Star Empire

The war never stops.

The powerful fleet dissipated under the cover and erosion of the shadows, the immortal fortresses and fortresses fell from the void, and the vast land was struck with horrific cracks. Concepts and laws that were regarded as truth became war chips that were constantly being tampered with in the hands of both sides. The eternal and glorious stars are either burned out, blown away, or become dark and empty shadows under the distortion of existence.

Deep in the chaotic and intertwined evil light and shadow, the order of space and time have been completely distorted, and everything is developing in an unpredictable direction... Who knows? Not to mention whether the direction of development of those chaotic and rotten information structures has an end, it is difficult to say whether the concept of "development" itself still exists.

When countless such battlefields are connected, when a huge and chaotic macroscopic reference system is established, when the once one-way linear development paths become countless, when they can be folded, staggered, twisted and flipped at will At that time, who could still remember that deep in the already somewhat blurry memories they were given, there was still a sense of awe for the vast space, the cold galaxies, and the indestructible laws of the world?

During the battle, the soldiers of the Empire gave up their emotions and superfluous senses. They fully unfold their souls and connect to each other like neurons. Massive amounts of information flash between countless interfaces. Rational judgment and tenacity direct the information clusters jumping between nodes, and accurately and efficiently send the real-time refreshed battle situation and intelligence to where they are needed.

If the senses make you feel numb and meaningless, then the senses can be abandoned.

The war has exceeded everyone's thoughts and expectations. However, how much value can one's own thoughts and expectations still have that can be used as a reference? These wars that continue with hundreds of thousands of frequencies in the void are composed of countless individuals like himself, as well as the Σ fleet that has turned into corpses but is more powerful and sinister. The fight between the two parties can be seen as an endless melee between countless beings who are like themselves or more powerful than themselves. In this melee, time, law, reason, will, reality, etc., are all weapons that can be picked up and thrown at the opponent with all their strength.

If such a battlefield is filled with countless beings identical to myself, then how can I see and understand everything in this battlefield?

Data, dots, logic, matrices, probability curves, reality and illusion, precision and fuzzyness, three-rank calibration, and luck intertwined with countless chaos... On the battlefield, these are what the Imperial fleet and Imperial soldiers need to face. . Yes, they are complex and fuzzy—yet they can also be clear:

Almost all of them can be summarized into rows of complex and confusing correlations, and then finally quantified and determined to obtain each result - apart from that, nothing else is needed.

As for reality? As for reality? No one can guarantee whether the environment beyond data measurement is the real reality or a delusion created by powerful beings and hallucinations. And feeling is just a series of numbers that can be measured, locked, and adjusted.

But... none of this is absolute in itself. The thinking circuit related to the absolute has been restricted by a new thinking restriction protocol.

Everything will change. Material immortality cannot erase the traces of the passage of time, even...in some aspects, time has become more profound and terrifying.

Individuals and civilizations need something to follow when taking practical action. However, no matter what the basis is, the actions of individuals and civilizations cannot be perfect. In the end, any action will always be subject to a limit, which is called the "current" limit - a moment of coldness, a moment of iron-bloodedness, a moment of reason... They have now helped the empire survive one difficulty after another, but who can be sure that time will not reverse all this? In the possible future, will they become valuable information and wealth, or will they become shame and darkness that the empire is unwilling to face?

No one can say it accurately, and no one is willing to say it - so what if it is said?

Even in its most prosperous times, the universe did not revolve around star civilization, let alone the vast and endless void now.

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In the void, the war began to slowly subside.

In the direction of the empire's advance, several remaining towering information nodes were reduced to ashes by the indiscriminate bombardment of the imperial fleet at all costs, turning into chaotic noises one after another and disappearing into the rolling void turbulence.

However, this was just a brief lull after another violent shock.

In an almost pathological, endless expansion, the number of Imperial fleets and Imperial worlds expanded beyond imagination. The connection of countless nodes to the grid has continuously improved the chaos calculation capabilities deep in the large network. Between the nodes, the virtual information projection of the joint iteration makes the imperial fleet far more "thick" than before. The extensive use of Holy Lights and Barriers, as well as the functional refinement of Holy Sound Praise Fortress, further enhance the imperial fleet's ability to compete for far-flung power and execute the end of the world...

The accumulated heritage from multiple dimensions is constantly sharpening the Empire's spear, making the Empire's shield stronger and thicker.

In the process of expansion that lasted for more than a million years, the remaining facilities of Σ also began to further reveal the possible governance structure and information coordination system of its ancient civilization.

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"It can currently be confirmed that most of the Σ old facilities have been destroyed, but judging from the total information and quantitative differences of the existing remaining facility clusters... If the Dark Star Fortress is confirmed as a powerful control facility that takes effect on a single world, then At present, we can confirm that there are at least two levels of high-level world coordination equipment on the Dark Star Fortress - this conclusion is based on the defense system it carries. Among them, the control base station carrying the first type of timeline split defense system The number is much smaller than the second type of reference system split defense, and the effectiveness is also much lower than the second type..."

"Based on this speculation, we can temporarily believe that the level of world control equipment used by Σ may be related to the "probability of occurrence" within its control range - according to our usual practice, when occupying and controlling a part of the area, we must station in the area An army that is sufficient for the same level of defense and sufficient to face any war that may occur in the area and win the victory... The relevant defense system level of such facilities may also be related to this - within a certain field, a certain kind of force is born. The probability of a first-level civilization should have been summarized and recorded. On this basis, the overall control equipment in the relevant area will also use this as a standard and perform corresponding performance matching."

"Time axis dislocation annihilation technology, the defense equipment using this technology may be enough to carry its carrier to cope with the all-out attack and omnidirectional suppression of the most advanced civilization that may be born in such a world cluster within such a range..."

"It should be noted that the existing technology system of the empire is still very unstable. Moreover, a considerable part of the development of the empire actually relies on external input. Even if it has been digested and integrated, some aspects are still not completely confirmed and reliable. We don't know Is there a black box that we cannot see where we think it is clear? At the same time, the over-expanded technical system may interfere with our judgment and cognition..."

"Currently, we can only estimate the territory of Σ and the number of related control areas based on the wreckage. Σ's old network communications have completely collapsed. All cracking attempts point to two types of results: failure to break through and garbled content..."

"Research on corresponding reference system protection methods should begin... At present, it is speculated that the required technical foundation still focuses on the ability of self-consistent independent existence... The difficulty of operations related to reference system misalignment is partially confirmed, and there may be some solutions..."

"There is a black box part, and the results of one-sided misalignment may appear continuous... The report of the seventh day area has made it clear that the accuracy of the three types of basic crystal energy control modes of the fifth, sixth, and eighth areas is not enough to match the time axis after the "dislocation" The accuracy locking problem... At present, we have not found the smallest incontinuous linear time unit that can be synchronized in a multivariate world."

"If this conclusion is indeed true, then the misalignment and confrontation at the reference system level may be more useful for defense... As long as these reference systems are misaligned, regardless of the degree of distortion, they will have exactly the same effect - in the time axis misalignment, "Dislocation" is the absolute key point. As long as there is a slight difference, the concept of dislocation can be declared true. And if you want to interact with the information body that has entered the dislocation area, you must either completely transcend the limit of order and move from outside the overall pattern. Internal directional collapse requires a precise direct connection with the other party..."

"It is further confirmed that under the influence of various factors, different methods of using strong laws can ultimately achieve different effective weights. When the relevant conditions are suitable, the effective weight of strong law technology can reach an extremely high level. Effectiveness intensity and realistic impact The interrelated effects between forces should be documented and attempts to quantify..."

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"There is an irreversible dissipation of consciousness among the beings in Field Zero. It is highly suspected that this event is caused by the excessive gap between their attributes and the information environment of real entities... In the concept of unified information, everything is information. Theoretically, everything is information. They can all influence each other and interact with each other... The sense of unreality that lasts for too long, and the strong self-suggestion caused by related feelings may lead to the gradual weakening of its own existence attributes... Thinking itself is powerful, in the virtual type As the influence of information amplifies, such effects may be amplified..."

"This mistake has been recorded, and lives at Field Zero can no longer be saved. The empire's first attempt to create ideal life without relying on existing data and real-life circumstances failed."

"Re-examine all life-related memories and begin to review the empire's entire network of information... The fragments of the ancient civilization of the mother world, the two-generation observer plan, and the files related to the empire's life ascension have been screened - life needs to adapt to the environment. , Life originated from the environment, and life and the environment interact with each other. We have failed to consider all aspects comprehensively and carefully... If life in the field needs a suitable environment for survival, perhaps we should consider open networks..."

"...The objection confirms that the gap in consciousness between field life and real information life must be given sufficient attention. The real gap between the consciousness integration models between the two types of life and some chaotic intervals cannot be quantified. Field life The height that virtual information will and detailed projection can reach - it is difficult for real information life to reach. Once it is forcibly compatible, the consciousness of the existing empire life is very likely to be overwhelmed by field life, and then field life will be lost. In a chaotic body."

"Relevant content has been archived, and relevant research continues. Retrieve all interactive data and status readings of field life, and continue with the No. 1 manufacturing plan. Failure can occur countless times in research, but failure cannot be used as a rest and appears on an ongoing process. The end of the road..."

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Among the sparse stars, flowing rivers of light slowly extend between the nodes.

Not long ago, the last high-intensity battle had just ended, and the flagship, which had jumped countless times, finally had a chance to rest in a quiet and solid world for some time.

——Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a rest. Near the information hub that has just been dismantled, there may still be some corrupted fleets that have not been wiped out. It would be good to stay here for a while and keep an eye on them for a while.

"...Without the information star network and the cosmic benchmark stabilizing anchor, I wouldn't be able to stay here..."

The silent sigh dissipated in the depths of space, and Vidovir lay quietly in the center of the "engraved" imperial emblem on the Arcane Throne with his hands on his pillow. Remembering that not long ago, I just took one more look at a native world that had not been chopped up by knives and axes, and that world violently convulsed and turned into a mess, I once again recalled the not-so-long past.

After staying with all kinds of extraordinary creations for a long time, he and the entire empire may have become accustomed to some new things, and at the same time, they have forgotten some things.

He is barely 1.85 meters tall, including his hair and that not-so-exaggerated hat. The body projected by Vidoville synthetic projection has a wingspan of more than 340 million kilometers in the third-rank projection. , a huge ship body that is enough to span the giant planet desert of a considerable number of stars in its own home universe has exceeded the range of real sense significance of the physical projection scale.

No matter what kind of curves and edges the ship's hull is covered with, compared to a small human body, those edges and corners are enough to turn into a vast and flat land.

As the only "nominal emperor" in the empire who has the ability to handle actual events, and the actual driving soul of the two general flagships, Vidoville himself can be said to be the most powerful and tolerant in the entire empire except for the Void Sun. , the individual that retains the most variables and "suppressing weights". Such basic attributes left many theoretically irreconcilable contradictions in Vidoville. However, as one of the few extra-standard entities in the empire, Vidoville's overall strength is enough to withstand the fragmentation and opposition among these contradictions. There are many things in the entire empire, and many variables must and can only be handled by him.

This long era of diffuse war has gradually come to an end, and the increasingly large imperial fleet has basically completed the removal of various wreckage and ruins in the void. The empire tried its best to recover some of the wreckage that was in relatively good condition and could still retain some research value. In the endless battlefield where the apocalyptic level of information churning and the rise and fall of the void can be seen everywhere, there are basically only two creations involved in the turbulence. Class status: If alive, it is indestructible; if dead, no bones remain. Existing among the chaos of concepts and laws, finding a relatively well-preserved piece of debris is no less difficult than finding a pool of liquid water on the surface of a burning crystal energy star that exists under the constraints of mortal physical laws.

Compared with hundreds of thousands of years ago, the foundation of the empire is already quite solid. These wreckage will be sent to special dismantling areas in the outer reaches of the empire's territory - in those areas, the core world hosting the Void Forge will be surrounded by numerous fortresses and almost isolated from the entire empire network, even if the wreckage contains Dangerous defensive measures, even if those void forges and those worlds are completely blown up, after the fluctuations that erupt in the sparse frontier are devoured and dismantled by the void environment, the remaining aftermath will be almost zero for the hinterland of the empire.

"Using such a level of creation as a "research buffer measure" at this level was completely unimaginable when the empire just started to develop...ah, at least in my opinion."

In the depths of the white matter ocean inside the Void Forge, all the mappings and information structures of the wreckage will be slowly devoured and dissipated, and the remaining information topological holes will become key data for the empire to infer its possible attributes and construction methods. If the situation is so abnormal that even the dispersed white matter cannot handle it, the entire array will immediately sound the alarm and seal off the world barrier. The Spear of Nothingness and the Chief Flagship can ensure that no matter what abnormalities and dangers there are, the only option is to be evaporated in the end. possibility.

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"Speaking of which...is there such an obvious difference in the intensity of existence now... If just looking at a native world is enough to make it tremble, I'm afraid if I really sink into the native world, the native world will explode immediately It’s the end of the world... It seems that in a short period of time, I won’t be able to actually see the naturally bright sea of ​​stars with my own eyes... Hmm, really?"

An inexplicable but somewhat familiar feeling flashed through several underlying thought threads in Vidoville. Vidoville felt something, but everything disappeared before he could capture a more clear and clear sense of reality. Now that the situation is generally safe...it doesn't seem impossible to think about some things...

His attention was withdrawn from the endless lofty world of order to his own physical body, and his cruise seemed to become more realistic - once, Vidoville felt as if he had three bodies for a long time, The Arcane Throne and the Void Matrix did not hand over the control and command authority to themselves at that time. They might have "smashed" them in directly from the conceptual level and forcibly transformed their souls into their drivers. ...Or is it just a full range of binding? Maybe we can wait until the empire's technology has made great progress again, and let the imperial scholars study ourselves?

This star human body...ah, I have used it many times during this period of time, but it seems that every time I activate this image, it seems to be to enhance some symbolic influence, or to clarify my feelings? Over the past million years, there have indeed been many times when I subconsciously summoned this body, but it seems that most of the time... I have not cared about whether this body, or the "original" self, still retains something. Are there any other vague feelings...or memories of the past that may have changed invisibly?

- Cold, hard, smooth. This is the first feeling given to Vidoville by the surrounding space and "earth". "Underneath" Victorville's body is a thick, self-consistent armor that extends for hundreds of millions of kilometers. For millions of years, this layer of armor has played a very important role in many operations and also provided a lot of very valuable information. The basic attribute that hardly accepts any external information impact and can deflect almost all forms of information mapping connections is mysterious and fascinating, but now neither the empire nor itself can conduct dismantling research on it - because it cannot be dismantled.

This cold and solid feeling is transmitted to his body through the "projected" clothes. And after the cold, the feeling of attachment between clothes and skin was awakened from Victorville's consciousness - well... that's enough. This dress... I'm afraid it has deviated from the standard style of the past, right? In my memory, the clothes of the consuls and the clothes of the emperor during the later imperial period were very simple, but there were still some symbolic marks scattered all over the clothes... This period of time was indeed not long compared to my life, It can even be said to be short. But what happened during this period... was much more than before.

"Ah... It seems that the former real body may have been assimilated. At least, the empire's standard life encapsulation shell cannot be changed at will according to the will. Forget it, it doesn't matter, I still know that I Just whoever it is.”

As his gaze slowly slid, Victorville's gaze slowly swept across the sky. Where the field of vision covers, in the dark and clear space, almost identical golden/purple light spots are evenly dotted on the celestial pole, forming a brilliant network with almost no distinction between dark and light fields. The information waves emitted by these node stars, which contain high concentrations of crystal energy and arcana, are at a distance on a physical level. This property prevents them from showing differences due to distance. The information filter can clearly and accurately allow Vidoville to calibrate himself and the star network from multiple angles at the same time, but now, Vidoville still chooses to use the original optical perspective - after all, this is also the starry sky.

Diagonally behind Victorville's line of sight, about a billion kilometers away, the majestic and huge hull of the Void Matrix blocks nearly half of the space that the human body of Victorville can see. On the other side, several figures with golden red brilliance were slowly moving among the grid of distant stars.

Even if their super-rank light has shrunk into a star, the special structure shaped like an abyssal ray and the unique golden-red light can be clearly captured by Vidoville. Those are "barrier" level positions. Iconic features of a core flagship.

"Now, it should be said who is protecting whom..." Vidoville gently slid his left hand, and the Void Matrix quickly gave up all sight. More flagships and fleet blocks began to come into Vidoville's sight. It is undeniable that compared to the beginning, the strength of the empire's fleet is now so high that it can be said to be "like a god." But considering the enemy that he really has to face, which can pose a fatal threat to the survival of civilization... this is not enough.

After the Guoshi Wushuang Soul Enhancement Pulse Wave is activated, one's own strength and will can also be equally stimulated. In the complete state, he can simultaneously activate the three major systems of "Command Source", "Eternal Wall" and "Border Line". In that state, the absolute combat capability he possesses is probably no less than a group of decisive battle flagship functional branches. And the strength of such a defense system, coupled with the ability to bombard information at the narrative level... I am afraid that by now, a creation with these hard conditions is enough to carve out a shocking wound for the empire that is difficult to repair.

"Development is still needed, but... development requires a long time and broad space, as well as a broad enough vision and a sufficiently energetic innovative class... To obtain them, we must expand externally, but in the real environment , expansion may trigger new crises at any time... Now it seems that I should separate my personality and memory? If I always let reason, reality and entanglement fight, I'm afraid I will also suffer from schizophrenia. "

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"The life activation of Field No. 1 is completed, the corresponding basic information structure is loaded in good condition, the compilation and conversion module operates in good condition, and the entity core compatibility is in good condition." In the former test site, a pale golden mist once again enveloped the stars. But this time there is something different - the light mist is indeed spreading in the universe, but this time the light mist has a clear and stable "core" and "source" - a huge hexagonal prism crystal.

"We have created an actual crystal core for Field Life One that can be used to store information and restrain the extraordinary field. The core is equipped with a compilation and conversion module and a preliminary designed field life consciousness maintenance code."

"Well... all the problems exposed by Life Zero have been solved, but there may be more problems that have not been exposed by Life Zero. If we look at the long term, if our civilization can survive for a long time, Then we need to consider the historical span of tens of billions, hundreds of billions or even trillions of civilization main axis information years, and give creation a basic steady state to match... Your success deserves to be recorded, but everything in reality still takes time. The test...?!"

A piece of permission information indicating that the indicators and design purposes were verified passed through Vidoville's consciousness. All entries were without problems and were in compliance with the underlying protocols of the empire——

From an optical perspective, Vidoville saw that around the huge crystal hexagonal prism, many pale golden light patterns that were so solid that they were almost homogeneous with the crystal were connected to each other, forming a semi-solid structure, and that was between the stars and The huge structure of Xingtonghui...

Looking directly at it, it was a polyhedron that was slowly changing its shape between reality and reality, which reminded Vidoville of something:

Star Federation, information computer—interactive interface! The interactive interfaces of all information computers, including the Arbiter, are almost exactly the same as the huge structure that is competing with the group of crystal energy stars! !

"The Emperor ordered to urgently contact all life project participants! All groups and individuals will immediately explain the phenomenon and temporarily lift all relevant authority restrictions!"

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[Excerpt from summary results:]

[The structural form of the life core of Field No. 1 is within the prediction range, and the entity core and field state need to be compatible with the transformation structure. 】

[The core of the entity field source currently formed by the No. 1 field life - the field state transition structure undergoes adaptive mutation to obtain the optimal solution under the new situation. 】

[Some mathematical models lack corresponding real-life creations when converting and extracting entities. The Empire is currently unable to confirm whether all mathematical models have real-type information solutions. 】

"...The people of the empire rely on logic and reason to judge all phenomena, and there is no problem with this."

"But - this phenomenon should not occur, or should not be recalled in this way."

——Record Keeping——