Compared with Cecil's existing network technicians, the biggest advantage of the Sleepers should be that they are very familiar with the process of thinking networking and dealing with all kinds of unexpected situations - in the past many years, they have been directly exposing their brains to a large computing network in the most dangerous way, and the lack of security mechanisms and the birth defect of "human flesh" make Sleepers have to face some dangerous situations from time to time, including but not limited to brain loading, mental damage, Memory streaming and soul problems.

For them, it's all a daily routine.

That's why the Cecil's "immersion pods", with a bunch of safety devices and a physical layer of insurance, seem to these Eternal Sleepers to be as safe as a fortress made of steel, the kind that protects both the body and the mind, and that there is a sense of relaxation when lying in it—without having to bother with maintaining an internet connection or worrying about any mental noise hitting their heads, many bishops claim to be able to lie in it for the rest of their lives.

Magnum was very surprised at the safety level of the immersion pods at first, and he could see how much research and development costs the Cecil people had spent on these security measures, but he soon figured out the key - the Eternal Sleeper's original psychic network was for the transcendental, and with very few exceptions, every person connected to the network has a strong spiritual power, and if they encounter problems, they will be over, and it is really a big deal to turn around and bury them if they can't resist - after all, everyone is engaged in a dark sect, Hanging up one or two once in a while is also part of the tradition

But Cecil is different, their network is for ordinary people, and ordinary people are fragile minds and flesh. As a responsible empire, they have a greater obligation to protect their citizens, which leads them to create immersion pods with safety as the highest requirement, and even sacrifice some of the connection efficiency for this......

The archbishops, including Yuri and Magnum, agreed that there was no doubt about the right and the wrong of the two technical approaches - Emperor Cecil was an extraterritorial wanderer, the priests of the place carried war hammers larger than human heads, and the locals were keen to use explosives and seismology to open up the mountains.

There is no doubt that the truth is in the hands of the Cecil Empire, and always will be in the hands of the Cecil Empire.

Imperial Computing Center, in front of the Hall of Minds, the Mind Hub.

The glow floated on the surface of the silver-white alloy pillars, the veins of arcane energy rose and fell like breath between the cracks of the metal modules, the tall columns connected the floor of the hall to the dome, and from time to time complex runes and geometric figures emerged from the surface of the pillars, soaring along their alloy shells, a melodious low hum echoed softly in the bright hall, as if it contained a constant awakening of life.

"The third test start, the base magic net has been stabilized," a technician from the Magic Technique Research Institute said loudly as he stood in front of a nearby console and looked at the many runes lit up on it, "The Mind Hub has begun to output sequential signals - all signals have been confirmed!" ”

Yuri and Wendy stood in front of the silver-white alloy pillar, listening to the magician report on the progress in a loud voice, and the former nodded slightly: "It seems that it has been successfully activated." ”

"It's finally time to start......" Wendy said softly as if to herself, as if in reply, before she took a step forward and gently placed her hand on the alloy shell of the large pillar, and began to unleash her mental powers.

In this era, in the field of research, "transcendents can manipulate magic without the help of additional tools when debugging certain equipment" has probably become their only advantage over ordinary researchers.

All eyes in the hall were focused on Wendy for a moment.

Cecil's native technicians were watching her, and even more so at the mental hub in front of her—countless people had already put a lot of effort into it, and only those who regularly worked with the Immersion Chambers and the Internet would understand what it meant, and they watched the scene as if they were looking at the future of technology.

Several of her fellow Sleepers were watching her, but they were watching the Order's past: an old era was over, new magic technology was going to take over what they had created, and the cold device was looking down on it, and within it, seven hundred years of technology were awakening like never before.

Some people look forward to it, and some people sigh.

Ripples of magic rippled in the mental hub, and Wendy breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Hello, Future." ”

Almost at the same time, a clear holographic projection appeared over the mind hub console on the side, and Magnum's figure appeared in the holographic projection, his eyes glaring, and his voice was as loud as ever: "Woo-oh - scare Lao Tzu!" Am I already in the Mind Hub? ”

The magician in front of the console didn't seem to see Magnum suddenly appearing, and still reported the situation meticulously with a straight face: "The Mind Hub is starting to output a response...... The full channel is clear, and we can 'see' the signal from the test group. ”

Magnum glared and looked around the hall before pointing to himself, "Is the 'signal' me?" ”

Yuri immediately frowned, "That's enough, this is a serious occasion - we shouldn't have agreed to let you enter the Mind Hub first!" ”

Magnum, who had been transferred to the mental hub, spread his hands when he heard this: "Lady Selena is monitoring and uploading, Your Excellency Megael is on His Majesty's side, and I am the only one in the network - do you want to upload yourself in and accompany me?" ”

Yuri subconsciously pressed his forehead: "...... I shouldn't have reasoned with you...... In short, how do you feel right now? ”

“…… In terms of general perception, it is no different from our own mental space," Magnum finally got serious and began to answer Yuri's question, "It's just that this place is still very ...... 'barren', and I have been thrown into a void, and there are only some basic 'frameworks' and 'platforms' here, which should be the original space built into the mental hub. But I can feel the others, my fellow citizens who are using the immersion pod, I can feel their minds around me, but I can't see them for a while......"

Wendy nodded slightly: "Several test groups are still waiting for the next instruction, and you can't see them until all the channels are turned on." ”

"Well, I think so," Magnum said casually, "and I can feel that this place is ...... Narrow. However, I think this is due to the limited number of nodes. ”

Yuri nodded: "At present, counting the ordinary testers in shifts, we can only guarantee that there are a thousand nodes to maintain floating connections, and some of them will be used to do some additional testing projects, and the remaining nodes will certainly not be able to maintain the scale of the previous psychic network." But everything will be fine soon - all the immersion chambers have been tested, the second batch of connection volunteers and testing and maintenance personnel are ready, and when the computing center is officially opened, the psychic network will be back ......"

"It's the 'Narrator Neural Network,'" Magnum corrected with a serious look on his face, "Times have changed, friend—ha, this sentence really feels inexplicable, and I'm beginning to understand why Cecil likes to chase these 'trendy' words." ”

The corners of Yuri's eyes twitched slightly, and he decisively ignored Magnum, who appeared in the hall in the form of holographic projections instead of psychological projections, and turned his head slightly to Wendy beside him, "It's time to inform Semler - let him start the next step." ”

……

In the upper area of the computing center, in a large connected computer room, immersion cabins are neatly arranged.

The silver-white hatches were open, and the submerged chambers were the former Eternal Sleeper Priests—men who had changed into the white uniforms of Cecil's technicians, each with a calm and slightly sluggish expression.

They are currently in a shallow state of connection, maintaining the operation of the mental hub in the form of pure computing nodes, and they are waiting for the next instructions, and the person in charge of this room is none other than the former Archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper, Semler.

The middle-aged man, who always looked a little serious, stood by the console in the center of the computer room, as if he was pondering something, while paying attention to the pillar in the center of the room that was used to connect the mental hub.

Wendy's voice suddenly came from the psychic connection, interrupting Semler's thoughts.

He looked up, and a former bishop standing next to him immediately reacted: "Are you going to start?" ”

"The mental hub is stable, Magnum is ready inside," Sammler said with a slow nod, "let the brethren begin—close the hatch, connect deeply, sort out your memories and minds, and let us ...... Build the earth and the sky first. ”

The alloy hatches began to sink smoothly under the action of the mechanism, and the slight sound of the hatch covers closing continued to reach his ears, and Semler closed his eyes slightly, and in his powerful spiritual perception as a high-level transcendent, he could "see" that there were faint "lines" extending from this room.

Lines are connected into nets, and streams converge into rivers.

And the room that spreads out of the "line" is not limited to this one.

Throughout the computing center, in the many rooms on the upper level of the thinking hall, a torrent of thoughts is being connected, and a floating point of an individual's brain is activating.

Among them are not only the former Sleepers, but also Cecil's original network technicians, and the "volunteers" recruited to provide computing support.

Tonight, 1,000 people will be involved in this work at the computing center, and they will build the prototype of the "Narrator Neural Network" and carry out the first "Genesis" in this network.

What they created tonight will be stored in the form of floating storage in all nodes, and will be retained for a long time with the addition of more nodes and the rotation of old and new nodes......

And among these technicians and volunteers, ordinary people make up the majority - hundreds of ordinary people make up the initial nodes of this embryonic network, and the "immersion pod" puts these people and the transcendent on the same starting line fairly.

In the cyberspace formed by the human mind, there will be no difference between the transcendent and the mortal in the thinking of each person.

……

In the Hall of Thoughts, Magnum, who appeared in the form of a holographic projection, was with wide eyes and a hint of joy describing what he saw in the online world:

"It's starting to show up and the most basic of the earth – they're building an open virtual interface...... Oh! I saw the sky! It's basic, but beautiful! ”

But Yuri didn't care about Magnum's voice anymore at this point.

Because the clever Cecil technician thought of adding a volume adjustment function to Magnum's sound generator in advance - after confirming that a certain guy with a loud voice was not prepared to listen to the friendly advice of the field staff about the experimental environment, the magic technician in front of the console directly turned Magnum's volume to the minimum.

In order to complete his work, Magnum must stay in the mental hub at the moment, and not being able to move freely in the network means that he can't project his consciousness to other nodes, and he can't form a "psychological projection" as usual, he can only communicate with the outside world through the sound and light equipment in the hall like a broadcast signal - praise for Magic Technology, and now it only takes a few buttons to quiet this guy.

Yuri even felt that the whole world was a better place.

"You know, Miss Wendy, as an Eternal Sleeper who only joined the Order in Rosetta's time, my greatest regret is not being able to witness the Order shaping a world from scratch in the psychic web," he tilted his head and couldn't help but say the emotion in his heart at the moment, "Now I have no regrets—we are witnessing history, something destined to change the world, and it is being born here." ”

Wendy smiled slightly, and her voice was soft, "Hopefully, the Wanderers will be satisfied with our work." ”

"He'll be satisfied," Yuri said in a brisk tone, "and he'll come and review it in a few days, hopefully then he'll tell us what the 'narrator' in the 'narrator neural network' really represents......"

Wendy's smile stiffened for a moment.

She subconsciously touched the back of her neck, and suddenly felt a little pain in the back of her neck......