Sitting on the bench in the small park, I squinted my eyes slightly and stretched comfortably in the warm morning sunshine.
Two weeks have passed since the incident in the Koprulu sector ended. A group of idle empire leaders returned to their daily lives. Qianqian regained his amazing vitality and began to drag a few small ones around the city.
In the major amusement parks and theme parks in the country, Sicaro and his gang of officers and soldiers are still fighting tenaciously in the encirclement and counter-encirclement campaigns. My sister and the little ghost are studying how to use Azeroth's ingredients to make authentic dishes.
The braised eggplant rice bowl, and Sandora and I...well, as the head of the empire, we really can't indulge ourselves like those heartless people, especially now that the fallen apostles have reappeared, and we have almost been going there recently.
Shadow space runs, of course, now.
By the way, laziness and dozing in the Shadow City shouldn’t be considered leaving one’s post, right? Sandora has even come here to leave the company...
The place we are now in is different from other areas in the Shadow City. Although they all look like the same modern urban scene, the obvious difference in style from the surrounding neighborhoods still proves the specialness of this place.
A replica neighborhood of Academy City.
In order to give travelers from all over the world a more sense of belonging, many special urban areas have been built in the shadow city. For example, the residential area where the Misaka sisters live perfectly replicates a part of Academy City, and even includes a line connected by vacation days.
A bustling commercial street run voluntarily by Imperial people and a middle school taught by Imperial officers, where the Misaka sisters live, go to school, and rest, and according to the information fed back by 10031, the sisters are very concerned about all this.
Very satisfied.
In several other places far away from here, the Stormwind City Community, Silvermoon City Community, and Orgrimmar Community are also being established. Including the Misaka sisters, residents of each world know each other's existence. It is said that this
Living in the gap between the planes, the mysterious city that has gradually become the hub of the world has been spread among the worlds as a magical existence similar to Gensokyo. Although except for the Misaka sisters who have become official citizens here, only those who are in their respective
Only those who are regarded as legendary heroes in the world are qualified to come to this city to "serve the gods." However, with the huge population base of several races, those alien areas with different styles have gradually become lively, and occasionally
Things like a few Misaka sisters taking a car to visit the Minotaur village or a few Silvermoon City alchemists coming to give chemistry lessons to Misakas are gradually becoming routine. In the Imperial Urban Management Brigade (I really don’t know what Sivis is)
How did you think of setting up this organization in Shadow City? Under the management of the agency, travelers from all over the world with different ideas and cultures are communicating with each other in an orderly manner with a sense of novelty and surprise. This is a good phenomenon.
With the empire as the center, it has gradually become a giant offensive and defensive united organization of the worlds. This is the true meaning hidden under the joyful daily activities in the shadow space. Although so far, those who are under our camp and can be called combat power are still under our camp.
There are only the Azeroth Salvation Army and the Vidis Alliance Army (strictly speaking, it is a coalition of countries with the Order of the Goddess of Vidis as the main force. However, since the Vidis Empire was the first to be selected by the "Savior" and has the strongest strength,
The powerful empire, this alliance is habitually called the Vidis Alliance) and the magician army of the Forbidden World, but this development speed is enough to make people happy - and it is certain that it has already
The Koprulu and Protos tribes, who have lost their homes and can only survive under the protection of the empire, will become part of our huge legion once they recover. Even if these legions combined are not as powerful as the regular army of the empire, they are still
Not cannon fodder, its combat effectiveness will definitely increase exponentially based on the huge base.
And more importantly, when many worlds gradually form an overall defense system, even if the fallen apostles launch a frontal attack on us, they will have to weigh their battle losses, right?
This is also one of the reasons why we can still feel relaxed now that the threat of fallen apostles is increasing day by day: unlike the fallen apostles who can only develop in secret, our power is expanding at an alarming rate.
Well, thanks to the special properties of the shadow city, the projection space born in this concept has incredible growth capabilities. As long as the amount of information collected and the computing power of the Xiling host cluster at the core of the city are sufficient, this space can continue to grow.
As it continues to grow, I don't know if it can reach infinity, but it seems that it will be no problem to store it in Gensokyo.
And in this magical city that has become more and more dreamy, there is an even more jaw-dropping magical guy: the silver-haired guy sitting next to me, happily squinting his eyes and sucking fresh orange juice, some kind of Imperial Raven Trooper.
The highest commander in the sense - Miss Sylvia.
Living in the most incredible city of another dimension, you are always surrounded by non-human creatures from all over the world, and even occasionally a formation of mechas rumbles overhead, and from time to time there is a queen of the forgotten walking in front of you.
But he still lives unconsciously in his own simple and happy little world. He firmly believes that the city he lives in is a simple and beautiful place where he can eat well and wear warm clothes. He uses his incredibly dull nerves to deal with everything in this city.
Abnormal, this guy...
Happy as a mole.
The above are Lilina's original words. I really don't know what similarities there are between a former fallen apostle and a mole, but Sylvia's simple happiness really makes each of us feel envious.
By the way, do the mysterious Xiling apostles have the characteristics of being easy to raise? Let alone those mass-produced ravens, Sylvia is a simple guy who can have a happy day as long as he has enough to eat, Alaya
He is also a master who can survive by relying on photosynthesis...well, he can survive even without photosynthesis. If Sandora, a big eater, can be half as easy to raise as them, we can use the money saved to invest in real estate.
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"I always feel like you are talking bad about me," Shandora immediately cast a strange look over her, then lowered her head and wiped out the pancake in my hand in an instant, "Ajun, I still want to eat."
But you have already wiped out the pizza stall, and you haven’t even spared their pancakes!
"The pancakes here are very famous -" Sylvia slowly finished her pancake, drank the remaining orange juice in one gulp, and then started the memory mode while sucking her fingers, "Ah
, By the way - it seemed like there was thunder yesterday, which scared me so much that I didn't sleep well, but the weather forecast didn't say there was a thunderstorm - "
Thunder?
I looked at the almost invisible dark shadow in the sky speechlessly. Thunder can create cracks in space. Sylvia, your self-hypnosis ability is really terrifying. No wonder Tavel was not worried after the explosion in the laboratory.
What doubts will arise in Sylvia who lives closest to her? Has this guy reached the point where he is content with being in the end of the world?
There is some kind of mental disorder in Sylvia. This is the conclusion reached by Lilina and Tavel through joint research. Although it is unimaginable that the Xiling Apostle has a mental disorder, there is no other reason to explain Sylvia's current situation.
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She created an imaginary world for herself that we cannot understand.
It sounds like the kind of protective shell formed in the heart of an extremely autistic person, but Sylvia's situation is very special. She is not autistic, but looks quite cheerful. She can even be described as silly and happy.
, but deep down in her heart she stubbornly built a strong fortress for herself. In that fortress, everything was simple and beautiful, everyone was simply full of goodwill, and her life was filled with sunshine. She exposed herself to
Everything can be explained by this world view and then accepted. Therefore, no matter where he is, this silver-haired man will only see a happy little world in his eyes. Lilina thinks it is this strange spirit.
The obstacle makes Sylvia's reaction speed and filtering of external intelligence always so strong: there is a firewall between her reflex arc and the outside world.
Well, although this statement is very reasonable, even Lilina, a psychology expert, admits that Erdai's miraculous reaction speed is more due to her own slowness...
"Well - is there something on my face?" Sylvia looked at me doubtfully, then muttered to herself slowly while wiping the corners of her mouth, "Ah, it's pancake crumbs - by the way, it was sold just now
Where’s the pizza stall?”
Half an hour ago, he went home and beat himself up because the business guy was eaten by his own queen.
Lilina and Tavel have different opinions on why Sylvia is in such a situation. The latter explains it from the soul characteristics of the Xiling Apostle and believes that Sylvia's spiritual body has suffered a huge impact, and it is likely that some of her
It has completely died, and the soul is incomplete. Sylvia chose this kind of spiritual self-locking to protect herself. Lilina analyzed it from a psychological point of view, and she believed that the slow pace was because she had encountered something extremely terrifying.
, a near-permanent psychological shadow destroyed the sanity of Bella Vera, and the subsequent birth of Sylvia was another personality used to protect herself. Of course, after suffering huge stimulation, she could produce "The world will always be beautiful".
"Such a weird mentality obviously cannot be explained psychologically. Lilina expressed her interest in researching this...
Anyway, no matter how different the opinions of the two research experts are, there is one thing they agree on: do not try to cure Sylvia's mental shortcomings under any circumstances. Even if Bella Vera's soul is already dead, do not cure it out of sympathy.
Her, otherwise she would either transform into another fallen apostle, or collapse herself due to the awakening of a certain painful memory, neither of which would be a good outcome.
"By the way - Chen Jun, I also encountered a strange thing..."
Even if we don't pay attention to her, Sylvia can still let her thoughts wander, but I still want to ask: Is there really anything in this world that can make you feel strange?
"A few days ago - when I went to the shopping street, I met someone who looked exactly like me -" Sylvia said slowly as always, but the content made me break out in a cold sweat.
, "But she ran away quickly after seeing me... Did I have a twin sister before I lost my memory?"
"Sivis!" After letting Sandora temporarily stabilize Sylvia, I immediately contacted the adjutant in charge of the city, "Where do the ravens live now?"
"Report sir! They live in the military camp in the central area," Sivis replied immediately.
"Something not good happened: you must strengthen the behavioral discipline of the ravens. A few days ago, a raven wandered near the shopping street of the Forbidden Community and ran into Sylvia!"
This unexpected situation made Sivis nervous. She immediately started to check which raven was running around at that time, while I turned my attention back to Sylvia...
Well, it seems that I was too nervous, and my silver hair seemed to have forgotten about it.
Sandora shrugged at me dumbfounded, and said in a mental connection: "She doesn't even know what topic she just mentioned."
As Sylvia's soul clone, Raven is absolutely not allowed to meet her mother. According to Bubble's calculations, there is a nearly 30% chance that such stimulation will cause Sylvia to suffer mental turmoil.
It is impossible to transform into Bella Vera, but there is no guarantee that she will fall into self-collapse and dissipate like she did in Academy City. Therefore, we have issued a mandatory order to every raven, and it is strictly prohibited under any circumstances.
Appearing in Sylvia's sight, they all have the perception of their own mother's body...
Wait, no, every mass-produced raven has the talent to sense the position of its mother's body. That kind of resonance at the soul level is even ten thousand times more accurate than radar. As a raven that is well-trained and absolutely obeys orders, how can it be possible in
Even when you realize that your mother's body is right in front of you, you still don't take any evasive action?
You know, Sylvia's reaction speed is idiot-level! Even if the oncoming raven appears in her sight, it will probably take a few seconds for this guy to react. Let alone a Xiling apostle, he is just a
Ordinary people can turn around and walk away in these few seconds, right?
In other words, under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for a raven to meet Sylvia head-on - unless the raven takes the initiative to do so, but the chance of Xiling Apostle disobeying the order... is simply nonsense.
Sure enough, within a few seconds, Sivis connected to the spiritual connection and reported: "Reporting to the commander! The investigation has been completed and the raven that met Sylvia was confirmed to be the first batch of No. 068, but..."
"But what?"
"Raven No. 068 mentioned when reporting the situation that she encountered a very brief spatial imbalance at that time. When she adjusted her coordinate sensor, she found that she was already standing in front of Sylvia!"
Sandora and I looked at each other and saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.
"Sorry Sylvia, I suddenly remembered that Qianqian asked me to go out to make soy sauce... You slowly fell into a daze and we left first!"
"I'll help Arjun get the soy sauce bottle!"
After leaving these two words, the two imperial heads turned into a gust of wind and rumbled away, leaving Sylvia dazed for a long time after the roar of the wind, and finally said slowly: "Ah, be careful on the road.
——Where are the people?”
Pulling Sandora all the way, we rushed to the control core of Shadow City at almost supersonic speed. There is an unprecedentedly huge Xiling mother nest. When our Xiling hosts reach a certain number and several, it will improve the efficiency of the host.
After the breakthrough of relevant key technologies, this place replaced the original automatic control center of the space. This pyramid, which was designed and built by Pao Bao himself and constantly modified and strengthened, is the most important place in the entire shadow space. It is located in the center of the shadow fortress and is known as
It is strictly protected layer by layer. In its internal host slot group, at least three Xiling hosts are connected at all times. The situation of the entire shadow space is accurately controlled by this mother nest. If something happens in this space
Whatever happens, this will be the first place to detect it.
When we heard Sivis's report, the first thing we thought of was: something went wrong in the shadow space!
Spatial imbalance is a general term. It includes many situations, such as the sudden exchange of coordinates between two locations, the sudden disappearance of a certain part of space, random teleportation in a small area, etc. No matter which situation, it means that
Part of the laws of space are out of control, and the spatial imbalance in a place like Shadow City that is always under artificial surveillance means that this space is gradually getting out of our control - of course, maybe this is a bit neurotic, but...
If you live in a nuclear power plant and suddenly hear a loud click next door, I don't believe you can calm down!
Knowing our arrival, Sivis had already been waiting in front of the nest door. As soon as Shandora and I appeared, she hurriedly greeted us and led us towards the central computer room while reporting the intelligence she had just collected.
:
"...We have just completed the search of the shadow city boundary system and found no traces of damage to the spatial integrity. However, according to the information sent back by probes from various places, there are indeed some abnormal things appearing in our management system. However,
Most of those anomalies are very weak, even things that humans cannot detect. The largest one is probably the spatial imbalance event that the raven encountered... Since the priority of city operations has recently been focused on armament expansion, these may
The glitch report was suppressed, and I didn’t find it until I was looking through Operation Raven records just now..."
Following Sivis' report along the way, we have arrived at the central computer room of the Mother's Nest. There is a large crystal prism distributed in a star shape here, which can accommodate up to thirty Xiling hosts to be connected at the same time. Now we are presented with
What is in front of you is the spectacular scene of all thirty-three Xiling hosts, headed by the bubble in the center, all connected.
The computing power here now can deduce the entire history of the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to the present almost a hundred times in one minute...
"Bubbles, how's the situation?"
I stepped forward and knocked twice on the crystal prism in the center, waking up the little girl inside who seemed to be working at full capacity, but I still had every reason to believe that she must be playing more than twenty games at the same time.
"Ah, the child's father!" Bubble opened his eyes and when he saw it was me, he immediately happily lay down on the inner wall of the crystal prism, "We just made a big discovery!"