The location of the crater has changed dramatically.

It has been transformed into a flat land, and on the flat ground stands a flat building of dark gray, like a shell with many lines, and like a hat that has been flattened. At the top of the building, there are dozens of gaps more than 30 centimeters wide, and from time to time white steam and a pungent smell of sulfur spews out of it, which is also mixed with the smell of rotten eggs with hydrogen sulfide.

Silvery-white metal bands that spread up from the mountain gather here and extend into the interior of the building from different directions. When viewed from above, it looks like a huge silver flower blooming.

Rommel pointed to the building and introduced, "This is the core, you can think of it as the heart of the human being, the source of energy, responsible for transporting energy along the channels to the various nodes. Let's go inside and have a look. ”

"Good. Richard nodded, and walked forward with Rommel on the scorching ground of almost fifty degrees Celsius.

After a while, the two walked through the door.

As soon as he touched the ground inside the building, Richard felt that even through his boots, the soles of his feet were hot, and the exposed skin quickly lost moisture, became dry, and there was a faint tingling pain. At the same time, the smell of sulfur and hydrogen sulfide is stronger, and there is a sour taste.

Richard speculated that it might have been caused by sulfur dioxide from volcanic eruptions, which dissolved in water in the nasal cavity to produce sulfurous acid.

Frowning, activating the free energy element, a light gray energy film was born on the surface of the body, isolating his body from the external environment, and then he seriously looked inside the building.

It can be seen that the interior is a hall-like structure, the floor is paved with cyan stone slabs two meters square, and there is a metal platform with a diameter of ten meters and a height of more than one meter in the center.

All of the silvery-white metal straps entered the building and were connected to the inside of the platform. In addition, there are several trumpet-shaped chimneys on the top of the high platform, which constantly emit smoke and then emit it along the gap in the top of the hall.

Under the high platform should be the original crater, but now that it has been transformed, it has been sealed to a certain extent, and I don't know what it looks like inside...... Richard pondered.

Later, he noticed that the corners of the hall were littered with rubble and metal plates from the construction process, and it was clear that the building must have been built in a hurry, probably no more than a month.

It's a new building...... Richard thought, his gaze resting on the silver-white metal band for a moment.

"Look at it like this, the topology of Pompey's energy transmission is a star-shaped structure, which is a bit interesting......," Richard moved his eyebrows, "I don't know, people with such a design are aware of the shortcomings of this structure......"

"Wizard Richard, where we are now, is the real core. At this time, Rommel said, "This is the place that provides the entire Pompey with endless energy, which can be used in various ways after transformation, so that Pompey has indescribable vitality." For the foreseeable future, Pompeii will become a city of spells, a land of wonders.

At that time, most of the problems of the entire Pompeii will be solved by energy, and it will have amazing efficiency, and it can quickly produce a large number of products or food, and just one city can support people within a radius of hundreds of miles.

As the energy core continues to operate steadily, Pompey's effect and influence will continue to increase, and eventually it will become a ......"

Rommel didn't finish his words, only halfway through his words, when suddenly there was a "bang" inside the metal platform in the hall, and a large puff of black smoke came out of it. A chaotic surge of energy swept through the hall like a storm.

Rommel's expression changed slightly, and he reacted extremely quickly, almost as soon as the energy storm appeared, he grabbed the air violently, forcibly gathered the chaotic energy, and captured it in the palm of his hand. After that, he clenched it into a fist and released it after a slight pinch, and all the disordered energy disappeared without a trace.

The hall is calm again, but not everything is back to normal.

The inside of the metal platform seemed to have irreversible damage, and more and more black smoke was emitting. At the same time, you can clearly see that the silver-white metal ribbon connected to the metal platform is almost half of the number, and the originally bright magic pattern on it has dimmed, and only the other half is still normal.

"Brush, brush!"

There was a whistling sound, and three figures flew into the hall from the outside almost simultaneously, two tall and one short, all dressed in dark black robes—typical wizard attire.

When the three of them arrived in the hall, they looked at Rommel quickly.

Rommel spoke up to the three: "There was no operation, there was an accident, and there are still some imperfections in some places, and they must be repaired as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Director. The three of them nodded, propped up the energy film to protect their bodies, and walked towards the metal platform. Walking to the metal platform, he pressed his hand on the surface, and a door opened inside, and the three merfolk entered, then closed the door, and walked further inside.

"It seems that there are a lot of complex devices inside the metal platform. Richard thought.

Rommel looked at it, spread his hands, and said a little helplessly: "To be honest, the continuous and stable operation of this energy core is only a goal. As it stands, it's not very stable. On the one hand, it is in the early stage of construction, and there are always such and such small problems. On the other hand, it connects all the nodes of Pompeii, and it needs to deal with the flow direction and intensity of many energies at all times, and the load is too heavy. So, in a day or two, there's always a similar accident, and this time it's the one that happens to catch you up.

Seriously, I'm getting used to it. The only thing that makes me a little unacceptable is that once this energy core has an accident, even if it is repaired within a few minutes, it will affect a large number of Pompey's energy nodes, and I need to put in more effort to adjust, and I am a little tired, more tired than I was to compete with you before. ”

Rommel, half-complaining, half-joking, said this, shook his head lightly, and was about to leave with Richard.

Richard pursed his lips, but suddenly made a suggestion: "How about changing the structure of the passage?"

"Modify the structure of the passages?" Rommel was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said in a loud voice, "Wizard Richard, don't tell me, your idea is to connect all the nodes with a passage.

It was designed this way for the first time, and it turned out to be more problematic, not only did it not improve, but if there was a problem in one part of the channel, it would probably cause all nodes to fail. After learning a lot of lessons, it became what it is now. ”

So, at first, it was a ring or bus structure, and then it was changed to a star structure...... Richard shook his head, looked at Rommel and said, "Don't worry, Director, I'm not talking about connecting all the nodes with a single line. What I want to say is that nodes of different levels can be designed, such as first-level nodes, second-level nodes, third-level nodes, etc.

The energy core is regarded as level zero, and it is used to connect to multiple first-level nodes, and then each first-level node is connected to multiple second-level nodes, and each second-level node is connected to multiple third-level nodes, and so on. The whole structure is like a tree growing out of the core, constantly branching and dividing more and more. Actually, according to what you said, between each node and the energy-consuming device, this is the kind of structure, I just complicate it. ”

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