Star Empire

In the cold and desolate space, a huge golden vortex is spinning, spreading golden light to everything around it, like a gate to heaven, bringing long-lost light to this border area blocked by a long warped wall.

Under this light, a small boat was floating quietly in the shadow created by the huge space entity next to it. On the upper bridge of the spacecraft, a hollow circular table and several chairs rose up in the originally empty hall. Several people with serious faces carrying the national emblem on their shoulders were listening to an explanation.

What was conducted in a noisy environment where there was serious interference in the theory and everyone needed to tighten their heads to prevent their consciousness from exploding could actually be the clearest explanation since the founding of the entire Federation.

Here, some things are out of reach...

"Regarding vacuum zero-point energy, its successful use is a crucial milestone for the Federation to enter the entire universe. From the perspective of efficiency and power, the way annihilation space generates energy exceeds any previous mass-energy conversion device... "

"The source of vacuum zero-point energy is that the space is paradoxically self-folded and annihilated through extremely strong distortion. From an information perspective, the principle is similar: the position mapping of space determines the properties of space."

"Other methods, such as various force fields, can also shape space, but whether they are stretched, compressed or folded, the position mapping of the space itself always maintains a one-to-one correspondence. The vacuum zero point can create all The method adopted is to break this mapping relationship through brute force. The result is that space itself presents a state similar to pure information fluctuation due to collapse. According to the old saying, it is the release of the big bang endowed by the universe at its birth. The primordial energy of space.”

"But judging from our current usage, vacuum zero-point energy is named a type of energy alone because of its ultra-high energy density and some special features left over from the Big Bang in the beginning. Its actual use is different from that of mass. Can it be the same as all types of energy that can be obtained through other methods, or do other energies have similar properties?" Vidoville asked.

"That's right, Archon. Think about it, why do we obtain and use energy?"

"Drive spaceships, obtain raw materials, manufacture equipment, and fight..."

"...This is really what we do all the time...Ah, energy no matter what form it exists in, kinetic energy, thermal energy, electrical energy, etc., in essence, they are all the purest energy ever, maybe photons Certain variants. We use them in order to be able to transform the world according to our wishes."

"And those energies are the driving force we use to transform the world. From an information perspective, the role of these energies is to transform the original information aggregates, making them more suitable for our use in terms of some attributes, but they are originally It belongs to the basic existence form of this world, so there won’t be any disturbance.”

"The "density" of vacuum zero-point energy is higher than the previous pure energy density, and it is indeed closer to the "origin" of the universe, so it will show some special properties in practice, such as breaking down the original energy in space. Curvature appears pseudo-superluminal speed, etc.”

"...So it seems that the scope of the concept of energy can be expanded a lot?" Vidoville thought for a moment, and then immediately asked, "According to what you just said, we use energy in order to make the world follow our wishes. If it requires change, then the role of energy itself is to push the world, or to push the information aggregate to change. Then looking at it conversely, anything that can cause changes in the original information can be called energy?"

"From the current point of view, your statement is correct." Zhai Cahir nodded, but he quickly added, "Of course, my information perspective has not been fully utilized yet, so I cannot fully confirm it yet. The universality of your statement... Whatever we study now, no matter what happens in the future, we must first delimit their scope of validity to the current events that we can most directly observe... Otherwise, Once we have a fixed mindset about a certain mistake, it is not necessarily easy to correct it..."

"In addition...this part is my guess. I think it is necessary to explain carefully..." Zhai Cahir suddenly lowered his "voice": "In most cases, energy only has its expression value when it is attached to matter. Pure energy is actually On...well, although there is photon reaction in vacuum zero-point energy, but..."

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"These will have to be proven slowly. We still need a lot of research and time." Vidoville waved his hand slowly, "Next, please explain to us the space stabilizer."

"——Yes." Zhai Cahir activated a metal ring in his hand and let it display the detailed information of the space stabilizer, including performance, structural diagram and explanation of the current principle. "Cavenriel, if I remember correctly, in your initial incident summary report, you mentioned that this thing played a role in your research."

"It's true." Recalling the scene that day, Cavinrel still felt uncontrollable excitement, the emotion that came from the bottom of his heart and was true and not hidden under the fog.

"That was our second attempt to get close to the outside of the crystal energy vortex and hope to obtain material samples in the outer mass ring of the vortex. After this attempt was successful, I conducted a series of tests on the chaotic material retrieved by the probe. And abnormalities were found in the physical and chemical properties of matter and the readings of the entropy sensor. Subsequently, under the catalysis of the space stabilizer, the chaotic matter was transformed into tetranuclear hydrogen, and the physical and chemical properties also appeared and basically matched the theory. I also This preliminarily confirms the correctness of the grand unified theory of information."

"Then why can this kind of equipment, which is supposed to be used to stabilize space, catalyze the decay of "chaotic matter"?" Zhai Cahir followed closely.

"The energy consumption of space stabilizers is huge. All space stabilizers, regardless of size, have specialized functional devices. Previously, the principle of this thing was to analyze the number of "probability events" in the surrounding space, which is similar to the information entropy value detector. If the event distortion exceeds the warning threshold, the space stabilizer will be activated to convert energy into a normal space field to offset the distortion..."

"'Energy', well, maybe it's something that can still be called energy, converted into space, or even certain events..." Zhai Cahill smiled half-heartedly, "Do you think... these processes existed in the past? where?"

"...This is...a physical mathematical model! Wait, I probably already know it - the essence of the space stabilizer is actually to consume energy, control energy, and use this energy as material to input into a certain piece of inherent "Model process" to create a self-consistent stable area, is it similar from an information perspective?"

"...That's true. You guessed it right. The essence of the space stabilizer is an information conversion and stabilization device. With enough input, it can create a range of stable information fields. This information field can be Various distortions within a large weakening range - this was once a theoretical black box, it is an existence that can apply theoretical mathematical modeling to the real world."

"...I see... It seems that those materials and messy black boxes that seem inexplicable to us are because our development is ahead of the curve... Now, the black box system that we once thought was uncontrollable is paving the way for us to move forward. ...So looking at it this way, the role that the space stabilizer...can play in future explorations...is also the same?" Weisruifan asked with some confusion.

"In the future, we may need to frequently jump between the information model and the current physical material existence - of course, this is also the current saying... There is no difference between all existences, Lord Vesrifan."

Chief Eisendel took up the topic, "In the theoretical model of information unification, our universe is just suspended in an endless sea that contains the sum of the describable and the indescribable. Our universe is an ordered world with a diameter of hundreds of billions of light years. ——And we live in such a stable and orderly environment, and every move we make must follow the laws of our universe.”

"But... what if... in a certain space of the universe... these laws fail?" Eisendel raised his voice slightly - "If everything we follow disappears, can we still survive? "

"If... Needless to say, if all four basic powers disappear... I'm afraid any of our creations will disintegrate in an instant." Wei Ruifan's eyes widened slightly.

"exactly……"

And if we want to jump out of the universe, then we must face the impact from the endless sea. Theoretically speaking, the endless sea contains far more existence than crystal energy, and its own chaos is extremely severe for us. The test - it is very likely that everything in our cosmic environment will completely fail. In this case, whether we can create a stable and orderly space for ourselves is the first factor that determines whether we can enter this endless sea. "

"I understand. But after listening to your description, I have a suggestion. Now we call these existences that were once beyond the concept, such as "the endless sea outside the universe" and "in the first stable state of information". "Existence" is not concise enough. We should come up with concise and clear names for them. Eisendel, think about it now."

"Yes." Eisendel matched all his original information grand unified theory models with reality and thought for a while before coming up with an idea: "Starting from the endless sea to every stable composition in the universe, information is transformed again and again during the transformation process. Decaying and stripping away some elements, this process is similar to going down the stairs. I think the term "stable state" can be changed to "what order", with the endless sea as the highest, the original first stable state and so on downwards. .As for the name of the Endless Sea, in our opinion, such an area should be the ultimate realm of infinity and virtuality. I think it can be named nothingness."

"The former agrees, but the latter... is somewhat inconsistent." Zhai Cahir gave his own opinion, "Although such a range cannot be described, it includes all existence and non-existence, but in the end, it can be described in this way It’s just a kind of existence, and if you name it nothingness, it won’t even have any existence at all. Let’s call it void. At least emptiness is not nothingness. After all, no matter how chaotic and indescribable it is, at least it still exists.”

"I know, this may be a bit contradictory... The source of the information we have is unknown and relatively one-sided. Whether the non-existence that can be described counts as non-existence - this is a paradox. But we currently have no better way of understanding... …Maybe there will be more details in that.”

Eisendel thought for a moment and then agreed, and others present also agreed with this naming.

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"The re-confirmation of ideographic use has been completed... The concept and meaning of the void have been highly confirmed... The radiation impact of information disturbance force exceeds the limit, and the speed of information recognition and understanding of the observed object seriously exceeds the limit... Target paradox... No response to repeated calls... Exceeding the limit, alert level X..."

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"I have briefly summarized all the valuable information currently, and I will send all the information to you later. So, two Archons, I will leave first. The current order and stability of the main universe has not changed much. I We have to go back as soon as possible to maintain the operation and order of the network." After the conference table was removed, Zhai Cahir saluted the two people with the highest authority, then turned and left the hall.

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"The information brought by Zhai Cahir can be said to be of great value. We can transform our existing equipment or use ideas to simplify the research on crystal energy, arcana, and even the void from scratch. The road is clear." Vidoville made the final conclusion, "Then, work is important, so let's call it a night."

After understanding the information left by Zhai Cahir in detail, the few people who stayed in the warped space bubble had a simple discussion and decided to divide into two groups. Since Cavinriel had conducted research on crystal energy and its derivatives, A large number of practical experiments, and the information stabilization ability of the space stabilizer has been actually used, and Torres' crystal energy damage immunity is similar to this, so Vidoville organized several of them into a group to study the order field, and Weisrifan and the others are trying to further study the relationship between information, energy and the universe.

"Esket, does it not matter if your hair is like this?" Looking at the young man in front of him whose head can still reflect light, Weisruifan couldn't help but asked with concern.

"No problem, Your Majesty the Archon." Eskett smiled, "It is my greatest luck to survive such a terrible disaster. Now I should even be grateful that the spacecraft of the advance team broke down. If the spacecraft is not disturbed by the mass focus ring, then it may crash into the crystal energy vortex, or be completely eroded into a large piece of crystal near the crystal energy vortex and then explode."

"By the way, Eskett, your hair and eyes have turned golden now?" Weisruifan curiously observed the pioneer who survived the catastrophe, "Zhai Cahir's eyes have turned purple. Yes, your eyes and hair turned golden...is it the influence of those first-level energies? But at least it seems to be coordinated for now."

The Federation promotes freedom in the treatment of the appearance of its citizens, and the freedom to modify it at will without disturbing the identification of the soul. One of the Federation's processing technologies is the voluntary modification of soul fragments, or it can also directly reshape certain shapes of the body through physical means.

At the extreme level of the existence of soul technology and biological transformation, federal citizens can modify their appearance at will according to their own preferences, and no matter what, the mathematical model will give the best modification opinions under the current conditions, plus this In this era, the aesthetics of Federation citizens can no longer be called "poor" - pick out any person, except for the fact that the ears are not so pointed, they are basically elves with superhuman-level physical fitness.

Therefore, although the body shape and appearance of federal citizens are different, they will all have a sense of fit and coordination. After understanding the appearance, figure and identity of a federal citizen, you will have a feeling that "people who engage in this kind of work or like this" "People should have this kind of temperament", especially at the top level. Although it cannot be as feminine as the elves in mythology or literature, the remaining masculinity and ability are quite suitable.

Generally speaking, all people, except for some differences in traits, have the same overall feeling, including body shape, appearance and overall temperament.

"Judging from the current phenomenon... it is indeed the case. The purple eyes of Mr. Zhai Cahir, the changes in my golden eyes and hair color all correspond to the nature of the first-order energy we are exposed to... It should be said that they can Corresponds to that part of our understanding.”

"Well..." After hearing these words, Weisrifan suddenly frowned slightly and slowed down his steps.

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"If the foundation is so profound, does it mean that we should have been involved in many fields long ago..."

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"What's the matter, Your Majesty the Archon?" Isendel asked.

"No, it's nothing. Let's go quickly. We still have many problems to study." After being reminded, Weisrifan woke up with a start, and then strode towards the shuttle ejection bay.

In the deep abyss of space, a small platform was silent in the darkness. In sharp contrast to the small size of the platform itself, there were several huge antimatter reaction vessels connected to the platform. All the energy released by the destruction of these antimatter vessels was Import the interior of the central platform. In the small neutron accumulation platform, a huge crystal is oscillating at a high speed with a time frequency of picoseconds. In this high-frequency periodic flashing that exceeds any vision, time is constantly advancing.