Star Empire

"...Where is this?"

Kriz sat up drowsily, feeling uncomfortable all over his body, as if his inner being had just been reorganized after being shattered.

"It shouldn't be. According to my understanding... it should be difficult for a body and consciousness with so many layers of insurance to lose control of oneself and the ability to communicate with the outside world... But why do I need it every three days? "Wake up" like this..."

"Great, Kriz, you scared the hell out of us."

"Just wake up. How is Kriz? Are you okay? Our scan is ineffective on you, so we can only worry..."

Familiar voices came from his side. These voices made him wake up more. Kriz found himself lying on the bed in the "dormitory", surrounded by his roommates.

"What's wrong with me?" Kriz shook his head, which was still very heavy. He suddenly discovered that his surroundings seemed to have been specially cleaned, and that there were places that he couldn't reach and that might not be so important for the time being. .The walls and floor are also covered with a translucent golden substance, "Ah, and what are those things that look like crystal coatings?"

"We don't know what's going on." Seeing that xs4028 had woken up, lhjl1864343 was really relieved.

"You were staring at the "key" in your hand before, and then you suddenly lost consciousness. All the detection methods we can use on you have gotten garbled results. Really, there is nothing we can do. No, a special person came later and asked us to send you back for observation first. As for the "crystal coating" you called." lhjl1864343 paused, "Do you still remember when we went on a study tour? Have you experienced any earthquakes?"

"Remember, ah, those are."

"Those are the traces left by the earthquake in the world." lhjl1864343's expression became solemn. From this moment on, Kriz vaguely felt that he was beginning to be separated from them.

"When you were in coma, the world was affected by an extremely strong earthquake. These coating fragments are the product of the materialization of virtual information during the earthquake."

"ah"

"Students, thank you. Now, I need to exchange some information with this classmate privately. Please stay away for the time being." While Kriz was still thinking about the seriousness of what he had heard, A strange voice came from a little distance away. Only then did he notice that there was another figure further away from him, "outside" the roommates sitting around his bed.

"Okay. Let's go first." After the words fell, the three of them stood up and left. And looking at the three people leaving and the door closing silently, Kriz suddenly felt that he had become very far away - he was far away from everything around him.

"Then, let's get to know each other first." The figure who had been sitting in the back stood up and sat on the temporary seat beside Kriz's bed. "4-2-17-ui65312, the empire has appointed me as your "omnidirectional consultant" ", responsible for answering your questions and answering your doubts."

"16-3-1-xs4028, Davox Kryze. Ah, when I was inspecting me before, someone mentioned the consultant. Wait, level 2-17 authority?!"

Kriz suddenly noticed this, and he carefully looked at the person sitting next to him. His figure and appearance were similar to many people he had seen, and he did not have any very obvious outstanding features.

Unlike the classmates around me, I didn't feel any pain or trouble when remembering his name and number. The string of numbers didn't slip from my memory and get lost. The style of his clothes is quite common, just ordinary imperial formal clothes similar to ancient military uniforms, but the ornaments and patterns on his clothes are obviously more complicated, more complicated than other similar beings I have seen. This should be the authority. One of the differences caused by differences, but this should not be the point

"Yes." ui65312 nodded, "I hold level 2-17 permissions. My permission level is enough for me to understand all the public knowledge currently possessed by the empire and the targeted confidential content required by the mission. To sum up, I I should be able to handle most of the questions you want to ask at the moment. If nothing else, I will continue to serve as your advisor until you think you are capable of taking charge on your own, or until higher-level research in the empire confirms that I am no longer suitable. serve in this role.”

As he spoke, ui65312 sent a light screen to Kriz, "This is the imperial order and authorization."

"...Okay, thank you." For Kriz, the information currently pouring in was indeed too much, but his ability quickly helped him adjust his mentality and state. He recorded what he should record, and then looked into ui65312's eyes: "Can you tell me now, what is "I"?"

"The Empire has reached a conclusion. 16-3-1-xs4028, you are a narrative singularity with autonomous consciousness."

"Narrative Singularity...?" A life that has been reminded of its specialness in various ways since birth extracted a piece of content that it had just written down from its own memory, but when those pictures transformed into something that could be compared with other After learning the format of life exchange, Kriz discovered that the basis of the content he extracted was forcibly piled up by a large amount of complex information.

At present, they look more like a mass of markings and patterns that are constantly twisting and tangled, and the scene where I saw the huge white light group entangled with countless threads before... It seems that most of the scenes were passed by myself. The inner perception correction is "brain-made".

"...Is it probably something like this?" After hesitating for a while, Kriz packaged the content and sent it to the "questioner" sitting next to him.

"Well... this should be a narrative singularity seen from your perspective. But based on past experience, in addition to these contents that can be understood by other forms of life in the empire, you should also have some Your own unique views and insights that are difficult to express clearly.”

Several imperceptible rays of light flashed deep in ui65312's eyes, "The difference in life forms has a great impact. Special life forms have unique perception abilities in their "special" fields. They rely on these special perceptions. The senses formed by abilities are difficult to convey clearly and accurately to other non-similar life forms."

"So...is this it?" Kriz was a little confused, and it seemed difficult for him to decide what kind of feedback he should give next. However, his ability told him something new - just when he passed that information to the "questioner" in front of him, the latter's protection system seemed to have become stronger several times in a short period of time. The high fluctuations... seem to be in response to the information sent by oneself?

"What you see should be how the "narrative singularity" forms in your senses. The existence you see matches the observation records of the empire, but the "format" between the two is different." ui65312 confirmed Kriz’s previous conjecture.

"In most cases - of course, the probability of such a thing appearing is very low. Well, in most cases, the narrative singularity will not be considered the same level of intelligence as it."

"The birth method of narrative singularity is still an empirical item - we can conclude based on the experience gained from past observation records that it is easier to form such a thing in places where false information activities are more frequent, and the factors that induce it to take further concrete shape may be It is related to the "entity information" ejected outwards from the imperial world. These entity information may be able to cause the surrounding ethereal things to condense on them like forming condensation nuclei."

"However, the probability of narrative singularity is not high, because once the messy entity information thrown out by the empire world leaves the world barrier, the void will violently erode them, and very few of them can serve as the core of the condensation core. Young Master...ah, can you still understand?"

"My current understanding is not complete..." Kriz shook his head, but he was still very concerned about his actual situation. "Please continue."

"Not long ago, when you lost consciousness, a large number of information collisions occurred in the huge neighborhood centered on you. Using these high-intensity activities, the empire observed some more specific details - some have formed intelligence and independent consciousness The precursors of life formed the "condensation core" due to accidental reasons, and these special condensation cores eventually created a special narrative singularity like you with life, independent consciousness and wisdom."

"That's right..." Faced with the sudden impact, Kriz was still a little confused for a moment. He just subconsciously wanted to continue the topic, "So... I feel like I have seen a lot of things and experienced a lot before. The status of the content…”

"You can be sure that quite a few of them are indeed your personal experience or what you have seen with your own eyes. The narrative singularity will enrich a lot of information. These information are real stories or story fragments, which are peeled off from their original places. New places come together and unify, and the connections are clear. But there are also parts that you can "naturally" deduce by relying on the power of narrative singularity."

"It's like an author who is familiar with a fixed style and tells him several conditions and general circumstances that follow the style he knows, and he can easily use these conditions to write a new story."

"Just now...what happened outside? It is said that there was an earthquake, but now there are these crystal structures and crystal fragments in the room...What is going on?"

"It's true. As your friends said, this world has just been hit by a earthquake." At this point, ui65312 stared at Kriz's eyes. "The intensity of the earthquake is extremely high."

"Did I cause it?"

"Yes, and no. If I say yes, it is because you are a living narrative singularity, and the entity that corresponds to your existence will indeed cause the frequency of earthquakes to increase. If I say no, it means that your independent consciousness is in The subjective impact played in this process is minimal.”

“How responsible am I for this?”

"The Empire wants you to begin to truly and seriously understand your specialness. This is the responsibility you need to bear."

"Is that so..." Kriz's eyes were confused for a while, but his eyes quickly became sharp again. A plethora of notes spring from the words genuine, serious and special. After a pause, Kriz responded slowly, "I know, I will understand them as soon as possible."

"It's not easy to understand "speciality"." The two people's eyes collided head-on. One side cast a solemn scrutiny, while the other met the scrutiny gaze with neither humility nor arrogance, without any flinching.

"Come on." ui65312 nodded.

"Wait a minute, what do I call you? Also, why do I have such difficulty and pain trying to remember everyone's names and unique identification numbers, but they don't seem to have this problem remembering mine? "

"You can call me chief, or you can directly call me the unique identification number. The latter is a common way of addressing the entire empire. Other titles or prefixes are optional. Generally speaking, they have a better relationship. Only individuals use prefixes or custom names to refer to each other."

"As for the question you raised later - this is a common practice in the empire. Each individual's protective meme has a corresponding effect. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for beings to remember the names or identification numbers of other beings. And People generally don't remember these things deliberately. If there is a corresponding need, you can break through this layer of protection by relying on your own strength."

"However, if there are differences in authority levels, additional applications may need to be made depending on the scope of the differences. Your special performance in this regard is likely to be caused by your special life form."

"Chief. Why would the empire set up such a common practice?"

"This is still shrouded in mystery. Some emperors of the empire insist on doing this, and these practices are recognized by the supreme being of the empire. We don't know why. Moreover, the supreme being of the empire specifically mentioned this sentence in this regard : “If you find out in the future why you did this, remember not to tell anyone about it. Because some information is special, there is a difference between using hints to get others to understand the issues and telling them directly."

"So as a being, Chief ui65312, am I really special?"

"Yes, Kriz. I understand that this is not a result that is easily accepted. However, you really don't need to have any doubts about this. So far, you are the only person on record with an independent The narrative singularity of consciousness and wisdom. The probability of narrative singularity is already very low, and if the previous restrictions are added, the probability is even lower, so low that for the empire, you can be called a unique exist."

"So, is there a special reason for my origin?" At this point, Kriz leaned forward, and the look in his eyes became a little more complicated. It was unclear whether it was expectation, fear, confusion or confusion. Yes. Feeling of blame.

"No, your appearance can only be said to be a miracle caused by a small probability event."

ui65312 replied, "All departments of the empire have clearly determined that you are not the product of any experiment, and the empire has not conducted such experiments. Moreover, in fact, the empire has already determined your impact earlier." The points are highly similar, that is, the Empire has basically determined your identity as a narrative singularity earlier. It’s just that this fact is too shocking, so the Empire spent more time confirming this. Therefore, this The information was only given to you by me until now.”

"When did I probably start to appear? This may be a bit vague to ask, and I don't know how to explain this in detail."

"Well, if you ask that, the time when your independent consciousness and wisdom was completely solidified is the date of your birth. This is what you know. And if all the contents of the narrative singularity are taken into account, the empire currently speculates On a macro scale, you may have begun to form two hundred billion years ago. The most radical result given by the Radical Council was one trillion years ago, when the First Imperial Civil War began."

"Their reason is that since then, civil wars across the empire have led to the destruction of a large number of life-nurturing facilities, and a large number of soul precursors have been released. Since then, the formation of special narrative singularities like yours has The prerequisites have already been gathered.”

"Already gathered..." Hearing this, Kriz fell into deep thought - his inexplicable sense of familiarity and déjà vu, when did the scenes that sometimes flashed past his eyes embrace him? In the mind? How far back can they take themselves?

"Does the empire have any plans for me?" Kriz raised his head and asked, "I am afraid that my specialness also contains danger, and it is a very high risk, right? The empire has made this result clear, then I will accept What do I need to do down here?”

"There should be an arrangement, but it won't come out so soon. Before the specific arrangement plan is released, you may continue to live like this. You need to be careful not to let yourself have too strong psychological fluctuations, and at the same time, be careful not to Be hostile to those around you.”

".I have always wanted to ask, why not take some more powerful measures on me, such as restricting my movements or simply sealing me in a test site, or simply a sturdy container?" Kriz hesitated. He asked, "Isn't this safer? If I am active outside like I am, if I don't pay attention, I might hurt the classmates around me or hurt other facilities, right?"

".In this regard, the empire has also fully considered it. Kryz, your experience is the conclusion drawn by the empire. Your power makes you proficient in analysis and narrative. You should know the impact of a sudden twist in a story. .”

"And you have also seen that the impact of your life form includes causing powerful skyquakes, and skyquake disturbances can penetrate through the world barrier and layers of shields. And these are just the many kinds of things you can cause. One of the influences. Under such circumstances, it doesn't actually make much difference whether you are closed or not." This time, ui65312 hesitated for a while before giving the answer.

"However, don't think that the Empire ignores these worlds and everything in the world because of this - the Empire has made as many preparations as possible where you can't see it. While paying close attention to your movements, these preparations Also keeping other people safe.”

"...Well, I understand." Kriz looked around. He opened his mouth to say something, but after hesitation and silence, he only expressed his attitude with simple answers and nods.

"...If the empire does not have a good way to resist the impact of earthquakes, doesn't it mean that...the empire has shortcomings and flaws in defending against false information?"

"Indeed. But you also need to know, Kriz, that the empire is far from being omnipotent, and it is completely normal for there to be areas where it cannot do it. Moreover, the defense and isolation of false information itself is also very difficult. From a long-term perspective, Judging from historical records, this cannot be regarded as a clear "shortcoming" because it is something that is "difficult to do" or "impossible to do."

"If I listen to it directly... I still feel a little confused."

"This is normal……"