The interstellar beacon is a giant portal device located in the Space Anomaly, with functions similar to ordinary small personal portals.
The difference is that it is larger and more stable.
With this interstellar beacon portal, one can travel to any cosmic space for which the specific coordinates are known.
Its large and stable characteristics also allow it to transport a wider variety of objects and life forms.
Its performance far surpasses that of ordinary small portals.
This is also one of the important reasons why Luoqi chose the Space Anomaly as his base.
Luoqi came before the interstellar beacon.
Watching the light emanating from the beacon's ring, Luoqi attempted to activate the interstellar beacon.
The beacon was successfully activated, but there were no destination points on it that could be teleported to.
And the beacon's system interface also displayed a warning message at this time.
[Deep Space Network not connected! Cannot acquire interstellar coordinates for transport!]
Seeing such a prompt, Luoqi was not overly surprised.
Although the beacon is massive in size and powerful in performance, it is merely an enhanced upgraded version of a personal portal.
And this type of portal requires connection to the Deep Space Network to serve as a transport bridge.
As for achieving transport solely based on a set of coordinates, in Deep Space, only the planetary ruin teleporters located on planets can achieve this.
The interstellar beacon being unusable was within Luoqi's expectations.
The current Black Star is clearly unable to connect to the cyber network located on Earth.
After all, the network coverage there is only around Earth, and even large amounts of cyber network space are still filled with the dangerous Old Net.
The network space available for Earth humans to use is only that little bit, and Luoqi didn't expect that network to be of help when Ascension Technology explored the universe.
However, solving the network problem is a crucial part of developing the universe; not only do transport devices require a network, but expanding the sphere of influence into the interstellar realm in the future also requires network support.
Fortunately, Luoqi had already thought of a solution.
Having confirmed that the interstellar beacon was temporarily unusable, Luoqi did not linger here but continued walking deeper into the Black Star.
Arriving at a platform in the depths, Luoqi brought up the system interface again.
After a moment of hesitation, Luoqi still clicked the exchange button on a module.
[atlas (Prototype Low-Level Replication)]
(Spoiler Warning!)
[atlas, also known as the Universe, is a mysterious object from Deep Space, with multiple forms of manifestation.
It is the supercomputer in Deep Space that stores all data and simulates everything in the universe, the core of the Deep Space universe, or perhaps one could say atlas is the universe.
This module is a brand-new, non-decaying low-level replica of the atlas computer, usable for creating the Deep Space Network, building network space, and possessing extremely powerful computing capabilities.]
This is Luoqi's solution for cosmic network communication. The cosmic exploration technology he currently possesses all comes from Deep Space, so pairing it with the Deep Space Network system is naturally the most suitable.
And atlas is the physical entity of the Deep Space Network in Deep Space.
As a supercomputer that can simulate everything in the universe, atlas's computing power can be said to have reached an extremely terrifying level.
Exchanging for atlas can not only be used to build a Deep Space Network space covering the universe but also help Ascension Technology construct an unprecedented massive data fortress.
Of course, the atlas exchanged by Luoqi is just a weakened low-level version.
The performance of the original atlas computer is too terrifying; it is naturally impossible for Luoqi to obtain it with his current financial resources.
Exchanging for the Space Anomaly and the weakened version of atlas has almost exhausted all of Luoqi's accumulations over three months.
However, Luoqi believes that with the help of these two items, Ascension Technology will enter a terrifying phase of rapid development.
For Luoqi, this is not a loss.
Furthermore, although the atlas Luoqi exchanged for is a weakened version, it is already sufficient to build a Deep Space Network covering a vast galactic range.
As Luoqi confirmed the exchange module.
A giant translucent prismatic crystal appeared and floated in mid-air.
Inside the crystal, a crimson dynamic sphere floated in the center, constantly fluctuating, as if breathing.
"Creator...."
The atlas here had not yet aged, had not been replaced by a better machine, and had not been abandoned by its creator.
It excitedly sent a signal to its creator, Luoqi.
And Luoqi also responded to atlas, telling it its mission.
Receiving Luoqi's command, atlas began to operate.
Soon, a Deep Space Network space based on atlas began to spread and deploy towards the surrounding star fields, using Black Star as the base point.
Thus, a cosmic network was established.
And at the same time the Deep Space Network was successfully established.
On the other side, on Earth.
Ascension Technology Laboratory.
Here was placed a base computer that Luoqi had prepared early on, from the Deep Space universe.
As the Deep Space Network covered Earth, this base computer also detected the network signal.
The base computer's signal receiver was activated and sent a connection request to the Deep Space Network.
The connection signal was smoothly received by atlas.
Luoqi received feedback from atlas, knowing that the base computer he left behind had played its role.
He had atlas connect the network and the base computer.
The moment the base computer connected to the Deep Space Network, atlas acquired its location coordinates and network information.
The base computer left behind by Luoqi was currently connected to Ascension Technology's server network.
Now, having detected atlas's network signal and being connected to both networks simultaneously, it became the bridge between the Deep Space Network and the Earth network.
Meanwhile, the anomaly with the base computer also attracted the attention of Lao Wei and Lisandra.
Lao Wei knew that Luoqi had begun to explore space and had told him that this device was key to connecting to the cosmic network.
But he hadn't told him too many details, so he just looked over curiously.
And Lisandra, on the other hand, carried out the task Luoqi assigned her before leaving Earth: using the network bridge built by the base computer to connect to the Deep Space Network.
In the network space.
Lisandra arrived in this completely new area.
As an artificial intelligence with self-awareness, Lisandra had her own thoughts.
However, due to her calm and indifferent personality, it was usually very difficult to see her having emotional fluctuations.
But the moment she entered the Deep Space Network space, she experienced surprise for the first time.
This was a vast network space she had never imagined, as if it had no end.
Being in this space, Lisandra felt her own insignificance for the first time.
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