With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 530 The only weakness?
Flagship fortress, inside the command center.

Outside the porthole, the golden composite shield was regenerated, with ripples rippling on it that were gradually calming down. This was the echo of the peak collision just now. The intensity of the gravitational waves produced by the collision even far exceeded the gravitational waves released by most black hole mergers.

"Is this... is he going to die?"

Fang Yunsheng stared blankly at the giant scorpion that gradually turned into a misty cloud of particles in the dim starry sky, his brain unable to react for a moment.

As difficult as the previous battle with the Apophis giant scorpion was, Fang Yunsheng was just as confused now.

This is too easy!

In fact, Fang Yunsheng had already prepared a lot of plans for subsequent attacks in his mind, including but not limited to the life-threatening strategy of releasing macro-electronic bombs at close range.

At first glance, this operation seems reckless.

But under the previous circumstances, this was actually a helpless move.

Fang Yunsheng knew very well that it was obviously unrealistic to defeat an advanced civilization of the same level nine or even higher level technology with only a standard-sized pan-universe peacekeeping fleet and an urgently allocated, minimum-sized Genesis Fortress.

In fact, he was ready to sacrifice himself the moment he received the order from the Academy of Sciences.

but now……

There was a clear deviation between the actual battle situation and the scene he had imagined.

sacrifice?

What sacrifice?
The current flagship fortress can even suppress the Apophis giant scorpion, so what's the point of talking about sacrifice!
Although he was extremely puzzled, Fang Yunsheng couldn't help but show a hint of joy in his eyes when he looked at the giant scorpion leader who was completely motionless outside the porthole.

If given a choice, who wouldn't want to be awarded first-class merit or special merit while still alive?
On the other side, Academician Xu Mingqi, who had prepared himself mentally and faced death with indifference like Fang Yunsheng, also stood there in a daze.

"It should... probably... be dead..."

Xu Mingqi answered Fang Yunsheng's question hesitantly.

He scratched his head, then turned his gaze to the holographic star map beside him, which clearly showed the battle situation of the entire regular battlefield.

This glance made Xu Mingqi, who was already doubting his life, fall into deep confusion.

——The situation was very similar to that faced by the flagship fortress. The peacekeeping fleet did not suffer the expected huge losses. On the contrary, the casualty ratio of the fleet even decreased significantly!

Even...an attack team consisting of hundreds of main battleships was still chasing the Apophis giant scorpion everywhere in the regular battlefield!
Fang Yunsheng also obviously noticed this abnormal phenomenon. He looked at the chaotic star map with a look of astonishment, then looked at Xu Mingqi beside him, and asked tentatively: "Could it be... the credit of the rule battlefield?"

Without waiting for Xu Mingqi to speak, he shook his head to deny his thoughts.

Others may not be clear about this, but as a "veteran" who has commanded more than one war, he is naturally quite clear that the effect of the rule-based battlefield is far from being so powerful.

At least, it is absolutely impossible to make up for the difference in strength between the two simply by relying on some changes in the rules, let alone letting the fleet chase the giant scorpion and beat it!

the reason is simple.

Be it time technology or information flow manipulation technology, many powerful technologies that these Apophis giant scorpions had previously used have not been displayed on this chaotic battlefield so far - those giant scorpions rely entirely on their own strong bodies to fight head-on with the peacekeeping fleet!

Rather than saying that the rules of the battlefield eliminated the gap in strength between the peacekeeping fleet and the Apophis Scorpion, it would be better to say that...

The physical condition of those giant scorpions seemed to have suddenly undergone some abnormal changes that took a sharp turn for the worse!!

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Fang Yunsheng's casual remark made Xu Mingqi fall into deep thought.

"rule……"

He looked at the particle cloud that was slowly spreading in the dim starry sky, and a certain enlightenment appeared in his eyes: "You are right... This may really be the credit of the Genesis Fortress and the Rule Battlefield!"

Fang Yunsheng: “?”

"What the hell?" Fang Yunsheng looked at Xu Mingqi in disbelief. "When did the Rule Battlefield become so powerful?"

"The effect of a battlefield that is not ruled is powerful!"

Xu Mingqi excitedly stood up from his seat, and quickly sent a communication request to the research ship that was still behind the battlefield: "But..."

……

"The Apophis Giant Scorpion has no knowledge of rule technology at all?"

"And their bodies have very low tolerance for rule changes?!"

Inside the TE1571 research vessel, Wang Jing fell into complete silence as she watched Xu Mingqi talking eloquently on the communication interface.

The ghost fleet that Chen Fan mentioned was still paying attention to this war did not appear, but the peacekeeping fleet gained a considerable advantage.

This scene certainly brought Wang Jing a great surprise, but she still held a skeptical attitude towards Xu Mingqi's conclusion.

An advanced civilization that has mastered the technology of controlling information flow and even possesses a certain level of time technology, does not even have the technology of rules. Listen, is this unreasonable?

You know, the foundation of rule technology, [Source Theory] is the basis for the Human Union to advance to the ninth-level civilization, and it is also the first ninth-level theory mastered by the Human Union!

In Wang Jing's opinion, Xu Mingqi's statement was no different from a skyscraper that "grew" freely in the sky without any foundation or load-bearing columns.

"Not bad!"

Although he noticed Wang Jing's questioning gaze, Xu Mingqi did not stop talking, but continued with excitement: "Academician Wang, do you still remember what happened to these Apophis scorpions when they left the event horizon of the central black hole?"

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly: "Of course."

As he spoke, Wang Jing felt a little relieved as the scene of the "Gray Fish"'s rapid collapse and destruction reappeared in his mind.

One has to admit that they were pretty lucky.

——The event horizon of the central black hole helped the peacekeeping fleet to wipe out at least 90% of the Apophis Scorpion’s manpower.

Less than four hundred Apophis scorpions brought such great trouble to the peacekeeping fleet, not to mention the lethality of more than four thousand Apophis scorpions!
If there hadn't been that silent "mass extinction", the peacekeeping fleet would have probably become food residue in the giant scorpion's stomach! !
"I suspect that the reason these giant scorpions can't leave the event horizon quickly is mainly because of the conflict of rules!"

Xu Mingqi's eyes flashed with a gleam of light: "Simply put, their bodies are not adapted to the rules of this universe, just like fish cannot live without water. This conflict in rules will only be more deadly."

"For example, the difference between strong interaction and electromagnetic interaction is enough to cause the bodies of these giant scorpions to disintegrate!"

Wang Jing raised her eyebrows slightly, obviously thinking of the scene where the giant scorpion leader's body disintegrated after his death. She nodded slightly: "Go on."

"In the cognition of the Human Union, or in other words, within the territory of the Human Union, the rules of each universe bubble tend to be consistent, so we have never considered this situation." Xu Mingqi licked his dry lips lightly, and the excitement in his eyes became more intense, "But these giant scorpions are different!"

"I doubt……"

"Their world, the universe bubble they are in, has undergone considerable changes from the human world!"

Hearing this, Wang Jing finally frowned: "Xiao Xu, your statement... is a bit out of line."

The Academy of Sciences has never stopped exploring the origins of cosmic bubbles and hyperspace membranes. Correspondingly, the highly convergent phenomenon of cosmic bubble rules also attracted the attention of the Academy of Sciences at the first time.

only……

In the Academy's cognition, or in the Academy's exploration process, the reason for this highly convergent rule is actually above the hyperspace membrane.

There is no doubt that cosmic bubbles are born on the surface of hyperspace membranes, and even the so-called cosmic membranes are special variants of hyperspace membranes.

The hyperspace membrane and the cosmic membrane are constructed by a large number of rule-space chimeras. Therefore, the rules inside the cosmic bubble are naturally closely related to the rules contained in the cosmic membrane itself.

If she remembered correctly, in order to investigate this phenomenon and publish a few papers with some value, many researchers who have not yet become academicians like to collect and compare information about chimeras on the hyperspace membrane - the territory of the Human Union has been expanding at an alarming rate, and this topic has naturally become a long-lasting popular option.

Thanks to this, the Academy of Sciences had mastered extremely detailed data on hyperspace membrane chimeras very early on, and some people have conducted integrated analysis of these data.

The analysis is simple.

The hyperspace membrane, at least the hyperspace membrane within the territory of the Human Union is uniform, and the rules contained in the chimera are also uniform.

It is for this reason that the rules of the cosmic bubbles within the territory of the Human Union are highly convergent.

Based on a large amount of data, several academicians studying cosmology have also conducted extrapolation research - in fact, not only the hyperspace membrane within the territory of the Human Union, but also the hyperspace membrane outside the territory is very likely to be uniform.

Of course, unlike previous conclusions, this conclusion is just a conjecture.

A conjecture that has not been disproven so far.

"Xiao Xu." Thinking of this, Wang Jing pondered for a moment, frowned and continued, "The Academy of Sciences has never found evidence that the hyperspace membrane is uneven. You..."

"Who said no!"

Xu Mingqi's voice suddenly became louder, interrupting Wang Jing's unfinished words: "Academician Wang, I found a paper describing the inhomogeneity of the hyperspace membrane in the core database of the Academy of Sciences!"

Now it was Wang Jing's turn to be stunned.

Are there such unreliable papers in the core database of the Academy of Sciences?

Are you kidding me? !

You should know that all the papers included in the core database are published by academicians!
If an academician really discovered such a phenomenon, then there is no reason for her not to know about it - such a discovery is enough to overturn the Academy of Sciences' understanding of the hyperspace membrane. To put it in a bigger picture, this thing can even shock out the chief academician of the Academy of Sciences!

Before Wang Jing could question it, a paper appeared in front of her through the communication link.

The first thing she saw was the title that shocked her.

The Hyperspace Membrane is Not Uniform: A Conjecture Based on Observations of Partial Regular-Space Chimeras

"Oh my god, there really is such a paper..."

Looking at the timestamp of the paper being included in the core database, Wang Jing finally showed some surprise on her face: "Why does this inclusion time feel weird..."

The timestamp shows that this paper was just included in the core database within the past year.

She recalled for a while and finally shook her head helplessly.

Not impressed.

She really couldn't think of any big shot who had published such an important paper in the past year.

"Old Xu!"

As the holographic communication interface shook violently, Fang Yunsheng's voice came from the communication channel: "Are you done over there?"

"We have to hurry and find the next blind giant scorpion!"

"Almost there!" Xu Mingqi steadied himself and looked at Wang Jing anxiously, "Academician Wang, please take a look at this paper. If my guess is correct, perhaps we have found the only weakness of the Apophis giant scorpion!"

"I see."

Wang Jing came back to her senses. She glanced at the flagship fortress that was rampaging in the regular battlefield, and she knew that now was not the time to be distracted.

She collected her thoughts and quickly focused on the main text of the paper.

The data provided in the paper is not complicated, and can even be described as simple and crude - in the newly opened territory of the Human Union, the rule-space chimera showed abnormal fluctuations, and in the instrument's detection, its rule deviation even exceeded 20% of the "base frequency".

In the simplest terms.

If a universe is born on this hyperspace membrane, the upper limit of the speed of light in this universe will even reach 36 kilometers per second.

Without the interference of Genesis Fortress, this is undoubtedly an astonishing number!
"hiss……"

Wang Jing took a deep breath and murmured softly, "Too good to be true..."

But why did no one in the Academy of Sciences pay attention to this news?
Also, who wrote this paper?

As soon as Wang Jing had an idea, the papers in the holographic interface flipped rapidly, and finally stopped at the paper signature column.

"..."

Looking at the signature on the paper, Wang Jing's eyes twitched suddenly and she fell into complete silence.

"Academician Wang?" Xu Mingqi's voice came from the communication channel, urging her to act again.

"Xiao Xu, do you know who wrote this paper?"

Wang Jing took a deep breath, calmed the dark mud undercurrent in her heart, and asked back in as calm a tone as possible.

"Ok?"

Xu Mingqi was stunned for a moment, and just like Wang Jing, he quickly flipped through the papers in front of him: "Academician Song Ziliang?"

"That's strange... I don't think I've ever heard of a Class I academician with this name in the Academy of Sciences..."

"Because this fucking Song Ziliang is a fucking academician who just got rid of his internship status!!!" Wang Jing looked at Xu Mingqi with a fake smile, "Don't even mention a Class I academician, this guy can only be considered a Class III academician!"

"Besides, the person he fucked was my subordinate!"

Xu Mingqi: “…”

"I was wondering why the time of inclusion of this paper was so strange..." Wang Jing's eyes twitched repeatedly, "It turns out that this paper was included in the core database because Song Ziliang was promoted to academician..."

Xu Mingqi: “…”

I'm sweating profusely, brother.

The Academy of Sciences does have such a tradition - when a researcher is promoted to a full academician, all his previously published papers will be included in the core database.

After all, being able to become an academician means that the researcher has real talent and knowledge, and the papers he has published are naturally worth being included.

"or……"

Xu Mingqi's voice was a little dry, and he continued to say with some reluctance: "Academician Wang, can you ask Academician Song Ziliang?"

"maybe……"

"What can we gain from this..."

Xu Mingqi's voice became softer and softer.

to be frank.

When Xu Mingqi learned that the paper was written by a newly promoted academician, and was even a "work" written by this academician when he was a researcher, his previous conjecture began to waver.

(End of this chapter)