Chapter 1590: Before Dawn

The latest URL: "All data has been sent, and the superluminal communication array has entered the standby state."

Bertila's voice came from the Magic Net terminal on the desk, and Gawain only heaved a sigh of relief until then. He leaned back on the large armchair, letting his spirit relax a little bit.

Outside the window, the night has fallen, and the bright stars are gradually emerging from the dark sky. In the direction of the city, the street lights have been lit, and the man-made lights are connecting into long twinkling rivers one after another. The light of the magic vehicle driving at night While walking through these rivers, the magic spar lamp in the study dispelled the night that seeped in through the window. The summer heat was gradually receding, and the slightly cold night wind blew in through the window, relaxing Gao Wen. body and mind.

After some time, he heard Bertila's voice from the magic net terminal: "Brother Gawain, I just received a message from the Tarash Plain that the Ophelia Matrix has sent the Noi people to Another set of data from the parent star barrier control array has been input into the parent star barrier control array, and the related calculation process has already begun, and it is estimated that it will take three to six days to complete the calculation—because the amount of data is huge, Ophelia Matrix will personally supervise the calculation process .”

"Well, Veronica has already submitted a leave application to me today, and she said that she needs to focus most of her energy on the mother planet's barrier control center," Gawain nodded lightly, "How is your situation? Continuously carrying out this large-scale data transmission, the load on the Sorin Computing Center should not be small, right?"

"I'm cooling down—frankly speaking, the pressure is really high, and I feel like my brain is boiling... I may need to find a few rangers to help put a few frost novas in my brain to feel better," Beltira said on the communication screen with a blank expression , and his tone was stern, as if he didn’t realize that what he said was too weird in all aspects, “But it’s better than putting the data processing pressure on Antaveen, at least the computing units here can be mass-produced Yes, Antaveen's FTL communication array is the only one."

"...You have really worked hard," Gao Wen's mouth trembled, and he managed to maintain his image of "a steady and reliable good brother". Then he was silent for a moment, and then continued with a trace of emotion, "The next thing is Waiting for the day when the fate will be revealed, we and Nuoyi have done everything we can do, including all the preparations and plans... Beltira, the next time I contact Noi, it should be the last time."

"It's the 'last time before the devil's tide comes', Brother Gawain," Bertila tried to show a stiff smile on his expressionless face, "We have already made an agreement with that witch lady, we will be there when the devil's tide ends." Then tell each other safe."

"...Yes, it is the last time before the demon tide comes, my statement is not rigorous enough," Gawain laughed, and then his expression gradually became serious again, he stared at Beltira's eyes on the communication interface, and slowly Slowly said, "Are you ready? I mean..."

"I understand what you mean, all the preparations are ready," Bertila nodded lightly,

"The energy required for the dormancy period has been stored inside the giant tree of Sorin, part of the synthetic brain has completed cognitive adjustments, and can go into hibernation at any time, and the embryonic bank in the root layer and the deep bunker are also in place. If that day really comes, we will I will faithfully fulfill my promise to you and survive at all costs until my successor starts again on this land."

Gawain nodded slightly, but did not speak again. He just kept silent, thinking quietly under the night and light. Then he exhaled lightly and looked at Beltira in the holographic projection. Before he was about to say something, Bertila interrupted him: "There is no need to say anything more, Brother Gawain, you have already said what you need to say, right? And as far as I am concerned... It’s not too much of a burden.”

As she spoke, she seemed to be lost in memories, and after thinking for a moment, she said in a tone of exclamation: "Thinking about it carefully, I have indeed experienced many things... Over the centuries, I used to be a druid priestess on the border of Gondor, and I was once the priest leader of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Some people call me the saint among the pioneers, and some call me the princess of Typhon. I have also fallen into darkness , became a frightening dark believer in fanaticism and paranoia, but now it has turned into a plant, sheltering a side of water and soil. At this moment, hundreds of thousands of people are living under my canopy, countless Indistinct birds and beasts are nesting among my vines and branches... Destiny is incredible, isn't it? Brother Gawain.

"You said, if the barrier of the mother star really fails, what will the successor who rises from this land call me at that time? A magnificent tree from the civilization of the last era, a memory of countless ancient years And knowledge, the living relics that are narrated to the world, maybe many people will gather at my feet, and even become a new ethnic group under the giant tree of Sorin. In the culture and cognition of that ethnic group... how should the giant tree of Sorin be What's your name?"

Gawain couldn't help being aroused by the scene described by Bertila. Although it was a future that everyone was avoiding, that scene inevitably made his thoughts fluctuate. He leaned on the armchair, lost in thought. After a few seconds, he subconsciously muttered softly: "Sounds like it would be suitable for an epic fantasy game main city..."

Bertila: "...I don't understand."

"I mean, Film may be interested in shooting an epic fantasy phantom drama based on this theme," Gao Wen smiled and waved his hands, "I didn't think about it before, now look at yours. I am afraid that life is not enough to support a troupe of playwrights...you can even support three generations of them by the way."

"Ah, then I'm really looking forward to it," Bertera said with a smile, "Maybe after this magic wave is over, we can ask Mr. Film to make such a ghost drama? A fantasy drama in the post-apocalyptic era . . . this is a train of thought that no one has ever thought of.”

As she said that, she shook her head again: "But now I have more important things - I really have to find some assistants to help put a few frost novas in my brain, and one of the servo brains seems to be really boiling ..."

Gao Wen immediately waved his hands when he heard this, with a dumbfounding expression on his face: "Hurry up, hurry up—you can talk to me for so long even if your brains are boiling."

Bertila's figure disappeared from the communication screen, and Gawain let out a long sigh of relief. He got up from behind the desk and went to the window, letting the cool night wind soothe his nerves, but this time he failed again. Relaxed for too long - a burst of rhythmic footsteps suddenly sounded from the direction of the corridor, followed by a knock on the door of the study.

Tangtang was walking in the corridor + came in through the door + knocked on the door ahead of time, of course it couldn't be Amber - Hetty's voice came to Gawain's ears: "Ancestor, are you inside?"

Gao Wen straightened his expression immediately, turned around and looked at the door: "Come in."

The heavy wooden door was pushed open immediately, and Hetty, who was wearing ordinary clothes, pushed the door and walked in. She first glanced at the magic net terminal that was already on standby on the table, and then bowed slightly to Gawain: "Ancestor, Rui Becca is back."

"Rebecca...has the meeting at the Disobedient Courtyard ended?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "It's a little earlier than expected. Did it go well there?"

"Everything is going well. The final handover and plan adjustments have been completed. According to the plan, the rebellious meeting place will be closed after today, and the monitoring focus of the Theocratic Council will shift to the church headquarters in each region. The follow-up sacrificial ceremonies in the countries of the alliance will also be scheduled. Proceed—until the parent star barrier is activated," Hetty reported with a serious face, but immediately there was a strange expression on his face, "It's just that Rebecca's side... there is something unexpected."

Gawain felt his heart beat a beat when he heard this: "Why is she surprised... This is the last meeting, could it be that she burned down that golden oak tree in Amorn?"

"...She brought back a lot of presents from the meeting place, saying that they were left by the gods to commemorate her graduation." Hetty's expression was a little numb, "Three large carts were pulled back, and they had already been unloaded in the back garden. Now, Ms. Enya is helping to check for residual pollution, Rebecca dare not come to see you, lest you say she accepts academic bribes..."

Gao Wen: "...Is the term academic bribery used here?"

Hetty sighed, and pressed her temples with her hands: "She even brought back the handrail of the God of the Mountain God's seat for her graduation commemoration. Do you still care about her choice of words and sentences?"

Gao Wen: "..."

At the same time, in the depths of the Tarash Plain, on the edge of the Deep Blue Well impact crater under the starlight, countless high-power magic spar lamps are surrounding a large building standing under the starry sky—the building is brightly lit inside and outside. , its rigid and straight lines are like a sharp blade pointing to the sky under the illumination of engineering spotlights. Its main body is composed of a towering main building surrounded by four hexagonal prism structures. The most conspicuous one on the front of the main building position, you can see a huge curtain hanging from above, and the text on the curtain is particularly clear under the light: Celebrate the successful completion of the main control building of the mother star barrier control center.

In order to improve the efficiency as much as possible and shorten the construction period, this majestic building basically has no external decorations except for its huge scale, and a lot of prefabricated structures and engineering magic aids were used in the construction process, and it even partially carried The building frame of the equipment is welded in the factory, and is sent directly to the Tarash Plain by a huge anti-gravity carrier platform for assembly. This construction method of limiting the construction period while ensuring quality has an astonishing cost , and the final product has absolutely nothing to do with "beauty" and "delicacy", but from another perspective, this rough and towering building has another kind of beauty.

It stands like a stubborn stone, facing the starry sky with unpolished rough and rigid lines, as if it is showing a certain power and a certain fearless attitude-but inside such a rough building, there is It has the crystallization of the most cutting-edge technology in the world, and the engineering creation created by the most intelligent and courageous mortals on this planet.

In the main control building of the control center, a huge pillar with an alloy shell and an extremely complicated internal structure runs through more than half of the floors. Countless neural circuits extend around this pillar, connecting computing nodes, Exchange arrays and energy groups, and at the root of this alloy column, there is a wide hall on the third basement floor of the building, which is the "nerve center" of the entire main control center, and also the "sky part" and "earth part" of the mother star barrier. part" is the key to establishing a connection.

One of the "doll incarnations" directly controlled by Ophelia is standing quietly in this "foundation hall" at this moment, watching the mental hub that is running low in front of him. The low humming sound showed that it was processing a huge amount of data throughput, and Ophelia could directly perceive several lines of communication extending from the depths of the Deep Blue Well in places where she couldn't see it. The wires are connected in a compatible array at the bottom of the mental hub—those communication wires are essentially an extension of Ophelia's matrix, perhaps even a part of herself.

Although the building was just completed yesterday, in fact many of its core equipment have been in operation for a few days, even during construction. In the face of life and death, everything must give way to pragmatism. As long as it is acceptable to use and safety is guaranteed, Ophelia doesn't care about any "completion celebration" activities outside at all.

"The response of the control node of the dark blue network channel... is good, the planetary shield is in the state of being activated, and the communication test with the sky station... is normal, the data broadcast channel is smooth, and the key key is being resolved..."

A piece of data is flowing quickly in the thread of thought, and the "doll incarnation" controlled by Ophelia has no expression on its face, although at this time many people have begun to celebrate the completion of this building on the surface, and many people are delighted Because of the smooth acquisition of the key key, she is delighted with the achievements at this stage, but as an ancient intelligence that can think like a machine, she knows that it is not time to completely relax.

The mother star barrier is composed of two key "elements". One part is the "planetary shield" as the barrier itself. The essence of this layer of shield is to tune and release the dark blue network channel inside the planet to form Projecting into space is to switch the deep blue webway that was originally located in the celestial body to "operate outside the body", and this part of the control depends on the rune stones in the deep blue webway. Specifically, at the level of execution, it is the deep blue well underground. Ophelia Matrix to take over directly;

The other part of the mother star barrier is the "anti-phase-anti-divine barrier" projected by the planetary shield, or according to the Noi people, it is called "mind unity field", which is a huge data projection system , the key lies in this "parent star barrier control center", and the key to the effectiveness of this unified field of mind lies in the "key" that has not yet been solved at this moment.

Now the solution of the key has not been completed, and the transformation project of the sky station in space has not yet been completed-although they are all proceeding smoothly, and some of them have even reached the end, as long as the final result has not been determined, the Ophelia Matrix It will run on forever vigilantly.

Because this is not only her responsibility, but also her commitment.

Deep underground in the Deep Blue Well, the huge Ophelia Matrix is ​​running at high speed, and the low buzzing sound echoes throughout the hall. Another "doll incarnation" controlled by the Ophelia Matrix walks slowly through one after another. Between the server nodes, she came to the platform in the center of the hall. The descendant of the ancient Norton royal family who was sealed in a crystal container as if sleeping was lying quietly in the container.

Like so many times in the past many years, Ophelia Matrix stared at the "creator" who was lying on the platform and had exactly the same appearance as her at the moment. She felt the sky from the entire territory of the Loren Alliance and from space. Station, data from another planet four light-years away surged in his computing nodes, and finally a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"It will live up to your expectations."