Star Empire

Strive to create reality that conforms to itself and is indestructible.

However, he has to navigate through this impenetrable gap to the point of no return, and then face the worst and most terrifying outcomes that he is never willing to face in this zone.

Yes, it is so contradictory.

There are always various contradictions in the development and growth of wisdom and life. In the real environment where wisdom and life live, there are also various contradictions. Contradictions, or groups of opposites, are generating and destroying themselves, and at the same time, they are also prompting changes in surrounding things and entities.

The existence of contradictions is detrimental to the development of life and wisdom.

The existence of contradiction is beneficial to the development of life and wisdom.

Even if they coexist, that is not a contradiction.

The endless nightmares around him began to dissipate, and the body covered with horrific wounds moved forward in the endless tunnel. Although everything around him, from the small accessories within reach to the large ocean of light across the sky, they all really existed, even if I have been walking in this corridor for who knows how long, and the nightmares that haunt me have not changed at all.

But without change, this bruised "man" has been paying attention to a value that is constantly rising - the Hume value. Its rise means that he is gradually approaching the real reality.

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"I'm..." Vidoville struggled to wake up. In front of him was the ceiling that was not too far away from him, and some distorted light coming from the boundary next to his field of vision.

"How is this going……??"

"Give yourself some time to allow all the senses and functions of your body to fully recover and restart... You are too deep in your dream." Weisrifan's voice came from beside him, dispersing the chaos that had begun to pile up in his perception again.

"... Restart the ability to read reality intensity... Calibrate the Hume index measurement standard... Restart multiple filters, modify the effective arrangement, superimpose three ranks and original optical perspectives... Restart the ability to read world information, restart the ultra-deep field radar array , access the corresponding input content... The connection with the empire network is stable, restart individual feedback..."

One message after another flashed across Vidoville's eyes. The expression of these messages begins with optical etching, which is the earliest and closest to the level of primitive civilization. Moreover, as the branches of Vidoville's own senses and cognition are restarted, the way in which these feedback items present themselves also rapidly upgrades.

"...What a nightmare." When Vidoville recovered, he regained the ability to face reality and organize his dreams.

"Yes, but all this is not absolutely impossible. We still need to make preparations." Weisrifan responded casually.

Victorville sat up and sighed softly.

Real events, abnormal existences, abnormal disasters, cultural orientation, ideological orientation, death wave crisis, the wreckage of Σ, and even existences enough to be called "gods" by Σ... Each of them has a certain impact on the planet. It is difficult to predict the impact that civilization may have. At the same time, no one can guarantee that all kinds of extreme situations will not happen at all.

"...Lil, how are you doing?" After murmuring briefly, Victorville suddenly asked as if waking up from a dream, "I remember that you have also reached the deepest level."

"Fortunately, after all, we have determined over the years that I am stronger in terms of strength and weight effect. I don't have a big problem." Wei Ruifan waved his hand. "Recovery times are within expectations and there have been no delays."

"The data...has been collected?"

"Well, the comprehensive report is here and it's all done."

"They can further consolidate the current emergency danger response measures, and can also provide more precise directionality. Once the disaster that may destroy the entire empire and even the entire civilization completely breaks out and is beyond control, it is so severe that even we are unable to reverse it... …At least we still have the ability to evacuate the empire’s huge number of medium and low-level life forms.” Weisrifan said slowly, “For example, changing their life forms and forcibly deflecting their identities so that they can integrate into other races… I hope There is a way that could be useful then.”

"But... this part cannot be tested after all." Vidoville shook his head, "When the environment that can test these preparations really appears, they will need to be put to use directly - we can only build models through to test them, but we cannot be sure whether they can be effective and timely when they are really needed... I hope they can play their due role at that time - no, I hope they will never really play a role, always only It can be used as an effective reserve and be pressed at the bottom of the box..."

"..."

Silently, under the escort of the imperial garrison fleet like stars, and under the endless sea of ​​boiling fire of the scorching sun, the two figures hugged each other tightly - everything around them was still there, and they were not broken. . And...it's so nice to be able to see each other's bodies and souls still intact and healthy in a familiar environment...

"...Tell me something happy." The girl in her arms suddenly said, "xs4028 has completed the primary stage of study. The surveillance team and relevant departments have formed a joint report - his changes are stable and there is no discovery. Any instability—whether in the mind and soul, or in abilities and actual conduct.”

"Well, that's really good... After the primary stage, he should have already started to make decisions about the intermediate education he will receive... Speaking of which, how are the empire's general textbooks organized now? I should remember these, Looking at it now, my memory may still be a bit messy... In the past, there seemed to be many versions with a lot of errors and omissions."

"Hey, it's more than just a mistake..." Weisrifan didn't intend to sugarcoat this.

"It can be said that for a long time, including the teaching material system, the entire empire's knowledge system was in a mess - 30 billion years plus the already insignificant millions of years of continuous extraction of knowledge, plus the inability to Thinking about the dilemma of being unable to prove and having to immediately use transformational force, and the final attack...the empire's knowledge system is like a rubble ruin formed by a broken tower."

"Many knowledge theories and everything related to them cannot even distinguish the era and usage, and we can't even distinguish the sequence between them. Even... for a long time, we didn't know whether they should have been As a type of content that has been eliminated, it has been sealed into the depths of history or simply swept into the trash."

“Development measures the vast majority of people in the radical seats, the extreme seats and the conservative seats in the parliament... They appear in those seats, and these ancient mistakes lead to misdirection. But at least, everything is changing for the better. ." Vidoville rubbed the girl's long, silky hair. "Ah, come to think of it, the latest version of the educational materials has at least ensured a coherent and complete syllabus structure, with relatively clear dividing lines and connections between the various parts."

"It should be better in the future... everyone is very positive, and the positive atmosphere can be turned into actual gains and strength to give back to everyone..."

"However, we can't forget--" The two of them let go of their embrace and stared into each other's eyes, as if they were checking each other's sanity and spirit.

"We must not forget that the problems in textbooks and teaching systems were deliberately created by the empire. Many textbooks at the intermediate and advanced education levels use ancient knowledge that contains errors and omissions, not because the compilers and reviewers who wrote them were not timely. But everything happened for a reason." The two looked into each other's eyes and repeated the words in unison.

"It doesn't seem to be a problem." Vidoville nodded.

"Huh? Is there a new temporary communication request? The temporary task line... is connected. Weisrifan connected the request - it was sent by the representative of the person in charge of the joint exploration in the dead tide field.

"Your Majesty, the construction and testing of all exploration facilities have been completed. The experimental world's suppression system is stable, the boundaries of the Dead Tide Gate are stable, and the number of spare facilities meets the highest recommended value requirements of the empire's specifications. The detection conditions are ready."

"After completing all testing processes and ensuring that all indicators meet the corresponding requirements, the test will begin." The two looked at each other, and the relevant approval process was completed in an instant. After the two people packaged their requirements, just like the previous report, they added an active recipient header to the feedback, and then sent them out for execution.

"wait me back."

"Um."

The figure in front of Weisrifan turned into a stream of light and left here. Afterwards, Weisrifan also left here. When the residents here left, the facilities in the room entered silent mode one after another, and all access control and protection systems also entered the locked state.

Under the vast stars, on the sea of ​​blazing fire, the black giant wings have completed all preparations. With the slight flicker of light and shadow, they quickly disappeared from the order field.

Under the vast stars, on the sea of ​​blazing fire, a small, delicate female figure is so small and insignificant.

Brilliant prominences streaked past her. At her feet, the storm set off by the sea of ​​fire that was enough to burn the world into non-existent scorched earth passed over an insignificant point in the sky.

The wind blew through the hem of her clothes and the ribbon hanging from her shoulders, and blew through her hair. The surrounding prominences and star crowns were dancing, swaying slightly with the hem of her clothes and long hair.

Everything here is an extension of her, just like her most solemn and luxurious dress. In the depths of her eyes, most of the entire empire's territory was "hidden" as the background. On the background, there were several rings surrounding her and the points between the rings were exceptionally bright.

Power is mobilized once again. While mobilizing his power, Weisruifan carefully examined the activities of his soul, and also paid attention to the responses given by all the sensors.

"The clearing of the navigation area has been completed. An increase in the intensity of the Void Fierce Sun activity has been detected. The comprehensive parameters of the Fierce Sun wind field activity have been determined... The range of changes in the first differential unit is 1.01, 1.04, 1.13..."

The weight creation from the ancient civilization beats slowly but powerfully. It is like the heart of the entire civilization, pumping huge power into the distance through the wind.

The invisible torrent of information splashes in the order field. However, the buildings and fleets in the Order Field do not need to do anything to additionally protect themselves - they will not be harmed. Although these information flows are powerful, the changes they will induce are the same as "on the path." existence" has nothing to do with it.

Once again, the clear directionality is on full display - it may have been present, overtly or covertly, for many years, but its unique qualities are still noteworthy.

Such precise directivity was urgently needed but elusive for the entire empire for a long time. It is only recently that the disappearing technologies that once came from the Σ civilization have new possibilities to be recovered, and those things that have been done in the past have new hope of being repeated...

The Queen's eyes could see that deep within those bright dots and rings, there were dark patches that could corrupt her own gaze. Compared to the huge world itself, those small patches that can be called completely incomparable in size are incomparable to the former, but the corrupt atmosphere released by the latter is still suppressed even if it is blocked and suppressed layer by layer by countless devices. It will make the life of order tremble and the world itself tremble.

In these "rings" are sealed black gates, gates like that. They may have destroyed their original home a long time ago. At the same time, they have also been one of the most dangerous enemies of the empire for a long time—— The most visible and highly identifiable source of the dead tide.

The wind of the scorching sun blows through these worlds, giving these worlds a strong stability and protection.

This will be the first large-scale joint exploration of the Dead Tide field in the history of the Empire. The dead tide detection ship will penetrate deep into the interior of the gate, and the data obtained by simultaneous detection by such a large-scale exploration team will be integrated.

The data from inside each gate will be an important part of the final result - whether they will be a "point" or a smooth "interval" is not yet determined but eventually, they should be able to be integrated into a stroke, which should outline a shadow under a certain line:

That shadow of stability that expands in the tide of death, supporting the empire's own existence.

The giant wings appeared out of thin air without any process. Vidoville hovered in the high command of the exploration operation, quietly watching everything around him, and taking action personally when necessary, using the power of the general flagship to deal with possible accidents and dangers.

The macrostructure of the world has been greatly altered to fit the requirements of the mission.

Most of the "stars" in the universe have been moved away. The remaining parts are connected to each other, forming a sparse but strong grid.

Among the stars, there are a series of particularly eye-catching light spots of different shapes - they are beacons, the terminal nodes of the "long chain of voids" connecting the test site and the command center.

Experiments related to death tides are always extremely dangerous and full of surprises. In order to minimize the possibility of leakage of death tide contamination, after all experimental worlds light up their own void guidance beacons, there will be almost only a "one-way connection" between themselves and higher-level command units.

Even if there is indeed information that needs to be reported upward, this information needs to pass through many layers of relay nodes and isolation barriers until the danger is completely eliminated before it is uploaded to the higher-level command post. During most of the normal time, the world of the proving ground is almost completely closed to itself.

"All reports quarantine completed, summary report - all quarantine measures have been initiated on all test site worlds."

"Block the corresponding void route. The corresponding void route has been blocked. All warning fire base stations have been activated and are ready to drive away unauthorized approaches at any time. Adopt indiscriminate containment and management for those who accidentally cross the border, and unconditionally eliminate those who approach with malicious intent..."

"Check the coordinate warning neighborhoods around all test site worlds...confirm that the isolation zone has sufficient thickness, and there is no world or order field within the isolation zone that can serve as a springboard for the spread of the dead tide..."

"The auxiliary isolation measures are well prepared, and the world border emergency escape vesicle is in normal condition and can meet emergency escape needs..."

"The world emergency banishment process is confirmed to be reliable. The omnidirectional destructive force that the laid destructive materials can produce is 635997.52 times the threshold required to destroy the world barrier. After activation, the directivity of the destructive information flow is stable, and the effective flow range is 15% of the thickness of the isolation zone. All information flows will be automatically destroyed after exceeding the limit... The destruction and disintegration code is located at the basic position of the information flow and the highest priority performance position, and the reliability rate is above the required threshold..."

Countless imperial beings are busy in various fully materialized buildings. They have completely materialized and encapsulated their bodies to ensure that there will be no unnecessary connections that will lead to the spread of contamination. Or there are some tiny and almost imperceptible gaps above and below the heads and feet of the people who are staring at the screen to process data or running around to convey important information. In those gaps, there are thick and solid partition doors. Once pollution leaks out, These partition doors will pop up instantly together with the shield, completely sealing all passages.

Vidovir watched all this silently from inside the Arcane Throne. Everything here is under his gaze, and outside of the high command and the command center jointly formed by many departments of the empire, there are also such command posts and such things within those rings and nodes. It is natural that such processes will become more complicated and cumbersome when facing the gate of death.

However, even so, the casualty rate among practitioners engaged in dead tide research and dead tide detection has always remained high. No matter how perfect and complicated the isolation and security measures are, dangers and accidents cannot be prevented.

For a long time, except for the corresponding officials and department heads who have to face a wave of death due to the problem of division of responsibilities, the remaining positions have almost all relied on voluntary joining to absorb the responsibilities.

However, even before joining this ranks, almost all imperial beings will be repeatedly informed of all the dangers that have been recorded and those that have not yet been recorded but may arise, but to make these choices, they must come in this direction. But all the beings are still willing to stay - and it seems that this is more true in the more dangerous departments and directions.

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Under the rules of empire division, the first quadrant.

World branch zenith code: 16-1-6195455.

The code number of the world context list is: 943685-3-555.

The world loop has always been code-named: 843395. The world control facility has been replaced by a temporary control facility at the Dead Tide Test Site, numbered 3577.

This world has been compressed to a great extent. The world management facility dedicated to dealing with the long-term death tide environment has completely integrated all possible timelines, world lines and unnecessary dimensions, forming a single entity that occupies the largest part of the weight. world line. And within this world line, the cold and solid reality is slowly being turned by time like a tightly coupled gear set.

The control and mapping of it are intertwined, like a huge spiral hoop net. Most of the stars in these worlds had been evacuated the moment the Deathtide Gate appeared.

The fortress constellations stationed here form a huge resonance network. They are arranged with the Dead Tide Gate as the center to form a layer of spherical shells spanning all dimensions until they extend to the end of the universe. They form the "foundation" and "foundation" across space, methodically transmitting and dispersing the tremendous pressure that chaos and corruption exert on the world.

At the center of this huge foundation, the "pressure source" is suppressed by many layers of rings composed of precise space marking arrays and extraordinary power broadcast arrays. These rings flash alternately in different rhythms, constraining the activity of the black "oil spot" located at the midpoint of the ring, which is the Dead Tide Gate.

"The characteristics of the Dead Tide Gate have been discovered a long time ago, and during this long history, research on all dead tide phenomena, including the Dead Tide Gate, has been carried out intermittently. Such a long time The accumulation caused by this time is enough for the empire to further understand the various properties that these most dangerous phenomena may manifest in the world of order."

"According to the current theory, if the Dead Tide Gate unfolds in a world without extraordinary attributes, then for the internal structure of the world below the world, its transmission and diffusion performance will actually be "super-dimensional" Nature, that is, no matter how many timelines and world lines the world has, or how many integer dimensions or fractal dimensions the spatial structure of that world requires, the death tide pollution will start from the gate and spread simultaneously in all directions."

"Furthermore, dead wave pollution also has the properties of leapfrog propagation and "accelerated diffusion". As the rules are broken and distorted, the speed of pollution extension may continue to increase from the observation perspective of the ordered world. Theoretically, in some cases In extreme cases, this speed may reach expressive infinity, until it submerges the end of the order delineated by the barrier of the world.”

"It is precisely for this reason that once the Gate of Death Tide gets out of control, the world will be occupied or even destroyed by it in a short period of time. A world with extraordinary attributes, or a world with a solid structure and self-consistent laws can resist for a longer period of time. But such a world... also tends to create the source of fault lines when left unattended."

"When the death tide breaks out, black and red two-dimensional patterns will appear on the entities in the world of order. This pattern can be attached to any entity in the world, including the space-time structure. Compared with entities, the space-time structure is more difficult to be contaminated, but This is only relatively speaking..."

"Due to the differences in the attributes of the attached objects, the specific manifestations of death tide pollution in the world of order actually have many differences..."

"At present, it is not certain why the pollution manifests itself in this way. According to past data, it is determined that the whirlpools and undercurrents existing within the dead tide field are similar to these "patterns". However, there is currently no understanding of why they appear in a variety of ways. The emergence of unified perceptual performance under observational methods is not yet conclusive..."

"Currently, research on the death tide..."

It is beneficial to the success of the experiment to meditate on some research results before the formal exploration operation is fully started-at least, this is what everyone has done for a long time. So much so that now, this has become a "ritual" and "custom" that transcends rules and academics.

Soon, as if they subconsciously felt something, the people standing in front of the console raised their heads almost at the same time.

"Tip, the deep-diving ship has arrived at the designated location and the detection operation is about to begin."

"Then...everyone, let's get started." The captain standing in front of the main console said first.

"The clock system begins to calibrate and synchronize...the synchronization is completed. Future actions must be completed within the specified time interval."

"The delay-free AC network is in good condition, the crystal lines used for communication are in good condition, and the response speed of the car clock is within the specification requirements...The idea transmission system is stable, and the effect of the amplification pipe network is stable. The inspection is completed."

"Go forward slowly, facing the gate of the dead tide."

A dim ring appeared at the stern of the deep-diving ship. Near the ring, space began to flow backwards at a constant speed. By changing its relative position relative to the overall space-time, the deep-diving ship began to move forward slowly, heading towards the black door in front of the ship that had been imprisoned in a plane without thickness under heavy suppression.

"It has been synchronized with the Dead Tide Gate isolation array and entered the semi-contaminated operating area. Check the stability of the Dead Tide Gate and report any abnormalities as soon as possible."

"May everything go well."

The submersible vessel continues to move toward the "location" where the gate is located.

Judging from the appearance, the front end of the ship is a stubby shuttle with an enlarged middle. The shuttle itself does not have any other decorations or additional appendages except for the light golden luster due to the material itself. The rear part is like a box - they are connected together with several non-physical connecting rods.

The ship sailed silently. The black door gradually expanded in front of it. Under heavy suppression, many of its original weird properties can no longer be displayed, or in other words, the world of order currently does not allow them to be displayed anymore.

Soon, a slightly dazzling light lit up from the front of the ship - the light floated above the ship, and it slowly pushed away the formless darkness around it, as if an invisible hand was brushing away the darkness. A thick black oil film.

"Contact with the Dead Tide Gate has been confirmed."

"Maintain the attitude - check the amount of pollution spilled at any time. After the front end of the ship is fully inserted, continue to penetrate until the connecting rod is at least halfway submerged. Cut off the rod and start the special engine for the dead tide field."

Soon, the enlarged shuttle in front had completely disappeared into the darkness shown inside the gate. The ship as a whole continued to move forward, and the engine in the rear half of the ship continued to push. Through the extended connecting rod, it continued to push the forward hull that had been submerged in darkness deep into the death tide field.

The originally peaceful surface of the Death Tide Gate began to tremble violently after being disturbed. The black oil film began to boil, and destructive power seemed to gather behind the door and was about to pour out, destroying the world. However, all this was still expected. The suppression array surrounding the door quickly increased its output power, suppressing the pollution on the other side of the door.

As the ship continued to penetrate deeper, at least half of the connecting rod had been swallowed by darkness. After crossing a certain threshold, the connection between the rod and the rear hull was quickly severed. The ship body that was still outside the gate immediately reversed its main engine and pulled itself away from the Death Tide Gate, and stopped a little further above the gate. The remaining connecting rods will be continuously dragged by the front hull until they are completely submerged into the dark interior. They then disintegrate on their own - using the same pattern as the shields used by deep-diving vessels.

"It has been confirmed that the deep dive part has completely entered the dead tide realm. The engine dedicated to the dead tide realm has been started at three-quarters power. Observe the ship's own condition." The captain soon began to issue orders that could only be issued after entering the dead tide realm. The people on the bridge were not taking any action, but in the almost completely closed network, the increase in the number of information exchanges showed that the team was quickly becoming busy.

"It is confirmed that the shield self-renewal is in good condition, the growth rate of the germinal layer is stable, and the shield outer layer peeling speed and the power furnace replenishment speed are in a dynamic balance state. The connecting rod has disintegrated and the disturbance is within the acceptable range. Judgment based on the existing phenomenon—— The amount of contamination spilled was within acceptable limits."

"The scanning wave broadcast system is ignited, connected to the shield feedback system, and starts recording relevant data."

As the order was issued, an additional layer of light film appeared on the surface of the ship wrapped in the shield. This layer of light film quickly spread. They crossed the shield layer and pounced into the depths of the Death Tide field.

When the expansion reaches a certain level, they will change the direction of flow and approach the ship in the opposite direction, creating unique ripples on the shield. These ripples can be received and recorded by the ship's sensors, and ultimately generate a jump data.

What is certain is that since there is no protection from the shield, even if such scanning waves are constructed with crystal energy and have been programmed and enhanced many times, they will only be able to persist until the step of re-impacting the mothership shield will be the original ones. A small part of the overall system.

The part that can finally persist to this step can form exact observation data after undergoing a series of purification measures and algorithm processing. These data help the ship determine how high the "damage concentration" is in the dead tide field around the ship and how it is distributed, so as to facilitate the ship's next actions.

For the empire, the model formed by such "jump data" is the true appearance of the interior of the Death Tide Domain.