Gangduo approached a large analytical machine. In human terms, this machine was called a "Difference Engine," a large computing machine that performed numerical calculations through the meshing, rotation, and translation of gears.
In fact, the Honggang Civilization had already discovered semiconductor principles and could manufacture genuine micron-scale semiconductor chips. But their world had many underlying mind-over-matter phenomena, which restricted nanoscale physical manufacturing processes and prevented semiconductor technology from advancing further.
Moreover, in the Demon God's Sea, the smaller a semiconductor chip's manufacturing process, the higher its probability of failure.
A journey lasting a hundred years required sufficiently reliable performance.
Thus, this large Difference Engine, based on macroscopic physical principles, served as the main control core. Gangduo's people called it the "Cipher Queen."
Gangduo exhaled softly. Feeling somewhat nervous, he entered a string of secret keys.
The Difference Engine rumbled, its gears rotating and components shifting as it completed vast numbers of calculations at an unimaginable speed. Then a large screen on the right side of the room emitted a faint white glow.
The connection had succeeded!
An electronic voice came from the screen: [Greetings, esteemed Admiral!]
[You must supply the corresponding energy using the Source of the World within ten seconds.]
Gangduo dared not delay. He quickly took off the Source of the World hanging against his chest and carefully placed it into a slot.
"What happened that warranted using the Source of the World to contact headquarters? Has some emergency arisen?" An old man with a white beard appeared on the screen, looking half-asleep, with dark circles under both eyes.
Gangduo hurriedly said, "On our way to visit the Peak Civilization, we fell into the Abyss. We may not make it back alive."
"Wh-what?!" The white-bearded old man nearly had a heart attack from fright and leaped from his