Heavenly Realm, Book Collection Tower.
The tower had a very strange spatial structure. It was not as simple as the thousands of Book Collection Towers in the Heavenly Realm sharing a space. In the few fixed areas of the Book Collection Tower, there were more than a dozen functional halls, including the Hall of Knowledge, and hundreds of 'libraries' open to all Protoss. These areas were the oldest areas of the Book Collection Tower when it was first built, and also the foundation of the Book Collection Tower. Outside these areas, the Ancient Spirits in charge of the Book Collection Tower created a larger number of 'virtual storage areas' according to their needs. These huge spaces that could change at any time were erratic and unpredictable in the twisted and complex internal structure of the Book Collection Tower. They could appear as an ancient library, or they could suddenly appear in a spacious castle on a certain floor of the Book Collection Tower, or they could suddenly be another Book Collection Tower that was suddenly connected to the Hall of Knowledge. The virtual storage area occupied four-fifths of the Book Collection Tower's' capacity ', and it could expand or shrink at any time. This depended on how the Ancient Spirits in charge of the Book Collection Tower planned their recent growth direction. Only the most experienced Protoss Scholars knew the rules of the transformation of all the virtual storage areas, and only one-tenth of these scholars had the ability and authority to read the entire information library. The intricate but orderly spatial structure of the Book Collection Tower was hard to describe, and I was sure that even the largest database built by the Empire could not be compared to it. Its history was so long that it almost exceeded the scope of the concept of 'time'. The Book Collection Tower recorded a large amount of knowledge that could not be described by time, and even drifted away from the world, and had nothing to do with the timeline. It was precisely because of this that we could use it to find the oldest information, which was from the era when the ancestors of Schilling had not left their homeland.
God Father opened up a teleportation door. Under his introduction, I found out that the hall that I was in could only be considered as the "surface space" of the Library Tower. This place, known as the Hall of Knowledge, is similar to the public reading area of the library. If you want to obtain the truly deep level of knowledge, you have to go deeper into this "library".
Passing through the pitch-black portal, I found myself in a twisted and strange space.
There was no up, down, left, or right. I could not see the walls that should belong to the buildings, nor could I see the ceiling or the ground. There was endless chaos around me, and the dim bands of colors floated far away like the nebula in the deep universe. It was visible but unreachable. This place reminded me of the assembly hall I saw on the mysterious mother planet of the 15th Heaven. This kind of twisted space always gave people a similar feeling. In front of me, a light golden long bridge floated in the air, extending to an irregular platform hundreds of meters away. That platform extended to more long bridges or stairs, leading in all directions. Twisted roads, floating stairs, suspended bridges, and two wide roads that led to unknown places wantonly in this strange space. At first glance, it looked like a mess, but after careful observation, they seemed to be of some sort: of a plan, like the capillary vessels in the human body. I looked into the distance and saw that most of the paths in the sky led to some floating halls and pavilions. They looked normal, so they were probably the virtual storage area.
In that case, this place should be some kind of space hub in the Book Collection Tower.
The Father and Soarey were waiting not far in front of me. Seeing that I had snapped out of my daze, the Father waved at me. "Come here, I'll tell you what I think."
I hurriedly followed, not forgetting to turn my head to confirm: Icetis's dazed body was still following behind me. It seemed that although she had lost the ability to think, her body still remembered what everyone had told her before we set off. She was to stay close to me.
"I've been here before," Icetis's soul said. "This is the deeper part of the Book Collection Tower, the border between the Virtual Storage Area and the Physical Storage Area. Usually, only scholars come here, ordinary students are not allowed to enter. But back then, I was the president of the Student Union, Vice President, Study Commissary, Student Representative, Club Administrator, Academy Representative, and Top Scholar. The ancient spirit of the Book Collection Tower let me in. "
"You can search for some abstract information here," Father God interrupted my conversation with Bryndis. I saw a large number of flashing runes floating around him. These runes seemed to have risen from the platform under our feet. Any facility in the library tower seemed to be able to be used as a 'reading terminal'. This was quite convenient. "I plan to start with the continuity of the timeline. This way, we can trace back to all the universes that have had an indirect connection with your home world. We can eliminate more than half of the targets at once."
The timeline was an important clue that the Father had just thought of.
Seeing that I was a little confused, the Father explained patiently, "Time is a concept that only has meaning in the mathematical system. It will end with the extinction of the universe. If the end of the world happens, and all the information in this universe cannot be transmitted outside the world barrier before the end of the world, then this universe will become a 'Black Body', a completely sealed and unknowable system. Anything that has happened in it will no longer be known by the outside world, and its history will become meaningless. Just like a person who died before he could even speak, everything he knew will also be brought into the coffin with his death. The end of the world is a more thorough erasure of information than death, it will erase all the recorded history. An object that cannot be sensed at all, nor will it have any effect on the outside world, to the outside world, does not exist. This is the 'Black Body' on the information level. "
"However, if this universe formed a connection with other worlds before it was extinguished, then its timeline can continue along this connection, operating in other closed systems. Even if the end of the world, even if everything about that system is erased, the fact that it once 'contacted' other worlds will not disappear. Thus, it left its time records in other worlds, and this is the key clue. "
I nodded in understanding. This part of the knowledge sounded very complicated, but it was not that I could not understand it. Previously, when I had established the Space Administration, I had already been bombarded with the relevant theories by Tawil countless times. Even if I could not understand everything, I could at least understand some of it.
"In other words, after the ancestors left our homeworld, they came into contact with other worlds, and so they added some marks in the normal timeline of the other worlds … Following these marks, we can find our homeworld?"
"No." The Father shook his head. "If it was that simple, wouldn't you have found the coordinates of our homeworld directly from the ancestors? Using the timeline marks, we can only confirm which world has intersected with other worlds, as well as the approximate time and extent of the intersecting. Soire, now list out all the suspected targets, and then block all traces of the Protoss's timeline … "
Soire nodded. At the same time, a crystal cylinder over a meter tall appeared beside him. He lightly touched the top of the cylinder, and instantly, the sea of information and star-like world snapshots that we had seen in the Hall of Knowledge appeared once again. The few of us seemed to be enveloped by a swirling nebula. Soire seemed to have entered something on the crystal cylinder (I did not understand how these Protoss facilities worked), and the sea of data quickly refreshed.
Large swathes of golden "stars" were losing their color, turning into grayish-white spots before slowly dissipating into the air. The charts that were so large that they could make one pee in the pants were quickly covered by gray footnotes. I could see it now: the targets that were marked in gray were the ones that had been eliminated.
"There is only one kind of mark in the timeline records of these worlds, and it was left behind by the gods who had once managed or observed these worlds." The Father pointed at the files that were being categorized at a speed visible to the naked eye. "Other than that, there are no records of any timeline disturbances. This means that they have not come into contact with visitors from other worlds, and the civilizations in this world were not able to jump out of the universe before the end of the world. These can definitely be eliminated … Hmm?"
The Father suddenly fell silent halfway through his sentence. His gaze fell on a file in the distance, and his expression was puzzled.
"What's wrong?" I could not understand the Protoss's control system, and I did not notice anything unusual in the files.
"This part of the records doesn't seem right. There are some strange footnotes here." The Father pointed forward, and a set of files immediately moved in front of us. "Here. 'Observer's additional log, reporting to the commander of the Twelfth Expeditionary Army: Discovered a large amount of foreign information from an unknown source in the primary universe. The amount of information is extremely small, but the complexity is over the threshold. Determined that it is highly likely to be from a highly intelligent creature. All information is from the same source, determined to be from the same group of intelligent creatures. The source of the information is abnormal, and it does not belong to any intelligent species in any known quadrant. Follow up on the investigation. '"
"The information was left behind by the ancestor?" I suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.
"No, that's not right." Icetis's brain suddenly became active, and she rushed to deny my guess. "The information must have been left behind before the Schilling ancestor escaped, so it has nothing to do with the Apostle's ancestor."
I raised my eyebrows. "Why?"
"Are you stupid? When the Schilling ancestor was escaping, there was already an impact from the Abyss. According to their description, the scale of the impact was probably even larger than the collapse of the Old Empire. With such a large-scale impact, I'm afraid that all the surrounding worlds were more or less injured. There is no mention of the discovery of the Abyss in the records here, and all the reports are normal. This means that the information must have been left behind before the Schilling ancestor escaped from his home world."
I instantly understood. Icetis's words made sense. Then, I began to think: What does this record mean?
It means that all those worlds had been "visited" by a civilization that had the ability to travel through the void. This civilization must have been quite powerful. But … this information didn't seem to be of much use, because it couldn't prove that the universes that had been "visited" were on the path of the ancestor's escape. I looked at God Father in confusion, and he snapped out of his thoughts. "I find it strange in other aspects, and it has nothing to do with the Schilling ancestor … If this record is real, then the places that the Twelfth Expeditionary Army passed by should have had a very civilized mortal civilization. At the very least, it should have been a civilization that could travel through the void. Do you know how rare this is? "
"… You didn't find this powerful race after that?"
"I'm sure that they didn't," God Father said firmly. "There are only a few mortal civilizations that have reached this level. Every single one of them has records, but I don't remember any civilization that was discovered by the expeditionary army along the way. The person who left this record was an observer. In the expeditionary army, this was a scout who acted alone. He must have reported this information to his superiors, but the Twelfth Expeditionary Army couldn't find this unknown civilization, and there doesn't seem to be any more reports left behind by that observer. These are all the things that I find strange. "
As God Father spoke, he suddenly shrugged. "Ah, of course, this shouldn't have much to do with the information you're looking for. It's just that I'm suddenly interested in this record. This is a record from far too long ago. Perhaps the person who handled this matter back then had forgotten about it. I have to pay attention to the Twelfth Expeditionary Army when I have the time. After so many years, they should have reorganized countless times … "
"It's not easy to make you sigh about the passage of time," I said from the bottom of my heart. This person in front of me, who treated the 500-million-year plan as a short-term plan, finally realized that the world was changing. "Anyway, it's a good thing that you have a way to filter it, probably …"
Halfway through my sentence, I suddenly heard a low hiss around me. Then, the images that shrouded the surroundings flickered violently and disappeared as if a monitor had short-circuited.
I was speechless.
Not to mention that even the operating system used in this place crashed! My last bit of hope in the Protoss was all on this!
"It's exceeded the filtering threshold. It seems that the processing power of a single ancient soul is still limited. All that's left is to wait for Sauval to adjust the higher level system before continuing. "God Father shook his head regretfully, explaining what exactly the" ancient souls "he had mentioned so many times were." Ancient souls are managers that evolved from the Library Tower. They are formless and incorporeal, and they can't be considered living beings. They are the embodiment of information and knowledge, and they are one with the Library Tower. They are similar to your so-called 'operating system.' Usually, a single ancient soul is enough to complete most of the searching work, but the workload this time is too great. Let's wait for the personnel and ancient souls to be in place before we continue. "
It seemed that today's work could only end here. Although I had sent a letter a few days ago to have the Star Domain prepare the huge data vault, it seemed that the scale of these ancient records from countless years ago still exceeded God Father's expectations. The "ancient souls" that were used to process the data were completely too busy. There was nothing anyone could do about this regretful situation. I could tell that Sauval was doing his best, so I waved my hand at God Father. "There's no rush, there's no rush. Speaking of which, I've really troubled you this time. I didn't expect that searching for these data would require such a huge commotion. "
"It's fine. We have nothing to do anyway." God Father smiled warmly. "Hey, let's go to Icetis's house today, right?"
I recalled Father Ice and Mother Ice who had decisively fled. I didn't know why, but I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine from head to toe. I had to shiver to shake this inexplicable feeling out of my mind. I showed a helpless expression to God Father. "It can't be helped. His daughter is still bound to me. Since I'm in the God Realm, I have to bring Icetis home, right?"
"Then I'll see you tomorrow." God Father's gaze fell on Icetis's (body) who was following behind me. He had an expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry when he saw a naughty child. "I originally wanted to keep you for a meal. After researching for several days, I finally figured out how to make egg pancakes."
I hurriedly said goodbye and left. Chives and egg pancakes? Say, how tragic would it be if I had to eat these three meals a day after transcending the void to the God Realm!
When I exited the library tower, I noticed that it was already nighttime outside. It seemed that I had spent too much time in that mystical space. I didn't know if Father Ice and Mother Ice thought that I had kidnapped their daughter and was never going to return.
The night in the God Realm wasn't dark. The surrounding palaces, castles, and cathedrals that floated in the air released a gentle halo under the night sky. The mysterious floating bands of light in the sky formed a beautiful contrast. Under Icetis's guidance, I teleported to the outskirts of the "Garden" city. I looked at the huge circular city from a small hill. The "Garden" that was filled with light was like a bright moon reflected on the ground, while the isolated palaces floating in the air were like light particles scattered from the moon. No matter how many times I looked at it, I couldn't help but exclaim in admiration …
"So beautiful!"
The obsidian palace silently appeared behind us. The long and narrow stained glass windows emitted a dark red light from behind. It was then that I noticed that Icetis's house had appeared. Her house was a floating temple in a different dimension. It would only stop in the real world for a while when people came in and out. I turned around and saw a young lady with short silver hair standing in front of the obsidian palace. She was dressed in a butler's attire and had a meticulous expression on her face. It was Icetis's butler, Mo.
"Welcome, Your Majesty. Welcome home, Missy. Dinner is ready. "
The butler said in an extremely appropriate manner. Then, she stared at Icetis who was standing beside me with dead fish eyes until Icetis's soul couldn't help but shout through our mental connection, "Stop looking! I'm here! "
"Missy, what happened?" Mo asked curiously. It seemed that Father Ice and Mother Ice hadn't told her what happened to Icetis.
"She's just stuck. I've never seen a divine spell go out of control before."
"Oh, so you've been studying those strange things again, Young Miss." Mo Wen nodded in understanding.
It seemed that everyone knew about Icetis's dark history of doing "research" back then. That was why the butler wasn't surprised to see her missy stuck in someone else's body.
We walked towards the palace under Mo's lead. The door with a human face at the entrance of the palace seemed to have just woken up from its nap. It greeted us with a snort, "Oh, welcome, welcome, Duke Branch and Madam Elise …"
This stupid door has never named people correctly!
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