Chapter 1430 Ophelia's Experimental Plan

The low hum of the ventilation system and cooling device running reverberates in the computer room. The ancient lighting device dispels the darkness of the underground. One after another neatly arranged storage lattices stand in the center of the room like a line of bookshelves. Flowing between the metal and the crystal, there was a melodious tremor from time to time. Ophelia's eyes swept over these storage lattices with a history of hundreds of years, as if she was watching the history frozen in the crystal.

This is the shallow underground area of ​​the Deep Blue Well, directly above it is the subway network of the old imperial capital, and below it is the first layer of composite armor for the underground fortress.

Many years ago, this place was part of the control center of the Deep Blue Well, and these storage lattices were used to record the huge and complex data of Gondor's energy center every day—relying on an energy center to send magic power to countless cities and towns across the country is an important task. An extremely complex and huge project, the existence of the Deep Blue Well supported the Gondor Empire, and also locked the Gondor Empire. People could not break away from their dependence on the "well", and they could not transform this natural planetary source of power, so It can only continue to refine the existing system after it has developed to a certain level, and infinitely subdivide and adjust the limited magic power flow. The result is this extremely large underground control center, as well as the record and computing center.

In fact, the underground fortress occupied by Ophelia was once only a part of this control system.

Seven hundred years ago, the big explosion destroyed everything in the Gondor Empire. The out-of-control magic power surging out of the Deep Blue Well burned all the towns and villages along the way, and left an "abnormality" on the earth that could not be dissipated for centuries. Magic resonance field", and the control center located deep underground has the magic protection of the Deep Blue Well itself, so it was not directly destroyed by the explosion, but even so, the sinking pollution and the distortions that spread underground along the subway network still invaded After leaving the shallow area, Ophelia Norton had to abandon most of the facilities in the shallow area and flee to a deeper layer. This storage center... was one of the facilities that was forced to abandon at the beginning.

Now that the pollution has receded, Ophelia Matrix, who inherited Ophelia Norton's legacy, is leading her Iron Man Corps to retake these abandoned ancient areas, and in the process, she discovers some... "surprises" .

More than a dozen Iron Man soldiers are sitting neatly on the floor not far away. They seem to be in deep sleep, and alloy "chains" that resemble "nerve thorns" extend from their spines. These chains connect Looking at the maintenance interfaces buried on the floor, there are shimmering lights near the interfaces, which shows that these iron soldiers are using their mental cores to perform high-speed data operations.

"This storage center has been offline from the main system, and I can't directly connect to it underground, so I brought a team of soldiers to deal with it myself," Ophelia looked away from the soldiers who were in a "sleeping" state, Turning his head to look at another iron warrior standing not far away, one eye of this iron warrior has been "opened", and a shimmering crystal is running quietly in the groove of his skull, recording the room The situation in the movie and Ophelia's voice, "I'm still not sure if that is the 'trace' left by the magic tide,

But the odds are high. "

She lightly brushed a storage lattice next to her with her fingers, and the magic metal outside the lattice, which played the role of encapsulation and conduction, made a pleasant whisper. The "touch" returned by the iron man's body was very subtle, different from that of flesh and blood. Although it has only been less than half a month, she has already begun to get used to this special "carrier".

Different from those "occupied" carriers, this is the real "self", the complete "self".

Gao Wen's voice came from the Iron Man soldier who was acting as a communicator: "...According to the unified wave model and our conjecture about the 'origin shock' of the universe, the essence of the magic tide should be some kind of 'wave' that periodically oscillates throughout the universe '...You mean, this 'fluctuation' can be recorded?"

"If the big eruption of the Deep Blue Well really resisted a magic wave, then the magic wave must be something that can react with magic power and leave 'traces' in the material world," Ophelia nodded , "I have also carefully studied the unified wave model, and for this reason, I have asked Ms. Mirmina for advice... She once told me that the boundary between matter and energy is fuzzy, and the boundary between entity and void is always blurred. It can be changed, only 'wave' itself is the unchanging foundation of this world, if everything is wave, then wave can also be everything in the world."

She paused, and her voice became a little low: "Of course it can be recorded... It once had such a fierce 'interaction' with the most powerful force on our planet, how could it leave no trace?"

The Big Bang of the Deep Blue Well seven hundred years ago was not a demon wave itself—although the world has always had erroneous cognitions in this regard, the latest information shows that the big explosion may be just an existence to resist the real demon tide. The "defensive means" actively created by the tide, and the essence of the magic tide should actually be some kind of "observer effect out of control" that affects the entire planet and occurs at the macro level.

In this world, the basic essence of all things is "fluctuation", and all matter and energy are "symbols" presented by fluctuations at different frequencies and wavelengths. Therefore, the material world in people's eyes seems stable, but in fact It just happens to be built on a balance point that is "capable of forming", and the magic power runs through this boundary like a bridge. Mages can use magic power to reshape matter, and they can also pull things from the material world into the "magic domain" , under the action of the "bridge" of magic, the power of observers in this world is magnified to an unbelievable level, and even the process of the birth of gods in the tide of thought... can actually be regarded as an orderly , The macro "observer effect".

On this basis, the loss of control of the large-scale observer effect has become a disaster that only befalls the heads of intelligent creatures. Individuals who can be observers are affected by the magic tide, and their "world in the eyes" is extremely distorted and mutated. In the end, the individual will be destroyed and swallowed by the observer effect that is out of control. If there is a third-party eye at this time, you will see all the beings in the demon tide being swallowed up by some invisible "weird", or you will have nothing to do with the observer. Unseen enemies frantically fighting to the death, or their own sudden and terrifying collapse and dissolution phenomenon, this is... the real magic wave.

As long as there is no technical means to resist this "observer effect out of control", no matter how powerful an individual is, how powerful the protection is, they can only usher in destruction in the face of the demon tide, without the ability to resist.

After knowing the terrifying true face of the Demon Tide, Gao Wen certainly wanted to know what caused this terrifying phenomenon, and according to Mirmina's latest research results, it may be nothing more than a The "monsoon" that constantly blows across the universe - a wave that "vibrated" at the beginning of the birth of the world.

It is similar to the background radiation of this universe, but it is far more deadly and terrifying than the "background radiation" known to Gao Wen. It is the first tremor at the beginning of the birth of this universe, and in a sense, it is even regarded as the background radiation of this universe. "Creator", this origin shock has shaped the current appearance of the world, determined the order of all things, and planned the scale of time and space-but the Creator never rests, and this fluctuation is still echoing in the depths of the stars to this day. For intelligent creatures with fragile minds... it has become the most extreme doomsday.

The buzzing sound of the equipment running reverberated in the room. Ophelia looked at the ancient equipment in front of her, but her memory seemed to return to that afternoon seven hundred years ago - that was left by the real Ophelia Norton in history. Her memory, on that day, the Deep Blue Well destroyed the Gondor civilization in a shocking explosion, but the huge control center under the Deep Blue Well was not immediately paralyzed, although the staff in the shallow area were casualties in an instant Although there are countless autonomous systems here, they faithfully carry out their tasks without human control.

At that moment of extreme chaos, thousands of sensors tried their best to send data back to the central system before being burned, and every backup line continued to work until it completely shut down, even until Ophelia Norton After confirming that only he survived, he chose to abandon the shallow area and ordered the remaining Iron Man soldiers to move to the lower layer. For several months, some equipment in this area continued to operate without supervision. , They left behind a lot of... grotesque materials.

Part of it has been confirmed to be the energy interference generated by the Deep Blue Well itself, and part of it is the help signal automatically received by the disaster occurrence system, and the rest... are mysterious and unknown magic power fluctuation readings.

Ophelia Matrix believes that it is the "shadow" left by the magic tide in the world, and it is the only "comment" that can be used to describe the magic tide in the world. In a sense, it is even stored The tide itself.

"The magic wave should also be a kind of magic shock-of course it is the 'origin' of the universe, but the origin of the universe may not be as mysterious and inaccessible as we imagined," Ophelia said slowly, "It's just It has a special frequency, a special wavelength, which causes it to be located in a 'field' that mortals cannot touch and perceive, but just like the 'effect' produced by magic, as long as the effect of the magic tide can act on us, then it is something that can be studied."

"Magic effect..." Gawain's voice sounded in the room, "I have used this term before."

"Yes, looking at it from another perspective, the magic wave is really like a kind of magic cast on each of us. Its caster is the world itself, and what we have to do is to cast the spell again in the 'world' We found an effective way to counter this magic before," Ophelia nodded slightly, "Storing and recording is the first step in analyzing magic. Fortunately, we have finally found a foothold in this regard."

"Then what about the second step?" Gawain's voice came, "Our ultimate goal is not only to understand it - we have to find a way to fight it."

"...I will try to restore the small-scale 'magic tide' in the laboratory environment," Ophelia said slowly, "If Ms. Mirmina's wave theory is really correct, then we should be able to Using magic fluctuations to 'simulate' the magic tide under proper conditions, according to my deduction, it will appear as a 'field' confined within a specific range, within this 'field', the observation and recognition of intelligent creatures Knowledge will be distorted."

The voice on the other side of the communication was silent for a while. This amazing idea proposed by Ophelia obviously made Gawain fall into deep thought. After nearly half a minute of silence, his voice finally sounded again: "This may be the first time in history. The most astonishing and dangerous 'experiment', I want to know the consequences of it getting out of control."

"Actually, it's not as dangerous as you might imagine—it's not that I have so many safety measures to ensure that the experiment doesn't get out of control, but because of our technical level... I'm afraid it's not enough to arouse your imagination." "I will try to use the magic power of the Deep Blue Well to create a 'shock' that simulates the magic tide, but with our current utilization efficiency of magic power and the load level of the laboratory, I'm afraid we The largest 'shock' that can be created can't cover a room, and the duration can't even exceed a few seconds.

"To create a truly lethal 'Magic Tide', the amount of energy required would be an astronomical figure. This is simply not something that a 'lower civilization' living on a planet like us can do—— To put it bluntly, our technical level is not even qualified to use magic waves to commit suicide...

"Of course, I also understand your concerns about the experiment itself, so I will set the experiment site in the deepest part of the ground - there is only my calculation matrix and iron soldiers here, and if there is a problem, all intelligent creatures here, including myself It can be 'shut down' instantly, as long as the 'observer' disappears, naturally there will be no 'observer effect out of control', which will minimize the chain reaction caused by unexpected 'observer' intervention."

Apparently, before putting forward his own bold idea, Ophelia Matrix had carefully considered this matter countless times.

But even so, Gao Wen's attitude was still very cautious, and he had another question.

"I have another question—even if you successfully 'simulated' the fluctuation of the magic tide with the magic power of the deep blue well, how should we study and test it? The existence of the magic tide itself is a kind of intelligence for intelligent creatures. Lethal threat, we can't have any way to 'observe' what happened in that force field, even the act of observing it may lead to the instant death of the operator, have you considered this issue?"

"...I have to admit that I don't have any good solutions yet," Ophelia said in a low tone, "This plan is still in its infancy, and even the parameters of whether it can really separate the magic wave from the storage array are still a question. It is unknown, and whether it is possible to use the magic power of the Deep Blue Well to reach the energy level of "Origin Shock" is another problem. As for how to test and analyze after the shock field is generated... Sorry, I still need some time .”

The other side of the communication was quiet again, only this time, Ophelia didn't wait too long.

She heard Gawain's steady and reliable voice: "Then let's do it step by step——Ophelia, start with the first step and separate those 'parameters'."

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