Sword of Dawn

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Gao Wen was taken aback for a moment. After seeing Kamel's reasonable attitude, he suddenly realized that he had fallen into another misunderstanding:

He underestimated the technological level of this world, and at the same time forgot the technological level of the Gondor Empire back then.

The bottom society of this world may be primitive and backward, and the average development level may not be high, but its top level of technology and the level of technology it has had in history... have never fallen behind.

A convenient, cheap, stable and reliable general-purpose communicator may be a new thing in this world, but the communicator itself is not, nor is the communication technology.

As early as the Gondor period, humans had already established a general information network throughout the entire empire. Today, the Elven Stars Temple still provides convenient broadcast services for the entire Silver Empire, and even the seemingly backward and dark contemporary Ansu, It's not that there is no advanced holographic video call technology in a very small range-isn't it the court mage's communication technique?

For those who have been exposed to these technological apexes, there is no question of "whether there is" some high-tech things, but only a question of "whether they are wide or not".

Of course, Kamel will have a mature design concept-because he also used the same advanced things back then.

Gao Wen looked at the magic master quietly, and suddenly realized something in his heart: Maybe in the eyes of outsiders, everything Cecil experienced was a rise, but in the eyes of Kamel, all the things that have happened in this land so far Most of the technological achievements that have emerged can only be regarded as "renaissance".

The revival of human civilization.

Of course, the so-called "mature design concept" is only relative to this era. As a new thing, in Gao Wen's view, the communicator still has a huge room for improvement-how to encrypt information, how to prevent the communication network from being eavesdropped or hostile How to ensure the controllability of the network, whether the network can be stable when the number of communication terminals connected to the network becomes quite large, how to solve the problem of insufficient "numbers" when there are too many communication terminals, and how to calculate the "communication technology based on magic" Bandwidth", or what is limiting its "bandwidth"... All these details need to be solved slowly in the future.

Gao Wen knew that Kamel and Rebecca must have not thought about these problems, because a large part of these problems will not be exposed until the network scale is large enough and the destructive technology for the network is developed enough, and even It was the Gondor Empire back then. When the empire's information network was the largest, it could not be compared with any national network on earth. Just like the Eternal Sleepers who have just built the mind network, they never imagined that someone would use the brain-computer back door to invade their "Server", Kamel could not have imagined how complex a network containing hundreds of millions of information nodes would be, and what kind of sophisticated design it would require.

But it doesn't matter, these can be taken slowly.

"We should make these things work as soon as possible," Gao Wen turned his head and said to Hetty, "First of all, set up communication stations in the Cecil and Kant areas as soon as possible, at least to ensure the communication of key departments such as government affairs departments at all levels, outposts, and military camps. , and then set up a civilian communication site. Both areas have sufficient mana obelisks, and information transmission should not be a problem. As long as the communication device is in place, contact can be established immediately...

"Afterwards, the first thing to be solved is the communication with the Hossman area. The second-level government affairs hall is being built there. The communication station can ensure that we can keep abreast of the situation there. Hossman has enough magic obelisks in his own country, but Huosman Earl Sman died too early, and he hasn't had time to spread the magic net a bit... You can consider setting up a relay point from the Horsman area to the Leslie area, so that you can also establish a connection with the Lesley area by the way .

"Communication is the most important thing. There must be a special organization to manage it. I have some suggestions about the role of this organization, basic functions, and connection with other departments..."

Hetty had already summoned the Evocation Hand at this time, and grabbed a stack of white paper and dip pens on the nearby experimental table, and began to quickly record a lot of things that Gawain clattered. It's just heartbreaking...

And Rebecca, who is still hanging on the communicator and has not disconnected, whispered to Kamel: "Look, my ancestor started again-he seemed to have come up with such a lot of packages a long time ago. It’s like something, just wait for our real thing to come out and he will give you a management plan and application plan in an instant..."

Kamel didn't answer, he just floated quietly next to the communicator. Although no one could see his face, he seemed to be lost in thought at the moment.

On the other hand, although Rebecca tried her best to lower her voice, in fact, all the sounds of her whispering BB fell into Gawain's ears, but Gawain didn't want to trouble the girl: The research field has proved her ability, and it is too late for Gao Wen to reward her now.

After explaining some general issues with Heidi, Gawain turned back and looked at Kamel next to the communicator: "If this device is already working stably, let's arrange a batch of trial production first, or Only when it is actually used can it be concluded what problems it has. Don’t forget to compile a report to me on the newly discovered problems in terms of production cost, manufacturing cycle and difficulty.”

"Yes."

After finishing the acceptance of the communicator, Hetty first left the research institute. She wanted to go back and study how the "Information and Communication Department" mentioned by Gao Wen should be established. Rebecca finally hung up the communication reluctantly— The main reason is that she didn't play enough, but no one is paying attention to her on the communicator...

Gao Wen and Kamel walked in the spacious corridor of the research institute.

"This will change the whole era. You should be able to understand the meaning of that communication device," Gawain said as he walked forward without turning his head, "I think I should build a monument for you."

"For a researcher, being able to explore unknown areas is already the best reward," Kamel shook his head, "We have successfully created the communicator, but in fact we still don't know the whole truth behind it." I know very little... I just know that the vibration of magic power can spread information in the magic field, but I still can't crack the most essential secrets of magic power. I think, only in the process of cracking these truths can I get real rewards .”

"Researchers going to the unknown..." Gawain couldn't help feeling, "This is a great cause."

"Yes, going to the unknown, but researchers are not the only ones going to the unknown," Kamel suddenly stopped, and he turned to Gawain's direction, the arcane light floating on his body became peaceful and bright, " You are also heading into the unknown."

"I?"

"Yes," Kamel said as he continued to float forward, "Many people only think that you are a ruler who is far-sighted or talented, but I can see more things... as a habit of advancing in the unknown I can see some familiar things from you, you are also challenging some unknown territory, you are trying to create something that the world has never had before, even if Cecil's territory has developed to this level , is just the tip of the iceberg of such things... You remind me of my colleagues in the rebellious fortress."

Gao Wen didn't expect that Kamel would suddenly express this to himself, and he didn't know how to answer, so he could only say: "...This is really an extremely high evaluation."

There seemed to be a little smile in Kamel's voice: "This evaluation is appropriate, my lord."

Gao Wen also smiled, but did not respond. He raised his head, and suddenly saw something on the other side of the wall through a piece of white crystal glass inlaid in the corridor next to him.

There should be a large engineering laboratory of the Magic Technology Research Institute. In the laboratory, Gawain saw a large number of neatly arranged amplifiers and magic net energy receiving devices installed on a metal base, and there were many The slightly curved metal rails, rings, and crystals are placed near the base. It is obviously something that has not been assembled yet, but from the parts that have been completed so far, Gawain can't help but combine it with it. Some kind of "weapon" linked.

"What's that?" Gawain frowned slightly, with a curious look on his face.

"Do you still remember that when we first designed the 'cannon' weapon, we had two simultaneous plans?" Kamel said with a proud tone, "The solid cannon and the arcane pulser principle Energy-gathering weapons."

"Is that the product of the second plan?"

"That's a verification rainbow light device. Of course, it's not usable yet. I'm still trying to solve its most critical heat dissipation problem," Kamel said, "but its main structure has passed the acceptance, maybe You will be able to see its power on the battlefield in the near future."

Gao Wen was thoughtful: "...Have you used the data you collected on the 'testing ground' on the southern city wall that day?"

"Yes," Kamel said with a strange vibrato of energy, "The sacrifices of those invaders have their own meaning—I hope my research can help you advance in the unknown."

Gawain's gaze fell on the unfinished "Rainbow Device" in the center of the laboratory through the white crystal inlaid on the wall.

Today is really a pleasant day.

Chapter 0417 Immerse Again

Inside the Typhon Empire, in the depths of the hidden underground palace.

The bright lights of the magic spar lit up in the rotunda, and beside the ancient stone round table inlaid with countless mysterious runes, the archbishops in black or white robes had already sat down in order. The hall in the hall was silent, except for the occasional twitch of the winding artificial nerve cords on the walls of the surrounding hall, which would make a slight sound.

After what seemed like a century of silence, the silence was finally broken.

Dots of dark purple light emerged from the round table, slowly forming an indescribable shape, and from the cloud and mist filled with starlight, came the deep voice of the Pope who slept forever: "Everyone, let's start."

"Yes, Your Majesty," a bishop in a white robe nodded, stood up and said, "We have completed the brain wave analysis of Bishop Lemont and reproduced it in the brain servant array. According to the previous Based on the experience of several trial runs, this fake brain wave can fool the God of Light's filtering laws, and we may be able to use it for a second observation in a short time."

"Very good progress," came the praise from the starlight clouds, but there was almost no emotion in the words, "Keep in mind the safety rules, even the archbishop should not spy on the Kingdom of God twice within ten days. After spying on the Kingdom of God, if a person babbles alone, is sluggish, sleepy, or prays to a certain god, his brain must be closed and his memory cleaned immediately."

The white-robed bishop lowered his head: "I will follow your order."

Then a black-robed bishop beside the white-robed bishop stood up: "Your Majesty, the 'Extraterritorial Wanderer' has destroyed the old aristocratic forces in the southern border of Anzu. He has shown... force and dominance beyond our expectations." force."

The starlight cloud seemed to stagnate for a moment, and then floated up again: "What is he doing now?"

"He issued a large number of decrees, and began to try to bring the entire southern region under his rule in the same way he ruled the Cecil region," said the black-robed bishop. "He showed many characteristics similar to the 'great monarch', although those decrees and The way of action is incomprehensible, but it seems that He really wants to establish a stable and long-term rule and create a mortal kingdom..."

The starlight cloud group did not speak, but another bishop at the scene couldn't help asking: "Could it be that he really intends to become a monarch?"

"All the words and deeds of the wanderers outside the territory cannot be speculated with common sense, but at least according to the information we have, the wanderers outside the territory often only play one role after the advent of a world," said the black-robed bishop. From the perspective of action, we may think that what he will do in this coming is to be a monarch."

"It is also possible to destroy it after establishing a strong enough mortal kingdom," a slightly shrill female voice came from across the round table, speaking from a female bishop in black robes, "After all, he is like an evil god, And it's not like we haven't seen him build a kingdom and then tear it down."

"The evil gods also have their purpose. There is no purpose at all, only the chaos of the deep world," a voice came from the starlight cloud, interrupting the discussion and debate of the bishops, "At least now we have not had a direct conflict with the wanderers outside the territory. That's a good thing."

The white-robed bishop who spoke first raised his head curiously: "Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

"As long as we can continue our world, we don't mind doing anything," Starlight Cloud said indifferently, "Of course, now we have to continue to observe him—until it is confirmed that the extraterrestrial wanderers at least have no clear hostility towards this world, we Only then can the next step be taken.”

All the bishops bowed their heads one after another: "Yes, Your Majesty, I respectfully obey your orders."

"Then proceed to the next topic, item zero..."

……

The brief dizziness receded like a tide, and before Gao Wen's eyes appeared the magnificent palace walls and palaces of the City of Dreams, as well as the eternally sleeping "citizens" walking comfortably between the wide walkways.

He felt like it had been a long time since he'd last been in this dream world—even though he'd actually been in a few days earlier to check on Daniel's study progress.

There are many affairs in the real world, and the southern border that has just been conquered still needs to be built slowly. Gao Wen hardly has any extra time to pay attention to affairs outside the construction territory. of.

But fortunately, he had a little leisure today, so he had time to enter this dream world for a while.

The scenery in the City of Dreams is not much different from the past. It seems that it will always be so gorgeous and magnificent, and it will always be so peaceful and peaceful. It is completely unexpected that there is an astonishingly huge amount of data flowing behind this city, and it is also unexpected The builders of this city turned out to be a group of notorious cult believers, but for Gao Wen now, these things are not important for the time being. What are you doing.

At most, take some time to take a look at the City of Dreams and make sure that the gang of eternal sleepers haven't made any big news about the southern border.

Gao Wen came to the central area of ​​the city with ease, found the crystal node connected to the deep data of the network, and then began to search randomly in the Eternal Sleeper Network. Just after browsing a small part of the information, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face. .

He saw that the flow of information in the Eternal Sleeper network has become much more orderly than before, and there is a crude thing that is conceptually similar to a "search engine" running, and when searching for some recent information on the construction of the spiritual network, He saw the name "Nightmare Bishop Daniel" at the end of many materials.

That "student" seems to be doing well.

With an interesting idea in mind, Gao Wen began to search for what he needed in this mental network that was more convenient to use than before. The first thing he did was to pay attention to the information on Project No. [-]—and of course , he still couldn't find anything.

Even if he used special "background permissions" to access the deep data in the database, he still couldn't see the information on the zeroth project.

It seems that the significance of this project in the Order of the Eternal Sleepers is really great. Even Daniel, who has been promoted to the Bishop of Nightmare, has no way to get it for the time being.

Gao Wen didn't have any regrets about this. His attention to Item No. [-] was just a matter of routine and a little bit of personal curiosity. After finding out that there was no progress in this area, he directly skipped this part and started searching in the mind network. information about yourself.

After using words such as "Ansu Southern Territory", "Gaowen Cecil", and "Extraterritorial Wanderer" as search keywords, a large amount of information appeared almost immediately in front of Gao Wen's eyes——

"The southern border of Ansu fell into flames of war, and a head-on conflict broke out between the terrifying wanderers outside the territory and the noble groups in the southern border."

"Sushi Ridge slaughtered ten thousand people in one day, and the coalition army composed of more than forty nobles was defeated in an instant."

"The armies of the Outlander rogues destroyed Lord Pepper's fleet on the Whitewater..."

"Powerful extraterrestrial rogues continue to hunt down nobles and rout troops."

"The southern border will usher in a new monarch..."

"What is it all about..." Gao Wen was stunned, "...Can't these cultists seriously do some serious work like conspiring to subvert the world? Can't hold back gossip with the Internet?"

Although he knew that many of these messages were just casually posted by some eternal sleepers, Gao Wen couldn't help the corners of his eyes twitching several times when he saw some familiar sentence patterns. He was a keyboard warrior in his previous life. At that time, he was also a meme lover who was almost at the level of full-body diffusion in the late stage-he never thought that he would become a part of the meme as the party involved!

But anyway, he is also a well-informed person who has been in the sky for millions of years, Gao Wen was only stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered, and then continued to browse other things on the Internet with a helpless smile.

He first paid attention to the activities of the Eternal Sleepers in the southern border as a whole, and then found that the activities of these cultists in the southern border seemed to be turning into a trough... Their upper echelon clearly asked the believers to keep a low profile in the southern border... This was because they were worried about their own "extraterritorial" Rogue" conflict?

Gao Wen was a little dumbfounded about this, but it was a good thing anyway, so he continued to read.

Later, he saw that the Eternal Sleepers seemed to be paying attention to the outbreak of the civil war in Anzu, but for the time being, there was no sign of their participation in the war.

Then, he unexpectedly saw some news related to the Son of the Storm:

"The Sons of the Storm are becoming more and more paranoid about the deep sea. They seem to be planning to completely abandon the human world?"

"It seems that a large number of children of the storm disappeared on the ocean, and they may be involved in a new war with the sea monster..."

"Their actions are gradually deviating from the track. Perhaps the Son of the Storm is still bewitched by the storm after all..."

The information in this regard is fragmentary, and there is no one that looks reliable and decisive. It seems that some Eternal Sleepers who are in contact with the Son of the Storm released something in their own name. Looking at this information, Gao Wen endured I can't help being a little curious——

Those sons of the storm who went crazy and rushed into the far sea... why are they fighting with those deep-sea salted fish spirits again?

Didn't Tyr say that the Krakens will lie down on the seabed to digest their food recently, so they don't have time to fight with the "landers" for the time being?Could it be that those deep-sea salted fish essences have been digested ahead of time?

With all kinds of confusion, Gawain finished browsing the information in this area. He wanted to search for more things related to the Son of the Storm or the Siren, but it seemed that there was only so much information in this area.

After browsing the database of the Eternal Sleepers for a long time, Gao Wen felt a little tired, so he ended his contact with the node crystal.

The phantoms in front of him receded one after another, and the scene of the node crystal square stabilized in his vision again.

A disciple of the Eternal Sleeper walked over, as if he wanted to connect with the crystal, so Gawain took a few steps back and gave up his position to the Eternal Sleeper.

Afterwards, he left the node square and walked towards the garden area along the path beside the square.

During this process, he tried to open the "tracking" line that Daniel had set up, and began to search for a familiar brainwave around him.

Ten minutes later, on a boulevard in the garden area, he saw the person he was looking for.

A little girl, Patty, was sitting alone on a swing by the flower bed.

Chapter 0418 The Road to Vengeance

Even though the Eternal Sleepers are a cult group that turns people's faces into disbelief, the spiritual network they established really surprised Gao Wen. It was hard for him to imagine that when the overall development level of the world was still in the middle ages, How did a group of cultists think of establishing such a spiritual network and build a virtual world in the spiritual network—even not just the spiritual network, there are too many things in this world that are inconceivable in Gao Wen’s view. The bottom layer maintains the backward darkness that is almost medieval, while the top layer is advanced like a near-future world on earth. Two diametrically opposite and contradictory situations appear in the same world at the same time, even though we know that it is the unique magic technology that caused this situation. Gao Wen couldn't help being amazed by the law of development and the aftermath of the evil tide hundreds of years ago.

Just like now, he saw Patty, whom he had not seen for many days, in the spiritual network. The two people who are hundreds of kilometers apart can talk face to face in the spiritual network, but in fact, in the real world outside, most ordinary people may Can't live a lifetime hearing what's new going on in the city next door.

As long as Gawain thinks of this, it is unbearable—the transcendents of this world may have been used to enjoying the convenience of magic technology while appreciating the struggles of the lowly civilians and the poor, but the more he comes into contact with these, the more Can't accept these.

Fortunately, the key step of the magic network communication technology has been taken.

When Gao Wen felt these emotions, Patty, who was resting by the flower bed, finally saw "Uncle Selsey" not far away - the little girl was sitting alone today, and she didn't run around. Go, this situation is really uncommon - she stood up from the bench and waved her arms vigorously at Gawain: "Uncle! Uncle! I'm here!"

Gawain had already confirmed that there was no Selena Geerfen around, so when he heard Patty greet him, he smiled and greeted her. He glanced curiously at the little girl's side: "Are you alone today?"

"Sister Serena seems to be sick these days, and she hasn't come here," the little girl pouted, as if she was a little unhappy, "Uncle, you too, haven't shown up for several days..."

"Uncle is usually very busy." Gawain smiled and stroked the little girl's hair, but doubts crossed his mind: Is Selena Geer "ill"?Is it really sick?Or is there any big project for Eternal Sleeper?Or something else?

Of course, little Patty couldn't answer these questions, and Gao Wen was only a little puzzled in his heart, and then he temporarily put them aside, and chatted with Patty.

Then, without any surprise, he heard the current news about Glenling——

"Mom went out and brought a lot of knights," Patty said unhappily. "The people in the castle said that there was a war outside, but they all thought I was a child and didn't want to tell me more... Only the maid sister told me that my mother will definitely come back..."

"Of course, if you believe the maid, your mother will definitely come home." Gawain said with a smile, stroking the little girl's hair.

Of course he knew the whereabouts of Countess Roperney Grant.

The baroness should have gathered the remnants of the nobles who were scattered in the northern region, and is leading them to the Rock Fortress on the border of the Holy Spirit Plain. She is accompanied by the loyal guards she has cultivated in the past ten years, as well as dozens of well-trained A well-armed soldier of Cecil, she is on her own quest for vengeance, and she is relentless in her pursuit, fearing no pain or tribulation.

The hatred accumulated in ten years of forbearance is not so easy to release. For Gao Wen, the bombardment on the gravel ridge was the beginning of regaining the southern border, and for Gao Wen, it was the starting point of revenge. To be honest, Gao Wen Wen Du never thought that the weak-looking lady would do this - even he was taken aback when she sent a secret report that she would continue to send those nobles to a dead end.

But he knew that he had better let Luo Peini do it. In this matter, no one can do better than her and do her best.