Chapter 1508: Xi Ling’s Will (Part 2)

"Do you see hope in the rise of the empire from the civilization on the other side?" Sandora raised her eyebrows when she heard Abyss Xiling's statement, "Are you saying that the other party has some super power that can help you rebuild the empire? Or do you mean that the other party has What key resources or technologies..."

"No, according to my observation, the civilization on the other side is not too strong. It may not even be stronger than you. It's just that they have deep-diving technology that far exceeds that of you and me." Abyss Xiling shook his head, "The key is not with them. , and based on some of the information I found from their spacecraft - have you discovered that the materials coming from the other side have some special characteristics?"

"I've discovered it a long time ago," I nodded. "Things coming from the other side are missing some 'properties'. I don't know if they are unmeasurable or something else. Anyway, they give people the impression that they are 'incomplete', either without mass or shielded from gravity. "

"If my research is correct, the things we have here will be the same on the other side - the civilization on the other side will also be surprised that the material properties on our side are special and have many measurable properties. This is the dislocation phenomenon on both sides of the abyss. In After further research, I found that this dislocation phenomenon not only applies to the world of order, but also applies to the abyss environment. Of course, not every substance can be accurately dislocated, but as long as it is something that causes dislocation, it will have some wonderful properties. Nature, you must have noticed the wreckage I brought this time, they are 100% uncontaminated in the abyss, don’t you find it strange?”

I felt an idea flash across my mind like lightning, and I seemed to be catching on to Abyss Xiling's train of thought: "You mean... immune!"

"It's okay to say that," Abyss Xiling nodded, "When I first saw those wrecks, I was shocked by their incredible properties, and then I kept trying to find the reason why they were not contaminated. At first, I just started from the routine Starting with physical and chemical analysis, I thought that this immunity came from the microstructure of these substances or the way they expressed information. But I soon discovered that my research path was too narrow. Their immunity to contamination was not due to their special properties, but to their unique characteristics. Higher-level reasons—related to the structure of the void.”

Now I still can't fully understand what this structure is, but what is certain is that neither Xiling nor the Protoss know enough about the void. No one realizes that it actually has another side... This is a bit difficult to understand, but you can roughly understand it if you think about the four words "civilization on the other side"..."

I reacted instantly: "You mean... there is another void on the other side?"

"Theoretically, there should not be the concept of 'another void', because void is the end and the highest, and its own existence determines its own uniqueness. However, the various properties presented by the 'civilization on the other side' make people have to think of it. To those five words," Abyss Xiling nodded and said. "So I used the second method to explain this phenomenon: According to different viewing angles, the void presents two sides. In fact, it exists as a single thing, like a film. We are on this side, and the civilization on the other side is on the other side. Side. Due to the different observation angles of the two, the void presents completely different properties in the eyes of both parties, and everything linked to the void also exhibits strange properties: abyss, order, matter, time and space, and the space between all these things The connection. It’s completely different on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.”[

"Where is the abyss? Or...in the model you proposed, what is the abyss?" I couldn't help but become curious. The model assumed by the other party was very tempting. It regarded the void as a sheet of paper. The known civilizations such as Xiling, Xingyu and Huron are the front side of the membrane, while the civilization on the other side is the back side of the membrane. The so-called "two sides" are naturally the two sides of the void, but there seems to be no place for the abyss in this model. : It stands to reason that the ubiquitous abyss should exist together with the membrane. However, it is obviously not equivalent to the void, so it must be excluded from the membrane. So should it be on the front or the back?

"The abyss does not exist," Abyss Xiling said in astonishment, "If my model is correct, the abyss actually does not exist in a sense - don't rush to show that expression, think about it carefully. The abyss is Is it some kind of exact 'thing'? In other words, apart from 'phenomena' that can be seen but do not conform to any laws of reality, such as two-dimensional patterns and the gates of the abyss, is the abyss measurable?"

"The pollution of the abyss is measurable." Sandora didn't know what she thought of, and she seemed very cautious when answering this question.

"Yes, the pollution of the abyss is measurable," Abyss Xiling exhaled again in a humane manner, "We have always been deceived by this concept. The pollution of the abyss is measurable, and every time it appears, it brings It is pollution, so both Xiling and the Protoss equate the pollution of the abyss with the abyss itself, so that no one has ever realized what the essence of the abyss is... It is more abstract than 'phenomenon' and 'concept' It is a staged 'manifestation' in the process of the operation of the void. Although it seems to exist, we can even build a deep submersible to drill into it and explore it, but are you really sure that there is an abyss under the Gate of the Abyss? Is it essential?"

I felt like my head was turning into a ball of mush, so I spread my hands outright: "Don't talk about these complicated theories. Is there any way you can give a more intuitive example? Even similar examples are easy to understand."

"This is very simple." Abyss Xiling placed his hand flat in the air and waved it lightly to create a light gray film out of thin air. "Now we assume that this is void. Of course, the real void is much more complicated. Here The examples are simply simplified for ease of understanding."

Sandora and Harlan and I nodded at the same time, indicating that this was easy to understand.

Abyss Xiling clicked on the light film a few times as he spoke, showing us the front and back sides of this film: "Now is the primitive void, nothing happens, there is no world, no abyss, you and I are this The front side of the film, the civilization on the other side is the back side of this film. Note that it is not 'on' the front side of this film, but 'is' the front side of this film. We must always insist on one thing: except for this film, everything else They all do not exist, and there is nothing beyond the void, so let us assume that we are two-dimensional creatures, temporarily bound to this plane. Then we start to create the world, just like this..."

Abyss Xiling lightly touched the light film a few times, every time her fingertips touched a certain place. The light film began to bulge, and eventually formed the appearance of small hills: "Just like this, these bulged parts 'evolve'. If the original void is regarded as a plane with a sum of zero, then these evolved parts of the information will not Then it is zero. They are positive numbers, which are reflected in the wave peaks on this membrane. One thing to remember: any evolution that occurs on the front of this membrane can only produce 'positive numbers', which can only increase and not decrease. Just like the entropy value of some universes, it is a one-way development. Now that more and more worlds are being born, you can see that this membrane is no longer flat."

According to her, the light film on Abyss Xiling's hand has produced more than a dozen bulges. These hills are what we know as the world of order.

"This is the void and the world we can see from the 'front'," Abyss Xiling let everyone see the model in her hand clearly, and then suddenly turned it over, "This is the void and the world in the eyes of the civilization on the other side. "

The light film is still that light film, but it is no longer a series of mountains. The void in the eyes of the civilization on the other side is only a vast ravine: it is such a simple thing.

"This is my model simplified to the extreme." Abyss Xiling pointed at the holographic image floating in the air, "The world of order here is 'positive', then the world of order of the civilization on the other side is 'negative', regardless of positive or negative , are all order. Of course, this simple model is definitely not enough to explain everything. It is still quite different from the reality. For example, the world of order on the model corresponds one to one. Whenever a wave peak appears, there must be a wave on the back of the membrane. Wave trough, that is to say, according to the description of this simple model, if a Xiling Empire appears, then there should be a 'reverse Xiling' on the other side. In fact, this situation will not occur. According to my understanding of the civilization on the other side, , there is no such thing as 'Inverse Xiling' or 'Inverse Star Realm' over there. The real void is not such a simple membrane, and its front and back sides do not correspond one to one. The only ones that can correspond are Amount of information: The front side produces a world or anything with an information amount of ”

Sandora nodded: "The return to zero of the void, the sum of the positive and negative information must be zero."

I also nodded: "The amount of information corresponds, but the physical object does not correspond. I can understand this, just like two files have the same size, one can be v, and the other may be exe..." [

"I find it difficult to understand your metaphor," Abyss Xiling looked at this side, "But you should understand it, right?"

I waved my hand awkwardly: "Don't worry about the details. In short, now I know that I don't have to worry about the civilization on the other side having a twin who has been separated from me for many years..."

"Actually, no matter whether there is any deviation between the simple model and the real void, as a void creature, you don't have to worry about this," Abyss Xiling shook his head, "But we can talk about this later. You should understand this model now, right?"

Harlan, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "I understand, this model can indeed explain a lot of things, but how can it explain the abyss phenomenon?"

"Because this membrane needs to be reset," Abyss Xiling pointed at the holographic image, "The zeroing property of the void not only requires the worlds on both sides of the membrane to reset to zero in terms of the total amount of information, but also requires them to reset to zero in terms of form. It is to restore the original flat state: no matter what format your file is, it must be deleted. This is the ultimate zeroing. And the abyss is the execution process of this ultimate zeroing, and everything goes back to the origin: in this model There is no place for an abyss, it is just a process..."

Abyss Xiling gently tapped the light film in the air, and it returned to flatness in an instant.

"A process of healing the void."

I opened my mouth and couldn't help but speak out what was in my heart: "Why does the void suddenly feel so unnatural?"

The three people in the room looked at me strangely at the same time, and Sandora blurted out: "Ajun, is it okay for you to be so shameful?"

Abyss Xiling coughed twice to attract everyone's attention again: "Actually, this zeroing has nothing to do with whether it is 'authentic' or not. It is about morality. It is just one of the properties of void. And because void contains everything, It will continue to create new worlds while returning to zero. 'Self-healing' is always done at the same time as creation, so we can ignore this kind of natural law. In short, now I have explained the meaning of void and The relationship between the abyss, as you can see. The abyss exists and does not exist. If you regard it as a noun, then it does exist, but if you want to find its identity, find a place that can be called a 'lair' place. You can give up then. The abyss has no ontology. It is just a process that never stops. In this model, it does not exist."

Harlan couldn't help but blurt out: "Then what place did the deep-diving ship pass through? Isn't that the abyss?"

Abyss Xiling seemed to have guessed that someone would ask: "Suppose there is a fire in a building and you run out of it. In the process, did you go through flames or fire?"

"The deep-diving ship passes through 'pollution', not the abyss," Harlan suddenly realized, and then he couldn't laugh or cry. "This sounds like sophistry, just a word game."

"Debating things that are abstract to a certain extent does look like word games." Abyss Xiling also agreed with Harlan's view, "But this is indeed the case. There is probably some special 'space' phenomenon in the void below the Gate of the Abyss. , this 'space' phenomenon can lead to the back of the void, but it is not the lair of the abyss at all. In short, don't go too deep into this aspect. After all, I am just proposing a possible model. What is the abyss that the deep-diving ship passes through? It doesn't matter whether it's the lair or just a passage to the back of the void. What's important is that things on one side of the void are occasionally completely immune to the abyssal pollution on the other side, which is the key to everything. Observe from both sides of the void The same thing will have completely different properties. This is true for the matter in the world of order, and the same is true for the abyss: the abyss on the other side is harmful to the world of order on our side, and conversely, the things of order from the other side are harmful to the abyss on our side. The door is also completely undamaged. Although not everything can take advantage of this loophole, at least this gives us a way. If we find out the rules... can you imagine how significant this is?"

I know the highlight is coming: "If the abyss is the process of void returning to zero, then it will take effect on both sides of the 'membrane', according to the model you gave. Things on both sides of the void cannot 'interpret' each other, so a Things on one side will not be recognized by the abyss when they reach the other side, because such things do not exist for the abyss... In the end, they will bypass this and return to zero?"

"The specific process is not clear yet, but this immunity phenomenon is already a fact, isn't it?" Abyss Xiling nodded, "You should know. Although the polluters are in the abyss camp, even we are not immune to the damage of the abyss. That is also a fatal thing for us, and looking at the entire void, the only threat that can cause fatal harm to the empire is the abyss - as long as this trouble is permanently solved, the empire will never encounter a greater enemy than itself. .So after knowing this, I started to study how to use this discovery. Initially, I thought of copying the material from the other side on 'this side', but soon these attempts failed: the material from the other side cannot be copied. Or it can be copied, but it will never show the properties I want, so I settled for the next best thing..."

I finally smoothed everything out: "Have you thought of building a bridge and moving collectively to the other side?"

"This is just the first step. The second step after migration is collective evolution. I will try to change the life forms of all apostles so that the entire race is completely immune to the abyss - even if it can only be immune to the abyss on the other side, this is a huge progress. The second step is very easy to implement. Changing the material form and properties is a simple technology. After the second step is completed, I will build a new branch in the local 'order' on the other side, or even build another Xiling Empire, and finally Send them back to this side through the 'bridge'..."

"So they will be completely immune to the abyss on 'this side'." I widened my eyes, never expecting that Abyss Xiling was planning such a grand plan, and the so-called building a bridge was only the first step, "You It is necessary to open up both sides of the void and establish an empire that is a mirror image of each other on both sides. From now on, the Xiling Apostles will become a race that is completely immune to the pollution of the abyss... In addition to going to war with other civilizations of the same level or committing suicide, the empire will You really don’t have to worry about meeting enemies, you have directly transformed the empire’s biggest enemy!”

Abyss Xiling smiled: "At least it sounds feasible, doesn't it?"

My thoughts began to race rapidly, and several mysteries that I had never understood before began to come together one by one: We once obtained several black shuttles. Although these black shuttles were also contaminated by the abyss, some of their parts were surprisingly intact. Tavel and other experts initially believed that this was simply because of the superb deep-diving technology on the "other shore", but now it seems that it is probably related to immunity; we also know that there is an abnormal order zone at the "bottom" of the abyss, beyond a certain After the interface, the pollution of the abyss is declining rapidly. Now it seems that this "bottom" is probably the other side. If you can cross the interface, then it will no longer be "dive", but "surface" to the other side. " process, the "pollution subsided" that Occam guessed back then was actually just an illusion. The real situation is that the closer you get to the other side, the less sensitive the abyss there is to the orderly things on that side; I also suddenly thought of myself The illusion that you "see" every time you enter the "fugue in the void" state, the constantly undulating ocean, a plane that tries to return to calm but is always turbulent... This is probably also related to the model guessed by Abyss Xiling!

"Your guess may be right!" I suddenly looked at the Abyss Xiling opposite, "I have 'seen' the true form of the void." (To be continued...)