The mystery of the New Army's preemptive activation of the power source was revealed. The answer was inconceivable, but it was in line with their extreme nature and the destructiveness of Schilling technology — the power from the apocalypse.
The Schilling civilization's definition of "energy" was different from that of ordinary races. In fact, all races that had developed into a trans-world civilization would have a brand new definition of energy. For a race that was trapped in their own universe and could not access the Void, the upper limit of energy was the existing product of their universe. Their definition of energy was very narrow and often limited to their own worldview, which was the cyclic system of a closed universe. However, for a trans-world civilization, "energy" must be an open concept, and the reason was simple.
Many things would immediately lose their effectiveness if they left their home universe. Just like how lifeforms that relied on oxygen could not survive in a vacuum without carrying their own oxygen, civilizations that relied on their own world's energy would often find that the "energy" they were familiar with did not exist in other worlds, or even if it did exist, it had a completely different circulation rule. This was the result of the difference between worlds, and the extreme example was, of course, the Void Quadrant. Therefore, solving the "conversion" between the Void Quadrants and making all levels of energy usable in other universes was the first lesson that a trans-world civilization must master.
Under this requirement, the concept of energy became broader, and "high-level energy" had a higher and broader scope of application. Whether it was holy light or psionic energy, whether it was the other divine arts of the Galactic Protoss, or the power of truth used by the Huron Protoss, it was ultimately a "First Power" or "First Driving Force" (Is it a familiar concept?). Of course, this First Driving Force was only similar in a symbolic sense to the "Power of God" that humans once pursued, but it was still different in essence. For a trans-world civilization, all "factors that cause information fluctuation" were energy, and psionic energy and holy light were only the specific manifestations of this "factor".
The so-called 'Information Fluctuation' sounded very sophisticated, but it was easy to understand when considering the 'zero' characteristic of the Void: anything or process that was not zero in the Void (such as Genesis) was an Information Fluctuation. Everything that could affect and produce Information Fluctuations was original-level energy.
Scholars of various races believed that there should be countless types of 'First Force'. The evidence was that psionic energy could have a large number of variations based on frequency and information characteristics (the unstable psionic energy of the Fallen Apostle was actually a variation). Divine power could also change at any time due to personal habits. As long as it was a 'factor' that 'caused information fluctuations at the level of the world's origin', then it would be ranked second in the Void Stairway. It was an origin energy on the same level as psionic energy, holy light, and the power of truth. This was also why we said that psionic energy was on the same level as the world. In essence, it was the "first factor" that caused the Void to not be zero.
So, what could be more massive than the information fluctuation caused by the end of the world?
Birth could produce energy, and so could destruction. 'Information Fluctuation' was a process that would release energy regardless of size or size. Using this energy was inconceivable to the mortal races, but it was a walk in the park for the Shiring Apostles. However, it was an extremely barbaric method to absorb energy through the destruction of worlds, and because there was no successor, it was seen as killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. Even in the most 'arrogant' era of the Old Empire, it was only done under extreme circumstances, and they could only choose those lifeless barren universes. And as the Old Empire collapsed, the technology to extract the 'power of the apocalypse' also disappeared … Now it seemed that it did not disappear. The New Army had somehow found the incomplete records of this technology and had even restored it!
The huge box behind Abyss Schilling kept buzzing, and her figure flickered from time to time. This meant that most of her energy was focused on her "main body", and the amount of data left for this interface was very low. In less than half a minute, she completed the verification of all the military nodes, and nodded solemnly to reconfirm her information. "I re-checked the telemetry station's telemetry records of the New Army's territory, and confirmed that most of their universes have disappeared, and the huge amount of primordial energy produced by the information fluctuation has been transferred to this place."
"Won't this cause a huge commotion?" I was still shocked. "You didn't notice anything at all?"
"It is indeed a huge commotion, but they used all kinds of crazy military operations to cover it up, and these apocalypses were completed in a very short time. Unless it was predicted in advance, even I couldn't react in time." Abyss Schilling frowned. It seemed that her crazy half was making her miserable. "This bunch of lunatics … I never thought that my crazy half could still maintain such a high level of strategy even after turning into an obsessive program. As expected of someone who shares the same origin as me."
"Alright, we can talk about that later. Let's solve the problem in front of us first." I waved my hand to cut off Abyss Schilling's complaints, and turned to look at the holographic projection. The fleet's position and the activation point were very far away, and because the activation point's space-time attribute was distorted, we couldn't rely on light path observation to determine the location of the activation point. Although we could see the huge pillar of light from here, it was actually billions of light years away from here, and there were many obstacles along the way. The holographic projection showed the currently detected spatial feed map, and from the activation point to the outside, there were layers of interference barriers, and the spatial coordinates were disrupted and reorganized on these interference barriers, causing the spaceship to only be able to advance a relatively limited distance with each jump. As soon as the fleet left the jump state, it would immediately be met with crazy intercepting firepower. Although some of the firepower was diverted by the beacons, this universe was almost filled with enemies, and their attacks were still insane!
"How far has it awakened?" I could only ask Abyss Schilling, the only expert on the scene, and the only good news was that the activation point was unusually complicated. Even if the New Army solved its energy problem, it would still require a complicated process before it could be activated … and this was all the time we had left.
"It seems that a large portion of the energy they obtained from the Annihilation World has been lost, or it is mismatched, so the activation point hasn't fully awakened yet." Abyss Schilling kept communicating with her node, calculating how much time the activation point had before it fully awakened. "As long as we delay them from recharging, there should be enough time for the fleet to arrive."
Shallow Shallow frowned. "By the way, is it worth it for them to blow up their entire territory to activate this thing? Even if they build the bridge, they won't have a foothold to stand on. "
"As long as they build the bridge, they would have an impregnable territory within it, and why would they need the territories of the world of Order?" Abyss Schilling smiled bitterly. "If my calculations aren't wrong, the Void Bridge itself has limitless potential for expansion, and even if it doesn't expand, it would be enough to accommodate the entire New Army. That's why their goal is clear: as long as they occupy the bridge, the survival of the world of Order would have nothing to do with them. They could destroy all civilizations on both sides, and blowing up their own territory to use as energy … isn't a big deal."
"Warning, the first batch of guidance beacons has been destroyed."
"Warning, the second batch of guidance beacons has been destroyed … all other guidance beacons have been destroyed."
That was when the mainframe of the ship suddenly blared a series of alarms. The mirror unit we had sent out was finally destroyed after withstanding a large amount of interception fire, and red silhouettes suddenly appeared on the radar like a swarm of locusts. These red silhouettes surrounded the Empire fleet, and were now only one astronomical unit away. However, the fleet could not see the enemy that these silhouettes represented, because they were 'information precursors' projected before the warp, and Lin Xue had used a special method to mark them on the warning system.
The fleet had just completed a warp jump, and was intercepted by the enemy's interference barrier in space. The warp engine was on cooldown, and the enemy could only face it head-on. Fortunately, the Prophet had given them time to react, and the fortress ship immediately deployed additional combined shields, while Sandora ordered the remaining guidance beacons to be released.
In any case, if they were to lose this battle … the entire Empire fleet, including the guidance beacons, would be useless.
The fleet quickly swapped positions with the guidance beacons, messing up the mapping of the spatial coordinates. Some of the enemies were confused by the mirror images, but a considerable number of interception forces emerged from the space around the Empire fleet and pounced like a pack of frenzied wolves.
The combined shields shook violently once more, and the main cannons of the Empire Admiral opened fire, joining the battle personally. This time, the interception forces were no longer limited to using hyperspace firepower to stop the enemy. Many of their ships braved the fierce psionic torrent to tear through space, charging directly at the Imperial Army's main formation, bombarding them as they charged!
The Empire fleet turned on their special antenna system as they attacked, trying to intercept something useful from the enemy's communication network. But other than a few short and temporary commands with no secret value, there was only a large wave of noise roaring in all channels, and after the noise was filtered, there was only one meaning: destroy, destroy, destroy!
"There were still some relatively rational communication messages at the start of the battle, but as the battle went on, they were gradually controlled by the obsession …" Abyss Schilling closed his eyes. "That collective consciousness … her remaining crazy thoughts have begun to invade the nodes. She was originally a product of the network, but now she is corrupting her own network. What a pathetic collective consciousness, and an equally pathetic node … Destroy them, it's the best release for them. "
"That's easy for you to say." Shadora continued to spread her spiritual power. She looked a little tired as she glared at the Abyssal Sheering. "Where are the two armies that you said were left in this universe? Didn't you say they would converge soon? What are they doing? "
"Right next to the startup terminal, but we can't break in …"
Abyssal Xi Ling was halfway through his sentence when he was interrupted by an urgent call from the communicator. "General's brother! General's brother, do you hear me? There's a situation here, and you're right! A bunch of enemies popped out of nowhere! Ahhhhh! "
It was the voice of Madman Two. The enemy had really started to attack the transportation hub.
But when I heard Madman Two's report, I was stunned. Why did the New Army attack at this time?
I was worried that the enemy would attack the transportation hub because I didn't know the situation of the Tranquility Core, and I didn't know that the startup terminal would be activated in advance. I thought the battle would last for a long time, maybe even a few days. Under such circumstances, the enemy would certainly need to attack the transportation hub to increase their chances of winning. But now, looking at this distorted world, the startup terminal was almost fully activated, and the Imperial Army probably only had less than a few hours left, and the New Army had completely abandoned their territory. They didn't need to occupy any fortress world at all … Why did that bunch of lunatics suddenly appear at this time?
But my confusion didn't last long. Abyss Schilling suddenly came to a realization. "They only need a little bit of energy!"
Everyone's eyes turned to the central projection, which showed a magnificent white beam of light …
The New Army used the annihilation of worlds to generate energy and catalyze the startup terminal in advance, but they didn't know enough about the startup terminal, so the energy generated by the first round of the apocalypse didn't completely "awaken" the startup terminal. They were still a little bit away … But there should be no more universes that could be annihilated in the New Army's area of absolute control. Other than the Tranquility Core and a few defense lines around it, they must find energy from somewhere else … and that was the universe that the Protoss and the Imperial Army had just conquered!
"Madman Two! We must defend that place! We can't let a single enemy cross over! " I almost pounced on the communicator. Madman Two was guarding the most crucial transportation node. Once her defense line was breached, the New Army could march straight in and quickly destroy the other universes that had almost no resistance. Those worlds had just been conquered, and the various defense fortresses and sovereign hubs had yet to be completed. Most of the troops stationed there were weak servant armies. If the New Army wanted to destroy those universes, it would only take ten minutes!
I quickly sent more information to Madman Two through the mental network. She was silent for a while, then I heard a familiar roar, "Then kill those bastards! This universe is the General's property. I will kill all the invaders. Victory will always belong to the General! Charge! Charge! Blow them up, blow them up! "
"Hold the defense line. I will ask the Seventh Army to immediately return to help you. Anyway, they are blocked outside the Tranquility Core …"
"No! You guys take down the Tranquility Core. I will fight to survive until then. I swear on my name, I will definitely defend this place! I am now … full of main cannons!! "
Then, the communication was rudely hung up.
That was really Madman Two's personality …
"We can only trust her now." Sandora looked up at the starting port that was still warping away. The huge light pillar was still the same, but everyone knew that once the New Army gathered the last bit of energy, it would cut off all the survival hopes of the worlds of Order on both sides of the void. The Cataclysm might not break out completely, but the crazy and invincible New Army would bring more suffering than the Cataclysm. "Everyone, give up on counterattack. Shrink the formation. Increase the Joint Shield to its maximum capacity. Concentrate all the energy … on the engine! We have to smash that light pillar even if we have to! "
* Rumble! * A low rumble came from the depths of the command hall. All the power reactors of the Empire Admiral entered an unprecedented state of overload. It was not just the Empire Admiral, but all the spaceships in the fleet began to overload their power cores. We temporarily gave up on counterattack against the enemy's intercepting troops and shrunk the Joint Shield to its maximum capacity. This would cause more damage to all the spaceships, but it could speed up the cooling of the warp engine and even forcefully break through a part of the dimensional barrier.
The Empire fleet began to get into formation while withstanding the enemy's artillery fire. At the same time, all the warp engines were glowing brightly. They would be able to warp again in a few minutes. The interference from the enemy's dimensional barrier on these engines had been greatly suppressed.
"Caw!" The little crow suddenly jumped down from her seat. This silly bird that always had some strange thoughts hopped around uneasily, as though she had sensed the change in the energy environment around her. Speaking of which … does this little girl really know what is going to happen? My impression of her has always been that of an insensible child …
The little crow finally hopped over to my side and tugged on my sleeve, swaying back and forth. I patted her head and said, "It's okay. This is the last battle. The three elites of the Void are all here."
Little Bird looked at the people around her. She should be able to understand the current situation, but I suddenly felt that it was a mistake to bring these children out. What if we can't win this battle? People die in war!
But very soon, I threw that thought to the back of my mind. If we can't win this battle … then no world in the entire Void would be safe. All the worlds of Order would be finished. Staying at home and charging into the battlefield would only mean dying in different places.
So, why don't we strive to win this battle … and I don't think we will lose.
The three elites of the Void are all here.
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but glance at Xing Chen. "Can you use your ultimate again? How about blowing up the entire Tranquility Core? "
Of course, I was joking. After all, if the Tranquility Core were to be blown up, even though the New Army wouldn't be able to build the bridge, all the preparations that Abyssal Schilling had made to build the bridge would be for naught. Everyone would still be finished when the Cataclysm arrived. However, even though Xing Chen knew that I was joking, he still thought about it seriously. Then, he shook his head and said, "No, this world's defense is very tight. Although my power can destroy it, it will take time. Also, the activation port gives off a very strange feeling … I'm afraid that even the end of the world might not be able to affect that thing."
I shrugged. "I'm just joking. Don't take it seriously."
Just then, I suddenly felt a flash of purple light beside me. Then … the little crow disappeared!
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