In Heti's office in Cecil's first-class government office, the aunt and niece were staring at each other. Kamel was floating quietly beside them like a light bulb.
"Auntie … this is all the budget requirements …" Rebecca felt that Heti might not be in a good mood, but she still handed the proposal and the budget application that she had been working on all night to her aunt. "In theory … as long as the lab doesn't blow up for two months, you don't need to add more funds in the first quarter …"
Heti's eyes twitched slightly. "Do you know that you blew up four times in six days, blowing up a total of eight amplifiers and two engine test vehicles?"
Rebecca shrunk her neck. "But didn't you say … failure is the cornerstone of success, and the path of a sorcerer's research is always accompanied by the price of failure …"
Heti facepalmed. "Didn't I say the second half of the sentence — a rational sorcerer will find a way to reduce failure as much as possible, and a sorcerer who is too honest is basically poor."
Rebecca raised her neck. "No, you didn't say that."
"..." Heidi was speechless as she looked at Marchioness Cecil in front of her. Under the girl's simple and persistent gaze, Heidi sighed and sat back behind her desk. "Give me the proposal first. Let me have a look."
"Oh, oh, okay!" Rebecca quickly handed over the proposal in her hand, and at the same time, her face was blooming with a smile. "I know you're the best, Auntie!"
"Don't be happy just yet. I need to take a closer look at your proposal." Heti took the proposal and said without looking up. "Don't forget, before I became the chief administrative officer, I was also a sorcerer —"
She carefully looked at the follow-up test plan made by Rebecca and quickly noticed that there were different ideas and verification processes in this set of plans. She could not help but look up. "At the same time, we have to verify the two plans of centralized power and distributed power, and also test the effect of weight reduction on the balance of the two vehicles at the same time?"
"Yes. Don't worry, I've already arranged the manpower."
"It's not a matter of manpower …" Heti frowned. "Aren't you a little too anxious?"
Rebecca was a girl with a strong sense of action, and she always did things without thinking when she was young. Looking at the plan this girl came up with, Heti couldn't help but worry that she would act rashly. However, when she saw Kamel coming with Rebecca, she became a little uncertain — Rebecca was easily hot-headed, but Master Kamel had lost his brain nerves, so he shouldn't be hot-headed like this kid, right?
"… I'm a little anxious, but there's no other way," Rebecca listened to Heti's question, but she didn't hide anything. She openly expressed her thoughts, "The ancestor has signed a mining agreement with the Eastern Region, and it's not easy to transport the ore from the White Sand Mine. Even though we can transport the ores to Gilen first and transport them to the inner industrial zone via the Whitewater River, there's still a long way to go. If we follow our ancestor's plan for mining, it won't be enough even if we have magic carriages … "
She paused and showed a persistent look. "So I want to solve the problem of the train before the ore in the White Sand Mine is seriously overstocked … Even if I can't make the best one, at least I want to make one that can run."
After listening to Rebecca, Heti could not help but have a trace of astonishment in her eyes.
It turned out that the child had thought so much …
No wonder the ancestor always reminded her not to treat Rebecca as a child, and said that the girl was just lively, but in fact, her considerations … were not superficial at all.
"Your idea is very good." Heti sighed softly. "The ancestor should be very happy. Well, I'll give you the funds first, but I'll also … "
"Whoa!"
"Don't be in such a hurry. I still have a few words to remind you." Heti glared at the iron-headed child who was about to jump up. "You're right about one thing. Even if you can't make the best one, at least you want to make one that can run. In my opinion, your expectations of the magic train may be a little too high. We've just built the magic car, and you want to build a train that's equivalent to a hundred times the traction of the magic car … That's too big a step. You know, such a high-power magic device will not only cause a change in quantity. I suggest that you set the goal of the magic train a little smaller. Since there's such a thing as a 'track', even if you use a magic car to pull four or five carriages, it's already far beyond the current carriage fleet, isn't it? "
After hearing Heti's words, Rebecca could not help but show a trace of reluctance on her face.
Still, she had to admit that her aunt's words made sense. Reality had proven that when a set of arcanotech equipment reached a certain scale, its mechanical pressure, magical load, and environmental requirements were not as simple as a quantitative change.
Looking at the change of expression on Rebecca's face, Heti shook her head helplessly. Then, she picked up the pen and was ready to sign her name.
The advance funds received from the Royal Family … Before it could even warm up, it was going to become an explosive for Rebecca to fiddle with.
Cecil let out a long sigh in his heart. His hand that was examining and approving the funds trembled slightly.
At that moment, the magic network terminal that was placed beside the desk suddenly buzzed. Along with the flickering of the light, the sudden communication interrupted everyone's movements.
Rebecca watched as her aunt put the pen aside and turned on the communication device. She then saw the ancestor's figure appear on top of the communication device.
The three people in the room immediately stepped forward. "Ancestor." "Ancestor." "My Lord."
"Heti … Ah, Rebecca and Kamel are also with you." Gwen quickly noticed the people in the office through the communication device. "Just in time. You don't have to look for them anymore."
"What happened?" Heti asked curiously.
"Come to the Magitech Research Institute. Pitman, Jenny, and I are waiting for you here." Gwen smiled. "I have something good to show you."
The three people in the room looked at each other. After a brief pause, Kamel suddenly reacted. "I might have guessed what it is …"
After arriving at the Magitech Research Institute, Kamel's guess was confirmed.
In a large laboratory that was specially empty, several silver-white cockpit-like magitech devices were neatly arranged on a hexagonal platform. Compared to the prototype, their structure was clearly more complete and compact, with an additional shell that could be closed from both sides. Under the cockpit, the floor around the platform was inlaid with flashing runic plates. Behind the cockpit was a nerve cable tube that connected the platform to the base. Aside from that, there were only some monitoring runic terminals by the wall. There were no extra decorations or furnishings, which made the room appear rather empty. At the same time, it also made the silver-white cockpit in the center of the room appear more mysterious and eye-catching.
As Kamel had guessed, after the successful test of the first 'immersive neural cockpit', more cockpits were built.
Gwen was already waiting by one of the cockpits. The technicians in white robes were busy near the monitoring device by the wall. Pitman and Jenny were checking the nerve cable and runic array around the cockpit. After Kamel and the others entered the laboratory, Pitman immediately turned around and greeted them. "Ah, you're here. Come and take a look at these goodies!"
"These …" Kamel looked at the scene with some surprise. "It's done?"
"While you were busy figuring out how to blow up the engine, I adjusted the nerve cable of these cockpits," Pitman said triumphantly. "Of course, Miss Jenny is also here. She adjusted the runic array part."
Rebecca had already circled around one of the cockpits excitedly. She only stopped when Heti could not help but cough softly. The maiden looked at Gwen, her eyes wide open. "Ancestor, you adjusted the shape of these devices?"
Gwen smiled and patted Rebecca's head. "Actually, it's not that big of a change. I just added more shielding on both sides of the seat and added a shell that can be closed."
Compared with the prototype back then, the "shell that can be closed" was the biggest change in these formal cockpits. Because the "immersion" effect of the non-implanted nerve cable on the brain was not as good as the implanted nerve cable, the user could easily be "awakened" by external interference during the networking process. This was the biggest problem of the immersion device. In this regard, Pitman started with the idea of Druil and came up with a lot of technical means to increase the neural coupling and improve the synchronization rate of the mind. But in the end, Gwen still came up with a simpler and more violent way: adding a lid.
With the addition of this "peripherals", these things that originally looked like seats became more like cockpits.
"This is really a simple and effective way …" Heti looked at these wonderful magic devices with great interest and admiration. She was very curious how the ancestor came up with such a simple idea. But soon she noticed the shape of these cockpits. They were long containers, people could lie in them, and there was a lid on top of them.
Emmmmm …
Head Butler Cecil had a very reasonable and inexplicable association.
Of course, the mature and steady Heti just thought about it. She did not dare to say it out loud.
But there was a stubborn person at the scene.
Rebecca jumped in front of Gwen and said, "Ancestor, you got the idea from the coffin you lay in back then … Wow!"
Rebecca was knocked back by Gwen, but everyone at the scene showed a tacit smile after the silly roe deer shouted.
"Ahem." Gwen had to cough slightly to get the atmosphere back on track. "Let's not talk about this. Let's get down to business."
Heti looked at him curiously. "You called us here … to test these devices together?"
"In fact, the test is already done," Gwen said. "The offline test, the connection to the magic network, and the mental network of the Eternal Sleeper have all been tested. Today we will officially connect."
Then he paused and said, "I will enter the network with you."
Gwen's idea was very simple. Since the first batch of immersive neural cockpits had been built, then he could implement a plan he had made a long time ago. He could integrate his experimental staff into the network and do research in the ready-made "virtual laboratory".
It had been some time since the virtual experimental environment was built, but since he was the only one who could access the network, the effect of the experimental space was quite limited. Although he did use the virtual environment to create some blueprints, after coming into contact with the native technicians of this world and witnessing the wisdom of the otherworldlings from the locals, he had already realized one thing: he, as a transmigrator, was not the center of the world at all. At most, he could be regarded as a regional center of gravity. In many aspects, he could not be compared with the professionals, especially in the field of technology. With such a large virtual space, if he could not connect the professional technicians in the territory, it would be a waste to let him occupy it alone.
Fortunately, this waste was finally coming to an end.
But he still had to be careful. The technicians were precious, especially the most trustworthy ones who had access to secrets. They were the treasures of the entire Principality of Cecil. He wanted to prevent accidents from happening to these people and prevent them from being wiped out by the Eternal Sleeper. The best way was to connect to the network with them.
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