanical disk will automatically track the "high-cleanness window" in the atmosphere and adjust itself, perhaps because of this small variable, which brought unexpected effects today.

But the variables may also be from the material of the main antenna: As far as he knows, the crystals here were updated not long ago. Since the old monitoring device failed after a strong wind, mechanical scholars and magic technicians redesigned the entire system and used new high-quality crystals to replace the old broken crystals. These crystals were cast by the Pompeii crystal melting factory, and the raw materials were high-purity raw crystal dust from the peak of the Auguri ancestor. There was a significant difference in performance between the new and old crystals... Could this be the reason?

Maybe when another monitoring station captures the signal next time, everyone will get the answer.

"It seems that mechanical scholars are going to work overtime recently," Belltila's voice came from the side, interrupting Gao Wen's thinking. The "giant tree incarnation" stood next to the base of the antenna, and also looked up at the crystals. The wooden mimicry face had a smile on its face. "To continue to maintain the resonance intensity and interference resistance of the antenna itself while the crystal array locks in a specific direction, it may require the entire mechanical disk structure to be pushed down and reworked... Fortunately, this is not an unsolvable technical problem. There seems to be corresponding design ideas in the initial transformation plan, but... the cost will be a little higher."

Gao Wen did not respond, but just stared at the direction pointed by the antenna array. There was only a golden ray of glow and a cloud slowly moving north. There was no star in the sky, but he knew that the stars were still flashing during the day, and the Frost Sky was in that direction at this moment, and the huge monitoring device in front of him was slowly tracking the ancient constellation at an amplitude that was difficult for the naked eye to detect.

"The tracking accuracy is not enough now?" he suddenly whispered.

"Of course not enough. This mechanical structure is not used to track celestial bodies. I now use a servo brain to take over the mechanical disk control of this antenna. The servo brain has sufficient calculation accuracy, but the mechanical accuracy of the mechanical disk is a flaw," said Belltila. "This problem should be solved after rebuilding the mechanical disk. However, we still need some experts in astrology here - astrology masters of the level of the Paramel Observatory. I don't consider it. A few graduates from the Imperial Academy are enough. At least they know how to build the tracking trajectory of the antenna according to the laws of the celestial ball."

"I will arrange for you the best astrologer and sufficient funds," Gao Wen glanced at Belltila, "Who did you learn from your way of speaking as you pretended to be pitiful and cheated on your money?"

The Bellti Ramen did not change its color and did not respond at all.

Then the entire platform became quiet. Gao Wen, Belltila and Bellsetia were silent under the antenna. This tacit silence lasted for a whole minute before they suddenly said in unison: "Does it really come from the starry sky?"

After the words came, the three of them looked at each other. After a brief quietness, they laughed at each other. Then Belsetia took a deep breath as if her tense nerves suddenly relaxed: "But I still can't believe it... Although I did come up with this idea, is this really possible? The mysterious signal you mentioned, it..."

"This is not a whimsical idea. Although many people have never thought about it in this direction," Gao Wen interrupted Belsetia, his expression became serious. "I guessed it when this signal first appeared, but I never told anyone that because this idea is too advanced and does not conform to the thinking habits of many people. You should know that I... have different opinions about the Starry Sky than you."

Belltila and Bellsetia thought of Gao Wen's identity as an "outsider" roaming man. They looked at each other and nodded slightly, but did not pick anything.

"In the past two years, we have done a lot of research on this signal," Gao Wen continued, "Beltira should be very clear about this - we have set up monitoring stations all over the country, and even an overseas site in the Ogure Tribe State. We used various methods to try to lock the source of this signal, but nothing was found on the earth. Of course, we also tried to point the antenna to the sky, but maybe it was because of the bad luck, or it was because the old crystal was not sensitive enough, and the antenna pointing to the sky had not received any useful information... except this time.

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this signal comes from other places, such as the shadow world overlapping with the real world, or a certain element world, or even... the God world. But we currently do not have the ability to establish large-scale strongholds in the above places, so the guess in this aspect can only be a guess. So far, the only clue that is possible is reliable... this time."

Belsetia didn't say anything, but raised her head in vain. She looked up at the sky. As the sunset became dimmer and dim as time passed, a faint twilight spread from the distance, her sharp eyes captured a few stars. In the past ten centuries, she seemed to have never noticed that these stars attracted her gaze.

In the divine state, she heard Gao Wen's voice coming from the side: "In fact, we should have known for a long time that we are not the only intelligent individual in this universe - in this world, the 'outsiders' are not rare guests."

"Yes, I know there is a siren kingdom in the far eastern deep sea. They claim to come to this planet on a giant ship that can fly among the stars. Some siren allies are even moving within the empire," Belltila nodded slightly. "I have seen stories about these siren in newspapers and radio programs."

"But this is the first time we have heard a sound from outside the planet with our 'ears'...although it's just possible," Belsetia retracted her gaze to the sky and looked at Belticla and Gowen. "A world that is far and unknown sends us a mysterious and unknown voice... This is different from listening to stories. I never thought I would have experienced such a thing."

"I never thought about it," Gao Wen smiled, with a complicated emotion in his smile, "This... even made me a little helpless."

"It seems you are not that happy?" Belsetia noticed Gao Wen's emotions keenly. "I thought you would be happier about it - this is an exciting discovery, and it is also related to the 'starry sky'."

"But this is not necessarily a good thing," Gao Wen was indeed very excited for a while, but now the excitement is gradually fading, and more thoughts are spreading from the bottom of his heart. "Don't forget that in our world, 'step forward' is always accompanied by great risks."

Hearing this sentence, Belsetia calmed down instantly. She suddenly thought of the documents from the Theocracy Council, and the words revealed by the dragon clan, and a solemn expression appeared in her eyes: "You mean... the gods will lose control because of our behavior of looking up at the stars..."

"It's not that bad," Gao Wen shook his head. "According to reliable information, just 'looking up to the starry sky' itself will not cause the gods to lose control. Only the act of stepping into the starry sky will drive them crazy, so at least at this stage, this discovery will not be at risk of causing a divine disaster."

"Reliable information?" Belltila couldn't help frowning, "Is this information really reliable?"

"Creative," Gao Wen nodded, "The Dragon God said to me before he went crazy."

Belsetia & Beltica: “…then this is indeed credible.”

"But the risk does not just come from looking up at the stars," Gao Wen shook his head, his eyes couldn't help but look at the sky again, "The source of this signal itself... may also be dangerous."

The Silver Queen suddenly showed a thoughtful look. At the same time, the stars who were gradually starting to shine in the distance seemed to have some different meanings in her eyes.

Perhaps... there really is a group of supposed "senders" among the stars. Perhaps the signals heard by the Solin listening station today really come from that distant direction. If all this is true, then "they" should be there now, far away from a distance between humans and elves, looking at the other side of the starry sky.

This distance is far beyond the barrier between the mortal countries and the wastelands of Gondor today.
Chapter completed!