Star Empire

"——Attack!!"

The order echoed throughout the Empire. At this time, the rebels who had inexplicably started a civil war in the eyes of most people began a fierce exchange of fire with the fleets that were still loyal to the Empire.

In the void, the flames of war were scattered in all directions. However, although this battle seems to be huge in scale and progress is chaotic, for both parties participating in the exhibition, they have a common combat idea and follow a common logic:

First, you need to determine which of the various things that may happen in the future is most likely. Then use the inference results obtained in the previous step to determine where the next battlefield is most likely to be.

Then, the "eyes" of the void survey radars will look at the places in the void where the stories are densest and the changes are the most intense. The void survey radars will piece together what can be called prophetic stories from the fluctuations in the void. These stories will predict the next direction of the war.

The high-precision scanning of VHF nonlinear radars will cover the most noteworthy parts of those waves. The target will be further clarified. Using this method, both sides can carry out precise attacks on the other party's armed forces across the void.

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"The pressure on the Sixth and Ninth Divisions has increased, and the flow of computing resources has been adjusted."

"The fleet joint shield is operating in good condition, the firepower output conversion process in each area is smooth, the shield is complete, and the information sealing and isolation capabilities are higher than the safety threshold."

"The fleet combatants are in good mental condition. The actual intensity and density of the fleet's area have been confirmed by a third-party perspective review model, and it has been determined that the relevant indicators are within the specified range."

"The number of iteration layers of virtual information projection is slowly rising - virtual information projection is operating well."

"Isolation protection is online, and the final inspection is completed. The protection system is operating in good condition. Try to invade the enemy's communication network and intercept relevant information..."

When abnormalities first began to appear, "both sides" had already begun to prepare everything. It was as if the actions and instructions engraved in the soul were subconsciously executed by the body and wisdom. When the situation became slightly clearer, everything was completely different from the recent past.

In the world, there is a crazy line of fire between two brilliant barriers that can divide all time and space.

Scorching artillery fire and various missiles that penetrated countless dimensions of time and space like torrential rains crazily gnawed at the golden-red light beams that penetrated the sky and the earth. The white-hot dismantling jets struck from the Amps to the Spear and Star-Awakened Fortress and other super flagships. It was fired from the muzzle, creating variable ripples on the joint shield that were enough to light up large-scale fibers.

While the ripples shook the crazy and confusing light, invisible tsunamis hit again and again from the center of the torn world to the two sides formed after the world was torn apart, hitting the calculation cores of countless ships in the fleet and sending out waves. The peak of wave pressure.

In the depths of the split star sea, as if hearing some kind of call, countless bright points of light lit up from the depths of the brightest and densest star clusters. They spread rapidly along the invisible network and spread all over the world.

Under the clear and dark sky, the fixed weapons among the stars once again burst out with powerful firepower that could overturn the endless sea of ​​stars.

Less firepower was intercepted, while the remaining firepower hit its target without delay.

The star network of the empire world is dotted with the empire's most powerful firepower base stations - as permanent nodes, they do not need to carry many systems like battleships and ensure efficient and coordinated operation between systems. They only need to ensure their own Able to output firepower of the highest scale and intensity with the most precision.

And relying on the vast world space and solid order environment as their foundation, they can unscrupulously pile up their own attributes to meet almost extreme needs.

Artillery, missiles, scan waves, broadcast fields, magic, runes, distortion?

They carry opposing and fragmented information operation methods, and contain contradictions and confrontations between both parties. The violent conflict that goes deep into the unified level no longer matters what form it takes.

The inheritance of the empire, the culture of the empire, and the choice of the empire have long been entangled in the status quo that determines what they are now, but they are only superficial.

Laws, constants, and the basic logic of existence are constantly being tampered with by repeated battles. Both sides try their best to tear apart everything their opponents have.

The protection system formed by extraordinary information can resist such fragmentation and differences, but in the face of the constantly distorted and crazy environment, these protection systems also need to obtain sufficient resources to maintain sufficient effects - maintaining these effects will cause huge damage to the calculation core pressure and greatly compress their redundancy.

Once they enter an overloaded state and are unable to immediately devote more resources to resisting newer attacks, the damage those "new" attacks can cause will increase dramatically.

…

"Everyone, let's summarize the current situation." Inside the barrier-class ship as the flagship of the fleet, the commander-in-chief of the fleet looked at all the people present. There is an ominous atmosphere in the management center responsible for coordinating the world's defense line, and a cloud of confusion and confusion hangs in the hearts of every individual.

"...What is certain is that the enemies we are currently facing are "sane lunatics". Their inner being must have undergone tremendous changes, but their logical system and reason are still highly clear."

The deputy commander of the fleet replied quickly. At the same time, a data stream formed by a large amount of intelligence collection began to flow between the consciousness of the people in the congregation.

"It can be seen that the enemy's armed forces are very suitable for the current battlefield environment in terms of overall layout and detailed scheduling and are extremely efficient." The deputy commander pointed at various details in the data stream and quickly analyzed, "And, if this continues If we go on... we can’t rule out that they, or what can be called ‘them’, will choose to use a more radical formation.”

"...This video has been filtered many times, and after being tested with the highest precision at present, the source with the ability to infect cannot be detected." The source of the information flow began to change, and a staff officer reported his findings: "They are like It seems like I have received some kind of call, but at present we are not sure about this, and we are not even sure whether this "call" actually exists."

"This is……"

The video was so realistic that everyone seemed to be immersed in the scene: the fleet violated regulations and stopped over a bustling city group.

When they saw the strange situation over the city overhead, the individuals living in the city first evaded according to the empire's previous standard procedures. But soon, countless figures walked out of the protective system. They formed small groups of people and were sucked into the fleet hovering above the city.

"Are they... still mumbling something?" Several consciousnesses noticed the details: "What did they say?"

"Liars, incompetent people, executioners, people stained with blood... These words have been analyzed, and they are all used to attack the rulers of the empire."

"...This is strange. Such a large-scale transformation should not be without warning. Even if there is really no warning, at least we should be able to detect certain "lesions" in these individuals. Hmm..." The tall and serious figure frowned and frowned, "Medical officer? Are there any further results from the anatomical analysis?"

"Still need to wait..."

"There should be at least phased results, right? Or... where's the progress report?"

"Still need to wait..."

"Why [need to wait]?!" The fleet commander vaguely felt that something was not right, and he directly pulled the fleet medical officer, who seemed to be in a strange state, out of another cabin.

However, before he could react further, the medical officer who was held by his collar suddenly showed a video to the commander - in the video, several doctors were giving instructions around an individual who was fixed by a force field and a protective barrier. They were watching and analyzing, but soon, they stood there one after another, as if they had lost their lives and souls.

"...?!!" Just as the fleet commander was confused, he suddenly saw that several "doctors" in the video were all looking at him... not at the surveillance or the source of the video, they were looking at him! At the same time, he noticed that the faces of those "doctors" were gone, replaced by some kind of rough skin covered with bumps, spots and fuzz!

"What?!"

"boom!"

A powerful force hit the fleet commander and forced all his shields to activate. He was surprised to find that it was the medical officer in front of him who attacked him!

"Kill him!" the fleet commander roared immediately, but soon he discovered that his guards did not come.

"What?!" At this time, he realized that everything he had just experienced left no trace in his clock system. The clock system oozed a little pink, as if it was rotten.

In the activated hull, pairs of "eyes" with a vicious light were fixed on him.

"...Damn it!!"

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"Commander, the pressure on the fleet in this area is increasing. Some resources are about to enter a "run" state, and the increase rate cannot meet the requirements of the rules."

After the joint shield calmed down from the crazy flash again, the person responsible for maintaining the defense system reported the current situation to the fleet.

"Maintain the status quo for the time being and find the main weak points and presumed overload points of the enemy's joint shield."

"Order all offensive units to conduct a joint attack with self-defense firepower in the world, targeting the enemy's third, sixth, seventh, and ninth suspected weak points! The sixth missile cluster attacks the first weak point!"

"yes!"

"...The pressure on the fleet continues to increase. Unexpectedly...we need to engage in such an intense battle with the imperial fleet, and we need to regard "ourselves" as the enemy." Although there is no outward appearance, deep down, the commander and each The people responsible still feel a little sad.

It is hard to imagine what kind of powerful and unknown force can pollute the will and wisdom of the empire to such an extent in such a short period of time, allowing them to carry out such high-level operations without the support of the empire's authority system. The battle was intense and... orderly.

At this time, it is still not possible to confirm what happened on the other side of the line of fire, but there are some things that can be determined - the other side still maintains the various rules established by the empire before: the safety regulations of the empire's creations, the unrestricted anti-crowding plan, the empire's basic development philosophy... …

These were originally "life-saving tools" used by the empire to fight against unknown disasters, and they were also some of the "confirmations of ideas" of the empire. But when these spears and shields are used against oneself...

As important as they once were, they are now just as difficult to deal with.

The battlefield is constantly expanding with the proliferation of both sides. The world's former borders are being melted, disintegrated and reorganized. On both sides of the front line of fire, the source of the variables, the bright sea of ​​purple and gold stars, became increasingly dense and vast.

All combat units on both sides are rapidly multiplying and expanding, pushing this battle into an endless abyss of stalemate.

"The overall existence attributes of the enemy fleet are expanding rapidly, and it has been confirmed that it is in line with the growth rate stipulated in the unlimited anti-crowding plan. Our combat system has also undergone an equivalent expansion."

"Well, continue to look for the enemy's weak points. Our joint shield refresh frequency will continue to increase and the vulnerable range will be replenished at any time."

"clear."

"Continue to launch shield-ablating missiles, and the next wave of "infiltration" invades the combat team into a state of preparation, suppressing the chaotic area on the edge of the enemy, and speeding up the flow of time on our side..."

Both parties are so knowledgeable that they can guess most of the enemy's actions and even all of their next steps and intentions without much pre-judgment.

"If the fight continues like this, it is very likely that the stalemate will not only be about the current war situation in this world..." Facing the rapidly expanding "star sea" and the other side's shield wall that extends to the sky and the earth, the commander Hidden alarms sounded from the bottom of their hearts.

Although a world can be expanded without limit through various means. But for the current battle, doing so will only make the situation more stalemate.

Faced with a war that is gradually heading towards a stalemate, the commanders are worried that if this continues, if the scale of both sides continues to increase like a see-saw, the fleet or the world will sooner or later lose control. It doesn't matter if the world collapses. If the rebels' fleets get out of control, they will disperse into the void, which will cause more serious problems.

However, the most serious problem is not this, but——

The enemy—those rebellious former empires. How did they manage to become evenly matched with themselves in such a short period of time?

The commanders once again unearthed these scattered but conspicuous anomalies: in the previous records given by the empire, the absolute size of the fleets that were missing or encountered invasion was not small, but their relative size should not be directly comparable to their own teams. Tie - the fleets from the core of the empire set off with a crushing attitude, every one of them was like this!

The enemies in front of him... In the final analysis, they are just special mission fleets capable of destroying world-level communication nodes. They should not be comparable to the imperial battle fleets that engage in large-scale frontal combat...

"How on earth was it done? To expand to such a large scale in such a short period of time - this has far exceeded the current technological limits of the empire!"

"Joint cracking completed - part of the enemy's communication record analysis has been completed!"

"Reality distortion-cognitohazard-covert meme joint inspection revealed a level three anomaly, which was encapsulated for protection. The contamination check has been completed, and it has been placed in a sandbox to simulate and run and look for possible anomalies... The inspection is completed and the abnormal part has been sealed. "

"The automatic system check is completed, and the behavior value judgment calculation is carried out... and the active judgment and observation of intelligent life are carried out."

"..." The commanders looked seriously at the constantly jumping flow of information, and soon, the people in charge of this part passed the outline and some details to themselves.

"These are...standard orders, coded expressions, actions with standard imperial wisdom and logic...Why did they become them, and what happened while all these are still retained..."

"The cracking continues, the concept part - this is?!"

"The nature...behavior...past...is this what it is?? But why does this lead to such a change? Haven't we made all the preparations we should for such an event? Haven't we really faced these problems? ……?"

"The problem is that……"

Silence fell quietly.

"So... what about us? What if we also become... the "wrong stage"?"

"If that's the case - then we need to be corrected...by whom? By what?"

"Where do these ideas - these ideas - come from?! Expulsion of abnormal ideas and thoughts..."

"It's useless, it's useless... After seeing all this, we are already its carrier... We can't find any abnormality through visual inspection. We need to activate it ourselves..."

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"The executioners...the emperors whose hands are stained with blood..."

…

After a brief silence, the line of fire quickly dimmed, and one of the walls of light quickly dissipated and melted, and then - all the elements quickly flowed to the other side.

This is the reason why the scale of "them" can expand by leaps and bounds.