Sword of Dawn

"We were taken outside the city. There were no roads leading to the hinterland of the kingdom. The only place we could see was the endless dense forest and the mist that permeated the forest. The old lady told us that the road to Violet was not there. Extending in reality, it connects various cities in a higher dimension, and if you want to go to the city of a thousand towers, the only way is to find those hidden paths in the fog..."

Hetty, who was silent on the side, finally couldn't help but said: "So, after the apprentices come to the Violet Kingdom, they first need to face some kind of test. Only those who pass can truly reach the City of Thousand Towers?"

"No, only local sorcerer apprentices need to take this test. Because we paid extra tuition fees, we can go in directly-this is what the old lady said."

Gao Wen: "..."

Hetty next to her couldn't help but tremble at the corner of her mouth: "And then?"

"And then she took us through that fog — that's all I remember."

Chapter 1166

Victoria's memory about going to the Violet Kingdom ended here, and it ended so abruptly that Gawain didn't realize it for a while. After two seconds, he couldn't help but confirm: "That's all you remember. gone?"

"Yes," Victoria nodded, "A very clear node——walking into the forest full of mist."

"That is to say, not only the memories in the city of a thousand towers are included, but also the apprentices who went to the Violet Kingdom will not remember what happened on their way to the city of a thousand towers—the journey through the thick fog, from the famous The specific route from the small seaside town called Plandel to the hinterland of the kingdom, the appearance in the dense foggy forest... the memory of these things is also one of the contents that need to be cleared when leaving?"

"It seems to be true now," Victoria nodded again, "The Violet Kingdom is strictly guarding its secrets, and this secret is not limited to the city of a thousand towers—it seems that as long as you cross the fog on the border of the kingdom, everything in its hinterland needs to be covered. It was tightly hidden... I also guessed what was in the fog later, but I had no clue."

Gawain frowned and thought for a long time, and the room fell into silence. Only the very slight hum of the magic device running and the sound of the ventilation system mixed together, which made the room even more silent.After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly raised his head and broke the silence: "What happened after that? What do you remember?"

"Still at the edge of that forest, all of us are standing where we started, it feels like we are just in a trance, but the first half of the year has actually passed——Your Majesty, I not only study frost magic, but also have a profound effect on the mind. I also have some understanding of the spells in the domain, but I still have to say that the most brilliant memory reshaping spells are difficult to achieve that level-the old lady is still our 'guide', she told us that everyone has gone well. After completing the scheduled studies, we can go home. The Violet Kingdom has already arranged a ship, and our family members have been notified and are waiting for us on the other side of the strait.

"Of course, many apprentices were confused, and even thought it was a joke, but when we looked at the flow of magic power in our bodies and noticed the changes in the scenery at the edge of the forest, we all realized that this was really happening.

"For a spellcaster who has to spend several years in an academic research at every turn, just half a year of studying is very short, but the half year we 'lost' in the Violet Kingdom left us with nothing in this life. A harvest that is incomparable in a period of study - everyone's magic skills have made great progress, detailed theoretical knowledge is imprinted in their minds, and some spellcasting skills have become instinctive actions, which shows that we have indeed practiced for a long time. time, intensive theoretical and practical learning.

"The only problem is, we don't remember exactly what happened."

After Victoria's words fell, Gawain's brows were tightly frowned, and Hetty beside him couldn't help shaking his head: "This feeling...is too strange..."

"Yes, it's very strange. It took me a long time to get used to all this and confirm that all this had really happened. For a longer period of time, I tried to continue to pay attention to all information related to the Violet Kingdom. To find out some kind of... pattern of their activities in the northern region, and to find out their potential purpose," Victoria's voice was cold and her expression was as calm as ever, making it difficult to guess whether her mood has changed at the moment. "There are many apprentices of the same period. Similar things have been done, and I'm sure the vast number of apprentices who have been brought to the Violet Kingdom over the past 600 years must have thought and acted similarly.

"No matter whether you have signed the enrollment agreement or not, no matter whether you have carefully read the memory reconstruction problem mentioned in the admission notice, when it really happened, it is an instinct to be curious about your mysterious study experience, and even more so. Conspiracy theory is a bit, and it would be an instinct to be vigilant and suspicious of the Violet Kingdom, but after all these years, I haven't found anything - just like other apprentices in the past six centuries.

"It seems that Violet really just recruited a group of students and sent them back after the semester ended. There was no additional conspiracy purpose, nor did they ask about anything we did afterwards, let alone our investigation activities... just Such as their attitude towards Loren Continent as a whole over the years: they don't care about anything."

Gao Wen had already started to tap the armrest of the seat with his fingers habitually, and his thoughts expanded and fluctuated accordingly, summarizing and sorting out all the information revealed by Victoria. It took a long time before he spoke again, bringing He sighed softly: "Secret inheritance, deeply buried history, mysterious envoys and exotic lands... It's really a story of sword and magic, and it really fits in the pastoral era when social management and production relations were underdeveloped. Fit to be included in a grimoire of parchment."

Heidi raised her head when she heard the words, with a thoughtful expression on her face, while Victoria on the other side of the communicator said calmly: "It is indeed as you said."

"But it's a pity that such a 'romantic' magic tale does not conform to the current "Overseas Students Transfer System" and "Extraordinary Person Management Measures," Gao Wen's voice sounded, and the chirping of insects in summer came from the open window. "The enrollment process is not standardized, the registration process is unreasonable, the flow of personnel is not open, and the teaching method is not guaranteed. Although the issue of confidentiality protection at the national level can be reasonably considered, the Violet Kingdom has not signed a memorandum of understanding with us in this regard." Agreement—this aspect needs to be managed.”

Victoria's expression didn't change, she just nodded lightly: "It's exactly as you said."

On the side, Heidi had expected that the old ancestor would say this, with a smile on his face: "After all, we are now in the era of the rule of law."

"No matter how other countries in the Northern Continent view this matter, before the Violet Kingdom is willing to sign a more transparent, formal, and reliable official personnel training and transfer agreement with us, this suspicious 'mage inheritance' process must be temporarily prohibited. "Gao Wen continued, "As you mentioned just now, if the contract provided by the Violet Kingdom when recruiting apprentices is really so formal...then they must understand our considerations and follow up on this. .”

"I will make arrangements and further monitor the Violet mages who are active in the northern region." Victoria nodded.

Gao Wen hummed, and then he was a little curious: "Speaking of which, how often does the 'selection of apprentices' in the Violet Kingdom take place? Does it happen every year?"

"No, it's much longer than that interval, but it's not too regular," Victoria replied immediately, "According to existing records, they usually select apprentices at intervals of six to ten years, and the longest interval is even It took 20 years, and the selection of apprentices was not completed in a short period of time, but the whole process lasted for one to two years - during this period, the violet ushers will be active in the northern region, To contact all talented people who meet their conditions, the number of apprentices who are finally selected is not fixed, ranging from a dozen to hundreds.

"It is said that 200 years ago was the time when the Violet Kingdom took in the fewest apprentices. At that time, they only took away six apprentices in the entire northern countries and Typhon—of course, those six apprentices were still with theirs after returning to Loren. The predecessors also became outstanding masters of magic, and were honored as honored guests by their respective countries.

"In addition, the last time they picked up apprentices in the northern region was about five years ago. At that time, they took away very few people from the northern region, and most of them were people from Moss Forest and the northern city-state."

"It sounds really arbitrary..." Gao Wen subconsciously stroked the stubble on his chin, and tried to outline in his mind the traditions, culture, society and political forms of the mage kingdom in the north, just like describing people. Like a portrait, he was trying to draw a "sketch" for the mysterious hermit kingdom, "Unfortunately, they hid themselves too deeply, and even the operators under Amber couldn't go deep into the Violet Inland... "

"Has Amber already failed?" Heidi asked curiously upon hearing this.

"It can't be said to be a failure, because I didn't set a clear goal and deadline, but there is really no progress," Gao Wen said with some regret, "It is very easy for the operators to operate in the cities on the edge of the Violet Kingdom. The light can go in, but when trying to enter the hinterland...they encountered the problem that Victoria just mentioned - there is no road, there is no road connection between the border cities of the Violet Kingdom and the interior, and the local management and forbade foreigners from crossing the border."

Hetty nodded helplessly, she could only accept this situation - she knew that this was not the problem of Amber and her staff, although she would tease or mock the half-elf from time to time, after several years of working and observing, She has already acknowledged the strength of Amber.That half-elf is extremely talented in intelligence, and the trained operators are definitely the best professionals in the world who are good at infiltrating, disguising and collecting intelligence. Now even this group of people dare to drill through the gaps in Aldernan's palace The "experts" are helpless, which only shows that the difficulty of the thick fog in the Violet Kingdom... is beyond imagination.

While regretting, she couldn't help asking Victoria: "Do you really have no memory of your experience in the City of Thousand Towers? Even if you use retrospective thinking or subconscious roaming, you can't find those things." Memory? Theoretically, no matter how clever the memory modification spell is, it is impossible to leave no traces... Especially if you have been studying there for so long - all the knowledge you have learned is completely preserved, except for the missing Without the specific learning process, this power to manipulate memory is a bit unimaginable."

Victoria frowned slightly. She was sorting out her memory while considering her words. After more than ten seconds, she said in a deep voice: "The specific 'memory' is indeed gone. I have tried all kinds of spells that can help retrieve the memory. , no progress. But..."

Gawain and Hetty said in unison: "But what?"

"However, after experimenting with some riskier methods such as polysuggestion and deep dream diving, I did find some fragments in the dream ... incoherent, very strange, full of details errors and subconscious supplementary components, I Don't think those are correct, real memories, but if they are just for reference, they should be the 'school experience' I remember."

She recalled it, and slowly described what she saw in her dream:

"I saw a city that was piled up with countless towers and houses stacked on top of each other. The structure did not conform to the spatial and geometric laws of the real world. Those stacked houses couldn't have entrances and exits, and there couldn't even be enough inside. living space... They are more like chaotic graffiti, outlined on a fictional land;

"I also saw an extraordinarily tall tower. In my dream, that tower seemed to be alive and moving slightly, even whispering occasionally. There was something like an eye floating on the top of the tower... that thing conveyed a distorted malicious.

"I also saw many apprentices gathered in an empty place, which seemed to be a large magic laboratory, or a library, because I saw many shelves lined up in the darkness in the distance, but I couldn't make out the details. Is it a book or something else. The apprentices and I are reading, and there is the voice of a teacher... only the voice can be heard, and he is teaching us patiently, but he cannot be seen."

Victoria's narration stopped, and Gawain couldn't help asking: "That's all?"

"Yes, all I remember are these fragments, and there are some more trivial pictures, but they are so fragmented that I don't know how to describe them," Victoria said in a serious tone, "In short, these are all I remember. Experience, please use it as a reference only, so as not to be misled by my description."

"This is enough precious information," Gao Wen sighed, "and you mentioned the scene of studying with apprentices... Although you didn't see the mentor, I think it at least shows that your knowledge is indeed 'learning' came, rather than being directly poured into the brain by some kind of witchcraft."

Victoria thought about it, and said with a flat expression: "In the case of losing specific memories, there is actually not much difference between the two situations."

Gao Wen was a little speechless: "This is really..."

Afterwards, he learned some trivial information about the Violet Kingdom from Victoria—even though that hidden country was shrouded in a thick curtain of mystery, the Wilder family had been in the northern border for 700 years, such a long time Here, there are always many violet mages who are active in the northern region exposed under their noses. In addition, those violet travellers who are hired by the Ansu royal family and recruited by various mage organizations in Ansu will inevitably have conflicts with the north when they move south. Since dealing with the Duke of Jing, the information Victoria possesses is of great reference value to Gao Wen.

After more than an hour, Gawain finally hung up the communication with Cold Winter Castle, and the huge study became quiet again, only he and Hetty were left.

After closing his eyes to let his brain rest for a while, Gawain opened his eyes again and looked at Hetty who was standing beside him.

"I remember you mentioned before that there are some people who have entered the hinterland of Violet. After returning, they told others about a bizarre world, and described the weird and wonderful scenery there vividly..."

Hetty's expression was serious: "Yes, there are indeed legends about this, and there is even a lack of 'testimonies' about this in some relatively professional academic works."

"But according to what Victoria said just now, after crossing the 'border thick fog' is Violet's 'Secret Zone', those mages do not allow any outsiders to get involved in the hinterland of their kingdom, even a brilliant mage like Victoria, after returning Remember the real appearance of the city of a thousand towers—then those who claim to have entered the city of a thousand towers, and can tell the situation inside with a nose and eyes after they come out, how do they remember so many things, and they have not been captured by Violet's mages? Captured and brainwashed?"

"...Maybe someone is lying, I don't think it's the Grand Consul of Victoria—those who claim to have been to the city of a thousand towers and returned with memories, they are probably just bragging?" Hetty rubbed her chin and said while thinking , "It may be that what they boasted is too true, and no one else has been to the Violet Kingdom, so everyone believes what they say..."

"Some people are definitely bragging, but it's hard to say that everyone is bragging," Gao Wen frowned, "and some of the claims have even been included in professional academic works. Those academics are being played around - there must be some convincing reason for what they say."

"what do you mean……"

"Perhaps, they have really been to the city of a thousand towers, at least they think they have arrived in the city of a thousand towers. The border managers of the Violet Kingdom may not be able to stop all foreigners who try to cross the border, and those who cross for various reasons Adventurers of the fog and the forest...God knows what they see in the fog."

Hetty's expression became serious. As a mage, she knew many strange legends and the magic principles behind them. However, if the entire kingdom was in the state described by the ancestors...she would not be able to find any to a reasonable explanation.She only felt a certain chilling atmosphere behind these unusual information, but she couldn't analyze where this atmosphere came from.

At this moment, she heard her ancestor's voice sound again: "Hetty, go and check something."

Hetty reacted immediately: "Yes, ancestor, what do you want me to check?"

"Find out how many mysteries about magic have been brought by the Violet Travelers in the past 600 years, and find out how many traces of Violet are in the magic system currently used by human countries," Gao Wen said with a serious expression, "Including the specific The names of the spells, their types, the approximate time when they were introduced to the Loren Continent, the scope of influence, and how these spells have changed over the past few hundred years...

"Victoria is right. After the collapse of the Dark Blue Well magic system in the Gondor Empire, it was the Violet mages who helped the remnants of Gondor establish a modern magic system... Today, this system is still mainstream in many places, and it is everywhere. It's the shadows of the violets. Now I want to know how many of those shadows there are."

"Yes, ancestor."

Chapter 1167 Intelligence

In the lower reaches of the Baishui River, in the Gelan area, the newly built large-scale factory stands like a majestic fortress on the former wasteland. The main body of the building is made of off-white artificial materials with rigid and straight lines. It is completely different from the complicated and exquisite magician workshops of the old days, but it also has a rough and powerful "industrial aesthetic".

On the edge of the factory area, a towering magic power monitoring tower is monitoring the magic fluctuations in the entire area to prevent unauthorized spellcasting from interfering with the operation of the machines and communication systems in the factory, and there are security personnel wearing light equipment at various intersections Patrol and stand guard, defending this key facility with the background of the government affairs office.An avenue extending from the river bank passed straight through the entire factory area. On the avenue, a black magic guided vehicle was stopping steadily in front of one of the workshops.

The car door opened, and the tall and thin Countess Ropeni Grande, who was wearing a dark fringed dress with her hair rolled up, came out, and turned her gaze to the large workshop in front of her. Behind her, another figure followed from the magic workshop. Stepping out of the guide car, it was the "Saint with the Lamp" Selina Gerfen who looked like a ghost.

"Is this the main production area of ​​Glenn Heavy Industry..." Selina raised her head, and saw the large fortress-like workshop standing in front of her. The material pipelines and liquid and gas pipelines extending from the top of the workshop extend out like the blood vessels and nerves of giant beasts, connecting other nearby workshops and storage tanks in the distance. The industrial power contained in this makes her unable to resist. He narrowed his eyes, "As expected, it is one of the largest industrial bases in the southern region... I think I can understand why His Majesty chose this place as the test site for the 'Wetware Smart Workshop'."

"The empire has invested a lot of money and preferential policies here. His Majesty ordered me to use these things to build an industrial base that can support the southeast. What you see is actually just a part of this large plan-for the overall situation, this Everything is in its infancy, and there will be larger-scale facilities and more factories in this area in the future," the Countess Luo Penny introduced her achievements over the years to the guests with a proud look on her face, "except In addition to the inhabited urban areas and the legally stipulated land, woods, and water retention areas, there is still a lot of wasteland in the north of Gulen City, and now these desolate lands can finally be used."

While talking, the Viscount couldn't help but glanced at Selena again, her gaze fell on the other's lap, and she asked curiously: "Although it's a bit impolite to ask, it seems that you don't need to talk to me about it." Come here together by car... As an Internet resident, you just need to appear in front of me when I arrive at the destination, right?"

"Life needs a sense of ritual - this is a sentence His Majesty said, and I think it makes sense," Selina smiled, her tone seemed very relaxed, "Occasionally let yourself be like a 'living person' in the real world 'Living in the same way helps to maintain a clear self-awareness and prevent mental aging and dullness. This is the experience I have summed up over the past few hundred years."

"...Actually, I just think it's a bit strange, especially when you think that you are actually just sitting on a chair and flying in sync with the magic car..." Luo Penny's expression was somewhat strange.

"...Well, I didn't think carefully about this." Selena was a little embarrassed, but quickly waved her hand to change the topic, "Let's not pay attention to these details—the workshop is ready Is it?"

"Of course," Luo Penny nodded with a smile, "I made preparations yesterday."

Until now, the person in charge of the factory area who came to greet her confirmed that the two ladies had finished chatting, and led the technicians to greet them. Luo Peini had a brief chat with them, and then made an invitation gesture towards Selena—— Selena had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. She raised her head and saw that the heavy mechanical gate in front of the large factory building was being opened steadily driven by the magic device, and a brightly lit workshop gradually appeared in front of her eyes.

Coming to inspect the new workshop of Glenn Heavy Industries was one of the main tasks of her visit to the Glenn region this time. It was equally important to observe Patty's situation and confirm the effect of the anti-divinity barrier. As for why a person like her In this way, the "node bachelor" who focuses on the neural and network fields will be linked to the heavy industry workshop, which is related to the cutting-edge technologies that will be used here: wetware hosts, magical machines, neural networks, Cecil Empire is proud of it The three major technologies will be integrated here.

With anticipation, she followed Viscount Luo Penny, and stepped across the alloy gate driven by the magical machine. After passing through a short connecting bridge and undergoing identity verification and entry and exit registration, she was finally in the Between those huge machines and pipes and cables.

In the unusually spacious and bright large workshop, processing machines two to three meters high and more than ten meters long are neatly arranged on both sides of the aisle like steel behemoths. The large-scale and complex transmission mechanisms are connected behind the large processing machines, and these things are intertwined together to form the arteries and branches of this "steel palace" - all of which are unimaginable in the era of traditional magic workshops Spectacles, however, were not enough to surprise Selena on their own.

Because she has visited factories in other places, and factories in other places also have similar magical machines as here, at most they are smaller in scale and less in number.

What really deserves the attention of a technologist like her is the "nerve line" that connects those machines—

Between the "arteries" intertwined by those material pipelines and transportation mechanisms, another complex network structure came into her eyes, which was the pipelines and cables wrapped by a thick and strong composite protective layer. The interior of each machine extends out, some go deep into the ground, and some extend out along the beams on the upper floor of the workshop, leading to the outside of the workshop or a certain area inside the workshop. These pipelines have dark red marks on the surface, and there are The shimmering enchanted paint covers every important interface or inspection point, and some kind of shimmer slowly flows and flickers inside them, making these things seem to be alive.

In fact they are indeed alive - even sentient.

"All the machines here are actually modified from the existing equipment. Their main working structure is still the same, but a new control unit has been added—this has reduced the upgrade cost of the workshop by at least half. Countess Luo Penny stepped forward and tapped the metal cover on the side of one of the large processing machines with her fingers. It is used for manual takeover or emergency shutdown if necessary. Mr. Pluman, please help to open the cover."

The person in charge of the workshop called Pullman stepped forward immediately, and used a special key to open the steel cover that looked very strong. Selena leaned forward, and the structure under the cover entered her body. line of sight.

She saw a "rune palette" with exquisite partitions installed on the internal rack, but the ends of the rune units were connected with dark red biological tissues. It grew out of the pipeline and differentiated into nerve threads, which merged with the entire "Palette" device like vines spreading and growing in the soil, and in the depths of those runes, nerves, and pipelines, she also saw other nerves. A conduit for transporting nutrients, the thin biomass is slowly flowing through the conduit, nourishing the nerve nodes inside the machine.

At this moment, in Selena's eyes, one of the nerve lines seemed to have suddenly received a signal from the superior, and the runes connected to it lit up, and there was a low humming sound from inside the machine. After a few seconds, everything returned to calm .

The voice of the Viscount Luo Penny came from the side: "The system is self-checking-the neural network in the workshop will check itself every once in a while, just like the usual workshop supervisor patrolling the machine, but human eyes are not as sharp as these nerves. , These nerves can feel the situation of each machine as clearly as humans perceive their own fingers, and all faults and potential faults can be discovered and uploaded at the first time."

Selena nodded, and got up and left from the machine's "neural control unit". She raised her head and saw a neural pipeline extending from above, connecting and merging with several other neural pipelines, and disappearing into a higher layer. Inside the girder.

"There are several kilometers of nervous systems and supporting biomass pipelines here. They communicate and connect between machines, exchange data between nerve nodes, draw nutrients from underground circulation pumps and splitting pools, and reserve connections to other The external interface of the workshop - but if you want to transmit data to a farther place, you still need to forward it through the magic network hub," the Viscount Luo Penny introduced, pointing to a facility deep in the workshop, " Next we're going to the workshop's 'brain', um... the actual brain."

Led by Luo Penny and the person in charge of the workshop, Selina came to the depths of the workshop. At the end of the connecting passage, she saw a large tower-like facility—it looked a bit like the large one in an alchemy factory. The lower half of the distillation tower is buried in a large hole underground in the workshop, and the upper half is connected to the dome of the workshop. A large number of pipes and nerve cords converge above it, flowing into the tower like the blood vessels connected to the heart. A connecting bridge controlled by a mechanical device connects the middle of the tower with the main road of the workshop.

In front of this high tower, Selena closed her eyes slightly, but then opened another vision—that is a sight that ordinary people cannot perceive with the naked eye, and it is something that only eternal sleepers like her can see .

The river of thinking formed by nerve impulses flows quietly and interweaves into a net in this cold workshop made of steel.

In her field of vision, in the darkness, all the machines gradually emerged with light, tiny spots of light emerged inside them, and converged and flowed along the artificially customized veins, they converged in the air and underground, like the veins of life. It was as big as a river, and finally connected to the common source—that source was right in front of her eyes, an artificial brain that emitted strong thought pulses and was composed of countless nerve nodes... And it seemed that there was more than one brain?

She opened her eyes, and the picture formed by the extraordinary perception was replaced by reality. She saw Countess Luo Penny stepping forward, and the high tower carrying the consciousness of the factory was opening the gate.

The tower is brightly lit, and three tubular devices with a diameter of two or three meters are fixed on the floor in the center of the room. There are several meters between each device, and there are countless pipes neatly connected from top to bottom. At the top of those devices, and in the center of these three tube-shaped devices arranged in a zigzag shape, Selena saw something half buried in the floor, which was shaped like some kind of insect carapace, with a rounded arc on the upper part , the lower part is the base made of alloy - the strongest thought pulse is emanating from it.

"This is the mastermind of the workshop—it will also become the mastermind of the entire industrial area after passing the acceptance test. Next to it are the backup and servo brains. They have different functions and can quickly take over when any one of the brains has a problem. System," the technical director of the workshop came forward, this is a senior druid, with thinning hair and deep-set eye sockets showing his professionalism and reliability, "Theoretically, unless all brains die at the same time, as long as one is still alive In normal operation, the entire system will not shut down, at most the efficiency will drop..."

Countess Luo Penny took a few steps forward, and tapped the shell of the "Master Brain" lightly with her fingers. With a crisp sound, the shell opened slowly and immediately, revealing the crystal container filled with biomass solution, and the soaking water. Artificial brain in a container.

Immediately afterwards, the three surrounding tubular devices also opened their shells in response. As the alloy protective shell slowly lowered, the crystal tubes filled with biomass solution and the floating brain soaked in the liquid were exposed inside those devices.

A large number of artificial nerve cords, metal needles, and fiber conduits are connected to those brains. If ordinary people see this scene, they will probably feel...very exciting.

But those who have worked here for a long time are obviously no strangers to all this—just as druids and doctors are also very used to the appearance of corpses.

"These are the neural connection units, which also include the monitoring poles. The wetware host sends orders to the neural network in the workshop through these connection units, perceives and controls all the machines, and the monitoring poles allow our main control center to keep abreast of each The situation of a servo brain is also used to give instructions to these servo brains," the technical director introduced this complex and advanced system next to it, "according to the deepest instructions of the servo brain, they can only receive the monitoring pole signal and identify The commands will be released only when the operator is authorized, and if any part of the whole process is abnormal, they will cut off the neural network and prompt the workers in the workshop to take over the machine manually through the broadcast system."

"This is to prevent someone from stealing the command power of the factory," Viscount Luo Penny added, "According to His Majesty, when a system achieves a high degree of integration and command concentration, it will also have the possibility of being stolen. The risk that, in the near future, taking over a factory might just take one wrongly authorized order — a risk we have to guard against."

"Ah... Your Majesty is really good at this kind of network-level penetration and authority manipulation..." Perhaps recalling something that made people sweat, Selena's expression was a little strange for a moment, and then her eyes noticed the room The artificial console in one corner, on that console, there is a big red button that is particularly eye-catching, "What is that?"

"The one-key overclocking button is used to improve the operating efficiency of the system in a short period of time. It is usually used when overtime production is required or when the system needs to be reset quickly," the technical director replied immediately. "The main working mechanism is to automatically Inject syrup into the biomass pipeline..."

Chapter 1168 Technical Front End

After hearing the technical director's explanation, Selena was silent for a few seconds before replying blankly: "...a simple and effective method."

Then she took two steps forward and came to the hemispherical crystal device containing the "Master Brain". The transparent spherical shell was soaked with an artificial brain that looked like a giant organ. This scene had a somewhat spiritual impact on ordinary people. , However, for Selena, who was born in the Eternal Sleeper, the scene in front of her is just an ordinary research object.

Her eyes scanned the metal poles and various catheters fixed in the brain tissue gullies inside the container, and Luo Peini also walked over and introduced the details of the device to her: "The biomass pipeline is connected to the container from below, and the Nutrients from the split pool are continuously delivered to the servo brains at all levels. There are three sets of pumps that operate independently to maintain the circulation of these liquids. Even if one or two sets of pumps encounter an accident, these servo brains will not shut down due to lack of nutrition—— At the same time, there is an independent filter and alarm device at the bottom of each container, once toxic substances enter the circulation system or the metabolic waste in a certain section of the pipeline exceeds the standard, the control center will know immediately."

"What if the toxic substances exceed the system's processing limit?" Selina asked without turning her head, "or other disasters cause the entire 'tower' to be interrupted... Please don't think that I am deliberately making things difficult, after all, reality Any accident can happen in the world, and I have seen too many incredible system-wide disasters in the past 700 years."

"Of course, your worries are necessary, and we do have the ultimate protection plan," the Countess Luo Penny smiled, appearing full of confidence, "Considering that the most sophisticated and expensive parts of the whole system are these 'servo brains', The final damage control of the entire system is designed around the purpose of preserving the servo brain—if an irreversible disaster occurs in the factory, the servo brain will immediately smash these containers and retreat by itself through the reserved escape route. Their flight speed Soon, the muscle strength of the nerve tentacles is strong enough to deal with the stuck ventilation grill or sewer opening, and the ability to escape is very strong."

Luo Peini's voice fell, and the technical director next to him added two sentences: "In addition, in order to ensure that the factory host can maintain a certain escape ability for a long time, we arrange these servo brains to leave the wetware slot in turn every week for physical training, including Long and short flights and lifting and pulling with the tentacles, and we plan to do fire and poison drills on them every six months - training with the workers in the factory."

Luo Peini nodded: "All workers will receive common sense training about servo brains and gradually become familiar with them, so as to ensure that they can deal with the relationship with servo brains according to the normal colleague relationship--His Majesty reminds us to keep in mind, all The mental health of employees is something that Glenn Heavy Industries has always paid attention to."

Selena: "..."

"Ms. Selena?" Noticing the strange expression of the node bachelor in front of her for a moment, the Viscount Luo Penny couldn't help but ask, "Any questions?"

"...No, I just think... well, it's all reasonable," Selina rubbed her forehead with a strange expression, and then muttered as if talking to herself, "What Bertila made is really more It's getting weirder... It's really thanks to you ordinary people with normal three views that you can just adapt to the weird things she created..."

Hearing Selina's low grunt, Luo Penny smiled: "No matter how weird a magical product is, it's just a tool. For a generation who first came into contact with magical products, rumbling steel monsters and floating in liquid There is no essential difference in the giant brain of the world - in fact, due to the weird impression left by some traditional dark wizards on the world, the latter may be easier for the public to imagine."