Chapter 919 Hollow

The god on the Holy Throne suddenly opened his eyes, with an awe-inspiring aura in his golden vertical pupils.

The dragon priests who were waiting near the Holy Seat almost immediately knelt down to pay respect to the gods they served. Heragor, the leader of the Dragon Priests with the highest status and closest to the Holy Seat, was no exception.

After a while, the dragon priests heard the god's voice coming from above, seemingly with a slight sigh: "Only He can do this..."

"My Lord?" Herago raised his head cautiously and looked at the Dragon God above, "What happened?"

"You don't have to worry about it," the Dragon God Enya glanced at the Holy Spirit indifferently. The silent priests in the temple sounded calm, "It has nothing to do with the dragon."

...

The roar came suddenly.

Accompanied by this unexplained scream, all the equipment in the hall showed obvious abnormalities, and the Magic Network terminal began to project various weird lines and patterns that were difficult for humans to understand, coming from all over the empire. The call signals everywhere suddenly became crowded and chaotic, the energy supply system also had problems, and the lights began to flicker violently - all of this was like an invisible storm that suddenly swept through the entire magic network, causing this A stormy sea rolled up in a huge system.

Unexpectedly, the staff in the lobby fell into a brief moment of panic and nervousness.

But the panic only lasted less than two seconds - Gawain reacted after a moment of astonishment. He stood up suddenly, and the halo effect that could soothe the spirit unfolded. The knight skills in the legendary realm Covering the entire venue, everyone was forced to return to the calmest state. At the same time, Rebecca's voice came from the front of the hall: "Stay calm - all systems will start self-checking immediately!"

Then Kamel's voice sounded not far away: "First confirm the condition of the building's power ridge - is there a problem with the energy?"

The harsh whistling sound continued, and the technicians Under the protection of the knight's halo, these disturbing factors were shielded, and all systems began to be checked nervously and quickly according to the plan and everyone's experience. Soon, reports came one after another from all over the hall: "Power The spine is still running, and the main systems are not offline..." "A few buffer units and security barriers have been penetrated, but the equipment at the rear is in good condition." "Contact with the Imperial hub is being re-established..."

"Is the internal channel still usable?" Gawain left his seat, walked a few steps to Rebecca, and patted the latter's shoulder gently, "Take a look at the situation outside."

Rebecca was obviously a little panicked, but after Gawain put his hand on her shoulder, she suddenly calmed down.

"Internal letterThe Tao and the main network are isolated. Let me take a look..." She said quickly, while controlling the rune "palette" in front of her very skillfully. After a while of operation, she exhaled, "It works. I turned the picture over——"

The next second, the picture captured by a surveillance device on the surface was projected above the crystal array at the front of the hall, with several clutter. In the holographic projection, a huge white tower is standing on the high ground near the Magic Energy Research Institute. The tower itself seems to be unharmed, but the mechanical device and crystal array on the top of the tower have stopped operating, and those The crystals that were supposed to be shining were obviously dimming at this moment.

Gawain frowned and looked at all this, but soon he saw that the dimmed crystals were becoming brighter again. < /p>

The power spine in the tower was successfully restarted, and surging energy was once again injected into each unit. The huge crystal array came to life again within a few seconds. The previously self-locking machinery The devices also unlocked themselves, and they began to slowly rotate and recalibrate themselves, while a technician in the hall shouted: "Recontact with the Imperial Nexus! "

Gawain breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was still tense. Rebecca immediately asked loudly: "How is the situation in the main hubs in various places? "

"We can't contact you for the time being... All channels are down, but if we can restart here, they should be able to... We are trying a single-line call..."

"Hold the call. Anyway, contact the main hubs in various places first to confirm their safety," Rebecca spoke quickly, "Master Kamel, please contact the computing center to confirm the situation on the neural network. ; Cohen, take your team to the third underground floor. The energy team at the bottom needs help; Marin, open the public window of the empire hub. Other main hubs may actively call us through that window..."

She had completely calmed down and began to assign tasks and stabilize the situation in an orderly manner.

Gawain looked at this completely different Rebecca for a long time with some surprise. I sighed with some relief in my heart - my "Steel Mind Aura" is indeed very effective

...

The chaotic howling phenomenon does not only occur in the control center of Cecil City. Within a few minutes, it happened at every main hub and the Magic Network terminal connected to the main hub.

At that moment, and within the next few minutes, every Magic Network main hub in the empire was affected. Encountered the same thing, a terrifying howling sound suddenly occurred, a powerful energy surge destroyed the newly established connection, equipment was shut down in large areas, and the control center was in chaos. An invisible storm covered the entire empire. The net was raging, and from Shilin City to Changfeng Fortress, from Saint-Sunil to Winter Castle, the people in charge of all areas were in a panic.

A cold will suddenly came, as if. "frozen" like sudden condensation of frostIt entered the minds of everyone in the hall, and then the cold will gradually faded away, and the technicians quickly calmed down - the first person to react first looked at the high platform not far away, and Justice Victoria Wilder quietly said Standing there, surrounded by crystal ice crystals, there was no expression on his frosty face.

"Keep calm and start troubleshooting," Victoria's cold voice sounded, spreading throughout the hall, "First confirm the energy situation, and then try to restart our hub tower."

" "My lord," Victor, the high-ranking mage advisor, flew directly to the platform where Victoria was standing, "Our communication with the Imperial City has been interrupted—all communication with the main hubs in all other regions has been interrupted."

"Just now. The energy outage has affected all systems, and it is normal for communication to be interrupted," Victoria said expressionlessly, "First try to call St. Sunil, which is closest to us, to confirm whether similar situations have occurred in other areas."

"Yes, sir." Victor lowered his head to accept the order and bowed to retreat.

After the old mage left, Victoria looked around the hall calmly.

Under the influence of the "cold mind", the panicked technicians have all calmed down. Although the situation is still unclear, everyone has returned to work and began to troubleshoot nervously and busily. , looking for the cause of this vision.

Perhaps in the future, a set of magical equipment with "cold mind" or similar spell effects should be installed in all important departments, just like the water tank used for fire fighting, as an "emergency disaster prevention device". Once an incident occurs that is enough to cause chaos in the entire department, the magic device can be activated directly to force the staff to calm down. Even if it can only last for half an hour, it is enough to save many situations... This is a feasible idea, and we can discuss it with His Majesty later. discuss.

Some things unrelated to the situation at hand appeared in Victoria's mind for a while, but she immediately stopped her thoughts and returned her attention to the current situation.

What is going on with this sudden abnormal situation?

The Ice and Snow Grand Duke was knowledgeable in the field of traditional magic, but felt deeply lacking in knowledge in the field of modern magic. She shook her head in confusion and prayed softly to herself: "Goddess of Magic Ah...what went wrong..."

After praying, there was no response, and the goddess of magic Myrmina did not respond.

No, not only was there no response, but even the vague sense of spying and the "transcendence" that should occur after praying to God under normal circumstances and the "transcendence" of connecting with a supernatural being did not appear. Victoria felt that her There was only nothingness at the end of the prayer. In the legendary strong man's keen spiritual perception, she even felt as if she was facing some kind of "empty".

There was supposed to be a god there, but now there is no god. After realizing this, the duchess opened her eyes instantly.

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There is also a "storm" in the neural network built on the magic network, and this storm is completely substantive to the world in the network.

In the vast expanse of heaven and earth, countless gray-white chaotic lines are rapidly entangled and flying in the air, mixed with the howling wind blowing across the entire world. In the midst of the violent wind, the originally clear and bright sky It became brighter and darker, with large and small cracks and some kind of sparkling, chaotic light and shadow constantly growing from every corner of the sky, but they were quickly repaired by another force. The only "city" in the world is currently protected in a translucent silver-white "light cocoon". The light cocoon blocks the harsh "weather" outside, and the city still maintains stability inside.

In a large pyramid-shaped building in the center of the city, Yuri was nervously paying attention to the undulating runes and data in front of him. His tone was urgent: "There is a large-scale abnormal data flow 'flowing' Our network is very huge!"

"Can it be captured?" Wendy asked from the side.

"There's nothing I can do about it. It's too weird to start with, and it's still moving rapidly along the 'unconscious zone' at the very edge of the network..." Yuri looked confused, " What on earth is this..."

"No matter what it is, it is obviously here to cause destruction!" Magnum's loud voice suddenly burst out, "If necessary, I can go to the unconscious zone now. Try putting some Psychic Storms on the border..."

"Shut up, be quiet, your Psychic Storms may have no effect on this weird data!" Yuri immediately glared at Magnum, Then a more confused expression appeared on his face, "Wait a minute, this weird outsider... is moving away? It is receding from the border, faster and faster..."

"What do you mean? !" Magnum stared, "Don't tell me it's just a 'passing by'!"

"I don't know if this thing is a 'passing by' thing, but it's almost gone. We're in sight," Yuri said quickly, "Semler, can you contact Naritir and Duarte outside the city? Let's see what they can do."

"Let me try - the load is smaller now, so it should be no problem."

In the hills outside the city, huge white spiders are still crawling quietly on the top of the mountain, and the strong winds in the online world cannot do anything. Shaking her body, the chaotic data and information quickly calmed down around her.

The safety of the city has been guaranteed, and the overall load condition of the network is also improving. This sudden storm seems to be over, but Naritir does not relax at all, and invisible threads are coming from her body. Spread out from the nothingness beside her, like a huge net covering the sky, the earth, the flowing water, and every mind behind it all. Everything in the neural network gradually became the end of her spider silk, her perception Spreading like never before -

At this moment, the "neural network" becomes perfect, and it begins to pressReorganize itself the way it was originally designed and function as its name suggests.

Duart stood on the high ground near the hill, watching Naratir's work from a distance. He could see the way those threads spread, and at the same time he was also using his own power. , helping Naratir further expand her perception and search for the "outsider" who is trying to cause destruction.

At a certain moment later, a certain "spider thread" in this giant web was suddenly moved abnormally.

It might be just an accidental touch, it might be a test out of excessive curiosity, or it might be a bold provocation. No matter what the reason behind it was, the thread... was stirred.

The web-weaving spider disappeared on the hill in an instant - she had followed the plucked spider thread. In this world built by the mind, her speed It exceeds the fastest and most fleeting thought of human beings.

Duart only heard one sentence left by the other party: "I'm going to hunt! You stay here to take care of me!"

Standing on the high ground, wearing a black dress The old man was startled for a moment, shook his head with a helpless smile, and said to himself: "...After splitting into two individuals, I feel more and more like a nanny..."

At this moment, some jumping golden runes appeared out of thin air in the air beside the old man. The runes trembled and made a sound: "Duart, this is Semler - how is the situation over there?"

“Naratir seems to have found traces of the intruder, and she has gone to hunt for prey,” Duarte said casually, “The situation here is gradually stabilizing—but there are rumors over Naritil I don't recommend turning off the city shield until we get more information."

"Okay, we understand."