Sword of Daybreaker

A clear holographic projection emerged above the silver-white column, and Ophelia's figure appeared in front of Gawain. This time she still used the same "posture" she had at the meeting site: a look and a real one. "Ophelia Norton" is almost exactly the same "carrier", sitting on a pale golden throne, with a large number of pipes and cables extending from the back of the body and around the throne.

   "Night," Ophelia's voice came out of the screen, and it sounded calm and calm as always, "I hope I didn't interrupt your rest."

Tyr and the Tyrs standing nearby looked at Princess Gondor who appeared in the holographic projection, then looked at Gawain, hesitatingly asked: "Should I avoid it? Are you going to talk about any confidential topics? ?"

As soon as Gao Wen heard this, he glanced at this salted deep-sea fish unexpectedly—probably because Tyre’s usual unreliable performance was so frequent that at this time he heard the other side’s reliable words. Kind of weird...

"No," Ophelia's voice immediately came from the screen. Although her body was still expressionless, her voice sounded obviously a little bit smiling, "It's not something that needs to be kept secret-Miss Tyre, don't Think of me as a stranger. I am the Veronica you are familiar with. When we were in Cecil City, we discussed many things together."

   "...That's true," Tyre blinked, "but it was a bit uncomfortable...I'm usually used to dealing with Veronica, now I suddenly see you in this form..."

"Okay, a guy who can change himself and squeeze his tail and squeeze six clones when he is idle, don't talk about others," Gawain couldn't help but glance at Tyre before looking at Orphee. Leah, "Is there something wrong with you?"

"The Deep Blue Well's core control system has been back online," Ophelia said, with a serious tone. "After initially repairing the perimeter pipeline monitoring system, I found some... undiscovered conditions may be similar to those of the previous sentry. Activities related."

   "What hasn't been discovered before? It has something to do with the sentinel?" Gao Wen's brows instantly frowned, "to be more specific."

"I found that several energy conduits were invaded and intercepted, and the output logs in the relevant areas did not correspond to them. In addition, some iron soldiers mysteriously disappeared. The signal disappeared before the war broke out because of some system errors. , These data were hidden from my monitoring, and they have not been discovered until now—these intercepted energy and missing soldiers should be those dark priests who suddenly increased their strength and collectively "evolved", and afterwards the creeping disaster succeeded from deep blue. The reason why the deep stratum around the well draws a huge amount of energy.

"But these are not major problems. The sentinel’s conspiracy has now been foiled. All system failures are being repaired gradually. The real key is...I received some signals from the deep blue network channel when I was monitoring the'pulse flow'. ."

   "Some signals? In the deep blue network?" Gao Wen seemed to think of something, "Could it be..."

"I suspect that it was the'rune stones' that sentries put into the network before," Ophelia's voice sounded more serious. "It seems that the deaths of the sentries and the creeping disaster did not automatically invalidate these rune stones. They still It's working."

  Gaowen glanced at Amber instantly, both of them saw the same shock and tension in each other's sight-what Ophelia found was undoubtedly the blind spot of everyone's vision before. The scale of this war is really vast, and this victory is so exciting that when the war is over, almost everyone is caught in the joy of finally winning. No one thought that the runestones were thrown into the deep blue net. It's still working!

In addition to this tension, Gao Wen suddenly felt very grateful: When almost everyone has set their sights on the complex affairs after the victory of the war, fortunately there is Ophelia Matrix, a conscientious ancient artificial intelligence that meticulously. Performing your duties, if you don't have such a pair of vigilant eyes to keep your eyes on the dark blue network channel, God knows when the world will remember those rune stones!

  "Could it be possible that those runestones are still carrying out the instructions left by the sentry?" Amber suddenly asked.

"According to the data we have now, we shouldn't have to worry about it yet," Ophelia replied. "The signals collected so far are only regular transmissions and responses. Although the specific communication content needs to be deciphered, it is generally certain that it is the Rune Stone. There are no signs of large-scale activities for the time being the regular signals released during the communication between them."

Speaking of this, Ophelia seemed to think for a while, and paused for a moment before speaking again: "The monitoring system of the Deep Blue Well has not been able to find these rune stones before. I suspect that these rune stones were actively avoided under the conscious control of the sentry. My monitoring, or using some technical means to block my monitoring, but now the Deep Blue Well has received the signal released when the rune is received. This may indicate that these rune stones have entered a certain...undefended automatic operation state. It's a good thing in a sense."

"Are you waiting... From the point of view of'doing nothing', it is indeed a good thing, but when I think that there are so many untimed bombs buried in the magic network deep in the planet, I don't know which day it will explode. I can’t sleep well..." Gawain muttered with a bit of toothache, "Is there any way to'fish' them out?"

  Speaking of this, he subconsciously glanced at Tyr next to him: "Just like the sea monsters did..."

"You can try it, but it's not that difficult." Although Tyre didn't speak, she had been listening carefully to the conversation between Gawain and Ophelia. At this time, she immediately took the initiative to speak, "Our sisters have tried it, like Elemental bodies like the Kraken can indeed swim safely in the dark blue net. In theory, you can also find those'runestones' that have drifted into the depths of the net, but the key is the scale of the dark blue net...it's too big. "

Tyre’s tone was a bit difficult, and Gawain had to nod his head: “Indeed, the Deep Blue Network is a'planetary power system', and it not only spreads in the material world, its tributaries run through all realms and elemental realms. It is not a small project to find all the rune stones in such a large network, let alone we don’t know how to navigate in the network..."

"In fact, this is still a small problem," Tyre said while squeezing his chin. "No matter how large the network is, there is a limit. No matter how difficult the navigation is, the rule can be slowly summarized. The key is that it runs through all the element fields, which is a bit troublesome. , You know, our relationship with the native elemental creatures is actually not very good..."

"Aren't you only having a bad relationship with the local water element? At most, coupled with the wind element that was dragged by the water element to go to war with you," Amber's eyes widened, and the shadow assault goose was keenly aware When the sea monsters arrived, they might be doing more wonderfully than she thought, "Why are you still carrying all the elemental creatures..."

Tyre suddenly showed a look of embarrassment on his face, rubbing his hands while whispering: "...I have never experienced elemental wars in the early days, but I heard that after the queen tried to breathe, she created To drink with pearls and drink hot..."

   "...Fuck!" Gawain vowed that he had never stared his eyes so wide in his life. "Surprised, what elemental bully are you fish?"

  So in the eyes of the world, the gentle and friendly overall comedian is like a sea monster like the Deyun Society of the whole family. In the world of elements, is it such an image of bullying and bullying?

Tyre herself was obviously embarrassed, she almost rubbed her hands after Gawain's complaints-if the sea monster would also rise in body temperature, then she might be close to the boiling point at this time: "We didn't mean nothing. Understand, the elemental creatures on this planet are weird, and the communication methods between different element species are completely different, and their survival methods are extremely autistic, so that for a long time we have not figured out those in the elemental rift. Or is the'gizmo' that haunts the engine leak point is a natural phenomenon or a small animal on the bottom of the sea? Alas, when I was ignorant, it was really sinful..."

As he said, Tyre probably felt that the atmosphere on the scene was getting more and more weird, and immediately waved his hands and followed up with an explanation: "But we didn’t fight the earth element and the fire element too much. After the experience of dealing with the elements, we had a little bit of friction with other element circles to figure out the situation. Later, the queen also took the souvenirs and sisters to visit the door to apologize. Everyone understood each other and signed a peace agreement...but Although the peace agreement was signed, the relationship was still a bit tense."

  Gawain's mouth twitched and glanced at the salted deep-sea fish: "Can I ask what you mean by ‘understanding each other’?"

"I don't know the specific situation, but according to the description of the sisters who participated in the'Friendly Interview' at the time, the elemental kings of the earth element and the fire element seemed to be...horrible when they saw that we could freely enter and exit the elemental realm with conflicting attributes?" Tyre thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "They seem to think this is a terrifying thing, and then they let us know that...what's your expression on your face?"

"...I am very glad you are allies now." Gao Wen didn't know what his expression looked like at the moment. He only felt that his head and teeth were aching badly. After a day of meeting, he was not as tired of chatting with this sea caterpillar. It's the feeling that the san value oscillates violently in seconds, "Well, let's not talk about this kind of historical issue, let's go back to those rune stones, Ophelia...Ophelia? Are you listening?"

"Ah, I'm here," I don't know if it's an illusion, Ophelia's voice obviously has a feeling of awakening from the sluggishness, as if even the san value of such an artificial intelligence has been washed by the sea monster's worldview, "I Listening."

   "Then about the salvage of those rune stones..."

"On this point, I happen to have a new idea," Ophelia took the initiative to speak before Gao Wen finished speaking. "It is an almost impossible task to salvage all the runestones from the deep blue network channel-even if the sea The demons feel that it can be done, and that is also under their time scale. This kind of thing that does not know how many tens of thousands of years can be realized has no reference value for ordinary mortal civilization, but from another angle...the rune stones Staying in the network may also be an option."

  "Stay in the network?" Gawain vaguely guessed the other person's thoughts, "You mean, those rune stones can also come in handy for us?"

"This is a'possibility'," Ophelia said seriously, although this is an idea she just came up with, but obviously this "new idea" has been repeatedly deduced in her pile of computing units. How many times, "Although the plans of the sentries and the dark priests almost destroyed the world, according to the runestone samples salvaged by the krakens and the intelligence we obtained from the captured dark priests, the runestones they dropped were essentially just a kind of Control nodes, and as a pure technology, these control nodes may not only be used to destroy the world."

This sounds very feasible, but it is also very disturbing. Gao Wen's tone can not help but solemnly: "...Do you think the'control system' left by the sentry can be safely used in other fields? "

"Essentially, these runestones are derived from Voyager technology. According to my deduction, other planets with suitable conditions should also have a'dark blue network' similar to our planet, and the technology behind these runestones may have been originally used on planets. "Environmental renovation and other places," Ophelia said of her own thoughts, "In the eyes of the sailors, this is probably just a kind of...'reclamation', or a basic people's livelihood project like a'water conservancy project'."

"In the eyes of the super civilization, the'water conservancy project' may be a doomsday flood for the primitive civilization," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "I understand what you mean, the'prototype' technology of those rune stones may just be high civilization. Some basic civilian facilities in China are beneficial and harmless if used properly, but the key lies in whether we have reached the level of mastering this "use method"-if we have the technology that can change the planetary environment casually, and this technology It’s as simple as pressing a few buttons, and that’s not necessarily a good thing for today’s leagues."

Amber on the side of    lightly nodded, and rarely understood Gao Wen’s concerns quickly: “After all, pressing the button is too simple—but the possible consequences after pressing the button are beyond our current capabilities.”

"I have considered this too," Ophelia said calmly, "that's why I said that this is just a'possibility'. Now we are facing the reality that there are almost no control nodes left in the deep blue network. It may be completely removed. For a long time in the foreseeable future, we will all have to face the fact that there are a bunch of "bombs" buried in the planetary power system-since they are destined to be unearthed, it is better to know more about them than Do nothing, and what I call'control' and'utilization' are just by-products of this research process."

"...And even if we don't start research, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be another Dark Order similar to the End of All Things or other people who have come into contact with those'stones' for this and other reasons," Amber's mind was also active at this time. When she got up, she frowned slightly and said, "Don't it be said in many horror stories. A certain black wizard fell into the forbidden area of ​​the evil god, and then gained the power of the evil **** to harm the Quartet. In the end, he would die. A large number of male and female partners and the whole family of the protagonist can kill such a demon king-but if the person who left the seal can directly study the evil **** and leave the operation instructions for future generations, it may not happen at all. Kind of thing..."

"Although the example you gave is very problematic, it seems to have some truth," Gawain glanced at Amber, then lowered his head slightly, thinking slowly while speaking, "Indeed, the rune stones have almost sunk into every corner of the network. , Except that Ophelia can now remotely receive the signals sent by them, it is almost impossible for us to fish them all out. Since these things are destined to stay in the depths of our planet for a long time, it’s much better for them. Some understanding is always good...Even if there are some risks, it is better than being at a loss when an accident happens.

  "But then again, just based on the signals that Ophelia has received remotely, do we really have a way to ‘control’ those nodes?"

  Ophelia’s low voice came from the screen, with a faint expectation: "This...you need to take your time."