Star Empire

"The timeline is unstable? Cavenriel, is the perpetual clock in the isolated area of ​​the third hexagram malfunctioning?" Vidoville immediately asked, for high-profile military activities such as large-scale fleets' long-distance jumps, it is uniformly It is very important. For example, when performing a joint warp space bubble jump, the engines of each ship must be ensured to be turned on synchronously. The error cannot exceed picoseconds. If it is too early or too late, it may be bounced to an unknown number of times due to inconsistent frequencies. Light years away into the darkness of space.

Therefore, in order to add a ruler to the time scale of the entire universe, the Federation anchored three perpetual motion clocks in the three most remote and desolate places in the universe. By avoiding all disturbances as much as possible, it created the most stable timeline ruler. Standardize time for the entire federation through delay-free communication through the information collection network.

However, in the Federation's current technological system, "time" is a virtual quantity established to assist people in calculating and analyzing physics.

Although phenomena that seem to affect the flow of time, such as the "clock slow effect", do exist, and the Federation also has technologies that are said to be related to time, such as time stasis fields, but in essence, these methods use something like bending super-strength gravity. Field and other methods are used to slow down the movement trend of the object itself to achieve the effect of seemingly "time slowing down".

In the Federation's concept, "movement" is a very broad concept. In addition to relative displacement, any change, such as temperature rise and fall, compression and expansion, etc., that are different from the previous state are regarded as "movement" , under this broad definition, the method that can uniformly prevent the speed of these changes is called time technology, and it is understandable in terms of effect.

But the perpetual motion clock is different. Its material comes from the disturbance caused by information computers. Some of the inherent properties of this material are higher than the laws of physics, but the advanced existence that can basically be confirmed as the first stable state information body can interfere with it. The vibration frequency of the perpetual motion clock material.

And more importantly, with such a large frequency distortion, if the perpetual clock really tells the time like this under normal circumstances, its subordinate auxiliary host will issue a warning and freeze the network node of the faulty perpetual clock, but when it is In the isolated area, no time recording equipment detected any abnormalities, and the two senior authorities, Cavinriel and Kalost, did not feel anything was wrong.

"No, after the perpetual clock in the area was isolated by the backbone network, we merged it into an independent temporary network segment. The local unknown interference is very strong, but the independent network segment in the area can still work normally. Our All actions are based on the time records of the perpetual clock, and there is no equipment or anyone to check for problems."

"Perhaps... something more fundamental has changed?" Eisendel suddenly clapped his hands, "If time changes its face to a certain extent, or is incorporated into some new regulations... then it might really be possible. It is an objectively existing quantity, rather than just a ruler serving subjective cognition as we have always thought.”

"Yes... that's right, that should be the case, otherwise there will always be one less constraint in event description... Time will not be material, and it is impossible to extract time, but time is very likely to be more common than any previous conjecture... We It is very possible that I am a self-disciplined time expresser!"

"What does this mean?" Vidoville and Weisrifan asked in unison. Although they also understood the unified theory of information, they were not as good as professional scientists after all.

"In the unified theory of information, all "concepts" and "laws" exist as exact things. To be more precise, they represent some inherent mapping relationship. In this relationship, independent variables are input. The dependent variable will also produce corresponding results, and the strength of this inherent mapping relationship is very high, exceeding all physical laws we currently have access to."

“What is the highest level of strength this inherent connection can achieve?”

"If it is a law reflected on the physical level, its level of existence is not high. The strength of this type of mapping is the same as the stability of the information that constitutes us. But there is another possibility. Some "iron laws" may Will be born directly from that endless sea and dominate the composition of all worlds."

"What's the guess source?"

"Overview of the inherited grand unified theory of information... There seem to be many, many universes, and each "universe" seems... to have some fixed and generally recognized laws... or laws that guide the formation of the universe...?"

"In short, these laws can span the universe without affecting the effect. To give an inappropriate example, a physical law in our universe, such as the acceleration of an object at a low speed can be regarded as the combined external force and its own mass. This is a universal physical law in our universe."

"But if it comes to other universes in the theory, then this law may become one-half of the ratio of the combined external force to its own mass, or even some exponential relationship... Of course, in such a world, all The objective existence is also very likely to be very different..."

"...The other kind, such as causality, is always the existing cause, and there will be consequences later. In other words, for a change to occur, there must be conditions that promote it to change, or a trend that the change needs to occur. This is The theory should be established in all self-consistent models, and the degree of this mapping relationship..." Eisendel paused, then slowly said: "It may not be lower than the first stable state."

Everyone present heard the news and fell completely silent at the same time.

Everyone has thought of a possibility: the weaponization of the latter possible mapping method - if the strong law can be used... the problem that civilization solves, the extra energy required to clean up the chaos will be much smaller... .

The information brought by Cavinriel shows that it is most likely the crystal energy of some kind of first stable state information body. Although its characteristics are very violent compared to life, and it has great interference ability to various conventional substances, it is still Someone has survived such a powerful external interference and can still exercise preliminary control over crystal energy. So, what will happen once the inherent mapping law at the same level as crystal energy can be manipulated?

Vidoville was the first to break the silence after a brief silence, "Please calm down, everyone. I know what you are thinking, but this goal is still too far away from us. At present, we have not even reached the ability to shake the former. Instead of confronting The latter is a waste of energy and resources by making speculations, so it is better to focus on how to deal with the current crystal energy anomaly."

"Consul, I hope to return to the frontline base again, and I hope to bring an information computer server host. The quarantined area is very desolate. The frontline base is the highest-level research institution there... I don't plan to use it too much. A new mathematical model..."

"Furthermore, there are still the first batch of observable samples there, and they are currently unable to leave the isolation cabin of the base. The application for the main machine is because there are currently only a few slave machines built to imitate information computers in the base, and their performance is not good enough. It is good and the special properties are weak and cannot be compared with the crystal energy properties.”

"It can be approved. I will temporarily grant you the command authority of a larger ship. At the same time, I will also give you a special consul authority order. If you need it, external materials can pass through the space gap at any time. In addition, any objects within the isolation area that need to be communicated with the outside world can be allowed to flow after routine safety inspections as long as there is no direct crystallization."

"By the way...Cavenriel, are you sure there is nothing wrong with you...?"

"No...no, no, I just need to organize my thoughts - you know, we may need to face a lot of...new things...and environments."

"Eisendel, during the period when the research on crystal energy starts again, I want you, and all the teams with the highest confidentiality level under your name, to conduct a comprehensive review of all current physical knowledge in an information unified manner. Explain, and create a new knowledge framework based on the unified theory of information that can be integrated with or even cover the current scientific system——"

Vidoville stared into Eisendel's eyes: "This is the most important preliminary information, not the most direct academic research - it doesn't matter if there are some errors."

"You can use any point of view in the grand unified theory, including the parts that have not yet been proven. You just need to mark this part as a conjecture. After you make this system, if Cavernrel can obtain it again For breakthrough progress, then put the new theoretical system you created online within a week after Caverniel's results are made public. If Cavernrel has not made a breakthrough for too long, then you need to wait five years from today. Publish it not too early or later than the sixth year - that is the maximum time we can allow to respond to any unknown situation."

Weisrifan ordered to his chief advisor.

"But at the same time, the unified theory of information itself cannot be made public... We can only experiment with full mathematical modeling as much as possible... Understand! Accept the order! For the Federation!" The two can be said to be the highest-level scientific work in the two management systems. Both of them clenched their fists and saluted.

"Two sirs, if possible, I also hope to be allowed to go to the frontline base." Zhai Cahir suddenly applied.

"Oh?" Wei Ruifan raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's the reason?"

"As the chief control technician of the information collection network, although I currently hold this position, in this position, I know better than anyone else that my responsibilities are actually very broad, but what I can do is very limited."

"I can only monitor the discovery of information disturbance materials, preserve and determine the use of some properties, and be responsible for maintaining the network. However, how to ascertain the technical details or principles of the current network structure and nodes has not been completely achieved - sample Too isolated samples are a very big problem. Too isolated samples make it even difficult for us to turn our efforts into real academic conjectures. Now that there is this opportunity to dig out the secrets of information technology, I naturally want to Apply."

"And one more thing, I have researched all the federal information disturbance-derived materials, and I have a full set of possible effective models - both certain and uncertain. I know the specific details of those materials very well. If I can also join in If you go there, you can also help Cavinrel compare whether the sources of disturbances from crystal energy and information computers are consistent, and there may be further confirmation on the stability of information materials and the increase in production."

"It meets the judgment and can be authorized, but be sure to pay attention to safety. Research on crystal energy must obey Cavernrel's orders and cannot be reckless. During this period, the monitoring and maintenance of the network will be handed over to the arbiter's computer and your two Adjutant."

After confirming that all the problems had been resolved, these people who even they themselves did not expect would bring much change to the Federation stood up silently and walked out of the venue one by one. After several shuttles disappeared into the brilliant stars in the distance with their long shadows, this highly secretive place disappeared from the main material level, and the masking state once again covered this desolate space, as if there had never been anyone here. Visited and nothing ever happened.

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"Σ-333-Χ-79776-51274-277 node report...Meaning carrier-artificial divine attributes of words-the ideograms of all phenomena are stable, the degree of distortion is zero, starting to record..."

"...observe the target, civilization - Federation of Stars...Dangerous existence, use timing...Origin Calendar 35 478 364 278, February 24, 11:00, 30 minutes, 0 seconds...Control exists, the effect is weak... ...seems to have changed...the biological logic and behavioral inhibition are at the critical level, and there is a problem with world information manipulation...repeated calls are unresponsive, and the log file has been recorded..."

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Hundreds of millions of light-years away, near the galactic center of a young spiral galaxy with abundant matter, sits ML-01, the Federation's largest military starport. The scope of this starport spans hundreds of light-years, with three different frequencies. The ultra-large-scale space vibration launch hub shines brightly here on some levels, serving as a beacon for military starships in the entire universe to return home.

In this oblate spherical space, there are large and small sentinel guns and jump missile launchers distributed. Several layers of fleet-level fortress shields are anchored in the nearby curved space. When they are all activated, all of them will The resulting shield can even resist direct hits from vacuum zero-point energy guided weapons.

Finally, in order to prevent quasi-space annihilation, a strike method that can directly exceed the speed of light by temporarily "breaking" some laws on the physical level, a wide-area stasis field deployment device is also equipped here. Under the interference of this field , spacecraft equipped with continuous time slots capable of gluon synchronized vibration have the ability to be exempted, but those pure energy can only be rushed into frame-by-frame animation by the strong stagnation field.

Next to a huge starship, two heavyweight technicians, Cavinriel and Zhai Cahill, are directing the final storage process. The information computer host is of a very high level, so it must go through at least one consul. It can only be used with the approval of the general control technology, and all security measures and procedures are also extremely strict.

"It seems that this incident is really extraordinary." Zhai Cahir looked at the huge spaceship in front of him, "Such high-level warships are rarely dispatched now."

Parked in front of them was a "Star Crown" class combat flagship. According to the classification standards of ancient maritime battleships, the Taloga class can only be regarded as a heavy cruiser at best, but the Star Corona class is an out-and-out battleship, and it is one of the best in terms of tonnage.

Different from the slender fusiform hull of the Taloga class, the Corona class is much thicker and much larger in appearance. The appearance of the Taloga class is all smooth arc-shaped total reflection mirrors, and the propulsion at the tail Before the array is turned on, the entire hull looks like an oversized cigar, while the Corona class has sharp edges and corners. Two huge cuboids with a length of fifty kilometers form the main two-body structure of the hull. The cuboid parts on both sides are high five. kilometers, and the width is seven kilometers. The main body of the catamaran hull, except for the side facing each other in the middle and the back, has a large number of structures attached to the rest. In the two directions laterally outward of the battleship, two huge isosceles trapezoidal cross-section square prisms traverse most of it. A ship body.

On the side near the bow, the prisms are finally converged in a diagonal split. This part is equipped with a large number of turrets. In the upper and lower directions of the ship's hull, there are many raised square platforms neatly arranged. They are the battleship's Shield generator array. At the rear end of the cuboid, a giant cylinder more than ten kilometers long finally merges the catamaran hulls together.

This part of the cabin can be said to be the central area of ​​the entire ship. It carries the power source of the entire ship - the space annihilation vacuum zero-point energy reactor. This section of the ship is also equipped with most of the vector control components, such as inertial stabilizers. Continuous time slot, emergency soul compilation and completion system, space distortion suppressor, warped space bubble generator, etc.

The bridge part is located at the connection between the cylinder and the cuboid part of the hull. Its shape looks like an alluvial fan formed by the river, but it is more three-dimensional. The two bridges are symmetrical to each other based on the central cross-section of the hull. , the two bridges can be used together, and a single bridge can also have all the functions of commanding the ship. The protection is extremely comprehensive. In addition, the entire hull is covered with colored nuclear armor.

After the Star Federation became the only super civilization in the universe, ships of this level have greatly reduced the number of activities, and a small number of ships in poor condition have begun to be retired. After all, there are not many things that can allow such big guys to stretch their muscles again - to a certain extent, the changes in the living conditions of these giant beasts also represent new changes in the federation.

"It seems that the Archon is also worried about the current situation." A white halo began to float around Cavernriel, "This accident has brought such explosive news. It must be in order to break the predicament, The Archon will also try his best to take advantage of this opportunity, and what he has done so far can be said to be sparing no effort. Hurry up and follow us, we are leaving!"

The two teleportation haloes flashed away, and the mammoth silver starship started silently. The fully reflective mirror danced around the hull, reflecting the brilliant starlight from the galactic center without any loss, and closed in the warped space bubble. After that, the place suddenly turned into a dark scene, as if the original starship was suddenly poached from this world.

Accompanied by an extremely violent starlight distortion, the huge spaceship flew towards the third hexagram isolation area.