Chapter 583 Vision

The corridors and rooms that had been dormant for seven centuries were activated again.

As we get closer to the core control area of ​​​​the base, the corridors inside the "ridge" become wider and wider, and more and more flickering runes and energy begin to appear on the walls on both sides. veins, and decorative columns with rich elven style are arranged on both sides of the wide space in front. At the end of this wide corridor, the internal passages of all the "ridges" come together and form a six-pointed star radiating shaped hall, with a cylindrical "room" at its center, guarded by countless pipes, metal beams and runic pillars.

This is the control center of the Sentinel Tower, the place where the demon spirit's mind is placed - in Gawain's view, it is the central computer room where the artificial intelligence is located.

The entrance to the computer room was tightly closed. Two beams of light slanting down from high altitude illuminated a small open space in front of the entrance. Amber raised his head and looked up along the outer wall of the cylindrical room. , seeing a hazy layer of light and shadow floating on its top, and huge curtains hanging down from between the light and shadow. Those curtains depict the emblems of the Silver Empire and human nations, some of which have already been It was severely decayed by the erosion of time, leaving only tattered strips of cloth hanging quietly in the sky, like... a shroud.

Amber blinked, and for a moment, she thought she saw something from those curtains - some dark shadows, squirming and rolling, like silt in those dark places. The corners are growing and rolling, and vague figures emerge from the shadows, spying on the uninvited guests who suddenly break into the place.

However, in the next second, these things disappeared like hallucinations.

"What's wrong?" Gawain's voice woke Amber up from her daze, "What are you staring at all the time?"

"No... I must have seen it wrong." Amber blinked and rubbed his eyes, "What is that above? It seems like a layer of clouds floating on it."

"That is the magic cloud top, and the top of the cloud top is the external space. The base of The ceiling is actually open, and the magic focus extracts powerful energy from the earth veins and magic focus to create a powerful magic cloud in the open area of ​​​​the base. On the one hand, it supplies the 'stone tablet', and on the other hand, it maintains the protection system of the entire base. ," Elf Magister Banner explained, "Once the cloud top goes out, the Sentinel Tower will be finished, so it has never stopped for seven centuries."

Amber said in understanding. Banner came to the entrance of the cylindrical room and once again injected magic into the elven relief on the entrance.

Fortunately, this time the door wasn't stuck - he didn't have to dig out his elbow wrench.

The room that housed the demon's mind was opened. The Iron Ranger soldiers, led by Solderin, guarded the entrance of the room. Gawain stepped forward and walked into it with Amber.

A magnificent blue light filled the cylindrical room. As soon as Amber entered the door, she couldn't help but exclaimed softly.——She saw that the entire floor of this room was made of the purest and flawless obsidian. On the obsidian surface as dark as night, extremely fine and complex rune patterns were carved, and those runes exuded a light blue shimmer. , and complement each other with the blue crystals inlaid on the walls of the room. In the center of the room, a black cube about one meter long and wide is floating quietly in the anti-gravity field.

The black cube has straight blue lines on its surface. The overall material seems to be some kind of metal. Faint runes are floating on each plane separated by blue lines. Look. It looks mysterious and mysterious.

As if sensing someone approaching, there was a pleasant sound in the cube, and then it started to rotate, with blue lines dividing it into countless large and small squares. These metal structures were like It was reorganized in a dazzling way like a Rubik's cube, and a slightly dull synthesized voice sounded in the room: "Sensored the approaching organism... Recognizing... Constructor authority, authorized visitor, commander... Error, this command The authority authority is illogical, re-certification, Commander... is wrong, the commander authority is illogical, re-verification..."

The voice coming from the cube became more and more confused, and Gawain finally endured it. He couldn't help coughing softly: "Ahem, I'm resurrected."

"...Voice authentication, passed, organic magic pattern characteristics, passed, human beings, resurrected individuals, incomprehensible, incredible... Ignore the error, correct the database, and reload the commander's permissions. Gawain Cecil, Human, Leader, it's good to see you again, the Sentinels salute you - you lived a long time."

Banner waved his hand in front of the cube and said after releasing a special control spell: "Sentinel, keep running, let's check the system."< /p>

"The sentinel understands and continues to run."

There was a low buzzing sound in the cube, and then its constantly changing blocks quickly returned to their original positions, and the entire cube became Complete, neat, and continuing to float peacefully in the anti-gravity field, Banner came to a silver-white alloy column not far from the cube, activated the ancient magic formation, and began to examine this "demon mind." ” operation status.

Amber's eyes widened, and then she exclaimed: "Wow - is this the 'Tower Spirit' of the Sentinel Tower?!"

"The Tower Spirit is a human being The name of the artificial mind built in the mage tower, and the name of the elves is 'demon mind'. The two names are different, and the technology is not common," Sonia explained, and then looked at the confused Amber with some curiosity, " Little girl, didn’t your father tell you about the Elf Kingdom?”

She was shaped from Amber’s ears?The state judged that the father of this mixed-race girl should be an elf.

"I don't know who my biological parents are at all," Amber shook her head and said frankly, "I was adopted by two humans..."

" Ah, I'm sorry." Sonia felt a little embarrassed. She couldn't help but look soft when she looked at Amber, "It turns out that humans raised you. No wonder you know so little about elves... Are your adoptive parents still there? ?"

Amber's pointed ears twitched slightly: "My adoptive father is gone, but the other adoptive father is still there... Well, yes, the two humans who adopted me are both men."< /p>

Sonia was startled, her expression slightly dull: "So human beings have been so open in the past seven hundred years..."

Gao Wenwen was still listening to the excitement. At this time, she couldn't stand it anymore: "Ahem, I think you may have misunderstood. The one who adopted Amber is..." However, Sonia seemed to be unable to listen to Gawain's subsequent words. The elf mother, who still looked very young, had already fallen into deep anxiety. A person muttered there: "This is not possible...Solderin is in this environment...could it be because of this that he can't find him?" Go to the girl you like..."

Gawain & Amber: "..."

It seems that this elf mother had some serious misunderstandings about Amber's two adoptive fathers. , but before Gawain could continue to explain anything, Banner, who was not far away, suddenly broke the silence: "Senior messenger, Duke Cecil, there is no fault record here."

This The elf magister raised his head as he spoke, and then noticed the awkwardness of the atmosphere: "Ah, what are you talking about?"

Everyone's attention immediately returned to business, Gao Wen quickly waved his hand: "No, it's nothing - you said there are no fault records here?"

"Yes, the log shows that the Sentinel Tower has always been operating normally," Banner turned sideways and looked at Behind him, a large number of illusion projections are emerging around the silver-white alloy pillars. The floating elven text on the projections shows the operation records of this sentinel tower in the past two or three years. "No alarm message for the first overload was found." , only the last overload was found."

Sonia couldn't help but frown, and she looked at the metal cube in the center of the room: "Sentinel, ask."

Cube. Respond quickly: "Sentinels on standby."

"Has this tower been overloaded between two and four years ago?"

"Search... No results . The tower was not overloaded during this period."

"Everything was normal during this period?"

"Everything was normal during this period. , no malfunction occurred."

The atmosphere at the scene became serious and silent, and several people exchanged glances subconsciously.

There is something wrong with this artificial intelligence's reply.

Sonia has brought a clear conclusion - the first overload failure occurred was the Sentinel Tower located in the southeast of Ansu! ! It malfunctioned about three years ago before Gawain was unveiled, and it was this malfunction that led to the destruction of the old Cecil Territory by the wandering aberrations.

However, the demonic mind, which has been running continuously for seven centuries without stopping, said...it didn't know about this failure at all!

This sentinel tower has not sent any fault report back to the Silver Empire’s general control center!

Gawain frowned and looked at Banner, and asked in a low voice: "Is the demon's mind functioning normally?"

"Everything is normal, I have checked its There are no signs of tampering or self-reorganization in all mental nodes," Banner said with a serious face. "In this case, there is no way that the Sentinel will rebel."

"Then the problem lies with others. "If even the sentry loses complete control of the tower, we will be in big trouble."

This is what Gawain insists on. One of the reasons to check out the Sentinel Towers - there's something really wrong with these towers!

However, as the control core of the Sentinel Tower, the tower’s demonic mind has no record of any malfunctions. This is precisely the most disturbing situation.

The failure occurred in the dead end of the system.

"Is there anything that can block the sentry's perception and control of the tower, or tamper with its recording results without leaving any traces?" Gawain looked at the only expert at the scene, the Magister Class Na, "If the tower is overloaded, where will the alarm signal first come from?"

"Theoretically, any alarm signal cannot bypass the sentry's monitoring," Banner said immediately, "It The priority is the highest."

Sonia, Gawain and Banner then discussed and analyzed the operating mechanism of the sentry, trying to find potential loopholes in the system, but they stood aside. But Amber couldn't understand these technical things at all, and the half-elf lady began to wander into the world.

She blinked and looked around in this room filled with soft blue light and magical energy.

She once again seemed to be hallucinating——

In a corner of the room, near a focus of runes filled with magical power, a line suddenly appeared in the air A shadow spread from the black crack, growing and shaking in the air. Amber blinked, but the shadow did not disappear immediately, but a hazy figure emerged from inside.

It was a figure with no facial features or body details. His whole body seemed to be bound by some loose cloth. He swayed twice between the black cracks, leaned out half of his body, and then faced Amber. Waved.

Amber whispered in surprise: "Huh?"

The figure raised his hand, pointed directly above, pointed hard, and then gradually disappeared.

"What's wrong?" Gawain noticed Amber's distraction again. He found that Amber was staring at an empty corner and immediately said, "What are you looking at?"

"I I seem to see someone... a shadow resident?" Amber blinked, and after waking up, he found that the crack and the figure were no longer in front of him, "It's strange, why is there a crack here... I can't even feel it..."

Then she shook her head and looked up curiously: "Hey, Auntie, is there something up there?"

"Auntie..." Sonia's expression was dull. After a moment, he still looked up and said, "The roof. Outside is the magic cloud top..."

At this moment, Banner suddenly reacted: "Wait, it's not just magic power. Yunding! It’s a stone monument!”