Star Empire

".The fifteenth day area should be the same as the fourteenth area. It should be a functional area covering the entire empire?" Victorville felt a little strange about the queen's sudden order.

"That's no problem. As long as the sky area itself has enough value, it can be demarcated casually. But why do we suddenly need to designate a new sky area? At present, it seems that the entire empire does not have more lives to establish a new area. Those puppets?”

"Yes, in my opinion, there must be at least a group of existences that can operate in a sufficiently standardized manner. They may not necessarily be called rational or emotional, and they cannot be called wisdom or ignorance, but they must be able to provide a sufficient To stabilize the basic benchmarks that are strong enough, they must at least provide stable references from multiple levels such as the body (real information) and the mind (virtual information).”

Vesrifan stared into Vidoville's eyes: "What happened in the second district was an unnecessary tragedy in my opinion. We may not be able to prevent them from happening every time, but it cannot happen again frequently. We need benchmarks. "

".Indeed, but from a practical point of view, after the ceremony that can be called the "Star Shift", at that time the entire existence of the empire was already in chaos and madness, and the closer it got to the recent war. At that time, the situation may become more serious. Even on the eve of the war, all existences may have gone crazy to the point of being excessively distorted and chaotic in some aspects regardless of the cost. And that period of time is quite long, and that period of time is probably when the empire expands crazily. The peak period.”

Vidoville also returned his gaze, "I don't know if the puppets that may have been relatively stable in the early part of the era still exist. It is very likely that most of them were consumed in the battle."

"This part can be made up for. I can re-filter out a sufficient number of initial puppets, and I have also integrated a new consciousness, which can even be said to be a new life." Beside Weisrifan, a bright and solid little heart The ball of light appeared from the earth like a bubble, and its frequency of tremors made Victorville think of breathing, and thought of many things that did not seem to be in his own memory.

"This core can be said to carry the information pulled by all the "turns of the stars" over this period of time. It not only contains the fragments of consciousness that have emerged from all the puppet armies that you previously called the "evolutionary matrix", but also Some of the basic fragments of earlier ancient civilization life were reorganized and given life. I will directly supervise the operation of this overall soul for a long time to ensure its stability."

".Are you so powerful now?"

"I said I know everything and can do everything. Do you believe me?"

"I don't think it's impossible." Vidoville thought of what he saw in a trance, the blazing sun shining on everything in the dark red space and the blood-like nine-layer sky, as well as the countless fluctuations and emotions from the soul. Affected, he shook his head. It seemed pointless to think about this - "By the way, does that new core have an identification method or a code name?"

"Yes, Doniel Spavor. This is a name he chose based on the existing vocabulary of civilization."

"These fields and symbols do not reflect the responsibilities he will bear in the future. Why would he choose such a name?"

"But he has understood that his duty is to measure stability and to be a shrewd measurer and stabilizing weight in reality, and that is enough."

Vesrivan made a face at Vidovir and disappeared.

"Under ensuring safe conditions, we will resume work and production as soon as possible~"

"How can it be so easy." Listening to Wei Ruifan's voice disappearing into nothingness, Victorville shook his head helplessly, "The list of surviving basic industrial facilities and the corresponding communication network segments have basically been reorganized. According to The focus and development possibilities of the original districts were redistributed. The first district was Cavinriel, the second district was Arcane Ascendant IV, the third district was Zhai Cahir, and the fourth district Agnas was completely eliminated. Expelled, Lil can only say that she has recovered part of her reverberation, which is just enough for me to know who she is.”

"The overall organizational structure of the Twelfth Day District has been removed. The Twelfth Day District needs to be reorganized. The numbers of the Sixth Day District and the Twelfth Day District are included in the protective functional area to provide protection for the entire empire."

"On the fourteenth day, all life in the area suffered heavy losses. The sudden dilution of the metaphysical realm probably caused a blow to them similar to the spread of red reality. They need time. This name? Cassia? Who is she? ?Who is Aphra? It seems that such an individual exists and has very high authority."

Vidoville tried hard to think back, and he vaguely felt that there should have been such an individual in the past, but then, for some unknown reason, this individual disappeared. However, he should have existed and should be like this.

"Afra, this individual can be responsible for the Thirteenth District. His abilities seem to be more consistent with the original focus and independent technology of that district."

What he doesn't know now, and may never know in the future, is what is going through the mind of the girl who is now on the other side of the "Dark Mountains", hugging herself into a small ball and huddled at the foot of the mountain, crying secretly. .

To a certain extent, Cassia saved her own life and ensured the continuation of the entire empire. But now Vidoville says he has no recollection of that name.

She didn't have to correct him or tell him all this - it was useless, even if she showed him the evidence and told the original story, it would be useless.

Even if he can make Vitouville pay more attention and sincerity to listen to his description and words, no matter how much he can do or how serious he is, for him, this will probably always be a lesson to be taught. Stories, not the history that actually happened in your own memory.

After the mapping combination of everything was attacked, a large number of broken loopholes and broken stories erased the past. It can even be said that the entire empire is now stuck on a castle in the air without any foundation.

If it weren't for the fact that the empire was powerful enough to "hang" everything here, the empire would have accumulated too many loopholes and mistakes and directly caused its collapse in an instant... That's not impossible.

He is very powerful, and he can see and remember more than Victorville. And this more part may be regarded as the price of being strong - you will know a lot of parts that "they" have forgotten, and see some parts that "they" have no longer been able to see. For them, perhaps these forgetfulness itself can be regarded as some kind of stress relief and some kind of luck.

But if I forget them again, I am afraid that no one in this void will remember those people from the past who once had names and really existed. By that time, their last death may come.

At least now it seems that it is necessary for me to take them with me. Their sacrifice may not be of much significance from an individual perspective and from the perspective of that limited era, but it has to be said that the entire empire can survive up to now. Until now, their promotion paved with life and blood is indispensable.

They should have been entitled to all this, but death has prevented them from doing so. In this case, then remember them by yourself, so that they can sleep in the depths of their underlying memories, so that they can "contact" the possible changes in their civilization in the future through their own eyes... Even if those information bodies are just A shadow in my memory, and it is impossible to respond, but this heart should be useful.

Sensibility and rationality always seem to be separated, and rationality always seems to be more respected, while sensibility always seems to be considered to include or even represent emotion or even passion... These views do not seem to be correct, in themselves It's also too one-sided.

I don’t want the entire empire to turn into a machine that only uses logic gates to filter everything, but I also don’t want the empire to be burdened with soul-crushing baggage due to disasters in the future because of my decisions. .

There was just silence. The girl put her face on her knees and tightly wrapped her hands around her legs, trying to hold herself tighter.

"Lil... alas..."

...How could you not know?

After the narrative was bombarded, all the historical iterations and past memories in the hole have been replaced, even if they can be repaired. It is true that I cannot connect those vague shadows that have only one name and can only be restored from words, and I indeed cannot map them to the known history, but I also know... After the bombing of the narrative layer, anything mentioned The stories may also be history that "should" have existed.

And now... some of the past problems still affect the current thinking and senses - for example, when facing the ship that is constantly being renovated, I used to question whether the ship is still the same after every part of the ship is replaced. That boat?

But now, the problem becomes more serious - what if the soul is completely replaced or torn into pieces and reassembled? Does the difference between them make them essentially two completely different individuals? What if the torn and reorganized soul and personality inherit everything from the past, and every part of it is the same as before, but what if the original future development path of the soul has changed dramatically because of this reorganization?

Are they still unified?

And, how likely are these issues to be?

...Now it seems that it is better to think less or think from different angles.

In the past, people explored the essence of things, but maybe now...with appropriate hindsight, we can return the intrinsically complex things to the surface level again, and we should do so.

After all, everyone should have a goal in life, and they should try their best to live a better life.

"Perhaps. We once thought that life spanning countless levels and fields was unimaginable, and the unimaginable part was just the corresponding objective environment and level? But there have not been many new changes in the inner nature?" In Vidoville's Calculation In the process of successive allocation of processing arrays, the existing empire resources are once again distributed to each existing ruler according to what is currently considered the "optimal solution."

After Agnas and all the corresponding influences were eliminated as a whole, the remaining fragments of her soul were merged with the fragments and souls left from other basic life forms of the empire that Vidoville worked hard to save during that operation.

The new soul composed of these fragments will control the Sixth and Twelfth Sky Areas that need to be recast after they have fully established their personality and cognition, and are confirmed to have passed the Empire's testing standards. Because their previous injuries were too severe, the newly formed individuals are no longer equivalent to the continuation of the previous individuals. They may write new stories in different forms.

"Let history and the future decide. It's interesting to say that there are so many problems now, but neither I nor everyone feels anxious or uneasy about it."

Vidoville stood up and looked up. The equipment teams deployed there detected the request from Vidoville's will, and they no longer blocked the message. Above the huge mountains glowing with purple and white gold, the vast sky was dark and clear.

"Some things may really have passed, and they should have passed. They cannot be forgotten, but they cannot block the track of normal life. However, one person's words may still be too light, and the short-term attitude from an individual or just a small group It’s also difficult to revise history.”

"The accumulation of foundation and determination of direction cannot be completed overnight. They require real accumulation."

"Your Majesty Weisrifan, we have tried various methods, but now we cannot strengthen the overall situation of the empire even if we use various equipment. We are missing too much history, and various phenomena have even begun to show that we, we Everything we use and our empire appears to appear out of thin air."

"A large number of theories on the operation of creation and abstract theories lack their so-called "pre-foundations." We cannot find basic theories and rules of small scope of application within the world corresponding to our existing theories. And it seems that there is currently no such thing in the void. The direct emergence of such a level of civilization and existence is not supported.”

"We lack the past, we lack history. Your Majesty Weisrifan, I apply to restart the Observer Project. This time, the plan must be implemented systematically and meticulously, and it cannot be interrupted or shelved for any reason. "

"If you can really make up your mind to do it, I have no reason to object."

Weisrifan replied, "But there is a very important point now - the territory of the entire empire has shrunk to a size that can be said to be insignificant compared to before, and the large tracts of void along the way were directly blown into nothing because of this war. The pure white area. At present, not to mention traveling beyond the former border, even if you can leave the current border, the former "core area" may be very difficult - even if there is a sacred music tribute, I am afraid it will not be possible for the time being. No reply, right?"

Weisrifan looked at Isendel: "If the Observer Project can be fully launched, it will indeed have absolute value, but now there seems to be no civilization or other existence for us to observe, right?"

"Yes, but I think their nature is the most important point and the most worthy of discussion with you." Eisendel was silent for a while, "According to current statistics, the empire is composed of void survey radars. The narrative network has not suffered a huge impact. The void survey radar records stories, almost all the stories that can be seen in the void."

“If we look at it from the perspective of the entire void, all reality, all worlds and all benchmarks originate from zero, which is the void. They can be seen as a macro formed by the connections between countless worlds and realities. The narrative layer. But given the gap between creation and being created, we might be able to copy and recreate some of the things that were once there.”

"If you give those stories enough real-life attributes, they can reappear in reality and become tangible."

"Eisendel, and a few others, there is no problem with your point of view. If you understand those stories from the perspective of narrative and creation, this can indeed be done, and there is no problem with it. However, after experiencing so much, I think I’m afraid you don’t have any ideas at all, right?”

Weisruifan's eyes swept across them, "We were created by Σ. The changes in Σ created us now and allowed us to experience everything we have now."

"Now that we are growing up and have decided to create a new living environment, we need to at least think about what we do and reset the bottom line for everything. At least most of the regular moments need to be delineated The bottom line. Tsk, there are too many differences now. All the details are gone. What have you done in the past? Forget it, let me ask directly: Do we have the ability to be responsible for our creations? Now, and in the future, And to themselves? Do we have the ability to hold on to this heart?”

".have!!"

"The meaning behind this word is not light."

"Now that everyone is here, maybe we can use the old method of the round table conference." At the foot of the mountains formed by the remains of the Arcane Throne, all the existing lives and past lives and later, after a long enough iteration, passed The new students who were tested all sat outside the ring table, while Weisrifan stood in the middle, watching all the individuals among them without distinction.

"This opportunity is rare. This time, let me say more."

"We need a new imperial thrust and strict adherence to it."

"We have spent a lot of time here, compiled a lot of information, and we have restored many stories, giving many stories a result that may be more natural in our opinion and can also be considered a better outcome."

“We have reanalyzed our various technologies, we have created ways of operating information that have never been observed and recorded, we have created iterations within the world that can be pushed back and repeated, and we have perfected many things that we have always forgotten and can only Out of the ambiguity of vague perceptions and rough identities, we weave new rules and concepts that help to enrich ourselves.”

"But this is just the beginning." As she spoke, Weisrifan gently raised her hands and made a lifting motion, and under her feet, the seemingly solidified ground of Lieyang responded to her Will, dots of white light separated from the surface of the earth, they floated up into the air, connected and intertwined with each other, forming a tree composed of chains. This tree became more and more lush with the continuous replenishment of light and electricity, but at a certain stage, There seems to be an invisible wall blocking the nodes from continuing to expand upward.

And above the sky common to all nodes, there is a huge golden emblem floating - that is the symbol of the empire.

"I'm afraid we have been climbing invisibly for too long with the help of external forces. The huge fault there is so terrifying that even we ourselves cannot understand its scale."

"This is the consensus of everyone... All this is enough to serve as a break and declare the end of an era."

"This era itself may not be too long. But within its span, we have experienced too many changes."

"We were not aware of these changes in the past, or in other words, even if we were aware of them at that time, we were not in a position to make better decisions." Weisruifan's eyes swept over them, "I know."

"However, everyone also knows that something happened before. It can be said that Σ destroyed us countless times and killed countless lives. But based on the evidence we found, we have to admit One thing - Σ's original intention was not to kill us, but in fact its various decisions and influences also kept us alive."

"What we are now is some kind of extension of what they were."

"After the demise of Σ, we have ended it again with our own hands. We paid an extremely huge price, and this huge price and the nothingness after the end may be enough to warn us that some things are over. We should consider The tone we have set is to gain a living space for civilization in the void."

"In fact, we have done enough in this part, but considering our current huge gap between history and practical application technology, as well as the lack of thinking, we need to further expand this simple theme. We need to include more other existences Observe the system and even incorporate it into our history.”

"At the same time, we need to reflect on everything we have done and slow down our pace. We need long enough to walk this road. Now we are not afraid of mistakes or the disasters caused by mistakes. We should not Then deal with and face everything with an attitude of avoidance."

"In short, we need to find a way that can belong to us and survive in a healthy and long-term way. This is one of them. At the same time, we have accumulated too many things in the past that were once spurned by us and were once rejected by us. We believe that we need to be killed by a thousand cuts, and the reality that has driven us into desperation countless times, making us hate and grind our teeth but can do nothing about it, has been applied to countless other civilizations and led to countless extinction phenomena."

After exchanging a heartfelt spark, Vidoville added, "In other words. We need to make amends."

"As far as we know, there is no other powerful existence in the void. The gods may exist, but this is probably a distance that even the eyes of the gods cannot see. We destroy everything, we reflect on ourselves, we think about the future, we Reflecting on the past, no one can know or supervise all this, only we can make our own decisions to change everything."

"It is certain that our new imperial theme will no longer be a simple sentence. It will most likely exist on many levels and run through everything in the entire empire. It will be a living one that will never truly die and stop being replenished. concept.”

“It takes everyone working together.”

"Now, this is not an order, nor is it a set of mandatory shackles - this is different from previous announcements." Weisrifan's eyes looked around again, "I hope this will be a new The era has truly begun, and I hope that the decisions made now will allow the empire and everything around it to regenerate."

".I hope that these words are spoken by us, but I hope that it is every life in the empire who speaks these words."

Regarding this part, I originally planned to write some experience copy.

However, due to the distribution problem of the amount of information, once the copy is started to be written, the speed of story advancement will be greatly affected. At the same time, the amount of information contained in the story is too different, and it may not be very good to the senses.

Therefore, copies of this may be mentioned in extra chapters or supplementary chapters/memoirs after the main text.