Chapter 779: 2 Explorations

The latest website: Changfeng Fortress Defense Line, No. 3 Railway Hub.

Accompanied by a crisp bell rang on the platform, a huge and majestic iron-black steel train slowly entered the terminal and stopped smoothly beside the platform.

The barrier near the platform rises and integrates with the barrier of the track itself, blocking the cold wind blowing from the plain, and some light and dark stripes projected on the surface of the shield with interfering effects also block the possible presence of eagle eyes in the distance. .

At the ends of the platform, the tall towers are guarded by soldiers, and in the dark fort that is flush with the platform, the muzzles of the orbital acceleration guns and the firing ports of the scorching rays are protruding. All over the platform inside and outside, or covertly turned the entire hub into a front-line fortification armed to the teeth.

"Iron Throne - Earthly Python," Maryland stood on the platform, watching the heavily armed black train stop by the platform, and many technicians stepped forward to check the train's condition, showing a slight smile, "A second armored train added. At this line of defense, Changfeng Fortress can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"Iron Throne-Zero can also have a chance to be repaired," beside Maryland, Philip with short blond hair and wearing a knight's armor also smiled, "It's overload damage from last year has not been completely repaired, and every time it accelerates The second arsenal section at the rear was shaking like it was about to jump out of orbit."

After that, he paused and continued: "After the delivery of these two standard armored trains, the heavy-duty factories at the rear will temporarily focus on the production of civilian trains, and the second-tier factories in Kant and Gelan areas will be responsible for manufacturing you. The 'downgraded armored trains' mentioned earlier. They should be produced much faster than the Iron Throne.

"In addition, the superiors have already finalized this type of light armored train, which corresponds to the Iron Throne, and they are named 'Iron Scepter'. Given that the number of iron scepters will definitely be much more than the Iron Throne, it is also more prone to various modifications, Variants, so unless there are special cases, they will probably just be numbered and not named."

Maryland nodded while listening. The construction of the Changfeng Defense Line has been progressing smoothly, which greatly reduced the pressure in the middle-aged knight's heart. However, while the pressure was reduced, he had to face the other side of the boundary line. The changes in Winter Wolf Castle from last winter to the present.

The "General Wolf" who was once forced to retreat and called back to Aldenan for accountability has already returned, and not only has she returned, it seems that she has not been hit by the last defeat, and she is still firmly in charge of the Winter Wolf Legion. , controls the entire line of defense, and is more actively enhancing the strength of Winter Wolf Keep.

"That little wolf general...is more troublesome than I thought," Maryland frowned. "She must have brought back a lot of key information when she returned to Aldenan last time.

And sought a lot of support. Now more and more magic vehicles and various advanced machinery have begun to appear in the Winter Wolf Fort. The Typhons use them to build fortresses and strengthen the defense line, and the wolf general seems to be planning to use these new technologies. Technology to improve her troops - she hasn't seen tanks, but she's definitely seen intelligence on this. With the magical heritage of the Typhons and the sharp mind of the wolf general, they will find an alternative to tanks sooner or later. "

"Technological progress is the general trend," Philip shook his head. "In His Majesty's words, the Typhons had already begun to prepare for the industrial outbreak more than ten years ago, and their petrochemical acid plant was earlier than our alchemy plant. Five years, the reserve of literate workers is seven years earlier than ours, and the agricultural reform is ten years earlier than us. In this case, we rely on magic technology and the government affairs department system to catch up so much in less than four years. It is already a It's a miracle, it's easier to expect the Typhons to be dull and stupid at such a time than to expect their emperor to die suddenly tomorrow."

Maryland looked at the Army's top commander in surprise: "...It's rare that you make a joke."

"I'm not kidding," Philip was stunned, and said seriously, "I heard that the Typhon royal family had a family disease, and most of them fell into a frenzy and died in their later years. Now Rosetta Augustus has passed middle age, In terms of probability, the probability of his sudden death tomorrow is indeed higher than that of millions of Typhonians who suddenly lose their intelligence..."

Maryland: "..."

After being stunned for a few seconds, Maryland, who felt that the current topic could not continue, could only shake her head and forcibly shifted the topic to another direction: "According to the scheduled plan, Typhon's mission will arrive at the Fortress in two days... So, do you have any other arrangements?"

"Everything can be done according to the plan set before," Philip said casually, "Prepare the reception, take the embassy over and escort them to the car safely - pay attention to drive the two Iron Thrones to Paramel and the northern hills in advance, Do a good job of keeping secrets in the military area."

As he spoke, the young field commander turned his head and looked Maryland in the eyes.

He smiled: "Typhon and Cecil are rivals, and the more so, the more we have to show our chivalry - we will pick them up politely, send them off politely, and Your job is to keep them from seeing nothing in the process."

...

In Cecil Palace, Gawain received a secret contact from Daniel.

The Eternal Sleepers finally completed a series of preparatory work, completed the reinforcement of the sandbox and the analysis of the last "Phantom Town" exploration report. Today, they will project the mysterious unmanned town for the second time. explore!

After arranging things in the real world, Gawain did not waste time, settled his spirit and connected to the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper.

——As the creator of the Eternal Sleeper's mind network security system and the biggest loophole maker, he has long been familiar with the entire process.

After the chaotic changes of light and shadow, Gawain arrived at the dream city that was always in a perfect state, and followed the address left by Daniel to guide him to the assembly site of the eternal sleepers.

It is still the circular square surrounded by fallen leaves and decorative columns last time. The three main figures on the square are still the familiar Daniel, Yuri, and Selena Geer. The three archbishops, their images are elegant. A middle-aged mage, a young man with a gentle temperament, a lady in a white dress with a lantern in hand, and in addition to the three of them, Gawain also saw an unfamiliar face this time:

An extraordinarily tall man stood beside Daniel. He looked about thirty years old, wearing a black robe with intricate patterns, and short red hair, looking quite imposing.

His name is displayed as Archbishop of Magnum, a high-level pinnacle, and his location is in the territory of Typhon.

Gawain glanced at the red-haired Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper, and quickly matched him with the information submitted by Daniel—this is an older Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper, who is said to be quite temperamental. For the irritable, he has unique insights in the field of consciousness.

Grumpy or not, Gawain couldn't tell, but the other party's name sounded quite loud...

After complaining about the other party's name in his heart, Gawain couldn't help but glance at the other party's height - a big man almost on par with Gawain made the red-haired archbishop very conspicuous when he stood on the square, but this giant With a normal body shape, he was wearing a spellcaster's robe, which made Gawain subconsciously think of Wright wearing a priest's robe—

This figure does not really look like a spellcaster, but the several eternal sleepers standing on the square at the moment should be the images in the mind network used, and I don't know what this archbishop with a big name looks like in reality.

Gawain's thoughts diverged for a while, and his eyes swept across the high-level tool people wearing owl masks behind the four archbishops-compared with the last time, the exploratory actions of the eternal sleepers this time are obviously a lot more solemn and cautious, not only these masks cover The number of priests increased to six, and their robes were all embroidered with eye-catching patterns—everyone had a different pattern.

Is this to avoid the "extra person" situation that happened last time?

But relying on this kind of pattern... in the environment of the phantom town that can influence judgment and tamper with thinking, does it really work?

A little doubt flashed in Gao Wen's heart, and in the few seconds he observed and thought about, the ten-member exploration team in front of him also completed the preparations and negotiations before departure.

As last time, Archbishop Yuri was responsible for opening the "passage" leading to the Phantom Town. He opened his hands, and pale golden runes then outlined a complicated circular circle on the ground of the square. Daniel and others stood in the center of the circle. , the red-haired Magnum Archbishop said, "This time, be vigilant, and don't trust your first impression too much."

"Of course," the golden runes flickered in Archbishop Yuri's hand, the gentle man smiled, and his eyes swept across the ten-man exploration team, "Not only do we raise our vigilance, this time the monitoring team at the rear will also carry out more updates. Aggressive, more effective tracking and surveillance, no additional people are mixed in with us.”

The Eternal Sleeper also updated the monitoring technology this time?

Gawain still had a fresh memory of the "Extra Man" last time, and felt very strange about it. At this time, he was somewhat relieved to hear the words of Archbishop Yuri. He walked into the rune range with a smile and stood at the eleventh. personal location.

When the teleportation light and shadow began to flicker, Gawain turned his eyes slightly and landed on Selena Geer's clone.

This peaceful lantern saint just stood there quietly, holding a lantern, quietly looking ahead, not responding to outside gazes.

Gawain's thoughts fluctuated - was Selena Gerfen really involved in the mysterious voyage seven hundred years ago? If she really participated, how much did she know about the events of the year? If she even knows about Gawain Cecil's "deal", then does she know the truth about the "extraterritorial wanderer"?

If she had already known that the "extraterritorial wanderer" occupied Gawain Cecil's body, then she was silent so far, what was she waiting for...

The scene in front of him blurred for a while, and when the chaotic light and shadow stabilized again, the empty phantom town appeared in front of Gawain's eyes.

He and ten other Eternal Sleepers were standing in the square in the center of the town, where they left it the last time.

The turbid and dark clouds shrouded the whole town as always, and the strange fog undulated in the distance. The huge town was empty, without any residents and without any lights.

There were no bells in the town, and the church couldn't be seen in the square. The last anomaly seemed to have completely disappeared, and the town took on the appearance of the first visit.

"It does have a very strange atmosphere," Archbishop Magnum looked around, nodded and said, his voice was very loud, and when it suddenly exploded in this empty and silent place, it was quite frightening. A dream of no one...in a psychological sense, does it represent some kind of escape? Or extreme loneliness?"

Everyone seems to be used to the voice of the Magnum Archbishop, Archbishop Yuri just frowned: "If this is the dream of a 'a' mind, maybe it can be analyzed and explained by psychology, but here may be a It’s hard to talk about the mutual projection formed by countless people in the sandbox.”

"Then crowd psychology," Archbishop Magnum waved his hands indifferently. "In the final analysis, the dream state of this tendency is just a few points: fear, avoidance, strong desire, or extreme rejection of something."

"It's too early to analyze these. So far, we have only contacted one mind related to the No. 1 sandbox, that is, the strange and suspected malicious old priest, and we can't be sure that the operation of No. 1 sandbox is in line with the Various psychological laws of the real world," Selena shook her head, "but what happened in this small town should have a certain reflection of reality-according to the report of the sandbox management team, the one who rang after the bell rang. The legend that Days will be 'deleted' if they are not avoided in time should correspond to the timed reset operation early in Sandbox 1's operation..."

Gawain was immediately interested in the new term mentioned by Selena.

"Timer reset?" After Daniel exchanged glances with Gawain, he looked puzzled just right, "What is that?"

Considering that Daniel was only recently promoted to Archbishop, it is understandable that he did not understand some of the early events of Project No. 0. Yuri did not have any doubts, and explained casually: "In the early days of the project, Sandbox No. 1 did not yet know. Perfection requires a partial reset every ten days, removing the virtual inhabitants generated in the sandbox, leaving only the 'world' itself in the sandbox.

"We suspect that after the virtual residents were deleted, certain memory fragments remained in the brains of some brain servants until today. These memory fragments affected the collective subconscious of Sandbox No. 1, resulting in the emergence of the sandbox world. The quirky custom of 'the day the bells ring'."

Daniel nodded and said suddenly, "That's it."

On the side, Gawain showed a thoughtful look after hearing these contents.