Boundless, without beginning and without end, the ancient void was destined to give birth to everything from the moment it was born. The Protoss created many worlds, but more worlds were born independently from the void. They came from the source of all things. Condensate, get order from chaos, get form from nothingness, and form oases filled with vitality in the sea of chaos. This is an infinite reaction that no one knows when it will start and will never end, but there is a world Birth, there will inevitably be the death of the world. Most of the worlds under the closed system restore their balance in the heat death and turn into tombs that will be dissolved by the void at an unknown time, while the worlds in the open system gradually shift after the internal laws Disintegrate, fall into chaos from the inside out, and finally re-assimilate with the void. For a single world, it is quite a long time from birth to destruction, even enough for it to breed hundreds of millions of generations of splendid civilization, but for the entire void However, the birth and destruction of the world happens every moment.
It is said that in the eyes of those eternal protoss, the densest place in the multiverse is even like a starry sky, and countless worlds that may carry high-intelligence civilizations are like stars, and thousands of lives and deaths are created and destroyed in an instant.
- Such a sour beginning is of course not my own idea. The above original text is excerpted from the interview with the former Xiling Emperor Bella Vila, "The Destruction of the Empire". If there is any copyright issue, the disbanded Xiling Empire Culture Department will be responsible Explanation, I am not responsible.
On the way the Death Star Fleet returned to the assembly point of the rebel army, the silver-haired girl who still maintained Bella Villa's personality recalled the ancient years and told a dusty history.
"Greed is the god of all races, even the apostles of Xiling are no exception. Although we understand it as a necessary decision made by a high degree of rationality, it is indeed a fact that after possessing endless psionic energy, they are greedy to get involved in the void," Bei Lavella closed her eyes slightly. If she hadn't spoken a lot more agilely, no one would be able to see the difference between her and Sylvia, "Before the catastrophe came, 80% of the apostles of the empire jointly started a series of Looking back now, it was a reckless plan, including studying the application of void energy, analyzing the rapid writing method of the basic laws, and even trying to find out the secrets before the birth of the void... The father god and the highest dark nv god of the star field gods came here on a special trip to deal with it. We issued a warning, and they told the imperial emperors at that time that even the protoss needed to be cautious about these secrets, and even the low-level protoss were not allowed to study these things at all, but we, who were already impatient because of the development of civilization to the bottleneck, despised it Such a warning still puts a lot of energy into researching these things. Due to the equal ally relationship, even the Protoss cannot interfere with the Apostle Xiling's own decision. In this way, we have dug our own grave.
The research has achieved a lot of results in the early stage. We have a higher understanding of the nature of energy, and successfully created the "infinite cube" that can make the psionic energy change continuously in the positive and negative states, thereby generating energy like a perpetual motion. He analyzed the theoretical formula for the reverse leap of the final energy, and finally turned it into void energy again, and even researched the technology of directly extracting the law of order from the void to create the world—this has always been the innate ability of the Protoss before. , they have spent a long time failing to let us learn something, but under the impetus of those taboo research, a series of miracles were born. This kind of stimulation like sweet poison made even the calmest emperor Be ecstatic too.
So we became more daring, and finally carried out the most reckless experiment: artificially synthetic void. "
Sandora finally couldn't calm down when she heard this, and exclaimed: "Are you crazy?! I didn't even know there was such a plan!"
"Princess Warsong has fought all her life, and you basically don't participate in any scientific research operations of the empire except for opening up borders and cracking soil. This is well-known in the entire race," Bella Vila raised her eyelids slightly, and those a little indifferent eyes were on the ground. Sandora's flushed cheeks flashed quickly, "It's 1.2 meters when you come out of the high-level brood, and you are still a 1.2-meter war crushing machine when you are promoted to a general. Before you are crowned king, you lead the army to fight everywhere After being crowned king, Princess Warsong, who has been inactive for two days and three hours, is the two wonders of the empire, and a highly vigilant figure in the multiverse. Although you don’t know it yourself, even the Protoss have heard of this reputation.”
I was stunned, and while pressing Pandora, who was about to go up and hit Bella Villa hard on the head, I leaned into Sandora's ear and whispered: "Girl, you also have a dark history."
Sandora bit a Rolex on my aorta on the spot: "Listen to the history lesson carefully! Didn't I change it now!"
The problem is that the guy next to me who keeps going up has not changed at all, he looks the same as tens of thousands of years ago in terms of height and size!
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business, artificially synthesize the void... No matter what went into the minds of the imperial technical geeks at that time, in short, something went wrong with this experiment?" I finally comforted the victim by hugging Pandora into my arms. The 1.2-meter anger that poked at the sore spot asked curiously.
"BIG PROBLEM... Artificially creating the Void, that's the ultimate purpose of the experiment, but in fact it got out of control in the early stages, the first step in this experiment was to separate the Void, as you and I know, the Void is decaying into physical form When it decays into an energy form, it will produce psionic particles, and when it decays into a mixed form, it will produce singularities, but these are all secondary products. The research is what can be born in the void without decaying. This process is somewhat similar to the birth process of those original worlds not created by the gods. The latter is the product of 'dialysis' directly from the void. Their birth process is full of strange things , but it is basically a self-combination completed under the condition that the void does not decay. Of course, this kind of genesis without the adjustment of the gods has a huge cost. The huge void energy can only become ordinary worlds in the end, but It is of great significance, because by controlling this process, we may be able to create something on the same level as the void... So, driven by the bright future, we began to try to make this process that even the Protoss have never interfered. Take hold by force, creating a void equivalent of... ”
"What did you guys create in the end?" Qianqian, who had already listened to this as a horror story, grabbed the arm of the chair and asked cautiously.
"Do you still need to ask?" Bella Villa smiled, "The abyss, the highest intensity and concentration in history, may even be an abyss aggregate of the mother of the abyss, born in the artificial world we use as a test site, and then , has invaded all of us!"
"The abyss is the equivalent of void?" I tried my best to get my brain to work normally, and then I understood Bella Villa's theory.
"Of course not, the void has no equivalent at all!" Bella Vila suddenly opened his eyes, "We were wrong from the very beginning, the void is something that occupies the absolute vertex, and any change in its form is a decay, even if it is Those worlds that are directly 'dialyzed' cannot have the slightest relationship with the equivalent of the void. It is just that the residues from the void formed an orderly structure by chance. We just misunderstood this concept I just wishful thinking that even if the experiment fails, I will only get a deformed world, but I didn't expect that the void would produce an abyss out of thin air under the condition of random decay!
It was a disaster. At that time, the number of online apostles participating in this research reached 80%, and the apostles from the mystic and science departments all devoted themselves to it. When the giant abyss machine we created broke out in the hinterland of the empire, everything was impossible To restore, the spiritual network security system used to prevent similar pollution is useless. The energy first infected the emperor-level apostle who personally controlled the test site, and then broadcast the will of the abyss in the entire frequency band in the command link under the highest authority. Almost none of the apostles connected to the spiritual network were spared. "
"This... is the truth about the sleeping empire?"
After several minutes of silence, I broke the deadlock.
"Unexpectedly, the Xiling civilization, which was so powerful to the extreme, turned out to be wiped out in a failed scientific experiment." Bella Villa's eyes were a little sad, but it was more of a self-deprecating, "We dare to bring With a dismissive attitude, the Protoss' warnings fell on deaf ears."
"A failed scientific experiment is not enough to destroy our civilization," Sandora said slowly. When the truth was finally revealed, her expression returned to calm so quickly. It is unimaginable that this seemingly weak girl How many shocking winds can we bear? What really destroys us should be arrogance.
In fact, long before the last expedition, I felt that something was sprouting in the soul of Xiling civilization. The supreme power, the unparalleled authority under the gods, the surrender of thousands of worlds, and the difficulties that have been overcome one after another finally made the pure Xiling apostle feel arrogant. This is not the kind of ordinary species. Superficial personal pride, but the entire race, the entire civilization is dyed with a kind of aloofness, we firmly believe that we can easily control everything, firmly believe that one day even the Void must submit to the feet of the empire, we even began to slander Those protoss who act slowly regard their wisdom accumulated over endless years as dullness. What really destroys us is not only the accident, but the pride gradually accumulated under this arrogance. Otherwise, how can such crazy research Could it be carried out without any worries like this? "
Listening to Sandora's exclamation, I don't know what to say. How should I say it? After all, I am a human who has become a monk halfway through, and I can't empathize with certain things at all. However, these exclamations really come from the heart of this girl.
"Bella Villa just said that 80% of the Xiling apostles who participated in this joint research have reached 80%," the elder sister who had been listening wanted to ease the atmosphere, so she distracted Sandora's attention, "Then what about the remaining 20 percent? They should have all survived, right?"
"The remaining 20%? Of course, after the sudden silence of the empire, they rushed back to rescue or connected to the emergency channel to inquire about the situation. After that, do I need to say?"
Sister, you really failed to start this topic.
"Ahem, let's talk about something else, such as the Archives. Can you tell me about its construction?"
"You guys know the general situation, right?" Bella Vila closed her eyes wearily, "After the catastrophe broke out, there were very few surviving Xiling apostles, and most of them relied on their own soul power to hold on." The emperor-level apostles, we are all deeply infected, and we are reducing staff every second. The mausoleum plan is carried out urgently under such a serious lack of preparation. We will build a huge database to preserve all the civilization of the empire, just like ours Just like those weak worlds that have been saved, we ourselves have embarked on the road of packing and backing up our own civilization. This database is the archives. In order to make these materials safe and can be reactivated in the future, we have established The mausoleum system used to preserve and manufacture the unmanned fleet, as well as the platform of creation supporting the archives, with the help of more than 30 imperial emperors' self-sacrifice, the entire system has become a system that can run forever, and once activated A creation device that can instantly create several worlds, we named it the Sanctuary.
And in addition to these things, we also need a crucial role of post-apocalyptic watchers, they are shouldering the heavy responsibility of pressing that start button at the right time, and now, I don't need to explain this in detail, right? "
"Is it the current fallen apostle?"
The elder sister asked softly.
"Not all," Bella Villa shook her head, "Some of the fallen apostles were former watchmen, but most of them were the ones who regained their sanity instead of self-destruction after the entire empire was abyssized. Dangerous... We won't discuss this. In short, the Mausoleum Project is also a failure, and our last efforts were in vain. The database was infected at the beginning of its establishment. Now it is impossible to find out which link is wrong. Perhaps, the only thing that can be confirmed is that all the watchmen eventually became fallen apostles, such as Occam who was the editor of the archives, Caesars who was the first-level key keeper, Savi the tomb guardian, and Conradin the night watchman …The names of these once old friends have now become synonymous with sin, including my own…”
"So, how did you leave this world in the end?" I had new doubts, "Since your minds have been controlled by the abyss, why didn't you release the abyssal empire at that time, instead... you see, this world now Except for the self-disciplined spaceship, there are no fallen apostles at all, and you all evacuated on your own initiative?"
"It's voluntary evacuation," Bella Villa muttered to herself with her eyes closed, "When we found that something was wrong with us, and some weak-willed guys were trying to activate the heavily polluted database, we all chose Take the initiative to leave, rush into the depths of the void, and at the same time completely delete the coordinates of this world from the core of your memory, some people blew themselves up in the void, and some of them turned into the abyss in advance, and were hunted down by the last awake partners Killed, and the rest eventually became the backbone of the Fallen Apostles Alliance. This is the end of the story. For a long time, we Fallen Apostles have always regarded finding the Archives as the first priority besides destroying the world. You may not I dare to believe it, but... this is out of loyalty to the empire, how about it, is it the same as what Occam said?"
Seeing that we all looked at ourselves strangely, Bella Vila shook his head and continued: "I'm not kidding, the fallen apostles are still loyal to the empire, Occam is also a genuine loyal minister, and the entire organization of the fallen apostles regards the recovery of the empire as the highest priority." One of the missions, the only thing to pay attention to is: the empire that the fallen apostles are loyal to has been transformed into an abyss! In other words, the fallen apostles no longer care what the essence of the empire is, their only purpose is to revive the great cause, even if they What is opened is the greatness that destroys everything at all costs, this kind of obsession seems to be called... "
"Wraith."
"Oh, Sandora, your summary is very precise. This should also be one of the side effects of the abyss energy... But there is no need to worry about everything now. The archives have been destroyed. This is what I wanted to do when it was first established. And the things I didn't have time to do, now, I always feel relaxed and can take a good rest... "
Bella Vila's voice gradually died down, and I didn't realize what had happened until she was completely quiet.
"Hey! Wait! Bella Villa, you won't..."
As soon as the anxious call came out, the silver-haired girl in front of her suddenly opened her eyes: "Oh, yes, I still have a few words to say!"
Everyone: "..."
"Are you looking at me?" Bella Vila looked around dissatisfiedly, and then deliberately made a cold look, "I'll say it again, it's up to you to listen or not: First, regarding the ultimate purpose of the fallen apostles, this You don’t have to think too much, destroy the world, revive the abyss empire, just these two, now the second goal is impossible to achieve, and Occam’s death will definitely be known to them soon, so you concentrate on dealing with them The first action, if you see the fallen apostles, don’t be merciful because of their past experiences, destroying them without hesitation is the best way to free those old friends. Second, I don’t know how I suddenly recovered Reasonable, but it must be related to another personality in this body. The girl named Sylvia has amazing willpower. She even changed my mind with just a single obsession. So, today She should be the one who made the real contribution, Chen Jun, because of the two words you said when you killed Occam, from today onwards, I agree with you for now, take good care of Sylvia, and don't let me down .Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Now the empire is a mess. Even if you think you are reviving it, it is still a mess. So don't miss the glory days of the past and find the Protoss. In the endless void, there are only them They are true friends, and as Sandora said, the wisdom they have accumulated from endless time is by no means dull. When encountering unsolvable problems, let the Protoss help. We have no pride You can persevere—we had no time to ask for help during the catastrophe, but now you have countless times more time than we did then."
The voice gradually sank, and the expression on the face of the girl in front of her had completely relaxed. This time, Bella Villa really left...
"Ah, also, I drink water, I've talked so much, my mouth is too thirsty, I don't want to have a nightmare of looking for water in my long sleep—hey! Your eyes..."
"... Would you like to have a meal together before leaving?"
(The end of the month is the end of the month!! I didn’t mess it up this time! Don’t hesitate if you still have a monthly pass, they really don’t have the ability to reproduce...) A