I remembered that Father God had once told me that Void creatures viewed the void differently from ordinary species. As the physical manifestation of the void, Void creatures had a perspective that couldn't be simulated by any technology or secret arts. Through this perspective, they would often be able to directly see the "truth" that ordinary species would need to rely on large amounts of research and reasoning to realize.
However, it was precisely because the "perspective" of Void creatures could not be replicated that even if we observed the truth, it was difficult to explain it to others, let alone let ordinary races understand. I had mentioned to Sandora and the others that I had "seen" the strange scene in my daydream state, but after a heated discussion with my family for half an hour, we concluded that I did not sleep well the night before …
But now, I felt that Abyssal Schilling's Void Model might have some similarities with the Sea of Void that I had "seen" by chance, such as the rise and fall of the world and the "plane" that covered everything. So, I told them what I thought.
"You are saying that the Void appears as an ocean in your eyes?" Abyssal Schilling muttered. "Perhaps it matches my model, but it seems that the definition of the Abyss still needs to be modified … Well, that's not important. Anyway, I have told you all about the 'Great Cause'. Is there anything else that you do not understand?"
"Give me a moment." I raised my hand to indicate that my brain needed some time to catch up. Then, I organized everything that Abyssal Schilling had told me. "In other words, you have studied the 'model' of the Void and proposed a new hypothesis that seems to be the most realistic: the Void can be seen as a membrane. The known worlds of Order are the front of the membrane, and the civilizations on the other side are the back of the membrane. Genesis is a rising peak on our side, but the civilizations on the other side are the sunken troughs. The cancellation of the peaks and troughs is reflected in the amount of information, and not a simple one-to-one correspondence like 'positive world' and 'reverse world'. Secondly, the Abyss itself is not something that actually exists, but a 'tendency' or a 'process'. It is the 'tendency of annihilation' that the Void presents in order to return to zero perfectly. The Abyssal Gate and tainted aura that we know are actually just additional effects of the Abyss, not the main body. The main body of the Abyss is abstract, unpredictable, and does not exist in the real world, so it does not have a so-called nest. All of our Deep Dive plans have revolved around 'making a hole in the Void'. The so-called Abyssal Gate and the 'space' beneath the Abyssal Gate are not the lair of the Abyss, but some inexplicable structure in the Void that leads to the other side — but it is not an Abyss passageway. "
"Yes." Abyssal Schilling nodded. "The concept of an Abyss passageway did not exist in the first place. It is only a phenomenon, but not a body. The spatial structure that leads to the 'other side' of the Abyss. Whatever it is, it is not. However, in this special spatial structure, the 'zeroing' is unprecedentedly powerful, so we have always mistaken it as the origin of the Abyss. "
"Based on this model, you studied the materials sent over by the civilization on the other side and discovered that there are some things that are completely immune to the Abyss. Corresponding to the model, things on the other side of the wave peak cannot be identified when they reach the other side of the wave trough. The Abyss acts as a 'program' that ensures that the Void returns to zero. It works on both sides of the membrane of the Void. However, because it is brainless, there are loopholes that can be exploited when it returns to zero. Currently, it seems that the Abyss is the only powerful enemy that can threaten the Xi Ling Apostles among all kinds of 'natural disasters.' If you can directly nullify it, the Xi Ling Apostles will truly be invincible in the world. Other than fighting to the death with civilizations of the same level and courting death, there will be no hidden dangers … You plan to build an empire that will unify the Void for thousands of generations.
Abyssal Schilling continued nodding and smiling.
"To exploit this loophole, you must build a bridge. Because the species of Order born on one side will never be able to become perfectly immune to the Abyss on their side, so you decided that the first step is to drill a hole to the other side of the Void. The second step is to start evolving on the other side, and first become completely immune to the Abyss on the other side. The third step is to use the local 'rules' on the other side to build another Xiling Empire on the spot, and then go back along the bridge that you built in the past. From then on, the Xiling Empire will occupy both sides of the Void, and it is equivalent to having a backup. Unless the entire Void collapses, the flag of the Imperial Army will never fall."
"A perfect plan, isn't it?" Abyssal Schilling smiled. His eyes were firm and pure.
This time, everyone in the room was silent for a long time, digesting the overabundance of information.
The secret of the "Great Cause" was finally revealed, but it was completely different from what was previously thought. Even the Father had not guessed the truth of the "Great Cause". We had always considered the actions of the Abyss Xi Ling from the perspective of conspiracies and the destruction of world peace. Naturally, we could only think of all kinds of destruction, but no one would have thought that the Abyss Xi Ling's thinking was so simple, so simple that any soldier of the Empire should be able to understand it.
Rebuild the Empire, and do everything possible to avoid a repeat of the disaster of the past, so that the flag of the Schilling Empire will never fall.
And if necessary, declare war on everything for this goal.
This is really what any Shiring Apostles should have thought of, but all of us are blinded by our own fixed thinking.
"Well, we all understand what your Great Cause is all about." Sandora exhaled, and then looked into Abyssal Schilling's eyes. "I have no intention of judging whether your rebuilding of the Abyssal Empire is good or bad, but I just want to know one thing: apart from this immunity right, what benefits does your Great Cause bring to us? You hope that the New Empire will cooperate with you, saying that the bridge can reduce the frequency and intensity of the Abyssal phenomenon within the Void. What is that all about? "
"In fact, this is just an additional effect of the bridge, but to the races of the World of Order, this additional effect is probably a hundred times more significant than the bridge itself." Abyssal Schilling smiled. "The Abyss is an important factor to ensure that the Void returns to zero. Whether it is my new model or the statement that the Protoss and the Empire have always acknowledged, they are all unified on this point: the Void returns to zero, manifested in the Abyss. Then there is a question: is it really only the Abyss that can complete the return to zero? "
"Theoretically, as long as the world returns to the Void, the 'return to zero' process is equivalent to the end, and the corresponding Abyss of the world will disappear by itself," Halland said slowly in a low voice. "According to what you said, the Abyss is a 'trend' and 'process', so it does not exist out of thin air. This is also consistent with the existing theories, but in the existing theories, the corresponding Abyss will only disappear after the world naturally perishes, which means that the existing theories believe that the Abyss is a 'specific thing' that exists with the world, but in your model, the Abyss only 'happens' when the world begins to perish, so if the world naturally perishes, then the corresponding Abyss actually never existed in the first place. In other words … a world that perishes naturally would not have any intersection with the Abyss, and there might not even be a corresponding Abyss appearing. "
"Actually, I'm not too sure about this. 'Is an Abyss that has yet to happen the Abyss?' This is a question that even I can't calculate. Perhaps a collective consciousness like me is born not good at dealing with such mysterious things, but I do know one thing: the Abyss is not the only way to 'return to zero', it is just the most violent and efficient of all the ways to return to zero. There are countless universes perishing in the Void every moment, and most of them perish naturally. These naturally perishing worlds do not need to be disturbed by the Abyss at all, right? This means that for the Void, as long as' return to zero 'can be successfully achieved, violent means are not necessary at all. "
I looked into Abyss Schilling's eyes. "What does this have to do with the bridge?"
"If the two sides of the Void are connected, the pressure of its return to zero will decrease." Abyss Schilling threw out an even more incomprehensible explanation and began to explain. "We see the Void as a membrane, so can you use the properties of a normal 'membrane' to think about why the Void would return to zero?"
I racked my brain for a while, and suddenly, Shallow Shallow possessed me and had an epiphany. "Because it's elastic enough?"
I was sure that Sandora gulped the moment I said that — everyone in the room heard me!
"Your explanation is quite creative, I didn't even think of it." Xi Ling of the Abyss stared at him blankly, but still nodded. "You can understand it that way. Actually, what I want to say is: The reason why the Void needs to return to zero is to reduce the imbalance between the two sides. You should have seen it in my model. Be it Natural Genesis or Protoss Genesis, as long as anything is born or evolves in the Void, it will change its' membrane 'form. As a single plane, the only way it changes its form is by wrinkling, with bulges being positive and depressions being negative. Numerically, positive and negative cancel each other out, but in reality, both sides of the Void have lost their balance — the Void returning to zero is to find that balance again. Even if it is not a membrane and does not have any dimensions, there is no doubt that the Void has' two sides'. The imbalance between our side and the other side is the culprit for the appearance of the Abyss, and the greater the imbalance, the greater the chance of the Abyss appearing. That is why some worlds are so easily infected: because the amount of information they contain is too much … "
I nodded. "Things with content die early, and things with broad ideas die young."
Abyss Schilling looked at me awkwardly. "Although I appreciate your clever metaphors from time to time, it really affects the atmosphere, okay?"
I said, "… Go on, go on …"
"In short, it is the difference between the two sides of the Void that causes this imbalance, and the difference between the two sides of the Void originates from their complete isolation. At present, it can be confirmed that only this barrier is the ultimate information barrier. You think that this barrier is the Abyss, but I think that this barrier is a type of 'Void structure' that has a strong reaction to the Abyss. But no matter what the explanation is, this barrier-like thing is magnifying the imbalance of the Void. If we successfully build a bridge, then we can reduce the difference between the 'two sides' to a certain extent, because the parts connected by the bridge have no concept of 'isolation'. This is the benefit that building a bridge can bring you: after the balance of the Void increases, the Abyss will decrease. "
I had to admit that this was a very tempting idea, and the prospects it could bring were unprecedentedly bright, but Sandora's eyebrows were still furrowed. It was obvious that Her Majesty the Queen had thought of a more long-term, more disturbing possibility.
Sandora stared into Abyss Schilling's eyes. "What if there is a loophole in your theory? This kind of project may cause damage to the Void itself. The Old Empire's Plan X had already destroyed the entire civilization, and your idea seems to be even crazier than Plan X. You are trying to rewrite the existing Void, and even build your own structure. "
"Of course I've thought of that." Xi Ling of the Abyss was confident. "I've said it before, I won't let the Empire walk the same path again, so my plan won't have any whimsical elements. I used a membrane to represent the Void just to make it easier for you to understand. Its real structure is not so simple, nor is it so fragile. Building a bridge will only reduce the imbalance between the two sides of the Void, and will never cause the Void to collapse or something unheard of. It is not a real membrane, and building a bridge is not a hole in this membrane. And according to the example of the Empire 70,000 years ago, when the Empire tried to control the Void, it was killed by the recoil. Do you think an ordinary race like you and I can change the structure of the Void by building a bridge? You are underestimating the power of the source of all things. "
Sandora silently looked at me and muttered, "The main thing is that he does not look very reliable."
I was speechless. After all, we are an old married couple. Sandora, can you not shoot me at this time?
Fortunately, there was Halland who kept a straight face. He did not care about the little interaction between Sandora and me, and only looked at Abyss Schilling with an unusually serious expression. "In the end, whether this bridge is harmful or not depends on what you say. I admit that the Void does not look like something that can be destroyed by a bridge, but if there is even the slightest change in its structure, it will be a great disaster for us creatures of the World of Order. You have to show us enough evidence before we can talk about cooperation."
"You have completely become one of the New Empire's people so quickly." Abyss Schilling looked at Halland meaningfully. "But it is okay. I knew that you would not believe it so easily, so I will not waste any effort to explain. I will only mention three points: First, the Void is infinite and cannot be described with any specific quantity, so any finite and measurable thing cannot destroy or change the Void. The 'bridge' is obviously a measurable thing, so it will not cause any damage to the Void. What you think of as' changing the structure of the Void 'is, at the end of the day, only changing the pattern of activity of the Abyss. Second, the Void contains everything, and this' contains everything 'is completely literal. In other words, what you can think of and what you cannot, what you can do and what you cannot, everything is a part of the Void whether it exists or not. Therefore, this' bridge 'is also a part of the Void itself. Whether it succeeds or fails, and even if I did not mention the concept of the bridge, the Void already contains all possibilities. Everything we do is approved by the source of all things, and even existed from the beginning. It is like carving a stone statue out of a rock. The statue is already there, and we are now just removing the excess stone chips. Believe me, this will not destroy the essence of the word' rock '. Third, and most importantly, if you are willing to cooperate, I will open up all my research data, and you can verify whether my conjecture is reliable or not. If you decide that this project is harmless, I believe that no one will say anything, right? "
Actually, the first two points that Abyss Schilling said were not a big deal since everyone knew it. But the third point really shocked me. I gaped at her. "You're not joking?"
"There is no need to joke." Abyss Schilling nodded solemnly. "This is the last step of my plan, and there is nothing that contradicts you in the second half of the plan. So, I will open up all the data, and I will explain the details of the cooperation to you later."
"Wait, my mind is a little messed up …"
I quickly waved my hand to stop Abyss Schilling, and then quickly put everything she said together. Then, I thought about how much I had missed. I might have been bombarded by the countless theories and cutting-edge terms that she suddenly threw out, and many of the questions I had at the beginning were forgotten. Now that I had calmed down, I remembered them again.
"Let me ask you a question, and this is also the first question: why are you talking to the New Empire about cooperation now? What were you doing before? What do you want to do in the future? "
I finally pulled this most basic question out of a mess, and this was the key. Abyss Schilling explained a lot of theories about the Void to everyone, and it seemed like she explained her "great cause" and all the effects of the "great cause", but she did not say why she suddenly came to the New Empire, and this was the most surprising part.
"Considering all the conditions, cooperating with you is absolutely necessary to complete the great cause," Abyss Schilling replied readily. "I have the data from the Old World and more information about the other side, and you have the key thing that I am missing, and you can contact the Protoss. More importantly, you have a Void creature here."
I pointed at my own nose. "How does this have anything to do with me?"
"That's right, but we can talk about this later. Hmm, we can talk about it after we meet the person in charge of your research."
I understood, she meant that I might not understand … Alright, this question is not important.
"Then what about your previous actions? Why did you always go against the Empire? Wouldn't it have been better to cooperate with us from the very beginning? Why did you have to fall out with the Protoss and the New Empire? "
Abyss Schilling shook her head. "My previous actions are destined to be intolerable. I need a large number of World Cores to activate the bridge, and I need to destroy many worlds according to the rules to create a turbulent field, and these worlds have requirements, and more than half of them have life. The first half of this plan is to make all worlds of Order an enemy. Do you think you can agree?"
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