One by one, the flickering runes dimmed, the humming crystal device began to cool, and Rosetta Augustus, who was seated in a specially made chair, opened her eyes, awakened from a state of mind somewhere between real and unreal.

He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling his spirit relax for the first time in a long time, and then left the magic device without any hesitation.

"If you're feeling mentally exhausted, take a little more rest here," said Ms. Windsor Marpel, "and it won't cure the curse, but it will at least make you easier." ”

"Although it is effective to use soul anesthesia to reduce stress, long-term use can weaken the human will," Rosetta said lightly, "and that's fine." Ms. Marpel, what's going on? ”

Windsor Marpel looked at Rosetta with calm eyes, and nodded slightly: "I tried to induce your soul and consciousness, and the spiritual pollution situation has indeed returned to normal levels, but I have found no signs of interference by external forces, which can basically rule out the possibility that someone is doing something to your spiritual world." ”

“…… Isn't it me...... "Rosetta groaned slightly, "ma'am, what do you think about that?" ”

"As an academic, I don't make judgments when there is not enough evidence, but I can say what I think. The curse suffered by the Augustan family is related to the spiritual pollution left behind by the gods, and the spiritual pollution of the gods has the innate characteristics of transcending time and space, confusing reality, and is almost unaffected by mundane forces - the curse on your body has fluctuated abnormally in recent days, and the cause has nothing to do with your own mental condition, which means that the source of the curse has been disturbed, and it must be a power of the same level or similar to it that can disturb it......"

"The same level or similar power ......" Rosetta frowned slightly, "Recently, there has been no abnormality in the churches in various places, and there has not been a direct message from the gods in this world for a long time, and even the great changes in the Holy Light Church in the Cecil Empire have not affected Typhon......"

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head: "Ms. Marpel, have you received any news from here recently?" ”

"None of the magic towers in the world have reported anomalies - but the coverage of the towers is limited, and the mages at the bottom may not be able to accurately identify the extraordinary phenomena related to the gods, so a lot of information has been delayed and will take a long time to reach the imperial capital," Windsor Marpel shook her head, "I will pay attention to this information, and I will report to you as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm......" Rosetta nodded slightly, then said with a frown of emotion, "Teleportation Tower...... It would be nice if there were more towers or if they had more coverage. ”

"The cost problem is really difficult to solve, and there are not so many mages to maintain those large facilities," Windsor Marpel said helplessly, "In fact, after the completion of the Imperial Avenue project, especially after obtaining the magic energy train, the communication efficiency between the remote areas and the imperial capital has been much higher than before, and it used to take nearly a month to send information from places like the west to the imperial capital from places like the west because of the lack of importance, but now it only takes a few days, which is already a very big improvement." ”

"It's still not enough – remember the warning from the Ministry of Industry's advisory group? The throughput cycle of the factory is measured in days or even hours, and the fluctuations of raw materials in remote areas can cause avalanche-like losses in a matter of days if they are not fed back to the city in time, and the flow of money behind this requires timely information transmission - the machine sped up everything, and Aldenan's ability to respond and control in the south and west is far from enough. ”

"Those factory owners ......" Windsor Marpel frowned subconsciously, and there was a hint of disdain in her tone, "Your Majesty, with all due respect, they exaggerate the facts and try to use 'specialized words' to highlight their importance, but in fact they just want you to let go of some of the teleportation towers, and want to share the already small quota of teleportation from the Royal Mage Guild." ”

"I can tell," Rosetta said nonchalantly, "but at least part of what they say is true – especially with Cecil's rise, our shortcomings are becoming fatal." ”

Cecil......

Hearing this word, which has appeared more and more frequently in Imperial newspapers and various internal materials recently, Windsor Marpel couldn't help but look serious.

She is a senior mage, but she is also an advisor to the emperor, and she is one of the "important members of the state" who will have frequent contact with the affairs of the empire and the councilors, and of course she will not be ignorant of things like the situation in the country, she knows what Rosetta the Great is worried about, and she knows that this worry is not unreasonable.

Without a fast-rising Cecil, there are many things that the Typhonians don't have to worry about at all, and no one even realizes that some things are worth worrying about - just like the shortcomings of the communication towers, every Typhon will think that the Empire's abundant number of mages and the transmission towers scattered in the important provinces are sufficient, and with the newly renovated arterial roads and new means of transportation throughout the Empire, the increased efficiency of information transmission is more than enough to deal with the current situation in the Empire. No one would find them inefficient, and even many would feel that they were advanced enough that they would not need to be improved in a century.

But next to it is a fast-rising Cecil - this fast-growing "neighbor" has brought many "new things" to the Typhonians, such as magic technology, such as competitive pressure.

The intelligence agents risked their lives to send a lot of useful things, a considerable part of which were descriptions of Cecil's cutting-edge technology, and these descriptions made Rosetta the Great and the more discerning councillors perceive some of the Empire's shortcomings in advance.

This is probably the pressure of contrast.

"Their magic network communication is developing rapidly, and although they are all long-range and fast communication technology based on teleportation, they obviously solve the problem of cost and manpower occupation - this is the consistent advantage of magic technology, and the Cecil people play this point to the fullest," Windsor Marpel said slowly, "We have always prided ourselves on the professionalism and large number of mages, but it is clear that the Cecil people are more efficient in replacing these mages with machines, at least in terms of communication technology." ”

As the president of the Royal Mage Society, it was not easy for her to say these words, but she knew that even if she didn't say them, the wise Rosetta Augustus would have already understood them, not to mention that her teacher, Daniel, was now the Empire's premier magician master, and many of the things created by the latter had really shaken every old-fashioned traditional mage in the guild - the truth was irrefutable.

"Magic web communication is a good technology...... "Rosetta has to master it, or find a way to improve our communication tower, no matter how costly." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly asked, "A businessman sent a 'Magic Net Terminal' before, has the result been analyzed?" ”

When it came to the field of technology, Windsor Marper's expression immediately became serious - she knew what the "magic web terminal" Rosetta was referring to, it was a machine that a venerable western merchant had smuggled across the border at the risk of being hanged by the Cecil, and the merchant hid it in a pile of furs and spices to hide it from Cecil's border inspection, and presented it to the emperor when he returned home, and that valuable machine was now lying in the laboratory of the Imperial Industrial Association, analyzed by a technical team led by Daniel.

"We've broken it down into parts, and restored its intricate internal structure of runes and crystals, maybe it won't be long before we can replicate an identical machine, but it doesn't make sense," Windsor Marpel shook her head, "The Cecil people stuffed a very strange set of runes into that machine, it is not a regular teleportation technique, it even has the characteristics of divine magic, no one has yet been able to decipher their specific functions and meanings, I am very curious where the Cecil people got their inspiration, Assemble such a strange magic circle......

"Mentor Daniel reminds us that it would be very dangerous to copy that device without thoroughly understanding the meaning of each part of the rune - the Cecil may have hidden a trap inside, and they may be able to cut off or even eavesdrop on our imitation equipment."

"Master Daniel is a wise man, and his reminders are always very pertinent," Rosetta nodded slowly, "be cautious with that machine, and find out what we can use and the rest...... We'll figure it out. ”

"It would be nice to get a prototype of the Magic Net Terminal, or a ...... of the original rune rubbing," Windsor Marpel sighed, "The prototype has not undergone subsequent simplification and optimization, and it often contains very obvious technical ideas, which may help us uncover the secrets of those runes...... Of course, this can only be imagined. ”

Rosetta looked grim and didn't say a word.

……

In the study covered with blue velvet tapestries in Cecil Palace, Gawain tells Hetty and the others in detail about his experiences in the dream world, including the end of Sandbox One, the confrontation with the upper narrator, and the current situation of the Eternal Sleeper after this event.

The strange and inexplicable "Divine Crisis" made everyone's eyes widen in the study (except for Kamel, who lit up), the strangeness of the gods and the danger of the matter deeply touched everyone, and what made them even more emotional was that all this happened last night-

Last night was calm and calm, and Cecil's night was peaceful, but a world outside of reality was turned upside down, and a god-descending crisis even broke out in the distant territory of Typhon, which really gave Heti and the others a serious sense of unreality.

After digesting the huge amount of information brought by the Ancestor a little, Hetty quickly got into a working state, and she said as she pondered: "The transfer of the Eternal Sleeper should have begun, and I will immediately start the docking on the Empire's side - before Aldenan reacts, we should have time to transfer those core personnel and technical data......"

"Some of the technical data will be sent through the psychic network first," Gawain said, "Although the headquarters of the Eternal Sleepers is gone, their psychic network will continue to operate, but it will enter the least efficient 'basic mode', which can no longer support the Dream City, and the transmission of simple data is not a problem." Of course, for obvious reasons, the most essential technical data will not be delivered, and the Eternal Sleepers will carry them until the train we send takes them to safety. ”

Hetty subconsciously frowned: "It's time like this......"

"Normal reaction - if they don't do this, I will have to worry about the intelligence of those core talents and the authenticity of those materials," Gawain said with a smile, "Don't worry, the Eternal Sleeper has the power of mind, and has been lurking in Typhon for many years, and is an expert in saving lives and absconding, so there should be no need to worry about them being captured and killed by Augustus before they escape." ”

"Your Majesty," Kamal said, who was floating on the sidelines, "Since the Mind Network of the Eternal Sleeper is going to move to Basic Mode, will our Origin Lab be affected?" ”

"Theoretically...... It can continue to operate, because the origin space itself does not occupy the computing power of the dream city, and it is built on the 'base layer' of the psychic network, which is the layer that will maintain operation under any circumstances," Gao Wen thought for a moment and said the speech of the wool to death, but then the conversation changed, "But I am already ready to transform and transfer the origin space, including the entire mental network of the Eternal Sleeper, to carry out a large-scale transformation, so that it is more controllable and harmless. Now is clearly the most appropriate opportunity, so I plan to temporarily close the current Origin Space-Kamel, where is our own 'Immersion Module Network'? ”

"Networking has been successfully implemented in a laboratory environment, simulated operation without the Sleeper's psychic network, and the overall stability of the network is now being adjusted, its adaptability to the Magic Network communication system is being increased, and the immersion pod has been modified a little to make it less burdensome and more suitable for the untrained general human - the special machine sent to Glenn Collar is a successful example, and we are working on a civilian version based on it."

"Very well, this is a key part of transforming the Order of the Sleepers and building our own network," Gawain nodded with satisfaction and smiled slightly, "Since this is going well...... Kamel, I'm going to give you a new project that can move forward in tandem with what you're currently working on. ”

Kamel buzzed: "New project? ”

"The 'Narrator Neural Network,'" says Gawain with a smile, "will build on the cutting-edge communication system of the future." ”