Star Empire

"Speaking of which, isn't this enough for us to change the Yuan?"

When the three parties signed the agreement and presented it to each other, Vidoville asked Vesrifan in his heart.

"Indeed." Weisrifan confirmed Vidoville's idea. "Contacting the Gods, connecting with the Star Ring Federation, understanding the pattern and current situation of the entire void, and participating in the bridge-building operation. For Xingming, any one of these things alone is enough for us to set a milestone for it. Let alone these things coming together now.”

"So, what is the name of the new era?"

".【great cause】."

With the final decision that the Empire has temporarily become a non-state of the Star Ring Federation, the Star Empire's longest chronology to date - the Expedition Chronicle - has officially come to an end. The last year of this era finally fell on the number 3 859 621 521 436, and both parties set aside ten years as a buffer period.

During this period, the two sides adjusted each other's civilizational axes to determine the precise time when they could dock with each other. At the same time, both parties are also adjusting each other's actions and policies during this period, making further preparations for future cooperation.

The great cause is recorded in the first year.

"Your Majesty, the basic transfer has been completed."

"Currently, most citizens of the empire still live on the fleet. The fleet is mainly distributed along the empire's border where the Black Gate Fortress is located, the fast lane between this border section and the Great Wall of the Sun, and the corresponding Great Wall of the Sun in this area. At present, The Emperor's Council has decided that until everything is properly resolved, all citizens will temporarily build the world to live in. The distribution and comfort work are in progress in an orderly manner."

"Your Majesty, we have dismantled most of the void mines located on the second line of defense. All the mines have been awakened, and clear warning signals from the mines can be received when navigating in the void. The first and third The defense line deployment will remain unchanged for the time being."

"All deep dive ports and dead tide experimental worlds are currently in normal status. The special network status is normal, and the degree of corruption of the information flow in the network channel does not exceed the warning threshold. All protective measures and fuse nodes are in normal working status. Already carried out After understanding the security index conversion between the Star Empire and the Star Ring Federation, the special network used by the Empire to contact the Death Tide environment meets the docking requirements."

"Received, starting the pre-docking attempt." After reading the last report, Vidoville focused his attention on the matter in front of him: he was monitoring the wreckage of the first over-limit test site left by the Σ civilization. Near the station, supervise the connection between the Star Ring Network and the Star Network.

Before the agreement was signed, the connection between the Empire and the Star Ring was mainly maintained through monitoring stations as relays. There is no problem in doing this in the short term, but if we consider it from a long-term perspective, the empire still prefers to use its own equipment to accomplish the goals it hopes to achieve.

In the previous census, the majority of the people of the empire expressed their intention that they do not mind if the empire itself forms an alliance with a certain civilization or entity or even uses the other party as a "backer". However, while forming an alliance, the empire needs to maintain its high degree of independence, whether it is military, technology, culture, and history. The empire cannot allow the power of allies or "backers" to spread and grow within the empire. When these trends of thought expanded, what finally emerged was the attitude of the empire itself.

These attitudes were raised by other imperial emperors who participated in the meeting in previous negotiations, but fortunately, Starlink rarely rejected these demands of the empire. Perhaps considering that there are "more important things" now, Starlink has relaxed the "review conditions" in these aspects. It may also be that these terms are indeed not very important to a temporary agreement. At the same time, They are indeed not excessive demands.

But no matter what, the agreement was signed smoothly after all, and it was smoother than I expected. For those civilizations that are in urgent need of "restart", this should also be valuable good news - the void routes responsible for the empire are closed, and other "smuggling routes" created privately in peacetime are now included in the scope of surveillance. After some important and life-related trade processes were cut off, some lives could no longer hold on.

At this moment, there are many Void Celestial Towers in front of Victorville. These Void Celestial Towers are connected by many fuse nodes that can only allow information to flow in one direction, forming two capillary-like structures. These two groups of "capillaries" respectively control two information links flowing in different directions. One link is responsible for sending information from the Star Ring Federation to the Empire, while the other link is the other way around.

"Information sending direction: from Star Empire to Star Ring Federation, network test begins, channel switching begins."

When receiving the switching command, Vidoville was prepared for the unexpected. If the information flow was uncontrolled here, he would blow up the relay station.

The flow of information began to change, and the empire's information transmitting antenna array began to "turn", and some of them began to no longer send information to the ancient Σ building. Part of the information flow was delivered to the relay stations built by these Void Celestial Towers. After passing the last quarantine process, this information flow flowed into the intricate pipeline network like blood.

The light emitted by the Celestial Towers began to change from diffuse to directional, as if an invisible hand was using these giant towers as points to draw the connections between them. This line gradually extended and spanned the entire group of "capillaries." At the end pointing to the Halo Federation receiving facility, Vidoville noticed that the information flowing out of the pipe network was operating in a predetermined way, and there was no out-of-control situation. Condition.

"The first phase of testing of the sending line has been completed, and the currently running equipment can meet the basic communication needs. Next, we will continue to test other parts of the pipe network."

In the following time, the link sending information from the Ring Federation to the Imperial network also passed the test. Under the guidance of the concept of unlimited anti-crowding, any blood vessel in these chaotic "capillary groups" has the ability to afford all functions. At the same time, the fuse nodes connecting them are sensitive enough. Once reverse information flow is detected in the pipe network, the entire link will be "melted" in a short time.

In this way, the communication needs of both parties will not be affected. At the same time, the security structure in the link can prevent the party receiving the information from being contaminated by the information sent by the other party, and can also prevent the other party from being contaminated by the information sent by itself.

"The test is over. The network is operating normally and the communication quality is good. We have begun to further coordinate the communication protocol and the format of sending and receiving information."

While the test was going on, Vidoville was watching the scene closely. He did not leave the scene until the test was completely completed and both parties jointly announced that the network was successful.

I don't know why, but I should be feeling happy now, but Victorville feels a little lost, a loss that comes from the bottom of my heart and soul. The indicators that quantify emotions are changing drastically, but I can't find what exactly makes me feel like this.

He sailed aimlessly in the void, and the walls of the Great Wall of the Sun receded section by section. When he stopped, he suddenly noticed that the ancient monitoring station was very close to him.

At this time, except for the transmitting antenna specifically responsible for communicating with the Σ monitoring station, the other antennas were no longer pointed at the huge black facility, which made the environment around the facility a little deserted.

The two general flagships docked silently on the outermost ring of the monitoring station. Compared to the huge monitoring station that was as large as the Quadrant Continent, the Arcane Throne and the Void Matrix were just two particles falling into the ring at this time. dust on the belt.

"Ah, Wood, you're here." When the two ships had just stopped, Vidoville received the message from Σ-48, "What's the matter?"

"I want to know more about the situation."

"for example.?"

"Are there any more survivors of your civilization, of your kind?"

"Why did you suddenly think of asking this? Yes, but there are not many left. You can definitely count them with two hands." Σ-48 was stunned for a moment, and then replied calmly.

"During this period of time, I talked about a lot of things with the gods on the Star Ring side, and learned a lot about what happened later. During the expedition of the Protoss coalition, they found some survivors who were in relatively good condition. Now, These survivors should all be on the other side of the star ring, working as consultants on troubled sea diving."

"It is said that with their help, the Star Ring Federation's chaotic sea deep diving and chaotic sea cruising capabilities have been further improved beyond imagination. These old guys have spent nearly four trillion years extra, but they have not yet completely Catching up with a bunch of mortals.”

"How could it be so serious?" Although I have watched the moment of destruction countless times, every time I think of an ancient civilization that is much more powerful than the current empire, I feel like dying in a The Gate of Tide was wiped out by the backlash.

No matter when, such things are equally appalling.

"You should have understood the most direct reason when you inherited the weight creation: our civilization used all the strength of the entire clan to build bridges under the combined effect of many factors. However, it is regrettable Yes, the start-up end that was supposed to be started on the other side failed to respond within the scheduled time. The bridge that could not be supported on the piers was unable to support itself and eventually collapsed, triggering a powerful sea earthquake."

"It is said that after the impact of the chaotic sea's counter-shock spread to the entire Σ, some fragments of consciousness that barely escaped from the endless eternal space tried to save themselves, but under the impact of such a powerful chaotic sea pollution, these actions were no longer possible. It makes sense. In the gradually weakening and lingering life, those fragments of consciousness that can represent the "last Σ" were finally annexed by a super civilization whose territory was close to the homeland of Σ - the length of this period is about 120,000 years. "

"One hundred and twenty thousand years." Victorville couldn't help but think of something, "The combined chronology of the Star Empire's revival and exile would be about 120,000 years based on our chronology at that time."

"In the end, as those fragments were annexed, the super civilization ushered in a very rapid rise. But at the same time, its rapid rise also attracted the attention of the corrupted Σ creation. The historical information found by the Protoss provided The statement is: That super civilization has experienced many crazy attacks from the Σ corrupted fleet. These attacks have caused permanent damage to that super civilization."

"After the war, the super civilization went through a series of civil strife, disintegration, reorganization and other events. They still have descendants active in the star ring. But what they do... has nothing to do with me or Σ."

"That super civilization should be a super civilization." Thinking of the wording of Σ-48, Vidoville frowned, "Doesn't it have an exact name?"

"I'm afraid there is none, or even if there is, it has been lost." Σ-48 gave a negative answer.

"Σ civilization does maintain a high degree of commonality. But as I said, the territory that Σ once controlled was very huge, and the entire territory was filled by a total of 333 void sky regions. The difference in time and distance is enough Make the three hundred and thirty-three sky regions very different from each other.”

"Σ is essentially a union of civilizations, not a complete single civilization. When fighting against foreign enemies, communicating with foreign countries, and fighting against troubled seas, Σ is a solid unity. But many times, when it comes to our own affairs, More information will only flow within the sky zone, they will not cross the sky zone as frequently."

"An emerging civilization located on the frontier may be recorded by one or several regions, but it cannot be known to everyone in Σ. At that time, Σ had cut off contact with the Gods, and the Gods had no way of knowing the details. And After experiencing the ravages of ocean pollution, very little information has been preserved, and the name of a civilization has been lost. This is just a normal thing."

"For hundreds of millions of years, the void has buried too many beings whose names are unknown."