The technicians began to check and adjust the immersion chamber for the last time. Hetilo stood nervously next to the cockpit assigned to him, and said in a low voice: "I really didn't expect... that one day I would enter the world created by the Eternal Sleeper... "
"It's a virtual world," Gao Wen said beside him. He could see the nervousness of his eldest granddaughter, "What? Very disturbed?"
"A little bit, but it's more... entanglement," Hetty said frankly, with nothing to hide in front of his ancestors, "Although I know that technology is not good or bad, but the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper is not just 'technology'. Simple, as you said, it is the projection and aggregation of the spiritual world of countless eternal sleepers, going to that place now... always feels weird."
Gao Wen smiled and nodded slightly: "I understand your feelings, but don't worry, this is only temporary—our neural link technology has just started, and we don't have the ability to create our own mental network, so we can only borrow it temporarily." 'Let's take a look at the ready-made network of the Eternal Sleeper, but when the technology matures, we will naturally create our own virtual environment—such an important technology, we must not always rely on others."
Hetty showed a slightly relieved look, while Gawain turned his head to look at Kamel who was floating next to another immersion cabin: "How is it? Can it be connected?"
The radiance of arcane energy surged around Kamel, and under his precise control, jumping energy lightning kept sweeping across the nerve connection points in the immersion cabin, and there was a steady buzzing sound from the base of the immersion cabin, Kamel said with a little joy: "It should be no problem... Although I have no nervous system, I have a magical body. By directly reading and writing the magic fluctuations in the nerve connection points, I can enter the world like you. network."
"It's unbelievable..." Gawain looked at Kamel's inhuman body up and down, "Magic power... its mystery really attracts more and more attention."
Kamel bent slightly: "One day, we will reveal its secret."
The technician's report came from not far away: "The network frequency calibration is completed!" "The nerve cord calibration is completed." "All immersion chambers are ready for use, my lord."
Pittman took a deep breath and walked to his own cockpit: "Let's get started."
The people who were going to connect to the network came to the cockpit assigned to them and lay down one by one. Kamel floated next to the device, directly connecting the contacts of the cockpit with an arcane arc. As the only person on the scene who can connect to the psychic network without an external device, Gawain didn't prepare a cockpit for himself—mainly because he had a little psychological shadow on the long container that people can lie in and has a lid on it —He sat directly on an ordinary seat next to the connection platform, and said to everyone who was ready to connect: "I will enter the network first, and you will connect in a minute. We have crossed the level of consciousness this time, Go directly into the virtual space—if you find yourself in the wrong place, or see fragmented images, don’t hesitate to disconnect immediately, understand?”
"clear!"
"Okay," Gawain nodded, and then said to the air beside him, "Do a good job of guarding and wake me up if something happens."
Amber's voice came from the air: "Okay, okay—but it's okay, take me to that spiritual network next time!"
We all know that if the air around Gao Wen is left for a long time, amber will grow.
Gawain narrowed his eyes slightly, and accompanied by a mild dizziness that he was so familiar with that he was completely used to, the light and shadow in front of him quickly shifted, changed, and reorganized.
After a short moment, he arrived in the virtual space that he "stolen" from the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper.
The endless calm water surface stretches out in the field of vision, countless neatly arranged huge alloy platforms float on the water surface, and in the extremely wide blue sky, complex and changing symbols, formulas, runes, mechanical structures and blueprints are floating as always, refreshing At the center of this vast space is the "benchmark point" that Gao Wen set for this experimental space.
On a small platform, a round table, seats, and refreshments were all ready. The old mage Daniel was standing respectfully by the round table. When Gawain appeared, he immediately stepped forward and bowed to pay homage: "I salute you, my lord."
Gawain waved his hand and asked Daniel to stand up, "Is your environment stable?"
"I have specially arranged a rest time, and no one will disturb me for the next half day."
"Very well, they will be here soon."
After waiting for a while, Gawain sensed several connection signals pointing to this virtual space—
This space was created by him at the bottom of the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper. In order to ensure safety and concealment, a large amount of data camouflage and layer-by-layer encryption have been carried out in the entire space. Only by mastering a specific frequency of the spiritual network can the correct address of this space be found, and If you want to access this address, you need Gao Wen's permission.
After confirming the identity of each signal, Gao Wen activated the connection authority. In the next moment, with beams of light falling from the sky and a large number of refreshed runes, figures appeared on this small platform one by one.
Hetty and the others shook their bodies a few times in the dizziness and weightlessness, and then saw everything in front of them clearly.
Almost everyone opened their eyes wide in surprise, and Rebecca couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow!!!"
"This is really... unbelievable..." Hetty looked at the scene in front of her in astonishment, this vast water-sky world, those neatly arranged alloy platforms, the formulas and blueprints in the sky... These scenes that cannot be seen in reality are like this at this moment It was clearly presented before her eyes, everything was so clear, so clear that even if she knew in advance that everything here was fictitious, she couldn't help but wonder if she had really traveled through time and space and entered a world that was different from the real world. Parallel new world.
At this moment, she finally understood what her ancestors meant by the word "virtual reality".
Perhaps the calmest person on the scene was Pittman, because he had already been to the "level of consciousness" of the Eternal Sleeper in the last test, and he had also seen part of the dream city, so he already had a good idea of how spectacular the virtual world can be. Mentally prepared, he looked at the scene here with a little emotion: "I really didn't expect that you have built such a vast space."
A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary figure, ordinary clothes, even an ordinary hairstyle and voice nodded slightly, and commented: "It looks very empty."
Gao Wen laughed: "After all, it's a place for experiments, not for people to live in...Wait a minute, who are you?"
Hetty and the others looked at the stranger standing between them in astonishment, and Jenny was the first to react: "Are you... Kamel?"
"It's me," Kamel looked down at his body, raised his head and spread his hands, "Actually, I wanted to restore my original appearance, but... I forgot what I looked like."
Then he shook his head, as if he wanted to show a self-deprecating smile, but he also forgot how to make an expression, so he simply waved his hand, and the middle-aged appearance dissipated, and in the flash of energy sparks , the arcane body bound by rune armor pieces reappeared in front of everyone: "Let's use this body, get used to it."
"It will get better." Gawain looked at the two arcane rays of light on Kamel's head, "You can adapt slowly, and you can also recall slowly. If you use it properly, the mind network is beneficial to both memory and mental power. , maybe it will work for you too."
"I hope so," Kamel buzzed, then turned to Daniel who was still standing aside, and nodded slightly in greeting, "Then, this is your other subordinate Daniel."
"Yes, Daniel, he is located in Typhon, and the non-implanted nerve cord is his achievement." Gawain nodded, then raised his hand, and began to introduce everyone at the scene one by one, "This is Kamel, The legendary magister of the ancient Gondor Empire, an expert in classical magic and modern magic technology; Hetty, a descendant of my blood, Cecil's internal affairs manager; Rebecca... "
Gao Wen introduced one by one. Heidi and others and Daniel greeted each other with a sense of unfamiliarity when they met for the first time. This was a very special experience for both parties—for Heidi and others, For the first time in their lives, they're communicating and collaborating (or...friending?) in a virtual reality network, and for Daniel, it means he's finally meeting the "core" of the Outlanders. Messenger", he finally entered the core circle of forces created by this indescribable "god" from a foreign land, and he finally won the true trust of... wanderers from outside the land.
When Gao Wen introduced Jenny, Daniel couldn't help showing a look of surprise. He looked at the white-haired girl in front of him with a face full of disbelief: "You are Ms. Jenny?"
Being called so by an old mage who could be her grandfather, Jenny immediately waved her hands a little cautiously: "You... just call me Jenny."
"Ah, good..." Daniel blinked, "I'm a little excited—the logic of runes impressed me, it almost changed my understanding of the concepts of runes and magic circles."
Seeing Jenny's slightly embarrassed look, Gao Wen coughed lightly: "Ahem, then you already know each other, so please sit down first."
Daniel calmed down quickly, and sat down at the round table with everyone—compared to the original round table when there were only Gawain and him in this space, this new table was much larger, and there were more One of the dark red chairs without any markings belonged to Gawain, and each of the remaining chairs had everyone's name floating on it. Obviously, this was specially arranged by Gawain.
Daniel believes that this "round table" may reflect the preferences of wanderers outside the territory - He is willing to be with his followers and communicate in a discussion manner, and the number of seats at the round table more or less reflects the closeness of followers to Him .
In fact, Gao Wen was arranged according to the order of family meals - Hetty was the closest, Rebecca was second, and the rest of the people would go to the back row if they came to have a meal...
After taking his seat, Gao Wen didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Everyone who can come here is my trusted confidant, and you will also be companions who work together and need to rely on each other. Here, except Except for personal privacy and what I consider to be special confidential information, the rest of the information should be subject to the principles of open sharing. So first, we need to understand the nature of this space—I define it as a laboratory.”
An experimental space built on the basis of virtual reality.
A place that can simulate more than 99% of the laws of reality on a macro level.
A laboratory that can verify various technical ideas, build an experimental environment in an instant, and conduct unlimited trial and error at almost zero cost.
This is a place that will make any technical researcher ecstatic!
As Gao Wen introduced the nature and functions of this experimental space one by one, demonstrations began on the nearest alloy platforms—
Huge parts appeared out of thin air, and the complex magical cannons and magic engines were assembled almost instantly. They started running and began to be tested under various extreme conditions. The cannons were fired, the engines roared, and the gears and levers flew. Spinning endlessly, everything looks like the real world... No, it's better than the real world!
Rebecca's eyes widened. She saw that a large engine on a certain platform broke down during operation, and then everything on the platform froze instantly. The failed engine was enlarged, and a part of the structure became transparent. The misplaced and broken parts are clearly presented in front of everyone in the "frozen" state, and every breaking point and flying debris are clearly visible.
After the demonstration was over, Gawain leaned back on his seat: "It works just as you can see."
Rebecca took a deep breath. This girl who was always carefree, optimistic and lively felt extremely shocked at this moment.
She glanced at Kamel. Although she couldn't understand the other's face, she was sure that the other party was also in shock.
The ancient great magister sighed softly: "Seven hundred years... It seems that not all technologies are declining."
"We can use this to test the magic train!!" Rebecca said excitedly to Kamel, "And we can test two schemes at the same time! Don't be afraid of how many times you blow it up this time!!"
"There is also a new rune array," even Jenny, who has always been shy, became excited. "Hundreds of rune arrays can also be tested quickly! And there is no need to worry about wear and tear and safety issues!"
Hetty looked at Rebecca, then at Jenny, the butler Cecil blinked, and suddenly realized: "Wait, then I don't need to approve funds for you?"
The hand approving the funds suddenly stopped shaking.