Sword of Dawn

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In a specially vacated large laboratory, several silver-white cockpit-shaped magic devices are neatly arranged on hexagonal platforms. Compared with the prototype, their structure is obviously more complete and compact , and added a shell that can be closed from both sides, under the cockpit, the floor around the platform is inlaid with gleaming rune baseplates, and behind the cockpit extends the nerve cable pipeline connecting the platform and the base - besides In the laboratory, there are only some monitoring rune terminals near the wall, and there are no redundant decorations and furnishings. This makes the room look quite empty, and at the same time makes the silver-white cockpit in the center of the room look more mysterious and eye-catching. .

Just as Kamel guessed: After the first "immersion neural cockpit" test flight was successful, more cockpits were built.

Gao Wen had already been waiting by one of the cockpits. The technicians in white tunics were busy near the monitoring device against the wall. Pittman and Jenny were checking the work of the nerve cords and rune arrays around those cockpits. Situation, after Kamel and others entered the laboratory, Pittman immediately turned around and said hello: "Ah, you are here-come to see these fun things!"

"These..." Kamel looked at the scene with some surprise, "Has it been completed?"

"While you were busy trying to figure out how to blow up the engine block, I adjusted the nerve cords of these cockpits," Pittman said triumphantly, "and Miss Jenny, of course—she adjusted the rune array." of."

At this time, Rebecca had already turned around one of the cockpits several times with a face full of excitement, and she didn't stop until Hetty couldn't help coughing softly to remind her. The girl looked at Gawain with her eyes wide open: "Ancestor , did you adjust the shape of these devices?"

Gawain smiled and pressed Rebecca's head: "Actually, there are not many adjustments - it's just that the sides of the seat are covered, and a shell that can be folded is added to it."

Compared with the prototype of the day, the "shell that can be folded" is the biggest change in the officially finalized cockpit.Since the non-implanted nerve cord is not as effective in "immersing" the brain as the implanted nerve cord, users are easily "woke up" by external interference during the networking process. This is the biggest problem with the immersion device. In this regard, Pete Starting with a druid's idea, Man thought of a lot of technical means to increase neural coupling and improve the synchronization rate of thinking, but in the end, Gao Wen still thought of a simpler and cruder method: just add a cover.

After adding this "peripheral", these things that were originally like seats are really more like a cockpit.

"This is really a simple but effective method..." Hetty looked at these fantastic magical devices with great interest and admiration. She was very curious how her ancestors came up with such a simple method, but Soon she noticed the appearance of these cockpits - long containers, people can lie in them, and there is a cover on them...

Emmmmm......

Butler Cecil had a very reasonable association.

Of course, the mature and stable Hetty only thought about it this way, but she didn't dare to say it.

But there are strong heads on the scene.

Rebecca jumped in front of Gao Wen on the spot: "My lord ancestor, you got your inspiration from the coffin you lay in that year... Wow!"

Rebecca was knocked back by Gao Wen, but everyone at the scene showed a tacit smile after the silly roe deer yelled.

"Cough cough," Gao Wen had to cough lightly, bringing the atmosphere back on track, "Stop talking about this, let's do some serious business."

Hetty looked at him curiously: "You called us... are you going to test these devices together?"

"In fact, the test has been completed," Gao Wen said. "The offline test, the connection to the magic net, and the connection to the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper have all been tested. Today we will officially connect."

Then he paused, and then said: "I will enter the network with you."

Gao Wen's idea is very simple - since the first batch of immersible neural cockpits has been created, a plan he made a long time ago can be implemented: integrate his experimenters into the network, Do scientific research in that ready-made "virtual laboratory".

It has been a while since the virtual experimental environment was built, but since he is the only one who can access the network, the effect of the experimental space is quite limited. Although he did use the virtual environment there to toss some blueprints, but in After getting in touch with the native technicians of this world and seeing the "wisdom of people from other worlds" from the locals, he has already realized one thing: he, the traverser, is not the center of the world at all, but can be regarded as a regional center at best. The center of gravity, he is impossible to compare with professionals in many aspects, especially in the technical field.Such a large virtual space, if the professional and technical personnel on the territory cannot be connected into it, it would be a waste for him to occupy it by himself.

Fortunately, this waste is finally coming to an end.

But he still has to be cautious—technical personnel are precious, especially the most trustworthy technical personnel who can access secrets, and they are the treasure of the entire Principality of Cecil. He wants to prevent these people from accidents and prevent these people from being The best way to get rid of the eternal sleepers is to connect to the network with them.

At that time, if any Eternal Sleeper does not open his eyes or opens his eyes too much and finds them these intruders, it will be a big deal to smash them over a million years, at least it will ensure everyone's safe retreat.

Chapter 0545 This Is the New Laboratory

The technicians began to check and adjust the immersion chamber for the last time, and Hetilo stood nervously beside the cockpit assigned to him, and said in a low voice: "I really didn't expect that one day I would enter the world created by the Eternal Sleeper ..."

"It's a virtual world," Gao Wen said beside him. He could see the nervousness of his eldest granddaughter, "What? Very disturbed?"

"A little bit, but it's more... entanglement," Hetty said frankly, with nothing to hide in front of the ancestors, "Although I know that technology is not good or bad, but the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper is not just 'technology' So simple, as you said, it is the projection and aggregation of the spiritual world of countless eternal sleepers, going to that place now... always feels weird."

Gao Wen smiled and nodded slightly: "I understand your feelings, but don't worry, this is only temporary—our neural link technology has just started, and we don't yet have the ability to create our own mental network, so it can only be temporary" Borrow the ready-made network of 'Eternal Sleeper, but when the technology matures, we will naturally create our own virtual environment-such an important technology, we must not always rely on others."

Hetty showed a slightly relieved look, while Gawain turned his head to look at Kamel who was floating next to another immersion cabin: "How is it? Can it be connected?"

The radiance of arcane energy surged around Kamel, and under his precise control, jumping energy lightning kept sweeping across the nerve connection points in the immersion cabin, and there was a steady buzzing sound from the base of the immersion cabin, Kamel said with a little joy: "It should be no problem... Although I have no nervous system, I have a magical body. By directly reading and writing the magical fluctuations in the neural connection points, I can be like you. into the network."

"It's unbelievable..." Gawain looked at Kamel's inhuman body up and down, "Magic power... its mystery really attracts more and more attention."

Kamel bent slightly: "One day, we will reveal its secret."

The technician's report came from not far away: "The network frequency calibration is completed!" "The nerve cord calibration is completed." "All immersion chambers are ready for use, my lord."

Pittman took a deep breath and walked to his own cockpit: "Let's get started."

The people who were going to connect to the network came to the cockpit assigned to them and lay down one by one. Kamel floated next to the device, directly connecting the contacts of the cockpit with an arcane arc.As the only person on the scene who can connect to the psychic network without an external device, Gawain didn't prepare a cockpit for himself—mainly because he was a little psychological about the long container that people can lie in and has a lid on it Shadow - He sat directly on an ordinary seat next to the connection platform, and said to everyone who was ready to connect: "I will enter the network first, and you will connect in 1 minute. We have crossed the consciousness level this time. Layer, directly into the virtual space - if you find yourself in the wrong place, or see fragmented images, don't hesitate to disconnect immediately, understand?"

"understand!"

"Okay," Gawain nodded, and then said to the air beside him, "Do a good job of guarding and wake me up if something happens."

Amber's voice came from the air: "Okay, okay—but it's okay, next time I will take me to that spiritual network!"

We all know that if the air around Gao Wen is left for a long time, amber will grow.

Gawain narrowed his eyes slightly, and accompanied by a mild dizziness that he was so familiar with that he was completely used to, the light and shadow in front of him quickly shifted, changed, and reorganized.

After a short moment, he arrived in the virtual space that he "stolen" from the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper.

The endless calm water surface stretches out in the field of vision, countless neatly arranged huge alloy platforms float on the water surface, and in the extremely wide blue sky, complex and changing symbols, formulas, runes, mechanical structures and blueprints are floating as always, refreshing At the center of this vast space is the "benchmark point" that Gao Wen set for this experimental space.

On a small platform, a round table, seats, and refreshments were all ready. The old mage Daniel was standing respectfully by the round table. When Gawain appeared, he immediately stepped forward and bowed to pay homage: "I salute you, my lord."

Gawain waved his hand and asked Daniel to stand up, "Is your environment stable?"

"I have specially arranged a rest time, and no one will disturb me for the next half day."

"Very well, they will be here soon."

After waiting for a while, Gao Wen sensed several connection signals pointing to this virtual space——

This space was created by him at the bottom of the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper. In order to ensure safety and concealment, a large amount of data camouflage and layer-by-layer encryption have been carried out in the entire space. Only by mastering a specific frequency of the spiritual network can the correct address of this space be found, and If you want to access this address, you need Gao Wen's permission.

After confirming the identity of each signal, Gao Wen activated the connection authority. In the next moment, with beams of light falling from the sky and a large number of refreshed runes, figures appeared on this small platform one by one.

Hetty and the others shook their bodies a few times in the dizziness and weightlessness, and then saw everything in front of them clearly.

Almost everyone opened their eyes wide in surprise, and Rebecca couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow!!!"

"This is really...unbelievable..." Hetty looked at the scene in front of her in astonishment, this vast world of water and sky, those neatly arranged alloy platforms, the formulas and blueprints in the sky... these scenes cannot be seen in reality At this moment, it is so vividly presented in front of her eyes, everything is so clear, so clear that even if she knew in advance that everything here is fictitious, she couldn't help but wonder if she really traveled through time and space and entered a world. A new world parallel to the real world.

At this moment, she finally understood what her ancestors meant by the word "virtual reality".

Perhaps the calmest person on the scene was Pittman, because he had already been to the "level of consciousness" of the Eternal Sleeper in the last test, and he had also seen part of the dream city, so he already had a good idea of ​​how spectacular the virtual world can be. Mentally prepared, he looked at the scene here with a little emotion: "I really didn't expect that you have built such a vast space."

A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary figure, ordinary clothes, even an ordinary hairstyle and voice nodded slightly, and commented: "It looks very empty."

Gao Wen laughed: "After all, it's a place for experiments, not for people to live in...Wait a minute, who are you?"

Hetty and the others looked at the stranger standing between them in astonishment, and Jenny was the first to react: "Are you... Kamel?"

"It's me," Kamel looked down at his body, raised his head and spread his hands, "Actually, I wanted to restore my original appearance, but... I forgot what I looked like."

Then he shook his head, as if he wanted to show a self-deprecating smile, but he also forgot how to make an expression, so he simply waved his hand, and the middle-aged appearance dissipated, and in the flash of energy sparks , the arcane body bound by rune armor pieces reappeared in front of everyone: "Let's use this body, get used to it."

"It will get better." Gawain looked at the two arcane rays of light on Kamel's head, "You can adapt slowly, and you can also recall slowly. If you use it properly, the mind network is beneficial to both memory and mental power. , maybe it will work for you too."

"I hope so," Kamel buzzed, then turned to Daniel who was still standing aside, and nodded slightly in greeting, "Then, this is your other subordinate Daniel."

"Yes, Daniel, he is located in Typhon, and the non-implanted nerve cord is his achievement." Gawain nodded, then raised his hand, and began to introduce everyone at the scene one by one, "This is Kamel, The legendary magister of the ancient Gondor Empire, an expert in classical magic and modern magic technology; Hetty, a descendant of my blood, Cecil's internal affairs manager; Rebecca..."

Gao Wen introduced one by one. Heidi and others and Daniel greeted each other with a sense of unfamiliarity when they met for the first time. This was a very special experience for both parties——for Heidi and others , this is the first time in their lives that they have established communication and cooperation with people in a virtual reality network. "Core Messenger", he has finally entered the core circle of forces created by this indescribable "God" from a foreign land, and he has finally won... the true trust of wanderers from outside the land.

When Gao Wen introduced Jenny, Daniel couldn't help showing a look of surprise. He looked at the white-haired girl in front of him with a face full of disbelief: "You are Ms. Jenny?"

Being called so by an old mage who could be her grandfather, Jenny immediately waved her hands a little cautiously: "You...just call me Jenny."

"Ah, good..." Daniel blinked, "I'm a little excited—the logic of runes impressed me, it almost changed my understanding of the concepts of runes and magic circles."

Seeing Jenny's slightly embarrassed look, Gao Wen coughed lightly: "Ahem, then you already know each other, so please sit down first."

Daniel calmed down his emotions quickly, and sat down at the round table with everyone—compared to the original round table when there were only Gawain and him in this space, this new table was much larger, and there were more people beside it. There were many seats, and one of the dark red chairs without any mark belonged to Gawain, and each of the remaining chairs had everyone's name floating on it, obviously, it was specially arranged by Gawain.

Daniel believes that this "round table" may reflect the preferences of wanderers outside the territory - He is willing to be with his followers and communicate in a discussion manner, and the seats at the round table more or less reflect the closeness of followers to Him degree.

In fact, Gao Wen was arranged according to the order of family meals - Hetty was the closest, Rebecca was second, and the rest of the people would go to the back row if they came to grab a meal...

After taking his seat, Gao Wen didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Everyone who can come here is my trusted confidant, and you will also be companions who work together and need to rely on each other. Here, except Except for personal privacy and the special confidential information I consider, the rest of the information should follow the principles of open sharing. So first, we need to understand the nature of this space—I define it as a laboratory.”

An experimental space built on the basis of virtual reality.

A place that can simulate more than [-]% of the laws of reality on a macro level.

A laboratory that can verify various technical ideas, build an experimental environment in an instant, and conduct unlimited trial and error at almost zero cost.

This is a place that will make any technical researcher ecstatic!

As Gao Wen introduced the nature and functions of this experimental space one by one, demonstrations began on the nearest alloy platforms——

Huge parts appeared out of thin air, and the complex magical cannons and magic engines were assembled almost instantly. They started running and began to be tested under various extreme conditions. The cannons were fired, the engines roared, and the gears and levers flew. Spinning endlessly, everything seems to be the same as the real world... No, it's better than the real world!

Rebecca's eyes widened. She saw that a large engine on a certain platform broke down during operation, and then everything on the platform froze instantly. The failed engine was enlarged, and a part of the structure became transparent. The misplaced and broken parts are clearly presented in front of everyone in the "frozen" state, and every breaking point and flying debris are clearly visible.

After the demonstration was over, Gawain leaned back on his seat: "It works just as you can see."

Rebecca took a deep breath. This girl who was always carefree, optimistic and lively felt extremely shocked at this moment.

She glanced at Kamel. Although she couldn't understand the other's face, she was sure that the other party was also in shock.

The ancient great magister sighed softly: "700 years... It seems that not all technologies are declining."

"We can use this to test the magic train!!" Rebecca said excitedly to Kamel, "And we can test two schemes at the same time! Don't be afraid of how many times you blow it up this time!!"

"There is also a new rune array," even Jenny, who has always been shy, became excited. "Hundreds of rune arrays can also be tested quickly! And there is no need to worry about wear and tear and safety issues!"

Hetty looked at Rebecca, then at Jenny, the butler Cecil blinked, and suddenly realized: "Wait, then I...don't need to approve funds for you?"

The hand approving the funds suddenly stopped shaking.

Chapter 0546 Origin Laboratory

Obviously, everyone engaged in research can immediately realize the significance of this virtual space.

In fact, the eternal sleepers who created this virtual world are also quite aware of its value-although Gao Wen always ridicules that those cultists created such a spiritual network but only know how to daydream in it, but Judging from the various information passed by Daniel, the Eternal Sleepers have actually been using the Psychic Network for technical research from the very beginning. The only problem is that the Eternal Sleepers created this "experimental environment", but they have not found out a matching environment for it. R&D model.

In the history of technological development, such "adaptation lag" events abound. In the Gondor Starfire era, a chief magister in the Imperial Academy once created a mental core capable of receiving twelve input commands at the same time, but he I didn't find a place for this kind of mental core in my whole life. It wasn't until the second half of the Spark Era that one of the magister's apprentices invented the "magic puppet simultaneous compilation method" and applied it to the mental core, thus creating The most proud Iron Man Corps of the Gondor Empire.

Similar to it, there is also the oscillating crystal created by Sir Fao in Ansu 122. It was not until 80 years later that people realized that it could be used in a crystal resonator. In 455 Ansu, Earl Toparis made the first The ring of wind, until a royal mage in Ansu 496 discovered the high-frequency resonance phenomenon of the wind element, this extremely important "element sensor" has been used to play the high-pitched part of court music...

Compared with invention products, it is often more difficult to invent and create methods to make inventions, but once it takes shape, it means that great technological progress is coming - Gao Wen's biggest advantage lies in , he knew such a method existed.

The Typhon Empire next door is also aware of the existence of this method. The Emperor Rosetta created the "Imperial Manufacturing Association" by himself, which proves that he has found a way, and found a way to actively make inventions, but Typhon's success It is based on decades of accumulation. Their talent quantity and people's way of thinking have allowed the "Imperial Manufacturing Association" to emerge naturally, but Ansu does not have this condition-its talent quantity, technology accumulation, and people's ideological foundation Neither is enough.

Therefore, Gao Wen could only take advantage of it, and could only forcibly build a similar research and development system by himself. He established the Magic Energy Technology Department, built the Rune Research Institute, the Magic Technology Research Institute, the Machinery Manufacturing Institute, and various design bureaus. Now , He also wants to dig out the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper and turn it into his own laboratory.

Only in this way can he bridge the gap between the Principality of Cecil and Typhon, and minimize the negative factors of his weak foundation.

Rebecca and the others were excitedly discussing the future application direction of this experimental space, while Hetty was happily calculating how much budget could be saved in this way, Gawain didn't make a sound, he waited silently beside After a while, until the excitement of Rebecca and others subsided, he coughed twice to attract everyone's attention: "Don't be so excited, I still have a few things to ask about 'virtual reality' Remind you."

Jenny was the first to calm down, she lowered her head slightly: "Please tell me."

"First of all, although some of the experimental environments in the real world can be simulated here—or even most of the experimental environments, its simulation is still not [-]% reliable." It’s not really creating a world. The computing power of the mind network is limited, and the parameters of the real world it inputs are also limited, so don’t trust the simulation results here [-]%, and treat it as part of the experimental means, not all.

"Secondly, never forget the 'unknown' in the field of technology. This experimental space may be able to restore most of the world we know so far, but for the world we don't understand—such as the world of elements, the world of souls, The world, the world of shadows and the world of shadows—the laws of these worlds may not necessarily operate according to common sense, so we must always be prepared for the experimental conclusions in the virtual space to be inconsistent with the real world."

Gao Wen felt that it was necessary for him to remind these - especially the second point.

He doesn't know whether there is a "physical gap between the micro and macro realms" in this world, but he believes that a similar gap must exist. As long as technology continues to develop, even the most advanced rune logic will one day There will be situations that cannot be explained or understood by existing theories. After entering that new field, experience, formulas, and virtual reality will become invalid, but the scientific thinking of technicians... cannot be invalidated.

Rune logic and magic technology are still too young, but they are developing too fast. It may have experienced some setbacks, but it is still too far from maturity. Overwhelmed by setbacks, and even fell into the abyss of theology and nihilism, he must take precautions in advance.

Rebecca and Jenny listened to Gawain's words in a daze, and then understood Gawain's intentions. Rebecca nodded seriously: "I understand, my lord ancestor."

Gao Wen nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "I have preliminarily set up the virtual environment of this space, and preset some things for it, and I will tell you how to use them later, and about manipulating physical objects in the mind network, creating Daniel will tell you about the knowledge of the new entity."

Daniel bowed his head deeply: "This is my honor."

Gawain exhaled, and then turned his gaze into the distance: "Then in the end, there should be a new name here."

His eyes swept over the endless water surface and the clear sky. In that empty place, he seemed to have seen countless new equipment and new technologies being born in this experimental space.

"This space is called 'Origin Space', and the laboratory established here in the future will be called 'Origin Laboratory'," he said, "This will be a new starting point for technology. Gary is here."

"It's a really good name," Kamel said humbly, "We will definitely live up to your great trust."

Gawain nodded slightly, and then looked at Daniel: "Then, this is the end of the discussion on the origin space and the origin laboratory. Next, let's talk about Typhon's recent changes. Daniel, tell me about your Let's work."

The moment has finally come.

Among the Outlander and his emissaries, as one of the emissaries, it is time to report to work.

Daniel couldn't help feeling a little excited, but soon he calmed down and lowered his head slightly: "Yes, my lord—

"According to your order, I have been in contact with qualified minor nobles and emerging merchant groups in the recent period, and have successfully wooed and persuaded many people, among which the more influential one is...

"As you might expect, many policies of Emperor Rosetta Augustus are leaning towards emerging industries, and at the same time vigorously encouraging the emergence and application of new technologies and things. The inventor of the loom...

"The upper nobles are indifferent to Angrei's looms and mills...