The flickering runes dimmed one by one, and the humming crystal device began to enter the cooling process. Rosetta Augustus, who was sitting on a special seat, opened her eyes, from a certain distance between reality and illusion. The mental state of the room is awake.
He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his spirit had been relaxed for a long time, and then left the magic device without any regrets.
"If you feel mentally exhausted, you can rest on it for a while," Ms. Windsor Mapel said next to her. "Although it can't cure the curse, it can at least make you relax."
"Using soul anesthesia to reduce stress is effective, but long-term use will weaken people's will," Rosetta said lightly, "That's all. Ms. Mapel, how is the situation?"
Windsor Mapel looked at Rosetta calmly, and nodded lightly: "I tried to induce your soul and consciousness, and the spiritual pollution has indeed returned to the normal level, but no external interference has been found. signs, you can basically rule out the possibility of someone tampering with your spiritual world."
"...Is the reason not on me..." Rosetta pondered for a while, "Ma'am, what do you think about this?"
"As a scholar, I will not jump to judgment when the evidence is insufficient, but I can talk about my own thoughts. The curse suffered by the Augustus family is related to the spiritual pollution left by the gods, and the spiritual pollution of the gods is inherently The characteristics of transcending time and space, confusing reality, and hardly being affected by ordinary forces—the curse on you has fluctuated abnormally in recent days, and the reason has nothing to do with your own mental state, which means that the root of the curse has been disturbed, and it can What disturbs it must be a force of the same level or similar to it... "
"The power of the same level or similar..." Rosetta frowned slightly, "Recently there are no abnormalities in the churches everywhere, and there has been no direct decree from the gods in this world for a long time. Even the Church of the Holy Light in the Cecil Empire has undergone tremendous changes. Nor did it affect Typhon..."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head: "Ms. Mapel, have you received any news from here recently?"
"The magic communication towers in various places have not reported abnormalities—but the coverage of the communication towers is limited, and the mages at the bottom may not be able to accurately identify extraordinary phenomena related to the gods. Therefore, many information is delayed, and it will take a long time to be sent to the imperial capital," Windsor Mapel shook her head, "I will pay attention to the information in this area, and will report to you as soon as possible if there is any situation."
"Well..." Rosetta nodded slightly, but then said with a frown of emotion, "Communication towers... It would be great 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 Mapel said helplessly, "In fact, after the completion of the Empire Avenue project, especially after obtaining the magic train, remote areas and the imperial capital The communication efficiency between the two is much higher than before. It used to take nearly a month for the information that could not use the communication tower because it was not important enough to be sent to the imperial capital from places such as 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 calculated in days or even hours. If the fluctuation of raw materials in remote areas cannot be fed back to the city in time, it may cause an avalanche of losses within a few days." , and the flow of funds behind this requires timely intelligence transmission - the machine speeds up everything, and Aldernan's response and control capabilities to the south and west are far from enough."
"Those factory owners..." Windsor Mapel frowned subconsciously, and could not hide a little disdain in her tone, "Your Majesty, with all due respect, they have exaggerated the facts too much, and tried to use 'professional vocabulary' to highlight their importance, but in fact they just want you to let go of the authority of some communication towers, and want to share the small quota of communication skills from the Royal Wizards Association."
"I can see that," said Rosetta flatly, "but at least part of what they're saying is true—especially with Cecil's rise, our weaknesses are becoming fatal."
Cecil...
Hearing this word that appeared more and more frequently in the empire's newspapers and various internal materials recently, Windsor Mapel couldn't help but look serious.
She is a senior mage, but she is also an advisor to the emperor. She is one of the "state officials" who frequently come into contact with imperial affairs and members of parliament. Of course, she is not ignorant of things like the country's situation. She knows Emperor Rosetta is worried about something, and knows that this worry is not unreasonable.
If there is no Cecil who is rising rapidly, there are many things that the Typhon people don’t have to worry about at all, and no one will even realize that certain things are worth worrying about—just like the shortcomings of the communication tower, every Typhonian Everyone thinks that the empire's abundant number of mages and the communication towers distributed in various important provinces are sufficient for use, and after the newly renovated arterial roads and new means of transportation in various parts of the empire, the improved efficiency of information transmission is used to deal with The current state of the empire is more than sufficient. No one will think that they are inefficient, and many people will even think that they are advanced enough that there is no need to improve them within a century.
But next to it is Cecil, who is rapidly rising—this fast-growing "neighbor" has brought many "new things" to Typhon people, such as magic technology, such as competitive pressure.
The intelligence personnel took the risk to send 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 those members with sharper eyes aware of some shortcomings of the empire in advance. plate.
This is probably the pressure brought by the comparison.
"Their magic network communication is developing rapidly. Although they are all based on the long-distance and fast communication technology of messaging, they have obviously solved the problem of cost and manpower occupation-this is the consistent advantage of magic technology, and the Cecils are in this regard We have played it to the fullest," Windsor Mapel said slowly, "We have always been proud of the professional and large number of mages, but obviously, the Cecilians have higher efficiency in replacing these mages with machines. At least in communication technology."
As the president of the Royal Wizards Association, it is not easy for her to say these words, but she knows that even if she does not say some words, the wise Rosetta Augustus has already understood, not to mention her teacher, Daniel is the empire's leading master of magic at this moment, and many things created by the latter have truly shaken every staid traditional mage in the association-the fact is irrefutable.
"Magic net communication is a 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 said that, he suddenly asked: "A businessman sent a 'Magic Network Terminal' before, did you get the result of the analysis?"
Talking about the technical field, Windsor Mapel's expression immediately became serious—she knew what the "Magic Net Terminal" Rosetta was referring to. It was a respectable western businessman who risked being strangled by the Cecilians A machine that was smuggled across the frontier at the risk of death, the merchant hid it in piles of furs and spices to evade Cecil's frontier inspection, and returned home to present it to the emperor, and that precious machine now lies In the laboratory of the Imperial Manufacturing Association, a technical team led by Daniel is conducting analysis.
"We disassembled it into parts, and restored its complex and exquisite internal structure of runes and crystals. Maybe it won't take long before we can replicate an identical machine, but this is meaningless," said Windsor Ma Pell shook his head, "The Cecil stuffed a set of very weird runes into that machine. It is not a conventional communication technique, and it even has the characteristics of divine magic. No one can decipher them yet. I am very curious about where the Cecils got their inspiration and assembled such a weird magic circle...
"Instructor Daniel reminded us that if we can't fully understand the meaning of each part of the runes, it will be very dangerous to imitate that set of equipment rashly-the Cecils may have hidden traps in it, and they may be able to directly intercept or even eavesdrop on our imitation. equipment."
"Master Daniel is a wise man, and his reminders are always very pertinent." Rosetta nodded slowly, "Treat that machine with caution, and find out the parts we can use from it. understandable."
"It would be great if I could get the prototype of the magic net terminal, or the original rune rubbing map..." Windsor Mapel sighed, "The prototype has not been simplified and optimized, and it often contains very obvious technology Ideas may help us uncover the secrets of those runes... Of course, this can only be thought about."
Rosetta looked stern and didn't say a word.
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Cecil Palace, in the study room covered with blue velvet tapestry, Gawain told Hetty and others about his experience in the dream world in detail, including the end of No. 1 sandbox, the duel with the upper narrator, and eternal sleep The status quo after the end of this incident.
The weird and inexplicable "God's Crisis" made everyone in the study wide-eyed (except Kamel, who lit up for a moment), and the unpredictability of the gods and the danger of things deeply touched everyone. , and what made them even more emotional was that all this happened last night—
Last night was calm, Cecil was peaceful, but a certain world outside of reality was turned upside down, and a crisis of divine descent even broke out in the distant Typhon territory, which really gave Hetty and the others a serious sense of unreality.
After slightly digesting the huge amount of information brought by her ancestors, Hetty quickly entered the working state. While thinking, she said: "The transfer work on the side of the Eternal Sleeper should have started, and I will immediately start the work on the side of the Empire." Docking - before Aldernan reacts, we should have time to transfer those core personnel and technical data... "
"Part of the technical information will be sent through the psychic network first," Gao Wen said, "Although the headquarters of the Eternal Sleepers is gone, their psychic network is still running, but it will enter the lowest-efficiency 'basic mode'. To support 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 over, and the eternal sleepers will carry them until the train we send takes them to a safe place. place."
Hetty frowned subconsciously: "It's time like this..."
"Normal reaction—if they don't do this, I will worry about the intelligence of those core talents and the authenticity of those materials," Gao Wen said with a smile, "Don't worry, the Eternal Sleeper has mastered the power of the mind, and has been lurking in Typhon for many years , are 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," Kamel, who was floating aside, said, "Since the mind network of the Eternal Sleeper is going to switch to the basic mode, will our origin laboratory be affected?"
"Theoretically... it can continue to operate, because the origin space itself does not occupy the computing power of the city of dreams, 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 thought for a while, and said the speech of "squeezing the wool until death", but then changed the topic, "However, I am ready to transform and transfer the origin space, including a large-scale transformation of the entire spiritual network of the eternal sleepers. Transformation, making it more under our control and more harmless, is obviously the most suitable opportunity now, so I plan to temporarily close the current origin space—Kammel, where is the progress of our own 'immersion chamber network' now? "
"The network has been successfully realized in the laboratory environment, and the simulation operation has been carried out without the mind network of the eternal sleeper. Now the overall stability of the network is being adjusted, and its adaptability to the magic network communication system is increased. Modifications have been made to the cabin to make it less burdensome and more suitable for untrained ordinary people - the special machine sent to Glenring is a successful example, and we are working on a civilian version on the basis of it."
"Very good, this is a key part of transforming the Church of the Eternal Sleepers and building our own network," Gao Wen nodded with satisfaction, and gradually revealed a smile, "Since this aspect is going well... Kamel, I want to hand over Here's a new project for you that can go hand in hand with what you're currently doing."
Kamel made a buzzing voice: "New project?"
"'Narrative Neural Network'," Gao Wen said with a smile, "the future cutting-edge communication system will be built on its basis."