Sword of Dawn

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Gawain looked at the black-haired girl who visited the origin space for the first time with a slightly strange expression. He saw the other party's nervous and even fearful expression at the beginning, which made him a little dumbfounded: "Mary? Relax, welcome to join the origin experiment room."

"Origin Laboratory?" Mary was stunned for a moment, and was just about to ask what the Origin Laboratory was, but then she remembered that the instructor seemed to have mentioned this name when she adjusted the seat for herself—just when she was most nervous It was mentioned, so she swallowed back her question abruptly, and nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay! I... I am also very honored..."

Daniel's face became ugly: "Shame."

Mary quickly shrank her neck: "I'm sorry, tutor."

"It's okay, this child is very talented, and her talent is enough to offset her little helplessness," Gao Wen said, "And I'm curious how you described this online meeting to this child, she looks a little nervous It's not normal."

"I just said that you want to see her," Daniel said sternly, "The Origin Lab is extremely confidential. Before entering the network, I almost didn't tell her anything."

"...cautious, but reasonable."

Reminiscent of Daniel's style of painting in the real world and the psychological shadow he caused on his apprentices, Gawain could fully guess what was going on with this girl named Mary.

Forget it, let them solve their own problems.

Gao Wen shook his head slightly in his heart, then temporarily put the "newcomer" Mary aside, and started the topic of this online conference.

"First, I'll bring some materials, Jenny, Kamel, Rebecca, activate your respective printout terminals, and print out the materials in the real world."

While talking, Gao Wen activated the memory conversion function of the Origin Lab. In the midair above the round table, a large number of dazzling runes and lines were projected almost instantly, and split into concise pictures one after another. Clear plan disassembly diagram.

"This is the technical data of the elves. This part is their cooling rune array. This part is a schematic diagram of a cooling system based on oil coolant and using an immersion heat exchanger. This is their anti-gravity circle—it should be incomplete. But you can refer to it. There are also their shield projection methods and the idea of ​​​​stacking multi-layer runes..."

"Wow!!" Rebecca stared at the complicated rune arrays and dismantling diagrams of the device structure, and couldn't help but let out an exaggerated exclamation, "Master Zu, you have such a strong memory... You steal Better than Amber!!"

"Hetty, remember to call after you go offline."

"Yes, ancestor."

Chapter 0587 Information Exchange and Arrangement

These materials copied by Gawain using his powerful memory are invaluable treasures to every Cecil researcher—even Rebecca, who is simple-minded, can clearly realize this.

"The rune technology of the elves has been inherited from ancient times. They have discovered the arrangement and combination of these runes and a lot of knowledge about machinery, biology, mechanics and arcane fields from the heritage left by the original elves, but they are missing The derivation process of all these technologies and the inability to restore the special environment in which the original elves conducted technological research have caused their technological development to fall into a bottleneck in recent years." When Kamel and others looked at the technical materials intently, Gawain slowly talked about the problems encountered by the Silver Empire, "Elves, like us humans, also rely on the superhuman's own spiritual perception to study magic. This research method will be extremely efficient in the early stage, because any tool is better than magic." It is more comfortable to use the innate talent of inferior people, but in the later stage..."

"You must get out of the 'comfort zone'," Kamel raised his head from the mysterious and complicated runes, and the two arcane lights on his head stared at Gawain, "their runes are arranged in a very complicated way, and a magic circle can It is indeed not easy to maintain normal operation under such a complicated situation. They have reached the extreme in the field of experience. These rune arrays are probably summed up by them after thousands of years of exploration... What a pity, they The excellent magical talent has become a kind of limitation instead, and this talent has caused them not to realize that mathematical tools have more potential than talent in time."

What Kamel said is very reasonable, but Gawain knows that the elves have actually begun to introduce mathematical tools in the field of magic research over the years, and the astrologer Verania obtained some of the values ​​​​of the volatility of magic power by relying on calculations , but obviously, the elves' outstanding magical talent still limits their thinking in this regard.

However, this is not the issue to be discussed at the moment.

"Jenny, organize your forces to translate these runes and look for optimization solutions." Gao Wen looked at several experts in the field of rune logic at the scene, "Kamel, Rebecca, the two of you work out a test together." Plan, strive to simulate the operating environment of these runes in the origin laboratory as soon as possible."

Three voices sounded at the same time: "Yes."

Then Gawain turned to Heidi: "How is the operation of the territory?"

Hetty stood up: "Everything is developing smoothly. I'm focusing on monitoring those old nobles, in case someone has any wrong thoughts while you are away from the territory. The ministries of agriculture, industry, and military industry are operating as usual. In terms of food, the whole territory enters The sum of the warehouses has reached the planned line for this year, and there may be food shortages in some new urban areas in the west in winter, and relief has been arranged in advance... The first test line of the magic train has been laid, and it will be tested in the near future..."

"Any news from the North?"

"The truce between the royal family and the Eastern Territory is still ongoing, but both sides are obviously ready to go to war at any time - the Duchess of Victoria has personally led the Mountain Corps into the Holy Spirit Plain, and the Eastern Territory has also increased troops in the confrontation area. But now the weather is turning It is cold, and the increase of troops on both sides should stop before winter comes."

Gao Wen has been away from Cecil for nearly a month, and the situation in the Principality and Ansu's internal situation have not deviated from his expectations, which made him a little relieved.

After confirming the domestic situation, Gao Wen turned his attention to Daniel and Mary.

He looked at the old mage: "How is Typhon?"

"Everything is as you planned," Daniel said respectfully, "I told those investors how to operate factories, occupy land, and control costs. No one can resist those huge benefits. In Aldernan and In the big cities in the northern region, investing in factories and establishing industries has become a hot pursuit of small and medium-sized nobles and wealthy businessmen. Some citizens even borrowed a lot of money to invest in those new factories and companies. Emperor Rosetta left Aldernan Earlier, the parliament was ordered to complete the paper money reform as soon as possible to cope with the increasingly large-scale capital flows, and the matter in this regard is now in charge of the regent Duke Ferdinand Wendel, and it should start soon."

Gao Wen nodded: "Pay close attention to all the problems that occurred during the paper currency reform process, and you can directly pass the relevant information to Heidi."

"Yes, my lord."

Gao Wen exhaled lightly.

Paper money... As long as the economy develops and the scale of commercial activities expands from small to large, the transformation of precious metal currency into paper money is an unavoidable topic.Heavy gold and silver coins are inconvenient to carry, and it is inconvenient to count large transactions. There are natural defects in circulation, management, and storage. Paper money is undoubtedly the best alternative to precious metal currency after the economy reaches a certain level. With the development of the Duchy of Seoul, the commercial activities in the territory are becoming more and more frequent, and the issuance of a banknote is naturally put on the work schedule of the Government Affairs Department.

But it is not so easy to exchange the gold and silver coins that people have used for hundreds of years for a piece of "paper" with numbers.

People's usage habits are the first problem. People may not be used to buying things with "paper". The second is people's trust in "paper money". People who are used to metal money will naturally worry about those numbers written on them. Whether the "paper" of the government can really be as valuable as gold and silver. In addition, the consuls and clerks of the government affairs office must also consider the order of market transactions in the process of currency exchange, the flow and stability of merchants, and the public's Unexpected loss and disorder caused by being familiar with banknotes, as well as currency conversion issues when it comes to the foreign trade of the Principality...

The first two problems can be solved slowly by relying on the promotion and prestige of the government affairs department, while the subsequent problems must be dealt with carefully one by one.

Gao Wen is not omniscient. In this field, he is actually very imaginary. He only knows the advantages of paper currency over metal currency, but he is not sure what problems will be encountered once the new currency is promoted.

Fortunately, Cecil can touch Typhon to cross the river.

Under the premise of Daniel's deliberate promotion and Typhon's own social accumulation, the developed city of Typhon headed by Aldernan is entering the age of industry and capital at an alarming speed. The hope of returning to glory is almost madly devoted to business, and this will undoubtedly prompt Rosetta Augustus to reform the monetary system.

In fact, long before this vigorous "magic industrial revolution", Typhon's economy had developed to a very high level. Prosperous commerce and increasingly rich material output made the money in the hands of Typhon people always need to flow.As early as a few years ago, Rosetta Augustus organized his consultants to study this issue, and came to the conclusion that a more advanced currency is needed, but now, Daniel's activities are nothing more than bringing the advanced Feng's reform is just a step forward.

They will stride into this quagmire and stumble many times in this quagmire. In the process of stumbles, they will finally sum up the correct experience and gain huge benefits-and Cecil will know in time Every pit they stepped on, and then avoided in advance.

Of course, doing so does not mean that you can sit back and relax. Hetty and her government affairs team will definitely encounter problems that belong to Cecil when they implement the new currency. It is always good to accumulate some experience and lessons—after all, Cecil has a weak foundation, but he can't afford to fall too much.

After ordering the observation mission, Gawain asked Daniel again: "How is Typhon's military deployment recently?"

"There hasn't been much change. Rosetta Augustus has left Aldernan, and Typhon's armies are all on standby at their respective stations. Presumably, unless there is a major problem, these armies dare not leave the imperial capital when the emperor leaves. There is no slight change in the period."

"Very good," Gawain nodded, "presumably after the completion of the Great Wall project and Rosetta Augustus returns to Aldernan, there will be no movement from them... During this time, you Just continue to carry out your own tasks, and don’t act out of line to avoid suspicion.”

"Yes, my lord."

The exchange of information is over.

Gawain adjusted a relatively comfortable posture on the seat. He glanced around the people participating in the online meeting, including Mary who entered the origin space for the first time. He said, "One last thing—I found something in the Great Wall."

He spoke of what he had found in the Sentinel Tower, of the vines he had seen in the Shadowlands, and of his doubts about the death of all things.

"...If the situation is as I expected, then the infiltration of the End of All Things and what they plan may exceed our imagination." After talking about his discovery, Gawain continued with a serious expression, "Carmel, Come up with a magic net terminal solution that can connect to the Sentinel Tower as soon as possible. The elves have agreed to open their communication keys and messaging technology. Now we need to contact the Elven Royal Court of the Silver Empire as soon as possible and let them organize forces to attack all Sentinel Towers. Start the investigation. Hetty, in my name, please issue another warning to the city of San Sunil... I hope they can at least find out some believers who are hiding in the kingdom."

Then he paused for a moment, and added: "In addition, a similar warning is also issued to the East Territory."

Hetillo had some doubts: "East? You mean Edmund?"

Her question is justified—because according to the information Cecil has, that Prince Edmund Moen may have been secretly in touch with the End of Everything Association, and this warning about the end of all things There is really no need to send him the information.

However, Gawain nodded: "It's Edmund, send it to him—at least in terms of form, this letter is necessary. And I'm also curious, Edmund Moen and the end of all things will How deep is the connection? If the connection between them is not that deep...then this warning letter might have some unexpected effects."

Hetty nodded: "I understand."

Then Gao Wen looked at Daniel: "Daniel, as far as I know, the three major dark sects have been in contact with each other. How much do you know about the infiltration of the Great Wall at the end of all things?"

"Sorry, my lord, I have limited knowledge about this," Daniel bowed his head apologetically, "In the past many years, my energy has been devoted to the study of the secret technique of eternal sleep, and I have not paid attention to the death of all things. Action. But I have heard one thing, it is said that the upper echelon of the end of all things has a technology called 'Dark Bridge', which seems to be related to the Great Wall."

Gao Wen frowned slightly, and repeated the word softly: "A hidden bridge?"

"The hidden bridge exists," Pittman, who had never said much, said proactively at this moment. "It is a means of communication—but I don't know the specifics."

Pittman is quite familiar with the matter of the end of all things, and this matter is not a secret here. Although Gawain did not say that the old druid once served in the dark sect, but in this secret space , and he doesn't mind talking about some cult secrets he has mastered.

"Does it have a communication function..."

Listening to Pittman's information, Gawain murmured to himself and began to think quietly.

Chapter 0588 Restless

After waking up from the brief dizziness and the illusion of space displacement, Gawain first saw Amber's face in front of him.

He pressed the half-elf's forehead helplessly and pushed her away: "Do you have to get so close every time?"

Amber poked her waist in plausibly: "I'm bored, you still have to let me take care of you by the side, or you can change someone next time."

Gawain ignored this guy's thoughts, he just stood up, stretched his body that was a little stiff from sitting for a long time, and then looked around.

Here is a room with no decoration - the metal frame mixed with the wall panels made of wood panels, the roof covered with iron sheets, the furniture that is easy to assemble and transport are placed in the interior, together forming a simple and practical style, except for the necessary Other than the desks, chairs and bookcases, there is almost no redundant furnishings here. Not far away is a window covered with translucent resin. From the window, you can vaguely see the majestic Sentinel Tower standing on the ground.

This is the "peak base" near the majestic wall, and this room is where he rests and works.

Gao Wen stretched his neck and asked casually, "Did anything happen while I was online?"

"Solderling came once to report the deployment of the sentry. I have asked him to put the report on your desk. No one else has come."

Gao Wen nodded and exhaled, "Okay... Got it."

In his mind, he recalled the new clues he got during the previous online meeting.

The death of all things will master a certain technology called "Dark Bridge"... This technology is related to the Great Wall, it can be used for communication, and it does not seem to be used in ordinary communication situations...

In connection with what happened to Solderin before, a high-ranking member of the Death of Everything seems to be operating near the Great Wall. The other party got into the communication center of the elf monitoring station at that time... The purpose was to use the "dark bridge" what?

Some of the vines in the Shadow Realm are connected to the communication module of the Sentinel Tower, and when those vines burnt down, the part that is connected to the communication module seems to be the first to be impacted...

Amber blinked her eyes, watching Gao Wen fall into silence and thinking after waking up from the "Internet connection" state, she couldn't help asking curiously: "What happened?"

There is no need to hide this matter from Amber. This half-elf is an expert in the field of intelligence and infiltration, so Gawain said bluntly: "Those vines in the Shadow Realm may be related to something called 'Dark Bridge'. This thing It is a means of communication secretly established in the Great Wall by the end of all things... They not only corrupted and tampered with part of the monitoring system of the Great Wall with vines, but even stole part of the functions of the Great Wall."

Amber was surprised when she heard the words: "Why are they making such a fuss?"

"The history of the dark sect is as old as the human kingdom. They were born in the same age as the Great Wall. It is not surprising that they can do this kind of thing," Gao Wen said casually. "What really matters to me is that they built such a A special communication channel...what the hell is it supposed to communicate with?"

"Huh?" Amber didn't understand Gao Wen's meaning for a moment, "What else could it be contacting, of course they are contacting those cult believers."

"Do you need to steal the line from the Great Wall to contact the members of the sect?" Gawain glanced at Amber, "The scope of activities of the End of Everything Society is basically concentrated in Ansu and a small part of Typhon. They are not distributed to the extent that a trans-continental communication line needs to be built, and the 'secret bridge' should not be very convenient to use. In order to obtain a signal, they need to take a certain risk to get close to the outpost set up by the elves, which is not suitable for daily communication. sect members."

The implication of Gao Wen's words is very clear: considering the current size of the Doom Society, it seems that it is not very cost-effective to build a communication channel with huge risks and inconvenient use.

Unless, they have a goal that must pass through the "hidden bridge" to establish contact.

The two people in the room fell into thinking and silence at the same time. During the short thought, Amber, who was quite sensitive to the blind spots of thinking due to long-term handling of intelligence work, suddenly raised her head thoughtfully, and looked at the covered door. Looking at the window of alchemy resin, he looked at the vast wasteland outside the window.

……

After exiting the mind network, the uncomfortable dizziness and temporary numbness of the body made Heidi rest in the immersion cabin for more than ten seconds.

The situation is almost the same for other people who access the mind network through the immersion chamber—except for Kamel, who does not have a nervous system.

When everyone sat up from their respective immersion cabins, the ancient magister had already started using holographic projections to simulate those mysterious and complex elf runes in the open space of the "Network Connection Hall".

"The bottleneck state of the elves does seem to be serious," the arcane master noticed that Jenny and the others stood up, and said in a buzzing voice, "Frankly speaking, a small part of these rune arrays are the ones I have seen before." Yes - 1000 years ago, in the Gondor Starfire era, the elves were using this rune structure. Now that 1000 years have passed, it can be seen that they have indeed made a lot of progress in this structure. They have become more sophisticated, more complex, and more efficient, but in essence... the way these runes are organized is still the same as in the Starfire era."

"But their technology in the field of gravity control is still much more advanced than ours," Jenny couldn't help but said, "If we can really complete the translation and optimization of those rune arrays, the 'air force' that the lord had conceived will definitely be realized gone."

"You can fly in the sky!" Rebecca's excited voice also interjected, "I'm looking forward to this! Do you know that when I was learning magic, the biggest blow was that I couldn't learn levitation and flying—of course I can't learn anything else, but what I care about most is the magic that can fly!"

They began to discuss runic logic and the magical arts of elves.

The discussion was in full swing, and the discussion was full of interest.

Hetty walked out of the immersion cabin silently. She listened to Kamel and the others discussing the mysteries of the magical world, and watched Rebecca dancing excitedly among the three of them, with a faint smile on her face.

She is also a mage. Once, she was also immersed in the laboratory, lingering between those runes and formulas.

so good.

But the foundation laid down by the ancestors needs a chief of the interior, not a researcher with ordinary talents.

Hetty tidied up her slightly messy hair, and tidied up her slightly wrinkled dress from using the immersion cabin. After a while, Cecil's master butler with outstanding wrists came back.

Today, when her ancestor left the territory temporarily, she still has a lot of things to do.

Of course, the first thing to do is to hit Rebecca on the head—after all, it has been three days since I hit her.

……

In the dark and deep underground palace, the high-level priests of the Death of All Things Society, wearing black robes or priestly costumes, with more or less mutated bodies, are sitting at a long oval table.

"Our 'dark bridge' has been exposed," said the tall and thin Dean Heaton, who stood up from his seat, "Gawain Cecil noticed the magic vines growing in the Shadow Realm, Will be warned soon."

The cult priests at the scene discussed in low voices, but soon a black-robed man with a pale face and limbs as dry and skinny as tree branches coughed twice: "Ahem--in fact, you don't need to pay too much attention. The magnificent wall is damaged Afterwards, the dark bridge has been abandoned, and we have re-established contact with the wasteland with the help of the Eternal Sleeper, and those magic vines in the shadow world... are just some rotting plants now, and the loss is lost."

"Our plan has entered the final stage. The awakening of the 'God' will solve all problems. Under this premise, the loss of the mere hidden bridge is acceptable," another female dean said, "But we must also be careful , the exposure of the hidden bridge may bring changes, that Gawain Cecil is a very vigilant person, and he will definitely issue a warning to all the forces he can contact."

"Damn it, can't we find a way to get rid of that old bone that crawled out of the coffin?" A dean with short hair, hooked nose, deep eye sockets, and an angry expression on his face couldn't help muttering , "He is already a huge uncontrollable factor - and now he has just left his territory. At the border of the wasteland, it is not that we have no chance to do something."

"Even if he leaves the territory, he is still a legend," Bertila, who had never said anything, finally broke the silence. She coldly glanced at the dean who just spoke, "A legend, and there are multiple high-ranking powerhouses around him." , with a large army armed to the teeth, are you going to use your fibrous brainstem to assassinate him? That will only bring about greater variables."

The short-haired dean who was ridiculed by Bertila spread his hands: "We have to do something."

"Speeding up the awakening of the body of false gods and ensuring the release of the evil mutagen is what we should do most," Bertila said lightly, "It is not easy for our compatriots to send back information from the wasteland. Make sure this valuable knowledge is put to use.”

"Now let's discuss the next issue - the passage between the Abyss of Flesh and the surface."

The meeting didn't last long. The cultists were always more efficient than the king and the nobles. All the affairs were discussed quickly, and there were only a few people left in the huge hall of the underground palace.

Bertila and the elf twins stayed, and Heaton didn't leave either.

"Let's talk about the godly mutagen," Beltira looked at Heaton after there were only a few people left on the scene, and said unhurriedly, "Although everything is announced to the public, I heard that ...the mutagen exhibited some unexpected...activity?"

"It's just a small problem," Heaton said with a straight face. "It should be that humans have produced some genetic mutations in the past 700 years after leaving the wasteland environment, which caused them to react too strongly to the mutagen. This is unavoidable." After all, those of our compatriots located 'inside the wall' are mutagens completed in the original wasteland environment, and its effect outside the wasteland will definitely have some changes."