The mechanical voice stunned Gwen.
He was no stranger to this voice. The first time he heard it was when he was separated from the satellite. It was this synthetic voice that warned him and announced the activation of the escape system. After that, it was the system voice that he heard occasionally when he connected to the satellite. He was sure that this voice belonged to the satellite in space, or the entire space facility.
He raised his hand and tried to touch the black book again. This time, there was no response.
Bertilla could not hear the voice in Gwen's mind, but she saw the change in his expression. She was curious. "What happened?"
"This thing …" Gwen tried to hide his embarrassment. "What is it for?"
Bertilla reached out to the black book and let it fall into her hand. Her other hand flipped over the book casually. "It records a lot of knowledge, and you can set a bar … Eh?"
The pages of the big black book flipped by themselves under the power of magic. However, there were no more miraculous images as the pages turned. On each page, there was a red cross and a line of glaring red words: "Proxy access disconnected. Please check the validity of the authorization."
Gawain also saw the words that appeared on the pages. Now, he was finally sure that he had probably … damaged this thing.
"This … How could this be …" Bertilla showed a rare look of shock and even a little panic. "It has never happened in hundreds of years … It has never …"
"Well … Don't worry about it first," Gwen said stiffly. "First, tell me what this thing is and where it came from. See if I have any clues."
Bertilla was startled. Then she remembered that Gwen was an 'extraterrestrial wanderer'. Although she had been reminding herself, every time she saw Gwen Cecil's face, she always forgot about it. As an 'extraterrestrial wanderer', he must have seen a lot.
"The Book of Finality … As I just said, it is a supernatural item that we found in this ancient ruin. It is tightly protected in a complex device, but the device had been damaged by the passage of time when we found it. This book records a seemingly endless amount of knowledge, and it will present the most suitable language according to the reader. When we first found it, it was full of unrecognizable symbols, but after opening it several times, it began to present the content to us in the common language.
"Its first function is to present a variety of knowledge according to the reader's needs, but it is limited to things that actually exist in the world and can be seen, such as the location of a mountain or the length of a river. There is another detail about this. In the beginning, the knowledge it could present was very little, and there were many errors in the content, or it directly told the reader that 'the information is incomplete and needs to be updated'. But as time passed, it began to describe more and more things, as if it had been learning in a certain way.
"And its second function is even more incredible than the first. After setting certain conditions, it can even deduce the evolution of certain things, such as the success rate of an experiment with certain conditions. Its accuracy in this aspect is frighteningly high, and it can even deduce the changes in the situation on the continent, such as … the civil war in Ansu, part of it was deduced by it …"
As Bertilla spoke, Gwen could not help but frown. He had never thought that the Doomsday Association had such a powerful 'divine artifact' in their hands. And after hearing about the 'prediction' part, he could not help but ask, "So, is Cecil's development also in its prediction?"
"… No, this is also what puzzles me." Bertilla shook her head. "It can't answer all questions about the wanderers, and it also refuses to predict the development of everything with the wanderers as the center. The prompt is … dangerous access, authorization denied."
Gwen's mind was racing.
Unable to answer questions about the extraterrestrial wanderers … This was easy to understand. First of all, he was an extraterrestrial wanderer who did not come from this world. Secondly, almost all the "information" about the extraterrestrial wanderers was made up by himself and the Eternal Sleeper. No matter how powerful this thing called the "Book of Finality" was, it should not be connected to the Eternal Sleeper's brain. But refusing to deduce the development of things related to the extraterrestrial wanderers … This was a bit of an "initiative" factor.
The first thing that came to his mind was the sentence he heard when he touched the Book of Finality: Illegal medium detected logging into the system.
This sentence could be interpreted in two ways: Gwen the transmigrator was an 'illegal medium', so he could not log into the Book of Finality, or … the Book of Finality was an 'illegal medium', so it could not log into Gwen the 'satellite spirit'!
In addition, the deduction function of the Book of Finality mentioned by Bertilla reminded Gwen of the Origin Space and the virtual world created by the Eternal Sleeper. Or strictly speaking, it was the 'simulation calculation function' based on virtual world technology.
The Book of Finality was dug out by the Everything-Endgame Society hundreds of years ago, and the mental network of the Eternal Sleeper was only recently completed. Therefore, this book was definitely not connected to the mental network, so it should be connected to another super system with powerful computing power that could perform simulation calculations.
Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that this deduction ability was a function of the Book of Ultimate itself, and not linked to some superior system. But considering the prompt when he touched the book, and the fact that the book had incomplete information at the beginning, and the fact that later on, the database was slowly updated as if it was downloading something from the background, Gawain could not help but think that this thing was just an information broker. The things it presented were linked from somewhere else.
Bertilla saw that Gwen was deep in thought. Although she was full of questions, she forced herself not to speak. However, the squirming vines and slightly trembling roots in the hall revealed that she was not calm. Gwen also noticed these movements, but he forced himself not to care.
He had already reached the key stage of his thinking.
If we assume that the Book of Finality is connected to another data source, then this data source is known to have the following characteristics:
There is a large amount of information, mainly about various things on the mainland (mountains, rivers, flora, fauna, mineral characteristics, etc.), which is suspected to be able to accurately scan the earth.
It should have a strong computing power, which can be used to deduce events or conduct simulation experiments.
The data is updated at any time, so the Book of Finality, which had not been activated for a long time, took a long time to update and synchronize the data after it was suddenly activated by the Doomsday Society.
Gwen did not know how many things in the world fit all these characteristics, but at least he knew one — the black technology satellite cluster in the sky.
Although these were all his own speculations, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. In the end, when he looked at the Book of Finality, he could not help but have a strange look in his eyes.
F * ck, this thing has been secretly rubbing off on my net!
I have already transmigrated once and lived two lives, and I still encounter a situation where I am rubbing off on my net! And it's a book that's rubbing off on my net! How does this make sense?
Gwen knew that the fleets of Zenith, which had long disappeared, would not come back to deal with the after-sales problem. He could only twitch his mouth in his heart and secretly decided to ask Daniel to open a few more ports on the Eternal's mental network.
Bertilla, who had been quietly waiting for this moment, finally could not help but ask, "Do you … have any clues?"
Gwen finally woke up from his thoughts. He could not help but stare at the Book of Finality again. At this time, when he thought of the sound he heard when he touched the book, and the fact that the book lost its effect after he touched it, the truth seemed to be clear at a glance.
Obviously, a black IP that had been rubbing off on the net for a long time suddenly encountered a physical connection to the security system, and then was directly killed by the self-defense mechanism of the original system. No wonder it refused to deduce events related to "space wanderers". This was obviously a mechanism to avoid danger!
It should be a good thing to get rid of a freeloader, but Gwen could not help but have a strange feeling of regret.
Although the Book of Finality was rubbing off on the net, it seemed that … after it connected to the satellite system, it could find more things than a "satellite spirit" like himself.
This might be because of some mysterious ancient technology, or it might be because he could only connect to one satellite, but the Book of Finality could connect to more data sources. But in any case, this thing seemed to be a very useful tool. At the very least, Gwen himself did not have any data deduction and historical data retrieval functions, except for mobilizing the surveillance footage of the satellite.
Gwen's expression became strange again. Even Bertilla next to him thought that the "space wanderer" in front of him was too emotional when facing a book. This might be caused by some unique characteristics of the "space wanderers". But she could not help but ask again, "Are you …"
"Nothing." Gwen finally shook off his thoughts. He waved his hand and looked at Bertilla with an awkward expression. "According to my knowledge, this book should be a fake, so …"
"You can tell that it's a fake?" Gwen just wanted to find a reason for the damage of the Book of Finality. But he did not expect Bertilla to immediately say in surprise, "The space wanderers really have a lot of mysterious knowledge. It's true. It's a fake. This is its description of itself."
Gwen hid his embarrassment and asked curiously, "Description of itself? How does it describe itself? "
"A false key, used to pry open the door of truth. This thing is a fake, but it can be of great use if the right method is used. This is the first sentence that appears every time the Book of Finality is activated. Of course, even this sentence is gone now. "
Gwen was speechless.
This was the first time he heard that "rubbing off the net" could be described so poetically.
Yes, through the "self-description" of the Book of Finality, he was even more sure that this thing was rubbing off the net.
He shook his head and brought the topic back to his own rhythm. "Because it's a fake, it's far more fragile than the real thing. In fact, when you got it, it was already close to its limit."
Bertilla blinked.
Gawain continued, "And the dangerous experiment you've conducted here has further accelerated its damage. Its refusal to deduce the matter about me, an 'extraterrestrial wanderer', is actually a warning. It's telling you that its endurance is reaching its limit, and some of its functions are beginning to be damaged or limited."
Bertilla blinked again.
"So, unfortunately, it has been completely damaged due to overuse. I can't repair it."
Bertilla did not blink this time. She just looked at Gwen seriously for a while before asking with a blank expression, "You really didn't damage it?"
"… No."
Bertilla: "… Oh."
A stiff smile appeared on Gawain's face as he slowly said, "It's a pity that it's damaged, but as the 'divine artifact' that the Will of All Things has always relied on, perhaps it's best for it to be damaged after its service. You also said that this thing is useless to you. I'll take it as a kind of souvenir. "
Bertilla's expression seemed a little stiff, but she still nodded. "It's already yours."
Gwen thought for a while and asked casually, "Do you care?"
Bertilla shook her head. "No … Perhaps this is its fate."
…
At the same time, on the surface, Marguarita Knight who was waiting for orders suddenly looked up and looked at the huge canopy of the giant tree in surprise.
Countless huge leaves with faint runes on their surface suddenly fell from the branches for some reason. A gust of wind blew by, and large patches of beautiful leaves fell to the ground as if they were dancing. Due to the size of the Giant Tree of Solin, the scene of falling leaves could be described as magnificent for a moment.
"Why did the leaves suddenly fall?" Marguarita Knight muttered to herself in a daze.
"God knows," Pitman muttered. "Maybe it's too cold."
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