Star Fleet, Starting with Datafication

For some reason, I always felt that there was something very familiar about the black mist emanating from this fallen star soul.

We're trying to speed up the plot; it's definitely slowed down a bit lately.

The plot has indeed slowed down recently, not as good as before. In short, we're preparing to speed up this part of the other-universe main storyline.

Entering the next stage of the main storyline, the middle of the book's plot.

Hmmmm, all I can say is that it's related to destruction; I won't spoil anything more.

I expect this volume's story to conclude around chapter twelve. This will also give me time to organize the plot and outline, and then refine them further.

The author has definitely been acting strangely lately; I can't quite put my finger on it... I just need to get things sorted out as soon as possible.

While writing this chapter, the author's thoughts were still a bit hazy... A little confused about what they'd been doing lately...

I can't find the mindset I used to have, doing 17,000 or 18,000 a day.

I can only start from scratch and reorganize the outline.

Chapter 238 The Protocol Takes Over - StarNet

Time passed, and the army in the dark fog launched several more attacks.

Without exception, they were all blocked by the Zixiao World-Wandering Data Mechanical Warship Legion.

Finally, the star ring channel fully unfolded.

Lilith's mechanical fleet was the first to charge out, and within just a few hours, tens of millions of mechanical warships and various units sailed out, covering the Starlight Frontier.

Faced with the large number of mechanical warships appearing in the starry sky, Naya was initially surprised, but quickly realized that it was related to Qingyang.

Seeing this, Qingyang did not linger and directly instructed Lilith: "The evacuation from the Starlight Federation and the resettlement work are your responsibility. The warships tainted by the dark fog are all products of the original Star Cluster civilization."

Their basic combat strength is low; even with the enhancement from the Dark Force, they cannot contend with the mechanical legion. If they encounter any insurmountable danger, simply notify me.

"understand!"

"Brother Ji Shang, let's prepare to go find that fallen star soul."

After arranging the general matters, Qingyang spoke to Ji Shang with great interest, for he had always been extremely interested in such wondrous things that he had never seen before.

Compared to Qingyang's excitement, Ji Shang seemed much calmer: "If nothing unexpected happens, it's within the range of the Dark Fog. As long as we get close to the local star network, we can lock onto it."

As they spoke, the two fleets emitted a faint, brilliant light and plunged into the boundless, pitch-black fog without looking back.

For higher-dimensional life forms, the most important function of the black fog is to conceal and interfere with detection, and incidentally, it can also modify the environment to suit the preferences of fallen star souls.

The direct threat posed by the dark fog is less than that of a level seven civilization warship that has been contaminated.

As she watched the two dazzling fleets sail into the dark fog one after another, Naya was slightly stunned, then her expression became complicated.

The dark fog that threatened the annihilation of a star cluster was merely a special environment that a more powerful civilization could freely enter and exit...

"Ms. Naya, regarding the Starlight Federation's resettlement plan..."

"..."

......

A pitch-black fog.

In a seemingly ordinary area, the space was slightly rippled.

A pitch-black planet, over 30,000 kilometers in diameter and utterly ethereal, appeared, with eerie deep purple patterns lighting up layer by layer on its surface before fading away again.

In an instant, thousands of irregular blood-red eyes opened from the planet's surface, and concealed mental fluctuations spread rapidly along the boundless black mist.

The twisted, eerie, blood-red vertical pupils spun around, and suddenly the largest one, which was thousands of miles long, paused.

"A familiar aura... The Alliance?!"

No, isn't this another universe?

How could an Alliance space fleet be here?

I just managed to slip out of that place not long ago, and now I'm running into them again. I can't afford to have a conflict!

The dark and decadent will that has been assimilated over the decades is enough; it's better to slip away as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, the deep purple patterns on the surface of the huge Fallen Star Soul shone brightly, and then twelve pitch-black crystal balls, resembling crystals, appeared around it.

Each one is the size of a normal planet, orbiting the Fallen Star Soul like a satellite.

In an instant, the pitch-black fog spanning tens of millions of light-years surged violently, and the planets and units covered by the darkness became visibly blurred.

Stars and other celestial bodies that were originally operating according to normal laws rapidly disintegrated into particles and disappeared into thin air.

From a macroscopic perspective, it can be seen that the entire dark fog is rapidly thinning.

At the same time, the twelve pitch-black crystal spheres surrounding the Fallen Star Soul became increasingly solid and expanded, and the mysterious patterns became clearer.

The sudden turn of events left Naya and even the diplomats left behind by Qingyang completely bewildered.

As the dark fog gradually dimmed and finally disappeared completely from sight, the many busy Starlight People stood frozen in place, unsure of how to react.

They exchanged a blank glance, then looked around at the Eternal Mechanical Legion's supply ships that were rapidly approaching.

Many of the Starlight employees quietly continued to busy themselves with their own affairs.

I had long dreamed of the day when the dark natural disasters would disappear, but when that day finally came, I didn't feel much joy.

All that was meant to vanish has vanished; even as the dark fog dissipates, all that remains for them is a deathly silence.

Naya and the others quickly came to their senses, and sighed as they looked at the still dark but less oppressive and eerie starry sky.

He smiled again: "Let's continue our conversation, sir."

On a cosmic scale, civilizations are also individuals. Instead of reminiscing and dwelling on the past, we should first think about how to develop and restore civilization.

On the other side, Qingyang and Ji Shang were equally stunned.

The former, puzzled, asked, "What's going on? Could it be that the Fallen Star Soul has run away?"

Even if they started out as high-dimensional beings, surely they weren't at least seven stars high-level beings?

Upon hearing this, Ji Shang pondered even more deeply, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him: "I know why He feels familiar to me and why He's running away!"

familiar?

Qingyang looked at Ji Shang.

“This is a collection that escaped from the museum’s reserve!” Ji Shang said with certainty.

Qingyang's eyes widened: "The collection can run away from the curator?"

This is just as unbelievable as a starship suddenly being taken over by someone else and the commander losing control.

Ji Shang denied it, saying, "How could that be? The Museum Reserve is a facility used to store those unclaimed collections that are in a state of confinement, and it is used to reward high-dimensional guardians who complete official missions."

The collection inside consists mainly of rare items captured by the military or space fleets.

Although the external defenses of the museum's storage facility are not particularly strong, its internal confinement circuits are incredibly sophisticated; under normal circumstances, this thing would have absolutely no chance of escaping.

Qingyang grew increasingly curious; the league's tactical system reward warehouse must be of considerable importance.

"Normal situation? What about abnormal situation?"

"The vault was attacked, the vault's guardian temporarily left, and a batch of artifacts was periodically released for some new curators to hunt. One of the new curators missed one."

That should be the third scenario.

Although he didn't know the details, he could understand this kind of hunting activity; it was nothing more than an event similar to the Star Commander Youth League.

All the rare collectibles he acquired were his own.

As for the first two types, the first one can be ruled out first. These warehouses are all located in the heart of the Alliance, and any powerful deity that tries to force its way in would be suppressed.

The second possibility is that... there are countless powerful members in the alliance, so there shouldn't be such a shortage of manpower that it's necessary to transfer personnel who are guarding the reserve warehouses.

The question now is, why did the Alliance's Fallen Star Soul end up in another universe?

Because He, and that intriguing temple of time and space, were deliberately introduced into the star cluster universe.

Only then did Ji Shang's eyes reveal a hint of amusement.

Qingyang froze, his mind instantly recognizing the source of the signal.

It was a mechanical planet with a diameter of 10,000 kilometers, and Qingyang was very familiar with its structure and data fluctuations.

It's the data terminal of the Destruction Protocol!

What sets this data terminal apart is that the technology it contains and the subtle fluctuations it emits far exceed those of any other one encountered before, by more than a million times!

Five cross-shaped warships hovered beside the terminal, their binding force field, involving rules and technology, firmly suppressing the Fallen Star Souls that had originally tried to escape.

[The mysterious concealment technology is undetectable even by the will of the universe. However, it is ultimately not a concealment that interferes with consciousness. Any life form with subjective consciousness can tell that you are not from the Star Cluster Universe.]

[An outsider from an incomparably powerful universe]

Qingyang looked at the imprisoned Fallen Star Soul without panicking; the Destruction Agreement was clearly not for the purpose of conflict.

"you are?"

[I am the official machine]

The core source of the Destruction Protocol, or rather, the Purification Protocol, is, in your words, the divine nature of data sublimated from higher-dimensional data.

Qingyang's expression was strange, and he sensed a faint hint of smugness in the mechanical voice.

It must be an illusion.

Ji Shang smiled and said, "According to the records, the agreement represents the will and executor of the Star Cluster Universe. Is Your Excellency Zhengji seeking us out your own will or the will of the universe?"

[It contains both the meaning of the universe and the thoughts of the self]

Based on the analysis that the aristocratic class dislikes beating around the bush, I'll get straight to the point.

[To help the Star Cluster Universe withstand destruction, all races within the Star Cluster Universe possessing a pan-human concept can be entrusted to the Noble Group.]

Qingyang and Ji Shang were startled and exchanged a glance.

All of human civilization in the star cluster universe?

Has the situation in the cosmos become this bad?