Star Empire

"Teacher, what's the matter?" After the students around him left the classroom in twos and threes, xs4028 looked at his teacher and couldn't help but start to guess the possible situation.

"...about what's special about you." The teacher left the podium and walked to xs4028's side. She said with a serious face: "I just received a deeper medical examination report on your overall condition. The report shows that you are You have a strong ability to perceive and manipulate the information around you - the ability you have may be related to narrative."

"Narrative?" xs4028 frowned slightly while anticipating the experience.

"Yes - individuals with narrative-related abilities are quite rare within the empire. Because the basic requirements for entering the field of narrative are too high. Regarding narrative abilities, you can understand it this way: you can regard reality as It is a story that is performing itself, a book that is being written by itself. And your ability allows you to face this story or this book like an author or a reader to a certain extent, and even... you can... To kind of change that and not be like us – we’re just characters in a book.”

"So, I'm actually...very powerful? But also very dangerous?"

"You can think so, but before you can fully exert your abilities, the school's protection system can handle most situations, so you don't have to worry too much." The teacher patted xs4028 on the shoulder.

"And you already know the current situation, so there are some things that you need to pay attention to - first of all, your life logout permission is likely to be locked or can only be used in very extreme situations. Then, before you study During the process, the school and the empire may monitor you in real time to determine your status."

"Finally, you have to pay attention - if your ability can't be exposed, then try not to expose it. Of course, it doesn't matter if it is exposed. But, you must, must, must not do anything to you when you are incited. Determined goals release the active part of your abilities!! If you think you need to test your abilities, be sure to come to the teacher in time! We will take you to professional venues! Don’t test it yourself!”

"Yes, teacher. But... how do I distinguish the active part from the passive part of my ability?" xs4028 asked: "I have compared it. I can usually read a lot of information that other people cannot detect. , I can see parts that others cannot see, and some of them I can get the corresponding content just by looking at them directly. Some of them I will think about and analyze specifically, and I will pay more attention to the goal. force……"

"Maintaining the status quo is the best way. In this case, your intuition and the habits you have formed are the best yardsticks for measuring yourself. There is no need to deliberately suppress it, and don't care too much. If you have any questions, please contact the teacher in time. Or the Imperial system, we will respond promptly."

"Yeah, I understand." xs4028 replied.

"And...Kriz, I need to tell you, after this, about this part, you may see some parts extending out into the fog. That's normal."

The teacher looked at xs4028 seriously: "Your special ability makes you have a strong influence. At the same time, it is still uncertain in which direction your future will develop. The empire also needs to conduct more research on this. Therefore, The Empire may give you special treatment and pay you more attention."

"However, these studies are subject to confidentiality considerations and your own development, and their results and implications may not be told to you at the first time - that is the part that you may see that is covered by fog. I hope you Understandable."

"Um……"

"...Yeah, these contents may still be a bit complicated for you, and I'm afraid you won't be able to fully understand them for a while. Take your time - your abilities are very helpful in expanding your understanding, and time is the best catalyst... …School is over, xs4028, let’s rest first. After the period of tension, it is also necessary to relax appropriately. Don’t relax too much, but don’t let it go too much.”

…

"Narrative ability...monitoring...research and reporting..." xs4028 paced back and forth in his home, thinking about the relationship between these words and himself.

"Report, in-depth inspection..." When he saw the extended meaning behind these two words, xs4028's expression became solemn. I had previously consulted the empire's authority system and responsibility system. By unfolding the story, I also understood which level of the empire's huge "pyramid" my report had been sent to - that was a detail that I could not yet imagine. and the exact height of the layers.

"Oh... forget it, just listen to the teacher." After feeling that he was tortured by his own thoughts and was a little exhausted, xs4028 decisively stopped worrying about these things. "If this alone can make me derive so many ideas, then if you don't tell me something for the time being... this decision can be regarded as a great kindness."

Thinking like this, xs4028 patted his head that was starting to feel groggy again. The massive amount of knowledge that had been memorized was currently being matched and digested at an accelerated pace, but even if his body had begun to adapt to all this, the matching and transformation The process is still not very comfortable.

"How about watching the stars? It's cooler among the stars, and there will also be some simple and interesting stories." Thinking like this, xs4028, who was so dizzy, hid all the room structures so that My line of sight can be seamlessly connected with the space outside... "No, what's going on?"

The river system where I used to count the stars is still there, but the background of the starry sky has changed dramatically - after I learned to use my subconscious to arrange the importance of the objects to be observed, the starry sky should have a dark feeling of nothingness because it is too far away The stars will be ignored unconsciously. But now, the dark and pure starry sky background disappeared, replaced by a magnificent golden wall.

"What is that?!" xs4028 "rubbed his eyes" and then looked back at Xingkong, whose appearance had changed drastically. He confirmed that he was not hallucinating - Xingkong had indeed been replaced! ! That huge golden wall of light stands behind the Tianhes!

"What is that?!" xs4028 immediately adjusted the parameters of the observation equipment so that he could better observe the target tens of millions of light years away. "There are stars around it... No, it's not. , those are ships, super flagships, core flagships of the position...are they warships? Then that wall...the border is drawn, this is also...a ship?! A ship?!"

"Is this the reason for the regional clearance order and the navigation prohibition order?" Looking at the changed starry sky, xs4028 finally connected the previous and later stories.

The lines that have been connected end to end outline the boundaries of the behemoth hovering in the starry sky. Its appearance is slightly similar to some aircraft used in the atmospheric environment, but it is infinitely larger than any atmospheric environment aircraft. times. Its broad wings can actually hold up the entire starry sky, and its tops are wrapped around each other...

"Blood stains? Tear stains?!" xs4028 felt that as he looked at the huge ship more and more seriously, more and more things related to it were displayed in front of him and in his heart... …

"...Should we stop? Or..." Recalling the precautions his teacher had given him before and the letter from the empire system, xs4028 continued to think for a while and decided to continue reading - in the past, he had already done this I’ve seen a lot of things. If you want to let nature take its course/maintain the status quo, then the best thing to do at the moment is to follow your own habits and continue to study this matter.

As his eyes began to focus, xs4028 felt that the ship's huge wings, which could replace the sky, seemed to be pressing down on him. What followed was countless cries, pleas and curses.

His eyes widened for a moment, and countless scenes appeared before his eyes. Those scenes were so real that he seemed to be not a bystander, but a witness.

"... If these pollution-free and pure blueprints and purification energy cannot be delivered to the front line within one day, the frontline troops will be irreversibly damaged... or even, they will be completely corrupted by the death wave later and become crazy. monster and defected..."

"How many reserve fleets can be put into use?"

"It's useless to invest in more reserves - it can even be said that the more you invest, the more serious the problem will be." A few cold eyes glanced over, "The warship itself is not suitable for transporting goods. Although there is extra space in the warship, Those spaces are not essentially used for storage. Not only can they not hold much cargo, but autonomous activities within the ship will also continue to occupy these spaces. This is one of them."

"Secondly, in the face of a large-scale dead tide environment, warships must form battle formations and use joint shields to resist pollution. Today's warships are generally in poor condition and have malfunctions - it is difficult for a single warship to resist large-scale pollution and is When the dead tide corrodes, they will be destroyed quickly, and there is no return! Thirdly, these goods must be transported with accuracy, otherwise they are likely to be poisonous!"

"Instructing the fleet to activate a full set of protection systems and amplification systems, placing the cargo within the protection range, and asking the fleet to tow these cargoes is the most realistic approach at the moment, but ordering the fleet to move forward with a full set of protection systems... is tantamount to crawling!"

"Then what do you think we should do!" A crisp crackling sound erupted, "Please give us a solution to the problem! We have..."

"The world collision plan was rejected. The huge disturbance caused by a large-scale world collision may catalyze the fault zone and completely tear apart the existing defense system."

"Why doesn't the main flagship support this side?"

"The chief flagship is leading the fleet against the largest fault zone... that is on the other side of the empire... If he comes here, what will happen to the battlefield along that line?"

"I remember seeing that the general flagship can use ship shadows..."

"Don't remember what you've seen - the Great Recession affected not just us, but those two as well. And although the story restored by the History Department is true, it needs to be noted that it is different due to the time span. Huge difference! Most of the clear records of the total flagship come from tens of billions of years ago. At that time, the combined structural complexity of the entire empire was no more than the tip of a fork in the world... …It has long been different.”

"Alas!" Along with a heavy sigh, a muffled sound exploded.

"Shrink the defense line, shrink the defense line! The protective layer of the fleet in front has been eroded!"

"Supplies! We need supplies! Why are there no supplies! The person in charge——"

"Retreat! Rebuild the defense line based on the existing logistics points!"

"The environment of the ship is abnormal. Oops! Corrupted individuals have been confirmed! Corrupted individuals are attacking the hull! Block the ship structure, blockade -"

On both sides of the abyss, sparse spots of light and small groups desperately try to cross the final limit. However, under the strong influence of the fault zone, most of them were either extinguished or entangled in layers of black and red patterns without thickness, and they changed from saviors to those to be rescued...

…

".So, we...we are like this, with all the supplies piled up beside us that can revive a huge force a hundred times that of the frontline fleet. But, but us, we can't deliver it. We can only watch the defense line. Being completely torn apart, watching the battleships fall, watching the lives being corrupted and wasted away in the death tide. Do you know! A wall is separated, that is a wall! It only takes one jump across the world, and all that can reach the front line, but at that time, it was just this wall, just this wall!!"

The figure kneeling on the ground cried heartbreakingly, and his crazy hands tore his clothes to pieces. In front of them, there was a vast amount of pure materials piled up like a sea of ​​stars - in the face of this final obstacle that usually only took one step, they were not delivered to the front line after all.

From the senior managers who manage the branches of the world to the grassroots traffic officers who control one or several spaceships, they have long been prepared to fight. The unwillingness, regret, shame and helplessness echoing in their hearts are reflected in the network called the Empire. There were terrible waves in the ocean.

In the picture, there are many figures.

Rebuking, arguing, roaring, pleading. Countless voices were intertwined, and the sound was heard and penetrated directly into the brain.

The hurried group hurried through the solemn conference room. They lowered their heads and said nothing, completely ignoring the conference tables that were experiencing a bombardment with countless opinions flying around. It was as if everything around them was just... A phantom that does not exist.

Then they too fell apart.

The pieces began to fall, falling into the bottomless abyss. The fragments were caught in the non-existent whirlwind, and in xs4028's eyes, they swirled and completely shattered. In the boundless darkness, some bright points of light gradually emerged.

There are bright barriers in front of the light spot, and outside the barriers, there is darkness, a darkness without a story, and the end will come to an end. The darkness was temporarily blocked outside the wall of light, but it seemed in no hurry to break through the defense line. It is constantly trembling and breathing, and every corner of the world is shrouded in darkness. Every trembling, struggling and breathing of the orderly things will cause it to lose a little bit and deviate a little bit.

I have seen quarrels, and individuals still quarrel with each other. However, the purpose of these quarrels is to get the best, best answer and final resolution.

The war has not ceased, but the will that ignited the war is not directed at the order life and order world, nor is it directed at the differences within the order. The worlds of order have built their glorious and towering barriers behind themselves, and where the war is ignited, in the darkness outside the world of order, thick and boundless malice has come, and the war is spreading, preparing to destroy these malices, as well as those carrying them. All malicious vectors were burned.

Huge, blood-filled rifts may appear in the void. The depths of these rifts are filled with the most terrifying malice for order.

Help and sincerity are reflected in the chaotic and complicated scenes, from the most trivial reminder to the active sacrifice that requires dedicating one's body, one's life, and even a more important and more ethereal existence.

In those words and actions... there was reflection, regret, pain, and painful lessons from the depths of the soul.

Countless figures are busy at various positions. They are not satisfied with the appearance of sacrifice, nor with the reality that it requires too much dedication to function. They invest their strength and constantly modify the flaws in the huge reality that are not conducive to life. Repeated again and again, year after year.

In the face of controversy, differences are bound to exist. But the final decision was still made quickly. Final disputes and negotiations ended the differences. After this, negative sentiment did not seem to grow.

“The reality of order is still imperfect—there are imperfections from the existence of the order itself, and there are also imperfections caused by malicious intentions outside the order.”

"But they are just short-lived storms. What occupies the main stream of the long river is still ordinary ordinary life."

"Difficulties and existence are not emphasized over and over again - they certainly exist, but the meaning of their existence is to be overcome by us."

"There are still many areas that need to be improved in the world of Order, but the Order environment does not lack bright colors."

"What the world is like depends on how you look at it."

"If you are bright, the world will not be dark."

…

"Um - what?!" xs4028 shook his head vigorously. He was still surrounded by familiar scenes, but the previous words were still lingering in his ears, and those scenes that should have passed long ago were still vivid in his mind...

"If you are bright... the world will not be dark??" This special "junior high school student" thought about it for a long time before he remembered that this sentence was first told to him by a certain intelligent entity from the empire before he was born. of.

"Strange... I remember that I checked the relevant information. Everything before birth will not leave clear memories. Their function is to leave a general impression of the world and the most basic understanding of the empire to the new life form. ...These phenomena are also caused by my narrative power? Huh? This is..."

After realizing that he had fallen to the ground, xs4028 struggled to stand up. At this moment, he found that the sky had turned into the familiar black color again. And at some point, a holographic image floating slowly up and down appeared beside him.

"The boat of Linyuan...is this - the name of the boat?"

xs4028 keep reading.

"Basic performance dimensions: total length 51.9 million light years, wingspan 60.6 million light years, maximum height of the main body 5.6 million light years..."

"This type of ship has the highest capability level to deal with the Aloal wide phase measurement difference..."

"The ship is used to transport bulk entities or important entities."

"No active space expansion modules or programs may be installed inside the ship. This part is equivalent to the content of the World Branch Zenith..."

"The ship's shield strength relative value... armor and structural strength relative value... its own relative stability value... anti-disturbance strength value... If necessary, it can be considered that the ship has the equivalent of a full force under normal conditions. The highest defense of the fleet.”

"The relevant navigation precautions are..."

"All the units mentioned above are standard imperial units and follow the "Star Empire Universal Weights and Measures Standards—GF 1 150 000 000 000-17"..."