The Entropy Tree received a very mysterious message at the moment of crisis.
No coordinates were sent, and the nearby space was empty, as if the message had been transmitted from the void.
Moreover, importantly, only the Entropy Tree received this message. Neither the Anti-matter Star Fleet nor the Wandering Alliance on the scene received it, indicating that the communicator’s technological level was considerably advanced, at least above the three parties present at the scene.
After accepting and reading the message, the Entropy Tree’s intelligence system discovered that the message was a very advanced technological technique, known as the "Information Wall," a defensive measure. According to the mysterious message’s description, this Information Wall can withstand and defend against the impact and invasion of external information volume, similar to a network gateway firewall. Since all cosmic material formation and movement are influenced by the Information Particles in the underlying Information Sea, when the underlying information volume is blocked by the Information Wall, no form of attack can breach its defenses.
Thus, it can be said that the Information Wall, which defends from the fundamental structure of the universe, is the highest level of defense technology in the cosmos. It is even more advanced than the technology related to the Space Energy Shield and is a common means of defense used by level-5 civilizations. It’s just that the details and methods of using Information Wall technology might differ among various level-5 civilizations.
However, it was clear that the intention of the mysterious message was to assist the Entropy Tree.
It might have been the civilization that used the Jump Engine to stealthily transport the Entropy Tree here, aware that the Entropy Tree was not a match for the Anti-molecule Star Fleet, and hence sent this additional message.
Nonetheless, the Information Wall technique is technology used only by level-5 civilizations. Without a true understanding of Information Particle theory, even if one is aware of its principles, without the relevant equipment and experience, it is impossible to apply successfully. Therefore, the Entropy Tree, which only reads database information, would definitely be unable to apply it.
Fortunately, the civilization that sent the mysterious message took this into account and included a technological application guide in the message.
In short, it detailed how the Entropy Tree should reassemble material to form the needed equipment structure and then, by injecting energy, the Information Wall could be activated instantly.
Moreover, these technological application guidance plans were designed exactly according to the Entropy Tree’s usage and logical thinking, perfectly fitting its habits, making it so that the Entropy Tree could directly utilize them upon comprehension.
It thus became clear that this mysterious civilization deeply understood the Entropy Tree as well as its internal operational logic and also needed an extremely high technological level. Otherwise, they would not have been able to produce a suitable technological application plan for the Entropy Tree in such a short time. The difficulty of this task was akin to directly designing an application plan for using Information Wall technology for a level-2 or level-3 civilization - a leapfrogging scheme.
The specific logic of this leapfrogging scheme was that it didn’t matter if you didn’t understand advanced theoretical principles or the principles of the equipment. As long as you followed the guide data in the plan for manufacturing and assembling, after energy input, the assembled device could also use some specific advanced technologies beyond the current level of science and technology. A simple example would be like cutting patterned paper; a person who doesn’t understand can cut along the drawn lines on the folded paper, and when unfolded, they could also obtain a beautiful paper flower.
Of course, such a plan is only a temporary scheme and not a normal means of elevating a civilization’s technological level.
Normally, a civilization would need to start from the basics, first understanding the foundational theories, then further unfolding theoretical applications to be solid, after all, a tall building is built from the ground up.
Without any other choice, the Entropy Tree could only apply the guidance plan from the mysterious message.
The Entropy Tree controlled some Tree Needles to rearrange and combine using the Unified Force, forming the specific equipment described in the guidance plan. Due to the precise controllability of the intelligence system, the relevant equipment was quickly completed.
Following the energy injection, a projection was immediately cast outward, revealing a faint white projection barrier. When the Antimatter Domain’s space membrane expanded towards it, it collided directly with the Information Wall. Surprisingly, the Information Wall successfully blocked the expansion of the Antimatter Domain, preventing its continued expansion.
Viewed from the cosmic perspective, the Entropy Tree was truly on the brink, at that moment the Antimatter Domain had already expanded to less than ten light-years ahead of the entity, with countless Tree Needles destroyed. It seemed that the entity itself would be next, but then the Information Wall was successfully activated and halted the Anti-molecule Star Fleet’s assault.
This unexpected scene completely shook the site, astonishing all civilizations who thought the war had already ended!
Especially the Anti-matter Civilization’s Anti-molecule Star Fleet, which had assessed the Entropy Tree’s threat at only 0.4, had calculated that the Antimatter Domain’s strike would have successfully obliterated the Entropy Tree’s massive entity. However, the unforeseen happened, and they had not expected the Entropy Tree to be able to use the Information Wall, the highest level of defense.
"How is this possible?!"
The Commander of the Anti-molecule Star Fleet was immensely shocked. "Intelligence Bureau, didn’t you say that the technology level of the tree-shaped nebula and the Entropy Beast were on par? How could they block the Antimatter Domain? Unless I am mistaken, that should be an application of the Information Wall, right?"
"Commander, that indeed was the use of Information Wall technology. It’s just that their application method is different from ours. We built it into an information pool for absorbing external information, yes, but they constructed it as an isolation wall. Although the approach is different, the underlying technology is hardly distinguishable. But surprisingly, based on the tree-shaped nebula’s previous showing, they shouldn’t have been able to master information technology, after all, as you saw before, Commander, a large number of its branches were destroyed by our forces. If the tree-shaped nebula possessed such defense technology, it should have used it earlier for defense. Hence, this matter is very strange, and we must be extremely cautious!"
The development afterward confirmed the speculation of the Anti-molecule Star Fleet’s Intelligence Bureau.
The Entropy Tree then extended the application of the Information Wall across every Tree Needle, turning each into an independent combat entity. Each could deploy an Information Wall for flexible defense when attacked, and temporarily disable it during an offense.
No one expected that after receiving the application plan for the Information Wall, the Entropy Tree would evolve into an entity with integrated offense and defense.
However, this was not good news for the Anti-molecule Star Fleet. With the Entropy Tree beginning to use the Information Wall for defense, the Anti-molecule Star Fleet’s antimatter beams, Antimatter Beams, Antimatter Domain, and even Positive and Negative Coupling had little effect. The only time it was effective was when the attacks were so many and so rapid that some Tree Needles were hit before they could defend in time with the Information Wall. But this was hardly significant; given the mass of the Entropy Tree, the loss of some Tree Needles had no impact. On the contrary, with innumerable Tree Needles capable of both offense and defense, the Entropy Tree counterattacked and suppressed the Anti-molecule Star Fleet’s three hundred Battle Stars within a range of hundreds of light-years.