Sword of Dawn

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"I'm afraid we have already been exposed. If the judgment of Mirmina and I is correct, the signal sent by the civilization that sent the message should not be a global broadcast, but a highly directional communication," Enya said calmly, "They Having locked onto the coordinates of our planet, and presumably confirming our existence, the part of the communication requesting a response should just be some kind of... routine confirmation."

The news brought by Enya directly disrupted all rhythms. The three rulers of the empire and Amoen who had just learned the news looked at each other in blank dismay. Immediately afterwards, Gao Wen broke the silence: "What's going on?"

"Cough, let me explain." Mirmina coughed lightly, and waved her hand to outline a floating light curtain above the round table. Immediately afterwards, the light curtain shrank and condensed into a magic projection of the planet. This projection obviously It's just some kind of schematic diagram, and the structure on its surface is blurry. You can only vaguely see the existence of Loren, Tarrond and other continents, but under this blurred appearance, you can clearly see the vertical and horizontal planes. The distributed light blue light flow surges inside the planet like a blood vessel.

And at the focus of these "vessels" is the center of Loren Continent, a specially marked blue light beam.

Immediately afterwards, Milmina waved her hand lightly again, and several specious phantoms immediately evolved around the planet. They showed the states of various realms such as elements, shadows, and shadows, and each projection contained A stream of blue light can be seen flowing through it.

"As you can see, this is a schematic diagram of the 'world' we live in - not exact, just a general understanding. These blue parts are the dark blue webways in each realm, and they are in a higher dimension The upper connection is a whole, the part affects the whole, and the whole affects the part, and here... is the largest networkway node that has been proven so far, the Deep Blue Well.

"In the past period of time—strictly speaking, since the end of the war, I have been paying attention to the changes in the Deep Blue Well, and tried to record the fluctuations of the Deep Blue Network Road during the entire war. After receiving the meeting notice just now, Ms. Enya found me, hoping to use my observation data to confirm one thing..."

Following Mirmina's words, the magical phantoms floating in midair also changed accordingly, presenting a record of fluctuations in the dark blue webway for a period of time, and at a certain critical point in time, Gawain saw all the The main nodes of the body suddenly "vibrated" for a moment, like a strong pulse, which was particularly eye-catching.

The Silver Queen Belsetia spoke softly subconsciously: "This is..."

"This is the moment when the 'Sentinel' 'squeezed' into the real world along the crack of the dark blue webway," Mir Mina said in a deep voice, "That spaceship... If my guess is correct, the voyager must have used a very Special technology transforms the entity of the sentinel system into a "projection" state similar to the kingdom of God, so that it can maintain stability in the deep world, and the behavior of the sentinel system forcibly entering the real world is not just a kind of "space teleportation" ', in fact, reversed the conversion process, which led to an extremely strong network channel shock...

"If the calculations of Ms. Enya and I are correct, the webway shock caused by the reversal process is beyond imagination. Although mortals cannot perceive or observe it, it has already set off in the 'base' of our universe. A ripple, this ripple spreads out at an unimaginable speed, and even...may have surpassed the concept of 'speed'."

Mirmina exhaled softly, and ended her explanation. A brief silence enveloped the audience, until Enya's voice broke the silence: "More than half a month ago, in that brief moment, our planet once Being 'lit up' like a torch in the night, I am afraid that it can be clearly seen hundreds of thousands of light years away. If the sending civilization has been paying attention to the starry sky, then they will definitely not miss this time that there are obvious traces of human intervention... …flash."

Everyone at the scene felt as if their hearts stopped beating, and at this moment, there seemed to be an explanation for the sudden change of the signal mode of "Sending Civilization".

They really observed the changes "here", so they converted the originally aimless global broadcasts into more efficient directed broadcasts.

"...We need to look at this matter again," Rosetta said very seriously. "Whether we respond to this signal or not, we must discuss it under the premise of 'we have been exposed'."

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, he just frowned and fell into deep thought. Gradually, his pensive appearance also attracted the attention of Belsetia and Amon. The round table became quiet, and everyone seemed to be subconsciously Waiting for him to speak, Gao Wen finally broke the silence: "...responding to this signal, this is probably the only option."

Then he raised his head and glanced at everyone: "Our existence has been exposed in front of the alien civilization, and the other party obviously knows our location. The so-called 'unknown civilization Alpha' refers to us, so it's okay to keep silent." It makes no sense, and in this case we have to respond, and we have to respond as early as possible, as clearly as possible."

Enya looked into Gawain's eyes: "This is to prove to them that we also have the technology of faster-than-light communication."

"This sounds like a bluff. We only have a set of half-destroyed communication antennas." Belsetia shook her head, but she could only admit helplessly, "but it seems to be the only way we can retain a little initiative."

"Actually... I might be a little more optimistic than you," Gawain glanced at the Silver Queen, "I'm becoming more and more suspicious now that the civilization that sent the signal may not be as advanced as we imagined, and even their faster-than-light communication technology It itself... also seems to have many suspicious points."

"Suspicious?" Mirmina cast a curious look, "What do you mean?"

"The 'flare' that exposed our coordinates appeared more than half a month ago, right?" Gao Wen said slowly, "And according to your and Ms. Enya's judgment, the spread of this flash should be very, very Faster, maybe even as fast as faster-than-light communication."

"Yes," Mirmina nodded, "The shocks occur at the bottom of the world and propagate in the form of projections in the 'deep ocean', and according to the unified wave model and our latest universe layering model, the information in the 'deep ocean' The speed of transmission is not bound by the laws of the material world, and is theoretically infinitely fast - this is also a technical direction of the super-light speed communication I conceived.

"Of course, there is only this theory now, and we have no corresponding technology that can actively create such information ripples that can be stably transmitted in the deep sea, and there is no way to retrieve and 'listen' to such fluctuations from the deep sea. The deep blue well triggered This shock is the first 'instance' I've observed..."

As the master of the field of magic and mysteries, Mirmina is as easy to immerse herself in talking about technical issues as Rebecca, and many of the theories she mentioned inadvertently made Gao Wen's mind uncontrollable. Many ideas came up.

But he quickly forcibly controlled the thoughts that were about to spread, and asked seriously: "That is to say, at that moment more than half a month ago, the 'flicker' of our planet had spread to hundreds of people. Even thousands of light-years away, it happened instantaneously and arrived instantaneously—however, that 'sending civilization' didn't change their signal mode until two or three days ago, why is that?"

Amoen looked at Gao Wen, then at Mirmina, and said uncertainly: "They discussed for half a month to decide how to write the first letter? Well, this is unlikely..."

"Yes, this is of course impossible. They have been sending letters for so long. If they really found other intelligent races, they should have prepared various 'communication documents'," Gao Wen nodded and said, "They It took half a month to switch the signal mode, which only shows that they need such a long time to complete the adjustment of the equipment. But let's not forget that this civilization has been broadcasting this signal as early as the Gondor Empire Yes, their 'superluminal communication technology' has been used for hundreds or even thousands of years..."

He stopped, folded his hands on his chin, and continued slowly in thought: "A civilization that has been broadcasting in the universe for 1000 years with superluminal communication, now it takes half a month to change the signal mode, so There may be only one explanation for the suspicious situation..."

The Silver Queen on the side immediately reacted: "This technology is not theirs!"

"The technology is not theirs, and the equipment may not be theirs either. They may need to pay a huge price or use very cumbersome methods to indirectly control this thing, and even..." Enya thought thoughtfully, "Even they may just borrow A certain voyager legacy... If this is the case, then it is understandable that they cannot crack the 'core secrets' of the sending equipment for 1000 years, because voyager equipment often has very strict core protection."

Gawain spread his hands: "Just imagine, if they were really a civilization with a normal technical route, and they had mastered the mystery of faster-than-light communication 1000 years ago, how far would they have developed now? They should have already broken through The magic tide has already been solved, and the black trap has already been solved. They don't need to wait for our response. On the second day after our planet "lights up", their jump ship may have already reached the sky above Loren Continent.

"The fact is, none of that happened."

Chapter 1429

Perhaps it was because the impact on the three perspectives brought about by the sudden exchange with an alien civilization was too great, or perhaps it was the old way of thinking and knowledge that restricted Rosetta and Belsetia. They never seemed to think too much. The possibilities mentioned in the article—however, this does not mean that they do not have this knowledge. When the fog temporarily blocked in front of them was cleared up, they quickly realized the suspiciousness behind the incident .

It's true that they don't really understand super-light-speed communication, high-precision deep space exploration, space navigation and other technologies that are too beyond cognition, but if it's just a conceptual level, it's not unimaginable, or even unimaginable. I can also find a way to keep up with the topics discussed by Gao Wen, Enya, and Mirmina, and think within the scope of my own understanding-the specific technology may be difficult to understand, but the "reason" behind the technology is simple And interoperable.

The development of technology must have its own laws. A normal and healthy civilization must have its own complete technological path to follow. Behind a specific technological product, there must be a complete set of pre-theories and derivative products—if a group understands the How to smelt metal, then they must know what a furnace is (or something with a similar function), and if they don't know, it can only show that their smelting technology "has a problem".

There are various indications that the sending civilization is very suspicious in this respect—of course, it can only be called "suspicious" at this stage.

"These can only be our guesses," Gao Wen slowly added after seeing the several figures around the round table lost in thought, "After all, we don't know what kind of civilization is on the other side, nor do we know the superhuman civilization they use. We can only speculate about 'them' based on what the speed of light communication equipment is based on, but maybe the truth is just because their communication equipment is out of order, or they are busy with other things... Facing the astronomical scale Fog, we can't say anything."

"But at least one thing is certain, we must respond to this signal," Rosetta twirled the ruby ​​ring on his finger, which is his habitual action when thinking, "They already know our existence, and now it seems They don't seem to have the means of transportation that can reach our planet in an instant, so we need to strive for a little... initiative, even if this initiative is a bluff."

"This matter requires the assistance of the Kraken," Belsetia looked at Gawain. "Currently they are the only ones who have that kind of... FTL communication equipment. Are they willing to help?"

"Don't worry about this matter. I have already discussed with the Siren ambassador when I learned about their repair progress. They expressed their willingness to lend the communication array," Gao Wen nodded, "But...the status of the communication equipment is not good. Well, it can only be used for a short time now, it may be okay if it is simply responding to signals, but basically it cannot undertake long-term communication tasks, if we really want to establish communication with 'them', I am afraid that we have to completely repair that thing."

"Complete repair..." Rosetta frowned, "I am afraid that the countries on the whole continent will be powerless. special."

Gao Wen's tone was solemn: "The thorough repair work requires a long-term plan. Let's start with what can be done. The most urgent task now is to get the various 'Star Breaker' groups to cooperate and collect all the information we have about the alien signal. Summarized in one place, we need an efficient, barrier-free, special department directly responsible to the high-level alliance to deal with the "alien civilization", draw up the message text of "first contact" as soon as possible, and complete the coding as soon as possible. Do it in a few days, and the sooner the better.

"In addition, I will contact Siren to prepare their superluminal communication array, and also prepare listening stations in various places to receive feedback signals from 'them' at any time..."

"In addition," Rosetta tapped the table lightly, "not only should we consider responding to the signal, but also after responding to the signal—although we are not sure whether our response is really meaningful, our army and the government are Some preparations should be made. In the worst possibility, something may come to our world directly through this "call from the star space", or maybe, as you said, a fleet will come to us planet, and even if none of this happens, avoid the confusion and panic that would result from a leak."

"In addition, our scholars need to be prepared, scholars in various fields," Belsetia said immediately, "linguists, astrologers, magicians, professionals in the fields of logic and negotiation... whoever Not knowing exactly what 'they' want to talk to us about, and even if they're not really hostile, communicating itself is a huge challenge."

Enya watched all this quietly from the side. The former "Peak of God" seemed to be thinking. She watched the leaders of the three most powerful empires in the world deal with it almost as if they were facing an enemy. She is having a "conversation" without feeling that their preparations are a sign of being too nervous, because she knows very well that what is about to happen deserves this level of caution.

This is a situation that even the gods have never faced before—the starry sky has already rushed towards us before mortals have stepped into the starry sky.

"At the same time, there is a theocratic council that needs to act," Enya finally said during the discussion between the three empire leaders, "Don't ignore the impact this incident has on the gods."

Enya's words made everyone on the scene tense up instantly.

Gawain looked into the lady's eyes: "You mean, communication with this alien signal may cause the gods to 'lose control'?"

"It should not be out of control. According to my experience, the 'final disobedience' must strictly follow the two principles of 'irrefutable transgressive behavior' and 'direct contact with external systems by mortal individuals', or in other words , as long as it can be justified in the belief system and can make the gods "fool yourself", it will not trigger the final disobedience-under this premise, there is no essential difference between talking to alien civilizations and looking up at the sky. It can be regarded as indirect contact that can be denied..."

Enya explained to Gao Wen and others the knowledge that was once the highest secret of the gods, and neither Belsetia nor Rosetta listened very carefully at this moment.

At the same time, she continued: "But even if it doesn't trigger eventual disobedience, it will be the closest we've come to the border yet—information from outside the closed system, unsolicited gazes from outside, beyond all The 'heterogeneous contact' of the ideological cognitive system is a challenge for every god who is still in the god position... and we all know that the state of some gods in this season's civilization is actually not so good..."

Inexplicably, Gao Wen suddenly thought of the scene he had seen over the domain of the Three Gods of Abundance when he was on the Sentinel's cruiser looking around the Kingdom of God.

Indeed, the state of some gods is really not good, maybe they will really go crazy just because humans and aliens are connected to each other...

"As you respond to that signal and establish a real 'communication' with it, some gods are very likely to change," Enya said slowly, passing on his own experience, "The Theocratic Council should closely monitor all sects in the world Keep abreast of the signs of pollution, falsehood, and delusion among believers everywhere. There may be abnormal "oracles", priests who suddenly change their temperament, and "saints" who claim to be "enlightened" , these are all signals that a certain god is about to lose control.

"In this regard, I suggest that if such a situation occurs, the communication with alien civilizations should be immediately reduced, the participants of the project should be spiritually purified to a level above, and the specific personnel of the specific church that produced the vision should be isolated and monitored , and comforted by deep-sea runes, in fact, if conditions permit... I even suggest that all personnel involved in the 'interstellar communication', and even the entire research facility, be placed in an isolated environment with an anti-divine barrier, because this Some people are very likely to become "abnormal individuals" in the trend of thought that lure the gods into madness, and the "anti-divine barrier" you are using now has been tested in practice, and it has been proven that it can temporarily cut off the connection between gods and mortals..."

"Ah, I can prove this, that thing is really useful," Mirmina interjected next to her, "I can even hang the barrier to chat with mortals without worrying about pollution."

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly emphasized to Gao Wen: "I have filed a record."

"Use an anti-theistic barrier to temporarily keep the project participants out of the sight of the gods, so as to reduce pollution..." Gao Wen nodded thoughtfully, and then couldn't help but glance at Enya, "These All very valuable suggestions, I didn't expect you to know this level of technology used by the Theocratic Council."

"You invited me to be a senior advisor to the Theocratic Council, I don't want to be a mascot to dawdle," Enya smiled softly and quietly, "As the only one who has experienced the ultimate disobedience, and after going through it twice Individuals who have survived successfully, I think they still have some spiritual experience, and these experiences can just come in handy now."

"Of course, I hope we don't need these experiences..." Amoen muttered, "Well, it seems that all aspects have been discussed now, is there anything missing?"

Gawain looked around at every figure around the round table, and after a while he nodded lightly: "It seems that you can't think of anything to add for the time being - then let's stop here today, we will start to implement the plan, if there is anything The situation, the first time to contact through this 'encrypted space', that's it."

Rosetta nodded slightly, and the ruler of Typhon, who always had a serious expression, stood up: "I hope we made a correct choice today."

His figure then gradually dissipated into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the Silver Queen Belsetia also stood up, and she smiled at Gao Wen: "Our world has been really not very stable these years."

Figures stood up from the round table one by one and gradually disappeared. In the end, Gao Wen was the only one left in the vast sea of ​​white flowers. A breeze blew not far away, and the flowers and grass blades made rustling sounds as they rubbed against each other. The breath entered Gawain's perception as if it appeared out of thin air. He looked back and saw Bertila standing quietly behind him.

"I remember not long ago, you only had to consider the war of one kingdom," Bertila sighed softly, "At that time, the biggest crisis in the world seemed to be just a group of monsters sealed in the high wall and the death of all things. There are so many dark believers... But suddenly, the problem you have to face is so big that it even exceeds the world's understanding of the world."

Gao Wen shook his head: "The demon tide and the gods... Actually, the problem we are facing has not changed from the beginning to the end, it's just that with the broadening of our vision, we finally see the whole of this giant beast clearly. "

"So sometimes I can't help but think of a sentence - ignorance is a gift bestowed on all beings. If ignorance, all beings don't need to know what a terrifying appearance this giant beast has, but only need to take a strand of it Breathing is the biggest challenge in the world. You don’t need to think about the gods who are out of control, you don’t need to think about the magic tide that will come at any time, and you don’t need to think about how many unknown and inexplicable challenges there are in the starry sky above your head. You only need to prepare a shield and a With a long sword, people can sleep peacefully."

"But this world will not stop because of people's ignorance... Well, the gods may really do, but it is a pity that the sentient beings have to face far more than the gods," Gawain sighed softly, "even if Regardless of the crisis already on our planet, there are countless stars above our heads."

"I think I understand why you often cast your eyes on the starry sky - it turns out that the future of all of us is really among the stars," Bertila smiled and shook her head, and then she seemed to "hear" something suddenly, with a slight expression Change, "Brother, I received a communication request from Deep Blue Well...it is a high-priority communication."

"Ophelia?" Gawain was a little surprised, he didn't understand why Ophelia would suddenly choose to contact him through the neural network, "Why didn't she come directly as Veronica...Forget it, let's get through , may be some special circumstances."

"Yes, communications are moving into the encrypted space."

Bertila lowered his head slightly and said, and then, an invisible wind suddenly blew across the vast flower field. In the next second, Gawain saw a strange scene suddenly appear in the flower field - an illusory open room Appearing in front of him, it looked like somewhere in the underground fortress of the Deep Blue Well. There were neatly arranged ancient devices emitting a faint blue light in the center of the room, and a blurry stream of light continued to pass over those devices. Flying over, like countless fireflies.

The figure of Ophelia Norton stands between these devices, using the same "doll" incarnation of Ophelia Norton in history-it seems that she is inspecting it herself own "territory".

"Ophelia," Gawain said, "I didn't expect you to find me in this way—what happened?"

The figure who seemed to be checking the equipment turned around immediately, and a gentle and familiar voice came to Gawain's ears: "This is the oldest storage array in the Deep Blue Well, after the chaotic magic in the wasteland calmed down , some of the devices here have resumed operation, and I found some... extraordinary things here."

Gawain frowned slightly: "An extraordinary thing?"

"Some magic power fluctuation readings," Ophelia looked serious, "stored 700 years ago, recorded by automatic equipment, I suspect... The Deep Blue Well recorded the 'body' of the magic tide, in the form of data."

Chapter 1430 Ophelia's Experimental Plan

The low hum of the ventilation system and cooling device running reverberates in the computer room. The ancient lighting device dispels the darkness of the underground. One after another neatly arranged storage lattices stand in the center of the room like a line of bookshelves. Flowing between the metal and the crystal, there was a melodious tremor from time to time. Ophelia's eyes swept over these storage lattices with a history of hundreds of years, as if she was watching the history frozen in the crystal.

This is the shallow underground area of ​​the Deep Blue Well, directly above it is the subway network of the old imperial capital, and below it is the first layer of composite armor for the underground fortress.

Many years ago, this place was part of the control center of the Deep Blue Well, and these storage lattices were used to record the huge and complex data of Gondor's energy center every day—relying on an energy center to send magic power to countless cities and towns across the country is an important task. An extremely complex and huge project, the existence of the Deep Blue Well supported the Gondor Empire, and also locked the Gondor Empire. People could not break away from their dependence on the "well", and they could not transform this natural planetary source of power, so It can only continue to refine the existing system after it has developed to a certain level, and infinitely subdivide and adjust the limited magic power flow. The result is this extremely large underground control center, as well as the record and computing center.

In fact, the underground fortress occupied by Ophelia was once only a part of this control system.

700 years ago, the big explosion destroyed everything in the Gondor Empire. The out-of-control magic power surging out of the Deep Blue Well burned all towns and villages along the way, and left an "abnormal magic power" that could not be dissipated for centuries. Resonance field", and the control center located deep underground has the magical shelter of the deep blue well itself, so it was not directly destroyed by the explosion, but even so, the continuously sinking pollution and the distortions that spread underground along the subway network still invaded In the shallow area, Ophelia Norton had to abandon most of the facilities in the shallow area and fled to a deeper layer. This storage center... was one of the facilities that was forced to abandon at the beginning.

Now that the pollution has receded, Ophelia Matrix, who inherited Ophelia Norton's legacy, is leading her Iron Man Corps to retake these abandoned ancient areas, and in the process, she discovers some... "surprises" .

More than a dozen Iron Man soldiers were sitting neatly on the floor not far away. They seemed to be in deep sleep, and alloy "chains" that resembled "nerve thorns" extended from their spines. These chains connected Looking at the maintenance interfaces buried on the floor, there are shimmering lights near the interfaces, which shows that these iron soldiers are using their mental cores to perform high-speed data operations.

"This storage center has been offline from the main system, and I can't directly connect to it underground, so I brought a team of soldiers to deal with it myself," Ophelia looked away from the soldiers who were in a "sleeping" state, Turning his head to look at another iron warrior standing not far away, one eye of this iron warrior has been "opened", and a shimmering crystal is running quietly in the groove of his skull, recording the room The situation in the movie and Ophelia's voice, "I'm still not sure if it is the 'trace' left by the magic tide, but the possibility is very high."

She lightly brushed a storage lattice next to her with her fingers, and the magic metal outside the lattice, which played the role of encapsulation and conduction, made a pleasant whisper. The "touch" returned by the iron man's body was very subtle, different from that of flesh and blood. Although it has only been less than half a month, she has already begun to get used to this special "carrier".

Different from those "occupied" carriers, this is the real "self", the complete "self".

Gao Wen's voice came from the Iron Man soldier who was acting as a communicator: "...According to the unified wave model and our conjecture about the 'origin shock' of the universe, the essence of the magic tide should be some kind of 'wave' that periodically oscillates throughout the universe '...You mean, this 'fluctuation' can be recorded?"

"If the big explosion of the Deep Blue Well really resisted a demon tide, then the demon tide must be something that can react with magic power and leave 'traces' in the material world," Ophelia nodded , "I have also carefully studied the unified wave model, and for this reason, I have asked Ms. Mirmina for advice... She once told me that the boundary between matter and energy is fuzzy, and the boundary between entity and imaginary is also blurred at any time. It can be changed, only 'wave' itself is the unchanging foundation of this world, if everything is wave, then wave can also be everything in the world."

She paused, and her voice became a little low: "Of course it can be recorded... It has had such a fierce 'interaction' with the most powerful force on our planet, how could it leave no trace?"

The Big Bang of the Deep Blue Well 700 years ago was not a demonic wave itself—although the world has always had erroneous perceptions in this regard, the latest intelligence shows that the big explosion may have been just an existence to resist the real demonic tide And the "defensive means" created actively, the essence of the magic tide should actually be some kind of "observer effect out of control" that affects the entire planet and occurs at the macro level.

In this world, the basic essence of all things is "fluctuation", and all matter and energy are "symbols" presented by fluctuations at different frequencies and wavelengths. Therefore, the material world in people's eyes seems stable, but in fact It just happens to be built on a balance point that "can be formed", and the magic power runs through this boundary like a bridge. Mages can use magic power to reshape matter, and they can also pull things from the material world into the "magic domain" , under the action of the "bridge" of magic, the power of observers in this world is magnified to an unbelievable level, and even the process of the birth of gods in the tide of thought... can actually be regarded as an orderly , The macro "observer effect".

On this basis, the loss of control of the large-scale observer effect has become a disaster that only befalls the heads of intelligent creatures. Individuals who can be observers are affected by the magic tide, and their "world in the eyes" is extremely distorted and mutated. In the end, the individual will be destroyed and swallowed by the observer effect that is out of control. If there is a third-party eye at this time, you will see all the beings in the demon tide being swallowed up by some invisible "weird", or you will have nothing to do with the observer. Unseen enemies frantically fighting to the death, or their own sudden and terrifying collapse and dissolution phenomenon, this is... the real magic wave.

As long as there is no technical means to resist this "observer effect out of control", no matter how powerful an individual is, how powerful the protection is, they can only usher in destruction in the face of the demon tide, without the ability to resist.

After knowing the terrifying true face of the Demon Tide, Gao Wen certainly wanted to know what caused this terrifying phenomenon, and according to Mirmina's latest research results, it may be nothing more than a The "monsoon" that constantly blows across the universe - a wave that "vibrated" at the beginning of the birth of the world.

It is similar to the background radiation of this universe, but it is far more deadly and terrifying than the "background radiation" known to Gao Wen. It is the first tremor at the beginning of the birth of this universe. In a sense, it is even considered the "background radiation" of this universe. "Creator", this origin shock has shaped the current appearance of the world, determined the order of all things, and planned the scale of time and space-but the Creator never rests, and this fluctuation is still echoing in the depths of the stars today. For intelligent creatures with fragile minds... it has become the most extreme doomsday.

The buzzing sound of equipment running reverberated in the room. Ophelia looked at the ancient equipment in front of her, but her memory seemed to return to that afternoon 700 years ago - that was left to her by the real Ophelia Norton in history. On that day, the Deep Blue Well destroyed Gondor civilization in a shocking explosion, but the huge control center under the Deep Blue Well was not immediately paralyzed, although the staff in the shallow area were all casualties in an instant , yet countless automated systems faithfully carry out their tasks without human control.

At that moment of extreme chaos, thousands of sensors tried their best to send data back to the central system before being burned, and every backup line continued to work until it completely shut down, even until Ophelia Norton After confirming that only he survived, he chose to abandon the shallow area and ordered the remaining Iron Man soldiers to move to the lower layer. For several months, some equipment in this area continued to operate without supervision. , They left behind a lot of... grotesque materials.

Part of it has been confirmed to be the energy interference generated by the Deep Blue Well itself, and part of it is the help signal automatically received by the disaster occurrence system, and the rest... are mysterious and unknown magic power fluctuation readings.

Ophelia Matrix believes that it is the "shadow" left by the magic tide in the world, and it is the only "comment" that can be used to describe the magic tide in the world. In a sense, it is even stored The tide itself.

"The magic wave should also be a kind of magic shock-of course it is the 'origin' of the universe, but the origin of the universe may not be as mysterious and inaccessible as we imagined," Ophelia said slowly, "It's just It has a special frequency, a special wavelength, which causes it to be located in a 'field' that mortals cannot touch and perceive, but just like the 'effect' produced by magic, as long as the effect of the magic tide can act on us, then it is something that can be studied."

"Magic effect..." Gawain's voice sounded in the room, "I have used this term before."

"Yes, looking at it from another perspective, the magic wave is really like a kind of magic cast on each of us. Its caster is the world itself, and what we have to do is to cast the spell again in the 'world' We found an effective way to counter this magic before," Ophelia nodded slightly, "Storing and recording is the first step in analyzing magic. Fortunately, we have finally found a foothold in this regard."

"Then what about the second step?" Gawain's voice came, "Our ultimate goal is not only to understand it - we have to find a way to fight it."

"...I will try to restore the small-scale 'magic tide' in the laboratory environment," Ophelia said slowly, "If Ms. Mirmina's wave theory is really correct, then we should be able to Using magic fluctuations to 'simulate' the magic tide under proper conditions, according to my deduction, it will appear as a 'field' confined within a specific range, within this 'field', the observation and recognition of intelligent creatures Knowledge will be distorted."

The voice on the other side of the communication was silent for a while. This amazing idea proposed by Ophelia obviously made Gawain fall into deep thought. After nearly half a minute of silence, his voice finally sounded again: "This may be the first time in history. The most astonishing and dangerous 'experiment', I want to know the consequences of it getting out of control."

"Actually, it's not as dangerous as you might imagine—it's not that I have so many safety measures to ensure that the experiment doesn't get out of control, but because our technical level... I'm afraid it's not enough to arouse your imagination." "I will try to use the magic power of the Deep Blue Well to create a 'shock' that simulates the magic tide, but with our current utilization efficiency of magic power and the load level of the laboratory, I'm afraid we The largest 'shock' that can be created can't cover a room, and the duration can't even exceed a few seconds.

"To create a truly lethal 'Magic Tide', the amount of energy required would be an astronomical figure. This is simply not something that a 'lower civilization' living on a planet like us can do—— To put it bluntly, our technical level is not even qualified to use magic waves to commit suicide...

"Of course, I also understand your concerns about the experiment itself, so I will set the experiment site in the deepest part of the ground - there is only my calculation matrix and iron soldiers here, and if there is a problem, all intelligent creatures here, including myself It can be 'shut down' instantly, as long as the 'observer' disappears, naturally there will be no 'observer effect out of control', which will minimize the chain reaction caused by unexpected 'observer' intervention."

Apparently, before putting forward his own bold idea, Ophelia Matrix had carefully considered this matter countless times.

But even so, Gao Wen's attitude was still very cautious, and he had another question.

"I have another question—even if you successfully 'simulated' the fluctuation of the magic tide with the magic power of the deep blue well, how should we study and test it? The existence of the magic tide itself is a kind of intelligence for intelligent creatures. Lethal threat, we can't have any way to 'observe' what happened in that force field, even the act of observing it may lead to the instant death of the operator, have you considered this issue?"