Star Empire

A boundless chaos.

Countless lights and shadows shuttle between birth and death, like lightning passing through clouds. They can be seen and felt. They span vastness, depth, and huge spans, but behind the flashing light and shadow, everything seems to have always been shrouded in the depths of mist.

"The explosion of ideas. Flow from bottom to top."

".pollute"

"Block, purify. disinfect, betray."

"Prohibited, mobilized"

"well"

"Lil, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

A familiar, tangible voice came from around her. After Weisrifan's main senses were restored, she saw Vidoville beside her, as well as the two huge black "mountains" that had calmed down not far away in her field of vision.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." Wei Ruifan waved his hands and struggled to stand up. In Victorville's eyes, her eyes suddenly darkened, and she seemed to be in the middle of the boundless sky and sea. The surrounding reality and the disturbance and noise from reality quietly faded away, as if the existence on this small island was only These are just two consciousnesses.

"There is more than one perspective and starting point for looking at the problem - I saw some content, but they are fragmented. How long did I rest, and what happened to the empire during this time?"

"If calibrated according to the standard spindle, it will take one month." Vidoville shook his head slightly, "In short, our actions finally intensified the pressure, and the entire empire set off a large-scale wave of directional thinking. From this wave of thinking emerged a monster, and based on previously recovered observations and information feedback, it was determined that that "monster" was an "abstract manifestation" of a part of the Empire as a whole."

"After its appearance, most of the empire's existence began to be affected by it, and currently it seems that the monster's corresponding thinking and emotional activities have experienced excessively strong feedback - it has controlled many of the empire's existence, from thoughts to to take action. And we have temporarily lost control of the empire. Now we should be said to be "under house arrest" here."

"As for "what happened", as for "what actions they took", on this aspect" Vidoville "thought" for a moment, "the remaining debris of the second fault zone should be being completely wiped out now, The manipulated "they" accepted some of our suggestions, the troops related to the memetic/information virus have arrived, and the recovery work and other suppression work are currently taken over by "them". Other aspects can only be based on speculation. The trend of thought is looking for a breakthrough. But the specific targets it will affect are still uncertain."

"House arrest." Weisrifan frowned, "Approximately how many people are under "house arrest" here? How many exercisable permissions do we still have?"

"Most of the decision-making members of the empire are here. Dornier, Arcane Life IV and Field Life are currently not here." Victorville replied while thinking, "Donil is because of his life form. Li You know better why. The powerful mind disturbance and will perception abilities of arcane life IV can also be shielded from the outside world after being properly used. Field life forms are alive because of their special form of existence. Field. Although No. 1 had a "core", the significance of that "core" also declined after the interaction methods were restored and gradually strengthened."

"In addition, there are a large number of leaders and principals of research departments, research groups and other departmental organizations, as well as some regular individuals in the middle and lower classes. Compared with the zero line and the main body of the empire, the absolute number is higher, But the relative number is very small. Regarding the issue of permissions, we can only say that except for most of the freedom of remote cross-world movement, other permissions are still there, but the "effect" of these permissions is currently difficult to guarantee. Now, the entire empire network has Our services have been significantly slowed down, and the measures we can take now are limited. After all, the current basis for maintaining authority is no longer so "absolute."

"There are many other situations. Specific details have been formed and attached to the corresponding discourse fields, and expression search can be queried from them. However, this process is not mature yet, and the interaction may be slow." Vidoville finally added.

"The target of "their" actions is very likely to be the Observer Council. If it is more focused, it will be the civilizations observed by the Observer Council." Weisrifan said suddenly.

"Uh-oh"

"Vidoville, Wood, I know how you feel, and I also know what you will think and what you will say." As he spoke, Vidoville noticed that everything around him seemed further away from him.

"Now, some things cannot be discussed, but - now, 30 billion years have passed since the time when the tone was set, and two complete epochs have passed, but the tone that was set at that time has been The rules that were set span time and continue to this day across countless differences.”

"Woo--" The feeling of being spied on, the feeling of being spied on by myself, was squeezed out of nothingness, making it seem like a cold wind was blowing here.

"Anyway, I hope I can leave you with a chance to think." Weisruifan removed the surrounding shielding, allowing reality and everything in reality to return to the perceptible range. "It's still very wide here. If necessary, it won't be a problem to compress it into a small star. If necessary, it won't be a problem to let the sun expand like this. At least now, it won't be crowded here."

". Organize it, gather everyone together, we need to determine what we can do now and what we need to do." Vesrifan walked into the distance, towards the series of "new" buildings in the distance, Victorville Then he followed silently.

Two figures, their connection to the once grand network now a noose. In front of me, the inside and outside of the building, the building itself, the various ships and facilities surrounding the building like dots of stars are all connected to the same "noose". Behind him, on the huge void matrix and the arcane throne, the same "chain" extends out, extending into the distant void, extending to the void but huge monster. The zenith and feet, the calm ocean surface, are just like the "stars" in the sky. The same chain extends from them, connecting to the illusory "part" of the empire that should exist everywhere.

Same, too same.

"Everyone, the situation is urgent now, so don't stick to the formal content. We need to determine what we can do now and what we need to do now." In that series, it was obvious that it was anchored in a hurry. Among various arrays, Vesrifan brought many nodes into the current discussion.

"Based on the feedback results obtained from the current actual tests, it can be inferred that the empire's command transmission system has partially collapsed, and the transmission of some information in the echelon will be greatly hindered and interfered. The specific sources of the obstacles, as well as the obstacles and command information are currently being analyzed. Its own mode of functioning. Part of the information feedback structure across the empire has also been suspended due to these obstacles. At present, these obstacles will mainly affect the high-level steps of the command echelon, but the echelon itself can still operate, and the corresponding details, Detailed speculation and preliminary arguments are attached."

"So at the current level of the empire, are there any aspects that are large enough to pose a threat to the existence and continuation of the empire itself, requiring us to make major orders after comparing and weighing a large amount of information?" Weisruifan asked.

"The only projects that can cause major trauma to the empire are large-scale death wave pollution. At present, no large-scale information loss or missing links have been detected. The results of the void survey radar show that there are currently some parts of the void far away from the empire. The weak echo can confirm that there are no traces of giant fault zones outside the current boundaries of the empire. And according to the multiple fitting curves we have drawn so far, at least 10,000 empire main axis years, our somatosensory scale years will not There will be new periodic Death Tide Gates that jointly erupt with enough Death Tides to be recorded as a "single event". Within 250,000 years, a large-scale cluster of Death Tide Gates that can pose a substantial threat to the empire will erupt. The probability of occurrence is extremely low.”

"And that "monster". The data that has been determined so far shows that its "hostility" is currently affecting us more. If the current speculation is correct, it is essentially part of the existence attributes of the entire empire, and is a certain type of empire. If it is an abstract concept or an "entity combination" of ideas, then it is unnecessary and meaningless to attack the empire itself. As for the overall existence attribute, any internal attack will weaken its entirety. Everyone in the empire knows this content, and even that "Life" has special perception and cannot directly understand the meaning of our knowledge and information. It should be discovered after several collisions. However, this is current speculation. At present, this part of the content still needs to be monitored as widely as possible. "

"This is a currently identified project that may directly threaten the existence of the empire itself. Other projects include the invasion of other civilizations of the same level or higher, the overall change of the void environment, the overall change or collapse of the lowest-level rules of information operation, and the emergence of other Large-scale void beings or void beings that can reach metaphysical and equivalent levels attack the empire, etc. But the likelihood of their appearance is low."

"In the last era, the empire's territory spanned too many currently known borders. Even the current void survey radar array is no longer able to scan such a vast territory. And in the last era, the expansion of the empire has swept across Those areas and almost completely wiped out everything. According to records, some of the self-proliferating base stations or weapons we created in the past may attack the empire due to confusion of instructions, but they are all within the identification range of the void survey radar array. And those at the bottom Project, considering that the Empire is currently enveloped by the "weight effect", the possibility of their outbreak is too small."

"Okay, Cavinriel, Isendel, Zhai Cahir, Ikarim, Erwin, this information is of guiding significance." Weiss Ruifan affirmed to them. "Then the next question - what do we need to do now and what can we do?"

"Now, we are not suitable to take any large-scale substantive actions, especially those that are offensive, or "aggressive in the collective perception", that is, actions that are too far away from the blazing sun." Ai Si Kate and Xihe Wuyi responded quickly, "Currently, the edge of the order barrier in the Void Fierce Sun has been occupied by the imperial fleet and some armed fortresses. According to the results of the void survey radar scan, these facilities may intercept some people trying to leave the order field. Information body. The current specific interception objects still need to be confirmed. Judging from the current environment and actual situation, this current test cannot be implemented."

"Currently, all we can do is research - dealing with problems that we have not yet explained clearly or newly discovered theories, etc. This is the general term for the categories of events that we can currently do with the smallest risk and the greatest possible related benefits. .”

Xihe Wuyi and Eisendel exchanged information with each other, "We have calculated the current situation inside the Void Fierce Sun, and we have determined that a large number of important researchers and "supporting personnel" engaged in related tasks have come to this area. , they are spread across various fields. This means that we only need to restore the corresponding hardware conditions. For example, we can restore the production of various environment generators, complete the mathematical rate calculation arrays that need to be used when performing huge amounts of information interactive calculations, etc., and then research Work can begin again from here, and it can be done to keep them functioning as reliably as they normally would in the Empire."

"After arriving here, because we have previously determined the existence of a large number of "National Ignition Devices" deep in the blazing sun, we obtained the authorization from your soul perception and the authorization of Vidoville to explore the shallow part of the blazing sun. In addition to the large number of imperial artifacts that were urgently recovered with the retreat during the great decline of the empire, we have also discovered more imperial artifacts belonging to the previous era, and based on comparison, we are extremely confident that those artifacts are in Pretty good stable states. They're both extremely valuable research subjects."

"Beyond that, maybe we can make some plans, some more long-term, more--"

"Woo-buzz--" Some kind of weird "roar" came from nowhere, and it seemed to be screaming deep in the heart. The "chains" on everyone's body suddenly became brighter, and the feeling of being spied on, having their own eyes peering into their own thoughts, and peeping into their own secrets also increased.

"They will not be considered for the time being." Weisrifan responded calmly.

"After all, from the very beginning of our empire, or our civilization, to the present, in the perception of civilization, nearly 80 billion years have passed."

"During this period, civilization continued to change everything about itself, constantly enriching better qualities, and allowing inferior qualities to be eliminated and sealed."

"The inferior qualities have been eliminated, and what has been accumulated over tens of billions of years is the essence left by civilization in each era. Each and every one of them plays a vital role in the survival and development of civilization. effect."

Everyone listened to Weisrifan's somewhat incomprehensible words in astonishment. At the same time, they felt that they seemed to be "brightening". It was not emitting some kind of flash or releasing some kind of field, but the attribute of their own existence. The representation of existence attributes is rapidly increasing, and it seems that I am being noticed by more and more people, becoming the focus of attention of countless people.

"They have no meaning of change or replacement, and they are not allowed to "【▇】" "change"."

After the words stopped, the surroundings became dark again, and all the strange feelings completely dissipated, as if this had never happened.