I felt that no matter how hard I tried to adapt, I still couldn't keep up with Abyssal Schilling's logic. As a collective consciousness on the internet, her way of thinking was extremely egocentric. In other words, she was "born" in a state where she wouldn't be disturbed by the real world. Later on, she even became the sole ruler of the Abyss. All sorts of conditions caused her to only make plans based on her own needs, completely ignoring the influence of the real world in the process. But what if the real world really started to interfere with her actions? Her way of doing things was simple. She would send an army of fallen apostles and kill anyone who stood in her way …
In summary, excluding the Chaos Abyss Xi Ling's innate scheming ability and long-term calculations, I felt that he was basically a lawless brat. The brat himself wasn't scary. What was scary was that this brat had an army of millions under his command.
"Do I need to sacrifice a large number of worlds of Order when building the bridge?" This sensitive question made Sandora's eyebrows twitch. "Is that why you started destroying everything in the beginning?"
"That's the main reason." Xi Ling of the Abyss nodded without any pressure, as if it was a matter of course. "From some of the databases sent from the other side, I know the way to build a bridge. First, a large area of the Abyss needs to be in a state of tranquility. The simplest way is, of course, to destroy the world. After the world is annihilated, the corresponding Abyss will naturally disappear, and the new world is very stable, they will reduce the turbulence in the Void. Destroying the world according to a certain pattern is also meaningful. I chose a target similar to a node, one in every quadrant. This way, I can obtain the greatest return with the smallest price. Apart from that, I also need a large number of World Cores to write the activation terminal. This activation terminal must be able to withstand very strong pollution. Before the bridge is officially connected, the bridge is actually an unprecedented Gate of the Abyss. It is impossible to use conventional methods to suppress this Gate of the Abyss, not even the Void Creatures themselves. This doesn't require quality, but quantity. I need a large number of things as consumables. The Worldcore is something with a high degree of information entanglement, like a high-density neutralizer. They cover all the information evolution of the entire universe from birth to death, like an index and mirror file of everything in the universe. I stripped them from the concrete, restored them to an abstract state, and then recompiled them into entities. This work is still in progress, but it's almost finished. Soon, I'll be able to build the startup port. "
"What the heck …" I choked out three words. I did not know what to say after that. When Xi Ling of the Abyss described the "great cause" and the bright future after the "great cause" succeeded, I did not think there was anything wrong with the plan. I even felt a little excited when I heard that the plan could increase the stability of the Void. I have to say, the idea was really tempting, and no one who lived in an orderly environment could resist it. But I never thought that it would require such a price in the early stages!
Using countless worlds as sacrifices to appease the Void, and then using the same sacrifice to create a bridge. This process reminded me of "surgery." This was equivalent to operating on the body of the Void. There was a need to anesthetize and disinfect the scalpel in advance. However, the anesthetic method used by Abyssal Schilling was a little too sharp. Her bottle of medical alcohol would have extinguished the lights in countless universes.
I can only say that it was fortunate that the Protoss and the Empire reacted quickly. At least, many worlds were saved when Abyssal collected the World Cores. Otherwise, who knows how many universes this lawless person would have implicated in order to revive her Empire!
"You see, your expression says it all." Abyssal Schilling looked me in the eye. "You and the Protoss will not agree with my method. I can only collect enough 'materials' in time if I suddenly make a move at the beginning. If the news is leaked in advance, I'm afraid you will do anything to interfere with me."
Sandora snorted. "Of course. Your great cause sounds tempting, but if it is at the cost of the existing worlds of Order, how is it different from the Abyss itself? No matter how many Abyss phenomena there are, it is just a little more work for the Imperial Army and the Protoss. Moreover, even if your great cause succeeds, it will not be able to fundamentally eliminate the Abyss phenomena. Treating the symptoms without solving the root of the problem is meaningless in my opinion. "
Abyssal Schilling patiently waited for Sandora to finish speaking. Then, she said unhurriedly, "My great cause cannot fundamentally eliminate the Abyss phenomena, but at least I can make the Void Cataclysm a little gentler."
Sandora and I said in unison, "This has something to do with the Void Cataclysm?"
The Void Cataclysm!
If Abyssal Schilling hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. She had been emphasizing the need to complete her "great cause" before the Void Cataclysm, which meant that her "great cause" was linked to the Void Cataclysm. It was just that Sandora and I were so immersed in the overwhelming amount of information that we almost forgot about it.
Abyssal Schilling nodded. "You should have observed some abnormal phenomenon inside the Gate of the Abyss, right?"
"You mean the discontinuity?" Sandora leaned forward. "According to your model, the Gate of the Abyss is not the Abyss Lair, but a special 'Void structure'. So, which part of the model does this discontinuity correspond to?"
"It does not correspond to any part. It is just the 'stress' of the Void." The smile on Abyssal Schilling's face finally faded, and her expression began to become serious. "Of course, it is different from the common sense of stress. I just randomly named it based on its effect. Everyone here knows about the Void's reversion to zero, so we can classify the reversion to zero according to its intensity. The simplest and mildest reversion to zero is natural evolution: the birth and death of the universe, the natural process of annihilation is the mildest reversion to zero. Even more ferocious than natural evolution is the Abyss, which directly destroys the universe of Order to restore the Void to a peaceful state, which is the Abyss. Before this, everyone thought that the Abyss was already the most ferocious thing in the Void, but now we see a third reversion that is even more ferocious than that … Total formatting, or discontinuity, it is produced from the middle of the 'special structure' and spreads to both sides of the Void. I do not know if this thing is infinite, but if my model is right, these two discontinuity zones are enough to destroy everything. They will reset everything and directly restore the Void to a 'clean' state where nothing is left. "
Even the usually calm Halland couldn't help but exclaim, "No one is spared?"
Abyssal Schilling's expression was unprecedentedly solemn. "Only Void creatures and individuals who directly receive the power radiation of Void creatures are spared, because these two individuals are equivalent to the Void itself and a variant of the Void. No matter how they appear, the Void will not think of them as' non-zero individuals'. Apart from these lucky ones, no one is spared."
I couldn't help but swallow hard. "Void creatures can understand … What does' receiving the power radiation of Void creatures' mean exactly? We previously understood that after the Cataclysm, all the worlds that had anything to do with Void creatures survived … "
"That should be the result after the 'great cause' succeeds." Abyssal Schilling looked into my eyes. "If the great cause fails, the Cataclysm will erupt at full strength, and its destruction process is extremely merciless. 'Receiving the power radiation of Void creatures' is my way of saying it. I don't know how you describe this process, but my standard is: under the information disturbance of Void creatures, there will be a mutation, and they will obtain a special power or affinity with the Void. The most obvious manifestation is that they will be able to be in the Void without any external protection, as comfortable and harmless as a baby returning to its cradle. Only by reaching this standard can it prove that a certain individual has become a dependent of the Void, and is immune to the Void's cleansing process. "
I could feel my muscles slowly tightening, and a chill crept over me.
'Affinity with the Void' — this characteristic was all too familiar. Wasn't this the state before I became Deified?
Based on this standard, the people around me, such as Sandora, Shallow Shallow, and the others, indeed had an affinity with the Void, so they had the right to be immune. Below them would be the Royal Fleet … Perhaps a tenth or even less would survive. Below them would be the various main armies and ordinary soldiers. They could only communicate with Void creatures through the mental network, and the information disturbance they received was extremely low. Although they had already begun to become Deified, the progress was extremely slow. I didn't know if they could complete their ascension before the Void Cataclysm arrived, but based on the current situation, they would definitely be wiped out.
Below that would be the Salvation Army, New Eden, the Civilization Community, Vadis, the Tree Elves, the Dark Forest Tribe, and the citizens of Atlantis …
The entire macro world, almost the entire City of Shadows, and everything in Avalon … would be wiped out.
Perhaps the Protoss's situation would be better since all of them had become Deified, but the mortal worlds under their rule would definitely be wiped out without a single survivor.
"Since 'Pardon' is an extremely targeted thing, the full Cataclysm would only pardon those sentient beings with a mark. According to my judgment, these 'sentient beings' are intelligent beings that have the ability to 'observe, identify, and perceive themselves'. That is why, in theory, everything before you and I, including the house you live in and everything you are familiar with, would be wiped out, including the physical bodies of everyone present. Those who survive would become something like a floating soul, with only their consciousness remaining, no physical body, and nothing to rely on. They would float in the Void, eternally drifting without the concept of time. Because I'm not sure how long it would take for Genesis to resume after the Void Cataclysm, I'm not even sure if the consciousness that becomes a floating soul could wait until the physical world reappears without the concept of time. That is why this state would be eternal for those who survive. "
"This is the real Void Cataclysm?"
"This is the real Void Cataclysm."
I fell silent, and suddenly realized that none of the reasons, motivations, and conditions that Abyss Schilling had told me were as important as this last piece of information: the only thing that could truly bind everyone on the same boat was the truth of the Void Cataclysm.
Perhaps Abyss Schilling herself, as a collective consciousness, did not notice this, and even felt that the truth of the Void Cataclysm was far less important than what she had said before, which was why she only mentioned it at the very end (from this, it was clear that she was not a qualified lobbyist). But to me and everyone else here, it was the straw that broke the camel's back … Or rather, it was Mt. Tai, and no camel would be able to withstand such a huge amount of information.
To be honest, working together with Abyss Schilling was very difficult for everyone to accept. Regardless of her motives, and whether she was an "absolutely neutral" computer program, it was a fact that she had caused great damage to the world of Order. Even if her great cause could bring a new Order to the Void, Sandora and I would not easily accept such an ally, because just as Sandora had said: even without building a bridge, the Abyss in the Void was not impossible to deal with, and if worse came to worst, the Empire and the Protoss would just have to put in a little more effort. We could not easily compromise with the "enemy". But now …
I looked at the black-haired woman across the table. She was still sitting there with a tranquil expression, and beside her was her strange trunk. She herself was just as unfathomable as that strange trunk. It was this person whom we had never considered a friend …
In reality, she had destroyed countless worlds.
In reality, she had always been the mortal enemy of the world of Order.
In reality, she was on the same side as the Abyss.
In reality, she was saving everyone — through those three seemingly treasonous actions.
Damn it.
"How can we be sure that your speculation about the Void Cataclysm is also correct?" Sandora finally broke the silence. "I can believe that you have confirmed the 'dual nature of the Void' through theoretical research and case analysis, and I am willing to believe that you do have such information in hand, but where did your understanding of the Void Cataclysm come from? About this thing … the Old Empire doesn't know about it, the God Race doesn't know about it, and even we only know about it through a loophole. How do you know about it so clearly? How do you even know its exact power and pardon rules? "
Sandora's words jolted me out of my trance. That's right, how did Abyss Schilling know about it?
But the woman across the table did not seem to be stumped by the question, as if she had calculated everything that would happen today. "Because the Void Cataclysm has happened more than once, and there are records left from the last cataclysm — first on the other side, and now in my hands."
I felt that the amount of information that I had come into contact with today was equivalent to the amount of information I had come into contact with in the past few years, to the point that I felt a little numb, but fortunately I could still think clearly: I noticed that she said 'records left until today' and not 'people who survived until today', but those who could survive the complete cataclysm and leave behind records were undoubtedly individuals like Void Creatures or True Gods, and these individuals were all proper long-lived species.
As for whether there were Void Creatures like myself on the other side, I did not care about that for now: would there be a big difference? After all, they were a bunch of lazy bums like me, and at most a little crazy like Big Sis Hilla. Since the Void was divided into two sides, it was only natural that there were Void Creatures on the other side.
If Big Sis Hilla knew about this, she would definitely be excited, but whether she would still be excited after knowing about the Void Cataclysm was another question.
I tossed out my doubts, but Xi Ling shook his head. "I'm not too sure about that. Even I could only receive information from the other side of the river at the best of times. Naturally, I wouldn't be able to ask about the situation on the other side. Anyway, what is certain is that the Void Cataclysm had happened more than once, and each time only Void Creatures and their kin survived, and they left behind details about the cataclysm and various conjectures about how to resist the cataclysm. Theoretically, this information should be available on both sides, but for some reason, it was only preserved on the other side, and passed down from generation to generation like a treasure. Now what is certain is that after the cataclysm ended last season, the Recorder on the other side finally thought of a solution to the cataclysm, and that was to strengthen the balance of the Void, because the Void Cataclysm was a periodic phenomenon when the imbalance accumulated to a certain peak, and as long as the only problem was solved, the cycle would naturally disappear, and the solution was to build a bridge. But the Recorder on the other side only had time to leave those records, and the Void Cataclysm came before they succeeded in building the bridge … The Recorder may have tried, but it was destroyed in the end, but the bridge building method they left behind was passed down to this day. While we only cared about strengthening ourselves and developing war technology, all the superior civilizations and the Protoss on the other side were desperately building the bridge, desperately calling for any civilization on our side that could hear their voice: building a bridge is not a project that can be completed by a single civilization on the other side of the Void, and it requires people on both sides to work together. "
"The Old Empire was fortunate enough to hear their voice and responded …" Sandora seemed to have sorted everything out. "But everything was not in time, and the Old Empire fell within a few hundred years."
"Although it is not appropriate for a Shiring Apostles to say this," Halland smiled bitterly. "But those fellows on the other side really contacted a civilization that could not shoulder such a great responsibility at the most inopportune time, and it was good enough that they could contact the Protoss … Back then, the entire Empire was in a frenzy, and no one cared about such things."
"Alright, that's the basic situation, we'll talk about the details in the future," Abyss Schilling stood up and stretched to show that he was a little tired. "I'm sure you want to know about the situation in the Abyss and my split, and I'll tell you when the time comes. Now, give me your attitude: if you can confirm that everything I said is true, will you cooperate? Even if it's just this once, and then we'll continue fighting. "
I looked at Sandora, then at Halland, and noticed that everyone had the same expression: do we have a choice?
"Alright, cooperate this time." I extended my hand to Abyss Schilling. "We'll continue fighting in the future, if you're 'unscrupulous' again."
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