Uncle Kenser was usually not a talkative person, and even if he did speak, it would be the classic few words: "Very good, very good". Other than expressing that he had no opinion, he almost never expressed his opinion. But this time, he was talking non-stop about the latest news from the Realm of Gods and his own deductions, as if he intended to say all the words he had saved up in one go.
And from his narration, I quickly understood the process of the Realm of Gods' investigation on the connection between the Void Cataclysm and the recent "collective downtime" incident.
The "World Management System" that the Protoss used to manage the world was different from the Empire's Sovereign Hub. The Empire's Sovereign Hub relied on the construction of various specialized functional facilities to control the various parameters of space-time to produce absolute control over the entire universe. This structure had a strong trace of modularity, it could be disassembled and assembled. It could be seen as using several or even dozens of super equipment to manage all aspects of the universe, and finally, to achieve a set of system for world management. And above the Sovereign Hub, there were even more powerful control units like the "World Arbitration Authority". On the other hand, the Protoss's World Management System was a complete, inseparable thing. It was like an all-in-one machine, and it was the kind that was formed in one go, and all the functions were integrated into the same chassis. All the functional modules, hardware and software used to control the parameters of the universe and to detect the state of the universe were integrated together. Jingle's Basilica of the World Tree was an obvious example.
These two control methods had their own advantages and disadvantages. The Empire's Sovereign Hub was complicated and not as simple as the "all-in-one machine", but its modular structure allowed it to be upgraded and changed quickly, and it could be flexibly customized to meet the requirements. For some special universes with limited functions (such as a pure industrial world, a pure springboard world), it could only install the required management modules to minimize the waste of functions. On the other hand, the Protoss's World Management System was highly integrated, and because all the functions were in place, it looked simple and easy to use (think about Jingle's intelligence). But the disadvantage was also obvious: there was no way to customize it. Once the management system was built, there were a lot of pre-installed plug-ins. Basically, beginners could only use the "automatic operation" function of the system to make these plug-ins operate on their own. It would be troublesome if someone wanted to customize the system. Anyway, in my memory, only a female genius like Icetis could do something like a bare-metal Genesis.
Of course, the Protoss's World Management System was not completely impossible to customize and rewrite. For example, Jingle had installed many plug-ins for the Yggdrasil, but these plug-ins were still foolproof and only had fancy functions. You could not fundamentally change the structure and capabilities of the World Management System. At most, you could be like Jingle and add a huge floating window on the trunk of the Yggdrasil. Every time the Yggdrasil restarted, it would display a line of words: Your startup time is three and a half days. You have been defeated by all the World Management System in the Divine Realm. You are advised to immediately uninstall this plugin to avoid damage to the reputation of the Temple of Gods. Basically, it was a useless thing like this.
Two different ways of managing the universe, of course, also applied different principles. The Empire's system controlled the various universal constants, because I did not understand how it worked, so I will not explain it in detail. On the other hand, the Protoss's management system seemed to be related to the Heart of the World. It was a bit like an artificial imitation of the Heart of the World, or simply bound the Heart of the World to the management system. Because the Heart of the World was a miniature version of the entire universe, it was the "formula pool" for all mathematical changes in the universe. So, by using a specific method to control the Heart of the World, it was the same as controlling the universe. Of course, the Protoss's creation would be stronger and more stable than the fragile Heart of the World. Even a rookie like Jingle would not crash easily … Well, even if it crashed, it could be rebooted … In any case, after Jingle was shot, we knew one thing: the Protoss's world system was connected to the Heart of the World. Either it was an artificial, strengthened version of the Heart of the World, or it had the Heart of the World embedded in the management terminal.
"Right now, the Pantheon has analyzed all the malfunction cases, but they did not find any problems with the world management system. So, they have shifted their attention to the Heart of the World, which is a mirror image of the system," Uncle Kenser explained patiently. He knew that I was not good at understanding abstract things, so he explained in great detail, "You must know, although the world management system corresponds to the Heart of the World, and even overlaps with it, they can still be separated into two parts, just like the system and the mirror image of the system. Moreover, this mirror image and the main body maintain real-time synchronization."
"Then, the Old Geezer Alliance … I mean, the Pantheon discovered that there was a problem with the Heart of the World?" I had been hanging out with Icetis for so long that the moment I opened my mouth, I almost called the Pantheon the Old Geezer Alliance as well. As expected, those who were close to Icetis would easily become hoodlums.
"Before today, everything was just speculation." Kenser nodded. "Because all the malfunctions we encountered were small-scale malfunctions, even the most serious malfunction didn't reach the point where it would affect the balance of the universe. So, even if there was a problem with the Heart of the World, we wouldn't be able to find any major problems. The Pantheon was only able to make a rough guess, and then they assigned long-term observation missions to us, the Management Gods who encountered malfunctions. Usually, every Management God has more than one world under their jurisdiction, so we assigned these observation missions to our believers. Today, coincidentally, right after they received the observation data, the Pantheon sent us a new notice. It turns out that some Management Gods had already submitted the data a few days ago. The Pantheon sent us the data and the process of their research. Lin and I just finished comparing everything and confirmed that the Pantheon's research is correct. "
I looked at Uncle Kenser with slight surprise. I didn't expect him to be someone who didn't believe in authority. The Pantheon had already sent us the conclusion, but he still wanted to compare it himself. Logically speaking, if he had such a research spirit, he wouldn't have been associated with Jingle's team and be called one of the five problem children. Uncle Kenser, are you a hidden expert who has been hiding for a long time?
In the end, just as I showed a surprised expression, Icetis walked over from the side and patted my shoulder. "Don't listen to his bragging. He just remembered the wrong date to submit the data, so he called his pope over today. In the end, the Pantheon just replied that they weren't accepting the data anymore — pretending to study was just to show that they were diligent in their studies. I believe that when you were called by your teacher in school and couldn't answer a question, you would also quickly lower your head and pretend to study hard … "
Kenser's old face was full of awkwardness. "Lady Icetis, please be merciful with your words. The children are here …"
Icetis shrugged her shoulders playfully. Her eyes fell on Will. "Kid, do you want to follow me? I am also a well-known figure in the Light faction. Now that all my underlings have died, I am recruiting more people. For the glory of the Holy Mother … "
The village version of Gandalf suddenly became serious. "Thank God for his grace, but Will's loyalty to my Lord will never change. Ever since he survived the plague at the age of ten by the grace of the Holy Light, this body will never be loyal to other gods."
Only then did I understand why this white-bearded old man was so loyal to Kenser. It turned out that he was saved by the Church or Kenser himself … Let's not talk about this first. Icetis's shamelessness was not bad at all. She was trying to poach Kenser in front of others.
In the end, Icetis was not done messing around. She turned to the Amazon Pope. "Tsk, another stubborn fellow … How about this little girl over here? Your temperament is quite compatible with mine. Lady, since you are a man, do you want to learn how to use the meteor hammer from me? "
I was speechless. Grandpa Bing, since you are a man!
Lin originally thought that she had nothing to do with this. Now that she realized that she had been shot while lying down, she could only say weakly, "Lady Icetis, please don't be like this. Queena is very stubborn …"
The Amazon Pope's expression changed as expected. Her eyes became sharp. "Since the moment Queena hatched from the egg, she has decided that she will only follow the Dragon God. She is not interested in your invitation."
I almost choked on my own saliva. "From the egg?"
"Is it strange?" Queena glanced at me. "I am a giant dragon. Of course, I hatched from the egg. The Dragon God found a dragon egg in a destroyed nest and hatched me personally. This is the grace of a parent. "
Then, she recalled and her expression became even more serious. "Although the Dragon God often fed me food when I was young, it was because of this that I was stronger than the average giant dragon."
Beside me, the Dragon God girl's face was bright red as she lowered her head and tried her best to eat. I patted her shoulder and said earnestly, "You shouldn't expect others to have two mouths — and even if you have two mouths, you only have one stomach … By the way, you can hatch eggs too?"
Lin's face was almost buried in her plate. She said in a muffled voice, "I learned from my mother … But I never thought that I could really hatch an egg. Back then, I picked up a dragon egg from the ruins. I thought it was dead and wanted to bring it back to the temple to be buried. But when I was hanging it on my body, a little girl suddenly jumped out … Then, there was Queena."
I looked at the muscular pope in front of me, and then at Lin, who was only half the size of the latter. I felt that the life of a god was so f * cking interesting … I wonder if this Queena has the habit of keeping her own egg shell like those little crows.
"If you don't want to, then don't. It's such a good thing, and you're still making excuses." Icetis saw that no one was paying attention to her. She could only saunter back and continue chatting with Fina. "I just miss the children from back then …"
Others might not have heard it clearly, but I heard it very clearly. Looking at Bryndis' back, I really wanted to go up and say something, but in the end, I suppressed this impulse. I knew this female gangster very well. If I went up to comfort her now, she would most likely shout "Holy motherf * cker's light" and slap me in the face with a chain brick.
I turned my head and said, "Alright, alright. Let's continue discussing the Void Cataclysm and the Heart of the World."
"That's basically all I can say." Uncle Kenser spread his hands. "The Heart of the World has a problem, which means that all the basic templates of the universe have a problem. Based on the 'random distribution' of the incident, it can be determined that this problem is not limited to the templates or even the Void Quadrant. Something that could affect such a large area can only be the Void Cataclysm. Also, this has to do with the inherent nature of the Heart of the World. No matter what happens in the universe, the Heart of the World will always be the first to react. The destruction of the universe starts from the chaos of the Heart of the World. Based on the observation data that we have gathered, the malfunction of the Heart of the World is inclined towards self-disintegration — the same characteristic of 'returning to zero'. Of course, the current situation is far from the point where the universe is about to be destroyed. But the Pantheon has determined that the initial effects of the Void Cataclysm are beginning to show. At the very least … the world of Order is not very stable. "
I furrowed my eyebrows. I felt a mountain of pressure, but at the same time, I felt a little hopeful. "Why didn't the Empire discover it? Could it be that you have made a wrong judgment? "
"Because you don't pay attention to the Heart of the World at all. Your control over the universe is based on other technologies." Uncle Kenser was unusually serious. "The Shiring Apostles are extremely purposeful and have very little passion for 'unrelated things'. I heard that ever since you developed the current technology to control the universe, you haven't really studied the Heart of the World anymore. After all, it's true that there isn't much to study. The technology isn't complicated, and it's just a point of information entanglement. I reckon that there are only one or two people in your research center who would routinely take a few samples of the Heart of the World for inspection. Such a sample inspection wouldn't be able to discover the problem this time. You see, our Protoss used almost a month to track and analyze a large number of samples before finally confirming that there was a problem with the Heart of the World. "
I opened my mouth and realized that I really couldn't deny this. I could only wave my hand in annoyance. "Alright, alright … I really didn't think that it would come so soon. This … isn't it a little too early?"
I sat on the chair and looked at the lively scene around me. I thought about the impending Void Cataclysm. I felt an involuntary sense of annoyance and urgency rising in my heart at the same time. With my simple-minded personality, it wasn't easy to have these two feelings at the same time. Why did everything come so quickly?
All along, the Void Cataclysm had been an unreachable thing in my heart. Even when I observed the discontinuity zone, even when I heard the news from the Abyssal Schilling, I didn't realize that the Void Cataclysm was approaching to this extent. At the end of the day, it was probably because I had never seen a real 'natural disaster' before. It was just like when ordinary people hear about earthquakes and volcanoes. No matter how big the disaster was, as long as they didn't see it with their own eyes and didn't experience it for themselves, they would never feel it. But once they experienced it for themselves, or even just saw it once from afar, the feeling of impending disaster would become real.
I felt that my situation was a little similar. Although the Void Cataclysm only affected the operating system used by the Protoss, it had now crossed the important boundary between the virtual and the real. When the disaster changed from a bunch of abstract data and awkward-sounding descriptions to a visible and tangible disaster — even if it was just a small disaster, the pressure it brought to people would be unprecedentedly magnified.
Of course, Uncle Kenser could see the change in my mood, but he just smiled warmly. I finally saw the calmness of an elder in this old man who only knew how to run around to fight for discounted eggs with the retired old men every day. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Heart of the World is a very sensitive thing. Therefore, its alarm is usually very early. Even the Pantheon's notification did not sound too urgent. Moreover, Father has not issued an emergency order, so we still have enough time. And to be honest … in the entire Void, there are only a few people who can truly control this disaster. If even you are at a loss, how many others can remain calm? "
I heaved a sigh of relief and thanked my invisible mother for giving me such a simple-minded personality. After a short moment of absent-mindedness, I calmed down and thought about Abyss Schilling's plan. I felt that her "great cause" had probably reached the final step, and I felt slightly more at ease.
As for the progress of Abyss Schilling's "great cause," the only thing that could be confirmed was that all the necessary "materials" had been gathered, and the location needed to build the bridge was almost ready. Furthermore, she had already prepared the "starting point." It seemed that all that was left was to suppress the New Army and work together with the Empire and the Protoss to start building the bridge. Furthermore, these two things could be done simultaneously, so there should be enough time. Right now, the only thing that I wasn't sure about was the difficulty of building the bridge. Abyss Schilling still hadn't explained the details of building the bridge. She seemed to want to wait for Father God and Big Sis Hilla to arrive before announcing this matter. That was why I was rather nervous about this matter.
Even though I wasn't sure what the so-called "starting point" looked like, and what steps were needed to activate it, my intuition told me that building the bridge would definitely not be an easy task. Even if all the materials were prepared and all the technical issues were solved, it would still take a lot of effort. And according to Abyss Schilling, building the bridge required the super civilizations on both sides of the Void to work together, which would add even more trouble to the process. That was why even though there was only one step left in building the bridge, I didn't dare to be too optimistic. No matter how I looked at it, this last step was the most troublesome part.
But right now, there wasn't much that I could do. I would leave the so-called professional matters to the professionals. I believed that the experts in various fields would do their best to take care of these matters, so I could only do my best …
Err, I should just act as a memorial tablet to stabilize the army's morale.
After thinking things through, of course, I felt relieved. I raised my head and looked at the lively scene in the shop that I was extremely familiar with. I watched as Kenser and Lin continued to chat with their believers, Icetis continued to chat with Funa or Belavilla, and Bibolu continued to float innocently in the air, not knowing what to do. I smiled. Remember this, don't forget your original intentions. Don't let any difficulties or obstacles disturb everything in front of you.
The sky hasn't fallen yet.
After thinking for a while, I stood up and walked towards Icetis. Before the sky falls, I should first help a certain burly female gangster mend the sky.
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