Star Empire

On January 22, 3024, Year of Exile, in the void, the Ark of the Star Empire fled the fleet.

Amidst the mixed blessings, civilization continues to move forward.

In the results of the latest crystal energy scanning wave, the once "out of reach" world fragment has been quite "clearly" presented in front of the entire fleet, and its "world frequency" can already be reached to a certain extent. for analysis.

Theoretically, the universe it originally belonged to has fallen apart after experiencing some kind of doomsday. In this case, the remaining fragments of the world should continue to evaporate until they completely disappear into the void, but for the star fleet in exile In terms of quality, this fragment is very valuable.

Perhaps it was the wave of void information from an unknown source that was powerful enough to resist the return to zero with its own information capacity, which gave the world fragment enough information, or maybe that powerful impact just helped the world fragment re-seal the damage. World Barrier, in short, no matter what the specific reason is, at least the result is good.

Most of the time, however, it's easier to see than to do.

There used to be a saying, "Wangshan is running to death." This is a version of the surface of the planet that seems close at hand but is actually far away or a long way away. In the subsequent growth of star civilization, this version has been constantly upgraded, such as Talking about watching the stars and emptying the fuel tanks or watching the river and draining the Star Destroyers - the words of change are just to enable the ancient culture that has been deliberately summoned countless times to adapt to each current environment.

The most important thing is that once the word distance is added to the order of magnitude, it itself has almost infinite power.

Fortunately, the birthplace of the Star Civilization is in a relatively fertile and uniform area in the universe. Such a superior material environment provided a solid material foundation for the development and growth of the Star Federation. However, in any case, on the scale of the universe, "Easy" and "abundant" are relative to direct death. Even with a powerful engine that can exceed the speed of light, there is still a gap of life and death between the light point that shines or once shined in space and the origin of the spacecraft.

The history of building a space resonance hub network in the universe, which can connect every scattered and remote galaxy to form a powerful rapid transportation network, is not unusually long compared to the entire history of the Federation.

And now, all the difficulties in the past have appeared again, but this time, the beacon representing survival is the universe or a stable world fragment, and the dark abyss that needs to be crossed in order to survive has become nothing more than void, and the spacecraft itself Compared with the crystal energy scanning wave equipped with a multi-element anti-trend coordinate driving equation, the speed is almost the same as the speed of light of the first-generation ion engine propulsion spacecraft. The clear point is that it is very slow.

Not long ago, the number of external stabilizers of the mathematical rate core of the most severely damaged Ark 15th had reached the upper limit. Since a considerable number of compartments inside the ship have been basically shut down, coupled with the assistance of the entire Ark fleet network, Although the condition of the spacecraft was very poor, on this basis, the situation did not deteriorate further.

The life on the spacecraft has been extracted into souls and sealed in crystals, and these crystals are tightly protected by restraint materials. Without so much life, a purely mechanical ship body can withstand even severe shaking and impact. No big deal.

More importantly, since a considerable part of the energy consumption has been saved, this allows the mathematical rate core and its energy-guiding pipe network to maintain a higher power output even if it is damaged.

However, for the sake of safety, Vidoville ordered Albeck to reduce the output power of the mathematical rate core of the Fifteenth Ark by 5%, and the reduced power would be compensated by the remaining ships in the best condition. Cahill and Cavinrel made a rough estimate based on this situation. Calculated based on the fleet's sailing speed after "slowing down", the time for the fleet to reach its destination will be about fifty years slower according to the perpetual motion clock.

It's not too much, and it can't be said that it's too little. Considering the actual situation of the current fleet, such expected results are not unacceptable.

In the somewhat depressed first bridge control hall, all senior authorities gathered around the circular conference table again.

"According to the current situation, if no major accidents occur, our fleet can land safely in the world fragment."

Vidoville spoke first after scanning everyone present, "Our estimate is that the fleet can sail in the void for about 3,700 years. According to the current situation, if we start counting from the date of sailing, we will approximately If we make contact with the target world fragment around 3200 Years of Exile, then we need to consider the practical problems we need to face for "landing". The first is the thruster. As far as I know, the last time conventional thrusters were activated was What's going on with those systems now in that piece of death-tide pollution that stalks us?"

"It's not too bad, but I can't say it's good either." Kalost rarely left the power furnace to hold such a non-academic discussion meeting.

"When the dead tide eroded the hull, the nozzles of the conventional engines basically suffered light or heavy damage. But there are also good aspects. First of all, we have five main nozzles, and they can complement each other. Then these nozzles In fact, it is also the external information exchange node of the spacecraft. The crystal energy derivatives emitted by these nodes can neutralize the pollution generated near the nozzle with their own powerful properties.

"In fact, the damage to the engine nozzles of each ship is basically due to a certain degree of crystallization reaction rather than the death tide erosion or map fragmentation that Mr. Zhai Cahill once mentioned. This can at least confirm that the damage to the engine will not It’s slowly intensifying without us knowing it.”

"In the absence of a coordinate-like drive engine, we still have to use something that is essentially a big rocket. But now these engines are based on crystal energy, so we can enter the transition state and high-speed more conveniently. Sublight speed navigation state.”

"Before this meeting, I checked the equipment and conducted routine micro-warm-up inspections. I also communicated with other ships that our condition is not bad. As long as no accidents occur, we have enough capabilities to Sailing in the world of order at a speed - the origin of this world fragment is highly determinable, so we should not have to worry that its internal laws will directly destroy us."

"Then, the next step is the most realistic and serious problem." Following Victorville's words, an almost visible heaviness and cold atmosphere enveloped the small conference table, "We currently need crystal Energy, or direct source information fluctuation - is it possible that this kind of thing can be created by us again?"

"There are some ideas, but the actual situation may not be stable, and can even be said to be dangerous." After a short period of silence, Cavinrel was the first to respond to this very serious topic.

"The source of crystal energy in the universe we once lived in has been discovered. The formation of the golden crystal energy vortex is dependent on the world barrier. In fact, the reason why the crystal energy vortex can be formed is that a small vortex appears on the world barrier. There is a small gap, and the world barrier composed of the trinity of time-space-law forms a stable special assignment channel near this gap, similar to how we assign value to crystal energy."

"This special barrier gives value and transformation to the void impact that was supposed to pour into the world and completely demolish my universe. The original infinite probability was restrained in this process, forming the first world that can be recognized by order but has infinite possibility of order. Rank energy crystal energy.”

"Crystal energy is difficult to reverse synthesize using conventional substances, at least judging from the technology we have accumulated now. Therefore, if we want to obtain crystal energy, then it can be said that the only known method at present is to repeat this process The process once again opened such a hole in the order boundary of that small fragment of the world of order."

Vidoville hesitated for a moment and was about to speak when Icarim's words floated over from the side.

"Actually, that is the simplest and most ideal situation. To do this, the first thing we need to consider is how to carve such a gap in the world barrier. The existence of the world barrier is at the information level, and it is very self-consistent, so To blow open the remaining barrier of this possibly strengthened world fragment is likely to require a considerable amount of crystal energy crystals. This is a question of whether it can be done."

"Next, there is what will happen after doing this. If the previous one only brings together difficulties, then the next action is not only difficult but also full of dangers. Blow up the world barrier and guide the formation at the breach position to be the same as before. The same information structure as the crystal energy vortex and void rift will be assigned and generate crystal energy under the influence of this environment during the process of the void pouring back into the universe. The first danger we have to face is... the void pouring back."

"We can't be sure how big the impact of blowing up the world barrier without external constraints will be, but we can be sure that the impact of what we are going to do now is definitely not smaller than the several explosions of the original crystal energy vortex. …”

"Then, judging from the existing information mapping formulas, the mapping relationship formulas required to create things, especially for such high-level creations, are quite complex. From the information level alone, we may need to match many times to achieve To restore the "space channel" at that time, finally, we need to open this space channel on the world barrier in an appropriate way. It may be difficult for an already incomplete fragment of the world to withstand such a torment."

"So, if you want to regain the crystal energy from that piece of world fragment, the risk is no less than taking two full-status crystal energy crystals and throwing them into the accelerator to hit each other directly in the bridge? Is it true that some people dare to do this, but others are too lazy to do it? What does that matter?"

After listening to the two scientists' long speeches full of dangers and warnings, Vidoville's face was already covered with almost tangible black lines: "Isn't there some good news? Or inference?"

"Ah... take it one step at a time, don't look so ugly." Wei Ruifan patted the emperor with a black line next to him, "At least we can live for a while, at least this time, no one will come to rush us. Bar?"

"And your Majesty, there is indeed good news." Zhai Cahir showed a faint smile.

"Fortunately, after we have sufficient information analysis capabilities, at least I personally conducted a lot of research on the structure near the center of the vortex, including Cavinrel and others, so in fact, what we have There are more situations than Ikarim thought, and he is not so blind when operating the world barrier."

"Of course, necessary tests and dangerous situations we need to face still exist. The vacuum zero-point energy furnace can no longer replace the current engine system, so we still have to take this step even if we take the risk."

"Once this step can be taken again, then in the future, or even longer in the future, we will have a method to spontaneously obtain crystal energy, and we will no longer be regionally dependent on this still precious resource."

"Well, I understand this. And after this step, the powerful crystal energy creation ability of the mathematical rate core can allow us to once again have the industrial equipment base and almost unlimited materials that were abandoned in the previous universe."

"After doing this, relying on the new industrial system, we can start to conduct life form upgrade experiments and other tests that require large-scale practical operations due to obstacles in theoretical development in this small-order world. Try to find more optimized crystals. Use the materials to create a new fleet of arks."

After dreamwalking for a while, Vidoville looked at Zhai Cahir: "So there is only one good news. We may not need to open so many holes in the world barrier? Let's develop our brains when everything is ready. Everyone knows this, but in the end we still have no sure way, and we still have to walk such a dangerous one-way road!"

"Well, Your Majesty, you can't say that. Although we still have to face a lot of dangers, since we set out from the universe three thousand years ago, what has happened and what period of time has not been dancing on the edge of a knife? No matter what Said, as long as we can get in touch with that fragment of the world, no matter what, we will have a more favorable situation than now, we just need to prepare more precautionary measures."

Zhai Cahir was a little embarrassed, but his mental toughness that was still alive even after his soul was modified quickly slipped away this little episode, "And... there is one more thing that you and I both know now. The best case scenario: Based on the scans currently available, it can be determined that the various physical constants inside that fragment of the universe are likely to be very similar to our universe."

"With this guarantee, we can save ourselves from a lot of related processes that need to transform our own bodies to temporarily adapt to the universe. As for more detailed issues, there may be a short-term Genesis flash or something. This One thing to note, but with my ability, I should be able to give early warning before this phenomenon occurs on a large scale."

"Well, then we can also solve some more detailed problems, such as Ikarim, your leg's weak conceptual disability, and Zhai Cahir, your hypersensitivity to death waves, etc." Weisrifan Further additions were made to future plans. After that, as you spoke to each other, language and more information exchanges were intertwined with the high-speed information of spiritual communication. This meeting took a long time. There were no restrictions by any old laws and regulations. Everything was very interesting. There is value and the meeting itself is meaningful.

"Then, let's do it with confidence and boldness. No matter what difficulties we encounter now, the long night has entered the last darkness before dawn. No matter what, we can't fall at this time." Just like at the beginning, Victorville looked around He looked at the entire table, clapped his hands and made a final conclusion.

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In the void, this small island of order supported by a golden film of light is still moving forward silently.