Chapter 1190
Controlling Blackrock Fortress
Chapter 1190 Controlling Blackrock Fortress
The high priestess looked at him silently, and after a moment she spoke.
"You will become the future ruler of the Kingdom of Heaven."
She didn't waste any more words. Since the Spirit Race had promised to give the Black Stone Fortress to the Heavenly Kingdom, they naturally wouldn't go back on their word.
Since the Eldar have offered to hand over Blackrock Fortress as a token of goodwill, they will not go back on their word at this juncture. This is not only about the promise itself, but also about their position and credibility in a higher-level game.
Moreover, from their perspective, this decision was not driven by a single factor.
On the one hand, this is a necessary show of sincerity.
In the current situation, it is far from enough to establish a truly cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Heaven by relying solely on information and words. We must offer tangible assets of decisive value, and Blackrock Fortress is precisely the kind of asset that can be presented.
On the other hand, even if they did not appear, the Kingdom of Heaven already possessed some means of controlling Blackrock Fortress.
Xia Xiu's existence is itself a variable.
Under these circumstances, rather than waiting for the other side to gradually take over the fortress's functions through other means, it would be better to take the initiative and do the Heavenly Kingdom a favor.
The deeper reason, however, comes from the Eldar themselves; they are not a completely unified whole.
The Eldar are actually divided into numerous factions with serious ideological differences.
Some emerging factions tend to cooperate with the outside world, while other ancient Eldar have always insisted on isolation and self-restraint, and even explicitly opposed to forming deep bonds with short-cycle civilizations like humans.
Under this internal structure, it is almost unrealistic to concentrate resources on recovering, repairing, and redeploying Blackrock Fortress.
Since it cannot be effectively utilized, it should be transformed into a strategic asset.
This was a rational choice. The High Priestess clearly belonged to the former category. She didn't say anything more, but simply raised her hand, and a spatial ripple unfolded in her palm.
The next moment, she took a heavy object out of her storage space.
It was a giant gauntlet, a gauntlet structure forged from living black stone. The overall texture was almost alive. Its surface was not smooth, but composed of countless tiny facets and patterns, as if it were constantly undergoing subtle reorganization.
She slowly put it on her wrist.
The moment the gauntlet touched her arm, it automatically contracted and conformed, with every inch of its structure undergoing fine-tuning until it was perfectly aligned with her psionic frequency. The ancient forging runes on its surface lit up one by one, forming a complete circuit.
Then, she looked at Xia Xiu and began to explain the function of this thing.
"This is—the Hand of Darkness."
"It is not simply a weapon, but a core authorization device in the Blackrock system. It is currently the only medium that can bypass racial binding and directly access the core energy circuit of the Blackrock Fortress."
She gently shook hands.
The gauntlet then emitted an extremely deep resonance.
"Without it, no force can truly activate the fortress's original power system. At most, it can only be used as a fixed space fortress. Even if they control the outer structure, they cannot make it work, let alone call upon its true war function."
Her gaze shifted slightly downwards, as if sensing the condition of the entire fortress beneath her feet.
"And through it, one can directly take over the main circuit of Blackrock Fortress."
She paused for a moment, then continued.
"In addition, it also has control over all black stone artifacts."
"Whether it's structural reshaping or the activation and deactivation of energy properties, it can all be accomplished at the user's will. It can even construct a localized black stone defense layer in a short period of time to counter psionic and warp interference."
Her tone remained calm.
"More importantly, it can act as a medium to amplify and stably inject the user's psionic energy into the Blackstone core, driving the fortress while offsetting the backlash of the Blackstone material itself."
The high priest, wearing the black stone gauntlet, slightly tightened his palm, causing the runes on the gauntlet's surface to light up, as if creating a low-frequency resonance with the entire Blackrock Fortress.
"However, with only the Dark Hand, only half of the permissions can be activated."
"The core control of Blackrock Fortress is not accomplished by a single device. The Dark Hand is only responsible for access and operation. It can open the main circuit of the fortress and make the fortress work, but it cannot complete the most crucial step - precise control."
Her gaze shifted slightly to the side, as if pointing to something that didn't actually exist there.
"At this point, we need another device, which we call the Eye of the Night."
"That is a crystal core structure formed from living blackstone, specifically used for locking onto and maneuvering the subspace cannons of Blackrock Fortress."
Her tone remained restrained, but the message was clear enough.
"Without it, even if you activate the fortress's energy system through the Dark Hand, the subspace cannon cannot be effectively controlled. It will only release randomly when it loses its target constraint, and may even backfire on the core structure when it is in high-intensity output."
She paused for a moment, then finished her sentence.
"The purpose of the Eye of the Night is to establish a lock on the etheric plane. It can identify targets on a scale that spans across star sectors and precisely match energy output, thus giving the fortress's attacks true targeting and hierarchical control. Otherwise, the fortress's core weapon would just be an uncontrollable source of danger."
"These two things must be used together; neither can be missing."
Her gaze returned to Xia Xiu.
"With just the Hand of Darkness, you can gain basic permissions and mobility, but you cannot achieve fire control and stable output; with just the Eye of Night, even if you can lock onto a target, you cannot access the core circuit and therefore cannot activate the fortress's strategic weapons."
She didn't offer any further explanation, but instead gave her conclusion directly.
"They are the only complete keys."
Then, her tone shifted slightly, adding a touch of practical explanation.
"However, the Eye of the Night is not currently in our possession."
After those words were spoken, the atmosphere became slightly somber.
She did not evade the question, but stated it directly:
"The device was lost during a war with the Wolverines. We are still tracking its coordinates, but have not yet been able to recover it."
She tapped her fingers lightly on the black stone hilt.
"So now, we will use the dark hand to help you gain access to the core of this fortress, allowing you to truly access its infrastructure and some of its functions."
After hearing this, Xia Xiu's gaze lingered on the black stone gauntlet. This was a real treasure.
"Is the Eldar planning to hand over the Dark Hand to me directly?"
He smiled and asked the high priest, knowing the chances were slim, but that didn't stop him from mentioning it anyway, just to see what would happen.
The high priest was clearly taken aback by those words. She glanced at Xia Xiu, and the restraint and composure she had maintained finally cracked slightly at this moment. She didn't even try to hide it, rolling her eyes briefly before replying indifferently, "Do you think that's possible?"
Xia Xiu shrugged, his tone still carrying a hint of joking: "Just asking, maybe you guys are really being generous for once."
The high priest uttered a single word softly.
"Oh."
Then, she composed herself again, stopped talking about the topic, and went straight to the point. She raised the arm covered by the Dark Hand, slowly spread her fingers, and faced the void in front of her.
In that instant—the entire Blackrock Fortress seemed to be awakened by some kind of signal.
The runes on the surface of the gauntlet lit up layer by layer, no longer resonating at a low frequency, but forming a complete circuit structure. The patterns began to spread along the air, like some kind of invisible network, spreading rapidly in space.
Then.
The entire core module shuddered slightly.
Thump—! ! !
The walls, the ground, and even the suspended structural nodes in the distance lit up simultaneously at this moment. The originally dormant triangular patterns seemed to be ignited, unfolding layer by layer to form a complete energy circuit.
Immediately afterwards, a mechanical and extremely cold voice echoed in the space: [Core privilege access detected...]
[Source of identification: Blackstone master control key - confirmed]
[Access Level: Highest Level Channel Enabled]
[Main circuit unlocking progress - 12%...38%...71%...]
Xia Xiu stood still.
His great spirituality naturally spread out at that moment.
The energy circuits, closed core nodes, and enormous functions that were originally hidden deep within the structure were slowly "revealing" to him.
He could even clearly perceive that this fortress was not an inanimate object.
Rather, it was a whole with a responsive mechanism, an Eden-like existence that began to connect with his great spirituality, and he knew that this was the think tank of Blackrock Fortress, so he did not reject this connection.
[Core think tanks have been awakened]
Codename: Ada
[Status: Offline → Restart → Sync]
[Initiating access to information of the current master control holder...]
[Identifying new permission holders...]
[Data comparison complete]
[Race Marker: Human Race]
[Access Owner: Hugh Abraham]
[Permission Level: Proxy Control]
The instruction chain has been updated.
As the last message fell.
The entire Blackrock Fortress has undergone a complete "reboot".
Only then did the high priest slowly withdraw his hand.
She didn't say much, but simply finished all the operations naturally, then turned to the side and pointed to the very center of the core module, which was the location of the Etheric Throne.
"Complete control of this fortress requires a massive amount of EVE particles as the driving force, as well as a stable and great spirituality as the governing structure. Ordinary beings, even with access permissions, cannot withstand the load of this system."
She paused for a moment.
"Only the miracle worker is qualified to truly control it."
Xia Xiu didn't say much and walked directly to the throne. When he reached the throne, the energy circuits of the entire core chamber began to automatically converge on him, as if waiting for some kind of "confirmation".
He didn't linger and sat down immediately.
The moment Xia Xiu sat on the psychic throne, the connection was not established slowly, but snapped shut instantly.
An almost violent pulling force surged out from the depths of the throne, like an invisible giant maw, biting into his spiritual structure and the EVE particle source within his body, beginning an extremely brutal extraction and docking.
In that instant, Xia Xiu clearly sensed that the energy within his body was being directly pulled into a system far exceeding the individual level. If Mr. Night were sitting here in this fortress, he would be drained into a dried-up corpse in ten seconds.
The throne seems to have no concept of gentleness or adaptation.
It only cares about one thing—whether you have enough blue bars.
Xia Xiu did not move. His great spirituality stabilized the structure at this moment, forcibly suppressing the tearing trend, and at the same time unfolded in the opposite direction, connecting with the huge energy network that almost covered the entire fortress.
Just as the two completed their engagement, the think tank's voice rang out once again.
[Core Control Connection Activation]
[A stable and great spiritual structure has been detected... Confirmed]
[EVE particle power supply channel under construction—]
[Main control interface open]
[Permission synchronization progress: 11%...29%...63%...]
[WARNING: Current load has exceeded the normal controller threshold]
[Verification: Compatibility Successful]
[Marked: Master Node Established]
As the last notification fell, the entire Blackrock Fortress unfolded completely in his perception.
At this moment, Xia Xiu directly touched upon the operating logic of this fortress.
What he sensed first was the outermost mobility system.
It was an extremely large propulsion structure, but it did not operate as a conventional propulsion system. Instead, it was a spatial glide mechanism based on inertia-free deflection, which achieved slow but stable movement by changing its positional relationship in local space.
It can turn, accelerate, and hover within a star system.
Combined with the strength of Blackrock Fortress, this thing could easily be used as a kinetic impactor, using its own small planetary mass and a non-inertial propulsion system to crash into planets or fleets at high speed.
If you combine it with your own [Heavenly Lever], then there are even more ways to play with this thing. You can even use it as a giant fortress ball to play a head-to-head match with the enemy.
However, relying solely on the space glide mechanism, Blackrock Fortress cannot escape the galactic boundary, let alone move across galaxies.
Essentially, under normal circumstances, this fortress is still just a giant war fortress that can be moved.
However, there are two other systems inside the fortress to compensate for this lack of mobility.
The first system is the Eldar Network Transition System.
Deep within the fortress's core, a massive gate structure exists silently. It is not a physical door, but a channel node solidified within the spatial structure. It is connected to a higher-level network, and once the corresponding psionic resonance is achieved, the passage can be opened directly, enabling a leap across star sectors.
That's Blackrock Fortress's original long-range mobility.
Stable and secure, but this requires the Eldar to unlock the Eldar Web, which is very similar to the Web created by the Kingdom of Heaven using the Rainbow Bridge, only they are much larger and more complete.
Xia Xiu didn't think the Eldar would be so generous as to fully open this thing up to the Heavenly Kingdom.
At the same time, he also sensed another, more brutal system.
That is a forced jump structure that uses the fortress itself as the "jump subject". By wrapping the entire fortress in the ether layer and shifting it as a whole, it can complete the interstellar sector movement.
However, this system is clearly highly unstable.
Once activated, the entire fortress is like being thrown into a storm; any deviation will be amplified, and it may even tear apart the structure of reality during the jump.
More importantly, this system lacks calibration.
It can move, but it's not accurate enough. It's similar to the current Rainbow Bridge in Heaven. All its advanced mobility abilities are available, but uncontrollable.
Thinking of this, Xia Xiu inexplicably connected it to the Emperor Penguins who were still "visiting" Abelio.
"As for the sensors, I wonder if the little fat bird can withstand Blackrock Fortress..."