Star Empire

"This is dead tide pollution"

The flood of information carrying pollution spread rapidly in the void, and the collapse of the giant tower endlessly increased the trend and power of this wave. Everything at the source quickly blurred, and the waves of destruction that had spread out harvested everything in their path.

"How do they spread? That kind of wave cannot have a stable order field. Even if there is a stable order field after taking 10,000 steps back, this kind of order field cannot be maintained at all. Wait, what is that?!"

After taking a closer look, Kriz discovered an important factor that fueled the wave of destruction: existence attributes, correlation attributes, and other factors that can connect the multiple worlds controlled by Σ and countless individuals of Σ and summarize them as "one civilization"! They are like high-speed transportation networks where pollution spreads. Through them, pollution can directly infect the world that is not actually connected to the core!

And there is no doubt that the huge amount of pollution erupting from the core must have destroyed the center and the highest level nodes of Σ. The pollution is very likely to spread with extremely high-level authority. No matter how powerful the protective facilities are, I am afraid that There is no way to resist such poison.

"No, not entirely." Kriz stretched out his hand, as if there was a fog hanging in front of him and he wanted to push it away. "The story seems to indicate that "Σ's main destructive factor is itself." Although the authority network is important, such factors are far from enough to form such a story that spreads. It turns out that this is the case because it forms an unstoppable [ Is it a trend?"

The huge information torrent carrying the pollution of the death wave spreads in the void - they may not be so powerful and dangerous at the beginning, but whenever they destroy the world or the world structure on the way forward, those broken world fragments will It will act like a booster to push pollution sources to spread outward with higher intensity and faster speed...

Under this unstoppable destruction, a small world on the border is certainly unable to resist. After the destruction reaches the border, it is already at the end of the war, but even the aftermath of this pollution is deadly enough for a world that has lost its center and wisdom...

The black door opened from the void, the space was corrupted, the stars began to tremble, and the polluted supreme host made the convenient network originally used to control the territory of civilization become a highway for the spread of pollution. The universe was polluted, and in just a few days, or maybe hours, the need and possibility of saving it was lost...

The vigorous exploration and advancement of new fields came to an abrupt end. Under the extremely limited time and the oppression of a devastating disaster, all those who survived must find ways to save themselves. All research has to quickly complete the transformation within these narrow windows. In the short period of these few years or thousands of years, the stories that happened in the small star area have been more profound than the changes accumulated in the past billions of years in the main starry sky.

A large number of calculation results accumulated in the past seemed to point to some kind of unbreakable logical loop. However, with the intervention of new forces, those results that seemed to be about to pronounce death sentences turned into valuable data that could be used in new fields.

The sudden appearance of external forces broke down the barriers that had long limited civilization.

Civilization is advancing rapidly, but just after taking these first few steps, the road is melted down. A civilization that has sacrificed countless compatriots and territories, as well as its countless glories and promises, is like a derailed train, moving crazily on a road with an unknown destination.

Kriz struggled to push through the layers of notes surrounding his eyes, trying to focus on looking at the picture instead of reading the notes that emerged. As time passed, the atmosphere in the Ark became increasingly heavy.

Although there is no shortage of life in the cabin, there is not much life on those ships. During the voyage, from the current perspective, every decision made by the pilots was violating countless safety regulations. They clumsily tried to sort out the original void navigation algorithm.

From the current point of view, even if it is a superficial knowledge that Steel should remember and understand shortly after leaving the life-shaping cabin, he can speculate on various possibilities on the route.

From today's perspective, they are dealing with problems that are now commonplace and almost extinct, such as disease, in dangerous and pointless ways.

"If the change is huge enough, even the most sophisticated entity created with the most advanced technology will be split. You will have many questions about this part - I have been authorized, if you really want to understand them, then I It will tell you the truth. If you look at this part directly, they may not be continuous and may cause misunderstandings." Unknowingly, the words that suddenly came to mind made Kriz realize that they had accompanied him throughout his entire intermediate education. At this stage, the teacher did not know when he was "standing" beside him.

"The Ark fleet carrying the fragments of the shattered world to pursue the "voyage". This incident was difficult to understand when it first happened, but as time went by, as the empire itself gradually deepened, the events at that time It’s no longer so unreasonable.”

Looking at the strange track filled with decay in the void, the voice next to Kriz explained softly. "Scholars and eyewitnesses at the time isolated the phrase [Civilization Reconciliation Agreement] from this period of history. It now appears that this phrase should refer to the management used by the Σ civilization to manage the epiphytic civilizations under it. Way"

"There are also a large number of subsidiary civilizations under the empire. Some of these subsidiary civilizations are aware of the existence of the empire, and some are not aware of the existence of the empire. The meaning of "knowing the existence of the empire" is that the empire has established a two-way connection with the civilization."

"Therefore, such civilizations are often formally brought under the rule of the empire and subject to actual management - you will learn this part later. For now, you just need to know that such a situation exists. Under the rule of the empire, accept The management of the empire means that they need to follow the rules established by the empire. The [Civilization Reconciliation Agreement] may be the implicit rules or conventions established by Σ at that time for the civilization under its rule, and there may be something similar to Items like "You are not allowed to leave the world without permission"

"We speculate that under normal circumstances, such a situation should not happen. The final inference given by the imperial academic community is that the violent death tide pollution seriously eroded the Dark Star Fortress, and its depth was at least It’s gone through the entirety of it.”

“In the scene you saw before, as a large amount of information flow converges towards a certain focus in the void, the souls and wisdom of these scattered facilities are also likely to be trapped in these information flows and directly extracted. The high-level wisdom has been lost, and the basic reaction at the bottom has been seriously contaminated. In that case, it is not surprising what kind of decision is made, but some things after that are even more controversial."

"Huh?" Kriz saw, as several Ark spaceships that had been severely damaged, sharp and ferocious skeletons continued to spit out disgusting black and red smoke clouds, and smashed into the boundary of the rotten world barrier, the scene fell into There was a brief period of darkness - after a period of time, the "picture" emerged from nothingness again. It seemed that the Ark fleet had re-entered the void, and "behind" the fleet, the dark celestial body wrapped in thick clouds and a large amount of twisted clouds and the medium itself had both been shattered.

"With the several arks at that time, it was impossible to destroy such a dark star fortress in any case. Shelling, impact, self-destruction... In any case, they could not destroy the "World Circuit Base" of Σ with their own power. "."

"Actually, the exact need to destroy creations of Σcelestial level and above has always been a mystery. We suspect that this may be related to some Σ long-term plans later. As for the specific time period "nearby"... only the empire of the next era Only the "Star-Qi" fortress can more stably destroy this kind of dark star fortress that has been seriously polluted, and if you want to measure the strongest firepower of the Star-Qi fortress at that time... they are not in the same technological era as the Ark of Exile."

"In short, the "escape" at that time was almost an impossible event. But this impossible event did occur after all, so we always have to look for a possible explanation."

"Then teacher, the explanation is...?"

"It is possible that the self-destruction of the Ark rode on the wave of the destructive power of the death tide, which greatly enhanced the damage that the Ark could cause when it self-destructed. It is also possible that the influx of void caused by the self-destruction of the Ark did destroy the The last bottom line of Dark Star Fortress.”

"It is also possible... that the struggle of civilization at that time may have aroused some kind of response mechanism in the Dark Star Fortress. Under the influence of this mechanism, the fortress noticed that it had been severely polluted and had major problems with its behavioral logic, so it Choosing self-destruction—these are all feasible explanations, but since all explanations are mixed with factors outside the empire’s logical system, these contents cannot be used as a final conclusion.”

"It is worth mentioning that the traces of the predecessors of the two top ships, the Arcane Throne and the Void Matrix, one of the current "weights" of the empire, the empire's flagship flagship, also appeared for the first time at that time."

"Ah..." Kriz frowned, "Should this be said to be a coincidence?"

"I don't know, Kriz, the teacher doesn't know. I'm afraid even His Majesty Vidoville himself doesn't know about these issues. No one can tell how much of the empire's eons of inevitability and coincidence account for each."

"If the information from Σ is accurate, then the imperial flagship may have visited many worlds when it was previously built by Σ civilization - if there are more manufacturing stages, it is not impossible to have countless. The Star Ming Civilization was located at that time The world is just one of them. From the perspective of particularity...there are indeed particularities, but we are also unable to determine whether these special factors are "intentional" in nature."

"Why...it feels like there are so many mysteries..." Kriz rubbed his brows vigorously. The stories painted in front of him had already been stacked up thousands of times. If this was an increase buff applied to people, He estimates that he can now be "physically sanctified" on the spot...

"This is just a small section here."

Under the teacher's instruction, Kriz continued to look down. After the Ark Fleet escaped from crisis, the real "Star Empire" stepped onto the stage of history. After that, an unknown disease quickly swept through all the ships, and people had to be sealed in crystals to preserve their souls and lives. As the lights of the ark were extinguished, everything became simple and "routine"...

"Next, we ushered in a turning point of fate." As the remaining Ark fleet dragged its scarred body and fell on a certain celestial body, some problems seemed to become less urgent. At the same time, some things that have never happened before, or may have happened but were not taken seriously, are put on the table.

"The person with the highest authority is attached to the information body suspected of being the heart of the world, and can control the world fragments to a certain extent - this ability helped the empire stabilize the crystal energy vortex created later, but the impact it caused was far-reaching. To put it more seriously, a world where everything is composed of information is very different from the "physical world" of the past. Everyone needs to pay attention to this at all times, which to a certain extent accelerated the ideological changes in the imperial academic community at that time. , laying more foundation for subsequent research."

"Talk further... This control method that uses the Heart of the World as a springboard to control and then recalculate the entire world is still being used until now. But at that time, although it seemed on the surface, it was not controlled by the Heart of the World or the World Consciousness. Possession brings all benefits, but if you take into account the background of the era where a little carelessness may lead to catastrophe, the "unknown" in it becomes the biggest and most fatal disadvantage."

"For a long time, worries have been hidden behind these glorious achievements. Of course, some of them may be personal problems, but in such an environment, personal problems are actually too small. Small problem..."

"Small problem..."

Although the ever-changing scenes are presented in pictures, they are so real that they seem to be enough to absorb all the attention of the wise... In a sense, these pictures are indeed real history, and the information that constitutes them does exist. part of the past. And spanning these countless scenes can be roughly equivalent to spanning the entire history of the empire.

"In the later period, in this relatively quiet fragment of the world, the few remaining scholars began to conduct a large number of research activities. As the computer array was re-established, the previous questions began to be answered one by one. . During that time, the Empire cracked the technology of extracting crystal energy from the void and converting crystal energy into other actual substances. From today's perspective, these technologies are quite primitive. But at that time, it was enough to support the Ark at that time The fleet has completed its voyage..."

"However, there are still many problems - opening a hole in the world barrier to create a crystal energy vortex is difficult to do accurately even with the intervention of world consciousness, let alone at that time. Direct use of explosives to disturb the world The barrier is very likely to cause void intrusion, and void intrusion will directly and completely destroy the edge structure at the crack of the world barrier and the internal space-time environment. However, the vortex eventually lit up. Later recovery tests showed that tens of millions of similar Only by testing can the results be restored once and for all.”

"...Teacher, I am becoming more and more curious about how the empire at that time continued."

"So as I said before - on the one hand, it also depends on the background environment when it happened. In addition... the proportion of accident and destiny in the past history of the empire, the academic circles of the empire itself also It’s hard to say for sure.”

"Wait a minute, teacher -" Kriz suddenly pointed at the "people" in the picture and shouted: "Are the "people" before and after this incident... a little different?"

"Yes, Kriz, and everyone else, you are very sharp - taking this life recast as a dividing point, the "pseudo-supernatural life" of the previous generation is completely consistent with the "human form" we recorded, and in this time The "quasi-supernormal beings" after the node are more inclined to fantasy species "elves" than humans."

"...elf?"

"Yes, elves. General literature will describe them as a race that is slender, tall, elegant, and born with excellent artistic talent. And we are beginning to shift towards the characteristics that this race may have... This is actually It proves something - there is more than one layer of void disturbance force in the void. The rapid collapse of Σ civilization is very likely to cause the information disturbance force that was "covered" in the past to reappear like a reef in the rapids."

"So...there is actually no need to worry about the relationship between the "creator" and the "created". The creator may also be created, and the naturally born existence may also be the "soil" that has been shaped long ago. "Growing out of the middle. If we insist on digging out these details, all existence may be like this..."

The new fleet set sail again amidst everyone's discussion. Compared with the previous Ark, it can be clearly seen that the new ship not only uses a lot of new technologies, but also learns various lessons from the previous generation of spacecraft and makes up for many shortcomings. They are more perfect, and civilizations can navigate the void with greater ease.

"From here on... the boundary between the finite and the infinite no longer exists - if the world is finite, then no matter how huge and complex the world is, they will eventually be consumed until only chaos remains. But the void will not ——The void is infinite.”

"And from these lives, from these three spaceships, the reactor for unlimited acquisition of resources and energy from the void has been installed in the bodies of the empire's creations and lives - a perpetual motion machine that has been sentenced to death countless times. Integrated into the empire in this way. Although these events occurred in the early and middle years of the Exiled Era, in the teacher's view, these events should actually be said to be landmark events that marked the entry of civilization into a new era..."

"Actually... the empire could have gotten some new revelations from here, but now it seems... everyone at that time probably didn't think too much in this direction."

"Teacher, what does "this aspect" refer to?"

"……scale."

"scale?"

"Yes, in the universe, we have seen various complex structures formed by stars - super galaxy clusters, the Great Wall of the Universe, large-scale fibers and diffusion fiber networks, etc., etc., they are all composed of stars. The world phase Compared to the void, stars are far smaller than the universe. Countless worlds are very likely to form giant structures in the void that are larger and more complex than large-scale silk meshes."

"Now we know that such a structure is called the branch of the world in smaller terms, and the Void Quadrant in larger terms. In the future, there may be more possible solutions. But at that time... there was not enough foundation, and the only A few leaders cannot realize so much content in a short period of time. They just copy it mechanically and cannot use the knowledge for their own use..."

"Civilization has become accustomed to the convenient transportation that has been formed over tens of billions of years and can be reached instantly anywhere in the universe. This habit has restricted the pace at that time. The empire has indeed entered a wider world, but This vastness was something that the empire at that time could not even notice..."

"Star civilization... is an insignificant dust in the void, even now... it is the same."