As a military person who doesn't know much about cutting-edge magic technology and doesn't plan to change careers as a researcher, Byron has entered the Magic Technology Research Institute a handful of times. The last time he came to this place was also for peas.
Pea is a dumb girl, which means deep regret and regret to Byron who has been her adoptive father for several years.
The poor child was once a dumb slave of a big businessman, his tongue was cut off, and he could not speak, and because the tongue had been cut off for too long, the conventional druid spells were useless, even if Cecil led him Even if Byron changed from a country knight to the army leader of the empire, there was nothing he could do about it.
In the blink of an eye, in the past few years, the little mute back then has grown into a slim young girl, and an unexpected turning point also appears at this time
The legacy of the death of all things dug out from the Thorin area gave Byron the hope of curing pea.
Those incredibly cutting-edge biochemical technologies can be used to create horrific monsters, as well as to heal hapless mortals.
After obtaining Pea's consent, Byron made his adopted daughter the first clinical tester in the druid laboratory under Pittman's name. Pea spoke again but encountered unexpected difficulties.
Today, the middle-aged knight once again came to the Institute of Magic Technology to seek a new solution.
Pittman, who was stooped and white-haired, walked in front, leading Byron to the depths of the Institute of Magical Technology.
After a period of development and perfection, this large facility built by Rebecca Cecil has now become the most advanced research facility in the empire, and there are many new departments and branches in it. In addition to the guidance, mechanical, and mathematical research laboratories, two research laboratories under the name of the Rune Research Institute and a Druid Research Center under the name of Pittman have been established here in the past year.
As Gao Wen originally planned, the Institute of Magic Technology is no longer a pure research facility, it has become a "greenhouse" for cultivating new technologies, providing venues and equipment for various emerging technologies or potential teams , personnel and other services.
After passing through a gate on the third floor, Byron and Pittman entered the area of the Druid Research Center. The walls here are decorated with flowers, vines and leaves, and the magic device at the entrance quietly projects a hologram , a badge surrounded by flower vines floats on the image.
This emblem is the Imperial druid mark.
There were quite a few technicians in short green-patterned robes with white backgrounds passing by in the corridor, and they all saluted Pittman respectfully. Although he had seen this scene before when he came last time, Byron couldn't help but look around. The little old man glanced at him: "To be honest, I'm quite surprised to see that such a shameless guy like you is respected by so many scholars."
"You're the one talking nonsense," Pittman squinted at Byron, "I saw the soldiers on the road salute you, what did I say?"
Byron curled his lips and didn't speak. He just followed Pittman through the corridor and came to a laboratory with high specifications.
"Put on your robe, go in and stand on that platform," Pittman stood still at the gate in front of the laboratory entrance, pointing to a small round platform inside the gate, "wait for me after entering."
"What is this?" Byron was taken aback for a moment, "Why didn't this step happen in the laboratory last time?"
Pittman stared; "Nonsense, the biochemical isolation level of the laboratory this time is level III, and the last time it was only level II, you just understand that the things inside are more expensive than other places."
Byron snorted. Although he was careless on weekdays, he also knew the importance of rigor and order in research facilities, so he stopped talking.
Under Pittman's guidance, he unskillfully completed the steps of dressing and disinfecting, then passed through the gate and entered this rather special laboratory.
After entering, the first thing that catches the eye is a rather spacious room, several large experimental tables are neatly arranged on both sides of the room, and a large number of technicians in standard short robes are busy among the experimental tables. There are druid emblems surrounded by flower vines on the robes of the personnel, but in fact Byron is very clear that according to the old rules, only a small part of them are real "druids", and the rest are real "druids". At best, they are "apprentices" in the supernatural field, or even ordinary people who don't have supernatural skills at all.
But after the development of magic technology, after many druid spells were also summarized into the system of rune logic, the definition of "druid" within the empire was no longer so rigid.
Byron glanced across the room, and suddenly noticed a striking and special figure here
It was Master Kamel, who was shining with arcane brilliance and wearing a rune armor piece.
He turned his head slightly, and asked Pittman who had just entered the laboratory: "Why is Master Kamel here?"
"He is involved in this project," Pittman said casually, and walked forward, "Just follow along and take a look, and don't touch anything here."
Byron shrugged and followed indifferently.
Pittman seemed old, but his footsteps were fast. He quickly came to Kamel's side and asked, "The test in the morning is over? How is the situation?"
"Neural response efficiency has exceeded 70%, and a lot of adjustments should be needed," Kamel said while pointing to the nearest experimental bench, "Let's take a look and see if there is any problem with the state of its artificial neurons ?”
Pittman turned and walked towards the experiment table, while Byron stretched his neck and looked in that direction curiously.
He saw an oddly shaped object lying quietly on a sloping table, and the bright lights made every detail of the object visible.
It was a "ribbon" made of metal parts, less than one meter long. One end of it had a palm-sized diamond-shaped structure made of several metal plates, and some thin, At the end of the dark red, its band-shaped main body presents a ring-by-ring structure, and there are fine metal protrusions. This weird structure...
Byron couldn't help but think of the human spine, or something that fits on the spine.
He got closer and saw a faint red surge between those metal links. After looking carefully, he recognized that it was a fibrous thing like some kind of flesh and blood tissue.
Those "flesh and blood" just grew between the metals, maintaining their own activity in some incomprehensible way.
"What is this...?" Byron blinked and asked curiously, "Why does it look like the artificial nerve cord in the immersion cabin?"
"This is the artificial nerve cord, but it's not used in the immersion chamber," Pittman was carefully observing the nerve terminal extending from the end of the "metal spine", and responded without raising his head. "It's a branch application of the artificial nerve cord." Well... I'll tentatively name it 'Nervous Thorn'."
Byron continued to ask: "What is this for?"
"Essentially, it's still a nerve connection device, used to connect the human brain with an external magic device, but apart from this most basic connection function..." Pittman finally raised his head, pointing to the artificial nerve The dark red fiber structure at the end of the cable, "It can also be used to break the boundary between ordinary people and extraordinary people, really break."
Byron frowned slightly, with a serious expression: "...can you speak the common language?"
Pittman couldn't help giving him a blank look: "Read books occasionally, otherwise you won't even be able to understand Pea's textbooks when she enters Imperial College."
Kamel on the other side floated over, and after greeting Byron, he said with a buzzing trembling voice: "Your Majesty once pointed out that the current magic technology has shortcomings, that is, all supernatural powers are realized through machinery. , People manipulate the rune trigger to achieve the preset magic effect in the machine. This way of realization has natural limitations.
"Magic machinery can only be used to perform simple spells that do not require 'spiritual power' to maintain guidance, such as fireballs, ice cones, arcane missiles, etc. Once a spell requires the caster's spiritual guidance, such as illusions, dreams spells or larger-scale ritual spells, then the magic machine is powerless."
Byron laughed, nodded and said, "I understand that."
Extraordinary people all have this common sense. Spells can be divided into two types in terms of control methods. One is "forming and realizing." After completing the construction of the spell model, it only needs to be stimulated, and the complete spell effect can be released, like a fireball The same is true for Frostbolt and the like, and the other type is "mental power guidance". This kind of spell is usually continuous. It requires the caster to continuously control the mental power during the release process. Once interrupted, The spell also dissipates immediately.
Obviously, the current magic machine can only realize the former spell, while the latter... Due to the limitation of maintenance methods, it is doomed to be unable to get rid of the "operator" of the transcendent.
This is obviously inconsistent with the magic technology's concept of "attributing the extraordinary to mortals", and it actually limits the development of magic technology.
In fact, in the current technology development process, this limitation has already begun to appear. The virtual interface that the immersion cabin needs to present after linking with the human brain, and some parameters of the magic network broadcasting system are "written", which cannot be passed through simple symbols. The process that is controlled by the trigger and requires the participation of the operator's mental power is still completely dependent on a real mage to operate.
This is also one of the reasons why the output of immersion chambers has been unable to increase for a long time. Each immersion chamber needs to be adjusted by an official mage for a long time. How many mages in the research institute can be used to do this kind of thing
Byron vaguely guessed the function of this so-called "nerve thorn": "So... this thing allows ordinary people to use their mental power to control those channeling spells?"
"To be more precise, it allows ordinary people to 'sense' magic power." Pittman smiled, and said something that would make every traditional transcendent stunned.
Let ordinary people feel the magic power! !
Byron's eyes widened, and it took a few seconds before he realized what the strange thing in front of him meant.
The dividing line of magical talent is the induction magic power, and the first threshold for ordinary people to enter the extraordinary realm is also the induction magic power.
Only by sensing the existence of magic power can it be possible to control it, use it, and achieve extraordinaryness. But this special talent is only possessed by a very small number of talented people.
"We have been working on this thing for a whole year, and we have always been stuck on the problem of 'artificial neurons cannot survive in small devices for a long time'. Until recently, the technology of the end of all things has helped us make up for this problem," Kami said. "We've managed to make a neurothorn that works for the long haul, though it's still a long way from being perfect," Hall hummed.
Pittman also straightened up slightly, with a proud expression on his face: "As long as this thing is successful, it will be truly 'everyone is extraordinary'."
Byron couldn't help being affected by the atmosphere at the scene, and he became a little excited, but soon he remembered his purpose of coming here today: "...but what does this have to do with peas?"
Pittman looked at him: "As a product of a superficial early stage technology, the nerve thorn is still far away from realizing the goal of 'everyone is extraordinary', but before that, it may be used to achieve something simpler than casting spells. The thing can be directly connected to the human brain, and if it is connected with a "gadget" that emits sound, perhaps it can 'speak for' the pea."
Byron was silent for a moment, and only asked, "Is there any risk?"
"Yes, any experiment has risks, the main risk is brain damage," Kamel said directly, "We will set up enough safety locks and release spells to protect the mind and brain for Pea in advance, which can put Risk is minimized."
"...I'm going back to ask Pea for her own opinion."
"Of course it is, as it should be."
(Mom!!!)