Chapter 232 Purifying the Core
Various explosions occur on the surface of the "central processing unit", and the vacuum of the universe cannot prevent the explosion from spreading.
The huge alloy structure also screamed under the destruction. Even if you just looked at it, you could hear the harsh noise of metal breaking.
A large number of giant fragments were blasted into outer space, but more of them fell into stars under the action of gravity and became part of the fuel.
All the people observing here fell silent after seeing this scene.
From the perspective of space, it may be difficult to feel too much emotion about this scene. After all, it is just a building.
But if you have a little empathy and a clear understanding of what happened here, it will be difficult to have other emotions except heaviness.
Here is a "brain" of mechanical intelligence that has helped them a lot, and it is being treated horribly.
And they can't do anything but watch.
"...Those, what is the situation of the core planet of the "Unexpected Enemy"? If the "Guardian" can stop the process of the "Unexpected Enemy" first, then maybe there will be salvation..."
In the venue of the community, a civilized representative suddenly asked a question, and the expression seemed to have a glimmer of life, but there was no trace of hope in his tone.
No one answered him, because everyone knows that the "accidental enemy" is much faster than the destruction efficiency of both sides.
What it is facing is just a star giant structure without any defensive power. Although it is large, it is much more convenient to destroy. It even only needs to blow up some key points to unbalance the stable space state between the giant structure and the stars. The star's gravity rips the giant apart.
However, what the "Guardian" is facing is the well-prepared guardian force of the galaxy. Even destroying the "artificial intelligence planets" that are the core of the "unexpected enemy" will take more time than destroying a giant structure.
Perhaps aware of the difference in progress between the two sides, the "Guardian" transferred the last part of the power known to all civilizations into the battlefield.
The never-moving fleets stationed in each civilization's parent galaxy disappeared, and when their signals were detected again, they were in the four core galaxies of the "Unexpected Enemy".
These are not the "Guardian Fleet", but the earliest batch of "Final Defense Fleet" sent to the parent galaxies of various civilizations along with the "Guardian Fleet".
It can be seen from the name that these fleets exist as a "last resort", and they are defensive fleets that will fight decisively when "unexpected enemies" invade the core of civilization.
They represent the last defense force of each civilization, and their destruction is closely related to each civilization.
But such a fleet is heading to the final battlefield under the order of the "Guardian" at this moment.
"...Has even this fleet been dispatched? Perhaps, this time is really the 'last'..."
Obviously, the war situation has reached the final moment. In order to eliminate the "unexpected enemy" before the end of the mission, the "Guardian" even sent the fleet used to protect the fire of civilization to the frontline battlefield.
This also shows one thing from the side, the reserve of the "Guardian" has reached its limit, and this is the last fleet.
As they thought before, now it's up to them.
"...so why not let us join together? Although our strength is limited, we should be able to delay the 'unexpected enemy'."
Someone became sad, and at the same time couldn't understand why the "Guardian" prevented them from joining the battle with the "Guardian Fleet" in their hands at this last moment.
But soon they will know why.
The sudden increase in the "Guardian Fleet" has also brought a certain degree of change to the "Unexpected Enemy".
It may be that the goal has been achieved, or simply that it cannot be dragged on any longer, and the overwhelming fleet used by the "accidental enemy" to attack the "central processing unit" has separated.
Half of them were missing, and when they reappeared, they had jumped to the core galaxy and engaged in battle with the "Guardian" fleet, which once again delayed the "Guardian" from blowing up those "artificial intelligence planets".
The remaining half of the geometric fleet, as if guarding something, spread out, revealing an ordinary-looking battleship in the middle of the fleet.
It was also at this time that this "ordinary" warship changed, and the geometric body began to disband and reorganize, and spliced with other geometric warships around it to form a new warship.
This seems to be the reason why they are so long, they can be easily combined, and even the wrecks of shipmates can be used many times.
Seeing that the reorganized warship is much larger than before, although it still maintains a geometric shape in general, people who see this strange warship have a bad feeling in their hearts.
The "Guardians" also suddenly accelerated their attack speed, and the fleet, which was almost a suicidal attack, began to be damaged on a large scale. The goal was to protect those warships that were dismembering the "artificial intelligence planet".
Time seems to be racing against the clock at this moment, and the special geometric warship of the "Unexpected Enemy" has also come to the top of the "Central Processing Unit", its muzzle is facing the central star, and strange energy fluctuations are gathering.
I saw a beam of light that was very weak compared to the brightness of the star shooting into the star from the battleship. The light was so dim that it took a while for the observatory to detect the appearance of this beam.
However, compared with it, the movement and motion produced by stars are more violent.
The star, which should have at least more than eight billion years of life, began to expand at an extraordinary speed, and the expansion of the star could even be seen with the naked eye.
The light emitted by the star is also flickering, but the overall trend is getting brighter and brighter. It is obvious that there is a problem with the fusion reaction inside the star, and it is not a general problem.
Under the injection of that weird light beam, the lifespan of the star is being consumed abnormally, and it will soon reach the threshold.
While those "artificial intelligence planets" were about to be dismembered, the galactic civilizations also observed an unforgettable scene.
The star that has swelled to the limit is only a little bit away from devouring the surrounding giant structure "central processing unit", but the "accidental enemy" seems to be preparing to use a more secure method to completely wipe out this "ancient enemy".
And the star exploded.
It advances the journey of billions of years of life in just a few hours, and turns all the parts that have not yet been experienced into the energy released to the outside world.
Powerful electromagnetic radiation and mass ejection can destroy almost all life in the galaxy, and after hundreds or even thousands of years, signs of supernova explosions can be detected here.
Different from the matter ejected outward, the matter in the center of the star collapses inward under high temperature and pressure, forming a not-so-small black hole.
This outbreak lasted for a long time, but the results have been known in advance.
The dilapidated "central processing unit" that maintained the operation of the "Guardian" was completely destroyed, not even a scum left.
When they come here again in the future, all they see is a black hole named "Central Processing Unit" and traces of supernova explosions covering the entire galaxy.
"..."
They feel that they should be sad, but there is no time for them to be sad now. The moment the "central processing unit" is destroyed, it means that they will face this crisis in a real sense.
"... What kind of battleship is that? If you want to say it, it seems to be somewhat similar to the 'Colossus', it is the kind of super weapon that can directly destroy the planet, but..."
"—But it destroys the stars, using a principle that we have no way of knowing. This is much more efficient than the 'Colossus'. Not to mention whether the cosmic environment after the black hole is still suitable for life, just take the supernova explosion before it collapses into a black hole. We are all overwhelmed, and life in the entire galaxy will die in an instant."
"Obviously, "Accidental Enemy" no longer treats every galaxy planet as carefully as it did before... Maybe it feels that we are too entrenched and must use strong medicine?"
The kind of warship that can destroy stars really frightened them. They hadn't thought that the "accidental enemy" would hide such a trick, and secretly took out a big thing that could detonate stars in a very short time. .
"Maybe this is the method that the "Unexpected Enemy" should have used to perform the "purification". After all, it can destroy a galaxy at a time, which is too efficient..."
"Perhaps, the "Guardian" aiding our "Guardian Fleet" exists to guard against such warships. After all, our species is very fragile, even if only a small change in the stars is enough to cause the migration of the entire civilization..."
"We are desperate to fight with the 'Guardian' to the death, and exchange the space of the Civil Star Domain for time, but in fact, they have already thought of everything.
"If we really pull the 'Guardian Fleet' into the battle, then the 'Accidental Enemy' will probably destroy the entire galaxy directly together with the stars like this, and civilization will really be cut off by then..."
"...So, what's going on with 'Guardian'?"
The words of another representative caused everyone in the field to fall into silence. Although they didn't want to believe it, even the "central processing unit" was destroyed, and the result was self-evident.
In the end, a representative brought the communication results of the civilization behind him:
"...I won't say much, I have obtained public permission, let's see for yourself."
He said so, exposing the content of the screen.
That is their civilized diplomatic personnel trying to communicate with the "Guardian". On the huge screen, there are a large number of chaotic characters accumulated.
They have maintained unilateral communication with the "Guardian" since the decisive battle, and have been paying attention to the status of the "Guardian" all the time.
It was also when the "central processing unit" was blown into a black hole, and the screen, which was filled with chaotic characters, fell into dead silence.
It was as if the computer suddenly crashed, and there was no response to any access. No matter how you called, the screen displayed "empty".
The once chaotic characters at least still represent "alive", but this empty silence indicates the eternal departure of a certain civilization.
The galaxy has never experienced the destruction of a lost empire, but this time it is unprecedentedly heavy.
The figures in the picture are frantically operating the equipment, trying to get a response from the dim screen, praying for a "miracle" to happen just like the "guardian" **** came to the world.
At this moment, the once-cold dialogue and standard text content of "Guardian" seemed extremely friendly.
I don’t know when, they have become accustomed to the mechanical dialogue with the “Guardian”. They would rather see those contents than see a “dead” “Guardian”.
However, the miracle did not happen, and the "central processing unit" that has become a black hole represents the "death" of that mechanical intelligence.
“…the past is worthy of our memory and respect, but now we must focus on the present.”
The representative of the Tinder Alliance spoke. As soon as the mournful atmosphere in the venue changed, his voice was full of determination and anger.
"We need the sacrifice of a civilization to save us, it's too disgusting, why do we do nothing? Why do we always rely on others? Are the countless years before entering the starry sky all wasted?"
"We waste too much energy on other things. We have treasures in our hands, but it takes too much time to transform them into a driving force for progress. An amoeba can do better than us!"
"My civilization leader has sent a message. No matter what the outcome of this time, we will resign from the position of 'council civilization'. We are all interstellar civilizations, and we are still fighting like a group of uncivilized indigenous people. The sacrifice of the 'Guardian' was wasted."
"Now, it's our turn to face the danger of the 'Guardian'. The 'accidental enemy' has not stopped. After the destruction of the four 'artificial intelligence planets', their signal sources all point to another undiscovered The new galaxy, there is the true core of the 'unexpected enemy'!"
"Obviously, the 'Accidental Enemy' fought the 'Guardian' to the death with this wishful thinking, but the planets destroyed by the 'Guardian' did not have no effect on it, and its current computing power may not be as good as before. 'Guardian'."
As he spoke, the representative of the Tinder Alliance put on his coat and left the venue, and his last words still echoed here for a long time:
"Enough words, this is our last chance to end this crisis, even if there is a pile of corpses, I will pile them to death!"
When this representative conveyed the leader's order, he was angry in his heart. He felt from the bottom of his heart that they were too weak and killed a "protector".
Since this matter is irreversible, revenge for it is one of the few things they can do.
Infected by this enthusiasm, more and more people stood up and left here in a hurry.
Everything in the venue is known to the high-level officials of various civilizations, and the past conspiracy calculations and deliberations are also dissipated at this time.
After the fire seeds had been ensured to be sent to the hidden place, these decision makers who shouldered the burden of civilization had only one thought in mind, and that was to kill the "unexpected enemy".
It has nothing to do with survival, nothing to do with honor, it's just because of passion.
A large number of stories related to the "Guardian" were reprinted, and the whole picture of the crisis emerged in front of the public.
The ignited emotions ignited an upsurge of anger like a spark in a very short period of time.
The fleet assembled again, and the "Guardian Fleet", which lost its command effectiveness after the demise of the "Guardian", returned to the control of various civilizations.
The "experimental jump engine" that can only be used once shows that this is destined to be a journey with no return.
The fog covering the galaxy is exposed to the eyes of the observatory following the direction of the signal. A "super artificial intelligence planet" far exceeding the size of an ordinary planet is the most eye-catching place here.
Here is the last heart of "The Unexpected Enemy", a "control center" called "Purification Core".
Geometric battleships are patrolling here, and the red-glowed galaxy fortress also exudes a powerful aura.
However, none of this can prevent the final moment from coming quickly.
A large amount of "garbage" jumped here, and at the same time mixed with sporadic "Guardian battleships".
Even if it is broken under the firepower of the "unexpected enemy", more and more "garbage" can't hold back and jump here.
As they say, a heap of corpses must heap it!
(end of this chapter)