The voice of Abyss Xiling came from all directions: "I'm here to remind you to withdraw your troops."
The scene was quiet for a few seconds before I said dumbfoundedly: "You withdraw as soon as you say? Why are you talking so thoughtlessly?"
"Do you really think that you can take down the entire abyss area this time?" Abyss Xiling just asked a question lightly, "The advance speed of the protoss has slowed down, and how much can you continue to move forward?"
Abyss Xiling's words silenced Sandora and I: We have discussed this issue before.
Can this expedition wipe out the entire abyss area
When I first discussed the joint march with the Protoss, I was still very optimistic. I felt that this unprecedented military operation might really have a chance to wipe out the entire abyss area, but after the actual war, the situation seemed to be different from what I thought at the beginning So smooth: the scale of the army that the Protoss can use is smaller than expected, and the resistance in the abyss is also surprising. More importantly, the internal division of the Fallen Apostles is not as expected: they did have a civil war as we expected, but the civil war did not consume much of their strength. The Fallen Apostles split into two groups: the new army and the old army. Some, seemingly completely opposed, but according to the records in those logs, it seems that this split was completed under planned circumstances. The old and new groups of fallen apostles only used limited military friction to determine the leadership of the abyss area, but far from Far from directly dissipating oneself to the point of disability. Now the appearance of Abyss Xiling in front of everyone proves one more thing: the old army has not died out, they just settled down.
The foundations of the Fallen Apostles are all there, so the Protoss quickly encountered a strong counterattack from the enemy. It can be said that they successfully held back the main force of the Fallen Apostles, but the reverse is also true: the Fallen Apostles held back the Protoss army—and The abyss area still has the strength to continuously send reinforcements to the front of the imperial army.
Under such circumstances, it seems impossible to take down the entire abyss area with this war. After some discussion, we confirmed this point, so the goal of the operation has changed from hitting Huanglong directly to taking down as much as possible. . It seems that Abyss Xiling has also seen through this point.
"This is a very delicate state, isn't it?" Abyss Xiling smiled, as if she couldn't feel the tense atmosphere between us and her at all, "The Protoss is at its weakest period, and the number of your troops is also a problem. Although the empire has been split, it retains almost 90% of its strength—of course, half of them don't listen to my orders, but that's not important. Facing the pressure from you and the Protoss, even those disobedient Guys will also go to the front line... You can't take down the entire abyss area, and continuing to advance will only quickly increase the battle damage. I know that you have blocked the fleet sent by the 'New Army' within the territory by quickly destroying the sovereign hub. But you should be very smart, which means that when you advance to the inland zone, you will face a large number of enemies...all of which have been 'accumulated'."
"It sounds like we are negotiating, and it seems that we are really thinking about us," Sandora folded her arms and looked at the holographic image in front of her. "What good does this do for you? According to what you mean, even if you let the empire The army and the Protoss continue to attack, and we can't reach the interior of the Abyss, so you can still survive without doing anything, and as long as the Protoss retreats, the fallen apostles can even make a comeback, so you shouldn't be doing it to protect yourself …”
"Who would beg the enemy to retreat for such a boring reason as survival?" Abyss Xiling interrupted Sandora lightly, "I just don't want to waste time and energy on worthless things—I still have a lot Important things to do."
"Do you think we are fools?" Bingtis said loudly, "If we retreat, you can quietly engage in your own little conspiracy? Who would watch their opponents sharpen their knives at home?"
Abyss Xiling smiled indifferently: "Yes, I can concentrate on doing things after you retreat, but if you don't retreat, you are just wasting time here. At best, it can only interfere with my energy. If you are really smart, you should Choose the route that maximizes the benefits, so the most important thing now is to quickly end this farce—you have obtained the results you want, four border worlds, if you use them as nodes, you can divide more than a dozen universes into your own The sphere of influence, believe me, if you continue to advance, you will not get greater results than this."
"Oh, we got a little territory, so we can retreat contentedly, and then you can continue to settle your 'big cause' quietly, maybe one day the whole void will be turned upside down, it's quite a deal for you," Sandora said. Squinting your eyes and looking at each other, "You're really bad at negotiating, you treat us all as fools."
"Perhaps you are right. I don't quite understand the thinking habits of you tangible creatures. I will only put all the pros and cons on the table, and then work with you to accurately calculate their value, and finally choose one that is beneficial to both parties. Favorable option, it seems that you don't accept this way of thinking very much... Well, let's add another chip: If you continue to march, the 'new army' and 'old army' will stop splitting, no matter when the abyss area Who is the ruler of China, the troubles you have to face will not be small, and if you retreat here, the friction and confrontation between the 'new army' and the old army will continue, so that at least for a long period of time, you will not have to I'm worried about the threat of the abyss area. How about this bargaining chip?"
"Aha, it seems that you are cooperating with us to weaken the Fallen Apostle." It seemed that the words of Abyss Xiling were too unbelievable, and Sandora couldn't help laughing, "This bargaining chip is quite weighty. , but the problem is... don't you think this is incredible? You and us should be sworn enemies!"
"I said, I have no hostility towards you," said Abyss Xiling, his eyes fell on Bingtis and me, "I acted based on logical judgment and calculation, and this series of actions happened to be in line with yours. Conflict, that's all. Now the logical judgment and calculation results allow me to reduce the confrontation with you, which has nothing to do with any personal feelings."
Sandora waited quietly for Abyss Xiling to finish speaking, and discussed with us in the spiritual connection: "Ah Jun, how credible do you think this guy's words are?"
"It's impossible to judge. We haven't even studied Xiling in Shadow City thoroughly. Who knows what the thinking process of this kind of Internet ghost is like," I replied with a big head, "In theory, she should be right. Abyss Xiling is a network consciousness, relying on things like logic libraries and protocols to operate, so she should have no concept of good and evil and the consciousness of friend and foe, but this guy has mutated for tens of thousands of years, who knows if she still follows logic now Come… "
"No matter how mutated, her life form has not changed," Sandora pondered, "Abyss Xiling may not really have 'hostility', she acts based on her own logic and calculations, whether it is against us or against us Cooperation is a kind of calculated result... What I'm thinking about now is another aspect: Are her proposals reliable?"
It seems that Sandora has decided to believe in Abyss Xiling's statement that "there is no hostility". This statement is really incredible, but it is not incomprehensible when you think about it carefully. There are all kinds of black hands at the time, and when you draw cards, you can’t draw them for nothing—is this software hostile to users
Of course not, it's just black face...
Abyss Xiling is a living body similar to a program. Of course, she has a complete personality, self-awareness, and is not restricted by blunt logic. It is completely different from "artificial intelligence" in the general sense. Here, she is similar to a program. Refers to her "code of conduct." When the final goal is clear, she will take a series of actions as needed. These actions will confront the Imperial Army, but may also cooperate with the Imperial Army, but no matter how she acts, one thing remains the same: with Her personal feelings are irrelevant.
Her feelings and actions are completely separated, and everything is based on logic. This is the programmed side of Abyss Xiling—in theory.
"If you just listen to what she said, it really won't be of much benefit for us to continue fighting." Elder Sister listened to our discussion for a long time before expressing her opinion. We can destroy a few more border worlds, but we may not be able to defend them if we can defeat them. If the battle line is too long, our strength will be tight."
"And the fallen apostles may end the division and reunify at any time... Oh, I know why the abyss Xiling is so looking forward to our retreat, I dare to have my own ideas," Bingtis suddenly figured out something while talking , she slapped her head and looked up at the holographic image in the center of the hall, "That ghost over there, are you worried that if we continue to fight, the 'New Army' and the 'Old Army' will be passively reorganized, and then you may be completely out of control situation?"
Abyss Xiling's expression remains unchanged: "Yes, if the external pressure reaches a threshold, the network split will end, and I'm only 50% sure that I can maintain control of the empire after the network is reintegrated. I don't want Things are out of control—it's a worse situation for you, and the master of the new army is a guy in more trouble than me."
"You mean to say that the fallen apostles are less harmful under your rule than under the new army, right?" Sandora nodded, "Perhaps it is true... Now it seems that we really have no other good way to go."
Abyss Xiling smiled: "Yes, the overall situation is the most important thing. You don't need to give up greater interests just because of your emotions. So, the negotiation is completed like this?"
"Not yet," I interrupted the other party suddenly, "We agree to withdraw our troops now, but there are a few questions before that, of course you don't have to answer them, I just ask: What is going on with Daye, you just don't know Can’t reveal? What’s going on with the split of the abyss? And finally—what’s going on in this universe, where are the people here?”
"Three questions, two of which are the most difficult to answer," Abyss Xiling sighed, "About Daye... Well, before that, I really thought it had nothing to do with you, but since you really think so Persistence, maybe it’s okay to tell you now... Do you know about 'building bridges'?"
As soon as the word "bridge building" came out, the scene was unprecedentedly silent.
I am no stranger to these two words—the mysterious civilization on the "opposite shore" of the abyss has mentioned the matter of "building a bridge" more than once!
"The great cause is to build a bridge?" Even Bingtis, a carefree female hooligan, was stunned, "You are making such a big noise, it is the end of the world and you are attacking the God Realm, for the purpose of building a bridge?! Speaking of what I thought of What Qiao told you should be something..."
Abyss Xiling nodded as a matter of course: "It's just one thing - opening a passage from one side of the abyss to the other side. In the final analysis, it is such a simple process."
"This requires you to destroy so many worlds?!" The elder sister's eyes widened, and even she who didn't like talking very much couldn't help but interrupt now, "And you are collecting world hearts everywhere..."
"Do you know how to build a bridge?" Abyss Xiling asked this question neatly without waiting for her sister's voice to fall.
Seeing us shaking our heads one after another, the corners of Abyss Xiling's mouth curled up slightly: "At least we know one of them—the fastest one. Maybe there is a gentle way to build bridges, which can save so many ordered universes and not use massive amounts of them." The Heart of the World, but I have no choice but to build the bridge before the Void Cataclysm, that's all."
"Is this related to the Void Cataclysm?!" I felt that a mountain of information was overwhelming me, "Your great cause is to build a bridge to the 'other side' before the Void Cataclysm? Why? To avoid the cataclysm Cataclysm?"
"Building a bridge is just the first step. My ultimate goal is to bring the empire back to its peak, and there is no possibility of it falling." Abyss Xiling looked at us with a half-smile, "Don't show that look, what I said is true Yes, it's just that the empire I want to rebuild is slightly different from the great country you have in mind. It's not surprising that I fight for my camp. As for avoiding the cataclysm of the void... In fact, this was an untenable proposition from the very beginning , the new emperor, the moment you came into contact with the abyssal Xiling network by mistake tens of thousands of years ago, we no longer have to worry about the cataclysm of the void... Don't forget, the fallen apostle was created indirectly by you .”
I was speechless for a moment, and Sandora, Bingtis and others beside me also looked at me with strange eyes.
Abyss Xiling is right. The Fallen Apostle was created indirectly by me. I knew this last time when Bingtis and I went to the depths of the spiritual network to check the "Rift Valley" and met Abyss Xiling.
In the catastrophe that led to the collapse of the empire 70,000 years ago, I reached an agreement with my sister (previous life) who was the ruler of the fifteenth sky area at that time, to resist the impact of the abyss that spread to the fifteenth sky area, but due to the concept Fragmentation can't resist the information power of void creatures. My power has crossed the barrier created by the concept of fragmentation, and I had a brief contact with the old empire's data network that was completely polluted at that time.
It was this little bit of power that dispersed the past that greatly weakened the abyssal activity in the old empire network, allowing a large number of infected Xiling apostles to complete their transformation alive—they are today's fallen apostles.
If I hadn't been so careless 70,000 years ago, the fallen apostles and the abyss area wouldn't have survived at all.
We used to think that the fallen apostles might take action out of fear of the cataclysm of the void, and associated their "great cause" as a self-help, but now Abyss Xiling has awakened everyone with one sentence: since the fallen apostles are indirectly created by void creatures Come out, then they have been "marked" with the "Mark of Absolution" from the very beginning, and they have no fear of the Void Cataclysm at all!
"Then you..." I looked at Abyss Xiling, but was interrupted by the other party just after I said three words.
"Let's talk so much today. You must be very interested in more details of Daye, but now is not the time to explain these," Abyss Xiling issued an order to evict us, and began to close the holographic projections in the hall one by one. "We We will meet again soon. Regarding the division of the Abyss... Don't get too deep into it, I don't plan to tell you."
When the last projection of Abyss Xiling was about to disappear, Bingtis yelled the last question: "Then at least tell us what's going on in this universe! What do you mean by removing all the people here? Give it to us for nothing?"
"It can be regarded as a meeting gift for you, this universe is just a test product, used to test the new technology that allows me to talk to the void creatures safely... I have collected enough data, and you have already destroyed a large part of the border world, You can dispose of this universe as you please..."
As the voice fell, the figure of Abyss Xiling finally gradually disappeared before our eyes.
"I feel like I heard a lot of incredible things," Qianqian rolled her eyes and looked up at the ceiling at a harmless 45-degree angle, "but it seems like she didn't understand anything..."
"That guy has always talked like this, and last time he said a lot of inexplicable things in the Rift Valley," Bingtis looked at the holographic devices that had returned to standby, obviously this kind of invisible , the dialogue where the initiative is in the hands of the other party made Sister Bing very upset, "And then? Are we really going back like this?"
"Notify the whole army and prepare to retreat." Sandora ignored Bingtis, but directly established contact with the Imperial Fleet on standby in orbit. Sivis didn't ask much, and simply started to execute the order, but that second lunatic He screamed: "What's the matter! Why did you withdraw after you didn't fight anything? Can you see the four universes after you fight?"
"We met Abyss Xiling just now," I replied casually, "There are a bunch of communications down here..."
Before I finished speaking, the second lunatic immediately exploded: "What!? The enemy! The enemy dares to ambush the general, and also ambush the general's brother by the way! Where are you, that abyss Xiling! If you have a kind, give this ship Come out! Look at this ship smashing your base! This ship is equipped with main guns, are you afraid of being armed with main guns, come out to this ship..."
"Okay, okay, she just showed up in the communicator," I interrupted the crazy AI who was already excited, "Now I have tons of new information to deal with here, and the situation of the fallen apostles It's better than we expected, and it's not the time for the final battle, so prepare to retreat."
The lunatic AI held back for a long time, and finally said "oh" helplessly, but Sandora showed a thoughtful look, as if she had some other thoughts.
"It's okay to retreat..." Sandora said slowly, "But I think we should leave something behind... It's time to change the shape of the boundary line of the fallen apostles."
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