To be honest, the communication device created by Kamel and Rebecca and the current degree of completion of this device greatly exceeded Gawain's expectations - not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of design concept.
At the technical level, Gawain can already understand that after all, this world has its own unique technical route. Some things that seem incredible to him may be just a small trick in the magic field, and there are Based on the ready-made research results of the Eternal Sleeper, the "advanced functions" of the communication device are actually not difficult to imagine. What really surprised Gawain was Kamel's mature design concepts.
This device is not only designed to recognize each other in the network, but also can perform relatively simple "dial-up". It also has the functions of receiving broadcasts and communicating with distant places. In order to ensure its long-distance communication capabilities, Kamel even designed a plan to use the magic obelisk as a "relay station". This relay station must have included a series of complex functions such as information forwarding, gain, channel management, etc. - all of these things are in Gawain did it without any prompting.
He couldn't help praising Kamel's design and praising him for being able to achieve these incredible functions. Unexpectedly, after hearing his praise, Kamel showed disapproval: "These are not remote Is it the most basic requirement for communication?”
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment. After seeing Kamel’s reasonable attitude, he suddenly realized that he had fallen into another misunderstanding:
He underestimated the technological level of this world, and also forgot the technological level of the Gondor Empire back then.
The bottom society of this world may be primitive and backward, and its average level of development may not be high, but its top-level technological level and the technological height it has experienced in history... have never fallen behind.
Convenient, cheap, stable and reliable universal communicators may be a brand new thing in this world, but the communicator itself is not, nor is the communication technology.
As early as the Gondor period, humans had established an information network throughout the entire empire. To this day, the Elf Star Temple still provides convenient broadcast services to the entire Silver Empire, and even seems to The backward and dark contemporary Ansu does not have advanced holographic video call technology to a very limited extent - isn't it the court mage's communication technique?
For those who have been exposed to the pinnacles of these technologies, there is no question of "whether there is any" of certain sophisticated things, but only a question of "whether they are widespread or not."
Of course Kamel will have mature design concepts - because he also used the same advanced things back then.
Gao Wen quietly looked at the magic master, and suddenly understood in his heart: Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, everything Cecil has experienced is a rise, but in the eyes of Kamel, Most of the technological achievements that have appeared in this land so far can only be regarded as "revival".
The renaissance of human civilization.
Of course, the so-called "mature design""Concept" is only relative to this era. As a new thing, communicators still have huge room for improvement in Gao Wen's opinion - how to encrypt information, how to prevent communication networks from being eavesdropped or used by enemies, and how to ensure that the network can be Control, will the network be stable when the number of communication terminals connected to the network becomes huge? How to solve the problem of insufficient "numbers" when there are too many communication terminals? How should magic-based communication technology calculate "bandwidth", or what is it? Things are limiting its "bandwidth"... All these details need to be solved slowly in the future.
Gawain knows that Kamel and Rebecca must not have thought about these problems yet, because A large part of these problems will only be exposed after the network scale is large enough and the destruction technology for the network is developed enough. Even the Gondor Empire and the Empire's information network at its largest scale were unable to compete with those on Earth. It is comparable to any national-level network. Just like the Eternal Sleepers who have just built the Mind Network now, they could not imagine that someone would use the brain-computer backdoor to invade their "server". It is also impossible for Kamel to imagine a network containing hundreds of millions of information nodes. How complex will the network be and how sophisticated will it be? Gawain turned his head and said to Hetty, "First of all, set up communication stations in the Cecil and Kant areas as soon as possible to at least ensure the communication of key departments such as government affairs offices at all levels, outposts, military camps, etc., and then set up civilian communication stations." There are sufficient magic obelisks in these two areas, and information transmission should not be a problem. As long as the communication device is in place, contact can be established immediately...
"The first thing to be solved after that is the Horsman area. Communication, a secondary government office is being built there. The communication station can ensure that we know the situation there in time. There are enough magic obelisks in Horsman, but Count Horsman died too early, before he had time. Make the magic network bigger... You can consider setting up relay points from the Horsman area to the Leslie area, so that you can also establish connections with the Leslie area.
"Communication is important. The most important thing is to have a specialized agency to manage it. I have some suggestions about the role, basic functions and connection of this agency with other departments..."
Hetty had already summoned the With his plastic hand, he grabbed a pile of white paper and a dip pen on the nearby experimental table, and began to quickly record a lot of things that Gawain had told him, so skillfully that it made people feel distressed...
Rebecca, who was still connected to the communicator, whispered to Kamel in a low voice: "Look, my ancestor has started again - he seems to have figured it out a long time ago. There are such a lot of supporting things, just waiting for our physical products to come out, he can give you a management plan and application plan instantly..."
Kamail did not answer, he just remained silent. Floating quietly next to the communicator, although no one could see his face, he seemed to be trapped inIn thinking.
On the other hand, although Rebecca tried her best to lower her voice, in fact, all her whispers fell into Gawain's ears, but Gawain didn't want to find this girl. Trouble: Rebecca has once again proven her ability in the field of research, and it is too late for Gawain to reward her.
After explaining some general issues to Hetty, Gawain turned back and looked at Kamel next to the communicator: "If this device can work stably, then arrange it first Produce a batch on a trial basis, and you can only find out what problems it has when it is actually used. Don’t forget to compile a report on the newly discovered problems in terms of production cost, manufacturing cycle and difficulty. ”
"Yes."
After completing the acceptance of the communicator, Hetty first left the research institute. She wanted to go back to study what the "Ministry of Information and Communications" mentioned by Gao Wen should be. Established, Rebecca finally hung up the communication reluctantly - she mainly didn't have enough fun, but no one on the other end of the communication was paying attention to her...
Gawain and Kamel were walking in In the spacious corridor of the institute.
"This will change the entire era. You should be able to understand the significance of that communication device," Gawain did not turn his head, but said as he walked forward, "I think I should build a monument for you. "
"For a researcher, being able to explore unknown areas is the best reward," Kamel shook his head. "We successfully built the communicator, but in fact We still know very little about all the truth behind it... I just know that the vibration of magic can spread information in the magic field, but I still can't crack the most essential secrets of magic. I think that only in the process of cracking these truths Only then can I get the real reward."
"Researchers going to the unknown..." Gawain couldn't help but sigh, "This is a great undertaking."
"Yes, heading to the unknown, but researchers are not the only ones heading to the unknown." Kamel suddenly stopped. He turned to the direction of Gawain, and the arcane radiance floating on his body became peaceful. And Bright, "You are also going to the unknown."
"Me?"
"Yes," Kamel said as he continued to float forward, " Many people only think of you as a far-sighted or brilliant ruler, but I can see something more... As a person who is used to moving forward in unknown territories, I can see something familiar in you, and you are also challenging. Some kind of unknown territory, you are trying to create something that has never been seen before in this world. Even the Cecil Territory that has developed to this extent now is just the tip of the iceberg of such things... You remind me of those days. Colleagues in the Disobedience Fortress."
Gawain didn't expect that Kamel would suddenly express this to him. He didn't know what to say, so he had to say: "...This is really a very high praise. ."
There seemed to be a smile in Kamel's voice: "This is an appropriate evaluation.Its share, my lord. ”
Gawain also smiled, but did not make any response. He raised his head and suddenly saw something on the other side of the wall through a piece of white crystal glass inlaid in the corridor next to him.
There should be a large engineering laboratory of the Magic Technology Research Institute. In the laboratory, Gawain saw a large number of neatly arranged amplifiers and magic network energy receiving devices installed on a metal On the base, there are many metal rails, rings and crystals with a little arc placed near the base. It is obviously something that has not been assembled yet, but only from the parts that have been completed so far, Gawain can Can't help but associate it with some kind of "weapon"
"What is that?" "Gawain frowned slightly, with a curious look on his face.
"Do you still remember that when we first designed the "artillery" weapon, we had two simultaneous plans? Kamel said with a proud tone, "The physical cannon and the energy-gathering weapons based on the arcane pulser principle. ”
“Is that the product of the second plan? ”
“That is a verification-type rainbow light device. Of course, it is not usable yet. I am still trying to solve its most critical heat dissipation problem,” Kamel said, “But its The main structure has passed the acceptance test, and perhaps you will be able to see its power on the battlefield in the near future. ”
Gawain thought thoughtfully: “…Did the data you collected at the ‘testing ground’ on the south city wall that day be used on it? "
"Yes," Kamel said with a strange vibrato of energy, "the sacrifices of those invaders have their own meaning - I hope my research can help you move forward in the unknown. . ”
Gawain’s eyes passed through the white crystal inlaid on the wall and fell on the unassembled “rainbow device” in the center of the laboratory.
Today is really a day. Pleasant days.