Star Empire

"...the test results are being further sorted out and clarified. At present, the approximate boundaries of the stability shadow located in the dead tide field have been determined. The corresponding relationship between the shadow thickness and the dead tide gate/fault zone outbreak is being determined, and it is necessary to call More computing resources.”

"According to existing research, if death tide gates appear in multiple adjacent worlds at the same time, and these death tide gates are disturbed, they may lead to larger-scale disasters. This time the fault zone is very This may be the reason for the outbreak. We are contacting relevant departments for investigation. If this is confirmed, then in future experiments, the distance between the worlds used as the dead tide test site must be expanded again to avoid the recurrence of pollution due to this resonance phenomenon. A controlled explosion."

"Some deep submersibles that dived into the dead tide area from test sites far away from the fault zone encountered the impact of pollution caused by the explosion of the fault zone. Based on the comprehensive navigation log, the "riding the wave" evasion method currently used for emergency avoidance has good results. Effect"

". Violent disturbances from the outside world will also have an impact on the Death Tide Domain. But at present, we cannot determine the specific relationship between the two parties. The Death Tide Domain does not deny any rules or support any rules, so it uses the idea of ​​​​order to determine the relationship between the two parties. The relationship is probably in vain, and the most reliable approach is currently only stacking - using a more complex and comprehensive protection system to maintain the ability of deep-diving equipment to explain itself as long as possible."

".It must be made clear again! All targets that approach the imperial test site without authorization and do not leave after the warning process is over must be destroyed immediately! This is not only for the safety of the test site and experiments, but also for other people who comply with the isolation regulations. Civilized safety!”

"Inform the relevant scholars and engineers to revise the security regulations again based on the relevant monitoring records. At the same time, notify the Star Empire's Five Heavenly Constellations and the Observer Council to tell them to pay attention to the dynamics of mortal civilization and try to nip it in the bud. After all, , once it really rises to the level of using force, things will not be easily resolved.”

"The current channel clearance regulations are indeed sufficient in terms of scope. However, such clearance operations will have a great impact on the world itself. Large-scale clearance operations aimed at the entry of large fleets or ultra-large single units will be serious. Affects the operation of the original celestial bodies and life in the world. Further adjustments should be made, such as setting up a dedicated channel node world, or improving the reliability of ultra-long-distance cross-world transmission."

The Empire's first such large-scale joint death tide exploration campaign has ended, but the follow-up work related to it is far from over.

People in different departments perform their own duties and deal with their part of the problems exposed by this huge operation. The "missing parts" of the empire's territory have been filled in, which is certainly worthy of celebration, but there are still more problems that need to be faced, dealt with and solved.

Within the range between boldness and caution, all people are trying to find the optimal point for the empire.

Within the empire, wisdom can appear in all living entities. They have different shapes, different modes of operation, different needs and needs, different likes and dislikes. On the positive side, countless different individuals make the empire have much broader possibilities. But if you look at it from the negative side.

These countless different individuals will also bring countless hidden dangers and difficulties to the empire as a whole - they have their own will, they are independent individuals, they need respect, and they need an environment suitable for themselves.

All of this is so huge and complicated.

The path described in "seeking common ground while reserving differences" is the right one, but how to do it.

The current development and improvement, the current peace, and the current balance are hard-won. Although history has become history, their traces remain.

In the past, frictions, big and small, broke out all the time.

Once upon a time, deliberate avoidance and increasingly fierce conflicts ignited an uncontrollable flame. The flames scattered throughout the empire more than once. Even when they were burning most vigorously, the eternal sun of the empire faced the fire that spread in front of him.

Once upon a time, the story turned towards destruction and distortion. The long-accumulated anger has been distorted and mutated. Countless lives were ended and hung among the stars. But this trend cannot be stopped...?

The story is ignited, but as characters in this grand and complex story called Star Empire, even the two individuals who seem to have obtained the pen that can write the story, how can they guarantee that they can stay out of it? The tower of order fractured and collapsed, and even at the top of the tower, they suffered a backlash - this backlash may not be reflected in the destruction of lives and abilities, but... they may be reflected in places other than destructive ability. More deadly than life itself...

In the repeated tug-of-war and struggle, countless ideas are connected together, and the thoughts condense from a broader level, asking each other why everything on the other side has to be more complicated and distorted in order to deal with those things that are originally rare but can quickly corrode the whole. of rotten spots. Why - why can't we consider each other, understand each other, help each other and tolerate each other more from the bottom of our hearts and essence?

Be wary of each other, compete with each other, and dig into the most secret loopholes to the best of their ability. All that can be achieved is red tape and red tape that have to be broken again and again. However, breaking up and establishing one is easy to say, but if it corresponds to an actual empire...how many sacrifices will be required?

What the empire needs is life, the sublimation of the bottom of the soul, and the will of everyone from the bottom of their hearts to flow in a common direction. The opposite is also true - every individual, every life, every existence needs a foundation that can accommodate them and support them...

Over eons, the impact of the super-large-scale emergence rituals launched many times has penetrated into the subconscious of all imperial beings. The "stuff" needed to drive emergent rituals are these memories, these ideas, these histories. And the more complex, higher-level structures that emerge...

It is the sublimation of the mind and soul level from the basics.

This is easy to say. But for a group of independent intelligent beings who are all different from each other, it can make them dare to take on the responsibilities they should bear, be able to complete the work they need to complete, and not rely on malicious sacrifice of the interests of others to achieve themselves and face everything. , can truly allow willing people to do voluntary things, and allow these people to get everything they deserve.

All that holding higher authority means is the need to bear greater responsibility. All privileges and abilities that have changed their nature will be subject to strict supervision, restrictions, and sanctions.

Countless problems may still exist, and the specific solutions to these problems may still be unclear, but even if they are unclear, people still have judgments and understandings that are more inclined to good intentions. And when they have to use "weapons" that are closer to the dark side, the users can be very clear about what is an emergency and an extraordinary situation, what is a normal situation, and how to identify and deal with different situations...

When countless such words are stacked up, when the vague concept of "good" in countless lives can be projected into the real world and reflected in almost all details... it is more difficult than simply speaking those simple words. Countless times more difficult.

At the same time... all the living beings in the empire can gradually produce these changes in the long history. Where does the power come from? In what ways will the impact of all this be reflected?

The permission system has undergone countless changes, and the norms involved have been revised again and again. The relevant execution processes have been overhauled several times, and the beings who formulate all of this, change all of this, and execute all of this have also changed batch after batch. And every "replacement" would leave indelible marks on the entire empire. Flames and vibrations covered every part of the empire, licking the deepest details countless times. At the same time of destruction, new things were also created on the ruins...

Problems not only come from within the whole, but many times they also come from the outside.

The endless void breeds infinite possibilities. For the empire that is still limited at present, infinite possibilities are distributed in the infinite vast ocean, and the empire will not face all the possibilities in the void. But so far, the possibilities within this limited empire's reach already contain enough dangers.

There are turbulences in the void - the empire was able to sail in the void hundreds of millions of years ago, but the system that the void voyage relied on was not the void itself, but the countless worlds floating in the void, and the thin layers of water dispersed between the countless worlds. fog. They are not constant, and they can get bumped for a variety of reasons. The impact will likely cause chaos in the originally stable information environment, and furthermore, the ship's eyes will be fascinated.

There is malice in the void - death tide pollution, death tide gates, and fault zones may invade order at any time. They are currently one of the only confirmed forces that can completely break the law of information immortality. They cannot communicate, they cannot be negotiated, they cannot be negotiated, they may not even exist. But no matter what the nature of the death tide is, it is certain that when they appear in the order, all they can represent is "disaster coming".

There are unknowns in the void - the order system is so complex that even in the places that have been "lit", the empire dare not say that it has explored all possibilities. The countless worlds and the frequencies these worlds occupy are some of the things that have been made clear so far, but what about the parts that are still unclear? Who can guarantee whether these worlds will emerge with more complex superstructures like ants in an ant nest? Is it even possible that these superstructures will continue to emerge and form superorganisms in the true sense?

This is a danger that may come from the void, from the macroscopic order, and from "outside the sky".

What about "the world"?

Perhaps a little strange - most of the other civilizations that can communicate with the Empire on equal terms do not come from natural development, but from the fruits that grow from the "seeds" carried by the virtual point jump ships projected by the Empire. Even if they cannot get support from the empire itself, they still hold in their hands a technology tree that is terrifyingly deep compared to native civilization.

Once settled, or even without settling, they can continue to develop and even make breakthroughs - it may take billions, tens of billions or even longer to produce such a civilization in the native world, but the empire can " Mass production" exists.

However, when these beings left the empire, they lost more than just the empire's direct support. Over time, they may lose their sense of belonging—in other words, they may choose to strike out on their own. And establishing themselves means that although they share everything under the same civilization as the empire, they will no longer be the same "civilized entity" with each other.

Disagreement and opposition will arise from this. Moreover, just as although the death tide is a threat to order, the most serious manifestation of the death tide threat is the disorderly expansion of fault zones formed after the corruption of the order entity. These opposing civilizations with the same origin can cause far more harm to the empire. Higher than native civilization and native entities - after all, both sides can be considered to know the basics.

Generally speaking, the empire of seed civilization, which is weaker than the empire, can suppress it with force and can use both kindness and power. What about existences of the same level or even possible higher-level existences? In the past, Σ Impossible only left a set of "weights" such as the Blazing Sun and the Doomsday Ark.

The weights of Σ may be spread all over the void, so what kind of existence may they give birth to? How does the empire need to deal with them? Can both sides build and develop together from the perspective of world unity, or can they fight to the death because of differences in interests and viewpoints, until one of them is completely eliminated or the two sides never interact with each other?

An ideal may be an ideal after all, and contradictions will always accompany each other. Without imperfection, perfection may no longer exist. Those beautiful ideas and those determinations made in the apocalypse may not be truly realized or applied in the end.

However, the goal may not be reached in the end, but every step taken to pursue the goal should be recognized and affirmed.

At the same time, tougher measures are needed to preserve the lessons learned “at every step”. Let the tragic reincarnation of "future generations grieve and ignore it" be able to stop more completely.

Emergence rituals.

Emergence rituals spread throughout the empire and across all levels.

All of this must be imprinted in the origin, deep in the soul, and imprinted before consciousness is formed. The lessons should not be learned again and again, but they should exist unforgettable. Only in this way can we ensure that this loose rope and these countless winding roads, no matter how loose and messy they are, can eventually be connected together when needed.

Only this can ensure that the story of the Empire continues even in the midst of chaos; only then can

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty Victorville?"

"Huh?" Vidoville came back from deep thinking: "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, the team responsible for monitoring Davox Kryze discovered that Kryze's ability activity values ​​fluctuated greatly. When the fluctuation reached its peak..."

The sender of the message seemed hesitant.

"...After combining all the analysis results, we came to the conclusion that when his abilities reached their peak, Kryze himself was equivalent to five full-strength void survey radars."

"Understood, continue to monitor his behavior and ability fluctuations. Make sure the management and suppression facilities of the world he is in are good and maintain hidden beacons. If he really loses control of his power, we can deal with it in time."

"Is isolation required..."

"...No, it's best to let him stay in an environment he is familiar with." Vidoville rejected the proposal to isolate Kriz: "At present, his power has developed to the point where he can detect it from daily details. To whether everything is normal or not is roughly covariant. Narrative power is difficult to deceive, and if he were isolated now, he would certainly be able to detect changes - which would not be a good thing for him."

"But the danger..." The words on the other side hesitated again. "Although he shows enough kindness to everything around him, we are not sure if he really loses control of his power, whether those out-of-control powers will spread to the surroundings, spread to the entire world or even cross the world barrier... …

Although it seems unlikely at the moment, his power will always grow as time goes by... If he really loses control and hurts everything he knows and loves, the shadow left on him will probably be far greater than it is now. Isolate him. "

"... With friends and teachers around, they can help him better adjust and understand himself. The more natural the story, the less likely it is to have problems. This is part of the comprehensive risk and value assessment." Vito Veer responded.

"I know your considerations, and I support your attitude, but not everything within the empire is doomed. Every time such an exception occurs, it is full of unknowns for us. If we always adopt the most conservative approach Action, then there are some possibilities that we may never be able to reach, and we may even lose the room for progress forever... For him, I think it is worth doing. So, the conclusion to this matter is that what we have to do is Contain and resolve risks rather than preventing them.”

"Again, while monitoring Kryz's power activities, you must also ensure that all the security measures that have been deployed can be put into use as soon as possible to stabilize the scene until I or Vesrifan can intervene."

"yes."

"...the conventional suppression measures that have been deployed...calculated based on the amount of information, they are enough to suppress individuals with hundreds of times the ability of the current highest-level Star Emperor after excluding individuals with the "weight effect". If he really The threshold set by the risk assessment that can penetrate the empire...I'm afraid I can only say...nothing to say." Vidoville shook his head.

In the long history of the empire, the appearance of Kryz can be said to have brought an extra sparkle to this long river of time. but……

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In a corner of the Void Sun, some unusual prominence activity caused a "well" to be formed on the sun's supposedly flat and vast surface. And "above" the wellhead, the "shadow" formed by the Arcane Throne and the giant wings of the Void Matrix blocks all channels for the outside world to detect the wellhead.

The shaft extends endlessly, and its deepest point is almost reaching the core of the blazing sun. All parts connected to this shaft are completely covered by thick armor with multiple layers of nesting layers. In the deepest part of the sky formed by layers of armor, there was only one conference room that was not spacious and could even be said to be extremely narrow.

"Your Majesty, are you sure that only "I" will lead the counterattack against it from now on?"

"Yes, Wheeler. We're sure of that." In this secret room, the only three people were talking in a primitive and ancient way. There are only white walls in the room that have a metallic texture but are so smooth that there are no edges or corners.

These walls have no function other than to illuminate the interior by their own light. There are several carvings scattered around on the small ring-shaped table, with strange characters carved on them. Everything here is almost completely isolated from the outside world. The pervasive imperial network system from the outside world has been completely extinct here.

"We have been affected by this for a long time - even we are not completely immune to it. Now it seems that it is still slowly coming, and the process may start much earlier than we once speculated. "Vitoville paused, "It is a super memetic life. We need to find a way to isolate it more comprehensively and see it clearly as soon as possible."

"A strong memetic entity strongly associated with the Five Factor," added Vesrifan.

"The orders left before and the conditions given to the 18th District are still in effect - confidentiality, confidentiality, confidentiality. Wheeler, you know the scope of authorized personnel. You cannot talk about this thing with anyone who is not authorized. Half Not even a single word. If you discover the factors related to it, change or cut it out immediately. Any orders or requirements can just be laid out - there is no need to explain the motive."

"……yes."

"...The atmosphere of the empire cannot support more emperors and Tianzhi leading this counterattack at the same time. We have tried our best to calculate that only implementing passive resistance methods has caused obvious losses in the positive atmosphere accumulated by the empire. If the empire wants If we take the initiative to counterattack...Wheeler, we can only have a bright front."

"We will do our best to provide you with all the resources you need."

"yes."

"...Take care." "Your Majesty, take care."