Chapter 1,355 The Difficulty of Going Deep Into the Rift Valley

I didn't know what happened until Xiling finished talking about it. The so-called emergency was that she almost fell into the rift, and the so-called resolution of the crisis was that she climbed out again with all her strength - basically this rhythm.

On the surface, this seems to be a mistake, but after thinking about it for a moment, I frowned like Sandora: If you take into account the special nature of Xiling and "Rift Valley", then this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems!

The Rift Valley is an erroneous network segment that exists in the spiritual network. It is a virtual area that cannot correspond one-to-one with certain nodes (Xiling Apostles) in the real world. The Rift Valley is meaningless to us in the real world. Meaningful, and so far, this wrong network segment has not affected the normal operation of the mental network. The reason for the formation of the rift is unknown, but its performance is easy to understand: some network nodes have lost the termination symbols, causing the next-level connections of these nodes to become empty connections. This process is like a computer on the Internet dealing with a parallel connection. Sending a data packet to a non-existent network address will only see a failed delivery receipt in our eyes, but in the eyes of the computer, it is delivering something into a dark abyss. When the scale of these unterminating "weird nodes" reaches a certain level, an "address black hole" is formed in the spiritual network. All data transmission to the rift will be interrupted, and if the rift is forcibly crossed, the data will disappear. . The rift is not fixed, and the nodes that lose the termination mark are always changing (this is why we cannot map the rift to some specific apostles in reality), as if this bug is constantly changing from one node to another. It is the same as jumping to another node, but in terms of total volume, the size of the rift valley always remains unchanged, and the average fluctuation will not exceed a few percent. It is these strange properties that allow us to temporarily regard the rift valley as A "threat to stability", unpleasant as it is, in the absence of a definite solution. I can only leave it alone.

And Xiling is a ghost living in the Internet. All her data is wandering on the Internet. The Rift Valley, which poses no threat to the real world, can swallow up Xiling without reservation. We already know the Rift Valley. Nature, knowing that any data packets sent to Rift Valley will be lost, and Xiling. In essence, it is also the aggregation of data packets. If she slides into the rift, there will be no chance of coming out.

A few minutes ago, she experienced the most thrilling moment in her life, so she issued an early warning to the entire network. But fortunately, the girl reacted quickly and she was able to escape from the rift smoothly. Now it looks like there is no other damage besides a little shock, which makes people sigh in relief.

"Didn't I say, don't go to that place rashly?" After sighing at Xiling's good luck and cleverness, I couldn't help but blame this guy for his behavior in dangerous places more than once, "Tavel is working on a solution. Can’t you just stay still until then?”

Xi Ling also seemed to know that he usually did not listen to others' advice. Her behavior of always venturing into the Rift Valley without authorization caused trouble for others. She carefully hid most of her body behind her name tag and only poked out her small head: "I know it, but I don't look at it. It would be particularly unsettling, what if the rift suddenly expands and no one notices it?"

"It's time to find a way to solve this matter," Sandora looked at Xiling, who had become the size of a palm. "Indeed, if an abyss gate appears in the shadow space now, no matter how honest it is, we can't help but send people to look at it... You said that the turmoil in the Rift Valley has become greater recently? It wasn't the case last time Did you say it shrunk?"

"It did shrink once, but then suddenly became very active," Xiling's expression became serious, "It was like waking up and stretching. This phenomenon started two days ago. Since then, the rifts have been frequent The ground fluctuates. In the past, it might take several hours for all the nodes that make up the Rift Valley to be updated, but now it only takes tens of minutes for all the nodes in the Rift Valley to change places."

At this time, the reason for the network-wide warning has been identified. The host array naturally returned to its normal state, and Tavel detached himself from the crystal pillar and returned to us. She listened to Xi Ling's situation with a thoughtful look on her face: "The frequency of activities has increased...what about the scale?"

"The scale hasn't changed much. The scale of the Rift Valley never changes much."

"In other words, it has neither become stronger nor weakened, but has only increased the frequency of activity," Tavel said thoughtfully, "This is a bit strange..."

"What did you think of?" Sandora looked at Tavel and asked curiously.

"We have always treated the Rift Valley as a 'phenomenon' without logic and self-awareness," Tavel said slowly, "but now it gives me a feeling like a 'biological'. During the dormant period and the active period, it will move places and update its own nodes by itself, and does not move according to regular rules. It does not have the sense of rhythm of ordinary network programs. It is difficult for people to believe that it is just a simple thing that cannot calculate the rules of activity. The phenomenon'."

I was shocked: "Do you think Rift Valley, like Xiling, is also a collective consciousness or something like that?"

"No, structurally speaking, Rift Valley cannot produce consciousness," Tavel shook his head, "So what is conscious should not be Rift Valley, but something related to Rift Valley...the network itself, or other things that cause Rift Valley The cause, this 'cause' should be conscious, and its activity indirectly causes the Rift Valley to become active."

Shandora nodded slightly, showing a thoughtful look, and then she looked at Tavel: "This matter must be resolved, it is always dragging on like this... I feel very uneasy. What is the access equipment you are researching?" how's it going?"

I know that Tavel is working on an "interface" that allows people in the real world to upload to the mental network. Of course, this interface is not a primitive thing like a "virtual helmet" or a "neural intervention plug". With Tavel's strength, he can probably make a lot of things at will. What Tavel is making is a device that can encode and upload souls to the spiritual network - only this level of uploading can ensure that people in the real world can obtain it. The same way of perception as Xiling, so as to observe the rift.

Due to the complexity of the apostle's spiritual network and the difficulty of operating the soul, this kind of device is quite difficult to manufacture, but with Tavel's ability, it should probably be possible.

"The original equipment is ready for use," Tavel first gave us good news, but then came a basin of cold water, "There are just some problems... that are not easy to solve."

Sandora raised her eyebrows: "Problem? What problem?"

"Several contradictions that make people laugh or cry." Tavel shrugged, "First of all, this device is used to observe the spiritual network of the Xiling Apostle, but its user must not be the Xiling Apostle..."

I was dumbfounded for a moment: "What the hell?"

"Because it will be assimilated," Tavel glanced at me. "The spiritual network is the sea of ​​will of billions of apostles, and the consciousness of a Xiling apostle is a drop of sea water. No matter how powerful the Xiling apostle is, what has been changed It is only the volume of this drop of sea water. Its composition is completely integrated with the surrounding sea water. If it enters the sea, it will never come back. Of course, if the individual is strong enough, then the consciousness of this apostle will not die. But he He will wander in the mental network forever, because no device can distinguish him from the surrounding network environment again. If he has to be forcibly cut off from the network, it will have a huge impact on the stability of the entire network."

What Tavel said is too easy to understand. It can only be said that no one thought of this at the beginning. An individual, no matter how powerful he is, cannot compete with the entire collective, including himself. This is a law of death that will never be solved. Even Emperor Xiling, if he completely lets go of his spirit and uploads it to the spiritual network of the entire empire, there will be no possibility of return.

"If it's someone other than Xiling Apostle, that's fine, right?" Sandora heard that there was room for maneuver in Tavel's words.

"Yes, the spirit of the Xiling Apostle will be assimilated by the spiritual network because the two have the same origin. If it is a soul other than the Xiling Apostle, it will have a distinctive 'mark' in the network, which will be converted back to the real world. It's very easy, just like an iron ball dropped into the sea and can be easily pulled back up."

Sandora glanced at me and nodded: "This problem seems to be solvable. There are many foreigners in the new empire now."

I thought about it. I feel like I might have to go out and save the world again.

Tavel nodded as expected: "Yes, because of their special status, His Majesty and the several mistresses can return safely while integrating into the empire's spiritual network, but the several mistresses must first be eliminated."

"Why?" Sandora and I said in unison.

"Authority. This is a situation that my subordinates have only recently thought of," Tavel glanced at Xiling, "Only individuals with completely unrestricted authority can undertake this task, because it is the spirit of Xiling's apostles who make up the Rift Valley. Nodes, and theoretically any node may become a component of the rift... Your Majesty, including you. Theoretically, this is the case."

I pointed at myself in disbelief, speechless.

"That's right," Tavel nodded. "The Rift Valley is a network black hole area composed of a large number of abnormal nodes. These abnormal nodes are not fixed. They appear randomly. The probability of abnormality in each network node is exactly the same, so you The two corresponding nodes in the spiritual network also have the possibility of becoming 'components' of the Rift. Therefore, we must upload an individual with the highest authority to undertake this work. Several matrons have the status of 'foreign apostles'. They meet the conditions, but they do not have the qualifications to be emperors. Due to the complexity of the permission system, they cannot temporarily elevate their rights, so it is very dangerous to upload them to the Internet. If they are inspecting the rift, you two may The network nodes of His Majesty Lan and His Majesty Belavera suddenly joined the Rift Valley..."

"Low-privileged individuals interfering beyond their authority with high-privileged individuals will lead to serious system errors and even network crashes," Sandora took a breath, "We are tampering with the foundation of the empire's privileged system. This is too dangerous! "

I scribbled the formula in my mind for a long time, and then I finally came to my senses: "Oh, so in the end I am the only one who meets the requirements? As a foreign apostle, with the highest authority, can you just let me go?"

"That's it, but the risk is too great." Tavel sighed for an unknown number of times. Her expression looked very resentful and helpless, as if Mrs. Lin had worked hard for ten years to save a down payment and was surprised to hear the money the day before she bought a house. Like a collapse, "Your Majesty, you are the only individual who may be uploaded to the Internet and complete the task, but we don't know what the rift is at all. Now there is a guess that the rift is the site of the Fifteenth Sky District and the Empire. It was left behind when the net was split. There may be a cluster of fallen apostles’ consciousness on the other side of the rift. Your Majesty, if this is really the case, once you are discovered after crossing the rift, you will face the thoughts of all the fallen apostles. Impact!"

I felt goosebumps all over my body for a moment. This... this risk is a bit higher.

"Is there the spiritual network of the fallen apostle across the rift?" Sandora raised her eyebrows and glanced at Tavel, "Is this your latest guess?"

"Yes, it has not been verified. It can only be said to be a whimsical idea," Tavel nodded. "But this matter is of great importance, even if there is only one in a million chance. The head of the empire cannot be allowed to risk it alone." This kind of danger. The soul of the void creature is indeed very powerful, but my subordinate said bluntly: I am afraid that it cannot fight against the general trend of thought of the fallen apostle."

I thought about it, if the situation that Tavel mentioned really happened, then I would probably be turned into an idiot if I was optimistic, and I would go out and look at the sun at 8:30 every morning and have fun... This consequence makes people shudder!

"It would be nice if I could have a few more helpers," Sandora looked at me in confusion. "Upload it together and you'll have someone to take care of you. I'm really worried about letting you go alone."

What Shandora said is what I am thinking about, but it is also the most unsolvable: In order to prevent the permission system from crashing, we can only upload emperor-level people to the network. This emperor-level person cannot be the original Xiling apostle. So where can we find someone who is not only a foreign apostle but also has the authority of an emperor, can be uploaded to the spiritual network, and come back alive?

I guess if I can't find someone strong enough to go with me. Even if Shandora died, she wouldn't let me set off alone.

According to the general idea, the solution to this problem is this: Find a girl with a good foundation among the girls at home - such as a sister - and then let her go out to brush up her military exploits and qualifications. In the empire's authority system, her authority will be increased. The fastest ways are war qualifications and scientific and technological contributions. There is no need to think about the latter, but at least there is no problem in contacting the gang at home. Shandora did a rough calculation. If we don't count the efforts of opening up borders and splitting the soil and only fighting, then based on my sister's current authority. She needs to be unparalleled for more than two hundred years in the base camp of the fallen apostles. If you include the opening of borders and rifts, then my sister needs to conquer a country equivalent to half of the new empire. By the way, she needs to be unparalleled for more than two hundred years in the base camp of the fallen apostles...

I couldn't calm down anymore: "Why are the requirements for privilege escalation so cruel?!"

Shandora looked at me silently: "Arjun, you didn't feel it because your authority came too quickly. Which of the 135 emperors of the old empire ascended the throne before a thousand years ago? As a war race, the hand Li Bu holds a record of 10,000 to 20,000 extermination wars. He is embarrassed to say that he has fought in a war."

Me: "...Then let's think of other ways."

Sandora and I had a heated discussion on this topic for most of the day after we got home, because the "Rift Valley" thing is now looking more and more imminent. It has already posed a fatal threat to Xiling, and no one knows what will happen next time. Can the spirit escape with such good luck? So no matter how difficult it is, we must find a way to solve it.

Later, I realized that I couldn’t find anyone else who met the requirements besides myself, so I could only grit my teeth and said, “Forget it, it looks like I have to go by myself… I’ll probably be careful and it won’t be a big problem.”

Just when Shandora was about to speak to stop her, a lazy voice came from the side: "I said, you two were mumbling and biting your ears as soon as you came back. What's going on?"

I turned my head and glanced, and saw Bingtis yawning and sitting down on the sofa. Then she took out the TV remote control from the crack of the sofa and changed the channel. She didn't really like to watch any programs, she just liked to change the channel - —So I switched to Xiling Technology for my TV half a year ago. Otherwise, I couldn’t afford one if it broke down in three days.

"We are discussing serious business. Is anyone like you idle all day long?" Sandora looked at the female gangster with stern eyebrows. Her biggest complaint about Bingtis was the latter's laziness. appearance.

"Tell me about it! Tell me about it!" Bingtis became interested when he heard this, and shamelessly came over to shake Sandora's arm, "I like to join in the fun!"

If you get this female gangster interested, don't expect to be able to get rid of her. After getting along with her for such a long time, I have already felt this way. Sandora knew you tens of millions of years ago, so of course I feel the same way. So I The two told Bingtis about the Rift Valley and Xiling. Sandora also deliberately used a lot of high-tech terms. I can see that Her Majesty the Queen is planning to drown the female gangster in scientific terms...

But what is surprising is that the female gangster did not drown. She still flopped twice on the ocean of science: "Oh, that means you have to upload Chen to the Internet to check the situation of the rift valley, but the other side The situation may be dangerous, so I want to find someone to go with me, but now I can’t find anyone who meets the requirements, so Chen is planning to drive alone and die, right?”

I looked at Bingtis in surprise: "Aren't you a technology idiot?"

The female hooligan swung her leg over and said, "Uncle, you are an idiot! I just filtered out those words that I don't understand and that's all that's left! It's up to you whether you let go..."

I grabbed Bingtis's ankle and dared not let go. This female gangster broke the sound barrier when she kicked her just now!

So Bingtis walked across the sofa with his whip legs blocked, and said to me and Sandora with an incomprehensible expression:

"Actually, I can go with you, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it," Sandora didn't hesitate for a second, "You are not a Xiling apostle, and you don't have permission authentication, how can you upload it."

"Let's take a ride," the female hooligan raised her eyebrows, "Have you ever heard of souls having the same laws?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is My biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)

ps: However, it is said that Pandora and Viska have also been led bad by bubbles recently, and they have started playing online games that they have never been interested in. Others were puzzled and confused for a long time, until one day, Anweina discovered these sisters The two of them created two human beings on WoW. The two accounts were still level one after three weeks, because they only do one thing every day: find a dwarf NPC, and then click left and right for the whole day:

“Oh my God, you’re so tall.” “My God, you’re so tall.” “My God, you’re so tall.” “My God, you’re so tall.”

...The sisters can play like this for a whole day.