Chapter 437 "Hint"

"What's this?"

Seeing what appeared to be a container clinging to the fleet's protective barrier, Vidoville's attention was briefly attracted to it.

Are you planning to destroy or invade the fleet's defense system in this way?

But if we think about it from the former point of view, in this situation where everything is information, the form of the method used to achieve all purposes, including attacks, is no longer important. What's more, this method is not secretive, at least from now on. Judging from the results that come to mind, it's not clever enough.

From the latter point of view, the possibility that this thing is a Trojan horse entity is too small. Not only is it unnecessary in form, but there is no need to spend so much time pretending in practice.

Even if he thought more deeply, Vidoville could not figure out how to start the next action from the entry point of attack or invasion.

Moreover, the nature of this "container" is different from any Σ creation I have ever seen.

Although it is wrapped in black and smooth super materials, this "container" looks very pure - it does not seem to be stained with death tide, and there are no flashing black and red two-dimensional patterns on it, nor are they The burn marks left behind after disappearing.

All the Σ creations or creation fragments that the empire has ever come into contact with and recovered have traces of death tide pollution from the inside out, and the difference is almost only in the degree of severity.

The unnecessary behavior and the special form attracted Vidoville's attention, which also led him to conclude that the main component of the message that this thing wanted to convey was probably not "attack" or "intrusion".

However, if you want to deal with it further, you must consider briefly opening the isolation shield of the Immortal Wall and the United Shield at this micro-segment. This is not something that Vidoville alone has the final say.

"Start the deliberation process and convene the corresponding individuals for possibility analysis-" Vidoville released the narrative bombing that was in a state of accumulation and issued an order to summon the analysis officer for the new situation.

But just as his attack was launched and the summoning order had not yet been "posted," a violent disturbance hit the long wall hard, as if a tsunami of information mixed with countless seas of stars wiped out everything outside the long wall. , those super creatures hiding in the huge clouds failed to leave even a silhouette in the dazzling glare.

"Um?!"

Although the difference in time was very slight, Vidoville noticed that the "destruction" of the Σ creations was earlier than the time point when his attack took effect.

The objects destroyed by powerful attacks against a series of "stories" are not limited to a specific state of the subject in the story, but the drastically changing Σ creation information structure still causes a large number of narrative attack information to "miss the target"—— ΣThe huge amount of information generated when creation self-destructs has not been completely annihilated by narrative bombardment.

They slam into the long wall, creating a sea of ​​light that shines in infinite directions simultaneously.

"The disturbance range is non-directional and infinite dimensions, and there is no follow-up operation. This is an Alloal-style explosion without any follow-up purpose..."

"Your Majesty, it is confirmed that all Σ creations have carried out self-destruction operations at the same time. The form of self-destruction is an Aroal-type explosion. No clear follow-up operations have been detected from the information impact generated by the explosion. The fleet quarantine system is working normally as a whole, and it is confirmed that some The nodes at the outer layer of the fleet system have been contaminated by the dead tide. The pollution has been controlled and all ships are being tested."

"Yes. Continue to carry out all fleet-related disinfection operations. After the environment here stabilizes, send the corresponding work team to survey the site and collect relevant information. All void outposts established here will cooperate with the Holy Sound Praise Fortress Group and the void survey radar The array blocks and monitors the structure of this world. At the same time, the void routes involved here are temporarily blocked, and the world in the area that may be affected is temporarily in a state of war..."

"This scene seems familiar..." After issuing a series of orders that he should have issued or that he can now urgently issue orders to speed up processing, Vidoville fell into memories.

"The last time a large number of Σ creations suddenly appeared and then suddenly self-destructed collectively was...a few epochs ago, and it was still...the Leap Era."

"Ah, I remembered it." Vidoville patted his forehead.

"At that time, the Σ decisive battle flagship function branch self-destructed. That time they also carried out an Aroal-style self-destruction explosion, but we were not enough to notice these things at the time. Since the beginning of the expedition, the empire has resisted some of the Σ fleet's attack Invasion, but the condition of these Σ creations that emerged from the void is already very poor, and apart from their instinctive array attacks, they have not shown any more purpose..."

But this time, such a large number of Σ creations of this level appeared and self-destructed in such a way, and such a box of "goods" was delivered under the cover of a large number of information annihilation missiles.

The situation is completely different from the Σ wreckage currently floating in the void. Σ creations that are in good condition and have a fairly "fresh" smell of pollution once again appeared with the vesicles, and they showed clear purpose in their actions. And the maturity of narrative singularity…

Vidoville considered these questions over and over again. It seems that the entire empire, including himself, will have to be busy for a while.

"Start the negotiation process and convene relevant individuals to discuss how to deal with this "goods"..."

…

The incident itself has been calmed down, but the subsequent impact it caused will take some time to be eliminated - the fall of false information caused by the "maturity" of the narrative singularity of xs4028 has caused an exaggerated impact and scale. A huge skyquake, many worlds within its scope of influence are wrapped in thick and dangerous crystals, and it takes them a certain amount of time to clean up the transparent spikes that grow wantonly.

At the same time, the violent decline of virtual information has also triggered a large number of creation activities. These new, unstructured worlds have formed extremely entangled internal structures due to the emergence of the "spiral world maze" phenomenon.

And inside and outside these structures, there still remains the contaminated information flow released when some Σ creations self-destruct. Under the combined effect of these several circumstances, a dangerous "void minefield" was formed here.

The void is supposed to be dark and lightless. But here, the void will constantly be briefly illuminated by flashes of light erupting from the "minefield" - a large number of deformed worlds are causing the end of the world or simply being exploded, and the large amounts of information they eject will briefly "spot on" Bright” void.

However, the void will quickly swallow up these inconsistent information fragments and return everything to calm.

"Report, the end of the world is being caused in sequence. All doomsday activities are stable and controllable, and no high-stability fragments with a total deviation exceeding the specified range have been found."

"Confirmed. Additional records, the phased world utilization change coefficient is 0.089%. This value serves as the second reference value for this tens of millions of years."

"The degree of radicalization in exploiting the world is increasing... Calculated in this way, the empire has still undergone huge changes in the past tens of millions of years. Radical changes mean that actions on the entire world will be more direct, such as a more direct and straightforward end of the world. … This change has been going on for quite some time, and it appears that the trend is still there for this to continue.”

"Of course it will continue to exist - the source of this development trend is the continued development of the empire itself. After all, in the final analysis, the world is a place that provides living space for the existence of the empire, and it is also one of the empire's materials. There is nothing special about the rest. . In the past, due to various reasons, the empire needed to protect the existing world more, but with the continuous development, the world itself is no longer scarce, and naturally there is no need to prioritize protection."

"If the end of the world brings better results, there is no need to expend more energy to take other actions. And, in my opinion, this is far from being called "radical" - think about it, in the chronology of decision-making, The disposal unit of the "Empire" is the World Branch."

"But the conservative approach also takes into account not causing more trouble, such as the high-stability fragments we just talked about. If they hit other imperial worlds or hit a certain order field, the impact will be no different than Those skyquake crystals are smaller. As for directly detonating the entire world branch... it is beyond the scope of my imagination."

"...I just want to say that the world is indeed an important resource, but how it is used depends on the specific method. Needless destruction is certainly not advisable, but there is no need to overprotect it..."

Far away from the "flashing" "stars", the recorders in the Void Sky Survey Radar are writing relevant stories based on the signals captured by the radar. The changes triggered by the narrative singularity are coming to an end, but the aftermath must be done well.

And not far from this chaotic world structure, an independent new world was created. This new world itself only has an empty space-time structure, and the additional structures separate this originally continuous space-time into many layers from the inside out. The nature of each dividing line is different, but one thing remains consistent - they are all powerful extraordinary shields.

There is only one available communication line between the shields, and this line is also covered with fuse nodes and information flow monitors. In the center of this test site created by such "aggressive warfare", the long and narrow black box that was recycled was quietly suspended in the empty space.

Next to it, several working instruments equipped with various testing equipment are cautiously on standby.

Although the possibility of such a thing being considered to contain a high degree of malice and aggression is not high, for security reasons, the facilities that conduct research on it are still isolated by three layers of shields, which is necessary. measures.

"Your Majesty, as well as supervisors, the relevant facilities have been prepared. The environment of the test site is stable and all protection systems are operating well. Do you want to start interactive testing?"

"With permission, start interactive testing."

"Confirm, the permission has been obtained. Confirm, the permission has become a fact. Start interactive testing."

The order was given, but the immediate testing area, located within the multi-layered shield, would not immediately carry out the order. Commands need to be passed layer by layer, and when these "hard delays" caused by process requirements occur, other layers responsible for serving as relay units can take the opportunity to perform additional retrieval when transmitting information. Ensure the safety of the test to the greatest extent.

The commands go deep layer by layer, just like the locked doors in a series of nested rooms are being opened in order, and the lights in the room are also lit up. The order gradually penetrated into the core and was conveyed to the test equipment waiting there.

The test equipment obtained the target, and they carefully "swam" very close to the black container.

According to the experimental plan, they need to first conduct an extremely detailed appearance scan of the container itself, and then query the container's external structure to confirm whether it has any ports that can be interacted with and may be transformed into other imperceptible forms.

If no useful information is obtained during these tests, then they will begin to try to break the outer shell of the "container".

"Start a comprehensive appearance scan of the entity. Collect data and compare it with the database... The scope of the query type has been tightened, and the scope of the entity has been confirmed... Part of the historical radiation of the entity has been captured, and the small void survey radar has been used to analyze the radiation …Joint comparisons have determined that this entity is functionally similar to an Imperial missile launch cell.”

"...Missile launch unit?" After a few minutes of delay, Vidoville and a group of technical officials who were paying attention to the matter were a little surprised after receiving the news - if the contents of this "container" were really If it was a missile launching unit, then why did the Σ creation that emerged from those vesicles go to so much trouble to deliver a box containing missiles?

"...It has been confirmed that the entity is well preserved. The entity is currently in a closed state and no more valid information has been found." After a short delay, the latest inspection situation was passed to the outermost layer. "No new results can be achieved through ordinary methods. Should we conduct destructive research?"

"Approved, start dismantling the physical shell..."

"Wait a minute!"

Just as everyone was preparing to demolish the black container surrounded by layers of shields, an urgent voice sounded directly in their hearts.

"Lil?"

"Your Majesty Weisrifan?"

"Stop testing for this entity - Wood, bring it to me and deliver it yourself."

…

Blazing sun in the void.

"What's wrong, Lil?" Vidoville carefully moved the sealed black container in front of Weisrifan.

Vesrifan didn't say anything. She waved her hand and unlocked the protective system on the outer layer of Vidoville's body. But what she did next was beyond Vidoville's expectations: she suddenly grabbed Vidoville. hand, and slapped the caught hand on the black armored outer plate of the "container"!

"?!" Vidoville was surprised by the sudden move. However, the new changes soon caused him to turn his attention from the black box in front of him to himself - he noticed that there seemed to be some unusual information flowing into his mind.

At first, "they" seemed to be a garbled code, but the seemingly irregular words were gradually transformed into understandable meanings:

"...It has been covered and is being integrated into the network. The contacts are online, the control switches are online...it is under control."

"...the ability to represent everything?"

"Keep watching." Weisrifan's expression was still serious.

Accompanied by a series of strange prompts, a series of regular gaps began to appear in this smooth black "container" - the armor cover that sealed it was opening and reorganizing to form a series of attachment mechanisms and interfaces.

As the main cover was unsealed, the "cargo" inside the container came into view - rows of black arrows with four exaggerated wings, missile launchers placed neatly inside the container. In the well, the warm white light of the blazing sun becomes cold and sharp after being reflected by their shells, making people shudder.

"Information annihilation missile? Lil, this is-"