Under the detailed scanning of the data terminal, the secrets of the legendary unit of the Black Sword Knight were finally revealed bit by bit.
The truth is surprising.
Hao Ren did not expect that such a situation full of black technology would appear on this planet that looks similar to Holletta's level. The essence of the Black Sword Knight has been separated from the human category. A semi-biological and semi-mechanical synthetic human with an extremely complex structure. The "raw material" may be real human beings, but when they wield swords, they can no longer be counted as regular life forms.
"Most organs have degenerated or shifted functions to varying degrees. There are two sets of blood circulation systems, one is the original cardiovascular system, and the other is maintained by something like a mechanical pump. There are intricate pipelines distributed in the body. What flows is grease that can transmit magic power, the bones have been semi-metallized, and the vital parts are covered with additional alloy armor..." The data terminal scanned and projected the results in mid-air, anyway, the Charlemagne brothers and sisters are familiar with this scene , "The brain tissue is severely degenerated, and the main nerves even show fiber tendencies. The shrunken brain body has less than 10% of its efficiency left. The nerve signals used to direct the body are all concentrated near the spinal cord, where there is a set of complex electronic systems. The structure... according to this world, is a magic device... "
The whole structure of the Black Sword Knight was projected. On the body covered by the armor, traces of erosion and transformation of the mechanical structure could be seen everywhere. If Hao Ren didn't know that this is a world full of magic, Hao Ren would almost think that he I'm following the old Popsicle from Vault 111 to fight against the synth...
"It's interesting..." Liya also showed an expression of great interest. Although these technologies are superficial in her eyes, they are obviously several levels beyond the current era in this world. "The artificial nerve near the spinal cord The system zooms in and shows me."
The data terminal enlarged the image according to the words, and a spindle-shaped object formed by countless thin lines and nodes appeared on the holographic projection.
"This is his real thinking organ? Wait... No..." Leah frowned, her eyes flickered slightly, and the true appearance of the spindle structure was quickly revealed under the gaze of the gods, "It's just a nerve The device for signal forwarding and release, the real signal source is not it... "
"What do you mean?" Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this a thinking organ? Then how do these black sword knights move?"
"If I'm not mistaken... it's a remote control," Leah said, pointing to the tip of the spindle. "This is a signal receiver, which accepts commands from the outside world and converts them into nerve impulses to control this body. In other words, the Black Sword Knights themselves cannot think, they are just remote-controlled dolls."
"Remote control?!" Even Lily, who has always been so clear-headed, widened her dog eyes this time, "Who is controlling it? Could it be His Majesty the Emperor?"
As she spoke, the legendary Dragon Soul Emperor sitting in her palace appeared in her mind, with a map screen in front of her eyes, black sword knights arranged in squads on the map one by one, the emperor didn't like it If so, go directly to frame A...
The husky girl is deeply convinced of her brain hole and gave herself a thumbs up.
"Stop thinking about it, it's definitely not what you think," Liya waved her hand, "Remember... this guy fell down after the mechanical sword was destroyed."
Lily: "Huh?"
"Although this conclusion is a bit weird, the most direct explanation is just that," Leah nodded, "It's not so much that the knights are wielding their swords, it's better to say that the swords are directing these knights. The sword is a bit weird, it is always releasing some vague fluctuations, now think about it... that should be the signal sent by the sword when it controls the body of the knight."
Charlemagne and Awenna looked at each other. They had never heard of such a fantasy story after receiving formal education. The latter blinked his eyes for a long time before sorting out this statement, and said in disbelief: "That is to say, The soul of the black sword knights is on the sword, but the body is the tool? So after destroying their sword, they can't move? The truth...is it so?"
"I'm a little surprised. Has no one ever discovered the truth?" Hao Ren frowned, "The Black Sword Knights have been active in this world for so many years, no matter how powerful they are, they are only elite troops. Those who are stronger than them What's more, has no one ever separated them from their mechanical swords? Or has there never been a precedent for destroying mechanical swords?"
"The mechanical sword and the body are connected by remote control, and the distance is probably not short. The signal receiver in their spinal cord can receive signals from half a planet. For this blocked planet, this distance is completely sufficient. So it should be useless to separate the black sword knight from the sword," Leah gave the answer instead of the Charlemagne brothers and sisters, "as for destroying their swords... Those mechanical swords are very special, with weird materials, stronger than the knight itself I think that under normal fighting conditions, the knights themselves must be fatally wounded first, and then it is their turn to use their swords, so the secrets of these black sword knights have been kept until today."
"Until they met you with such extraordinary combat power," Hao Ren glanced at Leah, "and immediately disassembled their weapons..."
"And the secret of the Black Sword Knight is probably not completely unknown," Charlemagne said, "I heard some knowledge about the Dragon Empire from my court tutor, and it was also mentioned that the Black Sword Knight lodged his soul in The saying on the sword—but this kind of saying is usually regarded as a legend in the White City Federation."
Hao Ren nodded: "The information is poor, the samples are too small, and finding the truth will not bring matching benefits, so the secret will be kept."
At this time, Vivian suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah, if this is really the case... then none of the three black sword knights we killed before may have died. I saw it clearly at the time, although they Men were blown away, but their swords were all intact...”
Ai Wenna blinked, and said softly: "It is said that after the black sword knight is killed, his sword will be recovered by the attendants and sent to the 'Holy Armory' of the Black Steel Fort. After qualified candidates are selected, They will take over the mechanical swords from their ancestors and become new black sword knights. This process is called "promotion", and after the promotion, the black sword knights will live a life similar to monks, and they will break away from their previous lives... This is I saw it in the natural history."
Hao Ren's eyes narrowed: "So, these mechanical swords are passed down from generation to generation, and knights are consumables that are exchanged for each crop... But I have another question, is their mechanical sword broken? Is it right? Although those swords are very strong, they are not yet indestructible, so they have been consumed over the years, right? Wouldn’t the number of Black Sword Knights decrease in this way?”
"New mechanical swords will be cast to make up for the loss, so the size of the Black Sword Knights will not be reduced," Charlemagne said of the knowledge he got from the court tutor, "but correspondingly, their size will also It has never expanded—since the day Dragon was founded, the Knights of the Black Sword had 770,000 soldiers. Afterwards, the empire has expanded day by day, and the size of the Imperial Legion has expanded countless times, but the Knights of the Black Sword have never added a single person Even if the Dragon Empire has expanded to the extent that it is difficult to protect the whole territory with the size of the Black Sword Knights, His Majesty Brentin only added a large number of standing troops to fill the shortage of the Knights. The real Black Sword The sword knights... still only have the 770,000 that they had when they formed the army."
Seventy-seven million people, this is a very delicate number. For a small kingdom that has just been established, super soldiers of this size are enough to make it sweep all the surrounding opponents at the same level, and even leapfrog the level. But when Dela After the Tribute Empire expanded to occupy half of the planet, this number was obviously not enough to deal with the long border.
According to Charlemagne, new mechanical swords can be cast, so the factors that check and balance the size of this knight order are very curious.
"There is only one explanation. They can only cast 770,000 mechanical swords, and the quantity of a certain key raw material is limited," Vivienne said after thinking, "Considering the functions of these swords, maybe this raw material is the soul. …but is the soul also finite?"
"Probably only that Blondin himself knows what's going on," Hao Ren shrugged. "Anyway, these 'Black Sword Knights' are full of mysteries, and this is not a secret. They can mutate into such a The reason is still unclear."
The data terminal shook its body up and down: "Yes, according to what the brothers and sisters said just now, normal black sword knights are actually no different from normal humans in appearance, and this machine also confirmed when scanning their body structures just now. This point-the mechanized transformation in their bodies only strengthens their body functions, and does not cause their external images to become monsters. This is a fairly mature mechanical synthetic human technology, and it is theoretically non-toxic. "
"That is to say, is there some other reason that these originally normal-looking black sword knights now look like relatives of the ancient gods?" Hao Ren rubbed his brows, vaguely feeling that he was getting in touch with some truth, "Leah, Can you feel any... 'breath' from them? Like the influence of the Lord of Madness or something."
Liya hummed, and felt it seriously for a moment, then the little goddess shook her head: "No, I can't feel it at all."
But then she added: "However, the possibility cannot be completely ruled out. Maybe the aura is too weak and has reached an unrecognizable level, or maybe the remaining crazy power in this world has changed and turned into something. It’s something I don’t know—we still have to be careful, after all, the mutations of these knights are full of profanity, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the painting style of the crazy lord... "
Charlemagne and Aiwenna were confused, and said in unison: "What is the Lord of Madness?"
"Abstract performance artists can really harm your aesthetics," Hao Ren waved his hands perfunctorily, "I don't know if I can tell you now, so don't ask. Compared with this, we have something more important now." The question... are we sure we didn't go the wrong way?"