Sword of Dawn

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Chapter 0311 Let's Do Two Big Questions

Typhon Empire, southwest border.

The winter rain mixed with fine snowflakes keeps falling, splashing a chaotic curtain in the dim light of the evening, the continuous rain, the gloomy sky, and the fog in the mountains are intertwined and mixed together, making the whole world appear blurred Get hazy.

And in this hazy world, the poor frontier mountain villages fell into darkness early on, and the mountain people who had no money to buy lamp oil could only hide in dark houses in this bad weather, leaning on the small stove He warmed himself by the fire, and looked at the ancient black spire standing on the top of the mountain with a little horror.

The windows at the top of the black spire were emitting a strange dark red light, while ominous dark clouds shrouded the spire, and the chaotic rain seemed to be summoned by those lights, making the whole world dark and humid .

The crazy old magician is doing those horrible things again—the superstitious mountain folk shut their windows one by one anxiously, whispering the gods they believe in in their homes, and hoping that the curse of the black magician will not come on himself.

And at the top of the magic tower, Mary and the other apprentices didn't know what the superstitious and ignorant villagers in the mountain village were thinking, even if they knew, they didn't have any interest in paying attention.

These apprentices are nervously arranging the laboratory, and placing all kinds of magic materials in the correct place according to the instructions of the instructor. A large brazier is burning in the center of this stone-made room, and red flames of unusual colors are jumping in the brazier. , the flame was like blood shaking in the air.

The old magician stood in the middle of a certain magic circle next to the brazier, and while injecting magic power into the magic circle, he stared at the movements of each apprentice with his gloomy eyes. The position spread out, slowly wriggling behind him, like a poisonous snake.

An apprentice accidentally shook his hand when he sprinkled amethyst dust into the brazier, and the sparks that shot out rippled in the air in circles. The apprentice immediately looked at his mentor in horror, but the old magician The teacher just gave him a fierce look: "Be careful! You trash!"

The apprentice heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly continued the work at hand with a more cautious attitude.

Mary used a special tool to pour the liquid mixed with ore powder, monster blood, and magic grass juice into the rune groove on the floor, while sneaking a look at her mentor.

Since the last "connection", the state of the old mage Daniel has become more and more wrong.

Although he always behaved crazy in the past, punishing apprentices for no reason, and doing all kinds of creepy experiments, but this time the old mage was not the same as before—he seemed to be After being greatly frightened and under tremendous but unspeakable pressure, the whole person became extremely nervous. He drove the apprentices to set up countless spiritual defense circles in the magic tower almost without sleep, and even put them on his body. Countless new runes were carved, he had to meditate for a long time before falling asleep, and more than once he was awakened by nightmares...

The other apprentices didn't know why, but Mary suspected that this series of abnormal behaviors were all related to the "connection" made by the mentor last time.

Mentor says he made a deal with a horrible being... so all this is because of that deal?Was it that "terrible existence" that frightened this powerful magician to such an extent?

What a terrifying monster that must be...

Mary didn't dare to ask the instructor for details, so she could only do her own work silently with her head down, and prayed that she would not make mistakes in the process and not be punished by the old mage, and she knew that other people probably thought the same way.

Finally, all the magic runes were set up, and the brazier and instruments used in the ceremony were in the correct position and state, the old magician took a look at the situation in the laboratory, and waved his hands anxiously: "Go away! "

The apprentices hurriedly left the laboratory one by one as if they had received amnesty.

"Mary! You stay!" The old mage's vicious voice came from behind.

The young low-level female mage trembled involuntarily, but she didn't dare to disobey the instructor's order, so she could only try to calm her heartbeat, then slowly turned her head, and came to the old mage respectfully.

"You, stretch out your hand!"

Mary obeyed the order almost numbly, raised her left hand and passed it over, and then she watched as the old mage grabbed her arm and stabbed her arm with a dagger casually.

At this moment, she was about to withdraw her hand, but in the end she abruptly stopped this action that might bring terrible punishment.

After the sharp pain, the female mage's blood flowed out from the wound and floated in the air strangely.

Daniel casually drew a few runes in the air with a bloody dagger, and the blood from Mary was drawn and floated to the brazier in the center of the room, where it was quickly swallowed by the flames inside.

"Okay... okay..." the old mage murmured nervously, "mixing the blood of the sacrificer into the ritual process, this should transfer the extraterrestrial wanderer to the sacrificer...plus the surrounding Misleading, defensive runes, I'm safe, I'm safe..."

Before Mary could hear what the old mage meant, she was pushed hard from behind by the latter: "Go, stand in the middle of the magic circle, quick!"

Mary glanced at the magic circle, judged it from the knowledge of mysticism she had mastered, and then recalled what her mentor said before, and finally realized what this terrible old mage wanted to do——

This old man wanted to deceive the terrifying existence with whom he had made a deal. He wanted to use himself as a sacrifice, as a scapegoat!

But it was too late for her to resist, she had already stepped into the magic circle, and a powerful force held her firmly in place!

And even if she was not attracted by the magic circle, she knew that the result would not change in any way, she didn't dare at all, and she was powerless to resist...

Daniel watched the dark red runes light up one by one, and the female apprentice who was usually the most silent stood obediently within the range of the magic circle, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The time he agreed with the wanderer outside the territory will soon come, but he still has to make one last struggle—he has already arranged dozens of layers of protective magic circles in this mage tower, and set up a large number of magic circles on himself. Protection spells, so many protections, may be enough to resist the arrival of wanderers from outside the territory...

Moreover, he also pushed Mary into the magic circle as a misleading medium, which was also a layer of insurance.

What if the rogue outside the domain discovers this "fake product"?

Then put all the blame on this female apprentice, and say that she broke into the magic circle without authorization at a critical moment in the ceremony, causing trouble to the great wanderer...

Daniel felt that his mind was swollen, and his thinking gradually became confused. He looked at the female apprentice in the magic circle, and suddenly felt a little puzzled. He wondered when the other party became his apprentice, wondered why he was standing here, wondered Why would I want to hurt an innocent child...

A few messy and broken images suddenly popped up in his mind. He saw a younger self standing in a dilapidated mage tower, and saw a little girl who was only about ten years old running in front of him recklessly. To preparing food for the little girl myself...

Daniel was stunned for a moment, and immediately rushed forward to rescue Mary, but the moment he took action, his mind fell into chaos again.

The dead end magic research, the magical power of the eternal sleeper, the joy of seeking the truth and achieving great success...

He looked at Mary viciously, waiting for the moment when the protective measures he had set up would stop the wanderers from outside the territory.

Then, his eyes shook for a while, and a boundless world composed of clear sky and boundless water quickly spread around him. Countless huge metal platforms floated to the surface of the water, and the wanderer from outside the territory stood there with a smile on his face. In front of him.

The defenses he had put in place hadn't worked at all—nor had Mary, who was misleading, been of any use.

"Lord...my lord..."

The old mage's chaotic thinking finally woke up in this virtual world. He instantly realized how stupid his actions were, and tried to remedy them.

However, Gao Wen didn't care about the attitude of the old mage at all, and he didn't even realize that the other party had taken any protection before——

Because he didn't connect to this old mage by "hacking" at all. When he kicked the other party out of the network last time, he left an open port in the other party's mind, and also dug a corresponding back door on the network...

This is also one of the results of his research on the spiritual network technology of the Eternal Sleeper for a period of time.

He believes that those eternal sleepers who have always focused on improving their personal strength and still only know how to use traditional mind protection spells to protect their minds will definitely not be able to discover this new operation based on the network architecture...

The old mage looked at the "Wanderer" in front of him with a little surprise, and a doubt emerged in his heart-why is this inhuman existence in front of him not angry?Isn't his own protection and misleading an offense and betrayal to him?

Gao Wen finally noticed the strangeness of the old mage, and asked casually, "Why are you nervous?"

The old mage was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head: "I... no, I just feel a little scared because I was summoned by you again."

He suddenly understood, understood why the wanderer outside the territory in front of him would ignore his "little action".

Because this powerful existence didn't feel his little resistance at all...

The dozens of layers of spiritual protection barriers in the mage tower, the countless protective runes on his body, Mary as a bait, and the specially arranged ceremony scene, all together, the hindering power generated has not yet reached the level that can be perceived by "outsider wanderers" degree……

"Don't be nervous, let's sit down and talk slowly." Gawain waved his hands with that ever-gentle smile to create tea tables, chairs, tea and snacks, and instructed Daniel to sit down.

Daniel sat down cautiously, because he was guilty, he didn't even look at Gawain.

He heard that indifferent voice from the opposite side: "I have some things for you to do."

"You just order..."

Gao Wen smiled, and a pile of scrolls and blueprints appeared in his hand: "Don't worry, let's do two sets of big questions first."

Chapter 0312

"Big question?"

Hearing Gao Wen's words, Daniel's first reaction was to be stunned for a moment, and then he looked at the things that had manifested on the table.

It seems to be just ordinary paper, and the book is also the simplest and cheapest. There is no gold foil on the cover, nor is the cover made of high-quality calfskin—to be honest, this is the first time he has seen such a casual book.

"Let's get started, all the information is here, as much as you can do." Gao Wen glanced at the old mage, and then changed a more comfortable position on the chair, "I will judge whether you are really good or not by your performance. meets my needs."

The old mage suddenly realized that this was a test. When he saw Gao Wen's calm appearance, alarm bells rang in his heart.

Then, he solemnly looked at the papers with titles written on them, and opened the books marked as "reference materials"...

Gao Wen silently watched from the side, and at the same time allocated part of his energy to pay attention to the movements of the surface layer of the mind network. On the one hand, he monitored whether anyone was paying attention to this secret space, and on the other hand, he continued to analyze the network structure of the Eternal Sleepers and learn from them. mystical knowledge.

He is not in a hurry at all, because he has already confirmed that in this space located in the middle layer of the network, the flow of time is slower than in the city of dreams. He has already confessed that Amber will take care of him in the real world, so he is here It is no problem to accompany the old mage to do papers for several days and nights.

Daniel found that he couldn't figure out what this "extraterritorial wanderer" was thinking at all, but out of self-preservation, he chose to obey the other party's request, only when he focused on the so-called "big issues" , an absurd and inexplicable feeling still couldn't help but surfaced in my heart.

He also thought that the "test" proposed by wanderers outside the territory would be something more terrifying and weird. Those papers may contain knowledge related to the hidden and profane field, and may depict insane magic circles and symbols, and he I had to save my life in front of these deadly things, but I didn't expect that the first test I saw was just a purely mathematical problem, and it was the simplest kind, just adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing a few numbers.

What kind of test is this?

The old mage felt strange, but he didn't dare to question it. Instead, he lowered his head and easily completed the calculation, and wrote the result: As a mage, basic mathematical ability is a compulsory course for him.

Then he looked at the next question, which seemed to be a little more complicated, and it was beginning to be linked to practical applications: calculate the volume change and density change of a certain potion before and after distillation...

But it wasn't too difficult, any of his apprentices would do it.

The next question is to calculate the burning time of a magic circle under full load operation...

The next question is to calculate the area of ​​a strange figure - this figure is composed of a series of circles, triangles and rectangles.

The next question is to calculate the maximum theoretical interference value M that a certain rune field can withstand on a specific magic material... What is a rune field?What is the interference value M?

Daniel raised his head in a daze, but before he asked, Gao Wen silently pointed to the "Reference Materials" next to him.

The old mage wiped the sweat that was beginning to ooze from his forehead, opened the book and began to study it seriously.

He seemed to be back in a trance when he was a teenager, back to the time when he was learning magic with his mentor in the mage tower.

No, he is more nervous and working harder now than at that time!

He lowered his head, wishing to stuff his head into the pages of the book. He exhausted all his imagination and comprehension ability to learn those knowledge, memorize those formulas, and think about their corresponding relationship with the magic circle in reality. He managed to understand a part of it, and he immediately tried to use it on those topics, and then - to face the next more difficult problem.

Those things are becoming more and more unbelievable, and they are getting more and more out of the intuitive life experience. At the beginning, Daniel just didn’t understand the meaning of the question, but he has all the mathematical calculation skills needed to solve the problem. Just look carefully at the reference materials With the explanation, he can solve the problem, but slowly, he no longer even knows the formulas and symbols used in the calculation!

Sweat began to trickle down Daniel's face, and his breathing became increasingly difficult.

This is indeed a test, and it is simply the test of the devil...

Daniel's heart was beating faster and faster, and he felt more and more that this might be a malicious punishment from the "outsider wanderer", a punishment for his previous "little actions", but at this moment, he suddenly heard Gawain's voice From the side:

"It's almost here."

He raised his head and saw Gao Wen lightly snapped his fingers, and all the half-finished test papers and half-read reference materials on the table disappeared.

"The test... is over?" The old mage looked at Gao Wen in disbelief, "I... haven't finished it..."

At this time, the old mage really wanted to ask: Will I die if I don't finish writing the question?Will the problem-solving process be cut off if it is not detailed?

"That's right, it's better than I imagined," Gawain said with a smile, which made Daniel feel relieved, "I didn't expect you to understand them all, I just wanted to see your mathematics and physics. The basics, and the ability to accept new knowledge. You surprised me—I thought that an old traditional mage like you would be a person whose thinking has become rigid and difficult to learn new knowledge."

Daniel sighed silently in his heart: It is indeed difficult to accept new knowledge when you are old...but who has no potential when life and death are at stake!

"This is one of the rewards I want to give you, what I promised," Gawain continued with a smile, "knowledge, enough knowledge to allow you to move forward on the path of exploring the truth."

Daniel was stunned. In a short time, he couldn't associate those things with the word "reward".

But then, he recalled what he saw in the reference materials.

The knowledge used to calculate the efficiency of runes, the interference of runes, the stability of magic circles, the clear rules for drawing runes, and the unbelievably simple and elegant formulas and theorems...

If those things are real, if those things are not just "difficulties" designed to torment him...

Gao Wen watched the old mage's expression change, but couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

When Ravencrest held that knowledge, he only ushered in the unreasonable cruel punishment and wanton trampling from his mentor, but when an "unnameable wanderer from outside the territory" came to another traditional mage with the same knowledge At that time, what ushered in was awe.

He tapped on the table lightly to get Daniel's attention, and said lightly: "Since you have the ability to learn this, then I will give you some other knowledge, this knowledge...is not for you alone. "

Under the curious eyes of the old mage Daniel, Gawain created two books that were not very thick out of thin air and placed them on the table.

After getting Gawain's consent, Daniel opened them impatiently.

The first book, with a large line written on the cover:

"Information Security and Network Architecture - Special Edition for Eternal Sleepers"

"You learn the above things slowly, and I can teach you if you don't understand. I want you to spread this knowledge in the spiritual network in your own name, and spread it among the followers of the Eternal Sleeper. During this process, you There will inevitably be countless opportunities to promote your rank in the sect, and this 'promotion' can be regarded as a second reward for you. I will tell you the specific method and degree of dissemination."

Daniel's eyes widened, and he stared at Gao Wen in a daze.

Gao Wen didn't explain on the spot, but motioned the other party to continue reading.

The second book also had a large line written on the cover:

"Magic Web Technology - Typhon Special Edition"

"You have to learn the above things carefully, but I believe that as a great magician, it will be easier for you to learn this than to learn that "Information Security". I will tell you how to learn this little by little. The above knowledge is applied in the real world, but you have to temporarily control their dissemination-you can't publish them until I give you instructions."

Daniel's eyes widened.

Gao Wen laughed and looked at the old mage in front of him: "Are you curious about my purpose?"

Daniel swallowed, he is not stupid - if these things were taken out by some unknown person, maybe he would criticize them and dismiss them, but these things were taken out by "outsider wanderers", so he Immediately, I looked at the contents recorded in the two books with the highest attention and vigilance, and immediately saw the great value and power contained in this knowledge.

He believed that if the contents written at the beginning of these two books were not exaggerated, they would be enough to change the entire order of the sleepers, and also the entire Typhon!

But they were taken out by "outside wanderers"...

So... the Order of the Eternal Sleepers and Typhon may also be lost because of this...