Star Empire

"The detector is "attracted" by something on the other side, and this target continues to release disturbances that attract the detector, is that true?"

"That is indeed the case. The "first environment" that these detectors came into contact with after leaving the exit of the chaotic sea is highly similar. Also, the most important point is that these attracted detectors are all "blessed" by the will of the void. If there is nothing special about that "target", then it is impossible for these detectors to be affected at the same time. We are even considering that the target that is "attractive" to these detectors is itself the will of the void, or the void The embodiment of will.”

"However, this is not enough to change the status quo. You can see these curves - they also come from the information captured and sent back by the detector. What these curves describe is somewhat similar to the soul in terms of feeling. But As you can see, these curves move almost irregularly, and they are very messy."

"It is very abnormal for the soul to undergo such changes and be in such a state."

"Similar to the soul, we do not rule out the possibility of the will of the void. The changes in the soul are still very unstable, so..." Victorville chewed on these words, and gradually, a huge shadow gradually enveloped his heart.

"Everyone must consider a possibility: we must further lower our expectations that the civilization on the other side of the Taiwan Strait can respond to us within the allowed time limit."

When talking about this point, Vidoville noticed that although each piece of the table in the venue was connected to each other, there seemed to be a certain barrier between the blocks that made up the large ring table. This barrier made different The participating individuals can notice each other's presence, but it seems difficult for individuals to interact with each other.

Maybe this is to avoid surprises during meetings? At least Victorville thinks so, but now, even if this barrier still exists, he can clearly feel that the atmosphere in the entire venue is becoming more and more depressing, and the clear darkness above the ceiling seems to have turned into A huge dome with both tangible and material features was built, and it is now accelerating towards the venue of the Divine Consciousness Conference.

"Currently, the worst case scenario we can consider is that an entire divine civilization on the other side suffered a major disaster. The collapse of this civilization became the trigger for the "Spiral Ladder Battle" fifteen thousand years ago, which attracted us The target of the detector is the "remnant soul" of the will of the void on the other side that once led this race of gods."

"In the words of the two federal governors, this state is called "return to the void." It can be understood as a deep sleep of the will of the void - it will not hurt the foundation of the will of the void, but don't expect to be in this kind of state. How can the Void Will in this state help?"

"Then what's the federation's next decision?" someone asked.

"Continue to carry out the current actions, the plan remains unchanged for the time being." The host of the meeting replied firmly. "If we still can't get in touch with the civilization on the other side after reaching the critical point of time, then we will forcibly build a bridge."

The meeting is over.

"Elendis, who is presiding over this meeting? He seems to have never appeared before."

"Ah, if we go by the old saying, she is a "Central God Clan" individual." Elendis replied, "Before the establishment of the new Star Ring Federation, there were two types of supreme gods in the old divine civilization. One type was people like me who were promoted as leaders of civilizations or races and took care of their families. Those who ascend to the gods. There is another type of supreme god, they are the earliest servants or individual dependents around the Will of the Void who were promoted to the gods."

"Under normal circumstances, this type of existence directly helps the Will of the Void to deal with various major issues that require decision-making. After the establishment of the Star Ring Federation, the Central God Clan established the Star Ring Privy Council, which serves as the highest advisory body of the Star Ring Federation. It is directly responsible to the Archon. However, the Star Ring Privy Council does not directly affect the decision-making of the Federation. The ruling body of the Federation is the Supreme Council, and the former has no subordinate relationship with the latter. Well, are there any other questions?"

"Thank you, no more." Vidoville turned off the communication.

Briefly changing the topic or joking could not divert his attention from the previous emergency meeting. Faced with the severe situation, Vidoville's face was as downcast as if he could wipe off a pot of neutron stars with just one swipe. .

It is true that what was mentioned in the previous meeting was the "worst case scenario". Beyond the worst case scenario, there are many, many less bad scenarios, and it is entirely possible that a better scenario will emerge. However, most order beings do not need to consider these worst-case scenarios, but they do. The rulers of the empire need to consider these worst-case scenarios and prepare accordingly for these worst possible scenarios.

Time is passing, but there has been no obvious improvement in the current situation.

The area that was boiling because of the Spiral Echelon Battle gradually calmed down. The powerful device used to create the branches of the world slowly but surely advanced from the outside in. Over tens of thousands of years, countless ignition operations were ultimately exhausted. After all the unstable factors in this area, they either turned into lazy and illusory virtual information and escaped into the void, or settled into the interior of the heart of the world, and then turned into the foundation of the armor of self-consistent laws, protecting A long night of sailing in troubled seas.

More detectors wrapped in Tianshu glass were produced, as well as "drift bottles" containing information about bridge building and cross-strait relations. These crystallizations of hard work and technology were launched from all over the Federation to the other side of the chaotic sea, and the tracks they drew in the chaotic sea disappeared without a trace in almost the blink of an eye.

They carry the ardent expectations of countless creatures in the Federation to the other side. All lives are hoping that the Federation can establish contact with the super civilization on the other side before the situation becomes irreversible. But as time passed, the depths of the Chaotic Sea realm remained silent, with no meaningful sounds coming from it.

"The chaotic sea route from Black Gate Fortress to the farthest point of the Great Wall of the Sun has been opened. The total number of deep dive ports and detector launch points in the Star Empire has increased by 5.78% compared to the previous ten thousand years, but there is still no substantial progress."

Faced with this information from the Imperial Council, Vidoville knew that if this continued, no one would choose to accept it. So far, there have been dissenting voices among the top leaders of the empire, and some lives have gathered together. They are asking the empire and even the federation to take stronger measures to take responsibility for the "doomsday prophecies" mentioned earlier.

According to the information I have learned, there are more or less such gatherings within the other "Kings of the World" civilizations in the Star Ring Federation. There are even more radical voices among them - some people have begun to demand that the Star Ring Federation The Ring Federation is ready to declare war on the civilization on the other side.

So far, such voices still only flow in a very narrow range, and according to the information I have, these voices only exist in the "New Kings" who have been in contact with the Federation for a relatively short period of time. However, as the Cataclysm approaches, this information will soon spread. At the same time, similar discourse is likely to become increasingly inflammatory.

No matter how rational and calm they are, in the face of the unstoppable disaster that is about to strike, living beings will also make instinctive struggles - Vidoville cannot imagine that if such a shocking behemoth as the Star Ring finally comes somewhere, What will happen to the void when the "death struggle" begins before this moment arrives.

In terms of action, I will not support the existence and spread of this kind of voice, but I will suppress the spread of this trend of thought. But from the most selfish and egoistic point of view, one's own reason can understand these voices.

It can even be said that the closer you get to the core of the plan and the more you understand, the more dissatisfied you will be with the status quo - for hundreds of millions of years, Hong Kong has prepared everything, but now Just because of one reason, the long bridge could never be erected? !

Until now, there is still no movement from the other side. The super civilization on the other side has not responded yet. One of the important conditions for safely erecting a long bridge is always missing.

At least in the eyes of Vidoville, the Federation has done everything that the local civilization can do - it has tried its best but is still like this. How can this status quo be easily accepted? !

Although the world of Order is still peaceful at present, and there has been no large-scale turmoil in the void, and the vast majority of intelligent life forms are still doing what they need to do step by step, but in the "underground" of Order, in the realm of the sea of ​​chaos, The huge discontinuous zone that simultaneously erupted from the critical layer has risen to a very dangerous height - it has approached the cruising depth of the long night.

If it continues to rise, the unstable shallow area in the chaotic sea area will greatly affect the long night-level navigation, and there is a risk of the route being cut off. At the same time, its voyage is constantly warning the entire federation of the final problem - the catastrophe is coming.

It was another spiritual meeting. As soon as Vidoville connected his consciousness to the meeting, he felt the oppressive atmosphere permeating the entire venue and exuding from all the participants.

"Not long ago, one of our detectors captured some scenes in a certain orderly world in the void on the other side. Unfortunately, the detector was destroyed shortly after leaving the chaotic sea area on the other side. After reviewing the last information sent back by the detector After translating, we found that the nature of many things in the world of order on the other side is expressed in different ways. Even if we load the algorithm once used by the Σ civilization, we cannot restore all the details in the scene."

In the middle of the circular conference table, a vague picture began to emerge.

The appearance of the other shore once again appeared in the field of vision of intelligent life on this shore, and it has been almost four trillion years since the last time such a thing happened.

The picture displayed in front of the participants was very dim and gloomy. In the gloomy picture, there were some low buildings with traces of the carvings of intelligent life scattered scattered along with the ups and downs of the "earth".

"It seems that if the picture is accurate, then the intelligent civilization in the picture has not grown to a very developed level." At first, some participants pointed at the general situation shown in the picture, but the picture did not last longer. . It was as if the sky "over there" was suddenly shrouded in night, the picture suddenly became darker, and the land was lit up with dots of lights.

"Arjun, I, I'm scared, wow wow—"

"Don't be afraid."

Two very sudden "words" suddenly popped out, and then the scene ended.

"." After this short "video" that had been edited countless times ended, the entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

"The "two sentences" just now were directly analyzed using the universal ideographic ability. At the same time, we have a little understanding of the information of this "language", but according to our current speculation, the "dictionary" of this language is larger than what we know. The part we saw is more complicated, and we cannot reversely parse out the lexicon and grammatical structure of the language based on just these scattered short sentences."

"Where did these two sentences come from? I mean - why are only these two sentences received and can they be directly parsed using the universal ideographic ability?"

"There's only one possibility."

"What is it?" The entire venue fell into silence again. All the figures fell silent, waiting for the conclusion of the meeting host.

"Among these two different voices, one voice comes from the Will of the Void. The other voice is received by us because it was protected and influenced by the Will of the Void."

"What?!" The moment this sentence was uttered, many participants, including Vidoville, were shocked by the result.

"The void can transform into anything, and the will of the void can certainly do the same. If he feels that he is a stone, then it is entirely possible for him to actually turn into a stone and lie there for millions of years. If he feels that he is a stone, Wood, then he may spend tens of thousands of years in a forest - of course he can also think of himself as a mortal creature, which is no problem. But no matter what, no matter what the will of the void thinks he is, his inner being is still Void, this will not change. Only the will of the void can have such an obvious resonance with our detectors."

"However, there is a more important question now - no matter what happened on the other side 70,000 years ago, the fact that a void will appears in such a primitive civilization that seems to have a very low level of development now can only explain one thing. That is, he has lost his past memory. It seems that the disaster that happened on the other side was more serious than we imagined - it did not banish the Will of the Void, but directly brought the Will of the Void to a more serious state of collapse. ”

"Collapse? To be honest, it is not infinitely close to impossible, this is impossible! It is impossible for a complete void will to be harmed to this extent by a super civilization, no matter what! Unless... this The Will of the Void was injured when it was still unable to use its own power?! But this is even more bizarre. It is already the end of the era. Is it possible that a new Will of the Void suddenly pops up on the other side?"

"These are not important. The most important point is - so far, although we have barely established a "connection" with the other side, it seems that our contact partner does not have the ability to build a long bridge in the void."

"Our latest manned deep dive test."

"It failed. All the crew members have died. The deep-diving ship lost contact after crossing the critical layer, just like before."

"We've run out of time."

There is no time.

There is no time.

There is no time.

"When will this latest rough sea cruise end?"

"Twenty years later in federal standard time."

"After this cruise is over, all Long Night classes will return to their home ports and prepare for battle."

"The Supreme Council of the Star Ring Federation and the Emergency Committee of the Star Ring Federation on Troubled Seas and Bridge Building Issues have passed a resolution: If there is still no response from the other side within the next twenty years, the Federation will initiate the final plan and begin forcibly building a bridge!"