The mechanized voice made Gao Wen stunned for a moment.
He is no stranger to this sound. He first heard it when he was separated from the satellite. It was the synthetic sound warning and announcing the activation of the escape system. After that, it was the system sound he would hear occasionally when connecting to the satellite. He was already sure. , this sound belongs to the satellites in space or to the entire space facility group.
He raised his hand, and then tentatively touched the big black book again, this time, there was no response.
Bertila couldn't hear the voice in Gawain's mind, but she saw the expression on the latter's face change instantly, so she was naturally curious: "What happened?"
"This thing..." Gao Wen concealed his embarrassment, "What is it used for?"
Bertila stretched out his hand to the big black book, and let it fall into his hand, while the other hand flipped over at random: "It records countless knowledge, and it can be set in the bar... 噫?"
Driven by the magic power, the pages of the big black book flipped by themselves, but no strange images appeared when the pages were flipped. On each page, there were red cross marks and a line of dazzling red words: "Agent visit disconnected, please check authorization validity."
Gao Wen also saw the words that surfaced on those pages, and now he is finally sure: this thing probably seems to be... broken by himself.
"This...how could this be..." Bertila also showed a rare expression of astonishment and even a little panic, "it has never happened in hundreds of years...it has never..."
"Hmm... don't worry about its state," Gao Wen said in a blunt tone, "tell me what this thing does first, and tell me about its origin, to see if I have any clues."
Beltira was taken aback, and then remembered Gawain's identity as an "outsider wanderer". Although she kept reminding herself, every time she saw Gawain Cecil's face, she would always forget this. ", presumably should be well-informed, right
"The Ultimate Book... As I said just now, it is a supernatural item we found in this ancient ruins. It is tightly protected in a complicated device, but that device has been removed when we discovered it. Damaged by the passage of time. This book records seemingly endless knowledge, and will present the most suitable language with different readers. When we first discovered it, it was full of unrecognizable symbols, but after opening it several times , and it starts rendering content for us in the lingua franca.
"Its first function is to present all kinds of knowledge according to the needs of the reader, but only limited to things that exist in the world and can be seen, such as the position of a certain mountain or the length of a certain river. There is another detail in this point. In fact, the knowledge it can present at the beginning is very little, and many of the contents have errors and omissions, or directly tell the reader that 'the information is incomplete and needs to be updated', but as time goes by, the things it can describe begin to become more and more more and more, as if it's always learning somehow;
"And its second role is even more incredible than the first: after setting specific conditions, it can even deduce the evolution of certain things, such as the success rate of an experiment with certain conditions, Its accuracy in this regard is frighteningly high, and it can even deduce changes in the situation on the mainland, such as... Anzu's civil war was partly due to its deduction... "
While Bertila was talking, Gawain's brows were already furrowed. He never thought that the end of all things would hold such a powerful "artifact" in his hands, but when he heard about the "deduction" After the part, he couldn't help asking: "So, is Cecil's development also in its deduction?"
"...No, this is also a point that confuses me," Bertila shook his head, "It can't answer all the questions about wanderers outside the territory, and it also refuses to deduce the development of everything centered on wanderers outside the territory. The hint is... Dangerous access , Authorization denied."
Gao Wen's mind was already running fast.
Unable to answer the question about the wanderer outside the territory... This is easy to understand, because first of all, he, the wanderer outside the territory, is not from this world, and secondly, almost all the "information" about the wanderer outside the territory is compiled by himself and the brain of the eternal sleeper. No matter how powerful this thing called "Ultimate Book" is, it should not be connected to the brain of the Eternal Sleeper, but it refuses to deduce the development of things related to wanderers outside the territory... This is a bit of an "initiative" factor .
The first thing he thought of was the sentence he heard when he touched the Ultimate Book: Illegal media detected to log into the system.
This sentence can have two explanations: Gao Wen, the traverser, is an "illegal medium", so he cannot log in to the Ultimate Book, or... The Ultimate Book is an "illegal medium", so he cannot log in to Gao Wen, the "satellite essence"!
In addition, the deduction function of the Ultimate Book mentioned by Bertila also reminded Gawain of the origin space, the virtual world created by the Eternal Sleeper, or strictly speaking, the "simulation calculation" based on virtual world technology. Function".
The Ultimate Book was dug out hundreds of years ago by the End of Everything, and the spiritual network of the Eternal Sleeper was completely completed recently, so this book is definitely not connected to the spiritual network, so it should be connected to another A super system with powerful computing power and capable of performing simulation calculations...
Of course, it is not ruled out that this deduction ability is a function of the Ultimate Book itself, rather than being linked to any other upper system. With the characteristics of slowly updating the database as if downloading something in the background, Gao Wen still couldn't help but think that this thing is just a second-hand dealer of information, and the things it presents are linked from other places.
Bertila saw Gawain lost in thought. Although she was full of doubts, she forcibly held back and did not speak. However, the squirming vines and slightly trembling roots in the hall revealed that she was not in a calm mood. Gawain also noticed this. Movement, but forced not to care.
He has thought to the critical stage:
If it is assumed that the Ultimate Book is linking to another data source, then this data source is known to include the following characteristics:
There is a large amount of data, mainly about various things on the continent (mountains, rivers, flowing plants, distribution of mineral characteristics, etc.), and it is suspected that it can accurately scan the land;
It should have powerful computing power, which can be used to deduce events or conduct simulation experiments;
The information is updated at any time, so the Ultimate Book, which has not been activated for a long time, took a long time to update and synchronize these information after it was suddenly activated by the End of Everything;
Gawain doesn't know how many things that fit all these characteristics exist in this world, but he at least knows one group of black technology satellites in the sky...
Although these are all his own conjectures, the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks it is possible. When he finally looked at the Ultimate Book, his eyes inevitably became weird:
Oh my god, I'm afraid this thing has been secretly rubbing his net all the time!
I have traveled through time and become a human being in two lifetimes, yet I still encounter the situation of being stalked by the Internet! And what rubbed the net was a book! Where does this make sense
Knowing that those Zentraedi star fleets that have long since disappeared are unlikely to return to deal with after-sales issues for this matter, Gao Wen could only curl his lips in his heart, and secretly decided to turn around and let Daniel start again on the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper. several ports...
Bertila waited quietly until now, and finally couldn't help but speak at this moment: "Do you... have any clues?"
Gao Wen finally woke up from his thoughts, and while he casually agreed, he couldn't help but stare at the ultimate book again. At this time, he thought of the voice he heard when he touched this book, and how the book would change after touching it. When the effect is lost, the truth seems to be clear at a glance:
Apparently, a black IP that has been on the Internet for a long time suddenly encountered a physical connection to the security system, and was directly killed by the self-defense mechanism of the genuine system... No wonder it would refuse to deduce events related to "rogues outside the domain", which is obviously A mechanism for avoiding danger!
It should be a good thing to get rid of an Internet scammer, but Gao Wen still couldn't help feeling a strange feeling of regret:
Although this ultimate book is from the Internet, it seems... After it is connected to the satellite system, it can find more things than this "satellite expert"...
This may be because of some mysterious ancient technology, or it may be because I can only link to one satellite, but the ultimate book is linking more data sources, but in any case, this thing seems to be a very useful At the very least, Gao Wen himself doesn’t have any data deduction and historical data query functions besides mobilizing satellite surveillance cameras...
Gawain's expression became weird again, so that Bertila next to him thought that the "outside wanderer" in front of him was too emotional when facing a book. This might be the "outside wanderer" It was caused by a unique ethnic group trait, but she couldn't help but say again: "Are you..."
"It's nothing." Gawain finally got rid of a lot of thoughts this time, he waved his hand and looked at Bertila with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "According to my knowledge, this book should be a 'fake'. so… "
"You actually saw that it was a fake?" Gao Wen said casually, wanting to find a reason for the damage of the ultimate book, but he didn't expect Bertila to say in surprise immediately, "The rogue outside the territory really has mastered A lot of occult knowledge... Indeed, it's a fake, that's what it says about itself."
Gao Wen concealed his embarrassment, and asked curiously: "A description of yourself? How does it specifically describe?"
"A false key, used to pry open the door of truth, this thing is a fake, but the method is also very useful. This is the first sentence that emerges every time the ultimate book is activated. Of course, even this sentence now It's all gone."
Gao Wen: "..."
This is the first time he heard that "cracking the net" can be described so poetically...
Yes, through the "self-report" of the ultimate book, he can be more sure that this thing is a scam.
He shook his head and brought the topic back to his own rhythm: "Because it is a counterfeit, it is far more fragile than the original. In fact, when you get it, it is already on the verge of its limit."
Bertila blinked.
Gao Wen continued: "And the dangerous experiment you conducted here has further accelerated its damage. Its refusal to deduce the incident about me, an 'extraterritorial wanderer', is actually a warning. It is telling you that its The endurance is close to the limit, and some functions have begun to break or be limited."
Bertila blinked again.
"So unfortunately, it has been completely damaged from overuse and I can't fix it."
Bertila didn't blink her eyes this time, she just looked at Gao Wen seriously for a while, and then asked blankly, "Is it true that you didn't break it?"
"… no."
Bertila: "... oh."
Gawain pulled a stiff smile from the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "It's regrettable that it was damaged, but as the 'artifact' that the Doom Society has always relied on, it may be the best destination for it to be damaged after it finishes its service. You also said that this thing is useless to you and I will accept it as some kind of souvenir."
Bertila's expression seemed a little stiff, but he still nodded: "It's been yours since just now."
Gao Wen thought for a while, and asked seemingly casually, "Do you care?"
Bertila shook her head: "No... maybe this is its fate."
…
At the same time, on the surface, Knight Margarita, who was on standby, suddenly raised his head and looked at the giant tree's huge crown in surprise.
Countless huge leaves with faint runes on the surface suddenly fell off from the branches for some reason. A gust of wind blew by, and large pieces of beautiful leaves fell to the ground as if dancing. Due to the huge size of the "Shorin Giant Tree", For a time, the landscape of fallen leaves can be described as magnificent.
"Why did the leaves suddenly fall?" the female knight murmured to herself in a daze.
"God knows," muttered Pittman next to him, "maybe it's just too cold."