Star Empire

With all the spare capacity of all ammunition production workshops, without affecting the supply required for the manufacture of void spaceships, the remaining federal civilization desperately manufactured these tens of billions of crystal energy missiles. Under the dragnet of billions of light years, the limit that the remaining and weak human power can reach finally stands squarely in front of nature.

"This is a summary of the intelligence nodes - sir, our firepower has successfully created an isolation zone of sufficient size!"

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Under the nervous gaze of thousands of observers, and in the galaxy-level density of crystal energy flashes emitted by the crystal energy warhead, the momentum of pollution was finally temporarily curbed.

Compared with the originally huge universe, the population and infrastructure of the remote third hexagram blockade area are poor. However, now, the existence of factors such as compact network, sparse population, and greatly increased density of senior federal personnel have made The operational efficiency here has been greatly improved - the remaining federal structures that have been concentrated in the hands of a few decision-making levels are bursting with amazing efficiency.

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Tens of thousands of light years away from the crystal energy vortex, several hexagonal metal "cage pillars" are anchored in space. Large and small mechanical arms are sliding on the long beams that make up these cage pillars. The remaining parts assembled from all over the universe are finally combined.

In the circular connection area outside the Double Cone Space Station, which is the temporary highest base, there are already several new ships with huge bodies and strange shapes parked here. In terms of size, they are only slightly smaller than the "Tianzhou" class flying brick deep space cargo ships.

In appearance, their profile lines are much softer. The tail of the spacecraft still uses the original Taloga-class improved "four plus one" bundled thruster, but the volume is relatively larger.

The outer shell of the spacecraft looks like it is made up of parts of the thorax and abdomen armor similar to those of a giant beetle that have been stretched and healed together. The material that makes up them is crystal energy armor that has been charged at the highest level that can be achieved currently. In these last moments, the Federation's remaining industrial system tried its best to protect the interior of the ship as much as possible by taking as many measures as possible.

Overall, these spaceships look like elongated seeds, except that the cross section is not a perfect circle, but a slightly elongated oval. The internal structure of the spacecraft is relatively simple. In addition to the crystal energy output system and conventional crystal energy thrusters at the tail, the remaining large-scale facilities are only a mathematical system driven by crystal energy that can match and create material-level information mapping in reality. Rate calculus core.

The personal needs of all members are suppressed to a minimum, and the remaining huge space is used as a cargo hold to store crystal energy crystals. After embarking on the one-way line, these crystals are the source of life support.

The manufacturing of these spacecrafts was not smooth sailing. The earliest active void engines experienced information offset adjustment instability after entering the void, and the entire carrier aircraft was swept away by the void turbulence. Several test prototypes and their carriers were damaged as a result. loss.

After stabilizing the engine through sufficient compensation and correction devices, the expected embarrassing situation occurred that the formation was unable to sail in the void as a "formation" due to communication problems. However, even though there were so many problems, the loss rate was so high. , the decision-makers are no longer able to conduct experiments according to the requirements thousands of years ago. It is simple - time is too late.

Now, every time a spacecraft is built, it will be immediately used for various tests of varying intensity. The problems it exposes will be repaired, and the repair measures will be synchronized on all other ships.

not enough……

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"Isendel, how is the progress of your project?" On a small platform floating near the dock, several relevant technical leaders, such as Zhai Cahill, Eisendel and Cavin Riel, were reporting on the project status. .

"The project is progressing...relatively smoothly." Isendel replied, "We are now producing the second batch of ships. The problems we have faced include the formation of the void fleet after entering the universe and the stability of the void engine itself. There are also short-distance self-replicating information segment communicators that have begun to enter the stage of small-volume mass production.”

"Very good." Vidoville in the holographic image nodded slightly in confirmation, "How stable are these new systems?"

"The linkage test between the order field micro-frequency modulation system and the active void engine and the central mathematical rate core has been completed. At present, it seems that the stability is reliable." Cavinriel took over the topic, "But the last item is self-replication. The results of testing of sex segment communicators are currently not promising.”

"Huh?" Hearing this response, Vidoville frowned slightly, "What happened?"

"It's still the decomposition of the void, or the ability to annex and assimilate." Cavernrel shrugged, with a look of helplessness on his face, "The decomposition ability of the void is too strong. Once it leaves the protection of the self-consistent order field, information will be lost during the propagation process of the void. It will be subject to very strong dismantling and zeroing. For these information segments, such zeroing is not continuous and linear, although some losses can be compensated by copying the residual crystal energy of the information after it is sent. , but the ultimate dissemination ability of information remains unstable.”

"...The conditions of the void are too much beyond our understanding. Even if all our previous data are correct, what we can do is very limited...Your Excellency, please allow me to use an analogy. What we are doing now, It is to make the information you want to transmit into a structure similar to a "concentric sphere", and use multi-layer shells to enhance the self-sustaining stability of the data, including that all spherical shells and sphere centers have the same content."

"Originally we imagined that the void would erode these spherical shells layer by layer during the propagation process, and the spherical shells could replicate themselves under the definition of the start code and the stop code, but the zero return property of the void exceeded our expectations. If such an information structure is placed in the void, the zero-returning ability of the void is likely to erode all layers at the same time. What’s more terrible is that the randomness of this phenomenon is too high, and we cannot be sure that a communication How much information will be broken down by the void.”

"No matter what, I can only ask you to do your best!" Vidoville looked seriously at most of the highest-level scientists in the Federation standing in the image, "Your success or failure is directly related to the ability of our civilization. Do you want to continue?”

"Understood!" The three of them saluted at the same time.

"Okay, I..." Vidoville had just finished speaking when the contents of all the holographic screens in front of him were instantly covered with bright red and golden double sword patterns. The highest level of alarm alerted him and everyone else in the space station. workers' attention.

"Consul, what's wrong?" Cavernrel's voice sounded in Vidoville's mind.

"Urgent military situation, we will temporarily cut off communications with you." The military consul clicked on the double sword emblem, and Calost's anxious face instantly appeared in the holographic display, "Consul, in a serious situation, the third missile salvo must start immediately ! The current observation results show that the space near the long wall of the warped world is disintegrating! There is that kind of pollution in those sputtering vacuum zero-point energy jets! "

"Damn it!" Faced with this strange pollution that was approaching step by step and almost unsolvable, Vidoville gritted his teeth with hatred. "Calost, how are you and the army doing?"

"The losses are not big." Kalost reported, "Only a small number of detectors and some patrol ships located in the second depth range have been lost. Currently, no contamination has been detected in the network... All infected bodies have self-destructed, and Crystal Energy The light has purified them."

"Please pay attention to safety, do not fight against the tide of pollution, and evacuate the second and third depth areas as soon as possible!"

"This...understands! But Archon, I must explain that if we retreat like this, we will gain less time!"

"The most important thing is that you survive! We don't have many survivors left!" Vidoville almost shouted, "And, compared to crystal energy, we can't even predict the spread and ability of this "pollution" Destruction effect, if you stay close to pollution for too long, if the pollution is infected in an unnoticed way, then all low-level nodes of the existing network may be contaminated! Not everyone is like you The crystal energy or arcane magic has been integrated into the soul!"

"……yes!!"

After hanging up the communication with Calost, the main holographic display interface in front of Vidoville instantly reorganized into the previous launch button, but the difference this time was that the progress bar next to the button was still in an advanced state.

In fact, the scope of the universe included by that long warp wall is very huge. Even though it is very cramped compared to the larger universe, for the people living here... it is actually still so big that it has no real sense.

Even if it can cross the deep space in an instant, the universe is still solid and deep to the former Federation.

Because from the current perspective, even though the power of the Federation is large enough to destroy the world, the Federation still has not jumped out of the inherent limitations of the laws of physics.

And now, this small independent part of the federation is truly transcending the entire world, giving the universe, and installing a console in a real sense, just...

Even relative to today's technology, a universe is too big.

Two thousand years may be a long enough time, but at that time, no one expected that such a situation would appear in this form.

During this period of time, the Federation may have accumulated enough technology and resources. Given time, many things that were once impossible to break through will be solved.

but now……

Time is running out.

"The completion rate is only 61%... There is no difference in priority among the third batch of targets selected..." Vidoville frowned tightly, looking at the eroding universe. There were several transitions between the holographic display and the progress bar that was still crawling in front of me. "We can only take a gamble. I hope that the target we destroy this time can create a suitable isolation zone and buy some time!"

Vidoville pressed the button for the first time. This time the button was a broadcast, prompting all ammunition factory self-discipline systems and personnel supervising the operation of the ammunition factory to retreat, stop the assembly of unfinished missiles, and fill all missiles into launch positions. Or adjust it to a launchable state.

In silence, after the emergency evacuation time of a standard military facility, Vidoville looked at the pale golden wall in front of him with a heavy expression. Under Vidoville's instructions, all bulkheads and dome structures were hidden, and the remaining celestial bodies and small The golden star points lit by part of the inert crystal energy that has not completely dissipated and exhibits certain material properties emit weak light in the sky, and on the other side of the long wall of the warped world, more and more stars Blazing white light streaked across the dark space like a shooting star.

At this moment, a very familiar scent appeared within Victorville's range of perception.

"Lil?"

"I also received the military intelligence notification from Calost immediately. During this period, I hurriedly evacuated all survivors in the second and third depth areas and ordered all space stations built based on crystal energy to self-destruct. The space station built based on vacuum zero-point energy is partially unanchored. This partially unanchored space station can move to the nearest target star position before the strike, which can relieve you a little bit of pressure."

"...Thank you." Facing the girl with messy hair in front of him, a trace of warmth finally appeared on Vidoville's face. After winking at Weisrifan, the button was pressed.

According to the plan, the third wave of attacks was the largest of the three waves. The first wave of attacks is to destroy all stray objects that are extremely close to the Warp Wall;

The second wave of attacks is to destroy all single stars or double or triple star systems between large star systems or star clusters that are in the "constellation line" or can be used as a "jump bridge" to minimize direct contact between large star systems. connect;

The third wave of attacks used much more missiles than the second wave. There were fewer crystal energy missiles in these missiles than in the second wave of attacks. The extra part was a huge number of degenerate graviton missiles. , using these missiles to create huge gravitational field fluctuations, shrouding all large celestial bodies that may have cosmic broadcast capabilities as much as possible within a curvature barrier or event horizon, and destroying the "bridging part" outside the bridging nodes between galaxies .

In the star map, the decrepit starry sky that was originally considered extremely barren and had almost zero predicted use value has now become a life-saving straw in a sense for the remnants of the Federation.

It is this sparse and ancient starry sky that allows space blockage to take better effect - this is currently the only way to slow down the spread of pollution.

The border area of ​​the third hexagram is unimaginably empty. It is such a sparse starry sky that is barely enough firepower to cut off the possible connections among the stars.

If it is in the most material-rich part of the universe, a huge galaxy group composed of hundreds of billions or even trillions of various stars will be connected into sheets and intertwined into a network in space, like the bright angels in the legend. Like wings, it stretches wildly in space. The huge structure made of gold and silver, like a feather, will stretch for hundreds of millions of light years in space - the Morak-Laniakea Supercluster, the Great Space Wall in the Heart of the Furnace, Alidri -Sloan Great Wall...structures like this can be seen everywhere.

Even if the remaining members of the Federation turned themselves into bombs, they would not be able to cut off such a huge space structure in such a short time.

The old Confederation might be able to - after ruling out certain bills.

However, what the old federation was able to do to tamper with the stars on a cosmic scale was purely power and violence. Every time it was executed, a hideous wound would be torn out in the starry sky. Star bones, twisted space, and curved The path of light is the pus seeping out of the wound.

It's hard to say whether those means put here...will help the evildoers.

"Why... I, no, we all know these, but they are... so unfamiliar..."

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In the real-time display model of the spherical blockade area inside the main control hall, the final locking of all marked targets has been completed. Most of these targets are determined through star maps, but there are still some kinked areas in space that have residual effects due to low-level crystal energy after the crystal energy vortex exploded. These space kinked areas are often due to the influence of crystal energy. It is caused by changes in the total gravitational propagation speed of large galaxies in the environment. In other words, such areas are key areas that need to be cleared. This is what Kalost has been leading the army to deal with before.

These targets can be marked, and Calost and his soldiers have worked hard, but Vidoville cannot guarantee that these targets can be destroyed, because in general, all targets have the same priority. , but now, the total number of missiles is only 60% of the expected completion.

"I hope we destroy the right target." Vidoville muttered silently in his heart.

In an instant, countless golden bright threads were pulled out of the space near the space station. The number of these golden threads increased by orders of magnitude, and soon an airtight golden sheet was woven in this part of the space. net. Pieces of circular golden light lit up in the dark space, and the space flash caused by the missile cluster entering the transition state fluctuated violently like water ripples on the holographic screen.

In the distance, ancient stars and quasars that originally looked dim due to the radial energy-guiding trajectories extended by crystal energy vortices suddenly increased in brightness, and golden light burst out from these dark red behemoths or event horizons without any light at all. come out.

Under the impact of crystal energy, the black hole was dismantled, the star was blown away, and the debris was turned into golden fragments in the continuous bright golden flash. A bright tectonic belt appeared on the edge of the world barrier. Under the impact of a large number of cluster explosions during this period, even the background environment here began to tremble slightly.

Between the space abyss of the huge spiral galaxy, the strong gravity begins to bend the space. At the same time as the space curtain wall that seems to be inlaid with streamers rises, the star at the tip of the cantilever also ushered in its last moment. The radiating golden light of the crystal energy missile These stars are suddenly lit up, and the remnants of these stars that are about to disappear are still burning before they are completely crystallized and broken, providing the last bit of light that they can provide before their death for the eternal night here.

In the first and second depth areas close to the long wall of the warped world, some galaxies have begun to be filled with the dangerous atmosphere of decay and negativity. Black and red patterns are entrenched on the dry land, and the tops of surging atmospheric storms are even on the surface of stars. In the blooming prominences and star crowns.

Ominous shadows spread on the surface of stars, engulfing the originally normal stellar atmospheres. Before these planets were completely reduced to relay stations for pollution to spread again, a burst of flashes of stars lit up in the distant universe filled with golden nebula-like structures. The crystal energy missile that jumped here tried its best to get as close to the target as possible while being contaminated and damaged. Layers of black mist appeared in the originally close-to-vacuum space, pulling these bright spots into darkness. Then, the blackness The fog was lit up by the light of crystal energy.

The crystal energy missile reached its intended attack position and destroyed most of its intended targets.

However, in the process of completing their goal, they were given a mission: to destroy the star.

Not only Vidoville and Vesrifan, but also Cavenriel and Zhai Cahir did not realize how these strange contaminations coming from nowhere would show their power.

After the crystal energy light dissipates, most of the original stellar material disappears, and the remaining parts are turned into dust under the crystal energy light. The highly curved space will block the stellar magnetosphere and starlight.

According to the original plan, this can effectively slow down the spread of this kind of pollution through cosmic matter, and the high vacuum space itself currently seems to be an excellent "insulator" that prevents the spread of pollution.

But no one expected that pollution can not only cause damage, but also amplify all existing behaviors that can cause damage and collapse.

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In the center of the dissipating golden halo, some vague, seemingly invisible ripples began to flash with dim white light and shadow. These lights and shadows condensed into pale entities of different shapes at a very fast speed.

After the ghostly entities of the stars appeared, an extremely powerful gravitational field was generated with these pale white light clusters as the center points. Not only the surrounding matter, but also space began to collapse into these areas, forming space funnels that were somewhat similar to singularities. Under the constant encirclement of the surrounding space structures, the brightness of these "space singularities" slowly decreased. Come down and become stable.

Then, the "singularity" broke out.

Under the influence of pollution, the information push generated when the crystal energy crystal suddenly shattered not only destroyed the material, but a considerable part of the expanded fluctuations also dissipated into the surrounding space. The space is exposed to the illumination of black and red patterns, and its own stability is greatly reduced. After the impact, the dissipated energy broke through the dimensional barriers, and the seven high-dimensional space axes that were originally curled up at the quantum scale were stretched out under the impact of activated information.

The expansion of the tenth dimensional axis indicates that imaginary numbers can also exist in the macroscopic world. The restraint has completely gone out of control. No matter what it is, I am afraid that it will eventually be difficult to maintain a foothold in this universe. In the virtual and real space, after the conflict and annihilation of two existences with contradictory theories of existence, the space is restored to the original form at the time of the Big Bang.

A wave of death light that far surpassed the light explosion of the Great Triangulum and the swan song of the Modori Zerg, broadcasting death to every remaining inch of pure land, began.