Star Empire

Invisible erosion spread. Faced with the sudden and huge changes, the imperial beings stationed here tried to struggle, but their will and souls were quickly swallowed up.

Between the oscillating white and gold, a few indescribable pink lights quietly melted the lines of reality.

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"There is a missing node report in the fifth day area."

"There is a missing node report in the tenth day area."

"On the 15th day, the district intercepted records of high-intensity control and authority struggles."

As the direct warning system failed, more reserve warning systems began to transmit information about the accident to all parts of the empire.

Communications reporting emergencies are purified and simplified as quickly as possible and then sent to a dedicated processing center.

However, in the face of these abnormal situations that were blooming all over the empire, even the most elite team in the empire could not come up with strong enough evidence to explain the situation in a short period of time, as well as a comprehensive and effective proposal.

"Your Majesty, this incident is very difficult and strange. We are currently unable to give a reasonable possibility argument. We can only...explain the current reality." Facing countless pairs of eyes staring at him, from the empire Chiefs and commanders everywhere could only express their inability to do anything.

"The nodes in the fifth and tenth day areas may have encountered the same event as the nodes in the fifteenth day area. The records sent back by the fifteenth day area indicate that the local imperial facilities encountered an invasion from an unknown source. The current Imperial defense systems are unable to effectively resist such an invasion."

"What does "unable to carry out effective resistance" mean?" Facing the humanoid projections floating in front of them, the emperors, including Vidoville, were not satisfied with this explanation.

"According to the interception records obtained from the 15th day area, it only takes...no more than five minutes for the giant communication facility at the node trident level to be completely invaded."

"And this is under the premise that the fifteenth day zone has a secondary weight effect. The nodes in the fifth and fifteenth day zones... are not expected to be breached for more than three minutes."

"Five minutes? Three minutes?!" Vidoville's attention carefully scanned all the reports, "The records of the 15th day area indicate that the unknown intruder may have extremely high pollution capabilities and cannot be found at all. Didn't see any obvious signs of intrusion... Is it a problem caused by false information?!"

"Your Majesty Vidoville, this is unlikely. The possibility of spontaneous large-scale interaction between false information and reality is very slim, and even if there is interaction, it will inevitably be a very obvious phenomenon." As for Vidoville's guess, the same Scholars probing the matter expressed denial.

"If the intrusion source that invaded hundreds of nodes in three areas is a virtual information structure...such a large-scale interaction should bring hundreds of "breakdowns". Based on our past records and experience, this This kind of intensity of information disturbance is no less than creating hundreds of complete world branches in an instant - without us having to detect it, the void environment where the entire empire is located can be completely lit up by them until it is like "day", but now... There is no trace in the void to indicate that such an event had occurred.

"Is it...possible that it is the product of the "superposition" of memes and emergence phenomena?" Vidoville "looked" to the other side, seemingly because he was worried that he might carry dangerous infectious memes, and was studying this topic. People always have the habit of subconsciously staying away from others, even when they meet in the form of projection.

"Memes... At present, we have organized efforts to compare the mother copies of 6.97 million memes in 2,655 large libraries. Currently... we have found 27 types that may lead to invasion. Meme parent. It currently appears that the parent of these memes does not support the proliferation of the information they carry to this level."

"As for the phenomenon of emergence... there is no limit to the probability and possibility in the void. If you look at it from the perspective of possibility, anything that happens in the void is possible. But... according to the current records, this possibility It appears too abrupt now, like a huge sharp corner suddenly appearing in a smooth curve." Researchers in the 16th Sky Area also gave their own conclusions.

"It is currently impossible to determine whether the source is the ontology, but what is certain now is that... it is highly contagious and aggressive, and it can transmit information to the outside and cause proliferation and spread..."

"Your Majesty Wheeler?"

"False information... we have overlooked something." Marion Wheeler seemed to remember something. He did not respond directly to the people around him, but seemed to be caught in some kind of soliloquy: "This unknown invasion... …The common factor shared by the targets of their invasion is…Five (5)!”

"?!" The imperial rulers who were listening to the report suddenly realized that Wheeler's words were not spoken to everyone. They were only passed on to them who were also emperors.

"There are a large number of "five (5)" factors in our safety equipment, our safety reserves, and our safety concepts... It is not that such factors cannot appear, but if they appear on a large scale with such regularity, we must Consider a possibility... there is one or several related "entities" in the void, which can make these factors have effects, just like the "three (3) factors" we use come from the perturbation of Σ , there may be a "fifth entity" in the void..."

"This... is not impossible, but we currently do not have any definite records to show that such a result can be established-"

"Memes are everywhere. Everything about us can be summarized as memes as long as it is related to the transmission and diffusion of information. It's just that these memes usually don't have their own obvious boundaries. If we ourselves are a river, then they are the flow of the river. The flowing water drops and waves, but the memetic entities that we have definitely separated... They are like stones and sand carried by the river, and are incompatible with everything around them. However, before they are recognized, they themselves can be compared with the general realities coexist and interpenetrate each other in some ways..."

"……Um……"

"It seems that in our safety regulations and future plans... the total number of factors related to "five" is indeed more than the theoretical normal value... This deserves further research..."

"If the content of the report is indeed true, then the explanation that the facilities cannot face the spread of contamination...their protective systems may have been penetrated...?! Then we-?!"

"War signals have appeared in the fifth, tenth, and fifteenth districts!" The sudden war alarm suddenly interrupted the meeting, which was becoming increasingly tense.

"what happened?!"

"The void survey radar array team discovered the descriptive narrative of war!"

"An error occurred in the empire's network permission system - some node permission restriction protocols were breached!"

"There are fluctuations in the properties of the empire's borders - there is an abnormality in the borders of the empire's overall simulation model!"

"An attack trace has been detected, friend or foe is being identified... The attacking party is - the Imperial Fleet!!"

"The probability of crisis events has increased, and the probability calculation and the emergence possibility calculation are jointly performed - it is speculated that a high-intensity war may occur!"

"...The empire authority system blocks all authority of out-of-control nodes, shuts down all services of the empire network to abnormal nodes, and shifts the judgment of behavior to the mode corresponding to the wartime emergency state!" Faced with this series of sudden alarms, the maintenance team Dowell immediately issued the first response order.

"All current regulations of the empire are suspended. Immediately revise all laws, regulations and regulations of the empire. Reinterpret the safety measures of the empire's existing creations in a completely different form and implement them immediately!" At the same time as Vidoville issued the order, from Weisrifan's order also arrived at the same time.

"Lil?!"

"Intuition - but there is no qualitative difference when compared with the results obtained by the demonstration. Among the reasons why disconnected nodes cannot respond effectively when encountering high-intensity intrusions, the "Five (5) Factors" we use extensively are very It may become a springboard for the unknown "fifth entity" to spread its own power!" Vesrifan quickly said to Vidoville in private.

"Execute the order immediately!"

"Emergency modification corresponds to such a scale... Yes, yes! Prioritize modification of all communication lines, and put the backup underlying protocol into use!" This order was very sudden and involved a huge scope, but after confirming that the emperors had no objections, these orders It was delivered and executed as quickly as possible.

The order was given. The changes that need to be made are broadcast throughout the empire. They flow rapidly in the thin clouds and mist at the base of the void, spanning and covering countless worlds. The stream of light spread rapidly, and wherever the light touched, everything seemed to have been pressed the stop button in an instant - then they began to struggle and rub, adjust their lowest structure and change the overall algorithm, in order to reconnect with Empire's new requirements match.

"Calibrate the deduction results of each team, restart the void survey radar and illuminate the relevant targets and rewrite the focus story!"

"Abnormal nodes cannot be reconnected! The number of nodes with abnormal behavior detected has spread!"

"The field life itself is divided for preservation - fast!"

"Carry out extensive regional quarantine. After the quarantine is completed, recycle and back up knowledge according to the preset plan!"

"Block all key frequencies of the void and adjust the world barrier fusion key!"

"The overall system of the empire is lagging! The total amount of information in an instant is too large, and some instructions are determined to be invalid!"

"All fleets are mobilized and ready to deal with possible situations at any time! The possible situations have been integrated and information transmission has begun!"

Abnormalities are spreading rapidly, and relying solely on the Internet for adjustment can no longer reverse the situation. The empire's state machinery and war machinery are being mobilized quickly, and the huge fleet has quickly completed preparations. The empire needs them to go to the battlefield and assess the abnormal situation.

"Your Majesty, currently...in the Identification Friend or Foe system, the abnormal nodes that appear are behavioral abnormalities, rather than existence abnormalities and attribution abnormalities. If effective communication cannot be carried out, or the reason for their abnormalities cannot be confirmed...should we directly Kill them?" Before leaving, the commanders suddenly asked.

"If they do become 'them', fire and show no mercy."

"yes."

"Your Majesty, it has been confirmed that the original missing node has launched an attack on the imperial facilities, and the record is not an isolated case!" Before the fleet set off, some worlds near the front line finally began to send back fragmented reports sporadically. These reports were quickly pieced together into a broad outline of the Empire's current situation:

On this map, many nodes began to be marked with blood color, which symbolizes emergency - which means that the war is rapidly expanding.

"——Attack!!"