Star Empire

At this point, hesitation has no meaning, and rejection no longer seems to be an option that needs to be considered.

"Kriz, you take the portrait of the Lambda Civilization and leave here temporarily to go to the rear fleet to stand by. Lil, you are ready to cut off the connection between this clone and the main body at any time. The empire has laid out a line of defense in the direction corresponding to this interval. Defense." Vidoville said solemnly.

"Oh, I see."

"May everything go well, Your Majesty Victorville." As the general flagship untied its protective measures, the humanoid singularity shining with white light wrapped the portrait carrying the soul fragment of the Seventh Saint with white light of the same texture. Get up and take it away from the Imperial flagship.

After arranging these things, the will that controlled the empire's flagship carefully checked its own status. Multiple lines of defense to protect the spirit and consciousness are operating normally, the linkage between epidemic prevention measures and the three major attack mapping and fragmentation systems is in good condition, diversion measures and blocking measures to combat various attacks have been put in place, and all anti-intrusion and anti-control scripts are in place. All are within the protection system and are currently running at full power.

Everything that could be done was done. Vidoville nodded subconsciously and accepted the "call invitation."

What appeared in front of the "consciousness projection" he set up to answer this call was a boundless chaotic space. When he first entered this space, Victorville looked around. He did not find any entity independent of the surrounding chaotic environment, nor did he find the figure of the Σ "person".

However, the awkward wait ended almost instantly.

As a majestic shadow gradually emerged from the chaos, the other party to the conversation also joined the conversation. However, the moment he saw that figure clearly, Victorville was almost frightened and cursed——

When the shadow dissipated, the majestic and terrifying body was revealed in front of Victorville. However, rather than saying that it is a body, it is better to say that it is a terrifying monster. Its body is like a huge cloud that is constantly rolling. Every fluctuation in the cloud is so profound, just in the eyes. Even with the slightest contact, Vidoville felt that he might be swallowed by the surges in the clouds.

Countless black and red tentacles dance wildly in the clouds, and each tentacle is covered with complex lines and patterns.

Almost every moment, countless giant eyes with diamond-shaped eye sockets flash through the clouds and outside. They are generated out of thin air. After countless eyes look at Vidoville for a while, the giant eyes will close and disappear completely.

In the deepest part of the cloud, Vidoville seemed to see a series of bright and solid cores, which would project dizzying patterns from time to time. These patterns were like fragments taken from an infinitely extending projection process. . But if you want to analyze it in detail, these patterns will disappear directly, as if they never existed.

"Uh, hello?" Faced with this situation, faced with such a weird "super-dimensional apex-type multi-functional entity", Victorville suppressed the weird feeling in his heart and tried to communicate with this "person" greet. He did not receive a verbal response, but the "hyperdimensional apex-type multi-functional entity" seemed to focus more eyes on himself, and at the same time, those eyes seemed to last longer than before - Is this saying hello to me, or does it mean that it is interested in me?

"Perhaps this image will make it easier for us to talk."

A low, deep, but gentle-sounding male voice sounded. In front of Victorville, the image of the huge cloud wrapped in countless tentacles and eyes began to change rapidly, and its body began to Quickly shrinking, the rolling clouds, wildly dancing tentacles, and bright and dim eye patterns all began to compress inward. Finally, they all disappeared in a flash of light, replaced by a tall human figure.

"The human form. Because it's not easy to use here, I haven't used it for a while." Σ-48 waved his hand and summoned a table and two chairs between the two. "This should be in line with the culture and habits of your civilization, right? Sit down, there should be a lot to talk about - for both of us."

"Yes, that's true." The figure of Vidoville nodded, and then sat on the seat in front of him. During this period of time, he had roughly seen the new image of the Σ person in front of him:

He has a standard human body shape and is taller and burlier than himself. He is dressed in black and red clothes that are very similar to the imperial military uniforms and looks capable and dignified. Black hair, black eyes, and the exposed skin seemed to be slightly darker than his own. At the same time, Vidoville saw some fine wrinkles on Σ-48's face, which made it look darker than the Empire's. Most people are more mature, but they won't let it. Or should I say him now? Look old.

"I have lived alone here for many years. However, although I have stayed here alone, my contact with the outside world has not been completely interrupted. Therefore, I have somewhat grasped some of the conditions and changes in the outside world after this place was built. Therefore, I may You will know something that will shock you. Please believe that I have no hostility."

Σ-48 said. "While I could still hear the sounds outside, I was informed of a series of plans being carried out by the outside world, including the Weight Project. I think you should be from the star civilization, or that you are from Civilization No. 333-Χ-79776-51274-277A, your civilization has been vaccinated with the "Control Code", and you are currently the holder of the weight creation "Doomsday Ark", right?"

"Yes, that's true." The moment he heard these words, Vidoville was indeed shocked - but he quickly turned around this small but sharp turn. Sitting in front of him was a powerful intelligent body from the old Σ civilization. Trillions of years ago, they were probably the dominant force in this void. In fact, they should know much better than themselves about the weight plan and those historical events that are always uncertain.

"So. What about the "Fire Sun"? As far as I know, the Doomsday Ark and the "Fire Sun" should be a "set" among the weight creations."

"She's guarding our entire civilization."

"Ah, that's right. So, you and she are the current leaders of the star civilization? The supreme leader?"

"Supreme leader...?" Vidoville thought for a while, "Probably so, but this supreme leader has ceased to hold office a long time ago. For the entire civilization, we will be better off with us now. , but even if we disappear, civilization will not stop functioning.”

"Ah, that's good." Σ-48 nodded, and Vidoville felt that when he told these situations, he seemed to be "satisfied" with what he said?

"Σ. Come to think of it, something big has happened to our civilization, right?" When talking about this, Vidoville clearly felt that the man sitting opposite him felt a little more anxious.

"The people responsible for handing over information to me once told me that there was a lot of information that they secretly sent out. The kings of the Sky Region were going through drastic changes at that time, and a lot of information was inexplicably controlled, but they thought it was necessary for me to know this. ——For example, the Weight Project, such as the Weight Civilization that may appear along with the Weight Creation."

".They told me that in the very distant future, there may be such a civilization that will find this place again. And if such a civilization appears, it means that our civilization has encountered extremely major changes a long time ago. So, please tell me the truth about the current situation outside."

"Are you sure?" Victorville looked into the eyes of the person sitting opposite him and confirmed seriously.

"Yes, please tell me what's going on outside."

"My civilization believes that Σ civilization was hit by an extremely powerful death wave due to the failure of "Operation Bridge Building" 3700 billion years ago. Moreover, shortly after the impact, Σ civilization Wisdom may have disappeared under the erosion of the death tide pollution. And their bodies have existed for much longer - until now, we still cannot be sure whether there are still undiscovered remains of the ancient Σ civilization in the void."

"In other words, my civilization perished a long time ago?" After hearing these words, Σ-48 was silent for a long time, and then said slowly:

"I want to clarify a few more questions. I'm not sure what you refer to by the "death tide". I hope you can further describe what it looks like. Also, I'm not sure yet what "year" you are using. Is it the same timekeeping method as the "year" we use? The year we use is a special time unit that uses the birth and death of the world as a scale. For a world that has not been manipulated , no matter how its internal time evolves, we have a way to correspond its internal time to our year. I want to confirm whether the "year" you are talking about has such a property."

"Our year does have such characteristics." Vidoville said, "We call it the "information evolution year of the main axis of civilization." What I said before "3700 billion years ago" is "30,000 years ago" 700 billion civilization main axis information evolution years ago". And the death tide."

"We believe that it is the opposite of order, and its appearance will cause the world of order to be destroyed. When it appears in the world of order, it will open a perfectly round two-dimensional black door, which we call the Death Tide. Door, when the death tide spreads on the order body, black and red two-dimensional patterns will appear. If enough polluted worlds gather together, they may form a larger scale and can exist for a longer time. Dangerous entities, we call them ‘fault zones’.”

".Ah, sorry, that's enough. "Death Tide" refers to the same object as what we call "Troubled Sea"."

Σ-48 slowly raised his hand to interrupt what Vidoville was saying. "It seems that we did not make preparations in this regard at that time and rushed forward. So, the leader of the Weight Civilization, can you tell me how far the Xingming Civilization has developed? What has been done? What happened?"

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you have reservations. After all, we have just met, and it is impossible for us to completely trust each other in such a short period of time. However, if you are really prepared to have reservations, please do your best. Possibly describing something you consider to be on par with it. I need to know these things to determine what I can disclose - they may have serious consequences for your civilization."

"Impact." Vidoville frowned slightly, "From my personal point of view, I think the impact of this Σ facility and your existence on the star civilization may be greater than the specific details. Obviously, in order to defeat the corrupted warships that once appeared like a tide in the void, we had to extract a large amount of technology from the technical extreme deduction module inside the Weight Creation. Until now, in a sense, we are still fighting for Past technological breakthroughs repay debts.”

"Really? Then you can decide for yourself." Σ-48 shook his head helplessly, "At least, I can guarantee that the content I disclose will be limited to this conversation. As for whether you want to disclose it after this Once the information is revealed, it’s not something I can decide.”

"So, where should I start?" Vidoville thought about his vast memory, and then began to gradually extract items that he thought were worth talking about.

"Our civilization has been able to mass-produce giant structures called "World Branches." We create large-scale creations in the void by using a large amount of information to impact the core of the probabilistic lightning chain in the void."

"Our civilization has been able to skillfully use a variety of extraordinary information. These extraordinary information transcend all things in the world at the mundane level. They are at the same level as the world. They can be manipulated and given different directions to play different roles."

"We have destroyed the branches of the world of ΣCivilization and the central facilities that control it - a lot. We have faced off against the Quadrant Continent, and the continent eventually crashed into the void."

"We are sure that the void environment between the worlds is not empty. There is "virtual information" as filler that permeates the worlds. This virtual information will have a great impact on void navigation. At the same time, they can use certain means to Guided and manipulated, we call it the emergence ritual."

"We have already explored the Death Tide Realm, and we have mastered the relatively stable technology of artificially opening the Death Tide Gate. We can organize a large-scale joint exploration of the Death Tide Realm, and can ensure the exploration team to go to the Death Tide Realm. Act in unison and not be divided.”

"We have established a permanent death tide research facility in a stable and inert death tide gate. It has been at least 1,700 billion years since this research facility was established."

"We have fought against fault zones many times and won. We have summarized relatively systematic ways of fighting fault zones that erupt in different forms under different circumstances."

"We use the achievements of many technologies in the daily life of all individuals within the civilization. Any individual with independent consciousness within the civilization can decide his own way of life and the path he wants to take."

Vidoville recounted everything the empire had experienced one by one. He did not reveal any details about some matters that might touch national security. He speaks with pride when he speaks of his achievements, and his words become sharp when he speaks of the damage done to the Empire by Σ's corrupt fleet. When talking about time, his tone will become calmer, and when talking about some research projects that have noticed the phenomenon a long time ago but have no results for a long time, he will show distress.

While he was talking, Σ-048 sitting on the other side had been listening quietly. Occasionally he would briefly interrupt Vidoville to inquire as to the objects to which certain words referred and the precise nature of those objects. After figuring it out, he would signal Vidoville to continue.

At the time, both sides were never aware of it as they were setting up defenses and covering up each other's details. However, if everything that happened between the two parties during these conversations could be reproduced on two ordinary intelligent beings, then it is very likely that from the perspective of outsiders, the nature of the conversation between these two people would be very similar to that of someone who has obtained The juniors who have achieved success but are still immature confide their experiences to the elders who have looked down upon everything after experiencing changes.

"By the way, I'd like to interrupt first. I want to confirm something -" the man sitting opposite Vidoville suddenly asked: "So far, have you come into contact with the gods and the Will of the Void?"

". Gods? Will of the Void?!" These two words immediately confused me. "We have never had contact with the gods or the will of the void. We have confirmed the existence of "gods" through some information manipulation methods and some information from your civilization, but everyone seems to be generally unwilling to talk about this part of the discovery. .And, we have absolutely no idea what the Will of the Void is.”

"It seems that you haven't come into contact with it yet. Ah, that's right." Σ-48 nodded thoughtfully, "The location of this facility is on the side of Σ far away from the Protoss, and the Void Fierce Sun should have been placed there. To a more distant place. It seems that the gods have not touched here yet, so there is no problem."

".More than 3600 billion years ago, we have noticed that there is something weird in the void but it cannot be clearly detected. The earliest thing connected with this clue is that the Quadrant Continent is in There was an explosion of pink light before the collapse."

"Pink light?! No, I'm sorry, please continue."

".At the beginning of our new era, we have already noticed some abnormal situations in the void. The main reason is that some individuals will suddenly appear "awkward", and these "awkward" forms may raise sharp questions. Obey orders or intensify some conflicts that cannot be alleviated for the time being but have cooled down. Moreover, no matter what the form of the quarrel is, there is malice in these quarrels."

"Subsequently, we noticed that all the parameters, characters, and words related to "five" began to have vague problems, but these problems were very small. Since then, we have been preparing for two trillion years. For two trillion years, the "silent war" officially began with the entities causing these phenomena, and it was this series of wars that led to the first collapse of the permanent Death Tide Research Facility - which was located in the center of these wars. the forefront.”

"Pink, pentagons, five corners, and five elements are related. It's indescribable. It will destroy and melt the spirit. Will it cause the originally stable information to be damaged or even destroyed?"

Vidoville found that when talking about this entity, Σ-48 finally lost his previous indifference. When he heard this information, he seemed to be even more excited than when he asked about the ending of Σ civilization.

"Yes, He does have these properties. At the end of the second trillion years of our expedition, if you use your civilization's time, it should be at the end of the seventh trillion years. We shot down and Kill this entity, which we call a giant malevolent metameme—"

"Thank you." Halfway through Vidoville's words, the tall man opposite suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Vidoville. "From now on, I, this monitoring station, and all the Σ civilization that I can represent will recognize and forever remember the achievements of the civilization called the "Star Empire"."

"Why is this happening all of a sudden?" Victorville asked in confusion.

"Then there's a lot to say." Σ-48 sat back in his seat. However, Vidoville could clearly feel that the way he looked at him was much more serious than before.

"I already have a general understanding of the situation in the outside world. Next, I will tell you everything you want to know."