After the meeting with Daniel, Gawain did not exit the network directly, but left the virtual space and returned to the consciousness level of the spiritual network.
This layer is also called the "visible zone" by him - opposite to the visible zone, it is the data link layer deep in the network that is not noticed by ordinary visitors.
His virtual space was created by manipulating the data link layer.
"The whereabouts of the huge computing resources are unknown..." Walking on the streets of the central area of the City of Dreams, Gawain whispered to himself, "The spiritual network is a network based on active nodes. There is no need for a fixed 'server' like the 'Brainserver'..."
He raised his head and looked at the Eternal Sleepers walking in front of him. Each and every one of them was now a figure in his eyes. As a living computing node, after completing the missing knowledge, he has a deeper understanding of the network and a better understanding of the cultists operating in the network.
The Order of the Eternal Sleepers is a huge dark sect with a staggering number of members and a complex and secret inheritance system. Not all the Eternal Sleepers understand the secrets of their own sect - in fact, like Kant at the time Like the Viscountess, there are many "marginal believers" in this sect who are bewitched and led astray by the Eversleeper, but do not understand the Eversleeper organization.
The eternal dream that can escape the real world has unimaginable appeal to those who are miserable and desperate in reality. Even nobles and great magicians cannot resist it under certain circumstances. Its temptation, and once you accept the temptation of the Eternal Sleeper and contribute your soul to this huge network for the first time, then the beautiful illusion brought by the soul network that can confuse reality is enough to make even the most determined person escape. Falling deeper and deeper.
How many of these eternal sleepers walking on the streets are senior cultists, how many are dissatisfied nobles, and how many are extraordinary and powerful men who are trapped in trouble? There will be members of the Secret Law Society among them. Member? Will there be believers from the southern part of the continent, or even from other races? Or even...are there some members of other sects who have no hope of promotion?
The Eternal Sleepers have lost their faith and magical system, just like the Druids after the fall of the White Star three thousand years ago. They are actually a secular and supernatural organization based on magic technology, so they absorb "believers" "They can do it without any psychological pressure. They can bewitch nobles and mages, and they can also bewitch those orthodox believers and priests who appear to be upright on the surface!
When Gawain thinks of this, he can't help but feel that the Eternal Sleeper is probably the most terrifying one among the three dark sects...
Just walking like this with divergent thinking, A somewhat familiar little figure suddenly flashed across the corner of his eye.
Gawain took a closer look and saw a little girl wearing a beautiful white dress jumping up and down the fallen leaves path not far away. She was jumping up and down on the fallen leaves and stones. , and from time to time I would step on the slightly higher path next to it.The carefree and innocent look of the "single-plank bridge" as it walks on the rickety stone curb above the ground is really impressive.
The little girl who calls herself Patty Grant? How come we meet again by such a coincidence?
Gawain frowned, and his first thought was to pretend he didn't see the detour and walk away, but before he raised his steps, the little girl had already seen him with sharp eyes.
"Ah! It's Uncle Selsey!"
The little girl shouted happily, then jumped down from the curb stone and ran to Gawain. In front of her, she lifted up her skirt and said a not-so-standard ladylike etiquette: "Hello, uncle!"
Her words and temperament were somewhat reminiscent of a well-educated family, but her actual movements were quite clumsy.
It seemed too deliberate for Gawain to log off directly at this time, so he could only respond with a dry smile, and then looked around subconsciously: The woman suspected of being Selina Gelfen did not seem to be the same. Not around here.
"Are you looking for Sister Serena?" Patty noticed Gawain's behavior and immediately spoke abruptly, "Sister Serena is not here! She is busy at home!"
< p>Gawain breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Patty with curiosity. He asked the question he wanted to ask all the time: "How do you recognize me every time? Here There should be many people with the same appearance as me, right?"This is what he is most curious about - in this country, the real-name system has not yet been implemented, nor has a user floated on everyone's head. In the famous original network, there was no way for people to identify other people's identities at a glance. Everyone could enter the sea by just pinching someone. The eternal sleepers were completely satisfied with being "juniors to the Internet for All" who wandered around the network casually. Stage", but the little girl in front of me can recognize herself every time, which is really strange.
You know, Charles I’s face is a popular skin on the Internet...
“Is it difficult to recognize?” The little girl was stunned when she heard Gawain’s question. Blinking his eyes, he looked confused, "But I can recognize it. Although there are many people here who look the same, everyone's 'feeling' is different..."
"The feeling is different... ..." Gawain couldn't laugh or cry: What kind of answer is this?
He felt that there was something strange about the little girl in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel more wary in his heart. However, after two or three contacts, he gradually gave up his original idea: This one is called "Patti" "The little girl behind this is really not a middle-aged greasy foot-picking cultist...
Brothers like Solderlin are not perverted to this level. This "Patti", In the real world, even if the child is not such a small child, it shouldn't be much different.
Maybe geniuses really do exist... Being able to access the Eternal Sleeper Network at the age of ten or something.
Thinking of this and looking around, there was no sign of Selina Gerfen. Gawain felt that it would be a good idea to have a few words with this strange little girl.It was possible, so while he was walking slowly along the avenue with the little girl, he said casually: "You seem to come here often?"
Patty looked curious: "Uncle Do you mean coming to this garden? Or coming to this dream?"
Does this little girl simply regard this virtual space as a "dream"? Where in the world can such a dream come from...
Gawain muttered in his heart, but there was no sign of anything strange on his face: "I mean this 'dream'."
"It's often Come on, especially at night, I definitely have to come here," Patty stuck out her tongue, "Because if I don't enter this dream, I won't be able to sleep well..."
"I won't be able to sleep well. ?” Gawain frowned, “Why?”
Patty seemed to be a child who didn’t know much about the world. She answered almost everything Gawain asked: “Because it hurts and itches...” ”
When saying this, the little girl’s face clearly showed a look of resistance and fear. Gawain originally wanted to continue asking, but he swallowed the words when he reached his lips. He abruptly changed the next topic: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen your parents here - aren't they 'fellows' in the church?"
"Fellows" in the church are believers. It is a colloquial way of referring to one's own people in private. Gawain believes that even if Patty is really innocent, she must have heard similar words often when she is active on this network.
The little girl shook her head: "Dad passed away a long time ago... Mom is very busy, and she doesn't like it here."
Father passed away, and mother seemed to resist the eternal sleeper person? So how did this little girl access the Internet?
It turns out that she was brought into the cult because of her parents?
Gowen was running through various speculations in his mind. While silently sketching out the possible situation of this little girl in the real world, he asked: "That's right...then what does your mother do? She Why don’t you like it here?”
“Mom said she doesn’t like to be immersed in dreams, but I don’t know what she means,” Patty said as she jumped onto the curb again. Staggering forward, Gawain said, "Mom is a very powerful person! Everyone in the castle listens to her!"
Gawain couldn't help but pause: "Castle? You live in the castle?" In a castle?"
"Yes! A big, big castle!" Patty said happily, "And my room has big, big windows!" >
A castle with big windows? This kind of construction method is not common in this era...
Gawain quickly guessed the identity of this little girl in the real world: she should be a noble, but judging from her speech and behavior, she should not be too The heir of a high-level nobleman, she lives in a castle with large windows. However, the noble castles in Ansu in this era also serve as military fortresses. They basically only have narrow windows and high skylights, so she may not be Ansu. Sioux people...but that's not necessarily the case, because lately there have been moreNew-style castles and manor buildings for comfort have begun to become popular in the Holy Spirit Plains, and some nobles in the south are imitating this kind of architecture...
With this in mind, Gawain took advantage of the situation and said: "It sounds like Great. By the way, are there high mountains or rivers and forests near your castle?"
He wanted to find out the characteristics of the scenery near the castle where Patty lived to judge the situation. Which country the girl was probably from - although he probably couldn't tell anything, he still wanted to try.
But the little girl shook her head after hearing these questions: "I don't remember much...My mother didn't let me leave the castle when I was very young, saying that it was dangerous outside. But uncle, I Let me tell you, I secretly asked the maid to take me to the terrace this morning! I can see a large area of snow under the castle! Don't tell anyone, my mother rarely lets me go up to the terrace... But my mother went out a few days ago."
Gowen said casually while his thoughts were wandering: "Oh, your mother went out."
"Well, mom said so. I’m going to be a guest at Count Horsman’s house. I’ve been away for several days..."
"Oh, Count Horsman... Count Horsman?"
Gao Wen repeated it carelessly, but as soon as he finished repeating it, he realized what he was saying and his eyes suddenly widened.
He has heard of this name!
Not long ago, it was in Amber’s report!
"Yes, Count Horsman," Patty seemed slightly startled by Gawain's reaction, "Uncle...do you know the Earl?"
"...No, I just didn't expect that the person your mother was going to meet was such a big shot, and I was frightened by the word 'count'." Gawain made up a random reason, and a child wouldn't think of it anyway. It was too much, but his mind was filled with thoughts.
Is there another Count Horsman in this world? This Gawain cannot guarantee that there may be. After all, the four human kingdoms are separated in the four directions of the continent. Each country has its own independent but huge aristocratic system. There are countless large and small landed nobles. It is difficult to say whether it will happen on the mainland. There were several nobles in the north and south with the same name and title, but rather than believing in this unfounded possibility, he believed that the "Count Horsman" Patty mentioned was the one he knew!
Karlof Horsman, a land noble from the southern border of Ansu.
So Patty is actually the heir of a noble in the South?
Her last name seems to be Grant... It seems that there are indeed people named Grant among the nobles in the South!