Chapter 589 Distant Communication
The roar of construction machinery echoed on the construction site, and the construction workers were busy among a large number of machinery, building materials and scaffolding. The octagonal base frame is gradually taking shape. Inside the frame, the elf magister Banner, who serves as the technical guide, is showing the workers how to connect the prefabricated rune substrates to the alloy skeleton.
——Cecile's rune substrate technology is a surprise to the magister. Using the precision and power of the machine, the repetitive parts in the complex rune array can be mass-produced and prepared in a short period of time. The connection frame called "Rune Skeleton", the Cecil people build magic circles at an amazingly fast speed. The most time-consuming and energy-consuming process among all kinds of magic facilities is the most economical in the Cecil people's construction process. Time saving part.
The most important thing is that the "rune substrate" itself is a very versatile technology, and the runes of elves can still be used.
It's a lucky thing to be selected for the "Team in Cecil", and it looks like the work here will be finished sooner than anywhere else.
Sonia and Gawain stood side by side on a platform raised above the ground next to the construction site of the sub-tower.
The elf messenger looked rather worried: "You said that those believers in the death of all things are using the loopholes in the magnificent wall to send signals to the wasteland?"
"This is just our guess," Gawain nodded and said, "We have information to point out that the end of all things will master a communication technology called 'Dark Bridge', and this communication technology is most likely a loophole built in the magnificent wall. Above, they have been stealing your channel to establish a connection with somewhere - and as a dark sect whose activities are limited to the northern part of the continent, their signal is unlikely to be sent to the south, so it is most likely to be sent to waste. earth."
"...If this is true, even the gentle Majesty Belsetia would be furious," Sonia frowned, her tone incredulous, "but those cultists sent a signal to the wasteland... Who are they contacting? Are there still people alive in the wasteland of Gondor?!"
As she spoke, she involuntarily looked at the Sentinel Tower, which was far away from the Pinnacle Base, and at the purple-black land on the south side of the Sentinel Tower, full of incredible sight.
In that piece of wasteland that has been completely corrupted and twisted, life has been cut off, and there are only desolate ruins and barren land, is it possible that there is something really responding to those fallen druids? ! What are they planning on this wasteland?
For a moment, even she had the urge to cross the magnificent wall and go to the land of death to find out the truth.
But she abruptly stopped this irrational thought and turned to a serious tone: "Whether they are sending a signal to the wasteland or not,
Their 'dark bridges' must have all been abandoned with the Great Wall's messenger shutting down. The top priority now is for us to restore communication with the southern part of the mainland. "
"On this point, our magic net communication terminal has been delivered, and the magic technicians are debugging it according to the communication key you provided," Gao Wen said, "If Carmel's transformation and design work, then today Before sunset, we will be able to successfully send a message to the Silver Empire."
Sonia looked at Gawain in astonishment: "So fast?!"
Gawain smiled slightly: "We have the best magic masters, and the technology used by Cecil has always been ahead of traditional magic devices in terms of flexibility and developability."
He was too embarrassed to say that in fact, he had started researching this communication device long before he set off. At that time, Sonia hadn't realized the big problem encountered by the Sentinel Tower, and he was thinking of a magnificent wall. ...
Fortunately, Sonia did not pay attention to these details-in the mind of this high-level messenger, it is obviously more important to be able to contact the mother country as soon as possible.
As Gawain said, this temporary emergency communication system was finally debugged before the giant sun fell to the horizon.
This magic net communication device is set up in the command headquarters in the center of the peak base. In order to place it, the technicians have specially vacated an empty room for it.
When Sonya and Gawain came here, the magicians had already completed all the installation and debugging work. In the center of the huge room was the brand new communicator from Cecil City. It was a medium-sized device with about A half-meter-high triangular pedestal, a huge projection crystal is placed above the pedestal, mysterious magic runes shimmer regularly on the metal parts around the crystal, and around this device, there are four in the room. In the corner, you can see four black rectangular columns with a height of one person and a length and width of half a meter lying quietly on the ground.
The four pillars were specially designed by Kamel, and their function was to "translate" the signals of the magic net communication device into signals that the magnificent wall could transmit. The installations were completed several days ago, but they didn't really come into use until the elves took out the communication keys to the Great Wall not long ago.
"No matter how many times you look at it, your magic technology is so impressive," Sonia came to the magic device in the center of the room and looked curiously at the runes flickering around the crystal, "It can really Instead of the Sentinel Tower's communication matrix, send the signal to the south?"
"Theoretically, it is feasible," Gawain nodded slightly. "In addition, the devices in this room are not all-in order to connect the signal to the energy flow of the magnificent wall, we also set up next to the base of the Sentinel Tower. A high-powered magical obelisk, and now that the obelisk is turned on, we can start at any time."
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In the far south of the continent, above the vast and boundless Silver Forest, the Temple of the Stars is cruising at a low speed along the predetermined cruise trajectory.
The silver-white and pale-gold metal texture shines everywhere, and the shape is like a floating temple. The base of the flying sanctuary is covered by countless light streams and runes. It slowly crosses the northern border of the Silver Empire, along a delicate arc. The line moved, and its upper palace faced the direction of the magnificent wall. The sixteen antenna arrays set on the top floor of the temple swayed slightly in the air, listening for every weak signal from the direction of the wasteland.
Inside the temple, in a silver-white metal hall, several alloy columns floating with mysterious runes are neatly arranged. More than a dozen listening seats are distributed around these columns, and the "listeners" in uniform clothes are sitting In these seats, staring intently at the hologram in front of each individual.
"Wind Listener" is the upper layer of "Wind Whisperer", the latter's task is to handle regular communication requests from the Great Wall, while the former's task is to monitor all channels of the Great Wall, and process the uploaded abnormal signal. Now that the communication system of the Great Wall has failed due to overload, the Windtalkers have had nothing to do for a long time, but the Windhearers are still sticking to their posts.
Although they also couldn't receive any communication signals, they had to keep an eye on it - once the self-repair of the Sentinel Tower was over and the communication resumed, they had to report to the Queen as soon as possible.
Then greet the Wind Whisperers back to work (no mistake).
The listening channel is still quiet today, all the antennas are sending back just meaningless white noise.
A male elf with short blond hair sighed slightly: "It seems that the Sentinel Tower will not recover in a short time... I don't know how the several messenger teams going to the north are going."
A long-haired male elf beside him turned his head: "The latest news that the human kingdoms have begun to prepare to repair the barrier, they should have already started at this time."
"I hope they can get the most basic auxiliary tower facilities up and running as soon as possible, so that the self-healing speed of the Sentinel Tower may be faster," said the short-haired elf. "The communication in the north is cut off. Such days are really hard."
"I heard that your daughter is in the north?" A female elf nearby heard the conversation and couldn't help but ask.
Now that the handover time is approaching, even the elves will feel a little slack.
"Yeah, I fell in love with a human, and I won't come back," the short-haired elf who spoke first said helplessly, "I can't persuade me to let her go."
"How do I remember that this happened two hundred years ago?" The female elf had a curious expression on her face, "Didn't she say that she would come back when that human died?"
The short-haired elf sighed: "Hey...it's her third human husband...maybe the fourth? I'm not in the mood to care anymore."
"Keep your eyes peeled, my friend," an elf on the listening seat a little farther joined the chat, "at least better than the one from the Frost Leaf family. It is said that Sonia's high-ranking messenger applied specifically for this purpose. I went to Ansu..."
The elves at the scene looked at each other and smiled tacitly.
Someone is sighing: "Being a high-level ranger can't escape the power of mother..."
It may be difficult for the aliens in the north of the continent to imagine that mysterious and elegant elves will talk about these household things like humans.
But the "wind listeners" chatting about their daily life was abruptly interrupted by a sudden sound of wind chimes.
The beep came from one of the listening seats, and at first the listeners in the seats thought it was a false alarm from the system - similar false alarms have occurred three times in the past month, but soon, more listening seats were uploaded. The ringtone came, and the holographic projection also showed a sign that an unknown communication was detected!
The listeners who were already ready to hand over were stunned for a moment, and then all the elves forgot to call it quits and quickly returned to their jobs.
"Tracking the signal..."
"Confirmation comes from the magnificent wall, the last transmission of Sentinel Tower No. 37! It is an internal signal - but it does not carry the ciphertext of the imprint of the Sentinel Tower, it is an unknown signal!"
"The source is being traced... The starting point is the No. 6 Sentinel Tower! North of the continent!!"
"Signal strength is too weak - Lorraine, turn on the booster antennas, and all the booster antennas point to the No. 37 Sentinel Tower! Quick, quick, we have received the signal from the north!"
Everywhere in the Temple of the Stars, between the spire towers and the roof of the palace, the silver-white armor that was integrated with the building silently slid aside, and antenna devices with elegant arcs rose from the concealed places, and they were sensitively placed in the shadows. The air swirled and quickly pointed in the direction of the Gondor Wasteland.
A few minutes later, a high-ranking elf wearing a pale golden robe and a crown of flowers and leaves hurriedly walked towards the core of the Temple of the Stars, the bedroom of Queen Belsetia.
Belsetia was preparing to rest under the attire of the attendant, but she had faintly sensed that the antenna array of the Temple of the Stars was operating abnormally. What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, the communication link of the Great Wall has suddenly resumed - the signal is from the north, and the high-level messenger Sonia and the human Duke Gawain Cecil want to talk to you."
"Sonia and Duke Cecil..." Belsetia's eyebrows couldn't help but rise slightly, but she quickly asked, "Didn't the communication function of the Sentinel Tower say that it will not be able to repair itself until at least next spring?"
"The signal is not sent by the Sentinel Tower, it is some kind of human communication technology," the auxiliary officer lowered his head, "Sonia's high-level messenger said that an emergency had occurred, and she had to agree to the establishment of an emergency channel by humans."
"...I understand," Knowing Sonia's rules of conduct, Belsetia didn't bother about this issue at all, she waved her servants to step back and stepped forward, "Lead the way and transfer the communication to the main control room. "
"Yes."