Star Empire

Cutting the perspective to the other side - as soon as the third hexagram support army arrived, Kalost immediately started the construction of a temporary position.

In the Federation fleet, the "Goddess Bee" class complete deep space industrial flagship is a portable arsenal during fleet activities. They are equipped with a complete basic industrial system. At the same time, they also have an experimental folding space expansion library, which means These spacecraft have the ability to carry cargo larger than their physical dimensions.

The Gnaku is filled with general-purpose nanomaterials and countless working sub-machines, and this type of spacecraft itself also has powerful reorganization capabilities. The ship is built from a standard modular industrial core that can be disassembled and reassembled as needed.

Therefore, before the fleet was swallowed by the energy storm, these powerful industrial flagships were quickly reorganized into solid frontline positions. In the area where the most violent disturbances were detected, several shield arrays were propped up to resist the unknown. baptism.

Although this position has barely stabilized, the situation is really not optimistic.

In front of Kalost, the data center generated after the facility was deployed was constantly resetting a large number of key processes in its own logical structure. This position seemed to be located in a logical error zone wrapped in real-life meme contamination. Even the most basic The most stable binary logic gates are constantly subject to various interferences, as if the information they have to process during the process of taking effect is far more than the data flowing through the network, and there are more garbled codes that can even fill up the space. .

Under this unprecedented severe situation, he and some of the working pilots and "analysers" who were connected to him were checking the monitoring of the entire position with solemn expressions.

"General, so far, our base's protection alert level is temporarily stable, but the shield's fluctuation data is still rising slowly. If this trend cannot be curbed, more situations will occur in this base soon. If conditions If possible, we should stay away from the core of the incident."

"What you said is correct, but we simply cannot measure the various properties of that strange source. Anchoring immediately after exiting the jump is the most seamless method in our process. In addition... ...We all have to face problems sooner or later, but...why do I feel that your feedback attitude has a weight higher than the theoretical value and means avoidance?"

"General, the phenomenon we are facing this time should be said to be a completely new existence - although this area of ​​the third hexagram is not fertile, the Federation's detection system here is very mature, and there has been no existence in this coordinate range before. .With such a large scale and such rapid development...we can only say that it is unlikely to be caused by the possible remnants of the existing Theodal or the Murdori energy anomaly area. We should be more cautious, Any erratic behavior on our part has the potential to jeopardize federal security."

"..." Calouste faintly disagreed, but he couldn't explain why. He could only wave his hand and let the holographic windows surrounding him disperse in order - "This time it seems that there may be The problem is quite serious...can even colored nuclear armor be destroyed at will..."

Although the advance team of Visrifan issued warnings in advance, the impact of such a strange phenomenon still greatly exceeded expectations.

This "whirlpool" structure emitting bright golden light has many strange features, and its influence while ignoring the light speed barrier also makes it completely ignore the laws of perspective to some extent. The existing star map of the universe It has been severely disrupted by any existing scanning system - it seems to be at the end of the curvature of the world, and the unmeasurable distance and unexampled effects have also caused both batches of exploration teams to encounter instability. damage.

The fleet began to encounter interference during the jump to high-dimensional space. The shields of several engineering ships were even directly overloaded at one time. The sudden increase in energy radiation almost burned the entire fleet's shield system. Fortunately, the redundant system was activated in time. After resisting the initial impact, the shield system has experienced long-term development and has adaptive capabilities to a certain extent. After quickly transforming into what seems to be the most effective energy resistance mode currently, the shield recharges The speed finally equaled the consumption.

However, neither the shield system nor the chromonic force armor can completely isolate this radiation, it is only weakened.

In the farthest space, there is a dim light golden dust cloud scattered, which was the original outpost, but according to the existing observation data and the final report of the pioneers who barely survived, it shows that very soon after the vortex erupted, Within a short period of time, the "starry sky torch" that was originally responsible for lighting up the end of the world for the Federation was completely alienated into a substance similar to crystals, and was crushed under the push of unknown forces. The original outpost in All those on duty were also killed.

On a terrifying scale at the cosmic level, it is reasonable to say that those broken debris dust would be difficult to pinpoint accurately even with a powerful radar search, but now, they are the same as that weird whirlpool. The dust cloud itself is dim but also very eye-catching.

It is worth mentioning that in the final report sent back, they seemed to have tried to activate the soul jump device, but during the extraction process, this system, which was supposed to be the most stable, experienced some extremely serious instantaneous overload.

This is quite a tragic incident.

Originally, the members of the advance team should also suffer this fate, but when they came here, the navigation computer may have mistakenly judged that there was a super-large gravitational focus five thousand light years away from the original coordinates due to a certain fluctuation, thus causing the fleet to arrive in advance. Escaping from the high-dimensional transition state, this accidentally saved their lives - it is not yet known whether there is an obvious linear relationship between the influence of the unknown structure, but in any case, going "forward" will not What a good idea.

"I can only say that I ask you to be as careful as possible. Judging from the current situation, I do not require you to draw any direct conclusions for the time being. When contacting you for the first time, try to find out as much as possible what is needed to isolate this type of anomaly. Just level it up." Looking at the team that was already outside the second isolation gate, wearing full protective suits, and approaching the crystallized pollution area step by step in the safest and most primitive way, Kalost couldn't help but shook his head a little - The number of unnatural deaths in the Federation is so low that they are not noticed when they occur.

The isolation cabin module has multiple layers of partition doors, and the entire facility is divided into quite a number of overall isolation areas according to the method of contaminated-semi-contaminated-possibly contaminated-non-contaminated, and most of them are still in the clear domain of the federal government. The communication equipment inside can only be connected to semi-contaminated areas at best. More secretive and cruel communication methods still exist, but most of the time, secret information communication can only be used to convey last words, while cruel communication methods It will erase people - on the other side of the door is almost the palace of the God of Death.

After crossing that step, everything is possible and everything becomes unstable and no longer follows the macroscopic basic rules of matter. Destiny and future... everything will no longer belong to them, and it is even possible that... the "Palace of Death" will no longer open its door to them.

Looking at the gradually weakening signal, Kalost felt that his mind seemed a little irritable. It seemed that there were many uninitiated threads of thought surrounding him outside of the induction.

"in the case of"

".The expressive ability of everything...? To stabilize the unknown, the Federation has paid a lot, from the background environment and biological diseases and equipment failures caused by the earliest colonization of alien planets, to the later outbreak of memetic pollution in the deep space landscape. In this In a time span of more than 10 billion years, the Federation has accumulated enough experience and lessons. When facing the unknown, it makes all preparations as best as possible and strictly implements the regulations. This is not only responsible for the team, but also for the people. All citizens of the entire federation are responsible, and those engaged in this field are also aware enough. From the moment they step into this field, they have been dancing with the god of death."

"Discrete-Star Point Secretary, record completed. Unprocessed entries, 8.65k17"

Next, a considerable part of the process cannot be controlled synchronously, and the safest sound transmission panorama can only partially restore reality:

After being rescued, these people were sent directly to the highest-level isolation room along the emergency passage. All their unnecessary attachments and spacecraft had also been thrown in the direction of the "pollution source" in accordance with the emergency destruction procedure.

However, this series of measures failed to have an effect - inside the emergency passage, part of the gravity generating surface had begun to produce a little golden light, and some tiny crystallizations quietly spread on the originally silver-gray metal floor; while in the isolation room , the general-purpose medical cabin and the soul preservation device also began to malfunction frequently under the influence of the crystalline parts of the wounded body.

Relying on a strong will, this temporary medical and research team, who was not afraid of death, took action. They made preliminary observations on the bodies of the wounded and the partially alienated space station. However, the findings they made were unexpected.

The structural materials that are suspected to be infected by the golden light have lost their original structure from the limit scale level of the material world that is currently allowed to be observed. The injured are trying to remove the crystallization parts to prevent the spread of crystallization, and the treatment of these injured The efforts to urgently extract the soul also failed.

Serious "lesions" are also occurring inside the bodies of these people. In the images scanned by the fluoroscopy equipment, whether it is the equipment or the mucous membranes that have undergone countless transformations, they may seem weak but are extremely strong. These are the core The human body structure is actually filled with countless stone-like crystallized debris, which cannot be processed by any surgical methods, medicines, or even energy methods.

"This is no less than throwing a handful of sand into the heart or eyes and making people swallow a box of razor blades. Moreover, without knowing how much the impact has reached, the soul seems to have become extremely fragile and fragile due to the disease. It's "glued" to the body."

Under the time limit, after a series of emergency measures within the specified time, the team stopped its activities - at least, the vital signs of the injured were still there despite the physical damage.

At present, with the advice of the space station's automatic management system and many ordinary soldiers, Kalost has prepared to initiate the final isolation and exile process. Some secondary samples produced by multiple infections have been retained during the process. This strange crystal Chemical diseases ignore elemental composition, but each time it spreads, its ability to infect and change its material structure will be greatly weakened.

However, even so, Calost still made the decision to retain it after taking great risks and pressure. When reviewing the decision and assessing the degree of danger, the space station AI interrupted the debate among the participants.

"General, Chief Scientist of the Star Fleet, and Military Science and Technology Advisor to the Archon of Vidoville, Stratus Cavenriel's personal ship is anchored in the sixth connection area of ​​the space station."

"The chief scientist of the Federation? A ship...? Why is he here? It's very dangerous here... He thinks he is fully prepared, but in fact our measures are almost vulnerable to this weird phenomenon... "

"...Forget it, the Federation is facing many dangers, and there are many people who face the dangers head-on. Among the life-threatening echelons, these frontier people can be said to be the number one, and the second group is the group of mathematicians. Home. Then forget it... Since he is here and can be sure that he is alone, it must have the permission of the highest authority. Prepare the resources he needs. After all, no matter how bizarre the situation is, someone always needs to face it. Calouste said slowly.

A white beam of light lit up in the hall, and Cavinriel's figure sprang out of the beam almost instantly. Calost couldn't help but shook his head vigorously - it seemed that the already excited scientist was not afraid at all if he left early. In a fraction of a millisecond, your body will disintegrate directly because it is not properly assembled.

"General, what's the situation now?" The beam of light dimmed, and Cavinriel walked out quickly, with a rare hint of urgency in his eyes.

"I will put together a report to send you more detailed information later. Now let me briefly introduce the current situation, chief scholar." Kalost nodded to the science officer, then activated a holographic information window, and quickly Split screen.

"The first is the current situation of various space entities." Kalost zoomed in on several blocks. "The original outpost has been confirmed to have been destroyed. We intercepted the last message sent by the outpost. The intelligence showed that the outpost was hit by a golden vortex. Afterwards, a crystallization phenomenon occurred, which is now completely broken. The advance team of Archon Visrivan was rescued, but these personnel also experienced an incomprehensible crystallization phenomenon. The crystallized material can currently be confirmed to have grown from the smallest we can currently detect. The original structure is lost on the material scale.”

"This phenomenon is currently occurring in emergency passages and medical cabins. It has not been found elsewhere. The autonomous system conducts a full-structure scan every five minutes. We organized a team to rescue the wounded in the advance team, but the medical cabin and surgery were ineffective. After isolating the lesion, the patient will experience extreme mental weakness, and the site will repair itself, as if the lesion occurred at the level of their soul, and this condition will spread with contact, but the severity will decrease. …”

"What about communications? What is the current situation of the information collection network and the information fluctuation computer?" Cavernelle suddenly interrupted Calost's report.

"This...the two communication methods you mentioned have been seriously interfered with, and other methods have even been blocked. Physical methods are required to send out signals. We have previously confirmed that there was an accident at the outpost and the coordinates The changes were only known to Archon Kundalil after he received the returned deep space probe, and we didn’t know of your arrival until your ship anchored at the space station.”

"General, as required, you should have started the emergency evacuation process. Now I want to confirm with you, if the emergency module is not abandoned, will it threaten the operation of the entire space station?"

"Judging from the results obtained so far, the probability is low." Caloust said solemnly, "The emergency module is not connected to the space station as a whole. It is fixed by a force field, and it carries a multi-layer isolation shield. With the Color Nuclear Power Armor, judging from the crystallized infection transmission ability and severity attenuation, this phenomenon will not penetrate the fourth layer of protective armor.”

"Stop the process of banishing polluted materials." Cavernell thought for a moment, then looked at Kalost firmly.

"Chief, this is a very dangerous behavior. The entire base is currently under tremendous pressure. The assessment team does not recommend that you issue this order." While several holographic windows suddenly opened around Cavinriel, the space station AI also issued a warning: serious process error.

"Cavenriel, at present we have no idea what the current situation is. If we rashly come into contact with these source materials that have the ability to spread through time and space and the ability to crystallize pollution, we may unknowingly pollute them. Or the abnormal properties may spread! What you are trying to do does not comply with the safety protocol!" Kalost said seriously.

"General, please listen to me." Cavernrel's expression instantly became serious, "According to what we know so far, this phenomenon happened suddenly without any warning. Before you and I came here to perform the mission, We are not aware of any spatial dislocation or mass loss throughout the Federation.”

"Is such that."

"Then I have the ability to modify the entire process to conform to the process - I have a reasonable and complete guess."

"What?"

"After understanding the situation just now, I compared all the current knowledge in physics with the phenomenon in front of me, and found no theorem to explain the current phenomenon. The law of information disturbance is the only possibility that can produce these phenomena. There is no understood phenomenon or the only currently known way of matter. On this basis, I think of a set of scientific conjectures that were once proposed but dusted and only reopened in recent years. This is most likely the proof. The best chance of whether that set of scientific conjectures is true!”