Star Empire

oufqw31910 and yorpq7131's guesses were correct. The barrier that suddenly appeared in front of them was indeed made by an intelligent civilization, an intelligent civilization that had a bad fate with the empire for hundreds of millions of years - Σ.

Without any more hesitation, after dropping the invisible beacon that could indicate the existence of the dangerous area, the two people immediately drove the predator ship and evacuated the scene as quickly as possible. And this explosive news also shocked all the people responsible for directing the project step by step with the evacuation of the plundering ship. In the process of being passed up step by step, this explosive news traveled all the way along the relay communication stations and communication ships in the void route towards the empire's homeland.

In order to ensure the timeliness of this information, hundreds of virtual point jump ships had to be decommissioned after severe power overload. In just a dozen years, news of the discovery of unknown barriers and large-scale Σ facilities at the top of the Fierce Sun reached the empire and was directly presented to the Emperor's Council.

".Currently, it seems that people on the frontline are still unable to determine the relationship between the creations of Σ civilization and the void barrier. In other words, we are not yet sure whether "Σ civilization created this barrier" or "the creation of Σ civilization" Encountered interference from this void barrier and was destroyed."

"The specific locations where Σ creations and void barriers were discovered have been marked. In terms of location, the locations where they were discovered are relatively close to the direction corresponding to the old Σ civilization."

"To the extent possible, Σ civilization should have the ability to build such a void barrier if they also need to face some rare but extreme environments or situations."

"Judging from the current data, there seems to be erosion caused by dead tide pollution on the Σ creation. However, this evidence alone is not enough to determine its specific nature."

“We should consider setting up multiple lines of defense outside and at the empire’s national border towards this location. The strength of the defense line should be based on the ability to withstand the decisive battle flagship. The defense line should have the ability to engage in a frontal battle with the decisive battle flagship, and the The time it takes for the defense line to be breached cannot be shorter than fifteen years. And this requirement also has a prerequisite, which is that there is no assistance from other armed forces of the empire."

"Issue early warning information to all departments in the corresponding areas, order all imperial forces in the relevant areas to be ready for battle at any time, and ensure sufficient reserves of unlimited anti-crowding resources!"

"Currently, we need more information. Without more accurate and clear information, we will not be able to effectively judge the subsequent situation. In a aimless situation, whether it is preparing for war or preparing for other possibilities , the total amount of resources we need to consume is quite huge.”

"However, who can go further to obtain this information and intelligence? The current imperial life basically does not understand Σ civilization enough to support them to deal with such a complicated situation."

"Um"

"Let's go." After a short silence, Vidoville and Weisrifan looked at each other several times, and their unanimous voices broke the calm of the conference room.

"What? Your Majesty, you—"

"Our understanding of Σ is high enough, and we have a deep enough connection with Σ civilization. And - our ability to control information is high enough. I am afraid that at present, we are still trying to figure out the barrier in the void and the sudden appearance of Σ creations. In fact, no one is more suitable than us, right?"

"Indeed, if you two have made a decision, I wish you peace and success." After saying that, more than a hundred rotating emperors present stood up together and saluted the two.

"The specific candidates for action have been determined. I, an avatar of Weisrifan, Kriz, and a portrait from the λ Civilization Federation - the portrait contains the "Seventh" of the previous λ Civilization Federation. The soul of the "Saint". Lambda and the "Seven Saints" belonged to the same civilization before this era. This civilization once experienced rapid development for hundreds of millions of years without obtaining the creations of the Σ civilization. There is a great possibility of that rapid development. It’s because this civilization also intercepted the large amount of information flow thrown out after the collapse of Σ.”

At the "departure station" of Void Channel No. 1599 in Quadrant 6, the Empire's flagship has been prepared. Vidoville has completed the calibration of all his equipment. At the same time, he has simulated and calculated the void information in advance. The possible impact of the offset difference, so that you can have a clear understanding and advance resistance to the local void information offset difference.

"Your Majesty Vidoville, according to the plan formulated by the empire before this, after your departure, the entire armed forces of the empire and the command of the imperial fleet will be handed over to the unified command of the Emperor's Council. All regions and departments of the empire will maintain normal operations. , if any emergencies are encountered, relevant units will act in accordance with the plan or relevant safety concepts."

"Yeah, no problem." Before leaving, Vidoville carefully reviewed all the documents and determined all the plans and emergency measures formulated by the empire - whether they have been implemented for a long time or they have been implemented recently due to this special event. There is no problem with them being temporary additions for major events.

"The binding has been completed." The three feedbacks came one after another, which means that Weisrifan's clone, the narrative singularity and the portrait carrying the soul of the former "Seventh Saint" have been fixed in his "body". In the current situation, their existence and integrity are bound to the two ships of the Arcane Throne and the Void Matrix. During the virtual point jump process, any damage they may suffer will be borne by the ship body first.

"Your Majesty, I wish you a safe journey." The people who came to see off neatly saluted the general flagship. Behind them, in the world where the port is located, the blazing sun in the void is still "clearly visible", and the stars she blew out The wind still blows across the world barrier of this world, as it has for eons.

Vidoville looked at the route in front of him. Countless beacon worlds and relay worlds extended from his "departure station". They were connected in long lines and pointed to the endless depths of the void, invisible. Where does it end?

The main flagship started up silently, and the starlight passing around it looked a little deformed because it was slightly distorted. The Arcane Throne and the Void Matrix flew across the thin and dim starry sky here. It began to rise, pulling away from the bubble of order.

"The pre-calculation of the relay beacon and navigation beacon positions begins. The covariance calculation begins." In Victorville's mind, those light points hidden in the void were quickly filtered out, and they were like a star formed by connected stars. Like a long chain, it is clearly visible in the void. Each progress bar came to an end under Victorville's annotation, and a series of "completion" prompts flashed across Victorville's eyes. His thoughts moved slightly, and the huge ship followed his will and headed towards the other end of the route. Enter.

Unlike the empire's creations, the empire's general flagship has many equipment that are not manufactured by the empire. They were used when the two general flagships were the "doomsday arks" of the Σ civilization. The default function of the ark searched for Victorville's After the consciousness and cognition, based on the consciousness and cognition of Vidoville as a "star man" at that time, it was then designed and manufactured according to the highest standards of Σ civilization using the technology of Σ civilization. They can directly compete with the creations of Σ Civilization, and their performance is still stronger than the creations of the Empire.

Therefore, when the general flagship moves forward in the void route, it is like "floating in water", coherent and swift.

"Lil, are you okay?" During the voyage, Vidoville quietly asked Vesrifan.

"Huh? Which aspect are you referring to?"

"Ah, mind, mentality, and body, right?"

"Understood, plus hu3477, and the choices of the people who opened these void routes before, Wood, are you worried about me? Don't worry, don't think too much!" Wei Ruifan waved his hand, "Don't worry so much. Ah hey! How many times do you need me to say this?!"

"Ah yes. But, ah, forget it, it's actually nothing. It's just a feeling."

"That's right - what's wrong with looking forward? And - speaking of this, Woodard doesn't seem so determined sometimes. You need a beautiful girl to help you warm you with a loving hug. For a moment?!”

"Beautiful girl? I agree with both the front and back words, but I don't really agree with the middle word."

"Hey--Ignore you and concentrate on sailing the boat. Call me when you get there and I'll go meditate."

"Meditation. What?" Vidoville asked a little strangely.

". Let's work with Kriz to do a fortune-telling for you, us and the entire empire! A fortune-telling! [Fortune-a-divination]!!! Do you understand?!" Before the words could even be finished, Vidoville spoke up. I felt that the figure that had been standing behind me disappeared.

"." Silence completely returned to his surroundings, but Victorville's heart was not at peace.

Over the past tens of billions of years, the Star Empire, or rather the Star Civilization, has gone through a lot.

Civilization has been on the verge of extinction many times, but perhaps due to the almost limitless will to survive of a small group of imperial beings, including himself, or even mainly himself, "civilization" has made sharp turns on the edge of the cliff countless times. The crisis of destruction has been circumvented.

Civilization has encountered difficulties many times. These difficulties may not be fatal, but they may hinder the progress of the empire, clamp the hands of the empire to explore, and fetter the empire's free thinking and free spirit. The biggest among these difficulties is Some have passed, and they have become troughs and passes in the development curve of civilization, while some have left too deep a mark. Even if the events themselves have passed, their impact on the empire has been engraved on the empire forever. in memory.

Self-affirmation, self-denial, being trusted, being betrayed, being questioned. They have never disappeared, they will not disappear before and now, and they may not disappear in the future.

Many things in the empire have gone through many updates and iterations. The unique soul identification codes used by the beings in the empire have been upgraded and replaced. Countless beings are either walking safely and peacefully to this day, or with the vigorous development of the empire. The incident of becoming famous and falling, may also lead to the end of being recognized by oneself in peace, and then choose to cancel oneself.

The empire's ideological trends have changed many times. The sparks caused by the collision of countless words such as interests, reality, dedication, ideals, etc. may ignite a fire in the process, or they may just fleetingly disappear without a trace.

Among them, what has changed and what remains unchanged?

"Um"

Everything will change.

What remains unchanged may be only the yearning and persistence for a better life. All efforts are centered on this sentence, and all progress is to consolidate persistence and pursue the direction of life.

The surrounding void is getting colder, and Vidoville feels that as he is rapidly moving away from the Empire area, the distance between the beacon worlds is gradually decreasing, and the density of relay stations between the beacon worlds is also rapidly increasing - these This is done to minimize the impact of information offset differences.

Vidoville felt that everything around him seemed to be a little uncooperative with his actions. He seemed to be an alien here, and everything around him seemed to be displeasing to him. They whizzed past him, trying to It’s better to unplug some of your information and let your complete self be filled with holes.

Vidoville knew that this was when the information offset difference began to have a significant impact. All the data returned by various sensors throughout the ship were uniformly processed and then passed to him, thus allowing him to form an intuitive feeling.

Everything about me does not completely conform to the laws of creation in this void area. The process of rushing to the void area where the "barrier" is located is like trying to force a pile into a hole that does not fit the pile body. . In fact, this effect does not appear only here. In fact, information offset differences exist at any location and in any corner of the void.

It's just that under the influence of various factors, the empire has never had a good taste of the powerful impact that the void information offset can have. Until the Great Expedition Plan was launched, a large number of void point jump ships sailed to the depths of the void beyond the borders of the empire. Information The powerful influence that offset difference can bring truly appears in front of the empire.

However, if it were just me, I probably wouldn't be so uncomfortable.

It should be the other three passengers - in order to ensure their own integrity, Vidoville bound them to the general flagship, allowing the general flagship to bear most of the defects and damage for them. Maybe this is what caused it. The reason why I feel obvious discomfort.

A series of calculation scripts started working from the preloaded state, and more calculation resources began to flow into the void engine, virtual point jump engine and self-consistent law armor to assist these which are most important in the process of void navigation and are also affected by the void information offset difference. The equipment or structures that have the greatest impact remain stable while accelerating their adaptation to the void environment, which is completely different from the Imperial Zone.

During the high-speed jump of the general flagship, the different feedbacks brought by the world of order and the void repeatedly switched at the boundary of the order field, and they gradually became a little blurry, like a looping animation seen through a layer of fog. The surroundings were continuing to get colder. When Victorville looked back, behind her, there was the powerful "star" that had been burning for more than three trillion years. At this moment, it seemed that she and she were casually grabbing the sky. Compared with the ordinary dim star that came, there is no obvious difference.

"What's the current situation?"

"We have confirmed that this barrier that appears in the void exists in all currently known void quadrants. We have only confirmed part of its boundaries, and the scope of this barrier is very huge."

"Are there any traces of the discovered Σ creations being active again, or any other abnormal behavior?"

"We cannot be completely sure about this issue, Your Majesty. We can only be sure that the creation has not moved in any way since it was discovered, and its order field has not thrown any information into the void that can indicate that it has begun to move. But except for Apart from the partial information captured by the first plundering ship, we have not conducted close surveillance on it."

"On the one hand, we are worried that we may irritate it if we are too close to it. On the other hand, we are worried that this barrier may still be in effect today. It exists to trap something. If we touch it by mistake, we may not be able to Address the presence of hazards that may be trapped in the barrier.”

"Okay, I understand." After understanding the relevant situation from the people in charge at the scene, the empire's flagship led the team and began to approach the "danger beacon" dropped by the previous plundering ship.

"Lil, Kriz, have you figured out what you two calculated before? Do you have any explanation?" As he approached, Vidoville activated the Void Sky Survey Radar, but at this time, the Void Sky Survey Radar was no longer active. To capture the story, it turns to let those ethereal information fluctuations hit its own antenna, and finally focus on a point through the convergence of the radar antenna, thus forming a relatively clear story.

Using this passive detection method, the total flagship can minimize the disturbance to the Σ building itself and reduce the possibility of it making sudden actions due to environmental fluctuations. Although the Fierce Sun Wind Summit had already passed by this place I don’t know how long ago, and it was very likely that it had repeatedly "rubbed" the violent Σ building in the process of competing for dominance with the void background environment. "Buying such a heavy insurance yourself may indeed have more symbolic meaning than practical significance.

But you have to do what you have to do, otherwise it will be too late if you regret it.

"Fortune. Okay, I came to the conclusion that this Σ building is one of the generators of the barrier, and the barrier is a product of the Σ civilization. Also, what is wrapped in the barrier will shock us and be very rewarding. From small auspiciousness to auspicious auspiciousness, that's it." Hearing Vidoville ask him how to "unravel the hexagram," Vesrifan's face and eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

"Your Majesty Vidoville, what I can deduce is that this building is related to a very, very serious disaster a long time ago. After the disaster subsided, the Σ civilization built this barrier. This is this building and a We have not yet discovered the uses of buildings of the same level in the series. However, their uses seem to have changed later and are very hidden. I am not sure of the details of the contents inside the barrier, but based on my intuition, I generally agree with His Majesty Vesrivan. Explain." Kriz replied slowly.

"Currently, I am not aware that there is any fatal danger inside. If the story lines I can see are continued, the number of stories containing sudden dangers is very low. Compared to the total number, they can be ignored. "

"Well, the feedback result from the void survey radar is good, I can see it clearly." Vidoville integrated the results he captured, and he clearly saw the true appearance of the building - it was... half of the picture The huge black umbrella frame has been soaked in the void.

The "umbrella rib" has no traces of being eroded by the void. This should be because the material it is made of is self-consistent law armor. That thing has the same resistance to void erosion as the world barrier.

The current void experience that has been recognized by everyone shows that unless something without an order field is extremely unstable, it will not "run around" after falling into the void. Without strong interference from the outside world, they will It will "stay" at the position corresponding to the last time the order field was extinguished.

If there is no attraction or disturbance caused by order bodies such as the world around, then these things that fall into the void will stay there until they re-raise the order field or are completely swallowed by the void - in accidents such as void wandering and ship disappearance. Only after the empire's red seal documents existed for more than a dozen hundred billion years did these questions get relatively certain answers.

"There are traces of dead tide erosion, and this trace is not "fresh". This means that this trace of dead tide erosion should have existed for a very long time. It is very likely that it does not come from "vesicles" ." Vidoville said.

"I agree with this view." Weiss Ruifan also retrieved a large amount of information from his mind: "The Σ creations that emerge from the vesicles are more glamorous, and the dead tide pollution they carry is more active. But the Σ building here. Its traces of pollution do not fall into this category. This should be a very old "ancient building."

"Also, it is a very high-level ancient building, and the Σ emblem on the top is almost complete."

"Then, we should consider exploring in depth later——"

"Buzz~~——"

Before Vidoville could finish speaking, a strange buzzing sound suddenly came from the void.

Almost instantly, Kriz's whole body was covered with a layer of white light, and behind him, the Empire's flagship directly activated the National Warriors and the three major attack mapping splitting systems. The people present were startled by this sudden change. They noticed the sudden change in the Σ building - the other half of its order field was also completely extinguished.

The giant umbrella frame, which has completely lost its order field, is floating in the void as if its soul has been sucked out. And as it failed, a visible hole appeared in the barrier.

".I feel like this thing is waiting for us?" Vidoville couldn't help but sigh after making sure that nothing more happened. "I was crushed by the solar wind for who knows how many billions of years. We came here to have more time for this thing. It’s so bad that what happened was really not messy at all—what was that?”

"...The scale of that thing, at first glance...isn't it much smaller than the Quadrant Continent?"