Abyss Xiling spent a lot of time explaining to us the existence form and construction method of the startup end. Many of them are abstract and difficult to understand proper nouns, but in the end I can still roughly understand what is going on:
The startup terminal is a set of things that are different from any existing technology. It is neither technology, nor magic energy, nor divine magic or other mysterious knowledge. The technology required to build the startup terminal does not belong to any kind of technology at all.
The classified "Technology Tree" seems to be closer to the origin of the void, so it is most likely invented by the void creatures on the other side in the last season. Anyway, it is not the product of any mortal or god. But now its inventor has been revealed.
The cataclysm wiped out the memory, and no one knew what the real principle of the startup was.
We only have some processing plans and can only follow them.
Therefore, Abyss Xiling had to choose to use the Heart of the World as the material to make the starter, because she did not know what other "raw materials" could be used besides the Heart of the World. She even did not even know what the Heart of the World would bear in the process.
The function is not very clear - the essence of the heart of the world is a bunch of abstract data, but the startup end finally takes on a physical form. The process in between is a mystery. Abyss Xiling observed the whole process, but was completely unable to understand it.
Perhaps void creatures can understand this process from their own special perspective (after all, it may have been originally thought of by a smart compatriot on the other side), but now it is obvious that there is no time for me and the other two seniors to delve into it slowly.
"So the 'blueprints' for manufacturing the startup terminal all come from the other side?" I looked at Abyss Xiling, "You didn't make it clear before."
"The basic part comes from the other side," Abyss Xiling nodded calmly, "But you also know that the communication back then was not as convenient as it is now... In fact, it was not a communication. I saw the basic manufacturing of the startup end from the drifting database from the other side.
method, and this method is not complete. Only the core part, and it is this core part that is incomprehensible. It took several years to verify whether it is harmful. In addition to this core part, other aspects of the startup end
I have slowly figured out the components over the years.”
"You're pretty good." I smacked my lips, "So you collect the Heart of the World as raw material because you don't know if other things will work? Wait, does that mean that the Star Ring Federation on the other side also makes the starter in this way?"
"They can use more...humane methods," Abyss Xiling sighed, "They started very early, at least millions or even tens of millions of years earlier than us, so they can slowly customize some blanks that meet the conditions.
world, and then extract the heart of the world without harm, and they also have time to artificially create a quiet zone, and place those artificially created blank worlds on the nodes as 'sacrifice'. This does not require sacrifice. But I didn't
So much time. After I woke up, I discovered some omens. A catastrophe is brewing. Although the time is unknown, I know that I cannot wait any longer. Coupled with the change in my thinking after the abyss infection, I adopted more 'efficient' methods."
"Should we just use the existing universe as a sacrifice..." I think it's better to end the topic here. "We won't discuss this anymore. In short, the core of the launcher is finished now, right? There's no time for you to create a new one now."
——And your 'efficient method' is definitely not allowed to be used anymore, what are you going to do?"
"Even if I are asked to collect the Heart of the World, there is nothing I can do," Abyss Xiling spread his hands helplessly, "It requires a carefully customized Heart of the World. Just selecting these raw materials from the entire void will take a long time, and it will also take a long time.
It may not be possible to find it. When I say that I use an efficient method, it is compared to the other side. Generally speaking, it seems to be equally time-consuming. So what we can do now is... to find alternative methods as soon as possible, said the Heart of the World
After all, it is just an entangled state of information. It is not difficult to artificially create a false entangled body. It’s just that we are not sure how it works when synthesizing the core of the startup end... So I plan to use an artificially synthesized false information entangled body to replace the world.
Heart."
Harlan was quite worried: "Can it be so simple? It sounds like a fantastic plan."
"It has failed before," Abyss Xiling frankly admitted the previous failure experience. "I considered looking for alternatives from the beginning. After all, if alternatives could be artificially synthesized, the efficiency would be much higher, but several tests at the time failed.
Okay... maybe this road is difficult to follow. So after trying for many years, the other side can only choose to slowly cultivate raw materials by building a world in large quantities. However, this road is not necessarily a dead end. Even the technology created by void creatures is
You have to be reasonable, right? It's just an information entanglement. What's the difference between the heart of the world and a man-made entanglement? I think everything can be solved as long as we understand the difference between them."
I don't know if it's an illusion, but I heard a feeling of breaking a jar from Abyss Xiling's tone.
It seems that she has realized that the collapse of the startup core is an irreparable loss. Even if the Protoss and the New Empire do not stop her, she will not be able to use so-called "efficient means" to re-create a core before the catastrophe, so she can only
You can put your hope in a "shortcut" that has no hope at all, and it is a shortcut that has failed.
I could see that her broken jar was broken, and of course everyone else at the scene could. Xing Chen gave Abyss Xiling a thoughtful look: "The idea is good, but the success rate seems worrying... But the Protoss and the New Empire
If I help you experiment together, it should still be possible to succeed. After all, you didn't completely prove that this road will not work back then. Maybe you just lack the help."
Abyss Xiling's face remained unchanged, but his eyes seemed to brighten: "I hope so."
"But I think you should have a backup plan," Shandora suddenly said, "A qualified decision-maker should not put all his hopes on one road - what if the 'shortcut' really does not exist?"
"Then force start the current broken version of the startup end," Abyss Xiling looked at the holographic projection in the center of the room, his eyes sharpened, "The core collapsed, but I can use a huge amount of external mathematical rate equipment to forcibly activate it.
, and then mobilize all the clans to suppress the Gate of the Abyss. The most important function of the core part is to ensure the stability of the giant Gate of the Abyss before the long bridge is connected. This process will not take long, and we may not be able to do it alone.
, but what if all three void creatures take action, and then press all our high-tech equipment? Maybe they can hold on until the moment the door opens. And even if it fails...even if it fails, it can create a short connection between the two sides of the void, which can greatly
To alleviate the imbalance on both sides of the void, the Cataclysm will be delayed for a long time. At least we have the opportunity to continue testing other ways. However, this delay can only work once. This broken launcher cannot withstand more
If you toss it a few more times, it may completely disintegrate."
This was considered a last resort, but the situation was stronger than the situation, and everyone present could only accept this compromise plan.
"Let's talk about the situation at the startup end here. The situation is not good, but it is not impossible to do anything." Sister Sheila found that the atmosphere was a bit dull and immediately clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention. "Then let's talk about something else - Abyss Xiling just now
You said there is other bad news? What happened to the Serenity Core? It seems that place was also blown up?"
Me: "..." Sister, do you really want to adjust the atmosphere? You might as well let us continue to study the startup end!
"The core of tranquility is no longer peaceful," Abyss Xiling showed a look of helplessness much more times today than before. "Actually, you should have guessed it. Which universe could withstand such a violent big explosion at that time? The entire world was almost
It was torn apart. The world barrier was almost destroyed by the force of the void from both inside and outside. A large number of celestial bodies disintegrated into information elements. The underlying data of the entire world was so chaotic... It was just like being polluted by the evil abyss and the end of the world was about to come.
"
As she spoke, she adjusted the holographic projection in the center of the room. The current appearance of the Serenity Core suddenly appeared on it. The situation was shocking - the original Serenity Core was a strange world, with twisted stars and strange lights everywhere in space.
, but at least the twisted starry sky is also complete, but now the core of tranquility...
The starry sky has dimmed. I don't know how many celestial bodies were deleted by the void in the big explosion that day. The remaining starlight is distributed in the space with an irregular structure. The spectrum is chaotic and the structure is crazy. It is like a severely interfered TV.
screen.
Large, disturbing shadows float slowly in the background of the starry sky. These shadows are not simply dark bands. If you look closely, you can see very complex things in the shadow strips. They are some twisted lines.
It has an extremely dim color. It looks like the galaxy has been rolled into long strips and then forced into it.
In the next picture, we also see a huge open area in space: although the surrounding stars are sparse, there are at least celestial bodies. However, in that abnormal open area, it is as if a piece of the universe has been chewed off by a giant beast.
of nothing.
"The stars collapsed, mass leaked, and the original material balance was broken. The entire world is still experiencing huge turbulence. It may take many, many years before a new balance is established. It is also possible that the new balance will never be established. Those dim
The strips are celestial bodies that have been squeezed into other dimensions. They can no longer be found. All we can see is the last silhouette they left in this world before they were squeezed into other dimensions." Abyss Xiling sighed, "
The large open area you saw last is even more terrible. It is a black celestial body - you all know how rare black celestial bodies are, but the Serenity Core now has a large-scale black celestial body, equivalent to several galaxies connected together. In view of the black celestial body.
The celestial body is the result of the lack of order. It can be said that the order there has been almost shattered. Now we can only use the sovereign hub to forcibly bind it to prevent the world from falling apart."
Tavel was the most qualified expert present, and she directly told everyone the consequences of this situation: "That is to say, the security core is no longer able to undertake the 'opening the door task'."
Abyss Xiling nodded: "We can think of bridge building as a common bridge project. It requires two very strong 'bridge piers'. The core of tranquility is the bridge pier on our side. I spent a long time carefully thinking about it."
Adjust the world, but the big explosion destroyed the balance of the tranquil core... The expert team is still trying to save that universe, but it is still almost 'dead'."
Although I don’t really understand those too professional things, I instinctively think that a separate universe is easier to solve than the startup end. After all, the latter is made of countless world hearts as raw materials, and it also uses a system that sounds quite tall.
The technology, and the Serenity Core is the result of Abyss Xiling's adjustment, so it shouldn't be too difficult technically, at least Abyss Xiling is fully aware of the whole process.
However, after hearing my guess, Abyss Xiling could only spread his hands and shake his head: "It's not that simple. It is not technically difficult to modulate a tranquil core, but it takes time. Everyone still remembers the process of building a bridge, right? We need to build a tranquil core
Open the door to a huge abyss. This door may be bigger than the giant abyss that destroyed the old empire. Therefore, the "open world" will be under great pressure. In order to relieve this pressure, in addition to opening a large void in
In addition to creating a peaceful environment within the scope, I am building a 'tranquil core'. I use the inert abyss to subtly transform a suitable universe. Let it slowly adapt to the abyss environment, and even become a kind of world between the orderly world and the inert abyss.
Only in this way can it persist in the 'opening stage' of building the bridge. This kind of transformation takes a long time, and also has high requirements on the world structure. Not every world can do it - it must be enough from the beginning.
To be stable, it must have just the right size and information capacity. After the abyss door appears inside it, it will have to go through a long and painful running-in before the abyss becomes inert. There is another point: even we cannot control the phenomenon of the abyss opening.
The appearance of the door is random, and creating a tranquil core is more like luck: the world parameters and conditions must be suitable, and the gate of the abyss must appear. The scale of the gate of the abyss must be moderate. I built a tranquil core
It’s not easy.”
I couldn't help but smack my lips when I heard such a lot of restrictions: "Is it equivalent to winning hundreds of times in a row in football lottery?"
Sandora immediately glared over with a vicious look.
Okay, I know I’m getting down to business now. But I’m not out of line if I complain occasionally. I really feel this way: When I first saw the Serenity Core, I just felt that the universe was so strange, but I never expected that it would be so strange.
It took so much energy from Abyss Xiling!
If we really regard building a bridge as an ordinary civil engineering project, then the starting point is the bridge piers on both sides. The large-scale void calm area is the river bank that meets the geological standards. What is the role of the universe of "Quiet Core"? It should be similar to a foundation.
Or is it the cement grouting column that connects the bridge pier and the river bank? I don’t seem to know much about civil engineering...
"There is only one Serenity Core?" Sandora bit her lower lip. The difficulty of the situation made Her Majesty the Queen feel quite overwhelmed. "It sounds like this kind of universe is indeed difficult to build, but you have prepared one for so many years.
Serenity core?"
"There are indeed two spare universes, and they are also called 'Quiet Cores'. Dragging them to the Quiet Zone can replace the No. 1 Quiet Core," Abyss Xiling replied. But before everyone could get happy, she threw
A basin of cold water, "I have to remind you that since it is an alternate universe, it must have flaws. You also know how uncontrollable the process of preparing the Serenity Core is. It is not something that can be mass-produced. It is more like an original handmade product.
, so the quality of each Tranquility core is uneven, and the other two backup universes are just barely usable - I'm still a little sure if the startup end is intact, but now we may have to forcibly build a bridge if the core of the startup end collapses.
, shoddy bridge piers and rubbish foundation, you are willing to die and I am too lazy to bury them..."
Me: "...Where did you learn this weird way of speaking?"
"Your database, didn't you give me some reading rights last time and suggest that I learn the rules here?" Abyss Xiling looked over here, "It was said to be helpful for integrating here, but I found it useless.
People still reject me, but the way I talk is really interesting."
I immediately wanted to complain again, but I was worried that I would be bitten half to death by Sandora, so I held it in and did not dare to speak. However, even if I did not speak, I was still punched by Sandora: "Arjun, you usually can't leave after you have done your business."
Are there a bunch of weird 'personal hobbies' attached?"
I chuckled: "Ha... let's talk about business, let's talk about business."
Abyss Xiling spread his hands: "We've finished talking about the business, there's just so much bad news, do you want more?"
I couldn't help but look expectant: "...Then there's no good news?"
"This really doesn't exist."
I:"……"
Sister Sheila looked up at the ceiling, and after a few seconds she suddenly let out a long sigh: "We have worked so hard to survive, but now we have to rely on our luck to bet on whether we can survive this catastrophe? To be honest, I don't like this feeling very much.
"
"I don't like anyone, but the situation is stronger than the person," Xingchen's face can't see any pressure until now. I don't know if it's just a simple heart or if his expression bag is not full. Anyway, he has always been neither arrogant nor impetuous.
He smiled warmly, "It can't be said that it's all about luck. After listening to it, I feel that there is still a lot of room for us to operate, and even in the worst case scenario, we can postpone the catastrophe for a while - The Abyss
Didn't Xiling say that forced activation on the startup side has a certain effect? As long as there is still a buffer, everything is possible. We can discuss it with our compatriots on the other side to see what they can do."
"That's right," Sheila scratched her hair, "Their inheritance is much stronger than ours."
"That's it, the meeting is over today," I stood up, "...the amount of information is too much, I have to sort it out when I get back."
Everyone nodded, saying they wanted to go back and sort things out, and soon everyone left.
There are only three people left in the huge room: Sandora, me, and Abyss Xiling. We still have some things to talk to her about.
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