Star Empire

"——Your Majesty, there is an abnormal situation. The detector is missing in the equipment suspected of being an engine!" Torres immediately informed the first base of the current situation, but what surprised him was the speed at which the command level learned about the situation. It seemed faster than here. As soon as he finished his report, Victorville's words were quickly transferred through the layers of short-distance communication base points and rang in his mind:

"We know where the detector is. Just now, Vesrifan felt a slight fluctuation outside the wreckage of the world barrier. The detector seemed to flash past outside the world barrier and then fell directly into the void. We captured it. A little noise – what did you do?”

"What?" After hearing what Vidoville said, Torres thought that the sub-machine had heard it wrong: "Your Majesty, we have just discovered components of this flying-wing battleship that are suspected to be power furnaces. The output parts of these devices are consistent with our crystal energy guidance output. The pipe network structure is very similar, but when we were looking for the "input part" of this reactor, we released a small detector into the part of the equipment that should be the energy output path. However, it did not take long after the detector entered the pipe. disappeared."

"After you put in the detector, there were no changes or signs of activation in the spacecraft, right?"

Hearing Torres' explanation, Vidoville instantly became even more surprised than he was: The small flying wing was several light-years away from the edge of the warped world closest to the interior of the universe. However, the detector was right there. In just a few tens of meters, it jumped over the world barrier and crashed into the void, leaving only a series of blurry afterimages.

The world barrier is not as simple as a high wall at the end of the universe. From the internal spatial properties, it will reflect a certain "end is the starting point" property, but physically, the world barrier is composed of a series of complex information, unless mathematical rate equipment is used and it can Study the entire world structure until it can be arbitrarily solved, otherwise it will be almost impossible for objects in the universe to cross the world barrier.

But now, in the engine of this small spaceship that is stationary in the world of order, there is a "space channel" that can span the world and the void without causing any abnormal phenomena.

"Without Your Majesty, this spacecraft does not show any signs of activity now, and its status is the same as before." Torres replied.

"...Let's test it again and confirm whether the "channel" in that device can really connect directly to the void from inside the universe."

"clear."

After a while, when the feedback signals from several detectors disappeared, the weak fluctuations associated with several abnormal information annihilations generated outside the world barrier were also felt by the highly focused Weisruifan.

At the same time, this test also found that from the "void perspective", these small objects have left the "this world" frequency, and there is no problem. However, from the "universe perspective", Weiss Ruifan could be sure that those weak fluctuations came from "all directions" and then disappeared in a flash.

That is to say, it can now be assumed that this "space channel" does exist and can connect the void and the world of order, but this space channel does not seem to be fixed, or it has certain conceptual properties. Its function seems to be to enable this device to have some kind of transcendent communication with the void.

Regarding this point, everyone who has studied the acquisition of crystal energy will understand that crystal energy is essentially an information fluctuation with a tendency to order but very high uncertainty, and according to the current unified theory of information, crystal energy Should be on par with the world. For this part, a possible explanation is that the world was created by the probability collapse of the void at the beginning of its birth, and this process is exactly the same as the extraction process of crystal energy after excluding parameter differences.

Therefore, there will be such an explanation, but the "derivative ability" of the world does not seem to be as strong as crystal energy. Therefore, this explanation is only more reasonable, but it cannot be finalized. There are still quite a few inferences and details in the grand unified theory of information that emerged out of thin air, which cannot be verified at all until now.

Considering that the order of existence within the world has been highly solidified, unless we really regard the world as a frequency and work directly on this level, we will have to reverse the solidified order information aggregate from the world of order into an undetermined high frequency. The fluctuation of information can be said to be extremely difficult. Therefore, the best (and almost the only) way to obtain high-frequency crystal energy is to ask for it from the void. Through an information space composed of a pure information body model, the void is "poured in". In the process, a unique probability collapse occurs according to the provisions of the mapping equation, and crystal energy is born.

In this process, the current technological level of the Star Empire requires directly opening a small crack in the world barrier and binding the void decay equation environment to the wall of the channel. After the binding is successful, the power of the world barrier can maintain this environment from being reset to zero, and the crystal energy decayed through the void can also resist the erosion of the world by the void intrusion, and the remaining part will be enriched to form crystal energy vortex.

Obviously, compared with this method of easily opening holes in the world barrier, which may lead to the end of the world if you are not careful, this method of directly connecting to the void through a small, unknown passage is obviously It is much more sophisticated and advanced, but everyone understands how many difficulties it needs to face to achieve this process. Just "bypassing the world space" and directly connecting to the outside of the void. Victorville can predict this. It may It is no easier than directly manufacturing a variant that is at the same level as high-frequency crystal energy.

After the unification of information was proven to be very useful, various related information technologies did begin to develop. However, in fact, except for the demonstrative research conducted by Cavinrel and others, most people are still spontaneous in other aspects. The tendency is to use conventional physical means to understand everything.

But it is obvious that in order to achieve this level, the technological level that the empire needs to reach must no longer rely on any physical concepts at all, and it needs to rise to a higher level.

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"It seems that we need to establish a third base. The reality is calm and stable. This can be said to be our lucky Torres. You have done a good job. Summarize the specific details and submit a report. These issues require all actions. All the people with brains need to participate in the research.”

Vidoville twisted his eyebrows and looked at the strange small aircraft in the picture. He couldn't help but start to imagine that strange civilization: crossing the void, fighting against the tide of death, having the power to define his own position in the world of order, huge facilities and even How strong would these guys be who can drag something as huge as a fragment of the universe across the void to chase an unusually inconspicuous point in the vast chaos? !

In terms of practicality - the universality of this "channel" and the various variants of different models are definitely better than the current means of obtaining crystal energy - the crystal energy vortex is to create a piece of space in the universe. An energy field that can extract crystal energy. There is no doubt that such a large-scale thing cannot be stuffed into the body of a battleship, let alone a living thing. Moreover, this kind of thing needs to be built close to the world barrier, which means that there is no way this thing can be built in the "world interior".

Even the idea of ​​​​warping space bubbles for long-distance jumps that can bypass most of the world's information obstacles can not solve this problem. The rules of the ordered world do not allow it. Of course, Cavenriel and others believe that it is not impossible to do this kind of thing if they are forced to do it - but in that case, the world may have exploded under the huge pressure.

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A few days later, a number of cargo ships carrying mass-produced mathematical rate cores and a large number of crystal energy crystals set off from the first base under the light of the crystal energy vortex. Their mission was to build a collection of demolition centers around the flying-wing battleship. A comprehensive site that integrates functions such as , research, and construction. Based on the mathematical rate core, the information contained in the crystal energy crystal fluctuates as the material infrastructure industry, which saves a lot of tedious steps compared to traditional methods, and also brings quite efficient construction efficiency. In the space with the target flying-wing battleship as the center of the sphere, a series of huge buildings exuding a faint golden glow were quickly formed in the space like holographic projection or 3D printing.

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A few months later, it was November 7, Year of Exile 3199.

In an almost cost-less dismantling operation, the extremely solid shell of the flying-wing battleship was finally shattered by the bombardment of countless crystal energy blasting patches, while the internal structures and anomalies were also stuck one by one. This was gradually revealed in the rush operation led by Wen Ruir and others.

First of all, it contributed most of the difficult spacecraft structural materials during the construction process. Most of the parameters of this material can reach quite exaggerated levels. At the same time, this material also has extremely powerful level resistance.

Since there is no Death Tide Prime, this kind of dangerous experiment cannot be carried out here. However, the results of conventional physical impact tests, crystal energy impact tests and even void disassembly have shown that the properties of this material are very important for a civilization that needs to enter the void. It can be said to be excellent and abnormal. When directly exposed to the void, the resistance of these material fragments is much stronger than that of crystal energy armor, and the general dislocation of laws in the world has minimal impact on it.

I don’t know if there is room for improvement in the strength of this “armor”. However, these experiments were all performed when the target receptor had no activity at all - the gap between the sample state and the actual complete state is completely unmeasurable. .

The second anomaly, which was also identified in the early stages of detection, is the spatial anomaly inside the flying wing. In the absence of spatial folding or even spatial scale transformation, the scope of the space clearly exceeds the apparent size of the spacecraft. But it can be compatible with the shell range without any problem. Even if the shell is later removed, this strange space phenomenon has not completely disappeared.

Obviously, this phenomenon does not need to be bound by a shell, but one point must be emphasized - this spacecraft does not have any operating equipment, does not have any energy response, and does not have any information changing trends. All of this is happening silently. A stable presence in silence.

At the center of the hull, Cavenriel discovered something similar to energy-gathering equipment. These two devices, which were somewhat similar to electromagnetic guns, were firmly located on the solid central structural plate of the spacecraft. There were a considerable number of dark red "vessels" "They are neatly gathered here from all directions, like an arterial ball. However, the two devices are not connected to the outside world, but have re-entered the interior of the ship in a strange posture.

Considering some of the previous performances in encounters, it can be judged that this model or similar small spacecraft possesses powerful attack power. In the absence of any other equipment that is identifiable to the Empire or that is physically connected to the outside world, they are temporarily identified as the "weapons" equipped on this type of spacecraft.

They really can't be removed, or if we do it by force, the best result is to throw the entire sample into the void and be corroded, so that they can be removed from the extremely strong pipe network and infrastructure. Pull it off.

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Over the course of several months of dismantling, an idea of ​​the spacecraft began to emerge with more and more actual evidence - the spacecraft emphasized the closure of its own systems. Most actions, including attack and defense, seem to be conducted with the spacecraft as an integral whole.

Compared with the creations of Xingming civilization, one of the most important features of this concept is that the equipment manufactured under this guiding ideology has a much higher degree of closure integrity than the creations of Xingming.

The Starship spacecraft is not very closed. Most of the various weapons and power output equipment require the spacecraft to communicate with the external environment. In other words, it is necessary to "punch holes" in the structure of the spacecraft to maintain the material-energy exchange between the spacecraft and the outside world in a close-to-physical way. However, this civilization does not follow these at all, except for the reactor part that was determined from the beginning and is directly connected to the void. In addition, the remaining structures seem to be able to act on the outside when the environment is closed as a whole, that is to say - the path is unilaterally highly controllable and irreversible.

The research team does not want to take the risk of actually fully activating these unknown devices, and crystal energy does not seem to be able to supply energy to the engines or energy pipe networks here, so the specific uses and operating details of these devices can only be left in In everyone's mind.

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During the continuous demolition and in-depth activities, the spatial differences inside the flying wing have become more and more obvious. Even though the outer shell of the spacecraft has been mostly removed, the space inside it that seems to have been extremely expanded is still completely stable, as if this part It's as if the laws of space have been completely changed. Even using high-frequency crystal energy to carry out indiscriminate attacks or Weisrifan's range-wide law distortion ability seems to be unable to shake these solidified abnormal spaces and this strange structure. It seems to be stronger and more stable than the shell.

When the part marked by Torres, which was most likely the engine, was exposed, Cavinrel and others suspended the operation and withdrew from the temporary site and returned to the stable first base, while the operators who remained at the site It was replaced by a precise remote control mechanical body that can be operated by will, and a considerable number of crystal energy crystals were also arranged in the form of spherical shells in the space around this site.

If an accident occurs during the disassembly process, on the one hand, the unknown passage connecting the void may self-decompose due to damage - this result is expected to be less harmful; on the other hand, the "passive restriction lock" in the passage "It will be destroyed and cause the void to pour back. If this happens, Weisrifan will try his best to close the world barrier in the shortest possible time, and the crystal energy crystals deployed around the site will be dismantled by the void and explode. The dissipated crystal energy will offset the damage that the void influx may cause in the real world.

So far, although the remnant soul in the Queen's body has been rarely mentioned under the efficient and simple thinking and actions, many questions and speculations that have been accompanying the situation have also been raised one after another. The birth and disappearance of the invisible:

Where does this world consciousness come from?

Why did He do this?

How is He functioning? Is He still alive?

Who is this whole entity now?

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However, in the current dilemma of the empire, everything can only be judged by results and authority. For now, this unique control ability in this fragment of the world is of great research value in itself, and it also has great significance for other research. auxiliary value.

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"This is probably the legendary stand-in operation, right?" Looking at a group of scientists who were imagining how to drive their own robots in the first base, Vidoville couldn't help but feel a little coke, because except for the large manipulator, this Robots with humanoid shapes rarely appear, and even if they do, they mostly appear in the realm of life. Most of those that worked in the past were powerful people, not human agents. Only in areas of absolute danger, self-discipline Only machinery can play an adequate role.

"I have to say, that shell is really scary." Cavernelle said to others in his mind, "In the later operation, almost a month was spent paying for the crystal energy blasting patch regardless of the cost. It took dismantling to finally open the safety shell."

"The power furnace part is definitely strong." Zhai Cahill responded simply, "The final cutting operation is about to end, and then the crystal energy explosion patch is projected into the sub-theoretical channel to detect its high-rank structure. Kahir Wen Ruil, the observation process for the most dangerous target has begun. I will record as much as possible and try to understand the information structure contained therein. You must record it clearly."

Around Zhai Kahir, groups of observation facilities with high precision and high protection capabilities are protecting him layer by layer. Information with high density and high structural complexity may have many uncertain and strange properties. Even if there are multiple indirect contacts, protection preparations must be made as much as possible.

"Of course." After Cavinriel responded and made all protective preparations, several robots placed the blasting patch above the output terminal on the floor that had been forcibly dug into a deep groove by the crystal energy explosive. After the patch was detonated, there was no obvious explosion - after all, this was a model used in a small range. Under the precise blast, the passage that may be connected to the void was exposed to the real world without any restrictions. . Subsequently, some details of the rapidly becoming unstable internal structure contained in it were successively captured by the surrounding observation equipment——

A strong dizziness struck everyone who looked at the area with their own consciousness. Zhai Cahir felt a splitting headache. This was a symptom when a large amount of information poured into his mind instantly. However, the people in charge of these parts have been strengthened by a considerable degree of crystal energy, so this was just uncomfortable, not harmful. causing fatal effects.

Before his attention was completely lost, Zhai Cahir saw a structure that was completely indescribable in words, even indescribable by the senses that had begun to transcend dimensions. The multi-coordinate back-driving equation is similar, but the structure it creates has two anchor points, one is located inside the spacecraft, and the other part leads to the outside of the world.

Perception was cut off, and a part of the will was suddenly bounced away and the transmitted mental fluctuations almost brought down everyone responsible for driving the mechanical double. Weisrifan's body trembled, and with her as the center, a part of the world began to produce things that were not originally changes that should occur.

In the preset crystal energy blast information mapping oscillation, some of the dissipated model information flow spanned a distance equivalent to tens of light years in the macro world in the virtual and real world.

At a certain level that can only be described with a mathematical model, this mathematical model that has gone out of control and is distorting and disintegrating under strong external interference is about to begin to release its own afterglow.

"——The circuit breaker has been triggered!"

In space, in the deep space of the distant "border" that almost corresponds to the crystal energy vortex, a huge and dazzling golden-white sun suddenly lights up.