Star Empire

"Qianyuan Divine Thunder, Great Sun Divine Fire, Donghua Xingyi, Shengyang·Xihe"

Seeing more and more familiar signals appearing in front of him, Σ-48 couldn't help but feel excited.

Some information was captured by the communication facilities of the monitoring station - it was sent by my "old friends".

The initial excitement soon passed, and calmness and reason once again dominated Σ-48's thinking. He noticed that the communication format of the Protoss was very different from his previous records. And behind those familiar vehicles, there were more vague towering figures. These phenomena remind me that everything in the past has changed too much.

"Sorry, Wood, I need a moment to talk to them." After saying these somewhat urgent words, Vidoville noticed that his contact with Σ-48 was disconnected.

"Si. Li'er, have these situations been conveyed to you and the Emperor's Council?"

".I already know, but the Emperor's Council is still notifying that this information is under quarantine, so it may take a little more time for the Emperor's Council to respond to these things." Reported to the Empire in Victorville After sending the message to the core territory, Weisrifan's response waited for a while before being sent to the Great Wall of the Sun.

After a long period of operation, the communication between the Great Wall of the Sun and the core area of ​​the empire no longer requires a long wait, but there is still a considerable delay in communication between the two places. At present, it seems that it may take the empire to continue working hard for a long time to completely eliminate the communication delay over such a long distance.

"Next, it depends on the attitude and requirements of the "Protoss Civilization"." Vidoville said, "The plans are almost ready, and some of the plans have been adjusted based on the suggestions of Σ-48. No. After nearly four trillion years have passed, how timely the information from Σ-48 still retains—"

"Wood, it's an emergency." Before Vidoville could finish his words, Σ-48 suddenly picked up the communication, "The Gods hope that your civilization can form a formal negotiation delegation as soon as possible. They want to negotiate with you. Communicate on the topic of engaging with the federation and building bridges.”

"Ah? What happened?" Vidoville was a little surprised at this: This was just a face-to-face meeting, why do we need to talk about such a high-level topic?

"There are some questions." Σ-48 answered with some hesitation, as if he was considering how to speak next, "Recent research from the Protoss shows that the significance of building bridges may be more important than what I have described before. Also, the time when the void cataclysm will occur is not very far away from now.”

".What?!" When he heard "Void Cataclysm", Victorville was still a little confused for a moment. This word seemed to be far away before, far away from myself and far away from civilization. But why does it seem that the pestle is suddenly in front of me now? ?

"In terms of years, what is the approximate order of magnitude?" Vidoville asked.

"It will not exceed one million at most. A conservative estimate is that the catastrophe that will end this era will break out within 950,000 years at the earliest." Σ-48 said seriously, "This is almost right before our eyes. ”

". In terms of feeling, I feel that all this is still a bit false - too fast. We have always believed that even if the so-called "void cataclysm" really happens in the future, it will be at least trillions of years away from us. Units are used to make calculations. But now, this catastrophe that can sweep across the void membrane is suddenly close at hand."

Vidoville read and reread the meeting minutes provided by Σ-48, trying to find some flaws in them, but just like before, he still could not find any flaws in them, no matter in terms of wording. Or from the information structure that constitutes it.

"I'm afraid I have to accept it if I haven't accepted it until now." Looking at the news that suddenly brought a world-destroying natural disaster, Weisrifan was shocked and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but in the face of the facts, it was unnecessary Doubt is just a waste of time.

"The Psychic Beacon of Arcane Life IV, Narrative Reading of You, Me and Kryz, Memetic Analysis of the Eighteenth Sky Zone, Consciousness Detection of the Forty-Fourth Sky Zone, Fifty-Two and Fifty-Nine The determination of the Hume constant in the sky area and the iterative disassembly of the 110th sky area all show that there is no problem with all the data provided by Σ-48. To put it mildly, even if they are really planning to deceive us, we are now I am unable to verify it. Have the candidates for the delegation been negotiated?”

"It's agreed, you and me. In the first fourteen days, Isendel will attend. In the fifteenth to eighteenth days, Wheeler will attend. In the nineteenth to thirty-fifth days, Aloal will attend. Attend. In the thirty-sixth to forty-fourth day zone, Ye Li attended. In the forty-fourth to fifty-second day zone, Talanis attended. In the fifty-second to seventy-first day zone, Sicheng is present. From the 72nd to the 89th day area, Su Li is present. From the 90th to the 113th day area, Jingyuan is present." Victorville replied.

"By the way, the opinion of the λ Civilization Federation is that the Federation respects the empire's decision. The attitude expressed by the top memetic beings is that "they do not think they have the ability to deal with relevant matters head-on for the time being." So in this negotiation, there is no one from λ representatives. The highest memetic beings have informed us of their bottom line and possible negotiation demands, which will be raised by our representatives in the negotiations." Vidoville then added.

"In addition, regarding the "divine civilization", based on the information later provided by Σ-48, we have now conducted a comprehensive update and iteration of our understanding of them." Vidoville activated a huge projection, which was currently illuminated. The "Void Power Territory Map" was projected into the air.

In this picture, even based on the scope of the Fierce Sun Wind Field, the empire has become a remote part of the world. What occupies the main part of this power map are three huge graphics composed of smaller patterns. They are like the three legs of a giant cauldron, standing majestically in the dark and vast void.

Compared with the strength territory map provided by Σ-48 earlier, the most important change that the new territory map can show is that the two figures representing the "divine civilization" are much larger than those four trillion years ago. During these four trillion years, the external expansion of the two major divine races never seemed to stop, and even tended to become faster and faster.

The original territory of Σ civilization is now completely occupied by the coalition of gods.

The existences currently occupying that area are marked on the new territory map as "Emerging Gods" and "Kings of the World".

Vidoville noticed that the occupation scope of the emerging forces that emerged within the original territory of Σ civilization has also begun to exceed the original boundaries of the old Σ - this may be related to what Σ-48 mentioned before, "Through expansion, more will be conquered." It has something to do with the fact that many worlds are included in the shelter of the will of the void, allowing them to survive the catastrophe." It seems that all civilized groups that have the ability to know about the Void Cataclysm have been doing this since they learned about the Cataclysm.

In the new territory map, the original names of the two major divine civilizations have disappeared. Including the two ancient divine races and these emerging forces of order, the territory of order has been merged into one, and this area spans the twenty-six quadrants and includes The board map covering a vast area was named [Star Ring Federation].

"According to the data, nearly four trillion years ago, shortly after the collapse of Σ civilization, the two major gods came into contact with each other. Since then, under the leadership of the two void wills, the coalition of gods has abided by the Taichu Agreement and dealt with Σcivilization’s “corrupted frontiers” launched an attack.”

"For a long time, driven by the top leadership of both sides, the divine civilizations have continued to get closer, and the exchanges and cooperation between each other have continued to deepen. In the end, after they have known each other for a long enough time, the two civilizations have become almost in harmony. At that time, the Will of the Void determined that the time was ripe, and they jointly promoted the disintegration of the old civilization. All the gods and the "kings of the world" formed a new Star Ring Federation. The Star Ring Federation was established about 30 billion years ago. That’s all the Federation is now fully mature.”

"By the way, the opinion of the λ Civilization Federation is that the Federation respects the empire's decision. The attitude expressed by the top memetic beings is that "they do not think they have the ability to deal with relevant matters head-on for the time being." So in this negotiation, there is no one from λ representatives. The top memetic beings have informed us of their bottom line and possible negotiation demands, which will be raised by our representatives during the negotiations."

"Are there no more details?" Weissrifan asked.

"No, Σ-48 said, more details will be discussed on site during the negotiation, um. The explanation given by the Star Ring Federation seems to be, because time is very tight now, it will be formal It’s definitely too late for the process, so the cooperation at this stage is temporary, and we don’t need to worry too much. This directly shows the bottom line.”

"What's the time, place and form of the negotiation?"

"The virtual meeting can be at any time - as long as we are ready, we can talk, and the location. Σ-48 can provide the equipment of the monitoring station as a "connection point" for the communication systems of both parties."

"So... if everyone is ready," Weisrifan thought for a moment, "now?"

"Okay." Vidoville nodded. He connected to the communication with Σ-48, and the "Star Ring Federation" responded faster than he expected. Almost as soon as I applied, the other party immediately agreed.

The "meeting room" is very simple. The endless smooth land is shrouded in clear darkness without light. The only light shines on two large curved tables. These two large tables look like a middle After being partially hollowed out, the ellipse is divided into two halves along its long axis. The Xingming side and the side from the Ring Federation each occupied a conference table.

Σ-48 exists as a third party, and he will provide explanations or mediation for possible disagreements and contradictions. Its position is at one of the vertices in the direction of the long axis of the "ellipse". As the de facto liaison, Σ-48 delivered the permitted materials to both parties during the preparation process before the formal start of negotiations, which will allow both parties to effectively save time in the subsequent meetings.

Since the emperors who are the representatives of the empire are still in the imperial district, which is very far away from here, and at the same time, they need to go through quarantine with security measures, so there is some inconsistency in the time when their own representatives enter the venue.

While waiting for everyone to arrive, Vidoville observed the representatives from the Ring Federation with some curiosity—these gods in the void also participated in the negotiations in human form. Among the delegation of the Star Ring Federation, the "Elf God" made me particularly concerned.

The disturbance that caused some of the characteristics of the Star Empire's human body template to be "elf-like" seems to be consistent with the disturbance she released.

"All representatives from the Star Party are already in place." After every participant arrived and confirmed that the communication was in good condition, Vidoville signaled to the other side of the negotiation table that the meeting could begin.

"Hello. Let's get straight to the point." The "Elf Queen" Elendis who attracted the attention of Vidoville spoke first, "The Star Ring Federation sincerely invites the Star Empire to join the bridge-building project."