"They stole a Protoss facility?"
I said in disbelief. Shallow Shallow also clicked her tongue in wonder. "The Fallen Apostles have been in such dire straits recently?"
"The stack area doesn't contain copper, so it's useless even if they stole it." Icetis swayed back and forth in her seat. She wasn't used to this kind of atmosphere where she had to sit down and listen to a lecture. "Furthermore, that thing isn't anything rare. Not only is the stack system a cheap tool in the Divine Realm, it's not like you Shiring Apostles can't create it. Furthermore, functionally speaking, you guys have similar technology."
I noticed that Sandora's expression was a little strange. After thinking about it for a moment, I understood. It was already embarrassing enough that their former compatriots had fallen to become terrorists. Now, they actually had to sneak around and sneak into the Protoss's territory to dismantle components and bring them back. This awkwardness was too depressing.
"To be honest, I have no idea why they would want to steal a stack system."
Godfather played with the black disk in his hand. "Just as Icetis said, it isn't valuable, even though its function might be crucial to a world. The stack system's function is very simple. Apart from the buffer law loophole, it has no other use. Furthermore, the Protoss's things are useless to you guys. Based on what I know, your Schilling technology has its own research in dealing with loopholes in the law. It also has its own mature equipment. It's really baffling that they would risk exposing their identity to steal a stack area. "
The elder sister thought for a moment and guessed, "Could it be that the Fallen Apostles have already lost the technology of the old Empire, and they urgently need to resolve the conflict of laws in their territory, so they dismantled one from your territory to bring it back as an emergency?"
This time, before Godfather could answer, Sandora rejected this guess in advance. "Impossible. Let's not talk about why the Fallen Apostles, who belong to the Abyss faction, would want to resolve the conflict of laws, something that is beneficial to the world. Even if they still rely on the orderly laws to survive, it is impossible for the Protoss's creations to be forcefully used in the technological environment of the Empire. The more advanced a civilization is, the more it relies on the underlying technology and the entire technological system, and the more irreconcilable the technological isolation is. "
I understood what Sandora meant. For example, when smashing something, a hammer could easily replace the function of a steel hammer. But at the higher end, a fusion reactor core could not be placed directly in a fission reactor. That required a whole set of different cooling, isolation, and control systems. And further up, such as our modifications to the New Eden Federation's spaceships, the requirements for ancillary technology were even more obvious. In order to allow a battlecruiser to use a psionic power furnace, we had to modify almost 60% of the spaceship's mechanical structure. The technical isolation between Protoss technology and Schilling technology was even more extreme than the previous three examples. It was to the point where it was completely incommensurable. To solve the same problem, the people of the Empire and the Protoss could even approach it from completely opposite directions.
In this kind of isolated situation, a stack system was useless against the Empire's technology system. If the Fallen Apostle wanted that thing to be of use, they would have to steal another set of world management terminals and a set of genuine software.
Uh … Wait a minute, it seemed like they really stole a set of world management terminals!
"I just remembered something."
I interrupted the discussion between my elder sisters and the others. Then, I mentioned something that had happened before. In the world where Artemis once lived, everyone found the half plane that had been stolen.
"They stole a complete set of world management terminals, and it might even have a usable operating system. Now, with the addition of a plug-in …" I spread my hands. "Maybe the Fallen Apostle is trying to assemble it? If they also stole other plug-ins, it shouldn't be a problem for them to assemble a complete world management system, right? "
"But what's the point?"
One of the Protoss sitting behind Father God shook his head in confusion. "It's useless. Even if they assemble a world, it's useless. The Schilling people have the technology to create a world, and they also have their own way of managing the world. I remember it's called the World Arbitration Organization. Although it's more troublesome than the Protoss, it's still a mature and usable method. Under such circumstances, it doesn't make much sense for them to steal our things. Compared to the risk they have to take, the gains are not worth the cost. It's not a wise move. "
"That's right, this is definitely not the Fallen Apostle's goal." Sandora's eyes stared closely at the black disk in Father God's hands. The expression on her face was abnormally serious. "You all might already know that we have already had several direct confrontations with the Fallen Apostle, including large-scale battles and confrontations between high-level powers. We also have a preliminary understanding of their situation. Different from the ordinary situation of the abyss infection, the Fallen Apostle has completely retained his original rationality. In this kind of situation, it's impossible for them to make a foolish decision. Stealing the world management system and stack system right under your noses … These two matters require a huge risk. Only by meticulously planning every minute step can they succeed. Putting in so much effort, what they are seeking is definitely some kind of enormous benefit that we can't even imagine. "
What do the Fallen Apostle want to do? Regarding this question, we actually already have a general direction of the answer. There are only two. The first is to follow the instincts of the abyss and destroy everywhere. The second is to "revive" the Empire. The second goal has already become a distant goal due to the collapse of the Documentation Library. They shouldn't be able to find any other starting point in a short period of time. If we really had to count it, getting rid of me should also be considered as their goal. However, this clearly has nothing to do with them stealing the Protoss's things.
Apart from these, I also thought of some other information that I have grasped. From Belavilla's confession and Lin Xue's prophecy, we know that the Fallen Apostles are following some kind of rule and ritual to destroy worlds one by one. In the process, they collect some things from certain worlds. They have searched for a certain "artifact" in the World of Azeroth, but ultimately did not find it. In the homeland of Artemis, they stole a world management system. In a world that the Protoss's advance team explored, they stole a stack system. These actions obviously have a huge goal behind them. However, right now, they can only be used as clues, and we can't deduce any pattern.
Sandora told Godfather in detail about this complicated information. The latter listened attentively and slowly said, "These complicated information have no pattern. Ordinary reasoning methods will not be able to reach a conclusion. Instead, it will lead us astray. Zoram, you have been investigating this matter all this time. You should have an opinion, right?"
Godfather said to a majestic-looking Protoss. That uncle was the one who had just burned his beard. If he hadn't moved so quickly, he might have looked even more majestic-looking now.
"Zoram is a chairman of the Osiris Parliament. He is known as one of the smartest people in the God Realm. He is best at deducing the truth from small matters," Icetis introduced in a low voice. "When I was young, I was bullied by him very badly. At that time, I fought with this uncle every day. His window and my ears were frequently injured, and both won and lost."
"However, Jingle successfully destroyed all of his beard, and it seems that it left a serious psychological shadow on him." I deduced solemnly. "Jingle won."
Zoram ignored the whispers between Icetis and me. Instead, he revealed a contemplative expression and said in a low voice, "Perhaps I have some vague guesses … Great Godfather, please give me a short period of time. I need to reorganize the information during this period of time." After saying that, the majestic-looking Uncle Protoss closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. The atmosphere suddenly became very solemn. Everyone immediately quietened down and waited quietly for him to see the true intentions of the fallen from his meditation.
Five minutes later, he fell asleep.
I almost slid off the chair, but the others didn't seem surprised. Icetis even pulled my arm. "Don't worry, Zoram is thinking."
I almost wanted to pinch this female pervert's ear and yell, "You snore when you're thinking?"
"He is indeed thinking." Icetis rolled her eyes at me. "That's how Uncle Zoram thinks. He can only have a flash of inspiration when he's pretending to be asleep. That's why he's one of the smartest people in the God World and not the only one. He's never clear-headed when he's smart."
I looked at the uncle in front of me, who had his eyes tightly shut and wasn't responding to the outside world, in surprise. I thought to myself, It would be great if this talent was used in school. I could become the first in the country by sleeping!
However, after a long time, I finally couldn't hold it in anymore. I nudged Icetis's arm and asked softly, "Why do I feel like he's really asleep?"
Icetis went over to observe for a while. Suddenly, she took out a firecracker and stuffed it into Zoram's ear. She lit it up with her finger. "Indeed, he's really asleep!"
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Zoram leaped up and spread his wings elegantly on the table. Holy light surrounded his body and he had a dignified expression on his face. "Who dares to release lightning in God Father's palace!?"
Twenty people surrounded the uncle whose ears and eyes were still smoking. God Father knocked on the table lightly. "Zoram, I hope you've come to a conclusion."
"Oh, oh." The uncle quickly jumped down from the table. "I'm very sorry, my Lord. I ate too much just now and I'm sleepy … Cough cough, I mean, I've already seen a part of the truth."
Icetis, who was about to take out a brick, and God Father, whose eyebrows were twitching, instantly looked as though he was sentencing the other party to death. Everyone else pricked up their ears too.
"The fallen might be trying to change the final order."
The uncle's ears and eyes were smoking but he didn't seem to care. His tone was solemn as he said a word that I couldn't understand.
"Final order? What's that? "Lin Xue nudged my arm from behind and muttered softly.
"It's … it's the void." Icetis gasped. "Uncle, are you … sure?"
"No, any question is uncertain." Zoram shook his head. "But my intuition and some clues tell me that this possibility exists. Furthermore, it's very close to the enemy's goal. They're collecting some things but those things aren't actually related to one another. They don't have any special use and there's no possibility of them being combined. The advance party actually found similar information. The fallen seem to have stolen other items too. In Gunnar, they stole the pillar of the world. In EN 65294, they stole the Crown of Origin. In Sadur, the advance party found out that there's an element missing from the list of substances in the world. Although there's no concrete evidence, it's highly likely that the fallen did it. "
"Some of the things that were stolen are worth half a world while some are just an inconspicuous stone. There's no pattern to it but they have one thing in common: They all belong to the heart of the world or are a part of the heart of the world."
Godfather's fingers tapped lightly on the table. Suddenly, he stopped. "In other words, their goal isn't to destroy the world but to collect the characteristics of the origin?"
"Even the Protoss isn't able to control the entire void. That's why I can't determine what else they've collected in other worlds that we can't see other than the heart of the world. But at least the current information points to this possibility. Also, there's something that's worth noting. The worlds that the fallen attack seem to be random. The advance party found a few world wreckage but none of those world wreckages are under the same 'system' as the other world wreckages. That's why we can't use logic to determine what exactly is the heart of the world … "
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Who can tell me what exactly is the heart of the world?"
I asked confusedly. This is another new term. Speaking of which, can't these omniscient big shots in front of me take care of my knowledge?
"The heart of the world isn't something." The one who answered me wasn't Godfather but Icetis, who was beside me. "It's a broad definition. Under this definition, anything that fits the criteria can be called the heart of the world. It refers to a key item that acts as a point of information entanglement in a complete world. Let me first explain to you what a point of information entanglement is: No matter if it's a world born from the void itself or a world created by the Protoss, there's something in common during Genesis. That is, they'll experience an explosion of information. For a sealed world, the moment when it goes from a complete 'zero' point to a 'beginning' point with content is inconceivable. The unprecedented expansion of information will form an information entanglement. This entanglement will record all the information at the moment of the world's birth. In the future, this entanglement will continue to serve as the information core of the entire world, influencing the evolution of the universe until the end of the world. We usually view the world as a closed model that keeps getting more and more complicated. The heart of the world is the point of information explosion in the entire universe. Then, in the evolution of the universe, every line of information will extend from this point and gradually evolve, complicate, and expand. When the end of the world arrives, these lines of information will return to that point and complete a cycle. This process is called the world's breathing — for a world, it only breathes once.
And the heart of the world is the materialized product of this point of information entanglement. Under normal circumstances, 'information' and 'matter' are absolutely not equal. They're two different concepts, but information at the beginning of a world isn't bound by this limitation. Because nothing existed at the moment of creation, all matter was born in an explosion of information. As the remnants of that initial explosion, the points of information entanglement can naturally transcend the boundaries of matter. Under normal circumstances, when a world has evolved to fifty percent of a given list of matter, the points of information entanglement will become solid, or attach themselves to something else. This object is called the heart of the world. However, the heart of the world isn't fixed. It's just a piece of matter that carries the points of information entanglement. It could be a planet, a rock, or even a butterfly. The information entanglement can jump to something else at any time — I'll explain that later.
A solid heart of the world can ensure that the evolution of the universe is more stable, but it can't directly interfere with the progress of the universe. That's why we, the Protoss, created the World Management System — the one you're most familiar with is naturally the World Tree. The World Management System is something that can directly control the points of information entanglement. It controls the world from the origin of the universe. Because the Protoss's creations are at the pinnacle of the world, when this system comes online, it will automatically replace the original heart of the world and become the new carrier of the points of information entanglement. This is what I said earlier, the heart of the world isn't fixed. "
At this time, Sandora touched my arm. "This is the difference between the Protoss's control of the world and the Xiling Empire's control of the world. Our world's arbitration can only use the existing laws to adjust the parameters of the universe, but it can never control the points of information entanglement at the origin. The Protoss, on the other hand, change the world from the origin. There's a fundamental difference. That's why the Shiring Apostles can only have a portion of the Protoss's power, but they can't be as strong as them."
I tried my best to understand this abstract knowledge. I could understand every word that Icetis said, but why was it so troublesome to put it all together?
"Speaking of which, it's a pity," Icetis said suddenly. "Actually, back then, you guys had already started to research on how to directly control the points of information entanglement. If only you guys could focus on this normal research instead of tormenting the higher-level knowledge of the Void … Oh, Father, I'll stop …"
A certain outspoken female rogue immediately shut her mouth obediently after receiving a candy thrown at her head. However, Sandora didn't seem to mind. She only raised her own question. "Then, it's the same old question. Why do they collect these 'symbolic objects'? The heart of the world only records the information within the world. It's useless in other universes. Moreover, after the destruction of this world, they can only be used as tombstones. Other than a little symbolic meaning, the heart of the world is worthless after it leaves this world. "
"It's a symbolic meaning," Zoram explained in detail. "Although I can't be sure, it's highly likely that the Fallen Apostles are using the hearts of the world to create some kind of symbol. Then, they will use a ritual-like method to destroy the world. This could be a code or something that can be used as a guide to amplify this symbolic meaning. For example … destroying all the hearts of the world in an instant, creating the illusion of countless worlds collapsing at the same time in the Void, or gathering them together to carry out Genesis. If the method is right, it can create a situation where hundreds or thousands of worlds are superimposed in a space. If they really discovered some kind of law in the Void and used that sacrificial ritual to control this law, this is completely possible."
I didn't quite understand Zoram's explanation, but at least I knew that the Fallen Apostles wanted to use a large number of stolen "hearts of the world" and an extremely complicated sacrificial ritual in exchange for some kind of inconceivable result. This result might even change the structure of the Void. This was really in line with the behavior of the Shiring Apostles. They would seize any tiny possibility at all costs to create an inconceivable miracle.
"If hundreds or thousands of worlds are superimposed in the same space …" God Father leaned against the chair, his tone erratic, as though he was talking to himself. "They will create another God Realm."
In an instant, the living room was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
"They want to become Gods? Replicate another Star Region's Protoss? " Icetis had an incredulous expression on her face. Then, she burst out laughing. "Tsk, how is that possible? By creating an artificial God Realm, they won't be able to obtain anything other than a sufficiently large residential area. The God Realm is completely meaningless other than being a place where Gods reside! "
"So, this should be the first possibility to be eliminated." God Father suddenly stood up, a relaxed smile on his face. "No matter what they want to do, we just have to stop them. Get Sauvarey to make a trip to the Huron God Realm and borrow the map of the Void from those stingy people. I want to further confirm that the Fallen Apostles didn't steal anything else. Feier, you will have to work hard. Organize people to strengthen the defenses of all the worlds ruled by the God Realm. First, ensure the absolute safety of the world's management system. Zoram, continue your work and search for the enemy with all your might. Then — "
After God Father finished arranging his own work, he turned his gaze to me. However, even though I had always been a bystander, I could still command during crucial moments. He patted Sandora's shoulder on the spot. "Lass, make the arrangements as you see fit."
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