Star Empire

"investigation?"

"Well, we have noticed the abnormal information related to you. At the same time, I believe you have also noticed the abnormality that just appeared in your body."

". Do you want to take the shuttle?" Kriz looked at the golden vehicle that slowly landed next to him, "Why did they all teleport away?"

"Your situation is currently complicated, and using a shuttle is the best solution at the moment."

".What are you going to do next? What do I need to cooperate with?"

"For others, we will check their various indicators. When we can determine that they are in good condition, we will delete their memory about this incident. As for you, we need to conduct a more detailed examination of you. Here After that, we need to make further judgments based on these data.”

".good."

Kriz nodded, not thinking too much. Escorted by heavily armed Imperial soldiers, he walked straight onto the shuttle. Above his head, he saw the fleet that had been waiting outside the world barrier. But at this time, he didn't want to analyze them or any of the problems - he felt as if he had found some kind of support, and this feeling made him feel reassured.

The shuttle was started. It rose steadily and followed the invisible guidance into the interior of a large scientific research ship in the fleet. The cabin door slid open silently, but the scene in the cabin was something Kriz had never seen before - there seemed to be no entity here, and the cabin was a sea of ​​light. Seeing this scene, Kriz couldn't help but stop in his tracks, as if he would be lost forever as soon as he stepped out of the shuttle.

"Trust us, go boldly, it'll be no problem."

"Oh" Kriz subconsciously took the first step. The constantly refreshing annotations in front of him made him feel dazzled. After his tense heart relaxed, his attention was attracted by the changing environment around him. Kriz just subconsciously The earth obeys the "arrangements" coming from the sea of ​​light.

He didn't know how far he had gone, nor what kind of things were distributed in the sea of ​​light he had crossed. When he gradually came to his senses, he found that he was already standing in a position that could be called the focus.

His body was entangled by several different streams of light, which separated and extended from the surrounding sea of ​​light and presented completely different textures. He looked around - this time, he clearly saw many different boundaries and outlines appearing in the sea of ​​light: there were many vague figures looming, and many tentacle-like shadows extending from their bodies. These were like tentacles. The shadow-like shadow is constantly swaying, seemingly interacting with the surrounding equipment.

"All the existence coefficients of this individual are normal."

"The individual's physical and mental conditions are good, and no sparse intervals or sparse points have been detected."

"The various memes inoculated into this individual exist normally and function normally."

"No abnormal disturbances were found on the empire's network and empire's authority system. No abnormal points were found near the individual. It is confirmed that the individual's authority is normal."

"Individual disturbance intensity numerical reading shows that the intensity has fallen back to the mode value range, and the highest point record has been exceeded. The relevant data needs to be updated."

At first, Kriz could still figure out what the "people" around him were checking, but soon the meanings of what the people around him said became very complicated, and Kriz had to constantly analyze and read comments. Only by reading the comments in the comments could he barely guess what they were doing. Then, he chose to give up, because if he continued like this, he would be overwhelmed by the constant flow of comments.

"What are you doing? What are you trying to do?" Kriz's heart, which had just calmed down, was once again a little panicked, but his instinct and everything around him seemed to be warning him not to act without permission for the time being. , as long as you listen to the instructions of those around you with peace of mind.

"Calm down. Calm down." Kriz repeated this word over and over again in his mind. He no longer focused on anything, nor did he focus on a certain idea or idea. Everything around him was still very noisy, but the noise seemed to be fading away at this moment. The position you are in belongs to you, it is nothingness, a peaceful nothingness

".All inspections have been completed, the data has been sealed, and the inspection process has ended."

"Huh?" Kriz shook his head, "The inspection is over?"

"Yes, it's over, 16-3-1-xs4028." A figure floated in front of Kriz from the surroundings. "Now is your time. If you have any questions, you can ask us now. Under the authority We will tell you everything we know within the limits allowed."

"What happened to me? I just remember that I wanted to drop a beacon, but I seemed to release a very different power. I seemed to think that the surrounding environment was very chaotic, and I needed power to stop them. I couldn't Let them interfere with our actions.”

"That should be a burst of power - your power is related to the narrative. Currently, you are growing rapidly and your power is constantly increasing, but this enhancement process is not stable, so this sudden "burst" occurs. "."

"Power. Narrative. Wait a minute, so what's going on with me? Why am I like this? Is it because of some "change" in me, or is it just me?"

"Currently, it seems that, 16-3-1-xs4028, you are unique, and your life form is different from ordinary imperial life."

"Then what am I?"

"The empire is still conducting research, but as far as we know, this matter will have results soon. Various departments of the empire have established multiple models based on the data obtained from you. I believe that soon, you will know yourself the “essence” of.”

"Strange to say, I can't see myself clearly. When I want to study and see myself, all I see is endless noise and narratives that have nothing to do with myself."

"There is an old saying in the Empire: 'Those who are in authority are confused, but those who watch are clear.'"

"That's it, what do I need to do next? If this happens again, wouldn't it be very dangerous for the people around me?"

"It doesn't seem to be the case at the moment. The empire has reached several staged conclusions. Your power is still controlled by your subjective will. As long as you don't have sufficiently obvious hostility to the people or things around you, your The possibility of the power harming the surrounding beings is extremely low - that large crack hundreds of meters deep and thousands of kilometers long that can cut through the armor of the Empire's creation did not hurt your teammates, this is no accident."

"As for what you need to do next, most of the current research agrees that it is best for you to continue to "maintain the status quo", that is, follow the instructions in the teaching plan."

"Isn't it necessary to take measures such as separate isolation?"

"The empire has studied it and concluded that this is not appropriate. 16-3-1-xs4028, your power is not limited to your body, it is outside your body, in the entire world, and even outside the world. There are traces of the impact of your power in huge areas. Simply placing you in a closed box is meaningless. And, although you may not feel it yourself, the impact of your power is still ongoing. constantly refreshing the surrounding information environment. If this refreshing is blocked, it may cause more problems - taking you away from here will have the same problem."

"But before."

"There are still differences. In short, if your activity trajectory changes too much compared to expected, then the disturbance caused by your power will also cause more problems. Therefore, maintaining the status quo is currently the best s Choice."

"Um……"

"By the way, we noticed this question: Judging from the current situation, the Empire Network does not seem to be able to provide you with good services. Do you need a consultant to help you answer your questions?"

"...——?? Needed, of course necessary!!"

"The previous training program felt really thrilling. Even though I knew it was fake, watching those things happen around me still made me feel shocked and struggling." Several people packed up their equipment and walked and chatted, and Kriz Just listen quietly.

"qxzp96349, what did you see after being grabbed by the tentacles?"

"I didn't see anything. After I fell to the bottom, there was a shield-like thing around me. The generated entities no longer attacked me, but I couldn't move anymore. At that time, there was a layer of shield floating outside. Some words, if I remember correctly, those words seemed to mean "judge out". What happened to you next?"

"To be honest, it was quite thrilling. Not long after crossing the canyon, we saw a series of symbols with polluting power at the corner of a rock crevice. Those symbols directly pulled us into another space. .”

"What do you mean by that space? There is no ground, and there is a pure black abyss underneath. There is a strange-looking thing that seems to have a human shape, but its lower body and hands are swallowed by some kind of bag that seems to be made of mucus. It was tightly fixed to the wall by those mucus bags. I don’t know if some of its subsequent actions can be regarded as struggling and resisting, but that’s none of our business.”

"After detecting our presence, it began to spray some kind of extremely corrosive jet at us, which could directly penetrate the ground where we were standing."

"How did you solve it?"

"We later determined that the 'mouth' at its waist was the weak point, so we attacked as many of those areas as we could - until the monster was ripped apart."

".It feels so terrible."

"Yes, how can I put it? It is indeed quite disgusting, and the main point that causes nausea is that its broken corpse is contaminated. I don't know if it is contaminated. The sense of incompleteness and distortion always reminds us of Own."

"What about next?"

"Going further, we used up the energy of the gun in advance, so we first gathered monsters and then opened beacons to clear the obstacles. This method worked for a while, but when we started to approach the location of the "target", the environment It’s so bad that even the space itself seems to be constantly mutating, and the number of beacons is very limited and cannot afford to be squandered, so we can only give up for the time being, and then look for any safer ones that can get closer to the target. way"

"Tsk, in this training it is obvious that the arcane magicians and bugs have the advantage!" isha354588 fiddled with the empty energy pool in his hand and said angrily, "Arcane magicians and bugs can do it. We rely on ourselves to charge weapons, so why do we have to use this weapon with limited energy?"

"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it. In reality, anything can happen. Maybe they will be the ones who misfire in training next time. But they are indeed very interesting. They are very different from us. Then A group of arcane lifeforms can complement us to a certain extent, and the Zerg's mind control ability currently seems to be much stronger than ours. Kryz, aren't you going to say something? Finally break through the monster's mental pollution. When we were on the first floor, your command played a big role."

"Ah, I think it will be great if we can successfully complete this training. I don't really want to remember the rest."

"What are you remembering? It doesn't exist at all. How can you remember it?" Kriz muttered in his mind, "By the way, what is the next project? Visiting the Imperial warship and learning some of the controls. Are we going to visit the warship? Learn to drive? ?”

"Probably, but the schedule is very tight. Do we have to board the ship immediately after the drill here?" lhjl1864343 looked at the light screen floating beside him, "It's almost seamless, so where do we board? Ship? If you are so nervous, it feels like you don’t even have time to transition. By the way, it is said that we will also have to deal with "emergency situations" during this process. I don't know what we will face. "

"Could it be that we are required to turn the propeller by hand, right?" Thinking of the reason why he was stunned before, Kriz teased himself somewhat jokingly.

"You should be able to board the ship from here, isn't it written on it?" lhjl1864343 glanced at Kriz strangely, but did not answer his inexplicable words.

"Here? Where's the boat?"

"Hmm...look up at the sky."

"Ah, to be honest, I feel shocked, but I don't feel shocked." qxzp96349 said after staring at the sky for a while.

"Yes, indeed, but I felt shocked, but this ship is ordinary." After looking at the seed floating in the sky for a while, isha354588 also nodded in agreement.

"I take back what I said before. Although it doesn't look like anything special from the outside, the environment here is amazing."

"Is there all light here? Is this ship automatic? There are no operators and no internal equipment?" lhjl1864343 slightly pulled qxzp96349, who was still determining her movement method, to help her avoid several other figures floating towards here. . "I don't know what to do next. There's not even a place to gather here."

"Time's up! Attention, everyone! Stand at attention!"

"Huh?!" Before anyone could react, his body was already standing upright in the sea of ​​light. At the same time, not only a few of them, but all the teams involved in the previous project are also here and have been arranged neatly.

"Hello everyone involved in this project, my name is 7-2-6-sda45345, I belong to the Star Empire's viewing fleet, and I am the manager of this ship." A vague figure outlined by golden light "Floating" from the sea of ​​light to the front of the team, "The ship you are about to visit is a truth-class battle carrier. This ship has been retired from the imperial fleet, and now it belongs to the viewing fleet and continues as a training ship. exist.”

"However, although this ship has been withdrawn from active service, it still retains all the functions it had during combat. Now, everyone is free to visit and learn, and all marked parts can be visited and tried for yourself. If you don’t understand something, you can ask questions.”