Chapter 1,487 The Truth About Daye?

The voice of Abyss Xiling came from all directions: "I am here to remind you to withdraw your troops."

The scene was quiet for a few seconds, and then I said, dumbfounded, "You're going to withdraw as soon as you say it? Why are you talking so cluelessly?"

"Do you really think you can take down the entire Abyssal Zone this time?" Abyss Xiling just asked a question lightly, "The advancement speed of the Gods has slowed down, and how much further can you continue to advance?"

Abyss Xiling's words silenced Sandora and I: We have discussed this issue before.

Can this expedition wipe out the entire abyss area?

When I first discussed the joint march with the Gods, I was still very optimistic. I felt that this unprecedented military operation might have a chance to wipe out the entire abyss area. However, after the actual war started, the situation seemed not to be as I thought at first. So smooth: the size of the army that the Protoss can use is smaller than expected, and the resistance in the abyss is also surprising. More importantly, the internal divisions of the Fallen Apostles were not as expected: they did have a civil war as we expected, but the civil war did not consume much of their strength. The Fallen Apostles split into two, the new army and the old army. Parts, seemingly completely opposite, but according to the records in those logs, this split seems to have been completed in a planned manner. The old and new groups of fallen apostles only used limited military friction to determine the leadership of the Abyss Zone, but far from it. It is far from directly destroying oneself internally. Now that Abyss Xiling appears in front of everyone, it proves one thing: the old army has not died, they are just peaceful.

The foundations of the fallen apostles are all there. Therefore, the Protoss quickly encountered a strong counterattack from the enemy. It can be said that they successfully held back the main force of the fallen apostles. But the opposite is also true: the fallen apostles have held back the army of the gods - and the abyss zone still has the power to continuously send reinforcements to the imperial front.

Under such circumstances, it seems impossible to defeat the entire Abyssal Zone with this war. We also confirmed this after some discussions, so the goal of the operation changed from directly attacking Huanglong to taking down as many as we can. . It seems that Abyss Xiling has also seen through this.

"This is a very delicate state, isn't it?" Abyss Xiling smiled, seemingly unaware of the tense atmosphere between us and her. "The Gods are at their weakest, and the number of your troops is also a problem. I Although the empire has been divided, it retains almost 90% of its strength - of course, half of it no longer obeys my orders, but that is not important. Facing the pressure from you and the Gods, even those who are disobedient The guys will also push to the front line... You can't defeat the entire abyss area, and continuing to advance will only quickly increase the battle losses. I know that you have blocked all the fleets sent by the 'New Army' by quickly destroying the sovereignty hub. Within the territory. But you should be very smart, which means that when you advance to the interior, you will face a large number of enemies...all of which have been 'accumulated'."

"This sounds like a negotiation, and it seems like she is really thinking about us." Sandora crossed her arms and looked at the holographic image in front of her. "What good is this for you? According to your wishes, even if you let the emperor ** and the Gods continue to attack. We can't hit the interior of the Abyss, so you can still survive without doing anything, and as long as the Gods retreat, the fallen apostles can even make a comeback, so you shouldn't be doing it for yourself. Save……"

"Who would ask the enemy to retreat for such a boring reason as to survive?" Abyss Xiling lightly interrupted Sandora's words, "I just don't want to waste time and energy on worthless things - I still have Very important things to do.”

"Do you think we are fools?" Bingtis said loudly. "After we retreat, can't you just quietly engage in your own little conspiracy? Who would watch their opponents sharpening their knives at home?"

Abyss Xiling smiled indifferently: "Yes, I can concentrate on my work after you retreat, but if you don't retreat, you will just waste time here. At best, you can only interfere with my energy. If you are really smart, you should Choose the route that maximizes profits, so the most important thing now is to end this farce quickly - you have got the results you want, the four border worlds. If you use them as nodes, you can add more than a dozen universes to your own. The sphere of influence, believe me, if we continue to advance, we will not get greater results than this."

"Oh, we can get some territory and retreat contentedly. Then you can continue to work on your 'great cause' quietly. Maybe one day the entire void will be turned upside down. It's quite cost-effective for you," Sandora He narrowed his eyes and looked at the other party, "You are really bad at negotiating. You treat us all like fools."

"Maybe you are right. I don't quite understand the thinking habits of you tangible creatures. I will just put all the pros and cons on the table, and then accurately calculate their values ​​with you, and finally choose one that is best for both parties. Favorable options, it seems that you don't accept this way of thinking very much... Well, let's add another bargaining chip: if you continue to march, the 'new army' and the 'old army' will end their division, regardless of the abyss at that time Who is the ruler of the district? The trouble you will face will not be small. And if you retreat, the friction and confrontation between the 'new army' and the old army will continue. In this way, at least for a long time, you will all Don’t worry about the threat from the abyss. How about this chip?”

"Aha, it seems that you are cooperating with us to weaken the fallen apostles inside and outside." It seemed that what Abyss Xiling said was so unbelievable that Sandora couldn't help laughing, "This bargaining chip is quite weighty. , but the question is...don't you think this is incredible? You and we should be mortal enemies!"

"I said, I have no hostility towards you," Abyss Xiling's eyes fell on me and Bingtis when he said this. "I take actions based on logical judgment and calculation, and this series of actions coincides with yours." Conflict, that's all. Now logical judgment and calculation results allow me to reduce my opposition to you, and it has nothing to do with any personal feelings."

Shandora waited quietly for Abyss Xiling to finish speaking, and then discussed with us in the spiritual connection: "Ajun. How credible do you think this guy's words are?"

"It's impossible to judge. We haven't even studied the Xiling in the Shadow City thoroughly. Who knows what the thinking process of this kind of Internet ghost is," I replied with a headache, "Theoretically, what she said should be right. Abyss Xiling is a network consciousness that relies on logic libraries and protocols to operate, so she should have no concept of good and evil or awareness of friend and foe. But this guy has mutated for tens of thousands of years. Who knows if she still follows logic now? Come……"

"No matter how she mutates, her life form has not changed," Sandora pondered. "Perhaps the Abyss Xiling really has no 'hostility'. She acts based on her own logic and calculations, whether she is against us or against us. Cooperation is a kind of calculated result... What I'm thinking about now is another aspect: Are her proposals reliable?"

It seems that Sandora has decided to believe that the Abyss Xiling is "not hostile". This statement is indeed incredible, but it is not incomprehensible if you think about it carefully. You can think about the system blue screen you usually encounter when using a computer, the various hackers when playing games, and the in vain when you draw cards - is this software hostile to users?

Of course not, it's just a shame...

Abyss Xiling is a life form similar to a program. Of course, she has a complete personality. It has self-awareness and is not restricted by rigid logic. It is completely different from "artificial intelligence" in the general sense. The fact that she is similar to a program refers to her "code of conduct". When the ultimate goal is clear, she will take a series of actions as needed. These actions will confront the Emperor, but they may also require cooperation with the Emperor. But no matter how she acted, one thing remained the same: it had nothing to do with her personal feelings.

Her emotions and actions are completely separated, and everything is based on logic. This is the programmed side of the Abyss Xiling - in theory.

"If we just listen to what she said, there is really not much benefit in continuing the fight." My sister listened to our discussion for a long time, and then expressed her opinion, "The Gods can no longer fight, and the most we can do here is We can defeat a few more border worlds, but we may not be able to hold them if we can defeat them. If the front is too long, we will be short of troops."

"And the fallen apostles may end their division and reunify at any time... Oh, I know why Abyss Xiling is so eager for us to retreat. I still have my own ideas," Bingtis said and suddenly figured it out. What, she slapped her head and looked up at the holographic image in the center of the hall, "That ghost over there, you are worried that if we continue to fight, the 'new army' and 'old army' will be passively reorganized, and then you may not be able to control them completely. Stay in control of the situation, right?"

Abyss Xiling's expression remained unchanged: "Yes, if external pressure reaches a threshold, the network split will end, and I am only 50% sure that I can maintain control of the empire after the network is reintegrated. I don't want Things are out of control - this is also a worse situation for you, the leader of the new army is a guy who is more troublesome than me."

"You want to say that it is less harmful for the fallen apostles to be ruled by you than to be ruled by the new army, right?" Sandora nodded, "Maybe it is true... Now it seems that we really have no other good way to go. "

Abyss Xiling smiled: "Yes, the overall situation is the most important thing. There is no need for you to give up greater interests just because of your whims. So, the negotiation is completed?"

"Not yet," I suddenly interrupted the other party, "We agree to withdraw our troops now, but before that we have a few questions. Of course you don't have to answer them. I just want to ask: What is going on with Daye? You don't know anything about it. Can’t be revealed? What’s going on with the split in the abyss? And finally – what’s going on in this universe, where have all the people here gone?”

"Three questions, two of which are the most difficult to answer," Abyss Xiling sighed, "About the great cause...well, I did feel that it had nothing to do with you before, but since you really think about it, If you are so persistent, maybe it’s okay to tell you now... Do you know about ‘building bridges’?”

As soon as the word "building a bridge" came out, the scene was unprecedentedly silent.

I am no stranger to these two words - the mysterious civilization on the "other side" of the abyss has mentioned "building a bridge" more than once!

"The great cause is to build bridges?" Even Bingtis, a carefree female hooligan, was dumbfounded. "You are making such a big move, it is the end of the world and you are attacking the God Realm, just to build bridges?! By the way, I thought of building bridges. Qiao should be telling you the same thing..."

Abyss Xiling nodded matter-of-factly: "It's just one thing - opening a channel from one side of the abyss to the other side. In the final analysis, it's such a simple process."

"Does this require you to destroy so many worlds?!" My sister's eyes widened, and even she, who had never liked talking, couldn't help but interrupt now. "And you are also collecting world hearts everywhere..."

"Do you know how to build a bridge?" Abyss Xiling simply asked this question without waiting for her sister to finish her words.

Seeing us shaking our heads, Abyss Xiling raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "At least we know one of them - the fastest one. Maybe there is a gentle way to build a bridge, which does not require destroying so many ordered universes and does not require massive amounts of energy. The heart of the world, but I must build the bridge before the void cataclysm, I have no choice, that’s all.”

"Is this related to the Great Cataclysm of the Void?!" I felt like a mountain of information was overwhelming me. "Your great cause is to build a bridge to the 'other shore' before the Great Cataclysm of the Void? Why? In order to avoid the Great Cataclysm of the Void?" Catastrophe?"

"Building a bridge is only the first step. My ultimate goal is to bring the empire back to its peak. And there is no possibility of its fall." Abyss Xiling looked at us with a half-smile, "Don't show that look, what I said is true." Yes, it’s just that the empire I want to rebuild is slightly different from the great country in your mind. I fight for my camp, which is not surprising. As for avoiding the void cataclysm... In fact, this is not true from the beginning. Proposition. New Emperor, the moment you accidentally came into contact with the abyssal Xiling network tens of thousands of years ago, we no longer have to worry about the void cataclysm... Don't forget, the fallen apostle was indirectly created by you from."

I was immediately speechless, and Sandora, Bingtis and others next to me also looked at this side with weird eyes.

Abyss Xiling is right, the fallen apostles were indirectly created by me. I knew this last time when Bingtis and I went to the depths of the spiritual network to inspect the "rift valley" and encountered the Abyss Xiling.

During the catastrophe that led to the collapse of the empire 70,000 years ago, I reached an agreement with my sister (previous life) who was the ruler of the Fifteen Days Area at the time, and went to resist the abyss impact spreading to the Fifteen Days Area, but due to the concept The fragmentation cannot withstand the information power of the void creatures, and my power has crossed the barrier created by the conceptual fragmentation. There was a brief contact with the old Imperial Data Network, which was completely contaminated at the time.

It is this little bit of power that diffuses the past that greatly weakens the abyssal activity in the old empire network. A large number of infected Xiling apostles were allowed to complete the transformation alive - they are today's fallen apostles.

If I had not been so careless 70,000 years ago, the fallen apostles and the abyssal zone today would not have survived at all.

We had always thought that the fallen apostles might take action out of fear of the void cataclysm, and associated their "great cause" with a self-rescue, but now Abyss Xiling has awakened everyone with one sentence: since the fallen apostles are indirectly created by void creatures If they come out, then they have been "marked" with the "mark of forgiveness" from the beginning, and they have no fear of the void cataclysm!

"Then you..." I looked at Abyss Xiling, but was interrupted just after saying three words.

"That's all for today. You must be interested in more details about Daye, but now is not the time to explain these." Abyss Xiling gave us an eviction order and began to turn off the holographic projections in the hall one by one. "We We will meet again soon. Regarding the split in the Abyss Zone... don’t go into details, I’m not going to tell you.”

When the last projection of the Abyss Xiling was about to disappear, Bingtis shouted the last question at the top of his lungs: "Then at least tell us what is going on in this universe! What do you mean by removing all the people here? Did you give it to us for free?”

"This is a meeting gift for you. This universe is just a test product, used to test new technologies that allow me to safely communicate with void creatures... I have collected enough data, and a large part of the border world has been destroyed by you. , you can do whatever you want with this universe..."

As the words fell, the figure of Abyss Xiling finally gradually disappeared in front of our eyes.

"I feel like I heard a lot of incredible things," Qian Qian rolled her eyes and looked up at the ceiling at a harmless 45-degree angle, "but I didn't seem to understand anything..."

"That guy always talks like this. He also said a lot of incomprehensible things last time in the Rift Valley," Bingtis looked at the holographic equipment that had returned to standby with a bit of annoyance. Obviously, this kind of thing could be seen but not touched. , the conversation where the other party had the initiative made Sister Bing very unhappy, "Then what? Are we really going back like this?"

"Inform the entire army to prepare to retreat." Sandora ignored Bingtis and directly established contact with the imperial fleet on standby in orbit. Sivis didn't ask any questions and simply started to execute the order. But that second lunatic He started shouting: "What's going on! Why did we withdraw when we haven't hit anything yet? Can we see four universes after we just hit them?"

"We just met the Abyss Xiling," I replied smoothly, "There is a bunch of communications down here..."

Before I could finish my words, the madman exploded: "What!? Enemy! The enemy dares to ambush the general, and also ambush the general's brother! Where are you, Abyss Xiling! If you have the guts, give it to me. Come out! Watch this ship smash your base! The main gun on this ship, are you afraid of the main gun on it? Come out for this ship..."

"Okay, okay, she just showed up in the communicator," I interrupted the lunatic AI who was already excited with laughter and tears, "Now I have tons of new information to deal with, and the situation of the fallen apostle It’s better than we expected, now is not the time for a final battle, so prepare to retreat.”

Madman AI held it in for a long time, and finally said "Oh" helplessly, but Shandora looked thoughtful, as if she had something on her mind.

"It's okay to retreat..." Sandora said slowly, "But I think we should leave something behind... It's time to change the shape of the fallen apostles' boundaries."

(Do you think this is a large amount of information?)