Chapter 320 301: The Impenetrable Vortex

Inside the helicopter.Upon hearing Li Bai'an's words, Lin Ziming's expression immediately changed:

"Academician Li, you said the entrance to the Celestial Palace.... it's a vortex?"

Li Bai'an nodded and pointed at the screen, saying:

"That's right, based on the potential energy field's determination, it is so.

However, from the image, the vortex is very small, probably just about the size of a computer monitor."

He then pressed a few buttons on another screen.

Retrieving an image, he zoomed in:

"This is a high-definition image previously taken by the probe, the location of the vortex is right here...

Here it is."

Lin Ziming looked over.

Just as Li Bai'an had said.

In this magnified image, you can clearly see a small vortex resembling an inverted funnel.

Only, the appearance of this vortex looks very much like a small cluster of mist, easily overlooked without intentional searching.

Combining the potential energy field with the real image, it can now be confirmed that the Y particles are spilling out from here.

Which means.

The vortex is the convergence point between the alternate dimension where the Celestial Palace is located and the local land.

Looking at this not very large vortex, Lin Ziming asked:

"Academician Li, is there a way to enter the Celestial Palace from here?"

Li Bai'an thought for a moment, then replied:

"I think we can first try with drones or micro-robots, if that doesn't work, we'll have to trouble Clan Leader Wei.

Currently, our military drones have a tolerance temperature of over minus 80 degrees, so they can operate normally near the vortex."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziming immediately waved his hand:

"Alright then, launch the drones and micro-robots!"

The micro-robots were simply introduced once when exploring the underground chamber of the Mo Family.

This technology is far from mature and is in the development optimization stage.

But within this range of more than ten meters, using it briefly is still quite doable.

In any case, Lin Ziming didn't expect drones and robots to capture any valuable content; just confirming that the vortex entrance is passable would perfectly complete the mission.

Even being passively sucked in by the vortex is fine—what's feared is not the terrible internal environment but rather not being able to get in.

Soon.

A drone and a micro-robot were swiftly prepared and launched simultaneously.

Buzzing——

The operator carefully maneuvered the two devices beneath the entrance vortex, then slowly ascended.

Then....

Both devices passed through the vortex simultaneously without touching any objects.

And the shape of the vortex was not damaged, as if existing in a different dimension.

Lin Ziming's breath halted slightly for a second, then returned to normal.

The situation seemed to be heading in a less-than-promising direction.

He then exhaled and looked at Wei Fan, saying:

"Clan Leader Wei, it looks like we need to trouble you to take action."

Wei Fan nodded, checked the equipment once more.

Then directly pulled out a spellcasting flying sword out of the cabin.

What Lin Ziming didn't expect was that Wei Fan's move unexpectedly lightened the atmosphere at the scene by a bit:

Several young scientific researchers stared with shining eyes at the flying sword under Wei Fan, whispering to each other.

Even Li Bai'an watched the airborne scene with interest.

After all, none of the people in the cabin, including Li Bai'an, had seen a real cultivator.

Besides the flying sword, Wei Fan also had a high-strength safety rope tied to him.

This was an emergency measure prepared for certain unforeseen circumstances, like being knocked unconscious by some defense mechanism.

Falling from over 4,000 meters high, that would be returning to the embrace of the motherland in many senses.

After flying to the underside of the vortex.

Wei Fan first tried to manually touch the vortex but failed.

Then he pulled out a Tier Two Teleportation Talisman and placed it flat in his hand.

This is a very high-level barrier-breaking talisman that can easily break through various restrictions.

After activation, he threw it at the vortex, but still, there was no response.

Looking at the Teleportation Talisman that fell into the distant mountain forest, Wei Fan felt a pang of pain in his heart:

These were all Spirit Stones.....

He quickly regained his composure, took a deep breath, and activated his telepathy, hoping to use it to penetrate the vortex.

However, very soon, he turned around, somewhat helplessly shaking his head at Lin Ziming—the head above.

Obviously, telepathy had also failed.

Inside the helicopter cabin.

The always-silent Wang Qiang sighed first, the girl having the deepest understanding of cultivation among those present:

"According to Elder Liu's team's research, telepathy can cause target cell fluctuations, so in essence, it can be described as a non-conventional wave released by the pineal gland.

If telepathy can't penetrate the vortex, then electromagnetic waves definitely can't either."

It was as expected, Wei Fan's last attempt to penetrate using electromagnetic waves also failed.

Looking at the many failed methods from before and after, Lin Ziming was silent for a while and asked Li Bai'an:

"Academician Li, do we have any other ways?

Like using some ion beam to blast it, would that work?"

In the past period.

Whether it was the demon beast crystals or the helium carbide barrier's breach, they mainly relied on the properties of ion beams.

But the former was physical bombardment, while the latter involved chemical reactions.

Thus, Lin Ziming had a strange confidence in such high-tech techniques, and in this situation, his first reaction was to use an ion beam to blast it.

Somewhat reminiscent of Mr. He's style of using corn when in doubt.

However, to his disappointment, Li Bai'an rejected his idea:

"An ion beam has no significant value in this situation and is not very useful.

I have reviewed those experimental reports from before.

The bombardment on the demon beast crystal was to gather samples for analysis, targeting a macroscopic solid.

And the bombardment on helium carbide mainly aimed to deplete the divalent iron ions within it, making the barrier completely ineffective.

The vortex before us has no such defense, nor is it a solid; what we need to solve is the problem of crossing space.

With our current scientific means, it seems there is no solution for such an alternate dimension."

Upon hearing Li Bai'an's words, Lin Ziming's expression grew increasingly somber.

Even though Li Bai'an was only recently approved to access the Damo Realm project, this did not mean that his standing within the research system was low.

Being sent to Qingcheng Mountain to be in charge of supporting the related theoretical work was enough to prove his ability.

Such a level of scientific talent in a discipline-specific context often represents the nation's cutting-edge segment of knowledge.

Therefore, what Li Bai'an said, 'seems there is no solution,' almost represents that even cutting-edge technology has hit a dead end with this thing.

Lin Ziming then thought of something else and asked somewhat perplexedly:

"But that can't be right, Academician Li.

If Y particles can come out of the Celestial Palace, shouldn't our methods be able to get in?"

Li Bai'an gave him a glance and replied:

"Colonel Lin, you might not have noticed what I just said.

I said whether it's particle beams or ion beams, they have little value in this sort of situation, but not that they are infeasible.

We've confirmed that electromagnetic waves can't pass through the vortex.

Given that it absorbs nitrogen to release Y particles, we can clearly deduce one property of the vortex:

It isolates waves and macroscopic matter, but can allow a certain amount of tiny particles to pass.

And for particles to transmit information.....

Other than relying on waves for feedback, the only thing left is a classical channel.

But if a classical channel could enter the Celestial Palace.... we'd have no need to worry, would we?"

The so-called classical channel refers to the medium that converts the signal to be transmitted into an analog signal during the sending and receiving process.

Things like fiber optics and wires.

If they could extend fiber optics into the vortex and connect to the Celestial Palace inside, then it wouldn't need to be this complicated.

Then, to verify his judgment, Li Bai'an fired several particle beams at the vortex.

Sure enough.

Some of the particles, with diameters smaller than the Y particles, disappeared into the vortex.

But that was all; the particles went through, but no feedback returned.

Over ten minutes later.

The plane landed on the ground.

Just as Lin Ziming, feeling somewhat dejected, exited the cabin, his communicator suddenly rang.

This was a professional communicator from Fire Camp, using long-wave frequencies.

And the local connection between Qin Zhendong and others with Lin Ziming was mostly through satellite equipment.

Could it be a familiar person from the Damo Realm returning to the local area?

Lin Ziming, with a hint of confusion, opened it up, and was suddenly surprised to see who it was:

"Eh, what brings you here?"

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