Chapter 821 New Network Project

The flickering runes dimmed one by one, the humming crystal device began to cool down, and Rosetta Augustus, who was sitting on a special seat, opened his eyes, changing from something between the real and the unreal. The mental state in between wakes up.

He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his spirit had relaxed a little after a long time, and then left the magic device without any hesitation.

"If you're feeling mentally exhausted, you can take a little more rest here," said Ms. Windsor Maple by her side. "It won't cure the curse, but it will at least make it easier for you."

"Although the use of soul anesthesia to reduce stress is effective, long-term use will weaken people's will," Rosetta said lightly. "That's it. Madam Mapel, how is it?"

Windsor Maple looked at Rosetta calmly, and nodded lightly: "I tried to induce your soul and consciousness, and the spiritual pollution has indeed returned to normal levels, but I have not found any disturbances caused by external forces. Signs, you can basically rule out the possibility of someone doing something to your spiritual world."

"...Isn't the reason for me..." Rosetta pondered for a while, "Ma'am, what do you think about this?"

"As a scholar, I won't jump to judgment when there is insufficient evidence, but I can speak my mind. The curse suffered by the Augustus family is related to the spiritual pollution left by the gods, and the spiritual pollution of the gods has innate The characteristics of transcending time and space, confusing reality, and almost unaffected by mortal forces - the curse on you has fluctuated abnormally in recent days, and the reason has nothing to do with your own mental state, it means that the source of the curse has been disturbed, What can disturb it must be a power of the same level or similar to it..."

"A power of the same level or similar..." Rosetta frowned slightly, "Recently, there have been no abnormalities in the churches around the world, and there has not been a direct order from the gods in this world for a long time, and even the Church of the Holy Light in the Cecil Empire has undergone great changes. , did not affect Typhon..."

After speaking, he suddenly raised his head: "Ms. Mapel, have you received any news from your side recently?"

"The magic communication towers in various places have not reported abnormal situations - but the coverage of the communication towers is limited, and the mages at the bottom may not be able to accurately identify the extraordinary phenomena related to the gods. Therefore, a lot of information is delayed, and it will take a long time to send it to the imperial capital. "Windsor Maple shook his head, "I will pay attention to the information in this regard, and I will report to you as soon as there is any situation."

"Well..." Rosetta nodded slightly, but then frowned with emotion, "Communication towers... It would be nice if there were more communication towers or their coverage area was wider."

"The cost problem is really difficult to solve, and there are not so many mages to maintain those large facilities," Windsor Maple said helplessly, "In fact, after completing the Empire Avenue plan, especially after obtaining the magic energy train, remote areas and imperial capitals The efficiency of communication between them has been much higher than before. It may take nearly a month for the information that was not important enough to use the communication tower to be sent to the imperial capital from places like the west, but now it only takes a few days. It's a huge improvement."

"It's still not enough - remember the warning given by the Ministry of Industry's advisory group? The throughput cycle of factories is measured in days or even hours. If the fluctuation of raw materials in remote areas is not fed back to the city in time, it may cause an avalanche within a few days. Losses, and the flow of money behind it requires more timely intelligence transmission - machines speed everything up, and Aldenan's ability to respond and control the South and West is far from enough."

"Those factory owners..." Windsor Maple frowned subconsciously, with a hint of contempt in her tone, "Your Majesty, with all due respect, they exaggerated the facts and tried to use 'professional vocabulary' to highlight them importance,

But in fact, they just want you to let go of the authority of some of the communication towers, and they want to share the small quota of communication skills from the Royal Society of Mages. "

"I can see that," Rosetta said flatly, "but at least part of what they're saying is true—especially with Cecil rising, our weaknesses are becoming fatal."

Cecil...

Hearing this word that appeared more and more frequently in Imperial newspapers and various internal documents, Windsor Maple couldn't help but turn serious.

She is a senior mage, but she is also an advisor to the emperor. She is one of the "national officials" who will frequently come into contact with the affairs of the empire and members of the parliament. Of course, she is not ignorant of matters such as the national situation. She knows Emperor Rosetta was worried about something, and he knew that this worry was not unreasonable.

Without a fast-rising Cecil, there are many things that the Typhons don't have to worry about at all, and no one even realizes that some things are worth worrying about - just like the short board of the communication tower, every Typhon Everyone will think that the abundant number of mages in the empire and the communication towers distributed in various important provinces are sufficient, and after the newly renovated main roads around the empire and new means of transportation, the efficiency of information transmission together with it is used. It is more than enough to deal with the current situation of the empire, no one will think that they are inefficient, and even many people will think that they are advanced enough that there is no need for improvement in a century.

But there is a fast-rising Cecil next to him - this fast-growing "neighbor" has brought a lot of "new things" to the Typhon people, such as magic technology, such as competitive pressure.

The intelligence personnel took risks and sent a lot of useful things, a considerable part of which was the description of Cecil's cutting-edge technology, and these descriptions made Emperor Rosetta and the more discerning members of the council aware of some shortcomings of the empire in advance. plate.

This is probably the pressure of comparison.

"Their magic web communication has developed rapidly. Although they are all remote and fast communication technology based on communication, they have obviously solved the problem of cost and manpower occupation - this is the consistent advantage of magic technology, and the Cecil people are here. "We have always been proud of a large and professional team of mages, but it is clear that the Cecilians used machines to replace these mages with higher efficiency. , at least in communications technology."

As the president of the Royal Society of Mages, it was not easy for her to say these words, but she knew that even if she didn't say something, the wise Rosetta Augustus would have already understood it, not to mention her teacher, Daniel is now the Empire's premier sorcerer, and many of the things the latter has created have truly shaken every old-fashioned traditional wizard in the association - the fact is irrefutable.

"Magic communication is good technology..." Rosetta looked serious. "We must master it, or find a way to improve our communication tower, no matter how much it costs."

As he spoke, he suddenly asked: "A merchant sent a 'Magic Web Terminal' before, did you analyze the result?"

When it comes to the technical realm, Windsor Maple's expression immediately turns serious - she knows what Rosetta is referring to as a "wield terminal", a venerable western businessman who risked being caught by a Cecil The risk of hanging smuggled a machine across the border, the merchant hid it in a pile of furs and spices to elude Cecil's border checks, returned home and presented it to the emperor, and that precious machine is now Lying in the laboratory of the Imperial Industrial Association, the technical team led by Daniel was analyzing.

"We dismantled it into parts and restored its complex and delicate internal structure of runes and crystals. Maybe it won't be long before we can replicate an identical machine, but it doesn't make sense," said Windsor Mare. Pell shook his head, "The Cecilians stuffed a very weird set of runes into that machine, it's not a regular communication technique, it even has the characteristics of a divine technique, and no one can decipher them yet. The specific function and meaning of , I am very curious about where the Cecil people got the inspiration to form such a strange magic circle...

"Mr. Daniel reminded us that if we can't fully understand the meaning of each part of the rune, it will be very dangerous to imitate that set of equipment rashly - the Cecilians may have hidden traps inside, and they may be able to directly truncate or even eavesdrop on us to imitate them. device of."

"Master Daniel is a wise man, and his reminders are always very pertinent," Rosetta nodded slowly, "Treat that machine with care, and find out the parts we can use from it, the rest... We will always understand."

"It would be great if I could get the prototype of the magic web terminal, or the original rune rubbing..." Windsor Maple sighed, "The prototype has not been simplified and optimized, and it often contains very obvious signs. Technical ideas may help us uncover the secrets of those runes... Of course, this can only be thought about."

Rosetta looked grim and said nothing.

...

Cecil Palace, in the study room covered with blue velvet tapestries, Gawain told Hetty and others in detail about his experience in the dream world, including the end of Sandbox No. 1, the confrontation with the upper-level narrator, and the eternal sleep. status after the event ended.

The strange and inexplicable "Crisis of God's Arrival" made everyone in the study widen their eyes (except Carmel, who lit up a little), and the strangeness and unpredictability of the gods and the danger of things deeply touched everyone. , and what makes them even more emotional is that all this happened last night——

Last night was calm and peaceful for Cecil, but a certain world outside of reality was turned upside down. There was even a crisis of divine descent in the distant Typhon territory, which really gave Hetty and the others a serious sense of unreality.

After digesting the huge amount of information brought by the ancestors, Heidi quickly entered the working state, she said while thinking: "The transfer work on the eternal sleeper should have started, and I will immediately start the empire's side. Docking - before Aldenan reacts, we should have time to transfer those core personnel and technical data..."

"Part of the technical data will be sent first through the psychic network," Gawain said. "Although the headquarters of the Eternal Sleepers is gone, their psychic network will continue to operate, but it will enter the 'basic mode', which is the least efficient. Supporting the City of Dreams, the transmission of simple data is not a problem. Of course, for obvious reasons, the most core technical data will not be sent, and the Eternal Sleeper will take them until the train we send brings them to safety. place."

Heidi frowned subconsciously: "It's all about this time..."

"Normal reaction - if they don't do this, then I have to worry about the intelligence of those core talents and the authenticity of those materials," Gawain said with a smile, "Don't worry, the Eternal Sleeper has the power of the mind, and is lurking in the territory of Typhon. For many years, they have been experts in life-saving and absconding, so there should be no need to worry about them being caught and killed by Augustus before they escape."

"Your Majesty," said Carmel, who was floating on the side, "Since the mind network of the Eternal Sleeper is going to switch to the basic mode, will our Origin Lab be affected?"

"Theoretically...it can continue to operate, because the origin space itself does not occupy the computing power of Dream City, and it is built on the 'basic layer' of the mind network, which is the layer that will maintain operation under any circumstances. Gao Wen pondered for a while, and said the speech of smashing the wool to death, but then he changed the topic, "But I am ready to transform and transfer the origin space, including the entire spiritual network of the eternal sleeper. A large-scale , making it more under our control and more harmless, now is obviously the most appropriate opportunity, so I plan to temporarily close the current origin space - Carmel, where is our own 'immersion pod network' now progressing already?"

"The network has been successfully implemented in the laboratory environment, and the simulation operation has been carried out without the eternal sleeper's mental network. Now the overall stability of the network is being adjusted, and its adaptability to the magic net communication system is increased. The pod has been modified a bit to make it less burdensome and more suitable for untrained ordinary people - the special machine sent to Glenn is a successful example, and we are working on a civilian version based on it."

"Very well, this is a key part of transforming the Eternal Sleeper Order and building our own network," Gawain nodded with satisfaction, and gradually revealed a smile, "Since this is going well... Kamal, I want to Handing you a new project that can move forward in sync with what you're currently working on."

Carmel hummed: "New project?"

"'The Narrator's Neural Network,'" Gawain said with a smile, "the future cutting-edge communication system will be built on its basis."