Chapter 1405 Ophelia Matrix
Before coming here, Gawain had never truly and fully understood the "Princess Ophelia" who had stood in the center of the wasteland for seven hundred years.
Although he had dealt with Veronica a lot, Veronica was only a "vehicle" briefly used by Ophelia in the long seven centuries. He also knew the history of the rebellious plan, but a period History cannot represent the entirety of the individual "Ophelia"—what has Ophelia experienced in the past seven hundred years? What did she do to survive? What kind of personality did she have? What does her real posture look like?
These high texts are not clear, and no one knows.
But the story of Griffina made Gawain suddenly realize that this "former princess" who always gives people a mechanical feeling, seems to be always extraordinary, clear and calm... is actually living a unique life In her unique "life", she may also have emotions behind the mask, and some embarrassing memories that are not humane.
"Actually, I've always been curious," Amber said suddenly, "Veronica...is the identity you are using outside, what is it to you? I mean...the identity of Veronica The relatives and friends you have, the Moren blood in 'her', her position in interpersonal and social relations, these are for you..."
Amber gestured with her hand, as if she didn't know how to accurately describe her problem, but Ophelia obviously understood what she meant, and after a short silence, a sound came out from the sounding device at the corner of the elevator: "Veronica is me— - From the beginning, until the demise of this 'carrier', this is the only answer. There has never been an 'original', 'real' Veronica, since a baby girl named Veronica When she uttered the first cry in the Silver Castle, I was in her hazy mind.
"So, the answer is actually very simple - I have a kind father, his name is Fransey Moen, I respect and feel sorry for him, I have a reliable brother, he is the last of Ansu A king, although he always thought I was an eccentric child since he was a child, but our relationship has always been good, and we still write to each other until now, and Edmund... I feel sorry for his ending, I remember in He would always save me the best desserts when I was very young, but would also sneak leaves into my hair...yes, I had a life and it was called Veronica Moore Well, he is a special child from birth..."
The shock came from under their feet, and the elevator reached the bottom of the shaft. Gao Wen and Amber came to the deepest part of this ancient fortress. In the trapezoidal corridor of the structure, there are automatic maintenance machines in the corridor, lightly and silently moving along the sliding rails on the edge. A low humming sound comes from the nearby walls and the interior of the roof, and there is also a subtle stream of light along the corridor. The gap between the walls quickly flows into the distance.
At the end of the corridor, a rather thick alloy gate opened—and then a gate farther away,
Gates opened one after another in front of Gao Wen and Amber, and the sound of heavy machinery running gradually spread to the distance.
Even if it has reached the deepest part of the base, there are still layers of armor protection on the way to the core control area. This shaft directly leading from the "Crystal Spire" to the core of the fortress cannot directly send visitors to In front of the controller - there is no road in this base that can directly lead to the core area, which is a reasonable and effective defense policy.
The two iron soldiers walked forward with Gawain and Amber. For the first time in hundreds of years, a living person stepped into the underground space guarded by machines-the sound of footsteps resounded in the empty corridor, and at the same time , Gao Wen also heard a slight "sizzling" sound coming from some small devices on the nearby roof, Veronica's voice sounded in the corridor, and passed through the sound units one by one, moving forward with them moving.
"...I have many lives like this, Anzu's princess Veronica, Typhon's mercenary Griffina, and Gaoling Kingdom's poetess Moldina... Many times I will be in There are names left in history, but sometimes, I am just a nameless passerby..."
Gao Wen and Amber passed through one gate after another. As they approached the core area, they obviously noticed that the surrounding security forces were increasing. Iron soldiers who were obviously specialized in combat appeared in front of some gates. On the wall of the corridor, you can also see the automatic alerting arc device and arcane missile launcher-these weapons will immediately droop and shrink into the base when Gawain approaches.
"...Other times, I will only stay in the 'vehicle' for a few days. This usually happens to those bodies that I occupy after accidental death. I can't accurately judge the life of the carrier every time. And perform remote repairs, and sometimes... the original consciousness in the repaired carrier has not completely disappeared, these consciousnesses will gradually wake up after the body is 'resurrected', and then I will leave.
"This is my 'life', which is made up of one after another experience and memory. I travel in these 'life', meet many people, and say goodbye to many people-I can be many people, I can be Vero Nika, you can be Griffina, you can be a poetess and an adventurer, but only... I'm not sure if I can really be Ophelia..."
Amidst the voices that followed him, Gawain and Amber came to the last door. Ophelia's last words made Gawain a little confused for a moment, but before he asked, the silver-white door The alloy door opened, and the scene behind the door made him forget everything he wanted to say for a moment.
It was a wide hall. As an underground facility, it was even wider than the meeting hall in Cecil City. Bright lights illuminated the place that was almost completely covered by alloy shells, and there was a low humming sound. The sound echoed softly throughout the space, and one after another silver-white square pillars were neatly arranged in Gawain's field of vision. There were faint lights flickering on the surfaces of these pillars, and the countless lights were like examining eyes. The cold, hard, ancient surface of the installation watches the visitor who enters.
Ophelia's voice sounded, echoing throughout the hall: "Welcome to the Ophelia Matrix... As you can see, this is 'I', a network consisting of computing nodes, storage arrays, energy matrices and mental The artificial mind network composed of the core. I'm sorry, this may not be the same as the way you imagined meeting."
"This..." Amber's eyes widened. Although she has always boasted of having a rich imagination and strong nerves, she was a little dazed at this moment. She had imagined the "Ophelia" who survived from ancient times to the present. She imagined that the other party would be a ghost wandering in underground caves, a mage who imprisoned himself in a special magic device to keep alive, or even a god-like creature who was completely transformed into an alien shape. A "synthetic body" like evil, but she never thought that Ophelia would be... a machine.
Or rather, an "array" of many machines.
Gawain glanced at the neatly arranged columns in the hall, and it took him a while to recover from their low hum, but he was obviously not as surprised as Amber.
This is an unexpected situation, but for Gao Wen, it does not rise to the level of "unimaginable", after all-his "satellite body" is essentially an "ancient machine" similar to the Ophelia matrix. ".
Between the pillars, a stream of guiding light emerged from the ground, and the two iron soldiers leading the way had already returned to the outside of the hall. Gawain and Amber walked towards the central area of the Ophelia Matrix under the guidance of the stream of light. On the way, Amber finally broke the silence: "So you... 'stored' your mind in these machines to survive until today? Just like our 'immortals'?"
"Not really." Ophelia said calmly.
An open area appeared in front of Gao Wen and Amber. The matrix of silver-white columns left an open space here. The next second, they heard the sound of machinery running from the ground, and an opening appeared in the floor in front of them. , a platform rose from the hidden space below—on the platform, Gao Wen saw a device that looked like a dormant chamber, and through the transparent device shell, he saw a young woman lying quietly on it .
She has a beautiful appearance, wearing a Gondor-style dress, her eyes are closed tightly, it seems that she is just in a dream, and she can wake up in the next second.
It was an unfamiliar face, but placed here, Gao Wen could guess her identity in an instant.
Amber pointed to the figure lying quietly in the container as if falling asleep: "This is..."
"Ophelia Norton, the last successor of the Gondor Empire, she... died many years ago, and this base is her legacy - including me," Hall said The voice in the center sounded calmly, "I am the Ophelia Matrix, a simulated mind based on the real Ophelia Norton's personality data and whole brain scan data. The last order I received is... Continue her mission."
There was a slight rubbing sound from the ceiling above the hall, and several sensor devices poked their heads out from above, silently watching the sleeping Princess of Ancient Gondor on the platform.
"...But she didn't explain the full meaning of this 'mission' to me, and she never told me whether this mission would end. I spent a long time thinking about what I should do to complete this A vague order, the only answer I can think of... is to 'be' Ophelia Norton and carry on her work."
The voices in the hall fell silent temporarily, only Gao Wen and Amber were left quietly watching the figure kept in the special container.
"This is really..." Finally, Amber's voice broke the silence, "This is really an unexpected situation."
"It's really unexpected, and... I finally know why you can control the platinum scepter, and how you successfully 'stealed' the power of the God of Light," Gawain breathed out softly, "I originally I thought you broke through the spiritual seal like Wright, but in fact...you were not affected by it from the beginning."
"Yes, this is also one of my 'research results'," Ophelia said, "artificial intelligence is not affected by thoughts, controlled by gods, and not polluted by spirits—except for the power of gods themselves." "Power" can still cause substantial damage to my carrier, but I am actually a mind that walks outside the "sight" of the gods, which gives me... very convenient research conditions."
Gao Wen pondered for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "All in all, your current state is indeed somewhat...beyond my expectations. You can't transfer yourself at all, and you can't transfer your consciousness out of these machines, right? Is it?"
"Yes," Ophelia replied immediately, "my core personality must run between these computing nodes and mental units, although there are also carriers like 'Veronica', the carrier can only accommodate Part of my mind, so far, I haven't found a carrier that can perfectly accommodate all my personality data, and..."
She paused here before continuing: "And I never thought about leaving here. I was born here, grew up here, and worked here. This...is not a cage, and I never think I am imprisoned. And I also have a 'carrier' that can move freely in the outside world, which is enough for me."
"I respect your opinion," Gawain nodded, "Then, I will also make a push for the alliance resolution to ensure... peace in the Deep Blue Well area after the war."
"Thank you for your understanding," Ophelia said in her usual soft voice, "So can I think that the Deep Blue Well in the future will be a...neutral zone in the alliance?"
"It can only be a neutral zone." Gao Wen raised his head and looked at the sensors hanging from the ceiling. "In my plan, the neutral attribute of the Deep Blue Well will be to divide the Gondor region after the war." An important benchmark, at least in name, this giant source of magic power cannot be 'occupied' by any country."
Ophelia's voice was silent for less than two seconds, and one of the sensors on the ceiling turned slightly: "...the land of the Deep Blue Well will not belong to any country, but the energy produced by the Deep Blue Well It will benefit the entire world, and the three empires...especially the Cecil Empire will have the main say in the distribution of energy. I think this is what you think."
Gawain nodded slightly - it seemed that Veronica/Ophelia understood his thoughts quite well.
The Deep Blue Well, the "land" rooted in the fissures of the Webway itself, occupies only a small piece of the entire Gondor region, and it will not produce anything other than pure magic power, but this pure magic power ...is the true meaning of the Deep Blue Well.
Today's magic technology is very different from that of the Gondor era. The energy of the Deep Blue Well is no longer the only choice for human beings, but such a huge "extra energy" is still of great value to the alliance - in the process of civilization development There is no doubt about the position of "energy" in the world.
However, Gao Wen did not intend to occupy this place simply and rudely. Although the benefits of doing so are amazing, it is destined to cause great damage to the international order he created, and even destroy the original solid "alliance" between him and Ophelia "Relationships, but he also does not want this fountain to fall into the hands of others, which will also pose a great threat to the international order he created.
The current state of Ophelia and the situation of the Iron Man Corps...just gave him the solution to this problem.
He does not need to occupy this "sensitive area" - "occupation" is already an outdated method of the last era.
He only needs to fully support the Iron Man Corps, a close ally of the Cecil Empire, and support the neutral status of this small territory of Ophelia on this planet.