Star Empire

"Being monitored?" Weisruifan immediately became serious, "Have you scanned or sensed any illegal equipment or signal sources?"

"No, it's just a strange feeling... That look seems to come from an endless and distant world. Neither I nor the equipment group I have access to can quantify it... It can be confirmed that the federal technology cannot achieve this at all. kind of level.”

Vidoville shook his head, "In my opinion, that look transcends everything. It ignores all physical obstacles, ignores the laws of physics, and ignores time and space. I am even certain to a certain extent...the source of that look is not Not in this universe."

"This... this is a really vague and incomprehensible description." Weisrifan obviously felt a little strange and puzzled by Vidoville's answer, but judging from Vidoville's state, she might not be able to do it either. More work has gone into this matter.

"For this part, I rather agree with the humane side of federal law. The rationality maintained by theoretical modules and databases is mechanical. We can only maintain this rationality within a range. No matter how large the range is, it will always is limited. And we may already be wandering at the boundary of this range, or even beyond it. After going beyond the scope of the database, the theory on which the so-called rationality itself relies is likely to no longer hold... At this time, sensibility, or It’s not necessarily worse to be intuitive.”

Vidoville allowed himself to sit in the chair as relaxed as possible, slowly adjusting his simulated breathing, and while recovering his strength, he tested his enhanced plug-in. On the side, the two people waited quietly for self-examination in Vidoville After finishing, Weisrifan spoke slowly: "If we talk about intuition... I also had an unusual feeling in the parliament today."

"Huh?" Vidoville's half-closed eyes opened instantly, and the soldier's conditioned reflex made him focus immediately, "What did you feel?"

"...the state of the congressmen, and what they said. In this parliament, I felt that when the congressmen put forward warning items to us and emphasized the federal recognition of reason and logic, they... seemed to be... It’s like a human being is reading a manuscript mechanically.”

"Surveillance... being controlled... there should be some anomaly that we haven't noticed..." Vidoville frowned and chewed these words several times, but based on the current situation, he also Not sure where the problem lies.

"Let's be vigilant for the time being. I can only say that the occurrence of these phenomena is definitely not normal. By the way... what is the decision made by the parliament?"

"The final ruling of the arbiter computer is after this warning. If we cannot make any explanation or behavior change that meets their requirements, they will initiate an impeachment process by popular opinion, and after this process, even if we are not impeached Removal can only last for a minimum term.”

Weisrifan said, "But when it comes to national impeachment, there is something wrong here. Our promotion of the unified theory of information is also one of the administrative actions. If they are hostile to the unified theory of information, then the hostility will be the same whether it is perceptual or logical. It worked for us, but now, the basic public opinion has not reached the impeachment warning threshold?”

"Since the explosion of the crystal energy vortex, many situations have begun to be different from the past. We must be more prepared..." Vidoville stood up and restored the ground at the same time, "No matter what, we are now undergoing major reforms. During this period, we must grasp our position, Ikarim, I can feel your seriousness and determination, and I am very happy that you can join our team."

"It would be an honor for me, Your Excellency."

"Let's go back to the warp space bubble first. No matter what we do next, we must communicate with those cutting-edge researchers first."

…

"Xingming" is the general flagship of the army. Many of its components have been specially designed and strengthened. Under the extremely strong space resonance attraction, the warped space bubble surrounding the spacecraft quickly returned to the third hexagram. It was the only entrance and exit to the restricted blocked area, but after passing through the long warped wall, a piercing alarm instantly sounded in the originally calm spacecraft command cabin:

"Serious error, there is a huge deviation between the clock node and the perpetual clock system, and it has been forced offline; repeated, serious error, there has been a major error between the clock node and the perpetual clock system, it has been forced offline, and the time stabilization system has failed online..."

"What's going on?" Vidoville temporarily blocked this annoying alarm, "Why did the ship's time system and the perpetual clock scale produce a disorder that is enough for the main network to judge it as a dangerous meme? Host, scan the nearby environment!"

"Try to start the scanning array... All scanning systems with light speed compensation effects produce abnormalities, and the optical observation system shows major changes in the universe within the range..."

"Display the mutation on the home screen! Ignore all alerts!" Vidoville ordered urgently.

When the two-dimensional screen, which was rarely activated as an optical detection method feedback terminal, was activated, everyone was surprised: the overall free luminosity of the originally dark blocked area had increased by at least two orders of magnitude.

Billions of light-years away, the originally disc-shaped crystal energy vortex seemed to have lost its original operating restrictions. Countless golden bright lines erupted from the center of the vortex, and then disappeared into the deep space of the universe - obviously, Those bright lines themselves cannot be solid.

At the same time, from time to time, brighter and dazzling material jets burst out from the black hole in the center of the vortex, forming ultra-large-scale material activities clearly visible on the space scale - the length of those jets may be millions or even tens of millions. Light-year-long bands of bright light, they wind and twist in space, like giant dragons traveling through the dark horizon.

Their scale is surprisingly large. These golden streamers with immeasurable speed are like the corona ejected by stars in their most active period, but the scale of activity here is larger than the most violent activity produced by the super black hole star in the constellation Triangulum. It is also tens of billions of times more powerful.

"Sir, may I ask what is going on?" Icarim had only seen the crystal energy vortex during the broadcast. At that time, it was just a quiet, even beautiful golden disk, but Now, the crystal energy vortex itself has turned into a violent golden sea tide. The surging waves are galloping rapidly in this small universe, as if they can overturn and engulf the flagship under their feet in an instant.

Reason gradually overcame panic and gained the upper hand. Vidoville calmed himself down first, and at the same time began to understand the situation. The access frequency of the information collection network segment here has not changed, but after changing the frequency of the spacecraft host to Vidoville After the replacement, a text message was instantly sent to Vidoville's mind through the host. Obviously someone was more anxious than him:

"Archon, shortly after you left this area and went to the Odosil Council, a large surge of activity broke out in the crystal energy vortex. According to the preliminary verification by Chief Cavenril Zhai Cahir, it can be judged that this The timeline of the region has shifted significantly from that of the main universe. Please go to the latest site after seeing this message. The space resonance frequency characteristics have been attached to this newsletter attachment."

"...What happened? Crystal energy vortex information surge? Time axis shift?" Just seeing these words, Vidoville and Weisrifan can feel how much information it contains, but in After the host connected to the sub-network segment in this area, the two of them felt somewhat relaxed - at least, the existence here is still stable, and the information collection network is still in operation, which is enough to show that the abnormal situation happening here does not exceed Under the control of several senior federal officials who stayed behind.

The spacecraft started up again and flew towards the coordinates left in the message in the face of powerful interference and crystallization threats. In the process, Victorville also had time to study the changes here and what the people who stayed here during this period were doing. Something happened.

When sailing in the warped space bubble, the communication bandwidth will be greatly limited, but because of the arcane energy permeating the information computer, the nodes in the warped space bubble can still be connected to the main network. When Vidoville connects the network The most obvious main node group was converted into three-dimensional coordinates. When comparing it with the optical detection results, the three people on the bridge were all stunned.

The end points connected by the golden bright lines generated in the vortex actually all correspond to the node positions!

In this short period of time, what happened in this area?

With uneasiness and some faint excitement, the three of them were nervous and looking forward to an environment that was about to appear in front of them that was completely different from what they expected.

"The fusion of the space resonance area is completed, the warped space bubble is about to burst, and the spacecraft has arrived at the navigation mark." Under the prompts of the shipboard AI, the matte black screen outside the ship disappeared instantly, and Wei Ruifan immediately noticed that, except for the original Outside the galaxy they were familiar with, in the originally dark space, several bright golden light spots shone, warming the long night here.

"Please note to members of the ship, unknown radiation was found at the landing site of the spacecraft. Please be sure to pay attention to safety when leaving the spacecraft!" The reminder from the spacecraft AI made Vidoville and the others quickly focus on their destination. When the spacecraft finally docked at the new When the site connected to the area, the three of them suddenly felt that they might have felt more surprise and excitement today than they had in their previous lives combined.

Outside the spaceship, stands a majestic and brilliant space station. This space station is different from the usual planet-shaped or regular geometric combination space stations. In terms of color, it is not the silver gray or dark brown most commonly used by the Federation, but The overall appearance exudes a faint golden luster, which is reminiscent of crystal energy.

In appearance, it is more like a space resonance hub with two cone bottoms joined together, but the difference is that its busbar is not a rigid straight line like a cone, but a soft parabola. The line shape is the half branch of the perfect simplest parabola.

Outside the plane at the waist of the space station, there is a ring of circular pipes. The ring connects four spoke-shaped channels according to the total three-dimensional coordinates of the universe, and is connected to the main body of the space station. Currently, Vidoville’s The docking position where the spacecraft is docked corresponds to such a spoke channel.

"The boarding application was received. The identification code is Chief Scientific Officer Stratus Cavenriel, but some unknown changes occurred in the soul, and crystal energy radiation was detected." When everyone was amazed at such a huge change, the shipboard AI Suddenly such a message was sent.

"Block warning, pass." Vidoville and Vesrifan said together.

"Two consuls, I'm glad that we finally meet again." Cavernelle appeared in the first bridge holding a pale golden rectangular sealed box in his hand, "During the time you were away, something happened here. A lot of things. Is this... Icarim? So glad you're joining us."

"Cavenriel, long time no see." Ikarim looked at his old friend, feeling excited and excited in his heart, but he soon discovered something was different, "Cavenriel, you..."

"After the crystal energy-soul fusion, the partial reorganization of the soul affects some of the body's traits. There is not much actual distortion, so there is no problem."

Cavinrel smiled and shook his head, and then opened the box in his hand. The basic structure of the box was the same as that of the safe, but it was made of a light golden material similar to the main body of the space station. In the box, there were some neatly arranged The golden chips are similar to the original identification warrants for high-ranking officials. The difference is that these chips are all floating with a faint golden light.

"Please insert this chip into your back ear." Cavernrel asked everyone to take a chip, "This is the crystal energy-soul basic preservation chip. It has a certain amount of crystal energy storage, but it is not enough. To completely change the soul. Only by implanting it first can you move freely in these new space stations. Currently, there are quite a few facilities here with strong secondary crystal energy reactions."

"Progress...so fast?"

Vidoville and Weisrifan had learned about the painful fusion process of Eskett and Torres, and had personally participated in the first-generation crystal energy transformation experiment in which the mortality rate was about one quarter.

However, in the short two days since they left here to participate in the Odosil Council, earth-shaking changes have taken place here. Even the crystal energy soul fusion measures have not only been so simple and safe, but also have different fusion levels. .

"...It's not all progress. We have also gone through many ups and downs. Moreover, we have dealt with many problems and adapted to many things during this period. There is a lot of knowledge that needs to be sorted out, and many real-life phenomena have become different. Same... We can only explain or guess a part of it, a very limited part, that's all. This chip, for example, is actually a "new" product... Maybe it won't take too long, and the place is gradually prospering. New industrial systems can make crystal energy equipment popular. Ah, crystal energy has already begun to protect your souls."

Cavinrel used a small scanner to scan the bodies of Victorville and others, "Please come with me, your arrival is a coincidence, a major project is about to enter the final implementation stage. "

"Cavenriel, give us an overview of what happened here during this period, what experiences you all had, and what did you do during this period?" Weisrifan asked, " Based on the changes that have taken place in the crystal energy vortex and your current facilities, it is obvious that the timeline here has shifted significantly compared to the main universe."

After hearing Weisrifan's request, Cavenriel stopped the teleportation halo that was being activated, "Then, let's walk a while first. In this area, we have enough time, and I can explain a little bit. Let’s take a look at what exactly happened here after you left. In addition, I don’t know if you can fully adapt to it. Apart from the main exchange of ideas, the degree of phenomenon of discourse is already quite high. …”

Along the spoke corridor connected to the main body of the space station, the three people from Victorville were always amazed by everything here. Compared to the federal environment outside, everything here is brand new——

Inside the space station, the main color inside the space station is not as shiny as the outer shell, but close to white, and the lighting atmosphere is similar to an F-class star. Before leaving, Vidoville and Weiss Ruifan had a preliminary understanding of crystal energy materials and mathematical rate technology. Coupled with the federal style that barely existed here and their own knowledge base, they could barely discern the features of some of the facilities here. General purpose, and many more things that have never been seen before.

"These new facilities are all related to the use of crystal energy, and they are currently working in quite good condition." While walking, Cavinrel explained and asked to leave the trio who were obsessed with roadside equipment from time to time, "These Data and information related to new technologies are stored in the network cloud storage here, and people with general and second-level scientific officer levels and above can access it at will."

"We have only been outside for two days, and such huge changes have taken place here." Weisruifan looked at the almost completely unfamiliar space facilities here, "What is the time span here? Hundreds of years?"

"More than that, Your Excellency." Cavernrel shook his head. When he mentioned this, he also sighed with emotion. "We have spent more than two thousand years here. To be precise, it is two thousand three hundred and fifteen years. According to the According to the Calendar of Origin, this area is already 35,478,366,600 years old."

"What happened to the crystal energy vortex?" Vidoville asked.

"When a huge energy fluctuation occurred, all the shield arrays in the frontline base were instantly overloaded and destroyed." Vidoville sighed with a heavy expression, "The main researchers and crystal energy enhancers at that time They were all participating in mathematical rate equipment projects at the further material testing base or learning how to control their own abilities. No one in these two groups was injured or killed, but all personnel in the frontline base were sacrificed - it was too close to the vortex. "

"This... oh, such a large-scale unstable fluctuation... what's next?"

"Zhai Cahir, Eskett, Torres and Agnas were the first to discover time distortion, or the accelerated change in information trends."

After adjusting his mood, Cavinrel continued to tell the story of this period, "The information torrent generated by the explosion of the crystal energy vortex had a considerable impact on the area blocked by the long wall of the warped world. At first The three people with special abilities after enhanced crystal energy could only feel the abnormality, but it was difficult to describe it accurately. By superimposing the information perspective of the arcane level, Zhai Cahir discovered that the trend change of the information began to accelerate."

"Didn't all the detection equipment find it?" Weisruifan asked, "Including the perpetual clock that exists within this range?"

"No, Your Excellency." Cavernrel shook his head, "Crystal energy is at the first level after all, and its priority exceeds everything in our universe. Our previous equipment was based on changes in information trends, but If the yardstick fails, all means based on it as a measurement standard will naturally fail. In this area, the flow rate of "time" is uncertain..."

"The process of converting physical time to the information evolution trend corresponding to the entire world took some time here... After that, when you are coming, the flow of time here can even be a thousand times faster than outside. Ten thousand times. At present, the timeline has been basically stable and the flow rate is returning to normal..."

"It's not accurate to say this...it's just for ease of understanding. On average, the one second we define here is one million three-thousandth of a second of the main universe outside the warp space. It can be said that this is very huge. The difference is that under the influence of the powerful crystal energy impact, the information evolution trend here has accelerated 1,033,000 times from a regular level. As you know, the core material of the perpetual clock is the information that originally calibrated the time for the entire network. The second-level computer sub-machine is just a material with specific properties disturbed by the residual fluctuations of arcane energy. It has no rank priority. When the law itself has changed, its passive records will also change accordingly. "

"After noticing the anomaly, Chief Zhai Cahill originally wanted to try to recalibrate the time with brute force, but the amount of information required to affect this area with a diameter of billions of light years is too great, and we cannot do it. And in In subsequent discussions, we also discovered the advantage of internal time acceleration. You once said that the external environment does not support our research, time is tight, and our current situation is just right without the outside world knowing. We have enough time. With the extra time and the small amount of previous technical knowledge, we have made many technical improvements and upgrades during this period."

"First of all, before you left, we basically already had the basic technology that can store and simply utilize crystal energy, which allows us to expand further. And the emergence of the mathematical rate core solves the problem We were unable to apply mathematical models to the problem. After solving the problem from scratch, we almost downloaded and processed and reset almost all the accidental mathematical models of the federation, and we unearthed a large amount of knowledge with extremely high utilization value from them. On these basis, based on the existing interaction between crystal energy and matter, we have established a large number of model analysis systems about crystal energy, which even include the creation equation and many assignment rules... Now we can compare Use crystal energy skillfully and safely."

"Well... currently, in terms of popularization and explanation... we are just maintaining stability, but we have not explained too much... Everything here is changing, and it is a radical change. After measuring it with several teams, we have determined that it is still possible for the time being. It’s better not to promote too much.”

"Very good, really good! Your spirit and achievements are amazing!" Vidoville said sincerely, "I will learn about your research process and the principles and performance of these new equipment as soon as possible. By the way, When this information burst occurs, what time does it correspond to the main universe time outside?"

"The impact of the information explosion makes it impossible for us to completely rule out errors. However, if we estimate based on the downed equipment in the blocked area, the main universe time should be about thirty hours in the past, which is the first half of the second day after you set off. ." Cavernell recalled, "According to the federal customs I know, under normal circumstances the parliament should be close to breaking up at that time."

Hearing this statement, Vidoville trembled involuntarily.

"Consul, you..."

"It's okay." Vidoville raised his hand to stop Cavinriel, who was about to step forward, "Let's continue talking about your situation. There is no need to go into details about the specific process of the research. When we first arrived here, you said you had A major project is entering the physical trial stage, what kind of project is it?”

"Two consuls, and Icarim, look at this." Cavinriel activated a set of holographic images: On the outside of another ring corresponding to the spoke axis of the space station, a fusiform ship The spaceship was docked quietly in the airport, its pale golden hull shining brightly under the light of crystal energy.

"Is that a Taloga class built with crystal energy technology?" Vidoville asked curiously, "Although there are many additional structures on its shell, the thruster part is also different from the conventional vacuum zero-point energy engine. functional end, but overall the similarity is still very high.”

"Your Excellency, you are only partly right." Cavernell smiled proudly, "It did refer to most of the Taloga-class blueprints when building it, but this spaceship is more than just a spaceship."

"It is a void exploration ship." Cavinriel said slowly and clearly.