Star Empire

Outside the fleet order field, the three spaceships broke away from their original positions. After losing the vague goal, these spaceships were like explorers groping in a dark maze, heading towards the completely unknown void outside the order. "Direction" sailing.

At the same time, both parties shut down all unnecessary communications to enhance the special information reception bandwidth at this time, and transferred part of the energy output into the communication system to ensure that accurate information could be received after the test ark was in place. Information offset data.

For this information, both parties have made strict indicators in advance. Information groups filled with crystal energy cannot be sent out without restrictions. If broadcast without restraint, it will cause serious damage to the crystal energy inventory in the spacecraft. loss, and ultimately affects the maximum self-sustaining time of the spacecraft.

Regarding this, before the test started, the test ship had also reported the navigation mode to the flagship, but the role of this backup may be closer to psychological comfort. Currently, it is unknown whether there are any omissions in the measurement parameters of the information offset output by the mathematical rate core, and whether the accuracy meets the requirements for void navigation.

However, the situation is not only that, it is also uncertain whether the current mathematical rate core can completely correct the information offset according to the preset program. Therefore, the fleet decided to compare the estimated data with the actual output data before and after the test voyage, thereby correcting the difference - if the test can be completed successfully.

Assign a value to the crystal energy to form an order barrier, and change the behavior of the order barrier in the void by modifying the space-time constants within the order barrier. This approach makes each order bubble drift in the void like a world. During this process, the information structure of the spacecraft also needs to be further modified so that it can adapt to the partially changed parameters within the modified order field, just like a powerful creature struggling to adapt to the changing world environment.

Such an approach, no matter from which aspect, is close to directly changing the basic properties of matter in the ordered universe, which is to modify the law in the true sense. This kind of energy consumption was something no vacuum zero-point energy power furnace could provide, no matter how huge it was.

After crystal energy had just begun to become popular, Cavinrel and others originally thought that the "level power" of crystal energy played a role that transcended everything. However, in the subsequent development, scientists gradually discovered that crystal energy can provide Another reason why power is much more powerful than vacuum zero-point energy is that crystal energy exists as the first level. Its own "randomness" is very huge, and randomness is also included in the amount of information.

And when the crystal energy vortex broke out, at the beginning of it all, the unknown information pressure existing in the environment that interfered with the operation of people and equipment for a long time was the uncertainty of the full order events released by these crystal energy. The shadow that sex casts on all processors that need to process information.

During the initial exploration of the crystal energy vortex, with the efforts of Eskett and Torres, Cavinriel obtained the first crystal energy sample, which in turn opened the way to research on the properties of crystal energy.

But at that time, there was no obvious "quantitative change" after those "secondary crystal energy" was converted into the matter of the regular universe. However, in the acceleration of time caused by the explosion of crystal energy vortex information, the crystal energy technology in the blockade area After gradually maturing and starting to collect crystal energy directly from near the "eye of the wind" in the center of the crystal energy vortex, Cavernrel and the others saw the true "high-frequency crystal energy."

In areas where the boundary between the void and the world barrier is blurred, the powerful power of high-frequency crystal energy can even directly destroy the original crystal energy-compatible materials. Real high-frequency crystal energy shows almost no physical properties, except for the ability to assimilate and destroy the underlying solidified information. Beyond the golden color, the violence of crystal energy is far beyond what ordinary physical means can measure.

After such pure information fluctuations are transformed into stable material state information aggregates, if the assignment method is not perfect, the considerable "randomness" and other factors contained in it will be like compressing a three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional one. Expand it flatly. The specific manifestation of this is the huge quantitative change that will occur after the transformation of crystal energy into a conventional material state information aggregate, which seems to be completely inconsistent with the law of conservation.

To be honest, after seeing the high-frequency crystal energy that completely existed in the first level, all the participants could be said to have been scared into cold sweats several times. Of course, Cavinriel also showed great joy at the same time. Eskett had extracted it before Fortunately, the inert crystal energy produced is quite close to matter and is compatible with the laws of the universe to a certain extent. It may even have some attributes that the remaining federation is unwilling to face or even deliberately avoid...

In this way, these weird samples that seem to have not been thought about carefully can be packed in storage boxes and transported to other places after being "controlled and assigned" by Eskett.

If the crystal energy samples cannot be transferred at all, then all experimental facilities must be placed near the almost damaged emergency test medical module of the frontline base. This will cause research difficulties and slow progress. If we catch up with the crystal energy vortex, That information explosion destroyed all research facilities and researchers, and the problem became huge.

In the void, Agnas, Albert and Eskett were all looking at the two separate display light screens in front of them meticulously. One of the two light screens displayed the output of the mathematical rate core. Information offset, the other shows the time network contact status and time calibration data with the fleet flagship.

When in the public order field, the entire fleet relied on the perpetual clock on the dome of the flagship No. 1 bridge for time calibration and restraint. Now that the three Arks have left the public order field, the only remaining necessary communication One is to maintain time, that is, the consistency of the evolutionary process of everything in these small worlds.

This is an obvious problem. There is no concept of order in the vast void, and naturally there is no time. Therefore, in theory, the timeline of any order body existing in the void is relatively independent.

Theoretically, once out of the constraint calibration of the fleet's time core, the independent Ark can overload the mathematical rate core to maintain the same time flow rate within the ship, but it is impossible or extremely difficult to be integrated into the fleet's timeline again. .

If the two timelines want to merge again after they are independent, the problems caused by the area outside time will be at the conceptual level. If you want to merge the concepts, there may be gaps that will allow the Ark to rejoin the team. This is now Some technical systems have almost insurmountable mountains. Although they have not really tried this now, at least the detectors that disappear in the blink of an eye in the turbulent flow make them unable to take any risks, let alone take any risks. .

In the Ark, the golden light flow is output from the mathematical rate core and flows along the four crystal rails to the order field generators of the entire ship. It uses changes in the information representation of the order field to modify its position in the void. These three The Ark can almost be said to use the order field created by crystal energy to simulate the information representation of the world barrier.

Of course, this "thin" order field cannot be as powerful as the time-space-law trinity barrier that the world has, but it is enough to serve as a beacon in the void for the flagship's void navigation system to lock in and correct the past. The mapping rule vulnerability used.

After all, now, even if you can sail in the void, it does not mean that you have truly mastered the relevant technology - the void is darker, deeper, and more terrifying than any ocean. Even so far, the fleet can move in the void only because it captures part of the information deviation method and uses it roughly.

A canoe can float on water, but that doesn't mean it can cross an ocean.

After traveling a certain "distance", the three-seat Ark used the maximum power its communication array could achieve to broadcast the actual information offset it measured into the void, and enhanced the visibility of the order field.

Between the empty web, information began to flow stumblingly.

After seeing the comparison between the actual data and the theoretical data, the hearts of the three captains almost instantly went cold. Agnas even almost collapsed on the ground, thanks to her subconscious supporting her lower back. A layer of crystal energy field similar to a shield prevented her from actually falling - the deviation was so big that if these errors were superimposed over the past seven years, it might even become the original one. The goal was to build a wall, but as a result, a trench was dug.

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"This... is really unbelievable." In the No. 1 bridge, Victorville suppressed the slight trembling of his hands and looked at the floating light screen in front of him solemnly.

"Ark No. 15 and Ark No. 17 have sent back the final statistical results of the information offset. The errors superimposed during our movement in the void - not just the direction issue every time. Including every time In terms of the matching results of the mathematical rate core itself, each jump also has a huge error with the "theoretical calculation". From this point of view, our mathematical rate core still has many areas that need to be refined and calibrated."

"The order field determines our "position" in the void, and it seems that we can now apply the information offset to the entire fleet. I think it is because our spaceship has not yet gotten rid of the constraints of the law. When transforming the basic world view A large amount of synchronization calculations must also be performed, and this process... may also affect the order field generation system synchronously..."

While looking at the constantly modified data, both of them looked a little solemn - the void shifted. On the surface, they were looking at the order field, but in this process, those who are in the order field also need to be constantly compatible with the order field. The individual existence of law modification is also constantly given new law adaptations. Once problems arise in this process, it may...

All bodies within the paradox zone have the potential to disintegrate.

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"Isendel, Zhai Cahir, you two will cooperate with the data returned by the void navigation to correct the operation and correction of the mathematical rate core, and output the newly calculated void coordinate mapping equation." Vidoville asked the scholars to pay attention. Focusing on his task, he looked at Kalost to the side, looking at a screen that was still loading, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Have you not received the report data from Ark No. 16?"

"No, Archon." Calost took a step forward and explained, "It's not that we didn't receive data from Ark No. 16, but what's different from Ark No. 15 and Ark No. 17 is that the data from Ark No. 16 The communication packet loss of the Ark is particularly serious. Even though Agnas has carried out information broadcasts close to the planned maximum number, we still cannot obtain all the offset information of the Ark. However, the calculation is still in progress, which shows that these damages The data can still be parsed after merging."

"Understood, so now the fleet is approaching Ark No. 15 and collecting data at the same time. In the process, the "trajectory" that has been traveled is standardized. When finally looking for Ark No. 16... we need to return to that reference point."

"Understood." The Void Navigation Control Station and Flagship No. 1 Bridge responded simultaneously.

A slight shaking came from under the feet. The mathematical rate core strengthened the external output power and simultaneously began to coordinate the overall information encoding of the fleet. In the space, the fleet began to move slowly towards the first position calibrated by Ark No. 15. Move over.

"The fleet is operating well, and the navigation system is working stably. We have begun to calibrate the mapping equation between the parameter details of the information offset and the void position, and have begun to recalculate the response speed of the math core command and the degree of working stability."

"The fourth set of compensation and correction devices of the mathematical rate core needs to increase the power by 5%, and the third and sixth mapping law parameters need to be reduced by 3%..."

In the flagship's control system, one command after another is being continuously transmitted between various centers. Under the coordination of people and equipment, the nervous expressions on the faces of Vesrifan and Vidoville slowly faded away - in In the holographic display, the trajectory of the fleet approaching the first target is becoming increasingly straight and stable.

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Soon, the 15th Ark returned.

Since the flight distance of the Seventeenth Ark is the "farthest", in the void, the information transmission loss of a structure similar to the world barrier is much smaller than the loss of conventional information flow, and it is easier to detect, but after all, the current The Ark fleet no longer has the super-large array that used huge energy consumption to improve search capabilities, and it is impossible for one Ark to compare with a world. Therefore, it will take much longer to recover the Seventeenth Ark, but This time is actually spent on relatively repetitive operations, and there are actually no technical problems.

However, the Sixteenth Ark still cannot be located.

"The two consuls had a strange phenomenon during the analysis process." Not only Kalost, but also Zhai Cahill also came to this conclusion after personally going into battle, "The analysis results show that the 16th Ark flew a certain distance Afterwards, the communications of the Sixteenth Ark were inexplicably and very seriously interfered with, and the data loss was high, making it difficult for us to receive the information and restore its route."

"The matter is getting more serious..." Vidoville tapped his fingers on the shell of the mathematical rate core base, his expression becoming serious again, "Can you still sense the existence of Ark No. 16? Does the basic time calibration connection still exist? ?”

"They all still exist, and the environmental background interference is also lower than the experimental warning value, but the communication stability is already quite low... The detector must run at maximum power to find a very blurry shadow in the void, and the interaction theory of time calibration connection stabilizes the bandwidth ...It is also close to the alert threshold. Once the alert threshold is exceeded, the Sixteenth Ark may be seriously misaligned with the main timeline of the fleet."

"Well..." Vidoville frowned and thought. During this period, his eyes became bright and dim several times. In full view of the public, he still shook his head, "The fleet can still return to the original state." The position reference point?”

"...Okay." Zhai Cahir nodded vigorously, "After correcting the mapping equation, the error in our copy of the information offset is already within an acceptable value."

"Let's return to the base point first. In addition, call all the people with high-level permissions. We have to think about what to do next."

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Soon, next to the huge circular platform base of the Mathematics Core, a dozen people gathered around the classic circular table used in the federal meeting. These were all the decision-making personnel of the federation, including members of the Odosil Parliament. The current survivor.

"Everyone, now we need to solve the problem of the ownership of the Sixteenth Ark...or we need to decide how we should face the current situation."

Victorville walked slowly around the table, passing every participant sitting in his seat, "The Sixteenth Ark is currently suspected to be in an environment that is different from the current void. Judging from the indicators specified in advance, , the Sixteenth Ark is on the verge of being lost, do we have the ability to rescue it now?"

"Forcing the fleet to approach... currently seems to require a lot of energy consumption and is too dangerous. The current location information of the Sixteenth Ark is very vague, and we need to consume a lot of crystal energy to maintain this process. Regardless, if the Sixteenth Ark is really If we fall into the "distortion zone" of the void, then even if we pass, we will only end up with the same fate." Zhai Cahir expressed his opinion.

"So is it possible for a ship to make a trial flight, slowly approach the previously scheduled area of ​​Ark No. 16, and try to rescue them? This way we can retreat if we really encounter problems."

Caloust asked hesitantly, but he soon realized that this idea was stupid. Compared with the universe, the void is much crueler. Let the fleet ships leave the public order field to rescue the Trek ship in unknown condition. Ship, that is tantamount to sending the ark containing the last inheritor of the Star Civilization to be lined up to be shot...

The fleet has also made a series of plans for many things. But there is no plan that can be better applied to the current situation, or that can handle the current situation better. Scenarios such as travel or loss of communication were naturally considered, but at that time, no one knew how the actual situation would differ from the predicted situation when the actual situation occurred.

Void ships and void voyages have been around for a very short time - to be precise, the time span of the relevant plan does not even exceed ten years, and many areas related to it are still completely blank.

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"Are our preparatory test energy sources ... still sufficient within permit expectations?"

"Enough, Lord Weisrifan, you want..."

"Based on... you, the researchers' earliest experience, try it - a processing method similar to the passive void engine, let go of the strength limit of our order field, just like a lighthouse."