Star Empire

The black fog faded, and the vast continent connecting the beginnings and ends of countless worlds finally emerged from the shadows.

Endless facilities are embedded in the vast dark continent. Countless dark red light spots flicker on and above the surface of the facilities. They float and flicker. They are layers of real large-scale structures suspended above the giant facilities. , a truly vast expanse of stars.

Among them, the emblems of Σ can be seen everywhere, they will appear on the domes, on the walls of the pyramids, on the ramparts and tips of the minarets.

Like a network of blood vessels, the blood-red veins throughout every facility are flowing with surging power. They pump an unimaginable torrent of information in total volume and intensity to every part of this huge body, and give those devices inexhaustible power. Strong power.

In the center of the continent, an unimaginably huge and narrow pyramid appeared in view. It dispersed the black mist and emerged from the shadows. Its smooth surface is regularly distributed with a large number of fine, dense matrices composed of unknown light spots.

You can tell just by looking at it - those light spots may even be as huge as Σ's peer-to-peer broadcast tower or node trident and other facilities.

Everything here is lit up, like an endless city that falls into sleep but wakes up again.

The sudden great change swept away almost all the fleets surrounding the continent's order field, both physically and mentally. Many spaceships and small fleets with chaotic structures and fragile structures may even disappear completely before they have time to explode.

The matrix and the fleet, struggling to wake up from the transcendent shock caused by the first direct impact, invariably upgraded all engines to the strongest power - not long ago, all the ships showed a radial direction. The interior of the black cloud surged forward.

And now, they have all reversed direction almost at this moment. If such actions were directed by that chaotic collective consciousness, it might take decades or more.

Woo - buzz~~

In the center of the continent, around the tip of the long and narrow tower, a blood-red star emerged from the slowly rotating huge thick ring. Then, a radiating ring was released from the upper level of the ring and the tip of the tower.

Countless warships did not forget their mission during the retreat. They launched various attacks on countless facilities on the surface of the continent.

Countless jets woven in three colors of white, purple, and gold were released by the evacuating messy fleet. They continued to cut through the nothingness outside the continent, sweeping over large and small facilities and the little bits of light and shadow floating around them.

However, this had no effect at all. Most of the attacks seemed to be denied before approaching the surface of those facilities, and all disappeared suddenly.

The remaining, more powerful part was like tiny and fragile ice crystals hitting a neutron star. It only flickered for a moment and then shattered invisible.

The black-red chaotic ring quickly expanded to be as wide as the continent, and it is now large enough to directly cover any independent large-scale filamentous fibers in space.

Countless fleeing warships were drawn into this spreading halo and disintegrated in an instant. They might not even have history left behind.

All subsequent existences related to them, such as the puppets, secondary battleships and various types of missiles they created, were completely deleted in an instant, as if they had never been born.

Countless arrows and spears emerged from the ground and rose out of thin air. They built a stable and independent path, dragging a series of afterimages that were so illusory and difficult to capture that they soared upwards and exploded around the intruders. .

Large tracts of black space that can directly swallow large-scale structures are quickly formed and spread like a spider web.

They held back countless units, and wiped countless units that were still desperately struggling to resist from the story in the void almost instantly.

At this time, the unit that could detect the surrounding environment also discovered a problem for a while - the "upper" side of the gradually dissipating halo seemed to have less pressure, and the "lower" side of itself.

That continent seemed like the end of the world. It held up everything, and there was no structure lower and deeper than it. The invisible huge force pressed down from the beginning and end of all directions, as if to Press all of yourself into the surface of the earth, into the bottom of the invisible abyss——

This continent is weaving the rules of order defined by it! !

The logic system and operating model in the environment are rewritten. What also changes with it is the weight and meaning of the symbol - the earth, which carries all things, has the absolute ability to destroy unwelcome invaders from outside the sky! !

It was just a confrontation, and most of the fleet that was still trapped inside the order field had evaporated before it could escape from the earth's order.

For the rest, the various attacks they can unleash are just a few sparse glimmers of light compared to the soaring information annihilation missile attack clusters.

The heavy rain reversed in an instant, and the black space quickly swallowed them completely. The black space was driven by some hidden loopholes and was dispersed by the dark red light.

After the spatial structure was slightly stabilized, countless portals were opened on the zenith. They were like closely arranged hexagonal patterns. They were arranged ferociously and tangled with each other, tearing themselves apart crazily in all directions and fighting outwards. The force extended, and they shattered crazily and covered the entire zenith.

And the countless huge fleets that emerged from it directly added another layer of boundless stars to the chaotic space that was already floating with large-scale filamentous fiber structures that had fallen into madness.

This was unknown and sudden. Faced with the sudden huge disaster and devastating damage, the fleet and consciousness at all levels, which were only subconsciously stimulated by the extreme sense of danger, may not fully understand what is happening in front of them, but soon.

The figure of the central giant tower deep in the continent has been fully revealed. The countless light spots and emblems surrounding it are like using an entire cosmic Great Wall to cover this tower with weird and gorgeous clothes. On the top of the giant tower, the vast sea of ​​dark clouds formed a huge vortex.

At that moment, all eyes were focused on the center of the storm.

In the depths of the endless ocean formed by the dark red space and the "gray mist" that obscures the truth, the chains that wander in it like the most brilliant tree-shaped lightning continue to expand and extend. They form a skynet across the "sky". Dark information base stable points wander among them, forming a virtual information barrier that drives the general trend.

At the eye of the storm, around the giant tower, twenty-four small and insignificant points instantly condensed into a solid entity from the afterimage.

Three types of "tail boards" and twenty-four huge flying wings with almost identical specifications can already indicate their identities:

Two decisive battle flagship teams, eight decisive battle flagship functional branches, and twenty-four decisive battle flagship ships!

That kind of cold fear, the chill that penetrated into the heart penetrated into the deepest part of the soul. Soon, the perception that this part of the "eyes" could bring disappeared.

Fear spread.

Woo - buzz~~

The extremely shrill scream sounded again. I don't know why. Not to mention the void and the improvised order field rules that were independently compiled to enhance wartime stability as much as possible, even an ordinary vacuum could not transmit the sound.

But it happens that here, that clear, extremely poignant sound that vibrates through the air and is consistent with the oldest cognitive fragments that can be found in civilization can be received by everyone here. .

And the shrill voice seemed to be everywhere, as if coming from the gap between void and order, it was pervasive and irresistible.

In the order field, large areas began to turn red inexplicably, as if lava was flowing past and about to burn the space structure.

There was more than one such mutation, and soon, more and more similar phenomena began to intersperse among the self-formed order fields of each fleet, even directly dyeing large areas of space red like ancient blood.

However, in the face of the abnormal situation, the almost endless brilliant fleet that was lingering here came to a standstill.

They watched blankly, allowing the black-red light filled with the most cruel and violent destructive power to break away from the constraints of the mainland and the decisive battle flagships, and break away from the bloody star shining on the spire. Exceeding the order coverage of the mainland and building up its own consumable order field, watching the dazzling torrent of information rushing across the void into the distance.

There are countless "hands" in the void.

These hands are composed of countless light points. Every detail in these huge networks is shrouded in the shadow of some uniformly related pulses.

All hands will have a core of their own - that is their predecessor, the "creation probability enrichment point" that may not essentially exist in the void, the source of the void probability lightning chain.

This source will be protected by a huge pyramid so large that millions of galaxies can fill it.

The interior of the huge pyramid is filled with a variety of protective equipment and an almost unlimited redundancy system.

In addition, although the interior of the pyramid cannot be expanded, there is still enough space inside to accommodate a fleet that is large enough to form the Great Wall of the Universe in the universe.

There is a platform near the top of the pyramid, and the platform is covered with countless crystals. The matrix they form maintains the closest connection with the arrowheads in the surrounding space.

At the top of the pyramid, layers of strange mist and the ever-twisting spatial structure obscure the appearance of the tower itself, but they cannot obscure the splendor of the tower.

The golden eternal light is still dazzling, and the brilliant holy light surges in the order field. The light emits from the huge broadcast source at the tip of the pyramid, pointing like a sharp sword to the edge of the order field, to the nothingness outside the order.

A strange dark red color began to appear on the edge of the order field.

The team "stationed" here reacted. Driven by instinct, they planned to rush forward to check what was happening near the order field and in the void around the order field...

They are destined to be unable to do so.

The eternal light of the world branch Zenith can protect the entire world branch. One of its inherent abilities is that it can rely on its own existence to obscure the independent existence attributes of almost all worlds within the branch structure and attract them when facing enemies. Almost all attacks - it is like an eternal beacon in the void.

And Doomsday-Creation, which is located on the solid endless position...

As a super weapon that has been used by top civilizations for hundreds of billions of years or more, it may be difficult to attack tiny targets that are extremely stealthy and move quickly.

But it is not difficult to lock down such one, or many fixed, shining lighthouses in the void and then destroy them.

After crossing the vast void, the blood-colored torrent with undiminished purpose, directivity, and power traveled retrograde along the eternal light pillar, and the dangerous information torrent poured from the top of the pyramid into the entire tower itself.

It splashes wildly, destroying all surrounding structures. The pipe network was destroyed, the armor was burned through, and a small number of ships on standby were even completely evaporated. They failed to leave any traces to prove themselves.

As a self-contained world management facility with its own rules and operating modes, it is essentially not affected by any rules in the universe, nor does it transmit any kind of unauthorized force.

However, now, countless cracks are spreading along the huge tower body and heading towards the bottom of the tower. Dazzling lights poured out from the cracks, and they swallowed up all the tranquility.

A large number of fragments were thrown out in an unorganized manner, and they streaked across the damaged space, leaving behind crystal energy debris like stars.

The light released by the huge information explosion directly set off most of the existence foundation of the order field itself, and a considerable amount of the information flow has strong directivity...

The arrowheads were coated with a crystal-like shell under the golden light, and then were completely obliterated by the sea of ​​blood that surged behind the golden light.

Doomsday-Creation penetrated the zenith of the world's branches, and quickly hit the "core" protected by it - the core of the probability lightning chain, which is rich in the energy that has been inspired by the entire world's branches. "The sum total of the probabilities of creation manifests itself".

The destruction spread rapidly along the former related radiation. They spread outwards riding on the related attributes between the worlds. The surging bloody torrent shattered everything in their path - crystal arrows, planets, stars, And...all the worlds that radiation runs through.

However, this is just the first attack on them.

Soon, the bloody torrent once again burst out from the depths of the endless continent. Destruction is like a hurricane being fanned out. They sweep through everything in the void, sweeping out huge and terrifying sectors that represent fragmentation.

Doomsday - the branches of creation spread out, extending in the void, jumping among the branches of the world. The broken debris was pushed along with the flood, silting up as the flood moved forward, and then accumulated to form a vast "delta".

Endless information fluctuations are thus created, they spread in the void, they spread in the void.

At present, in a relatively short period of time, except for those relatively scattered free worlds, the strong disturbance caused by this single blow cannot quickly interfere with the stability and safety of the branches of other worlds. In the void, The distance problem and the defense system from the branches of other worlds can deal with these problems under normal circumstances.

but……

For one, this is not “normal” at all.

Second, the real danger...

It is the direct strike of Doom-Creation.

Most changes are temporarily blocked by the void. Looking directly, all you can see is darkness, but as long as any radar has the ability to monitor the void, they will already be troubled by an unimaginable amount of noise.

…

Most of the surviving fleets are still withdrawing, and they are retreating further into the void in chaos.

Between the "petals" of this radially spreading "golden flower", irregular and messy triangles exploded with the emergence of black and red light pillars.

They exploded uncontrollably like atomic nuclei starting a chain reaction, and all friendly forces with a certain strength related to them could not escape the powerful aftermath of this direct attack.

Near the continent, the invisible storm that is constantly rotating sweeps through the surrounding ordered space and void again and again. There are traces that show that - this is like the existence of scanning ripples in a radar disk. It is essentially an existential pulse, and the continent is the source of this pulse. .

When the pulse source starts to activate, all the worlds in this quadrant in the entire void may be under the influence of this pulse. In other words, the entire quadrant may... be able to see this flickering pulse.

Those ships may be able to escape the self-defined order direction of the continent, and they may also be able to escape the void coordinates that can be encompassed by the huge order field formed by the continent, but...

How far can they escape? Escape from the Void Quadrant? Escape from all void quadrants?

is it possible?

As time goes by, the activity of the mainland, which was in silence not long ago, seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

The brightness of the leyline patterns moving on the surface of countless devices is further enhanced, and the stable reality makes the space so solid that it seems to have solidified.

Those once twinkling stars seemed to have entered anti-phase, or anti-existence, for an instant. They turned black, as if they were the seeds of some kind of "tree".

A slight command can completely activate them, growing rapidly at a speed that surpasses the index, surpasses the index tower, and surpasses the Conway chain, branching off into countless branches, skyrocketing from the future, and heading to the deepest level of the past.

Clusters of black "Fire Trees and Silver Flowers", huge facilities filled with enough power to destroy countless worlds, began to push everything into a frenzy.

Countless information annihilation missiles leave the closed space where they once were. A slight transformation in the spatial coordinates can cause them to leave the launch source and disperse into an unimaginably vast space.

And they are much stronger than the most elite small battleships. They are also constantly calculating their own void coordinates and matching the corresponding order field frequency and actual space shield as they "advance", which allows them to nearly ignore all Go to any target in a chaotic environment

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they themselves will not be trapped by the weird black space structure formed by their own explosion.

Soon, more other weapons began to join the massacre - some expressive lights and shadows unique to the fragmentation of the timeline emerged from the dark red space. They were like sharp blades, constantly cutting the end of the fleet and leaving them forever. Throw reality out of existing eternal time.

The scary thing is that this weapon, which was once only one in the dark vault that controlled the branches of the world and was already extremely powerful, is now following the dark vault on this continent, as if it is extending to the end of the void. Expanding...

fear.

On the one hand, most of the chaotic fleets coming from the expedition are struggling to leave the order field created by the mainland, while the army outside the order field, all subsequent reinforcements, and all fixed ultra-long-range firepower projection base stations in the empire are all trapped. Silence and helplessness.

The fears of the past spread from the bottom of the superconscious memory, or these fears themselves were not awakened, nor were they recalled by the superindividual, who had lost wisdom and rationality for a long time, relying on his own feelings or wisdom.

It’s everything here. There are too many common parts that can directly correspond to the past. Their previous too similar factors triggered enough stimulation to the imperial consciousness watching here.

Just like the crisis that breaks through the void, the disaster here is enough to resonate with everything that has happened in history and with similar parts of the empire's history, and then directly pull out all the dusty fragments of the old history.

Once, I had just woken up and faced countless people who were frantically escaping towards the last place of hope, but the door exuding the possibility of life had to be locked immediately, which meant that almost everyone outside the wall Everyone will lose their lives directly due to the sweeping spread of the death wave pollution, and there is no room for recovery.

This kind of pain buried deep in their hearts has exceeded the limit of life perception, so that they may never even forget it after that, but they have never been able to truly understand it. This may also explain why civilization has still maintained its Calm and able to survive for quite a long time until now.

Once upon a time, a decisive battle flagship swept and destroyed hundreds of worlds on the edge of the empire with almost an existential storm rolled up by its wings. It ignored all attacks from the empire and directly triggered several world wars in a chaotic manner. The doomsday killed the body and personality of Vesrifan, and almost completely destroyed the entire empire, which at that time had almost fully entered the "stable track", as well as many new students and surviving old people.

Once upon a time, the dark dome from the void, which seemed to be bending like the sky, launched several extremely powerful strikes.

Those attacks directly penetrated all the protective systems and caused the empire's fleet to be completely wiped out in pieces. They fell into the gap between void and order, and fell into a black timeline that did not run parallel to the present at all.

Faced with the extremely powerful attack from the Dark Dome, the Empire almost mobilized all its power to destroy the Dark Dome in a desperate manner.

The price paid for that war, as well as the more confusing phenomena observed, further caused the empire to question its basic understanding of itself.

But now, such a dark dome appears on this continent with such a huge density, and it is no longer a "sky" at all.

Once upon a time, a huge fleet composed of countless Σ super flagships overwhelmed the entire empire.

They used terrifying power and swept across the entire civilization at a constant speed. In one day, it dismembered more than a billion ordered worlds in the empire and destroyed almost all the living forces in the empire at that time.

They destroyed the development trajectory of the Empire and destroyed the hearts and wills of all Imperial people. Some people chose to rebel and escape, but these choices failed to change their fate. They, like the rest of the people, were destroyed in the darkness.

The entire empire has been torn to pieces since then, and the lights that went out have never been lit again, and since then, there have been only a handful of weak flames left.

These historical fragments that have been forcibly awakened and put together seem to be calling for their own future.

These thoughts brought the imperial fleet to a standstill. Those glorious warships stood quietly in the void as if they had completely lost their souls. Even the internal evolutionary matrix was confused.

During this period, countless fleets were evaporated into organic forms. The powerful attacks based on the decisive battle flagship team and the quadrant continent decisive battle flagship team continued without interruption.

These attacks are... like using a giant eraser to erase the stains around the continent. At the same time, it is like there is an invisible giant pen, its strokes are crossing the void, and what is left behind by the tip of the pen are countless deaths.

once

This is not civilization. With the current environment and all the experiences, it is no longer worthy of establishing civilization here. We will not produce new lives, nor will we form new civilizations and countries that are filled and operated by life.

Revenge, revenge into the void.

If that moment does come, then no matter what we have accumulated, we will die, if that is destined to be our end and destiny.

! ! !

In the chaos, some newer fragments were awakened, which seemed to be themselves, or the recognized ideas and obsessions of the previous leaders who made up themselves. They forcibly dragged those thoughts and activities that would kill them, and forcibly endured the red blood. The erosion of reality, a crazy struggle against everything that is invisible and insubstantial, and against oneself.

And beyond that, let go of all production restrictions in the empire, no longer retain any doubts about the ultimate technological deduction module, and release all technologies, whether they were once tangible or intangible. Use this huge machine at full strength to produce everything large enough to cause a natural disaster day after day, to drown all the enemies in the void, the last madness before death

Now, perhaps the emergence of this continent marks the final arrival of the death node.

But compared to the last time, the empire itself this time has become much stronger in terms of force.

It may still be invincible, but at least now... The empire may not be able to win, or may not die together, but at least from a head-on collision, this battle can start, and it will not turn into a one-way massacre again.

The scattered consciousness regrouped all its attention. Relying on some of the abilities of field life, it began to try the most basic behavioral learning, and its illusory and chaotic "body" began to become solid and stable.

The threat of death and the call to return have eliminated many of the noises that were once noisy at all levels, and also temporarily dispelled the various influences brought by the sharp and shrill howls of giant equipment and decisive battle flagships from the depths of the continent.

Faced with the reality of imminent death, "it" became calm.