Star Empire

"What we want to know" Vidoville wanted to say something, but the thousands of words that poured out in an instant made him feel that he couldn't even figure out what the first question was!

The person standing in front of him is a person from Σ civilization! Many of the unresolved problems of civilization, which may even be considered unsolvable, may be answered by him!

Vidoville calmed himself down. At the same time, he organized his thoughts as quickly as possible and compiled everything he and civilization wanted to know into a rough table.

Before that, no one in the entire empire, including him, Vesrifan, and Kryz, could have imagined that the title hanging on tens of millions of documents bearing the imperial emblem would now become a The form is then solved one by one in such a conversation.

".Please start with the Gods and the Will of the Void. Why are there existences in the void that you can call "gods"? What is their general situation? What is their attitude towards other civilizations - Empire Want to know this." This question ended Vidoville's silence.

"At the same time, I also hope to get answers to the details of the void disturbance force. We have discovered that there are multiple disturbance forces superimposed in the void at the same time, but they seem to be "layered". We want to know what this means. Why."

"First of all, I have to correct a small problem - the Σ civilization's name for the gods is "gods" or "gods", and we will not call them them. For civilizations like you and me, the gods In fact, it is a very powerful civilization, the top civilization in the void. They are indeed powerful, but compared to the Σ civilization at its peak, even a single divine civilization will eclipse it. There is another reason why we call them gods. , not because they are like gods to us."

"Top civilization?" Vidoville noticed the key words in it, "How should we understand this word? Is it the most powerful civilization in the void, or does it mean that the development of civilization has an end?"

"Maybe it's both, but from our point of view, the former factor accounts for a larger proportion." Σ-48 replied.

"As for the precise definition of top civilization... The consensus we have reached with the Protoss is that when a civilization can form its own unique disturbance force in the void, the civilization can be called a top civilization. The Protoss civilization is also a top civilization. Civilization, and their history is much longer than Σ. Before the ancestors of Σ civilization appeared, the divine civilization was already a powerful existence in the void."

".And this is also the reason for information disturbance layering - before Σ reached its heyday, there were many generations of super civilizations or top civilizations in the void. These powerful existences all left their own traces in the void, When these civilizations weaken or perish, the disturbances they leave behind will not disappear immediately, but will gradually dissipate over time. Of course, they may also be impacted by strong external forces and then be "stirred"—— I think something like this happened when our civilization collapsed."

"Indeed, Vidoville nodded."

"Speaking of the Gods, we have to mention the Will of the Void. The Will of the Void is the only medium for mortal beings to "become gods". Without the promotion help given by the Will of the Void, mortal beings like you and me would not be able to be called powerful no matter how powerful they are. Being a god - of course, the reason why gods are called gods and why mortals can become gods is that the gods have "divine authority". The presence or absence of "divine authority" is what distinguishes true gods from others. The only criterion for judgment. And as I mentioned before, the only existence that can give divine authority is the will of the void."

"And the nature of the Will of the Void - unfortunately, we don't have the exact answer. We can't explain what the King of Gods "is" in a way that can be accurately quantified. The consensus we have reached with the Will of the Void is that the Will of the Void is The incarnation of the void, they are representatives of the order of the void. Their will is what we can understand as the "will of the void."

"Speaking of their characteristics" Σ-48 thought for a while, "I have not seen them in person, but their style of behavior was unique in the void - kind, lazy, easy to talk, in most cases This is the case everywhere, but it is said that if there is a minimum line that is too provocative to the order, the will of the void may change from being kind to what you call "core good". Well, Σ civilization should have never seen this side of them. of."

"The word "Heshan" sounds so ancient." Vidoville thought for a long time before he vaguely realized the context in which this word should be used. "This word should have been used in the earliest days of our civilization's origins, right?"

"Yes, after all, when the outside world handed over information to me, the information passed to me corresponded to the "situation at that time." The information I received is naturally from that era - for you, this is indeed an "old saying" that is as old as it can be."

". It's a bit far-fetched. We should have been discussing before, and we should be discussing the attitude of the divine civilization towards other civilizations." Vidoville suddenly thought that the topic seemed to have deviated from the right track from unknown time.

"The attitude of the divine civilization towards other civilizations." Σ-48 thought about it carefully this time.

"The civilization of the gods loves order. On the basis of loving order, they also love the world. Although until the last moment, my civilization has never really determined that in the actions of the gods to destroy the chaotic sea, they do these things for the purpose of profit. What is the proportion? But in terms of fighting against sea pollution and maintaining the normal operation of an orderly environment, no one can blame the divine civilization for its contribution and the sacrifices they made."

"And if we narrow our sights a little bit, the attitude of the Protoss civilization towards any civilization is openness, tolerance and cooperation. To put it bluntly, the Protoss has almost never refused any civilization that wants to cooperate with the Protoss after knowing the truth about the Protoss. However, In the stage of development and prosperity of Σ, unless the Chaos Sea Exit breaks out, the divine civilization will not give too clear help and support to a clear single order world and order civilization - in your words, it is "spoiled" .”

"And if you narrow your focus further to a single god - there are similarities between a single god and the divine civilization. At any time, you do not need to be involved because of your formal cooperation with the divine civilization or gods. Feel worried, divine civilization and gods can be trusted. A single god will protect and bless the world under his jurisdiction. Even if they fall, the power in their blood will make this fraternity shine again. However, a single god Gods will not pamper the specific civilizations in the world they govern."

"I remember very clearly that in a world created by God, half of all lives are atheists, 40% of all lives use their own way to understand the manager of the world, and only 10% of all lives know part of the truth about God. And even if the remaining 10% of life is destined to perish, the god will not intervene - this is a very common thing in the world of the gods."

"However, you need to note that what I said is only what I know. This may not fully reflect the full picture of the Gods." Σ-48 suddenly added. "The divine civilization is not unique, and within a single divine civilization, the number of divine systems is not unique. Therefore, you cannot map parts to the entire divine civilization without thinking."

"Also, this was the situation several trillions of years ago. During this period, the Protoss may have undergone new changes in these aspects. Perhaps, after the collapse of Σ civilization due to the chaos of the sea, the Protoss will The attitude held in these aspects will be more relaxed, which may help neutralize the impact of sea pollution. But this is just a guess. What the specific situation is now is not what I know."

"The 'true God' would allow his creations to disbelieve in themselves to such an extent?" Vidoville felt a little surprised, "I just thought that the attitude held by the gods was freedom of belief. But looking at it now, It seems that these gods are still deliberately avoiding the belief in themselves by the intelligent beings they created?"

"Of course." Σ-48 nodded, "Maintaining faith is troublesome for people, and it is also a very troublesome thing for gods. In the words of the gods themselves, then there are people around you who don't know how to do it all the time. There are billions of microphones that are buzzing, and the voice on the other side of the microphone may just want you to help him find his socks. On this basis, knowing the existence of God and knowing the truth about God's existence is even more troublesome. "

"So, unless a very, very serious accident suddenly breaks out, those gods don't want to let themselves be known to outsiders, especially those intelligent beings who have just started."

"Can you please introduce the "divine authority" of those true gods?" Vidoville asked, "I just thought about this word carefully. It should contain a very terrifying and huge amount of information."

"Indeed." Σ-48 pulled his chair forward. At this time, his discussion with Vidoville did not look like two advanced civilizations, but more like two scholars exchanging each other's opinions and opinions. experience.

"Divine authority is a very wonderful and full of secrets. Σ civilization has learned a lot from the gods, but Σ has never been able to successfully copy divine authority. The true authority of the gods can only be given by void creatures. This should be something that no one can break through the ages.”

"What exactly is divine authority?" Victorville began to become more curious about these four words.

"This is a good question, and a very complicated one." Σ-48 continued to lean forward. "The essence of divinity is the information disturbing power given by the will of the void. And if you want to describe it, to put it simply, divine authority is a kind of authority - the authority to control information. Divine authority is a universal key, It allows those with divinity to manipulate any information in a more convenient way, and all of your so-called supernatural information also falls into this category."

"However, for extraordinary information, divine authority can only help true God individuals better adapt to and operate them. Even True God individuals cannot directly command endless extraordinary energy as they wish - due to these actual constraints. , the most advanced technology can equal or even surpass the information control ability of gods. This is why Σ was more powerful than a single divine civilization at its peak. In some aspects, Σ, a mortal civilization that gathers the leaders of all races, is going to go is more far-reaching than the gods."

"However, divine authority also has its power. As I said before, it is a very good improvement aid for controlling extraordinary information. But for the world and everything in the world, having divine authority , you have absolute management rights over the world and all things in the world.”

"When an individual with the formal true god's divinity enters a world that is not controlled by powerful facilities, such as various world control facilities, then this individual will naturally become the world heart of that world and can then do whatever it wants. Control the entire world and everything within the world. Gods can shape any form of space-time structure at will, and refine any form of concepts and laws. The world created by the hands of gods is self-consistent and solid, like this The world is much more solid than the “naturally born world.”

At the same time, all things in the world will also recognize the position of the administrator - you can understand this as the process of "recognizing the master" of world consciousness. Once this process is complete, any attack on the divine individual will trigger a counterattack from the entire world. "

"In a world controlled by gods, gods can get whatever they want, as long as these things do not exceed the limits of rank and world. Gods can order anything to appear or disappear. But for non-god civilizations , no matter how powerful we are, we are subject to the limitations of the world itself. We can only use the data already available in the world. Although we can make up for these gaps by continuously improving algorithms and improving our control concepts. But we have to admit that many Sometimes, there are things we just can’t do.”

"For example, creating infinity out of thin air?" Vidoville asked.

"That's true - it seems that you have also come into contact with this. Yes, infinity is not something we can directly create. God can directly command the space scale in the world to be infinite, and can directly command the infinity to appear inside a world. Multiple dimensions. But even at our most powerful, we can’t do that.”

"We can create such a world by inducing the creation singularity, by causing extraordinary energy to decay. Or we can use extraordinary energy to transform the fragments of the world that meet our requirements. We can use these "indirect" ways to create objects that meet the requirements. world. But these indirect processes all include "decay", or "top-down endowment." I think the same is true for your civilization, right?"

"It is true. This was true at the time of creation. When facing all things in the world with infinite attributes inside the world, we need to use a lot of calculations of infinity and algorithms related to calculation of infinity." Vidoville nodded. "So, if you put it this way, God is at the same level as the world and extraordinary energy. At the same time, because of the existence of divine authority, God has stronger control and manipulation capabilities over information aggregates like the world?"

"Same rank? No, no, no, that's not the case." Σ-48 waved his hand to deny this. "Divine authority is not suitable to be divided by the current hierarchy theory. We once believed that individuals with true god-level divinity are equivalent to the world and extraordinary power in terms of hierarchy. In terms of actual performance, these individuals are indeed the same as Extraordinary energies are at the same level, but this is not the real situation. Their level is not directly related to their divine authority."

"So, what's really going on?"

"Divine authority does not affect rank - what affects rank is the nature of the entity itself. As I said before, divine authority is essentially the information disturbing force given by the will of the void to ordered creatures from top to bottom. And it is a key in nature - a key that can unlock the authority to control information. Divine authority is handed over to the gods by the will of the void, and the gods can continue to hand over this authority to other beings. Therefore, if you come into contact with the divine civilization in the future, you will find that things with divinity can be said to be messy."

"It sounds like" Vidoville considered his statement, "When the individual gods deliver this "disturbing force" to the outside world, there will be more restrictions?"

"Of course there will be more. First of all, divine authority cannot be handed over by God to individuals or civilizations with extraordinary power. If the latter wants to obtain divine authority, they can only rely on void will. God can bestow divine authority on any mortal thing or mortal life. Sex, but there are clear restrictions on this - first of all, the rules set by the gods themselves. Divinity cannot be given or withdrawn arbitrarily. Whether it is given or withdrawn, there is a strict review process. Also. "

"Most of the time, the divine disturbance left by the individual gods may cause the disturbed person to have varying degrees of divinity, but this diluted divinity cannot be called authority. The diluted divinity Divinity cannot be used to manipulate information directly, and the will of the world may "take into account" these secondary influences, but it will not accept and acknowledge these diluted perturbations in the same way as the true God."

"However, this is not to say that these secondary perturbations are useless. They may still be effective, and these effects are likely to have profound effects on the individuals who are perturbed - but the most serious problem here is that this The influence of divinity in this situation is very uncontrollable, and users often don't know when and how they will have an effect."

"In order to minimize these influences, gods often absorb these individuals into their surroundings. The organization formed by these individuals is the belief group of gods, that is, religion. On the one hand, these religious groups will try to block the external influence of divine power as much as possible. To prevent them from polluting the normal activities of the world. On the other hand, they will also serve as the "eyes" of the gods to watch the world. They help their gods observe and stabilize the order of the world in places beyond the reach of divine power."

"It sounds like these "true God" churches, especially churches that know the nature of the true God, will naturally have some "hidden" and "exclusive" qualities, right?" Victorville frowned. At this time, he His body inadvertently leaned forward a little more.

"So what about the real gods? What impact will authority have on them?"

"True Gods. We once put True God on the same level as the world and extraordinary power because the true God individual has the same or similar properties as the latter two. But these properties are actually the true God individual through various The power integrated by the development methods. This is also the reason why we finally no longer put divinity into the ladder and nine heavens."

"The gods opened the lock through the key and obtained wealth from the world of order. This is different from the key itself giving them wealth. Although the results of the two are the same, the processes are completely different and cannot be confused." Speaking of this, Victorville It felt like Σ-48 sitting in front of him was full of emotion. I wonder what this "watchman" from an ancient civilization that has become history was thinking when he said these words?

"It is inevitable for true gods to become stronger, whether these true gods are born with the gift of void will, or they are promoted from acquired void will. Because after promotion, what an individual has to face is no longer the familiar one. If the environment is changed, they will be connected to the world, and then connected to the entire world. This is the hope of the will of the void, and it is also the responsibility of the powerful."

"For the current order environment, the chaotic sea is still the main threat to the world of order, and it is the responsibility and destiny of the Gods to continuously enrich and strengthen themselves in the process of fighting against the chaotic sea."

"Responsibility and destiny" Vidoville frowned when he heard such words.

"I think I guess what you are thinking. For the gods, such things will make them feel sad, but this is not their sadness." Σ-48 was silent for a while before saying. At the same time, his tone seemed to be more tactful.

"Can you tell us, what exactly is the death tide pollution? And why did Σ Civilization build a bridge so desperately? What happened to Σ Civilization?" Vidoville raised his head and looked directly at the pair of eyes that were watching him. Black eyes.

"Each of these problems is too big, too big." The man sitting opposite Victorville stood up. He turned his back to the small conference table, clasped his hands behind his back, and stared at the boundless chaos. After a while, he turned back to look at Vidoville:

"Before answering all this, I would like to ask a question first - how does your star civilization divide the "ranks" between information?"