As civilizations at the pinnacle, both the Shilin and the Star Realm had their own systems for researching and dealing with the Abyss. This included not only combating the various disasters caused by the Abyss, but also analyzing the Abyss itself: passing through the Abyss Gate.
The Old Empire's Deep Diving Project was not the first program to cross that gate. It had merely gone the farthest and been the most insane. Before the Deep Diving Project, the Old Empire had already deployed probes and unmanned outposts into the Abyss Gate. There had also been several manned "gate-crossing" projects, of course, but the records of those projects had now been lost. We still did not know how the Old Empire had allowed personnel to safely carry out missions on the other side of the Abyss Gate—or perhaps every such project had failed. In any case, the records from back then could no longer be checked.
In contrast to the Empire, the God Race had begun exploring the Abyss Gate earlier and done so more comprehensively. They used their race's unique advantages to explore and seal the Abyss Gate. Of course, this was a method the Empire could not replicate; these rich second-generation freaks had individual capabilities that were simply beyond specification... Still, even for the God Race, such operations remained among the most dangerous projects. Viska frankly admitted that if her father found out she had jumped in here with me today, she would at least get a severe beating—and might even be hunted across the world by him...
"So I'm really putting my neck on the line today. You'd better be properly grateful," Viska declared haughtily as we headed toward the work vessel.
Fine, I knew she was just trying to lighten the mood. After all, we had sensed