Star Empire

"That is the best result in theory - the hierarchical nature of crystal energy itself makes it in a mapped state relative to conventional secular existence, so crystal energy can provide the most suitable environment for us to operate information to a considerable extent. But, not yet.”

Zhai Cahill dampened everyone's expectations, "Crystal energy can be used as information that can promote changes as an energy source, but a lot of current equipment is made of our conventional materials, especially its outer appearance. There are a large number of sensors and compensation correctors in the layer, and these things have no way to resist crystal energy radiation.”

"This is indeed a problem at the moment." Cavernelle sighed softly, "Currently our crystal energy fusion alloy can only be used as a structural material, but the materials for precision instruments still need to be taken from the universe. Those It may not be easy for matter to match an information combination that matches the crystal energy."

"But this equipment was created to solve these problems." Zhai Cahill raised his voice to attract everyone's attention, "I didn't introduce the purpose of this equipment in detail before. Your Excellency Doville is here, and I will introduce this behemoth in detail."

In front of Zhai Cahir, several rings slowly floated up. Then, the stream of light restrained in the rings quickly dispersed, and a simplified structural pattern of a mathematical rate generator lit up and took shape in front of everyone.

"On both sides are two space annihilation vacuum zero-point energy power furnaces. I believe everyone knows this. Those pipes are also commonly used perturbation energy guide tubes."

Zhai Cahir roughly pointed at both ends of the holographic image, and then moved his arms to enlarge the middle part of the image. In the detailed image, some small components that were originally hidden were also revealed.

"The function of those compensation correctors all over the surface of the ribs and beams is to adjust the way of energy release. Energy directly affects the material. In fact, it is the result of the interaction of two sets of information. I can understand the role of information as "energy" through my own perspective. What is the mode of action, and select appropriate equipment to achieve manual control. The specific operation process of coordinating the information action mode of these energies is very complicated. I will later transmit the intermediate process and final stabilization plan to you..."

"After all the information coordination modules work normally, a real-life "mathematical space" will appear in the central reaction area of ​​this equipment, in which we can analyze, disassemble or generate some material mapping formulas. Of course, these are all now It is a theoretical content. It is not quite appropriate to say that it is a purely mathematical rate device. Now its function can realize partial inverse conversion of energy and quality. If you want to directly generate a pure mathematical space, it is still very primitive and more mature. The device requires more research."

"Well, it is indeed very complicated." Cavernrel briefly browsed Zhai Cahill's information package in his mind, and sighed sincerely, "But such a device is what generations of scientists have hoped for. Zhai Cahir, why is there a reminder like "pay attention to the bulge at the top" in the precautions?"

"Oh, well, when the device is fully started, some of the upper structure will be distorted... It's not a big deal..."

"Huh?" Vidoville frowned slightly.

"Well, the premise for its appearance is quite dangerous... a mathematical rate disaster, a law-level collision, even worse than the space annihilation bomb... I can detect some clues, and the team is very reliable, every time I can stop the experiment in time when danger approaches... Therefore, the finished product of this equipment has only experienced failure, not destruction..."

"So...the function of those dense rib cages is to protect the parts of the equipment that deform when spatial distortion occurs? Then those structures..." Vidoville asked.

"The buffer structure composed of space stabilizers and energy releasers is also...a self-destruction structure."

"In any case, the emergence of such a device that enables our hands to control mathematical laws... is really a big surprise for us."

"In this way, our current difficulty is the lack of equipment that can analyze the nature of information in a relatively direct way. In this way, our work can continue!" Faced with the new technical equipment, Cavinrel and Eisen Del could no longer suppress his excitement. As soon as Zhai Cahir finished speaking, he excitedly discussed the possible results in the future, as if the truth of the universe had been placed before his eyes.

"We have a lot of results, a lot of ideas, a lot of models. In fact, we are just one step away! We just haven't been able to find such a path before! Maybe we can-"

"But one last thing to talk about is the analysis of crystal energy." Looking at the two chief scientists who gradually began to sink into their own world, Zhai Cahill quickly added, "Currently it can analyze crystal energy to a certain extent, but please note , to a certain extent. Crystal energy and arcana are at the same level. I can only see through the structure of crystal energy after multiple derivation. The fewer times the crystal energy decays, the harder it is for me to see through its information patterns. This may also require You need to supplement it with reasoning when properly using the equipment for analysis."

"Of course, we understand." Cavernrel quickly responded.

"Well, Zhai Cahir, this equipment is still relatively large in size, so just transform the ship into a laboratory. Let the ship be anchored in the laboratory that you and Cavinriel later established. That material analysis station can also simplify transportation... huh?"

Before Vidoville finished speaking, a sudden electric shock-like feeling swept through his body, and beside him, Weisrifan's body also felt unnaturally stiff. Although it lasted only a short time, The unusual behavior of the two consuls in the same place still aroused the vigilance of everyone present.

"Two consuls, what happened?" Upon seeing this, Kalost immediately notified the guards on the ship to assemble and prepared for martial law in the area.

"It's okay, it's not an enemy or memetic contamination infiltration." Weisrifan waved his hand, and Calost breathed a sigh of relief. However, looking at Weisrifan's heavy face and Vidoville who suddenly became serious, he did not immediately react. Send back the guards.

"A warning message from the Aldosil Council." Vesrifan said with a sullen expression. "The Council ordered that Vidovir and I must immediately return to the planet fortress in the DH-33 Triangular Constellation to answer for our actions. and rational explanation.”

"...Why...?!" Cavenriel was immediately shocked. The Odosil Council is only allowed to operate unless it is in a state of war or a state of first-level combat readiness. The two special circumstances are that two of the highest authority human beings give orders at the same time. , or citizen support drops to an alert threshold. The latter two situations...should be able to be ruled out at present.

"I don't know, and I don't know why this is happening." Victorville shook his head in confusion, "Weisrifan and I are going back to the capital now. You continue your work here. Chiefs, analyze the relationship between crystal energy and The information structure and compatible analytical formula of real matter; Eskett, Torres, continue to perform human body modification and recruit training!”

"It seems... we have less time than expected. No matter what situation arises, we should solve it in the most positive and direct way... Don't worry so much! We can no longer blindly pursue safety at this time!"

"yes!"

"I feel... it won't be that simple..."

…

In the cold and empty space, a white stream of light quietly passed between two silently crouching steel beasts.

Under the joint command, the two huge spaceships started up at the same time as if they had agreed. The extremely dense energy flow even caused the space around the spacecraft to start to fluctuate slightly. The bow of the Tianzhou cargo ship gradually heads towards the crystal energy vortex, and the Star Star's first destination is the warp space entrance and exit called the "Star Star" by Cavinriel.

In the distant space, an invisible curved long wall freezes and elongates the starlight from the far reaches of the universe, and finally converges at the entrance. But from the looks of it, this scene looks like a two-way star position reference map. The difference is that the area of ​​this picture is hundreds of billions of square light-years.

Under the precise coordination of AI, the powerful Starship is gradually closing the warp space layer. With a burst of dim space distortion, the Starship disappears from this space.

DH-33 Grand Triangular Constellation Central Planet Fortress, Federation Territory Operations and Management Center, Odosil Grand Council Meeting Hall.

For Vidoville and Vesrifan, the atmosphere of the previous parliaments was serious, but this time, there was another completely different atmosphere in the air: it seemed as if it came from the entire federation and swept in from the end of the world. hostility.

"Military Archon Woodster Vidoville and Operational Archon Kundalil Vesrifan, the purpose of convening this parliament is to ask you to explain your management behavior since you took office." Above the central empty field, the floating polyhedron as the "arbiter" computer output terminal spoke first:

"In your tenure of less than ten years, what you have done is approaching the warning threshold of federal law. Congressmen believe that many of your actions have caused unnecessary losses to the federation, and some of the concepts you agree with are regarded as The vast majority of people are against it.”

"Arbiter, in the secret meeting when the nature of the crystal energy vortex was initially verified, you supported the unified theory of information." Vidoville looked up at the changing transparent geometry near the dome and couldn't help but reveal a bit of emotion. Surprised and angry, "You support the unified theory of information, but now you have become the representative of the opponents. Do you have your own position?"

"I only evaluate events according to my own logical modules. Whether it is your previous theory or the current situation, I will not incorporate any non-purely rational factors into my judgment."

"Pure rationality? Can pure rationality make such a big change? What impact does the release of unified information have on the actual lives and work of those people? Why did they become the main force of opposition in an instant? There are only a few words in the entire released information. There was no mention of the impact on them – it was just a preview.”

The military governor retorted, turning his cold eyes to the surrounding seats.

"Your Excellency, please pay attention to your attitude." A seemingly mutated voice came from the seat, "You condone and even support the development of delusional scientific theories, seal off federal border areas without authorization, and conduct dangerous human activities without guaranteeing safety. Transformation, this violates the laws of humanity. Finally, not only did you fail to properly handle the abnormal events in the third hexagram, but you were also not in your position for a long time. This is dereliction of duty. We have the right to use these items in parliament Based on this, I am issuing a warning to you.”

"I don't agree with your so-called warnings." Weisruifan looked around the scene and retorted seriously, "As for the accuracy of the unified theory of information, you or your predecessors were unable to prove the stability and information of the world. The model was suppressed on the grounds that the model did not match. As far as I know, the scientists who proposed these theories did not get even a chance to conduct practical research. And now, the pure theories they left behind are being proven one by one. You are still It is really unfair to call the unified theory of information a delusional science."

"In addition, the blockade of the federal third hexagram border was implemented based on the federal emergency regulations for dangerous existence when the nature of the crystal energy vortex was unclear. The strange properties of the crystal energy vortex such as the over-distance phenomenon and violation of perspective make us It is necessary to treat it with 120% vigilance. As for the specific implementation, both the three-person council and the Odosil Council have legal archives of the order. As for what you call, we are carrying out it in the blockade area Inhumane testing, I don’t know the source of this statement, and we have sufficient evidence to prove the absurdity of this statement.”

"Your argument is very interesting. When soldiers participate in experiments, they actually talk about whether it is dangerous or not? The meaning of soldiers' existence is to maintain the security of the country and fight in all fields against entities that may cause harm to the federation. We have ensured everything as much as possible It's safe - and you are warning us with such ridiculous reasons at this time. Do you think that we will have no enemies if the Zerg and the Empire are destroyed? Or do you mean that the laws of the Federation no longer allow victims to appear on the path of development? ?”

"Finally, regarding the so-called dereliction of duty, hehe... On the first day we took office, we checked the past logs in the database stack. The previous Archon did not even propose anything that could be called... For the "new" government order, even if everything we have done is cut off...and we just changed our work location, is this what you call dereliction of duty?"

A strange silence fell into the huge circular conference hall.

"What else do you have..."

In this eerie silence, Vidoville seemed to notice that many invisible black lines seemed to spread across all seats in the parliament. A heavy chill enveloped Victorville. A voice without any clear meaning but clearly identifiable sounded in Vidoville's head.

federal.

Across the universe, there are countless people, countless units, countless ideas, many countries, and many attitudes.

In its most heyday, the masterpieces created by the prosperous Federation ideology could cover several huge planets.

The Federation fleet is enough to cover the sky. Even after the arrival of peace, their scale has been reduced, but the remaining parts are enough to be called terrifying... In other words, without that terrifying order of magnitude as the basis, the Federation would not even exist at all. A way to control every galaxy, every galaxy, every Great Wall...

But now, starting from the appearance of the vortex... you can ask:

What is the Federation doing? !

His body trembled suddenly, and the world seemed to stand still for a moment - under the connection of countless black lines, the Odosil Council Church where he was and the tens of thousands of people in the seats seemed to be trapped one by one. The puppet made of an indescribable dark viscous thing stared at him with blind eyes, and the figure of Vesrifan turned into a lifeless sculpture.

In the focus of this godless but extremely focused gaze, Vidoville seemed to be struck not by a person, but by a thunderbolt, an unexpected pry bar. He and the team under his leadership seemed to be shattered suddenly. It is like an emotionless dream that has occupied this world for tens of billions of years.

In such a strange and sluggish world environment, countless layers of pictures flashed through Vidoville's mind, and countless threads were executed at the same time. In surprise and fear, he increasingly discovered that the real world was irregular. The gap between the fourth and tenth dimensional axes that is impossible to inherit;

The chief scientist left the conditional instrument and actually made many mistakes in selecting the optimal experimental plan and controlling variables on his own; the separation of security measures between the billions of people in the federation and the main leadership of the federation was actually allowed by the network, and Everything remains as normal even under such circumstances;

He and Vesrifan became consuls, and the operational items of the entire Odosil Council seemed very straightforward and even simple-the system may not sound obvious abnormality, but under the current situation, These attributes of civilization itself are filled with some unspeakable weirdness...

However, in the next second, all doubts disappeared. However, even so, a certain part of my body was still ringing:

Why do feelings and consciousness seem to change...

I have already raised objections to those strange states, but why until now...

I just noticed that these problems should not appear in a mature system and no one has made changes for thousands of years - wait, why do you need to change? !

Why, until now, can I clearly feel that all this is abnormal, irrational, and should be questioned? No – there’s nothing wrong with that! !

In the blink of an eye, my thoughts seemed to have turned into a string swinging wildly under the tug of an invisible external force. Its peaks and valleys are jumping crazily in entanglement, calmness and uneasiness. The problems seem to be overwhelming in the next second and will overwhelm the federation and drown itself. However, in the next moment, everything seems to be still reasonable and calm.

…

The walls around him seemed to have turned into shadowy, indescribable objects. Gravity struck at Vidoville from all dimensions and directions, and his soul and body seemed to be completely penetrated - the shield, the color core armor and the bright lights seemed to have become part of a larger, more indescribable structure.

There is an eye that transcends time and space, which focuses its sight here from an infinite distance outside the universe, taking in everything. This gaze only glances slightly, but it brings a feeling to Victorville. , as if all his experiences from birth in a petri dish to now have fully unfolded.

In the endless darkness, at the junction of the world of order and the endless void, a huge shadow slightly reveals its figure from the invisibility of information. In the slightly twisted space around it, countless black lines emerge from all dimensions of the entire world. , all time and almost all souls gather here

Its scanning field is enough to span the entire world. Under this premise, it can certainly scan the "abnormal area" that is large or small. In fact, for a long time, its attention and only... All the control power that can be mobilized has been concentrated on the entire structure where these out-of-control people live - however, under the sudden whirlpool, this is no longer enough.

No instructions can be given in response to this shadow's request for command.

Here, the "target" has noticed certain shadows around them for a long time. What's more terrible is that they themselves and the Simplified Information Control Code in the world have been excavated by some of them and carried out There has been an extremely serious overuse of limits - now they have exceeded the final Observer Reconciliation Agreement.

However, in the distant depths of the void, there is only death and silence.

…

"Sophistry can't bring you any benefits." The response from the seats barely brought Vidoville's attention back to reality, "We only follow logic, logic and reason, which are the standards of judgment..."

"The arbiter determines based on pure logic...a warning...if the continuation of...opinion polls...impeachment...minimum term..."

Vidoville barely listened to a word of the next words. After the parliament completed the agenda and adjourned, Vidoville walked out of the meeting stiffly like an old robot, as if his soul was no longer in his body.

…

"Vitoville, what's wrong with you? Wake up!" "Your Excellency, how are you?" After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by shouts from far to near and a high-intensity execution feeling on the back of the shoulder. , Victorville finally woke up from his trance. Looking back, Weisrifan and another man wearing the chief scholar's uniform were standing behind him, looking at him nervously.

"...Ikarim?" Looking at the young man in front of him, Vidoville asked hesitantly.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The man breathed a sigh of relief and stood at attention and saluted: "Ulysses Ikarim, the Research Minister of the Federal Science and Mathematics Branch, the Chief Scientist of the Federation, and the proposer of Transcendental Mapping Theory."

"Your name is impressive. Cavernelle said that you were the first to propose many concepts of transcendent mathematical rates in the grand unified theory of information, but this idea was not taken seriously in the scientific community." Vidoville felt It was as if he had lost all strength, and his feet softened and he almost fell. Vesrifan quickly ordered a chair to be generated on the ground for Vidoville to sit down. After Vidoville finally calmed down, he felt that more than 70% of the stable plug-ins in his body had started to sound overload alarms. "……Any questions?"

"I... agree with the unified theory of information. I hope to join you to study crystal energy and the nature of this world." Ikarim spoke very quickly, and it was obvious that he did not focus on this matter at the moment. , "Your Majesty the Consul, what happened to you in the meeting just now?"

"I have a feeling." Vidoville glanced at the surrounding environment. The strange discomfort made him still have lingering fears, but he finally decided to suppress most of it: "We may... be "surveilled" .”