"Actually, there are many imperial expeditionary troops fighting outside. Apart from the Vengeance Army, there are also several armies that were not in the Empire area at the time. Do you know why I chose the Vengeance Army as the 'fire'?"
Abyss Xiling looked into my eyes and asked such a question.
Of course I was also curious: the Xiling Apostles are a very aggressive race. Even after the era of great expansion is over, they will have a large number of troops fighting outside at any time. Not the only one, she and her Avenging Army were just one of the armies that went on an expedition back then—since they were not in the Empire Zone, they all had a chance to be preserved as fire seeds. Why did Abyss Xiling choose the Avenging Army as the "fire seed"
Abyss Xiling didn't sell anything: "There are many reasons. The first is that the Vengeance Army ran the farthest at that time. The 'distance' between them and the Empire District was safe enough, so it was the most suitable to be preserved. The second was the configuration. The Vengeance Army was at that time It has the most complete configuration, a supreme commander, a basic corps, and the most important front-line host, all of which are indispensable for revival. Finally, it is related to the world they happened to pass by at that time: there is a special world in that world. The reaction of the abyss. At that time, I didn't know things like bridge building and void structures, and even the civilization on the other side only had a preliminary understanding, so I still didn't understand how the inert abyss came from, but I knew it was not fatal …”
I was a little curious: "How are you sure it's not fatal? At that time, the Empire hadn't studied the Inert Abyss, right?"
"It's just that there is no large-scale research," Abyss Xiling laughed. "The empire has been dealing with Abyss for so many years, but it hasn't been a constant war. Regardless of other things, every sky area that is good at scientific research has a special Abyss project. However, Occam's deep dive project is the most daring and leading one, so it has a high sense of existence. In fact, some unpopular research groups discovered the existence of the inert abyss at the time, but the scale of research in this area has always been small. In the final analysis, it is Because the inert abyss is rare and non-renewable, in most cases, researchers can't even find examples for analysis, so they can only rely on pure theory to guess, so there were not many people who studied the inert abyss back then, knowing it There are not many people, and like Sandora, who devotes all his energy to fighting, and all scientific research projects are also developing weapons, the emperor is of course even less accessible. Although information is shared across the empire, everyone only has their own opinions on the shared database. Get what you need, no one knows everything.”
I immediately understood that Abyss Xiling was right. The inert abyss is not like the regular abyss everywhere. Its rarity can be compared with Lilina's conscience. Not to mention anything else, the protoss family has a great career. After so many years of accumulation, they have not been able to conduct systematic research on the inert abyss, which can explain the problem.
It seems that in the old empire era, someone had studied the matter of the inert abyss, but due to the scarcity of samples and the fact that most people focused on Project X back then, these studies failed to form a climate, and the remaining information was more It is rare. Under normal circumstances, this kind of unpopular research should soon be lost in the vast amount of information, but because Abyss Xiling is a network cluster consciousness, all the information circulating on the data network will fall to her, so these things was retained.
"Fortunately, your life form is special," I felt sincerely. "Information is productivity, and you won't miss anything... So you infer from the nature of the inert abyss that it is not fatal? Did you deduce it yourself or did it at the time?" Has this research been concluded?"
"This research has already come to an end, but the scientist in charge of this project failed to make it to the end. He was transferred to participate in the X project, so I finally deduced this conclusion myself," the expression on Abyss Xiling's face seemed a little bit Proud, "Although I was originally a program group similar to a super administrator, but with sufficient data resources and computing power to support it, my own research...or derivation ability is no worse than any researcher."
"So you deliberately want the Vengeance Army to infect the Abyss of Inertia? Why?"
"Believe it or not, back then I wanted to know what it would be like to let the apostles of Xiling retain their sanity after infecting the abyss." The embryonic form of "Apostle" or "Apostle of the Abyss", but at that time I was not sure what the situation would be after infection, and naturally there was no concept of "Apostle of the Fallen" and "Apostle of the Abyss". Now it seems that this should be a The degree of infection: the fallen apostle is a person who is severely infected, possesses sanity, has a great change in temperament, and has an uncontrollable destructive desire; the apostle of the abyss is a person who is less infected, possesses sanity, has a slight change in personality but still maintains his original nature—I didn’t expect such a thing back then I just thought that if someone can survive the infection and retain the ability to think, maybe they will find a new way to resist the abyss. Then I did this: Let the revenge army contact the inert abyss that is not fatal. Use my The sentence I saw in the database just now is that a dead horse is a living horse doctor. Anyway, they have stumbled into a polluted world by mistake. By chance, all the conditions are met, so let them be the test subjects of the last experiment Well, I can’t die anyway, and it might become a new branch—that’s what I thought back then: the Xiling apostles who were infected and retained their sanity should be regarded as a new branch. It’s just that the later development was a bit unexpected... "
"You didn't expect Sandora to be the only one infected?" I thought about the situation of the Vengeance Army, "Their combat effectiveness seems to be a bit beyond your calculation."
The expression of Abyss Xiling is very strange: "It's not just as simple as exceeding the calculation, it can resist an abyss gate for tens of thousands of years under such circumstances, and in the end Sandora jumped into the gate by herself and came out unscathed , this willpower has simply changed..."
I looked at her with an unkind expression: "Be careful, then I'm a daughter-in-law."
Abyss Xiling: "... Well, let's not talk about this topic. In short, this matter was indeed arranged by me. The idea at the time was to make the revenge army have resistance or adaptability to the abyss. This is also a double Insurance: Even if my 'safety barrier' fails and the revenge army runs into the abyss area, they still have a high chance of surviving. Now it seems that this plan has many loopholes, but you should understand that my understanding of the abyss was limited back then. It’s been a lot of planning so far.”
Lilina has been quiet since just now, and at this moment she finally couldn't control it anymore. She rubbed against me like a kitten, and then looked straight at Abyss Xiling: "Then your understanding of Inert Abyss should be Is it more than before? What the hell is that?"
"I have a guess," Abyss Xiling showed that inscrutable smile again, and I knew she was going to explode again when I saw this expression. Sure enough, I almost slipped off the chair as soon as this guy opened his mouth, " Maybe someone built the bridge before us..."
Before I could speak, Lilina was the first to jump up: "Didn't you say that no one has stopped the previous catastrophe?"
"I'm just saying that I haven't been stopped by 'success'," Abyss Xiling said sternly, "According to the information from the other side, the previous cataclysms have indeed erupted at full capacity, but this does not mean that no one has tried before. Bridge building, maybe there are many bridges, but they all failed. After all, even the other side dare not guarantee that things in this regard: they are also a civilization that was born after the catastrophe in the last season, and they don’t know what happened in the cycle of the previous season. What. According to my understanding of the inert abyss, the nature of this thing is very similar to the radiation released after the bridge is successfully built. If this is true, then the reason for its weak pollution is easy to understand: this thing has A part of the 'opposite shore' attribute, of course it doesn't do much harm to the world of order on 'this side'. The reason why Sandora cannot be purified by void creatures after being infected is also very simple: because it has no effect on the world of order on this side. Harmful, since it is harmless, it will naturally not trigger the purification."
"Harmless bastard," I couldn't help muttering, "Have you seen Sandora's abyssal form? She struggled with that claw for a long time. And on the planet where the Vengeance Army was trapped The abyss is full of disasters, there are little monsters everywhere, and the Ultraman of the two armies will be dropped in the blink of an eye..."
"I don't know what your metaphor is about, but this kind of harm is acceptable," Abyss Xiling spread his hands, "Compared to the highly active abyss, this pollution is mild enough. It only has a part The 'opposite shore' property has not yet reached the level of complete safety."
I lowered my head and pondered. The bombardment of a lot of information these two days seems to have made me resistant. Even if I heard another shocking guess, I can still maintain this state of calm thinking. After thinking for a while, I finally remembered one thing: "In this way... I remember that there is an abyss gate in the God Realm... Father God said that it was left before the catastrophe in the last season!"
"I've heard about the gate of the abyss, but unfortunately I haven't seen it with my own eyes," Abyss Xiling nodded, "Its stability is the strongest of all the inert abyss, and it has even surpassed the concept of the inert abyss. It is basically stable. It is completely harmless. If there is a chance, I would like to study that thing, maybe it can help the 'Dayue'."
"Do you think that thing is the pier left over from the last bridge?" Lilina snorted and leaned in front of Abyss Xiling. Nature but no pollution, it looks like a space channel... ”
"But its bottom is closed," I patted Lilina's head, and said before Abyss Xiling spoke, "It's a fixed space with a bottom, although the Protoss haven't fully understood the nature of its space, But it doesn't look like it can reach the other side."
Lilina rolled her eyes: "It's not easy? The bridge collapsed. This guy has already said that the previous bridges have never been successful."
"Perhaps the child's guess is right." Abyss Xiling glanced at Lilina, "This is a field that neither you nor I have understood, and all guesses are valuable. When Father God comes, you can tell him Bring it up."
"He's due to come soon. I'm really looking forward to what will happen when the two of you meet," I pulled Lilina to stand up, "That's it, I'll withdraw first—you continue to study high technology."
After saying goodbye to Tavel and Abyss Xiling, Lilina and I left the research center and went to the World Tree Temple as planned. Lilina didn't say a word along the way, she just frowned and pretended to be very deep, looking at this little guy who was only 1.09 meters, but always showed the final boss temperament, I couldn't help but want to tease her She: "What are you thinking? Conspiracy?"
"Boss, don't be like this, I'm busy working hard for the empire," Lilina blocked my fingers from poking her head, "After all, we have fought against Abyss Xiling for so many years, at this time you Allow me to conspiratorially speculate, right?"
"The world is bright, but the mind is very dark." I remembered my sister's evaluation of Lilina, but then I nodded, "Of course your thinking is quite normal, not only you, but Sandora and I dare not fully trust you now. What about that guy. I have to wait for her to take out all the information, and then conduct joint research with the protoss to determine whether what she said is true. But it seems that what she brought is quite useful now."
Lilina hummed, and then she didn't speak, but continued to follow me with a wrinkled face and turn her bad thoughts. In this way, we came to the World Tree Temple together, and then found that Lin and Uncle Kenser were in the temple square.
Why are these two here
It is said that Lin and Kenser are Ding Dong's subordinates, and it is not surprising that they came to Ding Dong's temple, but the problem is that although the five-member protoss team is nominally the "God Realm's Goodwill Ambassador and Office in Xiling", in fact These few people are really lazier than the other. Needless to say, Ilsen is disgusting and handsome who only knows how to show his face on the street besides eating and waiting for death. Even Monina usually prefers to study in the kitchen One day, I don’t want to come to the temple area to do some serious business. Uncle Kenser is a seemingly loyal and kind old man, but he seems to have nothing but knowing twenty ways to put children to sleep and memorizing the discount dates of all supermarkets in the city. Yes, Lin is pretty well-behaved on weekdays, but it’s a pity that she’s not doing enough to make things happen, even if she wants to do something serious, I dare not get too close to her... To sum up, basically none of the protoss five-member group can come in handy. The only practical person turned out to be the most unreliable Bingtis: Although Sister Bing has a personality problem, she is not sloppy in her work. She is always running back and forth between the God Realm and the Empire. , I can't tell Sandora anything wrong with this.
So I was very surprised that these two appeared in Temple Square.
According to the usual rhythm, this o'clock should be when Lin and Uncle Kenser are watching TV at home, or when they follow Monina to the streets to harm the good people. Why do they have time to come to the temple area? Conscience found out that I intend to perform the duties of an ambassador, and come to the temple area to sign something
"Yo," I dragged Lilina forward to greet the two gods, "It's so strange, when was the last time you came to the Jingle Temple to report?"
Uncle Kenser greeted me with a lukewarm smile, and then looked at the World Tree: "There are two people coming today, and Lin and I are here to greet you. By the way, we registered in advance—we must have no bad rules."
I waved to the other party, God Realm and Shadow City have to register when visiting each other, but in fact this is just a formality. The top-level civilizations like the Protoss and Xiling, which are already at the apex and have no material and territorial disputes at all, have no possibility of conspiring with each other unless they are full and tear their faces, just like two people soaked in a pool. Do it because of robbing the water source (this analogy is very strange, but you can just listen to it), as long as Starfield and Xiling are still in the order camp, they will never be able to fight, so the traffic management between Shadow City and God Realm is basic. The above are all in the nature of going through the motions, the main purpose is just to prevent too much pressure on this traffic line. Once this direct channel can be expanded, I am afraid that even the step of "registration application" will be omitted.
But Uncle Kenser is still a serious person anyway (in fact, I was quite ashamed when I said this). He deliberately emphasized that he had registered in advance, and I could only smile to express my appreciation for his selfless attitude. Style up.
"Let the two of you come and greet yourself, is this an important person from the God Realm?" I looked at the World Tree curiously, and said to myself that I hadn't heard of any big people coming from the God Realm recently, and God Father planned to come over in a few days, but It must be too early to appear now, and Father God also has a characteristic when he comes over, that is, he usually does not go through the "main entrance": Father God's habit is to swim from the void by himself, then walk on the earth for half a day, and finally leave from K City Bus Terminal Take a taxi to our house and buy a leek box along the way...
Anyway, I have never seen him come out of the Temple of Life, maybe he is also more afraid of seeing Ding Dong's seven-handed system full of holes.
Uncle Kenser smiled gently: "It's not a big shot, but it's actually two of us believers."
"Believers?" I glanced at them in surprise, "Come to visit? Are you still welcoming them in person?"
"I'm here to report on work," Uncle Kenser said cheerfully, "It's not to greet him, the main reason is that the kid doesn't know his way, and I'm afraid he will get lost."
Lin also explained next to her: "The one in my house is not lost, but she has a bad temper. I'm afraid she will quarrel with someone here and get beaten up..."
I broke out in a cold sweat when I heard Lin's words: "Why is Shadow City so dangerous?"
Lin shrank her head and looked around, then nodded vigorously with a frightened face: "Yeah!"
I'm depressed, it's her own problem that this guy usually gets angry, it has nothing to do with the folk customs of Shadow City, okay, and then again-except for being molested at home, Lin never suffers in Shadow City , It is said that a while ago, Bubble organized a cute girl competition in Shadow City on a whim. Lin is a dark horse contestant known as "the king of soft, cute and flat-chested rookies"... Oh, it may be that after that, the surge in popularity made this girl I was startled.
Anyway, just when I was having wild fantasies in my mind, the teleportation rune on the temple square suddenly lit up: the disciples of Kenther and Lin have arrived. RS