The holographic projection in front of me kept refreshing. Lines of incomprehensible data scrolled across the screen. It was the Bubble's analysis report. It was said that it could circle one and a half times around the Earth if it was typed in bold. That was why I decided not to look at it.
"It might sound unbelievable, but if the Revenge Army is really using a huge shadow dimension to move around, the shadow dimension is likely to be as big as the universe we are in."
Shadora was a little speechless. Even though they were her old subordinates, she still felt that it was a little unbelievable.
"Is that possible?" I racked my brain to recall the information about the shadow dimension. "The information in the shadow dimension comes from the real world. As long as one is patient enough, theoretically, it is possible to replicate the entire universe. But to synchronize such a huge combination of information with the real world, that should be impossible, right? I remember when the Bubble expanded the shadow dimension, it took a long time, and it even slept for a whole day. "
"That might be the reason why the Revenge Army can't accurately return to the real world." Sandora bent her index finger and rested it on her chin. She pondered again. "The difficulty of building a shadow dimension and building a real world are incomparable. The latter is much easier, but the former requires a large number of laws to be twisted. Even with the technology of the old Empire, it is impossible to overlap the real world and the fake world seamlessly. At the same time, it is guaranteed that they will not be destroyed due to mutual contradiction. Ah Jun, you might not understand, but the shadow dimension technology is something we learned from the Protoss. It imitates the structure of the God Realm, where many worlds are overlapped at the same location and differentiated by conceptual layers. In other words, the so-called shadow dimension is a secondary man-made God Realm. You can imagine the difficulty of such a project. As the shadow dimension and the real world overlap, they must have the same amount of information to ensure that there is no overflow. The difficulty of such control increases exponentially with the expansion of the shadow dimension. A shadow dimension that covers the entire universe … theoretically, it is impossible to exist. "
"But according to a hypothesis, it exists."
"Therefore, the Army of Vengeance cannot return to the real world accurately. Their shadow space is out of control, or there is some kind of rupture between it and the real world. This rupture prevents the two worlds from annihilating each other due to the overflow of information, but it also causes the coordinate system of the two worlds to fall into complete disorder. It is very unstable to 'float' directly from the shadow space. As a result, they will be randomly teleported to any place.
As Sandora spoke, she pointed in the air a few times and constructed a very vivid dot matrix diagram.
This was a very simple diagram, consisting of two parallel chessboards. The two chessboards were exactly the same, and all the cross points on them corresponded to each other. Many thin lines were connected to these cross points. Because the two chessboards were parallel and their positions were equal, these thin lines were all parallel lines.
"This is a normal topological diagram of the shadow space." Sandora pointed at a certain point on one of the chessboards, and the other chessboard lit up. "Their information coordinates are exactly the same. Even if we modify the shadow space and make it look like a completely different city on the surface, just like how a human city like K City is incompatible with a shadow city like the Empire's base, their space coordinates will not change. But when the chessboard is too big — "
As Sandora spoke, she enlarged the simple diagram by more than ten times. In an instant, the entire room was divided into two by the two chessboards. I was on one side and Sandora was on the other.
"The shadow city's operating system, which is responsible for matching the two chessboards, will overload. Because this is no longer just calculating the information of one world, but also calculating the information of two worlds at the same time and repairing any loopholes that occur when the two worlds merge within a femtosecond. The intense conflict will cause the information nodes in the shadow space to shift to varying degrees. Just like this. "
The chessboard representing the shadow space was on my side. It swiftly warped before returning to the appearance of a chessboard. But this time, the positions of all the intersections had changed. The countless parallel lines that connected the two chessboards had become a mess. From the looks of it, only Shallow Shallow would be able to understand the corresponding relationship.
"It becomes extremely difficult to find the corresponding information from the shadow space to the real world. Before you 'float' from a certain point to the real world, you have no idea where you will appear. This should be the current situation of the Avengers. "
"Trapped in a cage?" I lifted my eyes to look at the opposite side. Sandora's face behind the flickering chessboard looked rather bizarre.
"Not entirely correct. If they wanted to 'float' from the shadow space to the real world, this would indeed be a chaotic cage. However, the Xiling Empire has another technology called inter-world teleportation. They can ignore the corresponding relationship between the shadow space and the real world and directly teleport from the shadow space to the outside world. Then, they will 'fall' from the outside world to the real world. This way, they will be able to determine their teleportation coordinates. Of course, this second method of teleportation is the most common method. It can be easily detected by our warning system. "
I nodded as I understood these complicated things.
If Sandora's guess was correct, the Luck Probe's observation was correct, and the Bubble's calculations were correct, then this was basically the truth. Furthermore, this was the only truth that could explain many things.
The reason why we were still unable to find the Avengers' base was because their base wasn't in any world but right next to us. It was just that this side of us was impossible to see. Without the corresponding key, no one would be able to enter the shadow space. Even if you had the corresponding key, you wouldn't necessarily know where you would be teleported to after entering the shadow space. The Avengers' situation was slightly better. They had the key, but the map was also black …
"Speaking of which, why is it that there's no way to warn us if we 'float' from the shadow space to the real world?"
I thought about it and raised this question that I couldn't understand from the start.
Of course, if the theory was too complicated, I wouldn't listen to it.
"Actually, it's very simple." Sandora smiled. My heart instantly sank. In the mouth of our Queen, who was so knowledgeable that it made one's hair stand on end, the word 'very simple' was too much to describe. These three words had no effect on me at all. "Ah Jun, do you still remember that the information in the shadow space and the real world are isolated from each other? Although the former needs to copy information from the latter to construct itself, this copying process is under the supervision of the shadow space's management system. There is no way to break through it."
I nodded.
"That is why the shadow space and the real world are separated by a thin film. To teleport in the real world, no matter how advanced the method, you have to generate information in the real world. Even if you are teleporting across worlds, there will be a small amount of information when you are locating the destination. As long as there is information, there will be a warning. However, it is different from the shadow space. Before you pass through the thin film of information, no one will be able to detect your movements. "
Then, Sandora gave me a model of the black sphere. The real world is like the outer surface of the black sphere. We move around on this vast surface and can see everything that is happening around us. On the other hand, the shadow space is the interior of the black sphere. You have no idea what is happening inside. At this moment, a needle will pierce out from the black sphere …
Before you start bleeding, you will never know where the needle will appear from.
It was such a simple principle that we couldn't think of. We thought that the Revenge Army had grasped some kind of abnormally advanced technology that could make all early warning methods disappear.
"Actually, we can't be blamed for not thinking of it." Sandora sighed. "Who would have guessed that they would actually create a shadow space that is as big as the universe and then lock themselves in it. Although we can use the method of teleportation across worlds and use the void as a springboard to leave the space, it requires a huge amount of energy. This kind of teleportation cannot be used casually. In that case, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the shadow space is a cage. "
"Now, can we confirm that it is really a shadow space?"
I confirmed it once again.
Sandora pointed at the holographic projection in the middle of the room. "The possibility is more than ninety-nine percent. Take a look at this data."
"… I won't look."
Sandora was speechless.
"Anyway, that's it. What do you plan to do next? Attack the shadow space directly? "
"If that's possible, it would save us a lot of trouble." Sandora smiled bitterly. "We can't enter the shadow space without a key. Plus, it is currently disconnected from the real world. There isn't even a way to crack it. Unless the Revenge Army takes the initiative to lead the way, it will be impossible for us to enter."
In that case, isn't there another way?
However, although there is no way to directly attack the enemy's nest, the discovery of the gigantic shadow space is still a huge breakthrough. Plus, we just confirmed that the Revenge Army that is currently our enemy doesn't have their own will and is just a bunch of empty shells, which greatly reduces the pressure on us. Sandora's mood also obviously improved greatly. This directly manifested itself when we returned to the Divine Fog Base that day. She once again became the Conqueror of Gluttony who swept through the kitchen and looked down on the dining table. She seemed to be trying to make up for the loss of appetite caused by her lack of appetite for the past few days. Basically, apart from the chefs who cooked, she tasted everything in the canteen that could be eaten …
The next morning, a special report arrived in front of Sandora and me.
Located at the edge of the Milky Way, approximately thirty-three thousand light years away from the Mobrador System, an Empire outpost was "finally" attacked.
Why did I say "finally"? Because that outpost was originally designed by Sandora to attract the enemy's attention. We used ten Schilling mainframes and a dozen or so Boss Bees to work day and night to build a space fortress that looked no different from an ordinary Empire base. After that, we withdrew the local troops, leaving behind only a large number of mirror troops and floating turrets to defend the defense line. We built more than a hundred similar space fortresses in the Milky Way, and they are scattered everywhere. About ten of them are real and are working overtime to produce battleships. The rest are just empty shells to scare people. The one that was attacked at the edge of the Milky Way is one of those empty shells.
According to the information we received yesterday, when the Avengers enter the Prime Material Plane, they need to use the vague coordinates of the ruins they left in this universe as a guide. The foundation of the space fortress we built was precisely these ruins of the old Empire. So, it can be said that it was a coincidence that these new military bases were as dazzling as fireflies in the night sky, and the probability of them being ambushed increased by more than ten percent. Not long after the space fortress that was attacked began to operate and symbolically produced a fleet of battleships, a small scale Avengers patrol suddenly appeared within its perimeter.
As the space fortress was garrisoned with a large number of mirror fleets and sentry cannons, this small scale patrol was blown to pieces the moment they appeared. But according to the information recorded by the probes that were prepared beforehand, the other party did indeed send out a very strong signal before they were destroyed. If I'm not wrong, this signal was a mark of space coordinates.
The enemy patrol obviously didn't have time to distinguish the real space fortress from the fake. They sent out a fatal distress signal to their main forces.
So, I now had two choices in front of me: Should I send a large army to set up an ambush, or should I throw a bunch of space bombs to blow up the road signs there?
Shadora and I discussed this with each other. We felt that this was a great opportunity to ambush them. The Vengeance Army's mysterious teleportation method had caused them trouble. It would be a waste if we didn't seize this opportunity to make them suffer.
Of course, we also had to consider how many troops to send. We couldn't just send out our entire army just for one battle and leave the Divine Fog Planet alone. Sandora analyzed the military strength of the space fortress and calculated that the first wave of the Avengers' fleet would be no more than two hundred motherships. As for the escort fleet, it would be proportional to the number of motherships. Considering that we were carrying out an ambush, it would be more important to have quality troops than quantity. So, she decided to send a group of powerful troops to finish the battle as soon as possible.
Just as everyone had guessed, Pandora and Visca immediately jumped out.
These two little brats hadn't been very active in the past few days. In fact, they hadn't appeared in front of me for several days. The reason was that even though they knew about the enemy's existence, they were unable to start a direct battle. This made them very depressed. When they heard that they were going to war, they were so happy that their snot bubbles came out. Let me put it this way. Just as Sandora and I finished reading the battle report, Pandora had already led her sister to board the spaceship …
At the spaceport of the Divine Fog Planet's orbit, Sandora and I personally sent off the two little war maniacs. Because the two of us had to stay at the base to take charge of other work, we couldn't keep an eye on them. This worried me. However, Pandora and her sister seemed to be very confident and in high spirits. Simple-minded people were indeed blessed. The method to make Pandora and the others happy was always so simple and clear. Of course, the prerequisite was that you could accept the exciting life of personally leading the troops into battle every now and then.
"Remember, you didn't go there just to fight."
While Pandora watched her soldiers board the spaceship and tidied up her cannons, I couldn't help but press my hands on the heads of the two little brats again. I rubbed their hair hard to get them to focus. "I have given you the coordinates. You must seize the moment when the enemy teleports. This is your mission, understand?"
Pandora and Visca rubbed against me and nodded. However, their eyes were wandering. It was obvious that they were immersed in the wonderful world of war. I thought for a while and looked behind the two little brats. There was a row of commanders standing there. The most eye-catching one was an uncle in a black suit, tie, and sunglasses. He had a serious expression on his face.
It was rare that he wasn't carrying a bag, but I knew that it was because he was afraid that he would damage his treasures and put them in his personal space …
"I will complete the mission!"
Uncle Hei Chao gave a military salute. His iron-blooded military style reminded me of the high-ranking military officer who had just appeared in front of me three years ago. Thus, I decided not to pursue the matter of him teaching Ling Meng how to read palms.
Looking at the row of Imperial Army officers in front of me who were brimming with murderous intent, and the two sisters who were comparing whose cannons were bigger, I finally nodded and gave Sandora a self-deprecating smile.
Don't worry too much. When these fellows drove their war machines to crush all living things, the dinosaurs on Earth were still alive. I was so used to seeing them that I almost forgot what a group of crushing machines they were on the battlefield.
As long as Pandora and Visca's overheated brain nerves didn't go haywire, this group of soldiers could complete any battle mission flawlessly.
Thus, I felt relieved and took two steps back like an ancient king sending his soldiers to battle. I smiled as I waited to see my magnificent army charge out of the pass. I added a two-meter long red cape in my mind, fluttering in the wind. I felt that I was so ambitious that I couldn't control myself. I couldn't control myself for a full two minutes. Pandora and Visca were still fiddling with their cannons. The only change was that Sicarro had already led his troops to board the ship.
I quickly threw away the cape in my mind and was surprised. "Cough, cough. When are you leaving?"
Visca blinked. "The spaceship is being prepared. There's still more than an hour."
Then you two should have called me over earlier! Just so you could fiddle with the pile of weapons in front of your brother, right?!
An hour later, the last transport ship carrying soldiers left the spaceport surrounded by a blue halo. It headed to meet up with the mothership fleet waiting in the outer orbit. In the dark space, the blue dots disappeared one after another. It was the fleet that was teleporting in batches.
"I hope that Tawil's temporary improvement on the probe is effective."
Sandora said leisurely.
Pandora and Visca's direct mission to the Milky Way border this time was to set up an ambush circle and prepare to ambush the enemy. At the same time, they could verify Sandora and my guess. The second mission was to keep an eye on the space coordinates there and throw a new type of probe that Tawil had created over the moment the Revenge Army jumped out.
If everything went well, the probe might be able to bypass the shadow space's "firewall" system and enter the world where the Revenge Army was.
This was the only method that Sandora and I could think of to detect the enemy's nest.
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