The prospect described by Gawain seemed to open a new door for Rebecca.
In the vast southern wilderness, tracks paved with steel extend into the endless distance. Magic-powered locomotives pull hundreds of tons of cargo speeding across the earth. Mechanical gears and levers It is roaring, the powerful magic engine is roaring, the creation that is far beyond the reach of human beings is like the artery of the Principality of Cecil, which can transport materials and people to distant places in just a few days - which in the past may have been It takes a month to walk, and may even be life-threatening.
She really wanted to see the scene described by her ancestors.
"We can give it a name," Gawain said. He originally wanted to say the word "train" directly, but after thinking about it, he decided not to continue to embarrass the compilation of the magic industry textbook. Staff - those respectable scholars have started losing their hair one by one in order to explain why there is an inexplicable word "electricity" in "magic capacitor", "For example, it is called a magic train to distinguish it from a magic train. . Its working mechanism is completely different from that of a magic vehicle. It uses higher efficiency to transport larger quantities of goods. Although it can only travel along a fixed track route, its efficiency can make up for this limitation. ."
Then he paused and continued: "The magic vehicle also has its own application areas. It is more flexible and convenient, and can be useful in the transportation of short distances and small quantities of goods. It perfectly complements the magic train, and the transportation network they form can cover every corner of the Southern Territory."
Rebecca's eyes were shining, and she had already begun to outline it in her mind. How should such a vehicle be realized: "This first requires a very, very powerful magic engine... We don't have such a large-scale one now... but we can consider connecting several engines together... or the engines Scattered on several carriages, as a power unit, a very powerful magic network needs to be installed on the car to supply energy to the engine... I'm afraid there isn't enough space in the front of the car, so the magic network units need to be distributed into those 'carriages'... ...The braking aspect needs to be redesigned, and the track needs to be designed...ah, there are so many things to consider!"
"I will give you a conceptual document with a more detailed description. It can bring you some inspiration," Gawain looked at Rebecca, but then changed the subject, "But this is a big project and it will definitely involve a lot of energy. You don't want to affect the subsequent development and manufacturing of the magic vehicle and other matters. Project at the same time. As far as I know, the Magic Technology Research Institute has recently undergone a staff expansion. You can take this opportunity to establish a new research team."
The magic train is a very important idea, Gao. Of course Wen was looking forward to this, but he knew that people's energy is limited. Even if she has a talented brain like Rebecca, it's not like giving her a plan and then clicking "ding" and the result will pop up. And although the magic vehicle has been finalized, it does not mean that the relevant technical research and development in this area has been completed. There is still a lot of follow-up technical work that needs to be done --To be honest, Gawain even doubted how many threads Rebecca had in her head, and whether she could handle so many tasks...
After all, judging from the fact that this girl has always been stubborn about speaking and doing things, Judging from the style of her brain, she shouldn't have many threads...
"I know!" Rebecca nodded vigorously, obviously her eagerness to try had not calmed down, "I will definitely not delay Business!"
Looking at the excitement in the girl's eyes, Gawain knew that his reminder just now was probably useless.
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In the Institute of Magic Technology, in the laboratory of Grand Magister Kamel, a magic technician wearing a white researcher's robe walked out with the help of others. He stood up on a strange-shaped chair, and then walked stiffly to the chair next to him.
The magic technician's eyes were a little dazed, and the muscles all over his body were tense. It took more than ten seconds for him to recover, and then he looked at the man floating not far in front of him. Kamel: "Master, I have recovered."
Kamel immediately floated half a step forward: "Okay, how do you feel?"
"Dizziness, look. I experienced a large number of intricate hallucinations, heard noises of unknown meaning, and occasionally heard broadcasts - it seemed to be programs broadcast by the Magic Network," the magician technician said about his feelings, "I always feel my muscles after sitting on that chair. It was so tight that even if the brain tried to relax, it had no effect. It seemed that the connection between the brain and the body was disturbed."
Kammel listened carefully to the experimenter's description and let out a sound. Sighing (although he was no longer breathing): "...it seems that the neural interference and information injection functions have indeed been implemented, but there are problems with connection and compilation, and the 'immersion' process is very unreliable."
Then, he floated to the center of the laboratory and came to the strange-looking chair where the magic technician had sat before.
This chair is obviously a magical creation, but it is different from any magical machine created by Cecil - it is a recliner that can be semi-reclined. The lower part is a metal base with an extremely complex structure and flashing magic patterns all over the surface. The rune structure on the base is slightly similar to the base runes of the magic network communicator, but it is obviously more complicated and profound. In the upper part of the seat, behind the backrest, you can see many extended metal arc-shaped structures. Those arc-shaped structures extend from the middle of the backrest to the position where the neck and back of the head are resting. Each one is like The spine is stretched and curved, extending into the base of the seat.
On the front of the seat, the area for people to lie down is covered with a layer of dark blue leather-like wrapping, and the leather "chair cushion" is neatly arranged with metal contacts. Points, they extend upward from the lumbar spine, corresponding to the general structure of the human spine, forming a matrix.
It looks weird and mysterious, even almost scary. If you don’t see it,Ordinary people living in this world would probably not dare to sit on such a chair that looked like some kind of sacrificial tool.
"It was made strictly according to the information provided by the lord, including the basic rune array and each nerve connection point. We only reset its connection direction so that it points to the magic network," Another magic technician said from the side, "But it seems that ordinary people can't connect their consciousness to the seat when they sit on it, let alone launch it."
Another magic technician Then he said: "Even if you remove your clothes and let your skin directly contact the nerve contacts, it will not improve the connection effect. On the contrary, it will aggravate the side effects."
Kammel did not say anything, but just floated in front of the seat, with his head in position. The two points of arcane fire "looked" at the flashing runes on the chair.
This weird and somewhat disturbing device was made under Gawain's instruction. The technology used may be almost terrifying in the eyes of most ordinary people -
This is the Eternal Sleeper The creation is a variant of the magic circle called the "neural interactive mind network connection circle". The lord found this complex and profound circle from the knowledge of the eternal sleeper, and ordered the Magical Technology Research Institute to use the new technology to restore it.
The researchers were not afraid of this technology because of its origin - because everyone who could work here at least knew the words "technology is not guilty", but when they finally put those complex and profound After constructing the magic runes and creating such a chair, they found that this thing did not meet the requirements of the lord.
"Perhaps we are missing some key elements," after a period of silence, the magic technician who was testing the seat said. He had regained some energy and his voice became steady and strong, " I heard that the Eternal Sleepers not only use evil magic, but also use various terrible methods to transform themselves - just like those fallen druids. I suspect that this seat also has requirements in this regard: ordinary people can sit on it. It's useless. You must have 'transformed' yourself like those Eternal Sleepers."
A magic technician standing next to him immediately shook his head: "This is terrible. It's not good news..."
Kammel couldn't help but sigh a little while listening to the discussions of other researchers -
It would be great if his nervous system was still there , maybe we can actually feel what is wrong with this chair, but unfortunately, let alone the nervous system, even his eyes and face are gone...
He shook his head , making a buzzing voice: "Continuing to discuss will not help. Let us re-adjust the position of the connection points and the state of the arc-shaped spine bridge, and try again."
The magic technicians took action immediately He got up and began to readjust the state of the chair. A new tester also stepped forward, preparing to test after the seat was restarted: With Kamel, the legendary mage, watching here, there was no need to worry about anything going wrong. Life is dangerous, it is easiest and fastest to test it directly on humansplan.
This can be regarded as a "high-efficiency mode" unique to laboratories with extraordinary experts.
But just as a group of magic technicians were busy re-adjusting the seats and Kamel was about to order the startup test, a voice suddenly came from the direction of the laboratory door, interrupting their work.
"The result is the same after trying several times - there is a key link that is wrong."
Kamail raised his head and looked towards the direction of the sound. He saw a man with a hunched back. Pitman was slowly walking into the laboratory. This little old man was still wearing his dusty Druid robe, with messy hair and beard, and a rather weak smile on his face.
Pittman seemed to deserve a slap whenever he smiled, so Kamal decided to ignore the guy's expression.
"The key link?" He looked at Pittman who had already walked closer, "Also, why are you free to come here?"
"I came from Miss Rebecca before She heard about your research project there, and she seems to think that I, a druid, can help you - and I think her idea makes sense." Pittman laughed twice, and then walked around the strange-looking machine His seat turned in a circle, "The technology of the Eternal Sleeper is a technology that connects magical creations with the human brain. Note that it is the human brain and the magical creation. You seem to have only paid attention to the magical creation part, but you have ignored it." The subtle role of biological structures in this process, you lack the guidance of a professional druid..."
Kamail nodded slightly and said in a serious tone: "The research institute has a lot of funding."
"...I haven't asked for money yet!" Pitman suddenly glared, and then looked at Kamel sideways, "By the way, you, a guy who has been immortal for a thousand years, have learned to joke?"
p>"I'm not kidding, I'm just trying to stop the loss of the institute's funding," Kamel said with a blue-green face, "The last time you came to provide guidance, it directly caused us to lose half a month's funding for a group. "Of course, if you can really help us, I don't mind treating you to a meal as a person."
"...Forget it, no one who eats with you wants to have a meal again." The second time, I sat down to eat, and then you floated next to me and cut more than 80 colors a minute. I couldn't eat it." Pittman waved his hand, then pointed to the chair in the center of the laboratory, "This thing There is nothing wrong with the design itself, but I am afraid that even the lord does not know that there is a technical detail in it - what is used to connect the basic rune array is something called an artificial nerve cord, which is not made of ordinary It can be replaced by magic-guiding materials."
Kamail's tone was full of curiosity: "Artificial nerve cord?"
"A mixture of biomass and magic-guiding metal. "It's something that you can think of as alive, even though it's actually closer to a magic puppet," Pittman said unhurriedly, "I'm not sure I can make it, but maybe I can give it a try."
Kammel looked at Pitmana criticallyHe never seemed to have a serious face: "...I'm afraid this is not knowledge that ordinary druids have, right?"
Pittman smiled slightly: "Who knows? I happen to be a naturalist. ”