Star Empire

"Guard Fleet, confirm the abnormal entity situation!" The moment those black vesicles were noticed, ui65312 made contact with the escort fleet staying here.

On the one hand, he comforted the "children" who were still ignorant, and on the other hand, he quickly established multiple threads that could exchange information at a high level.

At this moment, what ui65312 is doing at the same time seems to span many eras. But no, these things all happened in the same environment and were controlled by the same person.

"The specific situation is unknown, but we have been able to determine that these "vesicles" have powerful extraordinary properties. At the same time, we cannot trace the source of these vesicles. The current detection results can only support... that they were formed after they condensed from the void. Directly pouring out from the world of order, just like the virtual information deposition crystals that will precipitate out of the world of order when a natural earthquake occurs."

"The situation has changed - activate the positioning beacon and order all standby troops to move closer!" ui65312 checked with the fleet's command organization for permission to issue orders in an emergency. "At the same time, unlock the final distress beacon."

"The positioning beacon has been activated. Considering the disturbance caused by the surrounding creation activities and the impact of the spiral world maze, the support response time is expected to be extended by more than three times.

"According to the process requirements, synchronized actions are an attempt to establish communication with the target. Multiple coding methods suitable for different technical systems and development levels have been loaded. Clear messages for diplomatic communication have been sent, smart statement dots have been sent, and complex unnatural logic has been proven The message has been sent...but no response has been received. Chief, do you want to take the next step?"

"...Perform hostile detection to further clarify the exact nature and possible intentions of the target." ui65312 gave the conclusion as quickly as possible. "At the same time, accelerate the fleet coordinate positioning speed."

ui65312 nervously watched the rare chaotic environment through the "eye array" across the void and the object that half of the empire was taking seriously.

At the same time, two groups of light like plush balls slowly floated out of the protection range of the joint shield, and floated towards the space-time gap where the invisible huge pressure forced the vesicles to tremble, a feeling mixed with powerlessness and fear. Complex feelings of anxiety and anxiety began to well up from the depths of my soul.

This feeling is like a lingering inner demon. It seems to be forgotten over time, but as long as it is mentioned again, the shadow in the heart will rise again and deprive all the light and future...

Although all the details of each emotion have been converted into data in detail, this emotion is more like the shock caused by the oldest but always preserved "biological emotion". ui65312 couldn't help but think of a terrible nightmare that hasn't appeared again in hundreds of billions of years:

Σ.

"Chief...there is a new situation."

"What?"

"The exploratory structural observation has been completed." The fleet commanders who were in two "Qingming Holy Seat" level reality-solid fortresses witnessed the terrifying reality: the two slowly floating groups of golden fluff were on the edge of some of the vesicles. Exploding outside, the golden light they released created a circle of ripples on the outer surface of the vesicle—no light penetrated into or bypassed the vesicle.

The ripples quickly dissipated and they were as gentle as the breeze. But it was these ripples, as thin as the breeze, that brought a terrifying weight and coldness to the surrounding atmosphere.

"Chief, the spatial structure feedback results and vector structure feedback results have been confirmed - judging from the feedback results obtained by a direct perturbation, the uniform defense range of the vesicle boundary is infinite dimensions within the spatial structure category, and infinite dimensions within the vector measurement category. Dimension. Their extraordinary attributes are very complete, and they are very likely to be shaped with extremely advanced technology!"

"Infinite dimensions?" Although Kriz did not have the authority to participate in this conversation, under his high tension, the power he summoned was enough for him to "eclipse" the protective structure that encrypted these conversations. "I remember that the empire's technology seems not to be directly applicable to Infinity, so what is the result of this detection?"

". Regarding this, I think you may have misunderstood." Facing xs4028's sudden inquiry, ui65312 was silent for a while.

"The empire does not have the ability to directly create infinity itself and apply it widely, but the empire has the ability to apply and transform already existing infinite structures - the former will indeed restrict the latter in some aspects, but this does not mean that we cannot involve To the infinite level.”

"Sit back and calm down, that's what you have to do for now."

ui65312 is dealing with many things at the same time, and the ominous premonition has gradually accumulated. The shadows they form span the vast distances of time and space and have never faded after hundreds of millions of years.

The flashes brought by the active scanning flares containing trace amounts of Aloal solar explosives, used for rapid initial testing of unknown target information structures during wartime, have dissipated, but the black shells of those vesicles are still smooth without any flaws.

"——Immediately light up the final distress beacon and call the main flagship!" ui65312 ordered, "Those vesicles wrapped in those vesicles are most likely Σ creations!"

"The final distress beacon has been lit!"

Kryze was still listening. Although he could still figure out the meaning of the information, he noticed that the chiefs and commanders were exchanging information through the imperial network at a speed he had never seen before. The time it took to "say a word" had been Compressed to near instant.

Through the layers of blockades and barriers of shields and armor, he saw an unusually huge light beam rising from the fleet. The light beam passed through the joint shield and penetrated all the structures of the entire world, and then...

The beam of light seemed to hit an invisible barrier.

"The final distress beacon failed to take effect as planned. The world barrier has been blocked. The complexity of the blockade exceeds the highest level that the "Web of Existence" equipment can achieve. At present, the confirmed blockade intensity exceeds a thousand conventional holy sounds. Praise for the total output of the Void Fortress, and the intensity of the blockade continues to rise. It is currently impossible to directly determine the highest level that the blockade may reach. But one thing is certain, we cannot rely on ourselves to break through this layer of blockade. Chief, the world barrier will soon be complete Block and completely block our communications, and we will be unable to contact you."

"The problem is serious, and this is not within the scope of the plan. If these sudden targets contain super entities of this level, then the channel built based on attribution will most likely be unusable." ui65312 frowned , "Extinguish the final distress beacon. At present, we can only hope that the main flagship will find the problem on its own."

"...Damn it." ui65312 said with an annoyed face: "The Spiral World Maze appears, and the spiral world Maze is accompanied by a Σ creation vesicle inside. The probability of these two things happening together is extremely low. All the records recorded by the Empire There are only three records of "vesicle companionship" in the Spiral World Maze phenomenon. Why do so many low-probability events appear together at such a time? Also, where do they come from? And it is obvious here It’s the side far away from Σ’s original sphere of influence…”

"The beacon has been extinguished and the beacon has not been broadcast to the next stage. The corresponding action mode of the general flagship should have been changed to anti-triggering. The current beacon broadcast volume is not enough to support positioning."

"...Chief, what else can we do?"

"You have completed what you can do so far. I have transmitted the information through the body to the joint monitoring and warning system, the reserve fleet and informed His Majesty Vidoville. But you must be prepared to sacrifice - the false information disturbance caused by xs4028 The intensity is already very high. The "Fierce Sun Cloud Field" will cause strong interference to most detection methods. Coupled with the influence of the spiral world maze and a large number of irregular Genesis activities, it is very difficult to locate here... It has been confirmed that the general flagship has set sail. …”

The powerful blockade attached to the world barrier is playing an increasingly important role, and more and more channels are cut off. The communication began to become intermittent, and the response of the ui65312 clone became very laggy.

"At present...I have no more options." ui65312 once again confirmed that he had transferred the command of the fleet back to the fleet command system. "Next, do your job well——"

Before he finished speaking, ui65312's body completely lost its vitality as if his soul had been pulled out. With the activation of a series of locking measures, this lifeless body locked itself even more tightly.

Those black vesicles have completed the blockade of this world. Now, everything here can no longer maintain contact with the outside world.

"Increase the strength of the joint shield, stabilize the fleet defense circle, and start strengthening all defense systems!"

"All effective contact methods have been cut off - it is determined that we have independent decision-making power in this situation. We will start to analyze the feasibility of the plan and completely take over the surveying and mapping ship after the analysis is completed!"

With the issuance of orders one after another, the fleet began to quickly move from alert to combat status. The degree of spatial activation within the ships has reached its highest point, and at the same time, the speed of information exchange between ships has also reached its peak.

The new and immature space-time structure struggled and trembled in the face of the huge disturbance caused by this rapidly becoming towering barrier.

They roar silently with the stars that quickly become blurred and crazy. They express their painful twitches with projections of various shapes and alluring distortions. They use collapsed light and shadow and twisted laws to try to eliminate abnormalities in the body.

But obviously, everything here is beyond the control of this "bubble content" floating in the void.

"xs4028, are you okay? Look at me and calm down!" "Wake up, Kriz! Don't torment us again at this time!"

As Kriz's roommates, the three of them gathered around Kriz, whose body was already stretched tighter than a cosmic string, calling him. However, they currently did not know Kriz's condition and did not know how to help him. ——Now, there is nothing they can do.

The mysterious figure who he had never heard clearly what Kriz called him might be able to give better advice, but now he seemed to have become a hollow and cold corpse. Apart from them, there were no more people on the entire ship who could deal with the current mess, which was quickly becoming complicated.

And what happened here and outside was already beyond my understanding.

"xs4028! Wake up! Don't lose consciousness again!" lhjl1864343 tried to use the knowledge he had learned about the Empire's life and rescue to stabilize Kriz's condition, but his efforts had no substantial effect.

"...Oh! It's useless!"

"What should we do?"

"We can only wait...forget it, what should I expect before?" lhjl1864343 suddenly laughed at himself twice, maybe this was just psychological comfort. After all, if xs4028's problem could be solved using these methods, he would have solved it long ago, so why wait until he came to help?

"." Looking at the anxious friends around him, Kriz wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it. The strong tension once again took away the control of his body from his consciousness. He is currently unable to move, but his eyes are still bright. The three people around him, the structure and shield of the surveying ship are like transparent gauze at this time.

They will not cause any obstruction to their line of sight. The surveying ship seems to have moved without him noticing. Currently, the ship seems to be in the shadow formed by the two "Qingming Holy Seats" and other super flagships in the fleet. .

The edge of the fleet is already very obvious, and the space-time structure outside the fleet's joint shield that determines this "edge" seems to have been greatly distorted. Such distortion makes the outside existences always gather together no matter how they approach the fleet. "Directly ahead" of the fleet? ?

He saw a tower, a tower of "nothingness" - this fleet was activating the emergence amplifier. Centered on the "peaks" of the fleets such as Qingming Holy Seat, Zhanwang and Shengmang, the height of the temporary plateau was once again raised... …and what about the other side?

The black "vesicles" shattered one after another, and the black falling objects were directly melted by the space. They did not cause any impact or disturbance, as if they had never existed.

The shadows that have been away from the empire for hundreds of billions of years have once again expanded from invisible to tangible. The smooth black silhouettes are wrapped in dazzling red lines. This is their body.

Behind them, the blood-red emblem deep in the clouds is watching everything here like a giant eye.

They are like towering islands in a storm, they spread their pressure, they reason the rolling clouds and thick fog on the mountain tops, and let them roll and spread along time and space——

"Dead tide reaction detected! Oscillatory changes in the stability of the space-time structure were detected, and the external field structure began to calm the space-time disturbance... A strong hostile reaction was detected!! It was confirmed that Σ Creation is generating an order-correcting wide-area fusion field! Target sequence and attack mode The calculation is completed! Prepare to follow the sequence——"

"Stop the attack! Change the output weapon operation mode and switch to defense!! Stop the personnel transfer plan and switch to in-situ assistance!"

Instructions are issued and received, nothing changes. But Kriz could hear that these instructions had just been mixed with some noise called emotion. However, these noises do not require energy to be analyzed and considered.

Relying on his own feelings and memories, he is enough to know what everything in front of him means - Σ, that civilized character shrouded in fog and complexity in the minds of all the people in the empire has appeared again.

No matter how you expand their background and enrich your understanding of them, the memory and fear of blood cannot be healed.

The huge shadow they and everything they had brought to [Xingming] has only faded away like blood under the erosion of hundreds of millions of years, but they have never really dissipated...

ah……

Everything around him, from his roommates to the commanders of the fleet, from the smallest supporting equipment to warships of different shapes, as well as the teams gathering here outside the barrier... they are all because of him. Only then will they gather here or move closer to this.

He is at the center of the vortex, and he is pulling an invisible information storm covering countless worlds.

According to the statement given by the empire, you cannot isolate yourself casually, and it is best not to make large-scale movements casually when a situation arises. It is best to let your own growth process take its own course, so as to help guide the rapidly materializing maelstrom towards final stability.

For various situations that may arise, what we need to do is to face and resist them head-on rather than prevent them in advance.

It was precisely in this way that he came here on a spaceship in accordance with the freshman teaching plan under these seemingly contradictory requirements, and that the surrounding beings would be in danger.

These decisions are made by the empire, and I only understand and accept them. But no matter what, when it comes to this, specifically to this time and space environment, and specifically to everyone around me, it is impossible for me to directly and openly say, "It has nothing to do with me, this is their choice."

But what can you do now to change your current situation? If I couldn't do anything...how would I feel inside? The throbbing deep in my heart due to this situation is probably no smaller than when I directly say "It has nothing to do with me, this is their choice."...

Damn it, what can be done?

The surrounding environment is filled with conversations that I don't understand and high pressure that can turn the atmosphere into "hell". Being unable to move, he was like a tentacle monster, using countless tentacles to wildly draw the attention of the commanders in the fleet who were becoming anxious in areas that they usually didn't care about.

Around him who was unable to move, his roommates were still trying to figure out how to solve things that they simply couldn't solve. It seemed that someone rushed in, and that person began to instruct his roommates to activate the equipment. His body should have been "wrapped", and some relatively obvious stimulation began to act on his body and mind, but it was of no use. .

xs4028 felt as if his consciousness was sealed in his gaze. As his gaze extended, his consciousness became thinner.

He saw that on the "other side" of the battlefield, the terrifying shadows hiding deep in the lightning and thick clouds composed of black stars and chains released a rain of arrows that he could not clearly capture.

The walls protecting the fleet were like water upon which a handful of pebbles had been thrown. As for the space-time environment that served as the battlefield, it was completely boiled almost instantly.

On his side, a warship opened fire, but those "cannon fires" were used to reinforce the wall rather than attack. The fleet is like the center of a whirlpool, and all attacks from Σ creations are like falling water around the whirlpool. They all converge on the fleet's protective system, causing the wall to become crumbling in an instant.

A large number of annotations that I couldn't understand, as well as weird symbols that might just be pure gibberish, kept pouring out. They wander around the outside of the walls, scraping away the defenses that extend beyond the shields.

"Can - do - what?!!"

…

"The stability of the joint shield has declined, and the total shield capacity and recharge speed cannot establish a dynamic balance with the Σ attack!"

"Prioritize the elimination of dead tide reaction - regional quarantine is completed, and no further spread of dead tide pollution has been found!"

"All redundancies have been released, releasing all unlimited anti-run concept reserve resources!"

"The efficiency of the fleet's emergence amplification system is close to the critical value, the effect of the virtual information projection amplification system is not good, and the pressure required to maintain the defense line is increasing!"

As time goes by, the situation is becoming more serious.

Those vesicles that suddenly appeared - their number was far more than a few or a dozen, they appeared in thousands in this deformed space-time, and this process seemed to not stop in a short time. The smallest part of those vesicles is as big as a planet, while the larger parts can be said to block out the sky even for space.

Eclipse, new moon, dark star, gap, long sword...the corresponding entities behind these horrifying code names have once again appeared in the sight of star intelligence after hundreds of billions of years of silence.

The vesicle shattered silently, and the contents released from it were hidden in the dense clouds of the order correction wide-area fusion field, pouring inexplicable firepower toward this "incompatible" area. A stormy black-red jet hit the fleet's joint shield, and one after another irreparable ripples began to spread outside the shield.

And between these "blood rains", there are even stranger things falling.

They will only leave a series of afterimages that are difficult to capture, and their attacks will create a strange black mist. It does not care what kind of protection is in front of it. The black fog will delete information, which makes them look like a death wave. However, if you compare them carefully, these black fogs are different from the death wave in many ways.

Now, how to deal with them?

The rain was pouring down, and lightning branched out from the clouds. As these black giant trees form and dissipate, a large number of dark dots will be "embedded" in the clouds as the process progresses.

They flicker with each other like breathing, and every "breath" can further increase the intensity of the order correction wide-area fusion field.

Wait...there's a problem.

Kriz suddenly remembered something.

The contamination and damage caused by the dead tide is all-encompassing and irreversible, and it is almost impossible to be immune.

Σ, this pile of riddled remains of a civilization that was corroded by the death tide more than a trillion years ago... there shouldn't be so many things that have survived to this day.

And... they seem... "new" now? This is true whether it is them themselves or the pollution attached to them. Why is this?

"Fatal error: Total combined shield capacity fell below alert threshold."

"Fatal error: It was detected that the shield structure in some sections could not be effectively repaired."

"Fatal error: The masking effect is reduced, and the abnormal environment shielding effect is reduced."

"——The entire fleet, be prepared to sacrifice!!"