Star Empire

"The Eleventh Ark has been shot down!"

Amid Isendel's exclamation, Vesrifan clearly saw that in the holographic projection in front of him, the original protective system of an ark had completely failed. Unknown pollution had corrupted its shields and armor, and a golden color resembled a flame. Mist spurted out from the holes in the spacecraft's armor, and the out-of-control high-frequency crystal energy was like blood gushing from a torn blood vessel. And with the passage of the source of power that drives the operation of the Ark, the entire spacecraft is rapidly losing vitality.

After suffering unexplained massive damage, the spacecraft's attitude lost control. Amidst the tug and twist of the chaotic force field, the entire spacecraft slowly sank into the tide of chaos on the side like a meteor, pulling a long trajectory. On the original light golden shell of the spacecraft, the area occupied by black and red two-dimensional patterns is rapidly expanding.

"AI, report immediately, has the Eleventh Ark communicated with the flagship? What happened on the second bridge?" A floating light screen popped up in front of Weisruifan, which clearly stated that all communications The passages and all means of access to the second bridge and its ancillary facilities have been closed, and even that part of the cabin has been completely deleted from the ship structure diagram.

"The Eleventh Ark did try to communicate with the flagship, but the redundant crew closed the connection channel at the moment of communication."

"In the information that has been transmitted from the Eleventh Ark, an extremely high-intensity suspected erasure meme that combines factors such as cognitohazards, environmental distortion, and jump diffusion has been detected. Currently, the second bridge has been activated with the highest intensity The status is locked, and it can be determined that the functions of the second bridge have been completely lost."

"After this report, we will no longer provide any information on the situation on the second bridge, and it is not recommended to send anyone to inspect under the current situation."

In Weisrifan's mind, the shipboard AI reported the situation on the second bridge in an emotionless and confusing manner.

"The lost Ark... Sigh. It can only be said that the fortunate thing among misfortunes is that the second bridge serves as a more convenient and powerful information transfer station. Its function can be compensated by the first bridge to a certain extent, even if the second bridge The second bridge was completely destroyed, and the entire communication and command system of the fleet was not paralyzed. As for whether the specific losses were fatal or lucky, we strengthened the role of artificial intelligence, and the disaster did not spread after the huge situation on the second bridge. But the crew located there”

After a brief silence, Weisrifan could only comfort himself with this thought.

"Calost! Is there any way we can fight back?" Vidoville yelled in the communication. With another burst of shaking of the spacecraft, the light emitted by the mathematical rate core of the spacecraft began to gradually become scattered. This is a sign that the impure material in the inner layer of the restraint protective shell is about to be ablated and destroyed again, and the crystallization phenomenon will begin again.

In the light screen suspended next to it, one numerical value after another is flashing red. In the ship structure diagram, marks marking the damage to the distal part of the extended crystal rail are also densely stacked layer by layer in the image.

In the final external visual interface, the crystal energy shield protecting the spacecraft was becoming dim. Obviously, once the barrier that the spacecraft relies on for survival is broken, the spacecraft will inevitably follow in the footsteps of Ark No. 11.

"There were no weapons-related designs or ideas at the time of manufacture. The Ark that was forced to set sail had many imperfections, and they cannot be made up for now. We have never imagined a missile that follows the operating laws of three-dimensional space. It can be used in other types of environments...but there is a less clever way to try."

In the projection in front of Vidoville, Calost was commanding the secondary protective door of the locked power cabin, "Set up a repulsive ejection track near the ship's exit hatch, and then eject the crystal energy storage crystal. Currently we can only That’s it!”

"This... what era of thinking is this? Got it, Kalost, immediately arrange for troops to install repulsive guide rails near each main entrance and exit. You try your best to maintain the stable operation of the core!" Vidoville gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what. Not so much anymore!”

Just as Vidoville finished speaking, two more golden rays of light flashed through the external observation window. The intensity of the second flash was extremely high. The golden ray of light even suppressed those weird black-red patterns and the expansion of the chaotic space. A brief gap leading to the void was torn out in this broken universe.

The powerful crystal energy explosion broke through the low-strength world barrier. In the dark red chaotic cloud, a long and narrow crack like an eye was suddenly torn open. Starting from this gap, the chaos nearby Smoke and clouds and celestial remnants were erased piece by piece, as if they had been deleted out of thin air.

Then, under the control of an unknown force, this terrifying gap began to slowly close, and countless dim black lines appeared out of the air, connecting the cracks in the world barrier and the space near the cracks and guiding the restoration of the world barrier. .

Although this crack disappeared quickly, in the short period of time, the light produced by the crystal energy explosion and the decomposition ability of the void eliminated the chaos in a certain area near the Ark fleet and temporarily drove away those small and powerful attacks. spaceship, which allowed the command level, which had been struggling to deal with it, to finally be able to summarize the current situation, and finally someone had time to analyze the situations related to these two explosions that were recorded by automatic equipment.

"Just now...the Seventh Ark and the Ninth Ark were lost again." After taking a look at the light screen floating above the console in the direction of the ship's bow, showing the actual situation of each Ark in the fleet, Weisruifan covered his forehead. Let out a long sigh.

"So, who can tell me what happened to those two spaceships just now?" Vidoville was a little irritated, and even seemed to sweep across the control room with a voice that seemed to have the power of a meme. He looked at Vidoville who was beginning to lose his patience. The surrounding operators even felt a hint of murderous intent and silently stepped back, as if the consequences of the pollution had already erupted in the ship before the shield was damaged.

"It's communication, Archon. There was an illegal communication between the two arks! Before the explosion, the ninth ark sent out an undirected full-band broadcast. The seventh ark crashed after exchanging information with the ninth ark, and the first The Nine Ark was also detonated almost at the same time. The information sent by the Ninth Ark was massively distorted and is now in pieces." Cavenriel responded immediately and reused this information using a special network filled with crystal energy to transmit this information The information is filtered once and synchronized:

"Archon, I am Siris Clay, captain of the Ninth Ark [Destroyed]. Just now, the civilian communications between the Seventh Ark and our ship were forcibly connected. At the same time as the connection was connected, the shipboard AI sent out a There were reports of a large number of high-risk memes breaking through the protection and crew members missing [DATA CORRUPTED]. I ordered all passages within the ship to be blocked, but at this time [DATA CORRUPTED]"

"...We can't stop the spread of contamination. In order to prevent this kind of situation from happening again, I ordered the mathematical rate core to overload and melt down, and used the information that had been output to purify the Ark's [Data Destruction] system as much as possible before the meltdown. I hope this news can help the continuation of Xingming Civilization..."

"How is this possible...I...what should I say?! Communication! Why are communication channels forced to be connected if they are not allowed? Hasn't the entire body of the Lionfish been blocked?" Weisruifan looked at him with a look. Leng, "In the face of such an emergency, can there still be communications outside the area permitted by the highest authority?"

"The capture of the noise left over from the previous time node communication has been completed. Ah, the content is out, Your Majesty the Archon," an operator reported. "Affected by unknown environmental pollution, most of these communication entries have been fragmented. There are only some severely distorted keywords and some emotional fluctuations left. Based on the information that has been captured, it is speculated that these communications may have been initiated by individuals between different Arks who decided to say goodbye."

"Then why can these communication mappings be activated? Why are they allowed?" Weisruifan's question made everyone who was still paying attention feel cold in their hearts: "In this environment, even if personal communication equipment has been improved, It is impossible to cross such a large range. If you want to communicate across the extremely shielded Ark, you must rely on the main antenna tower - just because of these unknown contaminations, those people have the right, or these devices can bypass the highest Communication protocol? The Federation cannot accept this!"

"Two consuls, the ejection rails have been deployed at all major hatches!" The emergency communication sent by Calost finally interrupted the quarrel in the main control hall. Near the main screen showing the peripheral scene, some auxiliary assistants The screen instantly refreshed and expanded, and these small screens displayed the live broadcasts of Ark's external exits.

"...Find a way to solve the most urgent situation first!" Through the monitor, Weisruifan could clearly observe the mental pollution outside that was shrouded in perhaps dozens of layers of distorted light and shadow, almost pulling the entire world into it. Clouds, in this situation, can be easily distinguished at a glance.

Survival is the first priority.

On the outermost layer, beyond the anti-collision protection layer of the Ark itself, the armored layer's external three-layer isolation door has been opened. Inside the Ark, all cabins related to the temporary exits are completely blocked and isolated. The heavy partition doors serve as the Ark's only and possibly reliable protective barriers to maintain the existence of the entire ship. Relying on the protection of the fixed force field and the additional crystal energy shield, the danger has not yet returned.

At the outermost channel of each isolation gate, on the floor at the exit, there is an extra crystal energy crystal ejector that is nearly ten meters long, has six guide rails, and the fixed slot inside is a regular hexagon. There are several busy soldiers near these "rail guns".

Some of them were doing final adjustments, while others were helping each other carefully fill the huge crystal cylinder into the launch position. Different from the vacuum zero-point energy series weapons that the Federation once had, and even the old kinetic energy weapons, let alone spherical omnidirectional attacks and pseudo-instantaneous arrival, the improvised "rail gun" in front of us has extremely limited range. Since it cannot be placed on the armored shell of the spacecraft, a considerable part of the nearly ten-meter-long guide rail can only be restrained in the passage corridor.

Moreover, due to time constraints, this "rail gun" does not have any automatic loading system. The only automatic part is some spare crystal transport conveyor belts transferred from the No. 1 main crystal storage cabin. As for the turret itself, it must also rely on Manual assistance is provided to complete various specific operations.

Even with his almost boiling negative emotions, Vidoville could tell at a glance that such a weapon was not even as good as the turret gun, an ancient creation that might have been tens of billions of years ago. Apart from performance, the only thing worse than this thing's design concept is the muzzle-loading cannon on old sailing ships that only appears in ancient anecdotes.

In addition, these soldiers must be careful, and the current crystal energy crystals must try to avoid collisions - the activated crystals have not undergone too detailed stability tests. After the crystals are taken out and activated from the tightly fixed facilities of the storage warehouse, these The charge that was once used to blow up the star bridge has lost its original protection. If you are not careful, the entire crystal may turn into a huge bomb in advance.

However, now, this is the only "weapon" that the remaining star civilization can use to fight back against external attacks. The large number of old crystals that were hastily stuffed during the emergency boarding can be used to use the industrial goods manufactured in the past ten years. It has almost been forgotten, but at least now, a large number of idle old goods piled here after initial sorting have unexpected "use value".

"It's not wrong to say that the times are anachronistic and the values ​​are inconsistent..."

"who?!"

"Sir, who are you talking to?"

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After the rift in the void torn by the big explosion of Ark No. 9 was closed, those advanced and strange flying wing-shaped battleships once again rushed up carrying the black and red thick clouds in the chaotic space. The phenomenon of void erosion into the universe before seemed to have an impact on these Small craft pose an obvious threat.

When the void was deleted, the crystal energy was replenished, and the order intensity around the fleet temporarily increased, people in the flagship also noticed the anomalies of those small flying wings: the picture obtained in the "replay" of the historical events of the previous world fragments It seems that, except for the two huge unknown shadows, the texture of the surface of the spacecraft that can be seen relatively clearly has a slippery feel that is biased towards enamel, just like a layer of oily paint is applied to the metal surface. .

Although the main colors of those spaceships tend to be black and red, the red light patterns on their surfaces basically have a fixed arrangement and combination. The surface texture of these small flying wings in front of you is more like being soaked in strong acid. They were as bumpy as metal, and seemed to have a considerable impact on space during their flight, which made Vidoville and Weisrifan suspect that the status of these spacecraft was no longer normal——

It can be seen from the images captured on these small flying wings that the red light patterns covering their surfaces have mutated to a considerable extent. They are not only chaotic and constantly changing, but also seem to be able to destroy a person's consciousness at a glance. In the previous images, those light patterns did not have such an effect. It is quite possible that these small spacecraft have also been eroded by that inexplicable pollution.

"Attention, those small spaceships are suspected of having the ability to drive coordinate definition. Do not attack them directly. Attack the remaining wreckage of the seventh and eleventh arks!" While directing the battle, Vidoville finally tried his best to recover a trace of Sanity and sobriety. After he gave the order, the spacecraft began to tilt slowly to provide the best firing range for the crystal energy railgun.

"Aim and fire freely!" Following Vidoville's order, several crystals flew out of the guide rails and flew towards Ark No. 7 and Ark No. 11, which were being eroded by black and red clouds at a speed of tens of kilometers per second. The wreckage, after the crystal was ejected, some "new" phenomena revealed in the panic were still noticed - although in terms of expression, the crystal energy shield was similar to the vacuum zero-point energy shield, but the vacuum zero-point energy The shield has a "two-way blocking" effect.

In other words, it can resist external attacks, but it will also block the attacks of the ship itself. The crystal energy shield does not seem to have this problem. The moment the crystal contacts the light film, the light film itself only causes a slight ripple. However, at this moment, "over" other parts of the spacecraft, the black and red two-dimensional patterns flashing on this light film did not penetrate into the armor layer of the spacecraft.

"...Wait a minute, this ejection speed is so slow!?" Looking at the crystal energy crystal slowly moving towards the depths of the universe, Victorville suddenly became furious: "With this muzzle speed, by the time the crystal flies past, I'm afraid we will have already turned into Is the corpse burnt?!"

"...Your Excellency, there is nothing we can do about it. These crystal energy crystals are ejected like cannonballs. The current crystal energy weapon system is basically zero. Even if the crystal is very strong, the crystal energy access method has long ago evolved from the original phenomenon. The corresponding laws can be extracted from it, but the crystal itself is not a stable existence... Can't you calm down?! Why are you being childish?!"

Zhai Cahir tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, avoiding the sight of the increasingly frantic Archon, lowering his voice and explaining quickly. At the same time, while glancing at the screen panel with his peripheral vision, he also noticed those Black and red patterns blocked by the shield.

"Is this also the special property of the shield that reaches the information level?"

While Zhai Cahir was thinking, those agile small flying wings seemed to be aware of the "power" contained in the crystal energy crystal here. As the crystal body broke through the chaotic zone of law and slowly advanced, they almost They flashed directly from the various positions where they originally attacked the fleet to the path of the crystals at the same time, and launched an interception of those crystals.

Visually, Vidoville, Weiss Ruifan, and even Zhai Cahir did not capture any obvious traces, but in front of those small flying wings, several crystals were broken and decomposed in the huge golden flash. .

However, even though their attacks were extremely fast, Victorville still saw something unusual: he had reason to believe that the technological level of the civilization to which these flying wings belonged in front of him must be far beyond that of the star civilization, but when these flying wings appeared, Since then, their attacks have been very messy, and there have even been cases where they turned to fire before the first target was dealt with.

And now, they can be said to be intercepting the crystal energy crystals that are flying almost in a straight line, but their interception success rate is quite low. Even though many crystals broke through their blockades, these aircraft did not respond. It seemed that their logic programs had huge loopholes. Their activities at this time may have been equivalent to the death of living organisms. A simple unconditioned reflex by peripheral nerves that are not dead, or a meaningless death struggle.

"Archon, according to the report of the ship's sensor array, the contamination with the second bridge as the possible center is still slowly spreading along the cabin structure, and the isolation door can only play a limited role."

"Damn it... command the mathematical rate core to directly input a sufficient amount of uncompiled information into the crystal rails connected to the second bridge, and then blow up the rails!" Vidoville vaguely felt that his sanity had begun to go offline. In some aspects, he has begun to be corrupted by unknown existences.

It wasn't until the brightness of the mathematical rate core suddenly increased and the golden light shone on him that he seemed to suppress the nameless mania in his heart. "What kind of pollution is there? This is simply a death tide. Wherever it flows, Death will cover everything, and nothing can escape. I don’t want to stay here any longer!”

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".Command the mathematical rate core to inject enough unassigned compiled information directly into the area of ​​the second bridge! Then - blow up the guide rail!"

Under the command of Vidoville, a stream of light that seemed to have substance suddenly surged through the four crystal rails connected near the Mathematical Rate Core. The raging torrent of crystal energy flowed under the command of the Mathematical Rate Core. The hull is like blood flowing through blood vessels.

After a "purification and filtration" of the entire ship, these information fluctuations that did not produce much order to cool down poured into the contaminated area and shattered the crystalline guide rails that had been eroded by pollution. The cabin came into contact with the black-red pollution spreading on the surface of the bulkheads, and exploded under the violent urging of some unknown factors.

A violent vibration came from under his feet. Vidoville even felt that the thick protective plate he was standing on was shaking like a thin film. A huge rumble struck everyone's sensory nerves, and the AI ​​ship damage control was like a flood. Reports emerged in the air in the control hall, and the constantly refreshing light screen even exceeded the highest physiological processing speed of biochemically modified organisms that can be achieved now.

Warning signs indicating emergency situations were flashing continuously on the detailed unfolded circular ship structure diagram, and at the same time, extremely shrill sirens were heard. The central light source of the mathematical rate core even dimmed several times. After a few minutes, the redundant modules that survived the last overload finally began to work at full capacity and gradually stabilized the attitude of the hull.

"...The status check of the spacecraft has been completed. All the sensors in the cabins around the second bridge have been extinguished. No further loss of contact with the spacecraft sensors has been found for the time being." After the inertial stability light on Vidoville and the others faded away, the shipboard AI reported. Too late.

"Isn't this too powerful?" Victorville tried his best to stabilize his posture in a trance, "I have seen the design drawings at that time, and I have a general understanding of the parameters... Locally initiate destruction If the system is used, the destructive force should be accurately controlled within the planned destruction area."

"One of the effects of that kind of pollution is that it can amplify the effects of sabotage!" Zhai Cahir's voice seemed to float from the sky, "At present... there should be no problem inside the ship!"

Click! Click! Accompanied by a sharp cracking sound, Weisruifan looked up and saw that another piece of the fleet status light screen floating in the direction of the ship's bow suddenly shattered and turned into scattered bits of light falling. After a little confirmation, Wei Ruifan Srifan's heart tightened again: just now, Ark No. 12 suddenly self-destructed.

"Sir! We have discovered an unknown object!" An emergency report was sent to the bridge, along with video data. After Vidoville activated this message, light screens instantly unfolded over the surrounding consoles. The ring belt instantly attracted everyone’s attention:

After the big explosion in Ark No. 12, the soldiers responsible for operating the crystal railgun noticed for the first time the long black lines at the ends hidden in the space, while other groups of soldiers on the other side of the ship discovered a larger Target:

After the end of the world, everything seems to be twisted together, everything is broken and out of balance. The seemingly vast starry sky may not be as good as the debris around us, and future events may have already happened in the past...

The chaotic starry sky seems to have completely lost perspective and scale, and many distant debris seems to be far away in the horizon, but it is unbelievably large - among the celestial debris that has been stretched and torn into pieces, violent and indescribable arc lights are beating. Behind the chaotic tide composed of broken space and thick cloud-like black and red fog, a huge figure is slowly disappearing.

Even though more than half of it was invisible, all the soldiers on "this side" clearly saw the rest of it. Several soldiers even lost their minds the moment they saw it, and these people were immediately exiled to Crystal. In the lawless world beyond the energy shield.

The precise distance cannot be determined in the chaos, but intuitive conversion... The volume of that huge object may be able to hold up several planet fortresses in the center of the DH-33 Grand Triangular Constellation. The whole thing is like several rocky planets being melted and then piled up and squeezed randomly. The black rock glass body formed after being put together has a smooth texture like ceramic enamel on its surface.

On its twisted black surface, weird and terrifying red patterns were swimming like oil floating on the water. In the darkness, dazzling red lights light up from time to time from the huge ravines all over the shell, accompanied by some wanton and indescribable jets that are enough to drive people mad at a glance.

Among these swimming black and red patterns, some are still relatively fixed: it is a huge "Σ" sign flashing red light, and next to this most bright and conspicuous subject, there are still some parts that are fixed but no longer themselves. Re-stable dull texture.

This part should be integrated with the main mark in the center. Similar to the previous small flying wings, there was only a single "Σ" without any auxiliary lines. Vidoville guessed that this may be a reflection of the difference in level. On the ship After combining and comparing the video data on both sides of the ship, it was found that the black lines connecting the spaces extended from the surface of this giant object that was gradually becoming invisible.

"The crystal energy crystal is about to collide with the wreckage of the two arks. The guide rails are withdrawn and the hatches are locked. All spacecraft members are prepared to resist the impact——!"

Hiss - at that moment, the light seemed to have a voice.

An invisible sharp blade shredded the dark space filled with chaotic soup as if cutting through cloth. Two huge crystal energy lights crossed the boundaries of time and space. The power from the rank broke through the chaotic and broken physical laws. The pure and violent fluctuation of information suppressed all the scenes in front of him. In the bridge, all the display screens that broadcast the situation in the external space were filled with dazzling blazing golden light, as if the spacecraft was in the fusion core of the star at this time.

Victorville only felt his feet shake, and then his body was thrown more than ten meters away. After the crystal energy explosion, the spacecraft he was riding on began to shake violently - perhaps the crystal energy explosion itself had some kind of "shock wave" effect. ?

Although it is not yet certain whether the spacecraft itself has mutated, how much the background environment here will interfere with similar phenomena. However, judging from the distance traveled by the fleet's "relative movement" during this period, as well as the changes in the inertial stability strength of the spacecraft itself, the "power" of this crystal energy explosion seems to be greater than that released by the entire crystal energy vortex. The impact of information that directly pushes the evolutionary trend of the huge universe forward for more than two thousand years is even greater.

The space environment with thick black and red fog is very strange. While it is violently polluting and corrosive, it almost certainly has the potential to infinitely amplify the power of destruction and explosions.

Perhaps the crystal energy explosion affected the distribution of the original space and laws near Ark No. 1, or it may be that the space that was no longer stable was further affected and was completely torn apart under the impact...

What caused these things is still unclear.

At the moment he fell, Cavinrel realized that the idea of ​​sailing a space yacht around the cliff of curvature without any stabilizing equipment was not an advanced idea. Perhaps those who drove speedboats on the surface of the star's chromosphere, Only they can interpret what the word "shake" really means...

Although the name of crystal energy has been determined by the federation, it is different from physical energy such as electrical energy, thermal energy, and kinetic energy. Judging from the test results that have been obtained so far, the void level of crystal energy is higher than that of all things. Compared with ordinary physical concepts that have been basically solidified into a specific order state, crystal energy is essentially an almost pure high-frequency information fluctuation. In this way In the face of existence, ordinary physical laws and spatial order are as fragile as paper.

The golden light swept across everything within sight of the flagship monitor, exerting greater pressure on the already crumbling fragments of the world. Not far away, the red light wandered on the surface of the huge object that looked like a dark planet. Suddenly intensified, countless black threads appeared from the chaotic space, part of which was connected to the broken space where the Ark fleet was located, and part of which spread further and finally disappeared into the endless darkness and rolling thick clouds.

The huge explosion seemed to effectively attract the attention of this strangely shaped glass body. Soon, the smooth and shiny surface of this huge black object extended more dark thin lines, and the thin lines submerged into the Ark Fleet. The space causes those space cracks that are flashing with sparkling waves, coquettish and deadly to slowly close.

"The impact caused by the explosion of the two arks just now destroyed several flying wings!"

After the ship's condition stabilized slightly, Vidoville received reports from the AI ​​and the hatch fire controller. In the video data transmitted later, although due to unknown interference, these videos were not clear or smooth. All extremely bad.

However, in these terrible videos with all bad pixels, Vidoville could still make out that in the golden light flow just now, the black and red patterns on the surface of the flying wings floated away from the aircraft like smoke, and then the aircraft itself disappeared Under the ablation of the crystal energy light, it evaporated like ice cubes thrown into molten magma.

In the control hall of the flagship No. 1 bridge, the light in the information constraint area in the center of the mathematical rate core increased with unstable amplitude during the jumps. More light was shed on the busy crew members on the bridge. Under the soft golden light, Vidoville felt that his manic heart had calmed down a little. At this time, the spacecraft AI sent a message again: The autonomous system sensor nodes began to lose contact near all the main hatches of the spacecraft, and a forced order had been issued. All personnel evacuate and lock the hatch.

Vidoville frowned, but before he had time to respond to the news, the ship's external observation system sent back another piece of video data: Not far from the fleet, the surface of the huge space building became It is even more unstable. In the valley, the jet seems to have condensed into an entity. The jumping blood-red arc light split the black earth. Under the strikes of those black-red lightnings, the black shell with ceramic luster began to roll up along the place where the electric light crossed. The surface of the building was now It looks like fused quartz glass.

The changes still did not stop. The black and red electric light plowed out huge and terrifying ravines on the surface of the huge structure. Countless cavities appeared at the bottom of the ravines. Unknown flashes and flashes of light flashed from time to time in these cavities. Black and red "lightning" that is not completely extinguished.

After the ravine was formed, these anomalies gradually evaporated, dissipated, and dimmed slowly as a whole. But soon, Victorville discovered the real anomaly. While the light in the ravine gradually extinguished, the world The light and shadow effect began to tilt toward the unknown structure marked Σ, as if water was flowing toward a depression. With it as the center, the remnants of this sudden and unclear universe began to rapidly collapse and collapse.

"Isendel, Cavenriel, add immediately -" Before Vidoville could finish his words, a violent explosion occurred on the surface of the black star. The blood-red light tore through the structure with the texture of obsidian glass, and Throw them into space in chunks.

A dark red "mushroom cloud" that would have caused the planet to lose its brightness for decades if placed on an ordinary planet slowly rose from the location of the explosion. However, at this time, the people on the ship did not care about this spectacular but violating It is common sense that after the explosion, a pattern composed of regular hexagons quickly crossed the surface of the entire structure. After this layer of patterns disappeared, the black structure immediately lost its original posture and began to slowly overturn. The number of long dark lines extending from its surface also began to decrease sharply.

After the explosion, Vidoville suddenly felt an invisible pressure dissipate from his heart, and although the chaos and abnormality outside, the transparency of various objects that could still be said to be clear and distinguishable began to increase.

"Boom! Boom!!" I don't know what caused it anymore. The huge thunder-like sound came from the dome above. After the huge explosion on the dark planet just now, those small flying wing-shaped battleships suddenly started. An almost crazy suicide attack on the surviving ships of the Ark. In the invisible and powerful impact, the fragile crystal energy shield of the flagship finally could not support it and went out.

"The armor of the ship is in abnormal condition!" The shipboard AI responded quickly, and the mathematical rate core squeezed out all its remaining strength, causing the armor layer that had begun to be eroded to glow with a faint golden light, struggling to resist the black and red weapons. Diffusion of dimensional patterns.

"Damn it, we have to attack that big black shadow again!" Vidoville's eyes became violent again, "Order the spacecraft to accelerate! All equipment enters an overload state! Even if it hits, we must knock it off!"

"Are you crazy?" Vesrifan's roar exploded in the mind of Victorville, who was losing control of his emotions. "The flagship is the unique pilot ship! It is also the ship with the best chance of survival! Even if the entire ship The whole team is buried here, and the flagship must be the last to die!"

Zizzi—With the last burst of weird white noise snowflakes, the spacecraft's image transmission array was completely blinded.

"The Thirteenth Ark has sent a message!" Zhai Cahir suddenly raised his head and said, "The Thirteenth Ark's captain has sent a message that the spaceship is in an irreversible situation. He will -"

Like a cassette, Zhai Cahir suddenly froze on the spot, his originally clear eyes began to become blurred, and black and red two-dimensional patterns began to slowly spread from the back of his neck to the surrounding tissue. In this ominous In the bloody light, Zhai Cahir's eyes were instantly filled with murderous intent. Streams of black smoke and vague and weird twisted surfaces began to emerge from his side. At the same time, Vidoville also appeared in his mind. There was a sharp stabbing pain, as if a bug was eating his brain.

"Damn... the death wave is spreading in..." Before becoming unconscious, Vidoville tried his best to activate the bridge environment filtering beam of the mathematical rate core, "Cavenriel... AI, the command is transferred to Cavinriel. You! Be ready to perform obliteration infusion at any time!"

"Zizi... command is being handed over... Zizi... environmental purification started..." The shipboard AI seemed to have some poor contact at this time, but after a short delay, it still carried out Vidoville's order, and the golden A haze of light began to fill the control hall, similar to all sterile airtight chambers.

After regaining a little control of his body, Cavinriel immediately ordered the AI ​​to lock the violent Zhai Cahir with an information anchor and apply the highest concentration of purifying light to him. After doing these things, Cavin Riel's further inspection revealed that increasingly serious information loss was occurring in the network, as if an invisible ghost was wandering in the crystallized orbit, devouring the spacecraft and everything in it.

"Damn it, the pollution has seeped into the network!" Cavinriel gritted his teeth, and then activated all the information flows that the mathematical rate core could provide, letting them flow in the network, constantly checking whether other Ark nodes were Abnormal, Ark nodes that have taken similar actions or have no problems will not be affected. Except for No. 13, if there is a major mutation in Ark without any corresponding response, the system will be forcibly hijacked and similar procedures will be enforced.

"Boom! Click--" Another burst of explosions came, and correspondingly there was a crisp echo similar to the overload and shattering of brittle materials. Cavinriel had no time to care whether this was a real sound or an information aggregate being destroyed. The aftermath of the destruction has come to an end. All protective cabin doors have been locked. The shipboard AI no longer displays dangerous areas, but instead displays areas that are still safe. Except for the storage library and core cabin, they are still in good condition. In addition, the spacecraft has almost shed a layer of skin.

A tremor, followed by a brief silence, followed by a violent explosion.

"Ark No. 13!" Although he was prepared in his heart, he didn't know whether it was the pollution that had penetrated now that was still corroding his mind, or whether the death of his compatriots and possibly friends still hit his heart so directly. Cavernril felt He was surprised and frightened, but the readings from the spacecraft system soon made him relax a little. In the spacecraft's induction, the nearby space was getting thinner, and the range that could be measured by the order method quickly evaporated and shrunk.

"Cavenriel?" On the side, Isendel, who had withstood the impact of pollution, also woke up and saw the fragments of the world that were rapidly evaporating. "Hurry up and activate the order field. The current condition of our spaceship... God, Awful!"

"No, we have to wait." Cavenriel shook his head, "In this fragmented world filled with weird pollution, it is very likely that there will be remnants of this pollution on the surface of our spaceship. Let the void purify them. , let’s activate the order field again.”

"Are you crazy?" Isendel's eyes widened in confusion, "Resisting the void impact with the current poor ship condition? Are you desperate for your life?"

"I have charged all the crystal energy I can call into the hull armor. Based on previous performance, it should be able to resist to a certain extent."

"you--"

"Half of the authority system is offline and the remaining systems are contaminated - this is the best and last chance!"

"All fleets, listen to my orders!" Cavernell finally restarted the fleet's control system. After temporarily confirming that the communications of each ship would no longer spread pollution, he temporarily took over the operating systems of all surviving ships, "All ships The control system is temporarily subject to flagship control!"

The fragments of the world evaporated, and all order around the spacecraft disappeared.

After entering the void, the information erosion encountered by the spacecraft was very violent. However, before he began to feel slightly dazed, Cavinriel still discovered that the output of the mathematical rate core was producing violent fluctuations. He stared at the wave curve with his eyes wide open. Cavinriel, Isendel and Ikarim who woke up all sweated for him.

After a period of violent fluctuations, the output returns to stability.

"The order field is activated!" With the silent cry in his heart, Cavinriel activated the dim golden barrier that could hold up a sky in the void.

"The fleet status has been temporarily stable." After a period of terrible silence, the shipboard AI's report finally confirmed Cavinrel's command actions.

"Ha..." Looking at the various systems of the spacecraft that were gradually recovering in front of him, Cavinrel breathed a sigh of relief, and his consciousness suddenly stopped.