The Legendary Mechanic (Transcendental Mechanic)

Central Star Sea, Abyss of Stars, the headquarters of the Overseer of Radiance Federation.

The responsibilities of the supervisor are different from that of the secret intelligence agency. This is the public intelligence department of the pan-universe, and it basically does not involve the political infighting of advanced civilizations. Monitoring and tracing, to prevent possible disasters in the bud, and to nip them in the bud in time, have quite a lot of authority.

At this moment, in the conference room of the headquarters of this organization, a group of high-level executives are sitting around a round table, discussing the emergencies reported by the ancient star desert monitor branch.

A cosmic-level energy explosion is always an urgent matter beyond the front line, and requires high-level meetings to discuss.

"The content of the report is very detailed, and the cause and effect are clear. A group of scavengers dug up the safe of an unknown civilization and released the source of the incident, which belongs to the second category of accidents. However, when the inspector team conducted field surveys, the traces of the remains disappeared. It is suspected that The projection of the high-dimensional information state interferes with reality... The most important question now is, what exactly did they release, why there is a cosmic-level energy explosion, and what impact it will cause."

A sick-looking humanoid male creature spoke. He was tall and thin like a bamboo pole, with a pale purple complexion with natural white lines, narrow and elongated eyes, and the pupils were crystal yellow.

Sidrun Zihuo Kona, the supreme officer of the Overseer Department of the Radiance Federation, a Transcendent A Grade seed, the top expert in the natural disaster grade, he is a multi-racial mixed race, the main blood comes from the Devini, a super A species that can be gifted with superiority.

The Radiance Federation itself is a multi-racial mixed system, and mixed-race people are an important part of the nation.

Due to factors such as beliefs, preferences, and appearances of different races, racial issues have always been Guanghui's persistent illness, but everyone has become accustomed to it now, and we can make do with it, so we can get away with it.

"These archaeologists always fail to learn the lesson." Someone looked anxious, "Whether the well-known cosmic disasters in history, organic extinction viruses, or sleeping collective consciousness distortion monsters, how many are caused by archaeology?"

"You can't say that. Many of our early technologies came from the reverse engineering of ancient civilizations. Besides, compared with the causes of disasters such as loss of control of advanced technology, outbreak of social conflicts, and invasion of foreign enemies, the proportion of archeology is not much." Xi Druen shook his head feebly.

At this time, a high-level executive flipped through the past records and muttered: "In other words, it was rare for high-dimensional information states to interfere with reality before. Since the exploration of history, this phenomenon seems to have become more frequent."

"According to the statistics of the predecessor of the Overseer Department, during the Expeditionary War, the average number of information state interferences that occurred in the universe every year was 467 times. This only counts the events that were discovered and recorded. In the past one hundred Now, this number has risen to 2,150 times, nearly five times, although there are reasons for the improvement of our detection methods, but the increase in the frequency of information state interference is also a fact."

"The information state has always been an important research direction for advanced civilizations. We are only responsible for submitting reports. No matter the specific scientific research, what you said is the work of scientists, not our responsibility." Sid Ruen waved his hand with a lack of interest expression.

Sitting in his position, it is understandable that he is tired. The supervisor department is responsible for wiping his ass everywhere. A senior executive of his level will see a bunch of inexplicable interstellar citizens dying everywhere every day, causing trouble for him. It's like watching a group of brats make trouble everywhere.

And no matter how he remedies it, countless things will still explode the next day. If you have a bad temper, you can experience the feeling of mental explosion every day.

If the days like this are long, people will become Buddhas and fish will become salty.

Everyone here is not engaged in research, and they have limited understanding of the causes of information state projection. In their limited understanding, this phenomenon is like a special kind of mirage. The difference is that it is not limited by time and space, and can really interfere with reality.

Another high-level person said seriously: "After comparison, there is no matching case in the database for the unknown civilization text submitted by the scavengers. If this is an information state projection, then the source either comes from an extremely ancient civilization or from an unexplored civilization. A civilization that exists somewhere in the universe."

Although the three major civilizations are the well-deserved overlords of the universe today, they are not omniscient and omnipotent. They neither know what was in the extremely ancient era, nor do they know how many civilizations there are in the unexplored universe. They have never stopped exploring and researching.

"Have you found any adverse effects?" Hiderun asked.

"Not yet. The details are still being thoroughly investigated. It is still impossible to predict what type of disaster this is, or even if it is not a disaster."

Everyone shook their heads.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded:

"It's a disaster in the virtual realm."

The picture in the center of the round table turned and suddenly turned into the face of Old Maitou.

Seeing this scene, the audience was in an uproar.

"Tool Nation Manison!" Hiderun's face darkened, his face green, "How dare you invade the network of official institutions!"

The faces of everyone present were ugly. Manison had too many criminal records. All the official agencies of the Radiance Federation guarded against Lao Mai next door like thieves, for fear that their intelligence data would be stolen by the other party by picking the lock.

There is a proverb in the universe that says well, you can't expect a virtual mechanic to be upright, they are like cheaters in a casino, peeking at other people's cards is their nature.

"It's not the first time, why are you surprised?" Manison said calmly, "I'm just here to provide information this time."

"I don't believe it!" Hiderun gritted his teeth.

Obviously you can knock on the door, but if you insist on running to climb the window, you will die if you send a communication application seriously, and it's not like we don't answer it.

"This is faster, I don't like to wait." Manison said slowly: "And this disaster is fermenting, every second of delay will be more serious."

Hearing this, Hide Lun temporarily suppressed his green anger, frowned and said, "What did you find?"

Manison showed the broken information packet he intercepted and explained:

"Not long ago, a special information packet invaded my sub-base. After it failed, it wanted to destroy itself. I intercepted a part of it. I saw its general structure and found that it might be an unknown quantum network virus. Each information packet is a source of infection, constantly self-replicating, and has strong camouflage, penetration, and contagion.

I did some research and found that this virus is spreading rapidly in the quantum network of the ancient star desert. It is estimated that it has infiltrated countless nodes. Counting the days, this virus may be related to the cosmic-level energy explosion some time ago, so I came here to inform you . "

Looking at the various materials displayed by Manison, the faces of the high-level supervisors present gradually became dignified, believing this statement.

"It turned out to be a new type of network virus in the virtual field." Sid Ruen only felt a headache, "The quantum network is one of the cornerstones of the interstellar society. This highly contagious virtual virus is the most troublesome, and it will evolve into a star cluster if you don't pay attention. Even star field-level communication paralysis, data leakage, and intelligence out of control... What exactly is the function of this virus?"

"This virus is still in the incubation period. Once it breaks out, it will rewrite the underlying logic of the infected intelligence, input commands to kill the living body, and set off a mechanical rebellion." Manison said calmly, as if answering questions.

In today's interstellar society, basically every household cannot do without machinery. Once a mechanical rebellion at the star field level or even the universe level occurs, the consequences can be imagined.

Hiderun shuddered. If Manison hadn't come to send a message, the longer they waited, the more serious the situation would be, and it might even shake the foundation of the three major civilizations.

Thinking of this, Hide Luen looked at Manison with a softer look.

——When not doing trouble, this ally is quite reliable.

He suddenly stood up, the halo of salted fish faded away, and he became serious.

"It's a matter of great importance, I must immediately report to the President!"

...

A few hours later, the leaders of the three major civilizations received the news and held an emergency joint meeting.

"...The situation is like this. Now the ancient star desert has become an infected area of ​​this new virus, and the number of infected nodes is increasing every second. Regarding the name of this event, I have named it 'smart plague'. We need to Take action now, without delay."

Badr talked about the situation, and expressed his position with a solemn face.

The leader of Void Spirit squinted his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Isolate the ancient star desert. Before the virus is completely eliminated, the interaction between the ancient star desert and the outside quantum network is prohibited, and the star gate is closed, and the fleet is stationed on the periphery of the ancient star desert. Prevent the source of infection from leaking out in any form."

"Agreed." Ulan Riel nodded.

It's like a plague, and only quarantine can completely eradicate it.

Blocking the communication of a star field, only the three major civilizations have such qualifications and capabilities for such a big effort. If the three civilizations reach a common intention, they can enforce the government order. This is the highest power that the three civilizations have given themselves in the civilization council.

"Also, notify the local civilizations at all levels in the Ancient Star Desert and let them cooperate fully. This problem must be resolved as soon as possible."

At this time, in order to reassure others, the three families will not take the opportunity to attack the superstar cluster civilization in the ancient star desert, otherwise the next time a similar disaster occurs, they will not cooperate, and the gain outweighs the loss.

If the opportunity is delayed due to internal strife, and this kind of disaster snowballs, it will shake the foundation of the order of the interstellar society and deal a major blow to the dominance of the three major civilizations. There are countless lessons learned in history, so the three families will never allow it. This outcome, again, has learned its lesson.

The three major civilizations usually fight to maintain their vitality. In the face of this kind of disaster, they will put aside their conflict of interests and work together to overcome difficulties for the time being.

Ulan Riel said slowly: "I suggest recruiting mechanics from all over the universe, especially Transcendent A Grade virtual mechanics who specialize in this, and call Tool Nation and Black Star to cooperate sincerely and solve problems together. "

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

The other two nodded.

Since it is a disaster in the virtual field, of course experts have to be found to check it out, and Tool Nation and Black Star are the leaders in virtual mechanics, so they will naturally be caught by the three major civilizations.

As for the origin, cause, and principle of the disaster, after the problem is solved, there will be plenty of time to find clues.

Moreover, the three major civilizations are very interested in the technology of this virtual virus.

If it were in the past, this time the disaster would make the interstellar society in a hurry, and the order might collapse directly, turning into a sign of troubled times. However, after years of development of the three major civilizations, as long as this kind of disaster is discovered early, the risk will still be within the controllable range.

The only hidden danger for the three of them is those unstable civil forces, such as the black market, wanted criminals, rebels, etc. No matter what the reason is, as long as someone keeps the virus privately, it will be troublesome.

Maybe there will be someone behind the scenes to fuel the flames... The leaders of the three families looked at each other, and they all saw the same worry.

...

The Black Star Cup has been held in full swing for two or three months. Han Xiao has rested for so long, and spends a lot of time in the machinery factory every day.

Originally planned to keep a low profile for a year and a half, waiting for the three major civilizations to take action against the Transcendent star cluster alliance, but Han Xiao did not expect that the empire suddenly sent him a mission invitation on this day, asking him to go to the ancient star desert to solve a virtual virus.

"To block the entire ancient star desert, is that virtual virus so powerful?"

After reading the news from the empire, Han Xiao showed a strange expression.

In the previous life, this event did not happen in the 4.0 period at all.

To be precise, the player has not experienced the "smart plague". This happened during the version update of the Silver Revolutionary Army. For the player, it is just a background story.

Han Xiao recalled it for a while. Although he had never experienced this incident and had no way of knowing many details, he had seen a brief introduction of "Intelligent Plague".

In the previous life, the process of solving this disaster was very difficult. The three major civilizations wanted to eliminate all the viruses in time, but something went wrong, causing the virus to leak out and infecting multiple star fields, causing the communication in a large number of areas to be paralyzed, and the order of the interstellar society was disrupted. to hit hard.

The three major civilizations spent a lot of resources to resolve the disaster. Due to a lot of energy being restrained, coupled with the bad influence of public security, economy, politics, and public opinion, it happened to be exploited by the Silver Revolutionary Army in the previous life to develop and grow. It is also one of the important factors for the success of the Silver Revolution. one.

But now, the Smart Plague broke out many years in advance, and the Silver Revolutionary Army hadn't written a word yet. Obviously, this opportunity was forever missed.

"Is it the butterfly effect I fanned again..." Han Xiao touched his chin.

The news of the empire contained the cause and effect. He read it and roughly understood the reason.

The root of everything was that he overthrew Gorutan, causing the black market to enter a short period of vacuum with no backing, which attracted the star robbers. The original buyer was investigated by the three major civilizations, and it seemed that he just wanted to collect an antique from an unknown civilization, so he indirectly opened the safe many years in advance.

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse...

Han Xiao pursed his lips. The smart plague is an uncertain time bomb. It is better to detonate in this era than to erupt during the World Tree War. However, there are also conflicts between the three major civilizations and the Transcendent star cluster, and it may become a bargaining chip in the hands of the Transcendent star cluster alliance. .

If the Transcendent star cluster civilization gets a respite because of this, and really wins the ascension channel they want, the situation in the universe will completely take a completely different path from the previous life.

"I don't know which side will fall to the general trend of the times..."

Han Xiao shook his head, suppressed the worries in his heart, and remembered another thing:

"What a coincidence, this time I met a later version of the celebrity..."

Harrison and others were also recorded as diggers. Han Xiao was very happy to meet such an obvious protagonist, and he was already thinking about transplanting this unowned leek to his vegetable field.

Among other things, at least it can act as a mascot and increase the luck of the legion.

"Philip, reply to the empire, I accept the invitation and rush over on time."

Gathering his mind, Han Xiao ordered Philip to write back.

He is naturally willing to contribute, and he doesn't want the smart plague to consume a lot of energy in exploring the universe like in his previous life.

Don't ask, asking is positive energy, not for this kind of virus technology! I have no interest in it at all! Awesome!

"Dinger~"

At this moment, Han Xiao's panel suddenly popped up a prompt to trigger the mission.