"Return record?" I was stunned by the news brought by Lue, and I repeated it subconsciously, and then I suddenly realized that I threw myself in front of the elf girl, "That is to say, I escaped from the polluted old empire on the green star. After that, it returned again? But this return record can’t be found in the logbook, it was deleted by someone!?”
"I can't be sure to such a detailed level." Lue seemed to be taken aback by my excited attitude, and her neck immediately shrank: In addition to being extra "brave" when chasing Lilina, this elf girl is very brave. Timid, "The memory of the mother tree is a very vague thing, just like racial consciousness. After the second reading of us ordinary elves in the cycle of life and death, the records become even more vague, so we can only roughly determine The green star returned for a short time after leaving the polluted area. I don’t know whether it was an order from the planet’s core or was pulled by some other force. In addition, it is not sure whether the planet’s flight log has been modified... There are no traces on the log, It's just that there is no record of this return flight, but I can't find the deletion record, nor can I find any misplaced or missing places in the log."
Seeing me frowned and lost in thought, Lue added cautiously: "Mother Tree's memory is very vague, and I don't even have the time to return to the voyage, so there is no way to reverse the date of the log based on time."
I saw the nervous look on the elf girl's face, smiled and waved to her: "Relax, relax, I was a little surprised by your news... After successfully escaping and returning to the Ark in the Empire District, you are absolutely unprecedented. The first one. Zadom, you are Harlan's general, you should have been there when the Green Star was transformed?"
In the era of the old empire, the tree elves were the family of Harlan, but there was little time to understand each other: the catastrophe happened shortly after the tree elves were discovered by the empire and rated as "a highly intelligent race with development potential" Well, these long ears were sent to the ark without even having time to fight a battle behind Harlan. There are not many stories between them, so the old relationship between the two is often accidentally forgotten by me. But they themselves would never forget that after Harlan was incorporated into the new empire, the tree elves quickly recognized and got along with their former benefactor. Seeing that Zadom is also at the scene now, I know that he was also attracted by Lue's information, and he probably wants to help with the investigation.
"I can be sure that there is no problem with a predetermined program or automatic navigation device," Zadom nodded. Although he was the general in charge of the battle, theoretically he was not the designer and builder of Green Star back then, but it was chaotic at that time, Harlan The person who keeps his subordinates awake and can provide the final protection for the tree elves is this kind of soldier, so he also knows the situation of the green star quite well, "I went to the scene with the expert who was responsible for writing the navigation program, and the core of the planet itself is not faulty. , and there is no background program or the like. But there is really no way to determine whether the logbook has been tampered with by outsiders, and there is no evidence that it suddenly returned tens of thousands of years ago: it cannot be proved that there is, and it cannot be proved that there is no. From my personal opinion Come on... the sudden return of an Ark that had escaped the Empire Zone is inconceivable."
"The memory of the mother tree can't be wrong!" Lue said in a low voice but firmly. In the hearts of all tree elves, the mother tree has a special status. If you have to choose one from the voyage log or the mother tree If she believed it, she would rather choose the mother tree.
Although the original life memory is not as accurate as the logbook.
"I also believe in the memory of the mother tree." I half-raised my right hand to Zadom to express my support for the green calyx. It's meaningless, no one in the entire void will benefit from it. I believe that the logbook of the green star was deleted by someone, and the deletion method was clever without leaving any traces, but the person who did it obviously did not expect the mother tree to have such a magical racial memory traits. The eccentric gifts of mortals are things that even the gods occasionally confuse."
"Well, some experts really have the same idea." Zadom did not insist on his own intuition, but chose to trust the experts, and then he had a bit of regret on his face, "It's a pity that I helped the tree elves build the planetary core back then. All the scientists are dead, otherwise the planetary fortress should be better analyzed."
"When the green star set sail, there was no one else on it except the tree elves, right?" I wondered what possible explanations for this "return flight", and looked at Zadom curiously, "Including the apostles of Xiling, not listed advanced AI into the navigation system, and anyone else."
"No," Zadom said decisively, "The abyss spreads through the spiritual network, so no Xiling apostle is allowed to board the ark, and we cannot spread the pollution. This is the death order of His Majesty Harlan, and I believe no one will violate it." .”
"But what if the polluted apostles boarded the ark without anyone noticing?" I frowned. "The polluters don't accept the old orders."
This time Zadom paused, as if he was also shaken by this conjecture, but in the end he shook his head: "It's also impossible, the first point, when the green star set sail, we conducted a detailed inspection and confirmed that There is no one who is not on the list. The second point is that the polluted apostles are different from the fallen apostles that were born later. The former are completely crazy and chaotic creatures produced at the beginning of the disaster, while the latter are produced after a long time and have a strong temperament. A creature that has changed but is still sane. Your Majesty, you also know that the fallen apostles were partially purified under the influence of the power of the void creatures, which was not there in the early stage of the disaster, and those chaotic creatures... They don't know how to endure, and it is impossible to wait for the ark to fly out After a period of time, the normal apostles in the empire area were all wiped out before returning, they didn’t have this brain.”
Things seem to be at an impasse, and the information we currently have is far from being able to explain the problem of Green Star's return, so I no longer dwell on its cause, but focus on its result: "Lue, have you found any hidden dangers or damages on the planet? Traces? Or the… uh, 'body problem' of the tree elves themselves?"
During the long drift of the green star, the tree elves survived for so many years by sleeping in the dormant cabin, so it is very likely that the green star hastily returned to the abyss area to leave some negative effects, and these negative effects may remain In the body of the tree elf in a dormant state, they may not have discovered it until now.
"I haven't found anything abnormal yet," Lue shook her head. "The structure of the planet is somewhat damaged, but every damage can be found in the log, and it must have happened during the drifting process. The physical condition of the tree elf is also fine. The problem, we can get blessings and revelations directly from the Goddess of Life, God's eyes can see through everything, and we didn't find any problems after mass prayers."
Due to their innate affinity, the tree elves believed in Ding Dong on a large scale, but when I heard Lue's words of determination, I still couldn't help but look down at my chest pocket, and listen to the vaguely "click, click, click" Sound—this is Ding Dong secretly nibbling on a candy bar. I am too lazy to teach her not to eat in other people's pockets.
I wanted to say something, but in the end I didn’t say anything: In the professional field, Dingdang is really not that bad, and warning of the abyss and its derivative effects is the innate ability of the Protoss, which has nothing to do with intelligence. Lue said it’s okay. It should be really no problem.
"That is to say, except for the memory of the mother tree, there are no traces related to the return flight in the logbook, the planet itself, and the tree elves..." I frowned, and then suddenly remembered something, "In the early days of the green star's voyage, the planet When the fortress was in good condition, the tree elves had not collectively fallen asleep. At that time, you controlled the planet manually, and often came to live on the surface of the green star. During this period of time, the green star did not "return"—unless your whole family Memories have been falsified."
Lue nodded, and Zadom next to him also showed no surprises in agreement. Obviously, both of them have considered this issue.
"That is to say, the 'return flight' happened after the environment of the green star deteriorated," I concluded with a nod of my head, "the environment of the green star deteriorated, and the tree elves had to fall asleep in batches, and soon the whole family left the real world. Survive in the virtual world, at this time your planet suddenly returns to the Empire zone once, because everyone is asleep, so no one knows about it... Wait, someone should know!"
"Yes, the 'navigator' should know," Lue bit her lower lip, "This is also our biggest problem: During the tens of thousands of years of voyage, although most of the clansmen have entered the virtual world, the planet has always been monitored Yes, although the number of navigators is small, they have never been absent from duty, and no matter how short the return time of the green star is, it is impossible for those navigators to ignore it... This cannot be explained."
"Ask the navigators? What did they say?" I looked up at Zadom.
"No gain, the navigator confirmed that there was always someone on duty during the voyage of the green star, and that there were several navigators supervising each other at any time - they used this method in case someone fell into a state of insanity, and all the navigators were insane at the same time It is basically impossible," Zadom shook his head, "No one remembers the return record of the green star. After the planetary fortress left the polluted area, it fled all the way to the depths of the void, avoiding all imperial colonies according to the preset procedures. And the world with abyss response, the personal log of the navigator also confirms this. In addition, the personal log of the navigators has two copies, one is kept privately, and the other is put into the database for everyone to check and keep at any time. This is also to prevent someone from being insane and not being discovered in time. The tree elves are a very cautious race."
During the long drifting of the green star, the tree elves lived in the closed underground space for a long time, with fewer and fewer resources and aging spacecraft equipment, which brought great psychological pressure to them. Now they formulated a virtual world survival plan in time, and built something like a "projection paradise" in the center of the earth, which is enough to show that these long-eared creatures have the characteristics of tenacity and caution. Then the navigator, as the most elite part of the tree elves, the records they left should be authentic and reliable, and they have not been deleted due to insanity. At the same time, considering that the tree elves hadn't had time to master the operating skills taught by the empire, and they couldn't completely control the green star themselves, the situation that the navigators were insane and sailed back was further ruled out.
"Unless a fallen emperor like Sandora shot at that time and directly distorted all the memories of the entire planet, including the brains of the personnel and the data disks of the AI." I glanced at Zadom, but I also knew this conjecture It is even less likely, not to mention whether there is such a fallen emperor who can just catch up with the green star, even if there is, what is his motive
Let the escaped Ark go back to the polluted area for a circle before letting go, without any damage, without leaving any trouble, just to scare archaeologists after a few years? If there is a fallen emperor who really thinks this way, I can see the cuteness in him...
After thinking about it for a long time, it seems that no explanation can be found from the existing information. Although it seems that Green Star has not left any hidden dangers because of this "return", after all, it is related to the collapse of the old empire. Not to be taken lightly.
So I pulled the corner of my mouth and made a decision: "Take me to the mother tree to see the situation."
Anyway, I don’t have anything to do at the moment, and I am not a layman who can understand the profound things about deep diving projects. When Sandora and a group of experts are busy, as the leader of the empire, I must pretend to be diligent and caring for the people...
"The memory of the mother tree is only available when the tree elves are in a cycle of life and death..." Lue reminded subconsciously, and then seemed to have just realized, "Oh, by the way, you should not have this restriction."
I smiled, but considering that I am not sure if I can communicate with the mother tree, and the Ding Dong in my pocket is an idiot who can't even explain his own thoughts, I decided to call out some clever guy who can't get out of the chain come over. So I called out in my spiritual connection, and a bright portal appeared next to me, and a little girl in a princess dress almost jumped out of it: "Boss, boss, call me!" ?! Lilina said excitedly, do you want to serve the bed?"
I knew that there would be no good things to say about this product, but with Lue present, it seemed that there was no need to use a basket to deal with this girl. I picked up Lilina's neck and turned her to the tree elf girl in front: "Look who this is!" ?”
Lue looked in surprise at the "Envoy of Life" whom she admired so much, while Lilina bounced up in mid-air like an electric shock: "Old... Boss! You can't arrange a marriage! And I have a normal orientation, Boss! Boss, let it go!" I'm down, put me down..."
I threw Lilina to Lue, and opened the portal to the mother tree: "Let's go."
In the vast expanse of heaven and earth, boundless green rippling wantonly, thick vines and fresh green leaves are intertwined and spread all over the feet, from the layers of vines, even a little bit of soil color can not be seen, as if The earth is a plant, and a plant is the earth: the mother tree is the second most magnificent plant I have ever seen besides the world tree, and if it is not that it cannot have the divine brilliance like the world tree, this tree can cover a whole world. The "giant vine" of this planet may even rank first: at least the scale is very large.
Although the name is "Mother Tree", this is a name inherited from tree elf culture. In my eyes, this plant is more like a combination of vines and shrubs... But this classification is not correct, because it is in a certain place. Plant branches that look like trees will also grow on some "nodes". These are plants from other worlds, and there is no way to classify them with common sense from humans.
With the development of the empire in various fields, especially the cooperation between the space-time administration and the military command department, the understanding of various races has become more and more in-depth. Many races related to the empire have received a lot of benefits, and the family members most closely related to the empire Nature is the biggest beneficiary: the tree elf's mother tree was not only resurrected and reshaped by the power of the goddess of life, but also got a new "flower pot" about half a year ago, which is the special space specially allocated to the tree elf. It is mounted under the name of the shadow space, which is similar to the shadow space, but a smaller independent time and space. I sometimes jokingly call it the "Beijing Office" of the tree elves in the capital of the empire—as a task throughout the entire empire, The race of diplomats who have to deal with a lot of trivial matters every day should have a larger settlement in the shadow space.
Other servants also have their own bases in the shadow space, not limited to the shadow city. Some of them are assigned to a colony star, and some also get a small different space like the tree elves, but in general, the tree elves, this alien The spatial scale is the largest.
There are also some tree elf villages and towns on the nearby vines. They built houses directly on the branches of the mother tree to serve as offices, but they came here to communicate with the mother tree, so they didn't bother the locals.
Even though I am not an expert in life force, I can still feel the strong vitality in all directions here. I tried to spread my spiritual power to communicate with the green earth under my feet, but as I expected: what I got was only some hints. A vague, dreamlike feedback.
High-level spiritual power can indeed read the memory of the mother tree across races, but I can't read this peculiar "language", which should require more essential communication.
Lilina finally got my permission and broke free from Lu'e's arms. She looked like a spoiled doll in a mess. She gave me a look full of resentment, then sat down on the spot, and started talking to her mother. comminicate.
I took out Jingdong from my pocket, found a small gap between the nearest vines, and stuffed the small thing in: "Communicate with this plant, and see what happened to Green Star's return flight back then."
I have already told the little guy about the return of the green star through a mental connection, otherwise this guy who was busy stealing candy from the beginning to the end would have no idea what happened.
Dingdang looked around in a daze, and then realized, with a happy face: "Ha! Dingdang's leaves!"
… She finally remembered that the mother tree was saved by her leaves.
A burst of brisk breezy sound was sent to everyone's ears by the breeze. It seemed that the mother tree had also sensed the approach of the goddess of life and was welcoming everyone happily.
"It's strange..." Lilina did it faster than Ding Dong, but after she communicated with the mother tree, there was only more confusion on her face, "I have 'seen' the memory of this plant with my own eyes, and I have also seen the green tree. The vision of returning to the stars, but it feels... blurred, distorted, more like a dream."
I was taken aback for a moment: dreaming
Why does a starship that has escaped from the pollution zone dream of returning to the old empire! ? RS