Cecil City, North Shore Development Zone, Imperial Computing Center.
The majestic pyramid-shaped building sat quietly on the open riverbank. Dense streams of magic flowed silently in the arcane veins on the surface of the building. Newly transplanted green plants surrounded the building. There were also Magic Net obelisks and signal amplification devices on both sides of the pyramid to power the facility. The brand-new facility gleamed under the sun and was ready for today's official opening.
A black arcanotech car with the imperial emblem on it stopped steadily in front of the pyramid. After the door opened, Gwen and Heti stepped out of the car.
The personnel in charge of the computing center were already waiting at the door.
"It looks so beautiful, much more beautiful than I thought." Heti could not help but look up at the top of the 'pyramid', watching the arcane brilliance flowing on the sloping surface. She was not stingy with her praise. "Compared to traditional, serious research facilities, it is indeed more attractive to ordinary people."
"The distribution stations open to the public will follow a similar design," Gwen said with a smile. "After all, they are not only the research facilities of the empire, but also a part of the subsequent series of livelihood plans."
While they were talking, the technical team led by Yuri had arrived in front of Gwen. With a trace of awe, the former priests of the eternal sleepers saluted Gwen with a more respectful attitude than the ordinary people of Cecil. Yuri lowered his head and said meticulously, "Salutations, Your Majesty. We have completed the task you gave us. The Imperial Computing Center is ready."
"Very good." Gwen nodded with a smile. "You have done well. Raise your heads. Cecil's rules are not so strict. "
The former eternal sleepers raised their heads one by one. Gawain and Heidi glanced at these people who were trying to make amends for their mistakes. They were about to say something, but the next second, they were all stunned.
Gwen looked at Yuri and the obvious dark circles on the faces of almost everyone with a strange expression. There was a hint of surprise in his voice. "Are you … all right?"
Yuri did not react at first. With a pair of huge dark circles and bloodshot eyes, he froze on the spot. But soon he understood what Gwen meant. Surprised that the 'wanderer' would actually care about their health, he quickly shook his head and said, "Please don't worry. This is a common thing for researchers …"
A group of former bishops and archbishops nodded in agreement. The scene was like a fairy. Gawain stared at these people in bewilderment. Then, he turned to Heidi and whispered, "I think they are of a higher rank than you. Obviously, they are not painted..."
Heti: "…"
The old ancestor forbade her to speak dirty words like Amber, but what if the old ancestor did not stop speaking dirty words?
But before she could respond, Gwen had already stepped forward. "Then let's not waste any time. Let's go in now. Yuri, lead the way. "
Gwen could not help but urge. It was not because he could not wait to enter the Acceptance Computing Center, but mainly because he was worried about the mental state of these eternal sleepers. He was really afraid that these guys would suddenly die on the spot. No wonder they were the only one of the three dark cults that did network engineering. How long had it been since they last slept? How could they live up to their name of 'eternal sleepers'?
With a slightly drifting thought, Gwen followed Yuri and stepped into the building of the Acceptance Computing Center. The spacious and bright Mind Hall and the faint buzzing Mind Hub welcomed them. Venti, who was walking beside Yuri, said excitedly, "Your Majesty, all of us are deeply attracted by this incredible technological idea. The more we study it, the more we feel its almost unlimited potential. We used to think that the mental network created by the Eternal Sleep Congregation could solve all the 'computing' problems in the world. But after seeing the data about the Dimension of Origin, we realized that the development of technology is indeed endless …"
"This thing keeps everyone awake at night," Semler said in a low voice. "We even want to put ourselves in the immersion pod all day. These days, the team has been building a new network 'base' from scratch, creating the basic mental space, sorting out the stratosphere of consciousness, and building the zeroth network … No one wants to rest. No one wants to miss this historical event. "
Yuri nodded and continued the topic. "In fact, we are already thinking about how to let the superhumans with stronger bodies be able to connect to the network for a longer period of time. Archbishop Rutherford … Researcher Rutherford wants to improve the 'artificial umbilical cord' that is previously used on the Brain Servants and has life-sustaining energy supply. Your idea of modifying the mental network has enlightened us that the technology related to the Brain Servants can actually be made harmless. Our initial idea is to find the direction of improving the Brain Servant technology from Researcher Magnum's experience and memory. He is the only person who has been transformed into a Brain Servant and 'returned' with a clear mind … "
A middle-aged man with sparse hair on his forehead — he was the Researcher Rutherford mentioned by Yuri — smiled and said with some pride, "The key is to accurately extract and analyze the part of Researcher Magnum's memory. So far, we have solved most of the early problems. The only problem left is how to get Researcher Magnum to cooperate …"
Venti could not help but sigh. "When he became a network mind, the fist and foot that used to work were no longer effective. The only two who can help, Selena and Sir Metro, seem to be not interested in our new ideas."
Gwen was speechless.
The Eternal Sleepers of the past had put on a researcher's uniform. After breaking away from those dark and heavy plans, they had devoted themselves to pure technology. As a result, these people seemed to have gone overboard and began to run in another extreme direction. So much so that Gawain had to interrupt their heated discussion. "Stop. Everyone, stop for a moment. Calm down. "
Yuri and others suddenly realized that they seemed to be so excited after talking about technology that they almost forgot the dignity of the 'wanderers'. They immediately stopped nervously. Gwen frowned and looked at these people. "Don't forget the previous lesson."
Semler gently took a breath and bowed deeply. "Yes, we won't forget."
Gwen's expression slightly relaxed. "Cecil's research work has a perfect process of project initiation, evaluation, review, and approval. I think you should have read the relevant documents. Remember them first, then you can talk about the future in Cecil."
In fact, he also wanted to add his own thoughts. Although an overly zealous research impulse was harmful, the matter of persecuting Magnum seemed to be quite pleasing to hear. Unfortunately, this sentence would obviously damage the dignity of an extraterritorial wanderer, so he could only swallow it back …
…
The platform, which was powered by the anti-gravity rune, quietly stopped in the middle of the crescent-shaped slot. Gawain and Heidi stepped off the platform. They took the lift together with Yuri and others through the isolation gate on the top floor of the computing center. With the soft sound of the mechanical locking device, the lift returned to the bottom floor, and a bright pure white room appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
This was the room on the top floor of the computing center, and the main destination of Gwen's "inspection" of the computing center today.
Heti curiously looked around the room, which obviously had a special security level.
The layout of the room looked similar to that of other "connecting rooms". Dozens of immersion cabins were neatly arranged on the floor, and a series of rune devices and ancillary equipment were distributed against the wall. The only difference was that Heti did not see a "column" in the center of the room for connecting the mind hub. Instead, there was a particularly eye-catching large chair.
The chair was placed on a silver-white metal platform, and a large number of rune chains and artificial nerve cables extended from the base. The brilliance of runes and arcane light constantly flowed between the chains, indicating that the chair had been activated. This chair reminded Heti of the first immersion device in the laboratory, but it was obviously some kind of advanced equipment.
After briefly recalling the layout of the computing center, Heti realized that this "chair" was located at the center of the entire "pyramid", right above the mind hub!
"You've noticed?" Gwen sensed Heti's gaze. He smiled and stepped forward as he said, "This device is also used to connect to the 'narrator's neural network'. You can think of it as a special immersion cabin, but it is directly connected to the mind hub, which is equivalent to a part of the mind hub. Kamel built it himself, and in order to make it more powerful, a total of seventeen artificial nerve cables and a lot of magic network connectors are connected under the chair. This is prepared for me. "
Heti had already known about Gwen's plan in advance, so she was not too surprised at this time. She was just curious when she saw the special "connecting device" for the first time. Yuri and the rest of them looked at each other, but before they could ask anything, the slight grinding sound of mechanical devices came again from the direction of the lift platform not far away.
The lift platform returned to the room again, and Kamel and Veronica came down from the platform.
Veronica held the platinum scepter in her hand and nodded gently to Gwen. "Sorry, we are late."
Kamel immediately explained, "It took a little time to coordinate the middle and lower level network technical teams and to debug the remote equipment."
"No, just in time." Gwen smiled. "We are about to start."
Then he turned his head and looked at Yuri and the rest.
"The necessary personnel are here," he said in a deep voice. "Now everyone enter the network. We are about to enter the last step of activating the 'narrator's neural network'."
The archbishops looked a little confused, but Heti, Kamel, and Veronica had already walked to the immersion pods closest to the center of the room. Semler and the rest quickly reacted. No one questioned the order of the extraterritorial wanderer. They quickly found the available immersion pods and lay down one by one in them.
Gwen came to the 'chair' in the center of the room and sat down slowly after calming down a little.
Under normal circumstances, he did not need to use any equipment to connect to the network, but that was the case when he was in the 'mental network'.
Now the 'narrator's neural network' had a higher level of security and higher connection requirements. Pure mental signals would be physically blocked by the terminal equipment, so he also had to use a set of special connecting devices to enter this new network.
Everything was for safety.
A slightly cold and numb sensation came from a series of contact points on the back of the chair. Some magic power penetrated his clothes, which were not too thick, and began to connect with his nervous system. Gawain relaxed his mind and slowly entered the network that he had just built and was still in its infancy.
A sky-blue connection interface flashed across his vision, and chaotic light and shadow gathered from all directions. After a brief feeling of space displacement and weightlessness, the scene in front of everyone finally stabilized.
A vast and empty grassland stretched out endlessly in his field of vision. A bright and clean sky covered the earth, and a gentle breeze blew from nowhere, rolling up the soft leaves and stems of the flowers.
In the distance, flashing color blocks and lines were curling and moving, outlining a new world and a new boundary line. A huge light curtain moved in the sky, adjusting the details and contours of the world.
The technicians in the other computer rooms in the computing center and the Arcanotech Research Institute were still perfecting this world. The color blocks, lines, and light curtain were the scenes of their busy work. And in a deeper place, in the 'national application layer' of the network, the new Origin Space had taken shape, and a new Origin Laboratory was being built.
Gawain looked at the beautiful but empty place and took a deep breath. He put on a smile and said, "Not bad."
Then he slowly opened his hands and began to extract a 'data' that he had saved not long ago from his' memory bank '.
To disobey God, one must first study God, and to study God, it was best to have a sample.
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