Star Empire

[This extra chapter corresponds to the time and plot passage after the collapse of Σ civilization and large-scale turmoil in the void. 】

[Pushing Factors]: As the sea disaster caused by Σ gradually spreads, the wreckage of Σ is still causing damage.

The out-of-control Σ fleet group had its first confrontation with beings who could be called true gods. Hundreds of major axis years later, the first representatives of the two major divine races were in such an informal and urgent environment. Encounter by chance.

Many legends, many records, and many sealed official reports have been explained in the most direct way here. Getting acquainted is a long process - this encounter may be special, but it is definitely not the beginning, far from the end.

The Will of the Void met again after an absence of an era, the Void environment was filled with pollution from the chaotic sea, the impact on the thinking of the gods themselves caused by the death of beings of the same level, and the powerful promotion of the Will of the Void when the two gods faced problems together, etc. Etc., these factors have all greatly promoted the collision and even fusion between the technology and ideological system of the gods.

The void affinity mark and the divine authority are jointly connected to make completely different technologies across the system compatible, and the constantly erupting fault zones bind the gods together with the power of reality.

The void is too huge, and it has an absolutely infinite range in the true sense - even if we don't talk about infinity, just looking at the currently known order nodes, the scale of the dark abyss between orders is so large that even the gods feel empty and empty. dark.

However, in order to solve the problem, you must move beyond them step by step.

One of the most practical problems is that after the collapse of Σ, the shadow of the sea of ​​chaos has obscured everything. Even if you want to find out many contents, it may take a long, long time.

So far, almost all evidence has shown that the Σ civilization has been completely swept by the chaos of the sea, and this former mortal king has died. This means that the Gods must organize some kind of expedition that is extremely special in scale and form. While they had to aim the sharp blade of the guardian order at their dead old allies, they also had to forcibly expand their territory at a high speed in order to expand their power as much as possible and bring as many innocent civilizations and possible What remains, the achievements of the mortal kings remain - this is the only way to save and make up for it, and it is also the only worthwhile and determined policy now.

What is certain is that in this long and grand process, new gods will appear, different bright colors will appear after the turbulent reality is stabilized, and the order in the void may take on a completely new structure. The gods are not opposed to this, and they do not want their power to completely lock down the order activities in the void and make themselves the absolute benchmark. For the macroscopic order structure, a pool of glorious stagnant water that has lost its vitality is far better. More terrible than death in competition.

However, doing so requires more caution and detailed planning. The gods need to deduce the possibilities, need to ensure various details in these processes, need to ensure that these stories can proceed smoothly, and also need to ensure that, at least for now, they are within their own protection and constraints.

It is not difficult to confirm that gods are too powerful, and their influence has far exceeded the scope of active and passive restraints. Their power covers a vast area that is unimaginable to mortals. No matter what the attitude of the gods is, no matter how the gods act...their own existence will have an inevitable impact on mortals.

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While not preventing their original followers from signing up, the Protoss internally targeted those in the void area and the Σ disturbance area.

For those civilizations that have been affected by Σ disturbances, whether virtual or real, and whose destiny trajectories have been reopened, for them, the intervention of gods at this moment will create a considerable degree of opportunities - for both parties, this is an opportunity .

[Implementation method]: As the divine army advances gradually, freeze and contain conventional civilizations that have not yet discovered the basic structure of their own world.

Establish hidden communication and observation channels for quasi-super civilizations that have discovered the world's information infrastructure and are able to analyze their own world structure to a certain extent, or mature super civilizations, and formally establish contact after sufficient detailed observation and assessment.

Since most civilizations within the original disturbance area of ​​ΣCivilization will basically find that there are distortions in their world that are difficult to explain and the source is difficult to find after the outbreak of natural disasters, therefore, communication after sufficient observation will often lead to A result that can be said to be a "win-win".

And this may also be because the extremely smooth beginning has coordinated all subsequent probabilities of the relevant events to a considerable extent; for those who do not cooperate, the Gods will perform a series of highly sophisticated operations - moving in front of the Σ World Management Terminal. As long as there is a slight mistake in surgery, the error is enough to shake the world structure and civilization.

And these civilizations, after a long enough period of growth and experience, and after long-term follow-up assessment by the gods, have the opportunity: the opportunity to be promoted to become gods.

Since this process is gradual, and becoming a god is not just a change in one's own rank and attributes, the most important thing is to have a sufficiently calm mind and a code of conduct that is absolutely in line with the values ​​of order. Therefore, the relevant process is driven and accelerated by the gods themselves relative to the past, but this road has never been easier than before. Civilizations that advance on this thorny road may be able to gain guidance from the gods, but setbacks may even But death will still be with them.

During the march of the World Ark, the first experience that the gods gave to these mortals in the growing stage was to coordinate all the various civilizations that the gods had taken in from the contaminated areas. As messengers and eye-catchers of the gods, these "newly promoted" "god-side" people will work with their mentors and seniors to serve as effective bridges between the two power levels of mortals and gods during the great transformation of the gods' external actions. A bridge between completely different groups of beings.

How to build this bridge well and gradually eliminate the disturbances and pollution left by Σ under the influence of gods require these groups to use their own wisdom and strength to conduct relevant analysis.

Doubts in the past need to be investigated, realities that have been distorted, stories that have been forgotten, and fragmented lines and narratives need to be clarified.

This is just the first step.

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And most of them will eventually fight for order and their own existence.

This is the almost common choice made by civilizations after they survived the initial strife of the "big filter" when they faced the chaos of the sea, which was of a strange nature and even completely surpassed logic and philosophy.

Compared with a limited goal that has an end, an infinite final goal that is worthy of eternal struggle but does not cause uncontrollable anxiety... should always provide an inexhaustible impetus for the progress and development of civilization. force.

As existences formed under the influence of several generations of super civilizations, as long as their own growth and development can eventually be called civilizations, then they can often be said to have stood on the side representing strong order - and The gods are of the same essence.

There may be straightforward questioning and confrontation, or there may be subtle acceptance. However, no matter what the method is, siding with the Gods in the end will probably be a sure thing - the power of the gods is extremely powerful, the history of the gods is ancient and long, and the influence of the gods runs throughout. Around the gods, the probability curve of events is extremely high. Countless areas may be difficult for humans to reach the sky, but for gods, they may just be daily routines that need attention and summary, and there is nothing more to do from now on.

There is no doubt that... it is no longer possible to be alone.

After going through a long time, filling enough narrative lines, crossing countless thorns, experiencing countless life and death catastrophes, and finally growing up with the great wisdom gathered by civilization, these beings who were also born from the void will soon It is possible to bring unprecedented models and mappings to the order - every additional such power may increase the success rate in the final bridge building.

The scale of the top civilization in the void is beyond imagination, no matter who imagines it. Not to mention mortals, even powerful and omnipotent gods, when asked "whether they fully understand themselves", will gently shake their heads with awe.

Before this "great fusion", what often happened in the divine world was that during the periodic "divine contact", both parties were surprised by each other's changes - the gods' different experiences, acting styles, and concepts of creation. It is very possible that unexpected changes have occurred during the hundreds of millions or billions of years that have not been connected. Whether it is gods, divine realm or void, these concepts are too huge and broad.

Even within the gods, races are likely to have different behavior styles and creation concepts, and these "derivative existences" will continue to change as history evolves. However, no matter how many differences there are, the gods' code of conduct is based on the premise of "order".

The cooperation between the two major protoss and the Σ civilization has lasted for many billions of years. However, even such a long cooperation process has not allowed the three civilizations that were once very close to know each other. The two major protoss did not even know each other. In the presence of each other, one-way connections with Σ have been established that may have once seemed unbreakable. The Protoss speculates that Σ itself may not have completely popularized these complex "diplomatic contacts" and fully integrated the relevant information in such a long period of time.

It is very likely that the Σ civilization can completely open up all the barriers between real and virtual forms in all regions, and the time period for completely and completely connecting the entire civilization is only after the "border" is sealed. It's just a short period of tens of billions of years.

As to whether the Σ civilization was indeed unable to transmit and inform each other about the existence of the two major divine races within such a long period of time; or was it because Σ deliberately hid the information out of its own possible considerations, or was it someone else? What more indescribable and difficult-to-find factors caused this originally extended story to come to an abrupt end? The truth behind this may have been completely annihilated with the fall of the old overlord in the void storm caused by the chaotic sea. .

As the holder of titles such as the "Supernumerary God Clan" whose own information concentration and total information are almost the same as the gods except for divine authority, or the "Third God Clan" that appeared after the encounter between two real God Clan with authority, The future and past of Σ are already beyond the sight of the gods. If you want to dig out these scattered information from the ruins of civilization scattered in countless worlds, even the gods themselves will most likely only do terrible things. of useless effort.

However, the sparks created by the chance encounters between the gods, as well as the research and summary of the past, which for the gods are enough to be called "long" history, still illuminate some things that may have been ignored in the past. part--

Although the two major protoss have established quite close ties with the Σ civilization in the past history, for these huge top-level civilizations in the void, such a strong connection can actually be said to be - not worth mentioning.

The highest contact level of Σ is the sky area, and the contact level of gods is the divine system. They only occupy a part of the area where civilizations can easily contact each other - the connection between civilizations is like between two huge mountains. Clusters of open flames ignited, and increasingly powerful technology and closer cooperation allowed these flames to grow brighter over time.

But in fact, the two mountains can be illuminated by open fire, and the only parts that can be seen by each other are the incomplete sides. Powerful technology can erase many problems, but there are also many problems that require not only technology, but also a long enough historical background and running-in process.

It would take such a long time for many gods and regions to completely establish a complete joint cooperative relationship, let alone the huge civilization itself?

At the same time, civilization itself continues to develop.

There is no concept of direction, no concept of dimension in the void, and even the concept of space rank at the strong law level cannot affect the ultimate beginning and return of everything, everything, everything.

In the flash of probability that is like the brightest and most flamboyant lightning, constantly jumping in the infinite world, the twenty-six known void quadrants have been roughly confirmed with a macroscopic structure, but beyond this, more secrets remain Waiting to be discovered.

The void quadrants extend infinitely around each other. At the height of a top civilization, it is almost impossible to fully analyze the world connections between the voids - in other words, even the oldest part at the core of the super civilization, as long as it The vitality of life still exists, and it also has the potential, ability and conditions to continue to expand. The existence of these factors has undoubtedly injected a lot of uncertainties into the exchanges between civilizations.

Before different systems collide, some existing perfections may suppress these problems forever.

The silent but common goal, the resonance from rank and "bloodline" made the two top civilizations treat this unexpected encounter and all subsequent exchanges with full sincerity and absolute attention, and the results are obvious. ——

Before and after the beginning of the Great Crusade, during these turbulent and short hundreds of thousands of years, the super-large-scale exchanges between the fully mobilized god systems brought to both sides something that could be seen by mortal eyes. For mortals, it can be said to be a huge change with each passing day - even if we don't mention the changes caused by the divine world itself and the great thoughts of the gods, it is just "one side of the past" - the core technology used by the current God Clan Expeditionary Force is still the same. But creations with completely different operating modes are enough to reflect such huge changes.

And this is just the resumption of using more direct "technical means" to solve difficult problems, and the result of the collision between systems that has just begun relative to history - its degree is so high, its development momentum is so fierce, it has even already Some gods began to wonder if they had really done something wrong in the past, or had forgotten something. Could all of this actually be done in advance? Is there indeed a lack of a sufficient opportunity that caused the foundation accumulated over a long period of time to not be fully revealed, or is there something that really has an impact? but

If this is indeed the case, then what is it that allows myself and the Kingdom of Gods, which is composed of countless gods, to be affected in this way?

The recognition and assistance between the supreme wills promotes changes in the void, and the resonant divine authority and void power are gradually clearing away the old barriers to communication between gods.

After that, there will be some new secrets, some possibilities of transcendence, some retrieval of oneself, screening of the past, reconstruction of vague events and the past in the void, and some thinking and exploration of oneself. .

After all...it happened, it happened, it happened, and some of the lines may not be completely covariant and beautiful - these happened, these events were great and had a profound impact. But... the occurrence of all this, everything at that time, did it conform to the iteration of time and history, or there may be some unknown influences and other... Maybe it may always need to be sealed as a secret Content?

Maybe you don’t need to think about this now, time is interesting, it can always be given various patterns and properties.

Now you just need to think about how to solve the current problem.

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As new racial integration and cultural exchanges are promoted day by day, after this great exchange, which is enough to completely change the history of the void and is driven by countless factors, finally subsides, what will happen to the protoss and everything in the void? What will happen?

This is worth studying forever.