Star Empire

In the current state of infinite emergency, everyone's rational strings have been stretched to the limit.

For the survivors who stayed here, after two thousand years of development equivalent to the standard physical timeline, the application of crystal energy and the manufacturing of crystal energy weapons in the blockade area have also made considerable progress. In addition, there are also federal forces in the third hexagram blockade area. When the army gathered here in a limited manner, some of the conventional ammunition production arrays left here - they have played a considerable role after being upgraded and transformed along with the trend. This is probably one of the few and the last good news.

After proper transformation and utilization, the remaining people here will have room to breathe. Only then will the responsible persons here be able to command the team to seize every opportunity to carry out further stabilization operations. Only then will the army here be able to have the resources to obtain a sufficient number of prefabricated missile bodies. , to carry those warheads composed of unstable crystal energy storage crystals composed of new information structures.

Although from the current point of view, batches of jump missiles can be sent out from the production line every day, based on the test explosion results of the missiles, the conclusion drawn by Cavinrel is not optimistic: the crystal energy explosion is not absolutely controllable. And compared to the wall of separation that he wanted to build... the scope of the explosion was too small.

Perhaps the original materials provided by the current crystal energy vortex have begun to decay towards a lower level of physical state. This factor prevents the level of crystal energy stored in the crystal from reaching the first stable state. Perhaps it is limited to In the storage crystal, the physical properties of the crystal limit the power of the crystal energy... From the current point of view, compared with the space annihilation bomb array that can destroy the cantilevers of small star systems at full strength, the maximum range of the crystal energy jump missile's diffusion area is just a few. Millions of kilometers.

For the universe, this is really too small, but if enough numbers can be attached, then it is not impossible for these brand-new weapons to cut some isolation zones in the starry sky - due to the lack of more space force field traction Ships, more and larger warped walls have become God's projects.

The largest structure created by the Federation civilization is the wall - the warped world wall with the crystal energy vortex as the center and covering four billion light-years. A hemisphere of this size is indeed very huge. It takes countless hours to build it. Countless force fields stimulate the spacecraft to make continuous jumps to pull and guide the world structure to bend and anchor. Now, the Federation fleet must have been buried.

Walls can indeed block pollution, but the remaining keywords are also full of despair.

Zhai Cahir and the team that can keep up with his vision and thinking have determined that these "pollutions" can not only corrode matter and energy, but can even tamper with laws and destroy time and space.

Even if the crystal energy jump missile can really resist these pollution to a certain extent, once the long wall is breached, on a huge battlefield with a unit of hundreds of millions of light years, even if all missiles can produce the maximum coverage, within the coverage area The pollution can be completely removed. Just to "pave" this huge wall with a crystal energy explosion once, the number of missiles required may be so large that even if it is produced non-stop until the end of the world, it will be impossible to produce it hundreds of times. It's over, not to mention the continued spread after a steady stream of interruptions.

After all, behind this wall, the original home may have turned into a highly toxic and polluted nest.

In that new golden space station, the Federation is conducting routine scans through the void information detection array that was previously buried on the world barrier in the area near the crystal energy vortex. Judging from the observation results obtained so far, the information echo of the broken universe has been greatly Weakened, but some chaotic echoes still appear on the output terminal of the scanning array from time to time. Some world fragments are still "drifting" in the void after the world barrier is broken and disintegrated, approaching the universe.

Among these things that are being rapidly decomposed, there is what Cavinrel has always wanted, a way to actively "move" in the void, instead of being passively "pulled" by the giant information body - the idea is , and there is not much difference from the current operation method.

Unfortunately, however, the void exploration ship, the only one carrying the K-model experimental model in the past thousands of years, has become an entity. After the unmanned voyage passed, a life support system and a manned cabin were added to the spacecraft. But now, that precious ship has been buried in the turmoil of the world.

The valuable data may have been lost. After comparing countless models, Cavinriel could only determine that the model was suitable, but the test of its reliability... has not been completed at all.

There are still hulls to be built in the shipyard, and after construction begins, they can be built quickly. The new crystal energy construction technology can eliminate most of the processes of the old industry - but their structures are different from each other. the difference.

Incorporating a new communication module takes time, not too long, but the degree of unreliability is difficult to control - in theory, there is indeed more than one solution to the problem, but that one represents the crystallization of almost all ideas. It is almost impossible to re-experiment or find new methods in such a short period of time.

What a mess...

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Another point that causes everyone more uneasiness is the change that is taking place in the world barrier of this universe.

The results of the void scanning array confirmed that, except for the part of the universe where the remnants of the Federation are currently retreating, the world barrier of the large universe is weakening at a very fast rate. The world barrier serves as the time-space-law trinity that isolates the void and the world of order. The protective layer, at the same time... is also an "identity certificate" that can partially reflect the attributes of the world.

Once it collapses, the void will most likely pour in directly from the long wall that does not entirely exist in the actual structure of the universe, disintegrating everything in this area - the world wall is not a world barrier after all.

Whether it is the backward flow of the void or the infiltration of pollution, for the remaining Federation, if they cannot find a breakthrough point that may send civilization into the void at this last moment, then they all represent one result, that is Totally screwed.

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Looking at the color blocks and beating clutter that flashed from time to time on the panoramic screen in front of him, Cavinrel felt upset. The interference caused by the fragmentation and decomposition of the world was too strong. The current scanning array did not have enough power, let alone enough power. Technology is used to compensate for these interferences. In other words, in addition to monitoring the barriers of this universe, the current detection array has become "blind" compared to the original design goal.

In the unclear development, time is getting tighter, but key data is missing. Now the management does not even know which kind of virtual data modeling is more effective - the test machine is indeed being built, but the efficiency seems to be no matter what. It is impossible to complete a full set of experiments - in other words, no matter what is done now, there is no guarantee that civilization will be safe when it takes the first step out of the world.

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During the interval of another experiment, when he tapped his fingers on the control panel floating in front of him, an invisible wave suddenly swept across everything.

Although the time was short, Cavenriel had already performed crystal energy-soul fusion, so apart from ordinary people's senses, he could also feel the changes in the world as a whole. Just now, that invisible fluctuation was what happened to the world. The embodiment of brief distortion and deflection!

Just when Cavinriel was just realizing the problem, the highest alert notice also appeared in the network's information flow. Behind him, a large teleportation halo instantly lit up on the golden floor.

"Cavenriel, what just happened?" Victorville stepped out of the teleportation halo, "Zhai Cahir reported that the world as a whole has been distorted, and although Weisrifan and I don't have that strong perception ability, , but when they reported it, I almost saw real ripples sweeping across everything instantly!"

"Currently..." As soon as Cavinriel was halfway through his words, the emergency prompt from the control terminal appeared in their minds at the same time: "The interference to the void detection array temporarily disappeared. After rescanning, it was determined that it was not belonging to this site. Abnormal information from the universe! Alert! The fragments of the world have collided with the world barrier of this universe!"

"Damn it!" Cavinriel finally couldn't control his emotions. He punched the control panel floating in front of him: "With so many events beyond cognition at one time, will our civilization really stop? Is this it?!”

But at this moment, another message appeared in the information broadcast of the space station AI: "The communication attempt signal was found...has been deciphered, and the format complies with the current federal receiving and transmitting protocol. Asking whether to broadcast the specific content?"

"The specific content of the broadcast!" Cavernrel responded almost reflexively, but he calmed down immediately. The hope was too slim, so it was better not to let it turn into despair.

But sometimes, hope does exist.

"This is the void detection ship! Captain Nori... Albeck, deputy captain Nidogor Orif call the void detection control center! Repeat, this is the void detection ship! Captain Nori Al Baker, Vice-Captain Nidogor Orif calls the Void Detection Control Center!”

"This is the Void Detection Control Center! I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the detection program, Staceus Cavenriel. How is your current situation?" Cavinriel excitedly rushed to the output terminal of the communication array, a mix of surprise and joy. Emotion almost forms a physical aura.

"Chief Science Officer?" an exclamation came from the communicator, "Great! We are finally back in our own universe!"

"Please return immediately, two captains." Vidoville connected to another channel, "Your situation is of great research value, and many changes have taken place in the Federation during this period. Please return as soon as possible for further investigation. Information handover!”

"How...is it! Archon!"

After dozens of minutes, the spacecraft finally returned to its former home port after going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers.

It has to be said that the current situation of this spaceship is tragic enough to describe its state.

The original spaceship was an elongated fusiform warship that was somewhat similar to a cigar, with a long axis length of sixteen kilometers. Now, three kilometers in the bow direction of this spacecraft have completely disappeared, and on the original streamlined hull, there are Large pieces of damage could be seen, and the twisted and broken walls and pipes were spraying golden sparks and billowing thick fog outwards.

The damage to the smooth crystal energy-charged armor shell was even more serious at this time. The remaining hull was almost covered in large and small twisted and sunken places. The smooth armor layer became riddled with holes and lost all its color. Where there was no damage, the originally substantial armor layer became transparent, as if it had been interrupted in the process of disappearing.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current spacecraft looks like a piece of metal that has been soaked in strong acid.

After roughly confirming the overall condition of the spacecraft, the engineering team immediately began repairs to the spacecraft. As the captains of the spacecraft, Albeck and Orif, as survivors of the spacecraft, went to the main control room to meet with Cavendish. Er and others exchange information.

"First of all, let's talk about what you experienced at that time." In the bright and spacious control hall, Cavinriel was looking eagerly at the two people who had just checked their bodies. "As a survivor who has directly experienced it, your intelligence Very important."

"Chief Science Officer, let's report the key points first." Orif interrupted the Science Officer's question, "We have been following the broken pieces of information drifting during this period. In the process of drifting, we have discovered information The reason why fragments drift in the void will help us develop active void engines."

"This... this is really great!" Cavinriel excitedly held Orif's hand, "What the Federation urgently needs most right now is information or observational data about this technology. Your help can even be said to save the world. The entire federation!"

"Science officer, what's going on?" Albeck's face turned serious when he heard these words. "Although the active void engine is indeed a very important research direction, according to federal standard time, crystal energy technology It shouldn’t be able to spread to the entire federation, so our entire civilization doesn’t have to rush into the void in such a hurry, right?”

Mentioning this, the faces of the people around him instantly became heavy. In Albeck's confused eyes, a voice sounded softly:

"This...is all that's left of the Federation."

"What?" Such words were no less than detonating a space annihilation bomb in Albeck's heart. "Consul, what happened to the Federation? Why do you say this is the "only" part of the Federation?"

"I'm sorry, captains, you just survived a desperate situation, but we can't bring you better news." Wei Ruifan closed his eyes gently.

"After your spaceship lost contact, almost at the same time, a very strange and completely undetectable pollution broke out in the main universe of the Federation. Using the information collection network as the transmission channel, that strange pollution could even be said to have erupted instantly. Sweeping the entire universe, according to the observation results jointly obtained by Kalost and Zhai Cahir, there is no need to save the main universe. Now, the long wall of the warped world has been closed, but this wall is not the real world barrier. Contamination can spread quickly and we don't have the ability to clean it up."

"..." After learning about these situations, the two of them were shocked at first, and even felt a little bit genuinely dissatisfied with the decision-makers in front of them, but these emotions quickly disappeared from their faces - ——An unprecedented atmosphere can be expressed from everyone around you. Even if you feel a little strange now, you must control it.

There are more important things.

Orif took out a crystal plate, "This is observation and recording data. It records the relative "position" of the world fragments and the void of our universe during this period and the information representation attributes of the information fragments. Subsequently, the relevant memory data also It will be uploaded accordingly."

"Isendel, Zhai Cahir, and Ikarim, please compare the information here with our current void engines and supporting manufacturing processes, and compile a report on active void engines as soon as possible. Report." Vidoville handed the crystal plate to Zhai Cahir, "Be quick, there is not much time."

After the three people turned and left, Cavinrel continued to ask, "What happened when the universe collapsed? From the detection array, we can only understand that the universe seemed to be directly shattered. We don’t know anything else about it, and we’ve been pretty seriously disturbed since that universe was shattered.”

"Sigh... Speaking of this..." Albeck sighed, "After we just coordinated with that universe's order field-world barrier and entered its interior, the first conclusion we got was that that universe was different from ours. In comparison, it can be said that they are very similar. Although they are not too young, they are not at all likely to cause heat death."

"After the spacecraft entered the new order space, we first roughly measured some constants of the universe and prepared to find some local materials for analysis. But at this time, a ray of light burst out from the center of the universe, with a huge range and white color. The brightness is extremely high, and may even be comparable to the estimated power of the Creation Big Bang..."

"Sudden collapse?"

"Yes," Albeck replied seriously, "without any prior event prompts, after the white light illuminated, large areas of the cosmic structure disappeared directly, and the world barrier also shattered. Since we are still within the world, we have no choice. The order field was deployed, so the spacecraft received a violent impact."

"The damage all over the spacecraft was caused when the spacecraft fell into chaos. The void has extremely strong decomposition capabilities. Our crystal energy shields and crystal energy armor are almost vulnerable without the protection of the order field. But fortunately, before the spacecraft was damaged to the point of completely losing control, a piece of drifting information fragments enveloped our spacecraft, so that the ship was finally saved..."

"However, due to the severe damage, most of the redundant structures collapsed at that time, and there were heavy casualties. We don't know what we have experienced compared to the federal subjects... After that, the survivors were Transform your soul into an information carrier to save the observation data in the damaged system as much as possible. In the end, the two of us stayed to protect the data before the information fragments disappeared, but fortunately we had enough luck, these precious information back into the hands of the people who need it most.”

"Thank you very much." Cavinriel saluted them seriously. "The Federation will always remember your great contribution. Please go and rest first. I will inform you again if there is a mission required."

After the two left, Vidoville patted Cavinriel on the back, "What possible explanation is there at the moment?"

Cavenriel shook his head, "Sorry, Archon, we can only confirm that the phenomena they observed can be combined to explain some of the situations we encountered. From their descriptions, it can be determined that there is a considerable part of the universe. Directly destroyed in that powerful flash, that's all we know for sure at the moment."

"Most of the universe directly becomes information fluctuations, and the impact interferes with void communications, making it impossible for us to contact the void detection spacecraft. However, the source and principle of that white light are unknown to us. It may be The scene that exploded when the universe entered its end may also be due to the distortion of time, allowing the light from the Big Bang to reappear in the future. If there is a chance to observe more similar phenomena, the problem may be solved. But we are now There’s no time to work out the details.”

"Well, after all, there are too many things going on now, and we have encountered too many unknowns in such a short period of time. You should first deal with the void engine problems with Zhai Cahir and others. We are unable to deal with or prove these. Don’t think about the problem yet.”

"Understood, Archon." Cavinriel nodded.

The previous foundation finally laid the foundation for the determination of the model. With the addition of new observational data, it didn't take too long for Vidoville and Vesrifan to receive the first research report - everything finally had a clue, regardless of the subjective consciousness, whether the model was ultimately feasible. , Void has given the most accurate answer.

In the report, Eisendel and Zhai Cahill pointed out that the so-called active void engine is almost identical to the current passive void engine, but more mathematical rate equipment needs to be connected to control the information protection field of the spacecraft and make decisions. The corresponding "offset calculation" can be achieved by simulating the movement of world fragments and changing certain representation attributes of the spacecraft information. The only difference is that the "passive" must have a clear goal.

The "active" means that the information deviation that needs to simulate the movement of the void can be directly simulated by the mathematical rate core using crystal energy, without the need for a clear enough target. The main problem in this part is that there are no principled technical problems in the manufacturing and stability of highly complex mathematical rate equipment.

"For the Federation, this is also a blessing among misfortunes." After reading the report, even though they were thousands of miles apart, Vidoville and Weisrifan still had a clear understanding of each other.

The new test ship is completed very quickly, and only the old technology needs to be refined and improved. In any case, the final return of the test ship proved to be completely feasible - on this basis, other models were sealed together, and the survivors devoted all their efforts to this ultimately successful model.

However, no matter how fast they move forward, everyone feels the pressure. After all, they are snatching time from the hands of death.

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Amid the turmoil and unrest, civilization trudged forward with difficulty, and the golden light and shadow flowing in the space marked the trajectory of the Federation's activities.

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After a relatively stable period of time - maybe a month, or maybe longer, two reports appeared in front of Vidoville, one good and one bad.

The good news is that Zhai Cahir has built a prototype ship carrying an active void engine, and the construction of the synchronized Ark structure has begun.

The bad news is that actual loopholes in the long wall of the warped world have appeared, the structure of space has begun to be destroyed, and the pollution has begun to slowly overflow.