To be honest, Gawain didn't mind that Pitman was once a believer in the death of all things (and a believer in eternal sleep), and from a long time ago, he had a vague feeling that there was a connection between this little old man and those fallen druids. There must be contact - even if there is no contact, Pitman cannot be an ordinary low-level druid.
He really knows too much about high-level magic, and he is too familiar with the history of the Druid sect. Although he explained that this is all part of the Druid heritage, But Gawain never believed this. And even if you don't take into account the knowledge that goes beyond the inheritance of low-level druids, Pittman's creation of the "reverse array" is also a very concerning situation: the reverse array requires the use of technology from the ancient Gondor Empire, and its creation The rune array itself also has many structures beyond the orthodox Druid heritage. These things... are difficult for ordinary druids to come into contact with. Only those cultists who are obsessed with extreme technology and those who nest in the mountains and forests of the Silver Empire. , Only senior druids who specialize in ancient secrets can be good at this.
Theoretically, the senior druids of the Silver Empire would not go to the human kingdom to deceive others, so Gawain preferred the former.
When the window paper was finally pierced, Pittman also relaxed completely. He held the tea cup that was no longer so hot and sighed with a sigh in his tone: "Actually, I hesitated for a long time. Do you want to tell these things? After all, you still seem to be a good lord, but I also have to watch my head..."
"Now that things are out of the way, I believe you will feel a lot more relaxed. ," Gawain showed a smile, "I don't mind what sect you joined back then, as long as you can work for me now, and to be honest, your experience of joining two dark sects is of value to me. ——It is difficult to grasp the internal secrets of the All-Death Society through normal means.”
He only mentioned the All-Death Society because there are better insiders among the Eternal Sleepers—who have been promoted to nightmares. Bishop's Daniel was a better source of intelligence than Pittman.
“Don’t have too high expectations in this regard,” Pitman reminded. “The Church of All Death has strict internal controls. Although Priest Withered already belongs to the middle and high-level, the secrets I can access are still It’s limited, and I’ve been away from there for decades, so it’s hard to say whether the situation inside it is still the same as what I know.”
Gawain looked into Pitman’s eyes: “At least you can tell me. Its general structure, their operation mode, and its general purpose."
Pitman pondered for a moment, and then said while recalling: "...The Blight believers are the most basic members of the All-Death Society. , generally speaking, members who have just joined the church are on this level. Withered believers include the lowest-level druids, businessmen and small nobles who donated their wealth, as well as a large number of ordinary people...
"Above the Withered Believers are the Shepherds. From this level onwards, it is a class composed entirely of extraordinary beings. Shepherds are an important force in the death society of all things. They are responsible for walking in the world and using variousMeans to attract new members, spread the doctrine of the death of all things, cause destruction, manage the withered believers at the grassroots level, or execute other orders from the upper-level priests...
"Further up is the withered priest, this is The ranks after the promotion of the shepherds usually require mid-level extraordinary strength to be promoted, but there are exceptions. The blighted priests are qualified to study those ancient classics, learn and participate in various taboo studies of the Society of the Death of All Things...< /p>
“The higher level is the patriarch, which is equivalent to a bishop. Only at this level are you qualified to have access to the true secrets of the church, understand the entire appearance of the church, and are qualified to talk to the great patriarch...
“The Grand Priest is the supreme leader of the Church of the Death of All Things. The middle and lower-level church members have only heard of him, but are not qualified to contact him. It is said that the Grand Priest lives in an ancient underground palace. Studying the most taboo secret art of flesh and blood...
"The Society for the Death of All Creatures has a very strict organizational structure and strict internal management. Members at all levels have corresponding action authority, and the lower-level members are not qualified to understand the entire process. The entire organization is not qualified to know the full content of the orders from above. This is to prevent secrets from leaking and to prevent defectors from causing damage to the organization.
“The Death of All Things will carry out brainwashing-like preaching on the middle and lower classes. They will cure terminal diseases, grant strength and even immortality as bait to make the believers give up, and the various secret techniques they master are indeed It can fulfill their promises to a certain extent, such as curing diseases and extending life, but as far as I know, this superficial skill has never been the real purpose of the Death Council. They have a bigger plan, which I don't know. The whole content of this plan, but judging from some of their research directions, I think they may be pursuing... some kind of evolution."
Gawain couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "What does evolution mean? ”
“I don’t know the specific situation, but I once came into contact with a female priest named ‘Bertila’. She was a woman who was paranoid and crazy about biochemical modification. She even took her own body. Fused with a bloodthirsty plant and turned into a half-plant, half-human form. She once told me that those transformations were part of the 'great evolution', and as far as I know, other priest-level figures have There are also more or less similar transformations, and their transformations are all preparations for some kind of 'great evolution'..."
Gawain touched his chin and thought carefully for a moment - Biochemical modification seeks "evolution". This is indeed very similar to the path that the lunatics of the Society for the Death of All Creatures will take, but is their purpose really just to pursue "evolution"?
Unfortunately, this is all Pittman knows - he only reaches the level of "Priest of Withering" within the Society of the Dead, and the secrets he has access to are only limited. Just know the concept of "great evolution".
Gawain asked again: "How much do you know about the cooperation between the All-Death Society and the Eternal Sleepers?"
"I only know that the three major sects have been in darkness since the beginning. Cooperation is established, and everythingThe Death Society provides biochemical modification technology, the Eternal Sleepers provide knowledge and...'thinking assistance', and the Sons of the Storm...they are a very special group. They bring secret forbidden knowledge from the deep sea and various kinds of knowledge that cannot be found on land. The magic materials they received, but other than that, they have almost no communication with the land. They seem to have been looking for something in the deep sea, and their relationship with the other two sects is not so close. The death of all things has a fixed connection with the Son of the Storm, but 'we' don't understand what those ocean lunatics want to do. We even think that they have been exposed too much to the dark and twisted secrets in the deep sea, and have changed from the spirit to the body. They have all become idiosyncratic. Sooner or later, they will turn into something like a sea demon and completely fall to the other side of the ocean. "
"Are you looking for something..." Gawain pondered, "Maybe you can ask Tyr to find out... No, I'm afraid that salted fish can't think of anything. They only care about their big squid... ..."
After pondering for a moment, Gawain knocked on the table: "Let us return to the issue of artificial nerve cords. "
"The artificial nerve cord does have the hidden dangers you mentioned, and it requires neurosurgery, which is extremely risky. At least when I left, there was still no hope of a breakthrough in this technology," Pitman nodded, "But if you want to realize the interaction between the human brain and the rune array without resorting to the secret technique of the Eternal Sleeper, nerve cords or similar neural modifications are an unavoidable medium. I don't know. Where exactly do you get this part of the technology, but you can probably also notice its role: there must be a biochemical interface between the human brain and the machine. Of course, if you have special spiritual talents, or are good at the secret art of the eternal sleeper, that's a different matter..."
"You are right, the biochemical interface must exist, but it does not have to be a plant. "It's so sexy," Gawain interrupted Pittman, "remember Patty's tiara?" "
Pittman was startled, and the wrinkles on his face deepened: "You mean..."
"The Eternal Sleeper has already conducted further research in this field, Pa. Di's crown is essentially a non-implantable cranial nerve interface. It can establish a solid connection between the human brain and the rune array without drilling holes in the nerves. "
"But the core part of the crown cannot be simplified, and it uses many materials that cannot be obtained by conventional means..."
"Our technicians indeed did not find it. Thoughts, but someone has made some progress." Gao Wen laughed, casually pulled out a piece of information from his desk and pushed it to Pitman, "Have a look, you should be able to understand it. ”
Pitman took the information in confusion. He noticed that the words and pictures on the paper should have been written not long ago, and they still exuded a faint fragrance of ink. When he saw the information, After the specific content, he could no longer take his eyes away.
This information was exactly what Daniel had just sent to Gawain through the psychic network, and it was also the second batch of information on brainwave connection technology. .
Pitman raised his head in astonishment: "This is..."
"The non-implantable nerve cord uses an ingenious complementary contact structure to improve fault tolerance and increase It has a layer of runes with filtering and protective functions, which can effectively reduce the user's nerve pressure, reduce hallucinations and phantom pain - most importantly, because it is non-implantable, it can quickly cut off when there is a connection problem. It may cause some sequelae, but at least you don't have to worry about brain death."
"It seems that it is not finished yet..."
"Yes, there are some key points due to lack of actual testing. There's no way to finalize it," Gawain nodded, "The person who designed it... doesn't have the conditions to conduct experiments for the time being."
Daniel has just settled in the Typhon Imperial Capital, and in order to avoid arousing suspicion, he needs to be careful now. Keeping a low profile, his experimental conditions were very limited until his private laboratory was completed and he gained the trust of the Typhon Royal Mage Association.
"The person who designed it..." Pitman heard a deeper meaning from Gawain's words, and he realized that he still knew too little about this resurrected pioneer.
Behind this lord, there are still some invisible people or forces working for him.
“We have experimental conditions here, laboratories, personnel, materials, everything.” The old Druid raised his head, the wrinkles on his face stretched, “Now there is also a person who will die at the end of all things. Experts with experience in the field of eternal sleeper technology - and only need twice the bonus"
"If you can turn these drawings into physical objects, I can give you three times."
< p>"Oh, then everything will be easy to handle."Pitman left. Gawain behind the desk breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and came to the large floor-to-ceiling window of the study.
Technology is neither good nor bad, the key lies in people.
After today, Pittman should be able to make greater contributions to the territory - a priest of the dark sect who has put down his burdens (and has joined the cult twice). The knowledge he possesses can send How useful is it?
Gawain is looking forward to this very much.
His eyes looked through the crystal glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows at the small scuffle between the girls that was still going on in the courtyard.
Tear finally couldn't bear being hit by the snowball and rushed to the courtyard to join the battle. Now she transformed into a group of sea demons with a diameter of more than ten meters entrenched next to the pool, with more than a dozen tentacles coming from her Extending around the body, overwhelming and continuous snowballs were thrown in all directions. The ferocious, indescribable huge limbs were like the abyss monsters that wreaked havoc on the world in terrifying myths. Opposite this huge sea monster, Rebecca was looking at Amber. Under cover, he raised his staff high and brewed a fireball bigger than the door panel...
Gawain: "??"
No...the warm and everyday girls were having a snowball fight. ?
The window of the study room on the second floor was pushed open: "You guys, come up here!!!"
RuiThe last snowball fight of the winter for the Beka trio is over.