In Cecil's first-level government affairs department, Hetty's office, the uncle and nephew were staring at each other, while Kamel quietly floated next to them, as quiet as a light bulb.
"Aunt... this is all the budget requirements..." Rebecca felt that Hetty might not be in a good mood, but she still handed her plan and budget application form, which she had toiled all night, to her aunt, "Theory Go... as long as the lab doesn't blow up for two months, you don't need to add funds in the first quarter... "
The corners of Hetty's eyes trembled slightly: "Did you know that you blew up four times in six days, totaling eight amplifiers and two engine test machines?"
Rebecca shrank her neck: "But didn't you say that...failure is the cornerstone of success, and the research path of a magician is always accompanied by the price of failure..."
Hetty clutched her forehead: "Did I still have the second half of the sentence at the time—a rational magician will find a way to minimize failure, and an overly straightforward wizard will basically die of poverty."
Rebecca raised her neck: "I never said that."
"..." Hetty looked at the Marquis Cecil in front of her speechlessly, then sighed under the pure and persistent gaze of the girl, and sat back behind her desk, "Take that plan first. Come, let me see again."
"Oh, good!" Rebecca quickly handed over the plan in her hand, and at the same time, a smile appeared on her face, "I knew you were the best, auntie!"
"Don't rush to be happy, I have to take a closer look at your plan." Hetty took the plan and said without raising her head, "Don't forget, before I became the chief political officer, I was also a mage—"
She carefully looked at the follow-up test plan formulated by Rebecca, and quickly noticed that there were completely different ideas and verification processes in parallel in this plan, which made her raise her head: "At the same time, verify the power Two schemes of centralized and distributed power, and at the same time test the impact of weight reduction on the balance of the two car bodies?"
"Yes—don't worry, I've already arranged the manpower."
"It's not a manpower problem..." Hetty frowned, "Aren't you a little too urgent?"
Rebecca herself is a girl with super mobility, and she has been a bit out of her mind since she was a child. Looking at the plan that this girl came up with, Hetty couldn't help but worry that she would rush in, but when she saw Rebecca coming together Kamel, she became a little uncertain again—Rebecca's head is prone to fever, but Master Kamel's brain nerves are gone, so it shouldn't be possible to have fever with this child, right
"... I'm a little anxious, but there's no other way," Rebecca listened to Heidi's question, but she didn't hide anything, she said her thoughts openly, "Master Ancestor has already signed a mining agreement with the East Territory Well, it is not easy to transport the ore from the Baisha Mine back. Although the ore can be transported to Gelan first, and then shipped from Gelan to the inner industrial area along the Baishui River, there is still a long land journey in between. Let's go, we must follow the mining method planned by the ancestors, even if there are magic vehicles to transport it, it will not be enough... "
She paused at this point, showing a persistent look: "So I want to solve the train problem before the ore backlog in the White Sand Mine becomes serious... Even if I can't make the best one, at least I have to make one that can run."
After listening to Rebecca's words, Hetty couldn't help but have a hint of astonishment in her eyes.
It turned out that this child thought so much...
No wonder the ancestor always reminded himself not to treat Rebecca like a child, and said that this girl was just lively, but in fact, what she thought... was not superficial at all.
"Your idea is very good," Hetty sighed softly, "The ancestors should be very happy. How about it, I will grant you the funds first, but I also..."
"Wow!"
"Don't be too busy, I still have a few words to remind you," Hetty glared at the iron-headed baby who was about to jump up, "You are right in what you said just now, even if you can't make the best one, At least make one that can run—in my opinion, your expectations for the magic train may be a bit high. We just made the magic train, and you want to build a train that is equivalent to a hundred times the traction of the magic train The front of the car... the pace is too big. You know, such a powerful magic device produces more than just quantitative changes. I suggest that you set the goal of the magic train a little smaller—since there is such a thing as a 'track', even if Using a magical cart to pull four or five carriages is far beyond the current carriage fleet, isn't it?"
Hearing Hetty's words, Rebecca couldn't help showing a look of unwillingness on her face.
But she had to admit that what her aunt said had some truth to it—the facts have proved that when a set of magic devices reaches a certain scale, its mechanical pressure, magic power load, and environmental requirements are not just as simple as quantitative changes. .
Seeing the change of expression on Rebecca's face, Hetty shook her head helplessly, then picked up the pen for signing, and prepared to write her name.
The advance money received from the royal family... before it was warmed up, it was about to become an explosive being manipulated by Rebecca.
Butler Cecil let out a long sigh in his heart, and his hands that approved the funds trembled slightly.
At this moment, the magic net terminal placed next to the desk suddenly buzzed, accompanied by the flickering lights, this sudden communication interrupted everyone's movements.
Rebecca watched her aunt put the signature pen aside, watched the latter turn on the communication, and then watched the figure of the old ancestor appear above the communicator.
The three people in the room immediately stepped forward: "My lord ancestor." "My lord ancestor." "My lord."
"Heidi—ah, Rebecca and Kamel are also on your side," Gawain on the communicator quickly noticed the people in the office, "It's just right, there's no need to look for them anymore."
Hetty asked curiously, "What happened?"
"Come to the Institute of Magic Technology. I, Pittman, and Jenny are waiting for you here," Gawain smiled. "There are good things for you to see."
The three people in the room looked at each other. After a brief moment of stupefaction, Kamel suddenly reacted: "I might guess what it is..."
After arriving at the Institute of Magic Technology, Kamel's conjecture was confirmed—
In a specially vacated large laboratory, several silver-white cockpit-shaped magic devices are neatly arranged on hexagonal platforms. Compared with the prototype, their structure is obviously more complete and compact , and added a shell that can be closed from both sides, under the cockpit, the floor around the platform is inlaid with gleaming rune substrates, and behind the cockpit extends the nerve cable pipeline connecting the platform and the base—besides, In the laboratory, there are only some monitoring rune terminals near the wall, and there are no redundant decorations and furnishings, which makes the room look quite empty, and at the same time makes the silver-white cockpit in the center of the room look more mysterious and eye-catching.
Just as Kamel guessed: After the first "immersion neural cockpit" test flight was successful, more cockpits were built.
Gao Wen had already been waiting by one of the cockpits. The technicians in white tunics were busy near the monitoring device against the wall. Pittman and Jenny were checking the work of the nerve cords and rune arrays around those cockpits. Situation, after Kamel and others entered the laboratory, Pittman immediately turned around and said hello: "Ah, you are here—come and see these fun things!"
"These..." Kamel looked at the scene with some surprise, "Has it been completed?"
"While you were busy studying how to blow up the engine block, I adjusted the nerve cords of these cockpits," said Pittman triumphantly, "and of course, Miss Jenny—she adjusted the rune array. .”
At this time, Rebecca had already turned around one of the cockpits several times with a face full of excitement, and she didn't stop until Hetty couldn't help coughing softly to remind her. The girl looked at Gawain with her eyes wide open: "Ancestor , did you adjust the shape of these devices?"
Gawain smiled and pressed Rebecca's head: "Actually, it's not too much adjustment - it's just that the sides of the seat are covered and a shell that can be folded is added to it."
Compared with the prototype of the day, the "shell that can be folded" is the biggest change in the officially finalized cockpit. Since the non-implanted nerve cord is not as effective in "immersing" the brain as the implanted nerve cord, the user is easily "woke up" by external interference during the networking process. This is the biggest problem with the immersion device. In this regard, Pete Starting from the idea of a druid, Man thought of many technical means to increase neural coupling and improve the synchronization rate of thinking, but in the end, Gao Wen still thought of a simpler and cruder method: add a cover.
After adding this "peripheral", these things that were originally like seats are really more like a cockpit.
"This is really a simple but effective method..." Hetty looked at these fantastic magical devices with great interest and admiration. She was very curious how her ancestors came up with such a simple method, but Soon she noticed what these cockpits looked like - long containers, people can lie in them, and there is a cover on them...
emmmmm...
Butler Cecil had a very reasonable association.
Of course, the mature and stable Hetty only thought about it this way, but she didn't dare to say it.
But there are strong heads on the scene.
Rebecca jumped in front of Gao Wen on the spot: "Master Ancestor, you got your inspiration from the coffin you lay in that year... Wow!"
Rebecca was knocked back by Gao Wen, but everyone at the scene showed a tacit smile after the silly roe deer yelled.
"Cough cough," Gao Wen had to cough lightly, bringing the atmosphere back on track, "Stop talking about this, let's do some serious business."
Hetty looked at him curiously: "You called us... are you going to test these devices together?"
"In fact, the test has been completed," Gao Wen said. "The offline test, the connection to the magic net, and the connection to the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper have all been tested. Today we will officially connect."
Then he paused, and then said: "I will enter the network with you."
Gao Wen's idea is very simple - since the first batch of immersible neural cockpits has been created, a plan he made a long time ago can also be implemented: integrate his experimenters into the network, Do scientific research in the ready-made "virtual laboratory".
It has been a while since the virtual experimental environment was built, but since he is the only one who can access the network, the effect of the experimental space is quite limited. Although he did use the virtual environment there to toss some blueprints, but in After getting in touch with the native technicians of this world and seeing the "wisdom of people from other worlds" from the locals, he has already realized one thing: he, the traverser, is not the center of the world at all, but can be regarded as a regional center at best. The center of gravity, he is impossible to compare with professionals in many aspects, especially in the technical field. Such a large virtual space, if the professional and technical personnel on the territory cannot be connected into it, it would be a waste for him to occupy it by himself.
Fortunately, this waste is finally coming to an end.
But he still has to be cautious—technical personnel are precious, especially the most trustworthy technical personnel who can access secrets, and they are the treasure of the entire Principality of Cecil. He wants to prevent these people from accidents and prevent them from being put to sleep forever The best way is to connect to the network with them.
At that time, if any Eternal Sleeper does not open his eyes or opens his eyes too much and finds them these intruders, it will be a big deal to smash them over a million years, at least it will ensure everyone's safe retreat.