Star Empire

"...The second scan of the radar array has been completed, and it has been confirmed that there is an extremely weak clutter in the cosmic background radiation that cannot yet be analyzed. This clutter has several "broadcast sources" in the universe, and it is highly suspected that it is indeed Arcane power has appeared in civilization before. However, the intensity of the suspected "arcane interference" released by these "sources" is too low. We need more accurate scanning methods to further determine the origin of these "broadcast sources" Specific location.”

In the dark space far away from the dense density of galaxies in the universe, Zhai Cahir was making a report to Vidoville, and on the surface of his ship, the golden light flow was gradually dimming.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, please continue searching."

"Understood, Your Majesty."

After the spiritual connection and communication were cut off, Zhai Cahir looked at the large panoramic star map around him. In conventional optical observations, the stars near the edge of the universe were showing a strange red color - this was a period of explosive expansion in the physical development of the universe. It is still not over. The edge of the universe is rapidly expanding at a speed hundreds or thousands of times exceeding the speed of light. Compared with the rapid cooling that was more inclined to a pure information state just after the Big Bang, the current "inflationary state" can It is said that it is no longer peaceful, but in a cosmic environment that still follows physics and has stabilized, such a speed can be said to violate the light speed barrier - here, the physical laws have not completely cooled down.

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"Sure enough, it's still too weak, both for me and for the radiation that permeates the universe." Zhai Cahir squinted his eyes and looked at the huge red stars in the space. "If the intensity was higher, I could have I have a clearer feeling that the complex superposition formed by so many natural broadcast sources cannot be deciphered yet, and it is really difficult to find it.”

"Your Excellency, the radar array is about to start its third scan."

"Well, you will continue to be responsible for the operation and information collection of distributed radars, so that they can be as close as possible to the critical point of the "space loop" of the universe, which is the place closest to the world barrier in the physical structure."

Zhai Cahir ordered in the spiritual link that based on the analysis of the previous two crystal energy vortices, if there is no artificial interference, the "first force" that naturally appears in the universe is more likely to appear on the world barrier. Small "loopholes" are formed by connecting to the void. The scale of such loopholes cannot be too large, otherwise the void intrusion may completely block and destroy the world of order.

If it is too small, the world barrier owned by a highly self-consistent world should have the ability to self-repair to a certain extent. These are only the first theoretical preconditions, and the most critical thing is the "information gap" there. It can form a correct mathematical environment of decay, which allows the void to decay in a certain way when passing through it. Only in this way can it be possible to form a natural "first force" energy field in the universe.

In the invisible deep environment, various existences that have never been noticed may have long subtly distorted the direction of civilization. I don’t know how much the powerful power of the “Σ” civilization has changed the basic environment of my hometown universe, and I don’t know why the information collection network has been established for a long time, but it was not until the explosion of the crystal energy vortex that those conspicuous and inappropriate mutations occurred. occurrence.

I don't know if it was done deliberately or because of something else. Maybe... they were already busy in other aspects and couldn't take care of these "small problems" at all.

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In these random thoughts, Zhai Cahill gradually noticed that the buzzing sound of the equipment around him seemed to be getting louder. This phenomenon quickly attracted his attention. This was the mathematical rate host and This phenomenon occurs when the radar arrays are jointly overloaded. Under normal load, these devices that are set to super-static power should not make these strange noises.

The noise did not last long. Soon, the surroundings returned to silence, and the shipboard AI sent back a somewhat bizarre report: "The interference contained in the background radiation has been eliminated."

"AI, explain the report just now in detail." Zhai Cahill used his mental connection to order the spacecraft to conduct a detailed analysis, feeling a little confused in his heart: "He himself came to look for interference in the cosmic background radiation. Could it be that among these interferences? , does it contain another layer of interference?”

Soon, the host's calculations proved his conjecture.

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"Your Excellency, there is a huge information body in the universe that is constantly jumping. It is constantly changing its location. This conversion speed even far exceeds the speed of light. Further exploration of the object shows that it seems to be related to the speed of light. The entire universe is inextricably linked.”

"...This structure..."Heart of the World"?" After hearing this description, Zhai Cahir silently recalled in his heart the countless dark threads extending from the surface of the huge dark celestial body, as well as Weiss After Ruifan merged with the "Soul of the World", she showed the ability to control the world, and the strange phenomenon that she invisibly released, like a physical information chain, "Host, provide simulation diagram."

"The host understands, Your Excellency, I need to remind you that the amount of information in the simulation image will be very huge." After a brief reminder, Zhai Cahill saw the image that required warning before viewing it - one part in 50 billion speed. After the release.

Even so, the impact that suddenly poured into his brain still made him dizzy. In the simplified simulation diagram of the structure of the universe, a fluff ball about the same size as the universe was superimposed in the empty space of the universe in the form of pure information. Even after extremely slow playback, Zhai Cahill could still see that the "focus" inside this huge fluff ball was jumping rapidly in the universe.

"If you call this focus the "Heart of the World", this structural diagram is shown after slowing down and strengthening it on the original basis, Your Excellency." The emotionless voice of the shipboard host said in Zhai Ka Hill echoed in his mind, "Its intensity is indeed very low, but it seems to be extremely close and secretly connected to the universe. As it keeps jumping, the very small amount of information interference caused by changes in the information focus can just be enough." It is completely integrated with the cosmic background radiation in the physical sense. Therefore, stripping it consumes more resources. However, this will not always affect our mission. It is also operating in a fixed mode. If we do not need If you study it...just block it."

Zhai Cahill nodded, and the host added another shielding measure simulated with crystal energy that was completely anti-phased to the clutter into the broadcast of the radar array. Two information waves with completely opposite phases overlapped. Together, different wave peaks and wave troughs cancel each other out. When this layer of interference is shielded, the expected range of several fixed "broadcast sources" of the originally messy "Arcane Influence Field" is also greatly reduced.

"It seems that strange information bodies like "World Soul" or "World Heart" that connect the entire world are likely to be a common phenomenon. Considering the vague observation records we already have, we can boldly speculate about the multiverse in the void There may be similar existences.”

Zhai Cahir thought about the series of things before and couldn't help but shrugged, "It's a pity that no direct Genesis explosion has been captured yet, and there is no way to conduct a more detailed study of its creation. The host and spaceship are going The closest arcane field broadcast source, team members, close the radar array and follow the flagship to maintain speed!"

In space, this spindle-like slender spacecraft adjusted its posture slightly and quickly entered the super-light transition mode. The trace amount of light emitted by the crystal energy shield swept through the trace atoms and subatoms floating in the space, and Irradiate them all and transform them into fine crystal fragments. Driven by such a drive that exceeded any conventional laws, the spacecraft quickly crossed a long distance in space. When the light cone stipulated by the laws of nature takes billions of years to pass through, the spacecraft has stopped at the place closest to the void inside the world of order.

The reentry boundary of the largest warped space wall in the universe, according to mathematical structure analysis, is also the boundary of order, next to the giant wall described in the information, the world barrier that isolates order and chaos.

Zhai Cahir's spacecraft and its accompanying radar array stopped about ten light years away from the "border". "Not far" in front of the spacecraft, at a certain point on the return boundary of space, the order world and The boundaries of the void are no longer absolute. In a certain area, the void is slowly injecting energy into the ordered universe. There may be dozens or hundreds of such points in the universe, and the arcana released by these points broadcast sources The fluctuations superimpose and interfere with each other, and what is finally formed is a huge arcane field that permeates the entire universe and even blends into the background radiation of the universe.

"Host, turn off the crystal energy shield."

The role of the crystal energy shield is not just as simple as the original vacuum zero-point energy shield, but as an isolation barrier at the mass-energy level. When this shield starts to operate, it is also a message like a cell membrane. The barrier can isolate a considerable amount of information flow that is defined as offensive by the host. According to current research, the crystal energy shield can control the one-way information flow, but currently, there is no need in this area. There is such a danger of fighting. Even without a shield, the crystal energy outer plate of the spacecraft has sufficient defensive capabilities, and this shield will also interfere with Zhai Cahir's perception, so there is no problem in turning it off for a short time. .

Zhai Cahir stood on the nearly flat outer plate above the bow. He slightly mobilized the crystal energy and arcane power in his body to resist the invisible radiation and high-energy particles in the universe. Another round of radar scanning had been completed. In the scanning wave, the arcane field in the shape of a "shadow" gradually became clearer, and in his perception, this long-lost and familiar power began to resonate with his soul.

A dim purple transparent flame began to surround Zhai Cahir's eyes, and the power of the "Eye of True Sight" began to search in detail for the invisible energy field in the nearby space that could not be accurately analyzed by the crystal energy scanning radar. In the resonance between the two parties of "The First Force of the Void", Zhai Cahir finally discovered a subtle crack in the continuous mathematical model in his eyes.

Near this crack, a complex purple jet of information pours into the real world from the void like a spring. Although it is almost invisible to visible light observations, it is also difficult to measure what is happening here using physical means. But in such an environment, the brightness of these blowout information sources in Zhai Cahir's eyes was higher than that of any star.

Like the slow progress of creation.

"It seems that this little investigation has indeed yielded a lot."

Zhai Cahir smiled, and then connected the spiritual link with Vidoville and Vesrifan: "Your Majesty, the initial investigation work is over, and one of the sources of arcane energy has been discovered. There are still some temporary precautions for the future. I will report the development plan as soon as possible. At the same time, I also made an additional discovery, the "Heart of the World", or some kind of... entangled existence phenomenon that is closely related to this world and may be universally established in the multiverse."

"Understood, Zhai Cahir, please continue to work hard to establish the entire arcane-related system as soon as possible. I will announce the precautions as soon as possible." Vidoville hung up the communication and carefully browsed the spiritual link. The report that appeared in "Well, if arcane fields are now spread throughout the entire cosmic environment, then can the "magic" system that once existed in fantasy actually appear in our environment?"

"Perhaps, but the report mentioned by Zhai Cahir is still very important. In our universe, and even the later crystal energy environment, those crystal energies could not theoretically exist unless they were intervened and clearly assigned a value by outside entities. It is completely a background existence that does not interfere with the environment. But judging from the results of those information disturbance materials and Zhai Cahir's "arcane magic", arcane energy seems to be directly able to be manipulated by will and concepts. The statement of giving to control sounds more similar to the statement related to idealism. Although it is not at this level of cogito, therefore I, the way of giving movement to external things can be directly issued by thoughts."

Weisrifan folded his arms and stared into the depths of the brilliant galaxy, "To be honest, if this system... can be truly established, I would quite like it, but it just needs more quantifiable ways to operate it. And now we What needs to be noted is that everyone should pay attention and try not to leave the protection range of the crystal energy shield until the problem of the arcane field is solved. If you want to leave, try not to think or let your thoughts diverge."

"Well, it makes sense. After all, although it took a long time before, computers made of materials generated by just some arcane energy disturbances decaying from the void can produce quite a lot of material property disturbances. But now, although the arcane energy disturbances decayed from the void, The magic field is very thin, but after all, these powerful first forces are swimming in every inch of space." Vidoville thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "Do you want to test it?"

"What are you testing?" Weisruifan tilted his head slightly, "You're not planning to run into space and use your mind to rub the lightning chain, are you?"

"We really have this plan." Vidoville smiled awkwardly, "On the one hand, this is a brand new system; on the other hand, we also need to test how this arcane environment that permeates the background of the universe will work in many places. Under strong disturbance, make enough changes to cause interference. After all, the arcane field here is very thin, so there shouldn’t be anything too surprising.”

"Huh... I won't stop you if you want. Also, pay attention to safety. Then come back and tell me the relevant content, and I won't go."

The scale of the space city built with the Ark as the center can be said to be quite huge, and under the combined effect of the void crystal energy reactor and information-matter conversion equipment inside the Ark, these huge structures are still so obvious that they can be seen at a glance. It was discovered that the changing speed extended outwards from the center of the three spaceships. In an inconspicuous corner, with a small fluctuation, a small hexagonal gap appeared in the shield, and Vidoville was tied with a micro-propulsion The system came into space and stayed as far away as possible from the brilliant crystal energy interference source behind it. After the advancement stopped, Vidoville began to activate various information filters and scanning radars attached to his new body, and began to feel the surrounding situation.

"There are weak noises and a little shadow, but they cannot be marked by accurate measurement. They can only vaguely indicate their existence. Such a high sensitivity cannot read specific numbers. It seems that, The strength of this arcane field may indeed not be high enough." After a little assessment of the current environment, Vidoville let go of his mind, began to radiate his will into the surrounding space, and seriously felt the surrounding space. every change.

In his careful and serious conception, a small ball of energy responded to his will. A small purple lightning flashed silently through the space and quickly disappeared into the nothingness not far away.