Chapter 371 Information Entropy
"Interesting..."
Wang Jing's interested murmur came from the communication channel.
"Chen Fan, this thing is really the same as what you described in the mission report. I can only detect its existence in the visible light band."
Chen Fan did not reply.
He stared at the dilapidated warship that was slowly moving in front of him through the porthole.
Strictly speaking, this was the third time he had seen the ghost fleet.
Even so, looking at the scars on the surface of the fleet, he was still shocked in his heart - what kind of cruel war had this fleet experienced?
Buzz... Buzz...
A soft light rose from the inside of the ghost fleet. At this moment, this medium-sized star system seemed to have turned into a light bulb, flickering slowly and regularly in the dim starry sky.
Chen Fan, who had already had experience in dealing with it, moved his heart and automatically turned on the signal decoding system that was standard on the Human Alliance starship.
The next second, a melodious ballad sounded inside the Varela.
The ballad was transmitted to each investigator starship through the communication channel, and also to the research ship where Wang Jing was.
[Machines are dancing wildly in the deep starry sky...]
As the melody with a strong historical atmosphere sounded, Chen Fan's heart trembled, and a series of tragic scenes involuntarily emerged in his mind again - when he first encountered the ghost fleet, he had seen such scenes under the influence of the ghost song.
After a long time, the frequency of the flashing light slowed down slightly, and the ghost fleet also stopped all its movements and returned to the silent state before the arrival of the investigator fleet.
Chen Fan was the first to come back to his senses. He turned his head and looked at the communication interface on the side.
In the communication interface, Wang Jing's eyes were slightly red, and her slightly haggard face was full of shock.
There is no doubt that this usually calm Human Union I-level academician was also completely affected by this ballad from the ghost fleet at this moment!
As the ghost song in the communication channel slowly dissipated, Wang Jing also came back to his senses from the illusion belatedly.
"This..."
After realizing that she had just fallen into an extremely realistic hallucination, Wang Jing was shocked: "How could this happen?"
She whispered: "When I listened to the recorded information in the Administration before, this situation never occurred..."
Chen Fan was stunned and subconsciously asked back: "Is this the case?"
"Is it the same for Academician Song and others?"
Under Chen Fan's gaze, Wang Jing nodded solemnly and replied: "The ghost song you recorded has been heard by many academicians and senior officials of the Administration, but no one has ever had the hallucination just now."
"Could it be..."
Chen Fan glanced at the ghost fleet outside the porthole, whose light was slightly dimmed, and a guess arose in his mind: "This ghost song can only have this effect when played by the ghost fleet itself?"
Before the voice fell, Wang Jing seemed to realize something and quickly operated on the console beside her.
A moment.
"This is..."
Wang Jing looked at the holographic panel in front of her that displayed various complicated data, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Information interference?!"
Hearing this familiar word, Chen Fan's spirit suddenly tensed up.
Information state interference technology, this is the specialty of broadcast civilization!
Whether it is the genetic mutation of organisms or the birth of artificial intelligence [rectification], the so-called information state interference technology is used.
"Since the TE913 research vessel was found, the Human Union Academy of Sciences has invested a lot of resources in the research of material informatization theory."
Wang Jing's voice continued: "The Human Union has a weak foundation in this area, so even now, the Human Union has not mastered the information interference technology like the broadcast civilization, but..."
"The Academy of Sciences has at least found the corresponding detection means."
Wang Jing raised her hand and gently brushed across the control console in front of her, and a brand new holographic panel appeared in the communication interface: "Just now, the research vessel detected an abnormally strong information entropy fluctuation in the surrounding space and time. According to the research of the Academy of Sciences during this period, this is the best means to detect information interference."
"Information entropy... fluctuation?"
Hearing this completely unfamiliar term, Chen Fan's face suddenly showed confusion: "What does this mean?"
"Information entropy is derived from the entropy in the concept of thermodynamics. Simply put, the higher the information entropy, the more disordered the information is, and the less effective content it contains. On the contrary, the lower the information entropy, the more effective content in the information."
Wang Jing flipped through the holographic panel in front of him and explained casually: "Similar to the principle of entropy increase in thermodynamics, there is also a corresponding principle in the theory of material informatization."
"As information spreads, information entropy will gradually increase. In other words, in the process of information dissemination, information always spontaneously changes in the direction of increasing chaos."
"This is not difficult to understand. The most common manifestation is rumors spread by word of mouth. As rumors spread, the truly effective information in them will become less and less. Although this example is not very appropriate, it is still very good for understanding the concept of information entropy."
The doubts in Chen Fan's eyes gradually dissipated: "Then what is the relationship between information entropy and information interference?"
Wang Jing said in a deep voice: "The Academy of Sciences research has found that in the process of information interference, the information entropy of the surrounding space-time will decrease at an extremely high rate."
"It's like..."
"There is an external energy source that sorts out and strengthens the disordered information."
"And these strengthened ordered information will have a certain impact on the real world."
Chen Fan suddenly realized.
He looked at the ghost fleet outside the porthole, and a chill rose in his heart.
The other party had the same technical means as the broadcast civilization. This alone was enough to make Chen Fan alert.
"Don't worry too much."
Unlike Chen Fan's attitude of facing a great enemy, Wang Jing's expression at this time was much more relaxed: "In my opinion, this ghost fleet has no malicious intentions."
Facing Chen Fan's surprised eyes, Wang Jing shrugged: "The current human alliance has no ability to resist information interference. If the other party has intentions, I'm afraid no one can survive the attack just now."
In the communication channel that suddenly fell into silence, she smiled and added: "...including me."
Chen Fan was speechless.
What she said... makes sense.
After a moment of silence, he looked at the dim ghost fleet and thought: "They... seem to want to tell us something?"
"Varilla."
Wang Jing suddenly said: "Perhaps... those illusory humanoid creatures on Varilla are the other party's goal."
At Wang Jing's request, Chen Fan bit the bullet and drove the Varilla, leading the research ship where Wang Jing was, and plunged into the New Varilla star system that was completely surrounded by the ghost fleet.
In order to share the risk and to retain certain countermeasures, the other investigator starships and Gaia just quietly parked outside the star system, watching the TE1571 research ship and the Varilla going deeper into the ghost fleet.
...
New Varilla.
The khaki Varilla and the larger shuttle-shaped research ship entered the atmosphere of the planet one after another.
At this time, the Starry Plain was in the dark.
On the east side of the plain, neatly arranged ghost starships were quietly hovering over the lush forest - this was the abnormal phenomenon mentioned by Meng Zhixin and Xu Huai.
But Chen Fan's attention did not stay on those ghost starships for too long. He just casually glanced at the phantoms of the starships in the sky, and then cast all his eyes on the Starlight Plain below.
The Starlight Plain under the cover of the night flickered with faint fluorescence. At first glance, it looked like a brightly lit modern metropolis.
But as the height of the [Varilla] and the research ship gradually decreased, Chen Fan gradually saw the source of those fluorescent lights -
they were illusory buildings! !
Towers of different sizes and shapes stood quietly on the flat Starlight Plain. Around these towers, dense phantoms walked across the entire plain as if no one was around!
As for the Starlight City on the Starlight Plain...
it had long been completely swallowed up by those phantoms flickering with faint fluorescence! !
"How could this happen?!"
Chen Fan couldn't believe what he saw.
Not long ago, when Xu Huai and Meng Zhixin reported the abnormal situation to him, the Starlight City of Varela still retained its original appearance!
How long has it been, and these phantoms have directly occupied the entire plain!
Chen Fan's face was gloomy, and he quickly manipulated the [Varela] to the central area of the plain. Although it was covered by phantoms, he quickly found the coordinates of the Central Parliament Building of Varela with the navigation of the ship's main brain.
More than ten minutes later.
[Varela] slowly landed in front of the parliament building.
The moment the hatch opened, a tall figure rushed head-on. Chen Fan's pupils suddenly dilated, and he subconsciously crossed his hands in front of his chest.
At the same time, the light golden individual protection barrier also automatically popped out, trying to block the movement of the figure.
But...
the figure passed through his body, as if there was no interference.
It was a phantom.
Chen Fan came back to his senses and turned his head to look at the phantom that was "wandering" inside the [Varilla] - the phantom was tall, and its standing height even reached two meters.
A set of mechanical armor slowly unfolded, outlining a graceful arc on the phantom.
It looks...
like a woman.
Chen Fan pondered for a moment, and took the initiative to walk towards the phantom that stayed in the cabin of the Varilla - he wanted to observe the true face of this human-shaped phantom up close.
Unfortunately, it didn't work.
The illusory mechanical armor completely wrapped up the human-shaped phantom, and Chen Fan couldn't see the other party's true face at all.
The next second.
The human-shaped phantom seemed to have discovered something, and its movements quickly became intense, and the mechanical armor on its body began to spit out gorgeous flames.
"This is..."
Looking at the scene that looked like a pantomime in front of him, Chen Fan was stunned and guessed softly:
"Fighting?"
ps: Thank you [Xinghai Tianfa] for the reward of 10,000 starting coins, the big brother is confused!
(End of this chapter)
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