Star Empire

"...I'm afraid this cannot be considered a naturally established phenomenon... Indeed, we have not completed a detailed analysis of the information collection network and information computers. Considering the unique interactive interface and generation method of information computers, perhaps since then Since then, many near-transcendent unified concepts and partial transcendental mapping models have existed in the daily lives of civilized people and have been effectively used..."

"But that was history millions of years ago. And the disaster that led to the destruction of our homeland... was the death wave."

"The erosion and contamination of information by the death tide is not limited to the physical information body. History, memory, influence, etc. can all be used as contact media for the expansion and infection of the death tide... We have forgotten a lot of content. We ourselves do record it. It is part of the history of civilization, but many historical bearers have been lost in the past, along with almost all copy information and recording equipment... Civilization is composed of intelligent life. And to further illustrate, it is composed of discrete intelligence Even if an intelligent civilization composed of individuals is networked together to form a super-individual, it is impossible for a single individual to remember or carry the entire civilization. At least in that era, no individual in the empire could do such a thing, no matter how powerful he was."

"Based on some past log records, it can be confirmed that some event intervals have difficult-to-define distortions, and a higher degree of attention should be paid..."

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"The life perception details and soul strength of Field No. 1 have stabilized after experiencing an increase, and all intensity fluctuations are within the acceptable range. It has been confirmed in stages that the basic strength of field life has been equal to the corresponding standards of the empire. On the fourteenth day, the relevant authority and system structure of the area are online. The test begins..."

"The main network of the existential attribution network begins to be divided, and the independent network segment is confirmed to be established. Field life-real information life consciousness interaction and trust integration begin... The operating mechanism of the underlying protocol is detected, and the relevant restriction rules of the underlying protocol are confirmed to be sufficient for all individuals in the empire. A realistic representation of intensity..."

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Deep in the vast and vast imperial existential network that exists in the concept, pieces of mist gently cover one node after another - covering it from the level of mind and soul, and intervening from the direction of perception and judgment.

Field life, this type of new life that is closer to the origin than energy life and more ethereal than spiritual existence, is slowly integrating with the current empire system.

The stage for field life activities is the vast imperial information network, as well as every inch of space in all ordered worlds that are incorporated into the imperial network. Perhaps one day, these field lives will learn enough knowledge through interaction and evolve to a sufficient level. High levels... Then, they can jump between worlds using wide-area scanning radar waves spread across the world as a carrier, and one day even develop a mature and usable biological order field, rely on their own power, and move into the void. Advance and develop, expand territory for the empire within the scope of virtual information and field influence...

Deep in the soul and memory, the once blazing and extremely dangerous white matter radiation has become an extremely precise scalpel. While a field of life moves within the empire's network and absorbs the knowledge and wisdom accumulated by countless empire individuals over millions of years, They will also use this knowledge and wisdom to "feed back" to their creators - the creators will make all their situations public, and the field beings can also use their unique senses and perspectives to observe the individual lifeforms of the empire and the people throughout the empire network. The fractures and cracks, every one of them, are so shocking and ferocious.

The "feedback" of field life is to use its own unique information structure and special white matter information-radiation control ability to carefully remove the "forcibly healed" scars around the fractures, and slowly introduce new external sources into the scar structure. Information, and then gradually bridge or even completely repair these countless wounds that run through the empire’s breadth, depth and history.

Overexpansion and endless development. In order to obtain higher combat effectiveness, more versatile and stronger information control technology, and a broader and safer living space, the empire will use almost any means on the road of development and expansion, regardless of the cost.

Now that we have decided to accept foreign creations and fight for the time and space for civilization to survive, there is no turning back. There is more than one decisive battle flagship. Since it can come once or twice, it is entirely possible that they will appear in batches within the empire's territory at some point in the future and scorch everything along the way - if you don't want to let the former Tragedies repeat themselves again and again, and the empire must try its best to make itself stronger...even, the empire needs to drink poison to quench its thirst.

The surrounding void environment, filled with death wave pollution and countless powerful debris, forced the empire to make changes time and time again - changes that were principled, fundamental, and even completely shattered the original bottom line. Life was reshaped, the mind was transformed, and the soul was rounded and flattened again and again in the furnace in order to find a stage of perfect value that could take into account all the empire's priority needs... These changes not only gave the empire incomparable power, but also Once again, it harmed the "origin of civilization" of the empire.

There are limits to the external impacts and disturbances that a life can withstand. The two former civilizations in the mother world where the Star Ming Civilization is located, as well as the sporadic observer records and reports in the subsequent hundreds of thousands of years, can prove this theory. The same applies to a viable and stable social system composed of a group of intelligent beings and everything related to it, or a civilization.

There are thresholds for the endurance of civilization itself. Once external disturbances exceed these thresholds, then civilization is likely to suffer various types of irreversible damage - loss of innovation ability, interruption of teaching and knowledge inheritance, disorder of life forms, irreversible fragmentation of social structure... ...Civilization relies on foreign technology, so much so that if it cannot continuously introduce and transform new foreign technology, civilization itself will collapse. Transformation into "high-tech primitives" or hopeless "addicts" is also a type of harm. part of the possible performance.

At present, the empire has not fallen to such a level - the empire still has its own innovation ability and the concept of civilization, and intelligent life has not completely lost the final limit deep in its soul. The empire can slow down its pace slightly, or it can go faster and further for a certain period of time - the empire may not be able to decide the path it chooses, but it now has a certain ability to decide how to take these steps. The road is full of thorns.

However, the crisis that has not yet come does not mean that there will be no crisis in the future.

The countless ferocious fractures throughout the empire's existential network and the now absolutely cold, rational, and efficient empire base soldiers can already show that the pressure of reality has begun to squeeze and destroy the empire's civilization origins and the stability of its foundation. The forceful push over the past hundreds of thousands of years has indeed given the empire the power to compete with some of the Σ fleets, but the mismatch between technological heights and cognitive limits can no longer be ignored. At the same time, cognitive limits often restrict the ultimate peak that technology can reach - for the empire, it is easier to narrow its future than to be unable to do so, which is unimaginable.

Fortunately, the empire already has such a brand-new set of scalpels, and the empire itself is large enough and has a deep enough foundation - the latter is enough to help the empire stabilize in the face of repeated cognitive fragmentation and forced technological leaps. His own body will not be torn into pieces; the former can repair the various fractures that the empire has torn out in the process of forcible development from a more original direction, in a more detailed way and with gentle enough means.

Perhaps... the information gap left in this way may eventually leave "scars" even if it is repaired, but after these remaining problems and various shortcomings that have not been solved in time can be made up, the empire may also be able to welcome it with a healthier attitude. The challenges that may come.

In the vast dark void, warm and gentle light mist is lighting up the space in one world after another. These light clouds with actual forms may soon evaporate, but the warmth, the hope generated when the empire faced itself head-on, and the crystallization extracted from the final fusion of regrets about past events have already followed the lives of the people on the field. "Gradual symbiosis" lights up in the hearts of more and more imperial beings.

It will take time to transcend the influence of the empire and the actual control of more than a billion, perhaps more order frequencies. No matter how fast the growth rate of field life is, they will not be able to cover everything in the entire empire in just a few hundred years. . At the same time, the empire's decision-makers did not dare to allow such a life that had never appeared in the civilized system to directly fill the entire empire's network before it was fully mature.

Experimentation and adjustment will exist for a long time, maybe... forever.

Civilization has no mentors and no prophets who can remind the empire time and time again. All cognitive concepts that civilization can obtain... can only come from unreliable reality plus one's own subjective inferences or even subjective conjectures. , including this record that he is entering into the Imperial Data Network. The Void does not revolve around the Empire, nor does Destiny.

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"Your Majesty, the summary report of the Extension Zone Development Fleet has been uploaded. Unknown situations have occurred and are quite common."

Thousands of star maps have appeared in the imperial data network. With the help of conceptual-level information analysis capabilities, Vidoville can scan every detail in these uploaded cosmic star maps in an instant - as the imperial fleet expands With the continuous expansion of the scale of operations, the obvious differences in the world between quadrants, and related phenomena that can be classified into the same category but have vastly different details are gradually revealed:

Some of the world's practical application layer constituent elements can no longer be abstracted as "atomic elements". They exist in the universe in a manner "similar" to field states, or fuzzy semi-polymer states. Stars are no longer a necessary sight in space. Beyond many frequencies, the "stars" in space are no longer three-dimensional spheres. Their appearance can be said to be quite "unruly", and such unbridled shapes and unbridled operations Deep in the orbit, there are still clear enough concepts and laws. In more distant areas, "stars" are no longer even entities. They can be like ribbons floating in water, stretching across tens of millions of "light-years" in the vast space, and the constraints that restrict their stable existence are All the rules are already very different from the "original world" in the hinterland of the empire...

Perhaps the area where the empire is located has been so heavily affected by the residual disturbances of Σ civilization that the world systems that should have been vastly different between different quadrants have been forcibly disturbed and assimilated into one type. In other words, the area where the empire is located is all the quadrants in the void. "Superimposition" affects the densest parts, such that the difference in the world between quadrants is lost...

While Verdoville verified the specific points in each star map and the relevant report details, he mobilized himself and the empire's huge database to analyze why it was only now, after the empire had expanded for nearly a million years, that enough numbers were clearly recorded. It is a phenomenon between worlds that can be called a "collision of world views".

The phenomenon of wandering encountered by civilizations in the past may indeed be related to the demarcation of quadrants, but it is only now that the differences between the elements contained in the "quadrants" can be regarded as absolutely clear.

"Perhaps... the concept of quadrants has more practical meaning than its accurately quantifiable law calibration meaning. The distinction between worldviews between the void quadrants can be presented at a very high level, and all existing data, including those flowing out of the Σ civilization Some fragments of data can prove the relative clarity and certainty of the division. But if there is no wisdom to delineate the differences between these information contexts, the void may also have a similar structure... And the artificial division is to make people in the vast void Get more reference standards..."

"However, the influence between life and the environment is mutual. It is also possible that a long time ago, when Σ civilization was developing, or even during the development of civilization before Σ, intelligent life traveled in the void, in different types of worlds Seek symbiosis between them and find logical commonalities that can be exploited..."

"The concept of the Void Quadrant may have been born with civilization a long time ago, but with the development and expansion of generations of civilizations that may have existed, these classification criteria that were originally demarcated by wisdom and life have also evolved with those powerful civilizations. The influence spreads out together. In the process of evaporating and expanding outward, they gradually merge and assimilate subsets that may resonate with themselves, and eventually become the universal truth that runs through the order layer in the extremely vast void... Huh? All star maps Compare and confirm, closing is complete, this is...?!"

In the vast sea of ​​consciousness in Vidoville, the relevant information of all the star maps has been extracted and compared. When all the star maps and their corresponding singular points were integrated, an extremely bright light point appeared in countless universes. The topological point of the model shines brightly at the exact same position - it even transcends the limitations of the law. Even in a strange space full of clouds and "ribbons", such a bright "star" will And its abrupt appearance exists.

The mother world of the Star Civilization also has such a star. Due to its long history and its nature not being special enough, the Federation has rarely studied it in the academic field in the later period. However, its name and past have never stopped its influence on civilization. Impact:

A single star in deep space, the Morning Star.

"...Perhaps, the established impact on us has far exceeded our original imagination..."

"Wait...other quadrants??!"

So it turns out that we, and our civilization...are not actually too far away from our logical homeport -? ?

"Ah...yes, yes, we should have understood long ago that the quadrants are endless. We...may be just like those who once ignored the vast and far-reaching starry sky and nestled in a corner to desperately study the parallel world or the mirror world..."

The previous empire... had already explored other quadrants. Even though it seemed a bit... strange, those worlds were indeed... other quadrants!

"...This is some kind of understanding, maybe even...a reminder or...solemnity?!!"

Now, the territory of the empire is millions or even tens of millions times larger than that of that time, but... if we compare the current level of the empire with that time... we haven't gone too far? ! Even... a large part of the current empire's territory... is all in the same quadrant, and it is not even more "pioneering" than that era...? ?

Is this... why now... what is this? ?

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"What the hell is all this?!"

The blazing celestial axis suddenly burst out, and the countless sets of logic arrays and rune sets wrapped around the light pillars merged into one with the powerful torrent of information, integrating the chaotic order field around them and the dying tower inside the order field. The fortress was completely destroyed, and a fierce blow penetrated the memory system of order, creating a burning hole in the macro narrative layer. Along with the complete evaporation of another fortress node, the movement speed of some of the corrupt fleets that were arriving suddenly slowed down.

“Many things we take for granted are being obscured by fog, ancient memories seem to be becoming clearer and clearer, and many events that should have long been forgotten are rising to the surface from the depths of history. Indescribably, new directions seem to be emerging... "

"Your Majesty, we have screened out some unknown fluctuations in some world line storage libraries, and some fixed structures that should not appear have been detected in them!"

"Fate, is it going to make fun of us again, or is it going to kill us...wait, fate?!"

A thunder exploded in Victorville's consciousness.

"Everyone, be careful, something has appeared from the shadows!" A usually extremely rare voice sounded in the empire network, causing a storm in the entire network.

"Immediately order all fleets to return to defend the core territory!"

"The total amount of instantaneous feedback on the existential network is too large, and the network load is increasing!"

"Why not arrange a large enough armed force to deal with all this?! We all know what kind of impact and damage a decisive battle flagship can cause to the empire! And you and I, we all know better, it is right under our noses! "

"Contact senior personnel from other regions to form an emergency joint meeting immediately!"

"Wait a minute... We are all part of the intertwined web of the narrative system! Lil! Protect yourself!"

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If you want to ask, what dominates the destiny within the rules in the former home universe, then the answer is the light cone and gravity.

If these two things are abstracted to a sufficient degree and finally abstracted into influence and total information, then the fate of the empire may have been deflected in silence long ago, and gradually move towards some kind of objectively confirmed " "Destined"...

Why didn't I think of it earlier, or realize that my cognition had gone awry...? ! The Doomsday Ark may indeed have been built to meet the possible doomsday. But the Doomsday Ark first appeared in that field of order... For a long time, we have been selectively ignoring that extremely powerful source...

The common source of these influences... is the Void Fierce Sun! !

How much information does the blazing sun itself contain? No one knows for sure, but based on the existing comparative data, it can be determined that the total amount of information it contains is much higher than the endless leap power source! !

When does the Fierce Sun activate? When did the influence of the blazing sun spread across the void?

It can be confirmed that at the latest in the Early Years of the Exiled Era, the 157th year of the Exiled Era, and 109 years after the special "Long Night" event began, when civilization was enveloped by the wave of information, it can be 100% confirmed that the civilization was already under the absolute disturbance of the scorching sun. Down.

It is proposed to try to establish a special time point in the void coordinate system, world fragments with enhanced stability, a just right testing ground, the fusion of world souls, an imaginary number space channel reactor, a stable and fertile new world, and a just right combination of information on the world barrier. The gap, the high-frequency arcane output source consistent with the sample held by Zhai Cahir... How could there be such a series of accidents? How could there be such a series of luck? ! How can there be so many civilizations that can achieve this level of major breakthroughs repeatedly despite being restricted by countless realistic and harsh conditions? ! A civilization with "zero predictive value", even if it is special, even if it has special attributes, how special can it be? !

What kind of environment did civilization live in over the past million years? The thoughts and actions of countless people in the empire, their own thought records and cognitive judgments, all unimaginable creations have been put into practical applications... How many of them are due to the needs of civilization itself, and how many are produced due to external influences ? To what level and scope does the influence penetrate? ?

However...how should all this be defined? Luck is useful for civilization, but for the Doomsday Ark and the Void Fierce Sun, how much role can such a fate play? !

Maybe it's big, maybe it's not big - Void Sun and Doomsday Ark may only be able to find a civilization within the range they can influence that may have some attributes that meet the requirements. Maybe they urgently need some wisdom to become a puppet or carrier. , transforming them into springboards for the revival of civilization one day...

But considering the current situation of Visrifan, considering the past records... at least from the past one million years, some ideas are quite doubtful - at least so far, the ordered creations that the empire has observed still follow the There is a strong law-level law with high intensity: order creation exists in an order environment, and its existence depends on order. And order itself can be abstracted into an inherent attribute: steady state.

If Lieyang broke its steady state perhaps because of that explosion, it needed an information structure that could plug the loopholes and return to stability, and Weisruifan happened to be a "material" that could fill the loopholes and was greatly disturbed." "Drag away" and finally merged with the burning sun?

What if all the events caused by the huge influence of the Void Fierce Sun are due to the nature of its order creation itself, and these inherent attributes want the carrier to return to a "steady state" that can properly survive?

A star does not need thoughts. It relies on gravity to allow many secondary celestial bodies to revolve around it. As one of the ubiquitous sources of energy, it is natural for the life on the surrounding planets to make changes in order to seek resources from the sun. And Lieyang relies on its own order attributes and influence to guide the probability of a series of events in the void, and make the probability of the events that need to happen, most likely to make everything return to normal, to be eliminated in the sparks of small probability again and again. enlarge.

And this kind of "amplification" can be regarded as a mutated gravity, and what the surrounding life does and conducts research is to adapt to this unique gravity and try to obtain practical means of resources from this environment. . If the field of view is wide enough, this is completely natural...in fact, they can be regarded as the same thing!

Destiny revolves around the empire - to be precise, it revolves around the Void Fierce Sun located in the core area of ​​the empire!

Damn it - it's too late to uncover the truth now, more direct trouble has already surfaced! The source of trouble and danger that caused all this to float in my memory...the decisive battle flagship that was most likely equipped with the "Borderline" system!

Perhaps, before the Battle of the Fault Zone had even begun, it had already turned on the Borderline to maximum power, and had been expanding its effects for a dozen or hundreds of thousands of years. It can be confirmed that the decisive battle flagship is also extremely important to Σ, and Σ is the damn creator of Xingming Civilization... How much and how deep will the connection and influence between the two be? !

The ever-increasing narrative shield allows even the decisive battle flagship to be separated from part of the empire's memory and history due to the macroscopic disturbances and symbolic connections between civilizations, and in a subtle way, the empire is blurred and even forgotten. reality associated with it. It has been lurking in the void, and the recent reappearance of several ancient image memories...maybe it is part of the sign that it is lifting the boundary line state and returning to the world of overall order? !

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"Lil, you must protect yourself!"

"The entire empire has entered the highest state of war. All standing firepower and backup firepower are charged to the limit. All units! All levels! The national warrior's unparalleled soul amplification pulse wave is activated, the existential network is prepared for impact resistance, and the Holy Music Praise enters the attack mode overload position. The guidance beacon lights up at any time..."

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Deep in the heart of the empire.

A remnant of black and red smoke was jumping between a series of tiny holes, silently, like a ghost.