Chapter 807 Visiting Sandbox No. 1

Gawain has been paying attention to Sandbox No. 1 for a long time, and has long been curious about where its entrance is. According to the information investigated before, although Sandbox No. 1 is an independent thinking network, it still has connections to the backbone network. The entrance and exit, but Gawain and Daniel had scanned the entire spiritual network, and they could not find where the entrance and exit were.

And now, he finally knew why no one knew about this mysterious entrance—

After deciding to start the action, the archbishops in the golden council room left their seats one after another. Although Gawain didn't know why, he also stood up. Then he saw that everyone took a step back, and there were many mysterious symbols in the picture. On the surface of Wen's golden round table, a circle of light alternated between virtual and real suddenly rippling.

Megall III's constantly expanding and shrinking starlight aggregates slowly descended from the air, touching the center of the round table like some kind of viscous liquid. The stacked starlight then quickly expanded to the entire surface of the round table like a halo—

A vortex-like opening was formed in the starlight, and floating clouds and dust, as well as hazy mountains and rivers, were faintly visible in the vortex.

At the same time as the entrance opened, the round table sank to the level of the ground as a whole: it truly became a portal embedded in the ground.

The round table of this golden council room is the entrance to Sandbox No. 1, and Megall III is the "key" to open the entrance!

"...This is a bit unexpected," Gawain stood by the vortex-like entrance, looked down at the hazy clouds and dust inside, and said with a smile, "Then, here is Sandbox No. 1. Can you just walk in directly?"

"It's easy to enter the No. 1 sandbox, but we are not sure what will happen after entering it. When the expedition team entered last time, many strange changes have occurred in it, which proves that the No. 1 sandbox is losing monitoring. The situation has been constantly self-evolving," Megall III floated back into the air again, and said in a weaker voice than before, "Outer Territory wanderers... Although my request may be redundant in your opinion, please Remember - be careful with everything."

"I will remember."

Gawain nodded, and Selena Gerfen, who was beside him, had already stepped forward and stepped into the entrance of the vortex wrapped in clouds and mist.

Gawain, Yuri, and Magnum followed closely and stepped into it.

The four figures quickly disappeared into the depths of the vortex. When the entangled cloud and mist closed again, the rippling starlight around the entrance then wriggled back to its original state, and the round table inlaid on the ground also returned to its original appearance.

There was silence in the hall for two seconds, and the voice of Megall III broke the silence: "Everyone, it's started-do what we should do.

"Concentrate all remaining computing power into the No. 1 sandbox and security system, close all unnecessary functions of the backbone network, and close... Dream City."

The archbishops responded in unison: "Yes! Your Majesty the Pope!"

Figures disappeared in the golden conference hall, and with the disappearance of each figure, the light in the golden hall seemed to dim a little.

And outside the golden hall, the entire dream city also changed immediately——

The clear and bright sky suddenly faded, and the gray and white boundless chaos enveloped the whole world. Those splendid palaces, elegant towers, and rare and dreamy plants all turned into nothingness in the scattered light, black and white grids. The lines covered the city, and then even the black and white grid lines were engulfed by the endless fog...

The city of dreams, which was once beautiful and created by exhausting human imagination, was restored to the most chaotic initial dream in a few breaths. The "Golden Council Chamber", which had shrunk to only one hall, was still standing on the ground.

In the dimly lit hall, the wriggling starlight aggregates quieted down and floated quietly in the air.

seems to be thinking, seems to be remembering...

...

In the underground palace of the Eternal Sleeper in the real world, priests in black or white robes returned to the real world, while maintaining the most basic connection with the spiritual network and providing their own surplus computing power, while running in the palace on.

"Dream control begins! Dream control begins!"

There are priests who are shouting orders, and priests are checking the restrictions in every place in the palace. There are priests who set off to the surface to carry out dream monitoring of the entire "Orlandale" area.

Even the bottom floor of the underground palace could hear the noise in the palace. Wendy "Singa", who was located in the containment area on the bottom floor but had already lowered her containment level due to the relief of the contamination symptoms, noticed the change in the atmosphere in the corridor outside and couldn't bear it. Zhu raised his head and came to the back of the iron door with the intricate runes depicting it, and asked gently, "Mr. Guard, what happened outside?"

"Dream control, Archbishop Wendy," came the guard's muffled voice from outside, as if he was wearing a thick helmet, "Please wait in peace and don't fall asleep."

"...I wish I could be of help."

"Please stay awake tonight, that's the greatest help to everyone."

"You are quite right, Mr. Guard."

Wendy said softly, and went back to her bed and sat down there quietly.

On the wall opposite her, the gleaming crystal dust paint depicts a complex set of symbols composed of many curved lines and circles, as if the symbol of some deep-sea animal, with a deep and mysterious meaning.

Looking at those symbols, Wendy's mind quickly became sober and rational, and most of the nervous and depressed mood before dissipated.

Just a little greedy, want to dig big squid...

...

Gawain felt that he was walking on a ramp that continued to extend downwards and penetrated into the depths of endless yellow sand and clouds. The clouds dissipated, and the eyes suddenly opened up.

A city standing in the yellow sand appeared in front of him, Selena and others.

The city has a khaki outer wall, and the towering city walls are clearly fortified. The arrow towers and watchtowers look impressive under the blue sky, but there are no guards on the city walls or in front of the city gates.

At the same time as seeing this desert city, a strange rotten aura also drifted into Gawain's nostrils.

"This is the first city you can see when you enter Sandbox No. 1, the city-state of Nim Sandro, and it is also the starting point of civilization in the sandbox world," Selena whispered, "This desert was originally a grassland, At least it was set up in the early days of the sandbox, but then with the evolution of history and climate change, it was eroded by the desert, but it was still a major traffic artery and business was prosperous.”

"It's an empty city now," Yuri continued. "The expedition team that entered last time reported that the city and surrounding villages and towns were empty. In addition, they were also attacked when they were in the city overnight. We need to be more careful about that."

"There's a stench here," Magnum muttered, frowning, "as if something rotted away."

"The expedition team also reported this strange phenomenon before," Selena nodded, "Nim Sandro and the surrounding villages and towns are filled with this strange rotten odor, although not very strong, but the scope Very broad. The expedition did not find the source of the smell, but the smell itself does not seem to be harmful."

Gawain snorted and said casually, "Could it be that the disappearing sandbox residents are in places we can't see, or are they slowly decaying in a state we can't see?"

Hearing Gawain's words, Yuri's face couldn't help shaking, and Magnum next to him subconsciously looked around the vast and empty desert, frowning tightly: "This is really... Do you scare people like you?"

"Just call me Gawain, it may help to relax," Gawain glanced at Magnum with a smile, then walked towards the entrance of the city-state without waiting for the other's answer, "Don't waste time, we only have ' Ten days'."

Magnum and the others followed immediately, while Gawain quietly activated the settings in the depths of his consciousness while walking, trying to communicate with the perception runes beside him in the real world.

He vaguely felt the runes, and with the help of those runes, he sensed the existence of Amber and Tyr.

But the feeling that came was very, very strange, with a strange feeling of hard and dull, as if observing an extremely slow world through a serious delay.

Is this the effect of "time iteration"...

Gao Wen was thoughtful.

Ten times of time iteration has already made oneself only vaguely perceive reality, and can hardly communicate with the real world, so under the previous time iteration of thousands or even higher times, the residents in Sandbox No. 1 are obviously It is simply impossible to connect with the real world.

Even with the occasional information exchange, they can only receive very bizarre, distorted and blurred reality information.

This sandbox is an island...

With such emotion, Gawain and three temporary partners stepped into the city-state surrounded by yellow sand.

A khaki or gray-white building stands on both sides of the street, most of them have flat roofs and curved window frames, and colorful red or yellow cloth curtains are suspended between the higher houses, spanning across the street. Above the street, the dry wind blew constantly dancing.

"This is a completely different style from the Phantom Town we've seen before..." Magnum couldn't help but said.

Selena spoke, and explained to Gawain: "Sandbox No. 1 is very large, in addition to this Nim Sandro city-state in the desert area, there is also the valley city in the forest area, and there is a swamp in the swamp. Fengxi City, on the edge of the wetland, has different city-states and kingdoms... It has developed for thousands of years with the acceleration of time. Millions of virtual personalities thrive in it, and the starting point of the sandbox civilization is set. In the Iron Age, this was enough for the inhabitants to expand their 'world' to a great extent."

Gawain raised his eyebrows: "The starting point of civilization here is set in the Iron Age?"

"Yes," Selena nodded, "If it is set directly in the primitive era, the sandbox will take a long time to develop a real civilization, and there will be too many uncertainties in the middle, even if it takes time to iterate To speed up, the whole experimental process will be very long, so we set a set of basic data for each sandbox, which contains the complete history from the primitive age to the Iron Age, as well as archaeological discoveries that can be corroborated, This allows virtual and physical residents in the sandbox to enter the civilization deduction stage more quickly.”

"...This is really a big project."

Selena seemed to hear some deep meaning in Gawain's tone, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is there any problem?"

"No... I can't think of any problems for the time being," Gawain shook his head, "I just admire your patience and perseverance when writing this set."

Selena wasn't sure if this was a real compliment or a sarcasm, but just as she was about to say something, a building appeared in her line of sight, interrupting her next words in advance.

A building that is obviously taller and more grand than the surrounding buildings, guarded by dozens of pale gold sculptural columns and stone statues, appeared at the end of the yellow-sand-covered street.

"Is that a temple?" Gawain asked casually, looking into the distance.

"It's the same outline as the building reported by the expedition team," Yuri nodded. "It should be Nim Sandra's city-state temple."

Gawain thought thoughtfully: "It has a completely different style from the church in Phantom Town."

"But the same 'gods' are enshrined inside."

Selena said softly.

Believing in the same gods... But due to differences in regional cultures, temples with different styles were built.

This once again made Gawain realize the power of this No. 1 sandbox in terms of "realism" and how the civilization in the sandbox developed step by step.

While thinking about it, they have come to the vicinity of the temple.

At the entrance of the temple facing the street, Gawain saw the familiar relief carved on a huge stone, standing on the square in front of the temple:

A huge palm, covering the symbolic earth - the hallmark of the upper narrator.

Gawain's eyes swept across the relief that symbolized the upper-level narrator, and stepped over the boulder, preparing to enter the temple.

But at the entrance of the temple, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

His eyes were fixed on a stone pillar at the entrance of the temple.

On the surface of the stone pillar, a line of words was deeply engraved. The lines of the words were deep, but the handwriting was messy and distorted. The depths of each line of strokes seemed to be soaked in blood and turned dark red. It just seemed to convey the message. Infinite despair and madness, it has only one sentence -

God is dead.

(Mommy!!)