Compared with Cecil's existing network technicians, the biggest advantage of the Eversleepers is probably that they are very familiar with the process of thinking networking and coping with various unexpected situations - in the past many years, they have used the latest technology to Dangerous ways to directly expose their brains to a large-scale computing network. The lack of safety mechanisms and the inherent defects of "human flesh connection" force the eternal sleepers to often face some dangerous situations, including but not limited to brain nerve overload. , mental damage, memory leaks and various problems with the soul.
For them, all this is routine.
It is precisely for this reason that the "immersion chamber" made by the Cecil people, which has a bunch of safety devices and a physical layer of insurance, seems to these eternal sleepers to be as safe as if they were made of steel. A fortress, the kind that can protect both the body and the mind at the same time. When you lie down in it, you will feel a sense of physical and mental relaxation - you don't have to expend energy to maintain the Internet connection, and you don't have to worry about mental noise directly shining into your head. Many bishops claim that You can lie there for the rest of your life.
Magnum was very surprised at the safety level of those immersion chambers at first. He could see how much more research and development costs the Cecil people had spent on these safety measures, but he soon figured it out. The key point is that the original spiritual network of the Eternal Sleeper was for the use of extraordinary people. With very few exceptions, everyone connected to the network has strong spiritual power. If you encounter a problem, you can just fight it by yourself. If you really can't fight it, The worst case scenario is to go back and give a grand burial - after all, we are members of a dark sect, and it is part of the traditional customs to occasionally die one or two.
But Cecil is different. Their network is for ordinary people, and The fragile minds and bodies of ordinary people need more protection. As a responsible empire, they have a greater obligation to protect citizens. This also leads to the safety as the highest requirement for the immersion cabins they create, even for This sacrifices part of the connection performance...
Whether the two technical ideas are right or wrong, the archbishops including Yuri and Magnum believe that there is no doubt in this-Emperor Cecil is Wanderers from outside the territory, the priests here carry warhammers bigger than human heads, and the locals are keen on using explosions and earthquakes to dig mountains and mines.
Truth undoubtedly lies - and always will - in the hands of the Cecil Empire.
Empire Computing Center, Thinking Hall, in front of the Mind Hub.
The dense brilliance floats on the surface of the silver-white alloy pillars. The veins formed by arcane energy flicker like breathing in the gaps between the metal modules. The tall pillars connect the floor and the dome of the hall. From time to time, Complex runes and geometric figures emerged from the surface of the pillar, rising rapidly along its alloy shell. A pleasant low hum echoed softly in this bright hall, which seemed to contain a constantly awakening vitality.
"The third trial start, the base magic network has stable power supply," a technician from the Magic Technology Research Institute stood in front of a nearby console, looking at the upperThe many runes that lit up on the surface said loudly, "The mental hub began to output sequential signals - all signals have been confirmed!"
Yuri and Wendy stood in front of the silver-white alloy pillars, listening. The possessed technician reported the progress loudly, and the former nodded slightly: "It seems that it has started successfully."
"It can finally start..." Wendy seemed to be answering Yuri, but also seemed to be talking to herself She whispered softly to herself, and then she took a step forward, gently placed her hand on the alloy shell of the large pillar, and began to release her spiritual power.
In this era, in the field of research, "supernormals can manipulate magic without using additional tools when debugging certain equipment" has probably become their only advantage when facing ordinary researchers.
All the eyes in the hall were focused on Wendy for an instant.
Cecil's local technicians were watching her, and even more so, the mental hub in front of her - countless people had spent a lot of effort on this thing, and they could only keep in touch with the immersion chamber and the Internet. Only those who deal with it will understand what this thing means. They look at this scene as if they are looking at the future of technology.
Several fellow Eternal Sleepers present were also looking at her, but they were looking at the past of the Eternal Sleeper Order: an old era had ended, and new magic technology would be used to take over them. Everything that has ever been created, that cold device is overlooking here, and inside it, seven hundred years of technological accumulation are awakening in an unprecedented way.
Some people are looking forward to it, and some are sighing with emotion.
Ripples of magic appeared in the mental hub. Wendy breathed a sigh of relief and showed a smile: "Hello, Future."
Almost at the same time, the mind on the side A clear holographic projection appeared above the hub console. Magnum's figure appeared in the holographic projection. He stared and his voice was as loud as ever: "Oh - I'm shocked! I have entered the mental hub. "
The magic technician in front of the console seemed not to have seen the sudden appearance of Magnum, and still reported the situation meticulously with a straight face: "The mental hub began to output a response... All channels are open. , we can 'see' the signal sent by the test team."
Magnum stared around the hall, and then pointed at himself: "'Signal' means. Me?"
Yuri immediately frowned: "Enough, this is a serious occasion - we shouldn't agree to let you enter the mind hub first!"
Magnan, who has been transferred to the mind hub, spread his hands after hearing this: "Ms. Selina is monitoring the upload, and Mr. Megal is with His Majesty the Emperor. I am the only mind in the network - do you want to Come in and accompany me?"
Yuri pressed his forehead subconsciously: "...I shouldn't argue with you...Anyway, how do you feel now?"
"...In general perception, it is no different from our own spiritual space," Magnum finally saidHe got serious and started to answer Yuri's question, "It's just that this place is still very...'barren'. I was thrown into a void. There are only some basic 'frameworks' and 'platforms' here. It should be the original space built into the mind hub." . But I can feel other people - those compatriots who are using the immersion chamber, I can feel that their minds are around me, but I can't see them for the time being..."
Wendy said slightly Nodding: "Several test groups are still waiting for the next instruction. It is normal that you can't see them before all channels are opened."
"Well, I think so," Magnum He said casually, "In addition, I can also feel that this place is very...narrow. But I think this should be caused by the limited number of nodes."
Yuri nodded: "Currently counting shifts For ordinary testers, we can only ensure that there are a thousand nodes to maintain floating connections, and some of them will be used for some additional test projects. Of course, the remaining nodes cannot maintain the scale of the previous psychic network, but everything is very convenient. It will get better soon - all the immersion chambers have passed the test, and the second batch of connection volunteers and test and maintenance personnel are also ready. When the computing center is officially opened, the psychic network will reappear..."
"It's a 'narrator neural network'," Magnum immediately corrected with a serious look on his face, "Times have changed, my friend - ha, this sentence really makes sense inexplicably, and I'm starting to understand why. Everyone in Sear likes to chase these 'fashionable' words."
The corners of Yuri's eyes twitched slightly, and he decisively ignored the Magnum that appeared in the hall in the form of a holographic projection rather than a psychological projection. , he turned his head slightly and said to Wendy beside him: "You can inform Sammler - let him start the next step."
......
The upper level of the computing center In the area, in a large connecting machine room, the immersion chambers are neatly arranged one after another.
The silver-white hatch covers are open, and lying inside the immersion cabin are the former Eternal Sleeper priests - these people have changed into the white uniforms of Cecil's technicians, and everyone's expressions They were all calm with a hint of sluggishness.
They are currently in a shallow connection state, maintaining the operation of the mental hub in the form of pure computing nodes. They are waiting for the next instruction, and the person in charge of this room is the former Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper ——Semler.
This middle-aged man, who always looked a bit serious, stood by the console in the center of the computer room, paying attention to the column in the center of the room that was used to connect the mental hub, and seemed to be meditating on something.
Wendy's voice suddenly came from the spiritual connection, interrupting Samler's thinking.
He raised his head, and a former bishop standing next to him immediately reacted: "Are we going to start?"
"The mental hub has been stabilized, and Magnum is doing the work inside. "We are ready," Semler nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "Let the compatriots start - close the hatch cover, connect deeply,Sorting out our memories and minds, let us... build the earth and sky first. ”
One by one, the alloy hatch covers began to sink steadily under the action of the mechanical device, and the slight squeaking sound of the hatch covers closing continuously reached his ears. Samler closed his eyes slightly, and With his powerful spiritual perception as a high-level transcendent, he could "see" vague "lines" extending out from this room.
The lines connected to form a network, and the streams gathered together. It became a river.
This is not the only room where "lines" spread out.
In the entire computing center, there are many rooms on the upper floor of the thinking hall. The torrent is being connected, and a personal brain floating point is being activated.
There are not only the former eternal sleepers, but also Cecil’s original network technicians, as well as those recruited to provide computing power support. "Volunteers".
Tonight, a thousand people are participating in this work in the computing center. They will build the prototype of the "narrator neural network" and conduct the initial "Genesis" in this network. .
What they create tonight will be stored in all nodes in the form of floating storage, and will be retained for a long time and evolve rapidly as more nodes are added and new and old nodes are rotated. Gradually improving...
Among these technicians and volunteers, ordinary people account for the majority - hundreds of ordinary people are forming the initial nodes of this prototype network, and the "immersion cabin" allows These people are on the same starting line as extraordinary people.
In the cyberspace formed by human minds, there will be no difference between extraordinary people and ordinary people in their thinking.
......
In the thinking hall, Magnum, who appeared in the form of a holographic projection, opened his eyes wide and described what he saw in the online world with a hint of joy. Situation:
“The light is beginning to appear and the most basic land - they are building a wide open virtual interface... Oh! I saw the sky! Very simple, but very beautiful! ”
But Yuri no longer cares about Magnum’s voice at this time.
Because the wise Cecil technicians thought of the sound-generating device in Magnum in advance Add a function to adjust the volume - after confirming that a guy with a very loud voice was not prepared to listen to the on-site staff's friendly suggestions about the experimental environment, the magic technician in front of the console directly adjusted the volume of the Magnum to the minimum. .
In order to complete his work, Magnum must stay in the mental hub at the moment. The inability to move freely in the network means that he cannot project his consciousness to other nodes, and he cannot Forming a "psychological projection" as usual, he can only communicate externally through the sound and light equipment in the hall like a broadcast signal - praising the magic technology, now only a few buttons are needed to quiet this guy.
Yuri even felt that the whole world had become better.
“You know what?, Ms. Wendy, as an eternal sleeper who only joined the Order during the Rosetta era, my biggest regret was that I could not witness with my own eyes the scene of the Order shaping a world from scratch in the spiritual network." He tilted his head, I couldn’t help but express my feelings at this moment, “I have no regrets now – we are witnessing history with our own eyes, and something destined to change the world is being born here. "
Wendy smiled slightly and said in a soft voice: "I hope the wanderers outside the territory will be satisfied with our work. "
"He will be satisfied," Yuri said in a brisk tone. "He will come to accept it all in a few days. I hope that by then he will tell us the details in this 'narrator neural network' What does the 'narrator' mean..."
Wendy's smile froze for a moment.
She subconsciously touched the back of her neck, and suddenly felt a little pain on the back of her neck. Now...