Star Empire

Countless scenes and stories passed before Kriz's eyes.

They also passed under the strokes of those void survey radars that were watching Kryz.

Sometimes, the story will come to an abrupt end - that is when the target he wants to explore reaches the "boundary" of his current authority.

…

"I wonder what he will think after seeing this? Will he have a deeper understanding, a feeling of enlightenment, or will he feel that... the world is not what he thought?"

"It's possible. After all, the ability to directly involve narrative can actually be said to be "troublesome" - the sample is too small, and we cannot predict its development path more accurately. At the same time, it is difficult for everything around to preserve such an individual. Enough "secrets", compared to the average individual at the same time, he can see too much. The impact of seeing too much information at the stage when concepts are still forming may be greater than we expected. To be profound..."

"...Take a step and look at it. Except for issues that touch the bottom line, try to follow his own choices. This is also the order of the emperors. They must have considered these concerns of ours more than once."

"Um……"

In the vast expanse of space, there are not many native stars left, so in the test site, except for a few golden lights that can penetrate all the structures of time and space, the space here is very close to pure darkness.

However, as time passed, there were a few faint beams of white light in the deep black pure space. These white lights are wrapped around an irregular "point". They are constantly jumping and flowing as if they are alive, outlining the boundaries of the "point" they surround - it is a human-shaped point!

"Is that what the "narrative singularity" looks like?" In the void survey radar, the soldiers responsible for analyzing the story looked at the human figure curiously, and then looked at each other.

"maybe?"

…

"The light is fading."

"Void Sky Survey Radar Story Recording and Analysis Frequency Reduced."

"Remote mental signals detect fatigue information."

"There are no major fluctuations in the target's physical parameters, and it is currently confirmed that the target is in good physical condition."

"The test environment is stable and there are no bad control areas or black space areas."

"Start to obtain remote communication... The target's mental condition is stable, the target needs to rest, and there are no other abnormal conditions. Complete the communication and begin to recover the target."

“…the beacon is not doing its job.”

"This is a good thing..."

Looking at the dissipating faint track left by the Linyuan Ship, the people who were remotely monitoring the experiment at the site and other monitoring facilities breathed a sigh of relief. After confirming that there was no abnormality at the scene, the beacon anchored to the world began to gradually stop functioning.

The function of these beacons is to guide the general flagship into the field.

…

"So tired... This time I feel very different, my body seems to be melting..." Kriz, who was slumped on the seat and was weak, muttered with a weak breath that only he could detect. It sounded like talking in a dream. , as if he would fall asleep the next moment.

"Thank you." The teacher as his "guardian" said with his hand beside him, "The return trip may be slower, you can choose to rest for a while first."

"...Huh? Slower down?"

"Yes, it's for safety's sake. After all, you said yourself that "you feel like your body is about to melt." Reducing variables and increasing the number of jumps can effectively improve safety."

"Oh..." Kriz blinked and began to think about what he could do during the rest of the voyage - sleep for a while? That's not quite right. Although I feel tired, it's not sleepy yet. Looking at what you have learned before? Forget it, so as not to turn everything you have learned into a mess. Get some entertainment? There seems to be no relevant facilities here...

After much deliberation, he opened the interface of the Empire Core News Network and prepared to pass the rest of the time by watching the news.

"The first news... The Empire's 3568th regular expedition has successfully concluded... Wait, the 3568th regular expedition?!"

"Well... you may not be exposed to this part for too long. Of course, the content you are exposed to at this stage may not be too deep - the empire has been conducting regular expeditions and has eliminated them as a re-implementation. stage after stage of “glorious revival” of the dross of the past.”

"oh……"

Kriz continued to flip through the data stream in front of him. Soon, another piece of news attracted Kriz's attention: Marion Wheeler, the Emperor of the Eighteenth District, established the Imperial Council and the National Standards in the just-concluded Imperial Emperor's Council. At the fifth meeting of the Consultative Conference on Regulation and Amendments, he used his own power to once again reject all applications for the adoption of new norms and amendments to the norms with one vote.

Including "Star Empire Void Navigation Safety Specifications—GF 1 168 350 000 000-22", "Star Empire World Construction Process and Parameter Standards—BZ 1 160 050 000 000-6", "Star Empire Hub Node Minimum Safety" A large number of new imperial specifications including the Standards and Reference Atlas - TJ 1 168 500 000 000-3 cannot be adopted and applied. His Majesty Wheeler once again requested modifications to many of the parameters... At present, the relevant work is in progress.

"Revise the specification? Speaking of which, the specification I have seen before seems to be the weights and measures specification, and it seems to have been used for a long time..." Kriz blinked in a daze, "Why do you have to reject it so many times... Teacher, you know..."

"No, xs4028, the teacher doesn't know either."

"oh……"

Fatigue finally turned into sleepiness, and Kriz leaned on the seat and fell into a deep sleep.

A new safety belt made of streamers was gently buckled on his body. The seat began to adjust its angle and form a new field, helping Kriz to feel as comfortable as possible.

The small shuttle is parked deep in the huge Abyss Ship. The environment here is stable and quiet. Without activating more functions, the internal structure of the shuttle can be said to be extremely simple. There are not many protruding equipment and control surfaces inside the columnar space surrounded by golden walls. If it were not If you understand more, most people will probably think that this is a model at first glance.

Outside this "model", the Abyssal Boat, with its wings capable of blocking the light of the galaxy group, flies slowly. It reduces the impact of a single information offset difference on the internal environment by increasing the number of jumps. Reduce the pressure that the information offset difference may bring to the important entities it carries. Divided into multiple slow jumps, the environment inside the ship is almost the same as being in a stable world.

It is precisely because of this that many things that may be interrupted due to the impact of information drift can be connected here without being affected.

For example...dreams, extraordinary dreams.

…

"……where is this place?"

Kriz frowned, finding himself in boundless darkness.

"No traces of invasion, no traces of attack, fluctuations in the Hume index were found... Is this a dream?" Kriz tried to move himself in this darkness, but this darkness had no frame of reference, and he himself couldn't feel it at the moment. What's going on with my body - maybe, my current self is really a point?

He flew aimlessly like this until a blur of bright color appeared in his field of vision.

"what is that?"

He flew towards the looming bright color. As the light gradually amplified, he discovered that the light gradually took on the appearance of a huge circular table, and around the circular table, there were nearly a hundred blurry figures evenly surrounding it.

"Your Majesty Wheeler, you are wasting our time..."

"Huh? Who?" Kriz asked immediately, but he soon discovered that his will had not spread out, and those questions were just echoes ringing deep in his heart. At the same time, more and more words began to come out intermittently from the group of light that had revealed a vague shape.

"Your Majesty Wheeler, your suggestion makes no sense - the modifications you propose are simply unreasonable. You require modifications to almost all safety parameters of the specification. However, many of the changes you request only need to be made in the part after the decimal point. Fine-tuning, and many of those safety parameters themselves are more than five or even six figures..."

"Not to mention how much or even whether such a subtle change will affect the final result. The Standard Review Committee and countless related professional departments have spent extra time many times to make changes to meet your requirements, but you still Changes like this continue to be requested, and each request is different...You should know that even for such minor adjustments, all specifications and parameters must undergo a thorough review and testing."

"Your Majesty Wheeler, everyone has their own things to be busy with, everyone has their own things to do."

"..."

"Your Majesty Wheeler, I hope you can give a reasonable explanation."

"...There is nothing to explain. As long as I am still the emperor, as long as I still have a veto power, these parameters must be changed according to my requirements, no matter how subtle they are, you seem to be unreasonable. If there is no correspondence changes, it is impossible for them to pass the final review.”

"you……"

"These are...the news from before? So is this an illusory scene that I dreamed about or is it real?" Kriz flew around the venue several times, but he found that he seemed to be able to only watch from a distance. A bystander, even though he seems to be close at hand, cannot place himself in the venue.

"...So, what do you two think about this matter?"

"...Since Wheeler gave his opinion so firmly, it must have meaning...just follow his request."

"But……"

“There are no ‘bad guys’ here.”

"……yes."

"No bad guys? Here?" Kriz couldn't see the meaning behind these words. But before he had time to think about it, the vast nothingness suddenly shattered into pieces. The fierce bright light seemed to tear apart some kind of veil, and something seemed to be mixed with the sky and smashed down hard towards the ground... …

"xs4028, xs4028, wake up..."

"Um……"

"How are you? Are you okay?" The shouts came from far and near, waking Kriz from the chaotic dream.

"Teacher, I dreamed of some strange scenes..."

"...Okay, teacher knows. You don't have to worry too much. Just go back and have a good rest. If there are still questions, I will contact you as soon as possible."

"yes……"

"Refresh yourself. We'll be home soon. Let's go back and have a good rest."

As a series of thick hatches slowly opened, the light shuttle quickly flew out of the long and wide passage of the giant ship.

Kriz activated part of the ship's scene refraction function, so that he could see the scene outside the protective shell with his own eyes - the shuttle was like a small firefly, flying out of the boundless mouth, in time. It has been flying for a long time, but the boat behind the Abyss still has no other structure. The exits are no different from the earth or a giant wall with a huge mouth. But other than that, there seemed to be nothing else behind him.

"It's really hard to imagine that such a huge entity can be put to good use." Kriz thought, but the next moment, he realized that the scene reflected in front of him was no longer a giant wall or the earth. It's a starry sky...a starry sky that has changed a bit, but is still familiar to me.

"How come the stars have become so dim...but some have become much brighter than before." After stepping off the shuttle, Kriz immediately discovered something unusual in the sky.

"Oh, Kriz, you're lucky." Kriz looked behind him, and his teacher and the group of silent guards walked down the gangway, "The world we live in It can also be regarded as a distribution hub. If there are arrangements, the imperial fleet may disperse or gather from here - the regular expedition has just ended, and the integrated imperial fleet should continue to distribute to other areas from here. This is rare. Scenes."

Everything seems to be happening at exactly the right moment. As the words fell, a new vision appeared in the starry sky.

In the dim space structure, based on those few particularly dazzling bright stars, a series of magnificent chains formed by loose hexagonal structures began to emerge layer by layer. It was as if new structures were painted on the closed layers, and they soon occupied the entire sky, shining like a sea of ​​fire.

"You can take a good look, this is something allowed. Moreover, such an opportunity is relatively rare. The current interval between expeditions is about 300 million years, and the expedition fleet does not take the same path every time. Such a scene It can only be said that it is something that can be met but cannot be sought.”

"Load observation permission...load simplified algorithm..."

Kriz turned his attention to the large-scale filaments flowing in space.

"Wait, those points...are they fleet matrices?!" Kriz was suddenly shocked, but recalling what he had seen and learned, he quickly regained his composure - after all, the actual natural world The same is true for the large-scale filamentous fibers/nets/shells and other structures that exist in the universe. In every picture taken from the ultra-deep observation field, one of those light points represents a place in distant space. in the galaxy.

The scenes before us are indeed shocking, but considering that the empire's technological system has far exceeded the reach of most of the natural world's interior, it is not unexpected that such things can be artificially created.

He continued to look, his eyes continuing to penetrate into the depths of those fleet matrices. He found that the distances within the fleet matrix and between the fleet matrices seemed to be quite far - so far that if he stood on one of the ships and looked around, the other ships around him might be just like stars generated in nature. The size of a light spot. At the same time, those "light spots" seem to be able to accurately express themselves at such a long distance, which is somewhat contradictory to some of my ordinary intuitions.

"There are so many shapes of spaceships... planet type, bionic type, hybrid type... why are there bugs?! Are they... alive?!"

"There are so many types and such a large scale... If the expedition fleet is going to operate like this, what kind of enemies will they face... Wait, how can they act in a unified manner?! Huh?!"

A hand pressed on Kriz's shoulder.

"By the time you get to advanced education, most of your problems will be solved."

"teacher."

"Now...appreciate them more, don't treat them as research projects, just treat them as rare wonders."