Compared to Cecil's current network technicians, the greatest advantage of the Eternal Sleepers was that they were very familiar with the mental networking process and how to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations. In the past many years, they had used the most dangerous ways to directly expose their brains to a large-scale computing network. The lack of security mechanisms and the congenital defect of the "human flesh connection" had forced the Eternal Sleepers to often face some dangerous situations, including but not limited to cranial nerve overload, mental damage, memory streaming, and all kinds of problems in the soul.
For them, all these were common occurrences.
It was precisely because of this that the "immersion pods" built by Cecil's people with a bunch of safety devices and a physical layer of insurance were as safe as steel fortresses in the eyes of the Eternal Sleepers, the kind that could protect the body and the mind at the same time. Lying in there, they would feel a sense of physical and mental relaxation. They did not have to spend energy to maintain the network connection, and they did not have to worry about mental noise directly shining into their heads. Many bishops claimed that they could lie in there for the rest of their lives.
At first, Magnum was very surprised by the safety level of the immersion pods. He could see how much research and development cost Cecil's people had spent on these safety measures, but soon he figured out the key. The mental network of the Eternal Sleepers was for the use of Transcendents. Except for a few exceptions, everyone who was connected to the network had a strong mental strength. If they encountered a problem, they would be able to withstand it. If they really could not withstand it, they could just go back and bury them. After all, they were all in the dark cult, and it was part of the tradition for one or two to die occasionally.
But Cecil was different. Their network was for the use of ordinary people, and ordinary people's fragile minds and bodies required more protection. As a responsible empire, they had a greater obligation to protect their citizens. This also led to the creation of the immersion pods with the highest requirement of safety, and even sacrificed some of the connection efficiency for this …
The archbishops, including Yuri and Magnum, did not have any doubts about which of the two technical ideas was right and which was wrong. Emperor Cecil was an extraterrestrial wanderer, the warhammer carried by the priests in this place was bigger than a human's head, and the locals were keen on using explosion and earthquake spells to mine in the mountains.
The truth was undoubtedly in the hands of the Cecil Empire, and would always be in the hands of the Cecil Empire.
Imperial Computing Center, Thinking Hall, Mind Hub.
Dense radiance floated on the surface of the silver-white alloy pillars. Arcane energy veins flickered between the gaps of the metal modules as if they were breathing. The tall pillars connected the floor and the dome of the hall. From time to time, complex runes and geometrical patterns appeared on the surface of the pillars and rose quickly along the alloy shell. A pleasant humming sound echoed in the bright hall, as if it contained life that was constantly awakening.
"Third trial activation, the base Mana Net has stabilized." A technician from the Arcanotech Research Institute stood in front of a control panel nearby as he looked at the many runes that lit up on it. "The Mind Hub has started to output sequence signals. All signals have been confirmed!"
Yuri and Venti stood in front of the silver-white alloy pillar, listening to the report from the magus technician. Yuri nodded slightly. "Looks like it's working smoothly."
"Finally, it's starting …" Venti seemed to be answering Yuri, but she also seemed to be talking to herself. Then, she took a step forward and gently placed her hand on the alloy shell of the large pillar and began to release her spiritual power.
In this era, in the field of research, 'Extraordinary individuals can manipulate magic without the aid of additional tools when debugging certain equipment' was probably the only advantage they had against ordinary researchers.
All eyes in the hall were focused on Venti in an instant.
Cecil's local technicians were looking at her, and more so at the Mind Hub in front of her. Countless people had spent a lot of effort on this thing, and only those who often dealt with immersion pods and the network would understand what this thing meant. They looked at this scene as if they were looking at the future of technology.
A few Eternal Sleepers were also looking at her, but they were looking at the past of the Eternal Sleep Congregation: an old era had ended, and a brand-new arcanotech would be used to take over everything they had once created. The cold equipment was overlooking here, and inside it, seven hundred years of technological accumulation was awakening in an unprecedented way.
Some were looking forward to it, while others were feeling emotional.
Mana rippled in the Mind Hub as Venti breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Hello, Future."
Almost at the same time, a clear holographic projection appeared above the control panel of the Mind Hub. Magnum's figure appeared in the projection, his eyes wide and his voice as loud as ever. "Whoa — you scared me! Have I entered the Mind Hub? "
The arcanologist in front of the control panel did not seem to see Magnum's sudden appearance as he reported the situation with a straight face. "The Mind Hub has started to output … All channels are open, we can 'see' the signal sent by the test team."
Magnum's eyes widened as he looked around the hall, and then pointed at himself. "Is the 'signal' referring to me?"
Yuri immediately frowned. "Enough, this is a serious situation — we shouldn't have let you enter the Mind Hub first!"
Magnum, who had been transferred to the Mind Hub, shrugged. "Madam Selena is monitoring and uploading, and Sir Megor is with His Majesty the Emperor. I'm the only mind in the network — are you going to upload yourself to accompany me?"
Yuri subconsciously pressed his forehead. "… I shouldn't have argued with you … Anyway, how do you feel now?"
"… Generally speaking, it's no different from our own mind space." Magnum finally became serious as he began to answer Yuri's question. "But it's very … 'barren' here. I've been thrown into a void, and there are only some basic 'frames' and 'platforms' here. It should be the primordial space built into the Mind Hub. But I can feel the others — those who are using the immersion pods, I can feel their minds around me, but I can't see them for the time being … "
Venti nodded slightly. "A few test teams are still waiting for the next instruction. Before all channels are opened, it's normal that you can't see them."
"Well, I think so too." Magnum said casually. "Besides, I can also feel that this place is very … narrow. But I think this should be caused by the limited number of nodes. "
Yuri nodded. "At present, including the ordinary testers in shifts, we can only guarantee that there are 1,000 nodes to maintain the floating connection, and some of the nodes have to be used for some additional testing projects. The remaining nodes, of course, can't maintain the scale of the previous mental network. But everything will be fine soon. All the immersion pods have passed the test, and the second batch of connecting volunteers, testers, and maintenance personnel are ready. When the computing center is officially opened, the mental network will reappear … "
"It's the 'Narrator's Neural Network,'" Magnum immediately corrected him with a serious face. "Times have changed, friend. Ha, this sentence does have an inexplicable feeling. I begin to understand why Cecil's people like to chase after these 'trendy' words."
Yuri's eyes twitched slightly. He decisively ignored Magnum, who appeared in the hall as a holographic projection instead of a psychological projection. He turned his head slightly and said to Venti, "You can inform Semler now. Let him begin the next step."
…
In the upper area of the computing center, in a large connected computer room, immersion pods were neatly arranged.
The silver-white hatch was in a state of opening, and lying in the immersion pods were the former priests of the Eternal Slumbers. These people had changed into the white uniforms of Cecil's technicians. Everyone's expression was calm with a hint of dullness.
They were currently in a state of shallow connection, maintaining the operation of the mental hub in the form of pure computational nodes. They were waiting for the next instruction, and the person in charge of this room was the former archbishop of the Eternal Slumbers, Semler.
This middle-aged man, who always looked a little serious, stood next to the console in the center of the computer room, looking at the column in the center of the room that was used to connect the mental hub. He seemed to be thinking about something.
Venti's voice suddenly came from the mental connection, interrupting Semler's thoughts.
He looked up, and a former archbishop standing next to him immediately reacted. "Is it starting?"
"The mental hub has been stabilized, and Magnum is ready inside." Semler nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "Let the compatriots begin. Close the hatch, connect deeply, sort out your memories and minds, let us first … build the earth and the sky."
The alloy hatch began to sink steadily under the action of the mechanical device, and the slight sizzling sound of the hatch closing continued to enter Semler's ears. Semler closed his eyes slightly, and with his powerful spiritual perception as a high-ranking Transcendent, he could 'see' faint 'lines' extending out from the room.
The lines connected into a net, and streams converged into rivers.
And this was not the only room where the 'lines' were spreading out.
In the entire computing center, in many rooms on the upper floor of the Hall of Thought, streams of thoughts were being connected, and floating points were being activated.
Not only were there the former Eternal Slumbers, but also Cecil's original network technicians, as well as' volunteers' who were specially recruited to provide computational support.
Tonight, a thousand people were participating in this work in the computing center. They would build the prototype of the 'Narrator Neural Network' and carry out the initial 'Genesis' in this network.
What they created tonight would be stored in all nodes in the form of floating storage, and with the addition of more nodes and the rotation of new and old nodes, it would be preserved for a long time, rapidly evolving, and gradually perfecting …
And among these technicians and volunteers, ordinary people accounted for the majority. Hundreds of ordinary people formed the initial nodes of this prototype network, and the 'immersion cabin' allowed these people to stand on the same starting line as the Transcendent.
In the cyberspace formed by the human mind, everyone's thinking would no longer be different from that of a Transcendent or an ordinary person.
…
In the Hall of Thought, Magnum, who appeared in the form of a holographic projection, had his eyes wide open as he described what he saw in the network world with a hint of joy.
"Light and the most basic earth are beginning to appear. They are building an open virtual interface … Oh! I see the sky! It's very simple, but very beautiful! "
But Yuri no longer cared about Magnum's voice at this time.
Because the wise Cecil technician had thought of adding a volume adjustment function to Magnum's voice device in advance. After confirming that a certain guy with an unusually loud voice was not prepared to listen to the friendly suggestions of the on-site staff about the experimental environment, the magician in front of the console directly lowered Magnum's volume to the minimum.
In order to complete the work, Magnum had to stay in the mind hub at this moment. Being unable to move freely in the network meant that he could not project his consciousness to other nodes, so he could not form a 'psychological projection' as usual. He could only communicate with the outside world through the sound and light equipment in the hall like a broadcast signal. Now, to quiet this guy down, just a few buttons were needed.
Yuri even felt that the whole world had become beautiful.
"You know, Madam Venti, as an Eternal Sleeper who joined the Church in the era of Rosetta, my biggest regret was that I could not witness the scene of the Church creating a world from scratch in the mind network." He turned his head and could not help but sigh. "Now I have no regrets. We are witnessing history with our own eyes. Something that is destined to change the world is being born here."
Venti smiled slightly and said in a soft voice, "I hope the extraterrestrial wanderer will be satisfied with our work."
"He will be satisfied," Yuri said in a brisk tone. "He will come to inspect all of this in a few days. I hope that by then, he will tell us what the 'narrator' in the 'narrator neural network' stands for …"
Venti's smile froze for a moment.
She subconsciously touched the back of her neck and suddenly felt a little pain at the back of her neck.
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