Central Galaxy, Abyss of Stars, Radiant Federation's Supervisor Headquarters.
The responsibility of the Supervisor was different from that of the secret intelligence agencies. This was the public intelligence department of the entire universe, and it was not involved in the political struggles of the advanced civilizations. Most of the time, the Supervisor Departments of the three Universal Civilizations would even work together to monitor and investigate all kinds of special phenomena, preventing possible disasters from happening and nipping them in the bud. They had a lot of authority.
At this moment, in the conference room of this organization's headquarters, a group of upper echelons was sitting around a round table, discussing the emergency reported by the Ancient Star Desert Supervisor Division.
A Universal-level energy explosion was an emergency that required a meeting between the upper echelons to discuss.
"The report is very detailed, and the cause and effect are clear. A group of scavengers dug out the safe of an unknown civilization and released the source of the incident. It belongs to the second category of accidents. However, when the Supervisor team investigated the area, the traces of the ruins had already disappeared. They suspect that the projection of the High Dimensional Information Form interfered with reality … The most important question now is what exactly they released, why would there be a Universal-level energy explosion, and what kind of effects it will have. "
A sickly looking male humanoid creature spoke. He was tall and thin like a bamboo pole. His skin was pale purple with natural white patterns. His eyes were long and narrow, and his pupils were crystal yellow.
Schidrunn Purple Flame Kona, the highest officer of the Radiant Federation's Supervisor Department, a Beyond Grade A seed, and a top expert among the Calamity Grades. He was a mixed-race, and his main bloodline came from the Deveni, a race with superior Super talents.
The Radiant Federation itself was a multi-race system, and mixed-race people were an important part of the people.
Due to the beliefs, preferences, appearance, and other factors of different races, racial issues had always been a chronic problem in the Radiance. However, everyone was used to it now.
"These archaeologists never learn their lesson," someone said unhappily. "The famous universe disasters in history, be it the organic extinction virus or the mutated monsters of the collective consciousness, how many of them were triggered by archaeology?"
"You can't say that. Many of our early technologies came from the reverse engineering of ancient civilizations. Besides, compared to the causes of disasters such as the loss of control of advanced technologies, the outbreak of social conflicts, and the invasion of foreign enemies, the proportion of archaeology is not much." Schidrunn shook his head weakly.
At this moment, an upper echelon flipped through the past records and mumbled, "Speaking of which, High-Dimensional Information Forms interfering with reality was very rare in the past. Since the exploration era, this phenomenon seems to have become more frequent."
"According to the statistics of the predecessor of the Supervisor Department, during the exploration era war, the average number of Information Form Interference occurred in the universe every year was 467 times. This only counts the events that were discovered and recorded. In the past 100 years, this number has increased to 2,150 times, nearly five times. Although it's partly due to the improvement of our detection methods, it's also true that the frequency of information state interference has increased. "
"Information Forms have always been an important research direction for advanced civilizations. We're only responsible for submitting reports and don't care about the specific research. What you said is the job of the scientists, not our responsibility." Schidrunn waved his hand with a disinterested expression.
Sitting in his position, it was understandable that he was tired. The Supervisor Department was responsible for cleaning up messes everywhere. An upper echelon of his level would see a bunch of inexplicable galactic residents courting death and causing trouble for him every day. It was like watching a group of naughty children causing trouble everywhere.
No matter how he tried to remedy it, countless things would still explode the next day. If he had a bad temper, he could experience the feeling of having his mind explode every day.
After a long time like this, people would become Buddha, and the fish would become salty.
The people present were not researchers, so their understanding of the cause of Information Form Projection was limited. In their limited understanding, this phenomenon was like a special mirage. The difference was that it was not limited by time and space and could really interfere with reality.
Another upper echelon said with a serious expression, "After comparison, the unknown civilization's text submitted by the scavengers does not match in the database. If this is an Information Form Projection, then the source is either from an extremely ancient civilization or a civilization that exists somewhere in the unexplored universe."
Although the three Universal Civilizations were the undisputed overlords of the universe, they were not omniscient and omnipotent. They did not know what was in the extremely ancient era, nor did they know how many civilizations there were in the unexplored universe. They had never stopped exploring and researching.
"Then, have you found any adverse effects?" Schidrunn asked.
"Not yet. The specific details are still being investigated. At the moment, we can't predict what kind of disaster this is. It might not even be a disaster."
Everyone shook their heads.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.
"This is a disaster in the virtual realm."
The image in the middle of the round table suddenly changed to old Manison's face.
Seeing this, the entire place was in an uproar.
"Mecha Empire Manison!" Schidrunn's face darkened. "How dare you hack into the official network!"
The faces of the people present turned ugly. Manison had too many criminal records, and all of the Federation of Light's official organizations were guarding against him like they were guarding against a thief. They were afraid that their own information would be stolen by him.
There was a saying in the universe that you could not expect a Virtual Mechanic to have integrity. They were like conmen in casinos. It was in their nature to peek at other people's trump cards.
"It's not the first time. What's there to be surprised about?" Manison's tone was calm. "I'm only here to provide intelligence."
"I don't believe you!" Schidrunn clenched his teeth.
You could have knocked on the door, but you just had to climb through the window. Would it have killed you to send a communication request? It's not like we won't pick it up.
"It's faster this way. I don't like to wait." Manison slowly said, "Furthermore, this disaster is fermenting. Every second we delay will only worsen the situation."
Hearing this, Schidrunn temporarily suppressed his anger and frowned. "What did you find?"
Manison showed the broken information packet he had intercepted and explained.
"Not long ago, a special information packet invaded my sub-base. After failing, it wanted to self-destruct, so I intercepted a part of it. I saw its general structure and discovered that it might be an unknown quantum network virus. Every information packet is a source of infection, constantly replicating itself. It has extremely strong camouflage, penetration, and infectivity.
I've investigated it and found that this virus is spreading rapidly in the quantum network of the Ancient Star Desert. It has probably infiltrated countless nodes. Counting the days, this virus might be related to the cosmic energy explosion some time ago, so I'm here to inform you. "
Looking at the various information Manison showed, the faces of the upper echelons of the Supervisors gradually became serious. They believed this theory.
"It's actually a new network virus in the virtual domain." Schidrunn only felt a headache. "The quantum network is one of the cornerstones of the galactic society. This kind of highly infectious virtual virus is the most troublesome. If you're not careful, it will evolve into a Star Cluster or even Star Field level communication paralysis, data leakage, and artificial intelligence loss … What exactly is the function of this virus?"
"This virus is still in its incubation period. Once it breaks out, it will rewrite the underlying logic of the infected artificial intelligence, inputting the order to kill the life form, causing a mechanical rebellion," Manison calmly said, acting like he would answer all the questions.
In the current galactic society, basically every family could not live without machinery. Once a Star Field or even Universe level mechanical rebellion happened, the consequences would be obvious.
Schidrunn shuddered. If not for Manison's message, the longer they delayed, the more serious the situation would be. It might even shake the foundation of the three Universal Civilizations' rule.
Thinking of this, Schidrunn's gaze toward Manison became much gentler.
When he was not causing trouble, this ally was still quite reliable.
He suddenly stood up, his lazy halo faded, and his entire person became serious.
"This is a matter of great importance. I have to report it to the President immediately!"
…
A few hours later, the leaders of the three Universal Civilizations received the news and held an emergency joint meeting.
"… This is the situation. Now, the Ancient Star Desert has become the infected area of this new virus. The number of infected nodes is increasing every second. As for the name of this incident, I've already named it 'Intelligent Plague'. We need to take immediate measures."
Bader explained the situation and expressed his position with a serious expression.
Ethereal's Pope narrowed his eyes and said with a deep voice, "Isolate the Ancient Star Desert. Before the virus is completely eliminated, prohibit the Ancient Star Desert from interacting with the quantum network outside. Also, close the stargate and send a fleet to station outside the Ancient Star Desert to prevent the source of infection from leaking out in any form."
"Agreed." Uranril nodded.
This was like a plague that could only be completely eliminated by isolation.
Only the three Universal Civilizations had the qualifications and ability to block the communication of an entire Star Field. If the three civilizations reached a consensus, they could enforce the decree. This was the highest authority that the three civilizations gave themselves in the Civilization Conference.
"Also, inform the local civilizations in the Ancient Star Desert and ask them to cooperate fully. We have to deal with this problem as soon as possible."
At such a time, in order to reassure others, the three civilizations would not take the opportunity to attack the Supercluster Civilization in the Ancient Star Desert. Otherwise, if a similar disaster happened again, they would not cooperate, and the losses would outweigh the gains.
If the timing was delayed because of internal strife, this disaster would snowball and shake the foundation of the galactic society, dealing a huge blow to the three Universal Civilizations' ruling power. There were countless examples of this in history, so the three civilizations would not allow such a result to happen again. They had learned their lesson.
The three Universal Civilizations usually fought to maintain their vitality. In the face of such a disaster, they would put down their interests and temporarily work together to overcome the difficulties.
Uranril slowly said, "I suggest we recruit all the Mechanics in the universe, especially the Beyond Grade A Virtual Mechanics who specialize in this. Call the Mecha Empire, Black Star, and the others over and sincerely cooperate to solve this problem."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
The other two nodded.
Since it was a disaster in the virtual domain, they naturally had to find experts to check it out. The Mecha Empire and Black Star were the leaders of the Virtual Mechanics, so they would naturally be recruited by the three Universal Civilizations.
As for the origin, cause, and principle of the disaster, there would be plenty of time to find clues after the problem was solved.
Furthermore, the three Universal Civilizations were very interested in the technology of this virtual virus.
If it was in the past, this disaster would have caused the galactic society to panic, and order might have collapsed directly, turning into a sign of chaos. However, the three Universal Civilizations had developed for many years. As long as this disaster was discovered early, the risk was still within their control. The three leaders were shocked but not panicked.
The only hidden danger the three of them were worried about was the unstable civilian organizations, such as the black market, wanted criminals, rebels, and so on. No matter what the reason was, as long as someone secretly kept the virus, it would be troublesome.
Who knows, someone might be adding fuel to the fire … The three leaders looked at each other and saw the same worry in each other's eyes.
…
The Blackstar Cup had been in full swing for two to three months. Han Xiao had rested for so long, spending most of his time in the machinery factory.
Originally, he planned to keep a low profile for a year and a half, waiting for the three Universal Civilizations to take action against the Supercluster Alliance. However, Han Xiao did not expect that one day, the dynasty would suddenly send him a mission invitation, asking him to go to the Ancient Star Desert to solve a virtual virus.
"They actually want to lock down the entire Ancient Star Desert. Is that virtual virus really that powerful?"
After reading the message from the dynasty, Han Xiao had a strange expression.
In his previous life, this incident did not happen in Version 4.0 at all.
To be exact, the players did not experience the 'Intelligent Plague'. This happened during the version update of the Silver Revolutionary Army. To the players, it was just a background story.
Han Xiao recalled. Although he did not experience this incident and did not know many details, he had seen the brief introduction of the 'Intelligent Plague'.
In his previous life, the process of solving this disaster was very difficult. The three Universal Civilizations wanted to eliminate all the viruses in time, but there was a mistake, causing the virus to leak and infect many Star Fields, causing communication in many areas to be paralyzed. The order of the galactic society was severely damaged.
The three Universal Civilizations spent a lot of resources to resolve the disaster. Due to a lot of energy being restrained, coupled with the negative impact on public security, economy, politics, and public opinion, the Silver Revolutionary Army in his previous life took advantage of this loophole to grow stronger. This was also one of the important factors for the success of the Silver Revolution.
Now, the Intelligent Plague broke out many years in advance, and the Silver Revolutionary Army had not even taken any action yet. Obviously, they had missed this opportunity forever.
"Is it the butterfly effect again …" Han Xiao stroked his chin.
The dynasty's message contained the cause and effect. After reading through it, he roughly understood the reason.
The root of all this was that he had killed Gorután, causing that black market to enter a short period of vacuum without any backing, which attracted the galactic pirates. The original buyer was investigated by the three Universal Civilizations. It seemed like he only wanted to collect an antique from an unknown civilization, so he indirectly opened that safe many years in advance.
He did not know if this was a blessing or a curse …
Han Xiao pursed his lips. The Intelligent Plague was a ticking time bomb. It was better to detonate it in this era than during the World Tree War. However, the three Universal Civilizations were also in conflict with the Supercluster, so it might become a bargaining chip in the hands of the Supercluster Alliance.
If the Supercluster Civilizations got a chance to catch their breath because of this and really got the way they wanted to rise, the situation in the universe would be completely different from his previous life.
"I wonder which side the tide of the times will favor in the end …"
Han Xiao shook his head, suppressed the worry in his heart, and thought of something else.
"What a coincidence. I met a famous person in the later version …"
As the diggers, Harrison and the others were also recorded. Han Xiao was very happy to meet such an obvious protagonist type character. He was already thinking about how to transplant this unowned leek into his vegetable field.
Everything else aside, it could at least act as a mascot and increase the luck of the army.
"Philip, reply to the dynasty. I accept the invitation and will be there on time."
After calming himself down, Han Xiao told Philip to reply.
Of course, he was willing to contribute. He did not want the Intelligent Plague to exhaust a lot of the explored universe's energy like in his previous life.
Don't ask. If you ask, it's positive energy. I'm not going for this virus technology! I'm not interested in it at all! Here you go!
Ding 'er!
At this time, a mission notification popped up on Han Xiao's interface.
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