The scene in front of him gradually stabilized, and the magnificent palaces and spiers of the City of Dreams appeared in front of Gawain again.
Looking at the "incarnations" of the Eternal Sleeper coming and going in front of him, as well as the city running quietly, Gawain couldn't help but feel relieved.
It seems that the disguises he set up in the network are working very well, and the backdoors he installed to sneak into the network have not been discovered by the Eversleeper.
But think about it - before computer viruses appeared, who knew what anti-virus software was?
He has not sneaked into this world twice - this time is the third time, and his direction of action in this spiritual network is already clear.
Steal technology, install backdoors, monitor the actions of the eternal sleepers, and if there is an opportunity, exert some influence on the eternal sleepers through this spiritual network - so that this special cult group can continue to do what he wants direction to develop.
Gawain bypassed the crowd and arrived at the area where the node crystal was located. After connecting to the main channel, he first confirmed that everything was normal in the "experimental field" he left behind, and then quietly exited the secret connection. Start searching for possible technical information with the help of node crystals.
Although he failed to find effective information in several previous attempts, Gawain did not gain anything from this connection. By analyzing and learning the swallowed knowledge of the eternal sleepers, and in the spiritual network With the experience of stealing resources, he had vaguely figured out the principles and structure of this network. He found that he could do more by exploiting the loopholes in this network than he had initially imagined.
This network is directly connected to the spiritual world of every eternal sleeper. In other words, it can theoretically directly connect to the thinking and memory space of every eternal sleeper - of course, the eternal sleeper himself can also Knowing the risks involved, they will protect and isolate their conscious world when connecting to the Internet to prevent someone from reversely invading their minds through the connection. However, in Gawain's view, their protection is obviously not enough.
Perhaps it is because the Eternal Sleepers did not expect that someone in their "own" network would harm their church compatriots in this way, or perhaps it is because Gawain's own soul mutation is too serious, and he has no control over his subconscious world. The control is so strong that in his opinion, all the deceptive and covert shielding measures in this psychic network seem to not exist...
The shimmering node crystal floats quietly high. In front of the text, he stared at the surface of the crystal, and his spiritual power gradually spread. He could feel the truth hidden under the deceptive appearance of this crystal-massive data was being exchanged, distributed, and reorganized here. Structure, the thoughts of countless eternal sleepers are undulating and turbulent at the bottom of the sea of data. Some of them are strong, some are weak. Those powerful thoughts are closely connected with the structure of the entire network. Just a slight touch can trigger an alarm for the entire network. Risk, but those weak thoughts...
They are like drifting between the wavesFloating seaweed and zooplankton lack both protection and vigilance.
That is the lower level among the Eternal Sleepers, the most basic group of cultists. Their greatest value in this network is to contribute computing power and serve as a "buffer" to bear data when the network experiences violent fluctuations. Pressure: For this immature network, fluctuations are very common, and the Eversleepers have chosen the simplest and crudest method to ensure the overall stability of the network.
Gawain carefully allowed his spirit to continue to permeate the air. Through the jump of node crystals, he gradually understood the context of those thoughts, and roughly judged the approximate strength of the master behind them. He He also began to try to read the shallow memories of those thoughts - this is one of the most basic abilities of the Eternal Sleeper. Although Gawain obtained this part of the knowledge through devouring it, this was the first time he had actually applied it.
He must be very careful - once his infiltration into the Internet is revealed, God knows how extreme the reaction of those cultists who have been nervous about "outside wanderers" may be. Just unplugged all the cables from the server...
A vague vision appeared in Gawain's mind. He saw countless light spots in the hazy outline of this dream city. Flashing and flowing, most of the light points are on the outer layer of the city, while a few are on the inner layer. There are also a few exceptionally bright light points gathered in the large palace area in the center of the city.
He carefully avoided those light spots that were too powerful or too close to the central area, and began to contact those targets that seemed suitable to attack.
He saw some shallow memories that flashed by - some were strange people holding gatherings, some were daily life in a dark and desolate old castle, and in these shallow memories that flashed by quickly, he Suddenly I saw a very special scene.
An old mage who lives in isolation, a paranoid man who has gone astray, a man who was seduced and corrupted by the Eternal Sleeper and willing to become a slave to the dream...
He slowly moved closer... …
In the Typhon Empire, among the mountains on the southwest border, the ancient mage tower stood quietly on the top of a rocky mountain top. At dusk, the dim skylight shrouded the black roof of the ancient spire. It spreads along the mottled outer wall of the minaret, and outlines a hazy golden edge around the tower. However, this light cannot dispel the lingering gloomy atmosphere of this mage tower at all. On the contrary, it can only make the tower It was as strange and inexplicable as if it was torn from the sky.
The mountain people living in the villages at the foot of the mountain are always afraid of the magician tower on the top of the mountain. They know that there is a terrible magician living in the black tower. The figure of the terrible mage will be reflected in the tallest window at the top of the tower. Ignorant mountain people always regard the strange wind, lightning, and clouds in the mountains as signs of the magician's anger, and use this to warn the children in the village. Never get close to the top of the mountain, lest you be bewitched by the magician and turn into a stone statue in the wizard's tower or a talking owl raised by the wizard - MountainThis is generally how people imagine magic.
In fact, their fear is not entirely unreasonable, because there is indeed a terrifying old mage living in the black tower whose mind is no longer normal. It is said that the old mage comes from the imperial capital Aldenan. He was exiled here by the emperor for studying forbidden knowledge. He lived in isolation and had an eccentric temper. He never communicated with the people in the village. He had several apprentices who were equally gloomy. He would only send his apprentices down the mountain to purchase food or do other transactions. The villagers could often smell the smell of blood on the apprentices wearing black robes - so disturbing and terrifying rumors about the Black Tower began to spread.
The black-haired and thin Mary carried the purchased food and left the village under the frightened eyes of the mountain people. Those absurd discussions full of uneasiness and conjecture seemed to still be lingering in her ears. Wearing a black mage robe tightly and using a hood to block the cold night wind in the mountains, he walked alone on the mountain road.
There is only one road from the village at the foot of the mountain to the Mage Tower, but there are countless impulses to escape from this road. Mary looked up at the gate of the Mage Tower that had appeared in her sight, and couldn't help but look back. The way you came.
She touched the metal buckle around her neck, retracted her gaze with difficulty, and walked slowly towards the mage tower step by step.
The door to the mage tower opened automatically. The dark door made her subconsciously take half a step back. However, the next second, a thin arm stretched out from the darkness and pulled her into the door. .
A hoarse old voice came from the side: "Don't dawdle, the master will be unhappy."
Mary nodded and quickly handed the basket in her hand to the man and The servants, who were as gloomy and old as the entire Mage Tower, then walked towards the second floor of the Mage Tower with heavy steps.
The old mage, wrapped in a black robe, sat in the magic laboratory. Strange and inexplicable blood-colored runes were drawn on the walls and ground around him. The light and dark light flickered between the runes, and the old mage was sitting in the magic laboratory. The mage himself slowly raised his head as Mary entered the laboratory.
His head with sparse white hair is as dry as if it has been dried, and the wrinkled skin is full of traces left by the passage of time. He is so old that he seems to die at any time, but Mary knows that this old mage It was far too early to die - she even doubted that this old and scary man would live forever, even longer than she would.
"You're back...go to work." The old mage glanced at Mary with turbid eyes. His voice was low and slow, as if he was talking in sleep, with a strange sense of sluggishness. Mary knew that This is because the tutor is in a special "connection" state. She doesn't know what this "connection" means, because the tutor never lets her have access to this knowledge. She only knows that it is a kind of traditional magic. A completely different "spell". When her mentor Daniel fell into the craziest stage of his life, he suddenly obtained this "spell", and then began to study it crazily, become addicted to it, and even angered the magic of the Imperial Capital for it.The masters had to come to this desolate and backward frontier place...
Whenever he is in the "connected" state, the old mage's reaction will be so slow, but the slowness is just an illusion, and his thinking is still Agile and can still react quite quickly, the smartest option is to obey his orders immediately if you don't want to be punished.
Mary expressed her submission and quickly walked to the corner of the laboratory. An anatomy sample had been placed on the experimental table and was maintained in the best research condition using magic. Mary recognized that it was A monkey, a very common monkey in the mountains. < /p>
In the middle of these mechanical movements, she suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the direction of her mentor.
She looked up in shock and saw that her mentor's eyes were wide open. Huge fear was quickly filling his old and shriveled face. This old man who had always only brought fear to others... It seemed as if he saw an indescribable thing that could scare him to death. He opened his mouth wide and made a weird huffing sound. After being frozen for two seconds, the old mage suddenly straightened his arms, as if he wanted to blow something away. Something was in front of him, but he said something incomprehensible:
"Stand there and don't move, I've already caught you."
That was not the instructor's normal tone of voice. .