The Research Ship had already reached the bottom of the Eye of the Storm. There was a powerful and chaotic energy field here, and, unsurprisingly, a fairly intense Abyss Reaction had appeared as well.
Abyssal power and psionic energy were mixed together, maintaining a fragile dynamic balance that seemed as though it would never end as long as it was not broken. The clash between these two extremes of order and disorder was like an indestructible antivirus program encountering a downloader virus hiding in the background: both forced the other into an endless loop. Before our eyes, that became this utterly uncontrollable Energy Storm. Psionic energy's self-purifying properties made it reject the Abyss, while the Abyss constantly drove psionic energy toward the same chaotic tendencies as itself. The apocalypse had destroyed everything orderly in this universe, yet these two things, already beyond the scope of any worldview, continued their endless struggle even after the end of the world. The Research Ship's shields had reached peak output and were now struggling forward through the storm. Due to the severe spatial distortions, the ship's route was no longer a "flat state" explainable by mathematical laws, so our progress was slow, and all Space Jump devices were unable to activate. Overall, though, things were going smoothly. Damage from the energy field at the storm's bottom had been kept within ideal limits. This type of Research Ship, specifically designed to operate in harsh environments, was also known as a Frontline Fortress Laboratory. By sacrificing weaponry and tactical systems, it gained exceptionally reliable defenses. And Tawell, that mad scientist, had gone completely overboard and installed the Deep Diving Ship's specialized shields, which had only just completed mass-production testing, onto Research Ship No. 2. That had helped enormously: our greatest threat at the bottom of the