Star Empire

"After all, this is a new beginning."

"There are still many details that need to be thought about, and there are still many plans that need to be re-finalized. There are still too many things we have to do."

"The past and history are broken. It takes a long time, vast space and unimaginable energy to repair and make up for it. But the broken history and the empty past itself have room for manipulation and influence."

"It has been determined that the current survival and stability of Star Civilization is closely related to the "past plans" implemented by Σ Civilization in the past, and we cannot rule out the relevant impact."

"Also, we are unable to determine all the specific effects of such impacts on our civilization. We can only be certain that we are currently able to ideally develop and survive based on a rough benchmark. This itself is consistent with all our past experiences and Σ Possible plans are closely related.”

"The interpretation of the meaning of "reverse inheritance" has begun, and multiple regions are conducting in-depth analysis of this concept from different angles."

"..."we"."

Time flows slowly, and space breathes in silence.

Weakness and collapse do not mean that everything is irreparable. New standards are redefined over time and the accumulation of losses in countless experiments. New experiments and new rules and requirements determine the threshold for the ancient creation to restore its glory.

They can be restored to glory, and they even have unlimited expansion possibilities - a long time ago, the entire fleet was able to repair itself by downloading "update patches" and even update all its equipment.

As the Imperial backbone continued to be restored, a network emerged that could connect all warships and allow them to restart.

It may take a long time, and there are countless imperial beings rushing through it.

Time may have an absolute length scale, but as it passes, the shore it touches may have a variety of shapes.

For an empire with sufficient tasks and clear goals, enough busyness can even make tens of millions of years seem like an instant.

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There is a small order field that is so silent that it hardly radiates any identification information, breathing lightly and slowly in the void, and within this order field, a pair of black "wings" are wrapped in it.

A "figure" of Vidoville stands on the bow of the Arcane Throne. Various equipment inside the ship have been restored, and they have once again become an extension of Vidoville's body and the source of his senses.

He looked behind him and saw the current territory of the empire:

If the empire in the past was a forest with lush foliage but shrouded in dark clouds, then the endless vortex over the current empire has been completely dispersed by the battles of the past.

The devastating chain of destruction that started from the first quadrant and started from the two "Star Emperors" destroyed almost most of the branches, leaves and flesh of the once huge empire, leaving only countless jagged tree trunks. and parched remains.

The so-called "foreign expeditions" now, let alone going out of the shadow range that the huge forest once covered, even the boundaries of the forest itself can no longer be reached after the return of the scorching sun because the entire empire was weakened during that period. .

The fleet and everyone are still moving through the scorched earth. This scorched earth is so vast and endless, so vast that trying to occupy this area is more like a dream.

Along the way, there will be some identifiable remnants in the void from time to time. They were once included in the overall "background noise" of the void and ignored by the void survey radar.

Narrative Network has pointed out that the existence of relatively powerful civilizations that can be detected on the surface has all disappeared, but there are probably still countless wreckage remaining in the void.

Some of them may be completely evaporated over time, and even their own time and development may be completely confused with the continuous loss of information and eventually turn into a ball of noise, or they may still exist If you go down, you may wander around in the void, or you may happen to enter some worlds.

This is uncertain, and the empire no longer has the ability to screen how many out-of-control existences there are among the countless creations that it has not even counted - the expedition itself is also part of the purpose of solving these problems.

Looking forward, the void itself has no size or end, and such a scene may exist forever.

Looking around, the entire empire's former territory has now been reduced to scorched earth.

After the fire burned everything, although the former information returned to the void, the void field that enveloped here did not dissipate.

They are still surging, silently accumulating unpredictable "creation probability" enrichment points between the visible and invisible, inside and outside of time, and preparing for new creations. The information fluctuations recorded by the void survey radar show that a new world has begun to appear - vitality still exists, and order has begun to recover.

Looking back, the remains and flesh of the entire empire that has not lost all vitality are spread out in the void. The rugged skeleton supports the broken flesh and blood stretching in the void. The connection and communication between them can determine some of the gaps between the worlds. and deviation phenomena. They strive to restore their due vitality, and they still stand proudly. The towering tower of existence makes it seem so tall that it is about to tip down from the sky, or about to swallow everything.

Countless information flows are jumping between nodes, which is the rhythm brought by new life.

Ah, it seems that they have completed their previous plan - Vidoville can scan the imperial network and communicate with any person or device. It saw that above the celestial pole of the Void Sun, there is a World Branch Zenith Seat. "Restart", the surface of the huge pyramid is wrapped with countless pale golden runes.

Those words seem to be "alive". They jump slowly and constantly change their virtual and real forms. They can weave almost all the name numbers and identification numbers recorded in the entire empire so far, and many of them The Empire of Symbols has probably never been seen before.

At the top of the pyramid, the extraordinary light released by the golden crystal matrix extends infinitely, without end, and seems to last for eternity.

This huge pyramid is a monument built for all lives in the past, including every era that the entire empire has experienced, and all civilizations and lives that the empire may have attacked, recorded, and observed.

The empire was once a trembling and struggling survivor in the shadow of Σ. The empire once developed rapidly but still failed. The empire was once extremely powerful. Unimaginable battleships swept through the void like a tide. All obstacles or other civilizations along the way were completely burned. Nowadays, everything about those civilizations can no longer be found.

There won’t be too many memories anymore, and the empire still has very few memories left, but this doesn’t mean that everything in the past can pass easily without any thinking and reflection-the empire needs to have its own It is not yet clear whether this principle should be considered an absolute dogma or an item that should be silently remembered but not taken too seriously.

Because including the entire empire, as well as the many civilizations that the entire empire has observed, none of the so-called "principles" are essentially meant to be absolutely applicable to selflessness in the world. They should rather be considered as certain bottom lines and persistence left by civilized groups for their own development and goals.

In essence, they are still a means to favor one's own interests, but the "interests" that this means can correspond to are biased towards all life within the entire civilization and the entire civilization.

"Alas" Victorville shook his head. The surrounding "scenery" and his own thoughts passed through his heart. He was a little confused, and during this long time, everything seemed more like a bizarre dream.

Sometimes, some of the contradictions from the underlying thinking may even make you occasionally question yourself and the entire empire - if the entire empire is really included in its previous purpose, guiding thinking or self-consideration, the entire empire will "stand up" on its own. This situation has happened far more than once or twice.

However, all rights of speech and all rights of action themselves lie in themselves, in the entire empire, in the countless huge territories and the huge fleet that can easily piece together billions of large-scale filamentous fiber structures, as well as all the information in the entire empire. vortex.

It is extremely difficult to persevere. Not to mention that you can still survive or even give birth to new babies. It is very likely that there will be more civilizations similar to your own that have gone completely crazy and turned into complete monsters. Like natural disasters, there may be many civilizations at different levels but with similar experiences that simply cannot survive one or several disasters relative to them, and they may directly perish.

"Forget it, let the children deal with and study these problems. After all, they will be the ones who face these problems more. I'd better pay more attention to the possible extreme problems and prepare countermeasures in advance." In the end, Vidoville does not intend to overthink these issues that may cause infinite splitting of personality. There may be some more realistic issues here:

After the empire develops again, even if there is really only one supreme purpose for the entire empire, there cannot be only one way to implement it. There are countless ways to achieve a goal, just like there is not only one certain way to reach the truth. There are too many paths, and the model formed by such an idea is likely to be valid for any goal.

Regardless of whether the purpose of this empire is complex or simple, it is likely that there will be countless ways to implement it, but many of these methods may be originally opposite, contradictory, and mutually exclusive.

"It seems that although the previous observer project has been suspended many times due to various reasons, the entire project still provides a considerable level of value." A somewhat fragmented sentence emerged in Vidoville's mind, but it The meaning itself is quite solid - the differences between different values ​​can be so great that they are irreconcilable.

For now, the life of the empire that has incorporated the weight effect and has seen the endless void, endless resources and endless vastness should not have to worry about the kind of division and struggle that common mortal life would have. This part of the empire should It is expected but there is no need to worry too much. The entire empire may even need some of these beings to perform such tasks and do similar things. They may also have considerable reference value for the empire. There are extreme situations that need to be worried about, just like before. Thoughts.

"The divergence between understanding and value may actually be more dangerous, and may create a considerable number of "sane lunatics" in the true sense." Looking back on his past self, Vidoville seemed to have grown from a Observing one's past thoughts and actions from an objective third-party perspective - that is a scary thing.

"If divisions and wars are caused by a complete tearing of values ​​and cognition between each other, then such a war will be more terrifying and comprehensive than any divisions and wars caused by similar reasons between mortal civilizations, and will be more difficult to quell. .

Because if such a split really becomes unbridgeable one day, then both sides may not hesitate to accuse the other party of violating the empire's purpose and violating their own responsibilities. At that time, the split will be extremely complete, and all causes of war will be firmly nailed into the hearts of each side with infinitely detailed calculations and iron-clad formulas. Everyone will fight because of reason, everyone will be extremely calm, and everyone will fight with reason. No one will be shaken."

"The sane madman is the most terrifying." In the end, Vidoville recorded this part of the content. They may remain here for a while. After the fleet finally returns and all the content can be submitted stably and comprehensively, he will publish the content together. Vesrivan shares communication with the Emperor's Council.

It is impossible for the Empire to avoid all problems, and it is impossible for the Empire to have smooth sailing. However, I can think of some problems now. After the expedition is over, everyone will definitely notice and think of some problems. After these problems are re-examined under different conditions, there may be other problems. .They should all be noted.

At least for now, the empire itself may not be smart enough to be able to think and act as it pleases at any time without going beyond the "rules". These contents should be worthy of consideration and attention.

In the void, there are some non-zero "mountains" slowly passing by the dark and lightless sea.

These "mountains" are the first batch of expedition fleets of the empire - the first time such an expedition needs to be carried out. No one knows which rule is more appropriate, so the entire expedition route has also been delineated with a huge curve. , when going through this huge detour, the imperial fleet will change the structure of the entire matrix many times and randomly replace the execution concepts and ideas, and use this test as a test sample to determine which models are most suitable for the needs of "expeditionary operations" .

"Having arrived at the first predetermined coordinates, the Pioneer drone group began to detect the interior of the world, started information filtering and external influence suppression, and began to record the internal structure of the world."

At the "front" of the main fleet, the first vanguard part of the entire expedition fleet stretched out many "tentacles" - they were drone groups, the most advanced part of the imperial fleet that maintained a single connection.

After being dispatched, they will go to the predetermined world and sink into the world barrier. They will survey the structure of the entire world. They will choose a place that is secretive enough to settle down, so as not to let the brilliance of their crystal energy affect the operation of the entire world. Then, The entire fleet's main axis view of the world will expand.

Observed from that perspective, the entire observed isolated world will begin from Creation to Doomsday within one year of the Imperial Standard Calendar, no matter what happens inside the world or how long the "physical years" pass.

"This world is located in the first quadrant of the empire. The silent state of the world structure appears in a three-dimensional state. The constants of each world and the basic logical structure of the world are in line with the multiple world rules summarized in the first quadrant... At present, a void field network has not been formed in this part of the area. , the intensity of contact between worlds is extremely low, and life within the world has remained primitive for a long time. It seems that the missing parts have the possibility of ascension to a more complex structure..."

For the history of the entire universe, trillions of years are not too long in mere physical terms. When the entire universe has not been fully expanded by technology or phenomena, the space and star sea itself with a radius of trillions of light years seems very huge, but this total amount cannot be said to be very impressive to the imperial fleet - they were quickly overwhelmed by the fleet. Countless probing individuals were “eating them up”.

"The Observer Project has observed the possible experiences of some primitive lifeforms when they were in primitive environmental conditions for a long time, and detected that some lifeforms have experienced multiple mass extinctions... These phenomena are worth recording, and the relevant content has been sealed."

"Currently, no civilization has been measured that is worthy of establishing a "two-way connection" with the empire itself. Therefore, in such cases, the difference in time between the main axis of civilization is used to observe the evolution of the entire world... does not eliminate the difference in time reference systems."

"The weak connection between the worlds means that the world itself is in a state of extreme isolation. The potential of the world itself may be greatly reduced or it may be difficult to break through the limitations..."

"It is confirmed that the fleet structure itself is stable, but based on the current performance, it is considered that the exploration efficiency of this fleet structure may be low when facing complex cosmic structures. This type of fleet structure itself has value, but when it comes to practical applications, it is not suitable for the current situation. …make a record.”

"...The UAV self-simulation has been completed, confirming that the current link complies with the one-way information transmission rules. The circuit breaker node function is functioning normally, the one-way scaling link function is operating normally, and the UAV group structure has begun to change, regroup, and serve the matrix structure will correspond to the fleet itself.”

Inside the battleship, the equipment seemed to have melted, and there were innumerable connections between the equipment and the lives that controlled them. When controlling these devices, the details and wisdom of the actual operators themselves can already make the devices controlled by them understand their own purposes, and the control devices themselves can complete all tasks completely or even ahead of time in relative vagueness and chaos. Task.

This does not require too many complex operating instructions or dogmatic operating regulations - in fact, compared to controlling complex and profound equipment, in the eyes of most practical users, this may be more like a trend. fingers working.

"Actually...are they all the same?" Facing the fleet he commanded that was so powerful that it seemed more like conquering than exploring, the former Crystal Energy Life III suddenly felt a somewhat familiar feeling:

A basic drone operator can control countless drone swarms and explore the vast universe, a captain manages thousands of such units, and there may be millions of such units in a fleet block. of battleships, and the entire fleet may have hundreds of millions of such fleet blocks

Even after experiencing extremely tragic changes, the entire empire can still piece together many fleets of the same size, as well as existences that are equally powerful as the fleet but may have more special forms of existence and function... The so-called weakness, even if After weakening to this point, the seemingly "absolute strength" still seems to be established...?

The drone swarm has its own logic and wisdom. Before the threshold for dealing with the problem is reached, they will automatically and spontaneously mobilize the resources they can mobilize to deal with the problems they encounter.

If they encounter a problem they can't handle, they report it back to their operators, who coordinate with each other to solve most of the problems they encounter. If the problems cannot be solved, they notify their superior commanders and captains, If the captain still cannot solve the problem, the problem is escalated to the fleet block commander and then to higher command...

They may eventually reach themselves, or reach the general flagship, or reach the core territory of the entire empire...

This is somewhat familiar, and also has some strange "déjà vu" feeling...

Countless fractals complete their tasks, and countless fractals are pieced together to form more complex and advanced patterns. These patterns are spliced ​​to each other layer by layer, and eventually the entire empire is spliced...

Everyone will not be overwhelmed by orders and tasks, because everyone is working and responsible - everyone works together to piece together this huge collective that can grow to infinity as it develops.

Among them, every level is important enough. This is not a sentiment, but a real fact. Logically speaking, this group is now back into actual operation for the first time, but now it seems that the expected contradictions have only appeared a lot. The less part, the more seems to have... disappeared into the invisible.

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"Of course this will be familiar..."

"Such basic rules and operating systems have been in operation since the Federation era..." Deep in Victorville's heart, the words wanted to appear, but they were swallowed back in the end. After all... the Star Empire is the Star Empire. A civilized national entity, not one’s own.

"But now it seems... such a pyramid structure with only one spire, would it be too isolated and direct?" Not long after, some of the underlying thinking threads fed back similar conjectures, "If this is possible, then The solution...appropriately let go of the control of the observer plan elements, and consider that the current and future world management facilities are ultimately responsible for the entire empire...? Multiple supreme rulings and different value emphasis tendencies...?"

"No matter whether we encounter problems or not, we should first make a sufficient number of possible plans here..."

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The first "expedition" did not make any discoveries that could be said to be epoch-making or innovative in nature - this was to be expected. It can even be said that the empire originally planned to obtain "new values" during this expedition. The possibility itself is slim... Although there may still be life that feels slightly disappointed, the plan itself still goes smoothly.

"Feedback from the first use of drone swarms interacting with parts of the real world has confirmed that all preset fleet structures have high operational value in specific environments. Considering the current surrounding void environment, it can be considered that decentralized expansion should be adopted The operating structure of the fleet, relevant ideas and information have been uploaded and can be checked..."

"The Observer Project has begun preliminary operations..."

"The route facilities have been laid, and the ratio of the representation intensity of all worlds to its own information intensity is the currently achievable limit level... Relevant facilities have begun production again and are trying to be put into trial operation..."

The empire has weakened, but for a long time in the past, the empire did have its own technology and memories.

The empire has not collapsed, and the parts that were once fragile and difficult to function can be made up for by the increase in total volume - they may no longer be as powerful and omnipotent as they once were, but now, they are by no means a sick body that has declined.

"The functions of weights are probably endless..."

In the void, some worlds were created - they were divided along the former routes, they were quite sparse, the communication between them was quite secretive, they were like shadows that accidentally flashed around the corner.

They are a symbol of the empire’s territory beginning to revive and spread, and they are the flesh, blood and nerves of new civilization and the extension of life...

"There's still a lot to do."