Sword of Daybreaker

"All data has been sent, and the super-light communication array has entered the standby state."

Bertila's voice came from the magic net terminal on the desk. Gawain didn't let out a sigh of relief until then. He leaned back on the large chair to relax his spirit.

Outside the window, the night has fallen, and the bright stars are gradually emerging from the dark sky. In the direction of the city, the street lights have been lit, and the artificial lights are connecting into long rivers of flickering one after another. The light of the magic car driving at night While flowing through these rivers, the magic spar lamp in the study dispelled the night light seeping in through the window, the summer heat was gradually receding, and the slightly cold night wind blew in through the window, relaxing Gawain. body and mind.

It was not long before he heard Bertila's voice coming from the magic net terminal: "Brother Gao Wen, I just received a message from the Tarash Plain, the Ophelia Matrix has passed the Noi people's message. Another set of data is input to the parent star barrier control array, and the relevant solution process has already begun. It is expected to take three to six days to complete the solution - because of the huge amount of data, Ophelia Matrix will personally supervise the solution process. "

"Well, Veronica has submitted a leave application to me today, and she said that she needs to focus most of her energy on the home star barrier control center," Gawain nodded lightly, "How is your situation? For such large-scale data transmissions to be carried out continuously, the load on the Sorin computing center should not be small, right?"

"I'm cooling off - frankly, it's really stressful, and it feels like my brain is boiling... I might need to get a few rangers to help put a few Frost Nova on my brain to get better," Beltira said on the communication screen, expressionless and tone-deaf. He also kept a straight eye, as if he didn't realize that what he said was too weird in all aspects, "But it's better than putting the data processing pressure on Antavian. At least the computing units here can be mass-produced. Antavien's FTL array is the only one."

"...You have really worked hard," Gawain's mouth trembled, and it was difficult for him to maintain his image as a "steady, reliable and good brother", then he was silent for a while, and then spoke with a hint of emotion, "The next step is to be quiet. When the fate is revealed, we and Noi have already done everything we can, including all the preparations and plans... Bertiera, the next time I contact Noi, it should be the last time."

"It's the 'last time before the magic tide', brother Gao Wen," Bertila's expressionless face tried to show a stiff smile, "We have made an agreement with the witch lady that the magic tide will end when the magic tide ends. Then report peace to each other.”

"...Yes, it's the last time before the magic tide comes, my statement is not rigorous enough," Gawain laughed, then his expression gradually became serious again, he stared at Bertila's eyes on the communication interface, slowly He said, "Are you ready? I mean..."

"I understand what you mean, all the preparations are in place," Bertila nodded lightly, "The Thorin Giant Tree has stored the energy needed for the dormant period, and some synthetic brains have completed cognitive adjustment and can be transferred at any time. In dormancy, the embryo bank of the root layer and the deep bunkers are also in place, and if that day does come, I will faithfully fulfill my promise to you and survive at all costs until the successor starts again on this land."

Gawain nodded lightly, but did not speak again. He just remained silent, thinking quietly in the night and the light, and then he let out a soft breath and looked at Bertila in the holographic projection, but just now Before he was about to say something, Bertiera interrupted him: "No need to say more, Brother Gao Wen, everything that should be said has already been said, isn't it? And personally... It's not too heavy a burden."

As she spoke, she seemed to fall into memory, and after a moment of thought, she spoke in a sighing tone: "Thinking about it, I have indeed experienced a lot... Over the centuries, I have Once a Druid priestess on the border of Gondor, and a priest leader of the eastern pioneering expedition, some people call me the saint of the pioneers, some call me the princess of Typhon, and I have fallen into darkness, Become a terrifying dark believer in fanaticism and paranoia, but now it has turned into a plant, sheltering a place of water and soil, at this moment, there are hundreds of thousands of people living under my canopy, countless Qing's birds and beasts build their nests among my vines and branches... Fate is incredible, isn't it? Brother Gao Wen.

"You said, if the parent star barrier really fails, what will the successor who has risen from this land call me at that time? A magnificent tree from the civilization of the last era, a memory of countless ancient years And knowledge, babbling about the living relics told to the world, maybe many people will gather at my feet, and even become a new ethnic group under the Thorin Giant Tree, in the culture and cognition of that ethnic group... What should the Thorin Giant Tree be called? Woolen cloth?"

Gawain couldn't help being aroused by the scene described by Bertiera. Although it was a future that everyone was avoiding, that scene inevitably caused his thoughts to fluctuate. He leaned back on the chair, lost in thought. After a few seconds, he murmured subconsciously, "It sounds like an epic and fantasy game city..."

Bertila: "...I didn't understand."

"I mean, Philm might be interested in shooting an epic fantasy drama based on this theme," Gawain smiled and waved his hand, "I didn't think about it before, now I'll take a look at yours I'm afraid it's not enough to support a playwright in a troupe...even three generations of them can be supported by the way."

"Ah, then I'm really looking forward to it," Bertila said with a smile, "perhaps after this magic tide is over, we can ask Mr. Firm to make such a ghost drama? A fantasy drama in the post-apocalyptic era. ...that's something no one has ever thought of."

After speaking, she shook her head again: "But now I have more important things - I really have to find a few assistants to help me put a few Frost Nova in my brain, and a servo brain seems to be really boiling... "

When Gawain heard this, he immediately waved his hand, with an expression of crying and laughing on his face: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up - you can still talk to me for so long when your brains are boiling."

Bertila's figure disappeared from the communication screen, and Gawain heaved a long sigh of relief. He got up from behind the desk and went to the window, letting the cool night wind soothe his nerves, but this time he failed again. Relaxing for too long—a rhythmic footstep sounded suddenly from the corridor, followed by a knock on the door of the study.

Dignified walking in the corridor + entering through the door + knocking on the door in advance, of course this movement could not be Amber - Hetty's voice entered Gawain's ears: "Ancestor, are you inside?"

Gawain immediately adjusted his expression and turned to look at the door: "Come in."

The heavy wooden door was pushed open immediately, and Heidi, who was wearing normal clothes, pushed the door and walked in. She first glanced at the magic net terminal on the table, which was already in standby mode, and then bowed slightly to Gawain: "Ancestor, Rui Becca is back."

"Rebecca...Is the meeting over at the Rebellion Court over?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "It was earlier than expected. Is it going well there?"

"Everything is going well, the final handover and plan adjustment have been completed. According to the plan, the disobedience meeting place will be closed after today, and the monitoring focus of the Theocratic Council will turn to the regional church headquarters, and the subsequent sacrifice ceremonies of the alliance countries will also be scheduled according to the schedule. Proceed—until the home star barrier is activated," Hetty reported with a serious face, but then the expression on his face was a little weird, "It's just that Rebecca's side... There was something unexpected."

Hearing this, Gawain felt his heart skip a beat: "What's wrong with her... This is the last meeting. Could it be that she set the golden oak tree on Ammon on fire with a torch?"

"... She brought back a lot of gifts from the assembly hall, saying that the gods left her to commemorate her graduation," Heidi said with a sullen expression, "the three carts were pulled back, and they have been unloaded in the back garden at this time. , Ms. Enya is helping to check for residual contamination, Rebecca dare not come to see you, for fear that you will say she accepts academic bribes..."

Gawain: "…Is the term academic bribery used here?"

Heidi sighed and pressed her temples with her hands: "She brought back the armrests of the God of the Mountains for her graduation commemoration. Do you still care that her words are wrong?"

Gao Wen: "…"

At the same time, in the depths of the Tarash Plain, the deep blue well lit by the starry sky hit the edge of the crater. Numerous high-power magic spar lamps were surrounding a large building standing under the starry sky. The building was brightly lit inside and out. Its rigid and straight lines are like sharp blades pointing to the sky under the illumination of engineering spotlights. Its main body consists of a towering main building, surrounded by four hexagonal prism structures, and the most conspicuous position on the front of the main building. , you can see that there is a huge cloth curtain hanging from above, and the text on the cloth curtain is particularly clear under the light: Celebrate the successful completion of the main control building of the parent star barrier control center.

In order to maximize efficiency and shorten the construction period, this magnificent building basically does not see any external decoration except for its large scale, and a large number of prefabricated structures and engineering magic are used in the construction process, and it even has a part of the load. The building frame of the equipment is welded in the factory and sent directly to the Tarash Plain by a huge anti-gravity platform for assembly. This construction method, which is limited to the pressing period under the premise of ensuring quality, has an amazing cost. , and the final product has absolutely nothing to do with "beautiful" and "exquisite", but from another point of view, this rough and towering building has another kind of beauty.

It stands like a stubborn stone, facing the starry sky with rough and hard lines that have not been polished, as if it is showing some kind of strength and a certain kind of fearless attitude - but inside such a rough building, there is a The crystallization of the world's most cutting-edge technology is an engineering creation created by the most intelligent and courageous mortals on this planet.

In the main control building of the control center, a huge column with an alloy shell and an extremely complex internal structure runs through more than half of the floors, and countless neural circuits extend around this column, connecting computing nodes everywhere, Exchange arrays and energy groups, and at the root of this alloy column, there is a wide hall on the third basement floor of the building, which is the "nerve center" of the entire main control center, and also the "sky part" and "earth" of the parent star barrier. section" is the key to establishing a connection.

One of the "Doll Avatars" directly controlled by Ophelia is standing quietly in this "Foundation Hall" at the moment, staring at the mind hub that is running low in front of her eyes. The low humming sound showed that it was dealing with huge data throughput, and Ophelia could directly perceive several lines of communication extending from the depths of the deep blue well where she could not see it. The lines are connected in a compatible array at the bottom of the Mind Hub—those communication lines are essentially an extension of Ophelia's Matrix, even a part of herself.

Although the building was only completed yesterday, many of the equipment at its core had actually started operating several days earlier, even while it was being constructed—in the face of life and death, everything had to give way to pragmatism, as long as It's decent enough to use, and safety is guaranteed, and Ophelia doesn't pay attention to any "completion celebration" activities outside.

"The response of the deep blue network channel control node...good, the planetary shield is in a state to be activated, the communication test with the sky station...normal, the data broadcast channel is smooth, the key key is being solved..."

Pieces of data flowed rapidly in the thought thread, and the "doll avatar" controlled by Ophelia had no expression on the face, although at this time, many people had begun to celebrate the completion of this building on the surface, and many people were happy. She is delighted with the successful acquisition of the key key and the achievements at this stage, but as an ancient intelligence who can think like a machine, she knows that it is not yet time to relax completely.

The parent star barrier is composed of two key "elements". One is the "planetary shield" as the barrier itself. The essence of this shield is to tune and release the deep blue network inside the planet in the form of a shield. Projecting into space is to switch the dark blue netway originally located in the celestial body to "external operation", and the control of this part depends on the rune stone in the dark blue netway. Specifically, at the execution level, it is deep underground in the deep blue well. Ophelia Matrix to take over directly;

The other part of the parent star barrier is the "anti-phase-anti-divine barrier" projected by the planetary shield as the carrier, or according to the Noi people, it is called the "mind unification field", which is a huge data projection system. , the key lies in this "mother star barrier control center", and the key to the effectiveness of this mental unity field is the "key" that has not yet been solved at this moment.

The calculation of the key has not yet been completed, and the renovation of the Sky Station in space has not been completed - although they are all going smoothly, and some have even reached the end, but as long as the final result is not determined, the Ophelia Matrix will not be completed. will always run on vigilance.

Because it's not just her responsibility, it's her commitment.

Deep underground in the Deep Blue Well, the massive Ophelia Matrix was running at high speed, and a low hum reverberated throughout the hall. Another "doll avatar" controlled by Ophelia Matrix walked slowly through each and every one of them. Between the server nodes, she came to the platform in the center of the hall, where the ancient Norton royal descendant, who was sealed in a crystal container as if in a deep sleep, was lying quietly in the container.

As many times over the years, Ophelia Matrix stared at the "creator" who was lying on the platform and looked exactly like herself at the moment, she felt the sky from all over the Loren Alliance and from space. Station, data from another planet four light-years away surged in his computing node, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

"It will live up to your expectations."