Star Empire

"A wall that seals off the world?"

- This means destruction!

The long wall of Warp World is like a barrier between death and survival, and on the other side of death are almost all the people of the Federation! Closing the entrances and exits of the Great Wall means that policymakers personally kill the last remaining hope of survival for billions of people!

However, Zhai Cahir's detection, the information entanglement chip's loss of control and corruption, the total loss of communication with the space resonance hub, and the powerful crystal energy detection drone cannot even survive minute by minute in that terrible environment, and have been destroyed. Kalost reluctantly pushed the corrupted soldiers into the crystal energy flames... These phenomena all reveal, without exception, how uncontrollable the situation has become in the main universe outside the world's long wall under the current circumstances. .

What's even more frightening is that now, the meaning of isolation may have been reversed - what the long space wall used to block was the crystal energy radiation that appeared at the edge of the third hexagram world, but according to Zhai Cahill, he only accepted it When a little bit of pollution leaks through the entanglement chip, the short-term severe damage from the body, the spirit to the depths of the soul is enough to know that the source of the pollution is nothing more than analysis, and the world may have already turned into a purgatory on earth. .

The soldiers who went to rescue the refugees and were under the strictest protection system only needed a few dozen seconds for their vehicles to become alienated from themselves.

If we bring in pollution carriers who have been completely infected, have no solution or treatment, and are not compatible with crystal energy at all, then I am afraid that the destruction of the Federation will be completely completed at this moment.

For tens of billions of years... Let alone anyone who has made such a choice, how many people have truly and seriously thought about all of this, even in the slightest?

"Is there really no other way...?"

"...No more." At the moment when countless thoughts flashed through Weisruifan's mind, Zhai Cahir braced himself and shook his head, "The previous accident showed that arcane energy and crystal energy can offset that strange... Existence, from this point of view, it should be some kind of existence at the first level. Even we need emergency means to deal with the little pollution that has penetrated. So if the transfer relationship is bundled according to the status, the host is likely to have incarnated. It is a nest of pollution and contaminates all the nodes connected to the network."

"Two consuls, please give the order as soon as possible." Kalost became anxious. He gritted his teeth as hard as he could. The intensity of the crystal energy light in his hands instantly increased, burning away the remaining inexplicable black and red patterns. It left a layer of strange-looking scars, "The results returned by the crystal energy probe show that the approaching spacecraft have been more or less infected. If that kind of pollution spreads on a large scale in this area, we will also There’s nothing you can do to stop it!”

Vidovel looked at Weisrifan quietly, and he held Weisrifan's hand firmly. Under the tremendous pressure, the Archon sobbed slightly, and a crystal tear streaked down her cheek.

"... Seal the long wall, intercept all intruders, and do not allow any possible source of infection to break through the defense line!" One sentence was accurately spoken by two voices.

"Yes!" Kalost immediately conveyed the orders of the two consuls. At the same time, the force field fleet led by Eskett, Torres and Agnas who had been waiting at the entrance and exit of the warped wall immediately started. Action, the upgraded version of the world structure shaping device after cracking the principle black box is much more technological and efficient than the old version. During the continuous short-distance jump of countless small golden spaceships, this remaining space gate is rapidly shrinking. .

During the more than two thousand years of time anomaly in this area, Cavenriel's name for this structure, "Star Star", had previously been tacitly approved by the Archons, and has now become a semi-official name within the warp space bubble. name.

From now on, even if the pollution spreads far faster than the speed of light, the normal starlight has not been polluted before. At least for now, the starlight gathered at the gap is still in the form of a long silver line. Now, it can be here can be seen anywhere. However, everyone present knew in their hearts that if left alone, when those black-red rays of light penetrated this last macro barrier, the journey of civilization would also reach its end.

As the warp space channel continues to shrink, the starlight from thousands to tens of billions of years ago is gathering more and more densely, and the brightness at the opening of the space is getting higher and higher, even condensed into a A flat, radiating silver star that almost appeared solid. Countless rays of light were released from this dazzling "planet" in the shape of spokes, occupying almost half of the universe in the fleet's field of vision.

When the last space gap was closed, the place darkened instantly, and the starlight from the outside universe would disappear forever.

The past is cut off.

"The wall of the warped world has been closed." When the image received on the panoramic display screen suddenly went dark, a set of text messages immediately sounded in the minds of everyone here.

"Lil, you..."

"Let me be quiet for a while." Weisrifan waved her hand, and she stared silently at the starry sky flowing with golden light.

"Alas..." Vidoville shook his head and turned to look at the people behind him, "So... who can give an explanation, even if it is a guess - the thing outside that is raging throughout the universe has wiped out the main body of our civilization in less than a day. What exactly is the "phenomenon" that was destroyed by the attack?"

"It can't be explained." Zhai Cahir and Cavinriel almost rushed to answer the question, "Your Excellency Archon, our current observation methods, even if the two first-level energies of crystal energy and arcane are superimposed, , and there is no reasonable explanation for that pollution phenomenon. We can only see the large chain reactions it creates at the macro level, but from the micro level, it is difficult to observe."

"As for the information level, all our observations have received is no response. Judging from the results obtained so far, those terrible phenomena have probably polluted all our detection waves - even the pollution itself is We try to find an adjective, but we have no idea what its true identity is."

"That is to say...it is impossible to analyze at all..." Victorville hit his head twice, his brows furrowed as if there was an orogeny, "Is there any defense, or what can be called resistance? Method?"

"...Currently it seems...crystal energy, or arcane magic." Zhai Cahir pointed at the back of his neck. At this time, his wounds had healed, but even if those strange black and red lines disappeared, they still remained. Tattoo-like lines were left on his skin. "It can be determined that the first level of energy, or information fluctuations, can neutralize that kind of pollution to a certain extent."

Vidoville pondered for a moment and suddenly said in surprise: "...If that kind of black-red pollution can directly offset the first-order energy, then...it can also directly pollute the world regardless of the laws of physics?"

"That's right. But judging from its diffusion and performance in the face of crystal energy arcana, it needs to be diffused to work. The amount of information in the world is much greater than our current crystal energy application. In Warp After the world's long wall is closed, this layer of wall has become almost a world barrier. We have cut off all the most likely rapid transmission routes, and it will take time for the pollution to penetrate."

"Then, our plan can go in two directions." Vidoville nodded, "First, do our best to develop crystal energy weapons, and after pollution occurs in our area, we will also start to search for organisms or substances that are infected. , a highly reliable treatment measure. As for the second one..."

In the golden hall, everyone stared at the military consul silently. After a short silence, Vidoville said softly: "...immediately start developing active void navigation engines, and try to create enough 's spaceship."

"……clear."

After several scientists returned to their posts, Vidoville called Ikarim over and said, "Your transcendental mapping is very valuable. Before all this happened, after I learned about your theory, I contacted the information I feel that direct physics can no longer explain the weird disturbances in computers. Your theory matches well with Zhai Cahill's ability. He can see the connections and properties between information aggregates. You should cooperate with him first."

"learn."

"Not long ago, we were still arguing about the control issue, but now it has been... obliterated?" Faced with these problems that can make any leader scratch his head at random, and there are still a lot of problems, Victorville I was also upset, as the world seemed to be shattered in an instant, and not a single fragment of the original structure was left.

"Do we need to consider a complete evacuation?"

"Yes." Vidoville gently held her hand, "According to the observation data sent back by Caloust and Zhai Cahir before the warped wall was sealed, this sudden pollution has a source in the universe and The diffusion ability is extremely strong, and the level is higher than our world. Judging from the current degree of damage, we may not have enough power to stop its spread. Sooner or later, that black-red pollution will penetrate the fabric we created. Temporary world barrier, this is only a matter of time..."

"……feel better now?"

"I still need to continue to play a role... No matter what we have been or will be in the future..."

"Huh? Do it yourself...? We ourselves...if we study these specific things in detail, I'm afraid we are not good at it." Vidoville said.

"I have also understood all the situations here - I can understand it many times as soon as possible, I can find someone to discuss it, and act with the army. This is my responsibility and obligation." Weisrifan said softly, "Do you think... ...Everything we have done and everything we have faced...after experiencing this period of time, is it still caused by ourselves..."

"What……"

Silently, for the first time, the actual power of the cold numbers was truly felt - the size of the Federation was unimaginable, but this was the only time I felt it...

It's because of countless destruction and death.

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As for weapons, Cavernrel and the others have no shortage of ideas. It was difficult to use crystal energy before because the level of crystal energy is higher than that of all things in the world. Except for a small number of special information structures, most materials can If crystallization mutation occurs under the influence of crystal energy radiation, then there is no need to talk about the constraints and control necessary for weaponization.

Moreover, for souls that are not affected by crystal energy, there will be a negative impact of "exhaustion from the large amount of information flow". At the frontline base, these effects also interfered with the earliest research of Cavinrel and Kalost to a certain extent. Thinking, coupled with the inapplicability of rules, it can be said that they made many mistakes or performed inappropriate processes.

But now, with Zhai Cahill's own capabilities and the successful development of the earliest crystal energy compatible materials and primary mathematical rate equipment, there is already a relatively systematic approach to the application of crystal energy in this division, starting from the crystal energy vortex In the surrounding ultra-large-scale mass focus ring, crystal energy-compatible matter with better performance that is transforming from an information-like state to a regular cosmic matter state has also been obtained. With these technical foundations as the foundation, Jingneng finally began to no longer be so mysterious and intimidating.

However, if you hope to use crystal energy as a widely used "energy source", the current methods still have some very practical shortcomings. In the past, when Eskett extracted inert crystal energy, the safe deposit box used Although the level is very high, it is just a low-level method that has to be used in the absence of field constraint means. It uses simple violent methods to control the energy of inert free crystals - and physical effects are effective on substances that are incompatible with the rules. The principle remains unknown.

Eisendel and Zhai Cahill have been able to determine that the practical application of first-order energy is to use its property of "promoting" low-level information trends to produce changes. However, unlike conventional energy, crystal energy is used as a pure The information fluctuations and the source of driving force for its self-existence. In order for it to be utilized, it needs to go through a very complex mathematical environment under constraints.

At present, this method can only be used on large spacecrafts. The huge size of the constraint equipment makes it difficult to make small warheads from crystal energy like space annihilation bombs - mathematical rate equipment can already be used, but there are still many restrictions. The existing technology cannot create a constraint rail that is sufficient to launch crystal energy as a weapon, let alone make an absolute assignment immediately. Therefore, the solution proposed by Cavinrel as a military scientist is to directly change the warhead into a crystal energy storage crystal based on the existing jump missile.

As the earliest crystal energy storage material, iron-containing citrine has relatively low crystal energy storage capacity and storage stability, and the proportion of "highly active crystal energy" in the current crystal energy vortex body components is not high. , if directly faced with the "highly active crystal energy" of the ultra-dimensional and super-physical theory, this kind of crystal may not be able to do anything.

At this time, I have to say that there are indeed many good things in the mass focus ring that is stirred by the crystal energy vortex and stretches for hundreds or thousands of light years. In the influence environment of the space stabilizer, or in a quasi-mathematical environment , they will be converted into hydrogen, but if given a suitable mathematical/information environment, then those chaotic substances can also generate other things, including the new crystal energy fusion materials mentioned above, and naturally there can also be other crystal energy with different properties. Store matter.

In the investigation report summarized by Caloust, Cavinrel concluded that the current pure energy in the universe cannot limit pollution, and may even become a channel for the expansion of pollution, so he decisively abandoned the fort and instead switched to And large-scale development of jump missiles.

Based on the original combat probe, the old vacuum zero-point energy power furnace and jump engine with better performance are used, and the warhead is filled with a crystal energy crystal that is affected by the "shape" stability of the storage stability. When the missile arrives, After the target, the crystal is shattered, and the confinement is completely out of control, releasing the crystal energy that was initially restrained and processed.

Although the principle is primitive, it at least allows crystal energy to be used as a weapon, and more importantly, Zhai Cahill has determined that the way "pollution" spreads is very weird, actual physical contact, network contact, and even The state entanglement operated by a trace amount of arcana can become a channel for the expansion of the black and red patterns, so the entity's energy gun lines and navigation are dangerous. Therefore, these missiles directly predetermine the coordinates before launching, and cut off all links after launching. , to reduce the possibility of those black and red patterns contaminating the mothership.

Vesrivan quietly blocked existing civilian connections between colonial space stations. She personally led the team to each space station, explaining the current situation in detail to the current "ordinary citizens", and informed them of the need to evacuate and the final necessity of an evacuation that transcended all previous meanings.

As for the current situation, she slightly concealed some of the content.

She knew very well - she just wanted to allow these individuals to board the ark as much as possible, and the other parts were not important anyway.

There are indeed too many problems, and I... myself, and many of my predecessors, they will not touch this kind of thing.

For a long time, the upper level’s understanding and control of the lower level... has been based on a large amount of data, a large number of systems, and a large number of indicators. In other words, the upper level adjusts everything based on the huge results simulated by the data. As for the specific parts of the giant results...it seems that they cannot be communicated to the upper levels, let alone be contacted and understood by the upper levels.

Invisibly, it seems that an invisible huge gap has appeared on both sides. These gaps may also be a source of mutual distrust and one possibility of extremely poor adaptability in the face of huge changes.

"Record it... you have to record the following content, because the people you have to deal with in the future will change... it may be useful."

In fact, at the beginning, Weisrifan believed that it was wishful thinking for the people here to accept the situation here smoothly and comply with the arrangements. Even if a choice has been made, it is still unclear whether the will to choose is constant - more than a thousand years have passed here, but the people here have not yet fully integrated into the crystal energy environment, nor have they directly become insiders of all plans. But what made Weisrifan feel more or less practical again was that her words did not arouse much reaction among these people.

Before this, all this was difficult to predict - after all, it was too sudden, everything was too sudden. The Federation has used a weighted voting system for countless years. In this entire model, layers of black boxes have hidden lower-level details from the upper levels step by step. In the end, what the highest level of the Federation can face is actually just a cold data. Operation interface - who knows what this most basic actual display will be?

But at least the attitude of the people here is conducive to work.

Maybe they chose to accept it directly out of some kind of fear, or maybe the long-term exposure to crystal energy radiation in this space really affected them, or maybe it was because of pure information asymmetry. It may also be that these people whose purpose was not absolutely single at the beginning have watched the changes that are constantly taking place in distant space over the past two thousand years and truly believe in their own choices.

Apart from regrets about the death of their "relatives" and partial dissatisfaction with the existing federal institutions for failing to rescue them, they all accepted the arrangement.

Speaking of communication and communication...it seems to be the same as usual, just the normal feeling you get from communicating with individuals and colleagues. Although we need to understand each other because of the differences in content and starting point, the feeling has not changed.

"...the network of relationships and depth of relationship are not layer upon layer."

It should be said...this is already the best result.

Now...as long as we can arrange things properly, it's not too late.

"It's just...why, this kind of thing has obviously happened on the planet, why am I...no, we are so panicked now...as if it is a new experience..."

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Right now, everyone is waiting quietly while doing their best to do their part.

Time seems to be accelerated and frozen.

Everything is waiting in silent preparation, waiting for that weird destructive phenomenon of unknown origin and unknown attributes to break through the long wall of the world.