Creating a Sandbox World

In the main hall in winter, Governor Xizhou's expression changed significantly when he heard these words.

"Tell me carefully." He said hurriedly.

...

A moment later, a soldier quickly walked into the hall and presented a seal made of sapphire.

"According to you, this is the so-called 'secret seal'? When the palace was about to be destroyed, the queen of the old dynasty used this thing to control the guards and palace people around her to fight?"

The governor of Xizhou, or the emperor of the new dynasty, looked at this exquisite seal.

A circle smaller than Yuxi.

The shape is square and simple, with complex light golden lines on the surface, but at the moment it is dull.

"Yes." The new chief scientist of the empire said with emotion:

"This is the most important 001 research project of the Academy of Sciences in recent years. Except for a very small number of people, it is highly confidential."

"This project has been carried out in secret for hundreds of years. At the beginning, it was because we accidentally observed a strange phenomenon between heaven and earth, which we called 'spiritual tide'.

That is, every once in a while, there will be some kind of abnormal energy disturbance between the heaven and the earth..."

"To be precise, it should be some kind of interference. Through research, the research institute conjectures that there is an energy in nature that we cannot currently observe.

Every once in a while, this mysterious energy will rise and fall like a tide for some reason... thus causing interference to other observable energies. "

"For this reason, the Academy of Sciences has set up several observation stations on high mountains to observe the 'spiritual tide' for decades. Through calculations, we found that there is no regularity except for the previous two intervals.

Afterwards, every interval between two spiritual waves, there is a phenomenon of decreasing function.

Although there are errors, regular curves exist.

Each time it appears, it will last for about three days.

Of course, part of the error may also be caused by early observation methods and backward technology.

In short, we have identified the cycle of the spiritual wave, and guessed that it is very likely to involve the nature of the world. "

"Unfortunately, although technology has been advancing, we still cannot observe that mysterious energy.

Until one time, a scientific expedition team sent by Kyoto accidentally discovered a strange ore in the southern foothills. The vegetation around the ore was extremely lush and extremely strange. "

"And the location where the ore is located is exactly the direction in which the spiritual tide ebbs."

"We suspect that this ore may have accidentally absorbed mysterious energy under the long-term energy wash, so we set up a special project team to study it...

Its item number wasn't 001 back then..."

Having said that, the chief scientist continued with emotion in his eyes:

"Since then, the Academy of Sciences has started to conduct research on this unknown energy based on ore... due to the inability to observe it, the research progress is extremely slow.

Fortunately, through continuous exploration, we found that this piece of jade can indeed absorb mysterious energy automatically.

Moreover, it seems to contain some kind of extraordinary power...

Stimulate it to a certain extent, and it can actually affect the human spirit..."

"...Those who master it can use this thing to amplify their inner thoughts and forcibly interfere with the thoughts of humans within a certain range, just like... hypnosis! Yes, hypnosis!"

"After realizing this, the Academy of Sciences immediately reported it to the former... old king.

Only then did it become a top-secret experiment, numbered 001.

We have tried to decipher this hypnotic power from it, but have made no substantial progress.

Some people speculate that this may involve the realm of gods..."

"Later, it had to be cast into a 'secret seal', which was kept in the palace and was managed by the old king. Later, when the old king passed away, the secret seal also fell into the hands of the queen. What happened after that... you all know .”

The voice just fell.

After hearing this story,

Governor Xizhou's eyes changed.

He squeezed the secret seal a little nervously, and then stared at the chief scientist, with a low voice:

"So, you mean, the person in charge of the secret seal can hypnotize other people?"

"...Yes, but there are many restrictions such as distance and number of people. If the target's brain is more active, the effect of hypnosis will also be reduced."

Under the governor's oppression, the chief scholar lowered his head, swallowed hard, and added:

"Also, each use will consume the energy inside the Light Seal, so it can only be placed until it slowly recovers... Before, the Empress used it once.

Therefore, it is dim now, and it cannot be stimulated in a short period of time. "

After saying this, the hall fell into a long silence.

The atmosphere was oppressive.

After an unknown amount of time, the chief scholar finally tried to raise his head, and then, trembling all over, he found that the new emperor was staring at him firmly.

"His Majesty?"

"Tell me, this thing... how to use it!"

...

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[World evolution seven hundred and forty-one thousand and forty-nine years, the governor of Daxizhou was crowned, and the country of Chi was changed to a new dynasty. He was the first emperor of the new dynasty. In the same year, many laws were issued to appease the people and end the war. recuperate]

On the running log, click click, and the text emerges.

At the same time, Lin Tuo also found that the concentration of ether on the virtual panel also changed from a red decreasing arrow to an orange horizontal bar again, and after a few minutes, it returned to green upward.

"Sure enough, the civil war is over, society has re-entered the era of peace, and the ether will be restored."

Beside the sand table, Lin Tuo's nervous mood suddenly eased.

As for Chi country being changed to a new dynasty... It's not surprising.

In fact, in his opinion, Chi Guo had already aged two hundred years ago, but Lin Tuo "went down to earth" and used science to force him to continue his life.

Seeing the continuous development of Sand Table Continent, Lin Tuo also felt relieved, turned his head to hold the computer, put on the earphones, and played a game.

Well, during this period of time, besides practicing and doing things, he is taking care of the sand table, which is busier than going to work. It is also necessary to give himself a day off occasionally to have fun and relax.

After a while, the only sounds left in the room were the clicking of keyboards and mouse.

Lin Tuo, who was concentrating on playing games, naturally didn't know that his movement of collecting ether last night would be observed by the humans in the sand table.

It would never have occurred to him that his act of setting the alarm clock to wake up and collect data at regular intervals would be carefully recorded by the scientists in the sand table, summarizing it as a "spiritual tide cycle".

...

The sand table is still changing rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it has been a full year since the new emperor ascended the throne.

Over the past year, the new emperor has embarked on some reforms, but the main direction is to weaken local forces and strengthen centralization.

Obviously, as a local usurper, he could not allow a second himself to appear.

For the people's livelihood, it is to wipe out many ills accumulated during the Chi State period, severely kill a wave of corruption, rectify the officialdom, and gradually replace the original administrative system with officials from the "small government" in Xizhou.

And through a series of measures and decrees, he fully demonstrated his excellent ability to govern the country... The whole society quickly stabilized and moved towards the electric age at a faster speed.

It was a time of transformation of the times, and new things appeared every day. In just one year, people have adapted to the rule of the new dynasty.

Because of the merits of presenting the "Secret Seal", the chief scientist has been smooth sailing this year, no matter how the officialdom changes, he has not been affected in any way.

Leading several major inventions made him a popular person beside the new emperor. Suddenly, he was proud of himself.

Until another cold winter, he was summoned to enter the palace again, and came to the meeting room named Yushufang.

"His Majesty."

Stepping into the door, he saw that the emperor was the only one in the meeting room. At this moment, his back was facing the door, facing a map on the wall, and he seemed to be in a trance.

"Ah, you are here, sit down." Hearing the call, the emperor came back to his senses and said with a smile.

"I don't know if your majesty has summoned his ministers, what instructions do you have?" the chief scholar asked.

"It's indeed a big event to call you here," the emperor said without going around in circles, "I'm going to set up a new laboratory in Daxizhou.

Doing a major research, lack of a person in charge, I don't know if you are willing to accept it. "

"Daxizhou? New laboratory? Research?" The chief scholar was surprised and couldn't help asking, "What is it?"

"Boundary." The emperor turned around again, looked at the empire map on the wall, and slowly spit out a word.

"boundary?"

Hearing this word, the chief scholar's expression was terrified.

In the empire, the word border has a special referent, and its full name is "world border".

That is, outside the continent, at the end of the endless sea, at the very edge of this world.

More precisely, it is the majestic, invisible "Grand Wall".

However, unlike people outside the sandbox who can clearly see the whole of the sandbox, for the Imperials inside the sandbox, their perception of the world is based on the sandbox environment.

Even scientifically based calculations can only yield results from sandbox simulations.

many years ago.

Because of the backwardness of navigation technology, the Chi people at that time had no idea what the world looked like.

The dispatched fleet will also encounter mysterious storms after leaving the mainland and sailing into the depths of the "Endless Sea", making them unable to move forward.

It wasn't until the industrial revolution started and navigation technology improved that people finally broke through the dangerous sea area and came to the end of the world.

Found the huge and incomparable wall.

And name it "boundary".

Countless scholars have racked their brains, but they still don't know the material composition of the "boundary", let alone ascertain what is beyond the boundary.

Even many scholars believe that there is no such thing as "outside" at the border.

Some people also believe that beyond the "boundary" is the realm of the gods.

More than two hundred years ago, the sage who taught the world lived there.

Therefore, it has also become the ultimate and most mysterious thing in the field of imperial science.

The people in the sandbox see the "boundary", just like the people on the earth see the "universe".

"Yeah," said the emperor, pointing at the map in the meeting room, "I don't know if you have the feeling that the world we live in...is very small.

When I was in Daxizhou, I liked to go to the astronomical station for stargazing at night. The mountains there are very high and the starry sky is closer, and this feeling is particularly strong.

Especially after I took control of this country.

My chest is always tight and I feel like I can't breathe.

According to what you say in the scientific community, human beings started from the wilderness, conquered nature, and got what they are now. Recently, I often think that human beings conquered nature, and I also conquered this country, so...

what's next? What are we going to conquer again? "

"Conquer what?"

The chief scientist asked subconsciously.

The emperor turned his head and stared at him, his eyes full of oppression:

"Boundary. I will conquer it, whatever the cost!"