With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 371 Information Entropy

"interesting……"

Wang Jing's interested murmurs were heard in the communication channel.

"Chen Fan, this thing is exactly the same as what you described in the mission report. I can only detect its existence in the visible light band."

Chen Fan didn't reply.

He stared through the porthole at the dilapidated warship that was moving slowly ahead.

Strictly speaking, this was his third time seeing the ghost fleet.

Even so, looking at the scars and potholes on the surface of the fleet, he was still shocked - what kind of brutal war had this fleet endured?

hum... hum...

A soft light rose from within 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 already had experience in dealing with this situation, had an idea in his mind and automatically activated the signal decoding system that comes standard with the Human Alliance starship.

The next second, a melodious song rang out inside the Varela.

The ballad was transmitted to every investigator starship through the communication channel, and also to the research ship where Wang Jing was.

[Machines dance wildly in the deep starry sky...]

As the tune with a strong historical atmosphere sounded, Chen Fan's heart trembled, and tragic scenes involuntarily reappeared in his mind - when he first encountered the ghost fleet, he had witnessed 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 stopped all movements, returning 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 to look at the communication interface on the side.

In the communication interface, Wang Jing's eyes were slightly red, and her slightly haggard face was filled with deep shock.

There is no doubt that this usually calm Class I Academician of the Human League was completely affected by the song from the Ghost Fleet at this moment!
As the ghost song in the communication channel slowly faded away, Wang Jing belatedly came back to her senses from the illusion.

"This……"

After realizing that she had just fallen into an extremely realistic hallucination, Wang Jing was shocked: "How could this happen?"

She murmured in a low voice: "When I listened to the recorded information in the Administration before, this situation never happened before..."

Chen Fan was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Is there such a thing?"

"Is it the same for Academician Song and others?"

Under Chen Fan's gaze, Wang Jing nodded solemnly and said, "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 you just had."

"Could it be that……"

Chen Fan glanced at the ghost fleet outside the porthole, whose light was slightly dimming, and a guess arose in his mind: "This ghost song can only have this effect if it is played by the ghost fleet itself?"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Jing seemed to realize something and quickly started operating the console beside him.

moment.

"This is……"

Wang Jing looked at the holographic panel in front of her that displayed all kinds of 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 forte of broadcast civilization!

Whether it is the genetic mutation of organisms or the birth of artificial intelligence [correction], 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 information theory."

Wang Jing's voice continued: "The Human Union's foundation in this area is relatively weak, 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 means of detection."

Wang Jing raised her hand and gently brushed across the control console in front of her. A brand new holographic panel appeared on the communication interface: "Just now, the research ship detected an abnormally strong fluctuation of information entropy in the surrounding space and time. According to the research of the Academy of Sciences in recent times, this is the best way to detect information interference."

"Information entropy...fluctuation?"

Hearing this completely unfamiliar word, Chen Fan's face suddenly showed confusion: "What does this mean?"

"Information entropy is derived from the concept of entropy in 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 there is in the information."

Wang Jing flipped through the holographic panel in front of her 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 word-of-mouth rumors. As rumors spread, the truly effective information contained in them will become less and less. Although this example is not very appropriate, it is still a good example to understand the concept of information entropy."

The doubt in Chen Fan's eyes gradually dissipated: "What is the relationship between information entropy and information interference?"

Wang Jing said solemnly: "The Academy of Sciences has found that during the process of information interference, the information entropy of the surrounding space-time will decrease at an extremely high rate."

"just like……"

"There is an external energy source that sorts out and strengthens the chaotic information."

"And this reinforced and ordered information will have a certain impact on the real world."

Chen Fan suddenly realized what was going on. He looked at the ghost fleet outside the porthole and felt a chill in his heart.

The other party possesses the same technical means as the broadcasting civilization. This alone is enough to make Chen Fan alert.

"Don't worry too much."

Unlike Chen Fan, who was in a state of panic, Wang Jing was more relaxed at this moment: "In my opinion, this ghost fleet has no ill intentions."

Facing Chen Fan's surprised look, 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 you said... makes some 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 the planet Varela are the other party's goal."

At Wang Jing's request, Chen Fan gritted his teeth and drove the Varela, leading the research ship where Wang Jing was, and plunged into the New Varela star system that was completely surrounded by the ghost fleet.

In order to share the risk and retain certain countermeasures, the remaining investigator starships and Gaia just quietly stayed outside the star system, watching from afar the TE1571 research vessel and the Varela as they continued to move deeper into the ghost fleet.

……

New Varela.

The khaki-colored "Varilla" and the even larger shuttle-shaped research ship entered the planet's atmosphere one after another.

It was dark at this time on the Starry Plains.

On the east side of the plain, neatly arranged ghost starships were hovering silently above 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 gaze on the starry plain below.

The starry plains shrouded in darkness flickered with a faint fluorescence. At first glance, it looked like a brightly lit modern metropolis.

But as the Varela and the research ship gradually lowered their altitude, Chen Fan gradually saw the source of the fluorescence.

Those are unreal buildings!!

Towers of varying sizes and shapes stand quietly on the flat starry plain. Around these towers, dense shadows are moving across the entire plain as if no one is around!

As for Xinghui City on the Xinghui Plain...

It had already been completely swallowed up by those faintly fluorescent shadows!!

"how so?!"

Chen Fan couldn't believe what he saw.

Just recently, when Xu Huai and Meng Zhixin reported the abnormal situation to him, Varela Star City still retained its original appearance!
How much time has passed, and these phantoms have actually occupied the entire plain!

Chen Fan had a gloomy expression as he quickly maneuvered the Varela toward the center of the plain. Although it was covered by a shadow, he was able to quickly find the coordinates of the Varela Central Parliament Building with the help of the navigation of the ship's main computer.

More than ten minutes later.

The [Varilla] slowly landed in front of the Parliament building.

The moment the hatch opened, a tall figure rushed towards him. Chen Fan's pupils suddenly dilated and he subconsciously crossed his hands in front of his chest.

At the same time, a light golden individual protective barrier popped out automatically, trying to block the movement of the figure.

but……

The figure passed through his body without any interference.

It's an illusion.

Chen Fan came back to his senses and turned to look at the phantom that was "wandering" inside the [Varela] - 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...

Like a woman.

Chen Fan pondered for a moment, then took the initiative to walk towards the phantom that was staying in the cabin of the Varela - he wanted to observe the true appearance of this humanoid phantom from a close distance.

Unfortunately, it was not successful.

The illusory mechanical armor completely enveloped the humanoid figure, and Chen Fan was unable to see the other party's true appearance at all.

next second.

The humanoid phantom seemed to have discovered something, and its movements quickly became more intense. The mechanical armor on its body also began to spew out brilliant tongues of fire.

"This is……"

Looking at the pantomime-like scene in front of him, Chen Fan was stunned for a moment and guessed quietly:
"fighting?"

ps: Thanks to [Xinghai Tianfa] for the reward of 10000 Starting Coins, the boss is confused!
(End of this chapter)