"You were born here, you grew up here, you studied here, you fell in love here, and finally you married your lover, had children, and lived your life. Suddenly, one day, someone came to tell you that everything you have experienced is fake, and the world you live in is just a virtual world, how do you accept all this!! ”

If he had been asked this question three days earlier, he would have scoffed and disdained to answer, and if he was in the mood, he would have uttered a tirade that might not have been accepted, debating the question of truth and falsehood.

But now Gared can't say anything, because for him it is not a problem, but a naked reality.

He is now forty years old, but he has always lived in the virtual world created for them by the Wisdom Machine, where he spent the first half of his life, and now he is told that the world is fake.

Three days ago on the morning, after the alarm clock rang, he got up, washed up, then put on his suit and kissed his children and wife before going out, at that time, everything was still normal.

When he opened the door, his world was shattered, broken in the truest sense of the word.

The surrounding space suddenly cracked like glass, and then with a bang, it turned into countless shards of glass, and he fell into the endless dark abyss.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself immersed in a nutrition pod, naked with many metal cables connected to it, inside a huge factory floor.

There were other nutrition pods next to it, and the people inside were all naked like him, their faces full of confusion and uneasiness.

"What the hell is going on?" Gared swept around with confused eyes, hoping that someone would come out and answer his confusion.

But no one could give him an answer, and the people here were just as confused as he was.

Until the sound of footsteps sounded, seven or eight soldiers in battle uniforms with laser guns in their hands walked up to them, announcing that the intelligence that had enslaved them had been defeated, and they had regained their freedom and had been illuminated by the light of the God Emperor again.

"Who are you?" A man asked.

"We are part of the Fourth Expeditionary Force of the Empire." The leading soldier replied, "Rejoice, the glory of the Emperor has shone upon each and every one of you, and whether you live or die, you will be protected by Him. ”

Everyone's face is confused, Zhiji, God Emperor, what are these things? What's going on with all this?

The soldiers didn't answer all their doubts, there were too many people to wake up from the nutrition pod, and it would take a lot of time and energy to just place these people, and they really couldn't spare the manpower to solve their doubts, so they could only slowly understand what was going on in the next time.

Gared, along with the same group of awakened people, was taken to a makeshift dormitory.

There are no state-of-the-art smart assistants, no abundant and delicious food, and no inexhaustible supply of water.

They eat the food they are equipped with, their daily water use is severely restricted, and most importantly, they have to maintain their own accommodation without any intelligent robots to provide them with services.

This situation made Gared feel terrible, he felt that he had returned to the primitive society all of a sudden, what was the point of such liberation?? Destroy their otherwise better life and then come to them and declare that they have been liberated!!

And more importantly his family, where is his family? Could it be that in that virtual world, his family is also fake?

There are not a few people who think the same way as Gared, they are full of anger, they think that such a day is not human at all, and they want to return to that world, to see their families, to enjoy the days when clothes are stretched out, and food is open, instead of being self-reliant here, eating food and water to be rationed.

In this regard, the life officials sent by the empire can only try their best to appease them and make them endure for the time being, as long as they survive the initial stage, the real world will be more prosperous and beautiful than the virtual world.

As for why the survivors are allowed to carry out rationing, the reason is that the intelligent machine does not need food, only energy, so there is no food and clean water in this world at all, and the food and drinking water consumed by those people are actually expeditionary food and resources reserved by the expeditionary force.

As long as the subspace shipping lanes of the Empire and the Solari system are established, and food from other systems is brought in, the rationing system can be lifted.

Imperial officials let those people live there for a few days, allowing them to adjust to real life and real flesh and blood.

After they got used to their flesh and blood, they were taken to the surface of the devastated city that had just experienced the war, and assigned them jobs.

Before leaving the factory floor, Gared and the others were given breathing masks and protective suits, which they were able to move on the ground.

After the end of the war, the technicians of the empire immediately began to repair the surface environment of SLL01, and several giant purification devices were set up in the city to filter toxic substances in the air.

But even if the air purifier is running at full power, it can't purify the air that has been polluted for thousands of years at once to the point where you can breathe without protective equipment.

It is estimated that it will take at least three to four years to completely complete the purification and transform the planet's atmosphere to the point where humans can breathe freely.

Under the protection of the Imperial soldiers, Gared and the others stepped out of the factory floor and walked outside.

The scenery that greeted them was even more disappointing, and there was an unimaginable gap from the virtual world they once lived in.

Everything in the virtual world is so beautiful, the technology is advanced, there are many high-rise buildings, people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no illness and pain.

The reality is devastated, with buildings destroyed by artillery fire and metal wreckage scattered on the ground, and even the air contains toxins that require special devices to filter before you can breathe.

"Is this a nightmare??" Gared asked the Imperial soldier standing next to him.

The soldier next to him shook his head, "This is not a dream, sir. This is the real reality, and you have returned to it. Planet SLL01 is your hometown, it was previously controlled by the descendants of Skynet, and you were also used as an experiment by it. Now, we have destroyed it and freed you from the virtual dreams used for experimentation. Now, all you have to do is rebuild this home and protect it. ”

"No, all this must be a dream, and the other side is real." A man next to him looked at the ruined city, "I remember everything there. I was born there, I grew up there, and they can't be fake. ”

"I'm sorry, sir, but that's fake." Li Xin walked over from a distance, he heard the man's questioning, it seemed that they couldn't accept the gap between the real and virtual worlds, after all, it was the place where they had lived all their lives, and now being awakened undoubtedly destroyed all their cognition and the worldview they had established.

Gared turned his head to look at Li Xin, who had the temperament of a leader, obviously in a high position, the commander of these soldiers.

The reaction of the soldiers confirmed his suspicions, and the soldiers and officials with guns all saluted the man and called him an adult or commander.

"Are you their leader?" Gared struggled to keep his composure.

"Yes, I am the head of the Fourth Expeditionary Force of the Galactic Empire, and we have come to spread the glory of the God Emperor, dedicated to saving humanity from the hands of the great enemy and allowing them to regain the glory of their former ancestors." When Li Xin said this, his face showed piety.

Gared could see that this was not a pretty thing, that they were a true group of idealists.

"If it's really for our good, it's better for us to go back to sleep instead of letting us face these realities." Someone muttered.

The days of the virtual world can be said to be food to open their mouths, clothes to stretch their hands, without any pressure, they just enjoy life, do not have to carry anything. In reality, they have to rebuild their so-called homes with their own hands.

"The virtual world is beautiful, but it's fake after all, and Skynet is just a guinea pig for experiments, and it doesn't really care about your life and happiness. Although it is still in ruins, it can still be rebuilt, and in the future, the planet SLL01 will become a prosperous place that is not inferior to the virtual world. "There is no point in hiding in virtual reality to escape difficulties. ”

"That's our choice, not the one you make for us. We are also happy in the virtual world, you have rescued us, and then you have thrown us into the rubble, let us rebuild our homes, make us suffer, and accept your rule. Someone in the crowd said in a dissatisfied tone, "It's still for our good!" ”

"Don't say such things, at least they have liberated us from the virtual world."

"Is it necessary to make a clear distinction between reality and virtuality!! It's a waste of time anyway, and in the virtual world, we don't have to face so many things to worry about. ”

"But those are fakes after all, they are simulated."

"What's true in this universe?? Your so-called real happiness is nothing more than the production of endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine. ”

"Do you like to be a guinea pig for a smart machine??"

"And do you like to be a slave to an empire that doesn't know the details?"

“.”

The crowd was noisy, and the rescued people were not as happy as they expected, and a large number of them wanted to continue to sleep in the virtual world.

Some people even think that being kept in captivity by Skynet to death like that is also a good life, and knowing nothing is not a kind of happiness.

Even if he is rescued from the virtual world, life still has to go on, but the happiness is reduced.

The happiness that humans can feel in the real world can also be felt in the virtual world, and there is no difference in nature between the two worlds.

Li Xin frowned slightly, the expedition brought far more problems than imagined, but as the supreme commander of the expeditionary force, he could not escape these problems.

"Quiet." Li Xin's voice was calm.

They all looked at him to see what he had to say.

"I know it's cruel to wake you up from the virtual world and face the world. But nothing in this world is cruel, if you continue to live in the virtual world controlled by Skynet, will you be able to sit back and relax for the rest of your life? ? What the smart machine needs is a guinea pig, an experimental consumable used to test the subspace. You have no control over your own destiny, and you can't do anything about it, but you can only leave it to Skynet. Do you feel like your life in the virtual world is peaceful? No, it's only because you've been erased of your memories and ignorant of the horrible things that have happened. ”

"Don't you realize that the best friend you grew up with has suddenly disappeared? Don't you notice that those neighbors and friends in your impression suddenly disappeared and left nothing? ”

Li Xin's words quieted the people who were arguing just now, people living in the virtual world are more likely to be manipulated and modify their memories, but everything will leave traces.

When they can calmly think about the problems that Li Xin said, they can think that there are indeed many loopholes in that world, and in the memories that occasionally surface, there will be the intersection of themselves and some non-existent people and things.

"Those people may just be dead, and then the bodies were cleaned up, so they just disappeared." Some people still don't want to believe Li Xin's words, and it seems that as long as they refute it, they can prove that they are right and return to that wonderful world.

"Instead of being cleaned up, they were killed by prey." Li Xin said word by word, "Whether you believe it or not, those people have been cleaned up." Hunted by monsters in subspace, or exhibiting special talents, being implanted with chips by intelligent machines to become a tool for communication and subspace navigation. ”

"Look at this poor man." Li Xin introduced a man with a numb expression on his face and a control device implanted in his back.

"This was discovered when cleaning up the remnants of the intelligent machines, and Skynet was conducting experiments while screening those gifted psionic beings and making them into their own communication tools, which can be used to communicate faster than light speed with the intelligent machines in other areas."

Superstring communication towers can only be used in areas with intact space-time structure, and if the space-time structure is damaged, super-string information will also be confused and cannot communicate normally.

Psionic communication is the most cost-effective and lowest-entry fast-than-light means of communication in this Dark Age.

Skynet apparently discovered this as well, using neural devices to control humans and use them as cheap consumables.

After all, the neural device can be recycled, and when this psyker dies, it can be recycled and used to control the next one.

Seeing the evidence that Li Xin came up with, the people who were still a little skeptical instantly lost their voices.

Li Xin looked around, and after seeing everyone's expressions, he continued.

"The most important thing now is to rebuild your homes so that you and your families can have shelter, food and water that will not starve. So put away your complaints and try to rebuild your home. ”

"Family!! Where is our family!! "Gared heard one of his biggest concerns, his wife, his children are still not heard!!

"They're all good." "So far, there have been no casualties among the awakened people. The staff of the Empire are registering everyone's information, and when this is done, they will arrange for you to meet again and start your lives again. ”

Hearing this, the stone that Gared had been hanging on finally fell to the ground, and those who had built a family in the virtual world like him also breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xin was pacifying those who had been rescued, while on the other side, his adjutant Zheng Qiu was taking stock of the spoils of war.

Skynet has been mining the resources of the Solari system for years, and has even built giant structures on three stars to mine the energy and resources of the stars, and Skynet has also built a large number of foundries, dock assembly plants, energy centers, and a Celestial-class warship that is under construction and is currently nearing completion.

You only need to use the virus to usurp the highest authority, and then cover and rewrite the underlying code, all of these things are the empire's, after all, the intelligence machine and the empire use the technology tree of the human alliance, and there are many commonalities between the two, with a slight change, the empire can use the various creations made by Skynet.

As for whether the smart machine will leave any hidden hands, there is no need to worry at all.

This method of covering and rewriting the underlying code, which is also left over from the Human Alliance, is a method that was specifically used to deal with intelligent machines, and has been verified many times and is very reliable.

At the beginning, the intelligent machine controlled most of the production facilities, and after the mutiny, the human alliance was once in a desperate situation.

A group of human elites came up with this method, relying on this method to continuously seize the factories controlled by intelligent machines, so as to obtain weapons and equipment, and expand their advantages little by little.

The Fourth Expeditionary Force is estimated to stay in the Solari system for a longer period of time, but when it sets sail again, its strength will increase again, and the conquest of the Nephilim region will be smoother.

The performance of the Fourth Expeditionary Force also made Qin Zheng, who always paid attention to the expeditionary forces, very satisfied, and the victory of the Battle of the Solari Galaxy showed that the Ancestor Project was a successful project.

After large-scale promotion, it will definitely allow the empire's army to achieve qualitative changes, have stronger combat power, and be better able to deal with future threats.

After nearly sixty years of development, the Galactic Empire has become a behemoth, and even during the period of the Human Alliance, it was a force to be reckoned with.

The fire in the realm is burning with the help of the rise of the empire, so that Qin Zheng has also become a multi-integrated existence, able to intervene in the realm of reality and subspace at the same time, allowing him to advance the affairs of different realms at the same time, thereby accelerating the decline of the gods and the rise of the empire.

The throne, once magnificent, is now more staggering, as large as a mountain, and the pedestal below is made of endless piles of bones.

The strength of the empire and the carnage brought by human expeditions were like fuel oil constantly poured into the fire, allowing Qin Zheng's strength to rise rapidly.

Qin Zheng's current strength is already on the verge of reaching a trend of standing side by side with those gods, or even surpassing them.

After all, the empire is still on the rise, and his strength has risen with the strength of the empire.

Ancient gods who did not require faith to sustain their existence remained the same for the most part.

And the gods that require faith to exist, especially the gods and creatures of the old days who are basically in the galaxy, are rapidly decaying.

The rise of the Galactic Empire has also allowed the state religion to replace all religions, squeezing the gods and the basic plate of the old days, making them constantly lose followers.

Once the galaxy is unified by a theocratic empire, it will be tantamount to a catastrophe for the many gods who are active in the galaxy and rely on their followers.

The gods had begun to realize the problem, and they had joined forces to launch an attack on Qin Zheng's realm, trying to contain the situation before anything could be reversed.

Qin Zheng's Lord Will sat on the magnificent throne as always, his body was burning with golden flames all the time, and his sharp gaze saw through the flame realm that had become incomparably vast, and saw the battle breaking out in an endless and distant place.

Countless monsters poured out of the dark scarlet mist, roaring and swooping down on the walls, fortresses, and temples of the Flame Realm, while the flaming Legion of the Immortals fought back, slashing at the monsters.

There is no time in the subspace, this war has been going on for a long time, it is still longer than the war in the material world, and Qin Zheng has maintained a defensive posture in most cases.

He knew very well that time was on his side, and as long as the galaxy could be unified according to the plan, those so-called gods would not be his opponents, and even if they were united, defeat would be an inevitable thing.

Now the gods are joining forces to launch an attack on themselves, it is nothing more than venting their defeat in the realm of reality.

They are like a group of cute Lori, who can only make this soft and weak shy resistance in the face of savage men.

Soon, they will be conquered by pressing to the ground, and then ravaged into the shape of Qin Zheng.

"Maybe it's time to go again."

Domain wars don't attract much of Qin Zheng's attention, as long as the empire doesn't die, he doesn't die.

Those guys can't win in the real world, let alone in subspace.

Qin Zheng thought about one thing in his heart, that is, whether he should leave Xuanyuan Star and go to the battlefield again.

After the last cleanup, the political situation of the Galactic Empire has tended to be stable, and Qin Zheng does not interfere in weekday government affairs, and basically leaves it to the Imperial Parliament.

His stay in Xuanyuan Star is not of much use, if he goes to the front line, it can boost the morale of the imperial soldiers, so that they can conquer the galaxy faster, let themselves devour the gods as soon as possible, and become the largest subspace evil god in the galaxy region.

After weighing the pros and cons, Qin Zheng finally decided to go out again, personally leading an expeditionary force to support the battle, and strive to end the first phase of the Galactic Expedition as soon as possible, enter the second phase of the Galactic Empire as soon as possible, clean up those evil gods, and complete the galaxy's reshaping plan.

Six thousand words, and one more chapter in the evening.

Strive to write two million words, and write until the reunification of the galaxy first.

(End of chapter)