Gawain didn't know how long he had stayed in this space isolated from the outside world.
Based on many past experiences, he can determine that the virtual space created by the Eternal Sleeper has a different time flow rate from the outside world - this should be related to some kind of "perception bias" in the human brain. He feels that he may He has been here for several days, but in fact, the surface flow of time may only have passed for a few dozen minutes - after all, Kohaku has not woken up yet.
That half-elf shouldn't be able to watch him sleep to death...
Gawain stood up and stretched himself hard - even though he was not in this virtual world. He didn't feel physically tired, but stretching was still a subconscious action - then he raised his head and looked at the independent space he had created with satisfaction.
This world is still open and empty, and Gawain did not add any meaningless decorations or buildings to it - because every meaningless decoration means additional storage space and data processing power. waste. Between the clear blue sky and the endless open water, all that can be seen are huge white metal platforms. Most of them are vacant, and on a few platforms, you can see devices similar to alchemy tables. and various strange-shaped facilities—those were all created by Gawain in order to verify the "simulation degree" of this space.
From the outside, the changes in this space are just the addition of those platforms, but its real and most important changes are actually invisible to the naked eye: Gawain is in this space He put a lot of effort into keeping it secret. In order to make it completely "disappear" in the eternal sleeper's mental network, he not only added a lot of disguise and encryption to the space itself, but even tried to make it completely invisible in the eternal sleeper's mental network. Layers of protection have been created in the network, and all traces are hidden in the vast and chaotic information nodes at the bottom of the network.
He believes that with the current network security awareness of the Eternal Sleepers, it is simply impossible to discover the space created by stealing their network resources.
In addition to confidentiality, he also set up a large number of preset "templates" here. Those templates are hidden in the underlying data of this space. When needed, he can call them at any time. To quickly set up a suitable experimental environment.
After doing all this, Gawain thought, and the next moment he appeared on one of the metal platforms.
He thought for a moment, raised his right hand, and began to simulate something.
The next second, a mobile phone appeared in his hand.
He pressed the power button, and as expected, the "phone" had no response.
Things whose principles cannot be analyzed, or which cannot exist in this world due to contradictory rules, cannot be simulated.
He waved his hand, and the empty-shaped mobile phone turned into scattered fragments and disappeared into the air, with a hexagonal rune base underneath.It condensed into shape in one second, and the rune substrate was inlaid with fully charged magic crystals.
Gawain turned on the rune trigger, and in an instant, a scorching beam of light pierced the air and hit the ground not far ahead.
The call of the basic template is very smooth, and the simulation effect is perfect.
He dispersed the rune substrate and came to the edge of the metal platform - a huge device had been installed here: it had four parallel metal guide rails, fixed on a huge base On the top, there are two metal guide rails arranged left and right, and two arranged up and down, forming two "groups". A series of sparkling rune structures can be seen on the flat set of guide rails, and a certain angle can also be seen on the inside of the guide rails. A large number of repulsive units, and repulsive mechanisms can also be seen on a set of vertically arranged guide rails, but those repulsive mechanisms are arranged in parallel on the guide rails: they do not participate in the acceleration of the projectile, but ensure that the projectile is During the acceleration process, it can be "suspended" in the device to prevent the cannonballs from hitting the repulsion mechanisms on the left and right sides.
After all, the repulsion acceleration rail is different from any similar acceleration device on the earth - not only is the inside of it not smooth, but it is full of inclined and protruding repulsion points, and due to the special nature of the repulsion trick, these The repulsion point cannot be blocked by anything, so the object being accelerated must be additionally fixed in the orbit to avoid collision.
The cannonball in a suspended state can also avoid the friction loss of kinetic energy with the firing mechanism to the greatest extent - this will further improve the range and energy utilization of the "cannon". This is what Gao Wen can think of and based on the current situation. Technology's best solution.
Gao Wen opened the protective cover of the initial section of the acceleration track, placed a grooved "cannonball" in the middle of the guide rail, and confirmed that both its upper and lower grooves were in good contact with the "suspended guide rail" After that, he clicked on the protective cover and activated the total rune trigger of the entire device.
With a strange buzzing sound, the artillery shell broke away from direct contact with the launching device under the action of the "suspended guide rail", and pushed forward under the action of the first-level repulsion mechanism, entering the two The acceleration zone of the side guide rail, and then it accelerated rapidly in the process. In just a flash of light, all the acceleration whistles were compressed into a harsh explosion - Gawain saw a metal object coming from the front end of the acceleration track. It flew out and made a sharp scream as it cut through the air. A few seconds later, an explosion of fire lit up on the metal platform in the distance, and the loud noise was heard only later.
Just as he expected - the cannonball successfully accelerated, but the "aerodynamic runes" scrawled on the cannonball did not work, and the flight distance of the cannonball was far from what he expected. , and...
Gawain glanced at the acceleration rails that had been cut off from energy. He could see that the four acceleration rails were skewed and misaligned to varying degrees. This was because the repulsion point was accelerating the cannonball. It not only has an effect on the cannonball itself, but also has a strong impact on other accelerating orbits.Thrust - A large number of repulsion points interact at such a close distance, and the force generated is huge. Guide rails that are not effectively reinforced will inevitably cause misalignment.
In addition, the unreasonable arrangement of the repulsion points is also an important reason - if the position of the repulsion points can be readjusted, then the pressure on the guide rail can also be dispersed...
Gaowen looked at the experimental results, and the joy in his heart gradually cooled down, and he began to analyze the role that this simulation test site could play.
There is no doubt that this is the real use of the "virtual space" created by the Eternal Sleeper. It is really huge for those cultists to regard such a useful thing as a bluffing illusion and an escapist dream. What a waste, this thing... should be used for scientific research!
But this virtual world is not omnipotent.
Gawain can simulate his "Repulsion Railgun" here, but there is no way to make the runes drawn randomly on the cannonballs work.
This shows that this space can still only be used as a testing ground - bringing in some conceptual items that have been roughly completed for testing. With the highly realistic characteristics of this space and time, he can A large amount of valid data was collected.
This will undoubtedly save a lot of research and development costs. Many costly and time-consuming actual measurements can be transferred to the virtual space, and many things that are too dangerous can also be carried out here first. Testing will be carried out inside, and most of the parameters will be adjusted and perfected before being taken outside for actual production. Of course, Gao Wen estimates that the degree of "realism" in this virtual space is also limited, and the tests carried out here will inevitably be similar to the real one. Where the world is inconsistent, and the more complex the items are and the more they involve the realm of esoteric magic, the greater the simulation deviation here should be. After all, the Eternal Sleepers are only mortals, even if they are created with "divine-like" dream spells. In this place, it is impossible for them to restore all the laws of the real world.
But even if the simulation is only 90% effective, this virtual space is enough to produce unimaginable value.
In addition to the effectiveness of the simulation, Gawain is more concerned about how to utilize the "computing" function of this mental network.
Everything in this virtual world is the result of the accumulation of computing power. Countless eternal sleepers used the human brain network to form a huge computing device and "calculated" the eternal dream. However, this part of "computing power" But it cannot be used directly to deal with purely numerical problems. This is probably the most different thing between this alien version of the "computer" and the electronic computers on earth.
Anyway, at least so far, Gawain still has not found the "mathematical calculation interface" of this mind network, and it is precisely because of this interface that he cannot use the computing power of the mind network to directly complete the calculation of cannonballs. Optimization and reconstruction of the rune groups on - this part of the work can only be left to Jenny and her rune research institute.
But Gawain did not agree with this.Without too much frustration, he was even mentally prepared to never find this interface - the creation of the Eternal Sleeper is not a supercomputer on the earth after all, and "dream spells" are just a type of spell after all. The magical world has There are so many wonderful and special things. He has lived in this world for so long, and he must accept this fact.
Magic has its conveniences as well as its shortcomings. In this world, the Eternal Sleepers use dream spells to achieve a fully immersive virtual reality that has not been achieved on earth, but they have not. There is no way to achieve the mathematical operation efficiency of even the most primitive electronic computer - but Gao Wen believes in one thing, that is, the progress and possibility of technology. It doesn't matter if he can't find an "interface" now. He believes that sooner or later, this problem will be solved. of.
After confirming that all encryption settings were correct, Gawain exited the "secret laboratory" he created.
Nothing changes in "City of Dreams."
Eternal Sleeper cultists are still coming and going in the city. The magnificent city is still magnificent. The node crystal suspended in the square emits a soft light in front of our eyes. A dozen high-level cultists are working on their own. People nearby put their hands on the surface of the crystal to form a group to surf the Internet...
No one realized that there was a problem with their spiritual network, no one realized that the computing power of the network was occupied by others, and no one realized that in their case A new "mounted object" appeared out of thin air in the corner of the virtual world...
Gaowen left the crystal with an indifferent expression, with a sense of accomplishment that he could surf the Internet casually without being beaten. Walking aside, he looked at the glorious city in front of him and the cultists operating in the city, and gradually fell into thought.