Hearing Gawain's question, Bertila nodded: "Yes, as I said in the report—and I still haven't figured out the source of those regular signals."
Gao Wen frowned slightly.
What he and Bertila were discussing happened not long ago—about a week ago, the magic net in the Solin area completed the formation of a network within the area. The grid distribution of energy and information has been successfully realized among several major cities. As a regional hub, Solinburg, the largest magic obelisk here also completed the mode conversion on the same day and became the general hub of this area. , the matter itself went very well, but then some confusing "phenomena" occurred.
On the third day after the network was established, Beltira began to detect some regular signals of unknown origin that did not belong to the magic net itself from the crystal array located on the top of the Thorin tree.
Since the obelisk of magic energy in the Sorin area is built on the top of the crown of the giant tree of Sorin, and many of its ancillary facilities are built on the structure of the giant tree itself, Bertila's "person" is equivalent to a living magic net Hub, after realizing this, Gawain's technicians reached a cooperation with Beltera, who began to learn and get used to the manipulation skills of those magic devices, and monitored whether there was any signal in the signal module of the magic obelisk. Abnormality is one of her daily tasks.
—By the way, the Sorin Hub is currently the only magic hub in the empire that can maintain itself. Gawain hopes to build more, but it seems that Beltira's cutting and transplanting technology is still far away from a breakthrough No period, so similar thoughts can only be an idea...
After thinking for a while, Gao Wen raised his head: "Currently, the technicians still have no way to interpret the content of those signals?"
"There is no progress in deciphering that signal, which we have never been exposed to," Bertila shook his head, "It consists of a series of very short tremors and echoes of unknown meaning, completely different from the 'neural simulation' we are currently using. Pulse' and 'Mental Transport Stream' modes. But one thing seems to be certain..."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Which point?"
"That's not natural interference, definitely not," Bertila said quite firmly, "Although at first we suspected that it was related to the disturbance of the magic field that is ubiquitous in nature, but later the technicians collected all the magic power around the Sorin area The readings from the monitoring tower, those readings did not correspond to the signal I was listening to. And we sent a sample of the signal to Master Kamel in the Imperial Capital, who believed that some of the 'tremors' inside showed a complex combination, much like It's the result of human intervention."
"... That is to say, the technicians believe that the signals received by Sorin Junction are artificial," Gao Wen said thoughtfully, rubbing his chin, "but... who will send those signals? Our Magic Network communication The system is a new thing, and there is no second country on this continent that has mastered it...”
"If it is really man-made, then sending similar signals must have a complete set of technology. It is indeed impossible for several human countries at present, but..." Bertila said slowly in his thoughts, and the blooming vines were behind her Gently wriggling, let out a low and peaceful rustling sound, "I still remember what you said - there is more than one powerful civilization in this world, and today's human beings do not have the upper hand compared to them.
"The sea monsters, giant dragons, and even the elves in the southern part of the mainland, their technology is not low-maybe we just happened to catch their broadcast signal?"
"The elves can rule it out. We now have technical exchanges with the Silver Empire. The two countries have established a signal relay and translation system through the Sentinel Tower. Kamel has signal samples, and there is no 'unrecognizable' problem," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "As for the giant dragon and sea monster... it is indeed possible.
"It's just that our communication with these two races is still very limited at present, especially the dragon race, which is almost a stranger, and it may be troublesome to confirm the signal samples rashly.
"On the Siren's side... you can try to ask. There is also a technical cooperation between the Cecil Empire and the Siren."
Bertila lowered her head: "Everything is up to you."
Gao Wen nodded, but sighed softly in his heart.
In this world... there are too many unknown things, and behind these unknown things are often dangerous. Up to now, the technical department is still trying to crack the secrets deep in the magic power. Today, with the gradual development of the magic net, it appears again What "unrecognizable regular signal" is really disturbing.
Who is sending these signals? Kraken? dragon? Or some ancient civilization hiding out of human sight? Even the depths of the wasteland of Gondor, even the gods whose status is unknown... Every frightening conjecture is actually possible.
Gao Wen shook his head, and then suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, there was a report from the northern border before. During the test machine of the magic net near Cold Winter Castle, the technicians heard a very strange howling sound. Called 'echoes throughout the Ley system... I doubt that these two things are somehow related."
"I've also heard about it," Bertila nodded, "Intel will be shared between several hub stations. I've heard about what happened in the northern border. I can't rule out that they are related, but the difference between the two incidents is also obvious. ——What Winter Castle heard was a short and messy howling. According to the information afterwards, the thing was very chaotic and could not even be called a 'signal', but what Solinburg heard was clear and clear There are many, and there are even traces of manual debugging. So although these two things can't help but be associated together, I still suggest that they be treated as isolated events, at least not to merge rashly."
Gawain nodded slightly.
Despite falling into the dark sect, Beltira is still a technician after all. When talking about related topics, her thinking is clear and clear, and the communication is much easier.
And after he paused for a while, Bertila added: "However... If these two things are really related, I also have a guess."
Gao Wen glanced at the other party: "Just talk."
"If, I mean, if the signals monitored by Winter Castle and Solinburg are from the same source, then the previous signal in the northern border is very likely to be an unsuccessful attempt—the debugging was not completed, the magic net was not adapted, So it turned into a weird whistling, and the signal was not cleared until the Solimborg hub was activated... "
"I don't rule out the possibility..." Gao Wen said while thinking, "In short, I will order all the hub towers in the country to pay attention to monitor these mysterious signals, maybe we can catch more. Additional samples may help us uncover Open up the secrets behind these signals. As for your side... The giant tree of Sorin was the first hub to capture a clear signal. We are still not sure whether this is related to the environment of the Sorin area or the special nature of the Sorin hub itself, so you have to pay special attention to it. Pay more attention, I will ask the Government Affairs Department to send you some experts in magic network communication."
"So much the better."
After finishing these important matters, the two of them fell into a brief silence at the same time, and then Gao Wen took the initiative to break the silence: "Half a year has passed—are you still used to your new identity and new life?"
"It's better than I imagined," Bertila seemed to smile, "I thought it would be boring to be a plant, but the endless new things you brought really gave me a lot to do. Look Watching this land gradually recover is something that can bring a great sense of accomplishment... and there are magic network broadcasts and magic shadow dramas to watch."
"As long as you are willing to continue to be a law-abiding citizen of the empire, there will only be more incredible things in the future. This is an era of rapid change."
"I'm looking forward to it," Bertila nodded, then suddenly raised his head and looked not far away, "Ah, the guests are here."
Gawain turned his head to look, and saw the figure of Selina Gerfen suddenly appearing in the air.
He nodded to the dream saint: "Have you dealt with everything on your side?"
"Uri and Semler can handle things in the real world, and Naritil and Duvalte can handle the follow-up in the network," Selina said unhurriedly, "As for me... I just want to deal with the one with Magnum." Stupid guys keep a little distance."
"What did he do again?"
"He had a great chat with Norris, and then, on a whim, he tried to get me into a club of 'network minds' - a really stupid idea."
Gao Wen couldn't help laughing: "But I think this idea is good - after all, you, Magnum and Norris are in a similar state now, and in the future we will add more 'Internet citizens', Magnum's suggestion may be A way for these 'cybercitizens' to re-organize society with new identities, I think you could even bring Megoll on...”
"He named the club 'Sound and Face Wanzai'," Selina said lightly. "After finding out what this phrase meant, I decided to keep a distance from him."
Gao Wen's heart skipped a beat.
He realized that the "Sacred Words of Emperor Gawain Cecil" that Amber had secretly sorted out had begun to spread—and his previous searches and seizures had obviously failed.
"...the name is indeed open to discussion," Gawain's expression became as blank as Belterra's. "So what about Norris? What's his idea?"
"He's not interested—that's a respectable person, he only cares about the grain-producing areas of the Holy Spirit Plain and when he can return to work," Selina shook her head, "so I don't want to understand such a How does a respectable person have a common topic with Magnum... "
"...Maybe it's just out of politeness," Gawain said in a low voice, and then there was a moment of silence, "Sorry, ladies, I have to excuse you—I have something I want to talk to my intelligence minister about."
Bertila bowed slightly and said, "Please do yourself a favor."
Gawain left, and in the quiet flower field under the giant tree of Sorin, only Bertila surrounded by flower vines and Selina standing quietly with a lantern in hand.
After a moment of silence, Bertila looked at the former Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper: "I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances."
"I heard about your 'new state', and frankly speaking, the actual situation is even more incredible than I imagined," Selena said, "I warned you earlier that your biochemical technology has great hidden dangers..."
Bertila smiled slightly: "What about your soul path?"
"... That's true."
The two fell silent again.
They stood quietly under the tree, as if they were letting seven hundred years of time slowly settle down. It wasn't until a few minutes later that Selena broke the silence softly: "It's been seven hundred years..."
"Back then we were all human beings," Bertila said indifferently, "then we became less and less human."
"... You've been rooted in this land for some time, tell me what you think - is 'He' trustworthy?"
There was a crashing sound from the crown of the giant tree of Thorin, like waves.
"That body contains an inhuman soul, but from my point of view, this inhuman soul is making everyone on this land live more like a human being—maybe we can't be sure Exactly what an extraterrestrial visitor like 'Him' has in mind, but at least his actions so far... are better than anything we've ever done."
"Yeah... he'll even issue citizenship to a plant."
"And there are 'ghosts' like you."
"..."