"It's really a long-lost leisure time."
Sitting on the bench in the small park, I narrowed my eyes slightly and stretched comfortably in the warm morning sun.
It has been two weeks since the incident in the Koprulu sector ended, and a group of idle empire leaders returned to their daily lives. Qianqian regained her amazing vitality and began to drag a few small ones around the city. In the various playgrounds and theme parks in the city, Sikaro and his team of officers and soldiers are still fighting tenaciously in the campaign of encirclement and suppression. The elder sister and the little ghost are studying how to use Azeroth’s ingredients to make authentic flavors. Braised eggplant rice, and Sandora and I... Well, as the head of the empire, we really can't indulge ourselves like those heartless gangs, especially now that the fallen apostles have reappeared, we have been almost going to the shadows recently. Space running, of course, is also now.
By the way, being lazy and dozing off in Shadow City shouldn't count as leaving the post, right? Sandora came here to sneak together...
The place we are now is different from other areas of Shadow City. Although they all look the same modern urban scene, the obvious difference in style from the surrounding blocks still proves the particularity of this place.
A replica block of Academy City.
In order to give tourists from all over the world a more sense of belonging, many such special districts have been established in the shadow city. For example, the district where the Misaka sisters live perfectly replicates a part of Academy City, and even includes a The bustling commercial street voluntarily run by imperial soldiers and a middle school taught by imperial officers, Misaka sisters live, go to school, and rest here, and according to the information fed back from 10031, the younger sisters are very satisfied with all of this.
And in several other places far away from here, the Stormwind City, Silvermoon City, and Orgrimmar communities are also being established. Including the Misaka sisters, the residents of each world know each other's existence. Living in the gap between the planes, the mysterious city that has gradually become the hub of the world has been passed down among the worlds as a magical existence similar to Gensokyo. Only those who are regarded as legendary heroes in the world are eligible to come to this city to "serve the gods", but with the huge population base of several races, those alien districts with different styles have gradually become lively, and occasionally Things like a few Misaka sisters visiting the Tauren village by car, or a few Silvermoon City alchemists coming to give chemistry lessons to the Misakas are gradually becoming routine. How do you think that under the management of the establishment of this organization in Shadow City, travelers from various worlds with different concepts and cultures communicate with each other in an orderly manner with a sense of novelty and surprise? This is a good phenomenon.
With the empire at the center, it has gradually become a huge offensive and defensive united organization of worlds. This is the true meaning hidden in the joyful daily activities of the shadow space. Only the Salvation Army of Azeroth and the Vidis Allied Forces (strictly speaking, the Allied Forces of various countries are mainly composed of the Vidis Goddess Order, but because the Vidis Empire was the first to be selected by the "Savior" and the most powerful The powerful empire, this coalition has been habitually known as the Vidis coalition) and the magician troop of the forbidden world, but this speed of development is enough to make people gratified—and what is certain is that it has lost Once the Kepulu and Protos tribes whose homes can only survive under the protection of the empire recover, they will also become members of our huge legion. Even if these legions are not as powerful as the regular army of the empire, they are not Cannon fodder, its combat power will definitely increase exponentially under the huge base.
And more importantly, when many worlds gradually form an overall defense system, even if the fallen apostles launch a frontal attack on us, they have to weigh their battle losses, right
This is also one of the reasons why we can still feel relaxed now that the threat of the Fallen Apostles is increasing: Unlike the Fallen Apostles who can only develop secretly, the speed at which our power expands is astonishing.
Well, thanks to the special attributes of Shadow City, the projection space born in this concept has incredible growth capabilities. As long as the amount of information collected and the computing power of the Xiling host group serving as the core of the city are sufficient, this space can continue to grow. As we continue to grow, although we don't know if we can reach infinity, it seems that it is no problem to store Gensokyo.
And in this magical city that has become more and more dreamy, there is an even more jaw-dropping magical guy: the silver-haired guy who is sitting next to me, squinting happily and sucking fresh orange juice. The highest commander in the sense—Miss Sylvia.
Living in the most incredible different-dimensional city, surrounded by non-human creatures from all over the world at any time, even occasionally a mecha formation will pass by rumbling overhead, and a queen of the Forgotten will walk in front of her from time to time. But still dazedly and unconsciously live in his own simple and happy little world, firmly believe that the city he lives in is a simple and beautiful place where you can eat enough and wear warm clothes, and deal with everything in this city with incredible slow nerves Unusual, this guy...
Happy as a mole.
The above are Lilina's original words. I really don't know what similarities exist between a former fallen apostle and a mole, but Sylvia's simple happiness really makes each of us feel envious.
By the way, is it true that the apostles of Xiling in the mysterious department all have the characteristics of being easy to raise? Not to mention those mass-produced ravens, Sylvia is a simple guy who can enjoy a day as long as he can eat enough, and Alaya is even more able to survive by relying on photosynthesis... er, he doesn't even need photosynthesis Those who can survive, if Sandora, a big eater, can be half as easy to raise as them, we can use the saved money to invest in real estate.
"I always feel like you're talking bad about me," Sandora immediately cast a weird look over, then lowered her head, and instantly wiped out the pancakes in my hand, "Ah Jun, I still want to eat."
But the pancake stand has been wiped out by you, you didn't even let go of the pancake pan
"The pancakes here are very famous—" Sylvia finished her pancakes slowly, drank the remaining fresh orange juice in one gulp, and started to recall while sucking her finger, "Ah, By the way—there seemed to be a thunderstorm yesterday, I was so scared that I didn’t sleep well, but the weather forecast didn’t say that there would be a thunderstorm—”
Is it thundering
I was speechless looking at the almost invisible dark shadow in the sky. Thunder can create cracks in space. Sylvia, your self-hypnosis ability is really scary. It’s no wonder Tavel didn’t worry about it after the explosion in the laboratory What kind of doubts will Sylvia, who lives the nearest, have reached the state of being happy in the end of the world
There is some kind of obstacle in Sylvia's spirit. This is the conclusion of the joint research of Lilina and Tavier. Although it is unimaginable that the apostle of Xiling has a mental disorder, there is no other reason to explain Sylvia's current situation. .
She has forged for herself an imaginary world beyond our comprehension.
It sounds like a protective shell formed in the heart of an extremely autistic person, but Sylvia's situation is very special. She is not autistic, but looks quite cheerful, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as silly and happy , but she stubbornly built a strong fortress for herself in the depths of her heart. In that fortress, everything is simple and beautiful, everyone is purely full of kindness, and life is full of sunshine. She will touch herself Everything in everything becomes something that can be explained by this worldview and then accepted, so no matter where you are, this silver-haired slow-witted eye will only have a happy little world in his eyes. Lilina believes that it is this strange spirit Obstacles make Sylvia's reaction speed and ability to filter external intelligence always so sturdy: there is a firewall between her reflex arc and the outside world.
Well, although this statement is very reasonable, even Lilina, a psychologist, admits that the miraculous reaction speed of Mou Erdai is more caused by her own slowness...
"Hmm—is there something on my face?" Sylvia looked at me suspiciously, and then said to herself slowly while wiping the corners of her mouth, "Ah, it's pancake crumbs—by the way, the pancake seller just now What about the stall?"
He went home and beat the ground half an hour ago because the business guy was eaten by his queen.
Lilina and Tavel have different opinions on why Silvia had such a situation. The latter explained it from the soul characteristics of the apostles of Xiling, and believed that Silvia's mental body suffered a huge shock, and it is likely that some It has completely died, and the incompleteness of the soul made Sylvia choose this kind of spiritual self-locking to protect herself, while Lilina analyzed it from a psychological point of view. , an almost permanent psychological shadow destroyed Bella Villa's sanity, and then Sylvia was born as another personality to protect herself. Of course, after being greatly stimulated, it can produce "the world is always beautiful "Such a weird state of mind obviously cannot be explained psychologically, and Lilina expressed that she is very interested in researching it...
Anyway, no matter how the two research experts disagree, there is one thing they agree on: no matter what, don’t try to cure Silvia’s spiritual deficiency, even if Bella Villa’s soul is finished, don’t try to heal it out of sympathy. She, otherwise she would either transform into another fallen apostle, or she would collapse because of the awakening of a painful memory, neither of which would be a good result.
"By the way—Chen Jun, I also encountered a very strange thing..."
Even if we ignore her, Sylvia can still let her mind ramble, but I still want to ask: Is there really something in this world that makes you feel strange
"A few days ago - when I went to the shopping street, I met a person who looked exactly like me -" Sylvia said slowly as usual, but the content directly made me break out in a layer of cold sweat, " But she ran away soon after seeing me... Did I have a twin sister or sister before I lost my memory?"
After "Sivis" asked Sandora to temporarily stabilize Sylvia, I immediately contacted the adjutant who manages the city, "Where do the ravens live now?"
"Report sir, they live in the barracks in the central area," Sivis immediately replied.
"Something not so good happened: you have to strengthen the behavioral discipline of the ravens. A few days ago, a raven wandered near the shopping street in the forbidden area, and ran into Sylvia."
This unexpected situation made Sivis also nervous, she immediately began to check which raven was running around at that time, and I turned my attention back to Sylvia...
Uh, it seems that I was overly nervous, and the silver hair seems to have forgotten that stubble after a while.
Sandora shrugged at me dumbfounded, and said in a spiritual connection: "She doesn't even know what topic she just mentioned."
As Sylvia's soul clone, Raven must never meet its mother body. According to Bubble's calculation, such a stimulus has a nearly 30% chance of causing Sylvia to experience mental turmoil. It's impossible to become Bella Villa, but it's hard to guarantee that she won't fall into self-destruction and dissipate like she did in Academy City, so we issued a mandatory order to every raven, no matter under any circumstances, it is strictly forbidden to Appearing in Sylvia's sight, they all have the perception of their mother's body...
Wait, no, every mass-produced raven has the talent to perceive the position of its mother. The resonance at the soul level is even ten thousand times more accurate than radar. As a well-trained raven that absolutely obeys orders, how could it be possible to Didn't take evasion when he realized that the mother body was right in front of him
You know, Sylvia's reaction speed is at the level of an idiot. Even if a raven walking towards her appears in her sight, it may take a few seconds for this guy to react. Ordinary people can turn around and walk away in these few seconds, right
In other words, under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for a raven to run into Sylvia head-on—unless the raven takes the initiative to do so, but the chances of the Xiling apostle disobeying the order...is simply nonsense.
Sure enough, after less than a few seconds, Sivis connected to the mental connection and reported: "The report officer has completed the investigation and confirmed that the ravens that met Sylvia were the first batch of 068, but..."
"but what?"
When reporting the situation, Raven mentioned that she encountered an extremely short-term spatial imbalance, and when she adjusted her coordinate sensor, she found that she was already standing in front of Sylvia."
Sandora and I, who have been listening, looked at each other, and at the same time saw a trace of consternation in each other's eyes.
"Sorry Sylvia, I suddenly remembered that Qianqian asked me to go out to make soy sauce... You are slowly in a daze and we will withdraw first"
"I'll help Ah Jun get the soy sauce bottle"
After leaving these two sentences, the two heads of state turned into a gust of wind, rumbling away, leaving Sylvia in a daze for a while after the howling wind, and finally said slowly: "Ah, be careful on the road - Where are people?"
Pulling Sandora and rushing all the way, we rushed to the control core of Shadow City almost at supersonic speed. There is an unprecedentedly huge Xiling brood here. After breakthroughs in relevant key technologies were made, the original automatic control center of the space was replaced here. This pyramid, which was designed and built by Bubble himself and constantly modified and strengthened, is the most important place in the entire shadow space. It is located in the center of the shadow fortress. Strictly protected layer by layer, in its internal host slot group, there are at least three Xiling hosts connected at all times, and the status of the entire shadow space is precisely regulated by this brood. If something happens in this space Whatever happens, here will be the first place to detect it.
When we heard the report from Sivis, the first thing we thought of was: something went wrong in the shadow space
Spatial imbalance, this is a general term, it includes many situations, such as the sudden exchange of coordinates of two locations, the sudden disappearance of a certain part of the space, small-scale random teleportation, etc., no matter what kind of situation, it means Part of the law of space is out of control, and a space imbalance in a place like Shadow City, which is under manual surveillance all the time, means that this space is gradually getting out of our control—Of course, it may be a bit neurotic to say this, but...
If you live in a nuclear power plant and suddenly hear a loud click next door, I don't believe you can calm down
Knowing our arrival, Sivis was already waiting in front of the nest. As soon as Sandora and I appeared, she rushed up to greet us, and led us towards the central computer room while reporting the information we had just collected. :
"... We have just completed the search of the shadow city boundary system, and found no traces of damage to the integrity of the space, but according to the information sent back by probes from various places, there are indeed some abnormal things appearing in our management system, but those Most of the anomalies are very weak, even things that humans cannot detect. The largest scale should be the space imbalance event encountered by the raven... Since the priority of the city's operation has been focused on the expansion of armaments recently, these may be small The report of the malfunction was suppressed, and I didn't find it until I searched for the Raven operation records just now... "
Following Sivis's report all the way, we have come to the central computer room of the mother nest, where a large crystal prism is distributed in a star shape, which can be used for more than 30 Xiling hosts to connect at the same time, and now it is presented to us In front of you is the spectacular scene where all thirty-three Xiling mainframes are online, headed by Bubble in the center.
Now the computing power of this place can almost deduce the entire evolution history of the universe from the Big Bang to the present a hundred times in one minute...
"Bubble, how's the situation?"
I stepped forward and knocked twice on the crystal prism in the center, awakening the little girl inside who seemed to be working at full strength, but I still had every reason to believe that she must be playing more than twenty games at the same time.
"Ah, the child's father." Bubbles opened his eyes, saw me, and immediately lay happily on the inner wall of the crystal prism, "We just made a big discovery."
(Okay, I'm asking for a ticket decisively. In addition, there is a fan of the empire written by a certain gentleman in the post bar. If you love it, you can go and have a look, and let that guy just abandon the pit...) A