Chapter 183

Chapter 183

In fact, it wasn't that Fang Yuan didn't want to do this. The killing method he chose at the beginning was actually made from the Philosopher's Stone.

It's a pity that I don't know whether it's because quantum teleportation has copied himself and his soul exists in two bodies at the same time, or the old emperor himself is no longer a "human" in essence, and the refinement of the old emperor's Philosopher's Stone has no effect. Take effect.

On the other hand, the alchemy technique performed by Fang Yuan really worked on the little princess.

Although he couldn't bear to do anything to such a young child, out of caution, Fang Yuan still completely pulled out her soul - anyway, her body had not been harmed in any way and was still active in a short period of time. If there was If necessary, Fang Yuan can put her soul back at any time and resurrect her without any side effects.

However, after preliminary inspection of her soul, Fang Yuan no longer dared to do so.

Although he and [Ether] are still unable to conduct detailed analysis and interpretation of human souls, long-term alchemical research has also allowed him to obtain preliminary abilities to observe, analyze and interfere with souls.

He discovered that the soul of the little princess had been mixed with the soul of another person at some point.

No, judging from the special "aura" emanating from that soul, it's hard to say whether this is a "human" soul! Well, Fang Yuan didn’t know how to describe that feeling.

Say it's information? But neither he nor [Ether] could read any meaningful information.

Is it fluctuation? But there is no energy spillover in any form.

In the end, he could only describe the feeling with an ambiguous "aura".

It was a special aura that was ominous, inhuman, and mechanical in its agility. It was completely different from all the souls Fang Yuan had seen in the past.

This is the old emperor, no, it is the soul of the "old emperor"! Although he had not actually extracted that guy's soul for comparison, Fang Yuan was so sure that the ominous and inhuman temperament was exactly the same! I don’t know what the purpose of the other party’s manipulation of the little girl’s soul was. Maybe it was a means of resurrection after death? Or maybe it's the assimilation and proliferation of souls? Fang Yuan didn’t know clearly, but this was definitely a back-up plan of the guy wearing the old emperor’s skin! Unfortunately, when Fang Yuan returned to the real dimension, he found that the other party was still alive and the biggest threat had not been eliminated! "Hmph! Kill me once and destroy my most important sacrifice... You really deserve to die!" Fang Yuan was not the only one who was upset. The old emperor himself was also very angry about the death of his granddaughter.

But this is not because of the close relationship between the grandfather and his biological granddaughter.

Regardless of whether Lelicaria Visser Rebaser still had such a thing as family after being the emperor for many years when he was still a normal human being, but now that he has completely transformed into an inhuman thing, he has no feelings for her. His own granddaughter does not have any form of emotion.

For him now, this young girl, Aeseiram Visser Eliosya, his biological heir, is just a useful prop.

"Sacrifice...your granddaughter? Who are you going to sacrifice her to?" After hearing the old emperor's words, Fang Yuan didn't feel much anger towards this guy in his heart - as early as the beginning, he had already understood that this guy He is no longer a human being, so naturally he cannot expect the other person to have human affection.

However, the word "sacrifice" spoken by the other party made Fang Yuan's heart suddenly lift.

Having experienced many close encounters with Cthulhu-type beings, Fang Yuan has become very sensitive to such words and phrases. In addition, this time he traveled to this world because the Gate of Truth took the initiative to throw him over, so he couldn't help it. Don't think about it this way.

The third update is here')172'\u003eChapter 171 A step too late

"Tch, it's not here..." In a semi-enclosed space, Fang Yuan's figure suddenly appeared, and the moment he appeared, an attack from the space itself struck immediately - this time it was the space that collapsed. The entire semi-enclosed space is collapsing on its own, threatening to destroy everything inside the space.

However, just before the space completely collapsed, Fang Yuan had already left here through space jumping and appeared in another space.

"This guy really knows how to escape!" While dodging the various attacks that followed him, Fang Yuan closely followed the remaining traces of fluctuations in the space, pursuing all the way to the depths of the maze.

Just before, he and the old emperor fought each other for a round, and neither side could do anything about the other. But in the end, Fang Yuan killed the other side once, and also took away the soul of the little princess, defeating one of the old emperor's back-ups. It's a slight advantage.

However, without the burdensome old emperor, the situation became more difficult than before.

Seeing that he had nothing to do with Fang Yuan, an unplanned outsider, and that he was still at a disadvantage, the old emperor turned around and left without hesitation. Relying on his control authority over this space maze, he headed all the way towards the deepest core of the maze. He walked away with the maze, and also gave the command to kill Fang Yuan to the control system of this maze, so that no matter where our protagonist goes, there will be a scene of sparks and lightning.

Of course, what's even more terrible is that after activating the strangulation mode, the transformation rules of the entire space maze have also changed. The results previously calculated by [Ether] have lost their effect. If you want to calculate the transformation transfer of each space as before, According to the rules, Fang Yuan would have to risk his life to shuttle back and forth between various spaces.

However, it is not without good news.

"The permission interface is connected, and the maze permission is being obtained... The maze permission has been obtained, and the killing mode is terminated."

Just when Fang Yuan once again narrowly escaped from a space trap, [Aether] finally sent him good news that made him overjoyed.

At the same time, in the space where he just stood, the space-time stagnation field that was being activated also fell silent again, allowing Fang Yuan to escape another disaster.

"Well done!" Fang Yuan couldn't help but give his AI a heartfelt compliment.

To be honest, he was really tortured by this space maze while chasing (or being chased by?) him.

If it weren't for the almost insurmountable dodge skill of the Hyperspace Bubble Shelter, Fang Yuan estimated that even if he was almost at the peak of his alchemy skills, he would definitely die more than a dozen times under the various death traps in this maze.

Fortunately, all this is in the past.

After several days of calculations, [Ether] successfully analyzed the results from the inhuman language spoken by the old emperor at the beginning, and found the data interface hidden in this maze, allowing Fang Yuan to learn from the old emperor. The authority gained from the emperor really came into use.

"Now, immediately search for the old emperor's location and teleport me directly there!" With the highest authority of the maze, Fang Yuan no longer has to rely on himself to track him from space to space. The power of the maze itself is enough to send him directly. destination.

However... "Sorry, due to the obstruction of the same level of authority, we are unable to accurately locate the location of the individual named Leligalia."

[Ether] is not omnipotent after all. Although it also has the ability to control the space maze with the permission stolen from the old emperor, the opponents it faces are not ordinary humans, but have the same permissions. of non-human beings.

With the help of mutual interference between authorities, [Ether] was unable to accurately locate the old emperor's position, and Fang Yuan's idea of ​​taking him away by surprise could only be aborted.

"...Where is the center of this maze? Can we jump directly to it?" Fang Yuan asked.

His idea is very simple. Since there is no way to jump directly behind the opponent and backstab him, let's start from the opponent's destination! "Searching... Warning, insufficient permissions to obtain relevant information!" [Ether] gave a reply that made Fang Yuan a little stunned.

Insufficient permissions? What he stole from the old emperor was the highest authority of the Aldnoah technology system. Could it be that his authority was fake? Okay, judging from the way he obtained it, this is indeed false.

But from the perspective of the information network system, there is no difference between the permissions he obtained and the permissions obtained by the old emperor. But why is there insufficient permission here? No, that’s not right! The authority obtained by the old emperor is indeed the highest level in the Weise Empire.

However, this does not mean that his authority was as high as in the original alien civilization! After all, think about the process by which the old emperor obtained authority——Although there is no detailed description, according to the existing information, he was also in the process of excavating alien ruins because he was the first person to come into contact with the sleeping The core of Aldnoah was recognized by Aldnoah by accident, and he became the only human being with the authority to activate Aldnoah.

It was long after this, until he decided to rebel and found a country, that he granted activation factors, delegated authority, and canonized nobles.

It can be said that although the whole process of obtaining permissions has a "destined protagonist" flavor, for the super-ancient alien civilization that has not yet been destroyed, such casual permissions can be given to an alien race. How high is it? Thinking about it, it shouldn’t be possible! Fang Yuan even had some malicious speculation in his heart that the so-called "highest authority" obtained by the old emperor might actually be the authority of an ordinary citizen of the alien civilization at the time... Although humans today have little regard for the original authority. We have absolutely no idea what kind of race the alien civilization is and what kind of social structure it has.

Of course, speculation is speculation. The reality is that Fang Yuan found that the permissions he had worked so hard to obtain did not seem to be of much use. Apart from being able to protect himself from maze attacks and being able to accurately position and teleport in the maze... So After talking about it, I felt that this authority was so useful... Ahem! In short, Fang Yuan could not continue to track the whereabouts of the old emperor, but he at least confirmed the location of the core space of the maze.

Although there is no way to teleport directly in, it is still possible to teleport yourself to the periphery of the core space.

However, just when he arrived at his destination and was about to find a way to enter the tightly sealed space, something happened! Light! Infinite light! The dazzling light that was enough to burn the human eye swept across Fang Yuan in an instant, swept across the entire maze space, swept across the entire No. 3 ruins, and finally turned into a beam of light that reached the sky and penetrated into the infinite distance.

After a long time after the light swept by, Fang Yuan opened his eyes again and found himself standing in a strange space that could not be described in words, and the figure standing in the space.

"Damn it, I'm late!"　　First update, the rest will be updated later')173'\u003eChapter 172 Strange Space - Tower of Babel

This space is very strange! 　　First of all, there is no sky, no earth, no walls, no light, just like the vacuum of the universe.

But this is a place that encompasses everything.

Everything in the universe can be seen here.

The pillar of light rising from the surface of Mars, the Martian knights who turned into light and left, the "resurrection" and massacre that followed, the Earth Alliance army preparing for battle on the moon, the engineering team checking the hyperspace gate, the unconscious princess and her daughter and Martian diplomats on Earth, the reactions of Anaheim and the Earth Alliance, the flare on the surface of the sun, the Great Red Spot storm on Jupiter, the cold asteroids in the Kuiper belt, and even the infinite scenery in the farther range of the universe... Everything was reflected in Fang Yuan's eyes.

This is also the origin of Fang Yuan's description of this space as "weird".

This cannot be some kind of holographic imaging.

Because no kind of holographic imaging can simultaneously map out so much information.

This is not spiritual transmission, because Fang Yuan and [Ether] have not detected any invasion of external spiritual forces.

In fact, all of this was "seen" by Fang Yuan himself.

This seems to be in a dimension that is "higher" than the outside world, but it has not reached the level of five-dimensional space-time that humans cannot imagine or understand.

How to say it? It was as if the dimension here was artificially raised by half a level, so that the existence in this space could ignore the spatial distance and material interval and directly observe all the scenes in the universe.

Fang Yuan could even see every corner of the entire solar system in a thought, and everything was in his sight.

And when he focused his attention on a certain planet, everything on the entire planet was presented to him.

For example, Mars - whether it was the massacre that was happening, the chaos in the artificial ecosystem, or the spies who defected to the earth sending intelligence to the other side of the starry sky, everything was clearly reflected in the eyes.

The feeling of looking down from "high" to "down" was very clear, just like the feeling when Fang Yuan used his mental vision to scan the outside world for the first time. Everything, whether macroscopic or microscopic, overall or detailed, was reflected in the mind at the same time, without any omission.

However, the perspective here is very different from when Fang Yuan first used his mental vision. At that time, Fang Yuan, because he did not know how to classify and filter the information obtained by mental scanning, was almost overwhelmed by the endless information he received at one time.

However, this time, Fang Yuan did not feel any mental pressure. Instead, he felt that no matter how many perspectives he used to observe the outside world at the same time, the intensity of the information he received was within his acceptable range.

It seems that this space has a special mechanism that can artificially adjust the intensity of this information infusion that almost reaches the mind.

Is his spirit strong enough to receive all the information on the entire planet at the same time? 　　No, it's not! 　　Fang Yuan immediately reacted. This was the effect of the authority he took from the old emperor! 　　It seems that this core space has been recognized. This space actively compressed the information flow received by Fang Yuan, allowing him to afford this high-dimensional vision like a God's perspective.

As for why Fang Yuan determined that this was a space with abnormal dimensions, rather than something like a mental space? On the one hand, the first time Fang Yuan appeared here, the abnormal space change warning of [Ether] rang like an alarm clock, making him immediately understand that the space here is different from the outside space and time.

On the other hand, it is also very intuitive, and even can be seen with the naked eye - this space seems to have no spatial concepts such as up, down, front, back, left, and right. Going forward may become going back, turning left may become turning right, and going up may become going down, but this change has no constant and is completely random. It seems that the spatial concept of the entire "space" has lost its effect.

However, Fang Yuan himself, a three-dimensional creature, does not seem to be affected by this lack of concept. He still survives here normally, and even his armor has not undergone any abnormal changes such as the left hand turning into the right hand.

Therefore, the space-time dimension here is completely in conflict with the 3+1-dimensional space-time concept familiar to humans. It has both a side that conforms to human common sense and a strange side that completely contradicts intuition and does not conform to "reality". Ordinary people may even become mentally disordered because of the incompatibility between this common sense and reality.

This is artificial dimensional upgrading technology! Fang Yuan thought of a technology that only existed in science fiction, or even fantasy.

Although there are many differences from the high-dimensional space described in mathematics, this space is not just an ordinary space with an additional dimension.

The factor that makes this place "higher" than the outside world seems to be something else.

...However, putting aside thoughts about the nature of this space for the time being, Fang Yuan's first target is still the enemy in front of him, the figure he saw as soon as he entered this space - like those knights, they are gradually getting better. The transformed old emperor.

However, when Fang Yuan was about to step forward, he suddenly realized that there was no distinction between front, back, left and right in the space here. Although he could see the figure in front of him, he could not get close to him. Even because of the confusion of direction, he He took a step forward but was still a few steps away from the opponent.

It is not possible to let [Aether] control the curvature of space to push itself forward.

As mentioned before, the spatial structure here is completely different from the 3+1-dimensional space-time of the outside world. It seems to be half a dimension higher. Even [ether] cannot determine the spatial structure of the space here in such a short period of time. And then deduce effective movement and attack methods.

Therefore, Fang Yuan could only watch the old emperor's actions, destroying the bodies of all the Martian knights and even the beings with activation factors in their bodies, transforming their souls, and finally transforming into completely different beings and injecting them into the armored cavalry. , becoming what the other party calls the "eternally loyal knight".

There's no way to do it directly, so let's try talking first! "What exactly is this place? What is your purpose?" Fang Yuan asked.

Well, another magical thing about this space is that even though the concept of spatial direction here is extremely confusing, it does not seem to have any impact on the words they speak. The words can be directly transmitted to the other party's ears as soon as they are spoken. .

Even Fang Yuan could completely understand the inhuman language spoken by the old emperor without any teacher, without any need for translation.

"Here? This is the closest place to 'God'! It is the junction between the living world and the Kingdom of God, and it is also the Tower of Babel created by our ancestors!" The old emperor, who was gradually turning into light, had almost completely turned into brilliance. The outline of a human figure, but Fang Yuan could still see the inner enthusiasm and joy in the other person's expression, which was completely different from the mechanical feeling when he killed knights and massacred his people before.

"Tower of Babel...you mean, from here, you can enter the kingdom of gods?" Although he didn't know what the "god" in the other party's words was, Fang Yuan still followed the other party's words and tried to trick him out. More inside information.

')174'\u003eChapter 173 Call for Support

"Hmph! Do you want to get more information from me?" However, Fang Yuan's thoughts seemed to be completely guessed by the other party. After the old emperor reacted, he did not act casually like the classic villains in anime movies. Reveal all your goals and flaws to the protagonist.

"Tsk!" Fang Yuan clicked his tongue in displeasure. If the villain didn't cooperate, there was nothing he could do... However, fortunately, he had other ways.

"[Ether], how is the permission cracking going?" Fang Yuan asked his AI in a low voice, trying to find a breakthrough from another direction.

"Under analysis..." At the data level that Fang Yuan cannot see, countless information flows are being analyzed and calculated by diligent artificial intelligence. With the help of the initially obtained permissions and the interconnectedness of Aldnoah's technological creations, [Ether ] Little by little, he extended his tentacles into a hidden network that was larger and more profound than the Aldnoah information network of the Visser Empire, increasing his authority step by step... But before [Ether] completely completed its mission, Fang Yuan It is true that he can't do anything - even the alchemy that he relies on the most is completely unable to be used accurately in this chaotic space of half an ascending dimension.

The old emperor seemed to have no intention of taking action against Fang Yuan. Instead, he further controlled the Mars Knights who had turned into steel giants and accelerated the pace of massacring soldiers and civilians.

Fang Yuan could even see that as the Iron Knights killed without mercy, the souls of countless dead people were attracted by the Aldnoah core inside the Iron Knights, injected into this space through unknown channels, and finally turned into tiny lights. The points are constantly integrated into the Emperor's body of light.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan also roughly understood part of the old emperor's plan - what purpose did he want to achieve by absorbing the souls of his people - maybe to improve his own soul, maybe to be like the one in steel. Those alchemists who pursue immortality can also achieve immortality, perhaps purely as a sacrifice, or perhaps for some other purpose... But no matter what purpose it is, once it is completely completed by the other party, it will not be the same for Fang Yuan. a good thing! Fortunately, there are only 37 knights of Mars who have been granted activation factors. The number of armored cavalry equal to the number of knights is naturally limited, and more than ten of them have been destroyed in previous battles. There are currently only 37 armored cavalry in existence. More than twenty of them were transformed into Iron Knights, and the number was unlikely to increase.

Although the lethality of more than twenty armored cavalry when massacring ordinary people is indeed extraordinary, the Martian Empire is a country that can compete with the entire earth. Although the population is much smaller than that of the earth, there is still an absolute number of people. With a population of tens of millions, if you want to kill everyone, just relying on this number of Iron Knights will take at least months.

Although the lives of Martians didn't matter to Fang Yuan, he knew that if he allowed the old emperor to absorb the souls of these dead people, he would be the unlucky one in the end.

Therefore, he must be stopped! But - a very embarrassing point is that until [Ether] completes the analysis of the space-time architecture model of this space, Fang Yuan can neither move nor attack, which is equivalent to being trapped.

Therefore, it is time to invite foreign aid to come in! ……The moon, the frontline headquarters of the Earth Alliance Army.

"Report to the general! Received an encrypted email from Anaheim Company!" "Oh? From Anaheim?" I just received the information that something unusual happened on Mars, and then immediately received it In the encrypted email sent to Anaheim, General William, the frontline commander of the Earth Alliance Army, was a little surprised. "Is it asking about the usage status of the weapons they provided? But this should be calculated after the war. Is it right to ask now?" A little too eager..." The general took the tablet handed over from the secretary and opened the encrypted email while making unreliable guesses. Then, when he saw the content clearly, he seemed to be reading As if some incredible content was reached, the whole person froze.

After a while - "General?" The secretary next to him reminded him softly.

"Oh? Oh!" As if waking up from a dream, the general woke up immediately: "Quickly, inform all captains and officers above the division commander that there will be an emergency meeting in 10 minutes! Let them use video conference for those who can't make it, immediately! Immediately !" General William issued the order urgently and quickly with a loud voice that was completely different from that of an old man. The secretary next to him was startled and immediately reacted and quickly turned around to deliver the order.

... Ten minutes later - "In other words, Mars has fallen into complete chaos, and all the Martian knights are dead?" A general participating in the meeting couldn't believe such information. It was too exaggerated. Wow, it’s so whimsical. What happened on Mars? ! "No, to be precise, they are intelligent AIs that have been transformed into armored cavalry and are massacring other Martians!" General William, who read the intelligence sent by Fang Yuan from beginning to end, corrected the other party's statement.

Yes, after [Ether] successfully parsed the hidden data interface of the space maze and opened the so-called "highest authority", Fang Yuan can already send intelligence back to Earth. The email just now was sent directly from Mars by him. Over there, sent in the name of Anaheim.

"Hmph! Those Martians, just die! It's best if they all die!" This was an officer whose relatives died at the hands of the Martians. After hearing the news that the Martian knights were massacring Martian civilians, he was not nervous. , on the contrary, I felt very happy - these ignorant civilians were incited to launch a war on the earth, and they deserved to be killed by their own people! "It is true that the life and death of Martians has nothing to do with us, but if we add some kind of super weapon that uses human souls as energy, it will be two different things!" Although he himself did not believe it very much, General William still put Anaheim's The warning was repeated: "According to the intelligence obtained by Anaheim, Emperor Visser's Emperor Lelegalia has escaped from captivity and obtained the ultimate weapon that was hidden secretly by himself, killing him directly. All the Martian knights who received the activation factor were transformed into steel undead, and they used the technology of some super-ancient alien civilization to directly collect the 'souls' of ordinary people as the energy source to activate another destructive weapon. "

Well, of course the so-called destructive weapons were made up by Fang Yuan. He himself didn’t know what the old emperor wanted to do with these souls, but since he was calling for reinforcements, he naturally made the matter as serious as possible! "Resurrection of the dead? Collecting souls? Destructive weapons? Why does it sound like a third-rate fantasy novel?" One general couldn't help but complain.

"Is this information reliable?" This is another general's question, and it is also the most important point that concerns everyone present.

Although the technology of super ancient alien civilizations is indeed very cool, what was mentioned in the intelligence this time is a bit too outrageous! "Reliable or not, we have to get there!" William said: "Because Anaheim told us that the barrier protecting the Mars hyperspace gate was set up by them! And now, they will remove the protection, We have no choice!" Yes, they can't risk the destruction of the Mars hyperspace gate or even the impact on the moon and watch the situation on Mars continue to deteriorate.

Although I was unhappy with Anaheim using this method to put pressure on them, this time it really hit their weakness and they had to be led around.

')175'\u003eChapter 174 The First Enemy

"The hyperspace gate starts a one-minute countdown, 60, 59, 58..." Listening to the countdown sound coming from the communication channel, the warrior who abandoned his human body was silent, waiting, and vigilant.

The battle is about to begin again! As the unit with the strongest individual combat effectiveness in the Earth United Army, the cybernetic super soldiers were naturally on the list of the first wave of transmissions.

Accompanying them were a full division of unmanned armored rapid reaction forces, all of which were armored units composed of robots and drones.

Their opponents are an unknown number of armored cavalry outside the Mars hyperspace gate.

A few years ago, if such a force had to face the Martians' black-tech armored cavalry head-on, neither the commander nor the soldiers below would have thought they had any chance of winning.