Star Empire

"Those two suspected spaceships?" Zhai Cahir frowned slightly.

"Why do you suddenly ask me this? To be honest, if you want me to say anything, I really can't give you any valuable opinions or opinions. After all, in the final analysis, what that incident left us is just an image, only Only if the entire historical line has always existed in the universe can it be shown in its true form. And I think it can be confirmed that the information of the two arks has not returned to this universe, and their historical lines are not at all related to ours. Cosmic connection, maybe some of those images are memories of the world itself."

"If that's the case, what could have recorded those images?"

"Maybe... it's the stars."

"What?" Vidoville frowned slightly, "You mean, the stars arranged in the universe recorded that information? However, counting from that time, haven't the current stars already been in the fifth or even sixth generation? Is it a generation? If we think of those first-generation stars as memories, then these memories have been broken and reorganized countless times, right?”

"No...it shouldn't be that simple. Stars have indeed been updated several times, but the materials in them have always been passed down. This may be...no, wrong." Zhai Cahir shook his head vigorously, and a faint purple light flashed Flashing from his eyes, "Perhaps it can be explained from other aspects...perhaps...the starry sky, or even the universe itself."

"What are you talking about?" Looking at Zhai Cahir, who was slightly unconscious, Vidoville couldn't help but worry, "Are you okay?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm fine. The power of arcane magic in my body just gave me a hint of "inspiration."" After a slight confusion, Zhai Cahir's eyes quickly regained clarity:

"What records these scenes is most likely the stars themselves, or the memory of the universe. For countless years, the stars have shined in the universe, the starlight shines on the earth, and the starlight travels through space. Moving along these light cones that penetrate the universe can be regarded as a reflection of the universe. Looking back on history, the planets are like eyes all over the world. No matter how secretive and dark the corner of the world is, it is impossible to escape these tens of millions of billions, or even more than this number, that once existed. Eyes." Under this skynet formed by the world itself, there is nowhere to escape."

"After these powerful outsiders have left, it is likely that their influence will continue to operate and become etched in history... or in the evolution of the entire world... with the eventual collapse of constraints. , the closed loop disintegrated, and these contents were finally released... If there is a better world evolution model, maybe we can explain all this."

"You...these words are a bit strange. Are you sure it's you?" Looking at the strange chief control technician, Vidoville subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Your Majesty, I have always been me, and this has never changed. It's just that due to the special nature of arcane energy, I will think about some issues in a different way from you. Maybe this may be a bit... strange. Compared with crystal energy, arcane energy is gentler, easier to "assign", and easier to control. However, arcane energy also has a much greater impact on the soul than crystal energy. Using an inappropriate To describe it in words, compared to crystal energy, the nature of arcane energy makes people more..."idealistic"? Of course, at least so far, these are controllable."

"... We discussed this issue in the meeting before, but now it is really before us... Forget it, in short, you also let Vesrifan and the shipboard AI stare at you while observing yourself. You point, you are very important, unique and irreplaceable, at least for now, and we cannot bear the consequences of losing you."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will keep this evaluation in mind." Zhai Cahir stood at attention and saluted, and the heel of his shoe hit the ground with a crisp sound.

…

"In the past few months, I'm afraid most of the people have been sealed in the crystal." Looking at the red fan shape on the big screen that was constantly swallowing up the last trace of gold, Weisruifan shook his head gently. "After those people enter the crystal, I'm afraid most of the communication frequencies will be completely silent."

Vidoville sighed slightly. In the not-so-long past, hundreds of thousands or millions of people in the empire began to suffer from various serious diseases.

When there is no cure or save, these extremely dangerous symptoms not only appear in clusters, but in the end, even those tough bodies that can be said to be composed of ordinary matter that no longer belong to the universe directly go to the hospital. rot.

Broken pieces of internal organs and unknown mucus spit out from the mouth, diarrhea squeezes out all the simulated organs and energy sources, the skin peels off in pieces, and the flesh and bones continue to dissolve in the unfriendly environment...

All of this will still be felt by those souls before they are absorbed into the crystal.

"Remote communication will be silent, and face-to-face conversations will also be silent, especially the flagship." Vidoville pulled the light screen in front of him hard, and the words on the light screen flew across like a waterfall.

"After this incident is over, I am afraid that the flagship will need several crystal storage warehouses, the first bridge main control hall and the power cabin section to maintain operations, and after the processing is completed, we will need to divert more operators Go to these cabins that need to be guarded. Just after most people are sealed in the soul state, the living cabin will basically shut down and be closed, and there will no longer be so many people keeping an eye on the status calibration equipment every day."

"Furthermore, I think the records of this period may have reference value, if we need a discipline called pathology in the future." In the rapid flipping, the waterfall composed of golden light stopped abruptly, and Victorville Finally, I turned over all these millions of records.

"In the past few months, at the beginning, the body collapse of those people was still barely within the range of what we could once consider a "disease", although there were symptoms including instantaneous multiple hemorrhages throughout the body and spontaneous cardiac arrest. , multiple neurotransmitter secretion abnormalities and receptor abnormalities in the central nervous system, as well as chronic organic cognitive impairment, progressive freezing of the body, severe rejection of biochemical modifications, and then there are all kinds of increasingly weird Autoimmunity goes awry, but this is still within the scope of our understanding.”

"In the last month, our records have seen things like a certain organ suddenly disappearing and being replaced with a different historical state, instantaneous severe mutations, body hydration, calcification... and even sudden changes in the body. A version of myself from tens of millions of years ago is superimposed in my body... These are just the earliest situations, and now... the body has rotted. Alas... it's too... how should I put it, just a few decades ago, None of us can explain these circumstances at all.”

"Well...if we follow Essendel's plan, I'm afraid we won't have any diseases or abnormalities in our bodies in the future, right?" Weisrifan touched his chin and raised his head to look at Victor next to him. Vail.

"I don't know... the nature of the death wave itself is very strange, and the way it appears in our universe has not been explored."

"...Considering that a very powerful civilization can maintain itself and participate in battles in the world fragments contaminated by the death wave, it is very likely that the death wave is common in the multiverse and even in the void. There are super natural disasters rather than individual cases in our universe. As long as the death wave has not completely disappeared, our bodies will not be completely safe no matter how hard they are. In addition, what we need to consider more is that these practices have been used as Possibility of military application. Just like the weaponization of laws mentioned before.”

“Do information shields need to be considered... including the representation of the information aggregation that needs to be defended, the connection between information, and the overall historical continuity... Sure enough, at the new level, we are still very Original." Thinking of this, Weisrifan smiled bitterly.

"The most important thing is that we are just experimenting with a bunch of messy things like headless flies... Civilization's search for new roads..." Weisrifan shook his head, "We haven't been able to do it again at all. Do something worthwhile, but civilization has to come to an unknown halt..."

"At least we have truly emerged from our infancy. The other two civilizations that were more powerful than us did not have the opportunity to see the void, and even now, although 90% of the fleet's functions have been stopped, these functions are no longer available at the same time. It's necessary. Apart from the lack of those operators, there is nothing but loneliness... At least, you can try to save some energy." Vidoville rubbed the long blond hair of the girl next to him, "Now it's my turn to comfort you, Don’t put too much pressure on yourself either.”

"You don't seem to be desperate at all?" The girl trembled slightly and turned to give Victorville a faint smile.

"There is no need to have negative emotions. Negative emotions will not do us any good now. After reflecting on my previous behavior, this is what I think now."

Vidoville took the girl's hand: "When facing these situations, tragedy is reserved for sympathetic third-party observers. We don't need to be sentimental, let alone feel uncomfortable because of these experiences. In After making a rough action plan, you only need to follow the general direction and continue to solve the problems encountered on the way. This is true no matter how difficult and difficult the situation is. If you solve it, you will survive. If you cannot solve it, you will die. . In this case, why not be more peaceful and even positive when walking through this journey?"

"Well. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that positivity cannot be excessive. Negative emotions will make people lose hope, and excessive positive emotions will cause people to lose their judgment and reason. Now we can no longer say whether this reason is rational. , but now it seems... it is still very useful." Weisrifan put his other hand on Victorville's hand: "I believe... we will definitely be able to go out. Although night is about to fall, the long night must will end.”

"No matter what the truth will be in the end... at least, we must be positive now no matter what. Although Che Zilun has said it again and again, but now... as long as it can bring even a trace of warmth and comfort, these words are worthy of being heard again and again. mentioned……"

Silent thoughts jump in the soul. Although there are no actual words, the fluctuating true feelings and inner thoughts are more direct and more powerful than words. In this silent and lifeless environment, the fluctuations caused by thoughts seem to affect the whole house. Some of the gray armor plates in the hall were cast with a faint golden light.

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"Your Majesty, all individual souls at the fourth authority level and those at the third authority level who are suspected to be affected by the death wave have been sealed in storage crystals. We have used high-frequency crystal energy to destroy all bodies that have lost their physiological activity according to the plan. Now We have returned to the cabin that is scheduled to be fully operational and are waiting for further instructions." A strange male voice sounded in the minds of the two.

"There are no other instructions for the time being. Thank you, and thank you to all the citizens and soldiers of the Star Empire who have now entered the crystal. Now please accept it on your behalf. The flagship will continue this process longer than other Arks. Some, now, we have to cut off the information flow supply to unnecessary areas of the hull."

In the main control hall, the brightness of the mathematical rate core began to slowly decrease. In the holographic projection showing the three-dimensional view of the spacecraft, a large gray area was covering the originally vibrant golden picture. The fleet began to shrink, and some calculation resources were allocated. It is used to maintain coordinated communication between the Arks and the alignment of historical lines - in front of the already very sparse operation consoles, the role of manpower is no longer significant.

Silence gradually spread.

At the same time, a slight shaking with sharp reverberation came from below the deck. The four main external energy-guiding crystal rails extending from the mathematical rate core were physically disconnected. Soon, the large area originally covered with the spacecraft status diagram The sensors began to lose response, and only a few necessary lines that monitored important parts of the ship, maintained the integrity of the ship, and activated the shell crystal energy shield-level communication equipment and ensured the operation of the order field were still running.

In the intricate redundant structural cabins and neatly arranged living cabins and living areas, the golden light flow still continues to move along the guide rails according to the original rules, but there is no supplement from the direction they came from, accompanied by information The flow continued to flow, and after losing the energy supply of crystal energy, more and more cabins began to slowly fall into darkness.

As if following a certain rhythm, the lights were extinguished section by section along the corridor. The guide rails that had lost their crystalline light flow showed a jade-like warm luster under the dim afterglow. An invisible big hand gently swept over the flagship. , extinguishing almost all the light along the way. Under the guidance of the guide rail and the control of the mathematical rate core, the crystal energy gradually flows back to the core along the pipeline and is guided to the low-frequency use area, just like the blood in the capillary undergoes venous return. to the heart. After confirming that the remaining information flow in the pipeline has been squeezed out, the total recovery crystal rail is also physically cut off.

In the void, a layer of pale golden light film determines the boundary between the world of chaos and order. In the spherical light group that shrinks slightly as if breathing, the twelve arks still look dazzling and brightly lit, but in each Inside the ark, darkness has enveloped most of the space inside the ship, except for some core cabins and the necessary functional cabins for void navigation that are still operating.

From time to time, the structural materials of the ship's hull flashed with a faint golden light, indicating its identity as a super material fused with crystal energy, but such a dim light could not dispel the deathly silence that continued to pervade one cabin after another.

The long night has begun.