Central Star Sea, the Abyss of Stars, the Overseer Headquarters of the Radiant Federation.

The duties of the supervisor are different from those of the secret intelligence agency, this is the public intelligence department of the pan-universe, which basically does not involve the open and secret struggle in the politics of the advanced civilizations, and the supervisor departments of the three civilizations will cooperate most of the time to monitor and track down various special phenomena, prevent possible disasters and nip them in the bud in time, and have considerable authority.

At this moment, in the conference room of the organization's headquarters, a group of high-ranking officials were sitting around the round table, discussing the incident reported by the Ancient Star Desert Monitor Branch.

The cosmic-level energy explosion is a super-first-line emergency at any time, and it needs to be discussed at a high-level meeting.

"The content of the report is very detailed, the cause and effect are clear, a group of scavengers dug up the safe of an unknown civilization and released the source of the incident, which belongs to the second category of accidents. However, when the Overseer team surveyed the site, the traces of the ruins had disappeared, and it was suspected that the projection of the high-dimensional information state interfered with reality...... The most important question now is what they have released, why there is a cosmic energy explosion, and what impact it will cause. ”

A sickly-looking humanoid male creature spoke, tall and thin like a bamboo pole, with a pale purple complexion with natural white lines, long, narrow eyes, and crystal yellow pupils.

Sidrune Purple Fire Kona, the highest official of the Radiant Federation's Overseer Division, a super A-level seed, and a top-level master in the Scourge class, he is a multiracial half-blood, mainly derived from the Dvenenie, a species with superior super talents.

The Korn Ferry Federation itself is a multiracial mixed system, and mestizos are an important part of the nation.

Due to the beliefs, preferences, appearances and other factors of different races, the racial problem has always been a stubborn disease of Guanghui, but everyone is now accustomed to it.

"These archaeologists don't always learn lessons." Someone looked uncertain, "How many of the well-known cosmic disasters in history, whether it is organic extinction viruses, or sleeping monsters with collective consciousness distortion, are caused by archaeology?" ”

"It can't be said that a lot of our early technology came from the reverse engineering of ancient civilizations, and besides, compared with the disaster inducements such as the loss of control of advanced technology, the outbreak of social contradictions, and the invasion of foreign enemies, archaeology does not account for much of a large proportion." Sidrune shook his head weakly.

At this time, a high-level executive flipped through the past records and muttered: "In other words, high-dimensional information state interference with reality was very rare before, and this phenomenon seems to have become more and more frequent since the exploration of history. ”

"According to the statistics of the predecessor of the Overseer Division, the average number of information-state interventions that occurred in the universe each year during the exploration wars was four hundred and sixty-seven, and this only counted the events that were discovered and recorded. In the past 100 years, this number has risen to 2,150 times, an increase of nearly five times, and although there are reasons for the progress of our detection methods, it is also a fact that the frequency of information state interference has increased. ”

"The state of information has always been an important research direction of advanced civilizations, and we are only responsible for submitting reports, regardless of specific scientific research, what you said is the work of scientists, not our responsibility." Sidrune waved his hand, a look of lack of interest.

Sitting in his position, it is understandable that he is tired, the Overseer department is responsible for wiping his ass everywhere, and a high-level person of his level will see a bunch of inexplicable interstellar citizens everywhere every day, causing trouble for him, just like watching a group of bear children go around mischievous.

And no matter how he remedies, there will still be countless things that will break out the next day, and if he has a bad temper, he can experience the feeling of an explosion of mentality every day.

After such a long time, people will become Buddhas, and the fish will be salty.

In their limited understanding, this phenomenon is like a special mirage, the difference is that it is not limited by time and space, and can really interfere with reality.

Another high-level Zhengse said: "After comparison, the unknown civilization text submitted by the scavengers has no matching cases in the database, if this is an information state projection, the source is either from an extremely ancient civilization, or from a civilization that has not explored the existence of a certain part of the universe." ”

Although the three major civilizations are now well-deserved overlords of the universe, they are not omniscient and omnipotent, neither knowing what there are in the extremely ancient times, nor how many civilizations in the unexplored universe now, they have never stopped exploring and researching.

"Did you find any bad effects?" Sidrune asked.

"Not yet, the details are still under thorough investigation, and it is not possible to predict what type of disaster this is, or even if it is not a disaster."

The crowd shook their heads.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded:

"It's a disaster in the virtual realm."

The picture in the center of the round table suddenly changed to the face of Lao Maitou.

Seeing this scene, the audience was in an uproar.

"Machineland McNison!" Sidrun's face sank and his face turned green, "How dare you hack into the network of official institutions!" ”

The faces of everyone present were ugly, McNison had too many criminal records, and all the official agencies of the Radiant Federation guarded against Lao Mai next door like thieves, for fear that their intelligence information would be stolen by the other party.

There's a proverb in the universe that says it well, you can't expect a virtual mechanic to be disciplined, they're like a casino boss, it's in their nature to peek at other people's hole cards.

"It's not the first time, I'm surprised." McNison's tone was calm, "I'm just here to provide information this time. ”

"I don't believe it!" Sidrune gritted his teeth.

You can knock on the door, but you have to run and climb the window, you will die if you send a communication application to come, and we don't answer.

"It's quicker, I don't like to wait." McNison said slowly: "And this disaster is fermenting, and every second of delay will become more serious." ”

Hearing this, Sidrune temporarily suppressed his green anger and frowned, "What did you find?" ”

McNison shows off the broken packet he intercepted, explaining:

"Not long ago, a special packet invaded my sub-base, and after failure, it wanted to self-destruct, and I intercepted part of it, and I saw its general structure from it, and found that it could be an unknown quantum network virus, each packet is a source of infection, constantly replicating itself, with extremely strong camouflage, permeability, and contagion.

I've traced it, this virus is spreading rapidly in the quantum network of the ancient star desert, and it is estimated that it has penetrated countless nodes, counting the days, this virus may be related to the cosmic-level energy explosion some time ago, so I came to inform you. ”

Looking at the various materials displayed by McNison, the faces of the high-level supervisors present gradually became solemn, believing this statement.

"It turned out to be a new type of cyber virus in the virtual realm." Sid Ruan only felt a headache, "The quantum network is one of the cornerstones of the interstellar society, and this highly contagious virtual virus is the most troublesome, and if you are not careful, it will evolve into a cluster-level or even star-field level communication paralysis, data leakage, and intelligence loss of control...... What exactly does this virus do? ”

"This virus is still in the incubation period, and once it breaks out, it will rewrite the underlying logic of the infected intelligence, enter the killing command of the lifeform, and set off a mechanical rebellion." McNison said calmly, as if he had to answer all questions.

In today's interstellar society, basically every household is inseparable from machinery, and once a mechanical rebellion occurs at the star field level or even the universe level, the consequences can be imagined.

Sidrune shuddered, if it weren't for McNison coming to summon the message, the longer they delayed, the more serious the situation would be, and it might even shake the foundation of the rule of the three major civilizations.

Thinking of this, Sidrune's eyes softened as he looked at McNison.

- When not making trouble, this ally is quite reliable.

He stood up suddenly, faded the halo of salted fish, and the whole person became serious.

"The stakes are high, and I must report to the president immediately!"

……

A few hours later, the leaders of the three civilizations received the news and convened an emergency joint meeting.

“…… That's the situation, now the ancient star desert has become an infection area of this new virus, and the number of infected nodes is increasing every second, as for the name of this event, I have named it 'Smart Plague', we need to take immediate measures, and there is no time to delay. ”

Badr spoke about the situation and expressed his position with a solemn face.

The leader of the Ethereal Spirit Sect narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Isolate the Ancient Star Desert, before the virus is completely eliminated, prohibit the Ancient Star Desert from interacting with the external quantum network, close the Star Gate, and send a fleet to station on the periphery of the Ancient Star Desert to prevent the source of infection from leaking out in any form." ”

"Agreed." Ulanriel nodded.

It's like a plague, and only quarantine can be completely eliminated.

Blocking the communication of a star field, such a big gesture, only the three major civilizations have such qualifications and capabilities, if the three reach a common intention, they can enforce the decree, which is the highest power that the three civilizations give themselves in the council of civilizations.

"Also, inform the local civilizations at all levels of the Ancient Star Desert and let them fully cooperate, and this problem must be dealt with as soon as possible."

At this time, in order to reassure others, the three families would not take the opportunity to attack the super star cluster civilization of the Ancient Star Desert, otherwise the next time a similar disaster occurred, the others would not cooperate, and the gains outweighed the losses.

If the opportunity is delayed because of infighting, and this kind of disaster snowballs, it will shake the foundation of the order of the interstellar society and deal a major blow to the dominance of the three civilizations.

The three civilizations are always fighting to maintain their vitality, and in the face of such disasters, they will put aside the struggle of interests and work together to overcome difficulties for the time being.

Ulanriel said slowly: "I suggest that the mechanics of the whole universe, especially the super A-level virtual mechanics who specialize in this, call them all over, and cooperate sincerely to solve the problem together." ”

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

The other two nodded.

Since it is a disaster in the virtual realm, of course, you have to find experts to check it, and the machine country and the black star are the leaders among the virtual mechanics, and they will naturally be caught by the three major civilizations.

As for the origin, causes, and principles of the disaster, after the problem is solved, there is plenty of time to look for clues.

Moreover, the three major civilizations are very interested in the technology of this virtual virus.

If it had been placed in the past, this disaster would have caused the interstellar society to be in a hurry, and it would not have been possible to directly collapse the order, and it would have turned into a sign of chaos. However, after years of development of the three major civilizations, as long as this kind of disaster is detected early, the risk is still within the controllable range, and the three leaders are all shocked at this time.

The only hidden danger that the three of them are worried about is those unstable civil forces, such as the black market, wanted criminals, rebels, etc., for whatever reason, as long as someone keeps the virus privately, it will be tricky.

Maybe someone will be behind it...... The three leaders glanced at each other, and they all saw the same concern.

……

The Black Star Cup has been in full swing for two or three months, and Han Xiao has been resting for so long, being idle every day, and spending a lot of time in the machinery factory.

Originally, he planned to keep a low profile for a year and a half, waiting for the three major civilizations to take action against the Super Star Cluster Alliance, but Han Xiao didn't expect that this day, the empire suddenly sent him a mission invitation, asking him to go to the Ancient Star Desert to solve a virtual virus.

"You want to block the entire Ancient Star Desert, is that virtual virus so powerful?"

After reading the news sent by the empire, Han Xiao had a strange look on his face.

In a previous life, this event did not happen at all in the 4.0 period.

To be precise, the player didn't experience the "Smart Plague", which happened during the Silver Revolutionary Army's version update, and for the player, it was just a backstory.

Han Xiao recalled, although he had not experienced this incident and many details were unknown, he had seen a brief introduction to the "Intelligent Plague".

In the previous life, the solution to this disaster was very difficult, the three major civilizations wanted to eliminate all the viruses in time, but something went wrong, resulting in the leakage of the virus, infecting multiple star fields, causing the communication of a large number of regions to be paralyzed, and the order of the interstellar society was severely damaged.

The three major civilizations spent a lot of resources to resolve the disaster, and due to a lot of energy being constrained, coupled with the bad influence of public security, economy, politics, public opinion, etc., it happened to be exploited by the silver revolutionary army in the previous life to develop and grow, which is also one of the important factors in the success of the silver revolution.

And now, the intelligent plague broke out many years in advance, and the Silver Revolutionary Army has not yet skimmed it, obviously missing this opportunity forever.

"Is it the butterfly effect I fanned again......" Han Xiao touched his chin.

The news of the empire contained antecedents and consequences, and he had read it and roughly understood the reason.

The root of everything was that he overthrew Gorutan, causing the black market to enter a short vacuum without backing, which attracted the Star Thieves. The original buyer was investigated by the three major civilizations, and it seemed that he just wanted to collect antiques from an unknown civilization, so he indirectly opened the safe many years in advance.

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse......

Han Xiao pursed his lips, the intelligent plague is a time bomb, detonating in this era, it is better than breaking out during the World Tree War, but now the three major civilizations and the Super Star Cluster are also in conflict, and maybe it will become a bargaining chip in the hands of the Super Star Cluster Alliance.

If the supercluster civilization gets a chance to breathe because of this, and really wins the upward channel they want, the situation in the universe will completely take a completely different path from the previous life.

"I don't know which side the general trend of the times will end up falling......

Han Xiao shook his head, suppressed the worries in his heart, and remembered another thing:

"What a coincidence, this time I met a later version of the celebrity......"

Harrison and the others, as diggers, were also recorded, and Han Xiao was very happy to meet this obvious protagonist-type character, and he was already thinking about transplanting this ownerless leek into his vegetable patch.

If nothing else, at least it can act as a mascot and increase the luck of the legion.

"Philip, return to the Empire, I accept the invitation and rush over on time."

After settling down, Han Xiao instructed Philip to reply to the letter.

He was naturally willing to contribute, and he didn't want the intelligent plague to consume a lot of energy from the universe he had explored, like in his previous life.

Don't ask, asking is positive energy, so you don't go for this virus technology! I'm not interested in it at all! Ollie gives!

"Ding'er~"

At this moment, a prompt suddenly popped up on Han Xiao's panel to trigger the task.